Martin, Harrison, Eilers, Koch, Suhre and the Kids all winners at Highland
(August 28, 2010) HIGHLAND IL – Highland Speedway known for its family tradition continued one of them this past Saturday night. While the racing was the featured attraction, the kids took center stage. More than 100 young fans took part in another big JR Fan Club giveaway in which everyone in attendance received a prize and everyone had a chance to participate in a nickel race on the front straight away. Besides picking up nickels, specialty marked coins were in the mix. Those coins were good for a new bicycle. Once intermission was over, the racing resumed on the Speedway.
The UMP Late Models were the first to take the evenings events green flag. Fast” Frankie Martin from DuQuoin IL lived up to his nickname as he started from the pole and led all 25 laps of the UMP Super Late Model event. “The Salty Dog” Rick Salter form Albers Il, started second row out side and maneuvered around the cars of Brian Wolfmeier and Paul Bailey to claim the runner up spot. Wolfmeier and Bailey finished third and fourth respectively and Highland’s points leader “The Highland Bulldog” Chad Zobrist, finished fifth coming form an eighth place starting position.
Mike Harrison made it three wins in three days as the driver of the 24H began the weekend with a win on Thursday night at a special event held in Mt.Vernon IL and a weekly show win on Friday at Brownstown IL. The win Saturday at Highland in the UMP Steve Schmitt Modifieds wasn’t a runaway has Brian Bielong in the #73 started from the outside fourth row (eighth) and made his presence known. The first part of the twenty lap feature went caution free. Harrison was well into the lead and was moving around lap traffic. A caution bunched the field and gave Bielong a chance to see the leader as he was now in the fourth position. While the first caution was good for the 73 of Bielong the next caution slowed his momentum. A caution with four laps to go had Harrison on point followed by Bielong, and Marty Smith JR right behind. Harrison proved to be a bit too strong as he held onto the lead and captured his 10th feature win at Highland this season. Bielong was second followed by Smith Jr, Chris Smith, and Brett “The Kid” Korvis”, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Russell Eilers found his way back into victory lane at Highland Saturday night with a win in the Sportsmen division. The finishing order was changed as a post race inspection found several cars illegal. The official finishing order was Russell Eilers, Allan Geiseking, Aaron Melton, Rob Lee and Rick Johnson.
Tim Koch became a first time winner in the UMP Street Stock class. With a crash fest going on behind him, the driver of the 52 stayed up front and held on for the win. Shaun Hortsmann, Brad Venhaus, Jeff Buss and Michael Ripperda, Jr completed the top five.
Justin Suhre débuted a new car and promptly drove it into victory lane in the UMP Factory Stocks he was followed by Jordan Suhre, Willy Myers, Bobby Funderburk, and Casey Burns.
The make up feature from the previous week in the Factory stock saw Willy Myers take home his first trophy in his racing career. He was followed to the finish line by Trevor Isaak, Jordan Suhre, Bobby Funderburk and Brent Weaver.
In a special exabition race put on by the Gateway Vintage Race cars, Butch Graham in a 57 Chevy finished ahead of a full field of nostalgic racers.
Highland Notes: Saturday September 4th is Championship night for all classes at the Speedway.
Race Results for 8/28/2010
UMP Late Model – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 25 Frankie Martin
2 1S Rick Salter
3 441 Brian Wolfmeier
4 81 Paul Bailey
5 78 Chad Zobrist
6 9 Aaron Kleine
7 18 Bobby Dauderman
8 27 Mike Schulte
9 10C DJ Cygan
10 31 Brent Helmkamp
11 11X Brandon Hogenson
12 5 Michael Jacober
13 20 John Cory
14 85 Justin Ketrow
15 33 Shannon Kuhn
16 44 Lonnie Casey
17 4 Jason Suhre
UMP Steve Schmitt Modified – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 24H Mike Harrison
2 73 Brian Bielong
3 55 Marty Smith, Jr
4 155 Chris Smith
5 25 Brett Korves
6 E55 Chad Sellers
7 24J Steve Lach
8 68 Andy Oswald
9 75 Eric Faust
10 00 Steven Ellison
11 00S Cody Stilwell
12 3R Jeremy Thoele
13 56 Ron Hartnagel
14 53 Dave Smith
15 71 Lynn Tidwell
16 T Tim Fohne
17 241D Dean Hoffman
18 21 Khris Fohne
19 84 Tyler Deibert
20 153 Joe Hauck
21 316 Stephen Plog
22 56M Dave McDougal
23 51 Chris Geisen
24 27E Kyle Mixon DNS
UMP Sportsman – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 8E Russell Eilers
2 6 Allan Geiseking
3 441 Aaron Melton
4 88 Rob Lee
5 92J Rick Johnson
6 3 Ryan Eilers
7 96 Matt Koch
8 1G Len Garson
9 18 Jimmy Miller
10 88S Scott Drew
11 56B Jim Lafferty, Jr
12 C16 Cory Brown
13 196 Jon Ripperda DQ
14 9 Nathan Schmitt DQ
UMP Street Stock – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 52 Tim Koch
2 54 Shaun Hortsmann
3 55V Brad Venhaus
4 101 Jeff Buss
5 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr
6 8T T J Eilers
7 6A Amber Casey
8 14 Tommy Gaither
9 64 Brian Crawford
10 29 Stephen Fohne
11 11 Casey Schaefer
12 4 Larry Smith, Jr
13 88 Kenny Landolt
14 36 Eric Harris
15 52J Cody Johnson
16 83G Kevin Goodbrake
17 07 William Stonecipher
18 94 Dustin Clary
19 53R Matthew Rose
20 53 Justin Leichsenring
21 1Z Zach Hoffman
22 84 Michael Leichsenring DNS
UMP Factory Stock – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 24 Justin Suhre
2 26 Jordan Suhre
3 21M Willy Myers
4 97 Bobby Funderburk
5 21 Casey Burns
6 89 Justin Shaw
7 17R Jacob Rexing
8 6S Nathan Schmidt
9 R6 Dave Racer
10 9X Trevor Isaak
11 95 Dayton Racer
12 29H Cale Hartnagel
13 91 Shaun Hortsmann
14 9T Travis Horner
15 121V Rick Viviano
16 86 Christian Lee
17 441 Cody Ventimiglia
18 81LE Lacey Egbert
19 28J Justin Hall
20 17W Brent Weaver DQ
21 6 Austin Isaak DNS
22 21D Brent Davis DNS
Race Results for 8/21/2010
Make-up Feature
UMP Factory Stock – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 21M Willy Myers
2 9X Trevor Isaak
3 26 Jordan Suhre
4 97 Bobby Funderburk
5 17W Brent Weaver
6 17R Jacob Rexing
7 89 Justin Shaw
8 4 Justin Suhre
9 29H Cale Hartnagel
10 9T Travis Horner
11 86 Christian Lee
12 28 Roy Simmons
13 441 Cody Ventimiglia
14 6 Austin Isaak
15 6S Shea Gagne
16 00 Ryan Emig DNS
17 22 Eddie Sterns DNS
Vintage Cars – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 57 Butch Graham
2 99M Jeff Masson
3 T5 Dave White, Sr
4 35 Rich Wolfmeier
5 1G George McClintock
6 56 Carrie Haverstick
7 61 Dustin McClintock
8 92 Joe Hauck
9 2E Stu McClintock
10 0 0 Cliff Hensley
11 5 Tim Eaves
12 8 ball Dale Haverstick
13 59K Bryan Kraemer
14 33 Cheryl Wolfmeier
15 8 Mark Rost
16 70 Marc McClintock
17 57X Glenn Kane
18 66 Dean Adams, Jr
19 17 Jim Hunter
20 99S Rich Steyh DNS
