Marriott, Schafroth, Smith, Bennett and Vannausdle Claim Final Ron Little Memorial Victories

Tuesday Night saw an end to the Ron Little Memorial after 20 years remembering a great man lost way too soon Mother's Day Weekend in 1999. Mary College and the Little Family put a lot of hard work making this night a special one so thank you for all your hard work, this may have been the final ride but I know Ron was smiling down on you all for your great work.

Before the racing got underway a touching story about Ron Little was read to everybody in attend or watching on Race Cast Live and honestly It made me tear up because I never got to meet Ron but I knew his legacy. The pre-race prayer was done by Reverend Michael "Wombat" Walrod and you my friend, your pre-race prayers always amazing and top notch. Jerry Van Sickel and Coty Mallicoat did amazing job announcing the Final Ron Little Memorial. Mike Van Genderen and the track prep crew did a fantastic job on the racing surface. The Ron Little #Finalride Story read during pre-race ceremonies can be found here : Ron Little Final Ride Story.

One Hundred-Forty One Cars signed in to the Stuart International Speedway for the Ron Little Memorial "Final Ride" including Forty Seven Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds. Thirty-One Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars, 27 Rick's Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods, 18 Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks and 18 John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts were also checked in on the night. Tony Wenck provided Fireworks that was shot off just after the Stock Car feature event from Tony Wenck's Factory Outlet Fireworks located on Highway 92 in Winterset.  This race was also part of the Arnold Motor Supply Midwest Madness Tour presented by Western Iowa Racing Results.

Two, Three and four wide race occur many times through out the night and I know Ron Little and many of the other great legends lost they were smiling and enjoying the action from heaven. Final Checkered Flag was displayed just before 11 pm.

First feature of the night was the Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars 25 lap feature event. Brandon Pruitt and Buck Schafroth redrew the front row. Schafroth wrestled the lead away from the start but had 8 time IMCA National Champion Mike Nichols chasing him down just as lap traffic started to appear. Brandon Pruitt, Todd Van Eaton, Chris Pruitt and Bryan Snell race for position before they approached the lap traffic. The only caution came out on lap 21 when Snell spun in turn four. Schafroth held off Nichols to take his fifth win in Stuart. Brandon Pruitt finished third, twelveth place starter Kyle Brown finished fourth and Chris Pruitt was fifth.

After a Firework show the Rick's Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap feature was next up. Doug Smith grabbed the lead early before the caution came out on lap two for Ed Hamilton, Mitchell Morris and Bryan Morris got together in turn two. Smith got a great restart and never looked back in route to taking the win. Thomas Egenberger ran second most of the distance. Brayton Carter, Hunter Longnecker and seventh place Jake Sachau rounded out the top five.

Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds Ron Little Memorial 30 lap feature when green to checkered caution free with the Hustler Hunter Marriott leading wire to wire. Marriott had to battle early with Josh Most before pulling away and catching lap traffic just past halfway. Marriott became the 13th and final winner of the Ron Little Memorial. Defending Super Nationals Champion Jeff Aikey moved up from tenth to finish second. Fourteenth place starter Jesse Sobbing finished third, Most slipped back to fourth and California's Cody Laney finished fifth.

Mitchell Bunch led the first lap of the John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature before Chris Vannausdle took the lead away on lap two. The caution came out on lap three when Nikole Kimmel spun in turn four. Vannausdle and the field saw the caution come out again on lap four when James Reeves made contact with Shannon Mahlberg in turn four. Vannausdle and Ramsey Meyer battled it out for the race lead with Vannausdle held on to the top spot and the win. Just as Vannausdle and Meyer crossed the finish line for the checkers the caution flag came out for Kolby Sain, Hunter Patrick and Ryan Barnes in turn two. Tyler Fiebelkorn, Bunch and Colton Garside rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature and this feature produced its own form of fireworks. The caution came out before a single lap was scored for Matthew Wahl spinning in turn two. "Missile" Miciah Hidlebaugh grabbed the early race lead until Corey Madden worked his way up to second. Hidlebaugh and Corey Madden began to battle for the race lead until the caution came out on lap four when Richard Pahlka spun in turn two right in front of the leaders. Hidlebaugh on the bottom and Corey Madden on the cushion resumed their battle only to see the caution come out on lap six for Dustin Thompson sitting in turn four after contact with Jerry Richards. The next caution came out on lap eight when Nick Foster made contact with Dylan Nelson in turn four. Hidlebaugh and Madden continued their intense battle but little did they know eleventh place starter Solomon Bennett was waiting his time. Bennett took the lead away on lap 12 and a lap later the caution came out when Hidlebaugh was spun in turn three by Corey Madden. Bennett held on to take the feature win. Chuck Madden Jr, Jack Phillips, Zach Hemmingsen and Adam Ayers finished second through fifth respectively.

Stuart International Speedway returns to action next Wednesday July 10th for the Clint Walrod Memorial featuring the STARS Mod Lites $500 to win. The race is in honor of Wombat's son and to prevent Stop Teen Suicide. Sponsors include Motorsports Warehouse, Wyffels Hybrids, Stuart Hearld, The Four County Bulletin and National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Also racing Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts, Micro Sprints and 2 Man Cruisers.

Next up for the Foxman is a trip over to the Benton County Speedway to work turns one and two for the 25th Annual Hogan Memorial. So because of working the corner there will be no recap from me however my friends from Positively Racing will be in the house just like they were in Stuart last night.

For information about the Stuart International Speedway check out StuartSpeedway.net or Like Stuart International Speedway on Facebook.

Stuart International Speedway

Ron Little Memorial
Tuesday July 2nd, 2019

Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Modifieds

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO) [1]; 2. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls) [10]; 3. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Malvern) [14]; 4. 92 Josh Most (Red Oak) [3]; 5. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA) [6]; 6. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt) [7]; 7. 13H Travis Hatcher (Honey Creek) [2]; 8. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines) [12]; 9. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City) [4]; 10. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk) [20]; 11. 99X Josh May (Des Moines) [9]; 12. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham) [22]; 13. 15M Shane DeMey (Denison) [15]; 14. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV) [23]; 15. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, NE) [8]; 16. 37 Randy Foote (Stanton) [17]; 17. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton) [19]; 18. 6 Ryan Jenkins (Omaha, NE) [11]; 19. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning) [18]; 20. 19XX Brandon Spanjer (Crete, NE) [16]; 21. 14BX Matt Bonine (Onawa) [24]; 22. 17A Austin Howes (Memphis, MO) [13]; 23. 77X Austin Kuehl (Cave Creek, AZ) [21]; 24. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone) [5]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Braaksma [1]; 2. Kuehl [3]; 3. Hibdon [4]; 4. 19SB Lance Mari (El Centro, CA) [7]; 5. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown) [14]; 6. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid) [15]; 7. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford) [6]; 8. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA) [5]; 9. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Jamaica) [13]; 10. 71 Jeff James (Stanton) [8]; 11. 14B Scott Bash (Windsor Heights) [2]; 12. 12 Red Monson (Denison) [9]; 13. 25D Bob Daniels (Des Moines) [11]; 14. 32 Lloyd Henderson (Bouton) [12]; 15. 21D David Brown (Kellogg) [10]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Shute [4]; 2. Gilman [9]; 3. Bonine [1]; 4. 4H Tony Hilgbenberg (Waukee) [2]; 5. 36T Jeff Wiggins (Greenfield) [3]; 6. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston) [10]; 7. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale) [5]; 8. M80 Jim Mathieson (Sioux City) [6]; 9. 72 Mike Lineberry (Fremont, NE) [12]; 10. 49J Jason Murray (Hartford) [13]; 11. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland) [8]; 12. 95 Ashley Schaaf (Lincoln, NE) [14]; 13. 49 Rob Stephens (Kiron) [11]; 14. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone) [7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Hatcher [5]. 2. Hobscheidt [3]; 3. Howes [1]; 4. Braaksma [2]; 5. Hibdon [6]; 6. Mari [7]; 7. David Brown [4]; 8. Meinecke [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Most [4]; 2. Marriott [5]; 3. Sobbing [6]; 4. Bonine [2]; 5. Shute [1]; 6. Dickerson [7]; 7. Sauerman [8]; 8. Jason Murray [3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Roberts [4]; 2. May [2]; 3. DeMey [3]; 4. Bash [1]; 5. Dotson [5]; 6. James [8]; 7. Daniels [6]; 8. Gustin [7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Jenkins [2]; 2. Bushore [4]; 3. Spanjer [5]; 4. Hilgenberg [1]; 5. Musselman [3]; 6. Leeman [7]; 7. Stephens [6]; 8. Schaaf [8]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Laney [5]; 2. Aikey [6]; 3. Foote [2]; 4. Kuehl [7]; 5. Jacob Murray [4]; 6. Monson [3]; 7. Henderson [8]; 8. Kyle Brown [1]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Ward [3]; 2. Abelson [7]; 3. Dennis [5]; 4. Wiggins [6]; 5. Mathieson [2]; 6. Gilman [4]; 7. Lineberry [1]

Affordable Quality Roofing & Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient) [2]; 2. 63 Mike Nichols (Harlan) [3]; 3. 10B Brandon Pruitt (Stuart) [1]; 4. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid) [12]; 5. 22 Chris Pruitt (Stuart) [5]; 6. 1F Marcus Fagan (Adair) [16]; 7. 77N Daniel Hilsabeck (Adel) [18]; 8. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea) [10]; 9. 20 Jeremy Gettler (Adair) [21]; 10. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle) [13]; 11. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson) [11]; 12. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines) [7]; 13. 33VH Dusty Van Horn (Atlantic) [15]; 14. 3 Mike Albertsen (Audubon) [4]; 15. 92X Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN) [23]; 16. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny) [24]; 17. 5K Keith Simmons (Truro) [17]; 18. 75 Kurt Hansen (Walnut) [19]; 19. 71 Corey Piffer (Indianola) [20]; 20. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapid) [8]; 21. V31 Todd VanEaton (Fontanelle) [6]; 22. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley) [22]; 23. 77C Craig Carlson (Madrid) [14]; 24. 10 Mike Stapleton (Denison) [9]

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Gettler [11]; 2. Badger [1]; 3. Mackenthun [3]; 4. Legere [2]; 5. 2M Angel Munoz (Lamar, CO) [7]; 6. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset) [6]; 7. 14 Jesse Lund (Greenfield) [4]; 8. 17B Ben Hoesing (Kanawha) [9]; 9. 46 JJ Baumli (Lathrop, MO) [10]; 10. 98B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola) [5]; 11. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown) [8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Schaforth [2]; 2. Nichols [3]; 3. Stofer [7]; 4. Daniels [8]; 5. Simmons [5]; 6. Badger [6]; 7. Bilyeu [4]; 8. Hoesing [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Murty [2]; 2. VanEaton [8]; 3. Kyle Brown [4]; 4. Carlson [3]; 5. Hilsabeck [7]; 6. Legere [1]; 7. Hill [6]; 8. Baumli [5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Snell [3]; 2. Stapleton [2]; 3. Albertsen [1]; 4. Van Horn [8]; 5. Hansen [7]; 6. Mackenthun [6]; 7. Munoz [4]; 8. Gettler [5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Chris Pruitt [1]; 2. Brandon Pruitt [1]; 3. Bass [2]; 4. Fagan [7]; 5. Piffer [3]; 6. Lund [6]; 7. Wollam [5]

Rick's Towing IMCA Northern SportMods

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City) [2]; 2. 98 Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines) [1]; 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa) [4]; 4. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward) [9]; 5. 14 Jake Sachau (Denison) [17]; 6. 17 Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa) [12]; 7. 777 Cody Olsen (Omaha, NE) [5]; 8. 11 Daniel Fellows (Keokuk) [7]; 9. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola) [10]; 10. 6B Daniel Baudler (Fontanelle) [11]; 11. 35 Kyle Bentley (Fairbank) [3]; 12. 1 Austin Kaplan (Des Moines) [22]; 13. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona) [8]; 14. 99K Kody Havens (Anita) [6]; 15. 57S David Schwartz (Greenfield) [15]; 16. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines) [13]; 17. 29V Brett Vanderheiden (Earlham) [20]; 18. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola) [14]; 19. 61 Brandon Patava (Des Moines) [21]; 20. 42H Ronnie Hults (Truro) [16]; 21. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines) [24]; 22. 72 Ed Hamilton (Atlantic) [23]; 23. 26M Mitchell Morris (St Charles) [18]; 24. 26 Bryan Morris (St Charles) [19]

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Patava [1]; 2. Kaplan [2]; 3. Hamilton [5]; 4; Simmons [7]; 5. 8TTB Tommy Hensley (Bedford) [6]; 6. 57 Daniel Hagen (Johnston) [3]; 7. 17X Jordan Hamilton (Dexter) [4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Fellows [2]; 2. VanWyk [4]; 3. Longnecker [1]; 4. Masolini [6]; 5. Sachau [3]; 6. Patava [7]; 7. Ed Hamilton [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Carter [1]; 2. Colton Nelson [3]; 3. Havens [7]; 4. Garrett Nelson [5]; 5. Mitchell Morris [6]; 6. Kaplan [4]; 7. Hensley [2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Olsen [2]; 2. Bentley [3]; 3. Baudler [6]; 4. Schwartz [5]; 5. Bryan Morris [4]; 6. Hagen [1]; 7. Simmons [7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Inman [3]; 2. Smith [2]; 3. Egenberger [4]; 4. Hults [5]; 5. Vanderheiden [6]; 6. Jordan Hamilton [1]

Pitts Lawn Service IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature (16 Laps): 1. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn) [11]; 2. 2X Chuck Madden Jr (Avoca) [8]; 3. 00X Jack Phillips (Mitchellville) [7]; 4. 3Z Zach Hemmingsen (Walnut) [10]; 5. 31 Adam Ayers (Adair) [15]; 6. 00 Jordan Androy (Elk Horn) [12]; 7. 2 Corey Madden (Avoca) [3]; 8. 20W Matthew Wahl (Norwalk) [6]; 9. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax) [4]. 10. 22 Tanner Dixon (Nodaway) [9]; 11. 24 Dustin Thompson (Villisca) [17]; 12. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Adel) [2]; 13. 52 Jerry Richards (Creston) [13]; 14. 58L Dallas Larson (Perry) [14]; 15. 76 Richard Pahlka Jr (Des Moines) [18]; 16. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel) [5]; 17. 17F Nick Foster (Menlo) [1]; 18. 2J Ralph Jones (Des Moines) [16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Dixon [2]; 2. Coady [6]; 3. Wahl [4]; 4. Hemmingsen [8]; 5. Foster [3]; 6. Bennett [7]; 7. Richards [7]; 8. Ayers [1]; 9. Thompson [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Corey Madden [5]; 2. Hidlebaugh [2]; 3. Chuck Madden Jr [8]; 4. Nelson [3]; 5. Phillips [1]; 6. Androy [4]; 7. Larson [7]; 8. Jones [9]; 9. Pahlka Jr [6]

John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 15 Chris Vannausdle (Villisca) [6]; 2. 21R Ramsey Meyer (Pierce, NE) [10]; 3. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Creston) [8]; 4. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines) [5]; 5. 11F Colton Garside (Greenfield) [9]; 6. 22 Shannon Mahlberg (Dunlop) [11]; 7. 8A Anthony Clark (Omaha, NE) [16]; 8. 88 Bruce Hower (Indianola) [14]; 9. 16 Curtis Masterson (Reasnor) [13]; 10. 30X James Reeves (Truro) [12]; 11. 33NK Nikole Kimmel (New Virginia) [7]; 12. 3R Owen Richards (Creston) [18]; 13. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines) [3]; 14. 33H Hunter Patrick (St Charles) [1]; 15. 26 Ryan Barnes (Unknown) [15]; 16. 9R Logan Richards (Creston) [2]; 17. 47 Terry Hurley (Des Moines) [4]; 18. 77 Michael Love (Hartford) [17]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Meyer [5]; 2. Bunch [2]; 3. Logan Richards [3]; 4. Patrick [1]; 5. Masterson [4]; 6. Clark [6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Fiebelkorn [2]; 2. Reeves [4]; 3. Garside [6]; 4. Sabin [3]; 5. Hower [5]; 6. Love [1]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Mahlberg [4]; 2. Vannausdle [6]; 3. Kimmel [3]; 4. Hurley [1]; 5. Barnes [5]; 6. Owen Richards [2]

Ron Little and Hogan Families Take The Final Ride and Flag This Week

This week will see two of the great special races in Iowa that I have had a pleasure of sponsoring and/or working at and that beening the Ron Little Memorial and Hogan Memorial Races. Ron Little Memorial will have its 20th and Final event tonight July 2nd at the Stuart International Speedway meanwhile the Hogan Memorial will hold its 25th and Final event tomorrow July 3rd at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton.

Never got to meet Ron Little but many things I have heard was he was amazing man that would help anybody in the pit area unfortunately he left the racing world here on land but I am sure he was watching us from above. This race honors a great racer, friend, husband, father and an ambassador of our sport. I have gotten the pleasure to meet and know the Little Family over the last 20 years and I am positive Ron is proud of you all. One of my memories of the Ron Little Memorial was the three years I had the honor of announcing the races in Stuart and the few times I have helped sponsor the event. I know its been hard to try to keep finding sponsors but you all have done amazing job remembering Ron.

Former Ron Little Memorial Modified Race Winners
2000-Dave Farren2001-Rex Parkison
2002-Farren
2003-Chris Priutt
2004-Rain
2005-Rod Scheuermann
2006-Jimmy Gustin
2007-Gustin
2008-Randy Havlik
2009-Todd Shute
2010-Shute
2011-Rain
2012-Gustin
2013-Beau Kaplan
2014-Jason Murray
2015-Nick Roberts
2016-Roberts
2017-Kelly Shryock
2018-Jesse Dennis
2019-?????????

Hogan Memorial started as a tribute to Dick Hogan in 1995 when he suddenly passed away and later became Hogan Memorial when his wife Janet passed away. Scott Hogan, Dick and Janet's son, won the first Hogan Memorial race and has won it a total of 4 times. Scott & Jolyne Hogan, Terri Shafer and the entire Hogan Family have continued to make memories remembering Dick and Janet. This is one special event, I have always made sure to make it too and having got the chance to work it these last few years, I promise it is a must see event. I also have helped sponsor this event the last few years and It has been a pleasure to be a part of the event in every way possible, I know you all tearing up to say good bye to this event.....this even made me cry but remember those are happy tears and you all deserve a pat on the back or hug for all you have done the last 25 years.

For history notes and stories from the Hogan Memorial check out Ryan Clark on Facebook as Ryan has been posting things since last week about the Hogan including past winners.

Former Hogan Memorial Modified Race Winners
1995-Scott Hogan
1996-Timm Jensen
1997-Corey Dripps
1998-Mike Sampson
1999-Jan Messer
2000-Jeff Barkdoll
2001-Ed Thomas
2002-Jensen
2003-Troy Cordes
2004-Vern Jackson
2005-Hogan
2006-Hogan
2007-J.D. Auringer
2008-Nate Caruth
2009-Michael Long
2010-Hogan
2011-Jerry Luloff
2012-Richie Gustin
2013-Cayden Carter
2014-Auringer
2015-Auringer
2016-Gustin
2017-Hunter Marriott,
2018-Kyle Brown
2019-?????????

Its so hard to put things to word because it does make me tear up since I have gotten to know Little and Hogan Families over the years. So if you can attend either race this week, no excuse why you shouldn't be able to since we all know not much work is getting done this week because of the 4th of July, i suggest you attend them and thank the families for all their hard work all these years.

See You at the Track!

Smidt, Wise, Fett and Parsons End Winless Droughts in Britt

As Summer has finally arrived the heat and humidity comes along meaning track crews have to stay ahead. Friday Night the Hancock County Speedway did exactly that as once again, John Pletcher and track prep crew prepared an amazing racing surface. Seventy-five cars signed in on Stellar Industries Inc and Stellar Truck & Trailer Night.

Racing fans were thrilled with exciting two, three and four wide racing through out the night with several races coming down to the checkers. The Best race of the night was in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, Tony Smidt finally took the win. Other first time winners this season in Britt was JJ Wise (Modifieds), Colby Fett (Sport Mods) and Lucas Parsons (Sport Compacts).

First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts 10 lap feature event. Lucas Parsons jumped out to the race lead but just after one lap was scored the caution came out when Max Heimbuch put his car in the wall exiting turn four. Parsons knew Oliver Monson had to be close but Parsons held off Monson to take the win. Monson finished second, Brad "Unicorn" Mayland finished third, Ken Winkowitsch finished fourth and Jade Lange was fifth.

Up next was the House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature event.  Autum Anderson led the first six laps until a caution came out when Nate Whitehurst spun in turn four. That incident also collected Drew Fett, Nate Albrant and Kent Haugland. On the restart, Anderson had to contend with Doug Cook and Colby Fett. Cook wrestled the lead away but the caution came out again on lap eight for Alissa Palsrok getting in the wall exiting turn four. That restart was what Colby Fett needed as he was able to get past Cook. Fett held off Cook to take his first win in Britt this season. Cook finished a strong second ahead of Alec Fett, George Nordman and Anderson.

David Wickman took the early race lead in the Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature event. The first caution came out on lap two for Kyle Rose in turn four. Wickman had Chanse Hollatz and Kevin Opheim on his back bumper on the restart but held them until just after completing lap four, Wickman gets sideways going into turn three spins meanwhile Dan Mackenthun slides off the top of turn three. That handed the race lead over to Heath Tulp. Tulp got a great restart and the only thing slowing him down was the cauiton on lap eight when Kelly Shryock made contact with Kevin Opheim in turn two. That caution also collected Chad Palmer, Chanse Hollatz and Andrew Lokenvitz. Tulp got a great restart and cruised to win number two in Britt. Tenth place starter Rick Mees finished second, Shryock worked his way back up to finish third, Eleventh place starter Calvin Lange was fourth and Andrew Borchardt was fifth.

Blaine Hanson and Tony Smidt led the field to the green on the MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Smidt grabbed the lead early but he knew it was not going to be easy, that was very true. Smidt had challenges from Brandon Nielson, Cory Probst, Drew Barglof and Josh Sidles through out the race but he held tough in the only feature that went green-to-checkered caution free. Smidt took a hard fought first win in several years at the Hancock County Speedway by .091 secs over Brandon Nielsen. Probst, Barglof and Sidles rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. "Racing Auctioneer" JJ Wise has lead a few times this season but let it slip away but Friday Night, he was determined to not let that happen. The first caution came out on lap two when Bryce Summers spun in turn two and second caution came out when Nick Meyer came to a stop on the back stretch.  Wise held off Troy Swearingend and Austin Wolf on the restart and held off Wolf several times before the final race caution on lap eighteen for Swearingen and Cody Laney got together in turn two. Wise held off Wolf and twelveth place starter Joel Rust to take his first win since 2014. Wolf finished second, Rust was third, Kelly Shryock was fourth and Jeremy Mills was fifth.

Reminder their will be no racing next week, Friday July 5th so drivers, fans and officials can spend some quality family time during the 4th of July Weekend. However if you are looking for some racing action next week i encourage you to go check out the Midwest Madness Tour, Ron Little Memorial in Stuart or the Hogan Memorial in Vinton.  

Hancock County Speedway returns to action during 25th Anniversary Season on Friday July 12th with a Weekly Racing Series Points Night sponsored by Elite Seamless Gutters and Trulson Auto Parts. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Pits Open at 5 p.m., Grandstands Open at 6 p.m., Hot Laps at 7 p.m. and racing to follow.

Don't forget to mark your calenders for other special events like the Dirt Knights Tour on Tuesday July 23rd, Hobo 100 featuring $4,000 to win IMCA Stock Car Shootout on Friday July 26th, IMT Transport Night of 1000 Stars on August 8th, Corteva Agriscience Night of 10,000 Stars  on August 9th and Bob Shryock Memorial Night of All-Stars on August 10th.

For information about the Hancock County Speedway celebrating its 25th Anniversary check out HancockCountySpeedway.com or Like the Hancock County Speedway on Facebook.

Hancock County Speedway
 
Stellar Industries Inc / Stellar Truck & Trailer
IMCA Weekly Racing Series
 
Friday June 28th, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

A Feature  (20 Laps): 1. 68 JJ Wise (Garner) [3]; 2. 72 Austin Wolf (Algona) [5]; 3. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center) [12]; 4. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [6]; 5. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner) [7]; 6. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt) [5]; 7. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca, MN) [15]; 8. 74T Ben Schultze (Algona) [9]; 9. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore) [18]; 10. 343 Jeff Feaster (Humboldt) [8]; 11. 24 Aaron Benson (Clear Lake) [20]; 12. 8L Lyle Sathoff (Sherburn, MN) [14]; 13. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick) [13]; 14. 30 Josh Ruby (Lakota) [19]; 15. 73 Troy Swearingen (Thompson) [1]; 16. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA) [11]; 17. 16Z Jeremy Zorn (Russell, KS) [17]; 18. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore) [4]; 19. 78 Bryce Summers (Eagle Grove) [16]; 20. 75 Christopher Elliott (Webster City) [10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Mills [4]; 2. Meyer [4]; 3. Schultze [6]; 4. Kraus [2]; 5. Palmer [7]; 6. Summers [5]; 7. Ruby [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wise [2]; 2. Wolf [3]; 3. Rust [7]; 4. Elliott [6]; 5. Sathoff [4]; 6. Zorn [5]; 7. Benson [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Swearingen [1]; 2. Shryock [4]; 3. Laney [6]; 4. Feaster [5]; 5. Stinehart [2]; 6. Knecht [3]

House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 00 Colby Fett (Algona) [8]; 2. 25 Doug Cook (Algona) [6]; 3. 08 Alec Fett (Thompson) [5]; 4. 90 George Nordman (Mason City) [7]; 5. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City) [2]; 6. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City) [4]; 7. 99K Troy Krug (Emmetsburg) [10]; 8. 6 Corey Klouse (Mason City) [1]; 9. 2J Jeff Carter (Mapleton, MN) [3]; 10. 008 Drew Fett (Thompson) [15]; 11. XA Alissa Palsrok (Estherville) [11]; 12. 88N Nate Albrant (Britt) [9]; 13. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City) [14]; 14. 24 Kent Haugland (Wesley) [12]; DNS XXX Matthew Hanson (Klemme)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Klouse [1]; 2. Colby Fett [6]; 3. Jamie Anderson [4]; 4. Albrant [7]; 5. Cook [5]; 6. Palsrok [8]; 7. Hanson [2]; 8. Drew Fett [3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Carter [2]; 2. Autum Anderson [1]; 3. Alec Fett [4]; 4. Nordman [5]; 5. Krug [6]; 6. Haugland [7]; 7. Whitehurst [3]

Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 50 Heath Tulp (Britt) [5]; 2. 54 Rick Mees (Eagle Lake, MN) [10]; 3. 3S Kelly Shryock (Fertile) [7]; 4. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt) [11]; 5. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth) [6]; 6. 32J Austin Jahnz (Lewisville, MN) [14]; 7. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick) [9]; 8. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City) [4]; 9. 123 Kyle Rose (Dallas Center) [13]; 10. 7 Andrew Lokenvitz (Charles City) [17]; 11. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson) [16]; 12. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN) [8]; 13. 05 Craig Berhow (Belmond) [3]; 14. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake) [2]; 15. 14W David Wickman (Emmetsburg) [1]; 16. 46 Cody Frerichs (Bristow) [12]; DNS 03 Matt Baker (Britt)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Tulp [4]; 2. Hollatz [2]; 3. Shryock [6]; 4. Palmer [7]; 5. Opheim [3]; 6. Lange [5]; 7. Rose [9]; 8. Baker [8]; 9. Lokenvitz [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wickman [2]; 2. Behow [3]; 3. Mees [6]; 4. Borchradt [5]; 5. Mackenthun [7]; 6. Frerichs [8]; 7. Jahnz [4]; 8. Landheer [1]

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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 32 Tony Smidt (Britt) [2]; 2. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer) [5]; 3. 75C Cory Probst (Brewster, MN) [7]; 4. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids) [3]; 5. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg) [4]; 6. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence) [9]; 7. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer) [8]; 8. 81 Zack Smidt (Mason City) [6]; 9. 301 Chad Krug (Emmetsburg) [10]; 10. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme) [1]; 11. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg) [12]; 12. 91 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg) [11]; 13. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly) [15]; 14. 86 Gavin Jorgenson (Emmetsburg) [13]; 15. 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme) [14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Probst [6]; 2. Brandon Nielsen [5]; 3. Chad Krug [8]; 4. Blaine Hanson [2]; 5. Tony Smidt [3]; 6. Chris Krug [1]; 7. Jorgenson [7]; 8. Dobel [4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Josh Sidles [4]; 2. Braglof [3]; 3. Cody Nielsen [6]; 4. Zack Smidt [5]; 5. Wroten [7]; 6. Jay Sidles [2]; 7. Jace Hanson [1]

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A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 38 Lucas Parsons (Burt) [1]; 2. 5 Oliver Monson (Clear Lake) [4]; 3. N07 Brad Mayland (Britt) [3]; 4. 95 Ken Winkowitsch (Plymouth) [5]; 5. 43 Jade Lange (Humboldt) [8]; 6. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner) [6]; 7. 13J Justin Nielson (Luverne) [7]; 8. 7 Max Heimbuch (Mason City) [2]

Heat (6 Laps): 1. Parsons [2]; 2. Winkowitsch [8]; 3. Heimbuch [4]; 4. Mayland [5]; 5. Monson [6]; 6. Umbarger [1]; 7. Nielson [7]; 8, Lange [3]