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JUSTIN ALLGAIER WINS FIRST FEATURE AT 15
By Smash the Loud Pedal
(6/23/01)
Justin Allgaier who just turned 15 years old on June 6, proved all those naysayers wrong tonight as he visited the MACON Speedway in preperation for Thursday nights Herald-Review 100, part of the UMP Summer National Series.

Justin who is in just his first full year of racing dirt late models took his Hoosier Tire Midwest, Trashman, Law Automotive, Petroff Towing, Clement powered Rayburn Chassis from the front row starting position to the point and never looked back. Justin captured the 25 lap feature by besting Matt Taylor, Ed Bauman, Joe Ross, Jr. and Virgil Bilbry at the line and in the process became the youngest driver ever to win a late model feature at the MACON Speedway. There will have to be some investigation into the past record books but Justin might possibly be the youngest driver ever to capture a UMP Late Model A-main event in the history of the United Midwestern Promoters series.

Kerby Damery started the night off by turning the track with the fastest qualifying lap of 12.151.

The dash was won by John Graham over Allgaier and Bauman.

Heat honors went to Steve Sheppard, Jr. over Lonnie Franklin and Mike Mudd and Allgaier over Virgil Bilbry and Brad Shelley.

Great job Justin on your first of many wins to come during your career!!!

HERALD & REVIEW 100- JULY 5TH

$18,525.00 TOTAL PURSE
1) TOP SIX QUALIFERS
2) UMP NATIONAL CHAMPION
3) SUMMERNATIONAL SERIES LEADER
4) 2000 HERALD & REVIEW 100 WINNER make up the Dash. Top six in dash start in front of Feature as they finish the dash. Fast 6 draw how they start dash. 7th and 8th and 9th finishers in dash start on pole of each heats. Top 3 from 4 heats or top 4 from 3 heats make the feature. Top 2 transfer from the semi to the 100 Lapper.

Heats 8 laps
1st $50 2nd $40 3rd $35 4th $30

Dash payout

1st $60 2nd $50 3rd $40 4th $30 5th $25 6th $25 7th $25 8th $25 9th $25

Semi Payout
1st $25 2nd $25 3rd $250 4th $200 5th $140 6th $100 7th $90 8th $80 9th $70
10th $60 11th $60 12th $50 13th $50 14th $50 15th $50 16th $50 17th $50 18th $50

FEATURE 100 LAPS
1. $5,000
2. $2,000
3. $1,200
4. $1,100
5. $1,000
6. $700
7. $600
8. $500
9. $450
10. $400
11-20. $300 

MACON SPEEDWAY, MACON, IL. TRACK IS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR,IL. JUST OFF OF ROUTE 51
TRACK PHONE # is (217) 764-3770
office Phone is (217) 864-2240 www.maconspeedway.com

(6/9/01) by doubleJ 

Lite Beer Twin 50's
16 Late Models-Fast Time #10 Kerby Damery 10.918
Dash
1-441 Jeff Leka
2-12c Chris Carlson
3-25 Joe Ross Jr.
Heat 1
1-82 Roger Brickler
2-32m Danny Maguire
3-441 Jeff Leka
Heat 2
1-34 Mike Mudd
2-B1 Nick Bauman
3-56 Brad Shelley

Feature 1-50 Laps
1-5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
2-25 Joe Ross Jr.
3-10 Kerby Damery
4-16h Mike Hammerle
5-34 Mike Mudd
6-1 Virgil Bilbrey
7-12c Chris Carlson
8-32m Danny Maguire
9-B1 Nick Bauman
10-56 Brad Shelley
11-2 John Graham
12-50 Bill Harner
13-8 John Woodard
14-82 Roger Brickler
15-98 Rick Albin
16-441 Jeff Leka

Feature 2-50 Laps
1-32m Danny Maguire
2-16h Mike Hammerle
3-10 Kerby Damery
4-5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
5-34 Mike Mudd
6-82 Roger Brickler
7-B1 Nick Bauman
8-56 Brad Shelley
9-1 Virgil Bilbrey
10-50 Bill Harner
11-25 Joe Ross Jr.
12-12c Chris Carlson
13-8 John Woodard
14-98 Rick Albin
15-2 John Graham
441 Jeff Leka DNS

MODIFIED

Heat 1
1-27 Brad Crosby
2-96 Rodney Standerfer
3-45 Todd Kirkland
4-23 Rick Scott

Heat 2
1-52 Roger Drake
2-93 Bobby Fowler Jr.
3-112 Jerry Myers
4-40 Buffy Clark

Heat 3
1-H2O Jim Leka
2-2 Dave Miller
3-32 Rick Crawford
4-78 Jeff Ray

Semi-Feature
1-21 Kyle Logue
2-A1 George Handley
3-12 Aaron Bauman
4-10k Kelly Koske

Feature
1-40 Buffy Clark
2-H2O Jim Leka
3-45 Todd Kirkland
4-21 Kyle Logue
5-52 Roger Drake
6-10k Kelly Koske
7-A1 George Handley
8-78 Jeff Ray
9-12 Aaron Bauman
10-27 Brad Crosby

LITE BEER TWIN 50 SLATED FOR JUNE 9TH

Twin 50 lap features this weekend at Macon speedway for the late models. payout is as follows.
1st $1500
2nd $700
3rd $400
4th $300
5th $250
6th $200
7th $150
8th $140
9th thru 18th place pays $125 to start.
This is a twin 50 lapper at Macon speedway Hope to see you all there.

(6/2/01) Courtesy of DoubleJ (4M)

13 Late Models on hand.
Fast time #F15 Ed Bauman 10.691

Dash-#25 Joe Ross Jr.

Heat1-#5S Steve Sheppard Jr.

Heat2-#25 Joe Ross Jr.

Feature
1-#25 Joe Ross Jr. 2-#F15 Ed Bauman 3-#5S Steve Sheppard Jr. 4-#34 Mike Mudd
5-#10 K. Damery 6-#1 Virgil Bilbrey 7-#7 Butch Smith 8-#82 Roger Brickler
9-#56 Brad Shelley 10-#8 John Woodward 11-#2 Graham 12-#B1 Nick Bauman 13-#96 Corey Daugherty

Modified

Heat 1-74 Dan Wilson
Heat 2-96 Corey Daugherty
Heat 3-H2O Jim Leka

Semi Feature
1-12 Aaron Bauman 2-87 Wes O'dell 3-111 Larry Bunning 4-10K Kelly Koske

Feature
1-H2O Jim Leka 2-21 Kyle Logue 3-A1 George Handley 4-96 Corey Daugherty
5-111 Larry Bunning 6-45 Todd Kirkland 7-87 Wes O'dell 8-10K Kelly Koske
9-11G Matt Goulden 10-12 Aaron Bauman 11-35 Clark Robertson 12-10 Curt Rhodes
13-D98 Danny Smith 14-74 Dan Wilson 15-40 Buffy Clark 16-1X John Coultas

Swartz cruises to Macon payday
By JAMES S. TYREE H&R Staff Writer

MACON -- Denny Swartz has 11,500 reasons for remembering the 2001 Memorial Day weekend.

The modified car racer from Ashmore won $6,500 Monday night -- make that early Tuesday morning -- at Macon Speedway after earning the $5,000 prize for winning in Danville on Sunday. The lucrative victories were the third and fourth of the season for Swartz.

"I just wanted to finish and finish high," Swartz said. "You want to run as hard as you can without wearing out."

The All-Service Contracting Corporation Modified Special on Monday offered the largest first-place check in Macon Speedway's history.

Monday ended a four-day holiday weekend of Central Illinois racing that was dedicated to modified cars. However, events in Farmer City and Charleston were rained out Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Swartz was ecstatic and "very surprised" by his second consecutive big payday. There will be no trip to Disneyland for this champion, though, because a good chunk of his winnings will pay for a new motor.

Swartz led through most of the 100-lap feature race in his 21S car. Jim Leka and Buffy Clark challenged the leader, waiting for any slip-up, but Swartz would not comply.

"It was like comparing hot water and cold water," Swartz said. "The track was real slow (Sunday) but not today. It was fast."

The 20-car feature had a restart but only two yellow flags after that -- on laps 4 and 57.

It was a clean race on an otherwise stressful night. Speedway owner Rich Webb said mid-afternoon rain ruined what had been perfect track conditions, and that led to delays in the program. The threat of rain may have also thinned the crowd. The stands were about two-thirds full.

Qualifying lasted until well past 9 p.m., and the feature race did not begin until almost 11:30 p.m.

The program began with 74 cars taking one qualifying speed lap. The fastest six drivers automatically qualified for the feature race; all others raced in the six semifinal races. The top two racers from each semifinal also advanced to the feature race.

Clark, of Illiopolis, earned a $50 bonus for driving the fastest qualifying lap, which he completed in 11.96 seconds.

Kyle Logue of Oreana won the third semifinal race that became a battle of attrition. The 11-car race became a four-car affair within the first two laps. Another driver dropped out in lap seven, so the last half of the race had only three cars.

The win was a high point in Logue's up-and-down night. After the semifinal victory, a crew member changed the plug wires on his car, but the wires were crossed. Not knowing why his car wouldn't run, Logue tried to use another car but was turned away because it hadn't qualified for the feature.

Logue's crew found the problem just in time, so the former Argenta-Oreana Bomber raced in his familiar orange and blue car. But the car didn't last, and Logue placed 14th out of 20 cars.

"It's awesome to race 100 laps," Logue said. "So you try to be as calm and collected as you can, yet run fast and aggressive so you don't get lapped."
Feature race results

1. Denny Swartz, 2. Jim Leka, 3. Buffy Clark, 4. Dan Hamstra, 5. Marty Hiser, 6. Brent Glastetter, 7. Curt Rhodes, 8. Rob Timmons, 9. Paul White, 10. Matt Goulden, 11. Butch Garner, 12. Al Crawley, 13. Aaron Burcham, 14. Kyle Logue, 15. Jimmie Owens, 16. Wayne Brooks, 17. John Burdette, 18., Shane Cottle, 19., Wes Stedinger, 20. Randle Sweeney.

Fastest feature-qualifying laps

1. Buffy Clark, 2. Denny Swartz, 3. Al Crawley, 4. Jimmy Owens, 5. Butch Garner, 6. Randle Sweeney.

Semifinal results

Heat 1 -- 1. Paul White, 2. Marty Hiser, Heat 2 -- 1. Curt Rhodes, 2. Brent Glastetter, Heat 3 -- Kyle Logue, Wayne Brooks, Heat 4 -- Jim Leka, Wes Stedinger, Heat 5 -- Rob Timmons, John Burdette, Heat 6 -- Dan Hamstra, Shane Cottle.

SCHWARTZ WINS MACON 100 LAPPER
(courtesy of Double J from 4M)

5-28-01 Macon Results:
Top 6 Qualifiers 1-#40 Buffy Clark 2-#21s Denny Schwartz 3-#20c Al Crawley 4-#20 Jimmy
Owens 5-X Butch Garner 6-#182 Randle Sweeney.
Top six locked in the 100 lap main. There were 6 12 lap semis with the top 2 from each making the show.
Semi 1:1-#93w Paul White 2-#1jj Marty Hiser
Semi 2:1-#10 Curt Rhodes 2-#18 Rick Glastetter
Semi 3:1-#21 Kyle Logue 2-#UFO Wayne Brooks
Semi 4:1-#H2O Jim Leka 2-#S9 Wes Steidinger
Semi 5:1-#5T Rob Timmons 2-RV1 John Burdette
Semi 6:1-#23H Dan Hamstra 2-#30J Shane Cottle

Car 44B Aaron Burcham was the sponsors option car and 1st alternate 11G Matt Goulden
started at the back of feature.

100 Lap Feature
1-#21S Denny Schwartz 2-#H20 Jim Leka
3-#40 Buffy Clark?? 4-23H Dan Hamstra?? 
5-#18 Rick Glastetter??

I'm not sure who was 3rd on back but Denny Schwartz almost lapped the whole field and had about a half a lap on Jim Leka at the checkered.

Macon Speedway week #4
(4-28-01)
Winner in late model was Joe Ross, Jr, with Ed Bauman, Steve Shepherd, Kirby Damery, and Matt Taylor. Modified winner was Jim Leka over Curt Rhodes and Brian Shirley

 

Macon Speedway week #3
(4-21-01)
Winner in late model was Ed Bauman. Joe Ross, Jr. was second followed by Steve Shepherd, Jr. and Kirby Damery.

 

Macon Speedway week #2
(4-14-01)
 Winner in late model was Steve Shepherd, jr. with Joe Ross in 2nd. 14 late models showed up and no rain.good entertaining evening.  Kyle Logue won Modified Feature