NASCAR Racing Series action returned
to the West Liberty Raceway on Saturday night following a week off due to a
rainout on Saturday, April 27th. The Saturday, May 4th
racing program included makeup features from the rain shortened program on April
20th plus a full program in all four divisions. The makeup features
were run in the Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Late Model and Hobby Stock
divisions.
The regularly scheduled Late Model
feature was the last feature of the night and the 25 lap main event provided the
fans with plenty of action. Ray Guss Jr. scored his second win in four tries at
the West Liberty Raceway in 2002. Guss Started in the fourth row and was able to
pass high or low on the wide track on his way to the front. Guss caught race
leader Todd Davis on the 8th lap. With Guss setting up a challenge
for the race lead the race was red flagged following an incident in turn one
that saw the car of Nick Marolf end up on his top. Marolf was uninjured in the
rollover, Steve Boley was also sidelined in the accident. On the restart Guss
was able to move by Davis and take command, as the laps wound down the race was
for second. Sonny Findling came on very strong late in the race and was able to
take the checkers just ahead of Davis. Brian Harris and Dave Eckrich rounded out
the top five. The Makeup feature was run early in the night and the race
belonged to Skip Frey. The makeup feature went flag to flag with Frey taking the
lead early and easily outdistancing the 28 car starting field. Steve Boley out
raced Denny Eckrich for second in the first Late Model feature.
The Miller Time Modified feature was
won by Darrell Brick on Saturday night. Brick put his number 22 in the high
groove and was able to move to the front quickly from his third row start. Brick
scored the win by a comfortable margin over Rick Hixson, who was able to take
second by a matter of a few feet over a strong finishing Ron Barker. Brick
survived several restarts in route to the 20 lap feature win.
The DADCO/Parker Stores Pro Stock
feature was a family affair with the Simpson boys taking the checkers with a one
two finish. Chad Simpson took the lead early on the way to the win. Chris
Simpson battled through the pack and worked into second late in the race to make
the finish a Simpson sweep. Matt Bodman finished a close third ahead of Norman
Bean.
The NASCAR Hobby Stocks performed
double duty on Saturday night with Todd Hansen scoring the win in the regularly
scheduled main event. Hansen caught race leader Darren Voss near the midway
point of the race and took the lead on his way to his first win of the young
season. Matt Fulton came from the sixth row to take second ahead of Voss. The
Hobby Stock makeup feature was won by young Davey Elliott of Moscow, Iowa.
Elliott emerged from a pack of contenders late in the race score the win over
Dan Albright and Jeremie Thompson.
NASCAR racing will continue Saturday,
May 11th at the West Liberty Raceway with a full program plus the
makeup feature events for the Pro Stock and Modified classes. Racing will get
underway at 7 p.m.
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation
Late Models
Heat 1
1.
88 Kevin Kile-West Liberty
2.
31 Brian Morgan-Muscatine
3.
3t Todd Davis-Iowa City
Heat 2
1.
12 Ray Guss Jr.-Milan, IL
2.
26 Steve Boley-West Liberty
3.
30 Dan Brockert-Muscatine
Heat 3
1.
77J Steve Johnson-Camanche
2.
77 Kurt Kile-West Liberty
3.
21H Brian Harris-Davenport
Heat 4
1.
8 Sonny Findling-Kirksville, MO
2.
13k Denny Petersen-Rochester
3.
66 Fred Remley-Blue Grass
Consolation
1.
11 Steve Ihm-Kieler, WI
2.
45 Michael Klinkhammer-West Branch
3.
57 Tom Christensen-West Liberty
May 4th Feature
1.
12 Guss Jr
2.
8 Findling
3.
3T Davis
4.
21h Harris
5.
58 Dave Eckrich-Oxford
6.
3x Skip Frey-Ely
7.
77 Kurt Kile
8.
50 Denny Eckrich-Tiffin
9.
66 Fred Remley-Blue Grass
10.
88 Kevin Kile
11.
74 Ron Boyse-Kalona
12.
113k Petersen
13.
4 Bobby Sexton-West Branch
14.
18Z Rusty Zook-Riverside
15.
31 Morgan
16.
11 Ihm
17.
45 Klinkhammer
18.
31b Jason Utter-Columbus Junction
19.
1m Rob Moss-Iowa City
20.
30 Brockert
21.
57 Christensen
22.
28 Jeff Bair-Solon
23.
77J Johnson
24.
69 Todd Hormel-West Liberty
25.
7 Andy Nezworski-Buffalo
26.
23D Dana Wells-Moscow
27.
33 Nick Marolf-Moscow
28.
26 Boley
Makeup Feature 4/20 scheduled
event
1.
3X Frey
2.
26 Boley
3.
50 Denny Eckrich
4.
21h Harris
5.
11 Ihm
6.
66 Remley
7.
33 Marolf
8.
28 Bair
9.
8 Findling
10.
88 Kevin Kile
11.
18Z Zook
12.
45 Klinkhammer
13.
58 Dave Eckrich
14.
57 Christensen
15.
3T Davis
16.
77 Kurt Kile
17.
13K Petersen
18.
77J Johnson
19.
74 Boyse
20.
4 Sexton
21.
7 Nezworski
22.
31 Morgan
23.
23D Wells
24.
43 Kurt Stewart-Ainsworth
25.
26B Wayne Brau-Anawan, IL
26.
12 Guss Jr.
27.
8M Mark Ward-Muscatine
28.
51 Matt Furman-Iowa City
Makeup Late Model Consolation
1.
12 Guss Jr.
2.
8 Findling
3.
77 Kurt Kile
Miller Time Modifieds
Heat 1
1.
36 Gerry Brick-West Branch
2.
19 Terry Lawson-New Liberty
3.
2h Rick Hixson-Orion, IL
Heat 2
1.
M2 Scott Megonigle-Cedar Rapids
2.
9Z Mike Zogg-New Liberty
3.
16 Ryan Dolan-Lisbon
Heat 3
1.
37B Ron Barker-Dubuque
2.
60 Robbie Verbeck-Annawan, IL
3.
37 Todd Stoolman-West Branch
Feature
1.
22 Darrell Brick-West Branch
2.
2h Hixson
3.
37b Barker
4.
9Z Zogg
5.
01M Mitch Way-Davenport
6.
60 Verbeck
7.
96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree
8.
1 Dan Chapman-Clarence
9.
26 Scott Fridley-Mechanicsville
10.
71Z Raymond Partida-West Liberty
11.
12 Terry Walker-Riverside
12.
18 Matt Ruess-West Liberty
13.
37 Stoolman
14.
D56 Mike Dains-Mechanicsville
15.
64 Bret Frieden-Walford
16.
34 Dave Hemsted-Lone Tree
17.
25 Dustin Lovell-Rochester
18.
2 Jim Vest-Wellman
19.
45 Steve Kohli-Iowa City
20.
7 Mike Thomas-West Branch
21.
17 Steve Stewart-Washington
22.
20 Dan Fellman-Blue Grass
23.
16 Dolan
24.
42 John Brumley-Riverside
25.
5 Denny Poulsen-West Liberty
26.
36 Brick
DADCO Corp./Parker Stores Pro
Stocks
Heat 1
1.
56 Andy Eckrich-Cosgrove
2.
0B Matt Bodman-Muscatine
3.
62 Norman Bean-Muscatine
Heat 2
1. 77 Darren Plett-Davenport
2. 7 Dale Franklin-Marion
3. 1 Matt Gichrist-Grandview
Heat 3
1.
25 Chad Simpson-Marion
2.
24 Monte Hayden-Wilton
3.
17 Gary Beuter-Tipton
Feature
1.
25 Chad Simpson
2.
32 Chris Simpson-Marion
3.
0 Bodman
4.
62 Bean
5.
1 Gilchrist
6.
17 Beuter
7.
2R Rusty Daufeldt-Blue Grass
8.
11 Troy Philpott-Muscatine
9.
29 Bruce Miller-West Liberty
10.
36 Jason Gingerich-West Liberty
11.
77 Plett
12.
21 Brian VanDusen-Atalissa
13.
44S Tom Struve-Palo
14.
7 Franklin
15.
24 Hayden
16.
33 randy Franzen-West Liberty
17.
38 Skeet Smith-Wilton
18.
3D Dan Lange-Rochester
19.
75 Mike Welsh-Davenport
20.
60 Matt Brockert-Muscatine
21.
31 Jeremy Honts-Muscatine
22.
56 Eckrich
NASCAR Hobby Stocks
Heat 1
1.
57J Jermie Thompson-Ainsworth
2.
21 Todd Hansen-Muscatine
3.
77 Ed O達rien-Cedar Rapids
Heat 2
1.
42V Darren Voss-Wilton
2.
D1 Matt Fulton-Muscatine
3.
66 Jason Erwin-Muscatine
Heat 3
1. 2B Bill Butteris-Lisbon
2. 25 Jim Schrier-Washington
3. 72 Doug Yates-Monticello
Feature
1.
21 Hansen
2.
D1 Fulton
3.
42V Voss
4.
25 Jim Schrier
5.
51 Ron Doolittle-Davenport
6.
2B Butteris
7.
0 Stan O達rien-Muscatine
8.
9 Davey Elliott-Moscow
9.
99 C.J. Ormsby-Moscow
10.
66 Erwin
11.
20 Dan Albright-Hiawatha
12.
72 Yattes
13.
100 Dave Schrier-Muscatine
14.
77 Ed O達rien-Cedar Rapids
15.
S9 Ron Schreurs-Fruitland
16.
40 Jake Purdy-West Liberty
17.
7K Tim Kemmerer-Fairfax
18.
57J Thompson
Makeup Feature 4/20
1.
9 Elliott
2.
20 Albright
3.
57J Thompson
4.
77 O達rien
5.
D1 Fulton
6.
21 Hansen
7.
2b Butteris
8.
42V Voss
9.
25 Schrier
10.
100 Schrier
11.
0 O達rien
12.
99 Ormsby
13.
51 Doolittle
14.
66 Erwin
15.
72 Yates
16.
7K Kemmerer
17.
S9 Schruers
18.
46 Jerry Suchomel-Iowa City
19.
15 Jared Collins-West Liberty
20.
94 Jason Lange-Mt. Vernon
21.
40 Purdy
