Beautiful weather meant it was going to be a great night for racing at the Hancock County Speedway on Friday Night and it was exactly that way. Friday Night was the Pritchard Family Auto Stores 100 Night plus Kids Bike Giveaways. Nearly 20 girls and boys bikes were donated by Sents Seeds and Services, Swenson's Hardware, Pritchard Auto Company-Britt, Miller & Sons Golf Cars, Riekens Plumbing & Heating, Lisa Courter, Mojo Productions, Matt Baker, Fett Racing and Britt Chiropractic. Adults were not left out as their was give aways from Pritchard Family Auto Stores in Britt, Garner, Clear Lake, Forest City and Belmond.
Sixty cars signed in to take to the 4/10 mile speed plant on this draw/redraw night. 16 Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars, 15 House Motorsports IMCA Northern Sport Mods, 13 MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks, 11 IMCA Modifieds and 5 IMCA Sport Compacts. Feature Winners on the night was Oliver Monson (Sport Compacts), Johnathon Logue (Sport Mods), Derek Green (Stock Cars), Scott Dobel (Hobby Stocks) and Kelly Shryock (Modifieds). Final checkered flag was displayed at 9:58 pm.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts 10 lap feature event. Oliver Monson started outside front row when Spencer Nelson opted to go to the tail and he took full advantage of that because he jumped out to the race lead. Monson had a few challenges from Jade Lange before able to power away despite fracturing his left foot to take his third win in Britt. Lange finished second, Max Heimbuch finished third, Sam Umbarger was fourth and Nelson was fifth.
Next up was the House Motorsports IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap feature event. Jim Chisholm jumped out to the early race lead when front row starters Johnathon Logue and Autum Anderson left the door open. Logue wrestled the lead away from Chisholm on lap three and started to get a little sepearation until the caution came out on lap eight when Anderson spun in turn four. Logue got a great restart and began to get a little seperation despite George Nordman now up in the number two spot trying to chase down Logue. Logue went on to take the win over Nordman, Colby Fett, Chisholm and eleventh place starter Josh Appel.
Hamburg, Minnesota's Dan Mackenthun led the opening lap of the Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars 25 lap feature before a fellow Minnesota racer Derek Green took the top spot away. Green looked to be comfortable and heading on to take the win until the caution came out on lap 24 setting up a green-white-checkered finish. The caution came out when Wayne Landheer spun in turn two. On the initial restart, Green did not get a great restart that allowed Mackenthun and Kelly Shryock to get by however before they were able to get back to the start and finish line, the caution came out again this time for John Campbell in turn two. Green got another chance and this time he got a good enough restart to hold off Shryock to take the win and be the sixth different winner. Mackenthun, Chad Palmer and Pete Alexander rounded out the top five.
In the MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature, it was all Scott Dobel leading the way but he had several challenges from Brandon Nielsen, Cody Nielsen and Cory Probst. Dobel fend off all those challenges to take the win. Probst finished second, Brandon Nielsen was third, Cody Nielsen was fourth and Zac Smith came home in fifth.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 25 lap feature event. Ben Kraus led the first nine laps before the "Racing Auctioneer" JJ Wise took the top spot away on lap 10. Wise looked like just maybe he would be heading on to the win but a caution came out on lap 21 for Nick Meyer in turn four. Wise had to contend with ninth place starter Kelly Shryock and Ryan Ruter on the restart in which allowed Shryock to take the lead away when Wise and Ruter got together. Shryock out front leading but the caution came out on lap 23 when Troy Swearingen came to a stop on the back stretch. Shryock held on to take his third win in Britt. Jeremy Mills, Ruter, Wise and Kraus finished second through fifth respectively.
Hancock County Speedway continues its 25th Anniversary Season on Friday Night June 14th with a Weekly Racing Series Points Night sponsored by Brad Hiscocks. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Pits Open at 5, Grandstands Open at 6, Hot Laps at 7 and Racing to Follow.
Then on Tuesday June 18th, the MaxYield SEED Northern Sport Mod Nationals takes the speedway. Sport Mods will be $2,500 to win and $300 to start. Also racing that night will be the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Entry Form for the Sport Mods is on the flyer which can be found on the Facebook Page or on the website.
Don't forget to mark your calenders for other special events like the Dirt Knights Tour on Tuesday July
23rd, Hobo 100 featuring $4,000 to win IMCA Stock Car Special on Friday
July 26th, IMT Transport Night of 1000 Stars on August 8th, Corteva
Agriscience Night of 10,000 Stars on August 9th and Bob Shryock
Memorial Night of All-Stars on August 10th.
For information about the Hancock County Speedway celebrating its 25th Anniversary check out HancockCountySpeedway.com or Like the Hancock County Speedway on Facebook.
Hancock County Speedway
Pritchard Family Auto Stores 100
Weekly Racing Series
Friday June 7th, 2019
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [9]; 2. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner) [7]; 3. 555 Ryan Ruter (Kanawha) [6]; 4. 68 JJ Wise (Garner) [2]; 5. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt) [1]; 6. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore) [5]; 7.49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore) [4]; 8. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca, MN) [3]; 9. 30 Josh Ruby (Lakota) [11]; 10. 73 Troy Swearingen (Thompson) [8]; 11. 009 Jason Asbe (Clear Lake) [10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Ruter [6]; 2. Knectht [5]; 3. Mills [3]; 4. Kraus [2]; 5. Asbe [1]; 6. Ruby [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Shryock [1]; 2. Meyer [5]; 3. Swearingen [3]; 4. Wise [2]; 5. Stinehart [4]
House Motorsports IMCA Northern Sport Mods
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport) [1]; 2. 90 George Nordman (Mason City) [7]; 3. 00 Colby Fett (Algona) [5]; 4. 24C Jim Chisholm (Osage) [3]; 5. 65J Josh Appel (Mason City) [11]; 6. 88 Nate Chodur (Lake Mills) [6]; 7. 08 Alec Fett (Thompson) [4]; 8. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City) [9]; 9. 2J Jeff Carter (Mapleton, MN) [8]; 10. 008 Drew Fett (Thompson) [14]; 11. XXX Matthew Hanson (Klemme) [15]; 12. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City) [2]; 13. 6 Corey Klouse (Mason City) [12]; 14. 5J Jacob Tacheny (Burt) [13]; 15. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City) [10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Chodur [2]; 2. Carter [1]; 3. Jamie Anderson [3]; 4. Logue [4]; 5. Autum Anderson [6]; 6. Appel [5]; 7. Tacheny [8]; 8. Hanson [7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Nordman [1] ; 2. Colby Fett [3]; 3. Alec Fett [2]; 4. Whitehurst [4]; 5. Chisholm [6]; 6. Klouse [7]; 7. Drew Fett [5]
Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 32 Derek Green (Granada, MN) [5]; 2. 3S Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [7]; 3. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN) [3]; 4. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick) [4]; 5. 3 Pete Alexander (Albert Lea, MN) [8]; 6. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt) [6]; 7. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City) [15]; 8. 67 Darin Toot (Albert Lea, MN) [11]; 9. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth) [10]; 10. 7J John Campbell (Belmond) [13]; 11. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson) [16]; 12. 50 Heath Tulp (Britt) [9]; 13. 05 Craig Berhow (Belmond) [1]; 14. 67II Christopher Toot (Albert Lea, MN) [12]; 15. 32J Austin Jahnz (Lewisville, MN) [2]; 16. 7 Andrew Lokenvitz (Charles City) [14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Borchardt [1]; 2. Tulp [3]; 3. Alexander [2]; 4. Shryock [5]; 5. Palmer [8]; 6. Darin Toot [6]; 7. Campbell [7]; 8. Opheim [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Green [4]; 2. Mackenthun [2]; 3. Lange [8]; 4. Berhow [3]; 5. Jahnz [5]; 6. Christopher Tood [7]; 7. Lokenvitz [6]; 8. Landheer [1]
MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly) [1]; 2. 75C Cory Probst (Brewster, MN) [7]; 3. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer) [3]; 4. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer) [5]; 5. 18Z Zac Smith (Manly) [4]; 6. 32 Tony Smidt (Britt) [2]; 7. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids) [9]; 8. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg) [10]; 9. 27X James Burns (Algona) [12]; 10. 91 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg) [11]; 11. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme) [6]; 12. 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme) [13]; 13. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg) [8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Brandon Nielsen [2]; 2. Probst [3]; 3. Cody Nielsen [6]; 4. Dobel [1]; 5. Josh Sidles [4]; 6. Krug [5]; 7. Jace Hanson [7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Barglof [5]; 2. Smith [6]; 3. Jay Sidles [1]; 4. Blaine Hanson [3]; 5. Smidt [2]; 6. Burns [4]
IMCA Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5 Oliver Monson (Clear Lake) [4]; 2. 43 Jade Lange (Humboldt) [3]; 3. 7 Max Heimbuch (Mason City) [5]; 4. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner) [1]; 5. 31 Spencer Nelson (Rockwell) [2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Heimbuch [2]; 2. Monson [4]; 3. Lange [1]; 4. Umbarger [3]; 5. Nelson [5]
