Well after careful thinking i decided to make the trek to the "Birthplace for IMCA Modifieds" and "Home of IMCA" Benton County Speedway in Vinton for the 3rd and final night of the Tripleheader Frostbuster Weekend presented by West Edge Auto Salvage.
The first feature of the night was the IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature and it was "The Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty leading the feature from start to finish in the feature that went green-to-checkered. Jeff Mueller the heat race winner would take 2nd, Paul Shepherd was 3rd, Scooter Dulin was 4th and Bob Ahrendsen was 5th.
IMCA Sport Compacts were up next for 12 lap feature. Travis Losenicky would lead the first lap but be passed by Brett Vanous on lap 2. Vanous would hold on until lap 8 when Brad Chandler would make the pass for the lead. Chandler would go on and take the win in this feature that also went green to checkered. Bill Whalen Jr would take 2nd but afterwards heard it was Nathan Chandler because Whalen wasn't feeling well. Vanous would take 3rd, Dwayne Herb was 4th and the Ageless Merv Chandler was 5th.
The IMCA Sport Mods would then come out for their 15 lap feature. Before they could get 1 lap in the books several cars would get together in turn 3 and 4, the people involved were Brad Iverson, Jeremy Schaufenbuel, Kurt Hogan, Curt Hilmer, Kent Kositzky, Drew Fish and Dave McCalla. So it would go back to a straight up restart with thoses cars going to the tell. "The Big Ticket" Andy Tiernan would take the lead on lap 1 and then we would see 2 cautions. The first caution after 1 lap was in the books was for Schaufenbuel, Fish, Anderson and Mercer on the front stretch, the 2nd caution was for debris in turn 2. Tiernan would lose the lead on lap 3 to Danny Dvorak though. The next caution came out on lap 4 when Jeremy Schaufenbuel came to a stop after a hole was created in the radiator forcing him to blow up. Dvorak would continue to lead despite 4 more cautions lap 7, 10, 11 and 12. The caution on lap 7 was for John Nelson spinning in turn 2, on lap 10 it was for Jody Mitchell stopping on the front stretch, lap 11 when debris fell off of the Curt Hilmer ride and then on lap 12 for the car of Nelson again. Dvorak wouldn't let them faze him as he was able to off several challenges by Austin Kaplan in the end. Dvorak took the win, Kaplan was 2nd, Kurt Hogan was 3rd, Andy Tiernan was 4th and Jim Buhlmann was 5th.
Up next was the IMCA Modifieds for 20 laps and $1,000 to win. It was the "Frog Station Flash" Dan Ratajczak from Wisconsin taking the lead early on. The first caution came out after the completion of a lap for debris in turn 2. Ratajczak would still remain in control, the next race caution came out on lap 4 when Richie Gustin would come to a stop on the front stretch. The next caution came out on lap 11 for debris in turn 2 and the final race caution came out on lap 13 for Dustin Crear coming to a stop in turn 4. Ratajczak had to do battle with Troy Cordes and Scott Hogan and infact would only win by a bumper over Troy Cordes at the line. Behind Ratajczak and Cordes was Hogan, JD Auringer and Shawn Fisher.
The final feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Brad Forbes would take the lead at the start of the race and would hold on until lap 8 despite 2 cautions on lap 4 and 5. The first caution on lap 4 was for Justin Wacha in turn 3 & 4 and then the final race caution on lap 5 when Justin Stander came to a stop on the back stretch. Forbes would be passed on lap 9 by Scott Pippert. Pippert would go on to the win but i can tell you that if there was 1 more lap in the race he might not have because he finished the feature with a flat right rear tire. Forbes would take 2nd, Nathan Ballard was 3rd, Kyle Parizek was 4th and Justin Lichty was 5th.
Racing action came to a finish at 7:07p.
Track points begin at the Benton County Speedway with Fisher Towing Night at the Races. Gates Open at 4p, Hot Laps at 4:30p and Racing at 5p.
Unofficial Results
Tripleheader Frostbuster Night #3 presented by West Edge Auto Salvage
Benton County Speedway (Vinton, IA)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1- Jeff Mueller
Feature- 1. 99D Damon Murty, 2. 77M Jeff Mueller, 3. 31S Paul Shepherd, 4. 3T Scooter Dulin, 5. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, 6. 15C Norman Chesmore, 7. 8X Tyler Smith, 8. 81X Randy Killen, 9. 9E Austin Evens, 10. 56T Justin Temeyer
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat 1- 22T Travis Losenicky
Heat 2- 00W Bill Whalen Jr
Feature- 1. 2nd Brad Chandler, 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr, 3. 35 Brett Vanous, 4. 12 Dwayne Herb, 5. 1 Merv Chandler, 6. 11 Steve Miedke, 7. 07 Joe Goodenbauer, 8. 58 Ian Pate, 9. 57K Ross Kitner, 10. 27 Shane Hanson, 11. 13 Rikki Chesmore, 12. 13X Sarah Peters, 13. 22T Travis Losenicky, 14. 23 Brad Vanous
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- 3R Danny Dvorak
Heat 2- 321 Andy Tiernan
Heat 3- 1 Austin Kaplan
Feature- 1. 3R Danny Dvorak, 2. 1 Austin Kaplan, 3. MR09 Kurt Hogan, 4. 321 Andy Tiernan, 5. 00 Jim Buhlmann, 6. 26J Joel Rust, 7. 40J Jason Doyle, 8. 0K Kent Kositzky, 9. 64 Jeremiah Wilson, 10. 18J Jake Strayer, 11. 22H Curt Hilmer, 12. K3 Kyle Olson, 13. 3B Brian Anderson, 14. 3 Dave McCalla, 15. 33 , 16. 29 John Nelson, DNF: 95 Mike McDonald, 14E Shane Ebaugh, 3D Drew Fish, 42M Lonnie Mercer, 11 Jody Mitchell, 34 Jeremy Schafenbuel, 8 Brad Iverson, 92 Tyler Droste, 4 Cory Tharp
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1- 19G Richie Gustin
Heat 2- 25 Shaw Fisher
Heat 3- 73 Dan Ratajczak
Heat 4- 71Z Troy Cordes
B-Feature 1- 1. 10K Ronn Laurtizen, 2. 10eh Ed Turnbull, 3. 32 Rick Speck, 4. 2AC Dustin Crear, 5. 59 John Barber, 6. 5 Jerry Dedrick, 7. 71 Derrick Big Eagle, 8. 17 Dawn Krall, 9. F7 Patrick Flannagan, 10. 00 Mason Big Eagle
B-Feature 2- 1. 27M Mark Schulte, 2. 02 Kody Schelpp, 3. 75 Clint Wendel, 4. 32Q Chris Snyder, 5. 12D joe Docekal, 6. 17J Jason Seegemiller, 7. 85 Jonathan Thimmesch, 8. 92 Josh Most, 9. 70 Mitchell Morris, 10. 01 Joey Galloway
Feature- 1. 73 Dan Ratajczak, 2. 71Z Troy Cordes, 3. 33D Scott Hogan, 4. 00J JD Auringer, 5. 25 Shawn Fisher, 6. T23 Tony Olson, 7. 11B Shane Burbridge, 8. 10 Tyson Turnbull, 9. 32Q Chris Snyder, 10. 02 Kody Schelpp, 11. 27M Mark Schulte, 12. 32 Rick Speck, 13. 71W Jeff Waterman, DNF: 10K Ronn Laurtizen, 21 Aaron Turnbull, 2AC Dustin Crear, 27 Kyle Lenz, 75 Clint Wendel, 99M Tim Murty, 3C Max Corporan, 24R Adam Johnson, 10eh Ed Turnbull, 19G Richie Gustin, X Ryan Dolan
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- 29N Nathan Ballard
Heat 2- 55 Vince Buchholz
Heat 3- 47 Scott Pippert
Feature- 1. 47 Scott Pippert, 2.09 Brad Forbes, 3. 29N Natan Ballard, 4. 17K Kyle Parizek, 5. 166 Justin Lichty, 6. 07 Jacob Keiser, 7. 27C Cory Adams, 8. 6 Randy VanDeVegte, 9. 78 Matt Brown, 10. 1S Greg Sweerin, 11. 25 Doug Laughridge, 12. 4JR Russell Damme, 13. 45 Justin Wacha, 14. 55 Vince Buchholz, 15. 22 Billy Grimm, 16. 19 August Bach, 17. 2P Dustin Peterson, 18. 67 Justin Stander, 19. 31 George Wayne
