Macon, IL.

September 24, 2005

 

Geno Kalb crowned 4 Cylinder Dirt Track World Champion at the Mighty Macon Speedway!

 

An all time record car count of 147 cars invaded the Mighty MACON SPEEDWAY on Saturday Sept. 24th for the 2nd Annual 4 Cylinder Dirt Track World Championship! This was the highest single night car count in the history of the Midwest speedplant!

 

A heartfelt THANK YOU from MIDWEST SPEED, Inc., organizer of the event,  to all those drivers and fans who despite high priced gas and threatening weather made the trek to be a part of the season ending extravaganza!

 

Four first time Midwest Speed Extravaganza winners were crowned at the 2nd Annual 4 Cylinder DIrt Track World Championship with Geno Kalb of Peoria taking the honors along with the 7' winners trophy and the $1,000 paycheck for his efforts, besting a field of 68 cars in the process!

 

The modified division was topped by Marty Hiser, with 2005 Macon Speedway champions taking the wins in their respective classes with Greg Kimmons taking the sportsman event and Larry "Bub" Russell taking the street stock portion of the race card.

 

Street Stock 32 cars

Heat 1: 1. Steve Ewing 2. Roger Boarman 3. Dave Echols 4. Randy Meyers

Heat 2: 1. Jeremy Nichols 2. Terry Reed 3. J.D. Smith 4. Roy Magee

Heat 3: 1. Blake Shelly 2. Larry Russell 3. Shad Eskew 4. Broadfield

Dash: 1. Jeremy Nichols 2. Travis Wallbaum 3. Blake Shelly 4. Larry Russell 5. Roger Boarman 6. Terry Reed

Consi: 1. Mike Pickering 2. Donald Beyers 3. Travis Wallbaum 4. John Brockhouse 5. Chuck Provenzano

Feature 1. Rusell 2. Nichols 3. Boarman 4. Pickering 5. Eskew 6. Reed 7. Beyers 8. Broadfield 9. Wallbaum 10. Brockhouse 11. Smith 12. Meyers 13. Echols 14. Magee 15. Shelly 16. Ewing

 

Sportsman 18 cars

Heat 1: 1. Bill Knebel 2. Greg Kimmons 3. Shawn Eskew 4. Darrel Dick

Heat 2: 1. Dennis VanDerMeersch 2. Mike Pickering 3. Scott Landers 4. Chris Feiler

Dash: 1. VanDerMeersch 2. Kimmons 3. Knebel 4. Landers 5. Pickering

Feature: 1. Kimmons 2. Knebel 3. Wes O'Dell 4. Landers 5. Eskew 6. Jeff Moe 7. Dave Crawley 8. Tom Graham 9. Feiler 10. Tim McGlothlin 11. Todd Smith 12. Ernest Dodd 13. Pickering 14. Shane Tomlin 15. Kenny Hayes 16. Dick 17. VanDerMeersch 18. Travis Martin

 

Modified 29 Cars

Heat 1. 1.Al Crawley 2. Jeff Ray 3. Dick Taylor 4. Kelly Kovski

Heat 2: 1. Marty Hiser 2. Steve Shaw 3. Mark Tullis 4. Scott Jones

Heat 3: 1. Shawn Bohm 2. Brad Crosby 3. Kyle Logue 4. Todd Kirkland

Heat 4: 1. Ed Roley 2. Wes O'Dell 3. Micky Blankenship 4. Andrew Barnes

Dash: 1. Hiser 2. Crawley 3. Ray 4. Crosby 5. O'Dell 6. Roley 7. Bohm 8. Shaw

Feature: 1. Hiser 2. Crawley 3. Ray 4. Leka 5. Crosby 6. Roley 7. Kovski 8. O'Dell 9. Kirkland 10. Blankenship 11. Bohm 12. Jason Fletcher 13. Logue 14. Taylor 15. Tullis 16. Shaw

 

Hornet 68 Cars

Heat 1: John Grubb 2. Charlie Aldertson 3. Mike Moorse 4. Darrell McDowell

Heat 2: Tony Dunkley 2. Scott Hottman 3. Geno Kalb 4. Stephanie Eskew

Heat 3: 1. John Meyers 2. Justin Shaw 3. Brian Devers 4. Chase Woods

Heat 4: 1. Tom Eskew 2. Chris WIlliams 3. Bruce Dulgar 4. J.R. Eskew

Heat 5: 1. Matt Turley 2. Rich Mueller 3. Kenny Cordes 4. Tony Tidwell

Heat 6: 1. David Reed 2. Bobby Eskew 3. Lance Johnson 4. Al Upchurch

Heat 7: 1. Tom Sidener 2. Nick Knebel 3. Rob Eilers 4. Troy Ring

Heat 8. Rob Shaw 2. Todd Murphy 3. Joe Zrostlik

Consi 1: 1. Kalb 2. Unzicker

Consi 2: 1. J.R. Eskew 2. Russell Eilers

Consi 3: 1. Cordes 2. Tidwell

Consi 4: 1. Zrostlik 2. Ryan Eilers

Feature 1. Kalb 2. Turley 3. Tidwell 4. Ryan Eilers 5. J.R. Eskew 6. Cordes 7. Murphy 8. Dunkley 9. Unzicker 10. Justin Shaw 11. Knebel 12. Dulgar 13. Wiliams 14. Sidener 15. Grubb 16. Zrostlik 17. Hottman 18. Mueller 19. Russell Eilers 20. Alderson 21. David Reed 22. Eskew 23. Rob Shaw 24. Myers

 

An event of this type takes the help of many fine sponsors and this years event was made possible by the following companies: title sponsor US101 and Behind the Pit Wall with DIRT WORKS Race Cars as the presenting sponsor of the modified division, PETROFF Towing, one of the most recognized names in auto racing as the presenting sponsor of the Sportsman division and Outlawd Motorsports as the presenting sponsor of the Street Stock portion of the event. Other sponsors included Dyer's Top Rods, MARINE Bank, Ewing Auto Sales, ALLSTAR Performance, Mullin's Engines, Donna Brown / Acceptance Insurance, Decatur Battery, Mike Hudson Companies, HOOSIER Racing Tire, "Tires Designed for Champions", Jungle Jim's Cafe, Gene Sowers Photography, Muddboss Video, Rick Dodson Signs, Tatman Towing, J-One Asset Recovery, Inc., HALL'S Harley Davidson, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Midwest Speed Expo, TJ Vending, Precision Automotive Repair, BBK Services, and AXR2 Motorsport Media Agency, Beyer's Construction, Kirkland Carpets, Russell and Bryant Trucking, B&S Race Fabrication, The Concrete Crusher.

Late Models-Fast Time 1 Kyle Logue 10.991
Heat 1)1-5s Sheppard 2-15 Ross Jr. 3-12 Myers
Heat 2)1-34 Mudd 2-7m Ed Bauman 3-4c Cleaver
Bud Shootout 1-9z Jayme Zidar 2-5s Sheppard 3-15 Ross Jr.
Feature 1-5s Sheppard 2-1 Logue 3-9z Zidar 4-15 Ross Jr. 5-7m Ed Bauman 6-c4 Cleaver 7-12 Myers 8-2 Graham
Modifieds-Fast Time Brad Crosby 11.981
Heat 1)1-44 Burcham 2-27 Crosby
Heat 2)1-90 Roger Ater 2-20 Al Crawley 3-T2 Mark Tullis
Dash 1-3L Leka 2-20 Crawley 3-27 Crosby
Semi 1-17z ZZulauf Jr. 2-87 O'Dell 3-20 Crawley
Feature 1-28 Strawkas 2-H2O Jim Leka 3-96 Daugherty 4-3l Jeff Leka 5-93 Fowler 6-20 Crawley 7-17z Zulauf Jr. 8-27 Crosby 9-00 Bohm 10 35 Robertson
Sportsman-Fast Time Dave Crawley Jr. 12.192
Heat 1)1-57 Diulio 2-22 D ck 3-87 O'Dell
Heat 2)1-2 Marquard 2-18 Tomlin 3-74 Moore
Semi 1-18 Tomlin 2-88 Peveler 3-2 Marquard
Feature 1-87 O'Dell 2-M16 Moe 3-18 Tomlin 4-22 D ck 5-72 Graham 6-27 Kimmons 7-21 Leka 8-71 Graham 9-9 Pickering 10-07 Moreland
Street Stocks
Heat 1)1-V8 Farley 2-57R Reich 3-F45 Ewing
Heat 2)1-X7 Russel Jr. 2-01 Nichols 3-00 Magee
Feature 1-V8 Farley 2-X7 Russell Jr. 3-F45 Ewing 4-01 Nichols 5-57R Reich 6-319 Reich 7-98 Broadman 8-00 Magee
9-2D Beyers 10 27 Beyers
Hornets
Heat 1-Randy Ewing
Heat 2-5 David Reed
Feature 1-8 Randy Ewing 2-4 Stephanie Eskew 3-#28 4-#25 5-#43J
Congrats to all winners and Track Champions as well. 

 

2005 Track Champions are: 
Late Models-Joe Ross Jr. Modifieds-Jim Leka Sportsman-Gregg Kimmons Street Stock-Larry Russell Jr.

August 20

Late Models-Fast Time 1 Kyle Logue
Heat 1)1-82 Roger Brickler 2-15 Joe Ross Jr. 3-9z Jayme Zidar
Heat 2)1-40 Gregg Kimmons 2-7m Adam Mefford 3-34 Mike Mudd
Dash)1-15 Joe Ross Jr. 2-82 Roger Brickler 3-1 Kyle Logue
Feature)1-15 Joe Ross Jr. 2-1 Kyle Logue 3-82 Roger Brickler 4-9z Jayme Zidar 5-34 Mike Mudd
Modifieds-Fast Time 3L Jeff Leka
Heat 1)1-d98 Danny Smith 2-35 Clark Robertson 3-66 Mickey Blankenship
Heat 2)1-45 Todd Kirkland 2-27 Brad Crosby 3-t2 Mark Tullis
Dash)1-3L Jeff Leka 2-H20 Jim Leka 3-20 Al Crawley
Feature)1-3L Jeff Leka 2-H2O Jim Leka 3-96 Corey Daugherty 4-27 Brad Crosby 5-T2 Mark Tullis
Street Stock
Heat 1)1-99 Mike Pickering 2-x7 Larry Russel Jr. 3-01 Jeremy Nichols
Heat 2)1-49 Steve Brandt Sr. 2-420 Ernest Dodd 3-33 Dave Echols
Heat 3)1-08 Brian Dasenbrach 2-98 John Brockhouse 3-g98 George Wilderman
Dash)1-f45 Steve Ewing 2-30 Blake Shelley 3-v8 Jim Farley
Semi)1-25p Scott Pfeifer 2-2d Donald Beyers 3-7j Roger Boarman
Feature)1-01 Jeremy Nichols 2-x7 Larry Russel Jr. 3-f45 Steve Ewing 4-9 Terry Miller 5-30 Blake Shelley

DoubleJ-Jim Jones

DoubleJ-Jim Jones

A wise man once developed a theory called Newtons Law that if anything can go wrong it probably will. Truer words have never been spoken of the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway on Thursday night.

 

Rain showers pelted the track in the early afternoon on Thursday, leaving the track and pit area a mess after rains had also previously covered the small Midwest farmtown the night before. With a full grandstand and a pit full of race cars, promoter Rich Webb was left in a no-win situation. The end result  was decisions that has left fans and drivers at odds with each other when most all of the top Summer National points contenders decided to load their cars and sit out the night.

 

This is a two-sided argument that in the end will probably leave parties having to agree to disagree.

 

Bottom line is that the promoter and staff did everything within their power to try to fulfill the craving of a grandstand full of fans who sat for over 5 hours to see a race.

 

For those who decided to sit the evening out, I understand your side, for those who decided to race, I understand your side. Congrats to all on both sides.

 

When racing finally got underway 23 of the 39 cars on hand decided they would attempt to race and Steve Sheppard, Jr. recorded the fast time with a lap of 10.971, the only driver to break into the 10 second barrier.

 

The trophy dash was won by Matt Taylor over Kyle Logue, Jason Feger, Rodney Melvin, Joe Ross, Jr., Brent Kreke, Frankie Martin, Steve Sheppard, Jr. and Kirby Damery.

 

Heat races were won by Don Hammer over Frankie Martin, Chris Dick, Don Cisco, III, Randy Meyers, Christian Rayburn, Rick Standridge and John Graham and Steve Sheppard, Jr. over Dick Taylor, Ed Bauman, Corey Daugherty, Doug Heber, Butch Smith, Jayme Zidar and Adam Mefford.

 

The anticipation for the 100 lap A-Main event was high and the action was plenty as the finale got underway. Pole sitter Matt Taylor led the field to the green and made contact with the outside turn 4 wall, nearly flipping his car and ending his night prematurely. Also involved in the opening lap melee was Jason Feger who would be forced to make an early visit to the pits. This moved third row pole sitter Joe Ross, Jr to the pole for the start of the main.

 

When the race took green on the restart, Ross jumped to the point and would never again be headed, survivng a mid race flat tire, with a speedy crew, Ross managed somehow to get his tire changed in the muddy infield and return to the track prior to a restart and was given his spot back at the front of the pack. (A somewhat unorthodox practice I will say, I know of no track where you can change a tire and get your spot back, BUT: this is and has been the practice of Macon Speedway and I will say that the officials have been consistent in their enforcement of this procedure).

 

Ross survived several mid race threats from Steve Sheppard, Jr. then Rodney Melvin and later Steve Sheppard again, but was just too strong and showed his muscle, overcoming the threats to lead the entire distance of 100 laps, lapping some cars 7,8, or 9 times on the small 1/5 mile speedplant. At the checkers, only 4 cars of the 9 running remained on the lead lap. Ross was followed to the stripe by Sheppard, Jr., Hammer, Logue, Dick, Rayburn, Dick Taylor, Zidar and Meyers to complete the field.

 

The H&R 100 win was the second for Ross, Jr. who had also won the race in 1995 and has been a dominant force at the midwest bullring, winning the previous two weekly shows in tune up for Thursday nights affair. Ross was joined in victory lane by his father Joe Sr. who was a longtime Midwest racer with a great deal of success at the Macon facillity as well as other tracks in the area.

 

Ross was driving a C.J. Rayburn Race Car owned by Bill West of Arcadia, Illinois with sponsorship from B.W.E., R&R Delivery and J.P. Floors.

 

A-Main Results 100 Laps

 

 1. joe Ross, Jr.

 2. Steve Sheppard, Jr.

 3. Don Hammer

 4. Kyle Logue

 5. Chris Dick

 6. Christian Rayburn

 7. Dick taylor

 8. Jayme Zidar

 9. Randy Meyers

10. Frankie Martin

11. Rodney Melvin

12. Jason Feger

13. Adam Mefford

14. Ed Bauman

15. Don Cisco, III

16. Butch Smith

17. Corey Daugherty

18. Brent Kreke

19. Rick Standridge

20. John Graham

21. Matt Taylor

 

 

 

by: Terry Young

 

Jason Feger rolled through the gates tonight and emerged a happy man with $6,000.00 more in his pockets than when he arrived. Feger, one of the many young guns in the Midwest put his name in the record logs of the Mighty Macon Speedway by capturing the 60th Anniversary Extravaganza held to celebrate the long heritage of the Midwestern Illinois speedplant.

 

The feature got underway with 5 former HERALD-REVIEW 100 winners in the lineup for the 60 lap A-Main event presented by J.D. Byrider. Joe Ross, Jr. would take a command in the opening laps from his outside front row starting berth and appeared very strong while being challenged by Dick Taylor and Kevin Weaver.

 

On lap 12. disaster struck as Don Cisco III was trying to get off the track and was trapped in the outside groove. After Justin Allgaier made contact with Cisco, once the caution was displayed Ross exited the race track and was pitside with a broken oil line. This turned the show over on the restart to Weaver and Taylor as the duo battled with Taylor taking to the top of the track and Weaver making his preferred line the hub.

 

Feger would take the lead on lap 32 and never look back as he masterfully worked the middle groove of the track to his advantage and pulled away from his challengers.

 

When the checkers fell over the field it was Feger in the LaBamba, Griffin Design, ABS #25 taking the honors ahead of Taylor, Allgaier, Weaver, Shirley, Hammer, Sheppard, Jr., Zidar, Erb, Gansmann, Standridge, Damery and Bauman.

 

Kevin Weaver began the night by posting fast time honros with a lap of 11.122.

 

The heat races were won by Ed Bauman over Kyle Logue, Dick Taylor, Joe Ross, Jr., Don Hammer, Steve Sheppard, Jr., Feger and Weaver, Roger Brickler over Corey Daugherty, Brian Shirley, Mike Mudd, Dennis Erb, Kerby Damery, Mark Gansmann, Jayme Zidar and Don Cisco III, Steve Ewing over Randy Meyers, Brent Helmkamp, Rick Standridge, Butch Smith and John Graham.

 

Dash action seen Dick Taylor take the honors in commanding fashion, reminiscent of his days of old when he was one of the dominant drivers at the track. Following taylor and establishing the first three rows of the feature were Ross, Jr., Sheppard, Jr., Weaver, Feger and Justin Allgaier.

 

Semi feature action which would transfer the final four starters in the 60 lap A-Main event was taken by Cisco, III over Brickler. Daugherty and Rick Standridge.

 

Jeff Leka claimed the modified feature for his sixth win this season at the track and fifth consecutive.

 

The street stock action was topped by Jeremy Rhodes with a closing lap pass for the win over Larry Russell.

 

Congratulations to Richie, Terri, Joey, Scotty and the entire Macon Speedway
gang on the 60th season of the Mighty Macon Speedway, the little track that could!

It was sixty years ago when Macon Speedway first opened the doors for auto racing and on Saturday, June 18th, we are going to celebrate another decade of auto racing with the 60th annual Wayne Webb Memorial Special. It's going to be an all day long show for this special event, starting with a car show from 10:00 A.M. til 3:00 P.M., with an estimated 120 cars on hand. Then from Noon until 3:00 P.M., Elvishimselves along with his band will entertain with all the great hit's from the king of rock and roll.

All the concession stands will be operating so there will be plenty of food & beverages for all the fans. For celebrating sixty years of auto racing, every 60th race fan gets in free, and race fans are encouraged to dress in sixties era clothing, because there will be a best dressed contest at intermission. The vintage cars will be on hand for auto racing, these were the old supermodifieds that raced back in the late 50's and the early 60's along with street stocks, modifieds & hornets, the sportsman will not compete that evening.

The main event for the evening will be the Late Model division with a 60 lap feature race with $6000 going to the winner. We're expecting a great field of cars for this event, it's one week before the summernationals and UMP has told us that there is not a special event scheduled on this date. So race fans mark this date on your calender, THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL-WAYNE WEBB MEMORIAL-SATURDAY JUNE 18th. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT!

In the manner that has seen Joe Ross, Jr. win multiple track championships, again, Joe Ross, Jr. flexed his muscle and made a clean sweep of the Challenge of Champions event in honor of our veterans tonight at the Mighty Macon Speedway.

 

On an uncharacteristic slick track that went from one groove on the bottom early in the night, the preferred surface was against the wall by feature time and provided multiple grooves, with 3 wide racing at times.

 

Ross, Jr. began the evening recording the fastest lap of the 23 late models on hand with a time of 12.340.

 

The dash was then captured by Ross, Jr. over Kyle Logue, Rohn Moon, Steve Sheppard, Jr., Bruce Unterbrink, Ed Dixon, Jason Feger, Kerby Damery and Butch Smith.

 

The first heat was topped by Ritchie Hedrick over Mark Voigt, Feger, Rick Salter, Damery, Steve Ewing making his debut in a late model, Vince Grondzki, Randy Meyers and Darrin Bangert while the second heat honors fell upon Don Hammer over Jayme Zidar, Smith, Mike Hammerlee, Brent Kreke, Chris Dick, Matt Beadles and John Graham.

 

The consi was won by Dick over Grondzki, Ewing, Graham, Beadles, Meyers and Bangert.

 

Feature action would see Kyle Logue jump to a commanding lead in the early laps before tragedy struck around lap 13 with Logue spinning off of turn 1 into the infield. Logues misfortune handed the lead over to Ross with Sheppard within striking distance as Dixon, Hammer and Moon followed persuit.

 

Once Ross began to encounter traffic Sheppard pressured him with all he had. A spinning Grondzki in turn 1 brought out the final caution of the event and once the field took the green again, Ross pulled away not to be challenged over the remaining laps.

 

Following Ross at the stripe were Sheppard, Dixon, Hammer, Moon, Hedrick, Voigt, Zidar, Smith, Feger, Salter, Unterbrink, Hammerlee, Grondzki, Dick, Ewing and Damery.

 

The street stock action which seen three wide racing as the norm, would see Jeremy Nichols emerge with the win.

 

Hornet action was topped by a determined veteran of the Mighty Macon Speedway, Rick Alwood who has been battling health problems over the last year. Great to see Rick back in his winning form behind the wheel of a race car!

 

Joe Ross, Jr. drove a perfect race tonight, biding his time and awaiting the perfect opportunity; and opportunity presented itself on Lap 22 of the 25 lap A-Main event.

After following Roger Brickler the first 20+ laps as the duo rode the hub, Brickler slipped up and got a little high on the track, leaving an opening for Ross, Jr. to slide underneath and take away the spot! Ross would not be led again, as he took command for the final 3 laps of the race.

Following Ross at the stripe were Brickler, Steve SHeppard, Jr., Don Hammer, Corey Daugherty, Kyle Logue, Butch Smith, Mike Mudd, Chris Dick and Jayme Zidar.

The evening started with Daugherty posting fast time with a lap of 11.060 around the masterfully prepared surface at the Midwest speedplant!

The heats were won by Jason Cleaver over Zidar, Brickler, Ross, Jr., Sheppard Jr., Daugherty, Logue, Hamer and Smith DNF.

The second heat was won by Randy Meyers over Jackie Campbell, Mudd, Earl Smith, Joe Heavener, Dick, Adam Mefford and John Graham and Chad Pratt DNF's.

The dash was captured by Brickler over Sheppard, Jr., Hammer, Ross, Jr., Logue and Daugherty.

Modified action was a tribute to george Handley, Jr. who tragically lost his life on the historic Springfield Mile and was a $1,000 to win 20 lap main event named in his honor. Springfield veteran Kelly Kovski drove to the win after being battled first by Jim Leka, then by Jeff Leka before contact with Brent Mullins sent them headed to the back. jim Leka stopped on the track to give his advice to the officials on how to better score an event and was given a DONALD TRUMP.. :You're Fired job review for his efforts. After recieving the black flag and shown the way to the infield, the race was back underway and Kovski pulled to a sizeable lead with a good restart. Following Kovski at the stripe were Brad Crosby, Todd Kirkland, Jeff Leka, Mullins, Wendell Zulauf, Chris Veach, Bobby Fowler, Joe Strawkas, Mike Durbi, Mickey Blankenship and David Echols.

Heat races were won by Blankenship over Fowler, Kirkland, Mullins and Jeff Leka, Echols over Durbin, Veach, Rick Hamilton and Danny Smith and Shane Maple over Eric Bagwell, Jim Harter, Roger Ater and Strawkas.

The dash was also won by Kovski as he took the win over Jim Leka, Mullins, Jeff Leka, Crosby and Kirkland.

Sportsman action was topped by Jeff Graham of Stonington in dominating fashion while Steve Ewing took the honors in the street stock division.

Late Models
Dash-Joe Ross Jr.
Heat 1-Kyle Logue
Heat 2-Kenny Vandorn
Feature-1. Joe Ross Jr. 2. Jamie Zidar 3. Don Hammer 4. Kyle Logue 5. Tim Hamburg
Modifieds
Dash-Todd Kirkland
Heat 1-Wendell Zulauf
Heat 2-Dave Eckel
Feature-1. Todd Kirkland 2. Jeff Leka 3. Jeff Ray 4. Jim Leka 5. Clark Robertson
Sportsman
Heat 1-Steve Ewing
Heat 2-Shawn Vaughn
Feature-1. Shane Tomlin 2. Tracy Peveler 3. Gregg Kimmons 4. Scott Landers
5. Mike Pickering
Street Stock
Heat 1-Jim Farley
Heat 2-Jeremy Nichols
Feature-1. Jim Farley 2. Larry Russell 3. Jeremy Nichols 4. Terry Reed 5. Tom Reich

Macon, Illinois

by: Terry Young

 

Springfield, Illinois Roger Brickler visited victory lane this evening at MACON SPEEDWAY after doing a burnout reminiscent of any NEXTEL Cup win. After a number of close calls at the little track that could, but always succumbing to some bad luck, Brickler made it the entire 25 laps tonight and got his name etched in the record books as a feature victor in the 60th Anniversary year at the Midwest speedplant!

 

Upon exiting the car in victory lane, Brickler took some ribbing from the track announcer, goading him to do a Carl Edwards patented backflip. Brickler who is nearly 7 foot tall climbed atop the door of his car, but thought better of attempting the move! :)

 

In his first ever visit to victory lane for a UMP feature win, Brickler bested Jayme Zidar, Mike Mudd, Eric Smith, Chad Pratt, Jason Cleaver, Earl Smith, Adam Mefford and Kenny VanDorn for the feature victory.

 

Fast time was turned in by Corey Daugherty with a lap time of 11.472.

 

Heat races were won by Zidar over Daugherty, Mudd, Brickler, Butch Smith, Cleaver and Eric Smith. Pratt over Earl Smith, Mefford, Randy Myers and VanDorn.

 

The dash was topped by Brickler over Mudd, Butch Smith, Daugherty, Cleaver and Eric Smith.

 

Jeff Leka continued his winning ways of the previous evening at Farmer City Raceway by claiming the UMP modified event over Jim Leka with a pass in the closing laps.

 

Sportsman action was Scott Landers going to victory lane for his first feature win of the season.

 

Street stock action was topped by Larry Russell, making it a twofer thus far in the young season after also claiming the win in last weeks season opener.

 

All in all a nice night at the races with all of the features being concluded by 10:05. Hats off to speedway management for running a timely event and a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to Roger Brickler and his entire team on a well deserved feature win! The first one is always the hardest to get. Look out as they should come easier now!

Rohn Moon captures 60th Anniversary season opener at Macon Speedway

Macon, Illinois

by: Terry Young

 

Rohn Moon made the long trek from Greenwood, Indiana to visit the Mighty Macon Speedway tonight marking its 60th year of operation during the 2005 season.

 

After the postponement of the Icebreaker at the Brownstown Speedway, Moon, itching to make laps, made the haul and brought along one of his recent supprters, Fred King to witness the domination that would be by the Moon Power #56 team.

 

After touring the tiny speedplant with a time of 10.867 to record the evenings fast time, Moon went on to win his heat and was the class of the field in the 25 lap feature event, mastering the beautifully prepared track surface that stayed nice and smooth all night long. Moon was wheeling a C.J. Rayburn chassied, Moon Powered machine for the win. Following him at the stripe was Jason Feger, Eric Smith, Mike Mudd and Jayme Zidar who rounded out the top 5.

 

Heat 1: 1. Mike Mudd, 2. Jayme Zidar, 3. Eric Smith, 4. Jason Feger, 5. Butch Smith, 6. Tim Hamburg, 7. Chris D1ck

 

Heat 2: 1. Eric Kwasigroh, 2. Chris Carlson, 3. Chad Pratt, 4. Earl Smith, 5. Randy Myers

 

Dash: 1. Rohn Moon, 2. Feger, 3. D1ck, 4. E. Smith, 5. Mudd, 6. B. Smith

 

Feature: 1. Moon, 2. Feger, 3. E. Smith, 4. Mudd, 5. Zidar, 6. Kwasigroh, 7. D1ck, 8. Pratt, 9. Myers

 

The modified feature was won by long time veteran and multiple time track champion Jim Leka in the h2o All - Service Contracting special over Johnny Kolthaus, Jammie Wilson, Todd Kirkland, Aaron Burcham, Wendell Zulauf, Jeff King and Joe Strawkas.

 

2004 track champion Greg Kimmons won the sportsman feature ahead of Scott Landers, Mike Pickering, Steve Ewing, Shhane Tomlin, Tracy Peveler and Jeff Graham.

 

The street stock class was topped by Larry Russell over Jim Farley and Randy Ewing.