Well after fighting mother nature the past 2 weeks and losing this week, we wouldn't have that problem as we would have some great 3 or 4 wide racing action. There was a 106 cars signed in too do battle on Johnny Ray's Sports Bar & Grille Night at the Races.
In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites 15 lap feature before we could get 1 lap in the books the caution would come out for Chase Ellingson coming to a rest on the frontstretch. On the restart though it was Dusty Masolini taking control and lead the first 2 laps but on lap 3, Masolini would have to battle with Josh May and May would win that battle and take the lead. Shortly after that the caution came out for a 2nd time this time for Michael Parcel coming to a stop in turn 2. May would resume command but the field would see another caution on lap 5 when Tim Hennigar lost the handle in turn 2. May wouldn't let them bother him as he would only have to worry about lap traffic. May would take the win with Mike Morrill in 2nd, Joel Huggins in 3rd, Andy Hennigar in 4th and Randy Bryan in 5th.
The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were next it took 4 heats and a b-feature to dwindle the field down from 31 cars to 24 cars for the feature. Nick Roberts would lead lap 1 but Racer Hulin would come back and take the lead on lap 2. Hulin would continue to hold the top spot until Roberts made the pass for the lead on lap 5. Roberts would hold that spot until lap 8 when Jake Strayer would take the top spot. The only caution in the 15 lap feature came out on lap 9 for Zac Backer coming to a stop in turn 2. Strayer would not let that bother him as he would go on and take the win with Joel Rust, Racer Hulin, Cayden Carter and Austin Lucas rounding out the top 5.
Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature would not disappoint anyone. Jay Schmidt would take the early lead and just as he would start to pull away 2 cautions would come out first on lap 3 and then lap 5. So on the restart after the cauton on lap 5, Schmidt would have Steve Meyer and Trent Murphy right behind him. Schmidt would hold the lead for a few more laps but then lose the handle which allowed Trent Murphy to get by. The next caution would come out on lap 10 for a couple of cars sitting in turn 2. Murphy and Meyer would only begin doing battle for the top spot when the race resumed and it was 2 close to call every lap. Then after the white flag came out a car would come to a rest in turn 2 so this would bring out the final time meaning the feature would go 19 laps instead of 18 laps now but when it was done it was Trent Murphy taking the win, Steve Meyer was 2nd, Tracy Gienger was 3rd, Damon Murty was 4th and Michael Jaennette was 5th.
The Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds would also not disappoint the fans as it would be an exciting 20 lap feature. Todd Conrad would take the lead and look to be pulling away but then the only race caution came out on lap 7 when a car went of the top of turn 1. Conrad would now have Richie Gustin, Jimmy Gustin and Adam Larson sitting right behind him, Larson was on impressive run as he started 14th and was up to 4th in only 7 laps. Jimmy Gustin would have a great restart and make the pass on Conrad on lap 9 but Jimmy Gustin's lead wouldn't las long as Adam Larson would make the pass for the lead on lap 12 and go on and take the win. Jimmy Gustin was 2nd, Richie Gustin was 3rd, Todd Conrad was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th.
The final feature was the IMCA Hobby Stocks for 12 laps and it was Mike Vibbard leading the first 5 laps but then Eric Knutson would get by on lap 6. Knutson lead was short lived though as he was passed by Michael Murphy. Murphy and Knutson would do battle for the lead and Knutson would regain the lead on lap 11. After that happened the caution would come out for a car coming to a rest in turn 2. Knutson wouldn't let that spoil it for him as he would go on and take the win, Murphy, Vibbard, Kevin Fee and Matt Hedspeth rounding out the top 5.
The final checkered flag was waved at 10p putting another night of racing to rest. Next Friday Night will be KMJ Performance Night at the Races with pits opening at 5:15p, Grandstands at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:45p and Racing at 7p!
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1- X50 Joel Huggins
Heat 2- 8 Dusty Masolini
Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 6 Mike Morrill
3. X50 Joel Huggins
4. 15 Andy Hennigar
5. 64 Randy Bryan
6. 8 Dusty Masolini
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 89 Travis Stensland
9. 57 Tim Hennigar
10. 10 Ivan Guerra
11. 2D Adam Davis
12. 20 Jeff Stensland
13. 11R Jason Whitehead
14. 9 Rick Taylor
15. 23 Michael Parcel
16. 14E Chase Ellingson
17. 0B Colby Oberemebt
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- 7 Carter Vandenberg
Heat 2- 83 Dane Larson
Heat 3- 18J Jake Strayer
Heat 4- 26J Joel Rust
B-Feature (Top 4 transfer)
1. 21 Kyle Brown
2. 92 Tyler Droste
3. 40S Shawn Simatovich
4. 21J Jason Seaverance
5. 777 Jayme Duinink
6. 22H Curt Hilmer
7. 19G Gatlin Leytham
8. 11M Mike Mitchell
9. 12X Matt Moore
Feature
1. 18J Jake Strayer
2. 26J Joel Rust
3. 505 Racer Hulin
4. 10 Cayden Carter
5. 9X Austin Lucas
6. 21 Kyle Brown
7. 83 Dane Larson
8. 98 Bill Hildreth
9. 7+ Jared Timmerman
10. 23JR Nick Roberts
11. 7R Ryan Ashton
12. 81D Scott Davis
13. 7 Carter Vandenberg
14. 21J Jason Seaverance
15. 80 Jared Van Deest
16. 72 Brett Lowry
17. 92 Tyler Droste
18. 12 Eric Flander
19. 9E Eric Elliott
20. 29B Ben Wilson
21. 40S Shawn Simatovich
22. 7Z Zac Becker
23. T17 Tom Rawlins
24. 8 Brad Iverson
Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1- 2 Dave Atcher
Heat 2- 22K Kevin Rose
Heat 3- 19J Jay Schmidt
Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 94 Steve Meyer
3. 59 Tracy Gienger
4. 99D Damon Murty
5. 93 Michael Jaennette
6. 20L Lauren Vis
7. 3W Jeff Wollam
8. 2 Dave Atcher
9. 72 Tommy Thompson
10. 77 Andy Bryant
11. 19J Jay Schmidt
12. 20 Leroy Staub
13. 36 Trevor Titus
14. 22R Todd Reitzler
15. 75 Curt Hook
16. 22K Kevin Rose
17. 042 Doug Russell
18. 04 Don Vis
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1- K1 Kyle Krampe
Heat 2- 19 Jimmy Gustin
Feature
1. 2L Adam Larson
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin
3. 19G Richie Gustin
4. 83C Todd Conrad
5. 69X Jon Snyder
6. 47 Josh Truman
7. 10K Ronn Laurtizen
8. 21 David Brown
9. 32 Rick Speck
10. K1 Kyle Krampe
11. 49T Tim Stevens
12. 17R Derek Reimer
13. 12 Andrew Kinser
14. 25T Duane Peterson
15. 87 Joel Bushore
16. 12EH Riley Emmel
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- 51D Dustin Filloon
Heat 2- 18V Mike Vibbard
Heat 3- 25M Michael Murphy
Feature
1. 12K Eric Knutson
2. 25M Michael Murphy
3. 18V Mike Vibbard
4. 52X Kevin Fee
5. 3 Matt Hedespeth
6. 38R Aaron Rudolph
7. 52 Josh Saunders
8. 69 Calvin Dhondt
9. 1BC Tony Cox
10. 51D Dustin Filloon
11. 86 Gene Nicklas
12. 24B Brandon Brinton
13. 20E Eric Larson
14. 3X Scott Durlin
15. 29 Jake Nelson
16. 55 Vince Buchholz
17. 26 Brice Udelhoven
18. 6R Adam Rickett
19. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
20. 82 Jennifer Hulin
21. 4JR Russell Damme Jr
DNS:
45 Russell Keefer
27 Clint Nelson
01 John Clemens
