Another beautiful day greeted drivers, fans and officials on Saturday as the The Thunder Dome Indoor Dirt Racing Race #2 took place in the covered arena at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown. A total of 95 entries checked in to do battle a new Thunder Dome record and the racing was very entertaining and wild day of racing.
First feature was the the JR 1 Medium and it would be Ashton Gein taking the early lead before a lead he would hold on to until a caution on lap 7 for Nick Rose and Gein getting together however Gein would get the lead back until he would lose it too Brody Willett on lap 9. Willett would go on to take the win with Brandon Maitland in 2nd, Logan Duffy in 3rd, Dayton Filloon in 4th and Gein in 5th.
The Kid Karts feature would Kinzer Jaennette jump out to the lead earlier and appeared to be cruising on to the easy win before a chain would break with 2 laps to go giving the lead over to Rolend Stewart. Stewart would finish 1st and with Jaennette, Ryder Langenfeld and Cason Fitch rounding out the top 5.
Rookie Beginner was next and it would be Ty Solverson from Fort Dodge leading all 10 laps to take the win. Jayson Alexander from Milo was 2nd and Drake Badker from Clear Lake was 3rd.
In the Rookie Advanced would see Kamden Criss lead from start to finish, Landon Duffy would finish 2nd and Brady Kohrs would end up 3rd after he had some lingering issues after making contact with the outside wall in round 2 of heat races.
Brandon Webster would get the Wholeshot victory in the Mad Dogg Bikes. Keeton Fleener would finish 2nd, Jayson Beal was 3rd, Dawson Kuhlman was 4th and Justin Lichty was 5th. Harlen Kent would finish 7th in the Mad Dogg Bikes but get credit with the win in the JR Bikes as he was the only JR Bike on the day.
JR Quads were again split up into classes based on quad size. The first feature was the 125cc and under big quads, it was Tristan Rethmeier getting the whole shot and crusing on the easy win. Brandon Sly was 2nd and Davonte Polson was 3rd. The second feature was the 50cc and under small quads feature, it was Jaxson Smith getting the whole shot but he would be passed coming off of turn 4 on lap 2 by Jackson Misel. Misel's lead would be short lived as he would make heavy contact with the turn 2 wall forcing the red flag. Misel would be okay but not able to continue this would give the lead back over to Jaxson Smith. Smith would lead the remaining laps to take the win over Cason Fitch and Jackson Brown.
Amateur Bikes would see Clayton Webster from Ottumwa get the Wholeshot victory. His younger brother Brandon Webster would try to chase him down but fall short and settle for 2nd. Brad Barickman would finish 3rd and Austin Davis was 4th.
In the Amateur Quads it would be David Petithory get the whole shot victory despite a yellow on lap 2 when Petithory and Donny Teninty got hooked together. Teninty would end up 2nd, Doug Slyvester was 3rd, Doug Reeves was 4th and Luke Smith was 5th.
Open 4 Cycles and Unlimited All-Stars (UAS) go-kart classes come out on the speedway. Turbo Timmy Bontrager would start on the outside front row and grab the lead and not look back as he would cruise on to his 2nd win of the Thunder Dome season in his car nicknamed "Beavis and Butthead". Scott Badker would finish 2nd and get credited with the win for the UAS. Erik Splund was 3rd and will get 2nd in the Open 4 Cycles. Taylor Luke was 4th and 3rd in the Open 4 Cycles. Jason Blok was 5th and 4th in the Open 4 Cycles.
Topless Box Stocks made their debut inside the Thunder Dome and i will admit was really cool to see them racing inside the Thunder Dome. Evan Winkler would grab the lead and not look back despite a caution coming out for Colt Grief after making contact in turn 2. Finishing behind Winkler was Austin Earley, Morgan Dennis, Riley Plain and Grief.
In the JR 2 Medium go-kart class it was Ryan Maitland grabbing the lead and holding on to the lead until lap 4 in which Mark Maas would get by however they ruled that Maas took out Maitland so he was black flagged, a lap later the yellow came out for Colton Arment and Mark Maas getting together in turn 3. Shortly after another yellow would come out as Shawn Cooney would spin out in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. When all of the dirt flys it was Maitland coming across the line in 1st. Jamison Hampton would finish 2nd, Brock Badger was 3rd, Brooke Havens was 4th and Shawn Cooney was 5th. Glen Smith finished 7th but got credit the win in the JR 2 Animal division.
Stock Heavy feature would see Albert Wolfgram jump to the early lead but it would be Kody Havens making the pass on lap 3 to grab the lead away. Havens appeared to be going on to the easy win but the yellow flag would wave on lap 12 for Nate Maderfield in turn 4. Havens would hold on to win with Travis Hatch finishing 2nd and Wolfgram in 3rd. Adam Stevens and Chad Volk would round out the top 5.
In the Pro Bikes feature it was Clayton Webster getting his 2nd wholeshot feature win on the day. Duke Erickson finished a close 2nd, Keeeton Fleener was 3rd, Jayson Beal was 4th and Rick Kent was 5th.
Final feature of the day was the Pro Quads and it would be Blake Miller getting the wholeshot win. George Hoal was trying to catch Miller but settled for 2nd. Doug Slyvester, DJ Robinson and David Petithory.
Racing came to and end just before 7 pm and it was a great day of racing. I want to thank the Thunder Dome Sponsors for their great support: Line X of Ottumwa, Waller Racing of Traer, Len's Wrecker Service of Independence, Moore Construction of Marshalltown, Motorsports Photography of Grimes, Chase Decals of Ames and A Day of Thunder on The Syrup in Mason City.
I also do want to apologize to all who attended if it sounded like i was being rude calling you up to the staging area all day long but the flagman we had was being a "butthead" all day long and it has been determined he will not be back because his lack of respect for everybody there including the workers. So we hope you all can come back to the Thunder Dome on December 1st and bring more along with so we can continue to break records inside the Thunder Dome.
Also if you would like to say thanks to the Central Iowa Fairboard for letitng this happen the past 3 winters and want to see more like Randy talked about the drivers meeting you can go to http://www.centraliowafairgrounds.com/ and them know. For more information about upcoming Thunder Dome events check out http://www.ftpiowa.com/
Unofficial Results
JR 1 Medium
1) 00 Brody Willett (Alburnett)
2) 8 Brandon Maitland (Waterloo)
3) 10 Logan Duffy (Independence)
4) 93 Dayton Filloon (Toledo)
5) 5 Ashton Gein (Hiawatha)
6) 11 Keegan Havens (Polk City)
7) 53 Amy Thomas (Brandon)
8) 0 Nick Rose (Boone)
9) 18 McKinzie Culbertson (Dubuque)
10) 14 Keaton Woosley (Conrad)
DNQ:
7R Walker Ashton (Beamon)
7 Ethan Starrett (Clear Lake)
71 Blaine Webster (Ottumwa)
23 Seth Stacy (Brandon)
Kid Karts1) 6 Rolend Stewart (Cedar Rapids)
2) 62 Kinzer Jaennette (Toledo)
3) 24R Ryder Langenfield (Ankeny)
4) 71 Cason Fitch (Altoona)
Rookie Beginner
1) 21 Ty Solverson (Fort Dodge)
2) 0 Jayson Alexander (Milo)
3) 59 Drake Badker (Clear Lake)
Rookie Advanced
1) 12J Kamden Criss (Oskaloosa)
2) 10 Landon Duffy (Independence)
3) 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence)
Mad Dogg Bikes
1) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa)
2) 22F Keeton Fleener (Ottumwa)
3) 17 Jayson Beal (Waterloo)
4) 17X Dawson Kuhlman
5) 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo)
6) 78 Brian Kauffman (Cedar Rapids)
7) 57 Mystery Rider
DNS: 7 Mike Parcel (Des Moines)
JR Bikes
1) 21 Harlen Kent (Galesburg, IL)
JR Quads (125cc and Under)
1) 48 Tristan Rethmeier (Newton)
2) 1B Brandon Sly (Ottumwa)
3) 6 Davonte Polson (Des Moines)
JR Quads (50cc and under)
1) 44 Jaxson Smith (Des Moines)
2) 5 Cason Fitch (Altoona)
3) 1X Jackson Brown (Des Moines)
4) 1 Jackson Misel (Des Moines)
Amateur Bikes
1) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa)
2) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa)
3) 93 Brad Barickman (Orondo, MN)
4) 33 Austin Davis (Eldon)
Amateur Quads
1) 20 David Petithory (Des Moines)
2) 15 Donny Teninty (Eldon)
3) 17 Doug Slyvester (Ottumwa)
4) 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines)
5) 33 Luke Smith (Des Moines)
6) 8y Justin Sutherlin (Des Moines)
7) 42 Jarrod Swallow (Ottumwa)
Open 4 Cycles
1) 78 Timmy Bontrager (Oxford)
2) 14 Erik Splund (Bondurant)
3) 88 Taylor Luke (Cedar Rapids)
4) 54 Jason Blok (Mount Vernon)
5) 00 Mike Jones (Iowa City)
DNS: 50 Scott Weaver (Jefferson)
Unlimited All-Stars (UAS)
1) 57 Scott Badker (Klemme)
Topless Box Stocks
1) 17JR Evan Winkler (Williams)
2) 23 Austin Earley (Marshalltown)
3) 1M Morgan Dennis (Indianola)
4) 77 Riley Plain (Webster City)
5) 12J Colt Grief (Milo)
JR 2 Medium
1) 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo)
2) 97 Jamison Hampton (Cedar Falls)
3) 50 Brock Badger (Bagley)
4) 14 Brooke Havens (Polk City)
5) 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines)
6) 24 Mark Maas (Epworth)
7) 10 Colten Arment (Lynnville)
JR 2 Animal
1) 63 Glen Smith (Britt)
Stock Heavy
1) 4X Kody Havens (Wiota)
2) 22 Travis Hatch (Marshalltown)
3) 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone)
4) 27 Adam Stevens (Winona, MN)
5) 32 Chad Volk (Mankato, MN)
6) 91 Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown)
7) 4 Cole Liekweg (Rockwell)
8) 16 Nate Manderfield (Mankato, MN)
9) 48 Casey Luke (Cedar Rapids)
10) 14 Joshua Burke (New Hampton)
DNQ:
03 Cody DeHoyes (Mankato, MN)
9 Clair Messor (Marshalltown)
5 Ryan Black (Mankato, MN)
13 Levi Selly (St. Peter, MN)
Pro Bikes
1) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa)
2) 55 Duke Erickson (Sioux Falls, SD)
3) 22F Keeton Fleener (Ottumwa)
4) 17L Jayson Beal (Waterloo)
5) 67 Rick Kent (Galesburg, IL)
6) 208 Jason Hardy (Sioux Falls, SD)
Pro Quads
1) 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines)
2) 08 George Hoal (Des Moines)
3) 17X Doug Slyvester (Ottumwa)
4) 33 DJ Robinson (Des Moines)
5) 20 David Petithory (Des Moines)
6) 17 Vance Misel (Des Moines)
DNS:
27 Adam Stevens (Winona, MN)
18 Jeff Robinson (Des Moines)
