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MONSTER MIDWEST SERIES CHAMPION #B12 KEVIN WEAVER

2008 Midwest Monster Tour

Coming soon to an Illinois track near you....
Tuesday July 22: Peoria Speedway
Wednesday July 23: Spoon River Speedway
Thursday July 24: LaSalle Speedway
Friday July 25: Farmer City Raceway
Saturday July 26: Fairbury Speedway
Sunday July 27: Lincoln Speedway

$2000 to win, $200 to start UMP Late Models, $750 to win UMP Modifieds.

Over $6000 points fund will be paid at the finale at Lincoln Speedway.

All tracks will charge $15 for general admission and $30 pit passes.

All races will be UMP sanctioned.

For start times, contact individual tracks.

For any questions please call 217-737-7134.

July 22 Midwest Monster Tour Peoria Speedway
thanks to Erik Grigsby for the results

Late Models
28 Dennis Erb Jr
B12 Kevin Weaver
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
27 Rodney Melvin
J1 Wes Steidinger
77 Jason McBride
T2 Todd Bennett
89 Darin Friedman
4 Mike Mullvain
83 Scott Bull
99 Jimmy Dehm
B5 Brandon Sheppard
7 Jay Sparks
41 Josh McGuire
24 Ryan Unzicker
35 Derek Chandler

Modifieds
3L Jeff Leka
42 Mckay Wenger
 

Wednesday July 23: Spoon River Speedway

Thanks to Erik Grigsby

25F Jason Feger
B12 Kevin Weaver
28 Dennis Erb Jr
24 Ryan Unzicker
J1 Wes Steidinger
48 Tim Lance
27 Rodney Melvin?
35 Derek Chandler
4 Mike Mullvain
7 Mark Burgtorf
25
81jr Jason Riggs

Both Sheppards, Bull, O'Connor, McGuire all involved on a wreck, lots of torn up equipment. Brian Dively rolled 5 times, car looked bad, driver walked away

Thursday July 24: LaSalle Speedway

Winners: Jason Feger (UMP Late Models),
Mike Spatola (Modifieds),
Justin Leka (Kidmodz),
and Phil Burdette (4-Cylinders Hornets)

Results from the Monster Midwest race @ La Salle Speedway 7/22/08
UMP Late Models (36 cars)
Heat 1
B12 Kevin Weaver
99Jr Frank Heckenast Jr.
83 Scott Bull
21B Richie Bell

Heat 2
25 Jason Feger
16 Tony Izzo Jr.
J1 Wes Steidinger
10 Scott Schmidt

Heat 3
5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
9z Jamie Zidar
99J Jimmy Dehm
M27 Mike Provenzano

Heat 4
24 Ryan Unzicker
64 Ryan Dauber
89 Darren Freidman
27 Rodney Melvin

Late Model Consi (Top 2)
Consi 1
7 John Provenzano
5B Brandon Sheppard
11 Roger Markham

Consi 2
28 Dennis Erb Jr.
35 Derek Chandler
73 Billy Weistart

Late Model Feature (Top 20)
25 Jason Feger
5s Steve Sheppard Jr.
B12 Kevin Weaver
16 Tony Izzo Jr.
64 Ryan Dauber
28 Dennis Erb Jr.
99J Frank Heckenast Jr.
24 Ryan Unzicker
J1 Wes Steidinger
21B Richie Bell
83 Scott Bull
89 Darren Friedman
99 Jimmy Dehm
35 Derek Chandler
9z Jamie Zider
M27 Mike Provenzano
7 John Provenzano
10 Scott Schmidt
B5 Brandon Sheppard
27M Rodney Melvin

Late Models DNQ (16 cars)
11x Steve Dimmick
93 Tim Loomis
38 Cody Waters
74 Russ Adams
11 Roger Markham
97 Joe Burba
21 Keith Piano
77 Jason McBride
81Jr Jason Riggs
73 Billy Weistart
10s George Scheffler
36 Aaron Schmidt
99H Frank Heckenast Sr.
1z Rick Zalter
7s Jay Sparks
10m Ralph Markham

UMP Modifieds (28 Cars)
Heat 1 (Top 5)
89 Mike Spatolla
21s Denny Schwartz
1ts Tommy Seets Jr.
25 Butch Weisser
25T Marty Thompson

Heat 2
70 Vince Cooper
96 Dale Leuth
6 Brock Baumann
3L Jeff Leka
35 Jason Hastings

Heat 3
3F Rob Fequa
c12 Jeffrey Curl
36 Kevin Hastings
69 Jim Farris
75 Joe Adam

Mod Consi 1 (Top 5)
23t Billy Tuckwell
128 Wes Steidinger
20 AJ Dixon
83 Nathan Balenseifen
Z Mike Zemo Jr.

UMP Modified Feature
89 Mike Spatolla
21s Denny Schwartz
3F Rob Fuqua
25 Butch Weiser
70 Vince Cooper
3L Jeff Leka
c12 Jeffrey Curl
36 Kevin Hastings
69 Jim Farris
96 Dale Leuth
3s Jason Hastings
75 Joe Adam
23t Billy Tuckwell
83 Nathan Balenseifen
20 AJ Dixon
25T Marty Thompson
128 Wes Steidinger
Z Mike Zemo Jr.
1ts Tommy Seets Jr.
6 Brock Baumann

UMP Modified DNQ
21D Darcey Wey
8 Jason Jaggers
21Jr Justin McCoy
22h Bobby Keller
G1 Mike Garland
71 Casey Lappin
79D John Demoss
42 McKay Wenge

Farmer City IL

Friday July 25, 2008

By Racenut

www.midwestdirttrackfacts.com

Kevin Weaver and Kent Robinson win Farmer City Raceway Midwest Monster Tour event July 25, 2008

The fourth stop of the inaugural 6 stop Midwest Monster Tour came to the Farmer City Raceway Friday night. With 31 cars in the pits, Jason Feger turned in fast time at 12.861 seconds. The first heat was a very fast one, as Donny Walden and Jason Feger put on a show at the front of the pack, with Walden taking the win over Feger, followed by Scott Schmitt, Scott Bull and Joe Harlan. The second heat went to Brian Shirley over Wes Steidinger, Steve Sheppard Jr, Daren Friedman and Richie Hedrick. The final heat went to Kevin Weaver in another exciting run over Eric Smith, Ryan Dauber, Dennis Erb Jr and Aaron Ricketts. The semi feature went to Derek Chandler over a charging Jimmy Dehm, Jason Riggs, Jimmy Felker Jr and Tim Lance.

The feature event, worth $2000 and 30 laps in length started out with outside front row sitter Brian Shirley taking the early lead. About a third of the way through, Kevin Weaver got around Shirley with a low turn four pass and went on to victory. Wes Steidinger came home a close second followed by Eric Smith and Brian Shirley.

unofficial finish:

B12 Kevin Weaver
J1 Wes Steidinger
9 Eric Smith
3s Brian Shirley
5s Steve Sheppard
25 Jason Feger
28 Dennis Erb Jr
10x Scott Schmitt
89 Daren Friedman
1w Donny Walden
35 Derek Chandler
83 Scott Bull
99J Jimmy Dehm
95 Aaron Ricketts
43 Jim Felker Jr
Z Joe Harlan
64 Ryan Dauber
81jr Jason Riggs
48 Tim Lance
0 Richie Hedrick

In the modified class, the winner's share for the night was $750 and the length was 25 laps. Bloomington, Indiana's Kent Robinson's home track took the night off, so Kent brought his broom with him to Farmer City and swept the program. Robinson turned in fast time, won his heat and won the feature in convincing style. The first heat went to Robinson over Tommy Seets Jr, the second heat went to Jeremy Nichols over Chad Evans. The third heat went to Denny Schwartz over Wes Steidinger. The semi went to Mckay Wenger over Travis Howell, Danny Schwartz and Jeff Leka.

The feature was a real barn-burner as Robinson took the early lead and kept it. Tommy Seets came home second, followed by Jeremy Nichols and 19th place starter Jeff Leka, followed by Chad Evans, Wes Steidinger, Jeb Friedman, Justin Delong and Cory Schwengel.

The sportsmen feature went to John Bernard over Jason Unzicker, Shane Garrison, Wes O'Dell, Joel Funk and Rod Rusher.

Street Stock winner was Josh Griffith.

Justin Leka won the kidmodz winner.

There were 91 cars in the pits and the late model feature was over by 10:30

Firemen Tribute to fallen firefighter Brian Munz...... Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Kevin Weaver.... Photo by Lu

Kevin Weaver.... Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Lance Dehm.... photo by Lu

Lance Dehm.... Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Terry Miller.... Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Photo by Rocky Ragusa

Flatland Flash Bests Fairbury Field

Midwest Monster Tour July 26 
By Rocky Ragusa

Fairbury, IL 7/26/08 The Fairbury American Legion Speedway played host to the 6th round of the Monster Midwest Tour for the UMP latemodels and UMP modified divisions. The tour consist of 6 races over a 6 day period , with drivers competing for an addition purse and a championship point fund.

  The action began with a 15 lap tussle for the street stock drivers. Polesitter Terry Miller took the lead at the start and was never serious challenged to claim his 1st win at the track.the race went caution free and Miller was able to build a straight away lead. Joseph Hillman, Darrin Kohler, Brandon Kessinger, Billy Wicker, Steve Maisel, David Billingsley, Eric Gaus, Robert Turner, and Gary Barnes were the top 10 finishers.

  The UMP sportsman drivers have provided the fans with some of the best racing of the year. Andrew Funk took the lead and battled brother Joel and Gary Turpin the entire race. Joel was able to pull along side of Joel several times, but was not able complete the pass. Gary Turpin finished a car length back, followed by Joel, Rick Thomas, Jason Unzicker, Steve Kool, Chris Eden, Loren Haberkorn, Curt Vincent, and Mike Stirewalt completed the top 10.

  The UMP modified drivers ran a $750 to win for 25 laps. Mckay Wenger led the field to the green flag and bolted to the lead. Drivers ran the top, middle, and bottom trying reeel Wenger in. Lance Dehm who has struggled this year with a new car and always a pleasure to watch running the highside, never gave up. The top of the track began to work and Dehm pulled along side Wenger on the back stretch of the final lap. As the 2 drivers got to the checkered flag, Dehm was able to edge Wenger at the line for his 1st win of the year. A dejected Wenger settled for 2nd, tour point leader Jeff Leka was 3rd, followed by Jeb Friedman, Dave Porth, Wes Steidinger, Jim Farris, Darcey Wey, and Jason Hastings.

  The nights action ended with a 40 lap $2000 to win for the late model drivers. Outside starter Kevin Weaver got the jump on Ryan Dauber at the start and looked like he was on his way to an easily win. A caution with 5laps to go gave Daren Friedman a chance to take the win. Friedman did get along side Weaver several times, but Weaver was able to hold Friedman off. Dauber, Dennis Erb Jr., Wes Steidinger, Steve Sheppard Jr., Brian Shirley, Joe Harlan, Eric S mith, and Aaron Ricketts rounded out the top 10.

NOTES- Terry Miller, one of the top street stock drivers in the area and point leader at Lincoln Speedway claimed his 1st career win at Fairbury. Andrew Funk and Rick Thomas switched cars for the night’s races. Joel Funk is one of the top challengers for the UMP national sportsman title. Dan Flessner a former Hornet driver is now piloting the car formally driven by Mike Zalaker in the sportsman class. To say Lance Dehm’s season has been a struggle might be an understatement. He has preserved and with a crew that hasn’t given up; along with assistants from Dave Rudisill it might be turning around for the veteran driver. Miss Darcey Wey has had her share of problems this year. But a positive attitude by her and team brought her a strong 8th place finish. Wes Steidinger drove a car normally driven by Eric Bruce in the modified race. Gary Cook Jr. after winning the previous week in the modified race underwent surgery to remove a “mass” in his nasal cavity. His family is awaiting test results. Wishing Gary a speedy recovery. Kevin Weaver got his 3rd win of the week, as he won Monday night at Highland for their fair race and Friday at Farmer City as part of the Monster Midwest Tour. Before the nights races the track honored a real hero. Fairbury’s Brian Munz , a firefighter lost his life in the line of duty. While the American flag and Missing in Action flag flew at half staff, Scott Bull carrying the American Flag and Aaron Ricketts carrying the Fire Department Flag in their cars; paraded around the speedway during the national anthem. My sympathy goes out to Brian’s family, friends, and members of the fire department.


unofficial results

Feature Finish:
Late Models
B12 Weaver
89 Friedman
64 Dauber
28 Erb Jr
J1 Steidinger
5s Sheppard
3s Shirley
Z Harlan
9 Smith
95 Ricketts
99jr Heckenast Jr
0 Hedrick
s10 Shickel
35 Chandler
24 Unzicker
9z Zidar
99j Dehm
1w Walden
25F Feger
83 Bull

Modifieds
D1 Dehm
42 Wenger
3L Leka
4 Friedman
25 Porth
128 Steidinger

 

Fairbury Speedway Summary of Results 7.26.08
Monster Midwest Tour at Fairbury   $2000 to winner of Late Model Feature and $750 to the Modified winner.
 
Later model Feature
Gibson City's Kevin Weaver continued his success of Central Illinois Tracks after winning Friday night at Farmer City, "The Flatland Flash" picked up right where he left off winning the $2000 prize at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway.  What looked like an easy win for Weaver changed with 5 laps to go when a caution came out.  Weaver was dominating the race up until that point.  Then with five laps to go, Daren Friedman of Forrest challenged Weaver on every lap, only to have the Flatland Flash pull away until the final corner where Friedman actually was ahead of Weaver coming out of turn 4, but Weaver won the drag race to the line to win by a nose over Friedman with Dauber a close third. 
1. Kevin Weaver - Gibson City
2. Daren Friedman - Forrest
3. Ryan Dauber - Tonica
4. Dennis Erb Jr. - Carpentersville
5. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury
6. Steve Sheppard - New Berlin
7. Brian Shirley - Chatham
8. Joe Harlan - El Paso
9. Eric Smith - Shirley
10. Aaron Ricketts - Fairbury
11. Frank Heckenast jr. - Olrand Park
12. Richie Hedrick - Champaign
13. Frank Shickel Jr. - Bloomington
14. Derek Chandler - Pontiac
15. Ryan Unzicker - El Paso
16. Jayme Zidar - Greenville, Wis.
17. Jimmy Dehm - Lexington
18. Jason Feger - Bloomington
19. Donny Walden - Towanda
20. Scott Bull - Fairbury
 
Heat 1
1. Ryan Dauber - Tonica
2. Daren Friedman - Forrest
3. Dennis Erb Jr. - Carpentersville
 
Heat 2
1. Kevin Weaver - Gibson City
2. Jason Feger - Bloomington
3. Scott Bull - Fairbury
 
Heat 3
1. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury
2. Steve Sheppard - New Berlin
3. Ryan Unzicker - El Paso
 
Semi Feature
1. Derek Chandler - Pontiac
2. Jimmy Dehm - Lexington
3. Aaron Ricketts - Fairbury
 
Modifieds
Feature
1. Lance Dehm - Chatsworth     Dehm passed Wenger on the last lap and won by a car length.
2. McKay Wenger - Fairbury
3. Jeff Leka - Buffalo
4. Jeb Friedman - Forrest
5. Dave Porth - Gardner
6. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury
7. Jim Farris - Odell
8. Darcey Wey - Heyworth
9. Jay Ledford - Pontiac
10. Jason Hastings - Kankakee
 
Heat 1
1. McKay Wenger - Fairbury
2. Jeff Leka - Buffalo
3. Jeb Friedman - Forrest
 
Heat 2
1. Jay Ledford - Pontiac
2. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury
3. T.D. Burger - Saunemin
 
Heat 3
1. Lance Dehm - Chatsworth
2. Tommy Seets - Alton
3. Jeffery Curl - Forrest
 
Semi Feature
1. Dave Porth - Gardner
2. Darcey Wey - Heyworth
3. Jason Hastings - Kankakee
 
Sportsman
Feature
1. Andrew Funk - Dwight
2. Gary Turpin - Bloomington
3. Joel Funk - Dwight
4. Rick Thomas - Dwight
5. Jason Unzicker - El Paso
6. Steve Kool - Eureka
7. Chris Eden - Long Point
8. Loren Haberkorn - Chatsworth
9. Curt Vincent - Sibley
10. Mike Stirewalt - Dwight
 
Heat 1
1. Andrew Funk - Dwight
2. Gary Turpin - Bloomington
3. Joel Funk - Dwight
 
Heat 2
1. Jason Unzicker - El Paso
2. Steve Kool - Eureka
3. Rick Thomas - Dwight
 
Street Stocks
Feature
1. Terry Miller
2. Joseph Hillman
3. Darrin Kohler
4. Brandon Kessinger
5. Billy Wicker
6. Steve Maisel
7. David Billingsley
8. Eric Gaus
9. Robert Turner
10. Gary Barnes
 
Heat 1.
1. Terry Miller
2. Brandon Kessinger
3. Nate Kroll
 
Heat 2
1. Brian Wirtz
2. Gary Barnes
3. John Geary
 
Heat 3
1. Joseph Hillman
2. Steve Maisel
3. Billy Wicker
 
Semi Feature
1. Kevin Lenzen
2. Eric Gaus
3. Brett Peters

Midwest Monster Tour

Late Model Feature Rained Out
Complete Feature August 31

Modified Winner Gary Cook Jr

Photo By Rocky Ragusa

click pic to enlarge


Modified Feature Finish:
64 Gary Cook Jr
0 Hancock
3L Jeff Leka
1TS Tommy Seets Jr
42 Mckay Wenger
14 Jeffrey Leka
89 Mike Spatola
03 Cory Schwengel
4 Jeb Friedman
23 Marty Hiser
21d Darcy Wey
7s Schnapp
7
29 Workman
21 Gary Cook Sr
00eh Steve Arpin
87 Wes O'Dell
17z Wendell Zulaf, Jr
8 Gasparini
7w Werth
 

Lincoln Speedway
Lincoln, IL
Sunday August 31, 2008

Jason Feger breaks track record and wins feature, Modified feature to Gary Cook Jr!!!

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.

Monster Midwest Series.....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

 

MONSTER MIDWEST SERIES CHAMPION #B12 KEVIN WEAVER