A Wild Day of Racing Inside the Thunder Dome
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (February 16th, 2013) – Saying the day was just eventful would not be the true words so we are going to say it was a wild and eventful day. The racing action was very exciting the entire day and featured right around 70 entries competing.
First feature of the day was ran during the heat races and that was the Box Stock class which had only 1 entry sign in and that was Riley Plain of Webster City.
After all the heats were finished the first feature to come out was the Jr 1 Animal and Jr 2 Animal feature racing together as there was only 1 entry in each of the divisions. Mark Maas the Jr 2 Animal would lead the entire feature to take the win in the Jr 2 Animal meanwhile Jr 1 Animal of Ethan Starrett would come home 2nd but grab the win the Jr 1 Animal.
Kid Karts would again see the “Toledo Terror” Kinzer Janennette lead all 8 laps in root to the win. Cason Fitch from Altoona would come home in 2nd.
Jr 2 Medium feature saw the Brother and Sister duo sitting on the front row, Tyler and Brook Havens. Thomas Egenberger would spin around forcing a yellow and a complete restart. After the race finally got going the yellow would fly for Brook Havens spinning around in turn 4. Tyler Havens meanwhile would be able to go on to the win, Brook Havens would find her way back up to grab 2nd. Mark Maas was 3rd and Thomas Egenberger was 4th.
In the Quad C Trophy Class it would be Kyle Smith and Riley Songer getting together forcing a restart, on the restart Smith would forced the yellow again because he had a flat right rear tire. When the race finally going it would be Riley Songer getting the wholeshot win. Justin Sutherlin, Trinity Cuppies, Kyle Smith and Mark McCoy round out the top 5.
Rookie Beginners saw “Ty Man” Ty Solverson jump to the lead but the yellow would fly twice for Kinzer Jaennette getting in to the tire barrier in turn 2 and then again getting together with Jayson Alexander. Solverson would cruise to the win with Alexander finishing 2nd and Jaennette in 3rd.
The Rookie Advanced class would see Brady Kohrs jump to the lead and it appeared as if Kohrs wouldn’t be challenged but the yellow came out on lap 6 when Dallon Murty and Landon Duffy would get together on the front stretch. Murty was sent to the tail, Duffy would exit to the infield as something broke on his cart. On the restart, Kohrs was able to hold of Gaige Stratton from Amana, who was making his first appearance of the year, to take the win. Stratton finished 2nd, Murty was 3rd and Duffy was 4th.
Jr Quads feature would go to Tristan Rethmeier from Newton. Kaden Polson was 2nd, JP Strawn was 3rd and Cason Fitch would not make the call.
Mad Dogg Bikes saw Brandon Webster get the whole shot win over Promotor Brian Kauffman. Hunter Wilson and Geoffrey Wilson would experience trobules earlier in the day forcing them to not make the call.
In the Jr 1 Amateur division it would have its troubles getting several laps in as there would be 3 yellows in the early going, the first yellow was for Keaton Woosley in turn 3 and 4 and next too was when Jordan Graves and Brayden Greubel would get together. Caleb Peterson would lead the first 3 laps before Graves would take the lead on lap 4 when Peterson would experience issues forcing an exit to the infield. Graves would go on to take the win with Keaton Woosley finishing 2nd. Brayden Greubel was 3rd, Makayla Stephens was 4th and Caleb Peterson was 5th.
Quad B would see Doug Slyvester get the wholeshot victory over David Petithory, Riley Songer and Jeremy Olsen.
Amateur Bikes and Pro Bikes would race together as there was only 2 Amateur Bikes and 1 Pro Bike on the day. In the Amateur Bikes it was Brandon Webster taking the win and Austin Davis in 2nd meanwhile in the Pro Bikes it was Clayton Webster taking the win.
Pit Bikes had 3 entries on the day and it would be Austin Davis getting the wholesot victory over Travis Breerzeile and Hunter Wilson.
In the Jr 1 Medium it was Blaine Webster leading the entire feature event to take the win. Nick Rose was 2nd, Logan Duffy was 3rd, McKinzie Culbertson was 4th and Kadence Davenport was 5th.
For the 2nd week in a row the the Largest class of the day was the Stock Heavy, Travis Hatch would grab the race lead earlier and appeared to be going on to the win but then the yellow came when Dustin Filloon would have a wheel come off forcing a yellow flag. Again it was Hatch taking advantage but with a handful of laps to go, Hatch would go around foricng the yellow and handing the lead over to Kody Havens. Kody Havens would hold off the late race challenges from Clair Messor to take the win. Al Wolfgram finished 3rd, Mike Ferguson was 4th and Travis Hansaker was 5th.
Final feature of the day was the Quad A feature and it would be David Petithory getting the wholesot win over Vance Misel, George Hood, Billy Petithory and Jordan Brown.
The next scheduled Thunder Dome race will be Saturday February 23rd of course weather permitting, Hot Laps at Noon and Racing to Follow and pit admission is $10.
For additional information, rules and special throw down classes for each show for the Thunder Dome, log on at: http://www.ftpiowa.com/, or call Brian Kauffman at 319-551-0077.
Unofficial Results
Jr 1 Animal
1) 7 Ethan Starett (Clear Lake, IA)
Jr 2 Animal
1) 24 Mark Maas (Epworth, IA)
Kid Karts
1) 62 Kinzer Jaennette (Toledo, IA)
1) 71 Cason Fitch (Altoona, IA)
Jr 2 Medium
1) 1 Tyler Havens (Polk City, IA)
2) 14 Brooke Havens (Polk City, IA)
3) 24M Mark Maas (Epworth, IA)
4) 29 Thomas Egenberger (Ankeny, IA)
Quad C
1) 42 Riley Songer (Ankeny, IA)
2) 8y Justin Sutherlin (Des Moines, IA)
3) 33x Trinty Cuppies (Newton, IA)
4) 164 Kyle Smith (Fremont, IA)
DNS: 9 Mark McCoy (Des Moines, IA)
Rookie Beginner
1) Z1 Ty Solverson (Fort Dodge, IA)
2) 0 Jayson Alexander (Milo, IA)
3) 93 Kinzer Jaennette (Toledo, IA)
Rookie Advanced
1) 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence, IA)
2) 1 Gaige Stratton (Amana, IA)
3) 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
4) 10 Landon Duffy (Independence, IA)
JR Quads
1) 48 Tristan Rethmeier (Newton, IA)
1) 1 Kaden Polson (Des Moines, IA)
1) 44X JP Strawn (Des Moines, IA)
DNS: 5 Cason Fitch (Altoona, IA)
Mad Dogg Bikes
1) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
2) 78 Brian Kauffman (Cedar Rapids, IA)
DNS: 76 Hunter Wilson (Des Moines, IA)
DNS: 61 Geoffrey Wilson (Des Moines, IA)
Jr 1 Amateur
1) 5J Jordan “JoJo” Graves (Des Moines, IA)
2) 14 Keaton Woosley (Conrad, IA)
3) 99 Brayden Greubel (Lacona, IA)
4) 17 Makayla Stephens (Grimes, IA)
5) 23p Caleb Peterson (Des Moines, IA)
Quad B
1) 69 Doug Slyvester (Ottumwa, IA)
2) 20 David Petithory (Des Moines, IA)
3) 42 Riley Songer (Ankeny, IA)
4) 47 Jeremy Olsen (West Des Moines, IA)
Amateur Bikes
1) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
2) 981 Austin Davis (Eldon, IA)
Pro Bikes
1) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
Box Stock
1) 77 Riley Plain (Webster City, IA)
Pit Bikes
1) 229 Austin Davis (Eldon, IA)
2) 119 Travis Breerzeile (Dallas, IA)
DNS: 76 Hunter Wilson (Des Moines, IA)
Jr 1 Medium
1) 17 Blaine Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
2) 0 Nick Rose (Boone, IA)
3) 10 Logan Duffy (Independence, IA)
4) 18 McKinzie Culbertson (Dubuque, IA)
5) 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid, IA)
6) 11 Keegan Havens (Polk City, IA)
7) 53 Amy Thomas (Brandon, IA)
8) 7 Ethan Starett (Clear Lake, IA)
Stock Heavy (Flathead/Clone)
1) 14 Kody Havens (Polk City, IA)
2) 9 Clair Messor (Marshalltown, IA)
3) 178 Albert Wolfgram (Boone, IA)
4) 4 Mike Ferguson (Altoona, IA)
5) 88 Travis Hansaker (Melcher, IA)
6) 78 David Reiks (Eldora, IA)
7) 22 Travis Hatch (Marshalltown, IA)
8) 46 Kendall Davis (Des Moines, IA)
9) K Dustin Filloon (Toledo, IA)
10) 33 Chad Krutsinger (Chariton, IA)
11) 24 Brad Hennick (Steam Boat Rock, IA)
Quad A
1) 20 David Petithory (Des Moines, IA)
2) 17 Vance Misel (Des Moines, IA)
3) 79 George Hood (Des Moines, IA)
4) 08 Billy Petithory (Des Moines, IA)
5) 47 Jordan Brown (Des Moines, IA)
6) 164 Shawn Smith (Ottumwa, IA)
7) 69 Doug Slyvester (Ottumwa, IA)
8) 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
9) 15t Donny Tenity (Eldon, IA)
