Well now that the regular season is over for the most part its time for the fall specials to begin and the first of the big fall specials is the 28th IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals at the Boone Speedway in Boone, IA. For 6 straight nights racing action with over 800 cars signed in with the goal to be named Super National Champion.
Monday September 6th
It was all about the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series and the IMCA Late Models crowning their Super Nationals Champion meanwhile the IMCA Hobby Stocks qualified 10 cars for each the inside and middle rows for their super nationals feature on saturday and the IMCA Sport Mods qualified 10 cars for the inside row for saturday's feature. The Sport Mods would also take part in their Arnold Motor Supply Race of Champions Qualifers.
The IMCA Late Models saw 43 competitors take to the track for the super nationals. In heat race action, Sam Halstead would have his night come to an end as he would roll his car in turn 1, he would climb from the car okay. Just before the late model b features mother nature would give the drivers a surprise as the rain came down and cause them to take 40 minutes to work on the track to get it raceable.
In the 50 lap feature though it would be interesting because before they would get one lap completed they would have a caution as Charlie McKenna, Jeremiah Hurst and Tyler Bruening would spin in turn 4. When they got going Terry Neal would jump out to the race lead from his pole position. The next race caution would come out on lap 3 when Jeff Aikey would stop on the frontstretch. On the restart, Neal would have Craig Roberts, Nick Most, Boone McLaughlin and Bobby Hansen right behind him. Neal and the field would complete another lap only to see the yellow flag come out on lap 4 this time for Craig Jacobs would spin in turn 4. A lap later another caution would come out when Mike Garland would stop on the frontstretch.
Then we would see another 14 laps completed before our next caution on lap 19 for debris in turn 4, the debris came from Neal's machine as Neal was passed by McLaughlin before the yellow came out so McLaughlin was now the new leader. On this restart, McLaughlin would have Ray Guss Jr and Josh Most on his back bumper. On Lap 25 another caution would come out this time for McLaughlin amd Most getting together in turns 3 & 4, this would send both drivers to the pits, McLaughlin would return so since we lost our leader the race would now restart as if we had no leader with Guss and Kevin Sather restarting in the lead. Guss would take control though right away.
The next caution came out on lap 29 when Jon Passick would stop on the backstretch. Guss would continue to set pace but would see 4 more cautions on the night, first one on lap 35 for debris in turn 2, second one on lap 37 for Jason Rauen rolling in turns 1 & 2 and Boone McLaughlin would spin out in turn 1, Rauen was okay, third one on lap 39 for Tyler Bruening and Jon Passick in turn 3 and then the final one on lap 43 when Joel Callahan, Mike Garland and Bobby Hansen would get together in turn 4. Guss would not let them faze him as he would go on to his 2nd straight Super Nationals Championship adding to his accomplishments for the week, he was crowned the 2010 IMCA Late Model National Championship and clinched the 2010 Deery Brothers Summer Series Championship just by signing in to Boone on Monday. Finishing behind Guss was Jeff Aikey, Andy Eckrich, Tyler Bruening and Ryan Giles.
In the Hobby Stock Qualifers, Dustin Larson would take the first qualifer and get to start on the pole position on saturday with Robby Marsh, Kevin Fee, Jason Wilkinson, Eric Stanton, John Yaw Sr., Matt Mahoney, Josh Irvine, Cody Gustoff and Jesse VanLaningham also qualifying on the inside rows. "Lighting Bolt'" Shannon Anderson would take the 2nd qualifer and get to start on the front row in the middle on saturday with John Watson, Michael Murphy, Randy Embrey, Shawn Slezak, Richard Yaw II, Brandon Brinton, Noah Ludwig, Scott Lograsso and Chad Gentz also qualifying in the middle rows for saurday.
In the Sport Mod Qualifer, Jesse Sobbing would take the win and get to start on the pole on saturday with Brett Meyer, Tyler Frye, Nathan Chodur, Jared Timmerman, Clinton Luellen, Dennis Miesler, Austin Lucas, Austin Kaplan and Benji Legg also qualifying for the inside rows on saturday.
The Sport Mods also had their Race of Champions Qualifers on Monday. In the first one, Tyler Frye would take the win with Dylan Book, Eric Flander, Danny Dvorak and Shay Woods all Qualifying. In the second qualifer, Scott Davis would take the win, Tad Reutzel, Clinton Luellen, Greg Sidles and Nathan Chodur would all qualify as well. They would take place in high card poker on Tuesday to determine their starting spots.
Tuesday September 7th
The IMCA Hobby Stocks would qualify the outside 10 rows, the IMCA Sport Mods would qualify the middle and outside 10 rows and the IMCA Hobby Stocks would also Race of Champions Qualifers.
In the Hobby Stock Race of Champions Qualifers, Chad Gentz would win the first won with Brandon Taylor taking 2nd. In the second qualifer, Stac Schroeder would take the the win followed by Dustin Larson. In the third qualifer, Andy Boeckman would win with Brandon Pruitt in 2nd. In the 4th qualifer, Shannon Anderson would take the win with John Watson in 2nd. In the 5th qualifer, it was Michael Murphy with the win and Randy Embrey was 2nd.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks in Super Nationals Championship Qualifer, Chad Krug would take the win and get to start outside the front row. Chuck Madden Jr, Andy Boeckman, Russell Dammer Jr, Matthew Sheley, Mike Traskowsky, Chris Jensen, Danny Watson, Bill Bonnett and Chad Shaw would also qualify for saturday on the outside rows.
In the IMCA Sport Mods Qualifers, The 1st qualifer saw Scott Davis take the win and get the chance to start in the middle of the front row. Eric Flander, RJ Merchant, Matt Oreskovich, Eric Elliott, Brett Moffitt, Mike Pruitt, Cody Hudson, Matt Hoeft and Geoff Olson would also qualify to start on the middle rows.
In the 2nd qualifer of the night, Danny Dvorak would take the win. Tad Reutzel, Randy Roberts, Steve Reetz, Brandon Leeman, Blake Peeler, Lynn Brockett, Jim Gillenwater, Adam Ackerman and Kyle Bentley would all qualify for the outside rows. Ackerman and Bentley would get moved in to the feature after Rod Staats who finished 7th place, Ty Merrill who finished 8th place and Greg Taylor who finished 12th place but all of the drivers were disqualified in post-race tech inspection. Taylor was moved up after Staats and Merill was dq'ed as was Adam Ackerman.
Wednesday September 8th
The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would both begin their qualifying for saturday's features. The Top 10 in the Stock Cars would start on the inside rows while the top 8 in the Modifieds would start in the first 8 inside rows.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, Dustin Smith would take the win with Jeff Larson in 2nd. Also moving on to saturday to start on the inside was Donavon Smith, Dan Mackenthun, Kenneth Tietz, Justin Temeyer, Lynn Panos, Jeff Mueller, Jesse Colwell and Ned Kalis.
In the IMCA Modified Qualifer, a former super nationals winner Kevin Stoa would win getting the chance to start on the pole for saturday. Brandon Blochlinger would finish 2nd and start inside row 2. Others getting to start on the inside would be Jay Noteboom, Craig Reetz, Mike Molle, Chris Alcorn, Paul Stone and Jake Durbin.
Thursday September 9th
The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would return to qualify for the middle rows of 10 and 8 respetively. The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would also see their Race of Champions Qualifers take place because of the possibly of inclement weather on Friday.
In the IMCA Modifieds Race of Champions Qualifers, In qualifer #1 it was Kevin Stoa coming up in first, Jake Durbin was 2nd. In qualifer #2, Chris Dawson would take the win with Keith White in 2nd. In qualifer #3, Clint Hatlestad was 1st with Jimmy Gustin in 2nd. In qualifer #4, "Big Grabouski" Jordan Grabouski took the win with Jonathan Thimmesch from Independence in 2nd. In qualifer #5 it was Scott Olson and Jim Cole and in qualifer #5 it was Kevin Sustaire and Scott Hogan.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, Chad Palmer took the win and getting to start in the middle on the front row. Jeremy Christians, Mike Nichols, Jamie Colwell, Mike Van Genderen, Marcus Fagan, Michael Bruns, Kenny Hansen, Brandon Czarapata and Trent Murphy also qualify.
In the IMCA Modifieds Qualifer, Jimmy Gustin would take the win and start in the middle on the front row. Scott Olson, Johnny Saathoff, Will Brack, Eric Dailey, G.W. Egbert, Jordan Grabouski and Nick Deal would also qualify.
The IMCA Stock Cars Race of Champions Qualifers were last on the night, In qualifer #1 it was Jason Schoenberger taking the win with Jeff Mueller. Jeremy Christians would take qualifer #2 with Chad Palmer in 2nd. Jeff Turner would take the third qualifer but would not be eligible to race because of infraction on friday so Jeff Larson and Mike Nichols would end up qualifying. Randy Brands took the 4th qualfier with Brian Irvine taking 2nd. In the 5th and final qualifer Ryan Rose would take the win with Jason Ward coming up in 2nd.
Friday September 10th
The IMCA Stock Cars would have last chance races to qualify for the outside 10 rows for their super nationals final feature meanwhile the IMCA Modifieds would qualify the first 8 outside rows for the feature. The Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational would also take place as well.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, it was Steve Meyer taking the win with Damon Murty in 2nd. Josh Daniels, Paul Shepherd, Sefan Sybesma, Ryan Rose, Merlyn Hegland, Justin Jacobsen, Nathan Burke and Dave DeGrave would all qualify for the feature. Jeff Turner would actually qualify as well but was disqualified in post-race tech inspection moving up DeGrave to the super nationals feature and Mike Nichols in to the Race of Champions race.
IMCA Modified Qualifer saw Clint Hatlestad take the win. Reese Coffee would take 2nd, Kellen Chadwick in Jason Snyder's Ride would take 3rd. Cale Sponsler, Luke Wanninger, Todd Shute, Chris Derenne and Rich Smith was 4th through 8th all getting to start on the outside.
Before the Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Race all of the participants in it would draw for the starting order and it was "The Iceman" David Murray getting to start on the pole postiton for the race. Then the fans got the choice to start it 2 wide or 3 wide and the crowd chose 3 wide. Murray would lead the race from start to finish. Brad Pounds was 2nd, Dave Hardesty was 3rd, Keith White was 4th, Michael Smith was 5th. Rounding out the rest of the field was Jay Noteboom in 6th, Will Brack in 7th, Paul Stone in 8th, Todd Dart in 9th, Kevin Sustaire in 10th, Chad Wernette in 11th and Matt Brack in 12th.
Saturday September 11th
First on the night we would see last chances races for the IMCA Modifieds, there would be 15 last chance heats and the top 2 from each one would go to 1 of 3 last chance features.
In the IMCA Modified Last Chance features. Feature #1, Denny Johnson would take the lead but then a caution came out on lap 3 when Chad Estes, Ryan Watnem and Darin Duffy got together in turns 1 & 2. Chris Abelson would make the pass on Johnson just a few laps on lap 6. Another caution would happen on lap 9 but Abelson wouldn't let them faze him. Abelson took the win, Ricky Stephan in 2nd and Troy Cordes would finish 3rd they would start rows 9th through 11th on the inside. In Feature #2, Alex Stanford lead the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered race, Justin O'Brien supporting one of the Karsyn's Krusaders Kicking Butt One Lap at a Time was 2nd with "Terminator" Mark Elliott in 3rd, all three of these guys would start in the middle of rows 9 through 11. In Last Chance Feature #3, it was Adam Larson leading the race from start to finish with only 1 caution on lap 4 for Richie Gustin stopping in turn 1. Finishing behind Larson was Kevin Sustaire and "The Iceman" Dave Murray, they would start on the outside of rows 9 through 11.
Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stock Race of Champions was up first for 10 laps. Brandon Pruitt would start on the pole and lead the race from start to finish. Finishing behind Pruitt was Andy Boeckman, Randy Embrey, Shannon Anderson, John Watson, Stac Schroeder, Chad Gentz, Dustin Larson, Brandon Taylor and Michael Murphy.
In the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Sport Mod Race of Champions was up for 10 laps. Tyler Frye would start on the pole and would jump out to the lead or so he thought, Frye was docked 2 positions for not staying side by side with Danny Dvorak on the start by the cone off turn 4. However Nate Chodur would quickly get to the front from his 3rd row outside starting spot and take over the lead. On lap 3, Dylan Book would spin out in turn 2 bringing out the caution giving the lead to Chodur with Clint Luellen in 2nd and Frye now docked 2 spots to third. Frye would come up and make the late race pass on Chodur on the final corner. Frye wins the race of champions race with Chodur 2nd. Behind Frye and Chodur was Tad Reutzel, Eric Flander, Clint Luellen, Scott Davis, Danny Dvorak, Greg Sidles, Shay Woods and Dylan Book.
The Harris Auto Racing IMCA Modified Race of Champions was up for 12 laps. Clint Hatlestad lead the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered race. Jake Durbin was 2nd, Jordan Grabouski was 3rd, Jimmy Gustin was 4th, Keith White was 5th, Scott Olson was 6th, Jim Cole was 7th, Jonathan Thimmesch was 8th, Scott Hogan was 9th, Kevin Sustaire was 10th, Chris Dawson was 11th and Kevin Stoa was 12th.
The Sunoco Race Fuels IMCA Stock Car Race of Champions was up for 10 laps. Brian Irvine would also lead the race from start to finish. Mike Nichols, who got to take the place of Jeff Turner after the disqualification of Turner on Friday Night would finish home in 2nd. Chad Palmer, Jeremy Christians, Jeff Mueller, Ryan Rose, Randy Brands, Jason Ward, Jason Schoenberger and Jeff Larson would finish 3rd through 10th respectively.
Now its time for the big dances in all the classes except the late models which ran theirs on Monday.
The first big dance feature was the IMCA Hobby Stocks for 30 laps to crown their super national champion. Dustin Larson, Shannon Anderson and Chad Krug would start on the front row. Dustin Larson would take the lead and begin to look to be cruising away. The first race caution came out on lap 12 when Danny Watson spun out in turn 3. Larson would have Robby Marsh and Jason Wilkinson on his back bumper. Before another lap could be completed, Eric Stanton, Richard Yaw II and Josh Irvine in turn 2. Larson again would have Marsh and Wilkinson on his back bumper. Larson would continue to lead Wilkinson would get by Marsh for 2nd and then set his sights on Larson. Wilkinson would make the pass on Larson on lap 15 and go and take the win and be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Hobby Stock Champion. Dustin Larson would come home in 2nd, Robby Marsh was 3rd, John Watson was 4th and Michael Murphy came home 5th.
Next up with their big dance was the IMCA Sport Mods for 30 laps. Before 1 lap was completed, Eric Elliott would make contact with the wall cutting a tire down and then his starter quit working and he stopped in turn 2. On the restart, Eric Flander jumped to the race lead but Jesse Sobbing would stay close and not let Flander to pull away. Sobbing would make a move on lap 6 and pass Flander for the lead. Sobbing would continue to lead when the the next race caution came out on lap 13 when Mike Pruitt spun out in turn 4. Sobbing would have Flander and "The Merchant Man" RJ Merchant on his back bumper. The next race caution would come out for Jim Gillenwater spinning out in turn 4. On this restart however Sobbing would have Brett Meyer and Flander on his back bumper. On lap 18, Sobbing would bobble in turn 2 allowing Meyer to take advantage and make the pass for the lead. The final race caution would come out for debris in turns 3 & 4 but Meyer wouldn't let it slow him down. Meyer would go and take the win and be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Sport Mod Champion. Flander took 2nd, Sobbing fell back to 9th. Finishing behind Meyer and Flander rounding out the top 5 though was Randy Roberts, Nathan Chodur and Brett Moffitt.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Big Dance which was also 30 laps. Chad Palmer would jump out to the early lead but then the first race caution came out on lap 6 when Damon Murty stopped on the front stretch. On the restart, Palmer would have Dustin Smith and Mike Nichols on his back bumper. Smith would make the pass by Palmer and take the lead on lap 7. Just before the next caution on lap 15, Smith would lose the lead to Jeremy Christians. The next caution came out on lap 15 for Jeff Larson for spinning turn 4. Christians would have Smith and Michael Bruns right behind him. Christians would them off on this restart and the next two restarts after cautions on lap 19 and 24. The lap 19 caution was for Jamie Colwell, Jesse Colwell, Lynn Panos, Mike Nichols and Nathan Burke getting together in turn 2. The lap 24 caution was for Lynn Panos spinning out in turn 4, Burke and Nichols would return but be 5 laps down. Christians would not let any one of those slow him down and prevent him the win, Christians would be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Stock Champion. Dustin Smith would finish 2nd, 2009 Super National Winner Donavon Smith was 3rd, Marcus Fagan was 4th and Michael Bruns was 5th.
The Final Big Dance of the night was the IMCA Modifieds for 40 laps after Driver Introductions and a quick farm session to work the cushion in it was time to go racing. Kevin Stoa would take the early lead but his race was short lived as he encounter some problems and gave the lead over to Brandon Blochlinger. Blochlinger would look to be cruising on to the win as this race looking to be going green-to-checkered but then a caution came out on lap 33 when Rich Smith spun in turn 3 & 4. On the restart another caution would come out for Rich Smith in turn 3 so that would end Smith's race. Blochlinger would have Luke Wanninger and Jimmy Gustin on his back bumper. Blochlinger would jump out to the lead again and jump the cushion on lap 36 allowing Jimmy Gustin to take the lead as he had passed Luke Wanninger, Blochlinger break something in the front end and went off the top of turn 3 & 4, Gustin would not give up the lead and Wanninger fell back to 7th. Gustin was crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Modified Champion. Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff was 2nd, "Toddzilla" Todd Shute was 3rd, Scott Olson was 4th and "The Real Deal" Nick Deal ended up 5th.
The races came to an end at 11:14p. After the races were over and all the winners got their pictures taken together it was time for the auction of the Motors of the winners in the Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. The Modified motor of Jimmy Gustin was auctioned for $7,400. The Stock Car motor of Jeremy Christians was auctioned for $7,000 and the Hobby Stock motor of Jason Wilkinson was auctioned for $3,300.
So now that this crazy week is over many drivers set their sights on specials coming up over the next few weeks. Next up for me is the Arizona Racing Engines and Performance Parts 4th Annual Havoc on the High Banks at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday and Saturday with 2 complete shows. The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds run for $1,250 to win, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods $500 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $300 to win, Mod Lites $250 to win each night with the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks running for $250 to win on saturday night plus a make up feature from August 31st. Gates Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 6:30p, Racing at 7p both nights. Grandstands are $12 for adults, Children 11 & under $2 with Pit Passes $25 each night.
See you at the races in Motown on friday and saturday!
Monday September 6th
It was all about the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series and the IMCA Late Models crowning their Super Nationals Champion meanwhile the IMCA Hobby Stocks qualified 10 cars for each the inside and middle rows for their super nationals feature on saturday and the IMCA Sport Mods qualified 10 cars for the inside row for saturday's feature. The Sport Mods would also take part in their Arnold Motor Supply Race of Champions Qualifers.
The IMCA Late Models saw 43 competitors take to the track for the super nationals. In heat race action, Sam Halstead would have his night come to an end as he would roll his car in turn 1, he would climb from the car okay. Just before the late model b features mother nature would give the drivers a surprise as the rain came down and cause them to take 40 minutes to work on the track to get it raceable.
In the 50 lap feature though it would be interesting because before they would get one lap completed they would have a caution as Charlie McKenna, Jeremiah Hurst and Tyler Bruening would spin in turn 4. When they got going Terry Neal would jump out to the race lead from his pole position. The next race caution would come out on lap 3 when Jeff Aikey would stop on the frontstretch. On the restart, Neal would have Craig Roberts, Nick Most, Boone McLaughlin and Bobby Hansen right behind him. Neal and the field would complete another lap only to see the yellow flag come out on lap 4 this time for Craig Jacobs would spin in turn 4. A lap later another caution would come out when Mike Garland would stop on the frontstretch.
Then we would see another 14 laps completed before our next caution on lap 19 for debris in turn 4, the debris came from Neal's machine as Neal was passed by McLaughlin before the yellow came out so McLaughlin was now the new leader. On this restart, McLaughlin would have Ray Guss Jr and Josh Most on his back bumper. On Lap 25 another caution would come out this time for McLaughlin amd Most getting together in turns 3 & 4, this would send both drivers to the pits, McLaughlin would return so since we lost our leader the race would now restart as if we had no leader with Guss and Kevin Sather restarting in the lead. Guss would take control though right away.
The next caution came out on lap 29 when Jon Passick would stop on the backstretch. Guss would continue to set pace but would see 4 more cautions on the night, first one on lap 35 for debris in turn 2, second one on lap 37 for Jason Rauen rolling in turns 1 & 2 and Boone McLaughlin would spin out in turn 1, Rauen was okay, third one on lap 39 for Tyler Bruening and Jon Passick in turn 3 and then the final one on lap 43 when Joel Callahan, Mike Garland and Bobby Hansen would get together in turn 4. Guss would not let them faze him as he would go on to his 2nd straight Super Nationals Championship adding to his accomplishments for the week, he was crowned the 2010 IMCA Late Model National Championship and clinched the 2010 Deery Brothers Summer Series Championship just by signing in to Boone on Monday. Finishing behind Guss was Jeff Aikey, Andy Eckrich, Tyler Bruening and Ryan Giles.
In the Hobby Stock Qualifers, Dustin Larson would take the first qualifer and get to start on the pole position on saturday with Robby Marsh, Kevin Fee, Jason Wilkinson, Eric Stanton, John Yaw Sr., Matt Mahoney, Josh Irvine, Cody Gustoff and Jesse VanLaningham also qualifying on the inside rows. "Lighting Bolt'" Shannon Anderson would take the 2nd qualifer and get to start on the front row in the middle on saturday with John Watson, Michael Murphy, Randy Embrey, Shawn Slezak, Richard Yaw II, Brandon Brinton, Noah Ludwig, Scott Lograsso and Chad Gentz also qualifying in the middle rows for saurday.
In the Sport Mod Qualifer, Jesse Sobbing would take the win and get to start on the pole on saturday with Brett Meyer, Tyler Frye, Nathan Chodur, Jared Timmerman, Clinton Luellen, Dennis Miesler, Austin Lucas, Austin Kaplan and Benji Legg also qualifying for the inside rows on saturday.
The Sport Mods also had their Race of Champions Qualifers on Monday. In the first one, Tyler Frye would take the win with Dylan Book, Eric Flander, Danny Dvorak and Shay Woods all Qualifying. In the second qualifer, Scott Davis would take the win, Tad Reutzel, Clinton Luellen, Greg Sidles and Nathan Chodur would all qualify as well. They would take place in high card poker on Tuesday to determine their starting spots.
Tuesday September 7th
The IMCA Hobby Stocks would qualify the outside 10 rows, the IMCA Sport Mods would qualify the middle and outside 10 rows and the IMCA Hobby Stocks would also Race of Champions Qualifers.
In the Hobby Stock Race of Champions Qualifers, Chad Gentz would win the first won with Brandon Taylor taking 2nd. In the second qualifer, Stac Schroeder would take the the win followed by Dustin Larson. In the third qualifer, Andy Boeckman would win with Brandon Pruitt in 2nd. In the 4th qualifer, Shannon Anderson would take the win with John Watson in 2nd. In the 5th qualifer, it was Michael Murphy with the win and Randy Embrey was 2nd.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks in Super Nationals Championship Qualifer, Chad Krug would take the win and get to start outside the front row. Chuck Madden Jr, Andy Boeckman, Russell Dammer Jr, Matthew Sheley, Mike Traskowsky, Chris Jensen, Danny Watson, Bill Bonnett and Chad Shaw would also qualify for saturday on the outside rows.
In the IMCA Sport Mods Qualifers, The 1st qualifer saw Scott Davis take the win and get the chance to start in the middle of the front row. Eric Flander, RJ Merchant, Matt Oreskovich, Eric Elliott, Brett Moffitt, Mike Pruitt, Cody Hudson, Matt Hoeft and Geoff Olson would also qualify to start on the middle rows.
In the 2nd qualifer of the night, Danny Dvorak would take the win. Tad Reutzel, Randy Roberts, Steve Reetz, Brandon Leeman, Blake Peeler, Lynn Brockett, Jim Gillenwater, Adam Ackerman and Kyle Bentley would all qualify for the outside rows. Ackerman and Bentley would get moved in to the feature after Rod Staats who finished 7th place, Ty Merrill who finished 8th place and Greg Taylor who finished 12th place but all of the drivers were disqualified in post-race tech inspection. Taylor was moved up after Staats and Merill was dq'ed as was Adam Ackerman.
Wednesday September 8th
The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would both begin their qualifying for saturday's features. The Top 10 in the Stock Cars would start on the inside rows while the top 8 in the Modifieds would start in the first 8 inside rows.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, Dustin Smith would take the win with Jeff Larson in 2nd. Also moving on to saturday to start on the inside was Donavon Smith, Dan Mackenthun, Kenneth Tietz, Justin Temeyer, Lynn Panos, Jeff Mueller, Jesse Colwell and Ned Kalis.
In the IMCA Modified Qualifer, a former super nationals winner Kevin Stoa would win getting the chance to start on the pole for saturday. Brandon Blochlinger would finish 2nd and start inside row 2. Others getting to start on the inside would be Jay Noteboom, Craig Reetz, Mike Molle, Chris Alcorn, Paul Stone and Jake Durbin.
Thursday September 9th
The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would return to qualify for the middle rows of 10 and 8 respetively. The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would also see their Race of Champions Qualifers take place because of the possibly of inclement weather on Friday.
In the IMCA Modifieds Race of Champions Qualifers, In qualifer #1 it was Kevin Stoa coming up in first, Jake Durbin was 2nd. In qualifer #2, Chris Dawson would take the win with Keith White in 2nd. In qualifer #3, Clint Hatlestad was 1st with Jimmy Gustin in 2nd. In qualifer #4, "Big Grabouski" Jordan Grabouski took the win with Jonathan Thimmesch from Independence in 2nd. In qualifer #5 it was Scott Olson and Jim Cole and in qualifer #5 it was Kevin Sustaire and Scott Hogan.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, Chad Palmer took the win and getting to start in the middle on the front row. Jeremy Christians, Mike Nichols, Jamie Colwell, Mike Van Genderen, Marcus Fagan, Michael Bruns, Kenny Hansen, Brandon Czarapata and Trent Murphy also qualify.
In the IMCA Modifieds Qualifer, Jimmy Gustin would take the win and start in the middle on the front row. Scott Olson, Johnny Saathoff, Will Brack, Eric Dailey, G.W. Egbert, Jordan Grabouski and Nick Deal would also qualify.
The IMCA Stock Cars Race of Champions Qualifers were last on the night, In qualifer #1 it was Jason Schoenberger taking the win with Jeff Mueller. Jeremy Christians would take qualifer #2 with Chad Palmer in 2nd. Jeff Turner would take the third qualifer but would not be eligible to race because of infraction on friday so Jeff Larson and Mike Nichols would end up qualifying. Randy Brands took the 4th qualfier with Brian Irvine taking 2nd. In the 5th and final qualifer Ryan Rose would take the win with Jason Ward coming up in 2nd.
Friday September 10th
The IMCA Stock Cars would have last chance races to qualify for the outside 10 rows for their super nationals final feature meanwhile the IMCA Modifieds would qualify the first 8 outside rows for the feature. The Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational would also take place as well.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, it was Steve Meyer taking the win with Damon Murty in 2nd. Josh Daniels, Paul Shepherd, Sefan Sybesma, Ryan Rose, Merlyn Hegland, Justin Jacobsen, Nathan Burke and Dave DeGrave would all qualify for the feature. Jeff Turner would actually qualify as well but was disqualified in post-race tech inspection moving up DeGrave to the super nationals feature and Mike Nichols in to the Race of Champions race.
IMCA Modified Qualifer saw Clint Hatlestad take the win. Reese Coffee would take 2nd, Kellen Chadwick in Jason Snyder's Ride would take 3rd. Cale Sponsler, Luke Wanninger, Todd Shute, Chris Derenne and Rich Smith was 4th through 8th all getting to start on the outside.
Before the Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Race all of the participants in it would draw for the starting order and it was "The Iceman" David Murray getting to start on the pole postiton for the race. Then the fans got the choice to start it 2 wide or 3 wide and the crowd chose 3 wide. Murray would lead the race from start to finish. Brad Pounds was 2nd, Dave Hardesty was 3rd, Keith White was 4th, Michael Smith was 5th. Rounding out the rest of the field was Jay Noteboom in 6th, Will Brack in 7th, Paul Stone in 8th, Todd Dart in 9th, Kevin Sustaire in 10th, Chad Wernette in 11th and Matt Brack in 12th.
Saturday September 11th
First on the night we would see last chances races for the IMCA Modifieds, there would be 15 last chance heats and the top 2 from each one would go to 1 of 3 last chance features.
In the IMCA Modified Last Chance features. Feature #1, Denny Johnson would take the lead but then a caution came out on lap 3 when Chad Estes, Ryan Watnem and Darin Duffy got together in turns 1 & 2. Chris Abelson would make the pass on Johnson just a few laps on lap 6. Another caution would happen on lap 9 but Abelson wouldn't let them faze him. Abelson took the win, Ricky Stephan in 2nd and Troy Cordes would finish 3rd they would start rows 9th through 11th on the inside. In Feature #2, Alex Stanford lead the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered race, Justin O'Brien supporting one of the Karsyn's Krusaders Kicking Butt One Lap at a Time was 2nd with "Terminator" Mark Elliott in 3rd, all three of these guys would start in the middle of rows 9 through 11. In Last Chance Feature #3, it was Adam Larson leading the race from start to finish with only 1 caution on lap 4 for Richie Gustin stopping in turn 1. Finishing behind Larson was Kevin Sustaire and "The Iceman" Dave Murray, they would start on the outside of rows 9 through 11.
Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stock Race of Champions was up first for 10 laps. Brandon Pruitt would start on the pole and lead the race from start to finish. Finishing behind Pruitt was Andy Boeckman, Randy Embrey, Shannon Anderson, John Watson, Stac Schroeder, Chad Gentz, Dustin Larson, Brandon Taylor and Michael Murphy.
In the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Sport Mod Race of Champions was up for 10 laps. Tyler Frye would start on the pole and would jump out to the lead or so he thought, Frye was docked 2 positions for not staying side by side with Danny Dvorak on the start by the cone off turn 4. However Nate Chodur would quickly get to the front from his 3rd row outside starting spot and take over the lead. On lap 3, Dylan Book would spin out in turn 2 bringing out the caution giving the lead to Chodur with Clint Luellen in 2nd and Frye now docked 2 spots to third. Frye would come up and make the late race pass on Chodur on the final corner. Frye wins the race of champions race with Chodur 2nd. Behind Frye and Chodur was Tad Reutzel, Eric Flander, Clint Luellen, Scott Davis, Danny Dvorak, Greg Sidles, Shay Woods and Dylan Book.
The Harris Auto Racing IMCA Modified Race of Champions was up for 12 laps. Clint Hatlestad lead the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered race. Jake Durbin was 2nd, Jordan Grabouski was 3rd, Jimmy Gustin was 4th, Keith White was 5th, Scott Olson was 6th, Jim Cole was 7th, Jonathan Thimmesch was 8th, Scott Hogan was 9th, Kevin Sustaire was 10th, Chris Dawson was 11th and Kevin Stoa was 12th.
The Sunoco Race Fuels IMCA Stock Car Race of Champions was up for 10 laps. Brian Irvine would also lead the race from start to finish. Mike Nichols, who got to take the place of Jeff Turner after the disqualification of Turner on Friday Night would finish home in 2nd. Chad Palmer, Jeremy Christians, Jeff Mueller, Ryan Rose, Randy Brands, Jason Ward, Jason Schoenberger and Jeff Larson would finish 3rd through 10th respectively.
Now its time for the big dances in all the classes except the late models which ran theirs on Monday.
The first big dance feature was the IMCA Hobby Stocks for 30 laps to crown their super national champion. Dustin Larson, Shannon Anderson and Chad Krug would start on the front row. Dustin Larson would take the lead and begin to look to be cruising away. The first race caution came out on lap 12 when Danny Watson spun out in turn 3. Larson would have Robby Marsh and Jason Wilkinson on his back bumper. Before another lap could be completed, Eric Stanton, Richard Yaw II and Josh Irvine in turn 2. Larson again would have Marsh and Wilkinson on his back bumper. Larson would continue to lead Wilkinson would get by Marsh for 2nd and then set his sights on Larson. Wilkinson would make the pass on Larson on lap 15 and go and take the win and be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Hobby Stock Champion. Dustin Larson would come home in 2nd, Robby Marsh was 3rd, John Watson was 4th and Michael Murphy came home 5th.
Next up with their big dance was the IMCA Sport Mods for 30 laps. Before 1 lap was completed, Eric Elliott would make contact with the wall cutting a tire down and then his starter quit working and he stopped in turn 2. On the restart, Eric Flander jumped to the race lead but Jesse Sobbing would stay close and not let Flander to pull away. Sobbing would make a move on lap 6 and pass Flander for the lead. Sobbing would continue to lead when the the next race caution came out on lap 13 when Mike Pruitt spun out in turn 4. Sobbing would have Flander and "The Merchant Man" RJ Merchant on his back bumper. The next race caution would come out for Jim Gillenwater spinning out in turn 4. On this restart however Sobbing would have Brett Meyer and Flander on his back bumper. On lap 18, Sobbing would bobble in turn 2 allowing Meyer to take advantage and make the pass for the lead. The final race caution would come out for debris in turns 3 & 4 but Meyer wouldn't let it slow him down. Meyer would go and take the win and be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Sport Mod Champion. Flander took 2nd, Sobbing fell back to 9th. Finishing behind Meyer and Flander rounding out the top 5 though was Randy Roberts, Nathan Chodur and Brett Moffitt.
In the IMCA Stock Cars Big Dance which was also 30 laps. Chad Palmer would jump out to the early lead but then the first race caution came out on lap 6 when Damon Murty stopped on the front stretch. On the restart, Palmer would have Dustin Smith and Mike Nichols on his back bumper. Smith would make the pass by Palmer and take the lead on lap 7. Just before the next caution on lap 15, Smith would lose the lead to Jeremy Christians. The next caution came out on lap 15 for Jeff Larson for spinning turn 4. Christians would have Smith and Michael Bruns right behind him. Christians would them off on this restart and the next two restarts after cautions on lap 19 and 24. The lap 19 caution was for Jamie Colwell, Jesse Colwell, Lynn Panos, Mike Nichols and Nathan Burke getting together in turn 2. The lap 24 caution was for Lynn Panos spinning out in turn 4, Burke and Nichols would return but be 5 laps down. Christians would not let any one of those slow him down and prevent him the win, Christians would be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Stock Champion. Dustin Smith would finish 2nd, 2009 Super National Winner Donavon Smith was 3rd, Marcus Fagan was 4th and Michael Bruns was 5th.
The Final Big Dance of the night was the IMCA Modifieds for 40 laps after Driver Introductions and a quick farm session to work the cushion in it was time to go racing. Kevin Stoa would take the early lead but his race was short lived as he encounter some problems and gave the lead over to Brandon Blochlinger. Blochlinger would look to be cruising on to the win as this race looking to be going green-to-checkered but then a caution came out on lap 33 when Rich Smith spun in turn 3 & 4. On the restart another caution would come out for Rich Smith in turn 3 so that would end Smith's race. Blochlinger would have Luke Wanninger and Jimmy Gustin on his back bumper. Blochlinger would jump out to the lead again and jump the cushion on lap 36 allowing Jimmy Gustin to take the lead as he had passed Luke Wanninger, Blochlinger break something in the front end and went off the top of turn 3 & 4, Gustin would not give up the lead and Wanninger fell back to 7th. Gustin was crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Modified Champion. Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff was 2nd, "Toddzilla" Todd Shute was 3rd, Scott Olson was 4th and "The Real Deal" Nick Deal ended up 5th.
The races came to an end at 11:14p. After the races were over and all the winners got their pictures taken together it was time for the auction of the Motors of the winners in the Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. The Modified motor of Jimmy Gustin was auctioned for $7,400. The Stock Car motor of Jeremy Christians was auctioned for $7,000 and the Hobby Stock motor of Jason Wilkinson was auctioned for $3,300.
So now that this crazy week is over many drivers set their sights on specials coming up over the next few weeks. Next up for me is the Arizona Racing Engines and Performance Parts 4th Annual Havoc on the High Banks at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday and Saturday with 2 complete shows. The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds run for $1,250 to win, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods $500 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $300 to win, Mod Lites $250 to win each night with the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks running for $250 to win on saturday night plus a make up feature from August 31st. Gates Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 6:30p, Racing at 7p both nights. Grandstands are $12 for adults, Children 11 & under $2 with Pit Passes $25 each night.
See you at the races in Motown on friday and saturday!
