Story Courtesy of Bill Martin from IMCA
Edge to Cordes in Benton County Frostbuster
VINTON, Iowa (April 2) – The finish to Thursday’s Frostbuster feature for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at Benton County Speedway was so close Troy Cordes didn’t know for sure he was the winner until he heard it over his one-way radio.
Cordes led most of the 25-lapper after passing Todd Shute following an early restart. He couldn’t find a way around two cars at the back of the field, however, and both Shute and Hunter Marriott caught up in a hurry.
Shute was scored just ahead on lap 22 but Cordes was back in front the next time around. He’d take the checkers not much more than the width of his bumper ahead of Shute, with Marriott right behind.
“It got a little hairy,” Cordes said following the $1,000 victory, his career 98th in the sanctioned division. “I’ve won races this close before and I’ve lost them this close before. It goes both ways. This is the better way.”
Jason Wolla, winner of the Wednesday Frostbuster at Southern Iowa Speedway, and Tyler Droste completed the top five.
A dozen states and Canada were represented by the 122 IMCA entries at Vinton. Cordes was already on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.
Damon Murty won his second Frostbuster feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars in as many nights. Sam Wieben topped the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Benji Irvine ruled the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks.
Nathan Wood was fast up front but two cautions before midway kept the Stock Cars close in their 20-lapper. Murty took the lead on lap 12; Brett Koehler passed Wood for second three laps later but had nothing for Murty, who took the win by half a straightaway.
Three early cautions slowed the Northern SportMod main. Wieben led the last 17 of 18 laps, beating Wednesday Frostbuster winner Lucas Lamberies to the stripe by a couple car lengths. Tony Olson rounded out the top three.
Irvine led every circuit in the Hobby Stock contest but a caution with three to go erased his big lead. Austin Luellen was second, three car lengths off the pace, and Nathan Ballard was third.
All four divisions are at Marshalltown Speedway for the third Frostbuster on Friday, April 3. The final Frostbuster is Saturday, April 4 at Boone Speedway.
Feature Results
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 2. 5 Todd Shute, Des Moines; 3. 62 Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo.; 4. 27W Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D.; 5. 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 6. 3F Cole Ferguson, Dexter; 7. 92 Josh Most, Red Oak; 8. 70 Mitch Morris, Long Grove; 9. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 10. 14T Travis Hagen, Williston, N.D.; 11. 75M Justin Medler, Minot, N.D.; 12. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 13. 72 Mike Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; 14. 99 Brian Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; 15. 83G Josh Gilman, Earlham; 16. 69X Jon Snyder, Ames; 17. 13 Eddie LeMay, Milwaukee, Wis.; 18. 757 Tony Wedelstadt, Fremont, Wis.; 19. 12D Joe Docekal, Dysart; 20. 00J J.D. Auringer, Waterloo; 21. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 22. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 23. 20 Brad Theys, Kewaunee, Wis.; 24. 19G Richie Gustin, Gilman.
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) - 1. Mike Mullen; 2. Gilman; 3. 10 Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 08 Johnny Whitman (DePere, WI); 5. 9 Ken Schrader (Concord, NC); 6. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 7. 4D Rob Vanmil (Barnesville, MN); 8. 307 Donavon Sorenson (Laurel, MT); 9. 29 Darren Schatz (Williston, ND); 10. 24R Adam Johson (Independence)
B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) - 1. Gustin; 2. Wedelstadt; 3. 3M Mike Mueller (Fon Du Lac, WI); 4. 33X Dan Roedl (Beaver Dam, WI); 5. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 6. 88 Eric Sinness (Williston, ND); 7. 8 Chase Conway (West Hope, ND); 8. 37 Sean Jerovetz (Suamico, WI); 9. 4TW Tim Ward (Gilbert, AZ); 10. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter)
B-Feature 3 (top 2 transfer) - 1. Docekal; 2. Jackson; 3. 25 Russ Weinwald (Juneau, WI); 4. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 5. 87A Aaron Matthias (Fairbank); 6. 7D Brenten DeYoung (Crystal, MI); 7. 18 Paul Jones (Casper, WY); 8. 58 Bill Heinkel (Perry); 9. 21 Brennen Chipp (Waterloo); 10. 84 Mike Johnson (Moorhead, MN)
Heat 1 - 1. Most; 2. Ferguson; 3. LeMay; 4. Gilman; 5. Schrader; 6. Carter; 7. Schatz; 8. Adam Johnson
Heat 2 - 1. Cordes; 2. Droste; 3. Brian Mullen; 4. Mike Mullen; 5. Sorenson; 6. Whitman; 7. Flannagan; 8. Vanmil
Heat 3 - 1. Theys; 2. Hogan; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Maitland; 5. Conway; 6. Mueller; 7. Gustin; 8. Krampe
Heat 4 - 1. Rust; 2. Marriott; 3. Snyder; 4. Wedelstadt; 5. Roedl; 6. Sinness; 7. Ward; 8. Jerovetz
Heat 5 - 1. Morris; 2. Shute; 3. Auringer; 4. Jackson; 5. Chipp; 6. Heinkel; 7. DeYoung; 8. Mike Johnson
Heat 6 - 1. Wolla; 2. Hagen; 3. Medler; 4. Docekal; 5. VanDenBerg; 6. Reinwald; 7. Matthias; 8. Jones
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 65 Brett Koehler, Two Rivers, Wis.; 3. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 4. 57 Brendon LaBatte, Weyburn, Sask.; 5. 6 Rick Mahlberg, Denmark, Wis.; 6. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 7. 56T Justin Temeyer, Independence; 8. 8 Austin Evens, Independence; 9. 99 Erick Knutsen, Cedar Rapids; 10. 566 Jim Lynch, Kahoka, Mo.; 11. 89B Tim Fobian, Dike; 12. 3T Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 13. 4JR Russell Damme Jr., Waterloo; 14. X70 Jason Purvis, Boone; 15. 19J Jay Schmidt, Tama; 16. 4 Jerry Miles, Bernard; 17. 16 Beau Deschamp, West Hope, N.D.; 18. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 19. 25X Mike Pierrard, Green Bay, Wis.
Heat 1 - 1. Lynch; 2. Schmidt; 3. Chesmore; 4. Purvis; 5. Damme; 6. Koehler; 7. Evens; 8. Dulin; 9. Deschamp; 10. Pierrard
Heat 2 - 1. Murty; 2. Knutsen; 3. Wood; 4. Temeyer; 5. Miles; 6. Mahlberg; 7. LaBatte; 8. Fobian; 9. Pippert
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature – 1. 198 Sam Wieben, Dysart; 2. 0 Lucas Lamberies, Clintonville, Wis.; 3. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 4. 19J Jenae Gustin, Marshalltown; 5. 3L Clint Luellen, Minburn; 6. 11X Jon Schultz, Waunakee, Wis.; 7. 0P Hunter Parsons, Green Bay, Wis.; 8. 30 Tracy Wassenberg, Shawano, Wis.; 9. CH19 Colby Heishman, Brooklyn; 10. 10B Ryan Besaw, Omro, Wis.; 11. 62 Jeff Steenbergen, Watertown, Wis.; 12. 7SR Shawn Ritter, Keystone; 13. 3T Tyler Soppe, Sherrill; 14. 3K Kurtis Pihl, Salina, Kan.; 15. 17K Dawn Krall, Evansdale; 16. 7W Ryan Wolla, Tioga, N.D.; 17. S16 Kip Siems, Cedar Falls; 18. 777 Jayme Duinink, Pella; 19. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 20. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 21. 09B Kevin Bethke, Neenah, Wis.; 22. 7N Nathan Chukuske, Sherburn, Minn.; 23. 17 Rich Pavlicek, Casselton, N.D.; 24. 64 Zach McKinnon, Wausau, Wis.
B-Feature 1 (top 3 transfer) - 1. Pihl; 2. Heishman; 3. Stenbergen; 4. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 5. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 6. 19D Jerry Dugan (Mishicot, WI); 7. 1 Darren Medler (Minot, ND); 8. 2 Robbie Conway (West Hope, ND); 9. 7S Scott Sim (Williston, ND)
B-Feature 2 (top 3 transfer) - 1. Luellen; 2. Soppe; 3. Wolla; 4. K12 Kalden Heggen (Alexander, ND); 5. 8C Dalton Clendenen (Dubuque); 6. 57X Devon McMartin (Canton, SD); 7. 28 Dustin Morgan (Williston, ND); 8. 3 Trent Jochimsen (Cedar Rapids)
B-Feature 3 (top 3 transfer) - 1. Krall; 2. McKinnon; 3. Wassenberg; 4. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 5. 22S Shayne Heggen (Alexander, ND); 6. 69JR Jonathan Logue (Boone); 7. 12X Mike LeMay (West Hope, ND); 8. 21X Brianna Ambroziak (Hatley, WI)
Heat 1 - 1. Gustin; 2. Wieben; 3. Ritter; 4. Heishman; 5. Logue; 6. Wolla; 7. Steenbergern; 8. Shayne Heggen
Heat 2 - 1. Schultz; 2. Hilmer; 3. Siems; 4. Luellen; 5. Medler; 6. Rose; 7. Morgan; 8. DeYoung
Heat 3 - 1. Besaw; 2. Bethke; 3. Parsons; 4. Krall; 5. Kalden Heggen; 6. Pihl; 7. McKinnon; 8. Soppe
Heat 4 - 1. Tony Olson; 2. Chukuske; 3. Duinink; 4. King; 5. LeMay; 6. McMartin; 7. Sim; 8. Wassenberg
Heat 5 - 1. Lamberies; 2. Pavlicek; 3. Dvorak; 4. Clendenen; 5. Kyle Olson; 6. Ambroziak; 7. Jochimsen; 8. Conway
Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 79 Benji Irvine, Oelwein; 2. 3A Austin Luellen, Minburn; 3. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 4. 7B Eric Stanton, Carlisle; 5. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 6. 20 Jeremy Auten, Clarinda; 7. 166 Justin Lichty, Waterloo; 8. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 9. 42T Tyson Overton, Carlisle; 10. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 11. 14 Dave Schmidt, Casco, Wis.; 12. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 13. 71A Kyle Dulin, Brandon; 14. 1S Greg Sweerin, Evansdale; 15. 717 Zach Swanson, Waterloo; 16. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines.
Heat 1 - 1. Ballard; 2. Wacha; 3. Irvine; 4. Luellen; 5. Anderson; 6. Overton; 7. Schmidt; 8. Dulin
Heat 2 - 1. Songer; 2. Petrzelka; 3. Stanton; 4. Lichty; 5. Auten; 6. Floyd; 7. Sweerin; 8. Swanson
Micro Mods
Feature - 1. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 2. 2 Brandon Maitland, Denver 3. 18 Jeff Davis, LaPorte City; 4. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha; 5. 00 Brody Willett, Cedar Rapids; 6. 111A A.J. Witten, Cedar Rapids; 7. 75 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 8. 16 Robby Decker, Waterloo ; 9. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 10. 71 Tristan Cordes, Dunkerton; 11. 44 Todd Zeien, New Hampton; 12. 13 Scott Beaty, Urbana
