September 18th 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tom Arthur, PR Director
Illini Racing Series (IRS)
(815)730-1960 days (815)485-4959 evenings
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Anderson, Knippel, Findley, Schneider, Brown & Trusky All Win
Morris, IL (9/16/07) The Fifth Annual Bob Corson Memorial was destined to be a
great night of racing with all the work the Corson family put into the effort.
What it ended up being was one of those exceptional nights of great racing,
mixed with a fund raiser for an injured driver, a salute to an 82nd Airborne
trooper home on leave, many drivers doing double duty, a serious thrash on an
out of town driver's car to get him back on the track, and some of the best
racing of the year.
Jim Anderson qualified the #36 Guess/Anderson national midget car 5th quick
behind Reid Ceponis, Tom Schnabel, Brandon Hartsell, and fast qualifier David
Bryne. When the feature rolled around, nobody had anything for him from the
drop of the green. Anderson led all 30 laps for his third win of the season.
Reid Ceponis won the trophy dash and a heat, with Tom Schnabel winning the other
heat.
The Illini Sportsman Midget 25 lap feature went to Joe Knippel, with fast
qualifier Freddie Teer challenging hard in the final circuits. Knippel also won
the trophy dash with the heats going to Billy Hulbert and newly crowned champ
Lamont Critchett.
Mark Findley set fast time on his way to the feature win in the Rascal Outlaw
mini-sprints. Jim Theil won the heat after qualifying 2nd, and finished 2nd in
the feature.
Luke Schneider won his first BIDCA Classic Modified feature, after playing
second fiddle to Mike Anderson in qualifying and their heat race. Darren Ihrke
won the other heat and finished 3rd in the feature behind Tom Schnabel.
Vern Brown swept the Formula Indy Racing Association competition, setting fast
time, winning the heat and feature. Wally Reitz set 2nd quickest time and was
second in the main, and Tim Roach was 2nd in the heat and 3rd in the feature.
Nick Petska was the fast timer in the Luisa's Mini-Mods and looked to be on his
way to continue his winning streak that had gone back to the last two races of
last season. Bill Trusky had other ideas though and won the heat an feature,
bring the streak to an end.
Results from the 5th Annual Bob Corson Memorial at Grundy County Speedway:
National Midgets:
Qualifying: 1. #20b, David Bryne, 14.82; 2. #11, Brandon Hartsell, 14.992;
3. #20s, Tom Schnabel, 15.005; 4. #79, Reid Ceponis, 15.115; 5. #36, Jim
Anderson, 15.12; 6. #32, Rich Corson 15.285; 7. #0, Doug Dietsch, 15.372;
8. #97, Phil Rutledge, 15.592; 8. #56, Jason Dull 15.769; 9. #4t, Terry
Ahern, 15.788; 10. #38, Billy Hulbert, 16.525; 11. #21, Dan VanderMolen,
16.801; 12. #69, Jon Ruff, 17.951
4 lap Trophy Dash
10 lap heat #1: 1. Tom Schnabel, 2. David Bryne, 3. Jim Anderson, 4. Doug
Dietsch, 5. Jason Dull, 6. Dan VanderMolen, 7. Jon Ruff DNF
10 lap heat #2: 1. Reid Ceponis, 2. Rich Corson, 3. Terry Ahern, 4. Phil
Rutledge, 5. Brandon Hartsell, 6. Billy Hulbert DNF
30 lap feature: 1. Jim Anderson, 2. Brandon Hartsell, 3. Tom Schnabel, 4.
David Bryne, 5. Doug Dietsch, 6. Phil Rutledge, 7. Jason Dull, 8. Rich
Corson, 9. Reid Ceponis, 10. Billy Hulbert DNF, 11. Jon Ruff DNF. 12. Dan
VanderMolen DNF, 13. Terry Ahern DNS
Illini Sportsman Midgets:
Qualifying: 1. #54, Freddie Teer, 16.184; 2. #44C, Lamont Critchett, 16.244;
3. #33, Joe Knippel, 16.27; 4. #0, Doug Orseske, 16.39; 5. #82, Dan George,
16.449; 6. #O4, Eddie Griffith, 16.47; 7. #17, Loran Critchett,Jr, 16.486;
8. #33X, Sean Murphy, 16.558; 9. #56, Jason Dull, 16.742; 10. #4V, Scott
Koerner, 16.821; 11. #74, Eddie Sauer, 16.936; 12. #88, Mike Smith, 16.986;
13. #4h, Billy Hulbert, 16.992; 14. #86, Scott Shilkuski, 17.038; 15. #3,
Mark Morey, 17.129; 16. #81, Jon Ruff, 17.264; 17. #22, Basil Hicks, 17.437;
18. #21A, Mike Adams, Jr., 18.202; 19. #51, Frank Reiss, 18.457; 20. #91,
Black Bart, 19.923
4 lap trophy dash: 1. Joe Knippel, 2. Freddie Teer, 3. Doug Orseske, 4.
Lamont Critchett
10 lap heat #1: 1. Lamont Critchett, 2. Freddie Teer, 3. Doug Orseske, 4.
Joe Knippel, 5. Sean Murphy, 6. Loran Critchett,Jr, 7. Scott Koerner, 8. Dan
George, 9. Jason Dull, 10. Eddie Griffith DNF
10 lap heat #2: 1. Billy Hulbert, 2. Mike Adams, Jr., 3. Mark Morey, 4.
Eddie Sauer, 5. Mike Smith, 6. Frank Reiss, 7. Black Bart, 8. Jon Ruff DNF,
9. Scott Shilkuski DNF, 10. Basil Hicks DNF
25 lap feature: 1. Joe Knippel, 2. Freddie Teer, 3. Loran Critchett, Jr., 4.
Sean Murphy, 5. Doug Orseske, 6. Eddie Griffith, 7. Jason Dull, 8. Dan
George, 9. Eddie Sauer, 10. Frank Reiss, 11. Scott Shilkuski DNF, 12. Mike
Smith DNF, 13. Mark Morey DNF, 14. Billy Hulbert DNF, 15. Black Bart DNF,
16. Mike Adams, Jr. DNF, 17. Scott Koerner DNF, 18. Lamont Critchett DNF, 19.
Basil Hicks DNS, 20. Jon Ruff DNS
Rascal Outlaw Mini-Sprints:
Qualifying: 1. #43, Mark Findley, 15.367; 2. #33, Jim Thiel, 15.403; 4. 3.
#7, John DeMay, 15.565; 5. #30, Jason Mahoney, 15.584; 6. #15, John Benkert,
15.985; 7. #91, Jacques Terrault, 16.173; 8. #27, Rob Pollak, 16.194; 9.
#12, Steve Kreft, 16.858; 10. #4, Kyle Lynn, 17.188; 11. #82, Dan Chapman,
18.877
Heat race: 1. Jim Thiel, 2. John DeMay, 3. Rob Pollak, 4. Jason Mahoney,
5. Mark Findley, 6. John Benkert, 7. Jacques Terrault, 8. Steve Kreft, 9.
Kyle Lynn, 10. Dan Chapman
15 lap feature: 1. Mark Findley, 2. Jim Thiel, 3. Jason Mahoney, 4. John
DeMay, 5. John Benkert, 6. Rob Pollak, 7. Kyle Lynn, 8. Dan Chapman, 9.
Jacques Terrault DNF, 10. Steve Kreft DNF
BIDCA Classic Modifieds:
Qualifying: 1. # 51 Mike Anderson 16.814; 2. #21, Luke Schneider, 16.981;
3. #64, Freddie Teer, 17.202; 4. #32, Eric Pershey, 17.252; 5. #3, Charlie
Holt, 17.411; 6. #20, Vicki Schnabel 17.516; 7. #38, Tom Schnabel, 17.538;
8. #25, Darren Ihrke, 17.823; 9. #9, Matt O'Hagan, 18.404; 10. #13, Scott
Struthers, 19.269
Heat race 1: 1. Darren Ihrke, 2. Vicki Schnabel, 3. Scott Struthers, 4.
Matt O'Hagan, 5. Freddie Teer
Heat race 2: 1. Mike Anderson, 2. Luke Schneider, 3. Eric Pershey, 4.
Charlie Holt, 5. Tom Schnabel DNF
15 lap feature: 1. Luke Schneider, 2. Tom Schnabel, 3. Darren Ihrke, 4.
Eric Pershey, 5. Vicki Schnabel, 6. Mike Anderson, 7. Scott Struthers, 8.
Freddie Teer, 9. Charlie Holt DNF, 10. Matt O'Hagan DNF
F.I.R.A. Mini-Indy:
Qualifying: 1. Vern Brown, 16.257; 2. 8., Wally Reitz, 17.064; 3. 17, Tim
Roach, 17.754; 4. 35, Lyle Philips, 17.619; 5. 43, Rich Breske, 19.303; 6.
44, Gary Cooper, 18.149; 7. 57, Rich Kossak, 17.225; 8. 58, Neal Gillentin,
15.305
Heat race: 1. Vern Brown, 2. Tim Roach, 3. Lyle Philips, 4. Rich Kossak, 5.
Gary Cooper, 6. Rich Breske, 7. Wally Reitz DNF, 8. Neal Gillentine DNF
15 lap feature: 1. Vern Brown, 2. Wally Reitz, 3. Tim Roach, 4. Lyle
Philips, 5. Gary Cooper, 6. Rich Breske, 7. Rich Kossak DNF, 8. Neal
Gillentine DNF
Luisa�s Mini-Mods:
Qualifying: 1. #20, Nick Petska, 17.551; 2. #18, Rick Corso, 17.734; 3.
#7, John DeMay, 18.206; 4. #72, Bill Trusky,18.533; 5. #97, Joe McGinnis,
18.535; 6. #57, Joe Marinello, 18.893
Heat race: 1. Bill Trusky, 2. Rick Corso, 3. Nick Petska, 4. Joe McGinnis,
5. John DeMay, 6. Joe Marinello
15 lap feature: 1. Bill Trusky, 2. Joe McGinnis, 3. Rick Corso, 4. Joe
Marinello, 5. Nick Petska DNF, 6. John DeMay DNF
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