Mother Nature was in a good mood on Sunday as the Benton County Speedway in Vinton returned to action on a beautifully sunny day. 108 cars checked in on sunday night to tame the little quarter mile oval on the Benton County Fairgrounds and they produced amazing racing all night long.
Also on hand was Scotty Welsh to hot lap his IMCA Late Model, getting ready for the Sunday series and Adam Streeter to hot lap his Quad, that he was orginally going to race at Marshalltown on Friday before it rained out.
First feature of the night was IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event. After the initial start was called back it was Justin Wacha taking the top spot. Wacha saw the caution come out again on lap two when Leah Wroten spun around in turn four. Wacha on the restart had to contend with opening night winner Nathan Ballard. Ballard was able to make the move and take the lead away on lap five but Wacha did not go away as he stayed close meanwhile Austin Luellen worked his way up and made a good three car battle up front. Ballard held on to take the win over Luellen, Wacha, Benji Irvine and Matt Pohlman.
With 27 IMCA Northern SportMods on hand it was determined to take them all to the feature event which was expanded to 20 laps from the orginally scheduled 16 lap feature. After a caution on the initial start when Jared Van Deest, Matt Petrzelka, Trent Jochimsen and Lee Rouse all got together in turn four. Tony Olson took advantage on the restart from his pole position by taking the early lead and just after two laps were completed the caution came out again when Mike McDonald experienced troubles in turn four. After three laps were completed the caution came out again this for Danny Dvorak. Olson continued to lead but had Clint Luellen knocking on the back bumper. Olson and Luellen got into a heated battle for the lead and it was Luellen taking the top spot on lap six just before a pair of cautions. Luellen continued to lead but lap traffic was getting heavy and that allowed Jenae Gustin, who worked her way through the field to reel down Luellen. Gustin edged out Luellen for the win. Colby Heishman finished third, Damon Murty was fourth and Petrzelka was fifth.
Next up was the 12 lap Legend Cars feature event. Bryce Bailey took the lead in the early going but it was Vince Bartolotta taking the lead away on lap three. The Caution came out on lap six for Austin Slabaugh coming to a stop on the backstretch. Bartolotta was not going to let that bother him as he went on to take the win despite a late race caution on lap ten. Warren Ropp, Matt Montieth, Peeken Schneider and Slabaugh rounded out the top five.
Tristian Cordes started on the pole in the 12 lap Micro Mods feature event and he took advantage early. Just after the caution came out on lap three for Brandon Maitland experiencing troubles on the front stretch. Cordes continued to lead until a caution came out on lap five for Brad Chandler in turn two. On the restart, Cordes saw Matt Post sneak by to take over the lead when Cordes experienced some flat tires. Post lead until lap nine when the final race caution came out for Robby Decker in turn four. Donald Erger took the lead away and went on to take his second of the year at BCS. Buster Pate took second, Post was third, Jeff Davis was fourth and Chandler came back to finish fifth.
After a caution in the 18 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature it was Jared Daggett taking the early lead. Daggett held off Curtis Roster but it was Jay Schmidt taking the lead away on lap five. Schmidt saw fellow Tama County driver Damon Murty right behind him and those two battled it out the remaining distance but it was Murty taking the lead on lap nine. Murty took the win over Schmidt, Scooter Dulin, Norman Chesmore and Jerry Miles.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature and it was Joe Docekal taking the top spot. Docekal was not fazed by trio of early race cautions or was he because on the restart on lap four it was Zach Less taking the lead away. Less kead until Docekal took the lead way on lap ten. Docekal held off any Challenges from Brian Irvine, Patrick Flannagan and Joel Rust. Docekal took the win meanwhile Irvine exited on lap 18 with a broken left front. Flannagan took second with Scott Hogan in third, Kyle Brown in fourth and Less in fifth.
Racing action continues next sunday night at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton and next week they will go back to their normal start times. Gates Open at 4pm, Hot Laps at 6pm with Racing to Follow.
For more information about Benton County Speedway check out to http://www.jjamracing.net/ or give a call to Promoter Mick Trier at 515-201-5526 or Race Director Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.
Racing Results
April 26th, 2015
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 2. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 3. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 4. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 5. 20L Zach Less (Manchester); 6. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 7. 8 Tony Snyder (Readlyn); 8. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 9. 4 Ryan Maitland (Denver); 10. 5B Austin Bishop (Manchester); 11. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 12. 14 Tom Hanson (Vinton); 13. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 14. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence); 15. 21 Brennen Chipp (Waterloo); 16. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 17. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton)
Heat 1 - 1. Less; 2. Rust; 3. Chapman; 4. Snyder; 5. Chipp; 6. Hanson
Heat 2 - 1. Cordes; 2. Droste; 3. Hogan; 4. Docekal; 5. Laurtizen; 6. Dedrick
Heat 3 - 1. Brown; 2. Flannagan; 3. Irvine; 4. Maitland; 5. Bishop
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 19 Jay Schmidt (Tama); 3. 3 Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 4. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 5. 4 Jerry Miles (Bernard); 6. 67 Justin Stander (Vinton); 7. 8 Curtis Roster (Vinton); 8. 89B Tim Fobian (Dike); 9. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 10. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 11. 74C Cole Mather (Urbana); 12. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 13. 14M Brian Mahlstedt (Ionia); 14. 76 Mike Galli (Urbana); 15. 8B Scott Beauregard (Brandon); 16. 42 Lonnie Mercer (Urbana); 17. 8E Austin Evens (Independence); 18. 5G Cliff Gray (Waterloo)
Heat 1 - 1. Dulin; 2. Chesmore; 3. Miles; 4. Beauregard; 5. Fobian; 6. Evens
Heat 2 - 1. Murty; 2. Stander; 3. Roster; 4. Daggett; 5. Mather; 6. Gray
Heat 3 - 1. Schmidt; 2. Mahlstedt; 3. Damme; 4. Galli; 5. Pippert; 6. Mercer
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 3. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 4. 19R Damon Murty (Chelsea); 5. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Norway); 6. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. J2 Dave Schulze (Keystone); 8. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 9. 3T Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 10. 3M Dave McCalla (Cedar Rapids); 11. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 12. 17 Dawn Krall (Evansdale); 13. 199 Dave Burrell (Dysart); 14. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 15. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 16. 80 Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center); 17. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 18. 6K Mike McNeal (Dysart); 19. 78 Chris Roney (Decorah); 20. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 21. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 22. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 23. 95 Mike McDonald (Cedar Rapids); 24. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 25. 3 Trent Jochimsen (Cedar Rapids); 26. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 27. B3 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids)
Heat 1 - 1. Tony Olson; 2. Shawn Ritter; 3. Luellen; 4. McDonald; 5. King; 6. Duane Van Deest
Heat 2 - 1. Gustin; 2. Heishman; 3. Petrzelka; 4. Kyle Olson; 5. Jami Ritter; 6. Burrell; 7. Russ Olson
Heat 3 - 1. Murty; 2. Soppe; 3. McCalla; 4. Roney; 5. Rawlins; 6. Dvorak; 7. Thomason
Heat 4 - 1. Schulze; 2. Hilmer; 3. Jared Van Deest; 4. Krall; 5. Jochimsen; 6. Rouse; 7. McNeal
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 2. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 3. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 4. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 5. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 6. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 7. 48 Adam Petrzelka (Norway); 8. 7B Jim Ball Jr (Independence); 9. 77 Rod Grother (Cedar Rapids); 10. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 11. 35B Shawn Kuennen (Hazleton); 12. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 13. 24B Butch Lester (What Cheer); 14. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 15. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 16. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 17. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon); 18. 42 Riley Songer (Ankeny); 19. 717 Zach Swanson (Waterloo); 20. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart)
Heat 1 - 1. Million; 2. Irvine; 3. Pohlman; 4. Kuennen; 5. Dulin; 6. Petrzelka; 7. Floyd
Heat 2 - 1. Luellen; 2. Ballard; 3. Vanous; 4. Swanson; 5. Lichty; 6. Songer; 7. Lester
Heat 3 - 1. Wacha; 2. Brown; 3. Grother; 4. Ball; 5. Merical; 6. Wroten
BCS Mirco Mods
Feature - 1. 6E Donald Erger (Brandon); 2. 111 Buster Pate (Hiawatha); 3. 64 Matt Post (Walker); 4. 18 Jeff Davis (LaPorte City); 5. 2C Brad Chandler (Cedar Rapids); 6. 00 Brody Willett (Alburnett); 7. 35 Jason Gorman (New Hampton); 8. 111A A.J. Whitten (Hiawatha); 9. 16 Robby Decker (Waterloo); 10. 96 Troy Soiney (Mabel, MN); 11. 48 Carson Less (Manchester); 12. 71 Tristan Cordes (Dunkerton); 13. 75 Cole McNeal (Dysart); 14. 2 Brandon Maitland (Denver); 15. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 16. 13 Scott Beaty (Urbana); 17. 5 Eli Hershberger (Mabel, MN)
Heat 1 - 1. Maitland; 2. Davis; 3. Post; 4. Pate; 5. Beaty; 6. Hershberger
Heat 2 - 1. Erger; 2. Soiney; 3. Willett; 4. Whitten; 5. McNeal; 6. Less
Heat 3 - 1. Cordes; 2. Gorman; 3. Decker; 4. Reynolds; 5. Chandler
Legends
Feature - 1. 6B Vince Bartolotta (Muskego, WI); 2. 77 Warren Ropp (Kalona); 3. 91 Matt Montieth; 4. 80 Peeken Schneider (Davenport); 5. 16 Austin Slabuagh (Kalona); 6. 53 Keith Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 7. 6 Aaron Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 8. 51 Bryce Bailey (Cedar Rapids); 9. 74 Brock Haines
Heat - 1. Montieth; 2. Schneider; 3. Ropp; 4. Bailey; 5. Bartolotta; 6. Keith Meyer; 7. Aaron Meyer; 8. Slabaugh; 9. Haines
