The orginal plan for today was to go to Knoxville for the 1st Annual Shootout for Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks but i got the word at 9:30 am that it was cancelled and rescheduled for May 6th. After i heard that immediately checked with Benton County Speedway Promoter Mick Trier to see if Vinton was still racing and he texted back yes so i was making the plans to head to Vinton.
I was glad i did because there was some great racing tonight and i got to grab the mic for a couple stock car heats on the night which i was suprised with but want to thank Bucky Doren and Mick Trier for letting me do it.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap IMCA Sport Compact feature. Brett Vanous would lead the first lap but Nathan Chandler would take command on lap 2. The yellow would come out when something broke on Jaycee Floyd's car forcing him to a stop at the top of turn 1 and 2. Chandler would remain out front but with Steve Miedke right behind him. Miedke would see trouble as Jacob McVay would make contact which almost saw Miedke roll but end up come to a stop just off turn 4, McVay would be sent to the tail for questionable driving. Chandler would go on and take the win, Merv Chandler was 2nd, Gary Peiffer was 3rd, Brett Vanous was 4th and Travis Losenicky was 5th.
Before one lap would be completed in the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, Adam Streeter would roll his car in turn 1, Streeter would climb from his car and be okay. When racing got moving it was Nathan Ballard taking the lead. Ballard looked to be going on to the win but Scott Pippert would chase him down and make the pass for the lead on lap 10. On lap 11 though Pippert would hit a big tractor tire in turns 3 and 4 that would force the yellow flag. Pippert would still be your leader and he would go on and take the win. Ballard, Matt Brown, Vince Buchholz and Clint Nelson would round out the top 5.
Next up was the 15 lap IMCA SportMods feature and it was Matt McCahen taking the early lead from his pole position. McCahen seem to be holding off several challenges leading up to the cautions coming out on laps 8 and 9. McCahen continued to lead but would have to hold off Danny Dvorak from Vinton and it appeared as he was going to do that until the last lap. Dvorak would sneak by on the bottom and take the win over McCahen, McCahen would finish 2nd and he said he lost fuel pressure coming to the checkered meanwhile the red flag would come out as Mike Knapp and Brian Anderson got together coming to the checkered which sent Anderson rolling down the frontstretch. Nick Roberts, Tom Rawlins and Jayme Duinink would finish third through 5th.
In IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature it was Sean Johnson taking the early lead but Damon Murty would take the lead from Johnson on lap 6 and just 1 lap later the first caution came out. Murty remained out front but the caution would come out again on lap 8. Murty would have Johnson right behind him and still hold him off but then the caution came out with just 2 laps to go when Clayton Deppe would come to a stop on the backstretch. Murty would hold Johnson off the last 2 laps to take the win, Johnson would end up 2nd. Michael Jaennette, Nathan Wood and Scooter Dulin round out the top 5.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature and it was Ronn Lauritzen taking the early race lead. Lauritzen would lead but then a caution came out on lap 5 bunching the field back up. Lauritzen again would start to pull away but then the caution came out on lap 8. Lauritzen would remain out front until the next caution on lap 9 when Dawn Krall would go for a spin in turn 3 and Lauritzen would pull off with some kind of mechanical issues this would hand the lead over to Shawn King. King would have to survive 2 more cautions but go on and take the win. Adam Johnson was 2nd, Joe Docekal was 3rd, Jerry Luloff was 4th and Brandon Banks was 5th.
Racing action came to an end at 9:05 pm meanwhile we also learned the North Benton EMS crew had raise over $5,000 for LUCAS Chest Compression System for the 2nd ambulance that you see at the race track on sunday as it currently does not have one like the other ambulance has.
Next Sunday will be Weekly Points Night number 2 with the gates opening at 4 pm, hot laps at 5pm and racing to follow. More information check out http://www.jjamracing.net/
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat #1: 2 Merv Chandler (Vinton, IA)
Heat #2: 8M Jacob McVay (Palo, IA)
Feature: 1. 22 Nathan Chandler (Norway, IA); 2. 2 Merv Chandler (Vinton, IA); 3. 36DD Gary Peiffer (Troy Mills, IA); 4. 35 Brett Vanous (Quaesqueton, IA); 5. 22T Travis Losenicky (Garrison, IA); 6. 00W Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside, IA); 7. 03 Neil Nabholz (Waterloo, IA); 8. 9L Jeremy Lynch; 9. 11 Steve Miedke (Shellsburg, IA); 10. 8M Jacob McVay (Palo, IA); 11. 75 Louis Trachta (Vinton, IA); 12. 18J Jaycee Floyd (Cedar Rapids, IA); 13. 007 Adam Gates (Cedar Rapids, IA); 14. 83 Travis Ross (Evansdale, IA)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat #1: 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo, IA)
Heat #2: 78 Matt Brown (Dysart, IA)
Heat #3: 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon, IA)
Feature: 1. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon, IA); 2. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo, IA); 3. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart, IA); 4. 55 Vince Buchholz (Waterloo, IA); 5. 27 Clint Nelson (Newton, IA); 6. 25 Doug Laughridge (Garrison, IA); 7. 26 Nathan Christie (Waterloo, IA); 8. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton, IA); 9. 2P Cale Petersen (Dysart, IA); 10. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo, IA); 11. 1s Greg Sweerin (Waterloo, IA); 12. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton, IA); 13. 77 Rod Grother (Cedar Rapids, IA); 14. 67 Justin Stander (Vinton, IA); 15. 64 Jerome Wilson (Waterloo, IA); 16. 09 Brayden Forbes (Waterloo, IA); 17. 51D Dustin Filloon (Toledo, IA); 18. 76S Adam Streeter (Waterloo, IA); 19. 07 Jacob Keiser (Marengo, IA); 18. 64JR Jeremiah Wilson (Waterloo, IA)
IMCA SportMods
Heat #1: S16 Kip Siems (Waterloo, IA)
Heat #2: 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
Heat #3: 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton, IA)
Feature: 1. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton, IA); 2. 63 Matt McCahen (Waterloo, IA); 3. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA); 4. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg, IA); 5. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella, IA); 6. 19J Levi Smith (Donnellson, IA); 7. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids, IA); 8. J2 David Schulze (Keystone, IA); 9. S16 Kip Siems (Waterloo, IA); 10. 10 Mike Knapp; 11. 3B Brian Anderson (Garrison, IA); 12. 11 Al Sweerin (Waterloo, IA); 13. 28P Rick Paulson (Tripoli, IA); 14. 42L Lonnie Mercer (Urbana, IA); 15. 00C John VanWechel; 16. 11M Jody Mitchell (Cedar Rapids, IA); 17. 80 Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center, IA); 18. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart, IA); 19. 00 Jim Buhlman (Cedar Falls, IA); 20. 95 Mike McDonald (Cedar Rapids, IA)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat #1: 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton, IA)
Heat #2: 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
Feature: 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea, IA); 2. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence, IA); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton, IA); 4. 52 Nathan Wood (Keswick, IA); 5. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids, IA); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama, IA); 7. 20 Andrew Burke (Eldridge, IA); 8. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley, IA); 9. 21DE Jason DeShaw (Hopkinton, IA); 10. 52J Jeremy Pundt (Donnellson, IA); 11. 87 John Emerson (Waterloo, IA); 12. 7H Phillip Holtz (Manchester, IA); 13. 76 Rick Galli (Urbana, IA); 14. 9E Austin Evens (Independence, IA): 15. 60 Clayton Deppe (Kellogg ,IA); 16. 31S Paul Shepherd (Marengo, IA); 17. 05 Seth Bowen (Ankeny, IA); 18. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo, IA)
IMCA Modifieds
Heat #1: 71 Troy Cordes (Evansdale, IA)
Heat #2: 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart, IA)
Heat #3: 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Marshalltown, IA)
B-Feature (top 12 transfer): 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 2. 14B Shane Burbridge; 3. 27 Jamie Johnson; 4. 26P Kevin Pittman (Waterloo, IA); 5. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids, IA); 6. 7T Tim McBride (Waterloo, IA); 7. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera, CA); 8. 171 Buck Swanson (Waterloo, IA); 9. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids, IA); 10. 15D Dustin Johnson; 11. 5 Jason Morehouse (Vinton, IA); 12. 17 Dawn Krall (Waterloo, IA); 13. 96 Eric Tuttle; 14. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg, IA); 15. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton, IA); 16. 14 Dustin Morgan
Feature: 1. 91 Shawn Ryan (Waterloo, IA); 2. 24R Adam Johnson (Independence, IA); 3. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart, IA); 4. 18 Jerry Luloff (Waterloo, IA); 5. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington, IA); 6. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo, IA); 7. 26P Kevin Pittman (Waterloo, IA); 8. 11B Mike Burbridge; 9. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids, IA); 10. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids, IA); 11. 27 Jamie Johnson; 12. 1J Jeff Streeter (Madera, CA); 13. 171 Buck Swanson (Waterloo, IA); 14. 7T Tim McBride; 15. 14B Shane Burbridge; 16. 5 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton, IA); 17. 15D Dustin Johnson; 18. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton, IA); 19. 17 Dawn Krall (Waterloo, IA); 20. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 21. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup, IA); 22. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera, CA); 23. 71 Troy Cordes (Evansdale, IA); 24. 19G Richie Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
