Thunder Dome Season Championships were held on March 5th and again i was on the PA doing the announcing duties so i was not able to keep track of to many things besides the features winners.
On the day it was Gaige Stratton won the Kid Kart feature with Landon Duffy also competing. Madison Clark, the young hot shoot, would take the Putt Putts feature with Landon Murray, Logan Duffy, Kadence Davenport, Jaxson Miller and Brant Murray also competing.
Jr 1 Flathead Heavy would go to Morgan Schrage, as would the Jr 1 Animal feature, Nick Rose would finish 2nd in the Animal feature. Jr 2 Flathead Heavy and Jr 2 Animal features would both go to Austin Schrage.
Clone Heavy and Open 4 Cycle features would go to Kevin Hurst. In the Clone Heavy, Hurst would be Josh Omans, Scott Jones, Al Wolfgram and Josh Johnson. In the Open 4 Cycles, Hurst would beat out his brother Mark Hurst, Nathan Terhune, Smokin Smoe, Austin Beck and Scott Badker.
Jr Quads would go to Tristan Rethmeier, Jr Pit Bikes would go to Brandon Webster. Mad Dog Bikes would go to Clayton Webster, 2nd would go to Jordan Ihle, Turbo Timmy Bontrager was 3rd, Trent Meimann was 4th, Jake Gould was 5th and Al Wolfgram was 6th.
Amateur Quads went to Jeremy Johnson with Rick Reeves in 2nd, Scott Pauley in 3rd and Kyle McCarl in 4th.
Even though that was the Season Championships we weren't done inside the thunder dome as we would be back on March 19th for the Spring Meltdown.
On March 19th, we had a nice still technically a winter day but it felt like a nice spring day in iowa and it was a great day of racing inside the thunder dome. We also had a Movie Star from the movie Cars and Cars 2 by the name of Tow Mater, the trusty old tow truck and for 3 hours during the day the Karsyn's Krusaders (to learn more click on the link on the side) and they made over $500.
Talan Drake would take the Kid Kart feature and Gaige Stratton would come home in 2nd. Madison Clark would take the Putt Putts, Kory Anderson was 2nd, Evan WInkler was 3rd, Landon Murray was 4th, Kadence Davenport was 5th, Brant Murray was 6th and Walker Ashton was 7th
Clone Heavy would go to Kevin Hurst, Scott Jones was 2nd, Josh Johnson was 3rd, Zach Hahn was 4th, Jenny Jones was 5th and Josh Omans was 6th. Jr 1 Animal was won by Nick Rose.
Run What You Brung (RYWB) would be up next and we would have 11 karts start the feature of the 13 that signed in and once again it would be Kevin Hurst taking the win by a very small margin. Brad Stevens was 2nd, Thor Anderson was 3rd, Shannon Stravers was 4th, Nathan Terhune was 5th, Smokin Smoe was 6th, Scott Badker was 7th, Justin Meinders was 8th, Ashlee Becker was 9th, Jeremy Clearwater was 10th and Brandon Sohl was 11th. Did Not Start was Jeremy Hills and Don Baker.
Pro Quads would go to Kyle McCarl, Jeremy Johnson would finish 2nd, DJ Robinson was 3rd and Jeff Robinson would not make the call. Tristan Rethmeier won the Jr Quads.
Colt Stewart won the Jr Pit Bike over Brandon Webster. Clayton Webster won the Amateur Bikes, Chad Stewart was 2nd and Andy Tharp was 3rd.
Clayton Webster would then go on and win the Mad Dog Bikes/Pit Bikes over Trent Meimann, Adam Derry, Turbo Tim Bontrager and Jake Veenstra.
I want to thank the sponsors that have helped sponsor the thunder dome races this year like Rieken's Racing, Wolf Creek Products, Emerson Crane, Steve Miller Firewood, Oval Kart Parts, Ben's Tire, Hot Cams, Pivot Works, Cylinder Works, Hot Rods, Vertex Pistons, Motorsports Photography, Comfort Inn, RaM Motorsports, Full Throtte Promotions, North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen, Line X of Ottumwa, Moore Construction, BS Racing, Boogieman Bodies, Slingshot Graphics, Arnold Motor Supply, Badker Racing and Hogeland Auto Plaza.
Also I want to give a big thanks to Brian & Dolly Kauffman, Kristy Palmer Schweer, Cindy, Randy Neilsen, Morgan Neilsen, Tyler Wollam and Perry Moore and the entire staff of the Central Iowa Fairboard that made this happen. Also Thanks for having me as the announcer for the thunder dome races the past 3 shows and i can't wait to do it again this fall and winter, i can't wait for the central iowa fair this summer either.
Up next for me is the Marshalltown Speedway Car Show and Practice this weekend and then next weekend's Tripleheader Frostbuster Weekend at Marshalltown, Boone and Vinton. With all that Racing that means my ramblings will happening every week.
Until Next Time,
Jeremy Fox
