Bureau County Speedway 9-14-06 Results – Princeton, IL

IV Cellular Street Stock Feature – 1 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 2 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 3 Todd Balensiefen, Princeton, 4 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 5 Scott Schoener, Flanagan, 6 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 7 Matt Ramer, Mendota, 8 Chuck Provenzano, 9 Robert Schlappi, Marseilles, 10 Jimmy Partipilo, Elmhurst, 11 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille, 12 Eric “Spud” Balensiefen, Sheffield, 13 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 14 Gary Schmitt, Tonica, 15 Jeff Hamilton, Pontiac, 16 Ed Mills, Freeport, 17 Brad Severs, 18 Rick Koltveit, 19 Larry Yardley, Dixon

Tower Equipment Rental Modified Feature – 1 Donovan Lodge, Andover, 2 Bill Tuckwell, Peoria, 3 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 4 Jimmy Thompson, Moline, 5 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 6 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 7 Dan O’Connor, Dunlap, 8 Brad Carrington, Wyanet, 9 Bill Kuhse, Nora, 10 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 11 Daniel Hahn, Walnut, 12 Stanley Vervynck, Jr, Kewanee, 13 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 14 Joe Adam, Peru, 15 Brian Lucas, Malden, 16 Stanley Vervynck, Sr, Kewanee, 17 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 18 John Ryan, LaMoille

Union Bank Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 2 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 3 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 4 Kevin Elgin, Kewanee, 5 Dave Roggy, Wyanet, 6 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 7 Jake Gould, Sheffield, 8 Clayton Bicker, Polo

Prime Quarter Single Hornet Feature – 1 Roy Alm, Buda, 2 Jimmy Johnson, Tiskilwa, 3 JR Brown, Princeton, 4 Mark Sutton, Sr, Neponset, 5 Jason Ramos, Amboy, 6 Jim Barringer, Tiskilwa, 7 Scott Shepard, Freeport, 8 Colin Baker

Marty Thompson Wins Fifth IV Cellular Street Stock Event

 at Bureau County Speedway

Marty Thompson has won all five nights of the six night Illinois Valley Cellular Street Stock series. He picked up his fifth feature win at Bureau County Speedway Friday, September 15^th. The sixth and final night of the series will be run at LaSalle Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 16^th.

Their twenty five lap feature turned into more of an enduro as the twenty cars ran for over 45 minutes. While the track was tacky and extremely fast drive shaft problems plagued several of the cars. Multiple spins and a temper tantrum by one driver extended the race’s length.

Thompson led every lap with his closest competition coming from Todd Balensiefen and Justin Rutledge. Rutledge took over second place from Balensiefen with ten laps in the books. Scott Schoener had been running in fourth but slowed for one lap with three to go allowing Randy Lucas to pick up the fourth place finish. Keith Lucas and Matt Ramer rounded out the top six. Earlier Balensiefen, Schoener and Randy Lucas picked up heat race wins.

Thompson also won a Modified heat race and started on the pole in the Modified feature but dropped out with motor problems after six laps. Ray Bollinger quickly picked up the lead with Kevin Thompson close behind in second. . Donovan Lodge of Andover powered by Bollinger with ten laps to go to take the Tower Equipment Modified feature win. Bollinger slowed with one lap to go and Billy Tuckwell blew by him to take the second place finish. Bollinger finished third with Jimmy & Kevin Thompson in fourth and fifth.

Rob Hammitt, dual Hornet point champion, picked up the Union Bank feature trophy. Tony Provenzano, Jr and Hammitt. ran door to door for the first six laps with Provenzano holding the lead. On lap 7, Provenzano and Jeff Seitz spun but no caution was thrown. Hammitt took over the lead and Kyle Fisher moved into second place. Provenzano would drop out with a tire rubbing causing smoke to fill the track. Trent Peterson placed third and Kevin Elgin fourth.

The Prime Quarter Single Hornet feature was won by Roy Alm. Jimmy Johnson picked up their heat race win earlier in the program and finished second in their feature. JR Brown finished third ahead of Mark Sutton and Jason Ramos.

The last race of the 2006 season will be Sunday, Sept 24th with the annual Piehl Chevrolet Fall Bash. Extra payout has been added to all of the classes with the Late Model and Modified divisions paying $1500 to the winners. The Street Stock winner will take home $350. The Tylor Fisher Memorial Hornet race will be run with $450 going to the top driver.  Gates will open at 3 p.m. with racing at 5 p.m.

Two special races have been added to the program with local dignitaries including the Mayor of Princeton, Radio Station disk jockeys and other celebrities racing Street Stocks and Hornets.

Bureau County Speedway 8-11-06 Results   Kathy Costerisan – Princeton, IL

Kramer Garage Doors Street Stock Feature – 1 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 2 Eric Whittington, Princeton, 3 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 4 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 5 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 6 Nathan Ultch, LaMoille, 7 Marty Gradert, Buda, 8 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 9 Larry Yardley, Dixon, 10 Gary Clark, Princeton, 11 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 12 Mark Ingles, Downers Grove, 13 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 14 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield.

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Richie Bell, 2 N Balensiefen, 3 R Lucas, 4 Carrington, 5 Ultch, 6 Anderson, 7 Ingles

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Jamie Balensiefen, 2 K Lucas, 3 Whittington, 4 Yardley, 5 Clark, 6 Gradert, 7 Rutledge

Kramer Garage Doors Modified Feature – 1 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 2 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 3 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 4 Jim Thompson, Annawan, 5 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 6 Casey Lappin, Peoria, 7 Joe Adam, Peru, 8 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 9 Clint Shepard, Jr, Morrison, 10 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 11 Brad Carrington, Wyanet, 12 Paul Smith, LaMoille, 13 Stanley Vervynck, Kewanee, 14 Mike Garland, Morrison, 15 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee.

Modified Heat One – 1 Marty Thompson, 2 Garland, 3 Bollinger, 4 Brian Carrington, 5 S Vervynck, 6 Smith, 7 M Vervynck, 8 J Thompson.

Modified Heat Two – 1 Josh Vinnedge, 2 Adam, 3 Shepard, 4 K Thompson, 5 Lappin, 6 Brad Carrington, 7 Anderson

Kramer Garage Doors Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff Larson, Freeport, 2 Travis Rokey, Princeton, 3 Jerry Pitts, Jr. Ingleside, 4 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 5 Matt Moon, Wyanet, 6 Kory Rokey, Wyanet, 7 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 8 Scott Cimei, Magnolia, 9 Ande Bivins, Princeton, 10 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 11 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee

Late Model Heat One – 1 Jerry Pitts, 2 Jaggers, 3 Cimei, 4 K Rokey, 5 Bivins

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Jeff Larson, 2 Bell, 3 B Moon, 4 M Moon, 5 T Rokey

 Kramer Garage Doors Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Jeff Seitz, Princeton, 2 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 3 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 4 Dave Roggy, Wyanet, 5 Tim Provenzano, Marseilles, 6 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee, 7 Alex Fisch, Walnut, 8 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 9 Jeremy Michael, Princeton

Dual Hornet Heat – 1 Rob Hammitt, 2 Seitz, 3 Fisher, 4 Peterson, 5 Provenzano, 6 Roggy, 7 Anderson, 8 Michael, 9 Fisch

Kramer Garage Doors Single Hornet Feature – 1 Roy Alm, Buda, 2 Jimmy Johnson, Tiskilwa, 3 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 4 JR Brown, Princeton, 5 Mark Sutton, Neponset, 6 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 7 Scott Shepard, Morrison, 8 Kenny Johnson, Princeton, 9 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee.

Single Hornet Heat – 1 Roy Alm, 2 J Johnson, 3 Galli, 4 Sutton, 5 Whittington, 6 Brown, 7 Henderliter, 8 Shepard, 9 K Johnson

08-04-06
Larson & Alm Each Win 7^th Feature of the Year

Jeff “Bone” Larson picked up his seventh feature win of the season at Bureau County Speedway Friday, August 4^th. Larson started on the pole and was never really challenged. The track was smooth and fast and  Larson was able to really pick up some momentum as he ran a higher line around the track. He had lapped several cars by the time their first caution came out on lap 14 for debris on the track. The lapped cars were put to the back of the pack and this put Mike Mataragas, who had earlier won the Bureau County Republican Hard Charger Award, right behind Larson in second.

            Larson again pulled away from the field and on to the checkers leaving Mataragas in second and Richie Bell in third. Bryan Moon moved up from seventh to finish fourth ahead of Jason Jaggers.

            Jimmy Johnson picked up his first Single Hornet heat race win of the season and started out leading their feature event. They ran two laps and Scott Shepard spun on the backstretch bringing out the caution. Roy Alm grabbed the lead from Johnson when the race restarted. Johnson would run in second until the last lap when Jarrod Galli made a last charge and took over second place. Alm picked up the feature trophy which was sponsored by the Princeton Metro Center & Princeton Park District for the seventh time this season. The last feature of the night was completed by 10:15 p.m.

            Adam Odell also picked up his first win of the year in the Dual Hornet feature but was disqualified when he refused to allow his car to be claimed after the race was over. This gave Tony Provenzano, Jr. his first feature win of the season. Rob Hammitt had run fourteen laps in second place but Provenzano had been running door to door with him for the last three laps. With two laps to go Provenzano took over second as the cars rubbed together going down the front stretch. Kyle Fisher made his move on the last lap and was able to get by Hammitt. This left Provenzano with the win, Fisher second, Hammitt third and Kevin Elgin fourth.

            The track was very wide and smooth and the Street Stocks took advantage of that to run three wide several times during their 15 lap feature Justin Rutledge took the lead at the green. Behind him the battle was on between Keith and Randy Lucas, Jamie Balensiefen and Nathan Balensiefen. Nathan elected to start in the rear of the field and by the half way point was challenging Jamie Balensiefen for second place when the caution came out for Jarrod Galli hitting the wall in turn two. Galli had just purchased the 911 car and was running in the Street Stock division for the first time as well as in the single Hornet class.

            When the race restarted Jamie Balensiefen dove under Rutledge just past the starting cone with Nathan right behind him. Nathan Balensiefen quickly moved into the lead and held that position for the remaining six laps to take his sixth win of the year. Rutledge passed Jamie Balensiefen and finished second. Randy Lucas finished fourth and Eric Whittington fifth.

            Sixteen Modifieds started their feature and they had their share of caution flags again. It was a Thompson show with Marty and his son Jimmy battling for position throughout the race. Jimmy would take the lead on the back stretch only to have Marty take it back coming out of turn four. Younger brother Kevin was right behind them in third place. Jimmy had taken the  lead with four laps to go but then Marty passed him again right at the start finish line. The caution came out when Joe Adam spun with one to go. Jimmy tried to make another pass on the last lap but his dad was able to stay in the lead and take his sixth feature win. Josh Vinnedge broke up the trifecta when he passed Kevin Thompson to finish third.

            The membership of Bureau County Speedway is encouraged to attend a meeting to discuss the current financial situation of the Speedway on Tuesday, August 8^th at 7 p.m. at the Underground Inn in Princeton.

Bureau County Speedway 8-4-06 Results   Kathy Costerisan – Princeton, IL

Princeton Metro Center & Park District Single Hornet Feature – 1 Roy Alm, Buda, 2 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee, 3 Jimmy Johnson, Tiskilwa, 4 Shane Whittington, Princeton, 5 Mark Sutton, Neponset, 6 Hank Henderliter, Princeton, 7 Jr Brown, Princeton, 8 Jason Ramos, Amboy, 9 Kenny Johnson, Princeton, 10 Clayton Bicker, 11 Jason Lamm, Freeport, 12 Justin Hamm, Princeton, 13 Scott Shepard, Morrison.

Single Hornet Heat One – 1 Jimmy Johnson, 2 Hamm, 3 Whittington, 4 Sutton, 5 Ramos, 6 Bicker, 7 K Johnson

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Roy Alm, 2 Lamm, 3 Galli, 4 Henderliter, 5 Shepard

Princeton Metro Center & Park District Dual Hornet Feature – 1 Tony Provenzano, Marseilles, 2 Kyle Fisher, Princeton, 3 Rob Hammitt, Princeton, 4 Kevin Elgin, Kewanee, 5 Troy Thompson, Princeton, 6 Trent Peterson, Dixon, 7 Gary Wetsel, Princeton, 8 Tim Provenzano, Aurora, 9 Jeff Frank, Princeton, 10 Kelly Anderson, Kewanee

Dual Hornet Heat One – 1 Adam Odell, Dover, 2 Tony Provenzano, 3 Peterson, 4 Thompson, 5 Tim Provenzano, 6 Frank

Dual Hornet Heat Two – 1 Rob Hammitt, 2 Fisher, 3 Elgin, 4 Wetsel, 5 Anderson

Princeton Metro Center & Park District Late Model Feature – 1 Jeff “Bone” Larson, Freeport, 2 Mike Mataragas, DeKalb, 3 Richie Bell, Sheffield, 4 Bryan Moon, Wyanet, 5 Jason Jaggers, Wyanet, 6 Travis Rokey, Princeton, 7 Bob Freeburg, Metamora, 8 Mike Provenzano, Aurora, 9 Jerry Pitts, Jr., Ingleside, 10 Will Harris, LaMoille, 11 Ande Bivins, Princeton, 12 Hank Sievers, Jr., Homer Glen, 13 Kory Rokey, Wyanet, 14 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee

Late Model Heat One – 1 Richie Bell, 2 Larson,3 Jaggers, 4 T Rokey, 5 K Rokey, 6 Provenzano, 7 Harris

Late Model Heat Two – 1 Mike Mataragas, 2 Pitts, 3 Freeburg, 4 Moon, 5 Sievers, 6 Bivins

Princeton Metro Center & Park District Modified feature – 1 Marty Thompson, Mineral, 2 Jim Thompson, Annawan, 3 Josh Vinnedge, Forreston, 4 Kevin Thompson, Mineral, 5 Mike Garland, Morrison, 6 Ray Bollinger, Kewanee, 7 Brian Carrington, Wyanet, 8 Clint Shepard, Jr., Morrison, 9 Mark Vervynck, Kewanee, 10 Casey Lappin, Peoria, 11 Stanley Vervynck, Sr, Kewanee, 12 Joe Adam, Peru, 13 Paul Smith, La Moille, 14 Brian Crebo, 15 Jason Anderson, Princeton, 16 Brad Carrington, Wyanet.

Modified Heat One – 1 Kevin Thompson, 2 Jim Thompson,3  Lappin, 4 M Vervynck, 5 Brad Carrington, 6 S Vervynck, Sr, 7 Brian Carrington, 8 Shepard

Modified Heat Two – 1 Josh Vinnedge, 2 M Thompson, 3 Adam, 4 Garland, 5 Bollinger, 6 Smith, 7 Crebo, 8 Stanley Vervynck, Jr, Kewanee, 9 Anderson.

Princeton Metro Center & Park District Street Stock Feature – 1 Nathan Balensiefen, Sheffield, 2 Justin Rutledge, Princeton, 3 Jamie Balensiefen, Wyanet, 4 Randy Lucas, Princeton, 5 Eric Whittington, Princeton, 6 Marty Gradert, Sheffield, 7 Angie Carrington, Wyanet, 8 Keith Lucas, Princeton, 9 Gary Clark, Princeton, 10 Jimmy Partipilo, 11 Jeff Anderson, Kewanee, 12 Mark Ingles, 13 Jarrod Galli, Kewanee

Street Stock Heat One – 1 Justin Rutledge, 2 N Balensiefen, 3 K Lucas, 4 Whittington, 5 Jamie Balensiefen, 6 Carrington, 7 Larry Yardley, Dixon

Street Stock Heat Two – 1 Marty Thompson, 2 R Lucas, 3 Clark, 4 Partipilo, 5 Ingles, 6 Galli, 7 Shepard.