Kankakee SN

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[CILDirt]

Need to drop the stock cars. There should be a SN rule of no more than 3 classes.

[Jim11h]

Why stock cars? You'd rather watch 2 versions of LM's knowing one a 602 crate class? The excitement there. I prefer classes that don't resemble the headliner.

[Mason87]

I agree Jim, I'd rather see different classes not 2 late models or when they have a big modified show I don't need to see the b mods

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[NeedforLMspeed]

20 cars seems kinda weak...

[J20in1st]

Give me 5-6 classes

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Hotlaps underway.

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Race monitor is down.

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Now it's working for the Modifieds.

[Mud Packer]

Are you at the track tonight Shiny?

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Are you at the track tonight Shiny?

Yes I am...

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Fastest in hotlaps:

Rusty Schlenk 14.455

[Mud Packer]

I know the car count is low. What is the crowd like? Do they have limited attendance in place? Is the track in decent shape?

I've never been to Kankakee but I was told when the O'Conners promoted it that it was a pretty good facility.

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I know the car count is low. What is the crowd like? Do they have limited attendance in place? Is the track in decent shape?

I've never been to Kankakee but I was told when the O'Conners promoted it that it was a pretty good facility.


It's maybe 2/3 full...no crowd restrictions. I've only been here maybe 5 times, so I'm probably not the one to ask about how it used to be. Too early to tell regarding the track conditions.

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Qualifying underway.
Straight up tonight.

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Group 1 fast time:

Frank Heckenast Jr 14.499

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Group 2 fast time:

Brian Shirley 14.699

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Group 3 fast time:

Kevin Weaver 14.741

Qualifying complete.

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Heat 1 green.
All cars transfer.

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Caution with 3 to go as Glen Thompson spins.

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89
19r
4t
5
1w
14

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Back to green with 3 to go.

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Heat 1 finish:

Heckenast
Spatola
Gustin
Stemler
Provenzano
Walden
Thompson

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Heat 2 green.

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Caution with 3 to go as Bob Gardner blows up.

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19x
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48L

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Back to green with 3 to go

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Heat 2 finish:

Shirley
Bauer
Schlenk
Troutman
Lance
Lance Jr
Gardner (DNF)

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Heat 3 green.
No D!ckinson.

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Heat 3 finish:

Feger
Weaver
Ledford
Morris
Curl
D!ckinson (DNS)

Heats complete.

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[obamaracing#1]

For sh3t sake. Making us sit through street stock feature first with a ton of cautions

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40 lap A-Main is staging.

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A-Main on track.

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Bob Gardner will not start.

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Green flag.

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Heckenast jumps out to the lead on lap 1.

Caution as Mike Spatola and Ryan Gustin tangle. 39 to go.

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Back to green with 39 to go.

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25 3s
19r b12
19x 18L
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Lap 3

Heckenast over Shirley by 5.

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Lap 6

Heckenast stretching it out.
Feger and Shirley battle for 2nd side by side.

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Lap 9

Heckenast with a healthy lead.
3s 25 still side by side.

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Lap 12

Heckenast by almost a straightaway.
Feger prevails over Shirley.

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Lap 15

Feger slowly reeling in Heckenast.
Shirley has RR damage and is passed by Gustin.

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Lap 19

Heckenast scoots away again.
Gustin all over Feger for 2nd.

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18 to go

Gustin is catching Heckenast!

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15 to go

Heckenast by 8 over Gustin.

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12 to go

Heckenast once again scoots away.

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19r
25
3s
91

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9 to go

Heckenast is gone.
Feger and Gustin battle side by side for 2nd.

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6 to go

Heckenast by a mile.

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3 to go

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Checker

Heckenast
Feger
Gustin
Schlenk
Stemler

[obamaracing#1]

99 Frankie smoked them. 19 Ryan G stole the show. Dang he was exciting to watch

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[NeedforLMspeed]

They need to find a way to boost the talent level and equipment at these events.

[intel8]

Thanks Shiny.

[Zonks32x]

They need to find a way to boost the talent level and equipment at these events.

Well...
1) Pay 10k mininum to the winner for all Summernats events
2) Hold back to back night events at tracks like Fals, Farmer City, Pevely and a few others
3) Stop racing on Monday & Tuesday nights
4) Pay the winner of the Hell Tour 100k like they did years ago, & make the pointsfund better than it is now
5) Get 10-12 drivers to commit to the full tour and pay them $200/night tow money
6) Stop scheduling events at tracks that don't have a base of late model teams/support.
7) Co-sanction a handful of Summernats shows with other Midwest series
8) Increase the payout for non-transfer cars

[LM1M]

Run LM feature first on a Tuesday night (not street stocks) and don't have a 30 minute intermission on a week night unless the track needs prep

[EasyRider]

The long intermission followed by the street stocks vs. late models was ridiculous. Why does a promoter do that to his paying customers?

[kazual]

Few years back I thought Gustin would be a major force on the national late model scene, hasn't worked out that way. Kid drives the wheel off a car but has a lot of dnf’s.

[Jim11h]

Stop starting heats and features straight up, use an inversion!

[Pennsboro32]

Glad to see Frankie win.

[Kankakeefan8]

God are u people every happy?? Good job kankakee what a good show u put on for 4 classes...Also good job dave travk was awsome thank you for giving us a place to race and busting ur asses to get the place back together after the storm....

[Zonks32x]

God are u people every happy?? Good job kankakee what a good show u put on for 4 classes...Also good job dave travk was awsome thank you for giving us a place to race and busting ur asses to get the place back together after the storm....

Wow! Touchy...just a bit.

The question asked wasn't about Kankakee. The question posed was about increasing car counts and drivers following the summernats.

From purely a fan perspective, wouldn't you rather see a race at your local joint on a Thr, Fri, Sat, or Sun? Especially, if that meant you draw more cars and a more competitive field.

We've all spent late nights at dirt tracks, so I'm not going to point fingers at any track for having a long night, but it is easier to deal with when you don't have to get up and go to work the next day.

Zero reason why UMP can't run 24 races in 35 days and still call it the hell tour. It's not what it once was.

[dirtkart30]

frankie sure was hooked up.

[ImCryn2]

God are u people every happy?? Good job kankakee what a good show u put on for 4 classes...Also good job dave travk was awsome thank you for giving us a place to race and busting ur asses to get the place back together after the storm....


"Ya not opening till july 10 look u dumb asses why so long they should be ready to open fri just like real race tracks farmer city and fairbury....they gonna lose alot of cars watch and see driver dont wanna wait for them they wanna race i hope Tom Smith Fails he is a pieace of work .....Straight TRASH"

Isn't that you? You seem like a happy fella yourself.

[HoosierDirtFan]

"Ya not opening till july 10 look u dumb asses why so long they should be ready to open fri just like real race tracks farmer city and fairbury....they gonna lose alot of cars watch and see driver dont wanna wait for them they wanna race i hope Tom Smith Fails he is a pieace of work .....Straight TRASH"

Isn't that you? You seem like a happy fella yourself.

I talk to Tom on Tuesday. He said he might be done after this year. His wife want to be done after this year and 13 or so years running Kankakee. He did say he might stay one more year but that’s about it. Heard it from his own mouth. I can’t say much bad about him as he’s helped me out. Gave me two pit passes Tuesday for $10.00 all because I did a little PR work for him over the last 13 years. There have been nights I’ve paid 1/2 price at the pit gate all for helping out a bit. You guys are funny. I guarantee none of you could deal with that fair board. They have ran off a lot of good promoters including the Izzo Family, the O’Conner Family (Kokomo), & Sherri Heckenast. Over the last few years it’s been different but at least he kept the place open and gave racers a place to race. He did what he had to do to pay the purse. Racing on a Tuesday didn’t help. If that would have been a Thursday they might have had a few more cars there.

[Kankakeefan8]

Imcryn2 u can sit behind a computer and talk (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)...if u have a problem why dont u speak to toms face be a man and not a little sissy behind a conputer talking (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)....why cant people ever get on here and say hey THANK U TOM AND DAVE FOR ALL UR HARD WORK AND GIVING US A PLACE TO RACE...BUT NO PEOPLE WANNA BASH THEM....ONCE AGIAN IF U CAN DO BETTER IM SURE TOM WHOULD LOVE FOR U TO TAKE OVER FOR A NIGHT....IM GONNA SAY IT THANK U DAVE WHINNINGTON AND TOM SMITH AND ALL UR CREW FOR WORKING UR BUTTS OFF TO GET PLACE BACK TOGETHER AFTER A REALLY BAD STORM AND GIVING US A PLACE TO RACE....AND DAVE WHINNINGTON HATS OFF TO U BROTHER TRACK WAS ABSOLUTELY AWSOME GREAT RACING MAN WE WILL BE BACK...TEAM#99

[BloomerWon]

Hey officer! You're still a Illinois State Trooper aren't you? What happend to " Tom Smith sucks please get out of Kankakee " ?

[NeedforLMspeed]

And I think they're a lawyer also.

[IL LM Fan]

Wow! Pretty amazing. The State Trooper/high profile Lawyer, doesn't even know ImCryn2 was quoting him from earlier in the season. Talk about needing to put the cap back on the bottle!

[IL LM Fan]

HoosierDirtFan, agree Smitty has does a fine job keeping the place open. Still running weekly without even having Late Models. There were apparently temper issues in the past though. I think you were even upset with him a few years ago? And he apparently ran off the Late Model drivers with his my way or the highway attitude?

[Barbecueboy]

Wow! Pretty amazing. The State Trooper/high profile Lawyer, doesn't even know ImCryn2 was quoting him from earlier in the season. Talk about needing to put the cap back on the bottle!

Were any tshirts harmed?

[IL LM Fan]

I'm not even sure. Maybe the high profile lawyer/state trooper burned all his in a drunken stupor.

[Barbecueboy]

That seems to be a " thing " these days.

[ImCryn2]

Imcryn2 u can sit behind a computer and talk (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)...if u have a problem why dont u speak to toms face be a man and not a little sissy behind a conputer talking (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)....why cant people ever get on here and say hey THANK U TOM AND DAVE FOR ALL UR HARD WORK AND GIVING US A PLACE TO RACE...BUT NO PEOPLE WANNA BASH THEM....ONCE AGIAN IF U CAN DO BETTER IM SURE TOM WHOULD LOVE FOR U TO TAKE OVER FOR A NIGHT....IM GONNA SAY IT THANK U DAVE WHINNINGTON AND TOM SMITH AND ALL UR CREW FOR WORKING UR BUTTS OFF TO GET PLACE BACK TOGETHER AFTER A REALLY BAD STORM AND GIVING US A PLACE TO RACE....AND DAVE WHINNINGTON HATS OFF TO U BROTHER TRACK WAS ABSOLUTELY AWSOME GREAT RACING MAN WE WILL BE BACK...TEAM#99


Hey smarty, that was a post of YOURS from another thread I quoted! YOU said it! All I was doing is pointing out that you, yourself bad mouthed the place. I don't even know Tom. LMFAO

[ImCryn2]

Hoosier, That was a quote that kankakee fan posted in another thread. I just quoted it because he was getting pissy about others never being happy.

[ImCryn2]

Wow! Pretty amazing. The State Trooper/high profile Lawyer, doesn't even know ImCryn2 was quoting him from earlier in the season. Talk about needing to put the cap back on the bottle!

No kidding.