Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

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Brunke Scores at Kil-Kare Speedway

 

by Jerry Wahl

 

Xenia, Ohio (5/7/04) - Tony Brunke of Piqua scored an impressive and emotional win Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway in the NASCAR Dodge Racing Series Late Model feature. Starting eighth in his Monte Carlo Brunke made his drive to front the hard way, passing competitors on the outside one by one as he advanced toward the front to claim his first win of the season and his first since one since August 6, 1999.

  Polesetter Ricky Bates, with two wins to his credit this season jumped into the lead with one time winner and fourth place starter Don Mahaffey Jr. moving into second with Mike Miller right behind him in third. The first caution appeared on lap six when Russ Bobb and Mike Ward tangled with Ward retiring from the event  Bobb made a pit stop.

  On the restart Mahaffey slipped by Bates for the lead but Mahaffey's hopes of win number two diminished eight laps later when the second caution appeared which eliminated Bates for the night. Brunke had taken the lead just before the caution and resumed to lead but had a scary moment when he spun on turn four after being bumped by second place running Miller who was sent to the tail and Brunke put back in the lead. Even though the caution flew one more time, Brunke was not to be denied the win as he stayed in front the rest of the way. Sam Heckman claimed second with Mahaffey third followed by Miller and Ron Simpson. Fast time went to Bates at 14.36.

  Kettering's Mike Carroll, a former E-Mod track champion became the fourth different winner in that class this season as he led all the way leaving his competitors to fend for themselves. Last years champion Jerry Stapleton claimed second with Jason Mahaffey getting around Dick Dunlevy Jr. to finish third with Dunlevy fourth and fifth was Jeff Wilson. Charlie Davis had fast time of 14.18.

  Urbana chauffeur Gary Eaton Jr. became the first repeat winner in the Mini Stocks/Sports Trucks. Kenny Snyder led the first five laps with Eaton and his Chevy SO-10 in command the rest of the way, winning by quarter-lap over the Mustang of Snyder. The event which ran non-stop saw sixth place starter Eddie Flora place third with first weeks winner Eric Snell fourth and fifth was Chuck Weaver.

  Springfield's Heath White made it two wins in a row in the Pure Stocks as he beat fellow front row starter and fast timer Jeff Marsh (15.20) out of turn two for the lead which he kept all the way to the checker. Marsh, last years champion held on for second while former compact driver Jamie Sites claimed third. It was a close battle for the next positions though as Tom Williams came across the line fourth and Mike South Jr., both former winners this year claimed fourth and fifth.

  The Compact division has turned into the Haerr/Williams show as Tim Haerr of Enon and Gary Williams of Riverside have claimed the top two spots in each of the four events held this year. The duo started 13th and 14th respectively in the feature and when the checker waved Haerr evened the score with his second win to match Williams two wins. Of course second was Williams just like the previous time when Haerr won  his first feature. Third was Steve Barnhart followed by Dave Decoct and Frank McCabe Sr.

 

Late Models

 Fast time - Ricky Bates 14.36

 Feature (30 laps ) - Tony Brunke, Sam Heckman, Don Mahaffey Jr., Mike Miller, Ron Simpson, Jerry Stapleton, Virgil Powell, Russ Bobb, Ken Kohl, Ricky Bates, Dale taylor, Mike Ward, Steve Foster

 

E-Mods

 Fast time - Charlie Davis 14.18

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

 

 Mini Stocks/Sports Trucks

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

 

Pure Stocks

 Fast time - Jeff Marsh 15.20

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

 

Compacts

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