by Paul D. Bayne
August 29, 2009 - (Kankakee, IL) - KCS STAFF OUTDUELS MOTHER NATURE AGAIN TO HOST EXCITING NIGHT OF RACING
For the second straight week, and after taking everything Mother Nature could throw at them Thursday night, the staff at Kankakee County Speedway rolled up their sleeves to present yet another night of dynamic racing action, when it seemed dismal at best. Elmer Saathoff and his crew, along with Reece O'Connor, worked diligently throughout the day Friday to prep the track for Friday night's Military Appreciation Day. The end result would be a wicked fast multi-grooved surface that promoted two, three, and at times, four wide racing, throughout the evening for the better than 95 racers in attendance.
UMP National points leader Gary Cook Jr. of downstate Deer Creek, IL, started on the pole of the 20-lap UMP Modified feature, then ran away and hid from the pack as he cruised to his fourth feature win of the season over a distanced Jim Farris of Odell. The victory was also Cook's 18th of the season. He maintains a 102 point advantage over Randle Sweeney of Kentucky as the season winds down. Dave Porth of nearby Gardner finished third. Last week's feature winner Nick Allen, and Travis Kohler, rounded out the top five.
In UMP Late Model action, eighteen combatants took to the grid for the 25-lap affair. At the drop of the green flag, it was Tonica's Scott Schmitt darting out front from the fourth spot as the leaders exited turned two four wide. Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, MI, would eventually use the high line to roll past Schmitt, but Schmitt was not to be denied as he came storming back to the front. All the while, the smooth and savvy Ryan Unzicker was making his way towards the front getting past Schlenk then focusing his sights on Schmitt. With four laps remaining, Schlenk and Shawn Toczek got together in turn one resulting in one of the few cautions in the race while battling for the fourth spot. The duo emerged from their cars to discuss the matter, and when push literally came to shove, the duo were both dismissed for the evening, unable to continue. Upon the restart, Unzicker moved underneath Schmitt exiting turn two to secure the spot and after Schmitt bobbled in turn four, had no chance in catching the speedy Unzicker. Point leader Mike Provenzano of Aurora locked the third spot, while Steve Dimmick recorded his best ever finish with a fourth, and John Provenzano finished fifth.
Street Stock action saw UMP national and track point leader Rick Thomas of Dwight, lead every lap of the 15-lap event, but not without heavy pressure from his nemesis David Hurst of Lafayette (IN), and last week's winner Darrin Kohler of Chebanse. Both whom were nipping at Thomas' rear bumper over the closing laps. However, the veteran driver Thomas kept his composure and held back the ensuing duo to record his fifth win of the season. Joel Funk was fourth and Robert Turner was fifth.
The I-Mod feature saw Lowell (IN) driver Mike Kingma steal victory away from Adam Williams in turn two of the final lap to secure the victory and strengthen his point lead over Tim Sullivan Jr. Williams finished second, with Kurt Allison, Nick Montalta, and Chris Arihood in tow.
On behalf of the entire staff of KCS, I'd like to thank all the fans who came out to support the men & women of the United States military and the race track itself. All in all, a very successful night of racing.
31 Modifieds
Heat 1 (5 transfer)
1. 64 Cook Jr
2. G4 Aimone
3. 0 Kohler
4. D1 Dehm
5. 28M Marshall
6. 21JR McCoy
7. 70 Cooper
8. 66 Line
9. 20 Dixon
10. 41 McCarty
11. 7 Klopp
Heat 2
1. 10 Scripter
2. 25P Porth
3. 40R Reynolds
4. 57 Grosvenor
5. 96 Short
6. 7K Myszkiewicz
7. 5J Johnson
8. 5M Morris
9. 69R Rork
10. 11 Wilson - no start
Heat 3
1. 69 Farris
2. 130 Osterhoff
3. 21A Allen
4. 36L Lomax
5. 12C Cooley
6. 35 Hastings
7. 99 Partin
8. 36 Hastings
9. 48 Pockrus
10. 21 Bunning
Consi (5 transfer)
1. 35 Jason Hastings
2. 21JR Justin McCoy
3. 70 Vince Cooper
4. 99 Corey Partin
5. 66 Phil Line
6. 7K Kevin Myszkiewicz
7. 36 Kevin Hastings
8. 5M Rodney Morris
9. 20 AJ Dixon
10. 21 Derek Bunning
11. 48 Adam Pockrus
12. 69R Dan Rork
13. 41 Matt McCarty
14. 5J Jeremy Johnson
15. 11 Ryan Wilson - no start
16. 7 Jason Klopp - no start
FEATURE 20-laps
1. 64 Gary Cook Jr (1)
2. 69 Jim Farris (3)
3. 25P Dave Porth (5)
4. 21A Nick Allen (9)
5. 0 Travis Kohler (7)
6. G4 George Aimone (4)
7. 57 Mark Grosvenor (11)
8. 130 Chad Osterhoff (6)
9. 40R Tim Reynolds (8)
10. 28M Frank Marshall (13)
11. 66 Phil Line (20)
12. 96 David Short (14)
13. 36 Kevin Hastings (21)
14. 10 Shawn Scripter (2)
15. 99 Corey Partin (19)
16. 35 Jason Hastings (16)
17. 21JR Justin McCoy (17)
18. D1 Lance Dehm (10)
19. 36L Jamie Lomax (12)
20. 70 Vince Cooper (18)
21. 12C Beau Cooley (15)
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - Phil Line
19 Late Models
Heat 1
1. 55 Toczek
2. 38 Watters
3. 11 Dimmick
4. 10H Hilleary
5. 05 Schalmo
6. 45 Busch
7. 7T Thorsten
8. 14 Thompson
9. 01 Stehle
10. 43 Gendusa
11. 19K Kettnich - no start
Heat 2
1. 91 Schlenk
2. 7 J. Provenzano
3. 10x Schmitt
4. 24 Unzicker
5. 95 Ricketts
6. 99SR Heckenast Sr.
7. 77M Morris
8. M27 M. Provenzano
FEATURE 25-laps
1. 24 Ryan Unzicker (3)
2. 10x Scott Schmitt (4)
3. M27 Mike Provenzano (8)
4. 11 Steve Dimmick (11)
5. 7 John Provenzano (5)
6. 99SR Frank Heckenast Sr. (1)
7. 77M Jay Morris (7)
8. 45 Zack Busch (14)
9. 10H Don Hilleary (12)
10. 14 Glen Thompson (16)
11. 01 Steve Stehle (15)
12. 43 Alan Gendusa (17)
13. 91 Rusty Schlenk (6)
14. 55 Shawn Toczek (9)
15. 7T Steve Thorsten (13)
16. 38 Clay Watters (10)
17. 95 Aaron Ricketts (12)
18. 05 Gary Schalmo - no start
19. 19K Michael Kettnich - no start
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - Steve Dimmick
30 Street Stocks
Heat 1
1. 8 Hurst
2. 15G E. Gaus
3. 23JR Funk
4. 16 Turner
5. 43 Hubert
6. B53 Carson
7. V7 Glassford
8. 68 Thompson
9. 36 Keen
10. 52 Kingsnorth
Heat 2
1. 64 Richardson
2. 99P Payton
3. 99K Krick
4. V17 D. McCarty
5. 96 Malone
6. 420R Woodruff
7. 12 Stevenson
8. C18 Casko
9. 1W Wirtz
10. 70x M. McCarty
Heat 3
1. 23T Thomas
2. 21 Kohler
3. 92 Riley
4. 55 Wicker
5. 6 Hamilton
6. 10 Franks
7. 46 Kroll
8. 70H Huffman
9. 12x Pasek
10. 33G K. Gaus
Consi (Top 5 transfer)
1. 10 Lon Franks
2. 46 Nate Kroll
3. C18 Sam Casko
4. 1W Brian Wirtz
5. 12x Tom Pasek
6. 68 J. Thompson
7. V7 Scott Glassford
8. 36 Brian Keen
9. 70x Matt McCarty
10. 420R Richard Woodruff
11. 33G Katie Gaus
12. 70H Wayne Huffman
13. B53 Brad Carson
14. 52 Rick Kingsnorth - no start
FEATURE 15-laps
1. 23T Rick Thomas (3)
2. 8 David Hurst (1)
3. 21 Darrin Kohler (6)
4. 23JR Joel Funk (7)
5. 16 Robert Turner (10)
6. 15G Eric Gaus (4)
7. 55 Billy Wicker (12)
8. 99K Jared Krick (8)
9. V17 Don McCarty (11)
10. 1W Brian Wirtz (19)
11. 64 Chris Richardson (2)
12. 43 Dustin Hubert (13)
13. 46 Nate Kroll (17)
14. 92 Jeff Riley (9)
15. C18 Sam Casko (18)
16. 10 Lon Franks (16)
17. 12x Tom Pasek (20)
18. 99P Nate Payton (5)
19. 6 Jay Hamilton (15)
20. 96 Joe Malone (14)
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - Brian Wirtz
17 I-Mods
Heat 1
1. 14 Williams
2. 225 Allison
3. 12C Carlson
4. 38 Sullivan Jr.
5. 16 Bargar
6. N33 Schiedler
7. 77 Stone
8. 42 Bailey
9. 4 Halligan - no start
Heat 2
1. 77 Kingma
2. M80 Montalta
3. 1 Arihood
4. 37H Hamilton
5. 88 Martin
6. 89 Gynn
7. 20x Rhodes
8. 7W England
FEATURE 15-laps
1. 77 Mike Kingma (2)
2. 14 Adam Williams (1)
3. 225 Kurt Allison (3)
4. M80 Nick Montalta (4)
5. 1 Chris Arihood (6)
6. 38 Tim Sullivan Jr. (7)
7. 16 Jeff Bargar (9)
8. 88 Neil Martin (10)
9. 89 Richard Gynn (12)
10. 20x John Rhodes (14)
11. 37H Konnor Hamilton (8)
12. 21C Kenny Carlson (5)
13. 77 Don Stone (13)
14. 7W Eric England (16)
15. N33 Robert Schiedler (11)
16. 42 Mitch Bailey (17)
17. 4 Jayce Halligan (15)
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - John Rhodes
August 29, 2009 - (Kankakee, IL) - KCS STAFF OUTDUELS MOTHER NATURE AGAIN TO HOST EXCITING NIGHT OF RACING
For the second straight week, and after taking everything Mother Nature could throw at them Thursday night, the staff at Kankakee County Speedway rolled up their sleeves to present yet another night of dynamic racing action, when it seemed dismal at best. Elmer Saathoff and his crew, along with Reece O'Connor, worked diligently throughout the day Friday to prep the track for Friday night's Military Appreciation Day. The end result would be a wicked fast multi-grooved surface that promoted two, three, and at times, four wide racing, throughout the evening for the better than 95 racers in attendance.
UMP National points leader Gary Cook Jr. of downstate Deer Creek, IL, started on the pole of the 20-lap UMP Modified feature, then ran away and hid from the pack as he cruised to his fourth feature win of the season over a distanced Jim Farris of Odell. The victory was also Cook's 18th of the season. He maintains a 102 point advantage over Randle Sweeney of Kentucky as the season winds down. Dave Porth of nearby Gardner finished third. Last week's feature winner Nick Allen, and Travis Kohler, rounded out the top five.
In UMP Late Model action, eighteen combatants took to the grid for the 25-lap affair. At the drop of the green flag, it was Tonica's Scott Schmitt darting out front from the fourth spot as the leaders exited turned two four wide. Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, MI, would eventually use the high line to roll past Schmitt, but Schmitt was not to be denied as he came storming back to the front. All the while, the smooth and savvy Ryan Unzicker was making his way towards the front getting past Schlenk then focusing his sights on Schmitt. With four laps remaining, Schlenk and Shawn Toczek got together in turn one resulting in one of the few cautions in the race while battling for the fourth spot. The duo emerged from their cars to discuss the matter, and when push literally came to shove, the duo were both dismissed for the evening, unable to continue. Upon the restart, Unzicker moved underneath Schmitt exiting turn two to secure the spot and after Schmitt bobbled in turn four, had no chance in catching the speedy Unzicker. Point leader Mike Provenzano of Aurora locked the third spot, while Steve Dimmick recorded his best ever finish with a fourth, and John Provenzano finished fifth.
Street Stock action saw UMP national and track point leader Rick Thomas of Dwight, lead every lap of the 15-lap event, but not without heavy pressure from his nemesis David Hurst of Lafayette (IN), and last week's winner Darrin Kohler of Chebanse. Both whom were nipping at Thomas' rear bumper over the closing laps. However, the veteran driver Thomas kept his composure and held back the ensuing duo to record his fifth win of the season. Joel Funk was fourth and Robert Turner was fifth.
The I-Mod feature saw Lowell (IN) driver Mike Kingma steal victory away from Adam Williams in turn two of the final lap to secure the victory and strengthen his point lead over Tim Sullivan Jr. Williams finished second, with Kurt Allison, Nick Montalta, and Chris Arihood in tow.
On behalf of the entire staff of KCS, I'd like to thank all the fans who came out to support the men & women of the United States military and the race track itself. All in all, a very successful night of racing.
31 Modifieds
Heat 1 (5 transfer)
1. 64 Cook Jr
2. G4 Aimone
3. 0 Kohler
4. D1 Dehm
5. 28M Marshall
6. 21JR McCoy
7. 70 Cooper
8. 66 Line
9. 20 Dixon
10. 41 McCarty
11. 7 Klopp
Heat 2
1. 10 Scripter
2. 25P Porth
3. 40R Reynolds
4. 57 Grosvenor
5. 96 Short
6. 7K Myszkiewicz
7. 5J Johnson
8. 5M Morris
9. 69R Rork
10. 11 Wilson - no start
Heat 3
1. 69 Farris
2. 130 Osterhoff
3. 21A Allen
4. 36L Lomax
5. 12C Cooley
6. 35 Hastings
7. 99 Partin
8. 36 Hastings
9. 48 Pockrus
10. 21 Bunning
Consi (5 transfer)
1. 35 Jason Hastings
2. 21JR Justin McCoy
3. 70 Vince Cooper
4. 99 Corey Partin
5. 66 Phil Line
6. 7K Kevin Myszkiewicz
7. 36 Kevin Hastings
8. 5M Rodney Morris
9. 20 AJ Dixon
10. 21 Derek Bunning
11. 48 Adam Pockrus
12. 69R Dan Rork
13. 41 Matt McCarty
14. 5J Jeremy Johnson
15. 11 Ryan Wilson - no start
16. 7 Jason Klopp - no start
FEATURE 20-laps
1. 64 Gary Cook Jr (1)
2. 69 Jim Farris (3)
3. 25P Dave Porth (5)
4. 21A Nick Allen (9)
5. 0 Travis Kohler (7)
6. G4 George Aimone (4)
7. 57 Mark Grosvenor (11)
8. 130 Chad Osterhoff (6)
9. 40R Tim Reynolds (8)
10. 28M Frank Marshall (13)
11. 66 Phil Line (20)
12. 96 David Short (14)
13. 36 Kevin Hastings (21)
14. 10 Shawn Scripter (2)
15. 99 Corey Partin (19)
16. 35 Jason Hastings (16)
17. 21JR Justin McCoy (17)
18. D1 Lance Dehm (10)
19. 36L Jamie Lomax (12)
20. 70 Vince Cooper (18)
21. 12C Beau Cooley (15)
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - Phil Line
19 Late Models
Heat 1
1. 55 Toczek
2. 38 Watters
3. 11 Dimmick
4. 10H Hilleary
5. 05 Schalmo
6. 45 Busch
7. 7T Thorsten
8. 14 Thompson
9. 01 Stehle
10. 43 Gendusa
11. 19K Kettnich - no start
Heat 2
1. 91 Schlenk
2. 7 J. Provenzano
3. 10x Schmitt
4. 24 Unzicker
5. 95 Ricketts
6. 99SR Heckenast Sr.
7. 77M Morris
8. M27 M. Provenzano
FEATURE 25-laps
1. 24 Ryan Unzicker (3)
2. 10x Scott Schmitt (4)
3. M27 Mike Provenzano (8)
4. 11 Steve Dimmick (11)
5. 7 John Provenzano (5)
6. 99SR Frank Heckenast Sr. (1)
7. 77M Jay Morris (7)
8. 45 Zack Busch (14)
9. 10H Don Hilleary (12)
10. 14 Glen Thompson (16)
11. 01 Steve Stehle (15)
12. 43 Alan Gendusa (17)
13. 91 Rusty Schlenk (6)
14. 55 Shawn Toczek (9)
15. 7T Steve Thorsten (13)
16. 38 Clay Watters (10)
17. 95 Aaron Ricketts (12)
18. 05 Gary Schalmo - no start
19. 19K Michael Kettnich - no start
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - Steve Dimmick
30 Street Stocks
Heat 1
1. 8 Hurst
2. 15G E. Gaus
3. 23JR Funk
4. 16 Turner
5. 43 Hubert
6. B53 Carson
7. V7 Glassford
8. 68 Thompson
9. 36 Keen
10. 52 Kingsnorth
Heat 2
1. 64 Richardson
2. 99P Payton
3. 99K Krick
4. V17 D. McCarty
5. 96 Malone
6. 420R Woodruff
7. 12 Stevenson
8. C18 Casko
9. 1W Wirtz
10. 70x M. McCarty
Heat 3
1. 23T Thomas
2. 21 Kohler
3. 92 Riley
4. 55 Wicker
5. 6 Hamilton
6. 10 Franks
7. 46 Kroll
8. 70H Huffman
9. 12x Pasek
10. 33G K. Gaus
Consi (Top 5 transfer)
1. 10 Lon Franks
2. 46 Nate Kroll
3. C18 Sam Casko
4. 1W Brian Wirtz
5. 12x Tom Pasek
6. 68 J. Thompson
7. V7 Scott Glassford
8. 36 Brian Keen
9. 70x Matt McCarty
10. 420R Richard Woodruff
11. 33G Katie Gaus
12. 70H Wayne Huffman
13. B53 Brad Carson
14. 52 Rick Kingsnorth - no start
FEATURE 15-laps
1. 23T Rick Thomas (3)
2. 8 David Hurst (1)
3. 21 Darrin Kohler (6)
4. 23JR Joel Funk (7)
5. 16 Robert Turner (10)
6. 15G Eric Gaus (4)
7. 55 Billy Wicker (12)
8. 99K Jared Krick (8)
9. V17 Don McCarty (11)
10. 1W Brian Wirtz (19)
11. 64 Chris Richardson (2)
12. 43 Dustin Hubert (13)
13. 46 Nate Kroll (17)
14. 92 Jeff Riley (9)
15. C18 Sam Casko (18)
16. 10 Lon Franks (16)
17. 12x Tom Pasek (20)
18. 99P Nate Payton (5)
19. 6 Jay Hamilton (15)
20. 96 Joe Malone (14)
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - Brian Wirtz
17 I-Mods
Heat 1
1. 14 Williams
2. 225 Allison
3. 12C Carlson
4. 38 Sullivan Jr.
5. 16 Bargar
6. N33 Schiedler
7. 77 Stone
8. 42 Bailey
9. 4 Halligan - no start
Heat 2
1. 77 Kingma
2. M80 Montalta
3. 1 Arihood
4. 37H Hamilton
5. 88 Martin
6. 89 Gynn
7. 20x Rhodes
8. 7W England
FEATURE 15-laps
1. 77 Mike Kingma (2)
2. 14 Adam Williams (1)
3. 225 Kurt Allison (3)
4. M80 Nick Montalta (4)
5. 1 Chris Arihood (6)
6. 38 Tim Sullivan Jr. (7)
7. 16 Jeff Bargar (9)
8. 88 Neil Martin (10)
9. 89 Richard Gynn (12)
10. 20x John Rhodes (14)
11. 37H Konnor Hamilton (8)
12. 21C Kenny Carlson (5)
13. 77 Don Stone (13)
14. 7W Eric England (16)
15. N33 Robert Schiedler (11)
16. 42 Mitch Bailey (17)
17. 4 Jayce Halligan (15)
FastLane Web DeZigns Hard Charger Award - John Rhodes
