LARRY CLAUSEN AND NATHAN CHANDLER PICK UP WINS
DURING KEITH FLECK MILLER 100
(Cedar
Rapids, IA 07/19/2008)—Two
divisions from the Papa Johns Championship Cup were part of the action at the
36th annual Keith Fleck Miller 100 at Hawkeye Downs Speedway on Friday night, July 18. The race,
postponed from June 13
just as flooding hit the Cedar Rapids
area, also featured the ASA Midwest Tour.
Larry Clausen of Cedar Rapids prevailed in the 25-lap Coors
Light Modified feature after starting outside the first row. Clausen quickly
shot into the lead at the drop of the green flag and held off the charges of Arlo Becker in
the early going.. Point leader Tim Plummer rode in third much of the race until
he shot around Becker just after a restart with 5 laps to go. Becker maintained
third as Mike Shulte and Tony Olson also finished in
the top five.
The win also propelled Clausen into second place in
the Coors Light point chase as he finished ahead of Tony Olson in the feature.
The Sunline Hornets ran another wild feature which
included three and four-wide racing on the quarter-mile. Nineteen cars took the green flag with Jeff
Selfridge leading after the first lap. Caution waved after 5 laps tightening
the filed back up while Selfridge maintained the lead just ahead of Nathan Chandler
and Jonny Williams. Jim Hanson and Derek Parrott were also battling for
position in the top five as the laps ticked off.
With three laps to go the leaders encountered
lapped traffic which allowed Chandler
to gain a position advantage and take the lead. Selfridge
hung on for second with Parrott, Hanson and Williams crossing the stripe just
behind Chandler.
Hanson’s third place finish was enough for him to maintain the point lead in
the Sunline Hornets.
COORS LIGHT MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1- Arlo
Becker, Norway,
IA; 2. Craig Bender, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 3. Cory
Houdek, Marion, IA; 4. Steve
Lindell, Marion, IA; 5. Jim
Williams, Atkins, IA; 6. Andy Huston,
Rosevelt,
IL; 7. Aric
Becker, Cedar Rapids, IA
HEAT 2- Larry Clausen, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2.
Tim Plummer, Norway,
IA; 3. Mike Schulte, Norway, IA; 4. Ryan Luedtke, Norway,
IA; 5. Danny Lehmkuhl, 6. Tony
Olson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 7. Darrell Long, Cedar Rapids, IA
FEATURE (25 laps) 1. Clausen 2. Plummer 3.Arlo Becker 4. Schulte 5.
Olson 6. Houdek 7. Luedtke 8. Huston 9. Bender 10. Aric Becker 11. Williams 12. Lehmkuhl 13. Lindell 14. Long (DNS)
SUNLINE HORNETS
HEAT 1-1. Brad Burhite, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2. Jim Hanson, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 3.
Derek Parrott, Marion,
IA; 4. Nathan
Chandler, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5. Brad
Chandler, Vinton, IA; 6. Bryce
Bailey, Cedar Rapids, IA; 7. Jasen Freeman, Cedar Rapids, IA;
8. Dan Burhite, Cedar Rapids, IA;
9. Neil Nabholz, Waterloo, IA
HEAT 2- 1. Shane Hanson, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2. Jeff Selfridge, Marion, IA;
3. Jonny Williams, Atkins, IA;
4. Merv Chandler, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 5. Greg
Wilhelmi, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 6.Josh Williams, Cedar Rapids, IA;
7. Chuck Hanson, Marion,
IA; 8.Larry Wolfe, Cedar Rapids, IA;
9. Brogan Fiala, Fairfax, IA;
10. Jose Dejesus, Cedar Rapids,
IA
FEATURE (20 laps) 1. Nathan
Chandler 2. Selfridge 3. Parrott 4. Dan Burhite 5. Jonny Williams 6. Brad Burhite 7. Bailey 8. DeJesus 9. Wilhelmi 10. Merv Chandler 11. Chuck
Hanson 12. Shane Hanson
13. Freemen
14. Fiala 15. Josh Williams 16. Dan Burhite 17. Nabholz 18. Wolfe 19. Brad Chandler