By Dan Stewart
Friday night brought 28 late models out to do battle at Farmer City Raceway, with Billy Drake turning in fast time at 12.833 seconds in his brand new Rayburn hot rod. Heats were some really great three wide racing with the first heat going to Jr Shickel over Joe Ross Jr, Billy Drake and Michael Bradley. The second heat went to Richie Hedrick over Wes Steidinger with Matt Taylor and Joe Harlan in close tow. The third heat was another exciting event with the win going to Eric Smith over Mike Mullvain, Brian Dively and Derek Chandler. The semi feature went to Todd Bennett over Lisa Shickel, Rod Sandage and Chris Dick, who led until the white flag was flying. The feature event saw front row starter Jr Shickel and Hedrick battle it out early, with Hedrick leading the way all 25 laps. As the race neared halfway, Wes Steidinger worked his way into second place to do battle with Hedrick. Joe Ross Jr enjoyed his run near the front, and decided to go after Hedrick himself through the heavy traffic. With no cautions, Hedrick masterfully worked his way through traffic, leaving Ross little chance to make a pass. Hedrick won, with Ross Jr second and Steidinger and Eric Smith close behind.
unofficial finish:
0 Richie Hedrick
117 Joe Ross Jr
1 Wes Steidinger
9 Eric Smith
S10 Jr Shickel
9 Billy Drake
7M Michael Bradley
4 Mike Mullvain
35 Derek Chandler
11D Brian Dively
22 Chris Dick
89 Darren Freidman
Z Joe Harlan
24 laps
36 Roger Long
10 Rod Sandage
3L Matt Taylor
T2 Todd Bennett
38L Ryan Little
15 Lisa Shickel
The modifieds put on a great show, with Jeff Leka taking the lead late in the race from Tim O'Donnell for the win.
heat #1 Jeff Leka, Lance Dehm, Rick Weekly, Jeb Freidman....heat #2 Tim O'Donnell, Nick Neville, Brandon Kessinger, #21 from Louisiana....heat #3 Wes O'Dell, Gary Turpin, McKay Wenger, Matt Bachman....heat #4 Danny Schwartz, Kyle Byerline, Brian Lynn, Randy Huffman....semi #1 Kelly Kouski, Scott Bull, Jeffrey Curl, Cory Schwengel....semi #2 Al Crawley, Fowler and Darcey Wey.
unofficial feature finish:
3L Jeff Leka
T33 Tim O'Donnell
D1 Lance Dehm
21 Danny Schwartz
42 Gary Turpin
5H Randy Huffman
83 Scott Bull
42 McKay Wenger
87 Wes O'Dell
10 Kelly Kouski
11 Kyle Byerline
57 Brandon Kessinger
Denny Schwartz did not transfer to the feature
The street stocks put on a rough and tough show with the feature going to Jeremy Nichols over Chris Tackett, Lance Johnson and Jim Quinn
The show was complete at 10:20 pm with 102 cars in the pits.
Friday night brought 28 late models out to do battle at Farmer City Raceway, with Billy Drake turning in fast time at 12.833 seconds in his brand new Rayburn hot rod. Heats were some really great three wide racing with the first heat going to Jr Shickel over Joe Ross Jr, Billy Drake and Michael Bradley. The second heat went to Richie Hedrick over Wes Steidinger with Matt Taylor and Joe Harlan in close tow. The third heat was another exciting event with the win going to Eric Smith over Mike Mullvain, Brian Dively and Derek Chandler. The semi feature went to Todd Bennett over Lisa Shickel, Rod Sandage and Chris Dick, who led until the white flag was flying. The feature event saw front row starter Jr Shickel and Hedrick battle it out early, with Hedrick leading the way all 25 laps. As the race neared halfway, Wes Steidinger worked his way into second place to do battle with Hedrick. Joe Ross Jr enjoyed his run near the front, and decided to go after Hedrick himself through the heavy traffic. With no cautions, Hedrick masterfully worked his way through traffic, leaving Ross little chance to make a pass. Hedrick won, with Ross Jr second and Steidinger and Eric Smith close behind.
unofficial finish:
0 Richie Hedrick
117 Joe Ross Jr
1 Wes Steidinger
9 Eric Smith
S10 Jr Shickel
9 Billy Drake
7M Michael Bradley
4 Mike Mullvain
35 Derek Chandler
11D Brian Dively
22 Chris Dick
89 Darren Freidman
Z Joe Harlan
24 laps
36 Roger Long
10 Rod Sandage
3L Matt Taylor
T2 Todd Bennett
38L Ryan Little
15 Lisa Shickel
The modifieds put on a great show, with Jeff Leka taking the lead late in the race from Tim O'Donnell for the win.
heat #1 Jeff Leka, Lance Dehm, Rick Weekly, Jeb Freidman....heat #2 Tim O'Donnell, Nick Neville, Brandon Kessinger, #21 from Louisiana....heat #3 Wes O'Dell, Gary Turpin, McKay Wenger, Matt Bachman....heat #4 Danny Schwartz, Kyle Byerline, Brian Lynn, Randy Huffman....semi #1 Kelly Kouski, Scott Bull, Jeffrey Curl, Cory Schwengel....semi #2 Al Crawley, Fowler and Darcey Wey.
unofficial feature finish:
3L Jeff Leka
T33 Tim O'Donnell
D1 Lance Dehm
21 Danny Schwartz
42 Gary Turpin
5H Randy Huffman
83 Scott Bull
42 McKay Wenger
87 Wes O'Dell
10 Kelly Kouski
11 Kyle Byerline
57 Brandon Kessinger
Denny Schwartz did not transfer to the feature
The street stocks put on a rough and tough show with the feature going to Jeremy Nichols over Chris Tackett, Lance Johnson and Jim Quinn
The show was complete at 10:20 pm with 102 cars in the pits.
