Macon Ends Season with More Champions
by Macon Speedway on 09/26/11
By Brett Zerfowski
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The native of
Loyet was followed by Daniel Adler and Brett Anderson.
Trent Beckinger of
As for the Macon Speedway stock cars, it was a huge night for the Billingsley Towing Modifieds as they raced three good heat events, a 20-lap feature and a special 15-lap Shootout, sponsored by Billingsley Road Service of Decatur.
Norm Wood has put together a good ending to the season with a feature win last week and went back-to-back with his second feature of the year. He had tough competition trailing him in 2010 Billingsley Towing Modified Champion Dave Crawley, Jr. in his tracks for nearly the entire race. Wood held the bottom groove perfectly and went on for the victory. He would later draw a number to give bonus bucks to the eighth place driver (that was the number he drew) and Jeremy Nichols received an extra $100 from SNS Auto Sales in
Crawley finished second in the feature as
In the Billingsley Road Service Shootout,
It was a bitter sweet ending for Justin Hill in the Street Stocks division as he chased Bobby Beiler for most of the summer in the points and rode side-by-side with him to start the feature race. Hill would win his second feature of 2011 but Beiler’s lead in the standings was too great to overcome and Beiler would be awarded the 2011 Championship. Former multi-time champion Mike Pickering made things very interesting in the end nearly overtaking the lead out of the final turn and final lap to finish second ahead of Champion Beiler. Harristown’s Nick Justice was fourth and Kevin Crowder took fifth.
Starting from the pole position, Kyle Maxwell tasted victory lane for the first time in a feature race since Opening Night in early April. It was a proud moment but also bitter sweet as he finished third in the points behind champion Jerad Matherly, who finished third in the race, and Derek Peters, who finished deep in the field.
The final race of the season has been raced and the final checkered flag has been dropped on another season of stock car racing at the World’s Fastest 1/5th mile high bank dirt track in
Champions Crowned at Macon Speedway
by Macon Speedway on 09/22/11
By Brett Zerfowski
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With two laps left in the 15-lap event, leader Daniel Flessner of Roberts, IL, lost the top spot to Taylorville’s Scott Landers as lapped traffic started to cause confusion and difficulty among the drivers. Alan Crowder of Elwin also was in the mix for the win. As the race came to the final turn, Flessner regained the lead and the win in his first trip to Macon Speedway. Landers would finish second in both the race and the Touchstone Energy Sportsman points standings. Crowder was third. Rick Roedel, former division champion, took fourth in the race and third in the points. Macklin, the new track champion, would finish fifth.
Brian Diveley took the Chevrolet Late Model championship after the start of a successful evening. He was the fastest of 20 cars and the only driver to hit the 10-second qualifying time. He also won his heat race and started on the pole for the 25-lap feature. But he would not be a deciding factor in the win as he stopped at the top of the second turn to bring out the yellow. But the race was decided by Greg Kimmons and the bottom of the track. Kimmons passed Terry Babb early in the race and hung to the bottom of the track, picking up speed and put distance between him and the field. Joseph Hughes had his best finish of the year as he took second, passing Kyle Logue. Roger Brickler netted fourth place and Matt Taylor would take fifth.
Adam Webb won his seventh Pro Hornet feature and first Pro Hornet Championship Race as that helped lead him to the 2011 Pro Hornet points championship. Coming into the evening with a 12-point lead over Jeremy Reed, Webb made good early in the caution-filled race by passing for the lead and holding off Tony Reed and Ray Watts.
For each of those drivers, it would be their first Macon Speedway track champions. The Billingsley Towing Modifieds, Street Stocks and Amateur Hornets will have their champions crowned next week during the season finale.
As for the Street Stocks, they hosted the 7th Annual Street Stock Championship Race and it was a frantic 25 laps. It looked like an easy win for Jeremy Nichols early but a caution on lap nine closed the gap for Tyler Blankenship. On the restart, Blankenship held close to Nichols and would take the top spot five laps later. Nichols would appear to regain the lead as they made the move to lap 17 but a caution came out to revert the cars back to the last completed green flag lap, lap 16, where Blankenship was still the leader. Following another restart, Nichols and Blankenship bashed and banged one another for the right to the $600 first place prize. Nichols took over on the backstretch of the final lap and Blankenship tried to cut underneath Nichols and ended up driving through the infield to the judge’s stand and, although Blankenship beat Nichols to the line by mere inches, Nichols would be awarded the race win and Blankenship would be docked a spot and finished second. Argenta’s Kevin Crowder would finish in third.
The Billingsley Towing Modifieds put together a wild finish on their own. Guy Taylor of
Derek Peters was the best of 23 Amateur Hornets and won his third feature race of the 2011 season. The win helped close the gap in the points standings as Jerad Matherly had a modest 38-point lead coming into the night’s action. Kyle Maxwell finished third ahead of Matherly to gain a few points on the leader, as well. Michael Gossett took second in the 8-lap feature evening.
And the High School Hornets was won by Dalton Jacobs, his third of the year.
One show remains in the 2011 racing season. After two weeks of rainouts, the racers were in full force as nearly 150 flooded the gates and pits of Macon Speedway. POWRi Midgets & Micro Sprints will headlight the final show of the season. Billingsley Towing Modifieds, Street Stocks and Amateur Hornets will also be apart of the show to end the season.
September 24 Huge Night for Billingsley Towing Modifieds
by Macon Speedway on 09/15/11
(Macon, IL) The season finale on September 24 will be a huge night for area race fans and Billingsley Towing Modified drivers. This will be the 1st ever Billingsley Road Service Feature Winner Shootout. This event will be open to all 2011 feature winners at Macon Speedway. There will be a 15 lap shootout to determine the winner. The top 3 finishers will split $500 donated by Billingsley Road Service. We will also have our regular feature event for the Billingsley Towing Modified with added money from SNS Auto Sales. SNS Auto Sales has added money to the feature; the winner will receive $600 to win and 2nd place will be worth $400. SNS Auto Sales will also be giving a $100 bonus to one of the Billingsley Towing Modified feature starters. Also racing on September 24 will be the POWRi Midgets, POWRi Micros, Street Stocks and Amateur Hornet divisions. There will be a large amount of fan giveaways on the 24th so don’t miss the last race of the year at Macon Speedway!
September 24 tickets are $15 for adults and children 12 & under are free. Grandstands open at 5 pm racing begins at 7 pm.
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