Before the racing got underway a touching story about Ron Little was read to everybody in attend or watching on Race Cast Live and honestly It made me tear up because I never got to meet Ron but I knew his legacy. The pre-race prayer was done by Reverend Michael "Wombat" Walrod and you my friend, your pre-race prayers always amazing and top notch. Jerry Van Sickel and Coty Mallicoat did amazing job announcing the Final Ron Little Memorial. Mike Van Genderen and the track prep crew did a fantastic job on the racing surface. The Ron Little #Finalride Story read during pre-race ceremonies can be found here : Ron Little Final Ride Story.
Two, Three and four wide race occur many times through out the night and I know Ron Little and many of the other great legends lost they were smiling and enjoying the action from heaven. Final Checkered Flag was displayed just before 11 pm.
First feature of the night was the Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars 25 lap feature event. Brandon Pruitt and Buck Schafroth redrew the front row. Schafroth wrestled the lead away from the start but had 8 time IMCA National Champion Mike Nichols chasing him down just as lap traffic started to appear. Brandon Pruitt, Todd Van Eaton, Chris Pruitt and Bryan Snell race for position before they approached the lap traffic. The only caution came out on lap 21 when Snell spun in turn four. Schafroth held off Nichols to take his fifth win in Stuart. Brandon Pruitt finished third, twelveth place starter Kyle Brown finished fourth and Chris Pruitt was fifth.
After a Firework show the Rick's Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap feature was next up. Doug Smith grabbed the lead early before the caution came out on lap two for Ed Hamilton, Mitchell Morris and Bryan Morris got together in turn two. Smith got a great restart and never looked back in route to taking the win. Thomas Egenberger ran second most of the distance. Brayton Carter, Hunter Longnecker and seventh place Jake Sachau rounded out the top five.
Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds Ron Little Memorial 30 lap feature when green to checkered caution free with the Hustler Hunter Marriott leading wire to wire. Marriott had to battle early with Josh Most before pulling away and catching lap traffic just past halfway. Marriott became the 13th and final winner of the Ron Little Memorial. Defending Super Nationals Champion Jeff Aikey moved up from tenth to finish second. Fourteenth place starter Jesse Sobbing finished third, Most slipped back to fourth and California's Cody Laney finished fifth.
Mitchell Bunch led the first lap of the John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature before Chris Vannausdle took the lead away on lap two. The caution came out on lap three when Nikole Kimmel spun in turn four. Vannausdle and the field saw the caution come out again on lap four when James Reeves made contact with Shannon Mahlberg in turn four. Vannausdle and Ramsey Meyer battled it out for the race lead with Vannausdle held on to the top spot and the win. Just as Vannausdle and Meyer crossed the finish line for the checkers the caution flag came out for Kolby Sain, Hunter Patrick and Ryan Barnes in turn two. Tyler Fiebelkorn, Bunch and Colton Garside rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature and this feature produced its own form of fireworks. The caution came out before a single lap was scored for Matthew Wahl spinning in turn two. "Missile" Miciah Hidlebaugh grabbed the early race lead until Corey Madden worked his way up to second. Hidlebaugh and Corey Madden began to battle for the race lead until the caution came out on lap four when Richard Pahlka spun in turn two right in front of the leaders. Hidlebaugh on the bottom and Corey Madden on the cushion resumed their battle only to see the caution come out on lap six for Dustin Thompson sitting in turn four after contact with Jerry Richards. The next caution came out on lap eight when Nick Foster made contact with Dylan Nelson in turn four. Hidlebaugh and Madden continued their intense battle but little did they know eleventh place starter Solomon Bennett was waiting his time. Bennett took the lead away on lap 12 and a lap later the caution came out when Hidlebaugh was spun in turn three by Corey Madden. Bennett held on to take the feature win. Chuck Madden Jr, Jack Phillips, Zach Hemmingsen and Adam Ayers finished second through fifth respectively.
Stuart International Speedway returns to action next Wednesday July 10th for the Clint Walrod Memorial featuring the STARS Mod Lites $500 to win. The race is in honor of Wombat's son and to prevent Stop Teen Suicide. Sponsors include Motorsports Warehouse, Wyffels Hybrids, Stuart Hearld, The Four County Bulletin and National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Also racing Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts, Micro Sprints and 2 Man Cruisers.
Next up for the Foxman is a trip over to the Benton County Speedway to work turns one and two for the 25th Annual Hogan Memorial. So because of working the corner there will be no recap from me however my friends from Positively Racing will be in the house just like they were in Stuart last night.
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Stuart International Speedway
Ron Little Memorial
Tuesday July 2nd, 2019
Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO) [1]; 2. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls) [10]; 3. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Malvern) [14]; 4. 92 Josh Most (Red Oak) [3]; 5. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA) [6]; 6. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt) [7]; 7. 13H Travis Hatcher (Honey Creek) [2]; 8. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines) [12]; 9. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City) [4]; 10. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk) [20]; 11. 99X Josh May (Des Moines) [9]; 12. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham) [22]; 13. 15M Shane DeMey (Denison) [15]; 14. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV) [23]; 15. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, NE) [8]; 16. 37 Randy Foote (Stanton) [17]; 17. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton) [19]; 18. 6 Ryan Jenkins (Omaha, NE) [11]; 19. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning) [18]; 20. 19XX Brandon Spanjer (Crete, NE) [16]; 21. 14BX Matt Bonine (Onawa) [24]; 22. 17A Austin Howes (Memphis, MO) [13]; 23. 77X Austin Kuehl (Cave Creek, AZ) [21]; 24. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone) [5]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Braaksma [1]; 2. Kuehl [3]; 3. Hibdon [4]; 4. 19SB Lance Mari (El Centro, CA) [7]; 5. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown) [14]; 6. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid) [15]; 7. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford) [6]; 8. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA) [5]; 9. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Jamaica) [13]; 10. 71 Jeff James (Stanton) [8]; 11. 14B Scott Bash (Windsor Heights) [2]; 12. 12 Red Monson (Denison) [9]; 13. 25D Bob Daniels (Des Moines) [11]; 14. 32 Lloyd Henderson (Bouton) [12]; 15. 21D David Brown (Kellogg) [10]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Shute [4]; 2. Gilman [9]; 3. Bonine [1]; 4. 4H Tony Hilgbenberg (Waukee) [2]; 5. 36T Jeff Wiggins (Greenfield) [3]; 6. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston) [10]; 7. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale) [5]; 8. M80 Jim Mathieson (Sioux City) [6]; 9. 72 Mike Lineberry (Fremont, NE) [12]; 10. 49J Jason Murray (Hartford) [13]; 11. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland) [8]; 12. 95 Ashley Schaaf (Lincoln, NE) [14]; 13. 49 Rob Stephens (Kiron) [11]; 14. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone) [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Hatcher [5]. 2. Hobscheidt [3]; 3. Howes [1]; 4. Braaksma [2]; 5. Hibdon [6]; 6. Mari [7]; 7. David Brown [4]; 8. Meinecke [8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Most [4]; 2. Marriott [5]; 3. Sobbing [6]; 4. Bonine [2]; 5. Shute [1]; 6. Dickerson [7]; 7. Sauerman [8]; 8. Jason Murray [3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Roberts [4]; 2. May [2]; 3. DeMey [3]; 4. Bash [1]; 5. Dotson [5]; 6. James [8]; 7. Daniels [6]; 8. Gustin [7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Jenkins [2]; 2. Bushore [4]; 3. Spanjer [5]; 4. Hilgenberg [1]; 5. Musselman [3]; 6. Leeman [7]; 7. Stephens [6]; 8. Schaaf [8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Laney [5]; 2. Aikey [6]; 3. Foote [2]; 4. Kuehl [7]; 5. Jacob Murray [4]; 6. Monson [3]; 7. Henderson [8]; 8. Kyle Brown [1]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Ward [3]; 2. Abelson [7]; 3. Dennis [5]; 4. Wiggins [6]; 5. Mathieson [2]; 6. Gilman [4]; 7. Lineberry [1]
Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient) [2]; 2. 63 Mike Nichols (Harlan) [3]; 3. 10B Brandon Pruitt (Stuart) [1]; 4. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid) [12]; 5. 22 Chris Pruitt (Stuart) [5]; 6. 1F Marcus Fagan (Adair) [16]; 7. 77N Daniel Hilsabeck (Adel) [18]; 8. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea) [10]; 9. 20 Jeremy Gettler (Adair) [21]; 10. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle) [13]; 11. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson) [11]; 12. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines) [7]; 13. 33VH Dusty Van Horn (Atlantic) [15]; 14. 3 Mike Albertsen (Audubon) [4]; 15. 92X Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN) [23]; 16. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny) [24]; 17. 5K Keith Simmons (Truro) [17]; 18. 75 Kurt Hansen (Walnut) [19]; 19. 71 Corey Piffer (Indianola) [20]; 20. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapid) [8]; 21. V31 Todd VanEaton (Fontanelle) [6]; 22. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley) [22]; 23. 77C Craig Carlson (Madrid) [14]; 24. 10 Mike Stapleton (Denison) [9]
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Gettler [11]; 2. Badger [1]; 3. Mackenthun [3]; 4. Legere [2]; 5. 2M Angel Munoz (Lamar, CO) [7]; 6. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset) [6]; 7. 14 Jesse Lund (Greenfield) [4]; 8. 17B Ben Hoesing (Kanawha) [9]; 9. 46 JJ Baumli (Lathrop, MO) [10]; 10. 98B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola) [5]; 11. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown) [8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Schaforth [2]; 2. Nichols [3]; 3. Stofer [7]; 4. Daniels [8]; 5. Simmons [5]; 6. Badger [6]; 7. Bilyeu [4]; 8. Hoesing [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Murty [2]; 2. VanEaton [8]; 3. Kyle Brown [4]; 4. Carlson [3]; 5. Hilsabeck [7]; 6. Legere [1]; 7. Hill [6]; 8. Baumli [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Snell [3]; 2. Stapleton [2]; 3. Albertsen [1]; 4. Van Horn [8]; 5. Hansen [7]; 6. Mackenthun [6]; 7. Munoz [4]; 8. Gettler [5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Chris Pruitt [1]; 2. Brandon Pruitt [1]; 3. Bass [2]; 4. Fagan [7]; 5. Piffer [3]; 6. Lund [6]; 7. Wollam [5]
Rick's Towing IMCA Northern SportMods
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City) [2]; 2. 98 Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines) [1]; 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa) [4]; 4. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward) [9]; 5. 14 Jake Sachau (Denison) [17]; 6. 17 Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa) [12]; 7. 777 Cody Olsen (Omaha, NE) [5]; 8. 11 Daniel Fellows (Keokuk) [7]; 9. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola) [10]; 10. 6B Daniel Baudler (Fontanelle) [11]; 11. 35 Kyle Bentley (Fairbank) [3]; 12. 1 Austin Kaplan (Des Moines) [22]; 13. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona) [8]; 14. 99K Kody Havens (Anita) [6]; 15. 57S David Schwartz (Greenfield) [15]; 16. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines) [13]; 17. 29V Brett Vanderheiden (Earlham) [20]; 18. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola) [14]; 19. 61 Brandon Patava (Des Moines) [21]; 20. 42H Ronnie Hults (Truro) [16]; 21. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines) [24]; 22. 72 Ed Hamilton (Atlantic) [23]; 23. 26M Mitchell Morris (St Charles) [18]; 24. 26 Bryan Morris (St Charles) [19]
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Patava [1]; 2. Kaplan [2]; 3. Hamilton [5]; 4; Simmons [7]; 5. 8TTB Tommy Hensley (Bedford) [6]; 6. 57 Daniel Hagen (Johnston) [3]; 7. 17X Jordan Hamilton (Dexter) [4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Fellows [2]; 2. VanWyk [4]; 3. Longnecker [1]; 4. Masolini [6]; 5. Sachau [3]; 6. Patava [7]; 7. Ed Hamilton [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Carter [1]; 2. Colton Nelson [3]; 3. Havens [7]; 4. Garrett Nelson [5]; 5. Mitchell Morris [6]; 6. Kaplan [4]; 7. Hensley [2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Olsen [2]; 2. Bentley [3]; 3. Baudler [6]; 4. Schwartz [5]; 5. Bryan Morris [4]; 6. Hagen [1]; 7. Simmons [7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Inman [3]; 2. Smith [2]; 3. Egenberger [4]; 4. Hults [5]; 5. Vanderheiden [6]; 6. Jordan Hamilton [1]
Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature (16 Laps): 1. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn) [11]; 2. 2X Chuck Madden Jr (Avoca) [8]; 3. 00X Jack Phillips (Mitchellville) [7]; 4. 3Z Zach Hemmingsen (Walnut) [10]; 5. 31 Adam Ayers (Adair) [15]; 6. 00 Jordan Androy (Elk Horn) [12]; 7. 2 Corey Madden (Avoca) [3]; 8. 20W Matthew Wahl (Norwalk) [6]; 9. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax) [4]. 10. 22 Tanner Dixon (Nodaway) [9]; 11. 24 Dustin Thompson (Villisca) [17]; 12. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Adel) [2]; 13. 52 Jerry Richards (Creston) [13]; 14. 58L Dallas Larson (Perry) [14]; 15. 76 Richard Pahlka Jr (Des Moines) [18]; 16. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel) [5]; 17. 17F Nick Foster (Menlo) [1]; 18. 2J Ralph Jones (Des Moines) [16]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Dixon [2]; 2. Coady [6]; 3. Wahl [4]; 4. Hemmingsen [8]; 5. Foster [3]; 6. Bennett [7]; 7. Richards [7]; 8. Ayers [1]; 9. Thompson [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Corey Madden [5]; 2. Hidlebaugh [2]; 3. Chuck Madden Jr [8]; 4. Nelson [3]; 5. Phillips [1]; 6. Androy [4]; 7. Larson [7]; 8. Jones [9]; 9. Pahlka Jr [6]
John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 15 Chris Vannausdle (Villisca) [6]; 2. 21R Ramsey Meyer (Pierce, NE) [10]; 3. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Creston) [8]; 4. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines) [5]; 5. 11F Colton Garside (Greenfield) [9]; 6. 22 Shannon Mahlberg (Dunlop) [11]; 7. 8A Anthony Clark (Omaha, NE) [16]; 8. 88 Bruce Hower (Indianola) [14]; 9. 16 Curtis Masterson (Reasnor) [13]; 10. 30X James Reeves (Truro) [12]; 11. 33NK Nikole Kimmel (New Virginia) [7]; 12. 3R Owen Richards (Creston) [18]; 13. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines) [3]; 14. 33H Hunter Patrick (St Charles) [1]; 15. 26 Ryan Barnes (Unknown) [15]; 16. 9R Logan Richards (Creston) [2]; 17. 47 Terry Hurley (Des Moines) [4]; 18. 77 Michael Love (Hartford) [17]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Meyer [5]; 2. Bunch [2]; 3. Logan Richards [3]; 4. Patrick [1]; 5. Masterson [4]; 6. Clark [6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Fiebelkorn [2]; 2. Reeves [4]; 3. Garside [6]; 4. Sabin [3]; 5. Hower [5]; 6. Love [1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Mahlberg [4]; 2. Vannausdle [6]; 3. Kimmel [3]; 4. Hurley [1]; 5. Barnes [5]; 6. Owen Richards [2]
