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West Liberty Mid-Season Titles To Furman, Herring, Eckrich & Fulton
Saturday, June 8th the West liberty Raceway hosted the Mid-Season Championship NASCAR Weekly Racing Series sponsored by Noels Tree and Crane Service of Iowa City. A large crowd took in the action on a perfect evening for racing.
Matt Furman scored his second win in a row in the very tough NASCAR Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Model division. The 25 lap feature saw pole sitter Bobby Sexton take the lead take command early. Furman worked to the front from his 3rd row start and set up a challenge for the lead. Furman and Sexton swapped the lead back and forth for several laps before Furman was able to secure the lead on the fifteenth lap. Furman went on to score the win and pick up the bonus money from Noels Tree and Crane. Sexton turned in a fine performance in taking second ahead of Todd Davis and Brian Harris. 35 NASCAR Late Model drivers were on hand Saturday night.
Larry Herring scored his first NASCAR Miller Time Modified feature win of the 2002 season in capturing the Mid-Season Championship title. Herring took the green flag in the 20 lap feature back in the sixth row. Herring found the low groove to his liking in steadily working to the front. Herring took the lead from Terry Lawson and went on to take the checkers ahead of Darrell Brick and Gerry Brick.
Andy Eckrich is sponsored by Noels Tree and Crane Service and his win on Saturday night made for a big celebration in victory lane. Eckrich, the defending Dadco Corp/Parker Stores Pro Stock track champion, won the 15 lap Mid-Season championship feature after a great battle with second place finisher Rusty Daufeldt. The two young talented drivers put on quite a show for the fans with plenty of wheel to wheel racing for the lead throughout the title run. Point leader Chad Simpson crossed the stripe in third.
Consistent front runner Matt Fulton picked up another feature win in the Hobby Stock Mid-Season Championship Race. Fulton came from his 7th position start and took the lead near the midway point of the race. Last week’s winner Bill Butteris ran another strong race in taking second ahead of Jared Collins.
Saturday, June 15th the West Liberty Raceway will present twin 25’s for the Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Models in addition to a full program of racing in the Modified, Pro Stock and Hobby Stock divisions. Race time will be slated for 7 p.m.
Noels Tree & Crane Service Mid-Season Championships 6/8/02
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Models
Heat 1 1. 43 Kurt Stewart-Ainsworth 2. 58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford 3. 8M Mark Ward-Muscatine
Heat 2 1. 32 Tom Cannon-Iowa City 2. 51 Matt Furman-Iowa City 3. 4 Bobby Sexton-West Branch
Heat 3 1. 77 Kurt Kile-West Liberty 2. 3t Todd Davis-Iowa City 3. 21h BrianHarris-Davenport
Heat 4 1. 45 Mike Klinkhammer-West Branch 2. 26 Steve Boley-West Liberty 3. M32 Marty Beckler-Hills
Consolation 1. 57 TomChristensen-West Liberty 2. 31 Brian Morgan-Musatine 3. 7 Andy Nezworski-Buffalo
Feature 1. 51 Furman 2. 4 Sexton 3. 3T Davis 4. 21h Harris 5. 12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL 6. 45 Klinkhammer 7. 28 Jeff Bair-Solon 8. 26 Boley 9. 50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin 10. 8 Sonny Findling-Kirksville, MO 11. 77 Kile 12. 66 Fred Remley-Blue Grass 13. 58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford 14. 13K Denny Petersen-Tipton 15. 32 Cannon 16. 43 Stewart 17. 74 Ron Boyse-Kalona 18. 18Z Rusty Zook-Riverside 19. 8M Ward 20. 26 Wayne Brau-Annawan, IL 21. 7 Nezworski 22. 88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty 23. 31b Jason Utter-Columbus Junction 24. M32 Beckler 25. 57 Christensen 26. 31 Brian Morgan-Muscatine 27. 30 Dan Brockert-Muscatine 28. 1m Rob Moss-Iowa City
Miller Time Modifieds
Heat 1 1. 37 Todd Stoolman-West Branch 2. 22 Darrell Brick-West Branch 3. 96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree
Heat 2 1. 36 Gerry Brick-West Branch 2. 9 Dick Steadman-Hiawatha 3. 16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon
Heat 3 1. 18 Matt Ruess-West Liberty 2. 19Terry Lawson-New Liberty 3. 60 Robbie Verbeck-Annawan, IL
Feature 1. 96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree 2. 22 Brick 3. 36 Gerry Brick-West Branch 4. 19 Lawson 5. M2 Scott Megonigle-Cedar Rapids 6. 2h Rick Hixson-Orion, IL 7. 18 Ruess 8. 37 Stoolman 9. 64 Bret Frieden-Walford 10. 16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon 11. 9Z Mike Zogg-New Liberty 12. 12 Terry Walker-Riverside 13. 55 Scott Stecher-Muscatine 14. 34 Dave Hemsted-Lone Tree 15. 42 John Brumley-Riverside 16. 71Z Raymond Partida-West Liberty 17. 25 Dustin Lovell-Rochester 18. Denny Poulsen-West Liberty 19. 5 D56 Mike Dains-Mechanicsville 20. 21R Steve Ricks-Cedar Rapids 21. 9 Steadman 22. 60 Verbeck 23. 17 Steve Stewart-Washington 24. 2 Jim Vest-Wellman 25. 7 Mike Thomas-West Branch 26. 45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City
DADCO Corp./Parker Stores Pro Stocks
Heat 1 1. 38 Skeet Smith-Wilton 2. 21 Brian VanDusen-Atalissa 3. 77 Darren Plett-Donahue
Heat 2 1. 69 John Maher-West Branch 2. 56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove 3. 25 Chad Simpson-Marion
Heat 3 1. 2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass 2. 7 Dale Franklin-Marion 3. 32 Chris Simpson-Marion
Feature 1. 56 Eckrich 2. 2R Daufeldt 3. 32 Simpson 4. 69 Maher 5. 0 Matt Bodman-Muscatine 6. 21 VanDusen 7. 11 Troy Philpott-Muscatine 8. 7 Franklin 9. 77 Plett 10. 38 Smith 11. 3D Dan Lange-Rochester 12. 36 Jason Gingerich-West Liberty 13. 17 Gary Beuter-Tipton 14. 60 Matt Brockert-Muscatine 15. 31 Jeremy Honts-Muscatine 16. 5m Larry McCall-Mechanicsville 17. 24 Monte Hayden-Wilton 18. 62 Norman Bean-Muscatine 19. 75 Mike Welsh-Davenport 20. 99 Ricky West-Muscatine
NASCAR Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 1. D1 Matt Fulton-Muscatine 2. 66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine 3. 2B Bill Butteris-Lisbon
Heat 2 1. S9 Ron Schreurs-Fruitland 2. 57J JeremieThompson-Ainsworth 3. 0 Stan O’Brien-Muscatine
Feature 1. D1 Fulton 2. 2 Butteris 3. 15 Jared Collins-West Liberty 4. 9 Davey Elliott-Moscow 5. 21 Todd Hansen-Muscatine 6. 57j Thompson 7. 20 Dan Albright-Hiawatha 8. 0 O’Brien 9. 100 David Schrier-Muscatine 10. 94 Jason Lange-Mt Vernon 11. 66 Erwin 12. 25 Jim Schrier-Washington 13. S9 Schruers 14. 23 Dennis Etten-Wyoming 15. 99 Jason Speers-Oxford 16. Brian Polman-West Liberty 17. J7 Tim Zeman-Fruitland 18. 72 Doug Yates-Monticello
West Liberty Raceway 6/08/02 By: Jerry Mackey |
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