Barnes, Ulin, Lowry and Hughes Victorious at Bloomfield
by Jeremy Fox
Bloomfield, Iowa (July 30th, 2016) - A few weeks ago, I was asked by normal scorer of Bloomfield and Eldon to go fill in for her at Bloomfield on Saturday Night and I accepted and other than the two hour drive from Marshalltown, it was a really good night. Not only was i doing scoring duties but i also was on the raceceiver to the drivers.
First feature of the night was the Sport Compacts 12 lap event and it was a pair of 13B's on the front row, Josh Barnes in the 13B and Brandon Ruffcorn in the 13BX. It was Barnes wrestling the top spot away from Ruffcorn and never looked back cruising on to the win. Ruffcorn ran second the entire distance, Kyle Boyd finish third, Brandon Reu finished fourth and Brandon Housley finished fifth.
Justin Millhouse and Sierra Wilsey led the field to the green in the 14 lap Hobby Stock feature but before a lap was completed Millhouse, Wilsey and Christian Huffman got together on the backstretch forcing a complete restart. That moved up Dustin Griffiths and August Bach to the front row and it was August Bach taking the lead but Griffiths stayed close until Griffiths experience mechanical issues forcing him to exit on lap three. Bach than saw Nick Ulin running second but then the caution came out on lap nine for Chris Archer in turn nine. Bach and Ulin began to battled for the lead and it was Ulin taking the lead on lap 11 when Bach experienced issues forcing him out of the race. Ulin led the remaining laps to take the win ahead of Scott Shull, Jon Irwin, Huffman and PJ Veenstra.
The 16 lap SportMod feature, saw the caution come out before a single lap was completed when Steven Berry, Aaron Bridgeman, Danny Brau and Colton Nelson all got together in turn three forcing the caution to be displayed. Michael Guthrie and Jim Walker led the field to the green when the race got going but it was Brett Lowry grabbing the lead early. Lowry look comfortable out front until the caution came out on lap ten for Brandon Dale coming to a stop in turn two. Lowry had Lancaster and Jason McDaniel on his back bumper but that was not going to deny Lowry the win as he led the remaining laps to take the victory. McDaniel ran second the last six laps with Lancaster in third. Jim Walker was fourth and Colton Nelson came back to finish fifth.
Shane Paris grabbed the lead early in 18 lap Stock Car feature but Mike Hughes, started eighth by then end of lap one, Hughes was running second. Hughes grabbed the top spot away just before the caution on lap three for Brad Egbert in turn two. Hughes and Paris continued to run one and two but the field saw the caution again on lap six for Derek Kirkland, Darin Dezwarte and Riley Newton on backstretch. Hughes went on to take the win, Ryan Cook finished second, Jason See was third, Paris slipped back to fourth and Howard Gordon Jr, driving brother Daniel's Stock car, finished in fifth.
Check out Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway on Facebook for information on the next race on September 24th in Bloomfield. Next race for the Bloomfield and Eldon series is September 10th for the Peterson Memorial and then September 23rd in Eldon followed by Bloomfield on the 24th.
Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway
July 30th, 2016
Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 2. 27J Ryan Cook (Mt. Pleasant); 3. 79S Jason See (Albia); 4. 17C Shane Paris (Muscatine); 5. 3D Howard Gordon Jr (Oskaloosa); 6. 3M Phil McClure (Floris); 7. 72E Brad Egbert (Bloomfield); 8. 07 Riley Newton (Bloomfield); 9. 47 Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville); 10. 73M Tyler McClure (Ottumwa); 11. 2K Derek Kirkland (Centerville); 12. C4 Corey Strothman (Mt. Union); 13. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 14. 77 Dalton Lynch (Bloomfield); 15. 4M Mike McClure (Bloomfield)
Heat 1 - 1. Cook; 2. Paris; 3. Tyler McClure; 4. Newton; 5. See; 6. Dalton Lynch; 7. Dezwarte; 8. Gordon
Heat 2 - 1. Louis Lynch; 2. Kirkland; 3. Strothman; 4. Hughes; 5. Egbert; 6. Mike McClure; 7. Phil McClure
Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 2. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 3. 27L Casey Lancaster (Glenwood, MO); 4. 80 Jim Walker (Mystic); 5. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 6. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 7. 4G Michael Guthrie (Ottumwa); 8. 7L Cody Laymon (Ainsworth); 9. 68 Brandon Symmonds (Keokuk); 10. 12D Brandon Dale (Arbela, MO); 11. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 12. 55R Steven Berry (Ottumwa); 13. 22B Aaron Bridgeman (Bloomfield)
Heat 1 - 1. Lancaster; 2. Lowry; 3. Walker; 4. Dale; 5. McDaniel; 6. Bridgeman
Heat 2 - 1. Nelson; 2. Guthrie; 3. Danny Brau; 4. Scott Brau; 5. Berry; 6. Laymon; 7. Symmonds
Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 2. 57 Scott Shull (Agency); 3. 43J Jon Irwin (Hedrick); 4. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 5. 32TX PJ Veenstra (Oskaloosa); 6. 19X August Bach (Newton); 7. 77K Kyle Hamelton (Keokuk); 8. 26 Chris Archer (Lancaster, MO); 9. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 10. 03 Sierra Wilsey (Ottumwa); 11. 33J Justin Millhouse (Batavia)
Heat 1 - 1. Griffiths; 2. Ulin; 3. Shull; 4. Veenstra; 5. Hamelton; 6. Archer
Heat 2 - 1. Millhouse; 2. Bach; 3. Wilsey; 4. Irwin; 5. Huffman
Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 13B Josh Barnes (Keokuk); 2. 13BX Brandon Ruffcorn (Keokuk); 3. 99 Kyle Boyd (Ottumwa); 4. 27 Brandon Reu (Donnellson); 5. 213 Brandon Housley (Ottumwa); 6. 94 Kirk Hopkins (Ottumwa); 7. 29 Kevin Garrett (Ottumwa); 8. 41 Nathan Moody (Oskaloosa); 9. 52 Billy Cain (Floris); 10. 13 Travis Tedrow (Batavia); 11. 2M Matt Moore (Ottumwa); 12. 95 Tim Bevins (Eldon)
Heat 1 - 1. Garrett; 2. Ruffocrn; 3. Hopkins; 4. Housley; 5. Moody; 6. Tedrow
Heat 2 - 1. Barnes; 2. Boyd; 3. Reu; 4. Moore; 5. Cain; 6. Bevins
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Aikey, Spangler and Anderson All Take Thrillers at Iowa State Fair Speedway
Aikey, Spangler and Anderson All Take Thrillers at Iowa State Fair Speedway
by Jeremy Fox
Des Moines, Iowa (July 29th, 2016) - Last Night put the 2016 racing season to an end at the Iowa State Fair Speedway presented by Hy-Vee, Fueled by Casey's General Stores and Driven by Karl Peformance. Three Youngsters went home with a bike courtesy of Jim's Johns Portible Toilets and everybody in attendance saw excing finishes in all three feature events.
During the Casey's General Stores Redraw for the IMCA Late Models, it was seven time series and current point leader getting the lucky number one pizza box giving him the pole for the 40 lap feature event meanwhile Joe Zrostlik got the number two.
In the 40 lap Deery Brothers Summer Series feature for the IMCA Late Models, Jeff Aikey took advantage of the pole by jumping out to the top spot. Aikey saw a pair of early race cautions slowing him down, first on lap three for Tim Cooney in turn two and then on lap nine for Paul Glendenning in turn four. Aikey got a great restart after the lap nine but so did Tyler Bruening, who moved his way up from his sixth place starting spot. Bruening began to challenge Aikey for the race lead, as they pulled away from the rest of the field. Bruening got alongside Aikey when the encounter lap traffic just before the halfway point. Bruening tried several times to get by Aikey but failed and on the final lap, Bruening tried a crossover move on Aikey but Aikey held on to take the win by less than a car length at the line. The win was Aikey's 67th career Deery Brothers Summer Series win, seventh Deery win at ISF and allowing him to extend his Deery Series to six points over Bruening heading into Tipton on Tuesday. Ray Guss Jr finished third in his final time at ISF, Jake Neal was fourth and Chad Holladay was fifth. Charlie McKenna, Joel Callahan, Ryan Dolan, Scott Fitzpatrick and Matt Ryan rounded out the top ten. Darrel DeFrance finished 11th but extended his streak to 461 Deery Series Races. Callahan won the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifer drawing.
Ryan Grochala and Brandon Cox led the field to the green in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event and it was Grochala grabbing the top spot. Just after the completion of lap two, the caution came out for Kenny Hay spinning in turn four, Sabrina Killen had no where to go, she would slam in the side of Hay forcing the yellow to turn to red. Both drivers would get out of their cars but their night was done. Grochala now knew a restart was coming and knew that the 2016 track champion Shannon Anderson was some where near and he was right because Anderson was in second. Anderson tried to get by Grochala but it was Grochala holding off the challenge until two to go. Anderson made the move and got by on lap ten and would lead the remaining laps to take the feature win. Grochala was second, Bill Bonnett was third, Patrick Pellman was fourth and Brandon Cox was fifth.
In the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 12 lap feature event, It was Bryan Spangler grabbing the top spot early but just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Jay Street, driving Lou Siplot's truck, spun on the back stretch. Spangler was not letting that bother him as held on to the race lead until lap five when Tony Moro took the top spot away on the highside. Spangler did not give up as he came back by on lap six. The caution again came out on lap seven when Andrew Clark was unable to get off the race track and came to a stop in turn two and then again on lap eight for Del Enos spinning on the end of turn two. Spangler meanwhile was holding off Tony Moro and his son Matt Moro, both of the Moros showed their nose but could not get by and when the caution came out again for Street and Enos just before the white flag forcing a green-white-checkered finish some wonder if Spangler could hold them off. Spangler again got a great restart and so did Matt Moro, Moro would grab the top spot in turns one and two just after the white flag but Spangler would pull the same move back on Moro in turn four. Spangler beat Moro to the finish line to take his first win of the season. Matt Moro, Tony Moro, Larry Webb and Rick Clark rounded out the top five.
Keep your eye on the Facebook page or website about details of the Banquet and plans of racing at ISF in 2017.
For more information about racing action at http://www.isfspeedway.com/
A Special Thanks to Tony & Paula Moro, John Pat Dorrain, Eric & Beth Lundstrom and Josh Reynolds at ISF Speedway for giving me the opportunity to announce races this season, it was fun. Great Job by the whole staff including Shannon Bjorholm for all the amazing marketing, Debbie Sweeney and Beth for all the scoring duties, Eric and The Flecks for all the great dirt work and treck prep, Bill Davis Jr with the flagging duties, Ross Peterson for amazing job you did with feature winner interviews and Erica Lundstrom Pieper for your hard work with the Kids Fan Zone and Trolley rides through the pits. There are many others to give a shout out from the corner workers/Track officials, tow truck drivers, all the sponsors, Iowa State Fair Board and the amazing photographers with us every week (Keith Stewart at Race Iowa and Carroll Hoover with Hoovs Racing Photos). We were all an amazing team and all had a fantastic season!
Looking photos by Keith Stewart and Race Iowa head on over to http://www.raceiowa.com/ or Carroll Hoover check out http://www.hoovsracingphotos.com/
Iowa State Fair Speedway
Deery Brothers Summer Series Special
Friday July 29th, 2016
Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 77 Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls; 2. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 3. 58 Ray Guss Jr, Milan, Ill.; 4. 14J Jake Neal, Omaha, Neb.; 5. 32C Chad Holladay, Muscatine; 6. 22 Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake; 7. 40 Joel Callahan, Dubuque; 8. 1D Ryan Dolan, Lisbon; 9. 24 Scott Fitzpatrick, Wheatland; 10. 07 Matt Ryan, Davenport; 11. 99D Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown; 12. 95 Craig Jacobs, Urbandale; 13. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 14. 87 John Emerson, Waterloo; 15. 33 Paul Glendenning, Mount Ayr; 16. 12 Tim Cooney, Corning; 17. Z50 Joe Zrostlik, Long Grove; 18. 15C Curt Schroeder, Newton; 19. 7 Andy Nezworski, Buffalo.
Heat 1 - 1. Holladay; 2. Fitzpatrick; 3. Callahan; 4. Neal; 5. McKenna; 6. Emerson; 7. Cooney.
Heat 2 - 1. Bruening; 2. Aikey; 3. Zrostlik; 4. Guss; 5. Carter; 6. Schroeder.
Heat 3 - 1. Ryan; 2. Dolan; 3. Glendenning; 4. Jacobs; 5. Nezworski; 6. DeFrance.
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 77G Ryan Grochala, Pleasant Hill; 3. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 4. 71 Patrick Pellman, Elkhart; 5. 66 Brandon Cox, Norwalk; 6. 19X August Bach, Newton; 7. 10S Ray Stock Jr., Ankeny; 8. 1K Tommy Killen Jr., Des Moines; 9. 74 Matt Smith, Des Moines; 10. 20A Steven Crees, Des Moines; 11. 27C Cory Adams, Des Moines; 12. 32T Bobby Greene, Tracy; 13. 70X J.R. Croy, Norwalk; 14. 81X Sabrina Killen, Des Moines; 15. 9H Kenny Hay, Des Moines.
Heat 1 - 1. Bach; 2. Bonnett; 3. Stock; 4. Grochala; 5. Croy; 6. Sabrina Killen; 7. Adams; 8. Tommy Killen.
Heat 2 - 1. Anderson; 2. Smith; 3. Cox; 4. Pellman; 5. Crees; 6. Hay; 7. Greene.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Feature - 1. 17 Bryan Spangler, Coon Rapids; 2. 2M Matt Moro, Polk City; 3. 22 Tony Moro, Polk City; 4. 98 Larry Webb, Ankeny; 5. 7X Rick Clark, Des Moines; 6. 28 Anthony Moro, Polk City; 7. 40 Lucas Richardson, Coon Rapids; 8. 9J Jay Street, Runnells; 9. 2 Del Enos, Des Moines; 10. 7XJR Andrew Clark, Des Moines; 11. 23 Brad Comegys, Bondurant.
Heat 1 - 1. Tony Moro; 2. Webb; 3. Comegys; 4. Anthony Moro; 5.Street; 6. Enos
Heat 2 - 1. Spangler; 2. Matt Moro; 3. Rick Clark; 4. Andrew Clark; 5. Richardson
by Jeremy Fox
Des Moines, Iowa (July 29th, 2016) - Last Night put the 2016 racing season to an end at the Iowa State Fair Speedway presented by Hy-Vee, Fueled by Casey's General Stores and Driven by Karl Peformance. Three Youngsters went home with a bike courtesy of Jim's Johns Portible Toilets and everybody in attendance saw excing finishes in all three feature events.
During the Casey's General Stores Redraw for the IMCA Late Models, it was seven time series and current point leader getting the lucky number one pizza box giving him the pole for the 40 lap feature event meanwhile Joe Zrostlik got the number two.
In the 40 lap Deery Brothers Summer Series feature for the IMCA Late Models, Jeff Aikey took advantage of the pole by jumping out to the top spot. Aikey saw a pair of early race cautions slowing him down, first on lap three for Tim Cooney in turn two and then on lap nine for Paul Glendenning in turn four. Aikey got a great restart after the lap nine but so did Tyler Bruening, who moved his way up from his sixth place starting spot. Bruening began to challenge Aikey for the race lead, as they pulled away from the rest of the field. Bruening got alongside Aikey when the encounter lap traffic just before the halfway point. Bruening tried several times to get by Aikey but failed and on the final lap, Bruening tried a crossover move on Aikey but Aikey held on to take the win by less than a car length at the line. The win was Aikey's 67th career Deery Brothers Summer Series win, seventh Deery win at ISF and allowing him to extend his Deery Series to six points over Bruening heading into Tipton on Tuesday. Ray Guss Jr finished third in his final time at ISF, Jake Neal was fourth and Chad Holladay was fifth. Charlie McKenna, Joel Callahan, Ryan Dolan, Scott Fitzpatrick and Matt Ryan rounded out the top ten. Darrel DeFrance finished 11th but extended his streak to 461 Deery Series Races. Callahan won the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifer drawing.
Ryan Grochala and Brandon Cox led the field to the green in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event and it was Grochala grabbing the top spot. Just after the completion of lap two, the caution came out for Kenny Hay spinning in turn four, Sabrina Killen had no where to go, she would slam in the side of Hay forcing the yellow to turn to red. Both drivers would get out of their cars but their night was done. Grochala now knew a restart was coming and knew that the 2016 track champion Shannon Anderson was some where near and he was right because Anderson was in second. Anderson tried to get by Grochala but it was Grochala holding off the challenge until two to go. Anderson made the move and got by on lap ten and would lead the remaining laps to take the feature win. Grochala was second, Bill Bonnett was third, Patrick Pellman was fourth and Brandon Cox was fifth.
In the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 12 lap feature event, It was Bryan Spangler grabbing the top spot early but just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Jay Street, driving Lou Siplot's truck, spun on the back stretch. Spangler was not letting that bother him as held on to the race lead until lap five when Tony Moro took the top spot away on the highside. Spangler did not give up as he came back by on lap six. The caution again came out on lap seven when Andrew Clark was unable to get off the race track and came to a stop in turn two and then again on lap eight for Del Enos spinning on the end of turn two. Spangler meanwhile was holding off Tony Moro and his son Matt Moro, both of the Moros showed their nose but could not get by and when the caution came out again for Street and Enos just before the white flag forcing a green-white-checkered finish some wonder if Spangler could hold them off. Spangler again got a great restart and so did Matt Moro, Moro would grab the top spot in turns one and two just after the white flag but Spangler would pull the same move back on Moro in turn four. Spangler beat Moro to the finish line to take his first win of the season. Matt Moro, Tony Moro, Larry Webb and Rick Clark rounded out the top five.
Keep your eye on the Facebook page or website about details of the Banquet and plans of racing at ISF in 2017.
For more information about racing action at http://www.isfspeedway.com/
A Special Thanks to Tony & Paula Moro, John Pat Dorrain, Eric & Beth Lundstrom and Josh Reynolds at ISF Speedway for giving me the opportunity to announce races this season, it was fun. Great Job by the whole staff including Shannon Bjorholm for all the amazing marketing, Debbie Sweeney and Beth for all the scoring duties, Eric and The Flecks for all the great dirt work and treck prep, Bill Davis Jr with the flagging duties, Ross Peterson for amazing job you did with feature winner interviews and Erica Lundstrom Pieper for your hard work with the Kids Fan Zone and Trolley rides through the pits. There are many others to give a shout out from the corner workers/Track officials, tow truck drivers, all the sponsors, Iowa State Fair Board and the amazing photographers with us every week (Keith Stewart at Race Iowa and Carroll Hoover with Hoovs Racing Photos). We were all an amazing team and all had a fantastic season!
Looking photos by Keith Stewart and Race Iowa head on over to http://www.raceiowa.com/ or Carroll Hoover check out http://www.hoovsracingphotos.com/
Iowa State Fair Speedway
Deery Brothers Summer Series Special
Friday July 29th, 2016
Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 77 Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls; 2. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 3. 58 Ray Guss Jr, Milan, Ill.; 4. 14J Jake Neal, Omaha, Neb.; 5. 32C Chad Holladay, Muscatine; 6. 22 Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake; 7. 40 Joel Callahan, Dubuque; 8. 1D Ryan Dolan, Lisbon; 9. 24 Scott Fitzpatrick, Wheatland; 10. 07 Matt Ryan, Davenport; 11. 99D Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown; 12. 95 Craig Jacobs, Urbandale; 13. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 14. 87 John Emerson, Waterloo; 15. 33 Paul Glendenning, Mount Ayr; 16. 12 Tim Cooney, Corning; 17. Z50 Joe Zrostlik, Long Grove; 18. 15C Curt Schroeder, Newton; 19. 7 Andy Nezworski, Buffalo.
Heat 1 - 1. Holladay; 2. Fitzpatrick; 3. Callahan; 4. Neal; 5. McKenna; 6. Emerson; 7. Cooney.
Heat 2 - 1. Bruening; 2. Aikey; 3. Zrostlik; 4. Guss; 5. Carter; 6. Schroeder.
Heat 3 - 1. Ryan; 2. Dolan; 3. Glendenning; 4. Jacobs; 5. Nezworski; 6. DeFrance.
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 77G Ryan Grochala, Pleasant Hill; 3. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 4. 71 Patrick Pellman, Elkhart; 5. 66 Brandon Cox, Norwalk; 6. 19X August Bach, Newton; 7. 10S Ray Stock Jr., Ankeny; 8. 1K Tommy Killen Jr., Des Moines; 9. 74 Matt Smith, Des Moines; 10. 20A Steven Crees, Des Moines; 11. 27C Cory Adams, Des Moines; 12. 32T Bobby Greene, Tracy; 13. 70X J.R. Croy, Norwalk; 14. 81X Sabrina Killen, Des Moines; 15. 9H Kenny Hay, Des Moines.
Heat 1 - 1. Bach; 2. Bonnett; 3. Stock; 4. Grochala; 5. Croy; 6. Sabrina Killen; 7. Adams; 8. Tommy Killen.
Heat 2 - 1. Anderson; 2. Smith; 3. Cox; 4. Pellman; 5. Crees; 6. Hay; 7. Greene.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Feature - 1. 17 Bryan Spangler, Coon Rapids; 2. 2M Matt Moro, Polk City; 3. 22 Tony Moro, Polk City; 4. 98 Larry Webb, Ankeny; 5. 7X Rick Clark, Des Moines; 6. 28 Anthony Moro, Polk City; 7. 40 Lucas Richardson, Coon Rapids; 8. 9J Jay Street, Runnells; 9. 2 Del Enos, Des Moines; 10. 7XJR Andrew Clark, Des Moines; 11. 23 Brad Comegys, Bondurant.
Heat 1 - 1. Tony Moro; 2. Webb; 3. Comegys; 4. Anthony Moro; 5.Street; 6. Enos
Heat 2 - 1. Spangler; 2. Matt Moro; 3. Rick Clark; 4. Andrew Clark; 5. Richardson
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Musselman, Shute, Bach and Gordon Take First Wins at ISF
Musselman, Shute, Bach and Gordon Take First Wins at ISF
by Jeremy Fox
Des Moines, Iowa (July 8th, 2016) - Friday Night racing action returned to the Iowa State Fair Speedway for the final month of the racing season. The night was full of action packed and exciting finishes in the feature events with very few cautions.
Taylor Musselman (IMCA SportMods), Todd Shute (IMCA Modifieds), August Bach (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Daniel Gordon (IMCA Stock Cars) all picked up their first win at ISF in 2016. Todd Inman (Trucks), Ben Nading (IMCA Late Models) and Tyler Drueke (IMCA RaceSaver Sprints) all made a return visit.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck feature and it was Anthony Moro and his father Matt leading the field to green. Matt Moro bested the younger Moro to take the lead. Moro looked comfortable out front meanwhile Todd Inman worked his way up to second and chase down Matt for the lead. Inman led laps eight and nine until lap traffic allowed Matt to make the move back on by on lap ten. Inman did not give up as he made the move on the final lap to take his sixth win. Matt Moro finished second, John Davis was third, Pat Gordin was fourth and Larry Webb was fifth.
Kyle Webb led lap one of the IMCA SportMods 12 lap feature event but the caution came out when Tyler Inman spun in turn four. Robert Moore got by Webb on the restart and appeared to be heading on to his first of the season but Taylor Musselman chase down and completed the pass on the last lap to take the win. Moore finished second ahead of Jack Housley, Dusty Masolini and Jerry Hinton.
John Davis led the first handful of laps in the IMCA Modifieds 15 lap feature event before Todd Shute took the lead away and never looked back as Shute took his first. Davis, Nick Roberts, Greg Cox and Russ Gladson rounded out the top five.
Before a lap was completed in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event, the red flag came out when Tommy Killen Jr rolled in turn four collecting Steven Crees, Killen's night was over meanwhile Crees was able to continue. August Bach took that to his advantage as he grabbed the top spot on the restart and had to hold a last lap challenge from Shannon Anderson to take his first at ISF. Anderson finished second for the second race in a row. John Watson, Ryan Grochala and Ray Stock Jr finished third through fifth.
Don Wear led the first lap of the IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap event but it was Randy Killen taking the lead away on lap two. Killen bobbled and left the door open for Daniel Gordon to take the lead away and it was Gordon cruising off in to the sunset to victory. Killen held off Todd Inman for second, Todd Fisher held off Gary Bass for fourth.
Ben Nading led all 18 laps of the Larry Fleck & Son's Trucking IMCA Late Models feature but he had to hold off several challenges from Charlie McKenna for the win. Also slowing Nading was a pair of cautions first for debris in turn four and then for Curt Schroeder spinning in turn three. Nading was determined to not be denied the win, like he was two weeks ago as he went on to take his second at ISF in 2016. McKenna finished second with Darrel DeFrance in third, Allan Hopp got by Paul Glendenning for fourth.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA RaceSaver Sprints feature and it was Koddy Hildreth grabbing the top spot but just after the first lap was scored, the red flag was displayed when Brandon Worthington took a tumble in turn four. Tyler Thompson grabbed the top spot away on the restart and appeared to be heading to the win but something began to slow Thompson on lap nine allowing Clint Benson take the top spot away but Tyler Drueke followed suit and it was Drueke taking the lead away on lap ten. Just after the completion of lap ten, the caution came out when Thompson came to a rest on the front stretch. Drueke and Benson battled it out with Drueke holding the top spot and finding his way back to victory lane. Mike Moore finished third, Austin Johnson was fourth and Eric Bridger was fifth.
Final checkered flag flew at 9:57 pm. Racing action continues next week with another Weekly Points Night featuring all seven classes, this also be the first of four races in the spand of one week.
Then Speed Week continues with the make-up show for the USMTS Modifieds and USRA/IMCA Hobby Stock Showdown plus Stock Cars and SportMods have been added to that show on Monday July 18th. The next night on Tuesday July 19th will be the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds plus IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA SportMods. Then back to the race track for Friday July 22nd Season Championship Night.
Deery Brothers Summer Series makes a visit to the Iowa State Fair Speedway on Friday July 29th along with Hobby Stocks and Dirt Trucks.
For more information about races at Iowa State Fair Speedway check out Iowa State Fair Speedway on Facebook or http://www.isfspeedway.com/
Results will be added later tonight or tomorrow morning
by Jeremy Fox
Des Moines, Iowa (July 8th, 2016) - Friday Night racing action returned to the Iowa State Fair Speedway for the final month of the racing season. The night was full of action packed and exciting finishes in the feature events with very few cautions.
Taylor Musselman (IMCA SportMods), Todd Shute (IMCA Modifieds), August Bach (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Daniel Gordon (IMCA Stock Cars) all picked up their first win at ISF in 2016. Todd Inman (Trucks), Ben Nading (IMCA Late Models) and Tyler Drueke (IMCA RaceSaver Sprints) all made a return visit.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck feature and it was Anthony Moro and his father Matt leading the field to green. Matt Moro bested the younger Moro to take the lead. Moro looked comfortable out front meanwhile Todd Inman worked his way up to second and chase down Matt for the lead. Inman led laps eight and nine until lap traffic allowed Matt to make the move back on by on lap ten. Inman did not give up as he made the move on the final lap to take his sixth win. Matt Moro finished second, John Davis was third, Pat Gordin was fourth and Larry Webb was fifth.
Kyle Webb led lap one of the IMCA SportMods 12 lap feature event but the caution came out when Tyler Inman spun in turn four. Robert Moore got by Webb on the restart and appeared to be heading on to his first of the season but Taylor Musselman chase down and completed the pass on the last lap to take the win. Moore finished second ahead of Jack Housley, Dusty Masolini and Jerry Hinton.
John Davis led the first handful of laps in the IMCA Modifieds 15 lap feature event before Todd Shute took the lead away and never looked back as Shute took his first. Davis, Nick Roberts, Greg Cox and Russ Gladson rounded out the top five.
Before a lap was completed in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event, the red flag came out when Tommy Killen Jr rolled in turn four collecting Steven Crees, Killen's night was over meanwhile Crees was able to continue. August Bach took that to his advantage as he grabbed the top spot on the restart and had to hold a last lap challenge from Shannon Anderson to take his first at ISF. Anderson finished second for the second race in a row. John Watson, Ryan Grochala and Ray Stock Jr finished third through fifth.
Don Wear led the first lap of the IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap event but it was Randy Killen taking the lead away on lap two. Killen bobbled and left the door open for Daniel Gordon to take the lead away and it was Gordon cruising off in to the sunset to victory. Killen held off Todd Inman for second, Todd Fisher held off Gary Bass for fourth.
Ben Nading led all 18 laps of the Larry Fleck & Son's Trucking IMCA Late Models feature but he had to hold off several challenges from Charlie McKenna for the win. Also slowing Nading was a pair of cautions first for debris in turn four and then for Curt Schroeder spinning in turn three. Nading was determined to not be denied the win, like he was two weeks ago as he went on to take his second at ISF in 2016. McKenna finished second with Darrel DeFrance in third, Allan Hopp got by Paul Glendenning for fourth.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA RaceSaver Sprints feature and it was Koddy Hildreth grabbing the top spot but just after the first lap was scored, the red flag was displayed when Brandon Worthington took a tumble in turn four. Tyler Thompson grabbed the top spot away on the restart and appeared to be heading to the win but something began to slow Thompson on lap nine allowing Clint Benson take the top spot away but Tyler Drueke followed suit and it was Drueke taking the lead away on lap ten. Just after the completion of lap ten, the caution came out when Thompson came to a rest on the front stretch. Drueke and Benson battled it out with Drueke holding the top spot and finding his way back to victory lane. Mike Moore finished third, Austin Johnson was fourth and Eric Bridger was fifth.
Final checkered flag flew at 9:57 pm. Racing action continues next week with another Weekly Points Night featuring all seven classes, this also be the first of four races in the spand of one week.
Then Speed Week continues with the make-up show for the USMTS Modifieds and USRA/IMCA Hobby Stock Showdown plus Stock Cars and SportMods have been added to that show on Monday July 18th. The next night on Tuesday July 19th will be the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds plus IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA SportMods. Then back to the race track for Friday July 22nd Season Championship Night.
Deery Brothers Summer Series makes a visit to the Iowa State Fair Speedway on Friday July 29th along with Hobby Stocks and Dirt Trucks.
For more information about races at Iowa State Fair Speedway check out Iowa State Fair Speedway on Facebook or http://www.isfspeedway.com/
Results will be added later tonight or tomorrow morning
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Night Two of Budweiser and Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout Postponed
Night Two of Budweiser and Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout Postponed
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 6th, 2016) - Over Night rain left the ground to wet to race night two of the Budweiser and Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout at Southern Iowa Speedway so the second night is postponed until Wednesday July 20th. There will be a buy in for new Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts on that Night. Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds will also be on the card.
Bill and Rays will sponsor any new driver on July 20th that did not race Tuesday Night and pay their pit pass in Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. So if you were not there on Tuesday night, come join the fun during the Southern Iowa Fair.
Top eight from Points on Tuesday Night are locked in and will run a dash during the fair. Meanwhile any car that ran Tuesday night plus new cars will race heats and b-features to qualify for the main event. Plus the Top 20 from Osky feature and Lee County Speedway Stock feature will run a $1,000 to win winner-take-all event.
The Stock Car Shootout , night two will now take place at the Lee County Speedway on Thursday with a complete show for the Stock Cars. Also Racing is the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sport Compacts, Lee County Late Models and 305 Sprints also on the card. Hot Laps at 7pm, Racing at 7:30pm.
No racing next week at the Southern Iowa Speedway as the speedway prepares for the Southern Iowa Fair coming up July 18th through 24th. Tuesday July 19th, The USMTS Modifieds along with the IronMan Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods compete. Then on Wednesday July 20th, the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds take to the half mile along with the second night of the Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout for Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm both nights.
For more information check out http://www.oskyspeedway.com/ or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on Facebook.
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 6th, 2016) - Over Night rain left the ground to wet to race night two of the Budweiser and Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout at Southern Iowa Speedway so the second night is postponed until Wednesday July 20th. There will be a buy in for new Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts on that Night. Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds will also be on the card.
Bill and Rays will sponsor any new driver on July 20th that did not race Tuesday Night and pay their pit pass in Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. So if you were not there on Tuesday night, come join the fun during the Southern Iowa Fair.
Top eight from Points on Tuesday Night are locked in and will run a dash during the fair. Meanwhile any car that ran Tuesday night plus new cars will race heats and b-features to qualify for the main event. Plus the Top 20 from Osky feature and Lee County Speedway Stock feature will run a $1,000 to win winner-take-all event.
The Stock Car Shootout , night two will now take place at the Lee County Speedway on Thursday with a complete show for the Stock Cars. Also Racing is the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sport Compacts, Lee County Late Models and 305 Sprints also on the card. Hot Laps at 7pm, Racing at 7:30pm.
No racing next week at the Southern Iowa Speedway as the speedway prepares for the Southern Iowa Fair coming up July 18th through 24th. Tuesday July 19th, The USMTS Modifieds along with the IronMan Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods compete. Then on Wednesday July 20th, the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds take to the half mile along with the second night of the Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout for Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm both nights.
For more information check out http://www.oskyspeedway.com/ or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on Facebook.
Murty, Griffiths, Flander and VanDusen Top Points After Night One of Shootout
Murty, Griffiths, Flander and VanDusen Top Points After Night One of Shootout
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 5th, 2016) - Tuesday Night was the first of two nights of the 21st Annual Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts each ran two sets of heats earning points with the lowest score the best meaning two first place finishes in heats would be the best.
Iowa Sportsman Series ran an eight lap heat race and 30 lap feature as part of Tuesday Nights Program.
In the IMCA Stock Cars, Damon Murty and Jeff Mueller won round one heats, Kyle Brown and Johnny Spaw won round two heats. Top eight after Tuesday heats will run a dash on Wednesday to determine where they will start in the feature and they were Murty, Brown, Spaw, Mike Hughes, David Brandies, Jeff Mueller, Jason See and Derrick Agee.
Dustin Griffiths won both rounds of heat races in the IMCA Hobby Stocks so that put him as the top point getter with August Bach, Travis Bunnell, Matt Messamaker, Danny Thrasher, Bill Bonnett, PJ Veenstra and Ron Downing Jr rounding out the top eight.
Colton Livezey and Austin Paul won round one heats in the IMCA SportMods and Eric Flander and Matthew VanGelder won round two heats. Top eight in points after the heats was Flander, Tim Plummer, Dan Drury, Livezey, VanGelder, Carter VanDenBerg, Curtis VanDerWal and Danny Brau.
Levi Heath won the IMCA Sport Compacts round one heat and Cody VanDusen won round two heat. VanDusen also was the top point getter with Heath, John Gill, Bill Whalen, John Whalen, Evans, Shawn Slaughter and Jason Breuklander finishing second through eighth.
Only Division running a feature on Tuesday Night was the Iowa Sportsman Series and it looked as if Kris Walker was going to be the guy to beat as he won the eight lap heat race but Walker experience over heating issues as the race took the green. Tyler Sutter started tenth but by the end of lap one, Sutter was in the number one spot. Sutter cruised on to the win despite a caution around the midway point. Gene Tish finished second ahead of Cole Jackson, the son of legendary Stock Car driver Steve Jackson. Travis Dawson and Andy Kline rounded out the top five.
Back at it on Wednesday Night with Night two of the 21st Annual Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout. Top eight from Tuesday Night will run a dash to determine where they will start in the feature. Heats and b-features for all other cars and any new competitors in the Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. The Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds will also be on the card to run a complete show. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm both nights of the Shootout.
Reminder no racing action next week as the speedway prepares for the Southern Iowa Fair coming up July 18th through 24th. Tuesday July 19th, The USMTS Modifieds along with the IronMan Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods compete. Then on Wednesday July 20th, the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds take to the half mile along with the IMCA Weekly Racing Series for Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm both nights.
Southern Iowa Speedway
21st Annual Budweiser / Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout Night 1 of 2
July 5th, 2016
IMCA Stock Cars
Round 1 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 99K Kyle Brown (State Center); 3. 71B David Brandies (Wilton); 4. 00 Johnny Spaw (Cedar Rapids); 5. 25 Cody Agee (Huntsville, MO); 6. 3D Daniel Gordon (Oskaloosa); 7. 08S Rod Staats (Columbus Junction); 8. 17C Shane Paris (Muscatine); DQ 23 Adam Bell (Kalona)
Heat 2 - 1. 77M Jeff Mueller (New London); 2. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 4. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, MO); 5. 79S Jason See (Albia); 6. 7 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa); 7. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 8. 05 John Oliver Jr (Danville); 9. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa)
Round 2 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. Brown; 2. Murty; 3. Hughes; 4. Oliver; 5. Derrick Agee; 6. Mueller; 7. Wood; 8. Lynch; 9. Walker
Heat 2- 1. Spaw; 2. Brandies; 3. See; 4. Pearson; 5. Gordon; 6. Staats; 7. Cody Agee; 8. Paris; 9. Bell
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : Murty, Brown, Spaw, Hughes, Brandies, Mueller, See, Derrick Agee
IMCA SportMods
Round 1 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 2. 66 Tim Plummer (Norway); 3. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 4. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 5. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 6. 16 Matthew VanGelder (Pella); 7. 55R Steven Berry (Ottumwa); 8. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton)
Heat 2 - 1. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 2. 21D Dan Drury (Eldora); 3. 12 Eric Flander (Pella); 4. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 7. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 8. 7G Dennis Gates (Claypool, AZ)
Round 2 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. Flander; 2. Plummer; 3. Scott Brau; 4. Carter; 5. Lowry; 6. Livezey; 7. Braaksma; 8. Berry
Heat 2- 1. VanGelder; 2. Drury; 3. VanDenBerg; 4. Danny Brau; 5. VanDerWal; 6. Gates; 7. Johnson; 8. Paul
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : Flander, Plummer, Drury, Livezey, VanGelder, VanDenBerg, VanDerWal, Danny Brau
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Round 1 Heats
Heat - 1.10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 2. 19X August Bach (Newton); 3. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 4. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 5. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 6. 33M Matt Messamaker (Mystic); 7. 32TX PJ Veenstra (Oskaloosa); 8. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 9. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 10. 77 Derek Hodges (Des Moines); 11. 7 Kirk Puttmann (Keota); 12. 5B Dane Blozovich (Centerville); 13. 7K Kelsie Spilman (Hedrick); 14. 53D Ron Downing Jr (Ottumwa)
Round 2 Heats
Heat - 1. Griffiths; 2. Bach; 3. Bunnell; 4. Messamaker; 5. Downing; 6. Veenstra; 7. Bonnett; 8. Thrasher; 9. Spilman; 10. Greene; 11. Blozovich; 12. Puttmann; 13. Hodges; 14. Huffman
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : Griffiths, Bach, Bunnell, Messamaker, Thrasher, Bonnett, Veenstra, Downing
IMCA Sport Compacts
Round 1 Heats
Heat - 1. 9H Levi Heath (Wilton); 2. 53 Cody VanDusen (Atalissa); 3. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 4. 00 Shawn Slaughter (Iowa City); 5. 00W Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 6. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City); 7. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 8. 88C Daniel Campbell (Muscatine); 9. 41 Nathan Moody (Oskaloosa); 10. 23B Jason Breuklander (Oskaloosa); 11. 86R James Roose (Grandview)
Round 2 Heats
Heat - 1. VanDusen; 2. Bill Whalen; 3. Gill; 4. Heath; 5. John Whalen; 6. Breuklander; 7. Roose; 8. Evans; 9. Moody; 10. Slaughter; 11. Campbell
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : VanDusen, Heath, Gill, Bill Whalen, John Whalen, Evans, Slaughter, Breuklander
Iowa Sportsman Series
Feature - 1. 91 Tyler Sutter; 2. 54 Gene Tish; 3. 2J Cole Jackson; 4. 77 Travis Dawson; 5. 88 Andy Kline; 6. 77K Clair Kuntz; 7. 10S Derrick Seddon; 8. 13X Wayne Webert; 9. 71S Dave Seddon; 10. 20 Bruce Kline; 11. 47 Darin Dezwarte; 12. 7 Kris Walker
Heat - 1. Walker; 2. Jackson; 3. Dezwarte; 4. Sutter; 5. Tish; 6. Kline; 7. Dawson; 8. Kline; 9. Dave Seddon; 10. Webert; 11. Derrick Seddon; 12. Kuntz
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 5th, 2016) - Tuesday Night was the first of two nights of the 21st Annual Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts each ran two sets of heats earning points with the lowest score the best meaning two first place finishes in heats would be the best.
Iowa Sportsman Series ran an eight lap heat race and 30 lap feature as part of Tuesday Nights Program.
In the IMCA Stock Cars, Damon Murty and Jeff Mueller won round one heats, Kyle Brown and Johnny Spaw won round two heats. Top eight after Tuesday heats will run a dash on Wednesday to determine where they will start in the feature and they were Murty, Brown, Spaw, Mike Hughes, David Brandies, Jeff Mueller, Jason See and Derrick Agee.
Dustin Griffiths won both rounds of heat races in the IMCA Hobby Stocks so that put him as the top point getter with August Bach, Travis Bunnell, Matt Messamaker, Danny Thrasher, Bill Bonnett, PJ Veenstra and Ron Downing Jr rounding out the top eight.
Colton Livezey and Austin Paul won round one heats in the IMCA SportMods and Eric Flander and Matthew VanGelder won round two heats. Top eight in points after the heats was Flander, Tim Plummer, Dan Drury, Livezey, VanGelder, Carter VanDenBerg, Curtis VanDerWal and Danny Brau.
Levi Heath won the IMCA Sport Compacts round one heat and Cody VanDusen won round two heat. VanDusen also was the top point getter with Heath, John Gill, Bill Whalen, John Whalen, Evans, Shawn Slaughter and Jason Breuklander finishing second through eighth.
Only Division running a feature on Tuesday Night was the Iowa Sportsman Series and it looked as if Kris Walker was going to be the guy to beat as he won the eight lap heat race but Walker experience over heating issues as the race took the green. Tyler Sutter started tenth but by the end of lap one, Sutter was in the number one spot. Sutter cruised on to the win despite a caution around the midway point. Gene Tish finished second ahead of Cole Jackson, the son of legendary Stock Car driver Steve Jackson. Travis Dawson and Andy Kline rounded out the top five.
Back at it on Wednesday Night with Night two of the 21st Annual Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout. Top eight from Tuesday Night will run a dash to determine where they will start in the feature. Heats and b-features for all other cars and any new competitors in the Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. The Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds will also be on the card to run a complete show. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm both nights of the Shootout.
Reminder no racing action next week as the speedway prepares for the Southern Iowa Fair coming up July 18th through 24th. Tuesday July 19th, The USMTS Modifieds along with the IronMan Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods compete. Then on Wednesday July 20th, the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds take to the half mile along with the IMCA Weekly Racing Series for Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm both nights.
Southern Iowa Speedway
21st Annual Budweiser / Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout Night 1 of 2
July 5th, 2016
IMCA Stock Cars
Round 1 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 99K Kyle Brown (State Center); 3. 71B David Brandies (Wilton); 4. 00 Johnny Spaw (Cedar Rapids); 5. 25 Cody Agee (Huntsville, MO); 6. 3D Daniel Gordon (Oskaloosa); 7. 08S Rod Staats (Columbus Junction); 8. 17C Shane Paris (Muscatine); DQ 23 Adam Bell (Kalona)
Heat 2 - 1. 77M Jeff Mueller (New London); 2. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 4. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, MO); 5. 79S Jason See (Albia); 6. 7 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa); 7. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 8. 05 John Oliver Jr (Danville); 9. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa)
Round 2 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. Brown; 2. Murty; 3. Hughes; 4. Oliver; 5. Derrick Agee; 6. Mueller; 7. Wood; 8. Lynch; 9. Walker
Heat 2- 1. Spaw; 2. Brandies; 3. See; 4. Pearson; 5. Gordon; 6. Staats; 7. Cody Agee; 8. Paris; 9. Bell
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : Murty, Brown, Spaw, Hughes, Brandies, Mueller, See, Derrick Agee
IMCA SportMods
Round 1 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 2. 66 Tim Plummer (Norway); 3. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 4. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 5. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 6. 16 Matthew VanGelder (Pella); 7. 55R Steven Berry (Ottumwa); 8. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton)
Heat 2 - 1. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 2. 21D Dan Drury (Eldora); 3. 12 Eric Flander (Pella); 4. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 7. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 8. 7G Dennis Gates (Claypool, AZ)
Round 2 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. Flander; 2. Plummer; 3. Scott Brau; 4. Carter; 5. Lowry; 6. Livezey; 7. Braaksma; 8. Berry
Heat 2- 1. VanGelder; 2. Drury; 3. VanDenBerg; 4. Danny Brau; 5. VanDerWal; 6. Gates; 7. Johnson; 8. Paul
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : Flander, Plummer, Drury, Livezey, VanGelder, VanDenBerg, VanDerWal, Danny Brau
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Round 1 Heats
Heat - 1.10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 2. 19X August Bach (Newton); 3. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 4. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 5. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 6. 33M Matt Messamaker (Mystic); 7. 32TX PJ Veenstra (Oskaloosa); 8. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 9. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 10. 77 Derek Hodges (Des Moines); 11. 7 Kirk Puttmann (Keota); 12. 5B Dane Blozovich (Centerville); 13. 7K Kelsie Spilman (Hedrick); 14. 53D Ron Downing Jr (Ottumwa)
Round 2 Heats
Heat - 1. Griffiths; 2. Bach; 3. Bunnell; 4. Messamaker; 5. Downing; 6. Veenstra; 7. Bonnett; 8. Thrasher; 9. Spilman; 10. Greene; 11. Blozovich; 12. Puttmann; 13. Hodges; 14. Huffman
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : Griffiths, Bach, Bunnell, Messamaker, Thrasher, Bonnett, Veenstra, Downing
IMCA Sport Compacts
Round 1 Heats
Heat - 1. 9H Levi Heath (Wilton); 2. 53 Cody VanDusen (Atalissa); 3. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 4. 00 Shawn Slaughter (Iowa City); 5. 00W Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 6. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City); 7. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 8. 88C Daniel Campbell (Muscatine); 9. 41 Nathan Moody (Oskaloosa); 10. 23B Jason Breuklander (Oskaloosa); 11. 86R James Roose (Grandview)
Round 2 Heats
Heat - 1. VanDusen; 2. Bill Whalen; 3. Gill; 4. Heath; 5. John Whalen; 6. Breuklander; 7. Roose; 8. Evans; 9. Moody; 10. Slaughter; 11. Campbell
Top 8 In Points after Tuesday's Heats : VanDusen, Heath, Gill, Bill Whalen, John Whalen, Evans, Slaughter, Breuklander
Iowa Sportsman Series
Feature - 1. 91 Tyler Sutter; 2. 54 Gene Tish; 3. 2J Cole Jackson; 4. 77 Travis Dawson; 5. 88 Andy Kline; 6. 77K Clair Kuntz; 7. 10S Derrick Seddon; 8. 13X Wayne Webert; 9. 71S Dave Seddon; 10. 20 Bruce Kline; 11. 47 Darin Dezwarte; 12. 7 Kris Walker
Heat - 1. Walker; 2. Jackson; 3. Dezwarte; 4. Sutter; 5. Tish; 6. Kline; 7. Dawson; 8. Kline; 9. Dave Seddon; 10. Webert; 11. Derrick Seddon; 12. Kuntz
Monday, July 4, 2016
Gustin Holds Off Shute for 2nd Career Hogan Memorial Win
Gustin Holds Off Shute for 2nd Career Hogan Memorial Win
by Jeremy Fox
Vinton, Iowa (July 3rd, 2016) - Sunday its the Benton County Speedway for the 22nd Annual Hogan Memorial in honor of Dick and Janet Hogan and 47 IMCA Modifieds checked in to add their name to the history books of being Hogan Memorial Champion. 19 IMCA Stock Cars, 21 IMCA Hobby Stocks, 37 IMCA Northern SportMods and nine BCS Micro Mods making the total car count of 133 cars checked in.
Richie Gustin (IMCA Modifieds), Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars) and Don Erger (BCS Mirco Mods) all claimed another Hogan Memorial win meanwhile Ben Chapman (IMCA Northern SportMods) and Benji Irvine (IMCA Hobby Stocks) claim their first Hogan Memorial wins.
SportMods ran four heats and two b-features, Hobby Stocks ran three heats, Modifieds ran six heats and three b-features and Stock Cars ran three heats. BCS Micro Mods ran only a feature.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap BCS Micro Mod feature, Josh Havlik and Cole McNeal led the field to the green and it was Don Erger grabbed the top spot early and never looked back leading all 12 laps in the feature that went caution free. Erger claimed his third Hogan Memorial win the Micro Mods. McNeal finished second, Havlik was third, Matt Post was fourth and Scott Beatty was fifth.
Before a single lap was completed in the 16 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, the caution came out when Kyle Dulin spun turn two collecting Matt Brown and Justin Wacha. On the restart it was Benji Irvine taking full advantage of his pole postition grabbing the top spot but he had a familiar challenger in Nathan Ballard on his back side however the caution came out on lap two for Chad Siems in turn three. Irvine and Ballard continued to battle it out but the caution came out on lap ten for August Bach in turn two. Irvine held off every challenge by Ballard to claim his first Hogan Memorial win. Bill Bonnett, Leah Wroten and Justin Wacha finished third through fifth respectively.
Just like the Hobby Stocks did the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature saw the caution came out when Cory Pestotnik spun turn two before a lap was scored. Ben Chapman grabbed the top spot on the restart though but it was shorted lived as Matt Petrzelka took the lead away on lap two. Chapman did not give up because he came back and took the lead away on lap six. Chapman and Petrzelka battled for the lead until the caution camae out on lap eight when Andy Edwards hit the implement tire in turn four sending it on to the racing surface. Chapman saw Petrzelka and Tony Olson on his back bumper and all three battled it out but it was Chapman leading the entire time and the final caution came out on lap 14 for Mitch Manternach in turn one forcing a four lap shootout. Chapman held off Tony Olson and Petrzelka to take his first Hogan Memorial. Olson finished second with Petrzelka in third. Danny Dvorak played electrican during the day started 13th and finished fourth with Carter VanDenBerg in fifth.
Jared Daggett and Kevin Rose led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature and it was Daggett grabbing top spot early, Jeff Mueller started fifth took second by lap two and then the caution came out on lap three when Rose and Lon Mercer got together in turn two. Daggett saw Mueller and Damon Murty on his back side and those three got in to a very intense battle before Murty took the top spot away on lap seven. Mueller followed in to second and tried to get by Murty but it Murty holding on to take his fourth Hogan win. Mueller finish second and had his shocks claimed by Shane Ebaugh. Kyle Brown, doing double duty and driving Murty's back up car finished third, Daggett was fourth and Scooter Dulin was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 50 lap Hogan Memorial for IMCA Modifieds and before the feature started it was drivers introductions, the reading of previous winners and top 12 (top two from each heat) redraw for its starting spots. "G-Money" Richie Gustin and "Flyin' Banana" Mike Jergens redrew the front row with Todd Shute and Cody Laney getting the second row. Gustin took advantage grabbing the lead early but Jergens made several attempts to get by Gustin but that allowed Shute to get by Jergens on lap four. Shute set his sights on getting be Gustin and he managed that on lap 12. Shute led until the caution came out on lap two when Jergens came to a stop in turn two forcing a restart with five laps to halfway. Gustin snuck back on by Shute for the lead on the restart but Shute powered back by on lap 22. Shute led at the halfway point.
Running order at the halfway pit stop : 1) Shute 2) Gustin 3) Corey Dripps 4) Cody Laney 5) J.D. Auringer 6) Kyle Strickler 7) Ethan Dotson 8) RC Whitwell 9) Kyle Brown 10) Joel Rust 11) Zach Less 12) Hunter Marriott 13) Jake Bowman 14) Ronn Lauritzen 15) Nick Roberts 16) Tony Snyder 17) Brandon Maitland 18) Scott Hogan 19) Troy Cordes 20) Cayden Carter 21) Jerry Dedrick 22) Racer Hulin 23) Ryan Maitland 24) Patrick Flannagan Out: 25) Josh Gilman 26) Mike Jergens
Shute got a great restart when the race resumed after the pit stop as did Corey Dripps. Dripps battled with Shute before Dripps took the top spot away on lap 30. Dripps looked comfortable out front meanwhile Gustin got by Shute on lap 35 and three laps later, lap 38, the caution came ou for debris on the frontstretch and in turn three. Dripps saw Gustin and Shute on his back bumper and held them off for the meantime but the caution came out on lap 40 for Troy Cordes in turn two. On the restart, Gustin got by Dripps and cruised on to his second Hogan Memorial Win. Shute managed to come back and finished second after slipping back to third. Hunter Marriott worked his way from 12th at halfway to finished third, defending race winner J.D. Auringer was fourth and Dripps was fifth.
Finishing order : 1) Gustin 2) Shute 3) Marriott 4) Auringer 5) Dripps 6) Carter 7) Strickler 8) Kyle Brown 9) Laney 10) Dotson 11) Hulin 12) Less 13) Whitwell 14) Hogan 15) Nick Roberts 16) Tony Snyder 17) Bowman 18) Ryan Maitland 19) Brandon Maitland 20) Lauritzen 21) Dedrick DNF: 22) Rust 23) Flanngan 24) Cordes 25) Gilman 26) Jergens
Special Thanks to Scott and Jolyne Hogan and the entire Hogan Family for all your hard work making this event bigger and better every year. Thanks to all the sponsors that helped sponsor the Hogan Memorial, Don Burkey for his fantastic work on the racing surface and everybody that helped paint the implement tires and the wall. Can not wait to see what the 23rd Annual Hogan Memorial next year will bring to the Benton County Speedway.
Racing returns next sunday with Autism Awareness and Salute to Freedom Night. Gates Open at 4pm, Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing to Follow.
For more information check out http://www.jjamracing.net/
by Jeremy Fox
Vinton, Iowa (July 3rd, 2016) - Sunday its the Benton County Speedway for the 22nd Annual Hogan Memorial in honor of Dick and Janet Hogan and 47 IMCA Modifieds checked in to add their name to the history books of being Hogan Memorial Champion. 19 IMCA Stock Cars, 21 IMCA Hobby Stocks, 37 IMCA Northern SportMods and nine BCS Micro Mods making the total car count of 133 cars checked in.
Richie Gustin (IMCA Modifieds), Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars) and Don Erger (BCS Mirco Mods) all claimed another Hogan Memorial win meanwhile Ben Chapman (IMCA Northern SportMods) and Benji Irvine (IMCA Hobby Stocks) claim their first Hogan Memorial wins.
SportMods ran four heats and two b-features, Hobby Stocks ran three heats, Modifieds ran six heats and three b-features and Stock Cars ran three heats. BCS Micro Mods ran only a feature.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap BCS Micro Mod feature, Josh Havlik and Cole McNeal led the field to the green and it was Don Erger grabbed the top spot early and never looked back leading all 12 laps in the feature that went caution free. Erger claimed his third Hogan Memorial win the Micro Mods. McNeal finished second, Havlik was third, Matt Post was fourth and Scott Beatty was fifth.
Before a single lap was completed in the 16 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, the caution came out when Kyle Dulin spun turn two collecting Matt Brown and Justin Wacha. On the restart it was Benji Irvine taking full advantage of his pole postition grabbing the top spot but he had a familiar challenger in Nathan Ballard on his back side however the caution came out on lap two for Chad Siems in turn three. Irvine and Ballard continued to battle it out but the caution came out on lap ten for August Bach in turn two. Irvine held off every challenge by Ballard to claim his first Hogan Memorial win. Bill Bonnett, Leah Wroten and Justin Wacha finished third through fifth respectively.
Just like the Hobby Stocks did the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature saw the caution came out when Cory Pestotnik spun turn two before a lap was scored. Ben Chapman grabbed the top spot on the restart though but it was shorted lived as Matt Petrzelka took the lead away on lap two. Chapman did not give up because he came back and took the lead away on lap six. Chapman and Petrzelka battled for the lead until the caution camae out on lap eight when Andy Edwards hit the implement tire in turn four sending it on to the racing surface. Chapman saw Petrzelka and Tony Olson on his back bumper and all three battled it out but it was Chapman leading the entire time and the final caution came out on lap 14 for Mitch Manternach in turn one forcing a four lap shootout. Chapman held off Tony Olson and Petrzelka to take his first Hogan Memorial. Olson finished second with Petrzelka in third. Danny Dvorak played electrican during the day started 13th and finished fourth with Carter VanDenBerg in fifth.
Jared Daggett and Kevin Rose led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature and it was Daggett grabbing top spot early, Jeff Mueller started fifth took second by lap two and then the caution came out on lap three when Rose and Lon Mercer got together in turn two. Daggett saw Mueller and Damon Murty on his back side and those three got in to a very intense battle before Murty took the top spot away on lap seven. Mueller followed in to second and tried to get by Murty but it Murty holding on to take his fourth Hogan win. Mueller finish second and had his shocks claimed by Shane Ebaugh. Kyle Brown, doing double duty and driving Murty's back up car finished third, Daggett was fourth and Scooter Dulin was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 50 lap Hogan Memorial for IMCA Modifieds and before the feature started it was drivers introductions, the reading of previous winners and top 12 (top two from each heat) redraw for its starting spots. "G-Money" Richie Gustin and "Flyin' Banana" Mike Jergens redrew the front row with Todd Shute and Cody Laney getting the second row. Gustin took advantage grabbing the lead early but Jergens made several attempts to get by Gustin but that allowed Shute to get by Jergens on lap four. Shute set his sights on getting be Gustin and he managed that on lap 12. Shute led until the caution came out on lap two when Jergens came to a stop in turn two forcing a restart with five laps to halfway. Gustin snuck back on by Shute for the lead on the restart but Shute powered back by on lap 22. Shute led at the halfway point.
Running order at the halfway pit stop : 1) Shute 2) Gustin 3) Corey Dripps 4) Cody Laney 5) J.D. Auringer 6) Kyle Strickler 7) Ethan Dotson 8) RC Whitwell 9) Kyle Brown 10) Joel Rust 11) Zach Less 12) Hunter Marriott 13) Jake Bowman 14) Ronn Lauritzen 15) Nick Roberts 16) Tony Snyder 17) Brandon Maitland 18) Scott Hogan 19) Troy Cordes 20) Cayden Carter 21) Jerry Dedrick 22) Racer Hulin 23) Ryan Maitland 24) Patrick Flannagan Out: 25) Josh Gilman 26) Mike Jergens
Shute got a great restart when the race resumed after the pit stop as did Corey Dripps. Dripps battled with Shute before Dripps took the top spot away on lap 30. Dripps looked comfortable out front meanwhile Gustin got by Shute on lap 35 and three laps later, lap 38, the caution came ou for debris on the frontstretch and in turn three. Dripps saw Gustin and Shute on his back bumper and held them off for the meantime but the caution came out on lap 40 for Troy Cordes in turn two. On the restart, Gustin got by Dripps and cruised on to his second Hogan Memorial Win. Shute managed to come back and finished second after slipping back to third. Hunter Marriott worked his way from 12th at halfway to finished third, defending race winner J.D. Auringer was fourth and Dripps was fifth.
Finishing order : 1) Gustin 2) Shute 3) Marriott 4) Auringer 5) Dripps 6) Carter 7) Strickler 8) Kyle Brown 9) Laney 10) Dotson 11) Hulin 12) Less 13) Whitwell 14) Hogan 15) Nick Roberts 16) Tony Snyder 17) Bowman 18) Ryan Maitland 19) Brandon Maitland 20) Lauritzen 21) Dedrick DNF: 22) Rust 23) Flanngan 24) Cordes 25) Gilman 26) Jergens
Special Thanks to Scott and Jolyne Hogan and the entire Hogan Family for all your hard work making this event bigger and better every year. Thanks to all the sponsors that helped sponsor the Hogan Memorial, Don Burkey for his fantastic work on the racing surface and everybody that helped paint the implement tires and the wall. Can not wait to see what the 23rd Annual Hogan Memorial next year will bring to the Benton County Speedway.
Racing returns next sunday with Autism Awareness and Salute to Freedom Night. Gates Open at 4pm, Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing to Follow.
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Benton County Speedway
Hogan Memorial
July 3rd, 2016
Hogan Memorial IMCA Modifieds
Feature – 1. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 2. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 3. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 4. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 5. 31 Corey Dripps (Reinbeck); 6. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. 8K Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 8. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 9. 11 Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 10. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 11. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 12. 20L Zach Less (Manchester); 13. 96RC R.C. Whitwell (Tucson, AZ); 14. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 15. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 16. 8 Tony Snyder (Readlyn); 17. 25 Jake Bowman (Maquoketa); 18. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 19. 2 Brandon Maitland (Waterloo); 20. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 21. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton); 22. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 23. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 24. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 25. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 26. 37 Mike Jergens (Plover)
B-Feature 1 (top 4 transfer) - 1. Auringer; 2. Cordes; 3. Rust; 4. Hogan; 5. 3 Chris Snyder (Raymond); 6. Flannagan; 7. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 8. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 9. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 10. Dedrick; 11. 49 Rod McDonald (Manchester); 12. 43B Tommy Belmer (Denver)
B-Feature 2 (top 4 transfer) - 1. Kyle Brown; 2. Roberts; 3. Tony Snyder; 4. Ryan Maitland; 5. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 6. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 7. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 8. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 9. 51JR Johnny Walker (Mechanicsville); 10. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 11. H7 Dean McGee (Galesburg, IL); 12. 17 Steve Stewart (Burlington)
B-Feature 3 (top 4 transfer) - 1. Bowman; 2. Hulin; 3. Marriott; 4. Carter; 5. 1XX Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 6. 5R Bill Roberts (Burlington); 7. 1J Jeff Streeter (Madera, CA); 8. 10 Kaleb Bentley (Fairbank); 9. 21 Brennen Chipp (Waterloo); 10. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera, CA); 11. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi)
Heat 1 - 1. Brandon Maitland; 2. Laney; 3. Auringer; 4. Flannagan; 5. Hogan; 6. Dedrick; 7. Barta; 8. Docekal
Heat 2 - 1. Strickler; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Rust; 4. Cordes; 5. Chris Snyder; 6. Duffy; 7. Belmer; 8. McDonald
Heat 3 - 1. Less; 2. Gilman; 3. Kyle Brown; 4. Nick Roberts; 5. Jason Snyder; 6. Walker; 7. Ryan Maitland; 8. Betzer
Heat 4 - 1. Whitwell; 2. Dripps; 3. David Brown; 4. Tony Snyder; 5. Stewart; 6. Vanderbeek; 7. McGee; 8. Ritter
Heat 5 - 1. Shute; 2. Gustin; 3. Bowman; 4. Marriott; 5. Burbridge; 6. Bill Roberts; 7. Abelson; 8. Carter
Heat 6 - 1. Jergens; 2. Dotson; 3. Chipp; 4. Hulin; 5. Jeff Streeter; 6. Bentley; 7. Stephen Streeter
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Mt. Pleasant); 3. 99K Kyle Brown (State Center); 4. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 5. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 6. 05 John Oliver (Danville); 7. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 8. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 9. 8 Curtis Roster (Vinton); 10. 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale); 11. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 12. 76 Mike Galli (Urbana); 13. 8E Austin Evens (Independence); 14. 6X Bob Ahrendsen (Cedar Rapids); 15. 171 Buck Swanson (Waterloo); 16. 76S Scott Siems (Shellsburg); 17. 42 Lon Mercer (Urbana); 18. 67 Justin Stander (Shellsburg); 19. 22J Justin Lovig (Clemons)
Heat 1 - 1. Dulin; 2. Mueller; 3. Chesmore; 4. Evens; 5. Roster; 6. Stander; 7. Lovig
Heat 2 - 1. Brown; 2. Daggett; 3. Rose; 4. Ahrendsen; 5. Pippert; 6. Oliver
Heat 3 - 1. Murty; 2. Swanson; 3. Galli; 4. Mercer; 5. Ebaugh; 6. Siems
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature – 1. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence); 2. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Norway); 4. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa): 6. 2 Joey Schaefer (Waterloo); 7. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale); 8. 7D Dakoda Sellers (Waverly); 9. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 10. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 11. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 12. 36A Andy Edwards (Parkersburg); 13. 00 Jim Buhlman (Cedar Falls); 14. 1M Mitch Manternach (Earlville); 15. 34 Jerry Hinton (Adel); 16. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 17. 3 Tony Dunker (Quincy, IL); 18. 12S Sean Wyett (Danville); 19. 99 Erick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 20. B21 Brandon Tharp (Center Point): 21. 35 Kyle Bentley (Independence); 22. MR09 Kurt Hogan (Vinton); 23. 96 Lucas Lundry (Maynard); 24. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone)
B-Feature 1 (top 5 transfer) - 1. Dvorak; 2. Bentley; 3. Hinton; 4. Manternach; 5. Buhlman; 6. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 7. 87 Aric Becker (Cedar Rapids); 8. Tharp; 9. 29V Brett Vanderheiden (Earlham); 10. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 11. Erick Knutsen; DQ 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone)
B-Feature 2 (top 5 transfer) - 1. Hogan; 2. Edwards; 3. Dunker; 4. King; 5. Lundry; 6. 05 Aaron Mitchell (Palo); 7. 95 Mike McDonald (Marion); 8. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 9. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 10. 71 Scott Meyers (Newhall); 11. 50H Steve Wimer (Toddville); 12. 6K Mike McNeal (Van Horne); DNS/13. 3B Brian Anderson (Garrison)
Heat 1 - 1. Chapman; 2. Schaefer; 3. Hilmer; 4. Dvorak; 5. Logue; 6. Hinton; 7. Carter; 8. Vanderheiden; 9. Tharp
Heat 2 - 1. Tony Olson; 2. Sellers; 3. Braaksma; 4. Bentley; 5. Manternach; 6. Knutson; 7. Becker; 8. Lathrop; 9. Buhlman
Heat 3 - 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Petrzelka; 3. Kyle Olson; 4. Rouse; 5. Mitchell; 6. Rawlins; 7. Wimer; 8. Anderson; 9. McDonald; 10. McNeal
Heat 4 - 1. Wyett; 2. Petotnik; 3. Musselman; 4. Hogan; 5. Edwards; 6. Ludry; 7. Dunker; 8. King; 9. Meyers
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 3. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 4. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 5. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 6. 09 Daniel Wauters (Iowa City); 7. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 8. 23J Justin Hanson (Hawkeye); 9. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart); 10. 48 Adam Petrzelka (Norway); 11. 7 David Simpson (Ankeny); 12. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 13. 19X August Bach (Newton); 14. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 15. 6 Bryan Keeney (Nevada); 16. 58B Randy Byerly (Tipton); 17. 46 Brian Happel (Vinton); 18. 20CK Justin Ginther (Independence); 19. 1 Chad Siems (Cedar Rapids); 20. 7X Dustin Graham (Boone); 21. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon)
Heat 1 - 1. Bonnett; 2. Wroten; 3. Irvine; 4. Ballard; 5. Petrzelka; 6. Byerly; 7. Ginther
Heat 2 - 1. Pohlman; 2. Graham; 3. Dulin; 4. Hanson; 5. Siems; 6. Brown; 7. Wacha
Heat 3 - 1. Vanous; 2. Bach; 3. Wauters; 4. Simpson; 5. Happel; 6. Floyd; 7. Keeney
BCS Micro Mods
Feature - 1. 6E Don Erger (Brandon); 2. 51 Cole McNeal (Dysart); 3. 419 Josh Havlik (Toddville); 4. 64 Matt Post (Walker); 5. 13 Scott Beatty (Urbana); 6. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 8. 99D Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 9. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids)
July 3rd, 2016
Hogan Memorial IMCA Modifieds
Feature – 1. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 2. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 3. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 4. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 5. 31 Corey Dripps (Reinbeck); 6. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. 8K Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 8. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 9. 11 Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 10. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 11. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 12. 20L Zach Less (Manchester); 13. 96RC R.C. Whitwell (Tucson, AZ); 14. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 15. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 16. 8 Tony Snyder (Readlyn); 17. 25 Jake Bowman (Maquoketa); 18. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 19. 2 Brandon Maitland (Waterloo); 20. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 21. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton); 22. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 23. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 24. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 25. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 26. 37 Mike Jergens (Plover)
B-Feature 1 (top 4 transfer) - 1. Auringer; 2. Cordes; 3. Rust; 4. Hogan; 5. 3 Chris Snyder (Raymond); 6. Flannagan; 7. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 8. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 9. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 10. Dedrick; 11. 49 Rod McDonald (Manchester); 12. 43B Tommy Belmer (Denver)
B-Feature 2 (top 4 transfer) - 1. Kyle Brown; 2. Roberts; 3. Tony Snyder; 4. Ryan Maitland; 5. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 6. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 7. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 8. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 9. 51JR Johnny Walker (Mechanicsville); 10. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 11. H7 Dean McGee (Galesburg, IL); 12. 17 Steve Stewart (Burlington)
B-Feature 3 (top 4 transfer) - 1. Bowman; 2. Hulin; 3. Marriott; 4. Carter; 5. 1XX Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 6. 5R Bill Roberts (Burlington); 7. 1J Jeff Streeter (Madera, CA); 8. 10 Kaleb Bentley (Fairbank); 9. 21 Brennen Chipp (Waterloo); 10. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera, CA); 11. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi)
Heat 1 - 1. Brandon Maitland; 2. Laney; 3. Auringer; 4. Flannagan; 5. Hogan; 6. Dedrick; 7. Barta; 8. Docekal
Heat 2 - 1. Strickler; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Rust; 4. Cordes; 5. Chris Snyder; 6. Duffy; 7. Belmer; 8. McDonald
Heat 3 - 1. Less; 2. Gilman; 3. Kyle Brown; 4. Nick Roberts; 5. Jason Snyder; 6. Walker; 7. Ryan Maitland; 8. Betzer
Heat 4 - 1. Whitwell; 2. Dripps; 3. David Brown; 4. Tony Snyder; 5. Stewart; 6. Vanderbeek; 7. McGee; 8. Ritter
Heat 5 - 1. Shute; 2. Gustin; 3. Bowman; 4. Marriott; 5. Burbridge; 6. Bill Roberts; 7. Abelson; 8. Carter
Heat 6 - 1. Jergens; 2. Dotson; 3. Chipp; 4. Hulin; 5. Jeff Streeter; 6. Bentley; 7. Stephen Streeter
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Mt. Pleasant); 3. 99K Kyle Brown (State Center); 4. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 5. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 6. 05 John Oliver (Danville); 7. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 8. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 9. 8 Curtis Roster (Vinton); 10. 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale); 11. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 12. 76 Mike Galli (Urbana); 13. 8E Austin Evens (Independence); 14. 6X Bob Ahrendsen (Cedar Rapids); 15. 171 Buck Swanson (Waterloo); 16. 76S Scott Siems (Shellsburg); 17. 42 Lon Mercer (Urbana); 18. 67 Justin Stander (Shellsburg); 19. 22J Justin Lovig (Clemons)
Heat 1 - 1. Dulin; 2. Mueller; 3. Chesmore; 4. Evens; 5. Roster; 6. Stander; 7. Lovig
Heat 2 - 1. Brown; 2. Daggett; 3. Rose; 4. Ahrendsen; 5. Pippert; 6. Oliver
Heat 3 - 1. Murty; 2. Swanson; 3. Galli; 4. Mercer; 5. Ebaugh; 6. Siems
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature – 1. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence); 2. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Norway); 4. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa): 6. 2 Joey Schaefer (Waterloo); 7. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale); 8. 7D Dakoda Sellers (Waverly); 9. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 10. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 11. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 12. 36A Andy Edwards (Parkersburg); 13. 00 Jim Buhlman (Cedar Falls); 14. 1M Mitch Manternach (Earlville); 15. 34 Jerry Hinton (Adel); 16. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 17. 3 Tony Dunker (Quincy, IL); 18. 12S Sean Wyett (Danville); 19. 99 Erick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 20. B21 Brandon Tharp (Center Point): 21. 35 Kyle Bentley (Independence); 22. MR09 Kurt Hogan (Vinton); 23. 96 Lucas Lundry (Maynard); 24. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone)
B-Feature 1 (top 5 transfer) - 1. Dvorak; 2. Bentley; 3. Hinton; 4. Manternach; 5. Buhlman; 6. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 7. 87 Aric Becker (Cedar Rapids); 8. Tharp; 9. 29V Brett Vanderheiden (Earlham); 10. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 11. Erick Knutsen; DQ 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone)
B-Feature 2 (top 5 transfer) - 1. Hogan; 2. Edwards; 3. Dunker; 4. King; 5. Lundry; 6. 05 Aaron Mitchell (Palo); 7. 95 Mike McDonald (Marion); 8. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 9. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 10. 71 Scott Meyers (Newhall); 11. 50H Steve Wimer (Toddville); 12. 6K Mike McNeal (Van Horne); DNS/13. 3B Brian Anderson (Garrison)
Heat 1 - 1. Chapman; 2. Schaefer; 3. Hilmer; 4. Dvorak; 5. Logue; 6. Hinton; 7. Carter; 8. Vanderheiden; 9. Tharp
Heat 2 - 1. Tony Olson; 2. Sellers; 3. Braaksma; 4. Bentley; 5. Manternach; 6. Knutson; 7. Becker; 8. Lathrop; 9. Buhlman
Heat 3 - 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Petrzelka; 3. Kyle Olson; 4. Rouse; 5. Mitchell; 6. Rawlins; 7. Wimer; 8. Anderson; 9. McDonald; 10. McNeal
Heat 4 - 1. Wyett; 2. Petotnik; 3. Musselman; 4. Hogan; 5. Edwards; 6. Ludry; 7. Dunker; 8. King; 9. Meyers
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 3. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 4. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 5. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 6. 09 Daniel Wauters (Iowa City); 7. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 8. 23J Justin Hanson (Hawkeye); 9. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart); 10. 48 Adam Petrzelka (Norway); 11. 7 David Simpson (Ankeny); 12. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 13. 19X August Bach (Newton); 14. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 15. 6 Bryan Keeney (Nevada); 16. 58B Randy Byerly (Tipton); 17. 46 Brian Happel (Vinton); 18. 20CK Justin Ginther (Independence); 19. 1 Chad Siems (Cedar Rapids); 20. 7X Dustin Graham (Boone); 21. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon)
Heat 1 - 1. Bonnett; 2. Wroten; 3. Irvine; 4. Ballard; 5. Petrzelka; 6. Byerly; 7. Ginther
Heat 2 - 1. Pohlman; 2. Graham; 3. Dulin; 4. Hanson; 5. Siems; 6. Brown; 7. Wacha
Heat 3 - 1. Vanous; 2. Bach; 3. Wauters; 4. Simpson; 5. Happel; 6. Floyd; 7. Keeney
BCS Micro Mods
Feature - 1. 6E Don Erger (Brandon); 2. 51 Cole McNeal (Dysart); 3. 419 Josh Havlik (Toddville); 4. 64 Matt Post (Walker); 5. 13 Scott Beatty (Urbana); 6. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 8. 99D Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 9. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids)
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Abelson Makes Long Tow Worth It As He Claims Victory In Webster City
Abelson Makes Long Tow Worth It As He Claims Victory In Webster City
A few weeks ago i was asked to head to the Hamilton County Speedway to fill in by Ryan Bergeson, who was going to go down to Florida for a Family vacation including a visit to the Daytona for the Coke Zero 400 and with an available Saturday on my schedule i said yes. 103 cars checked in including several regulars in Harlan making the trek over after early day rain dampened their saturday holiday weekend plans.
Jason Hahne (IMCA Late Models), Chris Abelson (IMCA Modifieds), Steve Meyer (IMCA Stock Cars), Doug Smith (IMCA SportMods) and Danny Ayers (IMCA Hobby Stocks) all claimed feature wins on U.S. Cellular Night at the Hamilton County Speedway.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature but before a lap was completed, Dakota Feickert spun in turn four forcing a complete restart. On the restart, it was the "Dilly Bar Special" of Danny Ayers grabbing to spot just before another caution was displayed on lap one for Gilliland in turn two and Corey Roe on the frontstretch. Ayers got a great restart and began to pull away but Craig Graham chase him down and began to battle for the top spot but it was Ayers hold on to take his second win of the season. Graham finished second, Myles Michehl was third, Ryan Boland was fourth and Tommy Beekman was fifth.
Autum Anderson led lap one of the IMCA Northern SportMods feature event but it was Doug Smith taking the lead away on lap two. Smith started to pull away but the caution came out on lap four, first for Travis Staley in turn three and debris in turn two and then on the restart, Jason Bass spun in turn two and collected Rick Fasse, Justin Patterson, Jared Van Deest and Carter VanDenBerg. Smith got a great restart but the caution was displayed again just after the fifth circruit was scored when Bryan Johnson spun in turn three. Smith was finally able to get a commanding lead only to see the caution come out on lap 15 for Levi Chipp in turn four forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Just after Smith took the white flag on the restart the red flag came out when Jerid Ratzke got into the front stretch wall collecting George Gilliland, Levi Chipp and Bryan Johnson. Johnson ended upside down in turn one. This forced racing officials to make it a green-white restart and Smith held on to take his fourth win at Webster City. Ty Griffith, Rocky Caudle, Josh Appel and Carter VanDenBerg rounded out the top five.
Vince Loewen and John Campbell led the field to the green in the 18 lap Stock Car feature event but it was Jason Minnehan taking the top spot early. Minnehan left the door open to get back by Campbell to take the lead away on lap three. Minnehan worked his way back by Campbell on lap seven and he would hold the top spot until the only caution came out on lap 13 for Parker Slagle in turn four. Minnehan saw Matt Ring and Steve Meyer got back on his bumper only to take the top spot away and it was Meyer cruising on to his second win in a row and third win of the season. Devin Smith finished second, Minnehan was third, Reid Keller was fourth and Ring fell back to fifth.
Cole Hall and Tristan Vesterby led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event and it was Hall leading the first five laps before Vesterby took the lead away on lap five. Vesterby time out front was short lived as Ethan Dotson from Bakersfield, California took the top spot away on lap seven. The only caution came out on lap eight for Bill Crimmins and Coty Albers on the back stretch. Dotson saw Chris Abelson and Scott Olson right behind him but held them off until Abelson was able to sneak by on lap 15. Abelson led remaining laps making the long tow from Sioux City worth it as he found his way to victory lane. Dotson finished second ahead of fellow Californian Cody Laney, Tim Ward and Tyler Prochaska.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap Neighbor's Heating, Cooling and Plumbing IMCA Late Models feature event. Paul Conrad led the first two laps before "Hollywood" Jason Hahne powered his Billy Moyer Victory Race Car by on lap three. Hahne pulled away and never looked back going on to take his third win at his hometown track. Gabe Umbarger finished a distance second, Darrel DeFrance finished third, Jeremy Grady was fourth and Charlie McKenna was fifth.
Racing action returns to the Hamilton County Speedway on Thursday Night when the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series takes to the half mile dirt track. Also Racing is Holley Iron Man Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and Out-Pace Racing Products Iron Man Challenge Series for USRA B-Mods. Hot Laps 7pm and Racing to Follow.
Weekly Racing Action continues Saturday Night with a $750 to win IMCA Hobby Stock Special plus the North Iowa Vintage Club will be on hand racing as well. Hot Laps at 6:30pm and Racing to Follow.
Thanks again to the Hamilton County Fairboard, the Hamilton County Speedway and Ryan Bergeson for asking me and letting me fill in on Saturday. I am sure i will back sometime before the racing season is all over.
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Hamilton County Speedway
U.S. Cellular Night
July 2nd, 2016
Neighbor's Heating/Cooling/Plumbing IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 2. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 3. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 4. 43 Jeremy Grady (Story City); 5. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 6. 26JR Corey Zeitner (Omaha, NE); 7. 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid); 8. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 9. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 10. 66 Todd Johnson (Mitchellville); 11. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 12. 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 13. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville); 14. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 15. 15X Ryan Griffith (Webster City)
Heat 1 - 1. Griffith; 2. Conrad; 3. Nading; 4. Zeitner; 5. Hahne; 6. Todd Johnson; 7. Nagle; 8. Jenna Johnson
Heat 2 - 1. DeFrance; 2. Umbarger; 3. Havlik; 4. Grady; 5. McKenna; 6. Schroeder; 7. Krampe
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 3. 11 Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 22T Tyler Prochaska (Iowa Falls); 6. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 7. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 8. 85 Dustin Smith (Lake City); 9. 75 Clint Wendel (Mason City); 10. 71 Jeff James (Stanton); 11. 25 Ricky Stephan (South Sioux City, NE); 12. 38 Brad Bergren (Red Oak); 13. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls); 14. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls); 15. 02 John Davis (Altoona); 16. 28 Cole Hall (Sheffield); 17. 15M Shane DeMey (Denison); 18. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 19. 00 Tristan Vesterby (Webster City); 20. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg); 21. 4ORD Bob Sutherland (Blairsburg); 22. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 23. 3 Joe Mefferd (Westside)
Heat 1 - 1. Oslon; 2. Abelson; 3. Vesterby; 4. Hall; 5. Smith; 6. Havlik; 7. Bergren; 8. Ellingson
Heat 2 - 1. Dotson; 2. Ward; 3. Stephan; 4. Laney; 5. Crimmins; 6. Demey; 7. Mefferd; 8. Sutherland
Heat 3 - 1. Elliott; 2. James; 3. Prochaska; 4. Leeman; 5. Wendel; 6. Davis; 7. Albers
Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 2. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 3. 7 Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 4. 19 Reid Keller (Webster City); 5. 58 Matt Ring (Dows); 6. 83 Mike Harris (Avoca); 7. 7J John Campbell (Belmond); 8. 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines); 9. 59 Jeff Lyon (Duncombe); 10. 32X Brett Ladehoff (Marshalltown); 11. M5 Jim Mitchell (Webster City); 12. 18C Ron Bougher (Des Moines); 13. J7B Jon Braathun (Story City); 14. 74C Calvin Hinders (Ackley); 15. 32JR Laura Curry (Algona); 16. 59L Vince Loewen (Hubbard); 17. 556 Terry Cornelison (Boone); 18. 47 Parker Slagle (Eagle Grove)
Heat 1 - 1. Ring; 2. Smith; 3. Harris; 4. Minnehan; 5. Loewen; 6. Lyon; 7. Slagle; 8. Bougher; 9. Hinders
Heat 2 - 1. Keller; 2. Campbell; 3. Meyer; 4. Killen; 5. Ladehoff; 6. Mitchell; 7. Curry; 8. Braathun; 9. Corneilson
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 12 Doug Smith (Lanesboro); 2. 56 Ty Griffith (Webster City); 3. 99 Rocky Caudle (Ellsworth); 4. 65J Josh Appel (Mason City); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City); 7. 25X Josh Blim (Sioux City); 8. 82 Colby Bangasser (Allison); 9. 4 Jason Bass (Fort Dodge); 10. 11 Paul Price (Iowa Falls); 11. 75 Christopher Elliott (Webster City); 12. T16 Taylor Elliott (Webster City); 13. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 14. 2 Jerid Ratzke (Williams); 15. 66 Levi Chipp (Latimer); 16. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 17. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 18. 38S Paul Atchison (Webster City); 19. 63R Rick Fasse (Urbandale); 20. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 21. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 22. 25 Justin Patterson (Fort Dodge); 23. 121 Travis Staley (Iowa Falls); 24. 9 Nick Duncan (Iowa Falls); 25. 85T Brandon Toftee (Webster City); 26. 1R Brad Ratcliff (Webster City); 27. 32X Gerald Curry (Luverne); 28. 74 Ben Schultz (Algona)
Heat 1 - 1. Caudle; 2. Bass; 3. Anderson; 4. Bangasser; 5. Whitehurst; 6. Price; 7. Duncan
Heat 2 - 1. Chipp; 2. Griffith; 3. Appel; 4. Christopher Elliott; 5. Coffman; 6. Johnson; 7. Ratzke
Heat 3 - 1. Atchison; 2. Van Deest; 3. Fasse; 4. Patterson; 5. Staley; 6. Ratcliff; 7. Curry
Heat 4 - 1. Smith; 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Blom; 4. Toftee; 5. Gilliland; 6. Taylor Elliott; 7. Schultz
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 4D Danny Ayers (Webster City); 2. 13G Craig Graham (Webster City); 3. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 4. 18 Ryan Boland (Fort Dodge); 5. 3T Tommy Beekman (Otho); 6. Y5 Matt Byrne (Webster City) 7. 57C Cody Wirt (Fort Dodge); 8. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge); 9. 8R Corey Roe (Webster City); 10. 23G Dusin Tapp (Ames); 11. 18A Shane Aldinger (Iowa Falls); 12. 55 Jason Fusselman (Shelby); 13. 21W Wade Gilliland (Callender); 14. 75 Brad Hass (Portsmouth); 15. 89 Dakota Feickert (Webster); 16. 88 Daniel Smith (Lake City); 17. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 18. 3 Allen Dixon (Webster City); 19. 83JR Justin Frederick (Cleghorn)
Heat 1 - 1. Graham; 2. Aldinger; 3. Gilliland; 4. Wirt; 5. Fusselman; 6. Frederick; 7. Beekman
Heat 2 - 1. Boland; 2. Roe; 3. Sommerfeld; 4. Feickert; 5. Dixon; 6. Byrne
Heat 3 - 1. Ayers; 2. Smith; 3. Michehl; 4. Janssen; 5. Tapp; 6. Hass
A few weeks ago i was asked to head to the Hamilton County Speedway to fill in by Ryan Bergeson, who was going to go down to Florida for a Family vacation including a visit to the Daytona for the Coke Zero 400 and with an available Saturday on my schedule i said yes. 103 cars checked in including several regulars in Harlan making the trek over after early day rain dampened their saturday holiday weekend plans.
Jason Hahne (IMCA Late Models), Chris Abelson (IMCA Modifieds), Steve Meyer (IMCA Stock Cars), Doug Smith (IMCA SportMods) and Danny Ayers (IMCA Hobby Stocks) all claimed feature wins on U.S. Cellular Night at the Hamilton County Speedway.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature but before a lap was completed, Dakota Feickert spun in turn four forcing a complete restart. On the restart, it was the "Dilly Bar Special" of Danny Ayers grabbing to spot just before another caution was displayed on lap one for Gilliland in turn two and Corey Roe on the frontstretch. Ayers got a great restart and began to pull away but Craig Graham chase him down and began to battle for the top spot but it was Ayers hold on to take his second win of the season. Graham finished second, Myles Michehl was third, Ryan Boland was fourth and Tommy Beekman was fifth.
Autum Anderson led lap one of the IMCA Northern SportMods feature event but it was Doug Smith taking the lead away on lap two. Smith started to pull away but the caution came out on lap four, first for Travis Staley in turn three and debris in turn two and then on the restart, Jason Bass spun in turn two and collected Rick Fasse, Justin Patterson, Jared Van Deest and Carter VanDenBerg. Smith got a great restart but the caution was displayed again just after the fifth circruit was scored when Bryan Johnson spun in turn three. Smith was finally able to get a commanding lead only to see the caution come out on lap 15 for Levi Chipp in turn four forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Just after Smith took the white flag on the restart the red flag came out when Jerid Ratzke got into the front stretch wall collecting George Gilliland, Levi Chipp and Bryan Johnson. Johnson ended upside down in turn one. This forced racing officials to make it a green-white restart and Smith held on to take his fourth win at Webster City. Ty Griffith, Rocky Caudle, Josh Appel and Carter VanDenBerg rounded out the top five.
Vince Loewen and John Campbell led the field to the green in the 18 lap Stock Car feature event but it was Jason Minnehan taking the top spot early. Minnehan left the door open to get back by Campbell to take the lead away on lap three. Minnehan worked his way back by Campbell on lap seven and he would hold the top spot until the only caution came out on lap 13 for Parker Slagle in turn four. Minnehan saw Matt Ring and Steve Meyer got back on his bumper only to take the top spot away and it was Meyer cruising on to his second win in a row and third win of the season. Devin Smith finished second, Minnehan was third, Reid Keller was fourth and Ring fell back to fifth.
Cole Hall and Tristan Vesterby led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event and it was Hall leading the first five laps before Vesterby took the lead away on lap five. Vesterby time out front was short lived as Ethan Dotson from Bakersfield, California took the top spot away on lap seven. The only caution came out on lap eight for Bill Crimmins and Coty Albers on the back stretch. Dotson saw Chris Abelson and Scott Olson right behind him but held them off until Abelson was able to sneak by on lap 15. Abelson led remaining laps making the long tow from Sioux City worth it as he found his way to victory lane. Dotson finished second ahead of fellow Californian Cody Laney, Tim Ward and Tyler Prochaska.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap Neighbor's Heating, Cooling and Plumbing IMCA Late Models feature event. Paul Conrad led the first two laps before "Hollywood" Jason Hahne powered his Billy Moyer Victory Race Car by on lap three. Hahne pulled away and never looked back going on to take his third win at his hometown track. Gabe Umbarger finished a distance second, Darrel DeFrance finished third, Jeremy Grady was fourth and Charlie McKenna was fifth.
Racing action returns to the Hamilton County Speedway on Thursday Night when the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series takes to the half mile dirt track. Also Racing is Holley Iron Man Challenge Series for USRA Stock Cars and Out-Pace Racing Products Iron Man Challenge Series for USRA B-Mods. Hot Laps 7pm and Racing to Follow.
Weekly Racing Action continues Saturday Night with a $750 to win IMCA Hobby Stock Special plus the North Iowa Vintage Club will be on hand racing as well. Hot Laps at 6:30pm and Racing to Follow.
Thanks again to the Hamilton County Fairboard, the Hamilton County Speedway and Ryan Bergeson for asking me and letting me fill in on Saturday. I am sure i will back sometime before the racing season is all over.
For more information about racing at the Hamilton County Speedway check out http://www.hamiltoncospeedway.com/ or Like the Hamilton County Speedway Facebook Page or Follow HamiltonCoSpeed on Twitter.
Hamilton County Speedway
U.S. Cellular Night
July 2nd, 2016
Neighbor's Heating/Cooling/Plumbing IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 2. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 3. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 4. 43 Jeremy Grady (Story City); 5. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 6. 26JR Corey Zeitner (Omaha, NE); 7. 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid); 8. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 9. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 10. 66 Todd Johnson (Mitchellville); 11. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 12. 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 13. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville); 14. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 15. 15X Ryan Griffith (Webster City)
Heat 1 - 1. Griffith; 2. Conrad; 3. Nading; 4. Zeitner; 5. Hahne; 6. Todd Johnson; 7. Nagle; 8. Jenna Johnson
Heat 2 - 1. DeFrance; 2. Umbarger; 3. Havlik; 4. Grady; 5. McKenna; 6. Schroeder; 7. Krampe
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 3. 11 Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 22T Tyler Prochaska (Iowa Falls); 6. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 7. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 8. 85 Dustin Smith (Lake City); 9. 75 Clint Wendel (Mason City); 10. 71 Jeff James (Stanton); 11. 25 Ricky Stephan (South Sioux City, NE); 12. 38 Brad Bergren (Red Oak); 13. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls); 14. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls); 15. 02 John Davis (Altoona); 16. 28 Cole Hall (Sheffield); 17. 15M Shane DeMey (Denison); 18. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 19. 00 Tristan Vesterby (Webster City); 20. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg); 21. 4ORD Bob Sutherland (Blairsburg); 22. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 23. 3 Joe Mefferd (Westside)
Heat 1 - 1. Oslon; 2. Abelson; 3. Vesterby; 4. Hall; 5. Smith; 6. Havlik; 7. Bergren; 8. Ellingson
Heat 2 - 1. Dotson; 2. Ward; 3. Stephan; 4. Laney; 5. Crimmins; 6. Demey; 7. Mefferd; 8. Sutherland
Heat 3 - 1. Elliott; 2. James; 3. Prochaska; 4. Leeman; 5. Wendel; 6. Davis; 7. Albers
Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 2. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 3. 7 Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 4. 19 Reid Keller (Webster City); 5. 58 Matt Ring (Dows); 6. 83 Mike Harris (Avoca); 7. 7J John Campbell (Belmond); 8. 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines); 9. 59 Jeff Lyon (Duncombe); 10. 32X Brett Ladehoff (Marshalltown); 11. M5 Jim Mitchell (Webster City); 12. 18C Ron Bougher (Des Moines); 13. J7B Jon Braathun (Story City); 14. 74C Calvin Hinders (Ackley); 15. 32JR Laura Curry (Algona); 16. 59L Vince Loewen (Hubbard); 17. 556 Terry Cornelison (Boone); 18. 47 Parker Slagle (Eagle Grove)
Heat 1 - 1. Ring; 2. Smith; 3. Harris; 4. Minnehan; 5. Loewen; 6. Lyon; 7. Slagle; 8. Bougher; 9. Hinders
Heat 2 - 1. Keller; 2. Campbell; 3. Meyer; 4. Killen; 5. Ladehoff; 6. Mitchell; 7. Curry; 8. Braathun; 9. Corneilson
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 12 Doug Smith (Lanesboro); 2. 56 Ty Griffith (Webster City); 3. 99 Rocky Caudle (Ellsworth); 4. 65J Josh Appel (Mason City); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City); 7. 25X Josh Blim (Sioux City); 8. 82 Colby Bangasser (Allison); 9. 4 Jason Bass (Fort Dodge); 10. 11 Paul Price (Iowa Falls); 11. 75 Christopher Elliott (Webster City); 12. T16 Taylor Elliott (Webster City); 13. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 14. 2 Jerid Ratzke (Williams); 15. 66 Levi Chipp (Latimer); 16. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 17. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 18. 38S Paul Atchison (Webster City); 19. 63R Rick Fasse (Urbandale); 20. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 21. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 22. 25 Justin Patterson (Fort Dodge); 23. 121 Travis Staley (Iowa Falls); 24. 9 Nick Duncan (Iowa Falls); 25. 85T Brandon Toftee (Webster City); 26. 1R Brad Ratcliff (Webster City); 27. 32X Gerald Curry (Luverne); 28. 74 Ben Schultz (Algona)
Heat 1 - 1. Caudle; 2. Bass; 3. Anderson; 4. Bangasser; 5. Whitehurst; 6. Price; 7. Duncan
Heat 2 - 1. Chipp; 2. Griffith; 3. Appel; 4. Christopher Elliott; 5. Coffman; 6. Johnson; 7. Ratzke
Heat 3 - 1. Atchison; 2. Van Deest; 3. Fasse; 4. Patterson; 5. Staley; 6. Ratcliff; 7. Curry
Heat 4 - 1. Smith; 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Blom; 4. Toftee; 5. Gilliland; 6. Taylor Elliott; 7. Schultz
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 4D Danny Ayers (Webster City); 2. 13G Craig Graham (Webster City); 3. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 4. 18 Ryan Boland (Fort Dodge); 5. 3T Tommy Beekman (Otho); 6. Y5 Matt Byrne (Webster City) 7. 57C Cody Wirt (Fort Dodge); 8. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge); 9. 8R Corey Roe (Webster City); 10. 23G Dusin Tapp (Ames); 11. 18A Shane Aldinger (Iowa Falls); 12. 55 Jason Fusselman (Shelby); 13. 21W Wade Gilliland (Callender); 14. 75 Brad Hass (Portsmouth); 15. 89 Dakota Feickert (Webster); 16. 88 Daniel Smith (Lake City); 17. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 18. 3 Allen Dixon (Webster City); 19. 83JR Justin Frederick (Cleghorn)
Heat 1 - 1. Graham; 2. Aldinger; 3. Gilliland; 4. Wirt; 5. Fusselman; 6. Frederick; 7. Beekman
Heat 2 - 1. Boland; 2. Roe; 3. Sommerfeld; 4. Feickert; 5. Dixon; 6. Byrne
Heat 3 - 1. Ayers; 2. Smith; 3. Michehl; 4. Janssen; 5. Tapp; 6. Hass
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Goedert and Petrzelka Win Their First on J & V Napa Night at Marshalltown
Goedert and Petrzelka Win Their First on J & V Napa Night at Marshalltown
by Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (July 1st, 2016) - With Good Guys Car Show taking over the Iowa State Fairgrounds this holiday weekend, the Iowa State Fair Speedway had the night off that meant a short five minute trip from my house to the Marshalltown Speedway for J & V Napa Auto Parts Night. The IMCA Late Models added to the card on Friday night and 20 checked in to tame high-banked quarter mile with a total of 124 cars signed in.
Not only the pits being full but the grandstands were a packed house as many people came out to enjoy a night of dirt track racing action. Josh May (Mod Lites), Eric Stanton (IMCA Hobby Stocks), Jacob Murray (IMCA Modifieds) and Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars) all made a return visit to victory lane meanwhile Luke Goedert took the IMCA Late Models and Matt Petrzelka in the IMCA SportMods.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap Mod Lites feature, DJ Schmalzried and Larry Sorenson led the field to the green but by the end of lap one, it was Josh May grabbing the top spot from his fifth place starting position. The only thing slowing, May from winning was the caution on lap four for his sister Chelsea May spinning in turn two. May went on to take his third win at Marshalltown this season, second win on a weekly points night. Mike Morrill finished second, Cory Sauerman was third, Joel Huggins was fourth and Joe Glick was fifth.
Shawn Cooney wrestled the lead away from Kevin Yearington, early in the 18 lap IMCA SportMods feature event. Shortly after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Blair Simmons went off the top side of turn one. Cooney got a great restart initially but Matt Petrzelka took the top spot away on lap three and the only thing denying him the win was the caution on lap seven when Simmons again went off turn one. Petrzelka had Cooney and Yearington on his back bumper on the restart but he got a fantastic restart and cruised on to take his first win at Marshalltown. Jared Van Deest worked his way up from 11th and made a late race pass on Cooney for second pushing Cooney to third. Yearington was fourth and Carter VanDenBerg was fifth.
Eugene Nicklas grabbed the lead early in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, that saw 27 cars take the green but the caution came out on lap two when David Simpson spun in turn three. Nicklas continued the lead despite another caution on lap four when Ryan Grochala, Allen Fleener and Mitchell Thomas got together in turn four. Nicklas looked to be heading on to the win but a caution on lap 13 for debris on the backstretch forced a restart and that was just what Eric Stanton needed as Stanton got by Nicklas. Stanton took his ninth win at Motown ahead of Nicklas, Leah Wroten, Bill Bonnett and Ray Stock Jr.
The Class to Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars were next for their 20 lap feature event and it was Jay Schmidt taking the top spot early. Schmidt led until lap seven when Damon Murty took the top spot away. Murty cruised on to an easy win, his third win at Motown (second on weekly points night). Justin Temeyer grabbed second away from Schmidt as they encounter lap traffic. Donavon Smith finished fourth and Steve Meyer was fifth.
Derek Reimer led the first three laps for the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature but Jenae Gustin took the top spot away on lap four. Gustin saw the caution come out on lap 12, first for Trent Jackson in turn one and then again on the restart when her brother Jimmy Gustin drove it hard off turn one. Gustin had Ronn Lauritzen and Jacob Murray on her back bumper, She was able to hold them off until lap 17 when Murray made the pass and took the lead away just before the final race caution when Devon Havlik spun in turn two. Murray went on to take his fourth of the season at Marshalltown. Gustin, Lauritzen, Tim Ward and Racer Hulin rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 25 lap IMCA Late Models feature event and it was a pair of veterans Greg Kastli and Darrel DeFrance leading the field to the green, DeFrance would grab the top spot. DeFrance looked comfortable on the high side but Luke Goedert was working the bottom side and it was Goedert taking the lead away on lap eight. Goedert and the field saw the caution come out on lap 14 for Gabe Umbarger in turn four. Goedert saw Charlie McKenna and DeFrance on his back bumper but Goedert did not get the great restart as DeFrance got by McKenna and went back up took the lead back on lap 17. Goedert however did not give up as he took the top spot back on lap 18 and went on to take the win. DeFrance finished second ahead of Jeff Aikey, McKenna and Ben Seeman.
Racing action was finished just before 10:30pm on Friday Night so all in all great night. Thanks to Toby Kruse for letting come on a Friday Night that Des Moines was off. I look foreward to August as the season at Des Moines wraps this month, that means I will be there to attend every night.
Marshalltown Speedway
J & V Napa Auto Parts Night
July 1st, 2016
IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 44 Luke Goedert (Guttenberg); 2. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 3. 77X Jeff Aikey (Waterloo); 4. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 5. 60 Ben Seeman (Waterloo); 6. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo); 7. 43 Jeremy Grady (Story City); 8. 32 Curtis Glover (Des Moines); 9. 15X Ryan Grifftih (Webster City); 10. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo); 11. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 12. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 13. 77 Dirk Hamilton (Jesup); 14. 17 Kirby Schultz (Albia); 15. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 16. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 17. 28X Justin Mitchell (Cedar Rapids); 18. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 19. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 20. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City)
Heat 1 - 1. King; 2. DeFrance; 3. Grady; 4. Seeman; 5. Hamilton; 6. Conrad; 7. Umbarger
Heat 2 - 1. Goedert; 2. Aikey; 3. Mtichell; 4. Havlik; 5. Hahne; 6. Schultz; 7. Krampe
Heat 3 - 1. McKenna; 2. Glover; 3. Kastli; 4. Griffith; 5. Cooney; 6. Nagle
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 2. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 6. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 7. 11 Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 8. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls, IA); 9. 57 Tyler Gross (Ankeny); 10. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 11. 92 J.D. Gresham (Winterset); 12. 68C Austin Emry (Kellogg); 13. 17R Derek Reimer (St Anthony); 14. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 15. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 16. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 17. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls); 18. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 19. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 20. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 21. 68 Tysus Pattee (Vinton)
Heat 1 - 1. Jimmy Gustin; 2. Dotson; 3. Jenae Gustin; 4. Hulin; 5. Kinser; 6. Emry; 7. Pattee
Heat 2 - 1. Lauritzen; 2. Gresham; 3. Murray; 4. Reimer; 5. Clement; 6. Gross; 7. Ritter
Heat 3 - 1. Jackson; 2. Elliott; 3. Ward; 4. Simatovich; 5. Laney; 6. Havlik; 7. Ellingson
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 7. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 8. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully);. 9. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 10. 96 Chris Wiltse (Huxley); 11. 16X Nate Thelen (Kellogg); 12. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 13. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 14. 2X Kyle Everts (Holland); 15. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 16. 47 Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville); 17. 23L Curt Balmer (Green Mountain); 18. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike); 19. 22J Justin Lovig (Clemons); 20. 54 Robbie Merkle (Van Meter); 21. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); DNS/22. 47X Scott Pippert (Elberon); DNS/23. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin)
Heat 1 - 1. Murty; 2. Pickett; 3. Wollam; 4. Temeyer; 5. Nunnikhoven; 6. Wiltse; 7. Kevin Balmer; 8. Lovig
Heat 2 - 1. Atcher; 2. Schmidt; 3. Schipper; 4. Meyer; 5. Rose; 6. Pippert; 7. Everts; 8. Curt Balmer
Heat 3 - 1. Thelen; 2. Smith; 3. Chesmore; 4. Reitzler; 5. Dezwarte; 6. Damme; 7. Merkle
IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Norway); 2. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 3. 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 4. 25 Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 7. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 8. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 9. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 10. 98X Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 11. 33R D.J. Robinson (Ankeny); 12. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 13. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 14. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 15. 7G Dennis Gates (Claypool); 16. 9X Nick Duncan (Iowa Falls); 17. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 18. 63 Daniel Tasler (Jefferson); 19. 32S Blair SImmons (Des Moines); DNS/20. 98 Bill Hildreth (Rhodes); DNS/21. 57R Ryan King (Montour)
Heat 1 - 1. Rose; 2. Yearington; 3. Tasler; 4. Robinson; 5. Hilmer; 6. Hildreth; 7. Simmons
Heat 2 -1. Rawlins; 2. Follett; 3. Braaksma; 4. VanDenBerg; 5. Masolini; 6. Ritter; 7. Egenberger
Heat 3 - 1. Petrzelka; 2. Van Deest; 3. Peterson; 4. Cooney; 5. Gates; 6. Duncan; 7. King
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 3. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 4. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 5. 10S Ray Stock Jr (Ankeny); 6. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 7. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 8. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 9. 19X August Bach (Newton); 10. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 11. 77G Ryan Grochala (Pleasant Hill); 12. 7X Dustin Graham (Boone); 13. 23G Greg Gilbert (Osceola); 14. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 15. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 16. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 17. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville); 18. 12K Eric Knutson (Grimes); 19. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 20. 22C Craig Lovig (Marshalltown); 21. 75M Preston Merical (Collins); 22. 6 Bryan Keeney (Nevada); 23. 55F Allen Fleener (Altoona); 24. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter); 25. 69 Calbin Dhondt (Kellogg); 26. 3X Scott Durlin (Orange City, FL); 27. 7 David Simpson (Ankeny)
Heat 1 - 1.Simpson; 2. Grochala; 3. Stanton; 4. Phillips; 5. Durlin; 6. Nelson; 7. Lovig
Heat 2 - 1. Wroten; 2. Overton; 3. Gilbert; 4. Bach; 5. Pitts; 6. Fleener; 7. Peck
Heat 3 - 1. Nicklas; 2. McCollough; 3. Udelhoven; 4. Dhondt; 5. Stock; 6. Keeney; 7. Preston Merical
Heat 4 - 1. Graham; 2. Knutson; 3. Bonnett; 4. Pfantz; 5. Travis Merical; 6. Thomas
Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 3. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 4. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 5. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 6. 01 D.J. Schmalzried (Nevada); 7. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 8. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 9. 46 Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 10. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 11. 18 Chelsea May (DeSoto); 12. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada)
Heat 1 - 1. Josh May; 2. Morrill; 3. Bryan; 4. Grisham; 5. Schmalzried; 6. Chelsea May
Heat 2 - 1. Huggins; 2. Glick; 3. Jeff Stensland; 4. Sauerman; 5. Sorenson; 6. Travis Stensland
by Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (July 1st, 2016) - With Good Guys Car Show taking over the Iowa State Fairgrounds this holiday weekend, the Iowa State Fair Speedway had the night off that meant a short five minute trip from my house to the Marshalltown Speedway for J & V Napa Auto Parts Night. The IMCA Late Models added to the card on Friday night and 20 checked in to tame high-banked quarter mile with a total of 124 cars signed in.
Not only the pits being full but the grandstands were a packed house as many people came out to enjoy a night of dirt track racing action. Josh May (Mod Lites), Eric Stanton (IMCA Hobby Stocks), Jacob Murray (IMCA Modifieds) and Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars) all made a return visit to victory lane meanwhile Luke Goedert took the IMCA Late Models and Matt Petrzelka in the IMCA SportMods.
First feature of the night was the 12 lap Mod Lites feature, DJ Schmalzried and Larry Sorenson led the field to the green but by the end of lap one, it was Josh May grabbing the top spot from his fifth place starting position. The only thing slowing, May from winning was the caution on lap four for his sister Chelsea May spinning in turn two. May went on to take his third win at Marshalltown this season, second win on a weekly points night. Mike Morrill finished second, Cory Sauerman was third, Joel Huggins was fourth and Joe Glick was fifth.
Shawn Cooney wrestled the lead away from Kevin Yearington, early in the 18 lap IMCA SportMods feature event. Shortly after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Blair Simmons went off the top side of turn one. Cooney got a great restart initially but Matt Petrzelka took the top spot away on lap three and the only thing denying him the win was the caution on lap seven when Simmons again went off turn one. Petrzelka had Cooney and Yearington on his back bumper on the restart but he got a fantastic restart and cruised on to take his first win at Marshalltown. Jared Van Deest worked his way up from 11th and made a late race pass on Cooney for second pushing Cooney to third. Yearington was fourth and Carter VanDenBerg was fifth.
Eugene Nicklas grabbed the lead early in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, that saw 27 cars take the green but the caution came out on lap two when David Simpson spun in turn three. Nicklas continued the lead despite another caution on lap four when Ryan Grochala, Allen Fleener and Mitchell Thomas got together in turn four. Nicklas looked to be heading on to the win but a caution on lap 13 for debris on the backstretch forced a restart and that was just what Eric Stanton needed as Stanton got by Nicklas. Stanton took his ninth win at Motown ahead of Nicklas, Leah Wroten, Bill Bonnett and Ray Stock Jr.
The Class to Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars were next for their 20 lap feature event and it was Jay Schmidt taking the top spot early. Schmidt led until lap seven when Damon Murty took the top spot away. Murty cruised on to an easy win, his third win at Motown (second on weekly points night). Justin Temeyer grabbed second away from Schmidt as they encounter lap traffic. Donavon Smith finished fourth and Steve Meyer was fifth.
Derek Reimer led the first three laps for the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature but Jenae Gustin took the top spot away on lap four. Gustin saw the caution come out on lap 12, first for Trent Jackson in turn one and then again on the restart when her brother Jimmy Gustin drove it hard off turn one. Gustin had Ronn Lauritzen and Jacob Murray on her back bumper, She was able to hold them off until lap 17 when Murray made the pass and took the lead away just before the final race caution when Devon Havlik spun in turn two. Murray went on to take his fourth of the season at Marshalltown. Gustin, Lauritzen, Tim Ward and Racer Hulin rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 25 lap IMCA Late Models feature event and it was a pair of veterans Greg Kastli and Darrel DeFrance leading the field to the green, DeFrance would grab the top spot. DeFrance looked comfortable on the high side but Luke Goedert was working the bottom side and it was Goedert taking the lead away on lap eight. Goedert and the field saw the caution come out on lap 14 for Gabe Umbarger in turn four. Goedert saw Charlie McKenna and DeFrance on his back bumper but Goedert did not get the great restart as DeFrance got by McKenna and went back up took the lead back on lap 17. Goedert however did not give up as he took the top spot back on lap 18 and went on to take the win. DeFrance finished second ahead of Jeff Aikey, McKenna and Ben Seeman.
Racing action was finished just before 10:30pm on Friday Night so all in all great night. Thanks to Toby Kruse for letting come on a Friday Night that Des Moines was off. I look foreward to August as the season at Des Moines wraps this month, that means I will be there to attend every night.
Marshalltown Speedway
J & V Napa Auto Parts Night
July 1st, 2016
IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 44 Luke Goedert (Guttenberg); 2. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 3. 77X Jeff Aikey (Waterloo); 4. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 5. 60 Ben Seeman (Waterloo); 6. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo); 7. 43 Jeremy Grady (Story City); 8. 32 Curtis Glover (Des Moines); 9. 15X Ryan Grifftih (Webster City); 10. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo); 11. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 12. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 13. 77 Dirk Hamilton (Jesup); 14. 17 Kirby Schultz (Albia); 15. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 16. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 17. 28X Justin Mitchell (Cedar Rapids); 18. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 19. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 20. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City)
Heat 1 - 1. King; 2. DeFrance; 3. Grady; 4. Seeman; 5. Hamilton; 6. Conrad; 7. Umbarger
Heat 2 - 1. Goedert; 2. Aikey; 3. Mtichell; 4. Havlik; 5. Hahne; 6. Schultz; 7. Krampe
Heat 3 - 1. McKenna; 2. Glover; 3. Kastli; 4. Griffith; 5. Cooney; 6. Nagle
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 2. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 6. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 7. 11 Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 8. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls, IA); 9. 57 Tyler Gross (Ankeny); 10. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 11. 92 J.D. Gresham (Winterset); 12. 68C Austin Emry (Kellogg); 13. 17R Derek Reimer (St Anthony); 14. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 15. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 16. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 17. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls); 18. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 19. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 20. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 21. 68 Tysus Pattee (Vinton)
Heat 1 - 1. Jimmy Gustin; 2. Dotson; 3. Jenae Gustin; 4. Hulin; 5. Kinser; 6. Emry; 7. Pattee
Heat 2 - 1. Lauritzen; 2. Gresham; 3. Murray; 4. Reimer; 5. Clement; 6. Gross; 7. Ritter
Heat 3 - 1. Jackson; 2. Elliott; 3. Ward; 4. Simatovich; 5. Laney; 6. Havlik; 7. Ellingson
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 7. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 8. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully);. 9. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 10. 96 Chris Wiltse (Huxley); 11. 16X Nate Thelen (Kellogg); 12. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 13. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 14. 2X Kyle Everts (Holland); 15. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 16. 47 Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville); 17. 23L Curt Balmer (Green Mountain); 18. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike); 19. 22J Justin Lovig (Clemons); 20. 54 Robbie Merkle (Van Meter); 21. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); DNS/22. 47X Scott Pippert (Elberon); DNS/23. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin)
Heat 1 - 1. Murty; 2. Pickett; 3. Wollam; 4. Temeyer; 5. Nunnikhoven; 6. Wiltse; 7. Kevin Balmer; 8. Lovig
Heat 2 - 1. Atcher; 2. Schmidt; 3. Schipper; 4. Meyer; 5. Rose; 6. Pippert; 7. Everts; 8. Curt Balmer
Heat 3 - 1. Thelen; 2. Smith; 3. Chesmore; 4. Reitzler; 5. Dezwarte; 6. Damme; 7. Merkle
IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Norway); 2. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 3. 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 4. 25 Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 7. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 8. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 9. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 10. 98X Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 11. 33R D.J. Robinson (Ankeny); 12. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 13. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 14. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 15. 7G Dennis Gates (Claypool); 16. 9X Nick Duncan (Iowa Falls); 17. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 18. 63 Daniel Tasler (Jefferson); 19. 32S Blair SImmons (Des Moines); DNS/20. 98 Bill Hildreth (Rhodes); DNS/21. 57R Ryan King (Montour)
Heat 1 - 1. Rose; 2. Yearington; 3. Tasler; 4. Robinson; 5. Hilmer; 6. Hildreth; 7. Simmons
Heat 2 -1. Rawlins; 2. Follett; 3. Braaksma; 4. VanDenBerg; 5. Masolini; 6. Ritter; 7. Egenberger
Heat 3 - 1. Petrzelka; 2. Van Deest; 3. Peterson; 4. Cooney; 5. Gates; 6. Duncan; 7. King
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 3. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 4. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 5. 10S Ray Stock Jr (Ankeny); 6. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 7. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 8. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 9. 19X August Bach (Newton); 10. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 11. 77G Ryan Grochala (Pleasant Hill); 12. 7X Dustin Graham (Boone); 13. 23G Greg Gilbert (Osceola); 14. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 15. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 16. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 17. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville); 18. 12K Eric Knutson (Grimes); 19. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 20. 22C Craig Lovig (Marshalltown); 21. 75M Preston Merical (Collins); 22. 6 Bryan Keeney (Nevada); 23. 55F Allen Fleener (Altoona); 24. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter); 25. 69 Calbin Dhondt (Kellogg); 26. 3X Scott Durlin (Orange City, FL); 27. 7 David Simpson (Ankeny)
Heat 1 - 1.Simpson; 2. Grochala; 3. Stanton; 4. Phillips; 5. Durlin; 6. Nelson; 7. Lovig
Heat 2 - 1. Wroten; 2. Overton; 3. Gilbert; 4. Bach; 5. Pitts; 6. Fleener; 7. Peck
Heat 3 - 1. Nicklas; 2. McCollough; 3. Udelhoven; 4. Dhondt; 5. Stock; 6. Keeney; 7. Preston Merical
Heat 4 - 1. Graham; 2. Knutson; 3. Bonnett; 4. Pfantz; 5. Travis Merical; 6. Thomas
Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 3. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 4. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 5. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 6. 01 D.J. Schmalzried (Nevada); 7. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 8. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 9. 46 Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 10. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 11. 18 Chelsea May (DeSoto); 12. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada)
Heat 1 - 1. Josh May; 2. Morrill; 3. Bryan; 4. Grisham; 5. Schmalzried; 6. Chelsea May
Heat 2 - 1. Huggins; 2. Glick; 3. Jeff Stensland; 4. Sauerman; 5. Sorenson; 6. Travis Stensland
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