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Kil-Kare
Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com
Justus and Jones Claims Memorial Day Championship at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH. - It was Memorial Day championships Friday night for the
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models and modifieds at Kil-Kare
Speedway with $1,000 awaiting the winner of their fifty lap features.
And when the final checkers fell it was Jack Jones the modified winner
and Bobby Justus the late model winner.
Leading the late models in their feature was front row starters Virgil
Powell and Jamie Sites Powell took command just like he did the previous
week with Bobby Justus up to second with Sloan Henderson in third only
to spin on turn two to bring out the caution putting her on the tail for
the restart. Powell kept his Estes Oil car in front with Justus only a
few feet behind in second with Sam Heckman in third and Sites fourth
with fast timer Don Mahaffey fifth. Heckman was closing in on the top
two as he moved up behind Justus with Mahaffey slipping around Sites
for fourth as Justin Alsip also passed Sites to take the fifth position
as Scott Drake also dropped Sites back a spot.
Mike Stacy spun on turn four on lap eighteen after being nudged by
Henderson with Henderson again to the tail. Powell again set sail but
on lap twenty seven he dropped off the pace giving the lead to Justus.
with Justus in the lead Alsip moved up alongside Justus with Sam Heckman
on the inside and then there was contact between Alsip, Heckman and
Mahaffey with Mahaffey smacking the turn two wall and out of action
after which Henderson headed to the pits.
With eighteen laps to go it was Justus, Drake, Mike Stacy, Sites, and
Jeff Marsh as Heckman and Alsip were sent to the tail and Henderson
returned for the restart. Justus held the lead on the restart with Drake
right behind but Justus kept shaking him off with Stacy riding third
while Sam Heckman had moved up to challenge Jamie Sites for fourth.
Stacy kept moving up on the two front runners with Drake again trying
Justus with a little contact but Justus stayed in front as Sites dropped
out. the last lap was a humdinger as Drake tried to get Justus but it
was Justus in his M& D Auto Sales claiming his first feature win of the
year and the $1,000 top prize. Drake was second followed by Stacy,
Heckman, and Sloan Henderson.
Bobby Justus and Sam Heckman were the front row starters in the first
late model heat as they ran side by side with Justus showing as the
leader on lap two. Sloan Henderson joined the top two as she rode a very
close third but it was Justus taking the win followed by Heckman,
Henderson and Justin Alsip.
The second late model heat saw Jeff Marsh and Mike Stacy in the front
row with Stacy wasting little time to take the lead as Virgil Powell
shot up to challenge Stacy as he tried the inside groove but Stacy
closed the door but here came Scott Drake to chase the leaders. Bumper
to bumper they were as the checker flew with Stacy taking his first win
of the year with Powell second, Drake third, and Marsh fourth.
The Muffler Brothers of Xenia modifieds saw sixteen cars make the call
for their $1,000 to win fifty lap Memorial Day championship feature that
was paced by previous weeks winner Jack Jones and heat winner Ralph
Harrod. Jones held a slight lead on the first lap with Harrod right on
his rear bumper with Derek Barnette as seventh place starter Mike
Carroll was up to fourth when the first caution came out on lap three
when Jason Mahaffey and Caleb Reschar make contact with Rescher
spinning. Carroll then set sail fore Barnette as they fought for third
as Jones continued to set the pace. Carroll started to fade as Jerry
Stapleton moved into third followed by Kyle Jones.
At the half way marker it was Jack Jones, Harrod, Barnette, Jerry
Stapleton, and Greg Stapleton with Nuckles and Dick Dunlevy right
behind. Lap twenty eight saw the second caution fly when Kyle Jones spun
on turn four. Jack Jones again set the pace on the restart as again
Harrod stayed glued to his rear bumper. Kyle Jones spun again on turn
four on lap thirty five to bring out another caution. After the restart
Greg Stapleton was challenging his uncle for fourth as they rode side by
side lap after lap as Jack Jones still set the pace. Tyler Nuckles
slipped inside of Greg to challenge Jerry when contact was made with
Nuckles going sideways and Jerry Stapleton spinning.
With seven laps to go it was Jack Jones, Ralph harrod, Derek Barnette,
Jerry Stapleton and Geg Stapleton in the top five. As the laps wore down
Jones was not going to give up to Harrod as they crossed the line in
that order as Jones claimed his second win in a row in his Automotive
machine Shop sponsored machine. Harrod was second followed by Barnette,
Jerry Stapleton, and Greg Stapleton.
Leading the pack in the first modified heat was front row starters
Ralph Harrod and Derek Barnette with Harrod taking the lead followed by
Barnette and fast timer Kyle Jones. Tyler Nuckles was on the move from
the back as he moved forward to challenge Barnette for second but it was
Barnette by a whisker at the checker with Nuckles third and Greg
Stapleton fourth as Harrod claimed his first heat win of the year.
Grant Gamble and Mike South Jr. led the field in the second heat with
South taking command and fast moving David Carter shooting up to second
and took the lead from South on lap three. Tail end starter Caleb
Reschar moved up on South's bumper and almost got South as Carter
claimed his first Kil-Kare heat win with South second, Reschar third and
Jason Mahaffey fourth.
Travis Digges shot into the lead at the drop of the green in the sport
stock main but the caution came out for a restart and then on the next
green Shawn Stansell and Digges got together on the backstretch
bringing the caution back out for another complete restart. Perhaps the
third time would be the charm needed to get things underway and it was
as fast timer Stansell took command and started to pull away form the
field as Mike south Sr. was running secnd being challenged by Ron Lewis
with Gary Sites riding fourth and Chris Boggs fifth. In the meantime
Stansell was really setting sail as he was half a lap ahead of the
second and third place cars. Lewis finally edged ahead of South by half
a car but South rebelled by putting a stake on second as again Lewis
tried to get him. Meanwhile Stansell and his Rogers Auto Repair special
as Lewis claimed second when South caught up by a lapped car but still
managed to finish third followed by Sites,and Boggs.
Fourteen compacts faced starter Mike Stapleton's green flag for the
start of their twenty lap feature with David Sagers and Jeff Kimes in
the front row. Kimes showed as the leader but the caution came out as
three cars tangled on turn one to bring out the caution which called for
a complete restart with Davey Shaw and Joseph Mansfield heading to the
pits.
The restart didn't last very long as Paul Holley spun on turn one,
hitting the marker tire for another complete restart. Sagers took the
lead with Kimes on the outside with Joe Hoelscher moving up on the
inside to take second followed by Bo Hoelscher. Sagers led as the
Hoelscher's raced side by side with Bo moving to the outside and
stealing the lead on lap severn as Aaron Harshbarger was up to third.
Harshbarger claimed second on lap ten with Joe Hoelscher in fourth with
bo challening him. Bryan Lynch was on the move as he advanced to fifth
as the caution came out as Bo Hoelscher headed to the pits.
Ron Sagers had the front spot on the restart with Harshbarger
challenging Sagers for the lead but it was Ron Sagers caliming his third
feature of the year with Harshbarger real close in second followed by
David Sagers, Bryan Lynch, and Amber Sites.
Kil-Kare Speedway will be back in action next Friday night featuring
the powerful super late models of the Main Event Series along with the
modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m.
and racing at 8 p.m.
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
Kil-Kare Speedway
May 29, 2009
Late models -
Transponder Data
Fast time - Don Mahaffey 14.287
Heat - Bobby Justus, Sam Heckman.Sloan Henderson, Justin Alsip
Heat - Mike Stacy, Virgil Powell, Scott Drake, Jeff Marsh
Feature (50 laps) - Bobby Justus, Scott Drake, Mike Stacy, Sam Heckman,
Sloan Henderson, Jeff Marsh, Jamie Sites, Justin Alsip, Don Mahaffey,
Virgil Powell, Tony Brunke
Muffler Brothers of Xenia Modifieds
- Transponder Data
Fast time - Kyle Jones 14.267
Heat - Ralph Harrod, Derek Barnette, Tyler Nuckles, Greg Stapleton
Heat - David Carter, Mike South Jr., Caleb Reschar, Jason Mahaffey
Feature (50 laps) - Jack Jones, Ralph Harrod, Derek Barnette, Jerry
Stapleton, Greg Stapleton, Mike Carroll, Dick Dunlevy, Caleb Reschar,
David Carter, Jason Mahaffey, Kyle Jones, Tyler Nuckles, Rob Garrett,
Mike South Jr., Joe Jennings, Grant Gamble
Kil-Kare Sport Stocks
- Transponder Data
Fast time - Shawn Stansell 15.601
Feature (20 laps) - Shawn Stansell, Ron Lewis, MikeSouth Sr., Gary
Sites, Chris Boggs, Will Gregory, Travis Diggs, David Boyle
Compacts - Transponder
Data
Fast time - Bo Hoelscher 15.249
Feature (20 laps) - Ronald Sagers, Aaron Harshbarger, David Sagers,
Bryan Lynch, Amber Sites, Joe Hoelscher, Jeff Kimes, Paul Holley, Troy
Patterson, Dustin Smith, Ma Moran, Bo Hoelscherr, Joseph Mansfield,
Davey Shaw
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