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Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com
Mike Stacy Claims MERS Event at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH. - The traveling Main Event Racing Series (MERS) made their
second stop of the season at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night and when the
checker fell on the 100 lap event it was Mike Stacy taking the win
and the $2,500 that went with it.
Brian Short and Shawn Stroble led the fine field of twenty-six cars to
the green for 100 green flag laps on the tricky 3/8ths mile asphalt
track with Short taking the lead but third place starter Don Mahaffey
shot out front down the backstretch with Stroble, Short, Drew
Charleston, and Rich Rohrer in hot pursuit. The first caution appeared
on lap five when Paul Pelletier spun on turn one.
Mahaffey and his Affordable Auto Parts machine then again set sail out
front as he started to put some distance over the second place Stroble.
Again five laps after the restart heavy smoke erupted from the Ross
Wells ride with Wells heading to the pits and the track crew going to
work cleaning up the oil or water dropped by Wells.
Mahaffey again set sail as he began to catch the tail runners but
again the caution flew on lap fifteen when Tim Ice spun on turn four
after apparently having contact with Dick Dunlevy and both sent to the
tail but Ice darted into the pits.
Mahaffey began to pull away again with Short riding on Stroble's rear
end when Short bumped the rear of Stroble going into turn one with
Stroble spinning and the caution coming out again as Short was delegated
to the tail. Mahaffey again was the fastest as he pulled away with now
Drew Charleson challenging second place running Stroble only to see the
caution come out for debris on the track right after the restart.
Charleson again went to work on Stroble as second fast timer Rich
Rohrer was running fourth but up front Charlson slipped under Stroble
for second. Rohrer bumped Stroble on turn four with Stroble bobbling and
Rohrer stealing third spot as Stroble dropped back to tenth. Charlson
was creeping up on leader Mahaffey every lap as Rohrer was trying to
catch the two front runner. Don Harvey jr. was riding fourth and Jimmy
Carter fifth and by the hafway mark Mahaffey still had the lead but as
they lapped traffic Charlson and Rohrer were right behind him. Mahaffey
was really in the hot seat now as the caution came out for the stalled
Brad Coons machine.
New track record holder Mike Stacy was on the move as he had advanced
to fifth and was ready to challenge Harvey when the green reappeared.
But, before a lap could be completed Gary Whipkey and Paul Pelletier
spun on turn four. Stacy slipped under Harvey for fourth but the caution
came out for the eighth time when Carter spun on turn two which put
Harvey back in fourth. Stacy tried the outside of Harvey lap after lap
and finally moved into fourth on lap sixty.
Four laps later Burgess White slowed to a halt on he frontstretch
causing another caution while White was pushed to the pits. On the
restart Mahaffey was starting to sweat as the laps wound down but he
again pulled away but this time Donnie Hill was getting the attention of
the fans as he was moving up and was sixth. Stacy made his pass good on
Harvey as he took third with rohrer right behind him as Harvey was now
fifth.
The eleventh caution flew on lap seventy-two when Shawn Stansell spun
on the backstretch and Stacy had his sights on the two front runners and
he sailed around charlson for second and Mahaffey was in his sights.
Rohrer then moved to the outside of Charlson to take third when four
cars tangled on turn four to slow the field.
With twenty three laps to go it was Mahaffey, Stacy, Rohrer, Charlson,
Harvey, Hill, Whipkey, Pelletier, Carter, and Stroble in the top ten.
Now the pressure was certainly on Mahaffey with Stacy right behind him
on the restart and Rohrer was really pumped up as he rode Stacy's
bumper. Then here came Hill for fifth but on the move was Carter. Up
front Stacy was challenging on the outside of Mahaffey who was not
giving up but Stacy overpowered him for the lead on lap eighty four and
Rohrer stole second as Mahaffey dropped to third.
The final caution appeared with six laps to go when Pelletierr hit the
turn four wall and it appeared Rohrer just might have something for
Stacy as they faced the green flag restart. Hill zoomed into fourth as
the checker was in sight for Stacy with Hill really flying as he took
third with Carter right behind him.
Stacy certainly proved that his new track record was not a fluke as he
claimed the century grind with Rohrer, Hill, Carter, and Mahaffey
rounding out the top five.
A fine field of twenty-seven cars checked in for time trials and when
it ended it was Springfield's Mike Stacy erasing Chad Poole's record of
12.658 as stacy now holds the honors with a time of 12.658.
Main Event Racing Series
Kil-Kare Speedway
Xenia, Ohio
Sept. 4, 2009
Top qualifier - Mike Stacy 12.567 (NTR)
Feature (100 laps) - Mike Stacy, Rich Rohrer, Donnie Hill, Jimmy Carter,
Don Mahaffey, Drew Charlson, Don Harvey Jr., Gary Whipkey, Justin
Schroeder, Brian Short, Shawn Stroble, Doug Sommers, Burgess White,
Danny Jackson, Paul Pelletier, John Flynn, Shawn Stansell, Dick dunlevy,
tony Urdiales, brad Coons, Mike Carroll, Scott Drake, Josh Smith, John
Stroble, Ross Wells, Ken White
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