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Ray Guss Jr.
Princeton, Ill. (May 1, 1987) – Young Ray Guss Jr. completely dominated the Illinois Stockcar Association (ISA) late model division as he won the “Busch 50” special feature Friday night at Princeton Speedway.
Guss grabbed the lead from his outside front row starting position and never looked back as he lapped everyone in the field except runner-up Kevin Weaver – and he finished 11 seconds ahead of him.
Guss pocketed $1,500 for the victory. Weaver finished second with Bill Knippenberg third, Don Bohlander fourth, and Dan Bennett, making his first appearance of the season, fifth.
Weaver won the first heat and Guss Jr. won the second heat and the trophy dash, giving the Coal Valley driver a clean sweep on the evening.
Bruce Hanford of Davenport, Iowa, took the lead on the eighth lap from Dan Brown and won the 20-lap IMCA modified feature. Brown finished second, Leland Bushong took third, Tom Hamburg fourth, and Bob Schadt finished fifth.
Keith Lucas continued his dominance of the sportsman division with another feature win, leading start to finish.
Results –
ISA Late Model –
1. Ray Guss Jr., Coal Valley
2. Kevin Weaver, Gibson City
3. Bill Knippenberg, Minooka
4. Don Bohlander, Glasford
5. Dan Bennett, Peoria
6. Ron Bohm, Pontiac
7. John Provenzano, Hinckley
8. Nancy Churchill, Normal
9. Ray Guss Sr., Coal Valley
10.Gary Webb, Davenport
IMCA Modified –
1. Bruce Hanford, Davenport, Iowa
2. Dan Brown, Osco
3. Leland Bushong, Colona
4. Tom Hamburg, Dixon
5. Bob Schadt, Davenport, Iowa
6. Brent Prior, Hillsdale
7. Don Cole, Sterling
8. Doug Stringer, Peoria
9. Duke Binegar, Peoria
10.Mel Hooper, Princeton
John Moss
West Liberty, Iowa (May 1, 1976) – John Moss of Iowa City overcame a strong driving performance by Muscatine rookie Jack Hall to claim the late model feature race at West Liberty Raceway on Saturday night.
Hall, who moved up to late model racing this year after being the sportsman division champion last year, started on the pole position and staved off challenges from Ron Weedon throughout the first half of the race.
Moss, who had finally passed Weedon about midway through the race, then overtook Hall in the 12th lap. The Muscatine driver was then passed by Weedon on the 16th time around.
The feature race was sprinkled with mishaps that forced many restarts. The first came on the initial lap when several cars spun out on turn one. Ed Mellecker then hit the wall on the second lap and Dave Birkhofer spun out on the seventh lap.
A multi-car pileup involving about six or eight cars came in the 10th lap.
Heat wins were recorded by Ed Sanger, Ken Walton and Ron Prymek with Birkhofer taking the semi-main, Curt Hansen had the night's fastest lap in time trials.
Results –
Time trials – Curt Hansen, Dike, Iowa (24.67)
Heat #1 – Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa
Heat #2 – Ken Walton, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Heat #3 – Ron Prymek, Iowa City, Iowa
Semi-main – Dave Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
Feature –
1. John Moss, Iowa City, Iowa
2. Ron Weedon, Pleasant Valley, Iowa
3. Jack Hall, Muscatine, Iowa
4. Larry Rummelhart, Riverside, Iowa
5. Mel Morris, West Liberty
6. Duane Steffe, Colona, Ill.
7. Larry Jenkins, Wilton, Iowa
8. Dave Birkhofer
9. Rollie Frink, Davenport, Iowa
10.Ron Prymek
11.Bill Douglass, West Liberty, Iowa
12.Mike Niffenegger, Kalona, Iowa
13.Curt Hansen
14.Denny Osborn, Cedar Falls, Iowa
15.Perry Beckler, Tiffin, Iowa
