Thunder Dome race returned to the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown for race number six of the winter indoor racing season. The car count was up a little from two weeks ago but still down from the first four shows this year. The competitors that signed in certainly brought a lot of excitement.
First feature up was the Kid Karts which saw Gage Stratton from Amana leading the entire 10 lap feature but he would have to hold off several challenges from Connor Kriegel through out the feature. Kriegel would come home second, Kennedy Davenport was third and Keagan Thompson was fourth.
The Junior 2 Pro Heavy go-kart class would see Tyler Havens from Polk City lead the entire 12 laps and take the win. Mackenze Smith would finish 2nd and Cole Nicoletto was 3rd.
Up next was the Rookies Advanced go-kart class with Brady Kohrs from Independence taking the early race lead. Kohrs would hold on to the lead until Kadence Davenport would make the move and make the pass for the lead on lap 6. Davenport would lead the remaining laps and go on to take the win with Kohrs taking second. Logan Duffy, McKenzie Culbertson and Keegan Havens finished third through fifth. Logan Schmidt and Landon Duffy would round out the the field.
Junior Quads would see four competitors but they would split them up into two features based on experience. In Feature #1, Bryce Paulson from Emmetsburg would take the lead a lead it look like he would hold on too but on lap 9 it was Tristian Rethmeier taking over the lead. Rethmeier would take the win with Paulson in second.
In Feature #2 of the Junior Quads it was Brody Paulson leading the first 11 laps of the 12 lap feature but coming off of turn 4 on the last lap, Paulson was side by side with Hunter Murphy and Murphy would win by a nose at the line over Paulson.
Junior Bikes would see Noah Hovell dominate and take the win with Brandon Hovell finishing 2nd. Brandon Webster and Clayton Moyer would finish third and fourth respectively.
In the Mad Dogg Bikes it was Jayson Beal leading all 15 laps. Brandon Simon and Wade Wessels would finish second and third.
The Amateur Singles saw Clayton Webster get the whole shot victory over Raymond Cross, Brandon Simon and Brad Brickman.
For the Amateur Quads, Justin Sutherlin took the lead and look to be going on to the win even though Rick Reeves was trying to chase him down. Reeves would go on to take the lead from Sutherlin on lap 9, that would be the winning move as Reeves would take the win. Sutherlin finished second and Mark Johnson would finish third. DJ Robinson and Jeff Robinson would not make call for the feature.
Junior 1 Pro Heavy go-kart class would see Nick Rose lead the entire 12 lap feature with Madison Clark taking second.
In the Clone Heavy go-kart class it was Casey Luke taking the early lead. Luke would hold on to the lead until lap 7 when Albert Wolfgram would take the lead, however Wolfgram would experience some trouble and exit the race track shortly after giving the lead back over to Luke. Luke would then have to worry about Chris Burke. Burke would make the move and pass Luke coming off of turn 4. Burke would take the win, Luke, Tony Wolfgram, Clair Messor and Dustin Panos would round out the top 5. Albert Wolfgram, Brandon Sohl and Greg Shimek would round out the field.
Pro Singles feature would see Aaron King from Waterloo taking the whole shot victory. Darren Carter, Brandon Simon, Justin Reed, Clayton Webster and Jayson Beal round out the field.
The final feature was the Pro Quads feature and it was Mark Johnson taking the lead and not looking back as he would take the win. Rick Reeves would try to chase him down but fall short and end up 2nd, DJ Robinson would finish 3rd.
The next Thunder Dome race is on Saturday March 17th. The gates open at 9 AM, hot laps at noon and racing to follow. Admission is $10 which includes a Pit Pass. For more information contact Brian Kauffman at (319) 551-0077 or log on to http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/
Results
Kid Karts
Round 1 Heat #1 - 44K Connor Kriegel
Round 2 Heat #1 - 44K Connor Kriegel
Feature - 1. 1 Gage Stratton (Amana, IA); 2. 44K Connor Kriegel (Marshalltown, IA); 3. 5 Kennedy Davenport (Madrid, IA); 4. 60 Keagan Thompson (Runnells, IA)
Junior 2 Pro Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1- 97 Cole Nicoletto
Round 2 Heat #1 - 14 Tyler Havens
Feature - 1. 14 Tyler Havens (Polk City, IA); 2. 9 Mackenze Smith (Tama, IA); 3. 97 Cole Nicoletto (Des Moines, IA)
Rookies Advanced
Round 1 Heat #1 - 8 Kadence Davenport
Round 1 Heat #2 - 17 Brady Kohrs
Round 2 Heat #1 - 11 Keegan Havens
Round 2 Heat #2 - 17 Brady Kohrs
Feature - 1. 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid, IA); 2. 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence, IA); 3.C10 Logan Duffy (Independence, IA); 4. 18 McKenzie Culbertson (Dubuque, IA); 5. 11 Keegan Havens (Polk City, IA); 6. 19 Logan Schmidt (Tama, IA); 7. Landon Duffy (Independence, IA)
Junior Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 48 Tristian Rethmeier
Round 1 Heat #2 - 27 Hunter Murphy
Round 2 Heat #1 - 48 Tristian Rethmeier
Round 2 Heat #2 - 8 Brody Paulson
Feature #1 - 1. 48 Tristian Rethmeier (Newton, IA); 2. 5B Bryce Paulson (Emmetsburg, IA)
Feature #2 - 1. 27 Hunter Murphy (Emmetsburg, IA); 2. 8 Brody Paulson (Emmetsburg, IA)
Junior Bikes
Round 1 Heat #1 - 22o Noah Hovell
Round 2 Heat #1 - 22o Noah Hovell
Feature - 1. 22o Noah Hovell (Pella, IA); 2. 117 Brandon Hovell (Pella, IA); 3. 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 4. 25 Clayton Moyer (Indianola, IA)
Mad Dogg Bikes
Round 1 Heat #1 - 17 Jayson Beal
Round 2 Heat #1 - 17 Jayson Beal
Feature - 1. 17 Jayson Beal (Waterloo, IA); 2. 74 Brandon Simon (Waterloo, IA); 3. 93 Wade Wessels (Richfield, MN)
Amateur Singles
Round 1 Heat #1- 155 Clayton Webster
Round 2 Heat #1- 155 Clayton Webster
Feature - 1. 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 2. 43 Raymond Cross (Bloomington, IL); 3. 93 Brad Brickman (Richfield, MN)
Amateur Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 19 Rick Reeves
Round 2 Heat #1 - 19 Rick Reeves
Feature - 1. 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines, IA); 2. 8Y Justin Sutherlin (Des Moines, IA); 3. 16 Mark Johnson (Des Moines, IA); DNS- 33 DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA), Jeff Robinson (Des Moines, IA)
Junior 1 Pro Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 0 Nick Rose
Round 2 Heat #1 - 0 Nick Rose
Feature - 1. 0 Nick Rose (Boone, IA); 2. 31 Madison Clark (Laurel, IA)
Clone Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 48 Casey Luke
Round 1 Heat #2 - 17 Brandon Sohl
Round 2 Heat #1 - 48 Casey Luke
Round 2 Heat #2 - 25 Chris Burke
Feature - 1. 25 Chris Burke (Boone, IA); 2. 48 Casey Luke (Cedar Rapids, IA); 3. 32 Tony Wolfgram (Boone, IA); 4. 92 Clair Messor (Marshalltown, IA); 5. 77 Dustin Panos (Protivin, IA); 6. 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone, IA); 7. 17 Brandon Sohl (Corwith, IA); 8. 22 Greg Shimek (New Hampton, IA)
Pro Singles
Round 1 Heat #1 - 40 Aaron King
Round 2 Heat #1 - 40 Aaron King
Feature - 1. 40 Aaron King (Waterloo, IA); 2. 43 Darren Carter (Bloomington, IL); 3. 774 Brandon Simon (Waterloo, IA); 4. 53 Justin Reed (Waterloo, IA); 5. 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 6. 17 Jayson Beal (Waterloo, IA)
Pro Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 16 Mark Johnson
Round 2 Heat #1 - 16 Mark Johnson
Feature - 1. 16 Mark Johnson (Des Moines, IA); 2. 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines, IA); 3. 33 DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA)
