Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

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Stapleton Scores Again at Kil-Kare Speedway

 

by Jerry Wahl

 

Xenia, Oh. (7/16) - Sam Heckman many have had the fastest NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Late Model Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway in time trials but come feature time it was Jerry Stapleton being the fastest.

  Heckman and Stapleton brought the field to the starting line with Stapleton putting his brother Carl's Monte Carlo ahead of Heckman on the first lap. From then on it was the D'Burg Auto Body/Terry's Radiator Service sponsored #33 of Stapleton all the way to the checker in the 30 lap event.

  A turn three mix-up involving Ron Simpson and Steve Foster on lap eleven was the only caution period of the event. Ricky Bates was home in third with Ken Kohl having his best finish of the season as he claimed fourth. Fifth went to points leader Mike Miller who holds a mere four point lead over Heckman.

  The E-Mod feature was certainly a crowd pleaser with as many as five drivers running under a blanket lap after lap as they tried to catch leader Mike Carroll. Carroll and his McDonalds sponsored open-wheeler had his hands full all the way with Kyle Jones and Dick Dunlevy Jr. trying to pass the leader. Dunlevy slipped back to fourth with four laps to go but when the white flag waved Dunlevy was back in second and as they approached the finish line Dunlevy barely nosed out Jones for second with Jones settling for third place money. Charlie Davis was fourth and fifth was Jason Mahaffey who started fourteenth and coming on strong.

  Probably the most improved driver in the Mini Stocks/Sports Trucks is Gary Eaton Jr. and the young Urbana driver has been showing the veterans the rear of his truck in most of the events. He started third in his feature and on lap two was the leader in his Moore Trucking sponsored Chevy S-10. Eric Snell shot up from eighth to second on lap three. Snell tried to catch Eaton bu Eaton just stepped on the throttle a little harder and pulled away from Snell who claimed second with previous weeks winner Eddie Florarthird followed by Kenny Snyder and Chuck Weaver.

  The Pure Stock feature was also a crowd pleaser with quite a battle for the top spots. First Tim Rauch led the feature then Heath White and then there was the #31 of Tom Williams who claimed the feature win. This was the fourth win of the seaon for Williams and his Vogelsong Chiropractic Mont Carlo. Jamie Sites was second with White limping hom in third. Mike South Jr. and Bret Clark rounded out the top five.

  Eighteen Legends Cars started their main with Loveland's Danny Jackson taking the lead over Bryan Nuckles and Keeton Hanks. Nuckles put his Columbus Motor Speedway sponsored #59 out front on lap four to claim his third win of the year. Jackson started to slow on lap nineteen and then dropped out. Keeton Hanks took second place with Dillon Oliver third and fourth was Toby Alfrey with Al Renner fifth.

  Again it was a Williams and Haerr show-down in the compacts with Gary Williams taking the win for the fifth this year. Williams started eleventh while runner up Tim Haerr started twelfth. Early leader Troy Patterson was third with Dave Lecoccq fourth and Bret Boykin fifth.

  Coming up Friday night, July 23 will be Championship Auto Race Series (CARS) Super Trucks and Baby Grands along with the Late Models, 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

July 16, 2004

 

Late Models

Fast time - Sam Heckman 14.24

Feature - Jerry Stapleton, Sam Heckman, Ricky Bates, Ken Kohl, Mike Miller, Tony Brunke, Don Mahaffey, Russ Bobb, Steve Foster, Ron Simpson, Virgil Powell, Darrell Norman

 

E-Mods

Fast time - Dick Dunlevy Jr. 14.19

Feature - Mike Carroll, Dick Dunlevy Jr., Kyle Jones, Charlie Davis, Jason Mahaffey, Chris Lawson, Jerry Stapleton, Mike Broaddus, Joe Jennings, Kim Dill, Rodney Kreusch, Doug Miller, Rich Miller, Rob Garrett, Derek Barnette

 

Mini Stocks/Sports Trucks

Feature - Gary Eaton Jr., Eric Snell, Eddie Flora, Kenny Snyder, Chuck Weaver, Shawn Sparkman, Matt Potter, John Morris, Rodney Schrack, Shane Sparkman, Zachary Larimore

 

Pure Stocks

Fast time - Tom Williams 15.22

Feature - Tom Williams, Jamie Sites, Heath White, Mike South Jr., Bret Clark, Tim Rauch, Jeff Marsh, Jimmie Johnson, Mike South Sr., Don Robbins, Derrick Louderback, Jason Evans, Duane Bohrer, Shawn Stansell, Melvin McMullen, Paul Norman, Brian Rauch.

 

KOIL Legends Cars

Feature - Bryan Nuckles, Keeton Hanks, Dillion Oiver, Toby Alfrey, Al Renner, Bill Bickley, Mike Laddman, Larry Martin, Terry Childerws, Bill Southworth, Mike Denny, Marc Smith, Byron Stowe, Terry Scherz, Jerry Harlan, Jim Matthews, Alex Blossom, Danny Jackson

 

Compacts

Feature - Gary Williams, Tim Haerr, Troy Ferguson, Dave Lecocq, Brett Boykin, Chip Haerr III, Steve Barnhart, Allen Campbell, Shane Williams, Brian Smiley, Joe Hoelscher, David Shaw, David Sagers,Ed South, Frank McCubben Jr.