From Duane Turner
Mason, MI — (May 22, 2015) — With a racing double scheduled for Memorial Day weekend at Spartan Speedway, the Friday night portion would provide great racing action. Brian Heeney, Leroy Butler and Tony Monge would grab the main event checkered flags.
The first features of the evening would be The Parts Place Napa Bandoleros. Richelle Michalak would lead the Bandits to the green flag, but Faith Schuch would jump to an early lead, only to relinquish that lead on lap two. Nate Jenkins would take the point then pull away to take the feature win. Mike Findlay Jr and Schuch would be the top three. The Junior Bandit feature would see Jon Parish take early command, and dominate the event. Danika LaPoint and Kylie Beckner would round out the top three
The Performance Automotive Northwest Modifieds would start their 35-lap feature with Justin Kazmar taking the early lead with Jim Butler and Leroy Butler in tow. Leroy would sneak under Jim to take over second on lap 6. On a lap eight restart, Leroy Butler would get the jump and take the point. Larry Wallace would begin to make his presence felt on lap ten when he slid in to fourth, and quickly would challenge for third. Jim Butler would take over second on lap 21, then a caution would appear for fourth place Wallace sending him to the tail for the restart. With seven laps remaining, Jim Butler would bring out the caution, ending his second place run. This would have Leroy Butler and Kazmar on the front row for the final restart. Dan Loughan would slip in to third, and race with Kazmar for second, taking the spot on lap 32. At the finish Leroy Butler would take the win with Loughan, Aaron Timmerman, Wallace, and Kazmar the top five.
The Sawyers Chevrolet Michigan Legends would begin their 25-lap feature with Rick Kilbourn taking the early lead. Tony Monge would quickly close on the leader, and take the point on the second circuit. Greg Rudzik would close in on Kilbourn just a few laps later and challenge for the runner up spot. Rudzik would bring out the caution on lap 11, moving Mitchell Huber in to the third spot. On the restart, Huber would quickly move past Kilbourn to take over second. Just three laps later, Kilbourn would retake second as Huber would begin to fight under-steer on corner exit. At the checkers, Monge would continue his winning streak with Kilbourn and Huber in the top three.
The Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stock A Feature would have Wayne Parkhurst take the early lead. On lap five, it would be three wide racing for the lead with Parkhurst, Brian Beckner, and Tyler Heeney. Beckner would take the top spot one lap later and would quickly pull away. Wayne Beckner Jr would slip in to third at the half way point. With side by side racing for the lead between Beckner and Heeney over the final seven laps, Heeney would finally nose ahead at the white flag and take the win. Brian Beckner would finish second, with Wayne Beckner Jr third.
B Feature for the Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks would have Jamie Logie lead the field to green. Ken Dollarhite Jr would take the point in turn three on the opening lap, with Carter Trudgeon and Josh Finner in tow. Lap five saw Trudgeon take over the lead, and Laura Beckner move in to third. At the finish Trudgeon takes the win, with Dollarhite Jr in second. Josh Finner would sneak in to third on the final lap.
Up next at The Track The Stars Call Home, is the first Sunday event of 2015 on May 24th. Enduro figure 8’s are on the card, along with Lipari Foods Spartan Stocks, Sawyers Chevrolet Michigan Legends, and Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks. Grandstands open at 3:30 and racing at 6:00. For more information, log on to the official website at www.spartanspeedway.com, or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/spartan.speedway.
Event Summery:
Sawyers Chevrolet Michigan Legends
Heat Race #1: 1) 92 Tony Monge 2) 17 Greg Rudzik 3) 54 Rick Kilbourn 4) 50 Gary Joppich
Heat Race #2: 1) 23 Mitchell Huber 2) 31 Mason Ludwig 3) 72 Lori Hall 4) 13 Gordon Brodeur 5) 11 Rich Michalak
Feature: 1) 92 Tony Monge 2) 54 Rick Kilbourn 3) 23 Mitchell Huber 4) 31 Mason Ludwig 5) 17 Greg Rudzik 6) 50 Gary Joppich 7) 11 Rick Michalak 8) 71 Lyn Hall 9) 13 Gordon Huber 9) 72 Lori Hall
Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks
Qualifications: 1) 7 Lex Jarecki 16.204 2) 18 Tyler Heeney 16.228 3) 27 John Ward Jr 16.239 4) 11 Brian Beckner 16.243 5) 21 Ryan Gordon 16.391 6) 47 Wayne Beckner Jr 16.391 7) 33 Brian Boesel 16.455 8) 57 Randy Kretzinger Jr 16.459 9) 17 DJ Marciniak 16.464 10) 13 Wayne Parkhurst II 16.576 11) 21 Carter Trudgeon 12) 9 Laura Beckner 16.887 13) 27 Josh Finner 16.998 14) 30 RJ Miller 17.045 15) 942 Ken Dollarhite Jr 17.092 16) 15 Jerry King 17.126 17) 01 Shane Snow 17.305 18) 44 Jarin Larner 17.449 19) 5 Ryan Hollister 17.833 20) 96 Jamie Logie 17.872
Heat Race #1: 1) 01 Shane Snow 2) 15 Jerry King 3) 44 Jarin Larner 4) 95 Jamie Logie 5) 942 Ken Dollarhite Jr 6) 5 Ryan Hollister
Heat Race #2: 1) 30 RJ Miller 2) 9 Laura Beckner 3) 13 Wayne Parkhurst II 4) 57 Randy Kretzinger Jr 5) 17 DJ Marciniak 6) 21 Carter Trudgeon 7) 27 Josh Finner
Heat Race #3: 1) 33 Brian Boesel 2) 47 Wayne Beckner Jr 3) 11 Brian Beckner 4) 27 John Ward Jr 5) 18 Tyler Heeney 6) 21 Ryan Gordon 7) 7 Lex Jarecki
B-Feature: 1) 21 Carter Trudgeon 2) 942 Ken Dollarhite Jr 3) 27 Josh Finner 4) 9 Laura Beckner 5) 01 Shane Snow 6) 95 Jamie Logie 7) 30 RJ Miller 8) 15 Jerry King
A-Feature 1) 18 Tyler Heeney 2) 11 Brian Beckner 3) 47 Wayne Beckner Jr 4) 13 Wayne Parkhurst II 5) 21 Ryan Gordon 6) 57 Randy Kretzinger Jr 7) 17 DJ Marciniak 8) 7 Lex Jarecki 9) 22 Brian Boesel 10) 27 John Ward Jr
The Parts Place Napa Bandoleros
Heat Race #1: 1) 50 Zach Parish 2) 42 Nate Jenkins 3) 01 Faith Schuch 4) 10 Mike Findlay Jr 5) 52 Logan Haughton 6) 14 Richelle Michalak
Heat Race #2: 1) 36 Jon Parish 2) 16 Danika LaPoint 3) 7 Trey Chmielewski 4) 11 Kylie Beckner 5) 3 Cody Hall 6) 72 Lori Hall
Bandit Feature: 1) 42 Nate Jenkins 2) 10 Mike Findlay Jr 3) 01 Faith Schuch 4) 52 Logan Haughton 5) 50 Zach Parish 6) 14 Richelle Michalak
Junior Bandit Feature: 1) 36 Jon Parish 2) 16 Danika LaPoint 3) 11 Kylie Beckner 4) 16 Cameron Leisure 5) 7 Trey Chmielewski
Performance Automotive Northwest Modifieds
Qualifications: 1) 16 Aaron Timmerman 13.577 2) t3 Walt Obrinske Jr 13.646 3) 50 Leroy Butler 4) 72 Dan Loughan 13,656 5) m2 Jim Butler 13.686 6) 96 Justin Kazmar 13.690 7) 55 Larry Wallace 13.749 8) 78 Travis Eddy 13.782 9) 38 Gordon Alblas 13.798 10) 34 John Ledwidge 13.838 11) 10 Tony Pastorino 13.854 12) 83 Maynard Bigelow Jr 13.871 13) 7 John McNett 13.906 14) 8 Megan Carpenter 13.945 15) Rachel Carpenter 14.181 16) 55 Bill Pennington 14.228 17) 45 Jim Kennedy 14.269 18) 13 Kirk Newland 14.891 19) 07 Matt Vainner no time
Heat Race #1: 1) 7 Jon McNett 2) 10 Tony Pastorino 3) 8 Megan Carpenter 4) 11 Rachel Carpenter 5) 83 Maynard Bigelow Jr 6) 34 John Ledwidge 7) 45 Jim Kennedy 8) 55 Bill Pennington 9) 13 Kirk Newland
Heat Race #2: 1) 78 Travis Eddy 2) 55 Larry Wallace 3) m2 Jim Butler 4) 50 Leroy Butler 5) 96 Justin Kazmar 6) t3 Walt Obrinske Jr 7) 38 Gordon Alblas 8) 16 Aaron Timmerman 9) Dan Loughan
Feature: 1) 50 Leroy Butler 2) 72 Dan Loughan 3) 16 Aaron Timmerman 4) 55 Larry Wallace 5) 96 Justin Kazmar 6) 7 Jon McNett 7) 10 Tony Pastorino 8) 83 Maynard Bigelow Jr 9) m2 Jim Butler 10) 8 Megan Carpenter 11) 55 Bill Pennington 12) 11 Rachel Carpenter 13) 78 Travis Eddy 14) 13 Kirk Newland 15) t3 Walt Obrinske Jr 16) 45 John Kennedy 17) 34 John Ledwidge 18) 38 Gordon Alblas