Farmer City S/N results
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does anybody know where will vaught finished tonight?
FARMER CITY, Ill. (June 20) — Darren Miller put and end to the lack of repeat winners on the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. Diving under polesitter Randy Korte to take the lead on the fourth lap, the front-row starting Miller raced virtually unchallenged the rest of the way at Farmer City Raceway for his second consecutive victory on the month-long, 25-race tour.
Miller, of Milledgeville, Ill., added $10,000 to the $6,000 he won a night earlier in Mount Vernon, Ill., and erased any lingering demons from a bitter Summernationals loss at Farmer City two years earlier. Sixth-starting Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., cut down Miller's near-straightaway lead to nearly nothing but never got within serious striking distance as the leaders worked the low groove through lapped traffic. Brian Shirley overtook Billy Moyer in the race's late stages to finish third while Moyer, April's World of Outlaws winner at Farmer City, was fourth ahead of Brian Birkhofer.
UMP @ Farmer City (unofficial):
(1) Darren Miller,
(2) Jimmy Mars,
(3) Brian Shirley,
(4) Billy Moyer,
(5) Brian Birkhofer,
(6) Randy Korte,
(7) Wes Steidinger,
(8) Scott Bull,
(9) Dennis Erb Jr.,
(10) Jeep Van Wormer,
(11) Steve Sheppard Jr.,
(12) Brian Diveley,
(13) Kevin Weaver,
(14) Eric Smith,
(15) Kyle Loge,
(16) Jason Feger.
Fast qualifier (among 50 cars): Moyer, 12.846 seconds.
Heat race winners: Korte, Miller, Shirley, Moyer, Birkhofer.
C-Main winners: Patrick Sheltra, Ryan Unzicker.
B-Main winner: Weaver.
Provisional starters: Vaught, Feger, Friedman.
B-Main
Finish: Kevin Weaver, Matt Taylor, Ryan Dauber, Daren Friedman, Don O'Neal, Frank Heckenast Jr., Mike Mataragas, Terry English, Ryan Unzicker, Tim Lance, Jason McBride, Donny Walden, Chris Simpson.
C-Mains
First C-Main: Patrick Sheltra, Chris Simpson, Dewayne Kiefer, Joe Harlan, Jimmy Dehm, Jim Felker Jr., Nick Vandenbergh, Travis Wallbaum, Toby Hallett.
Second C-Main: Ryan Unzicker, Rocky Griffin, Derek Chandler, George Scheffler, Aaron Ricketts, Roger Brickler, Rich Bell, Brandon Sheppard, Russ Adams.
Fifth heat
Rebounding from a poor qualifying effort, Randy Korte won a groove-swapping mid-race battle with polesitter Jordan Bland to take the lead and the victory after starting fifth. Debris on the track on the white-flag lap set up a one-lap shootout, and that cost Bland the second spot as Brian Diveley made a high-side pass and nipped him at the line. Diveley benefitted most from the caution, because he'd lost the third spot to Scott Schmitt on the last lap before the yellow flew, but he was restored to third for the restart ahead of Schmitt. Bland got the third and final transfer spot while Schmitt was in a too-close-to-call three-wide finish with Don O'Neal and tail-starting Frank Heckenast Jr. Unofficially, it appeared Heckenast was fourth.
Finish: Randy Korte, Brian Diveley, Jordan Bland, Frank Heckenast Jr., Don O'Neal, Scott Schmitt, Chris Simpson, Derek Chandler, Jimmy Dehm, Brandon Sheppard.
Fourth heat
Polesitter Brian Shirley dominated the fourth heat, winning by nearly a quarter-lap over Scott Bull, who had his hands full throughout the race. Jeep Van Wormer got the third and final transfer spot, holding off a low-running Daren Friedman in the final laps.
Finish: Brian Shirley, Scott Bull, Jeep Van Wormer, Daren Friedman, Jason Feger, Jason McBride, Rocky Griffin, Dewayne Kiefer, Roger Brickler, Butch Smith.
Third heat
Darren Miller, starting outside the front row, became the first non-polesitter to win a heat in cruising to victory. Second-row youngster Wes Steidinger and Kyle Logue got the other two transfer spots while Terry English was fourth. Polesitter Donny Walden faded to finish sixth behind Brady Smith, last year's Summernationals winner whose car was smoking in the final laps.
Finish: Darren Miller, Wes Steidinger, Kyle Logue, Terry English, Brady Smith, Donny Walden, Patrick Sheltra, Aaron Rickets, Joe Harlan, Rich Bell.
Second heat
Polesitter Brian Birkhofer cruised to an easy victory in the second heat. Fellow front-row starter Eric Smith ran second most of the way, but lost that spot to fifth-starting Steve Sheppard Jr. in the closing laps. Smith got the third and final transfer spot while Kevin Weaver, who was unhappy after the race about contact Sheppard made in turn two on the second lap while going into third, was a distant fourth. Matt Taylor and Will Vaught finished behind Weaver.
Finish: Brian Birkhofer, Steve Sheppard Jr., Eric Smith, Kevin Weaver, Matt Taylor, Will Vaught, George Scheffler, Jim Felker Jr., Russ Adams, Toby Hallett.
First heat
Polesitter Billy Moyer roared away from fellow front-row starter for an easy victory in the first 10-lap heat race. Mars was left to fend off challenges from last-row starter Dennis Erb Jr., the series points leader who was up to third after just three laps. Erb got the final transfer spot. Ryan Dauber was a distant fourth in a race with a single caution for a complete restart after Clay Watters slowed on the first lap.
Finish: Billy Moyer, Jimmy Mars, Dennis Erb Jr., Ryan Dauber, Tim Lance, Mike Mataragas, Nick Vandenbergh, Ryan Unzicker, Travis Wallbaum, Clay Watters.
Qualifying
Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., was the unofficially fastest of 50 qualifiers at Farmer City Raceway in the seventh leg of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals as the series drew its biggest car count of the year. Moyer, who posted a lap of 12.846 seconds, will start on the pole of a heat race as will four other drivers: Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa; Donny Walden of Towanda, Ill.; Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill.; and Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, Ky.
For the first time on the 2008 series, drivers are split up among five heat races. Three drivers from each heat will transfer to the main event with finishers 4-6 transferring to the B-Main. Everyone else will go to one of two C-Mains.
Pre-race notes
Dennis Erb Jr. enters the race as the series leader with 458 points. Next is Brian Shirley (441), Will Vaught (429), Wes Steidinger (412) and Jeep Van Wormer (387). ... Among newcomers to the Summernationals at Farmer City: Jimmy Mars, Chris Simpson, Kyle Logue, Jim Felker Jr., Matt Taylor and Joe Harlan. ... Among series returnees: Billy Moyer (who had a trio of fourth-place finishes in the first three events) and Brian Birkhofer. ... Logue is driving as a teammate to Butch Smith. ... Don O'Neal is back on the series after a broken water pump caused engine damage at Highland, Ill., and repairs couldn't be made until parts were shipped from Jay ****ens's Mississippi shop. He then missed Thursday's race in Mount Vernon to work on the brakes of the team's trailer. He plans to run the remainder of the series. ... Steve Sheppard Jr. is leading Farmer City's weekly points over Eric Smith, Matt Taylor, Wes Steidinger and Scott Bull. ... Moyer and O'Neal are both gunning to become the first four-time series winners at Farmer City. ... Darren Miller will try to break a series winner's jinx tonight. No series winner has come back to finish better than seventh following the victory.
Time trials (unofficial)
First group
Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 12.846
Jimmy Mars (28), Menomonie, Wis., 12.980
Tim Lance (48), Brimfield, Ill., 13.267
Ryan Dauber (64), Tonica, Ill., 13.394
Mike Mataragas (1M), DeKalb, Ill., 13.496
Nick Vandenbergh (19v), Ashland, Ill., 13.749
Travis Wallbaum (42), Ashland, Ill., 13.851
Clay Watters (38), Bloomington, Ill., 14.369
Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 14.703
Ryan Unzicker (24), El Paso, Ill., no time
Second group
Brian Birkhofer (15B), Muscatine, Iowa, 13.102
Eric Smith (9), Bloomington, Ill., 13.164
Kevin Weaver (B12), Gibson City, Ill., 13.175
Matt Taylor (3L), Springfield, Ill., 13.493
Steve Sheppard Jr. (5s), New Berlin, Ill., 13.598
Will Vaught (1), Crane, Mo., 13.799
Jim Felker Jr. (43), Bloomington, Ill., 13.807
Russ Adams (74), Princeville, Ill., 14.322
George Scheffler (10s), Waukesha, Wis., 14.727
Toby Hallett (199), Indianapolis, Ind., 14.946
Third group
Donny Walden (1w), Towanda, Ill., 13.041
Darren Miller (32D), Milledgeville, Ill., 13.105
Wes Steidinger (J1), Fairbury, Ill., 13.199
Kyle Logue (7L), Oreana, Ill., 13.303
Patrick Sheltra (23), Indiantown, Fla., 13.339
Brady Smith (2), Solon Springs, Wis., 13.391
Terry English (81), Benton, Ky., 13.399
Joe Harlan (Z), El Paso, Ill., 13.517
Aaron Ricketts (95), Fairbury, Ill., 13.615
Rich Bell (21B), Sheffield, Ill., 13.631
Fourth group
Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill., 13.171
Scott Bull (83), Fairbury, Ill., 13.379
Jeep Van Wormer (55), Pinconning, Mich., 13.501
Daren Friedman (89), Forrest, Ill., 13.510
Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 13.599
Jason McBride (77), Carbondale, Ill., 13.705
Rocky Griffin (1G), Bloomington, Ill., 13.718
Dewayne Kiefer (13), St. Genevieve, Mo., 13.959
Roger Brickler (82), Springfield, Ill., 14.108
Fifth group
Jordan Bland (12), Campbellsville, Ky., 13.632
Scott Schmitt (10x), Tonica, Ill., 13.685
Brian Diveley (11D), Springfield, Ill., 13.981
Brandon Sheppard (5B), New Berlin, Ill., 14.142
Randy Korte (00), Highland, Ill., 14.151
Chris Simpson (32), Oxford, Iowa, 14.216
Jimmy Dehm (99j), Lexington, Ill., 14.234
Don O’Neal (71), Martinsville, Ind., 14.489
Derek Chandler (35), Pontiac, Ill., 14.590
Frank Heckenast Jr. (99), Orland Park, Ill., 16.129
Miller, of Milledgeville, Ill., added $10,000 to the $6,000 he won a night earlier in Mount Vernon, Ill., and erased any lingering demons from a bitter Summernationals loss at Farmer City two years earlier. Sixth-starting Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., cut down Miller's near-straightaway lead to nearly nothing but never got within serious striking distance as the leaders worked the low groove through lapped traffic. Brian Shirley overtook Billy Moyer in the race's late stages to finish third while Moyer, April's World of Outlaws winner at Farmer City, was fourth ahead of Brian Birkhofer.
UMP @ Farmer City (unofficial):
(1) Darren Miller,
(2) Jimmy Mars,
(3) Brian Shirley,
(4) Billy Moyer,
(5) Brian Birkhofer,
(6) Randy Korte,
(7) Wes Steidinger,
(8) Scott Bull,
(9) Dennis Erb Jr.,
(10) Jeep Van Wormer,
(11) Steve Sheppard Jr.,
(12) Brian Diveley,
(13) Kevin Weaver,
(14) Eric Smith,
(15) Kyle Loge,
(16) Jason Feger.
Fast qualifier (among 50 cars): Moyer, 12.846 seconds.
Heat race winners: Korte, Miller, Shirley, Moyer, Birkhofer.
C-Main winners: Patrick Sheltra, Ryan Unzicker.
B-Main winner: Weaver.
Provisional starters: Vaught, Feger, Friedman.
B-Main
Finish: Kevin Weaver, Matt Taylor, Ryan Dauber, Daren Friedman, Don O'Neal, Frank Heckenast Jr., Mike Mataragas, Terry English, Ryan Unzicker, Tim Lance, Jason McBride, Donny Walden, Chris Simpson.
C-Mains
First C-Main: Patrick Sheltra, Chris Simpson, Dewayne Kiefer, Joe Harlan, Jimmy Dehm, Jim Felker Jr., Nick Vandenbergh, Travis Wallbaum, Toby Hallett.
Second C-Main: Ryan Unzicker, Rocky Griffin, Derek Chandler, George Scheffler, Aaron Ricketts, Roger Brickler, Rich Bell, Brandon Sheppard, Russ Adams.
Fifth heat
Rebounding from a poor qualifying effort, Randy Korte won a groove-swapping mid-race battle with polesitter Jordan Bland to take the lead and the victory after starting fifth. Debris on the track on the white-flag lap set up a one-lap shootout, and that cost Bland the second spot as Brian Diveley made a high-side pass and nipped him at the line. Diveley benefitted most from the caution, because he'd lost the third spot to Scott Schmitt on the last lap before the yellow flew, but he was restored to third for the restart ahead of Schmitt. Bland got the third and final transfer spot while Schmitt was in a too-close-to-call three-wide finish with Don O'Neal and tail-starting Frank Heckenast Jr. Unofficially, it appeared Heckenast was fourth.
Finish: Randy Korte, Brian Diveley, Jordan Bland, Frank Heckenast Jr., Don O'Neal, Scott Schmitt, Chris Simpson, Derek Chandler, Jimmy Dehm, Brandon Sheppard.
Fourth heat
Polesitter Brian Shirley dominated the fourth heat, winning by nearly a quarter-lap over Scott Bull, who had his hands full throughout the race. Jeep Van Wormer got the third and final transfer spot, holding off a low-running Daren Friedman in the final laps.
Finish: Brian Shirley, Scott Bull, Jeep Van Wormer, Daren Friedman, Jason Feger, Jason McBride, Rocky Griffin, Dewayne Kiefer, Roger Brickler, Butch Smith.
Third heat
Darren Miller, starting outside the front row, became the first non-polesitter to win a heat in cruising to victory. Second-row youngster Wes Steidinger and Kyle Logue got the other two transfer spots while Terry English was fourth. Polesitter Donny Walden faded to finish sixth behind Brady Smith, last year's Summernationals winner whose car was smoking in the final laps.
Finish: Darren Miller, Wes Steidinger, Kyle Logue, Terry English, Brady Smith, Donny Walden, Patrick Sheltra, Aaron Rickets, Joe Harlan, Rich Bell.
Second heat
Polesitter Brian Birkhofer cruised to an easy victory in the second heat. Fellow front-row starter Eric Smith ran second most of the way, but lost that spot to fifth-starting Steve Sheppard Jr. in the closing laps. Smith got the third and final transfer spot while Kevin Weaver, who was unhappy after the race about contact Sheppard made in turn two on the second lap while going into third, was a distant fourth. Matt Taylor and Will Vaught finished behind Weaver.
Finish: Brian Birkhofer, Steve Sheppard Jr., Eric Smith, Kevin Weaver, Matt Taylor, Will Vaught, George Scheffler, Jim Felker Jr., Russ Adams, Toby Hallett.
First heat
Polesitter Billy Moyer roared away from fellow front-row starter for an easy victory in the first 10-lap heat race. Mars was left to fend off challenges from last-row starter Dennis Erb Jr., the series points leader who was up to third after just three laps. Erb got the final transfer spot. Ryan Dauber was a distant fourth in a race with a single caution for a complete restart after Clay Watters slowed on the first lap.
Finish: Billy Moyer, Jimmy Mars, Dennis Erb Jr., Ryan Dauber, Tim Lance, Mike Mataragas, Nick Vandenbergh, Ryan Unzicker, Travis Wallbaum, Clay Watters.
Qualifying
Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., was the unofficially fastest of 50 qualifiers at Farmer City Raceway in the seventh leg of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals as the series drew its biggest car count of the year. Moyer, who posted a lap of 12.846 seconds, will start on the pole of a heat race as will four other drivers: Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa; Donny Walden of Towanda, Ill.; Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill.; and Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, Ky.
For the first time on the 2008 series, drivers are split up among five heat races. Three drivers from each heat will transfer to the main event with finishers 4-6 transferring to the B-Main. Everyone else will go to one of two C-Mains.
Pre-race notes
Dennis Erb Jr. enters the race as the series leader with 458 points. Next is Brian Shirley (441), Will Vaught (429), Wes Steidinger (412) and Jeep Van Wormer (387). ... Among newcomers to the Summernationals at Farmer City: Jimmy Mars, Chris Simpson, Kyle Logue, Jim Felker Jr., Matt Taylor and Joe Harlan. ... Among series returnees: Billy Moyer (who had a trio of fourth-place finishes in the first three events) and Brian Birkhofer. ... Logue is driving as a teammate to Butch Smith. ... Don O'Neal is back on the series after a broken water pump caused engine damage at Highland, Ill., and repairs couldn't be made until parts were shipped from Jay ****ens's Mississippi shop. He then missed Thursday's race in Mount Vernon to work on the brakes of the team's trailer. He plans to run the remainder of the series. ... Steve Sheppard Jr. is leading Farmer City's weekly points over Eric Smith, Matt Taylor, Wes Steidinger and Scott Bull. ... Moyer and O'Neal are both gunning to become the first four-time series winners at Farmer City. ... Darren Miller will try to break a series winner's jinx tonight. No series winner has come back to finish better than seventh following the victory.
Time trials (unofficial)
First group
Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 12.846
Jimmy Mars (28), Menomonie, Wis., 12.980
Tim Lance (48), Brimfield, Ill., 13.267
Ryan Dauber (64), Tonica, Ill., 13.394
Mike Mataragas (1M), DeKalb, Ill., 13.496
Nick Vandenbergh (19v), Ashland, Ill., 13.749
Travis Wallbaum (42), Ashland, Ill., 13.851
Clay Watters (38), Bloomington, Ill., 14.369
Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 14.703
Ryan Unzicker (24), El Paso, Ill., no time
Second group
Brian Birkhofer (15B), Muscatine, Iowa, 13.102
Eric Smith (9), Bloomington, Ill., 13.164
Kevin Weaver (B12), Gibson City, Ill., 13.175
Matt Taylor (3L), Springfield, Ill., 13.493
Steve Sheppard Jr. (5s), New Berlin, Ill., 13.598
Will Vaught (1), Crane, Mo., 13.799
Jim Felker Jr. (43), Bloomington, Ill., 13.807
Russ Adams (74), Princeville, Ill., 14.322
George Scheffler (10s), Waukesha, Wis., 14.727
Toby Hallett (199), Indianapolis, Ind., 14.946
Third group
Donny Walden (1w), Towanda, Ill., 13.041
Darren Miller (32D), Milledgeville, Ill., 13.105
Wes Steidinger (J1), Fairbury, Ill., 13.199
Kyle Logue (7L), Oreana, Ill., 13.303
Patrick Sheltra (23), Indiantown, Fla., 13.339
Brady Smith (2), Solon Springs, Wis., 13.391
Terry English (81), Benton, Ky., 13.399
Joe Harlan (Z), El Paso, Ill., 13.517
Aaron Ricketts (95), Fairbury, Ill., 13.615
Rich Bell (21B), Sheffield, Ill., 13.631
Fourth group
Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill., 13.171
Scott Bull (83), Fairbury, Ill., 13.379
Jeep Van Wormer (55), Pinconning, Mich., 13.501
Daren Friedman (89), Forrest, Ill., 13.510
Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 13.599
Jason McBride (77), Carbondale, Ill., 13.705
Rocky Griffin (1G), Bloomington, Ill., 13.718
Dewayne Kiefer (13), St. Genevieve, Mo., 13.959
Roger Brickler (82), Springfield, Ill., 14.108
Fifth group
Jordan Bland (12), Campbellsville, Ky., 13.632
Scott Schmitt (10x), Tonica, Ill., 13.685
Brian Diveley (11D), Springfield, Ill., 13.981
Brandon Sheppard (5B), New Berlin, Ill., 14.142
Randy Korte (00), Highland, Ill., 14.151
Chris Simpson (32), Oxford, Iowa, 14.216
Jimmy Dehm (99j), Lexington, Ill., 14.234
Don O’Neal (71), Martinsville, Ind., 14.489
Derek Chandler (35), Pontiac, Ill., 14.590
Frank Heckenast Jr. (99), Orland Park, Ill., 16.129
racingfan03
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Moyer is stuck in 4th...
1latemdlfn
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I am assuming that Vaught didn't finish the feature?? Did only 16 cars finish?
bigmoneymike
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he got his fouth in a row at farmer city in april. illinois 100.
1latemdlfn
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Well that's crazy!! I really appreciate all you done for us fans that don't have DOD.
ramblerx15
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Thanks for the updates! all of you!
