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Street Stock’s: To get the ball rolling, the Street Stock’s qualified one lap with Roger Rickels posting the quickest time of 15.447. Steve Lewis rallied for second quick. Ten cars lined up for the Street’s fast heat with Rickels and Lewis on the front row. The two battled back and forth until Rickels took command on the last lap to capture the checkers. Matt Ramer took third over Jamie Balensiefen. Mike McKinney shot off the pole of the second heat pulling away to an easy victory over Nick Sell, Keith Lucas, and Justin Hamm. The 25 lap grid was now set with Rickels on the pole again next to Lewis. Once the flagman dropped the green it was nothing but the Rickels show. He led the nineteen car pack flag to flag caution free. The spectacular showing by all of the drivers was a breath of fresh air and exciting to watch Rickels as he charged around some fast rides taking them a lap down after three wide battles. Prior to the event, officials had posted “25 Laps or 25
Minutes” for their main. No one needed to clock their race as they were full
throttle without a caution in sight. Rickels earned the impressive victory
over a hard charging Mike McKinney.
UMP Late Models: Late Model racer Mike Provenzano charged for the
fastest qualifying time of 13.063. The division’s fast heat was an all out
battle for the win between the blue ride trio of Provenzano, Mike Glynn and
Rich Bell. The final lap,
Three wide contact between the leaders of John Rogers, Billy Weistart Jr., and Ed Williams Sr., during the sixth lap of the second heat ended with all three rides tangled in turn two. Aaron Schmidt went on to dominate after the restart claiming the win. Jon Small took second in front of Williams and Rogers. Fifteen rides made the feature call with Glynn and Provenzano on the front row ahead of Manos and Ed Williams Jr. Glynn and Provenzano wasted no time accelerating but the mid pack struggled with a five car pile up. A mere one lap in the books and a second five car pile up stalled the action. Once their power plants were wide open Provenzano and Glynn were fiercely dicing it up. Provenzano went low, Glynn high with Nathan Balensiefen following the high line too. Provenzano took command with Glynn chasing all the way to the finish line. “Mike ran a great race, it was so much fun racing side by side wide open,” Glynn said. “You can always count on him to be a tough competitor. My car felt good early but I lost the brakes completely so it got a bit interesting.” Provenzano scored the hard earned win uncontested with
a half a track lead over Glynn, Balensiefen, Manos, Gary Schalmo, Aaron
Schmidt, Jeff Small, Allen Gendusa,
UMP Modified’s: Jamie Lomax was on fire in the UMP Open Wheel Modified division. He charged hard to hold off Steven Brooks, Dale Lueth and Travis Kohler in the fast heat. Matthew Gremminger took charge of the second heat winning over Bill Theodorf, Mike Marden, and Don Cole. Twenty racers lined up on the feature grid but only nine cars were still under power at the checkers. Two accidents left the field under red two times during the sixth circuit. First a roll over off turn four sent Theodorf tumbling but landing upright. Then just after the restart another five car pile up ended with heavy contact and Cole heading off in the back of the ambulance to get checked out. When the green light stayed on, it was great racing between Brooks, Lueth, Lomax, and Kohler. During Lap 14, Lomax raced low to the inside of Brooks for the lead but he stayed on the point for four more laps until he spun. At the restart, the field was single file with Lomax on the helm over Lueth, Kohler, and Brandon Durbin. Lomax set the pace as Lueth hit the highside with Kohler battling him for second. Lomax made his way to victory circle in front of Lueth, Kohler, Durbin, Line, Tom Knippenberg, Brooks, and Marden.
UMP 4 Cylinder Hornets: Allen Provenzano was fast and furious in his hornet ride staking claim to both the heat and feature races. He took charge and never looked back leaving John Provenzano runner up to him in both events they competed in. Williams finished third in the heat ahead of Andy Schwarko. Phil Burdette won his heat contest in front of JR Brown, Rick Zifko and Freddie Thatcher. Allen Provenzano won the feature race with John behind him. Rick Wagner collected a third place finish over Burdette, Jerry Legner, Zifko, Williams, Shannon Mudro, and Thatcher.
La Salle Speedway Results
UMP Late Models: 17 Cars Qualifying: Mike Provenzano 13.063 Heat 1: Mike Glynn, Mike Provenzano, Randy Manos, Rich Bell Heat 2: Aaron Schmidt, Jon Small, Ed Williams Sr., John Rogers Feature: Mike Provenzano, Mike Glynn, Nathan Balensiefen, Randy Manos, Gary Schalmo, Aaron Schmidt, Jeff Small, Allen Gendusa, John Rogers, Jon Small, Ed Williams Jr., Ed Williams Sr., Bob Cullen, Joe Fratt, Terry Knutti
UMP Modifieds: 20 Cars Qualifying: Steve Brooks 14.455 Heat 1: Jamie Lomax, Steve Brooks, Dale Lueth, Travis Kohler Heat 2: Matthew Gremminger, Bill Theodorf, Mike Marden, Don Cole Feature: Jamie Lomax, Dale Lueth, Travis Kohler, Brandon Durbin, Phil Line, Tom Knippenberg, Steve Brooks, Mike Marden, Mark Grosvenor, Kevin Hughes, Kevin Thompson, Scott Hauge, Mark Grosvenor, Geno Hewitt, Jason Kolbe, Don Cole, Matthew Gremminger, Brad Stewart, Justin McCoy, Bill Theodorf
UMP Street Stocks: 19 Cars Qualifying: Roger Rickels 15.447 Heat 1: Roger Rickels, Steve Lewis, Matt Ramer, Jamie Balensiefen Heat 2: Mike McKinney, Nick Sell, Keith Lucas, Justin Hamm Feature: Roger Rickels, Mike McKinney, Jamie Balensiefen, Tim Provenzano, Jake Miller, Kevin Snowberger, Randy Lucas, Aaron Near, Keith Lucas, Steve Lewis, Joe Brown, Ryan Weistart, Robert Cottom, Nick Sell, Justin Rutledge, Justin Hamm, Keith Miller, Steven Schwemlein, Mike Hughes
UMP 4 Cylinder Hornets: 18 Cars Heat 1: Phil Burdette, JR Brown, Rick Zifko, Freddie Thatcher Heat 2: Allen Provenzano, Jon Provenzano, D. Williams, Andy Schwarko Feature: Allen Provenzano, Jon Provenzano, Rick Wagner, Phil Burdette, Jerry Legner, Rick Zifko, D. Williams, Shannnon Mudro, Freddie Thatcher, Andy Schwarko, Crystal Provenzano – Broyle, DJ Kilanowski, JR Brown, Aaron Sutton, Mark Sutton
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