Boley & Dave Eckrich Top Twin 25’s At Farley Speedway

Barker Repeats

The Farley Speedway hosted the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge with a bonus night of racing on Friday, May 10^th. Two 25 lap Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Model features were run in addition to a full program in all the support divisions. The racing action was sponsored by Performance Bodies of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The first Late Model feature belonged to Steve Boley, the Ron Alpen Ford Mustang shot out front at the drop of the green and never looked back on his way to a flag to flag feature victory. Boley scored an impressive win on the super fast tacky track. Josh McGowan continued his consistent top five streak at Farley with a second place finish crossing the stripe ahead of Dave Eckrich.

The last race of the night was the second NASCAR Late Model feature. Dave Eckrich used a 20 lap restart to set up a move that would net him his first win of the season. Eckrich darted to the inside of race leader Dan Galant and took over the lead at the flag stand on the restart. Eckrich held the lead the remainder of the race in scoring the win. Galant took second after leading the majority of the race. Terry Neal took the checkers in third ahead of Rick Wendling.

Ron Barker continued his recent hot streak in the Quarter Master Modified division. Barker started tenth and quickly worked his way to the front, the 37B of Barker took the lead away from Larry Herring on the fifth lap and went on to win his third feature in four tries at the Farley Speedway in 2002. Herring trailed Barker the entire distance in taking second ahead of Jason Schuller.

Jeff Tharp won his first feature of the season in taking the checkers in the Pro Stock main event. Tharp overtook early leader Bob Moyer on his way to the win. Moyer followed up a win from a week ago with a second place finish. Jeff Kennedy rounded out the top three.

Jim Turpin made his first ever trip to the Farley Speedway victory lane on Friday night. Turpin topped a strong field of Hobby Stocks in leading the 10 lap feature flag to flag. Larry Benn took second ahead of Jason Rauen.

Travis Kaiser added his name to Friday night’s winners list by scoring the win in the all new Farley Flyer division. The win was Kaiser’s first ever win in only his fourth night of racing. Jason Roth took second ahead of Mark Jaeger.

Racing will continue at the Farley Speedway on Friday, May 17^th as Johnny B Goods presents 50’s night at the races. Special prizes will be awarded for 50’s attire and several other surprises are in store plus a cruisers car display.

Farley Flyers Feature

1.      7K Travis Kaiser-Dyersville

2.      31 Jason Roth-Hazel Green, WI

3.      99.3 Mark Jaeger-Dyersville

4.      69 Becky Roth-Cuba City, WI

5.      79 Cliff Schanbeck-Delaware

6.      3 Steve Driscoll Jr.-Asbury

7.      66 Corey Hallahan-Dubuque

8.      14 Levi Benn-Dyersville

9.      75 Chad Nadermann-Farley

10.  1k Tim Koppes-Cascade

11.  66x John Georgen-Dundee

12.  38x Tom Schemmel-Farley

NASCAR Hobby Stocks

Heat 1

1.      33 Jim Turpin-Shullsburg, WI

2.      59 Mike Hughes-Galena, IL

3.      89 Kelly Welter-Dubuque

Heat 2

1.      98 Jason Rauen-Farley

2.      8K Jerry Merkes-Farley

3.      44 B.J. Schmidt-Dubuque

Heat 3

1.      28 Ed McIntyre-Delhi

2.      7 Chad Hallahan-Dubuque

3.      13 Larry Benn-Dyersville

Feature

1. 33 Turpin

2. 13 Benn

3. 98 Rauen

4. T.J. Leslein-Durango

5 44 Kory Haverly-Anamosa.

6. 8K Jerry Merkes-Farley

7. 7 Hallahan

8. 97 Steve Dunkel-Worthington

9.  28 Ed McIntyre-Delhi

10. 22 Cory Bauer-Monticello

11. 59 Hughes

12. 89 Welter

13. 44S B.J. Schmidt-Dubuque

14. 7cL Jason Laue-Freeport, IL

15. 83 Rob Petsche-Centralia.

16. B4Jr. Brian Dirks-Anamosa

17.  72 Doug Yates-Monticello

18. 11 Russ Duve-Dubuque

19.  26 Tom Darrow-Monticello

20. 23 Dennis Etten-Wyoming

21.  5 Norbert Ahlers-Earlville.

NASCAR Pro Stocks

Heat 1

1.      1 John Walker-Cedar Rapids

2.      35 Jim Brokus-Dubuque

3.      56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove

Heat 2

1.      2K Jeff Kennedy-Dubuque

2.      25 Bob Moyer-Dubuque

3.      22 Jeff Valentine-Dubuque

Feature

1.      12 Jeff Tharp-Dubuque

2.      25 Moyer

3.      2k Jeff Kennedy-Dubuque

4.      16 Dan Shelliam-Hazel Green, WI

5.      1 Walker

6.      97 Jeff Reinert-Dyersville

7.      35 Brokus

8.      56 Eckrich

9.      71 Kevin Schroder-Low Moor

10.  23 Jim Amos-Dubuque

11.  22 Jeff Valentine-Dubuque

Quarter Master Modifieds

Heat 1

1.      37 B Ron Barker-Dubuque

2.      10 Jed Hurst-Hazel Green, WI

3.      24 Randy Less-Hopkinton

Heat 2

1.      11 Mike Burbridge-Delhi

2.      3 Jason Schuller-Dubuque

3.      39 Bob Bollon-Freeport, IL

Feature

1.      37B Barker

2.      96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree

3.      3 Schuller

4.      10 Hurst

5.      27 Mark Schulte-Delhi

6.      11 Mike Burbridge-Delhi

7.      24 Less

8.      15 Sean Rupp-Dubuque

9.      39 Bob Bollon-Freeport, IL

10.  24 Jan Messer-Manchester

11.  57 Ryan Nabb-Dubuque

12.  17 Bill Flannagan-Cedar Rapids

13.  74 Scott Nesteby-Dubuque

14.  S19 Rich Smith-Davenport

15.  19 Jim Allen-Dubuque

Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Models

Heat 1

1. 39 Rob Toland-Hillsdale, IL

2. 3 Josh McGowan-Vinton

3. 50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin

Heat 2

1. 12 Ray Guss Jr. –Milan, IL

2. 78 Rick Wendling-Hazelton

3. 21 Luke Merfeld-Dubuque

Heat 3

1. 26 Steve Boley-West Liberty

2. 58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford

3. 98.1 Bobby Hansen-Dike

Feature

1. 26 Steve Boley-West Liberty

2. 3 McGowan

3. 58  Dave Eckrich

4. 39 Rob Toland-Hillsdale, IL

5. 12 Guss Jr.

6. 3t Todd Davis-Iowa City

7. 98.1 Bobby Hansen-Center Point

8. 50 Denny Eckrich

9. 77  Jeff Aikey-Cedar Falls

10. 12 N Terry Neal-Ely

11. 44 Duane Coulson-East Dubuque, IL

12. 33g Dan Galant-Clinton

13. 13K Denny Petersen-Tipton

14. 21 Luke Merfeld-Dubuque

15. 27 Ed McGuire-Monroe, WI

16. 37B Troy Bruder-Freeport, IL

17. 30 Gus Hughes-Monticello

18. 95 Ed Sanger-Postville

19. 78 Rick Wendling-Hazelton

20. 11 Steve Ihm-Kieler, WI

21. 79 Darren Mish-Cassville, WI

22. 69 Todd Hormel-West Liberty

23. 1m Rob Moss-Iowa City

Late Model Feature #2

1. 58 Dave Eckrich

2. 33G Galant

3. 12N Neal

4. 78 Wendling

5. 26 Boley

6. 21 Merfeld

7. 50 Denny Eckrich

8. 3 McGowan

9. 13K Petersen

10. 79 Mish

11. 98.1 Hansen

12. 37B Bruder

13. 95 Sanger

14. 27 McGuire

15. 30 Hughes

16. 1m Moss

17. 69 Hormel

18. 44 Coulson

19. 3T Davis

20. 39 Toland

21. 77 Aikey

22. 12 Guss Jr.

Farley Speedway

5/10/02

By: Jerry Mackey