By Kraig McCay
The Miller Lite All-Star 100 lived up to its billing Saturday night at Rockford Speedway as Michael Bilderback scored the biggest win of his career in dominating fashion after starting eleventh on the grid. Rookie Johnny Robinson claimed Bargain Hunter Sportsman honors, Ken Jones was victorious in American Super Cup competition and Arlyn Roush recorded RockStar Energy RoadRunners career win number one.

Wayne Freimund led the opening lap of the Miller Lite All-Star 100 but was quickly overtaken by inside front row starter Keith Tolf who brought Tim Lampman with him into second place. Those two leaders stretched their lead out as Freimund, former track Champion Tim Sargent and Johnny Baumeister fought for the third spot. The charge was on midpack as Steve Rubeck, ‘Driver X’ Jon Reynolds, Jr, Rich Bickle, Brian Johnson, Jr and Michael Bilderback maneuvered their way toward the leaders. The outlook of the race changed multiple times, the first coming on lap twenty-two when Lampman shot to the inside of Tolf heading into turn three, making contact with the leader and sending both cars for a ride. Rubeck inherited the lead followed by Reynolds, Bilderback, Bickle and Freimund.

Reynolds was the next to mount a charge on the leader, as the field completed the thirtieth circuit, Rubeck and Reynolds collided as they crossed the stripe and when the smoke settled Rubeck’s ride was sitting facing the wrong way on the backstretch as both drivers battled to keep the handle on their rides. This put Bilderback, the night’s fastest qualifier at the point with Bickle and Johnson, Jr in pursuit. After a lap forty caution for a fender brace at the start finish line, Johnson attempted to crowd Bickle high heading into turn one, Bickle shot beneath Johnson with Johnson finding Bickle’s bumper not to his liking, causing Johnson to spin wildly down the backstretch grass.

Bickle rebounded quickly, charging back into the top five before a flat right front ended the night for the 1989 All-Star 100 victor. This left Bilderback, Reynolds, Rubeck and Johnson as the main contenders left on the track, in front of Kelsey Bauer who ran fifth. Johnson pressured Reynolds heavily for the runner-up spot as Bilderback stretched his lead to a straightaway advantage with ten to go. Multiple attempts failed for Johnson who then fell within reach of Rubeck who shot into third with five laps to go. Bilderback crossed the stripe first, scoring his first career Super Late Model triumph at the sixty five year old speedplant. The young racer had previously won the Rockford Spring Classic in 2008 while competing in the Big 8 Late Model Series. Reynolds held off Rubeck, Johnson settled for fourth and Bauer became the first female to record a top five finish in the mid-summer classic.

Johnny Robinson never looked back on his voyage to win number two in the Bargain Hunter Sportsman during his rookie campaign. The fiercest battle on the track would involve Brett McCoy and a pair of former Champions in the form of Doug Bennett and Austin Nason. Bennett pulled even with McCoy at the halfway mark and eventually closed the deal with ten laps remaining in the contest. Nason followed suit in his return effort to the division as he normally competes for the weekly Late Model rookie title. Nason went on to catch Bennett and eventually worked past the point leader but nobody could catch Robinson on this night. McCoy held on to fourth and Justin Sellers outdueled his opponents to record a top five result.

Curtis Nighswonger gave it all he had in the RockStar Energy RoadRunner twenty lap affair. Hands down the best race of the evening saw three and four wide racing throughout the field, with perhaps the best three wide move coming when Kyle McQuality and Arlyn Roush pulled even with Nighswonger. Roush took his ride down to the dirt out of turn four and completed the three wide pass to capture the lead. Roush who earlier in the night recorded a win in the 2nd Over the Line Wins Race took the checkered flag first after starting eighteenth on the field in order to record career win number one. Howie Ware mounted a great charge through the pack to take runner-up honors and was followed by Dennis Smith, Jr, Bobby Frisch and Derek Nichol.

Lap after lap Kodee Busekros looked for a line that would work to get around veteran American Super Cup competitor Ken Jones but was unable to find a line that worked after searching high and low. Jones stayed cool and calm to record the win by less than a car length over Busekros, Cody Erdmann, Derrick VanDreel and Brian Baldyga.

Racing action resumes the Wednesday night during Rockford Industrial Welding Supply Night featuring the RoadRunner Super Summer Series, Bandits, Winged Women on Wheels, Spectacular Drags, Figure 8’s and Misfits. Saturday night will feature the NASCAR Stanley Steemer Late Models, Miller Lite American Short Trackers, RockStar Energy RoadRunners plus the open wheeled excitement of the Illini Midgets and Legend cars. Super Late Models will return to the high banks of Rockford on Sunday afternoon September 30 during the final day of the 47th annual National Short Track Championships. For additional information visit www.rockfordspeedway.com

Super Late Models
A-Main 01 -- 1. Michael Bilderback, South Beloit; 2. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford; 3. Steve Rubeck, Rockford; 4. Brian Johnson, Jr., Machesney Park; 5. Kelsey Bauer, West Bend, Wis; 6. Jeremy Schulz, Winthrop Harbor; 7. Jeremy Spoonmore, Somonauk; 8. John Baumeister, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wis; 9. Wayne Freimund, Elkhorn, Wis; 10. Keith Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 11. Rich Bickle, Janesville, Wis; 12. Erik Pierce, Lake in the Hills; 13. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 14.
Tim Lampman, Oak Creek, ; 15. Jeff Weinfurter, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
Qualifying Dash 01 -- 1. Wayne Freimund, Elkhorn, Wis; 2. Keith Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 3. Tim Lampman, Oak Creek, ; 4. Kelsey Bauer, West Bend, Wis; 5. Jeff Weinfurter, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis; 6. Erik Pierce, Lake in the Hills; 7. Jeremy Spoonmore, Somonauk.
Qualifying Dash 02 -- 1. Brian Johnson, Jr., Machesney Park; 2. Michael Bilderback, South Beloit; 3. John Baumeister, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wis; 4. Steve Rubeck, Rockford; 5. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 6. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford; 7. Rich Bickle, Janesville, Wis.
Time Trial -- 1. Michael Bilderback, South Beloit; 2. Rich Bickle, Janesville, Wis; 3. Brian Johnson, Jr., Machesney Park; 4. Jon Reynolds, Jr., Rockford; 5. Steve Rubeck, Rockford; 6. John Baumeister, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wis; 7. Tim Sargent, South Beloit; 8. Kelsey Bauer, West Bend, Wis; 9. Tim Lampman, Oak Creek, ; 10. Wayne Freimund, Elkhorn, Wis; 11. Keith Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 12. Jeremy Spoonmore, Somonauk; 13. Jeff Weinfurter, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis; 14. Erik Pierce, Lake in the Hills; 15. Jeremy Schulz, Winthrop Harbor (NT); 16. Ryan Carlson, Loves Park (NT)
Bargain Hunter Sportsman
A-Main 01 -- 1. Johnny Robinson, II (r), Beloit, Wis; 2. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 3. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 4. Brett McCoy, Belvidere; 5. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 6. Daryl Gerke, Whitelaw, Wis; 7. Scott Lawver, Roscoe; 8. Tim Jendrycki, Round Lake; 9. Rob Goodman, McHenry; 10. Bob Moeller, McHenry; 11. Patrick Featherston II (r), Byron; 12.
Brandon Swinbank, Fitchburg, Wis; 13. Joshua Lundy, Loves Park.
Heat 01 -- 1. Patrick Featherston II (r), Byron; 2. Bob Moeller, McHenry; 3. Tim Jendrycki, Round Lake; 4. Joshua Lundy, Loves Park; 5. Brandon Swinbank, Fitchburg, Wis; 6. Warren (Butch) Swinbank, Rockford; 7. Scott Lawver, Roscoe.
Heat 02 -- 1. Brett McCoy, Belvidere; 2. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 3. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 4. Johnny Robinson, II (r), Beloit, Wis; 5. Daryl Gerke, Whitelaw, Wis; 6. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 7. Rob Goodman, McHenry.
Time Trial -- 1. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 2. Daryl Gerke, Whitelaw, Wis; 3. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 4. Rob Goodman, McHenry; 5. Brett McCoy, Belvidere; 6. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 7. Johnny Robinson, II (r), Beloit, Wis; 8. Tim Jendrycki, Round Lake; 9. Bob Moeller, McHenry; 10. Patrick Featherston II (r), Byron; 11. Joshua Lundy, Loves
Park; 12. Warren (Butch) Swinbank, Rockford; 13. Brandon Swinbank, Fitchburg, Wis.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Daryl Gerke, Whitelaw, Wis; 2. Doug Bennett, Brodhead, Wis; 3. Rob Goodman, McHenry; 4. Justin Sellers, Carol Stream; 5. Austin Nason (r), Roscoe; 6. Brett McCoy, Belvidere.
RockStar Energy RoadRunners
A-Main 01 -- 1. Arlyn Roush, Woodstock; 2. Howie Ware, South Beloit; 3. Dennis Smith, Jr, South Beloit; 4. Bobby Frisch, Beloit, Wis; 5. Derek Nichol, Roscoe; 6. Ricky Nielsen, Rockford; 7. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 8. Kyle McQuality, Stillman Valley; 9. Brian Mayer, Machesney Park; 10. Josh Carter, Rockford; 11. Raymond Hardesty, McHenry; 12. James Gregory, Winnebago; 13. Kenneth Brazee III, Rockford; 14. Steve Gregory, Machesney Park; 15.
Austin Fowler, Loves Park; 16. Curt Nighswonger, Rockford; 17. Adam Cartwright, Marengo; 18. Richard Pixler, Winnebago; 19. Josh DiGiovanni, Machesney Park; 20. Alex Chabucos, Machesney Park; 21. Jeff Allendorf, Belvidere.
Heat 01 -- 1. Josh DiGiovanni, Machesney Park; 2. James Gregory, Winnebago; 3. Kenneth Brazee III, Rockford; 4. Steve Gregory, Machesney Park; 5. Austin Fowler, Loves Park; 6. Linnea Lundy, Loves Park; 7. Richard Pixler, Winnebago.
Heat 02 -- 1. Alex Chabucos, Machesney Park; 2. Raymond Hardesty, McHenry; 3. Adam Cartwright, Marengo; 4. Kyle McQuality, Stillman Valley; 5. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 6. Ricky Nielsen, Rockford; 7. Jeff Allendorf, Belvidere; 8. Josh Carter, Rockford.
Heat 03 -- 1. Howie Ware, South Beloit; 2. Dennis Smith, Jr, South Beloit; 3. Bobby Frisch, Beloit, Wis; 4. Arlyn Roush, Woodstock; 5. Brian Mayer, Machesney Park; 6. Derek Nichol, Roscoe; 7. Gene Marocco, Machesney Park.
Challenge 01 -- 1. Arlyn Roush, Woodstock; 2. Adam Cartwright, Marengo; 3. Raymond Hardesty, McHenry; 4. Jason Van Hise, Loves Park; 5. Kenneth Brazee III, Rockford; 6. Kyle McQuality, Stillman Valley; 7. Richard Pixler, Winnebago; 8. Derek Nichol, Roscoe; 9. Josh DiGiovanni, Machesney Park; 10. Jeff Allendorf, Belvidere; 11. Ricky Nielsen,
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Bobby Frisch, Beloit, Wis; 2. Howie Ware, South Beloit; 3. Gene Marocco, Machesney Park; 4. Brian Mayer, Machesney Park; 5. Arlyn Roush, Woodstock; 6. Dennis Smith, Jr, South Beloit.

American Super Cup Series
A-Main 01 -- 1. Ken Jones, Lombard; 2. Kodee Busekros, Loves Park; 3. Cody Erdmann, Mayville, Wis; 4. Derrick VanDreel, Stevens Point, Wis; 5. Brian Baldyga, Carol Stream; 6. Mick Ellis, Schaumburg; 7. David Cerer, Antioch; 8. Katie Weinfurter, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis; 9. Erle Hoth, Medinah; 10. Andrew Forster, Lake Zurich; 11. Joshua James, Saukville, Wis; 12. Theresa Udelle, Round Lake; 13. Greg Davis, Huntley; 14. Matt Melchiori;.
Heat 01 -- 1. Kodee Busekros, Loves Park; 2. David Cerer, Antioch; 3. Andrew Forster, Lake Zurich; 4. Ken Jones, Lombard; 5. Greg Davis, Huntley; 6. Matt Melchiori;.
Heat 02 -- 1. Derrick VanDreel, Stevens Point, Wis; 2. Mick Ellis, Schaumburg; 3. Cody Erdmann, Mayville, Wis; 4. Joshua James, Saukville, Wis; 5. Erle Hoth, Medinah; 6. Theresa Udelle, Round Lake; 7. Brian Baldyga, Carol Stream.
Time Trial -- 1. Joshua James, Saukville, Wis; 2. David Cerer, Antioch; 3. Cody Erdmann, Mayville, Wis; 4. Mick Ellis, Schaumburg; 5. Kodee Busekros, Loves Park; 6. Brian Baldyga, Carol Stream; 7. Ken Jones, Lombard; 8. Derrick VanDreel, Stevens Point, Wis; 9. Katie Weinfurter, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis; 10. Erle Hoth, Medinah; 11. Greg Davis,
Huntley; 12. Matt Melchiori;; 13. Theresa Udelle, Round Lake.