by Steve Birmingham
Granite City, IL -- Tom Krankel made a $100 roll of the dice that he could parley a front start into his first career Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series feature win and it paid off.
Krankel, by winning the Dash for Cash for the top six Ironman Late Model qualifiers, opted to turn down the $100 bill and a third row starting spot and instead take the pole position for the 25-lap main event. And it turned out just right as he led wire to wire with previous winner Ken Rumble chasing him across the stripe. Rounding out the top five were Michael Kloos, Justin Anderson and Shannon Kuhn. The qualifying heats were won by Wade Glover, Rumble, and Krankel.
The crazed and crash-strewn Mountain Dew Sportsman feature was won by Marty Kopp, his second of the year. Original leader Rick Rhoades was involved in an on-track altercation about midway through the race and a dispute with track officials during the caution period led to his disqualification and the checkered flag handed to Kopp. Parked behind eventual winner Kopp to finish second through fifth were Bert Jacoby, Randy Hanks, Bob Williams and Terry Chester. Kopp, Dennis Wernel, Chester and Jacoby actually raced to qualifying heat wins with "Sponge" Bubb Mitchell nabbing the semi.
No stranger to Victory Lane, 2003 Tri-City Late Model champion Tom Seets returned to show the crowd he could still pedal a race car pretty quick by taking the Budweiser Modified nightcap over son Tommie Seets, Jr., and Stu Springer. John Hobson, Ricky Huebner, Seets, Sr., and Jim Lafferty notched qualifying wins with Andy Anderson grabbing the semi.
Ken "The Ice Cube" Johnson, Jr., froze the Dominos' Street Stock ranks by chillin' in his qualifier and the Main Event. Johnson and Brad Yotter waged a side by side battle for the lead for well over half the race before Yotter faded. Following in Johnson's wintery wake were Mark Pflueger and Andy Beavers. Shawn Teeske, Steve Carter and Pflueger won the remaining heats with Jason Stanton winning the semi.
Pat Harper won his third straight Auto trader Factory Stock Main Event, besting Paul Johnson and Josh Porch. The qualifiers fell to Johnson, Keith Rose and Harper.
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Dodge Iron Man Late Model
HEAT 1:
1. Wade Glover
2. Justin Anderson
3. Ed Purcell
HEAT 2:
1. Ken Rumble
2. Ken Johnson
3. Vince Grondski
HEAT 3:
1. Tom Krankel
2. Shannon Kuhn
3. Brent Kreke
DASH:
1. Tom Krankel
2. Ken Johnson
3. Wade Glover
FEATURE:
1. Tom Krankel
2. Ken Rumble
3. Michael Kloos
4. Justin Anderson
5. Shannon Kuhn
6. Brent Kreke
7. Terry James
8. Ed Purcell
9. Ken Johnson
10. Pat Ryan
11. Kevein Lee
12. David Shaw
13. Randy Rawlings
14. Vince Grondski
15. Rod Bailey
16. Len Garson
17. Brian Parsons
18. Joe Garson
19. Bill Williamson
Bud Modified
HEAT 1:
1. John Hobson
2. Ed Lenhardt
3. Brian Heizer
HEAT 2:
1. Ricky Huebner
2. Stu Springer
3. Bobby Martintoni
HEAT 3:
1. Tom Seets
2. Tommie Seets Jr.
3. Jay Hughes
HEAT 4:
1. Jim Lafferty
2. Steve Myers Jr.
3. Dave Smith
SEMI:
1. Andy Anderson
2. Tony Patterson
3. Vic Catalano
FEATURE:
1. Tom Seets
2. Tommie Seets Jr.
3. Stu Springer
4. Jay Hughes
5. Dean Vickers
6. Brian Heizer
7. Wade Seiler
8. Andy Anderson
9. Dave Smith
10. Tony Patterson
11. Vic Cataloan
12. Ricky Huebner
13. Greg Wade
14. Jim Lafferty
15. John Hobson
16. Bobby Martintoni
17. Ed Lenhardt
18. Steve Myers Jr
19. Sean Choate
Granite City, IL -- Tom Krankel made a $100 roll of the dice that he could parley a front start into his first career Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series feature win and it paid off.
Krankel, by winning the Dash for Cash for the top six Ironman Late Model qualifiers, opted to turn down the $100 bill and a third row starting spot and instead take the pole position for the 25-lap main event. And it turned out just right as he led wire to wire with previous winner Ken Rumble chasing him across the stripe. Rounding out the top five were Michael Kloos, Justin Anderson and Shannon Kuhn. The qualifying heats were won by Wade Glover, Rumble, and Krankel.
The crazed and crash-strewn Mountain Dew Sportsman feature was won by Marty Kopp, his second of the year. Original leader Rick Rhoades was involved in an on-track altercation about midway through the race and a dispute with track officials during the caution period led to his disqualification and the checkered flag handed to Kopp. Parked behind eventual winner Kopp to finish second through fifth were Bert Jacoby, Randy Hanks, Bob Williams and Terry Chester. Kopp, Dennis Wernel, Chester and Jacoby actually raced to qualifying heat wins with "Sponge" Bubb Mitchell nabbing the semi.
No stranger to Victory Lane, 2003 Tri-City Late Model champion Tom Seets returned to show the crowd he could still pedal a race car pretty quick by taking the Budweiser Modified nightcap over son Tommie Seets, Jr., and Stu Springer. John Hobson, Ricky Huebner, Seets, Sr., and Jim Lafferty notched qualifying wins with Andy Anderson grabbing the semi.
Ken "The Ice Cube" Johnson, Jr., froze the Dominos' Street Stock ranks by chillin' in his qualifier and the Main Event. Johnson and Brad Yotter waged a side by side battle for the lead for well over half the race before Yotter faded. Following in Johnson's wintery wake were Mark Pflueger and Andy Beavers. Shawn Teeske, Steve Carter and Pflueger won the remaining heats with Jason Stanton winning the semi.
Pat Harper won his third straight Auto trader Factory Stock Main Event, besting Paul Johnson and Josh Porch. The qualifiers fell to Johnson, Keith Rose and Harper.
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Dodge Iron Man Late Model
HEAT 1:
1. Wade Glover
2. Justin Anderson
3. Ed Purcell
HEAT 2:
1. Ken Rumble
2. Ken Johnson
3. Vince Grondski
HEAT 3:
1. Tom Krankel
2. Shannon Kuhn
3. Brent Kreke
DASH:
1. Tom Krankel
2. Ken Johnson
3. Wade Glover
FEATURE:
1. Tom Krankel
2. Ken Rumble
3. Michael Kloos
4. Justin Anderson
5. Shannon Kuhn
6. Brent Kreke
7. Terry James
8. Ed Purcell
9. Ken Johnson
10. Pat Ryan
11. Kevein Lee
12. David Shaw
13. Randy Rawlings
14. Vince Grondski
15. Rod Bailey
16. Len Garson
17. Brian Parsons
18. Joe Garson
19. Bill Williamson
Bud Modified
HEAT 1:
1. John Hobson
2. Ed Lenhardt
3. Brian Heizer
HEAT 2:
1. Ricky Huebner
2. Stu Springer
3. Bobby Martintoni
HEAT 3:
1. Tom Seets
2. Tommie Seets Jr.
3. Jay Hughes
HEAT 4:
1. Jim Lafferty
2. Steve Myers Jr.
3. Dave Smith
SEMI:
1. Andy Anderson
2. Tony Patterson
3. Vic Catalano
FEATURE:
1. Tom Seets
2. Tommie Seets Jr.
3. Stu Springer
4. Jay Hughes
5. Dean Vickers
6. Brian Heizer
7. Wade Seiler
8. Andy Anderson
9. Dave Smith
10. Tony Patterson
11. Vic Cataloan
12. Ricky Huebner
13. Greg Wade
14. Jim Lafferty
15. John Hobson
16. Bobby Martintoni
17. Ed Lenhardt
18. Steve Myers Jr
19. Sean Choate
