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NASCAR NIGHT MAY 20, 2008

Schrader had fast time, Wallace had second fast time and Schrader won his
heat and won the feature.  Wallace was 5th.  Here is the complete rundown.
MODIFIEDS
Feature
1. Ken Schrader
2. Chad Evans - Charleston
3. Mike Spatola - Kankakee
4. McKay Wenger - Fairbury
5. Kenny Wallace
6. Kevin Hastings - Kankakee
7 Jason Hastings - Kankakee
8. Chad Osterhoff - Kankakee
9. Jeffery Curl - Forrest
10. Ben Hulse - Flanagan

Heat 1
1. Jason Hastings - Kankakee
2. Kevin Hastings - Kankakee
3. Jeffery Curl - Forrest

Heat 2
1. David Porth - Gardner
2. Vince Cooper - Morris
3. Ben Hulse - Flanagan

Heat 3
1. Ken Schrader -
2. Mike Spatola - Kankakee
3. Ken Wallace

Semi Feature
1. Jeb Friedman - Forrest
2. Jay Ledford - Pontiac
3. Justin DeLong - Bloomington

Kenny Schrader in victory lane after a clean sweep	Wes Steidinger in victory lane after winning the feature and setting a new track record at 12.436 seconds

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LATE MODELS
Feature
1. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury    Steidinger also set a new track record in qualifying.
2. Derek Chandler - Pontiac
3. Kevin Weaver - Gibson City
4. Joe Harlan - El Paso
5. Daren Friedman - Forrest
6. Jason Feger - Bloomington
7. Ryan Dauber -Tonica
8. Donny Walden - Towanda
9. Dennis Erb Jr. - Carpentersville
10. Scott Bull - Fairbury

Heat 1
1. Dennis Erb Jr. - Carpentersville
2. Scott Bull - Fairbury
3. Scott Schmitt - Tonica

Heat 2
1. Ryan Dauber - Tonica
2. Frank Shickel Jr. - Bloomington
3. B.J. McCammon - Mattoon

Heat 3
1. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury
2. Derek Chandler - Pontiac
3. Kevin Weaver - Gibson City

Semi Feature
1. Aaron Ricketts - Fairbury
2. Chuck Mitchell - unknown
3. Frank Heckenast - Orland Park

May 10
The Fairbury Races were washed out after completing almost half the events on Saturday night. 
Racing continues next Saturday with the Gary Eden Memorial Sportsman Race with $600 going to the winner of the 30 lap event.  
Street Stocks will also be running on this night.  Gates open at 3pm, Qualifying at 6:30, racing at 7:30. 

May 03, 2008
$1500 to win modified feature winner
#B12 Kevin Weaver

 

Tonight was the first night of racing for the upcoming season at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway and some familiar faces went to Victory Lane and won their first features of the year.

 

In the Late models, The Fairbury Flyer, Wes Steidinger passed Rusty Schlenk with 12 laps to go and weaved through lapped traffic to capture his first feature of the year. 

 

Full Late Model Results

1. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury

2. Rusty Schlenk - Jackson, Mich  "The Jackson Assassin"

3. Frank Shickel Jr. - Bloomington

4. Scott Bull - Fairbury

5. Daren Friedman - Forrest

6. Derek Chandler - Pontiac

7. Lisa Shickel - Bloomington

8. Rocky Griffin - Bloomington

9. Donny Walden - Towanda

10. Phil Line - Kankakee

11. Gary Schalmo - Mokena

12. Eric Vaughan - Fairbury

 

 

Heat 1

1. Rocky Griffin - Bloomington

2. Eric Vaughan - Fairbury

3. Lisa Shickel - Bloomington

 

Heat 2

1. Wes Steidinger - Fairbury

2. Rusty Schlenk - Jackson, Mich.

3. Scott Bull - Fairbury

 

Fast Qualifier - Donny Walden - Towanda

 

 

Jeb Friedman, modified winner

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Modifieds

Jeb Friedman of Forrest took the lead on lap 14 when race leader Dave Porth dropped out due to mechanical problems and went on to win his first victory of the season. 

 

Modified Feature

1. Jeb Friedman - Forrest

2. McKay Wenger - Fairbury

3. Jay Ledford - Pontiac

4. Jim Farris - Odell

5. Kevin Hastings - Kankakee

6. Dennis Wilson - Lexington

7. Darcey Wey - Heyworth

8. Matt Bachman - Gibson City

9. Jeffery Curl - Forrest

10. Jason Hastings - Kankakee

11. Lake Nichoalds - Gilman

12. Cody Bauman - Eureka

 

Modified Heat 1

1. Cody Bauman - Eureka

2. Lance Dehm - Chatsworth

3. Jim Farris - Odell

 

Modified Heat 2

1. Jason Hastings - Kankakee

2. Dennis Wilson - Lexington

3. Matt Bachman - Gibson City

 

Modified Heat 3

1. Jeffery Curl - Forrest

2. McKay Wenger - Fairbury

3. David Porth - Gardner

 

Semi Feature

1. Darcey Wey - Heyworth

2. Brock Bauman - Eureka

3. Lake Nichoalds - Gilman

 

Fast Qualifier - Jeffery Curl - Forrest

 

 

Sportsman

Dwight's Rick Thomas took the lead from El Paso's Jason Unzicker with 2 laps to go and held on to win at Fairbury Saturday night.  The race between Thomas, Unzicker and Dwight's Joel Funk was close for the entire 15 lap feature. 

 

Sportsman Feature

1. Rick Thomas - Dwight

2. Jason Unzicker - El Paso

3. Joel Funk - Dwight

4. Terry Worth - Lexington

5. Loren Haberkorn - Chatsworth

6. Steve Kool - Eureka

7. Tim Fitzpatrick - Bensenville

8. Dustin Mounce - Pontiac

9. Chris Anderson - Bloomington

10. Shane Hetherington - Fairbury

11. Gary Barnes - Pontiac

12. Tad Blackburn - unknown

 

Sportsman heat 1

1. Shane Hetherington - Fairbury

2. Chris Anderson - Bloomington

3. John Zalaker - Melvin

 

Sportsman Heat 2

1. Jason Unzicker - El Paso

2. Joel Funk - Dwight

3. Rick Thomas - Dwight

 

Hornet winner

Jerry Legner - Pontiac

FALS reschedules practice/tech day for next Sat. 4/19. Gates open at 10 a.m. track opens at noon. Gate free, pits $10.