By Betty Glynn
LaSalle,IL – Tim “Ace” Hamburg used his lucky hand to pass LaSalle’s Mike Glynn during Lap 14 en route to a hard run 75 lap special at LaSalle Speedway on Saturday night.
Storms were brewing to the North. Storm warnings and bolts of lightening far in the distance but the real show was on the ¼ mile clay oval when the Midwestern Late Models rolled out to compete for the much coveted Mautino sponsored event.
Keith Piano posted the quickest qualifying lap with a time of 13.498. In his last outing at the speedway, the Oglesby driver set the new track record of 13.160 for the division. Twenty six competitors tried to beat his quick time but the closest was Glynn with a time of 13.555.
Ladd’s Danny Bardell took home the checkers for the first Heat race over Piano, Jim Partipilo, and Darin Furar. Tonica’s Eric Dauber beat Glynn with John Piccatto and Eric Rebholz behind in the second Heat. Hamburg claimed the final Heat ahead of Scott Schmidt, Ralph Markham and Aaron Schmitt.
Joe Partipilo and Jerry Vance earned transfer positions from the eleven car Semi Feature.
With the heat races in the books the passing points determines the feature line up. Piano was holding the pole next to Glynn. Schmidt and Dauber in row two over Bardell and Hamburg.
Glynn shot out to an early lead over Piano, Hamburg, Dauber, Schmidt, Bardell and Markham. By Lap 11, Hamburg was gaining ground on Glynn and in the hunt. Two laps later, Glynn and Hamburg were battling it out in the turns when Hamburg got around him. A yellow was immediately thrown but Hamburg was given the point for the restart.
During the long race, laps traveled under yellow are counted. At times the distance was adding up while the action was moving at the caution pace.
Hamburg and Glynn used the same line on the bottom of turns one and two but worked different lines on the straight away. During Lap 19, Glynn was chasing Hamburg as Dauber moved in on his tail. Piano tried a higher line while Markham held off Bardell and Schmidt.
The laps under yellow were definitely factoring into the outcome as the green flag laps were seeming disrupted. For the Lap 65 restart, thirteen cars remained in action. Hamburg was at the point, Glynn second ahead of Dauber, Markham, Jim Partipilo, Bardell, Ed Williams, Furar, James Muetz, Dave Smith and Jerry Vance.
Once green, Hamburg went a little higher but came back down to shut the door on Glynn. Markham moved into third but was distanced from the leaders.
The two leaders put on a show like old times in the division as they raced full throttle until the final lap.
The Dixon driver’s return netted him the $1,000 payday and a larger then life trophy for his efforts. Glynn took home a strong second. Markham, who started seventh on the grid, crossed the line third in front of Jim Partipilo.
Partipilo was later disqualified during the post race tech inspection.
Dauber ended the night with the fourth place pay in front of Williams, Bardell, Furar, Smith, Muetz and Eric Rebholz.
Vince Cooper of Morris has officially made his mark as the young gun claiming his third victory in a row in the Open Wheel Modified division. The seventeen year old driver qualified the fastest and ran a smart race to beat a seasoned veteran at his own game.
Cooper and Mineral’s Marty Thompson started the twenty lap feature side by side on the front row. Bill Theodorf and Matt Weibel took ownership of the second row over Ottawa’s Dale Lueth and Phil Line.
Once green, Thompson wasted little time in shooting off to a fast lead.
Cooper and Lueth powered up and gave chase. By the fifth lap out, the three were pushing their outside tires over the cushion in the corners to gain momentum. Six laps later, Cooper was on Thompson’s bumper and working the low groove in turns three and four but didn’t have enough to catch him.
During Lap 13, Thompson was dodging lapped cars while Cooper started to work the bottom of the track. Eventually, Cooper got up to his inside quarter panel but Thompson’s experience shined as he shut down Cooper’s attempts.
As the laps were winding down, Cooper got more comfortable on the low side and brought the two into a side by side battle. When the flag man dropped the checkers it was Cooper stealing the show literally at the line while Thompson was stuck behind the lapped machine of Weibel.
Lueth picked up third with Line, Richie Biswell, Derek Line, Brian Bushong, Peru’s Joe Adam, Jim Phelps of Dalzell and Ray Bollinger completing the top ten finishers.
Theodorf collected the first Heat race win over Lueth, Cooper and Biswell.
Weibel didn’t have a great feature but put on a show to beat Thompson in the second Heat with Phelps and Adam trailing.
Ed Williams made a clean sweep in the Street Stock divisional action. First he came out to beat Matt Ramer and Eric Whittington in his Heat then he wrapped things up with the Feature victory.
Leon Cade sports a police car and the number 911 on the side. Being in hot pursuit of Williams was the name of the game for the twenty car field at feature time.
At the end of the race it was Williams going flag to flag over Cade, Nick Sell, Ramer, Rick Koltveit, Whittington, #34, Jake Cholke, Robert Schlappi and Gary Schmidt.
Koltveit won the first heat with Cade, Sell and Chuck Provenzano in back of him.
Peter Hayes won the Hornet class Heat and Feature races. Karl Hayes finished second in the feature over Brandon Clubb, #3, #16P, Debbie Schwier, Gabe Koncor and Timmy Faust.
Next Saturday night, the Modifieds will top the venue in a $1,000 to win special.
LaSalle Speedway Results
Late Model:
Qualifying: Keith Piano 13.498
Heat One: Danny Bardell, Keith Piano, Jim Partipilo, Darin Furar
Heat Two: Eric Dauber, Mike Glynn, John Piccatto, Eric Rebholz
Heat Three: Tim Hamburg, Scott Schmidt, Ralph Markham, Aaron Schmitt
Semi Feature: Joe Partipilo, Jerry Vance, Dave Miller, Robert Voice, Wally
Forsythe, Shawn Kemp, Dwayne Williford, Tony Coglianese, James Muetz, Jason
Bogle, Rob Piper
Feature: Tim Hamburg, Mike Glynn, Ralph Markham, Jim Partipilo- DQ’d, Eric
Dauber, Ed Williams, Danny Bardell, Darin Furar, Dave Smith, James Muetz,
Eric Rebholz, Dave Miller, Scott Schmidt, Keith Piano, Aaron Schmitt, Jerry
Vance, John Piccatto, Robert Voice, Joe Partipilo, Jason Bogle
Modifieds:
Qualifying: Vince Cooper, 14.030
Heat One: Bill Theodorf, Dale Lueth, Vince Cooper, Richie Biswell
Heat Two: Matt Weibel, Marty Thompson, Jim Phelps, Joe Adam
Feature: Vince Cooper, Marty Thompson, Dale Lueth, Phil Line, Richie
Biswell, Derek Line, Brian Bushong, Joe Adam, Jim Phelps, Ray Bollinger,
Carl Feger, Matt Weibel, Ron Morris, Shawn Scripter, Leah Monfries, Duane
Peterson, Bill Theodorf
Street Stock:
Heat One: Rick Koltveit, Leon Cade, Nick Sell, Chuck Provenzano
Heat Two: Ed Williams, Matt Ramer, Eric Whittington, Robert Schlappi
Feature: Ed Williams, Leon Cade, Nick Sell, Matt Ramer, Rick Koltveit, Eric
Whittington, #34, Jake Cholke, Robert Schlappi, Gary Schmidt, John Peterson,
Steve Lewis, Tim Loomis, #24, Joe Jelinek, Chuck Provenzano, Steve
Schwemlein, Scott Schoenan, Bill Dauber, Jeff Small
Four Cylinders:
Heat One: Peter Hayes, #3, Kyle Horn, Asa Robart
Heat Two: Karl Hayes, Brandon Clubb, #16, John Small
Feature: Peter Hayes, Karl Hayes, Brandon Clubb, #3, #16P, Debbie Schwier,
Gabe Koncor, Timmy Faust, #31, John Small, Chris Zvada, Asa Robart, #04, Jon
Wagner, Dan Leonard, #5, Kyle Horn
LaSalle,IL – Tim “Ace” Hamburg used his lucky hand to pass LaSalle’s Mike Glynn during Lap 14 en route to a hard run 75 lap special at LaSalle Speedway on Saturday night.
Storms were brewing to the North. Storm warnings and bolts of lightening far in the distance but the real show was on the ¼ mile clay oval when the Midwestern Late Models rolled out to compete for the much coveted Mautino sponsored event.
Keith Piano posted the quickest qualifying lap with a time of 13.498. In his last outing at the speedway, the Oglesby driver set the new track record of 13.160 for the division. Twenty six competitors tried to beat his quick time but the closest was Glynn with a time of 13.555.
Ladd’s Danny Bardell took home the checkers for the first Heat race over Piano, Jim Partipilo, and Darin Furar. Tonica’s Eric Dauber beat Glynn with John Piccatto and Eric Rebholz behind in the second Heat. Hamburg claimed the final Heat ahead of Scott Schmidt, Ralph Markham and Aaron Schmitt.
Joe Partipilo and Jerry Vance earned transfer positions from the eleven car Semi Feature.
With the heat races in the books the passing points determines the feature line up. Piano was holding the pole next to Glynn. Schmidt and Dauber in row two over Bardell and Hamburg.
Glynn shot out to an early lead over Piano, Hamburg, Dauber, Schmidt, Bardell and Markham. By Lap 11, Hamburg was gaining ground on Glynn and in the hunt. Two laps later, Glynn and Hamburg were battling it out in the turns when Hamburg got around him. A yellow was immediately thrown but Hamburg was given the point for the restart.
During the long race, laps traveled under yellow are counted. At times the distance was adding up while the action was moving at the caution pace.
Hamburg and Glynn used the same line on the bottom of turns one and two but worked different lines on the straight away. During Lap 19, Glynn was chasing Hamburg as Dauber moved in on his tail. Piano tried a higher line while Markham held off Bardell and Schmidt.
The laps under yellow were definitely factoring into the outcome as the green flag laps were seeming disrupted. For the Lap 65 restart, thirteen cars remained in action. Hamburg was at the point, Glynn second ahead of Dauber, Markham, Jim Partipilo, Bardell, Ed Williams, Furar, James Muetz, Dave Smith and Jerry Vance.
Once green, Hamburg went a little higher but came back down to shut the door on Glynn. Markham moved into third but was distanced from the leaders.
The two leaders put on a show like old times in the division as they raced full throttle until the final lap.
The Dixon driver’s return netted him the $1,000 payday and a larger then life trophy for his efforts. Glynn took home a strong second. Markham, who started seventh on the grid, crossed the line third in front of Jim Partipilo.
Partipilo was later disqualified during the post race tech inspection.
Dauber ended the night with the fourth place pay in front of Williams, Bardell, Furar, Smith, Muetz and Eric Rebholz.
Vince Cooper of Morris has officially made his mark as the young gun claiming his third victory in a row in the Open Wheel Modified division. The seventeen year old driver qualified the fastest and ran a smart race to beat a seasoned veteran at his own game.
Cooper and Mineral’s Marty Thompson started the twenty lap feature side by side on the front row. Bill Theodorf and Matt Weibel took ownership of the second row over Ottawa’s Dale Lueth and Phil Line.
Once green, Thompson wasted little time in shooting off to a fast lead.
Cooper and Lueth powered up and gave chase. By the fifth lap out, the three were pushing their outside tires over the cushion in the corners to gain momentum. Six laps later, Cooper was on Thompson’s bumper and working the low groove in turns three and four but didn’t have enough to catch him.
During Lap 13, Thompson was dodging lapped cars while Cooper started to work the bottom of the track. Eventually, Cooper got up to his inside quarter panel but Thompson’s experience shined as he shut down Cooper’s attempts.
As the laps were winding down, Cooper got more comfortable on the low side and brought the two into a side by side battle. When the flag man dropped the checkers it was Cooper stealing the show literally at the line while Thompson was stuck behind the lapped machine of Weibel.
Lueth picked up third with Line, Richie Biswell, Derek Line, Brian Bushong, Peru’s Joe Adam, Jim Phelps of Dalzell and Ray Bollinger completing the top ten finishers.
Theodorf collected the first Heat race win over Lueth, Cooper and Biswell.
Weibel didn’t have a great feature but put on a show to beat Thompson in the second Heat with Phelps and Adam trailing.
Ed Williams made a clean sweep in the Street Stock divisional action. First he came out to beat Matt Ramer and Eric Whittington in his Heat then he wrapped things up with the Feature victory.
Leon Cade sports a police car and the number 911 on the side. Being in hot pursuit of Williams was the name of the game for the twenty car field at feature time.
At the end of the race it was Williams going flag to flag over Cade, Nick Sell, Ramer, Rick Koltveit, Whittington, #34, Jake Cholke, Robert Schlappi and Gary Schmidt.
Koltveit won the first heat with Cade, Sell and Chuck Provenzano in back of him.
Peter Hayes won the Hornet class Heat and Feature races. Karl Hayes finished second in the feature over Brandon Clubb, #3, #16P, Debbie Schwier, Gabe Koncor and Timmy Faust.
Next Saturday night, the Modifieds will top the venue in a $1,000 to win special.
LaSalle Speedway Results
Late Model:
Qualifying: Keith Piano 13.498
Heat One: Danny Bardell, Keith Piano, Jim Partipilo, Darin Furar
Heat Two: Eric Dauber, Mike Glynn, John Piccatto, Eric Rebholz
Heat Three: Tim Hamburg, Scott Schmidt, Ralph Markham, Aaron Schmitt
Semi Feature: Joe Partipilo, Jerry Vance, Dave Miller, Robert Voice, Wally
Forsythe, Shawn Kemp, Dwayne Williford, Tony Coglianese, James Muetz, Jason
Bogle, Rob Piper
Feature: Tim Hamburg, Mike Glynn, Ralph Markham, Jim Partipilo- DQ’d, Eric
Dauber, Ed Williams, Danny Bardell, Darin Furar, Dave Smith, James Muetz,
Eric Rebholz, Dave Miller, Scott Schmidt, Keith Piano, Aaron Schmitt, Jerry
Vance, John Piccatto, Robert Voice, Joe Partipilo, Jason Bogle
Modifieds:
Qualifying: Vince Cooper, 14.030
Heat One: Bill Theodorf, Dale Lueth, Vince Cooper, Richie Biswell
Heat Two: Matt Weibel, Marty Thompson, Jim Phelps, Joe Adam
Feature: Vince Cooper, Marty Thompson, Dale Lueth, Phil Line, Richie
Biswell, Derek Line, Brian Bushong, Joe Adam, Jim Phelps, Ray Bollinger,
Carl Feger, Matt Weibel, Ron Morris, Shawn Scripter, Leah Monfries, Duane
Peterson, Bill Theodorf
Street Stock:
Heat One: Rick Koltveit, Leon Cade, Nick Sell, Chuck Provenzano
Heat Two: Ed Williams, Matt Ramer, Eric Whittington, Robert Schlappi
Feature: Ed Williams, Leon Cade, Nick Sell, Matt Ramer, Rick Koltveit, Eric
Whittington, #34, Jake Cholke, Robert Schlappi, Gary Schmidt, John Peterson,
Steve Lewis, Tim Loomis, #24, Joe Jelinek, Chuck Provenzano, Steve
Schwemlein, Scott Schoenan, Bill Dauber, Jeff Small
Four Cylinders:
Heat One: Peter Hayes, #3, Kyle Horn, Asa Robart
Heat Two: Karl Hayes, Brandon Clubb, #16, John Small
Feature: Peter Hayes, Karl Hayes, Brandon Clubb, #3, #16P, Debbie Schwier,
Gabe Koncor, Timmy Faust, #31, John Small, Chris Zvada, Asa Robart, #04, Jon
Wagner, Dan Leonard, #5, Kyle Horn
