There may have been a heat advisory on Saturday but I think the only thing that was hotter than the actual weather was the racing action on the bullring of the Brooklyn Raceway. There was two, three and four wide racing through out the night. Thrills and exciting moments occur from the drop of the first green flag to the final checkered flag.
Poweshiek County Farm Bureau was the sponsor for the evening as they hosted their Family Fun Night. Eighty-Six Cars signed in to race at the Brooklyn Raceway with fifteen Front Wheel Drive, ten Micro Sprints, six JR Front Wheel Drive, fourteen Cruisers, nine Hobby Stocks, five Trucks; twelve Stock Figure 8, six Open Figure 8 and nine Pro Stock Figure 8. Final Checkered flag at 10:28pm
First feature of the night was the Micro Sprints 20 lap feature event but before a lap was scored the caution came out when Josh Moffitt lost his left rear wheel coming to the green flag. Michael Lange wrestled the lead away for Dakota Young when the race got going and fend off challenges from Tyler Lee until the caution came out again on lap five when Justin Smith spun in turn four. Lange experienced issues and went to the back giving the lead over to Lee, however Lee was unable to lead an official lap as Travis Rewerts took over the top spot. Rewerts pulled away until the caution came out on lap 12 when Dallas Darnell stalled in turn one. Rewerts held off Lee on the restart and going on to take his fourth win in Brooklyn. Lee finished second, Derrike Clark finished third, Smith came back to finish fourth, Bill Livezey was fifth.
First feature of the night was the Micro Sprints 20 lap feature event but before a lap was scored the caution came out when Josh Moffitt lost his left rear wheel coming to the green flag. Michael Lange wrestled the lead away for Dakota Young when the race got going and fend off challenges from Tyler Lee until the caution came out again on lap five when Justin Smith spun in turn four. Lange experienced issues and went to the back giving the lead over to Lee, however Lee was unable to lead an official lap as Travis Rewerts took over the top spot. Rewerts pulled away until the caution came out on lap 12 when Dallas Darnell stalled in turn one. Rewerts held off Lee on the restart and going on to take his fourth win in Brooklyn. Lee finished second, Derrike Clark finished third, Smith came back to finish fourth, Bill Livezey was fifth.
Before a lap was scored in the 12 lap Trucks Figure Eight feature event, Jerry Moffitt clipped a tire resulting in him tipping over on his side in turn three. Dave Sellers grabbed the early race lead and got a little seperation until the red flag came out when Deal Keasling blew up and caught fire just past the flag stand. Sellers experienced issues himself two laps later allowing Mark Ruggles to take over the lead. Ruggles went on to take the win, Moffitt came back to finish second, Michelle Keasling finished third. Sellers and Deal Keasling finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Brandan Long got redemption in the 12 lap Hobby Stock feature, as he led from start to finish. Long fending off several challenges from Jacob Lehman to take the his third win. Lehman finished second ahead of Leroy Kline, Jerry Glass, Preston Kline and Larry Routh Jr.
Brandan Long got redemption in the 12 lap Hobby Stock feature, as he led from start to finish. Long fending off several challenges from Jacob Lehman to take the his third win. Lehman finished second ahead of Leroy Kline, Jerry Glass, Preston Kline and Larry Routh Jr.
Junior Front Wheel Drive 8 lap feature was next up and unfortunately Dylan Zuck and Addalyn Stevens was not able to compete in the feature after mechanical issues sideline them for the rest of the night. Addasyn Spain wrestled the early race lead from DJ Albertson. Spain held off challenges from Braelynn Long. Long was driving a back-up car after she rolled when something broke in the right rear during the heat race. Long took over the lead when Spain experienced issues on lap seven. Long went on to take her first ever win ahead of Blaine Kriegel, DJ Albertson and Spain.
Laverne Lehman / Jacob Lehman grabbed the early lead in the 12 lap Cruisers feature event but they quickly followed by Austin Schuring / Ray Hill. Schruing / Hill took the lead away on lap five and held off Lehman / Lehman while dodging lap traffic to take the win. Lehman / Lehman finished second, Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam finished third, Mark Schuring / Jarrett Utterback was fourth and Michelle Keasling / Cody Schirmer was fifth.
Front Wheel Drive 12 lap feature went green to checkered without a caution flag. Matt Pool led all twelve laps to take his second win in Brooklyn. John Schuring finished a close second. Jody Kingery, Chad Larson and Mark Smith rounded out the top five.
Marvin Housley II jumped out to the early lead in the Stock Figure Eight 12 lap feature event. Housley held off challenges from Ashton Hartwig until the caution came out on lap three. The caution came out when Wyatt Clabaugh came to a stop in the middle of the figure 8 when he lost his driveshaft. Housley fend off challenges from Rick Goldsberry and Dan Arnett to go on and take the feature win. Goldsberry was second and Arnett was third. Josh Vandermolen finished fourth and Lane Leerhoff was fifth.
Duane Zander got pasted front row starter John Watts and Jerrod Thompson to grab the lead on lap one of Open Figure Eight 12 lap feature event. The caution came out on lap five when Thompson hit a tractor tire in turn two. Zander continued to lead until Ted Armstrong took over the race lead on lap nine. Armstrong's lead was short lived as he had a flat right rear wheel, allowing John Watts to take over the race lead. Watts held off Thompson to take the win. Thompson, Joe Icenbice and Zander round out the four cars that finished.
Final feature of the night was the Pro-Stock Figure Eight 12 lap feature. Brad Graham wrestled the lead away from fellow front starter Butch Lester and then had to fend off challenges from Bradly Graham until the caution came out on lap five. The caution came out when Aaron Roudabush stopped in the middle of the figure eight. It came out again on the restart when Bradly Graham was spun in turn two by Cameron Eichhorn. Brad Graham held off Roudabush to take his third win. Roudabush, Bradly Graham, Lester and Cade Groeneveld rounded out the top five.
Then a make-up race night on August 22nd (Saturday) after that three race nights in September, first one on September 6th (Sunday). The Fall Nationals are scheduled for September 18th (Friday) and September 19th (Saturday).
For more information call Promoter Don Wauters at 515-577-7722 or check out the BrooklynRaceway.org or Brooklyn Raceway Facebook Page for any updated information.
Thanks to Don and Shelley Wauters for great hospitality, you guys make it fun for me to come down and take pictures and write this blog. All the drivers are awesome and get thanked for the pictures, It makes me love the sport of Motorsports even more than I do so thanks.
All the pictures I took last night are posted on the Trackside Report Facebook Page and you find the direct link to the photo album at Brooklyn Poweshiek Co Farm Bureau Night 7-25-20. If you share the pictures please give me credit because I do this for the love of this sport and not to make money, however if you want to give me some I wouldn't complain.
Brooklyn Raceway
Poweshiek County Farm Bureau Night
Saturday July 25th, 2020
Saturday July 25th, 2020
Micro Sprints
Feature (20 laps) : 1. 23T Travis Rewerts (West Des Moines); 2. 7 Tyler Lee (Cedar Rapids); 3. 3 Derrike Clark (Des Moines); 4. 27X Justin Smith (Colfax); 5. 14B Bill Livezey (New Sharon); 6. 42 Dakota Young (New Virginia); 7. 29 Dallas Darnell (Knoxville); 8. 77 Wayne Simmons (Knoxville); 9. 14 Michael Lange (Newton); 10. 16 Josh Moffitt (Des Moines)
Heat 1 : 1. Rewerts; 2. Simmons; 3. Clark; 4. Livezey; 5. Young
Heat 2 : 1. Lee; 2. Darnell; 3. Smith; 4. Lange; 5. Moffitt
Trucks (Figure 8)
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 316 Mark Ruggles (What Cheer); 2. 20M Jerry Moffitt (Delta); 3. 17D Michelle Keasling (What Cheer); 4. 33 Dave Sellers (Sigourney); 5. 17K Deal Keasling (What Cheer)
Heat : 1. Sellers; 2. Deal Keasling; 3. Ruggles; 4. Michelle Keasling; 5. Moffitt
Hobby Stocks
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 06B Brandan Long (Norwalk); 2. 75L Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 3. 22 Leroy Kline (Brooklyn); 4. 2JR Jerry Glass (Des Moines); 5. 8K Preston Kline (Brooklyn); 6. 9W Larry Routh Jr (Norwalk); 7. 12oz Chad Heyveld (Brooklyn); 8. 49 Brian Bries (Norway); 9. 72RJ Troy Tabor (Norwalk)
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 06B Brandan Long (Norwalk); 2. 75L Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 3. 22 Leroy Kline (Brooklyn); 4. 2JR Jerry Glass (Des Moines); 5. 8K Preston Kline (Brooklyn); 6. 9W Larry Routh Jr (Norwalk); 7. 12oz Chad Heyveld (Brooklyn); 8. 49 Brian Bries (Norway); 9. 72RJ Troy Tabor (Norwalk)
Heat 1 : 1. Lehman; 2. Leroy Kline; 3. Preston Kline; 4. Routh; 5. Tabor
Heat 2 : 1. Long; 2. Glass; 3. Heyveld; 4. Bries
JR Front Wheel Drive
Feature (8 laps) : 1. 00B Braelynn Long (Norwalk); 2. 16 Blaine Kriegel (Grinnell); 3. 68 DJ Albertson (Newton); 4. 17 Addasyn Spain (Greene); DNS 23 Dylan Zuck (Barnes City); DNS 22 Addalyn Stevens (Barnes City)
Heat : 1. Albertson; 2. Spain; 3. Kriegel; 4. Long; 5. Zuck; 6. Stevens
Cruisers
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 196 Austin Schuring / Ray Hill (Laurel); 2. 75L Laverne Lehman / Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 3. 55X Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam (Sully); 4. 77 Mark Schuring / Jarret Utterback (Otley); 5. 17D Michelle Keasling / Cody Schirmer (What Cheer); 6. 20 Bruce Kline / Danielle Kline (Brooklyn); 7. 3 Chad Clabaugh / Wyatt Clabaugh (Williamsburg); 8. 316 Brandon Stoddard / Mark Ruggles (What Cheer); 9. 72 Jordan Hartwig / Jerry Moffitt (What Cheer); 10. J2 Joe Breeden / JJ Wiley (Grinnell)
Consi : 1. Stoddard / Ruggles; 2. Hartwig / Moffitt; 3. 10 Colin Zander / Tanner Yakel (Coulter); 4. 2K Whitney Kline / Alex Kline (Brooklyn); 5. 19 Zach Leach / Josh Albertson (Newton); 6. 55 Bryan Stephenson / Deal Keasling (Sigourney)
Heat 1 : 1. Lehman / Lehman; 2. A. Schuring / Hill; 3. Vanderwilt / Maasdam; 4. B. Kline / D. Kline; 5. Stoddard / Ruggles; 6. Hartwig / Moffitt; 7. Zander / Yakel
Heat 2 : 1. M. Schuring / Utterback; 2. M. Keasling / Schirmer; 3. Clabaugh / Clabaugh; 4. Breeden / Wiley; 5. Leach / Albertson; 6. W. Kline / A. Kline; 7. Stephenson / D. Keasling
Stock (Figure 8)
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 10X Marvin Housley II (Newton); 2. 02 Rick Goldsberry (Runnells); 3. 26A Dan Arnett (Newton); 4. 343 Josh Vandermolen (Sully); 5. 514LL Lane Leerhoff (Plainsfield); 6. 0K Jerome Kline (Brooklyn); 7. 9-11 Mike Vandermolen (Sully); 8. 85 Josh Albertson (Newton); 9. 51X Dayton Filloon (Toledo); 10. 13H Ashton Hartwig (New Sharon); 11. 3 Wyatt Clabaugh (Williamsburg); 12. 58C Michael Cheney (Deep River)
Heat 1 : 1. Housley; 2. Goldsberry; 3. J. Vandermolen; 4. Albertson; 5. Cheney; 6. Filloon
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 196 Austin Schuring / Ray Hill (Laurel); 2. 75L Laverne Lehman / Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 3. 55X Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam (Sully); 4. 77 Mark Schuring / Jarret Utterback (Otley); 5. 17D Michelle Keasling / Cody Schirmer (What Cheer); 6. 20 Bruce Kline / Danielle Kline (Brooklyn); 7. 3 Chad Clabaugh / Wyatt Clabaugh (Williamsburg); 8. 316 Brandon Stoddard / Mark Ruggles (What Cheer); 9. 72 Jordan Hartwig / Jerry Moffitt (What Cheer); 10. J2 Joe Breeden / JJ Wiley (Grinnell)
Heat 1 : 1. Lehman / Lehman; 2. A. Schuring / Hill; 3. Vanderwilt / Maasdam; 4. B. Kline / D. Kline; 5. Stoddard / Ruggles; 6. Hartwig / Moffitt; 7. Zander / Yakel
Front Wheel Drive
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 14 Matt Pool (Monroe); 2. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 3. 43v Jody Kingery (Knoxville); 4. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 5. M80 Mark Smith (Ankeny); 6. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 7. 37 Eric Bennett (Reasnor); 8. 42 Ethan Wauters (Des Moines); 9. 54J Jeremy Williams (Oskaloosa); 10. 62 Cody Howe (Melcher)
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 14 Matt Pool (Monroe); 2. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 3. 43v Jody Kingery (Knoxville); 4. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 5. M80 Mark Smith (Ankeny); 6. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 7. 37 Eric Bennett (Reasnor); 8. 42 Ethan Wauters (Des Moines); 9. 54J Jeremy Williams (Oskaloosa); 10. 62 Cody Howe (Melcher)
Consi : 1. Wauters; 2. Crabill; 3. 22R Danny Robinson (Tama); 4. 31A John Alexander (Carlisle); 5. 16 Hailey Morse (Montezuma); 6. 16T Kylee Neighbors (Grinnell); 7. 14T Tony Audas (Colfax)
Heat 1 : 1. Pool; 2. Williams; 3. Howe; 4. Kingery; 5. Crabill; 6. Alexander; 7. Wauters; 8. Audas
Heat 2 : 1. Larson; 2. Schuring; 3. Smith; 4. Bennett; 5. Robinson; 6. Morse; 7. Neighbors
Stock (Figure 8)
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 10X Marvin Housley II (Newton); 2. 02 Rick Goldsberry (Runnells); 3. 26A Dan Arnett (Newton); 4. 343 Josh Vandermolen (Sully); 5. 514LL Lane Leerhoff (Plainsfield); 6. 0K Jerome Kline (Brooklyn); 7. 9-11 Mike Vandermolen (Sully); 8. 85 Josh Albertson (Newton); 9. 51X Dayton Filloon (Toledo); 10. 13H Ashton Hartwig (New Sharon); 11. 3 Wyatt Clabaugh (Williamsburg); 12. 58C Michael Cheney (Deep River)
Heat 1 : 1. Housley; 2. Goldsberry; 3. J. Vandermolen; 4. Albertson; 5. Cheney; 6. Filloon
Heat 2 : 1. Hartwig; 2. Arnett; 3. Kline; 4. Leerhoff; 5. Clabaugh; 6. M. Vandermolen
Open (Figure 8)
Heat : 1. Watts; 2. Thompson; 3. Zander; 4. Armstrong; 5. Icenbice; 6. Lent
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 2N John Watts (Oskaloosa); 2. 49 Jerrod Thompson (Sigourney); 3. 22 Duane Zander (Coulter); 4. 31 Joe Icenbice (Deep River); 5. 91T Ted Armstrong (Victor); 6. 67 Michael Lent (Garrison)
Pro Stock (Figure 8)
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 22 Brad Graham (Brooklyn); 2. 18 Aaron Roudabush (Brooklyn); 3. 44 Bradly Graham (Brooklyn); 4. 24 Butch Lester (What Cheer); 5. 00C Cade Groeneveld (Wellsburg); 6. 33 Trenton Witt (Oskaloosa); 7. 3B Cameron Eichhorn (Guernsey); DNS 54 Riley Cope (North English); DNS 73 Christian Williams (Brooklyn)
Heat 1 : 1. Brad Graham; 2. Bradly Graham; 3. Witt; 4. Roudabush; 5. Williams
Heat 2 : 1. Lester; 2. Groeneveld; 3. Eichhorn; 4. Cope