2004kankakee

 

These are the 2004 archives for Kankakee Motor Speedway

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WDRL Kevin Roderick Memorial
$15,000 to win
Thanks to Tom Lathen for this story
scroll down for another story by Jeff Bayless

WDRL Kankakee Story
BABB OUTCLASSES STRONG WDRL FIELD AT KANKAKEE
Illinois Driver Pockets $15,000 for Kevin Roderick Memorial Win

(Kankakee, IL) Shannon Babb proved to be the class of the field Friday night, leading from start-to-finish to win the annual Kevin Roderick Memorial, a WORLD Dirt Racing League PolyDome Super Series event, at Kankakee Motor Speedway in Kankakee, Illinois.

The Mowequa, Illinois driver survived a flurry of caution flags in the waning laps of the 75-lap event and picked up $15,000 for his efforts.
“Donnie (O’Neal) showed me how to get this one done a few times,”

quipped Babb after the win. “I’ve always followed him around here and finally I had the chance to have a pretty good car and get out in front.”

“I feel like we ran a hundred and forty laps tonight, but I’m glad it was only 75 under green,” he added. “I’m glad these fans came out to watch us and I hope we put on a good show.”

After a runner-up finish in the Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Pole Dash, Babb started second in the 26-car field and went to the top side of the race track to grab the advantage on the opening circuit, with pole-setter Don O’Neal running second, followed closely by Kyle Berck, Terry Casey, and Mark Teske.

The first caution flag of the night came out on lap 20 when Jimmy Mars slowed with engine problems, but when racing resumed, Babb again roared into the lead just ahead of O’Neal and Berck, with Dennis Erb moving into fourth.

After winning the Roderick Memorial in 2001, 2002 and 2003, O’Neal saw his chances of a fourth consecutive Memorial victory disappear when his car number-71 slowed and retired for the night on lap 44.

With Babb racing to impressive leads, a pack of six drivers, Erb, Darren Miller, Berck, Scott James, Keith Foss and Brady Smith swapped positions lap after lap trying to stay close to the leader as they diced through congested traffic.

The race was slowed by caution flags on laps 45, 50, 60, and 62, but on each restart, Babb’s Car City/J & J Steel entry was able to hold off the challengers to maintain his advantage.

“The cautions kind of threw a wrench into it,” noted Babb. “The tires would kind of go through heat cycles and differences, but once the front tires got going pretty good and I could steer, I was alright.”

“I know Dennis (Erb) and Darren Miller were pretty good and they were breathing down my neck on those restarts.”

Babb took the checkered flag a comfortable distance ahead of James, who had come from the 20th starting position after an equally impressive back-to-front run in the second consolation race.

Erb held off a hard-charging West Steidinger for third, with Miller, who had run as high as second throughout the middle stages of the event, finishing fifth. Foss wheeled his car number-95 to a sixth place finish, followed by Roger Long, and Denny Eckrich.

Kyle Berck maintained his PolyDome Super Series points lead with an eleventh place finish, four positions better than Brady Smith, who finished 15th. Both drivers appeared to be headed for top five finishes before running into problems late in the race.

Berck suffered a flat tire during the lap 62 caution period, and Smith limped to the infield with rear suspension damage following a front stretch altercation with Matt Miller a few laps later.

RACE REPORT:

First PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Terry Casey (New London, WI), 2. Dennis Erb (Carpentersville, IL), 3. Dave Eckrich (Cosgrove, IA), 4. Matt Miller (Arlington, OH), 5. Donny Walden (Towanda, IL).
Second PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Shannon Babb (Mowequa, IL), 2. Joe Harlan (El Paso, IL), 3. John Provenzano (Marseilles, IL), 4. Wes Steidinger (Fairbury, IL), 5. Chris Carlson (Greenfield, WI).
Third PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Eric Pember (Pittsville, WI), 2. Roger Long (Fithian, IL), 3. Mark Anderson (Lexington, IL), 4. Eddie Leviner (Merrillville, IN), 5. Richie Hedrick (Urbana, IL).
Fourth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Don O’Neal (Martinsville, IL), 2. Keith Foss (Winona, MN), 3. John Gill (Mitchell, IN), 4. Donnie Moran (Dresden, OH), 5. Brian Birkhofer (Muscatine, IA).
Fifth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Kyle Berck (Marquette, NE), 2. Kevin Weaver (Gibson City, IL), 3. Mark Teske (Spring Valley, MN), 4. Jimmy Mars (Elk Mound, WI), 5. Kerry Hansen (Spencer, IN).
Sixth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Darren Miller (Chadwick, IL), 2. Brady Smith (Solon Springs, WI), 3. Bret Sievert (Mukwonago, WI), 4. Frank Reaber (Bensenville, IL), 5. Gary May (Minonk, IL).
First KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Matt Miller (Arlington, OH), 2. Moran, 3. Hedrick, 4. Matt Furman (Iowa City, IA), 5. Robert Pohlman (Oaklawn, IL).
Second KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Scott James (Bright, IN), 2. Dave Eckrich, 3. May, 4. Russ Scheffler (Pewaukee, WI). 5. Garrett Slager (Mokena, IL).
Third KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Gill, 2. Birkhofer, 3. Ray Guss, Jr. (Milan, IL), 4. Jay Johnson (West Burlington, IA), 5. Jay Fiene (West Chicago, IL).
Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Pole Dash: 1. O’Neal, 2. Babb, 3. Berck, 4. Casey, 5. Teske, 6. Pember.
Kevin Roderick Memorial: 1. Babb, 2. James, 3. Erb, 4. Steidinger, 5. Darren Miller, 6. Foss, 7. Long, 8. Denny Eckrich, 9. Weaver, 10. Gill, 11. Berck, 12. Dave Eckrich, 13. Joe Kosiski (Omaha, NE), 14. Pember, 15. Smith, 16. Matt Miller, 17. Sievert, 18. Birkhofer, 19. Teske, 20. O’Neal, 21. Anderson, 22. Harlan, 23. Moran, 24. Provenzano, 25. Mars, 26. Casey.

Billet Proof Lap Leaders: Babb (1-75)
QA1 Shocks Passing Points: Berck (66.04)
Seubert Calf Ranches Rookie-of-the-Race: Foss
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Driver: Smith

Contingency Award Winners:

Oval Craft Racing Aluminum Designs: Erb, Darren Miller, Foss
MSD Ignition Systems: Denny Eckrich
Performance Bodies: Berck
Peterson Fluid Systems: Dave Eckrich
Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange: Kosiski
Hooker Harness: Pember
Weld Racing Wheels: Smith
Diamond Oil/Sunoco: Teske 


And now....the story by Jeff Bayless
 

Babb Wins Roderick Memorial
Jeffrey A. Bayless
 
  Kankakee, IL (Sept 3)  The arrival of September and Labor Day Weekend means that one of the area's biggest and most prestigious events, the Kevin Roderick Memorial was at hand.  The 75 lap $15,000 to win Late Model feature event at Kankakee Motor Speedway was sanctioned by the World Dirt Racing League PolyDome Super Series (WDRL) bringing to this area it's first taste of the non-qualifying passing point line-up system.
 
     Shannon Babb of Mowequa, IL affectionately known as the Mowequa Missle by his fans grabbed the point on the start from his outside pole starting spot and never surrendered the lead pacing the entire 75 laps to pick up his 3rd big event in two weeks (Kentucky Klassic & My Old Kentucky Home Shootout the previous weekend).  "Donnie (O'Neal) showed me how to get this done, I've followed him around here quite a few times.  Finally, I had the chance to have a pretty good car and get out in front.”  Stated the victorious Babb.  "This is a pretty nice little racetrack here, I’m glad these fans came out to watch us and I hope we put on a good show.”  continued Babb from victory circle in front of a packed house.
 
     Babb and the winner of the past three Roderick Memorials, Don O'Neal, charged into the first set of turns neck and neck with Babb claiming the lead down the back stretch with Kyle Berck in the third spot and the field scattered 2 and 3 wide behind the top 3.  By the time the first caution flew on the 21st circuit for a slowing Jimmy Mars, Babb had clearly established himself the class of the field with O'Neal, Berck, Keith Foss, and Dennis Erb Jr. rounding out the top 5.   O' Neal's quest for his 4th consecutive Roderick Memorial came to an end on the 44th circuit when his mount lurched than slowed coming out of two and O'Neal limped it around and off the track at the pit exit in turn 1.  As Babb raced away to sizeable leads in between cautions Erb, Darren Miller, Berck, Scott James (coming from the 20th starting spot), Foss, and Brady Smith put on a heck of a show behind him as they battled amongst themselves in congested traffic.  Wes Steidinger and John Gill would also make appearances in this fray as the race went past the 50 lap mark.  Berck would eventually have to make a pit stop and be relegated to the back of the pack opening the door for Smith who came in to the show only trailing Berck by 15 points for the WDRL PolyDome championship, however Smith would break and retire 12 laps from the end of the race erasing any chance he had of closing the point gap even more.  James would cap off his impressive run from 20th with the runner-up spot with Erb coming home 3rd.  Impressive youngster, Wes Steidinger who would spin while racing for 4th 13 laps from the end would race his way back to 4th edging Miller by a nose at the stripe.  Foss, Roger Long, Denny Eckrich, Kevin Weaver, and Gill came home 6th through 10th. 
 
  Babb drives a Jay Dickens powered CJ Rayburn race car sponsored by Car City, J&J Steel, Platinum Motors and RV,  and Watters Auto Land.
 

August 28, 2004
2004 Kankakee Motor Speedway Track Champion
50 Don McCarty

29 Street Stocks on hand
Dash
1. 41 S McCarty
2. B13 Peters
3. L3 Lenzen
4. 50 D McCarty
5. 0 Miller
6. 18 Billingsley

Heat 1
1. 5 Shutter
2. 41 S McCarty
3. X Wicker
4. 10K Kohler
5. 99 Hennessy
6. 7 Sain
7. 01 Hillman
8. 52T Murray
9. 70 Bushy
10. 21 Stirewalt

Heat 2
1. 7 Hamilton
2. 0 Miller
3. 16 Turner
4. 12 Stevenson
5. 53 Vaughn
6. 23 Hemp
7. 91 ???
8. 69s Gaus
9. 28 Howard
10. 18 Billingsley

Heat 3
1. L3 Lenzen
2. 130 Osterhoff
3. 7T Thorsten
4. 50 D McCarty
5. B13 Peters
6. 4C LaFine
7. 51 Doris
8. 4 Weaver
9. 38 Blackburn

Consy
1. 4C LaFine
2. 51 Doris
3. 28 Howard
4. 4 Weaver
5. 91 ???
6. 23 Hemp
7. 18 Billingsley
8. 69s Gaus
9. 7 Sain
10. 52T Murray
11. 38 Blackburn

Feature
1. 5 Shutter
2. 50 D McCarty
3. 7 Hamilton
4. 41 s McCarty
5. 130 Osterhoff
6. L3 Lenzen
7. X Wicker
8. 0 Miller
9. 10K Kohler
10. 7T Thorsten
11. 12 Stevenson
12. 4c LaFine
13. B13 Peters
14. 28 Howard
15. 99 Hennessy
16. 53 Vaughn
17. 16 Turner
18. 51 Doris
2004 Kankakee Motor Speedway Track Champion
68 Matt Bachman

20 Mods on hand

Dash
1. 130 Chad Osterhoff
2. 69 Jim Farris
3. 23JR Joel Funk
4. 35 Jason Hastings
5. 95 Aaron Ricketts
6. 66 Phil Line

Heat 1
1. 51 Mike Mosier
2. 61 Jammie Wilson
3. 42 McKay Wenger
4. 20 AJ Dixon
5. 36 Kevin Hastings
6. 7L Jay Ledford
7. 28 Rick Brown
8. R3 Tim Ritter
9. 2F Jim Bailey
10. 88 Derek Line

Heat 2
1. 70 Vince Cooper
2. 83 Scott Bull
3. 68 Matt Bachman
4. D1 Lance Dehm
5. 23JR Joel Funk
6. 69 Jim Farris
7. 130 Chad Osterhoff
8. 35 Jason Hastings
9. 66 Phil Line
10. 95 Aaron Ricketts

Feature
1. 69 Farris (won by a straight away)
2. 68 Bachman
3. 130 Osterhoff
4. 66 P Line
5. 23JR Funk
6. 7L Ledford
7. 95 Ricketts
8. 36 K Hastings
9. 70 Cooper
10. 20 Dixon
11. 42 Wenger
12. 51 Mosier
13. 2F Bailey
14. 61 Wilson
15. R3 Ritter
16. 28 Brown
17. 35 J Hastings
18. D1 Dehm
19. 83 Bull
20. 88 D Line
2004 Kankakee Motor Speedway Track Champion
23 Ted Loomis

24 Late Models on hand
7P John Provenzano set fast time: 14.068

Dash
1. 1w Donnie Walden
2. 0 Richie Hedrick
3. 29 Al Atkinson
4. 25 Jason Feger
5. 7p John Provenzano
6. 1 Wes Steidinger

Heat 1
1. 33 Chuck Steele
2. 10H Don Hilleary
3. 4s Matt Slager
4. 5 Bart Schwartz
5. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
6. 19 Garrett Slager
7. 11L Larry Legrand
8. 88 Ken Snyder

Heat 2
1. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
2. 25 Kyle Roderick
3. 79 Kevin Madison
4. 27G RJ Gall
5. 10 George Scheffler
6. 52 Kerry Mathew
7. c12 Chris Carlson
8. 11 Matt Rhyne

Heat 3
1. 23 Ted Loomis (LOCKED TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THIS
WIN)
2. Z Joe Harlan
3. 29 Al Atkinson
4. 1w Donnie Walden
5. 25 Jason Feger
6. 0 Richie Hedrick
7. 1 Wes Steidinger
8. 7p John Provenzano

Consy
1. 25 Kyle Roderick
2. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
3. 19 Garrett Slager
4. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
5. 33 Chuck Steele
6. 4s Matt Slager
7. 88 Ken Snyder
8. 11L Larry Legrand
9. 5 Bart Schwartz
10. 10H Don Hilleary

Feature
1. 0 Hedrick
2. 1 Steidinger
3. 29 Atkinson
4. 7p Provenzano
5. Z Harlan
6. c12 Carlson
7. 10 Scheffler
8. 27G Gall
9. 99 Heckenast Sr.
10. 19 Slager
11. 1w Walden
12. 99JR Heckenast Jr.
13. 52 Mathew
14. 33 Steele
15. 11 Rhyne
16. 25 Roderick
17. 79 Madison
18. 25 Feger

Tonight's race (8/20/04) at Kankakee has been cancelled due to weather conditions.

August 14, 2004
Late Models:
Make-up Feature (July 16th rain out)
1. 7p John Provenzano
2. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
3. 72 Jay Fiene
4. 0 Richie Hedrick
5. 23 Ted Loomis
6. 1 Wes Steidinger
7. Z Joe Harlan
8. 19 Al Atkinson
9. 19 Garrett Slager
10. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr. -1 lap
11. 4s Matt Slager -1 lap
12. 52 Kerry Mathew -1 lap
13. 11 Matt Rhyne DNF lap 19
14. 24 John Quill -2 laps
15. 10H Don Hilleary
16. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.

August 13th Results
23 Late Models
1 Wes Steidinger set fast time: 14.285

Dash
1. 7p John Provenzano
2. 17 Corey Turner
3. 23 Ted Loomis
4. 1 Steidinger
5. 19 Garrett Slager
6. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.(totaled car going into turn 3
with 2 laps to go)

Heat 1
1. 4s Matt Slager
2. 52 Kerry Mathew
3. 72 Jay Fiene
4. 33 Chuck Steele
5. 25 Kyle Roderick
6. 10H Don Hilleary
7. 24 John Quill

Heat 2
1. 0 Richie Hedrick
2. 29 Al Atkinson
3. 27G RJ Gall
4. 51J Jason Beier
5. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
6. Z Joe Harlan

Heat 3
1. 19 Garrett Slager
2. 1 Wes Steidinger
3. 23 Ted Loomis
4. 7 Frank Reaber
5. 17 Corey Turner

Feature
Finish Driver Start
1. 7p Provenzano(1)
2. 23 Loomis(3)
3. 7 Reaber(7)
4. 0 Hedrick(12)
5. 27G Gall(11)
6. 29 Atkinson(9)
7. 72 Fiene(13)
8. 19 G Slager(5)
9. 51J Beier(10)
10. 99 Heckenast Sr.(8)
11. 4s M Slager(16)
12. 25 Roderick(14)
13. 24 Quill(17)
14. 52 Mathew(18)
15. 33 Steele(15)
16. Z Harlan(6) DNF
17. 1 Steidinger(4) DNF
18. 17 Turner(2) DNF
19. 10H Hilleary(19) DNF


Modifieds
18 Mods on hand
20 AJ Dixon set fast time: 15.253

Dash
1. 7L Jay Ledford
2. 35 Jason Hastings
3. 95 Aaron Ricketts
4. 23T Rick Thomas
5. 83 Scott Bull
6. 20 AJ Dixon

Heat 1
1. 68 Matt Bachman
2. 66 Phil Line
3. 69 Jim Farris
4. 1k Tom Kroll
5. 130 Chad Osterhoff
6. 88 Derek Line
7. 36 Kevin Hastings
8. 28 Ray Button
9. 23JR Joel Funk

Heat 2
1. 23H Dan Hamstra
2. 35 Jason Hastings
3. 95 Aaron Ricketts
4. D1 Lance Dehm
5. 70 Vince Cooper
6. 23T Rick Thomas
7. 7L Jay Ledford
8. 83 Scott Bull
9. 20 AJ Dixon

Feature
1. 35 J Hastings
2. 23H Hamstra
3. 69 Farris
4. 68 Bachman
5. 7L Ledford
6. 66 P Line
7. 83 Bull
8. 70 Cooper
9. 88 D Line -1 lap
10. 130 Osterhoff DNF
11. 36 J Hastings DNF
12. 23JR Funk DNF
13. 1K Kroll DNF
14. D1 Dehm DNF
15. 23T Thomas DNF
16. 95 Ricketts DNF
17. 20 Dixon DNF
18. 28 Button DNF

July 30, 2004
Rain
Next race....Wednesday August 4, 2004

July 23, 2004
MODS
Makeup Feature from 7/16/04
68 Matt Bachman
21s Denny Schwartz
23H Dan Hamstra
1k Tom Kroll
D1 Lance Dehm
40 Tim Reynolds
23JR Joel Funk
83 Scott Bull
69 Jim Farris
25 Dave Porth
66 Phil Line
3H William Harrison
95 Aaron Ricketts
35 Jason Hastings
96 Dale Lueth
00 Tony Roland
23T Rick Thomas
25 Bub Patrick

7/23/04 Regular Show Results
26 Mods
83 Scott Bull fast time: 15.405

Dash
95 Aaron Ricketts
23H Dan Hamstra
23JR Joel Funk
D1 Lance Dehm
68 Matt Bachman
83 Scott Bull

Heat 1
51 Mike Mosier
36 Kevin Hastings
70 Vince Cooper
3H William Harrison
19 Art Fehrman
66w Waldfogel
88 Derek Line

Heat 2
21s Denny Schwartz
25 Dave Porth
40 Tim Reynolds
42 McKay Wenger
69 Jim Farris
21 Nick Allen
66 Phil Line
130 Chad Osterhoff

Heat 3
1k Tom Kroll
23H Hamstra
68 Bachman
35 J Hastings
D1 Dehm
83 Bull
23JR Funk
95 Ricketts
20 AJ Dixon

Consy
36 K Hastings
25 Porth
21 Allen
70 Cooper
42 Wenger
19 Fehrman
3H Harrison
66w Waldfogel
88 D Line
51 Mosier

Feature
23H Hamstra
D1 Dehm
95 Ricketts
21s Schwartz
83 Bull
68 Bachman
69 Farris
1k Kroll
66 P Line
23JR Funk
21 Allen
25 Porth
36 K Hastings
70 Cooper
35 J Hastings
130 Osterhoff
40 Reynolds
20 Dixon


Late Models
Official Kankakee Results 7/23/04

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27 Late Models
27 Bob Pohlman Jr fast time: 14.387

Dash
23 Ted Loomis
64 Ryan Dauber
10 George Scheffler
7p John Provenzano
27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
Z Joe Harlan

Heat 1
4s Matt Slager
97 Larry Stotts
37 Mike Anderson
25 Kyle Roderick
10H Don Hilleary
11 Larry Legrand
Y3K Jon Krogstad

Heat 2
19 Garrett Slager
74 Russ Scheffler
6s Mark Anderson
52 Kerry Mathew
99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
27G RJ Gall
6s Brandon Slager
99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
33 Chuck Steele

Heat 3
23 Loomis
7 Frank Reaber
11 Matt Rhyne
64 Dauber
10 G Scheffler
29 Al Atkinson
7p Provenzano
Z Harlan
27 Pohlman

Consy
6s Anderson
19 G Slager
52 Mathew
6s B Slager
97 Stotts
Y3K Krogstad
10H Hilleary
37 Anderson
11 Legrand
4s M Slager
25 Roderick

Feature
74 R Scheffler
64 Dauber
27 Pohlman
10 G Scheffler
7p Provenzano
11 Rhyne
29 Atkinson
Z Harlan
6s Anderson
99 Heckenast Sr.
27G Gall
52 Mathew
99JR Heckenast Jr.
33 Steele
19 G Slager
23 Loomis
7 Reaber
6s B Slager
 

Kankakee Results 7/16/04
Did not qualify Late Models (Rain Delayed) - 17 on hand
Heat 1
0 Richie Hedrick
29 Al Atkinson
23 Ted Loomis
99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
11 Matt Rhyne
99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
10H Don Hilleary
24 John Quill
99 Sherri Heckenast

Heat 2
7p John Provenzano
27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
72 Jay Fiene
1 Wes Steidinger
Z Joe Harlan
19 Garrett Slager
4s Matt Slager
52 Kerry Mathew

Feature will be run on July 30th .... All regular events will still be run on the 30th.

July 9, 2004
21 Late Models
99 Frank Heckenast Sr. Set fast time 13.938

Dash
74 Russ Scheffler
19 Garrett Slager
27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
7P John Provenzano
99 Heckenast Sr.
10 George Scheffler

Heat 1
51J Jason Beier
29 Al Atkinson
25 Kyle Roderick
55 Shawn Toczek
05 Gary Schalmo
79 Kevin Madison
11L Larry Legrand
Y3K Krodstad
10H Don Hilleary
24 John Quill
4s Matt Slager

Heat 2
74 Scheffler
23 Ted Loomis
52 Kerry Mathew
10 Scheffler
11 Matt Rhyne
99 Heckenast Sr.
99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
19 Slager
27 Pohlman Jr.
7p Provenzano

Consy
51J Beier
10H Hilleary
25 Roderick
05 Schalmo
24 Quill
Y3K Krogstad
11L Legrand

Feature
74 Scheffler
11 Rhyne
27 Pohlman Jr.
7p Provenzano
23 Loomis
10 Scheffler
55 Toczek
19 Slager
52 Mathew
25 Roderick
4s Slager
05 Schalmo
79 Madison
29 Atkinson
99JR Heckenast Jr.
99 Heckenast Sr.
10H Hilleary
51J Beier
 

July 2, 2004
Late Models
19 Late Models on hand
7p John Provenzano set fast time: 14.128

Dash
1. 23 Ted Loomis
2. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
3. 74 Russ Scheffler
4. 7p John Provenzano
5. 72 Jay Fiene
6. 10 George Scheffler

Heat 1
1. 4s Matt Slager
2. 51 Jason Beier
3. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
4. 29 Al Atkinson
5. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
6. 6s Brandon Slager
7. 97 Larry Stotts
8. 10H Don Hilleary
9. 11L Larry Legrand

Heat 2
1. 11 Matt Rhyne
2. 74 Russ Scheffler
3. 10 George Scheffler
4. 19 Garrett Slager
5. 55 Shawn Toczak
6. 23 Ted Loomis
7. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
8. 72 Jay Fiene
9. 7p John Provenzano
10. 52 Kerry Mathew

Feature
1. 23 Ted Loomis
2. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
3. 74 Russ Scheffler
4. 7p John Provenzano
5. 19 Garrett Slager
6. 55 Shawn Toczek
7. 11 Matt Rhyne
8. 10 George Scheffler
9. 72 Jay Fiene
10. 52 Kerry Mathew
11. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
12. 29 Al Atkinson
13. 51 Jason Beier
14. 97 Larry Stotts
15. 11L Larry Legrand
16. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
17. 6s Brandon Slager
18. 10H Don Hilleary
19. 4s Matt Slager

Modifieds
24 Modifieds on hand
95 Aaron Ricketts set fast time: 15.143

Dash
1. 68 Matt Bachman
2. 1p Bob Pohlman Jr.
3. 7L Jay Ledford
4. D1 Lance Dehm
5. 95 Aaron Ricketts
6. 25 Dave Porth

Heat 1
1. 40 Tim Reynolds
2. 51 Mike Mosier
3. 42 McKay Wenger
4. 14c Scott Duvall
5. 51H Anthony Ricketts
6. 70 Vince Cooper
7. 88 Derek Line

Heat 2
1. 130 Chad Osterhoff
2. 0 Travis Kohler
3. 35 Jason Hastings
4. 23T Rick Thomas
5. 36 Kevin Hastings
6. 1k Tom Kroll
7. 96 Dale Lueth
8. 23JR Joel Funk
9. 66 Phil Line

Heat 3
1. 83 Scott Bull
2. 69 Jim Farris
3. 68 Matt Bachman
4. 1p Bob Pohlman Jr.
5. D1 Lance Dehm
6. 25 Dave Porth
7. 7L Jay Ledford

Consy
1. 40 Reynolds
2. 23T Thomas
3. 130 Osterhoff
4. 0 Kohler
5. 42 Wenger
6. 51 Mosier
7. 51H Ricketts
8. 14c Duvall
9. 88 Line

Feature (Shortened to 17 Laps due to rain)
1. 1p Pohlman Jr.
2. 68 Bachman
3. 7L Ledford
4. 25 Porth
5. 69 Farris
6. 96 Lueth
7. 66 Line
8. 36 Hastings
9. 23T Thomas
10. 35 Hastings
11. 83 Bull
12. 130 Osterhoff
13. D1 Dehm
14. 0 Kohler
15. 95 Ricketts
16. 1k Kroll
17. 23JR Funk
18. 40 Reynolds

Street Stocks
Josh Kohler Memorial
Feature
1. 50 Don McCarty
2. 10K Darrin Kohler
3. 77 Jay Morris
4. 55 Billy Wicker
5. 6 Mike Cavanaugh
6. 28 Jake Howard
7. L3 Kevin Lenzen
8. 53 Shannon Shutter
9. 56 Steve Dixon
10. 15 Travis Kohler
11. 05 John Geary
12. 13 Donny Lutz
13. 31 Nick Marsalek
14. Charlie Dockter
15. 16 Robert Turner
16. 18 David Billingsley
17. 11 Steve Dimmick
18. 4c Rick Lafine
19. 130 Chadd Osterhoff
20. 0 Damon Miller
21. 96 Dave Rudisill

Official Kankakee Summer National Results June 25, 2004
40 Late Models on hand
32D Darren Miller set fast time: 13.799

Dash - 9 Laps
1. 15B Brian Birkhofer
2. 19 Greg Johnson
3. 32D Darren Miller
4. 96 Terry English
5. 71 Don Oneal
6. 23 Ted Loomis
7. 00 Randy Korte
8. 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
9. 27 Rodney Mevlin

Heat 1 - 10 Laps
1. 00 Korte
2. 1A Justin Allgaier
3. 75 John Gill
4. 1 Wes Steidinger
5. 21H Harris
6. 99 S. Heckenast
7. 56 Bateman
8. 7 Reaber
9. 0 Hedrick

Heat 2 - 10 Laps
1. 18 Shannon Babb
2. 28 Erb Jr.
3. 3s Brian Shirley
4. 83 Scott James
5. 99 F. Heckenast
6. 5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
7. 27G RJ Gall
8. 25 Kyle Roderick
9. 11 Larry Legrand

Heat 3 - 10 Laps
1. 16 Tony Izzo Jr.
2. 27 Melvin
3. 11 Matt Rhyne
4. 9 Billy Drake
5. 51 Matt Furman
6. 19 Garrett Slager
7. 7p John Provenzano
8. 9 Mike Jewell

Heat 4 - 10 Laps
1. B12 Kevin Weaver
2. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
3. A1 Duke Whiseant
4. 11 Brian Collins
5. 18w Mark Weisnicht
6. 8 Reece Oconnor
7. 10H Don Hilleary
8. c12 Chris Carlson

Consy 1 - 12 Laps
1. 9 Drake
2. 1 Steidinger
3. 99 S. Heckenast
4. 51 Furman
5. 19 Slager
6. 7 Provenzano
7. 11 Legrand
8. 56 Bateman
9. 21H Harris

Consy 2 - 12 Laps
1. 11 Collins
2. 83 James
3. 0 Hedrick
4. 5s Sheppard
5. 27G Gall
6. 18w Weisnicht
7. c12 Carlson
8. 8 Oconnor
9. 25 Roderick
10. 10H Hilleary
11. 99 F. Heckenast

Feature - 40 Laps
1. 71 Oneal
2. 15B Birkhofer
3. 18 Babb
4. 28 Erb Jr.
5. 96 English
6. 32D Miller
7. 9 Drake
8. A1 Whiseant
9. 16 Izzo Jr.
10. B12 Weaver
11. 75 Gill
12. 11 Collons
13. 19 Johnson
14. 27 Melvin
15. 1A Allgaier
16. 1 Steidinger
17. 11 Rhyne
18. 23 Loomis
19. 0 Hedrick
20. 27 Pohlman Jr.
21. 00 Korte
22. 3s Shirley
23. 83 James

modifieds..........
Heat 1
1. 00 Tony Roland
2. 36 Kevin Hastings
3. 21 Nick Allen
4. 83 Scott Bull
5. 1k Tom Kroll
6. 42 McKay Wenger
7. 23t Rick Thomas
8. 51 Mike Mosier
9. 23H Dan Hamstra

Heat 2
1. 0 Travis Kohler
2. 66 Phil Line
3. 25 Bub Patrick
4. 4J Scott Weber
5. 35 Jason Hastings
6. 69 Jim Farris
7. 70 Vince Cooper
8. 51H Anthony Ricketts
9. 43 Mark Wireman

Heat 3
1. 68 Matt Bachman
2. D1 Lance Dehm
3. 95 Aaron Ricketts
4. 7L Jay Ledford
5. 130 CHad Osterhoff
6. 1 Kelly Jones
7. 88 Derek Line
8. 23JR Joel F unk

Consy
1. 69 Farris
2. 42 Wenger
3. 23T Thomas
4. 70 Cooper
5. 88 Line
6. 51H Ricketts
7. 23JR F unk
8. 1 Jones
9. 51 Mosier
10. 42 Wireman

Feature
1. 00 Roland
2. 66 Line
3. D1 Dehm
4. 21 Allen
5. 83 Bull
6. 25 Patrick
7. 68 Bachman
8. 69 Farris
9. 42 Wenger
10. 23T Thomas
11. 7L Ledford
12. 95 Ricketts
13. 1k Kroll
14. 130 Osterhoff
15. 35 J. Hastings
16. 36 K. Hastings
17. 4J Weber
18. 0 Kohler

June 18, 2004

Modified
Heat 1
40 Tim Reynolds
1P Tom Kroll
68 Matt Bachman
69 Jim Farris
23JR Joel Funk
7L Jay Ledford
57 Grosvenor
88 Derek Line
18 Dan Crowley
35 Jason Hastings
25 Dave Porth

Heat 2
66 Phil Line
36 Kevin Hastings
130 Chad Osterhoff
0 Travis Kohler
95 Aaron Ricketts
83 Scott Bull
51m Mike Mosier
D1 Lance Dehm
42 McCay Wenger
51H Anthony Ricketts

Feature
68 Matt Bachman
36 Kevin Hastings
69 Jim Farris
23JR Joel Funk
95 Aaron Ricketts
0 Travis Kohler
7L Jay Ledford
25 Dave Porth
66 Phil Line
51M Mike Mosier
35 Jason Hastings
1P Tom Kroll
83 Scott Bull
42 McCay Wenger
18 Dan Crowley
D1 Lance Dehm
57 Grosvenor
130 Chad Osterhoff
88 Derek Line
51H Anthony Ricketts


Street Stock
Feature
55 Billy Wicker
5 Shannon Shutter

June 4, 2004
22 Late Models
Z Joe Harlan set fast time: 14.454

Dash
11 Matt Rhyne
23 Ted Loomis
74 Russ Scheffler
Z Joe Harlan
29 Al Atkinson
7 John Provenzano

Heat 1
25 Kyle Roderick
4 Matt Slager
99JR Frank Heckenast JR
27 Mike Provenzano
9z Lyle Zanker
97 Larry Stotts
6s Brandon Slager
11 Larry Legrand
88 Ken Snyder
10H Don Hilleary

Heat 2
72 Jay Fiene
99 Frank Heckenast SR
7 Frank Reaber
27 Bob Pohlman
11 Matt Rhyne
74 Russ Scheffler
7 John Provenzano
19 Garrett Slager
29 Al Atkinson
Z Joe Harlan
23 Ted Loomis

Consy
99JR Frank Heckenast JR
11 Larry Legrand
4 Matt Slager
25 Kyle Roderick
6s Brandon Slager
88 Ken Snyder
10H Don Hilleary

Feature
23 Loomis
11 Rhyne
74 Scheffler
Z Harlan
7 J Provenzano
27 Pohlman
19 G Slager
29 Atkinson
72 Fiene
7 Reaber
9z Zanker
99 Heckenast SR
99JR Heckenast JR
27 M Provenzano
25 Roderick
97 Stotts
11 Legrand
4 M Slager


25 Mods
1K Kroll fast time: 14.581

Dash
40 Reynolds
95 Aar Ricketts
25 Porth
7L Ledford
23H Hamstra
1K Kroll

Heat 1
51H An Ricketts
130 Osterhoff
68 Bachman
66 P Line
51 Mosier
35 J Hastings
70 V Cooper
88 D Line

Heat 2
69 Farris
83 Bull
42 Wenger
36 K Hastings
0 Koehler
D1 Dehm
23JR F unk
19 Fehrman

Heat 3
40 Reynolds
24 K Cooper
25 Porth
1K Kroll
7L Ledford
23 Smith
95 Aar Ricketts

Consy
68 Bachman
66 P Line
83 Bull
35 J Hastings
130 Osterhoff
51 Mosier
70 V Cooper
88 D Line
51H An Ricketts

Feature
40 Reynolds
25 Porth
23JR F unk
7L Ledford
68 Bachman
95 Aar Ricketts
1K Kroll
69 Farris
D1 Dehm
0 Koehler
66 P Line
23 Smith
35 J Hastings
42 Wenger
36 K Hastings
130 Osterhoff
24 K Cooper
83 Bull
 

May 28, 2004
Late Models
Dash
27 Pohlman
7 J Provenzano
17 Turner
11 Rhyne
1 Steidinger
Z Harlan

Heat 1
4 M Slager
25 Roderick
79 Madison
99JR Heckenast Jr
56 Bateman
97 Stotts
Y3K

Heat 2
23 Loomis
7 Reaber
74 R Scheffler
99 Heckenast Sr.
19 G Slager
10 G Scheffler
11 Legrand
27 M Provenzano
v77 Volk

Heat 3
72 Fiene
27G Gall
11 Rhyne
29 Atkinson
27 Pohlman
1 Steidinger
17 Turner
7 J Provenzano
Z Harlan

Consy
23 Loomis
19 G Slager
v77 Volk
79 Madison
25 Roderick
4 M Slager
99JR Heckenast Jr
97 Stotts
11 Legrand
56 Bateman
10H Hilleary
Y3K

Feature
27 Pohlman
11 Rhyne
74 R Scheffler
Z Harlan
1 Steidinger
17 Turner
72 Fiene
99 Heckenast Sr
7 Reaber
23 Loomis
10 G Scheffler
19 G Slager
29 Atkinson
27 M Provenzano
v77 Volk
79 Madison
27G Gall
7 J Provenzano


Modfieds
Dash
68 Bachman
7L Ledford
25 Porth
96 Lueth
95 Ricketts
23JR Funk

Heat 1
42 Wagner
1K Kroll
70 Cooper
51 Mosier
21
88 Line (Phil's Son)
c12 Curl

Heat 2
35 J Hastings
36 K Hastings
69 Farris
0 Koehler
D1 Dehm
130 Osterhoff
66 Phil Line
23 Smith

Heat 3
68 Bachman
83 Bull
25 Porth
96 Lueth
7L Ledford
23JR Funk
95 Ricketts

Consy
1K Kroll
35 J Hastings
42 Wagner
51 Mosier
70 Cooper
21
88 Line
18 Crowley
c12 Curl

Feature
68 Bachman
23 Porth
7L Ledford
23JR Funk
83 Bull
D1 Dehm
95 Ricketts
96 Lueth
36 Hastings
69 Farris
0 Koehler
66 Line
35 J Hastings
130 Osterhoff
1K Kroll
42 Wagner
23 Smith
51 Mosier
 

May 21, 2004 Northern All Stars Late Models
32 LMs Don Oneal set fast time: 14.462

Heat 1
71 Oneal
3s Shirley
19 G Slager
1m Mataragas
27G Gall
88 Snyder
56 Bateman
10H Hilleary
33 Steele

Heat 2
B12 Weaver
0 Hedrick
11 Rhyne
16 Negangard
56 Carney
89 Barnett
1 Steidinger
56 Moon

Heat 3
28 Erb
27 Pohlman
7 Reaber
c12 Carlson
08 Miller
7 J Porvenzano
52 Mathew

Heat 4
23 Loomis
Z Harlan
1 Chamberlain
72 Fiene
27 M Provenzano
6s B Slager
11 Legrand
99JR Heckenast Jr

Consi
27G Gall
56 Carney
7 J Provenzano
89 Barnett
08 Miller
33 Steele
6s B Slager
27 M Provenzano
11 Legrand
99JR Heckenast Jr
10H Hilleary
56 Moon
52 Mathew
56 Bateman DNS

Feature
71 Oneal
B12 Weaver
28 Erb
23 Loomis
Z Harlan
27 Pohlman
7 Reaber
3s Shirley
1 Steidinger
11 Rhyne
c12 Chris Carlson....changed after the race
56 Moon
16 Negangard
89 Barnett
19 G Slager
1m Mataragas
72 Fiene
7 J Provenzano
56 Carney
27G Gall
0 Hedrick
1 Chamberlain


Mods
Dash
D1 Dehm
1K Kroll
66 Line
68 Bachman
83 Bull

Heat 1
23 Smith
7L Ledford
23T Thomas
75 Cleary
130 Osterhoff
c12 Curl
70 Cooper
0 Koehler
IIIX Aimone
36 K Hastings
51H An. Ricketts

Heat 2
69 Farris
42 Wagner
D1 Dehm
68 Bachman
83 Bull
1K Kroll
66 Line
23JR I'm Dumb
95 Aar. Ricketts
35 J Hastings

Consi
7L Ledford
23 Smith
IIIX Aimone
c12 Curl
70 Cooper
74 Cleary

Feature
68 Bachman
66 Line
23JR I'm Dumb
83 Bull
D1 Dehm
69 Farris
95 Aar. Ricketts
35 J Hastings
0 Koehler
7L Ledford
1K Kroll
23T Thomas
130 Osterhoff
c12 Curl
IIIX Aimone
36 K Hastings
23 Smith
42 Wagner

Street Stocks
Feature
7T Thorston
5 Shutter
Thanks also to Jeffrey Bayless for the story
 

O'Neal the Real Deal at Kankakee
Jeffrey A. Bayless
 
  (May 21 Kankakee, IL)  The Northern All-star Late Model Series (NALMS) invaded Kankakee Motor Speedway Friday night bringing a healthy crowd of fans to this North Eastern Illinois racing facility located outside of Kankakee at the fairgrounds.  With a tornado watch in effect and a chance of thunderstorms looming 34 Late Models took to the track on this warm and humid spring day.
 
     22 of the 34 took the green for the 30 lap $2000 to win main event with fast qualifier Don O'Neal leading pole sitter Kevin Weaver through the first set of turns followed by a raging battle for third between Ted Loomis, Dennis Erb Jr., Richie Hedrick, and Joe Harlan.  O'Neal quickly separated from the pack and began to give new meaning to the word domination.  By the 10th lap he was encountering the back markers with a straight away lead over Weaver.  Normally in a situation like this, once the leader reaches slower traffic, it allows the field to reel the leader in a bit and make the race more interesting.  However in this race in slower traffic O'Neal was, tied up he was not.  His machine was handling perfectly anywhere on the racing surface, top, bottom, middle and he sliced and diced his way through the field at an astonishing rate, virtually unprecedented.  By the time the caution flew on lap 25 for Mike Mataragas, who spun in turn 4, he had put well over half the track between himself and Weaver and was working on lapping the 6th place machine of Joe Harlan.  Once the green flew again O'Neal took up where he had left off and quickly marched away from Weaver and Erb again.  What the caution did do, however, was set up a good battle for the 4th through 6th spots between Ted Loomis, Bob Pohlman, and Joe Harlan.  This trio stormed into turns 3 and 4 on the 28th lap three wide battling hard for position and when the checkers flew they came across the line O'Neal, Weaver, Erb, Loomis, Harlan, and Pohlman.  Frank Reaber, Brian Shirley, Wes Steidinger, and Matt Rhyne rounded out the top ten, all 1 lap in arrears.  Heat wins went to O'Neal, Weaver, Erb, and Loomis, with RJ Gall taking the last chance race.
 
     In UMP Modified action Tommy Kroll jumped to the early lead ahead of Lance Dehm, and fast qualifier Matt Bachman.  Dehm charged into 1 and 2 on the second lap diving to the low side trying to wrestle the lead away from Kroll but lost the handle on his mount opening the door for several competitors to fly by before he regained the handle and fell back in line.  One lap later the race was under caution because of an accident involving the machines of Kevin Hastings and Rick Thomas.  This set up an unfortunate set of circumstances for Kroll.  When the race restarted as Kroll and Bachman battled for the lead Jeremy Aimone spun at the start in between turns 3 and 4.  Unbeknownst to the leaders they came charging hard into that set of turns and Kroll had no place to go but to slide into harms way.  Kroll was able to continue, however it was obvious his machine was not up to par as he quickly fell back in the field after the restart.  Bachman took over the point at this stage and slowly pulled away from the field and went unchallenged to the checkers beating Phil Line, Joel Funk, Scott Bull, and Lance Dehm to the finish line.  Dehm won the dash with Dave Smith and Jim Farris taking the heats.  Jay Ledford won the conci.
 
     In street stock action Steve Thorsten did what no other competitor had been able to do so far this season, beat Shannon Shutter.  Shutter led the first 13 laps but fell pray to Thorsten as they took the white flag and Thorsten charged on to the win.

May 14, 2004
Rain

May 7, 2004
Modified
Dash
1. 1p Pohlman Jr.
2. 83 Bull
3. 1k Kroll
4. 25 Porth
5. 95 Aaron Ricketts
6. 23JR Funk

Heat 1
1. 75 Cleary
2. 51H Anthony Ricketts
3. 24 K. Cooper
4. 23 Smith
5. 51 Mosier
6. 70 V. Cooper
7. c12 Curl
8. X D. Line

Heat 2
1. 35 J. Hastings
2. 69 Farris
3. 130 Osterhoff
4. K4 Moore
5. D1 Dehm
6. 42 Wagner
7. 0 Koehler
8. 68 Bachman

Heat 3
1. 36 K. Hastings
2. 1p Pohlman
3. 23JR Funk
4. 7L Ledford
5. 66 P. Line
6. 1k Kroll
7. 25 Porth
8. 83 Bull
9. 95 Aaron Ricketts

Consi
1. 35 J. Hastings
2. 130 Osterhoff
3. 75 Cleary
4. c12 Curl
5. 51 Mosier
6. 42 Wagner
7. 70 V. Cooper
8. X D. Line
9. 23 Smith
10. 51H Anthony Ricketts
11. 24 K. Cooper

Feature
1. 1p Pohlman
2. 36 K. Hastings
3. 95 Aaron Ricketts
4. 83 Bull
5. 7L Ledford
6. D1 Dehm
7. 25 Porth
8. 69 Farris
9. 0 Koehler
10. K4 Moore
11. 75 Cleary
12. 1k Kroll
13. c12 Curl
14. 130 Osterhoff
15. 68 Bachman
16. 23JR Funk
17. 35 J. Hastings
18. 66 P. Line




Late Model
27 Late Models
17 Corey Turner set fast time 13.888

Dash-6 laps
1. 27G RJ Gall
2. 23 Ted Loomis
3. Z Joe Harlan
4. c12 Chris Carlson
5. 7 John Provenzano
6. 17 Corey Turner

Heat 1-8 laps
1. 74 Russ Scheffler
2. 21 Eddie Leviner
3. 52 Kerry Mathew
4. v77 Guy Volk
5. 79 Kevin Madison
6. 4 Matt Slager
7. 10H Don Hilleary
8. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.

Heat 2
1. 6s Brandon Slager
2. 33 Chuck Steele
3. 7 Frank Reaber
4. 10 George Scheffler
5. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
6. 11 Larry Legrand
7. 19 Garrett Slager
8. 11 Matt Rhyne
9. 0 Richie Hedrick

Heat 3
1. 23 Ted Loomis
2. 27 Mike Provenzano
3. 27G RJ Gall
4. 7 John Provenzano
5. c12 Chris Carlson
6. 72 Jay Fiene
7. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
8. Z Joe Harlan
9. 17 Corey Turner
10. 87 Scott Duvall

Consi-12 laps-Top 4 advance
1. 0 Richie Hedrick
2. 6s Brandon Slager
3. 74 Russ Scheffler
4. v77 Guy Volk
5. 21 Eddie Leviner
6. 4 Matt Slager
7. 52 Kerry Mathew
8. 11 Larry Legrand
9. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
10. 10H Don Hilleary
11. 87 Scott Duvall
12. 33 Chuck Steele
13. 79 Kevin Madison

Feature-30 laps
1. 74 Russ Scheffler(started 17th)
2. 23 Ted Loomis
3. 19 Garrett Slager
4. c12 Chris Carlson
5. 72 Jay Fiene
6. Z Joe Harlan
7. 7 John Provenzano
8. 11 Matt Rhyne
9. 7 Frank Reaber
10. 0 Richie Hedrick
11. 99 Frank Heckenast Sr.
12. 10 George Scheffler
13. 27G RJ Gall
14. v77 Guy Volk
15. 27 Bob Pohlman Jr.
16. 6s Brandon Slager
17. 17 Corey Turner
18. 27 Mike Provenzano
 

April 30, 2004
Rain

April 23, 2004....no races scheduled

April 16, 2004
Thanks to Ryan Offermann for the results....
Thanks also to Jeffrey Bayless for the story below....
Late Models

10 Lap Heats - Top 4 Advance
Heat 1
1. Z Harlan 2. 64 R. Dauber 3. 1m Mataragas 4. 23 Loomis 5. 5 Sievert 6. 61 Wilson 7. 14 Jim Partipillo
8. 99 F. Heckenast 9. 6s B. Slager 10. 4 M. Slager 11. 114 Joe Partipillo

Heat 2
1. 7 Reaber 2. 32D Miller 3. 74 Scheffler 4. 0 Hedrick 5. 72 Fiene 6. 11 Rhyne 7. v77 Volk
8. 52 Mathew 9. 22 E. Dauber 10. 05 Schalmo 11. 88 Snyder

Heat 3
1. 71 Oneal 2. 18 Babb 3. 28 Erb4. B12 Weaber 5. 17 Turner 6. 27G Gall 7. 33 Steele
8. 10H Hilleary 9. 70c Coglianese 10. 19 G. Slager

Heat 4
1. 7 Provenzano 2. 15B Birkhofer 3. 9 Drake 4. c12 Carlson 5. 99 S. Heckenast 6. WF0 Logue
7. 25 Roderick 8. 78 Gerlach 9. 20 Dixon

12 Lap Consi's - 1st Place Advance
Consi 1
1. 11 Rhyne 2. Wfo Logue 3. 99 S. Heckenast 4. 52 Mathew 5. 22 E. Dauber 6. 78 Gerlach 7. 88 Snyder
8. 20 Dixon 9. 72 Fiene 10. 05 Schalmo 11. 25 Roderick 12. v77 Volk

Consi 2
1. 5 Sievert 2. 27G Gall 3. 61 Wilson 4. 33 Steele5. 14 Sorce 6. 14 Jim Partipillo 7. 99 F. Heckenast
8. 6s B. Slager 9. 19 G. Slager 10. 4 M. Slager 11. 10H Hilleary 12. 70c Coglianese 13. 114 Joe Partipillo 14. 17 Turner

40 Lap Feature - $5,000 to win
Finish Number Driver Start
1. 71 Oneal(2) 2. 9 Drake(9) 3. 28 Erb(10) 4. 7 Provenzano(1) 5. 7 Reaber(3) 6. 32D Miller(7) 7. 0 Hedrick(15)
8. Z Harlan(4) 9. 64 R. Dauber(8) 10. 74 Scheffler(11) 11. 23 Loomis(16) 12. 5 Sievert(18) 13. c12 Carlson(13)
14. B12 Weaver(14) 15. 1m Mataragas(12) 16. 11 Rhyne(17) 17. 18 Babb(6) 18. 15B Birkhofer(5)


Open Wheel Modifieds
Feature
1. D1 Dehm 2. 36 K. Hastings 3. 1P Pohlman 4. 68 Bachman 5. 69 Farris 6. 35 J. Hastings 7. 66 Line 8. 1 Jones
9. 23JR Funk 10. 0 Kohler 11. 75 Cleary 12. 83 Bull 13. 23 Thomas 14. 8 Davis 15. 19 Fehrman 16. 51 Mosier
17. 95 Ricketts 18. 1k Kroll

The Real Deal Dominates Kankakee Opener
 by Jeffrey A. Bayless  

  (Kankakee, IL April 16)  Spring is here and that can mean one thing, the roar of high-powered racing machines has returned to the area.  On this pleasant evening 44 Late Models signed in to take their shot at the $5000 dollar prize with 24 UMP Modifieds present to take their shot at the $750 opening night prize.

      A stellar field of Late Models were present with several solid competitors not cutting the mustard to make it to the 18-car field for the 40 lap main event.  The Real Deal Don O'Neal jumped from his outside row 1 starting position to take the early lead followed by a 4-car duel for second between Lil John Provenzano, Shannon Baab, Joe Harlan, and Brian Birkofer.  O'Neal was making mincemeat of the field catching the back markers and running away from the battle raging behind him.  However, on the 13th circuit his huge lead was erased when Birkofer spun off the course in turn 1 after making contact with Provenzano as they battled for third.  This allowed Baab to take a shot at the lead when racing resumed as O'Neal had his hands full with the now free from traffic Baab.  As the race reached it's halfway point, O'Neal and Baab were engaged in a door-to-door, fender-to-fender battle for the lead with fast qualifier Billy Drake battling Provenzano for third several car lengths back.  A little further back Dennis Erb Jr., defending track champion Joe Harlan, Frank Reaber, and Darren The Thriller Miller were engaged in a heavy battle for 5th.   But what looked to be a battle to the finish ended on the 24th circuit when Baab abruptly slowed and pulled off course allowing O'Neal to cruise to the win unchallenged over the last 16 laps.  Behind him Drake and Erb coming from the 5th row finished 2nd and 3rd respectively with Provenzano and Reaber rounding out the top 5.  Rich Hedrick also had an impressive evening having to start at the back of his heat for being late to the track he worked his way to the 4th and final transfer spot in the 10 lap heat and came charging from 15th to finish 7th in the main event.  Heat wins went to Harlan, Reaber, O'Neal, and Provenzano with Matt Rhyne and Brett The Jet Seivert taking the semi wins.  Only two caution slowed the action over the course of the 40 lap feature. 

    In UMP Modified action Aaron Ricketts jumped to the early lead but his lead was short lived as Matt Bachman and Tommy Kroll quickly converged on him going 3 wide through 3 and 4 on the 3rd circuit.  Kroll came out of that battle with the lead and quickly separated from the field and by the half way point had a sizeable lead over Bachman, Ricketts, and Lance Dehm who were battling for second.  Then with 5 laps to go Kroll suddenly slowed pulling off course followed by Ricketts who did the same thing one lap later.  This handed the lead to Bachman but after a quick caution Dehm went charging by in turn one on the restart taking the lead and never looking back.  Kevin Hastings came home second followed by Bob Pohlman, Bachman, and Jim Farris.  Ricketts won the 6 car dash for the pole, with Joel Funk, Kelly Jones, and Kevin Hastings taking the heat wins and Phil Line winning the conci. 

      In other racing action Shannon Shutter out dueled Billy Wicker for the win in the street stock feature.  Kevin Lenzen came home third followed by Steve McCarty. 

RESULTS

 

Late Models $5000 to win 44 cars

Fast Time:  Billy Drake 14.069

Heat 1:  Harlan, Dauber, Mataragas, Loomis

Heat 2:  Reaber, Miller, Scheffler, Hedrick

Heat 3:  O'Neal, Baab, Erb, Weaver

Heat 4:  Provenzano, Birkofer, Drake, Carlson

Semi 1:  Rhyne, Logue, S. Heckenast, Mathew

Semi 2:  Sievert, Gall, Wilson, Steel

Feature 40 laps

1.  71 Don O'Neal (2) 2.  9 Billy Drake (9) 3.  28 Dennis Erb Jr. (10) 4.  7 John Provenzano (1) 5.  7 Frank Reaber (3) 6.  32 Darren Miller (7)

7.  0 Rich Hedrick (15) 8.  Z Joe Harlan (4) 9.  64 Ryan Dauber (8) last lead lap car 10. 74 Russ Scheffler (11) 11. 23 Ted Loomis (16)

12.  5 Brett Seivert (18) 13.  12 Rich Carlson (13) 14.  B12 Kevin Weaver (14) 15.  1M  Mike Mataragas (12) 16.  11 Matt Rhyne (17) DNF

17.  18 Shannon Baab (6) 18.  15B Brian Birkofer (5)

 

UMP Modifieds $750 to win 24 cars

Dash:  Ricketts, J Hastings, Bachman, Kroll, Farris, Pohlman

Heat 1:  Funk, Osteroff, Mosier, Ricketts

Heat 2:  Jones, Cleary, Kohler, Line

Heat 3:  K Hastings, J Hastings, Bachman, Farris

Semi:  Line, Funk, Mosier, Davis

Feature 20 laps

1.  D1 Lance Dehm (9) 2.  36 Kevin Hastings (10) 3.  1P Bob Pohlman (6) 4.  68 Matt Bachman (4) 5.  69 Jim Farris (5) 6.  35 Jason Hastings (2)

7.  66 Phil Line (15) 8.  1 Kelly Jones (13) 9.  23JR Joel Funk (16) 10.  0 Travis Kohler (11) 11.  75 Matt Cleary (8) 12.  83 Scott Bull (12) 13.  23 Rick Thomas (7) 14.  8D Kevin Davis (18) 15.  19 Fireball Fehrman (15) 16.  51 Mike Mosier (17) 17.  95 Aaron Ricketts (1) DNF 18.  1K Tommy Kroll (4)