Vanous Holds On to Win Hobby Stocks on Autism Awareness Night
by Jeremy Fox
Vinton, Iowa (August 7th, 2016) - Sunday Night was Autism Awareness Night at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton and 64 cars signed in to tame the quarter mile oval. Hobby Stocks winner got some extra prizes like a new tire and others stuff from Boubin Tire and Tire Plus.
Winners on the night was Darrick Knutsen (Micro Mods), Curtis Roster (Stock Cars), Tony Olson (SportMods), Brett Vanous (Hobby Stocks) and Ronn Lauritzen (Modifeds).
First feature of the night was the 12 lap BCS Micro Mods feature and it was Darrick Knutsen wrestling the lead away from Kaden Reynolds at the drop of the green. Knutsen pulled away and cruised on to take his first win in a MicroMod ahead of Don Erger. Russ Olson took third ahead of Kaden Reynolds and Scott Beatty.
After the intial start was called back in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event, it was Buck Swanson taking the lead. Swanson held on to that top spot until Curtis Roster and Damon Murty chased him down and Roster took the lead away on lap nine and Murty grabbed second. Roster and Murty began to battle for the lead when the caution came out on lap 14 for Chad Siems lost a driveshaft on the front stretch. Roster held off Murty to take his second win of the season. Swanson finished third, Norman Chesmore was fourth and Justin Stander was fifth.
Mike McNeal led the first two laps of the 16 lap IMCA Northern SportMods feature event before Curt Hilmer worked his way from fifth to first on lap three. Hilmer saw Tony and Kyle Olson on his back side just as the caution came out on lap eight for Kurt Hogan around in the bottom of turn three. Hilmer held them off but the caution came out again on lap 11 for McNeal in turn two. Hilmer saw Tony Olson take the lead away on lap 13, Olson would go on to take his eighth win in Vinton. Hilmer finished second with Kyle Olson in third. Matt Petrzelka finished fourth on his fathers birthday and Danny Dvorak finished fifth.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature, also saw the inital start called back but when it did get going it was Justin Ginther taking the lead. Ginther fought off early challenges from Michael Kimm. Matt Brown worked his way up to second and got by Ginther just before the caution came out on lap seven for Derek Thran in turn four. On the restart, Brett Vanous worked his way by and took the top spot away. Vanous looked comfortable out front until the caution came out on lap 11 for Thran in turn four. Vanous had to hold off challenges from Nathan Ballard and Brown but it was Vanous making sure he was not to be denied the win. Ballard, Brown, Matt Pohlman and Justin Wacha rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds feature event and it was Mike Burbridge taking advantage of his front row starting spot by leading lap one but shortly after the caution came out for Tommy Belmer and Rod Clement in turn two. Burbridge was not fazed as he continued to lead until track point leader Ronn Laurtizen worked his way from ninth to second on lap five. Laurtizen took the lead away on lap six and two laps later the caution came out when Patrick Flannagan came to a stop in turn one with a flat tire. Lauritzen looked to be heading on to the easy win until the caution came out on lap 18 for Dennis Betzer in turn two. Lauritzen and the field saw the caution came out again on lap 19 for Kaleb Bentley, Dennis LaVeine and Burbridge getting together in turn one. Lauritzen held on through the green-white-checkered restart to take his fourth win at BCS this season. Brandon Maitland, Tony Snyder, Jerry Dedrick and Troy Cordes round out the top five.
Racing action continues next sunday night at the Benton County Speedway with the gates opening at 4pm, Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing to Follow.
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Benton County Speedway
Autism Awareness Night
August 7th, 2016
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 2. 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo; 3. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 4. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 5. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 6. 40RC Rod Clement, Rhodes; 7. 4 Ryan Maitland, Waterloo; 8. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 9. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 10. 43B Tommy Belmer, Manchester; 11. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 12. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 13. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 14. 71 Dennis LaVeine, Burlington; 15. 21 Brennen Chipp, Waterloo; 16. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids.
Heat 1 - 1. Brandon Maitland; 2. Ryan Maitland; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Burbridge; 5. Flannagan; 6. LaVeine; 7. Hanson; 8. Belmer.
Heat 2 - 1. Chipp; 2. Snyder; 3. Dedrick; 4. Hogan; 5. Cordes; 6. Bentley; 7. Betzer; 8. Clement.
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 2. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3. 171 Buck Swanson, Waterloo; 4. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 5. 67 Justin Stander, Vinton; 6. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 7. 22D Jared Daggett, Marshalltown; 8. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 9. 3T Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 10. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 11. 76S Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 12. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale.
Heat 1 - 1. Swanson; 2. Roster; 3. Ebaugh; 4. Stander; 5. Chesmore; 6. Siems.
Heat 2 - 1. Daggett; 2. Murty; 3. Dulin; 4. Pippert; 5. Galli; DNS Ahrendsen.
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 2. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 3. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 4. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 5. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 6. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Vinton; 7. 87J Christian Jordan, Lowden; 8. 13 Rob Winters, Marion; 9. MR09 Kurt Hogan, Vinton; 10. 6K Mike McNeal, Van Horne; 11. 71 Scott Meyers, Newhall; 12. K9 Brian Kauffman, Cedar Rapids.
Heat 1 - 1. Hogan; 2. Kyle Olson; 3. Meyers; 4. Winters; 5. McNeal; 6. Dvorak.
Heat 2 - 1. Petrzelka; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Sellers; 4. Hilmer; 5. Jordan; 6. Kauffman.
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 357 Brett Vanous, Quaesqueton; 2. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 3. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 4. 4P Matt Pohlman, Keystone; 5. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 6. 48 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 7. 20CK Justin Ginther, Independence; 8. 51 Michael Kimm, Cedar Rapids; 9. 23 Andrew Torkelson, Lisbon; 10. 1 Scott Siems, Cedar Falls; 11. 75D Dale Kite, Keystone; 12. 71A Kyle Dulin, Vinton; 13. 707 Derek Thran, Grundy Center; 14. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 15. 46 Brian Happel, Van Horne.
Heat 1 - 1. Brown; 2. Ballard; 3. Vanous; 4. Dulin; 5. Floyd; 6. Thran; 7. Siems; 8. Pohlman.
Heat 2 - 1. Wacha; 2. Happel; 3. Ginther; 4. Petrzelka; 5. Kimm; 6. Torkelson; 7. Kite.
BCS Micro Mods
Feature - 1. 15K Darrick Knutsen, Center Point; 2. 6 Don Erger, Brandon; 3. 4 Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids; 4. 1 Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids; 5. 13 Scott Beatty, Urbana; 6. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 7. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 8. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 9. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart.
Heat - 1. Reynolds; 2. Olson; 3. Knutsen; 4. Beatty; 5. Erger; 6. Post; 7. Hilmer; 8. Murty; 9. McNeal.
