Kil-Kare
Speedway
"Greene County's Fastest Ovals"
1166
Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia,
Ohio 45485
937 429-2961
Norman
Takes Kil-Kare Late Model Win
by Jerry
Wahl
Xenia,
OH (7/29) - Darrell Norman just happened to
be in the right place at the right time
Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway during the
NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Late Model
feature. Norman had been running in fourth
position when the top two cars crashed and
the third place running car pitted with
electrical problems which put Norman in the
number one spot.
Dave
Brandenburg and Ronnie Simpson started on
the front row with veteran Brandenburg
taking the lead in his Dodge only to see the
caution come out when rookie Keith Bales
spun on turn two. When the green finally
appeared Brandenburg once again took the
lead with Simpson second but by lap three
previous weeks winner Bill Burba was in
second and kept closing the gap on
Brandenburg.
By the
half-way point It was Brandenburg, Burba,
Tony Brunke who had started seventh, Norman,
and Sam Heckman. Fast timer Brunke had just
passed Burba for second and was alongside
Brandenburg when Brandenburg lost a wheel
resulting with both he and Brunke hitting
the turn one wall. Brunke darted to the pits
to repair his car but Brandenburg was not as
fortunate as his car had to be hauled off
the track.
Burba
would have been the leader on the restart
but he had to visit the pits to make a
repair which put him on the tail-end for the
restart with five laps to go.
Fourth
place running Norman found himself in the
drivers seat which he held until the checker
to claim his first ever Late Model feature
win. Sam Heckman was second with eighth
place starter Ricky Bates third, Virgil
Powell fourth, and fifth was Russ Bobb.
Brunke
was fast timer at 14.380 with the dash being
won by second generation driver Keith Bales.
followed by Dave Brandenburg, Darrell
Norman, and Ronnie Simpson.
For
the second week in a row the E-Mod feature
was a crowd pleaser with super close racing.
Polesetter Dave Spencer led the first five
laps while fifth place starter Shawn Stroble
was on the move, quickly moving into second
and the chase was on. Stroble and his
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finish machine
showed as the leader on lap six with Mike
Carrol moving into second and a swift moving
Shawn Gray had advanced from 9th to third by
lap eleven.
Two
laps later he claimed second and started to
chase down leader Stroble. Gray, who was
fast qualifier at 14.022 was right on
Strobles rear bumper with Carroll right
behind them when Gray made contact with
Stroble on the white flag lap with both cars
spinning as well as Dick Dunlevy Jr. who did
so when Derek Barnette lost an engine.
Stroble won the shoot-out to the checker
with Carroll second, previous weeks winner
Terry Humphrey third, Jason Mahaffey up from
eleventh fourth, and Charlie Davis fifth.
Kim
Dill became the first female to win a dash
at Kil-Kare as she took the win over Rob
Stansell and Rodney Kreusch.
The
Pure Stock feature had to be restarted as
five cars piled-up on the first lap on turn
four. Jimmy Johnson and Shane Williams led
the field to the green with Johnson jumping
out front followed by Bret Clark and fifth
place starter Shawn Stansell. Stansell made
an inside pass on Clark to steal second and
then three laps later did the same to
Johnson for the lead in his Affordable Auto
Parts Camaro.
Previous weeks winner Tom Williams dropped
Clark to third as he moved in on the leader
and then eighth place starter Jamie Sites
slipped by Clark. It was a close finish as
Stansell claimed his fourth win of the
season with Williams second, Sites third,
Clark fourth, and Jeff Marsh fifth.
Heath
White was fast timer at 15.240 but was
eliminated in the lap one crash of the
feature. Mel McMullen won the dash over
Rusty Clark and Dave Taylor.
You
never know who is going to come out the
winner of the Compact feature until the
checker falls as they make their charge to
the front. Polesetter Ivin Fugate had the
pleasure of leading the first two laps and
then it was Bo Hoelscher out front. In the
meantime sixth place starter Donald Page and
eighth place starter Tim Haerr was working
the field on their way to the leader. Haerr
made another daring inside turn four pass to
stake his claim on the lead in his
Mahaffey's Auto Salvage sponsored machine to
claim his second win of the season. Six time
winner Page was second with Hoelscher third,
Chip Haerr came from the tail-end to claim
fourth, and fifth was one time winner
Randall Walton.
Next
Friday night, August 5, will be double 30
lap features for the Late Models with double
points offered for the E-Mods, Pure Stocks,
and Compacts with the gates opening at 6
p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Kil-Kare
Speedway
NASCAR
Dodge Weekly Series
7/29/05
Late
Models
Fast
time: Tony Brunke 14.380
Dash -
Keith Bales, Dave Brandenburg, Darrell
Norman, Ronnie Simpson
Feature
(30 laps) - Darrell Norman, Sam Heckman,
Ricky Bates, Virgil Powell, Russ Bobb, Ken
Kohl, Ronnie Simpson, Les Miller, Tony
Brunke, Keith Bales, Dave Brandenburg
E-Mods
Fast
time: Shawn Gray 14.022
Dash -
Kim Dill, Rob Stansell, Rodney Kreusch
Feature
(30 laps) - Shawn Stroble, Mike Carroll,
Terry Humphrey, Jason Mahaffey, Charlie
Davis, Dave Spencer, Barret Tamasovich, Eric
Withers, Mark Timmerman, Dick Dunlevy Jr.,
Jason Dennis, Kim Dill, Shawn Gray, Derek
Barnette, Rodney Kreusch, Greg Isaac, Rob
Stansell
Pure
Stocks
Fast
time: Heath White 15.204
Dash -
Mel McMullen, Rusty Clark, Dave Taylor
Feature
(20 laps) - Shawn Stansell, Tom Williams,
Jamie Sites, Bret Clark, Jeff Marsh, Mike
South Sr., Shane Williams, Derek Louderbach,
Mel McMullen, Jimmy Johnson, Rusty Clark,
Mike South Jr., Ed Lorentts, Heath White,
Travis Digges, Dave Taylor
Compacts
Feature
(15 laps) - Tim Haerr, Donald Page, Bo
Hoelscher, Chip Haerr, Randall Walton, Matt
Jackson, Allen Campbell, Dave Lecocq, Troy
Patterson, Frank McCubbin Jr., Ivin Fugate,
Todd Pelfrey, Marvin Amburgy, Bob Mills
