As Summer has finally arrived the heat and humidity comes along meaning track crews have to stay ahead. Friday Night the Hancock County Speedway did exactly that as once again, John Pletcher and track prep crew prepared an amazing racing surface. Seventy-five cars signed in on Stellar Industries Inc and Stellar Truck & Trailer Night.
Racing fans were thrilled with exciting two, three and four wide racing through out the night with several races coming down to the checkers. The Best race of the night was in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, Tony Smidt finally took the win. Other first time winners this season in Britt was JJ Wise (Modifieds), Colby Fett (Sport Mods) and Lucas Parsons (Sport Compacts).
First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts 10 lap feature event. Lucas Parsons jumped out to the race lead but just after one lap was scored the caution came out when Max Heimbuch put his car in the wall exiting turn four. Parsons knew Oliver Monson had to be close but Parsons held off Monson to take the win. Monson finished second, Brad "Unicorn" Mayland finished third, Ken Winkowitsch finished fourth and Jade Lange was fifth.
Up next was the House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature event. Autum Anderson led the first six laps until a caution came out when Nate Whitehurst spun in turn four. That incident also collected Drew Fett, Nate Albrant and Kent Haugland. On the restart, Anderson had to contend with Doug Cook and Colby Fett. Cook wrestled the lead away but the caution came out again on lap eight for Alissa Palsrok getting in the wall exiting turn four. That restart was what Colby Fett needed as he was able to get past Cook. Fett held off Cook to take his first win in Britt this season. Cook finished a strong second ahead of Alec Fett, George Nordman and Anderson.
David Wickman took the early race lead in the Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature event. The first caution came out on lap two for Kyle Rose in turn four. Wickman had Chanse Hollatz and Kevin Opheim on his back bumper on the restart but held them until just after completing lap four, Wickman gets sideways going into turn three spins meanwhile Dan Mackenthun slides off the top of turn three. That handed the race lead over to Heath Tulp. Tulp got a great restart and the only thing slowing him down was the cauiton on lap eight when Kelly Shryock made contact with Kevin Opheim in turn two. That caution also collected Chad Palmer, Chanse Hollatz and Andrew Lokenvitz. Tulp got a great restart and cruised to win number two in Britt. Tenth place starter Rick Mees finished second, Shryock worked his way back up to finish third, Eleventh place starter Calvin Lange was fourth and Andrew Borchardt was fifth.
Blaine Hanson and Tony Smidt led the field to the green on the MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Smidt grabbed the lead early but he knew it was not going to be easy, that was very true. Smidt had challenges from Brandon Nielson, Cory Probst, Drew Barglof and Josh Sidles through out the race but he held tough in the only feature that went green-to-checkered caution free. Smidt took a hard fought first win in several years at the Hancock County Speedway by .091 secs over Brandon Nielsen. Probst, Barglof and Sidles rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. "Racing Auctioneer" JJ Wise has lead a few times this season but let it slip away but Friday Night, he was determined to not let that happen. The first caution came out on lap two when Bryce Summers spun in turn two and second caution came out when Nick Meyer came to a stop on the back stretch. Wise held off Troy Swearingend and Austin Wolf on the restart and held off Wolf several times before the final race caution on lap eighteen for Swearingen and Cody Laney got together in turn two. Wise held off Wolf and twelveth place starter Joel Rust to take his first win since 2014. Wolf finished second, Rust was third, Kelly Shryock was fourth and Jeremy Mills was fifth.
Reminder their will be no racing next week, Friday July 5th so drivers, fans and
officials can spend some quality family time during the 4th of July
Weekend. However if you are looking for some racing action next week i encourage you to go check out the Midwest Madness Tour, Ron Little Memorial in Stuart or the Hogan Memorial in Vinton.
Hancock County Speedway returns to action during 25th Anniversary Season on Friday July 12th with a Weekly Racing Series Points Night sponsored by Elite Seamless Gutters and Trulson Auto Parts. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern Sport
Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Pits Open at 5 p.m.,
Grandstands Open at 6 p.m., Hot Laps at 7 p.m. and racing to follow.
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 Shootout 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
Stellar Industries Inc / Stellar Truck & Trailer
IMCA Weekly Racing Series
Friday June 28th, 2019
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 68 JJ Wise (Garner) [3]; 2. 72 Austin Wolf (Algona) [5]; 3. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center) [12]; 4. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [6]; 5. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner) [7]; 6. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt) [5]; 7. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca, MN) [15]; 8. 74T Ben Schultze (Algona) [9]; 9. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore) [18]; 10. 343 Jeff Feaster (Humboldt) [8]; 11. 24 Aaron Benson (Clear Lake) [20]; 12. 8L Lyle Sathoff (Sherburn, MN) [14]; 13. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick) [13]; 14. 30 Josh Ruby (Lakota) [19]; 15. 73 Troy Swearingen (Thompson) [1]; 16. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA) [11]; 17. 16Z Jeremy Zorn (Russell, KS) [17]; 18. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore) [4]; 19. 78 Bryce Summers (Eagle Grove) [16]; 20. 75 Christopher Elliott (Webster City) [10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Mills [4]; 2. Meyer [4]; 3. Schultze [6]; 4. Kraus [2]; 5. Palmer [7]; 6. Summers [5]; 7. Ruby [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wise [2]; 2. Wolf [3]; 3. Rust [7]; 4. Elliott [6]; 5. Sathoff [4]; 6. Zorn [5]; 7. Benson [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Swearingen [1]; 2. Shryock [4]; 3. Laney [6]; 4. Feaster [5]; 5. Stinehart [2]; 6. Knecht [3]
House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 00 Colby Fett (Algona) [8]; 2. 25 Doug Cook (Algona) [6]; 3. 08 Alec Fett (Thompson) [5]; 4. 90 George Nordman (Mason City) [7]; 5. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City) [2]; 6. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City) [4]; 7. 99K Troy Krug (Emmetsburg) [10]; 8. 6 Corey Klouse (Mason City) [1]; 9. 2J Jeff Carter (Mapleton, MN) [3]; 10. 008 Drew Fett (Thompson) [15]; 11. XA Alissa Palsrok (Estherville) [11]; 12. 88N Nate Albrant (Britt) [9]; 13. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City) [14]; 14. 24 Kent Haugland (Wesley) [12]; DNS XXX Matthew Hanson (Klemme)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Klouse [1]; 2. Colby Fett [6]; 3. Jamie Anderson [4]; 4. Albrant [7]; 5. Cook [5]; 6. Palsrok [8]; 7. Hanson [2]; 8. Drew Fett [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Carter [2]; 2. Autum Anderson [1]; 3. Alec Fett [4]; 4. Nordman [5]; 5. Krug [6]; 6. Haugland [7]; 7. Whitehurst [3]
Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 50 Heath Tulp (Britt) [5]; 2. 54 Rick Mees (Eagle Lake, MN) [10]; 3. 3S Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [7]; 4. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt) [11]; 5. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth) [6]; 6. 32J Austin Jahnz (Lewisville, MN) [14]; 7. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick) [9]; 8. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City) [4]; 9. 123 Kyle Rose (Dallas Center) [13]; 10. 7 Andrew Lokenvitz (Charles City) [17]; 11. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson) [16]; 12. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN) [8]; 13. 05 Craig Berhow (Belmond) [3]; 14. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake) [2]; 15. 14W David Wickman (Emmetsburg) [1]; 16. 46 Cody Frerichs (Bristow) [12]; DNS 03 Matt Baker (Britt)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Tulp [4]; 2. Hollatz [2]; 3. Shryock [6]; 4. Palmer [7]; 5. Opheim [3]; 6. Lange [5]; 7. Rose [9]; 8. Baker [8]; 9. Lokenvitz [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wickman [2]; 2. Behow [3]; 3. Mees [6]; 4. Borchradt [5]; 5. Mackenthun [7]; 6. Frerichs [8]; 7. Jahnz [4]; 8. Landheer [1]
MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 32 Tony Smidt (Britt) [2]; 2. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer) [5]; 3. 75C Cory Probst (Brewster, MN) [7]; 4. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids) [3]; 5. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg) [4]; 6. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence) [9]; 7. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer) [8]; 8. 81 Zack Smidt (Mason City) [6]; 9. 301 Chad Krug (Emmetsburg) [10]; 10. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme) [1]; 11. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg) [12]; 12. 91 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg) [11]; 13. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly) [15]; 14. 86 Gavin Jorgenson (Emmetsburg) [13]; 15. 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme) [14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Probst [6]; 2. Brandon Nielsen [5]; 3. Chad Krug [8]; 4. Blaine Hanson [2]; 5. Tony Smidt [3]; 6. Chris Krug [1]; 7. Jorgenson [7]; 8. Dobel [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Josh Sidles [4]; 2. Braglof [3]; 3. Cody Nielsen [6]; 4. Zack Smidt [5]; 5. Wroten [7]; 6. Jay Sidles [2]; 7. Jace Hanson [1]
IMCA Sport Compacts
A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 38 Lucas Parsons (Burt) [1]; 2. 5 Oliver Monson (Clear Lake) [4]; 3. N07 Brad Mayland (Britt) [3]; 4. 95 Ken Winkowitsch (Plymouth) [5]; 5. 43 Jade Lange (Humboldt) [8]; 6. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner) [6]; 7. 13J Justin Nielson (Luverne) [7]; 8. 7 Max Heimbuch (Mason City) [2]
Heat (6 Laps): 1. Parsons [2]; 2. Winkowitsch [8]; 3. Heimbuch [4]; 4. Mayland [5]; 5. Monson [6]; 6. Umbarger [1]; 7. Nielson [7]; 8, Lange [3]
