Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Banquet January 14

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Kil-Kare Speedway will honor their 2011 NASCAR Whelan All-American Series champions and others on Saturday night, January 14, at the Kettering American Legion Post 598, 5700 Kentridge Dr., Kettering with the doors opening at 6 p.m.

Receiving top honors in the late model division for the second year in a row will be Dayton's Don Mahaffey Jr. while top honors for the first time in the modified division will be Derek Weatherhead. South Charleston's Mike South Jr. will claim his first sport stock championship as Pleasant Hill'sMatt Stone will do likewise in the compacts.

Tickets are now on sale at $35 each on the tracks website, www.kilkare.com or by sending a check to Kil-Kare at 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385.

For further information call the track office at 937 429-2961.

Off the Wahl.........by Jerry Wahl

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 547-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Banquet Deadline November 28

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will hold their 42nd Annual Banquet of Champions and Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, December 3, to honor the tracks champions of tracks that hosted DARF during the 2011 season.

Some fifthy champions representing Kil-Kare, Shady Bowl, Eldora, Gas City I-69, Waynesfield, Limaland, Toledo, Flat Rock, Columbus, Skyline, Jackson County, K-C, Moler, Lawrenceburg, 35 Raceway, Anderson speedways and OVKA will be honored at the event that will be held at Celebrations II, 7615 Poe Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. Doors open at 5:30 pm, dinner 6:15 pm, and awards at 7:30 pm.

Tickets are $30 each which include a full meal, awards, door prizes, and dancing are available for $30 each by contacting president Amber Sites at 937 478-7685 or by sending a check to DARF, PO Box 641, Dayton, Ohio 45401. Tickets are offered on a first come first served basis and must be acquired by November 28 as seating is limited.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 547-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Banquet December 3

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their 42nd Annual Banquet of Champions on Saturday, December 3, to honor the tracks champions of tracks that hosted DARF during the 2011 season.

Some fifthy champions will be honored at the event that will be held at Celebrations II, 7615 Poe Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. Doors open at 5:30 pm, dinner 6:15 pm, and awards at 7:30 pm.

Tickets which include a full meal, awards, door prizes, and dancing are available for $30 each by contacting president Rick Monroe at 937 547-9006 or by sending a check to DARF, PO Box 641, Dayton, Ohio 45401.

Dayton Speedway Lives
135 Heatherwoode Blvd.

Springboro, OH 45066

937 219-5851

www.daytonspeedwaylives.com

Dayton Speedway Schedules Hall of Fame Induction

Dayton, OH - The third annual Dayton Speedway Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled for November 6 at the Baum Opera House in Miamisburg, Ohio to induct ten individuals who played a vital part in the history of the once famous speedway.

Inductees in the class of 2011 are Frank Jones, Jack Isaac, Johnny Shackleford, Nelson Stacy, Don Wilbur, Benny Parsons, Dick Dunlevy Sr., Omar Williams, Don Flory, and Iggy Katona.

Nationally known motor sports personality Bob Jenkins will co-host the activities along with Mickey Thompson for an afternoon to pay tribute to the above mention inductees. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m.

A limited number of tickets are available at $10 each which includes a luncheon, autograph session, and the induction by sending a check payable to Mickey Thompson, 135 Heatherwoode Blvd., Springboro, Ohio 45066-1579.

For additional information and to relive the memory of the track that opened in 1934 and closed in 1982 visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Stocktoberfest Wins Go To Poore, Hoelscher

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - The weather was perfect Sunday at Kil-Kare Speedway for the running of the second annual Stocktoberfest with a great field of cars on hand.

Taking home the $2,000 that went to the winner of the 150 sport stock feature was Josh Poore while Bo Hoelscher pocketed the $500 to win 75 lap compact feature.

Steve Snapp and Chad Butcher started in the front row of the thirty car field for the sport stock one hundred fifty lap feature that got off to a rocky start as several cars tangled coming to the green. When they finally got underway Snapp took the lead with Butcher second followed by Tom Gossar, Josh Cahill, and Josh Smith. Cahill then took third dropping Gossar back a spot as Mike South Jr. moved into fifth.

The first caution flew on lap nine when Courtney Hannah got sideways on turn one and with no where to go Josh Longstreth caught the left front of her car which put both out of further action. Just as the green flew for the restart Chad Butcher spun on turn four. Gossar was sizing up the rear of Snapps car after the restart only to see the pace slowed again when a car spun on the frontstretch. Snapp was weaving through slower cars as he enjoyed the lead and back in the pack Ray Muncy was creeping up as he challenged Mike South for fifth.

A tough break for third place running Josh Cahill as he smacked the first turn wall and was pitted. It was Snapp still holding down the front spot when the green showed again as the front runners were all bunched up. Again the yellow flew when Rodney Roush spun. Fast timer Josh Poore was inching his way around traffic as he moved into fifth and then went after fourth place South. Josh Smith was next in line for the Poore attack with Poore passing on the outside for third. Heavy traffic lied ahead of the leaders but Snapp still stayed ahead.

Lap fifty three saw Derrick Layne spin on turn one and Bob Stansell, with no place to go spun into him putting Stansell out. Snapp had the pressure on him as Poore was coming on, trying to pass second place Gossar with Josh Smith still fourth and Mike South Jr. fifth. Poore took second on lap sixty two and then went after Snapp. Meanwhile, Shawn Stansell battled Mike Litchfield for sixth. Up front Poore took the lead on lap seventy four. At the halfway break it showed Poore the leader followed by Snapp, Tom Gossar, Josh Smith, and Mike South Jr.

The cars were fired up for the second seventy five laps after their halfway break with former leader Steve Snapp looking at leader Josh Poore's rear bumper as $1150 was the difference between first and second. Unfortunately fifth place running Mike South Jr. did not make the call for the restart. Poore built up a slight lead over Snapp with Snapp being challenged by Tom Gossar and Shawn Stansell taking over fourth place but fate ended his run toward the front when four cars tangled on turn three which also involved fifth place running Josh Smith. Smith was out but Stansell was able to return after a visit to the pits.

Thirty five laps remained on the restart and again Poore pulled away leaving the pack behind when Snapp lost a driveshaft and was out after a great run. Jamie Sites was on the move after the restart as he challended Josh Myers for position when the caution came out when Ray Muncy spun into the grass on the backstretch and was out.

Sites then challenged Mike Litchfield for third after the restart with John Hanney running fifth. Lap ninety-eight saw the yellow fly when Tyler Mahaffey and Shawn Stansell crashed hard on turn two with both out with heavy damage. Fourteen cars remained on the track with fifty two laps to go. Sites sailed into second on lap one hundred and set his sites on leader Josh Poore. Poore poured the coal to his mount and moved out to almost a half lap lead while Sites was holding off the challenge of Tom Gossar when Derrick Layne spun and Sites departed to the pits putting Gossar back in second followed by Mike Litchfield, John Hanney and Phil Gussler.

With twenty laps to go Poore was probably counting his money as he cruised around the three-eights mile track with ease as the field strung out. With the ten laps to go signal Tom Gossar began to reel in leader Poore and the pace was slowed when Phil Gussler and Ed Lorentz tangled. Three laps remained and it was Poore going home $2,000 richer after the checker as he claimed his first ever Kil-Kare win. Second was Tom Gossar with Mike Litchfield third, John Hanney fourth and Josh Myers fifth.

Twenty three compacts faced the green flag for their seventy-five lap feature with Jason Parsons and Ryan Barrett in the front row. Parsons took the lead with Jimmy Deuvone moving into second and David Lucas third. Ron Sagers and Bo Hoelscher were on the move, passing cars as they charged toward the front only to see the caution come out when a car went off the track on the backstretch.

Sagers went to work on fourth place running Michael Robinson as he passed on the outside and then moved around David Lucas for third. Bryan Lynch was also on the move but it was Sagers in the lead on lap ten as Lucas dropped out. Lynch took over second and closed in on leader Sagers as they moved into traffic. Action was slowed on lap sixteen when Ryan Barrett lost a wheel. At this point it was Sagers, Lynch, Hoelscher, Parsons and Deuvono.

Twenty-one cars were still in action for the restart only to see a car spin the next lap to bring out the caution and when action resumed Hoelscher put the pressure on Lynch but Lynch shook him off. Back in the field fast timer Matt Stone had worked his way up to fourth with Ethan Pope running fifth. As the halfway approached Sagers still enjoyed the lead but again the yellow flew when Dave Sagers hit the backstretch wall. Ron Sagers had his hands full on the restart with a bunch of hungry drivers behind him. Stone got around Hoelscher on lap thirty for third and closed in on Sagers and Lynch. Hoelscher bounced back to reclaim third but the next lap it was Stone third. The halfway point had Sagers the leader followed by Lynch, Stone, Gary Eaton, and Pope.

Sagers jumped away from the field on the restart but two laps later Danielle Brown, Kevin Flynn and Gary Eaton tangled on turn four with all three cars knocked out of the event. Stone took second on the restart, dropping Lynch back to third and then Stone went to the outside of Sagers to steal the lead on lap forty-one. Stone then began to pull away from the field while Pope was closing in on Lynch and Sagers with Hoelscher riding fifth. The caution flew on lap forty-nine when Lynch and Pope spun on the frontstretch moving Jimmy Deuvono and Tom Williams into the top five as Lynch and Pope went to the tail.

Twenty-six laps remained when the green came back out again with Stone looking for a win as he again pulled away from the field and Pope was making a comeback as he advanced to sixth and then fifth. Sagers and Hoelscher had a battle going on for second as they bumped a little several times but both maintained control. Stone had a quarter lap lead as the laps wound down as Hoelscher got around Sagers for second when all of a sudden Davey Shaw's car caught fire which was quickly put out when Shaw drove to the infield and safety truck. Shaw was o.k. but his car not.

Only ten laps remained and $500 was awaiting the winner as it was Stone, Hoelscher, Sagers, Pope, and Williams but Stone fell off the pace giving the lead to Hoelscher as Pope took over second followed by Sagers. Pope was knocking on Hoelscher's bumper at the end as Stone was trying to come back up. In a thrilling finish it was Bo Hoelscher taking the win in his dad Joe's car as Bo crashed his in practice. Finishing a very close second was Ethan Pope followed by Tom Williams, Matt Stone, and Ron Sagers.

This event closed the curtain on racing at the speedway for the season, however test and tune continues each Thursday for both the oval and dragway with the gates opening at 5 p.m. For information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the office, 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Prepares For Stocktoberfest

Xenia, OH. - The regular racing season might be over at Kil-Kare Speedway but the track still has one special event scheduled. The second annual Stocktoberfest featuring sport stocks and compacts plus a trailer race of destruction is set to take place October 9.

It will be the highest paying sport stock event of the season with $2,000 going to the winner of the 150 lap event which will be run in two segments of seventy-five laps. At the halfway mark the drivers will be given a ten minute break to make minor adjustments on their cars.

For the compacts it will be seventy-five laps with $500 awaiting the winner. Like the sport stocks, the compacts will receive a ten minute break half way through their feature.

Rounding out the afternoon of action will be the trailer race of destruction on the figure-8 track with the winner receiving $400 and $200 going to the driver that puts on the best show by crowd applause.

Gates will open at 9 a.m. followed by qualifying at 12 noon and racing at 2 p.m. Participants with technical questions should call Les Miller or Justin Miller at 937 790-6053.

Admission for adults will be $15, 12-15 $5, and 11 and under free.

For track updates visit www.kilkare.com or contact the office at 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Reminder: DARF Young Gun Drivers Meeting Tuesday

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club's annual Young Guns meeting is Tuesday, September 27. If you know a young and upcoming driver bring them and plan on attending the meeting at Celebrations II, 7615 Poe Ave., (north of Little York Road)Dayton. Doors open at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. with free soft drinks, water, and coffee provided.

For questions contact Rick Monroe, 937 541-9006.

MOLER RESCHEDULED - Moler Raceway Park's DARF date last week was rained out and rescheduled thanks to the management they are inviting us back this Friday, September 30, with free grandstand admission.

NEW TRACK & DATE - Wayne County Speedway will host DARF on October 8 for the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series non-wing sprints, late models, modifieds, and stocks with half-off DARF admission.

FISH FRY - Mark your calendar, DARF's fish fry fundraiser for the banquet will be at the Irish Club, 6555 Dog Leg Road, Dayton on October 28 between 6 and 11 p.m. Presale tickets are $12 each or $15 at the door and are available from any officer or board member or by calling 937 541-9006.

BANQUET - DARF's annual Banquet of Champions to honor all the track champs from tracks that host a DARF date will be December 3 at Celebrations Banquet Center on Stop Eight Road north of Dayton.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Moler Raceway Park Reschedules DARF Date

Dayton, OH - Due to the extreme wet grounds the original September 23 DARF date was cancelled. The quarter-mile dirt Moler Raceway Park located east of Cincinnati will now host the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club to their fourth free night of racing Friday night September 30.

On the schedule will be the Chevettes, Street Stocks, UMP Modifieds with the Late Models highlighting the night with a $1500 to win feature. Also the kids will have a foot race on the frontstretch and it will be food donation night with the fans encouraged to bring canned goods for a good cause. Plus it also will be the tracks final points event which will determine the 2011 track champions.

MRP is located at 2059 Harker Waites Road south of Williamsburg. Take state route 32 to Eastwood Road, go north at the light, second road is Harker Waites, turn left and track is half mile on the right.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m., hot laps at 7 p.m. and racing at 7:45 p.m. and DARF members will be admitted free of charge to the grandstands by showing their current membership card. ID might be required so be prepared.

Visit www.molerracewaypark.com or call 937 344-6215 for information.

Non DARF members are encouraged to join to take advantage of all the track dates and benefits DARF offers throughout the year. Membership is just $15 per person with applications on the web at www.darfnews.com.

NEW TRACK & DATE - Wayne County Speedway will host DARF on October 8 for the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series non-wing sprints, late models, modifieds, and stocks with half-off DARF admission.
BANQUET - DARF's annual Banquet of Champions to honor all the track champs from tracks that host a DARF date will be December 3 at Celebrations Banquet Center on Stop Eight Road north of Dayton.

Young Gun Drivers Wanted

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club is extending an invitation to any and all young drivers to their annual "Young Guns" meeting on September 27. If you are a young and inspiring driver or know of someone that is, bring them and plan on attending the meeting at Celebrations II, 7615 Poe Ave., Dayton. Doors open at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. with free soft drinks, water, and coffee provided.
For questions contact Rick Monroe, 937 541-9006.

NEW TRACK & DATE - Wayne County Speedway will host DARF on October 8 for the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series non-wing sprints, late models, modifieds, and stocks with half-off DARF admission.

FISH FRY - Mark your calendar, DARF's fish fry fundraiser for the banquet will be at the Irish Club, 6555 Dog Leg Road, Dayton on October 28 between 6 and 11 p.m. Presale tickets are $12 each or $15 at the door and are available from any officer or board member or by calling 937 541-9006.

BANQUET - DARF's annual Banquet of Champions to honor all the track champs from tracks that host a DARF date will be December 3 at Celebrations Banquet Center on Stop Eight Road north of Dayton.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Moler Raceway Park Hosts DARF Friday

Dayton, OH - The quarter-mile dirt Moler Raceway Park located east of Cincinnati will host the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club to their fourth free night of racing Friday night September 23.

On the schedule will be the Chevettes, Street Stocks, UMP Modifieds with the ADRA Late Models highlighting the night with a $2000 to win feature. It also will be the tracks final points event which will determine the 2011 track champions.

MRP is located at 2059 Harker Waites Road south of Williamsburg. Take state route 32 to Eastwood Road, go north at the light, second road is Harker Waites, turn left and track is half mile on the right.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m., hot laps at 7 p.m. and racing at 7:45 p.m. and DARF members will be admitted free of charge to the grandstands by showing their current membership card. ID might be required so be prepared.

Visit www.molerracewaypark.com or call 937 344-6215 for information.

Non DARF members are encouraged to join to take advantage of all the track dates and benefits DARF offers throughout the year. Membership is just $15 per person with applications on the web at www.darfnews.com or by contacting membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

THANKS - To Anderson Speedway and Winchester Speedway for hosting DARF last week-end.

NEXT MEETING - Tuesday September 27, new location with meetings now held at Celebrations II, 7615 Poe Ave, Dayton featuring the young and upcoming drivers with "Young Guns" night. Doors open at 6 p.m. and meeting starts at 7 p.m. Soft drinks, coffee and water provided with a cash bar available for alcohol drinks.

NEW TRACK & DATE - Wayne County Speedway will host DARF on October 8 for the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series non-wing sprints, late models, modifieds, and stocks with half-off DARF admission.

BANQUET - DARF's annual Banquet of Champions to honor all the track champs from tracks that host a DARF date will be December 3 at Celebrations Banquet Center on Stop Eight Road north of Dayton.

Dayton Speedway Lives

135 Heatherwoode Blvd.

Springboro, OH 45066

937 219-5851

www.daytonspeedwaylives.com

Dayton Speedway Schedules Hall of Fame Induction

Dayton, OH - The third annual Dayton Speedway Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled for November 6 at the Baum Opera House in Miamisburg, Ohio to induct ten individuals who played a vital part in the history of the once famous speedway.

Inductees in the class of 2011 are Frank Jones, Jack Isaac, Johnny Shackleford, Nelson Stacy, Don Wilbur, Benny Parsons, Dick Dunlevy Sr., Omar Williams, Don Flory, and Iggy Katona.

Nationally known motor sports personality Bob Jenkins will co-host the activities along with Mickey Thompson for an afternoon to pay tribute to the above mention inductees. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m.

A limited number of tickets are available at $10 each which includes a luncheon, autograph session, and the induction by sending a check payable to Mickey Thompson, 135 Heatherwoode Blvd., Springboro, Ohio 45066-1579.

For additional information and to relive the memory of the track that opened in 1934 and closed in 1982 visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Dunlevy, Fleming, Mahaffey, Hoelscher Claim Kil-Kare Finale
by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Kil-Kare Speedway wrapped up the 2011 season Friday nigh with Dick Dunlevy taking the late model feature, Ryan Fleming the modified, Tyler Mahaffey the sport stock and Bo Hoelscher the compact. And when the final points were tallied, it was Don Mahaffey Jr. the late model champ, Derek Weatherhead the modified, Mike South Jr., the sport stock and Matt Stone the compact champ.

The final late model feature of the year had former track champSam Heckman on the pole with rookie Branon Oakley ready for thirty laps on the three-eights mile track. Oakley took the lead with Dick Dunlevy taking second and last years champ Don Mahaffey took over third followed by Justin Alsip and Travis Braden. Young Oakley continued to hold off the veterans lap after lap. Fast timer Braden came on strong t take third and then passed Dunlevy for second and then Oakley squeezed Braden into the frontstretch wall on lap twelve with Braden sailing down the exit ramp and out with a damaged race car. Oakley also retired to the pits.

Dunlevy had the lead for the restart with Mahaffey on his bumper and then here came Justin Alsip trying the outside but had to settle into third with Terry Scherz riding fourth and Sam Heckman fifth. Seeking his second feature win, Dunlevy and his Eddie Simpson owned machine continued to set the pace in his Duncan Oil sponsored car. With the checker in the air it was Dunlevy claiming the win, his second of the year, with Don Mahaffey second followed by Justin Alsip, Terry Scherz, and Sam Heckman.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model fast car dash saw Dick Dunlevy and Justin Alsip in the front row with the two running side by side but it was Dunlevy taking command with fast timer Travis Braden sneaking into second as Dunlevy took the win with Braden second followed by Alsip and Terry Scherz.

Veterans Sam Heckman and Russ Bobb were in the front row of the heat but Don Mahaffey soon took over with Heckman riding second and Bobb third. Mahaffey breezed to the win followed by Heckman, Bobb, and Tony Brunke.

Modified heat winner Bob Sibla and John Donovan led the field in the thirty lap modified feature with Sibla taking command with Mark Timmerman in second while Jason Mahaffey was on the move into third with Ryan Fleming right along. Sibila's lead came to an end on lap three when he broke out on his time putting Timmerman in front for the restart.

On the restart Mahaffey went to the outside of Timmerman but had to back off as five cars were in a tight battle. Derek Weatherhead and Mike Carroll were right behind the three front runners as they ran as if under a blanket until the caution flew on lap eleven when Jerry Stapleton spun and departed to the pits. Timmerman really had the pressure on him after the restart with Mahaffey again making a charge on him but on turn three they went three wide and Ryan Fleming came out the leader with Mike Carroll second and Mahaffey back to third and Timmerman fourth.

Back in the field Sibla was trying to pass points leader Derek Weatherhead for fifth. Fleming continued to lead but veteran Mike Carroll was giving him fits with five laps to go. Carroll wrestled the lead with two laps to go but coming for the checker Carroll bruhed the frontstretch wall enabling Fleming to barely beat him at the line. With Carroll second third went to Jason Mahaffey, Mark Timmerman, and Derek Weatherhed trailed.

Jason Mahaffey and Mike Carroll were the front row staters in the modified fast car dash and Carroll charged into the lead to hold down the front spot all four laps, taking the win over Mahaffey, Ryan Fleming and fast timer Derek Weatherhead.

Rodney Kreusch and Grant Gamble started in the front row of the modified heat. Kreusch took the lead with Bob Sibila chasing him and John Donovan third. The top three were running bumper to bumper followed by Jerry Stapleton. Unfortunately Kreusch had to give up the lead to Sibila as he broke out on his time and was sent to the rear. Sibila took the win followed by Donovan, Jerry Stapleton and Mark Timmerman.

It was two rookies in the front row of the twenty five lap sport stock feature, Tyler Mahaffey and Courtney Hannah, but just after the green flew Josh Longstreth, Duane Bohrer, Travis Digges, and James Harding tangled on turn four, eliminating Digges and Longstreth, making for a complete restart.

Again another complete restart was necessary as Duane Bohrer spun. When the green flew again Mahaffey took the lead with Shawn Stansell on the move, pulling up on Mahaffey as they diced for the lead. Mahaffey shook him off as Hannah rode third and was challenged by Jamie Sites. James Harding who started on the tail was coming on strong and into fifth. Rookie Mahaffey continued to lead at the halfway while Sites worked the outside of Hannah.

Mahaffey had his sites set on winning his third feature as the laps wound downand Harding was on the move passing Sites for fourth and then tried fourth place running Hannah. Mahaffey and his Main Auto Parts special held on for the win with Shawn Stansell second and Courtney Hannah third. Jamie Sites was fourth and James Harding fifth.

Leading the field in the sport stock dash was Josh Longstreth and Travis Digges. Longstreth had a slight lead but second fast timer Digges took over at the halfway mark and it was Digges taking the win over Longstreth, Jamie Site and Mike South Jr.

Jeff Marsh and Duane Bohrer were in the front row of the heat and it was Marsh out front with Tyler Mahaffey moving into second followed by Shawn Stansell. Marsh's lead fell by the wayside on lap four as Mahaffey took over with Stansell and fast timer James Harding chasing him. Mahaffey held on to take the win followed by Stansell, Harding, and Courtney Hannah.

The final feature of the night and year was the twenty lap compact feature with Davey Shaw and Ryan Barrett leading the pack and when the green flew they went three wide only to see a complete restart when Gary Williams slipped into the infield and was out of competition. When the green flew again Shaw had the lead but it was Bo Hoelscher taking the front spot with Ron Sagers second and Joe Hoelscher third. Joe was dropped back when Matt Stone took third and then went after Ron Sagers. Stone then nudged around Sagers for second but Bo Hoelscher had a big lead. Joe Hoelscher and Bryan Lynch had a battle for fourth with Joe holding Lynch off.

With six laps to go Davey Shaw lost a wheel enabling Stone to move right up behind Bo Hoelscher for the restart. Bo continued to set the pace as the laps wound down Stone made a wild dash to try for the win but it was Bo Hoelscher taking his eleventh feature win of the season. Stone was a very close second with Ron Sagers home third followed by Bryan Lynch and Joe Hoelscher.

The compact dash saw Ron Sagers and Bo Hoelscher in the front row with Hoelscher taking the lead and Sagers second and second fast timer Matt Stone challenging him. It was Hoelscher claiming the win with Sagers, Stone and fast timer Bryan Lynch.

Steve Barnhart found himself on the pole of the heat with Paul Holley alongside. Barnhart took the lead but here came Nick Barett to challenge and Davey Shaw on the outside but the caution came out when Paul Holley spun. Tail starter Joe Hoelscher took the lead then but had to drop back to third as Nick Barrett brought the caution out which put Barnhart back in front. Hoelscher stole the lead followed by Gary Williams and Shaw. Again the yellow flew on lap four when Holley spun again. Williams took the lead at the drop of the green with Hoelscher riding a close second when the white flag flew and it was Williams taking the win over Hoelscher, Davey Shaw, and Nick Barrett.

Kil-Kare would like to thank all the fans, drivers, owners, and sponsors for their support throughout the 2011 season and hope to see you all back next season. Visit www.kilkare.com for updates throughout winter.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Door Closer Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Kil-Kare Speedway will pull the curtain on the 2011 racing season Friday night as the season will come to a close for the NASCAR All-American Series events. It will double points night for the late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the track champions in each division determined at the close of the nights activity.

Only three late model drivers have participated in all seventeen events held this year, Don Mahaffey of Dayton, Dick Dunlevy Jr., of New Carlisle, and Beavercreek's Brandon Oakley. Mahaffey and Dunlevy are former track champs and both are contendors to take the points race. Only ten points separate them as Mahaffey has 850 to Dunlevy's 840.

Wheeling, West Virginia's Travis Braden missed the first two weeks of action but is in striking distance as he in third place with 822 points while Oakley has 755 which makes it almost impossible for him to go home the late model champion.

The top three modified drivers have also participated in all seventeen events but it is Vandalia's Derek Westherhead who has a good chance of earning his first track championship. Weatherhead has a twenty seven points lead over Xenia's Ryan Fleming who has 811 points to Weatherhead's 838. Miamisburg's Jason Mahaffey holds down third spot with 776 points.

The sport stock division is a toss up as any one of three drivers can end up that division's champ. South Charleston's Mike South Jr. is the current leader with 835 points, but only fifteen behind him is Beavercreek's Travis Digges with 820 points. Still in contention is third place driver Shawn Stansell of Dayton with 808.

The deciding factor in the compacts will go right down to the final checker flag between leader Matt Stone and Bo Hoelscher. Stone, of Pleasant Hill has a mere ten point lead with 900 points while Riverside's Hoelscher has 890 points. Though not in contention for the championship there is a battle for third in points as Xenia's Bryan Lynch has 749 to another Xenia resident, Gary Williams who has 740.

It will be an interesting night to say the least as four drivers will go home happy as the reigning 2011 Kil-Kare Speedway track champions who will receive their rewards at the annual banquet at a later date. They also will be honored at the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club "Banquet of Champions" on December 3.

Information is available at www.kilkare.com or by calling 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961
Don Mahaffey Claims Fourth Kil-Kare Late Model Win

Son Tyler Mahaffey Takes Second Sport Stock Win

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH (9/2) - It was an extra warm evening Friday at Kil-Kare Speedway but the NASCAR All-American Series events were even hotter as the fans were treated to the next to last racing event of the season. And also a special night for the Mahffey family as veteran late model driver Don Mahaffey Jr. and son Tyler claimed feature wins.

By the time starter Don Beddies waved the final checker flag Don Mahaffey Jr., Jerry Stapleton, Tyler Mahaffey, and Bo Hoelscher had claimed feature wins with the late model going to Don Mahaffey Jr., Jerry Stapleton the modified, Tyler Mahaffey the sport stock and Bo Hoelscher the compact.

It was thirty laps for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models which saw veteran Russ Bobb of Beavercreek on the pole with Tony Brunke of Casstown alongside. Bobb had a slight lead but Brunke was giving him a run for the money taking the lead on lap two. Previous weeks winner Bob Sibila then went after Brunke as they diced side by side with Sibila showing as the leader on lap five when the yellow flew when Sam Heckman, Terry Scherz, Russ Bobb and Dick Dunlevy tangled on turn three. All were able to continue.

On the restart Sibila had the lead but Don Mahaffey and Travis Braden were on the move as was Dick Dunlevy. Mahaffey began to close in on Sibila as he went to the outside to challenge Sibila when the yellow flew when Terry Scherz and Tony Brunke tangled. Again Sibila led with Mahaffey on his bumper but Mahaffey had to drop back to second when Tony Brunke, Russ Bobb and Sam Heckman tangled on the backstretch bringing out the yellow. Eighteen laps remained on the restart and again Mahaffey went to work taking the lead at the halway and Dick Dunlevy whizzed by Travis Breaden for third and closed in on Sibila. Braden was not giving up as he tried to regain the third spot as he passed Dunlevy and then went after Sibila. Braden took second on lap twenty one as Dunlevy slipped back to fourth and again the yellow flew. Terry Scherz and Sam Heckamn made contact and now the showdown was shaping up between Mahaffey and Braden.

Mahaffey had the lead but Sibila retook second with Braden third as they ran side by side with Dunlevy in tow. Braden clinched secnd and now it was Sibila and Dunlevy battling for third with Dunlevy doing so with three laps to go. Mahaffey and his Oakley Blacktop special took the win, their fourth of the year. Travis Braden was second with Dick Dunlevy third, Bob Sibila fourth, and Sam Heckman fifth.

The late model fast car dash had Don Mahaffey and Dick Dunlevy in the front row with Mahaffey out front followed by fast timer Travis Braden. Mahaffey and his Oakley Blacktop car

took the win over Dunlevy, Braden and Terry Scherz.

It was Russ Bobb and Tony Brunke leading the field in the heat with Bobb out front but Brunke bumped Bobb going into turn one with Bobb sliding off the track and Brunke tapping the wall making for a complete restart. Brunke surged ahead with Bob Sibila right behind but Bobb was hanging right in there as the three battled with Sam Heckman riding fourth. Sibila took the lead with one lap to go for the win with Brunke second followed by Heckman and Bobb.

Tyler Nuckles and Mark Timmerman sat on the front row of the modified feature with Nuckles out front with Jerry Stapleton taking the second spot followed by Ryan Fleming and Mike Carroll. Unfortunately Nuckles had to give up the lead when he broke out on his time. Now Jerry Stapleton found himself in the lead with Ryan Fleming second with twenty eight laps to go. Fleming was right on Stapleton's tail with Mike Carroll coming on strong. Back in the pack Timmerman was busy holding off Jason Mahaffey with Mahaffey taking fourth. Meanwhile Nuckles was flying up from the tail to challenge fourth place Mahaffey with Derek Weatherhead right behind. Up front Ryan Fleming was working the outside lane as he tried to get around leader Stapleton at the half way mark and Carroll was dropping off the pace.

Weatherhead took fourth and then worked on Mahaffey as Stapleton continued to set the pace. Flemng tried tried the inside but could not get the job done as the caution came out on lap twenty when Mahaffey spun and Nuckles sent to the tail. Stapleton held the lead on the restart but here came Weatherhead to challeng Stapleton and Fleming. as the three ran very close. Jerry Stapleton held on for the win, his first of the season as he barely held off Ryan Fleming for the win who was second with Weatherhead a close third. Mark Timmerman was fourth and fifth was Grant Gamble.

Jerry Stapleton and Mike Carroll sat on the front row of the modified dash with Stapleton in front but Carroll took the lead at the halfway in his McDonalds special for the win with Stapleton second, Ryan Fleming third and fast timer Derek Weatherhead fourth.

Modified heat had Grant Gamble and Rodney Kreusch in front to face the green with Gamble out front as Mark Timmerman took the second spot and then began chasing down Gamble but it was Gamble taking his first modified heat win followed by Timmerman, Jason Mahaffey and Tyler Nuckles.

Twenty five lap to go in the sport stock feature had Duane Bohrer and Jeff Marsh leading the pack as Marsh took the early lead with Tyler Mahaffey challenging but the caution came out as several cars spun on the backstretch making for a compete restart. Marsh again took the lead with Tyler Mahaffey right behind and then Mahaffey sailed under Marsh for the lead with Mike South Jr. taking second as the caution came out on lap four. Mahaffey, in quest of his second feature win held the lead after the restart as back in the pack previous weeks winner Jamie Sites was up to fourth with Travis Digges beside him as they fought for position. Sites took third o lap eight with Digges right behind him.

The caution flew onlap twelve when Duane Bohrer and Bill Ramey tangled on turn two. At the halfway it was Mahaffey, South, Sites, Digges, and Bohrer. While Mahaffey enjoyed the lead it was a three car battle for second as South had his hands flull holding off Sites and Digges. Tyler Mahaffey and his Affordable Auto Parts specia did hang on to claim their second feature of the year with Mike South Jr. a close second with Jamie Sites third, Travis Dugges fourth and Jeff Marsh fifth.

Fourth fast sport stock qualifier Jamie Sites and Travis Digges ran side by side for the fast car dash with Sites out front followed by fast timer Shawn Stansell. Sites and his Commercial Roofing special took the win with Stansell second and Digges third.

The heat event saw Josh Longstreth and Duane Bohrer in the front row of the heat and when the green flew Bohrer had a slight lead as they ran side by side but here came Jeff Marsh slipping into second with Tyler Mahaffey then slipping under Marsh for second and setting sail for leader Longstreth. Longstreth took the win in his Glassman special followed by Tyler Mahaffey, Bill Ramey and Jeff Marsh.

It was twenty laps to go in the compact feature with heat winner Davey Shaw on the pole with fellow townsman Paul Holley alongside. Shaw had the lead but here came nine time winner Bo Hoelscher to take the lead. Gary Williams was on the move as he advanced to second with fast timer Matt Stone in tow followed by Bryan Lynch and Joe Hoelscher who battled for firth.

Hoelscher continued to set sail and Stone slipped by Williams for second on lap nine. The pace was slowed wen Larry Roark and Paul Holley tangled on turn three.

Bo Hoelscher now had Matt Stone on his rear bumper for the restart but it was Williams charging into second as Stone fourght back to regain second which he did on lap twelve but Hoelscher was long gone in the lead with five laps to go. Meanwhile Joe Hoelscher was trying to get around Bryan Lynch for fourth as th elaps wound down. Bo Hoelscher inhis TJ Staples special held on to claim his tenth feature win with Matt Stone second followed by Gary Williams, Bryan Lynch, and Joe Hoelscher.

Matt Stone has been hot in the compact division with ten fast times this year six feature wins and when the dash hit the track Stone started fourth but when the green waved it was Bryan Lynch in the lead but here came Stone. Stone took the lead on lap three to claim the win, his fourth of the year. Second was Lynch followed by Joe Hoelscher and Bo Hoelscher.

Steve Barnhart and Larry Roark led the field in the heat and when the green waved it was Barnhart out in front but Randy Walton broght the red flag out when he lost a wheel and hit the wall hard. Walton was ok but the car suffered some body damage. When the green cam back out Barnhart again took the lead but Paul Holley was moving up and went to the outside of Barnhart with Carroll Nease right behind them. Holley, trying to get around Barnhart tried extra hard coming out of turn four and smacked the frontstretch wall but was able to contine, reatarting on the tail.

It was tough getting the heat completed with Ryan Barnett spinning, bringing the yellow out again. As if that was not enough leader Carroll Nease over drove on turn four and made a hard hit with the wall sending him to the pits. Barnhart was still in the lead and now had previous weeks winner Davey Shaw in second with Holley riding third and five laps to go. Now Shaw took the lead from Barnhart but Gary Williams was really flying and stole the lead and win in his Affordable Auto Parts special. Shaw was second with Barnhart third and Holley fourth.

Kil-Kare will close out the 2011 season next Friday, September 9, as the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series points chase will end also with the track champions determined. Gates open at 6 p.m. with racing to follow.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Season Nearing End at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - For the race fans and competitors as well, the racing season is rapidly drawing to a close at Kil-Kare Speedway as only one regularly scheduled event remains on the schedule after this Friday.

Friday night the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks and compacts will take to the 3/8ths mile asphalt track with the gates opening at 6 p.m. followed by the racing events.

The following Friday will see the door closer and the final points night which will determine the track champions in each division.

Fans still have a last chance to see some racing action as on October 9 the second Stocktoberfest and trailer race will be held with $2,000 going to the sport stock feature winner and $500 to the compact winner. The trailer race will pay $400 to win.

For information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the office at 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Conducts First Hall of Fame

Xenia, OH. - Friday night was a very special night at Kil-Kare Speedway as the track held their first ever Hall of Fame induction at the track that held its first race in 1951. Thirty two individuals were inducted trackside at intermission as their family members and fans looked on.

Included in the driver category were Arnold Poole, Bill Chambers, Bobby Jacks, Carl Oiile, Carl Smith, Carl Stapleton, Dave Brandenburg, Don Gregory, Don Wilbur, Ed "Hillbilly" Duncan, George Glick, Jay "Red" Harvey, Jerry Mitchell, Jim Brandenburg, Lee Raymond, Lennie Waldo, Marvin Smith, Ted Johnson, Terry Humphrey, Vern Schrock, Dick Dunlevy Sr., Dick Freeman, Jack Bowsher, Neal Sceva, and Robbie Dean.

In the car owners it was Bob Korn, Paul Storer, and Roger White and in the track employee category it was Gene Moore and Paul Wilson.

Also inducted was long time track photographer Earl Isaacs and Kil-Kare associate Jerry Wahl.

Another highlight of the night and bring back memory's the last race car owned by the late Bob Korn was displayed on the track for the ceremony.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Sibila Claims Kil-Kare Late Model Feature

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - The third time proved to be a charm for Massilon, Ohio's Bob Sibila as twice he has been runner up in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model features at Kil-Kare Speedway. Friday night the second generation driver left the track as the winner of the thirty lap feature. It was a tough night for hard cahrgers Brandon Oakley and teammate Don Mahaffey Jr. as both were eliminated in a lste race crash that saw both cars leave the track with heavy frontend damage.



It was traveling Bob Sibila and Terry Scherz who made up the front row of the late model feature for their thirty lap feature. Sibila took the lead with Brandon Oakley right behind and Travis Braden joining them. Previous weeks winner Dick Dunlevy rode fourth right behind the trio with Don Mahaffey back a ways in fifth. Oakley moved to the outside of Sibila to show as the leader on lap eight. Then her came fast timer Braden on the outside of

Sibila as they battled for second while Dunlevy watched the rear end of both cars with Mahaffey now on Dunlevy's bumper.

At the half way mark Oakley had a ten car lead as Braden still tried to get Sibila but had to back off each time. On lap twenty one Braden tried to nose inside of Sibila but that didn't work so he went to the outside again and on lap twenty four claimed second and then went after Oakley. Braden caught Oakley and went to the outside groove as they battled as the white came out it but a three car crash happened on the backstretch involving Oakley, Braden and Mahaffey with Dunlevy also in the mix-up. Oakley and Mahaffey were pitted with damage and now Sibila found himself in the lead again with Dunlevy now seond followed by Sam Heckman, Terry Scherz, and Russ Bobb in the front five.The stage was set up for a green, white, checker finish with Dunlevy chasing Sibila who took the win and Dunlevy second with Braden home third. Placing fourth was Sam Heckman and fifth was Terry Scherz

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model dash had Terry Scherz and Brandon Oakley in the front row of the dash with Scherz taking a early slim lead as the four ran side by side. Scherz held on to the lead as three cars came across the line side by side with Oakley second and Dunlevy third and fast timer Travis Braden fourth.

The late model heat had Russ Bobb and Toney Brunke leading the field to the line as Bobb charged into the lead with Brunke second and Don Mahaffey third. Mahaffey took over second on lap three and then moved around Bobb on the outside the next lap but Bobb bounced back. Mahaffey took full control on the last lap for the win with Bobb second, Bob Sibila third and Tony Brunke fourth.

The thirty lap modifed feature had Bill Burba and Tyler Nuckles in the front row with a four car mix-up at the start making for a complete restart with Burba taking the lead, Nuckles right behind and Ryan Fleming third. Fast timer Greg Stapleton moved into fourth only to see Burba, Nuckles and Greg Stapleton involved in a turn four mix-up with several cars knocked out of competition including Stapleton. Ryan Fleming now had the lead with Derek Weatherhead riding second and Mike Carroll third with Jerry Stapleton in fourth and Tyler Nuckles working his way up to fifth.

For young Fleming who was looking for his third win, maintained a slim lead over Weatherhead but Weatherhead was moving up on him each lap as Mike Carroll tried to catch the front runners. Meanwhile Nuckles was closing the gap on Carroll as Jerry Stapleton held down fith position. When the checker waved it was Xenia's Ryan Fleming claiming his third feature of the season as Derek Weatherhead, Mike Carroll, Tyler Nuckles, and Jerry Stapleton completed the top five.

It was twenty five laps to go in the sport stock feature which saw Mike South Jr. and new comer Jason Bartram in the front row with South in front in a tighly bunched field. Ray Muncy moved into second followed by fast time Travis Digges while Jamie Sites and Shawn Stansell followed. Unfortunately Digges got into the backend of Muncy forcing Muncy off the track and Digges sent to the tail and Muncy back in second. South continued to lead after the restart but on the move was Stansell who slipped under South but South shook him off until lap ten when Stansell took the lead only to see the caution come out putting South back in front.

South had his hands full after the restart as Jamie Sites then went after leader South with Stansell a close third followed by Tyler Mahaffey. The top three and three wide down the frontstretch but it was Sites and South for the lead. Three wide they went out of turn two but all of a sudden Stansell slip off the track on the backstretch and it was Sites in the lead for the restart. With Stansell sent to the tail Bill Ramey moved in the fourth spot with Courtney Hannah riding fifth.

Meanwhile Travis Digges was working his way toward the front after being sent to the tail earlier. Sites began to pull away with South still second as Ramey battled Mahaffey for third as the laps wound down. Sites stayed out front to take the win, his second of the year followed by Mike South Jr., Bill Ramey, Tyler Mahaffey, and Courtney Hannah.

Gary Willams found himself on the pole of the compact twenty lap feature along with Bryan Lynch on the outside. After a wild start that saw cars flying off the track Bo Hoelscher shot into the lead with Matt Stone in pursuit and closing the gap.Back in the pack Joe Hoelscher rode third followed by Gary Williams and Ron Sagers. Hoelscher held the front line but Stone was trying a sliding Bo Hoelscher each lap until Hoelscher lost it on turn by hard driving. Stone noow had the lead with Williams right behind and Joe Hoelscher right there in third. Williams tried to get Stone on the restart but the faster Stone pulled away and back in and back in the field here came Bo Hoelscher to third as he passed his father Joe.

Stone enjoyed a great lead as the laps wound down but fate hit Bo Hoelscher after he bounced off the turn four wall and was put out of action. Stone held the lead with a battle heating up between Randy Walton and Joe Hoelscher with Walton taking third as Joe Hoelscher slowed with mechanical problems. With five laps to go it appeared to be Stone's race race and it was as the Pleasant Hill driver claimed his sixth win the Valley Auto Parts machine. Gary Williams was second followed by Randy Walton, Bryan Lynch, and Davey Shaw.

Bryan Lynch and Joe Hoelscher started in the front row of the compact fast car dash with Lynch taking the lead with Hoelscher second but fast timer and new record holder Matt Stone moved on the inside to take the win with Bo Hoelscher second followed by Lynch and Joe Hoelscher.

It was Steve Barnhart and Ivin Fugate leading the pack in the compact heat with Barnhart taking the lead with Davey Shaw and Randy Walton in pursuit. Unfortunately Barnhart broke out on his time abd was sent to the tail giving Shaw the lead. Walton tried to catch Shaw but it was Gary Williams on the move as ge displaced Ron Sagers and Walton as Shaw took the wi by a very slim margin. Third was Walton and fourth was Paul Holley.

Earlier in the evening Kil-Kare conducted their first Hall of Fame induction with past drivers, car owners, and employee's honored.

Friday, September will the next to last event for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Kil-Kare for the 2011 season. Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Kil-Kare and Moler Host DARF This Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH - The members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club (DARF) have their choice of two racing venues Friday as both Kil-Kare Speedway near Xenia, Ohio and Moler Raceway Park near Williamsburg, Ohio will each welcome the members.

For the asphalt members it will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stock, and compacts at Kil-Kare which is a three-eights mile track located at 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road just west of Xenia. Not only will it be DARF night with free grandstand admission, but it will also be Old Timers Night with the first ever Hall of Fame induction.

Gates open at 6 p.m. followed by racing around 8 p.m. For information visit www.kilkare.com or call the track at 937 429-2961.

For the dirt track members the Moler Raceway Park's quarter-mile oval will be featuring the late models, modifieds, Chevettes and a street stock special paying $600 to win. Grandstand admission for DARF is free plus it will be fan appreciation night with an autograph session on the frontstretch.

Moler is located north of state route 32 at 2059 Harker-Waits Road just south of Williamsburg. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., hot laps at 7 p.m. and racing at 7:45 p.m. For information visit www.molerracewaypark.com or call 937 444-6215.

DARF wishes to thank Skyline Speedway, Gas City I-69 Speedway, 35 Raceway Park, Anderson Speedway, and Shady Bowl Speedway for hosting the DARF organization last week-end.

DARF welcomes new members where a full twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by e-mailing membership secretary

Linda Berry lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

September 2 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)

September 17 - Anderson Speedway ($5 off)

September 18 - Winchester Speedway (1/2 off)

September 24 - Moler Raceway Park (free)

BANQUET - Annual "Banquet of Champions" December 3, Celebrations Banquet Center, Dayton.

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Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Dunlevy Claims First Kil-Kare Win

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It was a pleasing night for the young race fans Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway with the race car rides around the oval. It was also pleasing to Dick Dunlevy Jr, Matt Stone, Ryan Fleming and Shawn Stansell as they all won features in their respective divisions.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature had Russ Bobb and Terry Scherz in the front row. Veteran Bobb had the lead with dash winner Tony Brunke passing him on lap two with Bob Sibilia taking second and Don Mahaffey in third. Sibila went to the outside to take control on lap five and here came fast timer Travis Braden slipping into third but Mahaffey bounced back and took second as Braden slid back to fifth. Dick Dunlevy took third as Braden then moved up on him as he tried for third. Action was slowed on lap ten when Brandon Oakley and Russ Bobb tangled on the frontstretch with Oakley departing to the pits.

With Sibila in control Mahaffey then sized him up trying to make a pass as Dunlevy held off Braden. The top four were running bumper to bumper when Scherz made contact with Russ Bobb who spun and Scherz to the tail. Sibilia, who almost won the Robbie Dean 94 a few weeks earlier was looking for his first feature win but a hungry Don Mahaffey was hounding him, in fact so much that he made contact with Sibila with Sibila spinning on turn two and Mahaffey to the tail.

Fourteen laps of pressure remained with Dick Dunlevy now on Sibila's rear and Braden within striking distance. The last few laps were humdingers as Dunlevy and Sibila battled door to door for the lead with Dunlevy finally taking the lead with Braden moving into second but it was the veteran driver Dick Dunlevy in the Eddie Simpson owned machine taking their first feature win of the year. Braden was a close second with Sibila third. Don Mahaffey and Terry Scherz rounded out the top five.

The late model first fast car dash saw Bob Sibila and Dick Dunlevy in the front row with Sibilia taking the lead with Dunlevy riding alongside. Sibilia hung on to take the win with Dunlevy second, Don Mahaffey third and fast timer Branden Braden fourth.

The second dash had Russ Bobb and Terry Scherz in the front row with Bobb taking the lead but here came Tony Brunke to take the lead and win with Bobb second followed by Scherz and Brandon Oakley.

It was thirty laps of modified feature racing with Rob Dutra and Grant Gamble in the front row. Gamble took the lead with Derek Barnett trying to move up but unfortunately spun on turn four to bring out the caution. Barnett then took the lead on lap three with Ryan Fleming riding second and Derek Weatherhead third. Jerry Stapleton was riding fourth with Jason Mahaffey fifth. Meanwhile Feming was closing in on Barnett with Weatherhead right behind. Fast timer Greg Stapleton passed his uncle Jerry for fourth but lady luck frowned on leader Barnett as he hit the frontstretch wall and was out of contention.

Now one time feature winner Ryan Fleming was in the lead with Weatherhead right behind when the green unfoiled. Again Greg Stapleton battled Jerry and at the halfway it was Fleming, Weatherhead, Greg Stapleton, Jerry Stapleton and Bill Burba. Weatherhead tried to move to the outside of Fleming as Greg Stapleton dove under Weatherhead as they ran wheeel to wheel. Again, with eight laps to go Grant Gamble spun on the frontstretch slowing the field. As the laps wound down Fleming kept his cool as he was seeking his second win of the year and he did in the Dayton Water sponsored machine. Derek Weatherhead was second and Greg Stapleton third. Fourth was Bill Burba and fifth was Jerry Stapleton.

Flying Ryan Fleming and Bill Burba sat on the front row of the modified dash with Feming getting the jump as Burba, fast timer Greg Stapleton and Derek Weatherhead followed. Fleming took the win and the others trailed in that order.

It was Rob Dutra and Grant Gamble in the front row of the modified heat Dutra took the lead with Jerry Staplweton in second but here came Derek Barnett to move on the outside as he tried to catch Stapleton. Side by side they ran and when they hit the finish line Stapleton won by a big whisker with Barnett second followed by Grant Gamble and Jason Mahaffey.

Ricky Young and Josh Longstreth sat in the front row of the twenty-five lap sport stock feature with Young out front but it was Courtney Hannah taking the front spot with Jeff Marsh right behind. Jamie Sites was on the move on the outside with Travis Digges right along with him. Action was brought to a halt on lap four when Josh Longstreth and Ray Muncy crashed hard. Both cars were heavily damaged and eliminated.

Hannah continued to set sail on the restart and Digges passed Marsh for second and then the caution flew on lap nine when Tyler Mahaffey spun. Hannah had the pressure on her as Digges was didding, trying to see if Hannah would go wide so he make a pass. Then here came Shawn Stansell on the outside passing Hannah for the lead as Hannah held on to second, Digges third, Marsh fourth and Sites fifth at the halfway mark.

Stansell began to run away from the pack and Tyler Mahaffey was working on the traffic. passing Sites and Marsh to move into fourth. Stansell claimed the win in his Affordable Auto Parts special for the sixth time this year. Rookie Courtney Hannah did a super job to claim runner-up with Travis Digges third. Tyler Mahaffey was fourth and Jamie Sites fifth.

In the sport stock dash it was Ray Muncy and Tyler Mahaffey in the front row with Muncy taking charge with Mahaffey on the outside and Shawn Stansell slipping by for second. Fast timer Travis Digges then displaced Mahaffey for third as Muncy took the checker for his first dash win followed by Stansell, Digges, and Mahaffey.

The sport stock heat had Ricky Young and Duane Bohrer in front for their eight lap event. Young was too eager on the start as he jumped the field making for another attempt to get it under way. Young took command when the green waved but Bohrer was giving him fits with Josh Longstreth and Courtney Hannah right behind. Lap four changed things as Longstreth took over with Bill Ramey second and Jamie Sites in third. At the checker Longstreth took the win by a small magin with Sites second, Ramey third, and Courtney Hannah fourth.

The compacts faced twenty laps in thier feature with Ryan Barrett and heat winner Steve Barnhart in the front row and when they hit the green Barnhart took the lead with Ron Sagers in second and Davey Shaw third. Sagers took the outside lane to take the lead only to see the caution on lap two when Paul Holley spun on turn four. Reverting back to the last completed lap put Barnhart back in front. Barnhart set the pace but fast timer Matt Stone was on the move as he weeded his way to the lead on lap four. Many time winner Bo Hoelscher got boxed in behind Barnhart and Sagers but once he got free he set sail of leader Stone. Back in the pack Joe Hoelscher was working his way up, taking fourth and then went after Sagers. Gary Williams was coming from deep in the field to move into fifth by lap fourteen. Stone and Hoelscher worked around traffic as they lapped car after car. Stone claimied his fifth feature win of the year in his Valley Auto Parts special. Nine time winner Bo Hoelscher was not far behind in second with Joe Hoelscher taking third. Ron Sagers and Gary Williams rounded out the top five.

Carroll Nease and Paul Holly led the compact heat to the green. Nease took the lead as the cars went three wide with Gary Williams in second but that didn't last long as fast timer Matt Stone whizzed by Williams and then took the lead from Nease. Bo Hoelscher was closing in on Stone but it was Stone the winner with Hoelscher second and Nease third with Joe Hoelscher fourth.

Ryan Barrett and Steve Barnhart led the pack in the second heat with Barnhart taking the lead with Ron Sagers taking second and Davey Shaw third. Sagers went to the high side and passed Barnhart for the lead with Nick Barnett moving into third. Unfortunately Sagers broke out on his time and was sent to the tail giving Barnhart back the lead. Barnhart went on to claim his first heat win of the year with Nick Barrett second followed by Davey Shaw and Ivin Fugate.

Kil-Kare will wrap up the month of August next Friday with Old Timers night and the first ever Hall of Fame induction of some thirty individuals. Late Models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts will see action which is also Dayton Auto Racing Fan club night with all DARF members admitted free to the grandstands. Gates open at 6 and racing at 7 p.m.

Kil-Kare Spreedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Race Car Rides For Kids Friday at Kil-Kare

Xenia, Oh. - One of the highlights of the season for kids is the annual "Race Car Rides For Kids" night when the young fans have an opportunity to ride around the race track in the race cars that they will see in competition Friday night.

This Friday night will be their night when the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, and Compacts take on the Kil-Kare Speedway three-eights mile asphalt oval.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing commencing at 8 p.m. with adult admission just $12, 12-15 year olds $5 and 11 and under free.

The following week, August 26, Kil-Kare Speedway will conduct their first ever "Hall of Fame" induction of former drivers, car owners, and track employee's with several vintage race cars on display. It also will be Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club night with all DARF members admitted free of charge to the grandstands.

Visit www.kil-kare.com or call 937 429-2961 for information.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Shady Bowl Sunday Now A DARF Date

Dayton, OH. - After reconsideration, Shady Bowl Speedway owner Linda Young has announced this Sunday, August 21, WILL be a DARF date as originally scheduled before the Main Event Racing Series was rained-out August 7 and rescheduled for August 21. DARF members with a current membership card will be admitted FREE of charge to the grandstands for this special event featuring 75 laps of Super Late Model racing plus the modifieds, street stocks, and compacts.

Any DARF member that was present on August 7, upon presenting their rain check and DARF membership card will be issued a ticket for any remaining regular event on the Shady Bowl schedule. This a bonus as it will give members two free gate admissions, the 21st, and one later.

Grandstand gates will open at noon Sunday with racing commencing at 3 p.m. Visit the Shady Bowl website, www.shadybowl.com for updates or call 937 585-9456.

DARF welcomes new members where a full twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961

www.kil.kare.com

Braden, Stansell and Hoelscher Repeat Winners at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It was a great night for racing at Kil-Kare Speedway with the temperature finally very comfortable for the NASCAR Welen All-American Racing Series events. In the regular events Travis Braden claimed his seventh feature win and Shawn Stansell his sixth sport stock feature. Kyle Jones captured his first modified feature win and Bo Hoelscher made it win nine in the compacts as he also captured the make feature. Bill Burba recorded his first modified feature win in taking the make up one from two weeks ago.

Heading the pack for the start of the late model feature was former legend car driver Terry Scherz on the pole along with first night feature winner Shawn Stansell. Scherz took the lead but the Robbie Dean 94 winner, Brandon Oakley took to the outside to take the lead on lap two. Dash winner Dick Dunlevy moved into second but here came fast timer Travis Braden moving up. Dunlevy closed the door on Oakley and shot to the inside of Oakley, making contact on turn four as they rubbed but Oakley shook him off. Dunlevy tried it again on turn four on the next lap as he was not giving up. Dunlevy kept the inside line but it was Oakley showing as the leader but lap thirteen showed Dunlevy. It was one of the best battles of the season with Dunlevy out front with Braden on the inside of Oakley for second and Don Mahaffey right behind.

Veteran Dunlevy continued to lead the rookies of Oakley and Braden lap after lap. Oakley tried to come back on the outside but the ole pro kept shaking him off as Braden watched the action. The five lap signal was given and Braden tried to nudge under Dunlevy but Dunlevy held him off, but Braden made a daring move with three laps to go as Braden took the lead leaving a disappointed Dunlevy second with Mahaffey third. Oakley was fourth and Bob Sibila fifth.
Again two veterans sat in the front row of the late model dash with Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy Jr. side by side but it was Dunlevy taking the lead and the win for the third time this year with Heckman second, Bob Sibila third and fast timer Travis Braden fourth.

Russ Bobb and Terry scherz made up the front row of the second late model heat with Bobb taking the front spot but here came Don Mahaffy on the outside, passing car after car to take the lead on lap four. Mahaffey handily claimed the win with Bobb second, Scherz third, and Shawn Stansell fourth.

The regular nights modified feature saw Caleb Reschar on the pole with previous weeks winner Mike Carroll alongside of him. They ran side by side with Carroll taking the lead with Reschar second as Kyle Jones and Ryan Fleming battled for third. Tyler Nuckles advanced to fourth displacing Fleming as Jones passed Reschar on the inside to claim second with Tyler Nuckles now in third with Bill Burba fourth and Greg Stapleton fifth. Stapleton then made a pass on Nuckles to take third as Carroll, the leader, weeded through traffic when Stapleton brought the caution out when his left front time blew.

Carroll had Jones on his rear bumper for the restart with three time winner Greg Stapleton third. The front runners bunched up with five cars putting on a display of super driving for the fans. Greg Stapleton challenged Jones for second, and did so and then it was leader Carroll he was after. The three cars ran as if under a blanket with the pressure on Carroll. Stapleton pulled alongside of Carroll as they ran wheel to wheel but lap twenty five saw Jones slip under Carroll on turn three for the lead as Carroll dropped back to third. Jones had the front spot across the stripe for his first win of the year in his BMC special. Second was Greg Stapleton followed by Mike Carroll, Tyler Nuckles, and Bill Burba.

It was Caleb Reachar and Jerry Stapleton in the front row of the modified make-up feature which was rained out two weeks prior. Stapleton took the lead but it was short lived as Reschar dropped a tire coming out of turn four making for a complete restart. Stapleton again took the lead on the start with Jason Mahaffey and Bill Burba chasing him followed by Derek Weatherhead. Three wide they went into turn one and when they came out it was Burba in front. Tyler Nuckles was on the move as he went to work chasing second place running Mahaffey as Burba enjoyed a good lead.

Nuckles slipped under Mahaffey on lap thirteen to take second and at the halfway it was still Burba with Nuckles trying to catch him with Mahaffey third and Weatherhead right behind Mahaffey. Burba maintained the lead for his first win of the year in the Neff's Lawncare special. Nuckles was second with Mahaffey third folllowed by Weatherhead and Stapleton.
Rookie sport stock driver Courtney Hannah sat on the pole of the sport stock feature with Richard Roush alongside but it was Hannah taking the lead with Marsh second and Shawn Stansell third. Stansell then took second with Jamie Sites right behind him. Stansell then went to the outside of Hannah as they ran side by side with Stansell edging ahead. Travis Digges was on the move as he advanced to fourth passing Marsh. Stansell continued to lead with Hannah not far behind and being chased by Sites and Digges.

The caution flew on lap fourteen when several cars mixed it up on turn four and when the green came back out Stansell jumped out to a good lead with Hannah still in second but Sites and Digges were gaining on her each lap. Sites deopped down on the inside of Hannah to steal second with Digges following dropping Hannah to fourth and when the checker waved it was Stansell's Dad's Auto Body sponsored car taking their sixth win followed by Jamie Sites, Travis Digges, Courtney Hannah, and Mike South Jr.

Travis Digges and Jeff Marsh led the sport stock first heat to the green with Digges taking the lead followed by Marsh with Shawn Stansell battling fast timer Bill Ramey for third. Stansell made a move on Marsh for second with previous weeks winner Jamie Site moving into third and was chasing Stansell when the checker came out on winner Digges with Stansell second. Sites third, and Ramey fourth.

The second heat had Rodney Roush and John Longstreth leading the pack and when the green unfoiled Roush shot into the lead with Tyler Mahaffey taking second as Steve Snapp snapped into third. Snapp then moved to the outside to give Mahaffey a run for second as Roush continued to lead but the yellow flew when Mahaffey lost it on turn one and spun putting Snapp behind Roush with Duane Bohrer in third and Courtney Hannah fourth. When the checker waved it was Roush, Snapp, Bohrer and Hannah fourth.

Davey Shaw and Paul Holley set the pace in the regular compact twenty lap feature and it was a drag race into turn one as Joe Hoelscher turned Holley sideways resulting in a complete restart. Shaw had the lead with Hoelscher second but second didn't last long as Hoelscher really flew into the front spot leaving Williams in second and Matt Stone third with Shaw fourth and Ron Sagers riding fifth. Lap seven was lucky for Stone as he passed Williams for second but Hoelscher had a big lead with sparks flying from under his car. Hoelscher continued to work his way around slower cars as he lapped car after car.

When the checker waved it was another win for the Riverside resident making it win number nine. Stone was a distant second with Gary Williams third followed by Davey Shaw and Matt Barrett.

The compact make-up feature had Carroll Neese out front but by the time they hit the stripe on the first lap it was Bo Hoelscher in command after that. Gary Williams was second but Matt Stone was reeling him in as they diced for second with Stone taking second on lap six leaving Williams in third with Bryan Lynch trying to catch him but Lynch brought the caution out on lap seven when he stopped on turn four after contact with the wall.

On the restart it looked like it was going to be a show down between Hoelscher and Stone as they chased each other riding one and two leaving Williams way back in third with Joe Hoelscher not far behind him. Hoelscher and his T.J. Staples machine claimed their eighth feature of the year with Stone second followed by Gary Williams, Joe Hoelscher, and Carroll Neese.

Kil-Kare will be back in action Friday night with race car rides for kids night along with a full program of late model, modified, sport stock, and compact racing with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Chatter

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH. - What a race the Robbie Dean 94 was at Kil-Kare Friday night that resulted in one of the best and closest finishes in the history of the four years running of the event. Ricky Bates was the first leader but it turned out to be a bad night for him as later in the event he was involved in a crash that left him with a badly injured race car.

Don Mahaffey led for a little while but a battle with Travis Braden saw them tangle on the backstretch with both sent to the tail. Mahaffey didn't like the call and departed to the pits but did get back out before the green flag came back out.

Bob Sibila Jr. inherited the lead and looked like he just might pull off the win but a young seventeen year old rookie by the name of Brandon Oakley, already a one time feature winner had other ideas. Oakley had been riding second lap after lap looking at the rear of Sibila's car trying to figure how to get the leader and that chance came on the last lap when Sibila slipped a little wide on turn four and Oakly quickly pounced on the situation. Oakley just barely, by .07 second beat Sibila at the line to join John Vallo, Don Mahaffey Jr., and Sloan Henderson as a winner of the tribute to the late Robbie Dean.

It seemed like pick on Dick Dunlevy night. Dick was running strong with the front runners in Eddie Simpson's car but turn one and two just didn't seem to be to Dick's liking as he found himself spinning twice. Non the less he came fighting back to claim sixth place.

I am sure fans will be talking for a long time about the finish of the event. Many times I have seen such a move Oakley did result in a crash of the two front cars but this time he was lady luck was on his side.

The modified feature was a hum-dinger also as at one time four cars were running side by side and bumper to bumper for the front spot. It was Jerry Stapleton, Ryan Fleming, Greg Stapleton and Mike Carroll in the parade but Fleming broke it up when he took the front marker from Jerry Stapleton. Fleming was looking at his second win of the year but it wasn't to be as veteran Mike Carroll passed him on the on the outside with three laps to go giving Carroll his third win of the season. Greg Stapleton is usually hard to beat but Carroll had enough horses to hold off the three time winner and fast timer of the night. Fleming, a former quarter-midget driver brought the family owned machine home third right behind the veterans.

It' still who can beat Bo Hoelscher this year in the compacts as Friday night he bolted out front and claimed his seventh feature this year. He even picked up an extra $100 bonus that was offered to any previous winner on Robbie Dean night. Hoelscher was the winner last season.

Jamie Sites got a late start in the sport stock division this year but showed he still has the majic touch as he set fast time on his debut July 29 and then picked up the feature win Friday night to become the seventh different winner so far this year.

Kil-Kare has a big night planned this week with the make-up modified and compact feature from July 29 starting the program, followed by a full regular program but that is not all. Each year Kil-Kare invites area EMT/Firefighters to compete in what is called cot racing on a specially laid out course on the frontstretch. Object is four people foot push a cot with a person on it and the winning team receives $500.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

And the popcorn Friday night, well Ricky had it popped to perfection like corn should be, nice and crispy and crunchy. Very good but only had one box this time.

GET WELL - Columbus Motor Speedway's Jeff Nuckles had surgery Tuesday and I am sure a little note or card would make his recovery much easier. Mail will reach him, Jeff Nuckles, %Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus, Ohio 43207.

GREAT DEAL - The innovative Eldora Speedway will have their second Family Fun Night this Saturday, August 13, and the admission is a bargain for the family. Just $5 for mom and dad (adults) and 12-15 is $3 and free to 11 and under kids. Pit passes will only be $20 but that is not all.

For the kids there will be inflatable bouncies, an autograph session and with adults included the pits will be open 5 to 6 p.m. so all can meet the drivers and get a close up look at the race cars. And the race cars, will this is a time Eldora features the under class cars and makes them stars for the night. UMP DirtCar Modifieds and Eldora Stocks will take to the high-banked dirt oval plus for the first time the Vores Welding FWD Compact Invitational will be held with over 20 compacts expected.
Not all yet. After the final checker the pit and track lights will be dimmed and one of the largest fireworks display you have ever seen will light up the sky.

Get that caramel popcorn ready, I can taste it now, we'll be there. Lets see, will it be for the racing or the popcorn.

ANOTHER GREAT DEAL - This Sunday afternoon Shady Bowl owner Linda Young is doing a very worthwhile project for the Ronald McDonald house in Dayton. ALL proceeds from the front gate will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House plus Ronald will be there to greet the fans and especially the little ones. Of course Mike Carroll and his McDonalds sponsored modified will be a part of the deal. Racing will consist of the Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Compacts. Grandstands open at noon and racing at 3 p.m. so with the cooler weather it should be much more comfortable than the 90 plus temperatures we have had.

MAKE-UP EVENT - It would have been a good show with the Main Event Racing Series super lates at Shady Bowl last Sunday as 23 of the hi-powered machines had time trialed but unfortunately Ma Nature, the nasty one, had other ideas. The fast car dash for the compacts went off without a hitch but when the street stocks hit the track so did Ma Nature. It rained and then let up as the track crew began drying the track but her she came again and boy did she ever let loose and simply did not want to give up. She won the battle forcing the event to be postponed until August 21st. Even when the rain first let up owner Linda did not as she was out in the grandstand with a blower trying to dry off the seats for the fans but she lost when the super downpour returned.

At least the popcorn was pretty good as we chowed down on it while we watched the rain drops fall.

GOOD SINGER - Not only was Holli Eaton the fast qualifier in the compacts, out shining the guys but she sure can sing the National Anthem. Good job Holli.

CRAZY RACING - Most tracks around have dropped the School Bus events but Columbus Motor Speedway has not as they will feature them in Figure-8 racing this Saturday night. Also on the card will be the regular NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, and those Crazy Compacts. Gates open at 5 and racing at 7 p.m.

DICK SPENCER MEMORIAL - Waynesfield Motorsports Park will pay tribute to the memory of sprint car driver Dick Spencer this Saturday night as they feature the non-wing sprint cars in a $1500 to win, $200 to start feature. 1000cc Mini Sprints, Tough Trucks, and Compacts also will see action on the third-mile dirt track. No increase in admission as it will be regular show pricing with gates opening at 5 and racing at 7 p.m.

MOLER CLOSED - Don't panic, Moler Raceway Park will be closed this Friday only so the competitors and fans can take in the North/South event at Florence Speedway. Action will resume on August 19 with the richest late model event of the year, the annual Ike Moler Memorial paying $5,000 to win. Modifieds and Street Stocks will also compete that night.

K-C & 35 Raceway Park- No racing this week at K-C due to Ross County Fair but will return on August 20 with the Winged Sprints, Modifieds, and Hobby Stocks.

35 Raceway will also be closed due to the fair and will return on August 20 for their usual program plus it will be Fan Appreciation Night and bonus night for DARF members as they will be admitted free.

LIMALAND MOTORSPORTS PARK - Friday they feature the NRA 305 Challenge that pays $1500 for a 25 lap feature with last (22nd) receiving $225. Modifieds and Thunderstocks round out the program. Grandstands open at 5 Friday with racing at 7:30 on the quarter-mile banked dirt.

Support weekly short track racing, we need them to stay open as we are loosing tracks throughout the country too often.

Outta space, gotta go, catch ya at a track.

Comments welcome at fire75ball@hotmail.com.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com


DARF Update on Shady Bowl

Dayton, Ohio - The DARF track date on the schedule for August 21 WILL NOT be a free admission DARF event due to the rescheduling of the Main Event Series that was rained out August 7. Members showing up the 21st will be required to pay general admission and then will be issued a ticket good for any remaining regular event this season. Also any DARF member that was present on August 7 can receive a free ticket to any future regular event when they redeem their rain check from the 7th. Please pass the word to DARF members that you know that may have access to the internet.

Visit the Shady Bowl website, www.shadybowl.com for updates.



Thanks to Jackson County Speedway, Lawrenceburg Speedway, and Winchester Speedway for hosting the DARF members last weekend.



DARF welcomes new members where a full twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.



NEXT EVENTS

August 19 - Skyline Speedway (free)

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Update on Shady Bowl

Dayton, Ohio - The DARF track date on the schedule for August 21 WILL NOT be a free admission DARF event due to the rescheduling of the Main Event Series that was rained out August 7. Members showing up the 21st will be required to pay general admission and then will be issued a ticket good for any remaining regular event this season. Also any DARF member that was present on August 7 can receive a free ticket to any future regular event when they redeem their rain check from the 7th. Please pass the word to DARF members that you know that may have access to the internet.

Visit the Shady Bowl website, www.shadybowl.com for updates.

Thanks to Jackson County Speedway, Lawrenceburg Speedway, and Winchester Speedway for hosting the DARF members last weekend.

DARF welcomes new members where a full twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

August 19 - Skyline Speedway (free)

August 19 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)

August 20 - 35 Raceway Park (free)

August 20 - Anderson Speedway ($5 off)

August 21 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

NEW DATES

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

BANQUET - Annual "Banquet of Champions" December 3, Celebrations Banquet Center, Dayton.

PICTURES

Check out our racing history and picture page at www.darfnews.com

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Busy Night at Kil-Kare Friday
by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, Oh. - The Kil-Kare Speedway will be a beehive of activity Friday night with six feature events plus preliminary events in each of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. Plus, as an added attraction there will be the annual EMT/Firefighters Cot race featuring various area fire departments competing for the $500 prize money awaiting the winning team.

Prior to the start of the regular racing program, make-up features for the modifieds and compacts that were rained out on July 29 will be held.

Beavercreek's Brandon Oakley, a rookie in the late model division and winner of the prestigious Robbie Dean 94 last week by a mere.07 seconds over Bob Sibila of Massilon, Ohio will be back looking for a repeat win, his third in the Oakley Blacktop sponsored #51.

Kettering's Mike Carroll who races under the sponsorship of McDonalds and a three time feature winner hopes to extend his winnings to five. Carroll certainly could do so if he can be lucky enough to capture the make-up feature and the regular feature.

In the sport stocks the last two weeks of racing has produced two new feature winners as rookie Tyler Mahaffey of Miamisburg and Jamie Sites of Vandalia have added their names to the feature winners list. Mahaffey won on July 29 and Sites August 5.

In the highly competitive compact division the other drivers are asking who can beat Riverside's Bo Hoelscher. So far the second generation driver has captured six NASCAR features this season and one non-sanctioned feature at the Greene County oval.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. Friday with racing commencing at 8 p.m.

Visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961 for information.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Brandon Oakley Claims Robbie Dean 94
by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, Oh. - When the checker flag waved at the conclusion of 94 laps in the Annual Robbie Dean Memorial feature Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway it was rookie late model driver Brandon Oakley winning the prestigious event on USG night.

The NASCAR sanctioned NASCAR All-American Series/USG night had seventeen cars start the featured event which had Ricky Bates and Justin Alsip on the front row of the field.

At the drop of the green Bates took the lead followed by Alsip and Don Mahaffey. Mahaffey nosed on the inside of Alsip on lap five as they ran side by side with Dick Dunlevy and Travis Braden right behind. Bates shook Alsip him off as the trio battled. Bates held his line but Alsip was determined as they went three wide on turn three with Mahaffey coming out front with Dunlevy and Braden following. Mahaffey had the lead with Braden right beside him but as they ran hard a little contact was made on the backstretch bringing out the caution. Both were sent to the tail and as Dunlevy was involved in the mixup he had damage but was able to make repairs and return. Ricky Bates got caught up also and received heavy damage and was out.

Bob Sibila found himself in the lead for the restart followed by Brandon Oakley, Justin Alsip, Sam Heckman and Terry Humphrey.

The green flag came back out on lap twenty two and back in the field David Carter was on the move as he and Dunlevy were battling when Dunlevy spun bringing out the caution.. Before they could complete a lap Carter tapped Dunlevy on turn one with Dunlevy spinning and Carter sent back.

Sibila continued to set the pace with Oakley running second and Alsip third. Behind Oakley and Braden Mahaffey was moving up.

At lap fifty it was Sibila, Oakley, Braden, Mahaffey and Carter. Sibila moved around traffic as he held the front spot with Oakley not far behind when the caution came out on lap sixty four. Mahaffey tried to get Braden on the restart but Braden pulled away and went after second place running Oakley. Oakley was movi ng closer to leader Sibilia as Braden inched closer to Oakley. With ten laps to go Sibilia really had the pressure on him with Oakley and Braden right behind but all of a sudden Braden slowed and dropped out leaving Sibilia and Oakley one and two with Mahaffey and Carter right behind and Alsip fifth. With just a few laps to go young Oakley was sizing up Sibilia and it was paying off as the two came of of turn four for the checker. It was a very disappointing finish for Sibilia as Oakley came on strong out of turn four to barely nip Sibilia at the line for the win in the Oakley Blacktop special. With Sibilia second Don Mahaffey was home third followed by David Carter and Justin Alsip.

Hitting the track for the first heat of late models which saw Brandon Oakley and Justin Alsip in the front row with Oakley out front with Alsip in hot pursuit. Oakley took the win with Alsip second trailed by Bob Sibla Jr., and Dick Dunlevy Jr.

Ray Muncy claimed the second heat, taking the win over Terry Humphrey, Russ Bobb, and Sam Heckman.

It was twenty-five laps to go in the sport stock feature with Bill Ramey and Rodney Roush in the front row with Ramey in the lead while Jeremy English and Jamie Sites were on the move. Sites flew around Ramey to take the lead with Ramey riding second with Mike South Jr. and Roush getting around him. Sites had a good lead at the halfway mark but back in the field Shawn Stansell was coming up, challenging Roush for third which he did take.

All was going well until English spun on lap eighteen slowing the field. Sites was challenged on the restart by South but Sites held on to the lead as the laps wound down and it was Sites taking the win in the Commercial Roofing special. Mike South Jr. was second with Shawn Stansell third, Rodney Roush fourth and Bill Ramey fifth.

Jamie Sites and Phil Gussler Jr was in the front row of the first sport stock heat with Sites taking the lead followed by Joe Hensel and fast timer Travis Digges. The first three were bumper to bumper when the checker waved as Sites claimed the win with Hensel second trailed by Digges and Shawn Stansell.

It was previous weeks feature winner Tyler Mahaffey and Courtney Hannah in the front row of the second heat. Mahaffey took the lead with Bill Ramey chasing but also chasing was Rodney Roush as he moved into third with Hannah running fourth. Mahaffey took the win with Ramey a close second with Rodney Roush third and Courtney Hannah fourth.

Jerry Stapleton jumped into the lead at the start of the modified feature only to see the caution come out when Derek Weatherhead spun on turn two after contact by Caleb Reschar making for a complete restart and Reschar sent to the tail. Stapleton again shot out front with Daryl McKay riding second and Caleb Reschar right behind with Ryan Fleming chasing him along with Mike Carroll. Carroll took the high groove as he challenged Ryan Fleming when the yellow flew when John Donovan and Kyle Jones tangled on the frontstretch.

Jerry Stapleton continued to set the pace and again Carroll went to the outside and again the yellow flew when Daryl McKay spun after being tapped by Caleb Reschar who was sent to the tail. Jerry Stapleton was still the leader with McKay second but here came Carroll and fast timer Greg Stapleton in hot pursuit. Ryan Fleming went to the outside of Jerry Stapleton, trying to pass with Greg Stapleton and Mike Carroll right on their bumpers. The four cars ran as if in a fast car dash as young Fleming took the lead on lap twenty-one. Fleming had two hungry drivers on his tail as the five lap signal was given. Carroll took the lead with three laps to go as Stapleton moved into second in a very exciting finish. Carroll took his third win in his McDonalds special with Greg Stapleton a very very close second. Ryan Fleming did a great job taking third place money with Jason Mahaffey fourth and Jerry Stapleton fifth.

The first heat of modifieds had Donald Parsons Jr. and Caleb Rescher in the front row with Reschar taking the lead and being chased by Mike Carroll with Parsons third and Tyler Nuckles fourth. When the checker waved it was Reschar, Carroll, Parsons, and Greg Stapleton.

John Donovan and Rob Dutra set the pace in the second modifiesd heat and when the green waved Donovan took the lead with Jerry Stapleton in second and Kyle Jones in third and challenging Stapleton. Side by side they ran but when the checker waved it was Donovan claiming his first heat win with Jones second followed by Jerry Stapleton and Daryl McKay.

The compacts faced twenty laps with Ivan Fugate and Carroll Nease in the front row of their feature with Fugate in front as the cars behind them went three wide. Gary Williams emerged as the leader on lap twp with heat winner Bo Hoelscher taking command on lap four and fast timer Matt Stone challenging Williams. Stone took second and set out after leader Hoelscher. Further back Joe Hoelscher was riding fourth with Fugate fifth with Ron Sagers and Bryan Lynch both challenging him for fifth.

Bo Hoelscher built up a good lead and when the checker waved it was Bo Hoelscher taking his sixth feature win and also picked up a bonus of $100 from Oakley Blacktop as he was a repeat winner on Robbie Dean night, having taken the win last year. Second was Matt Stone followed by Gary Williams, Ron Sagers, and Bryan Lynch.

Gary Williams and Joe Hoelscher led the field to the green in the compact first heat. Williams in the Affordable Auto Parts special jumped into the lead but it was Hoelscher taking the lead with son Bo Hoelscher moving into second followed by fast timer Matt Stone. Bo took the lead as Stone stole second but Joe Hoelscher charged right back then Stone took second at the checker as Bo Hoelscher took the win with Stone second. Bryan Lynch was third and Joe Hoelscher fourth.

Steve Barnhart and Jess Drook were the leaders in the second heat with Ron Sagers in pursuit as Barnhart dropped back to third. Sagers closed in on Drook and slid inside to take the lead while Davey Shaw stole third from Barnhart. Sagers took the win with Drook second, Shaw third and Barnhart fourth.

Kil-Kare will be back in action next week, August 12, with another program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts plus the make-up modified and compact features that were rained-out July 29. Also on the card will be the yearly EMT/Firefighters Cot race with $500 going to the winning team. Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Chatter

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH - There is nothing like going back home, much like when one is on vacation and then after awhile you have had enough and are ready to head back home. Well I have never felt that way when it comes to three tracks that I have considered home tracks, namely Kil-Kare, Shady Bowl, and Eldora where we spent many weekends. Kil-Kare on Friday, Shady Bowl Saturday night and Eldora on hot Sunday afternoons/

I mentioned Shady Bowl several weeks ago in my former Off the Wahl column and this week it is the dirt track known as the Big E. Hard to believe but I actually viewed the facility before Earl Baltes opened it in 1954. Talk about a long ride, that it was in 1953 as a buddy and I set out from the big town of Pleasant Hill on a motor scooter across country roads. Man that was the longest ride I think I ever experienced but it was worth it.

When we finally reached out destination there they were, men shaping the first Eldora track which was a little smaller than the present one. Being nosey kids we had to get close to the action but I guess we were too close as this little Frenchman whom we did not know wanted to know what the H___ we were doing there. Ah, my first encounter with Mr. Earl Baltes. If you never caught H___ from him you have not lived. On the other hand I guess you lucky because he could be a little fisty. I guess he figured us nosey kids were probably going to steal his layout and built a track some where. Any way we got the H___ out of there.

Things have changed though since that first threat by Mr. Baltes. Years down the road I owned several cars that ran the track and later joined the staff in the scoring department which eventually led to the announcing post for several years. Working the first World 100 in which my uncle Chick Hale was fast timer was great and that is when the late models were street late model bodied with some running on asphalt also.

And yes, another memory is when Earl for the first time paid $1,000 to win a late model feature and after running the third one I can still hear his words, "by God the only way to make any money in this business is to run special events" and how true he was. He sure was right, just look at the schedule with all the special events he started, or course excluding the Prelude to the Dream which current track owner Tony Stewart started.

And what promoter was brave enough to pay one driver one million dollars to win one race, the one and only Earl Baltes. When I asked his wife Berneice what she thought when Earl told her about the event she commented she thought he was nuts. Don't worry, Earl had all the nuts counted for before he pulled off the event.

The icing on the cake so to speak for me and my involvement with Eldora Speedway came in 2004, the last year Baltes owned the facility which in turn was sold to Tony Stewart. Being asked to come back and announce four events was the highest pinnacle of my career and I still cherish that memory and great honor thanks to Earl and Larry Boos.

Saturday night we returned to our dirt track home, the Big E for the double header sprint show and it simply amazes me how those sprint drivers can pull off their maneuvers. It is simply breath taking with the slide jobs, sometimes within inches of their opponent.

I appreciate the hospitality and the friendship with the folks at Eldora, makes on really feel like they are home. Oh, and the popcorn. Well my favorite is always the fresh popped caramel corn which is the best around and the regular corn is great too and fairly priced for both.

Our next venture to the Big E will be family fun night, a great bargain for the fans at just $5 per adult. Check them out at www.eldoraspeedway.com.

Where to Go - This weekend like most is tough to decide what event and track to attend. For us we'll be at our regular Friday night Kil-Kare Speedway for the running of the Robbie Dean 94. It'll be 94 laps of late model racing being run in the memory of long time driver Robbie Dean who lost his battle with cancer several years ago. A grave marker has been ordered for Robbie but funds are lacking to complete the purchase so Kil-Kare is going to donate $2 from every adult ticket to help the cause.

Also Friday Moler Raceway Park, in it's fifth year of operation will have a regular program of late models, modifieds, stocks, and Chevettes plus for added entertainment a mechanics race.

For the DARF fan club members on Friday it's a visit to Brad McCown's Jackson County Speedway where for half-off admission to see the modifieds, pure stocks, outlaw 4-cylinder and stock 4-cylinder stocks, mini wedges plus the street stocks will be running a $1,000 to win feature.

Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday presents meet the driver night with the non-wing sprints, modifieds and thunder stocks in action.

Saturday night Waynesfield Raceway Park hosts the 3rd Annual Jack Hewitt Classic with $3,000 going to the winner of the sprint feature and Jack will be present with his two seater sprinter. It'll be a full card with the 1000cc mini sprints, tough trucks, thunder stock cars and compacts. Think I'll take my sleeping bag if I show up there for this one.

Columbus Motor Speedway adds the legend cars to their regular NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks and those crazy compacts. CMS is planning a special memorial event for sprint drive Danny Brown on August 20.

K-C Raceway will be idle the next two Saturday nights due to the Pike County fair but will resume the regular schedule on August 20. Another special for DARF members is Saturday night at Lawrenceburg Speedway for the $2500 to win non-wing sprint event along with the modifieds and pure stocks and it's all free for DARF members.

Sunday afternoon Shady Bowl will welcome the Main Event Series super late models, always a crowd pleaser for a 75 lap event paying $2,000 to win. The super fast cars wil be joined by the modifieds, street stocks, and compacts. The following Sunday, August 14, Shady Bowl has a special planed to aid the Ronald McDonald House of Dayton as all proceeds from the grandstand admissions will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

Also on Sunday afternoon over at the Winchester Speedway it's another special for the DARF members with $5 grandstand admission to witness the CRA late model sportsman, street stocks, and FWD compacts on the high-banked half mile track.

Whew, deciding where to go is a task. Think I'll just spin a bottle on Saturday and Sunday and where ever it points I'll head that way.

Next week we'll focus on, well your guess is as good as mine but it will be something.

Support the short track, we need them all.

Outta space, gotta go, catch ya at a track. Comments welcome at fire75ball@hotmail.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Robbie Dean Memorial at Kil-Kare Friday

Xenia, OH. - The longest distance NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model event at Kil-Kare Speedway will take place Friday with the running of the Robbie "Big Bird" Dean 94 lap feature which will also be USG night at the Greene county oval.

Dean, who lost his battle with cancer several years ago was a popular competitor for many years at the speedway and always a crowd favorite. Dean was known for his #94 race cars so in honor of him the distance is set at 94 laps around the 3/8 mile asphalt oval.

Points leader Don Mahaffey of Dayton will head a list of capable drivers to pull off the win including Shawn Stansell, Brandon Oakley, Travis Braden and Bobby Justus, all feature winners so far this season. Former track champions Dick Dunlevy Jr., Russ Bobb and Sam Heckman are also considered as top contenders.

Also on the racing card will be the usual Friday divisions of modifieds, sport stocks and compacts with the modified and compact features that were rained out July 29 to be held August 12.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m.

Admission is just $15 per adult, 12-15 year olds $5 and 11 and under free with an adult.

As a jesture to the memory of Robbie Dean, Kil-Kare will donate a portion of the gate proceeds to a fund to help pay for a grave marker for Dean.

Test and tune is conducted every Thursday at both the speedway and dragway starting at 5 p.m.

For information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Braden Takes Sixth Kil-Kare Win

Mahaffey Claims Career First

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Travis Braden claimed his sixth NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway driver Tyler Mahaffey claimed his first career sport stock feature win. And then the rain took over the facility forcing the modified and compact features to be postponed until next week but it did cease enough for the trailer race to be completed.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models had thirty laps to go with veteran Russ Bobb and Tony Brunke in the front row. Bobb broke into the lead as the pack came chasing with Travis Braden and Don Mahaffey after Bobb. They went three wide down the backstretch with Mahaffey taing the lead with Braden right behind him dropping Bobb to third in the blink of an eye. Then Braden made a daring move on turn three as he nudged under Mahaffey to take the lead. From then on Braden put some distance over Mahaffey. Another veteran was on the move in the mean time with Dick Dunlevy Jr. shooting up to third as he tried to catch second place running Mahaffey. Dunlevy was inching closer to Mahaffey each lap as the laps wound down. Behind Dunlevy Bob Sibila who arrived at the track late and had to start on the tail came from up to fourth with Sam Heckman riding fifth.

Braden was simply untouchable as he continued to put more distance over Mahaffey with Dunlevy catching Mahaffey in traffic. Braden lapped the fifth place car when the checker waved to claim his sixth feature win in the Gary Estes owned Weiler Welding sponsored machine. Don Mahaffey Jr. was second with Dick Dunlevy Jr. third. Fourth was Bob Sibila and Sam Heckman was fifth.

Ryan Fleming took off like a rocket in the modified fast car dash to take the lead with veteran Bill Burba right behind him and that is the way they finished with fast timer Derek Weatherhead third and Tyler Nuckles fourth.

Six modifieds started the heat event for the modifieds that had Rob Dutra and John Donovan in the front row. Dutra got the jump to take the lead with Caleb Rescher riding second with Jerry Stapleton being chased by Shane Shirk for third. Reschar slipped on the inside of Dutra to steal the lead and win while Dutra was second with Stapleton third and Shirk fourth.

The sport stock feature faced twenty five racing laps with Tyler Mahaffey and Courtney Hannah in the front row. Mahaffey, in his first season in the sport stocks took the lead with Hannah, also a rookie in that division dropping in behind with heat winner Steve Snapp riding third. Last weeks winner Shawn Stansell was riding fourth with Jamie Sites and Travis Digges on his rear bumper. Hannah tried the outside lane to cartch the leader Mahaffey with Snapp right behind her but Mahaffey kept shaking the challenger off.

Lap thirteen proved unlucky for David Boyle as he looped it on turn four. Hannah continued her challenge when the green came back out but Boyle tested turn two this time with a spin to bring out the second caution. Hannah still was trying to figure out a way around leader Mahaffey while back behind her Snapp had his hands full holding off fast timer Jamie Sites who stole third on lap twenty. Hannah was trying her best to pass Mahaffey as she tried to dive inside of him going into turn four but unfortunately made contact with Mahaffey spinning and Hannah sent to the tail.

Mahaffey now had Sites working the outside as the laps wound down and it was rookie Tyler Mahaffey claiming his first sport stock feature win. Sites was a very close second and like a true gentleman congratulated Mahaffey at the finish line. ShawnStansell claimed third with Travis Digges fourth and Steve Snapp fifth.

Sport stock fast timer Jamie Sites followed Travis Digges and Shawn Stansell to the green in the fast car dash and when the checker waved it was Digges taking his first dash win in the Peabody Sports special with Sites second and Stansell third.

Seven sport stocks started the first heat with Rodney Roush taking the lead and David Boyle trying the outside. A man on the move was Steve Snapp in his new Chevelle as he moved into third and challenged Mike South Jr. who was running second at that time. It was a super exciting finish as Steve Snapp came from the tail to barely take the win with over Roush at the line with Courtney Hannah home third and Mike South Jr. fourth.

Unfortunately rain moved in forcing the postponement of the modified and compact features which will be run next week. The rain did let up enough that the track could for the first time in history run the trailer race of destruction on a wet track and the fans loved it. When the action wound down and the last three running vehicles were stopped on the frontstretch it was Craig Edwards who was declared the winner and the receipent of the hardest hit award.

Kil-Kare will be back in action next Friday, August 5, with the running of the Robbie Dean 94, a 94 lap late model feature with the modifies, sport stocks, and compacts also on the card. Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Visits Limaland and Eldora This Week

Dayton, Ohio - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will kick off the weekend on Friday at the Limaland Motosports Park where the Fricke Memorial Thunderstock special will highlight the program. Also seeing action on the quarter mile dirt track will be the Non-Wing sprint cars and Modifieds.

DARF members will be admitted at half-off to the grandstands.

Limaland is located at 1500 Dutch Hollow Road, just off of state route 81 at Allentown. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

For information visit www.limaland.com or call 419 339-6249.

Saturday will be a busy day for the members at Eldora Speedway as the annual picnic will be held in the afternoon with DARF night at the track in the evening.

The picnic will be held inside the cool ballroom between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. which is free to card carrying DARF members. Non DARF members are invited to stop by to indulge in the delicious food for just $5 per person so fans, drivers, crew members, car owners, etc. you are cordially invited to stop in and enjoy.

A classic car and collector car show will be held between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. with an open pit and autograph session at 4:30 p.m.

DARF members will be admitted to the evenings racing for just $10 with gates opening at 4 p.m., hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. with the Non-Wing Sprints and NRA Winged Sprint Invaders providing the action on the half mile dirt oval.

Visit www.eldoraspeedway.com or call 937 338-3815 for information.

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

August 6 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off)

August 6 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (free grandstand)

August 7 - Winchester Speedway (1/2 off)

NEW DATES

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

BANQUET - Annual "Banquet of Champions" December 3, Celebrations Banquet Center, Dayton.
PICTURES

Check out our racing history and picture page at www.darfnews.com

Dayton Chatter

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH - No sense talking about the weather as we all know it has been HOT and HOTTER. We complained when it was cold, we complained when it rained and darn it, there was not a thing we could do about it. Ma Nature controls us and she sure has hurt the tracks with all the early season rain-outs and now it's the dang burn-outs, and not the kind you have at the dragstrips. Crowds have been affected, some teams even stayed parked and then there was several tracks that canceled due to the hot stuff. A few caring tracks installed mist stations and a couple gave free popsicles to the kids which were a big hit.

Anyway, back to racing. Kil-Kare had their mid-season championship for late models last Friday. Though the crowd could have been better, those that showed up were treated to some good close racing.

The late model feature had three drivers up front in the chase for the win that included the defending track champ Don Mahaffey Jr., many time champ Dick Dunlevy Jr. and a newcomer and rookie in the late models, Travis Braden. Any one of the three was capable of taking the win with Mahaffey leading and being challenged on the outside by Braden. In fact Braden was inching around Mahaffey when the checker waved and perhaps if there was a couple of more laps it just might have been Braden in victory lane. Dunlevy was not to be denied as he was right on the bumpers of the two with a solid third place finish.

When last years modified champ Greg Stapleton shows up you can usually see the #21 on the scoreboard as the top modifed qualifier and if all goes well he'll be in victory lane when the feature checker waves. Another former champ, Mike Carroll is always a strong competitor, winning the previous weeks feature and started on the front row he took command in the feature while back in the pack Stapleton was on the move, passing on the outside until he caught up with Carroll by lap thirteen. The next time around he showed as the leader and from then on he built up a good lead to claim the win.

Sport stock competition this year has been very hotly contested also with a decent car count showing up. Shawn Stansell is probably the most versatile driver in that division as he is just as comfortable behind the wheel of a late model and modified as he is his sport stock. Much like Stapleton in the mods, Stansell seems to be the guy to beat in time trials and then usually puts the icing on the cake with a feature win. Friday night was just that, fast time for the fifth time and feature win number five.

Though the front-wheel drive compacts could stand a few more cars, their features are usually pretty exciting between three or four cars. Bo Hoelscher and Matt Stone have been the strong drivers in that division as they have claimed nine of the ten features so far this year. When you have those two with Bryan Lynch right up front there usually is a good battle for the lead.

One of the wisest things Kil-Kare has done after running features only earlier is the return of heat races and also fast car dashes. Unfortunately the features only turned a lot of fans off and they strayed away, not enough bang for the buck and once they leave it is hard to get them back.

This Friday should see a good crowd, a different type of crowd that likes to to see destruction. The annual trailer race of destruction will be held plus since the track had so many rain-outs earlier, a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts will be held with racing starting at 8 p.m.

Bargain Night

For a cheap night of racing check out Waynesfield Raceway Park this Saturday. It's fan appreciation night with adult ticket price just $8, kids 11-15 $3 and 10 and under free. Get this, hot dogs and pop in a can are going to be just 50 cents each. You'll get to see modifieds, thunder stock cars, tough trucks, 1000cc mini sprints and compacts.

Nuckles Memorial

Saturday night Columbus Motor Speedway will present the 28th Annual John Nuckles Memorial late model event with a 75 lap feature plus the modifieds, sport stocks, and crazy compact will be running.

DARF Deals

Being a Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club membership card pays off. Friday night it will be half-off grandstand admission at Limaland Motorsports Park for quarter-mile dirt racing. Non-wing sprints, modifieds, and the Fricke Memorial Thunderstock event is on tap.

Saturday night it is a double-header for the members at Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway with a picnic in the afternoon and then club night at the track in the evening. For $5 anyone interested in racing can enjoy the picnic food in the cool Eldora dance hall with the chow free to DARF members. In the evening for $10 the members can take in the Non-Wing Sprints in the Road To Jack Hewitt Classic qualifier and the Winged NRA Sprint Invaders. As a bonus a collector and classic car show will be held 2-5, at 4:30 it will be open pit time and autograph session.

Loss of a Friend - Saturday night the racing world lost a great friend with the passing of Bill "Pappy" Lewis. Fighting health issues for several years he lost the battle. Years ago Bill fielded cars that were good competitive machines and the Lewis name has been in the race results for years. Bill had two sons, Rick and Ron who toured the tracks for years and one of the highlights for them and Pappy was when they both won track championships in their divisions at Shady Bowl in the same year. Pappy's son Jim fields cars for his son, Jim Jr. who is still active however Rick and Ron have retired from driving.

Pappy was always an honest man. I had a van that needed some body work and repainted so I took it to his business, Poe Avenue Body Shop. Pappy looked it over and gave me a price and then handed me a stack of paint books and said "here, pick out a color" so I rambled through them and found my choice. When I showed Pappy he said "you would pick the most expensive paint" so I told him to adjust his price accordingly. "No way" he said, "the price stands". An honest man indeed. RIP my friend.

Catch can aka as Catchin' up

A couple of weeks ago it was a toss up as to where to go, the Kings Royal at Eldora, Columbus Motor Speedway, or K-C Raceway. I've been to the Kings Royal and knew there would be a big crowd, was at Columbus earlier this year but hadn't had a chance to visit K-C and my announcer friend Bruce Hines.

So it was off down route 35 to the beautiful foothills of Ohio and across the Scioto River to the little so called hamlet of Alma and then up that tricky narrow road to Jeff Schrader's K-C.

We first visited the track back in the days when it was know as Atomic Speedway and operated by the Chillicothe Stock Car Racing Association. My how things have changed over the years with the many improvements including a press/vip box, expanded seating plus others. Of course we were lucky to have been invited to enjoy the air condition comfort of the vip lounge.

The track was real good and the racing was a crowd pleaser. The nights action included the debut of sprint car driver Arron Fry's new BOSS sprint circuit with fifteen sprinters on hand.

Wow, the star of the show was former Californian nineteen year old who lives not far from us by the name of Justin Grant who now calls Piqua home. The 2010 USAC Rookie of the Year definitely had the field covered as he won his heat with more than a half lap lead on the second place car. In the feature his sprinter did just like in the heat, blasted out of the turns like a rocket and he was on a mission. Riding the high side of the track he finally got to the front spot and from then on he was busy lapping cars. When the checker waved on him as the winner he almost lapped the fourth place car. Definitely a young gun to keep an eye on.

The late models are one of my favorites when it comes to dirt track racing and they sure did not let me down with their good hard racing. Seems like the name Conley has been around for ages and they have, with Delmas and Rod on hand you know you have some fierce competitors.

Rod claimed the feature but two of the guys I was watching in particular was Delmas and Audie Swartz. Delmas kept geeting higher and higher on turns three and four, smacked the wall once, and then a few laps later the wall bit him as he got caught on top of it. You just can't keep an ole timer down. He was able to restart on the tail and by the time Rod took the checker Delmas was up to fourth in his wall climbing special.

And for Swartz, he started tenth and was creeping toward the front every lap with a solid second place finish. Man I have followed the Swartz name for a century.

Was hoping to see a few more hobby stocks but the twelve on hand put on a wild show, especially in the feature. Only a few lap into the event the wall bit Blake Sheets as he and his car took a wild flipping ride which naturally brought out the red flag. It looked nasty with parts scattered all over the track but Sheets appeared to be ok. I imagine he was a little sore come Sunday.

I was told to watch the car driven by Jamey Adams who had won ten straight features and was after number eleven. It wasn't to be as a new name, a cop by the way, won his first ever feature, Brandon Mather who is a Chillicothe cop. By the way, Adams was third.

It was the first of the season appearance of the four cylinder cars with Todd Ervin stealing the show with a heat win and capped the night with a feature victory.

My thanks to the K-C crew for the hospitality and to promoter Jeff Shrader who said "you are welcome anytime". Ha Jeff, just save me a seat in the air condition.

And oh yes, the popcorn. Got to admit it is darn good, so good that I had to indulge in a second box and thanks to Button Hines who caught me trying to hid my second box. Hey, the price is right, only a buck a box and not over salted like some at other tracks we have tested this year.

Outta space, gotta go, catch ya at a track. Comments welcome at fire75ball@hotmail.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Features Trailer Race of Destruction

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Friday night fans at Kil-Kare Speedway will be treated to some extra curricular activity as the annual Trailer Race of Destruction will be held. Also on the tracks entertainment card will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stock, and compacts.
The trailer race has always been a fan favorite as it is interesting to see what the vehicles will be pulling on their trailers. It could be anything from boats, travel trailers, utility trailers, an outhouse, or perhaps a storage shed as some weird creations have shown up in the past.

Object of the trailer race is to attempt to knock off whatever the vehicle on their trailer in front of you and then the trailer itself with the last vehicle with a trailer attached declared the winner.
Gates open at 6 p.m. with the four divisions of regular divisions running their events with the trailer race closing out the night of action.
Admission is $15 per adult, kids 12-15 $5 and 11 and under free.
Visit www.kikkare.com or call 937 429-2961 for information.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffy Claims Kil-Kare Mid-Season Championship

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Despite extremely hot weather, Kil-Kare Speedway entertained the fans with a night of racing that featured the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models in a midseason championship presented by Xenia Area Demolition Landfill. Double points were offered in all divisions which included the modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts.

Getting set to go in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model mid-season championship feature in the front row was Sam Heckman and Bob Sibila. It was an exciting start as five cars tangled on turn one just after the green flew with all cars able to continue. Heckman took a slight lead as six cars ran bumper to bumper, not giving an inch. Sibila tried the outside as Heckman set the pace with Brandon Oakley taking over second and Don Mahaffey third. Oakley took the lead on lap eight followed by Mahaffey and here came fast timer and five time feature winner Travis Braden followed by Dick Dunlevy who moved on the outside of Braden. Mahaffey then moved to the outside of Oakley at the halfway mark as they diced for the lead when they rubbed going into turn one with both spinning on turn one with Oakley sent to the tail.

Just after the restart Oakley and Russ Bobb made contact coming out of turn four with both cars heavily damaged and out. It was fourteen laps to go when the green came back out on Mahaffey, the defending track champ and two time feature winner had Braden right on his rear bumper. Mahaffey got a good jump on Braden but Braden was trying to close the gap with Dunlevy still in striking distance. Braden put his nose on Mahaffey's bumper but Mahaffey held on to the top spot as the laps wound down and when the checker flew it was Mahaffey taking the win in the Oakley Blacktop sponsored machine. Braden was a close second with Dunlevy a close third. Sam Heckman was fourth and Bob Sibila fifth.

Brandon Oakley and Dick Dunlevy set the pace in the late model dash with Oakley holding a slight edge. Second fast qualifier Don Mahaffey rode beside Dunlevy right down to the checker as Oakley claimed his second dash win of the year. Dunlevy was second with Mahaffey a close third and fourth was nine time fast timer Travis Braden.

It was Russ Bobb and Tony Brunke in the front row of the first heat with Bobb jumping into the lead but Brunke was looking to the outside . Side by side they ran and at the halfway mark Brunke took command. Brunke made it win number two with Bobb second and here came rapid moving Bob Sibila in third and Terry Scherz fourth.

Last weeks feature winner Bill Ramey and Jeff Marsh led the field to the green in the sport stock main as Marsh took the lead only to see the caution come out when several cars bobbled on the first turn. On the restart Ramey took the front spot as Ray Muncy displaced Marsh for second with fast timer Shawn Stansell advancing to third and dash winner Josh Longstreth riding fourth when Longstreth spun on turn one, collecting three cars in the mixup. Ricky Young was out with frontend damage and Longstret was out also as was Courtney Hannah.

Ramey continued to lead with Stansell right behind him when Ramey slowed and dropped out. Stansell enjoyed the lead with Travis Digges now trying to catch him while behind him Rodney Roush took over third with Marsh riding fourth and Mike South Sr.right behind him. With two laps to go the caution flew bunching up the field.

When the checker waved it was Stansell and his Affordable Auto Parts sponsored machine taking home their fourth feature win. Second was Travis Digges with Rodney Roush third followed by Jeff Marsh and Tyler Mahaffey fifth.

Sport stock dash had Josh Longstreth and Shawn Stansell on the front row with Longstreth in control to stay in fron until the checker. Stansell was second and Travis Digges third.

Leading the field in the sport stock heat was rookie Tyler Mahaffey along with Ricky Young. Mahaffey took the lead but fourth place starter Rodney Roush was moving on the outside trying to advance. Mahaffey had victory in sight as he claimed his first heat win of the year. Ricky Young rode home second with Rodnay Roush third and Mike South Sr., making his first start of the season was fourth.

Starting in the front row of the modifed feature was Bill Burba and last weeks winner Mike Carroll which had a second attempt to get the thirty lap event under way. Carroll took the front spot with Burba second and Caleb Reschar third. Fast timer Greg Stapleton was riding fourth and closing in on Reschar while further back Ryan Fleming had his hands full holding off Derek Weatherhead. Stapleton took third on lap nine and then on lap ten it was second place. Side by side Carroll and Stapleton ran with Stapleton surging ahead on lap fourteen.

Weatherhead shook free from Fleming and moved up on the front runners as he sized up forth place running Reschar. Action was slowed when Ray Muncy spun on turn four and when the green flew again Stapleton was still the man to beat in his Stapleton Machine and Tool car as he pulled away from the field. Weatherhead took over fourth and with five laps to go Stapleton had things pretty much under control as he claimed win number three. Mike Carroll was second with Bill Burba right on his bumper in third with Derek Weatherhead fourth and Caleb Reschar fifth.

The modified dash had young Ryan Fleming and Caleb Reschar in the fron row with Fleming out front with Derek Weatherhead charging up on the inside only to see the caution fly when Reschar spun with Weatherhead sent to the tail. On the restart Fleming continued to set sail, claiming his first dash win of the year as he held off Reschar wo was second with Greg Stapleton third and Derek Weatherhead fourth.

The modified heat saw Jason Mahaffey and Jerry Stapleton in the front row as they ran side side but Mike Carroll soon changed that as he took over second. Carroll tried the outside of Mahaffey but it was Mahffey who prevailed with Carroll a very close second. Jerry Stapleton was third and Rob Dutra was fourth.

The twenty lap compact feature had last years track champ Joe Hoelscher and heat winner Gary Williams in the front of the double points event. Hoelscher took the lead with son Bo Hoelscher stealing the lead on turn four as second fast timer Bryan Lynch took second but here came four time feature winner Matt Stone to take second. As Stone battled Bo Hoelscher for the lead there was contact with Hoelscher spinning and Stone sent to the rear. Bo continued to lead as Lynch was inching closer and closer every lap. Behind them it was Joe Hoelscher by himself but Stone was coming on strong when the yellow flew. Carroll Nease and Steve Barnhart made contact coming out of turn four with Nease sidelined.

Bo Hoelscher was looking for his sixth feature win when the green unfiled again but he had several eager drivers behind him. Stone took over third and then went after second place running Bryan Lynch. Bo did hand on to claim the win with Bryan Lynch second and third was Matt Stone with Joe Hoelscher fourth and Ron Sagers fifth.

The fast car dash for the compacts had father Joe Hoelscher and son Bo Hoelscher in the front row but it was son Bo jumping into the lead and then was challenged by last weeks feature winner Matt Stone. Stone claimed the win with Bo Hoelscher second, Joe Hoelscher third and Bryan Lynch fourth.

Three time heat winner Ron Sagers and Steve Barnhart were in the front row of the first heat with Sagers taking the lead only to see the field slowed when Dustin Smith lost a wheel on turn four. Sagers was still out front but last row starter Gary Williams charged around cars up to second. At the white flag Williams took the lead and win as Sagers faded. Carroll Nease was second with Steve Barnhart third and Davey Shaw fourth.

Next week will be the crazy Trailer Race of Destruction plus a full night of regular classes with gates opening at 6 pm and racing at 8 pm.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Gas City I-69 Speedway note: Friday's DARF date is canceled as the track will not be running Friday night due to the excessive heat we are experiencing.

Lawrenceburg note: Due to the excessive heat promoter Dave Rudisell has informed us hot laps are now set to start later, 7 p.m. Saturday with racing to follow.

DARF Schedules Triple-Header Weekend.

Dayton, Ohio - Members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their choice of attending two dirt tracks and a dragway this weekend.

Friday the members will be entertained again at the Gas City I-69 Speedway, a quarter mile semi-banked dirt oval located 1/4 mile west of Indiana's I-69 at exit 59 on Highway 22. On the racing card will be the non-wing sprint cars, UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks and thunder cars. Track opens at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

Members will be admitted at half off admission to the grandstands with a valid membership card.

Visit www.gascityi69speedway.com for information or call 765 384-7285.

Saturday it will be a choice of round track racing or straight line racing. For the round track folks Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway will provide action on the 3/8ths mile high-banked clay oval as they celebrate Christmas in July. Non-wing sprint cars, UMP modifieds, and pure stocks will provide the action.

The track is located 1 1/2 miles west of I-275 on US 50, turn left to the fairgrounds and grandstand admission will be free to DARF members. Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

For information check www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or call 812 539-4700.

For something a little different, Kil-Kare Dragway will offer straight line racing on their asphalt dragway with NHRA Summit ET Bracket Racing Series. Gates open at 12 noon followed by time trials at 1 p.m. with eliminations to follow. Admission for DARF members is free with a valid card.

Kil-Kare is located at 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road (old 35) just off of state route 35 west of Xenia, Ohio. For information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

July 30 - Picnic at Eldora Speedway ballroom (free to DARF members)

July 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10 off)

NEW DATES

August 6 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off)

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

PICTURES

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Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Lawrenceburg note: Due to the excessive heat promoter Dave Rudisell has informed us hot laps are now set to start at 7 p.m. Saturday with racing to follow.

DARF Schedules Triple-Header Weekend.
Dayton, Ohio - Members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their choice of attending two dirt tracks and a dragway this weekend.
Friday the members will be entertained again at the Gas City I-69 Speedway, a quarter mile semi-banked dirt oval located 1/4 mile west of Indiana's I-69 at exit 59 on Highway 22. On the racing card will be the non-wing sprint cars, UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks and thunder cars. Track opens at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.
Members will be admitted at half off admission to the grandstands with a valid membership card.
Visit www.gascityi69speedway.com for information or call 765 384-7285.
Saturday it will be a choice of round track racing or straight line racing. For the round track folks Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway will provide action on the 3/8ths mile high-banked clay oval as they celebrate Christmas in July. Non-wing sprint cars, UMP modifieds, and pure stocks will provide the action.
The track is located 1 1/2 miles west of I-275 on US 50, turn left to the fairgrounds and grandstand admission will be free to DARF members. Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.
For information check www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or call 812 539-4700.
For something a little different, Kil-Kare Dragway will offer straight line racing on their asphalt dragway with NHRA Summit ET Bracket Racing Series. Gates open at 12 noon followed by time trials at 1 p.m. with eliminations to follow. Admission for DARF members is free with a valid card.

Kil-Kare is located at 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road (old 35) just off of state route 35 west of Xenia, Ohio. For information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

July 30 - Picnic at Eldora Speedway ballroom (free to DARF members)

July 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10 off)

NEW DATES

August 6 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off)

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

PICTURES

Check out our picture page at www.darfnews.com

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mid-Season Championship at Kil-Kare

Xenia, OH. - Friday night's NASCAR Whelen All-American Racing Series events at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night will see the late models running their amid-Season Championship which will off double points to the drivers.
Defending track champion Don Mahaffey who has captured two features so far this season and has eight top five finishes currently leads the points with 465 to his credit.

Not far behind in second place is New Carlisle's Dick Dunlevy with 451 points and also has eight top five finishes so far. Currently in third place is Beavercreek's rookie late model driver Brandon Oakley with 447 points. Riding in fourth place in the points chase is another rookie late model driver, Travis Braden of Wheeling, West Virginia who is the top feature winner with five wins and 416 points. New Carlisle's Sam Heckman rounds out the top five in standings with 401 points.

Braden will be looking for win number six while Mahaffey hopes for win number three while Dunlevy, Oakley and Heckman are still seeking their first 2011 win.

Also on the card will be the modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Admission is just $12 per adult while 12 thru 15 is $5 and 11 and under are free.

The following week, July 29 will be the crazy Trailer Race of Destruction plus all of the regular Friday night divisions. For entry information for the trailer race visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Schedules Triple-Header Weekend.

Dayton, Ohio - Members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their choice of attending two dirt tracks and a dragway this weekend.

Friday the members will be entertained again at the Gas City I-69 Speedway, a quarter mile semi-banked dirt oval located 1/4 mile west of Indiana's I-69 at exit 59 on Highway 22. On the racing card will be the non-wing sprint cars, UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks and thunder cars. Track opens at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

Members will be admitted at half off admission to the grandstands with a valid membership card.

Visit www.gascityi69speedway.com for information or call 765 384-7285.

Saturday it will be a choice of round track racing or straight line racing. For the round track folks Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway will provide action on the 3/8ths mile high-banked clay oval as they celebrate Christmas in July. Non-wing sprint cars, UMP modifieds, and pure stocks will provide the action.

The track is located 1 1/2 miles west of I-275 on US 50, turn left to the fairgrounds and grandstand admission will be free to DARF members. Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

For information check www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or call 812 539-4700.

For something a little different, Kil-Kare Dragway will offer straight line racing on their asphalt dragway with NHRA Summit ET Bracket Racing Series. Gates open at 12 noon followed by time trials at 1 p.m. with eliminations to follow. Admission for DARF members is free with a valid card.

Kil-Kare is located at 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road (old 35) just off of state route 35 west of Xenia, Ohio. For information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, picnic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

July 30 - Picnic at Eldora Speedway ballroom (free to DARF members)

July 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10 off)

NEW DATES

August 6 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off)

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)


PICTURES

Check out our picture page at www.darfnews.com

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Braden Collects Fifth Kil-Kare Win

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - It was another amazing night of racing at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night as Travis Braden scored his fifth NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature win. Mike Carroll took the $750 to win modified feature while Bill Ramey won the sport stock main, his first at Kil-Kare. Matt Stone claimed the compact feature while USAC Ford Midget features went to Chris Lamb and Sam McGee.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature saw heat winner Dick Dunlevy and Bob Sibila start in the front row with Dunlevy getting a slight lead over Don Mahaffey Jr. who was followed by Sam Heckman and Sibila with Justin Alsip right in the thick of action as Sibila faded back. The battle was for third between Heckman, Alsip and Braden while Dunlevy led Mahaffey. Alsip did steal third followed by Braden while Heckman dropped to fifth. Fast timer Braden was on a mission as he passed Alsip for third and then went to work closing the gap on the leaders.

Braden, of Wheeling, West Virginia took second on lap twenty five and then closed in on leader Dunlevy and when Dunlevy got blocked by a slower car Braden stole the lead to claim his fifth feature of the year in the Weiler Welding special. Dunlevy was second with Mahaffey third. Justin Alsip was fourth and Bob Sibila fifth.

Ricky Bates and Sam Heckman were the front row starters in the first late model heat with Bates the leader and Dick Dunlevy chasing him. Dunlevy moved on the inside of Bates to take the lead as did fast timer Travis Braden who took second spot with Dunlevy taking hs first heat win of the year with Braden second, Bates third, and Don Mahaffey Jr.fourth.

It was Russ Bobb and Tony Brunke leading the second heat to the green with Brunke out front as Bobby Justus shot on the inside of Bobb to take second. At the checker it was Brunke taking his first heat win with Justus second trailed by Bobb and Justin Alsip.

Jessica Bean and Nick Davidson led the pack in the USAC Ford Focus Midget feature for their thirty laps of feature racing with the red flag displayed right after the green when numerous cars piled up on the backstretch which knocked three cars out of contention. Chris Lamb and Nick Davidson were now in the front row to face the green. Lamb took the lead with Ross Rankin second and Nick Hamilton third. Hamilton took over second with Rankin riding third and James Robertson fourth with Jaret Andretti fifth. The caution flew on lap fifteen for a spin. Hamilton tried to challenge Lamb for the lead but Lamb out powered him as the laps ran down. Hamilton tried the outside but just could not pull off the move. Ross Rankin did snatch the win, just barely beating Nick Hamilton and Nick Davidson who were a very close second and third. Fourth was James Robertson and Jaret Andretti was fifth.

Jessica Bean and Tyler Cottongim led the USAC Ford Focus Midget firt heat to the green with Cottongim taking the lead as the first four cars ran very close. Cottongim took the win with Chris Lamb second, Jessica Bean third, and Nick Davidson fourth.

Tyler Shullick jumped out front in the second heat with James Robertson running second and Jaret Andretti third. When the checker waved it was Shullick the winner followed by Andretti and Davidson.

It was a two car challenge in the young guns feature between Sam McGee and Steve Kuhn with McGee leading all the way to take the win with Kuhn second.

The modifieds had forty laps to go with $750 going to the feature winner and it was Mike Carroll and Greg Stapleton in the front row, both former feature winners. Carroll took the lead with Stapleton and Kyle Jones side by side as they went three wide on turn four with Jones coming out the leader and here came the caution as several cars spun on turn four. Reverting back to the last completed lap this put Carroll back front followed by Jones, Stapleton, Derek Weatherhead and Shane Shirk.

Jones continued to dog Carroll with Ryan Fleming now in fifth having passed Shirk. Jones was almost glued to Carroll's bumper as he tried to figure a way around and then Weatherhead tried the inside of Jones as they ran side by side. With Stapleton still fourth and Fleming fifth at the halfway mark. Weatherhead did take over second as Carroll continued to lead the field. Just after the ten laps to go signal Weatherhead tried Carroll but Carroll shook him and stayed in command. When the checker waved it was Carroll, of Kettering and his McDonalds special taking his second win of the year. Derek Weatherhead was a very close second with Kyle Jones not far behind in third with Greg Stapleton fourth and Ryan Fleming fifth.

Caleb Reschar and Shane Shirk were the first row starters in the first modified heat with Reschar taking the lead with a three car battle for second between Mike Carroll, Kyle Jones and Shane Shirk with Carroll taking the second spot with Jones right behind. Reschar took the win, his second of the year with Carroll second, Jones third, and Shirk fourth.

Rob Dutra and Grant Gamble found themselves in the front row of the second modified heat with the two running side by side with Jerry Stapleton finding a hole and snatching the lead with Ryan Fleming challenging Dutra for second. Fleming took over second and when the checker waved it was Stapleton taking his first heat win of the year with Ryan Fleming second, Rob Dutra third and John Donovan fourth.

It was twenty five laps to go in the sport stock main with Bill Ramey and Ray Muncy in the front row as Muncy took command followed by fast timer Travis Digges with Ramey third being challenged by three time winner Shawn Stansell. Unfortunately the two front runners, Muncy and Digges tangled on the backstretch with Digges sent to the tail and Muncy back in front. Muncy continued to set sail as Stansell was after second place running Ramey. Behind them it was Mike South Jr., Josh Longstreth, and Rodney Roush battling for fourth. South and the two behind him was closing the gap on the leaders when Longstreth spun on turn two and was sent to the tail.

Just after the restart Travis Digges and Duane Bohrer tangled going into turn one with Digges sidelined. Muncy was still in command on the restart with second place running Stansell trying to get around Ramey while Rodney Roush was being challenged by Courtney Hannah for fourth. Muncy weeded his way around slower cars and here came Stansell on the outside to take second from Ramey as he moved up on leader Muncy but all of a sudden Stansell spun on the frontstretch. Stansell was sent to the rear and Ramey back in second with the running order now Muncy, Ramey, Roush, Hannah and Tyer Mahaffey. With two laps to go and Muncy with win in sight blew a tire giving the win to Ramey with Rodney Roush second and rookie Courtney Hannah having her best finish in third. Fourth was another rookie, Tyler Mahaffey and fifth Mike South Jr.

Josh Longstreth and Duane Bohrer made up the front row of the first heat of sport stocks. Longstreth had the lead but on his bumper was fast timer Travis Digges with Ray Muncy running third and Bill Ramey fourth. At the checker it was Longstreth claiming his first heat win of the year with Digges second followed by Muncy and Ramey.

The second heat saw Nick Nunamaker and Josh Cahill face the green first. Cahill took the lead but here came Ricky Young and Rodney Roush to try for the lead and Roush did so on lap three. Tyler Mahaffey then moved up to challenge for third when the caution came out when Young spun. Rodney Roush held the front spot to claim his first heat of the year with Josh Cahill, Ricky Young, and Courtney Hannah fourth.

Heading the field in the twenty lap compact feature was Gary Williams and five time feature winner Bo Hoelscher with Hoelscher taking the lead but the caution came out when Paul Holley stalled on the backstretch. When the green came back out it was Williams out front with Hoelscer second and fast timer and new track record holder Matt Stone on the move. Stone nudged inside of Williams for the lead on lap four with second fast timer Bryan Lynch moving into third. Hoelscher latched on to third place as Williams dropped to fourth and Ryan Tamburo riding fifth.

Stone held the lead as Lynch was closing in on the leader and when the checker waved it was Stone of Pleasant Hill taking his fourth compact feature win in his Glassman special. Lynch was a very close second with Hoelscher third followed by Gary Williams and Dustin Smith.

Dustin Smith and Ryan Tamburo led the field to the green in the first compact heat race with Bo Hoelscher charging at the green to take the lead with Gary Williams running second and Bryan Lynch moving into third as he challenged Williams for second. Lynch made an inside pass good to place second to Hoelscher won took the win with Williams third and Dustin Smith fourth.

Steve Barnhart and Ron Sagers were the front row starters in the second compact heat. Sagers took the early lead with Barnhart and Davey Shaw in tow but Barnhart went up in a puff of smoke and departed. Sager had little trouble in scoring his first heat win of the year with Paul Holley second with third going to Davey Shaw.

Next week Kil-Kare will have mid-season championships in all divisions offering double points to the drivers. Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

USAC Midgets Visit Kil-Kare Friday

Xenia, OH. - With the many early season rain-outs, Kil-Kare Speedway has changed the program that was originally scheduled as Open Wheel Friday for this week.
The weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts will be running their regular program in an attempt to catch up on the early season lost events.

The open-wheel fans have not been forgotten as the USAC Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns will be added to the program making for a full night of activity.

When the Ford Focus Midgets appeared last year Scotty Hunter set a new track record of 13.458, however when the checker fell on the feature it was the grandson of the well known Ralph Ligouri, Joe Ligouri taking the win with Hunter fourth.

Nineteen midgets were on hand last year with a similar number expected Friday night.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Visit www.kilkare.com for current information or contact the track, 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Braden Takes Fourth Win at Kil-Kare

Xenia, OH. - It was a fast paced night of racing Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway with all feature winners picking up repeat wins. In the late models it Wheeling, West Virginia's Travis Braden claiming win number four while in the modifeds it was Miamisburg's Jason Mahaffey collecting win number four also. South Charleston's sport stocks driver Mike South Jr. was not to be outdone by Braden and Mahaffey as he joined the four winner club but for Riverside's Bo Hoelscher it was his fifth compact feature.

One time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature winner Brandon Oakley and Bob Sibila brought the field to the green with Oakley taking the front spot but here came veteran driver Dick Dunlevy to take the lead on lap five while fast timer Travis Braden was on the move on the outsie as he diced with Don Mahaffey Jr. and Sibila. Braden dropped Oakley to third on lap eleven and Sibila took over third from Oakley. Oakley's teammate Don Mahaffey Jr. took fourth with Oakley now fifth.

Meanwhile Dunlevy and Braden were going after it for the lead as they ran side by side but Braden surged ahead only to see Dunlevy spin on turn four on lap nineteen. Braden set sail after the restart with Don Mahaffey riding second and Sibila third. As the laps wound down Dunlevy was moving up but it was Braden and his Weiler Welding machine taking their fourth win with Don Mahaffey Jr. second and Bob Sibila third. It was a close finish for fourth as Dick Dunlevy came from the rear after his spin to just nip Brandon Oakley at the line with Oakley fifth.

Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy started side by side in the late model dash with Dunlevy holding a slight edge as fast timer Travis Braden and Don Mahaffey Jr. ran side by side. Dunlevy barely beat Heckman for the win with Heckman second, Braden third and Mahaffey fourth.

Veteran Russ Bobb jumped out front in the heat with Terry Scherz having Bob Sibila on his bumper but the caution came out when Don Mahaffey Sr. spun on turn four. When the green waved again Bobb continued to lead but Sibila had another idea as he sailed around Bobb to claim his second heat w[n of the year. Bobb was second with Scherz third and fourth to Brandon Oakley

Three time modified feature winner Jason Mahaffey sat on the pole of their feature with one time winner Ryan Fleming beside him but starter Don Beddies did not like the start which saw the cars rack up again. When action finally got underway Mahaffey took command with Mike Carroll jumping into second followed by Derek Weatherhead and fast timer Greg Stapleton. Mahaffey had a good lead while Stapleton moved on the outside , passing Weatherhead as the yellow flew when Caleb Reschar spun.

With eight laps completed Mahaffey still had the lead but Carroll and Stapleton were hungry behind him. Kyle Jones joined the front runners as he was into fifth as Stapleton up front rode the outside around Carrroll and then went after leader Mahaffey. Stapleton tried lap after lap as he sought his third win of the season with Mahaffey doing his best to hold him off. Finally when the checker waved it was Mahafey and his Commercial Roofing special taking home their fourth win with Greg Stapleton a very close second and Mike Carroll third with Derek Weatherhead fourth and Kyle Jones fifth.

Mike Carroll jumped out front at the drop of the green in the in the modified dash as he led Derek Weatherhead, Kyle Jones, and fast timer Greg Stapleton to the checker.

Grant Gamble took the early lead in the heat as Caleb Reschar came charging up on the outside to challenge Gamble to take the lead on lap three. Ryan Fleming was on the move as he chased Gamble for second but as the checker waved it was Reschar picking up his first heat win of the year in the Paul Storer machine. Gamble was second with Fleming third and Rob Dutra fourth.

Bill Ramey and last weeks dash winner Josh Longstreth started in the front row of the sport stock dash with Ramey taking the lead with Mike Spoth Jr. running second being chased by fast timer Shawn Stansell coming on strong. Ramey, in his first stop at Kil-Kare this year took the win over South, Stansell, and Longstreth.

Jeff Marsh and Tyler Mahaffey battled for the lead in the heat with Ricky Young riding third. All was going well until David Boyle spun on turn four on lap six slowing the action. Marsh and his Superior Auto Sales special ended up the winner followed by Tyler Mahaffey, Duane Bohrer and Courtney Hannah.

Bryan Lynch and Bo Hoelscher led the four fast compact qualifiers to the green with Hoelscher taking the lead with fourth fast timer Gary Williams moving into second. When the checker waved it was Hoelscher with Matt Stone stealing second from Williams who was third and Lynch fourth.

Leading the sport stock drivers to the green for their feature was Duane Bohrer and Courtney Hannah with Bohrer taking command with dash winner Bill Ramey moving into second as Hannah dropped by to third. Unfortunately the caution came out on lap two when David Boyle spun on turn four and then on the restart several cars tangled on turn one with several cars charging to the pits to have their cars checked. For Ramey he was charged with the yellow and sent to the tail which put Bohrer in the lead, Mike South Jr.second, Hannah third, Josh Longstreth in fourth and Travis Digges fifth for the restart.

South made as inside pass to take the lead with Hannah riding second and Longstreth third with Digges on his bumper. Hannah stayed glued to South's bumper as they lapped traffic as again Boyle brought the yellow out when he spun on turn four. South continued to lead while Travis Digges took third from Longstreth when Longstreth slowed and dropped out. Back in the pack Tyler Mahaffey and Ricky Young battled for fourth with Mahaffey taking over fourth.

Hannah tried every way possible to catch South but South kept shaking her off as Digges was right behind Hannah. At the checker it was Mike South Jr. taking his fourth win of the year. Rookie sport stock driver Courtney Hannah was second with one time winner Travis Digges third. Fourth was Tyler Mahaffey and fifth was Bill Ramey.

The compact feature had Paul Holley and Gary Williams in the front row with Williams taking the outside line to lead the first lap with Bo Hoelscher in second. Hoelscher pulled alongsde Williams, taking the lead on lap four with fast timer Matt Stone chasing him. Williams held down third with Bryan Lynch fourth and Dustin Smith fifth. At the halfway it was still Hoelscher being chased by Stone for the lead but Stone was closing the gap when the white flag waved but it was Bo Hoelscher claiming his fifth win of the season with Stone second and Gary Williams third. Fourth went to Bryan Lynch with Dustin Smith fifth.

It was Steve Barnhart and Ron Sagers in the front row of the compact heat only to see the caution come out for a restart. Barnhart took the lead but it didn't last long as Ron Sagers took over followed by Davey Shaw but here came Dustin Smith to give Shaw a run for second. Sagers kept in front to claim his second heat win with Shaw a very close second folowed by Dustin Smith and Steve Barnhart.

Next week Kil-Kare will be back in action with Open Wheel Friday featureing the USAC Ford Focus Midgets, USAC Young Guns, and modifieds. Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Back Home at Shady Bowl Speedway

You probably have heard the song that goes something like "back home in Indiana", well last Sunday it should have been like going "back home at Shady Bowl", the re-opening of a track that we spent many a day and night at the rural Champaign County oval throughout the years.

Traveling up state route 235 when you pass Kiser Lake you know you are getting pretty close and then when you suddenly see a small sign tacked to a pole (Shanley Rd.) on the left thay says "speedway" and points to the right you know you are getting pretty close. Watch out for that railroad track crossing, it'll bounce you tooth fillings loose if your going too fast and then there's another sign pointing to the left. Ok, where is the next sign, somebody steal it? For us veterans we know to turn right on Flowing Well road. Ah, almost there as we travel along the narrow tree lined road and then there it is, Shady Bowl Speedway on the left.

As we turned in about 2 p.m., wait a minute, something is wrong. Where did all these cars in the parking lot come from, haven't seen that many in a long long time. Sure, in the Scherer ownership days the fans use to line up at the gate waiting for the ticket window to open to rush in to get a good seat, and the parking lot was pretty full but that was in the past, not in recent years. Must be the new Shady Bowl Speedway.

Yes, there were plenty of cars in the lot with more and more showing up with more fans passing through the gate which resulted in almost a full house on a hot Sunday afternoon to boot mind you.

This is not a dream, it actually happend on Sunday, July 3, but oh yes, it was a dream by a young lady, well younger than me anyhow by the name of Linda Young.

Several months earlier she learned the track was in trouble when the former promoter was sentenced to four years in prison for aggravated theft, grand theft and idenity theft. Not a lady to stand still very long, she decided it would be her and her sons, Jason and Don Mahaffey Jr. that would save the Bowl. A lady you say, don't under estimate her, she was on a mission and that mission was to purchase the track that has been billed as "The World's Fastest 3/10 Mile Track".

Quite frankly I drove up to the facility when it was announced a "for sale" sign was going up on the property and I thought perhaps we had seen our last event there the previous season. Weeds in the parking lot were almost chest high, the track surface needed help as did the retaining wall and the safety fence in front of the grandstand was pretty questionable among other issues.

But that all changed, like a dream, in the matter of a month as Young signed the deal to purchase on June 3 and then a heehive of relatives, friends, and volunteers convened on the property. Working many long hours, in less than a month they had buildings painted, track repaired enough to hold races on, repaired the drainage and retaining wall, installed a new safety fence and one month later, July 3, the track held it's first racing event under the new ownership.

Sure was good to see such a crowd turn out for the re-opening and a decent field of cars. The heavy division was the modifieds which had twenty nine, yes 29, start the feature, a scorers nightmare.

It was welcome home you might say for starter Rick Monre who was decked out with his black and white striped shirt on the flagstand. Rick launched his flagging career at Shady Bowl back in the days when I was working there on the mic and am proud to say he worked his way up to the big time. NASCAR came calling and Rick answered and was privileged to travel the circuit waving flags at all of the NASCAR super speedways and was seen on tv many times. Rick retired from NASCAR earlier this year and certainly is a welcome site on the stand.

And back on the mic is a good friend of ours whom I have worked with many a year, the one and only Earl Isaacs. You never know what kind of comment is going to come out of his mouth as he can be a clown at times, of course without the makeup. Earl and wife Peggy have been fixtures at the Bowl since way back in the Scherer days when he started as the track photographer. Of course now with him blabbing on the mic Peggy is now the chief picture shooter.

And the food. All of the fans must have been hungry as the two lines at the concession stand was busy all day long even during the last feature. Sheryl Sage, best known as mom to drivers Dave and Josh Sage is in charge of the food and I'll tell you she can whip up some good food. Especially the sloppy joe's which have a sweet taste and the pizza's are not store bought or prepared, they are made fresh right at the track.

Yes, it was a great day for me and my wife who use to do scoring at the Bowl, saw many friends and made some new ones. And I certainly can't end with out saying a big "Thank You" to Linda Young for the hospitality and a big thanks to all who contributed in making July 3 a very special day in racing history.

Unlike in previous years, Shady Bowl will be running on Sunday afternoons for the remainder of the year with racing starting at 3 p.m. This week they will have a penny scramble and Big Wheel race for the kids with the Dwarf Cars joining the late models, modifieds, street stocks, pro 4s, and compacts. Adult admission is just $10, 12-15 $5, 11 and under free.

COMING UP:

Kil-Kare Speedway - Friday the IKO Minicups return with the NASCAR Whelen All-American late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Adults $12, 12-15 $5, 11 and under free.

Moler Raceway Park - Friday NRA Sprint Invaders plus late models, modifieds, street stocks, Chevettes. Gates open 4:30 p.m. racing 7:45 p.m. Adults $15, 7-15 $5, 6 and under free.

Union County Speedway - Friday late models, modifieds, super stocks, pure stocks, hornets. Gates open at 5 p.m., racing at 8 p.m. Adults $12, 7-11 $5, 6 and under free.

Waynesfield Raceway Park - Saturday a regular program of non-wing sprint cars, modifieds, stock cars, 1000 cc mini sprints, tough trucks, and compacts. Gates open at 5 p.m., racing at 7 p.m. Adults $12, 11-15 $6, 10 and under free.

Columbus Motor Speedway - Saturday ARCA Truck Series plus NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts. Adults $12, child $4.

Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway - Sunday USAC Sprint Week, USAC Sprint Cars plus modifieds. Gates open at 5 p.m., racing at 7 p.m. Adults $20, 7-12 $7, 6 and under free.

Eldora Speedway - Next event Kings Royal July 15&16. July 15 gates open 3 p.m., racing 8 p.m. Adults $25, 12-15 $12, 7-11 $6

July 16 gates open 2:30 p.m., racing 8 p.m. Adults $32, 12-15 $20, 7-11 $10.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kil-kare.com

Kil-Kare Returns to Regular Program Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - After featuring the ARCA Truck Series last week Kil-Kare Speedway returns to their usual Friday night racing program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, plus the IKO minicup cars will be added to the program.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing starting at 8 p.m.

Admission for adults is $12 while those 12-15 $5, and young fans 11 and under free.

Several special events are planned for the month of July with the first being the annual Open Wheel Friday event on July 15. The following week will be mid season championships for all divisions offering double points and rounding out the month on July 29 will be the trailer race of destruction.

A complete schedule is at www.kilkare.com with information available by calling 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayon-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Stansell and Hoelscher Tops at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It was a special night for the sport stock and compact drivers at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday as they were featured with the ARCA Truck series and awarded with extra pay. And for their nights efforts Dayton's Shawn Stansell and Riverside's Bo Hoelscher were the top winners as Stansell claimed the $750 to win sport stock feature and Hoelscher claimed the $500 compact feature.

It was fifty laps to go in the sport stock feature which had polesetter Rodney Roush taking the front spot only to have the caution light flip on as fast timer Phil Gussler Jr. spun on the backstretch. After two more cautions action finally got underway and underway was a battle between Dave Barnhart and Shawn Stansell right behind leader Roush.

Barnhart, driving the car normally driven by Tyler Mahaffey edged ahead of Roush for the lead and Stansell then secured second as he started to hound Barnhart. On lap eight Barnhart made a quick trip to the pits for an adjustment leaving Stansell the new leader. With Stansell in the lead Gussler was advancing, taking second spot from Roush on lap eight and dash winner Josh Longstreth was giving Roush a battle for third.

At the halfway signal it was Stansell, Gussler, Ed Lorents was up to third, Roush fourth and Longstreth fifth. The final caution flag flew on lap thirty one when Duane Bohrer spun on the frontstretch. Gussler was inching closer as the laps wound down and when the checker waved it was Stansell taking the top spot and $750 in his Affordable Auto Parts/Replacement Auto Parts/Muffler Brothers/Dad's Auto Body sponsored machine. Phil Gussler Jr. claimed $500 for second while Ed Lorents earned $400 for third. $300 went to fourth place finisher Rodney Roush and $250 to Josh Longstreth.

Josh Longstreth jumped out in front in the sport stock dash only to see the caution fly when John Haney smacked the turn one wall. On the restart Longstreth stayed in fron all the way to claim his first dash win his first dash of the season as he led Shawn Stansell, fast timer Phil Gussler Jr., and John Haney.

The heat of the sport stocks had Ed Lorents and David Boyle in the front row with Lorents taking the lead but unfortunately Lorents broke out on his time and had to surrender the lead to Boyle's. On the restart Brian Cottril shot inti the lead and when the checker waved it was Brian Cottril taking the win over a rapidly closing in Courtney Hannah in her first start in a sport stock a close second with Dave Barnhart third and David Boyle fourth.

Seventeen compacts started their thirty five lap feature with Gary Williams sitting on the pole with Williams jumping out front with David Lucas second and Bo Hoelscher third. On the second lap Hoelscher pass Lucas for second and the four time feature winner was after Williams as the two ran side by side with Hoelscher taking the high side to pass Williams for the lead. Williams was then being challenged by Chris Boggs and fast timer Matt Stone with both getting around him by lap fourteen.

Action was slowed on lap fifteen when Larry Roark stopped between turn three and four which put Stone on Hoelschers rear bumper for the restart. Stone tried to get around Hoelscher but Hoelscher was not about to reinquish the front spot but after several more laps Stone started to fall back from Hoelscher. In the meantime as the event ran under the green to the checker Hoelscher was really flying around the track lapping cars. When the checker waved it was the $500 first place money going to the Riverside resident. Stone, a three time winner claimed the $350 for runner-up with third and $275 going to one time winner James McElfresh. Fourth and $225 richer was Bryan Lynch with $150 going to Ron Sagers.

Bryan Lynch claimed the four lap fast car dash over Matt Stone, Chris Boggs, and Bo Hoelscher. Taking home the heat win was Ron Sagers followed by Gary Williams, James McElfresh, and Nick Barnett.

Paul Hahn claimed the ARCA Truck Series 100 lap event.

The IKO Minicups join the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts Friday, July 8 with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Moler Raceway Park Next on DARF Schedule

Shady Bowl Date Change

REMINDER....Our first track date in the month of July for our members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will be this Friday, July 1, at the quarter-mile dirt Moler Raceway Park where promoters Kim and Kevin Moler will host us.

On the agenda will be the American Modified Series modifieds in a $1500 to win event as well as the weekly late models, street stocks, and Chevettes plus it will be Phantom Fireworks night.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 7 and racing at 7:30 p.m. with grandstand admission free to DARF members.

The track is located east of Cincinnati, Ohio off of state route 32 at 2059 Harker-Waites Road near Williamsburg, Ohio.

For information visit www.molerracewaypark.com or contact the track, 937 444-6215.

Linda Mahaffey and the new management team at Shady Bowl Speedway have set August 21 as the DARF date at the 3/10ths mile asphalt oval that has been renovated. Admission to the granstand will be free. Check their website, www.shadybowlspeedway.com for details on the track.

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, pic-nic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

July 22 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)

July 23 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)

July 23 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (free)

July 30 - Picnic at Eldora Speedway ballroom (free to DARF members)

July 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10 off)

NEW DATES

August 6 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off)

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

August 21 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

PICTURES

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Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

ARCA Trucks Invade Kil-Kare Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It has been three years since the ARCA Truck Series has visited Kil-Kare Speedway but this Friday they will invade the speedway with a 100 lap feature highlighting the night.

Paul Hahn of Canton Michigan, the 2006 series champion won that event and is entered Friday night. Hahn is currently second in points to Kenny Kirsch of West Harrison, Ohio who is hoping to maintain the points lead, leading to the series championship.

Also on the racing program will be non NASCAR special extra paying events for the sport stocks and compacts. The winner of the sports stock feature will go home with $750 while the compact winner will earn $500.

With a NASCAR license not required it is expected several newcomers will be on hand to give the Kil-Kare regulars a run for the money.

So far this year Shawn Stansell, Mike South Jr., Rodney Kreusch, and Travis Digges have scored feature wins in the regular Friday night events. In the compacts it has been Bo Hoelscher, Matt Stone and James McElfresh claiming feature wins.

Spectator gates open earlier for this event, 5 p.m. with qualifying at 6:15 and racing at 8 p.m.

Admission is $15 per adult, 12-15 $5, and 11 and under are free.

Visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track at 937 429-2961 for information.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Moler Raceway Park Next on DARF Schedule

Dayton, Ohio - The first track date in the month of July for the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will be this Friday, July 1, at the quarter-mile dirt Moler Raceway Park.

On the agenda will be the American Modified Series modifieds in a $1500 to win event as well as the weekly late models, street stocks, and Chevettes plus it will be Phantom Fireworks night.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 7 and racing at 7:30 p.m. with grandstand admission free to DARF members.

The track is located east of Cincinnati, Ohio off of state route 32 at 2059 Harker-Waites Road near Williamsburg, Ohio.

For information visit www.molerracewaypark.com or contact the track, 937 444-6215

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, pic-nic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENTS

July 22 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)

July 23 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)

July 23 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (free)

July 30 - Picnic at Eldora Speedway ballroom (free to DARF members)

July 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10 off)

NEW DATES

August 6 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off)

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

PICTURES

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Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Braden Claims Third Win at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. (6/24) - A rather cool evening greeted the fans Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as the sky looked like rain but fortunately the weather stayed dry for the night's action. Picking up feature wins was Wheeling, West Virgina's Travis Braden in the late models, Jason Mahaffey of Miamisburg in the modifieds, Shawn Stansell of Dayton in the sport stocks, Matt Stone of Pleasant Hill in the compacts and Corey Deuser of Floyds Knob, Indiana in the IKO minicups.

It was veteran drivers Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy leading the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models to the green in their thirty lap feature. Side by side they ran with Brandon Oakley right behind and then here came previous weeks winner Travis Braden into fourth followed by Don Mahaffey. Dunlevy did shake loose and held the number one spot with Oakley on his bumper but Braden took the outside lane to challenge Dunlevy and Mahaffey tried Oakley. Braden, in search of his third win took control on lap thirteen with Oakley trailing.

At the halfway marker it was Braden, Oakley, Mahaffey, Dunlevy and Heckman. Braden made the long haul from Wheeling, West Virginia pay off as he did claim his third feature in the Gary Estes Weiler Welding/Quaker Steak & Lube special. Oakley claimed second with Mahaffey third followed by Dunlevy and Heckamn

Brandon Oakley took advantage of his front starting slot in the late model fast car dash to take the win over Travis Braden, Don Mahaffey, and Terry Scherz.

Jamie Sites and Russ Bobb ran side by side until they made contact coming out of turn four with both spinning, bringing out the caution and both sent to the rear. It was a break for Bobby Justus who was running third as he found himself in the lead but unfortunately something broke on Sites car sending him into a spin and with no place to go Russ Bobb hit him head on. The event was checkered with the win going to Justus with Sam Heckman second and Tony Brunke third. With heavy damage to both the Sites and Bobb machines both were out of further competition.

The four lap sport stock dash has Mike South Jr. and Josh Longstreth in the front row with a false start resulting in a restart and it was South taking the lead with second fast timer Travis Digges moving into second. When the checker waved it was South the winner followed by fast timer Shawn Stansell and fourth was Longstreth.

Rodney Kreusch and Ricky Young led the pack to the green in the heat and just as the green waved Young's car shot right into the turn one wall. Young was ok but his car suffered front end damage. Kreusch took the lead on the restart with Tyler Mahaffey right behind. Kreusch took the win over a hard charging Mahaffey who charged so hard at the finish line that he spun. Third was Brian Cottrill and Richard Roush fourth.

Heat winner Rodney Kreush and Josh Longstreth brought the sport stock feature field to the green with Longstreth jumpig out to a commanding lead leaving five cars behind him to battle for position. As the five battled Travis Digges and Tyler Mahaffey made contact on turn four on lap seven with Digges hitting the wall vary hard and Mahaffey crashing right beside him. Unfortunately both cars were pitted with heavy damage to the right front ends of their cars.

Longstreth was in command on the restart but right behind him was fast timer and two time feature winner Shawn Stansell who was ready to give Longstreth a battle for the lead. Longstreth hugged the inside land, hoping to keep Stansell behind him while back behind them Mike South was challenging Kreusch for third and did son on lap sixteen. Stansell was sizing up Longstreth as he looked at the outside lane but the determined Longstreth shook him off, that is until the white flag flew and Stansell in his Replacement Auto Parts special stole the win. Longstreth placed a respectful second with Mike South Jr. third followed by Rodney Kreusch and Richard Roush

It was thirty laps to go in the modified feature with Jason Mahaffey ad Bill Burba leading to the green with previous weeks winner Mahaffey surging ahead with Burba and Ryan Fleming in tow. Not far behind was Derek Weatherhead and fast timer Mike Carroll. At lap six the caution flew slowing the pace but on the restart it was the top five running bumper to bumper. Young Ryan Fleming moved into second on lap twelve with Mike Carroll into third as Burba slipped back to fifth. Mahaffey and his Commercial Roofing and Smart Choice Landscaping machine continued to set the pace as he moved up on slower traffic. Further back Carroll and Weatherhead battled for third as they wove through traffic.

At the checker it was Mahaffey taking home his third win with Ryan Fleming second, Mike Carroll third with Derek Weatherhead fourth and Bill Burba fifth.

Paul Holley jumped into the lead at the start of the compact feature as second fast timer Matt Stone then took over the front spot with the caution coming out on lap three when Chris Barrett lost a wheel. Stone, winner the previous week had fast timer Bo Hoelscher on his bumper on the restart but Stone took off like a rocket with Hoelscher back a ways. Battling for third was Gary Williams and Holley with Ron Sagers on the move. Sagers soon had Bryan Lynch right beside his door as Lynch was on the move. As the white flag unfolded Hoelscher was right on Stones bumper with Stone taking his second win of the year. With Hoelscher a close second Gary Wiliams claimed third with Bryan Lynch fourth and Paul Holley fifth.

IKO Minicup fast timer Cory Deuser had little trouble in winning their feature, his first of the season with Jacob McClay second and Amanda Harrison third.

Kil-Kare will kick off the Independance Day weekend with a special event featuring the ARCA Truck Series in a 100 lap event plus a $750 to win sport stock feature and $500 to the compact winner. Gates will open at 5 p.m. with qualifying at 6:15 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Adult admission is $15, kids 12-15 $5 and 11 and under free.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Visits Jackson County, Toledo, 35 Raceway This Week

Dayton, Ohio - Another busy week-end is planned for the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club this weekend as three race tracks will host DARF dates.

Friday it either the dirt McCown's Jackson County Speedway or the asphalt of the Toledo Speedway.

Jackson County, a 3/8ths mile dirt track located at 1245 Roberts Road near Jackson, Ohio will feature modifieds, street stocks, mod lites, pure stocks, outlaw 4 cylinders, stock 4 cylinders, and mini wedges with gates opening at 4:30 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Admission to the grandstands for members is half-off ($5). For information call 740 466-7401 or visit www.jacksoncountyspeedway.com.

For the asphalt fans on Friday the half-mile high banked Toledo Speedway at 5639 Benore Road will feature a road course race plus sportsman, a street stock special, figure-8, and 4 cylinders. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m. with admission to the grandstand free to DARF members.

Visit www.arcaracing.com or contact the track, 419 727-9182 for information.

On Saturday night it will be the fifth-mile dirt 35 Raceway Park at 3500 Little Creek Road, just south of Frankfort, Ohio. On tap will be the 600cc mini sprints, 4 cylinder stocks, mod-lite dwarf cars, mini late models.

Warm-ups begin at 4 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. with grandstand admission free to DARF members.

Visit www.35raceway.com or call 740 998-2278 for information.

DARF welcomes new members where a twelve month membership is just $15 which includes many track dates, pic-nic, meetings. Applications are at www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

NEXT EVENT:

Moler Raceway Park near Williamsburg, Ohio. Free admission for DARF members.

NEW DATES;

August 20 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5off)

September 17 - Anderson (Ind) Speedway ($5 off)

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Braden Looks for Third Win at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - The hottest NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model driver to arrive on the scene at Kil-Kare Speedway seems to be Wheeling, West Virginia's Travis Braden.

The tall slim seventeen year old cut his teeth in quarter midget racing, advancing to the legend cars which he still campaigns, and now finds himself behind the potent late model owned by Miamisburg's Gary Estes.

Appearing five times this season, Braden's worst finish if you can call it that, was fifth. He has two second place finishes to his credit but the icing on the cake is he has left the track with two feature wins to his credit tying him with last years track champ Don Mahaffey who racked up ten wins last season.

Not only has Braden been successful in feature wins, he has also lowered the track qualifying record two times.

So Friday night perhaps the rising star will go home with win number three.

In other action Friday night Miamisburg's Jason Mahaffey attempts to be the first three time winner in the modifieds while Beavercreek's Travis Digges tries to make it two sport stock wins in a row.

Pleasant Hill compact driver Matt Stone who barely edged out four time winner Bo Hoelscher of Riverside will hope to add another victory to his stats.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

For information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track at 937 429-2961.

COMING EVENT

July 1 - ARCA Trucks plus special events for Sport Stocks and Compacts.

$750 to win Sport Stocks

$500 to win Compacts

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey, Braden, Stone, Digges Kil-Kare Winners

By Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - At last the weather decided to co-operate with Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events on a warm evening. Taking home feature wins were Jason Mahaffey, Travis Braden, Matt Stone, and Travis Digges.

The first event of the evening after time trials was the modified thirty lap feature which had one time feature winners Jason Mahaffey and Ryan Fleming in the front row. Mahaffey pulled out ahead with Fleming second and fourth place starter Mike Carroll in third with sixth place starter Jerry Stapleton riding fourth and Bill Burba in fifth when the first caution came out on lap three when Caleb Reschar spun.

Carroll went to the outside on the restart trying to displace second place running Fleming. Fleming kept shaking him off as Mahaffey enjoyed a five car length lead. Back in the field Stapleton had his hands full holding off Bill Burba and fast timer Derek Weatherhead. Weatherhead make his pass good on lap sixteen to claim fourth and then worked through slower traffic as he tried to catch the front runners.

Meanwhile Mahaffey maintained his lead over Fleming and Carroll as the laps wound down. When starter Don Beddies waved the checker it was Jason Mahaffey of Miamisburg and his Commercial Roofing Service/Smart Choice Landscaping special claiming his second feature of the season. Second was Xenia's Ryan Fleming with Kettering's Mike Carroll third. Derek Weatherhead of Vandalia was fourth and fifth was Germantown's Bill Burba.

Two veteran and former track champions, Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy, led the field to the green in the late model feature. Side by side they ran out of turn two but behind them a pile-up happened involving five cars which saw Jamie Sites and Bobby Justus heading to the pits with damaged cars.

On the restart it was Dunlevy taking the lead but here came fourth place starter Chad Pendleton trying to advance but the man on the move was new track record holder and one time feature winner Travis Braden. Braden moved into third and then went after last years champ Don Mahaffey. Dunlevy was still leading but the stalkers were after him. Braden moved inside of Mahaffey as they ran door to door for second, even bumping at times. Seventh place starter Brandon Oakley moved up on fourth place running Heckman with ten laps to go.

Dunlevy still enjoyed the lead but Braden shook away from Mahahaffey and went to the outside of Dunlevy to steal the lead and then pulled away with five laps to go. As the checker waved it seventeen year old Travis Braden of Wheeling, West Virginia claiming his second feature of the year in the Gary Estes owned Weiler Welding/Quaker Steak & Lube machine. Second was Dick Dunlevy of New Carlisle with third going to Don Mahaffey of Dayton. Fourth was Sam Heckman of New Carlisle while Beavercreek's Brandon Oakley was fifth.

James McElfresh and Bryan Lynch set the pace in the compact feature with Lynch dropping back as McElfresh took the lead with third fast timer Bo Hoelscher taking second with fast timer Matt Stone moving up to challenge Hoelscher as they ran door to door. Riding fourth and moving up on the front runners was second fast timer Todd Tuervene. Four time feature winner Hoelscher finally took command with Stone chasing him with McElfresh still in third.

With two laps to go the caution flew as Bryan Lynch slowed on the backstretch setting up a two lap showdown between Stone and Hoelscher who had been fighting for the win. Stone was in the lead on the restart and Stone took off like a scared rabbitt to claim his second win of the year for the Pleasant Hill driver. Second was Hoelscher of Riverside with Tuervene of Greenville third with McElfresh fourth and Jordan Sage fifth.

The final event of the night was the twenty five lap sport stock feature with Josh Longstreth and Rodney Kreusch in the front row as Longstreth took the lead but here came Travis Digges in the outside on lap four to take the lead. Fast timer Shawn Stansell was on the move as he went after Longstreth with Rodney Roush joining the second and third place cars. Digges , of Beavercreek enjoyed a good lead at the half way mark with Stansell now seconed with Roush third, three time winner Mike South Jr. fourth and Longstreth fifth.

With five laps to go Digges had a third lap lead over Stansell but third was not settled between Roush and South as they battled side by side. Digges did claim his first feature in an exciting event with Stansell of Dayton second and Rodney Roush of Piqua third. Fourth was Mike South Jr.f South Charleston and fifth was Josh Lonstreth of Trotwood.

Kil-Kare will be back in action Friday night with another program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, IKO mini cups and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Reminder.....Take your choice of two fine dirt tracks.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club members, you have your choice of either Gas City I-69 Speedway or Skyline Speedway Friday. It will be the second visit of the season to the semi-banked 1/4 mile Gas City speedway for a program of Non-Wing Sprint Cars , UMP Modifieds, and UMP Street Stocks with DARF members admitted at half-off general admission to the grandstands. "Kokomo" Mike Bowlin will be presenting the shirts for DARF.

Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

The track is located 1/4 mile west of I-69 on Highway 22 near Gas City, Indiana. For information call 765 384-7285 or visit www.gascityi69speedway.com.

A new track for the DARF organization will be Billy Jarrell's three-eights mile dirt Skyline Speedway where the 410 winged sprint cars, super late models, modifieds, and 4 cylinder mini-wedges will see action.

DARF members will be admitted free to the grandstands. Jim "Hooty" Gibson will be the shirt presenter for DARF.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 7 and racing at 8 p.m.

The track is located twelve miles east of Athens, Ohio and four miles off of state route 50 on County Road 53 near Stewart, Ohio.

Visit www.skylinespeedway.net for information or call 740 662-4111.

Fans are encouraged to join DARF where a twelve month membership is just $15 per person with applications at www.darfnews.com which also has a schedule of all remaining track dates and other information. For information contact DARF president Rick Monroe at 937 541-9006.

COMING EVENTS

June 24 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off admission)

June 24 - Toledo Speedway (free admission)

June 25 - 35 Raceway Park (free admission)

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Schedules Gas City & Skyline This Week

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH. - The members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their choice of either Gas City I-69 Speedway or Skyline Speedway Friday. It will be the second visit of the season to the semi-banked 1/4 mile Gas City speedway for a program of Non-Wing Sprint Cars , UMP Modifieds, and UMP Street Stocks with DARF members admitted at half-off general admission to the grandstands.

Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

The tracks is located 1/4 mile west of I-69 on Highway 22 near Gas City, Indiana. For information call 765 384-7285 or visit www.gascityi69speedway.com.

A new track for the DARF organization will be Billy Jarrell's three-eights mile dirt Skyline Speedway where the 410 winged sprint cars, super late models, modifieds, and 4 cylinder mini-wedges will see action.

DARF members will be admitted free to the grandstands.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 7 and racing at 8 p.m.

The track is located twelve miles east of Athens, Ohio and four miles off of state route 50 on County Road 53 near Stewart, Ohio.

Visit www.skylinespeedway.net for information or call 740 662-4111.

Fans are encouraged to join DARF where a twelve month membership is just $15 per person with applications at www.darfnews.com which also has a schedule of all remaining track dates and other information. For information contact DARF president Rick Monroe at 937 541-9006.

COMING EVENTS

June 24 - Jackson County Speedway (1/2 off admission)

June 24 - Toledo Speedway (free admission)

June 25 - 35 Raceway Park (free admission)

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Nixed Again

By Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - What started out to be a beautiful Friday afternoon turned to frustration for the Kil-Kare Speedway management. All was going well with hot laps and then a few sprinkles began to fall. Shortly thereafter the sprinkles became a torrential downpour accompanied by lightening and thunder boomers.

Needless to say Mother Nature won out for the fourth time this season so with a little co-operation next week the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts will be able to present their seventh event of the season.

Gates will open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Justus Seeks Repeat Win at Kil-Kare

Xenia, OH. - When the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models take to the Kil-Kare Speedway asphalt Friday, veteran Columbus driver Bobby Justus hopes his win last Friday will change his luck from previous weeks.

Prior to his win last week he had not placed in the top five in the five events held so the win has he and his team pumped up as they hope win number two comes their way Friday or soon thereafter.

His last feature win prior to last week was May 29, 2009 when he won the Memorial Day Championship event leading Scott Drake, Mike Stacy, Sam Heckman, and Sloan Henderson to the checker in the fifty lap event.

Joining the late models will be the modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts.

Adult admission is just $12,12 thru 15 $5, and young fans 11 and under free accompanied by an adult.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m.

Visit www.kilkare.com for updates of call the track, 937 429-2961 for information.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

DARF Visits Columbus & Waynesfield This Week

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH. - The members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their choice of two track dates this weekend as Columbus Motor Speedway and Waynesfield Raceway Park play host to the organization on Saturday night.

The third-mile asphalt Columbus track will add USAC Ford Focus Midgets to their program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, and Compacts for a full night of action.

Gates open at 5 p.m. with time trials at 6 and racing at 7 p.m. with admission for DARF members is free to the grandstands.

CMS is located at 1845 Williams Road near Obetz, Ohio with information available at 614 491-1047 or by visiting www.columbusspeedway.com.

Waynesfield Raceway Park, located at 15811 Waynesfield Road, Waynesfield, Ohio will treat the members to a program of Non Wing Sprint Cars, UMP Modifieds, Stock Cars, 1000cc Mini Sprints, Tough Trucks, and Compacts plus make-up features will be run in the stock cars and compacts.

Grandstand gates open at 5 and racing at 7 p.m. with the 1/4 mile high-banked track will offering free grandstand admission to DARF members.

Visit www.waynesfieldmotorsportspark.com for info or call 419 568-3201.

These are just a few of the DARF track dates for this year, a benefit of being a DARF member. A 12 month membership is just $15 per person with applications at www.darfnews.com which also has a schedule of all remaining track dates and other information. For information contact DARF president Rick Monroe at 937 541-9006.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Veteran Justus Takes Kil-Kare Win

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Longtime driver Bobby Justus captured the thirty lap NASCAR Whelen All American Series late model feature Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as he held off second place finisher Tony Brunke.

Former track champ Mike Carroll claimed the modified feature while Travis Braden took top honors in the FAST Legend cars, Mike South Jr. his third win of the year in the sport stocks and Bo Hoelscher took his fourth compact feature.

Taking to the track for the first feature of the night was the NASCAR Whelen All American Series late models with veteran Columbus driver Bobby Justus on the pole with Tony Brunke alongside. Justus pulled ahead of Brunke with Sam Heckman riding third. Back in the pack fourth fast qualifier Don Mahaffey was working his way toward the front followed by fast timer Travis Braden when on lap thirteen when Dick Dunlevy spun on turn one, Mahaffey clipped him and Shawn Stansell also caught got caught up in the meelee, striking the turn two wall head on. Stansell was ok with his car and Mahaffey were eliminated.

The restart had Justus leading followed by Brunke, Heckman, Brandon Oakley and second fast timer Bob Sibila. Sibila went to work on Oakley as they ran side by side with Oakley having a clear shot on third place Heckman, Oakley made his pass good on lap eighteen and then sized up Brunke. On the move was previous weeks winner Braden who moved on the inside of Sibila as the laps wound down.

Justus had a car lenghth lead as Brunke was putting the pressure on him and back in the pack came Dunlevy who had worked up to sixth as the white flag came out.

Bobby Justus claimed his first feature of the year in his Woody Fox Bail Bond machine for a very emotinal win with his crew on the frontstretch. Tony Brunke was second followed by Brandon Oakley, Bob Sibila, and Travis Braden.

Rodney Kreusch and Derek Weatherhead led the field to the green in the modifieds with Weatherhead jumping out front with Jim Lewis up to second and Jason Mahaffey third. Mahaffey advanced on Lewis to take second but then Lewis found himself the leader when Weatherhead broke out and was sent to the tail. With Lewis the leader and Mahaffey second Mike Carroll was now in third spot as the green flew again.

Carroll shot inside of Mahaffey on turn four with the caution coming out shortly thereafter as Brad Williams, Rodney Kreusch and Mark Timmerman tangled with Williams pitted as well as Timmerman and Kreusch. However Timmerman was able to return after some quick repairs.

Lewis had the lead on the restart but right away Mike Carroll moved to the outside as they ran wheel to wheel. Carroll made his pass good on lap thirteen leaving Lewis to hold off Mahaffey and Bill Burba. Mahaffey claimed second on lap eighteen as Carroll moved up on slower cars. Meanwhile Weatherhead was moving up, taking fifth from Ryan Fleming as he moved in on Burba, passing him on the backstretch and then went after third place Lewis.

Carroll and his McDonalf's special picked up the win with Jason Mahaffey second with Derek Weatherhead just nipping Jim Lewis at the line for third with Lewis fourh and Bill Burba fifth.

Kyle Baugh and Heath tatman were the front row starters in the FAST Legend cars feature as Baugh jumped the gun causing a restart. Baugh again shot out front but here came fifth place starter Travis Braden who had the lead by the time they reached the frontstretch. Brian Nuckles then dropped Baugh to third as Jeff Denny ran fourth and Tatman fifth.

At the halfway Braden enjoyed a good lead as the cars strung out. When the checker waved it was West Virginia's Travis Braden taking the win with Brian Nuckles second and Kyle Baugh third. Fourth was Jeff Denny and fifth Heath Tatman.

It was Josh Longstreth and Tyler Mahaffey in the front row for the twenty lap sport stock feature. Longstreth took the lead only to have the caution come out when Mahaffey spun making for a complete restart. Well it was another restart when Travis Digges spun on turn four. Longstreth again was out front with Jeff Marsh right behind and previous winners Rodney Kreusch, Mike South and Shawn Stansell were right behind Marsh.

Caution flew on lap five when Ricky Young spun on turn two making for a bumper to bumper restart. Mike South was on the move after the restart as he moved into second with Stansell taking third from Marsh. Again the yellow flew when Tyler Mahaffey spun on turn three. Again Longstreth held the restart lead but South was right on his bumper looking for his third win.

South was about to take the lead when he and Longstreth both spun on turn one and Lonstreth was sent to the tail with South the new leader. Now it was Stansell chasing South with Stansell on South's bumper while Marsh, Richard Roush, and Rodney Kreusch wound out the top five, but again Mahaffey brought the caution out when he spun on turn three.

Lap twelve was a nightmare as four cars piled up on turn four as Ricky Young, Bob Stansell, Josh Longstreth and Richard Roush were involved with the Roush machine receiving heavy frontend damage and out as was Bob Stansell.

Stansell stayed right with South after the restart but another restart was necessary when Longstreth and Mahaffey tangled on turn four with both cars able to continue. Seven laps remained on the restart with a battle for third with Travis Digges taking third as Mike South Jr. took the win, his third of the year. Second was Shawn Stansell with Travis Digges third, Rodney Roush fourth and Rodney Kreusch fifth.

Rounding out the night was the compact feature which saw Ron Sagers and Dustin Smith leading the pack to the twenty lap feature as Sagers took command but the yellow flew as multi cars tangled on turn four.

Sagers and Smith again brought the field to the green with Todd Tuervene moving on the inside on turn two to take the lead as Bo Hoelscher took second and then diced with Tuervene for the lead, doing so on lap five. Bryan Lynch then moved into third at the halfway marker. Hoelscher enjoyed a good lead which was cut short on lap eleven when Lynch and Sagers bumped o turn two with Sagers sent to the rear.

Hoelscher again shot out front as Lynch passed Tuervene for second and Sagers charged up to pass Smith as the white flag flew on Hoelscher who claimed his fourth win of the young season. Second was Bryan Lynch, Todd Tuervene third, Ron Sagers fourth and Dustin Smith.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

Limaland & Flat Rock next DARF Stops

Dayton, OH - Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club members will be visiting tracks in two states this weekend as on Friday, June 3, it will be Ohio's Limalnad Motorsport Park and the following night Michigan's Flat Rock Speedway.

The quarter-mile dirt Limaland track is located at 1500 Dutch Hollow Road, just west of Lima off of state route 81 will feature the 12th Annual Steve Brown Memorial with the Thunderstocks running for $1,000 to win. Also on tap will be the Sprint Cars and UMP Modifieds.

Admission to DARF members is half off general admission with gates opening at 5 p.m, hot laps 6:30 and racing at 7:30 p.m.

For directions visit www.limaland.com or contact the track at 419 339-6249.

The quarter-mile asphalt Flat Rock Speedway is located at 14041 Telegraph Road, Flat Rock, Michigan, a short distance from I-75.

Providing the on track action will be the ARCA late models, Street Stocks, and Figure-8 cars with a fireworks display at the conclusion of racing. Gates open at 4 p.m. with time trials at 5 and racing at 7 p.m.

Admission on this date is free to the grandstands for the DARF members.

Visit www.flatrockspeedway.com for more information.

DARF welcomes new members as a twelve month membership is just $15 per person by visiting www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry, 937 698-2237.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Braden and Stapleton Kil-Kare Grand Winners

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH (5/27) - Kil-Kare Speedway kicked off the Memorial Day holiday weekend with the running of extra distance features in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, and IKO Minicups.

Taking home the one thousand dollar first place money in the late models was Travis Braden and Greg Stapleton in the modifieds. Rodney Kreusch claimed the $500 to win sport stock feature while Bo Hoelscher went home $250 richer as the compact winner. The IKO Minicup main went to Jacob McClay

It was veteran Bobby Justus and rookie late model driver Brandon Oakley in the front row of the fifty lap late model feature with Justus out front, Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy battled for third with Dunlevy prevailing as the first yellow flew on lap two when Will Kelly spun on turn four.

Justus stayed out front but back in the pack Don Mahaffey Jr. and fast timer Travis Braden were on the move and up front Dick Dunlevy passed Oakley for second but the action was slowed on lap eight. Russ Bobb and Terry Scherz tangled on turn four with Don Mahaffey Sr. eliminated when he suffered right front damage in the melee. Scherz was able to return to action but Bobb was not as fortunate and he was sidelined with frontend damage. Also Tony Brunke and Don Mahaffey Sr. were sent to the rear of the pack as they made visits to the pits during the red flag period as the track was cleaned.

Again it was Justus the leader on the restart as Oakley triee the outside as Dunlevy moved up right behind the leaders as Braden went to the outside of Dunlevy and Oakley pulled slightly ahead on lap fourteen. Braden was on the move about to pass Oakley when Will Kelly spun on lap fifteen and now the young driver had the pressure on him. Braden was coming on strong, pulling alongside Oakley on the outside as ran door to door. Braden stole the front spot and started to pull away as again the yellow flew. Sneaking up through the pack was Don Mahaffey Jr. who had worked his way to fourth, coming from the tail.

Braden continued to set sail as Mahaffey closed in on Justus trying to get the third position. Braden had a quarter lap lead with ten laps to go as Oakley ran second and Justus and Mahaffey were still battling as Justus spun bringing the yellow out and unfortunately Justus dropped to the rear.

With five laps to go it was Braden, Oakley, Mahaffey, Heckman, and Shawn Stansell the top five as Justus spun on turn four. Braden was just four laps away from his first late model win at Kil-Kare when the green came back out and he held on to claim the $1,000 first place money in the Gary Estes owned Weiler Welding sponsored machine. Rounding out the top five Brandon Oakley, Don Mahaffey Jr., Sam Heckman, and Shawn Stansell.

The late model fast car dash went to Dick Dunlevy Jr. with fast timer Travis Braden second with Ricky Bates third and Don Mahaffey fourth.

The first heat of late models had Beavercreek's Russ Bobb on the pole along with Tony Brunke. Bobb took the lead as the field strung out with Brunke riding second with Terry Scherz third and Bobby Justus fourth. When the checker waved that turned out to be the finishing order.

Heading the modified pack for their fifty lap one thousand dollar to win feature was Jerry Stapleton and Brad Williams with Williams taking the lead but it wasn't long before last years champion Greg Stapleton was soon out front. Lap thirteen was unlucky for fast timer Derek Weatherhead as he stopped on the backstretch with mechanical problems and was sidelined.

Mike Carroll was in third behind Williams on the restart as Stapleton set the pace. Carroll went to the outside of Williams with Jerry Stapleton riding fourth and Ryan Fleming fifth. arroll made his pass good for second on lap seventeen as Fleming was trying to pass Jerry Stapleton with Bill Burba in the chase. Third place running Williams had a pack of four drivers breathing down his neck as Bill Burba spun on the frontstretch after contact with Jason Mahaffey with Mahaffey put on the tail.

Greg Stapleton surged ahead with Carroll still second and Williams third but Fleming was on the move, dropping Jerry Stapleton to fifth. With ten laps to go Greg Stapleton had nearly a helf lap lead over second place running Carroll. Fleming made an inside pass on Williams for third on lap forty one as one lap later Rob Garrett spun.

Only eight laps remained when the green flew again and Fleming went after Mike Carroll as the young and older battled for second. Fleming didn't give up as he still tried the outside of Carroll as the white flag waved. At the checker it was Greg Stapleton in the Stapleton Machine & Tool machine the grand winner followed by Mike Carroll, Ryan Fleming, brad Williams, and Jerry Stapleton.

Veteran Mike Carroll of Kettering and second year driver Ryan Fleming started in the front row of the modified dash and it was Carroll taking the win over fast timer Derek Weatherhead, Greg Stapleton and Weatherhead.

It was Jeff Smith and Rob Dutra leading the first heat of modifieds to the green which saw Smith dart to the pits at the drop of the green as the caution flew putting Rodney Kreusch and Rob Garrett in the front row as Dutra departed with a flat tire. Garrett took the lead as they went three wide on turn four and when they came out it was Jim Lewis Jr. out front with Kreusch second and Garrett third being challenged by Brad Williams. The caution flew on lap five when Bill Burba looped it on the frontstretch. Lewis claimed his first heat win of the year with Kreusch second followed by Williams and Garrett.

It was forty laps to go in the $500 to win sport stock feature with Rodney Roush and Tyler Mahaffey in the front row as Roush took the lead with Mahaffey second as Rodney Kreusch rode third with Travis Digges riding along on the outside as the yellow flew when Ricky Young spun. Roush kept the front spot as Mahaffey closed the gap on him but the battle was behind him between Kreusch, Digges, and two time winner Mike South Jr. The second caution flew on lap thirteen for another spin by Ricky Young.

Mahaffey tried the outside of Roush but Roush was able to shake Mahaffey however Mahaffey spun onthe frontstretch and departed with a flat tire. Kreusch and Digges were now after leader Roush as Kreusch tried the outside groove and again Ricky Young spun bringing out the caution.n It was still Rodney Roush in control but the gang was coming on strong as four hungry drivers were chasing him. Digges and Kreusch ran side by side for second as did Richard Roush and Mike South for third.

With two to go Roush was looking for his first feature win but it was not to be as Rodney Kreusch in the Potter Towing barely beat Rodney Roush who bobbled on turn four at the line with Rodney Foush second, Travis Digges third followed by Richard Roush and Mike South Jr.

Bryan Lynch and Gary Williams led the compact thirty five lap feature field to the green with Williams out front with two time winner Bo Hoelscher moving into second and challengoing Williams on the outside for the lead. Hoelscher did so on lap five, pulling away from the second place Williams with Lynch riding third and Matt Stone advancing to fourth.

Hoelscher was on cruise control as he had a half lap lead at the halfway marker. Lynch finally got around Williams for second as last weeks winner James McElfresh claimed third dropping Williams back to fourth and then Matt Stone put Williams back to fifth.

Hoelscher of Riverside claimed his third feature of the year as he earned the $250 first place money with McElfresh second followed by Lynch, Flynn, and Williams.

Fast timer Jacob McClay and Cory Deuser started on the front row of the IKO Minicup feature as they raced hard out of turn four they made contact and spun making a restart necessary. Again the yellow flew when Amand Harrison and Deuser flew off the backstretch. Again the green flew with McClay taking the lead with Deuser not far behind. Harrison rode third with Jacob Bartellus fourth. A caution flew again when Bartellus spun on the backstretch on lap seven.

It was bumper to bumper on the restart as McClay pulled away to a five car lead over Deuser. When the checker waved on the twenty lap feature it was McClay claiming his first feature of the year with Deuser second trailed by Harrison and Bartellus.

Dayton Speedway Announces 2011 Hall of Fame Inductees

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH - The website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com hosted their third annual pizza party Wednesday at Campioni's Pizza in Springboro to celebrate the third year of the website and announce the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees.

The November 6 induction ceremony will see drivers Johnny Shackleford, Nelson Stacy, Don Wilbur, Benny Parsons, Dick Dunlevy Jr., and Iggy Katona inducted. In the car owner category Frank Jones and Jack Isaac are the inductees.

Longtime TV sports director Omar Williams is the media inductee and Don Flory who was instrumental in reopening the shuttered track will be inducted.

Visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com for a visit of the once great racing facility.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 541-9006

www.darfnews.com

35 Raceway and Eldora Host DARF

Dayton, Oh - Members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will be visiting two fine dirt ovals this weekend as both 35 Raceway Park and Eldora Speedway host the members.

35 Raceway, a fifth-mile oval located south of Frankfort, Ohio will have armed forces/veterans appreciation night with a program of his/her 4 cylinder challenge plus the usual 600cc mini sprints, mod-lite dwarf, mini late models, 4 cylinder stocks, and go karts.

Gates open at 3 p.m., warm-ups 4 p.m., and racing at 6:30 p.m. and admission to the grandstands is free to DARF members.

The track is located at 3500 Little Creek Road, Frankfort. Visit www.35raceway.com or call 740 998-2278 for information.

Sunday evening, May 29, DARF will be visiting Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway for the running of the annual Johnny Appleseed classic featuring the Sunoco American Late Model Series. In addition, the NRA/SOD sprint cars, UMP modifieds, and Eldora stock cars will also see action on the half-mile dirt oval.

Eldora is located is located north of Greenville, Ohio on state route 118.

Admission for DARF members to this great four division event is just $10 for the grandstands.

Gates open at 3:30 p.m., hot laps 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

For information visit www.eldoraspeedway.com or the track, 937 338-3815.

DARF welcomes new members as a twelve month membership is just $15 per person by visiting www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry, 937 698-2237.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Memorial Day Championships at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It will be a special night Friday at Kil-Kare Speedway as the three-eights mile asphalt oval honors Memorial Day with the running of extra distance features.

The Whelen All-American Series late models will see fifty laps of racing in their feature with the winner earning $1,000. Not to be out done by the late models, the modifieds will also see $1,000 going to the winner of their fifty lap feature.

The sport stock division will not be overlooked with extra pay as the winner of the forty lap feature will go home with $500.

The compact division has been growing each week and Friday the front wheel drive cars will cap their class with a thirty lap feature and $250 going to the winner.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m and admission is just $15 per adult for this special event. Teenagers 12-15 are only $5 and young fans eleven and under are admitted free.

The complete payoff for this event is available at www.kilkare.com and for information contact the track office at 937 429-2961.

Dayton Speedway Birthday Party


Dayton, OH. - The memory's of the the old Dayton Speedway will be remembered on Wednesday, May 25, when the website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com celebrates it's third birthday with a pizza party at Campioni's Pizza, 92 Edgebrooke Drivej(one block north of 725 off 741), in Springboro between 6:45 and 9:30 p.m.

Anyone who visited or has heard of the once famous high-banked Dayton Speedway are invited to attend with free pizza and soft drinks being provided. Both young and old are welcome to attend.

Highlight of the evening will be the revealing of the inductee's for the annual "Hall of Fame" which is held in October.

For information contact Mickey Thompson at 937 550-4067 or visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com.

KIl-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

www.kilkare.com



Don Mahaffey Claims Second Kil-Kare Win


by Jerry Wahl



Xenia, OH. (5/20) - It was another great night of racing at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night which saw Don Mahaffey Jr. claim his second NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature while his brother Jason Mahaffey scored his first modified feature. James McElfresh claimed the compact feature and Mike South Jr his second sport stock feature while the visiting IOFS figure-eight winner was Charlie Hargraves.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models saw two veteran and former drivers on the front row as Sam Heckman and Dick Dunlevy led the field. Dunlevy in his Eddie Simpson owned machine led the forst lap as last years champ Don Mahaffey charged up to callege him, taking the lead only to see Bobby Justus spin on turn four causing a caution and putting Dunlevy back in command.
It was Dunlevy, Mahaffey, Brandon Oakley, Heckman, and fast timer Travis Braden the top five on the restart. Mahaffey shot into the lead leaving Dunlevy to hold off Oakley who stole second on lap six. Fast timer Braden then dropped Dunlevy to fourth as Braden tried to catch the leaders. The caution flew on lap eleven when Tony Brunke, making his first visit of the season lost a wheel.
Mahaffey, looking for his second feature win of the year in his Oakley Blacktop machine again had control on the restart with teammate Brandon Oakley, a one time winner in second. Braden closed in on Oakley but young Oakley kept shaking him off as the caution appeared again as Shawn Stansell spun coming out of turn four. Behind third p;ace Braden on the restart was Dunlevy and Heckam while right behind him was Ricky Bates abd Chad Pendleton.
Lap eighteen saw the caution again as Justus spun on turn one. Mahaffey again led after the restart but Oakley was dropped to second when Braden slipped under him coming out of turn four with the caution again one lap later when Shawn Stansell spun on turn one. Mahaffey still had command as the laps wound down Braden was trying his best to catch leader Mahaffey but time ran out as Mahaffey claimed his second feature of the young season. Braden was second with Oakley third, Dunlevy fourth and Heckman fifth.
Heading the pack of modifieds in their thirty kap feature was Jason Mahaffey and Ross Klinglehofer as the two ran side by side with Jerry Stapleton nearby along with fast time Derek Weatherhead with action slowed on lap two as John Donovan spun on turn four.
Mahaffey, previous weeks second place finisher had the lead on the restart with Stapleton second and one time feature winners Weatherhead and Ryan Fleming riding third and fourth. Weatherhead was sizing up Stapleton trying to figure a line to make a pass while Mahaffey continued to set the pace. Lap fourteen saw the caution as Mike Pippin spun coming out of turn four. At the halfway it was Mahaffey, Klinglehofer, Stapleton, Weatherhead, and Fleming.
The battle was for third as Weatherhead went to the outside of Stapleton but Stapleton kept shaking him off. Mahaffey still enjoyed the lead but Klinglehofer was closing the gap each lap as they moved upon slower traffic. It was going to be a charge to the checker as Mahaffey and his Affordable Auto Parts pulled off their first feature win of the year in a close finish with Klinglehofer second and Stapleton a very close third with Weatherhead fourth and Fleming fifth.
The IOFS series figure-eight cars were led to the green by Chuckie Hargraves and Jeff Hizer for their fifty lap feature on the tight figure-eight course. Hizer took the lead with Charlie Hargraves into second wit Chuckie Hargraves in third and Josh Tharp fourth but Hargraves made contact at the intersection and slipped back as they battled through the intersection.
The caution flew on lap thirteen when the top two top runner Josh Tharp and Jeff Hizer tangled resulting in a red flag to remove the tangled cars. Charlie Hargraves jumped into the lead and survided a contact with Chuckie Hargraves as the pace was slowed by debris on the track and when the green flew Charlie set sail again John Lord and Chuckie Hargraves third. When the checker waved it was Indianapolis driver Charlie Hargraves taking the win, lapping the whole field in the process, Second was Rod Phipps and third was Chuckie Hargraves. Claiming fourth was Jeff Swinford and fifth was Johnny Hargraves.
The compacts were led to the green by Gary Williams and Steve Salyers only to see Williams a little anxious, jumping the start resulting in a second attempt to get them underway. Williams in his Affordable Auto Parts took the lead and was hard charging into turn for when he spun in front of the field forcing a restart. Unfortunately for fifth fast timer Williams he was knocked out of competion.
This now put James McElfresh on the pole along with Salyers for the restart which saw the yellow again as Ron Sagers spun on turn two. Again the green flew McElfresh had the lead but here came new track record holder Matt Stone into second as two time winner Bo Hoelscher was on the move. Stone made an outside pass on lap five to take the lead with McElfresh still second with Salyers riding third and Hoelscher, smolog in fourth.
Hoelscher did drop out as Stone continued to set the pace and then Salyers dropped out leaving Stone, McElfresh, Bryan Lynch, Paul Holly and Todd Tervene the top five. When the checker waved it was James McElfresh snatching the lead coming out of turn four for the win barely beating Stone who was second. Lynch, Holly and Tervene completed the top five.
Richard Roush and first night winner Mike South Jr. brought the fifteen car sport stock feature to the green with Roush out front of a tight pack as the cars ran side by side. Phil Gussler Jr. slid inside of South as they fought for second with fast timer Ross Klinglehofer a close fourth with Shawn Stansell right behind. South came on strong to take the lead on lap seven with Klinglehofer in third as the caution flew when Ricky Young spun on turn two.
Just after the green flew on the restart Tyler Mahaffey spun and again on the green it was South still in command but behind him was a great battle with Roush claiming second and here came Stansell ro slip inside Klinglehofer for third and Travis Digges dropping Klinglehofer back a spot. Stansell was coming on strong in his Moore's Trucking special to close in on South when the caution flew on lap seventeen when Klinglehofer stopped on turn four.
Due to a fire in the electrial wires behind the grandstand te race was called complete on lap seventeen with South declared the winner with Shawn Stansell second, Richard Roush third, Phil Gussler Jr. fourth and Josh Longstreth fifth.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961


Oakley Claims First Kil-Kare Late Model Feature



by Jerry Wahl
Xenia, OH (5/13) - Usually Friday the 13th is an unwelcome oman but it proved to be a lucky night for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers at Kil-Kare Speedway as the weather was favorable and the track was able to put their third racing program in the books. For drivers Brandon Oakley, Greg Stapleton, Shawn Stansell, Matt Stone, and Trey Craig it was a good night as they won their features.

Hitting the track for the 30 lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series thirty lap feature it was many time track champ Dick Dunlevy on the pole with young sixteen year old Brandon Oakley alongside. Oakey, making only his third start in a late model at Kil-Kare took the front spot with teammate Don Mahaffey in second with Dunlevy third but here came fast timer Travis Braden to challenge Dunlevy. Braden pulled alogside and passed Dunlevy on lap six but Dunlevy tried to come back, however Braden notched the third spot and was on a mission as he went to work on second place running Mahaffey and passed him on lap eleven.
Meanwhile Oakley enjoyed a great lead as Braden, the nights fast timer at 13.464 in the former Sloan Henderson driven car was inching closer and closer to the leader. It was still Mahaffey running third with Dunlevy fourth and Sibilia fifth.
With five laps to go Oakley still had a commanding lead and when Don Beddies waved the checker it was sixteen year old Oakley and his Oakley Blacktop special claiming his first ever late model feature win. Braden, in his first start in the Gary Estes owned machine was second with last years track champ Don Mahaffey third. Dick Dunlevy was fourth and fifth was Bob Sibila.

For the modified feature it was Jason Mahaffey and opening nights winner Derek Weatherhead leading the tweleve car field for the green with Mahaffey taking the lead followed by Weatherhead and fast timer Greg Stapleton. Stapleton was on the move, pulling alongside and passing Weatherhead on lap six. He then went after leader Mahaffey moving to the outside only to have to back off as they passed a slower car. Lap tweleve had Stapleton again pulling up beside Mahaffey as they battled for the front spot. Lap sixteen showed Stapleton the leader which he held. Meanwhile back in the pack second nights winner Ryan Fleming was riding fourth and Bill Burba fifth.
The pace was slowed on lap twenty five and when action resumed Stapleton continued to set the pace claiming his first win of the season with Jason Mahaffey secod followed by Derek Weatherhead, Ryan Fleming, and Bill Burba.

Bob Sibila and Don Mahaffey led the first heat of the late models field to the green with Mahaffey taking the lead followed by Sibilia and rookie late model driver Brandon Oakley only to have the field slowed when Dick Dunlevy stopped at the track exit. When the checker waved it was Mahaffey the winner folowed by Bob Sibila, Travis Braden and Oakley.
Russ Bobb and Terry Scherz started in the front row of the second heat with veteran Bobb taking the lead as Bobby Justus challenged him on the outside as Bobb kept shaking him off. Bobb took the win by a fender with Justus second followed byShawn Stansell and Terry Scherz.

The first heat of the modifieds had Rob Garrett and Ryan Fleming in the front row and it was Fleming darting into the lead with Garrett and Brad Williams in tow. When the checker waved it was that order with Greg Stapleton fourth.
It was Jeff Smith and Rodney Kreusch in the front row of the second heat with Kreusch taking off to a commanding lead with Jerry Stapleton taking second followed by Bill Burba who advanced to challenge Stapleton. It was Kreusch claiming the win with Stapleton, Burba, and Aaron Pippin fourth.

First night winner Mike South Jr. sat on the pole of the sport stock feature with Travis Digges alongside and when the green flew the two ran side by side for the lead. Digges showed as the leader on lap three as Gordon Watson was trying to pass South when they made contact with Watson receiving a flat tire and departing to the pits. On the restart Digges stayed in front when the yellow flew when Shawn Stansell spun on lap seven to slow the pace. Behind the front running Digges and South was Josh Longstreth and Richard Roush. Again the yellow flew when Digges spun on turn one by himself and was delegated to the tail.
Now Mike South found himself in the lead with Longstreth second and here came Shawn Stansell from the rear to challenge Longstreth for second making his pass good and then it was South who Stansell was after. Lap fourteen showed Stansell in command and further back Digges was dicing with Richard Roush for fourth.
It was Stansell taking his second straight feature win in his Replacement Auto Parts sponsored car with Mike South Jr. second, Josh Longstreth third, Travis Digges fourth, and Richard Roush fifth.
Josh Longstreth and Shawn Stansell started in the front row of the sport stock heat as Mike South Jr. and Shawn Stansell batted for second with South taking the spot. Travis Digges moved into third and then pulled alongside South on the white flag lap but when the checker waved it was Longstreth taking the win followed by South, Digges, and Stansell.
Robert Roush and Tyler Mahaffey were the pacesetters in the second heat and it was Richard Rousch taking the win with Mahaffey second and Robert Roush third.
A fine field of compacts made the call for the twenty lap feature with Gary Williams and heat winner Matt Stone setting the pace with a three car battle developing for the lead between the two and Kevin Flynn. Flynn took the lead with Williams not far behind and here came two time winner Bo Hoelscher on the prowl to move up behind third place running Flynn and then was looking for a way to catch second place running Williams only to see the caution come out. The top five were Stone, Williams, Hoelscher, Flynn, and Joe Hoelscher.
Stone, who had placed second in the previous two features was looking for a win to celebrate Friday the 13th and was not about to give up the front spot. A happy Stone claimed his first win with Williams second, Bo Hoelscher third, Joe Hoelscher fourth after smacking the wall just before the checker and fifth was Kevin Flynn.
It was Paul Holley and Bryan Lynch in the front row of the first compact heat with Holley taking the lead with Kevin Flynn flying on the outside to steal it leaving Holley behind who in turn was challenged by Matt Stone who took over second and then went after leader Flynn. Stone slipped inside of Flynn on turn four with one lap to go to take the win with Flynn second followed by Holley and Joe Hoelscher.
Steve Barnhart and Dustin Smith paced the second heat field with Barnhart taking the lead which was short lived as Smith took command. Davey Shaw then passed Barnhart for second as Jess Drook moved into third. Smith took the win and it was Shaw second, Drook third, and Ron Sagers fourth.
The IKO Minicups faced twenty five laps in their feature that had Trey Craig and Corey Deuser in the front row. Craig took the lead with Deuser riding a close second, trying to work the outside lane but it was Craig maintaining the lead. At the checker it was Craig, Deuser, Jacob McClay and Amanda Harrison.

Dayton Speedway Birthday Party

Dayton, OH. - The memory's of the the old Dayton Speedway will be remembered on Wednesday, May 25, when the website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com celebrates it's third birthday with a pizza party at Campioni's Pizza, 92 Edgebrooke Drive, in Springboro between 6:45 and 9:30 p.m.

Anyone who visited or has heard of the once famous high-banked Dayton Speedway are invited to attend with free pizza and soft drinks being provided. Both young and old are welcome to attend.

Highlight of the evening will be the revealing of the inductee's for the annual "Hall of Fame" which is held in October.

For information contact Mickey Thompson at 937 550-4067 or visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Back In Action Friday

Xenia Oh. - After having the speedway idle last week due to the Cruisefest Nationals, Kil-Kare Speedway will be back in action Friday night with the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modified, sport stocks, and compacts.

Also on the agenda will be the IKO Minicups making their second appearance of the year.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing commencing at 8 p.m.

Admission for adults is just $12 with 12-15 year olds admitted for $5 and 11 and under are free when accompanied by an adult.

Test and Tune is set for every Thursday evening starting at 5 p.m.

Visit www.kilkare.com for all the latest information or call the track at 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

www.darfnews.com

Monroe Elected New DARF President

Dayton, OH - Former NASCAR Sprint Cup flagman Rick Monroe has been elected the new president of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club for the 2011-2012 term.

Elected to the post of vice president was Jim "Hooty" Gibson; secretary Amber Sites; treasurer Vanessa Gibson; membership secretary Linda Berry; and Marvin Goins club advisor.

Elected as board members were Peggy Isaacs, Cheryl Dalhamer, Ronald Palmer, Mike Barr, and Jerry Boeckman.

Racing enthusiasts are invited to join DARF as membership is just $15 per person which offers many track dates with free or reduced admission. Visit www.darfnews.com for an application.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 335-1730

www.darfnews.com

K-C Raceway to Host DARF Saturday

Dayton, OH - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will have their first track date of the seaon Saturday night at Schrader's K-C Raceway south of Chillicothe, Ohio. The three-eights mile high-banked oval will feature 410 Sprint Cars, Road Warriors, and Hobby Stocks.

Also on the agenda will be the Hall of Fame Ceremony with drivers Bobby Morgan, George Harbour, Bob Crace Sr., Bob Crace Jr. and George Branscom inducted. Plus car owner Bob Lemaster and photographer Stan Jeffery will be inducted.

DARF members will be admitted to the grandstand at half-off admission with warm-ups at 6:15 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

For K-C information visit www.kc-raceway.com or phone 740 663-4141.

The next regular meeting of the DARF organization will be April 26 featuring "Meet the Announcer" night with most of the area track announcers planning on attending to greet the members.

Location of the meeting is the social hall at Jackass Flats located at the intersection of Fishburg and Rip Rap Roads starting at 7 p.m.

Visit www.darfnews.com for a complete schedule of DARF track dates. Be sure to visit the picture and racing history sections.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Weather Cancels Kil-Kare

Xenia, OH. (4/15) - So far this young season the weather has nixed the racing program twice at Kil-Kare Speedway as tonight's scheduled NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events have been canceled.

Next Friday the IKO Minicups will join the regular racing program with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

The following week, April 29, will be a popular event for the fans as the Trailer Race of Destruction returns to cap off the night's activities.

Visit www.kilkare.com for updated information or call the office at 937 429-2961 for further information.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.killare.com

Kil-Kare Try's Again Friday

Xenia, OH. - Although the weather report doesn't look too promising, officials at Kil-Kare Speedway are hoping the weather reports are wrong and the popular Greene County speedway can usher in the 2011 season this Friday.

Originally scheduled to open last Friday, Mother Nature prohibited that so with a stroke of luck the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts will see there first green flags of the season. Also on the schedule is the first of eight appearances of the IKO Minicups.

Gates are scheduled to swing open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m.

Adult admission is just $12 while 12 to 15 year olds is $5 and 11 and under is free accompanied by an adult.

Visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track at 937 429-2961 for current updates.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com
KIl-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Weather Nix's Kil-Kare Opener's

Xenia, OH. - Due to the extreme cool weather the area is experiencing, Kil-Kare officials have been forced to postpone the season opening events at both the oval and dragway this week.

Weather permitting the oval will officially open on April 8 with the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts plus the IKO Minicups. Gates will open at 6 p.m.

The dragway hopes to kick off the season on April 9 with NHRA Summitt ET Bracket Racing Series with the gates opening at 11 a.m.

Test and Tune at both facilities are set for every Thursday throughout the season with gates opening at 5 p.m.

For further information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the office at 937 429-2961.

Can Kil-Kare Fool Mother Nature Friday

Xenia, Oh. - Typically April 1st is known as April Fools Day but with a stroke of luck Kil-Kare Speedway will try to outsmart mother nature and launch the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events Friday night.

Yes the temperature might be cool but the action will be hot on the three-eights mile asphalt track as the late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts take to the track for the first time this season, weather permitting that is.

Many new cars have been prepared over the winter in all divisions and for a change of venue the compacts will be running on the larger track this season.

Spectator gates are set to open at 6 p.m. followed with racing at 8 p.m. Adult admission is just $12 while 12 to 15 year olds are $5 and young fans 11 and under are admitted free of charge accompanied by an adult.

Fans can get a sneak preview of some of the cars as Thursday Test & Tune starts this week with gates opening at 5 p.m. with fans able to visit both the speedway and dragway.

For the season schedule and updated information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 335-1730

DARF Skeds Three Dates at Lawrenceburg

Dayton, OH. - Lawrenceburg Speedway promoter Dave Rudisell has granted members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club three nights of racing action at his 3/8ths mile high-banked dirt oval.

Rudisell has scheduled April 30, July 23, and August 6 as fan club night where all members of the DARF club as well as HARF and BARC will be admitted free of charge to the grandstands to witness the non-wing sprint cars, modifieds and pure stocks in action.

The track is located west of I-270 on US 50 at the fairgrounds in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

For information visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com.

Join DARF to take advantage of these dates and the many others offered to DARF members at various tracks. A schedule of DARF track dates is available at www.darfnews.com where an application to join DARF can be found also. Membership for twelve months is just $15 per person.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


Eldora and K-C Added To DARF Schedule

Dayton, Oh. - Two more tracks have granted the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club track dates as Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway and Jeff Schrader's K-C Raceway have joined the growing list of benefits for the DARF members.
On Sunday evening May 29 Eldora will admit the fans to the grandstands for just $10 to watch the Sunoco American Late Model Series, NRA Sprint Invaders, and Eldora Stocks.
Saturday, July 30 will see two events at Eldora. First in the afternoon the annual picnic will be held in the cool ballroom which is free to members and then in the evening the action takes to the half-mile dirt oval. Non-wing Sprint cars and NRA Sprint Invaders provide the action and grandstand admission is $10 for DARFers.
Visit www.eldoraspeedway.com for the complete schedule.
Schrader's K-C Raceway's 3/8ths mile dirt track will have DARF on two occassions, the first being April 16 and the second May 21 with the Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Late Models, and Hobby Stocks in action on the high-banked track. Admission for both dates will be half-off to the grandstands for DARF members.
For information on K-C visit www.K-CRaceway.com.
Memberships to the DARF organization are being accepted with racing enthusiasts invited to join as membership is just $15 for twelve months per person which entitles you to attend all the track dates and also two free picnic's during the season plus other tracks that are yet to be scheduled.
Applications are on the website www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237.
The next DARF monthly meeting will be February 22 and is titled "A Tribute To Chick Hale" night and is open to the public. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the social hall at Jackass Flats, Fishburg and Rip Rap Road in Dayton.

2011 DARF Track Dates
April 16 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 16 - K-C Raceway (1/2off)
April 29 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 20 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
May 21 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
May 21 - K-C Raceway (1/2 off)
May 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
May 29 - Eldora Speedway ($10 members))
July 1 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
June 4 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
June 11 - Columbus Motor Speedway (free)
June 17 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
June 24 - Toledo Speedway (free)
June 25 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 22 - Gas City I-96 Speedway (1/2 off)
July 23 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)July
July 30 - Eldora Speedway (picnic, free for DARF members)
July 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10 members)
August 13 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
August 19 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
August 20 -35 Raceway Park (free)
August 26 - Moler Raceway Park - (free)
August 26 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
Sept. 2 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)
Sept. 24 - Moler Raceway Park (free)

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


Flat Rock and Toledo Added To DARF Schedule

Dayton, Oh. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added two more dates to their ever growing list of track dates. The Flat Rock, Michigan 1/4 mile asphalt track, Flat Rock Speedway will have the club on June 4 for a night of Late Model, Street Stock, and Figure-8 racing.
Details for Flat Rock are at www.flatrockspeedway.com.
June 24 will see the members visiting the half-mile banked Toledo Speedway where the sportsman, street stocks, and 4-cylinder cars will be in action.
For the latest on Toledo visit www.toledospeedway.com.
DARF members will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge at both Flat Rock and Toledo.
Racing enthusiasts who are not members of the DARF organization are invited to join as membership is just $15 per person which entitles them to attend all the track dates and also two free picnic's during the season.
Applications are on the website www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237.
The next DARF monthly meeting will be February 22 and is titled "A Tribute To Chick Hale" night and is open to the public. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the social hall at Jackass Flats, Fishburg and Rip Rap Road in Dayton.

2011 DARF Track Dates

April 16 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 29 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 20 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
May 21 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
May 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 1 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
June 4 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
June 17 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
June 24 - Toledo Speedway (free)
June 25 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 22 - Gas City I-96 Speedway (1/2 off)
July 23 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)
August 13 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
August 19 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
August 20 -35 Raceway Park (free)
August 26 - Moler Raceway Park - (free)
August 26 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
Sept. 2 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)
Sept. 24 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
DARF Adds Shady Bowl to Schedule

Dayton, Oh. - Shady Bowl Speedway has granted members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club two dates, April 16 and August 13, as DARF nights at the popular 3/10th mile asphalt track.
Promoter Charlie Stapleton will admit the DARF members free of charge to the grandstands for a full night of racing action by merely showing their membership card.
The track is located near DeGraff, Ohio on Flowing Well Road.
For information on the track visit www.shadybowl.com for the activity's at the rural track.
Racing enthusiasts who are not members of the DARF organization are invited to join as membership is just $15 per person which entitles them to attend all the track dates and also two free picnic's during the season.
Applications are on the website www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237.
The next DARF monthly meeting will be February 22 and is titled "A Tribute To Chick Hale" night and is open to the public. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the social hall at Jackass Flats, Fishburg and Rip Rap Road in Dayton.

2011 DARF Track Dates

April 16 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 29 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 20 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
May 21 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
May 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 1 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
June 11 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
June 17 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
June 25 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 22 - Gas City I-96 Speedway (1/2 off)
July 23 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)
August 13 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
August 19 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
August 20 -35 Raceway Park (free)
August 26 - Moler Raceway Park - (free)
August 26 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
Sept. 2 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)
Sept. 24 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
www.darfnews.com


DARF Schedules "Tribute to Chick Hale Night"

Dayton, OH. - The February 22 meeting of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has be delegated as a evening to remember the legendary driver Chick Hale who passed away on January 11.

The meeting is open to the public and fans are encouraged to attend as DARF pays "Tribute to Chick Hale Night". Photos and story's are welcome to share with the attendee's on a night to remember the driver who actively competed some sixty years.

Meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the meeting hall of Jackass Flats located in Dayton's north east area at Rip Rap and Fishburg Roads.

For information contact Bobby Sparks at 937 335-1730 or visit www.darfnews.com.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF Adds Seven More Dates

Dayton, Oh. - The list of area race tracks offering the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club track nights is growing as three tracks and seven dates have been added to the schedule.

The Waynesfield Motorsports Park quarter-mile dirt track near Waynesfield, Ohio will welcome the members on May 21 and June 11 for free night of racing.

Kil-Kare Raceway located west of Xenia, Ohio will entertain the members to a free night of NHRA drag racing on July 23 while the speedway will admit them free to the grandstands on August 26 for a night of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events on the 3/8ths mile oval.

35 Raceway Park which is located just outside of Frankfort, Ohio will provide action on their fifth-mile dirt oval with free grandstand admission on May 28, June 25, and August 20.

Racing enthusiasts who are not members of the DARF organization are invited to join as membership is just $15 per person which entitles them to attend all the track dates and also two free picnic's during the season.

Applications are on the website www.darfnews.com or by calling membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237.

The next DARF monthly meeting will be February 22 and is titled "A Tribute To Chick Hale" night and is open to the public. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the social hall at Jackass Flats, Fishburg and Rip Rap Road in Dayton.

2011 DARF Track Dates

April 29 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 20 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
May 21 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
May 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 1 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
June 11 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park (free)
June 17 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
June 25 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 22 - Gas City I-96 Speedway (1/2 off)
July 23 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)
August 19 - Gas City I-95 Speedway (1/2 off)
August 20 -35 Raceway Park (free)
August 26 - Moler Raceway Park - (free)
August 26 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
Sept. 2 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (1/2 off)
Sept. 24 - Moler Raceway Park (free)

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF Plans Annual Car Show

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will present their annual "Toy's For Kid's" race car show on March 5 & 6 at Lang's Chevrolet located at the intersection of St. Rt. 35 and Orchard Lane.

On display will be all types of race cars including late models, sprint cars, drag cars, modifieds, legend cars, dwarf cars, go karts, quarter midgets, compacts, and a room devoted to strictly vintage race cars from years past.

Proceeds from this charity event go strictly to provide a happy Christmas for under privileged children in the area.

Show hours are Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Entry's are being accepted for cars that would like to be a part of this worthy cause can be entered by calling Bobby Sparks, 937 335-1730.

Dayton Speedway
www.daytonspeedwaylives.com


Dayton, OH - The February update of the fabulous historic Dayton Speedway, once one of the most highly respected speed plants in the country are now available by visiting www.daytonspeedwaylives.com.

For those that had the honor of attending events at the glorious high-banked track and throughout the years witnessed spectacular events, a trip through the website will certainly bring back many memory's.

Thanks to Mickey Thompson and the DSL staff the long closed track is being relived through their efforts, let the track never be forgotten.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


Moler Raceway Park Grants DARF Four Dates

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH. The popular Moler Raceway Park's promoters Kevin and Kim Moler have set aside four dates at their quarter-mile dirt track this year for the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club.
The first will be April 29 when the AMSA 1200cc Winged Mini-Sprints will be added to the regular program of late models, modifieds, Chevettes, and Street Stocks.
July 1st DARF members will be in for a special treat as a large fireworks display will follow the $1500 to win UMP Midwest Modified Mania event in addition to late models, Chevettes, and Street Stocks.
The third date on August 26th will be Fan Appreciation Night with an autograph session on the frontstretch and will also feature a $600 to win street stock special.
Event number four will be another special night, season championship points night for all regular divisions plus $2000 going to the late model feature winner.
All DARF date events will see DARF members treated to free admission to the grandstands by showing their current membership card.
Gates at Moler open at 4:30 p.m, hot laps 7 p.m., and racing at 7:30 p.m.
Further information is available at www.molerracewaypark.com.
Non DARF members are encouraged to join the DARF organization to take advantage of these dates plus others at different race tracks.
Membership in DARF is just $15 for 12 months with full information and applications at www.darfnews.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Honors Drivers

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - A large crowd gathered at the Fairborn American Legion Saturday night to pay tribute to the Kil-Kare Speedway NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers for the 2010 season.

Claiming top honors in the Sonic Drive-In late models was Dayton's Don Mahaffey who garnered eleven feature wins while Troy's Greg Stapleton was crowned the modified champ with eight wins to his credit.

Columbus driver James Harding with four feature wins was crowned the sport stock champ and Xenia's Joe Hoelscher, a four time feature winner claimed the compact championship.

Drivers second through tenth were also honored.

Numerous special awards were presented with the mechanic of the year award going to compact driver Bo Hoelscher. Modified Brandon Oakley was tagged the most improved driver of the year while modified driver Ryan Fleming received the rookie of the year award.

Receiving the crew of the year award was the Oakley Blacktop crew who maintained the cars driven by Don Mahaffey Jr., Mike Stacy, and Brandon Oakley.

Former legends car driver Terry Scherz who advanced to the late models was named sportsman of the year while Don Mahaffey Jr. was crowned driver of the year. The annual Jim Cushman award went to sport stock driver Travis Digges. The special newbie award was bestowed upon pace car driver Chuck Zimmerman.

Kil-Kare officials announced a special $5,000 to win compact event to be held in July which is expected to attract the largest field of compacts ever assembled at the Greene County facility.

A full schedule of events will be released soon on the website www.kilkare.com or information is available by calling the track office at 937 429-2961.

Racing Legend Chick Hale Passes

Dayton, OH. (1/11) - Racing lost another true legend in the sport today as veteran driver Chick Hale passed away this morning. Hale, who had competed at area tracks for over five decades had been fighting health issues in recent months.

Arrangements are being handled by Kindred Funeral Home in Englewood, Ohio with full details to follow after the family releases them.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF Schedules Five Dates at Gas City

Dayton, OH. - The members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will be treated to five dates this season at the popular quarter-mile semi-banked clay Gas City I-69 Speedway.
The track will admit current DARF members at half-off to the grandstands on May 20, June 17, July 22, August 19, and September 2.
Gas City I-69 Speedway is located off of Indiana's I-69, exit 59 on highway 22. For information on upcoming events and the latest news visit www.gascityI69speedway.com.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization to take advantage of these dates and others at various tracks as they are announced.
A twelve month membership is just $15 per person with an application available at www.darfnews.com or by contacting membership secretary Linda Berry, 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2011 NOT 2010

SHADY BOWL SPEEDWAY
411 Virginia Ave. · Troy, OH 45373
Track Address: Flowing Well Road · Degraff, OH 43318
email@shadybowl.com · (937) 585-9456

January 29, 2011
2010 Driver Awards Banquet

You, your family and friends are invited to our Driver Awards Banquet.
The top ten drivers in each division will be honored.

WHEN:
Saturday, January 29, 2011

WHERE:
Tipp City American Legion
377 North 3rd Street
Tipp City, Ohio

TIME:
5:30 Social Hour
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Awards Presentation
Music and fun to follow awards ceremony

COST:
$30.00/person

Please order your tickets NO LATER THAN JANUARY 14, 2011. Seating is limited and reservations will only be accepted on a first paid basis. THIS IS A NON SMOKING FACILITY. NO CARRY IN LIQUOR PERMITTED! Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket but a reservation must be made by the above date. Employee tickets are NOT transferable to another person.
NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!

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Shady Bowl Speedway
411 Virginia Ave.
Troy, Ohio 45373

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MEAL CHOICE (CIRCLE ONE): CHICKEN STEAK

Dayton Speedway
135 Heatherwoode Blvd.
Springboro. OH 45066
937 748-1987
www.daytonspeedwaylives.com

Dayton Speedway Site Updated

Dayton, OH. - Memory's of the once fabulous high-banked Dayton Speedway can continue to be remembered by visiting the latest update on the tracks website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com. Many new photos have been posted as well related story's on the track.
Nominations for the various categories in the 2011 Hall of Fame are being accepted until December 31 and can be made by sending your nominee or nominee's to foggygoggles@woh.rr.com.
Daytonspeedwaylives will once again participate in the 8th Annual Race Cars and Future Stars Expo at the Piqua Miami Valley Centre Mall March 17-20, 2011.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


DARF Honors Champs at Banquet of Champions

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club held their 41st Annual "Banquet of Champions" Saturday night, December 4, at Celebrations Banquet Center to honor the champions of sixteen tracks and associations.
The festive night started off with the third Annual Hall of Fame induction which included drivers Jack Hewitt and Don Wilbur, longtime car owner Paul Storer, author and sports reporter Dave Argabright, Eldora Speedway operations manager Larry Boos, DARF's second president Dale "Lucky" Lutz, and DARF co-founders Gene Moore and Jerry Wahl.
Following next was the crowning of track champions representing 35 Raceway Park, Columbus Motor Speedway, Eldora Speedway, Flat Rock Speedway, Gas City I-69 Speedway, Kil-Kare Speedway, Lawrenceburg Speedway, Moler Raceway Park, Ohio Valley Dwarf Car Association, Ohio Valley Karting Association, Schrader's K-C Raceway, Shady Bowl Speedway, Toledo Speedway, and Waynesfield Motorsports Park.
Numerous special awards were handed out throughout the evening with the Gene Bundy Memorial going to Gary Fling while the John Marcum award goes to Mel Kenyon. Ron Lewis was the recipient of the Dick Freeman Memorial with the Duke Dinsmore going to Skip Peterson. Doug Adkins is the recipient of the John "Shorty" Miller award with the Bill Eubank Memorial going to Kyle Willetts,
Named DARF's up and coming driver was Shawn Westerfield with Brandon Oakley receiving the rookie of the year. Holman Motors was honored as the Don Thompson Sponsorship recipient as Sloan Henderson received the asphalt driver of the year award and Devin Gilpin was honored as the dirt driver of the year.
DARF's driver of the year honors were bestowed on Greg Stapleton while the mechanic of the year went to Craig Rutan and the final special award of the night was the Presidents award which went to Katrina Goins.

Safety crew of the year award went to Moler Raceway Parks safety crew and the announcer of the year was awarded to Bruce Hines.
Moler Raceway Park
2059 Harker Waits Road
Williamsburg, Ohio
937 444-6215

www.molerraceaypark.com

Weather Nix's Moler's Turkey Gobbler


Williamsburg, OH. - Extreme cool weather and the rain that has been falling has forced Moler Raceway Park promoters Kevin and Kim Moler to cancel Friday's Coca Cola Turkey Gobbler 40 event at the quarter-mile dirt oval.
The next event will be the annual banquet of champions to honor Barry Doss as the Sunesis Construction late model champ, Devin Gilpen the Mt.Orab Ford UMP modified champ, U.S. Race Gear street stock champ Jeremie Bretz, and Jeff Watson the Holman Motors Chevette champ. Plus other top finishing points drivers on January 15 and other special awards. Details will be released soon on the track website at www.molerracewaypark.com.
Moler Raceway Park would like to thank all the drivers, owners, sponsors, and fans for your support and hope to see you at the track in 2011.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45410
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com
DARF Announces 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee's
Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will hold the third annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in conjunction with the 41st Annual Banquet of Champions on Saturday, December 4, at Celebrations Banquet Center, 3119 Stop Eight Road, Vandalia, Ohio.
Drivers scheduled to be inducted are Jack Hewitt and Don Wilbur, both well known to the racing fraternity for their many accomplishments behind the wheel of race cars. Long time car owner Paul Storer is this years inductee in the car owner/team personnel category.
Representing the media category will be well know racing annalist, columnist, book publisher Dave Argabrite.
The contributor to auto racing inductee is long time race promoter, organizer Larry Boos, currently operations manager at Eldora Speedway.
Three of the five founders of the DARF organization will be inducted as DARF contributors, Dale "Lucky" Lutz, Gene Moore, and Jerry Wahl.
Tickets for the event which includes a nice dinner and awards presentations are available at $30 each by sending a check to DARF, %Jana Sparks, 1705 Casstown Sidney Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 or by calling 937 335-1730.
Doors open for the event at 5:30 p.m followed by dinner, music, and dancing. Cash bar available, no carry in permitted.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

Po Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 335=1730

www.darfnews.com
DARF "Banquet of Champions" Tickets on Sale

by Jerry Wahl

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will present their 41st Annual "Banquet of Champions" on Saturday night, Decemnber 4, at Celebrations Banquet Center, 3119 Stop Eight Road, Vandalia. Ohio to honor the track champions from the tracks that hosted DARF during the 2010 season.

Sixty track champions representing 35 Raceway Park, Columbus Motor Speedway, Eldora Speedway, Flat Rock Speedway, Gas City I-69 Speedway, K-C Raceway, Kil-Kare Speedway, Lawrenceburg Speedway, Limaland Motorsports Park, Moler Raceway Park, Shady Bowl Speedway, Toledo Speedway, Waynesfield Raceway Park, plus the Ohio Valley Karting Association and American Modified Series will be presented special awards.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner, awards, and dancing with a limited number of tickets available at $30 each by sending a check to DARF %Jana Sparks, 1705 Casstown-Sidney Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 or by calling 937 335-1730.

Winchester Speedway/CRA

For Immediate Release:

CRA Divisions Return to the Highbanks of Winchester Speedway in 2011
Speedway to Have Different Manager for the Upcoming Season

(Winchester, IN) – Officials from the Champion Racing Association (CRA) and Winchester Speedway announced today that CRA Divisions would once again be featured prominently in the 2011 Season. Track owner Charlie Shaw was thrilled with the success of the last two events of the season that featured participation from all four CRA divisions: the CRA Super Series Super Late Models, the Howe/CRA Late Model Sportsman, the CRA Street Stocks and the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA F.W.D. Compacts. The 2010 versions of the Labor Day Stock Car Festival and Winchester 400 Weekends were the most successful events since Shaw purchased the track in 1997.

The CRA Super Late Model Stars will be featured three times in 2011. The first appearance will be a 100-lap event to kick off the season on Sunday, May 1. The stars of the Winchester 400 will get their final tune-up Monday, September 5 with another 100-lap event. The CRA Stars will once again be featured in the 40th Annual Winchester 400 October 14-16. CRA’s other three divisions will also be with the Super Late Models for the final two events. Other races for those divisions will be announced at a later date.

In other news, Shaw announced that he would be bringing the management of the track back in-house after six years of using CRA to manage the track. “The CRA guys did a lot of great things for us during their tenure, and led the return to prominence of some very important and successful events for the Speedway,” the Winchester area businessman commented. “They’ve got a great business of their own to focus on, and I want to put the track in a position where it is someone’s primary focus. I just want to try a different direction with the track’s leadership, building off the accomplishments that CRA has had and the groundwork they have laid for even more success.”

CRA officials leave the track management of Winchester Speedway confident of the legacy of their tenure. “We came to the track to manage it after it was closed following years of operation that failed to meet the goals necessary to keep the doors open,” noted CRA co-owner and founder R. J. Scott. “The race track is very important to us personally as fans and as racing professionals. We wanted to do whatever we could to keep the doors open and the track up and running. We are pleased with the achievements recognized during our time as managers of the track. We came in when the doors were closed and we leave right after having the track’s two most successful and profitable events since Charlie has owned the track. I am not ashamed to say that we and our staff leave pretty proud!”

CRA co-owner and series director Glenn Luckett noted further, “The primary focus of our business has always been as a sanctioning body rather than track management. Although we felt we’ve had some great successes, we wish Charlie the best of luck with his new direction and are happy to still be a part of Winchester Speedway with all the races that we will be sanctioning there next year. We thank Charlie for the opportunity to be a big part of Winchester Speedway history and we look forward to seeing his plans and how they can make the future of the Speedway even brighter.”

Complete details on the coming season for Winchester Speedway can be viewed in the coming months by visiting www.winchesterspeedway.com. To follow the details on all the racing for CRA, be sure to visit www.craracing.net.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Justus and Salyers Claim Stocktoberfest Features at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Kil-Kare Speedway for the second annual Stocktoberfest for sport stocks and compacts plus a wild trailer race of destruction to close out the season.

A fine field of 32 sport stocks showed up with Dick Dunlevy Jr. wheeling the James Harding owned car claiming fast time and the $75 bonus that went with it while Jim McElfrish claimed the $25 bonus for being fast timer in the 43 car compact field which was posted in memory of driver Richard "Rich" Miller by RPM Racing.

Hitting the track first was the compact 75 lap feature with 43 cars starting and Mike Hyler and Jess Drook on the front row to face starter Mike Stapleton's green flag. It was a wild start with three cars side by side charging into turn one with Drook coming out in front only to see the first of many caution flags come out on lap three. With the cars going double file for the restart Drook had Justin Pope alongside him as they faced the green with Pope surging ahead while Kil-Kare 2010 compact champ Bo Hoelscher was on the move. Hoelscher took command on lap nine with a pack of hungry drivers behind him as they weaved their way through traffic until the halfway marker with the event halted for a ten minute break. At this point the top five were Hoelscher, Mike Robinson, Steve Salyers, Drook, and Davey Lucas.

Again after the break it was a wild scramble through a series of caution periods with Hoelscher leading the pack but as the laps wound down Hoelscher lost the lead to Salyers who led the field to the checker earning the $500 payday. Mark Mason who earlier had made a trip to the pits on a caution period worked his way all the way from the tail end to claim second place with third going to Mike Robinson, fourth was second generation driver Brian Whetnall with Bo Hoelscher fifth. Rounding out the top ten was Buck Purtee, Matt Stone, Davey Lucas, Bill Ott, and Justin Pope.

With $2,000 at stake for the winner of the sport stock feature a stellar field of 31cars lined up for the start with Rodney Roush and David James in the front row. Roush shot into the lead only to see the pace slowed on lap two when Mike Schweyer lost a driveshaft on the frontstretch. Roush had second place running Bubba Parsons alongside of him on the restart but it was Rouch again out front but moving rapidly through the field was fast timer Dick Dunlevy who started 22nd but fate struck Dunlevy's charge when second place running Parsons spun on turn one with Dunlevy colliding with Parsons car with both cars out for the night.

By lap twelve the field was narrowed down to twenty three cars after Jamie Sites spun on turn one and Jeremy Everding sliding into Sites car with heavy damage to both cars which put them out of action. But prior to this incident Kil-Kare late model driver and fourth fast qualifier Bobby Justus who started nineteenth had swiftly moved all the way up to second spot.

With the field stopped at the halfway point it was Justus, Matt Parsons, Ray Muncy, Mike South Jr., and Josh Smith the top five. After the break it was evident Justus, barring any misfortune appeared to have the field covered as he continued to lead after several other caution periods. Justus worked around lapped cars, taking the checker for the two grand pay day. Fourteenth place starter Joe Hensel had been working his way toward the front to claim runner-up honors while South Jr. was home third. Steve Christman claimed fourth with fifth going to Ed Lorents. Rodney Kreusch, Jimmy Crabtree, Rodney Rouch, Danny Acrey, and Phil Gussler rounded out the top ten.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Stocktoberfest Sunday at Kil-Kare

Xenia, OH. - The regular Friday night racing season ended several weeks ago at Kil-Kare Speedway but there is still one special event on the schedule. This Sunday the speedway will present the second annual Stocktoberfest for the sport stocks and compacts with a trailer race of destruction rounding out the afternoon's program.

As this is a non-NASCAR event a large number of cars are expected in both divisions and no wonder as the prize money is the best offering of the season. The sport stocks will see 150 laps in their feature with $2,000 going to the winner which is expected to draw cars from other tracks that do not normally run Kil-Kare.

For the first time this year the compacts will be running on the larger 3/8ths mile track and as in the sport stocks, cars from surrounding tracks are expected to join the Kil-Kare regulars as $500 awaits the winner of their 50 lap feature.

Both features will have a ten minute break at the halfway point to make minor adjustments.

Taking to the track to cap the activity will be the trailer race of destruction with $400 going to the winner and $200 for runner-up.

Gates will open at 12 noon with racing starting at 3 p.m. with adult admission $15 and fans 12-15 $5 while and young fans 11 and under are admitted free.

For information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track office, 937 429-2961.

Technical information on the cars are available by contacting Justin Miller, 937 475-8091 or Les Miller at 937 790-6053.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 335-1730

www.darfnews.com

Moler Raceway Park Reschedules DARF

Eldora Next on Saturday

Dayton, OH. - After being rained-out last week, Moler Raceway Park promoters Kevin and Kim Moler will host the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club this Friday night at their quarter-mile banked clay oval. On the racing card will be season championships for the late models, modifieds, street stocks, and Chevettes with gates opening at 4:30 p.m., with hot laps at 7 p.m. and the full racing card following.

This is the fifth date the Molers have awarded DARF this season and as usual thanks to them admission for DARF members is absolutely free to the grandstands.

Moler is located east of Cincinnati off of state route 32 at 2059 Harker Waits Road near Williamsburg, Ohio.

For further information and directions visit www.molerracewaypark.com or call 937 444-6215.

This is one of the many benefits of belonging to the DARF organization where a twelve month membership is only $15 for a single or $20 per couple with details at www.darfnews.com.

The last DARF date for 2010 will be at Tony Stewarts Eldora Speedway on October 2 for the all sprint SPRINTACULAR featuring three sprint car divisions. 410 sprints will be running for $3,000 to win while the NRA sprints go for $2,000 to win and the Attica/Fremont 305 sprints will pay the winner $1,000.

Admission to the grandstands is just $10 per DARF member with track information available by calling 937 338-3815 or visit www.eldoraspeedway.com.

The October 28 meeting of DARF will feature the annual injured drivers auction with Tom Wieck doing the honors of seeking the highest bidder. Items are needed and welcome for this worthy cause whether it be a driver, sponsor, track operator, fan, etc. and may be brought to the auction on that night or for pick-up call Bobby Sparks at 937 335-1730.

Visit www.darfnews.com for updates and be sure to check the picture section.

YOUNG GUNS FROM DARF MEETING.

Chick Hale has been moved from Brookville to Englewood where mail is welcome at:

William "Chick" Hale
% Cypress Pointe Health Campus
Room 113
600 West National Road
Englewood, Ohio 45322

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641

Dayton, Ohio 45401

937 335-1730

www.darfnews.com
Moler Raceway Park Hosts DARF Friday

Dayton, OH. - Moler Raceway Park promoters Kevin and Kim Moler will host the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club Friday night at their quarter-mile banked clay oval. On the racing card will be season championships for the late models, modifieds, street stocks, and Chevettes with gates opening at 4:30 p.m., with hot laps at 7 p.m. and the full racing card following.

This is the fifth date the Molers have awarded DARF this season and as usual thanks to them admission for DARF members is absolutely free to the grandstands.

Moler is located east of Cincinnati off of state route 32 at 2059 Harker Waits Road near Williamsburg, Ohio.

For further information and directions visit www.molerracewaypark.com or call 937 444-6215.

This is one of the many benefits of belonging to the DARF organization where a twelve month membership is only $15 for a single or $20 per couple with details at www.darfnews.com.

The last DARF date for 2010 will be at Eldora Speedway on October 2 for the all sprint SPRINTACULAR featuring three sprint car divisions.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey Makes it Eleven Wins Friday at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Kil-Kare Speedway dropped the curtain on the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Friday night with the final feature checker flags going to Donnie Mahaffe in the Sonic Drive-In late models, Jason Mahaffey in the modifieds, Ed Lorentz in the sport stocks, and Bryan Lynch in the compacts. With this also being the last points race of the season Don Mahaffey will reign as the late model champion, Greg Stapleton in the modifieds, James Harding in the sport stocks, and Joe Hoelscher as the compact champion.

Leading the field to the green in the late model feature for the final time this year was Tony Brunke and Bobbie Justus who were looking for their first feature win of the year. When starter Mike Stapleton waved the green it was Justus shooting into the lead but her on the outside cameJason Mahaffey to move to the outside of Justus and stole the lead on lap four. Right behind and on the move was David Carter as he took second with points leader Don Mahaffey chasing Carter and Mike Stacy passed Justus for fouth. Unfortunate for Carter, Stacy made contact with him with Carter hitting the outside wall and Stacy disqualified for unsportsman conduct. Carter then took over the wheel of Bobby Justus' car and was allowed to restart in second.

Jason continued to lead but Donnie Mahaffey passed Carter for second on the restart and then passed his brother Jason for the lead. Carter rode a close third with Tony Brunke and Sam Heckman running bumper to bumpter in fourth and fifth. Carter tried the outside of Jason at the halfway but the caution flew when Andy Peterson spun.

The field then ran bunched up but it was Donnie as he usually does, pulling away from the field but Jason began to move up on Donnie with Carter right along with him. With five laps to go Donnie opened up a sizeable lead over the field in his Oakley Blacktop machine and he went on to score his eleventh feature win. Jason Mahaffey in another Oakley car was second with Carter right on his bumper in third with Sam Heckman just edging Tony Brunke for fourth and Brunke fifth. Rounding out the field was Terry Scherz, Russ Bobb, Jeff Marsh, Andy Peterson, Andy Peterson Bobby Justus, and Mike Stacy.

Brad Williams and Jason Mahaffey were the front row starters in the modified feature and when the green flew Williams had a sight edge over Mahaffey with Brian Reeser slipping up on the inside of Mahaffey to battle him for second. Previous weeks winner Brandon Oakley was on the move as he took the outside lane to pass Williams for second as Mahaffey had taken the lead earlier. As Oakley was sizing up Mahaffey fast timer Derek Weatherhead had moved into third and up front Oakley moved to the outside of leader Mahaffey as they diced for the win. Side by side they ran with Mahaffey holding a very slight lead as it was the veteran against the rookie.

With slower traffic in front of them Mahaffey still held the lead with Oakley right on his bumper with five laps to go. A battle for fourth was between Reeser and Steve Foster with Foster taking the point as Mahaffey scored his first win of the season in a great season closer. Second was Brandon Oakley, third Derek Weatherhead, fourth Steve Foster, and fifth was Brian Reeser. Rounding out the field was Travis Braden, Ryan Fleming, Jerry Stapleton, Caleb Reschar, Joe Jennings, Brad Williams, Ray Muncy, Rodney Kreusch, Rob Garrett, and Shawn Stansell.

Double duty driver Rodney Kreusch and Ed Lorentz started on the fornt row of the sport stock feature as the cars ran side by side numerous laps. Kreusch finally took the lead but the clock caught him as he was well under his qualifying time and delegated to the tail. Lorentz found himself in the lead with John Haney in second with Donnie Gregory Jr., running third. Fourth was Shawn Stansell with Ron Lewis fifth and points leader James Harding running a cautious sixth.

At the halfway it was still Lorentz out front as the caution flew when second place running Haney spun on turn one. Stansell, with four wins to his credit then went to work on leader Lorentz but Lorentz kept shaking him off. With the white flag in the air Lorentz had a three car lead over Stansell as they lapped traffic and when the checker waved it was Lorentz claiming his first win of the year with Stansell home second followed by Ron Lewis, Donnie Gregory Jr., Jay Lakins Jr., Bruce Snider, David Boyle. Brian Rauch, and Rodney Kreusch.

It was the last Friday night race for the compacts which saw Ivin Fugate and Davey Shaw starting in the front row. Fugate took the early lead with Jim McElfrish second with fast timer Bryan Lynch in tow. McElfrish took the front spot with Lynch going to the outside to take the lead on lap eight. Back in the pack Paul Holley was challenging Dewayne Snyder Jr. for fourth and did so on lap twelve. The caution then flew on lap thirteen when Davey Shaw coasted to a stop on the frontstretch enabling the field to bunch up behind the front cars.

Lynch in quest of his fourth win of the year continued to lead after the green reappeared while rookie Tyler Mahaffey was working his way up on the outside on Holley but Holley shook him off as Holley shot into third as the white flag came out and then the checker to Bryan Lynch followed by Jim McElfrish, Paul Holley, Ivin Fugate, Tyler Mahaffey, DeWayne Snyder Jr., Steve Barnhart, Davey Shaw, Jamie Sites, and Bo Hoelscher.

Kil-Kare would like to thank all the fans, drivers, owners, crews, sponsors, and track employee's for their dedication throughout the season and look forward to the 2011 season. Check www.kilkare.com for updates and banquet information.

Wally Scherer/Darf

Injured Drivers

Benevolent Fund Auction

Open to the public

Where:

Jack Ass Flats – 6024 Rip Rap Road

Dayton, Ohio

When:

October 26, 2010

Time:

Doors Open at 6:00pm

Auction at 7:00pm

Auctioneer: Tom Wieck

Race Fans and Drivers this is for you!

Come at 6:00 and look at the items to be auctioned off plus, order you something to eat. Jack Ass

Flats has a full menu of food and drinks.

wwwdarfnews.com

Dayton Speedway Lives

135 Heatherwoode Drive

Springboro, Ohio 45066

937 550-4046

www.daytonspeedwaylives.com

Dayton Speedway HOF Tickets on Sale

Dayton, OH. - Tickets for the second annual Dayton Speedway Hall of Fame induction ceremony are now available with a limited number available to the public.

The event will again be held at the Baum Opera House in downtown Miamisburg, Ohio onSunday, October 31, with the doors opening at 12 noon followed by a luncheon at 12:30. An autograph session will follow with the induction starting at 2 p.m.

Noted Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson will be guest Master of Ceremony this year.

Last years initial event was a sell-out so racing enthusiasts are encouraged to order their tickets soon as possible. Tickets are only $10 each and can be purchased by sending a check or money order payable to M. Thompson and mailing to Mickey Thompson, 135 Heatherwoode Blvd., Springboro, Ohio 45066. For further information call Mickey at 937 550-4046 or e-mail foggygoggles@woh.rr.com.

The 2010 Inductees are:

Bucky Albers

Jack Bowsher

Red Campbell

Duke Dinsmore

Red Harvey

John Marcum

Frank Merkler

Gene Moore

Blair Ratliff

Troy Ruttman

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Drops Curtain on Season Friday


by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It will be the season finale Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as the Greene County facility presents the last racing program of the season on the 3/8ths and 1/5 mile tracks.

Making their final appearance of the season will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series featuring the Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, and sport stocks on the larger track while the compacts will take to the smaller track.

Massillon, Ohio's Bob Sibila Jr. recorded his first ever late model win last week and you can bet the second generation driver would like to make it two in a row. Of course Dayton's Don Mahaffey who finished second last week and has already secured the points championship will be a serious contender for Sibila.

Beavercreek's Brandon Oakley who recently turned sixteen has ruled the modified class with two straight wins but Troy's Greg Stapleton will reign as that divisions champion as he holds a 135 point lead over Xenia's Ryan Fleming.

The final checker flag in the sport stocks will determine the champion as Dayton's Shawn Stansell is only twelve points behind Columbus driver James Harding. It will be difficult for Stansell as he will have to finish seven spots in front of Harding to do so.

Xenia's Joe Hoelscher has been very consistent in the compact division and Friday he enters the night with a sixty-four point lead over Xenia's Bryan Lynch which appears Hoelscher will reign as that divisions champ.

Gates open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m.

Visit www.kilkare.com for information or call the track, 937 429-2961.
Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Sibila Scores First Win at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - A new name appeared in the winners circle at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night as Bob Sibila scored his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature win defeating ten time winner Don Mahaffey.

Heading the pack of Whelen All-American Series late models to the green flag for their thirty lap feature was Bob Sibila and former track champ Sam Heckman to face starter Mike Stapleton's green flag. Sibila charged into the lead with David Carter and new track record holder Don Mahaffey (13.296) third. Mahaffey tried every way to pass Carter and finally did on lap seven. They quickly moved up on slower traffic and Mahaffey closed in on leader Sibila with Carter riding a close third, Sloan Henderson fourth and Mike Stacy fifth. Sibila and Mahaffey continued to set the pace with Mahaffey desperately trying to figure a way around Sibila but Sibilia kept shaking off his attemps. Unfortunate for Mahaffey as he got caught up intraffic giving Sibila a chance to continue to pull away.

For fifth fast qualifier Sibila the checker waved on him as he claimed his first ever Kil-Kare win with Mahaffey a distant second. David Carter claimed the third spot with fourth to Sloan Henderson and fifth to Sam Heckman.

Last weeks modified feature winner Brandon Oakley and Ryan Fleming, both sixteen year old rookies and winners of one feature each this year shared the front row of the thirty lap feature. Oakley took the lead with Fleming second and Brad Williams third with Derek Weatherhead fourth and fast timer Travis Braden riding fifth. The two rookies continued to set the pace while behind them Braden was trying to pass Weatherhead as they weeded their way through slower cars. Meanwhile Fleming stayed glued to Oakley's bumper and Weatherhead was reeling in the leaders as the laps wound down. With five laps to go Weatherhead was within striking distance of the leaders with Braden a distant fourth and Jeffy Stapleton riding fifth. Oakley, in his dads Oakley Blacktop machine made it two wins in a row as he claimed the event with Fleming second and not far behind was Weatherhead in third followed by Travis Braden and Jerry Stapleton.

Bruce Snider and John Haney were the pacesetters in the twenty five lap sport stock feature and when the green waved it was Snider in the lead with last weeks winner Ron Lewis moving up on the outside only to have the caution come out when several cars spun on turn two. Again Snider shot into the lead and again Lewis went to the outside to challenge with James Harding and Shawn Stansell right behind. Rodney Kreusch went to the outside as they ran three wide into turn one but unfortunately Kreusch who was on the outside spun bringing out another caution with John Haney departing to the pits.

Lewis put an outside pass on Snider on the restart with Harding, Stansell, Snider and Jay Lakins in the front five. Lewis, in search of his fourth feature win had Harding all over his rear bumper with Stansell doing the same on Harding making it a tight three car battle for the front spots. Stansell tried to find enough horsepower to pull alongside of Harding but each time he slid back to third but again Stansell pulled along side of Harding. As the trio approached slower David Boyle, Stansell made contact with Boyle resulting with damage to Stansell's mount which ended his night as well as Boyle's too.

Lewis and Harding continued their battle when the green reappeared with Lewis managing to shake off Harding's bid to claim his fourth win in his Replacement Auto Parts special. Harding was a very close second with Bruce Snider third followed by Jay Lakins Jr., and Rodney Kreusch.

Hitting the track for their compact feature it was Davey Shaw and Amber Sites bringing the field to the green for their twenty lap feature. Shaw powered to the lead with rookie Tyler Mahaffey shooting up on the inside to take the lead on lap two as Sites slid back to sixth. Fast timer Bryan Lynch wasted little time in working his was to challenge Mahaffey making his pass good on lap six. Lynch continued to set the pace, building up a good lead as Joe Hoelscher was starting to close in on second place running Mahaffey. Lynch seemed to put it on cruise control as he sailed around the track in the lead but Mahaffey had Joe Hoelscher on his rear and here came Bo Hoelscher to steal third from his dad. For Lynch it was his third win of the year and rounding out the top five was Tyler Mahaffey, Bo Hoelscher, Joe Hoelscher, and Paul Holley.

Kil-Kare Speedway will close out the 2010 season Friday night, September 10, with another program of Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8:30 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45485

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey Goes for Eleven Friday at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Dayton' Don Mahaffey only scored three NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model feature wins last season but this year he has literally dominated the division racking up ten wins.

Only three other drivers, the least in recent years, have been able to beat Mahaffey to the checker flag with three wins going to Mahaffey's teammate Mike Stacy of Springfield, Sloan Henderson of Franklin, and David Carter of Grove City.

In the modified division Troy's Greg Stapleton has visited victory lane eight times and has pretty much secured the track championship as it would be hard for second place Ryan Fleming who is 184 points behind to garner enough points to surpass Stapleton.

The sport stock division seems destined to go right down to the final checker flag in the season closer next week. Columbus driver James Harding with four feature wins hold a slight three point lead over Dayton's Shawn Stansell who also has four wins.

If Xenia's Joe Hoelscher's luck can remain positive these last two race dates he could reign as the compact champion. With three wins he enjoys a 65 point lead over his son Bo Hoelscher of Riverside.

The excitement will continue Friday night at Kil-Kare with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8:30 p.m.

Adult admission is just $10 with 12 to 15 year olds $5 and those eleven and under are in free.

Visit www.kilkare.com or call the track, 937 429-2961 for further information.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


Gas City, K-C, and Waynesfield on DARF Schedule Labor Day Week-end

Dayton, OH. - Labor Day week-end will be a hey day for members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club, especially for those that like dirt track racing as three dates are scheduled on dirt tracks.
Gas City I-69 Speedway located 1/4 mile west of Indiana I-69 on State Route 22 will host the members with half off to the grandstands on Friday night, Sept. 3. The 1/4 mile dirt track will feature Non Wing Sprints, UMP Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Thunder Cars with gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.
For information visit www.gascityi69speedway.com or call 765 674-6135
Saturday night members have thier choice of two tracks, Schreder's K-C Raceway of Waynesfield Raceway Park.
K-C Raceway is located on Blaine Highway south of Chillicothe, Ohio where the 3/8ths mile high-banked dirt oval will feature NRA Sprint Cars, Non-Wing Sprints, Mini Sprints, and Hobby Stocks with grandstand admission half-off to members. Warm-up begin at 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.
For information visit www.kc-raceway.com or call 740 663-4141.
Also on Saturday night the quarter mile dirt Waynesfield Raceway Park located off of I-75 at State Route 33 at 15595 Waynesfield Road will have a program of Non-Wing Sprint Cars, UMP Modifieds, 4-Cylinder Tuff Trucks, and compacts with gates opening at and racing at with grandstand admission half-off.
Information is available at www.waynesfieldmotorsportspark.com or by calling 419 568-3201.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Wins Go To Mahaffey, Oakley, Lewis, Hoelscher, Stiffler

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It was more like football weather Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Racing Series events with cool temperatures for the fans but they were treated to another fine racing program as the season is rapidly drawing down. When the final feature checkers waved it was Don Mahaffey, Brandon Oakley, Ron Lewis, Joe Hoelscher, and Brad Stiffler claiming wins.

Bob Sibila and Sloan Henderson were the front row starters in the thirty-five lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late model feature with sixteen starters. Side by side they ran with Sibila taking charge with Henderson right behind him only to see the caution come out when Sibila spun on the frontstretch on lap three with both Sibila and Henderson sent to the tail. Mike Stacy who was running third found himself the leader on the restart with David Carter and fast timer Don Mahaffey fight behind. Stacy pulled away with Carter second and a smoking Mahaffey third. Another caution appeared on lap ten when Henderson and Jeff Marsh tangled on turn two with Henderson heading to the pits for a quick repair and returned.

Unfortunate for Stacy he was sent to the pits for a supposed fluid leak but none was found and was given the front spot back. Mahaffey slid under Carter for second and then wenrt after teammate Stacy. Stacy worked his way around slower traffic and back in the pack Sloan Henderson was working her way up as she was sixth by lap twenty three.

Stacy continued to lead in quest of his fourth feature win when the caution came out when several cars tangled on turn four. Mahaffey stole the lead on lap twenty eight to claim his tenth win of the year in his Oakley Blacktop special with Stacy second followed by David Carter, Sam Heckman, and Terry Scherz.

Thirteen modifieds took to the track for their thirty five lap feature with fifth fast qualifier Brian Reeser on the pole with fourth fast timer Brandon Oakley alongside. Reeser got the jump on Oakley to lead with Oakley giving him a good run for the front spot. Brad Williams was riding third as Oakley nosed just ahead of Reeser to take the lead on lap six. Williams just took second as the caution came out due to debris on the track dropping him back to third.

On the restart Oakley pulled away as Williams again went after Reeser for second with fast timer Greg Stapleton on the move, moving on the inside of Williams as the second caution came out with Derek Barnette departing to the pits. Again Oakley charged ahead and here came Williams on the inside to take second with Stapleton right on his rear bumper. Oakley still enjoyed a good lead but Williams and Stapleton were creeping up slowly.

With five laps to go Williams and Stapleton were still trying to catch leader Oakley who was looking for his first feature win and again the pace was slowed with three laps to go when Ray Muncy spun on turn four.The pressure was on Oakley on the restart with Williams, Stapleton, Reeser and Derek Weatherhead right behind and again the yellow flew with two laps to go.

A proud sixteen year old Brandon Oakley finally snatched the win in his Oakley Blacktop machine as Williams and Stapleton came across the line amost side by side with Williams second and Stapleton third. Fourth went to Brian Reeser and fifth was Derek Weatherhead.

Sixteen compacts faced starter Mike Stapleton's green flag for their twenty lap feature with Shane Sparkman and Joe Hoelscher the pacesetters and Hoelscher wasted little time in taking the lead but the red flag came out right away when Bradley Adkins hit the frontstretch wall real hard. Withthe green flag back out Hoelscher did take the lead with son Bo, previous weeks winner right behind in second as fast timer Brian Lynch moved into third with Paul Holley running fourth. Lynch edged on the inside of Bo as the yellow came out putting him back in third. The Hoelscher's surely had the pressure on them from an eager Lynch as he tried to figure a way around Bo as Joe had a good lead. Lynch made his challenge good at the halfway to take second then was on Joe's rear bumper, Lynch tried the inside of Joe but Joe shook him off. Slow traffic didn't deter the leaders as they weeded through them as the white flag waved and then it was fireworks as Lynch and Joe rubbed real hard on the last lap with Lynch sliding off the the track and onto the big track dropping him back to fourth. For Joe Hoelscher it was his fourth feature win of the year as Bo Hoelscher, Paul Holley, Bryan Lynch, and Tyler Mahaffey rounding out the top five.

Ron Lewis and points leader James Harding led the field in the sport stock feature with Lewis out front while Travis Digges, Harding, and fast timer Shawn Stansell were in a tight battle for second as the caution came out for a fuel leak on Donnie Gregory's car. Harding went to work on leader Lewis on the restart as Stansell moved into third and then started to close the gap on the leaders. The caution appeared again on lap four for fuel again leaking on Gregory's car as Jay Lakins Jr. departed the track. Lewis had his hands full on the restart as he managed to lead but here came Stansell trying the outside groove on Harding but Harding held on but again Stansell tried but failed.

Fourth place riding Travis Digges brought the caution out on lap ten when he spun on turn four and again Lewis held the front slot on the restart. Previous weeks fast timer Rodney Kreusch was now fourth and again up front Stansell was trying the outside of Harding as the laps were winding down. It was bumper to bumper with the top three. At the five lap signal Harding tried the iside of Lewis but Lewis fought back to hang on to the lead. A great finish it was as Lewis and his Affordable Auto Parts special claimed his third win of the year as Harding and Stansell were side by side at the finish with Harding second and Stansell third. Fourth was Rodney Kreusch and fifth John Haney.

Trey Craig and Brad Stiffler led the IKO mini cups to the green in the first feature with Craig and Stiffler running bumper to bumper with Stiffler taking the lead on lap six. Amanda Harrison and Jacob Bartellis and brought the caution out on lap seven when they spun on turn seven. Stiffler held the lead but Craig was within striking distance and did strike on lap eleven as he took the lead with Stiffler second and not far behind was Cory Deuser who then spun on turn four. Stiffler went to work on Craig and did take the lead with four laps to go as he sought his third Kil-Kare win and win he did. Trey Craig, Cory Deuser, Lorance Matthew, and Jacob McClay rounded out the top five.

Cory Deuser and Trey Craig started on the front row of the second IKO mini cup feature with Deuser taking the lead with Trey Craig and first feature winner Brad Stiffler in third. Stiffler wasted little time in taking the lead as he did so on lap four and started to pull away from the field. At the halfway it was Stiffler, Deuser, Craig, Lorance Matthew, and Jacob McClay the top five and that is just the way they finished.

Kil-Kare will be back in action next Friday with a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Donald Davidson and Chick Hale at the Winchester Old Timers on August 22. (Gene Ingram photo)  

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com


Championships at Kil-Kare Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - The traditional Fourth of July celebrations may be on Sunday but Kil-Kare Speedway will present their Independence Day championships on July 2.

No, it won't be rockets in the sky but their will be rockets in form of race cars on the race track as the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts provide the fireworks.

All the action begins with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Admission for adults is just $10 while those 12 to 15 is $5 and young fans under 12 are free.

Visit www.kilkare.com or the office, 937 429-2961 for further information.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey, Stapleton, Stansell, and Hoelscher Rule Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - As they say a full moon usually causes problems and that was certainly the case Driday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as there was a bundle of caution periods and crashed race cars. When evverything settled down for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events it was Don Mahaffey, Greg Stapleton, Shawn Stansell and Bo Hoelscher taking the feature wins.

Starting the nights action was the compacts with rookie Michael Brewer sitting on the pole and David Sagers alongside. Brewer jumped out front with David Sagers running second while Davey Shaw held third. Battling side by side behind them was Bo Hoelscher and Joe Holescherr with Bo sliding around Shaw on lap six. Brewer continued to set the pace as the field closed the gap on the leader. Bo shot to the outside of Brewer on lap eleven to steal the lead as dad Joe Hoelscher moved into second followed by Bryan Lynch who took third only to see the caution come out when he and Brewer made contact and Lynch spun.

With Bo Hoelscher in the lead when the green reappeared it was shaping up for a showdown between son and father as son Bo lead father Joe as they moved side by side to the checker and it was Bo taking his second win of the year with Joe Hoelscher second and a very close third was Bryan Lynch with David Sagers ffourth and fifth was Paul Holley.


In the open-wheeled modifieds Caleb Rescher and rookie Brandon Oakley were in the front row for their thirty lap feature. Reschar beat the rookie into turn one to lead as Shawn Stansell moved to the inside of Oakley to battle for second. Jason Mahaffey was glued to the rear of the two when there was contact between Jerry Stapleton and Ralph Harrod with Harrod smacking the wall with flames shooting from the engine which quickly went out and put Harrod out for the night.

The green flew again with three laps completed and Jason Mahaffey moving up to challenge Oakley for third with eight time fast timer Greg Stapleton riding fifth. Only six more laps were completed when Jack Jones and Derek Barnette made contact on turn four bringing out the caution for the second time with Barnette sent to the trailer with y damage.

Again Mahaffey went to work on Oakley after the restart to take third with Stapleton also challenging Oakley only to have the third caution come out when second place running Shawn Stansell spun on the frontstretch after being tapped by Oakley. Reschar held the lead on the restart but Stansell was reeling him in but here came Stapleton passing Mahaffey for third and then pulled alongside of Stansell dropping him to third. Next for Stapleton was Reschar who he passed with five laps to go and pulled away. Reschar had his hands full as Mahaffey and Stansell were looking for a way around Reschar when Stansell bumped and spun Reschar for the fourth caution which put Stansell on the tail.

Ryan Fleming now joined the front runnerrs riding fourth as Stapleton claimed his fourth feature in his Terry's Radiator Service special with Reschar second followed by Mahaffey, Fleming and Jack Jones.

The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In feature it was visiting Bob Sibila Jr and former champ Gary Estes in the front row as they diced side by side into turn one with Estes taking ehe lead with Sam Heckman in second. But here came seventh place starter and fast timer Don Mahaffey to take the lead on lap five. Estes held second but here came Mahaffey's teammate Mike Stacy to challenge Estes for second. Heckman held fourth but Sloan Henderson rode on the outside of him to steal the spot on lap ten.

Mahaffey pulled way ahead of the field as Stacy tried to catch him and Mahaffey began to lap the field at the halfway mark. Mahaffey continued to set sail putting him almost a half lap ahead of second running Stacy. When the checker waved it was Mahaffey staking claim to his fourth feature win in his Oakley Blacktop special with four time winner Mike Stacy second with Sloan Henderson third followed by Bob Sibila and Sam Heckman.

It was evident earlier in the evening that there was a full moon during sport stock hot laps as three cars were eliminated when one car blew an engine oiling the track and two cars smacked the outside wall

Rounding out the night was the sport stocks with second generation driver Jay Lakins Jr. on the pole with John Haney on the outside. Before a lap could be completed David Boyle suffered mechanical problems as he came to a halt on turn four.

Lakins took the lead at the drop of the green with Haney riding second with James Harding on the move on the outside to chase leader Lakins with fast timer Shawn Stansell following him as the front cars batled for positions. Two time winner Harding was challenged every lap by Stansell with Stansell moving up on the outside to run side by side but Harding kept shaking him off as the laps ran down. Who will it be to the stripe was anybody's guess as they diced back and forth. Harding slipped a little on turn four with five laps to go which saw Stansell take the lead. Meanwhile Jamie Sites passed Lakins for third as the white flag waved. Stansell was home first to claim his second feature win in his Affordable Auto Parts sponsored car. Harding was second with Sites third, Lakins fourth, and Haney fifth.

Kil-Kare will celebrate the 4th of July with championship events in all the weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update

Dayton, OH. (6/22) - A busy week-end is planned for the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club as four tracks will extend the welcome mat to the members.

On Friday night for the asphalt track fans it will be the Toledo Speedway for an evening of ARCA Sportsman, Factory Stocks, and Figure-8 Train Race. The track is located at 5639 Benore Road, exit 210 off of I-75, Toledo, Ohio with gates opening at 5 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. Admissions is free to the grandstands. Visit www.arcaracing.com or call 419 727-1100.

For the dirt track fans it will be Liberty, Indiana's 3/8ths mile Union County Speedway for a night of Late Model, Modified, Pure Stocks, and Hornets with racing starting at 8 p.m. The track is located three miles west of Liberty on state route 44. For info call 765 458-6541. Grandstand admission is half off.

Saturday night Waynesfield Raceway Park offers half-off grandstand admission for the 1000cc Mini Sprints, Modifieds, Tuff Trucks, and Compacts on the third-mile dirt track. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Track is located eight miles east of I-75 off of state route 33 at 24928 Blank Pike Road.Visit www.waynesfieldmotorsportspark.com for information.

35 Raceway Park at Frankfort, Ohio will admit members free to the grandstands Saturday night for a night of 600cc Outlaw Mini Sprints, Modified Lite Dwarf Cars, Sportsman Dwarf Cars, 4Cyl Stock Cars, Mini Late Models, and Go Karts with warm-ups at 4 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. on the fifth-mile dirt oval. Track is located one mile south of Frankfort. For information call 740 998-2170 or visit www.35raceway.com.

DARF member driver Sloan Henderson will be making a promotion appearance at the Sonic Drive-In in West Carrolton Wednesday, June 23, between 5 and 7 p.m. along with her famous yellow #4 Late Model. Bring your camera and a few bucks as she will have special T-shirts available.

The special *Mel Johnson Classic at Lawrenceburg Speedway that was rained-out during the pure stock heats will be concluded on Sunday, August 8, with one pure stock heat, two sprint features, two modified features, and two pure stock features to be run. Admission will be free to both the grandstand and pits...Make a weekend of it as the night before will be DARF night with admission half-off to the grandstands.
*note, this was a bonus date offered by promoter Dave Rudisell where admission was just $4 for members.

June CONGRATULATIONS to DARF member drivers

June 4 - Ron Lewis, Kil-Kare Speedway sport stock feature winner.
June 5 - Doug Adkins, Modified feature winner Portsmouth Raceway Park
June 11 - Don Mahaffey, Kil-Kare Speedway late model feature winner
June 12 - Don Mahaffey, Columbus Motor Speedway late model feature winner
June 12 - Sloan Henderson, first female late model driver to win fast car dash at Columbus Motor Speedway
June 12 - James Harding, Columbus Motor Speedway sport stock feature winner
June 18 - Greg Stapleton, Kil-Kare Speedway Modified winner
June 19 - Mike Carroll, Shady Bowl Speedway Modified feature winner
June 19 - Shaun Smith, Eldora Speedway Modified feature winner
June 19 - Mike Dirksen, Eldora Speedway Stock Car feature winner
June 19 - Matt Westfall, Waynesfield Raceway Park Sprint feature winner

DARF member sprint car driver Danny Smith was injured last Friday, June 18, at Attica Raceway Park when the throttle stuck and he crash into the catch fence breadking his back in three places. He is recovering after Monday's surgery in Room 741, Grant Hospital, 111 South Grant St., Columbus, Ohio. Cards are appreciated and will reach him at the above address or to 511 Allen Ave., Chillicothe, Ohio 45601.

Next track date:
July 9 - Moler Raceway Park (free)

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey and Stacy Battle for Points at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - When the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series returns to Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night the feature wins and points battle will resume for two veteran drivers on the three-eights mile asphalt track.

Springfield's Mike Stacy who launched his racing career at Kil-Kare many years ago will duke it out with fellow teammate Don Mahaffey of Dayton, also a seasoned veteran of the Green County oval. Both wheel Oakley Blacktop of Dayton sponsored Sonic Drive-In late models and have proven to be the dominant team this year.

Mahaffey has scored four feature wins to Stacy's three and not only is the battle on for feature wins but also for valuable points that can lead to a seasons end track championship. Heading into Friday's action only one point separate the two drivers as Mahaffey has 351 to Stacy's 350.

Joining the late models will be the modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts plus the FAST Midwest Legend Cars will be making their second appearance of the season.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Visit www.kilkare.com for additional information or call the track at 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Stacy Claims Third Feature at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. (6/18) - A good crowd was on hand on a hot Friday night to witness the NASCAR Whelen all-American Series events with the IOFS figure-8 cars a highlight of the night and Mike Stacy claimed his third feature win of the season.

The first event of the night was the sport stock feature with two time fast qualifier Travis Digges and Jamie sites in the front row. Digges got the jump as Ron Lewis displaced Sites for third with fast timer James Harding taking third and then went to work on the outside of Lewis. Digges enjoyed a decent lead as Harding kept trying to figure out Lewis' line while on the move was fifth place starter Chris Boggs held fourth with last weeks winner Shawn Stansell glued to his rear bumper.

A caution flew when David Boyle stopped on the frontstretch giving the field a chance to bunch up on leader Digges. Sites, who had fallen back in the pack all of a sudden made a hard drive to catch the leaders but his luck ran out on lap fifteen when he dropped off the pace and off the track. Meanwhile Stansell was creeping forward as still the top the three ran almost bumper to bumper.

Digges and his Valley Auto Parts machine had his sights on his first win of the year as he held off Lewis and Harding to the checker to finish in that order. Stansell was home fourth and Jay Laykins Jr. fifth.

Two time feature winner Joe Hoelscher and one time winner Bryan Lynch set the pace for the twenty lap compact feature. Hoelscher shot into the lead with rookie Tyler Mahaffey into second with Lynch third and former champ and fast timer Tim Haerr riding fourth. Lynch challenged Mahaffey and succeeded to take second with Haerr third and Mahaffey fourth with Bo Hoelscher fourth when the caution came out when Bradley Adkins spun.

Bo Hoelscher stole fourth from Mahaffey on the restart while up front tim Haerr was charging on the outside of Lynch trying to make a pass. As they lapped traffic Bo was able to move up behind Haerr as Joe Hoelscher some how was able to pull away from the field. As laps wound down Haerr was challenging Joe and Bo stole third from Lynch in an exciting finish. It was win number three for Joe Hoelscher in his Phil's Body Shop machine with the finish Haerr second followed by Bo Hoelscher, Bryan Lynch, and Paul Holley.

Hitting the track for the Sonic Drive-In late models with two time feature winner Mike Stacy on the pole with former track champ Sam Heckman alongside.Heckman had the edge on the start but Stacy showed as the leader on the second lap as the yellow flew when Don Mahaffey and Jeff Marsh tangled.

Reverting back to the first lap Heckman was back in front but Stacy made that short lived as he took the front spot with teammate Mahaffey taking second, Heckman third with Sloan Henderson fourth and Gary Estes fifth. Again the action was slowed when Andy Peterson smacked the frontstretch wall with heavy front end damage.

Henderson shot on the inside of Mahaffey on the restart and then went to the outside of Heckman to take second and then set her eyeballs on leader Stacy. Mahaffey saw his chance for another win go down the drain when he departed with a flat tire which now put Henderson right behind Stacy as Estes took third from Heckman.

Seventeen year old Henderson put the pressure on veteran Stacy as she tried the outside only to overdrive in to turn four and spun which put her on the tail end. Now Estes went to work on leader Stacy as Henderson was charging back, passing BobSibla sibilia for fourth and then Heckman for third as the leaders lapped traffic.

For Stacy it was his third win of the year as he took the checker in his Oakley Blacktop special followed closely by Gary Estes, Sloan Henderson, Sam Heckman, and Bob Sibila.

Travis Braden and Brian Reeser started on the front row of the modified feature which saw the caution fly right away after the green when Brandon Oakley spun. former legend car driver Braden took the lead followed by rookie and one time winner Ryan Fleming who was with behind the leader with fast timer greg stapleton riding third and closing in on the leaders. The field was slowed again on lap eight giving the field a chance to bunch up. Stapleton was on the move as he took second and then went after leader Braden.

At the halfway marker Stapleton moved to the outside of braden but Braden shook him off as young Fleming rode right behind them. Last weeks winner Jack Jones was running fourth with Jerry Stapleton running fifth. Braden did a good job holding off Stapleton as the laps ran down as he was looking for his first modified win only to see the caution appear with five laps to go. Side by side they went on the last lap with Stapleton nipping Braden for the win which was his third in the Underwood Vinyl and Tile special. With Braden second it was Fleming, Jones, and Jerry Stapleton rounding out the top five.

The International Outlaw Figure Eight Series made their first ever appearance at Kil-Kare with thirteen IOFS cars seeing action plus four Kil-Kare cars on the figure-8 track. Corey Turner and Gary Bedell sat on the front row for their fifty lap feature. Turner took the lead followed by Bedell but it was Bedell taking charge with turner second and fast timer Rich Fenwick riding third. Charlie Hargraves ride fourth as the cars weaved through the X. At the halfway marker the running order was still the same with Fenwick putting the pressure on second place running turner. bedell was realy flying around the track as he lapped car after car.

After a restart Fenwick took second spot from turner and then dogged leader Bedell. At the checker it was Bedell in the Oakley blacktop car taking the win in a hard fought battle with Fenwick who was a close second.

Next Friday night, June 25, will will see a regular Friday night program of NASCAR whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts along with the IKO Mini Cups with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update

Dayton, OH. (6/14) - Columbus Motor Speedway will be the next stop for the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club on June 19 for a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts plus the FAST Series Legend Cars will be providing the racing action on the third-mile asphalt track...CMS is located at 1945 Williams Road on the south east side of Columbus...Gates open at 5 p.m. time trials at 6 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m...Admission is free to the grandstands. For information visit www.columbusspeedway.com or call 614 491-1047.

Last Saturday nights special *Mel Johnson Classic at Lawrenceburg Speedway that was rained-out during the pure stock heats will be concluded on Sunday, August 8, with one pure stock heat, two sprint features, two modified features, and two pure stock features to be run. Admission will be free to both the grandstand and pits...Make a weekend of it as the night before will be DARF night with admission half-off to the grandstands.
*note, this was a bonus date offered by promoter Dave Rudisell where admission was just $4 for members.

June CONGRATULATIONS to DARF member drivers

June 4 - Ron Lewis, Kil-Kare Speedway sport stock feature winner.
June 5 - Doug Adkins, Modified feature winner Portsmouth Raceway Park
June 11 - Don Mahaffey, Kil-Kare Speedway late model feature winner
June 12 - Don Mahaffey, Columbus Motor Speedway late model feature winner
June 12 - Sloan Henderson, first female late model driver to win fast car dash at Columbus Motor Speedway
June 12 - James Harding, Columbus Motor Speedway sport stock feature winner

Next track dates:
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
June 25 - Union County Speedway (1/2 off)
June 26 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (1/2 off)
June 26 - 35 Raceway Park (free)

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

by Jerry Wahl

Kil-Kare Features go to Mahaffey,Jones, Hoelscher, Stansell

Xenia, OH (6/11) - The weatherman may have called for rain around the area but Kil-Kare Speedway was fortunate it stayed dry and the fans were treated to a full night of activity featuring the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, and IKO Mini cup cars on a warm humid night.

The Sonic Drive-In late models saw Tony Brunke and Gary Estes in the front row for their thirty lap feature and when the green flew it wa side by side into turn one and on lap two Estes took the lead with Brunke in second and Jeff Marsh and on the prowl was Mike Stacy and Don Mahaffey as they chased Heckman for fourth. Stacy made his move around Heckman on lap eight and then passed Brunke for second with Mahaffey in tow. Sloan Henderson was on the move from her seventh place starting slot as she disposed of Brunke on lap thirteen for fourth. Meanwhile up front it was Stacy's #90 about to claim the front spot when Henderson and Jeff Marsh tangled on turn two causing a caution.

Henderson got her fourth place spot back as Marsh went to the tail for the restart and now the pressure was on Estes again as here came Stacy on the outside but there was contact between Estes and Mahaffey who was right behind Estes, bringing out the caution again. Unfortunately Estes was parked with mechanical problems giving Stacy the lead, Mahaffey on the tail and Henderson now in second. Mahaffey was making a charge to the front from the tail as by lap eighteen he was third and was chasing down the two front runners. On lap twenty three Mahaffey moved beside Henderson but Henderson gave him a good battle. Mahaffey was hungry as he tried to catch Stacy with Sloan third. Side by side for the win they came to the checker as the Oakley Blacktop machine just nipped Stacy for his fourth win of the year as he ame from the tail for the hard earned win. With Stacy second it was Sloan Henderson, Tony Brunke, and Sam Heckman for a very fan pleasing feature event.

Sixteen modifieds faced the green flag for their thirty lap feature with Jack Jones and Brandon Oakley in the front row. Joes quickly displaced rookie Oakley for the lead followed by Jason Mahaffey and Mike Carroll with fast timer Greg Stapleton fourth followed by rookie Ryan Fleming. Stapleton began to size up Carroll as he tried to figure a way to pass the former track champ. Jones continued to lead as smoke rolled from his car through the turns as previous weeks winner Ralph Harrod and Brian Reeser had a side by side battle for seventh as they ran wheel to wheel. By the halfway point it was six cars running very close in the front with Jones still in command.

The caution flew on lap eighteen to check the smoking problem with leader Jack Jones as it appeared he had an oil leak which apparently was not the cause of the smoke and Jones resumed the front spot. Jones pulled away from the field on the restart leaving Mahaffey, Carroll and Stapleton to battle for second which they did with Carroll trying the outside of Mahaffey to no avail. At the white flag Stapleton made an outside move on Carroll but time ran out as Jones, a four time feature winner last season took the win in his Reeser Sign sponsored car with Mahaffey second, Carroll third, Stapleton fourth, and Brandon Oakley fifth.

Jamie Sites jumped into the lead in the twenty lap sport stock feature with outside front row starter John Haney in second as Shawn Stansell moved up to challenge Haney for second when the caution came out when David Boyle spun on the backstretch. Again Sites held the front spot on the restart as again the yellow flew when Jay Lakins Jr., and Chris Harshbarger tangled on turn four. Sites again held the front spot as Joe Hensel spun on the frontstretch but came right back into action. A battle was developing between Haney and Stansell when Boyle again caused a caution when he spun on the backstretch and a car to keep an eye on was fast timer James Harding who was creeping toward the front.

With fourteen laps to go Sites had his site set on winning his first feature of the year but Shawn Stansell came on strong to pass Haney as Harding slipped under Travis Digges for fifth and then went to work on Chris Boggs. Stansell was knocking on the rear bumper of Sites while Harding passed Boggs for fourth with Haney in his sights. Lap fifteen saw Sites hope of a win go away as Stansell took the lead and again Harding challenged Haney with Travis Digges loosing conrol on turn two as he spun bringing out the caution.

With three laps to go there was some jostling among the cars with James Harding finally spinning on the backstretch dropping him back to eighth. Stansell, in pursuit of his first feature win of the year enjoyed the lead on the restart as Sites held down second with Haney third, Digges fourth and Harding challenging Boggs for fifth and then Digges for fourth. Stansell in his Affordable Auto Parts special did claim his win he was looking for as Sites was second trailed by John Haney, James Harding, and Travis Digges.

Bradley Adkins and Tyler Mahaffey set the pace to the green in the compact feature as Adkins edged Mahaffey for the lead and then here came Paul Holley and Bo Hoelscher charging to the front. Adkins lead only lasted three laps as he broke out on his qualifying time which put Holley in the lead for the restart. Joining the two front runners was Joe Hoelscher with Bryan Lynch running right with them. Bo Hoelscher took the front spot on lap six with father Joe running second as Lynch dropped to fourth. What a battle it was between the Hoelscher's as Bo led but dad Joe who pulled alongside of Bo with Joe in the lead on lap twelve. The yellow slowed the pace when Steve Barnhart smacked the frontstetch wall.

Seven laps remained on the restart as Joe Hoelscher put the pedal to the medal to enjoy a three car lead but bo closed in on him as Lynch was looking at Bo's rear bumper. At the checker it was the Paul's body Shop special of Joe Hoelscher claiming his second feature of the year with son Bo home second and Bryan Lynch third followed by Paul Holley and Joshua Spriggs.

Corey Dueser and Brad Stiffler led the field in the IKO Mini Cup fifteen lap feature. Stiffler wasted little time in jumping into the lead with fast timer Matthew Lorrane running second and reelin in Stiffler. By lap six Lorance was on Stiffler's rear bumper only to see the caution fly as Jacob Bartellis stopped on the frontstretch. Stiffler continued to set the pace as Joey Greening held the third spot. Back in the field Amanda Harrison and Jacob McClay diced side by side for fifth with Harrison taking the point.

Stiffler made it two wins in a row at Kil-Kare this year as he led Lorance, Greening, Dueser, and Harrison to the checker.

Five IKO rookie drivers faced the green flag for their feature with Jacob Bartellis and Jacob Wencick darted into the lead with Jacob McClay running second and lady driver Amanda Harris in third as they ran their ten lap feature and that is the way it was at the finish with Bartelli fourth.

Young fans enjoyed the night as it was the annual race car rides for kids night as they had the pleasure of making a few laps with the various drivers which is always a highlight for them.

It will be Figure-8 racing at its best Friday night, June 18, when the International Outlaw Figure-8 Series invade the figure-8 track along with the NASCAR Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Kids Night at Kil-Kare Friday

Xenia, OH. - Friday night is an evening that all young race fans look forward to as it will be their chance to ride around the race track in a race car. As always the youngsters try to hook up with their favorite driver for a trip around the oval which is a highlight of the season for them.

After last weeks events which featured the MERS super late models, the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series will be back in action with the Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, plus the second appearance of the IKO Mini Cup Series with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Admission for adults is just $10 and those 12-15 are $5 while young fans 11 and under are admitted free. For information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

Friday night, June 18, will be one that fans do not want to miss as the super fast cars of the International Outlaw Figure-8 Series will make their first appearance at Kil-Kare for some exciting events on the figure-8 track.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update

Three Events Highlight DARF Weekend

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club members have their choice of three events this weekend, June 11 and 12, featuring oval track racing or drag strip racing.

On Friday, June 11, the quarter mile dirt Gas City I-69 Speedway will provide the members with a program of Non-Wing Sprint cars, UMP modifieds, Street Stocks, and Thundercars with the gates opening at 4:30 and racing at 7:30 p.m. Members will be admitted to the grandstands half off regular admission.Gas City is located 1/4 mile west of Indiana I-69 on State Route 22. For information visit www.gascityI69speedway.com or call 765 384-7285.

On Saturday night, June 12, the Kil-Kare Dragway located at 1166 Dayton-Xenia Road near Xenia, Ohio will host the members to a free night of NHRA sanctioned drag racing events featuring Supercharged Thunder. Gates open at noon. Information is available at www.kilkare.com or by calling 937 429-2961.

Lawrenceburg Speedway promoter Dave Rudisell has offered DARF a bonus date on June 12 for the Mel Johnson Memorial event featuring the Non-Wing Sprint Cars ($2500 to win), UMP Modifieds ($2000) to win, and Pure Stocks ($1000 to win) and the admission for DARF members will be just $4. Yes four dollars. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. The track is located at the fairgrounds in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. For info, www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or call 812 539-4700.

June CONGRATULATIONS to DARF member drivers

June 4 - Ron Lewis, Kil-Kare Speedway sport stock feature winner.
June 5 - Doug Adkins, Modified feature winner Portsmouth Raceway Park

Next track date:
June 19 - Columbus Motor Speedway (free grandstands)

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

Hoelscher, Harrod, Lewis Score at Kil-Kare

by Jerrry Wahl

Xenia, OH (6/4) - The Main Event Racing Series paid a visit to Kil-Kare Friday night for an exciting event but in the regular divisions it was Bo Hoelscher, Ralph Harrod, and Ron Lewis claiming feature wins.

The always exciting compacts were first to hit the track for their twenty lap feature which saw newcomers Rodney Terry on the pole with Robbie Smith alongside.

Terry took the lead but unfortunately Smith went high on the backstretch and slid off the track calling for a complete restart. Terry again shot into the lead but Bo Hoelscher had his sights set on Terry as he went into second spot. Meanwhile his father Joe Hoelscher was coming on strong while son Bo Hoelscher stole the lead on lap four from Terry. Joe claimed second but a mechanical failure parked him but after quick repair he returned to restart on the tail end.

Bo Hoelscher continued to stretch out his lead as a major traffic pile-up occurred on lap eight bringing out the caution. Hoelscher again started to put some over the field. With twelve laps to go Bo Hoelscher now had a hungry pack behind him when the field was slowed again by a caution. On the restart

Hoelscher weeded his way through traffic with another yellow flying when two cars tangled on turn two. On the restart Hoelscher stayed in front to the checker with Terry home second followed by Bryon Bivens as Troy Patterson nosed past Michael Gills for fourth with Gills fifth.

A good field of modifieds faced starter Mike Stapleton's green flag with Ralph Harrod and Caleb Rescher leading the field. Side by side they went at the drop of the green with former champ Mike Carroll third and rookie Ryan Fleming fourth. Harrod finally shook loose of Reschar and pulled away somewhat over Reschar and Carroll who were battling for second. Fast timer and legend car driver Travis Braden was right behind Fleming as he started to put the pressure on Fleming when the caution came out slowing the field with eight laps in the record book.

Braden bobbled on turn two as he slipped back to fifth as Carroll and Fleming were watching the rear of Reschar's mount with Carroll darting under Reschar and did make the pass good. Meanwhile Braden had caught up with fleming who was riding fourth. Brandon Oakley brought out the caution for the second time as he spun on turn two bunching up the field on leader Harrod.

Twelve laps remained when the green reappeared and here came Carroll to the outside of Harrod but Harrod didn't give as he shook Carroll off. Again Carroll tried Harrod on lap twenty two as he diced side by side with Harrod. Back in the pack Brian Reeser was coming on strong as he moved up to fifth. On the white flag Harrod had his hands full as Carroll tried but it was Harrod taking his first win of the year. Carroll was second followed Caleb Reschar, Travis Braden, and Brian Reeser.

Ron Lewis took command of the sport stock feature with fast timer Travis Digges not far behind in second while Chris Boggs rode third with Shawn Stansell chasing him. Digges began to close the gap on Lewis but Lewis and his Affordable Auto Parts special held on to the lead but here came Stansell to join the top two cars and it became a shoot out for the win as they bunched up for the checker and it was Lewis the winner with Digges second and Stansell third with Boggs fourth and Ralph Harrod fifth.

It will be the popular race car rides for kids Friday night with the NASCAR Whelen All-Amerrican Series Sonic Drive-In late models returning along with the modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m


Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mike Stacy Claims Kil-Kare Main Event

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH (6/4) - The powerful Super Late Models of the Main Event Racing Series (MERS) made their annual visit to Kil-Kare Speedway Friday with Mike Stacy claiming the 100 lap $2500 to win event sponsored by Carter Lumber.

With an eight car inversion Charlie Schultz and many time Kil-Kare track champion Dick Dunlevy started alongside of Schultz as they paced the twenty five car field to the green flag.

Shultz got the jump to take the lead over Dunlevy as the first caution flew on ap one when Shawn Stroble spun on turn two. Fate struck former MERS champion Tim Ice when he suffered heavy frontend damage to his car on lap three as several cars tangled on turn two.

Dunlevy moved up on Schultz's rear bumper on the restart followed closely by Harold Fair, Mike Stacy, and Drew Charleston as again the caution flew when Gary Whipkey slowed. Schultz pulled away from Dunlevy on the restart with Dunlevy trying to figure out a way to catch the leader as fourth place running and track record holder Mike stacy took third place and then began to reel in Dunlevy as Whipkey departed to the its. Stacy made his pass good on lap nineteen as Stacy made a daring move on lap twenty one to steal the lead followed by Dunlevy, Fair and Charleston as former leader Schultz deopped to fifth.

Stacy held the lead while Fair dropped Dunlevy to third when he stole second as the field was slowed on lap thirty when Brian Short spun on turn two which seemed to be a problem spot for the drivers.

Stacy was leading in his Oakley Blacktop machine but Fair was coming on strong to move up on Stacy's bumper. Behind them Donnie Hill was advancing as he moved into the top five when Matt Parsons brought the caution out when he brushed the front stretch wall.

Misfortune struck former leader Charlie Schultz on lap forth two when he made contact with the front stretch wall which pitted him, making it a rough night for the Fast Racing Engines cars.

Turn four seemed to have taken over as the trouble spot as three cars spun on lap forty four which saw the yellow flag fly for the sixth time. Three laps later John Flynn slowed on the front stretch for another caution which saw him drop out of action.

So far Stacy had enjoyed the lead but still Fair was in the hunt with Dunlevy still in third and Charleston fourth with Hill fifth and that was the running order at the halfway mark. Charleston was giving Dunlevy fits as he tried to sneak his mount on the inside of Dunlevy but Dunlevy held tight to his third place spot. Don Harvey's night ended on lap fifty six when he made contact with the outside wall to again slow the field.

After the top four running cars it was a tight fit battle with Hill, Jimmy Carter, Don Mahaffey, and Paul Pelletier in a tight knit group. The caution flew on lap sixty nine when Brian Short spun into the infield and second place running Harold Fair departed to the pits which put Dunlevy in second and Charleston third with Hill fourth and points leader Jimmy Carter fifth.

Stacy poured the power to his mount on the restart as he pulled away from Dunlevy who was still fighting off the challenges of Charleston but the challenge soon ended when they tangled coming out of turn four with Charleston hitting the wall headon by the flagstand and Dunlevy sliding to the infield. Unfortunately both cars were knocked out of action.

Stacy now had former Columbus Motor Speedway track champ on his rear bumper for the restart with Carter, Mahaffey and Pelletier the top five with twenty five remaining. The green just flew again but was short lived as John Flynn spun with apparent mechanical problems as he headed for the pits. Stacy again set sail on the restart, pulling away from the field and here came Flynn to join the field after quick repairs.

With ten laps to go Stacy enjoyed nearly a quarter lap advantage over Hill as the laps wound down and when the checker flew it was Mike Stacy claiming his third MERS win at Kil-Kare. Donnie Hill claimed second place money with third going to Jimmy Carter, Don Mahaffey, and Paul Pelletier.

I am pleased to report Chick has shown a great amount of improvement since being placed in rehab at Brookhaven. His color is not pale like it was and they are walking him quite a bit and his medication seems to be a contributor to this....He told me he wants me to have his mofified ready when he gets home so he can head to Eldora so look out Larry Boos. Only problem is the motor needs to buckled to the transmission (and I don't get greasy hands anymore) and he says he doesn't have any fuel. We're saved no fuel, no race....At least he still has high hopes....Cards are appreciated.

William "Chick" Hale
Brookhaven Nursing Center
Brookville, Oh 45309

Many thanks to those that have inquired about him.

Jerry

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF Skeds Three Events This Weekend

Dayton, OH. (6/1) - The members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will be busy this weekend with three events on the schedule starting on Friday night at the dirt quarter-mile Limaland Motorsports Park track located west of Lima, Ohio on Dutch Hollow Road off of state route 81. Sprint cars, UMP modifieds, and a special $1,000 to win Thunderstock event is on the racing card with gates opening at 5 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. DARF members will be admitted at half-off general admission. Visit www.limaland.com for more information.

The following night, June 5, they will travel to the asphalt quarter-mile Flat Rock Speedway at 14041 Telegraph Road, Flat Rock, Michigan where the Figure-8, Street Stocks, and 4 Cylinder cars will be in action with gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Admission for DARF members is free to the grandstands. Check www.flatrockspeedway.com for complete details.

Wrapping up the weekend will be a program of kart racing at the half-mile asphalt G & J Kartway located at 1619 Barnets Mill Road, Camden, Ohio for the OVKA promoted events. Gates open at 7 a.m. with racing at 11:30 a.m. with free admission for DARF members. www.ovka.com has all the information.


May Congratulations to DARF Member Drivers

MAY 7 - Don Mahaffey - Late Model feature winner and fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Greg Stapleton - Modified fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Tim Haerr - Compact feature winner Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Danny Smith - 410 Sprint feature winner and fast qualifier Skyline Speedway
MAY 8 - Ed Johnson - Stock Car feature winner Eldora Speedway
MAY 8 - Danny Smith - 410 Winged Sprint feature winner K-C Raceway
MAY 8 - Doug Adkins - Modified feature winner KC Raceway
MAY 12 - Matt Westfall - USAC Sprint heat winner Eldora Speedway
MAY 14 - Don Mahaffey - Late Model feature winner and fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
May 14 - Tyler Mahaffey - Compact feature winner Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 14 - Luke Hall - 360 Sprint feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park
May 22 - Jon Heney - Late Model feature winner Oakshade Raceway
May 22 - Joe Hensel - Sport Stock feature winner Columbus Motor Speedway
May 22 - Danny Smith - 410 Sprint double feature winner K-C Raceway
May 22 - Matt Westfall - Non-Wing Sprint feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park
May 22 - Jim Lewis Jr. - Modified feature winner Shady Bowl Speedway
May 28 - Luke Hall - NRA Sprint Invader feature winner Limaland Motorsports Park
May 28 - Doug Adkins - AMRA modified feature winner Rocky Top Raceway
May 28 - Doug Adkins - Les Boggs 30 Modified Special winner Rocky Top Raceway
May 28 - Danny Smith - 410 Sprint feature winner Skyline Speedway

SPECIAL THANKS
To Jim "Hooty" Gibson, son of former car owner Hoot Gibson who owned the car Chick Hale drove to victory in the 1975 Johnny Appleseed Classic for presenting the DARF shirts to the winners in the Johnny Appleseed event at Eldora Speedway May 31.

NEXT DARF Track Dates
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 12 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)

COMING IN JUNE
If you like circle track, drag racing, kart racing or asphalt racing June offers ten DARF track dates offering your choice or all of those type events. Check the website www.darfnews.com for the full schedule.

RACERS HELPING RACERS
June 6 - Benefit Cruise and Car Show for Missy Crafton Liddy who was severely injured recently at Kil-Kare Dragway. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Metalbrite Polishing and Dakin Motorsports, 2445 Neff Road, Dayton, Ohio. Drinks, food, raffles, auctions plus Brothers In Arms Band.

FUTURE EVENT
October 26 - DARF's annual Injured Drivers auction. It's never too early to start assembling items for this very worthwhile event so start scavaging around the tracks, attic, basement, garage, neighbors house (only kidding on neighbors) for items to donate for the auction. Info 937 278-9739.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Super Late Models Return To Kil-Kare Speedway

Xenia, OH (6/1) - The powerful super late models of the traveling Main Event Racing Series (MERS) will return to Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night for a $2,500 to win feature event. Also on the program will be the modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Springfield's Mike Stacy, winner of two regular Friday night late model events at Kil-Kare this year and winner of the last MERS event at Kil-Kare is a crowd favorite to repeat again this year. Joining Stacy are other area drivers Shawn Stroble, Shawn Stansell, Jamie Hunt, and Donnie Hill.

Admission is just $15 per adult, teens 12 to 15 $5 and young fans 11 and under admitted free. Visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track, 937 429-2961 for additional information.

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Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


DARF Visits Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway Sunday


Dayton, OH. - Members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club are in for a special treat Sunday evening, May 30, as it will be DARF night at the famouse Eldora Speedway owned by NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. On the racing card will be the running of the annual Johnny Appleseed event for the Sunoco American Late Models, NRA Sprint Invaders, and Eldora Stock cars. Admission to DARF members for this super event on the high banks of Eldora's dirt track will be just $10. Gates open at 3:30 p.m. with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. For information visit www.eldoraspeedway.com or contact the track, 937 338-3815.


May Congratulations to DARF Member Drivers

MAY 7 - Don Mahaffey Late Model feature winner and fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Greg Stapleton Modified fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Tim Haerr Compact feature winner Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Danny Smith 410 Sprint feature winner and fast qualifier Skyline Speedway
MAY 8 - Ed Johnson Stock Car feature winner Eldora Speedway
MAY 8 - Danny Smith 410 Winged Sprint feature winner K-C Raceway
MAY 8 - Doug Adkins Modified feature winner KC Raceway
MAY 12 - Matt Westfall USAC Sprint heat winner Eldora Speedway
MAY 14 - Don Mahaffey Late Model feature winner and fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 14 - Luke Hall 360 Sprint feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park
May 22 - Jon Heney Late Model feature winner Oakshade Raceway
May 22 - Joe Hensel Sport Stock feature winner Columbus Motor Speedway
May 22 - Danny Smith 410 Sprint double feature winner K-C Raceway
May 22 - Matt Westfall Non-Wing Sprint feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park
May 22 - Jim Lewis Jr. Modified feature winner Shady Bowl Speedway

NEXT DARF Track Date
June 4 - Limaland Motorsports Park half-off general admission.

COMING IN JUNE
If you like circle track, drag racing, kart racing or asphalt racing June offers ten DARF track dates offering your choice or all of those type events.

RACERS HELPING RACERS
June 6 - Benefit Cruise and Car Show for Missy Crafton Liddy who was severely injured recently at Kil-Kare Dragway. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Metalbrite Polishing and Dakin Motorsports, 2445 Neff Road, Dayton, Ohio. Drinks, food, raffles, auctions plus Brothers In Arms Band.

FUTURE EVENT
October 26 - DARF's annual Injured Drivers auction. It's never too early to start assembling items for this very worthwhile event so start scavaging around the tracks, attic, basement, garage, neighbors house (only kidding on neighbors) for items to donate for the auction. Info 937 278-9739.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com


Kil-Kare Reschedules School Buses for Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, Oh- After having last weeks racing program rained-out, Kil-Kare Speedway has rescheduled the first of two School Bus Figure-8 and Demolition Derby for this Friday night.

It will be a full night of action for the fans as the regular NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts will see action before the school bus events and as an added bonus the FAST Midwest Legend Cars will also see action for the first time this season.

The action packed program will start with the opening of the gates at 6 p.m. followed by racing at 8 p.m.

Next on the schedule will be the return of the Main Event Racing Series super late models on June 4.

Information is available at www.kilkare.com or by calling the office at 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

School Bus Event Reset for May 28

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - The fans will only have to wait one week to see the big full size School Buses take to the figure-8 course followed a School Bus Demolition Derby. Kil-Kare officials have rescheduled the event for Friday, May 28, along with the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, Compacts, and FAST Legend Cars.

It will be an action packed night of activity on the asphalt three-eights, fifth-mile, and figure-8 course with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Additional information is available at www.kilkare.com or phone the track office, 937 429-2961 for more details.

KIl-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Weather Wins at Kil-Kare Again

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. (5/21) - Mother Nature scored another victory again at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night as rain once again wiped out the scheduled NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events and the School Bus Figure-8 and Demolition Derby that was on the program.

Weather permitting the track will see action on May 28 when the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, and FAST Legend Cars take to the asphalt.

Gates are set to open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m. For information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track office, 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


DARF Visits Schrader's K-C Raceway Saturday

Dayton, OH. - The next stop for the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will be Saturday, May 22, at Schrader's K-C Raceway near Chillicother, Ohio where all members will be admitted at half-off to the grandstands. Members will be treated to double sprint car features, Advance Services modifieds, and hobby stocks on the 3/8 mile high-banked dirt oval. The track is located six miles south of Chillicothe off of state route 23 on Blain Highway. Warm-ups begin at 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.kc-raceway.com for information or call 740 978-6575.

May Congratulations to DARF Member Drivers

MAY 7 - Don Mahaffey Late Model feature winner and fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Greg Stapleton Modified fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Tim Haerr Compact feature winner Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 7 - Danny Smith 410 Sprint feature winner and fast qualifier Skyline Speedway
MAY 8 - Ed Johnson Stock Car feature winner Eldora Speedway
MAY 8 - Danny Smith 410 Winged Sprint feature winner K-C Raceway
MAY 8 - Doug Adkins Modified feature winner KC Raceway
MAY 12 - Matt Westfall USAC Sprint heat winner Eldora Speedway
MAY 14 - Don Mahaffey Late Model feature winner and fast qualifier Kil-Kare Speedway
MAY 14 - Luke Hall 360 Sprint feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park

NEXT DARF Track Date
May 30 - Eldora Speedway, Johnny Appleseed Classic with ALMS late models, NRA sprint invaders, and Eldora stocks. Admission $10 DARF members.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

School Buses Invade Kil-Kare Speedway Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - It will be an exciting night for the fans Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as the big full size school buses will invade the facility for their first of two scheduled events this season. After the regular program of NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts the buses will take to the figure-8 track for some twenty entertaining laps. After that event all remaining runable buses will line up for a wild bus demolition derby going down to the last bus running to declare the winner.
In the regular racing program Dayton's Don Mahaffey has proven to be the hottest driver so far this season in the late model division. The veteran driver has lowered the track qualifying record two times and has captured the last three features.
In the modified division young Ryan Fleming at the age of fifteen commanded the attention of the fans last week when he captured the feature event to become the youngest driver to do so. Certainly Fleming would like to make it two in a row this week however two time winner Greg Stapleton and one time winner Bill Burba will be in search of another checker flag.
Columbus sports stock driver James Harding has taken a real liking to the tricky three-eights mile track reeling in the last two features which has seen Ron Lewis and Joe Hensel visit victory lane once each.
Not to be outdone by Ryan Fleming in the modifieds, Dayton's fourteen year old Tyler Mahaffey in his first year of racing lead the compact field to victory last week to become the youngest driver to win in that division. Mahaffey will have plenty of competition from one time feature winners Bryan Lynch, Joe Hoelscher, and Tim Haerr Friday.
All the action starts with the opening of the gates at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Information is available on the website www.kilkare.com or by calling the office at 937 429-2961.

Fifteen year old Ryan Fleming of Xenia became the youngest driver In Kil-Kare Speedway history to win a major sanctioned feature event at the Greene County facility when he won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series modified feature Friday night.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com


Don Mahaffey, Ryan Fleming, Stiffler, Harding, Mahaffey Take Kil-Kare Features on DARF Night

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH (5/14) - Members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan club enjoyed a free night of racing at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday which saw Don Mahaffey, Ryan Fleming, Bradley Stiffler, James Harding, Mahaffey claim feature wins.

In the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models it was like old times with former champs Gary Estes and Sam heckman leading the field to the green for the start of their thirty lap feature.

Heckman surged slightly ahead but Estes rebouned as they continued side by side while Mike Stacu and Sloan Henderson did likewise. In the blink of an eye the situation changed as Mike Stacy and Don Mahaffey found themselves running one and two and then the battle was between the two teammates. Fast timer Mahaffey stole the lead on lap ten and then said goodby to Stacy.

Henderson crept up on Stacy as farther back in the field Heckman and Estes ran fourth and fifth. Mahaffey continued to put some distance on the field as the laps wound down and Mahaffey started to lap cars with six laps to go as he put Russ Bobb and Jeff Marsh a lap down. With two laps to go the only caution flew when Jack Jones spun on the frontstretch gining Stacy to move up on the bumper of Mahaffey for the restart. At the checker it was Mahaffey and his Oakley blacktop special recording his third straight feature win. the other Oakley Blacktop car of Stacy was second with third going to Sloan Henderson followed by Sam Heckman and Gary Estes.

Fifteen year old Ryan Fleming and Ralph Harrod led the pack to the green in the modified main with rookie Fleming taking the lead over Jason Mahaffey. Meanwhile last weeks winner Bill Burba had advanced to fourth and was chasing down third place running Harrod. Further back in the pack relatives Greg Stapleton and Jerry Stapleton battled for seventh with Greg pulling ahead to move up on the field as the caution flew as Brian Brewer spun on turn two.

Now the former quarter-midget driver Fleming had the pressure of seasoned Mahaffey on him at the restart but again the yellow flew with eleven laps completed when Austin Troyer spun on turn four. Fleming got a jump on the restart and pulled away from Mahaffey. At the halfway it was Fleming, Mahaffey, Harrod, burba, and Derek Weatherhead. Mahaffey poured the power to his Paul Storer machine and closed the door on Fleming but Fleming held the front spot. Again Mahaffey closed in on Fleming as fast timer Greg Stapleton moved into third. Fleming did a good job in lapped traffic as Mahaffey again tried on the outside with two laps to go only to spin on turn two with Mahaffey and Greg Stapleton sent to the tail.

Now Fleming had Bill Burba to contend with on the restart but he held off for the win in the Muffler Brothers of Xenia special to become the youngest driver to win a modified feature at Kil-Kare. Bill Burba was second followed by Ralph Harrod, Jack Jones, Derek Weatherhead.

Matthew Lorance and Trey Craig paced the IKO mini cup cars to the green with Lorance out front followed by fast timer Bradley Stiffler as Stiffler looked for a way to get around the leader. Third place running Trey Craig moved up on the leaders only to find himself off the backstretch to bring out the caution and Craig to the tail. Stiffler stole the lead on the restart and pulled away with Jared Rupert shooting up to second as Lorance droped to third. Trey Craig was making a great comeback from the tail as he was third with eight laps to go. Craig then took second and set his sights on leader Stiffler with five laps to go but Stiffler held on for the win with Trey Craig second trailed by Jared Rupert, Corey Duser and Matthew Lorance.

Former sport stock feature winners Ron Lewis and Joe Hensel made up the frnt row of the sport stock feature with Lewis surging ahead and last weeks winner James Harding. Harding moved to the outside of Hensel just as Hensel lost it on turn two and spun and was sent to the tail. Harding pulled alongside of Lewis on the restart as they diced for the lead. Back and forth they swapped the lead as Shawn Stansell moved to third followed by fast timer Travis digges in fourth as the yellow flew when Brad Worley spun on the frontstretch. Harding set sail on the restart to leave Lewis behind. Back in the field five cars, Stansell, digges, Jay Lakins, John Haney and Hensel were running bumper to bumper.

Harding was on cruise control as he looked for his second straight feature win with six laps to go as the yellow flew again when Digges spun. Harding had little trouble holding onto the lead when the caution flew again when Digges spun to avoid a bobbling John Dunlap. Harding took the win over Lewis as Stansell was third but Hensel and Lakins tangled as they approached the checker and did not cross the line which gave John Haney fourth and Jamie Sites fifth.

Tim Spriggs and Tyler Mahaffey led the field in the compactt feature which had to be restarted before a lap was completed due to a spin. Rookie Mahaffey charged into the lead with Spriggs second and again the yellow flew when Bo Hoelscher spun on the first lap. Mahaffey continued to lead as the veteran drivers behind him were on the move trying to work their way to the front. Second fast timer Bryan Lynch came from eighth to fourth by the halfway marrk and moved into second by lap fifteen. Lynch was reeling in Mahaffey with Joe Hoelscher running third. Rookie fifteen year old Tyler Mahaffey in his Affordable Auto Parts machine picked up his first feature win as Hoelscher made a daring move around Lynch for second with Lynch third followed by David Sagers and Tim Spriggs.

Next Friday, May 21, the big full size school buses will invade the Kil-Kare facility for a figure-8 feature and a school bus demolition derby rounding out the nights program. Preceding the school buses the regular Friday night divisions will see action with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey Repeats at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH (5/7) - It was a cool evening Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway for the NASCAR whelen All-American Series events but when the final checkers waved it was Don Mahaffey, Bill Burba, James Harding, and Tim Haerr taking feature wins.

Former track champions Sam Heckman and Gary Estes brought the Sonic Drive-In late models to the green with Estes surging into the lead as Mike Stacy charged to second on the first lap and then sized up Estes. Fast timer Don Mahaffey came on strong and showed as the leader on lap ten as he came from fifth to do so. Estes held on to second but behind him Heckman and Mike Stacy rode side by side with Sloan Henderson right in the thick of action. Henderson surged ahead to take second spot as Estes slipped to fourth. Mahaffey and his Okley Blacktop special enjoyed a third lap lead when the caution came out with seven laps to go as Sam Heckman and Terry Scherz spun on turn two.

Mahaffey continued to set the pace but henderson and Stacy was moving up on the leader as the laps wore down. Mahaffey took the win followed by Sloan Henderson, Mike Stacy, Gary Estes, and Bobby Justus.

Twenty modifieds started their thirty lap feature with Bill Burba and Brian Reeser in the front row to face Mike Stapleton's green flag. Burba took the lead as Jason Mahaffey displaced Reeser for second with Jack Jones third and fast timer Greg Stapleton fourth by lap three. Action was slowed on lap three when Jamie Brenneman lost it on the frontstretch for the first caution.

Burba enjoyed the lead on the restart as Stapleton was looking for a way around third place running Jones as Stapleton claimed third on lap eight. Jason Mahaffey who had been running second then tried the outside lane to catch leader Burba to no avail as the top four ran real close together. At the halfway point it was Stapleton on the inside of Mahaffy but Mahaffey shook him off as Burba moved up on slower cars. Burba began to pull away from the field only to see the caution come out on lap twenty one for a spin on the backstretch.

With five laps to go it still was Burba in command but here came Stapleton on the outside to pass Mahaffey for second and then look out Burba, Stapleton is coming. Alsongside of burba went Stapleton as they ran side by side to the white flag and when they hit the checker it was Burba in his West Chester Permit Service special by four feet with Jason Mahaffey a very close third for a very exciting finish. Forth was Jack Jones and fifth was Brad Williams

Jay Lakins Jr. and Ron Lewis were the pace setters in the sport stocks with Lakins taking the lead only to be slowed on the first lap when two cars tangled on the backstretch. Lakins held the front spot as fast timer James Harding who started seventh was in third by lap three and was after Lewis for second as he made his pass good on lap five and then sailed around Lakins and then left the field to fend for themselves.

The traffic was heavy behind third place running Lakins as John Haney, Shawn Stansell, Travis Digges and Joe Hensel were battling for positions but the caution alowed the pace on lap eleven. Harding held a comfortable lead as the laps wound down but Lakins had his hands full as Joe Hensel passed him for third on lap sixteen. Another caution slowed the pace again with three laps to go enabling the field to bunch up.

Hensel slipped around Lewis on the restart for second as Lewis fell back and out with a flat tire, then the scene was set for a shootout between Harding and Hensel for the win. Hensel rode on Harding's rear bumper but Harding didn't give up. Harding held on for the win followed by Joe Hensel, Jay Lakins Jr., John Haney, and Shawn Stansell.

The compact cars hit the fifth-mile track for their twenty lap feature with Paul Holley and Dave Sagers in the front row but fireworks erupted on the first lap. Amber Sites was on the move but she and Bo Hoelscher tangled on turn four making a restart necessary with Sites heading to the pits.

Sagers beat Holley into turn one but Tim Haerr was on the move as he took the lead on the first lap leaving Holley and Sagers to battle for second. former winner Joe Hoelscher came from fifth to second as he set his sights on leader Haerr.

Rodney Terry came from the tail to third by the halfway point as Holley and Bryan Lynch battled side by side for fourth. Haerr weeded his way through slower cars as Hoelscher was slowly advancing on the leader. Haerr and his Mahaffey Auto Salvage special took the win with Hoelscher second followed by Rodney Terry, Bryan Lynch, and Paul Holley.

It will be Dayton Auto Racing Fan club night at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday, May 14, with DARF mebers admitted to the grandstands for a program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, compacts, and the IKO mini cups.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

A lot of racing history is represented in this photo of the attendee's at the Second Annual Dayton Speedway Lives Birthday party May 4,2010
Left to right Jim Welty, Bob Korn, Mike Thompson, Bernie Coppock, Mick Miller, Dave Scherer, Chick Hale, Dick Dunlevy Jr., Red Harvey

Dayton Speedway Lives
135 Heatherwoode Blvd.
Springboro, Ohio 45066
937 550-4067
www.daytonspeedwaylives.com


Dayton Speedway 2010 HOF Inductee's

Springboro, OH. - A number of racing enthusiasts gathered at Camponi's Pizza In Springboro Tuesday, May 4, to celebrate the second anniversary of the website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com and to learn who the inductee's are for the second annual Dayton Speedway Hall of Fame induction on October 31 at the Baum Opera House in Miamisburg.

2009 inductee's Dick Dunlevy Jr., Chick Hale, and Bob Korn opened the envelopes and revealed Bucky Albers, Jack Bowsher, Red Campbell, Duke Dinsmore, Red Harvey, John Marcum, Frank Merkler, Gene Moore, Blair Ratliff, and Troy Ruttman will be inducted.

Video's of the 2009 ceremony are available for $10 each and tickets for the 2010 ceremoney will soon be available and may be reserved by contacting Mike Thompson at 937 550-4067 or by e-mailing foggygoggles@woh.rr.com.

For an enjoyable trip in racing history of the now defunct Dayton Speedway visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com for a trip back to the track that once was one of the most premier tracks in the country. p. m.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Event Number Three Scheduled at Kil-Kare Friday

Xenia, OH. - With the weather winning three times so far this season Kil-Kare Speedway hopes to even the score Friday night and present their third racing program.
On tap will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
The following week the same divisions will see action on Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club night with DARF members admitted free to the grandstands plus the IKO Mini Cups will be added to the program.
Fans will have an opportunity to meet several drivers and see their race cars on May 10 at the Sonic Drive-In in Greenville between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. and on May 12 at the Sonic Drive-In on Brandt Pike and Harshman Road in Riverside between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sonic Drive-In also presents test and tune at both the Kil-Kare Speedway and Dragway every Thursday evening beginning at 5 p.m. where fans have an opportunity to visit both tracks.
For further information contact the track, 937 429-2961 or visit www.kilkare.com.

Dayton Speedway Lives
135 Heatherwoode Blvd.
Springboro, Ohio 45066
937 550-4067
www.daytonspeedwaylives.com


Dayton Speedway Plans Birthday Party

Dayton, OH. - Mike Thompson, webmaster of the website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com which reconnects race fans with the history of the once famous Dayton Speedway has announced plans for the Second Annual Birthday party to celebrate the site which has attracted fans from throughout this country and abroad.

The event is set for Tuesday night, May 4, at Camponi's Pizza House, 92 Edgebrooke Drive, in downtown Springboro, Ohio starting at 6:30 and lasting until the last story is told. Free pizza and soft drinks will be provided and the welcome mat is extended to any and all that have interest in the website and Dayton Speedway, a track that attracted many notable drivers throughout the years.

The highlight of the night will be the announcement of the 2010 Dayton Speedway Hall of Fame inductee's. Some ten individuals who played a major part in the history of the track will be inducted in the second annual event on October 31 at the Baum Opera House in Miamisburg, Ohio with details to follow.

Please take a journey back in time and visit www.daytonspeedwaylives.com for a trip back to Dayton Speedway.

For information on the pizza party or hall of fame call 937 550-4067 or e-mail foggygoggles@woh.rr.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

Mahaffey and Stapleton Disqualified, Stacy and Jones Take Wins at Kil-Kare
by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, Oh. - After being rained-out three straight weeks so far this year Kil-Kare Speedway finally got a racing program in Friday night with a fine field of cars on hand. Claiming feature wins in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events were Don Mahaffey, Greg Stapleton, Joe Hensel, and Joe Hoelscher however Mahaffey and Stapleton failed post race inspection giving the late model win to Mike stacy and Kyle Jones the modified.

The Sonic Drive-In late models were first to take to the track for their thirty lap feature with Terry Scherz and Sam Heckman in the front row. Veteran and former track champ Heckman took the lead with Bobby Justus in tow and track record holder Don Mahaffey in third only to see the caution come out when Justin Alsip spun on turn three.

Heckman set sail on the restart as Don Mahaffey went to the outside to pull alongside of Justus for second and then passed Heckman on lap four for the lead. Quite a battle developed for second between Heckman, Justus and Mike Stacy when the caution flew again on lap six. Mahaffey, celebrating his birthday held the lead on the restart when the green unfolded again. Stacy then went to work on Justus as he tried to unseat Justus for the third sport as Mahaffey built up a good lead.

At the halfway mark Mahaffey had nearly a half lap lead as Stacy stole second from Heckman when the caution flew again due to a mix up on the frontstretch. With the field reverting back to the last completed lap this put Heckman back in second and Stacy in third with his work cut out for him to once again get around Heckman and it only took him one lap to do so as he now set his sights on teammate Mahaffey.

Further back tail starter Justin Alsip had moved into the fourth position as he reeled in Heckman. Alsip made his pass good on lap twenty seven. When the checker waved Mahaffey and his Oakley Blacktop sponsored machine claimed his first win of the year while teammate Mike Stacy claimed second followed by Justin Asip, Sam Heckman, and Terry Scherz however Mahaffey's mount failed post race inspection handing the win to Stacy.

With a large field of modifieds on hand management booted the win to $1,000 and the drivers were hungry. Brandon Oakley and Jason Mahaffey were on the front row but the caution flew two times before an official lap was recorded and Oakley departed to the pits which then put Brad Williams and Mahaffey in the front row. Mahaffey nosed ahead at the green to lead with Williams, Jack Jones, Kyle Jones and Ryan Fleming all battling for fourth. Mahaffey kept his Paul Storer machine in front as Kyle Jones worked the outside lane on Brad Williams. Jones took second on lap twelve and then went after leader Mahaffey. At the halfway it was Mahaffey, Jones, Williams, fast timer greg Stapleton and Bill Burba in the top five.

The caution flew on lap fourteen slowing the pace and giving Stapleton a chance to move up on the rear bumper of Mahaffey. Jones tried the inside of Mahaffey as they rubbed tires on turn four but Mahaffey shook him off and again the yellow flew on lap eighteen. When the green waved again sixth place starter Klyle Jones decided to try the outside lane but another yellow waved so again on the restart Jones was looking a way to the front as Mahaffey poured the power to his car and pulled away but by lap twenty three they were bumper to bumper. A three car battle was in the making for the lead as Mahaffey and Jones slid high on turn three enabling Stapleton to inherit the lead and take home the one thousand dollars.

When the checker waved it was the Underwood Vinyl and tile car of Greg Stapleton taking the win fillowed by Kyle Jones, Jason Mahaffey, Brad Williams, and Bill Burba but Jones inherited the win as Stapleton's mount failed post race inspection.

Next on the program was the sport stocks with second generation driver Jay Laykins Jr. and James Harding bringing the field to starter Mike Stapleton's green flag. Side by side into turn one they were and when they hit the backstretch it was Harding in front with Lakins second with a battle for third between fast timer Shawn Stansell, Joe Hensel and Travis Digges. Stansell was in third as he sized up second place running Hensel as Hensel held his lane shutting the door on Hensel when Hensel bobbled on the backstretch putting Stansell in second as leader Harding began to lap traffic. Unfortunately Harding got blocked by slow cars as Stansell took advantage to close the gap but a caution slowed the pace.

On the restart Harding was in front as again Stansell was dogging him every which way as Hensel held a steady third and Lakins fourth with Digges fifth. Sparks flew on the white flag lap as Harding and Stanseel tangled on the backstretch with Stansell suffering a flat tire which was a great thing for Hensell as he was now the leader and a night to celebrate as he took the win in the Lee's Fencing machine with Lakins second, Phil Gussler third, Ron Lewis fourth and John Haney fifth.

The Hoelscher's, Joe and Bo led the compacts to the green as it was side by side racing after three false starts. Nine cars were bumper to bumper for numerous laps as Joe led BT who was challenged by Troy Patterson. Amber Sites and Paul Holly battled with Holly taking third as fast timer Tim Haerr on the move. Haerr was in third by lap ten as he rode the rear bumper of Harshbarger. Haerr then went to the outside to claim second as Rodney Terry was now in fourth. Joe Hoelscher tried to hold off Haerr as Haerr rode the outside as the white flag waved and when they reached the checker it was Hoelscher by three feet over Hoelscher in an exciting finish. Troy Patterson was home third followed by Rodney terry and Bryan Lynch.

Closing out the night was the wild trailer figure-8 race of destruction with the $500 top money going to Logan Schwieger.

It will be another full racing program Friday night featuring the NASCAR All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF May News Update

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club with membership approaching 900 members has a busy month planned for May with five track dates where members are admitted free of charge or at a reduced admission to the grandstands.

35 Raceway Park at Frankfort, Ohio will start the month off on May 1 with free admission to DARF members to witness the outlaw mini-sprints, sportsman dwarf, modified lite dwarf cars, 4-cylinder mini late models, 4-cylinder stocks, and go-karts on the fifth-mile clay track. Warm-ups begin at 4 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. www.35raceway.com for information or call 740 997-2278.

Gas City I-69 Speedway near Gas City, Indiana will be the next stop on May 7 for a program of non-wing sprint cars, modifieds, street stocks, and thunder cars on the 1/4th mile clay oval. Admission is half-off for the grandstands with the gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.gascityi69speedway.com or call 765 384-7285 for information.

Kil-Kare Speedway near Xenia, Ohio will host the members to free admission on May 14 for a night of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifeds, sport stocks, compact, and IKO mini-cups with action on both the 3/8ths and 1/5th mile tracks. Gates open at 6 p.m. followed with racing at 8 p.m. Call 937 426-2764 or visit www.kilkare.com for information.

Schrader's K-C Raceway south of Chillicothe, Ohio will be the next stop on May 22 where the sprint cars will be running double features plus the modifieds and hobby stocks will be running on the 3/8 mile dirt oval. Warm-ups start at 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. Information available at 740 978-6575 or on the web at www.kc-raceway.com.

Eldora Speedway north of Rossburg, Ohio will admit members for just $10 on May 30 for the running of the Johnny Appleseed late model classic plus the NRA Sprint Invaders and Eldora stocks will be running on the 1/2 mile dirt oval. Hot laps begin at 6 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.eldoraspeedway.com or call 937 338-3815 for information.

DARF extends an invitation to non member racing enthusiasts to join to take advantage of the many track dates. A twelve month membership is just $15 for a single or $20 per couple with applications available at www.darfnews.com or call membership Secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 to join.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com


Trailer Race on Tap at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - For fans seeking extra thrills Kil-Kare Speedway is the place to be this Friday night for the crowd pleasing Trailer Race of Destruction. Vehicles pulling trailers with boats, camping trailers, and just about anything imaginable will take to the fifth mile oval to see who can be the last driver with a trailer attached to his vehicle.

Also on tap will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts which will precede the trailer event.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Adult admission is just $15 while 12-15 year olds will be $5 and eleven and under are admitted free accompanied by an adult.

For additional information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track office at 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update

NEXT DATE - April 30 will be the first of five DARF track dates at Moler Raceway Parks 1/4 mile semi-banked clay track. It will be a special night for the UMP modifieds at they will be running for $1,000 to win plus the late models, street stocks and Chevettes will also see action. Admission is free to DARF members. The track is located just a short distance from state route 32 east of Cincinnati at 2059 Harker Waits Road near Williamsburg, OH. For complete information visit their website at www.molerracewaypark.com or phone 937 444-6215.

NEXT MEETING - Legends In Racing on April 27 at Jackass Flats starting at 7 p.m. President Bobby Sparks has lined up a stellar field of so called ole timers to entertain us with their many story's of their involvement in racing. Bring a friend and enjoy a memorable night.

CONGRATULATIONS DARF MEMBER DRIVERS:
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Don Mahaffey new late model track record
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Greg Stapleton new modified track record and feature win
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Ron Lewis sport stock feature win
April 9 - Moler Raceway Park: Doug Adkins modified feature winner
April 10 - Columbus Motor Speedway: Dick Dunlevy second in modified feature
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway: Jim Lewis Jr. late model feature winner
April 17 - Columbus Motor Speedway: Dick Dunlevy second in modified feature
April 17 - K-C Raceway: Danny Smith sprint car feature winner
April 17 - K-C Raceway: Doug Adkins modified feature winner
April 17 - Eldora Speedway Jeff Babcock modified feature winner
*April 17 - Columbus Motor Speedway: Sloan Henderson second in late model feature
April 18 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park: Jeff Babcock modified feature winner
*April 23 - Limaland Motorsports Park: Tim Allison sprint feature winner
*April 23 - Skyline Speedway: Danny Smith sprint feature winner
*April 23 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Sloan Henderson first ever female late model fast qualifier
*denotes new entry
If you know of a DARF member driver that fared well recently please advise us. DARF@woh.rr.com

LONG RANGE - July 31: Picnic @ Eldora Speedway, free to DARF members
December 4: 41st "Banquet of Champions" at Celebrations Banquet Center.

Tonight's DARF night at Lawrenceburg Speedway has been rained-out thanks to Ma Nature.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. (4/23) - Despite rain showers just as time trials were scheduled to start which held up the action for awhile the action was hot at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events. Well almost but a second set of rain drops moved in just after Sloan Henderson set fast time in the Sonic Drive-In late models forcing the track to cancel the racing program.

It will be another program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events Friday, April 30, featuring the Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts along with the Trailer Race of Destruction with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Try's Again Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Rain rain go away so Kil-Kare Speedway can finally record their second racing program of the year are what Kil-Kare officials are echoing. Opening night on April 2 was a great evening for racing but the following two Friday's were a different story as cold and wet weather were the only winners on those two dates.

This Friday Kil-Kare will present, weather permitting that is, a program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events including the Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts.

Spectator gates will open at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. with adult admission only $10, kids 12-15 $5 and 11 and under admitted free.

Visit www.kilkare.com for the seasons schedule and other important information or contact the track at 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update

NEXT DATE - Saturday April 24th at Lawrencburg Speedway for family fun night featuring the non-wing sprint cars, modifieds, and pure stocks on the high-banked 3/8ths mile clay track. Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps 6 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Admission for DARF members is half off ($7.50). For information on the Burg visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com. The track is located at the fairgrounds on U.S. 50 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

LAST APRIL DATE - April 30 will be the first of five DARF track dates at Moler Raceway Parks 1/4 mile semi-banked clay track. (free admission)

NEXT MEETING - Legends In Racing on April 27 at Jackass Flats starting at 7 p.m. President Bobby Sparks has lined up a stellar field of so called ole timers to entertain us with their many story's of their involvement in racing. Bring a friend and enjoy a memorable night.

CONGRATULATIONS DARF MEMBER DRIVERS:
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Don Mahaffey new late model track record
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Greg Stapleton new modified track record and feature win
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Ron Lewis sport stock feature win
April 9 - Moler Raceway Park: Doug Adkins modified feature winner
April 10 - Columbus Motor Speedway: Dick Dunlevy second in modified feature
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway: Jim Lewis Jr. late model feature winner
April 17 - Columbus Motor Speedway: Dick Dunlevy second in modified feature
April 17 - K-C Raceway: Danny Smith sprint car feature winner
April 17 - K-C Raceway: Doug Adkins modified feature winner
April 17 - Eldora Speedway Jeff Babcock modified feature winner
April 18 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park: Jeff Babcock modified feature winner
If you know of a DARF member driver that fared well at our DARF country tracks please advise us.

HOME NOW - Former DARF president and driving legend Don Wilbur who had surgery for colon cancer on April 14 is home after a succesful surgery. Don says "thanks" to all that have sent cards. It's not too late if you have not done so as such will reach him at 1872 Brandon Hall Dr., Miamisburg, OH 45432.

LONG RANGE - December 4, 41st "Banquet of Champions" at Celebrations Banquet Center.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update

REMEMBER OUR MEMBERS
Don Wilbur - Long time area driver Don Wilbur was diagnosed with colon cancer and had surgery today (4/14) in which a portion of the colon was removed along with a mass. Surgery went well however after he was moved to his room he experienced breathing problems, thus was transferred to the ICU unit where he is now being stabilized. Cards will reach Don at 1872 Brandon Hall Dr., Miamisburg, Ohio 45342. Please hold off on phone calls at this time as Elaine needs her rest.

Bob Korn - Certainly one of the oldest race car owners around, Bob Korn, has been fighting cancer for some time and reportedly it has flared up again. Sometimes a card of encouragement is the best medicine and Bob will certainly appreciate hearing from the racing community. Mail to him at 725 Cottage Ave., Miamisburg, Ohio 45342.
Please take time to send these two gentlemen a card or just a note on a piece of paper. Let them know we are their racing family.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF News Update


FIRST DATE - Thanks to Shady Bowl promoter Charlie Stapleton for hosting the club April 10 as 111 DARF members took in the action plus the special Armageddon Fire & Fury show.

NEXT DATE - April 24 at the high-banked 3/8ths mile clay Lawrenceburg Speedway for a program of non-wing sprint cars, UMP modifieds, and pure stocks. (half-off admission)

LAST APRIL DATE - April 30 will be the first of five DARF track dates at Moler Raceway Parks 1/4 mile semi-banked clay track. (free admission)

NEXT MEETING - Legends In Racing on April 27 at Jackass Flats starting at 7 p.m.

CONGRATULATIONS DARF MEMBER DRIVERS:
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Don Mahaffey new late model track record
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Greg Stapleton new modified track record and feature win
April 2 - Kil-Kare Speedway: Ron Lewis sport stock feature win
April 9 - Moler Raceway Park: Doug Adkins modified feature winner
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway: Jim Lewis Jr. late model feature winner
If you know of a DARF member driver that fared well at our DARF country tracks please advise us.

LONG RANGE - December 4, 41st "Banquet of Champions" at Celebrations Banquet Center.
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Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Hopes To Beat Weather Friday

Xenia, OH. - Although the long range weather predication indicates there is a chance of rain again Friday, Kil-Kare officials are hoping to outsmart the weather man and give the fans a great night of racing.

On the card will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Test and tune at both the speedway and dragway will be Thursday evening starting at 5 p.m. and every Thursday throughout the season with spectator admission just $7 which enables them to stroll through the pit area of both facilities.

For updated information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track office at 937 426-2764.
Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Weather Nix's Kil-Kare Friday Events

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Good ole Mother Nature put a halt to Kil-Kare Speedway's racing events Friday night due to the extremely cold weather and the prediction of evening temperatures in the 30's.

Weather permitting the track will see action next Friday with a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American events featuring the Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Admission for adults is just $10 while 12-15 years olds is $5 and fans 11 and under are admitted free of charge.

Sonic Drive-In test and tune continues each Thursday beginning at 5 p.m.

For further information visit www.kilkare.com or contact the track at 937 426-2764

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Week Two at Kil-Kare Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - After a successful opening night last week, Kil-Kare Speedway will be back in action Friday night with their second event of the young season. On the racing card will be the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In Late Models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts.
Springfield's Mike Stacy out dueled early leader and defending track champion Justin Alsip to win the Sonic Drive-In late model feature opening night after new track record holder Don Mahaffey was sent to the tail of the field after an altercation with Alsip as Mahaffey attempted to pass Alsip for the lead.
Back to seek his second modifed win will be Greg Stapleton who earlier in time trials lowered his old track record of 13.677 down to 13.432 and then claimed the feature.
Veteran sport stock driver Ron Lewis had his hands full holding off the lap after lap challenges of defending track champ Shawn Stansell as Lewis captured the opening nights feature.
Bryan Lynch was fast qualifier numerous times in the compacts last season and even though he was not the top qualifier Friday night he did manage to hold off the one that was, Tim Haerr, to claim the feature win.
These drivers will be back in action Friday with the spectator gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Adult admission is just $10 and 12-15 year olds are $5 with those young fans 11 and under admitted free.
Kil-Kare's full schedule is available at www.kilkare.com .

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


DARF News Update

At last the season is underway and our first track date will be this Saturday, April 10, at what is billed as the "World's Fastest 3/10th Mile Track" known as Shady Bowl Speedway. Promoter Charlie Stapleton will admit all current members free of charge to the grandstands for the nights action.
On the racing card will be the late models, modifieds,Pro-4's, sport stocks, dwarf cars, and compacts plus there will be an added special attraction. The Armageddon Fire & Fury show featuring a jet powered car will torch a car in the infield with its after burners.
Time trials begin at 5:30 and racing at 7 p.m.
For information on Shady Bowl visit www.shadybowl.com or call 937 585-9456.

Our next track dates will be at Lawrenceburg Speedway on April 24 with admission half-off and Moler Raceway Park on April 30 with free admission to the grandstand. Complete information will be in the next update.

Remember our last so called winter meeting will be April 27 featuring "Legends In Racing" at the Flats starting at 7 p.m. Be sure to mail or bring your ballots to the meeting as the officers for the next year will be announced.

Kil-Kare Openers Go To Stacy, Stapleton, Lewis, and Lynch

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. (4/2) - It was opening night Friday at Kil-Kare Speedway for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series and when the final checkers fell it was Mike Stacy, Greg Stapleton, Ron Lewis, and Bryan Lynch claiming feature wins.

The Sonic Drive In Late Models took to the track for their first feature of the season with defending NASCAR All American Series Kil-Kare champion Justin Alsip on the pole and former champ Sam Heckman alongside. Alsip wasted no time in taking the lead as Sloan ahenderson challenged Heckman for second but Heckman held on riding alongside of her and finally took second as Heckman dropped back but here came Mike Stacy on the on the inside for third as fast timer and new track record holder Don Mahaffey coming from seventh for fourth. Alsip in his Charlie's A-1 Auto Body special held a good lead at the twelve lap point with Henderson still second as the caution flew as weveral cars tangled on turn four.

Alsip continued to set the pace on the restart as Mahaffey whizzed into second with Stacy trailing for third as henderson dropped to fourth with Heckman riding fifth. Mahaffey started to cut the gap on leader Alsip as the Oakley blacktop sponsored car was on Alsip's bumper on lap twenty one. Mahaffey tried desperately to pass on the inide as they made contact on lap twenty four on turn two as both spun into the infield. Mahaffey was sent to the tail with Alsip retaining the front spot for the restart and now he had second fast timer Mike stacy on his tail. Stacy nudged his way under Alsip on turn four for the lead as Alsip tried to make a comeback as the white waved but it was Stacy in his Oakley Blacktop special taking the win followed by Alsip, Henderson, Heckman, and Shawn Gray.

Veteran Sam Heckman and second year driver Sloan Henderson set the pace in the first late model heat wiith Heckman taking the lead as third place starter Gary Estes took the front marker on the second lap with second fast qualifier Mike Stacy coming from the back row for second. At the checker it was Estes in the Bond Machine taking the checker over Stacy, Heckman, and Henderson.

The second heat had Jeff Marsh and veteran Russ Bobb in the front row with Bobb edging Marsh for the lead with Bobby Justus slipping into second to challenge Bobb, taking the lead on lap two. On the move was last place starter Justin Alsip as he passed Bobb for second on lap six. Justus took the win with Alsip second, Bobb third, and Marsh fourth.

Defending track champion Mike Carroll and Bill Burba led the sixteen car modified field to to the green in their thirty lap feature with rookie Ryan Fleming starting third with veteran Jerry Stapleton fourth. When starter Mike Stapleton waved the green flag Carroll took the lead with Fleming challenging Burba for second but Burba went to the high side to take second with Fleming right in the thick of the veterans. Action was slowed on lap four when Brian Brewer spun on the backstretch. Carroll stayed in front but sixth place starter Kyle Jones charged into second as the two first cars started to pull away from the field.

Meanwhile it was a battle for positions behind them until five cars tangled on turn four with Fleming being sidelined when he hit the guardrail and lost a wheel. Also sidelined was Caleb Reschar. Jones put the pressure on carroll whil behind them new track record holder Greg Stapleton was chasing his uncle Jerry Stapleton for fourth while Derek Barnette rode fifth. Greg took third at the halfway marker and started to move in on the top two cars. Meanwhile Jones was tapping Carroll's back bumper, moving to the outside and now it was a three car battle for the lead but contact was made between Jones and Carroll as they spun on the backstretch bringing out the caution.

Carroll departed to the pits and Jones was sent to the tail which now put Greg Stapleton in the lead. Brian Reeser slipped around Jason Mahaffey for fifth as he chased rookie Brandon Oakley. Greg Stapleton pulled away from his uncle who was riding second and Derek Barnette third as the checker waved on the Underwood Vinyle and Tile sponsored Greg Stapleton machine. Second was Jerry Staapleton followed by Derek Barnette, Brian Reeser, and Brandon Oakley..

Brian Reeser and Jamie Sites paced the field in the first modified heat with Reser taking the lead only to see the caution fly as Jerry Stapleton slid into the infield on turn two. Reeser held the front spot on the restart with Sites second and defending track champ Mike Carroll third with Bill Burba fourth. Carroll made a daring move on the inside of Reeser on turn two to steal the lead and win with Burba seceond followed by Reeser and Sites.

Brian Brewer and Chris Jennings set the pace in the second heat with Brewer getting the lead as Derrek Barnette was on the move to show as the leader on the third lap. Caleb Reschar was all over the back of Brewer tring to get around as they battled for second but it was Brewer holding off Reschar as Barnette took the win followed by Brewer, Reschar, and Brandon Oakley.

Ron Lewis and Jamie Sites led the sport stocks to the green in their twenty five lap feature with the two running side by side for the lead as Lewis nudged ahead to lead while Travis digges rode third and James harding was running fourth. harding went to the outside of Digges for third with fast timer Shawn stanseell a close fifth. Lewis stayed in front but here came Stansell now into third as he closed in on Sites and Lewis with Harding a close fourth. Stansell went on the inside to pass Sites for second on lap sixteen as the defending track champ had his eyes on leader Lewis. Lewis had his hands full holding off Stansell as the white flag waved and when the checker flew it was Lewis in his Replacement Auto Parts Camaro taking the win over Stansell, Sites, Harding and Digges.

Travis Digges jumped into the lead at the start of the sport stock heat as James harding and Phil Gussler battled for second. Harding finally stole second as new track record holder Shawn Stansell was on the move taking third and that is the way they crossed the stripe, Digges, Harding, Stansell, Gussler.

Joe Hensel and Jay Lakins led the field to the green in the second sport stock heat as the second generation driver Lakins took the lead with Hensel not giving up as he pulled along side of Lakins and took the lead as Lakins faded with Hensel taking the win followed by Ron Lewis, Jamie Sites, and Lakins.

Rounding out the nights action was the compacts with Paul Holley jumping into the lead only to see the caution flay after one lap when Tyler Mahaffey spun. Holley led on the restart with Bryan Lynch riding second and then taking the lead on lap four with Joe Hoelscher snaring second with Amber Sites third and being challenged by fast timer Tim Haerr. Lynch still held the lead at the halfway mark with Hoelscher still second as Sites had her hands full trying to hold off Haerr who challenged on the outside making the pass on lap sixteen for third. When the checker waved it was Lynch claiming the win with Haerr second followed by Joe Hoelscher, Amber Sites, and Bo Hoelscher.

The NASCAR Whelen All-Amerrican Series events contine next Friday, April 9, with another full program of Sonic Drive In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com


Kil-Kare Speedway Opens Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Kil-Kare Speedway will usher in the 2010 season this Friday with a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events planned for the 3/8th and 1/5th mile ovals. Seeing action on the larger track will be the late models, modifieds and sport stocks while the smaller track will have the compacts in action.
With the weather report looking very desirable it should be a great night for racing on Good Friday as track officials are looking for good car count for the season opener.
Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing set to start at 8 p.m. In light of the ongoing economy Kil-Kare is holding the admission prices the same as last season, $10 per adult while kids 12-15 is just $5 and young fans 11 and under are free accompanied by an adult.
Numerous special events are planned for the season with the ever popular Trailer Race of Destruction on April 30 and July 23. The big full size school buses will take to the figure-8 track on May 21 and August 20 for a figure-8 feature followed by the fan pleasing school bus demolition derby each date.
The powerful super late models of the Main Event Racing Series will make their annual visit on June 4 for a 100 lap feature and on June 18 the International Outlaw Figure-8 Series with their special built cars will thrill the fans as they travel the figure-8 course.
Open Wheel Friday which usually features the USAC Midgets, winged sprint cars, and modifieds returns on July 18 with a special attraction added this year. For the first time ever at Kil-Kare the exotic high horsepower super modifieds of the Midwest Super Modifed Association will be a part of the program.
August 16 will be the third annual Robbie Dean Memorial 94 lap late model feature and on August 13, emphasis will be honoring the area EMT/Firefighters with a special event for them.
For a complete schedule and current updates visit www.kilkare.com or contact the office at 937 429-2961.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


DARF News Update.....

Next meeting - March 23 in the social hall of Jackass Flats, Rip Rap & Fishburg Road in Dayton featuring the famous "Meet The Promoter" night with the doors opening at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. Arrive early for a good seat. Remember the Flats also has good food delivered right to your table.
What are the plans for the area DARF host tracks for the season, well you can find out Tuesday night as 35 Raceway Park, Columbus Motor Speedway, Champion Racing Association, Eldora Speedway, Kil-Kare Dragway and Speedway, Lawrenceburg Speedway, Limaland Motorsports Park, Moler Raceway Park, Schrader's K-C Raceway. Shady Bowl Speedway, Waynesfield Raceway Park, and Winchester Speedway all plan to be represented at the meeting.

Another track - Union County Speedway promoter Billy Daniels has set June 25 and August 27 as DARF nights with admission half off to the grandstands.

April track dates - April 10, Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 24, Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
April 30, Moler Raceway Park (free)

Correction - Moler 4/30 modified feature pays $1K, not $10K as stated in newsletter. Sorry Moler.

April meeting - Legends in Racing...know a driver or person that you consider a legend? If you would like to see that
person recognized contact Bobby Sparks @ 937 335-1730.

Support your local track, let's have a great 2010 season for all of them.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


Lang's Home of Race Car Show This Week-end

Beavercreek, OH - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will present their annual Toys for Kids charity race car show this week-end, March 6&7 at Lang's Chevrolet located on state route 35 and Orchard Lane in Beavercreek.
All types of racing machinery will be on display including sprint cars, midgets, dirt and asphalt late models, modifieds, stock cars, legend cars, drag cars, compacts, dwarf cars, and karts.
A special vintage race car room will feature many restored race cars as well as several displays featuring the late Henry Meyers and Winchester Speedway, New Bremen Speedway, and Dayton Speedway. Dayton Speedway will have several guests including longtime car owner Bob Korn and retired drivers Lee Raymond and Chick Hale signing special collector autograph cards throughout the weekend.
Several area race tracks will have displays with information available on their upcoming season.
Show hours on March 6 are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and March 7 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All proceeds from admission ticket sales are used to provide gifts at Christmas time for under priviledged children. Adult admission is only $5 with children admitted free of charge.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - Kil-Kare Speedway is proud to announce a new treat for the fans when July 16th rolls around for the annual Open Wheel Friday night. For the first time in the history of the popular 3/8ths mile paved oval the powerful ground shaking high powered winged supermodifieds of the Midwest Super Modified Association (MSA) will invade the facility to join the other featured divisions.
Kil-Kare will kick off the 2010 season on Friday night, April 2, with a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events with racing thereafter every Friday night throughout the season.
Weather permitting the first test and tune will be on Saturday, March 20, from noon until 5 p.m. at both the speedway and dragway with spectator admission just $5 which permits fans to roam the pit area of both facilities.
For updated information and schedule of events visit www.kilkare.com or contact the office at 937 429-2961.

Moler Raceway Park's first flyer prior to their opening four years ago....Thanks for a great racing facility!!!!

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

DARF MEETING REMINDER

Come join us, Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club this Tuesday, February 23, for Bench Racing Night in the social hall at Jackass Flats, corner of Rip Rap and Fishburg Roads starting at 7 p.m. Some mighty interesting stories will be told, some serious and of course some comical.

Date Changes - July 23 date at Gas City I-69 Speedway has been eliminated from the original schedule....Moler Raceway Park has added a fifth DARF free date to their schedule which will be September 24....Also OVKA will host DARF on June 6 at their event at G&J Kartway near Camden, Ohio with free admission.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www,darfnews.com


Moler Raceway Park Adds Another DARF Date

Dayton, OH - Moler Raceway Park promoters Kevin and Kim Moler havd added another Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club night to their schedule. On September 24 DARF members will be admitted free to the grandstands for the final points night event of the season at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Visit www.molerracewaypark.com for a full schedule of the seasons events.
The previously announced July 23rd DARF night at Gas City I-69 Speedway has been removed from the schedule.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization with a twelve month membership just $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit the website, www.darfnews.com for an application and schedule of events or contact membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2010 DARF Track Dates
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 24 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
April 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 1 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
May 7 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
May 14 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
May 22 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
May 30 - Eldora Speedway ($10)
June 4 - Limaland Motorsports Park (half-off)
June 5 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 12 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)
June 19 - Columbus Motor Speedway (free)
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
June 26 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (half-off)
June 26 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 9 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 18 - Winchester Speedway ($5)
July 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 30 - Limaland Motorsports Park (half-off)
July 31 - Eldora/DARF picnic (memebers free)
July 31 - Eldora Speedway ($10)
August 7 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 27 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
September 3 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 4 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
September 4 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (half-off)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway picnic (free DARF members)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
September 24 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
October 2 - Eldora Speedway ($10)
Tentative schedule as of 2/19/10

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

Eldora, Columbus, and OVKA Added to DARF Schedule

Dayton, OH. (2/15) - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added three more racing venues to their growing list of track dates with Eldora Speedway, Columbus Motor Speedway, and OVKA now on the schedule.
Eldora Speedway will see the members visit the half-mile dirt oval on three occasions this season, May 30, July 31, and October 2 with admission just $10 per member. Prior to the evening events on July 31 DARF members will be treated to a free picnic in the cool air conditioned ballroom. For information on Eldora visit www.eldoraspeedway.com.
The historic third-mile asphalt Columbus Motor Speedway will admit the members free of charge to the grandstands on June 19 for a program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events. For a full schedule of events at CMS visit www.columbusspeedway.com.
For a different type of racing program, karts, Ohio Valley Karting Association (OVKA) will admit members free at their June 6 event at the G&J Kartway at Camden with admission free. A full OVKA schedule is available at www.ovka.com.
For an up to date schedule of DARF track dates visit www.darfnews.com where a membership application is also available. Fans are encouraged to join and become a part of the long established DARF organization where a 12 month membership is just $15 for a single or $20 for a couple which entitles them to all the DARF track dates and activities.

NEXT MEETING - February 23 at Jackass Flats social hall featuring "Bench Racing" for an interesting night of, well, come to the meeting and find out. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. and remember the Flats has an excellent food menu.

DARF CAR SHOW - March 6&7 at Lang's Chevrolet in Beavercreek. Remember this is for under privileged Kid's to provide them gifts at Christmas time so plan on supporting this great event. Saturday's time is 9 a.me. to 8 up.me. and Sunday 10 a.me. to 5 up.me.
There is still room for more race cars so if you have one or know of someone that would like to display their car give Bobby Sparks a call at 937 335-1730 or e-mail b75sparks@verizon.net.

PIQUA CAR SHOW - March 18 through 21 the Stiefel family will present the "Race Cars and Future Stars Expo" at the Miami Valley Centre Mall. DARF will have a display there with. For information contact Steve Stiefel, 937 778-8280 or e-mail bigstif@juno.com.

GET WELL - One of our true legends in racing, Clarence "Mutt" Anderson recently spent time in the crash house in Xenia and is now recuperating at a rehab center. Mutt likes hearing from his many friends in racing so drop him a card of cheer, Clarence "Mutt" Anderson, %Greenewood Manor, 711 Dayton-Xenia Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385.

GET WELL - Long time former competitor Audie Swartz Sr. recently spent some time in the hospital so even if you never met him, please take time to send him a card of encouragement. Audie Swartz Sr., %SOMC, 1805 27th Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662. Let this long time know he is still remembered.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www,darfnews.com


35 Raceway Park and Limaland Motorsports Park Set DARF Dates

Dayton, OH - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added two more tracks to their growing list of host tracks for 2010. 35 Raceway Park near Frankfort, Ohio will host the members to three nights of racing action, May 1, June 26, and August 28 with admission to the grandstands free with a current membership card. A full schedule and track events are available at www.35raceway.com.
Limaland Motorsports Park near Lima, Ohio will host the DARF members on June 4 and July 30 with admission to the grandstands half-off regular admission. Complete information on the facility is available at www.limaland.com.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization with a twelve month membership just $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit the website, www.darfnews.com for an application and schedule of events or contact membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2010 DARF Track Dates
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 24 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
April 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 7 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
May 1 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
May 14 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
May 22 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
June 4 - Limaland Motorsports Park (half-off)
June 5 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 12 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
June 26 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (half-off)
June 26 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
July 9 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 18 - Winchester Speedway ($5)
July 23 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
July 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 30 - Limaland Motorsports Park (half-off)
August 7 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 27 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)
September 3 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 4 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
September 9 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (half-off)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway picnic (free DARF members)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

Tentative schedule as of 2/4/10

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www,darfnews.com

DARF Adds Lawrenceburg, Kil-Kare, Winchester, and Waynesfield to Schedule

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added four more tracks to their growing 2010 schedule which already included Flat Rock, Toledo, K-C, Shady Bowl and Gas City I-69 Speedway's.
Lawrenceburg has granted DARF two dates, April 24 and August 7. Kil-Kare Speedway will admit the fans free to the grandstands on May 14 and the Kil-Kare Dragway will do likewise on June 12. On July 18 the club will visit Winchester Speedway where admission will be just $5. On June 26 and September 9 Waynesfield Raceway Park will admit the members for half off general admission.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization with a twelve month membership just $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit the website, www.darfnews.com for an application and schedule of events or contact membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2010 DARF Track Dates
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 24 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
April 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 7 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
May 14 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
May 22 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
June 5 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 12 - Kil-Kare Dragway (free)
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
June 26 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (half-off)
July 9 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 18 - Winchester Speedway ($5)
July 23 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
July 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 7 - Lawrenceburg Speedway (half-off)
August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 27 - Molerraceway Park (free)
September 3 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 4 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
September 9 - Waynesfield Raceway Park (half-off)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway picnic (free DARF members)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www,darfnews.com

DARF Adds Kil-Kare Speedway to Schedule

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added Kil-Kare Speedway near Xenia, Ohio to their 2010 schedule which already includes Moler Raceway Park, Flat Rock, Toledo, K-C, Shady Bowl and Gas City I-69 Speedway's.
Kil-Kare management will welcome the club on May 14 for a full program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events with admission to the grandstands free with a paid up DARF membership.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization to take advantage of these and other events that will be added to the schedule with a twelve month membership just $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit the website, www.darfnews.com for an application or contact membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2010 DARF Track Dates
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 7 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
May 14 - Kil-Kare Speedway (free)
May 22 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
June 5 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
July 9 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 23 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
July 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 27 - Molerraceway Park (free)
September 3 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 4 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway picnic (free DARF members)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

Tentative schedule as of 1/23/10

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www,darfnews.com

DARF Adds Four Dates at Moler Raceway Park To Schedule

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added Moler Raceway Park to their 2010 schedule which already included Flat Rock, Toledo, K-C, Shady Bowl and Gas City I-69 Speedway's.
Moler Raceway Park promoters Kevin and Kim Moler will welcome the club on four occassions with admission to the grandstands free with a paid up DARF membership. The first event will be on April 30 with the Mt. Orab Ford UMP modifieds highlighting the program. July 9 will be the second event with the Outlaw Sprints topping the card followed by July 30 with the Battle of the Bluegrass Late Models and the fourth date will be August 27 for Fan Appreciation night.
Full details on Moler Raceway Park is available at www.molerracewaypark.com.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization with a twelve month membership just $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit the website, www.darfnews.com for an application or contact membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2010 DARF Track Dates
April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
April 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
May 7 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
May 22 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
June 5 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
July 9 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
July 23 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
July 30 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 27 - Molerraceway Park (free)
September 3 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 4 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway picnic (free DARF members)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

Tentative schedule as of 1/13/10

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www,darfnews.com

DARF Adds Flat Rock, K-C, & Toledo To Schedule

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club has added three more tracks to their 2010 schedule which already included Shady Bowl Speedway and Gas City I-69 Speedway.
Flat Rock Speedway will host the members to a free night of racing on June 5 while Toledo Speedway will do the likewise on June 25. K-C Raceway has increased their dates to two this year with half off grandstand admission for events on May 22 and September 4.
Racing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the DARF organization with a twelve month membership just $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit the website, www.darfnews.com for an application or contact membership secretary Linda Berry at 937 698-2237 or e-mail lin9ber@aol.com.

2010 DARF Track Dates

April 10 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
May 7 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
May 22 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
June 5 - Flat Rock Speedway (free)
June 11 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
June 25 - Toledo Speedway (free)
July 23 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 3 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
September 4 - K-C Raceway (half-off)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway picnic (free DARF members)
September 18 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)

Tentative schedule as of 1/13/10

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

Dayton, OH. - The new year is in its infancy and already the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club track host dates are starting to roll in indicating the tracks are extending the welcome mat to the DARF members early this year.

Members will be entitled to visit the Gas City I-69 Speedway at half off the general admission on five occasions this coming season with the dates being May 7, June 11, July 23, August 13, and September 3. The speedways full schedule is available at www.gascityi69speedway.com.

Shady Bowl Speedway has granted DARF two dates with April 10 being the first and September 18 with admission free to the grandstands plus the annual DARF/Shady Bowl picnic will be held prior to the Sept. 18 nightly events. The picnic is a bonus for the DARF members as it is free to all current members with a modest fee charged to non-members. By visiting the Shady Bowl website the full schedule can be viewed at www.shadybowl.com.

All racing enthusiasts are encouraged and invited to join DARF to take advantage of the above dates and the many others that will follow as they are obtained. A twelve month membership is only $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Applications are available at www.darfnews.com or by contacting membership secretary Linda Berry, 937 698-2237.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews,com

DARF To Feature Women In Racing

Dayton, OH. - The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club will present their first meeting of the new year on January 26 featuring "Women In Racing" with the event to be held in the social hall of Jackass Flats, corner of Fishburg and Rip Rap Roads in northern Dayton.

A number or lady's involved in various aspects of racing will be the featured attraction with the doors opening at 6 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m.

For information contact Bobby Sparks, 937 335-1730 or visit the website www.darfnews.com.

Video highlights from the 2009 DARF Banquet of Champions & Hall of Fame have been posted. You can view the highlights on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcKQJER5qps. The banquet & hall of fame is available in its entirety online at: http://videos.shadybowl.com. Thank you and have a Happy New Year!

DARF's 2009 class of Legends in Racing
Seated (L-R) Red Harvey, Wayne Watercutter, Tim Bihm, Larry Boos
Standing (L-R) chairperson Jerry Wahl, Bill Chambers, Gene Ingram, Jim Hines
photo by Earl Isaacs

DARF Presents Legends In Racing at April Meeting

Dayton, OH. - It will be a great night of remembering and reminiscing about the racing careers of various individuals involved throughout the years in the sport of auto racing at the April 28th meeting of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club.

Scheduled to appear for a panel discussion will be not only drivers but engine builders, race car builders, promoters, and historians. The elite group will include Wayne Watercutter, Red Harvey, Eddie Flora, Larry Boos, Tim Bihm, Gene Ingram, Jim Hines, Bill Chambers, Roger Winget, and Gene Smith.

Perhaps these are names that you have heard but how and why did they get involved in racing. Come to the meeting in the meeting hall of Jackass Flats, corner of Fishburg & Rip Rap Roads in Dayton, Ohio starting at 7 p.m.

For information contact Jerry Wahl, 937 832-3477 or Bobby Sparks at 937 335-1730. Or for information on the DARF organization visit www.darfnews.com which also includes directions to the meeting.

Directions: From I-75 take Needmore Road exit and go east 1.1 mile to Wagner Ford Road (becomes Rip Rap) and go 1.9 mile to Fishburg Road, turn right and parking lot is immediately on your left.

From I-70 go south on state route 202 (Old Troy Pike) at Huber Heights to Fishburg Road (Flowerama on corner), turn right and follow to end. Parking lot is on right just before you get to the stop sign.

Friends of the defunct Dayton Speedway gathered at Campioni's Pizza in Springboro on April 21 to celebrate the first year birthday of the launching of the website www.daytonspeedwaylives.com. L-R Jerry Wahl, Don Wilbur, Bob Korn, Chick Hale, Bill Chambers, Dick Dunlevy Jr. (kneeling)...Gene Ingram photo

In Memory of Bruce Gould
1940 - 2008
Winner Of First World 100
1972 Tri-County Speedway Champion
Rest In Peace Our Friend

Rest In Peace Our Friend

What a beautiful tribute

Dayton, OH (4/7) - What once was one of the most prominet high-banked asphalt tracks in country is being brought back to life thanks to racing enthusiats Mike Thompson who was a strong supporter of the track.
Although the track ceased to operate in 1982 and now is the site of a landfill, those that remember the fine racing facility can relive many of the happenings by visiting www.daytonspeedwaylives.com on the internet.
Thompson, a racing addic since 1964 and a retired attorney launched the website just five days ago and has drawn over 600 views in just that short time as many of the ole timers and also those that never heard nor visited the track can see what has been lost.
Photographs and news items are being solicited for use on the web and can be donated or loaned by contacting Thompson at foggygoggles@woh.rr.com.

Perhaps you attended Dayton Speedway and know first hand what the facility was like or perhaps you heard of it but have not learned much about it. Though the track closed for good in 1982 the Memory of the once nationally know track is coming back to life once again. No, not in reality, as it has been covered as a landfill but you can experience what it once was by visiting www.daytonspeedwaylives.com, a site that will constantly be updated as DAYTON SPEEDWAY LIVES.

Yours in Racing
Jerry Wahl

P.S. - And thanks to those who have contributed photos and news items, keep them coming and we'll continue to keep Dayton Speedway alive.

A great group of promoters attended DARF's "Meet The Promoter" night March 25 (Earl Isaacs photo)

A Trip Down Memory Lane.....Harold Smith in Bob Korn's car at Kil-Kare in 19??

How about this close finish at Kil-Kare....(Isaacs Racing Photos)

A Trip Down Memory Lane......NASCAR star Marshall Teague in a real race car at Dayton Speedway

A trip down memory lane......Harold Smith in Bob Korn's modified at the old Dayton Speedway.

Rest In Peace Our Friend

A trip down Memory Lane......Smokey Wynes at Shady Bowl Speedway (Stan Jeffery photo)

                             Class Of 2007

The new "Little E" 1/7th mile track at Eldora with a quarter midget track inside located outside of turn three. (track photo)

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


Moler Raceway Park and 35 Raceway Park next on DARF schedule

Dayton, OH. - Two events are on the schedule this weekend for the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club and the good news is that Moler Raceway Park and 35 Raceway Park will admit them free of charge to the grandstands.
On Friday the quarter mile dirt Moler track will give the fans a show of late models, UMP modifieds, street stocks, and Chevettes plus it is Fan Appreciation Night with the drivers and their cars parked on the frontstretch where the fans can mingle with the drivers to acquire autographs.
Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m.
Moler is located east of Cincinnati, Ohio off of state route 32 at 2059 Harker-Waits Road near Williamsburg. Call 937 444-6215 or visit www.molerracewaypark.com on the web for complete information.
Saturday night it will be the fifth-mile dirt 35 Raceway Park south of Frankfort, Ohio where the mini sprints, mini late models, 4cyl stocks, go karts, modified lite dwarf cars and sportsman dwarf cars will see action.
Warm-ups begin at 4 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m.
Further information is available at www.35raceway.com or by calling 740 998-2278.
For information on the DARF organization visit www.darfnews.com or call 937 335-1730

Off the Wahl by Jerry Wahl

Yes I know this is old news but what a whirlwind week-end it was two weeks ago, three race tracks, one picnic, one birthday party, and some 200 miles round trip. First we started on Friday with our usual stomping grounds, Kil-Kare Speedway and The Whelen/EMT Firefighters night and then on Saturday afternoon it was the annual Dayton Auto racing Fan Club picnic at Shady Bowl Speedway.From there it was a stop to celebrate a friends 80th birthday party, and then capped the night with Family Fun Night at Eldora Speedway. Racing and friends are great and we enjoyed visiting with many of them along the way.
Hard to believe the season is rapidly drawing to a close at some of the area tracks, where has the summer gone, much too quick that is for sure.
Limaland Motorsports Park appears to be the first to drop the curtain with August 27 being their last program which is their 13th annual season points championships night and Kil-Kare has only two more nights of action after this Friday with their door closer on Sept. 10.
But alas, there are plenty of action still available and some really great event coming up that we will be mentioning soon as long as our computers hold up. Two of them died within the last two weeks and this is our worst season so to speak in writing a column. Way far behind in doing so due to too many other activity's.
Friday night we played AWOL from our usual Friday night stint at Kil-Kare to attend the Ike Moler Memorial $5,000 to win late model event. Why attend this event, well the Moler family have been special to me since I met them when they started to build their track four years ago but my memory of Moler goes way back before that.Many year ago, and I mean many there use to be a weekly paper called the Columbus Star that carried race ads and results of just about every racing facility in the state of Ohio and the cost was a whole ten cents.Some of our local drivers use to run at Ike Moler's Moler Speedway that was located off of state route 68 near Mt.Orab so the Moler name has stuck in my mind for quite a number of years.
Plus I was the proud recipient of the Victor "Ike" Moler Pioneer of Racing award at their annual banquet in 2008 which is prominently displayed in my office and very much appreciated. Receiving an award is very special and I have been mighty lucky throughout the years to have received quite a few but the Pioneer of Racing sorta says it all.
And what a show it was Friday, 32 of the best late models, 25 modifieds, and around 20 Chevettes and the track was great with the fans treated to a full racing program with a fast car dash and heats for the late models, heats and b-mains for the mods, and heats for the Chevettes and of course he features. Unfortunately some tracks are lacking heats and that has cost them some fans as they feel short changed without them.
Of course we were leaning toward third generation driver Wayne Chinn of our neighborhood in the 50 lapper as he had started the night off by winning the fast car dash which put him on the pole. He didn't let us down as he quickly shot into the lead and did a great job weeding his way through traffic in what looked like a win might be in sight. But slowly sneaking up on him was Greg Johnson and with about ten laps to go Johnson stole the front spot to capture the event with Chinn a respectful second. Not only did Johnson receive the $5,000 check but also an eight foot trophy donated by race director Mike Jewell.
It was a good clean 50 lap feature that should and could have gone all 50 laps without a caution if it wasn't for the fact the flagman threw the yellow for a car that was heading off the track.
The other divisions were very competitive but the mod feature, wow, I don't believe or can recall seeing so many caution flags thrown in one feature. I think I lost track after twelve.
Yes, if you like bullring dirt track racing Moler Raceway Park is well worth the visit and they still have a very exciting schedule for the remainder of the season so check them out at www.molerracewaypark.com. And the popcorn, very good which is making it real tough for me to declare who has the best this year as most of the tracks we have visited have excellent popcorn. And by the way my wife Nancy like the caramel corn even though it is not popped on site it is worth the one buck charge Moler has a vast menu of food with something for everyone.
Also promoters Kevin and Kim Moler have been very generous to the members of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club as they have offered the members five nights of free admission by just showing a current membership card. Not a bad deal at all considering a DARF membership is just $15 for a single or $20 per couple for a 12 month membership.
And mentioning DARF, this Friday just happens to be DARF night at Moler and Saturday night at Tony Boetcher's fifth-mile dirt 35 Raceway Park just south of Frankfort, Ohio with free DARF admission at both facility's.
Kil-Kare only has three more nights on the schedule with IKO Mini Cups this week and then two regular shows follow to close the season.
Support your local speedway as we are loosing tracks every season and so far this year Union County Speedway pulled the plus several weeks ago and another is on the verge of doing the same.
Until next time your comments welcome at fire75ball@hotmail.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com


Season Nearing End at Kil-Kare

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - It won't be long and the 2010 racing season will be history at Kil-Kare Speedway as only two more events remain on the schedule after this Friday night.
Friday will see the return of the young drivers of the IKO Mini Cup cars along with the regular NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.
Not only is the season rapidly ending, also is the points chase to determine who will reign as the 2010 champions in each division.
Dayton late model driver Don Mahaffey with nine feature wins leads that division over his teammate, Springfield's Mike Stacy as Mahaffey has 701 points to Stacy's 652.
Greg Stapleton of Troy with eight feature wins has a commanding lead in the modifieds with 714 points over Xenia rookie driver Ryan Fleming who has tallied 546 points and one feature win.
The sport stock points championship could possibly go right down to the final event as James Harding of Columbus and Shawn Stansell of Dayton with four feature wins each are only separated by four points going into Friday nights action. Harding has 631 points to Stansell's 627.
Riverside's Bo Hoelscher seems to battle his father Joe Hoelscher of Xenia every Friday night for the feature win as Bo has five to Joe's three and the point chase is close between the two. Bo has 635 points while father Joe has 570.
Admission Friday night is just $10 per adult while those twelve to fifteen is $5 and young fans 11 and under are free accompanied by an adult.
Additional information is available by calling 937 429-2961 or on the web www.kilkare.com.

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey Scores again at Kil-Kare

Xenia, OH - Dayton's Don Mahaffey is definitely on a roll at Kil-Kare Speedway as Friday night the second generation driver scored his ninth NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late model feature win. Not only is he dominant in feature wins he and his Oakley Blacktop machine have been the fast qualifier eleven times.
Placing second in the thirty lap feature was previous weeks winner David Carter with third going to one time feature winner Sloan Henderson. Terry Scherz and Tony Brunke rounded out the top five.
In the modified division a new name appeared in the feature winners circle for the first time as Farmersville's Steve Foster put an end to Troy's Greg Stapleton's four straight wins. Stapleton, a fourteen time fast qualifier wasn't far behind Foster as he claimed runner-up honors in the thirty lap event. Caleb Reschar, Travis Baden, and Jason Mahaffey rounded out the top five.
Sport Stocks points leader James Harding of Columbus continued to add to his point lead by capturing the twenty-five lap main event, his third of the season. Defending division champ Shawn Stansell, a four time winner was second to Harding while Joe Hensel, Ron Lewis, and John Haney completed the top five.
It was Hoelscher time again in the compact division with father Joe Hoelscher of Xenia posting fast time but come feature time it was son Bo home first . For Riverside's Bo Hoelscher it was his fifth win of the season and the second time Joe has finished runner-up to Bo. Third went to Bryan Lynch while Tyler Mahaffey was fourth and Shane Sparkman fifth.
Only three more race dates remain on the schedule with this Friday seeing the final appearance of the IKO Mini Cup cars plus another program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m.

KIl-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

School Buses Invade Kil-Kare Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - The school students might be back in school this week or soon, so if they would like to see the school buses that transport them to school doing something unusual then Kil-Kare Speedway is the place to be this Friday.

Instead of traveling the streets and highways the normally bright yellow buses will be performing in a different manner. When they take to the figure-8 course at the popular speedplant they will be trying to avoid a collision at the intersection at the X on the fifth-mile track which demands the maximum driving skill of the drivers to do so.

For those that survive the figure-8 event it will be school bus demolition derby time as they line up and at the signal start crashing into each other until one running bus is left to claim the honors of demolition derby champion.

Before this special event the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Socks, and Compacts will be in action with a full racing program.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m. For information visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961.

Fireball Motorsports
1027 Meadow Thrush Dr.
Clayton, Ohio 45315
937 832-3477

83 Cards For Chick

Clayton, OH. - Veteran race car driver Chick Hale who campaigned at just about every race track in the Midwest throughout his career will be celebrating his 83rd birthday on August 23.

Racing enthusiasts whether you know him or not are encouraged to send him a card with the goal being him receiving at least eighty-three cards for his special day.

Best wishes will reach him at: William "Chick" Hale
%Brookhaven
1 Country Lane
Brookville, Ohio 45309

Kil-Kare Speedway
1166 Dayton-Xenia Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
937 429-2961
www.kilkare.com

Carter Claims First Kil-Kare Win

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Although Friday the 13th is know as an unlucky date to some it certainly did not faze David Carter one bit Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway. Driving the Mark Wolfe owned The Race Shop/Zodiac Super Store late model and in only his second appearance of the season, young Carter went home the winner of his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In feature on the tricky 3/8ths mile asphalt oval.
Polesetter Tony Brunke jumped into the lead at the drop of the green for the thirty lap feature with Russ Bobb and Matt Parsons right behind him as they completed the first lap. Brunke would show as the leader the next eight laps but on the move was Carter who the week before had placed third in the Robbie Dean memorial event. From his tenth place starting slot he had advanced to third by lap seven and then went after second place running Bobb making good on an outside pass and then did the same to leader Brunke to show as the leader on lap ten.
While Carter had stole the show veteran driver Dick Dunlevy had been sneaking around the cars in front of him from his eighth place starting position to drop Brunke to third as Dunlevy used the outside groove to do so. Also on the move was fast timer and eight time feature winner Don Mahaffey who was on Dunlevy's tail by lap thirteen which saw him drop Dunlevy to third with Mahaffey now in the chase of leader Carter.
A caution appeared on lap seventeen and mysteriously Mahaffey departed to the pits giving second place for the restart to his teammate Mike Stacy but Stacy brought the caution out one lap later when he spun between turns three and four which saw him sent to the rear. Dunlevy was now back in second and riding third was the winner of the Robbie Dean memorial Sloan Henderson who started eleventh. As the laps wore down Carter enjoyed a good lead when he received the checker flag with Dunlevy in only his second late model appearance of the year home runner-up with Henderson third. Making a mad dash toward the front from the tail due to the earlier spin was two time feature winner Mike Stacy who displaced Sam Heckman with three laps to go to claim fourth with Heckman fifth.
The hottest driver in the modified division this season certainly is Greg Stapleton as he posted fast time thirteen times so far and recorded his eighth feature win Friday.
Seventeen mods took the green flag in in the fully inverted thirty lap feature with former dirt track driver Grant Gamble having the lead going out of turn two but that was short lived as Jerry Stapleton was the front runner when they hit the stripe. Unfortunately Gamble's luck ran out on lap three when he smacked the turn four wall and was trailered.
On the restart Jason Mahaffey took the front spot with Shawn Stansell in tow to drop Stapleton to third but here came Stapleton's nephew Greg Stapleton who dropped uncle Jerry to fourth on lap eleven. Stansell would be the next victim to fall back a spot as Greg took second on lap seventeen.
Greg had the lead but second fast timer Steve Foster and fifth fast timer Brad Williams were right behind the leader when the white flag flew. At the checker it was Greg Stapleton claiming his seventh win in the Stapleton Machine & Tool car followed by Steve Foster, Brad Williams, Jason Mahaffey, and Caleb Reschar.
In the make-up feature that was rained upon July 30 it was a heart breaker for Caleb Reschar. Reschar had been the leader on July 30 with one lap completed and Friday night held that spot the first twenty six laps. Greg Stapleton played it cool riding second until the five laps to go signal and then it was goodbye Reschar as Stapleton took the front spot to claim the win, his eighth and fourth in a row with Reschar runner-up. Brian Reeser was a close third with rookies Brandon Oakley and Ryan Fleming fourth and fifth.
Jay Lakins Jr. started on the pole of the twenty lap sport stock feature but it was John Haney who had the lead on the first lap with James Harding second but Haney's lead was short lived as Harding had the lead by lap three. Six time fast timer Shawn Stansell was working the outside of Haney and finally got around Haney on lap sixteen with an outside pass. Harding had nearly a half lap lead when the checker fell as he claimed his third win in his All City Auto Wrecking special with Stansell second but unfortunately Stansell did not report to the scales and was delegated to the last position. Stansell's misfortune moved John Haney up to the runner-up finish with Ron Lewis third, Rodney Kreusch fourth, and Travis Digges fifth.
Friday the 13th apparently played a role in the compact feature as no less than five cautions appeared in the twenty lap feature causing several long delays. Dewayne Snyder Jr. led the first or perhaps we should say survived the first twelve laps with a lot of wild driving around and behind him with the event cut to fifteen laps due to all the mishaps. Taking the win for the fourth time was Bo Hoelscher with Snyder second as Paul Holley, Shane Sparkman, and Steve Barnhart rounding out the top five.
The final event of the night was the FAST Midwest Legend Cars which had twelve cars start their twenty five lap feature. Kyle Baugh, winner of the last appearance of the legend cars led the first lap with Bryan Nuckles second and Levi Rochester third. Nuckles, a many time winner at Kil-Kare in the years past took the lead from Baugh but fast timer and previous winner Travis Braden was on the move as he darted under Nuckles to show as the leader on lap five. Braden then pulled away, putting some distance on second place running Nuckles and when the checker waved it was Braden home first with Nuckles second and Baugh third. Rochester and Heath Tatman rounded out the top five.
Next Friday, August 20, will see the second crazy School Bus Figure-8 and Demolition Derby along with the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Visit www.kilkare.com or call 937 429-2961 for details.
Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club

PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com


DARF Heads To Gas City and Shady Bowl

Dayton, OH - Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club (DARF) members will kick off the weekend at Gas City I-69 Speedway on Friday night, August 13, for a night of Non-wing Sprints, UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks, Thunder Cars, and a special treat as the USAC Ford Focus Midgets will also be on the racing card.
The 1/4 mile semi-banked clay track is located off of Indiana I-69 at exit 59 and then 1/4 mile on Highway 22. Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. with admission for DARF members half-off to the grandstands.
For information visit www.gascityI-69speedway.com or call 765 384-7285.
The next day it will be a full afternoon and evening of activity at what is billed as the world's fastest 3/10ths mile asphalt known as Shady Bowl Speedway which is located on Flowing Well Road south of DeGraff, Ohio.
In the afternoon under the big shade trees will be the annual DARF picnic between 1 and 2:30 p.m. with a menu of hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, cole slaw, chips, soft drinks and water. Members will eat free of charge by showing their current membership card while all non members are invited for a nominal $5 fee.
In the evening it will be a free night of racing for members to witness the Modifieds, Late Models, Sport Stocks, Pro-4's, and compacts with the gates opening at 3 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.
Visit www.shadybowl.com or call 937 585-9456 for information.


WEBSITE - Check our website www.darfnews.com for not only current information but the many photos that are posted and thanks to those who have contributed photos.

August CONGRATULATIONS TO DARF MEMBER DRIVERS
August 6 - Sloan Henderson, Kil-Kare first female late model feature winner and Robbie Dean 94 winner
August 6 - Greg Stapleton, Kil-Kare modified feature winner
August 6 - Tim Haerr, Kil-Kare compact feature winner


Next DARF dates:

August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 14 - Shady Bowl Speedway DARF picnic (members free, $5 non member)
August 14 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
August 27 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 27 - Union County Speedway (canceled, track closed)
Augus 28 - 35 Raceway Park (free)

Fans who are not a member of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club are encouraged to join to take advantage of the many DARF track dates and events. A full 12 month membership is only $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit www.darfnews.com to check out the organization and to join contact Linda Berry, 937 698-2237.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
September 28 - 1st meeting of winter season
December 4 - Annual Banquet of Champions
December 11 - DARF children's Christmas party

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Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Kil-Kare Features EMT-Fire Fighter Night Friday

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH - It will be a different type of special race Friday night at Kil-kare Speedway Firday night, a novel for the fans. Instead of the roar of racing engines it will be four able bodied area EMT-Fire Fighter personnel representing several departments pushing one of their own on a stretcher around a special frontstretch race course.

Not only will the winning team earn bragging rights, a cash award awaits the winning team. The event is a way for Kil-Kare Speedway to say thanks to the many EMT-Fire Fighters that serve the area.

Not to disappoint the fans the roar of engines will be heard as the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, and Compacts will be providing a full racing card.

Spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m..For further information visit www.kilkare.com or call the track at 937 429-2961.

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Sloan Henderson Captures Kil-Kare's Robbie Dean 94

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH. - Kil-Kare Speedway presented the annual "Robbie Dean 94" Friday night in honor of the late Robbie Dean who was a competitor at the track for many years and passed away as the result of cancer several years ago. Capturing the event this year was eighteen year old Sloan Henderson showing the guys the quick way to the checker.

The third annual event saw former track champion Gary Estes on the pole with former legend car driver Terry Scherz alongside for the 94 lap event as they faced the green flag. Estes got the lead but Sloan Henderson slipped by to take the lead with Sam Heckman into second and David Carterr third with Mike Stacy fourth. Behind them it was Dick Dunlevy, Chad Pendeton, and fast timer Don Mahaffey fighting for positions.

Henderson still led at lap ten but Carter was moving in and Stacy took third with Heckman back to fourth. Henderson continued to lead as they moved up on slower traffic by lap seventeen and the top three were now bumper to bumper only to see the first caution on lap eighteen when virgil Powell spun on the frontstretch after a bump fom Russ bobb with Bobb sent to the tail. A tough break for Mike stacy as he went to the pits. Back uncer green Henderson had her hands full holding off Carter with Heckman now in third as Mahaffey challenged Dunlevy for fourth and did make his pass good on lap thernty three. Mahaffey now went after heckman and dropped him to fourth as Mahaffey went after the two front runners.

Carter tried to duck inside Henderson but the young lady shook him off but Mahaffey was right on Carter's rear looking for a break to gain the second spot as they began to lap traffic. Carter tried the outside of Henderson as the yellow flew for the second time when Carter spun on the frontstretch after an encounter with Mahaffey coming out of turn four. As neither claimed responsibiity of the spin both were sent to the tail as Mahaffey darted to the pits for a quick check.

Fifty three laps remained when the green showed again with Heckman now in second and Pendleton in third with defending track champ Justin Alsip fourth. On the move was Chad Pendleton as he challenged Heckman for third but here came Carter from the rear taking fifth from Gary Estes on lap forty nine. Henderson had a good lead until Terry Scherz spun on the frontstretch on lap fifty. Pendleton went to th outside of Heckman but slid a little high on turn two but rebounded to again challenge Heckman and passed him for second on lap fifty five. Carter took third and then he was after second place running Pendleton as Henderson had a good lead.

Russ Bobb brought the fourth caution out on lap sixty four when he went off the track on the backstretch which moved the field right up behind leader Henderson. Carter and Mahaffey were now after the leaders as Carter challenged Pendleton to take second as he again went after Henderson as four cars ran up front. Again the caution flew on lap seventy one when Matt Parsons and Gary Estes were involved on turn three.

With twenty three laps to go it was Henderson, Carter, Chad Pendleton, Don Mahaffey, and Justin Alsip the top five. Carter again went to work on Henderson's lead but so far she has shaken him off as laps wound down. Ten laps to go it was still a battle between Henderson and Carter as Mahaffey was a distant third as the leaders came up on slow traffic. With the white flag in the air Carter made a desperate attempt but it was eighteen year old Henderson taking the win with happy car owner Gary Estes joing her in victory lane. Carter was second followed by don Mahaffey, Chad Pendleton and Justin Alsip.

Heat winner Jason Mahaffey and Shawn Stansell set the pace for their thirty lap feature which was Mahaffey out front as Stansell and Ryan fleming ran side by side for second. behinc them it side by side racing while up front Stansell stole the lead with brad Williams moving to outside of Stansell in a tight battle. Meanwhile back in the pack six time winner and fast timer greg Stapleton was on the prowl taking the third spot and then looked for a way to get the two front runners. Williams finally got the lead but the caution came out on lap thirteen which was an unlucky lap for Ryan Fleming as he suffered a flat tire.

Williams enjoyed the lead on the restart but Stapleton was sizing him up as he went to the outside groove, pulling alongside of Williams and taking the lead on lap twenty and then pulled away from Williams. A good battle was going on between Mahaffey and Brandon Oakley for third with Derek Weatherhead riding fifth. Greg stapleton did make it feature win number seven with Williams seconnd and Mahaffey third. Derek Weatherhead was fourth with Stansell claiming fifth as Oakley had the misfortune of spinning at the line finishing eighth.

Derek Weatherhead and Caleb Reschar led the field to the green in the first modified heat with Weatherhead jumping out front with Reschar second trailed by Brandon Oakley with Jerry Stapleton riding fourth when Oakley lost it on the frontstretch and spun bringing out the caution flag.

Weatherhead went on to capture his first heat win of the year followed by Reschar, Stapleton, and fast timer Greg Stapleton.

The second heat saw Grant Gamble and Jason Mahaffey on the front row with Mahaffey taking the lead with rookie Ryan Fleming right on his tail in second as they pulled away. Behind them Brad Williams was challenging Shawn Stansell for third as they ran side by side. When the checker waved it was Mahaffey takiing his first heat win with Fleming a very close second as Williams and Stansell rounded out the top four.

Twenty five laps faced the sport stock drivers for their feature with John Haney and Phil Gussler Jr. in the front row with heat winner Haney out front but the caution came out causing a restart. Haney again took the front spot with Gussler second followed by heat winner Ron Lewis with Jamie sites into fourth and Rodney Kreusch challenging him. Fast timer Shawn Stansell was boxed in for several laps as he tried to move up on fifth place Joe Hensel and James Harding was right in the thick of action. While Haney continued to lead it was a five car battle back in the field.

Lap twenty still had Haney in the lead with gussler still second and Lewis riding third. Haney did a good job to claim his first feature win with Gussler secnd and Lewis third with Hensel fourth and fifth was James harding.

Ron Lewis and Travis Digges started in the front row of the first sport stock heat with Lewis edging Digges for the lead with previous weeks heat winner Jamie Sites in third. James Harding then unseated Sites on lap five with fast timer Shawn Stansell taking fourth and when the checker waved it was Lewis claiming his first heat win of the year with Digges, Harding and Stansell trailing.

It was Jay Lakins Jr. and Donald Parsons on the front row of the second heat as Lakins shot into the lead with John haney sneaking into second with Phil gussler Jr. third. Lap three found Haney in front with Gussler now second and here came Rodney Kreusch into third as Lakins faded to fifth. Haney took the win for the first time this year with Gussler second trailed by Kreusch and Parsons.

Thirteen compacts started their twenty lap feature with David Sagers and Paul Holley in the front row with Holley charging into the lead with Sites running third but here came former track champ Tim Haerr to take third with fast timer Bryan Lynch charging up but mechanical woes pitted him. Holley had a good lead until Sagers spun itno the infield when Bo Hoelscher made contact with him bringing out the yellow. Holley now had Haerr on his bumper with Joe Hoelscher joining the front runners. On lap eleven Haerr stole the lead with Hoelscher right behind as Holley faded to third with Sites running fourth with a pack of cars right behind her. The caution flew again when Tyler Mahaffey cut through the inside of the track and struck a big tire marker.

Haerr held the lead for the restart with Hoelscher and Holley right behind with Bo Hoelscher charging toward the front when the yellow flew when Davy Shaw spun Sites. again Haerr seth the pace as Hoelscher pulled alongside Haerr as they diced for the lead while Sites had her hands full trying to hold Bo Hoelscher but Hoelscher stole fourth as the checker waved it was Haerr taking the win for the second time this year in his Mahaffey Auto Parts special with Joe Hoelscher second as Paul Holley, Bo Hoelscher and Amber sites rounded out the top five.

Thanks to Donnie and Kelly Renner for the special awards they presented each feature winner in honor of Robbie Dean

It will be EMT/Firefighters night next Friday, August 13, for another program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sonic Drive-In late models, modifieds, sport stocks, and compacts with the gates opening at 6 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club
PO Box 641
Dayton, Ohio 45401
937 335-1730
www.darfnews.com

Lawrenceburg Speedway Hosts DARF Saturday

Dayton, OH - It will be Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club night Saturday at the 3/8th mile high-banked clay Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway for a night of sprint car, modifieds, and pure stocks. Current DARF members will be admitted half-off to the grandstands with the gates opening at 5 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.

The track is located on state route 50 across from the Hollywood Casino at the Fairgrounds. For information call 812 539-4700 or visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com for up to date information.

The next evening, August 8, will be an extra treat for all fans as it will be the conclusion of the Mel Johnson Classic that was rained upon several weeks ago as it will be free admission to all fans who attend. One pure stock heat, two sprint features, two modified features, and two pure stock features round out the card.

THANKS MOLER AND LIMALAND - For hosting the club las Friday night at their respective tracks.

THANK YOU - Eldora Speedway for hosting the DARFers to a fine picnic last Saturday and an excellent racing program.

QUICK RECOVERY - DARF wishes former Eldora Speedway owner/promoter Earl Baltes a speedy recovery from his scheduled surgery this week.

WEBSITE - Check our website www.darfnews.com for not only current infiormation but the many photos that are posted and thanks to those who have contributed photos.

JULY CONGRATULATIONS TO DARF MEMBER DRIVERS
July 2 - Don Mahaffey late model feature winner Kil-Kare Speedway
July 2 - Mike Carroll modified feature winner Kil-Kare Speedway
July 2 - Doug Adkins modified feature winner Moler Raceway Park
July 3 - Doug Adkins modified feature winner Brushcreek Motorsports Complex
July 3 - Joe Hensel sport stock feature winner Columbus Motor Speedway
July 3- Matt Westfall sprint car feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park
July 10 - Sloan Henderson late model fast qualifier Columbus Motor Speedway
July 10 - Matt Westfall sprint car feature winner Waynesfield Motorsports Park
July 10 - Doug Adkins modified feature winner Brushcreek Motorsports Complex
July 16 - Jeremy Adams street stock feature winner Moler Raceway Park
July 16 - Doug Adkins modified winner Rocky Top Speedway
July 17 - Sloan Henderson late model fast time, dash & feature winner Columbus Motor Speedway
July 18 - Bud Perry USA modified feature winner Winchester Speedway
July 18 - Doug Adkins modified $5,000 feature winner Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 23 - Don Mahaffey late model feature win Kil-Kare Speedway
July 23 - Greg Stapleton modified feature win Kil-Kare Speedway
July 23 - Bryan Lynch compact feature win Kil-Kare Speedway
July 24 - Sloan Henderson new late model track record Columbus Motor Speedway
July 30 - Don Mahaffey late Model feature win Kil-Kare Speedwat
July 30 Sloan Henderson new track record Kil-Kare Speedway
July 30 - Doug Adkins modifed feature win Moler Raceway Park
July 31 - George Lindsay modified feature win Columbus Motor Speedway
July 31 - Chad Pool modified feature win Shady Bowl Speedway

Next DARF dates:

August 13 - Gas City I-69 Speedway (half-off)
August 14 - Shady Bowl Speedway DARF picnic (members free, $5 non member)
August 14 - Shady Bowl Speedway (free)
August 27 - Moler Raceway Park (free)
August 27 - Union County Speedway (canceled, track closed)
Augus 18 - 35 Raceway Park (free)

Fans who are not a member of the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club are encouraged to join to take advantage of the many DARF track dates and events. A full 12 month membership is only $15 for a single or $20 per couple. Visit www.darfnews.com to check out the organization and to join contact Linda Berry, 937 698-2237.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
December 4 - Annual Banquet of Champions
December 11 - DARF children's Christmas party

Kil-Kare Speedway

1166 Dayton-Xenia Road

Xenia, Ohio 45385

937 429-2961

www.kilkare.com

Mahaffey Rules Kil-Kare Again

by Jerry Wahl

Xenia, OH (7/30) -

It was USG night for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway which saw Dayton's Fon Mahaffey continue his dominance as he claimed his ninth late model feature of the year making it a clean sweep for the Oakley Blacktop cars as Mike Stacy and Jason Mahaffey, also in Oakley cars placed second and third.

Teammates Mike Stacy and Don Mahaffey led the field to the green with Mahaffey jumping out front with Stacy second and Jason Mahaffey third with Oakley Blacktop cars holding the top three spots. New track record holder Sloan Henderson was riding fourth when on lap four Ray Muncy spun on turn one and Terry Scherz brushed the turn one wall but was able to continue.

Mahaffey again set sail on the restart with a real battle for the rear of the field cars of Terry Scherz, Ray Muncy, Bob Sibila, and Russ Bobb. The caution flew again on lap twelve when Ray Muncy, Bob Sibila and Russ Bobb spun on turn four. Again the field bunched up for the restart and again Mahaffey took off leaving Stacy, Jason Mahaffey, Sloan Henderson and Bobby Justus to fend for themselves.

As the laps wore down Mahaffey moved into traffic and Sibilia retired to the infield. Mahaffey continued lapping cars as he still stretched his lead and claimed his ninth feature of the year with the Oakley cars claiming the top three spots with Mike Stacy secBond and Jason Mahaffey third. Sloan Henderson wound up fourth and Bobby Justus fifth.

The Sonic Drive-In late model first heat was led to the green by Matt Parsons and Bobby Justus with Justus taking the lead followed by Parsons and Mike Stacy. Stacy took second and set sail for leader Justus while Gary Estes held fourth position. Justus held on to claim the win with Stacy second, Parsons third and Estes fourth.

Tony Brunke and Russ Bobb started on the front row of the second heat and when the green flew it was Brunke surging into the lead with Bob Sibila into second with Terry Scherz and Sam Heckman battling for fourth when Heckman slowed. Sibila chased down leader Brunke as he tried the outside but Brunke took the win with Sibilia second and Scherz a very close third with Russ Bobb fourth.

Caleb Reschar and Travis Braden led the pack to the green in the modified feature only to see the caution fly calling for a restart. Reschar got the lead with fast timer Greg Stapleton moving into second with Braden third and Brian Reeser in fourth when Ray Muncy spun on turn one when Muncy and Shawn Stansell bumped with one lap completed.

Both Muncy and Stansell were sent to the rear of the field but action was halted when rain drops started to fall. Unfortunately the rain forced the feature to be called off and will be completed in two weeks with the field locked in as they were running on lap one.

Ryan Fleming and Shawn Stansell were the pace setters in the first modified heat with Flyin' Ryan taking the lead over Stansell, Brian Reeser and Brandon Oakley. Fleming put a little distance on the field as Reeser tried the outside of Stansell to no avail as the white flag flew with Fleming taking the checker first followed by Stansell, Reeser, and Oakley.

Veteran Darrel Skaggs and Grant Gamble were in the front row of the scond heat but it was Darrel Skaggs taking the lead as Jerry Stapleton moved up to challenge Skaggs. Stapleton took the lead on lap four but here came Gary Eaton into second and Ray Muncy third. Stapleton held the front spot for the win with Eaton second followed by Ray Muncy and Darrel Skaggs.

Twenty five laps faced the sport stocks for their feature with Heat winner Joe Hensel on the pole with Shawn Stansell alongside. Stansell got the jump with fast timer Travis Digges challenging Hensel for second but James Harding zipped into third with Ron Lewis passing Digges who slipped back to fifth. Stansell continued to lead but Hensel was not far behind while back in the field Jay Lakins Jr. and Chris Boggs battled for eighth. Stansell was looking for his third feature win but one time winner Hensel was within striking distance.

On lap fourteen Hensel lost control coming out of turn four and did a 360 and kept right on racing