I decided to make the hour drive north to the Butler County Fairgrounds and the Highway 3 Raceway for some racing action on the big 1/2 mile. The Highway 3 Raceway has 7 races scheduled on the season.
54 cars would sign in to do battle on the half mile, 16 Late Models, 21 B-Mods, 7 Hobbys, 10 Stock Cars. IMCA Late Models were running for National and State IMCA Points meanwhile the USRA Stock Cars, B-Mods and Hobby Stocks were running for Track and National USRA Points.
First feature up for the night was the 15 Lap USRA Stock Car Feature were the "Flyin Dutchman" Mike Van Genderen from Newton would lead the feature from start to finish in the green-to-checkered feature. Tom Schmitt would try numerous times to get by Van Genderen but all of them would fail and he would end up settling for 2nd. Tory Reicks was 3rd, Shay Curtin was 4th and Jeremy Crimmins was 5th.
USRA B-Mods were up next for their 15 Lap feature were Jimmy Broszeit from Postville would lead the feature from green-to-checkered. Carter Vandenberg from Oskaloosa was 2nd, Cayden Carter was 3rd, Tyler Droste was 4th and Jamey Ayers was 5th.
The IMCA Late Models were up next for their 25 lap feature during this special. Before 1 lap was completed though Chad Cooney would get in the wall off turn 2 resulting in a straight up restart. "Kazz" Greg Kastli would jump out to the lead and look to be pulling away but then the caution came out after 4 laps were completed, this caution was for Jon Merfeld getting in the turn 2 wall. On the restart, Kastli would do what he did before and pull away. Kastli would take the win meanwhile Jeff Aikey and Todd Cooney would battle for 2nd and 3rd, Aikey was 2nd and Cooney was 3rd. Travis Smock was 4th and Terry Neal, who was in a borrow car was 5th.
The final feature of the night was USRA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature. Just like the Stock Cars and B-Mods this feature would go green-to-checkered with Stac Schroeder taking the win, Austin Wolfgram in 2nd, Adam Gebel was 3rd, Steve Wiltse was 4th and Eric Larson was 5th.
Racing came to an end at 8:45pm. I want to thank Art Krull and the Highway 3 Raceway Committee on letting me attend the races tonight. They hope you plan on coming to one of their racing events. The next race is Thursday May 26th when the USMTS Modifieds and Iron Man Series for Stock Cars and B-Mods will be racing.
For more information about Highway 3 Raceway check out http://www.highway3raceway.com/
Unofficial Results
USRA Stock Cars
Heat - 27T Tory Reicks
Feature -
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 57V Mike Vangenderen Newton , Ia 100.00
2 6 18 Tom Schmitt Independence , Ia 95.00
3 2 27T Tory Reicks Waucoma , Ia 91.00
4 7 11 Shay Curtin Cresco , Ia 87.00
5 5 15 Jeremy Crimmmins Fort Dodge, Ia 84.00
6 3 20 Dan Trimble Fairbank , Ia 81.00
7 8 121G Arlen Hoy Marble Rock, Ia 78.00
8 9 85 Ron Carey Nashua , Ia 76.00
9 4 35 Wayne Crimmins Fort Dodge, Ia 74.00
10 10 32 Dan Feltus Allison , Ia 72.00
USRA B-Mods
Heat 1 - 21L Matt Lettow
Heat 2 - 88X Jimmy Broszeit
Heat 3- 7X Carter Vandenberg
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 88X Jimmy Broszeit Postville , Ia 100.00
2 16 7X Carter Vandenberg Oskaloosa , Ia 95.00
3 7 10C Caydon Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 91.00
4 6 92 Tyler Droste Waterloo , Ia 87.00
5 3 80 Jamey Ayers Bristow , Ia 84.00
6 8 21 Kyle Brown Kellogg , Ia 81.00
7 4 56H Brandon Hare Elma , Ia 78.00
8 14 32Z Alex Zwanziger Nashua , Ia 76.00
9 5 17A Jamie Aikey Waterloo , Ia 74.00
10 15 22A Shawn Albert Wellsburg , Ia 72.00
11 11 95 Josh Gesell Ridgeway , Ia 70.00
12 12 10T Trevor Fecht Allison , Ia 68.00
13 9 198 Sam Wieber Dysart , Ia 66.00
14 19 64 John Warrington St Ansgar, Ia 64.00
15 13 86 Dan Tenold Northwood , Ia 62.00
16 2 7R Ryan Ashton Beaman , Ia 60.00
17 10 21L Matt Lettow Roland , Ia 58.00
18 18 82 Coby Bangasser Allison , Ia 56.00
19 20 20G Michael Grantham Clarksville , Ia 55.00
20 17 49 Nate Whitehurst Mason City, Ia 54.00
21 21 24 Kyle Roose Bristow , Ia 53.00
IMCA Late Models
Heat 1 - 77 Jeff Aikey
Heat 2 - 25 Terry Neal
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 73 Greg Kastli Waterloo , Ia 0.00
2 1 77A Jeff Aikey Waterloo , Ia 0.00
3 4 30 Todd Cooney Des Moines, Ia 0.00
4 3 98 Travis Smock Independence , Ia 0.00
5 6 25 Terry Neal Ely , Ia 0.00
6 5 22 Charlie Mckenna Clear Lake, Ia 0.00
7 7 99D Darrel Defrance Marshalltown , Ia 0.00
8 10 4D Rick Dralle Waterloo , Ia 0.00
9 9 X Ryan Griffith Webster City, Ia 0.00
10 11 53 Darren Ackerman Readlyn , Ia 0.00
11 8 145 Dale Hackwell Jr Washburn , Ia 0.00
12 14 12J Tj Criss Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
13 16 87 Jon Merfeld Peosta , Ia 0.00
14 13 31 Chad Cooney Des Moines, Ia 0.00
15 12 H20 Paul Watters Cedar Falls, Ia 0.00
16 15 4 Leon Thomsen Waverly , Ia 0.00
USRA Hobby Stocks
Heat - 51 Stac Schroeder
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 51 Stac Schroeder Clear Lake, Ia 100.00
2 6 24 Austin Wolfgram Webster , Ia 95.00
3 1 62G Adam Gebel Waterloo , Ia 91.00
4 7 69 Steve Wiltse Charles City, Ia 87.00
5 2 20E Eric Larson Holland , Ia 84.00
6 4 6 Danny Sacquinte Decorah , Ia 81.00
7 5 96 Christopher Wiltse Charles City, Ia 78.00
