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Cannon Scores First Win Of Season At Muscatine County Fair; Dolan, Chad Simpson & Darren Voss Also Score NASCAR Wins
The Muscatine County Fair got underway on Wednesday, July 17th with the featured attraction being the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series program presented by Dodge. A large crowd took in a very quick night of action packed stock car racing with the final checkered flag of the night waving at 9:50 p.m. at the West Liberty Raceway.
The headliner of the night was the 25 lap Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Model feature. Tom Cannon shot to the front from his second row start and quickly established himself as the man to beat. Cannon was challenged early in the race by Ray Guss Jr. Guss was able to close on Cannon but was not able to overtake the quick running #32 of Cannon. Matt Furman caught the leaders late in the race and was able to get by Guss for second but ran out of time and settled for second to Cannon. At the checkers Cannon took the win by ½ a car length over Furman with Guss running a close third ahead of Todd Davis and Bobby Sexton. The win was Cannon’s first of the 2002 season.
Ryan Dolan has had a very frustrating season behind the wheel of the #16 NASCAR Modified. Wednesday night Dolan rode the high line of the tacky track to his first win of the season at the West Liberty Raceway. Dolan took the win in the 25 lap feature by out racing a very determined Gerry Brick. Dan Chapman enjoyed one of his best finishes of the season in taking third ahead of Rick Hixson.
Last Saturday night Chad Simpson needed the assistance of a wrecker to load his Pro Stock, Wednesday night Simpson wheeled his car into victory lane. Simpson scored the 15 lap Pro Stock feature win by beating Andy Eckrich to the checkers. Simpson worked to the front from his eighth position start in scoring an impressive feature win. Eckrich took second ahead of Matt Bodman.
Daren Voss scored his third win of the 2002 season in the NASCAR Hobby Stock division. Voss took the lead near the midway point of the race and went on to score the win over Stan O’Brien and Jeremie Thompson.
The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series will return to Saturday night racing at the West Liberty Raceway on Saturday, July 27th. All four classes will be in action with race time set for 7 p.m.
Race Results 7/17/02 Muscatine County Fair Races
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Models Heat 1 1. 23D Dana Wells-Moscow 2. 33 Nick Marolf-Moscow 3. 4 Bobby Sexton-West Branch
Heat 2 1. 31 Brian Morgan-Muscatine 2. 12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL 3. 50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin
Heat 3 1. 88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty 2. 8 Sonny Findling-Kirksville, MO 3. 31b Jason Utter-Columbus Junction
Heat 4 1. 30 Dan Brockert-Muscatine 2. 32 Tom Cannon-Iowa City 3. 51 Matt Furman-Iowa City
Feature 1. 32 Cannon 2. 51 Furman 3. 12 Guss Jr. 4. 3t Todd Davis-Iowa City 5. 4 Sexton 6. 13K Denny Petersen-Tipton 7. 28 Jeff Bair-Solon 8. 57 Tom Christensen-West Liberty 9. 8 Findling 10. 66 Fred Remley-Blue Grass 11. 50 Eckrich 12. 7 Andy Nezworski-Buffalo 13. 30 Brockert 14. 77 Kurt Kile-West Liberty 15. 33 Marolf 16. 88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty 17. 2 Monte Ohrt-West Branch 18. 18Z Rusty Zook-Riverside 19. 77J Steve Johnson-Camanche 20. 31b Utter 21. 8M Mark Ward-Muscatine 22. 43 Kurt Stewart-Ainsworth 23. 31 Morgan 24. 23D Wells 25. 1M Rob Moss-Iowa City 26. 32C Chad Holliday-Wilton 27. 69 Todd Hormel-West Liberty 28. M32 Marty Beckler-Hills
Miller Time Modifieds Heat 1 1. M2 Scott Megonigle-Cedar Rapids 2. 36 Gerry Brick-West Branch 3. 01m Mitch Way-Davenport
Heat 2 1. 2H Rick Hixson-Orion, IL 2. 12 Terry Walker-Riverside 3. 34 Dave Hemsted-Lone Tree
Heat 3 1. 1 Dan Chapman-Clarence 2. 19Terry Lawson-New Liberty 3. 64 Bret Frieden-Walford
Feature 1. 16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon 2. 36 Brick 3. 1 Chapman 4. 2h Hixson 5. 37 Todd Stoolman-West Branch 6. 12 Walker 7. 64 Frieden 8. M2 Megonigle 9. 2 Jim Vest-Wellman 10. 22 Darrell Brick-West Branch 11. 96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree 12. 45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City 13. 60 Robbie Verbeck-Annawan, IL 14. 34 Hemsted 15. 71Z Ray Partida-West Liberty 16. 9Z Mike Zogg-New Liberty 17. 26 Scott Fridley-Mechanicsville 18. 42 John Brumley-Riverside 19. 25 Dustin Lovell-Rochester 20. 5 Denny Poulsen-West Liberty 21. 18 Matt Ruess-West Liberty 22. 01M Way 23. 19 Lawson 24. 44 Wade Lee-Muscatine 25. 23 Marty Leik-Iowa City 26. 17 Steve Stewart-Washington
DADCO Corp./Parker Stores Pro Stocks Heat 1 1. 44S Tom Struve-Palo 2. 56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove 3. 62 Norman Bean-Muscatine
Heat 2 1. 7 Dale Franklin-Marion 2. 3D Dan Lange-Rochester 3. 17 Gary Beuter-Tipton
Feature 1. 25 Chad Simpson-Marion 2. 56 Eckrich 3. 0 Matt Bodman-Muscatine 4. 32 Chris Simpson-Marion 5. 17 Beuter 6. 2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass 7. 3D Lange 8. 7 Franklin 9. 62 Bean 10. 69 John Maher-West Branch 11. 29 Bruce Miller-West Liberty 12. 77 Darren Plett-Donahue 13. 75 Mike Welsh-Davenport 14. 21 Brian VanDusen-Atalissa 15. 24 Monte Hayden-Wilton 16. 44S Struve 17. 99 Ricky West-Muscatine
NASCAR Hobby Stocks Heat 1 1. 2W Roger Whitcomb-Letts 2. 72 Doug Yates-Monticello 3. 15 Jared Collins-West Liberty
Heat 2 1. 66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine 2. 21 Todd Hansen-Muscatine 3. 20 Dan Albright-Hiawatha
Feature 1. 42V Darrin Voss-Wilton 2. 0 Stan O’Brien-Muscatine 3. 57J JeremieThompson-Ainsworth 4. 21 Hansen 5. 66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine 6. D1 Matt Fulton-Muscatine 7. 100 David Schrier-Muscatine 8. 9 Davey Elliott-Moscow 9. 20 Albright 10. 94 Jason Lange-Lisbon 11. 25 Jim Schrier-Washington 12. S9 Ron Schreurs-Fruitland 13. 99 Jason Speers-Oxford 14. 15 Collins 15. 2W Whitcomb 16. 2b Bill Butteris-Lisbon 17. 72 Yates 18. 40 Jake Purdy-West Liberty
West Liberty Raceway 7/17/02 By: Jerry Mackey |
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