I did not go to the pit area because I was not prepared... I would have loved getting an interview with Ryan Dauber, Tony Izzio, McKay Wenger and the guy that drives that 1949 racecar.... I love that car !!!!
When you see him going down the road it looks like there is no driver in it....he looks like he is sitting in the back seat...... I HAVE TO GET THIS GUY FOR AN INTERVIEW...AND ONE OF HIM GETTING INTO THAT CAR !!!
There were
38 Mods
Fast 4 Qualifiers of each group were:
1. 21S Schwartz 15.401
2. 22S Kinder 15.537
3. 25 Porth 15.562
4. 130 Osterhoff 15.570
Heat #1... on the start of this heat the #7 went over the burm coming out of one... the #88 lost control scaling the wall for a ways and came down hard on the track...he pulled off...The #7 of Crego pulled off the track by a wrecker.... the #15v of the 72 year old Vant pulled off.. ended with Denny Schwartz winning by a huge margin, then Nick Allen, Hastings, Wenger, Line, DeYoung.
Heat #2 Brent Mullins started in front and stayed there throughout the heat with the #23jr of Funk crossing 2nd and the #T of Thorton taking 3rd... the #40 of Estrada spun out on checkered flag lap causing him to take last place....
Heat 3...man...this was like watching a Feature... you knew when you saw Kinder, Harrison and Hamstra all in the same heat you were in for a powerful race !!!
Honest Chad I do try to keep my eyes on you at all times...but.... I do find myself closing my eyes occasionally..... I know you started out on front row and the next thing I knew you were like four cars behind.... although quite exciting to see you have to come up through the pack it is quite nerve racking!!!!
ended with Kinder taking the win, Harrison 2nd, Hamstra 3rd, Spatola 4th and Vince Cooper 5th....
Heat 4...the #75 of Wood brings out the first caution....2nd caution comes when the #75 gets sideways in turn one and the 21jr of McCoy spun trying to avoid hitting him.. ...3rd caution comes out for the #21 of Loch who spins...... Porth got out to a lead from the start and stayed there til the finish with Tommy Kroll taking second and Hastings crossing 3rd....
Consi 1... right at the start the #88 of Line and the #70 of Cooper crashed bringing out first caution....2nd caution came out when the #7 spun coming out of turn one.......finally on their 3rd try they got took off and another caution did not come out til five laps to go when the #15v and the #7 got together... the #7 was black flagged and sent off the track....ended with young Vince Cooper taking a win over Jim Farris, ..those two advance to feature.....
Consi 2....first caution comes out for the #13d of Kevin DeYoung with only 8 laps to go...2nd caution came out for the #40 with six laps to go...
The #13 of DeYoung and the #21L of Losh was putting on a race ...the number #1 was trying hard to get that last transfer spot... third caution comes out with 4 laps to go for the #75... the #21L of Losh got really close to the wall in turn 4 with sparks flying but kept on going..... with 2 laps to go the #22 of Keller spins in turn 4 getting stuck in the mud right in the turn........Kevin Deyoung took the win over Derek Losh..both transfer...
Dash - top 2 from each heat, inverted qualifying times
****I HATE DASHES**** too many times I have seen the top running cars taken out....better to take the top six or eight and have a pill draw for starting positions..... this race in my opinion is not worth running for an extra $50 or $100 bucks...
...right in the beginning of this race the #25 of Porth and the #22s of Kinder made contact in the front stretch ending up against the wall.... I thought the night was over for both drivers..... Porth did have to pull off but Kinder stayed taking tail of the pack...Mullins, Harrison and Schwartz were racing head to head... Mullins was leading and then Harrison got around him.....Schwartz followed.... Mike Harrison held off Schwartz for the win.... ended with Harrison, Schwartz, Mullins, Kroll, Allen, Funk and Kinder.....
FEATURE
Harrison...Schwartz
Mullins....Kroll
Allen.....Funk
Kinder...Porth
Hastings...Thorton
Hamstra....Hastings
Wenger...Dixon
Spatola....Kohler
Cooper...DeYoung
Farris...Losh
Line
before a lap was completed the #1k, #7T, #0 and #21L crashed when the #1k spun out
On restart a 2nd caution came out with Mullins and Tommy Kroll making contact on front stretch causing the #23jr to spin....Kroll had to pull out of race...Mullins had to pull off with a flat tire but returned before restart taking tail of the field.......with one lap in the books Denny Schwartz was in the lead with Harrison second , Funk third and Kinder forth.... with 27 to go the #7T of Thorton got up on the burm bringing out a caution..
**on restart a car went over the burm...did not catch the number....
With five laps in it was Schwartz , Harrison, Kinder and Allen.....DeYoung...Mullins and Hamstra....
with 16 laps to go Kinder had taken the lead from Schwartz with Harrison in third... with ten to go Kinder...Schwartz...Harrison... Allen and Brent Mullins......Deyoung, Hamstra, Wenger..Hastings..
with three to go Chad started running into lap traffic....
It ended with Chad Kinder taking first....WAY TO GO CHAD !!!!!, Denny Schwartz, Brent Mullins..Nick Allen, Mike Harrison, Dan Hamstra, and Deyoung, Wenger, Hastings, Farris, Spatola, Dixon, Losh, Line,
Was a very exciting race !!!!!! Great job Chad... I had to move down away from the people because I was jumping up and down so much..... after the reace I tried to get pop out of the machine and could not stop shaking long enough to get my money in the slot !!!
When Chad was being interviewed he said something had broke on the car and it seemed to start going faster...he said he didn't think he would fix what broke....
...In the late model
heat #1 Tony Izzo took the win with the #7 of Provenzano taking 2nd and #1m taking 3rd..
heat #2 ...Aaron Ricketts was making his debut in his new #95 late model.... Aaron had to pull off before completing the race... .............Ryan Dauber took first with the #76 taking second
heat #3 Frank Heckenast,Sr won with the #27g of RJ Gall taking second
in the consi Aaron Ricketts started in 8th position and by end of race ended up taking 2nd.... he was kicking butt out there....he finished behind the #11d
In the dash for the late model Izzo and Dauber put on quite a show with Izzo holding off Dauber for the win...#27 took third
In the late model feature Tony Izzo came out in the #11d at the tail of the pack....
line up
#27....Dauber
Heckenast,jr....#7
Gall....#1m
#56.....Heckenast,Sr
#76....#1
#91....Navajo
#56.....#111
#92....Quinn
#15....Ricketts
Izzo
with two laps in Ricketts pulled the #95 off the track....with four laps in there was a cash with the #91..#1..99,sr...and #76....the #91 and the #76 pulled out...
Dauber got out in front right from start and never gave up the lead..... the #7 crossed over second ....
Wish I knew the drivers a little better....sorry....
Was a great night of racing..especially for the Kinder fans..... was glad to run into Scott Bull...he is such a nice kid..... hated to see his arm in a sling and hearing that he has to stay out of racing for the rest of the season...but am glad he is being sensible and giving his arm the proper time to heal.....
Was nice to run into Hoosier24..... sorry I did not get the chance to run into Ryan Dauber..... I will get him next time I am at Kankakee.....
Had a lot of fun even though I got home in the wee early morning hours.....but.... thats racing !!!!
I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!
SEE YA AT THE TRACK SOMEWHERE SOME TIME......