Brooklyn Fall Nationals Night One and Final Track Points Night Recap

Brooklyn Raceway hosted Night one of the Fall Nationals presented by Lakeside Hotel & Casino on Friday Night, it also would see the end of track points battle come to an end as it was the final night for track points.

The format for Friday Night was the top finishers locked themselves in to the main events on Saturday which would see the winner go home with a Fall National Championship title belt. 

Racing was action packed and intense all night long with several surprising finishes. Over One Hundred and Sixty cars checked in to tame the bullring south of Brooklyn.

First feature of the night was the Micro Sprints scheduled to go 20 laps but before a single lap was scored the caution came out when Bill Livezy, Mason Seubert and Derrike Clark got together in turn two. Joe Dent grabbed the early race lead before Alex Vandervoort took over the race lead. Vandervoort saw Dent get back by on lap four. The caution came out on lap eight for Michael Lange spinning exiting turn four. It came out two more times before another lap was completed. The first restart caution was for Vandervoort and Zach Nelson getting together and Cole Elton flipping in turn four. Dent and Travis Rewerts got together in turn four on the following restart, Rewerts sent to the tail and Dent was given his spot back. This forced race officials to call for a green-white-checkered finish forcing the race to go only 10 laps. Dent held on to take the win locking him into Saturday along with Tyler Lee, Dylan Larsen and Zach Nelson rounding out the top four. Elton came back to finish fifth.

INEX Legends 20 lap feature event was next and it was Dave Eberle wrestling the early lead away from Jeremy Meyer. The only caution came out on lap two when Paul Markhardt, Adam Meyer, Nelson Stewart and Jacob Tiegen got together turn two. Eberle held off Jeremy Myer on the restarty and never looked back. Eberle took the feature win with Jeremy Meyer finishing second. Cole O'Brien was third, Tim Franz was fourth and Keith Meyer was fifth.

Front Wheel Drives had over 30 cars so race officials split into 6 heats and 3 qualifying feature events. This meant the top two in each feature would lock themselves in to Saturday's Main Event.

In Feature One for the Front Wheel Drive, Tony Audas took the race lead away from fellow front row starter Danny Robinson. Audas was followed by Mark Smith. Smith tried to find away around Audas but was un successful as Audas went on to take the win. Smith finished second ahead of Robinson, Jay Crabill and Terry Hurley.

Feature Two of the Front Wheel Drive saw Wade King lead all 12 laps by fending of John Schuring early, Dalton Sowers and lap traffic late. King took the win with Sowers in second. Schuring, Jeremy Williams and Chad Larson finished third through fifth respectively.

Brian Frederick led the two laps of the Front Wheel Drive Feature Three before Brandon Schneider took over th lead on lap four. Schneider and the field saw the caution come out on lap five for Cody Howe coming to a stop on the backstretch. Schneider took the win ahead of Frederick, Hailey Morse, Mark Downing and Nico Veverka.

Hobby Stocks ran two 12 lap feature events with the top two from each feature locked in to Saturday's Main Event. In feature one, Brandan Long led from start to finish after fending off Mike Goldsberry early. Bruce Kline finished second, Leroy Kline was third, Garrett Croy was fourth and Joey Hughes was fifth. In feature two, Jacob Lehman led from start to finish with the only hiccup was a caution on lap eight for Brandon Tjaden in turn four. Anthony Goldsberry finished second ahead of Lavern Lehman, Larry Routh and Tjaden.

Before a single lap was scored in the Trucks 12 lap feature event, the caution came out. The caution was for Mark Ruggles and Michelle Keasling getting together in turn three. Tim McKee jumped out to the race lead and pulling away. McKee managed to lap the entire field before taking the checkered in first. Jerry Moffitt was second, Bryan Stephenson was third, Keasling was fourth and Ruggles was fifth.

Junior Front Wheel Drive was up next for their twin features. In feature one, the caution came out when Addasyn Spain and Braelynn Long got together in turn four. Lilyann Hartwig took advantage of starting on the pole on the restart by taking over the race lead. Hartwig led until the caution came out on lap 13 when DJ Albertson got into the turn four wall. Long took over the race lead and managed to go on and take the victory. Kole Adams finished second, Hartwig was third, Albertson was fourth and Spain was fifth.

In Feature two of the Junior Front Wheel Drives, the caution came out for debris in turn four. Aubrey McKasson grabbed the early race lead but Brady Austin took over the race lead on lap two when McKasson spun in turn two. Brady Austin and Ryan Austin battled it out and on lap four they got together exiting turn four coming to the checkers that allowed Hannah Swedberg to sneak by to take the feature win. Brady Austin finished second, Ryan Austin was third, McKasson was fourth and Zachary Cleghorn was fifth.

Cruisers had enough cars to be split into two 12 lap qualifying feature events. Feature number one saw the caution come out before a single lap was completed scored when Taylor Stoddard / Brent Bardwell got together with Nate Veverka / Adam Petrzelka in turn four. Mark Schuring / Jerret Utterback wrestled the lead away on the restart from Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam. The caution came out again on lap two when Brandon Tjaden / John Alexander got together with Trysten LaRue / Jason Rewerts in turn two. Lap three caution was for Conner Zander / Tanner Yakel spinning in turn two meanwhile Veverka / Petrzelka spun in turn four. The final race caution was on lap seven for debris in turn four. Schuring / Utterback took the feature win ahead of Vanderwilt / Maasdam. James Tarter / Britton Brickman, Taylor Stoddard / Brent Bardwell and Nate Veverka / Adam Petrzelka.

In Feature number two for the Cruisers, Chad Clabaugh / Wyatt Clabaugh grabbed the early race lead but the Lavern Lehman / Jacob Lehman managed to take over the top spot on lap two. The caution came out on lap four when Josh Albertson / Zach Leach stopped in turn four. Lap six saw a pair of cautions, first for Clabaugh / Clabaugh spinning in turn two and then Steve Milton / Riley Cope in turn two. Lehman / Lehman led until the final lap when Duane Zander / Jesse Zander edged them out coming to the checkers. Clabaugh / Clabaugh came back to finish third, Milton / Cope finished fourth and Danielle Kline / Bruce Kline was fifth.

Stock Figure 8 was also split into two 12 lap qualifying features with top two from each adavancing. Zach Jastorff grabbed the early race lead before Ashton Hartwig worked his way from sixth starting spot to take over the race lead on lap four. Hartwig and the field was slowed when the caution came out on lap six for Jerome Kline and Terry Housley getting together in turn two. Hartwig held on to take the win with Daryl Cavin finishing second. Dan Arnett, Marvin Housley and Kline round out the top five. In Feature two, the caution came out when Anthony Goldsberry spun turn four forcing a complete restart. Goldsberry held off Mike Vander Molen on the restart and went on to take the feature win. Mark Schuring finished third, Lane "Farmer" Leerhoff was fourth and Rick "Goose" Goldsberry was fifth.

Jerrod Thompson fend off John Watts early and held off challenges from good friend Jesse Sanders to lead all 12 laps of the Open Figure 8 feature event. Sanders finished second, Watts was third and Ted Armstrong was fourth. Jacob Lehman came home in fifth.

Final divison was the Pro-Stock Figure 8 class and they would also run two features. In feature one, Kyle Richardson wrestled the early lead from Jacob Lehman and would only be slowed when a caution came out on lap four for Lance Baker and Colton Wersinger get together in the interchange. Richardson held off Lehman and managed to take the feature win. Lehman finish second ahead of Cade Groeneveld, Wersinger and Riley Cope.

In Feature two for the Pro-Stock Figure 8 class, Cameron Eichhorn grabbed race lead but the caution came out on lap two for Zach Lewis in turn four. The caution came out again two laps later on lap four for Butch Lester and Lewis in turn two. Eichhorn held of Brian Sterling but the caution came out again on lap seven for JR Tarter in turn three. Brad Graham took over the race lead on the restart and managed to go on and take over the race win. Eichhorn finished second, Lewis was third, Tarter was fourth and Lester was fifth.

Friday Night was the final night of track points at the Brooklyn Raceway and on Saturday after all the points were calculated the track champions would be crown before Night 2 of the Fall Nationals presented by Lakeside Hotel and Casino gets started. Final Checkered flag flew on night one at 1:09am.

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.

All photos taken by me at Brooklyn Raceway are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page and you can go directly in the Brooklyn Fall Nationals Night One 9-18-20 photo album.

Brooklyn Raceway
Fall Nationals presented by Lakeside Hotel & Casino
Friday September 18th, 2020

Micro Sprints

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 31 Joe Dent (Des Moines); 2. 7 Tyler Lee (Cedar Rapids); 3. 777 Dylan Larsen (Shiocton, Wis.); 4. 07 Zach Nelson (Glencoe, Minn.); 5. 24 Cole Elton (Princeton, Minn.); 6. 23T Travis Rewerts (Des Moines); 7. 14 Michael Lange (Newton); 8. 3 Derrike Clark (Des Moines); 9. 5A Alex Vandervoort (Knoxville); 10. 55 Greg Dennis (Indianola); 11. 42 Dakota Young (New Virginia); 12. 99 Mason Seubert (Welch, Minn.); 13. 29 Dallas Darnell (Knoxville); 14. 20L Lucas Logue (Rush City, Minn.); 15. 14B Bill Livezey (New Sharon); 16. 77 Wayne Simmons (Knoxville)

Heat 1 : 1. Dent; 2. Rewerts; 3. Elton; 4. Seubert; 5. Clark; 6. Lange
Heat 2 : 1. Darnell; 2. Livezey; 3. Logue; 4. Nelson; 5. Larsen
Heat 3 : 1. Vandervoort; 2. Young; 3. Simmons; 4. Lee; 5. Dennis

 

INEX Legends

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 5 Dave Eberle (Freeport, Ill.); 2. 5M Jeremy Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 3. 25 Cole O'Brien (Cedar Rapids); 4. 51 Tim Franz (Oshkosh, Wis.); 5. 53 Keith Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 6. 41 Paker Jones (Blue Mounds, Wis.); 7. 44S Nelson Stewart (Avon, Ind.); 8. 04 Adam Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 9. 77 Gary Dyer (Blue Grass); 10. 37 Paul Markhardt (Barneveld, Wis.); 11. 28 Jacob Tiegen (Marion)

Heat 1 : 1. Jeremy Meyer; 2. Keith Meyer; 3. Franz; 4. Jones; 5. Stewart; 6. Tiegen
Heat 2 : 1. Eberle; 2. Markhardt; 3. Adam Meyer; 4. O'Brien; 5. Dyer

Front Wheel Drive

Feature 1 (12 laps) : 1. 14T Tony Audas Jr (Colfax); 2. M80 Mark Smith (Ankeny); 3. 22R Danny Robinson (Tama); 4. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 5. 47 Terry Hurley (Des Moines); 6. 43v Jody Kingery (Knoxville); 7. 9 Johnnie Croy (St Charles); 8. 16T Tyler Haring (Oskaloosa); 9. 90T Tina Statler (Sac City); 10. 2JR Jerry Glass (Des Moines)

Feature 2 (12 laps) : 1. 43 Wade King (Pleasantville); 2. 22D Dalton Sowers (Oskaloosa); 3. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 4. 54J Jeremy Williams (Ottumwa); 5. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 6. 42 Ethan Wauters (Des Moines); 7. 13J Jordan Ford (Earlham); 8. 18B Logan Bock (Auburn); 9. 5DJR Tim Andrews (Adel); 10. 74 Dustin Kingery (Urbandale); 11. 51X Dustin Filloon (Toledo)

 

Feature 3 (12 laps) : 1. 92 Brandon Schneider (Mechanicsville); 2. 87B Brian Frederick (Sac City); 3. 16 Hailey Morse (Montezuma); 4. 5D Mark Downing (Adel); 5. 87v Nico Veverka (Grinnell); 6. 616 Megan Haynes (St Charles); 7. 21L Lathan Goud (Aplington); 8. 62 Cody Howe (Melcher); 9. 17 Dalton Austin (Waverly); 10. 14Z Cody Cleghorn (Des Moines); 11. 24 Butch Lester (What Cheer); 12. C13 Chris Claypool (Mechanicsville)

 

Heat 1 : 1. Audas; 2. Smith; 3. Haring; 4. Hurley; 5. Croy

Heat 2 : 1. Filloon; 2. Andrews; 3. Sowers; 4. Larson; 5. Ford; 6. Dustin Kingery
Heat 3 : 1. Schneider; 2. Cleghorn; 3. Howe; 4. Veverka; 5. Lester; 6. Haynes

Heat 4 : 1. Robinson; 2. Crabill; 3. Jody Kingery; 4. Statler; 5. Glass
Heat 5 : 1. King; 2. Schuring; 3. Wauters; 4. Williams; 5. Bock

Heat 6 : 1. Frederick; 2. Morse; 3. Downing; 4. Austin; 5. Goud; 6. Claypool

 

Hobby Stocks

Feature 1 (12 laps) : 1. 06B Brandan Long (Norwalk); 2. 20 Bruce Kline (Brooklyn); 3. 22 Leroy Kline (Brooklyn); 4. 70X Garrett Croy (Norwalk); 5. 21 Joey Hughes (Montezuma); 6. 2JR Jerry Glass (Des Moines); 7. 49 Brian Bries (Norway); 8. 302 Mike Goldsberry (Runnells)

Feature 2 (12 laps) : 1. 75L Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 2. 99 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 3. 751 Lavern Lehman (Waterloo); 4. 9W Larry Routh (Des Moines); 5. 386B Brandon Tjaden (Norwalk); 6. 12oz Chad "Spanky" Heyveld (Brooklyn); 7. 37 BJ Charlson (Indianola)

Heat 1 : 1. Long; 2. Mike Goldsberry; 3. Bruce Kline; 4. Croy; 5. Leroy Kline; 6. Hughes; 7. Glass; 8. Bries
Heat 2 : 1. Jacob Lehman; 2. Anthony Goldsberry; 3. Lavern Lehman; 4. Heyveld; 5. Charlson; 6. Routh; 7. Tjaden

Trucks (Figure 8)

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 2T Tim McKee (Fremont); 2. 20M Jerry Moffitt (Delta); 3. 8E Bryan Stephenson (What Cheer); 4. 17D Michelle Keasling (What Cheer); 5. 316 Mark Ruggles (What Cheer)

Heat : 1. McKee; 2. Moffitt; 3. Stephenson; 4. Keasling; 5. Ruggles

JR Front Wheel Drive

Feature 1 (8 laps) : 1. 00B Braelynn Long (Norwalk); 2. 23A Kole Adams (Des Moines); 3. 9C Lilyann Hartwig (New Sharon); 4. 68 DJ Albertson (Newton); 5. 17A Addasyn Spain (Greene); 6. 23 Dylan Zuck (Barnes City); 7. 51X Dayton Filloon (Toledo)

Feature 2 (8 laps) : 1. 15 Hannah Swedberg (Milo); 2. 17 Brady Austin (Waverly); 3. 17AL Ryan Austin (Waverly); 4. 95 Aubrey McKasson (Indianola); 5. 14Z Zachary Cleghorn (Des Moines); 6. 21 Addalyn Stevens (Barnes City)

Heat 1 : 1. Hartwig; 2. Albertson; 3. Spain; 4. Adams; 5. Long; 6. Zuck; 7. Filloon
Heat 2 : 1. McKasson; 2. Brady Austin; 3. Swedberg; 4. Ryan Austin; 5. Cleghorn; 6. Stevens

Cruisers

Feature 1 (12 laps) : 1.77 Mark Schuring / Jerret Utterback (Otley); 2. 55X Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam (Sully); 3. 2B James Tarter/ Britton Brickman (Des Moines); 4. 27 Taylor Stoddard / Bretn Bardwell (Montezuma); 5. 2 Nate Veverka / Adam Petrzelka (Amana); 6. 21 Tanner Bodecker / Brandt Bodecker (Cedar Falls); 7. 17D Deal Keasling / Cody Shermer (What Cheer); 8. 23 Trysten LaRue / Jason Rewerts (Ackley); 9. 78 Lane LaRue / Brady Ringleb (Dumont); 10. 10 Colin Zander / Taner Yakel (Coulter); 11. 386B Brandon Tjaden / John Alexander (Norwalk)

Feature 2 (12 laps) : 1.  22Z Duane Zander / Jesse Zander (Coulter); 2. 75L Lavern Lehman / Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 3. 3 Chad Clabaugh / Wyatt Clabaugh (Williamsburg); 4. C42 Steven Milton / Riley Cope (Williamsburg); 5. 20 Danielle Kline / Bruce Kline (Brooklyn); 6. 2K Whitney Kline / Alex Kline (Brooklyn); 7. 19 Josh Albertson / Zach Leach (Newton); 8. 23v Jacob Anderson / Tyler Shuttleworth (What Cheer); 9. 134 Jeriray Croy / Jacob Greif (Indianola); 10. 316 Brandon Stoddard / Mark Ruggles (What Cheer); 11. 126 Blaine Wolter / Devon Heitland (Sheffield)

Heat 1 : 1. Schuring / Utterback; 2. Tjaden / Alexander; 3. L. LaRue / Ringleb; 4. T. Stoddard / Bardwell; 5. Veverka / Petrzelka; 6. C. Zander/ Yakel

Heat 2 : 1. D. Zander / J. Zander; 2. D. Kline / B. Kline; 3. Milton / Cope; 4. Anderson / Shuttleworth; 5. Croy / Greif; 6. Albertson / Leach
Heat 3 : 1. Vanderwilt / Maasdam; 2. T. LaRue / Rewerts; 3. T. Bodecker / B. Bodecker; 4. Keasling / Shermer; 5. Tarter / Brickman

Heat 4 : 1. C. Clabaugh / W. Clabaugh; 2. L. Lehman / J. Lehman; 3. Wolter / Heitland; 4. W. Kline / A. Kline; 5. B. Stoddard / Ruggles

 

Stock

Feature 1 (12 laps) : 1. 13H Ashton Hartwig (New Sharon); 2. 12X Daryl Cavin (Fremont); 3. 26A Dan Arnett (Newton); 4. 10X Marvin Housley II (Newton); 5. 0K Jerome Kline (Brooklyn); 6. 39G Terry Housley (Newton); 7. 3 Wyatt Clabaugh (Williamsburg); 8. 64R Richard Miller (Oskaloosa); 9. 85 Josh Albertson (Newton); 10. 13 Michael Wize (Gretna, Neb.); 11. 5J Zach Jastorff (Sac City); 12. 3T Jesse Tarter (Norwalk); 13. J2 Joey Breeden (Grinnell)

Feature 2 (12 laps) : 1. 99 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 2. 9-11 Mike Vander Molen (Sully); 3. 77 Mark Schuring (Otley); 4. 514LL Lane "Farmer" Leerhoff (Plainsfield); 5. 02 Rick "Goose" Goldsberry (Runnells); 6. 343 Josh Vander Molen (Sully); 7. 30 Brian Stevens (Winterset); 8. 07 Dylan McKasson (Indianola); 9. 012 Corey Mortenson (Newton); 10. 38 George Schur (Sac City); 11. 43 Craig Gonnerman (Iowa Falls); 12. 93 Ben Dillon (Coulter)

Heat 1 : 1. Marvin Housley; 2. Terry Housley; 3. Breeden; 4. Clabaugh; 5. Miller; 6. Tarter; 7. Albertson

Heat 2 : 1. Schuring; 2. Anthony Goldsberry; 3. Josh Vander Molen; 4. McKasson; 5. Mortenson; 6. Schur
Heat 3 : 1. Jastorff; 2. Arnett; 3. Hartwig; 4. Kline; 5. Cavin; 6. Wize

Heat 4 : 1. Mike Vander Molen; 2. Rick Goldsberry; 3. Leerhoff; 4. Stevens; 5. Dillon; 6. Gonnerman

 

Open

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 49 Jerrod Thompson (Sigourney); 2. 31 Jesse Sanders (Lynnville); 3. 2N John Watts (Oskaloosa); 4. 91T Ted Armstrong (Victor); 5. 76 Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 6. 56 Matt Cook (Omaha, Neb.); 7. 22 Duane Zander (Coulter)

Heat : 1. Thompson; 2. Sanders; 3. Watts; 4. Armstrong; 5. Zander; 6. Lehman; 7. Cook

Pro-Stock

Feature 1 (12 laps) : 1. 88R Kyle Richardson (Kellogg); 2. 75 Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 3. 00C Cade Groeneveld (Wellsburg); 4. 51 Colton Wersinger (Parkersburg); 5. 54 Riley Cope (North English); 6. 18 Aaron Roudabush (Brooklyn); 7. 99 Lance Baker (Barnes City); 8. 33 Trenton Witt (Oskaloosa)

Feature 2 (12 laps) : 1. 22X Brad Graham (Brooklyn); 2. 3B Cameron Eichhorn (Guernsey); 3. 104 Zach Lewis (Dumont); 4. 8T JR Tarter (Des Moines); 5. 24 Butch Lester (What Cheer); 6. 93S Brian Sterling (Fremont); 7. 42 Justin Wedeking (Clarksville)

Heat 1 : 1. Lehman; 2. Richardson; 3. Roudabush; 4. Baker; 5. Groeneveld; 6. Wersinger; 7. Cope; 7. Witt
Heat 2 : 1. Lewis; 2. Eichhorn; 3. Wedeking; 4. Sterling; 5. Lester; 6. Graham; 7. Tarter