Well this past week i was determined to go racing because i decided to stay home from going to minnesota with my family for the weekend and i made the right choice because i was able to enjoy racing action 5 nights in 6 days can't beat that!
My racing week/weekend started at the Marshalltown Speedway for the 1st ever appearance of the Casey's General Store United States Modified Touring Series to the track. Bring the best drivers from the midwest to see who could say they would be the king of the 1/4 mile race track, two of the drivers many people know because they race in nascar and i am talking about the 2 racing kennys, who love dirt track racing just as much as nascar and that is Kenny Schrader and Kenny Wallace, both of which would sign autographs for the fans before the races and then would go have fun racing with the boys and see if they could win the $2000!
I will tell you i was very impressed and can't wait to see them back at marshalltown again next year so a special thanks goes to toby kruse and his track crew for making a very smooth and fast racing surface and thanks to todd staley (president of the usmts) for bring the usmts to the speedway.
First up on the racing track was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA/USRA Hobby Stocks for their 12 lap feature event. Matt Drottz and Todd Reitzler would lead the field to the green flag and Reitzler would take the lead and would lead the entire feature event but was slowed 3 times, the first on lap 6 when Cody Cleghorn spun in turn 4 and then the next 2 cautions came on lap 11 when Russell Damme spun out in turn 2 and then again on the restart for debris on the front stretch but Reitzler wouldn't let them slow him down as he went on to the victory, Drottz would fall back to 6th. Kenny Hansen would make a last lap pass on Nathan Wood for 2nd, Chad Koch and Dustin Elliott rounded out the top 5.
Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA/USRA Sport Mods, there was a total of 35 cars signed in for them forcing 4 heats and 1 b-feature to set the field. the only major mishap in the heats and b-feature was in the b-feature when cars spun on the front stretch, Lauren Vis #20L smacked the wall head on, she was taken to the hospital but was released just a little sore but she is okay and will be back out there in a couple of weeks.
Now on to the 15 lap feature event, Bill Hildreth and Kevin Sather pace the field to the green flag, this feature was plagued with cautions throughout the event but Kevin Sather wouldn't let him slow him down as he would go on to the victory. Kyle Brown, who started 6th would finish 2nd, 5th place starter Scott Davis would finish 3rd, Luke Wanninger (9th place starter) and AJ Johnson from Oskaloosa (20th place starter) rounded out the top 5.
Aaron's IMCA/USRA Stock Cars were next up for their 18 lap feature, "The Flyin' Dutchman" Mike Van Genderen and "The Iceman" Dusty Vis would start be scheduled to start on the front row but Vis when to the hospital to be with his daughter so "The Flyin Deuce" Dave Atcher would move up from his 4th place starting position to the outside front row a place he would enjoy because he would cruise on to the easy victory in his first night out on the track in 2009. this feature was ran green-to-checkered, finishing behind atcher was Tom Schmitt, Curt Hook, Mike Van Genderen and "The Rock Creek Rocket" Clay Deppe.
The Last feature on the track was the USMTS 4o lap feature event. Top 12 in passing points were locked in the a-main with then the top 4 cars from each b-main getting in then 2 usmts provisionals and then 2 track provisionals. Kelly Shyrock and Jon Tesch would redraw the front row! Tesch would hammer it down and take the lead from the get go. 3 cautions would fly during the race first after 1 lap in the book when 6 cars spun out on the frontstretch, the next when Dean Mahlstedt spun in turn 4 and then the last one came out on lap 24 when Colt Mather would come to a stop in turn 1 & 2. The Watertown, SD driver Jon Tesch goes on to the win. Jason Hughes would finish 2nd, "The Z-man" Zack Vanderbeek finish 3rd, Marshalltown's own "Young Gun" Ryan Gustin would finish 4th and Corey Dripps came 5th. Shyrock fell back to the 6th position.
Racing started at 7pm had a slight delay but racing action finished at 10:40 pm!
Then Thursday Night I rested up to get ready for the busy weekend that i had planned to go and watch the great racing action and trust me i needed a day just to take it easy bc i went to the track every night from friday to monday and i was really impressed!
On Friday Night it was back to the marshalltown speedway for another weekly show sponsored by the marshalltown evening optimist club where kids got in free and also got a free sandwich and a drink. On this night we would see one win streak continue and another one broken but for the 2nd time in one week the marshalltown speedway would be a great race track for the racers.
First up was the Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites for their 15 lap feature event. Randy Bryan and Jason Smithson would lead the field to the green flag, Bryan would take the lead then the first caution would come on lap 3 and it bunched up the field, in that time Mike Morrill and Tim Hennigar were moving to the front! Morrill would make the pass on Bryan on lap 5 and then the only other caution would follow the next lap. Morrill would go on and win and make it 6 for 6 on the year at marshalltown for the car #6, Tim Hennigar would finish 2nd, Dusty Masolini finished 3rd, Eric Hendrickson and Josh May round out the top 5.
Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were they had 33 cars sign in the pits just like any other night at mtown they have had 4 heats and a b-feature to set the field. This Feature was plagued by cautions, the first one came before one lap in the books so they had to go straight up restart. When they would get going Tom Burke would take the lead on lap 1 and then Paul Nagle, his team mate would take the lead on lap 2 and hold the top spot until lap 7 despite 2 cautions one on lap 3 and then lap 5. on the restart nagle was passed by Scott Davis would hold on to the lead despite 3 more cautions coming out on lap 8, 10 and 11. the Final 4 laps ran caution free, Scott Davis would take the win and become the first driver to win other than Kevin Sather. Nagle came home in 2nd, 14 year old Jake Strayer from Newton would finish 3rd, Joel Bushore came home in 4th and Kevin Sather came home 5th.
The Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars were up next with their 18 lap feature. Like the sport mods the stock car feature was plagued with cautions , the first one came before one lap was completed so a straight up restart. Tracy Gienger would take the lead when they got going and hold on until lap 5 were he was passed by Dustin Smith. Smith would hold the top spot despite cautions on lap 5, 7, 8 and 9. Smith would go on to victory, his 3rd win at mtown, Trent Murphy would come 2nd, "The Iceman" Dusty Vis came home in 3rd, Tracy Gienger and Jeff Wollam round out the top 5.
Then Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds came on the race track for their 20 lap feature. Kyle Krampe would take the lead from the start, the first caution would come out on lap 1. the field would be bunched up and on the restart Krampe would passed by "The Iceman" Scott Hogan. Hogan would lose the lead to Vern "Action" Jackson on the very next lap and he checked out in the mean time Adam Larson was on his way to the front and would catch jackson on lap 16 and would pass him on the next lap. Larson would go on to his 3rd victory of the season at the speedway, Jackson would finish 2nd, "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would finish 3rd, "Nitro" Nate Caruth came home 4th and "The Mo'town Missile" Brett Ladehoff came home 5th!
The final feature on the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event, Jake Nelson would take the lead from the start but then a caution came out on lap 2. on the restart "Pistol" Pete Hutzel would take the lead, he would hold it through a caution on lap 5 and then would be passed on the restart of caution on lap 7 by Devin Smith! Smith went on to win his 2nd race of the season at marshalltown. Wednesday night's winner Todd Reitzler finished in the runner up spot, Hutzel would come across the line in 3rd but was disqualified in post race tech moving Michael Timm to 3rd. Michael Murphy of Jefferson came home 4th and Eric Larson of Grundy Center rounded out your top 5.
the Racing action came to an end at 10:52 pm!
Next it was off to the boone speedway for another great saturday night at the home of the supernationals.
First up is the Dwarf Car/Mod Lites for their 12 lap feature event, there was 31 cars signed in so they would run 3 heats and a b-feature to set the field for the feature event. Cory Dennis would pass his dad Rick and David Schmalzried on the start of the race and would take the lead the only caution came out on lap 7. But Cory would not let that affect him so he would cruise on to his 2nd feature win of the season. Andy Hennigar, Rick Dennis, Tim Hennigar and Mike Morrill would round out the top 5.
Up Next was the IMCA Sport Mods for their 18 lap feature event, there was 28 cars signed in so they would also run 3 heats and a b-feature to set the field. Pole Sitter Tara Longnecker opted to go to the tail so that moved Lynn Brockett to the pole, he would take the lead and on to it until lap 3 when he was passed by "The Love Machine" Tim Love on lap 4 and then a caution bunched the field up. Love would hold off challenges until lap 11 when Jeremy Embrey would make the pass and go on to victory. Brian Miller came home 2nd, Geoff Olson 3rd, Matthew Meinecke 4th and Love would follow back to the 5th position.
IMCA Modifieds were next on to the race track, Jerry Carlson would take the lead at the start of the race but then a caution came out after the completion of lap 1. Carlson was passed by Bill Davis Jr on the restart, Davis would show he was not to be denied the win despite 2 more cautions on lap 11 and 18. Davis would go on to the win, Tim Stevens ran 2nd, Jake "The Snake" Durbin came home 3rd, Todd Shute ran 4th and Scott Baker rounded out the top 5.
The IMCA Stock cars would have a couple cars spinout in turn 2 before one lap was in the books. When they got rolling Tim French from Nevada took the lead but then another caution would come out on lap 2. Larry Crocheck made the pass on french on lap 6, only to see the final caution come out on lap 7. Crocheck was able to hold of Donavon Smith and Trent Murphy until lap 12 when Murphy passed for the lead and then Smith passed Crocheck for 2nd. So it was Murphy, Smith, Crocheck, Michael Jeannette and French finishing in the top 5.
The Final Features of the Night was the Hobby Stock Features. In Feature #1, Justin Maschke would go on and take the win despite a caution just past the halfway point. Behind Maschke was Cody Gustoff, Daniel Hilsabeck, Justin Hopkins and Aaron Rudolph. In Feature #2, Jason Purvis would take the lead then a caution came out on lap 1, on the restart purvis was passed by Matt Hudspeth. Another caution would come out on lap 10 but Hudspeth would not be denied as he went on the win, Richard Yaw II finished 2nd, Scott Lagrosso in 3rd, Purvis in 4th and Alan Van Gorp rounded out the top 5!
On Sunday Night, I made the trip to the Stuart Speedway for the 10th Annual Ron Little Memorial Event. When I got there Rhonda Davis welcomed me to the stuart speedway. It was a great night of racing and i will certainly try my best to get back down there because it was fun. the track was smooth, wide and dry slick.
The first division to run the ron little memorial feature was the IMCA Stock Cars. Bryan Snell of Coon Rapids would take the lead but would lose the lead on lap 12 to Tim Bengard. Benegard would go on to the win, Snell would settle for 2nd, this Feature would go green to checkered. Rounding out the top 5 was Jason Day, Josh Daniels and "Flyin" Brian Blessington.
Up Next was the IMCA Sport Mods for 20 laps and this feature was plagued with cautions but it gave us some very close and side by side racing. Shay Woods would take the lead on lap 1 but was passed by Paul Nagle on lap 2. the first caution would come on lap 2, 3 more cautions would fall before halfway including one a lap 9. On the restart Geoff Olson would make the pass on Paul Nagle and go on to the win despite cautions on lap 14 and 18. Olson would get his 1st win of the season, Joel Bushore would sneak by Nagle for 2nd, Luke Wanninger would come home 4th and Kent Croskey came home 5th.
Next on to the race track was the 20 lap IMCA Hobby Stock Feature which saw 25 cars take the green flag. The first caution would come out before 1 lap in the books. When they got going Shannon Anderson would take the lead and never look back despite having cautions on lap 2 and 13, anderson would also have to deal with lap cars and those would be the only thing to slow him down. This win would be his 4 of the week, 14th win of the 2009 season. Behind Anderson was Steve Roberts, Kenny Hansen, Devin Smith and Justin Maschke.
Dwarf Car/Mod Lites would run their 12 lap feature next and they would see a young man Josh May go on to the win despite a caution on lap 7 that bunched the field. May would hold off Mike Morrill for the win. Joel Huggins, Jimmy May and Eric Hendrickson rounded out the top 5.
The IMCA Sport Compacts would come out and run their 12 lap feature event, Colton Nelson would take the lead but a caution would come out after 1 lap in the books because Jer Pederson made heavy contact with the wall. Colton Nelson would go to the win, his Brother Garrett finished 2nd, Blake Barrett 3rd, Dustin Poldberg in 4th and Dan Cleaver came home in 5th.
The Final Feature of the night was the 10th Annual Ron Little Memorial IMCA Modified 20 lap feature for a $1000 to win. Denny Pittman from Jamaica would take the early race lead, he would lose that lead after a caution came out on lap 6 to Rex Parkison, another caution on lap 7. Parkison would see 2006 & 2007 Winner Jimmy Gustin, 2008 Winner Randy Havlik and 2008 Track Champion Todd Shute on his back bumper on the restart. Parkison would be able to hold those 3 off while they engaged in their own battle, Shute jumped in to 2nd quickly and set his sights on Parkison which he would pass on lap 10. Shute would go on to the win, 2006 & 2007 winner Jimmy Gustin finished 2nd, 2008 winner Randy Havlik finished 3rd, Parkison finished 4th and Josh "Happy" Gilman came home in 5th.
After that was the Iowa Enduro Series and their 150 lap race but i left for home since the stuart speedway is 90 mins away.
On Monday Night it was back to the boone speedway for the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Special on Memorial Day. Joining the Late Models was the Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Sport Mods racing for track points and imca, state and regional points!
First Feature of the Night was the IMCA Sport Mods with their 20 lap feature event. the Sport Mods would run 4 heat races and a b-feature to set the field for the a-feature. Cody Warrick would take the early race lead but would be passed by "The B-Man" Brett Meyer on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6, the only thing to slow Meyer, Warrick would ende up in 10th. Brett Meyer would go on to victory in his razor chassis sport mod, Mike Pruitt 2nd, Jared Timmerman in 3rd, Luke Wanninger in 4th and Matthew Meinecke in 5th.
Up Next was the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models for their 40 laps feature, the late models would have 4 heats , 2 b-features and 4 provisionals decide the field. "Hollywood" Jason Hahne would take the early lead a couple of cautions on lap 3 and 20 would slow him a bit. Josh Most was making his way to the front, he would pass Hahne on lap 22. Most would go on and get his first deery win, Hahne finished 2nd, Craig Roberts was 3rd. Todd Cooney, who started 19th finished 4th and Jeff Aikey, who started 14th finished 5th.
Then there was a brief farm break and after that break the IMCA Hobby Stocks ran their 15 lap feature, 4 heats and a b-feature set the field for this one as well. Devin Smith would show it to them in the feature that would go green-to-checkered. Daniel Hilsabeck, Michael Murphy, Richard Yaw II and Aaron Rudolph round out the top 5.
The IMCA Modifieds were next for their 25 lap feature event, "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would take the lead and would hold it through 3 cautions flag 1 on lap 4 and 2 on lap 10. "The Locomotion" John Logue would pass Gustin on Lap 14 and then a caution came out and another caution came out on lap 17 but Logue was able to off Gustin for the win. Track Point Leader Cale Sponsler finished 3rd, Saturday Nights Winner Bill Davis finished 4th and Russ Dickerson came home in 5th.
The Final feature was the IMCA Stock Car 2o lap feature, Donavon Smith would take the lead early on. the only caution in the feature would come out on lap 3. Bryan Trogdon would make the pass on Donavon Smith on Lap 6 and go on to the win, Smith would pull in to the pits and end up in 20th. Behind Trogdon was Trent Murphy, Brian Efkamp, "Hot" Rod Richards and Tim French.
So I had a great weekend of attending racing action and thinking my choice of staying home from minnesota was so fun i want to do it again, a special thanks goes to toby kruse, todd staley, Robert & Bea Lawton and Rhonda & Bill Davis for letting me have this fun!
So Until Next week great words from me have fun, check out my website at http://www.citrackside.com/
My racing week/weekend started at the Marshalltown Speedway for the 1st ever appearance of the Casey's General Store United States Modified Touring Series to the track. Bring the best drivers from the midwest to see who could say they would be the king of the 1/4 mile race track, two of the drivers many people know because they race in nascar and i am talking about the 2 racing kennys, who love dirt track racing just as much as nascar and that is Kenny Schrader and Kenny Wallace, both of which would sign autographs for the fans before the races and then would go have fun racing with the boys and see if they could win the $2000!
I will tell you i was very impressed and can't wait to see them back at marshalltown again next year so a special thanks goes to toby kruse and his track crew for making a very smooth and fast racing surface and thanks to todd staley (president of the usmts) for bring the usmts to the speedway.
First up on the racing track was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA/USRA Hobby Stocks for their 12 lap feature event. Matt Drottz and Todd Reitzler would lead the field to the green flag and Reitzler would take the lead and would lead the entire feature event but was slowed 3 times, the first on lap 6 when Cody Cleghorn spun in turn 4 and then the next 2 cautions came on lap 11 when Russell Damme spun out in turn 2 and then again on the restart for debris on the front stretch but Reitzler wouldn't let them slow him down as he went on to the victory, Drottz would fall back to 6th. Kenny Hansen would make a last lap pass on Nathan Wood for 2nd, Chad Koch and Dustin Elliott rounded out the top 5.
Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA/USRA Sport Mods, there was a total of 35 cars signed in for them forcing 4 heats and 1 b-feature to set the field. the only major mishap in the heats and b-feature was in the b-feature when cars spun on the front stretch, Lauren Vis #20L smacked the wall head on, she was taken to the hospital but was released just a little sore but she is okay and will be back out there in a couple of weeks.
Now on to the 15 lap feature event, Bill Hildreth and Kevin Sather pace the field to the green flag, this feature was plagued with cautions throughout the event but Kevin Sather wouldn't let him slow him down as he would go on to the victory. Kyle Brown, who started 6th would finish 2nd, 5th place starter Scott Davis would finish 3rd, Luke Wanninger (9th place starter) and AJ Johnson from Oskaloosa (20th place starter) rounded out the top 5.
Aaron's IMCA/USRA Stock Cars were next up for their 18 lap feature, "The Flyin' Dutchman" Mike Van Genderen and "The Iceman" Dusty Vis would start be scheduled to start on the front row but Vis when to the hospital to be with his daughter so "The Flyin Deuce" Dave Atcher would move up from his 4th place starting position to the outside front row a place he would enjoy because he would cruise on to the easy victory in his first night out on the track in 2009. this feature was ran green-to-checkered, finishing behind atcher was Tom Schmitt, Curt Hook, Mike Van Genderen and "The Rock Creek Rocket" Clay Deppe.
The Last feature on the track was the USMTS 4o lap feature event. Top 12 in passing points were locked in the a-main with then the top 4 cars from each b-main getting in then 2 usmts provisionals and then 2 track provisionals. Kelly Shyrock and Jon Tesch would redraw the front row! Tesch would hammer it down and take the lead from the get go. 3 cautions would fly during the race first after 1 lap in the book when 6 cars spun out on the frontstretch, the next when Dean Mahlstedt spun in turn 4 and then the last one came out on lap 24 when Colt Mather would come to a stop in turn 1 & 2. The Watertown, SD driver Jon Tesch goes on to the win. Jason Hughes would finish 2nd, "The Z-man" Zack Vanderbeek finish 3rd, Marshalltown's own "Young Gun" Ryan Gustin would finish 4th and Corey Dripps came 5th. Shyrock fell back to the 6th position.
Racing started at 7pm had a slight delay but racing action finished at 10:40 pm!
Then Thursday Night I rested up to get ready for the busy weekend that i had planned to go and watch the great racing action and trust me i needed a day just to take it easy bc i went to the track every night from friday to monday and i was really impressed!
On Friday Night it was back to the marshalltown speedway for another weekly show sponsored by the marshalltown evening optimist club where kids got in free and also got a free sandwich and a drink. On this night we would see one win streak continue and another one broken but for the 2nd time in one week the marshalltown speedway would be a great race track for the racers.
First up was the Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites for their 15 lap feature event. Randy Bryan and Jason Smithson would lead the field to the green flag, Bryan would take the lead then the first caution would come on lap 3 and it bunched up the field, in that time Mike Morrill and Tim Hennigar were moving to the front! Morrill would make the pass on Bryan on lap 5 and then the only other caution would follow the next lap. Morrill would go on and win and make it 6 for 6 on the year at marshalltown for the car #6, Tim Hennigar would finish 2nd, Dusty Masolini finished 3rd, Eric Hendrickson and Josh May round out the top 5.
Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were they had 33 cars sign in the pits just like any other night at mtown they have had 4 heats and a b-feature to set the field. This Feature was plagued by cautions, the first one came before one lap in the books so they had to go straight up restart. When they would get going Tom Burke would take the lead on lap 1 and then Paul Nagle, his team mate would take the lead on lap 2 and hold the top spot until lap 7 despite 2 cautions one on lap 3 and then lap 5. on the restart nagle was passed by Scott Davis would hold on to the lead despite 3 more cautions coming out on lap 8, 10 and 11. the Final 4 laps ran caution free, Scott Davis would take the win and become the first driver to win other than Kevin Sather. Nagle came home in 2nd, 14 year old Jake Strayer from Newton would finish 3rd, Joel Bushore came home in 4th and Kevin Sather came home 5th.
The Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars were up next with their 18 lap feature. Like the sport mods the stock car feature was plagued with cautions , the first one came before one lap was completed so a straight up restart. Tracy Gienger would take the lead when they got going and hold on until lap 5 were he was passed by Dustin Smith. Smith would hold the top spot despite cautions on lap 5, 7, 8 and 9. Smith would go on to victory, his 3rd win at mtown, Trent Murphy would come 2nd, "The Iceman" Dusty Vis came home in 3rd, Tracy Gienger and Jeff Wollam round out the top 5.
Then Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds came on the race track for their 20 lap feature. Kyle Krampe would take the lead from the start, the first caution would come out on lap 1. the field would be bunched up and on the restart Krampe would passed by "The Iceman" Scott Hogan. Hogan would lose the lead to Vern "Action" Jackson on the very next lap and he checked out in the mean time Adam Larson was on his way to the front and would catch jackson on lap 16 and would pass him on the next lap. Larson would go on to his 3rd victory of the season at the speedway, Jackson would finish 2nd, "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would finish 3rd, "Nitro" Nate Caruth came home 4th and "The Mo'town Missile" Brett Ladehoff came home 5th!
The final feature on the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event, Jake Nelson would take the lead from the start but then a caution came out on lap 2. on the restart "Pistol" Pete Hutzel would take the lead, he would hold it through a caution on lap 5 and then would be passed on the restart of caution on lap 7 by Devin Smith! Smith went on to win his 2nd race of the season at marshalltown. Wednesday night's winner Todd Reitzler finished in the runner up spot, Hutzel would come across the line in 3rd but was disqualified in post race tech moving Michael Timm to 3rd. Michael Murphy of Jefferson came home 4th and Eric Larson of Grundy Center rounded out your top 5.
the Racing action came to an end at 10:52 pm!
Next it was off to the boone speedway for another great saturday night at the home of the supernationals.
First up is the Dwarf Car/Mod Lites for their 12 lap feature event, there was 31 cars signed in so they would run 3 heats and a b-feature to set the field for the feature event. Cory Dennis would pass his dad Rick and David Schmalzried on the start of the race and would take the lead the only caution came out on lap 7. But Cory would not let that affect him so he would cruise on to his 2nd feature win of the season. Andy Hennigar, Rick Dennis, Tim Hennigar and Mike Morrill would round out the top 5.
Up Next was the IMCA Sport Mods for their 18 lap feature event, there was 28 cars signed in so they would also run 3 heats and a b-feature to set the field. Pole Sitter Tara Longnecker opted to go to the tail so that moved Lynn Brockett to the pole, he would take the lead and on to it until lap 3 when he was passed by "The Love Machine" Tim Love on lap 4 and then a caution bunched the field up. Love would hold off challenges until lap 11 when Jeremy Embrey would make the pass and go on to victory. Brian Miller came home 2nd, Geoff Olson 3rd, Matthew Meinecke 4th and Love would follow back to the 5th position.
IMCA Modifieds were next on to the race track, Jerry Carlson would take the lead at the start of the race but then a caution came out after the completion of lap 1. Carlson was passed by Bill Davis Jr on the restart, Davis would show he was not to be denied the win despite 2 more cautions on lap 11 and 18. Davis would go on to the win, Tim Stevens ran 2nd, Jake "The Snake" Durbin came home 3rd, Todd Shute ran 4th and Scott Baker rounded out the top 5.
The IMCA Stock cars would have a couple cars spinout in turn 2 before one lap was in the books. When they got rolling Tim French from Nevada took the lead but then another caution would come out on lap 2. Larry Crocheck made the pass on french on lap 6, only to see the final caution come out on lap 7. Crocheck was able to hold of Donavon Smith and Trent Murphy until lap 12 when Murphy passed for the lead and then Smith passed Crocheck for 2nd. So it was Murphy, Smith, Crocheck, Michael Jeannette and French finishing in the top 5.
The Final Features of the Night was the Hobby Stock Features. In Feature #1, Justin Maschke would go on and take the win despite a caution just past the halfway point. Behind Maschke was Cody Gustoff, Daniel Hilsabeck, Justin Hopkins and Aaron Rudolph. In Feature #2, Jason Purvis would take the lead then a caution came out on lap 1, on the restart purvis was passed by Matt Hudspeth. Another caution would come out on lap 10 but Hudspeth would not be denied as he went on the win, Richard Yaw II finished 2nd, Scott Lagrosso in 3rd, Purvis in 4th and Alan Van Gorp rounded out the top 5!
On Sunday Night, I made the trip to the Stuart Speedway for the 10th Annual Ron Little Memorial Event. When I got there Rhonda Davis welcomed me to the stuart speedway. It was a great night of racing and i will certainly try my best to get back down there because it was fun. the track was smooth, wide and dry slick.
The first division to run the ron little memorial feature was the IMCA Stock Cars. Bryan Snell of Coon Rapids would take the lead but would lose the lead on lap 12 to Tim Bengard. Benegard would go on to the win, Snell would settle for 2nd, this Feature would go green to checkered. Rounding out the top 5 was Jason Day, Josh Daniels and "Flyin" Brian Blessington.
Up Next was the IMCA Sport Mods for 20 laps and this feature was plagued with cautions but it gave us some very close and side by side racing. Shay Woods would take the lead on lap 1 but was passed by Paul Nagle on lap 2. the first caution would come on lap 2, 3 more cautions would fall before halfway including one a lap 9. On the restart Geoff Olson would make the pass on Paul Nagle and go on to the win despite cautions on lap 14 and 18. Olson would get his 1st win of the season, Joel Bushore would sneak by Nagle for 2nd, Luke Wanninger would come home 4th and Kent Croskey came home 5th.
Next on to the race track was the 20 lap IMCA Hobby Stock Feature which saw 25 cars take the green flag. The first caution would come out before 1 lap in the books. When they got going Shannon Anderson would take the lead and never look back despite having cautions on lap 2 and 13, anderson would also have to deal with lap cars and those would be the only thing to slow him down. This win would be his 4 of the week, 14th win of the 2009 season. Behind Anderson was Steve Roberts, Kenny Hansen, Devin Smith and Justin Maschke.
Dwarf Car/Mod Lites would run their 12 lap feature next and they would see a young man Josh May go on to the win despite a caution on lap 7 that bunched the field. May would hold off Mike Morrill for the win. Joel Huggins, Jimmy May and Eric Hendrickson rounded out the top 5.
The IMCA Sport Compacts would come out and run their 12 lap feature event, Colton Nelson would take the lead but a caution would come out after 1 lap in the books because Jer Pederson made heavy contact with the wall. Colton Nelson would go to the win, his Brother Garrett finished 2nd, Blake Barrett 3rd, Dustin Poldberg in 4th and Dan Cleaver came home in 5th.
The Final Feature of the night was the 10th Annual Ron Little Memorial IMCA Modified 20 lap feature for a $1000 to win. Denny Pittman from Jamaica would take the early race lead, he would lose that lead after a caution came out on lap 6 to Rex Parkison, another caution on lap 7. Parkison would see 2006 & 2007 Winner Jimmy Gustin, 2008 Winner Randy Havlik and 2008 Track Champion Todd Shute on his back bumper on the restart. Parkison would be able to hold those 3 off while they engaged in their own battle, Shute jumped in to 2nd quickly and set his sights on Parkison which he would pass on lap 10. Shute would go on to the win, 2006 & 2007 winner Jimmy Gustin finished 2nd, 2008 winner Randy Havlik finished 3rd, Parkison finished 4th and Josh "Happy" Gilman came home in 5th.
After that was the Iowa Enduro Series and their 150 lap race but i left for home since the stuart speedway is 90 mins away.
On Monday Night it was back to the boone speedway for the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Special on Memorial Day. Joining the Late Models was the Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Sport Mods racing for track points and imca, state and regional points!
First Feature of the Night was the IMCA Sport Mods with their 20 lap feature event. the Sport Mods would run 4 heat races and a b-feature to set the field for the a-feature. Cody Warrick would take the early race lead but would be passed by "The B-Man" Brett Meyer on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6, the only thing to slow Meyer, Warrick would ende up in 10th. Brett Meyer would go on to victory in his razor chassis sport mod, Mike Pruitt 2nd, Jared Timmerman in 3rd, Luke Wanninger in 4th and Matthew Meinecke in 5th.
Up Next was the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models for their 40 laps feature, the late models would have 4 heats , 2 b-features and 4 provisionals decide the field. "Hollywood" Jason Hahne would take the early lead a couple of cautions on lap 3 and 20 would slow him a bit. Josh Most was making his way to the front, he would pass Hahne on lap 22. Most would go on and get his first deery win, Hahne finished 2nd, Craig Roberts was 3rd. Todd Cooney, who started 19th finished 4th and Jeff Aikey, who started 14th finished 5th.
Then there was a brief farm break and after that break the IMCA Hobby Stocks ran their 15 lap feature, 4 heats and a b-feature set the field for this one as well. Devin Smith would show it to them in the feature that would go green-to-checkered. Daniel Hilsabeck, Michael Murphy, Richard Yaw II and Aaron Rudolph round out the top 5.
The IMCA Modifieds were next for their 25 lap feature event, "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would take the lead and would hold it through 3 cautions flag 1 on lap 4 and 2 on lap 10. "The Locomotion" John Logue would pass Gustin on Lap 14 and then a caution came out and another caution came out on lap 17 but Logue was able to off Gustin for the win. Track Point Leader Cale Sponsler finished 3rd, Saturday Nights Winner Bill Davis finished 4th and Russ Dickerson came home in 5th.
The Final feature was the IMCA Stock Car 2o lap feature, Donavon Smith would take the lead early on. the only caution in the feature would come out on lap 3. Bryan Trogdon would make the pass on Donavon Smith on Lap 6 and go on to the win, Smith would pull in to the pits and end up in 20th. Behind Trogdon was Trent Murphy, Brian Efkamp, "Hot" Rod Richards and Tim French.
So I had a great weekend of attending racing action and thinking my choice of staying home from minnesota was so fun i want to do it again, a special thanks goes to toby kruse, todd staley, Robert & Bea Lawton and Rhonda & Bill Davis for letting me have this fun!
So Until Next week great words from me have fun, check out my website at http://www.citrackside.com/
