MACON SPEEDWAY STREET STOCK SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL, FASTER PASTORS, AND CATERPILLAR® DECATUR
by: Tonya Moschell

MACON, IL (June 16) - Racing Fans and the men and women of Caterpillar® Decatur flocked to Macon for another great show Saturday night. Racers Cody Wickline and J.J. Golladay, members of the Caterpillar family, carried the flags during the national anthem. Macon Speedway also featured the “Faster Pastor” racing event in which local pastors jumped into four cylinder hornet race cars to run a few laps on the dirt. B.G. Nevit of Glad Tidings Assembly of God showed his racing prowess, winning by a stretch.

Other participants included Waylon Lawrence – Lovington Christian Church, John Coney – Assumption Christian Church, Dan Raymond – South Shores Christian Church.

Greg Kimmons won the Hogan Grain/Kubota Sportsman feature race. Scott Landers gave Kimmons a run for his money late in the race but simply ran out of laps. Kimmons said of being chased by Landers, “He was right there the whole time.” The #73P car of Dave Smith started in the back of the field, worked his way through traffic and finished third.

Kyle Logue started from the pole in the BARBECK Communications Modified feature race. Logue was driving the #25 National Guard decaled car that he loaned to NASCAR star Casey Mears on Thursday. The race started 18 cars, but only eight cars restarted after a caution with three laps to go. Springfield’s Randy Myers chased down Logue after each the frequent yellow flags, but crossed the finish in second place. Jim Leka scooted inside Roger Drake in the exit of turn four on the final lap to steal away third.

The Late Model feature gave racing fans a dose of spectacular side-by-side racing between Jason Cleaver and #40 Greg Kimmons. Cleaver eventually put Kimmons behind him by using a high outside line that wasn’t paying off for many other drivers. In a heavily contested four-care race for third, John Woodard grabbed the spot.

Terry Reed, Larry Russell Jr., Steve Ewing, and Brian Cassell were bumper-to-bumper through the final turns of the Street stock feature. Reed held off a lot of tough challengers to earn himself a $500 prize in the Street Stock Saturday Night Special. Russell Jr. finished second in front of Ewing whose “Lighting McQueen” decaled car took some damage during some close racing.

Another victory in the hornet class was captured by Joe Reed. Runner-Up Jeff Dodd had his car on the inside of Reed in the last turn of the last lap but lost grip and hesitated just enough for Reed to cross the finish line in first place. Past hornet feature winner Bruce Dulgar finished in third place.

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.

UMP Hornet 6/16/2007
Feature:1. Joe Reed (Decatur, IL), 2. Jeff Dodd (Riverton, IL), 3. Bruce Dulgar (Decatur, IL), 4. James Hankins (Taylorville, IL), 5. Todd Rush (Pawnee, IL), 6. Mike Bell (Lovington, IL), 7. jeff gill (shelbyville, ), 8. Steven Dulgar (Decatur, IL), 9. Dustin Reed (Decatur, IL), 10. Brandon Watts (Decatur, IL), 11. Beau Hankins, Jr (Taylorville, IL), 12. Kris Ruppe (Taylorville, IL), 13. Sonny Hendrickson (Decatur, IL), 14. michael pundt (decatur, ), 15. Justin Hilton (Lovington, IL), 16. Mike Morse (Decatur, IL), 17. Tom Eskew (Springfield, IL), 18. Matt Reed (Decatur, IL), 19. Dustin Tucker (Decatur, IL), 20. Jeremy Reed (Decatur, IL),

UMP Late Model 6/16/2007
Feature:1. Jason Cleaver (Mechanicsburg, IL), 2. Greg Kimmons (Pleasant Plains, IL), 3. John Woodard (Illiopolis, IL), 4. Mike Durbin Jr (Decatur, IL), 5. Mike Hammerle (St. Charles, MO), 6. Cory Daughtery (Blue Mound, IL), 7. Chris Winters (Duquoin, IL), 8. Doug Hemer (Moweaqua, IL), 9. Allen Thomas (Clinton, IL),

UMP BARBECK Communications Modified 6/16/2007
Feature:1. Kyle Logue (Cisco, IL), 2. Randy Myers (Springfield, IL), 3. Jim Leka (Illiopolis, il), 4. Roger Drake (Decatur, IL), 5. Clark Robertson (Shelbyville, IL), 6. Danny Page (Harristown, IL), 7. Bobby Fowler (Decatur, il), 8. Danny Smith (Argenta, IL), 9. Eric Hamilton (Macon, il), 10. Al Crawley (Decatur, IL), 11. Butch Garner (Forsyth, IL), 12. Jeremy Nichols (Decatur, IL), 13. Brian McLemore (Decatur, IL), 14. Todd Kirkland (Mt Zion, IL), 15. Curt Rhoades (Taylorville, IL), 16. Scott Jones (Macon, IL), 17. Shawn Bohm (Decatur, IL), 18. Andrew Barnes (Assumption, IL), 19. Aaron Burcham (Decatur, IL), 20. Brian Gates (Assumption, IL),

UMP Hogan Grain/Kubota Sportsman 6/16/2007
Feature:1. Greg Kimmons (Pleasant Plains, IL), 2. Scott Landers (Taylorville, IL), 3. Dave Smith (Monticello, IL), 4. Bill Berghaus (Chapin, IL), 5. Bill Wilhour (Taylorville, IL), 6. Phil Moreland (Assumption, IL), 7. Mike Pickering (Decatur, IL), 8. Travis Martin (Ramsey, IL), 9. Tim Bedinger (Taylorville, IL), 10. Tom Graham (Stonington, IL), 11. Lonnie Nichols (Shelbyville, IL), 12. Larry Force (Macon, IL), 13. Brad Turner (Modesto, IL), 14. Curtis Hobbs (Farmer City, IL), 15. Nathan Lynch (Hillsboro, IL), 16. Shane Tomlin (Pawnee, IL),

UMP Street Stock 6/16/2007
Feature:1. Terry Reed (Decatur, IL), 2. Larry Russell Jr. (Decatur, IL), 3. Steve Ewing (Decatur, IL), 4. Brian Cassell (Decatur, IL), 5. Jim Cardoni (Chatham, IL), 6. Dave Crawley, JR (Decatur, IL), 7. Mike Pickering (Decatur, IL), 8. Roy Magee (Springfield, IL), 9. Orin Naramore (E. Peoria, IL), 10. JR Wiltermood (Windsor, IL), 11. Tyler Blankenship (St. Elmo, IL), 12. Troy Dodson (Cerro Gordo, IL), 13. Tom Reich (Springfield, IL), 14. Justin Hill (Lovington, IL), 15. Cody Wickline (Assumption, IL), 16. Andrew Force (Cisco, IL), 17. Gene Reed (Decatur, IL), 18. Brad Bedinger (Taylorville, IL), 19. Terry Stephens (Argenta, IL), 20. J.J. Golladay (Latham, IL),