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Ray Guss Jr. Takes NASCAR Win At West Liberty; Steve Kohli Scores First Ever Win In Mods
The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge was back in action on Lou Ann Lathrop Iowa Realty night at the races at the West Liberty Raceway on Saturday night.
27 NASCAR Late Models took the green flag for their 25 lap feature. Ray Guss Jr. started in the fourth row but quickly shot to the front securing the lead on the 5th lap. Guss went on to lead the remaining 20 laps in scoring the win. Denny Eckrich worked to the front from his sixth row start but was unable to catch Guss, as the laps wound down, Bobby Sexton, who has been one of the strongest cars as of late closed in on Eckrich and took the second spot, Sexton ran out of laps and settled for second to Guss Jr. Eckrich took third ahead of the two Hylan Phillips owned cars, Fred Remley took fourth ahead of Andy Nezworski.
It is always nice to see a first time winner make an appearance in victory lane that happened in the Miller Time Modifieds on Saturday night. Steve Kohli scored a hard fought win over Larry Herring. Kohli scored the win on his wife’s birthday and the night was sponsored by his co worker Lou Ann Lathrop of Iowa Realty. Kohli has been racing for several years making the hard fought win that much sweeter. Kohli led the 20 lap feature flag to flag and was able to hold off all challengers even though the field was bunched up on several occasions. Scott Megonigle ran third ahead of Rick Hixson.
The DADCO Corp/Parker Stores 15 lap Pro Stock feature win went to Bruce Miller on Saturday night. Miller ran up front the entire feature scoring his second win of the 2002 season at his home track. Andy Eckrich took was able to advance from his sixth row start but was unable to catch Miller. The Pro Stock feature was red flagged for a grinding 8 car accident before one lap was able to be completed. 6 of the 8 cars involved were unable to return to the track, but fortunately no one was injured in the accident. The race went flag to flag following the lap one restart. Gary Beuter took third at the checkers ahead of Jason Gingerich.
Defending NASCAR Hobby Stock track champion Jeremie Thompson earned a hard fought feature win on Saturday night. Thompson worked to the front a fifth row start taking the lead after the midway point of the race. Thompson finished ahead of Davey Elliott with Stan O’Brien taking third.
The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series will be back in action at the West Liberty Raceway on Wednesday, July 17th as we open the 2002 Muscatine County Fair. A full NASCAR points show will be run with race time set for 7 p.m.
Race Results 7/13/02
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Models Heat 1 1. 18Z Rusty Zook-Riverside 2. 7 Andy Nezworski-Buffalo 3. 51 Matt Furman-Iowa City
Heat 2 1. M32 Marty Beckler-Hills 2. 50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin 3. 43 Kurt Stewart-Ainsworth
Heat 3 1. 31b Jason Utter-Columbus Junction 2. 66 Fred Remley-Blue Grass 3. 3t Todd Davis-Iowa City
Feature 1. 12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL 2. 4 Bobby Sexton-West Branch 3. 50 Eckrich 4. 66 Remley 5. 7 Andy Nezworski-Buffalo 6. 28 Jeff Bair-Solon 7. 13K Denny Petersen-Tipton 8. 28 Jeff Bair-Solon 9. 51 Furman 10. 33 Nick Marolf-Moscow 11. 18Z Zook 12. 8M Mark Ward-Muscatine 13. 30 Dan Brockert-Muscatine 14. 77 Kurt Kile-West Liberty 15. M32 Beckler 16. 26 Wayne Brau-Annawan, IL 17. 21h Brian Harris-Davenport 18. 8 Sonny Findling-Kirksville, MO 19. 88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty 20. 32C Chad Holliday-Wilton 21. 31 Brian Morgan-Muscatine 22. 02 Devin Slaughter-Atalissa 23. 3t Davis 24. 57 Tom Christensen-West Liberty 25. 43 Stewart 26. 32 Tom Cannon-Iowa City 27. 69 Todd Hormel-West Liberty
Miller Time Modifieds Heat 1 1. M2 Scott Megonigle-Cedar Rapids 2. 9Z Mike Zogg-New Liberty 3. 37 Todd Stoolman-West Branch
Heat 2 1. 2H Rick Hixson-Orion, IL 2. 22 Darrell Brick-West Branch 3. 19Terry Lawson-New Liberty
Heat 3 1. 1 Dan Chapman-Clarence 2. 45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City 3. 36 Gerry Brick-West Branch
Consolation 1. 18 Matt Ruess-West Liberty 2. 26 Scott Fridley-Mechanicsville 3. 34 Dave Hemsted-Lone Tree
Feature 1. 45 Kohli 2. 96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree 3. M2 Megonigle 4. 2h Hixson 5. 22 Brick 6. 64 Bret Frieden-Walford 7. 1 Chapman 8. 19 Lawson 9. 18 Ruess 10. 60 Robbie Verbeck-Annawan, IL 11. 34 Hemsted 12. 71Z Ray Partida-West Liberty 13. 7 Mike Thomas-West Branch 14. 36 Brick 15. 54 Doug Picray-Monticello 16. 9 Dick Steadman-Hiawatha 17. 9Z Zogg 18. 38 Rob Hilyer-Lone Tree 19. 23 Marty Leik-Iowa City 20. 25 Dustin Lovell-Rochester 21. 26 Fridley 22. 37 Stoolman 23. 12 Terry Walker-Riverside 24. 42 John Brumley-Riverside 25. 16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon 26. 2 Jim Vest-Wellman
DADCO Corp./Parker Stores Pro Stocks Heat 1 1. 29 Bruce Miller-West Liberty 2. 44S Tom Struve-Palo 3. 32 Chris Simpson-Marion
Heat 2 1. 17 Gary Beuter-Tipton 2. 25 Chad Simpson-Marion 3. 38 Skeet Smith-Wilton
Heat 3 1. 3D Dan Lange-Rochester 2. 31 Jeremy Honts-Muscatine 3. 62 Norman Bean-Muscatine
Feature 1. 29 Miller 2. 56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove 3. 17 Beuter 4. 36 Jason Gingerich-West Liberty 5. 2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass 6. 69 John Maher-West Branch 7. 62 Bean 8. 77 Darren Plett-Donahue 9. 11 Scott Stecher-Muscatine 10. 7 Dale Franklin-Marion 11. 21 Brian VanDusen-Atalissa 12. 44S Struve 13. 3D Lange 14. 0 Matt Bodman-Muscatine 15. 32 Simpson 16. 25 Chad Simpson-Marion 17. 31 Honts 18. 38 Smith 19. 75 Mike Welsh-Davenport 20. 60 Matt Brockert-Muscatine 21. 24 Monte Hayden-Wilton
NASCAR Hobby Stocks Heat 1 1. 9 Davey Elliott-Moscow 2. 66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine 3. 57J JeremieThompson-Ainsworth
Heat 2 1. 94 Jason Lange-Lisbon 2. 100 David Schrier-Muscatine 3. S9 Ron Schreurs-Fruitland
Feature 1. 57j Thompson 2. 9 Elliott 3. 0 Stan O’Brien-Muscatine 4. 21 Todd Hansen-Muscatine 5. 94 Lange 6. S9 Schruers 7. D1 Matt Fulton-Muscatine 8. 20 Dan Albright-Hiawatha 9. 40 Jake Purdy-West Liberty 10. 25 Jim Schrier-Washington 11. 66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine 12. 100 Schrier 13. 99 Jason Speers-Oxford 14. 15 Jared Collins-West Liberty 15. 72 Doug Yates-Monticello 16. 13 Larry Benn-Dyersville 17. 2W Roger Whitcomb-Letts 18. 55 Rod Perdue-West Liberty 19. 42V Darrin Voss-Wilton 20. 2b Bill Butteris-Lisbon
West Liberty Raceway 7/13/02 By: Jerry Mackey |
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