MACON, Il (Sept. 19) - The loyal fans of Macon Speedway came out to the track one last time Saturday night. The final weekend of racing for the 2007 season featured a handful of championship caliber events. Macon Speedway ran both the 3rd Annual Illinois State Street Stock Championship and Hornet World Championship in one huge action packed night. Also being handed out were the track point championships in BARABECK Communications Modified, Hogan Grain/Kubota Sportsman, Street Stock and Hornet classes. Mike Hammerle from St. Charles, Missouri took home the Chevrolet Late Model track championship on September 1st. Tonight also marked the final drawing for Tony’s Tahoe and the VlogCafe.com $10,000.

Steve Ewing didn’t disappoint any of his fans in the 3rd Annual Illinois State Street Stock Championship by taking the lead in less than five laps and cruising to the checkered flag. Starting from the middle of the pack, Ewing worked his way through the field with his usual dominance and professionalism. Ewing also captured the street stock points championship with his astounding 13th feature win of the season, his eighth consecutive. Ewing’s closest points competition, Larry Russell Jr., couldn’t get his car running for the feature race after taking some damage early in the day. Russell had done an excellent job keeping the points race close, only down 20, despite not winning a single feature all season.

The Hornet World Championship will go to Matt Turley, his first hornet feature win of the season at Macon Speedway. Turley’s car bolted to the front on lap eight and held off all the great competition. The 2007 Hornet Track Championship was won by Bruce Dulgar of Decatur. Dulgar finishes this hornet racing season with a track high 5 wins. Second place points finisher James Hankins was down an insurmountable 148 points at the beginning of tonight feature.

Greg Kimmons’ final win of the season also looked like the easiest. On the same night Pleasant Plains native Kimmons won his sixth Hogan Grain/Kubota Sportsman feature race at Macon Speedway, he also locked up the 2007 Sportsman track championship. Decatur’s Mike Pickering was only 20 points behind Kimmons going into the last race of the season, but Kimmons was just too fast for Pickering to make up the difference.

The BARBECK Communications Modified feature race was won by Springfield’s Jeff Ray. Not a track regular, Ray has won two feature races in just three tr ack appearances. Macon Speedway legend Jim Leka added another Modified Track Championship to his impressive resume. Leka didn’t exactly bring his “A” game this week, finishing outside the top five, but had a comfortable 106 point lead over his closest challenger, Shelbyville’s Clark Robertson.

2007 Macon Track Champions:
Late Models-16H Mike Hammerle-St. Charles, MO
Modifieds-40 Jim Leka-Illiopolis, IL
Sportsman-27 Greg Kimmons-Pleasant Plains, IL
Street Stock-95 Steve Ewing-Decatur, IL
Hornets-83 Bruce Dulgar-Decatur, IL