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Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
Allensworth Nips Estes
For Kil-Kare Win
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, Oh. (6/29) - In a most
daring move ever seen in recent years at Kil-Kare Speedway
Tim Allensworth miraculously somehow found a hole in lapped
traffic coming out of turn four to somehow slip by race
leader Gary Estes to claim his fifth NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series late model feature.
Twenty-one fine late
models clocked in with nineteen of them starting the forty
lap feature for the running of the Dick Dunlevy Sr.
Memorial, an event run in the memory of the legendary driver
who passed away earlier this year.
Ricky Bates and Sam
Heckman brought the field to the green flag with Bates in
his D&M Welding sponsored machine jumped into the lead
while six cars behind him ran side by side lap after lap.
Bates lead was cut short when Jamie Sites brought out the
first caution when he spun on turn one. The single file
restart was a plus for seventh and eighth place starters and
this year feature winners Tim Allensworth and Gary Estes.
Bates continued to lead
but Justin Alsip and seasoned veterans Sam Heckman, John
Vallo and Dick Dunlevy Jr. were vying for positions. Estes
and Allensworth were hooked up as they started advancing
toward the front. On lap seventeen Estes was in second and
by lap nineteen Allensworth was in third.
Estes passed leader Bates
to show as the leader on lap twenty with Allensworth right
behind him to drop Bates to third. From then on it was a
fight every lap to see who would show as the race leader on
the scoreboard. The duo weeded their way lapping cars but a
group of them exiting turn three played an important part on
the outcome of the event. With Estes in the lead he was
momentarily slowed by a slower car and Allensworth saw an
opening just wide enough to squeeze his RaceOasis.com
machine through to steal the lead and the win. Estes was
second with Bates third, John Vallo fourth, and Dunlevy
fifth.
Estes had fast time of
13.835 while the heat wins went to Jamie Hunt and Russ Bobb.
The Muffler Brothers of
Xenia modifeds drew a fine field of twenty-one cars and
their feature was almost as exciting as the late models as
it boiled down to two drivers crossing the finish line
almost side by side.
Mike Miller and Charlie
Davis started in the front row of the thirty lap feature
with Miller jumping out front with one time feature winner
Shawn Stansell jumping up to challenge Miller. Stansell made
an inside pass coming out of turn three to take the lead as
Gary Eston Jr. and Greg Stapleton diced for third. Former
track champion and fifth place starter Mike Carroll in his
first Kil-Kare start this year showed he had not lost his
touch as soon he and his Mc Donald's #1L was number one but
young Stansell was hanging right in second spot when the
caution came out when Gary Estes hit the outside wall and
Terry Humphrey spun.
On the restart third place
starter Greg Stapleton stole second from Stansell only to
see the caution fly two laps later when Jamie Brenneman spun
and Kim Dill made contact with the outside wall. Once back
under green Carroll remained out front but Stapleton, winner
of a feature earlier this year challenged Carroll but had to
settle for second. Behind them Stansell, Terry Humphrey and
Bud Perry had their own little battle going on and crossed
the line in that order.
Perry and Estes won the
heats while Stapleton had fast time of 13.876.
Former sport stock feature
winners Dave Lecocq and Derek Louderbach started on the
front row of their feature and you could almost bet one of
them was going to come home the winner and sure enough,
Lecocq did. He stayed in front all the way with the ageless
Mike South Sr. hanging on to second all the way. Behind them
though, the traffic was heavy between Tom Williams,
Louderbach, Shane Williams, and Justin Miller as they fought
for position. For Lecocq it was his third feature win of the
year. Placing behind runner-up South was Tom Williams,
Louderbach, and Shane Williams.
Justin Miller had fast
time of 15.141 while Rusty Clark and Jason Evans won the
heats.
Eighteen compacts started
the Oakley Blacktop sponsored division with Jerry Lachman
and Darryl Young starting in the front row. Lachman led as
he was looking for his second win but that was about not to
happen. Bo Hoelscher moved into second while the cars behind
him were running side by side which had five time winner Tim
Haerr blocked in. Hoelscher finally slipped by Lachman to
claim the front spot and also made it win number two with
Lachman runner-up. Chris Boggs held off the challenges of
Tim Haerr to place third with Haerr fourth and Darryl Young
fifth. Haerr had fast time of 15.004.
Next Friday night will be
the Figure-Eight Trailer Race of Mahem along with a regular
program with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8
p.m..
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
Late Models
Fast time - Gary Estes
13.835
Heat - Jamie Hunt, Tony
Brunke, Ricky Bates, Sam Heckman
Heat - Russ Bobb, Eddie
Simpson, Chuck McClure, Bobby Justus
Feature - Dick Dunlevy
Sr. Memorial 40 laps - Tim Allensworth, Gary Estes, Ricky
Bates, John Vallo, Dick Dunlevy Jr., Sam Heckman, Virgil
Powell, Jamie Sites, Tony Brunke, Jamie Hunt, Bobby Justus,
Justin Alsip, Terry Scherz, Eddie Simpson, Ron Wells, Cal
Busch, Jeff Marsh, Russ Bobb, Chuck McClure
Muffler Brothers of
Xenia Modifieds
Fast time - Greg
Stapletom 13/876
Heat - Bud Perry, Mike
Miller, Gary Eaton Jr., Mike Carroll
Heat - Gary Estes,
Dewayne Snyder Jr., Jamie Brenneman, Jason Wells
Feature (30 laps) - Mike
Carroll, Greg Stapleton, Shawn Stansell, Terry Humphrey, Bud
Perry, Gary Eaton Jr., Mike Miller, Dean Pitts, Charlie
Davis, Derek Weatherhead, Rodney Kreusch, Jason Timmerman,
Jason Wells, Jamie Brenneman, Jack Black III, Caleb Rescher,
Kim Dill, Gary Estes, Tim Rauch, Jack Jones
Sports Stocks
Fast time - Justin
Miller 15.141
Heat - Rusty Clark, Tom
Williams, Shane Williams, Mike South Jr.
Heat - Jason Evans, Dave
Lecocq, Jay Laykins Jr., Derek Louderbach
Feature (20 laps) - Dave
Lecocq, Mike South Sr., Tom Williams, Derek Louderbach,
Shane Williams, Justin Miller, Rusty Clark, Mike South Jr.,
Jay Lakins Jr., Jason Evans, Heath White.
Oakley Blacktop Compacts
Fast time - Tim Haerr
15.004
Feature (15 laps) - Bo
Hoelscher, Jerry Lachman, Chris Boggs, Tim Haerr, Darryl
Young, Randy Walton, Aaron Harshbarger, Tony Walton, Paul
Holly, Jess Drook, Mike Robertson, Amber Sites, Troy
Patterson, David Sagers, Joe Hoelscher, Ivin Fugate, Chris
Clark, Joe Mansfield
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