Droste, Crimmins, Murty and Hovden Win at Highway 3 Raceway

Third time was the charm for the Welcome Back Season Opener at Highway 3 Raceway in Allison. Highway 3 Raceway rained out the two previous times the Season Opener but tonight Mother Nature wouldn’t be a factor in away.

 The first feature of the night was the USRA B-Mods for twelve laps and it was Adam Ackerman making
the pull from Mason City taking the early lead. Ackerman would have to deal with Tyler Droste however
through out much of the early going. The caution would come out just after five laps were completed
setting up a restart with Droste and Alex Zwanziger right behind Ackerman. Droste would race side-byside
Ackerman and take the lead from Ackerman on lap 8. Droste would go on to take the win with
Ackerman in second. Matt Lettow came home third, Lucas Lundry was fourth and Zwanziger would fall
back to fifth.

In The USRA Stock Car fifteen lap feature it was Jason Minnehan taking the lead and it appeared nobody
had anything for Minnehan until lap twelve when Minnehan would have his power plant let go, lose a
driveshaft and come to a rest in turn two. This would give the lead over to Wayne Crimmins from Fort
Dodge, Crimmins would end up leading the last 3 laps to go and take the win. Lance Deal, Tory Reicks,
Steve Jackson and Dennis Plain rounded out the top five.

USRA A-Mods would be a very eventful fifteen lap feature. Tim Murty would redraw the pole and he
would take full advantage and pulled away until he caught lap traffic. The caution would fly three times on
lap eleven first for a single car incident in turn 4, second for the restart being called back and third for the a
red flag when Doug Hillson would roll his care four or five times going into turn three.

Hillson would climb from the car and be okay but the car was badly damage. The race would get going but
shortly after another lap was scored Jerry King would spin and bring out the caution. Murty wouldn’t let
that bother him as he would go on and take the win. Shawn Ryan, Keith Pittman, Phil Wenert and Tim
McBride would finish second through fifth.

Final feature of the night was the USRA Hobby Stock feature and it was Steve Holthaus leading the first 3
laps until a look like car driven by Chris Hovden would sneak by and take the lead on lap 4. Holthaus
would then have to deal with Stac Schroeder and Schroeder would get by and Holthaus would make contact
and the yellow would come out with both of them being sent to the tail. Hovden would lead the last four
laps to take the win. Myles Michehl was second, Holthaus was third, Pat Zimmerman was fourth and Ryan
Bochmann was fifth.

Racing continues Next Saturday May 19th at Highway 3 Raceway with the USRA Weekly Racing Series
for A-Mods, Stock Cars, B-Mods and Hobby Stocks, Hot Laps are scheduled for 6 pm and racing to follow.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, Iowa
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won.

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 21 Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge.
2. (3) 51 Stac Schroeder, Clear Lake.
3. (1) 55 Pat Zimmerman, Greene.
4. (2) 6 Shane Barnett, Allison.
5. (5) 21X Lyle Oberhelman, Fort Dodge.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 70H Chris Hovden, Cresco.
2. (5) 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco.
3. (3) 62 Ryan Bochmann, Greene.
4. (2) 62G Adam Gebel, Waterloo.
5. (1) 2B Brad Beadler, Bristow.

“A” Main:
1. (3) 70H Chris Hovden, Cresco, $600.
2. (4) 21 Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge, $400.
3. (2) 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco, $300.
4. (6) 55 Pat Zimmerman, Greene, $200.
5. (1) 62 Ryan Bochmann, Greene, $170.
6. (8) 62g Adam Gebel, Waterloo, $140.
7. (5) 51 Stac Schroeder, Clear Lake, $110.
8. (10) 2B Brad Beadler, Bristow, $100.
9. (7) 6 Shane Barnett, Allison, $30.
10. (9) 21x Lyle Oberhelman, Fort Dodge, $30.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 7R Ryan Ashton, Beaman.
2. (9) 21L Matt Lettow, Roland.
3. (4) 34z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua.
4. (3) 5 Adam Ackerman, Mason City.
5. (6) 6 James Aschenbrenner, Aplington.
6. (5) 66 Levi Chipp, Latimer.
7. (8) 20G Michael Grantham, Bondurant.
8. (7) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison.
9. (1) 55 Jamey Ayers, Bristow.

Heat #2:
1. (8) 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo.
2. (5) 4ord Bob Sutherland, Blairsburg.
3. (4) 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard.
4. (1) 82 Coby Bangasser, Allison.
5. (6) 32n Neil Follett, Conrad.
6. (9) 24 Kyle Roose, Grundy Center.
7. (2) 777 Dustin Enabnit, Marble Rock.
8. (7) 84w Jeffrey Welter, Nashua.
9. (3) 3 Trevor Chaplin, Iowa Falls.

“A” Main:
1. (4) 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo, $750.
2. (1) 5 Adam Ackerman, Mason City, $400.
3. (3) 21L Matt Lettow, Roland, $300.
4. (9) 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard, $250.
5. (2) 34z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua, $200.
6. (17) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, $150.
7. (7) 7R Ryan Ashton, Beaman, $130.
8. (8) 6 James Aschenbrenner, Aplington, $110.
9. (6) 82 Colby Bangasser, Allison, $100.
10. (13) 20G Michael Grantham, Bondurant, $90.
11. (14) 777 Dustin Enabnit, Marble Rock, $80.
12. (10) 32n Neil Follett, Conrad, $75.
13. (18) 55 Jamey Ayers, Bristow, $70.
14. (15) 84w Jeffrey Welter, Nashua, $65.
15. (11) 66 Levi Chipp, Latimer, $60.
16. (5) 4ord Bob Sutherland, Blairsburg, $55.
17. (12) 24 Kyle Roose, Grundy Center, $50.
18. (16) 3 Trevor Chaplin, Iowa Falls, $30.

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 2J Steve Jackson, Polk City.
2. (5) 22x Lance Deal, Fort Dodge.
3. (6) 121G Arlen Hoy, Marble Rock.
4. (7) 18 Tom Schmitt, Independence.
5. (4) 47 Mike Mauer, Cedar Falls.
6. (2) 86 Phil Wernent, Galesville, Wis.
7. (8) 32 Dan Feltus, Allison.
8. (1) 57 Dennis Plain, Webster City.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 27t Troy Reicks, Waucoma.
2. (4) 35 Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge.
3. (2) 96 Christopher Wiltse, Charles City.
4. (5) 7 Jason Minnehan, Churdan.
5. (7) 46 Cody Frerichs, Bristow.
6. (3) 7c Blake Cole, Nashua.
7. (6) 3w Shawn Wilson, Mason City.

“A” Main:
1. (6) 35 Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge, $1000.
2. (3) 22x Lance Deal, Fort Dodge, $500.
3. (7) 27t Tory Reicks, Waucoma, $400.
4. (5) 2J Steve Jackson, Polk City, $300.
5. (15) 57 Dennis Plain, Webster City, $200.
6. (10) 46 Cody Frerichs, Bristow, $175.
7. (13) 3w Shawn Wilson, Mason City, $150.
8. (12) 7c Blake Cole, Nashua, $130.
9. (11) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville, Wis., $115.
10. (8) 18 Tom Schmitt, Independence, $100.
11. (2) 7 Jason Minnehan, Churdan, $90.
12. (9) 96 Christopher Wiltse, Charles City, $80.
13. (4) 121G Arlen Hoy, Marble Rock, $75.
14. (1) 47 Mike Mauer, Cedar Falls, $75.
15. (14) 32 Dan Feltus, Allison, $40.

USRA A-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (6) 99m Tim Murty, Tama.
2. (4) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
3. (2) 68 Bill Crimmins, Fort Dodge.
4. (3) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville, Wis.
5. (5) 91 Shawn Ryan, Waterloo.
6. (1) 26P Kevin Pittman, Waterloo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 14R Rod Scheuermann, Scranton.
2. (1) 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo.
3. (5) 70 Jerry King, Waterloo.
4. (2) 14 Derek Oberle, Evansdale.
5. (4) 7T Tim McBride, Evansdale.

“A” Main:
1. (1) 99m Tim Murty, Tama, $1000.
2. (10) 91 Shawn Ryan, Waterloo, $700.
3. (3) 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo, $500.
4. (5) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville, Wis., $400.
5. (9) 7T Tim McBride, Evansdale, $300.
6. (2) 68 Bill Crimmins, Fort Dodge, $250.
7. (6) 14 Derek Oberle, Evansdale, $200.
8. (4) 70 Jerry King, Waterloo, $175.
9. (7) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., $150.
DNS - 26P Kevin Pittman, Waterloo, $50.
DQ (8) 14R Rod Scheuermann, Scranton, $0.