WEEKLY RACE SUMMARY by Todd Cumming

"Ohio Posse" Seals the Deal at Spartan Speedway The Ohio Posse staked a claim to the Spartan Speedway Championships one week early as Edgerton, Ohio's Jack Landis and Bud Perry both took home feature wins in their respective classes and also clinched the 2003 Spartan Speedway Season Championships for the Comcast Cablevision Super Late Models and WIBM AM1450 Modifieds on Vesco Oil Night at the speedway. The Comcast Cablevision Super Late Model feature will be one for the history books as Jack Landis beat out Harry Foote Jr. and Charlie Ryan Jr at the line after the final 15 laps were ran side by side between Landis and Foote. Ryan Jr. sat on both their rear bumpers waiting for a mistake as the veteran drivers put on a driving clinic. Not to be outdone was the race for 4th through 6th as Jeff Hackworth, Jim Heeney and Jeff Bozell all swapped positions through the last half of the race. Jeff Hackworth claimed the Mr. Gasket/Pierce Race Engines Hard Charger Award for the first time this season finishing 4th from his 10th starting spot. Heat race winners were Dale Eglon, Jimmy Gallagher and Chris Place. John Dunivon won the Race Fan.Com Semi-Feature over Jimmy Gallagher. Jeff Hackworth was the Valvoline Fast Qualifier for the 28 car field with a 13.141 lap. The WIBM AM1450 Modifieds feature had a new face in Owosso's Mike Stenburg leading the first half of the race as Clint Heinz and Jim Butler waged a duel for 2nd. Lap 25 had Heinz hard into the first turn wall and Butler sent to the rear, thus opening the door for the 4th place running Bud Perry. Lap 28 had Perry taking the lead from Stenburg and going on for the win and clinching the championship. Jason Parish subbing for his dad, Ron was 3rd. Larry Wallace and Bill Luckhurst rounded out the top 5. Bud Perry was the Mr. Gasket / 3D Auto Racing Supplies Hard Charger winning from his 10th starting spot. Heat race winners were Jimmie Allen, Justin Kazmar and Clint Heinz. A large field of cars created two semi features with the top two from each transferring to the feature event. Two new faces greeted victory lane as Mat Schindewolf grabbed the Race Fan. Com Semi #1 over Tim Easey and John DeFord took semi #2 over Justin Kazmar. Bud Perry set quick time at 13.842 for the 31-car field. The Performance NW Street Stocks 25 lap feature has Joe Barnhart setting the early lead until Ron Heeney took over on lap5. Landon Hidy was the man on the move as he traded paint with Heeney as the duo battled for the point on lap10. Lap 15 had a caution thrown for the spinning Ben Hidy. Heeny also went up in smoke and headed to the pits ending his lead run. Landon Hidy inherited the lead as all the racing action was for 5th through 8th as Bob Flotka, Pat Dent, Dave Parker and Jonathan Eppler battled. Rookie Flotka's fine 5th place run ended two laps short as he cut a tire in turn 4. At the stripe it was Landon Hidy followed by Mike Havens, Mike McEwan, Doc Dutton and Dave Parker. Parker also claimed the Mr. Gasket / Lost Tiger Tattoo Hard Charger Award finishing 5th from his 14th starting spot. Rich Kinch , Rob Patrick and Landon Hidy won the heat races, while Andy Schmelzer won the RaceFan.Com Semi Feature.Ben Hidy once again was the Valvoline Fast Qualifier at 14.686 for the 22-car field. The Midwest Amusement Pony Stocks 15 lap feature had Otis Young and Andy Sands the starting front row. Sands took the early lead until drifting high in turn one on lap 3. Stephanie Smith then took over as Trei Dubel followed. Fast qualifier, Chris Van Gorden was working through the field and took over the point on lap 9 and went on for the win over Bruce Jones, Kenny Clark, Trei Duebel and Stephanie Smith. Van Gorden also won the Mr. Gasket / Mac's All Car Hard Charger Award winning from his 13th starting position. Bryan Passick II, Scott Sigman and Kenny Clark took home the heat race victories. Passick II also claimed the Race Fan. Com Semi Feature.Chris Van Gorden broke the track record in qualifying for the Pony Stocks with a lap time of 16.543 for the 24-car field. This weekend is the annual rights of passage from summer to autumn as Poor Paul presents Championship night on Friday night and the 26th annual Harvest 250 on Sunday night. Championship night will have all features starting by points from 1st through 16th starting position and a semi feature allowing any new drivers a chance to race their way into the feature event. A special event has also been added to the final race of the year on Sunday September 7th with the US Pro Super Late Models running the Chris Thorgmartin 50 along with the ARCA Lincoln Welders 100 and open competition mods, streets and pony stocks. The wilder the better says Poor Paul for this first time event at the Track the Stars Call Home – Spartan Speedway.

QUALIFYING RESULTS
Late Models 1 44 Jeff Hackworth 13.141 2 29 Doug Finley 13.142 3 33 Dave Stehouwer 13.160 4 24 Charlie Ryan Jr. 13.222 5 70 Harry Foote Jr. 13.231 6 10 Jack Landis 13.233 7 17H James Heeney 13.305 8 1 Chris Place 13.313 9 22 Lee Taylor 13.319 10 14 Tim Ryan 13.343 11 70 Jeff Bozell 13.373 12 10 Stan Perry 13.383 13 34 John Ledwidge 13.400 14 29 Gary Fedewa 13.403 15 47 Bill Heeney 13.419 16 4 Dan Graham 13.427 17 3D John Dunivon 13.459 18 25 Jimmy Gallagher 13.475 19 28 Chip Garlock 13.497 20 43 Robert Buckley 13.501 21 94 Evan Barrett 13.561 22 88 Ted Carpenter 13.627 23 15 Darel Woolsey 13.765 24 75 Craig Willet 13.782 25 88 Dale Eglon 13.834 26 67 Tim Rugg 13.925 27 X Jason Shearer 14.140 28 37 Dale Zalecki 14.557
Modifieds 1 10 Bud Perry 13.842 2 33 Bill Luckhurst 13.888 3 47 Terry Goldberg 13.897 4 73 Earl Miles Jr. 13.904 5 55 Larry Wallace 13.930 6 31 Jason Parish 13.981 7 M2 Jim Butler 13.999 8 47 Brian Heeney 14.010 9 71 Michael Gaier 14.043 10 88 Richard LaPratt 14.068 11 57 Clint Heinz 14.070 12 12x Mike Stenberg 14.071 13 0z Christopher Ozanich 14.098 14 50 Leroy Ellis 14.123 15 2 Bob Bauer 14.148 16 49 David Mingus 14.152 17 6 Matthew Schindewolf 14.195 18 84 Jon Deford 14.204 19 63 Tim Easey 14.216 20 96 Justin Kazmar 14.216 21 45 Gary Hollis 14.258 22 32 Wayne Haughton 14.260 23 21 Tom Trudgeon 14.274 24 M1 Bill Butler 14.289 25 1 Maynard Bigelow Jr. 14.293 26 11 Don Austin 14.306 27 34 James Allen 14.331 28 13 Ken Buchner 14.377 29 17 Kevin McPherson 14.399 30 K3 Kyle Hicks 14.925 31 75 James Wells 15.026
Street Stocks 1 97 Ben Hidy 14.686 2 T2 Doc Dutton 14.825 3 38 Mike McEwan 14.863 4 145 Mike Havens 14.865 5 6 Pat Dent 14.908 6 61 Jon Eppler 14.961 7 87 Landon Hidy 15.012 8 94 Dave Parker 15.023 9 04 Stanley Lambert 15.091 10 4 Ron Heeney 15.096 11 51 David Thorburn 15.120 12 50 Bob Flotka 15.133 13 23x Joe Barnhart 15.181 14 44 Trent Jenson 15.233 15 47 Robert Patrick 15.241 16 63 Rich Kinch 15.266 17 12 Andy Schmelzer 15.295 18 5C Corey Davis 15.322 19 116 Brian Beckner 15.391 20 34 Dale Wagner 15.461 21 69 Al Williams 16.133 22 3R Randy Squires 16.179
Pony Stocks 1 38 Chris Van Gorden 16.543 2 11 Kenny Clark 16.702 3 424 Julie Abbott 16.978 4 7 Bruce Jones 17.106 5 711 Jason Huey 17.108 6 31 Trei Deubel 17.176 7 72 Jimmy Scavarda 17.197 8 9a Stephanie Smith 17.304 9 77 Missy Bishop 17.593 10 8 Kyle Ballard 17.615 11 74 Scott Sigman 17.723 12 88 Mannie Goodrich 17.821 13 61 Andy Sands 17.928 14 22 Otis Young 17.997 15 10 Russel Potter IV 18.013 16 22 Lyndsay Ward 18.030 17 007 Bryan Passick II 18.044 18 28 Joe VanOort 18.208 19 47 Jerri Lynn Munn 18.241 20 27 Jeffrey LaRoe 18.889 21 97 Jacob Newman 18.928 22 86 Arthur Kimball 18.950 23 37 Joe Bohn 20.218 24 56 Alex Byran 20.952

RACE RESULTS
Late Model Results Friday, August 22, 2003 Fast Qualifier Feature 50 Laps 44 Jeff Hackworth 13.141 1. 10 Jack Landis 2. 70 Harry Foote Jr. Top Qualifier's 3. 24 Charlie Ryan Jr. 1. 44 Jeff Hackworth 4. 44 Jeff Hackworth 2. 29 Doug Finley 5. 17H James Heeney 3. 33 Dave Stehouwer 6. 70 Jeff Bozell 4. 24 Charlie Ryan Jr. 7. 34 John Ledwidge 8. 29 Gary Fedewa Heat 1 9. 47 Bill Heeney 1. 88 Dale Eglon 10. 22 Lee Taylor 2. 15 Darel Woolsey 11. 25 Jimmy Gallagher 3. 43 Robert Buckley 12. 1 Chris Place 4. 94 Evan Barrett 13. 28 Chip Garlock 5. 75 Craig Willet 14. 88 Ted Carpenter 6. 88 Ted Carpenter 15. 43 Robert Buckley 16. 33 Dave Stehouwer Heat 2 17. 14 Tim Ryan 1. 25 Jimmy Gallagher 18. 29 Doug Finley 2. 3D John Dunivon 19. 10 Stan Perry 3. 47 Bill Heeney 20. 3D John Dunivon 4. 28 Chip Garlock 5. 14 Tim Ryan 6. 10 Stan Perry Heat 3 1. 1 Chris Place Consi 2. 10 Jack Landis 1. 3D John Dunivon 3. 24 Charlie Ryan Jr. 2. 25 Jimmy Gallagher 4. 22 Lee Taylor 3. 43 Robert Buckley 5. 17H James Heeney 4. 28 Chip Garlock 6. 44 Jeff Hackworth 5. 88 Ted Carpenter 6. 15 Darel Woolsey 7. 75 Craig Willet 8. 88 Dale Eglon 9. 94 Evan Barrett 10. 67 Tim Rugg 11. 37 Dale Zalecki
Modified Results Friday, August 22, 2003 Fast Qualifier Feature 35 Laps 10 Bud Perry 13.842 1. 10 Bud Perry 2. 12x Mike Stenberg Top Qualifiers 3. 31 Jason Parish 1. 10 Bud Perry 4. 55 Larry Wallace 2. 33 Bill Luckhurst 5. 33 Bill Luckhurst 3. 47 Terry Goldberg 6. 47 Brian Heeney 4. 73 Earl Miles Jr. 7. 47 Terry Goldberg 8. 73 Earl Miles Jr. Heat 1 9. 50 Leroy Ellis 1. 34 James Allen 10. 71 Michael Gaier 2. M1 Bill Butler 11. 2 Bob Bauer 3. 1 Maynard Bigelow Jr. 12. 96 Justin Kazmar 4. 32 Wayne Haughton 13. 88 Richard LaPratt 5. 21 Tom Trudgeon 14. 84 Jon Deford 6. 11 Don Austin 15. 6 Matthew Schindewolf 16. M2 Jim Butler Heat 2 17. 57 Clint Heinz 1. 96 Justin Kazmar 18. 63 Tim Easey 2. 84 Jon Deford 19. 0z Christopher Ozanich 3. 49 David Mingus 20. 49 David Mingus 4. 63 Tim Easey 5. 45 Gary Hollis 6. 0z Christopher Ozanich Heat 3 1. 57 Clint Heinz Consi 2. 88 Richard LaPratt 1. 6 Matthew Schindewolf 3. 71 Michael Gaier 2. 63 Tim Easey 4. 47 Brian Heeney 3. 17 Kevin McPherson 5. M2 Jim Butler 4. 1 Maynard Bigelow Jr. 6. 31 Jason Parish 5. 21 Tom Trudgeon 6. 45 Gary Hollis 7. 75 James Wells 8. 34 James Allen
Street Stock Results Friday, August 22, 2003 Fast Qualifier Feature 25 Laps 97 Ben Hidy 14.686 1. 87 Landon Hidy 2. 145 Mike Havens Top Qualifiers 3. 38 Mike McEwan 1. 97 Ben Hidy 4. T2 Doc Dutton 2. T2 Doc Dutton 5. 94 Dave Parker 3. 38 Mike McEwan 6. 6 Pat Dent 4. 145 Mike Havens 7. 61 Jon Eppler 8. 97 Ben Hidy Heat 1 9. 47 Robert Patrick 1. 63 Rich Kinch 10. 23x Joe Barnhart 2. 12 Andy Schmelzer 11. 44 Trent Jenson 3. 116 Brian Beckner 12. 63 Rich Kinch 4. 5C Corey Davis 13. 12 Andy Schmelzer 5. 3R Randy Squires 14. 5C Corey Davis 6. 69 Al Williams 15. 3R Randy Squires 16. 69 Al Williams Heat 2 17. 50 Bob Flotka 1. 47 Robert Patrick 18. 04 Stanley Lambert 2. 4 Ron Heeney 19. 4 Ron Heeney 3. 51 David Thorburn 20. 116 Brian Beckner 4. 04 Stanley Lambert 5. 50 Bob Flotka 6. 23x Joe Barnhart Heat 3 1. 87 Landon Hidy Consi 2. 38 Mike McEwan 1. 12 Andy Schmelzer 3. 6 Pat Dent 2. 5C Corey Davis 4. 61 Jon Eppler 3. 116 Brian Beckner 5. 97 Ben Hidy 4. 3R Randy Squires 6. T2 Doc Dutton 5. 69 Al Williams
Pony Stock Results Friday, August 22, 2003 Fast Qualifier Feature 15 Laps 38 Chris Van Gorden 16.543 1. 38 Chris Van Gorden 2. 7 Bruce Jones Top Qualifiers 3. 11 Kenny Clark 1. 38 Chris Van Gorden 4. 31 Trei Deubel 2. 11 Kenny Clark 5. 9a Stephanie Smith 3. 424 Julie Abbott 6. 711 Jason Huey 4. 7 Bruce Jones 7. 72 Jimmy Scavarda 8. 61 Andy Sands Heat 1 9. 88 Mannie Goodrich 1. 007 Bryan Passick II 10. 74 Scott Sigman 2. 28 Joe VanOort 11. 77 Missy Bishop 3. 47 Jerri Lynn Munn 12. 22 Otis Young 4. 56 Alex Byran 13. 8 Kyle Ballard 5. 97 Jacob Newman 14. 007 Bryan Passick II 15. 10 Russel Potter IV 16. 22 Lyndsay Ward Heat 2 17. 47 Jerri Lynn Munn 1. 74 Scott Sigman 18. 424 Julie Abbott 2. 77 Missy Bishop 19. 28 Joe VanOort 3. 88 Mannie Goodrich 20. 27 Jeffrey LaRoe 4. 22 Otis Young 5. 22 Lyndsay Ward Heat 3 1. 11 Kenny Clark Consi 2. 424 Julie Abbott 1. 007 Bryan Passick II 3. 31 Trei Deubel 2. 47 Jerri Lynn Munn 4. 38 Chris Van Gorden 3. 27 Jeffrey LaRoe 5. 72 Jimmy Scavarda 4. 28 Joe VanOort 5. 97 Jacob Newman 6. 56 Alex Byran 7. 37 Joe Bohn
Posted 8/26/03

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