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Kloos Holds Off “King Kong” Korte to Start the 2011 Season at
Highland
Lynn, Weber, Eilers, Ripperda and Suhre All Winners
HIGHLAND IL (April 2, 2011) – The excitement of returning to the race track
for another year and add to the equation it’s the 50th year of racing, the
buzz in the pits and the grandstand at the Highland Speedway were reaching
unexpected levels. For those of us who have spent the winter here in the
Midwest we know the winter was full of surprises including more snow and
rain than we have had in a few years. Now you have a spring with limited
days of sunshine and very few windows of opportunities for doing track work,
you know Promoter Scott Kuhn and his track crew had their work cut out for
them. Add to the fact that late last fall the track was reshaped with a lot
of dirt repositioned you soon realize that the odds were stacked against the
Highland track crew. With that being said, the track crew worked long hours
when the weather permitted and had prepped a raceable track under the
circumstances for the season opener presented by 97.5 FM The Rock.The fans
were treated to great side by side finishes that has made racing at the
Palace of Power famous for the last 50 years.
The much talked about return of Randy Korte, from Highland IL, lived up to
all the hype. Korte and long time Highland favorite Michael Kloos, of
Trenton IL, driving for Gerstner and Sons Racing out of Breese IL, started
on the front row of the Becker Jewelers UMP Super Late Model Feature.
Racing alongside each other, when Kloos would take the lead the 6K
faithful would come to life and as soon as the 00 of Korte would grab the
lead all the King Kong fans would shake the grandstands, it all came down to
the final lap with Kloos on the inside and Korte trying to move to the
outside of the 6K taking a shot at the double checkers, but in the end Korte
found himself just short of the finish line in second as Michael Kloos, The
Trenton Tornado kicked off the 2011 season with a win, Korte was second,
Paul Bailey from Pocahontas IL, Mike Schulte from Summerfield IL, and Chad
Zobrist out of Highland IL, rounding out the top 5 in the Becker Jewelers
Super Late Models.
Brian Lynn, The 2010 track Champion for the Lincoln Speedway made the
journey from his Mason City IL home south and found the friendly confines of
the Highland Speedway to his liking. Lynn held off the Highland regulars in
the Steve Schmitt Modified division and kicked off the 2011 season at the
Highland Speedway with a win. Scott Weber from Festus MO in the 4J, was
runner up, Brett” the Kid” Korves from Belleville followed in third, the
Racing Realtor, Chad Sellers from Breese IL was fourth and Brownstown Il’s,
Steve Lach completed the top 5.
Scott Weber doing double duty climbed into his famous 8 Ball Black Pearl Pro
Crate Late Model and immediately returned to his winning ways. The 2010 UMP
National Champion jumped out to an early lead while the 01 of Casey Montague
from Lebanon IL made a valiant effort at the Champ but came up short in the
newest class added to the Highland Speedway schedule. DJ Cygan from St.
Jacob IL, Dustin Korte out of Highland IL and Matt Santel from New Memphis
Il filled out the top five.
Russell Eilers from Highland IL the Speedway’s 2010 Sportsmen Champion
grabbed the checker flag in the first feature of the season finishing just
ahead of Rob Lee from Sorento IL, his brother ryan Eilers, Justin Ketrow
from Trenton IL, and Rick Johnson from Glen Carbon.
The UMP Factory Stocks (formally known as the Highland Street Stocks) had
Michael Ripperda of Highland IL outlasting Jeff Buss from Carlyle IL,
Stephan Fohne and Jake Hewett from Troy IL and Shaun Hortsmann from Highland
IL..
UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models
Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 6K Michael Kloos
2 00K Randy Korte
3 81 Paul Bailey
4 27 Mike Schulte
5 78 Chad Zobrist
6 25 Frankie Martin
7 441 Dan Jacober
8 51R Danny Ripperda
9 18 Bobby Dauderman
10 12 Rick Standridge
11 37 Brian Wolfmeier
12 CRCL7 Matt Weidner
UMP Steve Schmitt Modifieds
Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 72 Brian Lynn
2 4J Scott Weber
3 25 Brett Korves
4 E55 Chad Sellers
5 42 Steve Lach
6 75 Darrell Hewlett
7 14 Jeremy Thoele
8 81WIL Ricky Huebner
9 71 Tyler Deibert
10 808X Bob Simmons
11 19 Jimmy Cummins
12 6 Brock Bauman
13 42W McKay Wenger
14 00 Steven Ellison
15 01 Brett Cygan
16 70 Brian Bielong
17 99K Dustin Knerrer
18 808 Kelby Simmons
19 55 Jeff Sparks
20 1D Dean Hoffman
21 55V Brad Venhaus
22 38 Stephen Flannery, Jr
UMP Pro Late Model
Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 8BALL Scott Weber
2 01 Casey Montague
3 10C DJ Cygan
4 36 Dustin Korte
5 17X Matt Santel
6 18L Brent Lewis
7 9T Travis Horner
8 9STAR Jordan Bauer
9 67 Mark Oller
10 94 Ed Lenhardt
11 55 Daniel Heck
12 30 Ryan Seger
13 4 Jason Suhre
14 54 Bob Simpson
15 59R Aaron Heck
16 48 Bobby Martintoni
17 57 Michael Kloos
UMP Sportsman
Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 8E Russell Eilers
2 88 Rob Lee
3 3 Ryan Eilers
4 6 Justin Ketrow
5 92J Rick Johnson
6 45 CJ Simpson
7 1G Len Garson
8 19S Nathan Schmitt
9 115 Aaron Melton
10 1S Steve Stevenson
UMP Factory Stock
Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr
2 101 Jeff Buss
3 29 Stephen Fohne
4 6 Jake Hewitt
5 54 Shaun Hortsmann
6 53 Justin Leichsenring
7 33 Troy Bunfill
8 6I Austin Isaak
9 17C AJ Cline
10 64 Brian Crawford
11 8T T J Eilers
12 36 Eric Harris
13 29H Cale Hartnagel
14 18 Jerry Thompson
15 9X Trevor Isaak
16 6A Amber Casey
17 5H James Hale
18 52 Tim Koch
19 441 Cody Ventimiglia
20 1G Zach Gili
21 4J Zack Jordan
22 1Z Zach Hoffman
UMP Sport Compact
Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 26 Jordan Suhre
2 24 Justin Suhre
3 45 Kyle McMahon
4 9X Trevor Isaak
5 17R Jacob Rexing
6 47 Christian Lee
7 33L Caleb Lintezenich
8 02 Vince Shehorn
9 63 Brett Eilerman
10 7S Kate Smith
11 48 Joe Wagner
12 121V Rick Viviano
13 11 Kyle Swip
14 81LE Lacey Egbert
15 17X Joey Haun
16 18 Sean Boyce
17 17W Brent Weaver
18 55J James Southers
19 81 Scott Egbert
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