Mark Oller
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Pontoon Beach, IL (October 13, 2007) Tri-City Speedway hosted the 2nd Annual Crate American Racing Series (CARS) Fall Nationals on Saturday, October 13th and a stellar field of 52 crate late models signed in to compete for coveted title. Mark Oller of Highland, Illinois put on a dominating performance as he swept the entire night's activities and picked up $3,700 in the process. Oller started the night off by setting fast time, then won his qualifying heat race, the dash and led all forty laps of the main event to earn the victory. In the main event, Oller was able to keep a comfortable margin through out over the second place, which saw several drivers battling for that spot. Danny Haynes came from the eighth starting position and battled with Bobby Dauderman for the last half of the main event, as the two swapped positions back and forth. Haynes would use lapped traffic to separate himself from Dauderman and claim the second spot. Dauderman would take the third spot. Mike Collins crossed the in the fourth position after battling for the second spot earlier on. Steve Cole rounded out the top five. The Crate American Racing Series Rookie of the Year for 2007, Josh Harris, claimed an eighth place finish after starting twenty-fourth in the main event.
Tommie Seets, Jr. led all twenty-laps of the modified main event as he topped a competitive field of forty-five modifieds that were on hand. Marty Smith, Jr. kept the pressure on Seets, but couldn't find a way to pull along side and challenge Seets for the win. J.D. Rottler crossed the line in third with John Stanton finishing fourth and Chris Smith fifth.

The Sportsman division made their only visit of the 2007 season at Tri-City Speedway and the two time UMP Sportsman National Champion Troy Naeger dominated the event as he led every lap of the feature to earn the victory. Robbie Eilers took the second spot with Dustin Knerrer taking third. Justin Durbon took the fourth spot and Kent Nations completed the top five.

M.J. Wheat made his first visit of the 2007 racing season to Tri-City Speedway and claimed the win in the Street Stock division. With the open competition rules, Wheat had a huge sideboard on the left side of the car to help the car through the turns. He held off Danny Ems who took second. Josh Jackson finished in the third spot with Gene Crain finishing fourth and Jimmy Glover completed the top five.

CARS Late Models – 52 Entries
Heat 1
1 67 MARK OLLER
2 18 BOBBY DAUDERMAN
3 10w DARIN WALKER
4 85 TIM BURDEL
5 1X CHRIS WINTERS
6 8X RON TEX JR.
7 316 GARRETT RUSSELL
8 3e ROBBIE EILERS
9 4 CRAIG BESSINGER
10 00 JOSH HARRIS

Heat 2
1 35 MATT LINER
2 36 RONALD SENSEL
3 15T DAVID TURNER
4 86 BRANDON IMHOFF
5 15 WILL HICKS
6 32 VINCE GRONDZKI
7 01H JARED HARRIS
8 12 ALLEN THOMAS
9 92k TONY MEZINES
10 30 RYAN SEGER

Heat 3
1 1s BRENT KREKE
2 36H DANNY HAYNES
3 2x NICK LYONS
4 ind1 KEVIN HARDIN
5 14c SHANE COCKRUM
6 23 BRIAN McCORMICK
7 11K SHANNON KUHN
8 5s CHUCK STILL
9 11 GORDY GUNDAKER
10 18d TAIT DAVENPORT
11 U2 DANNY JOLLY

Heat 4
1 59 STEVE COLE
2 87 KEN RUMBLE
3 40 SHAWN HARKER
4 01 CASEY MONTAGUE
5 6 RAY EMLING JR
6 77 CLAY BAUMANN
7 56 JEFF TILLEY
8 55 DANIEL HECK
9 15 JASON JONES
10 72 BRAD YOTTER
11 17 MIKE WATSON

Heat 5
1 3c MIKE COLLINS
2 92s MATT SANTEL
3 59 JOSH CARROLL
4 r52 RYLAN DAGG
5 n1 GARY ARCHAMBAULT
6 10B RUSTY GRIFFAW
7 74 JOHN CRENSHAW
8 96 TONY LEONARDO
9 89 CREDENCE MOTT
10 27 AARON HECK

Dash
1 67 MARK OLLER
2 1s BRENT KREKE
3 3c MIKE COLLINS
4 59 STEVE COLE
5 35 MATT LINER

Semi #1
1 r52 RYLAN DAGG
2 85 TIM BURDEL
3 U2 DANNY JOLLY
4 23 BRIAN McCORMICK
5 56 JEFF TILLEY
6 27 AARON HECK
7 ind1 KEVIN HARDIN
8 3e ROBBIE EILERS
9 15 WILL HICKS
10 92k TONY MEZINES
11 96 TONY LEONARDO
12 00 JOSH HARRIS
13 10B RUSTY GRIFFAW
14 8X RON TEX JR.
15 6 RAY EMLING JR
16 5s CHUCK STILL
17 15 JASON JONES
18 01H JARED HARRIS

Semi #2
1 01 CASEY MONTAGUE
2 14c SHANE COCKRUM
3 77 CLAY BAUMANN
4 n1 GARY ARCHAMBAULT
5 11K SHANNON KUHN
6 55 DANIEL HECK
7 1X CHRIS WINTERS
8 32 VINCE GRONDZKI
9 89 CREDENCE MOTT
10 4 CRAIG BESSINGER
11 30 RYAN SEGER
12 17 MIKE WATSON
13 86 BRANDON IMHOFF
14 11 GORDY GUNDAKER
15 74 JOHN CRENSHAW
16 316 GARRETT RUSSELL
17 12 ALLEN THOMAS
18 72 BRAD YOTTER

Feature
1 67 MARK OLLER
2 36H DANNY HAYNES
3 18 BOBBY DAUDERMAN
4 3c MIKE COLLINS
5 59 STEVE COLE
6 59 JOSH CARROLL
7 14c SHANE COCKRUM
8 00 JOSH HARRIS
9 87 KEN RUMBLE
10 01 CASEY MONTAGUE
11 85 TIM BURDEL
12 n1 GARY ARCHAMBAULT
13 27 AARON HECK
14 2x NICK LYONS
15 35 MATT LINER
16 77 CLAY BAUMANN
17 40 SHAWN HARKER
18 23 BRIAN McCORMICK
19 U2 DANNY JOLLY
20 92s MATT SANTEL
21 10w DARIN WALKER
22 15T DAVID TURNER
23 r52 RYLAN DAGG
24 1s BRENT KREKE
25 36 RONALD SENSEL

Modifieds – 45 Entries
Heat 01
1 26 KASEY NATIONS
2 25 BRETT KEYES
3 11h JOHN STANTON
4 7M CONRAD MINER
5 87 LYLE MONROE JR
6 14M BRAD MCKINNON
7 22 CHUCKY MILAM
8 87 DEREK DUBREE
9 22c BRANDON LENNOX
10 2 MIKE NULL

Heat 02
1 75x ERIC FAUST
2 66 RICK FREEMAN
3 33b NATE BOWMAN
4 33 SEAN CHOAT
5 15nt NICK TODTENHAUPT
6 0s SCOTT WHITE
7 31 LEROY HANEY
8 14 RICK CONOYER
9 45 DEAN VICKERS
10 15r DANNY RESINGER

Heat 03
1 98 JD ROTTLER
2 29 JEFF LEBAUBE
3 56 JIM LAFFERTY JR
4 99F JASON FLETHER
5 5L LEE PRUITT
6 48C COREY CARRIKER
7 83 MARK ENK
8 8X JAMES REED
9 53 JARED KNEEMILLER

Heat 04
1 7C TOMMIE SEETS JR
2 51s BOB STANTON
3 11G DANE GUNDAKER
4 b10 BRADLEY WHITE
5 98KW KEN WILLIAMS
6 6 LEON PRICE
7 23r DAVID RACER
8 68a ANDY OSWALD
9 1a STEVE MEYER JR

Heat 05
1 5 MARTY SMITH JR
2 155 CHRIS SMITH
3 35 CLARK ROBERTSON
4 56t DAVID THORTON
5 28 BRYAN PARMENTER
6 6m TERRY MCCLINTOCK
7 32J TERRY JOHNSON
8 41 LARRY HULL
9 29c JOHN CAMPBELL

Dash
1 5 MARTY SMITH JR
2 7C TOMMIE SEETS JR
3 98 JD ROTTLER
4 75x ERIC FAUST
5 25 BRETT KEYES

Feature
1 7C TOMMIE SEETS JR
2 5 MARTY SMITH JR
3 98 JD ROTTLER
4 11h JOHN STANTON
5 155 CHRIS SMITH
6 25 BRETT KEYES
7 75x ERIC FAUST
8 14 RICK CONOYER
9 26 KASEY NATIONS
10 51s BOB STANTON
11 56t DAVID THORTON
12 56 JIM LAFFERTY JR
13 31 LEROY HANEY
14 29 JEFF LEBAUBE
15 35 CLARK ROBERTSON
16 41 LARRY HULL
17 99F JASON FLETHER
18 11G DANE GUNDAKER
19 b10 BRADLEY WHITE
20 28 BRYAN PARMENTER
21 33b NATE BOWMAN
22 33 SEAN CHOAT
23 66 RICK FREEMAN

Sportsman
Feature
1 12 TROY NAEGER
2 3E ROBBIE EILERS
3 99K DUSTIN KNERRER
4 28 JUSTON DURBIN
5 50 KENT NATIONS
6 41 STU SPRINGER
7 87 GARY HAYNES
8 11L ROB LEE
9 M41 STEVE MAISEL
10 19 JIMMY CUMMINS
11 62 TROY MEDLEY
12 11 JEFF HERZOG
13 27 ADAM HAAS
14 8 SCOTT HENSLER
15 s32 DAVID WALKER
16 69 DEREK BRYANT
17 36 DANNY EMS
18 8e RYAN EILERS
19 51 JASON STANTON
20 98 GARY WALKER
21 07 ANDY CASPER
22 7 BRYAN SLOVER

Street Stocks
Feature
1 43 M.J. WHEAT
2 36 DANNY EMS
3 5j JOSH JACKSON
4 27 GENE CRAIN
5 5G JIMMY GLOVER
6 11b FRED SPARKS JR
7 8 DEAN SHRUM
8 39 BOBBY HOOKER
9 87 JASON ZOBRIST
10 31 DAVID PARKER
11 7 DENNIS PONDER
12 48x MICHAEL JEFFRIES
13 93 TODD ERICKSON
14 74 ERIC RENSING
15 W1LD RICKY HUEBNER
16 99 SHANE CAPP
17 63g RICHIE GABRIEL
18 6 JAKE HEWITT
19 b11 BUDDY JEFFERIES
20 78 RICK GEISEN
21 13G KYLE WATSON