WEEKLY RACE SUMMARY
by Todd Cumming

The "Leslie Gang" Surmounts Spartan Six Pack Shootout The Penske Racing Shocks Round III of the Finish Line Fabricting/ Proformance Racing Engines Six Pack Shootout will never be forgotten for all the fans of Michigan Short Track Racing. The "Leslie Gang" set out on a mission to honor the loss of their leader, Charlie Ryan Jr. and finished to a standing ovation as they completed a podium finish with Tim Ryan winning the rained shortened event over Tom Fedewa, in Charlie Ryan Jr's car and Chris Place in third. The 20-car feature event had a ten- car invert with Rob Buckley and Robbie Johnston the starting front row. Buckley took the early lead as the entire pack ran in formation. Lap three had Tim Ryan diving under Buckley for the lead in turn three, as the two came together a chain reaction caused 2nd place in points, Jimmy Thiel to climb over the slowing Dave Stehouwer. The restart had Buckley sent to the rear and Johnston taking over the point until Ryan got by for the lead, brining Stan Perry and Mike Kugler with him. Perry looked to be the car on the move until a lap eight caution had Thiel and Perry both heading to the pits with mechanical problems. The race was all Ryan's from the restart as Tom Fedewa over took Johnston for second on lap 10. As the lead duo took off, the third member of the Leslie Gang, Chris Place was putting on a show working his way up to 3rd from his 7th starting position on lap 23. Mike Kugler and Doug Finley worked their way up from their 5th row starting spots to claim 4th and 5th as rain started to fall on lap 39. After a 20 minute rain delay and a steady drizzle the event was called completed with Ryan taking the heart felt win and celebrating with a polish victory lap and a burn out. Bill Heeney Jr. won the Hidy's Towing Hard Charger award finishing 8th from his 16th starting spot. Evan Barrett was the Contingency Connection Hard Charger and Lee Taylor was the Valvoline Cup/Race Fan.Com winner. Valvoline Oil winners were Tim Ryan and Rookie Robbie Johnston. Heat Race Winners were Craig Willett, Bill Heeney Jr. and Robbie Johnston. John Ledwidge won the WhoWon.Com Semi - Feature over Taylor, Tom Klopp and Evan Barrett. Doug Finley (13.059) set fast time for the 25-car Comcast Cablevision field. The WIBM AM1450 Modifieds were scheduled for double features, but was able to get only one completed as Harry Parish was victorious over Brian Neaster, Bill Luckhurst, Chris Ozanich and Larry Wallace. Nester was the early leader from the pole position as Parrish shadowed from his third starting spot. The lead duo shadowed each other until Parrish took the point on lap 16 and went on for the win. Nyle Weiler was the 3D Auto Racing Supplies Hard Charger finishing 12th from his 18th starting spot. Heat race winners were Rolly Olney, Nyle Weiler and Chad Poorman. Earl Miles Jr. won the RaceFan.Com Semi-Feature. Harry Parish set fast time for the 31-car field with a lap of 13.730. The Performance NW Street Stocks feature was rained out, but Butch Morance and Mark Smith took the heat wins with Morance winning the RaceFan.Com award for the evening. Ben Hidy set fast time for the 20-car field with a time of 14.481. The B & L Truck Caps Pony Stocks feature also was rained out and will be rescheduled for double features this weekend. Heat race winners were Bryan Passick Jr. and Mark Garland. Kenny Clark (16.472) set fast time for the 22-car field. Believe it or not, this week is Northside Service Mid-Season Championship night at Spartan Speedway. With only 3 events completed since the beginning of the season, the second half deserves better weather at "The Track the Stars Call Home"- Spartan Speedway.

QUALIFYING TIMES
Late Models 1 29 Douglas Finley 13.059 2 2 Mike Kugler 13.072 3 09 Jimmy Thiel 13.075 4 1 Chris Place 13.084 5 33 Dave Stehouwer 13.091 6 24 Tom Fedewa 13.096 7 10 Stanley Perry 13.126 8 14 Tim Ryan 13.152 9 55 Robby Johnston 13.156 10 43 Rob Buckley 13.161 11 70 Harry Foote Jr. 13.163 12 44 Jeff Hackworth 13.168 13 88 Anthony Foote 13.194 14 41 Brent Jack 13.201 15 10 Jack Landis 13.213 16 47 Bill Heeney 13.222 17 34 John Ledwidge 13.279 18 22 Lee Taylor 13.303 19 25 Jimmy Gallagher 13.312 20 72 Tom Klopp 13.483 21 94 Evan Barrett 13.486 22 32 Garry Duram 13.578 23 16 Scott Cunningham 13.726 24 75 Craig Willet 13.756 25 67 Timithy Rugg 13.903
Modifieds 1 31 Harry Parish 13.730 2 10 Bud Perry 13.734 3 0z Chris Ozanich 13.790 4 71 Michael Gaier 13.815 5 M2 James Butler 13.826 6 33 William Luckhurst 13.850 7 36 Chad Poorman 13.885 8 55 Larry Wallace 13.908 9 96 Justin Kazmar 13.915 10 47 Brian Heeney 13.933 11 32 Wayne Haughton 13.944 12 52 Chris Whitman 13.969 13 63 Tim Easey 13.973 14 10x Brian Nester 13.981 15 2 Bob Bauer 13.981 16 88 Dick LaPratt 14.035 17 27 Nyle Weiler 14.049 18 17 Kevin McPherson 14.096 19 73 Earl Miles Jr. 14.102 20 9 Steve Curry 14.174 21 1J Jason Parish 14.180 22 13 Kenneth Buchner 14.196 23 21 Thomas Trudgeon 14.284 24 6 Perry Davenport 14.402 25 3 Rolly Olney 14.407 26 16 Troy Tucker 14.521 27 6 Matthew Schindewolf 14.533 28 911 Dick Maurer 14.628 29 81 Tracy Heeney 14.658 30 K3 Kyle Hicks 14.982 31 75 James Wells 15.079
Street Stocks 1 97 Ben Hidy 14.481 2 7L Dane Long 14.723 3 87 Landon Hidy 14.791 4 23 Joe Barnhart 14.948 5 47 Rob Patrick 14.967 6 14 Mark Smith 15.003 7 3 Mark Velasquez 15.012 8 116 Wayne Beckner Jr. 15.045 9 16 Mike Ammerman 15.130 10 07 Jordan Harvey 15.262 11 51 David Thorburn 15.267 12 00 Randy Squires 15.319 13 22 Howard McDonough 15.368 14 28 Tommy Turner 15.416 15 71 Harold Morence Jr. 15.421 16 2 Jamie Feguer 15.474 17 69 Al Williams 16.460 18 8 Ken Dollarhite 16.966 19 11 Brian Beckner -.--- 20 50 Rob Newman -.---
Pony Stocks 1 11 Kenny Clark 16.472 2 38 Mark Garland 16.760 3 31 Trei Deubel 16.775 4 37 Bruce Jones 16.846 5 424 Julie Abbott 16.846 6 22 John Ward 16.866 7 37 Jerry Garland 16.903 8 10 Russel Potter III 17.012 9 72 James Scavarda 17.266 10 748 Michael Putnam 17.461 11 77 Missy Bishop 17.776 12 74 Scott Sigman 17.800 13 4 Bryan Passick II 17.944 14 19 Annie Loiselle 18.071 15 47 Jerry Munn 18.294 16 99 Brent McCort 18.342 17 86 Arthur Kimball 18.502 18 1 Mike Standley 18.644 19 29 Nathan Hinderer 18.666 20 97 Jacob Newman 18.911 21 087 Kevin Sweezy 21.135 22 27 Jeffrey Laroe -.---

RACE RESULTS
Late Model Results Friday, June 18, 2004 Fast Qualifier Feature 50 Laps 29 Douglas Finley 13.059 1. 14 Tim Ryan 2. 24 Tom Fedewa Top Qualifier's 3. 1 Chris Place 1. 29 Douglas Finley 4. 2 Mike Kugler 2. 2 Mike Kugler 5. 29 Douglas Finley 3. 09 Jimmy Thiel 6. 70 Harry Foote Jr. 4. 1 Chris Place 7. 44 Jeff Hackworth 8. 47 Bill Heeney Heat 1 9. 55 Robby Johnston 1. 75 Craig Willet 10. 88 Anthony Foote 2. 67 Timithy Rugg 11. 22 Lee Taylor 3. 32 Garry Duram 12. 94 Evan Barrett 4. 94 Evan Barrett 13. 72 Tom Klopp 5. 25 Jimmy Gallagher 14. 43 Rob Buckley 6. 16 Scott Cunningham 15. 41 Brent Jack 16. 10 Jack Landis Heat 2 17. 33 Dave Stehouwer 1. 47 Bill Heeney 18. 34 John Ledwidge 2. 34 John Ledwidge 19. 10 Stanley Perry 3. 10 Jack Landis 20. 09 Jimmy Thiel 4. 41 Brent Jack 5. 43 Rob Buckley 6. 88 Anthony Foote Heat 3 1. 55 Robby Johnston Consi 2. 10 Stanley Perry 1. 34 John Ledwidge 3. 24 Tom Fedewa 2. 22 Lee Taylor 4. 33 Dave Stehouwer 3. 72 Tom Klopp 5. 1 Chris Place 4. 94 Evan Barrett 6. 29 Douglas Finley 5. 20 Jimmy Gallagher 6. 32 Garry Duram 7. 75 Craig Willet
Modified Results Friday, June 18, 2004 Fast Qualifier Feature 35 Laps 31 Harry Parish 13.730 Rain Top Qualifiers 1. 31 Harry Parish 2. 10 Bud Perry 3. 0z Chris Ozanich 4. 71 Michael Gaier Heat 1 1. 3 Rolly Olney 2. 13 Kenneth Buchner 3. 6 Perry Davenport 4. 21 Thomas Trudgeon 5. K3 Kyle Hicks 6. 75 James Wells Heat 2 1. 27 Nyle Weiler 2. 2 Bob Bauer 3. 73 Earl Miles Jr. 4. 88 Dick LaPratt 5. 52 Chris Whitman 6. 63 Tim Easey Heat 3 1. 36 Chad Poorman Consi 2. 10 Bud Perry 1. 73 Earl Miles Jr. 3. 47 Brian Heeney 2. 13 Kenneth Buchner 4. 33 William Luckhurst 3. 6 Perry Davenport 5. 0z Chris Ozanich 4. 1J Jason Parish 6. 55 Larry Wallace 5. 21 Thomas Trudgeon 6. K3 Kyle Hicks 7. 3 Rolly Olney 8. 6 Matthew Schindewolf 9. 9 Steve Curry 10. 81 Tracy Heeney 11. 75 James Wells
Street Stock Results Friday, June 18, 2004 Fast Qualifier Feature 25 Laps 97 Ben Hidy 14.481 Rain Top Qualifiers 1. 97 Ben Hidy 2. 7L Dane Long 3. 87 Landon Hidy 4. 23 Joe Barnhart Heat 1 1. 71 Harold Morence Jr. 2. 51 David Thorburn 3. 22 Howard McDonough 4. 2 Jamie Feguer 5. 28 Tommy Turner 6. 07 Jordan Harvey Heat 2 1. 14 Mark Smith 2. 116 Wayne Beckner Jr. 3. 87 Landon Hidy 4. 47 Rob Patrick 5. 7L Dane Long 6. 97 Ben Hidy
Pony Stock Results Friday, June 18, 2004 Fast Qualifier Feature 15 Laps 11 Kenny Clark 16.472 Rain Top Qualifiers 1. 11 Kenny Clark 2. 38 Mark Garland 3. 31 Trei Deubel 4. 37 Bruce Jones Heat 1 1. 4 Bryan Passick II 2. 74 Scott Sigman 3. 86 Arthur Kimball 4. 29 Nathan Hinderer 5. 47 Jerry Munn Heat 2 1. 38 Mark Garland 2. 77 Missy Bishop 3. 31 Trei Deubel 4. 22 John Ward 5. 72 James Scavarda
Last Updated: December 31 1969 07:00:00 PM

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