August 1, 2009 - Kankakee, IL - FAIR NIGHT RACES ENTERTAIN BIG CROWD
With a well groomed track offering up multiple groove racing, and a high side utilized for the first time all year, race fans were treated to an extraordinary night of competitive dirt stock car racing Friday night, as part of the 45th Annual Kankakee County Fair. With over 90 cars in signed in to the back pit area, getting the show started on time was crucial, and the staff of KCS delivered.
The first feature of the night kicked off just after 9PM with the I-Mods returning to run their feature event that was rained out the previous week. Fifteen cars returned to do battle in a special 25-lap affair that featured just one caution. Chris Arihood of Indiana overtook Adam Williams on lap 10 and never looked back as he cruised to the checkers over Mike Kingma, Kurt Allison, Kenny Carlson, and Nick Montalta.
The UMP Modified feature was up next to run their 20-lap feature. Fast qualifier Nick Allen of Wheatfield, IN started on the pole and took off like a jackrabbit leaving his rivals in the dust, while UMP National & track point leader Gary Cook Jr. of Deer Creek, IL fought tooth and nail for the second spot. Morris native Vince Cooper, who was disqualified in the fast heat for a fuel cap issue, started eighth and rallied to claim third over Dave Porth of Gardner, while Odell's Jim Farris snared the fifth spot. Heat races were taken by Farris, Jason Hastings, and Cook Jr., as Kevin Hastings grabbed the consi win.
The night was not without a somber moment as it was announced before the start of the street stock feature that Marie Kroll, mother of UMP modified driver Tommy Kroll and grandmother to street stock drivers Brian Wirtz and Nate Kroll was taken to a local hospital where she later passed away from respiratory failure while attending the Fair. With the starting grid already on the track, drivers shut down their motors as everyone observed a moment of silence in her honor. She was 83. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and it is our hope they will be comforted in this time of their loss.
With a field of 37 street stocks on hand, just making the show was a quest in itself. Perhaps the most entertaining feature of the night was highlighted by a wild goose chase at the front of the pack with point leader and three-time winner Rick Thomas, Darrin Kohler, David Hurst, Dave Rudisell, and Joel Funk all vying for the top spot. Thomas survived to earn his fourth triumph of the season, while his step-son and racing teammate Funk made a last second charge off of turn four to claim second over Kohler,Rudisell, and Hurst. Heat race wins were claimed by Thomas, Kohler, Hurst, and newcomer Derek Bunning, while Damon Miller and David Billingsley both picked up consi wins in their 2009 debuts. Brandon Roundtree was the first recipient of a newly established rule that rewards a Top 5 driver from the previous week with a guaranteed starting spot in the following week's feature.
The final event of the night was a 15-lap shootout for the Hornet class, and it came as no surprise that Bradley resident Axle Wicker took home top honors over a hungry Matt McCarty, and Ryan Brooks, while Allen Line and Jason Kemp rounded out the top five.
The staff of Kankakee County Speedway would like to say thank you to the huge crowd of fans who supported us and the Kankakee County Fair, as well as, Country Chevrolet of Herscher, WVLI / WIVR FM, The Homestead Restaurant, Kroll Graphics, and Creative Graphics & Design. We also like to give a special thanks to Steve Emme of Bradley for pacing our feature fields in his restored 1969 Chevy Camaro convertible Indianapolis 500 pace car just like the one hid late-father Earl used to take him to the races in.
Be sure to join us next week, August 7th, at 730PM for a full program of racing with UMP Late Models, UMP modifieds, UMP Street Stocks, and Hornets presented by U-Pull-It Self Serve Auto Parts of Chicago Heights and Miller Hydraulic of Manteno. Adult grandstand admssion is $12, while kids (11-16) are just $6, and kids under 10 are FREE. Pit admission is $25. Pit gates open at 3PM with Main grandstand gates open at 5PM. Watch for discount coupons throughout the area featuring $2 off, $5 off, and Buy 1 Get 1 FREE savings for regular racing programs only.
Summary of Results
UMP Modifieds (29 cars)
Fast Qualifier Nick Allen 15.831
Heat 1 (5 transfer)
1. 69 Farris
2. 10 Scripter
3.. 6B Baldwin
4. 50 Clark
5. 20 Dixon
6. 5J Johnson
7. 41 McCarty
8. 7K Myszkiewicz
9. 06 Kortge
10. 08 Wakeley
11. 64X Klingbell
Heat 2 (5 transfer)
1. 35 J. Hastings
2. 66 Line
3. 52 M. Porth
4. G4 Aimone
5. 36L Lomax
6. 36 K. Hastings
7. 141 Sullivan
8. 48 Pockrus
9. 7 Klopp
10. 5o Todd
Heat 3 (Fast 8 inverted)
1. 64 Cook
2. 1K Kroll
3. 25 Porth
4. 57 Grosvenor
5. 21A Allen
6. 21 Losh
7. 130 Osterhoff
8. 70 Cooper
Consi (2 transfer)
1. 36 K. Hastings
2. 141 Sullivan
3. 41 Steve McCarty
4. 5J Jeremy Johnson
5. 48 Adam Pockrus
6. 7 Jason Klopp
7. 06 Ryan Kortge
8. 7K Kevin Myszkiewicz
9. 08 Chris Wakeley
10. 5o Mike Todd
11. 64x Bill Klingbell - no start
FEATURE (20-laps) (invert of 5) (Top 5 locked in for Aug. 7th)
1. 21A Nick Allen (1)
2. 64 Gary Cook Jr (5)
3. 70 Vince Cooper (8)
4. 25P Dave Porth (3)
5. 69 Jim Farris (9)
6. 35 Jason Hastings (10)
7. 21 Derek Losh (6)
8. 1K Tommy Kroll (4)
9. 66 Phil Line (12)
10. 36 Kevin Hastings (19)
11. G4 George Aimone (16)
12. 130 Chad Osterhoff (7)
13. 10 Shawn Scripter (11)
14. 57 Mark Grosvenor (2)
15. 36L Jamie Lomax (18)
16. 52 Mike Porth (14)
17. 50 Andy Clark (15)
18. 141 Mike Sullivan (20)
19. 6B Dave Baldwin (13)
20. 20 AJ Dixon (17)
FastLane Web DeZign Hard Charger Award - Kevin Hastings
UMP Street Stocks (37 cars)
37 Street Stocks
Heat 1 (4 transfer from each)
1. 23T Thomas
2. 10R Rudisill
3. 15G Gaus
4. Z Simmons
5. 75 Cleary
6. 03 Bleuer
7. V7 Glassford
8. 33G Gaus
9. 94 Lewis
10. 64 Richardson
Heat 2
1. 21 Kohler
2. 10 Franks
3. 23JR Funk
4. 12 Stevenson
5. 70x Bushey
6. 43 Hubert
7. 70H Huffman
8. 420 Woodruff
9. B9 Brown
10. 23 Hemp
Heat 3
1. 8 Hurst
2. 96 Malone
3. 05 Geary
4. 12T Stevenson
5. 0 Miller
6. 92 Riley
7. 1W Wirtz
8. 68 Thompson
9. 12x Pasek - no start
Heat 4
1. 21 Bunning
2. 55 Wicker
3. V17 McCarty
4. 2 Roundtree
5. B13 Peters
6. 6 Hamilton
7. J01 Hillman
8. 16 Turner
9. 18 Billingsley
Consi 1 (2 transfer)
1. 0 Miller
2. 1W Wirtz
3. 92 Jeff Riley
4. 64 Chris Richardson
5. V7 Scott Glassford
6. 75 Matt Cleary
7. 03 Ryan Bleuer
8. 33G Katie Gaus
9. 94 Rick Lewis
10. 68 J. Thompson
11. 12x Tom Pasek - no start
Consi 2 (2 transfer)
1. 18 Billingsley
2. 16 Turner
3. 2 Roundtree
4. J01 Joe Hillman
5. 12 Bill Stevenson
6. 420 Richard Woodruff
7. 43 Dustin Hubert
8. 70H Wayne Huffman
9. B9 Joe Brown
10. 6 Jay Hamilton - no start
FEATURE (15-laps) Top 5 locked in for Aug. 7th
1. 23T Rick Thomas (1)
2. 23JR Joel Funk (10)
3. 21 Darrin Kohler (2)
4. 10R Dave Rudisill (5)
5. 8 David Hurst (3)
6. V17 Don McCarty (12)
7. Z Jesse Simmons (13)
8. B13 Brett Peters (16)
9. 1W Brian Wirtz (19)
10. 16 Robert Turner (20)
11. 2 Brandon Roundtree (21)
12. 12T Brian Stevenson (15)
13. 18 Dave Billingsley (18)
14. 96 Joe Malone (7)
15. 21 Derek Bunning (4)
16. 55 Billy Wicker (8)
17. 05 John Geary (11)
18. 0 Damon Miller (17)
19. 15G Eric Gaus (9)
20. 10 Lon Franks (6)
21. 70X Ken Bushey (14)
FastLane Web DeZign Hard Charger Award - Brian Wirtz
Rescheduled from July 31st - 25 laps
I-Mod FEATURE (25-laps)
1. 1 Chris Arihood (3)
2. 77 Mike Kingma (4)
3. 225 Kurt Allison (7)
4. 21C Kenny Carlson (6)
5. M80 Nick Montalta (2)
6. 55 Jonathan Robbins (14)
7. 38 Tim Sullivan Jr. (9)
8. 14 Adam Williams (1)
9. 8 Terry McIntire Sr. (10)
10. 89 Richard Gynn (11)
11. 7W Harry Waddle (12)
12. 42 Mitch Bailey (5)
13. 69 Josh Russell (13)
14. 37H Konnor Hamilton (8)
15. 16 Jeff Barger - no start
16. 88 Phil Line - no start
17. 15M Terry McIntire Jr. - no start
18. 444 Chris Fortner - no start
19. 71 Bob Fortner - no start
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - J. Robbins
Hornets (12 cars)
12 Hornets
FEATURE (15-laps)
1. 118 Axle Wicker (5)
2. 25 Matt McCarty (8)
3. 44 Ryan Brooks (3)
4. 22 Allen Line (9)
5. 28 Jason Kemp (1)
6. 91 Matt Rademaker (12)
7. C2 Cody Stowe (11)
8. 93 Ryan Legestine (7)
9. 66 Shannon Mudro (2)
10. 36 Bill Wasnea (4)
11. 38H Chris Holzhauer (10)
12. 9 Chris Schmink - no start
FastLane Web DeZign Hard Charger Award - Matt McCarty
With a well groomed track offering up multiple groove racing, and a high side utilized for the first time all year, race fans were treated to an extraordinary night of competitive dirt stock car racing Friday night, as part of the 45th Annual Kankakee County Fair. With over 90 cars in signed in to the back pit area, getting the show started on time was crucial, and the staff of KCS delivered.
The first feature of the night kicked off just after 9PM with the I-Mods returning to run their feature event that was rained out the previous week. Fifteen cars returned to do battle in a special 25-lap affair that featured just one caution. Chris Arihood of Indiana overtook Adam Williams on lap 10 and never looked back as he cruised to the checkers over Mike Kingma, Kurt Allison, Kenny Carlson, and Nick Montalta.
The UMP Modified feature was up next to run their 20-lap feature. Fast qualifier Nick Allen of Wheatfield, IN started on the pole and took off like a jackrabbit leaving his rivals in the dust, while UMP National & track point leader Gary Cook Jr. of Deer Creek, IL fought tooth and nail for the second spot. Morris native Vince Cooper, who was disqualified in the fast heat for a fuel cap issue, started eighth and rallied to claim third over Dave Porth of Gardner, while Odell's Jim Farris snared the fifth spot. Heat races were taken by Farris, Jason Hastings, and Cook Jr., as Kevin Hastings grabbed the consi win.
The night was not without a somber moment as it was announced before the start of the street stock feature that Marie Kroll, mother of UMP modified driver Tommy Kroll and grandmother to street stock drivers Brian Wirtz and Nate Kroll was taken to a local hospital where she later passed away from respiratory failure while attending the Fair. With the starting grid already on the track, drivers shut down their motors as everyone observed a moment of silence in her honor. She was 83. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and it is our hope they will be comforted in this time of their loss.
With a field of 37 street stocks on hand, just making the show was a quest in itself. Perhaps the most entertaining feature of the night was highlighted by a wild goose chase at the front of the pack with point leader and three-time winner Rick Thomas, Darrin Kohler, David Hurst, Dave Rudisell, and Joel Funk all vying for the top spot. Thomas survived to earn his fourth triumph of the season, while his step-son and racing teammate Funk made a last second charge off of turn four to claim second over Kohler,Rudisell, and Hurst. Heat race wins were claimed by Thomas, Kohler, Hurst, and newcomer Derek Bunning, while Damon Miller and David Billingsley both picked up consi wins in their 2009 debuts. Brandon Roundtree was the first recipient of a newly established rule that rewards a Top 5 driver from the previous week with a guaranteed starting spot in the following week's feature.
The final event of the night was a 15-lap shootout for the Hornet class, and it came as no surprise that Bradley resident Axle Wicker took home top honors over a hungry Matt McCarty, and Ryan Brooks, while Allen Line and Jason Kemp rounded out the top five.
The staff of Kankakee County Speedway would like to say thank you to the huge crowd of fans who supported us and the Kankakee County Fair, as well as, Country Chevrolet of Herscher, WVLI / WIVR FM, The Homestead Restaurant, Kroll Graphics, and Creative Graphics & Design. We also like to give a special thanks to Steve Emme of Bradley for pacing our feature fields in his restored 1969 Chevy Camaro convertible Indianapolis 500 pace car just like the one hid late-father Earl used to take him to the races in.
Be sure to join us next week, August 7th, at 730PM for a full program of racing with UMP Late Models, UMP modifieds, UMP Street Stocks, and Hornets presented by U-Pull-It Self Serve Auto Parts of Chicago Heights and Miller Hydraulic of Manteno. Adult grandstand admssion is $12, while kids (11-16) are just $6, and kids under 10 are FREE. Pit admission is $25. Pit gates open at 3PM with Main grandstand gates open at 5PM. Watch for discount coupons throughout the area featuring $2 off, $5 off, and Buy 1 Get 1 FREE savings for regular racing programs only.
Summary of Results
UMP Modifieds (29 cars)
Fast Qualifier Nick Allen 15.831
Heat 1 (5 transfer)
1. 69 Farris
2. 10 Scripter
3.. 6B Baldwin
4. 50 Clark
5. 20 Dixon
6. 5J Johnson
7. 41 McCarty
8. 7K Myszkiewicz
9. 06 Kortge
10. 08 Wakeley
11. 64X Klingbell
Heat 2 (5 transfer)
1. 35 J. Hastings
2. 66 Line
3. 52 M. Porth
4. G4 Aimone
5. 36L Lomax
6. 36 K. Hastings
7. 141 Sullivan
8. 48 Pockrus
9. 7 Klopp
10. 5o Todd
Heat 3 (Fast 8 inverted)
1. 64 Cook
2. 1K Kroll
3. 25 Porth
4. 57 Grosvenor
5. 21A Allen
6. 21 Losh
7. 130 Osterhoff
8. 70 Cooper
Consi (2 transfer)
1. 36 K. Hastings
2. 141 Sullivan
3. 41 Steve McCarty
4. 5J Jeremy Johnson
5. 48 Adam Pockrus
6. 7 Jason Klopp
7. 06 Ryan Kortge
8. 7K Kevin Myszkiewicz
9. 08 Chris Wakeley
10. 5o Mike Todd
11. 64x Bill Klingbell - no start
FEATURE (20-laps) (invert of 5) (Top 5 locked in for Aug. 7th)
1. 21A Nick Allen (1)
2. 64 Gary Cook Jr (5)
3. 70 Vince Cooper (8)
4. 25P Dave Porth (3)
5. 69 Jim Farris (9)
6. 35 Jason Hastings (10)
7. 21 Derek Losh (6)
8. 1K Tommy Kroll (4)
9. 66 Phil Line (12)
10. 36 Kevin Hastings (19)
11. G4 George Aimone (16)
12. 130 Chad Osterhoff (7)
13. 10 Shawn Scripter (11)
14. 57 Mark Grosvenor (2)
15. 36L Jamie Lomax (18)
16. 52 Mike Porth (14)
17. 50 Andy Clark (15)
18. 141 Mike Sullivan (20)
19. 6B Dave Baldwin (13)
20. 20 AJ Dixon (17)
FastLane Web DeZign Hard Charger Award - Kevin Hastings
UMP Street Stocks (37 cars)
37 Street Stocks
Heat 1 (4 transfer from each)
1. 23T Thomas
2. 10R Rudisill
3. 15G Gaus
4. Z Simmons
5. 75 Cleary
6. 03 Bleuer
7. V7 Glassford
8. 33G Gaus
9. 94 Lewis
10. 64 Richardson
Heat 2
1. 21 Kohler
2. 10 Franks
3. 23JR Funk
4. 12 Stevenson
5. 70x Bushey
6. 43 Hubert
7. 70H Huffman
8. 420 Woodruff
9. B9 Brown
10. 23 Hemp
Heat 3
1. 8 Hurst
2. 96 Malone
3. 05 Geary
4. 12T Stevenson
5. 0 Miller
6. 92 Riley
7. 1W Wirtz
8. 68 Thompson
9. 12x Pasek - no start
Heat 4
1. 21 Bunning
2. 55 Wicker
3. V17 McCarty
4. 2 Roundtree
5. B13 Peters
6. 6 Hamilton
7. J01 Hillman
8. 16 Turner
9. 18 Billingsley
Consi 1 (2 transfer)
1. 0 Miller
2. 1W Wirtz
3. 92 Jeff Riley
4. 64 Chris Richardson
5. V7 Scott Glassford
6. 75 Matt Cleary
7. 03 Ryan Bleuer
8. 33G Katie Gaus
9. 94 Rick Lewis
10. 68 J. Thompson
11. 12x Tom Pasek - no start
Consi 2 (2 transfer)
1. 18 Billingsley
2. 16 Turner
3. 2 Roundtree
4. J01 Joe Hillman
5. 12 Bill Stevenson
6. 420 Richard Woodruff
7. 43 Dustin Hubert
8. 70H Wayne Huffman
9. B9 Joe Brown
10. 6 Jay Hamilton - no start
FEATURE (15-laps) Top 5 locked in for Aug. 7th
1. 23T Rick Thomas (1)
2. 23JR Joel Funk (10)
3. 21 Darrin Kohler (2)
4. 10R Dave Rudisill (5)
5. 8 David Hurst (3)
6. V17 Don McCarty (12)
7. Z Jesse Simmons (13)
8. B13 Brett Peters (16)
9. 1W Brian Wirtz (19)
10. 16 Robert Turner (20)
11. 2 Brandon Roundtree (21)
12. 12T Brian Stevenson (15)
13. 18 Dave Billingsley (18)
14. 96 Joe Malone (7)
15. 21 Derek Bunning (4)
16. 55 Billy Wicker (8)
17. 05 John Geary (11)
18. 0 Damon Miller (17)
19. 15G Eric Gaus (9)
20. 10 Lon Franks (6)
21. 70X Ken Bushey (14)
FastLane Web DeZign Hard Charger Award - Brian Wirtz
Rescheduled from July 31st - 25 laps
I-Mod FEATURE (25-laps)
1. 1 Chris Arihood (3)
2. 77 Mike Kingma (4)
3. 225 Kurt Allison (7)
4. 21C Kenny Carlson (6)
5. M80 Nick Montalta (2)
6. 55 Jonathan Robbins (14)
7. 38 Tim Sullivan Jr. (9)
8. 14 Adam Williams (1)
9. 8 Terry McIntire Sr. (10)
10. 89 Richard Gynn (11)
11. 7W Harry Waddle (12)
12. 42 Mitch Bailey (5)
13. 69 Josh Russell (13)
14. 37H Konnor Hamilton (8)
15. 16 Jeff Barger - no start
16. 88 Phil Line - no start
17. 15M Terry McIntire Jr. - no start
18. 444 Chris Fortner - no start
19. 71 Bob Fortner - no start
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - J. Robbins
Hornets (12 cars)
12 Hornets
FEATURE (15-laps)
1. 118 Axle Wicker (5)
2. 25 Matt McCarty (8)
3. 44 Ryan Brooks (3)
4. 22 Allen Line (9)
5. 28 Jason Kemp (1)
6. 91 Matt Rademaker (12)
7. C2 Cody Stowe (11)
8. 93 Ryan Legestine (7)
9. 66 Shannon Mudro (2)
10. 36 Bill Wasnea (4)
11. 38H Chris Holzhauer (10)
12. 9 Chris Schmink - no start
FastLane Web DeZign Hard Charger Award - Matt McCarty
