Furman Scores First
NASCAR Late Model Win Of Season At West Liberty
Gerry Brick, Bodman & Butteris Also
Take Wins
The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series
presented by Dodge provided the fans with a great night of racing on 3M night at
the races on Saturday, June 1st at the West Liberty Raceway. A 16
race program was run very swiftly with the final checkered of the night waving
at 9:40 p.m.
Matt Furman scored a clean sweep in
the Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Model division. Furman took the
lead at the dropping of the green flag from his outside front row starting
position and went on to build a comfortable lead. A lap 7 caution erased
Furman’s lead bringing several strong runners into contention. Point leader
Denny Eckrich was able to use the caution to his advantage by picking up several
positions. Eckrich was able to get into the second position on lap 17 but was
unable to catch the strong running Furman. At the checkers it was Furman scoring
his first win of the 2002 season over Eckrich, Brian Harris and Steve Boley.
Gerry Brick ran second a week ago in
the Miller Time Modified division to his brother Darrell. This week Gerry was
not going to run second to anyone. Brick shot to the front from his 7th
position start and went on to score an impressive win over Larry Herring. The 20
lap race was only slowed once for a minor caution. Bret Frieden took third at
the checkers ahead of Rick Hixson.
The Dadco Corp/Parker Stores Pro
Stocks ran their double dip night on Saturday night, meaning they were competing
for twice their normal purse. The 15 lap feature was an excellent race that was
run flag to flag. Matt (Bones) Bodman scored his second consecutive feature win
on the West Liberty ½ mile. Bodman worked to the front from a fourth row start
taking the lead with seven laps complete. Bodman went on to hold off a fast
closing Andy Eckrich in taking the win.
Bill Butteris scored his first ever
NASCAR Hobby Stock win at West Liberty topping a strong field in the10 lap main
event. Butteris held off a late race charge by Matt Fulton in taking the win by
less than a car length. Todd Hansen finished very strong in taking third at the
checkers.
Saturday, June 8th the
West Liberty Raceway will host Noel’s Tree &Crane Service Mid-Season
championship races with a 30 lap NASCAR Late Model feature headlining the
program. Race time will be 7 p.m.
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation
Late Models
Heat 1
1.
51 Matt Furman-Iowa City
2.
43 Kurt Stewart-Ainsworth
3.
50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin
Heat 2
1.
30 Dan Brockert-Muscatine
2.
8M Mark Ward-Muscatine
3.
66 Fred Remley-Blue Grass
Heat 3
1.
3t Todd Davis-Iowa City
2.
26 Wayne Brau-Annawan, IL
3.
7 Andy Nezworski-Buffalo
Heat 4
1.
21h BrianHarris-Davenport
2.
1m Rob Moss-Iowa City
3.
26 Steve Boley-West Liberty
Consolation
1.
M32 Marty Beckler-Hills
2.
77 Kurt Kile-West Liberty
3.
58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford
Feature
1.
51 Furman
2.
50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin
3.
21h Harris
4.
26 Boley
5.
13K Denny Petersen-Tipton
6.
26B Brau
7.
31 Brian Morgan-Muscatine
8.
57 TomChristensen-West Liberty
9.
7 Nezworski
10.
8M Ward
11.
30b Brockert
12.
12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL
13.
8 Sonny Findling-Kirksville, MO
14.
77 Kile
15.
1M Moss
16.
18Z Rusty Zook-Riverside
17.
66 Remley
18.
58 Eckrich
19.
18P Randy Peppers-Davenport
20.
88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty
21.
4 Bobby Sexton-West Branch
22.
M32 Beckler
23.
45 Mike Klinkhammer-West Branch
24.
33 Nick Marolf-Moscow
25.
23D Dana Wells-Moscow
26.
28 Jeff Bair-Solon
27.
3T Davis
28.
43 Stewart
Miller Time Modifieds
Heat 1
1.
36 Gerry Brick-West Branch
2.
19Terry Lawson-New Liberty
3.
9Z Mike Zogg-New Liberty
Heat 2
1.
96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree
2.
60 Robbie Verbeck-Annawan, IL
3.
16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon
Heat 3
1.
2h Rick Hixson-Orion, IL
2.
18 Matt Ruess-West Liberty
3.
M2 Scott Megonigle-Cedar Rapids
Feature
1.
36 Gerry Brick-West Branch
2.
96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree
3.
64 Bret Frieden-Walford
4.
2h Hixson
5.
19 Lawson
6.
9Z Zogg
7.
42 John Brumley-Riverside
8.
60 Verbeck
9.
22 Darrell Brick-West Branch
10.
M2 Megonigle
11.
01M Mitch Way-Davenport
12.
37 Todd Stoolman-West Branch
13.
16 Dolan
14.
55 Scott Stecher-Muscatine
15.
D56 Mike Dains-Mechanicsville
16.
45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City
17.
44 Wade Lee-Muscatine
18.
17 Steve Stewart-Washington
19.
2 Jim Vest-Wellman
20.
12 Terry Walker-Riverside
21.
20 John Fellman-Blue Grass
22.
38 Rob Hilyer-Nichols
23.
71Z Raymond Partida-West Liberty
24.
1 Dan Chapman-Clarence
25.
9 Dick Steadman-Hiawatha
26.
18 Ruess
DADCO Corp./Parker Stores Pro
Stocks
Heat 1
1.
56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove
2.
24 Monte Hayden-Wilton
3.
77 Darren Plett-Donahue
Heat 2
1. 69 John Maher-West Branch
2. 11 Troy Philpott-Muscatine
3. 62 Norman Bean-Muscatine
Feature
1.
0 Bodman
2.
56 Eckrich
3.
36 Jason Gingerich-West Liberty
4.
17 Gary Beuter-Tipton
5.
25 Chad Simpson
6.
24 Hayden
7.
11 Philpott
8.
60 Matt Brockert-Muscatine
9.
7 Dale Franklin-Marion
10.
62 Bean
11.
77 Plett
12.
32 Chris Simpson-Marion
13.
69 Maher
14.
2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass
15.
75 Mike Welsh-Davenport
16.
21 Brian VanDusen-Atalissa
17.
3D Dan Lange-Rochester
18.
31 Jeremy Honts-Muscatine
19.
44S Tom Struve-Palo
20.
33 Randy Franzen-Maquoketa
NASCAR Hobby Stocks
Heat 1
1.
66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine
2.
9 Davey Elliott-Moscow
3.
D1 Matt Fulton-Muscatine
Heat 2
1.
15 Jared Collins-West Liberty
2.
100 Dave Schrier-Muscatine
3.
0 Stan O’Brien-Muscatine
Feature
1.
2B Bill Butteris-Lisbon
2.
D1 Fulton
3.
21 Todd Hansen-Muscatine
4.
9 Davey Elliott-Moscow
5.
100 David Schrier-Muscatine
6.
0 O’Brien
7.
57J JeremieThompson-Ainsworth
8.
42V Darren Voss-Wilton
9.
15 Collins
10.
25 Jim Schrier-Washington
11.
66 Erwin
12.
72 Doug Yates-Monticello
13.
23 Dennis Etten-Wyoming
14.
S9 Ron Schreurs-Fruitland
15.
20 Dan Albright-Hiawatha
16.
99 Jason Speers-Oxford
17.
40 Jake Purdy-West Liberty
West Liberty Raceway
6/01/02
By: Jerry Mackey
