June 22 –
Denny Schwartz of Ashmore, Ill., powered his Price Plumbing #21 to victory,
capturing the 30-lap IMCA Modified National Series race at Macon (Ill.)
Speedway on Thursday night, leading flag to flag and picking up the $500 first
prize. The IMCA special event drew cars from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri,
North Carolina and Texas. Schwartz jumped out to lead the 22-car field from his
pole position and was soon challenged by UMP late model veteran Dick Taylor of
Springfield, Ill. Taylor tried desperately on several occasions to pass
Schwartz but couldn’t get the bite he needed running the low groove. Schwartz,
running the high side of the tight oval, never made any mistakes and although
several cautions kept the action close to the end, Schwartz held on, crossing
the stripe first ahead of Taylor, Mike McMahon, Bryan Board and Al Crawley.
June 23 –
Defending champion John Sernett of Bloomington, Minn., captured his first
championship sprint car feature of the year a Red Devil Speedway in Hartford,
S.D., on Friday night. Sernett jumped into the lead on the first lap and was
able to keep a comfortable distance between him and runner-up Gordy Vogelaar of
Round Lake, Minn., the remainder of the race. They were followed by Gary DeWall
of Jackson, Minn., Rod Henderson of Beresford, Minn., and Randy Rosenboom of
Rock Rapids, Iowa. Kenny Hansen of Nunda, S.D., got by Jim Lindberg of Sioux
Falls, S.D., with 2 laps to go to take the win in the 360 cubic engine sprints.
Lindberg had run strong and led the entire race before fading with only a
couple of laps to go.
June 24 –
Doug Wolfgang of Sioux Falls, S.D., came home to the track in which he claimed
four Knoxville Nationals titles and came away the victor in the World of
Outlaws feature event at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa, on
Saturday night. Wolfgang, who had claimed the preliminary feature only 24 hours
earlier, guided the D.P Motorsports Schnee chassis from his row two starting
position to the lead on lap 10. He would never relinquish the lead during the
25-lap affair and collected $8,000 in winning for the 48th time at
the historic half-mile. Dave Blaney of Cortland, Ohio, who set quick time in
qualifying (16.440 seconds) finished second behind Wolfgang after leading the
initial 10 circuits.
June 24 –
Scott May of Peoria, Ill., continued his domination of the UMP late model
division at Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill., as he won his fourth straight
feature there on Saturday night. May took the lead early and held off a hard
charging Randy Booth of Springfield, Ill. Bob Freeburg of Metamora, Ill., and
Allen Thomas of Wapella, Ill., had a duel of their own for third and fourth as
they switched back and forth throughout the feature, with Freeburg getting the
nod. In other action; Gary Cook of Washington, Ill., continued his winning ways
in the econo late models as he grabbed his fifth victory of the season and John
Anderson of Lexington, Ill., won the IMCA modified main event.
June 25 –
Rich Bickle scored the second win of his ARTGO career and his first
NASCAR/ARTGO Challenge Cup Series win Sunday afternoon in the $60,060 “Special
Export Light 200” at the Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in Salem, Wis. Bickle
took the lead on lap 15 from ARTGO point leader Joe Shear then held off a
tremendous last lap charge by the cagey veteran to beat Shear to the line by
less than one foot. With the victory, he became the seventh different winner of
the 1989 season. Finishing behind Bickle and Shear were Mark Day with an
outstanding run, Scott Hansen who came from a lap down to finish on the lead
lap and Steve Holzhausen with a steady 200-lap run.
June 25 –
Dave Farren of Des Moines, Iowa, won the IMCA modified feature Sunday night at Stuart
(Iowa) Speedway, beating Stuart’s Craig Cooper and Earlham, Iowa’s Terry Pruitt
by a car length at the checkered flag. John Henely of Norwalk, Iowa, was the
feature winner in the IMCA stock car main event overt Kevin Gyles of Des Moines
and Fred Day of Earlham. In enduro action, Jeff Anderson of Atlantic, Iowa took
the win over Bill Bonnett of Knoxville, Iowa, and Bob Van Scoy of Madrid, Iowa.
Bob Mays
June 25 –
Four years of frustration and near misses finally came to an end at Cornhusker
Raceway Park in Waverly, Neb., as Hawkeye
Racing News photographer and modified midget racer Bob Mays of Lincoln,
Neb., took home his first career “A” feature on Saturday night. Mays cut
through traffic from his fourth row starting position to move into fourth
position. After several attempts on the high side of the track, he slid past
Chuck Kidwell of Harvard, Neb., for third and then moved past Rick Asche of
Lincoln for second spot. With 12 circuits to go in the 30-lapper, Mays drove by
race leader Mike Love of Lincoln coming off of turn two and on to an easy
victory.
June 25 –
The J&J Steel Summer Series for IMCA late models made its scheduled stop at
Columbus Junction (Iowa) Raceway on Sunday night and the racing was just like
the weather, hot and sticky, as Bob Hill of Story City, Iowa, went home the
winner of the 35-lap feature. Darrell Dake, the 62-year-old veteran from Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, grabbed the lead on lap 1 and built a half a lap lead on the rest
of the field until a restart on lap 10. Dake led everyone into turn one on the
restart but going down the backstretch he developed engine troubles and Bob
Hill inherited the top spot with Steve Borts of Ames, Iowa, Ted Pallister of
Wapello, Iowa, and Tom Hearst of Wilton, Iowa, in hot pursuit. Hearst would
move past Pallister and then Borts as the race stayed green until a caution
flag flew on lap 33, allowing Hearst one last shot at Hill. Hill, however,
would stay cool and calm on the final restart and pull away for the win. Hearst
would cross the finish line in second but a post-race inspection found the
veteran driver in violation of the weight rules, so he was disqualified. Steve
Watts of Danville, Iowa, Steve Borts, Jay Johnson of Middletown, Iowa, and Lem
Blankenship of Keokuk, Iowa, would round out the top five.
June 25 –
“The Racing Auctioneer” Charlie Sentman outbidded “The Racing Farmer” Roger
Long in a real barnburner to capture the 25-lap UMP late model main event at
the Vermilion County Fairgrounds on Sunday night. Sentman powered into the
number one slot at the drop of the green with Long right on his bumper. Long
tried to get by Sentman on numerous occasions, first on the inside and then on
the outside, but couldn’t make the pass. Sentman would hold off Long at the
wire by a car length, posting his first feature win of the season at the track.
Kevin Weaver, Roger Cary and Jim Leka rounded out the top five positions. Denny
Schwartz, proving to be the hottest modified driver in the country, scored his
seventh feature victory of the season winning handily.
June 25 –
Jeff Jones of Davenport, Iowa, Jeff Bair of Solon, Iowa, and Rusty Zook of
Coralville, Iowa, each claimed a feature win on mid-season championship night
at Tipton (Iowa) International Speedway on Sunday night. Jones took the lead on
the second lap of the IMCA modified feature and led the remainder of the way
but not without pressure from Johnny Spaw of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and John Irwin
of Lost Nation, Iowa. Bair, a first year pro stock driver, posted a clean sweep
in his division, outracing Marty Beckler of Oxford, Iowa, in the 20-lap finale.
Zook also had a clean sweep and led wire to wire in the 17-lap hobby stock main
event.
June 25 –
Thirteen-time track champion Ken Essary of Galena, Mo., charged by Chris Powell
of Rogers, Ariz., on lap 22 to win his second late model feature of the season
Sunday night at Monett (Mo.) Speedway. Essary and Powell were chasing race
leader Darrell Mooneyham when the defending track champion exited with a right
rear flat tire on lap 20. Bill Street, Al Purkey and Bill Frye rounded out the
top five finishers. Johnny Bone Jr. took the lead on lap 12 and held off Dave
Williams to take the checkered flag in the 18-lap IMCA modified feature and Joe
Woodard of Crane, Mo., won his first-ever feature as he outran the 21-car street
stock field.
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