2004nalms

These are the NALMS archives for 2004


Northern AllStars and UMP Late Model Awards Banquet
Saturday January 22, 2005
Artisians Building Illinois State Fairgrounds
Cocktails: 5:00 P.M. C.S.T.
Dinner: 6:00 P.M. C.S.T.

$25 per person or $45 per couple in advance. $25 per person at the door. Children 3-6 are free if notified in advance only. Children 7-13 bought in advance will be $15. This will be a family banquet.

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September 25, 2004
The season ending races were held Saturday night at Farmer City Raceway under the banner of NALMS series with $8,000 to win. Friday night's winner Dennis Erb was also Saturday night's winner. This was also the season finale for the NALMS series.
The night started out with 2004 Champion Roger Long turning in fast time of the 31 drivers at 13.212 seconds. Heat races went to Kevin Weaver over Jason Fegers, Wes Steidinger over Eric Smith, Dennis Erb Jr over Billy Drake and Steve Hillard over Richie Hedrick. The semi feature went to Joe Harlan over Don O'Neal. Rohn Moon and Roger Long were given the two provisionals.
Kevin Weaver took off in the lead at the start of the 50 lap feature, with Wes Steidinger in tow, Steidinger at times pulling alongside Weaver. Finally, Steidinger took the lead while in traffic on lap 28, only to lose it back one lap later to Weaver. Billy Drake and Dennis Erb were putting on their own show for third, when all of a sudden on lap 36, Erb just blasted past Drake, drove around Steidinger for second, and two laps later blew past Weaver for the lead and never looked back. There were two laps to go when Steidinger, who was still in the top five, retired for the race, setting up a mad two lap dash for the finish. Erb managed to hold off Weaver for the win, with Drake third, Steve Hillard in fourth, and Don O'Neal in fifth.
final unofficial finish:
28 Dennis Erb, Jr
B12 Kevin Weaver
9 Billy Drake
34 Steve Hillard
71 Don O'Neal (started 18th)
0 Richie Hedrick
9 Eric Smith
Z Joe Harlan
3s Brian Shirley (2004 NALMS Champion)
45 Gary May
25 Jason Fegers
49 laps
S10 Jr Shickel
27G RJ Gall
56 Rohn Moon
45 Don Hammer
10 Kerby Damery
DNF
1 Wes Steidinger
36 Roger Long (2004 track champion)
K9 Mike Glynn
22 Chris Dick
1c Duane Chamberlain
4 Mike Mullvain

In the street stock division, Brett Lessen celebrated his birthday and his track championship by winning the feature in a hard fought battle over Scott Piper, Robert Reynolds and Hot Rod Bicknell.
The modified dash went to Randy Huffman, with the heats going to Rocky Griffin, Randy Huffman and Marty Hiser. Hiser also won the feature with Randy Huffman by his side, followed closely by Scott Bull, Al Crawley and Kyle Byerline.

from Ryan Offermann
Unofficial
31 Take Time
36 Roger Long set fast time: 13.212

Heat 1 - 10 Laps - Top 4 Advance
1. B12 Kevin Weaver
2. 25 Jason Fegers
3. 4 Mike Mullvain
4. 27G RJ Gall
5. c4 Jason Cleaver
6. F15 Jeremy Conaway
7. 61JR Bruce White
8. 36 Roger Long

Heat 2 - 10 Laps - Top 4 Advance
1. 1 Wes Steidinger
2. 9 Eric Smith
3. 45 Gary May
4. 45 Don Hammer
5. 22 Chris Dick
6. 56 Rohn Moon
7. 37 Rod Sandage
8. z28 Rich Harlan

Heat 3 - 10 Laps - Top 4 Advance
1. 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
2. 9 Billy Drake
3. 3s Brian Shirley
4. 10 Kerby Damery
5. Z Joe Harlan
6. S10 Junior Shickel
7. 87 Scott DuVall
8. 71 Don Oneal(blew left rear tire)

Heat 4 - 10 Laps - Top 4 Advance
1. 34 Steve Hillard
2. 0 Richie Hedrick
3. 1c Duane Chamberlain
4. K9 Mike Glynn
5. B7 Butch Smith
6. 1w Donny Walden

Consy - 12 - Top 4 Advance
1. Z Joe Harlan
2. 71 Don O'Neal
3. 22 Chris Dick
4. S10 Junior Shickel
5. 36 Roger Long
6. B7 Butch Smith
7. 37 Rod Sandage
8. 56 Rohn Moon
9. 1w Donny Walden
10. z28 Rich Harlan
11. c4 Jason Cleaver
12. F15 Jeremy Conaway
13. 87 Scott DuVall
14. 61JR Bruce White

Feature
Finish (Start) # Driver
1. (3) 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
2. (2) B12 Kevin Weaver
3. (7) 9 Billy Drake
4. (4) 34 Steve Hillard
5. (18) 71 Don Oneal
6. (8) 0 Richie Hedrick
7. (6) 9 Eric Smith
8. (17) Z Joe Harlan
9. (12) 3s Brian Shirley
10. (10) 45 Gary May
11. (5) 25 Jason Feger
12. (13) 27G RJ Gall
13. (19) S10 Junior Shickel
14. (14) 45 Don Hammer
15. (21) 56 Rohn Moon
16. (15) 10 Kerby Damery
17. (1) 1 Wes Steidinger
18. (22) 36 Roger Long
19. (16) K9 Mike Glynn
20. (19) 22 Chris D ick
21. (9) 4 Mike Mullvain
22. (12) 1c Duane Chamberlain
 

Erb Completes Sweep in NALMS Finale
Jeffrey A. Bayless
 
    Farmer City, IL (Sept 25)  Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, IL followed up his Friday night Northern Allstar Late Model Series (NALMS) win with an $8000 victory in Saturday night's season capper for the NALMS series at Farmer City Raceway.
 
     8 time and current Farmer City Raceway champion took to the track first in qualifications and set a mark of 13.212 that would hold up as the other 30 participants were unable to topple him from the top of the charts.  Kevin Weaver would lead the pack to the stripe in heat one followed by Jason Feger, Mike Mullvain, and RJ Gall.  Wes Steidinger would withstand an early challenge from Gary May to take heat two in front of Eric Smith, May, and Don Hammer.  Dennis Erb Jr. would beat Billy Drake, Brian Shirley, and Kerby Damery to take the 3rd heat.  The 4th and final heat would goto Steve Hillard with Richie Hedrick, Duane Chamberlain, and Mike Glynn rounding out the transfer positions.  Joe Harlan, Don O'Neal, Chris Dick, and Junior Shickel would transfer through the conci with Rohn Moon and Roger Long being awarded the two provisional starting spots to round out the 22 car field.
 
     Steidinger would lead the pack into turn one from his pole starting position but Weaver would bypass him through 3 & 4 to lead the first lap with Drake, Erb, and Hillard circling the track 3 wide for the third spot.  Weaver and Steidinger would begin to pull away from the field as the three wide fray continued behind them until the 6th lap when Erb would get a toe hold on the third spot leaving Drake and Hillard battling for 4th.  A lap 10 caution for Chamberlain who blew a motor and a lap 14 caution for Hedrick who spun after contact with O'Neal slowed the early going and kept the leaders out of lapped traffic.  But once back under way the race was on as the top 4 of Weaver, Steidinger, Erb, and Drake would pull away from the field all the while slicing and dicing trying to gain position.  The leaders would get into traffic at the half way mark as Steidinger was putting heat on Weaver looking under him through the turns, but Weaver would edge back ahead down the straights.  Steidinger would have a good run through 3&4 on the 28th circuit leading the lap by a nose but Weaver would power back by down the back stretch to resume the lead and then moved his lane down a bit in hopes of blocking the groove that Steidinger was using to put pressure on him for the lead.  Steidinger would stay close for a few laps but wouldn't be able to bypass Weaver again.  The 37 lap mark was the point when Erb made his move, using the high groove he sped past Steidinger, who was beginning to fall back with a deflating right front tire, and then shot by Weaver on the next circuit to grab the point.  Erb was separating from the field when the final caution flew on the 48th circuit when Steidinger came to a stop in turn 2 after his tire completely deflated.  Erb was undaunted as he once again sped away and led the final three lap dash unchallenged to grab the checkers and the victory.  Weaver, Drake, Hillard, O'Neal, Hedrick, Smith, Harlan, Shirley, and May completed the top 10.
 
     Erb remarking on his $8000 win and $10,000 weekend stated "I always run good here, I've had a good weekend."  Erb, who has been on a hot streak lately picking up a $10,000 to win event at nearby Fairbury, IL on Labor Day weekend and placing 10th in the granddaddy of all Late Model events, the World 100, later commented "The car's been really good lately, it was really nice I had a good car to bring here this weekend."  Steidinger, who was a factor for much of the race before dropping from contention with a flat tire remarked "Kevin (Weaver) and I got together in lapped traffic and I cut a tire.  I could feel the right front going down for about 10 laps and it finally let go."  He then continued "We just grazed out there, I'm not sure that's what caused the flat, I may have run over something on the track.  I just know I felt it going down shortly after the contact."
 
     Erb's winning Rayburn was powered by Hedrick Precision Engines and is sponsored by Petroff Towing, B&K Sportswear and Vinyl Graphics, Peterson Aluminum Corporation, AFCO Racing Products, and Reaber Transport. 
 
RESULTS
NALMS LATE MODELS
31 cars
Fast Time:  Roger Long 13.212
 
Heat 1
1.  B12 Weaver
2.  25 Feger
3.  4 Mullvain
4.  27G Gall
5.  C4 Cleaver
 
Heat 2
1.  1S Steidinger
2.  9 E. Smith
3.  45 May
4.  45 Hammer
5.  22 Dick
 
Heat 3
1.  28 Erb
2.  9 Drake
3.  3S Shirley
4.  10 Damery
5.  Z Harlan
 
Heat 4
1.  34 Hillard
2.  0 Hedrick
3.  1C Chamberlain
4.  K9 Glynn
5.  7 B. Smith
 
Conci
1.  Z Harlan
2.  71 O'Neal
3.  22 Dick
4.  S10 Shickel
5.  36 Long
 
Feature 50 laps $8000 to win
1.  28 Dennis Erb Jr. (3)
2.  B12 Kevin Weaver (2)
3.  9 Billy Drake (7)
4.  34 Steve Hillard (4)
5.  71 Don O'Neal (18)
6.  0 Richie Hedrick (8)
7.  9 Eric Smith (6)
8.  Z Joe Harlan (17)
9.  3S Brian Shirley (11)
10. 45 Gary May (10)
11. 25 Jason Feger (5)
12. S10 Junior Shickel (20) -1 lap
13. 27G RJ Gall (13)
14. 56 Rohn Moon (21)
15. 45 Don Hammer (14)
16. 10 Kerby Damery (15)
17. 1S Wes Steidinger (1) DNF
18. 36 Roger Long (22)
19. K9 Mike Glynn (16)
20. 22 Chris Dick (19)
21. 1C Duane Chamberlain (12)
22. 4 Mike Mullvain (9)
 
Contingency Awards
Petersen Aluminum/Bulzilla Graphics Fast Time: Roger Long
Scott Performance Heat Race Winner: Kevin Weaver
Dyer Rods Feature Pole Sitter:  Wes Steidinger
FS Fuel Consi Runner-Up: Butch Smith
K Motion Feature Winner: Dennis Erb Jr.
Wick Oil/Sunoco Fuels Hard Luck Driver: Duane Chamberlain

Farmer City Raceway (IL)

September 24, 2004

The Northern All Stars series came to Farmer City with a $2000 to win special on Friday night,
and $8000 to win season finale for Saturday night. Friday night's show saw Gary May turn in
the fastest time overall of the 36 late models on hand at 13.198 seconds around the quarter
mile track. The dash went to Don O'Neal over Gary May, Joe Harlan and Smith. The 20 lap,
$500 to win late model shootout for the year's dash winners went to the 2004 NALMS champion
Brian Shirley, who ran away from the field until a late caution allowed Dennis Erb Jr, Ryan
Dauber, Jr Shickel and Don Hammer to close up the field. That is also how they finished.
Heat races went to Brian Shirley over Don O'Neal, Ryan Dauber over Dennis Erb Jr, Billy Drake
over Steve Hillard, who gets my vote for the great move of the night, as Hillard was in fifth place
at the white flag, passing Duane Chamberlain, Eric Smith and Wes Steindinger all on the last
corner. The fourth heat went to Kevin Weaver over Jason Fegers. Semi features went to
Joe Harlan over Gary May, and Wes Steidinger over Rohn Moon.

The 30 lap feature started out with Brian Shirley jumping out in the lead while Billy Drake and
Kevin Weaver battled side by side for the first 17 laps, until Weaver finally got the momentum,
and moved around both Drake and Shirley for the lead, which he held until lap 24 when Dennis
Erb Jr swept by and took the lead for the final six laps.

unofficial finish:
28 Dennis Erb Jr
B12 Kevin Weaver
9 Billy Drake
3s Brian Shirley
71 Don O'Neal
25 Jason Fegers
64 Ryan Dauber
34 Steve Hillard
1 Wes Steidinger
0 Richie Hedrick
Z Joe Harlan
9 Eric Smith
7M Michael Bradley
1 Duane Chamberlain
The Sportsman feature went to Jim Felker Jr over Terry Worth, Jeb Friedman and Darrell Dick.
The Jeff Leka class was won for the 15th time this season by.... Jeff Leka, over Kelly Kovski,
Marty Hiser, Scott Bull, Randy Huffman, Matt Goulden and Roben Huffman.
 

Erb Takes Round One of NALMS Finale
Jeffrey A. Bayless
 
  Farmer City, IL (Sept 24)  The 2004 Northern Allstar Late Model Series Tour (NALMS) rolled into Farmer City Raceway for a two night season finale.  Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, IL started off the weekend with a $2000 victory besting the field of 36 late models in the opening round.
 
     Gary May set the fast lap during qualifications with a lap of 13.198 to get the evening started.  Brian Shirley, looking very strong early in the evening powered through the first set of turns to grab the point in the first heat from his inside 2nd row starting spot and went on to a convincing win over Don O'Neal, Jr. Shickel, and Butch Smith.  Heat two saw Dennis Erb Jr., Michael Bradley, and Ryan Dauber complete the first lap 3 wide before Erb settled into the lead.  Dauber came charging back to grab the point at the half way mark and went on to win the heat over Erb, Don Walden, and Bradley.  Billy Drake withstood some early pressure from Wes Steidinger in the third heat to take the checkers in that preliminary event.  Steidinger suffered a flat tire on the last lap creating a log jam for the second spot with Steve Hillard using the situation to power from 5th to second out of turn 4 followed by Duane Chamberlain and Eric Smith.  Kevin Weaver moved to the front on the 4th lap of the 4th heat and went on to win the event ahead of Jason Feger, Chris Dick who had started last due to not recording a qualification time after breaking during his run, and Richie Hedrick.  Joe Harlan led flag to flag coming home ahead of Gary May in the first conci with Wes Steidinger beating Rohn Moon in the second to bring the field to 20 cars.  Don Hammer and Bruce White were added to the field as provisionals and the field was set for the 30 lap main event.
 
     Shirley continuing where he had left off in his heat powered away to the early lead from his pole position ahead of Weaver, and 2 side by side duels behind them, Drake and Dauber for 3rd and O'Neal and Erb for 5th.  Shirley continued to pull away from the pack until he started getting into slower cars on the 13th circuit.  Weaver, Drake, and Erb closed quickly on the leader as he struggled with lapped traffic with Weaver powering by on the 18th circuit and Erb following suit getting by Shirley 3 laps later.  7 laps from the finish the races only caution flew when Walden found the turn 4 wall after trying to avoid contact with the leader as he veered to the right as he was passing Walden.  Erb used the re-start to pull along side Weaver through turns one and two and completed the pass coming out of 4 and went on to grab the checkers with Weaver, Drake, Shirley, O'Neal, Feger, Dauber, Hillard, Steidinger, and Hedrick rounding out the top 10. 
 
     In victory lane Erb stated "It took awhile to get going, we had some hard tires on.  We really didn't want to see the yellow, I thought I was the best car in traffic, but it all worked out in the end."  He then added, "My car's been working real good lately, we'll be back tomorrow to see what we can do."  Brian Shirley, who looked to be the man to beat on the night during preliminary and early feature action remarked "The car was good when I was in the open, but I struggled once we got into traffic."  He added "The track slickened up and I couldn't get the bite to get around as well as the others."
 
Erb's winning Rayburn was powered by Hedrick Precision Engines and is sponsored by Petroff Towing, B&K Sportswear and Vinyl Graphics, Peterson Aluminum Corporation, AFCO Racing Products, and Reaber Transport. 
 
 
RESULTS
NALMS LATE MODELS
36 cars
Fast Time:  Gary May 13.198
 
Heat 1
1.  3S Shirley
2.  71 O'Neal
3.  S10 Shickel
4.  7 B. Smith
5.  Z Harlan
 
Heat 2
1.  64 Dauber
2.  28 Erb
3.  1W Walden
4.  7M Bradley
5.  45 Hammer
 
Heat 3
1.  9 Drake
2.  34 Hillard
3.  1C Chamberlain
4.  9 E. Smith
5.  1S Steidinger
 
Heat 4
1.  B12 Weaver
2.  25 Feger
3.  22 Dick
4.  0 Hedrick
5.  7 Provenzano
 
Conci 1
1.  Z Harlan
2.  45 May
3.  45 Hammer
4.  37 Sandage
5.  27G Gall
 
Conci 2
1.  1S Steidinger
2.  56 Moon
3.  10 Damery
4.  W18 Weisnicht
5.  117 Ross
 
Feature 30 laps
1.  28 Dennis Erb Jr. (6)
2.  B12 Kevin Weaver (4)
3.  9 Billy Drake (3)
4.  3S Brian Shirley (1)
5.  71 Don O'Neal (5)
6.  25 Jason Feger (8)
7.  64 Ryan Dauber (2)
8.  34 Steve Hillard (7)
9.  1S Wes Steidinger (17)
10. 0 Richie Hedrick (16)
11. Z Joe Harlan (18)
12. 9 Eric Smith (15)
13. 7M Michael Bradley (14)
14. 1C Duane Chamberlain (11)
15. 56 Rohn Moon (15)
16. 45 Don Hammer (21)
17. 45 Gary May (20) -1 lap
18. 22 Chris Dick (12)
19. 1W Don Walden (19)
20. 7 Butch Smith (13)
21. S10 Junior Shickel (9) DNF
22. 61 Jr Bruce White (22)
 
Contingency Awards
Petersen Aluminum/Bulzilla Graphics Fast Time: Gary May
Scott Performance Heat Race Winner: Billy Drake
Dyer Rods Feature Pole Sitter:  Brian Shirley
FS Fuel Consi Runner-Up: Rod Sandage
K Motion Feature Winner: Dennis Erb Jr.
Wick Oil/Sunoco Fuels Hard Luck Driver: Mike Mullvain
 

NALMS Labor Day Weekend Winners

Friday: Randy Korte
Saturday: Randy Korte
Sunday: Rodney Melvin
 
Korte Nabs 2, Melvin Grabs 1, While Shirley Wraps Up Title in NALMS Labor Day Weekend Tour
Jeffrey A. Bayless
 
      The Northern Allstar Late Model Series (NALMS) used the Labor Day Weekend to make a 3 stop tour through Southern Illinois and Indiana with a stop at Godfrey Speedway in Godfrey Illinois on Friday the 3rd, Mount Vernon Speedway in Mount Vernon, Illinois on Saturday the 4th and Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana on Sunday the 5th.  Randy Korte of Highland, Illinois visited victory lane on the first two nights with defending UMP National Champion Rodney Melvin picking up the weekend finale.  Brian Shirley of Springfield, Illinois used his stellar efforts in the final two events of the weekend and the fact that his nearest circuit competitor, Dennis Erb, opted to race other events on the weekend to wrap up the season championship for the '04 campaign.
 
     The opening event of the weekend at Godfrey Speedway was highlighted by a lengthy side by side duel for the point between Korte and Melvin with Mark Faust and Matt Taylor in close pursuit.  Korte could breath easier when Melvin rode a little too high in the waning laps and got his car up on two wheels after climbing the wall.  Melvin was able to right his machine and continue on, but faded to 4th by the race's conclusion.  Taylor and Faust finished second and third with Steve Sheppard rounding out the top 5.
 
     The second night of racing action at Mt Vernon Speedway was intense and furious with the top 4 finishers battling and all having a chance at the win.  Pole Sitter Randy Korte held on for the win with Billy Faust, Brian Shirley, and Rodney Melvin all in close pursuit.  Tom Carson rounded out the top 5 with a solid effort on his part.  With his second win of the weekend, Korte pocketed a $500.00 bonus sponsored by Tatman's Auto Body and Tatman's Towing who had sponsored a bonus for any driver who could win 2 of the 3 events on the weekend.
 
     The weekend finale at Tri-State Speedway saw Rodney Melvin grab the point on the 4th lap from local favorite Kevin Claycomb and then hold off several challenges from runner-up Brian Shirley in route to the victory in the caution filled feature event.  Kevin Weaver ran a solid third with Joe Morris and Billy Faust charging from the back of the pack to round out the top 5.  Shirley used his second place effort on the evening to lock up the 2004 NALMS title with two events left to be contested.
 
     Korte drives a RaceTek Racing Engine powered Rayburn sponsored by Mid-Continental Fuels, TMCI Transportation, Performance Rod & Custom, and Rick's Towing.  Melvin pilots a Ricks Towing sponsored, Melvin Engines powered Rayburn.  The 2004 NALMS Champion drives a Rayburn Chassis powered by Five Star Engine Services by Gary Walters and sponsored by JAYCO Construction, Giganti and Giganti Jewelers, Skateland South, Capital Storage, The Dinker and BUDDA Performance.
 
     The Northern Allstar Series has two events left to be contested on the season, the September 24th & 25th double header at Farmer City, Illinois.  The double event originally scheduled for September 18th and 19th at Union County Speedway has been cancelled. 
 
RESULTS
NALMS LATE MODELS
Godfrey Speedway
26 cars
Fast Qualifier: 3L Matt Taylor 13.589

Heat 1
1. 00 Korte
2. 78 Zobrist
3. 51 Faust
4. 5S Sheppard
5. 21 Gaultney

Heat 2
1. 3S Shirley
2. 3L Taylor
3. 360 Seets
4. 16A Dixon
5. 56 Moon

Heat 3
1. 27 Melvin
2. 1C Chamberlain
3. 11Z Collins
4. 15 Ross, Jr.
5. 45DW Woodworth

Semi
1. 6 Kloos
2. 28 Taylor
3. 67 Oller
4. 9 Smith
5. 82 Brickler

Feature 30 laps
1. 00 Randy Korte (2)
2. 3L Matt Taylor (5)
3. 51 Mark Faust (7)
4. 27 Rodney Melvin (1)
5. 5S Steve Sheppard (10)
6. 28 Dick Taylor (17)
7. 45DW Denny Woodworth (15)
8. 21 Kerry Gaultney (13)
9. 6 Michael Kloos (16)
10. 56 Rohn Moon (14)
11. 67 Mark Oller (18)
12. 1C Duane Chamberlain (6)
13. 9 Eric Smith (19)
14. 360 John Seets (8)
15. 15 Joe Ross, Jr. (12)
16. 82 Roger Brickler (20)
17. 78 Chad Zobrist (4)
18. 11Z Brian Collins (9)
19. 3S Brian Shirley (3)
20. 16A Ed Dixon (11)
 
Contingency Awards
Petersen Aluminum/Bulzilla Graphics Fast Time:  Matt Taylor
Scott Performance Heat Race Winner:  Brian Shirley
FS Fuel Conci Runner Up:  Kevin Seago
Dyer Rods Feature Pole Sitter:  Rodney Melvin
K Motion Feature Winner:  Randy Korte
PPM Hard Charger Award:  Dick Taylor
Wick Oil/Sunoco Fuels Hard Luck Driver:  Brian Shirley
 
Mount Vernon Speedway
19 cars
Fast Qualifier:  27 Rodney Melvin
 
Heat 1
1. 3S Shirley
2. 26 Faust
3. 13 Hutchinson
4. 16 Hammerlee
5. 56 Moon
 
Heat 2
1. 00 Korte
2. 1C Chamberlain
3. 00C Carson
4. 4 Sloan
5. 44 Eaves
 
Heat 3
1. 27 Melvin
2. 36 Sensel
3. 78 Monroe
4. 84 Boyles
5. 40 Mandrell
 
Feature 30 laps
1. 00 Randy Korte (1)
2. 26 Billy Faust (4)
3. 3S Brian Shirley (2)
4. 27 Rodney Melvin (3)
5. 00C Tom Carson (8)
6. 36 Ron Sensel (6)
7. 13 Scott Hutchinson (7)
8. 84 Tony Boyles (12)
9. 16 Mike Hammerlee (10)
10. 44 Dave Eaves (14)
11. 12 Bill Millikan (17)
12. 4 Jeff Sloan (11)
13. 37 Rod Sandage (16)
14. 56 Rohn Moon (13)
15. 78 Kyle Monroe (9)
16. 1C Duane Chamberlain (5)
17. 84B James Burrell (19)
18. 40 Doug Mandrell (15)
19. 20 Mark Gansmann (18)
 
Contingency Awards
Petersen Aluminum/Bulzilla Graphics Fast Time:  Rodney Melvin
Scott Performance Heat Race Winner:  Randy Korte
Dyer Rods Feature Pole Sitter:  Randy Korte
K Motion Feature Winner:  Randy Korte
Wick Oil/Sunoco Fuels Hard Luck Driver:  Duane Chamberlain
 
Tri-State Speedway
22 cars
Fast Time:  27 Rodney Melvin 13.545.
 
Heat 1
1. 11 Karnes
2. R4 Raines
3. 27 Schulte
4. 37 Sandage
5. 5 Leigh
 
Heat 2
1. 27 Melvin
2. 84 Boyles
3. B12 Weaver
4. 6 Davenport
5. 84B Burrell
 
Heat 3
1. 28 Claycomb
2. 3S Shirley
3. 56 Moon
4. 00 Korte
5. 12 Millikan
 
Feature 30 laps
1. 27 Rodney Melvin (3)
2. 3S Brian Shirley (6)
3. B12 Kevin Weaver (8)
4. 83 Joe Morris (18)
5. 26 Billy Faust (20)
6. 11 Steve Karnes (1)
7. 6 Tait Davenport (11)
8. 1C Duane Chamberlain (21)
9. 12 Bill Millikan (15)
10. 56 Rohn Moon (9)
11. 84 Tony Boyles (5)
12. 27 Mike Schulte (7)
13. 13 Scott Hutchinson (17)
14. 24 Derek Campbell (7)
15. 20 Mark Gansmann (22)
16. R4 Larry Raines (4)
17. 84B James Burrell (14)
18. 21T Patrick Tretter (16)
19. 00 Randy Korte (12)
20. 28 Kevin Claycomb (2)
21. 37 Rod Sandage (10)
22. 5 Wes Leigh (13)
 
Contingency Awards
Petersen Aluminum/Bulzilla Graphics Fast Time:  Rodney Melvin
Scott Performance Heat Race Winner:  Rodney Melvin
Dyer Rods Feature Pole Sitter:  Steve Karnes
K Motion Feature Winner:  Rodney Melvin

 

 
Babb Continues Kentucky Hot Streak With NALMS Win
Jeffrey A. Bayless
 
  Bardstown, KY (Aug 28)  The Northern Allstar Late Model Series rolled south to Bluegrass Speedway outside of Bardstown, KY to sanction the 2nd Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout on Saturday night.  Thirty-six late models were on hand to try their hand at the $5000 top prize and The Moweaqua, IL native Shannon Babb drove his Car City and J&J Steel, Platinum Motors and RV, Watters Auto Land sponsored Jay Dickens Motor powered CJ Rayburn car to victory.
 
     An afternoon shower put a damper on things to start, but the sun came out, the humidity shot up, and the action on the track got fast and furious with Scott James setting the high water mark in qualifications touring the track in 15.459 seconds.  Then came the task of setting the 24 car field.  First up were the 4 heat races that would transfer 4 from each.  Chris Carlson grabbed the first heat in front of Bryan Barber, Dick Phillips, and Patrick Sheltra.  Heat number 2 saw Kevin Claycomb jump to the point but Shannon Babb slid by on the 5th circuit and cruised on to the win ahead of Steve Barnett, Claycomb, and Lee Davasier.  Scott James made an impressive run grabbing 2nd on the 5th lap out of 4 and shooting to the lead in the 1st turn on the 6th circuit to win the 3rd heat ahead of Tim Tungate, Greg Johnson, and Brian Shirley who grabbed the last transfer spot on the last set of turns.  Don O'Neal held off John Gill for the 4th heat victory ahead of Mike Jewell and Jesse James Lay who battled for most of the race.  The 17th-20th starting positions would be set by the top 2 finishers in each of 2 concis with Whitney McQueary and Dustin Neat transferring through the first and Mike England and Dennis Erb transferring through the second.  Rohn Moon and Shawn Negengard were awarded the NALMS provisionals while Jeff Watson and Joey Daniel were awarded the track provisionals to set the 24 car field for the 50 lap main event.
 
     O'Neal jumped to the early lead with James, Carlson, and Babb battling 3 wide behind him.  A lap later they would settle out a bit with James, Carlson, Babb, and Tungate flying around the track behind O'Neal.  Babb would soon move into second and set chase to O'Neal and James who were dicing it up for the lead several car lengths in front of the field.  10 laps in O'Neal and James were still battling for the point with Babb nipping at their heels 3/4ths of a straight away ahead of Carlson.  As the leaders were approaching traffic the first caution came out on the 12th circuit when Daniel and Sheltra tangled in turn 2.  On the restart the top 3 once again pulled away from Carlson with Gill, Tungate, and Barber battling hard for the 5th spot behind him.  Babb began his move toward the front getting past James on the 23rd lap as the leaders once again had to negotiate traffic and then used a power move out of 2 on the 31st circuit to glide past O'Neal.  Once Babb grabbed the point he cruised to victory with O'Neal holding onto second ahead of James, Gill, and Carlson.  Barnett grabbed two spots on the last lap to take 6th with Johnson, Jewell, Tungate, and Erb wrapping up the top 10.
 
    Labor Day Weekend will see the NALMS series make a tour of Southern Illinois and Indiana with a stop at Godfrey Speedway in Godfrey, IL on Friday September 3rd, followed by a stop at Mount Vernon Raceway in Mount Vernon, IL a night later and the weekend will wrap up with a Sunday stop at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN.
 
RESULTS
NALMS Late Models
36 cars
Fast Time: 83 Scott James 15.495

Heat 1
1. C12 Carlson
2. 99 Barber
3. 11 Phillips
4. 23 Sheltra
5. 5M McQueary

Heat 2
1. 18 Babb
2. 20 Barnett
3. 28 Claycomb
4. 5 Davasier
5. 25 Neat

Heat 3
1. 83 James
2. 18 Tungate
3. 23J Johnson (19 in Sheltra's back-up)
4. 3S Shirley
5. 5 Huff

Heat 4
1. 71 O'Neal
2. 75 Gill
3. 9 Jewell
4. 33 Lay
5. 5 England

Conci 1
1. 5M McQueary
2. 25 Neat
3. 11 Watson
4. 77 Daniel
5. 27J Wilson

Conci 2
1. 5 England
2. 28 Erb
3. 4 Lee
4. 56 Moon
5. 1C Chamberlain

Feature 50 laps $5000 to win
1. 18 Shannon Babb (4)
2. 71 Don O'Neal (1)
3. 83 Scott James (3)
4. 75 John Gill (8)
5. C12 Chris Carlson (2)
6. 20 Steve Barnett (6)
7. 23J Greg Johnson (11)
8. 9 Mike Jewell (12)
9. 18 Tim Tungate (9)
10. 28 Dennis Erb Jr. (20)
11. 99 Bryan Barber (5)
12. 3S Brian Shirley (15) -1 lap
13. 56 Rohn Moon (21)
14. 11 Jeff Watson (23)
15. 5 Mike England (18)
16. 77 Joey Daniel (24) DNF
17. 11 Dick Phillips (9)
18. 33 Jesse James Lay (16)
19. 28 Kevin Claycomb (10)
20. 25 Dustin Neat (19)
21. 23 Patrick Sheltra (13)
22. 5M Whitney McQueary (17)
23. 16 Shawn Negengard