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Behnke, Hawkins, Knodle And Smith Win On Gas Night
By: Kevin Ramsell
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 (Loves Park, IL) – Brock Behnke, Tammy Hawkins,
Eric Knodle and Pat Smith took feature wins on Salute to Gas Night at the
Rockford Speedway.
Behnke scored his third feature win in the Grand National Division.
Rick Nielsen grabbed the early lead in the 15-lap feature event. Behnke
moved from his sixth starting position to second by lap 5. He then got
on the inside of Nielsen to challenge for the top spot a lap
later.
Nielsen and Behnke ran side-by-side when the caution flew on lap 9 for Darrell
Garman’s spin in turn two. On the re-start, Behnke would get by
Nielsen on the inside for the lead. Nielsen would come back to challenge
but the caution flew on lap 12 when Doug Bennett and Fred Nason got together
coming off of turn four, sending Bennett into the front stretch wall. On
the re-start, Behnke would pull away from Nielsen to take his third win in a
row. Chad Smith would come home third with Nason and Dennis Basler
rounding out the top five.
It was a great classic four car battle for the win in the first Winged Women
on Wheels feature.
Elizabeth Weigelt took the lead in the first 15-lap feature event. On
lap 2, Sabrina Castillo moved from her third starting position to the outside
of Weigelt and challenge for the top spot. The two would swap the lead
back and forth while racing side-by-side around the quarter mile.
The battle for the lead allowed Amy Flippo and Hawkins to catch up to the top
two and make it a four car battle for the lead. At the line, it was
Castillo taking the win with Hawkins in second. Flippo would finish
third over Weigelt. Amanda Maxwell would round out the top five.
The second feature had Hawkins taking the lead at the start and never looking
back. She would go on to lead all 15 laps. Flippo would come home
second with Castillo in third.
Hawkins, with her second place and win, was the overall winner.
Knodle would hold off Roger Schultz to win the 13-lap Hornet Swarm.
Knodle started fifth and got a great jump at the standing start to take the
early lead. Knodle had an easy drive in the lead. Schultz would
work his way through the field and catch up to Knodle with three laps to
go. Schultz did make one attempt to take the lead with two laps go but
would come up short at the finish line to Knodle.
Vinny Mangiaracina would come home third. Camran Frederick and Mark
Bielefeldt rounded out the top five.
Pat Smith would get by Lloyd Hawkins on lap 2 of the first of two Figure 8
feature races. Smith would pull away to the win. In the second
feature, Smith had to really work for the win.
Robert Bielefeldt would grab the early lead until he got loose coming out of
turn two on the third lap. This would hand the lead over to Hawkins, but
that only landed a lap as Gantz would get by him for the top spot.
On the last lap, Smith got on the inside of Gantz in the final two turns to
take the win over Gantz. Hawkins would finish third.
Another exciting evening of NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series racing will hit the
Rockford Speedway this Saturday night. The NASCAR Late Models, Budweiser
American Short Trackers, Coca-Cola RoadRunners and Legends will be in
action. Plus, their will be an Illinois Camaro Club Show and a Burnout
Exhibition.
For more information, please call the track office at (815) 633-1500 or visit
the track’s website at www.rockfordspeedway.com.
Mark your calendars and plan on being at the 41st Annual National Short Track
Championships on September 23-25. See 10 divisions compete in three
nights highlighted by a 200-lap CRA Late Model feature on Sunday.
8/8/2006 - Rockford Speedway Results
NASCAR Grand Nationals
A-Main 01 -- 1. Brock Behnke, Poplar Grove; 2. Ricky Nielsen (r),
Rockford; 3. Chad Smith (r), Poplar Grove; 4. Fred Nason, Roscoe; 5. Dennis
Basler, Schiller Park; 6. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 7. Darrell Garman,
Machesney Park.
Heat 01 -- 1. Fred Nason, Roscoe; 2. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 3.
Brock Behnke, Poplar Grove; 4. Ricky Nielsen (r), Rockford; 5. Darrell Garman,
Machesney Park; 6. Dennis Basler, Schiller Park; 7. Chad Smith (r), Poplar
Grove.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Ricky Nielsen (r), Rockford; 2. Brock Behnke,
Poplar Grove; 3. Fred Nason, Roscoe; 4. Chad Smith (r), Poplar Grove; 5.
Darrell Garman, Machesney Park; 6. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis.
Hornets
A-Main 01 -- 1. Erik Knodle, Rockton; 2. Roger Schultz, Machesney Park;
3. Vinny Mangiaracina, Rockford; 4. Camran Frederick, Belvidere; 5. Mark
Bielefeldt, Loves Park; 6. Ben Montemayor, Poplar Grove; 7. Nick Lasher,
Machesney Park; 8. Randy Reynolds, Rockford; 9. Steve McBride, Rockton; 10.
Ryan Johnson, Poplar Grove; 11. Don Mullins, Janesville, Wis; 12. Agostino
Altamore, Belvidere; 13. Solomon Barker, South Beloit; 14. David Russell,
Rockford; 15. Patrick Wolf, Rockford; 16. Alan Bekielewski, Roscoe; 17. Craig
Foster, Loves Park; 18. Harvey Foster, Machesney
Heat 01 -- 1. Mark Vicencio, Rockford; 2. Agostino Altamore, Belvidere;
3. Solomon Barker, South Beloit; 4. Craig Foster, Loves Park; 5. Patrick Wolf,
Rockford; 6. Steve McBride, Rockton; 7. David Russell, Rockford; 8. Ryan
Johnson, Poplar Grove; 9. Alan Bekielewski, Roscoe; 10. Don Mullins,
Janesville, Wis.
Heat 02 -- 1. Mark Bielefeldt, Loves Park; 2. Camran Frederick,
Belvidere; 3. Roger Schultz, Machesney Park; 4. Vinny Mangiaracina, Rockford;
5. Nick Lasher, Machesney Park; 6. Erik Knodle, Rockton; 7. Randy Reynolds,
Rockford; 8. Ben Montemayor, Poplar Grove; 9. Harvey Foster, Machesney Park;
10. Michael Stratton, Beloit, Wis.
Challenge 01 -- 1. Mark Bielefeldt, Loves Park; 2. Roger Schultz,
Machesney Park; 3. Mark Vicencio, Rockford; 4. Nick Lasher, Machesney Park; 5.
Steve McBride, Rockton; 6. David Russell, Rockford; 7. Randy Reynolds,
Rockford; 8. Ben Montemayor, Poplar Grove.
National Figure 8 League
A-Main 01 -- 1. Pat Smith, Loves Park; 2. Lloyd Hawkins, Machesney Park;
3. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 4. Robert Bielefeldt, Machesney Park.
A-Main 02 -- 1. Pat Smith, Loves Park; 2. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 3.
Lloyd Hawkins, Machesney Park; 4. Robert Stoltz, Rockford; 5. Robert
Bielefeldt, Machesney Park.
Winged Women on Wheels
A-Main 01 -- 1. Tammy Hawkins, Machesney Park; 2. Sabrina Castillo,
Rockford; 3. Amy Flippo, Rockford; 4. Amanda Maxwell, Rockford; 5. Elizabeth
Weigelt, Rockford; 6. Linnea Weerda, Rockford.
Heat 01 -- 1. Sabrina Castillo, Rockford; 2. Tammy Hawkins, Machesney
Park; 3. Amy Flippo, Rockford; 4. Elizabeth Weigelt, Rockford; 5. Amanda
Maxwell, Rockford; 6. Linnea Weerda, Rockford.
Heat 02 -- 1. Tammy Hawkins, Machesney Park; 2. Amy Flippo, Rockford; 3.
Sabrina Castillo, Rockford; 4. Amanda Maxwell, Rockford; 5. Elizabeth Weigelt,
Rockford; 6. Linnea Weerda, Rockford.
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