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The 21st Annual Tom Knowles Memorial at Spoon River Speedway
Blake Feese initially returned to his home state of Illinois to attend
the wedding of a close friend. However, the opportunity surfaced to
drive Rich DeReu's No. 50 car at the 21st Annual Tom Knowles Memorial
in Canton, Ill on Saturday, September 17th.
"DeReu and his team gave me my first ride for one night, when
I was 15 years old," said Feese. "My dad, Dave Feese, won
the Tom Knowles Memorial twice. I grew up wanting to win the Tom Knowles
Memorial so my dad and I could be on the same t-shirt.
"We won the heat race and the 25-lap feature. To win with my mom
and dad, and all of the Rogerson's there, and with the same team that
gave me my first opportunity was very satisfying."
Results Courtesy of Bill Wright
A healthy crowd packed the Spoon River Speedway to honor the late Tom
Knowles and Kevin Doty.
Heat one (started): 1. Blake Feese 50 (4) 2. Jeff Flesher 1K
(5) 3. Korey Weyant 99w (3) 4. Jay Landolt 21s (7) / 5. Bill Waite Jr.
3JR (6) 6. Bret Tripplett 22x (1) 7. Jimmy Davies 99 (2) DNS - Chad
Branson 71
Feese had the lead before the first circuit was complete, and dominated
the rest of the event, winning by half a lap. Flesher moved up nicely
using the cushion on the high banked 3/8. Weyant crossed third but had
his powerplant blow sky-high at the end of the eight-lapper, ending
his night.
A main (started): 1. Feese (1) 2. Hawks (4) 3. Ron Standridge
(2) 4. Hurley (3) 5. Urish (6) 6. Robbie Standridge (15) 7. Babb (14)
8. Bruns (9) 9. Wissmiller (8) 10. Landolt (12) 11. Flesher (5) 12.
Jamison (11) 13. Rockhold (13) 14. Adler (19) 15. Bunton (16) 16. Haynes
(7) 17. Waite (17) 18. Dayney (18) 19. Deavers (10) 20. Rogerson (20)
DNS - Weyant
Feese and Hawks shot out immediately to lead the pack in the 25 lapper.
The pair had a nice lead on the rest when Deavers spun on lap nine.
They led Ron Standridge, Hurley, Urish and a surging Robbie Standridge.
Robbie Standridge continued his charge, getting around Urish and Hurley
to move into the top four before a caution on lap 20 slowed the leaders
who were working traffic. The final five laps belonged to Feese and
Rich DeReu's 50, while a 360 spin with two to go, slowed Robbie Standridge's
progress and costing him three positions.
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