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Kevin Weaver takes the Late Model Feature win at
Farmer City 05/11/12
By Dee-Dee in Turn 2
Mother Nature finally cooperated to provide a perfect night
for racing at Farmer City, here is a recap of the nights events:
Car Count:
18 Late Models
19 Modified's
12 Sportsman
15 Street Stocks
16 Hornets
Fast Times:
Late Models: 83 Scott Bull
Modified's: D1 Lance
Dehm
Late Models:
Heat 1: 83 Scott Bull led every lap and won followed
by B12 Kevin Weaver and Z Joe Harlan.
Heat 2: B5 Brandon Shepard won
this one and may have led every lap followed by 25 Jason Feger and 35 Derek
Chandler.
Feature: An awesome race for first place between B5
Sheppard and B12 Weaver, Sheppard led awhile, then Weaver, then Shepard and
finally Weaver. B12 Kevin Weaver went onto win followed by B5 Sheppard, 83 Scott
Bull and Z Joe Harlan.
Here's a great view of this race from mudboss video's on
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mITEzv__U
Modified's:
Heat 1: 3L Jeff Leka started 2nd in this
one and won followed by 7J Justin DeLong and D1 Lance Dehm.
Heat 2: 7L Jay Ledford won this one
followed by c12 Jeff Curl and 6 Brach Baumann
Feature: 3L Jeff Leka started 1st in this
one and I believe he led every lap to take the win followed by 7L Jay Ledford
and C12 Jeff Curl.
Sportsman:
Heat 1: 78 Shawn Diggs
started 1st in this one and led every lap to win followed by X Jim
Bailey and 13 year-old Jeffrey Ledford in the 18.
Heat 2: This race starts
with a big wreck on the first lap that took 3 cars out of the race. 21 Troy
Dodson went on to win this one followed by 1 Rick Thomas and 5K Kevin Allen.
Feature: X Jim Bailey led
over half this race but 78 Shawn Diggs who started 4th was charging
to the front. With just a few laps to go 78 Diggs gets passed the X car and goes
on for the win. Bailey was 2nd followed by 32R Richie Rich.
Street Stocks:
Heat 1: The car on the pole in this one
jumped the start not once but twice and had to head to the back at the start.
When the race did finally start 99 Jerrad Krick jumped to the lead and led every
lap for the win. He was followed by 25 AJ Wright and 22 Darrell Dick.
Heat 2: 7 Matt Maier started 2nd
in this race and led every lap of this crazy race that had one caution and more
than one car driving off the top of turn 1. Maier went on to win followed by 11
Jeff Semmons, and 50 Chuck McNeese.
Feature: 99 Jerrad Krick
started on the pole and led every lap of this caution filled event. He was
followed by 25 AJ Wright, 57 Brandon Kessinger, and 22 Darrell Dick.
Hornets:
Heat 1: X Dion Smith won this one in his
first time out at Farmer City this year.
Heat 2: 40 Adam Webb won
this one in a bad fast hornet that was flying around the track
Feature: 40 Adam Webb took his super fast
hornet to victory lane in the feature too. He was followed by B5 Tyler Benson
and 20H Larry Hawk.
That's it from my view in Turn 2, for official results
check out www.farmercityracing.com.
Above pics from 05-06-12 Thanks to Rocky Ragusa
Brandon Shepard, Jeff Leka, Dustin Mounce, AJ Wright and
Tyler Benson: Feature winners at Farmer City 04/27/2012.
It was another cold and blustery night at the track, surely
one of these Friday's it will warm up considerably.
After the Late Model hot laps it was determined that the
track was in need of some additional prep work before time trials begin. While
this work was going on several drivers took part in the Farmer City Raceway
Crazy Kids Club autograph session on the front stretch.
Then is was on to qualifying. 23 Late Models qualified and
3S Brian Shirley had the fast time followed by 89 Darren Friedman and 32 Bobby
Pierce. 22 Modifieds qualified with 3L Jeff Leka setting the fast time followed
by 36A Jamie Lomax of Lake Village, IN and 21A Nick Allen of Wheatfield, IN.
The Sportsman raced first tonight. There were 9 sportsman
in attendance and they raced in 1 heat. 32R Richie Rich won this race followed
by 01 Dustin Mounce and 22 Timmy Dick.
Next up, was the modified's 3L Jeff Leka,, 36A Jamie Lomax,
and 21A Nick Allen each took the checkered flags in the heat.
Late Models followed. Heat won had a couple of cautions and
28 Dennis Erb JR was able to lead the way to victory in this one he was followed
by 83 Scott Bull and 35 Derek Chandler. B5 Brandon Sheppard led the way to
victory in heat 2, followed by 24 Ryan Unzicker, 25 Jason Feger, and 89 Darren
Friedman. Heat 3 say Bobby Pierce head to victory lane followed by 77M Jay
Morris, and B 12 Kevin Weaver.
15 Street Stocks were in attendance and up next to race.
22W Frank Wright won heat 1, followed by 25 AJ Wright, and 72 Jim Quinn. The
race to watch so far tonight was Street Stock heat two which featured a 3 wide
race out of turn 4 for the victory. In the end, 22 Darrell Dick won followed by
99K Jerrad Krick, and 42 John Simmons.
There were 9 hornets in attendance and 15 David Lauriston
won the heat followed by B5 Tyler Benson and 83 Brian Wilson.
After the heats there was an intermission that included
some additional track prep before the features.
The sportsman feature was first up and 01 Dustin Mounce
showed the way to victory in this one after starting 2nd, he was
followed by 99 Justin Maier, and 32R Richie Rich.
The modifieds were next and for once they had fewer
cautions than the late models. 36L Jamie Lomax led most of this one but got
caught up in lapped traffic and 3L Jeff Leka made his way past him to go on for
the win. Lomax was 2nd followed by C12 Jeff Curl.
Next up was a caution filled Late Model race that was fun
to watch. B5 Brandon Sheppard was in control of this one, sometimes with a
straight-away lead. There was one tense moment when a lap car spun and Sheppard
came up with no where to go and got into him, be he was able to continue.
Another interesting moment was when 24 Ryan Unzicker tried to put a slide job on
77M Jay Morris, it didn't work and damaged Morris' car. Towards the end 28
Dennis Erb caught up with Sheppard but B5 continued to dominate and went on to
win. He was followed by Erb, Bull, Pierce, and Feger.
By the time the Street Stocks made it out for their feature
the track was very slick and rough. The race started with 13 cars and 8
finished. 25 AJ Wright started on the pole and led the whole thing, tense moment
for him when 22 Darrell Dick got a little to close and got into the back of him
with a few laps to go. 25 Wright was able to continue on for the victory,
followed by 22 Dick who started 4th, 7 Matt Maier who started 8th,
and 20 George Ewing who started last in 13th.
The final feature of the night was the hornets, B5 Tyler
Benson won this one followed by 20H Larry Hawk and 15 David Lauritson.
These are unofficial results as seen from Turn 2, check out
www.farmercityracing.com for
official results.
04.20.12 NALMS Late Models-B5 Brandon Sheppard Modifieds-22s-Chad Kinder Sportsman-78 Shawn Diggs Street Stocks-20 George Ewing Hornets-77 Zack Bollinger
Indiana drivers take home 3 feature victories at
Farmer City, while Jason Feger
gets the Late Model win!
Dee-Dee's Farmer City Recap 04/06/2012
115 cars showed up to race at Farmer City on a cool Friday
night for the Spring Fling $1,000 to Sportsman Special:
20 Late Models
32 Modifieds
27 Sportsman
19 Street Stocks
17 Hornets
Late Models, Modifieds, and Sportsman qualified, fast times
were:
Late Models: B5 Brandon Shepard with a 12.76, 25 Jason
Feger was close behind with a 12.78
Modifieds: Nick Allen with a 14.06
Sportsman: 44 Rod Rusher with a 15.19
Congrats to Scott and Eva Thrasher who celebrated their 10
year wedding anniversary by renewing their wedding vows in front of the
grandstand just prior to the start of racing.
First up were the street stocks in 2 heats. 99 Jerrad Krick
started on the poll and won the first heat followed by 20 Dave Crawley JR and 42
Jesse Simmons.
The 2nd heat of streets had quite the battle
between 25 AJ Wright and 51 Jeremiah Hoadley, the bumped and banged each other
for a few laps before 25 headed for the infield. Hoadley went onto win followed
by 11 Jeff Semmons.
Next up were 3 heats of Sportsman and these took awhile
with lots of cautions, everyone was trying get a good spot in the big feature
race. Steve Carmichael, Steve Carmichael JR, and Dustin Mounce won these 3
action packed races.
Then came the Late Models and there were several fan
favorites in attendance tonight. The heat races were not close but the awesome
feature later in the evening would be the exact opposite. 35 Derrick Chandler
won the 1st heat and he was followed not so closely by 77 Morris, and
21 Kyle Logue.
83 Scott Bull won the 2nd heat by a wide margin
over 38G Garrison, 117 driven by Kevin Weaver, 74 Adams, and 95 Aaron Ricketts.
Heat 3 was loaded with fast cars. 24 Ryan Unzicker and 32
Bobby Pierce started on the front row. Pierce ended up showing the filed the way
to win. He was followed by 24 Unzicker, 25 Feger, 99 Heckenest JR, 7R Robinson,
22 Dick, and 116 Mettille.
Next up were Modifieds with 3 heats. 3 L Jeff Leka beat 21
Nick Allen to the line in this one followed by 10K Kelly Kovski in the first
heat. 03 Cory Schwengel won the 2nd heat followed by 144 Ryan Cary.
The third heat was won by 130 Chad Osterhoff followed by 05 Steve Brooks.
Hornets were next, 3R Joe Reed won the first heat followed
by 00 Skylar Antonelli. 20H Larry Hawk won the second heat followed by 15 David
Lauritson.
There were two semi-feature tonight, 22J Tony Clinton won
the Sportsman semi followed by 5 K Kevin Allen. In the Modifieds, 66 Phil Line
to the checkered flag.
By feature time the track was smooth and slick which made
for some fun racing to watch. Street Stocks were first and 11 Jeff Simmons and
99 Jerrad Krick and 11 Jeff Simmons start on the front row. Race starts and
Jerrad Krick and 20 Dave Crawley Jr. take of for the front
and have quite the lead going. Not to be left behind 11 Simmons rode the high
side bouncing off the wall a few times to catch up with them. He go past Crawley
but not Krick. In the end, Indiana's Jerrad Krick went onto win the feature
followed by 11 Semmons, 20 Crawley, and v27 Don Hilleary who started 10th
or 11th.
The Sportsman feature had great side by side racing and an
interesting twist. 92 Kenny Carmichael and 3 Kenny Carmichael JR start on the
front row. Midway through the race 78 Shawn Diggs has the lead but gets
caught up in lapped traffic and is passed on the high side by the
Carmichael's and 19 Cummins. Indiana's 92 Kenny Carmichael went on to take the
checkered flag and the $1,000 cash, followed by Carmichael JR, Cummins, and
Diggs.
The modified feature was a great battle between 3L Jeff
Leka and 21A Nick Allen who started on the front row. In the end, it was
Indiana's Nick Allen who took home the checkered flag followed by 3L Leka, and
64 Gary Cook Jr.
The Late Model feature was an awesome race to watch. 32
Bobby Pierce and 24 Ryan Unzicker on the front row and 25 Feger starting 3rd.
The first couple laps were a 3 wide race for first. Unzicker jumps out to the
lead with Feger and Pierce side-by-side for 2nd right behind him.
This continues for several laps and in no time they are maneuvering lapped
traffic. With 4 laps to go a caution comes out, at the restart Feger is able to
get past Unzicker and went on to win the race! Feger was followed by 24
Unzicker, 32 Pierce, 7R Robinson, 99 Heckenhest Jr, and 21K Kyle Logue who
started 13th.
The Hornets wrapped up the night and after 3 parade laps
they were off and running with 20H Larry Hawk and 3 Joe Reed on the front row.
First lap in turn one the front row is completely sideways causing cars to go
everywhere and bringing out the caution. At the restart, 3 Joe Reed takes off
for the lead. He ends up getting a flat tire mid-race. 15 David Lauritson, who
started 4th, went on to win followed by 20H Hawk and 40 Adam Webb.
That's the UNOFFICIAL results as seen from turn 2, be sure
to check out www.farmercityracing.com
for complete official results.
An open practice session will be held on Thursday March 29, from 6-9 p.m. Pit
gates are tentatively scheduled to open at 4 p.m. Pit Passes will be $25.
Friday March 30th will feature time trials, heat races for the Late Models, heat
races for the Modifieds Illini 50, along with a full show from our support
classes of DIRTcar UMP Pro Late Models, Street Stocks and Hornets.
On Saturday March 31st we will feature the Late Models B-Mains, the headliner
Illini 100 for $20,000 to win, modifieds will also have their B-Mains and their
Illini 50 for $5,000 to win! The Pro Late Models and Street Stocks will also
returning on Saturday to battle for the second night of our 2 day weekend.
Pit gates and Front Gates are scheduled to be unlocked at 12 noon on both Friday
and Saturday, with hot laps set to start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday with qualifying
immediately to follow and 5 p.m. on Saturday with racing immediately follow.
The 'Will Call' window for ticket pickup will open at 5 p.m. on Thursday and
11:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Illini 100 ticket prices for Friday March 30th are $15 general admission,
children's tickets (ages 12-and-under) priced at $5, and pit pass at $30.
Saturday March 31st will be $30 general admission, children's tickets (ages
12-and-under) priced at $15, with pit pass at $40. Two day pass can be purchased
in advance at
http://dirtcar.ticketforce.com/cityp...mer+City%2C+IL for $40 (adults) and
$20 (children). There will also be a Three-day pit pass band (includes Thursday,
Friday and Saturday) for $85, Two-Day pass (includes Friday and Saturday) for
$65. DIRTcar members receive a $5 discount on pit-admission packages,
credentials must be shown at pit window.
Have any questions feel free to call me at 309-219-5528
edward
Clanton Aiming To Repeat ’09 Celebration When Illini 100 Returns To Farmer City Raceway on March 30-31
FARMER CITY, IL – March 21, 2012 – Shane Clanton sure is pleased that the Illini 100 will end a one-year absence from Farmer City Raceway’s schedule on March 30-31.
No surprise there, of course. The standout driver from Fayetteville, Ga., is a former winner of the marquee World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at the quarter-mile oval, capturing the race’s $20,000 top prize in 2009.
“I hated that we didn’t get to go to Farmer City last year,” Clanton said of a bullring known for its intense action. “It’s not only where I got one of the biggest wins of my career, but it’s also a real cool place that I like running at. I’m glad we’re going back.”
The Illini 100 is returning to its birthplace, rekindling memories of the exciting competition that prevailed when Farmer City hosted the event from 2008-2010. Uncertainty with the track’s promotional team forced WoO LMS officials to schedule the 2011 Illini 100 at LaSalle (Ill.) Speedway (inclement weather ultimately caused the cancelation of the race), but now Jeff Hammer is firmly at the helm of the venerable speedway and ready to bring the blockbuster weekend ‘home.’
And with this week’s arrival of Spring bringing temperatures approaching 80 to central Illinois, anticipation is building among fans and teams for two huge nights of WoO LMS racing at Farmer City. Advance-sale tickets are selling fast and are available on-line at www.worldofoutlaws.com/tickets or by calling the event hotline at 877-395-8606.
Clanton, 36, is one of the racers itching to get to Farmer City. He will enter the Illini 100 on a high note, buoyed by a strong start to the 2012 WoO LMS campaign (third in the points standings with four top-five and five top-10 finishes in six A-Mains) and hot off his first win since joining the Kennedy Motorsports team.
“I feel real confident about our chances at Farmer City because we’ve been running good,” said Clanton, who broke into Victory Lane on March 17 in the Jimmy Thomas Memorial at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala. “We’ve had a fast, top-five car every time we’ve unloaded this year. To have that is pretty exciting. You can’t wait to get to the next race when you’re running like that.
“And it seems like the longer the run, the better we get, so I feel really good about going 100 laps at Farmer City.”
Clanton also knows how to get the job done at Farmer City. He’s one of just two drivers to win the Illini 100, joining ’08 and ’10 victor Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark.
The Peach State star’s 2009 Illini 100 triumph came in dramatic fashion – a trademark of the early-season event, which has gone to the wire with the outcome in doubt in each of its three editions. Clanton spent most of the distance chasing Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, before finally slipping by to grab the lead on lap 94.
“The most memorable part of it for me was sitting there hounding Birkhofer for so many laps,” said Clanton, who beat Birkhofer to the finish line by less than a car length. “He finally messed up just a little bit to let me get by him. He pushed in (turns) three and four and I drove by him down the front straightaway on the bottom. Then I just got back to the top and held on from there.”
Clanton was his usual demonstrative self during the post-race ceremonies, pounding his fists on the roof of his car and whooping it up with his crew. It wasn’t the richest or most prestigious win of his career – he won dirt Late Model racing’s top crown jewel, the DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, in 2008 – but it was an important checkered flag.
“It ranks up there in the top three or four wins that I’ve had,” said Clanton, who has also won 100-lap WoO LMS events at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (2010 Firecracker 100) and Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (2006 Pittsburgher 100). “The World 100 definitely is my greatest win, but the Illini is one of the biggest races of the year for the World of Outlaws so that makes it special. It’s also cool just to be able to win in Illinois, which has some of the best Late Model racing in the country.”
Farmer City is at the epicenter of the full-fender competition in the Land of Lincoln. It’s a venerable fairgrounds track that presents a unique challenge to all entrants hoping to collect the Illini 100’s $20,000 first-place check.
“It’s probably one of the most demanding racetracks that we go to,” said Clanton, who this year is driving Capital Race Cars for Kennedy Motorsports as a teammate to John Lobb of Frewsburg, N.Y., after spending nearly a decade with Ronnie Dobbins’s RSD Enterprises team. “To finish any 100-lapper is tough, but to get through 100 laps there, with how fast and small the racetrack is, is an accomplishment.
“You gotta be up on the wheel the whole hundred laps at Farmer City. It’s so intense. You have to be careful you don’t drive off the (wall-less) back straightaway if you’re running the top, and if you’re running the bottom you can slip up and lose ground real easy.”
According to Clanton, adding even more luster to the Illini 100 weekend is Farmer City’s down-home atmosphere.
“The fans always are excited to see us there,” said Clanton, who has traveled the country as a WoO LMS regular since 2005. “There are always certain places in the country you go to that are what I call real ‘fan-friendly,’ and Farmer City is one of them. It’s just a neat place, from the covered grandstand to the way the track is laid out to let fans park their cars and campers all the way around turns one and two.”
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The Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway will feature time trials and heat races on Fri., March 30, and B-Mains and the 100-lap A-Main on Sat., March 31. The big addition to the weekend this year will be a 50-lap DIRTcar UMP Modified feature offering a $5,000 top prize, with the open-wheel division running heat races on Friday evening and B-Mains and the extra-distance headliner on Saturday night.
This year’s Illini 100 weekend will also include racing for Farmer City’s weekly support classes. The DIRTcar UMP Pro Late Models, Street Stocks and Hornets will run complete programs on Fri., March 30, and the Pro Late Models and Street Stocks will return on Sat., March 31, to battle in regular racing cards.
An open practice session will be held on Thurs., March 29, from 6-10 p.m. Pit gates are tentatively scheduled to open at 4 p.m.
Pit gates are scheduled to be unlocked at 12 noon on Friday and Saturday, with hot laps set to start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday and qualifying to immediately follow.
The ‘Will Call’ window for ticket pickup will open at 5 p.m. on Thursday and 11:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and the front gates will open at 12 noon on both Friday and Saturday.
Illini 100 ticket prices (reserved and general admission) are $15 (Friday) and $30 (Saturday), with children’s tickets (ages 12-and-under) priced at $5 (Friday) and $15 (Saturday). Two-day tickets cost $40 (adults) and $20 (children) if purchased in advance, while pit passes are $25 on Thursday, $30 on Friday and $40 on Saturday with a two-day band available for $65 and a three-day band (including Thursday’s practice) offered for $85. DIRTcar members receive a $5 discount on pit-admission packages.
Seats can be reserved in advance for both nights on-line at www.worldofoutlaws.com/tickets or by calling the event hotline at 877-395-8606. Pre-race reserved-seat ticket sales will conclude at 5 p.m. on Wed., March 28, and then all tickets will be general admission.
Reserved trackside parking spots are sold out, event officials said.
More information on Farmer City Raceway is available by logging on to www.farmercityracing.com or calling 217-552-0432 (main line) or 217-552-0434 (promoter Jeff Hammer).
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Gravely Tractors (Official Lawn Equipment), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Vicci (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and McCarthy's One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning (Raye Vest Memorial Pill Draw Award); in addition to contingency sponsors Butlerbuilt, Cometic Gaskets, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Eibach Springs, JE Pistons, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, QuarterMaster, Roush Yates Performance Parts, Superflow Dynos, Wix Filter, Wrisco Aluminum and XS Power Racing Batteries; along with manufacturer sponsors Integra Shocks, GRT Chassis, Jake’s Carts, Longacre, Racing Electronics, Rocket Chassis, TNT Rescue, and Warrior Chassis
