After being off since December 3rd for the Coke Syrup Races in Mason City and Des Moines its back to the Thunder Dome for Race #4. We had around 60 entries on the day signed in to compete, hot laps start at noon and scheduled to start racing but got started a little behind schedule but was still done by 7p.
Kid Karts would only have 1 entry and that was Dalton Filloon. Filloon would have fun out there competing even if its by himself.
Jr 2 Pro Heavy would see Tyler Havens take the lead and not look back in the feature. For Havens this would be his 3rd straight feature win in the Thunder Dome. Andrei Allen was 2nd, Cole Nicoletto was 3rd, Christian Kennedy was 4th and Colton Livezey was 5th.
Rookies was split up in to 2 classes Amateurs and Pros, Amateurs were the least experience and Pros the most experience. Rookie Amateurs would go to Keaton Woosley taking win, Brayden Greubel in 2nd, Kamden Criss taking 3rd and Alissa Palsrok in 4th.
Rookie Pros were split into 2 features and in Feature #1 it was Kadence Davenport leading lap 1 but Dallon Murty would take the lead on lap 2. Murty look to be going on to the win but would lose the handle off turn 4 and that would give the win over to Keegan Havens. Logan Duffy would get by and take 2nd, Murty would get 3rd, McKenzie Culbertson was 4th and Kadence Davenport was 5th. In Feature #2 it was Blake Dullard taking the early lead but he would be passed by Brady Kohrs on lap 2. Dullard would get the lead back from Kohrs with just a handful of laps to go giving the win to Dullard. Reid Sorenson would get 2nd. Kohrs and Landon Duffy would finish 3rd and 4th.
UAS 4 Strokes, UAS, KT100 and Stock Mediums were combined for the evening. Timmy Bontrager (UAS 4 Strokes) would take the win with Jason Block (KT100) finishing 2nd. The UAS & UAS 4 Strokes were combined earlier in the date because Brian Nellis was racing at UAS 4 Strokes and KT100 but he left early resulting the the combination of the UAS 4 Strokes and KT100. All will receive points in their respective class.
Jr Quads would see one entry on the day and it was Bryce Paulson from Emmetsburg. Jr Bikes would see Brandon Webster dominate and take the win with Clayton Moyer finishing 2nd.
Amateur Quads would see Zach Myers getting the wholeshot and not looking back, Donny Teninty would take 2nd. Brandon Rice, Mike Webb and Justin Sutherlin rounding out the top 5.
Restricted Box Stock Non Winged Karts had 1 solo entry on the day and that was Riley Plain from Webster City. Plain would use every part of the racing surface even though he was the only entrant on the day.
Madison Clark would the the early lead in the Jr 1 Pro Heavy but would then experience some lap traffic trouble mid-way through the race that would allow Nick Rose take the lead until Rose experienced some trobule and that would allow Mark Maas to take the lead and cruise on to the win. Clark would come back and finish 2nd, Rose was 3rd, Brooke Havens was 4th and Gage Nayes was 5th.
Clone Heavy would see a caution filled feature event, when the racing got going Ryan Gustin would take the lead early but got up with a lap car and brought out the yellow. Casey Luke would be granted the lead lead but Luke would lose the handle coming to the checkered. Meanwhile Mike Jones and Gustin would racing for the win off turn 4 and it was Jones winning by a bumper over Gustin. Banzhaf was 3rd, Kody Havens was 4th, Bryan Nevins was 5th. Kristopher Haak, Jared Daggett, Brandon Sohl, Tyler Nevins, Kyle Wahlert and Albert Wolfgram would round out the field.
Brandon Webster would get the wholeshot in the Pro Singles feature but it was his brother Clayton Webster taking the win. Brandon would settle for 2nd with Clayton Moyer in 3rd.
The final feature of the day was Pro Quads. Spenscer Hopwood would lead the first 4 laps but it Mark Johnson making the pass on lap 5 and going on to win. Drew Ostrander was 2nd, Hopwood would get 3rd, Jordan Brown was 4th and Mike Webb was 5th.
Next Thunder Dome Race is on Saturday February 11th with the gates open at 9a, hot laps at noon and racing at 1p. Admission is $10 and that includes a pit pass for more information you check out http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/
