Overnight and continuing rain has forced Fairbury Speedway officials to cancel tonight’s FALS Cup races at the Fairbury Speedway. With the rainout, the FALS Cup weekly championship will all come down to one night of racing next Saturday with a very tight battle in the Late Model and Modified divisions.

Ryan Unzicker and Allen Weisser both hold a slim 20-point lead in each of their respective divisions as they head into the final night of track points and driver appreciation night on August 24th.

Along with the tight track points battle, the Alkota “Keep it Clean” Series will come down to the last night as four drivers are all within seven points of the championship. The champion will receive a brand new Alkota pressure washer.

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Results | Points | Story by POWRi | Pictures by POWRi & Rocky Ragusa

Adding his second-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory on Thursday night, Zeb Wise of Angola, Ind. wheeled the Clauson-Marshall Racing, Driven 2 Save Lives, Spike/SR-11 No. 39BC to the win on Thursday night at Fairbury American Legion Speedway.

Starting from the outside pole, Wise took the green flag alongside PAC Racing Springs High Point Man, Thomas Meseraull. Sliding across turns one and two in front of Wise, Meseraull made an immediate bid for control of the lead, but Wise was too quick with the crossover as he snuck down and drove back by the No. 7X to lead the opening circuit.

Heading straight for the cushion, Wise rocketed away in the early stages as his Clauson-Marshall teammate, Tyler Courtney, made his way into the second spot with a pass on Meseraull. While Courtney set his sights on Wise out front, Logan Seavey of Sutter, Calif. was the hard charger storming through the field aboard his Keith Kunz-Curb Agajanian Motorsports, Mobil 1, Bullet/Toyota No. 67.

Catching Wise with six laps left, Courtney was within striking distance and set himself up to attack his teammate for command of the top spot. Tossing a slider as they came to the five to go signal, Courtney cleared Wise, but was quickly relegated back to second as the caution flew for Thomas Meseraull.

Restarting with six to go, Wise led the field back to green fully aware of Courtney’s presence behind him. Another caution on the 27th circuit for Maria Cofer lined the field up for one final restart as Wise led Courtney and a rocket-fast Seavey.

Expecting a challenge for the lead, Wise received nothing in the final three laps as Courtney’s hands were too full with an exchange of sliders from Seavey. While those two fought head-to-head, Wise snuck away and drove the No. 39BC to victory, marking his second-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League win.

Logan Seavey chased Wise to the line, capping an impressive 14th-to-second charge aboard his No. 67. Tyler Courtney rounded out the podium in third with Tanner Thorson and Zach Daum closing out the top five. Finishing inside the top ten was Robert Dalby in sixth, Tucker Klaasmeyer in seventh, Jesse Colwell in eighth, Tanner Carrick in ninth and Cannon McIntosh.

Results | Points | Story and Pictures by Rocky Ragusa

The Fairbury Speedway returned to action on Saturday night with a FALS Cup weekly program. Mike Spatola (Late Model), Mike McKinney (Modified), Tommy Duncan (Sportsman), Jim Ransom (Stock Car), and Mason Duncan (Hobby-Modified) each carried the checkered flag in their respective classes.

With a weekend off from the World of Outlaws, Carpentersville’s Dennis Erb Jr. made the trek to Fairbury, setting fast time at 12.905 seconds over 23 other Late Models, and winning his heat race. Taylor Scheffler and Mike Spatola were the other heat race winners, while Dale Markham advanced to the 30-lap feature by winning the semi-feature. Starting on the inside front row, Erb quickly jumped out into the lead as Scheffler and Spatola raced for second. Hugging the bottom of the track, Erb held a ten- car length lead over Scheffler, Spatola, track points leader Ryan Unzicker, and Allen Weisser. After a caution on lap 10, the battle for second was intense as Spatola, Unzicker, and Scott Schmitt exchanged the position lap after lap. Two straight lap 19 cautions had Spatola on Erb’s bumper for the restart. Spatola was able to make the top side work and took the lead on lap 21. Erb came back to take the lead on lap 27, but a determined Spatola reclaimed the lead on the next lap and pulled away for his third win at Fairbury. “Dennis is the best Illinois driver to run the bottom,” Spatola said. “I knew that at some point I was going to try and figure out how to get him on the top.” Erb took second, as Unzicker, Donny Walden, 13th starter Jason Feger, McKay Wenger, Weisser, Jay Sparks, Derek Chandler, and Rich Bell completed the top ten.