Macon Speedway-Cinco de Mayo Celebration plus Kenny’s Crazy Car Caper
by: Tonya Moschell

MACON, IL (May 5) - Weather was questionable throughout much of Central Illinois for any outdoor activities, but the skies opened up and the sun shined on Macon Speedway. With the knowledge that the 1/5th mile track was open for business, 125 cars and a full house of race fans showed up at Macon Speedway for an incredible night of racing.

The second Street Stock heat provided some really fun moments for the fans as the “Lightning McQueen” replica from the PIXAR movie “CARS” was put to the test when driver Steve Ewing of Decatur made the pass for first on lap five. Ewing, no stranger to victory lane, once again carried the checkered flag.
15 laps of excitement is what the Sportsman Feature was all about. This race was handled by “Pee Wee”, Dave Smith, from start to finish scoring his first feature win of 2007. In three weeks, the Sportsman feature has been won by three different drivers.

Decatur’s Kyle Logue has been an unstoppable force in the BARBECK Communications Modified division. On Cinco de Mayo, it was no different. For the third straight week, Logue finished ahead of the field and continues to stretch out his BARBECK Communications Modified point standings lead.

A top of the line Street Stock feature entertained the fans as Mike Pickering made it two-in-a-row.

Starting defending track champion Kyle Logue on the front row has been a bad sign for his competitors as Logue has taken the first two Late Model features at Macon Speedway. Logue continued to stay on a roll once again winning the Late Model feature. The win gives him three feature wins in both the Late Models and the BARBECK Communications Modifieds. Three of the top ten finishers in the Late Model division were running C.A.R.S. Crate Late Models.

For the second time in three weeks, defending track champion Joe Reed was victorious in the Hornets. Starting on the pole and weaving his way in and out of traffic, Reed was able to overcome the tough competition and claim the checkered flag.

Macon Speedway stock car racing returns next Saturday night, May 12, with Meridian School Night and the pre-Mother’s Day Crazy Chicks in Cars promotion.
NASCAR Stars Kenny Wallace, Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart and local Promoter Bob Sargent purchased Macon Speedway in January of 2007.

Macon Speedway – racing every Saturday Night – is proud to be part of the $100,000 Contingency Connection program for the 2007 season. Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact Tonya Moschell via email at tonya.trackenterprises@yahoo.com or visit www.maconracing.com.

Feature Results
Sportsman 1. 73P Dave Smith, 2. 89 Norm Wood, 3. 41 Scott Landers, 4. 9 Mike Pickering, 5. 4 Travis Martin, 6. 32S Chad Stapleton, 7. 07 Phil Moreland, 8. 72 Tom Graham, 9. 53 Curtis Hobbs, 10. 4c Larry Force.

BARBECK Communications Modified 1. WF0 Kyle Logue, 2. 10 Curt Rhoades, 3. 37 Dave Crawley, Jr., 4. 15JR Brian McLemore, 5. 18 Randy Myers, 6. 01 Jeremy Nichols, 7. 90 Jim Leka, 8. 35 Clark Robertson, 9. 52 Roger Drake, 10. 2X Shawn Bohm

Street Stock 1. 99 Mike Pickering, 2. X7 Larry Russell Jr., 3. 11 Terry Reed, 4. 95 Steve Ewing, 5. B24 Brian Cassell, 6. 0 Jim Cardoni, 7. 21 Troy Dodson, 8. 00 Roy Magee, 9. 8P Mike Paisley, 10. 3B Tyler Blankenship

Late Models 1. 1 Kyle Logue, 2. 2 Nick Lyons (Crate), 3. 10 Andy Pryor, 4. 16 H Mike Hammerle, 5. U2 Danny Jolly (Crate), 6. 96 Cory Daugherty, 7. 4S Steve Unterbrink, 8. 82 Roger Brickler, 9. DC3 Don Cisco III, 10. 84 Tyler Diebert (Crate)

Hornets 1. 22 Joe Reed, 2. 8J Lance Johnson, 3. D1 Chris Dicken, 4. 9X Jason Schmidt, 5. 18J Justin Shaw, 6. 33 Scott Shaw, 7. 2B David Shaw, 8. 4M Michael Pundt, 9. 71 Todd Rush, 10. 11 Billy Justice.