By Jake Croxton
Lincoln, Ill. (July 17) – Jeff Leka and Kelly Kovski started on the front row and put on a 20-lap war for the front position during the 20-lap UMP Modified feature at the Lincoln Speedway. Leka got the better of Kovski and posted his fourth win of 2005 on the Logan County Fairgrounds ¼-mile. Todd Kirkland survived a sheet-metal ripping excursion to finish third, while Friday winner Nick Neville and Doug Hobbs followed across the line.
Steve Lance, Jr. set sail and led every lap during the Late Model 20-lapper. Lance, Jr. Lance, Jr. rattled off his fifth win in seven starts on the ¼-mile. Last week’s winner Tim Lance led a wild charge to the line for second, while Shane Allen, Gary Shields, and Matt Beadles rounded out the top five.
Doug Orseske topped the 20-lap UMARA Sportsman Midget main. Orseske held off Danny Drogemueller over the final seven circuits to pick up the win. Joe Knippel, Rich Peceniak, and Scott Shilkuski finished in the top five.
Terry Miller completed the weekend sweep in Street Stock action. The Lincoln competitor led the final fourteen laps after maneuvering around Ernie Dodd from the outside of row one. Robert Reynolds came from seventh to second. Jim Farley, Chris Tackett, and Larry Russell, Jr. completed the top five.
J. R. Eskew held off David Lauritson to rack up another Wild Thing win. Doug Lauritson brought home third, while Damon Jones and Curt Boggs finished in the top five.
Lincoln Speedway
Race Results for 7/17/2005
Illini Midgets - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
0
Doug Orseske
2
76
Danny Drogemueller
3
33
Joe Knippel
4
99P
Rich Peceniak
5
66
Scott Shilkuski
6
55
David Budres, Jr.
7
9R
Erik Close
8
44
Lamont Critchett
9
2
Patrick Bruns
10
17
Loran Critchett
Illini Midgets - Qualifier
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
33
Joe Knippel
2
66
Scott Shilkuski
3
0
Doug Orseske
4
55
David Budres, Jr.
5
9R
Erik Close
6
99P
Rich Peceniak
7
44
Lamont Critchett
8
17
Loran Critchett
9
76
Danny Drogemueller
10
2
Patrick Bruns
Late Models - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
25
Steve Lance, Jr.
2
48
Tim Lance
3
16
Shane Allen
4
12
Gary Shields
5
17B
Matt Beadles
6
F13
Mike Fannin
7
48X
Russ Adams
8
79
John Rhodes
9
10M
Chad Pratt
10
3G
Bob Goodin
11
5D
Rick Haley
12
61JR
Bruce White
13
38L
Ryan Little
14
68
Lance Alcorn
15
40
Greg Kimmons
Late Models - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
5D
Rick Haley
2
17B
Matt Beadles
3
48X
Russ Adams
4
61JR
Bruce White
5
3G
Bob Goodin
6
12
Gary Shields
7
38L
Ryan Little
8
40
Greg Kimmons
Late Models - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
25
Steve Lance, Jr.
2
48
Tim Lance
3
16
Shane Allen
4
68
Lance Alcorn
5
F13
Mike Fannin
6
10M
Chad Pratt
7
79
John Rhodes
Street Stocks - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
9
Terry Miller
2
20R
Robert Reynolds
3
V8
Jim Farley, III
4
0T
Chris Tackett
5
X7
Larry Russell, Jr.
6
420
Ernest Dodd
7
19E
Bobby Eskew
8
27
Jeff Beyers
9
11D
David Cooper
10
0
Jim Cardoni
11
26
Mike Bulpitt
12
53
J. D. Smith
13
11
Kevin Skelton
14
87
Brian Mileham
15
20
Dustin Ingram
16
44
Rick Skelton
17
8
David Awe
18
2D
Donald Beyers
19
77
Scott Rhodes
20
7
Rusty Ballard
Street Stocks - Consolation Race
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
7
Rusty Ballard
2
26
Mike Bulpitt
3
0
Jim Cardoni
4
2D
Donald Beyers
5
20
Dustin Ingram
6
J7
Scott Mileham
7
0
Roy Magee
8
42
Katie Lord
9
7F
Brian Farley
10
12M
Terry Myers
11
81
Kurt Smith
12
8J
Lance Johnson
13
31
Ken Greenslate
Street Stocks - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
420
Ernest Dodd
2
0T
Chris Tackett
3
20R
Robert Reynolds
4
X7
Larry Russell, Jr.
5
11
Kevin Skelton
6
0
Jim Cardoni
7
7F
Brian Farley
8
0
Roy Magee
9
20
Dustin Ingram
Street Stocks - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
9
Terry Miller
2
19E
Bobby Eskew
3
11D
David Cooper
4
8
David Awe
5
77
Scott Rhodes
6
7
Rusty Ballard
7
81
Kurt Smith
8
J7
Scott Mileham
9
8J
Lance Johnson
10
31
Ken Greenslate
Street Stocks - Qualifier 3
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
V8
Jim Farley, III
2
53
J. D. Smith
3
87
Brian Mileham
4
27
Jeff Beyers
5
44
Rick Skelton
6
2D
Donald Beyers
7
42
Katie Lord
8
12M
Terry Myers
9
26
Mike Bulpitt
UMP Modifieds - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
3L
Jeff Leka
2
10K
Kelly Kovski
3
45
Todd Kirkland
4
32N
Nick Neville
5
14
Doug Hobbs
6
23H
Marty Hiser
7
16
Rick Alwood
8
21
Austin Charron
9
23
Terry Pearson
10
77
Abe Helfand
11
2C
Randy Convis
12
7W
Shaun Werth
13
T21
Tim Beck
14
99F
Jason Fletcher
15
11
Blake Buchholz
16
33E
Eric Mattingly
17
5H
Randy Huffman
18
33H
Roben Huffman
19
91
Mark Novorolsky
20
5
Herb Shannon, Jr.
UMP Modifieds - Consolation Race
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
33E
Eric Mattingly
2
91
Mark Novorolsky
3
21
Austin Charron
4
11
Blake Buchholz
5
5
Herb Shannon, Jr.
6
98
Jeremy Billington
7
72
Brian Lynn
UMP Modifieds - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
10K
Kelly Kovski
2
5H
Randy Huffman
3
99F
Jason Fletcher
4
2C
Randy Convis
5
T21
Tim Beck
6
5
Herb Shannon, Jr.
7
91
Mark Novorolsky
8
11
Blake Buchholz
UMP Modifieds - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
3L
Jeff Leka
2
14
Doug Hobbs
3
33H
Roben Huffman
4
23
Terry Pearson
5
7W
Shaun Werth
6
21
Austin Charron
7
72
Brian Lynn
UMP Modifieds - Qualifier 3
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
23H
Marty Hiser
2
45
Todd Kirkland
3
32N
Nick Neville
4
16
Rick Alwood
5
77
Abe Helfand
6
98
Jeremy Billington
7
33E
Eric Mattingly
Wild Things - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
40
J. R. Eskew
2
15
David Lauritson
3
14
Doug Lauritson
4
4J
Damon Jones
5
7
Curt Boggs
6
X
Nick Lowe
7
99F
Larry Fletcher
8
97
Gabe Meece
9
8JR
Joe Reed
10
25
Jeffrey Krause
11
5
Josh Osborne
12
26
Jeff Pheasant
13
31
Dustin Mugler
14
43
Eric Keymon
15
15J
Joe Miller
16
11E
Matt Turley
17
331
Steve Huffman
18
1G
Zach Gasparini
19
5R
David Reed
20
9W
Elmer Well
21
3S
Bob Sanders
22
3M
Rick Miller
Wild Things - Consolation Race
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
X
Nick Lowe
2
5R
David Reed
3
3S
Bob Sanders
4
8JR
Joe Reed
5
26
Jeff Pheasant
6
3M
Rick Miller
7
18D
Ben Drury
8
15J
Joe Miller
9
R13
Fred Rickert
10
9
Scott Schriber
11
44
Bill Sparks
12
6H
Audrey Altman
13
77
Willie Alwood
14
14G
Ray Goodall
15
91
Tracy Mattingly
16
47F
Dano Fabian
Wild Things - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
15
David Lauritson
2
7
Curt Boggs
3
43
Eric Keymon
4
14
Doug Lauritson
5
4J
Damon Jones
6
5R
David Reed
7
3S
Bob Sanders
8
R13
Fred Rickert
9
77
Willie Alwood
10
9
Scott Schriber
Wild Things - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
11E
Matt Turley
2
9W
Elmer Well
3
99F
Larry Fletcher
4
5
Josh Osborne
5
97
Gabe Meece
6
X
Nick Lowe
7
26
Jeff Pheasant
8
44
Bill Sparks
9
3M
Rick Miller
10
91
Tracy Mattingly
11
47F
Dano Fabian
Wild Things - Qualifier 3
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
40
J. R. Eskew
2
331
Steve Huffman
3
31
Dustin Mugler
4
25
Jeffrey Krause
5
1G
Zach Gasparini
6
6H
Audrey Altman
7
15J
Joe Miller
8
14G
Ray Goodall
9
8JR
Joe Reed
10
18D
Ben Drury
Lincoln, Ill. (July 17) – Jeff Leka and Kelly Kovski started on the front row and put on a 20-lap war for the front position during the 20-lap UMP Modified feature at the Lincoln Speedway. Leka got the better of Kovski and posted his fourth win of 2005 on the Logan County Fairgrounds ¼-mile. Todd Kirkland survived a sheet-metal ripping excursion to finish third, while Friday winner Nick Neville and Doug Hobbs followed across the line.
Steve Lance, Jr. set sail and led every lap during the Late Model 20-lapper. Lance, Jr. Lance, Jr. rattled off his fifth win in seven starts on the ¼-mile. Last week’s winner Tim Lance led a wild charge to the line for second, while Shane Allen, Gary Shields, and Matt Beadles rounded out the top five.
Doug Orseske topped the 20-lap UMARA Sportsman Midget main. Orseske held off Danny Drogemueller over the final seven circuits to pick up the win. Joe Knippel, Rich Peceniak, and Scott Shilkuski finished in the top five.
Terry Miller completed the weekend sweep in Street Stock action. The Lincoln competitor led the final fourteen laps after maneuvering around Ernie Dodd from the outside of row one. Robert Reynolds came from seventh to second. Jim Farley, Chris Tackett, and Larry Russell, Jr. completed the top five.
J. R. Eskew held off David Lauritson to rack up another Wild Thing win. Doug Lauritson brought home third, while Damon Jones and Curt Boggs finished in the top five.
Lincoln Speedway
Race Results for 7/17/2005
Illini Midgets - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
0
Doug Orseske
2
76
Danny Drogemueller
3
33
Joe Knippel
4
99P
Rich Peceniak
5
66
Scott Shilkuski
6
55
David Budres, Jr.
7
9R
Erik Close
8
44
Lamont Critchett
9
2
Patrick Bruns
10
17
Loran Critchett
Illini Midgets - Qualifier
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
33
Joe Knippel
2
66
Scott Shilkuski
3
0
Doug Orseske
4
55
David Budres, Jr.
5
9R
Erik Close
6
99P
Rich Peceniak
7
44
Lamont Critchett
8
17
Loran Critchett
9
76
Danny Drogemueller
10
2
Patrick Bruns
Late Models - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
25
Steve Lance, Jr.
2
48
Tim Lance
3
16
Shane Allen
4
12
Gary Shields
5
17B
Matt Beadles
6
F13
Mike Fannin
7
48X
Russ Adams
8
79
John Rhodes
9
10M
Chad Pratt
10
3G
Bob Goodin
11
5D
Rick Haley
12
61JR
Bruce White
13
38L
Ryan Little
14
68
Lance Alcorn
15
40
Greg Kimmons
Late Models - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
5D
Rick Haley
2
17B
Matt Beadles
3
48X
Russ Adams
4
61JR
Bruce White
5
3G
Bob Goodin
6
12
Gary Shields
7
38L
Ryan Little
8
40
Greg Kimmons
Late Models - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
25
Steve Lance, Jr.
2
48
Tim Lance
3
16
Shane Allen
4
68
Lance Alcorn
5
F13
Mike Fannin
6
10M
Chad Pratt
7
79
John Rhodes
Street Stocks - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
9
Terry Miller
2
20R
Robert Reynolds
3
V8
Jim Farley, III
4
0T
Chris Tackett
5
X7
Larry Russell, Jr.
6
420
Ernest Dodd
7
19E
Bobby Eskew
8
27
Jeff Beyers
9
11D
David Cooper
10
0
Jim Cardoni
11
26
Mike Bulpitt
12
53
J. D. Smith
13
11
Kevin Skelton
14
87
Brian Mileham
15
20
Dustin Ingram
16
44
Rick Skelton
17
8
David Awe
18
2D
Donald Beyers
19
77
Scott Rhodes
20
7
Rusty Ballard
Street Stocks - Consolation Race
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
7
Rusty Ballard
2
26
Mike Bulpitt
3
0
Jim Cardoni
4
2D
Donald Beyers
5
20
Dustin Ingram
6
J7
Scott Mileham
7
0
Roy Magee
8
42
Katie Lord
9
7F
Brian Farley
10
12M
Terry Myers
11
81
Kurt Smith
12
8J
Lance Johnson
13
31
Ken Greenslate
Street Stocks - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
420
Ernest Dodd
2
0T
Chris Tackett
3
20R
Robert Reynolds
4
X7
Larry Russell, Jr.
5
11
Kevin Skelton
6
0
Jim Cardoni
7
7F
Brian Farley
8
0
Roy Magee
9
20
Dustin Ingram
Street Stocks - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
9
Terry Miller
2
19E
Bobby Eskew
3
11D
David Cooper
4
8
David Awe
5
77
Scott Rhodes
6
7
Rusty Ballard
7
81
Kurt Smith
8
J7
Scott Mileham
9
8J
Lance Johnson
10
31
Ken Greenslate
Street Stocks - Qualifier 3
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
V8
Jim Farley, III
2
53
J. D. Smith
3
87
Brian Mileham
4
27
Jeff Beyers
5
44
Rick Skelton
6
2D
Donald Beyers
7
42
Katie Lord
8
12M
Terry Myers
9
26
Mike Bulpitt
UMP Modifieds - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
3L
Jeff Leka
2
10K
Kelly Kovski
3
45
Todd Kirkland
4
32N
Nick Neville
5
14
Doug Hobbs
6
23H
Marty Hiser
7
16
Rick Alwood
8
21
Austin Charron
9
23
Terry Pearson
10
77
Abe Helfand
11
2C
Randy Convis
12
7W
Shaun Werth
13
T21
Tim Beck
14
99F
Jason Fletcher
15
11
Blake Buchholz
16
33E
Eric Mattingly
17
5H
Randy Huffman
18
33H
Roben Huffman
19
91
Mark Novorolsky
20
5
Herb Shannon, Jr.
UMP Modifieds - Consolation Race
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
33E
Eric Mattingly
2
91
Mark Novorolsky
3
21
Austin Charron
4
11
Blake Buchholz
5
5
Herb Shannon, Jr.
6
98
Jeremy Billington
7
72
Brian Lynn
UMP Modifieds - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
10K
Kelly Kovski
2
5H
Randy Huffman
3
99F
Jason Fletcher
4
2C
Randy Convis
5
T21
Tim Beck
6
5
Herb Shannon, Jr.
7
91
Mark Novorolsky
8
11
Blake Buchholz
UMP Modifieds - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
3L
Jeff Leka
2
14
Doug Hobbs
3
33H
Roben Huffman
4
23
Terry Pearson
5
7W
Shaun Werth
6
21
Austin Charron
7
72
Brian Lynn
UMP Modifieds - Qualifier 3
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
23H
Marty Hiser
2
45
Todd Kirkland
3
32N
Nick Neville
4
16
Rick Alwood
5
77
Abe Helfand
6
98
Jeremy Billington
7
33E
Eric Mattingly
Wild Things - A Feature
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
40
J. R. Eskew
2
15
David Lauritson
3
14
Doug Lauritson
4
4J
Damon Jones
5
7
Curt Boggs
6
X
Nick Lowe
7
99F
Larry Fletcher
8
97
Gabe Meece
9
8JR
Joe Reed
10
25
Jeffrey Krause
11
5
Josh Osborne
12
26
Jeff Pheasant
13
31
Dustin Mugler
14
43
Eric Keymon
15
15J
Joe Miller
16
11E
Matt Turley
17
331
Steve Huffman
18
1G
Zach Gasparini
19
5R
David Reed
20
9W
Elmer Well
21
3S
Bob Sanders
22
3M
Rick Miller
Wild Things - Consolation Race
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
X
Nick Lowe
2
5R
David Reed
3
3S
Bob Sanders
4
8JR
Joe Reed
5
26
Jeff Pheasant
6
3M
Rick Miller
7
18D
Ben Drury
8
15J
Joe Miller
9
R13
Fred Rickert
10
9
Scott Schriber
11
44
Bill Sparks
12
6H
Audrey Altman
13
77
Willie Alwood
14
14G
Ray Goodall
15
91
Tracy Mattingly
16
47F
Dano Fabian
Wild Things - Qualifier 1
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
15
David Lauritson
2
7
Curt Boggs
3
43
Eric Keymon
4
14
Doug Lauritson
5
4J
Damon Jones
6
5R
David Reed
7
3S
Bob Sanders
8
R13
Fred Rickert
9
77
Willie Alwood
10
9
Scott Schriber
Wild Things - Qualifier 2
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
11E
Matt Turley
2
9W
Elmer Well
3
99F
Larry Fletcher
4
5
Josh Osborne
5
97
Gabe Meece
6
X
Nick Lowe
7
26
Jeff Pheasant
8
44
Bill Sparks
9
3M
Rick Miller
10
91
Tracy Mattingly
11
47F
Dano Fabian
Wild Things - Qualifier 3
Pos
Car No
Driver
1
40
J. R. Eskew
2
331
Steve Huffman
3
31
Dustin Mugler
4
25
Jeffrey Krause
5
1G
Zach Gasparini
6
6H
Audrey Altman
7
15J
Joe Miller
8
14G
Ray Goodall
9
8JR
Joe Reed
10
18D
Ben Drury
