Lincoln Speedway
Lincoln, IL
August 31, 2008

By Dan Stewart
www.midwestdirttrackfacts.com

Jason Feger started out the race program Sunday night with a track record run in time trials. The new record is 13.341 seconds, there were 33 late models on hand. The first heat went to Jason Feger over Dennis Erb Jr, Matt Taylor and Jimmy Dehm. The second heat went to Eric Smith over Brandon Sheppard, Richie Hedrick and Joe Harlan. The third heat was a real barn burner won by Don O'Neal over Steve Sheppard Jr, Donny Walden and Ryan Little. The fourth heat went to Daren Friedman over Brian Diveley, Kerry Matthew and Kevin Weaver. The semi feature went to Chris Dick in an exciting finish over Greg Longfellow, Dan O'Connor and John Beck.

At feature time, pole sitter Jason Feger blasted out to an early lead and kept that lead through two early cautions, with the last portion of the race under green, allowing Feger to start lapping cars at an alarming rate. Eric Smith closed the gap for a while, but it was too little too late, as Feger had sailed his way to the $2,000 feature win. Smith wound up second with Steve Sheppard Jr third followed by Don O'Neal and Matt Taylor rounding out the top five.

unofficial finish:
25 Jason Feger
9 Eric Smith
5S Steve Sheppard Jr
71 Don O'Neal
3L Matt Taylor
28 Dennis Erb Jr
B5 Brandon Sheppard
2 Dan O'Connor
B12 Kevin Weaver

The second feature, a make up from a rained out race on July 27, was limited to the drivers who were in that race, and it was also worth $2,000 to the winner. This time, it was Dennis Erb Jr sitting on the pole, Eric Smith on the outside, Feger and Weaver in the second row. Eric Smith blasted out to a huge lead at the very beginning. By the time Feger would clear his way past Weaver and Erb Jr, Smith had a straightaway lead, but Feger used his familiar high side groove to run down Smith, but after a couple of botched pass attempts, would settle for second, with Steve Sheppard third. Smith set such a blistering pace that he lapped all the way up to seventh place.

unofficial finish on the make up feature:
9 Eric Smith
25 Jason Feger
5S Steve Sheppard Jr
B12 Kevin Weaver
28 Dennis Erb Jr
89 Daren Friedman
3L Matt Taylor
B5 Brandon Sheppard

In the modified class, Gary Cook Jr survived a yellow flag fever to start the feature, but eventually outran eleventh place starter Jeffrey Leka for the win. Third place went to Brian Lynn, followed by Blake Bucholz, Jeb Friedman, Cory Schwengel, and Darcy Wey.

In the street stocks, the heat races went to Steve Maisel over Terry Miller and to Josh Griffith over Travis Johnson. The feature was an exciting race, finally won by Josh Griffith over Terry Miller, Travis Johnson, Steve Maisel, and Chris Tackett, who started deep in the field.

The hornet heat races went to Bob Sanders, Eric Wisher, and Jonathon Schuck. The feature was won by Bob Sanders over Josh Jones, Jerry Binnegar, Matt Turley, and Soberri. Schuck and Heidi Hames each got their cars rolled in the feature in separate incidents, and both were unhurt.

There were 94 cars in the pits, and the program was complete at 10:40pm

Lincoln Speedway
Lincoln, IL
June 29, 2008

With curfew looming, and rain falling for the second time this evening, Brian Shirley recorded the rain-shortened 40 lap feature win, worth $6,000! At the drop of the green flag, Don O'Neal jumped to the early start, but the start was delayed, as Derek Chandler flipped his ride in turn one, emerging from the car unhurt, Chandler waved at the crowd. On the restart, O'Neal again jumped to an early lead, and opened up a sizable lead over Eric Smith, Brian Shirley, Dennis Erb Jr and Wes Steidinger. As the halfway flags waved, a yellow came out for debris on the track, and on the restart, O'Neal pulled off, handing the lead to Brian Shirley, only to be challenged and passed by Eric Smith. One lap later, Smith pulled out with a flat, handing the lead back to Shirley, and at the same time Jeep VanWormer pulled off the frontstretch, turned around and came back on the track as the yellow was once again waving. The rains started, and eventually the checkered flag waved. Brian Shirley won, with Wes Steidinger second, followed by Dennis Erb Jr, Ryan Unzicker and Randy Korte.

Earlier, fast time was set by Jeep VanWormer, there were 46 cars present.

Heat races went to Don O'Neal over Dennis Erb Jr, Steve Sheppard over Derek Chandler, Eric Smith over Michael Kloos, Matt Taylor over Wes Steidinger and Brian Shirley over Jesse Stovall, Shirley only led about the last two feet of this race.

The rains came just as the first C main started....45 minute delay. The first C main went to Brandon Sheppard over Ted Loomis, the second C main went to Darren Friedman over Jason McBride. The B main went to Randy Korte in a real barn-burner exciting race over Jayme Zidar, Tim Lance and Rodney Melvin.

Final rundown
3S Brian Shirley
J1 Wes Steidinger
28 Dennis Erb Jr
24 Ryan Unzicker
00 Randy Korte
3L Matt Taylor
25 Steve Lance Jr
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
1 Will Vaught
55 Jeep VanWormer
z9 Jayme Zidar
DNF
9 Eric Smith
71 Don O'Neal
H16 Mike Hammerle
B12 Kevin Weaver
B1 Nick Bauman
48 Tim Lance
1W Donny Walden
6K Michael Kloos
00 Jesse Stovall
35 Derek Chandler