I woke early in the morning to go spend the day at the Iowa State Fair all day before the races. My body was so wore out though because of all the walking around. That didn't stop me though as i decided to go in the pits to say hey to several of the drivers i only get to see a few times a year and it turns out this would be race number 46 for me this year.
Anyways after the heat races were done there was b-features to be run and the Stock Cars were up first with the b-features and it was Donavon Smith taking the win with Randy Killen in 2nd, Steve Campbell in 3rd and Andy Bryant in 4th. Sport Mod b-feature saw Jenae Gustin take the win, Mike Stark took 2nd, Nick Roberts was 3rd, Casey Gruebul was 4th with Tommy Killen Jr and Mike Hay taking the final 2 transfer spots. In the Late Model B-features it was Nate Beuseling and Ben Nading winning them.
It was now time for championship features and the first 2 features were the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap features. In Hobby Stock feature #1 it was Knoxville's Kevin Fee taking the lead early and not look back despite the only race caution coming out on lap 4 for debris. Fee would be chased down by Rob Allison from Des Moines in the later going but hold him off for the win. Allison took 2nd with Shane Klaassen, who made a 4 hour pull from Little Rock, in 3rd. Eric Stanton from Hartford and Adam Hagen from Des Moines rounded out the top 5.
In Hobby Stock feature #2 it was Carl Knight leading lap 1 but he would be pased by Dustin Griffith from Ottumwa on lap 2 but Shannon Anderson would chase down Griffith when Knight experience troubles. Anderson would make the pass for the lead coming to the white flag and end up going on to taking the win with Griffith in 2nd. Donavon Nunnikhoven from Sully was 3rd, Richard Yaw and John Watson, both from Des Moines was 4th and 5th respectively.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were up next for their 20 lap feature. Bret Moyer would take the early race lead but on lap 6 Moyer would make contact with another trucj and it cut the tire down on Moyer's truck. So that handed the lead over to Tony Moro. Moro and the field would get 3 more laps in before the caution came out again. Moro still continue to lead and until after the last caution on lap 15. Brad Moyer would make the pass on Moro to lead on lap 17 and 18 but Moro would get back by Brad Moyer to take the win. Ed Nelson, Carl Moyer and Bret Moyer would round out the top 5.
Next up was the IMCA Stock Car 15 lap feature and it was the "Terminator" Mark Elliott taking the race lead and nothing would deny him the race including the 2 cautions on lap 3, caution on lap 4, 7 and 13. The top 3 was Elliott, Dopler and Jeff Wollam until lap 13 when Wollam experience troubles. Elliott took the win with Blaine Dopler from Wapello in 2nd, "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty was 3rd, Mike Nichols from Harlan was 4th and Justin Temeyer rounded out the top 5.
IMCA Sport Mods were up next and before 1 lap could be completed several cars would get together in turn 2. On the restart though it was Bryon Weyer from Des Moines taking the lead but just after lap 1 was completed the caution came out for debris in turn 1. Weyer again would resume command and would have to do battle with "Big Ticket"Andy Tiernan from Woodward for awhile and then later Austin Kaplan from Des Moines would try too but it would all be denied as Weyer took the win with Kaplan in 2nd. Cayden Carter from Oskaloosa in 3rd, Carter Van Den Berg also from Oskaloosa was 4th, Jesse Sobbing would come back and finish 5th after getting involved in the early wreck.
The final feature of the night was the Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Model 35 lap feature. Brian Harris would take the early lead but he would bobble on lap 11 which would allow Tom Darbyshire make the pass and take the lead. The first race caution came out on lap 14 for debris in turn 1. The 2nd caution came out on lap 31 when Andy Eckrich would have troubles in turn 2. Darbyshire still remained in command but would now have Todd Cooney and Harris right there but he would hold them off this time but a lap later the caution would come out again. That didn't bother Darbyshire as he was able to hold them off and take the win, Cooney took 2nd, Harris was 3rd, Jeff Aikey was 4th and Colby Springsteen was 5th.
The final checkered flag waved at 11pm putting and end to a great night of racing. Thanks to Mick & Angel Trier, Wally, Tim Trier, Bucky Doren, Jerry Van Sickel, Debbie Sweeney, Mary Brown, Bob Moses for the great job you all did all night and the entire staff of the Iowa State Fair for making it happen every year. If you want photos from last night go to http://www.zippsphotos.com/ or http://www.raceiowa.photoreflect.com/
Official Results
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA)
Heat 2 - 901 Shane Klaassen (Little Rock, IA)
Heat 3 - 20T Richard Yaw (Des Moines, IA)
Heat 4 - 78 Shannon Anderson (Des Moines, IA)
Feature #1
1. (2) 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA)
2. (10) 12A Rob Allison (Des Moines, IA)
3. (9) 901 Shane Klaassen (Little Rock, IA)
4. (6) 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford, IA)
5. (11) 00 Adam Hagen (Des Moines, IA)
6. (5) 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines, IA)
7. (3) 79 George Hood (Des Moines, IA)
8. (8) 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada, IA)
9. (12) 7L Rick Goldsberry
10. (7) 06 Shawn Rosenbalme (Des Moines, IA)
11. (13) 21 Nick Ulin
12. (16) 11 David Castellano Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
13. (15) 47 Raymond Fees (Des Moines, IA)
14. (4) 51 Matt Webb (Des Moines, IA)
15. (1) 31 Rex Bonnett (Norwalk, IA)
16. (14) 27C Cory Adams (Des Moines, IA)
17. (17) 31X Dustin Wipf
Feature #2
1. (9) 78 Shannon Anderson (Des Moines, IA)
2. (6) 10G Dustin Griffith (Ottumwa, IA)
3. (5) 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully, IA)
4. (3) 20T Richard Yaw (Des Moines, IA)
5. (12) 4W John Watson (Des Moines, IA)
6. (4) 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg, IA)
7. (10) 47X Scott Pippert (Elberon, IA)
8. (7) 22 John Nelson (Des Moines, IA)
9. (8) 19B Jim Brown
10. (13) Phillip Castellano (Norwalk, IA)
11. (15) 17J Josh Frericksen (Des Moines, IA)
12. (2) 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo, IA)
13. (11) 35G Gina Greubel (Lacona, IA)
14. (1) 23C Carl Knight (Waukee, IA)
15. (16) 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
16. (17) 77C Andy Coleman (Des Moines, IA)
17. (14) 43 Nic Shearer (Des Moines, IA)
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - 3 Carl Moyer (Ankeny, IA)
Heat 2 - 17A Billy Allen (Des Moines, IA)
Feature
1. (6) 2M Tony Moro (Ankeny, IA)
2. (9) 21 Brad Moyer (Alleman, IA)
3. (7) 03 Ed Nelson (Van Meter, IA)
4. (1) 3 Carl Moyer (Ankeny, IA)
5. (2) 98 Bret Moyer (Polk City, IA)
6. (5) 17A Billy Allen (Des Moines, IA)
7. (10) 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines, IA)
8. (11) 72 Daryl Lilly (Winterset, IA)
9. (8) 1 Bryan Nevins Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
10. (13) 13 Craig Ford (Pella, IA)
11. (15) 2 Del Enos (Des Moines, IA)
12. (4) 56 Steve Churchill (Creston, IA)
13. (14) 30 Dennis Pinegar (Des Moines, IA)
14. (12) 95 Lou Siplot (Altoona, IA)
15. (3) 35 Blake Henry (Indianola, IA)
16. (16) 5T Todd Inman (Des Moines, IA)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 57 Blaine Dopler (Wapello, IA)
Heat 2 - 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA)
Heat 3 - 78 Jeff Anderson (Atlantic, IA)
Heat 4 - 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence, IA)
B-Feature (Top 4 transfer)
1. (4) 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City, IA)
2. (1) 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines, IA)
3. (7) 11C Steve Campbell (Des Moines, IA)
4. (11) 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons, IA)
5. (3) 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton, IA)
6. (13) 3K Kent Knopf
7. (2) 11J Jeff Johnson (Indianola, IA)
8. (9) 34 Allen Hansen (Greely, IA)
9. (15) 11 Scott Seaman (Des Moines, IA)
10. (8) 711 Michael Walrod (DeSoto, IA)
11. (5) 77T Trent Jeanes (Chariton, IA)
12. (10) 7D Joe Dejoode (Des Moines, IA)
13. (6) 19 August Bach
14. (12) D31 Lawrence Dorsey
15. (14) 21 Cody Cleghorn
16. (16) 59F Bill Fox (Des Moines, IA)
Feature
1. (1) 412 Mark Elliott (Webster City, IA)
2. (2) 57 Blaine Dopler (Wapello, IA)
3. (10) 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
4. (16) 63 Mike Nichols (Harlan, IA)
5. (11) 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence, IA)
6. (17) 01I Mike Harward
7. (5) 1K Tom Killen (Des Moines, IA)
8. (12) 19A Alan Van Gorp (Des Moines, IA)
9. (13) 19G Rick Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
10. (8) 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid, IA)
11. (21) 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City, IA)
12. (23) 11C Steve Campbell (Des Moines, IA)
13. (10) 26K Butch Bass
14. (19) 44 Todd Fisher
15. (4) 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA)
16. (24) 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons, IA)
17. (7) 78 Jeff Anderson (Atlantic, IA)
18. (15) 55 Steve Hill (Des Moines, IA)
19. (18) 22 Derek Sammons (Kahoka, MO)
20. (3) 28W Don Wear (Des Moines, IA)
21. (14) 75 Shane Richards
22. (6) 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines, IA)
23. (20) 2L John Lang (Des Moines, IA)
24. (22) 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines, IA)
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood, IA)
Heat 2 - 27 Bryon Weyer (Des Moines, IA)
Heat 3 - 41 Jeremy Embrey (Granger, IA)
B-Feature (Top 6 Transfer)
1. (5) 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
2. (2) 93 Mike Stark
3. (3) 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
4. (1) 64 Casey Gruebul (Lacona, IA)
5. (6) 1K Tommy Killen Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
6. (12) 11H Mike Hay (Grimes, IA)
7. (11) 39 Larry Embrey (Granger, IA)
8. (8) 91 Shawn Hunter (Zearing, IA)
9. (4) 66 Gordon Head Jr.
10. (7) 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk, IA)
11. (13) 88T Chad Malone
12. (9) 02 Mark Mundel (Ottumwa, IA)
13. (10) 11C Justine Campbell (Des Moines, IA)
14. (14) 10H Jack Housley
Feature
1. (4) 27 Bron Weyer (Des Moines, IA)
2. (5) 1 Austin Kaplan (Des Moines, IA)
3. (6) 10 Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa, IA)
4. (7) 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa, IA)
5. (11) 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood, IA)
6. (3) 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward, IA)
7. (2) 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick, IA)
8. (13) 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel, IA)
9. (10) 41 Jeremy Embrey (Granger, IA)
10. (8) 11D Dalton Dingman (Grimes, IA)
11. (12) 74 Rick Gladson
12. (9) 81D Scott Davis (Madrid, IA)
13. (15) 11 Beau Kaplan (Boone, IA)
14. (19) 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
15. (1) 18 Laini Schwart
16. (18) 30X Josh Modde (Des Moines, IA)
17. (17) 21 Kyle Brown (Kellogg, IA)
18. (20) 93 Mike Stark
19. (14) 36X Russ Gladson
20. (21) 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
21. (23) 1K Tommy Killen Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
22. (22) 64 Casey Gruebul (Lacona, IA)
23. (16) 1T Bobby Davis III
24. (24) 11H Mike Hay (Grimes, IA)
Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models
Heat 1 - 1. (2) 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 2. (1) 56 Andy Eckrich (Iowa City); 3. (7) 42 Tom Darbyshire (Morning Sun); 4. (4) 46 Nate Beuseling (Silvis, Ill.); 5. (3) 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 6. (6) 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 7. (9) 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 8. (8) 15C Curt Schroeder (Ames); 9. (5) 95 Eric Sanders (Moline, Ill.)
Heat 2 - 1. (7) 58 Ray Guss Jr. (Milan, Ill.); 2. (5) 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 3. (8) Tommy Elston (Keokuk); 4. (1) 33 Paul Glendenning (Mt. Ayr); 5. (3) 8 Al Johnson (Story City); 6. (2) 41 Matt Strassheim (Morning Sun); 7. (9) 95X Craig Jacobs (Urbandale); 8. (4) G1 Mike Garland (Morrison, Ill.); 9. (6) 1ST Justin Reed (Quincy, Ill.)
Heat 3 - 1. (3) 28C Terry Neal (Ely); 2. (6) 9 Ryan Giles (West Des Moines); 3. (4) 38 Colby Springsteen (Morning Sun); 4. (5) 84 Sam Halstead (New London); 5. (1) 14 Kyle Wahlert (Des Moines); 6. (9) 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 7. (7) 3 Kevin Sather (Urbandale); 8. (2) 21B Joel Brasch (Dunkerton); 9. (8) 38D Josh Most (Red Oak)
Heat 4 - 1. (4) 4D Marty Diercks (Bettendorf); 2. (6) 27H Brian Harris (Davenport); 3. (1) 12J TJ Criss (Oskaloosa); 4. (2) 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 5. (7) 93 Jay Johnson (West Burlington); 6. (8) X Ryan Griffith (Webster City); 7. (3) 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 8. (5) 85 Kelly Tapper (Boone)
B-Feature 1 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. (1) 46 Nate Beuseling (Silvis, Ill.)
2. (8) 95X Craig Jacobs (Urbandale)
3. (3) 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque)
4. (2) 33 Paul Glendenning (Mt. Ayr)
5. (4) 8 Al Johnson (Story City)
6. (7) 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake)
7. (5) 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City)
8. (6) 41 Matt Strassheim (Morning Sun)
9. (10) G1 Mike Garland (Morrison, Ill.)
10. (12) 1ST Justin Reed (Quincy, Ill.)
11. (11) 15C Chris Schroeder (Ames)
12. (13) 95 Eric Sanders (Moline, Ill.)
B-Feature 2 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. (2) 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny)
2. (4) 93 Jay Johnson (West Burlington)
3. (6) X Ryan Griffith (Webster City)
4. (5) 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah)
5. (1) 84 Sam Halstead (New London)
6. (8) 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown)
7. (9) 21B Joel Brasch (Dunkerton)
8. (10) 85 Kelly Tapper (Boone)
9. (3) 14 Kyle Wahlert (Des Moines)
10. (7) 3 Kevin Sather (Urbandale)
11. (11) 38D Josh Most (Red Oak)
Feature
1. (3) 42 Tom Darbyshire (Morning Sun)
2. (6) 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines)
3. (1) 27H Brian Harris (Davenport)
4. (9) 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls)
5. (11) 38 Colby Springsteen (Morning Sun)
6. (4) 28C Terry Neal (Ely)
7. (5) 45 Tommy Elston (Keokuk)
8. (2) 9 Ryan Giles (West Des Moines)
9. (7) 58 Ray Guss Jr. (Milan, Ill.)
10. (8) 12J T.J. Criss (Oskaloosa)
11. (15) 93 Jay Johnson (West Burlington)
12. (18) 33 Paul Glendenning (Mt. Ayr)
13. (14) 95X Craig Jacobs (Urbandale)
14. (13) 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny)
15. (12) 46 Nate Beuseling (Silvis, Ill.)
16. (20) 1ST Justin Reed (Quincy, Ill.)
17. (19) 84 Sam Halstead (New London)
18. (17) 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah)
19. (10) 4D Marty Diercks (Bettendorf)
20. (24) 56 Andy Eckrich (Iowa City)
21. (21) G1 Mike Garland (Morrison, Ill.)
22. (23) 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake)
23. (16) 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque)
24. (22) 95 Eric Sanders (Moline, Ill.)
Hard Charger Provisional - Charlie McKenna
Deery Series Points Provisionals - Justin Reed, Mike Garland, Eric Sanders
*Ryan Griffith made the feature but gave his car to Andy Eckrich so that moved Sam Halstead in the feature and moved Eckrich too the tail because of swapping cars*
