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Kil-Kare
Speedway
"Greene
County's Fastest Ovals"
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
Stroble Scores First
Ever Win at Kil-Kare Speedway
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH.
(6/24) - It was "open wheel" night at Kil-Kare Speedway
featuring the USAC Ford Focus Midgets and a 50 lap E-Mod
feature.
It
certainly was a night E-Mod driver Shawn Stroble will remember
for a long time as the former Mansfield Speedway champion scored
his first ever win a Kil-Kare. He started the evening off by
setting fast time of 13.914 in time trials which was a warm-up
of what was to come in the $1500 to win 50 lap feature.
Shawn Gray
and Kim Dill brought the 20 car field to the starting line with
Gray taking the lead followed by Mike Broaddus, Terry Humphrey
and Jason Mahaffey and Dill.
It was
evident Stroble's fast time was not a fluke as he was on the
move advancing up from his eleventh place starting slot. By lap
five he dropped Dill back a spot as he went after fourth place
runner Mahaffey, dropping him back and then it Humphrey who he
disposed of three laps later. Next it was Broaddus followed by
the chase for the lead.
With Gray
holding on to the front spot which he enjoyed for nineteen laps
at which time Stroble made an outside pass coming out of turn
four for the lead. From then on it was Stroble's race to the
checker while behind him all eyes were now on five time winner
Dick Dunlevy Jr. Dunlevy was making moves through traffic trying
to catch Stroble but time ran out as Stroble and his
Sherwin-Williams sponsored machine claimed the checker first.
Shawy Gray
had better luck than the week before when he crashed after
receiving the checker flag as he claimed runner-up money with
Dunlevy third. Jason Mahaffey was fourth and Terry Humphrey
fifth.
Pure
Stock driver Brett Clark was one happy camper as he ended a long
dry spell by winning the feature. His win was not an easy one by
any means as visiting Columbus Motor Speedway's Donald Parsons
was right behind him holding down second spot with Mike South
Jr. badgering him all the way. South did manage to squeeze by to
take second with Parsons third. Jimmy Johnson and Shane Williams
rounded out the top five.
The Compacts rounded out the regular Friday night divisions with
another new name appearing in the winners circle as Randall
Walton recorded his first ever win. Matt Jackson led the first
two laps with Walton the next one and then Donald Page showed as
the leader until he was sidelined along with Allen Campbell in a
mix-up on the backstretch.
This put
Walton back in the lead for the final five laps with he
receiving the checker in front of Bo Hoelscher who had his best
finish ever. David Shaw was third followed by Shawn Sparkman and
Irvin Fugate.
The USAC
Ford Focus Midgets made their first ever appearance at Kil-Kare
much to the pleasure of the fans who gave them an overwhelming
reception.
Tate Martz
recorded the fastest time to hold the track record at 13.626
just shy of 100 mile per hour at 99.078 mph.
Heat wins
went to Kyle Robbins, Stephanie Mockler, and Matt Westfall.
Though the
action was slowed by three cautions due to spins and one red
flag when Jeff Leeke flipped on the frontstretch when he ran
over a spinning cars wheel. He was uninjured but out of
competition.
Nick
Wagner was the early leader, leading the first four laps with
Ronnie Wuerdeman on his tail . The next lap showed Wuerdeman out
front Brandon Hartsell and Wagner waging a battle for second.
When the
checker fell it Wuerdeman taking the win, his first on the
three-eights mile track but not his first at Kil-Kare as he had
won some twenty plus quarter-midget features on the
quarter-midget track.
Hartsell
ended up second followed by James Robertson, Tate Martz, and
Derek Fisher.
Next
Friday night, July 1, The Hooters Pro Cup cars will be running a
250 lap event plus the Pure Stocks will also be running with the
gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Kil-Kare Speedway
6/24/06
USAC Ford
Focus Midgets
Fast
time - Tate Martz 13.626 (track record)
Heat winners - Kyle
Robbins, Stephanie Mockler, Matt Westfall
Feature (25 laps) -
Ronnie Wuerderman, Brandon Hartsell, James Robertson, Tate
Martz, Derek Fisher, Stephanie Mockler, Nick Wagner, Adam
Kramer, Kyle Robbins, Kevin Studley, Zachary Gibson, Tony Main,
Brandon Wagner, Ethan Tessendorf, Joshua Clemons, Ricky Ehrgott,
Jimmy Light, Jeff Leeke, Matt Westfall
E-Mods
Fast time - Shawn
Stroble 13.914
Feature (50 laps,
$1500 to win) - Shawn Stroble, Shawn Gray, Dick Dunlevy Jr.,
Jason Mahaffey, Terry Humphrey, Don Fleming Jr., Kim Dill, Jerry
Stapleton, Charlie Davis, Derek Barnette, Barrett Tamasovich,
Dave Spencer, Curt Dinsmor, Rob Garrett, Mike Broadus, Brian
Brewer, Jason Dennis, Mike Carroll, Bob Stansell, Dave Stacey,
Rich Miller, Mike Stacey
Pure Stocks
Fast time - Jeff
Marsh 15.313
Feature (20 laps) -
Bret Clark, Mike South Jr., Donald Parsons, Jimmy Johnson, Shane
Williams, Paul Norman, Jamie Sites, Jeff Marsh, Tony Cottrill
Compacts
Feature (15 laps) -
Randall Walton, Bo Hoelscher, David Shaw, Shawn Sparkman, Irvin
Fugate, Marvin Amburgy, Todd Pelfrey, David Sagers, Donald Page,
Allen Campbell, Bob Mills, Matt Jackson, Shane Sparkman, Dave
Lecocq, David Craft, Frank McCubbin Jr.
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