Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Carter and Watson Cash in Big at the Central Iowa Stock Car Showdown

On Tuesday Night decided to make the trek up to the big half mile, the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City for the first ever Central Iowa Stock Car Showdown. 42 Stock Cars, 26 Hobby Stocks and seven Mod Lites signed in.

Cayden Carter won the IMCA Stock Cars, John Watson took the IMCA Hobby Stocks and Randy Bryan won the Mod Lites feature event. Both the IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks saw a halfway pit stop.

First feature of the night was the Mod Lites ten lap feature event and it was Randy Bryan taking the early lead and looked to be heading on to the easy win but then the only race caution came out for Dennis Graffunder in turn two. Bryan was not going to let that bother him and held off late race challenges from Josh May. Bryan edged out May at the line by a slim margin for the win. Justin Rankin, Kevin Grisham and Erin Turner rounded out the top five.

Matt Mundt and John Watson started on the front row of the 30 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. Watson grabbed the lead early meanwhile behind him Mundt, Andrew Borchardt and Jamie Songer battled it out for position. The first caution came out on lap six for Tommy Beekman in turn four. Watson held off every challenge in the first half of the race and would lead at the halfway point ahead of Songer, Borchardt, Sommerfeld and Seth Janssen.

Watson continued to lead but the second half of the race struggled to get momentum going as the caution came out just after lap 17 and 18. Watson and the field saw one more caution come out on lap 22 for Ron Downing and Dustin Tapp getting together in turn four. Watson went on to take the win and take home $1,000 for his efforts. Borchardt, Songer, Sommerfeld and Myles Michehl rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the 36 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature event and it was Derek Green and Matt Ring leading the field to the green flag. Green grabbed the lead from the pole and the only thing slowing him down was the caution on lap 12 for Randy Killen in turn three. Green maintained the lead until lap 16 when Cayden Carter, started 12th, took the lead away. Carter lead at the half-way point ahead of Todd Inman, Green, Dan Mackenthun and Steve Meyer.

Carter was only slowed by a caution on lap 25 for Donavon Smith in turn four. Carter would go on and take the car nicknamed "Orange Crush" to the win ahead of Inman, Kevin Opheim, Mackenthun and Jay Schmidt.

Racing Continues Every Saturday Night through July at the Hamilton County Speedway plus Specials throughout the season. For more information check out hamiltoncospeedway.com or like the Hamilton County Speedway Facebook page.

MOD LITES
A-MAIN
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 64    Randy Bryan     Ames , Ia 0.00
2 6 99    Josh May     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
3 2 88    Justin Rankin     Madrid , Ia 0.00
4 5 46    Kevin Grisham     Ogden , Ia 0.00
5 7 7    Erin Turner     Van Meter, Ia 0.00
6 1 0K    Dennis Graffunder     Somers , Ia 0.00
7 4 18    Dylan Koester     Webster City, Ia 0.00 DNS

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
A-MAIN
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 4W    John Watson     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
2 3 21X    Andrew Borchardt     Plymouth , Ia 0.00
3 4 96R    Jamie Songer     Ankeny , Ia 0.00
4 10 50    Bryce Sommerfeld     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
5 11 21    Myles Michehl     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
6 5 19X    August Bach     Cedar Rapids, Ia 0.00
7 8 52    Weston Koop     Rockwell , Ia 0.00
8 17 07    Chris Houden     Cresco , Ia 0.00
9 18 Y5    Matt Byrne     Webster City, Ia 0.00
10 19 18D    Kevin Derry     Collins , Ia 0.00
11 21 3T    Tommy Beekman     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
12 14 6H    Chanse Hollatz     Clear Lake, Ia 0.00
13 13 18Z    Zac Smith     Mason City, Ia 0.00
14 23 89    Dakota Feickert     Webster , Ia 0.00
15 6 85    Seth Janssen     Ogden , Ia 0.00
16 16 23G    Dustin Tapp     Ames , Ia 0.00
17 9 13G    Craig Graham     Webster City, Ia 0.00
18 22 53D    Ron Downing     Ottumwa , Ia 0.00
19 12 4D    Danny Ayers     Webster City, Ia 0.00
20 1 25M    Matt Mundt     Callender , Ia 0.00
21 15 18    Ryan Boland     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
22 7 23    Cody Gustoff     Scranton , Ia 0.00
23 20 47W    Shawn Wirtz     Boone , Ia 0.00
24 24 42Z    Brandon Pitts     Ames , Ia 0.00 DNS
25 25 66P    Troy Phillips     Prole , Ia 0.00 DNS
26 26 8R    Corey Roe     Webster City, Ia 0.00 DNS

IMCA STOCK CARS
A-MAIN
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 12 10CC    Cayden Carter     Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
2 3 5T    Todd Inman     Altoona , Ia 0.00
3 20 44K    Kevin Opheim     Mason City, Ia 0.00
4 9 92    Dan Mackethan     Hambarg , Mn 0.00
5 11 19J    Jay Schmidt     Tama , Ia 0.00
6 8 5L    Dustin Larson     Worthington , Mn 0.00
7 14 11    Jake Masters     Graettinger , Ia 0.00
8 13 93    Michael Jaennette      , Ia 0.00
9 1 32    Derek Green     Granada , Ia 0.00
10 23 97    Lynn Panos     Calmar , Ia 0.00
11 6 7    Jason Minnehan     Churdan , Ia 0.00
12 2 58    Matt Ring     Dows , Ia 0.00
13 7 52    Nathan Wood     Sigourney , Ia 0.00
14 17 02JR    Chris Mills     Sioux City, Ia 0.00
15 19 44    Todd Fisher     Norwalk , Ia 0.00
16 10 38C    Kellie Schmit     Britt , Ia 0.00
17 24 7J    John Campbell     Belmond , Ia 0.00
18 25 7K    Andrew Knode     Adel , Ia 0.00
19 16 00    Johnny Spaw     Cedar Rapids, Ia 0.00
20 18 35    Donavan Smith     Lake City, Ia 0.00
21 4 99D    Damon Murty     Chelsey , Ia 0.00
22 5 94    Steve Meyer     Grundy Center, Ia 0.00
23 21 46    Cody Frerichs     Howard Lake, Mn 0.00
24 26 J7B    Jon Braathun     Story City, Ia 0.00
25 22 81X    Randy Killen     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
26 15 81    Devin Smith     Lake City, Ia 0.00 DNS

B-MAIN 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 44    Todd Fisher     Norwalk , Ia 0.00
2 1 46    Cody Frerichs     Howard Lake, Mn 0.00
3 6 97    Lynn Panos     Calmar , Ia 0.00
4 12 7K    Andrew Knode     Adel , Ia 0.00
5 7 59L    Vince Loewen     Hubbard , Ia 0.00
6 9 5A    Tyler Pickett     Boxholm , Ia 0.00
7 10 556    Terry Cornelison     Boone , Ia 0.00
8 8 25M    Michael Murphy     Jefferson , Ia 0.00
9 11 66Z    Elijah Zevenberger     Ocheyedan , Ia 0.00
10 2 79S    Jason See     Albia , Ia 0.00
11 3 00X    Andrew Alteneurg     Tama , Mn 0.00
12 5 30C    Abe Huls     Carthage , Il 0.00

B-MAIN 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 44K    Kevin Opheim     Mason City, Ia 0.00
2 2 81X    Randy Killen     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
3 5 7J    John Campbell     Belmond , Ia 0.00
4 7 J7B    Jon Braathun     Story City, Ia 0.00
5 4 31    Jason York     Boone , Ia 0.00
6 6 93X    Doug Ackmy     Columbas , Ne 0.00
7 8 25    Trent Murphy     Jefferson , Ia 0.00
8 10 98    Derrick Rohe     Audubon , Ia 0.00
9 9 18C    Ron Boughen     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
10 11 11X    Shay Curtin     Cresco , Ia 0.00
11 1 66    Mike Vandrak     Galva , Ia 0.00
12 12 11L    Scott Seaman     Des Moines, Ia 0.00