May Day 2 Track Classic
Farley Speedway
Friday, April 29, 2011
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Moyer Captures May Day Classic Weekend Opener at Farley Speedway

by Larry Bontz
FARLEY, Iowa (April 29) - Billy Moyer held off hard charging two time Dart Corn Belt Clash Champion Chad Simpson in the end to win night one of the $10,000 "May Day Classic" at the Farley Speedway Friday to kick off the 2011 racing season.

Shannon Babb had followed Moyer throughout the 50-lapper and was actually gaining on the six time "World 100" champion, but as fate would have it, Babb had a tire go down on lap 37, relinquishing his second place run. Kurt Kile and Chad Simpson who had been battling back and forth in their own right all night long for the respective positions changed those spots once again as Simpson moved to second and set his sights on Moyer to hound him for the lead. Moyer would have none of it as he wheeled on to victory leading the final ten laps, making the ten hour tow from Batesville, Ark. worthwhile for his eighth win of the 2011 campaign.

Simpson, who started sixth, finished second ahead of Kurt Kile, Matt Furman, who still keeps his cars in Iowa City, but now calls Columbus, Ohio home. The "Wisconsin Wildman", Dan Schlieper, who started tenth, finished fifth.


A-Main  
1 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR $10,000
2 25S Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA
3 77K Kurt Kile Nichols, IA
4 51 Matt Furman Iowa City, IA
5 s9 Dan Schlieper Sullivan, WI
6 3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
7 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA
8 16b Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA
9 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
10 32D Darren Miller Chadwick, IL
11 32 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA
12 20 Jake Meier Tipton, IA
13 21H Brian Harris Davenport, IA
14 5M Mike Fryer Freeport, IL
15 21JR Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
16 58 Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA
17 56 Andy Eckrich Iowa City, IA
18 33F Rickey Frankel Quincy, IL
19 88 Kevin Kile West Liberty, IA
20 29 Jeremiah Hurst Dubuque, IA
21 71 Andrew McKay Edina, MN
22 15K Justin Kay Wheatland, IA
23 50 Denny Eckrich Tiffin, IA