What Won the Race:  Jeff Holtz stayed out front and survived to win his first ARCA Midwest Tour race.

 

The Finish:

Pos	No.	Name	Laps
1	38H	Jeff Holtz	100
2	5	Casey Johnson	100
3	7	Paul Shafer  Jr.	100
4	52B	Ricky  Baker	100
5	X	Jon Reynolds	100
6	77E	Jonathan Eilen	100
7	9	Derek Kraus	100
8	04D	Natalie Decker	99
9	28	Jake Finney	97
10	76W	Jason Weinkauf	64
11	24O	Jim Olson	62
12	88	Trent Snyder	60
13	61	Steve Rubeck	60
14	43K	Matt Kocourek	57
15	91M	Ty  Majeski	54
16	75W	Chris Weinkauf	53
17	8	Josh Wallace	51
18	20	Dan  Church	37
19	39M	Andrew Morrissey	27
20	14N	Austin Nason	22
21	13	Mikie  Breiner	2
22	93	John Beinlich

 

The Skinny: Jeff Holtz survived the carnage of the All-Star 100 to pick up his first ARCA Midwest Tour victory by 3.229 seconds over Casey Johnson and Paul Shafer Jr.  Current ARCAMT Point Leader Ty Majeski was involved in a wreck as he was trying to pass the lapped car of Chris Weinkauf on lap 54 to finish 15th.

 

Winning Quote:  “We were going to be happy with a top-ten in qualifying and a top-ten finish.  That was actually our game plan in all of these races this year.  We have been struggling in the first couple of races and we changed cars.  This is the car.”  – Jeff Holtz said after picking up a surprising victory at Rockford Speedway.

 

Winning Chassis: Pathfinder Chassis

 

Biggest Mover:  Paul Shafer Jr. started 13th and came through the field to finish third.

 

Biggest Loser: On lap 54, Ty Majeski was trying to put Chris Weinkauf a lap down. Majeski came off of turn two and went to the inside of Weinkauf. Weinkauf also went to the inside. Both ran out of real estate going into three. Majeski goes up on Weinkauf’s car. Both into turn three wall.

 

Notebook:

11:15pm – Jeff Holtz survives a wild All-Star 100 to win his first ARCA Midwest Tour event.  Casey Johnson came back to finish second with Paul Shafer Jr. in third.

 

8:50pm – Jon Reynolds Jr. holds off Michael Bilderback to win the second Rockford Speedway NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models feature.

 

8:20pm – Jon Reynolds Jr. edges Ty Majeski in a best of three Match race.  Reynolds wins $2,000.

 

8:00pm – 76-year-old Gene Marocco wins the first of two 20-lap Roadrunner features by a bumper.

 

7:45pm – Jake Gille wins the first of two 30-lap features for the Rockford Speedway NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models.

 

7:25pm – Jake Finney wins the qualifier heat.  Ricky Baker wins the odd dash.  In that race, Derek Kraus and Ty Majeski got together in turns three and four.  Kraus spun but stayed green and drove to the garage.  Majeski has right side damage but finished fifth.  Steve Rubeck wins the even heat.

 

6:40pm – Paul Shafer Jr.  beats out Austin Nason for tonight’s fast qualifier award.

 

5:35pm – Practice is complete for the ARCA Midwest Tour cars.  Casey Johnson was the fastest in the first session while Austin Nason led in the second.

 

Car Count: 23 ARCA Midwest Tour cars

 

Title Fight: After winning the first two events, Ty Majeski holds a 40-point lead over Andrew Morrissey and a 48-point lead over Casey Johnson in the standings.

 

Starting Line-Up:

Kar Korner All-Star 100 Feature Line-up

52-Baker 38-Holtz
24-Olson 88-Snyder
9-Kraus 75-C Weinkauf
91-Majeski X-Reynolds
39-Morrissey 04-Decker
5-Johnson 14-Nason
7-Shafer 61-Rubeck
77-Eilen 76 J Weinkauf
28-Finney 8-Wallace
43-Kocourek 20-Church
93-Beinlich 13-Breiner

 

Qualifying Events:

Odd Heat

Pos	No.	Name
1	52B	Ricky  Baker
2	77E	Jonathan Eilen
3	39M	Andrew Morrissey
4	24O	Jim Olson
5	91M	Ty  Majeski
6	7	Paul Shafer  Jr.
7	5	Casey Johnson
8	9	Derek Kraus

 

Even Heat

Pos	No.	Name
1	61	Steve Rubeck
2	14N	Austin Nason
3	38H	Jeff Holtz
4	04D	Natalie Decker
5	76W	Jason Weinkauf
6	75W	Chris Weinkauf
7	88	Trent Snyder
8	X	Jon Reynolds

 

Qualifier Heat

Pos	No.	Name
1	28	Jake Finney
2	8	Josh Wallace
3	43K	Matt Kocourek
4	20	Dan  Church
5	93	John Beinlich
6	13	Mikie  Breiner

 

Qualifying Results:

Pos	No.	Name	Best Tm	Diff
1	7	Paul Shafer  Jr.	12.976
2	14N	Austin Nason	13.001	0.025
3	5	Casey Johnson	13.016	0.04
4	04D	Natalie Decker	13.073	0.097
5	39M	Andrew Morrissey	13.093	0.117
6	X	Jon Reynolds	13.101	0.125
7	91M	Ty  Majeski	13.103	0.127
8	75W	Chris Weinkauf	13.121	0.145
9	9	Derek Kraus	13.162	0.186
10	88	Trent Snyder	13.187	0.211
11	24O	Jim Olson	13.192	0.216
12	38H	Jeff Holtz	13.195	0.219
13	52B	Ricky  Baker	13.205	0.229
14	61	Steve Rubeck	13.208	0.232
15	77E	Jonathan Eilen	13.218	0.242
16	76W	Jason Weinkauf	13.234	0.258
17	43K	Matt Kocourek	13.24	0.264
18	28	Jake Finney	13.331	0.355
19	20	Dan  Church	13.34	0.364
20	8	Josh Wallace	13.385	0.409
21	93	John Beinlich	13.405	0.429
22	13	Mikie  Breiner	13.419	0.443

 

Practice Results:

First Practice Times

Pos	No.	Name	Best Tm
1	5	Casey Johnson	13.267
2	91M	Ty  Majeski	13.272
3	75W	Chris Weinkauf	13.3
4	14N	Austin Nason	13.33
5	04D	Natalie Decker	13.364
6	24O	Jim Olson	13.371
7	38H	Jeff Holtz	13.391
8	77E	Jonathan Eilen	13.447
9	88	Trent Snyder	13.449
10	52B	Ricky  Baker	13.462
11	39M	Andrew Morrissey	13.463
12	8	Josh Wallace	13.534
13	61	Steve Rubeck	13.55
14	43K	Matt Kocourek	13.552
15	7	Paul Shafer  Jr	13.555
16	93	John Beinlich	13.573
17	9	Derek Kraus	13.651
18	40	Curt Tillman	13.683
19	28	Jake Finney	13.709
20	13	Mikie  Breiner	13.766
21	20	Dan  Church	14.182
22	76W	Jason Weinkauf	31.975

 

Second Practice Times

Pos	No.	Name	Best Tm
1	14N	Austin Nason	13.094
2	91M	Ty  Majeski	13.13
3	5	Casey Johnson	13.189
4	76W	Jason Weinkauf	13.217
5	75W	Chris Weinkauf	13.226
6	7	Paul Shafer  Jr	13.239
7	77E	Jonathan Eilen	13.245
8	39M	Andrew Morrissey	13.27
9	38H	Jeff Holtz	13.29
10	9	Derek Kraus	13.298
11	04D	Natalie Decker	13.31
12	61	Steve Rubeck	13.313
13	52B	Ricky  Baker	13.342
14	24O	Jim Olson	13.346
15	88	Trent Snyder	13.369
16	X	Jon Reynolds	13.399
17	8	Josh Wallace	13.481
18	13	Mikie  Breiner	13.567
19	93	John Beinlich	13.59
20	43K	Matt Kocourek	13.623
21	40	Curt Tillman	13.643
22	28	Jake Finney	13.647
23	20	Dan  Church	13.652

 

Event Schedule:

5:55pm – Qualifying

7:07pm – Racing Begins

 

Entry List:

5	Casey Johnson
7	Paul Shafer  Jr
8	Josh Wallace
9	Derek Kraus
13	Mikie  Breiner
20	Dan  Church
28	Jake Finney
40	Curt Tillman
61	Steve Rubeck
88	Trent Snyder
93	John Beinlich
04D	Natalie Decker
14N	Austin Nason
24O	Jim Olson
38H	Jeff Holtz
39M	Andrew Morrissey
43K	Matt Kocourek
52B	Ricky  Baker
75W	Chris Weinkauf
76W	Jason Weinkauf
77E	Jonathan Eilen
91M	Ty  Majeski

 

The Track: Rockford Speedway is located north of downtown of Rockford, Illinois and is in it’s 69th year of operation in 2016.  The track hosts a weekly program on Saturday nights and on Wednesday nights during the summer.  It is also home of the National Short Track Championships.

 

Weather: Partly cloudy and warm.  Temps in the high 80’s during the day.

 

Next Series Race: Saturday, June 25th – Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

 

 

 

Speed Central: First-Time ARCA Midwest Tour Winner – Rockford Speedway (IL) – 6/11/16