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Martin Scores NASCAR Win on 3M Night at Farley Speedway 5/30/03
Farley, Iowa: 3M sponsored the racing action on Friday night at the Farley Speedway as the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series was back in action.
Curt Martin made his second visit to the Farley Speedway victory lane following the 25 lap Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Model feature. Martin took his number 45 Late Model to the bottom side of the 1/2 mile early and got to the front quickly. Martin went on to score a very impressive win taking the checkers nearly a half a lap ahead of the second place car. Jeff Tharp took second securing his best finish of his rookie Late Model campaign. Tharp held off a hard charging Matt Furman, Jeff Aikey and Jon Rogers rounded out the top five.
Jason Schueller broke out of the pack early in the 20 lap Quarter Master modified feature, coming all the way from the sixth row to take the lead on lap number 3 of the 20 lap main. Schueller set sail on the top side and went on to record the win over a late closing Ron Barker. Barker settled for second by six car lengths ahead of Dan Bohr and Sean Rupp.
Ty Kleiner chased down race leader Bobby Moyer and made the pass for the lead as the Pro Stock feature event took the white flag. Chad Simpson took third on Friday night ahead of Jeff Kennedy. Mark Massey continued his unbeaten streak in the B-Modified division. Massey had to work hard for this win taking the checkers by a very narrow margin over Troy Burkhart, Rory Becker crossed under the checkers in third.
Jerry Merkes won his second consecutive feature in the Hobby Stock division. Merkes advanced to the front from his fifth row start to take the lead on the 4th lap of the 10 lap feature. K.C. Ansel ran second ahead of Randy Benn.
Brian Kammerude took the Farley Flyer feature win topping a field of 23 drivers. Kammerude took the win over point leader R.J.Simon. Danny Kennedy took third ahead of John Flury.
NASCAR racing will continue on Friday, June 6th at the Farley Speedway with hot laps at 7 p.m.
Farley Speedway Race Results 5/30/03
Farley Flyers
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Feature
B-Modifieds Heat 1
Feature
Hobby Stocks
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Heat 2
Feature
Pro Stocks
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Heat 2
Feature 1. 20 Kleiner 2. 25 Moyer 3. 25X Simpson 4. 2K Kennedy 5. 97 Reinert 6. 22 Valentine 7. 99 Ken Martelle-LaMotte 8. 14 Levi Benn-Dyersville 9. 23n Keith Kiernan-Dubuque 10. 23 Jim Amos-Peosta 11. 86 Jeremy Gustaf-Moline 12. 36 Tom Keiffer-Dubuque
Quarter Master Modifieds
Heat 1
Heat 2
Feature
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Models
Heat 1
Heat 2
Feature
Farley Speedway Farley, Iowa 5/30/03 By: Jerry Mackey |
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