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Eckrich extends West Liberty points lead

WEST LIBERTY
Iowa (June 9, 2001) 

Denny Eckrich picked up his second NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Late Model win of the season on Saturday June 9th, becoming the first driver in eight events to do so. The win padded his already comfortable points lead in the season-long battle.

Ray Guss Jr appeared to be the odds on favorite by virtue of his front row starting position. Guss used the cushion to open up a huge lead while Matt Furman, Fred Remely and Bobby Sexton battled it out for the second spot. By the time the racing action slowed for a second lap caution, Eckrich had improved his twelfth place start into fifth. Taking advantage of the double file restart, Eckrich immediately began hounding Guss for the lead. The pair raced side-by-side until a lap six caution, but picked up where they left off when racing resumed. With Guss pounding the cushion, Eckrich tried several lines behind him, each one fast enough to pull alongside the leader but unable to complete the pass. Eckrich finally found something he liked around lap eleven, dropping back initially but rocketing ahead on lap fourteen. Eckrich immediately began pulling away, eventually putting almost half the field a lap down as he sliced his way through the slower traffic. Guss crossed underneath the checkers ten car lengths behind the leader but well ahead of Furman, Mike Klinkkammer and Sexton.

Bret Frieden used a strong start to hold off the challenges of Scott Megonigle and post his first Miller Time Modified feature win of the year. Frieden advanced from fifth on the start into the lead by the end of the second circuit and immediately began to distance himself from the field. A lap six restart put Megonigle on Frieden’s rear bumper, where he used the extreme top of the racetrack in an unsuccessful attempt on the lead. After several attempts on the topside, Megonigle then switched his attack to the bottom on lap fourteen before heavy traffic intervened two laps later. Frieden held on to the win ahead of Megonigle, Russ Olson, Gus Hughes and Jim Vest.

Rookie Andy Eckrich picked up his first Pro Stock victory after taking the lead on a lap nine restart. Jody Metzger snagged the early lead from his front row start and appeared to be cruising to his first win of the season until the ninth lap. Second place Jason Gingrich caught Metzger and pulled underneath when the two cars made contact, sending Metzger into the wall and ending his evening. With no leader for the restart, Eckrich found his 20 car-length deficit erased as he restarted the race in the front row alongside Gingrich. Wasting no time capitalizing on his good fortune, Eckrich beat Gingrich into the first corner and went on to post the easy victory. Gingrich was disqualified post race when his car weighed light at the scales, giving second to Norman Bean followed by Matt Gilchrist, Rusty Daufeldt and Darren Plett.

Jeremy Thompson pulled off his third Hobby Stock victory in the last four events by taking the lead away from Orlen Stark following a lap four restart. Stark held on to second at the checkers ahead of Stan O’Brien, Tim Zeman and Matt Fulton.

NASCAR Weekly Racing Series action continues on the flat half mile at the Muscatine County Fairgrounds this Saturday June 16th. Hot laps are scheduled for 6 pm with racing to follow. For more information contact Simmons Promotions at 563-744-3620 or online at www.simmonspromotionsinc.com. For raceday updates and results after the races are over, call your local McLeod USA InTouch Directory category #3740 and #3741.

RESULTS

LATE MODELS
1. 50 Denny Eckrich Coralville
2. 12 Ray Guss Jr. Milan IL
3. 51 Matt Furman Iowa City
4. 45 Mike Klinkkammer West Branch
5. 4 Bobby Sexton West Branch
6. 18z Rusty Zook Riverside
7. 78 Rick Wendling Hazelton
8. 23d Dana Wells Moscow
9. 66 Fred Remely Blue Grass
10. 88 Kevin Kile West Liberty
11. 13k Denny Petersen Tipton
12. c4 Lee Seydel Iowa City
13. 77j Steve Johnson Camanche
14. 26b Wayne Brau Annawan IL
15. 58 Dave Eckrich Coralville
16. 57 Tom Christensen West Liberty
17. 32c Chad Holliday Wilton
18. 77 Kurt Kile West Liberty
19. 3t Todd Davis Iowa City
20. 8m Mark Ward Muscatine
21. 31 Brian Morgan Muscatine
22. 7 Andy Nezworski Davenport
23. 74 Ron Boyse Kalona
24. 2 Monte Ohrt West Branch
25. 32 Tom Cannon Iowa City
26. 8 Chuck Mayerhofer Dixon IL
27. 6 Jay Chenoweth Wapello
28. 3x Skip Frey Ely
DNQ - 21h Brian Harris Davenport
DNQ - 25 Mike Beuter Tipton
DNQ - 69 Todd Hormel West Liberty
DNQ - 28 Jeff Bair Solon
DNQ - 17 Clayton Jensen Iowa City

MILLER TIME MODIFIEDS

PRO STOCKS
1. 56 Andy Eckrich Cosgrove
2. 62 Norman Bean Muscatine
3. 1 Matt Gilchrist Grandview
4. 2r Rusty Daufeldt Blue Grass
5. 77 Darrin Plett Davenport
6. 69 John Maher West Branch
7. 25 Chad Simpson Marion
8. 21 Brian VanDusen Atalissa
9. 7 Dale Franklin Marion
10. 11 Troy Philpott Muscatine
11. 33 Randy Franzen Marion
12. 17 Gary Beuter Tipton
13. 9m Jody Metzger Muscatine
14. 24 Monte Hayden Wilton
15. 32 Chris Simpson West Branch
16. 00 Jerome Gray Muscatine
17. 5 Larry McCall Mechanicsville
18. 43 Todd Cantrell Muscatine
19. 29 Bruce Miller West Liberty
DNS - 60 Matt Brockert Muscatine
DQ- 36 Jason Gingrich West Liberty

BOMBERS
1. 57j Jeremy Thompson Ainsworth
2. 1 Orlen Stark West Liberty
3. 0 Stan O'Brien Muscatine
4. 92 Tim Zeman Muscatine
5. d1 Matt Fulton Blue Grass
6. 66 Jason Erwin Muscatine
7. 21 Todd Hansen Muscatine
8. 2b Bill Butteris Lisbon
9. 0b Matt Bodman Muscatine
10. 15 Jarrod Collins West Liberty
11. 51 Ron Doolittle Davenport
12. 7m Jeff Murphy West Liberty
13. 11 Chris Mauer West Liberty
14. 42v Darrin Voss Wilton
15. 72 Doug Yates Monticello
16. 97 Robert Barnes Letts
17. 29 Dave Wada Muscatine
18. 00 Michael Dominguez West Liberty
19. 40 James Rock Muscatine
DNS - 9 Dave Elliot Muscatine