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FARMER CITY, IA (July 11) - Donny Walden began his Late Model racing career a few years back, with his first night ending up on his roof. The young man has matured, and Friday night his maturity and ability to learn paid off with his very first feature win. The evening started with Scott Bull turning in fast time of the twenty late models on hand. Aaron Ricketts won the first heat over Jayme Zidar, Scott Bull and Mike Mataragas. The second heat went to Donny Walden, after starting fourth and powering his way around second place finisher Derek Chandler, the duo was followed by Scott Schmitt and Eric Smith to the checkers. Walden started the feature outside front row next to Aaron Ricketts. Walden jumped to the early lead with Ricketts right on his tail or next to him the first part of the race. The front duo were turning lap times in the feature that were almost as fast as they time trialed earlier. Surviving a couple of cautions, Walden would get the jump at the restarts and secure his position all the way to the checkers. Ricketts would hold on for second, with a very determined Scott Bull alongside for the latter part of the race. Zidar came home fourth with Mike Mataragas finishing fifth.

unofficial finish:

1W Donny Walden (career first feature win)
95 Aaron Ricketts
83 Scott Bull
z9 Jayme Zidar
M1 Mike Mataragas
89 Daren Friedman
35 Derek Chandler
9 Eric Smith
Z Joe Harlan
1G Rocky Griffin
17G Bill Gianetti
38 Cody Watters
43 Jimmy Felker Jr
24 laps
05 Gary Schalmo
dnf
22 Chris Dick
10x Scott Schmitt
M27 Mike Provenzano
99J Jimmy Dehm
18 Chris Stipp (first night in brand new car)
0 Richie Hedrick (scratched before heat races due to engine problems)

The 'headliner' class for the evening was the Sportsmen, with a $500 to win special. Fast time of the 27 cars on hand went to Jason Unzicker at 14.744 seconds. The first heat went to Jason Unzicker over Gary Turpin, Joel Funk and Curtis Hobbs. The second heat went to Billy Nail over Greg Kimmons, Rod Rusher and Shane Garrison. The third heat went to Ben Hulse over Wes O'Dell, Rick Rhodell and another Funk. The semi feature went to Jeff Graham over Tim Dick and Al Crowder. The feature was a wild event, with only eleven of the twenty startes finishing the race. The win went to Joel Funk over Billy Nail, Ben Hulse, Rick Rhodell, Greg Kimmons, Rick Thomas, Jason Unzicker, Shane Garrison, Rod Rusher, Jeff Graham and Al Crowder. The sportsmen special heads to Fairbury on Saturday and Lincoln on Sunday, for a three night series.

The Kidmodz were in attendance as well, with Justin Leka winning the heat and the feature.

The modified class had 21 cars in the pits. The first heat went to Chad Osterhoff over Randy Huffman and Rob Fuqua. The second heat was won by Chad Evans over Danny Schwartz and Justin DeLong.

The feature went to Chad Evans over Danny Schwartz, Rob Fuqua, Jeremy Nichols, Chad Osterhoff, Randy Huffman and Cory Schwengel

The street stock feature went to Mike Pickering over Jim Quinn, Chris Tackett, Brandon Kessinger, Terry Miller and Josh Griffith.

The final feature of the evening was without a doubt the closest race of the evening. Third place starter Kyle Taylor went on to the win, quite literally at the checkered flag over Jason Maier, Eric Wilson, Jason Williams and Joe Reed, who had earlier won the heat race over brother David. The Reeds had started the feature on the front row.

The late model feature was over at 10:10 pm and there were 103 cars in the pits.

This coming Wednesday night, July 16, fair week, Modifieds, Hornets and Street Stocks will be racing, with a special $300 to win Street Stock feature!