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Kil-Kare Speedway 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road Xenia, Ohio 45385 937 429-2961
Stacy Claims Third Feature at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH. (6/18) - A good crowd was on hand on a hot Friday night to witness the NASCAR Whelen all-American Series events with the IOFS figure-8 cars a highlight of the night and Mike Stacy claimed his third feature win of the season. The first event of the night was the sport stock feature with two time fast qualifier Travis Digges and Jamie sites in the front row. Digges got the jump as Ron Lewis displaced Sites for third with fast timer James Harding taking third and then went to work on the outside of Lewis. Digges enjoyed a decent lead as Harding kept trying to figure out Lewis' line while on the move was fifth place starter Chris Boggs held fourth with last weeks winner Shawn Stansell glued to his rear bumper. A caution flew when David Boyle stopped on the frontstretch giving the field a chance to bunch up on leader Digges. Sites, who had fallen back in the pack all of a sudden made a hard drive to catch the leaders but his luck ran out on lap fifteen when he dropped off the pace and off the track. Meanwhile Stansell was creeping forward as still the top the three ran almost bumper to bumper. Digges and his Valley Auto Parts machine had his sights on his first win of the year as he held off Lewis and Harding to the checker to finish in that order. Stansell was home fourth and Jay Laykins Jr. fifth. Two time feature winner Joe Hoelscher and one time winner Bryan Lynch set the pace for the twenty lap compact feature. Hoelscher shot into the lead with rookie Tyler Mahaffey into second with Lynch third and former champ and fast timer Tim Haerr riding fourth. Lynch challenged Mahaffey and succeeded to take second with Haerr third and Mahaffey fourth with Bo Hoelscher fourth when the caution came out when Bradley Adkins spun. Bo Hoelscher stole fourth from Mahaffey on the restart while up front tim Haerr was charging on the outside of Lynch trying to make a pass. As they lapped traffic Bo was able to move up behind Haerr as Joe Hoelscher some how was able to pull away from the field. As laps wound down Haerr was challenging Joe and Bo stole third from Lynch in an exciting finish. It was win number three for Joe Hoelscher in his Phil's Body Shop machine with the finish Haerr second followed by Bo Hoelscher, Bryan Lynch, and Paul Holley. Hitting the track for the Sonic Drive-In late models with two time feature winner Mike Stacy on the pole with former track champ Sam Heckman alongside.Heckman had the edge on the start but Stacy showed as the leader on the second lap as the yellow flew when Don Mahaffey and Jeff Marsh tangled. Reverting back to the first lap Heckman was back in front but Stacy made that short lived as he took the front spot with teammate Mahaffey taking second, Heckman third with Sloan Henderson fourth and Gary Estes fifth. Again the action was slowed when Andy Peterson smacked the frontstretch wall with heavy front end damage. Henderson shot on the inside of Mahaffey on the restart and then went to the outside of Heckman to take second and then set her eyeballs on leader Stacy. Mahaffey saw his chance for another win go down the drain when he departed with a flat tire which now put Henderson right behind Stacy as Estes took third from Heckman. Seventeen year old Henderson put the pressure on veteran Stacy as she tried the outside only to overdrive in to turn four and spun which put her on the tail end. Now Estes went to work on leader Stacy as Henderson was charging back, passing BobSibla sibilia for fourth and then Heckman for third as the leaders lapped traffic. For Stacy it was his third win of the year as he took the checker in his Oakley Blacktop special followed closely by Gary Estes, Sloan Henderson, Sam Heckman, and Bob Sibila. Travis Braden and Brian Reeser started on the front row of the modified feature which saw the caution fly right away after the green when Brandon Oakley spun. former legend car driver Braden took the lead followed by rookie and one time winner Ryan Fleming who was with behind the leader with fast timer greg stapleton riding third and closing in on the leaders. The field was slowed again on lap eight giving the field a chance to bunch up. Stapleton was on the move as he took second and then went after leader Braden. At the halfway marker Stapleton moved to the outside of braden but Braden shook him off as young Fleming rode right behind them. Last weeks winner Jack Jones was running fourth with Jerry Stapleton running fifth. Braden did a good job holding off Stapleton as the laps ran down as he was looking for his first modified win only to see the caution appear with five laps to go. Side by side they went on the last lap with Stapleton nipping Braden for the win which was his third in the Underwood Vinyl and Tile special. With Braden second it was Fleming, Jones, and Jerry Stapleton rounding out the top five. The International Outlaw Figure Eight Series made their first ever appearance at Kil-Kare with thirteen IOFS cars seeing action plus four Kil-Kare cars on the figure-8 track. Corey Turner and Gary Bedell sat on the front row for their fifty lap feature. Turner took the lead followed by Bedell but it was Bedell taking charge with turner second and fast timer Rich Fenwick riding third. Charlie Hargraves ride fourth as the cars weaved through the X. At the halfway marker the running order was still the same with Fenwick putting the pressure on second place running turner. bedell was realy flying around the track as he lapped car after car. After a restart Fenwick took second spot from turner and then dogged leader Bedell. At the checker it was Bedell in the Oakley blacktop car taking the win in a hard fought battle with Fenwick who was a close second.
Next Friday night, June 25, will will see a regular Friday night program of NASCAR whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts along with the IKO Mini Cups with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Sonic Drive-In late Models Top qualifier: Don Mahaffey 13.680 Feature (30 laps) - Mike Stacy, Gary Estes, Sloan Henderson, Sam Heckman, Bob Sibila, Russ Bobb, Don Mahaffey, Tony Bunke, Terry Scherz, Andy Paeterson, Jeff Marsh
Modifieds Top Qualifier: Greg Stapleton 13.571 Feature (30 laps) - Greg Stapleton, Travis Braden, Ryan Fleming, Jack Jones, Jerry Stapleton, Brian Reeser, Ralph Harrod, Jason Mahaffey, Shawn Stansell, Caleb Reschar, Brandon Oakley, Derek Barnette, Dan Reeser
Sport Stocks Top Qualifier: James Harding 15.505 Feature (25 laps) - Travis Digges, Ron Lewis, James Harding, Shawn Stansell, Jay Lakins Jr., Ed Lorentz, John Haney, Chris Boggs, Jamie Sites, David Boyle
Compacts Top Qualifier: Tim Haerr 15.067 Feature (20 laps) - Joe Hoelscher, Tim Haerr, Bo Hoelscher, Bryan Lynch, Paul Holley, Bradley Adkins, David Sager, Davey Shaw, Michael Brewer, Dewayne Snyder Jr., Steve Barnhart, Tyler Mahaffey
IOFS Figure-8 Top qualifier: Rich Fenwick 16.99 Feature (50 laps) - Gary Bedell, Rich Fenwick, Charlie Hargraves, Corey Turner, Doug Greig, Bobbie Loving, Chris Green, Jeremy Vanerhoof, Richard Dickens, Jeff Swinford, Andy Sherley, Dane Laster, Chucky Hargraves, Ron Lewis, Jay Laykins Jr., Gary Sites
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