By: Betty Glynn
La Salle, IL – Cody Clubb swept the 4 Cylinder Hornet division in front of a packed house for the Jeff Perry Fan Appreciation Night on Saturday at La Salle Speedway. The Morris driver shined with an easy heat race victory and a full throttle charging feature run.
Twenty six contenders took the track by storm as the last event of the night. Their ability to travel the first thirteen laps uninterrupted was only stopped due to debris on the racing surface. They seemed to outshine the big dogs by putting forth some great side by side action even though there were so many drivers on the track at one time.
“That was the most enjoyable feature I’ve seen thus far,” track owner Kerry Izzo told the drivers during an unexpected meeting after their race. “Excellent show I can’t thank you enough and I would give each and every one of you the winner’s money if I could.” She closed her meeting with three words that summed up their efforts. “Great job guys.”
Jamie Deford and Allen Line were the front row hosts on the feature grid with Cody Clubb and Rick Zifko rolling up in the second row. Allen Provenzano and Asa Robart took their spots in row three. By the third lap on the scoreboard, it was Cody Clubb commanding the field in front of Deford. The pair outdistanced their competition for the early laps. The Lap 13 caution brought everyone back to together but it didn’t take Cody long to outdistance himself leaving some great racing between Deford, Zifko, Phil Burdette and Robart.
Cody claimed the checkers with Deford second in front of Zifko. Burdette managed to take over fourth during the final laps leaving Robart in fifth followed by Nick Clubb, Mike Morrow, Jerry Legner, John Provenzano, Allen Line, Mark Sutton, Matt McCarty, Allen Provenzano, Justin Heath, and Jason Wagner.
Line, Cody and Zifko each won the heat races.
The UMP Late Model class hosted nineteen contenders. Rich Bell earned the pole position after the dash victory with Ralph Markham as his front row challenger. Lil’ John Provenzano and Mark Larson were in the second row.
Bell took off with Ralph Markham close behind and Lil’ John on his tail. The early laps were caution plagued and hard to get momentum for the racers. During the eighth lap of the circuit, seventh place starter Mike Glynn flew into second behind Bell. Glynn ran a lower line and began to test Bell’s run but caution slowed the chase. After the restart, Glynn could catch him in the corners but Bell was faster on the straight aways. The twenty-five lap main pace was too much for many of the drivers as the same cars seemed to be bringing out the caution.
During Lap 18, Mike Provenzano had positioned his eighth place starting machine on the back bumper of Glynn. Glynn moved up and Mike Provenzano seized the opportunity to chase down the leader. Running in fourth was Ralph Markham with Keith Piano close behind him. Piano’s start closer to the rear of the grid was a challenge in its own right just to avoid trouble.
In the closing laps, Mike Provenzano gave it all he had but Bell was faster to the finish for his first win at La Salle. Mike Provenzano scored second in front of Glynn, Ralph Markham, Piano, Roger Markham, Mark Larson, Zack Busch, and Ed Williams Sr.
Roger Markham held off brother Ralph to win the first heat event while Bell and Glynn were third and fourth. Lil’ John outdistanced Williams for heat two with Larson and Greg Wagner crossing the line behind them. Bell took home the Rhyne Engine dash victory ahead of Ralph Markham, Lil’ John and Larson.
The UMP Modified’s struggled from the time the green flag dropped until the checkers. They just didn’t seem to be able to score a lap without caution. Several complete restarts was a sign of the times for the eighteen car field. Getting the first three laps on the board was more like a marathon.
Dale Lueth and Justin McCoy led the pack with Vince Cooper and Jason Bahrs in row two. Lueth was fast out of the blocks leading from the pole. During Lap 7, Lueth was leading when he killed the engine ending his lead. Cooper now sat at the helm with McCoy, Tom Knippenberg, Stan Vervynck, Don Cole, Phil Line, and Felicia Collins following.
Cooper kept his ride lower on the track while McCoy charged higher looking for a faster groove. The duo distanced themselves from the pack dodging the lapped traffic.
Cooper won the twenty lapper over McCoy. Lueth moved his way back up the pack from the tail into fourth behind Line. Vervynck took fifth in front of Bahrs, Mike Marden and Knippenberg.
Lueth won the first heat contest with Knippenberg, Matt Gremminger and Collins trailing. McCoy took home the second heat victory over Cooper, Bahrs and Joe Adam.
Steve Lewis and Justin Rutledge rolled into the front of the grid for the UMP Street Stocks main event. When the flagman signaled the start, it was all racing for the twenty one drivers. They put on a great action packed contest flag to flag.
Lewis and Jimmy Partipilo raced each other hard in the front of the pack. Lewis led the first ten laps uncontested until Partipilo caught up to his back bumper and brought their action door to door. On the back straight away of Lap 12, Partipilo took over the point. A caution one lap later gave Lewis a chance to regain the lead.
Partipilo took off fast leaving Lewis to hold back Roger Rickels and Mike Hughes. Eighteen cars remained in action with three laps to go.
Partipilo returned to the winners circle for the second week in a row. Lewis scored a strong second in front of Hughes, Rickels, Jamie Balensiefen, Matt Ramer, Marty Gradert, Rutledge, David McKenney, Tim Provezano, Alex Clubb and Nick Clubb.
Jay Mesarchik won the first heat while Partipilo won the second.
La Salle Speedway Scoreboard Results 06/20/09
Late Models – 19 Cars
Rhyne Competition Engines Dash: Rich Bell, Ralph Markham, Lil’ John Provenzano, Mark Larson
Heat One: Roger Markham, Ralph Markham, Rich Bell, Mike Glynn
Heat Two: Lil’ John Provenzano, Ed Williams Sr., Mark Larson, Greg Wagner
Feature: 1. Rich Bell, 2. Mike Provenzano, 3. Mike Glynn, 4. Ralph Markham, 5. Keith Piano, 6. Roger Markham, 7. Mark Larson, 8. Zack Busch, 9. Ed Williams Sr., 10. Ande Bivens, 11. Jeff Small, 12. Lake Knutti, 13. Lil’ John Provenzano, 14. Jon Small, 15. Travis Mahoney, 16. Jim Loomis, 17. Seth Dauber, 18. Greg Wagner, 19. Dan Doherty
UMP Modifieds – 18 Cars
Heat One: Dale Lueth, Tom Knippenberg, Matt Gremminger, Felicia Collins
Heat Two: Justin McCoy, Vince Cooper, Jason Bahrs, Joe Adam
Feature: 1. Vince Cooper, 2. Justin McCoy, 3. Phil Line, 4. Dale Lueth, 5. Stan Vervynck, 6. Jason Bahrs, 7. Mike Marden, 8. Tom Knippenberg, 9. Felecia Collins, 10. Don Cole, 11. Nathan Ultch, 12. Brad Carrington, 13. Ryan Kortage, 14. Nathan Balensiefen, 15. David Wagner, 16. Matthew Gremminger, 17. Jeff Anderson, 18. Joe Adam
UMP Street Stocks – 21 Cars
Heat One: Jay Mesarchik, Steve Lewis, Justin Rutledge, Nick Clubb
Heat Two: Jimmy Partipilo, Nathan Balensiefen, David McKenney, Matt Ramer
Feature: 1. Jimmy Partipilo, 2. Steve Lewis, 3. Mike Hughes, 4. Roger Rickels, 5. Jamie Balensifen, 6. Matt Ramer, 7. Marty Gradert, 8. Justin Rutledge, 9. David McKenney, 10. Tim Provenzano, 11. Alex Clubb, 12. Nick Clubb, 13. Randy Lucas, 14. Karl Hayes, 15. Darryl Matthews, 16. Mark Gradert, 17. Danny Deutsch, 18. Steve Schwemlein, 19. Keith Lucas, 20. Rick Koltveit, 21. Jay Mesarchik
UMP Hornets – 26 Cars
Heat One: Allen Line, Mike Morrow, Jerry Legner, JMark Sutton
Heat Two: Cody Clubb, Nick Clubb, John Provenzano, Allen Provenzano
Heat Three: Rick Zifko, Jamie Deford, Asa Robart, Phil Burdette
Feature Special: 1. Cody Clubb, 2. Jamie Deford, 3. Rick Zifko, 4. Phil Burdette, 5. Asa Robart, 6. Nick Clubb, 7. Mike Morrow, 8. Jerry Legner, 9. John Provenzano, 10. Allen Line, 11. Mark Sutton, 12. Matt McCarty, 13. Allen Provenzano, 14. Justin Heath, 15. Jason Wagner, 16. Anna Cain, 17. Todd Breitbarth, 18. Cheyenne Hernandez, 19. Josh Larson, 20. Paul Smith, 21. DJ Kilanowski, 22. Chad Williams, 23. Bill Whalen, 24. Alex Clubb, 25. Jeremy Rotramel, 26. Clayton Bicker
La Salle, IL – Cody Clubb swept the 4 Cylinder Hornet division in front of a packed house for the Jeff Perry Fan Appreciation Night on Saturday at La Salle Speedway. The Morris driver shined with an easy heat race victory and a full throttle charging feature run.
Twenty six contenders took the track by storm as the last event of the night. Their ability to travel the first thirteen laps uninterrupted was only stopped due to debris on the racing surface. They seemed to outshine the big dogs by putting forth some great side by side action even though there were so many drivers on the track at one time.
“That was the most enjoyable feature I’ve seen thus far,” track owner Kerry Izzo told the drivers during an unexpected meeting after their race. “Excellent show I can’t thank you enough and I would give each and every one of you the winner’s money if I could.” She closed her meeting with three words that summed up their efforts. “Great job guys.”
Jamie Deford and Allen Line were the front row hosts on the feature grid with Cody Clubb and Rick Zifko rolling up in the second row. Allen Provenzano and Asa Robart took their spots in row three. By the third lap on the scoreboard, it was Cody Clubb commanding the field in front of Deford. The pair outdistanced their competition for the early laps. The Lap 13 caution brought everyone back to together but it didn’t take Cody long to outdistance himself leaving some great racing between Deford, Zifko, Phil Burdette and Robart.
Cody claimed the checkers with Deford second in front of Zifko. Burdette managed to take over fourth during the final laps leaving Robart in fifth followed by Nick Clubb, Mike Morrow, Jerry Legner, John Provenzano, Allen Line, Mark Sutton, Matt McCarty, Allen Provenzano, Justin Heath, and Jason Wagner.
Line, Cody and Zifko each won the heat races.
The UMP Late Model class hosted nineteen contenders. Rich Bell earned the pole position after the dash victory with Ralph Markham as his front row challenger. Lil’ John Provenzano and Mark Larson were in the second row.
Bell took off with Ralph Markham close behind and Lil’ John on his tail. The early laps were caution plagued and hard to get momentum for the racers. During the eighth lap of the circuit, seventh place starter Mike Glynn flew into second behind Bell. Glynn ran a lower line and began to test Bell’s run but caution slowed the chase. After the restart, Glynn could catch him in the corners but Bell was faster on the straight aways. The twenty-five lap main pace was too much for many of the drivers as the same cars seemed to be bringing out the caution.
During Lap 18, Mike Provenzano had positioned his eighth place starting machine on the back bumper of Glynn. Glynn moved up and Mike Provenzano seized the opportunity to chase down the leader. Running in fourth was Ralph Markham with Keith Piano close behind him. Piano’s start closer to the rear of the grid was a challenge in its own right just to avoid trouble.
In the closing laps, Mike Provenzano gave it all he had but Bell was faster to the finish for his first win at La Salle. Mike Provenzano scored second in front of Glynn, Ralph Markham, Piano, Roger Markham, Mark Larson, Zack Busch, and Ed Williams Sr.
Roger Markham held off brother Ralph to win the first heat event while Bell and Glynn were third and fourth. Lil’ John outdistanced Williams for heat two with Larson and Greg Wagner crossing the line behind them. Bell took home the Rhyne Engine dash victory ahead of Ralph Markham, Lil’ John and Larson.
The UMP Modified’s struggled from the time the green flag dropped until the checkers. They just didn’t seem to be able to score a lap without caution. Several complete restarts was a sign of the times for the eighteen car field. Getting the first three laps on the board was more like a marathon.
Dale Lueth and Justin McCoy led the pack with Vince Cooper and Jason Bahrs in row two. Lueth was fast out of the blocks leading from the pole. During Lap 7, Lueth was leading when he killed the engine ending his lead. Cooper now sat at the helm with McCoy, Tom Knippenberg, Stan Vervynck, Don Cole, Phil Line, and Felicia Collins following.
Cooper kept his ride lower on the track while McCoy charged higher looking for a faster groove. The duo distanced themselves from the pack dodging the lapped traffic.
Cooper won the twenty lapper over McCoy. Lueth moved his way back up the pack from the tail into fourth behind Line. Vervynck took fifth in front of Bahrs, Mike Marden and Knippenberg.
Lueth won the first heat contest with Knippenberg, Matt Gremminger and Collins trailing. McCoy took home the second heat victory over Cooper, Bahrs and Joe Adam.
Steve Lewis and Justin Rutledge rolled into the front of the grid for the UMP Street Stocks main event. When the flagman signaled the start, it was all racing for the twenty one drivers. They put on a great action packed contest flag to flag.
Lewis and Jimmy Partipilo raced each other hard in the front of the pack. Lewis led the first ten laps uncontested until Partipilo caught up to his back bumper and brought their action door to door. On the back straight away of Lap 12, Partipilo took over the point. A caution one lap later gave Lewis a chance to regain the lead.
Partipilo took off fast leaving Lewis to hold back Roger Rickels and Mike Hughes. Eighteen cars remained in action with three laps to go.
Partipilo returned to the winners circle for the second week in a row. Lewis scored a strong second in front of Hughes, Rickels, Jamie Balensiefen, Matt Ramer, Marty Gradert, Rutledge, David McKenney, Tim Provezano, Alex Clubb and Nick Clubb.
Jay Mesarchik won the first heat while Partipilo won the second.
La Salle Speedway Scoreboard Results 06/20/09
Late Models – 19 Cars
Rhyne Competition Engines Dash: Rich Bell, Ralph Markham, Lil’ John Provenzano, Mark Larson
Heat One: Roger Markham, Ralph Markham, Rich Bell, Mike Glynn
Heat Two: Lil’ John Provenzano, Ed Williams Sr., Mark Larson, Greg Wagner
Feature: 1. Rich Bell, 2. Mike Provenzano, 3. Mike Glynn, 4. Ralph Markham, 5. Keith Piano, 6. Roger Markham, 7. Mark Larson, 8. Zack Busch, 9. Ed Williams Sr., 10. Ande Bivens, 11. Jeff Small, 12. Lake Knutti, 13. Lil’ John Provenzano, 14. Jon Small, 15. Travis Mahoney, 16. Jim Loomis, 17. Seth Dauber, 18. Greg Wagner, 19. Dan Doherty
UMP Modifieds – 18 Cars
Heat One: Dale Lueth, Tom Knippenberg, Matt Gremminger, Felicia Collins
Heat Two: Justin McCoy, Vince Cooper, Jason Bahrs, Joe Adam
Feature: 1. Vince Cooper, 2. Justin McCoy, 3. Phil Line, 4. Dale Lueth, 5. Stan Vervynck, 6. Jason Bahrs, 7. Mike Marden, 8. Tom Knippenberg, 9. Felecia Collins, 10. Don Cole, 11. Nathan Ultch, 12. Brad Carrington, 13. Ryan Kortage, 14. Nathan Balensiefen, 15. David Wagner, 16. Matthew Gremminger, 17. Jeff Anderson, 18. Joe Adam
UMP Street Stocks – 21 Cars
Heat One: Jay Mesarchik, Steve Lewis, Justin Rutledge, Nick Clubb
Heat Two: Jimmy Partipilo, Nathan Balensiefen, David McKenney, Matt Ramer
Feature: 1. Jimmy Partipilo, 2. Steve Lewis, 3. Mike Hughes, 4. Roger Rickels, 5. Jamie Balensifen, 6. Matt Ramer, 7. Marty Gradert, 8. Justin Rutledge, 9. David McKenney, 10. Tim Provenzano, 11. Alex Clubb, 12. Nick Clubb, 13. Randy Lucas, 14. Karl Hayes, 15. Darryl Matthews, 16. Mark Gradert, 17. Danny Deutsch, 18. Steve Schwemlein, 19. Keith Lucas, 20. Rick Koltveit, 21. Jay Mesarchik
UMP Hornets – 26 Cars
Heat One: Allen Line, Mike Morrow, Jerry Legner, JMark Sutton
Heat Two: Cody Clubb, Nick Clubb, John Provenzano, Allen Provenzano
Heat Three: Rick Zifko, Jamie Deford, Asa Robart, Phil Burdette
Feature Special: 1. Cody Clubb, 2. Jamie Deford, 3. Rick Zifko, 4. Phil Burdette, 5. Asa Robart, 6. Nick Clubb, 7. Mike Morrow, 8. Jerry Legner, 9. John Provenzano, 10. Allen Line, 11. Mark Sutton, 12. Matt McCarty, 13. Allen Provenzano, 14. Justin Heath, 15. Jason Wagner, 16. Anna Cain, 17. Todd Breitbarth, 18. Cheyenne Hernandez, 19. Josh Larson, 20. Paul Smith, 21. DJ Kilanowski, 22. Chad Williams, 23. Bill Whalen, 24. Alex Clubb, 25. Jeremy Rotramel, 26. Clayton Bicker
