Friday, August 25, 2006 Vallo, Stroble Claim Kil-Kare Wins by Jerry Wahl XENIA, Ohio -- Veteran drive John Vallo of Fairborn could not have picked a better night to capture his 292nd career feature win Friday night at Kil-Kare Speedway as the nights activity was being taped for showing later this year by ESPN. The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series late model feature sponsored by Langs Chevrolet/Mazda was a crowd pleaser for the capacity crowd as four drivers jockeyed throughout the entire thirty laps for the front positions. Former feature winners Tony Brunke and Russ Bobb brought the field to the line for the start of the event with the two challenging each other side by side with Brunke putting his D'Burg Auto Body sponsored car out front with Bobb right behind. Fourth place starter Vallo in his Vallo Racing entry then moved alongside Bobb as they fought each other for second. Vallo secured second as sixth place starter and fast timer Tim Allensworth then moved alongside Bobb as he put his machine in third spot by lap twelve. Bobb was moved back further as Bill Burba and Dave Brandenburg moved into fourth and fifth with Bobb now back in sixth place. By lap twenty it was a four way battle for the lead with Brunke still in front but Vallo was challenging on the outside and Allensworth and Burba was on their rear bumpers. With Brunke holding a slight lead over Vallo who was running right beside him a car about to be lapped on lap twenty three forced Brunke to back off the gas just enough to allow Vallo to take advantage of Brunke's misfortune as Vallo put his "Black Widow" #21 in front to claim the win with Brunke second, Burba third, Allensworth fourth, and Brandenburg fifth. Heat wins went to Gary Estes and Brunke with Allensworth tops in time trials with a time of 14.081
Langs Chevrolet/Mazda late models Fast time: Tim Allensworth 14.081 Heat - Gary Estes, Bob Stansell, Greg Isaac, Jamie Sites Heat - Tony Brunke, Dave Brandenburg, Bill Burba, Tim Allensworth Feature (30 laps) - John Vallo, Tony Brunke, Bill Burba, Tim Allensworth, Dave Brandenburg, Russ Bobb, Jamie Sites, Jeff Marsh, Greg Isaac, Gary Estes, Ryan Dunlevy, Bob Stansell, Ricky Bates, Ray Muncy, Andy Peterson