For the most part the races had no major issues until feature time went their was three roll-overs....1st in Sport Mods when Ryan King rolled two times after clipping a terra-tire avoiding from running over Adam Birck......2nd one in Sport Compacts when Nicole Miller rolled after hitting a rut in turn three.....3rd one in Hobby Stocks when Matt Brown cut a right rear tire in turn two causing him to roll over on the back stretch.
Cole McNeal makes it two for two on the year at BCS in the Micro Mod division. Danny Dvorak picks up his 1st win of the season in the IMCA Sport Mods. Travis Losenicky picks up the win in the Sport Compact class. Damon Murty was the master in the IMCA Stock Cars feature event.
Justin Wacha led the final two laps in the IMCA Hobby Stocks after the top two of Kaden Reynolds and Brett Vanous got together in turn four. Reynolds car damage from the contact and Vanous sent to the pits for rough driving.
Troy Cordes bounced back with a feature win in the IMCA Modifieds and Curtis Glover led from start to finish in the IMCA Late Models feature event on Sunday.
If you want to check out pictures from sunday night check out : https://vintonnewspapers.smugmug.com/Dvorak-wins-at-Benton-County-Speedway-May-12-2019/
Racing continues this sunday at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, If mother nature cooperates. INEX Legend Cars return for their second visit of the season to the 1/4 mile race track along with a Weekly Points Night for the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, BCS Micro Mods and Sport Compacts. Gates Open at 4pm with Hot Laps at 5:45pm and Racing at 6pm.
Following week their will be two nights of racing with Albert Auto Night on Sunday May 26th and Dirt Knights Tour on Monday May 27th with the IMCA Modifieds being the headliners both nights. Also racing will be the Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and BCS Micro Mods. Late Models and Sport Compacts will have the nights off but return to the weekly racing program on Urbana 5 Memorial Night on Sunday June 2nd.
Wednesday Night - Stuart Speedway for the Inaugural Jake Durbin Memorial Race.....Remembering a great man who was involved in racing, he lost his last October.
Thursday Night - Marshalltown Speedway for the 2nd Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial Race....Remembering another great man who you could say many great things about him.
Friday Night - Hancock County Speedway in Britt for Schroeder Racing Products and Doll Distributing Night.....Back behind the microphone with Chad Meyer.....Should mother nature take Britt away if Marshalltown goes that will be a back up plan.
Saturday Night - Still open as of right now with several options but undecided.
Sunday Night - Benton County Speedway for another Weekly Racing Points Night.
Final thoughts......I want to give a shout out to IMCA Modified Driver Nick Roberts for his Facebook post about thanking me for what I do to promote this sport of racing. Honestly I was speechless and I type this I am still speechless to all the people that agreed. You all know you all are true fans and I thank you.
If you haven't seen the post here it is:
When I started going to the races nearly 25 years ago as a young fan in the stands never in my mind did I ever think I would have the passion for racing like I did back then. I love this sport when I created the Trackside Report in 2007, I knew I wanted to continue to promote this sport in a positive way first with a podcast and then keeping the Trackside Report Facebook Page through out the racing season. The one thing a lot of people forget is everything on that page is posted by me so it gets hard keeping up with everything.
Before the season started I got some pens with stylists for your smart phone thanking you for your support of the Trackside Report over the years if u see me at the races and want one I might have some with me
They all write with black ink but come in different colors:
- Black
- Red
- Grey
- Green
- Purple
CATCH YOU DOWN THE ROAD AT THE RACE TRACK!
