Farmer City Raceway (IL)
By Dan Stewart
August 11, 2006
Friday night was the Red Griffin Memorial race with the winning purses of all classes doubled. Red was a very well liked area racer in the sixties and seventies, he passed away over the winter. Red's son Rocky Griffin and grandson Jason Feger still race. With 29 late models on hand, Jason Feger got close to the track record with his fast time of 12.455 seconds. Feger also won his heat over Eric Smith and Richie Hedrick. The second heat went to Wes Steidinger over Donnie Walden and Matt Taylor. The final heat went to Dennis Erb Jr over Darren Freidman and Joe Harlan. The semi feature went to Jeff Byers over Jr Shickel. The large amount of recent rains left the track soft with a lot of grip, so attrition was large in all classes. The late model feature had a tough time getting started, with a few restarts, then polesitter Feger would pull of with tire problems on the second lap. The race went to Wes Steidinger leading all but one lap, about half way through, Erb had passed him, but on the next lap broke a wheel and was done for the evening. Steidinger would go on the win the feature over Steve Sheppard Jr and Matt Taylor.
unofficial finish:
1 Wes Steidinger
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
3L Matt Taylor
9 Eric Smith
117 Joe Ross Jr
0 Richie Hedrick
Z Joe Harlan
22 Chris Dick
1G Rocky Griffin
11D Brian Dively
27 Jeff Byers
10 Kerby Damery
dnf's
88 Terry Babb
28 Dennis Erb Jr
89 Darren Freidman
B12 Kevin Weaver
1w Donnie Walden
38L Ryan Little
25 Jason Feger
S10 Jr Shickel
The points chase is now led by Matt Taylor over Richie Hedrick, with Wes Steidinger closing in quickly the past few weeks.
There was also a $100 hard charger award in all classes, claimed in the late models by Chris Dick, the modifieds by Randy Huffman, the sportsman by Billy Nail
The modified feature once again went to Jeff Leka, after passing Danny Schwartz just past the midway point, with Schwartz holding down second followed by Gary Cook Jr, Wes O'Dell, Lance Dehm, Randy Huffman, Jeffrey Curl and Jeb Freidman.
The sportsman feature went to Ben Hulse over Wes O'Dell, Terry Worth, Rick Thomas and Billy Nail
By Dan Stewart
August 11, 2006
Friday night was the Red Griffin Memorial race with the winning purses of all classes doubled. Red was a very well liked area racer in the sixties and seventies, he passed away over the winter. Red's son Rocky Griffin and grandson Jason Feger still race. With 29 late models on hand, Jason Feger got close to the track record with his fast time of 12.455 seconds. Feger also won his heat over Eric Smith and Richie Hedrick. The second heat went to Wes Steidinger over Donnie Walden and Matt Taylor. The final heat went to Dennis Erb Jr over Darren Freidman and Joe Harlan. The semi feature went to Jeff Byers over Jr Shickel. The large amount of recent rains left the track soft with a lot of grip, so attrition was large in all classes. The late model feature had a tough time getting started, with a few restarts, then polesitter Feger would pull of with tire problems on the second lap. The race went to Wes Steidinger leading all but one lap, about half way through, Erb had passed him, but on the next lap broke a wheel and was done for the evening. Steidinger would go on the win the feature over Steve Sheppard Jr and Matt Taylor.
unofficial finish:
1 Wes Steidinger
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
3L Matt Taylor
9 Eric Smith
117 Joe Ross Jr
0 Richie Hedrick
Z Joe Harlan
22 Chris Dick
1G Rocky Griffin
11D Brian Dively
27 Jeff Byers
10 Kerby Damery
dnf's
88 Terry Babb
28 Dennis Erb Jr
89 Darren Freidman
B12 Kevin Weaver
1w Donnie Walden
38L Ryan Little
25 Jason Feger
S10 Jr Shickel
The points chase is now led by Matt Taylor over Richie Hedrick, with Wes Steidinger closing in quickly the past few weeks.
There was also a $100 hard charger award in all classes, claimed in the late models by Chris Dick, the modifieds by Randy Huffman, the sportsman by Billy Nail
The modified feature once again went to Jeff Leka, after passing Danny Schwartz just past the midway point, with Schwartz holding down second followed by Gary Cook Jr, Wes O'Dell, Lance Dehm, Randy Huffman, Jeffrey Curl and Jeb Freidman.
The sportsman feature went to Ben Hulse over Wes O'Dell, Terry Worth, Rick Thomas and Billy Nail
