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Farmer City Raceway 2003 in Review
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Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2003 by
Shawn, from www.trackenterprises.com
The Farmer City Raceway, Farmer City, IL has concluded its 9th season under the
management of Track Enterprises, Inc. The 2003 season started in April and came
to a close in August. Four divisions are ran every Friday night at the high
banked ¼ mile dirt oval, they include: UMP Late Models, UMP Modified, Sportsman,
and Street Stock.
The season opened on April 11, with Jeff Leka winning the RPM Late Model Shoot
Out that was held over from the 2002 season. May 2 was Scout night honoring our
local Boy & Girl Scouts, with over a 150 scouts in the stands to watch the 2003
Hornet Debut. NASCAR Night was held on May 13 with Ken Schrader and Kenny
Wallace in town racing with the all of the local UMP Late Model & Modified
drivers. May 30 the raceway hosted the first annual Tri-State Challenge paying
$10,000 to win for the Late Models with Shannon Babb of Moweaqua taking the
paycheck. June 20, RC Cola sponsored Twin 30 lap features for the UMP Late
Models with Billy Drake of Bloomington winning both feature events. On June 23,
the O'Reilly World of Outlaws made their annual stop in Farmer City with Steve
Kinser taking the feature win, Derek Odell of East Alton took the checkered flag
for the 600 cc mini sprints. Lynn Chevrolet/Buick hosted the UMP Summer
Nationals on July 11, with Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN taking home the top
honors. On July 16, Andrae's Harley Davidson hosted an exciting night of
motorcycle racing as the AMA Motorcycles were in town with Johnny Murphree
winning the Expert class. The 2003 Late Model Shoot Out was won by Roger Long
of Fithian on August 8. On August 15 the raceway had a battle of the Sprint
cars with both USAC & SCRA Non-Wing Sprints on this ¼ mile track with Tracy
Hines of Greenfield, IN winning the feature event. The Farmer City Raceway
season concluded on August 22, when the MARA Midgets made a stop in Farmer City
with the annual Don Branson Memorial.
Every week of the 2003 racing season we were able to give one of our drivers an
extra $200 for the Timber Wolf Hard Charger Award, which is awarded to the
driver that passed the most cars in their feature event. The Contingency
Connection was an added bonus for the drivers this year too with several drivers
taking advantage of prizes and money being awarded.
Congratulations to the 2003 Farmer City Raceway Track Champions: Roger Long of
Fithian - UMP Late Model, Jeff Leka of Buffalo - UMP Modified, James Felker Jr.
of Bloomington - Sportsman, and Ryan Unzicker of El Paso - Street Stock.
SEASON FINALE
August 8, 2003
Roger Long put the exclamation point on the season with his
seventh track championship at Farmer City Raceway. The final night of racing
included the Shootout, a 20 lap race for the dash winners all year long. Long
started sixth, and took the lead on lap 7 for the win by a straightaway over
Donnie Waldon and fast qualifier Eric Smith. The regular dash went to Steve
Sheppard Jr over Waldon. Heat races went to Wade Logue, Chris Dick and Jason
Feger. Jay Sparks won the semi-feature over Chris Dick. Ryan Dauber led the
first 4 laps of the feature, before being passed by Long, who had a hard time
getting around Eric Smith and Dauber at the same time. Long then went on to lead
the final 21 laps, for his second feature in a row. Finish: 36 Roger Long, 9
Eric Smith, 1w Donnie Waldon, S10 Jr Shickel, 4 Mike Mullvain, 25 Jason Feger, 7
Jay Sparks, 1a Justin Allgaier, 64 Ryan Dauber, 15 Joe Ross Jr, 5s Steve
Sheppard Jr.
Modified track champion Jeff Leka also won his feature event after a hot battle
with Tim O'Donnell.
Sportsman feature went to Jim Felker, Jr.
Street stock winner was Richard Peddicoart.
| Position | Car Number | Driver / Hometown | Feature Poles | Heat Wins | Feature Wins | Nights Raced | Total Points | Deficit |
| 1 | 36 | Roger Long / Fithian, IL | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 802 | 0 |
| 2 | s10 | JR Shickel / Bloomington, IL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 598 | 204 |
| 3 | 9 | Eric Smith / Shirley, IL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 561 | 241 |
| 4 | 15 | Joe Ross , Jr. / Springfield, IL | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 537 | 265 |
| 5 | 4 | Mike Mullvain / Bartonville, IL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 506 | 296 |
| 6 | 1A | Justin Allgaier / Springfield, IL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 473 | 329 |
| 7 | 5s | Steve Sheppard Jr. / New Berlin, IL | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 437 | 365 |
| 8 | 25 | Jason Feger / Bloomington, IL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 393 | 409 |
| 9 | 1w | Donny Walden / Towanda, IL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 364 | 438 |
| 10 | 30 | Mike Glasscock / Leroy, IL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 328 | 474 |
| 11 | 9 | Billy Drake / Bloomington, IL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 309 | 493 |
| 12 | 45 | Don Hammer / Clinton, IL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 307 | 495 |
| 13 | 22 | Chris Dick / Deland, IL | < |