PEORIA SPEEDWAY
MAY 7, 2011
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PIERCE GETS FIRST LATE MODEL WIN IN PEORIA THRILLER
14-year old nips Lance for his first SLM victory; Bollinger, Schoener, Barnes, Jr., and Kingsley get wins

By Jeff Adams
(Peoria, IL) Angie Pierce got the ultimate racing Mothers Day gift on Saturday night at Peoria Speedway, watching her 14 year-old son Bobby take his first-ever Super Late Model feature in a wildly entertaining duel through traffic with former Track Champion Tim Lance.

The son of Dirt Late Model Hall-of-Fame driver and chassis builder Bob Pierce looked like a seasoned veteran, fighting lapped traffic and a rim-riding Lance for his first career Super Late Model victory after spending last season in the Crate Late Model division.

Steve Lance, Jr. jumped to the start over Todd Bennett as the field circled the inside of the track, and held on through 2 caution periods in the first 2 laps. On lap 4, Tim Lance, driving a Rayburn owned by Russ Adams, became the first driver to run the high side of the track and chased down Bennett for 2nd on lap 6. As Lance continued to show his nose to his brother, Steve Lance started to block on the high side.

A lap 14 caution bunched the field back up, as both Lance brothers ran the top of the track and Pierce continued to hug the bottom. Pierce took second from Tim Lance on lap 20 and then took the lead down the backstretch on lap 22 in lapped traffic. Tim Lance passed his brother in traffic on lap 24 for 2nd, and caught with Pierce on lap 28. Pierce got caught by a lapped car down the backstretch, allowing Tim Lance to take the lead going into turn 3. Pierce bumped the lapped car to get by, and the duo was side-by-side as the white flag flew. The cars were even going into turn 3, but another lapped car slowed Pierce and it appeared Lance would drive away. As they entered turn 4, sparks flew as Lance hit the turn 4 wall, and Pierce slid under the lapped traffic. Pierce nipped Lance at the line by an estimated 3 feet. Lance, Jr. ended up 3rd, with Donny Walden and Jay Sparks completing the top 5.

“This is awesome to get my first win here”, said the younger Pierce in victory lane. “it’s only my second year in these cars, so I gotta thank my dad for his advice. We wanted to stay on the bottom the whole race, and that strategy paid off. Tim and I had a great race there at the end.”

Ray Bollinger dueled Mark Johnson over the first 7 laps of the UMP Modified feature, and then made a pass in the middle of the track on lap 8. Bollinger held off Tommy Duncan, Johnson, Donovan Lodge and Roger Cary for the win. “Everyone was running the bottom there so I kept looking at the middle to see if there was anything there’, said Bollinger. “Mark was slowing entering turn 1 so I went beside him and made it stick in turns 3 and 4. It’s good to get a win”

Steve Schoener held off Jack Siegel for a win in the Limited Late Model division. “Jack kept showing me his nose there so I had to get up on the wheel a little bit”, said Schoener. “The car was good and the track wasn’t bad either”

Chuck Barnes led flag-to-flag in the Pro Street feature, and gave credit to his crew chief in victory lane. “I want to thank my 15 year-old daughter Kylee for being my crew chief tonight. My brother had surgery this week so she took over and the car was great.”

The Hornet division was the second photo finish of the night, with Jeremy Kingsley nipping Kenny Butterfield at the line for the win in a terrific side-by-side race. “Kenny has won like 5 in a row, so its’ good to finally get one under my belt”, Butterfield said.

Action resumes next Saturday night at Peoria Speedway with a full UMP racing program.

OFFICIAL RESULTS, PEORIA SPEEDWAY, May 7, 2011

UMP LATE MODELS (21 cars)
1. 32-Bobby Pierce, Oakwood
2. J1-Tim Lance, Brimfield
3. 25-Steve Lance, Jr., Cuba
4. 1w-Donny Walden, Towanda
5. 7-Jay Sparks, Metamora
6. T2-Todd Bennett, Peoria
7. 4-Mike Mullvain, Bartonville
8. 40-Charley Hess, Bartonville
9. 10x-Scott Schmitt, Tonica
10. 38C- John Gardner, Peoria
11. 74-Russ Adams, Princeville
12. 73S-Scott Schoener, Flanagan
13. 83-Jim Carmody, Peoria
14. 65-Gerry Reeder, Jr., Bartonville
15. 50-Tim Faulkenberry, Mapleton
16. 57-Matt McAdams, Lewistown
17. 93-Kevin Paul, Colchester
18. 7m-Adam Mefford, Jacksonville
19. 4g-Bob Gardner, Peoria
20. 16-Shane Allen, East Peoria
FAST TIME: Walden 12.3
HEAT 1: 1. Walden 2. Bennett 3. Sparks 4. J. Gardner 5. Reeder 6. Mefford 7. Rebholtz
HEAT 2: 1. Pierce 2. Carmody 3. Paul 4. Adams 5. Schoener 6. B. Gardner 7. Faulkenberry
HEAT 3: 1. Lance, Jr. 2. T. Lance 3. Schmitt 4. Mullvain 5. Allen

UMP MODIFIEDS (28 cars)
1. 77-Ray Bollinger, Kewanee
2. 32-Tommy Duncan, Peoria
3. 26J-Mark Johnson, Glasford
4. 32-Donovan Lodge, Moline
5. 44-Roger Cary, Danville
6. 26D-Derrick Doerr, Peoria
7. 40-Mike Chasteen, Jr., East Peoria
8. M1-Dale Munson, Fairview
9. 89-Noah Faw, Hanna City
10. 1Jr-Floyd Jordan, Jr., Pekin
11. 01-Don Kiger, Danville
12. 7K-Kenny Egan, Peoria
13. 289-Charlie Harmon, Spring Bay
14. 555- Chad Goff, Galesburg
15. C4-Chris Morefield, Edwards
16. 8-Gary Scharp, Peoria
17. 12-Tim Bohm, Pontiac
18. 23T-Billy Tuckwell, Metamora
19. 23H-Eric Bruce, Norwood
20. 4-John Winters, Peoria
HEAT 1: 1. Doerr2. Johnson 3. Bollinger 4. Lodge 5. Munson 6. Cary 7. Goff 8. Austin Charron (Peoria) 9. Billy Puckett (Metamora) 10. Morefield
HEAT 2: 1. Jordan, Jr. 2. Kiger 3. Bohm 4. Winters 5.Egan 6. Scharp 7. Zac Oedewaldt (Hanna City) 8. Cody Spirling (Peoria) 9. Chris Culbertson (Chillicothe)
HEAT 3: 1. Faw 2. Tuckwell 3. Bruce 4. Chasteen 5. Harmon 6. Jim Picardi (Mapleton) 7. Duncan 9. Zane Oedewaldt (Hanna City) 9. Joe Cook (Spring Bay)
SEMI 1: 1. Munson 2. Scharp 3. Goff 4. Puckett 5. Zane Oedewaldt 6. Spriling (DNS) 7. Culbertson (DNS)
SEMI 2: 1. Cary 2. Duncan 3. Egan 4. Morefield 5. Zac Oedewaldt 6. Charron 7. Cook 8. Picardi

LIMITED LATE MODELS (18 cars)
1. 73s-Scott Schoener, Flanagan
2. A2-Jack Siegel, Pekin
3. 99-Brian Crebo, Hanna City
4. 00-Jason Weyeneth, Peoria
5. 0-Zac Kuhel, Pekin
6. 55-CJ VanBeveran, East Galesburg
7. 30-Rob Bauman Sr., Fairview
8. F4-Chris Feger, Marquette Heights
9. 1-Brad Carrington, Wyanet
10. 28M-Matt Mills, East Peoria
11. 45-Dwayne Walters, Metamora
12. 22c-Bobby Cowell, Sr., East Peoria
13. 01-Jim Sellner, Peoria Heights
14. 7-Rick Erwin, Peoria
15. 16-Shane Allen, East Peoria
16. 93-Amanda Ellis, Washington
17. 30Jr- Robbie Bauman, Jr., Fairview (DNS)
18. 49-Steve Brandt, Jr., Bartonville (DNS)
HEAT 1: 1. Kuhel 2. Schoener. 3. Weyeneth 4. Cowell, Sr. 5. Mills 6. Sellner 7. Walters 8. Bauman, Jr. 9. VanBeveran
HEAT 2: 1. Siegel 2. Bauman, Sr. 3. Carrington 4. Feger 5. Erwin 6. Ellis 7. Brandt, Jr 8. Allen

PRO STREET (10 cars)
1. B22- Chuck Barnes, Jr., Peoria
2. 90-John Farris, Peoria
3. 20-Bob Simpson, Bartonville
4. 4h-Paula Harrison, Peoria
5. 68-Wally Zander, Groveland
6. 258-Virgil Nussel, Peoria
7. 25-Greg Osman, Washington
8. 22x-Bob Cowell, Jr., East Peoria
9. 63p-Greg Sauder, Peoria
10. 30-Jason Weyeneth, Peoria
HEAT: 1. Barnes, Jr. 2. Farris 3. Zander 4. Suader 5. Cowell
HEAT 2: 1. Simpson 2. Harrison 3. Nussel 4. Osman 5. Weyeneth

UMP HORNETS (17 cars)
1. K2-Jeremy Kingsley, Peoria
2. 24-Kenny Butterfield, Kingston Mines
3. 9-Troy Newberry, Bloomington
4. B5-Tyler Benson, Creve Coeur
5. 77-Zac Bollinger, Kewanee
6. V8-not on track entry sheet
7. WFO- Tyler Etherton, Bartonville
8. 136-Rodney Kerfoot, Creve Couer
9. 18W-Tommy Wisher, Peoria
10. 106-not on track entry sheet
11. A4-Michael Wells, Peoria
12. 13-Matt Musgrave, Peoria
13. 65B-Don Britton, Creve Coeur
14. 39-Brent Terry, Peoria
15. 52-Todd Breithbarth, Washington
16. 88B-Billy Snider, Elmwood
17. 1-Hugh Jordan, Pekin
HEAT 1: Butterfield 2. Benson 3. Musgrave 4. Terry 5. Etherton 6. 106 7.Breithbarth 8.Kerfoot
HEAT 2: 1. Butterfield 2. Newberry 3. Jordan 4. Bollinger 5.Wells 6. V8 7. Britton 8. Snider