Sunday, August 28, 2016

Van Genderen, Logue, Stanton and Zehm Take Track Championships and Features at Boone

On Friday Night, the plan was to go to the Marshalltown Bobcats at Ames Little Cyclones High School Football game before the decision was made about the races at Marshalltown, however Marshalltown's race remained as an option but at 20 minutes to five the races were cancelled.

Here is some notes about Marshalltown......Its the first time the speedway, three consecutive nights rained out since 2008, that season there was four consecutive nights rained out in April of that year.  Also a note on the rain out, its the third consecutive year the final Friday Night in August being rained out.

Track Champions at Marshalltown was Donavon Smith in IMCA Stock Cars (his fourth at Motown in the Stock Cars), Jared Van Deest in IMCA Northern SportMods (his second track championship), Mike Morrill in Mod Lites (fourth since 2007 at Motown), Eric Stanton in IMCA Hobby Stocks (second consecutive track championship), Jacob Murray in IMCA Modifieds (first track championship at Motown) and Darrel DeFrance in IMCA Late Models (first official track champion for the Late Models since 1990).

With the regular season winding down on Saturday Nights, some options was Boone, Knoxville, Independence or West Liberty for Season championship nights or Harlan for the Tiny Lund Memorial but my choice was made up to head to the Boone Speedway for Season Championship Night.

Drivers would have out of the car introductions on the front stretch giving the fans to see the stars that wheel these hot rods each every night.

First feature of the night was the 17 lap Mod Lites feature event. Bryan Zehm and Joe Glick started on the front row and it was Zehm wrestling the top spot away early. Zehm was comfortable out front and not even lap traffic fazed him, it slowed him up a bit allowing Corey Sauerman, Glick and Josh May to inch closer but none of them got close to him until lap 15. On lap 15, the green flag was replaced with a red flag when Glick came up the race track trying to say in front of Sauerman on the front stretch but after they got together, Glick went for several tumbles down the front stretch. Glick climbed from the car okay. Zehm saw Josh May and Sauerman on his back bumper on the restart so he knew this had to be a perfect restart and it was exactly that as Zehm went on to take his fifth win of the season at Boone. May finished second after starting 12th, Sauerman was third, Randy Bryan was fourth and Joel Keenan was fifth. Zehm also was the 2016 Track Champion.

Up next was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap season championship feature and it was a pair of seven cars leading the field to the green in Eric Stanton and Dustin Graham. Graham grabb the early lead with Stanton running second but on lap eight, Stanton made the move and took the top spot away. Stanton and Graham ran one and two the rest of the way with Stanton claiming his second win and the 2016 track championship. Graham, Aaron Rudolph. Solomon Bennett and Dustin Lynch finished second through fifth respectively.

The IMCA Northern SportMods 20 lap feature event was next and one noteable driver not making the call after experiencing mechanical issues in hot laps was Jake McBirnie. Johnathon Logue and Randy Roberts started on the front row and it was Logue grabbing the top spot right away for Roberts. The caution came out just after lap three was completed for debris on the back stretch. Logue got a great restart, pulled away and did not let lap traffic bother him as he cruised on sixth win and 2016 track championship. Randy Roberts ran second the entire race, Chad Ryerson finished third ahead of Cory Pestotnik and Daniel Tasler.

Donavon Smith had clinched the 2016 track championship in the IMCA Stock Cars so got the right to start on the pole in the feature but it was Jay Schmidt starting on the outside grabbing the top spot. Schmidt held off Smith but on lap seven, it was not Smith, it was Tyler Pickett that got by Smith and began to battle for the lead. Pickett grabbed the lead way from Schmidt on lap eight. Schmidt tried to get back by Pickett but was unsuccessful as Pickett would go on to take his third win of the season. Schmidt finished second ahead of hard charging Kevin Opheim. Smith fell back to fourth and Josh Daniels was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 25 lap IMCA Modified Season Championship feature and the front row consisted of 2016 track champion Mike Van Genderen and Russ Dickerson. Dickerson took the top spot early and just after lap three was scored the caution came out when Bob Daniels would go for a roll off the top side of turn three. Daniels climbed from his car but the car had major damage. Dickerson remained out front but Van Genderen stay close and by the time the lap traffic start getting heavy, that was the opening Van Genderen needed. Van Genderen took the top spot away on lap 18 and two laps later the caution came out on lap 20 for Cody Morgan in turn four. Van Genderen held off the challenges from Dickerson to take his seventh win at Boone this year. Chris Webb, Denny Pittman and Dustin Smith rounded out the top five.

Racing is not done at Boone because now all focus turns towards the "Prelude to the Super Nationals" and then "Super Nationals" begining next saturday. Hot Laps at 6pm for the Prelude with Racing to Follow, Super Nationals start times are listed at raceboone.com.

A Note of enterances for the Prelude and Super Nationals its self is : Only haulers will be allowed to enter off Highway 30 at the east entrance. A new, longer drive has been configured to eliminate the backup on the highway. Fans must enter on the west entrance.

Up next for me is the Benton County Speedway to work turns three and four tonight, then Season Championship Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday, MHS High School football game against Mason City / maybe races after the game and then beginning next saturday its Boone for Super Nationals.

Boone Speedway
Season Championships
Saturday August 28th, 2016

IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 57V Mike Van Genderen, Newton; 2. 28R Russ Dickerson, Boone; 3. 3W Chris Webb, McCallsburg; 4. 58 Dennis Pittman, Jamaica; 5. 85 Dustin Smith, Lake City; 6. 20X Chad Louk, Jefferson; 7. 64K Kent Croskey, Fort Dodge; 8. 02A Coty Albers, Wellsburg; 9. 1BC Tony Cox, Boone; 10. 45H Jason Hickingbottom, Ogden; 11. 9E Eric Elliott, Boone; 12. 81D Scott Davis, Madrid; 13. 14 Cody Morgan, McCallsburg; 14. 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid; 15. 19 Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown; 16. 25D Bob Daniels, Des Moines; 17. 4TW Tim Ward, Hartcourt.

2016 Track Champion - 57V Mike Van Genderen, Newton. 

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 5A Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 2. 19J Jay Schmidt, Tama; 3. 44K Kevin Opheim, Mason City; 4. 35 Donavon Smith, Lake City; 5.  25J Josh Daniels, Carlisle; 6. 22 Wayne Gifford, Boone; 7. 31X Matthew West, Kellerton; 8. 23HR Rod Richards, Madrid; 9. 52 Ben Walding, Des Moines; 10. 25 Trent Murphy, Jefferson; 11. 71 Corey Piffer, Indianola; 12. 76B Norman Belew, Granger; 13. 00 Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids; 14. 77C Craig Carlson, Madrid; 15. 20N Justin Nehring, Storm Lake; 16. 3G Randy Casner, Osceola; 17. 45 Larry Crocheck, Boone; 18. 64 Scott Bailey, Carlisle; 19. 27D Brad Dutton, Des Moines; 20. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh, Ames; 21. 04 Don Vis, Marshalltown; 22. 94J Josh Steele, Platte City, Missouri; 23. 6X Greg Kevhn, Trenton, Missouri; 24. 50X Kevin Balmer, Garwin; 25. B17 Steve Byers, Indianola; 26. 11D Brad Te Grotenhuis, Orange City.

2016  Track Champion - 35 Donavon Smith, Lake City.

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. 69JR Jonathan Logue, Boone; 2. 3R Randy Roberts, Boone; 3. 25R Chad Ryerson, Wellsburg; 4. 62 Cory Pestotnik, Boone; 5. 63 Daniel Tasler, Jefferson; 6. 86 Cory Rose, Boone; 7. 2B Robert Moore, Maxwell; 8. 3S Adam Shelman, Ames; 9. 59 Tara Longnecker, Woodward; 10. 13V Curtis Veber, Polk City; 11. 88N Nate Albrant, Thompson; 12. 93 Hunter Longnecker, Woodward; 13. 57 Lynn Brockett, Ogden; 14. 198 Sam Wieben, Dysart; 15. 28A Andrew Sneller, Boone; 16. 26 Jason Carney, Boone; 17. 30 Shawn Cooney, Des Moines; 18. 321 Andy Tiernan, Woodward; 19. 8 Dusty Masolini, Des Moines; 20. 67X Brandon Williams, Des Moines; 21. 82 Jake McBirnie, Boone.

2016 Track Champion - 69JR Jonathan Logue, Boone.

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton, Carlisle; 2. 7 Dustin Graham, Boone; 3. 38R Aaron Rudolph, Grand Junction; 4. 11B Solomon Bennett, Minburn; 5. 5 Dustin Lynch, Boone; 6. 7C Chad Legere, Ankeny; 7. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 8. 42T Tyson Overton, Carlisle; 9. 21 Ross Marshall, Johnston; 10. 42Z Brandon Pitts, Ames; 11. 74J Dean Hartwig, Boone; 12. z00m Jack Phillips, Mitchellville; 13. 3A Gregg Anderson, Perry; 14. 21W Wade Gilliland, Fort Dodge; 15. T56 Tim Barber, Story City; 16. 7M Matt Tiernan, Stuart; 17. 57M David McQuiston, Van Meter; 18. T71 Marcus Kyle, Boone; 19. 47W Shawn Wirtz, Boone; 20. 54 Rick Taylor, Ames; 21. 6 Bryan Keeney, Nevada.

2016 Track Champion - 7B Eric Stanton, Carlisle. 

Mod Lites

Feature - 1. 46Z Bryan Zehm, Ames; 2. 99 Josh May, DeSoto; 3. 17 Cory Sauerman, Grimes; 4. 64 Randy Bryan, Ames; 5. 09 Joel Keenan, Des Moines; 6. 01 David Schmalzried Jr., Colo; 7. 88 Justin Rankin, Madrid; 8. 4L Larry Sorenson, Ames; 9. 76 Terry Sorenson, Story City; 10. 61 Terry Birt, Des Moines; 11. 37 Lisa Birt, Ankeny; 12. 3G Joe Glick, Des Moines; 13. 952 Steven Kennedy, Boone; 14. 18 Dylan Koester, Webster City; 15. 3 Cory Dennis, Madrid.

2016 Track Champion - 46Z Bryan Zehm, Ames.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Hilmer Doubles Up at Benton County Speedway

Friday Night I went to the Marshalltown Speedway for a night at the races but mother nature had other plans as the second of three Modified heats was on the track the rain came and washed the night away. Saturday I went with the family to the Iowa State Fair so that meant no racing for me and then on Sunday I headed to the Benton County Speedway in Vinton for their Weekly Points Night.

Curt Hilmer took two of five feature events by winning the BCS Micro Mods and IMCA Northern SportMods meanwhile, Matt Brown took the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Damon Murty won the IMCA Stock Cars and Ronn Lauritzen took the Modifieds.

First feature was the 12 lap BCS Micro Mods feature event and it was Curt Hilmer and Kaden Reynolds leading the field to the green. Hilmer wrestled the lead away meanwhile Reynolds fade back. Hilmer look to be taking the win comfortablely but the caution came out on lap ten for Reynolds in turn two. Hilmer held off Scott Beatty and Don Erger the remaining laps to take the win. Beatty, Erger, Matt Post and Cole McNeal rounded out the top five.

Curt Hilmer started inside row two in the 16 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature but by the end of lap one, Hilmer found himself right where he left off after the Micro Mods feature and that was in position one. Hilmer saw the caution come out on lap five for Gage Neal and Tony Olson getting together in turn four. Hilmer saw the caution come out three more times in the next five laps, lap six for Jared Van Deest, Ben Chapman and Kyle Olson in turn three then on lap seven for AJ Fulton in turn three and the final time on lap ten for Scott Meyers in turn one. Hilmer was not to be fazed despite have to hold off Danny Dvorak, Tony Olson, Matt Petrzelka and Van Deest. Hilmer took the win with Van Deest coming back up to finish a strong second, Dvorak was third, Tony Olson was fourth and Petrzelka was fifth.

After a No start call in the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, Jacob Floyd grabbed the top spot but getting ready to complete lap three, the caution came out when Floyd spun in turn four. That handed the lead over to Matt Brown with Andrew Torkelson in second. Brown saw Brian Happel get by Torkelson for second and they began to battle of the lead. Brown and the field saw the caution come out for Scott Siems go off the top side of turn four. Brown held off Happel to take the win. Justin Wacha, Brett Vanous amd Torkelson rounded out the top five.

Kevin Rose grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event until Curtis Roster took the spot away on lap eight. Roster's lead was short lived as Damon Murty worked his way through and grabbed the top spot away on lap nine. Murty led the remaining laps to go on and take the 300th IMCA Stock Car Feature event held at the Benton County Speedway. Scott Pippert was second, Norman Chesmore was third, Roster was fourth and Jared Daggett was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature and Brandon Maitland wrestled the lead away from Tommy Belmer on the start and by the end of lap four, the caution came out of Belmer in turn four. Maitland continued to lead but the caution came out again on lap ten for Matt Fulton in turn three. Maitland looked to be heading to the win but the caution came out two more times on lap 15, first for Fulton again in turn two and then on the restart for Patrick Flannagan off the back stretch. Maitland knew there was five laps to hold off the field but on lap 18, Ronn Lauritzen got to second and grabbed the lead away on lap 19 from Maitland. Lauritzen beat Maitland back to the line for the win, Scott Hogan finished third, Jason Snyder was fourth and Kaleb Bentley was fifth.

Racing action finished right around 8:30pm leaving only Two nights remaining at the Benton County Speedway including an appearance by the IMCA Late Models. Sunday Night will be Kids Carnival Night plus the IMCA Late Model Sunday Series, Gates Open at 4pm, Track Packing/Hot Laps begins at 5:50pm, Racing to Follow. Then BCS takes two weeks off and return for the Salute to Soldiers Night Season Championships on September 18th.

For more information check out http://www.jjamracing.net/

Benton County Speedway
Sunday August 21st, 2016

IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 2. Brandon Maitland, Waterloo; 3. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 4. 98 Jason Snyder, Dunkerton; 5. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 6. F7 Patrick Flannagan ,Cedar Rapids; 7. 43B Tommy Belmer, Manchester; 8. 7 Todd Jesnsen, Waterloo; 9. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 10. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 11. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 12. 2X Matt Fulton, Muscatine.

Heat 1 - 1. Maitland; 2. Jason Snyder; 3. Flannagan; 4. Bentley; 5. Hogan; 6. Fulton.
Heat 2 - 1. Laurtizen; 2. Dedrick; 3. Tony Snyder; 4. Belmer; 5. Jensen; 6. Hanson.

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 3. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 4. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 5. 22D Jared Daggett, Marshalltown; 6. 67 Justin Stander, Vinton; 7. 171 Buck Swanson, Waterloo; 8. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 9. 22K Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 10. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale; 11. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 12. 52E Robert Engelkes, Dike; 13. 76S Chad Siems, Cedar Rapids; 14. 19J Jay Schmidt, Tama.

Heat 1 - 1. Murty; 2. Stander; 3. Swanson; 4. Ahrendsen; 5. Schmidt; 6. Siems; 7. Galli.
Heat 2 - 1. Roster; 2. Rose; 3. Chesmore; 4. Pippert; 5. Daggett; 6. Ebaugh; 7. Engelkes.

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 2. 80J Jared Van Deest, Holland; 3. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 4. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 5. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 6. 1JR Ben Chapman, Clarence; 7. 7D Dakota Sellers, Vinton; 8. 12N Gage Neal, Ely; 9. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 10. K9 Brian Kauffman, Cedar Rapids; 11. 13 Rob Williams, Marion; 12. 7RX AJ Fulton, Muscatine; 13. 71 Scott Meyers, Newhall; 14. 95 Mike McDonald, Cedar Rapids; 15. 10 Lee Rouse, Atkins.

Heat 1 - 1. Kyle Olson; 2. Van Deest; 3. Hilmer; 4. Dvorak; 5. Neal; 6. McDonald; 7. Fulton; 8. Rouse.
Heat 2 - 1. Petrzelka; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Kauffman; 4. Meyers; 5. Sellers; 6. Chapman; 7. Williams.

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 2. 46 Brian Happel, Van Horne; 3. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 4. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 5. 23 Andrew Torkelson, Lisbon; 6. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 7. 51 Michael Kimm, Cedar Rapids; 8. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 9. 20CK Justin Ginther, Independence; 10. 707 Derek Thran, Grundy Center; 11. 98 Neal Miller, Elk Run; 12. 1 Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 13. 4P Matt Pohlman, Keystone; 14. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 15. 75D Dale Kite, Shellsburg.

Heat 1 - 1. Happel; 2. Wacha; 3. Pohlman; 4. Kite; 5. Petrzelka; 6. Miller; 7. Kimm; 8. Thran.
Heat 2 - 1. Brown; 2. Vanous; 3. Ballard; 4. Torkelson; 5. Floyd; 6. Ginther; 7. Siems.

BCS Micro Mods

Feature - 1. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 2. 13 Scott Beatty, Urbana; 3. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 4. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 5. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 6. 4 Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids; 7. 419 Josh Havlik, Toddville; 8. 1 Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids; 9. 75K Darrick Knutsen, Cedar Rapids; 10. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; DNS 15K Kyle Bentley, Fairbank.

Heat 1 - 1. Hilmer; 2. Erger; 3. Murty; 4. Olson; 5. Knutsen; DNS Bentley.
Heat 2 - 1. Post; 2. Reynolds; 3. Beatty; 4. Havlik; 5. McNeal.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Van Deest Steals SportMods at Benton County Speedway

Sunday Night it was back to the Benton County Speedway for a great night of racing action and yes there was other options including the rescheduled Night of 10,000 Stars in Britt or the USMTS Casey's Cup Race in Mason City. The races in Vinton did not disappoint the fans in attendance despite the low car count.

Curt Hilmer and Scott Beatty led the field to the green in the 12 lap BCS MicroMods feature and it was Hilmer taking advantage early. Hilmer knew that Don Erger was not far behind and he was right because on lap nine, Hilmer encounter issues on the front stretch allowing Erger to take the lead over. Erger led the remaining laps to take the win ahead of Cole McNeal, Dallon Murty, Matt Post and Beatty.

Only nine IMCA Modifieds checked in for their 20 lap feature and it was Scott Hogan grabbing the top spot from his outside second row starting spot. Hogan held off Patrick Flannagan and Ronn Lauritzen most of the way until lap 18 when Flannagan took the top spot away, Lauritzen got by Hogan for second on lap 19. Flannagan took the win with Lauritzen in second and Hogan in third. Tony Snyder was fourth and Kaleb Bentley was fifth.

Justin Ginther started outside row one of the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature and by the end of lap one he was in position number one. That was short lived though as Leah Wroten took the lead away on lap two. Wroten held of challenges from Brett Vanous but it was Matt Brown that she had to worry about as Brown too kteh lead away on lap eight. Brown and Nathan Ballard took the top two spots away from Wroten and by lap ten, Ballard took the lead away from Brown. Ballard went on take the win ahead of Justin Wacha, who got by Brown for second with two to go. Vanous and Wroten finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Curtis Roster grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature but it was track point leader Norman Chesmore taking the lead away on lap seven. Chesmore held off Roster and Scott Pippert until the caution came out on lap 14 for Travis Van Straten on the front stretch. Chesmore would hold off the late race challenges from Pippert and Nathan Wood to extend his point lead. Pippert, Wood, Jared Daggett and Justin Stander rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the 16 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature and just like he did in the MicroMods, it was Curt Hilmer taking the top spot but by lap four, he saw Matt Petrzelka begin to battle for the lead. Petrzelka took the lead away only to see the caution come out twice on lap six. First caution was for Kyle Olson in turn four and then on the restart for Mike McDonald in turn one. Petrzelka was out front leading until Jared Van Deest, making his first appearance at BCS in 2016 well worth it as he would take the win ahead of Petrzelka. Tony Olson worked back up to finish third after a changing a flat tire, Gage Neal was fourth and Danny Dvorak was fifth.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Van Genderen Wins Thriller Finish at Boone

As racing season is winding down the regular season part and after the races at Marshalltown got rained out ruining my birthday plans. Plan was made to go to the Iowa State Fair in the morning and afternoon then head to Iowa's Action Track, the Boone Speedway for a night of racing action. Mother nature at least treated me right by doing that as the racing at Boone had some exciting finishes as drivers get ready for Super Nationals.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap Mod Lites feature and it was "Huggie Bear" Joel Huggins wrestling the top spot away from Angelo Montgomery. Huggins looked comfortable out front until lap traffic at which allowed Josh May to chase him down. May would get by Huggins on lap 11 and go on to take the win. Bryan Zehm and Mike Morrill got by Huggins for second and third respectively putting Huggins back to fourth.  Montgomery came home with a fifth place finish.

In the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature event, it was the youngster Hunter Longnecker grabbing the top spot early but the caution came out on lap two when Jake McBirnie and Cory Pestotnik got together in turn two. On the restart, the caution came out again for Jon Peed, Rocky Caudle, Cory Rose and Lonnie Hodges in turn four. The question was would the sportmods get another lap in, the answer was no because as the field got ready to go back to the green flag,  Daniel Tasler got into Longnecker sending him around in turn four forcing another restart. Curtis Veber running third would now inherited the lead with Tara Longnecker and Adam Armstrong in second and third. Veber led until lap six when Armstrong got by and it was Armstrong cruising on to the win. Veber, Jonathan Logue, Chad Ryerson and Chad Shaw rounded out the top five.

Randy Havlik started on the pole of the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature and took advantage by taking the early lead. Josh Truman started fifth worked his way up to take the top spot away on lap five just before a pair of cautions. First caution was for Tony Hilgenberg and Brandon Leeman in turn two and then on the restart for Tyler Gross in turn four. Truman began to pull away until he encounter lap traffic which allowed Albert Wolfgram and Mike Van Genderen to reel him in. Truman looked to be holding them off only to see the caution come out on lap 18  forcing a restart. Truman and Wolfgram battled for the lead but all eyes was on Van Genderen as they entered turn three on the last lap, Van Genderen was running third but by the time he got to the finish line it was Van Genderen the winner as he saw the hole open inbetween Truman and Wolfgram, he took to edge out Truman by 0.04 secs at the finish line. Wolfgram was third, Havlik was fourth and Dennis Pittman was fifth.

Tyler Brauckman led the first lap of the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature before the caution came out for Brad Dutton and Rod Richards on the front stretch. Brauckman had to contend with Brad Whitney for the lead, Whitney took the lead on lap three just before the caution came out again on lap three. Whitney was got a great restart but saw the caution come out again just after lap four was scored. Whitney saw Trent Murphy sneak by to take the lead on lap ten. Murphy would go on to take the win ahead of Josh Daniels, Todd Fisher, Whitney and Wayne Gifford.

Final feature of the night was the 12 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event, Shawn Wirtz took the early lead until Dustin Lynch took the lead away on lap six. The caution came out on lap eight for Jack Phillips in turn two and Lynch now knew John Watson was right behind him on the restart. Lynch and Watson began to battle for the lead and it was Lynch that would go off the top of turn one on lap nine. That gave the lead over to Watson but Watson saw the caution come out one more time on lap ten for Gregg Anderson in turn two. Watson led the remaining laps and went on to take the win ahead of Seth Janssen, Solomon Bennett, Dustin Graham and Chad Legere in turn two.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Rust and Armstrong Take First Harris Clash Victories

Rust and Armstrong Take First Harris Clash Victories
by Jeremy Fox

Webster City, Iowa (August 9th, 2016)
- The original plan to head to the Hamilton County Speedway for the 25th Anniversary of the Harris Clash but after a slow start to the day, I was unsure if I was going to be able to attend. However about 15 minutes to 6pm, I was able to head out the door and make the almost 80 mile drive and I would make it just in time to watch the last flight of Modifieds Hot Laps. 

66 Modifieds checked in to be the winner of the 25th Annual Harris Clash and 51 IMCA Northern SportMods also checked in during Iowa Modified Speedweek.

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods heat winners were Jake Sachau of Denison, Randy Roberts of Boone, Adam Armstrong of Carlisle, Shane Swanson of Forest City, Two-time Harris Clash Winner Doug Smith of Lanesboro and Nick Meyer of Whittemore. B-Feature winners were 2014 Harris Clash Winner Brett Lowry of Montezuma, Jack Housley of Runnells and Erik Laudenschlager of Minot, North Dakota.

In the 20 lap feature event, it was Randy Roberts and Adam Armstrong leading the field to the green. Armstrong wrestled the lead away and began to pull away only to see the caution come out on lap seven for debris in turn four. That appeared to be the only thing slowing down as he got a great restart and would go on and become the eighth different Harris Clash IMCA Northern SportMods winner. Jake Sachau tried to run down Armstrong but came up short after moving up four spots from sixth. Ty Griffith moved up six spots to finish third, Lowry came through the field to finished fourth after starting 13th and Nick Meyer was fifth. Doug Smith, 21st place starter Jared Van Deest, Roberts, Johnathan Logue and Brayton Carter rounded out the top ten. Van Deest was the Hard charging moving up 14 spots next closes was Jake McBirnie moving up 11 spots to finish 13th.

Chase Ellingson of Iowa Falls, Two-time winner (1992 & 1997) Kelly Shryock of Fertile, 2014 Winner Chris Abelson of Sioux City, Josh Ruby of Lakota, 2010 winner Richie Gustin of Gilman and Ryan Ruter of Kanawha, all took Heat Race Wins in the  Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. B-Features would go to Tom Berry Jr of Boone, Tim Ward of Harcourt and Corey Dripps of Reinbeck.

25th Annual Harris Clash also brought back a flavor of original format, as the first ones were ran having to qualify for the Clash by winning feature events so thanks to sponsor TiLube, the inaugural "Dash at the Clash" would take place. Drivers qualifed at ten different events at Marshalltown Speedway, Boone Speedway, 141 Speedway (Francis Creek, Wisconsin), Fairmont Raceway (Fairmont, Minnesota), Independence Motor Speedway, Arlington Raceway (Arlington, Minnesota), Kossuth County Speedway in Algona, Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, North Dakota), Hamilton County Speedway and Stuart International Speedway. 

The qualifers included Ricky Thornton Jr of Harcourt (Marshalltown), John Logue of Boone (Boone), Luke Lemmens of Kewaunee, Wisconsin (141 Speedway), Eric Dailey of Armstrong (Fairmont), Scott Hogan of Vinton (Independence), Kelly Shryock of Fertile (Arlington), Jeremy Mills of Garner (Kossuth County), Dave Shipley of Argusville , North Dakota (Red River Valley), Ethan Dotson of Bakersfield, California (Hamilton County) and Chris Abelson of Sioux City (Stuart). However do to scheduling issues Dave Shipley was replaced by Rob VanMil of Barnesville, Minnesota and Eric Dailey was replace Josh Ruby of Lakota.

Chris Abelson drew the pole and took advantage right away in the ten lap $500 to win, $100 to start Dash at the Clash.  Abelson saw Ricky Thornton Jr move in to second spot and saw Thornton begin to battle for the lead. Thornton grabbed the lead on laps four and five but Abelson would power back and take the lead back on lap six. Abelson and Thornton continued to battle it out but it was Abelson taking the win. Thornton finished second, Shryock was third, Ethan Dotson was fourth and Jeremy Mills was fifth. Rob VanMil, Scott Hogan, Josh Ruby, Luke Lemmens and John Logue finished sixth through tenth respectively.

The final race of the night was the 25 lap finale for the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds. Kelly Shryock and Chris Abelson started on the front row with Joel Rust and Josh Ruby in row two. Abelson jumped out to the lead and began to pull away until Shryock chase down Abelson and got with in a few car lengths and by lap ten it was down to a car length. While two former Harris Clash winners battled it out, Joel Rust cut a half-straightaway deficit to the top two down to a handful of car lengths late in the race and had a front row view to the battle in front of him.  On the last lap, Abelson and Shryock was side-by-side at the line, going in to turn one, Shryock went low and Abelson tried to cut him off but when neither one of them would give they made contact allowing Joel Rust to sneak on by both of them. Rust led the last three quarters of the last lap to escape to his first Harris Clash win of his career. Rust became the 20th different Harris Clash Winner. Josh Ruby finished second, Richie Gustin took third, Ryan Ruter was fourth and Tim Ward was fifth. Scott Hogan finished sixth, Abelson limbed across to seventh, Jimmy Gustin was eighth, Jesse Dennis was ninth and Corey Dripps was tenth. Hard Charger was Tim Ward advancing nine spots from 14th to fifth, next closest was Richie Gustin and Ryan Ruter, each moving up eight spots from 11th and 12th to finish third and fourth respectively.

For more information about the Harris Clash check out http://www.harrisclash.com/

IMCA Modified Speedweek continues Wednesday Night at the Buena Vista Raceway in Alta for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour Season Finale and then off to the Hancock County Speedway in Britt on Thursday for the Night of 1,000 stars, Friday for the Night of 10,000 Stars and Saturday for the Night of All Stars. All four events will be live on IMCA.tv

25th Annual Harris Clash
Hamilton County Speedway (Webster City, Iowa)
Tuesday August 9th, 2016

IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds

Feature (30 laps) - 1. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 2. 30 Josh Ruby, Lakota; 3. 19G Richie Gustin, Gilman; 4. 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha; 5. 4TW Tim Ward, Harcourt; 6. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 7. 1X Chris Abelson, Sioux City; 8. 19 Jimmy Gustin, Gilman; 9. 70 Jesse Dennis, Corning; 10. 31 Corey Dripps, Reinbeck; 11. 8K Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.; 12. 11X Tom Berry Jr., Boone; 13. 99 Jesse Sobbing, Malvern; 14. 11 Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif.; 15. 14E Chase Ellingson, Iowa Falls; 16. 66P Paul Stone, Winton, Calif.; 17. 19SB Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif.; 18. 174 Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif.; 19. 22T Tyler Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 20. 4ord Scott Olson, Blairsburg; 21. 4D Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn.; 22. 69 John Logue, Boone; 23. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt; 24. 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile.

Heat 1 (8 laps) - 1. Chase Ellingson; 2. Joel Rust / 3. Tom Berry; 4. Paul Stone; 5. 00J J.D. Auringer, Waterloo; 6. 96R Steve Reynolds, Springfield, S.D.; 7. X Josh Rogotzke, Sanborn, Minn.; 8. 4V Billy Vogel, West Fargo, N.D.; 9. 2L Adam Larson, Ankeny; 10. 75 Clint Wendel, Mason City; 11. 7SR Shawn Ritter, Keystone.

Heat 2 (8 laps) - 1. Kelly Shryock; 2. Scott Hogan / 3. Jesse Sobbing; 4. 7 Clay Money, Penokee, Kan.; 5. 8X Colt Mather, Keswick; 6. 10M Jeremy Mills, Garner; 7. 505 Racer Hulin, Laurel; 8. 8 Chase Conway, Westhope, N.D.; 9. 95 Ashley Schaaf, Lincoln, Neb.; 10. 33F Jardin Fuller, Memphis, Mo.; 11. 01T Ed Thomas, Waterloo.

Heat 3 (8 laps) - 1. Chris Abelson; 2. Scott Olson / 3. Corey Dripps; 4. 21 Jesse Hoeft, Forest City; 5. 12 Mark Elliott, Webster City; 6. 5R Tad Reutzel, Burt; 7. Cody Laney; 8. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 9. 01 Troy Jerovetz, Green Bay, Wis.; 10. 75M Justin Medler, Minot, N.D.; 11. 3Z Randy Havlik, Ankeny.

Heat 4 (8 laps) - 1. Josh Ruby; 2. John Logue / 3. Rob VanMil; 4. Tyler Prochaska; 5. 29 Ron VerBeek, Oskaloosa; 6. 007 Luke Lemmens, Kewaunee, Wis.; 7. 24B Brandon Brinton, Ames; 8. 10E Stacey Mills, Webb; 9. 10X Kelly Buckallew, Memphis, Mo.; 10. 15M Shane DeMey, Denison; 11. 49K Cody Knecht, Whittemore.

Heat 5 (8 laps) - 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Jesse Dennis / 3. Tim Ward; 4. Lance Mari; 5. 05 Mike Mashl, De Pere, Wis.; 6. 21K Kyle Brown, State Center; 7. 62 Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo.; 8. Kyle Strickler; 9. 9E Eric Elliott, Boone; 10. 00K Trey Kline, Schleswig; 11. 00 Tristan Vesterby, Webster City.

Heat 6 (8 laps) - 1. Ryan Ruter; 2. Jimmy Gustin / 3. Ricky Thornton; 4. Ethan Dotson; 5. 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.; 6. 69X Jon Snyder, Ames; 7. 10B Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 8. 41 Nate Hughes, Humboldt; 9. 64ZC Brandon Leeman, Roland; 10. 8J Jeff Coon, Elysian, Minn.; 11. 66H Gordon Head, Des Moines.

B-Feature 1 (12 laps) - 1. Tom Berry; 2. Rob VanMil; 3. Paul Stone; 4. Tyler Prochaska / 5. Clint Wendel; 6. Ron VerBeek; 7. Adam Larson; 8. Shane DeMey; 9. Stacey Mills; 10. Shawn Ritter; 11. Cody Knecht; 12. Billy Vogel; 13. Josh Rogotzke; 14. Brandon Brinton; 15. Luke Lemmens; 16. Auringer; 17. Reynolds; 18. Buckallew.

B-Feature 2 (12 laps) - 1. Tim Ward; 2. Kyle Strickler; 3. Jesse Sobbing; 4. Lance Mari / 5. Kyle Brown; 6. Colt Mather; 7. Jeremy Mills; 8. Racer Hulin; 9. Hunter Marriott; 10. Mike Mashl; 11. Clay Money; 12. Chase Conaway; 13. Trey Kline; 14. Tristan Vesterby; 15. Ed Thomas; 16. Ashley Schaaf; 17. Eric Elliott; 18. Jardin Fuller.

B-Feature 3 (12 laps) - 1. Corey Dripps; 2. Ricky Thornton; 3. Cody Laney; 4. Ethan Dotson / 5. Ronn Lauritzen; 6. Jesse Hoeft; 7. Justin Medler; 8. Mike Hansen; 9. Troy Jerovetz; 10. Troy Cordes; 11. Brandon Leeman; 12. Nate Hughes; 13. Mark Elliott; 14. Jeff Coon; 15. Jon Snyder; 16. Gordon Head; 17. Tad Reutzel; 18. Randy Havlik.

Dash at the Clash (10 laps) - 1. Chris Abelson; 2. Ricky Thornton; 3. Kelly Shryock; 4. Ethan Dotson; 5. Jeremy Mills; 6. Rob VanMil; 7. Scott Hogan; 8. Josh Ruby; 9. Luke Lemmens; 10. John Logue.

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature (20 laps) - 1. 6A Adam Armstrong, Carlisle; 2. 14 Jake Sachau, Denison; 3. 56 Ty Griffith, Webster City; 4. 72 Brett Lowry, Montzeuma; 5. 2X Nick Meyer, Whittemore; 6. 12 Doug Smith, Lake City; 7. 80J Jared VanDeest, Holland; 8. 3R Randy Roberts, Boone; 9. 69JR Johnathan Logue, Boone; 10. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 11. 2 Robbie Conway, Westhope, N.D.; 12. 10H Jack Housley, Runnells; 13. 82 Jake McBirnie, Boone; 14. 77AU Frank Packer, Madrid; 15. 6 Ryan Jenkins, Omaha, Neb.; 16. 49 Erik Laudenschlager, Minot, N.D.; 17. 99 Rocky Caudle, Ellsworth; 18. 86 Cory Rose, Boone; 19. 55 Shane Swanson, Forest City; 20. 65J Josh Appel, Mason City; 21. 555 Josh Sink, Red Oak; 22. 36A Andy Edwards, Parkersburg; 23. 14H Todd Boulware, Jefferson, S.D.; 24. 138 Jon Peed, Webster City.

Heat 1 (6 laps) - 1. Jake Sachau; 2. Ty Griffith / 3. Andy Edwards; 4. 2B Robert Moore, Maxwell; 5. 62 Cory Pestotnik, Boone; 6. 13T Taylor Musselman, Urbandale; 7. Frank Packer; 8. 3L Clint Luellen, Minburn.

Heat 2 (6 laps) - 1. Randy Roberts; 2. Jon Peed / 3. Jack Housley; 4. 25 Dan Paplow, Dundee, Minn.; 5. Brayton Carter; 6. 21D Dan Drury, Eldora; 7. 75 Christopher Elliott, Webster City; 8. 22D Jeff Deal, Fort Dodge; 9. 12X Mike Lemay, Westhope, N.D.

Heat 3 (6 laps) -1. Adam Armstrong; 2. Rocky Caudle / 3. Erik Laudenschlager; 4. Johnathan Logue; 5. Jared VanDeest; 6. Jake McBirnie; 7. 198 Sam Wieben, Dysart; 8. 66 Tim Plummer, Norway; 9. 74 Rick Rohr, Beatrice, Neb.

Heat 4 (6 laps) - 1. Shane Swanson; 2. Todd Boulware / 3. Brett Lowry; 4. Josh Appel; 5. 85T Wayne Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif.; 6. 00 Colby Fett, Algona; 7. 29V Brett Vanderheiden, Earlham; 8. 40 George Gilliland, Lehigh; 9. T16 Taylor Elliott, Webster City.

Heat 5 (6 laps) - 1. Doug Smith; 2. Cory Rose / 3. Robbie Conway; 4. 14T Trent Roth, Columbus, Neb.; 5. Ryan Jenkins; 6. 1R Brad Ratcliff, Webster City; 7. 28 Autum Anderson, Mason City; 8. 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa.

Heat 6 (6 laps) - 1. Nick Meyer; 2. Josh Sink / 3. 49W Nate Whitehurst, Mason City; 4. 14X Austin Schrage, Cresco; 5. 38 Craig Garner, Clarinda; 6. 94 J.J. Andersen, De Pere, Wis.; 7. 26B Bryan Johnson, Roland; 8. 11 Paul Price, Iowa Falls.

B-Feature 1 (10 laps) - 1. Brett Lowry; 2. Josh Appel; 3. Frank Packer; 4. Andy Edwards / 5. Colby Fett; 6. Robert Moore; 7. Clint Luellen; 8. Taylor Elliott; 9. George Gilliland; 10. Cory Pestotnik; 11. Brett Vanderheiden; 12. Taylor Musselman; 13. Wayne Dotson.

B-Feature 2 (10 laps) - 1. Jack Housley; 2. Robbie Coneway; 3. Brayton Carter; 4. Ryan Jenkins / 5. Carter VanDenBerg; 6. Dan Paplow; 7. Brad Ratcliff; 8. Trent Roth; 9. Autum Anderson; 10. Christipher Elliott; 11. Jeff Deal; 12. Dan Drury; 13. Mike Lemay.

B-Feature 3 (10 laps) - 1. Erik Laudenschlager; 2. Johnathan Logue; 3. Jared VanDeest; 4. Jake McBirnie / 5. Tim Plummer; 6. Sam Wieben; 7. J.J. Andersen; 8. Austin Schrage; 9. Paul Price; 10. Craig Garner; 11. Bryan Johnson; 12. Rick Rohr; 13. Nate Whirehurst.

List of Harris Clash Winners

Modifieds
Kelly Shryock  (1992 & 1997)
Denny Hovinga (1993)
Bill Davis (1994 & 1998)
Tim Donlinger (1995)
Mark Noble (1996)
Troy Folkerts (1999)
John Logue (2000)
Johnny Saathoff (2001)
Scott Allen (2002)
Greg Metz (2003 & 2005)
Gary Clark (2004)
Jeremie Hedrick (2006)
Clayton Christensen (2007)
Jay Noteboom (2009)
Richie Gustin Jr (2010)
Eric Dailey (2011)
Kyle Strickler (2012 & 2013)
Chris Abelson (2014)
Ethan Dotson (2015)
Joel Rust (2016)

* 2008 was Rained Out thanks to Mother Nature

SportMods
Jacob Murray (2006)
Brett Moffitt (2007)
Matt Lettow (2009 & 2012)
Jared Timmerman (2010)
Jesse Sobbing (2011)
Doug Smith (2013 & 2015)
Brett Lowry (2014)
Adam Armstrong (2016) 

 * 2008 was Rained Out thanks to Mother Nature *

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Pittman Is King of the Front Row Challenge For Third Time

Pittman Is King of the Front Row Challenge For Third Time
by Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 8th, 2016)
- A few weeks ago I was asked by "T-Mac" Terry McCarl to operate the scoreboard during the 21st Annual Price Chopper Front Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway, just like i normally do on a weekly basis there and I accepted it. Monday Night was tough night for everybody in attendance as earlier in the day we had learned the sad news of Sprint Car/Midget racer Bryan Clauson had lost his life after a crash at Belleville Highbanks in Belleville, Kansas. There was a moment of silence before the races, Clauson's car was on display before the races and then paced the field during the A-main and Bucket's for Bryan campaign occur.

Officially 27 entries checked in to claim the big prize of $21,000 at the Front Row Challenge as part of the National Sprint League and it would be won by a guy that is in town for the Knoxville Nationals and a regular on the World of Outlaws, Daryn Pittman.

In the Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Qualifying presented by Country Builders Construction, Daryn Pittman came 12th in qualifying and was the quick timer with a time of 15.196 seconds. Second fastest was "Blackjack" Brian Brown with 15.208, third fastest was David Gravel with 15.295, fourth fastest with a 15.305 was "Mad Man" Kerry Madsen and fifth fastest was "Young Money" Kyle Larson with a 15.313.

Heat race winners included James McFadden (Seafoam Motor Treatment Heat one), Dakota Hendrickson (Taso's Steakhouse Heat two) and Rico Abreu (Arnold Motor Supply Heat three). Only notable point was in heat two as the field was coming to the checkered flag, Kyle Larson hit an implement tire in turns three and four and broke the left front, it would end the night for Larson.  The Heat winners got prizes from Country Builders Construction, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Snow Plow and Nutri Shop of Maple Grove.

After a brief break in the action, it was time for the TK Concrete Keith Hutton Memorial “King of the Hill” Match Races. Top eight to make it in order of seeding included: Daryn Pittman, Rico Abreu, Brian Brown, David Gravel, Ian Madsen, Kerry Madsen, Danny Lasoski and James McFadden. Round one wins went to Pittman, Gravel, Lasoski and Brown. Round two winners was Pittman and Brown. Pittman took the win over Brown in the final taking home $1,000 for his win.

The orginal pole sitter for the B-Main was to be Kyle Larson, however Larson scratched so the lineup was changed and that moved Rager Phillips to the pole and Cory Eliason to the front row. Eliason took advantage with him outside starting spot as he took the lead and looked to be heading to the easy win but coming out of turn four on the last lap the engine let go, crippling across the finish line to the win but would scratch for the feature. Rager Phillips, Sheldon Haudenschild, Tasker Phillips and Brooke Tatnell rounded out the top five. Paul McMahon, Chad Trout and Bob Weuve got the final orginal eight qualifers for the A-Main. Robert Bell was take as the final qualifer after Eliason scratched.

After a ten minute break, it was time for the 30 lap Price Chopper Front Row Challenge A-Main to take to the track. Daryn Pittman took advantage taking the early lead but just after the completion of lap two, the caution came out for Jason Johnson in turn two. Brian Brown made the move on the restart and took the lead away from Pittman just before another caution came out on lap three for Rager Phillips coming to a stop in turn four. Brown got a great restart but just before the field completed lap five the caution came out for Ian Madsen in turn two, then after the completion of lap six the caution came out again for Justin Marks on the back stretch. Pittman got back by Brown on the restart and began to pull away until the caution came out for the final time on lap 16 for Bob Weuve in turn three.

Pittman was not going to be denied the win as he got a great restart and pulled away to claim the $21,000 which included a $1,000 bonus from USA Chemical. Pittman's total winnings was $22,500 after you add in the $500 cash from Country Builders Construction for Quick Time and $1,000 for winning the King of the Hill. Kerry Madsen made a charge and took second away from Brown on lap 22. Brown held off Brad Sweet for third and Danny Lasoski held Rico Abreu for fifth. David Gravel was seventh, Sheldon Haudenschild was the hard-charger moving up ten spots to finish eighth, James McFadden and Craig Dollansky rounded out the top ten.

Kale Kahne was selected as Mechanic of the Race, accepting a 3/8 Micro Lithium Impact Kit courtesy of Mark Stuchel Snap-On Tools franchisee. Sheldon Haudenschild received $500 from Country Builders Construction and a KSE Power Steering Pump for his Hard-charger honors.

For more information about the Front Row Challenge check out http://www.oskychallenges.com

21st Annual Price Chopper Front Challenge 
presented by Musco Lighting, Don Long’s Searsboro Telephone Company and Hiland Dairy

Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, IA
Monday August 8th, 2016

Price Chopper A Main (started), 30 laps: 1. 9 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (1); 2. 29 Kerry Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW, Australia (6); 3. 21 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (2); 4. 49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (12); 5. 2 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (3); 6. 24 Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (7); 7. 5 David Gravel, Watertown, CT (4); 8. 93 Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (18); 9. 3H James McFadden, Alice Springs, NT, Australia (8); 10. 2KS Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (14); 11. 13 Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (15); 12. 1 Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (9); 13. 7w Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (19); 14. 41 Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (13); 15. 55 Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Australia (20); 16. 10 Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (11); 17. 1X Chad Trout, Dover, PA (22); 18. 19m Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (10); 19. 19 Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (23); 20. 71 Robert Bell, Colfax, IA (24); 21. 99 Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (16); 22. 7 Paul McMahon, Nashville, TN (21); 23. 18 Ian Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW, Australia (5); 24. 10V Rager Phillips, Plesantville, IA (17); DNS - 5H Cory Eliason, Selma, CA. Lap Leaders: Pittman 1-2, Brown 3-6, Pittman 7-30. KSE Hard Charger : Haudenschild.

Seafoam Motor Treatment Heat one (started, qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. 3H James McFadden (2); 2. 2KS Craig Dollansky (1*); 3. 18 Ian Madsen (4*); 4. 9 Daryn Pittman (6*); 5. 29  Kerry Madsen (5*); 6. 99 Brady Bacon (3*); 7. 55 Brooke Tatnell (9); 8. 7w Tasker Phillips (7); 9. 1x Chad Trout (8).

Tasos Steak House Heat two (started, qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. 10 Dakota Hendrickson (1); 2. 49 Brad Sweet (2*); 3. 19m Brent Marks (3*); 4. 1 Sammy Swindell (4*); 5. 21 Brian Brown (6*); 6. 93 Sheldon Haudenschild (8); 7. 18JS Jason Solwold, Burlington, WA (7); 8. 19 Bob Weuve (9); 9. 57 Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA (5).

Arnold Motor Supply Heat three (started, qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. 24 Rico Abreu (4); 2. 13 Mark Dobmeier (1*); 3. 41 Jason Johnson (3*); 4. 2 Danny Lasoski (5*); 5. 5  David Gravel (6*); 6. 10v Rager Phillips (2); 7. 7 Paul McMahan (8); DNS – 71 Robert Bell.

TK Concrete Keith Hutton Memorial “King of the Hill” Match Races, 2 laps:  
Round one:
(1) 9 Daryn Pittman defeats (8) 3H James McFadden 
(4) 5 David Gravel defeats (5) 18 Ian Madsen 
(7) 2 Danny Lasoski defeats (2) 24 Rico Abreu 
(3) 21 Brian Brown defeats (6) 29 Kerry Madsen

Round two:  
(1) 9 Daryn Pittman defeats (4) 5 David Gravel 
(3) 21 Brian Brown defeats (7) 2 Danny Lasoski

Final Round:  
(1) 9 Daryn Pittman defeats (3) 21 Brian Brown

B Main (started), 10 laps: 1. 5H Cory Eliason (2); 2. 10v Rager Phillips (1); 3. 93 Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 4. 7w Tasker Phillips (4); 5. 55 Brooke Tatnell (5); 6. 7 Paul McMahan (6); 7. 1x Chad Trout (7); 8. 19 Bob Weuve (8); 9. 71 Robert Bell (9); DNS – 57 Kyle Larson, 18JS Jason Solwold.

Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Qualifying presented by Country Builders Construction, 2 laps (draw order) : 1.  9 Daryn Pittman, 15.196 (12); 2. 21 Brian Brown, 15.208 (7); 3. 5 David Gravel, 15.295 (25); 4. 29 Kerry Madsen, 15.305 (20); 5. 57 Kyle Larson, 15.313 (11); 6. 2 Danny Lasoski, 15.318 (3); 7. 18 Ian Madsen, 15.347 (9); 8. 1 Sammy Swindell, 15.353 (23); 9. 24 Rico Abreu, 15.358 (10); 10. 99 Brady Bacon, 15.453 (4); 11. 19m Brent Marks, 15.509 (19); 12. 41 Jason Johnson, 15.532 (26); 13. 3H James McFadden, 15.558 (24); 14. 49 Brad Sweet, 15.561 (27); 15. 10V Rager Phillips, 15.572 (2); 16. 2KS Craig Dollansky, 15.576 (22); 17. 10 Dakota Hendrickson, 15.580 (14); 18. 13 Mark Dobmeier, 15.592 (16); 19. 7w Tasker Phillips, 15.615 (18); 20. 18JS Jason Solwold, 15.623 (1); 21. 5H Cory Eliason, 15.657 (13); 22. 1X Chad Trout, 15.670; 23. 93 Sheldon Haudenschild, 15.676 (8); 24. 7 Paul McMahan, 15.708 (5); 25. 55 Brooke Tatnell, 15.809 (6); 26. 19 Bob Weuve, 16.438 (21); 27. 71 Robert Bell, 17.569 (15).

List of Front Challenge Winners
3-Time Winners
9 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (2008, 2012 & 2016)
1 Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN  (2009, 2010 & 2011)
2-Time Winners
21 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (2013 & 2014)
Jeff Shepard, Upperco, MD (2000 & 2004)
 Lance DeWease, Fayetteville, PA (2001 & 2003)
Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, CA (1998 & 2002)
1-Time Winners
49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (2015)
Rob Chaney, Wooster, OH (2007)
Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (2006)
2 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (2005)
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (1999)
Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (1996 Night #1)
Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (1996 Night #2)

 * Mother Nature won the 1997 Event *

Monday, August 8, 2016

Vanous Holds On to Win Hobby Stocks on Autism Awareness Night

Vanous Holds On to Win Hobby Stocks on Autism Awareness Night
by Jeremy Fox

Vinton, Iowa (August 7th, 2016) - Sunday Night was Autism Awareness Night at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton and 64 cars signed in to tame the quarter mile oval. Hobby Stocks winner got some extra prizes like a new tire and others stuff from Boubin Tire and Tire Plus.

Winners on the night was Darrick Knutsen (Micro Mods), Curtis Roster (Stock Cars), Tony Olson (SportMods), Brett Vanous (Hobby Stocks) and Ronn Lauritzen (Modifeds).

First feature of the night was the 12 lap BCS Micro Mods feature and it was Darrick Knutsen wrestling the lead away from Kaden Reynolds at the drop of the green. Knutsen pulled away and cruised on to take his first win in a MicroMod ahead of Don Erger. Russ Olson took third ahead of Kaden Reynolds and Scott Beatty.

After the intial start was called back in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event, it was Buck Swanson taking the lead. Swanson held on to that top spot until Curtis Roster and Damon Murty chased him down and Roster took the lead away on lap nine and Murty grabbed second. Roster and Murty began to battle for the lead when the caution came out on lap 14 for Chad Siems lost a driveshaft on the front stretch. Roster held off Murty to take his second win of the season. Swanson finished third, Norman Chesmore was fourth and Justin Stander was fifth.

Mike McNeal led the first two laps of the 16 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature event before Curt Hilmer worked his way from fifth to first on lap three. Hilmer saw Tony and Kyle Olson on his back side just as the caution came out on lap eight for Kurt Hogan around in the bottom of turn three. Hilmer held them off but the caution came out again on lap 11 for McNeal in turn two. Hilmer saw Tony Olson take the lead away on lap 13, Olson would go on to take his eighth win in Vinton. Hilmer finished second with Kyle Olson in third. Matt Petrzelka finished fourth on his fathers birthday and Danny Dvorak finished fifth.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature, also saw the inital start called back but when it did get going it was Justin Ginther taking the lead. Ginther fought off early challenges from Michael Kimm. Matt Brown worked his way up to second and got by Ginther just before the caution came out on lap seven for Derek Thran in turn four. On the restart, Brett Vanous worked his way by and took the top spot away. Vanous looked comfortable out front until the caution came out on lap 11 for Thran in turn four. Vanous had to hold off challenges from Nathan Ballard and Brown but it was Vanous making sure he was not to be denied the win. Ballard, Brown, Matt Pohlman and Justin Wacha rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds feature event and it was Mike Burbridge taking advantage of his front row starting spot by leading lap one but shortly after the caution came out for Tommy Belmer and Rod Clement in turn two. Burbridge was not fazed as he continued to lead until track point leader Ronn Laurtizen worked his way from ninth to second on lap five. Laurtizen took the lead away on lap six and two laps later the caution came out when Patrick Flannagan came to a stop in turn one with a flat tire. Lauritzen looked to be heading on to the easy win until the caution came out on lap 18 for Dennis Betzer in turn two. Lauritzen and the field saw the caution came out again on lap 19 for Kaleb Bentley, Dennis LaVeine and Burbridge getting together in turn one. Lauritzen held on through the green-white-checkered restart to take his fourth win at BCS this season. Brandon Maitland, Tony Snyder, Jerry Dedrick and Troy Cordes round out the top five.

Racing action continues next sunday night at the Benton County Speedway with the gates opening at 4pm, Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing to Follow.

For more information check out http://www.jjamracing.net/

Benton County Speedway
Autism Awareness Night
August 7th, 2016

IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 2. 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo; 3. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 4. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 5. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 6. 40RC Rod Clement, Rhodes; 7. 4 Ryan Maitland, Waterloo; 8. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 9. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 10. 43B Tommy Belmer, Manchester; 11. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 12. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 13. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 14. 71 Dennis LaVeine, Burlington; 15. 21 Brennen Chipp, Waterloo; 16. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids.

Heat 1 - 1. Brandon Maitland; 2. Ryan Maitland; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Burbridge; 5. Flannagan; 6. LaVeine; 7. Hanson; 8. Belmer.
Heat 2 - 1. Chipp; 2. Snyder; 3. Dedrick; 4. Hogan; 5. Cordes; 6. Bentley; 7. Betzer; 8. Clement.

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 2. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3. 171 Buck Swanson, Waterloo; 4. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 5. 67 Justin Stander, Vinton; 6. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 7. 22D Jared Daggett, Marshalltown; 8. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 9. 3T Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 10. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 11. 76S Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 12. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale.

Heat 1 - 1. Swanson; 2. Roster; 3. Ebaugh; 4. Stander; 5. Chesmore; 6. Siems.
Heat 2 - 1. Daggett; 2. Murty; 3. Dulin; 4. Pippert; 5. Galli; DNS Ahrendsen.

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 2. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 3. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 4. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 5. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 6. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Vinton; 7. 87J Christian Jordan, Lowden; 8. 13 Rob Winters, Marion; 9. MR09 Kurt Hogan, Vinton; 10. 6K Mike McNeal, Van Horne; 11. 71 Scott Meyers, Newhall; 12. K9 Brian Kauffman, Cedar Rapids.

Heat 1 - 1. Hogan; 2. Kyle Olson; 3. Meyers; 4. Winters; 5. McNeal; 6. Dvorak.
Heat 2 - 1. Petrzelka; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Sellers; 4. Hilmer; 5. Jordan; 6. Kauffman.

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 357 Brett Vanous, Quaesqueton; 2. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 3. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 4. 4P Matt Pohlman, Keystone; 5. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 6. 48 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 7. 20CK Justin Ginther, Independence; 8. 51 Michael Kimm, Cedar Rapids; 9. 23 Andrew Torkelson, Lisbon; 10. 1 Scott Siems, Cedar Falls; 11. 75D Dale Kite, Keystone; 12. 71A Kyle Dulin, Vinton; 13. 707 Derek Thran, Grundy Center; 14. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 15. 46 Brian Happel, Van Horne.

Heat 1 - 1. Brown; 2. Ballard; 3. Vanous; 4. Dulin; 5. Floyd; 6. Thran; 7. Siems; 8. Pohlman.
Heat 2 - 1. Wacha; 2. Happel; 3. Ginther; 4. Petrzelka; 5. Kimm; 6. Torkelson; 7. Kite.

BCS Micro Mods

Feature - 1. 15K Darrick Knutsen, Center Point; 2. 6 Don Erger, Brandon; 3. 4 Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids; 4. 1 Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids; 5. 13 Scott Beatty, Urbana; 6. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 7. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 8. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 9. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart.

Heat - 1. Reynolds; 2. Olson; 3. Knutsen; 4. Beatty; 5. Erger; 6. Post; 7. Hilmer; 8. Murty; 9. McNeal.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Cooney Flexs His Muscles and Dominates at Marshalltown

Cooney Flexs His Muscles and Dominates at Marshalltown
by Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (August 5th, 2016) - Made my fifth visit to my hometown track, Marshalltown Speedway since my Friday Night track for the 2016 season has ended and when I arrived at the track the best sign of the night was the road was back up to the road meaning there was going to be a good field of cars signed in to tame the high-banked quarter mile oval.

Feature winners included Josh May (Mod Lites), Austin Luellen (SportMods), Eric Stanton (Hobby Stocks), Damon Murty (Stock Cars), Trent Jackson (Modifieds) and Todd Cooney (Late Models). Officially 117 cars signed in for Toby K's Hideaway Night at the races.

First feature of the night was the 12 lap Mod Lites feature and it was "Huggie Bear" Joel Huggins grabbing the top spot on lap one but Josh May, who started seventh worked his way up to take the top spot away on lap five. May cruised on to take his sixth win at Marshalltown in 2016 and thanked his sister Chelsea for letting him borrow parts for her race car to make the feature. Cory Sauerman got by Huggins for second. Travis Stensland and Randy Bryan rounded out the top five.

Tom Rawlins started outside row two in the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature event but by the end of lap one, Rawlins was in position number one. Rawlins continued to lead holding off Curt Hilmer until just after the sixth lap was completed, they made contact in turn two sending both of them to the tail. Austin Luellen running third at the time would inherit the lead and never look back as he would cruise on to his first win at Marshalltown. Travis Peterson finished second meanwhile track point leader Jared Van Deest worked his way through the field after starting at the back because of mechanical issues in hot laps to finish third. Jonathan Logue was fourth and Taylor Musselman was fifth.

Before a lap was completed in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, the caution flag came out when Travis Merical spin turn one forcing a complete restart. Jack Phillips grabbed the when the race finally got going but just after one lap was scored the caution came out again this time because John Watson came to rest on the front stretch. Phillips saw Eric Knutson and Gary Pfantz started behind him but on lap three it was Leah Wroten that found her way up there to take the lead away from Phillips. Wroten and the field saw the caution come out on lap five for Phillips, Knutson and Pfantz on the front stretch so that placed Eric Stanton on the back bumper of Wroten on the restart. Wroten held off Stanton until lap eight when Stanton took the lead away. Stanton led the remaining laps to take 11th win of the season at Marshalltown in 2016 despite a pair of cautions on lap 13 forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Ryan Grochala, who finished fourth in points at ISF finished second. Wroten slipped back to a third place finish, Jamie Songer was fourth and Luke Bird finished fifth after starting 17th.

Jeff Wollam started inside row two of the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature but by the end of lap one, it was Wollam leading. Wollam was comfortable out front but the caution came out on lap three for Jason Minnehan on the backstretch and Russell Damme Jr in turn two. Wollam got a great restart and ran the bottom side meanwhile "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty was working on the high side and worked his way from ninth to grab the top spot away on lap eight. Murty pulled away and went on to take his seventh win at Marshalltown in 2016. David Brandies took second away from Wollam, Wollam settled for third. Dave Atcher and Donavon Smith rounded out the top five.

"Hot" Rod Clement had a hot rod early in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature event, as he wrestled the top spot away from Scott Davis and held off challenges early. On lap six, Trent Jackson, who won his first Modified feature win back on July 8th, taking the top spot away from Clement. Jackson never gave the lead up as he led the remaining laps to take his second win. Jacob Murray finished second ahead of Jimmy Gustin and Ronn Lauritzen. Joel Rust was running second at the white flag but experienced troubles managing to cross the finish line in fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 25 lap IMCA Late Models feature event but before a lap was completed the caution came out when front row starters Ben Seemann and John Emerson getting together in turn two. That moved up Luke Goedert and Darrel DeFrance to the front row and it was the Hometown boy DeFrance grabbing the to spot just like he did the previous two times at Marshalltown. Just after the completion of lap one the red flag came out when Curtis Glover, Craig Jacobs and Doug McCollough went off the top side of turn one. All three cars remained on four wheels but all saw their nights end. DeFrance got a great restart but Todd Cooney worked his way from the 12th place starting spot and made the move to take the lead away on lap seven. Shortly after the caution came out when Paul Conrad went of the top side of turn one and two. Cooney got a great restart and began to pull away only to see the caution come out on lap 12 for Charlie McKenna in turn four. Cooney was not going to be fazed as he pulled away running the high side to go on to take the win. Goedert finished second, Richie Gustin got by points leader Darrel DeFrance to take third. Emerson worked his way back through the field to finish fifth.

Racing action continues next Friday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway with all six classes in competion including the Late Models. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

For more information check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/ or Like Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook.

Marshalltown Speedway
Toby K's Hideaway Night
August 5th, 2016

IMCA Late Models

Feature - 1. 30 Todd Cooney, Des Moines; 2. 44 Luke Goedert, Guttenburg; 3. 19G Richie Gustin Jr., Gilman; 4. 99D Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown; 5. 87 John Emerson, Waterloo; 6. 60 Ben Seemann, Waterloo; 7. 76 Jason Hahne, Webster City; 8. 15C Curt Schroeder, Newton; 9. 05 Paul Nagle, Nevada; 10. 17 Kirby Schultz, Albia; 11. 22 Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake; 12. 23 Paul Conrad, Colo; 13. 7 Jenna Johnson, Mitchellville; 14. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 15. 70 Jerry King, Waterloo; 16. 32 Curtis Glover, Des Moines; 17. 95 Craig Jacobs, Urbandale; 18. 8 Doug McCollough, Webster City.

Heat 1 - 1. Cooney; 2. DeFrance; 3. Gustin; 4. Glover; 5. Schroeder; 6. Schultz.
Heat 2 - 1. Goedert; 2. McKenna; 3. Seemann; 4. Hamilton; 5. Conrad; 6. Nagle.
Heat 3 - 1. King; 2. Emerson; 3. Hahne; 4. Jacobs; 5. McCollough; 6. Johnson.

IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 12X Trent Jackson, Marshalltown; 2. 48J Jacob Murray, Hartford; 3. 19 Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown; 4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 5. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 6. 2L Adam Larson, Ames; 7. 11X Tom Berry Jr., Medford, Ore.; 8. 12 Andrew Kinser, State Center; 9. 57V Mike Van Genderen, Newton; 10. 29 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa; 11. 40RC Rod Clement, Rhodes; 12. 4TW Tim Ward, Harcourt; 13. 81D Scott Davis, Madrid; 14. 57 Tyler Gross, Bondurant; 15. 43S Scott Simatovich, State Center; 16. 8 Tony Snyder, Sumner; 17. 5B Austin Bishop, Manchester; 18. 68C Austin Emry, Kellogg; 19. 237 Zack Rawlins, Newton; 20. 22 Schuyler Nahre, Indianapolis, Ind.; 21. 21K Kyle Brown, State Center; 22. 12XX Brett Ladehoff, Marshalltown; DNS/23. 17R Derek Reimer, St. Anthony.

Heat 1 - 1. Clement; 2. Berry; 3. Rust; 4. Van Genderen; 5. Rawlins; 6. Gross; 7. Snyder; 8. Reimer.
Heat 2 - 1. Davis; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Larson; 4. Gustin; 5. Simatovich; 6. Ver Beek; 7. Bishop; 8. Emry.
Heat 3 - 1. Kinser; 2. Jackson; 3. Brown; 4. Murray; 5. Ward; 6. Ladehoff; 7. Nahre.

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 71B David Brandies, Wilton; 3. 3W Jeff Wollam, Marshalltown; 4. 2 Dave Atcher, Marshalltown; 5. 35 Donavon Smith, Lake City; 6. 94 Steve Meyer, Grundy Center; 7. 25 Trent Murphy, Jefferson; 8. 93 Michael Jaennette, Newton; 9. 5A Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 10. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven, Sully; 11. 7 Jason Minnehan, Chrudan; 12. 2X Kyle Everts, Holland; 13. 16X Nate Thelen, Kellogg; 14. 1M Russ Byriel, Des Moines; 15. 50X Kevin Balmer, Garwin; 16. 47 Darin Dezwarte, Knoxville; 17. 42 Doug Russell, Conrad; 18. 22 Dave Mehmen, Baxter; 19. 3 Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 20. 4JR Russell Damme Jr, Waterloo; DNS/21. 55 Brandon Hill, Des Moines.

Heat 1 - 1. Jaennette; 2. Minnehan; 3. Brandies; 4. Smith; 5. Nunnikhoven; 6. Kevin Balmer; 7. Mehmen; 8. Everts.
Heat 2 - 1. Atcher; 2. Murty; 3. Wollam; 4. Damme; 5. Dulin; 6. Hill; DQ 23L Curt Balmer, Green Mounain.
Heat 3 - 1. Meyer; 2. Thelen; 3. Pickett; 4. Murphy; 5. Russell; 6. Byriel; 7. Dezwarte.

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. 3A Austin Luellen, Minburn; 2. 25T Travis Peterson, Gladbrook; 3. 80J Jared Van Deest, Holland; 4. 69JR Jonathan Logue, Boone; 5. 13T Taylor Musselman, Norwalk; 6. 86 Cory Rose, Boone; 7. 1M Mitch Manternach, Earlville; 8. 30 Shawn Cooney, Des Moines; 9. 11 Ethan Braaksma, Newton; 10. 32N Neil Follett, Conrad; 11. 25 Kevin Yeartington, Des Moines; 12. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 13. 98 Bill Hildreth, Rhodes; 14. 33R DJ Robinson, Ankeny; 15. 36A Andy Edwards, Parkersburg; 16. T17 Tom Rawlins, Kellogg; 17. 77AU Frank Packer, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 18. 61 Brandon Patava, Des Moines; 19. 93 Hunter Longnecker, Boone; 20. 52R Marty Rouse, Grundy Center; 21. 8 Dusty Masolini, Des Moines; DNS/22. 5T Tyler Inman, Des Moines; DNS/23. 57R Ryan King, Montour.

Heat 1 - 1. Luellen; 2. Hilmer; 3. Hildreth; 4. Follett; 5. Rouse; 6. Braaksma; DQ/7. Longnecker; DNS/8. Van Deest.
Heat 2 - 1. Peterson; 2. Rawlins; 3. Masolini; 4. Robinson; 5. Musselman; 6. Patava; 7. King; 8. Edwards.
Heat 3 - 1. Yearington; 2. Logue; 3. Cooney; 4. Rose; 5. Packer; 6. Inman; 7. Manternach.

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton, Carlisle; 2. 77G Ryan Grochala, Pleasant Hill; 3. 14C Leah Wroten, Independence; 4. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 5. 88 Luke Bird, Winthrop; 6. 12K Eric Knutson, Grimes; 7. 42T Tyson Overton, Carlisle; 8. 00 Jack Phillips, Mitchellville; 9. 14T Mitchell Thomas, Marshalltown; 10. 89 Dakota Feickert, Webster City; 11. 42Z Brandon Pitts, Ames; 12. 17 Andy Peck, Newton; 13. 78XX Craig Lovig, Marshalltown; 14. 75M Preston Merical, Collins; 15. 83 Eugene Nicklas, Grinnell; 16. 85 Dillon Million, Marshalltown; 17. 4X Gary Pfantz, State Center; 18. 4W John Watson, Des Moines; 19. 81M Travis Merical, Marshalltown; DNS/20. 2L Leonard Loftus, Des Moines.

Heat 1 - 1. Knutson; 2. Stanton; 3. Nicklas; 4. Overton; 5. Loftus; 6. Million; DNS/7. Preston Merical.
Heat 2 - 1. Wroten; 2. Travis Merical; 3. Lovig; 4. Songer; 5. Feickert; 6. Bird; DNS/7. Pitts.
Heat 3 - 1. Gorchala; 2. Pfantz; 3. Phillips; 4. Watson; 5. Thomas; 6. Peck.

Mod Lites

Feature
- 1. 99 Josh May, Des Moines; 2. 17 Cory Sauerman, Grimes; 3. X50 Joel Huggins, Pleasant Hill; 4. 89 Travis Stensland, Nevada; 5. 64 Randy Bryan, Des Moines; 6. 6 Mike Morrill, Altoona; 7. 3G Joe Glick, Des Moines; 8. 46 Kevin Grisham, Ogden; 9. 4L Larry Sorenson, Ames; 10. 7 Erin Turner, Newton; DNS/11. 18M Chelsea May, DeSoto.

Heat 1 - 1. Bryan; 2. Stensland; 3. Morrill; 4. Turner; 5. Grisham; 6. Chelsea May.
Heat 2 - 1. Huggins; 2. Glick; 3. Sorenson; 4. Josh May; 5. Sauerman.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Four First Time Winners and Mechanic Races Headlined Yaw's Auto Salvage Night at SIS

Four First Time Winners and Mechanic Races Headlined Yaw's Auto Salvage Night at SIS
by Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 3rd, 2016)
- Its been one month since the Southern Iowa Speedway saw racing action during the first night of the stock car shootout but Wednesday Night, there was some racing again. Yaw's Auto Salvage of Des Moines was the nights sponsor wth 58 cars signed in to tame the monster plus the Mechanic's took to the track after the features were completed for mechanic races.

James Roose (IMCA Sport Compacts) , Nathan Wood (IMCA Stock Cars), Andrew Schroeder (IMCA Modifieds) and Scott Shull (IMCA Hobby Stocks) all take first wins at Osky in 2016 meanwhile Curtis VanDerWal takes IMCA SportMods again.

First feature of the night was the ten lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature and by the end of lap one, it was John Whalen leading with Brad Havel running second. Havel took the top spot away on lap two and look to be heading on to the win but on lap seven, Havel exited the race track after he experienced issues under the red flag for Bill Whalen Jr., John Whalen and Ryan Havel getting together on the front stretch. That handed the lead over to Levi Heath, who was running fifth at the end of previous lap but James Roose took the lead away on the restart and it was Roose going on to take his first career win. Brandon Allison, first night out at Osky came home with a second place finish ahead of Heath. Brad Havel and John Whalen rounded out the top five.

Donnie Pearson and Mike Brown led the field to the green in the 18 lap Budweiser IMCA Stock Car feature but by the end of lap one, it was Mike Hughes taking the lead meanwhile all eyes were on Cayden Carter. Carter however experience issues forcing him to exit to the pits just after one lap was completed. Hughes saw Nathan Wood begin to get up along side and they began to battle it out for the race lead. Wood took the top spot on lap eight and would go on and take his first win at Osky in 2016 ahead of Hughes. Derrick Agee was third, Pearson was fourth and Louis Lynch was fifth.

In the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods 16 lap feature event, Cory Van Zante grabbed the top spot with Trent Brink running second until lap six when Curtis VanDerWal worked his way through the field from his ninth place starting spot. Van Zante saw VanDerWal chase him down and begin to battle for the top spot, VanDerWal took the lead away from Van Zante on lap 12. VanDerWal went on to take his sixth win at Osky in 2016, Van Zante was second. Brayton Carter, Brett Lowry and Brink finished third through fifth respectively.

Cayden Carter started outside the front row of the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 16 lap feature and he took advantage by leading the opening lap but Andrew Schroeder wrestled the top spot away from Carter on lap two. Schroeder began to pull away from Carter, Carter saw Colt Mather take second on lap six before exiting on lap ten. Schroeder went on to take his first win of the season at Osky ahead of Mather, Jesse Dennis, Tyler Groenendyk and Ron VerBeek.

Final Feature of the night was the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks feature and it was Scott Shull grabbing the top spot from his outside second row starting spot. Shull got out to a large lead before the caution came out on lap seven for PJ Veenstra in turn two so that placed Danny Thrasher and Dustin Griffiths right on his back bumper but that was not going to slow Shull as he got a great restart meanwhile Griffiths got by Thrasher on lap ten. Shull again looked to be heading on to the win but the caution came on lap 14 of the scheduled 15 laps for Kirk Puttmann forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Shull was not going to be denied his first win at Osky in 2016, as he held off Griffiths and Thrasher for the win. Nick Ulin was fourth and Bobby Greene was fifth.

After the feature action was completed the Mechanics took their turns at spinning some laps. Donny Allison won the Sport Compacts Mechanics, Richard Yaw won the Stock Cars/Hobby Stocks Mechanics and Michael Pederson won the Modifieds/SportMods Mechanics race.

Next Up for the speedway is the 21st Annual Price Chopper Front Row Challenge Presented by Musco Lighting, Searsboro Telephone Co., TK Concrete, Hiland Dairy Foods and Seafoam Motor Treatment $20,000 to win for National Sprint League 410 Sprint Cars on Monday August 8th. Lucas Beebe will be performing in the pits before and after the races.

Weekly Racing action will be on a hiatus again until Wednesday Night August 31st when the regular season ends with Season Championships presented by Yaw's Auto Salvage. All five IMCA Classes will be racing with Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm. 

Then keep your eyes open for details about the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge on October 7th and 8th.

For more information check out Oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night Facebook.

Southern Iowa Speedway
Yaw's Auto Salvage Night
August 3rd, 2016

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 2. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 3. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning); 4. 9 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 5. 29 Ron VerBeek (Oskaloosa); 6. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.); 7. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 8. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); DNS/9. 19SB Lance Mari (Imperial, Calif.).

Heat - 1. Schroeder; 2. Mather; 3. Carter; 4. Dennis; 5. Groenendyk; 6. Dickey; 7. Dotson; 8. VerBeek; 9. Mari.

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 2. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, Missouri); 4. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 5. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, Missouri); 6. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 7. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa); 8. 73C Carl Yaw (Pleasant Hill); 9. 55 Brandon Hill (Des Moines); 10. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); DNS/11. 7 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa).

Heat 1 - 1. Hughes; 2. Pearson; 3. Agee; 4. Yaw; 5. Welch; 6. Hill.
Heat 2 - 1. Wood; 2. Carter; 3. Lynch; 4. Brown; 5. Walker.

KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 5. 84B Trent Brink (Bussey); 6. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 7. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 8. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 9. 40 Dakota Simmons (Douds); 10. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 11. 16 Matthew Van Gelder (Pella); 12. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 13. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 14. 9A Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 15. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 16. 41 AJ Johnson (New Sharon).

Heat 1 - 1.Carter; 2. Brink; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Paul; 5. Livezey; 6. Scott Brau; 7. Simmons.
Heat 2 - 1. McDaniel; 2. Van Zante; 3. Van Gelder; 4. VanDenBerg; 5. Lowry; 6. Danny Brau; 7. Tony Johnson; 8. AJ Johnson.

Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 57 Scott Shull (Agency); 2. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 3. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 4. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 5. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 6. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 7. 32TX PJ Veenstra (Oskaloosa); 8. 71S Dave Seddon (Knoxville); 9. 19 Jason Dooley (Indianola); 10. 19X Charlie Bach (Troy Mills); 11. 7 Kirk Puttmann (Keota); 12. 7K Kelsie Spilman (Hedrick); 13. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter).

Heat 1 - 1. Griffiths; 2. Ulin; 3. Greene; 4. Veenstra; 5. Spilman; 6. Puttmann; 7. Bach.
Heat 2 - 1. Thrasher; 2. Shull; 3. Nelson; 4. Huffman; 5. Seddon; 6. Dooley.

IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature - 1. 86R James Roose (Grandview); 2. 25K Brandon Allison (Oskaloosa); 3. 9H Levi Heath (Wilton); 4. 11H Brad Havel (Iowa City); 5. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 6. 00W Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside); 7. 0 Ryan Havel (Iowa City); 8. 23B Jason Breuklander (Oskaloosa); 9. 41 James Moody (Oskaloosa); 10. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City).

Heat - 1. Brad Havel; 2. Ryan Havel; 3. Moody; 4. John Whalen; 5. Bill Whalen; 6. Evans; 7. Heath; 8. Allison; 9. Breuklander; 10. Roose.

Mechanics Races

Modifieds/SportMods - 1. 72 Michael Pederson; 2. 40 Jim Simmons; 3. 7 McKenzie Mitchell. 4. 01 Brayton Carter

Stock Cars/Hobby Stocks - 1. 73C Richard Yaw; 2. 19 August Bach; 3. 55 Trey Newman; 4. 14 Derek Hawk; 5. 7K Mike Spilman; 6. 32TX Bobby Greene

Sport Compacts - 1. 25K Donny Allison; 2. 23B Travis Musgrave; DNS 77 Ben Sands; DNS 0 Chris Havel.

Monday, August 1, 2016

Maitland, Murty, Dvorak, Ballard and Erger Claim Wins on Down Syndrome Night at BCS

Maitland, Murty, Dvorak, Ballard and Erger Claim Wins on Down Syndrome Night at BCS
by Jeremy Fox

Vinton, Iowa (July 31st, 2016) - Why not making three nights in a row at the races? Sunday Night, I headed off to the Benton County Speedway for Down Syndrome Night. The kids got to join in the fun as there was kids rides at Intermission plus 15 bikes were given away courtesy of the Swanson Family.

71 cars signed in to claim victory on night #15 of racing in Vinton. Feature Winners included Don Erger, Damon Murty, Danny Dvorak, Ryan Maitland and Nathan Ballard.

First feature was the BCS Micro Mods 12 lap feature and it was Derrick Knutsen and Kaden Reynolds led the field to the green but after the intial start was called back it was Don Erger grabbing the top spot. Only thing slowing Erger down was the red flag on lap two for Russ Olson spinning in turn one and then Scott Beatty flipped, Olson was able to continue but Beatty had some mechanical issues preventing him from continuing. Erger got a great restart and never looked back cruising to 11th win of the season at Vinton and fourth in a row. Cole McNeal took second, Reynolds was third, Dallon Murty was fourth and Knutsen was fifth.

Buck Swanson grabbed the top spot early in the IMCA Stock Cars 16 lap feature however Mitchell Evens was right there and began to challenge for the top spot. Evens took the lead away on lap three but it was short lived as Curtis Roster took it away on lap five. The caution came out just after the completion of lap five when Lon Mercer spun in turn four. Roster lead until he had a flat tire forcing him to head to the pits giving the lead over to Damon Murty. Roster was lucky though as the caution came out just after lap nine for Evens and Swanson on the backstretch, allowing him to return to the track. Murty saw the caution come out one more time on lap 13 for Scooter Dulin in turn three but Murty was not going to be denied his seventh win at BCS in 2016. Scott Pippert got by Justin Stander for second at the line, Roster came back to finish fourth and Norman Chesmore was fifth.

Curt Hilmer started inside row two of the 16 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature but by the end of lap one, he was the leader. However just after the first lap was completed the caution came out for Kyle Olson, Gage Neal and Christian Jordan spinning in turn one. Hilmer continued to lead until the caution came out again on lap six for emergency in the grandstands. Danny Dvorak had worked his way through the field and took the top spot away on the restart and it was Dvorak holding on to take his second win on his home track. Matt Petrzelka took second, Hilmer fell back to third, Kurt Hogan was fourth and Tony Olson worked his way back up to finish fifth after he had a flat tire on lap one.

Dennis Betzer led the first lap of the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature but it was Shawn Ritter taking the lead on lap two. Ritter saw Patrick Flannagan work his way around Betzer to battle for the lead and it was Flannagan taking the lead on lap eight. However just after that the two made contact in turn one bring the caution out, that gave the lead over to Tony Snyder. Snyder saw Ryan Maitland on his back bumper and it was Maitland taking the lead away on lap 13. Maitland led the remaining laps to take his first win at BCS in 2016. Ronn Lauritzen was second ahead of Snyder, Scott Hogan and Brandon Maitland.

Final feature of the night had the largest field of 19 cars and that was 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event. Brian Happel started outside row one and by the end of lap one it was Happel in the top spot but Nathan Ballard worked his way from eighth to second by lap two. The caution came out on lap three for Michael Kimm sitting on the back stretch. Ballard took the lead away from Happel on lap six and just after that, Happel spun in turn two bring out the caution. Ballard saw the caution come out twice just after lap seven was scored, first for a tire in turn four and then for Adam Petrzelka on the front stretch. Just after lap eight was scored the caution came out again when Kyle Dulin and Scott Siems got together in turn three. Ballard got a great restart but the caution came out one final time on lap 11 for Matt Brown in turn two. Ballard was not going to be denied seventh win. Brett Vanous, Matt Pohlman, Justin Wacha and Leah Wroten rounded out the top five.

Racing action continues Next Sunday Night with all five classes in action. Kids are reminded to bring pennies for cancer drive. Gates Open at 4pm, Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing to Follow.

For more information check out http://www.jjamracing.net/

Benton County Speedway
Down Syndrome Night
July 31st, 2016

IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 4 Ryan Maitland, Waterloo; 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 3. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 4. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 5. 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo; 6. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 7. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Vinton; 8. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 9. 7SR Shawn Ritter, Keystone; 10. CH19 Colby Heishman, Brooklyn; 11. 12X Brett Ladehoff, Marshalltown.

Heat 1 - 1. Ritter; 2. Ryan Matiland; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Flannagan; 5. Betzer; 6. Ladehoff.
Heat 2 - 1. Snyder; 2. Brandon Maitland; 3. Hogan; 4. Dedrick; 5. Heishman.

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 3. 67 Justin Stander, Shellsburg; 4. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 5. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 6. 3T Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 7. 42 Lon Mercer, Urbana; 8. 22D Jared Daggett, Marshalltown; 9. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 10. 76S Chad Siems, Cedar Rapids; 11. 171 Buck Swanson, Waterloo; 12. 8E Mitchell Evens, Independence; 13. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale; DNS/14. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids.

Heat 1 - 1. Roster; 2. Mercer; 3. Dulin; 4. Chesmore; 5. Galli; 6. Siems; 7. Daggett.
Heat 2 - 1. Swanson; 2. Pippert; 3. Evens; 4. Murty; 5. Ebaugh; 6. Stander; 7. Ahrendsen.

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 2. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 3. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 4. MR09 Kurt Hogan, Vinton; 5. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 6. 12N Gage Neal, Ely; 7. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Vinton; 8. 8ED Lee Becker, Belle Plaine; 9. 10 Lee Rouse, Atkins; 10. 10K Mike Knapp, Cedar Rapids; 11. 71 Scott Meyers, Newhall; 12. 13 Rob Winters, Marion; 13. 5JR Jami Ritter, Keystone; 14. 87J Christian Jordan, Lowden; 15. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 16. 36 Jacob Salisbury, Dunkerton; 17. 05 Aaron Mitchell, Palo; 18. 6K Mike McNeal, Van Horne.

Heat 1 - 1. Becker; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Hogan; 4. Sellers; 5. Jordan; 6. Winters; 7. Kyle Olson; 8. Rouse.
Heat 2 - 1. Dvorak; 2. Ritter; 3. Neal; 4. Hilmer; 5. Petrzelka; 6. Meyers; 7. Salisbury; 8. Mitchell; 9. McNeal.

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 2. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 3. 4P Matt Pohlman, Keystone; 4. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 5. 14C Leah Wroten, Independence; 6. 09 Daniel Wauters, Iowa City; 7. T64 Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 8. 19X August Bach, Newton; 9. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 10. 717 Zach Swanson, Waterloo; 11. 46 Brian Happel, Van Horne; 12. 20CK Justin Ginther, Independence; 13. 51 Michael Kimm, Cedar Rapids; 14. 71A Kyle Dulin, Brandon; 15. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 16. 1 Scot Siems, Cedar Falls; 17. 707 Derek Thran, Grundy Center; 18. M35 Chad Mannion,  Waterloo; 19. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids.

Heat 1 - 1. Ballard; 2. Wauters; 3. Brown; 4. Kimm; 5. Bach; 6. Swanson; 7. Thran.
Heat 2 - 1. Vanous; 2. Ginther; 3. Petrzelka; 4. Siems; 5. Dulin; 6. Floyd.
Heat 3 - 1. Happel; 2. Wacha; 3. Wroten; 4. Wilson; 5. Pohlman; 6. Mannion.

BCS Micro Mods

Feature - 1. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 2. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 3. 1 Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids; 4. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 5. 15K Derrick Knutsen, Center Point; 6. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 7. 4 Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids; 8. 33 Travis James, Winthrop; 9. 13 Scott Beatty, Urbana.

Heat - 1. Reynolds; 2. Knutsen; 3. Murty; 4. Erger; 5. Beatty; 6. McNeal; 7. Olson; 8. Post; 9. James