Day two activities started by having the locked in drivers from Friday's features redraw for their starting spots in the Maine Events for the Championship title belts. Then the Track Champions were crowned and top ten in points were given their awards.
Micro Sprints Track Championship went to Travis Rewerts by 10 points over Tyler Lee with Dallas Darnell in third. Junior Front Wheel Drive saw Addasyn Spain win by 2 points over Dylan Zuck with Addalyn Stevens in third. Cruisers went to Mark Schuring / Jerret Utterback by 1 point over Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam and 9 points over Lavern Lehman / Jacob Lehman.
Ethan Wauters claim the track championship in the Front Wheel Drive class by 16 points over John Schuring, Tony Audas in third just four points behind Schuring. Jacob Lehman hung on to win the Hobby Stocks by 1 point over Brandan Long with Leroy Kline in third. Mark Ruggles won the Trucks by 9 points over Jerry Moffitt and 14 points over Michelle Keasling.
"Magic" Mike Vander Molen won the Stock Figure Eight class by 3 points over Dan Arnett and 4 points over Jerome Kline. Jerrod Thompson won the Open Figure Eight class by 5 points over John Watts and 14 pts over Ted Armstrong. Brad Graham won the Pro-Stock Figure Eight by 3 pts over Bradly Graham, "Ageless" Butch Lester was third.
After all the the Final night of Racing at the Brooklyn Raceway in 2020 got rocking and rolling on Night Two of the Fall Nationals presented by Lakeside Hotel & Casino. The racing was exciting and you could say the smackdown was laid down as drivers want to go home with a title belt for winning.
First feature of the night was the 30 lap Micro Sprints feature event. Zach Nelson wrestled the race lead from Dylan Larsen early and led until a caution on lap three for Morgan Dennis in turn two. Nelson led one more lap but Joe Dent took over the race lead on lap five. The caution came out on lap six when Josh Moffitt stopped in turn three. Michael Lange spun in turn four on lap seven bringing out another caution. Just after the completion of lap eight the caution came out one final time this time for Lucas Logue spinning in turn two leaving Dennis and Dallas Darnell nowhere to go forcing them to make contact. Dent held on and went on to take the feature win ahead of Hunter Lane. Lane finished second in the Travis Rewerts hot rod. Tyler Lee was third, Alex Vandervoort was fourth and Zach Nelson was fifth.
Dalton Sowers wrestled the early lead from pole sitter Brian Frederick in the 12 lap Front Wheel Drive feature event. Sowers held off challenges from Frederick until the caution came out for debris in turn two. Sowers continued to lead but Mark Smith got by Frederick to take over the runner-up spot before a caution came out on lap six when Jay Crabill spun in turn two. Sowers held off Smith to take the feature win. Smith was second, Frederick was third, Tyler Haring and John Schuring was fourth and fifth respectively.
Before a lap was completely scored in the Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event, the caution came out when Bruce Kline spun in turn four. Brandan Long grabbed the race lead and managed to lead from start to finish. There was a caution on lap seven for Leroy Kline and Mike Goldsberry getting hooked together in turn four. Long was not to be denied going to grab the Fall Nationals win ahead of Bruce Kline, Anthony Goldsberry, Garrett Croy and Leroy Kline.
Tim McKee appeared to be the guy to beat in the Trucks Figure Eight 12 lap feature event but lap traffic came a factor on lap six allowing "Tiny" Dave Sellers to take over race lead. McKee grabbed the lead back on lap seven however some contact was made cutting a tire down on the McKee ride. The caution came out on lap eight when Bryan Stephenson stopped the middle. Sellers led the final four laps to take the win. Jerry Moffitt finished second, Michelle Keasling was third. McKee got fourth and Stephenson was fifth.
In the Cruisers 12 lap feature, there was a red flag on the first lap when Taylor Stoddard / Brent Bardwell ride caught fire near the fuel cell. After Brooklyn Fire got the fire out the race going going and the team of Mark Schuring / Jerret Utterback grabbed the race lead. Schuring / Utterback held off Duane Zander / Jesse Zander and then Corey Vanderwilt / Brett Maasdam. Schuring / Utterback won the track champion and managed to go on and claim the Fall Nationals feature win. Vanderwilt / Maasdam, Danielle Kline / Bruce Kline, Duane Zander / Jesse Zander and Trysten LaRue / Jason Rewerts rounded out the top five.
Brady Austin led the first lap of the Junior Front Wheel Drive feature event before he messed up resulting in the field to bunch up and Kole Adams spun in turn four. That gave the lead over to Addasyn Spain. Spain went on to take the feature win ahead of Zachary Cleghorn and DJ Albertson. Austin was fourth and Adams was fifth.
"Magic" Mike Vander Molen was crowned the track champion early in the day in the Stock Figure 8 class and grabbed the lead early from his outside front starting spot. Vander Molen led until the caution came out just after the completion of lap three when Ashton Hartwig and Lane Leerhoff get together in turn three. Anthony Goldsberry took the lead away and managed to hold of Mark Schuring to take the win. Schuring was second, Rick "Goose" Goldsberry was third, Dan Arnett was fourth and Lane "Farmer" Leerhoff was fifth.
Jerrod Thompson led all twelve laps of the Open Figure 8 feature event with his friend Jesse Sanders in tow the entire distance. John Watts ran third, Ted Armstrong was fourth and Jacob Lehman was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 12 lap Pro-Stock Figure Eight feature event. Cameron Eichhorn took the race lead early after wrestling it away from Kyle Richardson. The caution came out on lap two for Aaron Roudabush spinning in the figure eight. Another caution came out on lap three when JR Tarter and Riley Cope get together in turn one. After lap four was scored the caution was displayed when Eichhorn and Brian Sterling getting together in turn four. Richardson inherited the lead on the restart but the caution came out one final time on lap seven when Tarter spun in turn three. Richardson led the final five laps fending off Roudabush to take the feature win. Eichhorn finished third, "Ageless" Butch Lester was fourth and Lehman was fifth.
Final checkered flag was displayed at 10:42 pm on Saturday putting an ending to the 2020 season at Brooklyn Raceway, that like many other race tracks was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keep an eye out during the fall and winter months as 2021 racing schedule from the Brooklyn Raceway will be posted. Brooklyn Raceway has four
classes of Figure 8 : Open, Stock, Pro Stock
and Trucks along with five circle track classes : Front Wheel Drive, JR
Front Wheel Drive, Hobby Stocks, Micro Sprints and Cruisers.
I want to thank every driver who has loved the exposure of racing at the Brooklyn Raceway with blog recaps or pictures, it means a lot it makes me feel appreciated for all the work I do for motorsports. Thanks to Don and Shelley Wauters for inviting me to be a part of the staff this season it was truly an honor. Thanks to all the friend I have made this year its been fun and I hope to see you all again in 2021.
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 Finale 9-19-20 photo album.
Brooklyn Raceway
Fall Nationals presented by Lakeside Hotel & Casino
Saturday September 19th, 2020
Heat 2 : 1. Vandervoort; 2. Seubert; 3. Dennis; 4. Logue; 5. Lange; 6. Simmons
Front Wheel Drive
Heat 3 : 1. Jody Kingery; 2. Bock; 3. 16 Hailey Morse (Montezuma); 4. 90T Casey Lynch (Sac City); 5. 13J Jordan Ford (Earlham); 6. 47 Terry Hurley (Des Moines); 7. 74 Dustin Kingery (Urbandale)
Heat 2 : 1. Tjaden; 2. Lavern Lehman; 3. Heyveld; 4. 9W Larry Routh (Des Moines); 5. 37 BJ Charlson (Indianola)
Trucks (Figure 8)
JR Front Wheel Drive
Heat 1 : 1. Tater / Brickman; 2. Trysten LaRue / Rewerts; 3. C42 Steven Milton / Greg Tish (Williamsburg); 4. 2K Whitney Kline / Alex Kline (Brooklyn); 5. 134 Jeriray Croy / Jacob Greif (Indianola); 6. 43 Craig Gohnerman / Theron Anlmar (Lincoln, Neb.); 7. 386B Brandon Tjaden / John Alexander (Norwalk)
Heat 3 : 1. Taylor Stoddard / Bardwell; 2. Tanner Bodecker / Brandt Bodecker; 3. 78 Lane LaRue / Brady Ringleb (Dumont); 4. 37 BJ Charlson / Lexie Whitmore (Indianola); 5. 72 Jordan Hartwig / Justin Hulbart (What Cheer); 6. 316 Brandon Stoddard / Mark Ruggles (What Cheer); 7. Schuring / Leach
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 99 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 2. 77 Mark Schuring (Otley); 3. 02 Rick "Goose" Goldsberry (Runnells); 4. 26A Dan Arnett (Newton); 5. 514LL Lane "Farmer" Leerhoff (Plainsfield); 6. 12X Daryl Cavin (Fremont); 7. 0K Jerome Kline (Brooklyn); 8. 38 George Schur (Sac City); 9. 9-11 Mike Vander Molen (Sully); 10. 13H Ashton Hartwig (New Sharon)
Heat 3 : 1. Rick Goldsberry; 2. Schur; 3. 39G Terry Housley (Newton); 4. 3T Jesse Tarter (Norwalk); 5. 4P William Post (Newton); 6. 85 Josh Albertson (Newton); 7. 30 Brian Stevens (Winterset); 8. 10X Marvin Housley II (Newton)
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. Lester; 2. Sterling; 3. Baker; 4. Cope; 5. Roudabush; 6. Tarter; 7. Wersinger
