Five Races, Five Faces
By: Tom Arthur
Princeton, IL (June 7, 2008) - On a beautiful night
for racing at the historic Bureau County Fairgrounds, the Illini
Racing Series showed once again how well their rulebook works.
The fifth different driver in five races found their way to victory
lane, but it wasn't easy.
Doug Orseske picked up his seventh career feature win, his
third on dirt. Orseske started his heat from the pole, but did
a 360 degree spin in turn one in front of the entire field.
The 0 car kept running, but flagman Matt Rahmer had already alertly
thrown the yellow flag in anticipation of the big pile-up that
never came. Orseske took the lead on third circuit of the 25
lap feature, but was pressured by Joe Knippel until lap 14.
Knippel was finally able to clear Orseske just as the red flag
was thrown.
The red was to allow the ambulance to leave the infield for
a non-race emergency. With the restart based on the previous
completed lap, Knippel would have to try again to take the top
spot. He wasn't able to, and Orseske became the first driver
to win a feature event on our new American Racer tires. A great
battle for 3rd was won by Allen Gillis, with Dick Kaiser 4th,
and Lamont Critchett 5th.
The second heat was won by Gillis, and the trophy dash hardware
went home with the Sean Murphy team, a team who debuted their
new car with style.
The Illini Dwarf Car/Mod-Lite Division saw Jeff Norton sweep
the heat and feature. The Davenport driver was chased to the
feature finish by Bobby Fox in 2nd, David Norton in 3rd, Shon
Sanders 4th, and Dan Guss 5th.
The next Illini Racing Series race is June 21st at Bureau
County Speedway.
Illini Racing Series Event #5, June 7, 2008 Bureau County
Speedway, Princeton, IL
Illini Sportsman Midgets:
Peacock Publishing Heat #1: 1. Lamont Critchett, Chicago
Heights, IL #44 Critchett Brothers Racing VW/Stapp; 2. Joe Knippel,
Mokena, IL #33 Knippel/Spencer Quad 4/Buzzard; 3. Doug Orseske,
Frankfort, IL #0 Orseske Farms Quad 4/Buzzard; 4. Loran Critchett,
Jr., Alsip, IL #17 On the Gass Racing VW/Challenger: 5. Scott
Dunning, Bolingbrook, IL #1 Knippel/Spencer Illini Focus/Hawk;
6. Scott Koerner, Joliet, IL #4K Task Management Sesco/Bishop.
Spencer's Jewelry Heat #2: Allen Gillis, Westmont,
IL #39 Task Management Illini Focus/White; 2. Sean Murphy, Evanston,
IL #5 Quad 4/Hawk; 3. Jason Dull, Machesney Park, IL #56 D &
D Racing Chevy II/Stealth; 4. Mark Morey, Sugar Grove, IL #3
Morey Enterprises Illini Focus/White; 5. Charlie Holt, Lemont,
IL #4H Thompson/Engstrom EcoTech/Stewart; 6. Dick Kaiser, Milwaukee,
WI #82 George Racing Enterprises Scream Focus/Buzzard; 7. Tom
Shilkuski, Spring Valley, IL #23 Ray Shilkuski Illini Focus/Jack
Rich; 8. David Budres, Beloit, WI #31 Knippel/Spencer Quad 4/Ellis.
ADM Real Estate Feature Event (25 laps): 1. Doug Orseske,
2. Joe Knippel, 3. Allen Gillis, 4. Dick Kaiser, 5. Lamont Critchett,
6. Loran Critchett, Jr., 7. Charlie Holt, 8. Mark Morey, 9. Jason
Dull, 10. Sean Murphy, 11. Scott Dunning, 12. Scott Koerner,
13. Tom Shilkuski, 14. David Budres
Illini Sportsman Midget Points after 6/7/08: 1. Joe
Knippel 1420, 2. Doug Orseske 1300, 3. Lamont Critchett 1276,
4. Loran Critchett 1263, 5. Jason Dull 1195, 6. Allen Gillis
999, 7. Scott Koerner 790, 8. Dick Kaiser 745, 9 Mike Adams Jr.
721,10. Scott Dunning 721, 11. Dan George 661, 12. Mark Morey
625, 13. Eric Nitz 579, 14. Charlie Holt, 548, 15. Freddie Teer
518, 16. David Budres 361, 17. Tom Shilkuski 233, 18. Sean Murphy
226, 19. Eddie Sauer 188, 20. Bob Shreffler 181, 21. Mike Krysiak
120, 22. Ken Dull 5, 23. Jolene Slomka 5.
Illini Dwarf Car/Mod-Lites:
Heat Race: 1. Jerry Norton, Davenport, IA, 2. David
Norton, Moline, IL, 3, Shon Sanders, Blue Grass, IA, 4. Bobby
Fox, Moline, IL, 5. Rob Guss, Muscatine, IA, 6. Dan Guss, Muscatine,
IA, 7. Dan Vincent, Solon, IA, 8. Jeep Leiker, Joliet, IL
Feature Race: 1. Jerry Norton, 2. Bobby Fox, 3. David
Norton, 4. Shon Sanders, 5. Dan Guss, 6. Rob Guss, 7. Dan Vincent,
8. Jeep Leiker
Illini Dwarf Car/Mod-Lite Points after 6/7/08: 1.
Sean Sanders 563, 2. Jeep Leiker 474, 3. Jerry Norton 300, 4.
David Norton 278, 5. David Imming 271, 6. Bobby Fox, 271, 7.
Erik Close 263, 8. Dan Guss 233, 9. Rob Guss 233, 10. Dan Vincent
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