Salute to Veterans had 3 tribute cars in the Modifieds, Stock Cars and Sport Mods. Modifieds was Kelly Shryock, Todd Shute and Nick Meyer. Stock Cars was David Smith, Loren Pesicka and Jeffrey Larson. Sport Mods was Cam Reimers, Colby Fett and Jared Boumeester. Salute to Veterans Night presented by Kemna Auto Group with support for Bruce Lundin Construction, Caterpillar Inc., Chrome Truckstop, Central Financial, F8 Creative, JDR Seeds, Klein Insurance, MaxYield Seed, Meyer Farms, S&B Farm Distillery, Skoglund Meats, Snap-On Tools, Brian's Repair and Algona Plumbing & Heating.
Hunting with Heroes is a non-profit organization based in Lakota, Iowa by Jason and Bernie Becker in 2011. The successes of this organization have been made possible through the generous support of the people of Lakota, Buffalo Center, Rake, Thompson, Ledyard, Algona and Bancroft.
The racing was fantastic as they went two, three and four wide racing. One Hundred Twenty Nine cars checked in on the night including 31 IMCA Sport Mods, 30 IMCA Stock Cars, 29 IMCA Modifieds, 23 IMCA Hobby Stocks, 11 IMCA Sport Compacts and 5 Cruisers. After opening Ceremonies wrapped the first official green flag from Flagman Logan Kelly displayed at 7:45p and the last checkered flag displayed at 12:14a.
Jade Lange and Arianna Prothman led the field to the green in the IMCA Sport Compacts 8 lap feature. Lange grabbed lead early but the caution came out when Charles Prime spun in turn two. Lange challenged on the restart by Lucas Parsons and Kaytee Devries, Parsons took over the race lead. Lange refused to go away as he challenged Parsons for the race lead but Parsons able to fend him off until the white flag. Lange made the move to take the race lead away and held off Parsons to take his third feature win in as many weeks at Kossuth County. Parsons finished second, RJ Esqueda got by Devries for third, Devries was fourth and Chris Wilson was fifth.
Mike Smith wrestled the early race lead away from fellow row starter Chris Krug in the twelve lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. Smith held off Krug and Dylan Fitzpatrick until the caution came out on lap four when Logan Knudson slowed in turn one. Smith held off Krug but now also had to contend with Josh Sidles, as Sidles took second away from Krug. The cautions came out again on lap seven for Justin Jones in turn two and lap nine for Brandon Nielsen in turn four and Josh Jorgenson in turn one. Smith held off Sidles on the restarts but Sidles continue to put pressure on the youngster. Sidles made the move and beat Smith to the finish line to take the feature win, just as they came across the line the caution came out for Tyler Beckler in turn one and Jorgenson in turn four. With Sidles taking the feature win and the Smith finished second, rounding out the top five was Fitzpatrick, Carter Koop and Krug.
Up next was the IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature event. Izac Mallicoat grabbed the early lead fendinf off George Nordman and Colby Fett. The caution came out just after lap two scored in the books when Jake Sachau spun in turn four. Mallicoat again fended off Nordman and Fett on the restart but the caution came out again after lap three scored when Greg Elliott spun in turn four. Mallicoat, Nordman and Fett went three wide on the restart with Mallicoat maintaining the lead on lap four. Fett edged out Nordman for second and then took the race lead away from Mallicoat on lap five. The caution came out two more times on lap six and seven for Greg Noah spinning. Colby Fett held off brother Alec Fett on the restart of both cautions before pulling away to go on and take his third win of the season in Algona. Nordman finished runner-up, Austin Schrage finished third, Jared Boumesster was fourth and Alec Fett fell back to fifth.
Next Thursday August 5th, Kossuth County Speedway in Algona will be the Denny Hovinga and Gary Harken Memorial during the Kossuth County Fair. Both Hovinga and Harken inducted in the Kossuth County Agricultural and Motorsports Museum, Hovinga in 2008 and Harken in 2015. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts and Cruisers are all racing. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing to Follow.
Following week August 12th, the weekly classes joined by Vintage Cars and Season Championship Night is on Thursday August 19th.
The Hunting with Heroes Salute to Veterans Tour takes Friday Night off before wrapping up the three night Tour at "Iowa's Action Track" The Boone Speedway on Saturday Night. Saturday's Race sponsored by Karl Chevrolet and WHO DT 13 with support from Caterpillar Inc., EMW Trucking / Waltert Farms, Fareway Meat & Grocery, F8 Creative, Hy-Vee Food Stores, S&B Farm Distrillery, Skoglund Meats, Snap-On Tools and Wyckhoff Heating & Cooling. IMCA Modifieds race for a top prize of $3,000, Stock Cars and Sport Mods are $1,000 to win and IMCA Hobby Stocks are $600 to win. The IMCA Mod Lites are also on the card, Hot Laps at 6p and Racing at 7p.
For more information about Kossuth County Speedway like the Facebook page Kossuth County Speedway or contact Kossuth County Fairboard President Scott Schultze at (515) 341-1372 or Track Manager Ron Reefer at (515) 341-8803.
For more information about the Hunting with Heroes and the Salute to Veterans Tour like the Hunting with Heroes Facebook page Hunting with Heroes or contact Jason Becker at jasonb41@yahoo.com.
Kossuth County Speedway
Hunting with Heroes "Salute to Veterans"
Thursday July 29th, 2021
IMCA MODFIEDS
Feature (20 laps) : 1. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 2. 18Z Zane DeVilbiss (Farmington, NM); 3. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 10 Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake); 6. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 7. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 8. 25 Ricky Stephan (South Sioux City, Neb.); 9. 6XXX Zach Dockter (Norwich, ND); 10. XXX Jesse Rogotzke (Sanborn, Minn.); 11. 74T Ben Schultze (Algona); 12. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 13. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 14. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 15. 007 Zach Nitsch (Deila, Kan.); 16. 20 Brandon Schmitt (Beaver Dam, Wis.); 17. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore); 18. 343 Jeff Feaster (Humboldt); 19. 8L Lyle Sathoff (Sherburn, Minn.); 20. 19M Dan Menk (Franklin, Minn.); 21. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 22. 49 Mat Hollerich (Good Thunder, Minn.); 23. 35 Nate Barker (Lakefield, Minn.); 24. 11X Tom Berry Jr. (Des Moines).
B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Rust; 2. Hollerich; 3. Knecht; 4. Barker; 5. 5X Brandon Beckendorf (Danube, Minn.); 6. 60 Tyler Wirtjes (Mason City); 7. 98 Jacob Snyder (Dunkerton); DNS 21 David Brown (Kellogg); DNS 72 Austin Wolf (Algona).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Shute; 2. Rogotzke; 3. Stephan; 4. Schmitt; 5. Menk; 6. Rust; 7. Wirtjes; 8. Snyder.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. DeVilbiss; 2. Laney; 3. Dockter; 4. Meyer; 5. Sathoff; 6. Barker; DQ Brown.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Mills; 2. Wilson; 3. McBirnie; 4. Nitsch; 5. Abelson; 6. Hollerich; DNS Wolf.
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Berry; 2. Ward; 3. Shryock; 4. Schultze; 5. Feaster; 6. Knecht; 7. Beckendorf.
IMCA STOCK CARS
Feature (15 laps) : 1. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 2. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick); 3. 0 Jake O'Neil (Tucson, Ariz.); 4. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 5. 18Z Zane DeVilbiss (Farmington, NM); 6. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt); 7. 5L Dustin Larson (Rushmore, Minn.); 8. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 9. 5X Brandon Beckendorf (Danube, Minn.); 10. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 11. 25D Bob Daniels (Des Moines); 12. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, Minn.); 13. 21K Jake Masters (Graettinger); 14. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer); 15. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 16. 73 Troy Swearingen (Thompson); 17. 88 Ryan Watnem (Humboldt); 18. 27 Bruce Wickman (Emmetsburg); 19. 46M Loren Pesicka (Burt); 20. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson); 21. 77K Jacob Kofoot (Algona); 22. 517 McCain Jennings (Algona); 23. 7L Jeffrey Larson (Lakefield, Minn.); 24. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City).
B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Watnem; 2. Kofoot; 3. Swearingen; 4. Landheer; 5. 32J Austin Jahnz (Lewisville, Minn.); 6. Z3 Mike Albertsen (Audubon); 7. 90.5 Tommy Fain (Abilene, Texas); 8. 95 Chance Larson (Dunnel, Minn.); DNS 98 Daniel Hanselman (Algona); DNS 5 Luke Sathoff (Jackson, Minn.).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. DeVilbiss; 2. Beckendorf; 3. Masters; 4. Opheim; 5. Kofoot; 6. Chance Larson.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Devin Smith; 2. Hollatz; 3. Lange; 4. Nielsen; 5. Swearingen; 6. Hanselman.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. O'Neil; 2. Jeffrey Larson; 3. Daniels; 4. Pesicka; 5. Albetsen; 6. Watnem.
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Donavon Smith; 2. Palmer; 3. David Smith; 4. Wickman; 5. Landheer; 6. Fain.
Heat 5 (8 laps) : 1. Dustin Larson; 2. Shyrock; 3. Mackenthun; 4. Jennings; 5. Sathoff; 6. Jahnz.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
Feature (15 laps) : 1. 00 Colby Fett (Algona); 2. 90 George Nordman (Mason City); 3. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 4. 81 Jared Boumeester (Waseca, Minn.); 5. 08 Alec Fett (Burt); 6. 1 Jeff Maasch (Vesta, Minn.); 7. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 8. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 9. 5J Justin Raymond (Burt); 10. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 11. 181 Charlie Stevens (Algona); 12. 008 Drew Fett (Thompson); 13. 79W Bill Wegner (Armstrong); 14. T16 Greg Elliott (Webster City); 15. 3F Jeramie Faber (Burt); 16. 25S Alex Smith (Algona); 17. 25 Doug Cook (Algona); 18. 14S Jake Sachau (Manning); 19. XXX Mathew Hanson (Klemme); 20. 21 Cam Reimers (Kelley); 21. 56 Greg Noah (Buffalo Center); 22. 5D Devyn Peterson (Milford, Neb.); 23. 24Z Jacob Zellner (New Franken, Wis.); 24. 88N Nate Albrant (Clear Lake).
B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Elliott; 2. Raymond; 3. Peterson; 4. Wegner; 5. 14Z Zach Norgaard (Spencer); 6. 39 Kevin Wiemers (Burt); 7. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 8. 21F Richard Fish (Corwith); 9. 86 Randy Cram (Algona); 10. 98X Mike Hansen (Gillett Grove); 11. 12 Devin Fish (Corwith).
Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Sachau; 2. Austin Schrage; 3. Brian Schrage; 4. Albrant; 5. Hansen; 6. Wiemers; 7. Devin Fish.
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Zellner; 2. Maasch; 3. Reimers; 4. Smith; 5. Elliott; 6. Raymond.
Heat 4 (6 laps) : 1. Alec Fett; 2. Nordman; 3. Kuehl; 4. Noah; 5. Cram; DQ Richard Fish.
Heat 5 (6 laps) : 1. Colby Fett; 2. Boumeester; 3. Stevens; 4. Drew Fett; 5. Wegner; 6. Gilliland.
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
Feature (15 laps) : 1. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg); 2. 22 Mike Smith (Lake City); 3. 82 Dylan Fitzpatrick (Magnolia, Minn.); 4. 52 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 5. 91 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg); 6. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 7. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 8. 50K Kolby Goepel (Britt); 9. 10M Colton Monson (Humboldt); 10. 01X Gavin Bussinger (Granada, Minn.); 11. 20J Darin Johnson (Dickens); 12. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg); 13. 10X Brett Doege (Buffalo Center); 14. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer); 15. 01 Micah Lavrenz (Burt); 16. 76 Justin Jones (Renwick); 17. 48 Steve Wickman (Emmetsburg); 18. 88B Tyler Beckler (Titonka); 19. 86 Josh Jorgenson (Emmetsburg); 20. 1 Greg Sidles (Fairmont, Minn.); 21. 24W Doug Wickman (Algona); 22. 7 Logan Knudson (Buffalo Center); 23. 27 James Burns (Algona).
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Steve Wickman; 2. Koop; 3. Greg Sidles; 4. Knudson; 5. Jorgenson; 6. Beckler.
Heat 4 (6 laps) : 1. Krug; 2. Smith; 3. Nielsen; 4. Goepel; 5. Doege.
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
Feature (8 laps) : 1. 43 Jade Lange (Humboldt); 2. 38 Lucas Parsons (Burt); 3. 16 RJ Esqueda (Granada, Minn.); 4. 8K Kaytee Devries (Spencer); 5. 99 Chris Wilson (Britt); 6. 28K Brayton Kajewski (Bancroft); 7. 7P Charles Prime (Britt); 8. 75 Arianna Prothman (Algona); 9. 63 Frank Holt (Corwith); 10. 11D Dan Potts (Algona); 11. 21T Tayla Lange (Ames).
Heat 1 (4 laps) : 1. Parsons; 2. Wilson; 3. Tayla Lange; 4. Kajewski; 5. Prime; 6. Holt.
CRUISERS
Feature (6 laps) : 1. 7 Zach Vader / Brody Vader (Pocahontas); 2. 83 Joe Heyes / Chris Heyes (Burt); 3. 6M Makenna Pesicka / Makiley Pesicka (Burt); 4. 31 Peg Lewis / Heather Pesicka (Cylinder); 5. 31.5 Thomas Gronbach / Dalton Lewis (Titonka).
Heat 1 (4 laps) : 1. Lewis / Pesicka; 2. Vader / Vader; 3. Heyes / Heyes; 4. Pesicka / Pesicka; 5. Gronbach / Lewis.