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Kil-Kare
Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com
Kil-Kare Championships Go To Mahaffey, Carroll, Sites and Hoelscher
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH. (7/2) - Kil-Kare Speedway celebrated the 4th of July Friday
with the running of championship events for the NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series. And when the final checkers fell it was Don
Mahaffey, Mike Carroll, Jamie Sites and Bo Hoelscher claiming the wins.
With forty laps to go in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic
Drive-In late model feature it was former track champ Russ Bobb on the
pole with Virgil Powell alongside. As the green waved it was a rough
start as Bobb bobbled on turn four with cars shuffling with Powell
spinning on turn one. With a complete restart in store Bobb took command
but Powell rebounded to take the front spot on the second lap with Bobby
Justus and Terry Scherz running side by side for third followed by Mike
Stacy. Side by side the first two ran with Justus taking second and then
went after Powell with fast timer Don Mahaffey taking second as the
caution came out to check the track when Justus scraped the wall and
dropped out on lap ten.
On the restart Powell suffered mechanical woes dropping back to the
rear for the restart. This put the Oakley Blacktop cars of fast timer
Don Mahaffey out frot with teammate Mike Stacy following. The real
battle was for third with former champ Sam Heckman taking third with
Bobb fourth and Scherz fifth with Jeff Marsh riding sixth.
Stacy closed in on the rapid moving Mahaffey as they began to lap cars
and Scherz pulled alongside of Bobb dicing for fourth. Heckman held
third with Mahaffey putting Heckman down a lap with five laps to go as
the laps wound down. Mahaffey clamed his sixth win of the year with
Stacy second and Heckman third. Russ Bobb came home fourth and Scherz
fifth.
Third generation driver Shawn Stansell and veteran Jerry Stapleton
paced the field for the forty lap modified feature. Side by side they
went and when they hit the line on the first lap it was Stansell in the
lead. Mike carroll worked from fifth to challenge Stapleton and took
second on lap five. Ray Muncy rode fourth but right behind him was Ryan
fleming and fast timer Greg Stapleton.
Jerry Stapleton regained the second spot from Carroll as they came up
on slower traffic with Stansell still out front. Like a rocket rookie
Ryan Fleming came from sixth to take third as Carroll dropped to fourth.
The first four cars were now running bumper to bumper as they tried to
figure a way around leader Stansell. Greg Stapleton began to fade as
Brandon Oakley passed him for fifth when the caution came out as there
was contact between leader Stansell and Jerry Stapleton with thirteen
laps to go and Stapleton sent to the rear.
On the restart it was Stansell, Fleming, Carroll, Oakley, and Greg
Stapleton the top five with a battle for second as carroll tried the
outside of fleming making his pass good on lap thirty two and then
passed Stansell on lap later for the lead dropping Stansell to second.
Carroll then put some distance on the field with a battle between
Stansell and Fleming with one lap to go as Carroll took the win in his
McDonald's special with Stansell second. Oakley slipped by Fleming at
the line to steal third with Fleming fourth and Greg Stapleton fifth.
The modifieds ran ten lap heat races however the first one was
unfortunate for Jason Mahaffey as Mahaffey made hard contact with the
turn one wall resulting in heavy damage to the Paul Storer owned car.
Shawn Stansell brought his Dayton Steel Door machine home the winner
followed by Brian Reeser, Darrel Skaggs, and Greg Stapleton.
Mike Carroll claimed the second heat as he outclassed Jerry Stapleton,
Ryan Fleming, and Joe Jennings in that order.
Forty laps was in order for the sport stocks with John Haney and
second generation driver Jay Lakins Jr. in the front row with Lakins the
leader on the first lap. Haney held on to second with Ed Loretz third
and challenged by Jamie Sites for third. Behind them fast timer Shawn
Stansell was working his way up. Lakins continued to hold the front spot
but Haney was right on his bumper with Sites trying to get around
Lorentz which he did and then riding on the outside he pulled up on
Haney. Seven cars all bunched together jockeyed for spots with Lorentz
regaining third with Stansell on the inside of Sites for fourth. Again
Sites tried to regain third as he ran alongside of Lorentz with Lakins
still in command.
The first caution appeared on lap twenty seven when Haney spun on the
frontstretch with Haney dropping to the rear. This put Sites in second
but here came Stansell on the outside to challenge for third with
Lorentz and James Harding now in the fight for position. Lakins had his
hands full holding off sites with Lorentz right on Lakins rear bumper.
Sites made his pass good with five laps to go with Stansell seeing
Lorentz slip by him as they fought for third in a great battle. Sites
now had a good lead and went on to claim his first feature of the year
in his Commercial Roofing machine with Lakins a hard earned second
followed by Stansell, Harding, and Chris boggs.
Leading the pack in the championship for the compacts was rookie and
third generation driver Michael Brewer and Davey Shaw in the front row
for the twenty five lap event. Shaw on the outside took the lead but it
was short lived as Paul Holley stopped on the backstretch with a broken
axle calling for a restart. Shaw again shot ito the lead with Brewer
second with Joshua Spriggs surging around Brewer for second. On the
move was seventh place starter Bob Hoelscher who was up to third by lap
six with his dad Joe giving him a run for the spot. Fast timer Bryan
Lynch joined the top four while Bo Hoelscher nudged around leader Shaw
to take the top spot.
Bo pulled away from field with the caution coming out on lap fourteen
when fifth place running Lynch spun on turns three and four bring the
yellow out and the field bunched up. On the restart Joe Hoelscher went
to work on Shaw as he tried the outside lane to take the second spot and
then set his sights on leader Bo. A battle shaped up for third when
Joshua Spriggs ttook third place and was challenged by Lynch who made
his pass good. taking the checker for the third time this year was Bo
Hoelscher followed by father Joe Hoelscher, Bryan Lynch, Joshua Spriggs,
and Tim Spriggs.
It will be the usual regular program Friday, July 9, with the IKO Mini
Cups added to the program and coming up on July 16 will be the popular
Open-Wheel Friday with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. both
dates.
Sonic Drive-In Late Models
Top qualifier: 13.448
Feature (40 laps) - Don Mahaffey, Mike Stacy, Sam Heckman, Russ Bobb,
Terry Scherz, Jeff Marsh, Jason Mahaffey, Virgil Powell, Bobby Justus
Modifieds
Top qualifier: 13.841
Heat - Shawn Stansell, Brian Reeser, Darrel Skaggs, Greg Stapleton
Heat - Mike Carroll, Jerry Stapleton, Ryan Fleming, Joe Jennings
Feature (40 laps) - Mike Carroll, Shawn Stansell, Brandon Oakley, Ryan
Fleming, Greg Stapleton, Brian Reeser, Derek Barnette, Ray Muncy, Joe
Jennings, Jerry Stapleton, Tommy Campbell, Darrel Skaggs, Kimberly Muncy
Sport Stocks
Top qualifier: Shawn Stansell 15.370
Feature (40 laps) - Jamie Sites, Jay Lakins Jr., Shawn Stansell, James
Harding, Chris Boggs, John Haney, Ed Lorentz, Will Gregory, David Taylor
Compacts
Top qualifier: Bryan Lynch 15.000
Feature (25 laps) - Bo Hoelscher, Joe Hoelschr, Bryan Lynch, Joshua
Spriggs, Tim Spriggs, Davey Shaw, Tyler Mahaffey, Dewayne Snyder Jr.,
Michael Brewer, Steve Barnhart, David Sagers, Paul Holley
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