This season I chose not to attend many Sunday night races except for the ones I worked at the Brooklyn Raceway, well that changed as I decided I would head to the Benton County Speedway "The Bullring" for the reschedule Bald Tire Bash with Team 3W Racing and our hired driver Tom Berry Jr. So we loaded up and headed to Vinton. The Crew consisted of myself, Tyler Wollam, Josh Capalla, Mike Duffy, Kyle Kirk, Rock Bolen, Mike Block, Emily Block, Aspyn Block, Ben Wollam, Tom Berry Jr, Greg Godfrey and his crew chief Austin.
For the Team 3W Racing team, it was interesting night as Tom Berry started on the pole for the heat race but fell back to finish second to Buck Schafroth. After Tom got back to the pits it was determined that Tom finished the heat on seven cylinders because one of the rocker arms broke so that meant the team had to scramble to find a new rocker arm for the feature. A lot of work went into it finding one, Josh got in contact with Chris Pippert in Belle Plaine and he had just what we needed so he got met Josh and Mike Block half way, Pippert is one of Josh's customers on his UPS route. As for the rest of the story find out how it ended. Thanks again it was fun and thank you Mike Block for letting me ride with you over to Vinton.
It was also my first trip to Vinton since I worked turns one and two back in 2019, so it was three years but I was excited to make the trip over to see all the changes made over the years by Rick and Corey Dripps. It was Racing for Autism Night and the Bald Tire Bash presented by Midwest Injection Inc., Fox Welding, VanEaton Pork, Murty Racing, Johnny Spaw Race Cars & Performance Bodies for the IMCA Stock Cars. The IMCA Sport Compacts also had their Special night.
A total of one hundred-forty cars checked into tame the quarter mile bullring plus the kids got involved with Power Wheel Races before the races and at Intermission.
First feature of the night was the INEX Legends 15 lap feature event presented by Legends Direct. Michael Weber grabbed the race lead early but just after the completion of lap one, the only race caution came out. Weber led until Parker Jones took the top spot away on lap eight. Neither Jones or Weber took the win as Jordan Miklas worked his way into second and then made a last lap pass on Jones to claim the win. Jones came home in a close second, Weber was third, Dave Eberle in fourth and Robby Morrison in fifth.
Super Sunday IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap special event was up next on the speedway. Blake Driscol led the first lap but shortly after Nathan Chandler made contact with Driscol forcing the caution to come out. Lukas Rick grabbed the race lead on the restart and never looked back going on to take the feature win. Behind him their was great two and three wide behind him. Mitchell Bielenberg, Tyler Fiebelkorn, Steven Schmitz and Spencer Roggentien rounded out the top five.
Mallett Meyer jumped out to the early lead of the A.I.R.S. - American Iron Racing Series 15 lap feature but a caution came out on lap five when Jeff Hollenbeck spun. Meyer continued to lead through the next caution on lap eight for Jimmy Rogers in turn four. Two laps later, Meyer had his race come to an end as he came to a stop in turn four. Doug Yates took the race lead over and went on to take the feature win in 1969 Ford Torino. Bart Miller finished second in a 1962 Galaxie XL, Brian Gade came home third in a 1958 Ford Fairlane. RJ Lank, driving a 1959 Edsel Ranger was fourth and Travis Heier in a 1975 Ford Maverick was fifth.
After the initial start was called back in the IMCA Sport Mods presented by Christie Door Company, Kyle Olson quickly worked the top side of the speedway and was in a four wide battled for the top spot. Olson came out as the race leader and continued to use the top side by pulling away. Late race lap traffic allowed Dylan VanWyk to close in but Olson managed the lap traffic just enough to go to take his second win of the season in Vinton. VanWyk, Tony Olson, Brady Hilmer and points leader Ben Chapman rounded out the top five.
KISS Country 96.5 IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature had its initial start called back but when the race got rolling it was Drew Janssen grabbing the race lead. Janssen dominated until rear end problems sidelined him to the pits. Cody Laney, Jeff Aikey and Dallon Murty was not battling the race lead. Laney took command and went on to claim the victory and cashing in a $1,000 payday. Aikey was second, Murty was third, Jerry Dedrick was fourth and JD Auringer was fifth.
Before a single lap was scored in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, the caution came out when Logan Takes and Ava Parizek got together in turn two, Takes again on the restart in turn four. Bradly Graham started outside the front row jumped out front right away and started to pull away. The next caution came out on lap six for Zeke Wheeler in turn two. Graham refused to let that caution or the caution lap ten for Joren Fisher in turn two to bother him. Graham took the feature win ahead of Matt Brown, Benji Irvine, Brett Vanous and Michael Kimm.
Final feature of the night was the 25 lap Bald Tire Bash for the Vermedahl Logistics IMCA Stock Cars. The caution came out before a lap scored when Ian Huff and Russell Damme Jr spun in turn two. Leah Wroten took the top spot early and started to get a little separation until caution came out on lap three when Dustin Griffiths spun in turn four. Wroten held on to the race lead until Dallon Murty took the top spot way on lap seven. Murty was followed by Tom Berry Jr and Kaden Reynolds and then a caution came out on lap 13 when Wroten spun in turn three. Murty held off Berry, Reynolds and Buck Schafroth on the restart but the caution came out again on lap 16. First caution on lap 16 for Russell Damme Jr in turn three and then on the restart for Ian Huff in turn one.
Murty still continued to lead until the lap 19 caution for Griffiths in turn three. On this restart, Tom Berry Jr was able to get by Murty and fend off Reynolds at the same time to take the race lead coming to complete lap 20. Berry and the field saw the caution come out one more time on lap 22 for debris in turn four, this caution brought a single file restart. Berry used that too his advantage and held off a late race slider from Reynolds to take the feature win worth $2,000 and qualify for the B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational for Stock Cars. Reynolds finished second, Murty came home third, Schafroth was fourth and Johnathon Logue came home in fifth.
Benton County Speedway known as the The Bullring wraps up the regular season on Sunday August 21st. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts and INEX Legends. Pit Gates Open at 3p, Grandstands Open at 4p, Hot Laps at 5:30p, Racing to Follow. Can't watch in person all races in Vinton are live streamed on IMCA.TV.
Benton County Speedway
Racing for Autism / Bald Tire Bash
Sunday August 14th, 2022
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by KISS Country 96.5
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Schulte; 2. Dedrick; 3. Murty; 4. Thornton; 5. Maitland; 6. Belez; 7. Jacob Snyder; 8. Betzer.
presented by Vermedahl Logistics
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 2. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 3. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 92X Buck Schafroth (Orient); 5. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 6. V31 Todd VanEaton (Orient); 7. 8 Braxton Franks (Cedar Rapids); 8. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 9. 115 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 10. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 11. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 12. 92 Shaun Bistline (Van Horne); 13. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 14. 13A Rob Aimers (Marion); 15. 23 Tyler Travis (Vinton); 16. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 17. 85RX Tyler Carey (Nashua); 18. 49 Ian Huff (Marengo); DNS 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Schafroth; 2. Berry; 3. Reynolds; 4. Griffiths; 5. Bistline; 6. Huff; 7. Damme; 8. Maasdam; 9. Dulin.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Christie Door Company
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 117 Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 5. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence); 6. B21 Brandon Tharp (Vinton); 7. 82T Brett Thomas (Walker); 8. 13 Robert Patava (Vinton); 9. 28 Josh Banes (Alburnett); 10. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 11. 75D Dale Kite (Shellsburg); 12. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dystart); 13. 15B Troy Burkhart (Urbana); 14. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 15. 88K Kole Quam (Waterloo); 16. 59 Josh Fisher (LaPorte City); 17. 12D Aaron Waller (Traer); 18. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 19. 68 Will Wolf (Evansdale); 20. 13D Corey Scott (Garrison); 21. 71 Scott Meyers (Newhaul).
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. VanWyk; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Brady Hilmer; 4. Tharp; 5. Curt Hilmer; 6. Quam; 7. Meyers.
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 2. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart); 3. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 4. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 5. 51 Michael Kimm (Vinton); 6. 1S Scott Siems (Cedar Rapids); 7. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 8. 15M Zeke Wheeler (Vinton); 9. 55XL Maury VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 10. 3A Ava Parizek (Hartwick); 11. 52 Joren Fisher (Garrison); 12. T25 Logan Takes (Coggon); 13. 16 Preston Kline (Brooklyn); 14. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); DNS 10 Gabe Phelps (Cedar Rapids).
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Kimm; 2. Kline; 3. Wheeler; 4. Takes; 5. Vanous; 6. Kriegel; DNS Phelps.
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 85 Lukas Rick (Urbana); 2. 12 Mitchell Bielenberg (Charlotte); 3. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 4. 333 Steven Schmitz (Vinton); 5. 4R Spencer Roggentien (Amana); 6. T2 Nolan Tuttle (Vinton); 7. 20C Caleb Giese (Morning Sun); 8. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 9. 90 Robert Rundle (Walker); 10. 95 Thomas Werning (Urbana); 11. 24 Korey Lana (Center Point); 12. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 13. 69M Jeremy Wheeler (Vinton); 14. 88 Jamie Wood (Mechanicsville); 15. 25 Chris Pittman (Dunkerton); 16. 07 Garrett Brecht (Walker); 17. 54A Jake Anderson (Garrison); 18. 04 Aden Knight (Waterloo); 19. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); 20. 10 Logan Clausen (Atkins); 21. 81 Christopher Mannion (Waterloo); 22. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 23. 22 Nathan Chandler (Norway); 24. 69JX William Michel (Columbus Junction).
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Stewart; 2. Driscol; 3. Bielenberg; 4. Rundle; 5. Werning; 6. Roggentien; 7. Clausen; 8. Beenken.
presented by Legends Direct
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 44J Jordan Miklas (Hartland, Wis.); 2. 51 Parker Jones (Blue Mounds, Wis.); 3. 8 Michael Weber (Marion); 4. 5 Dave Eberle (Freeport, Ill.); 5. 32M Robby Morrison (Alburnett); 6. 3 David McCalla (Cedar Rapids); 7. 64 Danny Lehmkuhl (Cedar Rapids); 8. 25 Cole O'Brien (Cedar Rapids); 9. 19 Jeff Schmidt (Freeport, IL); 10. 52JR Kacey Korsmo (Atkins); 11. 28 Jacob Tiegen (Marion); 12. 04 Adam Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 13. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 14. 462 Keith Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 15. 7D Jeff Doubek (Norway).
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Weber; 2. McCalla; 3. Lehmkuhl; 4. Schmidt; 5. Eberle; 6. Meyer; DNS Korsmo.
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 54 Doug Yates (Monticello); 2. 501 Bart Miller (Clarence); 3. 5 Brian Gade (Clarence); 4. 44 RJ Lank (Clarence); 5. 68 Travis Heier (Anamosa); 6. 17SR Ron Cook (Clinton); 7. 01 Doak Allen (West Burlington); 8. 51 Tyler Maschmann (Mechanicsville); 9. 42 Bruce Yoerger (Dewitt); 10. 68Q Tracy Quigley (Waterloo); 11. 70 Dave Meyer (Morley); 12. 6 Emily Meyer (Clarence); 13. 727 Justin Stock (Clarence); 14. 15VL Domanic McNabb (Clarence); 15. 15 David Bielenberg (Charlotte); 16. 18 Jeff Hollenbeck (Muscatine); 17. 23-22 Herb Quigley (Fredericka); 18. 13 Jimmy Rogers (Oxford Junction); 19. 15M Mallet Meyer (Clarence); 20. 29 Jake Hayes (Maquoketa); 21. 11 Owen Hayes (Monmouth); 22. 31 Josh Woods (West Liberty).
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Miller; 2. Cook; 3. Maschmann; 4. Gade; 5. Rogers; 6. Woods; 7. Emily Meyer.
