Bureau County Speedway 7-28-06 results – Kathy Costerisan, Princeton, IL

Browning Ford Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff Larson, Freeport, 2 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 3 Mike Mataragas, DeKalb, 4 Travis Rokey, Princeton, 5 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 6 Brian Claudinic, Tonica, 7 Kory Rokey, Wyanet, 8 Jerry Pitts, Jr. Ingleside, 9 Will Harris, LaMoille, 10 Scott Cimei, 11 Scott Schmitt, Tonica, 12 Ande Bivins, Princeton, 13 Cody Sommer, Sheffield.

Late Model Heat one – 1 Jason Jaggers, 2 K Rokey, 3 Harris, 4 Schmitt, 5 Bivins, 6 Moon

Late Model Heat two – 1 Travis Rokey, 2 Larson, 3 Claudinic, 4 Pitts, 5 Cimei, 6 Sommer, 7 Richie Bell, Sheffield.

Browning Ford Modified Feature – 1 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 2 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 3 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 4 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 5 Casey Lappin, Peoria, 6 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 7 Brian Lucas, Malden, 8 Clint Shepard, Jr, Freeport, 9 Jimmy Thompson, Annawan, 10 Stanley Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Joe Adam, Peru, 12 Stanley Vervynck, Jr, Kewanee, 13 Paul Smith, LaMoille, 14 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee.

Modified heat one – 1 Ray Bollinger, 2 J Thompson, 3 Anderson, 4 S Vervynck, Jr, 5 S Vervynck, 6 Lucas, 7 Smith, 8 Mike Garland, Morrison

Modified heat two – 1 Marty Thompson, 2 Vinnedge, 3 K Thompson, 4 Shepard, 5 M Vervynck, 6 Adam, 7 Lappin

Browning Ford Street Stock feature – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 2 Leon Cade, Sheffield, 3 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 4 Eric Whittington, Princeton, 5 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 6 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 7 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 8 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 9 Jay Etheridge, Orangeville, 10 Marty Gradert, Buda, 11 Larry Yardley, Dixon

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Leon Cade, 2 Etheridge, 3 J Balensiefen, 4 Gradert, 5 Whittington, 6 Anderson, 7 Yardley

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Randy Lucas, 2 N Balensiefen, 3 Carrington,4 K Lucas, 5 Gary Schmitt, Tonica, 6 Justin Rutledge, Princeton

Browning Ford Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 2 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 3 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 4 Tony Provenzano, Jr, 5 Dave Roggy, Wyanet, 6 Alex Fisch, Walnut, 7 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 8 Tim Provenzano, 9 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee, 10 Dr. Kurt Crowe, Princeton.

Dual Heat Race – 1 Jeff Seitz, 2 Hammitt, 3 Roggy, 4 Tony Provenzano, 5 Fisher, 6 Fisch, 7 Peterson, 8 Tim Provenzano, 9 Anderson, 10 Crowe.

Schertz / Browning Single Hornet Feature – 1 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee, 2 Roy Alm, Buda, 3 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 4 Mark Sutton, Neponset, 5 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 6 Scott Shepard, Freeport, 7 Kenny Johnson, Princeton, 9 Jason Ramos, Amboy.

The track crew had spent many hours making the track surface at Bureau County Speedway perfect for the drivers after the problems two weeks ago. Consequently the track was smooth and fast with no dust in spite of the hot weather.

    Jarrod Galli picked up the double points/double payout Single Hornet feature win. He held off Roy Alm for all twenty laps to take the victory. Shane Whittington finished third. Justin Hamm finished fourth but didn’t go to the claiming area after the race, causing him to be disqualified. This left Mark Sutton with a fourth place finish.

            The Dual Hornet feature was green start to finish with Jeff Seitz taking the win. Rob Hammitt finished second and Kyle Fisher third. Princeton’s Dr Kurt Crowe took the wheel of the #2 “rental car” and drove a respectable race for his first time behind the wheel.

            The Late Model feature ran caution free for all 25 laps. Jason Jaggers picked up a heat race win and started on the pole next to Travis Rokey. Jaggers grabbed the lead on the green and led the first half of the race with Jeff Larson scrambling to catch him. Jaggers was eventually done in when some lapped cars slowed his progress enough that Larson could make it to the front. Larson and Jaggers would pick their way through the field for the last half of the race. They managed to lap all but the cars running in third through fifth as they headed for the checkers. Rokey was passed by Mike Mataragas with three laps to go. Mataragas would finish third, Rokey fourth and Bryan Moon fifth.

            Nathan Balensiefen and Leon Cade swapped the lead back and forth during the opening laps of the Street Stock feature. Balensiefen would eventually work away from the pack only to have the caution flag come out and bunch the pack again. Balensiefen was able to hold off Cade to take the win. Jamie Balensiefen held off several attempts by Randy Lucas to finish fourth. Eric Whittington took fourth place from Randy Lucas.

Bureau County Speedway 7-14-06 Results   Kathy Costerisan – Princeton, IL

Illinois Valley Cellular Street Stock Special – 1 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 2 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 3 Jeff Hamilton, Pontiac, 4 Eric Whittington, Princeton, 5 Gary Schmitt, Tonica, 6 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 7 Scott Schoener, Flanagan, 8 Leon Cade, Sheffield, 9 Robert Schlappi, Marseilles, 10 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 11 Brad Severs, 12 Donny Cole, Rock Falls, 13 Gary Clark, Princeton, 14 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 15 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 16 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille, 17 Chuck Provenzano, Aurora, 18 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 19 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 20 Randy Lucas, Princeton.

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Marty Thompson, 2 Cade, 3 N Balensiefen, 4 Rutledge, 5 Whittington, 6 Schlappi, 7 Carrington, 8 Schoener, 9 Anderson, 10 Clark

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Jamie Balensiefen, 2 Ultch, 3 Hamilton, 4 R Lucas, 5 Schmitt, 6 Yardley, 7 K Lucas, 8 Cole, 9 Provenzano, 10 Severs

Schertz Countryside Sales Modified Feature – 1 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 2 Mike Garland, Morrison, 3 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 4 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 5 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 6 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 7 Jimmy Thompson, Annawan, 8 Clint Shepard, Jr, Morrison, 9 Brian Lucas, Malden, 10 Stanley Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Stanley Vervynck, Jr, Kewanee, 12 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 13 Paul Smith, LaMoille

Modified Heat One – 1 Ray Bollinger, 2 M Vervynck, 3 J Thompson, 4 S Vervynck, Sr, 5 S Vervynck, Jr.

Modified Heat Two – 1 Marty Thompson,  2 Garland, 3 K Thompson, 4 Carrington, 5 Shepard, 6 Anderson, 7 Lucas

Schertz Countryside Sales Late Model Feature – 1 Rich Bell, Sheffield, 2 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 3 Scott Schmitt, Tonica, 4 Bob Freeburg, Metamora, 5 Mike Garland, Morrison, 6 Ande Bivins, Princeton, 7 Stanley Vervynck, Kewanee, 8 Henry Sievers, Jr. Homer Glen, 9 Mike Provenzano, Aurora 10 Brian Claudinic, Tonica, 11 Travis Rokey, Princeton, 12 Matt Herman, Iowa City

Late Model Heat One – 1 Rich Bell, 2 Rokey, 3 Provenzano, 4 Moon, 5 Claudinic, 6 David Tuft, Princeton, 7 Sievers

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Bob Freeburg, 2 Schmitt, 3 Herman, 4 Garland, 5 Bivins

Schertz Countryside Sales Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 2 Adam Odell, Dover, 3 Alex Fisch, Walnut, 4 Tim Provenzano, Marseilles, 5 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 6 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 7 Brian Anderson, 8 Kevin Elgin, Kewanee, 9 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 10 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee

Dual Hornet Heat One – 1 Adam Odell, 2 Provenzano, 3 Hammitt, 4 K Anderson, 5 B Anderson

Dual Hornet Heat Two – 1 Jeff Seitz, 2 Fisch, 3 Frank Paxton, Kewanee, 4 Elgin DQ, 5 Fisher DQ

Single Hornet Heat One – 1 Roy Alm, Buda, 2 Jimmy Johnson, Tiskilwa, 3 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 4 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 5 Scott Shepard, Morrison, 6 Kenny Johnson, Princeton

Single Hornet Heat two – 1 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee, 2 Jason Ramos, Amboy, 3 Mark Sutton, Neponset, 4 Justin Hamm, 5 Eric Lange, Kewanee.

Double Single Hornet Features will be run 7-21-06

Bureau County Speedway 7-7 Results  -

Midwest Bus UMP Summer National 40 Lap Late Model  Feature

1 Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA, 2 Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL,  3 Darren Miller, Chadwick,  4 Dennis Erb, Capentersville, 5 Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI, 6 Steve Hillard, Flemigsburg, KY, 7 Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI, 8 Jason Feger, Bloomington,  9 Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, WI, 10 Jeep Van Wormer, Pinconning, MI, 11 Tim Lance, Cuba,  12 Kevin Weaver, Gibson City, IL, 13 Rich Bell, Sheffield, 14 Jack Sullivan, Batesville, AR, 15 Bobby Melvin, Logan, IL, 16 Jeff Larson, Freeport, 17 Chad Simpson, Mt Vernon, IA,  18 Wendell Wallace, Batesville, AR, 19 Steve Sheppard, New Berlin, IL, 20 Rodney Melvin, Benton, IL, 21 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 22 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 23 Randy Korte, Highland, IL, 24 Jordan Bland, Campbellsville, KY.

4 lap Dash – 1 Jimmy Mars, 2 Brian Birkhofer, 3 Brady Smith, 4 Darren Miller

Consi One – 1 Jeff Larson, 2 Chad Simpson, 3 Tim Lance, 4 Mike Mataragas, 5 Mike Garland, 6 Jason Jaggers

Consi Two – 1  Dan Schlieper, 2 Rich Bell, 3 Jeep Van Wormer, 4 Denny Eckrich, 5 Jordan Bland, 6 Jack Sullivan, 7 Bobby Melvin

Heat One – 1 Darren Miller, 2 Weaver, 3 Melvin, 4 Mataragas, 5 Sheppard, 6 Simpson, 7 Don O’Neill, 8 Brian Shirley

Heat Two– 1 Jimmy Mars, 2 Hillard, 3 Feger, 4 Larson, 5 Jaggers, 6 Moon

Heat Three – 1 Brian Birkhoffer, 2 Babb, 3 Korte, 4 Schlieper, 5 Van Wormer, 6 Eckrich, 7 Bryan Byers

Heat Three – 1 Brady Smith, 2 Erb, 3 Wallace, 4 Bell, 5 Melvin, 6 Sullivan

Street Stock Feature – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 2 Marty Gradert, Buda, 3 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 4 Nathan Ultch, La Moille, 5 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 6 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 7 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 8 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 9 Cody Sommer, Sheffield, 10 Rick Koltviet, Streator, 11 Gary Clark, Princeton

Street Heat One – 1 N Balensiefen, 2 Utlch, 3 Koltviet, 4 Carrington, 5 Yardley, 6 Clark

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Cody Sommer, 2 Gradert, 3 K Lucas, 4 Anderson, 5 R Lucas

Modified Feature – 1 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 2 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 3 Mike Garland, Morrison, 4 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 5 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 6 Jim Thompson, Annawan, 7 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 8 Brian Lucas, Malden, 9 Clint Shepard, Jr, 10 Stanley Vervynck, Jr, 11 Sean Lewis, Kewanee, 12 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 13 Stanley Vervynck, Sr, Kewanee, 14 Jeff Bodendorfer, 15 Jeff Larson, 16 Mark Vervynck.

Modified Heat One – 1 Jim Thompson,  2 Vinnedge, 3 Garland, 4 Lewis, 5 Shepard, 6 Anderson, 7 M Vervynck

Modified Heat Two – 1 Ray Bollinger, 2 Larson, 3 M Thompson, 4 Carrington, 5 K Thompson, 6 Lucas,  7 Bodendorfer,  8 S Vervynck, Jr.

                               Birkhofer picks up $10,000 UMP Summer National Win

Muscatine, Iowa’s Brian Birkhofer had everything going his way at Bureau County Speedway Friday night. This was the first time a UMP Summer National race had been run at the 3/8 mile D shaped oval. Birkhofer set fast time with a 14.3 qualifying lap and he followed that up with a win in his heat race. The only race he didn’t win was the four lap dash to set the first four positions in the feature. Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI picked up that win  with Birkhofer finishing second. Darren “the Thriller” Miller, the winner of last Sunday’s WDRL Special at Bureau County Speedway bobbled in turn three which allowed Brady Smith his chance to take a third place finish.

Birkhofer snapped up the lead as their 40 lap feature went green and led every lap on his way to the checkered flags. Mars was working to hold off Shannon Babb and Miller. Miller quickly took over second place with Babb right with him in third. With 12 laps to go Babb was finally able to get by Miller only to have a caution come out and move him back into third place. As soon as the race restarted Babb was again able to pass Miller and would hold him off to take a second place finish.

Birkhofer, who had won last year’s inauguaral WDRL special at Bureau County Speedway, took the win and the $10,000 paycheck. Miller finished third with Dennis Erb in fourth and Jimmy Mars in fifth.

Earlier in the program Brian Shirley caught the grandstand wall and rolled his car, landing on the roof. He was able to climb out unhurt while the car was still sitting on it’s roof. The track was graded after that incident which made the cars faster than before. Darren Miller won the first heat race and Jimmy Mars won the second. Brady Smith won the fourth heat after smacking the wall in hot laps and breaking the right front.

Ray Bollinger picked up his first Modified feature win of the year taking home $700 for running 7 laps. The Modifieds were not having a good night and were having caution after caution. The race was yellow checkered with Bollinger barely holding off Marty Thompson to take the win. Mike Garland finished third and Kevin Thompson fourth.

Bureau County Speedway Firecracker 50 Results – 7-2-06 – Princeton, IL

WDRL Late Model Firecracker 50 Feature – 1 Darren Miller, Milledgeville, IL, 2 Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA, 3 Jeff Larson, Freeport, 4 Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI, 5 Ray Guss, Peoria, 6 Chris Simpson, Marion, IA, 7 Kyle Berck, Marquette, NE, 8 Chad Simpson, Mt. Vernon, IA, 9 Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA, 10 Denny Eckrich, Tiffin, IA, 11 Tim Lance, Peoria, 12 Tony Izzo, Oglesby, 13 Jason Utter, Columbus Junction, IA, 14 Chris Smyser, Lancaster, MO, 15 Eric Pember, Pittsville, WI, 16 Trent Follmer, Elk River, MN, 17 Tommy Elston, Keokuk, IA, 18 Craig Jacobs, Freeport, 19 Al Humphrey, Gitner, NE, 20 Brian Harris, Davenport, IA. 21 Scott Lemke, Rockford, 22 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 23 Mike Provenzano, Aurora, 24 Jerry Pitts, Jr., Princeton,

B Main – 1 – Dennis Eckrich, 2 J Utter, 3 C Jacobs, 4 B Moon, 5 Scott Cramer, Random Lake, WI, 6 Rob Moss, 7 Ryan Dauber, Tonica, 8 Gordie Seegert, Oosstburg, WI, 9 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 10 Chris Spieker, Massena, IA, 11 Rich Bell, Sheffield, 12 Mike Garland, Morrison, 13 Steve Lance, Cuba.

Heat One – 1 Birkhofer, 2 Guss, 3 Larson, 4 Follmer, 5 T Lance, 6 Dauber, 7 Sievert, 8 Rokey

Heat Two – 1 B Smith, 2 Izzo, 3 Chris Simpson, 4 Dave Eckrich, 5 Utter, 6 Denny Eckrich, 7 Cramer, 8 Jaggers, 9 S Lance

Heat Three – 1 S Lemke, 2 Elston, 3 Berck, 4 Chad Simpson, 5 Provenzano, 6 Seegert, 8 Pember, 9 Moss, 10 Bell

Heat Four – 1 B Harris, 2 Miller, 3 Pitts, 4 Smyser, 5 Jacobs, 6 Moon, 7 Spieker, 8 Garland, 9 Humphrey

6 Lap Dash – 1 B Harris, 2 Miller, 3 Smith, 4 Birhofer, 5 Larson, 6 Simpson, 7 Izzo

Street Stock Feature – 1 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 2 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 3 Cody Sommer, Sheffield, 4 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 5 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 6 Marty Gradert, Buda, 7 Don Cole, Rock Falls, 8 Gary Clark, Princeton, 9 Larry Yardley, Dixon

Street Stock Heat – 1 Larry Yardley, 2 J Balensiefen, 3 Lucas, 4 N Balensiefen, 5 Sommer, 6 Gradert, 7 Rutledge, 8 Cole, 9 Clark, 10 Rick Koltviet

Modified Feature – 1 Jeff Larson, Freeport, 2 Mike Garland, Morrison, 3 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 4 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 5 Dale Leuth, Ottawa, 6 Reed Withers, Oregon, 7 Jim Thompson, Annawan, 8 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 9 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 10 Clint Shepard, Jr, Morrison, 11 Leah Monfries, 12 Casey Lappin, Bartonville, 13 Brian Lucas, Malden.

Modified Heat one – 1 Josh Vinnedge, 2 Withers, 3 Lappin, 4 J Thompson, 5 Carrington, 6 Shepard, 7 Lucas

Modified Heat Two – 1 Jeff Larson, 2 Garland, 3 Leuth, 4 Bollinger, 5 Bruce Pannkrut (DQ), 6 Monfries.

            Darren “Thriller” Miller Takes Firecracker 50 Win at Bureau County Speedway

      Local race fans have been waiting to see Darren Miller return to Bureau County Speedway for many years. Miller started out his career running at the Princeton track. He didn’t disappoint the fans as he showed during the fast paced 50 lap feature that he hadn’t forgotten his way around the D shaped oval.

            Brian Harris of Davenport, IA picked up the win in the 6 lap dash to start on the pole and Miller placed second to start on the outside of the front row. Brady Smith of Solon Springs, WI and Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine started side by side in the second row. Birkhofer won last year’s inaugural race at Bureau County Speedway and was going to try to make it two in a row. Track regular, Jeff Larson started the feature next to Scotte Lemke, another driver who had run a Modified at Princeton for a few years. Chris Simpson of Marion, IA., and Tony Izzo of Oglesby rounded out the top 6 starters.

            As the 50 lap feature took the green flag Miller took the lead while Harris fell in behind him in second.

 The first caution came out with only four laps in the books. When the race went green, Birkhofer dove to the inside to take over second place from Harris. Larson passed Brady Smith for fourth. Birkhofer was able to take the lead from Miller after 8 laps, but he was only able to hold off Miller for four laps. Miller took the lead again and the rest of the race was all his.

Birky would make a couple more attempts to pass using the high side but to no avail. The caution came out for the last time with only three laps to go when Brian Harris spun while running in third place.

Miller crossed the line first and picked up a check for $5000 for his work. Birkhofer finished second. Jeff Larson had a good run finishing in third place. Smith placed fourth ahead of Ray Guss, Chris Simpson and Kyle Berck.  Miller said in a post race interview that he was planning on returning to Bureau County Speedway this Friday, July 7^th for the UMP Summer National tour which will pay $10,000 to the winner of the late model feature.

Earlier in the program, local racer Travis Rokey and Bret Sievert of Mukawonago, WI were involved in a scary looking crash and roll over in the first late model heat race. Sievert’s car was badly damaged in the roll over and had to be removed from the track on a roll back. Neither driver was injured. Jimmy Mars of Elk Mound, MN and Billy Tuckwell of Peoria both broke early and weren’t able to compete.

Jeff Larson ran more laps Sunday than any other driver. He started out the hot summer night’s program by running in both the 25 lap Modified feature and in the 50 lap Late Model feature. Larson led every lap to take the win in the Modified feature. Mike Garland stuck right with him to finish in second place. Josh Vinnedge battled with Garland and finished third. Brian Carrington had one of his best runs of the season finishing in fourth ahead of Dale Leuth. Vinnedge and Larson also won the Modified heat races.

Jamie Balensiefen picked up his first feature win of the year in the Street Stock feature. Balensiefen led every lap. Cody Sommer drove the 911 car for the first time this season and passed Nathan Balensiefen to run second for the second half of their feature event. Nathan picked off Sommer at the line to take a second place finish. Randy Lucas finished fourth and Justin Rutledge fifth. Earlier Larry Yardley picked up his second heat race win of the weekend.

Bureau County Speedway 6-30-06 results  Princeton, IL

Heartland Autobody Late Model feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, Freeport, 2 Bryan Byers,  Princeton, 3 Billy Tuckwell, Peoria, 4 Travis Rokey, Princeton, 5 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 6 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 7 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 8 Jerry Pitts, Jr, Ingleside, 9 David Tuft, Princeton, 10 Mike Garland, Morrison, 11 Matt Moon, Wyanet, 12 Ande Bivins, Princeton, 13 Steve Oeder, Princeton, 14 Mark Vervynck

Late Model Heat One – 1 Billy Tuckwell, 2 Rokey, 3 Byers, 4 Bell, 5 M Moon, 6 Garland, 7 Bivins, 8 Andrew Schooley, Bartonville

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Jeff Larson, 2 Jaggers, 3 Oeder, 4 B Moon, 5 Tuft, 6 Pitts, 7 Vervynck

Heartland Autobody Modified Feature – 1 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 2 Mike Garland, Morrison, 3 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 4 Jim Thompson, Annawan, 5 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 6 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 7 Clint Shepard, Jr, Morrison, 8 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 9 Brian Lucas, Malden, 10 Stanley Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 12 Stanley Vervynck, Jr., Kewanee, 13 Paul Smith, LaMoille

Modified Heat One – 1 Mike Garland, 2 Bollinger, 3 M Thompson, 4 Anderson, 5 K Thompson, 6 Lucas, 7 S Vervynck, Jr.

Modified Heat Two – 1 Jim Thompson, 2 B Carrington, 3 S Vervynck, Sr, 4 Shepard, 5 Mark Vervynck

Heartland Autobody Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 2 Kevin Elgin, Kewanee, 3 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 4 Jake Gould, Sheffield, 5 Gary Wetsel, Princeton, 6 Adam Odell, Dover, 7 Tim Provenzano, Marseilles, 8 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee, 9 Craig Harris, Kewanee, 10 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 11 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 12 Frank Paxton, Kewanee

Dual Hornet Heat One – 1 Kevin Elgin, 2 Hammitt, 3 Fisher, 4 Anderson, 5 Brian Aber

Dual Hornet Heat Two – 1 Gary Wetsel, 2 Paxton, 3 Provenzano, 4 Gould, 5 Harris, 6 Peterson

Heartland Autobody Single Hornet Feature – 1 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee, 2 Roy Alm, Buda, 3 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 4 Mark Sutton, Sr, Neponset, 5 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 6 Jason Ramos, Amboy, 7 Scott Shepard, Morrison, 8 Kenny Johnson, Princeton, 9 Jimmy Johnson, Princeton.

Single Hornet Heat – 1 Galli, 2 Whittington, 3 Sutton, 4 Alm, 5 Shepard, 6 Henderliter, 7 J Johnson, 8 Justin Hamm, Princeton, 9 Ramos, 10 K Johnson.

Heartland Autobody Street Stock Feature – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 2 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 3 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 4 Leon Cade, Sheffield, 5 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 6 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille, 7 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 8 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 9 Gary Clark, Princeton, 10 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 11 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee.

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Leon Cade, 2 N Balensiefen, 3 Carrington, 4 R Lucas, 5 Ultch, 6 Marty Gradert.

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Larry Yardley, 2 K Lucas, 3 Rutledge, 4 J Balensiefen, 5 Clark, 6 Anderson.

            Rob Hammitt Picks up 1^st Feature Win

Bureau County Speedway – Princeton, IL

            Princeton’s Rob Hammitt picked up his first feature win at Bureau County Speedway Friday night. He started on the pole of the Heartland Autobody Dual Hornet feature and led every lap on his way to his first win. Kevin Elgin finished second and Kyle Fisher in third.

            Jarrod Galli picked up the win in the Single Cam Hornet heat race and started on the pole next to Roy Alm. Galli took the lead on the green while Alm scrambled to catch him. One caution slowed their feature with seven laps to go. Galli was again able to hold off Alm and led the remainder of the laps on his way to pick up his third feature win of the season.

            It looked like Mike Garland was going to win his first Modified feature of the season. Garland started in fourth and was able to take the lead from Ray Bollinger after three laps. The track had been reworked prior to Sunday’s WDRL race and several ruts had developed causing the Modifieds to bounce around on the track. While several of the drivers bounced out of the groove, Garland held on and kept the lead through several restarts.

Marty Thompson passed Bollinger to take over second. A restart with five laps to go saw Bollinger retake second for a short time. Thompson was able to pass him on the backstretch and then he went to work on Garland. Thompson tried the inside but there was no place to go. On the last lap, Thompson went to the high side and was able to get by Garland with just a few feet to go before the checkered flag. This was Thompson’s third Modified feature win of the season.  

Nathan Balensiefen and Leon Cade ran door to door in the opening laps of the Street Stock feature. Cade was able to take the lead on the front stretch but Balensiefen would pull back by him on the back stretch. Cade clipped one of the large tires on the inside of the track causing it to roll out onto the racing surface. Keith Lucas, who had been running in a side by side battle with Jamie Balensiefen, had no place to go as the tire landed right in front of him. Hitting the tire took Lucas hard into the outside wall.

Balensiefen kept the lead when Cade pulled into the pits for repairs. Jamie Balensiefen pulled around Justin Rutledge for second. Nathan Balensiefen took the checkers for his fourth Street Stock feature win this season. Jamie Balensiefen and Justin Rutledge finished second and third. Cade placed fourth.

The Late Model class couldn’t get their act together as they tried to start their feature. After taking five attempts and ten minutes they finally got their first lap in. Travis Rokey was three wheeling as he led the first half of their twenty five lap event. Jeff “Bone” Larson was working on Rokey, getting up to his door several times before making the pass stick with fourteen to go. The battle for third through fifth was intense. Bryan Byers got by Billy Tuckwell to take over third while Jason Jaggers stuck right with them in fifth. Larson stayed in the lead as they battled behind him. Byers passed Rokey to take over second place with 12 to go. On the last lap Tuckwell blew by Rokey to take a third place finish. Byers finished in second and Larson took his fifth win of the year. Rich Bell finished sixth and continues to hold the lead in the Late Model point standings.  

** Racing returns to Bureau County Speedway Sunday night, July 2^nd,  as the World Dirt Racing League takes over the track for the second annual Firecracker 50 $5000 to win Late Model special. The ticket booth will open at 3 p.m. and racing will be underway at 6 p.m. Adult tickets are $20 and pit passes are $35..

Bureau County Speedway 6-23-06 results   Kathy Costerisan – Princeton, IL

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Jerry Balensiefen Memorial Street Stock Feature – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, 2 Jamie Balensiefen, 3 Randy Lucas, 4 Angie Carrington, 5 Todd Balensiefen, 6 Larry Yardley, 7 Leon Cade, 8 Nathan Ultch, 9 Keith Lucas, 10 Matt Ramer, 11 Jeff Anderson, 12 Jason Abens, 13 Marty Gradert

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Leon Cade, 2 N Balensiefen, 3 R Lucas, 4 Yardley, 5 J Balensiefen, 6 Ramer, 7 K Lucas

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Todd Balensiefen, 2 Gradert, 3 Carrington, 4 Ultch, 5 Anderson, 6 Abens

Jerry Balensiefen Memorial Late Model feature – 1 Richie Bell, 2 Jeff “Bone” Larson, 3 Denny Eckrich, 4 Bryan Moon, 5 Travis Rokey, 6 Jason Jaggers, 7 Matt Moon, 8 Bryan Byers, 9 David Tuft, 10 Kory Rokey, 11 Jerry Pitts, Jr., 12 Stan Vervynck, 13 Ande Bivins, 14 Steve Oeder

Late Model Heat One – 1 Richie Bell, 2 B Moon, 3 Pitts, 4 Oeder, 5 Byers, 6 Jaggers,

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Denny Eckrich, 2 Larson, 3 Tuft, 4 T Rokey, 5 M Moon, 6 K Rokey, 7 Bivins

Jerry Balensiefen Memorial Modified Feature – 1 Jim Thompson, 2 Marty Thompson, 3 Kevin Thompson, 4 Casey Lappin, 5 Josh Vinnedge, 6 Ray Bollinger, 7 Mike Garland, 8 Jason Anderson, 9 Brian Lucas, 10 Clint Shepard, Jr., 11 Brian Carrington, 12 Stan Vervynck, Jr.,

Modified Heat One – 1 Clint Shepard, 2 K Thompson, 3 M Thompson, 4 Bollinger, 5 Carrington, 6 Garland, 7 Paul Smith

Modified Heat Two – 1 Jim Thompson, 2 Anderson, 3 Lappin, 4 Lucas, 5 Stan Vervynck, 6 Vinnedge, 7 S Verynck, Jr.

Jerry Balensiefen Memorial Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Kyle Fisher, 2 Jeff Seitz, 3 Dave Roggy, 4 Tony Provenzano, 5 Tim Provenzano, 6 Rob Hammitt, 7 Kevin Elgin, 8 Alex Fisch, 9 Frank Paxton, 10 Tony Stodghill, 11 Kelly Anderson

Dual Hornet Heat One – 1 Tim Provenzano, 2  Roggy, 3 Tony Provenzano, 4 Hammitt, 5 Anderson, 6 Stodghill

Dual Hornet Heat Two – 1 Kyle Fisher, 2 Seitz, 3 Elgin, 4 Fisch, 5 Paxton

Jerry Balensiefen Memorial Single Hornet Feature – 1 Shane Whittington, 2 Jarrod Galli, 3 Mark Sutton, Sr, 4 Hank Henderliter, 5 Scott Shepard, 6 Kenny Johnson, 7 Jason Lamm, 8 Jimmy Johnson, 9 Troy Hasbrook

Single Hornet Heat  – 1 Shane Whittington, 2 Sutton, 3 Henderliter, 4 Lamm, 5 Shepard, 6 Hasbrook, 7 K Johnson, 8 Galli, 9 J Johnson.

            Nathan Balensiefen Wins Balensiefen Memorial

An emotional night for the Balensiefen family turned to jubilation when one of their family members won the Jerry Balensiefen Memorial Street Stock feature.  Nathan Balensiefen came back from a first lap crash to take the win in the race honoring his grandfather.

Brothers Todd and Jamie Balensiefen were also racing in the same feature.  Todd started on the outside of the front row, next to pole sitter Leon Cade, while Nathan started in third. Jamie started in ninth after dropping out of the heat race earlier. As the race went green Nathan and Cade tangled and spun bringing out the caution and a complete restart.

The next time they started Todd powered to the top and grabbed the lead. He hung onto the lead for five laps, but spun in turn two, bringing out the second caution. Cade, who was running in second, also pulled into the pits to have a flat changed. This left Marty Gradert and Nathan Balensiefen side by side on the front row. Nathan quickly grabbed the lead. Gradert pulled off two laps later which allowed Randy Lucas to move up to second. He was able to pass Balensiefen on the inside for the lead, but that only lasted for half a lap. Nathan pulled back ahead on the back stretch and the rest of the race was his.

Now Jamie Balensiefen entered the mix. After running third, he was able to make his move around Lucas and take over second place. He tried to make a move on the inside, but Nathan was again able to pull away and take the checkered flag. Jamie finished second ahead of Lucas. Angie Carrington finished third. Todd Balensiefen was able to make his way through the field to finish fifth.

As Nathan pulled into victory lane, the Balensiefen family poured onto the track to congratulate him. Many of the drivers and crew from the other race teams also came down to congratulate the brothers as they gathered with their family.

It was family night in the Modified division also. The racing Thompson family took a trifecta, sweeping first, second and third place in their feature. Jimmy Thompson picked up a heat race win earlier in the evening and started on the pole of the feature. Clint Shepard, Jr. won his first race ever in the other Modified heat and started on the outside of the front row.

Thompson pulled away on the green and had the rest of the field covered. His brother Kevin ran second for several laps until he was passed by their dad, Marty.

This was Jimmy Thompson’s second feature win of the year. Marty Thompson finished second and Kevin third. Casey Lappin held off Josh Vinnedge to finish fourth.

            Kyle Fisher had everything working perfectly for him in the Dual Hornet division Friday night. Fisher picked up a heat race win and followed that up with his first feature win a short time later. Fisher pulled out and stayed well ahead of the second place car of Jeff Seitz.  Behind Seitz there was a pack of five cars that were swapping positions every lap. Dave Roggy took his time in weaving through the pack and finished third. Tony & Tim Provenzano finished fourth and fifth.

            Shane Whittington picked up his second Single Hornet feature win of the season. Whittington led the charge from flag to flag. Jarrod Galli picked off the second place car of Mark Sutton with three to go, but Whittington had built up enough lead that he wasn’t able to get close enough to make a try for the lead. Galli finished second ahead of Sutton and Hank Henderliter.

            The Late Model feature was the last race on the program. If anyone let early they missed a whale of a race. Denny Eckrich, a WDRL regular from Tiffen, IA, came to check out the track for the upcoming July 2^nd Bureau County Speedway Firecracker 50 WDRL special.

In his first visit to the track he picked up a win in their heat race and held Jeff Larson to a second place finish. Richie Bell won the other heat and started on the outside of the front row next to Eckrich. Bell shot out to the lead on the green flag with Eckrich in second. Larson pulled ahead of Eckrich to take second on the third lap. Their twenty five lap feature was only slowed by two cautions.

There were only three laps to go when the race for the lead got very interesting as the slower cars from the rear of the field came into play. Bell was held up for a few moments but managed to make his way through the slow cars without losing the lead. Larson, who was still sticking to the high side, almost lost second place when the lapped cars trapped him. Larson dove to the middle, going through an opening between two cars that wasn’t there seconds before.

            Bell picked up his second feature trophy of the year. Larson and Eckrich finished second and third. Bryan Moon and Travis Rokey rounded out the top five. Jason Jaggers came back from catching on fire in the heat race to take sixth place.

            The Bureau County Speedway 2^nd Annual Firecracker 50 WDRL Late Model special will be run Sunday, July 2^nd.  This race will pay $5000 to the winner of the exciting Late Model feature.

Bureau County Speedway 6-16-06 Results   Kathy Costerisan- Princeton, IL

Skooner’z Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, 2 Travis Rokey, 3 Jason Jaggers, 4 Bryan Moon, 5 Rich Bell, 6 Bryan Byers, 7 Bob Freeburg, 8 Jerry Pitts, Jr., 9 David Tuft, 10 Mark Vervynck, 11 Mike Provenzano, 12 Steve Oeder, 13 Billy Tuckwell, 14 Kory Rokey

Late Model heat one – 1 Travis Rokey

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Jeff Larson

Skooner’z Modified Feature – 1 Charley Hess, 2 Mike Garland, 3 Ray Bollinger, 4 Billy Tuckwell, 5 Jim Thompson, 6 Marty Thompson, 7 Casey Lappin, 8 Kevin Thompson, 9 Jason Anderson, 10 Stan Vervynck, 11 Josh Vinnedge, 12 Mark Vervynck, 13 Clint Shepard, Jr, 14 Brian Carrington, 15 Paul Smith

Modified Heat One – 1 Mike Garland

Modified Heat Two – 1 Charley Hess

Skooner’s Street Stock Feature – 1 Leon Cade, 2 Nathan Balensiefen, 3 Randy Lucas, 4 Todd Balensiefen, 5 Keith Lucas, 6 Jamie Balensiefen, 7 Nathan Ultch, 8 Angie Carrington, 9 Jeff Anderson, 10 Gary Clark

Street Stock Heat – Nathan Balensiefen

Skooner’z Single Hornet Feature – 1 Jarrod Galli, 2 Roy Alm, 3 Jimmy Johnson, 4 Troy Hasbrook, 5 Mark Sutton, 6 Hank Henderliter, 7 Jason Lamm, 8 Shane Whittington, 9 Jason Ramos, 10 Kenny Johnson, 11 Scott Shepard

Single Hornet Heat – 1 Jarrod Galli

Skooner’z Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Dave Roggy, 2 Rob Hammitt, 3 Jeff Seitz, 4 Kyle Fisher, 5 Tim Provenzano, 6 Kevin Elgin, 7 John Moreland, 8 Adam Odell, 9 Frank Paxton, 10 Alex Fisch, 11 Kelly Anderson, 12 Craig Harris, 13 Rebecca Kingery.

Dual Hornet Heat One – Kyle Fisher

Dual Hornet Heat Two – Rob Hammitt

Hess Takes First Feature at Bureau County Speedway

Peoria’s Charlie Hess drove the black #128 car to a victory in the Modified feature at Bureau County Speedway Friday night. Hess led the early laps but Josh Vinnedge took the lead on lap 6 and looked like he had the feature in the bag. He fell a few laps short of taking another feature win when he burned off his right rear tire and stopped on the back stretch.

Hess took over the lead on the restart and held off Mike Garland to take his first feature win at Bureau County. Ray Bollinger finished third. Billy Tuckwell finished fourth. He climbed out of the Modified and right into his Late Model to run his second feature in a row.

Jeff Larson started on the pole and promptly left the field behind. The track was smooth and extremely fast. The track was graded before the races began, putting the program 45 minutes late in starting. Then it was graded again at intermission, taking another 45 minutes. All of the classes took advantage of the flat, smooth surface and the cars were all faster than usual.

 Travis Rokey ran in second behind Larson. Steve Oeder picked of Rokey for second place and stayed in that position until he collected the backstretch wall with eight laps to go.  Rokey took back second place finished in that position. Larson took the win for his fourth win in a row. Bryan Moon placed fourth. Richie Bell passed Bryan Byers on the last lap to finish fifth.

Jarrod Galli picked up his second feature win in the single Hornet division. Galli pulled away from Roy Alm, who was running in second place. Jimmy Johnson passed Mark Sutton to take third. Sutton dropped to fifth behind Troy Hasbrook.

Dave Roggy won his second Dual Hornet feature in a row. He held the lead while Rob Hammitt and Jeff Seitz battled door to door behind him for second and third. Kyle Fisher finished fourth ahead of Tim Provenzano.

Leon Cade picked up the win in the Skooner’z Street Stock feature. Nathan Balensiefen tried several times to pass him, but Cade was able to remain out in front throughout their feature. Randy Lucas finished third behind Balensiefen. Todd Balensiefen drove Justin Rutledge’s car to a fourth place finish ahead of Keith Lucas.

Bureau County Speedway Sunday 6-11-06 Results  -Kathy Costerisan, Princeton, IL

Skoonerz Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, Freeport, 2 Dennis Erb, Carpentersville, 3 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 4 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 5 Bill Tuckwell, Peoria, 6 Steve Lance, Glasford, 7 Steve Oeder, Princeton, 8 Lil’ John Provenzano, Marseilles, 9 Jerry Pitts, Jr, Ingleside, 10 Kory Rokey, Wyanet, 11 Stan Vervynck, Kewanee, 12 Bryan Byers, Princeton, 13 Mike Provenzano, Aurora, 14 Bob Freeburg, Metamora, 15 David Tuft, Princeton, 16 Wayne Brau, Annawan, 17 Jeff Hayonga, German Valley

Late Model Heat One – 1 Dennis Erb, 2 M Provenzano, 3 Larson, 4 Bell, 5 J Provenzano, 6 Tuft, 7 Hayonga

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Jason Jaggers, 2 Pitts, 3 Byers, 4 Freeburg, 5 Oeder, 6 Tuckwell, 7 Brau, 8 Rokey, 9 Vervynck

Skoonerz Street Stock Feature – 1 Leon Cade, Sheffield, 2 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 3 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 4 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 5 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 6 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 7 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille, 8 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 9 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 10 Gary Clark, Princeton, 11 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 12 Nick Sell, Oglesby

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Keith Lucas, 2 Cade, 3 J Balensiefen, 4 Rutledge, 5 Carrington, 6 N Balensiefen

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Randy Lucas, 2 Yardley, 3 Ultch, 4 Sell, 6 Clark

Skoonerz Modified Feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, Freeport, 2 Bill Tuckwell, Peoria, 3 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 4 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 5 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 6 Mike Garland, Morrison, 7 Clint Shepard, Jr. Morrison, 8 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 9 Casey Lappin, Peoria, 10 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 11 Justin McCoy, Streator, 12 Stan Vervynck, Kewanee, 13 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 14 Brian Lucas, Princeton.

 Modified Heat One – 1 Jeff Larson, 2 Vinnedge, 3 Bollinger, 4 Garland, 5 Shepard, 6 McCoy, 7 Anderson, 8 Brad Carrington, Wyanet

Modified Heat Two – 1 Bill Tuckwell, 2 M Thompson, 3 B Carrington, 4 Lappin, 5 Jim Thompson, 6 Kevin Thompson, 7 M Vervynck, 8 Lucas, 9 S Vervnck

Skoonerz Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Dave Roggy, Wyanet, 2 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 3 Tim Provenzano, Marseilles, 4 Tony Provenzano, Jr, Aurora, 5 Alex Fisch, Walnut, 6 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee

Dual Heat – 1 Dave Roggy, 2 T Provenzano, 3 Hammitt, 4 Fisch, 5 Anderson, 6 T Provenzano, 7 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 8 Jeff Seitz, Princeton

Skoonerz Single Hornet Feature – 1 Roy Alm,  Buda, 2 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 3 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 4 Mark Sutton, Sr, Neponset, 5 Jason Lamm, Freeport, 6 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 7 Scott Shepard, Morrison, 8 Kenny Johnson, Princeton.

Single Heat – 1 Roy Alm, 2 Whittington, 3 Lamm, 4 Henderliter, 5 Sutton, 6 Peterson, 7 Shepard, 8 Johnson

         Wild Ride for Sell Sunday at Bureau County Speedway

If you stayed home Sunday and didn’t go to the races at Bureau County Speedway you missed a wild program. The night had it all – barrel rolls, extrication, free flags for the kids, three wide racing and a great late model feature.

The night started on a heart stopping note. Nick Sell of Oglesby came through turn four on the third lap of the Street Stock feature and tried to avoid Larry Yardley’s sideways car. They just touched, but it was enough to send Sell’s car sideways and it quickly launched into a series of three barrel rolls down the front stretch. The second roll was at least 8 feet in the air. The car landed on its wheels but Sell was injured. He had to be extricated by the A-1 Fire & Rescue Service and the Princeton Ambulance squad. The roof of his Street Stock was cut off and Sell was placed carefully onto a back board for his trip to the hospital. He was later found not to have any broken bones, but required an overnight stay in the hospital.

The rest of the Street Stock feature was action packed, with the drivers even attempting to race three wide down the back stretch, without success. Randy Lucas led the opening laps but lost the lead in the Street Stock feature to Justin Rutledge after four laps. Rutledge would spin out two laps later and turn the lead over to Leon Cade. Cade stuck to the inside as he led the rest of the race, holding Lucas in second place. Nathan Balensiefen came back up to third after he was sent to the back of the field for having a crew member come out on the track and try to repair a dangling body panel.

Cade took the feature win for the third time this year. Earlier both Keith and Randy Lucas each picked up a heat win. Randy finished second followed by Nathan and Jamie Balensiefen and Keith Lucas.

Jeff “Bone” Larson regularly runs a Modified at Freeport, but Sunday was the first time he brought it to Princeton. He won a heat race and started on the pole of the feature. Bill Tuckwell, who is also a well known late model driver, brought both his modified and a late model to compete Sunday. Tuckwell won the other heat and started on the outside of the front row.

Larson took off on the green flag and gradually put some distance on the field. The class ran flag to flag without a single caution. Behind Larson, Tuckwell, Josh Vinnedge and Marty Thompson were putting on a great passing demonstration. Vinnedge ran second for the first 10 laps while Tuckwell and Thompson battled door to door behind him. Then Tuckwell made his move, passing both cars and taking over second place. That didn’t last long, as Thompson picked off both cars and then he took over second place. Vinnedge made another try but got held up by a lapped car and dropped back to fourth. Tuckwell was able to hold off Thompson to take a second place finish in his first visit to the Speedway in a modified. 

            Larson collected $100 extra from the staff of Skoonerz for having the name Skoonerz on his shirt in victory lane. Although it was written on masking tape and stuck to his shirt it earned him the extra cash. He won $50 for the Modified feature and came back out and won the Late Model feature a few minutes later, which earned him the extra $50 bucks.

            When Dennis Erb of Carpentersville pulled into the pits Sunday afternoon everyone knew that it was going to be an interesting late model race. Erb, who usually runs the big dollar shows, was checking out the track prior to the July 7th UMP Summer National Race. Erb led the first 11 laps until a caution came out. On the restart, Larson, who had been running second, got a great jump and took over the lead. Erb had Mike Provenzano and Richie Bell breathing down his neck. Bell saw his opportunity and dove around Erb to take over second place with ten laps to go. Erb took back second place for two laps but Bell made his move on the bottom of the front stretch this time to take second back again.

            The caution came out with only two laps to go when Mike Provenzano dropped a drive shaft and Bryan Byers car snapped a connecting rod.

            The two lap dash saw Larson take the checkers. Erb was able to get by Bell for second. Jason Jaggers had his best run of the season finishing fourth after earlier winning a heat race. Tuckwell moved up from an 11^th place starting position to finish fifth. He had ended up in the deep mud in turn four after a spin on the third lap of the feature and had to be towed out.

Steve Lance finished sixth after starting 17th. He had driven from Glasford to Dubuque, IA to race, only to get rained out. He drove back to Princeton and made it just in time to run the feature.

Roy Alm held off Friday night’s feature winner, Shane Whittington to take his sixth feature win of the year. Hank Henderliter finished third and Mark Sutton fourth.

Bureau County Speedway 6-9-06 Results   Kathy Costerisan – Princeton, IL 815-875-2606

Auto Zone Single Hornet Feature – 1 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 2 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee, 3 Troy Hasbrook, Bradford, 4 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 5 Mark Sutton, Sr, Neponset, 6 Marty Jonsson, Compton, 7 Jason Ramos, Amboy

Single Hornet Heat – 1 Shane Whittington, 2 Hasbrook, 3 Henderliter, 4 Galli, 5 Sutton, 6 Ramos, 7 Jonsson, 8 Jimmy Johnson, Tiskilwa, 9 Scott Shepard, Morrison.

Auto Zone Street Stock Feature – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 2 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 3 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 4 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 5 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 6 Marty Gradert, Buda, 7 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 8 Nick Sell, Oglesby, 9 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 10 Angie Carrington, Wyanet., 11 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, 2 Rutledge, 3 K Lucas, 4 Yardley, 6 Sell

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Jamie Balensiefen, 2 R Lucas, 3 Gradert, 4 Ultch,  5 Carrington, 6 Leon Cade, Sheffield.

Auto Zone Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, Freeport, 2 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 3 Jerry Pitts, Jr. Ingleside, 4 Bryan Byers, Princeton, 5 David Tuft, Princeton, 6 Steve Oeder, Princeton, 7 Wayne Brau, Annawan, 8 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 9 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 10 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Bob Freeburg, Metamora 12 Travis Rokey, Princeton

Late Model Heat One – 1 Bryan Byers, 2 Freeburg, 3 Larson, 4 Oeder, 5 Bell, 6 Tuft

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Travis Rokey, 2  Moon, 3 Jaggers, 4 Pitts, 5 Brau, 6 Vervynck

Auto Zone Modified Feature – 1 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 2 Mike Garland, Morrison, 3 Casey Lappin, Bartonville, 4 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 5 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 6 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 7 Jimmy Thompson, Annawan, 8 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 9 Stan Vervynck, Kewanee, 10 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Brian Lucas, Malden, 12 Clint Shepard, Jr, Morrison, 13 Joe Adam, Peru, 14 Matt Politsch, St. Louis 15 Jason Anderson (Disqualified)

Modified Heat One – 1 Ray Bollinger, 2 Vinnedge, 3 K Thompson, 4 M Thompson, 5 J Thompson, 6 Shepard, 7 S Vervynck, 8 Politsch

Modified Heat Two – 1 Mike Garland, 2 Carrington, 3 Lappin, 4 Lucas, 5 Vervynck

Auto Zone Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 2 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 3 Tim Provenzano, Marseilles, 4 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 5 Dave Roggy, Wyanet, 6 Kevin Elgin, Kewanee, 7 John Moreland, Buda, 8 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee, 9 Gary Wetsel, Princeton.

Dual Hornet Heat – 1 Jeff Seitz, 2 Elgin, 3 Provenzano, 4 Hammitt, 5 Fisher, 6 Roggy, 7 Moreland, 8 Wetsel, 9 Anderson

Shane Whittington Takes First Feature Win

It was a cool night at the track but the action was hot and heavy at Bureau County Speedway. With the track slick and black the Hornet tires were really squealing. Shane Whittington didn’t let it bother him as he led every lap of the Single Hornet feature to take his first feature win. Jarrod Galli, last weeks feature winner, stuck right with Whittington but couldn’t get close enough to make a pass. Earlier in the evening Whittington also won the Single Hornet heat race. Troy Hasbrook finished in third.

Jeff Seitz picked up his fourth feature win of the season in the Dual Hornet Feature. He also won their heat race earlier in the program. Rob Hammitt and Tim Provenzano finished second and third in the feature. Kyle Fisher and Dave Roggy placed fourth and fifth.

Nathan Balensiefen picked up his second Street Stock feature trophy in a row. Behind him the competition was running door to door. Justin Rutledge held off Randy Lucas to take a second place finish. Keith Lucas finished fourth ahead of Jamie Balensiefen.

Jeff “Bone” Larson passed Bryan Byers to take over the lead in the Auto Zone Late Model feature with 11 laps to go. A spin by several cars with six laps to go bunched the field. Larson got his usual good start from the green and held off the competition to take the win. Bryan Moon tucked right in behind him to finish in second place. Jerry Pitts and Byers finished third and fourth.

Josh Vinnedge is “Mr Smooth” in the Modified division. Vinnedge led every lap on his way to his fourth feature win of the season. Mike Garland stuck right behind him in second place. Casey Lappin and Ray Bollinger battled for position with Lappin crossing the line in third.

Bureau County Speedway 6-2-06 Results – Kathy Costerisan, Princeton, IL

Races Sponsored by the 151^st Bureau County Fair

Bureau County Fair Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, Freeport, 2 Travis Rokey, Princeton, 3 Bryan Byers, Princeton, 4 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 5 Steve Oeder, Princeton, 6 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 7 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 8 Jerry Pitts, Jr., Ingleside, 9 David Tuft, Princeton, 10 Tom Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Bob Freeburg, Metamora.

Late Model Heat One – 1 Bob Freeburg, 2 Bell, 3 Rokey, 4 Jaggers, 5 Vervynck, 6 Pitts

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Jeff Larson, 2 Byers, 3 Tuft, 4 Oeder, 5 Moon

Bureau County Fair Street Stock Feature – 1 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 2 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 3 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 4 Leon Cade, Sheffield, 5 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 6 Marty Gradert, Buda, 7 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 8 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille, 9 Nick Sell, Oglesby, 10 Matt Ramer, Mendota, 11 Angie Carrington, Wyanet.

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Keith Lucas, 2 Eric Whittington, Princeton, 3 Carrington, 4 Ramer, 5 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 6 Sell, 7 R Lucas

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Justin Rutledge, 2 Cade, 3 Gradert, 4 J Balensiefen, 5 Ultch, 6 N Balensiefen, 7 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee.

Bureau Co Fair Modified Feature – 1 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 2 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 3 Mike Garland, Morrison, 4 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 5 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 6 Jim Thompson, Annawan, 7 Casey Lappin, Bartonville, 8 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 9 Clint Shepard, Jr, Morrison, 10 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Jay Crighton, Lake Villa, 12 Matt Politsch, St. Louis, 13 Brian Lucas, Malden

Modified Heat One – 1 Josh Vinnedge, 2 Garland, 3 M Thompson, 4 J Thompson, 5 Shepard, 6 Anderson, 7 Brad Carrington, 8 M Vervynck

Modified Heat Two – 1 Ray Bollinger, 2 Lappin, 3 K Thompson, 4 Crighton, 5 Lucas, 6 Politsch

Bureau County Fair Single Hornet Feature – 1 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee, 2 Roy Alm, Buda, 3 Troy Hasbrook, Bradford, 4 Jimmy Johnson, Tiskilwa, 5 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 6 Mark Sutton, Neponset, 7 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 8 Scott Shepard, Morrison

Bureau County Fair Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Jake Gould, Sheffield, 2 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 3 Kevin Elgin, Kewanee, 4 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 5 Alex Fisch, Walnut, 6 John Moreland, Buda, 7 Tim Provenzano, Marseilles, 8 Dave Roggy, Wyanet, 9 Frank Paxton, Kewanee, 10 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 11 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee, 12 Craig Harris, Kewanee, 13 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 14 Gary Wetsel, Princeton.

Dual Hornet Heat One – 1 Jake Gould, 2 Wetsel, 3 Seitz, 4 Elgin, 5 Hammitt, 6 Provenzano, 7 Anderson, 8 JR Brown, Princeton.

Dual Hornet Heat Two – 1 Kyle Fisher, 2 Roggy, 3 Peterson, 4 Moreland, 5 Fisch, 6 Paxton, 7 Harris

Galli Breaks Alm’s Win Streak

Jarrod Galli has run second to Roy Alm since the season began. Friday night at Bureau County Speedway Galli broke Alm’s five race win streak in the Single Hornet Division. Due to the limited amount of cars only a feature event was run for this class. Galli started on the outside of the front row and led Alm to the green flag. Alm was never able to catch the young driver on his way to his first feature win. Galli took the checkered flag in the 12 lap feature. Alm finished second ahead of Troy Hasbrook and Jimmy Johnson.

 The winners in Friday’s features were surrounded by royalty as all three Miss Bureau County Fair Queens presented the drivers their trophies and flags.

“Smiling Jake” Gould is starting a win streak of his own, picking up his third Dual Hornet feature win in a row. Gould held off a determined Kyle Fisher as he led every lap. Their race ran caution free until the last lap when Trent Peterson, who had been running 6^th, broke a suspension part and stopped on the top of turn four. This left a one lap shoot out for the win. When the race restarted Gould was still able to pull away and take the feature win. Kevin Elgin made his move on the last lap, passing Jeff Seitz to take over third place.

The track was extremely fast Friday night and the Late Model drivers were flying. Jeff “Bone” Larson blew everyone away on his way to the checkered flag in the Late Model feature. Bob Freeburg started on the pole and it looked like he was going to be able to give Larson some close competition. Bryan Byers took over second place on lap three as Freeburg dropped into third place. Freeburg broke 5 laps later. Byers was holding onto second but Travis Rokey was gaining on him lap after lap. Rokey worked himself up to Byers door and the two cars battled for a couple of laps before Rokey settled into second place.  By the half way point in the twenty-five lap race, Larson had built up a half a lap lead over the second place car of Rokey.

The third caution came out with five laps to go when Bryan Moon tagged and spun Vervynck’s car. This shortened up Larson’s lead but he was still able to pull away from the rest of the field and cross the line a long distance ahead of the pack. Rokey finished second and Byers third. Richie Bell finished fourth. Steve Oeder appeared to have some of his handling problems of the last few weeks fixed as he took a fifth place finish.

The Street Stock feature was one of the best this year with the top five drivers dicing for position. Keith Lucas has been racing at the Speedway ever since it opened. He showed the “kids” how it was done Friday night as he held them off to take the Street Stock feature win.

Early in the race Leon Cade was running second. He made his pass for the lead, just as Angie Carrington spun. This put Lucas back into the lead. On the restart Cade slid high into the crumbs and lost several positions. That left it wide open for Nathan Balensiefen to make his move and he took over second place with Justin Rutledge close behind. Balensiefen tried several times but Lucas was able to slam the door on him and keep the lead. Lucas took the win with Balensiefen, Rutledge and Cade rounding out the top four.

Jamie Balensiefen was given a seventh place finish even though he didn’t finish the race. Speedway officials determined they made an incorrect ruling when Balensienfen had earlier spun out during the race. He was scored where he was running when he was eliminated from the race.

Next weekend there are two races on the schedule, Friday, June 9^th  and Sunday, June 11^th. Skooner’z Bar & Grill is offering special door prizes for the fans and driver’s prizes both nights. Gates will open at 3 p.m. on Sunday with racing at 5 p.m.