FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Humboldt, Kansas – May 29, 2011 – Justin Folk scored one for the locals as he took the lead late and cruised to the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Smiley’s Racing Products modified feature victory Sunday night at “The Hummer,” Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas in a NCRA/USRA challenge race as part of the fourth annual Dwaine Whitworth Memorial.
Bill Siemers started on the pole for the twenty-five lap feature and took the lead as the green flag fell. However the start went quickly caution when Casey McClaskey hit the front stretch guardrail and came to a stop in turns one and two.
The complete restart saw Siemers once again jump out into an early lead with Ryan Whitworth, Dan Powers, Folk and Brian McGowen all giving chase with the leader opening up to a five car length advantage. Lap five saw the Mulvane, Kansas driver stretch his lead to a half straightaway while behind him, sixth starting Folk worked his way up to challenge Whitworth for the runner up position and would take over the position a couple laps later.
At the races midway point it was still Siemers, followed by Folk, Whitworth and former three-time series champion John Allen, who had worked his way up through the field from his eleventh starting position.
The next couple laps saw Folk begin to cut into Siemers advantage and with ten laps to go was just five lengths behind before the second and final caution flag fell for debris in turn four.
That was all Folk needed and with the double file restart, pulled even with the leader entering turns one and two and work himself around Siemers in turns three and four and take the lead coming down the front stretch.
Folk was never challenged the final seven laps and his Mach 1/Folk Racing Engines#6 would cruise the rest of the way to claim his second career series victory. Siemers would hold off Allen to claim the runner up position while Paul Snyder put on the features best passing performance, coming from his seventeenth starting position to claim fourth. Whitworth would fade to a fifth place finish. In fact, Snyder put on the best passing display of the night coming out of the nights “C” feature through the “B” feature to earn a starting spot in the feature finale.
Forty-three drivers took part in five, eight lap heat races with Powers, Brian McGowen, Folk, Whitworth and Siemers all taking victories. Austin Allen claimed the twelve lap “C” feature in a run that also took him out of the “B” feature into the “A” feature where he would eventually finish seventh. J. Allen would pass McClaskey late to take the fifteen lap “B” feature.
The next event for the NCRA of Park City, Kansas presented by Smiley’s Racing Products modified division will be held on Father’s Day, June 19th as part of a triple header at 81 Speedway with the series late model and sprint car divisions.
The National Championship Racing Association would like to thank the following for their partnership with the series during the 2011 race season:
Park City, Kansas, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels
1st Heat: 1) Dan Powers 2) Rick Murcko 3) Dustin Lawrence 4) Jim Johnson 5) Paul Snyder 6) Cody Alger 7) Mike Lawrence 8) Jim Lawrence 9) Dennis Bishop
2nd Heat: 1) Brian McGowen 2) Jess Folk Jr. 3) Steve Becker 4) Travis Smith 5) Brian Parker 6) Ross Shipman 7) Gary Kilbourn 8) Josh Lanterman 9) Mark Schafman
3rd Heat: 1) Justin Folk 2) Marc Hurd 3) Danny McFadden 4) Brian Bolin 5) Austin Allen 6) Paden Phillips 7) Gene Hogan 8) Dustin Campbell 9) Kinzer Edwards
4th Heat: 1) Ryan Whitworth 2) Casey McClaskey 3) John Allen 4) Tyler Davis 5) Josh Gerhart 6) Todd Doty 7) Scott Daniels 8) Mike Jarvis
5th Heat: 1) Bill Siemers 2) Shawn Langhover 3) Kevin Kemp 4) Lucan Conley 5) Justin Moler 6) Carson McKeen 7) Brian Powers 8) Zach Gilmore
C Feature: 1) Austin Allen 2) Paul Snyder 3) Brian Packer 4) Josh Gerhart 5) Ross Shipman 6) Cody Alger 7) Paden Phillips 8) Dusty Campbell 9) Mark Schafman 10) Justin Moler 11) Scott Daniels 12) Gary Kilbourn 13) Mike Lawrence 14) Carson McKeen 15) Gene Hogan 16) Brian Powers 17) Dennis Bishop 18) Kinzer Edwards 19) Josh Lanterman 20) Jim Armstrong 21) Todd Doty
B Feature: 1) John Allen 2) Casey McClaskey 3) Brian Bolin 4) Danny McFadden 5) Austin Allen 6) Lucas Conley 7) Paul Snyder 8) Steve Becker 9) Kevin Kemp 10) Tyler Davis 11) Josh Gerhart 12) Travis Smith 13) Jim Johnson 14) Mark Schafman 15) Cody Alger 16) Ross Shipman 17) Dusty Campbell 18) Jim Moler 19) Paden Phillips 20) Brian Parker
A Feature: 1) Justin Folk 2) Bill Siemers 3) John Allen 4) Paul Snyder 5) Ryan Whitworth 6) Brian McGowen 7) Austin Allen 8) Dan Powers 9) Jess Folk Jr. 10) Danny McFadden 11) Lucas Conley 12) Shawn Langhover 13) Casey McClaskey 14) Dustin Lawrence 15) Kevin Kemp 16) Steve Becker 17) Rick Murcko 18) Brian Bolin 19) Marc Hurd 20) Tyler Davis
Bill Siemers started on the pole for the twenty-five lap feature and took the lead as the green flag fell. However the start went quickly caution when Casey McClaskey hit the front stretch guardrail and came to a stop in turns one and two.
The complete restart saw Siemers once again jump out into an early lead with Ryan Whitworth, Dan Powers, Folk and Brian McGowen all giving chase with the leader opening up to a five car length advantage. Lap five saw the Mulvane, Kansas driver stretch his lead to a half straightaway while behind him, sixth starting Folk worked his way up to challenge Whitworth for the runner up position and would take over the position a couple laps later.
At the races midway point it was still Siemers, followed by Folk, Whitworth and former three-time series champion John Allen, who had worked his way up through the field from his eleventh starting position.
The next couple laps saw Folk begin to cut into Siemers advantage and with ten laps to go was just five lengths behind before the second and final caution flag fell for debris in turn four.
That was all Folk needed and with the double file restart, pulled even with the leader entering turns one and two and work himself around Siemers in turns three and four and take the lead coming down the front stretch.
Folk was never challenged the final seven laps and his Mach 1/Folk Racing Engines#6 would cruise the rest of the way to claim his second career series victory. Siemers would hold off Allen to claim the runner up position while Paul Snyder put on the features best passing performance, coming from his seventeenth starting position to claim fourth. Whitworth would fade to a fifth place finish. In fact, Snyder put on the best passing display of the night coming out of the nights “C” feature through the “B” feature to earn a starting spot in the feature finale.
Forty-three drivers took part in five, eight lap heat races with Powers, Brian McGowen, Folk, Whitworth and Siemers all taking victories. Austin Allen claimed the twelve lap “C” feature in a run that also took him out of the “B” feature into the “A” feature where he would eventually finish seventh. J. Allen would pass McClaskey late to take the fifteen lap “B” feature.
The next event for the NCRA of Park City, Kansas presented by Smiley’s Racing Products modified division will be held on Father’s Day, June 19th as part of a triple header at 81 Speedway with the series late model and sprint car divisions.
The National Championship Racing Association would like to thank the following for their partnership with the series during the 2011 race season:
Park City, Kansas, Smiley’s Racing Products, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels
1st Heat: 1) Dan Powers 2) Rick Murcko 3) Dustin Lawrence 4) Jim Johnson 5) Paul Snyder 6) Cody Alger 7) Mike Lawrence 8) Jim Lawrence 9) Dennis Bishop
2nd Heat: 1) Brian McGowen 2) Jess Folk Jr. 3) Steve Becker 4) Travis Smith 5) Brian Parker 6) Ross Shipman 7) Gary Kilbourn 8) Josh Lanterman 9) Mark Schafman
3rd Heat: 1) Justin Folk 2) Marc Hurd 3) Danny McFadden 4) Brian Bolin 5) Austin Allen 6) Paden Phillips 7) Gene Hogan 8) Dustin Campbell 9) Kinzer Edwards
4th Heat: 1) Ryan Whitworth 2) Casey McClaskey 3) John Allen 4) Tyler Davis 5) Josh Gerhart 6) Todd Doty 7) Scott Daniels 8) Mike Jarvis
5th Heat: 1) Bill Siemers 2) Shawn Langhover 3) Kevin Kemp 4) Lucan Conley 5) Justin Moler 6) Carson McKeen 7) Brian Powers 8) Zach Gilmore
C Feature: 1) Austin Allen 2) Paul Snyder 3) Brian Packer 4) Josh Gerhart 5) Ross Shipman 6) Cody Alger 7) Paden Phillips 8) Dusty Campbell 9) Mark Schafman 10) Justin Moler 11) Scott Daniels 12) Gary Kilbourn 13) Mike Lawrence 14) Carson McKeen 15) Gene Hogan 16) Brian Powers 17) Dennis Bishop 18) Kinzer Edwards 19) Josh Lanterman 20) Jim Armstrong 21) Todd Doty
B Feature: 1) John Allen 2) Casey McClaskey 3) Brian Bolin 4) Danny McFadden 5) Austin Allen 6) Lucas Conley 7) Paul Snyder 8) Steve Becker 9) Kevin Kemp 10) Tyler Davis 11) Josh Gerhart 12) Travis Smith 13) Jim Johnson 14) Mark Schafman 15) Cody Alger 16) Ross Shipman 17) Dusty Campbell 18) Jim Moler 19) Paden Phillips 20) Brian Parker
A Feature: 1) Justin Folk 2) Bill Siemers 3) John Allen 4) Paul Snyder 5) Ryan Whitworth 6) Brian McGowen 7) Austin Allen 8) Dan Powers 9) Jess Folk Jr. 10) Danny McFadden 11) Lucas Conley 12) Shawn Langhover 13) Casey McClaskey 14) Dustin Lawrence 15) Kevin Kemp 16) Steve Becker 17) Rick Murcko 18) Brian Bolin 19) Marc Hurd 20) Tyler Davis
