Bennett, Weisser, Siegel, Harrison, and Butterfield Win on First Point Night at Peoria Speedway!

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By BEN DIGGLE (bdiggle@pjstar.com)
of the Journal Star

PEORIA — From flips to fights, there was no shortage of excitement on the opening night of points races at Peoria Speedway. Once the dust settled and the smoke cleared, five feature winners were crowned and the race for the 2010 points championships was on.

The most exciting race of the night came in the Modified division. High schooler Austin May, son of longtime driver Scott May, started on the pole and led the first nine laps of the race by several car-lengths. A series of restarts, however, brought May back to the pack and on lap 10 May drove his car too hard into Turn 4 and spun out. That relegated him to the back of the pack and set up a side-by-side restart with veterans Erik Bruce and Butch Weisser on the front row. Bruce jumped out front on the re-start, but Weisser found his way to the bottom and quickly took the lead from Bruce and drove to the victory.

“I didn’t know where (Bruce) was going to go,” Weisser said. “I knew I wanted to be on either the middle or the bottom, but I had to wait on him. “There was more moisture on the bottom and as you drifted out from there, it got a little rougher.” Bruce was second and May fought his way back into the top 10 to finish ninth.

In the Late Model division, Todd Bennett came from the outside of Row 3 on the start to win the feature. “The car’s been great so far and it was good anywhere on the track tonight,” Bennett said. “But the bottom was best. “It was just tough to get down there and find the right groove, because it was tight around the bottom and if you went too low, it got really greasy.” Bennett easily outdistanced Mike Mullvain and Brian Harris for the win.

In the Pro Street division, Paula Harrison debuted a new car and drove it to a feature victory. “It’s like night and day from the old car,” Harrison said. “I have to thank my pit crew, Mark Johnson, Erik Bruce and Todd Bennett, because without all those guys, I’m not here.”

In the Limited Late Model division, Jack Siegel took home the checkered flag, while Kenny Butterfield won the Hornet feature.

Late Model

1. T2 Todd Bennett
2. 4 Mike Mullvain
3. 75 Brian Harris
4. 7 Jay Sparks
5. 11 Steve Dimmick
6. 83 Jim Carmody
7. 61 John Rodgers
8. 00 Jason Weyeneth
9. 94 Larry Rickert
10. 21B Rich Bell
11. 74 Russ Adams
12. 38c John Gardner Jr.
13. 1* Robbie Bauman
14. 25K Bill Kettering
15. 96 Cory Daughtery


Limited Late Model

1. A2 Jack Siegel
2. 4g Bob Gardner
3. 61 Scott Schoener
4. N6 Jake Naramore
5. 16b Bo Brockway
6. 18 Joe Markle


Modifieds

1. 25 Butch Weisser
2. 2 Erik Bruce
3. 77 Ray Bollinger
4. M1 Dale Munson
5. 66 Joe Adam
6. 27 Riley Herman
7. 6 Jason Plummer
8. 56 Joe Cook
9. A9 Austin May
10. 89 Noah Faw
11. 47 Tony Fisher
12. 7 Kenny Spirling
13. M21 Justin Munson
14. Z1 Zac Oedewaldt
15. J12 Jason Wagner
16. 8 Gary Scharp
17. 55 David Baker
18. 0 Shane Allen
19. 4c Chris Morefield
20. 74 Chris Culberson


Pro Street Stocks

1. 4H Paula Harrison
2. 8J Lance Johnson
3. 68 Wally Zander
4. 289 Doug Sauder
5. 27 Jim Carter
6. C7 Mike Cusack
7. 7 Rick Erwin
8. 37s Terry Simmons
9. 26 Craig Chrone
10. 63P Greg Sauder
11. 28 Stephen Maupin
12. B22 Chuck Barnes Jr.
13. 22c bob Cowell
14. 5tb Thomas Alexander
15. 2 Chris Kilpatrick
16. 73s Scott Schoner
17. 48 Mark Barrie


Hornets

1. Kenny Butterfield
2. Scott VanOpen
3. 944 Jim Tessemm
4. 14K Shane Kelly
5. 15 Jimmy Grant
6. 31 Danny Riekena
7. V8 Jeff Massey
8. 30 John Schuck
9. G5 Todd Gihel
10. 4sj Matt Brooks
11. B5 Tyler Benson
12. 11b Brent Terry
13. 41 Danny Oacks
14 24 Jerry Brooks
15. 18w Tommy Wisher
16. K2 Jeremy Kingsley
17. 5J Josh Nimrick
 




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