The week started by arriving on sunday and setting up camp and then partying before the racing action began on sunday night and all i can say is that was fun. It started the week of meeting up with friends and making new friends.
On Monday Night it was the IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models racing. 38 Late Models, 137 Hobby Stocks and 185 Sport Mods signed in to race night #1 at Super Nationals. Sport Mod Race of Champions Qualifers would see Joel Rust, Tracy Wassenberg, Austin Kaplan, Jim Gillenwater and Cayden Carter were the winners.
In the Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models it was Justin Reed lead the first 40 laps in the feature despite cautions on lap 23, 30, 31 and 38. The final race caution came out on lap 40 when Reed experience troubles so on the restart it would Kevin Sather and Colby Springsteen starting side-by-side as co-leaders since Reed experience trouble brought the yellow out. Springsteen would get the advantage and take the win with Kevin Sather would finish 2nd. Dale Hackwell Jr would finish 3rd, Darrel DeFrance would finish 4th after starting 16th and Andy Eckrich would finish 5th.
In the Hobby Stock Qualifying Feature it would be Andy Boeckman leading from start to finish despite cautions on lap 6 and 15 of the 20 lap feature. Devin Smith took 2nd, Michael Murphy was 3rd, Stac Schroeder was 4th and Craig Graham was 5th.
In the Sport Mod Qualifying Feature it was Clay Evans leading the race early. Cayden Carter would get by on lap 7 and take the lead but Scott Davis would chase him down and make the pass off turn 4 to take the qualifying feature win. Carter took 2nd, Geoff Olson took 3rd, Tara Longnecker was 4th and Evans would end up 5th.
After partying it up after the races it was time to catch a few hours of sleep to do it all again on Tuesday.
On Tuesday Night it was the 2nd night of qualifying for the IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks plus the Inaugural apperance for the IMCA Sport Compacts. 45 Sport Compacts signed in to become the first super national crown in that class. The Hobby Stock Race of Champion Qualifers would go to Chad Gentz, Brandon Pruitt, Stac Schroeder, Kevin Fee and Shannon Anderson.
In the IMCA Sport Compacts feature it was Chuck Fullenkamp taking the early race lead but after 1 lap was completed the caution would come out. Fullenkamp would still resume command until Nathan Chandler would make the pass on lap 8 for the lead. Chandler wouldn't be denied the win despite a race caution on lap 10, Chandler took the win over his brother Brad Chandler, Fullenkamp, Gary Peiffer and his brother Dallas Chandler.
In the Sport Mod qualifying feature it was Jeremy Chambers would lead the first 12 laps despite early cautions on lap 2 and 8 but the caution lap 12 would force things to change. Marty Steinbach and Tyler Droste would be right there and it was 3rd generation driver Droste taking the lead and going on to the win. Austin Lucas, Adam Ackerman, Jeff Brunssen and Ben Kates would round out the top 5.
In the Hobby Stock qualifying feature it was last year's super national champion Jason Wilkinson taking the lead on lap 1 but then the first race caution came out. Wilkinson still remain out front until lap 18 when Nick Meyer took the lead after a restart of a caution. Meyer would take the win with Aaron Rudolph taking 2nd, Brandon Pruitt was 3rd, Brandon Nielson was 4th and Tyler Pickett was 5th.
Again it was party time after the races were over and it was fun time watching all of the big haulers coming in for the Modifieds and Stock Cars which begin on Wednesday.
On Wednesday night it was the first night of qualifying for the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars plus last chance races for the IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Mods.
In the Last Chance Feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks it was Cody Nielson leading the feature from start to finish despite cautions on lap 4, 6 and 8. Finishing behind Nielson it was Robby Marsh, Jason Wilkinson, Nathan Ballard and Scott Pippert.
IMCA Sport Mods Last Chance Feature saw Bryan Lariviere taking the lead for the first 9 laps despite cautions on lap 6 and 7. Jeremy Embrey would make the pass on lap 10 but his lead would be short as the "Crazy 99" of Jesse Sobbing would take the lead. Sobbing would go on to the win with Embrey took 2nd, Lariviere was 3rd, Cody Hennings was 4th and Nick Roberts was 5th.
In the Modifieds Qualifying Feature it was Jeremy Mills lead the first 6 laps despite 2 cautions after 1 lap was completed. Hank Berry from Montana would take the lead on lap 7 but on lap 9 and 11 the caution would come out. Richie Gustin would make the pass on Berry on the restart after the lap 11 caution. Gustin would go on to take the win to earn the pole for saturday night. Josh Ruby was 2nd, Kevin Sustaire was 3rd, Josh Truman was 4th and Hank Berry was 5th.
The Stock Car Qualifying Feature #1 saw Sean Johnson lead from start-to-finish in the green-to-checkered event. Mike Nichols, David Smith, Brian Blessington and Jeremy Christians. The Stock Car Qualifying Feature #2 saw Shay Curtin take the early race lead but track champion Trent Murphy would make the pass on lap 7 to take the lead. Murphy would take the win with Jeremy Gettler in 2nd, Rocky Alexander in 3rd, Stefan Sybesma in 4th and Shay Curtin in 5th.
You guess it what happend after the races was more partying it would be one late night of partying that is for sure but i was back up and at them again the next morning.
On Thursday it was just the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars plus the Race of Champions qualifers for both divisions as well. IMCA Modified Race of Champions Qualifers would go to Richie Gustin, Russ Dickerson, Cory Wray, Jon Snyder, Jimmy Gustin and Todd Shute. IMCA Stock Car Race of Champions Qualifers would go to Chad Palmer, Brandon Czarapata, Ryan Rose, Damon Murty and Mike Nichols.
In the IMCA Modifieds qualifying feature it was "The Racing Auctioneer" JJ Wise taking the lead early. Justin Auringer would make the pass on lap 8 though and go on to the win. Eric Dailey was 2nd, Jerry Luloff was 3rd, Jimmy Gustin was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th.
In the IMCA Stock Car Qualifying feature #1 it was Dustin Larson taking the lead and going on to the win in the caution filled feature. Brandon Czarapata, Nathan Burke, Tom Seuss and Roger Verdoorn finished 2nd through 5th. In Feature #2 it was Jeff Anderson taking the lead and not looking back even though the only race caution came out on lap 6. Finishing behind Anderson was Jeff Larson, Damon Murty, Larry Portis and Chad Estes.
Of course i partied up again after the races were over.
On Friday Night again it was the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars plus the Fast Shaft All Star Invitational race. On this night it would be last chance races for the Stock Cars meaning you had 1 last chance to get through the heat races to the 1 qualifying feature.
In the Stock Cars Last Chance Feature it was Jamie Colwell leading the entire race despite cautions on lap 10, 13 and 16. JC Howell from Texas was 2nd, Donavon Smith was 3rd, Jay Schmidt was 4th and Jeff Mueller rounded out the top 5.
In the Modifieds Qualifying Feature would see the caution come out before 1 lap would be completed. When the race got going though it was Dustin Smith taking lead. Smith would lead until lap 9 when Darin Durffy would sneak by. Duffy would lead until Boone Native Joel Bushore would take the lead on lap 18. Bushore would take the win with "Flyin Dutchman" Mike Van Genderen, Darin Duffy, Josh "Happy" Gilman and Josh McGaha finishing 2nd through 5th.
The Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Race saw Scott Bennett lead the first 6 laps for the 20 lapper but it was Chris Abelson leading the final 14 circuits in root to the win. Justin Auringer would take 2nd, Michael Smith was 3rd, Shawn Kilgore was 4th and Bennett would end up 5th.
Again some crazy partying happen but it was now time for the night everybody had been waiting for.
Saturday Night would start out with Last Chance races for the Modifieds. In Last Chance #1 it was Jake Durbin taking the win with Jared Siefert and David Murray Jr finishing 2nd and 3rd. In Last Chance #2 it was Scott Olson followed by Todd Shute and Jeremy Mills. In Last Chance #3 it was Kellen Chadwick followed by John ALlen and Johnny Saathoff.
Hobby Stock Race of Champions would see Shannon Anderson lead the entire 10 lap race. Devin Smith, Brandon Pruitt, Scott Pippert and Kevin Fee took 2nd through 5th.
Sport Mod Race of Champions would see Troy Jerovetz lead the entire 10 laps also with Doug Smith in 2nd, Joel Rust in 3rd, Geoff Olson was 4th and Scott Davis was 5th.
Stock Car Race of Champions saw Kevin Opheim lead the first 9 laps but on the last lap would blow up and hand the win over to Damon Murty. Donavon Smith, David Smith, Jeremy Christians and Chad Palmer took 2nd through 5th.
Modified Race of Champions saw Kevin Stoa lead the first 4 laps but it was last year's super nationals champion Jimmy Gustin taking the lead on lap 5 and going on the win. Stoa took 2nd, Russ Dickerson was 3rd, Jay Matthias was 4th and Richie Gustin was 5th.
Hobby Stock Finale Feature saw a caution before a lap was completed but when it got going it was Devin Smith leading. Smith continue to lead until lap 23 despite cautions on lap 12, 16 and 17. On lap 23 though Smith and Andy Boeckman would get together and forcing flat tires and Smith stopped to bring out the yellow. On th restart we would see similar to what happen in the late models on monday a double restart leader since there is no leader now. Cody Nielsen would take the lead though and go on to the win with Brandon Pruitt in 2nd, Robby Marsh in 3rd, Shannon Anderson was 4th and Michael Murphy was 5th.
Sport Mods Feature saw Tyler Droste take the lead early, Droste would hold on to the lead until lap 15 despite cautions on lap 4, 6 and 13. On lap 14, Scott Daivs would get by Droste for the lead. It appeared Davis was going to take the win but then a caution on lap 28 would set up a green-white-checkered. Davis would see a challenge from Jesse Sobbing, Sobbing would end up leading lap 29 but Davis would take the win on lap 30 by a very small margin over Sobbing. Cayden Carter was 3rd, Droste was 4th and Austin Lucas was 5th.
Stock Cars Feature saw Sean Johnson would lead the race from start-to-finish despite race cautions on lap 18 and 25. Nobody would have anything for Johnson on this day. Jeff Anderson would take 2nd, Damon Murty was 3rd, Trent Murphy was 4th and Mike Nichols was 5th.
Modifieds Feature saw Richie Gustin lead the race from start-to-finish despite 4 race cautions. Mike Van Genderen would take home 2nd, Darin Duffy would end up 3rd, Justin Auringer was 4th and Eric Dailey was 5th.
It was a great week of racing and partying after races. Thanks to Tammy and Tim Stevens for letting me hang out with you all week and i love that apple pie it was great. Also great job to everybody that had to work all week at the races. Great job goes out to the track prep crew and promotor Robert and Bea Lawton for a great racing surface all week.
Up next for me is the Showdown at Motown Shootout Go Kart, Quads and Bike Races this weekend and then next weekend its the 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks.
