DEB MEFFORD COLLECTS FIRST WIN
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Mefford
took the lead three laps into the scheduled 15-lapper and then held off the
likes of Gary Pfantz, Tim Dains, Rodney Grother and others to secure the win.
Pfantz actually took the lead briefly with less than five laps to go but lapped
traffic played a factor and Mefford, who was running the high groove, used the
slower cars to her advantage, regained the point, and motored to the win.
Gary
Pfantz maintained second while Tim Dains, Ron Dighton, and Dennis Klinsky
filled out the top five.
In
other Papa Johns/ Cup I Wireless Championship action at ASA-sanctioned Hawkeye
Downs Speedway, Thomas Roney of Crystal
Lake, IL scored the win in the 50-lap “USST Trucks/ Budweiser Sportsmen
Challenge 50.” Roney piloted his Ford
F-150 to fast time of the night and started tenth in the 19 vehicle field after
drawing a “ten” for the invert.
Roney
secured the point on the eighth circuit of the half-mile and wasn’t tested for
the lead although Brett Widdis did close
the gap to about a half-second in the closing laps of the race. Widdis, from
Manistique, MI finished second. The next four finishing positions were all held
by Hawkeye Downs Budweiser Sportsmen drivers as Martin Ballard, Andy Duggan,
Michael Weber and Mel Schappert crossed the stripe in that order.
Hawkeye
Downs drivers in this race receive regular points with the highest finishing
driver picking up first place points and so on through the finishing order.
Arlo
Becker picked up his first win of the 2007 campaign in the Miller Time
Modifieds after his crew thrashed all week repairing damage from a brush with
the wall in turn three last week. Becker, who started outside row one, held off
points leader Tim Plummer for most of the race and with just a couple laps to
go Plummer, Chad Willet, Rodney Rocarek, and Shawn Stinger were all grouped
behind Becker looking for a way around.
Willet was able to secure second from
Plummer as they maneuvered around a slower car and Willet finished a scant .087
seconds behind the cagey Becker.
Plummer finished third, Rocarek fourth,
and Stinger fifth.
In the always exciting Sunline Hornets
feature, Brad Chandler saw a sizeable lead dissolve but was still able to hold
off Shawn Myers for the feature win in that division. John Schroer finished
third after leading early and point leader Brian Beaty was fourth. Jeff Selfridge finished fifth.
Ryan Luedtke took top honors in yet
another exciting feature in the IMCA Sportmods.
Luedtke held off first-week winner Tony Olson and last week’s
winner and driver of the week Arnie Reif
to collect the checkers. Jim Buhlman and Brian Buhlman also scored top-five
finishes.
Racing action resumes next Friday night,
May 25 as the Memorial Day weekend kicks off with racing in the Miller Time
Modifieds, Budweiser Sportsmen, Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars, Barron
Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks, Sunline Hornets, IMCA Sportmods and the second
appearance of the season for the Go-Karts.
FEATURE RESULTS
May 18, 2007
SUNLINE HORNETS (12
laps)
1. Brad
Chandler,
IMCA SPORTMODS ( 15
laps)
1.
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS (20 laps)
1. Deb Mefford,
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY
IMCA STOCK CARS (20 laps)
1.
MILLER TIME MODIFIEDS
(25 laps)
1.
BUDWEISER
SPORTSMEN/USST TRUCKS (50 laps)
1. Tom Roney, Crystal lake, IL; 2. Brett Widdis,