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 According to the Speedway website it has been
nearly a decade since dirt track racing has been a grandstand
feature at the fair, and everyone was happy for the return.
Looking at the results from that evening, it is easy to see that
these drivers come from all around the area, and they bring with
them family, friends, crew members, and of course, fans.
For the fair and the speedway it is a win-win scenario as those who
are ardent race fans had the opportunity to experience the Logan
County Fair, and those who are faithful fair goers, got a taste of
racing at its best.
Features at the Friday at the Fair Races included DIRTcar UMP
Modifieds, DIRTcar Racing UMP Pro Crate Late Models, DIRTcar UMP B-Mods,
NuTech Seed, LLC DII Midgets presented by Bailey Chassis Company,
and DIRTcar UMP Hornets.
In the UMP Modifieds Ray Bollinger (77) of Kewanee finished first.
In the top five were Bollinger, Steve Stotler (16S) of O’Fallen, MO;
Brian Lynn (14) of Mason City, Kelly Kovski (10K0 of Springfield and
Austin Lynn (72A) of Mason City.
Warrensburg native Dakota Ewing (25) took the top position in Pro
Late Model. Top five finishers included Ewing, Guy Taylor (4T) of
Springfield, Jason Riggs (77M) of Harrisburg, Roben Huffman (33H) of
Midland City and Cody Maguire (32M) of Carlinville.
The Midget Class was the Nutech Seed DII Midgets by Baily Chassis
Race. Finishing in the top five were Korey Weyant (51) of
Springfield, Mitchell Davis (37) of Auburn, Andy Baugh (6B) of Mason
City, Josh Thomas (43T) of Edinburg and Mark McMahill (57) of
Peoria.
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In the Hornets Class, Eric Vanapeldoorn (E77) of Clinton took the
number one spot. The top five included Vanapeldoorn, Adam Webb (40)
of Decatur, Matthew Mackey (01) (no town listed), Dion Smith (2) of
Bloomington and Jeremy Reed (33) of Decatur.
Steve Phillips (24S) of Neoga was the first place finisher in the B
Modifieds. In the top five were Phillips, Devin Crowder (15C) of
Argenta, Jordan Smith (13S) of Villa Grove, Mason Duncan (15B) of
Metamora and Tim Riech (55) of Petersburg.
In the points races, Brian and Austin Lynn of Mason City are tied
for the top spot in the UMP Modified with 364 points each.
In the Pro Late Model, Dakota Ewing is in the top position with 356
points and an 18 point gap over Guy Taylor.
In the Midgets Andy Baugh of Mason City is leading with 348 points
and a whopping 64 point lead over Dalyn England of Springfield.
Jeremy Reed is the big man in the Hornets with 2 wins, five top five
finishes and 28 points.
In B Modified, Kevin Crowder is sitting at the top with 170 points,
but only a 16-point gap over the number two drive Tim Riech.
The racing season at Lincoln Speedway will come to a close on
Friday, August 31st with the Brandt Season Championships.
[Nila Smith with photos by Mitch Douglas]
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