2006farmercity
2006 FARMER CITY NEWS ARCHIVES
2006 Banquet pics....click here
Friday September 22:
Just as late model time trials ended, the rains came and ended the
2006 season....
see y'all next spring
Friday September 15:
Thanks to 4m member DeeDee for sharing....
Hornet
Heat Winners (8 of them for 92 cars):
Justin Kay, Chase Woods, Joe Reed, JR Eskew, Robbie Ellers, Rick Fair, Tommy
Fields, Chad Weber
Hornet Dash Winners (2 Dash races): Russell Ellers, Justin Kay
Hornet Semi Winners (4 of them):
Stacey Whitehouse, Shawn Howard, Nick Lee, Dustin Kay
Hornet 50 lap Feature top 5:
Justin Kay takes home the $1500, followed by Ryan Ellers, Scott Williams, Todd
Murphy, & Dustin Kay
Comments on the race: 50 laps, 11 rows of 3 to start, 2 or 3 flips (drivers OK),
2 fires (drivers Ok), 15 of 33 cars finish the race. Fast Joe Reed was flying at
the beginning only to apparently taken out by a lapped car. Then in an effort to
come from the back to the front his engine caught on fire and he had to park it
in the infield. Geno Kalb then went on to to lead and looked very fast, then his
car caught on fire on the front stretch. Very close, great lap traffic racing by
the top finishers in the race. This was a great race to watch!
Street Stock Results
Heat 1 winner Kevin McDermond, Jeremy Nichols ran second, not sure what was up
with the 01 car but he did not start the feature.
Heat 2 winner Terry Miller driving the #8 Awe car, Greg Brewer finished 2nd.
Chris Tackett was racing fast from the back to the front and in 2nd place on the
last lap when the drive shaft broke (according to the announcer) and the 0 car
when flipping and rolling serveral times in turn 1, he was OK. Not as bad
looking as last years flip, I hope this is not going to become and annual event.
Street Stock Feature was going to be interesting as Quinn (broken axle),
Nichols, and Tackett were not in it and Josh Griffith started way at the back.
In the end Terry Miller wins, Griffith gets 2nd after charging to the front,
Brewer, Skelton and McDermond round out the top 5.
Sportsman heat winners Terry Worth and Billy Nail. Feature top 5: Nail, Worth,
Rusher, Kimmons, Crowder
Modified Heat Winners: Jeff Leka, Lance Dehm and Denny Schwartz. Darcy Wey flips
hard between 1 and 2 in her heat race and gets out of the car OK. Modified Semi
Winner
Roben Huffman. Feature top 5 Dehm, Leka, Hamstra, Logue, Wenger.
That's the report from the bus in turn 2. A great night of racing. I do have one
friendly reminder....The RED flag means STOP! During at least two different
flips in two different classes, cars continued racing when the red flag was
flying and the light was red. Just my opinion, but this seems dangerous. One
more week of racing at Farmer City, next week its the late models, modifieds,
sportsman, street stocks, and hornets. See you then!
Farmer City Raceway (IL)
September 1, 2006
Forty Four Late Models took time trials Friday night, with Shannon Babb's
12.432 the quickest of the bunch. Babb won the first heat, with a last lap pass
on Ryan Dauber with Eric Smith and Tony Izzo Jr in tow. The second heat went to
Billy Drake over Wes Steidinger, Jason Feger and Rodney Melvin. The third heat
went to Brian Shirley over Kevin Weaver, Darren Friedman and Derek Chandler. The
final heat was a great battle of the number 28 cars, with Jimmy Mars holding off
Dennis Erb Jr for the win over Steve Sheppard Jr and Matt Taylor. The first semi
feature had Terry Babb taking the win over Aaron Ricketts, with the second semi
going to Tim Lance in a battle to the wire over Joe Ross Jr.
The forty lap, $5,000 to win season ending feature started with Shannon Babb and
Billy Drake on the front row. Drake took command right from the start, leading
the first twenty two laps, with Babb and Shirley right behind him. Then the only
yellow of the race flew for Joe Ross Jr after tagging the turn four wall.
Shortly after the restart, Shirley slipped around Drake for the lead and
commenced to run away and hide from the rest of the field. Drake finished a
distant second with Babb, Mars and Dauber rounding out the top five. The evening
started with Richie Hedrick holding a slim two point lead over Wes Steidinger.
Hedrick had heat race problems, and took a provisional, 21st place starting spot
in the feature with Steidinger starting sixth. Steidinger pulled off the track 5
laps into the race, and Hedrick needed to finish eighth to win the championship,
but he came in ninth place, giving the honors to Wes Steidinger, the newly
crowned 2006 Farmer City Raceway Track Champion.
unofficial finish:
3S Brian Shirley
9 Billy Drake
18 Shannon Babb
28 Jimmy Mars
64 Ryan Dauber
25 Jason Feger
5s Steve Sheppard
28 Dennis Erb Jr
0 Richie Hedrick
89 Darren Friedman
B12 Kevin Weaver
3L Matt Taylor
The Sportsman class saw a heated battle down to the end, with the checkers going
to Billy Nail over 2006 track champ Greg Kimmons with Ben Hulse finishing third.
Jeff Leka won the champions in the modifieds a few weeks back. Modified heat winners were Dan Hamstra, Abe Helfand, Jason Lakey and Chad Osterhoff. The feature went to Dan Hamstra.
The street stock feature went to Jeremy Nichols, who also won his heat, along with Travis Johnson and Chris Tackett. Jim Quinn came from deep in the field to finish fourth and win the championship by a narrow seven points over Nichols.
Farmer City Raceway (IL)
August 25, 2006
Thirty two late models rolled through the gates Friday night at Farmer City Raceway. With another lightning fast track, Wes Steidinger again just missed the track record turning a lap at 12.423 seconds. Heats were run 2 and three wide, with the first heat going to Eric Smith over Wes Steidinger and Roger Long. The second heat went to Brian Shirley over Dennis Erb Jr and Ryan Dauber. The third heat went to Jason Feger over Joe Ross Jr and Jr Shickel. The final heat went to Richie Hedrick over Steve Sheppard Jr and Darren Friedman. The semi went to Chris Dick over Ryan Unzicker. The feature saw Brian Shirley turning in laps as fast as he qualified earlier in the evening, leading all 25 laps, but the early challengers were Smith, Feger and Hedrick. As the race hit the midway point, the only yellow would fall, and after the green came back out, Shirley was never seriously challenged to the checkered flag. Second was Hedrick, with Steidinger third, Sheppard Jr and Erb Jr rounding out the top five.
unofficial finish:
3S Brian Shirley
0 Richie Hedrick
1 Wes Steidinger
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
28 Dennis Erb Jr
64 Ryan Dauber
9 Eric Smith
117 Joe Ross Jr
3L Matt Taylor
S10 Jr Shickel
11D Brian Dively
25 Jason Feger
89 Darren Friedman
The Sportsman feature went to Ben Hulse again, but this time chased by Justin
DeLong, Terry Worth, Greg Kimmons, Jimmy Dehm, Wes O'Dell, Kent Collins, Billy
Nail an Richard Peddycoart.
The modified feature saw a very patient Jeff Leka wait until lap 12 to take the lead from a very fast Arby Burton to take the checkers. The duo was followed by Lance Dehm, Gabe Menser, Randy Huffman, Matt Bachman, Jeb Friedman, Wes O'Dell, Brandon Kessinger and Jay Ledford.
Farmer City Raceway (IL)
August 18, 2006
Twenty Three late models showed up to do battle Friday night at Farmer City
Raceway with Wes Steidinger taking fast time. Steidinger won the first heat over
Richie Hedrick and Matt Taylor. The second heat went to Joe Ross Jr over Donnie
Walden and Rocky Griffin. The third heat went to Eric Smith over Joe Harlan and
Brian Dively. The feature went to Steve Sheppard Jr, starting last on the field
and he put on a driving exhibition to win the twenty five lapper. Wes Steidinger
finished second over Richie Hedrick and Joe Ross Jr.
unofficial finish:
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
1 Wes Steidinger
0 Richie Hedrick
117 Joe Ross Jr
9 Eric Smith
25 Jason Feger
3L Matt Taylor
S10 Jr Shickel
36 Roger Long
35 Derek Chandler
1G Rocky Griffin
95 Aaron Ricketts
20 Ed Barth
In the season points battle, Richie Hedrick and Wes Steidinger are now tied with
Matt Taylor only three points behind.
In the modified, Gabe Menser won his first ever Farmer City Raceway feature,
holding off Danny Schwartz, Jeff Leka, Matt Bachman, McKay Wenger and Randy
Huffman for the win.
Ben Hulse won the sportsman feature over Jimmy Dehm and Roy Pierceall.
The street stock feature went to Jeremy Nichols over Josh Griffith, Eric Hail,
Jim Quinn and Chris Tackett.
Joe Reed won yet another hornet feature over Chris Newell, Chris Burton, Brad
Rexroad and Stacy Whitehouse.
World of Outlaws Late Model Series News & Notes: Wrapping Up The Farmer City
Raceway/Lake Ozark Speedway Doubleheader
NORMAN, OK - Aug. 18, 2006 -
HAPPY IN THE HEARTLAND: Count Billy Moyer as one driver who would like to
see more World of Outlaws Late Model Series events in the Midwest.
That's not merely because he got his groove back during the tour's
doubleheader at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway (Aug. 14) and Lake Ozark Speedway
in Eldon, Mo., winning both 50-lap features to vault from fifth to second in
the points standings.
Racing in the Midwest obviously cuts down on the highway miles logged by
Moyer, who must haul his equipment 18 hours or more from his Batesville,
Ark., home to compete in events in such states as Maryland, Pennsylvania and
New York. His years chasing the grueling UMP Summernationals also give him
more laps at tracks in the area, including Farmer City, than he has at some
East Coast ovals on the WoO LMS.
And being a bit closer to home gives his family members a rare opportunity
to see him race. In attendance at Lake Ozark was Moyer's mother, who lives
in Nebraska, and his brother Greg.
"I didn't realize it had been so long until she told me, but I hadn't seen
my mother in 11 months," said Moyer, noting that some back problems have
prevented his mother from traveling. "And this was the first time my brother
Greg's seen us race all year."
Moyer paused, and then said of his brother with a chuckle, "He came over
because he has a house down here on the lake (nearby Lake of the Ozarks). He
lives like you're supposed to live."
But while Greg Moyer might not have the hectic racing lifestyle of his
brother, he's not one of the country's best dirt Late Model drivers. Billy
Moyer is - and after back-to-back wins he's right back in the battle for the
$120,000 WoO LMS points championship, which he knows would be a nice reward
for all the time he devotes to racing.
CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE: WoO LMS points leader Tim McCreadie hailed the
Hammers, who promote Farmer City Raceway, for whipping up a great track
surface for the tour's visit.
"I give the Hammmers a lot of credit," McCreadie said after his second-place
finish in the feature. "I know them from a couple years ago at the Chili
Bowl (in Tulsa, Okla.) when they helped me out with my Midget. We talked a
little, and they believe what I do - if you do a lot of track prep, the
track will be racy.
"We were all worried that the track would rubber up tonight, but the last
two times we were here (before rain postponed the shows) Don (Hammer) told
me, 'Don't worry, we'll dig it up and have a good track for you guys.'
"He was right. You couldn't ask for a better racetrack then we had tonight."
DISAPPOINTING NIGHT: Perhaps the biggest cheer during the Farmer City
program went up for two-time UMP Summernationals champion Shannon Babb of
Moweaqua, Ill., who grew up racing at the quarter-mile oval.
It appeared the 32-year-old would really give the fans something to get
excited about when he took the lead from Steve Francis with an outside
charge in turn one on lap 14, but he never officially led a lap. A flat
right-rear tire moments later dive-bombed his effort.
"We had a good race car at the beginning, but then we ran over something and
got a flat," said Babb. "As soon as I got the lead, it just blowed out."
Babb returned after a quick pit stop, but "we didn't put our wheel-cover
back on," he said. "A few laps later I went into turn three and hit the
cushion, and that packed the wheel full of mud. Then it got to shaking, and
I couldn't run hard (he finished 11th)."
READY FOR A FINAL CHARGE: Steve Francis and Darrell Lanigan, who finished
third and fourth, respectively, in Lake Ozark's main, left the Midwest
prepared to make a push for the $120,000 WoO LMS title.
"We're just gonna keep doing exactly what we we've been doing," said
Francis, who sits fourth in the standings, 26 points behind McCreadie. "We
had a pretty good points week (with a pair of third-place finishes). We
haven't won one in awhile -- although we could've won a couple - but the
breaks haven't fallen our way.
"Hopefully we're due to catch some breaks. When everybody is so close, luck
plays a big part in it."
Lanigan, who fell from second to third in the points standings but is only
20 points behind McCreadie, is eyeing the championship.
"It's definitely getting tight," said Lanigan, who broke a four-link rod 10
laps into the Lake Ozark main but held on to finish fourth with some help
from the rubbered-up, one-lane track surface. "You got to think points if
you're going for the big picture. You go to every race wanting to win it,
but now you don't take any stupid chances - you don't gamble on tires, just
go with what everybody else does.
"The tracks coming up should be decent for us. They're bigger tracks, and I
usually run better on bigger tracks - although lately I've been getting top
fives on the bullrings too."
ETCETERA:
* Fourth-year dirt Late Model driver Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., had an
eventful swing with the WoO LMS.
Debuting a new Rayburn car at Farmer City, Shirley was swept up in Eddie
Carrier Jr.'s spin (he somehow avoided making contact with Carrier's car) in
his heat but rallied to run third before a broken oil line forced him to the
pits. Later, in the second B-Main, he was bidding for the final transfer
spot when a scrape with Kevin Weaver caused both drivers to spin in turn two
and miss the feature.
Shirley fared better at Lake Ozark, timing third-fastest, winning a heat and
finishing sixth in the 50-lap main.
* After finishing a season-high second in Lake Ozark's feature, Josh
Richards and his Rocket House Car team gave Shirley's car owner, Ed Petroff,
a ride back to his St. Louis-area home in their hauler. Kid Rocket and Co.
spent some time at Petroff's shop cleaning up and working on their car
before heading for the weekend's Jackson 100 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway.
* The only casualty of the Lake Ozark 50 was Dale McDowell, whose bad luck
on the '06 WoO LMS continued when a broken axle knocked him out of seventh
place on lap 46.
* WoO LMS regular Eric Jacobsen of Santa Cruz, Calif., enjoyed his best
outing of the 2006 tour at Farmer City, finishing a strong sixth. He missed
a top five by inches, getting edged out at the finish line by Dennis Erb Jr.
of Carpentersville, Ill.
"I was out there thinking, This is just like racing back home,'" said
Jacobsen. "I raced on a lot of small quarter-miles in California."
* Jacobsen wasn't the only Californian in the field at Lake Ozark. He was
joined by two other drivers from the Golden State: Zack Forster and Robert
Sanders, both of Bakersfield, Calif.
Partners in a company called West Coast Boring, Forster and Sanders race
regularly at California tracks such as Bakersfield and Santa Maria. Both are
new to the sport - Forster has about 20 career starts in a dirt Late Model,
and Sanders has eight - but they decided to take a "racing vacation" to the
Midwest. On their itinerary was Lake Ozark and the weekend's Topless 100 at
Batesville (Ark.) Speedway.
"We wanted to come race with the big boys," said Forster, who finished 16th
in the main.
* With a short field at Lake Ozark, three teams unloaded backup cars and
entered them with crewmen behind the wheel.
Clint Smith's second car was driven by his chief mechanic Johnny Cloer Jr.,
who races a dirt Late Model in the Southeast; Shane Clanton's backup was
steered by mechanic Shane Thompson, who competes in a Late Model Sportsman
in Alabama; and Shirley's second No. 3s was run by his crewman Craig Smith,
who races locally in Illinois.
Cloer had the best night, finishing ninth - two spots ahead of Smith.
* Centerview, Mo.'s Jason Bodenhamer was all smiles after finishing fifth in
the Lake Ozark 50.
"This is just our second time running with the Outlaws, so I'm tickled to
death," said Bodenhamer, a 31-year-old who has been racing dirt Late Models
for 15 years. "This is the best I've ever run in a big show like this, and
what makes it even better is our car owner, Warsaw Building Center, is from
the area."
* Another WoO LMS newcomer making a good showing during the swing was Wes
Steidinger, 23, of Fairbury, Ill., who recorded the second-fastest lap in
time trials and won a heat race at Farmer City.
"This is my first World of Outlaws race ever," said Steidinger, who drove
his father's Rayburn car to an 18th-place finish in the main after being
involved in a lap-31 tangle. "This is my fifth year in a Late Model and
we've been staying close to home. We're pretty pumped about how things have
gone tonight."
LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can't get to a track to see the series, they can
experience the excitement of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series live on
Dirtvision.com through the DIRT Radio Network.
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Radio Network. For technical support or questions, e-mail
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The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country
by several sponsors and partners, including Series sponsor Hoosier Tire;
Promotional sponsors AMB i.t., Choice Hotels International, COESfx, The
University of Northwest Ohio and Snap-on. Contingency sponsors include DART
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[email protected]
Moyer Ends World of Outlaws Late Model Series Victory Drought Monday At
Farmer City
FARMER CITY, IL - Aug. 14, 2006 - The drought is over.
Billy Moyer's frustratingly long pursuit of a victory on the 2006 World of
Outlaws Late Model Series ended Monday night at Farmer City Raceway, where
the defending tour champion captured the Farmer City 50 to get in the win
column.
"We were tired of not winning," a relieved Moyer said after celebrating in
COESfx Victory Lane. "It feels good to finally get one of these shows."
Moyer, 48, of Batesville, Ark., came from the seventh starting spot and
outdueled Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Steve Francis of Ashland,
Ky., en route to the $10,000 triumph.
An inside pass of McCreadie for the lead on lap 33 was the deciding move for
Moyer, who raced away over the remaining distance to defeat McCreadie by a
full straightaway margin on the high-banked, quarter-mile oval.
The polesitting Francis, who led laps 1-2 and 9-30, settled for third place,
followed by ninth-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and UMP Late Model
standout Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., who paced laps 3-8 after
starting from the outside pole.
Moyer's seventh career WoO LMS victory turned around his mid-summer slump,
which reached its low point on Aug. 5 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway. Shock
problems that night left Moyer with a 16th-place finish and completed a
four-race free-fall that saw him tumble from first to fifth in the tour
points standings.
What got Moyer back on track?
"These guys who work for me never give up," said Moyer, who drove a Rayburn
car from his Billy Moyer Racing stable that he had raced earlier this year.
"They do whatever I ask them to do. They changed motors this morning, and
then we rescaled the car and put in a different chassis setup.
"You just keep working, keep digging, and eventually things start going your
way."
Indeed, at long last Moyer not only had a fast car, but caught the little
breaks necessary to put him over the top.
Moyer first benefited from the misfortune of Moweaqua, Ill.'s Shannon Babb,
the 2006 UMP Summernationals champion who drives a Rayburn car owned by
Moyer's father Billy Sr. Babb bolted around the outside of Francis in turn
one to take command of the field on lap 14, but seconds later he pulled up
lame in turn four with a cut right-rear tire, bringing out a caution flag
before he officially led a lap.
"I think Shannon would've been a factor tonight," conceded Moyer, who scored
his first WoO LMS win since Sept. 17, 2005, at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo.
Moyer overtook Erb for second on the ensuing restart and quickly began to
pressure Francis for the lead. By lap 28 he was in a titanic three-way
battle for race supremacy, with McCreadie, who started 12th, joining in.
There was some intense racing for the lead before a caution flag flew for
Ryan Dauber's steaming car on lap 31, just after McCreadie nosed into the
top spot.
"We were running three-wide and I was just trying to hold my groove in the
middle," said Moyer. "That was some hard racing."
Moyer brought an end to the neck-and-neck competition following the the
race's third and final restart. He lurched ahead of McCreadie off turn two
on the 32nd lap and officially gained command for good when the 33rd circuit
was scored.
Seventeen laps later Moyer flashed under the checkered flag first, proving
that falling behind in the WoO LMS points race might not have been a bad
thing.
"You go back on offense rather than playing defense," said Moyer, who picked
up only four points on McCreadie but moved to third in the tour standings.
"Setup wise, now you just go for it and try to win races, like you're
supposed to race."
As the points leader entering Farmer City's show, McCreadie actually played
a little defense in hopes of staying in front - not against Moyer, but
rather Lanigan, the second-place man in points.
With the event run under UMP's two-compound 20/40 Hoosier tire rule,
McCreadie decided to mirror Lanigan's tire choice so his closest pursuer
wouldn't have a rubber advantage. His Sweeteners Plus crew made the switch
to Lanigan's tire literally minutes before the start of the feature,
changing it as McCreadie's car sat on the homestretch starting grid.
"Since Moyer fell out of the top three (in points), we were concentrating
tonight on who was going real good lately, and that's been Lanigan," said
McCreadie. "We knew he had 20s on, and we knew Moyer had a 40 and Babb had a
40. During the (pre-race) introductions we said, 'If we don't fire on this
40 and finish 12th, and Lanigan finishes fifth, it won't be good.'
"So we put the 20 on and tried to race Lanigan."
McCreadie, 32, was able to nose ahead of Moyer for the lead on lap 31, but
he didn't have enough to stay there.
"We had a softer right-rear on than Billy," said McCreadie. "I just think it
kinda gave out. We were hanging on at the end, but that's what I thought we
had to do to get to the front because we put ourselves behind in the heat.
"I really didn't think we'd get up that far. All of a sudden I was fighting
for the lead, and then I was wishing I had a 40 on.
"But we have no complaints" he added. "It was a great run for being off
early, and Moyer did a great job. He's too good not to win these races. He's
been due for a while, and unfortunately for us, he's probably gonna be going
good again."
Francis, meanwhile, might have lost his shot at winning for the first time
since May 5 at Bruschcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio, by making
one wrong move in lapped traffic on lap 30.
"I misjudged Little Billy (Moyer Jr.) when I went into the corner," said
Francis. "It wasn't anything Little Billy did wrong. I just made a mistake,
lost my momentum, and hung myself in that little slick spot off four. Then I
heard Timmy and Billy on the outside of me, and they got ahead of me at the
line.
"I was hoping to try getting them back in traffic the next lap, but then the
caution flag came out."
Forty-one cars entered the event, which was completed after the tour's two
earlier visits to the track this year were wiped out by bad weather.
Babb set fast time with a lap of 12.667 seconds.
Heat winners were Babb, Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Ill., Francis and Erb.
John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.,
captured the B-Mains, and Francis topped the pole dash.
The WoO LMS continues a two-night Midwest swing tonight (Tues., Aug. 15) at
Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo.
Results of WoO Late Model Series(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps
Completed/Money Won): 1. (7) Billy Moyer/50 $10,000; 2. (12) Tim
McCreadie/50 $6,000; 3. (1) Steve Francis/50 $3,500; 4. (9) Darrell
Lanigan/50 $2,500; 5. (2) Dennis Erb Jr./50 $2,200; 6. (8) Eric Jacobsen/50
$2,000; 7. (5) Josh Richards/50 $1,800; 8. (17) Shane Clanton/50 $1,600; 9.
(18) Clint Smith/50 $1,400; 10. (11) Rick Eckert/50 $1,200; 11. (3) Shannon
Babb/50 $1,000; 12. (14) Chub Frank/50 $900; 13. (21) Eric Smith/50 $1,800;
14. (13) Dale McDowell/50 $700; 15. (23) Garrett Durrett/50 $700; 16. (22)
Jason Feger/50 $700; 17. (20) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $700; 18. (4) Wes
Steidinger/50 $700; 19. (17) John Blankenship/49 $700; 20. (19) Matt
Taylor/49 $700; 21. (26) Joe Harlan/48 $700; 22. (6) Steve Hillard/48 $700;
23. (24) Billy Moyer Jr./31 $700; 24. (10) Ryan Dauber/31 $700; 25. (16)
Junior Shickel/17 $700; 26. (25) Joe Ross Jr./13 $700.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 15, 17, 31)
Lap Leaders: Francis (1-2); Erb (3-8); Francis (9-30); McCreadie (31-32);
Moyer (33-50).
Provisional Starters: Durrett, Moyer Jr., Ross, Harlan.
Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):
1. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 12.667
2. 1s-Wes Steidinger/Fairbury, IL 12.776
3. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 12.826
4. Z-Joe Harlan/El Paso, IL 12.868
5. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 12.874
6. 34-Steve Hillard/Sadorus, IL 12.897
7. B12-Kevin Weaver/Gibson City, IL 12.948
8. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 12.948
9. 9s-Eric Smith/Bloomington, IL 13.023
10. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 13.036
11. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 13.037
12. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 13.073
13. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 13.117
14. 9-Billy Drake/Bloomington, IL 13.117
15. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 13.157
16. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Santa Cruz, CA 13.169
17. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 13.171
18. 64-Ryan Dauber/Tonica, IL 13.200
19. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 13.206
20. S10-Junior Shickel/Bloomington, IL 13.221
21. 117-Joe Ross Jr./Springfield, IL 13.243
22. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 13.248
23. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 13.266
24. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 13.278
25. 58c-Garrett Durrett/Simsboro, LA 13.283
26. 1w-Donny Walden/Towanda, IL 13.287
27. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 13.287
28. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 13.322
29. 3L-Matt Taylor/Springfield, IL 13.338
30. 88-Terry Babb/Decatur, IL 13.348
31. 89-Darren Friedman/Forrest, IL 13.374
32. F15-Jeremy Conaway/Springfield, IL 13.571
33. 21jr-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 13.650
34. 99jr-Frank Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 13.658
35. 35-Derek Chandler/Pontiac, IL 13.677
36. 22-Chris Dick/Deland, IL 13.859
37. 59-Chad Evans/Mattoon, IL 13.994
38. 27B-Tim Lance/Brimfield, IL 13.994
39. 13-Mike Fannin/LeRoy, IL 14.101
40. 5s-Steve Sheppard Jr./New Berlin, IL N/T
41. 1G-Rocky Griffin/Bloomington, IL N/T
Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): S. Babb, Richards, Lanigan, McDowell,
Ross, Taylor, E. Smith, Moyer Jr., Durrett, Griffin, Evans.
Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Steidinger, Hillard, Dauber, Frank,
T. Babb, Blankenship, Walden, Heckenast, Lance, Drake.
Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Moyer, Eckert, Clanton, C.
Smith, Weaver, Feger, Friedman, Chandler, Fannin.
Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Erb, Jacobsen, McCreadie, Shickel,
Carrier, Harlan, Conaway, Dick, Shirley.
B-Main No. 1 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): Blankenship, Taylor, E. Smith,
Walden, Durrett, Heckenast, Moyer Jr., T. Babb, Evans, Griffin, Lance, Ross
(DNS) Drake.
B-Main No. 2 (12 laps - Top 3 Transfer): C. Smith, Carrier, Feger, Friedman,
Dick, Chandler, Weaver, Conaway, Fannin, Harlan, Shirley (DNS) Sheppard.
Dash (4 laps): Francis, Erb, S. Babb, Steidinger.
WoO Late Model Series Points Standings (after Aug. 14): 1. Tim McCreadie
3,294; 2. Darrell Lanigan 3,268; 3. Billy Moyer 3,264; 4. Steve Francis
3,260; 5. Shane Clanton 3,254; 6. Chub Frank 3,228; 7. Rick Eckert 3,218; 8.
Dale McDowell 3,146; 9. Clint Smith 3,125; 10. Josh Richards 3,050; 11.
Eddie Carrier Jr. 2,707; 12. John Blankenship 2,692; 13. Eric Jacobsen
2,616; 14. Garrett Durrett 2,582; 15. Mike Balzano 998.
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 21S Denny Schwartz Ashmore , Il 0
2 2 64 Gary Cook Jr Deer Creek, Il 0
3 3 3L Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 0
4 6 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 0
5 7 WFO Kyle Logue Decatur , Il 0
6 5 D1 Lance Dehm Chatsworth , Il 0
7 20 23H Dan Hamstra - 0
8 16 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 0
9 11 41G Matt Goulden Springfield , Il 0
10 15 4 Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 0
11 9 17 Bill Giannetti Champaign , Il 0
12 13 23P Bobby Pearson Forsythe , Il 0
13 17 31K Terry Miller Lincoln , Il 0
14 14 33H Roben Huffman Clinton , Il 0
15 19 24S Steve Phillips - 0
16 18 77 Abe Helfand Clinton , Il 0
17 12 68 Matt Bachman Gibson City, Il 0
18 1 89 Mike Spatola Manhattan , Il 0
19 10 42 Mckay Wenger Fairbury , Il 0
20 8 3B Tommy Burnside - 0
Farmer City Raceway (IL)
August 11, 2006
Friday night was the Red Griffin Memorial race with the winning purses of all
classes doubled. Red was a very well liked area racer in the sixties and
seventies, he passed away over the winter. Red's son Rocky Griffin and grandson
Jason Feger still race. With 29 late models on hand, Jason Feger got close to
the track record with his fast time of 12.455 seconds. Feger also won his heat
over Eric Smith and Richie Hedrick. The second heat went to Wes Steidinger over
Donnie Walden and Matt Taylor. The final heat went to Dennis Erb Jr over Darren
Freidman and Joe Harlan. The semi feature went to Jeff Byers over Jr Shickel.
The large amount of recent rains left the track soft with a lot of grip, so
attrition was large in all classes. The late model feature had a tough time
getting started, with a few restarts, then polesitter Feger would pull of with
tire problems on the second lap. The race went to Wes Steidinger leading all but
one lap, about half way through, Erb had passed him, but on the next lap broke a
wheel and was done for the evening. Steidinger would go on the win the feature
over Steve Sheppard Jr and Matt Taylor.
unofficial finish:
1 Wes Steidinger
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
3L Matt Taylor
9 Eric Smith
117 Joe Ross Jr
0 Richie Hedrick
Z Joe Harlan
22 Chris Dick
1G Rocky Griffin
11D Brian Dively
27 Jeff Byers
10 Kerby Damery
dnf's
88 Terry Babb
28 Dennis Erb Jr
89 Darren Freidman
B12 Kevin Weaver
1w Donnie Walden
38L Ryan Little
25 Jason Feger
S10 Jr Shickel
The points chase is now led by Matt Taylor over Richie Hedrick, with Wes
Steidinger closing in quickly the past few weeks.
There was also a $100 hard charger award in all classes, claimed in the late
models by Chris Dick, the modifieds by Randy Huffman, the sportsman by Billy
Nail and in the streets by Scott Schoener and Josh Griffith
World of Outlaws Late Model Series At A Glance:
Farmer City & Lake Ozark
NORMAN, OK - Aug. 9, 2006 -
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