Zeitner Dominates SLMR and Chisholm Brothers Win in Mason City

Sunday night I decided to adventure up to the Mason City Motor Speedway for the first time this season to see all the continued renovations, as I was there last year there was no lights, they also recently added an indoor handicap accessible booth to watch the races. Todd, Janet and Ryne Staley are doing an amazing job in making racing great again in Mason City, if you have not been there in recent years the track has been shorten down from the big 1/2 mile to 1/3 mile banked clay oval, that probably runs like a 3/8 mile on the top side. 

Hoker Trucking East Series SLMR Late Models made their first visit to the Mason City Motor Speedway in two years for the SLMR Shootout presented by Fertilizer Equipment Specialists. Also racing was the Summit Racing Equipment USRA Weekly Racing Series for USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners. The Outlaw Mini Mods also competed. The only weekly class not racing was the USRA Modifieds. 

One hundred and twelve cars signed into tame the Mason City Motor Speedway including 27 Super Late Models. There was great racing all night long and the features saw exciting battles through out the fields. Final checkered flag flew at 9:50pm.

First feature of the night was the Rookies Rockin' Sports Bar USRA B-Mods feature event, originally scheduled for 20 laps but shorten to 18 laps. Nate Albrant out dueled Brandon Hare for the race lead but the caution came out just after the completion of lap one when Zac Mahlstedt stop in turn four. Hare got by Albrant on the restart but the caution came out again after the completion of lap two when Troy Hale in turn one. Hare continued to lead until the caution came out on lap 10 for Clayton Bohner in turn two and then on the restart when Albrant shot up the track collecting Bryer McCoy. Hare had to contend with Joe Chisholm on the restart. Chisholm took the race lead away on lap twelve and started to pull away. The caution came out one final time on lap 16. Chisholm held on to take the feature win, Hare finished second, Jett Sorensen came home third, George Nordman was fourth and Josh Appel was fifth. 

Devin Jones grabbed the early lead in the Bryant Services USRA Tuners ten lap feature event. The caution came out for the only time just after lap one was scored when Max Heimbuch slowed in turn two. Oliver Monson worked his way by Jones on lap three to take the race lead. Monson led the remaining laps to take the win. Jones, Braiden Schaufenbuel and Tayla Lange rounded out the top four. 
 
Next up was the Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series 30 lap feature event presented by Fertilizer Equipment Specialists. Jeff Aikey led the first four laps before Night's quick timer Justin Zeitner took the top spot away on lap five. Zeitner led as Tyler Bruening got by Aikey for second and the Tad Pospisil got by Aikey for third before lap 15. Zeitner managed the lap traffic just enough to fend off Bruening, Pospisil and Corey Zeitner until a caution on lap 29. The caution was for Bruening in turn four with a flat right rear tire and for Todd Cooney sitting in turn two. Justin Zeitner held on to sweep the night by taking the feature win. Pospisil finished second, Corey Zeitner was third, Aikey was fourth and Jake Neal was fifth. 

Austin Hoeft led the first two laps of the Wrightz Auction Company USRA Hobby Stocks 18 lap feature before a caution came out for three cars in turn two. Chris Hovden took the top spot away briefly on lap three before Dylan Clinton took the lead over on lap four. Clinton continued to lead until Dustin Gulbrandson work his way up to battle for the lead. Gulbrandson took the top spot away on lap nine and went on to take the feature win. Clinton, Hovden, Carter Koop and Zac Smith round out the top five. 

Ressler Custom Landscapes Outlaw Mini Mods 12 lap feature event was next on the speedway, Kamdyn Haggard led the first five laps. Ben Kraus, the hotshoe from Britt took the top spot away on lap six. Kraus pulled away to take the easy win. TJ Stalker came home second, Matthew Grobe was third, Haggard fell back to finish fourth and Justin Winkler was fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the Christie Door Company USRA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event. Before the feature got going a wild incident happen when Coy VanHauen was entering the race track he ran straight in to the last concrete barrier causing his feature to come to an end before it started. Jim Chisholm, driving the Lake Mills Motorsports No. 3 car normally driven by Kelly Shryock, out wrestled Paul Conrad for the race lead. Chisholm look smooth out front and appeared to be heading to the easy win until a caution came out on lap 13 for Joe Schmit and Calvin Lange in turn two. Chisholm held tough and went on to take the feature win ahead of Josh Zieman, Derek Green, Chanse Hollatz and Brayden Gjere.

Mason City Motor Speedway returns to action on Sunday August 28th with Ted Zieman Memorial Night / Season Championships presented by Trustile Doors. Andersen's Market USRA Modifieds, Christie Door Company USRA Stock Cars, Rookie's Rockin' Sports Bar USRA B-Mods, Wrightz Auction Co. USRA Hobby Stocks, Bryant Services USRA Tuners and Ressler Custom Landscapes Outlaw Mini Mods.  Stock Cars are $1,000 to win. Hot Laps at 5:30p, Racing to Follow. 

This will not be the final race of the season at Mason City though as the Speedway hosts races on September 11th (First Responder's Night presented by Federal Fire Equipment), September 18th (Stock Car Special presented by Canadian Pacific) and October 14th & 15th (Five Star Classic).

Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series next race was originally scheduled to be the Yankee Dirt Track Classic at 300 Raceway but after that event was cancelled, two races will replace it. Saturday night's race at West Liberty Raceway has been rescheduled for Friday September 2nd and added race at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Saturday September 3rd. 

For more information about Mason City Motor Speedway check out masoncitymotorspeedway.com or like the Facebook Page Mason City Motor Speedway, or call 515-832-6000. 

For more information about SLMR Series check out slmrseries.com or like the Facebook page  Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series.

MASON CITY MARKETING PARTNERS: Andersen's Market, Bryant Services LLC, Charlie's Auto Repair, Christie Door Company, Curries ASSA ABLOY, Daley's Plumbing, Evan's Pro Detail, Federal Fire Equipment Co., Fertilizer Equipment Specialists, Jones Rock & Dirt, KS Engineering, Kwik Star, MyRacePass, NAPA Auto Parts, Nitroquest Media Group, North Iowa Sand & Gravel, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Pepsi, RacinDirt, Raymond James, Ressler Custom Landscapes, Rookie's Rockin' Sports Bar, Router12 Networks, Schaeffer's Oil, Sevens Restaurant & Steakhouse, Studio 65 Tattoos, Summit Racing Equipment, United Beverage, Window World of Mason City, Wrightz Auction Company.

United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
SLMR Shootout presented by Fertilizer Equipment Specialists

Mason City Motor Speedway (Mason City, Iowa)

Sunday August 21st, 2022

SLMR LATE MODELS 
Haulin' with Hoker Trucking East Series

Hoker Trucking A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 62 Justin Zeitner (Malvern); 2. 04 Tad Pospisil (Norfolk, Neb.); 3. 26JR Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Neb.); 4. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 5. 1 Jake Neal (Omaha, Neb.); 6. 22C Charlie McKenna (Ames); 7. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine); 8. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 9. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford); 10. 58 Dave Eckrich (Oxford); 11. 76H Jason Hahne (Webster City); 12. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 13. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 14. 07 Matt Ryan (Davenport); 15. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 16. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 17. 44 Luke Goedert (Guttenburg); 18. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 19. 74 Ron Boyse (Kalona); 20. 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 21. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 22. 45 Curt Martin (Independence). 

Predator Trailers B Feature (12 Laps): 1. Schroeder; 2. Ryan; 3. Goedert; 4. Martin; 5. 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 6. 43 Derrick Stewart (Ainsworth); 7. Duffy; 8. DeFrance; 9. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 10. 17 Kirby Schultz (Albia); 11. 7 Al Hejna (Clear Lake). 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Justin Zeitner; 2. Schroeder; 3. Hahne; 4. Martin; 5. Andy Eckrich; 6. Goedert; 7. Hejna. 
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Umbarger; 2. Cooney; 3. Aikey; 4. Pestka; 5. Holladay; 6. Schultz; 7. DeFrance. 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Dave Eckrich; 2. Neal; 3. Bruening; 4. Duffy; 5. McKenna; 6. Glover; 7. Callahan. 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Boyse; 2. Corey Zeitner; 3. Pospisil; 4. Kay; 5. Ryan; 6. Stewart. 

VP Fuels Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. Justin Zeitner (13.668); 2. Chad Holladay (13.929); 3. Andy Eckrich (13.989); 4. Jeff Aikey (13.991); 5. Luke Goedert (14.197); 6. Luke Pestka (14.206); 7. Jason Hahne (14.220); 8. Todd Cooney (14.221); 9. Curt Martin (14.314); 10. Gabe Umbarger (14.340); 11. Curt Schroeder (14.417); 12. Kirby Schultz (14.456); 13. Al Hejna (14.613); 14. Darrel DeFrance (14.725). 

VP Fuels Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. Tyler Bruening (13.741); 2. Tad Pospisil (13.852); 3. Charlie McKenna (13,928); 4. Corey Zeitner (14.014); 5. Jake Neal (14.179); 6. Justin Kay (14.191); 7. Joel Callahan (14.263); 8. Matt Ryan (14.340); 9. Dave Eckrich (14.340); 10. Derrick Stewart (14.401); 11. Logan Duffy (14.459); 12. Ron Boyse (14.739); 13. Curtis Glover (14.863).

USRA STOCK CARS
presented by Christie Door Company

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 3 Jim Chisholm (Osage); 2. 24 Josh Zieman (Plymouth); 3. 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.); 4. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 5. 23X Brayden Gjere (Mabel, Minn.); 6. 11 Jesse Brown (Nashua); 7. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 8. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth); 9. 2C Nate Whirtehurst (Mason City); 10. 95 Chance Larson (Dunnel, Minn.); 11. 87 Dylan Suhr (Waterloo); 12. 87T Travis Shipman (Mason City); 13. 14N Caden Neiskius (Hastings, Minn.); 14. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt); 15. 38 Joe Schmit (Ventura); 16. 82 Dylan Fitzpatrick (Magnolia, Minn.); 17. 42 Coy VanHauen (Nora Springs); DNS 14 Todd Staley (Webster City); DNS 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Conrad; 2. Green; 3. Borchardt; 4. Neisius; 5. Lange; 6. Fitzpatrick; 7. VanHauen.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Chisholm; 2. Hollatz; 3. Gjere; 4. Shipman; 5. Suhr; 6. Staley.
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Schmit; 2. Larson; 3. Zieman; 4. Whitehurst; 5. Brown; DNS Opheim. 

USRA B-MODS
presented by Rookies Rockin' Sports Bar

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 25 Joe Chisholm (Osage); 2. 56H Brandon Hare (Elma); 3. 54 Jett Sorensen (Rochester, Minn.); 4. 90 George Nordman (Mason City); 5. 65J Josh Appel (Garner); 6. 28T Phillip Ihde (Decorah); 7. 155 Gavin Shaw (Brownsdale, Minn.); 8. 29 Lilli Reps (Utica, Minn); 9. 28 Autum Winters (Mason City); 10. 37 Britt Olson Jr (New Richland, Minn.); 11. 15 Todd Schaufenbuel (New Hampton); 12. 28J Jackson Hale (Grand Meadow, Minn.); 13. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 14. 5 Trystan Hagen (Winona, Minn.); 15. 88N Nate Albrant (Clear Lake): 16. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 17. 88M Bryer McCoy (Webster City); 18. 88 Brady Boland (Winona, Minn.); 19. 55 Brian Shaw (Brownsdale, Minn.); 20. 147 Clayton Bohner (Geneva); 21. 28H Troy Hale (Grand Meadow, Minn.); 22. 6 Corey Klouse (Mason City); 23. 2R Jory Montis (Sioux Falls, SD); 24. 14M Mike Orozco (Mason City); 25. 94M Zac Mahlstedt (Ionia). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. Sorensen; 2. Ihde; 3. Nordman; 4. Hare; 5. McCoy; 6. Winters; 7. Bohner; 8. Hagen; DNS Orozco.
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Chisholm; 2. Albrant; 3. McCollough; 4. Schaufenbuel; 5. Montis; 6. Gilliland; 7. Mahlstedt; 8. Klouse. 
Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. Shaw; 2. Jackson Hale; 3. Reps; 4. Troy Hale; 5. Appel; 6. Boland; 7. Shaw; 8. Olson. 

USRA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Wrightz Auction Company

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 6 Dustin Gulbrandson (Sioux Falls, SD); 2. 18K Dylan Clinton (West Union); 3. 07 Chris Hovden (Cresco); 4. 52 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 5. 18Z Zac Smith (Manly); 6. 27H Austin Hoeft (Charles City); 7. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly); 8. 86 Tracy Halouska (Worthing, SD); 9. 7D Devin Holthaus (Cresco); 10. 44KT Brian Lund (Northwood); 11. 21 Randy Hanson (New Hampton); 12. 51 Ethan Dirks (Belmond); 13. 7 Logan Knudson (Buffalo Center); 14. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme); 15. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner); DNS 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Dobel; 2. Gulbrandson; 3. Hoeft; 4. Hovden; 5. Clinton; 6. Holthaus; 7. Blaine Hanson; 8. Umbarger.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Koop; 2. Halouska; 3. Lund; 4. Smith; 5. Knudson; 6. Randy Hanson; 7. Dirks; 8. Jace Hanson. 

USRA TUNERS
presented by Bryant Services

A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 5 Oliver Monson (Thornton); 2. 7 Devin Jones (Mason City); 3. 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel (New Hampton); 4. 43 Tayla Lange (Ames); 5. 7X Max Heimbuch (Mason City); DNS 37 Ryan Bryant (Mason City). 

Heat (5 Laps): 1. Heimbuch; 2. Jones; 3. Schaufenbuel; 4. Lange; 5. Bryant; 6. Monson. 

OUTLAW MINI MODS
presented by Ressler Custom Landscapes

A Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt); 2. 2 TJ Stalker (Mason City); 3. 111 Matthew Grobe (Austin, Minn.); 4. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 5. 17J Justin Winkler (Webster City); 6. 17 Dalton Faber (Burt); 7. 65 Logan Brown (Clear Lake); 8. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant); 9. 31 Spencer Nelson (Rockwell); 10. 14 Micheal Bryant (Mason City); 11. 57 Clayton Vanderploeg (Altoona); 12. 33W Gale Worthington (Des Moines); 13. 1R Bobby Ruehlow (Mason City); 14. 18 Alexander Kenward (Mason City); 15. 10 Dane Birkholz (Mason City); 16. 3 Jordan Willamson (Austin, Minn.); 17. 99S Sierra Rose Gary (Marshalltown); 18. 33 Jayden West (Des Moines); DNS 1 Kayden Birkholz (Mason City).

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. Stalker; 2. Kraus; 3. Brown; 4. Worthington; 5. Nelson; 6. Vanderploeg; 7. Kenward.
Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. Bryant; 2. Winkler; 3. Haggard; 4. West; 5. Williamson; 6. Kayden Birkholz.  

Heat 3 (5 Laps): 1. Faber; 2. Grobe; 3. Rice; 4. Gary; 5. Ruehlow; 6. Dane Birkholz.