Dennis Erb Jr was a man on a mission Friday night, winning Farmer City Raceway's Brad Kirby Memorial. The $5000 to win show drew 44 late models from four states, with Shannon Babb turning in fast time. Babb won the first heat over Billy Drake and Richie Hedrick. The second heat went to Eric Smith over Matt Taylor and Roger Long. The third heat went to Steve Hillard over Kevin Weaver and Joe Ross Jr. The fourth heat was easily the most exciting heat of the evening with Wes Steidinger winning over John Gill and Gary May, Gill had started near the rear and put on a passing exhibition. The fifth and final heat went to Dennis Erb over Jimmy Mars and Jason Feger. The first semi went to Chris Dick over Darren Friedman and Jimmy Felker Jr with the second semi another exciting race with Mark Anderson getting past Rodney Melvin after they came off turn four, with Tim Lance following in third place. The 40 lap feature started out with pole sitter Shannon Babb leading the first ten laps, then Dennis Erb Jr would use the high side to slip past Babb for the lead and the win. Steve Hillard had the crowd on their feet as he also got past Babb on lap 26 then ran down Erb Jr but could not get around him. Hillard finished second with Babb third and Wes Steidinger fourth.

unofficial finish: Dennis Erb Jr, Steve Hillard, Shannon Babb, Wes Steidinger, Billy Drake, Jimmy Mars, John Gill, Richie Hedrick, Eric Smith, Tim Lance....39 laps Rodney Melvin, Joe Ross Jr, Jason Feger, Jimmy Felker Jr....dnf Matt Taylor, Darren Friedman, Chris Dick, Gary May, Roger Long, Mark Anderson, Kevin Weaver.

In the modifieds, Lance Dehm made a clean sweep of the evening, setting fast time, winning his heat and holding off Jeff Leka for the feature win. Other heats went to Jeff Leka and Jim Leka with the semi going again to Marty Hiser.
unofficial finish: Lance Dehm, Jeff Leka, Matt Goulden, Randy Huffman, Marty Hiser, Al Crawley, Kyle Logue, Jim Leka, Rick Weekly.
 

Once again, the promoters shuffled the running order of the program and had the modifieds and late models complete by 10:30!!! THANK YOU!!!!

August 26, 2005

Twenty seven late models came to Farmer City Friday night, with Darren Friedman turning in fast time at 13.019 seconds. The newly crowned 2005 track champion Eric Smith raced Friedman off the front row with Friedman staying side by side the first five laps. Smith then took comlete command and went on to record another feature win over a fast closing Roger Long. Heats were won by Friedman over Steve Sheppard Jr, Jr Shickel and Frank Shickel Sr. The second heat went to Smith over Roger Long, Jimmy Felker Jr, and Tim Lance. The third heat went to Joe Harlan over Joe Ross Jr in a side by side battle over Chris Dick and Tim O'Donnell. The semi feature went to Corey Rolfe over Virgil Nussel.

unofficial feature finish: 25 laps 9 Eric Smith, 36 Roger Long, S10 Jr Shickel, 5s Steve Sheppard Jr, 22 Chris Dick, Z Joe Harlan, 89 Darren Friedman, 48 Tim Lance, 15 Joe Ross Jr, 43 Jimmy Felker Jr, 20 Ed Barth, C4 Jason Cleaver, 24 laps 58 Virgil Nussel, 22 Corey Rolfe, 74 Russ Adams, dnf 4 Cody Bauman, 40 Greg Kimmons, T33 Tim O'Donnell, 95 Frank Shickel Sr, 61 Bruce White.

The modified feature was another classic battle between the top two drivers in the UMP national points standings, this time Jeff Leka led all 20 laps with Denny Schwartz finishing a very close second place. Rounding out the top five were Scott Bull, Matt Goulden and Nick Neville. Heats went to Leka, Schwartz and McKay Wenger with Dennis Wilson winning the semi.

The powder puff race was run with both sportsman and street stocks in the same race. The overall winner was Pam Brownfield in the #93 street stock of Chris Dick. The sportsman winner was Tammy Dehm in Scottie Dehm's #D20 ride.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)

August 19, 2005

Dennis Erb Jr has made Farmer City Raceway his own personal playground this summer, with another sweep Friday night. After setting fast time of the 29 late models on hand at 12.961 seconds, the fastest time of the season, Erb went on to win his heat race over Joe Ross Jr, Eric Smith and Matt Taylor. The second heat went to Kevin Weaver over Steve Sheppard Jr, Mark Anderson and Roger Long. The final heat went to Jr Shickel over Jason Feger, Jeremy Conaway from the rear and Chris Dick.

Erb jumped to the early lead and was never seriously challenged for the win. unofficial finish: Dennis Erb Jr, Steve Sheppard Jr,  Jason Feger, Jr Shickel, Kevin Weaver, Eric Smith, Joe Ross Jr, Chris Dick, Mark Anderson, Jimmy Felker Jr, Matt Taylor, Roger Long, Ed Barth, Tim O'Donnell

The crash filled sportsman feature finally went to Greg Kimmons over Scott Dehm and Mike Petersak.

The street stock heats went to Jimmy Smith, Greg Brewer and Jim Quinn. Chris Dick won the feature over Jimmy Smith and Brett Lessen

Modified heat winners were Nick Neville, Lance Dehm, Denny Schwartz and Scott Bull. Kyle Byerline won the semi feature.

Lance Dehm jumped out to the early lead in the feature, but Schwartz took the lead and lead the rest of the way, followed by Dehm, and ninth place starter McKay Wenger. unofficial finish: Schwartz, Lance Dehm, McKay Wenger, Scott Bull, Derrick Neville, Roben Huffman, Rob Fuqua, Brian Lynn, Matt Goulden, Kyle Byerline, Marty Hiser and Jerry Huffman.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
August 5, 2005
 

Thirty two late models took time trials for the 30 lap, $2000 to win feature Friday night. With a total of 184 cars on hand in five classes, it was going to be a very long night. Dennis Erb Jr turned in fast time, won his heat and won his feature. The first heat went to Erb Jr, chased by Kevin Weaver, Joe Harlan and Richie Hedrick. The second heat went to Eric Smith over Steve Sheppard Jr, Darren Friedman and Jimmy Felker Jr. The third heat was a barn burner with Jason Feger finally winning out over Billy Drake, Wes Steidinger and Joe Ross Jr. The fourth heat went to Mark Anderson over Roger Long who passed both Chris Dick and Jr Shickel on the final lap. The semi feature went to Frank Heckenast Jr over Kyle Logue and Mike Mullvain. By feature time the track was rubbered from top to bottom with passing at a premium. Erb led all 30 laps with Kevin Weaver, Eric Smith, Steve Sheppard Jr and Mark Anderson.
unofficial finish: Dennis Erb Jr, Kevin Weaver, Eric Smith, Steve Sheppard Jr, Mark Anderson, Joe Harlan, Jason Feger, Chris Dick, Wes Steidinger, Darren Friedman all on the lead lep. One lap down was Jimmy Felker Jr, Shane Allen, Frank Heckenast Jr and Mike Mullvain. DNF was Joe Ross Jr, Richie Hedrick, Roger Long, Jr Shickel, Kyle Logue and Billy Drake.
Fifty modifieds were on hand for the 25 lap, $1000 to win feature with Nick Neville turning in fast time. Heats went Nick Neville, Kyle Byerline, Jay Ledford, Scott Bull, Jeff Leka, and Denny Schwartz. The semis went to Cory Schwengel and Lance Dehm. The exciting feature saw Denny Schwartz jump to an early lead, with Leka, Byerline Bachman, Bull and Wenger fighting it out for second place. With six laps to go, Scott Bull passed Schwartz and went on to win his first Farmer City feature. He was followed to the checkers by Matt Bachman, McKay Wenger, Jeff Leka, Matt Goulden, Lance Dehm, Marty Hiser, Jerry Huffman, Aaron Burcham, Jay Ledford and Nick Neville. Schwartz and Byerline were still in the running for second at the white flag, but wrecked on the final turn and neither finished the race.

Street stock heats went to Brett Lessen, Jeff Myers, and Jimmy Smith with Lenny Summers taking the semi feature.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
July 22, 2005

Twenty four drivers came to do battle Friday night, and battle they did. Mike Mullvain fired the first shot with fast time at 13.352, then winning his heat race over Richie Hedrick and Jr Shickel. Second heat went to Eric Smith over Steve Sheppard Jr and Tim O'Donnell. The third heat went to Jason Feger over Donnie Walden and Gary May. The semi feature went to Snooky Dehm over Bruce White.

The feature started with Mike Mullvain on the point but Richie Hedrick was past him by the second lap. Hedrick had things going his way until lap 18 when Steve Sheppard Jr caught him and then the real battle began. The duo would swap the lead, and a fair amount of paint at least once every lap until the white flag lap. Sheppard had taken the white flag in front, then got turned around in turn one. Hedrick was told to go the rear, while Sheppard got his lead position back. Hedrick then left the track, the race restarted and Sheppard Jr won the feature with high flying Jason Feger passing Jr Shickel off turn four to end up second.
unofficial finish:
5s Steve Sheppard Jr, 25 Jason Feger, S10 Jr Shickel, 9 Eric Smith, 45 Gary May, 1W Donnie Walden, 4 Mike Mullvain, 35 Derek Rossio, 89 Darren Friedman, 43 Richard Peddycoart, T33 Tim O'Donnell, 00 Snooky Dehm, 95 Frank Shickel Sr.

The street stock feature had $500 going to the winner, sponsored by Jim Quinn Towing. Heats went to Brett Lessen over Jim Quinn, Jeff Byers over Steve Brandt Sr, and Chris Dick. Jeremy Nichols won the semi feature. Brett Lessen won the feature, with Jeremy Nichols using the high side to finish second, with Chris Dick, Jimmy Smith and Terry Miller rounding out the top five.

The sportsman also put on quite a show, with Greg Kimmons and Brian Dennio winning heats. The feature went to Mike Petersak over Kimmons and Dennio.

The modified class saw Lance Dehm set a new track record in time trials at 14.473 seconds.
Heat race finishes:
1st heat....Lance Dehm, Nick Neville, Todd Bennett, Rick Weekly
2nd heat....Jeff Leka, Derrick Neville, Scott Bull, Marty Hiser
3rd heat....Randy Huffman, Kyle Logue, Larry Bunning, Matt Wilson
feature....Jeff Leka, Lance Dehm, Randy Huffman, Derrick Neville, Rick Weekly, Scott Bull, Larry Bunning, Nick Neville, Marty Hiser, Al Crawley, Todd Bennett, Matt Wilson, Cory Schwengel, Wes O'Dell, Matt Goulden
 

there was a total of 106 cars in the pits....complete program done at 10:45
 

Farmer City Raceway
Farmer City IL
July 8, 2005
 

Farmer City Raceway
Farmer City IL
July 1, 2005

The UMP Summernationals came to town Friday night, with a total of 51 late models on hand. Billy Drake turned in the fastest time at 13.297 seconds. The nine car traditional summernational dash went to Shannon Babb over Don O'Neal, Dennis Erb Jr, Jimmy Mars, Billy Drake, Rodney Melvin, Randy Korte, Roger Long and Brian Birkhofer. Birkhofer and Long had tangled on the original start, with Birkhofer retiring with a flat tire. The dash set the front three rows of the feature with Babb and O'Neal on the front row. Three more were taken from each of the four heat races, with Randy Korte winning the first one over Brian Shirley and Wes Steidinger. The second heat went to Joe Ross Jr with a pass of Roger Long at the checkered flag, with Richie Hedrick coming in third. The third heat was a real barn burner with Ryan Dauber holding off the charges of Brian Birkhofer an Kevin Weaver. The fourth and final heat went to eighth place starter John Gill over Joe Harlan and Jr Shickel. The semi feature winners also advanced, adding Darren Miller and Mark Voigt to the feature. The UMP series provisional went to Jeep Van Wormer.
The feature was led the entire 40 laps by Don O'Neal, but the challengers were never far behind. Early in the race, Dennis Erb Jr got past Shannon Babb for second, and stayed there the entire race, several times challenging O'Neal amidst lapped traffic. They ran the whole forty laps with no yellow flags being thrown.
unofficial finish: 40 laps....71 Don O'Neal, 28 Dennis Erb Jr, 18 Shannon Babb, 28 Jimmy Mars, 27 Rodney Melvin, 00 Randy Korte, 0 Richie Hedrick, 9 Billy Drake, 75 John Gill, 3s Brian Shirley, 15B Brian Birkhofer, 1 Wes Steidinger ....39laps....15 Joe Ross Jr, 32D Darren Miller, B12 Kevin Weaver, S10 Jr Shickel....dnf....64 Ryan Dauber, 55 Jeep Van Wormer, Z Joe Harlan, 36 Roger Long, 30 Mark Voigt
 

heat 1
Randy Korte, Brian Shirley, Wes Steidinger, Darren Miller, Jason Feger, Ed Barth, Cody Bauman, Shane Allen, Johnny Johnson, Bruce White....dnf...Steve Sheppard Jr....dns...Roger Brickler
heat 2
Joe Ross Jr, Roger Long, Richie Hedrick, Mark Voigt, Jeep Van Wormer, Brady Smith, Darren Friedman, Donnie Walden, Patrick Sheltra....dnf....Lisa Shickel, Don Cisco III
heat 3
Ryan Dauber, Brian Birkhofer, Kevin Weaver, Gary May, Chris Dick, Jay Sparks, George Bland, Jeremy Conaway, Tim O'Donnell, Butch Smith, Corey Rolfe
heat 4
John Gill, Joe Harlan, Jr Shickel, Eric Smith, Mike Mullvain, Wally Emerson, Derek Rossie, #007
semi 1
Darren Miller, Jason Feger, Chris Dick, Gary May, Cody Bauman, Johnny Johnson, Shane Allen, Tim O'Donnell, Roger Brickler, George Bland, Corey Rolfe, Bruce White
semi 2
Mark Voigt, Brady Smith, Jeep Van Wormer, Darren Friedman, Donnie Walden, Eric Smith, Mike Mullvain, Patrick Sheltra, Rich Haley

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
June 24, 2005
 

The summer heat has been turned up and so has the racing action at Farmer City Raceway. With one week left before the UMP Summernationals, the late model drivers turned out strong, with 32 on hand and Mike Mullvain taking fast time honors. Heats went to Mullvain over Eric Smith, Roger Long over Donnie Walden, Ed Barth over Rod Sandage, and Joe Ross Jr over Michael Bradley. The semi went to Steve Sheppard Jr over RJ Gall. Polesitter Mike Mullvain jumped out to an early lead over Roger Long, with Ross, Barth Eric Smith and Donnie Walden all in a tight pack. After two quick spins, the running order was Long, Mullvain, Smith, and tenth place starter Richie Hedrick. Hedrick made a run for the lead and after running several laps side by side with Long, took the top spot away and took the checkers.
unofficial finish:
0 Richie Hedrick, 36 Roger Long, 4 Mike Mullvain, 9 Eric Smith, Z Joe Harlan, 1w Donnie Walden, 7M Michael Bradley, 89 Darren Friedman, 27G RJ Gall, 45 Gary May.
The hornet features were won by John Smith and Shane Garrison.
The Street stock feature went to Jeremy Nichols over Chris Dick and Terry Miller.
The Sportsman feature was won by Jeb Friedman over Nick Macklin and Darrell Dick
The Modified class had to run the rained out feature from June 10. That feature was a hot contest with Jeff Leka winning over Denny Schwartz, Scott Bull, Derrick Neville, Randy Huffman, Roben Huffman and Marty Hiser.
The regular show heats were won by Jeff Leka, Lance Dehm, Larry Bunning and Denny Schwartz. The regular show feature was almost a repeat of the first feature, with Leka and Schwartz showing why they are at the top of the UMP national point standings. Schwartz took almost all of the race to get around Leka for the win, with Lance Dehm motoring home to third place. Derrick Neville, Larry Bunning, Wes O'Dell and Scott Bull rounded out the top seven finishers.
There were a total of 146 cars in the pits.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
June 17, 2005

With double features on hand for late models and sportsman classes due to rain outs last week, fans were treated to several surprises. First of all was the fact that the regular price at the front gate stayed at $10. The next surprise was the huge car turnout, with 32 late models. The promoters earlier in the week also put up an extra $500 to the late model drivers if the same driver won both features, and $200 to the sportsman to win both features. The fans were treated to heat races with 3 and 4 wide racing being common. Fast time for late models went to Dennis Erb Jr with Jeff Leka the fastest of the 40 modifieds. Late model heats went to Erb Jr over Joe Harlan, Jason Feger over Kyle Logue, Brian Shirley over Roger Long and Richie Hedrick over Chris Dick. The semi went to Matt Taylor over Darren Friedman. The make up feature saw the first repeat winner of the year, with Dennis Erb Jr winning a race long battle over Brian Shirley. The duo swapped the lead several times, and ran side by side many laps. Kevin Weaver finished third with Eric Smith and Richie Hedrick rounding out the top five.
unofficial finish:

28 Dennis Erb, Jr
3s Brian Shirley
B12 Kevin Weaver
9 Eric Smith
0 Richie Hedrick
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
36 Roger Long
4 Mike Mullvain
Z Joe Harlan
25 Jason Feger
The regular feature saw Erb and Jason Feger start on the front row. Erb jumped out to a sizable lead at the start, but by lap 5, Brian Shirley had run him down and as he put pressure on him for the lead, Erb had the misfortune of having his right front tire blow on him, and he retired for the evening. Shirley led the rest of the distance becoming the second repeat winner of the season, with Hedrick chasing him down at the end. Jason Feger rebounded for a third place finish with Sheppard and Harlan filling out the top five.
unofficial finish:

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
June 10, 2005

The rains came before the features could get run on Friday night. With 31 late models on hand, Roger Long came away with fast time at 13.18 seconds. The first heat was a great battle between two former track champs and former teammates Long and Kevin Weaver, with the duo running side by side the entire distance and Long taking the checkers over Weaver and Jr Shickel. The second heat went to Brian Shirley over Mike Mullvain and Eric Smith. The third heat went to Dennis Erb Jr over Steve Sheppard Jr and Chris Dick. Joe Harlan won the semi feature over Cody Bauman and Derek Rossio.
The modified class saw Denny Schwartz turning in fast time over Jeff Leka with 38 cars on hand. Heats went to Kelly Kovski over Denny Schwartz, Jeff Leka over Todd Kirkland, Derrick Neville over Jay Ledford and Mackay Wenger over Jeffrey Curl. The first semi went to Scott Bull over Marty Hiser and the second semi went to Wes O'Dell over Al Crawley.
Street Stock heats went to Chris Dick and Chris Tackett with Jeff Byers winning the semi.

Sportsman heats went to Nick Macklin and Jeff Chandler. The first four laps of the feature were run before the rains came and washed out the evening. Nick Macklin was leading with Chandler, Greg Timmons and Billy Nail running hard for the lead.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
June 3, 2005
 

Bartonville's Mike Mullvain became the seventh different winner in seven races for 2005. Eric Smith turned in fast time of the 28 late models on hand at 13.11 seconds. First heat race went to Smith over Jr Shickel and Roger Brickler. Second heat went to Mike Mullvain over Joe Harlan and Chris Dick. The third heat went to Matt Taylor over Steve Sheppard Jr and Richie Hedrick. The semi feature was won by Canton's Bobby Allen over Cody Bauman and Rod Sandage. While Mullvain took off in the feature and started lapping the backmarkers, it was otherwise a very competitive feature, as Richie Hedrick drove his way from ninth to a second place finish over Steve Sheppard Jr, Matt Taylor, and Eric Smith.
Unofficial finish:

4 Mike Mullvain
0 Richie Hedrick
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
3L Matt Taylor
9 Eric Smith
S10 Jr Shickel
Z Joe Harlan
89 Darren Friedman
45 Gary May
24 laps
82 Roger Brickler
24 Ryan Unzicker
32 Tom Thoennes
1W Donnie Walden
T33 Tim O'Donnell
192 Brian Allen
4 Cody Bauman
37 Rod Sandage
dnf
292 Bobby Allen
F15 Jeremy Conaway
18 of the 20 starters were still running at the finish, with 8 of the top nine former late model winners at this old fairgrounds raceway.
The street stock feature was a wild event with the top four finishers changing positions several times the whole race, with Terry Miller taking the win over Chris Dick, Jim Quinn and Brett Lessen.
The Sportsman class saw heats being won by Billy Nail, Jeff Chandler and Nick Macklin with Jeb Freidman taking the semi feature. In another wild, lead changing event, Darrell Dick finally won out over Nick Macklin, Greg Timmons, Billy Nail, Jeb Freidman and E Ernest Dodd.
The modifieds field was down a bit in size at only 35, but the action was hot and heavy all night long. Fast time went to Kyle Byerline with a new track record at 14.57. The first heat was a great side by side show with Jim Leka besting Byerline. Heat two went to Matt Goulden over Roben Huffman. Heat three went to Jeff Leka over Randy Huffman with the fourth heat going to Kelly Kouski in another great side by side race with Derrick Neville. The first semi feature went to Larry Bunning over Al Crawley. The second semi went to Gerald Baier over Abe Helfand. The feature was apparently a slight runaway with Jeff Leka starting third and leading every lap. While he got a bit of a lead, the action behind him saw Al Crawley, starting nineteenth, get tangled with Byerline early. The whole right side of Crawley's car was torn off, but he rallied and passed his way to second place. Nineteen of the twenty starters were still running at the finish, with Jim Leka third, Scott Bull, and Randy Huffman rounding out the top five.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
May 27, 2005

Thanks to Ryan Offermann for the results.
Michael Bradley of Paris, IL came to Farmer City Friday night and for the first time, came home with the feature win. Heats went to Eric Smith over Matt Taylor, Michael Bradley over Jr Shickel, Mike Mullvain over Wes Steidinger and Brian Shirley over Jason Feger. The semi went to Daren Friedman over Donnie Walden. At the checkers, it was Bradley over Eric Smith, Mike Mullvain, Jr Shickel and Brian Shirley rounding out the top five. Bradley became the sixth different winner in six races so far in 2005 by besting the 33 other drivers present.
For the third week in a row, Denny Schwartz won the modified feature over Kyle Byerline and Jim Leka.

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
May 20, 2005

Thirty Three late model drivers showed up at Farmer City for the $3000 to win, $200 to start 30 lap feature. Extra money was put up by some area fans and sponsors as a way of thanking the drivers who put on such a great show last week. Brian Shirley came home the victor, making him the fifth different winner in five races for the season. Behind Shirley, way behind, was Billy Drake, points leader Eric Smith, Kevin Weaver and Matt Taylor. Fast time went to Eric Smith at 13.19 seconds. Heats were all three groove affairs with the first heat going to Smith over Joe Harlan, Wes Steidinger and Patrick Sheltra. Second heat went to Brian Shirley over Billy Drake, Mike Mullvain and Jay Sparks. The final heat went to Ryan Dauber over Kevin Weaver, Jr Shickel and Matt Taylor. The semi feature went to Richie Hedrick over Shannon Reed, RJ Gall and Chris Dick.
Official Feature Finish (per Ryan Offermann)
1. 3s Brian Shirley
2. 9 Billy Drake
3. 9 Eric Smith
4. B12 Kevin Weaver
5. 3L Matt Taylor
6. 1 Wes Steidinger
7. 64 Ryan Dauber
8. S10 Junior Shickel
9. 4 Mike Mullvain
10. 5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
11. 7m Michael Bradley
12. 25 Jason Feger
13. 0 Richie Hedrick
14. Z Joe Harlan
15. 7 Jay Sparks (-1 Lap)
16. 23 Patrick Sheltra (-1 Lap)
17. 1w Donny Walden (-1 Lap)
18. 21R Shannon Reed (-1 Lap)
19. 1 Kyle Logue (-1 Lap)
20. T33 Tim O'Donnell (DNF)

In the sportsman class, Billy Nail and Greg Timmons won the heats with Nail winning the feature.
Forty three drivers showed up for the modified class for and advertised $750 to win, extra money again put up by local fans and sponsors, but that amount quickly grew to be $1000 to win show, and a great show it was. Heats went to Denny Schwartz, Matt Goulden, Scott Bull and Jeff Leka. All four heats were three wide races. The semis went to Don Kiger over Nick Neville and Roben Huffman, with the second semi going to Ken Miracle over Bill Gianetti and Kyle Byerline. The feature went to Denny Schwartz, with Jeff Leka on his tail the entire twenty laps. The pair were followed to the checkers by Scott Bull, #41 Mullins?, Lance Dehm and Jim Leka.
There were 154 cars in the pits tonight.

official results, again, thanks to Ryan Offermann
Modified
Heat 1
1) 21s Denny Schwartz 2) D1 Lance Dehm 3) 33D Derek
Neville 4) H2O Jim Leka 5) 33H Roben Huffman 6) 01 Don
Kiger 7) 99 Bill Gray 8.) 11R Ed Roley 9) 14 Dean
Rhoden 10) J16 Jason Lakey 11) B3 Terry Barker

Heat 2
1) 11G Matt Goulden 2) 1G Rocky Griffin 3) 1 Floyd
Jordan 4) 7L Jay Ledford 5) 12m Ken Miracle 6) 8
Jerold Meier 7) 11 Kyle Byerline 8.) X1 Dave Sandage
9) 55 Brian Dunn 10) 03 Cory Schwengel 11) 42 McKay
Wenger

Heat 3
1) 83 Scott Bull 2) G1 Gabe Menser 3) 5H Randy Huffman
4) 111 Larry Bunning 5) 32N Nick Neville 6) 23 Marty
Hiser 7) 132T Matt Wilson 8.) 2C Randy Clovis 9) c12
Jeff Curl 10) 29w Blake Walters 11) 77 Abe Helfand

Heat 4
1) 3L Jeff Leka 2) 41m Brent Mullins 3) 72 Brian Lynn
4) 11B Blake Buchholz 5) 17 Bill Giannetti 6) 44 Aaron
Burcham 7) 2H Rick Hamilton 8.) 23P Terry Pearson 9)
J66 Jim Howard 10) 95 Aaron Ricketts

Consy 1
1) 01 Don Kiger 2) 32N Nick Neville 3) 33H Roben
Huffman 4) 23 Marty Hiser 5) 99 Bill Gray 6) 11R Ed
Roley 7) 12T Matt Wilson 8.) J16 Jason Lakey 9) c12
Jeff Curl 10) 77 Abe Helfand 11) 14 Dean Rhoden 12) 2C
Randy Clovis 13) 29w Blake Walters 14) B3 Terry Barker

Consy 2
1) 12m Ken Miracle 2) 17 Bill Giannetti 3) 11 Kyle
Byerline 4) X1 Dave Sandage 5) 2H Rick Hamilton 6) 95
Aaron Ricketts 7) 23P Terry Pearson 8.) 55 Brian Dunn
9)8 Jerold Meier 10) 44 Aaron Burcham 11) J66 Jim
Howard 12) 42 McKay Wenger 13) 03 Cory Schwengel

Official Feature Finish
1) 21s Denny Schwartz  2) 3L Jeff Leka  3) 83 Scott
Bull  4) 41m Brent Mullins  5) D1 Lance Dehm  6) H20
Jim Leka  7) G1 Gabe Menser  8.) 72 Brian Lynn  9) 1G
Rocky Griffin  10) 5H Randy Huffman  11) 33D Derek
Neville  12) 1 Floyd Jordan  13) 11G Matt Goulden  14)
32N Nick Neville  15) 17 Bill Giannetti  16) 12m Ken
Miracle  17) 7L Jay Ledford  18.) 111 Larry Bunning
19) 11B Blake Buchholz  20) 01 Don Kiger


Late Model
1) 9 Eric Smith 2) Z Joe Harlan 3) 1 Wes Steidinger 4)
23 Patrick Sheltra 5) T33 Tim O'Donnell 6) 5s Steve
Sheppard Jr. 7) 21R Shannon Reed 8.) 0 Richie Hedrick
9) 35 Derek Chandler 10) 17B Matt Beadles 11) 95 Frank
Shickel Sr.

Heat 2
1) 3s Brian Shirley 2) 9 Billy Drake 3) 4 Mike
Mullvain 4) 7 Jay Sparks 5) 7m Michael Bradley 6) 1
Kyle Logue 7) 24 Ryan Unzicker 8.) 22 Chris D!ck 9)
F15 Jeremy Conaway 10) 20 Ed Barth 11) 35 Derrek
Rossio

Heat 3
1) 64 Ryan Dauber 2) B12 Kevin Weaver 3) S10 Junior
Shickel 4) 3L Matt Taylor 5) 25 Jason Feger 6) 1w
Donny Walden 7) 27G RJ Gall 8.) DC3 Don Cisco 9) 61JR
Bruce White 10) 90 Flip Shickel 11) 89 Daren Friedman
(DNS)

Consy
1) 0 Richie Hedrick 2) 21R Shannon Reed 3) 27G RJ Gall
4) 22 Chris D!ck 5) 35 Derek Chandler 6) 17B Matt
Beadles 7) 35 Derrek Rossio 8.) 20 Ed Barth 9) 90 Flip
Shickel 10) 61JR Bruce White 11) DC3 Don Cisco 12) 95
Frank Shickel Sr. 13) F15 Jeremy Conaway 14) 24 Ryan
Unzicker 15) 89 Daren Friedman (DNS)

Official Feature Finish
1) 3s Brian Shirley  2) 9 Billy Drake  3) 9 Eric Smith
 4) B12 Kevin Weaver  5) 3L Matt Taylor  6) 1 Wes
Steidinger  7)64 Ryan Dauber  8.) S10 Junior Shickel
9) 4 Mike Mullvain  10) 5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
11) 7m Michael Bradley  12) 25 Jason Feger  13) 0
Richie Hedrick  14) Z Joe Harlan  15) 7 Jay Sparks(-1
Lap)  16) 23 Patrick Sheltra(-1 Lap)  17) 1w Donny
Walden(-1 Lap)  18.) 21R Shannon Reed(-1 Lap)  19) 1
Kyle Logue(-1 Lap)  20) T33 Tim O'Donnell(DNF)

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
May 13, 2005

It was D & J Trailers night at Farmer City Raceway with the Deland based trailer sales sponsoring the show. Thirty six late models showed up to do battle. Brian Shirley turned in fast time at 13.46 seconds. The first heat went to Shirley over Dennis Erb Jr, Wes Steidinger and Matt Taylor. Second heat went to Mike Mullvain over Joe Harlan, Jason Feger, and Steve Sheppard Jr. The third heat was a wild affair, three and sometimes four wide with the win going to Michael Bradley over Justin Allgaier with Kevin Weaver and Billy Drake all within two car lengths of the checkered flag. The final heat went to Ryan Dauber over Kyle Logue, Eric Smith and Jay Sparks. The semi features went to Chris Dick over Donnie Walden, and Jr Shickel over his dad, Frank Shickel Sr.
The feature event started with Shirley taking the early lead, with Mullvain, Bradley and Erb on his tail. Erb won out over the others, challenging for the lead by lap 5 and taking the lead one lap later. The duo then swapped the lead several times the next few laps, still running side by side on lap 11. Erb then powered his way out front and was not headed the rest of the way. Erb was followed to the checkers by Shirley. The race of the night was for third, as Steve Sheppard Jr, after starting 14th, had worked his way past Allgaier and Mullvain, triggering off a three way battle. As the checkers were flying for Erb, Allgaier used a slick outside move to advance from fifth to third at the flag.
unofficial finish:
28 Dennis Erb Jr
3s Brian Shirley
1A Justin Allgaier
4 Mike Mullvain
5s Steve Sheppard Jr started 14th
64 Ryan Dauber
7M Michael Bradley
Z Joe Harlan
S10 Jr Shickel started 18th
9 Eric Smith
B12 Kevin Weaver
9 Billy Drake
25 Jason Feger
3L Matt Taylor
1 Wes Steidinger
The sportsman saw heats go to Nick Macklin and Billy Nail with the feature going to Greg Timmons over Macklin and Nail, all who led the race at least once.
The street stock heat races went to Brett Lessen and Jim Quinn, with Lessen winning the feature over Chris Dick, a race which included at least 10 lead changes between the two.
The modified heat races went to Jeff Leka, Gary Cook Jr, Gerald Baier and Denny Schwartz. The semis were won by Roben Huffman and Rocky Griffin. The feature was a great battle, with Leka, Cook and Schwartz occupying the front three spots. Leka led the first five laps, then Cook led four lap, with Leka retaking the lead for two more laps while all the time, Schwartz was trying to get past both of them. The final eight laps was a barn burner, as leka and Schwartz battled it out, with Leka being handed his first defeat of the season. Finishing behind Schwartz and Leka were a very close Roben Huffman, who came from winning a semi, and Nick Neville, with Kelly Kouski, Gerald Baier and Scott Bull rounding out the top seven finishers.
There were a total of 106 cars on hand with all racing action completed before 11 pm

May 6, 2005

Thirty one late models showed up for the weekly show at Farmer City Friday night. Steve Hillard of Sadorus, trying out some 'goofy setups,' won his first feature win of the year. Mike Mullvain of Bartonville turned in fast time at 13.58 seconds. Heats are now staggered, and all three heats had plenty of three wide racing, with the first heat going to Hillard over Mullvain and Kyle Logue. Second heat went to Steve Sheppard, Jr over Donnie Walden and Joe Harlan. The third heat went to point leader Eric Smith over Jr Shickel and Michael Bradley. The semi feature went to Jason Feger over Jason Cleaver and Darin Friedman and Don Cisco III.
Hillard took off with the lead at the green flag and never gave it up. The first few laps saw challenges from Mullvain, Jr Shickel, Sheppard and Smith. At the checkers, Hillard was followed by Smith, Jr Shickel, Steve Sheppard Jr and Joe Harlan. The top five finishers are all second generation drivers.

unofficial finish:

The action at Farmer City Raceway heated up like the dog days of Summer on this cool April night. Twenty Seven late model drivers came to take home the feature win. After the time trials, track record holder Ryan Dauber ended up with fast time of 13.24 seconds. Heats went to Dauber over Benton, KY's Terry English, Joe Harlan and Steve Sheppard, Jr. Second heat went to Darin Friedman over Corey Turner, Joe Ross Jr and Jay Sparks. The third heat went to last week's feature winner Eric Smith over Matt Taylor, Donnie Walden and Steve Lance, Jr. Tim O'Donnell topped Ryan Unzicker for the semi-feature win. Feature time started with Ryan Dauber taking the early lead, surviving several yellow flags in the first 15 laps. But by lap 11, Joe Ross Jr had worked his way from his eighth place starting spot to take over second and set his sights on the leader, pulling alongside Dauber on lap 15, just as another caution came out. As they went to restart the race, Dauber went pitside with steering problems, handing the lead to Ross Jr. By lap 20, Matt Taylor had decided it was time for a win, and for the next three laps, Taylor and Ross Jr went side by side, with Taylor taking the lead for good just before the white flag came out. Taylor was followed to the checkers by Ross Jr, Joe Harlan, Terry English, who had fallen as far back as ninth, and Eric Smith rounding out the top five.
unofficial finish:
3L Matt Taylor
15 Joe Ross, Jr
Z Joe Harlan
96 Terry English
9 Eric Smith
1W Donnie Walden
89 Darin Friedman
17 Corey Turner
7 Jay Sparks
24 Ryan Unzicker
37 Rod Sandage
T33 Tim O'Donnell
25 Steve Lance, Jr.
The Sportsman class had Billy Nail and Steve Ewing winning heats, with Nail again winning the feature over Nick Macklin.
The Modified class also put on a great show for the fans, with heats going to Lance Dehm over Randy Huffman, Kyle Byerline over Gary Cook, Jr, and Jeff Leka over Nick Neville. The semi went to Jay Ledford over Brian Lynn. The modified feature had as much or more excitement as the late models. Randy Huffman took the initial lead, with third place starter Leka taking over on the second lap. Leka led until lap six, when he spun to the infield, never stopping, in sixth place. All eyes in the place were on him, as he took the low side in turns 1 and 2 and put his right rear against the wall in 3 and 4. While he was doing this, lap after lap, Kyle Byerline gave up the lead to Gary Cook Jr, but as they came around for the checkers, Leka muscled all he had and put his car in front for the very exciting feature win.

There were 44 hornets and 27 streetstocks also on the program bringing the car count to 144, with the first 3 features, listed above, finished at 10:20 pm

the following thanks to Ryan Offermann
Heat 1
1. 64 Ryan Dauber
2. 96 Terry English
3. Z Joe Harlan
4. 5s Steve Sheppard
5. 22 Eric Dauber
6. 12 Randy Myers
7. c4 Jason Cleaver
8. 15 Lisa Shickel
9. F15 Jeremy Conaway

Heat 2
1. 89 Daren Friedman
2. 17 Corey Turner
3. 15 Joe Ross Jr.
4. 7 Jay Sparks
5. S10 Junior Shickel
6. T33 Tim Odonnell
7. 4 Cody Bauman
8. 61JR Bruce White

Heat 3
1. 9 Eric Smith
2. 3L Matt Taylor
3. 1W Donny Walden
4. 25 Steve Lance Jr.
5. 37 Rod Sandage
6. 95 Frank Shickel Sr.
7. 24 Ryan Unzicker
8. 70 John Rhoads
9. F13

Consy
1. T33 Odonnell
2. 24 Unzicker
3. 12 Myers
4. 95 Shickel Sr.
5. 4 Bauman
6. c4 Cleaver
7. 61Jr White
8. F15 Conaway
9. 79 Rhoads
10. F13
11. 15 L. Shickel

Unofficial Feature Finish
1. 3L Taylor
2. 15 Ross Jr.
3. Z Harlan
4. 96 English
5. 9 Smith
6. 1w Walden
7. 89 Friedman
8. 17 Turner
9. 7 Sparks
10. 24 Unzicker
11. 37 Sandage
12. T33 Odonnell
13. 25 Lance Jr.
14. 22 E. Dauber
15. 4 Bauman
16. 95 F. Shickel Sr.
17. 5s Sheppard
18. 64 R. Dauber
19. 12 Myers
20. S10 Shickel Jr.
 

Farmer City Raceway (IL)
April 8, 2005

There was the dawn of a new race season and the dawn of the new promotion team Friday night at Farmer City Raceway. The Hammer family, known officially as TruSpeed Inc., put on the first show of their career, and 92 drivers and a good crowd came out to support them. The Late Model feature went to Eric Smith over Ryan Dauber. Although Smith led all the laps, Dauber would run him down, but just could not make the pass.
Eric Smith had fast time at 13.39 on the very smooth track, with Dauber turning in the exact same time. Heats went to Smith over Jeb Friedman and Jr Shickel with the second heat going to Dauber over Rohn Moon and Donnie Walden. All 20 late models started the feature with Smith holding off Dauber, Jr Shickel, Rohn Moon, and Steve Sheppard Jr rounding out the top five.

unofficial finish
9 Eric Smith
64 Ryan Dauber
S10 Jr Shickel
56 Rohn Moon
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
7M Michael Bradley
17 Corey Turner
24 Ryan Unzicker
1w Donnie Walden
37 Rod Sandage
T33 Tim O'Donnell
Sportsman heats went to Billy Nail and Nick Macklin. Nail won the feature, with Macklin trying everything he could to get around, finally spinning out on the last lap.
Street stock heats went to Jim Farley and Scott Piper.
The modified class had the best car count with 34 on hand. Heats went to Kyle Logue, Jeff Leka, and Jammie Wilson. Semi was won by Kyle Byerline. The feature event went to race long leader Jeff Leka with Scott Bull, Derrick Neville, Jim Leka, and Randy Huffman rounding out the top five.