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Brett Zerfowski
MACON, Ill. (July 18) - Kyle Logue has been battling hard times at Macon Speedway. Bad finishes and even some DNFs (Did Not Finish) have him scratching his head. It has been a rough road for Logue but behind a good qualifying time and a second-place finish behind Brandon Sheppard, he was poised at the run at the checkered flag. Starting front-row-outside with former track champion Dick Taylor, Logue was not only able to hold the lead for the majority of the race, he was able to avoid having anything go wrong with racecar, i.e. anything break down and cost him a chance at winning.
Racing with Taylor and Brandon Sheppard in the early going, Logue started to rediscover the magic in the middle of the race as Sheppard got caught up in the cushion at the top of the track, thus slowing him up. Taylor had a good car, but a second-place car to Logue.
Brandon Sheppard's father, Steve Sheppard, Jr. had some rough luck in the fifth race of the Midwest Big Ten Series as he missed his heat race because he was changing his engine. As the feature loomed, both Sheppard's were on the track. Steve Sheppard, Jr. would start from the back of the pack of 18 cars and by the halfway point of the race, he had caught up to ninth place. He would finish sixth while Brandon took third.
Logue secured the checkered flag for the seventh time in 2009, but the first since June 20, the span of three Late Model races in between events.
A-Main
1 4 21 Kyle Logue Cisco, IL
2 5 44 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
3 2 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
4 7 16H Mike Hammerle St Charles, MO
5 3 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
6 18 5S Steve Sheppard New Berlin, IL
7 8 25 Dennis Vandermeersch Springfield, IL
8 1 18 Shane Tomlin Virden, IL
9 12 B8 Joe Barnard Springfield, IL
10 17 16 Nick Macklin Argenta, IL
11 14 7 Joseph Hughes Springfield, IL
12 15 7M Kevin Moffett Moweaqua, IL
13 10 38 Doug Hemer Moweaqua, IL
14 9 22 Chris Dick Deland, IL
15 13 28B John Beck Springfield, IL
16 16 DC3 Don Cisco Blue Mound, IL
17 11 C4 Jason Clever Mechanicsburg, IL
18 6 82 Roger Brickler Springfield, IL
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