Don O'Neal clean sweeps UMP Summernationals race at Farmer City
Raceway Friday night
By Dan Stewart
Farmer City, IL (June 25, 2010) - This
was the twenty-second year for the UMP Summernationals to come
to Farmer City Raceway. And Don O'Neal came to town, this
time driving the Moring Motorsports #1 car. In 2005, O'Neal joined
Billy Moyer (then Jr.) and Bill Frye as the only three time winners
of this annual event. And now, O'Neal stands alone as the only
four time winner, and he did it in style, never being seriously
challenged for the lead beyond the opening lap. Ryan Unzicker started
outside front row, and came home second, but only after a race
long battle with Dennis Erb Jr and Eric Smith, who finished in
that order as well. Brandon Sheppard, Scott Bull, Frank Heckenast
Jr, Jack Sullivan, Brian Shirley, and Jason Feger to round out
the top ten. Eleventh went to Shannon Babb, followed by Jeep VanWormer
and Jason Jamison, all on the lead leap, with Jim Moon being the
last car still running one lap down to the leaders.
Fast time of
the 45 late models on hand went to Don O'Neal as well with the
time of 12.646 seconds. The first heat went to Ryan Unzicker
over Frank Heckenast Jr, Jason Feger, Shannon Babb and Donnie
Walden. The second heat went to Eric Smith over Scott Bull, Brian
Harris,
Ryan Dauber and Richie Hedrick. The third heat went to Brandon
Sheppard over Chris Simpson, Derek Chandler, Jim Moon and Wendell
Wallace. The fourth heat went to Don O'Neal over Dennis Erb Jr,
Rodney Melvin, Jeep VanWormer and Guy Volk. The C-mains went
to Cory Daugherty over Jimmy Dehm, and to Jason McBride over Joe
Harlan.
The B-main took the top two finishers into the main event, with
the win going to Wendell Wallace over Jason Jamison, and Billy
Moyer Jr being the first man left out in the cold.
The 30 UMP Modifieds on hand saw the first heat go
to Cory Schwengel over Justin DeLong, the second heat went to Mike
Spatola over Bryan Lynn, and the third heat going to Jay Ledford
over Jeff Leka. Mckay Wenger went to victory lane in an exciting
finish over Jeff Leka, Brian Lynn, Bollinger, Mike Spatola, Gabe
Menser, Jay Ledford, Justin DeLong and Jeb Friedman.
The UMP Crate Late Models, also known as Pro Late
Models, had 15 drivers in attendance, with the heats going to Bobby
Pierce and Roben Huffman. The feature event saw another exciting
finish as Bobby Pierce won with Larry Bunning alongside and Nick
Bauman in third, also alongside the top two finishers, oh, yes,
and they were lapping another car at the time.
The UMP Street Stocks saw perennial track champion
Jim Quinn work the entire distance to win the race by getting around
Greg Rubenacker on the final lap. The duo ran the entire distance
almost side-by-side. Jeff Semmons was right on their rear bumpers
at the end for third place.
There were 124 cars in the pits in five divisions
(including hornets) and all racing was complete just past 11:30
pm
unofficial
Summernationals Late Model finish:
1 Don O'Neal
24 Ryan Unzicker
28 Dennis Erb Jr
9 Eric Smith
B5 Brandon Sheppard
83 Scott Bull
99 Frank Heckenast Jr
1 Jack Sullivan
3s Brian Shirley
25 Jason Feger
18 Shannon Babb
55 Jeep VanWormer
12 Jason Jamison
1 Jim Moon
64 Ryan Dauber
75 Brian Harris
Z Joe Harlan
88 Wendell Wallace
27 Rodney Melvin
32 Chris Simpson
89 Daren Friedman |
