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Kankakee County Speedway


KANKAKEE, IL (July 2) - A total of 121 cars in four divisions competed in a fiery night of dirt track action that included fireworks and "Scarecrow" crashing through an abandoned camper set ablaze as Kankakee County Speedway kicked-off the 4th of July Holiday weekend presented by Court Street Ford.

Mike Spatola of Manhattan executed a late race text book slide job pass of race leader Nick Allen, then pulled away to record his first Chicago Heights U-Pull-It UMP Modified win of the season at Kankakee before another large crowd.

Allen of Wheatfield, IN, has been next to unbeatable this year at the 1/3-mile high-banked oval having never finished worst than third all season, settled for his third runner-up honor this season.

Jim Farris of Odell maintained his overall grasp of the Chicago Heights U-Pull-It points lead by finishing third followed by Manteno's AJ Dixon and Kevin Hastings. For Dixon, it was his second consecutive fourth place run as he starts to show some muscle in consistently running up front with divisional horses. Hastings, who transferred in by claiming one of two consolation races earned hard charger honors by improving thirteen positions to garner a fifth place finish.

Vince Cooper, Phil Line, Dave porth, Chad Osterhoff, and Arby Burton rounded out the top ten.

Allen, Kevin DeYoung, Farris, and Dixon all picked up heat race checkers while Osterhoff and Hastings scored consolation triumphs.

In Court Street Ford UMP Late Model action, Ryan Dauber of Tonica bested a field of twenty-seven entries to earn his first checkered flag at Kankakee in almost exactly three years to the day, having last seen victory lane on July 6th, 2007. Dauber who sat out last season in a down economy, took his brand new Lazer Chassis to victory stage by leading all 25 laps with relative ease. The win was Dauber's ninth of his career at the Kankakee oval. Dauber, who was slated to start fourth on the grid would be the primary benefactor of pole sitter Aaron Rickett's foul, as both Aaron Rickett's and front row mate Mike Provenzano were moved back one row for jumping the start of the race twice. The local rule says that the front row must be side by side and launch at the orange stripe in turn four.

As Dauber jumped out front by nearly a full straight-away over Steve Dimmick of Joliet, Ricketts was being shuffled back to the sixth position. Mike Provenzano, who was running in the third spot most of the race, encountered problems late in the race in turns three and four, which resulted in him slipping back several spots before retiring with just a handful of laps remaining. Jimmy Dehm of Lexington turned in perhaps his best effort to date with a solid fourth place run holding off the likes of two-time track champion Ted Loomis. Frank Heckenast Jr. made a rare visit along with Wisconsin driver Bret Sievert, El Paso's Joe Harlan, Woodworth's Steve Thorsten, and fast qualifier Scott Schmitt rounded out the top ten.

Rich Bell, Loomis, and Ricketts all claimed heat race wins while Zach Busch scored the consi win.

Don Hilleary made his first visit to victory lane in the Miller Hydraulic UMP Stock Car division by leading all 15 laps from his outside pole starting post. The Aroma Park Shark Shannon Shutter has seemingly brushed off the rust as he ran a strong second all race long holding off a foursome that included Jay Hamilton, Darrin Kohler, Joe Brown and Jerrad Krick, who all jockeyed for position. Only Krick was able to grab one spot away from Brown with a late race pass. While Brown fell out of the top five, he was followed to the stripe by Kevin Lenzen, Ron Donaldson, Andrew Funk, and Robert Turner rounded out the top ten.

Brown, Hilleary and Lenzen all grabbed heat race wins while Billy Wicker captured the consi win.

With the victory Hilleary vaulted atop the division point standings while Kohler holds second and Krick fell to third.

Smith Realty I-Mod action pole-sitter Jeff Barger of La Porte, IN make his first ever visit to victory lane as he fought off a hungry pack of cars that included Brad DeYoung, Adam Williams, Mike Kingma, and Jimmy Walker. Barger ran the low line lap after lap but a late race encounter with a lapped car momentarily cost Barger the lead as Williams took over. Barger however, rolled up his sleeves and got up on the wheel and made one final charge driving his way underneath Williams in turn one to reclaim the top spot. The battle was far from over however, as Walker charged up on the high side to move in to second ahead of DeYoung, who was doing double duty on the night. Williams slipped to fourth while Kingma could muster no better than a fifth place finish after starting the race in the eighth position, having won the last I-Mod feature run here two weeks ago. Kingma was however running fourth for a spell until Walker made his late race run.

Kingma and Williams both recorded heat race wins.

UMP Modifieds (43 cars)

Heat 1 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 21A Nick Allen
2. 7 Brad DeYoung
3. 10 Shawn Scripter
4. 57 Mark Grosvenor

Heat 2 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 13 Kevin DeYoung
2. 89 Mike Spatola
3. B97 Arby Burton
4. 96 Dale Leuth

Heat 3 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 69 Jim Farris
2. D1 Lance Dehm
3. 66 Phil Line
4. 35 Jason Hastings

Heat 4 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 20 AJ Dixon
2. 70 Vince Cooper
3. 27 Bob Pohlman
4. J7 Jeff Miller

Consi 1 (top 2 to A Main)
1. 130 Chad Osterhoff
2. 05 Steven Brooks
3. 68 Matt Bachman
4. 4M Mike Marden
5. 7 Jason Klopp
6. 93 Tim Loomis
7. 50 Andy Clark
8. 83 Kevin Myszkiewicz
9. 48 Adam Pockrus
10. 55 Justin Matson
11. 08 DJ Werkmeister
12. 5T Mike Todd - DNS
13. H28 David Henderson - DNS
14.

Consi 2 (top 2 to A Main)
1. 36 Kevin Hastings
2. 25 Dave Porth
3. 12 Jeff Curl
4. 41 Travis Kohler
5. 22 Allen Line
6. 06 Ryan Kortge
7. 5J Jeremy Johnson
8. 4 Kevin Davis
9. 14C Tom Bell
10. 64 Gary Cook Jr.
11. 98 Rick King
12. 144 Ryan Cary - DNS
13. 36L Jamie Lomax - DNS

FEATURE (20-laps - $600.00 to win)
1.89 Mike Spatola III (6)
2. 21A Nick Allen (1)
3. 69 Jim Farris (3)
4. 20 AJ Dixon (4)
5. 36 Kevin Hastings (18)
6. 70 Vince Cooper (8)
7. 66 Phil Line (7)
8. 25 Dave Porth (20)
9. 130 Chad Osterhoff (17)
10. B97 Arby Burton (10)
11. 27 Bob Pohlman (12)
12.10s Shawn Scripter (9)
13. 35 Jason Hastings (15)
14. 7 Brad DeYoung (5)
15. 05 Steven Brooks (19)
16. J7 Jeff Miller (16)
17. 96 Dale Leuth (14)
18. 57 Mark Grosvenor (13)
19. D1 Lance Dehm(11)
20. 13 Kevin DeYoung(2)

Hard Charger Award - Kevin Hastings +13



UMP Late Models (27 cars)

Fast Qualifier - Scott Schmitt

Heat 1 (top 5 transfer to A Main)
1.21B Rich Bell
2. 77M Jay Morris
3. 7T Steve Thorsten
4. 99SR Frank Heckenast Sr.
5. Z Joe Harlan

Heat 2 (top 5 transfer to A Main)
1. 23 Ted Loomis
2. 5 Bret Sievert
3. 05 Gary Schalmo
4. 92 Dick Potts
5. 23M Kyle Madison

Heat 3 (Lock 8)
1. 95 Aaron Ricketts
2. M27 Mike Provenzano
3. 11 Steve Dimmick
4. 35 Derek Chandler (scratched for A Main, Don Hilleary would get spot)
5. 64 Ryan Dauber
6. 10s Scott Schmitt
7. 99J Jimmy Dehm
8. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.

Consi (top 2 to A Main)
1. 45 Zach Busch
2. 29 Al Atkinson
3. 24 John Quill
4. 36 Aaron Schmidt
5. J7 Jeff Miller
6. 42A Alan Gendusa

FEATURE (25-laps - $1,000.00 to win)
1. 64 Ryan Dauber (4)
2. 95 Aaron Ricketts (1)
3.11 Steve Dimmick (3)
4. 99J Jimmy Dehm (6)
5. 23 Ted Loomis (8)
6. 99Jr Frank Heckenast Jr. (7)
7. 5 Bret Sievert (10)
8. Z Joe Harlan (17)
9. 7T Steve Thorsten (13)
10. 10 Scott Schmitt (5)
11. 05 Gary Schalmo (12)
12. 45 Zach Busch (19)
13. 92 Dick Potts (14)
14. 10H Don Hilleary (18)
15. 29 Al Atkinson (20)
16. 77m Jay Morris (11)
17. 99Sr Frank Heckenast Sr. (15)
18.23m Kyle Madison (16)
19.M27 Mike Provenzano (2)
20.21B Rich Bell (9)

Hard Charger Award - Joe Harlan +9



UMP Stock Cars (32 cars)

Heat 1 (top 6 to A Main)
1. B9 Joe Brown
2. 5 Shannon Shutter
3. 5D Ron Donaldson
4. 12 Bill Stevenson
5. 10 Lon Franks
6. 70 wayne Huffman

Heat 2 (top 6 to A Main)
1. V27 Don Hilleary
2. 99K Jerrad Krick
3. 6 Jay Hamilton
4. 23A Andrew Funk
5. 23T Rick Thomas
6. 18 David Billingsley

Heat 3 (top 6 to A Main)
1. L3 Kevin Lenzen
2. 21 Darrin Kohler
3. 16 Robert Turner
4. 92 Jeff Riley
5. 64 Chris Richardson
6. 118 Axle Wicker

Consi (top 2 to A Main)
1. 55 Billy Wicker
2. V37 Nick Montalta
3. 1W Brian Wirtz
4. 23Jr Joel Funk
5. 23 Tony Hemp
6. 68 J Thompson
7. 00 Justin Witthoft
8. J01 Joe Hillman
9. 33G Katie Gaus
10. 17P Tim Provenzano
11. 36 Brian Keen
12. B70 Ken Bushey
13. 46 Nate Kroll
14. 52 Rick Kingsnorth

FEATURE (15-laps - $600.00 to win)

1. v27 Don Hilleary (2)
2. 5 Shannon Shutter (4)
3. 6 Jay Hamilton (8)
4. 21 Darrin Kohler (6)
5. 99K Jerrad Krick (5)
6. B9 Joe Brown (1)
7. L3 Kevin Lenzen (3)
8. 5D Ron Donaldson (7)
9. 23JR Andrew Funk (11)
10. 16 Robert Turner (9)
11. 12 Bill Stevenson (10)
12. 23T Rick Thomas (14)
13. 92 Jeff Riley (12)
14. 55 Billy Wicker (19)
15. 118 Axle Wicker (18)
16. v37 Nick Montalta (20)
17. 64 Chris Richardson (15)
18. 10 Lon Franks (13)
19. 70 Wayne Huffman (16)
20. 18 David Billingsley (17)

Hard Charger Award - Jay Hamilton +6



I-Mods (19 cars)

Heat 1
1. 77 Mike Kingma
2. 16 Jeff Barger
3. 98 Mike Heckenast
4. 15 Brandon Williams
5. 00 Paige Harrison
6. 9 Josh Cooley
7. 6 Tom Jarrette
8. 3 Jim Barkus
9. H33 Robert Shidler

Heat 2
1. 14 Adam Williams
2. 99 Brad DeYoung
3. V17 Manny Vallejo
4. 89 Rich Gynn
5. 7 Jimmy Walker
6. 77 Don Stone
7. 88 Neil Martin
8. 18 Ryen Johnson
9. 70 Dale Vanderaa
10. X

FEATURE (15-laps - $250.00 to win)
1. 16 Jeff Barger (1)
2. 7 Jimmy Walker (10)
3. 99 Brad DeYoung (4)
4. 14 Adam Williams (2)
5. 77 Mike Kingma (8)
6. 89 Rich Gynn (10)
7. 88 Neil Martin (14)
8. 77 Don Stone (12)
9. 18 Ryen Johnson (16)
10. N33 Robert Shidler (15)
11. v17 Manny Vallejo (6)
12. 98 Mike Heckenast (3)
13. 6 Tom Jarrette (11)
14. 00 Paige Harrison (7)
15. 9 Josh Cooley (9)
16. 15 Brandon Williams (5)
17. 70 Dale Vanderaa (18)
18. 3 Jim Barkus (13)

Hard Charger Award - Jimmy Walker +8