After having fun following the Hawkeye Dirt Tour a lot last year i decided to make the trek to "The Birthplace of IMCA Modifieds" the Benton County Speedway in Vinton. Where 44 IMCA Modifieds signed in to do battle tonight, 16 IMCA Sport Mods and 13 IMCA Sport Compacts.
IMCA Sport Compacts were up first for 12 lap feature. Bill Whalen Jr would lead the first 5 laps but be passed by Brad Chandler, who was driving a car normally driven by Bryce Bailey on lap 6. Brad Chandler would go on and take the win in the caution free event with Whalen in 2nd, Nathan Chandler was 3rd, Brett Vanous was 4th and Steve Miedke was 5th.
When the Sport Compacts were completed the Modifieds B-Features were run. Ryan Dolan, Kellen Chadwick and Ronn Lauritzen took the wins in the Modifieds B-Features.
IMCA Sport Mods were up next for 15 laps. It was Pole Position starter and Hometown Hero Danny Dvorak jumping to the lead but there was 2 cautions in the feature on lap 2 and 3 for a couple of cars spinning in turn 2. Dvorak would'nt worry until a few laps to go when 9th place starter Austin Kaplan would challenge for the lead and infact i had Kaplan taking the lead on lap 14 only to lose it the next lap to Dvorak. Dvorak won and Kaplan was 2nd meanwhile Carter Vandenberg, Joel Rust and Jake Strayer rounded out the top 5.
Final feature of the night was the 30 lap feature for the IMCA Modifieds and the Hawkeye Dirt Tour Opener but this would only come after 5 heats, 3 b-features and 2 provisionals would set the field at 24 cars, only 21 cars would make the call though. Before a lap was completed a car would spin out in turn 2 restacking the field. On the restart it was Larry Herring taking the lead but then another caution came out for 3 cars spinning out in turn 4. Herring would still remain out front but Vern Jackson would take the lead on lap 4 but that was short lived though as Mitch Morris took the lead on lap 5. 2 more cautions would come out on lap 7 and 19 for cars having some kinda of problems in turn 2. On the restart, Jackson would do battle with Morris and get by Morris on lap 21 and go on and take the win, Morris was 2nd. Ryan Dolan, Kellen Chadwick and Mark Elliott was 3rd through 5th.
Racing came to a finish at 9:55p. Great racing surface tonight a lot better than what it was when i was last there a few weeks ago.
Unofficial Results
JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1- 1. 98 Jason Snyder, 2. T23 Tony Olson, 3. 17J Jason Seegemiller, 4. 19R Todd Reed, 5. 11B Mike Burbridge, 6. 01 Ed Thomas, 7. 75 Clint Wendel, 8. 60 Kurt Krauskopf, 9. 15 Matt Stagman
Heat 2- 1. 22L Wyatt Lantz, 2. 96 Larry Herring, 3. 78 Adam Bolin, 4. 3C Max Corporan, 5. 25T Duane Peterson, 6. 57B Dennis Betzer, 7. 5 Jerry Dedrick, 8. 19G Richie Gustin
Heat 3- 1. 64 Vern Jackson, 2. 71W Jeff Waterman, 3. 10K Ronn Laurtizen, 4. 83 Kellen Chadwick, 5. 12D Joe Docekal, 6. 57V Mike VanGenderen, 7. 1J Jeff Streeter, 8. 69 Jacob Waterman, 9. 37B Ron Barker
Heat 4- 1. 70 Mitch Morris, 2. 37 Mike Jergens, 3. X Ryan Dolan, 4. 91 Shawn Ryan, 5. 8T Tony Snyder, 6. 41P Keith Pittman, 7. 7M Mike Weikert Jr., 8. 85 Jonathan Thimmesch, 9. 71 Troy Cordes
Heat 5- 1. 12 Mark Elliott, 2. 8 Rich Smith, 3. 77 Josh Foster, 4. 33D Scott Hogan, 5. 48J Jacob Murray, 6. 32 Rick Speck, 7. 62 Greg Cox, 8. 27M Mark Schulte, 9. 70X Jerry King
B-Feature 1- 1. X Ryan Dolan, 2. 12D Joe Docekal, 3. 60 Kurt Krauskopf, 4. 17J Jason Seegemiller, 5. 33D Scott Hogan, 6. 01 Ed Thomas, 7. 69 Jacob Waterman, 8. 41P Keith Pittman, 9. 5 Jerry Dedrick, 10. 71 Troy Cordes, DNS: 62 Greg Cox
B-Feature 2- 1. 83 Kellen Chadwick, 2. 78 Adam Bolin, 3. 77 Josh Foster, 4. 11B Mike Burbridge, 5. 8T Tony Snyder, 6. 85 Jonathan Thimmesch, 7. 32 Rick Speck, 8. 1J Jeff Streeter, 9. 15 Matt Stagman, 10. 57B Dennis Betzer, 11. 70X Jerry King
B-Feature 3- 1. 10K Ronn Laurtizen, 2. 57V Mike VanGenderen, 3. 19G Richie Gustin, 4. 91 Shawn Ryan, 5. 75 Clint Wendel, 6. 7M Mike Weikert Jr, 7. 48J Jacob Murray, 8. 19R Todd Reed, 9. 37B Ron Barker, 10. 25T Duane Peterson, DNS: 27M Mark Schulte
Feature - 1. 64 Vern Jackson, 2. 70 Mitch Morris, 3. X Ryan Dolan, 4. 83 Kellen Chadwick, 5. 12 Mark Elliott, 6. 19G Richie Gustin, 7. 8 Rich Smith, 8. 33D Scott Hogan, 9. 11B Mike Burbridge, 10. 10K Ronn Laurtizen, 11. 71W Jeff Waterman, 12. 77 Josh Foster, 13. 12D Joe Docekal, 14. 96 Larry Herring, 15. 57V Mike VanGenderen, 16. 98 Jason Snyder, 17. 60 Kurt Krauskopf, 18. 17J Jason Seegemiller, 19. 78 Adam Bolin, 20. T23 Tony Olson, 21. 91 Shawn Ryan, DNS: 22L Wyatt Lantz, 37 Mike Jergens, 27M Mark Schulte
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- 1. 18J Jake Strayer, 2. 10 Cayden Carter, 3. 1 Austin Kaplan, 4. J2 John Schulze, 5. 26J Joel Rust, 6. 17A Jamie Aikey, 7. 00 Jim Buhlman, 8. 22H Curt Hilmer, 9. 72 Mike Hogencamp
Heat 2- 1. 3R Danny Dvorak, 2. 7 Carter Vandenberg, 3. 8 Brad Iverson, 4. 86 Rod McDonald, 5. MR09 Kurt Hogan, 6. 3D Drew Fish, 7. 11 Mike Mitchell, 8. 3B Brian Anderson
Feature - 1. 3R Danny Dvorak, 2. 1 Austin Kaplan, 3. 7 Carter Vandenberg, 4. 26J Joel Rust, 5. 18J Jake Strayer, 6. 86 Rod McDonald, 7. 10 Cayden Carter, 8. 17A Jamie Aikey, 9. 00 Jim Buhlman, 10. 3D Drew Fish, 11. 8 Brad Iverson, 12. 11 Mike Mitchell, 13. J2 John Schulze, 14. 3B Brian Anderson. 15. 22H Curt Hilmer, DNS: MR09 Kurt Hogan, 72 Mike Hogencamp
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat 1- 1. 51 Brad Chandler, 2. 1 Merv Chandler, 3. 11 Steve Miedke, 4. 07 Joe Goodenbauer, 5. 74 Eric Youngblood, 6. 57K Ross Kitner
Heat 2- 1. 22 Nathan Chandler, 2. 35 Brett Vanous, 3. 13X James Stevens, 4. 00W Bill Whalen Jr, 5. A1 Louis Trachta, 6. 8M Jacob McVay, 7. 007 Adam Gates
Feature - 1. 51 Brad Chandler, 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr, 3. 22 Nathan Chandler, 4. 35 Brett Vanous, 5. 11 Steve Miedke, 6. 1 Merv Chandler, 7. 13X James Stevens, 8. 8M Jacob McVay, 9. 74 Eric Youngblood, 10. 007 Adam Gates, 11. A1 Louis Trachta, 12. 07 Joe Goodenbauer, DNS: 57K Ross Kitner
