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Kil-Kare Speedway
"Greene County's Fastest Ovals"
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
Vallo and Stroble Claim Kil-Kare
Wins
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH (8/25) - Veteran drive John
Vallo of Fairborn could not have picked a better night to capture
his 292nd career feature win Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as
the nights activity was being taped for showing later this year by
ESPN.
The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series late
model feature sponsored by Langs Chevrolet/Mazda was a crowd pleaser
for the capacity crowd as four drivers jockeyed throughout the
entire thirty laps for the front positions.
Former feature winners Tony Brunke and
Russ Bobb brought the field to the line for the start of the event
with the two challenging each other side by side with Brunke putting
his D'Burg Auto Body sponsored car out front with Bobb right behind.
Fourth place starter Vallo in his Vallo Racing entry then moved
alongside Bobb as they fought each other for second. Vallo secured
second as sixth place starter and fast timer Tim Allensworth then
moved alongside Bobb as he put his machine in third spot by lap
twelve.
Bobb was moved back further as Bill
Burba and Dave Brandenburg moved into fourth and fifth with Bobb now
back in sixth place. By lap twenty it was a four way battle for the
lead with Brunke still in front but Vallo was challenging on the
outside and Allensworth and Burba was on their rear bumpers.
With Brunke holding a slight lead over
Vallo who was running right beside him a car about to be lapped on
lap twenty three forced Brunke to back off the gas just enough to
allow Vallo to take advantage of Brunke's misfortune as Vallo put
his "Black Widow" #21 in front to claim the win with Brunke second,
Burba third, Allensworth fourth, and Brandenburg fifth.
Heat wins went to Gary Estes and Brunke
with Allensworth tops in time trials with a time of 14.081
The Muffler Brothers of Xenia modified
feature got off to a rough start as the cars of Kim Dill, Mike
Stradling and Charlie Davis were eliminated in a turn four crash on
the first lap.
Five time feature winner Shawn Gray and
Tim Allensworth who was making his Kil-Kare modified debut started
on the front row of the thirty lap feature. Gray took the lead as
third place starter Terry Humphrey pulled alongside Allensworth as
the two swapped second the next two laps. Allensworth then passed
Gray for the lead to put his Dallas Smith Trucking open-wheeler out
front and built up a small lead. Meanwhile Shawn Stroble challenged
engine builder Humphrey, taking second on lap seventeen and then lap
after lap closed the gap on leader Allensworth to take the lead.
Stroble, of Urbana maintained the lead
in his Sutphen Towers/Rich's Tri-County Auto Sales sponsored machine
to claim his fifth feature win of the season in regular Friday night
activity. Allensworth was second with Humphrey third, Chad Pendleton
in Stroble's back-up car fourth, and fifth was Gray.
Stroble was also fast qualifier at
13.968 while heat wins went to Jason Mahaffey and Neil McClelland.
The school bus figure-8 was captured by
Bill Sutherland and the demolition derby by Matt Johnson.
Next Friday night, Sept. 1, it will be
race car rides for the kids along with all regular four divisions in
action with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
SUMMARY
Langs Chevrolet/Mazda late models
Fast time: Tim Allensworth 14.081
Heat - Gary Estes, Bob Stansell, Greg
Isaac, Jamie Sites
Heat - Tony Brunke, Dave Brandenburg,
Bill Burba, Tim Allensworth
Feature (30 laps) - John Vallo, Tony
Brunke, Bill Burba, Tim Allensworth, Dave Brandenburg, Russ Bobb,
Jamie Sites, Jeff Marsh, Greg Isaac, Gary Estes, Ryan Dunlevy, Bob
Stansell, Ricky Bates, Ray Muncy, Andy Peterson
Muffler Brothers of Xenia modifieds
Fast time: Shawn Stroble 13.968
Heat - Jason Mahaffey, Terry Humphrey,
Shawn Gray, Shawn Stroble
Heat - Neil McClelland, Jamie Brenneman,
Ralph Harrod, Rob Garrett
Feature (30 laps) - Shawn Stroble, Tim
Allensworth, Terry Humphrey, Chad Pendleton, Shawn Gray, Jason
Mahaffey, Rob Garrett, Neil McClelland, Jamie Brenneman, Ray Muncy,
Ralph Harrod, Kim Dill, Charlie Davis, Mike Stradling
School bus Figure-8: Bill Sutherland
School bus demolition derby: Matt Johnson
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