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Steve Sheppard Jr and Jeff Leka winners at Farmer City Raceway May 9 by Dan Stewart FARMER, CITY, IL (May 9) - Farmer City Raceway finally got to race again following three straight weeks of rainouts. Thirty Four late models took time trials, and Wes Steidinger took fast time at 12.456 seconds. The first heat went in a runaway to Jason Feger over Wes Steidinger, Richie Hedrick and Kyle Logue. The second heat went to Derek Chandler in an exciting finish right to the end, just barely winning over Frank Heckenast Jr, followed by Mike Mataragas and Scott Bull. The third heat was another exciting race, with Ryan Unzicker taking the win after dueling Dennis Erb Jr for the entire distance, followed by Eric Smith and Kevin Weaver. The fourth heat went to Steve Sheppard Jr in a close contest over Matt Taylor, Mike Provenzano and Jimmy Dehm. The semis went to Joe Harlan over Chris Dick and the second semi went to Donny Walden over Eric Kwasigroh. The feature started with Jason Feger starting from the pole and running away the first two laps. Feger then pulled off the track with something amiss on the car, handing the lead to Sheppard Jr. Sheppard went on to win the feature unchallenged. There was quite a race however going on for the next few spots. Wes Steidinger ended up second with Dennis Erb Jr third and Frank Heckenast Jr fourth followed by Matt Taylor in fifth. unofficial finish 5s Steve Sheppard Jr J1 Wes Steidinger 28 Dennis Erb Jr 24 Ryan Unzicker 99 Frank Heckenast Jr 3L Matt Taylor 1M Mike Mataragas Z Joe Harlan 9 Eric Smith 89 Darin Friedman 22 Chris Dick 35 Derek Chandler 83 Scott Bull 99J Jimmy Dehm dnf M27 Mike Provenzano 1W Donny Walden B12 Kevin Weaver 18K Eric Kwasigroh 0 Richie Hedrick 25 Jason Feger Thirty modifieds took time trials, with Gabe Menser turning in fast time. The feature went to perrennial track champion Jeff Leka, followed by Denny Schwartz, Chad Osterhoff, Danny Schwartz, Gabe Menser, Jeff Curl, Mike Spatola, Jeb Friedman, Lance Dehm, Marty Hiser, Matt Bachman, Erik Bruce, Darcey Wey. The street stock feature went to Jim Quinn. The sportsman feature went to Joel Funk Jr There was a total of 123 cars in the pits in five classes. The late model feature was finished at 10:30 |