By Dan Stewart with help from DeeDee
www.midwestdirttrackfacts.com
New points leaders Nick Bauman and Jeff Leka win features at Farmer City Raceway Friday night!
In a move that brings back the true meaning of United Midwest Promoters, the late models had the evening off so they could attend the UMP Summernationals at Kankakee County Speedway, a move to be duplicated next Friday by Kankakee as the Summernationals visit historic Farmer City Raceway. In the crate late model class, Nick Bauman turned in fast time of the 18 drivers in attendance, at 13.920 breaking his own track record. The first heat went to Allen Thomas over Bauman and Rylan Dagg. The second heat went to Dustin Griffin over Jay Smithson and Nick Macklin. The feature went the Nick Bauman, who took the points lead from the absent Jim Moon, second went to Rylan Dagg over Dustin Griffin, Daniel Heck, Bobby Pierce and Kevin Moffett in a caution filled event.
In the modified class, young Justin DeLong turned some heads when he turned in fast time at 13.966, just shy of a track record as well. Perennial track champion Jeff Leka was driving a #20 car for the evening and won the first heat over Dave Crawley Jr, Jay Ledford and Justin DeLong. The second heat went to Chad Osterhoff over Jeb Friedman, Gabe Menser and Brock Bauman. The third heat went to Randy Huffman over Cory Schwengel, David Shain and Chris Morefield. The semi feature went to Jeff Curl over Chris Gaither, Dave Popielarz and Rick Hamilton. The feature event went to Jeff Leka, who also took the points lead from Chad Osterhoff, who finished second. Third went to Jeb Friedman, followed by Gabe Menser, Randy Huffman, Cory Schwengel, David Shain, Justin DeLong and Randy Shuman.
The kidmodz once again had Kyle Hammer winning the heat over Heidi Goodman. In the feature, Heidi Goodman took off to a big lead over Hammer, but with engine troubles with two laps to go handed the lead to Kyle Hammer, and he was followed to the checkers by Jake Griffin, Blake Vinson, Jeffrey Ledford and Heidi Goodman.
In the street stockers, the first heat went to Terry Miller over Chuck Barnes Jr, and Josh Griffith. The second heat went to Jeff Semmens over Darrel Lehigh and Greg Rubenacker. In an unusually caution filled feature, Terry Miller and Jeff Semmens ran side by side for the first lap, until Semmens takes the lead, then the first caution came out. Under the yellow, leader Semmens apparently had motor problems and pulled to the pits, as well as second place Terry Miller, who had a flat tire. This gave the lead to Chuck Barnes Jr, followed by Greg Rubenacker. They survive a few more cautions as Barnes takes the win followed by Rubenacker, Blake Shelley with Jim Quinn alongside, followed by Chris Tackett.
The hornets saw points leader Jason Maier take the first heat followed by Joe Reed and Larry Hawk. The second heat went to Jonathon Schuck, followed by Eric Wilson and Matt Corray. The feature went to last year's point champion Joe Reed over current points leader Jason Maier, followed by Larry Hawk, Tanner Tibbs, Jonathon Schuck, Jim Wilson and Matt Corray.
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Modifieds - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 20 Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 60
2 2 130 Chad Osterhoff Kankakee , Il 55
3 5 4F Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 50
4 8 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 45
5 3 5H Randy Huffman Maroa , Il 40
6 6 03 Cory Schwengel Oreana , Il 38
7 9 87 David Shain - 36
8 10 7J Justin Delong Bloomington , Il 34
9 13 62 Randy Shuman Danville , Il 32
10 15 7S Ethan Schnapp Springfield , Il 30
11 14 88S Allan Stipp - 29
12 11 6 Brock Bauman Eureka , Il 28
13 7 7L* Jay Ledford Pontiac , Il 27
14 18 4 Dave Popielarz - 26
15 17 67 Chris Gaither - 25
16 20 5M Rodney Morris - 24
17 16 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 23
18 4 37 Dave Crawley Jr Decatur , Il 22
19 12 C4 Chris Morefield - 21
20 19 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 20
Modifieds - Semi Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 0
2 1 67 Chris Gaither - 0
3 6 4 Dave Popielarz - 0
4 7 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
5 2 5M Rodney Morris - 0
6 4 59 Billy Miller - 10
7 8 89 Norm Wood - 10
8 5 2L Justin Leka Buffalo , Il 10
9 9 35S Randy Spaugh - 10
Modifieds - Heat 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 5H Randy Huffman Maroa , Il 4
2 1 03 Cory Schwengel Oreana , Il 3
3 4 87 David Shain - 2
4 5 C4 Chris Morefield - 1
5 7 7S Ethan Schnapp Springfield , Il 0
6 3 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 0
7 6 4 Dave Popielarz - 0
8 8 35S Randy Spaugh - 0
Modifieds - Heat 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 130 Chad Osterhoff Kankakee , Il 4
2 1 4F Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 3
3 3 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 2
4 4 6 Brock Bauman Eureka , Il 1
5 7 88S Allan Stipp - 0
6 6 5M Rodney Morris - 0
7 8 2L Justin Leka Buffalo , Il 0
8 5 89 Norm Wood - 0
Modifieds - Heat 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 20 Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 4
2 1 37 Dave Crawley Jr Decatur , Il 3
3 4 7L* Jay Ledford Pontiac , Il 2
4 3 7J Justin Delong Bloomington , Il 1
5 5 62 Randy Shuman Danville , Il 0
6 8 67 Chris Gaither - 0
7 7 59 Billy Miller - 0
8 6 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
Modifieds - Qualifying
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 7J Justin Delong Bloomington , Il 4
2 1 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 3
3 9 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 2
4 20 20 Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 1
5 23 130 Chad Osterhoff Kankakee , Il 0
6 4 5H Randy Huffman Maroa , Il 0
7 2 37 Dave Crawley Jr Decatur , Il 0
8 22 4F Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 0
9 10 03 Cory Schwengel Oreana , Il 0
10 15 7L* Jay Ledford Pontiac , Il 0
11 16 6 Brock Bauman Eureka , Il 0
12 19 87 David Shain - 0
13 18 62 Randy Shuman Danville , Il 0
14 5 89 Norm Wood - 0
15 7 C4 Chris Morefield - 0
16 17 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
17 12 5M Rodney Morris - 0
18 11 4 Dave Popielarz - 0
19 24 59 Chevy Miller - 0
20 13 88S Allan Stipp - 0
21 21 7S Ethan Schnapp Springfield , Il 0
22 14 67 Chris Gaither - 0
23 8 2L Justin Leka Buffalo , Il 0
24 6 35S Randy Spaugh - 0
Crate LM - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 B1 Nick Bauman - 60
2 5 R52 Rylan Dagg Wayne City, Il 55
3 2 20 Dustin Griffin - 50
4 7 55 Daniel Heck - 45
5 9 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood , Il 40
6 8 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua , Il 38
7 11 58 Charlie Heck - 36
8 14 23M Kyle Madison - 34
9 13 8J Lance Johnson Clinton , Il 32
10 10 B8 John Barnard Sherman , Il 30
11 4 15 Jay Smithsen - 29
12 17 59 Aaron Heck - 28
13 12 25# Jason Unzicker El Paso, Il 27
14 6 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il 26
15 15 7H Joseph Hughes Springfield , Il 25
16 16 22S Dave Slade Seymour , Il 24
17 18 22T# Timmy Dick Monticello , Il 23
18 1 12 Allen Thomas - 22
Crate LM - Heat 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 20 Dustin Griffin - 4
2 4 15 Jay Smithsen - 3
3 3 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il 2
4 5 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua , Il 1
5 6 B8 John Barnard Sherman , Il 0
6 1 25# Jason Unzicker El Paso, Il 0
7 7 23M Kyle Madison - 0
8 8 22S Dave Slade Seymour , Il 0
9 9 22T# Timmy Dick Monticello , Il 0
Crate LM - Heat 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 12 Allen Thomas - 4
2 3 B1 Nick Bauman - 3
3 5 R52 Rylan Dagg Wayne City, Il 2
4 4 55 Daniel Heck - 1
5 6 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood , Il 0
6 9 58 Charlie Heck - 0
7 7 8J Lance Johnson Clinton , Il 0
8 8 7H Joseph Hughes Springfield , Il 0
9 1 59 Aaron Heck - 0
Crate LM - Qualifying
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 B1 Nick Bauman - 0
2 4 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il 0
3 11 12 Allen Thomas - 0
4 3 20 Dustin Griffin - 0
5 5 59 Aaron Heck - 0
6 13 25# Jason Unzicker El Paso, Il 0
7 10 55 Daniel Heck - 0
8 17 15 Jay Smithsen - 0
9 7 R52 Rylan Dagg Wayne City, Il 0
10 15 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua , Il 0
11 14 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood , Il 0
12 12 B8 John Barnard Sherman , Il 0
13 18 8J Lance Johnson Clinton , Il 0
14 16 23M Kyle Madison - 0
15 9 7H Joseph Hughes Springfield , Il 0
16 6 22S Dave Slade Seymour , Il 0
17 8 58 Charlie Heck - 0
18 1 22T# Timmy Dick Monticello , Il
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New points leaders Nick Bauman and Jeff Leka win features at Farmer City Raceway Friday night!
In a move that brings back the true meaning of United Midwest Promoters, the late models had the evening off so they could attend the UMP Summernationals at Kankakee County Speedway, a move to be duplicated next Friday by Kankakee as the Summernationals visit historic Farmer City Raceway. In the crate late model class, Nick Bauman turned in fast time of the 18 drivers in attendance, at 13.920 breaking his own track record. The first heat went to Allen Thomas over Bauman and Rylan Dagg. The second heat went to Dustin Griffin over Jay Smithson and Nick Macklin. The feature went the Nick Bauman, who took the points lead from the absent Jim Moon, second went to Rylan Dagg over Dustin Griffin, Daniel Heck, Bobby Pierce and Kevin Moffett in a caution filled event.
In the modified class, young Justin DeLong turned some heads when he turned in fast time at 13.966, just shy of a track record as well. Perennial track champion Jeff Leka was driving a #20 car for the evening and won the first heat over Dave Crawley Jr, Jay Ledford and Justin DeLong. The second heat went to Chad Osterhoff over Jeb Friedman, Gabe Menser and Brock Bauman. The third heat went to Randy Huffman over Cory Schwengel, David Shain and Chris Morefield. The semi feature went to Jeff Curl over Chris Gaither, Dave Popielarz and Rick Hamilton. The feature event went to Jeff Leka, who also took the points lead from Chad Osterhoff, who finished second. Third went to Jeb Friedman, followed by Gabe Menser, Randy Huffman, Cory Schwengel, David Shain, Justin DeLong and Randy Shuman.
The kidmodz once again had Kyle Hammer winning the heat over Heidi Goodman. In the feature, Heidi Goodman took off to a big lead over Hammer, but with engine troubles with two laps to go handed the lead to Kyle Hammer, and he was followed to the checkers by Jake Griffin, Blake Vinson, Jeffrey Ledford and Heidi Goodman.
In the street stockers, the first heat went to Terry Miller over Chuck Barnes Jr, and Josh Griffith. The second heat went to Jeff Semmens over Darrel Lehigh and Greg Rubenacker. In an unusually caution filled feature, Terry Miller and Jeff Semmens ran side by side for the first lap, until Semmens takes the lead, then the first caution came out. Under the yellow, leader Semmens apparently had motor problems and pulled to the pits, as well as second place Terry Miller, who had a flat tire. This gave the lead to Chuck Barnes Jr, followed by Greg Rubenacker. They survive a few more cautions as Barnes takes the win followed by Rubenacker, Blake Shelley with Jim Quinn alongside, followed by Chris Tackett.
The hornets saw points leader Jason Maier take the first heat followed by Joe Reed and Larry Hawk. The second heat went to Jonathon Schuck, followed by Eric Wilson and Matt Corray. The feature went to last year's point champion Joe Reed over current points leader Jason Maier, followed by Larry Hawk, Tanner Tibbs, Jonathon Schuck, Jim Wilson and Matt Corray.
Racenut.... Dan Stewart.... www.midwestdirttrackfacts.com
Modifieds - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 20 Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 60
2 2 130 Chad Osterhoff Kankakee , Il 55
3 5 4F Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 50
4 8 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 45
5 3 5H Randy Huffman Maroa , Il 40
6 6 03 Cory Schwengel Oreana , Il 38
7 9 87 David Shain - 36
8 10 7J Justin Delong Bloomington , Il 34
9 13 62 Randy Shuman Danville , Il 32
10 15 7S Ethan Schnapp Springfield , Il 30
11 14 88S Allan Stipp - 29
12 11 6 Brock Bauman Eureka , Il 28
13 7 7L* Jay Ledford Pontiac , Il 27
14 18 4 Dave Popielarz - 26
15 17 67 Chris Gaither - 25
16 20 5M Rodney Morris - 24
17 16 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 23
18 4 37 Dave Crawley Jr Decatur , Il 22
19 12 C4 Chris Morefield - 21
20 19 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 20
Modifieds - Semi Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 0
2 1 67 Chris Gaither - 0
3 6 4 Dave Popielarz - 0
4 7 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
5 2 5M Rodney Morris - 0
6 4 59 Billy Miller - 10
7 8 89 Norm Wood - 10
8 5 2L Justin Leka Buffalo , Il 10
9 9 35S Randy Spaugh - 10
Modifieds - Heat 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 5H Randy Huffman Maroa , Il 4
2 1 03 Cory Schwengel Oreana , Il 3
3 4 87 David Shain - 2
4 5 C4 Chris Morefield - 1
5 7 7S Ethan Schnapp Springfield , Il 0
6 3 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 0
7 6 4 Dave Popielarz - 0
8 8 35S Randy Spaugh - 0
Modifieds - Heat 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 130 Chad Osterhoff Kankakee , Il 4
2 1 4F Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 3
3 3 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 2
4 4 6 Brock Bauman Eureka , Il 1
5 7 88S Allan Stipp - 0
6 6 5M Rodney Morris - 0
7 8 2L Justin Leka Buffalo , Il 0
8 5 89 Norm Wood - 0
Modifieds - Heat 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 20 Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 4
2 1 37 Dave Crawley Jr Decatur , Il 3
3 4 7L* Jay Ledford Pontiac , Il 2
4 3 7J Justin Delong Bloomington , Il 1
5 5 62 Randy Shuman Danville , Il 0
6 8 67 Chris Gaither - 0
7 7 59 Billy Miller - 0
8 6 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
Modifieds - Qualifying
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 7J Justin Delong Bloomington , Il 4
2 1 G1 Gabe Menser Ashmore , Il 3
3 9 C12 Jeff Curl Forrest , Il 2
4 20 20 Jeff Leka Buffalo , Il 1
5 23 130 Chad Osterhoff Kankakee , Il 0
6 4 5H Randy Huffman Maroa , Il 0
7 2 37 Dave Crawley Jr Decatur , Il 0
8 22 4F Jeb Friedman Forrest , Il 0
9 10 03 Cory Schwengel Oreana , Il 0
10 15 7L* Jay Ledford Pontiac , Il 0
11 16 6 Brock Bauman Eureka , Il 0
12 19 87 David Shain - 0
13 18 62 Randy Shuman Danville , Il 0
14 5 89 Norm Wood - 0
15 7 C4 Chris Morefield - 0
16 17 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 0
17 12 5M Rodney Morris - 0
18 11 4 Dave Popielarz - 0
19 24 59 Chevy Miller - 0
20 13 88S Allan Stipp - 0
21 21 7S Ethan Schnapp Springfield , Il 0
22 14 67 Chris Gaither - 0
23 8 2L Justin Leka Buffalo , Il 0
24 6 35S Randy Spaugh - 0
Crate LM - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 B1 Nick Bauman - 60
2 5 R52 Rylan Dagg Wayne City, Il 55
3 2 20 Dustin Griffin - 50
4 7 55 Daniel Heck - 45
5 9 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood , Il 40
6 8 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua , Il 38
7 11 58 Charlie Heck - 36
8 14 23M Kyle Madison - 34
9 13 8J Lance Johnson Clinton , Il 32
10 10 B8 John Barnard Sherman , Il 30
11 4 15 Jay Smithsen - 29
12 17 59 Aaron Heck - 28
13 12 25# Jason Unzicker El Paso, Il 27
14 6 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il 26
15 15 7H Joseph Hughes Springfield , Il 25
16 16 22S Dave Slade Seymour , Il 24
17 18 22T# Timmy Dick Monticello , Il 23
18 1 12 Allen Thomas - 22
Crate LM - Heat 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 20 Dustin Griffin - 4
2 4 15 Jay Smithsen - 3
3 3 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il 2
4 5 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua , Il 1
5 6 B8 John Barnard Sherman , Il 0
6 1 25# Jason Unzicker El Paso, Il 0
7 7 23M Kyle Madison - 0
8 8 22S Dave Slade Seymour , Il 0
9 9 22T# Timmy Dick Monticello , Il 0
Crate LM - Heat 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 12 Allen Thomas - 4
2 3 B1 Nick Bauman - 3
3 5 R52 Rylan Dagg Wayne City, Il 2
4 4 55 Daniel Heck - 1
5 6 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood , Il 0
6 9 58 Charlie Heck - 0
7 7 8J Lance Johnson Clinton , Il 0
8 8 7H Joseph Hughes Springfield , Il 0
9 1 59 Aaron Heck - 0
Crate LM - Qualifying
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 B1 Nick Bauman - 0
2 4 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il 0
3 11 12 Allen Thomas - 0
4 3 20 Dustin Griffin - 0
5 5 59 Aaron Heck - 0
6 13 25# Jason Unzicker El Paso, Il 0
7 10 55 Daniel Heck - 0
8 17 15 Jay Smithsen - 0
9 7 R52 Rylan Dagg Wayne City, Il 0
10 15 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua , Il 0
11 14 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood , Il 0
12 12 B8 John Barnard Sherman , Il 0
13 18 8J Lance Johnson Clinton , Il 0
14 16 23M Kyle Madison - 0
15 9 7H Joseph Hughes Springfield , Il 0
16 6 22S Dave Slade Seymour , Il 0
17 8 58 Charlie Heck - 0
18 1 22T# Timmy Dick Monticello , Il
