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Belcher, Mente, Robinson, Sites and
Wesneski Crowned
Champions At Dunn Hill 2 Speedway
The final points
race of the year was sponsored by J. W. Maynard and Sons Truck
Repair. The fans got to see some exciting racing. The 2012 Track
Champions were crowned and the Boone Bonus was handed out to the
three time champion in the IMCA Mods.

The IMCA Mods
completed their third season at DH2, with Eddie Sites recording his
third championship. Promoter Mark Spencer gives away the "Boone
Bonus", to the champion if they are attending the IMCA Nationals in
Boone, Iowa. Eddie McKernan captured his second feature win in a
row with Eddie Sites finishing in second. Sites is making the trip
to Boone and accepted the $2000, bonus from Mr. Spencer. The
feature event found Eddie McKernan opening up a huge lead after Rich
Howard Jr., lead the first three laps. With only two cautions early
in the event, McKernan ran a strong race to capture his win number
two in a row. Eddie Sites piloting his brother's Brad car finished
in second, third was rookie Jake Maynard, fourth was Ray McClure and
rounding out the top five was Harry Ely.
Newcomer
Allan Crooker and Matt Vinson brought the field to the green flag in
the Street Stock feature. It appeared the Nick Robinson had the
championship all wrapped, but with double points anything could
happen. Allan grabbed the early lead, but it was last weeks feature
winner Jason Benjamin who stole it away on lap three. Jason knew
what he wanted to do and made his way back into victory lane. He
held off second in points Ricky Davis for the entire feature race.
Davis knew that he had to finish ahead of the Robinson machine or
even win if he was to bring home the title. Nick Robinson ran a
patience and smart race finishing in third to record his very first
championship at DH2. Rounding out the top five were the 2011
champion Ernie Martin in fourth and fifth was Allan Crooker.
The Factory
Stock points title went down to the final race. Mike Mente and Stan
Matthews were
racing
for the championship honors. Mike Chilson and David Ackley made up
the front row for the final feature of the season. When the green
flag dropped it was Ackley who grabbed the lead with the hopes of
bringing home his first feature win. As a rookie in this division
David did an awesome job of holding his line and keeping the veteran
Mike Chilson behind him. Matthews and Mente were making their way
to the front. On lap six Mike moved into second place challenging
David Ackley for the lead. On lap eleven Mike moved into the lead,
but that didn't stop Ackley from trying to steal it back. With four
laps to go Stan Matthews moved into second now challenging Mente for
the top spot and the championship. Both of these drivers have raced
hard all season long, most of the laps side by side. Mike, Stan and
David gave the fans something to cheer about as the laps came to a
close. The checkered flag flew it was Mike Mente capturing the
feature event and his first championship title. The feature finish
for the top five was Stan Matthews, David Ackley, Shannon Oswald,
and Stu Morrison.
Mini
Stocks would have an exciting battle for the championship. Going
into the evenings feature, Shane Brown was holding on to the lead by
a just six points over Tyler Belcher. Shane had not won a feature
all season long, but his consistent finishes helped him to hold on
to the points lead. Tyler Belcher had won five features keeping him
in the hunt for the title. When the feature event made it way on to
the track, Josh Benjamin and Vernon Flourney made up the front row.
Rich Powell grabbed the early lead with JR Bush right on his
bumper. Lady luck was not with the Powell machine as he lost the
lead when a mechanical problem sent him pit side. JR Bush now had
control of the feature. He was challenged by Tyler Belcher for most
of the feature event, with Doug Colton also in the mix. Bush kept
his competitors behind him and went on to capture win number four.
By virtue of his second place finish moved past Shane Brown to
record his first
Mini Stock
Championship. Rounding out the top five were Doug Colton, Mike
Koser and Shane Brown.
The final
feature event of the 2012 season, was the Front Wheel Drive
division. Bringing the field to the green were the ladies of this
division. Karlie McKernan and Donna Belcher made

up the front
row. Donna grabbed the early lead with the hopes of picking up her
first feature win. She battled with Karlie for the first couple of
laps. Mike Ely moved into second with Nick Wesneski right on his
bumper. Mike passed Donna for the lead on lap five, and Nick moved
into second a couple of laps later. The race was red flagged as
Karlie McKernan in the 44B flipped on the front stretch. She was
shaken up, but emerged from the car on her own. Her dad drove the
car back to the pit area while she rode in the ambulance pit side to
be checked out. When the race resumed, Nick Wesneski passed Mike
Ely for the lead. Nick held off the strong charge from the Ely
machine to capture not only the feature event, but the 2012 Track
Championship as well. Rounding out the top five in the feature were
Josh Bailey, Devon Bailey and Trevor Williams.
It was a fun
and successful 2012 race season at Dunn Hill 2 Speedway. The fans
got to see lots of good racing and cheer on their favorites. There
is a special event coming up on Friday, September 14th. All the
normal divisions will be competing, newcomers are invited to come
race using your home track rules. Gate will open at 5pm with racing
starting at 7pm with hot laps. Be
sure to visit
the website for all the details at www.dunnhill2speedway.com. It
should a great night of racing as most of the points titles will
have been decided. It will allow new racers to visit the track to
see "How Dirt Track Racing Is Dunn".
COMPLETE
RUNDOWN: (**) Denotes Track Champion
IMCA MODS: EDDIE
MCKERNAN, **Eddie Sites, Jake Maynard, Ray McClure, Harry Ely,
Shannon Oswald, JT McKernan, Rich Howard Jr., Keith Lamphere
STREET STOCKS:
JASON BENJAMIN, Ricky Davis, **Nick Robinson, Ernie Martin, Allan
Crooker, Bobby Maynard, Matt Vinson, Kurtis Benjamin, Bobby Hall
Jr., Steve Sharpsteen, Kim
Vosburg, Tom
Savercool, Chuck Murray, Chad Sindoni
FACTORY
STOCK:**MIKE MENTE, Stan Matthews, David Ackely, Shannon Oswald, Stu
Morrison, Allen Carnrike, Mike Chilson, Tim Fletcher, George Briegel,
Justin Young, Chad Roberts, Don Burgess
MINI STOCK: JR
BUSH, **Tyler Belcher, Doug Colton, Mike Koser, Shane Brown, Josh
Hall, Mike Navone, Eric Ellsworth, Travis Parks, Josh Benjamin,
Justin Hall, Derrick Puryear, Vernon
Flourney, Jim
Vannoy, Billy Groover, Andrew Deweis, Rich Powell, Ed Navone(dq)
FRONT WHEEL
DRIVE: **NICK WESNESKI, Mike Ely, Josh Bailey, Devon Bailey, Trevor
Williams, Kory Lewis, Donna Belcher, Trevor Belcher, Kenny Benjamin,
Brandon Hillyard, Howard Bailey, Sterling Kepner. Jimmy Benjamin,
Brad Benjamin, Greg Slater, Ray Greene Jr., Joe Russell, Dan
Worthington, Karlie McKernan
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