Repeat Winners Take Checkers at Hamilton County Speedway
by Jeremy Fox
Webster City, Iowa (June 27th, 2015) - Saturday Night was a very beautiful night for racing at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City. Night seven of weekly competition saw 87 cars sign in to tame the half mile on Fan Appreciation Night. Fans were treated to Fireworks after the races.
First feature of the night was the Woolstock Equipment IMCA Sport Compacts feature and it was John Gill grabbing the top spot on lap one. Gill saw David Moorman work his way up to battle for the top spot in which Moorman lead lap three. Gill powered back to the lead on lap four and held off challenges from Moorman to take his 3rd win in a row. Nick Hogan finished third, Aaron Miller was fourth and James Patterson was fifth.
Matt Smith jumped out to the early lead in the Casady Brothers Implement IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature but just after the completion of lap one the caution came out for Bryce Sommerfeld around in turn three. On the restart another caution came out when Shane Aldinger, Danny Sassman and Allen Dixon got together in turn two. Smith was not going to let that bother him as he got great restart but then a caution came out on lap four and another one on lap eight. Smith looked to be heading on to the win but the Myles Michehl worked his way through the field after going to the work area on lap one and began to chase down Smith. Michehl edged out Smith to the checkered to take the win away. Craig Graham, Danny Ayers and Corey Roe rounded out the top five.
Cory Bahrenfuss wrestled the lead away on lap one in the Seneca Foundry IMCA Northern SportMods 16 lap feature event. Brandon Toftee however took the top spot away on lap three but it was Ty Griffith taking the lead away on lap four just before the caution came out for Aimee Lundy and Matt Lettow in turn two. Griffith saw the caution come out twice again on lap six. This time, Griffith had Jared Van Deest and Brandon Toftee on his back bumper, Van Deest grabbed second and began to battle with Griffith for the lead. Van Deest grabbed the lead away on lap eight and went on to take his third win. Griffith finished second, Toftee was third, Jerid Ratzke was fourth and Brad Ratcliff finished fifth borrowing Rocky Caudle's car.
Mary Ann's Speciality Foods Stock Car Feature was full of excitement with multiple lead changes. Dennis Plain led the opening lap Travis Prochaska took the lead away on lap two and then a caution came out on lap three for Lance Deal and Jon Braathun in turns three and four. John Campbell took the lead away on lap four but Prochaska did not give up because he powered back to the lead on lap five. Jason Minnehan joined the fun and grabbed the lead away from Prochaska on lap eight. Minnehan out front leading, Campbell slipped back into second and then began to battle with Minnehan. The final three laps saw them swap the lead each lap but when the final flag was displayed it was Campbell taking his second win over Minnehan. Deal worked his way back up to finish third ahead of Matt Ring and Jim Mitchell.
George White Chevrolet IMCA Modifieds feature event, Pat Graham took the top spot early. Graham looked to be heading on to the win but a caution came out on lap 11 for Ron Ver Beek in turn two. Graham saw Scott Olson and Nick Roberts behind him on the restart, When Graham spun his tires and slowed Olson down that aloud Roberts to take over the top spot. Roberts began to pull away but the caution came out on lap 15 for Greg Elliott in turn three. Roberts held on to lead the final five laps to take the win ahead of Olson, Carter VanDenBerg, Mark Elliott and Graham.
Before a lap was completed in the Neighbors Heating, Cooling and Plumbing IMCA Late Models 20 lap feature, the caution flag came out for Curt Schroeder in turns one and two. Gabe Umbarger grabbed the lead on the restart but Ryan Griffith worked his way through the field and took over the top spot on lap five. Caution flag came out on lap six when Paul Nagle came to a stop in turn two. Griffith pulled away to take the win by almost half of a lap meanwhile Umbarger took second, Ben Nading was third, Darrel DeFrance was fourth and Bill Hoover was fifth.
Come out next Saturday and enjoy your fourth of July with some great racing action at the historic half mile the Hamilton County Speedway. Hot Laps at 6:30pm and Racing to Follow.
For more information about the Hamilton County Speedway check out http://www.hamiltoncospeedway.com/ or like Hamilton County Speedway on Facebook.
Hamilton County Speedway
June 27th, 2015
Neighbors Heating, Cooling and Plumbing IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 15X Ryan Griffith (Webster City); 2. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 3. 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 4. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 5. CZ8 Bill Hoover (Duncombe); 6. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 7. OH5 Rusty Patterson (Mason City); 8. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 9. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 10. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 11. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada)
Heat 1 - 1. Umbarger; 2. Patterson; 3. Nading; 4. DeFrance; 5. Hahne; 6. Hoover
Heat 2 - 1. Griffith; 2. Crimmins; 3. Nagle; 4. Conrad; 5. Schroeder
George White Chevrolet IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 2. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg); 3. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 4. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 5. 81K Patrick Graham (Ames); 6. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 7. 47 Greg Elliott (Webster City); 8. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 9. 29 Ron Ver Beek (Oskaloosa); 10. 00 Tristan Vesterby (Webster City); 11. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 12. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes0; 14. 2 Jason Toppenberg (Ames); DNS/15. 22T Tyler Prochaska (Iowa Falls)
Heat 1 - 1. Graham; 2. Mark Elliott; 3. Clement; 4. Roberts; 5. VanDenBerg; 6. Toppenberg; 7. Leeman; 8. Reimer
Heat 2 - 1. Meyer; 2. Olson; 3. Greg Elliott; 4. Ver Beek; 5. Rust; 6. Vesterby; 7. Prochaska
Mary Ann's Speciality Foods Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 7J John Campbell (Belmond); 2. 7 Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 3. 22X Lance Deal (Fort Dodge); 4. 58 Matt Ring (Dows); 5. M5 Jim Mitchell (Webster City); 6. 50 Heath Tulp (Belmond); 7. 21T Travis Prochaska (Iowa Falls); 8. 59 Jeff Lyon (Duncombe); 9. J7B Jon Braathun (Story City); 10. 59L Vince Loewen (Hubbard); 11. 4L Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge); 12. 556 Terry Cornelison (Boone); 13. 57 Dennis Plain (Fort Dodge); 14. 33J Joe Luethje (Nevada); DNS/15. 00 Kelly Tapper (Boone)
Heat 1 - 1. Plain; 2. Mitchell; 3. Campbell; 4. Tapper; 5. Prochaska; 6. Braathun; 7. Luethje; 8. Lyon
Heat 2 - 1. Tulp; 2. Minnehan; 3. Deal; 4. Loewen; 5. Cornelison; 6. Frevert; 7. Ring
Seneca Foundry Inc IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 56 Ty Griffith (Webster City); 3. 85T Brandon Toftee (Webster City); 4. 2 Jerid Ratzke (Williams); 5. 1R Brad Ratcliff (Webster City); 6. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 7. 63R Rick Fasse (Urbandale); 8. 29B Ben Wilson (Nevada); 9. 68B Cory Bahrenfuss (Webster City); 10. 138 Jon Peed (Webster City); 11. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City); 12. 63 Daniel Tasler (Jefferson); 13. 99X Nate Olmstead (Webster City); 14. 71M Jeremy Morriss (Clare); 15. 100 Chris Teel (Webster City); 16. 67 Aimee Lundy (Story City); 17. 18 Matt Lettow (Roland); DNS/18. 99 Rocky Caudle (Ellsworth)
Heat 1 - 1. Toftee; 2. Bahrenfuss; 3. Fasse; 4. Griffith; 5. Wilson; 6. Teel; 7. Peed; 8. Ratcliff; 9. Lundy
Heat 2 - 1. Albers; 2. Van Deest; 3. Morriss; 4. Ratzke; 5. Tasler; 6. Olmstead; 7. Anderson; 8. Lettow; 9. Caudle
Casady Brothers Implement IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 2. 74 Matt Smith (Des Moines); 3. 13G Craig Graham (Webster City); 4. 4D Danny Ayers (Webster City); 5. 8R Corey Roe (Webster City); 6. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 7. 3W Matt Hudspeth (Granger); 8. 121 Travis Staley (Hampton); 9. 3T Tommy Beekman (Fort Dodge); 10. 713 Nick Weiss (Otho); 11. 125 Mike Joyce (Manson); 12. 06 Kyle Schmauss (Eagle Grove); 13. 18 Ryan Boland (Fort Dodge); 14. 27P Kevin Berger (Otho); 15. X4 Jason Purvis (Boone); 16. 50 Bryce Sommefeld (Fort Dodge); 17. 3 Allen Dixon (Webster City); 18. 18A Shane Aldinger (Iowa Falls); 19. 33 Danny Sassman Jr (Fort Dodge); 20. 25M Matt Mundt (Callender); 21. 88N Nate Parkhill (Webster City); 22. 14 Logan Terranova (Fort Dodge)
Heat 1 - 1. Mundt; 2. Hudspeth; 3. Weiss; 4. Smith; 5. Dixon; 6. Berger; 7. Sassman; 8. Joyce
Heat 2 - 1. Michehl; 2. McCollough; 3. Schmauss; 4. Purvis; 5. Boland; 6. Terranova; 7. Parkhill
Heat 3 - 1. Ayers; 2. Sommerfeld; 3. Roe; 4. Graham; 5. Staley; 6. Beekman; 7. Aldinger
Woolstock Equipment IMCA Sport Compacts
Featue - 1. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 2. 6M David Moorman (Beaman); 3. 20TP Nick Hogan (Manson); 4. 01 Aaron Miller (Marshalltown): 5. 79 James Patterson (Webster City); DNS/6. 50K Kalan Guthrie (Otho)
Heat - 1. Miller; 2. Gill; 3. Moorman; 4. Hogan; 5. Patterson; DNS/6. Guthrie
