Well my day started at 6:15 in the morning with a wake up call to head down to the Iowa State Fair so i got up got around and was on the road by 6:45 and go there around 7:30 to walk around and have fun. I had fun walking through many buildings, see some free stage entertainment during the day and did so many things then at 4:30p it was time to head to the grandstands for the Deery Brothers Summer Series Iowa State Fair Special.
At 5:30p it was time for hot laps and then shortly after that a quick drivers meeting would take place and that would be followed up by the racing action.
First out on the speedway for features was the two IMCA Hobby Stock 14 lap features.
In Feature #1, Michael Peterson would lead the first 2 laps but he would lose the lead on lap 3 when Nick Murty would make the pass but Murty's lead would be short lived as Shannon Anderson would race side-by-side with Murty and take the lead. Shortly after the caution came out for Adam Bonnett spinning out in turn 4. On the restart, Anderson, Murty would have Eric Stanton and Justin Maschke right behind them. Anderson and Murty would race side-by-side throughout much of this race, Anderson would continue to lead laps 5 and 6, Murty would take the lead on laps 7 and 8 and then Anderson would take the lead back on lap 9, Murty would fall back a little bit. Murty wouldn't give up tho as he would get back up to Anderson and battle again for the lead on the final lap, Anderson was on the bottom and Murty was up on the top and Anderson came up and Murty made a little contact allowing him to take the lead, Anderson would lose momentum and this would allow Eric Stanton to make a move on Anderson and beat Anderson by a bumper. Murty, Stanton and Anderson was followed by Justin Maschke and Kenny Loftus.
In Feature #2, John Watson would jump out to the lead from his front row starting spot and not look back despite cautions just after the completion of lap 1 and another on lap 5 putting the field on his back bumper. The first caution was for Phillip Castellano, Larry Embrey, Devin Smith and Joe Murphy all getting together on the back stretch. The second caution was for Blake Miller spinning out in turn 2. Watson wouldn't let them faze him as he would go on and lead all of the laps in the 14 lap feature and take the win. Blain Peterson was 2nd, Steve Jones was 3rd, Ray Stock Jr was 4th and Jeremy Purdy was 5th.
Next up was the 35 lap Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models feature. It took 4 heats, 2 b-features and 3 provisionals to determine the field down to 25 cars from the 35 Late Models in the pits. "River City Hustler" Ray Guss Jr. would start on the pole and jump out to the lead and look to be pulling away but just after the completion of lap 1 the first caution came out for Jeff Guengerich spinning in turn 3 along with Ben Nading. On the restart, Guss would have Darren Miller and Jay Johnson on his back bumper. Miller would get a nice run and make the pass for the lead. Another race caution came out on lap 7 when Kevin Blum spun in turn 2. Miller would have Guss and Johnson but he was able to get a good start and start pulling away and would have to start dodging through lap traffic and this would allow Guss to get within 3 car lengths but after getting by those back markers, Miller would continue to pull away and get the lead up to a 3/4 straightaway lead and go on and take the win his first deery win in 9 years. Guss would have to do battle with Todd Cooney for 2nd in the end, Guss would win that battle. Finishing behind, Miller, Guss and Cooney was Tom Darbyshire and Jeremiah Hurst.
The IMCA Sport Mods came out for their 15 lap feature next, 25 cars signed in so all went to the feature. Jesse Sobbing would lead the first lap but shortly after a caution would come out when Michael Grantham spun in turn 2. Sobbing would have Kyle Brown on his back bumper but would be able to hold him off until another caution came out on lap 4 when Jamie Daughenbaugh spun in turns 3 and 4. "Downtown" Kyle Brown would make the pass on Sobbing and take over the top spot on lap 6. Just after Brown took the lead there was 2 cautions first for Sobbing and Grantham getting together in turn 4 and then for Tyler Gross breaking something in the rearend of his car as he came to a stop in turn 1 and then rain came.
So after about a 20 minute rain delay and a some track work we would resume the sport mod feature, Brown would lead them back to the green and he and the field would complete one more lap before the final race caution came on lap 7 when Cayden Carter spun in turn 3. Brown would continue to control the lead and be able to hold off challenges from Scott Davis, Beau Kaplan and Austin Kaplan. Brown took the win, Davis would be passed by Beau Kaplan for 2nd, Austin Kaplan would take 3rd and Jeremy Embrey came home in 5th.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were next up for their 16 lap feature. Steve Churchill would lead the first 3 laps in the feature but Todd Inman would quickly his way up through the field from his 5th place starting position. Inman made the pass on Churchill on lap 4, Bret Moyer would follow suit. The first race caution came out on lap 7 when Brad Moyer spun in turn 2. On the restart, Inman would bobble this would allow Bret Moyer to battle for the lead. Inman's truck would push and allow Bret Moyer to make the pass on lap 8 but Inman would come right back and make the pass on lap 10 and would begin to pull away and go on take another win. Bret Moyer would get 2nd, Churchill was 3rd, Bryan Nevins was 4th and Ed Nelson was 5th.
The final feature of the night was the IMCA Stock Cars for 20 laps, 38 stock cars meant it took 4 heats and a b-feature to dwindle the field down to 24. Only 23 out of 24 cars that qualified for the feature would make the call as the only 1 not was Steve Jackson as soon as Jackson's heat was over he blew it up. Before 1 lap could be completed Randy Biederman would spin in turn 4. When the race got going it looked that the "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty would looking at his 101st career stock car feature win but he would have to battle for Donavon Smith. Then another caution came out on lap 13 when John Byriel would blow up and leave a lot of debris on the race track. On the restart the top 5 would be Murty, Smith, Todd Inman, Mike Nichols and Alan Van Gorp. Nichols would get by Smith and set his sights on Murty and would make the pass on Murty on lap 16. Nichols would take the win, Murty would take 2nd, Inman would get by Smith for 3rd and Mark Elliott would get by Van Gorp for 5th.
Racing came to and end at 11:10p, a little later than many expected but with at little rain delay what can you expect. It was a great night of racing for the most part and it was a nice night thats for sure. I want to thank Mick and Angel Trier, the Iowa State Fair and IMCA for putting on another great state fair race.
If you want another view of all the great racing action check out http://www.positivelyracing.com/ and go to "In Staging" with Ryan Clark.
Official Results
IMCA Late Models
Heat 1- Colby Springsteen
Heat 2- Jay Johnson
Heat 3- Darren Miller
Heat 4- Tom Darbyshire
B-Feature 1- Todd Cooney
B Feature 2- Ben Nading
Feature – 1. Darren Miller, 2. Ray Guss Jr., 3. Todd Cooney, 4. Tom Darbyshire, 5. Jeremiah Hurst, 6. Josh Most, 7. Jay Johnson, 8. Jeff Aikey, 9. Terry Neal, 10. T.J. Criss, 11. Darrel DeFrance, 12. Colby Springsteen, 13. Andy Eckrich, 14. Kevin Sather, 15. Craig Jacobs, 16. Tyler Bruening, 17. Boone McLaughlin, 18. Ben Nading, 19. Charlie McKenna, 20. Mark Preston, 21. Sam Halstead, 22. Todd Johnson, 23. Kevin Blum, 24. Jeff Guengerich
Non-Qualifers - Ryan Giles, Kyle Wahlert, Bobby Hansen, Jason Hahne, Dwight Bagby, Mick Wiele, Cory Goldbeck, Paul Glenndenning, Jerry King, Joel Brasch, Todd Malmstrom
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1- Rick Gustin
Heat 2- Damon Murty
Heat 3- Mike Nichols
Heat 4- Mike Johnston
B-Feature (top 4 transfer) - 1. Jeff Johnson, 2. Josh Daniels, 3. Todd Bass, 4. Butch Bass, 5. Steve Hill, 6. Barry Sandeman, 7. Marcus Ostofi, 8. Carl Yaw Jr., 9. Greg Mash, 10. Russ Byriel, 11. Steve Campbell, DNS: Jeff Wollam, Nathan Wood, Seth Bowen, Randy Killen, Joe DeJoode, Bob Daniels, DQ: Tom Killen
Feature - 1. Mike Nichols, 2. Damon Murty, 3. Todd Inman, 4. Donavon Smith, 5. Mark Elliott, 6. Alan Van Gorp, 7. Mike Van Genderen, 8. Dustin Smith, 9. Don Killen, 10. Mike Harward, 11. Mike Johnston, 12. Jeff Johnson, 13. Rodney Richards, 14. Gary Bass, 15. Kenny Hansen, 16. Josh Daniels, 17. Don Wear, 18. Todd Bass, 19. Butch Bass, 20. John Byriel, 21. Andy Bryant, 22. Rick Gustin, 23. Randy Biederman, 24. Steve Jackson
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- Kyle Brown
Heat 2- Beau Kaplan
Heat 3- Carter VanDenBerg
Feature - 1. Kyle Brown, 2. Beau Kaplan, 3. Scott Davis, 4. Austin Kaplan, 5. Jeremy Embery, 6. Cayden Carter, 7. Andy Tiernan, 8. Josh Modde, 9. Brett Shields, 10. Michael Grantham, 11. Dalton Dingman, 12. Jamie Daughenbaugh, 13. Bill Gibson, 14. Nick Roberts, 15. Tyler Gross, 16. Rick Gladson, 17. Carter VanDenBerg, 18. Jesse Sobbing, 19. Paul Underwood, 20. Sean Allen, 21. Brett Moffitt, 22. Kyle Webb, 23. Mike Hay, 24. Tommy Killen Jr., 25. Cory Adams
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- Shannon Anderson
Heat 2- Adam Bonnett
Heat 3- Devin Smith
Heat 4- Blain Peterson
Feature #1 - 1. Nick Murty, 2. Eric Stanton, 3. Shannon Anderson, 4. Justin Maschke, 5. Kenny Loftus, 6. Greg Hower, 7. Michael Peterson, 8. Paul Wheeler, 9. Casey Grubuel, 10. Bob Johnson, 11. Brandon Brinton, 12. Lawrence Dorsey, 13. Raymond Fees, 14. Richard Yaw, 15. Adam Bonnett, 16. Dustin Griffiths, 17. David Castellano Jr., 18. Kris Walker, 19. Larry Routh Jr., 20. Matt Webb
Feature #2 - 1. John Watson, 2. Blain Peterson, 3. Steve Jones, 4. Ray Stock Jr., 5. Jeremy Purdy, 6. John Yaw Sr., 7. Matt Mcatee, 8. Adam Hagen, 9. Rob Allison, 10. Tim Hadley, 11. Ron Downing Jr., 12. Danny Watson, 13. Shawn Rosenbalme, 14. Michael Yaw, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Phillip Castellano, 17. Larry Embery, 18. Devin Smith, 19. Joe Murphy
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Heat 1- Steve Churchill
Heat 2- Todd Inman
Feature - 1. Todd Inman, 2. Brett Moyer, 3. Steve Churchill, 4. Bryan Nevins, 5. Ed Nelson, 6. Carl Moyer, 7. Pat Fagen, 8. Billy Allen, 9. Rick Clark, 10. Lou Siplot, 11. Brad Moyer, 12. Blake Henry, 13. Del Enos, 14. Rodney Sorter
