Dennis Erb
Steve Arpin
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MACON -- Sunday night's racing was marked by the appearance of NASCAR star Ken Schrader and the Northern All Stars Late Model Series. Some wet mid-afternoon weather delayed the beginning of events, but that didn't stop the crowd from packing the stands to their limit. Two lucky fans got to take a few laps with two great North All Stars. Kary Carter got to ride shotgun in a Late Model with Jason Feger at the wheel and Joshua Crawford got a chance to turn the track with former Herald and Review 100 winner Kevin Weaver.
All the way from Canada, Steve Arpin won himself a 20 lap Modified feature at Macon Speedway on his first try. Arpin baffled the competition by running a line no one had seen at Macon in a long time. Arpin when low into turn three and drove high toward the wall in four. Jeff Leka could never quite make the pass even though it looked like Arpin was opening the door on every lap.
"This is a beautiful track. I didn't think I mind could work fast enough to turn so many times so fast." Arpin said.
Arpin was in town to run a $5,000 to win modified race in Danville when his father was hospitalized in Indianapolis. With his father recovering from quintuple bypass surgery, Arpin has been racing his way around the Midwest including a feature win at Paducah Intl. Raceway on Friday.
Dennis Erb Jr. won himself a nice $6,000 prize for winning race number two of the Tri-Track Challenge. Erb Jr. started on the front row and never looked back. Erb Jr. can now earn himself a $10,000 bonus if he wins the rescheduled third race of the Tri-Track challenge to be held at I-55 Raceway. Ken Schrader won the first Tri-Track race on Friday at Paducah Intl. Raceway.
Decatur's Kevin Weaver worked his way up as far as second but didn't have nearly enough speed to challenge the leader. Third place finisher Brian Shirley earned his spot by winning the semi-feature race.
Racing ground to a halt with four laps left when Ryan Dauber's car stopped dead on the track and gallons of fuel poured onto the front stretch. Dauber escaped what could've been a disaster as track crews hurried to push his car off the growing pool of racing fuel.
Terry Miller pulled out a feature win in the Street Stocks. Miller had a good lead on the field through most of the race. Terry Reed and Steve Ewing were too busy racing each other for second place to take on the leader. Ewing made an aggressive move on the final lap. But it didn't pay off as Reed pulled away to the second place finish.
NASCAR legend Ken Schrader fell one spot short of qualifying for the Late Model feature race. Schrader moved from ninth place to fourth during the semi-feature, but only the top three got an invite to the feature.
Chevrolet Late Models
UMP Late Model - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 28 Dennis Erb - 50
2 1 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson , Il 48
3 13 3S Brian Shirley - 46
4 10 J1 Wes Steidinger - 44
5 6 3L Matt Taylor - 42
6 15 1 Will Vaught Crane , Mo 40
7 4 6K Michael Kloss - 38
8 16 30 Mark Voigt - 36
9 19 0 Richie Hedrick - 34
10 5 9Z Jamie Zidar Greenfield , Wi 32
11 7 7L Kyle Logue Cisco , Il 30
12 12 50 Ed Dixon Washington , Mo 28
13 11 24X Ryan Unzicker - 26
14 20 13 Brent Kreke Lebanon , Il 24
15 18 16H Mike Hammerle St. Charles, Mo 22
16 17 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, Il 20
17 3 5S Steve Sheppard Jr. New Berlin, Il 18
18 8 25X Jason Feger - 16
19 14 64 Ryan Dauber - 14
20 9 00 Dennis Vandermeersch Springfield , Il 12
UMP Late Model - Consolation 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 64 Ryan Dauber - 0
2 5 30 Mark Vaught - 0
3 4 16H Mike Hammerle St. Charles, Mo 0
4 9 9 Ken Schrader - 0
5 10 22 Chris Dick Deland , Il 0
6 3 95 Aaron Rciketts - 0
7 2 77 Jason Mcbride - 0
8 6 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, Il 0
9 7 18 Shane Tomlin Virden , Il 0
10 11 67 Mike Durbin Decatur , Il 0
11 8 13 Brent Kreke Lebanon , Il 0
12 12 42 Travis Wallbaum - 0
UMP Late Model - Consolation 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 3S Brian Shirley - 0
2 1 1 Will Vaught Crane , Mo 0
3 2 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, Il 0
4 6 0 Richie Hedrick - 0
5 4 10X Scott Schmidt - 0
6 8 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson , Mi 0
7 5 28B John Beck Springfield , Il 0
8 10 38L Ryan Little Springfield , Il 0
9 9 22K Kenny Vandorn New Berlin, Il 0
10 7 32 Vince Grondzki - 0
11 11 7 Butch Smith - 0
12 12 99J Jimmy Dehm - 0
13 13 13S Rodney Standerfer Sullivan , Il 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 4
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 6K Michael Kloss - 0
2 2 25X Jason Feger - 0
3 3 50 Ed Dixon Washington , Mo 0
4 4 77 Jason Mcbride - 0
5 7 16H Mike Hammerle St. Charles, Mo 0
6 9 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, Il 0
7 5 13 Brent Kreke Lebanon , Il 0
8 6 22 Chris Dick Deland , Il 0
9 8 42 Travis Wallbaum - 0
10 10 13S Rodney Standerfer Sullivan , Il 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 5S Steve Sheppard Jr. New Berlin, Il 0
2 3 7L Kyle Logue Cisco , Il 0
3 2 24X Ryan Unzicker - 0
4 4 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, Il 0
5 6 10X Scott Schmidt - 0
6 5 0 Richie Hedrick - 0
7 8 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson , Mi 0
8 7 38L Ryan Little Springfield , Il 0
9 9 99J Jimmy Dehm - 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 28 Dennis Erb - 0
2 2 3L Matt Taylor - 0
3 3 J1 Wes Steidinger - 0
4 4 64 Ryan Dauber - 0
5 5 95 Aaron Ricketts - 0
6 8 30 Mark Voigt - 0
7 6 18 Shane Tomlin Virden , Il 0
8 7 9 Ken Schrader - 0
9 9 67 Mike Durbin Decatur , Il 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson , Il 0
2 3 9Z Jamie Zidar Greenfield , Wi 0
3 7 00 Dennis Vandermeersch Springfield , Il 0
4 4 1 Will Vaught Crane , Mo 0
5 6 3S Brian Shirley - 0
6 2 28B John Beck Springfield , Il 0
7 8 32 Vince Grondzki - 0
8 9 22K Kenny Vandorn New Berlin, Il 0
9 5 7 Butch Smith - 0
UMP Late Model - Qualifying
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 10 5S Steve Sheppard Jr. New Berlin, Il 0
2 27 28 Dennis Erb - 0
3 2 7L Kyle Logue Cisco , Il 0
4 23 J1 Wes Steidinger - 0
5 15 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson , Il 0
6 36 24X Ryan Unzicker - 0
7 33 6K Michael Kloss - 0
8 19 28B John Beck Springfield , Il 0
9 34 25X Jason Feger - 0
10 24 3L Matt Taylor - 0
11 3 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, Il 0
12 26 95 Aaron Ricketts - 0
13 35 0 Richie Hedrick - 0
14 22 64 Ryan Dauber - 0
15 14 50 Ed Dixon Washington , Mo 0
16 29 3S Brian Shirley - 0
17 1 9Z Jamie Zidar Greenfield , Wi 0
18 5 00 Dennis Vandermeersch Springfield , Il 0
19 11 7 Butch Smith - 0
20 25 9 Ken Schrader - 0
21 8 18 Shane Tomlin Virden , Il 0
22 31 1 Will Vaught Crane , Mo 0
23 37 77 Jason Mcbride - 0
24 30 10X Scott Schmidt - 0
25 17 13 Brent Kreke Lebanon , Il 0
26 28 30 Mark Voigt - 0
27 36 32 Vince Grondzki - 0
28 13 38L Ryan Little Springfield , Il 0
29 4 16H Mike Hammerle St. Charles, Mo 0
30 7 67 Mike Durbin Decatur , Il 0
31 6 22 Chris Dick Deland , Il 0
32 9 22K Kenny Vandorn New Berlin, Il 0
33 32 42 Travis Wallbaum - 0
34 12 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, Il 0
35 16 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson , Mi 0
36 20 13S Rodney Standerfer Sullivan , Il 0
37 21 99J Jimmy Dehm - 0
BARBECK Communications Modifieds
UMP Modified - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 00EH Steve Arpin Fort Frances, On 50
2 2 3L Jeff Leka - 48
3 5 1 Tommy Seets Jr. Alton , Il 46
4 8 59 Chad Evans Mattoon , Il 44
5 4 40 Jim Leka Illiopolis , Il 42
6 9 T2 Mark Tullies Taylorville , Il 40
7 11 23M Marty Hiser Decatur , Il 38
8 10 31 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 36
9 17 D98 Danny Smith Argenta , Il 34
10 15 35 Clark Robertson Shelbyville , Il 32
11 13 01 Jeremy Nichols Decatur , Il 30
12 18 10 Curt Rhodes Taylorville , Il 28
13 19 111 Larry Bunning Decatur , Il 26
14 12 77H Abe Helfand Clinton , Il 24
15 14 58 Larry Ferguson Arcola , Il 22
16 20 33 Dave Eckel Lovington , Il 20
17 16 37 David Crawley Jr. Decatur , Il 18
18 7 44 Aaron Burcham - 16
19 6 57 Danny Page Mt.zion , Il 14
20 1 24 Rodney Standerfer - 12
UMP Modified - Consolation
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 D98 Danny Smith Argenta , Il 0
2 3 10 Curt Rhodes Taylorville , Il 0
3 2 111 Larry Bunning Decatur , Il 0
4 6 33 Dave Eckel Lovington , Il 0
5 4 29 David Maple Decatur , Il 0
6 5 7C Jeff Wallace - 0
7 9 64 Don Koehler Macon , Il 0
8 7 39 Allen Burcham Decatur , Il 0
9 8 175 Richard Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
UMP Modified - Heat 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 00EH Steve Arpin Fort Frances, On 0
2 6 40 Jim Leka Illiopolis , Il 0
3 4 31 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 0
4 8 T2 Mark Tullies Taylorville , Il 0
5 5 37 David Crawley Jr. Decatur , Il 0
6 7 111 Larry Bunning Decatur , Il 0
7 1 7C Jeff Wallace - 0
8 3 175 Richard Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
UMP Modified - Heat 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 3L Jeff Leka - 0
2 4 1 Tommy Seets Jr. Alton , Il 0
3 6 59 Chad Evans Mattoon , Il 0
4 1 77H Abe Helfand Clinton , Il 0
5 2 35 Clark Robertson Shelbyville , Il 0
6 8 D98 Danny Smith Argenta , Il 0
7 7 29 David Maple Decatur , Il 0
8 3 39 Allen Burcham Decatur , Il 0
UMP Modified - Heat 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 8 24 Rodney Standerfer - 0
2 3 57 Danny Page Mt.zion , Il 0
3 6 44 Aaron Burcham - 0
4 4 23M Marty Hiser Decatur , Il 0
5 2 58 Larry Ferguson Arcola , Il 0
6 9 01 Jeremy Nichols Decatur , Il 0
7 1 10 Curt Rhodes Taylorville , Il 0
8 7 33 Dave Eckel Lovington , Il 0
9 5 64 Don Koehler Macon , Il 0
Street Stocks
1. Terry Miller; 2. Terry Reed; 3. Steve Ewing; 4. Larry Russell Jr.; 5. Blake Shelly; 6. Steve Adams; 7. Michael Pasley; 8. Roy Magee; 9. Kyle Jenkins; 10. Jeff Reed Jr.
