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Xenia, OH (7/3) - Kil-Kare Speedway celebrated the Fourth of July weekend with championship events in the late model and modified divisions with 50 lap features highlighting the program. Mike Stacy claimed the late mode feature while Jason Mahaffey the modified, Ray Muncy the sport stock, and Bo Hoelscher the compact.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models were led to the green by Jeff Marsh and Virgil Powell for their $1,200 to win feature. Powell had a slight lead over Marsh at the start but Marsh took over with Mike Stacy right behind him with Tim Rauch in third and two time winner Scott Drake in fourth followed by Don Mahaffey. Stacy slipped under Marsh on lap six for the lead as Drake moved into third. Rauch bobbled on turn four and Drake, Mahaffey, Bobby Justus and Justin Alsip all slipped by as Rauch faded.

Stacy had a good lead by lap twenty as fast time Ricky Bates was up to sixth. At the halfway it was still Mahaffey followed by Drake, Mahaffey, Justus, and Alsip. Bates and Alsip battled side by side for fifth as Alsip took the spot and then was after fourth place running Justus. The first caution came out on lap thirty-five which saw Alsip sent to the tail for the restart. As the laps wound down it was still Stacy in the Oakley blacktop machine out front by about fifteen car lengths as Drake had his hands full holding off Mahaffey who was trying to figure a way around Drake. Justus experienced mechanical problems, slowing off the pace and departing to the pits. The caution came out when Virgil Powell and Jamie Sites tangled with two laps to go.

Stacy held on after the restart to stay in front to claim the $1,200 followed by Scott Drake, Don Mahaffey, Ricky Bates, and Sam Heckman. Bates added an extra $500 to his winnings compliments of Airway Construction for being the hard charger.

Scott Drake and Sloan Henderson started on the front row of the first heat of late models. Drake took the lead looking for his second heat with Don Mahaffey right on his tail and then slipped under Drake for the lead as Henderson slipped under Drake for second as did Justin Alsip and that is the way they crossed the finish line with Drake fourth. Double duty driver Jeff Marsh and Virgil Powell led the field in the second heat with Marsh taking the lead followed by Mike Stacy with Tim Rauch third with Sam Heckman trying Rauch to no avail. When the checker waved it was Marsh taking his first heat win trailed by Stacy, Rauch, and Heckman.

The Muffler Brothers of Xenia modifieds faced starter Mike Stapleton's green flag for their fifty lap feature with Joe Jennings and Jamie Brenneman in the front row only to see the caution fly as Brenneman spun on the frontstretch. Once underway it was Brenneman taking the lead as the field battled feverishly behind her and all of a sudden she came to a halt on turn four bringing out the caution. Jennings had the lead after the restart only to have Jason Mahaffey who started sixth steal it from him. Ralph Harrod took over second with Mike Carroll in third with Jack Jones fourth. Dick Dunlevy was coming from the tail moving into fifth.

Mahaffey continued to set sail as Carroll tried the outside of Harrods, taking second on lap eleven. Jones then passed Harrods with Dun in tow. At the halfway it was Mahaffey, Carroll, Jones, Dunlevy, and Harrods. Carroll was inching closer and closer to leader Mahaffey each lap as Dunlevy slipped under Jones on lap thirty four for third and then worked towards the two front runners.

With four laps to go the caution came out as Jerry Stapleton and Jack Jones tangled on the front. setting up a shootout for the finish as both Carroll and Dunlevy was right up with Mahaffey. Stapleton slipped past Dunlevy for third as Mahaffey in his Affordable Auto Parts sponsored car claimed his biggest win of his career as he picked up the $1,200 first place money while the pass by Stapleton was worth the $500 hard charger compliments of Gutters 2 Go. Mike Carroll was second followed by Jerry Stapleton, Dick Dunlevy, and Shane Shirk.

Leading the pack to the green in the first modified heat it was Jack Jones and Jason Mahaffey with Jones taking the lead with Derek Barnette sneaking into second with Mahaffey third. Jones claimed his second heat win of the year with Barnette second, Mahaffey third, and Dick Dunlevy fourth. It was Joe Jennings and Rodney Kreusch in the front row of the second heat with Jennings taking the lead with Ralph Harrod taking second but Jennings went wide on turn one enabling Harrod to slip under him for the lead and win with Shane Shirk coming from the tail for second with Jamie Brenneman third and Kreusch fourth but Kreusch was disqualified when he drove into Shirk after the event doing heavy damage to Shirks machine.

The sport stocks hit the track for twenty laps of racing with Mike South Sr. and Heat winner Ray Muncy on the front row. South took the lead as Muncy bobbled on turn one but the caution came out as Shawn Stansell spun making a complete restart necessary, Muncy took the lead with South second but back in the pack Shawn Stansell and on Lewis was on the move as they advanced up behind second place running South. Stansell moved alongside of South to take second followed by Lewis. the caution came out on lap nine as Travis Digges and South tangled on turn three with heavy damage to Digges.

Muncy was still in the lead on the restart as Stansell went to work on Muncy, sizing him up for a pass as he tried the inside but Muncy shut the door. Lewis then closed in on the leaders as they ran bumper to bumper when Muncy and Stansell made contact on the frontstretch with Stansell sent to the tail. Muncy maintained the lead on the restart for his first win of the year with Lewis second, Jeff Marsh third, John Haney fourth and Derrick Louderback fifth.

Former compact driver Chris Boggs and John Haney started in the front row of the street stock first heat with Boggs taking the lead with Derrick Louderback second to take his first heat win with Louderback second trailed by fast timer Travis Digges and Shawn Stansell. Mike South Sr. and Ray Muncy started on the front row of the second heat with Muncy surging into the lead followed by South, Will Gregory and David Boyle and that is the way they finished as Muncy also claimed his first heat win.

It was Mike Israel and Matt Stone leading the field to the green in the compact feature that got off to a rocky start as several cars mixed it up on the backstretch just after the green appeared. Again right after the green appeared another mix-up happened on the backstretch. Stone had the lead as Bo Hoelscher was on the move as he sailed to the front on lap five for the lead. Ron Sagers was on the move from the tail to take second on lap seven. Hoelscher continued to lead as several cars mixed it up on turn four with Paul Holley Davey Shaw loosing a bumper bringing out the caution. It was a shoot out between Hoelscher and Sagers as Hoelscher held on to claim his first heat win of the year . Second was Ron Sagers followed by Joshua Spriggs, Amber Sites, Davey Shaw.

Feature (50 laps) - Mike Stacy, Scott Drake, Don Mahaffey, Ricky Bates, Sam Heckman, Justin Alsip, Sloan Henderson, Tim Rauch, Jeff Marsh, Virgil Powell, Jamie Sites, Bobby Justus

Feature (50 laps) - Jason Mahaffey, Mike Carroll, Jerry Stapleton, Dick Dunlevy, Shane Shirk, Derek Barnette, Ralph Harrod, Joe Jennings, Jack Jones, Jamie Brenneman

Feature - (20 laps) - Ray Muncy, Ron Lewis, Jeff Marsh, John Haney, Derrick Louderback, Shawn Stansell, Mike South Sr. Chris Boggs, Will Gregory, Travis Digges, David Boyle, Gary Sites.

Feature - (25 laps) - Bo Hoelscher, Ron Sagers, Joshua Spriggs, Amber Sites, Davey Shaw, Joe Hoelscher, Matt Stone, Dustin Smith, Tim Spriggs, Troy Patterson, David Sagers, Rodney Terry, Paul Holley, Joseph Mansfield, Bryan Lynch, Mike Isra