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Farmer City Raceway Banquet Scheduled
direct from www.trackenterprises.com
Track Enterprises has set a date to honor the 2003 Farmer City Raceway Track Champions. The banquet will take place at the American Legion Hall in Farmer City, Illinois on Friday, January 2, 2004.

The banquet will begin with Cocktails at 6:00 p.m., Dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m., followed by the awards presentation at 8:00 p.m., and dancing to begin at 9:00 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door on January 2, 2004 at a cost of $18.00 per person.

The 2003 Farmer City Raceway Track Champions are: Roger Long in the Late Model division, Jeff Leka in the Modified division, Jim Felker Jr. in the Sportsman division, and Ryan Unzicker in the Street Stock Division.

For more information call Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.


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Farmer City Raceway 2003 in Review
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Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2003 by Shawn,  from www.trackenterprises.com
The Farmer City Raceway, Farmer City, IL has concluded its 9th season under the management of Track Enterprises, Inc.  The 2003 season started in April and came to a close in August.  Four divisions are ran every Friday night at the high banked ¼ mile dirt oval, they include: UMP Late Models, UMP Modified, Sportsman, and Street Stock. 

The season opened on April 11, with Jeff Leka winning the RPM Late Model Shoot Out that was held over from the 2002 season.  May 2 was Scout night honoring our local Boy & Girl Scouts, with over a 150 scouts in the stands to watch the 2003 Hornet Debut.  NASCAR Night was held on May 13 with Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace in town racing with the all of the local UMP Late Model & Modified drivers. May 30 the raceway hosted the first annual Tri-State Challenge paying $10,000 to win for the Late Models with Shannon Babb of Moweaqua taking the paycheck.  June 20, RC Cola sponsored Twin 30 lap features for the UMP Late Models with Billy Drake of Bloomington winning both feature events.  On June 23, the O'Reilly World of Outlaws made their annual stop in Farmer City with Steve Kinser taking the feature win, Derek Odell of East Alton took the checkered flag for the 600 cc mini sprints.  Lynn Chevrolet/Buick hosted the UMP Summer Nationals on July 11, with Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN taking home the top honors.  On July 16, Andrae's Harley Davidson hosted an exciting night of motorcycle racing as the AMA Motorcycles were in town with Johnny Murphree winning the Expert class.  The 2003 Late Model Shoot Out was won by Roger Long of Fithian on August 8.  On August 15 the raceway had a battle of the Sprint cars with both USAC & SCRA Non-Wing Sprints on this ¼ mile track with Tracy Hines of Greenfield, IN winning the feature event.  The Farmer City Raceway season concluded on August 22, when the MARA Midgets made a stop in Farmer City with the annual Don Branson Memorial. 

Every week of the 2003 racing season we were able to give one of our drivers an extra $200 for the Timber Wolf Hard Charger Award, which is awarded to the driver that passed the most cars in their feature event.  The Contingency Connection was an added bonus for the drivers this year too with several drivers taking advantage of prizes and money being awarded.

Congratulations to the 2003 Farmer City Raceway Track Champions: Roger Long of Fithian - UMP Late Model, Jeff Leka of Buffalo - UMP Modified, James Felker Jr. of Bloomington - Sportsman, and Ryan Unzicker of El Paso - Street Stock.

SEASON FINALE
August 8, 2003

Roger Long put the exclamation point on the season with his seventh track championship at Farmer City Raceway. The final night of racing included the Shootout, a 20 lap race for the dash winners all year long. Long started sixth, and took the lead on lap 7 for the win by a straightaway over Donnie Waldon and fast qualifier Eric Smith. The regular dash went to Steve Sheppard Jr over Waldon. Heat races went to Wade Logue, Chris Dick and Jason Feger. Jay Sparks won the semi-feature over Chris Dick. Ryan Dauber led the first 4 laps of the feature, before being passed by Long, who had a hard time getting around Eric Smith and Dauber at the same time. Long then went on to lead the final 21 laps, for his second feature in a row. Finish: 36 Roger Long, 9 Eric Smith, 1w Donnie Waldon, S10 Jr Shickel, 4 Mike Mullvain, 25 Jason Feger, 7 Jay Sparks, 1a Justin Allgaier, 64 Ryan Dauber, 15 Joe Ross Jr, 5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
Modified track champion Jeff Leka also won his feature event after a hot battle with Tim O'Donnell.
Sportsman feature went to Jim Felker, Jr.
Street stock winner was Richard Peddicoart.

 2003 FINAL POINTS.....COURTESY OF     www.trackenterprises.com the official website of Farmer City Raceway

Position Car Number Driver / Hometown Feature Poles Heat Wins Feature Wins Nights Raced Total Points Deficit
1 36 Roger Long / Fithian, IL 0 3 6 14 802 0
2 s10 JR Shickel / Bloomington, IL 0 1 1 16 598 204
3 9 Eric Smith / Shirley, IL 0 0 0 14 561 241
4 15 Joe Ross , Jr. / Springfield, IL 0 7 1 14 537 265
5 4 Mike Mullvain / Bartonville, IL 0 2 2 15 506 296
6 1A Justin Allgaier / Springfield, IL 0 3 1 14 473 329
7 5s Steve Sheppard Jr. / New Berlin, IL 0 4 0 14 437 365
8 25 Jason Feger / Bloomington, IL 0 1 0 14 393 409
9 1w Donny Walden / Towanda, IL 0 0 0 16 364 438
10 30 Mike Glasscock / Leroy, IL 0 1 0 13 328 474
11 9 Billy Drake / Bloomington, IL 0 0 2 5 309 493
12 45 Don Hammer / Clinton, IL 0 0 0 13 307 495
13 22 Chris Dick / Deland, IL 0 3 0 16 304 498
14 B12 Kevin Weaver / Gibson City, IL 0 2 0 6 297 505
15 117 Jeff Leka / Buffalo, IL 0 2 0 9 242 560
16 7s Jay Sparks / Metamora, IL 0 1 0 11 228 574
17 35 Cody Hupp / Decatur, IL 0 0 0 11 227 575
18 28 Dennis Erb , Jr. / Carpentersville, IL 0 1 1 6 223 579
19 45 Gary May / Minonk, IL 0 1 0 7 211 591
19 0 Richie Hedrick / Urbana, IL 0 4 1 9 211 591
21 47 Steve Hillard / Sadorus, IL 0 1 0 7 188 614
22 3s Brian Shirley / Chatham, IL 0 0 0 8 186 616
23 32 Bob Pierce / Oakwood, IL 0 2 0 4 178 624
24 6 Mark Anderson / Lexington, IL 0 1 0 9 173 629
25 7M Michael Bradley / Paris, IL 0 1 0 7 167 635
26 22 Cory Rolfe / Sidney, IL 0 0 0 12 166 636
27 55 Jim Loomis, Jr. / Kingston, IL 0 0 0 11 158 644
28 64 Ryan Dauber / Tonica, IL 0 0 0 6 154 648
29 8 John Woodard / Iliopolis, IL 0 0 0 10 153 649
30 Z Joe Harlan / El Paso, IL 0 1 0 6 144 658
31 3 Toby Sharp / East Peoria, IL 0 2 0 7 133 669
31 5 Eddie Shickel / Bloomington, IL 0 0 0 9 133 669
33 90 Flip Shickel / Bloomington, IL 0 1 0 8 132 670
34 7 Butch Smith / Decatur, IL 0 0 0 8 130 672
35 5F Lonnie Franklin / Farmer City, IL 0 1 0 9 126 676
36 17H Rick Hamilton / Decatur, IL 0 0 0 12 125 677
37 5 Bret Sievert / Franklin, WI 0 0 0 3 116 686
38 71 Don O'Neal / Martinsville, IN 0 1 1 2 115 687
39 18 Shannon Babb / Moweaqua, IL 0 0 1 2 112 690
40 39 Wade Logue / -, IL 0 2 0 8 111 691
41 B97 Marvin C. Burton / Georgetown, IL 0 0 0 6 107 695
41 82 Roger Brickler / Springfield, IL 0 0 0 6 107 695
43 17 Corey Turner / Cullom, IL 0 0 0 4 103 699
44 111 Larry Bunning / Decatur, IL 0 0 0 7 99 703
45 28 Brian Patterson / Tremont, IL 0 1 0 8 97 705
46 96X Terry English / Benton, KY 0 0 0 3 93 709
47 61JR Bruce White / Minier, IL 0 0 0 9 90 712
47 21 Billy Moyer / Batesville, AR 0 1 0 2 90 712
49 27 Rodney Melvin / Logan, IL 0 0 0 2 77 725
50 88 Ron Bauman / Eureka, IL 0 0 0 6 72 730
51 16A Eric Kwasigroh / Metamora, IL 0 0 0 2 69 733
52 61 Jamie Wilson / Hoopeston, IL 0 0 0 3 59 743
53 88 Wendell Wallace / Batesville, AR 0 0 0 2 56 746
54 76 Tim Routson / West Chicago, IL 0 0 0 3 50 752
55 T2 Todd Bennett / Peoria, IL 0 0 0 3 48 754
56 50 Ed Dixon / Washington, MO 0 0 0 2 44 758
57 45J John Mehn / -, IL 0 0 0 4 42 760
57 R52 Rylan Dagg / BluFord, IL 0 0 0 3 42 760
59 K9 Mike Glynn / LaSalle, IL 0 0 0 2 32 770
59 12 Alan Thomas / -, IL 0 0 0 3 32 770
61 99 Johnny Johnson / West Burlington, IA 0 0 0 2 30 772
61 F15 Jeremy Conway / -, IL 0 0 0 3 30 772
61 31 John Davis / Bloomington, IL 0 0 0 3 30 772
61 F15 Ed Bauman / -, IL 0 0 0 2 30 772
65 99 Ken Schrader / Concord, NC 0 0 0 1 28 774
65 32 Tom Thoennes / Bloomington, IL 0 0 0 2 28 774
67 55 Jeep Van Wormer / Pinconning, MI 0 0 0 1 26 776
67 48 Tim Lance / Peoria, IL 0 0 0 1 26 776
69 56 Gary Webb / Blue Grass, IA 0 1 0 1 24 778
69 66 Bill Frye / Greenbriar, AR 0 0 0 1 24 778
71 7 John Provenzano / Marselles, IL 0 0 0 1 23 779
72 88 Ron Bauman / Eureka, IL 0 0 0 3 22 780
72 32D Darren Miller / -, IL 0 1 0 1 22 780
74 00 Randy Korte / -, IL 0 0 0 1 20 782
74 4c Robert Colson / Felc, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 1 Kyle Logue / Oreana, IL 0 0 0 1 20 782
74 21 Ryan McQuery / -, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 5A Mark Alltop / -, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 5xt Brian McCabe / Grand Rapids, OH 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 22 Eric Dauber / Tonica, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 58 Garrett Durrett / Simsboro, LA 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 A1 Duke Whiseant / Texarkana, AR 0 0 0 1 20 782
74 95 Frank Shickel, Sr. / Bloomington, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 56 Brad Shelley / -, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 7x Mike Cothron / -, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 a Matthew Melvin / Cornell, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
74 s9 Wes Steidinger / Fairbury, IL 0 0 0 2 20 782
88 56 Rohn Moon / Greenwood, IN 0 0 0 1 18 784
89 20 Tom Markham / Kirkland, IL 0 1 0 1 14 788
90 1 Mike Matarayas / Dekalb, IL 0 0 0 1 13 789
90 28 Kevin Claycomb / Vincennes, IN 0 0 0 1 13 789
90 27H Jim Howard / LeRoy, IL 0 0 0 1 13 789
93 45 Todd Kirkland / Mt Zion, IL 0 0 0 1 12 790
93 27 Mike Provenzano / Aurora, IL 0 0 0 1 12 790
93 95Q Virgil Bilbrey / -, IL 0 0 0 1 12 790
96 44T Dick Taylor / Springfield, IL 0 0 0 1 11 791
96 51J Jason Beier / Schneider, IN 0 0 0 1 11 791
96 92 Dick Potts / Monocco, IN 0 0 0 1 11 791
96 78 Chad Zobrist / Highland, IL 0 0 0 1 11 791
100 14 Duane Thoennes / Bloomington, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 12 Floyd Jordan, Sr. / Pekin, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 19m Jeff Matejka / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 11 Jason Boyles / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 007 Jason Cecil / Stonington, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 10 George Sceffler / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 148 Steve Lance , Sr. / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 75 Billy Tuckwell / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 a Ted Loomis / Kingston, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 111 Terry Worth / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 56 Brad Shelly / Decatur, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 13 Brent Kreke / O'Fallon, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 48 Tim Brach / W. Chicago, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 5B Brent Slocum / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 5 Jeff Taylor / Pleasant Plains, AR 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 76 Rick Routson / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 5m Brook Phillips / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 11Z Bryan Collins / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 35 Tom Rients / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 9B Charles Baird / Assumption, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 114 Tom Treadway / Tildon, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 84 Tony Boyles / Odin, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 96 Cory Daugherty / Blue Mound, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 1DW Denny Woodworth / Mendon, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 12 Walter Giles / Mooresville, NC 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 27c Don Cisco / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792
100 111 Ron Coletrain / -, IL 0 0 0 1 10 792


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August 1, 2003

The UMP Challenge of Champions came to Farmer City Friday night, and perennial track champion Roger Long was determined to add his name to the list of champions. Long led all 30 laps of the feature, but the race was definitely exciting behind him. Jr Shickel turned in fast time of the 39 drivers in attendance. The dash went to Eric Smith over Long, Billy Drake, Jr Shickel, Jason Feger and Brian Shirley to set up the first three rows for the feature. Heat races went to Justin Allgaier, Joe Ross Jr, Bob Pierce and Kevin Weaver. Semi features went to Cody Hupp and Don Hammer. At the drop of the green flag, Long took off in the lead, holding off early challenges from Eric Smith. Late in the race, ninth place starter Bob Pierce closed in but time ran out. Dennis Erb Jr followed Pierce through the traffic, but pulled off the track late in the race while running third. This was the first big win for Long at Farmer City in over 15 years, and puts him in the season ending event at Pevely MO paying $15,000 to win.

final rundown:

36 Roger Long
32 Bob Pierce
9 Billy Drake
9 Eric Smith
S10 Jr Shickel
3s Brian Shirley
B12 Kevin Weaver
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
27 Rodney Melvin
25 Jason Feger
47 Steve Hillard
1A Justin Allgaier
35 Cody Hupp
15 Joe Ross Jr
61 Jammie Wilson
45 Don Hammer
R52 Ryland Dag

The modified feature was a very exciting event with Kyle Byerline holding off Kelli Kouski, semi feature winner Jeff Leka, Roger Drake and Rocky Griffin. Roben Huffman led a big part of the race, but was taken out with a smoking engine.

 

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July 25, 2003

Frank Shickel, Jr led all 25 laps to win the feature Friday night, holding off Kevin Weaver and Eric Smith. Weaver started out the evening with fast time of the 29 drivers on hand at 13.195 seconds. The dash went to Joe Ross Jr over Shickel Jr, Steve Hillard and Jason Feger. Heats went to Mike Mullvain over Chris Dick, Richie Hedrick over Butch Smith and Roger Long over Eric Smith. Semi feature was won by Cody Hupp over Mike Glasscock.

feature finish:

S10 Frank Shickel, Jr

117 Kevin Weaver

9 Eric Smith

36 Roger Long

25 Jason Feger

7M Michael Bradley

15 Joe Ross, Jr

64 Ryan Dauber

1A Justin Allgaier

35 Cody Hupp

56 Rohn Moon

5s Steve Sheppard, Jr

1w Donnie Waldon

7 Butch Smith

4 Mike Mullvain

22 Chris Dick

The modified feature turned into a race of champions, with former track champion Jim Leka passing another former track champ Roger Drake for the win, with Tim O'Donnell also slipping past Drake for second place.

Sportsman feature went to Ron Sandage, after passing race long leader Jason Cleaver on the last turn of the last lap.

Street stock feature went to Ryan Unsicker.
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July 18, 2003
Mike Mullvain held off Justin Allgaier for the win Friday night. Jason Feger started the evening with fast time of the 25 late models on hand at 12.876. The dash went to Mike Glasscock over Jr Shickel and Don Hammer. Heats went to Richie Hedrick, Steve Sheppard Jr and Joe Ross Jr. The semi feature went to Cody Hupp over Corey Rolfe. The feature event saw third place starter Mike Mullvain take the lead on the first lap and opened up a sizable lead until a late caution. After the restart, Justin Allgaier put Mullvain's driving skills to the test, but Mullvain held off Allgaier for the win over Jason Feger and Steve Sheppard Jr.

finish:

4 Mike Mullvain

1A Justin Allgaier

25 Jason Feger

5s Steve Sheppard Jr

9 Eric Smith

35 Don Hammer

S10 Jr Shickel

30 Mike Glasscock

1w Donnie Waldon

3s Brian Shirley

35 Cody Hupp

The modified feature was again won by point leader Jeff Leka, after a late race caution restart pass on Kyle Logue, with Roben Huffman also getting by Logue for second. All 20 starters survived several cautions to finish on the lead lap.

The sportsman feature went to Ron Sandage over Jeff Leka.
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July 11, 2003

UMP Summernationals

With a whopping 50 late models from 10 states on hand, Don O'Neal proved once again why he has garnered the nickname "The Real Deal." Local and national standout Shannon Babb turned in fast time for the evening at 13.122 seconds. The dash went to Babb over Jeep VanWormer, Steve Sheppard Jr, Roger Long, Billy Moyer, Terry English, Billy Drake, Justin Allgaier and Jr Shickel. The previous night's winner Terry English coughed an engine in time trials, and switched to his back up car for the evening. The top three from each heat advanced to the feature, with the first heat going to Joe Ross, Jr over Billy Drake, Randy Korte Steve Hillard and Gary May. Second heat went to Don O'Neal over Wendell Wallace, Mike Mullvain, Justin Allgaier and Bob Pierce. Third heat went to Darren Miller over Kevin Weaver, Jr Shickel, Eric Kwasigroh and Corey Turner. The fourth and final heat went to Joe Harlan over Eric Smith, Dennis Erb Jr, Chris Dick and Don Hammer.

The semi-features looked like a who's who of the midwest racing scene, filled with track champions from everywhere. Steve Hillard bested Bob Pierce, Todd Bennett, Gary May and Justin Allgaier in the first semi. The second semi went to Eric Kwasigroh over Richie Hedrick, Don Hammer and Chris Dick.

Twenty Two late models started the feature with Shannon Babb and Jeep VanWormer on the front row. After a first lap caution, the remaining 49 laps were run under the green flag, with O'Neal going to the low side to take the lead from Babb on lap 16, and sailing to a comfortable half-lap lead at the checkers. Billy Drake came in second after a late battle with third place finisher Babb and Billy Moyer. Roger Long, Terry English, Wendell Wallace and Kevin Weaver rounded out the lead lap finishers.

finish:

71 Don O'Neal

9 Billy Drake

18 Shannon Babb

21 Billy Moyer

36 Roger Long

96 Terry English

88 Wendell Wallace

B12 Kevin Weaver

49 laps

9 Eric Smith

55 Jeep VanWormer

32 Bob Pierce

00 Randy Korte

47 Steve Hillard

0 Richie Hedrick

28- Dennis Erb Jr

5s Steve Sheppard Jr

S10 Jr Shickel

48 laps

4 Mike Mullvain

DNF

32D Darren Miller

15 Joe Ross Jr

18K Eric Kwasigroh

Z Joe Harlan
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July 4, 2003

Roger Long proved once again that he is the master of the high groove Friday night. The evening started out with Long turning in fast time of 13.200 over the 32 other drivers in attendance. Justin Allgaier then won the trophy dash over Eric Kwasigroh and Long. Heats went to Steve Sheppard Jr over Lonnie Franklin Jr, Mark Anderson over Chris Dick and Joe Ross Jr over Gary May. Jr Shickel won the semi feature over nephew Flip Shickel, Chris Dick and brother Eddy Shickel.
Long, by virtue of the draw, started outside front row of the feature and took off to a commanding leave. Pole sitter Eric Smith ran him down at lap 18 using the low groove, and passed Long, but two laps later, Long retook the lead and once again ran off from everyone. finish: 36 Roger Long, 9 Eric Smith, 47 Steve Hillard, 18K Eric Kwasigroh, 45 Gary May, S10 Jr Shickel, 1A Justin Allgaier, 15 Joe Ross Jr, 4 Mike Mullvain, 16A Ed Dixon, 45 Don Hammer, T2 Todd Bennett, 25 Jason Fegers, 5s Steve Sheppard Jr, 22 Chris Dick, 1w Donnie Waldon.

Jeff Leka once again won the modified feature over a fast flying Rocky Griffin, Don Kiger and Jerry Huffman

June 27, 2003

Justin Allgaier led all 25 laps of the feature event Friday night at Farmer City, but it was not an easy race at all. Allgaier turned in fast time at 13.063 with 29 late models on hand. The dash went to Brian Shirley over Mike Glasscock and Jammie Wilson. Heats were won by Michael Bradley over Marvin Burton, Chris Dick over Lonnie Franklin, Jr and Mike Mullvain over Steve Sheppard, Jr. The semi feature went to Chris Dick over Tim Lance, John Woodard andLonnie Franklin, Jr.

Allgaier sped out to the lead with Jr Shickel and Ross in tow. Ross threw every move at Allgaier to try and get around, but the patience of the youngster paid off, and with a bold move through lapped traffic, sped away from Ross, giving him his first win at the historic old fairgrounds.finish:

1A Justin Allgaier, 15 Joe Ross Jr, 9 Eric Smith, 4 Mike Mullvain, 25 Jason Fegers, 30 Mike Glasscock, 3s Brian Shirley, 5s Steve Sheppard Jr, 1w Donnie Waldon, 48 Tim Lance, 5x Ed Bauman.

Sportsman feature went to Rod Sandage with modified feature won by Gary Turpin.


world of outlaws won by Steve Kinser
The rained out World of Outlaws program will be held Monday, June 23, 2003 
 

June 30, 2003.... Story by Terry Young.....Thanks Terry!
BILLY DRAKE skips MASTERS and masters TWIN 30's at Farmer City! Complete Results

Billy Drake decided to skip the Cedar Lake event and tune up for the midwest romp known as the UMP Summer Nationals starting next week, and chose to stay close to home this weekend before starting the grueling grind next Monday!

As a preliminary to the Summer Nats and a test and tune he dropped in amongst 35 other cars and stars and took home the winners gelt in not one but both of the 30 lap main events sponsored by RC Cola. drake driving the all familiar #9 Mastersbilt was clearly the class of the field in both events. A BIG CONGRATS to Billy on his wins this evening and may the momentum carry him to a nice beginning of the 2003 edition of the UMP King of Dirt Summer Nationals Series!

Mike Glasscock started the evening by turning the fastest qualifying lap for the night with a time of 13.171.

The trophy dash honors were accorded to Drake as he took the checkers ahead of Roger Long, Justin Allgaier, Kevin Weaver, Glasscock and Mike Mullvain.

The first heat was topped by Toby Sharp over Mike Glynn, Jimmy Loomis, Eddie Shickel, Patterson, Ron Baumann, Hamilton and Brad Shelly.

The second heat was won by Jay Sparks over Richie Hedrick, Butch Smith, Dick Potts, #12, Cory Daugherty, Rolfe and Lonnie Franklin.

The third heat went to Jr. Schickel over Jeff Leka, Michael Bradley, Gary May, Cody Hupp, Joe Ross, Jr., Jason Feger, Donnie Walden and Chris D1ck.

The fourth and final heat went to Long ahead of Steve Sheppard, Jr., Eric Smith, Allgaier, Glasscock, Kevin Weaver, John Woodard and Drake.

Consi action would transfer the final 6 starters for the main events with Ross, Jr., Marvin Burton and Jr. Schickel transferring from the first consi and Leka, May and Sparks finding a way to the main in the second consi.

The first 30 lap feature finished as follows unofficially:
1. Drake, 2. Long, 3. Glasscock, 4. Weaver, 5. Mullvain, 6. Feger, 7. May, 8. Allgaier, 9. Dick, 10. Schickel, Jr., 11. Smith, 12. Ross, Jr., 13. Leka, 14. Burton, 15. Bradley , 16.Sparks

The second 30 lap feature finished as follows unofficially:
1. Drake, 2. Long, 3. Fegers, 4. Allgaier, 5. Weaver, 6. Smith, 7. Hupp, 8. Ross, Jr. 9. Leka, 10. May, 11. Bradley, 12. Shickel, Jr., 13. Woodard, 14. Mullvain, 15. Walden

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June 13, 2003....Twin 30 lap late model features....Rained Out
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June 6, 2003....Rain
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May 30, 2003
The first leg of the Tri-State Challenge was won by Shannon Babb, besting drivers from seven states. Kevin Weaver set fast time of the 48 drivers on hand at 12.938. The dash was run UMP Summernational style, with a fabulous race being won by Roger Long over Don O'Neal, Mike Mullvain and Terry English. Kevin Weaver, Billy Moyer, Joe Ross, Jr and Bob Pierce all won heat races with semi features won by Billy Drake and Brian Shirley. Roger Long and Don O'Neal started front row, with O'Neal taking the initial lead, and opening up quite a distance between himself and second place Long. Around lap 10, Babb nosed his way into making it a three wide race for the lead. Babb then took the lead for himself on lap 14. The latter stages of the 40 lap, $10,000 to win feature saw tenth place starter Bob Pierce come on strong and make a bid for the lead. Babb would not be denied this win, and Pierce settled for second place.

finish: 18 Shannon Babb....32 Bob Pierce....71 Don O'Neal....21 Billy Moyer....36 Roger Long....B12 Kevin Weaver....9 Billy Drake....96 Terry English....28 Dennis Erb, Jr....66 Bill Frye....47 Steve Hillard....1A Justin Allgaier....30 Mike Glasscock....A1 Duke Whiseant....3s Brian Shirley....15 Joe Ross, Jr....5 Bret Sievert....1w Donnie Waldon....7 Butch Smith....99 Johnny Johnson....88 Wendell Wallace....4 Mike Mullvain
 

 

May 23, 2003

Mike Mullvain won his first feature of the year by holding off Roger Long for the win. Long had earlier turned in fast time. Heats were won by Wade Logue, Justin Allgaier and Steve Sheppard, Jr. The semi feature was won by Jeff Leka over Joe Ross,Jr. Mike Glasscock led the early laps, but Mullvain took the point and was never seriously challenged until after the white flag flew. Then Long tried to no avail to make the pass. Mullvain took the checkers in front of Long, with Steve Sheppard, Jr third, Eric Smith fourth and Jr. Shickel rounding out the top five.

finish: 4 Mike Mullvain, 36 Roger Long, 5s Steve Sheppard, Jr, 9 Eric Smith, S10 Jr Shickel,
15 Joe Ross, Jr, 1w Donnie Waldon, 7m Michael Bradley, 117 Jeff Leka, 7 Jay Sparks
Jim Felker, Jr won his third sportsman feature in a row.


 

May 16, 2003 

New night, same results. Roger Long continued his high groove run to the checkered flag Friday night. This time, however he started in sixth place and took the lead from Jr. Shickel on lap 14. Long had posted fast time of the 27 late models at 13.148. Jr Shickel won the dash over Don Hammer. Flip Shickel, Mike Glasscock and Justin Allgaier won the heats and Glasscock won the semi.

final results: 36 Roger Long, 9 Eric Smith, 45 Don Hammer, 15 Joe Ross, Jr, 1A Justin Allgaier,
6 Mark Anderson, S10 Jr Shickel, 5s Steve Sheppard, Jr, 7 Jay Sparks, 117 Jeff Leka.

Same results also for the sportsman as Jim Felker, Jr won another feature, with a clean sweep for the evening.

Jeff Leka won the modified feature.

May 13, 2003

NASCAR night at the races Tuesday brought in fan favorites Kenny Schrader and Kenny Wallace. 40 Late models and 64 modifieds signed in, with veterans Roger Long and Denny Schwartz taking the late model and modified feature wins. Long showed the way early, with fast time at 12.986. There was no dash. Heats were won by Steve Hillard, Steve Sheppard, Jr, Dennis Erb, Jr and Gary May. Semi features saw the top three advance, with Brian Shirley over Steve Hillard and Steve Sheppard, Jr. The second semi had Dennis Erb, Jr winning over Michael Bradley and Kenny Schrader, who took the last spot for the feature. Roger Long set sail from the green flag, using his familiar high groove to his advantage and sailed to an easy victory over former UMP National champs Kevin Weaver, Rodney Melvin, and Bob Pierce.

finish:

36 Roger Long,B12 Kevin Weaver ,27 Rodney Melvin,32 Bob Pierce(started 11th),9 Billy Drake,28 Dennis Erb, Jr.(started 16th)
S10 Jr Shickel,96 Terry English,99 Kenny Schrader(started 20th),Z Joe Harlan,47 Steve Hillard(started 17th)

Modified feature saw Denny Swartz win over Kyle Byerline and Don Kiger, with semi feature winners Schrader and Jeff Leka finishing 11th and 12th. Kenny Wallace did not make the feature.

 

May 9, 2003

 

Thirty Late models took to the track Friday night, with local driver Don Hammer turning in fast time at 13.194 seconds. No dashes were held. The heat winners were Brian Patterson, Jeff Leka and Joe Ross, Jr. The semi feature went to Donnie Waldon over Larry Bunning. Richie Hedrick led all 25 laps of the feature with a lot of early pressure from Don Hammer. Hammer finished second with Roger Long.
finish:
0 Richie Hedrick,45 Don Hammer,36 Roger Long,5 Bret Sievert,15 Joe Ross, Jr,
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr,S10 Jr Shickel,7 Jay Sparks,35 Cody Hupp,3s Brian Shirley

 

May 2, 2003

Thirty Six late models braved the chill and put on a show for the fans. Roger Long turned in fast time at 12.907. The dash was won by Jr. Shickel over a fast charging Long.

Heat wins went to Lonnie Franklin, Jr, Richie Hedrick and Jeff Leka. Semi features went to Dennis Erb, Jr and Donnie Waldon. The feature event was wild and wooly, with pole-sitter Mark Anderson taking the point over Justin Allgaier. Allgaier took the lead on lap 3, only to hand it back to Anderson on lap 8. Lap 11 saw Anderson spinning causing the third yellow, but getting his spot back because he had help going around. With all the action up front, Steve Sheppard, Jr and Joe Ross, Jr made their way through the field, all three battling for the lead for lap after lap. Ross, Jr led the final ten laps, taking home the victory over Sheppard and Allgaier.

Finish:

15 Joe Ross, Jr  ,5 Steve Sheppard, Jr,1A Justin Allgaier,28 Dennis Erb, Jr,4 Mike Mullvain,45 Gary May,S10 Jr Shickel,9 Eric Smith,117 Jeff Leka,Z Joe Harlan

17 Corey Turne,64 Ryan Dauber,1w Donnie Waldon

44 modifieds were on hand, with another fine performance, and another great race, with Lance Dehm holding off Matt Bachman and RJ Gall. All three led several times the last few laps.

 

04/25/03....Rain

04/18/03

With over 140 cars in the pits, Farmer City Raceway fans got to see a lot of great racing action Friday night. Young Justin Allgaier turned in the fastest time of the 40 late models with a lap of 12.752 seconds. The dash went to Mike Glasscock over Bret Sievert. Heat wins went to Tom Markham, Gary Webb, Toby Scharp and Roger Long. Semi features were won by Mark Anderson and Jeff Leka. The fast qualifier Allgaier scratched for the feature, but the action was hot and heavy all the way. Glasscock took the initial lead, but gave it up for good on lap 10 to Sievert, who in turn passed the lead to the rim-riding Roger Long, who only led 4 laps as Dennis Erb, Jr came from his seventh place starting spot running the bottom to pass Long and take the checkered flag back to Carpentersville, IL.

finish:

28 Dennis Erb, Jr, 36 Roger Long, 5 Bret Sievert, 30 Mike Glasscock, 4 Mike Mullvain, S10 Jr Shickel, 64 Ryan Dauber

17 Corey Turner, 9 Eric Smith, 7 John Provenzano

The sportsman class also had some great racing, with Shane Tomlin holding off Rod Sandage for the win.

The modified class had 47 cars on hand, with Tim O'Donnell passing Jeff Leka for the win, holding off Leka, last week's winner Kelly Kouski and Kyle Byerline for another exciting finish.

04-11-03 

Roger Long used his 29 years of experience to win the season opener over Joe Ross, Jr. Thirty late models signed in with Joe Harlan posting fast time. Mike Glasscock won the dash over Corey Turner. Heat winners were Richie Hedrick, Chris Dick and Joe Ross, Jr in a checkered flag pass over Jeff Leka. Semi feature went to Roger Brickler over Jason Fegers and Chris Dick. The twice rained out RPM Shootout for last years trophy dash winners went to Jeff Leka over Joe Harlan, Joe Ross, Jr and Chris Dick. The feature had a couple of first night restarts, and a bit of confusion, with Mike Mullvain taking the early lead and Roger Long passing him for the lead on lap 2. A fierce battle with Ross,Jr and Jr Shickel started about lap 18 with Shickel pulling alongside second place Ross and Long at the same time. Shickel took the lead at lap 19, but gave it back on lap 21 as Long powered past for the win.

Feature finish:

Roger Long, Jr. Shickel, Joe Ross, Jr, Corey Turner, Ryan Dauber, Steve Hillard (started 19th)

Jeff Leka, Joe Harlan, Mark Anderson, Cody Hupp

Sportsman feature was won by Jason Cleaver over Rod Sandage

Modified feature went to Kelly Kouski over Jeff Leka, Gary Cook, Jr, Kyle Byerline and
Tommy Kroll, who restarted the race in last after an averted start.

April 4, 2003....rain