Brian Harris
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PEORIA — You can change the drivers, but it’s hard to change the results in the Late Model feature race at Peoria Speedway.
In his second full season driving the No. 75 car owned by Peoria’s Ray Neltner Jr., Brian Harris led start to finish Saturday for his first win this year at the quarter-mile dirt track on Farmington Road. Harris — from Davenport, Iowa — joined a long list of big-name drivers that have won in Neltner’s 75 car.
That list includes household names Jim Strube, Ray Guss Sr., Ray Guss Jr., Billy Tuckwell and Tim Lance , among others.
“There’s a lot of history there, and It’s neat to be a part of that.” said of the Peoria-based team that has competed nearly 40 years. said Harris, to Dirt Racer Magazine, Harris started Saturday at the back of the pack, literally, when his team forgot to draw for position in his heat race. He started the second heat in last, but plowed through eight drivers to win it. “I knew right then we had a good car tonight,” Harris said. “And the track was perfect after all that rain.”
Harris said he struggled Friday in Lincoln, but had no problems Saturday in Peoria. He started the 30-lap feature race from the No. 2 position, held the lead through the first 10 laps and endured a restart on the 11th. He got into lap traffic on the 20th lap and held off runner-up Todd Bennett, Mike Mullvain (third) and Jeff Maher (fourth).
“It was a good end to the weekend,” said Harris, who had 20 wins and 35 top-five finishes in 38 starts in 2007.
Other winners Saturday included Joe Markle (Limited Late Model), Doug Sauder (Pro Street), Erik Bruce (Modified) and Ken Butterfield (Hornet).
Late Models
1. 75 Brian Harris
2. T2 Todd Bennett
3. 4 Mike Mullvain
4. 22 Jeff Maher
5. 40 Charley Hess
6. 32J Jason Jaggers
7. 21B Rich Bell
8. 1* Robbie Bauman Jr.
9. 38c John Gardner Jr.
10 57 Matt McAdams
11. 74 Russ Adams
12. 83 Jim Carmody
13. 45 Zack Busch
14. 50 Tim Faulkenerry
15. 21 Keith Piano
16. 99 Brian Crebo
17. 00 Jason Weyeneth
18. 94 Larry Riekert
19. 10 Roger Rebholz
20. 95 Frank Schickel Sr.
Modified
1. 2 Erik Bruce
2. J12 Jason Wagner
3. 66 Joe Adam
4. 56x Mike Chasteen Sr.
5. 27 Riley Herman
6. 77 Ray Bollinger
7. 38 Stephen Turner
8. 23m Mat Gremminger
9. 8 Gary Scharp
10. 40Jr Mike Chasteen Jr.
11. M1 Dale Munson
12. 89 Noah Faw
13. 50 Andy Clark
14. 33 Joe Huenefid
15. 1Jr Floyd Jordan Jr.
16. 83 Nathan Balensiefen
17. 7K Kenny Egan
18. 30 Rob Bauman Sr.
19. Z1 Zack Odewalt
20. 44 John Smith
Sportsman
1. 18J Joe Markle
2. 16B Bo Brockway
3. 56 Travis Denning
4. 61 Scott Schoener
5. 18A Cody Wisher
6. 0 Zac Kuhel
7. N6 Jake Naramore
8. 1 Jim Hagedorn
9. 4G Bob Gardner
10. 87SR Josh Robinson
Street Stocks
1. 289 Doug Sauder
2. 4H Paula Harrison
3. 90 John Farris
4. 68 Wally Zander
5. 22b Chuck Barnes Jr.
6. 52 Steve Lewis
7. 26 Craig Choine
8. 28 Stephen Maupin
9. 7 Rick Erwin
10. 22c Bobby Cowell Sr.
11. B4 Ben Gallentine
12. 49 Steve Brandt Jr.
Hornet
1. 24 Kenny Butterfied
2. D30 Eric Wisher
3. 944 Jim Tessem
4. 36 Scott VanOppen
5. 75 Jerry Sally
6. 30 Jonathan Schuck
7. V8 Jeff Massey
8. 18w Tommy Wisher
9. 41 Danny Oats
10. 12p Matt Parrott
11. M68 Keith Siegel
12. K2 Jermey Kingsley
13. 14k Shane Kelley
14. M8 Shane Meinders
15. 11b Brent Terry
16. 15 Andrew Sharwarko
17. 9 Chip Allenbaugh
18 B5 Tyler Benson
