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KIl-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
www.kilkare.com
Don Mahaffey Claims Second Kil-Kare Win
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH.
(5/20) - It was another great night of racing at Kil-Kare Speedway
Friday night which saw Don Mahaffey Jr. claim his second NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series late model feature while his brother Jason Mahaffey
scored his first modified feature. James McElfresh claimed the compact
feature and Mike South Jr his second sport stock feature while the
visiting IOFS figure-eight winner was Charlie Hargraves.
The
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models saw two veteran and former
drivers on the front row as Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy led the field.
Dunlevy in his Eddie Simpson owned machine led the forst lap as last
years champ Don Mahaffey charged up to callege him, taking the lead only
to see Bobby Justus spin on turn four causing a caution and putting
Dunlevy back in command.
It was Dunlevy,
Mahaffey, Brandon Oakley, Heckman, and fast timer Travis Braden the top
five on the restart. Mahaffey shot into the lead leaving Dunlevy to hold
off Oakley who stole second on lap six. Fast timer Braden then dropped
Dunlevy to fourth as Braden tried to catch the leaders. The caution flew
on lap eleven when Tony Brunke, making his first visit of the season
lost a wheel.
Mahaffey, looking for
his second feature win of the year in his Oakley Blacktop machine again
had control on the restart with teammate Brandon Oakley, a one time
winner in second. Braden closed in on Oakley but young Oakley kept
shaking him off as the caution appeared again as Shawn Stansell spun
coming out of turn four. Behind third p;ace Braden on the restart was
Dunlevy and Heckam while right behind him was Ricky Bates abd Chad
Pendleton.
Lap eighteen saw the
caution again as Justus spun on turn one. Mahaffey again led after the
restart but Oakley was dropped to second when Braden slipped under him
coming out of turn four with the caution again one lap later when Shawn
Stansell spun on turn one. Mahaffey still had command as the laps wound
down Braden was trying his best to catch leader Mahaffey but time ran
out as Mahaffey claimed his second feature of the young season. Braden
was second with Oakley third, Dunlevy fourth and Heckman fifth.
Heading the pack of
modifieds in their thirty kap feature was Jason Mahaffey and Ross
Klinglehofer as the two ran side by side with Jerry Stapleton nearby
along with fast time Derek Weatherhead with action slowed on lap two as
John Donovan spun on turn four.
Mahaffey, previous
weeks second place finisher had the lead on the restart with Stapleton
second and one time feature winners Weatherhead and Ryan Fleming riding
third and fourth. Weatherhead was sizing up Stapleton trying to figure a
line to make a pass while Mahaffey continued to set the pace. Lap
fourteen saw the caution as Mike Pippin spun coming out of turn four. At
the halfway it was Mahaffey, Klinglehofer, Stapleton, Weatherhead, and
Fleming.
The battle was for
third as Weatherhead went to the outside of Stapleton but Stapleton kept
shaking him off. Mahaffey still enjoyed the lead but Klinglehofer was
closing the gap each lap as they moved upon slower traffic. It was going
to be a charge to the checker as Mahaffey and his Affordable Auto Parts
pulled off their first feature win of the year in a close finish with
Klinglehofer second and Stapleton a very close third with Weatherhead
fourth and Fleming fifth.
The IOFS series
figure-eight cars were led to the green by Chuckie Hargraves and Jeff
Hizer for their fifty lap feature on the tight figure-eight course.
Hizer took the lead with Charlie Hargraves into second wit Chuckie
Hargraves in third and Josh Tharp fourth but Hargraves made contact at
the intersection and slipped back as they battled through the
intersection.
The caution flew on lap
thirteen when the top two top runner Josh Tharp and Jeff Hizer tangled
resulting in a red flag to remove the tangled cars. Charlie Hargraves
jumped into the lead and survided a contact with Chuckie Hargraves as
the pace was slowed by debris on the track and when the green flew
Charlie set sail again John Lord and Chuckie Hargraves third. When the
checker waved it was Indianapolis driver Charlie Hargraves taking the
win, lapping the whole field in the process, Second was Rod Phipps and
third was Chuckie Hargraves. Claiming fourth was Jeff Swinford and fifth
was Johnny Hargraves.
The compacts were led
to the green by Gary Williams and Steve Salyers only to see Williams a
little anxious, jumping the start resulting in a second attempt to get
them underway. Williams in his Affordable Auto Parts took the lead and
was hard charging into turn for when he spun in front of the field
forcing a restart. Unfortunately for fifth fast timer Williams he was
knocked out of competion.
This now put James
McElfresh on the pole along with Salyers for the restart which saw the
yellow again as Ron Sagers spun on turn two. Again the green flew
McElfresh had the lead but here came new track record holder Matt Stone
into second as two time winner Bo Hoelscher was on the move. Stone made
an outside pass on lap five to take the lead with McElfresh still second
with Salyers riding third and Hoelscher, smolog in fourth.
Hoelscher did drop out
as Stone continued to set the pace and then Salyers dropped out leaving
Stone, McElfresh, Bryan Lynch, Paul Holly and Todd Tervene the top five.
When the checker waved it was James McElfresh snatching the lead coming
out of turn four for the win barely beating Stone who was second. Lynch,
Holly and Tervene completed the top five.
Richard Roush and first
night winner Mike South Jr. brought the fifteen car sport stock feature
to the green with Roush out front of a tight pack as the cars ran side
by side. Phil Gussler Jr. slid inside of South as they fought for
second with fast timer Ross Klinglehofer a close fourth with Shawn
Stansell right behind. South came on strong to take the lead on lap
seven with Klinglehofer in third as the caution flew when Ricky Young
spun on turn two.
Just after the green
flew on the restart Tyler Mahaffey spun and again on the green it was
South still in command but behind him was a great battle with Roush
claiming second and here came Stansell ro slip inside Klinglehofer for
third and Travis Digges dropping Klinglehofer back a spot. Stansell was
coming on strong in his Moore's Trucking special to close in on South
when the caution flew on lap seventeen when Klinglehofer stopped on turn
four.
Due to a fire in the
electrial wires behind the grandstand te race was called complete on lap
seventeen with South declared the winner with Shawn Stansell second,
Richard Roush third, Phil Gussler Jr. fourth and Josh Longstreth fifth.
Kil-Kare Speedway May 20, 2011 summary
Late models
Fast time - Travis Braden 13.554
Feature (30 laps) - Don Mahaffey
Jr., Travis Braden, Brandon Oakley, Dick Dunlevy, Sam Heckman, Ricky
Bates, Chad Pendleton, Terry Scherz, Russ Bobb, Bobby Justus,
Shawn Stansell, Brad Worley, Don Mahaffey Sr., Jeff Marsh, Bob Sibila,
Tony Brunke
Modifieds
Fast time - Derek Weatherhead
13.900
Feature (30 laps) - Jason
Mahaffey, Ross Klinglehofer, Jerry Stapleton, Derek Weatherhead, Ryan
Fleming, Jim Lewis Jr., Brad Williams, Bill Burba, Mark Timmerman,
Rodney Kreusch, Mike Pippin, Rob Dutra, John Donovan, Jeff Smith
Sport Stocks
Fast time - Ross Klinglehofer
15.546
Feature (17) Laps - Mike South
Jr., Shawn Stansell, Richard Roush, Ross Klinglehofer, Phil Gussler Jr.,
Josh Longstreth, Rodney Kreusch, Bill Ramey, Travis Digges, rodney
Roush, Will Gregory, Tyler Mahaffey, David Boyle, Robert Roush, Ricky
Young
Compacts
Fast time - Matt Stone 15.930
Feature (20 laps) - James
McElfresh, Matt Stone, Bryan Lynch, Paul Holley, Todd Tervene, Ron
Sagers, Tony Cottrill, Darren Jackson, Dustin Smith, Davey Shaw, Dewayne
Snyder Jr., Steve Salyers, Bo Hoelscher, Joe Hoelscjer, Steve Barnhart,
Gary Williams, James Colley, Brandon Boykins
IOFS figure-8
Fast time - Gary Bedell 17.72
Feature (50 laps)- Charlie
Seagraves, Rod Phipps, Chuckie Hargraves, Jeff Swinford, Johnny
Hargraves, John Lord, Don Scurry, Jeff Hizer, Josh Tharp, Kenny Boggs,
Gary Bedell
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