Dubuque Speedway Season Championship Wins To Ihm, Barker, Moyer, Rauen & Kennedy; 2002 Point Titles Go To Webb, Schueller, Tharp, Dunkel & Leehan

The 35 lap Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Models 35 lap feature took to the speedway with Luke Merfeld and Steve Johnson shooting to the front by working the low groove on the smooth track. While the battle was being waged on the bottom Ace Ihm was making his way to the front using the high line of the track. Ihm was able to catch and move by the leaders around the 15 lap mark. Ihm led the remainder of the race as the fast groove shifted to the middle of the track. Luke Merfeld took the checkers in second ahead of Gary Webb. Webb used his third place finish to secure his fourth consecutive NASCAR Late Model track championship at the Dubuque Speedway.

The 20 lap Modified feature saw several drivers take their turn at leading. Early it was Bob Dominacki, and then Jason Schueller took over and led for several laps before Ron Barker was able to take the lead following a restart. Barker went on to win his 30^th feature event of the 2002 season. Sean Rupp ran very strong all race long and finished second ahead of Jason Schueller. The third place finish for Schueller earned him the track point title.

Bobby Moyer found the low groove to his liking on Sunday night and out raced the field to the championship trophy in the Pro Stock division. Moyer took the lead from Skip Culbertson and went on to out race Ty Kleiner for the win. Jeff Tharp used a 4^th place finish to garner the track point title.

Jason Rauen advanced from his third row start and took the win in the10 lap NASCAR Hobby Stock feature over Larry Benn and Ed McIntyre. Steve Dunkel ran sixth on Sunday night and his consistency all year long earned him the track championship.

Danny Kennedy drove his Toyota to the Dotties Café season championship win in the Farley Flyer division. Kennedy led the race flag to flag in taking the win ahead of Keith Kiernan and Jeff Jorgensen. Randy Leehan scored his first ever track championship by finishing in the sixth position.

Dubuque Speedway drivers will receive their awards at the SPI banquet to be held January, 18^th, 2003 at the Palace Ballroom at the Farley Speedway.

Race Results 9-1-02

Farley Flyers

Heat 1

1.      38g Kyle Gansen-Epworth

2.      21K Danny Kennedy-Dubuque

3.      23 Keith Kiernan-Dubuque

Heat 2

1.      55 Brian Kammerude-Hazel Green, WI

2.      97 Russ Their-Dyersville

3.      00 John Flury-Epworth

Feature

1. 21K Kennedy

2. 23 Keith Kiernan

3. 45 Jeff Jorgensen-Mineral Point, WI

4. 14 Levi Benn-Dyersville

5. 99.3 Mark Jaeger-Dyersville

6. 17 Randy Leehan-Apple River, IL

7. 31 Jason Roth-Hazel Green, WI

8. 97 Their

9. 17X Joel Steinman-Brodhead, WI

10. 25 Brian Kelly-Dubuque

11. 00 Flury

12. 68 Steve Stackis-Dubuque

13. 38S R.J. Simon-Farley

14. 69 Becky Roth-Cuba City, WI

15. 15 Loras Feldman-Dyersville

16. 75 Chad Naderman-Farley

17. 21m Mark Munter-Dubuque

18. 66 Tony Brimeyer-Dubuque

19. 38g Gansen

20. 50 E Doug Eberle-Freeport, IL

21. 55 Kammerude

NASCAR Hobby Stocks

Heat 1

1. 44 B.J. Schmidt-Dubuque

2. 98 Jason Rauen-Farley

3. 28 Ed McIntyre-Delhi

Heat 2

1. 6 Jed Frieberger-Dubuque

2. 81 K.C. Ansel-Dubuque

3. 33 Jim Turpin-Shullsburg, WI

 Feature

1. 98 Rauen

2. 13 Larry Benn-Dyersville

3. 28 McIntyre

4. 44 Schmidt

5. 81 Ansel

6. 97Steve Dunkel- Worthington

7. 6 Frieberger

8. 59 Mike Hughes-Galena, IL

9. 8k Russ Yonkovic- Hopkinton

10. 44x Mike Lynch-Platteville, WI

11. 33 Turpin

12. 89 Kelly Welter-Dubuque

NASCAR Pro Stocks

Heat 1 

1. 18 Skip Culbertson-Dubuque

2. 99 Ken Martelle-LaMotte

3. 20 Ty Kleiner-Potosi, WI

Heat 2

1. 97 Jeff Reinert-Dyersville

2. 35 Jim Brokus-Dubuque

3. 16 Dan Shelliam-Hazel Green, WI

Feature

1. 25 Bobby Moyer-Dubuque

2. 20 Kleiner

3. 2K Jeff Kennedy-Dubuque

4. 12 Jeff Tharp-Dubuque

5. 18 Culbertson

6. 16 Shelliam

7. 22 Jeff Valentine-Dubuque

8. 71 Kevin Schroeder-Low Moor

9. 97 Reinert

10. 29 Matt Rodebaugh-Orangeville, IL

11. 99 Martelle

12. 23 Jim Amos-Peosta

13. 35 Brokus

14. S1 Steve Hunter-Hopkinton

NASCAR Modifieds

Heat 1

1. 63 Scott Olson-Preston

2. 16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon

3. 3 Jason Schuller-Dubuque

Heat 2

1. 74 Scott Nesteby-Dubuque

2. 15 Sean Rupp-Dubuque

3. 1D Mel Saffran-Dubuque

Heat 3

1. 10 Jed Hurst-Hazel Green, WI

2. 37b Ron Barker-Dubuque

3. 27 Mark Schulte-Delhi

Feature

1. 37b Barker

2. 15 Rupp

3. 3 Schueller

4. 4 Jerry Miles-Dubuque

5. 5D Bob Dominacki-Bettendorf

6. 74 Nesteby

7. 24m Jan Messer-Manchester

8. 39 Bob Bollon-Freeport, IL

9. 27 Schulte

10. 63 Olson

11. 21R Steve Ricks-Cedar Rapids

12. 69 Roger Donahue-Dubuque

13. 10 Hurst

14. 1D Saffran

15. 19 Jim Allen-Dubuque

16. 63t Steve Olson-Preston

17. 20 Korey Burmeister-Glen Haven, WI

18. 7 Bob Silaggi-Freeport, IL

19. 16 Dolan

20. 33W Steve Wetter-Platteville, WI

Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Models

Heat 1

1.      79 Darren Mish-Cassville, WI

2.      98.1 Bobby Hansen-Dike

3.      77J Steve Johnson-Camanche

Heat 2

1.      11 Steve Ihm-Kieler, WI

2.      21 Luke Merfeld-Dubuque

3.      8 Mark Merfeld-Dubuque

Feature

1. 11 Ihm

2. 21 Merfeld

3. 56 Gary Webb-Blue Grass

4. 77j Johnson

5. 8 Merfeld

6. 79 Mish

7. 27 Ed McGuire-Monroe, WI

8. 61r Jon Rogers-German Valley, IL

9. 95 Ed Sanger-Postville

10. 54 Mark Curwen-Hazel Green, WI

11. 98.1 Hansen

12. 9 Layne Meyer-West Union

13. 5 Wade Halverson-Elgin

14. 57 Ryan Naab-Dubuque

15. 51 Mel Abels-Freeport, IL

Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway

9-1-02

By: Jerry Mackey