Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Beckendorf, Shryock, Looft, Johnson and Monson Claim Salute to Veterans Wins in Spencer

Originally I had no plans to sneak a race in before heading to Minnesota this weekend for a family function but Team 3W Racing and Owner Tyler Wollam asked if I wanted to go to the Clay County Fair Speedway for racing, I look to see if I could and I was able to so finally I made my first ever visit to the track in Spencer, Iowa. They have been friends of mine for many years and I have so much fun hanging out with them at the races, I have made several first time visits to race tracks with them in the years and they are big supporters of the Foxman which I appreciate a lot. 

I was extremely impressed with the Clay County Fairgrounds as it is a fantastic facility, the only down side is that it is three hours away and makes for a rough day. The facility that only races so many times a year is well maintained, most nights they are done at decent time but the Salute to Veterans Tour nights always have a lot of things for the veterans that make the race longer. I know if the Clay County Fair Speedway was closer I would definitely make more trips because I was extremely impressed. 

There was great two, three and a time or two four wide racing that saw One hundred-thirty eight cars checked in. Trent Chinn and his crew put on a great show that kept moving along minus a very brief intermission to take of some more Salute to Veterans. Final checkered flag was displayed at 12:03am after getting the car loaded it meant we were back on the road for Marshalltown around 1am, we rolled back to town at around 4am. 

Hunting with Heroes Salute to Veterans Tour Night one was presented by Alumna Aluminum Trailers & Altenburg Construction. Top Gun Partners included American Muscle, Bruce Lundin Construction, Gary Larson, Go Gutters, HomeInstead, Pearson's Recycling, S&B Farm Distillery, Sybesma Graphics and Snap On Tools.  Salute to Veterans Drivers with special wraps, In the Modifieds : Jeremy Mills, Nick Meyer, Johnathon Logue and Jake McBirnie. Stock Cars : Kelly Shryock, Chanse Hollatz and Wayne Landheer. Sport Mods : Matthew Looft, Taylor Kuehl and Jake Sachau. 

First feature of the night was the seven lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature event. "Racin' Flagman" Logan Kelly grabbed the early race lead from his outside front row starting spot and was followed by Megan Sandvig. The caution came out on lap two when a car went off the top of turn one. Kelly held of Sandvig and Camden Nehring on the restart but Oliver Monson and Nate Coopman began to challenge Kelly for the lead. Coopman took the lead away on lap six but on the final lap, Monson was able to edge out a four wide finish over Tyler Thompson, Coopman and Kelly. Kaytee Devries came home fifth. 

Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks 18 lap feature event was up next on the 3/8 mile banked dirt track. Justin Frederick took the early race lead but just after the completion of lap one the caution came out. The caution was for Kyle Kiner and Jeremy Ertman in turn four and Chris Krug off top of turn one. Frederick had to contend with Jim Johnson on the restart. Johnson wrestled to the lead away on lap three. The caution came out again on lap five when Riley Songer, John Ross and Tyler Smith in turn two. Johnson held off Frederick and Malik Sampson on the restart. Johnson on the bottom side and Malik Sampson on the top side, Sampson took the lead away briefly on lap nine, Johnson refused to come away and took the lead away on lap 12. The caution came out one more time on lap 16 for Songer in turn one. Johnson held on to take the win despite a hard charging Dylan Nelson to claim the top prize of $1,000. Nelson finished second, Sampson in third, Jay Devries in fourth and Drew Barglof was fifth. 

Up next was the Rabel Construction IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature. Matthew Looft, defending and four time national champion, jumped out the race lead fending off Brian Schrage. Just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Will Garceau and Taylor Kuehl spun in turn two. Looft fended of Schrage and Jake Simpson on the restart but the caution came out on lap three when Kuehl went off the top side turn one, ending her night. Looft looked strong and started to pull away until the caution came out on lap twelve for Jeremiah Reed spinning in turn four after getting help from Nate Whitehurst. Looft got another restart but the caution came out again on lap 18, Dyllan Ricks in turn one, forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Looft hung on to take the feature win worth $1,250 to win, Jake Sachau finished second. Brian Schrage, Cam Reimers and Justin Klynsma rounded out top five. 

Brandon Beckendorf and Jeremy Mills led the field to green in the KICD Radio IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature. Mills wrestled the lead early but Beckendorf refused to go away, Beckendorf took the lead away on lap five and started to pull away until a caution on lap nine when Dylan Sherfick and Chris Abelson in turn turn four, Sherflick was sent to the the tail. Beckendorf appeared to be having a commanding lead until lap twelve when the Dakota Classic Mod Tour Champion Tom Berry Jr went to make a slider. Beckendorf countered and maintain the lead, Berry slapped the wall exiting turn four. The caution came out on lap 14 for Chris Abelson in turn four. Berry tried another slider on  Beckendorf but once again Beckendorf held him off only to see the caution come out on lap 17 for Zack Rawlins in turn two. Beckendorf held on to take the win and its top prize of $3,500 to win. Jake McBirnie, worked his way from ninth to finish second. Berry, Tim Ward and Jeremy Mills finished third through fifth respectively. 

Final feature of the night was the Mr. B's Flooring IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature, Randy Brands wrestled the lead away from pole sitter "Wahoo" Mike Albertson. Brands pulled away and looked to be heading on to the win but the caution came out on lap 11 for debris in turn one putting Chanse Hollatz and Kelly Shryock on his back bumper. Brands held them off but the caution came out again on lap 14 when Cody Nielsen spun turn two. Brands led until Shryock took the lead away on lap eighteen just before a trio of cautions. The first caution was for Derek Green in turn two, Green was sent to the tail but did not agree and felt he had help. Green then showed his displeasure with the track officials, did donuts on the bottom of the front stretch, officials decided no points no pay. Shryock went on to take the feature win, worth of $2,250 to win, ahead of Hollatz, Elijah Zevenbergen, Damon Murty and Brands. 

Next race at the Clay County Fair Speedway is The Clay County Clash presented by Farmers Trust & Savings Bank and Abel Drainage & Excavating on Monday August 1st. IMCA Modifieds presented by KICD, IMCA Stock Cars presented by Mr. B's Flooring, IMCA Sport Mods presented by Rabel Construction and IMCA Hobby Stocks presented by Arnold Motor Supply are $1,000 to win. IMCA Sport Compacts are $200 to win. Pits Open at 5p, Grandstands at 6p, Hot Laps at 6:45p, Racing to Follow.

Hunting with Heroes Salute to Veterans Tour continues on Thursday Night at the Kossuth County Speedway in Algona and Saturday Night at the Boone Speedway. IMCA Modifieds ($3,500 to win Algona / $5,000 to win Boone), IMCA Stock Cars ($3,500 to win Algona / $2,000 to win Boone), IMCA Sport Mods ($1,500 to win Algona / $1,000 to win Boone) and IMCA Hobby Stocks ($1,000 to win Algona / $600 to win Boone). IMCA Sport Compacts and Cruisers join the fun at Kossuth County while the IMCA Mod Lites. Thursday Start times are Hot Laps at 7p, Racing to Follow and Saturday is Hot Laps at 5:30p, Racing at 7p. 

For more information about the Clay County Fair Speedway check out https://claycountyfair.com/summer-racing/ or Clay County Fair Speedway on myracepass or like the Facebook page Clay County Fair Speedway or Trent Chinn Promotions Facebook Page or contact Trent Chinn at (712) 260-5254.  Trent Chinn Promotions also operates the Buena Vista Raceway in Alta and the Hancock County Speedway in Britt. 

For more on the Hunting with Heroes like the Facebook page Hunting with Heroes or contact lakotahuntingwithheroes@gmail.com.

Clay County Fair Speedway

Hunting with Heroes Salute to Veterans Tour - Night 1
presented by Aluma Aluminum Trailers & Altenburg Construction

Wednesday July 20th, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by KICD Radio

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 5 Brandon Beckendorf (Danube, Minn.); 2. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 3. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 10 Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake); 6. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca, Minn.); 7. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 8. XXX Jesse Rogotzke (Sanborn, Minn,); 9. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 10. X Joshua Rogotzke (Sanborn, Minn.); 11. 6Z Zach Dockter (Norwich, ND); 12. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 13. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 14. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 15. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore); 16. 17S James Slawson (Spirit Lake); 17. 25 Ricky Stephan (South Sioux City, Neb.); 18. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 19. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 20. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 21. 8L Lyle Sathoff (Sherburn, Minn.); 22. 66D Dylan Sherfick (Wakeeney, Kan.); 23. 10N Keegan Nordquist (Beresford, SD); DNS 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.). 

B-Feature 1 (12 laps) : 1. Dotson; 2. Knecht; 3. Thompson; 4. Meyer; 5. Stephan; 6. Rawlins; 7. Slawson; 8. Drury; 9. 8 Mike Jensen (Spencer); 10. 80 Josh Bonnstetter (Slayton, Minn.); 11. C5 Chris Palsrok (Estherville); 12. 07B Corey Bosma (Ocheyedan); 13. 37J Pappie Leonard (Ravenden, Ark.); 14. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Shefick; 2. Ward; 3. McBirnie; 4. Shryock; 5. Dotson; 6. Thompson; 7. Smith; 8. Palsrok. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Beckendorf; 2. Abelson; 3. Stinehart; 4. Dockter; 5. Meyer; 6. Jensen; 7. Slawson; 8. Drury.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Laney; 2. Logue; 3. Joshua Rogotzke; 4. Nordquist; 5. Knecht; 6. Rawlins; 8. Leonard. 
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Berry; 2. Jesse Rogotzke; 3. Mills; 4. Sathoff; 5. Bosma; 6. Stephan; 7. Bonnstetter. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Mr. B's Flooring

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 2. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 3. 66Z Elijah Zevenbergen (Ocheyedan); 4. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 5. 27 Randy Brands (Boyden); 6. 517 McCain Jennings (Algona); 7. 35JW Casey Woken (Norton, Kan.); 8. 7L Jeffrey Larson (Reading, Minn.); 9. 3Z Mike Albertson (Audubon); 10. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 11. 6X Jake O'Neil (Tucson, Ariz.); 12. 17X Justin Luinenburg (Reading, Minn.); 13. 42 Chad Overgaard (Luverne, Minn.); 14. 33 Tim Rupp (Cherokee); 15. 5L Dustin Larson (Rushmore, Minn.); 16. 7C Andrew Claus (Spencer); 17. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 18. 1H Tom Hagedorn (Spencer); 19. 82 Dylan Fitzpatrick (Magnolia, Minn.); 20. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 21. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer); 22. 21 Jim Horejsi (Marshall, Minn.); 23. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 24. 04 Roger Verdoorn (Sibley); DQ 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.). 

B-Feature 1 (10 laps) : 1. Hagedorn; 2. Fitzpatrick; 3. Rupp; 4. Smith; 5. Claus; 6. 33M Mathias Lux (Harley); 7. 21B Jason Brees (Meriden);  8. 46M Loren Pesicka (Burt); 9. 8X Mike Hansen (Gillett Grove); 10. X2BS Roger Jenniges (Echo, Minn.); 11. 20N Justin Nehring (Storm Lake); DNS T17 Brenton Palmer (Sioux City); DNS 12C Cody Wangerin (Hawarden). 

B-Feature 2 (10 laps) : 1. Dustin Larson; 2. Jeffrey Larson; 3. Overgaard; 4. Nielsen; 5. Doyle; 6. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick); 7. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt): 8. 11 Todd Ahrenstorff (Lake Park); 9. 8J Leslie Gill (Odessa, Texas); 10. 37 Kyle Rawlins (Kellogg); 11. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson); DNS 17 Austin Brands (Boyden). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Jennings; 2. Green; 3. Woken; 4. Hagedorn; 5. Gill; 6. Wangerin; 7. Ahrenstorff; 8. Nehring. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Randy Brands; 2. Damon Murty; 3. Horejsi; 4. Overgaard; 5. Fitzpatrick; 6. Landheer; 7. Jenniges; 8. Austin Brands. 
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Luinenburg; 2. Verdoorn; 3. Dallon Murty; 4. Brenton Palmer; 5. Doyle; 6. Hansen; 7. Jeffrey Larson; 8. Claus. 
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Shryock; 2. O'Neil; 3. Zevenbergen; 4. Dustin Larson; 5. Smith; 6. Nielsen; 7. Brees; 8. Rawlins. 
Heat 5 (8 laps) : 1. Hollatz; 2. Albertsen; 3. Berry; 4. Rupp; 5. Palmer; 6. Lux; 7. Lange; 8. Pesicka. 

IMCA SPORTMODS
presented by Rabel Construction 

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 9 Matthew Looft (Swea City); 2. 14 Jake Sachau (Manning); 3. 114 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 4. 21 Cam Reimers (Kelley); 5. 1S Justin Klynsma (Hospers); 6. 5 Jake Simpson (Algona); 7. 1ST John Klynsma (Hospers); 8. 31 Will Garceau (Francis Creek, Wis.); 9. 00 Colby Fett (Algona); 10. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 11. 10E Stacey Mills (Webb); 12. 791 Cory Hoogland (Hospers); 13. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 14. 17 Lee Beemer (Fairmont, Minn.); 15. 79W Bill Wegner (Armstrong); 16. 111B Eric Bassett (Mankato, Minn.); 17. 1AND Brady Joynt (Webb); 18. 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); 19. 1Z Zach Davis (Lonsdale, Minn.); 20. 45R Dyllan Ricks (Boyden); 21. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 22. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 23. 08 Alec Fett (Burt); 24. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.).

B-Feature 1 (10 laps) : 1. Colby Fett; 2. Justin Klynsma; 3. Reed; 4. Joynt; 5. Whitehurst; 6. Beemer; 7. Wegner; 8. John Klynsma; 9. XA Alissa Palsrok (Estherville); 10. 5J Justin Raymond (Burt); 11. 39R John Rebstock (Morton, Minn.); 12. 54J Doug Hilkemann (Wynot, Neb.); 13. 86 Randy Cram (Algona); 14. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 15. 1J John Foreman (Hospers); 16. 22K Mike Kennedy (Madison Lake, Minn.). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Kuehl; 2. Mills; 3. Simpson; 4. Alec Fett; 5. Colby Fett; 6. Wegner; 7. John Klynsma; 8. Kennedy. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Ricks; 2. Garceau; 3.Reimers; 4. Hoogland; 5. Rebstock; 6. Reed; 7. Whitehurst; 8. Beemer.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Davis; 2. Sachau; 3. Fye; 4. Bassett; 5. Justin Klynsma; 6. Palsrok; 7. Foreman; 8. Cram. 
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Looft; 2. Brian Schrage; 3. Mallicoat; 4. Austin Schrage; 5. Joynt; 6. Hilkemann; 7. Raymond; 8. McLaughlin. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Arnold Motor Supply

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 49 Jim Johnson (Hospers); 2. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 3. 27 Malik Sampson (Worthington, Minn.); 4. 8J Jay Devries (Spencer); 5. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids); 6. 16X Blake Luinenburg (Reading, Minn.); 7. 59 Corey Gronewold (Worthington, Minn.); 8. 91 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg); 9. 24D Paul Dagel (Sanborn); 10. 717 Nick Schilling (Sanborn); 11. 20J Darin Johnson (Dickens); 12. 50K Kolby Goepel (Britt); 13. 4WX Mark White (Spencer); 14. 24 Jesse Logan (Spencer); 15. 43 Angie DeBoer (Fairmont, Minn.); 16. 13K Kyle Kiner (Lake Park); 17. 87 John Briggs (Cherokee); 18. 42 Riley Songer (Ankeny); 19. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 20. A24 Nicholas Adams (Emmetsburg); 21. 83X Justin Frederick (Cleghorn); 22. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg); 23. 22T Tyler Smith (Sioux City); 24. 28 John Ross (Rushmore, Minn.); 25. 81X Jeremy Ertman (Hawarden). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Barglof; 2. Jim Johnson; 3. Schilling; 4. Nelson; 5. Butler; 6. Smith; 7. Luinenburg; 8. Gronewold; 9. Logan. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Sidles; 2. Briggs; 3. Frederick; 4. Devries; 5. Songer; 6. Ertman; 7. Kiner; 8. White. 
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Krug; 2. Goepel; 3. Sampson; 4. Dagel; 5. Ross; 6. DeBoer; 7. Darin Johnson; 8. Adams. 


IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Trent Chinn Promotions

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 5 Oliver Monson (Thornton); 2. 18K Tyler Thompson (Sioux City); 3. 9 Nate Coopman (Mankato, Minn.); 4. 231 Logan Kelly (Fairmont, Minn.); 5. 8K Kaytee Devries (Spencer); 6. 21T Jade Lange (Humboldt); 7. 33 Megan Sandvig (Spencer); 8. 712 Levi Volkert (Correctionville); 9. 07 Brooke Osler (Milford); 10. 10N Camden Nehring (Storm Lake); 11. 7 Stephanie Coopman (Mankato, Minn.). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Monson; 2. Devries; 3. Thompson; 4. Sandvig; 5. Nate Coopman; 6. Lange. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Kelly; 2. Volkert; 3. Nehring; 4. Osler; 5. Stephanie Coopman.