Farmer City Raceway (IL)
June 3, 2005
By Dan Stewart
Bartonville's Mike Mullvain became the seventh different winner in seven races for 2005. Eric Smith turned in fast time of the 28 late models on hand at 13.11 seconds. First heat race went to Smith over Jr Shickel and Roger Brickler. Second heat went to Mike Mullvain over Joe Harlan and Chris Dick. The third heat went to Matt Taylor over Steve Sheppard Jr and Richie Hedrick. The semi feature was won by Canton's Bobby Allen over Cody Bauman and Rod Sandage. While Mullvain took off in the feature and started lapping the backmarkers, it was otherwise a very competitive feature, as Richie Hedrick drove his way from ninth to a second place finish over Steve Sheppard Jr, Matt Taylor, and Eric Smith.
Unofficial finish:
4 Mike Mullvain
0 Richie Hedrick
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
3L Matt Taylor
9 Eric Smith
S10 Jr Shickel
Z Joe Harlan
89 Darren Friedman
45 Gary May
24 laps
82 Roger Brickler
24 Ryan Unzicker
32 Tom Thoennes
1W Donnie Walden
T33 Tim O'Donnell
192 Brian Allen
4 Cody Bauman
37 Rod Sandage
dnf
292 Bobby Allen
F15 Jeremy Conaway
18 of the 20 starters were still running at the finish, with 8 of the top nine former late model winners at this old fairgrounds raceway.
The street stock feature was a wild event with the top four finishers changing positions several times the whole race, with Terry Miller taking the win over Chris Dick, Jim Quinn and Brett Lessen.
The Sportsman class saw heats being won by Billy Nail, Jeff Chandler and Nick Macklin with Jeb Freidman taking the semi feature. In another wild, lead changing event, Darrell Dick finally won out over Nick Macklin, Greg Timmons, Billy Nail, Jeb Freidman and E Ernest Dodd.
The modifieds field was down a bit in size at only 35, but the action was hot and heavy all night long. Fast time went to Kyle Byerline with a new track record at 14.57. The first heat was a great side by side show with Jim Leka besting Byerline. Heat two went to Matt Goulden over Roben Huffman. Heat three went to Jeff Leka over Randy Huffman with the fourth heat going to Kelly Kouski in another great side by side race with Derrick Neville. The first semi feature went to Larry Bunning over Al Crawley. The second semi went to Gerald Baier over Abe Helfand. The feature was apparently a slight runaway with Jeff Leka starting third and leading every lap. While he got a bit of a lead, the action behind him saw Al Crawley, starting nineteenth, get tangled with Byerline early. The whole right side of Crawley's car was torn off, but he rallied and passed his way to second place. Nineteen of the twenty starters were still running at the finish, with Jim Leka third, Scott Bull, and Randy Huffman rounding out the top five.
June 3, 2005
By Dan Stewart
Bartonville's Mike Mullvain became the seventh different winner in seven races for 2005. Eric Smith turned in fast time of the 28 late models on hand at 13.11 seconds. First heat race went to Smith over Jr Shickel and Roger Brickler. Second heat went to Mike Mullvain over Joe Harlan and Chris Dick. The third heat went to Matt Taylor over Steve Sheppard Jr and Richie Hedrick. The semi feature was won by Canton's Bobby Allen over Cody Bauman and Rod Sandage. While Mullvain took off in the feature and started lapping the backmarkers, it was otherwise a very competitive feature, as Richie Hedrick drove his way from ninth to a second place finish over Steve Sheppard Jr, Matt Taylor, and Eric Smith.
Unofficial finish:
4 Mike Mullvain
0 Richie Hedrick
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
3L Matt Taylor
9 Eric Smith
S10 Jr Shickel
Z Joe Harlan
89 Darren Friedman
45 Gary May
24 laps
82 Roger Brickler
24 Ryan Unzicker
32 Tom Thoennes
1W Donnie Walden
T33 Tim O'Donnell
192 Brian Allen
4 Cody Bauman
37 Rod Sandage
dnf
292 Bobby Allen
F15 Jeremy Conaway
18 of the 20 starters were still running at the finish, with 8 of the top nine former late model winners at this old fairgrounds raceway.
The street stock feature was a wild event with the top four finishers changing positions several times the whole race, with Terry Miller taking the win over Chris Dick, Jim Quinn and Brett Lessen.
The Sportsman class saw heats being won by Billy Nail, Jeff Chandler and Nick Macklin with Jeb Freidman taking the semi feature. In another wild, lead changing event, Darrell Dick finally won out over Nick Macklin, Greg Timmons, Billy Nail, Jeb Freidman and E Ernest Dodd.
The modifieds field was down a bit in size at only 35, but the action was hot and heavy all night long. Fast time went to Kyle Byerline with a new track record at 14.57. The first heat was a great side by side show with Jim Leka besting Byerline. Heat two went to Matt Goulden over Roben Huffman. Heat three went to Jeff Leka over Randy Huffman with the fourth heat going to Kelly Kouski in another great side by side race with Derrick Neville. The first semi feature went to Larry Bunning over Al Crawley. The second semi went to Gerald Baier over Abe Helfand. The feature was apparently a slight runaway with Jeff Leka starting third and leading every lap. While he got a bit of a lead, the action behind him saw Al Crawley, starting nineteenth, get tangled with Byerline early. The whole right side of Crawley's car was torn off, but he rallied and passed his way to second place. Nineteen of the twenty starters were still running at the finish, with Jim Leka third, Scott Bull, and Randy Huffman rounding out the top five.
