WEEKLY RACE SUMMARY by Todd Cumming

2002 Champions crowned at Spartan Speedway A tension filled pit area greated race fans on Coca Cola Championship Night at Spartan Speedway.The drama filled Art Moehen Chevrolet-Honda Super Late Models 50 lap feature had Doug Finley waisting no time claiming the point over outside pole sitter, Chris Place. Finley was determined to take the championship and was hooked up, stretching to a straightaway lead as John Dunivion, Stan Perry and Phil Massuch battled hard for 9th. Lap 7 had Jon McNett looping it in turn 2 with a broken rearend, ending his 6th place run. Massuch was the man on the move from his 14th starting spot and took 8th from Dunivion on the restart. The next 10 laps, Massuch picked cars off and was battling Charlie Ryan Jr. for 5th as leader Finley caught heavy lapped traffic. The 1/2 way point had Dave Stehouwer working Place hard for 2nd as Finley continued to run in heavy traffic. Lap 29 had all the excitement a championship race should have as Finley got caught under the lapped cars of Leonard Cousino and Pierre Goulett. Both touched at the flagstand and Cousino bounced into Finley causing a 5 car pile up on the frontstretch. The wreck ended Massuch's great run with heavy front end damage. As the dust settled, Finley and Ryan were rewarded their spots back. The big question was if Finley's car suffered any internal damage besides sheetmetal. The restart had Finley picking up where he left off and quickly stretched his lead as Place was busy holding off Stehouwer. Jeff Hackworth brought home 4th and Tim Ryan, driving K-zoo's Mike Schippers mount, had a great run to 5th over brother Charlie. Cousino, Chuck Garrison Jr. and Tin Ryan won the heats. The Michigan Modified Championship was quickly claimed as Jim Butler took the green flag. Butler and Larry Wallace ran side by side for 3 laps until Wallace went high in turn 2 allowing Harry Parish to take 2nd. Terry Goldberg was looking strong and was up to 3rd by lap 6. Lap 15 had Parish and Goldberg all over Butler as the leaders hit heavy traffic. Gary Sherman used the traffic to allow himself to join in the mix. Goldberg drove the traffic well and took over the lead with 18 laps to go. The first caution with 13 laps remaining had points champion Butler being sent to the rear with Brian Heeney. The last 10 laps had Goldberg settling in for the win as Parish and Sherman battled hard to the line for 2nd and 3rd. Bud Perry and Larry Wallace rounded out the top 5. Kyle Hicks, Bill Luckherst and Dan Logan were heat winners and Luckherst repeated with the semi-feature over Ron Parish. The 2002 Performance NW Street Stock champion, Rob Marten set sail from the pole position for their 30 lap feature event. Mike McEwan and Pat Dent quickly headed to the front until Dent headed to the infield with mechanical problems. On lap 8, Doc Dutton and Stan Lambert got together racing for 5th and were sent to the rear. On the restart, the leaders stretched the field as Dave Thornburn and Dave Parker worked Howard MCDonough for 5th. Marten continued to take the easy victory over McEwan, Mike Havens and Ken Clingan. Parker took home the hard charger award as he brought home 4th from his 20th starting spot. Thornburn rounded out the top 5. Heat race wins were taken by Tom Trujnowski, Rich Kinch, Wayne Beckner Jr. and Pat Dent. Kinch repeated in the semi-feature over a quickly closing Dave Parker. Kyle Ballard clinched the Post-Net Pony Stock Championship by starting the 15-lap feature event. Ballard and Cathie Clingan ran side by side until Clingan secured the point the point and watched as the race was for 5th. Trei Duble snuck through Andy Sands and Missy Bishop, as up front Julie Abott had the quick car and ran down Clingan in traffic with 5 laps to go. The women of the Pony Stocks put on a show as Abott shadowed Clingan to the checkered. Ballard, Chris VanGorden and Duble rounded out the top 5. Robert Fletcher and Abott brought home heat wins. Spartan Speedway and its staff would like to congradulate all the 2002 Champions. Doug Finley-Supers, Jim Butler-Michigan Modifieds, Rob Marten-Performance NW Street Stocks and Kyle Ballard-Post-Net Pony Stocks.

No qualifying for Championship Night - lineups by points.

RACE RESULTS
Late Models "Results for August 30, 2002" Feature 1. 29 Doug Finley 2. 1 Chris Place 3. 33 Dave Stehouwer 4. 44 Jeff Hackworth 5. 44 Timothy Ryan 6. 24 Charlie Ryan 7. 34 John Ledwidge 8. 10 Stan Perry Heat 1 9. 3D John Dunivon 1. 91 Leonard Cousino 10. FOX47 Bill Heeney 2. 91A Chad Bissett 11. 40t Ben Hidy 3. 28 Chip Garlock 12. 91A Chad Bissett 4. 15 Darel Woolsey 13. 15 Darel Woolsey 5. 43 Pierre Goulet 14. 25 Jimmy Gallagher 6. 67 Tim Rugg 15. 007 Dale Lewis 16. 28 Chip Garlock Heat 2 17. 3G Chuck Jr. Garrison 1. 3G Chuck Jr. Garrison 18. 45 Carl Sodman 2. 40t Ben Hidy 19. 16 Eddie Hill 3. FOX47 Bill Heeney 20. 01 Phillip Massuch 4. 01 Phillip Massuch 21. 91 Leonard Cousino 5. 3D John Dunivon 22. 43 Pierre Goulet 6. 10 Stan Perry 23. 67 Tim Rugg 24. 7 Jon McNett Heat 3 1. 44 Timothy Ryan 2. 34 John Ledwidge 3. 7 Jon McNett 4. 24 Charlie Ryan 5. 33 Dave Stehouwer 6. 29 Doug Finley
Modifieds "Results for August 30, 2002" Feature 1. FOX47 Terry Goldberg 2. 31 Harry Parish 3. 37 Gary Sherman (DQ) 4. 10 Bud Perry 5. 55 Larry Wallace 6. 2 Bob Bauer 7. 88 Richard LaPratt 8. 1J Jason Parish Heat 1 9. 33 Bill Luckhurst 1. 50 Leroy Ellis 10. 57 Clint Heinz 2. 5 Jerry Shaffier 11. 99 Lee Taylor 3. 32 Wayne Haughton 12. 72 Daniel M Loughan 4. 73 Lanny Clawson 13. M2 Jim Butler 5. 13 Ken Buchner 14. 0L Mike Loughan 6. 31SR Ronald Parish 15. M1 William Butler 16. 0w Mike Wells Heat 2 17. 27 Nyle Weiler 1. 33 Bill Luckhurst 18. 32 Wayne Haughton 2. 1J Jason Parish 19. 16 Dan Hamel 3. 27 Nyle Weiler 20. 31SR Ronald Parish 4. 0L Mike Loughan 21. 1H Brian Heeney 5. 1H Brian Heeney 22. 3R Rolly Olney 6. 57 Clint Heinz 23. 63 Tim Easey 24. K3 Kyle Hicks Heat 3 1. 72 Daniel M Loughan Consi 2. 88 Richard LaPratt 1. 33 Bill Luckhurst 3. FOX47 Terry Goldberg 2. 31SR Ronald Parish 4. 31 Harry Parish 3. 32 Wayne Haughton 5. 0w Mike Wells 4. K3 Kyle Hicks 6. 10 Bud Perry 5. 50 Leroy Ellis 6. 5 Jerry Shaffier 7. 73 Lanny Clawson 8. 13 Ken Buchner 9. -1 Maynard Bigelow 10. 43T Terry Johnson
Street Stocks "Results for August 30, 2002" Feature 1. 79 Rob Marten Sr. 2. 38 Mike McEwan 3. 145 Mike Havens 4. FOX47 Kenneth Clingan 5. 81 Dave Parker 6. 51 David Thorburn 7. 22 Howard McDonough 8. T2 Daniel Doc Dutton Heat 1 9. 11 Brian Beckner 1. 3 Thomas Trajnowski 10. 04 Stanley Lambert 2. 81 Dave Parker 11. 37 Bruce Jones 3. 33 Mike Ammerman 12. 23x Joe Barnhart 4. M74 Nathan Moon 13. 3r Randy Lynn Squires 5. 2 Jamie Feguer 14. 83X Mark Ragsdale 6. 29H Billy Hoover 15. 69 Al Williams 16. 44 Trent Jenson Heat 2 17. 116 Wayne Jr. Beckner 1. 63 Rich Kinch 18. 8 Chris Gay 2. 34m Micheal Curtiss 19. 252 Rob Patrick 3. 51 David Thorburn 20. 2 Jamie Feguer 4. 5 Jeffrey Houghton 21. 5 Jeffrey Houghton 5. 44 Trent Jenson 22. 6 Pat Dent 6. 37 Bruce Jones 23. 0 0 24. 0 0 Heat 3 1. 116 Wayne Jr. Beckner Consi 2. T2 Daniel Doc Dutton 1. 63 Rich Kinch 3. 27 John M Ward 2. 81 Dave Parker 4. 22 Howard McDonough 3. 2 Jamie Feguer 5. 21 David Goostrey 4. 83X Mark Ragsdale 6. 8 Chris Gay 5. 3r Randy Lynn Squires 6. M74 Nathan Moon 7. 29H Billy Hoover 8. 21 David Goostrey 9. 3 Thomas Trajnowski 10. 8 Kenneth Dollarhite 11. 33 Mike Ammerman 12. 2 Chuck Goostrey 13. 88 Jeff Campbell 14. 117 Richard Wurmnest III
Pony Stocks "Results for August 30, 2002" Feature 1. 47 Cathie Clingan 2. 424 Julie Abbott 3. 8 Kyle Ballard 4. 38 Chris VanGorden 5. 20 Trei Deubel 6. 61 Andy Sands 7. 77 Missy Bishop 8. 3 Mike Sairls Heat 1 9. 09 Robert Fletcher 1. 09 Robert Fletcher 10. 88 Mannie Goodrich 2. 20 Trei Deubel 11. 11 Kenny Clark 3. 28 Joe VanOort 12. 28 Joe VanOort 4. 9a Stephanie Smith 13. 2 Jerri Lynn Munn 5. 11 Kenny Clark 14. 1 Norv Stockel 15. 9a Stephanie Smith Heat 2 1. 424 Julie Abbott 2. 38 Chris VanGorden 3. 61 Andy Sands 4. 3 Mike Sairls 5. 47 Cathie Clingan
Posted 9/4/02

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