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A WILD,ACTION PACKED NIGHT OF RACING AT PEORIA SPEEDWAY
Unzicker, Bollinger, Willis, Jr., BARNES, Jr., Butterfield take wins as Gardner sails out of the park

PEORIA, IL (April 9, 2011) - A capacity crowd witnessed a wild, action-packed night of racing at Peoria Speedway Saturday night on a warm, summer-like April evening.

  El Paso driver Ryan Unzicker picked up his 2^nd straight UMP Late Model win at Peoria, dueling Kevin Weaver through lapped traffic, and holding off Mike Spatola for the win. “First off, Kevin Weaver was my childhood hero as a kid, so it was a thrill to race him like that”, said Unzicker in victory lane. “We had a great battle going there in traffic for awhile. The fans had to love that!”

  Weaver had jumped to the lead on the high side of the track at the start of the feature, but the caution flew after just one lap, and then on the re-start. Lap 2 saw a high-low battle between Unzicker and Steve Lance, develop until 2 more cautions slowed the field.  The field got rolling again on lap 4 and the battle raged between Unzicker and Lance. Unzicker began to pull away from Lance using the high side and had caught Weaver in lapped traffic on lap 14.

  Unzicker and Weaver put on a clinic on how to drive in lapped traffic over the next 5 laps, swapping the lead each lap. The duo thrilled the crowd , running 3 wide as they split traffic with Unzicker up top and Weaver on the bottom coming off turn 2  and ran side-by-side the whole time. Weaver began smoking on lap 19, with a caution flying on lap 20 for Richie Bell. Unzicker grabbed the lead on the re-start, and Weaver’s night came to an end with a flat left rear tire on lap 22.

   Unzicker survived 3 more cautions, and a bonzai run by Late Model rookie Spatola, for his second straight Peoria victory. The rim-riding Spatola ended up 2^nd, followed by Lance, 14 year-old Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, and fast qualifier Bret Sievert of Mukwonago, WI rounding out the top 5.

  2010 Peoria track champ Ray Bollinger went wire-to-wire, winning the UMP Modified feature over Butch Weisser, Jay Ledford, Lance Dehm, and Mark Johnson. “We set up for the middle of  the track because I saw something there in our heat” said Bollinger. “I just tried to get to the middle first ,and it worked out. The track was great, you can run anywhere you wanted to.

     Brad Willis, Jr. dominated the Limited Late Model Feature, fending off Jack Seifel, Evan Fink, Jim Sellner and Jason Weyeneth. Chuck Barnes, Jr. barely held off John Farris by a quarter car length at the line, nursing a smoking car to the win. “I want to dedicate this win to a friend of mine Lynn, who lost her dad this week”, said Barnes in victory lane. “The car started missing with about 3 laps to go and I barely held on there, but we will take it.

    Kenneth Butterfield led all 10 laps, taking his first win of the season in the UMP Hornet division. “I want to thank my dad, who helps me out with the car” , said Butterfield. “We were hooked up tonight and the track was awesome”.

   Racing had come to a halt midway through the program as Bob Gardner got his UMP Late Model out of the park in turn 4 during the Semi-Feature.  Gardner rode the wall into turn 3, then his car flew over the fence in the middle of turn 4, knocking out a light pole and a bank of lights. Gardner was uninjured, and racing resumed even though several lights were damaged.

  Action resumes next Saturday night at Peoria Speedway with a full UMP racing program

OFFICIAL RESULTS, PEORIA SPEEDWAY, APRIL 9, 2011

UMP LATE MODELS (22 cars)

1. 24-Ryan Unzicker, El Paso

2. 89-Mike Spatola, Manhattan

3. 25-Steve Lance, Jr,, Cuba

4. 32-Bobby Pierce, Oakwood

5. 5-Brett Sievert, Mukwonago, WI

6. T2-Todd Bennett, Peoria

7. 1w-Donny Walden, Towanda

8. 38c-John Gardner, Peoria

9. 83x-Nathan Balenseifen, Sheffield

10. 65-Gerry Reeder, Jr., Peoria

11. 61-Jon Rogers, Freeport

12. 83-Jim Carmody, Dunlap

13. 36-Eric Vaughan, Fairbury

14. 32j-Jason Jaggers, Wyanet

15. 10-Scott Schmitt, Tonica

16. 40-Charley Hess, Bartonville

17. B12-Kevin Weaver, Gibson City

18. 21B-Richie Bell, Sheffield

19. 3s-Brian Shirley, Chatham

20. 74-Russ Adams, Princeville

21. 30-Robbie Bauman, Fairview

22. 93-Kevin Paul,Colchester

FAST TIME: Bret Sievert, 12.408

HEAT 1: 1. Sievert 2. Weaver 3. Spatola 4. Balenseifen 5. Adams 6. Bob Gardner (Peoria) 7. Bauman 8. Reeder

HEAT 2: 1. Lance, Jr. 2. Pierce 3. Schmitt 4. Jaggers 5. Bennett 6. Hess 7. Carmody 8. Paul

HEAT 3: 1. Shirley 2. Unzicker 3. Walden 4. Bell 5. Vaughan 6. J. Garnder 7. Rogers

SEMI- called due to wreck in turn 4, all drivers advance

UMP MODIFIEDS (32 cars)

1. 77-Ray Bollinger, Kewanee

2. 25- Butch Weisser, Bartonville

3. 7L-Jay Ledford, Pontiac

4. D1-Lance Dehm, Chatsworth

5. 26J-Mark Johnson, Glasford

6. 40JR- Mike Chasteen, Jr., East Peoria

7. 72-Brian Lynn, Mason City

8. 32x-Donovan Lodge, Moline

9. 05-Steven Brooks, New Lennox

10. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt, Hanna City

11. M1-Dale Munson, Fairview

12. 26d-Derrick Doerr, Peoria

13. 555- Chad Goff, Galesburg

14. 1-Tim Bohm, Pontiac

15. 32-Tommy Duncan, Peoria

16. C4-Chris Morefield, Edwards

17. 2-Erik Bruce, Norwood

18. 1JR- Floyd Jordan, Jr., Pekin

19. 41G-Matt Goulden, Springfield

20. 89-Noah Faw, Hanna City

HEAT 1: 1. Bollinger 2. Dehm 3. Chasteen, Jr. 4. Goff 5. Morefield 6. Goulden 7. Jeff Sparks (New Holland) 8. Mike Menell (Peoria) 9. John Winters (Canton)

HEAT 2: 1.Weisser 2. Tom Bell (Wheatfield, IN) 3. Lynn 4. Z. Oedewaldt 5. Gary Scharp (Peoria) 6. Jordan, Jr. 7. Alan Weisser (Bartonville) 8. Johnny Parlier (Peoria)

HEAT 3: 1. Ledford 2. Brooks 3. Faw 4. Bohm 5. Corey Partin (Wheatfield, IN) 6. Doerr 7. Kenny Egan (Peoria) 8. Zane Oedewaldt (Hanna City) DNS

HEAT 4: Johnson 2. Duncan 3. Munson 4. Bruce 5.Lodge 6. Adams Pockrus (Lowell, IN) 7.Cody Spirling (Peoria) 8. Doug Sauder (Deer Creek)

SEMI 1: 1. Z. Oedewaldt 2. Goff 3. Morefield 4. Jordan, Jr. 5. Goulden 6. Parlier 7.Scharp 8. A. Weisser 9. Mennell 10. Winters 11. Sparks

SEMI 2: 1. Lodge 2. Bruce 3. Bohm 4. Doerr 5. Partin 6. Spirling 7. Pockrus

LIMITED LATE MODELS (15 cars)

1. 6w-Brad Willis, Jr., Morton

2. A2-Jack Siegel, Peoria

3. F1-Evan Fink, Glasford

4. 1-Jim Sellner, Peoria Heights

5. 00-Jason Weyeneth, Peoria

6. 73s-Scott Schoener, Peoria

7. 78-Jeff Cunningham, Peoria

8. No7-Byron Ray, Marquette Heights

9. 9w-Brad Willis, Morton

10. 0-Zac Kuehl, Pekin

11. 87JR- Josh Robinson, Peoria

12. F4-Chris Erwin, Marquette Heights

13. 55- CJ Van Beveran, East Galesburg

14. 01-Jim Sellner, Peoria Heights

15. 93- Amanda Ellis, Washington

HEAT 1: 1. Siegel 2. Willis, Jr. 3. Fink 4. Weyeneth 5. Robinson 6. Van Beveran 7. Erwin

HEAT 2: 1. Ray 2. Cunningham 3. Schoener 4. Willis 5. Ellis 6. Kuehl

PRO STREET (8 cars)

1. B22- Chuck Barnes, Jr., Peoria

2. 90-John Farris, Peoria

3. 68-Wally Zander, Groveland

4. 4h- Paula Harrison, Peoria

5. 6s-Squoria Rivers, Peoria

6. 26- Craig Chione, Morton

7. 30-Jason Weyeneth, Peoria

HEAT: 1. Barnes, Jr. 2. Chione 3. Farris 4. Weyeneth 5. Zander 6. Harrison 7. Rivers 8. Bob Simpson (Bartonville) DNS

UMP HORNETS (15 cars)

1. 24-Kenny Butterfield, Kingston Mines

2. 11-Derrick DeFord, Canton

3. 57-Fred Logsdon, Peoria

4. B5-Tyler Benson, Creve Coeur

5. 39-Brent Terry, Peoria

6. 18w-Tommy Wisher, Peoria

7. 18z-Zach Nimrick, Peoria

8. 77-Zac Bollinger, Kewanee

9. A4-Michael Well ,Creve Coeur

10. C7-Mike Cusack, Jr., Edwards

11. 6G-William Goveia, Peoria

12. 29-Brandon Mallory, Tiskilwa

13. 41-Danny Oates, Pekin

14. 65B-Don Britton, Creve Coeur

15. M68-Keith Seigel, Brimfield

HEAT 1: Jeremy Kingsley (Peoria) 2. Benson 3. DeFord  4,Oates 5. Goveia 6. Nimrick 7. Logsdon 8. Matt Musgrave (Peoria)

HEAT 2: 1. Butterfield 2. Wisher 3. Seigel 4. Bollinger 5. Terry 6. Cusack, Jr. 7. Mallory 8. Britton