Posted by Kankakee Speedway on 6/20/2005, 11:14 am
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KANKAKEE, IL � Ryan Dauber, John Provanzano and RJ Gall showed Kankakee Valley Motor Speedway fans some three-wide racing as they battled for the lead in the annual "Topless 40" Late Model feature here Friday night. It was Dauber -- who moved from third to first with five laps to go � on the top side of the track who grabbed the checkered flag this time. And it was Provanzano -- using the low side � who took second with a last lap pass of Galll, who had led most of the way in the middle groove. "It was just a last ditch effort," Dauber said of his rocketing pass. "He (Gall) was busy racing Provanzano and I just kind of snuck past them." Gall had his hands full with Russ Scheffler of Waukesha, Wisc. in the early going while Dauber was third. In the middle of the field, Provanzano was coming through the pack, finally moving to fourth after seven laps. It took him seven more to grab third, and he finally passed Scheffler to go to second with 21 laps remaining. Scheffler wound up fourth, with fellow northerner Jayme Zider finishing a remarkable fifth. The Zider performance deserves accolades because he ran the last half of the race with a broken tie rod � his left front wheel was unusable. It was aimed directly to the left and he steered with the right front only. Dan Hamstra won his third straight feature in the Open-Wheel Modifieds � and earned an extra $100 in the process. It was the track's annual "topless" night for the Late Models, but officials offered the extra cash to the feature winner in each division, if he was driving a "convertible" on this night. Randy Akers won his first Street Stock feature and set himself up as a favorite in the rare $1,000-to-win Josh Kohler Memorial event set for June 24. RESULTS: LATE MODEL DIVISION Fast Time: Ryan Dauber � 14.437 First Heat: 1. Frank Heckenast Sr.; 2. Dauber; 3. Ted Loomis Second Heat: 1. RJ Gall; 2. Kerry Matthew; 3. Wes Steidinger Third Heat: 1. Russ Scheffler; 2. Bart Schwartz; 3. Bob Pohlman Semi-Feature: 1. Dick Potts; 2. Al Atkinson; 3. Chuck Steele Feature: 1. Dauber; 2. John Provanzano; 3. Gall; 4. Scheffler; 5. Jayme Zider OPEN-WHEEL MODIFIEDS Fast Time: Dave Porth � 15.850 First Heat: 1. Jim Farris; 2. Dave Porth; 3. Kevin Hastings Second Heat: 1. Dan Hamstra; 2. Anthony Ricketts; 3. Jammie Wilson Feature: 1. Hamstra; 2. Farris; 3. Porth; 4. Matt Bachman; 5. Bob Pohlman STREET STOCK DIVISION Fast Time: 1. Jay Hamilton � 17.060 First Heat: 1. Randy Akers; 2. Kevin Lenzen; 3. Joe Hillman Second Heat: 1. Don McCarty; 3. Steve Dimmick; 3. Jay Morris Third Heat: 1. Brett Peters; 2. Darrin Kohler; 3. Joe Brown Semi-Feature: 1. Bill Stevenson; 2. Vern Gaus; 3. Don Heilman Feature: 1. Akers; 2. Dimmick; 3. McCarty; 4. Kohler; 5. Jay Hamilton