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Kil-Kare
Speedway
"Greene
County's Fastest Ovals"
1166
Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio
45385
937 429-2961
Brunke and Dunlevy Win
Streaks Broken at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, Ohio
(6/17) - Friday nights racing action at Kil-Kare Speedway had 100
race cars present to entertain the fans and that they did. By the
time the checker flag waved on the Late Model and E-Mod features
there were new winners in the winners circle as Tony Brunke had his
four straight Late Model wins broken by Gary Estes and Mike Carroll
stopped Dick Dunlevy Jr.'s five straight wins in the E-Mods.
Former track
champion Dave Brandenburg and Ray Muncy paced the NASCAR Dodge
Weekly Series Late Models to the green flag with Brandenburg putting
his Dodge out front with John Stroble and Muncy running bumper to
bumper right behind him. Muncy had the misfortune of hitting the
turn one wall when his right front tire went down.
Crafty
Brandenburg continued to set the pace while behind him there was
quite a battle for spots between Mike Miller, Sam Heckman, Tony
Brunke, and Gary Estes when fast qualifier Bill Burba (15.204) spun
on the front stretch on lap sixteen.
After the
restart Gary Estes poured the power to his Bond Machine sponsored
Pontiac as he advanced toward the front. By lap twenty-one he had
caught up to Brandenburg, sized him up, and made an outside pass
going into turn one for the lead. Brandenburg in desperation of
trying to hold off Estes pass spun on turn two and was delegated to
the tail end.
With the laps
winding down points leader Tony Brunke was trying to get to the
front but time ran out and he had to settle for third spot behind
second place finisher John Stroble. Sam Heckman claimed fourth and
Ricky Bates fifth.
It was Estes
first appearance of the season and in victory lane he commented "it
seemed like a long long race but all the guys ran me clean".
Seventeen
E-Mods started the feature with Shawn Gray and veteran Terry
Humphrey on the front row but it was the younger driver Shawn Gray
taking the lead with Derek Barnette and Humphrey third on the first
lap. Fifth place starter Mike Carroll was in second by lap three and
six laps later me passed Gray on the outside on turn one for the
lead. In the meantime undefeated Dick Dunlevy Jr. who started way
back in ninth was on the move. By the halfway mark he was in second
and sizing up Carroll for the noted Dunlevy pass.
As the two
approached traffic Dunlevy had the misfortune of being caught up in
slower traffic while Carroll was able to put some distance over the
chasing Dunlvey. As the white flag came out a four car crash on the
front stretch that eliminated the cars of Jason Mahaffey, Donnie
Hill, and Mike Broaddus also brought the caution flag setting up a
one lap shoot-out between Carroll and Dunlevy.
Carroll was
able to hold off Dunlevy to score his first win of the year in his
McDonalds sponsored open-wheeler. With Dunlevy second third went to
John Stroble, fourth was Derek Barnette, and fifth was Charlie
Davis.
In probably
the shortest Mini Stock/Sports Truck feature in Kil-Kare history as
the event was cut to five laps as only four machines were present
and two of them crashed on the first lap. Fast timer Kenny Snyder
(14.061) and Eddie Flora locked together coming out of turn four and
landed wedged together at the track exit ramp. Gary Eaton Jr. in his
Vital Signs and Graphics Chevy S-10 won with Matt Potter second,
Flora credited with third and Snyder fourth.
With $400
dangling in front of the Pure Stocks you would have thought there
was a full moon with all the wild antics that caused seven yellow
flags and the event called complete after the last caution.
Heath White
and Jimmy Johnson started on the front row of what was to be a 40
lap feature. White got the lead with Johnson running third and like
the Late Models, the other drivers behind them were battling for
positions. After the third restart fast timer Tom Williams (15.204)
was on the move from his 9th place starting spot.
White
continued
to lead and on lap seventeen Williams was in second and two more
cautions followed. They restarted with Williams trying to make a pass
on White on turns three and four when apparently contact was made
and White crashed hard into the outside wall. Due to time
restrictions the event was called complete and the finish reverted
back to the last completed lap which gave White the win. Johnson
was third with Mike South Jr. fourth and Jamie Sites fifth.
Donald Page
added to his points lead in the Compacts by capturing his
third feature of the year. Dave Lecocq was second followed by Frank
McCubbin Jr., Allen Campbell, and Randall Walton
A full field
of KOIL Legend Cars started their feature and the star of the event
was thirteen year old John Memmer. The youngster held the lead all
the way to take the win over Danny Jackson, Toby Alfrey, Byron
Stowe, and Mike Amell. Heat wins went to Bryan Nuckles, Jackson, and
Jack Jones. Nuckles and Jones were eliminated in a lap nine feature
crash.
In Bandaolaros
action Justin Hines captured the feature over Alan Baker, Eric
Redmond, Justin Campbell, and Richard Shank. Hines and John Myers
won the heats.
Racing resumes
next Friday, June 24, featuring the USAC Ford Focus Midgets, a 50
lap E-Mod feature plus the Late Models and Compacts will see action
with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Kil-Kare Speedway
Results 6/17/05
Late Models
Fast time - Bill
Burba 14.156
Feature (30
laps) - Gary Estes, John Stroble, Tony Brunke, Sam Heckman, Ricky
Bates, Ronnie Simpson, Russ Bobb, Dave Brandenburg, Les Miller, Bill
Burba, Virgil Powell, Ray Muncy
E-Mods
Fast time - Dick
Dunlevy Jr. 13.859
Feature (30
laps) - Mike Carroll, Dick Dunlevy Jr., Shawn Stroble, Derek
Barnette, Charlie Davis, Shawn Gray, Terry Humphrey, Don Fleming
Jr., Dave Spencer, Kim Dill, Rich Miller, Jason Dennis, Rodney
Kreusch, Mike Broaddus, Jason Mahaffey, Donnie Hill, Barret
Tamasovich
Pure Stocks
Fast time - Tom
Williams 15.204
Feature (21
laps) - Heath White, Tom Williams, Jimmy Johnson, Mike South Jr.,
Jamie Sites, Mike South Sr., Ed Lorentes, Jeff Marsh, Shane
Williams, Derek Louderbach, Mel McMullen, Bret Clark, Duane Bohrer,
Travis Digges, Shawn Stansell, Paul Norman
Min
Stocks/Sports Trucks
Fast time -
Kenny Snyder 14.061
Feature (5 laps)
- Gary Eaton Jr., Matt Potter, Eddie Flora, Kenny Snyder
Compacts
Feature (15
laps) - Donald Page, Dave Lecocq, Frank MeCubbin Jr., Allen
Campbell, Randall Walton, Troy Patterson, David Shaw, Matther
Jackson, Dave Sagers, Bob Mills, Marvin Amburgy, Todd Pelfrey, Irvin
Fugate, Brett Boykin
KOIL Legends
Heat winners -
Bryan Nuckles, Danny Jackson, Jack Jones
Feature (25
laps) - John Memmer, Danny Jackson, Toby Alfrey, Byron Stowe, Mike
Amell, Bill Bickley, Tony Steffen, Jonas Larkin, Terry Childers,
Terry Scherz, Gandy Moore, Chris Wilson, Porky Smith, Mike Ladman,
Spanks Overbeck, John Wachter, Butch Wills, Tim Baker, Jason Webster
KOIL Bandolaros
Heat winners -
Justin Hines and John Myers
Feature (15
laps) - Justin Hines, Alan Baker, Eric Redmond, John Campbell,
Richard Shank, Megan Reitenour, Doug Myers, Casey Moore, Sloan
Henderson
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