Well after my origninal plans this week of going to the harris clash was scrapped i decided to make the pull to the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City for the Motor Inn of Webster City Summer Spectacular. 3 divisions were in competition with a total of 57 cars with 24 Late Models, 22 Sport Mods and 11 Hobby Stocks.
After all the heats were completed there was an intermission to do some track work to make the track better for the features.
Once that was completed it was time for the first feature of the night, The Tile Pros IMCA Hobby Stocks for 15 Laps. Kyle Schmauss & Matt Ring would battle early but Schmauss would take the lead on lap 1. Robert See would then join in the fun with Schmauss and Ring on lap 3. Schmauss would still lead but then on lap 6, he would lose a driveshaft in turn 2 and exit to the pits after bring out the caution. See would be given the lead but his lead would be short live, first he had to battle with Ring and Brandon Ratcliff on lap 7. Ring would step back to the 3rd and let See and Ratcliff race for the lead. On lap 9, See and Ratcliff would come together in turn 4, See would pull in and Ratcliff would sit in the top of turn 4 and need assistance getting off. Ring would inherit the lead, a lead he would hold on too to go on and take the win. Brandon Chaplin was 2nd, Daniel Kreiger was 3rd, Adam Hagan was 4th and Craig Graham was 5th.
Up next was the Conley's Trucking IMCA Sport Mods for their 20 lap feature. "Rock Star" Rocky Caudle would take the early race lead and look to be cruising away while they were racing 3 & 4 wide behind him. But then on lap 5 the cautions began, the first caution was on lap 5 when Brian Johnson spun in turn 1. Caudle and the field would complete another lap before another caution on lap 6 when Carter Vandenberg spun in turn 2. On the restart, Scott Davis would get a good restart and battle Caudle for the lead and make the pass on lap 7. As Caudle would try to battle back for the lead he would spin out on lap 8 bringing out another caution. Davis would continue to set the pace, Davis and the field would complete another lap before another caution when Matt Northrop in turn 4. Another Lap was completed when another caution came out on lap 10 for Mitch Frakes and Northrop getting together in turn 3. Davis would still set the pace as battles were happening behind him, Matt Lettow and Cayden Carter battled for 2nd, then it was Jesse Sobbing and Carter battling for 3rd, Lettow and Sobbing for 2nd, Carter and Bob Sutherland for 4th. The Final caution would come out on lap 19 when Kyle Brown would incounter some problems and come to a stop on the backstretch that would set up a green-white-checkered. Davis would go on to the win, Geoff Olson would encounter problems on the last lap and pull in. Finishing behind Davis was Jesse Sobbing, Matt Lettow, Bob Sutherland and Cayden Carter. Sutherland won $100 bonus for the top 2 barrel carb Sport Mod thanks to Wide Open Racing Engines.
The final feature of the night was the finale it was the Motor Inn of Webster City IMCA Late Model 50 lap feature. This feature would have an interesting format as there would be a caution between laps 20-25 for a 10 minute pit stop that they could change anything on the car except for tires. The feature would have struggle getting through laps with out a caution early on. Jeff Aikey would take the lead early from his pole position but then the first race caution would come out for Josh Most stopping on front stretch. Aikey would have Al Johnson, Todd Conney and Greg Kastli on his back bumper but then another race caution would come out after the completion of lap 2 when Johnson would spin in turn 3 & 4. On Lap 3, another caution would come out when Most would spin in turn 3 & 4, it would send him to the pits. Aikey would continue to lead, he and the field would see another caution come out on lap 7 when Todd Cooney would stop in turn 4.
Aikey sets pace with Kastli and "Chargin" Charlie McKenna on his back bumper on the restart. The next race caution would come out on lap 16 when Cooney would stop on the front stretch sending him to the pits. 3 laps later another caution came out when "Hollywood" Jason Hahne would stop in turn 2. 5 laps later the field would see the caution come out and then red for the 10 minute intermission pit stop.
When they got going again, another caution came out before a lap was completed as "Hound Dog" Boone McLaughlin came to a stop in turn 2. Finally they got going, Aikey would continue to set pace, Kastli was 2nd, Terry Neal was 3rd, McKenna was 4th and Bryan Klein was 5th. they would basically just hug the bottom mean while behind them "The Ironman" Darrel DeFrance, who started 23rd would be making his way through the field. On lap 33 the red flag came out as Bryan Klein would roll his car in turn 2, Klein would climb from his machine okay. Aikey and the field would completed another lap before another caution happend when Jeremy Hodapp would stop in turn 4 after breaking a tie rod and have no way to control the car to get to the infield. Well Aikey and the field would only have to encounter 1 more caution as that came with 10 laps to go when Hahne would stop in turn 3. Aikey would be one of 10 cars to finish the race. Aikey would pocket $3,000 for the win as he would lead all the laps in the feature. Terry Neal was 2nd, Greg Kastli was 3rd, Kelly Tapper was 4th and Charlie McKenna was 5th. $100 Hard Charger Award presented by K&M Ag went to "The Ironman" Darrel DeFrance as he finished in 7th after starting 23rd. $100 Tough Luck Award presented by Webster City Machine Shop goes to "River City Hustler" Ray Guss Jr.
Thanks to all the Lap sponsors for the Late Models feature and they include T.D. Motorsports, TMI Porta Potties, Midwest Painting Inc, Critter Nation Quality Pets & Supplies, Kinnetz Signs, DJs Trophies, Dickie Do Eastsider, Hoover Trucking, NAPA Auto Parts, The X-Man Ryan Griffith, Webster City Machine Shop, Team 76 Hollywood, Mac Runnel Motorsports, LT Redemption Center, Gustafson Agency Travek Now, Major's Trucking, Gerber Auto Electric, Arnold Motor Supply, Pelz Construction, Flower Cart, Snap Fitness Center, Finish Line Bar, Godfather's Pizza, Carquest Parts Store, Alan's Seamless Gutters, Team 35 Race Cars, J and J Hobbies, Performance Electric, Hoover Racing, K & M Ag, VCR Action Video, Jake, GRC Fans, Sideways Inc., Signature Style, Nitefly Designs Motor Inn of Webster City.
Racing action came to and end at 11:08pm. Thanks to Ryan Bergeson, the track announcer for the little plug and hospitality. It was fun i enjoy it, if you want more blogs check out my friends from postively racing as they were also in attendance.
Tile Pros IMCA Hobby Stocks
1. 58 Matt Ring
2. 28 Brandon Chaplin
3. 45K Daniel Krieger
4. 00 Adam Hagen
5. 13G Craig Graham
6. 3
DNF:
91 Robert See
1R Brad Ratcliff
06 Kyle Schmauss
38J Jeff Weber
5A Tyler Pickett
Conley's Trucking IMCA Sport Mods
1. 81D Scott Davis
2. 999 Jesse Sobbing
3. 21L Matt Lettow
4. 4ord Bob Sutherland
5. 10 Cayden Carter
6. 12 Doug Smith
7. 8H Bill Hoover
8. 64 Brandon Leeman
9. 20 Chad Louk
10. 85T Brandon Toffee
11. 53 Travis Woodbeck
12. 5 Mitch Frakes
13. 57 Doug Bartels
DNF:
2G Geoff Olson
21K Kyle Brown
99 Rocky Caudle
2Z Zack Rawlins
46 Matt Northrop
7 Carter Vandenberg
13C Brian Johnson
DNS:
49
11E Beau Kaplan
Motor Inn of Webster City Late Models
1. 77 Jeff Aikey
2. 28C Terry Neal
3. 73 Greg Kastli
4. 85 Kelly Tapper
5. 22 Charlie McKenna
6. 14 Boone McLaughlin
7. 99D Darrel DeFrance
8. 75 Clint Wendel
9. X Ryan Griffith
10. 29 Nick Pedersen
DNF:
76 Jason Hahne
14W Kyle Wahlert
32 Chad Cooney
1 Jeremy Hodapp
25 Bryan Klein
9 Ryan Giles
21 Ben Nading
30 Todd Cooney
3T Jeff French
45 Curt Martin
92 Josh Most
8 Al Johnson
37E Jason Vansickel
DNS: 58 Ray Guss Jr.
