Mostly likely my final racing event of 2012 was race #3 for the Thunder Dome Indoor Dirt Racing and it was ahother great and exciting day for racing inside the Covered Arena Building at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown. The weather was a little cooler than the previous 2 shows this fall and winter but wasn't too bad except for it being cloudy and drizzle all day.
First feature of the day was the Unlimited All-Stars and for the first time this year there was more than one signed in too to battle. Scott Badker would jump to the early lead but then the only race caution would come out on lap 3 when Rob Crandell would experience some troubles and come to a stop in turn 3. Badker would hold off charges by Matt Webb to take the win. Webb was 2nd and Crandell was 3rd.
Next up was the Kid Karts feature and it would be Kinzer Jaennette leading all 10 laps to take the win over Rolend Stewart and Cason Fitch. Ryder Langenfeld would sign in but not take a green flag in the heats or feature because of troubles early in the day.
Jr 2 Medium would see Mark Maas from Epworth take the early lead but Ryan Waller would make his way up and pass Maas just pass halfway. Maas would stay close to Waller and make a few attempts to get back by Waller but not be able to get back by. Waller took the win with Maas settling for 2nd. Tyler Havens was 3rd, Shawn Cooney finished 4th and Brooke Havens was 5th.
Rookie Beginner division would see a newcomer to the Thunder Dome Gaige Holland take the lead and not look back. "Ty-Man" Ty Solverson from Fort Dodge would finish 2nd and "Milo Young Gun" Jayson Alexander would finish 3rd.
In the Rookie Advanced division it would be Landon Duffy taking the early race lead and appeared to be going on to the win but "Chelsea Young Gun" Dallon Murty would start last and get up to 2nd and then make the move on Duffy in turn 4 coming to the checkered flag that would allow Murty to come across the line first. However after the race was over they determined Murty had no restricter on his cart so he was disaqualifed and placed in last place. Landon Duffy would come across in 2nd but be credited with the win and Brady Kohrs would come across in 3rd but get awarded 2nd.
Mad Dogg Bikes would see Keeton Fleener get the whole shot victory. "Turbo" Timmy Bontrager would come across in 2nd after working his way up through the field. Justin Lichty celebrated his birthday by finishing 3rd, Nate Minster from Minnesota was 4th and Brandon Webster was 5th.
Jr Quads saw Cason Fitch get the whole shot win over Jaxxson Smith, Jackson Misel and Jackson Brown.
Amatuer Bikes would see Clayton Webster getting the whole shot win with his his younger brother Brandon Webster finishing in 2nd. Brad Braickman come home 3rd and Tony Wenck was 4th.
Open 4 Cycles would see "Turbo" Timmy Bontrager in his "Beavis and Butthead" car starting on the pole and leading the entire feature event to take his 3rd win of the season. The only things to slow Bontrager was the cautions on lap 4 for Jason Blok in turn 3 and 4 and then on lap 5 when Blok got together with Mike Jones and Chris Burke. Finishing behind Bontrager was the "Mark Martin of Kart Racing" Mike Jones, Jason Blok, Chris Burke and Kyle Madden.
Jr 1 Medium would have 15 entries signed in to do battle so that meant a b feature would have to be run to get the field down. Blaine Webster would take the lead the first 3 laps before it would be Nick Rose getting by to take the lead. Rose would appear to be going on to the easy win but on the final lap Logan Duffy would make contact with him in turn 4 spinning out causing a mess for the scorers so they would go back to the previous lap and credit Nick Rose the win. Duffy would be 2nd, McKiznie Culbertson was 3rd and i believe Aaron Waller was 4rd after that i do not have the full run down i apologzie for that.
Amateur Quads would see Doug Slyvester get the whole shot victory over David Petithory, Luke Smith and Justin Sutherlin.
Stock Heavy would see Jenae Gustin taking the lead in her newly wrap go kart and then her older brother "Reaper" Ryan Gustin would make his way up too 2nd. It appeared Jenae was going to hold Ryan off but on the last lap Ryan would sneak to the inside of her coming off of turn 4 to grab the top spot away and take the win. Jenae Gustin would finish 2nd behind her brother. "Pep" Albert Wolfgram would finish 3rd, Kody Havens was 4th, Travis Hatch was 5th and Chris Burke was 6th.
Just like the Amatuer Bikes it would be a whole shot victory by Clayton Webster in the Pro Bikes. Brandon Simon from Waterloo was 2nd, Keeton Fleener was 3rd, Dylan Webster was 4th and Wade Wessels was 5th.
The final feature of the day was the Pro Quads and it would be David Petithory getting the whole shot win. Doug Slyvester would finish 2nd, Vance Misel would finish 3rd and Blake Miller was 4th.
The next Thunder Dome race will be Saturday February 2nd so that means if you are looking for indoor go-kart, quads and bike races you will have to attend the A Day of Thunder on the Syrup in Mason City at the North Iowa Events Center on December 14th-15th and January 4th-5th, 2nd Annual Indoor Speed-Dash National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska December 28th-30th or the Battle at the Barn V in Des Moines which just announced this week NASCAR Racing Veteran and Speed Channel Personality Kenny Wallace will be competing, Battle at the Barn V is January 25th and 26th.
For more information about The Thunder Dome races check out http://www.ftpiowa.com/ or contact Brian Kauffman at FTPIowa@gmail.com or 319-551-0077.
Unofficial Results
Unilimted All-Stars (UAS)
1) 57 Scott Badker (Clear Lake)
2) 20X Matt Webb (Des Moines)
3) 2 Rob Crandell (West Des Moines)
Kid Karts
1) 62 Kinzer Jaennette (Toledo)
2) 6 Rolend Stewart (Cedar Rapids)
3) 71 Cason Fitxh (Altoona)
DNS: 24R Ryder Langenfeld (Ankeny)
JR 2 Medium
1) 12 Ryan Waller (Traer)
2) 24M Mark Maas (Epworth)
3) 1 Tyler Havens (Polk City)
4) 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines)
5) 14 Brooke Havens (Polk City)
6) 50 Brock Badger (Bagley)
Rookie Beginner
1) 4 Gaige Holland (Chelsea)
2) Z1 Ty Solverson (Fort Dodge)
3) 0 Jayson Alexander (Milo)
Rookie Advanced
1) 10 Landon Duffy (Independence)
2) 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence)
DQ 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea)
Mad Dogg Bikes
1) 22F Keeton Fleener (Ottumwa)
2) 78 Timmy Bontrager (Oxford)
3) 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo)
4) 19 Nate Minster (Oak Grove, MN)
5) 22 Brandon Webter (Ottumwa)
JR Quads
1) 5 Cason Fitch (Altoona)
2) 44 Jaxxson Smith (Des Moines)
3) 1 Jackson Misel (Des Moines)
4) 1X Jackson Brown (Des Moines)
Amatuer Bikes
1) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa)
2) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa)
3) 93 Brad Barickman (Richfield, MN)
4) 169 Tony Wenck (Booneville)
Open 4 Cycle
1) 78 Timmy Bontrager (Oxford)
2) 00 Mike Jones (Iowa City)
3) 54 Jason Blok (Mt. Vernon)
4) 127 Chris Burke (Boone)
5) 25 Kyle Madden (Oxford)
JR 1 Medium
1) 0 Nick Rose (Boone)
2) 10 Logan Duffy (Independence)
3) 18 McKinzie Culbertson (Dubuque)
4) 14 Aaron Waller (Traer)
Others that Started the feature but unsure there: 11 Keegan Havens (Polk City), 7R Walker Ashton (Beamon), 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid), 53 Amy Thomas (Brandon), 1 Keaton Woosley (Conrad), 23p Caleb Petersen, 7 Blaine Webster (Ottumwa)
DNQ: 93 Dayton Filloon (Toledo), 17 Ethan Starrett (Clear Lake), 12 Lainna Duncan (Mason City), 23 Seth Stacy (Brandon)
Amateur Quads
1) 17X Doug Slyvester (Ottumwa)
2) 08 David Petithory (Des Moines)
3) 33 Luke Smith (Des Moines)
4) 8y Justin Sutherlin (Des Moines)
Stock Heavy (Flathead/Clone Heavy)
1) 19 Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown)
2) 91 Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown)
3) 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone)
4) 14 Kody Havens (Polk City)
5) 1 Travis Hatch (Marshalltown)
6) 127 Chris Burke (Boone)
Pro Bikes
1) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa)
2) 774 Brandon Simon (Waterloo)
3) 22F Keeton Fleener (Ottumwa)
4) 15 Dylan Webster (Ottumwa)
5) 69 Wade Wessels (Minneapolis, MN)
Pro Quads
1) 20 David Petithory (Des Moines)
2) 17X Doug Slyvester (Ottumwa)
3) 17 Vance Misel (Des Moines)
4) 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines)
