West Liberty, Iowa:  Saturday, April 26^th mother nature provided a perfect night for racing action as the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series held night number 2 of the 2003 season at the West Liberty Raceway.

 36 powerful Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Models signed in hoping to walk away with the lions share of the purse money. Kurt Stewart led the first 17 laps before a caution was thrown for the leader spinning in turn two. Denny Eckrich took command on the restart and sailed on to pick up the feature win. Eckrich started the Mac Tools/Grove Auto “Flyin 50” in the sixth row and used several different lines around the smooth  ½ mile to make his way to the front. Matt Furman turned in another strong performance in taking second. Matt Gilchrist crossed the line in third but failed post race inspection due to an illegal carburetor.  Kevin Kile was elevated into third ahead of Brian Harris and Dave Eckrich.

 The Miller Time Modified feature was a wild affair that saw 3 different drivers take their turn at leading in the 20 lap main event. Kevin Kile led the race 3 laps before Rick Hixson was able move out front. Hixson went on to lead until the white flag lap when Terry Walker was able to use the low line coming off of turn four  and lead the field under the white flag. Hixson led off of turn two but Walker was able to win the race to the checkers down the front chute by a few feet over Hixson. Walker and third place finisher Ryan Dolan both advanced from the fifth row. Kevin Kile and Mike Zogg rounded out the top five.

 The NASCAR Pro Stock feature was marred by a couple early cautions and one extra lap prior to a restart to chase a black cat off of the track. That appeared to be an omen for leader Dan Werner who slipped out of the groove in turn one while leading and ended up in the wall on lap ten. On the restart Chad Simpson took of and led the remaining five laps in route to the win. Jason Gingerich ran up front the entire 15 laps in taking second ahead of a strong running  “M&M’s Man” Randy Franzen. Troy Phillpott and Bruce Miller rounded out the top five.

 The NASCAR Hobby Stock division is wide open at the West Liberty Raceway for the 2003 season.  Saturday nights action proved that several different drivers are very capable of getting wins in the very competitive Hobby Stock Class.  Jason Lange led by a very narrow margin the first five laps before “Flyin” Stan O’Brien was able to get the lead and drive on to the win. Jared “Lugnut” Collins finished a very close second to O’Brien. Matt Greiner and Rick Curtis completed the top four.

 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series action will continue at the West Liberty Raceway on Saturday nights with hot laps taking to the track at 6 p.m.  racing  follows at 6:30 p.m.     

West Liberty Raceway Race Results 4/26/03

NASCAR Hobby Stocks

      Heat 1

1. S9 Ron Schruers-Fruitland
2. 31 Rick Curtis-Muscatine
3. 89 Kelly Welter-St. Donatus

Heat 2

1. 12 Scotty Pratt-Tipton
2. 94 Jason Lange-Lisbon
3. 0 Stan O’Brien-Muscatine

Feature

1. 0 O’Brien
2. 15 Jared Collins-West Liberty
3. 29 Matt Greiner-Washington
4. 31 Curtis
5. 100 Dave Schrier-Muscatine
6. 20 Dan Albright-Hiawatha
7. 72 Doug Yates-Monticello
8. 2W Roger Whitcomb-Letts
9. S9 Schreurs
10. 28 Zach Sobaski-Washington
11. 89 Welter
12. 17 Marcus Ostofi-Davenport
13. 29 W Dave Wadda-Muscatine
14. 25 Jim Schrier-Washington
15. 11 Chris Mauer-West Liberty
16. 94 Lange
17. 12P Pratt

NASCAR Pro Stocks

Heat 1

1. 26 Paul Hallett-Muscatine
2. 75 Mike Welsh-Davenport
3. 11 Troy Philpott-Muscatine

Heat 2

1. 29 Bruce Miller-West Liberty
2. 9Z Dan Werner-Muscatine
3. 36 Jason Gingerich-West Liberty

Heat 3

1. 32 Chris Simpson-Marion
2. 3D Dan Lange-Rochester
3. 25 Chad Simpson-Marion

Feature

1. 25 Simpson
2. 36 Gingerich
3. 33 Randy Franzen-Maquoketa
4. 11 Philpott
5. 29 Miller
6. 38 Skeet Smith-Wilton
7. 0 Matt Bodman-Muscatine
8. 75 Welsh
9. 32 Simpson
10. 3D Lange
11. 24 Monte Hayden-Wilton
12. 77 Darren Plett-Donahue
13. 60 Matt Brockert-Muscatine
14. 9 Davey Elliott-Moscow
15. 5M Larry McCall-Mechanicsville
16. 9Z Werner
17. 26 Hallett
18. 86 Jeremy Gustaf-Moline, IL
19. 42V Darren Voss-Wilton
20. 21 Brian VanDusen-Atalissa
21. 31 Jeremy Honts-Muscatine

Miller Time Modifieds

Heat 1

1. 01M Mitch Way-Davenport
2. 1K Kevin Kile-West Liberty
3. D56 Mike Dains-Mechanicsville

Heat 2

1. 45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City
2. 19 Terry Lawson-New Liberty
3. 12 Terry Walker-Riverside

Heat 3

1. 2 Jim Vest-Wellman
2. 2H Rick Hixson-Orion, IL
3. 1 Johnny Spaw-Cedar Rapids

Miller Time Modified Feature

1. 12 Walker
2. 2h Hixson
3. 51 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon
4. 1k Kile
5. 9Z Mike Zogg-New Liberty
6. 8 Rich Smith-Davenport
7. 19 Lawson
8. 7 Mike Thomas-West Branch
9. 26 Scott Fridley-Mechanicsville
10. 01M Way
11. 1 Spaw
12. 96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree
13. 71Z Ray Partida-West Liberty
14. 34 Dave Hemsted-Lone Tree
15. 2 Vest
16. 37 Todd Stoolman-West Branch
17. 44 Wade Lee-Muscatine
18. 20 John Fellman-Blue Grass
19. 3 Jason Schueller-Dubuque
20. 41 Scott Hill-Davenport
21. 21 Todd Hansen-Muscatine
22. D56 Dains
23. 45 Kohli
24. 42 John Brumley-Riverside

Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Models

Heat 1

1. 33 Nick Marolf-Moscow
2. 28 Jeff Bair-Solon
3. 58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford

Heat 2

1. 2 Monte Ohrt-West Branch
2. 12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL
3. 50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin

Heat 3

1. 77 Kurt Kile-West Liberty
2. 66 Matt Gilchrist-Grandview
3. 45 Mike Klinkhammer-West Branch

Heat 4

1. 88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty
2. 74 Ron Boyse-Kalona
3. 51 Matt Furman-Iowa City

Consolation

1. 57 Tom Christensen-West Liberty
2. 21h Brian Harris-Davenport
3. 30 Dan Brockert-Muscatine

IITI  Feature

1.      50 Eckrich

2.      51 Furman

3.      88 Kile

4.      21h Harris

5.      58 Eckrich

6.      57 Christensen

7.      45 Klinkhammer

8.      2 Ohrt

9.      4 Bobby Sexton-West Branch

10.  3T Todd Davis-Iowa City

11.  28 Jeff Bair-Solon

12.  23D Dana Wells-Moscow

13.  18Z Rusty Zook-Riverside

14.  21 Luke Merfeld-Dubuque

15.  2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass, IA

16.  74 Boyse

17.  43 Kurt Stewart-Ainsworth

18.  33 Marolf

19. 1M Rob Moss-Iowa City

20. 30 Brockert

21. 56E Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove

22. 32 Tom Cannon-Iowa City

23. 77 Kile

24. 77J Steve Johnson-Camanche

25. 26R Wayne Brau-Anawan

26. 26 Steve Boley-West Liberty

27. 12 Guss Jr.

DQ 66 Gilchrist

West Liberty Raceway

Saturday, April 26

By: Jerry Mackey