Well after friday night was a rain out at Marshalltown and my 2nd option of Des Moines and because i had a family easter to attend on saturday i decided to make the trek to the Benton County Speedway in Vinton for a weekly night of competition.
I arrived right as hot laps were beginning at 5p, Racing started at 5:25p and ended at 7:57p with 102 cars signed in to do battle in 5 classes.
First up was the IMCA Hobby Stocks for their 15 lap feature and before 1 lap could get completed Justin Stander would go off turn 2 to bringing out the yellow meaning a complete restart. Russell Damme Jr would lead the first 5 laps but be passed by Nathan Ballard on lap 6. Ballard would hold the top spot until he was passed by Scott Pippert on lap 14. Pippert would go on to the win, Ballard was 2nd, Vince Buchholz was 3rd, Bill Bonnett was 4th and Russell Damme Jr was 5th.
Next up was the IMCA Sport Compacts for a 12 lap feature. Bill Whalen Jr would take the lead right away but just shortly after the completion of 1 lap the caution came out for Brett Vanous and Ross Kitner getting together on the backstretch. Whalen still resumed command but it wouldn't last long as Steve Miedke would make the pass on Whalen on lap 4 to take over the lead. The 2nd race caution came out when Kevin Mortimer lost a wheel and was unable to get off the track. The final race caution came out 2 laps later for debris on the frontstretch. Miedke would take the win with Bill Whalen Jr, Tyler Whalen, Adam Gates and Travis Losenicky rounding out the top 5.
There was 31 IMCA Sport Mods signed in so they split them up into 2 feature events. In Feature #1 it was Jason Doyle taking command early but after 2 laps were in the books the caution came out for Sean Vogt coming to a stop in turn 3. Doyle would resume command but hometown hero Danny Dvorak was coming and would take the lead on lap 12 and go on to the win meanwhile Doyle would go off the track and come back on but fall back to 6th. Kurt Hogan, Curt Hilmer, Drew Fish and Dave McCalla finishing 2nd through 5th.
In Sport Mod feature #2 it was Jim Buhlman taking control early and not looking back despite 3 cautions in the early going. The first caution on lap 2 for James T spining on the frontstretch, the 2nd caution on lap 4 for Mike McDonald, Casey Jones and James T spinning in turn 3. The final race caution on lap 5 for Scott Siems in turn 2. Buhlman would let any of them or late race challenges by Joel Rust and Jake Strayer take the win away. Finishing behind Buhlman was Jake Strayer, Joel Rust, John Schulze and Kyle Olson.
IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature was up next and Rick Galli would take the early lead but then after 2 laps was in the books the only race caution would come out on lap 2 for Austin Evans, Roger Ciesielski and Todd Reitzler in turn 2. On the restart Galli would have to battle with Justin Temeyer and Norman Chesmore and Temeyer would take the lead on lap 3. Temeyer would have to battle with Chesmore the rest of the way but go on and take the win, Chesmore would take 2nd. Behind Temeyer and Chesmore it was Phillip Holtz, Bob Ahrendsen and Paul Shepherd.
The final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature. It was Tony Olson taking advantage of his pole position after the pole position starter Buck Swanson would not make the call. Olson would lead start to finish despite 2 cautions on lap 4 and lap 6. The first caution on lap 4 was for Troy Cordes in turn 1 and then the 2nd caution on lap 6 for Dawn Krall in turn 4. Olson wouldn't let them affect him and take the win but the real show was being down by Scott Hogan as he would manage to come up and finish 2nd, Joe Docekal was 3rd, Chris Snyder was 4th and Patrick Flannagan was 5th.
That put an end to another great night of racing, next week will start the month of May at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton which includes the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour's first ever appearance on May 10th.
Unofficial Results
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- 47 Scott Pippert
Heat 2- 77 Rod Grother
Heat 3- 29 Nathan Ballard
Feature
1. 47 Scot Pippert
2. 29 Nathan Ballard
3. 55 Vince Buchholz
4. 19 Bill Bonnett
5. 4JR Russell Damme Jr
6. 78 Matt Brown
7. 166 Justin Lichty
8. 09 Brad Forbes
9. 26 Nathan Christie
10. 77 Rod Grother
11. 07 Jacob Keiser
12. 17K Kyle Parizek
13. 25 Doug Laughridge
14. 2p Cale Peterson
15. 45 Justin Wacha
16. 1s Greg Sweerin
17. 22 Billy Grimm
18. 67 Justin Stander
19. 35B
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat 1- 11 Steve Miedke
Heat 2- 35 Brett Vanous
Heat 3- 23 Brad Vanous
Feature
1. 11 Steve Miedke
2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr
3. 07X Tyler Whalen
4. 007 Adam Gates
5. 22T Travis Losenicky
6. 35 Brett Vanous
7. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe
8. 22 Nathan Chandler
9. 1 Mer Chandler
10. 8M Jacob McVay
11. 51 Bryce Bailey
12. 10N
13. 83 Travis Ross
14. 13X Rikki Chesmore
15. 55 Zach Buhrite
16. 21 TJ Patz
17. 2nd Brad Chandler
18. 12 Dwayne Herb
19. A1 Kevin Mortimer
20. 23 Brad Vanous
21. 57K Ross Kitner
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- 26J Joel Rust
Heat 2- 3D Drew Fish
Heat 3- 80 Jared Van Deest
Heat 4- 22H Curt Hilmer
Feature #1
1. 3R Danny Dvorak
2. MR09 Kurt Hogan
3. 22H Curt Hilmer
4. 3D Drew Fish
5. 3 Dave McCalla
6. 40J Jason Doyle
7. 80 Jared Van Deest
8. 08 Bryan Rodman
9. K16 Kip Siems
10. 29 Sean Vogt
11. 11 Jody Mitchell
12. 28P Rick Paulson
13. 42M Lonnie Mercer
14. 34 Jeremy Schafenbuel
15. 14E Shane Ebaugh
16. 17S
Feature #2
1. 00 Jim Buhlman
2. 18J Jake Strayer
3. 26J Joel Rust
4. J2 David Schulze
5. K3 Kyle Olson
6. 0K Kent Kositisky
7. 16S Scott Siems
8. 3B Brian Anderson
9. 13 Casey Jones
10. B21 James T
11. 95 Mike McDonald
12. 4 Cory Tharp
13. 33 Ed Obrian
14. 81 Jesse Belez
15. 93 Josh Burrell
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1- 22R Todd Reitzler
Heat 2- 7H Phillip Holtz
Feature
1. 56T Justin Temeyer
2.15 Norman Chesmore
3. 7H Phillip Holtz
4. 6X Bob Ahrendsen
5. 31S Paul Shepherd
6. 8 Curtis Roster
7. 76 Rick Galli
8. 9E Austin Evans
9. 37C Roger Ciesielski
10. 83E Thomas Thompson
11. 62G Adam Gebel
12. 09M Brett Mather
13. 3T Scooter Dulin
14. 22R Todd Reitzler
15. 94 Steve Meyer
16. 10 John Schaefer
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1- 10K Ronn Laurtizen
Heat 2- T23 Tony Olson
Feature
1. T23 Tony Olson
2. 33D Scott Hogan
3. 12D Joe Docekal
4. 32 Chris Snyder
5. F7 Patrick Flannagan
6. 25 Shawn Fisher
7. 10K Ronn Laurtizen
8. 5 Jerry Detrick
9. 22 Brandon Banks
10. 7 Todd Jensen
11. 17 Dawn Krall
12. 71 Troy Cordes
13. 85 Jonathan Thimmesch
14. 171 Buck Swanson
