Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
Dunlevy Jr. Tops Late Models at
Kil-Kare Speedway
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH (5/5) - Veteran driver Dick
Dunlevy Jr. of New Carlisle captured his first NASCAR Dodge Weekly
Racing Series Late Model feature of the season at Kil-Kare Speedway
Friday night.
Ricky Bates and defending track champ
Sam Heckman brought the field to the line for the start of the Langs
Chevrolet/Mazda sponsored late model feature only to see the yellow
come out as polesetter Bates spun on the frontstretch. On the
restart the green didn't stay out long as Russ Bobb spun resulting
in another complete restart.
The third attempt seemed to be the
charm with Bates jumping into the lead followed by third place
starter Dunlevy. Bates set the pace but third place Dunlevy was
riding right behind him trying to figure out a way to pass the
Riverside Auto Parts sponsored car of Bates. A lap ten incident
involving Tony Brunke brushing the frontstretch wall and then
smacking the turn one wall which halted the action didn't seem to
bother Bates as he continued to hold the front spot after the
restart.
Lap sixteen proved fatal for Bates as
he bobbled just enough on turn four to enable Dunlevy to charge past
him to take the front spot in his Turbo Blue sponsored machine to
hold the front spot to the checker. Sam Heckman held down third spot
most of the way with Bill Burba riding right behind him but Gary
Estes was on the move. First he passed Burba for third then Bates
for second and settled for runner-up money in his Superior Auto
Sales sponsored car. Heckman wound up fourth with Burba fifth.
The Muffler Brothers of Xenia E-Mods had
their Super Friday 40 lap $600 to win feature sponsored by R&L
Carriers.
Mike Broaddus and Shawn Stroble led the
field to starter Mike Stapleton's green flag with Stroble, in a
brand new car after crashing his previous mount at Mansfield
Speedway last week stole the lead. Stroble put some distance over
second place running Broaddus who was challenged by Jason Mahaffey
who moved into second on lap four. Stroble continued to set the pace
but getting the fans attention was the yellow #91 of Shawn Gray.
Gray started seventh but had moved into second by lap and had Terry
Humphrey who had started fifth right along with him.
Gray pulled up alongside of Stroble
several times before he was able to make an inside pass on turn four
to snatch the lead. Gray put some distance between he and Stroble
but with five laps to go a caution bunched up the field. On the
restart Stroble came on strong as he challenged Gray to the checker,
settling for second place with Humphrey third followed by Mahaffey
and Broaddus. For Gray and his Video Central sponsored car it was
his second straight win.
The small town of Harveysburg is getting
a reputation of producing winners in the Sport Stock class. Previous
weeks winner Jason "Jug Head" Evans claimed the win and this week
Rusty Clark in the Harveysburg Towing Camaro was first to the
checker.
Mike South Jr. and Clark started in the
front row with Clark taking the lead going into turn one with South
riding second. Mike South Sr. didn't let the two front runners out
of his sight as he ran right with them but when the checker appeared
in was Clark, South Jr., South Sr., followed by Jeff Marsh and Bret
Clark.
The Compact feature was a
hum-dinger which was not settled until the last lap and then it was
close right down to the finish line. Matt Jackson and Chris Clark
set the pace for the start with Jackson taking command while the
rest of the pack fought for positions all fifteen laps. It looked
like Jackson just might take the win but coming from tenth position
was a rookie on the prowl. Jerry Lachman in only his second
appearance behind the wheel or a race car was a man on a mission as
he wormed his way toward the leader. He had moved into second by lap
eight and was closing the gap rapidly when the white flag appeared.
He came on strong coming out of turn four and just nipped Jackson at
the line for his first ever win. Jackson was second trailed by Tim
Haerr, Randy Walton, and Bo Hoelscher.
The KOIL Legend cars made their first
appearance of the season and the fans were not disappointed a least
bit with the action the scaled down cars provided. Toby Alfrey and
Bryan Stowe captured the heats but the feature was one action packed
event.
Madison Rogers and Rob Jones brought
the twenty car field to the green flag with Rogers taking the lead
but on the move from back in the pack was Bryan Nuckles who was in
second when the yellow flew on lap five. Nuckles slipped by Rogers
for the lead on the restart but Rogers rebounded on lap ten when he
surged ahead and from then on it was anybody's guess as to the
outcome would be. The two diced back and forth with Nuckles in the
Columbus Motor Speedway sponsored car won by a whisker with Jack
Jones stealing second with Rogers third followed by Stowe and Tony
Steffen.
Also making their first appearance of the
season was the KOIL Bandoleros with Matt Kussmaul and Sloan
Henderson claiming the heat wins.
For most of the way in their feature it
appeared Sloan would make a clean sweep of the night but the last
lap of the feature changed things. She had been leading right up
until the white flag when Justin Campbell put on move on her coming
down for the checker to dampen her spirits as he was first to the
line with Sloan third as Mitchell Wilhelm claimed runner-up.
The Powder Puff gals closed out the
night and it looked like Amber Isaacs would make it two wins in a
row but a 360 spin cost her the front spot. Teresa Boggs took the
win with Isaacs second, Renne Sanlity third, and Wendy Brunke
fourth.
The Hooters Pro Cup cars invade
Kil-Kare next week with regular racing resuming the following week.
Langs Chevrolet/Mazda Late Models
Feature (30 laps) - Dick Dunlevy Jr.,
Gary Estes, Ricky Bates, Sam Heckman, Bill Burba, John Vallo, Jamie
Sites, Dave Brandenburg, Russ Bobb, Virgil Powell, Ronnie Simpson,
Tony Brunke, Jeff Marsh, Cal Busch
Muffler Brothers of Xenia E-Mods
Feature (Super Friday 40 laps) - Shawn
Gray, Shawn Stroble, Terry Humphrey, Jason Mahaffey, Mike Broaddus,
Shawn Stansell, Rob Garrett, Barrett Tamasovich, Mike Stradling,
Charlie Davis, Ray Muncy, Kim Dill, Derek Barnette
Sport Stocks
Feature (20 laps) - Rusty Clark, Mike
South Jr., Mike South Sr., Jeff Marsh, Bret Clark, Shane Williams,
Jason Evans, Dan Suffron, Mel McMullen, Heath White, Tom Williams,
Steve Shaw, Derek Louderback
Oakley Blacktop Compacts
Feature (15 laps) - Jerry Lachman, Matt
Jackson, Tim Haerr, Randy Walton, Bo Hoelscher, Gary Williams, Ivin
Fugate, Troy Patterson, Chris Clark, Paul Holley, Ron Sagers, Marvin
Amburgy, Chris Boggs
Powder Puffs
Feature (10 laps) - Teresa Boggs, Amber
Isaacs, Renne Sanlity, Wendy Brunke