Kil-Kare Speedway

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Mahaffey Ends Bates Win Streak at Kil-Kare

 

by Jerry Wahl

 

Xenia, Oh (4/23) - Dayton's Don Mahaffey stopped Rickey Bates dominance of the late model division at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night when he captured the NASCAR Dodge Racing Series feature. Bates had won the previous two weeks but Friday night it was Mahaffey and the Bob Korn owned/Affordable Auto Parts sponsored Ford Taurus claiming the win with Bates finishing fourth.

 

Mafaffey and Steve Foster brought the field to starter Don Beddies green flag with Mahaffey jumping out front with Foster second. Fast timer (14.08) Bates was on the move, taking over second on lap four and closed in on  Mahaffey when the first yellow appeared when Teddy Beach and Virgil Powell tangled on turn one with Powell being eliminated.

  On the restart Bates continued to dog Mahaffey with Mike Miller charging toward the front when the yellow came out when Foster brushed the frontstretch wall and was out. Three laps later Russ Bobb was eliminated when he and Beach made contact on turn one. From then on it was Mahaffey in command for the win with Miller right behind him in second. Tony Brunke dropped Bates back to fourth as he finished third with Bates fourth and Jerry Stapleton fifth.

 

 Jerry Stapleton's misfortune in  the E-Mod feature was a blessing for Dick Dunlevy Jr. The two veteran drivers brought the field to the green flag with Stapleton taking the lead and appeared to be on his way to claim his first feature of the year. Unfortunately a mechanical problem saw him exit to the pits on  lap eight and from then on it was Dunlevy in command for his first win of the year. The event ran non-stop with fast timer (14.09) Charlie Davis claiming runner-up honors followed by Jeff Wilson, Derek Barnette, and Kim Dill.

 

 Defending mini stock/sports truck driver Eddie Flora became the third different winner in his class as he kept his Store-N-Lock Chevy S-10 all the way to the checker. Sixth place starter Kenny Snyder charged up to challenge Flora when the caution came out when previous winners Eric Snell and Gary Eaton Jr. tangled on the backstretch. Snyder continued to dog Flora all the way to the checker but had to settle for second with Eaton coming back to claim third with Shawn Sparkman fourth and Snell fifth.

  Heath White of Springfield showed that his fast time (15.21) was no fluke as he captured his first pure stock main  of the year. Heath stole the lead at the start and never looked back with Tom Williams, the opening night's winner placing second followed by Bret Clark when came back from an earlier spin to claim third. Bill Burba was fourth and Mike South Jr. fifth.

  The Tom Gill KOIL Legends Cars made their second appearance of the year at Kil-Kare Friday and Indianapolis driver James Robertson made the long trip profitable again as he collected his second straight feature.

  Al Renner and Jack Jones cap. captured the heats In the feature Jones and Danny Jackson brought the field to the line with Jackson taking the lead while fifth place starter Robertson was on the move. He took over second place on lap eight and lap eleven showed him as the leader and that is where he stayed until the checker. Jackson was second with Jones third with fourth going to Renner and fifth was Jeff Denny.

  Brett Boykin tried to put a stop to Gary Williams and Tim Haerr's dominance in the compact cars but he fell short two spots when the checker waved. He did lead for ten laps though as Williams and Haerr weeded their way from the back of the pack toward the leading Boykin. With four laps to go Williams took the lead and  win  with Haerr second. Behind Boykin in third was Steve Barnhart and Shane Williams.

 

SUMMARY

 

Late Models

Fast time - Ricky Bates 14.08

Feature (30 laps) - Don Mahaffey, Mike Miller, Tony Brunke, Ricky Bates, Jerry Stapleton, Ron Simpson, Russ Bobb, Teddy Beach, Steve Foster, Virgil Powell, Ken Kohl

 

E-Mods

Fast time - Charlie Davis 14.09

Feature (25 Laps) - Dick Dunlevy Jr., Charlie Davis, Jeff Wilson, Derek Barnette, Kim Dill, Mike Carroll, Jason Mahaffey, Dan  Williams, Ryan Dunlevy, Joe Jennings, Mike Broaddus, Dave Spencer, Rodney Kreusch, Jerry Stapleton

 

Mini stocks/sports trucks

Feature (20 laps) - Eddie Flora, Kenny Snyder, Gary Eaton Jr., Shawn Sparkman, Eric Snell, Chuck Weaver, John Norris, Matt Potter

 

Pure Stocks

Fast time - Heath White (15.28)

Feature (20 laps) - Heath White, Tom Williams, Bret Clark, Bill Burba, Mike South Jr., Duane Bohrer, Jeff Marsh, Don Robbins, Derrick Loudermilk, Jamie Sites, Jimmie Johnson, Jason  Evans, Mike South Sr., Melvin McMullen, billy Ritchie

 

Tom Gill KOIL Legends

Heat winners - Al Renner $ Jack Jones

Feature (25 laps) - James Robertson, Danny Jackson, Jack Jones, Al Renner, Jeff Denny, Bill Bickley, Mike Smith, Terry Scherz, Toby  Alfrey, Jon Larkin, Mike Ladman, Phillip Snellen, Larry Martin, Shawn McCombs, Chad Smith, Butch Wills, Byron Stowe, Terry Childers

 

Compacts

Feature (15 laps) - Gary Williams, Tim Haerr, Brett Boykin, Steve Barnhart, Shane Williams, Brian  Smiley, Dave Lecocq, Frank McCubbin Sr., Anthony Heitzman, Walter Campbell, Joe Hoelscher, Sonny Haerr, David Sagers, David Shaw