By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Saturday, June 19th, 2010) – After another tough break last weekend, Kyle Shear was left asking questions and wondering when the streak of bad luck that has plagued him throughout 2010 would end. The Roscoe driver had all the answers tonight after a stirring Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Models feature victory left an excited Rockford Speedway crowd on its feet. Shear had to fend off a fierce effort from a fast Ryan Carlson to take the checkers ahead of a 22 car field. A tough as nails Doug Bennett survived an early heat race incident, navigating without a passenger side door en route to victory in the Bargain Hunter Sportsman main event, extending his points lead in the process. Robert Roush and Doug Orseske prevailed in the evening’s other feature action.

The showcase event of the night, the 30-lap Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Models headliner, got off to an inconspicuous start when the back half of the 22 car field stacked up creating a melee in turn one collecting seven cars, all of whom drove away from the incident. Five cars had to visit the pits after the mayhem subsided.

When the green flag waved, Kyle Shear snagged the lead and paced the field to the first completed lap. Eddie May settled into second as Shear pushed his lead out to three car lengths with five laps in the books. Mikie Breiner and Jake Gille struck up a battle for third when the two made contact entering turn three shooting Gille into the outside wall and sending several cars spinning to avoid them. Breiner’s solid run came to an end as he exited to the pits.

On the ensuing restart, Shear jumped out front once again. Ryan Carlson wasted no time moving past May for the bridesmaid’s position as Jon Reynolds Jr. followed him into third. A few laps later, another yellow fell after Jerry Gille’s tire rub from the previous incident finally made his rubber a casualty, pushing his machine hard into the turn two retaining wall.

Shear shuttled to the lead when the green waved with 11 laps ticked off and Carlson and Reynolds Jr. fell back into place behind him. As the halfway mark came and went, Carlson closed up to Shear’s back bumper and began applying pressure, peeking on the inside for the lead. Tim Sargent soon joined the fray up front, finding his way into fourth and forcing his way up to the lead pack.

Carlson continued to peer on the inside bumper of Shear, looking for an opening to take the lead. Sargent and Reynolds Jr. dueled for third behind the leaders and loosened up in turn three, allowing 17-year-old Tanner Whitten to snatch third and take home a top three.

The big winner on the evening however was Kyle Shear, who fended off all that Carlson had to offer to collect his first feature victory of 2010 and finally end a run of bad luck that had plagued him since the season opener in April.

“Man it feels great to finally find victory lane,” an ecstatic Shear screamed in victory lane as his crew sprayed him with water. “The restarts really helped us and I thought that Carlson would have more for us at the end there. I don’t know if he just burned up his tires or what but this car was just awesome tonight. We’ve had the worst luck this year, a horrible run of luck, and to break that streak with a visit to victory lane; I don’t know what could be better really.”

Carlson had another solid finish a week after making his season debut at the legendary oval as Whitten stole third. Sargent’s consistency continued with a fourth place effort that pushed his points lead to 36 markers over fifth place finisher Jon Reynolds Jr.

The action was fast and furious in the beginning stages of the 25-lap Bargain Hunter Sportsman main event, and the first caution wasn’t far behind, falling two laps in for an Austin Nason spin in turn one that stacked up the field and collected Matt Berger, Logan Love, Chris Gantz, and Butch Swinbank. Everyone but Swinbank drove away from the incident as ‘Mr. Skittles’, Ron Morris, jumped out front on the restart.

Morris wasn’t out front for long though as the aesthetically-challenged hot rod of points leader Doug Bennett pushed past on the inside two laps later, claiming the top spot with 20 circuits to go. The defending champion maintained his aggression, swiftly building a cushion between himself and Morris in second.

Once the race hit the halfway mark, the margin had spread to eight car lengths. Over the final five laps, Bennett smoothly glided around the high banks, hitting his marks to bring home his third feature win of the season and extend his points lead to a tight nine ticks over Berger.

Morris held on for a stellar second place effort as Matt Lundberg followed up his feature victory last weekend with a solid third. Justin Sellers navigated his Camaro to fourth while Chris Gantz rounded out the top five.

Billy McCoy paced the field in the early stages of the 20-lap Mtn Dew RoadRunners main event. Dave Lumsdun got on the inside of McCoy and the two veterans went door-to-door for five laps before Lumsdun took advantage of McCoy’s loose racecar to take the lead.

Robert Roush burst onto the scene snatching second and tailing Lumsdun for three laps before making his move. Roush managed to take away the top spot before Lumsdun grabbed it right back, stiff-arming the Marengo driver’s valiant effort for another feature victory, edging Roush by half a car length. Lumsdun was disqualified during postrace inspection, handing Roush his second feature win of the season.

Points leader Brett McCoy knotted up a second while holding off last weekend’s feature victor, Jason Van Hise, who came home third. Ricky Nielsen continued his consistent 2010 campaign, notching a fourth place finish to move into second in the points behind McCoy. Brian Mayer snuck into fifth to finish off the top five.

After getting off to a quiet start, the 25-lap Illini Midgets main event heated up quickly. Doug Orseske picked off machine by machine, showing the 20 car field how it was done in the division the historic high banked quarter-mile was originally built to host.

After a caution, defending champion Allen Gillis closed up on the twosome up front, Orseske and Patrick Bruns, making his presence known. The three cars went three-wide with two laps remaining, racing so close together that a blanket could have covered them. Bringing the massive and excitable crowd to their feet, Orseske snuck past Bruns after the Champaign driver wheel hopped entering turn one on the white flag lap.

Orseske grasped victory just in time, collecting his second consecutive victory in the series and edging out his top competitors in the process.
Bruns managed second while Gillis took home a third place trophy for his efforts. Young Tyler Deschaine fought his way up to fourth while Tyler Trainer rounded out the top five in fifth.

The final event of the show brought the packed house to their feet. With over 20 entrants, the Kar Korner Original Trailer Race of Destruction didn’t fail to deliver amazing action and fascinating fun to every person who stayed around to watch it.

After 23 trailers started the event, five remained after ten minutes had passed. A major traffic jam in turn four had eliminated over half the trailers from the mayhem as Caterpillar Miller prowled the high banks looking for metal to mangle. Just when it looked as though a Miller victory would be inevitable, he outdid himself, sawing off his own trailer during an aerial display that wowed his large legion of supporters.

The beneficiary of Miller’s insanity was Trent Sanderson, who emerged victorious in his first ever Trailer Race. Sanderson was understandably stoked after the event.

“This was sooo much fun!” a happy Sanderson yelled. “We will be back, that’s for sure.”

Lloyd Hawkins grabbed the early lead in the Sam’s Drive-In RoadRunner Challenge Hare ‘N Hound race and began to lead the ten car field in his trail. Robert Roush was a dog in hot pursuit, chasing after the leader as Hawkins crisscrossed through the infield and cut sharp turns around the quarter-mile oval. Hawkins proved to be too elusive for the rest of the field, holding off Roush for the victory.

Racing returns to the high banks as Wild Wednesday makes its second showing of 2010 this week. On tap are the Mtn Dew RoadRunners Super Summer Series, Crap Scrapper Hornets, Winged Women on Wheels, National Figure 8 League, Spectacular Drags, INEX Legends, INEX Bandoleros, Allison Legends and the Yellowbook Hornet Challenge Double Spin to Win Race. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for kids ages 6-11 with all children ages 5 and under FREE! Gates open at 5:30pm with the green flag waving at 7:07pm sharp.

For more information, including the remaining 2010 schedule, visit the track’s website at www.rockfordspeedway.com or call the Speedway Box Office at (815)633-1500.

Rockford Speedway Results Week 7

NASCAR All American Sportsmen

A-Main 01 -- 1. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 2. Ron Morris, Belvidere; 3. Matt Lundberg, Rockford; 4. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 5. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 6. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 7. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 8. Logan Love, Plano; 9. Warren (Butch) Swinbank, Rockford.

Heat 01 -- 1. Ron Morris, Belvidere; 2. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 3. Warren (Butch) Swinbank, Rockford; 4. Logan Love, Plano.

Heat 02 -- 1. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 2. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 3. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 4. Matt Lundberg, Rockford; 5. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis.

Time Trial -- 1. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 2. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 3. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 4. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 5. Matt Lundberg, Rockford; 6. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 7. Ron Morris, Belvidere; 8. Rob Goodman, McHenry; 9. Logan Love, Plano; 10. Warren (Butch) Swinbank, Rockford.

Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 2. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 3. Matt Lundberg, Rockford; 4. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 5. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 6. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream.

NASCAR Late Models

A-Main 01 -- 1. Kyle Shear, Roscoe; 2. Ryan Carlson, Loves Park; 3. Tanner Whitten, Congerville; 4. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 5. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford; 6. Jacob Gille, Winnebago; 7. Eddie May, Crystal Lake; 8. Wayne Freimund, Elkhorn, Wis; 9. Ryan Miles, Crystal Lake; 10. Dave Edwards, Salem, Wis; 11. Mark Hartline, Gilberts; 12. John Beinlich, Prairie View; 13. David Cooter, Jr, Machesney Park; 14. Joe Darnell, Machesney Park; 15. Mike Lloyd, Davis; 16. Steve Erickson, Jr, Machesney Park; 17. Jerry Gille, Roscoe; 18. Mikie Breiner, Johnburg; 19. Vern Fagerberg, Bloomingdale; 20. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake; 21. Tyler Peterson, Lake Geneva, Wis; 22. Brandon Eash,

Heat 01 -- 1. Vern Fagerberg, Bloomingdale; 2. Joe
Rusciano, Crystal Lake; 3. Steve Erickson, Jr, Machesney Park; 4. John Beinlich, Prairie View; 5. Tyler Peterson, Lake Geneva, Wis; 6. David Cooter, Jr, Machesney Park; 7. Brandon Eash, Rockford; 8. Joe Darnell, Machesney Park.

Heat 02 -- 1. Mark Hartline, Gilberts; 2. Kyle Shear, Roscoe; 3. Wayne Freimund, Elkhorn, Wis; 4. Eddie May, Crystal Lake; 5. Jacob Gille, Winnebago; 6. Dave Edwards, Salem, Wis; 7. Ryan Miles, Crystal Lake; 8. Curt Tillman, Rockford.

Heat 03 -- 1. Mike Lloyd, Davis; 2. Tanner Whitten, Congerville; 3. Ryan Carlson, Loves Park; 4. Jerry Gille, Roscoe; 5. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 6. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford; 7. Mikie Breiner, Johnburg.

Time Trial -- 1. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford; 2. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 3. Ryan Carlson, Loves Park; 4. Jerry Gille, Roscoe; 5. Tanner Whitten, Congerville; 6. Mike Lloyd, Davis; 7. Mikie Breiner, Johnburg; 8. Jacob Gille, Winnebago; 9. Wayne Freimund, Elkhorn, Wis; 10. Eddie May, Crystal Lake; 11. Kyle Shear, Roscoe; 12. Curt Tillman, Rockford; 13. Dave Edwards, Salem, Wis; 14. Mark Hartline, Gilberts; 15. David Cooter, Jr, Machesney Park; 16. Ryan Miles, Crystal Lake; 17. Brandon Eash, Rockford; 18. John Beinlich, Prairie View; 19. Tyler Peterson, Lake Geneva, Wis; 20. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake; 21. Steve Erickson, Jr, Machesney Park; 22. Vern Fagerberg, Bloomingdale; 23. Joe Darnell, Machesney Park.

Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Ryan Carlson, Loves Park; 2. Jerry Gille, Roscoe; 3. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake; 4. Mike Lloyd, Davis; 5. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 6. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford.

NASCAR Road Runners

A-Main 01 -- 1. Robert Roush, Marengo; 2. Brett McCoy, Belvidere; 3. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 4. Ricky Nielsen, Rockford; 5. Brian Mayer, Machesney Park; 6. Gene Marocco, Machesney Park; 7. John Logan, Jr., Loves Park; 8. Billy McCoy, Belvidere; 9. Jason Brockway, Machesney Park; 10. Joshua Lundy, Loves Park; 11. Jeff Allendorf, Belvidere; 12. Adam Cartwright, Woodstock; 13. Lloyd Hawkins, Machesney Park; 14. Richard Nielsen, Byron; 15. Mike Leopold, Algonquin; 16. Raymond Hardesty, McHenry; 17. Marvin Butler, Rockford; 18. Michael Neblock, Loves Park; 19. James Gregory, Winnebago; 20. Jonathan Stoltz, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; 21. Kenneth Brazee III, Rockford; 22. Dennis Smith, Jr, South Beloit; 23. Jerry Edge, Marengo; 24. Dave Lumsden, Jr., Rockford; 25. Charlie Frisch, Beloit, Wis.

Heat 01 -- 1. John Logan, Jr., Loves Park; 2. Adam Cartwright, Woodstock; 3. Marvin Butler, Rockford; 4. Jonathan Stoltz, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; 5. Kenneth Brazee III, Rockford; 6. James Gregory, Winnebago; 7. Jonathon Dean, Machesney Park; 8. Michael Neblock, Loves Park; 9. Dave Lumsden, Jr., Rockford.

Heat 02 -- 1. Brian Mayer, Machesney Park; 2. Billy McCoy, Belvidere; 3. Jerry Edge, Marengo; 4. Mike Leopold, Algonquin; 5. Jason Brockway, Machesney Park; 6. Raymond Hardesty, McHenry; 7. Joshua Lundy, Loves Park; 8. Richard Nielsen, Byron; 9. Lloyd Hawkins, Machesney Park.

Heat 03 -- 1. Ricky Nielsen, Rockford; 2. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 3. Robert Roush, Marengo; 4. Brett McCoy, Belvidere; 5. Gene Marocco, Machesney Park; 6. Jeff Allendorf, Belvidere; 7. Charlie Frisch, Beloit, Wis.

Challenge 01 -- 1. Lloyd Hawkins, Machesney Park; 2. Robert Roush, Marengo; 3. Jonathan Stoltz, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; 4. Raymond Hardesty, McHenry; 5. Jerry Edge, Marengo; 6. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 7. Matt Belknap, Lake in the Hills; 8. Dennis Smith, Jr, South Beloit; 9. Dave Lumsden, Jr., Rockford.

Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Robert Roush, Marengo; 2. Ricky Nielsen, Rockford; 3. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 4. Gene
Marocco, Machesney Park; 5. Jeff Allendorf, Belvidere; 6. Charlie Frisch, Beloit, Wis.

Illini Racing Series Midgets

A-Main 01 -- 1. Doug Orseske, Frankfort; 2. Patrick Bruns, Champaign; 3. Allen Gillis, Westmont; 4. Tyler Deschaine, Loves Park; 5. Tyler Trainor, Streator; 6. Joe Knippel, Mokena; 7. Eddie Sauer, Davis; 8. Derrick Gough, Roscoe; 9. Lamont Critchett, Demotte, Ind.; 10. Bob Adams, St. Charles; 11. Scott Koerner, Joliet; 12. Mike Gass;; 13. Charlie Holt, Lamont; 14. Jim Canterbury, Rock Island; 15. Dave Ohlendorf, Manhattan; 16. Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, Ind.; 17. Freddie Teer, Jr, Union; 18. Sean Murphy, Joliet; 19. Aaron Willis, Jr, Essex; 20. Jason Dull, Machesney Park.

Heat 01 -- 1. Tyler Deschaine, Loves Park; 2. Lamont Critchett, Demotte, Ind.; 3. Freddie Teer, Jr, Union; 4. Allen Gillis, Westmont; 5. Doug Orseske, Frankfort; 6. Joe Knippel, Mokena; 7. Patrick Bruns, Champaign; 8. Derrick Gough, Roscoe; 9. Scott Koerner, Joliet; 10. Tyler Trainor, Streator.

Heat 02 -- 1. Eddie Sauer, Davis; 2. Charlie Holt, Lamont; 3. Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, Ind.; 4. Dave Ohlendorf,
Manhattan; 5. Sean Murphy, Joliet; 6. Aaron Willis, Jr, Essex; 7. Mike Gass;; 8. Jim Canterbury, Rock Island; 9. Jason Dull, Machesney Park; 10. Bob Adams, St. Charles.

Time Trial -- 1. Freddie Teer, Jr, Union; 2. Doug Orseske, Frankfort; 3. Lamont Critchett, Demotte, Ind.; 4. Tyler Trainor, Streator; 5. Tyler Deschaine, Loves Park; 6. Scott Koerner, Joliet; 7. Joe Knippel, Mokena; 8. Allen Gillis, Westmont; 9. Derrick Gough, Roscoe; 10. Patrick Bruns, Champaign; 11. Charlie Holt, Lamont; 12. Aaron Willis, Jr, Essex; 13. Eddie Sauer, Davis; 14. Sean Murphy, Joliet; 15. Dave Ohlendorf, Manhattan; 16. Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, Ind.; 17. Bob Adams, St. Charles; 18. Mike Gass;; 19. Jason Dull, Machesney Park; 20. Jim Canterbury, Rock Island.