Exciting Opening Night Complete At Macon Speedway
The start-of the 2015 racing season at Macon Speedway featured top notch racing with side-by-side action and furious finishes.
The first feature of the season saw Timmy Dick hold off Jeremy Nichols for the 15-lap victory. Nichols tried everything from lane switches to slide jobs but could not get or hold the lead as the crowd went into a frenzy.
Defending Street Stock champion Bobby Beiler picked up where he left off as he made short work of the 20-lap feature and first event in the Big Ten Street Stock Series. The battle was for second as Terry Reed and Nick Justice beat and banged and on the backstretch of the final lap, Justice lost a wheel and spun into the infield, unable to finish.
The broom was out in the Pro Late Model division as Tommy Sheppard, Jr. won the dash, heat and feature race. Matt Taylor was the overall fast qualifier and finished second to Sheppard in each race.
In the Billingsley Towing Modified division, TD Burger drove from an hour south of Chicago to race and win at historic Macon Speedway, and that is exactly what he did. Not even Macon Speedway co-owner and NASCAR star Ken Schrader could stop him. Burger was quick on the high groove and kept the lead despite Schrader and Rodney Standerfer coming from the bottom.
A big group of 4-cylinder Hornets competed for the checkered flag but nobody was as fast as former National Champion Adam Webb. Webb cruised to the victory circle and got his 2015 started off right at Macon Speedway.
Big shows finish off April at Macon Speedway as the POWRi Midgets and Micro Sprints headline the program next Saturday, along with the Billingsley Towing Modifieds, Street Stocks and Hornets. A special Thursday night show ends April with the St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100, a 100-lap extravaganza for the Lucas Oil Late Model Series.
UMP Pro Late Model – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 T6 Tommy Sheppard Jr Berlin , Il
2 1 24 Matt Taylor Springfield , Il
3 3 X Bobby Beiler Blue Mound, Il
4 4 14 Braden Johnson Stonington , Il
5 5 15C Kevin Crowder Argenta , Il
6 6 V1 Victor Overlin Decatur , Il
UMP Modified – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 32B Td Burger Saunemin , Il
2 3 9 Ken Schrader Concord , Nc
3 1 28 Rodney Standerfer Germantown , Il
4 4 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il
5 8 10Z Zach Rhodes Taylorville , Il
6 7 71 Jeff Graham Stonington , Il
7 10 57R Thomas Riech Springfield , Il
8 6 35 Clark Robertson Shelbyville , Il
9 12 35S Randy Spaugh Decatur , Il
10 5 28S Joe Strawkas Buffalo , Il
11 9 16 Nick Macklin Argenta , Il DNS
12 11 111 Zack Bunning Decatur , Il DNS
UMP Sportsman – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 1 22 Timmy Dick Monticello , Il
2 5 J24 Jeremy Nichols Shelbyville , Il
3 4 57N Doug Nevill Springfield , Il
4 9 D98 Danny Smith Argenta , Il
5 7 72 Tom Graham Stonington , Il
6 2 B99 Tim Bedinger Taylorville , Il
7 8 93 Ty Nation Taylorville , Il DNF
8 3 84 Tyler Blankenship Vandalia , Il DNF
9 6 7 Phil Moreland Assumption , Il DNF
UMP Street Stock – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 X Bobby Beiler Blue Mound, Il
2 9 11 Terry Reed Decatur , Il
3 7 8 Brian Dasenbrock Decatur , Il
4 2 25 Greg Osman Macon , Il
5 6 57R Thomas Riech Springfield , Il
6 1 26 Kyle Waters Oreana , Il
7 5 45 Luke Force Argenta , Il
8 12 5 Ben Medaris Decatur , Il
9 4 36 Nick Justice Harristown , Il
10 10 52R Jeffery Reed Jr. Blue Mound, Il
11 11 75 Toby Kreher Lovington , Il
12 13 42D Brandon Dick Decatur , Il
13 14 58 Tharen Reno Springfield , Il DNF
14 8 55S Jason Scrimpsher Decatur , Il DNF
15 16 17 Ronnie Burns Cerro Gordo, Il DNF
16 15 11J Dillon Justice Harristown , Il DNF
UMP Hornet – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 19J Adam Webb Decatur , Il
2 1 G6 Thad Gee Bloomington , Il
3 6 7 John Bright Jr Decatur , Il
4 5 23S Garrett Lewis Decatur , Il
5 9 G66 Steven Stine Stonington , Il
6 7 35W Austin Wickline Harristown , Il
7 15 205 Michael Gossett Decatur , Il
8 11 4 Matthew Reed Blue Mound, Il
9 4 WILD! Matt Boggs –
10 10 31C Matthew Cottrill Riverton , Il
11 16 50T Gary Tooker Mahomet , Il
12 8 66 Mike Mc Christy Mt. Zion, Il
13 14 12 Terry Myers Springfield , Il
14 12 44 John Lewis Decatur , Il
15 3 44B Brandon Buatte Mulberry Grove, Il
16 13 50 Ben Mcchristy Mt Zion, Il
17 17 39 Marty Sullivan Decatur , Il DNS