Tyler, Dolan and Greiner all earn wins again at WLR
by Larry Bontz · July 14, 2010

Saturday, July 3rd late model driver Andy Eckrich and his wife Courtney became the proud parents of a little baby boy named Bryson. Saturday night at West Liberty Raceway Andy Eckrich gave his wife Courtney the perfect birthday gift on her birthday as he won the 25-lap IMCA late model feature his third here at the raceway and fifth overall for the 2010 season. Jeff Guengrich lead the first four laps before Tommy Elston grabbed the lead on lap five and lead through lap eight. Eckrich then moved ahead of Elston on lap nine staved off to late race cautions in notching the win. Jay Johnson finished a strong race running second, Tommy Elston was third, Ron Boyse fourth, with Colby Springsteen rounding out the top five.

Modified driver Ryan Dolan had his race car peking at the right time as he won the Gustaf Engine and Machine 20-lap modified feature. His third in succession of the last three he’s entered and seventh overall. Johnny Spaw lead the first lap, before Larry Herring took over and lead laps two through nine. Dolan then moved around Herring after a restart and never looked back in posting the win. Scott Dickey was second, Herring third, Dean Mahlstadt fourth, with Jason Schueller fifth.

Matt Greiner battled with Greg Gill early on before he took off and won the 15-lap Kile Motorsports Stock Car feature his seventh of the season. Gill finished second, Justin Speers third, C.J. Michael fourth with Cody Harris fifth.

Brad Tyler moved around Dan Hahn for the lead on lap four and lead the remaining 11 laps to win the 15-lap Spenler Tire B-Modified feature event for his fifth overall victory. Zach Less was second, 12 year old Tanner Allen third, Scott VanBusrick fourth, with Nick Hixson fifth.

Shaun Slaughter got back in the winning ways as he lead the US 6 Body Works Farley Flyer feature flag to flag for his fifth win of the season. Nate Chandler was second, Dan Campbell third, Adrianne Doy fourth, with Jordan Walker fifth.

 This Saturday is the West Liberty Index night with the 30-lap Modified Special, B-Mods, Stock Car and 4 Clylinder classes. See you at the track.

Race Results • Sat., July 10, 2010

Spenler Tire B-Mods

Feature: 1. 3b Brad Tyler, 2. 20L Zach Less, 3. 02T Tanner Allen, 4. 25x Scott Van Buskirk, 5. 2 Nick Hixson, 6. 02 Rick Husmann, 7. 85 Robbie Rock, 8. 42n Jeff Nantz, 9. 21 Dan Hahn, 10. 4d Doug Pratt, 11. 41 Scott Hill, 12. 20 Jason Speers, 13. 66 Jason “Bub” Erwin, 14. 33 Jarrett Franzen, 15. 55 Jared Coppenjans, 16. 45 Mike Fluegel, 17. A1 Brian Wonick (DNS).

Kile Motorsports Stock Car

Feature: 1. 29 Matt Greiner, 2. 28 Greg Gill, 3. 24 Justin Speers, 4. 01 CJ Michel, 5. 11 Cody Harris, 71 David Brandies (DNS).

US 6 Bodyworks Farley Flyers

Feature: 1. 00 Shaun Slaughter, 2. 2nd Brad Chandler, 3. 88c Dan Campbell, 4. 95 Adrianne Doy, 5. 12 Jordan Walker, 6. 74 Jeff Miller, 7. 14T Tyler Kelly, 8. 86r James Roose.

Gustaf Engine & Machine Modifieds

Feature: 1. 7 Ryan Dolan, 2. 40 Scott Dickey, 3. 96 Larry Herring, 4. 21M Dean Mahlstedt, 5. 3 Jason Schueller, 6. 61 Bruce Hanford, 7. 1 Johnny Spaw, 8. 61C Noah Coppess, 9. 17 Steve Stewart, 10. 23B Adam Bell, 11. 44 Wade Lee, 12. 20L Zach Less, 13. 9C Chris Zogg, 14. 2 Rick Hixson, 15. J40 Clayton Jensen, 16. 20 Dan Albright, 17. 12 Terry Walker, 18. 21 Todd Hansen, 19. 30H Gus Hughes, 20. 9Z Mike Zogg.

Precision Transmission Late Models

Feature: 1. 56 Andy Eckrich, 2. 93 Jay Johnson, 3. 45 Tommy Elston, 4. 74 Ron Boyse, 5. 38 Colby Springsteen, 6. 15 Jeff Guenegrich, 7. 78 Dale Stolte, 8. 6 Jay Chenoweth, 9. 84 Sam Halstead, 10. 1 Mick Wiele, 11. 2 Mike Zenio Jr, 12. 75m Todd Mahlstrom, 13. 22B Jonathan Brauns, 14. M2 Kevin Armstrong, 15. 72 Doug Yates, 16. 46 Nate Buesling, 17. 69 Todd Hormel, 18. 39 Rob Toland, 19. 45k Mike Klinkhammer (DNS).