Neal Rides High Side To Farley Speedway Victory Lane

The Farley Speedway hosted night number three of the 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge on Friday, May 3^rd.  The night produced four first time winners and one repeat winner in the young season.

Terry Neal took off from his outside front row starting position and rode the high side to the 25 lap Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Model feature win. The race went flag to flag with Neal leading every lap. Bobby Hansen turned in his finest performance ever at the Farley Speedway in taking second. Hansen was able to catch Neal late in the race as lapped traffic came into play but Neal was able to break free from the lapped car before Hansen was able to complete the pass for the lead. Neal took the checkers ahead of  Hansen with Duane Coulson and Dan Galant rounding out the top four.

Ron Barker had his early season winning streak in the Quarter Master Modifieds stopped at two by Jason Schuller. The two outstanding Modifed drivers put on quite a show for the fans with Barker trying every inch of the track to mount a serious challenge on the strong running Schuller. This night belonged to Schuller as he held his line perfectly in scoring the win by less than a car length over Barker. Scott Nesteby recovered from a flat tire and worked his way back to a third place finish ahead of Larry Herring.

Bobby Moyer was not only a first time winner in 2002 at the Farley Speedway but his Pro Stock win on Friday night was his first ever since moving up from the Hobby Stock Class a year ago.  Moyer fought off the constant challenges of last week’s winner, Andy Eckrich in scoring the 15 lap feature win. Moyer drove a flawless race in taking the checkers first ahead of Eckrich, John Maher and Dan Shelliam.

The only repeat winner of the night came in the Hobby Stock division. Larry Benn scored the win on opening night and was able to hold off Chad Hallahan and T.J. Leslein in the main event to score his second win of the 2002 campaign.

Mark Jaeger snapped Jason Roth’s win streak in the Farley Flyer division at two by taking the 10 lap flag to flag event. Jaeger drove his 1994 Cavalier to the win ached of Cliff Schanbeck and Travis Kaiser.

Friday, May 10th the Farley Speedway will host a full program of NASCAR Weekly Racing Series action plus an extra Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation feature. Twin 25’s for the Late Models will headline the program along with an entire race program in the other four divisions. Hot laps will get underway at 7 p.m. with racing to follow.  

Farley Flyers Feature

1.      99.3 Mark Jaeger-Dyersville

2.      79 Cliff Schanbeck-Delaware

3.      7K Travis Kaiser-Dyersville

4.      69 Becky Roth-Cuba City, WI

5.      14 Levi Benn-Dyersville

6.      3 Steve Driscoll Jr.-Asbury

7.      38x Tom Schemmel-Farley

8.      1k Tim Koppes-Cascade

9.      75 Chad Nadermann-Farley

10.  1t Mark Thul-Dubuque

11.  31 Jason Roth-Hazel Green, WI

NASCAR Hobby Stocks

Heat 1

1.      98 Jason Rauen-Farley

2.      38 T.J. Leslein-Durango

3.      7 Chad Hallahan-Dubuque

Heat 2

1.      13 Larry Benn-Dyersville

2.      89 Kelly Welter-Dubuque

3.      59 Mike Hughes-Galena, IL 

Heat 3

1.      33 Jim Turpin-Shullsburg, WI

2.      97 Steve Dunkel-Worthington

3.      73L Jason Laue-Freeport, IL 

Feature

1.13 Benn

2. 7 Hallahan

3. 38 Leslein

4. 8K Jerry Merkes-Farley

5. 44 Kory Haverly-Anamosa

6. 22 Cory Bauer-Monticello

7. 33 Turpin

8. 59 Hughes

9. 97 Dunkel

10. 81 K.C. Ansel-Dubuque

11. 73L Laue

12. 28 Ed McIntyre-Delhi

13. 23 Dennis Etten-Wyoming

14. 26 Tom Darrow-Monticello

15. 83 Rob Petsche-Centralia

16. 5 Norbert Ahlers-Earlville

17. 89 Welter

18. B4Jr. Brian Dirks-Anamosa

19. 72 Doug Yates-Monticello

20. 18 D.J. Young-Aanmosa

21. 44S B.J. Schmidt-Dubuque

22. 98 Rauen

23. 12 Matt Dunkel-Martelle

NASCAR Pro Stocks

Heat 1

1.      1 John Walker-Cedar Rapids

2.      56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove

3.      12 Jeff Tharp-Dubuque

Heat 2

1.      25 Bob Moyer-Dubuque

2.      35 Jim Brokus-Dubuque

3.      97 Jeff Reinert-Dyersville

Feature

1.      25 Moyer

2.      56 Eckrich

3.      69 John Maher-West Branch

4.      16 Dan Shelliam-Hazel Green, WI

5.      97 Reinert

6.      22 Jeff Valentine-Dubuque

7.      20 Ty Kleiner-Potosi

8.      2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass

9.      1 Walker

10.  35 Brokus

11.  2k Jeff Kennedy-Dubuque

12.  18 Skip Culbertson-Dubuque

13.  23 Jim Amos-Dubuque

14.  12 Tharp 

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.      3 Jason Schuller-Dubuque

2.      45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City

3.      96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree

Feature

1.      3 Schuller

2.      37B Barker

3.      74 Nesteby

4.      96 Herring

5.      27 Mark Schulte-Delhi

6.      15 Sean Rupp-Dubuque

7.      1D Mel Saffran-Dubuque

8.      20 Kory Burmeister-Glen Haven, WI

9.      17 Bill Flannagan-Cedar Rapids

10.  24 Jan Messer-Manchester

11.  39 Bob Bollon-Freeport, IL

12.  24 Less

13.  57 Ryan Nabb-Dubuque

14.  19 Jim Allen-Dubuque

15.  10 Hurst

16.  45 Kohli

17.  11 Mike Burbridge-Delhi

Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Models

Heat 1

1. 95 Ed Sanger-Postville

2. 3 Josh McGowan-Vinton

3. 12 Ray Guss Jr. –Milan, IL

Heat 2

1. 58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford

2. 50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin

3. 77 Jeff Aikey-Cedar Falls

Feature

1. 12 N Terry Neal-Ely

2. 98.1 Bobby Hansen-Center Point

3. 44 Duane Coulson-East Dubuque, IL

4. 33g Dan Galant-Clinton

5. 21 Luke Merfeld-Dubuque

6. 58 Eckrich

7. 77 Aikey

8. 78 Rick Wendling-Hazelton

9. 26 Steve Boley-West Liberty

10. 50 Eckrich

11. 11 Steve Ihm-Kieler, WI

12. 27 Ed McGuire-Monroe, WI

13. 95 Sanger

14. 79 Darren Mish-Cassville, WI

15. 69 Todd Hormel-West Liberty

16. 78B Cory Best-Waterloo

17. 3 McGowan

18. 12  Guss Jr

Farley Speedway

5/3/02

By: Jerry Mackey