Stuart Speedway remember a great friend of the racing community on Wednesday with the Inaugural Jake Durbin Memorial sponsored by Elite Electric & Utility Contractors, John's Tree Service, DJ Septic Services, Pitts Lawn and Tree Service. Along with family and friends of Jake throwing extra money to make it an All-Star Invitational Qualifer for the Modifieds and adding to the purse in all other classes. Honorary Guest of the night was Jake's Daughter Lexi Durbin and I know that Jake is watching down on all of us that got a chance to know him.
110 cars and trucks signed in too compete on the bull ring 1/4 mile oval. Twenty-four Rick's Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods, Twenty John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts, Nineteen Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds, Nineteen Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars, Eighteen Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks and Ten Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks.
Ricky Thornton Jr won the IMCA Modfieds, Kyle Brown took the IMCA Stock Cars, John Watson won the IMCA Hobby Stocks, Brayton Carter won the IMCA Sport Mods, Myles Michehl won the Dirt Trucks and Ramsey Meyer won the IMCA Sport Compacts. Cody Thompson won the Pole Position Raceway Challenge Race which pitted all classes except Sport Compacts on the track at one time. Thornton finished second ahead Corey Madden, Josh Most and Shannon Anderson.
First feature of the night was the 15 lap John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Denny Berghahn Jr. grabbed the top spot early from his second row inside starting spot but just after the completion of lap two, the caution came out for debris in turn four. Berghahn continued to lead until twelveth place starter Ramsey Meyer worked his way through the field and took the top spot away on lap eight. Meyer pulled away and went on to take the easy win. Berghahn finished second, tenth place starter Jake Benischek finished third, Travis Graspy was fourth and Colton Garside was fifth.
In the Rick's Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, it was Cody Olsen nabbing the early lead. The first caution came out on lap three for Mark Menard in turn four and then again a lap later when Chris Burke spun in turn two. Olsen was not to be denied as he continued to pace the way holding off Brayton Carter and Cody Thompson until the next caution came out out on lap ten for Kyle Tanner, Colton Nelson and Mitchell Morris in turn four. Olsen lost the lead on lap twelve to Carter with the caution coming out two more times, lap 15 for Matt Hays in turn four and then again on lap 18 for Hays in turn two. Carter went on to take the win ahead of Tyler Inman, Olsen, Cody Thompson and Chase Rudolf.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks was up next for their 20 lap feature event. Rick Clark led the first lap before Jeff Frevert took the top spot away on lap two. Frevert led until just after the completion of lap four when he spun in turn four, Myles Michehl made contact but was able to inherit the lead as he had no where to go was given his spot back as was Lou Siplot. The caution came out on the restart when Lucas Richardson spun in turn one. When the race finally got going again. Michehl was out front but all eyes was on Siplot and Jeff Johnson racing door handle to door handle for the second spot through the remainder of the race. Michehl took the win and the becomes the points leader in the Dirt Trucks Series. Siplot came across the line in second but because of over heating issues skipped post race tech inspection to get water resulting in a disqualification. Jeff Johnson, driving Siplot's second truck, inherited second. Bryan Spangler was third, Clark was fourth and Richardson came back to finish fifth.
Dylan Nelson led the first two laps of the Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks 18 lap feature event before Corey Madden took the top spot away on lap three. Madden and Nelson continued to battle for the top spot until a caution came out on lap five for Matthew Wahl, Matt Tiernan and Nick Foster in turn two. Madden knew Shannon Anderson was near just before a caution came out on lap eight when Jack Phillips spun in turn two. Madden and Anderson began their crazy battle for the top spot but Madden hung out to the top spot until lap seventeen. Anderson took the lead away on lap eighteen but Madden made the right move and took back the lead in turn two. Madden and Anderson caught up to the lap car for Richard Pahlka coming to the checkers out of turn four, Madden then had his left rear turned around by Anderson. After a brief discussion by track officials, the decision was made to give John Watson who crossed in second the victory. Madden was credited with second and Anderson was placed in third. Nelson was fourth and Micah Hidlebaugh had a fifth place finish.
The Class To Tough Too Tame, Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars rolled on the speedway for their 22 lap feature. Mitch Ross led the opening lap before Shawn Ritter took the top spot away. Ritter led until a caution came out on lap five for Bill Heinkel in turn one, Ritter experienced a flat tire and had to head to the work area to change a tire that handed the lead over to Todd Van Eaton. The caution came out just after lap six was scored for Ross on the backstretch. Van Eaton and Eleventh place Kyle Brown raced for the top spot with Brown wrestling the lead away on lap 11. Brown held off late race challenges after a lap 17 caution for debris in turn three and four to take the win. Buck Schafroth took advantage of a slip up by Van Eaton to take second, Van Eaton was third. Ritter worked his way back up to finish fourth and Brandon Pruitt was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds 25 lap event. Ricky Thornton Jr led from start to finish with only cautions slowing him down. First caution came out on lap eight for Scott Bash in turn one, second caution came out on lap 12 for Matthew Meinecke and Matt Bonine in turn two. Jason Pestka spun in turn one on lap thirteen and Josh Most on lap twenty-one. Thornton did have some challenges early from Kyle Brown, Nick Roberts and Jesse Dennis and later challenges from eleventh place starter Hunter Marriott and Dennis. Thornton took the win with Marriott, Dennis, Brown and Roberts rounding out the top five.
Stuart Speedway returns to action next Wednesday Night with Honor To All Veterans Night - Silent Sponsor & Pie Five Pizza. All five IMCA Divisions will be back as will the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks. Bat Wing Chassis Outlaw Mini Mods will also be on the card. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
For information about the Stuart Speedway Contact Owner/Promoter Mike Van Genderen at (641) 521-0330 or go to stuartspeedway.net or Follow Stuart Speedway on Facebook.
Special thanks to Mike Van Genderen and the track crew for allowing me to make the trip and attend the racing action at Stuart Speedway. Also special thanks to Michael Dickenson aka Motorsports Warehouse Parts Trailer Guy at Stuart for what you did last night, thanks for your support of the Foxman and the Trackside Report.
Stuart Speedway
Inaugural Jake Durbin Memorial
Wednesday May 15th, 2019
Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Adel) [1]; 2. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO) [11]; 3. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning) [2]; 4. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid) [3]; 5. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines) [4]; 6. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham) [12]; 7. 14BX Matt Bonine (Onawa) [13]; 8. 15M Shane DeMey (Denison) [7]; 9. 21D David Brown (Kellogg) [14]; 10. 25D Bob Daniels (Des Moines) [19]; 11. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston) [15]; 12. 36T Jeff Wiggins (Greenfield) [16]; 13. 4 Tony Hilgenberg (Waukee) [8]; 14. 17J Jason Pestka (Wauconda, WA) [18]; 15. 15 Cody Hillgartner (Harlan) [5]; DNF/16. 92 Josh Most (Red Oak) [10]; DNF/17. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Jamaica) [10]; DNF/18. 14B Scott Bash (Windsor Heights) [6]; DNF/19. X4 Jason Purvis (Boone) [17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 92-Josh Most, [1]; 2. 70-Jesse Dennis, [3]; 3. 15-Cody Hillgartner, [4]; 4. 23JR-Nick Roberts, [6]; 5. 14BX-Matt Bonine, [5]; 6. 36T-Jeff Wiggins, [2]; 7. 25D-Bob Daniels, [7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, [1]; 2. 62-Hunter Marriott, [5]; 3. 15M-Shane DeMey, [2]; 4. 5M-Matthew Meinecke, [4]; 5. 21D-David Brown, [3]; 6. (DNF) X4-Jason Purvis, [6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83G-Josh Gilman, [1]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown, [5]; 3. 14B-Scott Bash, [2]; 4. 4-Tony Hilgenberg, [4]; 5. 17-Cory Sauerman, [6]; 6. 17J-Jason Pestka, [3]
Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (22 Laps): 1. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid) [11]; 2. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient) [6]; 3. V31 Todd Van Eaton (Orient) [4]; 4. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone) [2]; 5. 10B Brandon Pruitt (Stuart) [5]; 6. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids) [13]; 7. 22 Chris Pruitt (Stuart) [5]; 8. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle) [8]; 9. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley) [17]; 10. 18 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells) [19]; 11. 77C Craig Carlson (Madrid) [12]; 12. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny) [9]; 13. 98B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola) [14]; DNF/14. 20 Jeremy Gettler (Adair) [10]; DNF/15. 23 Cody Gustoff (Scranton) [3]; DNF/16. 34X Mitch Ross (Maysville, MO) [1]; DNF/17. 58 Bill Heinkel II (Perry) [18]; DNF/18. 14 Jesse Lund (Greenfield) [16]; DNF/19. 10 James Carroll (Greenfield) [15]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34X-Mich Ross, [1]; 2. 92-Buck Schafroth, [2]; 3. 21K-Kyle Brown, [4]; 4. 10B-Brandon Pruitt, [6]; 5. 3S-Bryan Snell, [7]; 6. 14-Jesse Lund, [3]; 7. 18-Anthony Goldsberry, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7SR-Shawn Ritter, [6]; 2. V31-Todd VanEaton, [3]; 3. 25J-Josh Daniels, [4]; 4. 22-Chris Pruitt, [1]; 5. 98B-Michael Bilyeu, [2]; 6. 50B-Brock Badger, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Jeremy Gettler, [6]; 2. 7C-Chad Legere, [4]; 3. 23-Cody Gustoff, [2]; 4. 77C-Craig Carlson, [5]; 5. 10-James Carroll, [1]; 6. 58-Bill Heinkel II, [3]
Rick's Towing IMCA Northern SportMods
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa) [8]; 2. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona) [7]; 3. 777 Cody Olsen (Omaha, NE) [2]; 4. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City) [3]; 5. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk) [6]; 6. 99K Kody Havens (Anita) [14]; 7. 25 Chris Burke (Altoona) [18]; 8. 34 Jerry Hinton (Adel) [17]; 9. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward) [20]; 10. 99 Martin Bennett (Ankeny) [15]; 11. 26 Bryan Morris (St Charles) [13]; 12. 3 Kyle Tanner (Fontanelle) [12]; 13. 26M Mitchell Morris (St Charles) [1]; 14. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola) [9]; 15. 61 Brandon Patava (Des Moines) [19]; DNF/16. 19 Mark Menard (Bedford) [24]; DNF/17. 42 Matt Hays (Stuart) [21]; DNF/18. 42N Ronnie Hults (Centennial, CO) [4]; DNF/19. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola) [22]; DNF/20. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport) [11]; DNF/21. 57S David Schwartz (Greenfield) [10]; DNF/22. 1JS Jon Strabley (Grand Junction) [5]; DNS 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); DNS 36 Gage McNeeley (Altoona)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson, [2]; 2. 57S-David Schwartz, [4]; 3. 01-Brayton Carter, [7]; 4. 1JS-Jon Strabley, [6]; 5. 26-Bryan Morris, [5]; 6. 9J-Jeremiah Reed, [1]; 7. (DNF) 61-Brandon Patava, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 777-Cody Olsen, [1]; 2. 5T-Tyler Inman, [6]; 3. 8R-Chase Rudolf, [3]; 4. 95N-Garrett Nelson, [2]; 5. 99K-Kody Havens, [8]; 6. 34-Jerry Hinton, [4]; 7. 93-Hunter Longnecker, [7]; 8. 93N-Colton Nelson, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26M-Mitchell Morris, [1]; 2. 42H-Ronnie Hults, [4]; 3. 3-Kyle Tanner, [6]; 4. 69JR-Johnathon Logue, [3]; 5. 99-Martin Bennett, [5]; 6. 25-Chris Burke, [7]; 7. 42-Matt Hays, [2]; 8. (DNF) 19-Mark Menard, [8]; (DNS) 36-Gage McNeeley,
Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 4W John Watson (Des Moines) [7]; 2. 2 Corey Madden (Avoca) [3]; 3. 78 Shannon Anderson (New Virginia) [9]; 4. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel) [1]; 5. 72H Micah Hidlebaugh (Adel) [10]; 6. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn) [18]; 7. 2X Chuck Madden Jr. (Avoca) [8]; 8. 66 Brandon Cox (Norwalk) [14]; 9. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater) [11]; 10. 58L Dallas Larson (Perry) [16]; 11. 12 Korbin Nourse (Dexter) [4]; 12. 76 Richard Pahlka Jr. (Des Moines) [17]; DNF/13. 20W Matthew Wahl (Norwalk) [13]; DNF/14. 22 Tanner Dixon (Nodaway) [5]; DNF/15. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville) [6]; DNF/16. 7M Matt Tiernan (Stuart) [12]; DNF/17. 17F Nick Foster (Menlo) [15]; DNF/18. 31 Adam Ayers (Adair) [2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Corey Madden, [3]; 2. 12-Korbin Nourse, [4]; 3. 12K-Eric Knutson, [1]; 4. 7M-Matt Tiernan, [2]; 5. 20W-Matthew Wahl, [6]; 6. 58L-Dallas Larson, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Shannon Anderson, [1]; 2. 31-Adam Ayers, [2]; 3. 2X-Chuck Madden Jr, [3]; 4. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh, [6]; 5. 66-Brandon Cox, [5]; 6. (DNF) 76-Richard Pahlka Jr, [4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Jack Phillips, [1]; 2. 4W-John Watson, [4]; 3. 13N-Dylan Nelson, [5]; 4. 22-Tanner Dixon, [2]; 5. 17F-Nick Foster, [3]; 6. (DNF) 11B-Solomon Bennett, [6]
John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 21R Ramsey Meyer (Pierce, NE) [12]; 2. 6JR Denny Berghahn Jr. (Plattsmouth, NE) [3]; 3. 3 Jake Benischek (Durant) [10]; 4. 21G Travis Graspy (Des Moines) [4]; 5. 11F Colton Garside (Greenfield) [5];. 6. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines) [9]; 7. 5 Luke Benischek (Durant) [11]; 8. 55 Benji Clemons (Norwalk) [13]; 9. 55S Alyssa Steele (Keokuk) [18]; 10. 33NK Nikole Kimmel (New Virginia) [17]; 11. 99 Joe Mastin (Des Moines) [7]; DNF/12. 16 Curtis Masterson (Reasnor) [14]; DNF/13. 33H Hunter Patrick (St Charles) [16]; DNF/14. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown) [20]; DNF/15. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines) [1]; DNF/16. 88 Bruce Hower (Indianola) [2]; DNF/17. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Creston) [6]; DNS 47 Terry Hurley (Des Moines); DNS 77H Elijah Hoyt (Creston); DNS 81M Kristopher Pinckney (Des Moines)
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 83B-Mitchell Bunch, [6]; 2. 6JR-Denny Berghahn Jr, [5]; 3. 21G-Travis Graspy, [1]; 4. 88-Bruce Hower, [2]; 5. 55-Benji Clemons, [7]; 6. 33H-Hunter Patrick, [3]; (DNS) 81M-Kristopher Pinckney,
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 21R-Ramsey Meyer, [3]; 2. 3-Jake Benischek, [6]; 3. 11F-Colton Garside, [1]; 4. 9-Kolby Sabin, [5]; 5. 16-Curtis Masterson, [2]; 6. 33NK-Nikole Kimmel, [7]; (DQ) 02-John Gill, [4]02 - DQ for questionable driving
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 61F-Tyler Fiebelkorn, [2]; 2. 5-Luke Benischek, [5]; 3. 99-Joe Mastin, [4]; 4. 47-Terry Hurley, [3]; 5. 77H-Elijah Hoyt, [1]; 6. 55S-Alyssa Steele, [6]
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge) [6]; 2. 23 Jeff Johnson (Indianola) [7]; 3. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids) [4]; 4. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines) [1]; 5. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids) [10]; 6. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny) [2]; 7. 16 Justin Schroeder (Coon Rapids) [8]; DNF/8. C2 Del Enos (Des Moines) [9]; DNF/9. 2 Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge) [3]; DQ 9 Lou Siplot Jr. (Altoona) [5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Myles Michehl, [3]; 2. 7X-Rick Clark, [2]; 3. 79-Shonn Mapes, [1]; 4. 23-Jeff Johnson, [4]; 5. C2-Del Enos, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Jeff Frevert, [2]; 2. 17-Bryan Spangler, [1]; 3. 9-Lou Sipolt, [3]; 4. 16-Justin Schroeder, [5]; 5. 40-Lucas Richardson, [4]
* Results are from http://stuartspeedway.myracepass.com/ *
