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Kloos Claims NALMS VS Becker Jewelers Late Model Crown At
Highland
HIGHLAND, IL (April 30, 2011) - The sun came out and the sounds of high
octane thunder replaced what Mother Nature had been providing for the last
two weeks. The site was the Highland Speedway and the event was the battle
of the Northern Allstars Late Models VS the Highland Speedway Becker
Jewelers Late Models in the Bud Light Metro East 30 Presented by Budweiser.
From Alexander Illinois, Brandon Sheppard sat on the pole with Matt Weidner
from Breese IL on the outside. The top five rows was a collection of who’s
who’s in Super Late Model racing from the Midwest. Ryan Unzicker and Steve
Sheppard, who set the fastest overall qualifying time at 13.907 sat in row
two, third row consisted of 14 year old driving sensation, Bobby Pierce and
NALMS Rookie of the year contender Mike Spatula from Manhattan IL. Rodney
Melvin from Logan IL and Highland favorite Randy Korte occupied the fourth
row, and buried back in the fifth row sat two Highland regulars Michael
Kloos and MarkFaust.
The race at the front consisted of Brandon Sheppard leading the first ten
laps, by lap 14 a caution waved with Unzicker in the lead, Brandon Sheppard
had slipped to second, Korte was in third, Steve Sheppard was now in fourth
and young Pierce fell back to fifth. The leaders all stayed on the top side
of the track trading leads and positions. Working all alone on the bottom
was Kloos who by lap 18 had made it to third place. While Unzicker and Korte
battled on top side of the track, Kloos stayed true and worked the bottom
and by lap 28 had taken the 6K to the lead. Korte and Unzicker battled
between themselves for the second spot with Unzicker edging out the double 0
of Korte, meanwhile Kloos surged forward and won the race to the checkers.
Brandon Sheppard and Rodney Melvin came home fourth and fifth respectively.
Steve Lach captured his second career win by taking home the honors in the
Steve Schmitt Modifieds. Lach ended the 2010 season with his first victory
and stared 2011 the same way. Finishing second was 2 Tim Hancock, third
place went to the 1D Dean Hoffman, Scott Weber, and Brian Bielong finished
out the top five.
Mr. Smooth, Mark Oller lead the Pro Late Models to checkered flag, ahead of
Nick Lyons driving the 8BALL of Joe Keherer, Tom “Cat” Carson, John Cory and
“The Italian Stallion” Bobby Martintoni finished second through fifth.
Steve Stevenson won in the Sportsmen division, Jake Hewett was the top of
the Factory Stock field and Jordan Suhre claimed the Sport Compact honors.
Next week is the Grapperhaus Metals Night of Destruction, Roll over contest
plus all six divisions. To top off the next weeks racing excitement will be
the return of the dashes for the Becker Jewelers Late Models and the Steve
Schmitt Modifieds.
For more information about the Highland Speedway visit the tracks web site
at Highland Speedway.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/highlandspeedway.
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91011.
UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 6K Michael Kloos
2 24 Ryan Unzicker
3 00K Randy Korte
4 B5 Brandon Sheppard
5 27R Rodney Melvin
6 32X Bobby Pierce
7 5S Steve Sheppard, Jr
8 B12 Kevin Weaver
9 89 Mike Spatola
10 81 Paul Bailey
UMP Steve Schmitt Modified - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 42 Steve Lach
2 1 Tim Hancock
3 1D Dean Hoffman
4 4J Scott Weber
5 70 Brian Bielong
6 19 Jimmy Cummins
7 25 Brett Korves
8 55V Brad Venhaus
9 01 Brett Cygan
10 75 Darrell Hewlett
UMP Pro Late Model - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 67 Mark Oller
2 8BALL Nick Lyons
3 36 Tom Carson
4 20 John Cory
5 48 Bobby Martintoni
6 87 Jason Zobrist
7 01 Casey Montague
8 17X Matt Santel
9 94 Ed Lenhardt
10 9STAR Jordan Bauer
UMP Sportsman - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 1S Steve Stevenson
2 8E Russell Eilers
3 3E Robbie Eilers
4 88 Rob Lee
5 6 Justin Ketrow
6 19S Nathan Schmitt
7 3 Bob Zbinden
8 92J Rick Johnson
9 1G Len Garson DNS
UMP Factory Stock - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 6 Jake Hewitt
2 101 Jeff Buss
3 29 Stephen Fohne
4 8T T J Eilers
5 64 Brian Crawford
6 52 Tim Koch
7 53 Justin Leichsenring
8 6I Austin Isaak
9 2 Joe Joyce
10 9X Trevor Isaak
UMP Sport Compact - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 26 Jordan Suhre
2 9X Trevor Isaak
3 11K Kyle Swip
4 21M Willy Myers
5 14 Rodney George
6 95 Dayton Racer
7 48 Joe Wagner
8 28J Rick Viviano
9 81LE Lacey Egbert
10 7S Kate Smith
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