June 25, 2010 - STELLAR NIGHT OF RACING MARRED BY BILLINGSLEY'S DQ
Once again, an early arriving crowd went the distance to take in an exciting night of racing action at Kankakee County Speedway Friday night, as the Wisconsin based Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints presented by the US Army invaded Kankakee County for the first time since 2007. Twenty-five 410 Outlaw Winged Sprint Car warriors took the 1/3-mile clay oval in hopes of cashing in on the $2,500 top prize. Jerrod Hull of Sikeston, MO overtook race leader Billy Balog with less than a dozen laps remaining, then jetted out to a sizeable cushion as points leader Balog gave chase.
In other action, Kankakee's Jason Hastings scored his first UMP Modified win of the season, by besting race leader and pole-sitter Vince Cooper of Morris, while Nick Allen was relegated to a season worst third place finish. Rounding out the top five were AJ Dixon and point leader Jim Farris.
Owen Alberts led a cast of 16 UMP Sport Compacts to the start, as well as the finish, despite having to hold off the challenges of Indiana's Bubba Lawson, and point leader Matt McCarty, who unveiled a brand new ride after having his car destroyed two weeks prior in an altercation with Matt Maier. McCarty purchased and thrashed on a former Axle Wicker owned machine all week just to get back out and protect his point lead. Finishing fourth was Nick Clubb, followed by John Provenzano in fifth. The race was highlighted by a wild barrel-rolling Scott Cupples, who rolled his car five or six times on the front stretch bringing out a red flag. Cupples did complain of some stiffness to his neck but was otherwise unhurt from the incident which also involved Allan Provenzano.
The always exciting UMP Stock Cars proved once again why Kankakee is the UMP Stock Car capitol of Illinois, as 32 combatants entered but only one, David Billingsley of Chebanse would be victorious, or so it appeared. Following the race upon request, Billingsley, along with runner-up Darrin Kohler, and third place Don Hilleary were asked to remove one valve cover so that each car could be teched. While Kohler and Hilleary complied, and Billingsley wanted to, he was urged by both his car owner and engine builder not to pull the valve cover in the pits seeing as it was a brand new $10,000 motor under the hood. While Billingsley accepted the decision, he was stripped of the win and disqualified, thus giving the win to Kohler over his step-brother Hilleary. That put a slight damper on an otherwise outstanding night of racing which attracted a large crowd along with sprint car drivers from four states.
UMP Modifieds (31 cars)
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Corey Partin 2. AJ Dixon 3. Jamie Lomax 4. Phil Line 5. Kevin Hastings
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Jason Hastings 2. Travis Kohler 3. Justin McCoy 4. Matt Bachmann 5. Darrin Kohler
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Vince Cooper 2. Nick Allen 3. Jim Farris 4. Kevin Davis 5. Jeremy Johnson
B Main (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Dave Porth 2. Derek Bunning 3. Bub Patrick 4. Shawn Scripter 5. Mike Schultz 6. Chad Osterhoff 7. Adam Pockrus 8. Chris Gaither 9. Jason Klopp 10. Kevin Myszkiewicz 11. DJ Werkmeister 12. Ryan Kortge 13. Tom Pasek 14. Rick King 15. Mike Todd
FEATURE (20-laps - $600.00 to win)
1. 35 Jason Hastings (2)
2. 70 Vince Cooper (3)
3. 21A Nick Allen (6)
4. 20 AJ Dixon (4)
5. 69 Jim Farris (9)
6. 36L Jamie Lomax (7)
7. 25 Dave Porth (16)
8. 21Jr Justin McCoy (8)
9. 36 Kevin Hastings (13)
10. 66 Phil Line (10)
11. 68 Matt Bachman (11)
12. v47 Darrin Kohler (14)
13. 5J Jeremy Johnson (15)
14. 9 Shawn Schultz (20)
15. 10 Shawn Scripter (19)
16. 21 Derek Bunning (17)
17. 4 Kevin Davis (12)
18. 99 Corey Partin (1)
19. 0 Travis Kohler (5)
20. 25 Bub Patrick (18)
Hard Charger Award - Dave Porth +9
IRA Sprints (25 cars)
Fast Qualifier - Mike Reinke 12.571
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Balog 2. Modjeski 3. Reinke 4. Daun 5. Hunt
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Neitzel 2. Hull 3. Alden 4. Hurley 5. S. Uttech
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Sexton 2. Spitz 3. D. Uttech 4. Borland 5. Haynes
B Main (Top 7 to A Main) - 1. Hafemann 2. Haeni 3. Standridge 4. Mock 5. Young 6. Thone 7. Emme
FEATURE (30-laps - $2,500.00 to win)
1. 12 Jerrod Hull (9)
2. 17B Billy Balog (3)
3. 2W Scotty Neitzel (6)
4. 4K Kris Spitz (5)
5. 35 Jimmy Hurley (4)
6. 21J John Haeni (11)
7. 8A Nick Alden (2)
8. 14AJ Wayne Modjeski (1)
9. 68 Dave Uttech (13)
10. 23 Russel Borland (14)
11. 10S Jeremy Standridge (18)
12. 5H Patrick Haynes (16)
13. 88 Michael Emme (22)
14. 2B Billy Hafemann (12)
15. 94 Brandon Thone (21)
16. 1M Phillip Mock (19)
17. 36 Todd Daun (7)
18. 83D Tommy Sexton (8)
19. O2 Mike Reinke (10)
20. 9A Andy Hunt (15)
21. 3K Scott Uttech (17)
22. 3 Scott Young (20)
Hard Charger Award - Michael Emme +9
UMP Sport Compacts (16 cars)
Heat 1 - 1. Scott Cupples 2. Allan Provenzano 3. Bubba Lawson 4. Joe Tsilis 5. Bill Wasnea 6. Tyler Condon 7. Dave Polak Jr. 8. Brian Bennett
Heat 2 - 1. Owen Alberts 2. Matt McCarty 3. Sam Landis 4. Nick Clubb 5. John Provenzano 6. Chris Schmink 7. Robert Naese 8. Brandon Malone
FEATURE (15-laps - $100.00 to win)
1. 01 Owen Alberts (2)
2. 88 Bubba Lawson (5)
3. 25 Matt McCarty (4)
4. 86 Nick Clubb (8)
5. 6P John Provenzano (10)
6. 7 Sam Landis (6)
7. 36 Bill Wasnea (9)
8. 2 Joe Tsilis (7)
9. T4 Tyler Condon (11)
10. 63 Brandon Malone (1)
11. 07 Brian Bennett (16)
12. 95 Dave Polak Jr. (13)
13. 9 Chris Schmink (12)
14. 5 Alan Provenzano (3)
15. 37 Scott Cupples (1)
16. 1 Robert Naese (14)- DNS
Hard Charger Award - John Provenzano +5
UMP Stock Cars (32 cars)
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. David Billingsley 2. Don Hilleary 3. Lon Franks 4. Rick Thomas 5. Kevin Lenzen
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Joe Malone 2. Jeff Riley 3. Jerrad Krick 4. Dustin Hubert 5. Nick Montalta
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Darrin Kohler 2. Shannon Shutter 3. Jay Hamilton 4. Billy Wicker 5. Robert Turner
B Main (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Joe Hillman 2. Andrew Funk 3. Nate Kroll 4. Axle Wicker 5. Brian Wirtz
Note: Tony Hemp was an added starter for Jeff Riley who was a scratch for the feature
FEATURE (15-laps - $600.00 to win)
1. 21 Darrin Kohler (3)
2. v27 Don Hilleary (4)
3. 99K Jerrad Krick (8)
4. 23T Rick Thomas (10)
5. L3 Kevin Lenzen (13)
6. 16 Robert Turner (15)
7. 6 Jay Hamilton (9)
8. 55 Billy Wicker (12)
9. 118 Axle Wicker ()
10. 23 Tony Hemp ()
11. 5 Shannon Shutter (6)
12. 10 Lon Franks (7)
13. v37 Nick Montalta (14)
14. 96 Joe Malone (2)
15. 1w Brian Wirtz (20)
16. 43 Dustin Hubert (11)
17. J01 Joe Hillman (16)
18. 23JR Andrew Funk
19. 46 Nate Kroll
20. 18 David Billingsley (1)
Hard Charger Award - Robert Turner +9
Once again, an early arriving crowd went the distance to take in an exciting night of racing action at Kankakee County Speedway Friday night, as the Wisconsin based Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints presented by the US Army invaded Kankakee County for the first time since 2007. Twenty-five 410 Outlaw Winged Sprint Car warriors took the 1/3-mile clay oval in hopes of cashing in on the $2,500 top prize. Jerrod Hull of Sikeston, MO overtook race leader Billy Balog with less than a dozen laps remaining, then jetted out to a sizeable cushion as points leader Balog gave chase.
In other action, Kankakee's Jason Hastings scored his first UMP Modified win of the season, by besting race leader and pole-sitter Vince Cooper of Morris, while Nick Allen was relegated to a season worst third place finish. Rounding out the top five were AJ Dixon and point leader Jim Farris.
Owen Alberts led a cast of 16 UMP Sport Compacts to the start, as well as the finish, despite having to hold off the challenges of Indiana's Bubba Lawson, and point leader Matt McCarty, who unveiled a brand new ride after having his car destroyed two weeks prior in an altercation with Matt Maier. McCarty purchased and thrashed on a former Axle Wicker owned machine all week just to get back out and protect his point lead. Finishing fourth was Nick Clubb, followed by John Provenzano in fifth. The race was highlighted by a wild barrel-rolling Scott Cupples, who rolled his car five or six times on the front stretch bringing out a red flag. Cupples did complain of some stiffness to his neck but was otherwise unhurt from the incident which also involved Allan Provenzano.
The always exciting UMP Stock Cars proved once again why Kankakee is the UMP Stock Car capitol of Illinois, as 32 combatants entered but only one, David Billingsley of Chebanse would be victorious, or so it appeared. Following the race upon request, Billingsley, along with runner-up Darrin Kohler, and third place Don Hilleary were asked to remove one valve cover so that each car could be teched. While Kohler and Hilleary complied, and Billingsley wanted to, he was urged by both his car owner and engine builder not to pull the valve cover in the pits seeing as it was a brand new $10,000 motor under the hood. While Billingsley accepted the decision, he was stripped of the win and disqualified, thus giving the win to Kohler over his step-brother Hilleary. That put a slight damper on an otherwise outstanding night of racing which attracted a large crowd along with sprint car drivers from four states.
UMP Modifieds (31 cars)
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Corey Partin 2. AJ Dixon 3. Jamie Lomax 4. Phil Line 5. Kevin Hastings
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Jason Hastings 2. Travis Kohler 3. Justin McCoy 4. Matt Bachmann 5. Darrin Kohler
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Vince Cooper 2. Nick Allen 3. Jim Farris 4. Kevin Davis 5. Jeremy Johnson
B Main (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Dave Porth 2. Derek Bunning 3. Bub Patrick 4. Shawn Scripter 5. Mike Schultz 6. Chad Osterhoff 7. Adam Pockrus 8. Chris Gaither 9. Jason Klopp 10. Kevin Myszkiewicz 11. DJ Werkmeister 12. Ryan Kortge 13. Tom Pasek 14. Rick King 15. Mike Todd
FEATURE (20-laps - $600.00 to win)
1. 35 Jason Hastings (2)
2. 70 Vince Cooper (3)
3. 21A Nick Allen (6)
4. 20 AJ Dixon (4)
5. 69 Jim Farris (9)
6. 36L Jamie Lomax (7)
7. 25 Dave Porth (16)
8. 21Jr Justin McCoy (8)
9. 36 Kevin Hastings (13)
10. 66 Phil Line (10)
11. 68 Matt Bachman (11)
12. v47 Darrin Kohler (14)
13. 5J Jeremy Johnson (15)
14. 9 Shawn Schultz (20)
15. 10 Shawn Scripter (19)
16. 21 Derek Bunning (17)
17. 4 Kevin Davis (12)
18. 99 Corey Partin (1)
19. 0 Travis Kohler (5)
20. 25 Bub Patrick (18)
Hard Charger Award - Dave Porth +9
IRA Sprints (25 cars)
Fast Qualifier - Mike Reinke 12.571
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Balog 2. Modjeski 3. Reinke 4. Daun 5. Hunt
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Neitzel 2. Hull 3. Alden 4. Hurley 5. S. Uttech
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Sexton 2. Spitz 3. D. Uttech 4. Borland 5. Haynes
B Main (Top 7 to A Main) - 1. Hafemann 2. Haeni 3. Standridge 4. Mock 5. Young 6. Thone 7. Emme
FEATURE (30-laps - $2,500.00 to win)
1. 12 Jerrod Hull (9)
2. 17B Billy Balog (3)
3. 2W Scotty Neitzel (6)
4. 4K Kris Spitz (5)
5. 35 Jimmy Hurley (4)
6. 21J John Haeni (11)
7. 8A Nick Alden (2)
8. 14AJ Wayne Modjeski (1)
9. 68 Dave Uttech (13)
10. 23 Russel Borland (14)
11. 10S Jeremy Standridge (18)
12. 5H Patrick Haynes (16)
13. 88 Michael Emme (22)
14. 2B Billy Hafemann (12)
15. 94 Brandon Thone (21)
16. 1M Phillip Mock (19)
17. 36 Todd Daun (7)
18. 83D Tommy Sexton (8)
19. O2 Mike Reinke (10)
20. 9A Andy Hunt (15)
21. 3K Scott Uttech (17)
22. 3 Scott Young (20)
Hard Charger Award - Michael Emme +9
UMP Sport Compacts (16 cars)
Heat 1 - 1. Scott Cupples 2. Allan Provenzano 3. Bubba Lawson 4. Joe Tsilis 5. Bill Wasnea 6. Tyler Condon 7. Dave Polak Jr. 8. Brian Bennett
Heat 2 - 1. Owen Alberts 2. Matt McCarty 3. Sam Landis 4. Nick Clubb 5. John Provenzano 6. Chris Schmink 7. Robert Naese 8. Brandon Malone
FEATURE (15-laps - $100.00 to win)
1. 01 Owen Alberts (2)
2. 88 Bubba Lawson (5)
3. 25 Matt McCarty (4)
4. 86 Nick Clubb (8)
5. 6P John Provenzano (10)
6. 7 Sam Landis (6)
7. 36 Bill Wasnea (9)
8. 2 Joe Tsilis (7)
9. T4 Tyler Condon (11)
10. 63 Brandon Malone (1)
11. 07 Brian Bennett (16)
12. 95 Dave Polak Jr. (13)
13. 9 Chris Schmink (12)
14. 5 Alan Provenzano (3)
15. 37 Scott Cupples (1)
16. 1 Robert Naese (14)- DNS
Hard Charger Award - John Provenzano +5
UMP Stock Cars (32 cars)
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. David Billingsley 2. Don Hilleary 3. Lon Franks 4. Rick Thomas 5. Kevin Lenzen
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Joe Malone 2. Jeff Riley 3. Jerrad Krick 4. Dustin Hubert 5. Nick Montalta
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Darrin Kohler 2. Shannon Shutter 3. Jay Hamilton 4. Billy Wicker 5. Robert Turner
B Main (Top 5 to A Main) - 1. Joe Hillman 2. Andrew Funk 3. Nate Kroll 4. Axle Wicker 5. Brian Wirtz
Note: Tony Hemp was an added starter for Jeff Riley who was a scratch for the feature
FEATURE (15-laps - $600.00 to win)
1. 21 Darrin Kohler (3)
2. v27 Don Hilleary (4)
3. 99K Jerrad Krick (8)
4. 23T Rick Thomas (10)
5. L3 Kevin Lenzen (13)
6. 16 Robert Turner (15)
7. 6 Jay Hamilton (9)
8. 55 Billy Wicker (12)
9. 118 Axle Wicker ()
10. 23 Tony Hemp ()
11. 5 Shannon Shutter (6)
12. 10 Lon Franks (7)
13. v37 Nick Montalta (14)
14. 96 Joe Malone (2)
15. 1w Brian Wirtz (20)
16. 43 Dustin Hubert (11)
17. J01 Joe Hillman (16)
18. 23JR Andrew Funk
19. 46 Nate Kroll
20. 18 David Billingsley (1)
Hard Charger Award - Robert Turner +9
