Posted by Rockford Speedway on 7/4/2005, 12:38 pm
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NASON CAPTURES VILLANI?S FEATURE AT ROCKFORD By: Kevin Ramsell Sunday, July 03, 2005 (Loves Park, IL) - Fred Nason, Shonna Frisch, Craig Foster, Jack Mayberry and Jim Dougherty captured feature wins on Villani's Specialty Auto Parts Night at the races. Fred Nason captured the Villani's Specialty Auto Parts 25-lap feature for the Grand National feature. Chad Leahy grabbed the early lead with Darrell Garman on the inside challenging for the top spot. The two raced side-by-side until lap 3 when the two made contact. Leahy made hard contact with the outside wall in turns three and four. Leahy was done for the evening and Garman was sent to the rear for his involvement. Fred Nason inherited the lead at the re-start. Doug Bennett got on the inside to challenge for the top spot. Nason and Bennett ran side-by-side until six laps to go when the two made contact in on the frontstretch. This allowed Nason to get away from Bennett to have the lead. Brock Behnke got on the outside of Bennett to challenge for second. At the checkers, it was Nason with the win. Behnke beat out Bennett for second. Matt Lundberg and Dave Behnke rounded out the top five. Gina Davies captured the early lead in the first Winged Women on Wheels feature event. Davies held on to the lead until five laps to go when Wanda Dobbs got on the inside of Davies. The two ran side-by-side until Dobbs pulled away with four laps to go. Dobbs would go on to the win. Amy Flippo got past Davies on the last lap to take second. Shonna Frisch and Vachenzia Jester rounded out the top five. Dobbs started dead last in second WWOW feature. It didn't take long for her to get to the front. At the end of the first lap she was up to fifth. By lap 2, she was up to second and on the next lap, she takes the lead. Jester followed Dobbs and began to challenge for the lead on lap 6. Dobbs was able to hold off Jester. Jester than got behind Dobbs and started to bump her in the rear. With five laps to go, Jester bumped Dobbs in the middle of turns three and four. The bump caused Dobbs to make hard contact with the turn three and four wall. Dobbs did manage to keep her car going. NASCAR Officials black-flagged Jester for rough driving. This handed the lead over to Shonna Frisch. Frisch would go on to the win and also the overall win. The National Figure 8 League ran two feature events. In the first feature, Jack Mayberry captured his third straight win. Mayberry had some problems in the second feature event. Jim Dougherty had a strong car in the second feature. On lap 4, "The Sheriff" Chris Gantz went to the outside to challenge for the lead. Dougherty didn?t know that the Gantz was on the outside and Gantz hit the outside wall. Dougherty was sent to the rear. This gave the lead over to Pat Smith. But it didn't take long for Dougherty to come for the rear back to the front. Dougherty grabbed the lead with two laps to go to take home the win. Craig Foster captured the 13-lap Hornet Swarm. It wasn't an easy drive for him. Chad Kiefer challenged for the top spot. On lap 6, Kiefer got on the inside for the top spot. But a caution for debris allowed Foster to grab the lead back after the standing re-start. Foster would not be contested as he went on to the win. Gilley's Heating and Air Conditioning will be presenting Monday Funday @ Night on Monday, July 4th. The NASCAR Late Models, Coca Cola RoadRunners, Legends, Bandoleros, and FIRA will be in action. The racing action will start at 7:07 p.m. with a 10,000-WATT Fireworks Extravaganza concluding the evening activities. Former NASCAR Nextel Cup Driver Jerry Nadeau will be appearing at the Speedway between 4-5 p.m. to sign autographs and make fans aware of www.unmetneeds.com, an organization that supports military families. For more information, please call the Speedway at (815) 633-1500 or visit the track?s website at www.rockfordspeedway.com.