On Saturday Night, I decided to make my first visit of the season to the historic half mile and the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City. Beautiful weather lead to 103 drivers checking in to race on Ladies Night including 10 Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks for their first visit of three visits.
Myles Michehl (Dirt Trucks), Rocky Caudle (B-Mods), Dustin Gulbrandson (Hobby Stocks), Reid Keller (Stock Cars), J.D. Auringer (Modifieds), Darrel DeFrance (Late Models) and Matt Oberhelman (Tuners) took feature wins on Saturday Night.
First feature of the night was USRA Tuners 10 lap feature event. Matt Oberhelman and Oliver Monson led the field to the green and these two battled it out the entire race. Monson grabbed the lead on lap one before Oberhelman took the top spot away on lap two. Monson did not go away as he was able to regain the lead on lap six. Oberhelman made the right move coming out of turn four and beat Monson back to the line to claim win number three of the year. Ryan Bryant finished third, Sam Umbarger was fourth and Myke Gorham was fifth.
Going into the Diamond in the Rough USRA Hobby Stocks feature event, the question was could Eric Stanton continue his strangle hold on the division in Webster City or would their be a new driver winning and claiming the bounty. Zack Smidt from Mason City led the opening lap before Sioux Falls, South Dakota Hotshoe Dustin Gulbrandson took over the top spot on lap two after starting fourth. Gulbrandson looked comfortable out front until a trio of cautions, first one on lap five, second one on lap nine and the final one on lap 14, that set up a green-white-checkered finish. Gulbrandson knew he need to make the final two laps perfect because Eric Stanton and Jamie Songer was on the back bumper on the restart. Gulbrandson was able to get a good enough restart to hold off Stanton and take the win. Stanton finished second ahead of Scott Dobel, Songer and Smidt.
In the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 15 laps feature event, Jeff Johnson wrestled the lead away early from Shonn Mapes. Johnson and the field saw the caution come out first on lap two when Del Enos spun in turn two. Johnson held off Bryan Spangler and Mapes on the restart but the caution came out again three more times. It was the final restart, that saw Johnson lose the lead to Myles Michehl on lap ten. Michehl went on to take his second truck series win of 2019 ahead of Johnson, Spangler, Pat Graham and Justin Schroeder.
Rocky Caudle jumped out to the lead from his pole position in the Stein Heating & Cooling USRA B-Mods 18 lap feature. Just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Brandon Toftee, Jeremy Grantham, Jamie Anderson, Kendall Zuetlau, Ryan Sams and Troy Oliver all got together in turns one and two. Caudle was not fazed as he got a great restart, showing no signs of rust. The caution came out again on lap nine three times before the field got a clean restart. Caudle was only slowed once again on lap 15 but again he was able to fend off and go on to take the win on his first night out. Jason Bass tried to grabbed the second spot away from Doug McCollough on the final lap but put it in the wall in turn two. McCollough went on to finish second meanwhile Bass ended up fourteenth. Ty Griffith worked his way from tenth to third, Nate Whitehurst finished fourth and twelveth place starter Levi Chipp finished fifth.
Gary Bass led the first nine laps of the Seneca Foundry USRA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event before a caution came out. Bass had Donavon Nunnikhoven and Jason Minnehan on the back bumper on the restart, Bass held them off on the restart but the caution came out again on lap ten. Bass saw "Renegade" Reid Keller, starterd fourteenth, make a power move on the restart allowing Keller to wrestle the top spot away before Bass exited pit side. Keller fended off challenges from twelveth place starter Derek Green and Jason Minnehan including after the final caution came out on lap 13 for Roger Caquelin in turn two. Keller went on to take his first feature win of the season ahead of Green, Minnehan, Dylan Suhr and tenth place starter Josh Zieman.
Darrel DeFrance led all 18 laps of the Malvern Bank Super Late Models feature event to claim his first win in Webster City this season. Gabe Umbarger ran second the entire distance. Jason Hahne, Ryan Griffith and Charlie McKenna rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the Olsen Family USRA Modifieds 18 lap feature event. J.D. Auringer did the same leading all 18 laps and never was challenged through out the feature. Jeff James finished second, Garrett Wilson finished third, Chase Ellingson finished fourth and Ben Nading was fifth.
Next week at the Hamilton County Speedway will be Kids Night plus the rescheduled B-Mod Special presented by Casey's General Stores. Super Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners on the card. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
Then Monday through Wednesday June 10th, 11th and 12th will be the Inaugural Rumble By The River for USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks. Practice Night is Monday June 10th. Qualifying Heat Races, Dashes and King of the Hill Races on Tuesday June 11th. B-Mains, Last Chance Races and A-Mains on Wednesday June 12th. Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing at 6:30pm
For information about the Hamilton County Speedway check out HamiltonCoSpeedway.com or Like the Hamilton County Speedway on Facebook.
Hamilton County Speedway
Ladies Night
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Saturday June 1st, 2019
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck Series
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge) [6]; 2. 23 Jeff Johnson (Indianola) [1]; 3. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids) [4]; 4. 1G Pat Graham (Ames) [4]; 5. 16 Justin Schroeder (Coon Rapids) [3]; 6. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids) [8]; 7. C2 Del Enos (Des Moines) [7]; 8. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny) [2]; DNS 2 Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge); DNS 9 Lou Siplot Jr (Altoona)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Bryan Spangler, [4]; 2. 1G-Pat Graham, [3]; 3. 79-Shonn Mapes, [1]; 4. 2E-Del Enos, [2]; 5. 2-Jeff Frevert, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Jeff Johnson, [3]; 2. 21-Myles Michehl, [5]; 3. 16-Justin Schroeder, [2]; 4. 40-Lucas Richardson, [1]; 5. 9-Lou Sipolt, [4]
Stein Heating & Cooling USRA B-Mods
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 99 Rocky Caudle (Ellsworth) [1]; 2. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City) [2]; 3. 56 Ty Griffith (Webster City) [10]; 4. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City) [5]; 5. 66 Levi Chipp (Latimer) [12]; 6. 32Z Alex Zwanziger (Nashua) [3]; 7. 20J Jeremy Grantham (Allison) [15]; 8. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City) [13]; 9. 56X Kyle Webb (Des Moines) [6]; 10. 15A James Albee (Mooresville, NC) [19]; 11. 5 Mitch Frakes (Eagle Grove) [16]; 12. 98R Kendall Zuetlau (Fort Dodge) [17]; 13. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh) [18]; 14. 4 Jason Bass (Fort Dodge) [4]; 15. 88N Nate Albrant (Britt) [8]; 16. 7+ Jared Timmerman (Norwalk) [7]; 17. 85T Brandon Toftee (Otho) [11]; 18. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho) [14]; 19. 32X Gerald Curry (Laverne) [9]; 20. 52 Ryan Sams (Fort Dodge) [20]; 21. 22X Troy Oliver (Des Moines) [21]
TexTrail Trailer Parts Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Ty Griffith, [2]; 2. 4-Jason Bass, [4]; 3. 66-Levi Chipp, [6]; 4. 49-Nate Whitehurst, [7]; 5. 0-Jamie Anderson, [5]; 6. 5-Mitch Frakes, [1]; 7. 15A-James Allbee, [3]
K97 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Rocky Caudle, [4]; 2. 85T-Brandon Toftee, [5]; 3. 56X-Kyle Webb, [1]; 4. 1-Doug McCollough, [7]; 5. 9J-Jeremiah Reed, [3]; 6. 98R-Kendall Zuetlau, [2]; 7. 52-Ryan Sams, [6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32Z-Alex Zwanziger, [1]; 2. 7+-Jared Timmerman, [5]; 3. 32X-Gerald Curry, [6]; 4. 88N-Nate Albrant, [4]; 5. 20J-Jeremy Grantham, [3]; 6. 40-George Gilliland, [7]; 7. 22X-Troy Oliver, [2]
Diamond in the Rough USRA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 6 Dustin Gulbrandson (Sioux Falls, SD) [4]; 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle) [12]; 3. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly) [3]; 4. 85 Jamie Songer (Ankeny) [7]; 5. 81 Zack Smidt (Mason City) [1]; 6. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle) [9]; 7. 76 Ben Peterson (Granada, MN) [6]; 8. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge) [11]; 9. 10X Danny Sassman Jr (Fort Dodge) [5]; 10. 18Z Zac Smith (Manly) [13]; 11. 10 John Ades (Rippey) [14]; 12. 136 Tanner Green (Hampton) [10]; 13. 52 Carter Koop (Mason City) [17]; 14. 4D Daniel Ayers (Webster City) [8]; 15. 11T Todd Uhl (Sheldon) [15]; 16. 25T Tanner Redman (Webster City) [16]; 17. 56 Jake Blau (Latimer) [2]
TexTrail Trailer Parts Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 83-Scott Dobel, [4]; 2. 4D-Daniel Ayers, [3]; 3. 76-Ben Peterson, [5]; 4. 136-Tanner Green, [6]; 5. 18Z-Zac Smith, [1]; 6. 25T-Tanner Redman, [2]
K97 Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 42T-Tyson Overton, [3]; 2. 81-Zach Smidt, [5]; 3. 10X-Danny Sassman Jr, [4]; 4. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld, [6]; 5. 10-John Ades, [2]; 6. 52-Carter Koop, [1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 7B-Eric Stanton, [2]; 2. 85-Jamie Songer, [1]; 3. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson, [3]; 4. 56-Jake Blau, [4]; 5. 11T-Todd Uhl, [5]
Olsen Family USRA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 00J Justin (J.D.) Auringer (Waterloo) [1]; 2. 71 Jeff James (Stanton) [4]; 3. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle) [6]; 4. 14E Chase Ellingson (Williams) [5]; 5. 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny) [8]; 6. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford) [3]; 7. 49J Jason Murray (Hartford) [11]; 8. 2 Jerid Ratzke (Williams) [7]; 9, 75 Christopher Elliott (Webster City) [9]; 10. 41 Nate Hughes (Humboldt) [2]; 11. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls) [10]; 12. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg) [14]; 13. 57 Duke Erickson (Sioux Falls, SD) [13]; 14. 45H Jason Hickingbottom (Ogden) [12]; 15. 100 Chris Teel (Webster City) [15]
TexTrail Trailer Parts Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00J-Justin (J.D.) Auringer, [6]; 2. 41-Nate Hughes, [2]; 3. 71-Jeff James, [3]; 4. 14E-Chase Ellingson, [4]; 5. 75-Christopher Elliott, [1]; 6. 49J-Jason Murray, [7]; 7. 57-Duke Erickson, [5]; 8. 100-Chris Teel, [8]
K97 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Ben Nading, [1]; 2. 48J-Jacob Murray, [5]; 3. 3W-Garett Wilson, [6]; 4. 2-Jerid Ratzke, [7]; 5. 5D-Devon Havlik, [4]; 6. 45H-Jason Hickingbottom, [2]; (DNS) 8X-Scott Olson,
Seneca Foundry USRA Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 19 Reid Keller (Webster City) [14]; 2. 32 Derek Green (Granada, MN) [12]; 3. 7X Jason Minnehan (Churdan) [8]; 4. 87 Dylan Suhr (Waterloo) [9]; 5. 24 Josh Zieman (Plymouth) [10]; 6. 7 Rick Todd (Des Moines) [18]; 7. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully) [3]; 8. 47 Parker Slagle (Eagle Grove) [1]; 9. 5 Jeff Havlik (Iowa Falls) [15]; 10. 10 Justin Ades (Webster City) [7]; 11. 18 Roger Caquelin (Dows) [20]; 12. 27D Bradley Dutton (Des Moines) [19]; 13. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines) [2]; 14. 66L Brent Lyman (Iowa Falls) [13]; 15. Y5 Matt Byrne (Webster City) [11]; 16. 7I Andrew Inman (Mason City) [17]; 17. 16 Jon DeBoer (Little Rock) [4]; 18. 42 Coy VanHauen (Nora Springs) [5]; 19. 556 Terry Cornelison (Boone) [16]; 20. 14A Blake Adams (McIntire) [6]
TexTrail Trailer Parts Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green, [5]; 2. 27-Gary Bass, [4]; 3. 10-Justin Ades, [7]; 4. 42-Coy VanHauen, [2]; 5. 66L-Brent Lyman, [3]; 6. 556-Terry Cornelison, [6]; 7. 27D-Bradley Dutton, [1]
K97 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2N-Donavon Nunnikhoven, [4]; 2. 16-Jon DeBoer, [1]; 3. 47-Parker Slagle, [2]; 4. 7X-Jason Minnehan, [6]; 5. 19-Reid Keller, [7]; 6. 7I-Andrew Inman, [3]; 7. 18-Roger Caquelin, [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Dylan Suhr, [1]; 2. 24-Josh Zieman, [3]; 3. 14A-Blake Adams, [5]; 4. Y5-Matt Byrne, [6]; 5. 5-Jeff Havlik, [4]; (DQ) 7-Rick Todd, [2]
MyRacePass USRA Tuners
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 41 Matt Oberhelman (Fort Dodge) [2]; 2. 5 Oliver Monson (Clear Lake) [1]; 3. 37 Ryan Bryant (Mason City) [6]; 4. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner) [3]; 5. G12 Myke Gorham (Boone) [5]; 6. 3 Zack Daniels (Plattsburgh, NY) [8]; 7. 22T Jeff Trosin (Ringsted) [7]; 8. 14 Tyler Deboer (Fort Dodge) [4]; 9. 45 John Dahlsten (Polmeroy) [10]; 10. 31 Spencer Nelson (Rockwell) [9]
TexTrail Trailer Parts Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 41-Matt Oberhelman, [4]; 2. 11-Sam Umbarger, [2]; 3. 14-Tyler Deboer, [3]; 4. 22T-Jeff Trosin, [1]; 5. 31-Spencer Nelson, [5]
K97 Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 5-Oliver Monson, [3]; 2. 37-Ryan Bryant, [4]; 3. G12-Myke Gorham, [1]; 4. 3-Zack Daniels, [2]; 5. (DNF) 45-John Dahlsten, [5]
Malvern Bank Super Late Models
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown) [1]; 2. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner) [2]; 3. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City) [6]; 4. 15X Ryan Griffith (Webster City) [4]; 5. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake) [7]; 6. 5 Rusty Patterson (Mason City) [8]; 7. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins) [5]; 8. 4 Josh Poe (Peculiar, MO) [3]; 9. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville) [9]; 10. 66 Todd Johnson (Mitchellville) [10]
TexTrail Trailer Parts Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Jason Hahne, [2]; 2. 91-Gabe Umbarger, [4]; 3. 4-Josh Poe, [3]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna, [5]; 5. (DNF) 7-Jenna Johnson, [1]
K97 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15X-Ryan Griffith, [2]; 2. 99D-Darrell Defrance, [5]; 3. 99-Luke Pestka, [3]; 4. 5-Rusty Patterson, [4]; 5. (DNF) 66-Todd Johnson, [1]
