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Kil-Kare
Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com
Mahaffey Repeats at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH (5/7) - It was a cool evening Friday night at Kil-Kare
Speedway for the NASCAR whelen All-American Series events but when the
final checkers waved it was Don Mahaffey, Bill Burba, James Harding, and
Tim Haerr taking feature wins.
Former track champions Sam Heckman and Gary Estes brought the Sonic
Drive-In late models to the green with Estes surging into the lead as
Mike Stacy charged to second on the first lap and then sized up Estes.
Fast timer Don Mahaffey came on strong and showed as the leader on lap
ten as he came from fifth to do so. Estes held on to second but behind
him Heckman and Mike Stacy rode side by side with Sloan Henderson right
in the thick of action. Henderson surged ahead to take second spot as
Estes slipped to fourth. Mahaffey and his Okley Blacktop special enjoyed
a third lap lead when the caution came out with seven laps to go as Sam
Heckman and Terry Scherz spun on turn two.
Mahaffey continued to set the pace but henderson and Stacy was moving
up on the leader as the laps wore down. Mahaffey took the win followed
by Sloan Henderson, Mike Stacy, Gary Estes, and Bobby Justus.
Twenty modifieds started their thirty lap feature with Bill Burba and
Brian Reeser in the front row to face Mike Stapleton's green flag. Burba
took the lead as Jason Mahaffey displaced Reeser for second with Jack
Jones third and fast timer Greg Stapleton fourth by lap three. Action
was slowed on lap three when Jamie Brenneman lost it on the frontstretch
for the first caution.
Burba enjoyed the lead on the restart as Stapleton was looking for a
way around third place running Jones as Stapleton claimed third on lap
eight. Jason Mahaffey who had been running second then tried the outside
lane to catch leader Burba to no avail as the top four ran real close
together. At the halfway point it was Stapleton on the inside of Mahaffy
but Mahaffey shook him off as Burba moved up on slower cars. Burba began
to pull away from the field only to see the caution come out on lap
twenty one for a spin on the backstretch.
With five laps to go it still was Burba in command but here came
Stapleton on the outside to pass Mahaffey for second and then look out
Burba, Stapleton is coming. Alsongside of burba went Stapleton as they
ran side by side to the white flag and when they hit the checker it was
Burba in his West Chester Permit Service special by four feet with Jason
Mahaffey a very close third for a very exciting finish. Forth was Jack
Jones and fifth was Brad Williams
Jay Lakins Jr. and Ron Lewis were the pace setters in the sport stocks
with Lakins taking the lead only to be slowed on the first lap when two
cars tangled on the backstretch. Lakins held the front spot as fast
timer James Harding who started seventh was in third by lap three and
was after Lewis for second as he made his pass good on lap five and
then sailed around Lakins and then left the field to fend for
themselves.
The traffic was heavy behind third place running Lakins as John Haney,
Shawn Stansell, Travis Digges and Joe Hensel were battling for positions
but the caution alowed the pace on lap eleven. Harding held a
comfortable lead as the laps wound down but Lakins had his hands full as
Joe Hensel passed him for third on lap sixteen. Another caution slowed
the pace again with three laps to go enabling the field to bunch up.
Hensel slipped around Lewis on the restart for second as Lewis fell
back and out with a flat tire, then the scene was set for a shootout
between Harding and Hensel for the win. Hensel rode on Harding's rear
bumper but Harding didn't give up. Harding held on for the win followed
by Joe Hensel, Jay Lakins Jr., John Haney, and Shawn Stansell.
The compact cars hit the fifth-mile track for their twenty lap feature
with Paul Holley and Dave Sagers in the front row but fireworks erupted
on the first lap. Amber Sites was on the move but she and Bo Hoelscher
tangled on turn four making a restart necessary with Sites heading to
the pits.
Sagers beat Holley into turn one but Tim Haerr was on the move as he
took the lead on the first lap leaving Holley and Sagers to battle for
second. former winner Joe Hoelscher came from fifth to second as he set
his sights on leader Haerr.
Rodney Terry came from the tail to third by the halfway point as
Holley and Bryan Lynch battled side by side for fourth. Haerr weeded his
way through slower cars as Hoelscher was slowly advancing on the leader.
Haerr and his Mahaffey Auto Salvage special took the win with Hoelscher
second followed by Rodney Terry, Bryan Lynch, and Paul Holley.
It will be Dayton Auto Racing Fan club night at Kil-Kare Speedway
Friday, May 14, with DARF mebers admitted to the grandstands for a
program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models,
modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, and the IKO mini cups.
Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Sonic Drive-In Late Models
Fast time: Don Mahaffey 13.389
Feature (35 laps) - Don Mahaffey, Sloan Henderson, Mike Stacy, Gary
Estes, Bobby Justus, Sam Heckman, Terry Scherz, Jeff Marsh, Russ Bobb,
Jack Jones
Modifieds
Fast time: Greg Stapleton 13.715
Feature (35 laps) - Bill Burba, Greg Stapleton, Jason Mahaffey, Brad
Williams, Ryan Fleming, Caleb Reschar, Derek Barnette, Derek
Weatherhead, Gary Eaton, Brandon Oakley, Brian Reeser, Tim Rauch, Jerry
Stapleton, Rob Garrett, Jamie Brenneman, Chris Jennings, Joe Jennings,
Ralph Harrod, brian Brewer
Sport Stocks
Fast time: James Harding 15.328
Feature (25 laps) - James Harding, Joe Hensel, Jay Lakins Jr., John
Haney, Shawn Stansell, John Dunlap, Dan Reesser, Travis Digges, Ron
Lewis, David Boyle, Jamie Sites
Compacts
Feature (20 laps) - Tim Haerr, Joe Hoelscher, Rodney Terry, Bryan Lynch,
Paul Holley, David Sagers, Tyler Mahhafey, Dewayne Snyder, Bo Hoelscher,
Amber Sites, Michael Brewer, Davey Shaw
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