Local Stars Shine At Farley Speedway
Northern All Stars Late Model Special; Birkhofer Takes $7,000 Payday
Friday, July 19th the
Farley Speedway hosted the Northern All Stars Late Model Series for a special
racing event. 46 of the Midwest’s and the Ohio/Indiana based All Stars Late
Model squared off to see who could pick up the win in the 50 lap main event and
the whopping $7,000 feature winners purse.
4 Late Model heats and two
consolations were run to set the starting field of 24 drivers for the 50-lap
feature. The green flag waved with pole sitter Darren Miller taking the point
position but he had his hands full with a very strong running David Eckrich. The
two local hot shoes raced side-by-side lap after lap as they moved away from the
field. The race was slowed only one time and unfortunately it was for a flat
right rear tire on the 58 car of David Eckrich. The caution bunched the field on
the 36th lap. Brian Birkhofer started the race in the 21st
position and had steadily worked his way to the front and was running in the
fourth position when the race restarted. Birkhofer moved into second passing Ray
Guss shortly after the restart. Birkhofer was able to close in on Miller but it
was not until the white flag lap that Birkhofer was able to make the pass in
turn one and was able to secure the lead on the back chute of the final lap.
Birkhofer led less than one lap on his way to the big win. Miller settled for
second ahead of Rick Aukland and Ray Guss Jr. Matt Furman rounded out the top
five. An outstanding group of Eastern drivers made the trek to the Farley
Speedway for the two days of racing which will also include a Renegade Dirt Car
Series race on Saturday, July 20th.
In the companion feature events on
Friday night, Ron Barker continued his dominance of the Farley Speedway in
scoring another Modified feature win. Barker started deep in the field but
quickly worked to the front taking the lead from Jason Schueller on his way to
the win.
Jim Thompson won his first ever
Farley Flyer feature win on only his third night of racing at the Farley
Speedway. Thompson took the checkers ahead of Jason Roth.
Race Results 7/19/02
MODIFIED Feature
1.
37b Ron Barker-Dubuque
2.
3 Jason Schueller-Dubuque
3.
10 Jed Hurst-Hazel Green, WI
4.
74 Scott Nesteby-Dubuque
5.
24 Randy Less-Hopkinton
6.
4 Jerry Miles-Dubuque
7.
27 Mark Schulte-Delhi
8.
33 Jim Burbridge-Delhi
9.
24M Jan Messer-Manchester
10.
S19 Rich Smith-Davenport
11.
39 Bob Bollon-Freeport, IL
12.
99.3 Ken Kostenbader
FARLEY FLYERS Feature
1.
91 Jim Thompson
2.
69 Becky Roth-Cuba City, WI
3.
99.3 Mark Jaeger-Dyersville
4.
31 Jason Roth-Hazel Green, WI
5.
00 John Flury-Epworth
6.
14 Levi Benn-Dyersville
7.
10 Alan Niles-Maynard
8.
79 Cliff Schanbeck-Delaware
9.
66 Tony Brimeyer-Dubuque
10.
21K Danny Kennedy-Dubuque
11.
75 Chad Nadermann-Farley
12.
01 Joe Willis-Farley
13.
38S Kyle Simmons-Farley
Northern All Star Series Late
Models
Heat 1
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51Matt Furman-Iowa City
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32L Greg Lucas-Whitesburg, KY
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30 Steve Shaver-Vienna-W.V.
Heat 2
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58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford
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39 Rob Toland-Hillsdale, IL
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E1 Mike Balzano-Parkersburg, W.V.
Heat 3
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5 Jay Johnson-West Burlington
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1A Doug Ault-Brownstown, IN
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12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL
Heat 4
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32D Darren Miller-Chadwick, IL
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11 Steve Ihm-Kieler, WI
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S9 Dan Schlieper-Pewaukee, WI
Consolation 1
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45m Curt Martin-Independence
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32 Bob Pierce-Oakwood, IL
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15 Brian Birkhofer-Muscatine
Consolation 2
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50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin
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9 Billy Drake-Bloomington, IL
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28 Dennis Erb-Carpentersville, IL
50 Lap Feature
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15 Birkhofer
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32D Miller
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12A Rick Aukland-Zanesville, OH
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12 Guss Jr.
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51 Furman
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50 Eckrich
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58 Eckrich
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39 Toland
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E1 Balzano
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32L Lucas
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S9 Schlieper
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5 Johnson
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72 John Mason-Millersburg, OH
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11 Ihm
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1A Ault
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20 Steve Barnett-Franklin, IN
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26 Steve Boley-West Liberty
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75 John Gill-Mitchell, IN
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9 Drake
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32 Pierce
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30 Shaver
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45m Martin
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16 Shawn Negangard-Osgood, IN
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28 Erb
Farley Speedway
7/19/02
By: Jerry Mackey
