Results of 8/17/01
from Paul Bayne
Late
Model Trophy Dash
1. Bob Pohlman 2. Joe Harlan 3. Kevin Weaver 4.
Richie Hedrick 5. Tom Pauley 6. T.J. Dolhun
Heat
1
1. Steve Metz 2. Denny Falkos 3. Ronnie Reiniche
4. Terry Starks 5. Larry LeGrand
Heat
2
1. Dan Walden 2. Justin Allgaier 3. Jason Ziesmer
4. Mark Ziesmer 5. Matt Melvin 6. Mark Stetler 7. Dan Autullo 8. Eddie Shickel
9. Juan Grino
Heat
3
1. Corey Turner 2. Frank Heckenast 3. John
Yearsley 4. Jim Zdroik 5. Roger Long 6. Mike Busch 7. Ted Loomis 8. Dennis Erb
9. Bill Reiniche
Heat
4
1. Gary May 2. Kevin Weaver 3. Al Atkinson 4. Bob Pohlman 5. Jammie Wilson 6.
Joe Harlan 7. Tom Pauley 8. Richie Hedrick 9. T.J. Dolhun
Consi
1
1. John Yearsley 2. Jim Zdroik 3. Jason Beier 4.
Eddie Shickel 5. Mark Stetler 6. Steve Metz 7. Matt Melvin 8. Dan Walden 9.
Terry Starks
Consi
2
1. Frank Heckenast 2. Justin Allgaier 3. Bill
Reiniche 4. John Kresser Jr. 5. Denny Falkos 6. Dan Autullo 7. Larry LeGrand
8. Juan Grino 9. Mark Ziesmer
Feature
1. Bob Pohlman 2. Al Atkinson 3. Joe Harlan 4.
Gary May 5. Kevin Weaver 6. Richie Hedrick 7. Dennis Erb 8. Tom Pauley 9.
Corey Turner 10. Frank Heckenast 11. Mike Busch 12. Justin Allgaier 13. Roger
Long 14. Jim Zdroik 15. Ted Loomis 16. Jammie Wilson 17. T.J. Dolhun 18. John
Yearsley
Fast
Qualifier
(33 cars)- T.J. Dolhun 14.3
UMP
Modified Trophy Dash
1. Lance Dehm 2. R.J. Gall 3. Matt Bachman 4.
Sean Seavers 5. Jim Farris 6. Dave Porth
Heat
1
1. John Hollifield 2. Mike Ziesmer 3. Ryan Dowman 4. Chuck Steele 5. Mike
Porth 6. Mike Mosier 7. Mike McCarthy 8. Brian Beier 9. Ron Holter 10. Keith
Siefert
Heat
2
1. Jerald Meier 2. Kevin Hastings 3. Tommy Kroll
4. Don Nichoalds 5. Jim Henson 6. Dale Leuth 7. Aaron Ricketts 8. Rick Roedel
9. Wes Steidinger 10. Matt Rhyne
Heat
3
1. Phil Line 2. Dan Drogemuller 3. Joe harlan 4.
Jason Zdroik 5. Lance Dehm 6. Dave Porth 7. R.J. Gall 8. Matt Bachman 9. Jim
Farris 10. Sean Seavers
Consi
1. Matt Rhyne 2. Dale Leuth 3. Jerald Meier 4.
Kevin Hastings 5. Chuck Steele 6. Jim Henson 7. Don Nichoalds 8. Ryan Dowman
9. Mike Mosier 10. Mike Porth 11. Mike Ziesmer 12. Brian Beier 13. Mike
McCarthy 14. Ron Holter 15. Keith Siefert 16. John Hollifield
Feature
(20 laps)
1. Lance Dehm 2. R.J. Gall 3. Dan Drogemuller 4. Tommy Kroll 5. Sean Seavers
6. Phil Line 7. Jim Farris 8. Dave Porth 9. Kevin Hastings 10. Joe Harlan 11.
Jerald Meier 12. Matt Bachman 13. Dale Leuth 14. Aaron Ricketts 15. Rick
Roedel 16. Jason Zdroik 17. Matt Rhyne 18. Chuck Steele 19. Wes Steidinger
Street
Stock Trophy Dash
1. Dave Rudisill 2. Kevin Lenzen 3. Matt Cleary
4. Jay Hamilton 5. Mike Cavanaugh 6. Scott Cavanaugh
Heat
1
1. Billy Wicker 2. Steve Thorsten 3. Jay Hamilton
4. A.J. Dixon 5. John Geary 6. Neil Martin 7. Brent Kiesler 8. Jason Hastings
9. Eric Bushey
Heat
2
1. Jeff Momper 2. Kevin Lenzen 3. Shannon Shutter
4. Rick Lafine 5. Chad Osterhoff 6. Jeremy Christer 7. Kelly Hannah 8. Jake
Howard 9. Ken Bushey 10. Norm Nesselrodt
Heat
3
1. Mike Cavanaugh 2. Dave Rudisill 3. Joel Funk
4. Jerrad Krick 5. Scott Raymond 6. John Hennessey 7. Dwayne Cignavsik 8.
Tommy Gibbons 9. Todd Bruce
Consi
1. Neil Martin 2. Jason Hastings 3. Brent Kiesler 4. Matt Cleary 5. Kelly
Hannah 6. John Hennessey 7. Tommy Gibbons 8. Sheryl Los 9. Todd Bruce 10. Ken
Bushey 11. Jake Howard 12. Eric Bushey 13. Dwayne Cignavsik 14. Jeremy
Christer
Feature
(15 laps)
1. Billy Wicker 2. Jeff Momper 3. Dave Rudisill 4. Kevin Lenzen 5. Shannon
Shutter 6. Steve Thorsten 7. John Geary 8. Joel Funk 9. Jerrad Krick 10. Chad
Osterhoff 11. Brent Kiesler 12. Scott Raymond 13. Mike Cavanaugh 14. Rick
Lafine 15. Neil Martin 16. Jay Hamilton 17. A.J. Dixon 18. Jason Hastings
28
cars were in attendance
Points as through August 10th's racing action
Late Models
1. Corey Turner 469
2. Al Atkinson 439
3. Richie Hedrick 430
4. Ted Loomis 356
5. Bob Pohlman 345
6. Shawn Toczek 298
7. John Provenzano 292
8. Kevin Weaver 256
9. Frank Reaber 233
10. Bob Pierce 216
Modifieds
1. R.J. Gall 506
2. Wes Steidinger 494
3. Dave Porth 462
4. Lance Dehm 410
5. Jim Farris 369
6. Sean Seavers 351
7. Dan Drogemuller 308
8. Tommy Kroll 281
9. Matt Rhyne 273
10. Kevin Hastings 252
Street Stocks
1. Kevin Lenzen 475
2. Billy Wicker 462
3. John Geary 388
4. Jeff Momper 386
5. Matt Cleary 363
6. Mike Cavanaugh 342
7. Scott Cavanaugh 274
8. Jay Hamilton 260
9. Jake Howard 243
10. Damon Miller 220
6/22
program rained out
Next Race- 6/27- UMP Summernationals
Hedrick & James Find Kankakee Paydirt
By Paul D. Bayne
KANKAKEE,
Ill. (June 3, 2001) In what can only be described by any race fan as a “wild
and wooly” night, racing did in fact take place at the Kankakee Motor Speedway
Sunday night. The show consisted of
a full racing program from the May 25th rainout, and make-up features
for the UMP late models and street stocks that were postponed from May 11th.
A terrific turnout of both cars and fans were on hand to witness some
outstanding racing at a reasonable cost. Over
100 cars were on hand that included 49 late models, and 41 modifieds.
The
night began quietly enough with R.J. Gall capturing fast time in the UMP
modified division with a lap of 15.576. That
lap would have been good enough to qualify easily in the top twenty in the UMP
late model class. Taking fast time
honors in the late model division was New Berlin, WI driver Bret “The Jet”
Sievert, who has been running roughshod over the competition as of late,
particularly in qualifying with his Rocket Chassis.
Sievert’s lap of 14.917 proved to be the only one of the forty-eight
who took part in time trials to eclipse the fifteen-second barrier.
Right
after qualifying was completed, the grid was set for the May 11th
make-up feature, which followed the May 11th make-up of the street
stock feature. On the pole was
Corey Turner of Collum, IL, and outside of him was Urbana’s (IL) Richie
Hedrick, who was piloting a back-up car provided by Carpentersville’s (IL)
Dennis Erb Jr. Hedrick had lost the
motor in his own car, and Erb Jr. was there to help out.
At the drop of the green flag, Hedrick and Turner raced side by side
through turns one and two, and headed down the backstretch.
It wasn’t until the exit of turn four however, that Hedrick would pull
out in front of Turner for good riding the cushion on the topside of the
1/3-mile semi-banked fast track.
On
lap three, Ron Bohm brought out the caution when he spun in turn four.
When the race restarted, Gibson City’s (IL) Kevin Weaver was the man on
the move, until he uncharacteristically spun himself in turn four.
This sent Weaver to the tail of the 15-car field, and all eyes focused on
him for one of his patented runs to the front.
His attempt would prove futile however, as he only had time left to reach
ninth position.
Meanwhile,
back up front Hedrick continued to strengthen his lead over Turner, and
Kingston’s (IL) Ted Loomis, while Jim Partipilo of Elmhurst, IL, and Bob
Pohlman of Oak Lawn, IL, had a battle of their own brewing.
Back and forth they went swapping the fourth and fifth spots, lap after
lap. By lap 10, Weaver had regained
a top ten position, and on lap 15, Bohm again brought out the caution when his
car slid over the berm in turn one. Hedrick
once again got a good jump on the race restart, but by lap 18 Turner had closed
the gap. In fact, Turner was able
to get along side of Hedrick on that same lap.
, which brought the crowd to its’ feet.
The popular Turner was working the low groove while Hedrick continued to
stick with the upper lane. Hedrick
would maintain enough momentum to hold off Turner at the wire for his first win
of the season at Kankakee. Loomis
would claim the third spot in front of Partipilo, while Minook’s (IL) Gary May
was able to wrestle fourth away from Pohlman.
Rounding out the top ten were Pohlman, Shawn Toczek, John Kresser Jr.,
Weaver, and Larry Stotts.
In
the night’s second feature, Scott James of Lawrenceburg, IN, claimed his
second feature win in as many nights, as he outlasted Ted Loomis and Bret
Sievert in the 25-lap oval war. It
was in fact a war, as Jim Partipilo and Frank Reaber got together at the start
finish line on the opening laps. James,
who started fifth on the grid, had moved into the second spot followed by Kevin
Weaver prior to the incident. James
then grabbed the top spot on lap six from Loomis, who started on the pole and
led the first five circuits. Bob Pohlman brought out the caution yet again on
lap nine as he looped his Rocket Chassis in turn four.
All throughout the night drivers seemed to have trouble navigating the
inside groove around turn four. It
appeared that there was a large bump or dip in the racing surface, which upset
the car’s handling.
Weaver,
who started sixth, was the man on the move yet again, as he moved underneath
Loomis to claim the second spot on lap 10.
Fast qualifier Bret Sievert was also able to get into the mix as he
worked the high side around Loomis. At
one point Weaver, Loomis, and Sievert were three wide as they fought for the
runner-up position and gave chase to James out front.
About the midway point of the race, Weaver, who was solidly in second and
clearly the fastest car on the speedway, made a bid for the lead exiting turn
four and attempted to pass James on the high side.
Weaver moved his Turner Bus Service/Rocket/Custom Racing Engines/Monte
Carlo up along side of James just before the start-finish line, when the two
made contact sending Weaver spinning down towards the infield apron, and ended
his night with a flat left rear tire. “I
never seen him coming, nor did I hear him.
It wasn’t until I heard a loud pop when his tire exploded that I knew
he was there,” said James, “I had a hole in the side of my car from Saturday
night at Red Hill, that caught his tire and cut it down.
We barely touched. I was
really disappointed that I was involved in the incident,” he added.
Weaver, in the same act of professionalism, gave these comments following
the race. “It was simply a racing
deal, I was coming hard off turn four and thought I had room to make my move,
but James drifted out a little and caught me off-guard.
We made some contact yes, but I fault myself some for maybe not having
enough patience to try to make a move at another time,” said Weaver.
“There are no hard feelings or any of the sort, Scott is a good driver
and we respect one another, so I know there wasn’t any ill intent on his
part.”
Weaver,
being the local legend he is, showed true class when he gave the thumbs up to
James when the cars circled the track under caution.
The legend of Kevin Weaver continues to grow.
James, who has much success in his recent visits to Kankakee, felt awful
that a great battle ended before it got started.
James has two wins, two runner-ups, and a third place finish in his five
previous outings at Kankakee.
James
went to claim the checkers in front of Loomis, Sievert, Richie Hedrick, and
Jammie Wilson, who had perhaps his most impressive run to date since joining the
late model ranks. Finishing in the
top ten were Al Atkinson, Gary May, Jim Curry, Roger Long, and defending track
champion and the current Northern All Stars rookie points’ leader Frank Reaber.
No
heat races were run in an effort to save time and get the fans home at a
reasonable hour. Also, two
incidents took place in the grandstands area, which required medical attention
and caused some delay while other ambulances were beckoned.
However,
two consolation races were run with the top three from each advancing to the
main event. In the first
consolation race T.J. Dolhun edged out Reaber, and May, while in the second
consolation race, Curry bested Tom Pauley, and Corey Turner.
R.J.
Gall of Dwight, IL, simply proved to be too much in the UMP modified division.
Not only did he set fast time, but also he went wire-to-wire in the
modified feature to claim his second victory of the season.
Starting third on the grid behind pole sitter Tommy Kroll, Gall quickly
moved under Kroll and Kyle Logue to gain possession of the lead by the
backstretch. Wes Steidinger of
Fairbury, IL moved into fifth by the second lap from his eleventh starting spot.
By lap six Steidinger had worked his way under Kroll for fourth.
By lap ten, the top ten ran as Gall, Jim Farris, Sean Seavers, Steidinger,
Kroll, Dan Drogemuller, Logue, Matt Bachman, Dale Leuth, and Dave Porth.
On
lap 11, current UMP national points leader Chad Kinder, making a rare appearance
in this part of Illinois, spun in turn one, bringing out the only caution of the
race. Drogemuller was perhaps the
only driver from that point with unfinished business, as he moved into fifth on
the race restart, and then went around Steidinger for fourth on lap 13.
Steidinger, meanwhile had used up his tires running the bottom of the
track, and began backpedaling in uncharacteristic fashion.
When the checkers were waved above and the dust began to settle, it was
Gall, Farris, Seavers, Drogemuller, and Logue claiming top five finishes.
Logue of Oreana, IL, had marched back as far as eighth, before working
his way back into the top five. Another
good performance for a driver who rarely frequents Kankakee.
Rounding out the top ten were Bachman, Steidinger, Kroll, Leuth, and Bub
Patrick.
Again
no heat races were run in an effort to save time.
Two consolation races were lined up with the top therein each advancing
to the feature event. In the first
consolation, Tony Roland broke out and robbed them blind as he scored the win in
front of Cory Partin, and Phil Line. The
second consolation race saw Kinder breeze to an easy win ahead of Kelly Jones,
and Dick Wood. Much controversy
surrounded this race however, as Jones failed to scale his car upon exiting the
track. He instead went to his pit
stall and was subsequently disqualified. The
fourth place car of Russ Gabbert, who had scaled behind Wood, was then put on
the board for the feature event. With
his car in line and ready to go, Gabbert was then told that Jones did in fact
scale and Jones then replaced him in the feature.
“What can you do?” said Gabbert, “he went to his pit stall and was
DQ’d. Both Dick and I both seen
him go to his pit space.”
Moving
onto the street stock division, it was another ho-hum night for Bradley’s
Billy Wicker. Can anyone beat this
guy? Rarely do you see a week that
Wicker doesn’t run in front, and if you do, it’s probably due to a
mechanical problem or driver error. The
guy is simply too tough to tame.
Well
chalk up two more wins for Wicker, who is the defending track champion and well
on his way to repeat that performance. The
guy is like the Broadway hit “Cats” or something.
His award winning performances keep him running on top.
In the first feature, which was the make-up feature from May 11th,
Wicker beat out Kevin Lenzen, John Geary, Shannon Shutter, and Jake Howard,
while Scott Cavanaugh, Matt Cleary, Kelly Hannon, Jay Morris, and Jay Hamilton
closed out the top ten.
In
the regular feature it was Wicker again visiting photographer Chuck Gonzalez in
victory lane, as he held off Charlie Doctor, Geary, Jeff Momper, and Scott
Raymond, while Jeremy Christer, Lenzen, Scott Thorsten, Hamilton, and John
Hennessey rounded out the top ten.
Kankakee
Motor Speedway will be closed this coming Friday, June 9th, for the
running of the Eldora Million in New Weston, OH.
Kankakee promoter Reece O’Connor will participate along with Kankakee
regulars Weaver, Loomis, Reaber, Atkinson, Dolhun, ErbJr., Ronnie Fisher Jr.,
and Partipilo. Good luck gentlemen,
from the race fans in Central Illinois, we wish you the very best.
Racing will resume on June 16th at Kankakee Motor Speedway with a
full program with a street stock special slated.
Perhaps an outsider can come in and derail the “Wicker Express” and
claim the increased top prize. Gates
open at 5pm, with qualifying at 7pm, and racing slated for an 8pm start.
UMP
Late Model
Fast
Qualifier (49 entries) Bret Sievert 14.917
Dash - Ted Loomis, John Provenzano, Richie Hedrick, Bret Sievert, Scott James,
Kevin Weaver
No Heats
Consi - TJ Dohlun, Frank Reaber, Gary May
Consi - Jim Curry, Tom Pauley, Corey Turner
Make-up Feature - Richie Hedrick, Corey Turner, Ted Loomis, Jim Partipillo, Gary
May, Bob Pohlman, Shawn Toczek, Kessler, Kevin Weaver, Larry Stotts, Eddie
Leviner, Jason Beier, Garrett Slager, Scott Legrand, Ron Bohm
Feature - Scott James, Ted Loomis, Bret Sievert, Richie Hedrick, Jammie Wilson,
Al Atkinson, Gary May, Jim Curry, Roger Long, Frank Reaber, Shawn Toczek, Corey
Turner, Tom Pauley, TJ Dohlun, Bob Pohlman, John Kresser Jr., Kevin Weaver, John
Provenzano, Jim Partipillo, Dennis Erb Jr.
UMP
Modified
Fast
qualifier (41 entries) R.J. Gall 15.576
Dash - Tommy Kroll, Kyle Logue, R.J. Gall, Jim Farris, Matt Bachman, Dan
Drogemuller
No Heats
Consi 1 - Tony Roland, Corey Partin, Phil Line
Consi 2 - Chad Kinder, Kelly Jones, Dick Wood
Feature - RJ Gall, Jim Farris, Sean Seavers, Danny Drogemuller, Kyle Logue, Matt
Bachman, Wes Steidinger, Tommy Kroll, Dave Lueth, Bub Patrick, Tony Roland, Dick
Wood, Phil Line, Matt Rhyne, Joe Harlan, Jim Henson, Dave Porth, Chad Kinder,
Corey Partin, Kelly Jones
Street
Stock
No Dash
Heat 1 - Billy Wicker, Damon Miller, John Geary, Charlie Doctor
Heat 2 - Eric Legner, Scott Cavanaugh, Jason Hastings, Scott Raymond
Heat 3 - Chad Osterhoff, Mike Cavanaugh, Kevin Lenzen, John Hennessey
Consi - Matt Cleary, Jay Hamilton, Jeremy Christer, Dennis Merry, John Grossenor
Make-up Feature - Billy Wicker, Kevin Lenzen, John Geary, Shannon Shutter, Jake
Howard, Scott Cavanaugh, Matt Cleary, Kelly Hannon, Scott Morris, Jay Hamilton,
Scott Legner, Neil Martin, Steve Thorsten, Don Warriner, Norm Nesselrodt, Chad
Osterhoff, Dennis Merry
Feature - Billy Wicker, Charlie Doctor, John Geary, Jeff Momper, Scott Raymond,
Jeremy Christer, Kevin Lenzen, Steve Thorsten, Jay Hamilton, John Hennessey,
Mike Cavanaugh, Scott Cavanaugh, Brad Perzee, Jason Hastings, Chad Osterhoff,
Eric Legner, Matt Cleary, Damon Miller
KMS rained out for Friday, June 1st. Will try again on Sunday, June 3rd. Everything moved ahead 1 hour. Double features, as scheduled before. RAINED OUT ON MONDAY ALSO. REGULAR
PROGRAM 6/1. ALSO RACING KMS RAINED OUT 5/25/01. RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY 5/28 By Paul D. Bayne KANKAKEE, IL (May 25, 2001) - Kankakee Motor Speedway was gearing up for another action packed Friday night of racing excitement, but heavy rains that moved across the area Thursday, have made it all but impossible. Instead, a rain date of Monday, May 28, has been announced. A full program of late model racing action is scheduled including Jeff’s Enginemaster’s 40-lap $4000-to-win feature, and a make-up feature from May 11. Also scheduled to compete will be the UMP modifieds and the street stocks. The street stocks also will be making up a feature race from May 11. Also on tap this Monday night, will be the special two-seat racecar built by the Warrior Chassis shops in Knoxville, Tenn. “This won’t be just a take a tour of the speedway, but an all out thrill ride for the fans”, Jarrod O’ Connor exclaimed. The car is slated to perform during intermission and after the night’s racing program has been completed. Some rides will be given away as prizes throughout the season, but others will cost a fair $40 for five laps, and $60 for eight laps. “We have put all the best parts into this car,” Reece O’ Connor said. Even an extra steering will be in place to give thrill-seekers something to latch onto. KMS is located just off I-57 at exit 308, then 1 mile south on US 45 (Schuyler Ave.), then 0.3 miles west to the fairgrounds. Gates open at 5pm, time trials at 7pm, and racing at 8pm. Overnight camping is available at a nominal fee of $10 for those wishing to travel with the Northern All-Stars to Fairbury, IL on Saturday. For more information call race day phone at (815) 929-9105. Drake & Atkinson
Split Kankakee Twin 30's
PIERCE WINS NALMS
FEATURE
Courtesy of Race Star Publications By: Dennis Yohnka Kankakee, IL (April 9) - The Kankakee Motor Speedway will host a practice session this Saturday afternoon (April 14) and open the gates for a full program, highlighted by a visit from the Northern All-Stars Late Model tour, on April 27. Still - with the anticipation of racing's return, more improvements to the track this spring, and an even larger field of cars expected - the buzz around the track focuses on the fans. "This is going to be a dream come true for hundreds of diehard fans," explained Jarrod O'Connor, of the track's second-year management team. "They've watched the Late Models come screaming out of the corner with the front tire off the ground. They've seen these cars go flying into the turns with the back quarter-panel sometimes scraping against the wall. Now - they can ride along and experience it all for themselves."
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