This year i decided to stay back to work at Marshalltown Speedway in Friday so that freed me up to be able to go racing in iowa so i decided to make my 2nd visit of 2011 to the "Home of the Giant Tenderloin" Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa at the Butler County Fairgrounds.
On this night there was the United States Modified Touring Series, Iron Man Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods plus 20 year NASCAR Veteran Kenny Schrader was on hand to race with the USMTS and sign autographs thanks to Roling Ford.
109 cars signed in to compete in 3 classes. There was 29 United States Modified Touring Series Modifieds, 44 Iron Man Challenge for USRA B-Mods and 36 Iron Man Challenge for USRA Stock Cars.
First feature of the night was the Iron Man Challenge for USRA Stock Cars for 20 laps but that was only after 5 heats and 2 b-features help dwindle the field down from 36 to 26 cars for the feature. Steve Jackson would start in the 2nd row but would lead lap 1. Tory Reicks from Waucoma would take the lead on lap 2 but then the caution would come out on lap 2 for Randy Killen going around in turn 4, Mark Massey and Dennis Plain made contact. A Lap later another caution would come out this time for Mike Van Genderen losing the handle in turn 4. Reicks wouldn't let those cautions bother him but he would have to deal with Matt Greiner and Steve Jackson on the restart. Kevin Donlan would make the pass for the lead on lap 5 and then another race caution would come out on lap 5 for Tom Killen stoping in turn 1. Another caution would come out on lap 9 this time for Mark Elliott losing the handle in turn 4. The final race caution came out on lap 12 for Jason Minnehan losing the handle in turn 4. On the restart though Donlan would have to do battle with Dan Christopher and Nathan Wood. Christopher would take the lead on lap 13 but fall back to 10th place in the end, Nathan Wood would make the pass for the lead on lap 15 and go on and take the win. Reicks, Donlan, Van Genderen and Trimble rounded out the top 5.
Next up was the Iron Man Challenge for USRA B-Mods for 15 laps but that was also after 5 heats and 2 b-features helped get the field down from 44 to 24 cars. Brian Schrage from Cresco would take the early lead and hold on to it until the cautions came out on lap 6, the first caution was for 2 cars getting together in turn 4 and then on the restart for a car coming to a stop in turn 2. On the restart Schrage would have to deal with Jimmy Broszeit, Broszeit would make the pass on lap 10 and would cross the line in first but in post race tech was disqualifed for illegal parts. Brandon Hare would cross in 2nd and be credited with the win, Schrage crossed in 3rd but was also disqualifed so that moved up Bob Sutherland to 2nd. Tyler Droste, Mike Shelton and Matt Lettow was 3rd through 5th.
The final feature was suppose to be 30 laps for the United States Modified Touring Series but after 2 cautions happen before the race got a lap completed the race was shorten to 25 laps. The first caution would result in a red flag as Keith Foss would roll his car in the middle of turn 3 & 4 and then Johnny Scott came to a stop in turn 2 on the restart. When the race did get going Eric Dailey from Armstrong would take the lead but on lap 3, he was black flagged for smoke so that would hand the lead over to Ryan Gustin. Gustin's lead would be short lived as Colt Mather would take the lead on lap 5. 2 more cautions came out on lap 8 for a Tommy Myer coming to a stop in turn 2 and then for Shane DeMey coming to a stop in turn 2. Mather wouldn't let them bother him but Gustin would take a few laps and get the top side to work in and he would make the pass for the lead on lap 13 again and hold on to it until lap 18 but a caution came out on lap 17 for Ryan Schaffer would stop in turn 4. Mather would take the lead back on lap 19 and not look back despite a caution on lap 23 for Chris Speiker coming to a stop in turn 2. This would set up a green-white-checkered finish and it was still Webster's Colt Mather taking the win, "The Reaper" Ryan Gustin was 2nd, "The Z Man" Zack Vanderbeek was 3rd, "Happy" Rodney Sanders was 4th and "A-Train" Al Hejna was 5th.
Racing action came to an end at 11:23pm about 1 hour and 23 minutes past the curfew but thanks to the City of Allison for allowing the races to continue despite that but from my understanding since the races were sponsored by Butler County Fair Association as well it was a big deal.
Next race at Highway 3 Raceway in Allison is next Wednesday June 1st when the IMCA Modifieds take to the big 1/2 mile for a $1,000 to win IMCA Modified Special plus USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks. Gates Open at 5p, Hot Laps at 6:30p and Racing at 7p.
Next race for the Iron Man Challenge Series will be at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota on Saturday where the USRA Stock Cars will be running for their Iron Man Challenge Series Points. B-Mods next Iron Man Challenge Series will be Sunday June 12th at Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minnesota.
Special Thanks to Art Krull and the Highway 3 Raceway Committee, Todd Staley, Janet Staley, Jeff Nun and Ryne Staley for letting me attend. For more information about Highway 3 Raceway check out http://www.highway3raceway.com/. For more information about USMTS check out http://www.usmts.com/ or about USRA check out http://www.usraracing.com/
Results
Iron Man Challenge USRA B-Mods
Heat 1 - 14 Brian Schrage
Heat 2 - 56H Brandon Hare
Heat 3 - 4ord Bob Sutherland
Heat 4 - 28 Parker Hale
Heat 5 - 10 Cayden Carter
B-Feature (Top 6 transfer):
1. 92 Tyler Droste
2. 18J Mike Jaeger
3. 80 Josh Bonnstetter
4. 7+ Jared Timmerman
5. 10T Trevor Fecht
6. 64 Brandon Leeman
7. 86 Dan Tenold
8. 14M Brian Mahlstedt
9. 49G Leroy Groenendyk
10. 7R Ryan Ashton
11. 11 Paul Price
12. 34 Colin Rodgers
13. 24 Kyle Roose
14. 23K Ben Kates
15. 14E Chase Ellingson
16. 27B Aaron Benz
B-Feature 2 (Top 6 transfer):
1. 7J Jeremy Smith
2. 21L Matt Lettow
3. 26J Joel Rust
4. 96 Lucas Lundry
5. 76X Troy Hovey
6. 77 Josh Smith
7. 80 Jamey Ayers
8. 72 Brett Lowry
9. 198 Sam Wieben
10. 49 Nate Whitehurst
11. 17 Brandon Groenendyk
12. 82 Coby Bangasser
13. 22A Shawn Albers
14. 32 Robert Black
15. 32Z Alex Zwanziger
16. 17H Ryan Halverson
Feature:
1. 56H Brandon Hare
2. 4ord Bob Sutherland
3. 92 Tyler Droste
4. 16 Mike Shelton
5. 21L Matt Lettow
6. 76X Troy Hovey
7. 28 Parker Hale
8. 96 Lucas Lundry
9. 7 Carter Vandenberg
10. 3L Clint Luellen
11. 26J Joel Rust
12. 21 Kyle Brown
13. 77 Josh Smith
14. 80 Josh Bonstetter
15. 7+ Jared Timmerman
16. 20G Michael Grantham
17. 10T Trevor Fecht
18. 64 Brandon Leeman
19. 7J Jeremy Smith
20. 18J Mike Jaeger
21. 30 Scott Demmer
22. 10 Cayden Carter
DQ:
14 Brian Schrage
88X Jimmy Broszeit
Iron Man Challenge USRA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 33 Kevin Donlan
Heat 2 - 7 Jason Minnehan
Heat 3 - 29 Matt Greiner
Heat 4 - 57V Mike Van Genderen
Heat 5 - 52 Nathan Wood
B-Feature (Top 7 transfer):
1. 412 Mark Elliott
2. 99D Damon Murty
3. 01U Chris Ullrich
4. G12 Ryan Goergen
5. 1K Tom Killen
6. 97 Lynn Panos
7. 110 Ken Tietz
8. R31 Ryan Leeman
9. 32 Dan Feltus
10. 29 Dean Everts
11. 85 Ron Carey
12. 18 Tom Schmitt
B-Feature (Top 7 transfer):
1. 20 Dan Trimble
2. M2 Matt Fox
3. 35 Wayne Crimmins
4. 121G Arlen Hoy
5. 14 Todd Staley
6. 14A Chris Adams
7. 57 Dennis Plain
8. 47 Mike Mauer
9. 14J Michael Johnston
10. 22K Kevin Rose
11. 66 Jeff Joldersma
12. 11 Paul Price
Feature:
1. 52 Nathan Wood
2. 27T Tory Reicks
3. 33 Kevin Donlan
4. 57V Mike VanGenderen
5. 20 Dan Trimble
6. 01U Chris Ullrich
7. 35 Wayne Crimmins
8. 99D Damon Murty
9. 14A Chris Adams
10. 42 Dan Christopher
11. 29 Matt Greiner
12. G12 Ryan Goergen
13. 121G Arlen Hoy
14. 30 Mark Massey
15. 2J Steve Jackson
16. 56T Justin Temeyer
17. 1K Tom KIllen
18. 7 Jason Minnehan
19. 57 Dennis Plain
20. 81X Randy Killen
21. 412 Mark Elliott
22. 110 Ken Tietz
23. 14 Todd Staley
24. M5 Jim Mitchell
25. M2 Matt Fox
26. 97 Lynn Panos
United States Modified Touring Series
Heat 1 - 8 Colt Mather
Heat 2 - 95 Keith Foss
Heat 3 - 7 Eric Dailey
B-Feature 1 (Top 6 transfer)
1. 1st Johnny Scott
2. 66 Dan Bohr
3. 7 Al Hejna
4. 00 J.D. Auringer
5. 20L Zach Less
6. R21 Ryan Schaffer
7. 15M Shane Demey
8. 83 Kellen Chadwick
9. 555 Ryan Ruter
B-Feature 2 (Top 6 transfer)
1. 26P Kevin Pittman
2. 9 Ken Schrader
3. 7 Ryan Dolan
4. 27M Mark Schulte
5. 14 Jon Tesch
6. 72 Doug Hilson
7. B1 Jeff Larson
8. Z3 Mike Albertsen
Feature:
1. 8 Colt Mather
2. 19R Ryan Gustin
3. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek
4. 20 Rodney Sanders
5. 7 Al Hejna
6. 14 Jon Tesch
7. 7 Ryan Dolan
8. 65 Tommy Myer
9. 17 Steve Stewart
10. 66 Dan Bohr
11. 1st Johnny Scott
12. 27M Mark Schulte
13. 00 J.D. Auringer
14. 12E Mark Elliott
15. 72 Doug Hillson
16. 56 Chris Spieker
17. 3 Kelly Shyrock
18. R21 Ryan Schaffer
19. 31 Corey Dripps
20. 26P Kevin Pittman
21. 9 Ken Schrader
22. 15M Shane Demey
23. 7 Eric Dailey
24. 95 Keith Foss
25. 20L Zach Less
