After a week off to observe the 4th of July, the Hancock County Speedway resumed its 25th Anniversary Season on Trulson Auto Parts and Elite Seamless Gutters Night. Once again John Pletcher and the track prep crew had the race track in fantastic racing conditions through out the night they went two, three, four and even five wide once.
Sixty cars signed in to tame the 4/10 mile race track including 17 Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars, 15 House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods, 13 MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks, 12 IMCA Modifieds and 3 IMCA Sport Compacts. Feature Winners included Nick Meyer, Josh Appel, David Wickman, Brandon Nielsen and Jade Lange.
First feature of the night was for the IMCA Sport Compacts, originally scheduled for 10 laps but changed to 6 laps. Sam Umbarger grabbed the early lead but a caution came out when Max Heimbuch hit the front stretch wall and then make contact with Jade Lange on lap two. Umbarger and Lange battled for the race lead on the restart, Lange wrestled the lead away on lap four. Lange went on to take his second win ahead of Umbarger and Heimbuch.
Mathew Hanson jumped out to the early race lead in the House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature event. The caution came out on lap two for Kyle Germundson stopping in turn three. Hanson continued to lead holding off Corey Klouse and Josh Appel on the restart. Appel got by Klouse and then set his sights on getting by Hanson, Appel took the lead away on lap seven just before the caution came out for Zack Tannahill in turn one. Appel led the remaining eight laps to take his second win of the season. Alec Fett took runner-up spot, Hanson finished third, George Nordman was fourth and twelveth place starter Troy Krug was fifth.
Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature event saw David Wickman lead from start to finish but it was not easy as he was challenged by Chanse Hollatz and Christopher Toot early. The first caution came out on lap six when Austin Brands stopped in turn two. Wickman continued to lead until the caution come out on lap nine. The caution came out when Pete Alexander made contact with Kevin Opheim, that collected Heath Tulp when he had no where to go, Alexander was black flagged and Opheim kept moving before the yellow. Wickman continued to pace the way until a caution came out again on lap 13 for Chanse Hollatz sitting in turn two. Wickman went on to take the win ahead of Kelly Shryock, Dan Mackenthun, Kevin Opheim and Randy Brands.
Tony Smidt started fourth but by the end of lap one, he was in the top spot of the MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Smidt lead was short lived as Brandon Nielsen took the top spot away on lap three. Nielsen looked to be heading on to the easy win before the caution came out on lap seven for Josh Sidles in turn four. Nielsen went on to take his second win of the season in Britt. Smidt, Cory Probst, Drew Barglof and Cody Nielsen rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Jason Asbe jumped out to the early race lead but just after the completion of lap two, Josh Ruby came to a stop topside of turn four. Asbe got a great restart held off challenges from Nick Meyer. Meyer wrestled the top spot away from Asbe and began to pull away until the caution came out on lap 13 for Ruby in turn one. Meyer got a great restart and headed on to the win despite ninth place starter Jeremy Mills chasing him down late. It was win number two for Meyer. Mills was second, Asbe finished third, Kelly Shryock was fourth and Cody Knecht was fifth.
Next Friday Night will be Season Championships for IMCA Weekly Racing Series Track Points at the Hancock County Speedway. Night sponsored by Matt Baker Racing and Gisch Repairs. The Night will be regular night with heats and feature like normal. 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.
Then the following week the Hancock County Speedway hosts a pair of races during the Hancock County District Fair. Tuesday July 23rd, The Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour IMCA Modifieds ($1,500 to win) will be the head liner plus Stock Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks. Friday July 26th, McNeese Tire & Auto and Communications 1 Network Hobo 100 Special featuring the $4,000 to win IMCA Stock Cars Shootout. Also racing that night will be the Modifieds, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts.
Don't forget to mark your calenders for Night of Stars Weekend : IMT Transport 25th Annual 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
Trulson Auto Parts / Elite Seamless Gutters
IMCA Weekly Racing Series
Friday July 12th, 2019
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore) [4]; 2. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner) [9]; 3. 009 Jason Asbe (Clear Lake) [1]; 4. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [8]; 5. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore) [6]; 6. 73 Troy Swearingen (Thompson) [3]; 7. 10E Stacey Mills (Webb) [10]; 8. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca, MN) [5]; 9. 68 JJ Wise (Garner) [12]; 10. 17 Joe Roberts (New Ulm, MN) [11]; 11. 30 Josh Ruby (Lakota) [2]; 12. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt) [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Swearingen [2]; 2. Asbe [1]; 3. Shryock [5]; 4. Kraus [4]; 5. Stinehart [3]; 6. Roberts [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Meyer [2]; 2. Knecht [3]; 3. Jeremy Mills [5]; 4. Stacey Mills [6]; 5. Ruby [1]; 6. Wise [4]
House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 65J Josh Appel (Mason City) [6]; 2. 08 Alec Fett (Thompson) [8]; 3. XXX Mathew Hanson (Klemme) [2]; 4. 90 George Nordman (Mason City) [9]; 5. 99K Troy Krug (Emmetsburg) [12]; 6. 32X Gerald Curry (Laverne) [10]; 7. 6 Corey Klouse (Mason City) [1]; 8. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City) [3]; 9. 2J Jeff Carter (Mapleton, MN) [4]; 10. 7II Andrew Inman (Mason City) [14]; 11. 008 Drew Fett (Thompson) [15]; 12. 18 Zack Tannahill (Clear Lake) [13]; 13. 24 Kent Haugland (Wesley) [11]; 14. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City) [7]; 15. 69 Kyle Germundson (Mason City) [5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Curry [7]; 2. Alec Fett [6]; 3. Carter [3]; 4. Jamie Anderson [5]; 5. Hanson [2]; 6. Haugland [1]; 7. Tannahill [8]; 8. Drew Fett [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Autum Anderson [2]; 2. Nordman [6]; 3. Appel [4]; 4. Klouse [1]; 5. Germundson [3]; 6. Krug [5]; 7. Inman [7]
Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 14W David Wickman (Emmetsburg) [2]; 2. 3S Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [9]; 3. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN) [10]; 4. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City) [5]; 5. 27 Randy Brands (Boyden) [12]; 6. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt) [7]; 7. 67II Christopher Toot (Albert Lea, MN) [1]; 8. 32J Austin Jahnz (Lewisville, MN) [6]; 9. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth) [15]; 10. 17 Austin Brands (Boyden) [13]; 11. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson) [17]; 12. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake) [3]; 13. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick) [11]; 14. 3 Pete Alexander (Albert Lea, MN) [4]; 15. 50 Heath Tulp (Britt) [8]; 16. 7 Andrew Lokenvitz (Charles City) [16]; 17. 18X Daniel Eckblad (St Peter, MN) [14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Toot [1]; 2. Opheim [3]; 3. Mackenthun [5]; 4. Lange [4]; 5. Austin Brands [6]; 6. Lokenvitz [2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Tulp [4]; 2. Hollatz [2]; 3. Palmer [5]; 4. Jahnz [3]; 5. Eckblad [6]; 6. Landheer [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Wickman [1]; 2. Alexander [2]; 3. Shryock [4]; 4. Randy Brands [5]; 5. Borchardt [3]
MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer) [8]; 2. 32 Tony Smidt (Britt) [4]; 3. 75C Cory Probst (Brewster, MN) [10]; 4. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids) [5]; 5. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer) [9]; 6. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly) [3]; 7. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence) [6]; 8. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme) [1]; 9. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg) [2]; 10. 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme) [13]; 11. 35 Connor Smith (Garner) [12]; 12. 15 Travis Johnson (Fertile) [11]; 13. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg) [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Brandon Nielsen [5]; 2. Smidt [3]; 3. Probst [6]; 4. Jay Sidles [2]; 5. Wroten [4]; 6. Johnson [7]; 7. Jace Hanson [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Josh Sidles [4]; 2. Barglof [3]; 3. Dobel [2]; 4. Cody Nielsen [5]; 5. Blaine Hanson [1]; 6. Smith [6]
IMCA Sport Compacts
A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 43 Jade Lange (Humboldt) [3]; 2. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner) [1]; 3. 7 Max Heimbuch (Mason City) [2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Heimbuch [2]; 2. Umbarger [1]; 3. Lange [3]
