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La Salle Speedway
LA SALLE, Ill. (August 28) - The final night of racing typically produces twists, turns and hard charging disputes. Saturday night at La Salle Speedway the drivers were up for the challenge and gave a full house exactly what they were hoping for on Fan Appreciation Night.
To get things rolling, the Late Models and the Modifieds put their best lap in the books. Mike Provenzano posted the fastest Late Model lap with a time of 13.120. Nathan Balensiefen traveled the quickest lap of 14.604 for the Modifieds.
Eighteen Late's were in the pits with two heats determining their feature grid. First heat pole sitter, Mike Provenzano took the point after a battle with Bret Sievert but it didn't come easy. Sievert took the lead just before a last lap caution slowed the pace and put him back behind Mike Provenzano. For the restart, it was apparent a showdown was on tap. At the checkers, Mike Provenzano was first but Rich Bell was right there with him leaving Sievert in third and Mike Glynn fourth.
Jeff Small, the pole sitter of the second heat, was commander of the race all the way to the checkers. Todd Alexander finished second ahead of Jeff's brother Jon Small and Terry Knutti.
With twenty five laps ahead, no one could have foreseen Lake Knutti flipping his ride before a lap could be scored. Luckily the driver exited the car on his own. Once the green flag was hanging, Mike Provenzano was in charge with Sievert in second over current champion Lil' John Provenzano. After a restart of Lap 4, a three wide battle for the lead between the three ended when Bell took the low line and started challenging Lil' John who was in second.
Bell took over the point during Lap 9 with Lil' John now in second. Mike Provenzano fell back to third. Bell was flying but Lil' John was fast on a lower line. Bell's high run was fast and furious until he moved down in front of Lil' John who was still charging hard on the bottom during Lap 14. The front runners tangled with Lil' John ending the powerful run in a spin. After the restart, Bell moved his machine back to the high line on the point with Mike Provenzano second, Sievert third and Glynn running fourth as high on the track as he could run.
Early in the evening, Scott Schmitt took on the exhausting task of changing his engine in the pit area. Completing the job just as the feature cars were rolling around to take the green. His efforts paid off as he charged his power plant up the pack for a top six run.
Just after the flagman signaled one lap to go, Mike Provenzano hit the gas even harder in his lower line run. As he and Bell headed off the turn four corner, it was Bell ahead but by the time the duo crossed the finish line Mike Provenzano beat him by a nose.
Bell took home the runner up finish over Sievert, Glynn, Jamie McHugh, Schmitt, Keith Piano, Terry Knutti, Todd Alexander, Lil John Provenzano, Nathan Disney, Ed Williams, Randy Manos, and Brian Lock.
La Salle Speedway Scoreboard Results 08/28/10
UMP Late Models 18 Cars
Qualifying: Mike Provenzano 13.120
Heat 1: Mike Provenzano, Rich Bell, Bret Sievert, Mike Glynn
Heat 2: Jeff Small, Todd Alexander, Jon Small, Terry Knutti
Feature: Mike Provenzano, Rich Bell, Bret Sievert, Mike Gllynn, Jamie McHugh, Scott Schmitt, Keith Piano, Terry Knutti, Todd Alexander, Lil' John Provenzano, Nathan Disney, Ed Williams, Randy Manos, Brian Lock, Jon Small, Jeff Small, Lake Knutti, Mark Larson
UMP Moldifieds 18 Cars
Qualifying: Nathan Balensiefen 14.604
Heat 1: Nathan Balensiefen, Brad Stewart, Phil Line, Travis Kohler
Heat 2: Jeramie Johnson, Tim Loomis, Allen Line, Ken Fischer
Feature: Nathan Balensiefen, Brad Stewart, Vince Cooper, Justin McCoy, Tim Loomis, Travis Kohler, Derrick Doerr, Matt Gremminger, Jeramie Johnson, Tom Knippenberg, Austin Hewitt, Nick Lueth, Phil Line, Ken Fischer, Scott Hauge, Mike Marden, David Wagner
UMP Street Stock 24 Cars
Heat 1: Roger Rickels, Jake Miller, Jamie Balensiefen, Nick Sell
Heat 2: Kevin Snowberger, Mike McKinney, Randy Lucas, Rick Koltveit
Heat 3: Brandon Maciejewski, Tim Provenzano, Duane Peterson, Ande Bivens
Feature: Roger Rickels, Brandon Maciejewski, Tim Provenzano, Mike McKinney, Kevin Snowberger, Keith Lucas, Randy Lucas, Justin Rutledge, Nick Sell, Ande Bivens, Justin Hamm, Duane Peterson, Jake Miller, Jamie Balensiefen, Don Koltveit, Rick Koltveit, Ben Gallentine, Andrew Schwarko, Duane Brown, Tom Alexander, John Hogue, Steve Schwemlein
UMP 4 Cylinder Hornets 14 Cars
Heat 1: Phil Burdette, Andrew Schwarko, JR Brown, Camron Poci
Heat 2: Rick Zifko, DJ Kilanowski, Dennis Polak, Erik Grosch
Feature: Andrew Schwarko, Rick Zifko, JR Brown, Eric Grosch, Loren Westerhold, Camron Poci, Mike Gossett, Greg Joewest, Mark Sutton, Marquis Hoover, Freddy Thatcher, Paul Smith, Josh Trahon, Dustin Forbes, Phil Burdette, Jerry Legner, DJ Kilanowski, Dennis Polak, Charles Greensly
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