Simpson Captures the Bill Rice Memorial Victory in Webster City

After the Hamilton County Speedway decided to shorten up their schedule because of low car counts this season and the earlier originally scheduled SLMR show getting rescheduled, the decision was to try and make at least one more trip to Webster City on Saturday night. I did just that and was definitely not disappointed, as Brad Ratcliff and Todd Staley produced a fantastic racing surface. A total of ninety-one cars signed in, and the final checkered flag was waived at 11:20 p.m. 

Saturday night was the Bill Rice Memorial, featuring the East and West Series of the Super Late Model Racing Series, along with the season championship night for track points in all weekly divisions. The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were originally scheduled to race at Sports Park Raceway, but after working with Webster City, the trucks moved 22 miles east as the Fort Dodge track moved their season championship night to September 14th. 

The first feature of the night was the A1 Automotive USRA Tuners ten-lap feature event. Dalton Fels led the opening lap over Harrison Horn and Charles Prime. They would battle it out three wide on lap two for the race lead, with Prime leading at the line. Prime held the top spot until Horn took the lead on lap four. With Horn leading, Tyler Crimmins worked his way to second and began to apply pressure to the back bumper of Horn. Crimmins took several attempts at trying to get by Horn, but Horn held strong until the final lap. Crimmins made the last lap pass exiting turn two to take his second win of the season in Webster City and cap off his 2024 track championship. Horn, Prime, Fels, and T.J. Williams rounded out the top five. 

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks was next on the speedway for their scheduled 15-lap feature event. Rick Clark took the top spot on lap one, but shortly after the lap was complete, the caution came out when Todd Grafton spun in turns three and four, collecting up Jared Myers, Jeff Johnson, Mason Mitchell, and Shonn Mapes. After a lengthy clean-up, the feature was shortened to a 12-lap feature. Clark continued to lead until lap three, when they went 3 wide for the top spot. Tyler Inman took the race lead away, but even his lead was short-lived as Myles Michehl took the top spot on lap six. Michehl appeared to be heading on to the win, but Inman had other ideas as he began to pressure for the lead. Inman regained the lead and went on to take his sixth truck series win this season. Michehl finished second, Clark fell back to third, Brandon Toftee was fourth, and Sports Park Raceway Promotor Jeff Frevert finished fifth. 

Tanner Green won the four-wide battle for the race to lead the first lap of the USRA Hobby Stocks 15-lap feature event. Shortly after the caution came out, Jacob Monson spun in turn four. Jeremy Crimmins took the top spot away on the following restart and held off Green to take his fifth win of the season in Webster City. Green finished second, "Dilly Bar Special" Daniel Ayers was third, Shane Monson was in fourth, and Bryce Sommerfeld was in fifth. Sommerfeld claimed the 2024 track championship. 

"The Terminator" Mark Elliott grabbed the top spot early in the Olsen Family USRA Modifieds 16-lap feature event and pulled away to a large lead over Lyle Sathoff, who was running second. The only race caution came out on lap 12 when Sathoff came to a stop on the top side of turn four. Mark Elliott held off Ben Nading and Dennis Elliott on the restart to capture his first win of the season in only his second night out in 2024. Dennis Elliott finished second, Nading was third, Christopher Elliott finished fourth, and Michael Grantham was fifth. Nading captured the 2024 track championship. 

Bill Crimmins grabbed the top spot early in the Seneca Foundry USRA Stock Cars 16-lap feature event, fending off Myles Michehl. The caution came out shortly after lap one was scored when Jeff Lyon spun in turn three after a trailing arm broke. Crimmins held off Jason Minnehan and Michehl on the restart, but the caution came out again on lap four when Jeremy Ades spun on the bottom side of turn four. Crimmins and Michehl battled on this restart, and it would be Michehl edging out Crimmins at the line until the caution came out for Connor Ubben in turn two. Michehl held off and pulled away from the rest of the field, going on to take his fourth feature win by a full straight-away. Minnehan, Todd Staley, Parker Slagle, and Justin Ades rounded out the top five. Michehl took the 2024 track championship over Crimmins. 

Next up was the Stein Heating & Cooling USRA B-Mods 16-lap feature event. Bryer McCoy led the first lap. USRA B-Mods National Point Leader Ty Griffith worked his way from seventh to the race lead on lap two. Two laps later, the caution came out when Jeff Larson came to a stop on the front stretch, and a lap later, on lap five, Klay Beemer spun in turn three, collecting Kamdyn Haggard. Griffith got a great restart and never looked back, going on to take his sixth win of the season to polish off his 2024 track championship. 

The final feature of the night was the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series 35-lap feature event. Hometown favorite "Hollywood" Jason Hahne took the top spot early, fending off CJ Horn, Tad Pospisil, Charlie McKenna, and Chad Holladay. Hahne pulled away, looking strong, until the middle portion had a trio of cautions. The caution came out on lap 13 for Charlie McKenna in turn two. Hahne held off Pospisil and Jake Neal on the restart, looking determined to not be denied. The cautions came out again on lap 17 for McKenna off the pace in turn four and then again on the restart when "The Woodpecker" Chris Spieker and Kyle Berck got together in turn two. MLRA Late Model Points Leader Chad Simpson moved up to second by this point and took the lead away from Hahne on the restart. Simpson never looked back, going on to take the feature win, his fifth of his career in the SLMR. Neal finished second in the Al Humphrey Hot Rod, Hahne fell back to third, Pospisil was fourth, and Holladay was in fifth. 

The next race at the Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC Hamilton County Speedway is the Annual Fall Futurity on Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th. Jerry Goebel State Farm Super Late Models, Olsen Family USRA Modifieds, Seneca Foundry USRA Stock Cars, Stein Heating & Cooling USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, and A1 Automotive USRA Tuners race both nights. Hot Laps at 7 p.m., racing at 7:20 p.m. Cornhole Tourament takes place on Saturday, October 19th, at noon.

For more information about the USRA check out usraracing.com and Hamilton County Speedway check out hamiltoncospeedway.com.

Malvern Bank SLMR Late Models East and West Series both head to the Pritchard Family Auto Stores Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City on Sunday for the Summer Smackdown/Season Championship Night for the Weekly Classes. Then West Series at Eagle Raceway with the Inaugural Stewart Alley Memorial. The Bob and Marsha Maschmann Invite Only Invitational at Knoxville on September 21st. For more information about the SLMR Series, check out slmrseries.com, like the Facebook page Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series, or call the SLMR office at 402-342-3453. 

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks next race is Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway for the Karl Auto Group Showdown at Motown. Then they wrap up the season during the opening night of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals at the Knoxville Raceway on Thursday, September 19th. For more information about the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck Series, check out dirttruckseries.com.

Thanks to track announcer Bryan Denekas and SLMR series announcer Anthony Ainslie for the shout-out last night; I appreciated it a lot. I know next time to not be a stranger and come over and say hey, but thank you for the shout-out. I also took pictures during hot laps and heat races, and they are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook page in a photo album called Hamilton County Bill Rice Memorial - SLMR East vs West 8/24/24.

Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC Hamilton County Speedway
Webster City, Iowa

United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series

Bill Rice Memorial

Saturday August 24th, 2024

SUPER LATE MODEL RACING SERIES
presented by Malvern Bank

Malvern Bank A Feature (35 Laps) : 1. 25 Chad Simpson (Mt. Vernon); 2. 6 Jake Neal (Omaha, Neb.); 3. 76H Jason Hahne (Webster City); 4. 04 Tad Pospisil (Norfolk, Neb.); 5. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine); 6. 38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 7. 24 Bill Leighton (Lavista, Neb.); 8. 10T Jeff Tharp (Sherrill); 9. 62 Justin Zeitner (Malvern); 10. 53 Andrew Kosiski (Lavista, Neb.); 11. 35D Dylan Sillman (Alvo, Neb.); 12. 4 JC Wyman (Griswold); 13. 01 CJ Horn (Cedar Rapids); 14. 44 Luke Goedert (Guttenburg); 15. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford); 16. 14 Kyle Berck (Marquette, Neb.); 17. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 18. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 19. 56S Chris Spieker (Massena); 20. 58 Dave Eckrich (Oxford); 21. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 22. 32G Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 23. 2C Carey Umbarger (Garner); 24. 22 Charlie McKenna (Ames). 

Predators Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (10 Laps) : 1. Goedert; 2. Sillman; 3. Dave Eckrich; 4. Gabe Umbarger; 5. Kosiski; 6. DeFrance; 7. 77 Jeremy Petty (Smolan, Kan.); 8. Schroeder; 9. 5S Jeff Segebart (Westside); DNS Berck; DNS 1 Jake Bridge (Waverly, Neb.). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Thornton; 2. Spieker; 3. Horn; 4. Andy Eckrich; 5. Glover; 6. Petty; 7. Berck. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Leighton; 2. Neal; 3. DeFrance; 4. Wyman; 5. Gabe Umbarger; 6. Dave Eckrich; DNS Bridge. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1. Simpson; 2. McKenna; 3. Holladay; 4. Tharp; 5. Sillman; 6. Schroeder; 7. Segebart.

Heat 4 (8 Laps) : 1. Zeitner; 2. Hahne; 3. Pospisil; 4. Goedert; 5. Carey Umbarger; 6. Kosiski. 

Qualifying A  (2 Laps) : 1. 01 CJ Horn [18.173]; 2. 6 Jake Neal [18.196]; 3. 32G Curtis Glover [18.281]; 4. 4 JC Wyman [18.298]; 5. 56 Andy Eckrich [18.319]; 6. 91 Gabe Umbarger [18.367]; 7. 56S Chris Spieker [18.412]; 8. 58 Dave Eckrich [18.420]; 9. 14 Kyle Berck [18.457]; 10. 24 Bill Leighton [18.468]; 11. 38T Dylan Thornton [18.515]; 12. 99D Darrel DeFrance [18.832]; 13. 77 Jeremy Petty [19.339]; 14. 1 Jake Bridge [DNQ].

Qualifying B  (2 Laps) : 1. 32C Chad Holladay [18.035]; 2. 04 Tad Pospisil [18.092]; 3. 22 Charlie McKenna [18.250]; 4. 2C Carey Umbarger [18.295]; 5. 10T Jeff Tharp [18.353]; 6. 76H Jason Hahne [18.357]; 7. 35D Dylan Sillman [18.426]; 8. 44 Luke Goedert [18.484]; 9. 15C Curt Schroeder [18.569]; 10. 53 Andrew Kosiski [18.580]; 11. 25 Chad Simpson [18.661]; 12. 62 Justin Zeitner [18.727]; 13. 5S Jeff Segebart [19.068].

USRA MODIFIEDS
presented by Olsen Family

A Feature (16 Laps) : 1. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 2. 29 Dennis Elliott (Mt. Ayr); 3. 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 4. 84 Christopher Elliott (Webster City); 5. 20G Michael Grantham (Hardinsburg, Ky.); 6. 5D Devon Havlik (Waterloo); 7. 8L Lyle Sathoff (Sherburn, Minn.); 8. 75 Greg Elliott (Webster City); DNS 911 Robert Bennett (Woolstock). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps) : 1. Havlik; 2. Mark Elliott; 3. Nading; 4. Sathoff; 5. Greg Elliott; 6. Grantham; 7. Christopher Elliott; 8. Dennis Elliott; 9. Bennett. 

2024 Track Champion : 21 Ben Nading

USRA STOCK CARS
presented by Seneca Foundry

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 2. 7 Jason Minnehan (Chrudan); 3. 14 Todd Staley (Webster City); 4. 47 Parker Slagle (Eagle Grove); 5. 10J Justin Ades (Webster City); 6. 10 John Ades (Rippey); 7. 416 Connor Ubben (Aplington); 8. 50B Brock Badger (Bagle); 9. 10K Jeremy Ades (Raymond); 10. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 11. 59 Jeff Lyon (Duncombe); DNS 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1. John Ades; 2. Justin Ades; 3. Crimmins; 4. Michehl; 5. Lyon; 6. Ubben. 

Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Slagle; 2. Minnehan; 3. Whitehurst; 4. Staley; 5. Badger; 6. Jeremy Ades. 

2024 Track Champion : 21 Myles Michehl

USRA B-MODS
presented by Stein Heating & Cooling 

A Feature (16 Laps) : 1.  56 Ty Griffith (Webster City); 2. 88 Bryer McCoy (Webster City); 3. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 4. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 5. D1 Damion Elliott (Webster City); 6. 17 Oliver Sackett (Pierson); 7. 2A Jamie Andreasen (Lytton); 8. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl); 9. 32X Gerald Curry (Lu Verne); 10. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 11. 74X Eric Baker (Jewell); 12. 17B Klay Beemer (Fairmont, Minn.); 13. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 14. 99L Jeff Larson (Crescent). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1. McCoy; 2. Beemer; 3. Sackett; 4. Reed; 5. Haggard; 6. Larson; 7. Gilliland. 

Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. McCollough; 2. Elliott; 3. Griffith; 4. Curry; 5. Andreasen; 6. Gould; 7. Baker. 

2024 Track Champion : 56 Ty Griffith

USRA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by 

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  15 Jeremy Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 2. 136 Tanner Green (Hampton); 3. 4D Daniel Ayers (Webster City); 4. 25S Joshua Monson (Clear Lake); 5. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge); 6. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly); 7. 24R Roger Haupt (Webster City); 8. 55G David Gilliland (Fort Dodge); 9. 25 Jacob Monson (Clear Lake); 10. 10B Breanna Ades (Rippey); 11. 13R Adam Rodamaker (Iowa Falls); 12. 91 Mark Kennedy (Webster City); 13. 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme); DNS 35 Riley Crimmins (Fort Dodge). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1. Jeremy Crimmins; 2. Green; 3. Sommerfeld; 4. Haupt; 5. Kennedy; 6. Hanson; 7. Dobel. 

Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Joshua Monson; 2. Jacob Monson; 3. Gilliland; 4. Rodamaker; 5. Ades; 6. Ayers; DNS Riley Crimmins. 

2024 Track Champion : 50 Bryce Sommerfeld

USRA TUNERS
presented by A1 Automotive

A Feature (10 Laps) : 1.  15 Tyler Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 2. 58 Harrison Horn (Auburn, Ind.); 3. 7P Charlie Prime (Britt); 4. 38 Dalton Fels (Calmar); 5. 98T T.J. Williams (Fort Dodge); 6. 59 Landon Lyon (Duncombe). 

Heat 1 (5 Laps) : 1. Crimmins; 2. Fels; 3. Horn; 4. Prime; 5. Williams; 6. Lyon. 

2024 Track Champion : 15 Tyler Crimmins

KARL CHEVROLET DIRT TRUCKS
presented by Karl Chevrolet

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  3 Tyler Inman (Altoona); 2. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 3. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 4. 85T Brandon Toftee (Otho); 5. 2x Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge); 6. 22J Jared Myers (Indianola); 7. 9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 8. 10G Mason Mitchell (West Des Moines); 9. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 10. 43 Todd Grafton (Des Moines). 

Heat 1 (5 Laps) : 1. Toftee; 2. Michehl; 3. Myers;. 4. Johnson; 5. Mitchell. 

Heat 2 (5 Laps) : 1. Inman. 2. Clark; 3. Grafton; 4. Frevert; 5. Mapes.