Farmer City Raceway (IL)
April 8, 2005
From Dan Stewart
There was the dawn of a new race season and the dawn of the new promotion team Friday night at Farmer City Raceway. The Hammer family, known officially as TruSpeed Inc., put on the first show of their career, and 92 drivers and a good crowd came out to support them. The Late Model feature went to Eric Smith over Ryan Dauber. Although Smith led all the laps, Dauber would run him down, but just could not make the pass.
Eric Smith had fast time at 13.39 on the very smooth track, with Dauber turning in the exact same time. Heats went to Smith over Jeb Friedman and Jr Shickel with the second heat going to Dauber over Rohn Moon and Donnie Walden. All 20 late models started the feature with Smith holding off Dauber, Jr Shickel, Rohn Moon, and Steve Sheppard Jr rounding out the top five.
unofficial finish
9 Eric Smith
64 Ryan Dauber
S10 Jr Shickel
56 Rohn Moon
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
7M Michael Bradley
17 Corey Turner
24 Ryan Unzicker
1w Donnie Walden
37 Rod Sandage
T33 Tim O'Donnell
Sportsman heats went to Billy Nail and Nick Macklin. Nail won the feature, with Macklin trying everything he could to get around, finally spinning out on the last lap.
Street stock heats went to Jim Farley and Scott Piper.
The modified class had the best car count with 34 on hand. Heats went to Kyle Logue, Jeff Leka, and Jammie Wilson. Semi was won by Kyle Byerline. The feature event went to race long leader Jeff Leka with Scott Bull, Derrick Neville, Jim Leka, and Randy Huffman rounding out the top five.
April 8, 2005
From Dan Stewart
There was the dawn of a new race season and the dawn of the new promotion team Friday night at Farmer City Raceway. The Hammer family, known officially as TruSpeed Inc., put on the first show of their career, and 92 drivers and a good crowd came out to support them. The Late Model feature went to Eric Smith over Ryan Dauber. Although Smith led all the laps, Dauber would run him down, but just could not make the pass.
Eric Smith had fast time at 13.39 on the very smooth track, with Dauber turning in the exact same time. Heats went to Smith over Jeb Friedman and Jr Shickel with the second heat going to Dauber over Rohn Moon and Donnie Walden. All 20 late models started the feature with Smith holding off Dauber, Jr Shickel, Rohn Moon, and Steve Sheppard Jr rounding out the top five.
unofficial finish
9 Eric Smith
64 Ryan Dauber
S10 Jr Shickel
56 Rohn Moon
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
7M Michael Bradley
17 Corey Turner
24 Ryan Unzicker
1w Donnie Walden
37 Rod Sandage
T33 Tim O'Donnell
Sportsman heats went to Billy Nail and Nick Macklin. Nail won the feature, with Macklin trying everything he could to get around, finally spinning out on the last lap.
Street stock heats went to Jim Farley and Scott Piper.
The modified class had the best car count with 34 on hand. Heats went to Kyle Logue, Jeff Leka, and Jammie Wilson. Semi was won by Kyle Byerline. The feature event went to race long leader Jeff Leka with Scott Bull, Derrick Neville, Jim Leka, and Randy Huffman rounding out the top five.
