Yankee Dirt Track Classic 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denny Eckrich scores his third Yankee dirt track classic win:

 

 

 

By: Sam Steiner

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Brain Harris took the race lead with Jeremiah Hurst and Denny Eckrich running side by side for second position on the first lap of the hundred lap race.  Two laps into the race the crowd saw a seven car pile up on the backstretch bringing out the first caution of the night. Harris continued to lead with three and four wide racing behind him. Around lap five the front runners were single file. Harris was quickly making his way around the track when he meet up with the tail end of the field at lap twenty. After a lap 25 restart Eckrich moved his way around Hurst for the second position. Harris and Eckrich put their cars side by side at the flag stand but Harris had the edge over Eckrich. Bad luck hit Hurst who was running in third position, driving up into the turn four wall on lap 55, a caution was called.  Dan Schlieper gained second place from Eckrich after a lap 63 restart for a caution for fifth place runner Andy Eckrich. Schlieper’s run in second didn’t last long when Eckrich took back over second position on lap 68. Harris lead came to a end on lap 72 when Eckrich took over the lead. Harris didn’t give up till the checkers flew on the lead. Eckrich scored his third Yankee dirt track classic win over Harris, Schlieper, Chris Simpson, and Steve Boley. Both Nick Anvelink and Johnny Spaw showed impressive runs from starting at the end of the field after entering through the auto acres race.

 

 

 

            The Auto Acres Non-Qualifiers feature saw 24 cars take the green in the hopes of finishing in the top two positions to make it into the Yankee.  Johnny Spaw jumped to the early lead.  As Spaw continued to lead the field, a determined Steve 'Ace' Ihm was coming through the field.  Ihm made the Auto Acres by virtue of winning the last chance race held earlier in the evening.  Nick Anvelink piloted his 1A Late Model through the field and challenged Johnny Spaw for the lead.  After battling for a few laps, Nick Anvelink was able to overtake Spaw for the lead.  The race would end with Nick Anvelink taking the checkers and Spaw settling for second.  Steve Lance Jr. took home third place, Rob Moss fourth and Steve 'Ace' Ihm fifth.  By virtue of finishing first and second, respectively, in the Auto Acres feature, Anvelink and Spaw were offered starting positions in the Yankee Dirt Track Classic, which they both elected to take.

 

 

 

            Larry Herring took the modified race win over local driver Ron Barker. Yet another seven car pile up in turn one was seen on the start of the race. Darrin Duffy took the early race lead. Duffy and Herring ran side by side in one and two. Herring took over the lead on lap three. Herring had a huge lead over Barker but was cut short by a lap 21 caution for Mark Schulte. Jason Scheuller zoomed past Ken Kostenbader on the restart for third position. On the white flag lap a caution was called for pile-up bringing out the yellow and checkered flag giving Herring the win over Barker, Schueller, Darren Walch, and Kostenbader.

 

 

 

            Hotshot Jim Brokus took the early race lead of the pro stock feature. Brokus and Ron Klein broke away from the field early in the race. Coming out of turn four Matt Bodman took the lead away from Brokus on lap ten. Bodman began to check out quickly. Sam Harroun took advantage of the restart on lap 14 to get to fourth. Harroun quickly made his way through the field to pass Brokus on lap 18 for second. Bodman took home the win over Harroun, Brokus, Klein and Jeff Valentine.

 

 

 

          Duane Ahman won a caution filled Hobby Stock main event. Ahman took the main event win over Jay Ethridge, Ed McIntyre, Lee Ruff, and Brain Bonney.

 

 

 

            Jason Roth celebrated his B-Modified feature win by doing donuts on the front stretch. Roth took the race lead and never looked back. Matt Christ tried several times to pass Roth for the lead but was unable to complete the pass. Roth took the race win ahead of Tim Current, Christ, Rusty Deshaw, and BJ Schmitt.

 

 

 

            Ryan Federman put his Limited Stock to the lead with Kevin Welter and Brain Kammerude right on his behind. Kammerude was on the move in second position. Kammerude took the race lead away from Federman coming out of turn 2 on lap five. The top three runners started to break away from the remaining field. Kammerude took the race win over Federman, Duane Toay, Jeff Willis and Larry Schultz.

 

 

 

            Right off the bat a side by side battle took place for the Farley Flyer race lead between John Flury and Becky Roth. Roth took the lead with a caution close by. On the restart a three way battle for the lead arose with Flury, Roth and Chuck Schmitz in turn two, Flury gained the lead by a nose over Schmitz. On lap three Schmitz and Jake Bloomer put on a battle for the fans for second place. Bloomer tried in turn 4 lap after lap to get the lead from Flury but couldn’t pull it off. On lap 11 bad luck struck Bloomer when his flyer slowed up. Flury took home the tall Yankee trophy. Finishing behind Flury were Roth, Schmitz, Brain Beschen, and Matt Stagman.

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late Model Yankee Dirt Track Classic (100 Laps)

 

 

 

1. Denny Eckrich

    

2. Brain Harris

    

3. Dan Schlieper

    

4. Chris Simpson

    

5. Steve Boley

    

6. Brady Smith

    

7. Dan Shelliam

    

8. Nick Anvelink

    

9. Johnny Spaw

    

10. Steve Johnson

     

11. Tim Lance

     

12. Craig Jacobs

     

13. Denny Woodworth

     

14. Matt Furman

     

15. Curt Martin

     

16. Jeff Tharp

     

17. Andy Eckrich

     

18. Nick Marloff

     

19. Trent Folmer

     

20. Jeremiah Hurst

     

21. Darren Mish

     

22. Rick Wendling

     

23. Simpson

     

24. Ron Barker

     

25. Scott Lemke

     

26. Dave Eckrich

     

 

 

 

Late Model Auto Acres

 

 

 

1. Nick Anvelink (Went to the Yankee)

    

2. Johnny Spaw (Went to the Yankee)

    

3. Steve Lance Sr.

    

4. Rob Moss

    

5. Ace Ihm

    

6. Eric Pember

    

7. Bobby Moyer

    

8. Matt Rodebaugh

    

9. Jon Rogers

    

10. Jill George

     

11. Ed Sanger

     

12. Pat Gillespie

     

13. Mel Abels

     

14. Jerry Lauber

     

15. Rory Biermeister

     

16. Matt Leibfried

     

17. Joel Callahan

     

18. Terry Anvelink

     

19. Jason Utter

     

20. Bob Silaggi

     

21. Todd Davis

     

22. Troy Cordes

     

23. Jason Rauen

     

24. Levi Benn

     

25. Bob Letts

     

26. Jody Metzger

     

27. David Swift

     

28. Greg Wagner

     

 

 

 

eCreative Group Late Model Open (40 Laps)

 

 

 

1. Steve Boley

    

2. Andy Eckrich
3. Curt Martin
4. Ron Barker
5. Ace Ihm
6. Dean Wagner
7. Johnny Spaw
8. Ed Sanger
9. Cam Granger
10. Joe Zrostlik
11. Jill George
12. Cory Biermeister
13. Jody Metzger
14. Jason Rauen
15. Darin Burco
16. Bobby Moyer
17. Jeremiah Hurst
18. Levi Benn
19. Jon Merfeld
20. Gary Webb
21. Brain Harris
22. Jeff Tharp
23. Todd Hormel
24. Steve Johnson
25. Jerry Miles
26. Brian Lillie
27. Cory Booth
28. Eric Pollard
29. Rick Wendling

 

 

 

Modified

1. Larry Herring
2. Ron Barker
3. Jason Schueller
4. Darren Walch
5. Ken Kostenbader
6. Josh Vinnedge
7. Robbie Verbeck
8. Mark Schulte
9. Mike Burbridge
10. Brain Culbertson
11. Steve Johnson
12. Randy Coughean
13. Mark Massey
14. Shane Lewis
15. Brad Dicreks
16. Scott Stecher
17. Eric Glendenning
18. Jan Messer
19. Mel Saffran
20. Rodney Vautsmeier
21. Steve Wetter
22. Shane Burbridge
23. Jerry King
24. Darrin Duffy
25. Jim Williams
26. Randy Less
27. Mark Whalen
28. Pete Bonin
29. Ron Cundiff Jr.
30. Dennis Betzer
31. Dan Albright

 

 

 

Pro Stock

1. Matt Bodman
2. Sam Harroun
3. Jim Brokus
4. Ron Klein
5. Jeff Valentine
6. John Maher
7. Scott Reichers
8. Joel Callahan
9. Justin Mitchell
10. Jeff Kennedy
11. Keith Kiernan
12. Jim Sorn
13. Bruce Schmitz
14. Matt Crawford
15. Rod Cameron
16. Rob Petsche
17. Bob Bollon
18. Rich Picha
19. Dan Welp
20. Jim Rock
21. Toby Kuntzel
22. Tracy Meinders
23. Jim Ames
24. Kendall Coates
25. Jeremy Gengler
26. Jim Hendricks
27. Don Reed
28. Scott Welsh

 

 

 

Hobby Stock

1. Duane Ahman
2. Jay Ethridge
3. Ed McIntyre
4. Lee Ruff
5. Brain Bonney
6. Jon Poll
7. Mike Potoff
8. Doug Yates
9. Shane Oberbroeckling
10. Wayne Hora
11. Rick Shenberger
12. Terry Rittmer
13. Sheldon Hunter
14. Brain Brunscheen
15. Jerry Merkes
16. TJ Leslein
17. Tom Turpin
18. Jarvis Eastlick
19. Travis Kaiser
20. Randy Benn
21. Kelly Welter
22. Brain Woneik
23. Joe Dirks
24. Greg Gill
25. Roger Knight Jr.
26. Jake Pettierew
27. Kasey Lange
28. Andy Hendrick

 

 

 

B-Modifed

1.  Jason Roth
2.  Tim Current
3.  Matt Christ
4.  Rusty Deshaw
5.  BJ Schmitt
6.  Jason Seegmiller
7.  Jeremy English
8.  Nick Nevins
9.  Keith Kiernan
10. Ken Boyes
11. Phil Holtz
12. Jeff Nantz
13. Ron Schilling
14. Bill Campbell
15. Justin Johnson
16. Damian Miller
17. Toby Hartman
18. Al Foht
19. Kirk Saes
20. Jerrett Franzen
21. Levi Benn
22. Todd Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.      Brain Kammerude

 

 

 

2.      Ryan Federman

 

 

 

3.      Duane Toay

 

 

 

4.      Jeff Willis

 

 

 

5.      Larry Schultz

 

 

 

6.      Jaime Neuhaus

 

 

 

7.      Nic McElmeel

 

 

 

8.      Kevin Welter

 

 

 

9.      Tim Bader

 

 

 

10.  Jessey Brooks

 

 

 

11.  Wes Hames

 

 

 

12.  Ryan Schromen

 

 

 

13.  Lynn Leibold

 

 

 

14.  Tom Pluemer

 

 

 

15.  Jeff Ronek

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farley Flyers

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.      John Flury

 

 

 

2.      Becky Roth

 

 

 

3.      Chuck Schmitz

 

 

 

4.      Brannon Beschen

 

 

 

5.      Matt Stagman

 

 

 

6.      Joey Jorgensen

 

 

 

7.      Bryan Klein

 

 

 

8.      Randy Vandevegte

 

 

 

9.      Dan Kennedy

 

 

 

10.  Ray Spaw

 

 

 

11.  Charlie Nesteby

 

 

 

12.  Brooke Schmitz

 

 

 

13.  Jason Reimer

 

 

 

14.  Travis Nesteby

 

 

 

15.  Larry Mitchell

 

 

 

16.  Jake Bloomer

 

 

 

17.  Shane Marcov

 

 

 

18.  Shawn Ward

 

 

 

19.  Jerrett Gerber

 

 

 

20.  Jeremy Campbell

 

 

 

21.  Dustin Wilwert

 

 

 

22.  Roger Gaul

 

 

 

23.  Curtis Nesteby

 

 

 

24.  Shawn Stackis

 

 

 

25.  Tim Scheider