La Salle Speedway
August 27, 2011
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Sievert, Kohler, Hughes, Provenzano all victorious; Champions honored

La Salle PR
LA SALLE, IL (August 27) – The quest for La Salle Speedway’s 2011 top titles is behind the racers. Now the racing is just about who makes it to the finish line first not how many points will be collected. The points chase ended with the last regular night of racing on August 13th when the respective divisional champions were confirmed. Saturday night, those top finishers were honored in style on victory lane.

Mike Provenzano is a racer you can always count on to be running up front and finishing strong in the points chase. This season he stayed on track and scored his second UMP Late Model championship title at La Salle. Finishing fifty points behind Provenzano, was Rich Bell who has proven to be another impressive hot shoe on the high banks. Brett Sievert, even though he missed a few regular races, finished third in the chase.

Sievert hit the track running when he scored the fastest timed lap of 13.198. Ryan Dauber took the checkers for the first heat race contest after leading from the start. He and Sievert stayed close together until the finish. Scott Schmitt crossed the line third ahead of Rich Bell and Mike Provenzano. Keith Piano led the entire second heat race with a challenge by Dale Markham half way through the event. He took the win over Markham, Lake Knutti, Ed Williams Sr. and Joe Burba.

Dauber and Sievert found themselves side by side on the grid with Schmitt and Bell on their back bumpers. Once the green was signaled, Sievert darted to the lead. Sievert, Dauber, Bell, Schmitt and Provenzano chose to run a higher line while sixth place starter Mike Glynn found a road less traveled down low. He was on the move and challenging Dauber for second when officials called a yellow for debris on the track surface. The single file restart was led by Sievert over Dauber, Glynn, Bell, Schmitt, Provenzano, Darin Furar, and Billy Weistart Jr.

During Lap 14, Glynn flew to the inside line of Dauber and the two were in a brief side by side challenge until he took the runner up spot. One lap later, Bell pushed his way under a low running Glynn and ran over his drivers side back quarter area. The contact moved Glynn up the track ending an impressively fast run. Two laps later, a caution brought the pack nose to tail. After seeing Glynn’s fast track on the inside, the leaders moved down to where he was flying and stayed there. The remainder of the race was an uneventful follow the leader on the bottom all the way to the checkers.

Sievert collected the win over Dauber, Bell, Glynn, Schmitt, Provenzano, Jon Rogers, Furar, Burba, Markham, Piccatto, Gary Schalmo, Brian Lock, and Weistart.

La Salle Speedway Results 8/27/11

UMP Late Models: 19 Cars
Qualifying: Brett Sievert 13.198
Heat 1: Ryan Dauber, Brett Sievert, Scott Schmitt, Rich Bell, Mike Provenzano
Heat 2: Keith Piano, Dale Markham, Lake Knutti, Ed Williams Sr., Joe Burba
Feature: Brett Sievert, Ryan Dauber, Rich Bell, Mike Glynn, Scott Schmitt, Mike Provenzano, Jon Rogers, Darin Furar, Joe Burba, Dale Markham, Jon Piccatto, Gary Schalmo, Brian Lock, Billy Weistart Jr., Gary Hunt Jr., Aaron Schmidt, Lake Knutti, Ed Williams Sr., Keith Piano

UMP Modifieds: 14 Cars
Qualifying: Justin McCoy 14.497
Heat 1: Jamie Lomax, Justin McCoy, Matt Gremminger, Travis Kohler, Brandon Maciejewski
Heat 2: Steve Lewis, Mike Marden, Scott Hauge, Don Cole, Dale Lueth
Feature: Travis Kohler, AJ May, Justin McCoy, Tom Knippenberg, Matt Gremminger, Brandon Maciejewski, Dale Lueth, Scot Hauge, Steve Lewis, Mike Marden, Ken Fischer, Don Cole, Jamie Lomax, Austin Hewitt

UMP Street Stocks: 17 Cars
Qualifying: Jamie Balensiefen 15.584
Heat 1: Mike McKinney, Mike Hughes, Jake Miller, Jamie Balensiefen, Aaron Near
Heat 2: Kevin Snowberger, Roger Rickels, Jim Phelps, Keith Lucas, Justin Hamm
Feature: Mike Hughes, Roger Rickels, Mike McKinney, Aaron Near, Tim Provenzano, Randy Lucas, Jim Phelps, Justin Hamm, Keith Lucas, Nick Sell, Nathan Balensiefen, Kevin Snowberger, Jake Miller, Nathan Ultech

UMP 4 Cylinder Hornets: 11 Cars
Qualifying: Allen Provenzano 17.610
Heat 1: Rick Zifko, Allen Provenzano, Aaron Sutton, DJ Kilanowski, Freddie Thatcher
Heat 2: Jon Provenzano, Mark Sutton, Robert Hautz
Feature: Allen Provenzano, Jon Provenzano, Rick Zifko, DJ Kilanowski, Crystal Provenzano Broyles, Freddie Thatcher, Mark Sutton, Robert Hautz, Aaron Sutton