Sunday September 27th, saw Marshalltown Speedway end their season with an Oktemberfest special. The modfiieds were allowed to "go topless" for a novel experience for both drivers and fans. Visiting drivers would take home wins as well as track regulars, as they tried their hand at maneuvering the slick track. It was an extremely windy night and by the end of the event, the fans in the grandstand were covered in dust.
First feature of the evening was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks. Going into the contest, point leader in this series was Ed Nelson as he held a six point lead over Bret Moyer. When Nelson had a flat early in the feature and had to tag the field, it was appearing that perhaps he would not be the champion of the series on this their final show. Moyer started from the pole and led the entire race but Nelson would make his way through the field to finish third and retain the point lead and win the championship. Moyer took the checkers in first, second went to Brian Murray, third to Nelson, fourth to Brad Moyer and fifth to Bob Murray. Missing in action on the night, was Carl Moyer who we heard was under the weather and unable to attend.
The Dwarf/Mod Lite feature saw the familiar #6 ride of Mike Morrill sitting in Victory Lane once again. As usual, he would hand over his trophy to a lucky youngster in the stands. Morrill came from starting third to grab the early lead and from there on, would lead the rest of the way.
Second went to Randy Bryan who started near the end of the field, third to Joel Huggins, fourth to Troy Hudson who was late arriving and started on the tail, and fifth to James May.
The hobby stock class saw a visiting driver from the northeastern part of Iowa take home the hardware. Chris Hovden from Cresco, who is a regular USRA sanctioned driver and who runs Cresco and Decorah tracks on a regular basis, took the feature win. Donavan Nunnikhoven from Kellogg, Iowa, had to settle for second after leading early on. Third went to visiting driver, Chris Spilde from Ridgeway, Iowa, fourth to Terry Shaffar, and rounding out the top five was Steve Holthaus from Cresco.
The Sportmod class had to run a B-main to cut their starting field to 24 cars. Matt Lettow from Roland, Iowa took that B-main contest. Brad Iverson from Grinnell, led the early circuits of the feature until "old Mr. Steady", Duane VanDeest put his car into the lead. Austin Lucas found the track to his liking, as he caught up to the leaders, and made the pass into the lead. At the finish line, it was Lucas taking the victory over veteran driver Bill Hildreth with a great run to finish a close second. Third went to VanDeest, fourth to Kyle Brown with a nice advancement from starting about ninth, and fifth went to Brad Iverson. This race was filled with veteran drivers as also competing was Em Fretheim from Decorah, Iowa; a seasoned veteran of the late model ranks who had competed at the Marshalltown Speedway back in the 80's.
The stock cars were allowed to run under IMCA and USRA rules, allowing for a different carburetor if desired. The track had become slick, slick, slick by this time and with the very strong wind blowing from the northwest, when cars got into the unpacked portion of the track, we were all eating a good amount of dirt! Local racer, Dave Atcher got out front early from his outside front row starting spot, and looked to be sailing along to the win. However, another visitor from the northeast, Kurt Krauskopf, was making his way cautiously through traffic and picking off cars. After reeling in Atcher by running the dangerous top-side, he was able to drop to the bottom, get inside Atcher, and make the pass into the lead. Krauskopf, a regular USRA competitor, took the win followed by Atcher in second. Finishing third, was Mike VanGenderen who early on had to retire to the pits for a tire change and tag the field under a yellow, worked his way nicely through the field, to take third, fourth went to Andy Bryant, and fifth to another visitor, Mike Bergan from Ridgeway, Iowa.
The final contest on the program was the modifieds with all but one car, that being Vern Jackson, going topless. It was interesting to see these cars without their tops, and also allowed fans to get a glimpse at just how the drivers worked the wheels during a race. Jackson got the lucky re-draw, starting from the pole position, and led the early portion of the race. Two "Snyders" (not related) were able to get the top two spots away from Jackson. Jon Snyder, in the 69X machine, and Jason Snyder in the 98, battled back and forth for the lead. In the end, it was Jon Snyder, a track regular, who prevailed and took the $1,000-to-win over Jason Snyder. Third went to Adam Larson who came from deep in the field, fourth to Scott Simatovich, and fifth to Kellogg's David Brown with his best run of the year after starting back in 14th spot.
Yes, we ate dirt, and yes, the track was mighty slick and rubbered over, but we did see some really good racing. Many of the winners exclaimed in their post-race interviews, that they loved the track and wished it was like that all the time. Fans and drivers alike will have differing opinions on that subject.
The evening also saw the end of a long career of announcing for veteran Denny Grabenbauer. This night ended his twenty-three year run at the Marshalltown Speedway behind the mic.
He said his very first night began on a cold and windy April night back in 1987, and his final night ended on much the same note. Good luck to Denny in all his future endeavors. It won't be quite the same without hearing that familiar voice when the Marshalltown Speedway begins their new season of racing in 2010.
There is still racing to be found before it all ends for 2009. Check out the calendar of events on http://www.positivelyracing.com/ for a possible racing event to attend. Happy racing!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Duffy, Sather and Bonnett post back-to-back wins at the Havoc
Marshalltown Speedway's 3rd annual Havoc on the High Banks saw good car counts and the fans enjoyed good racing and great weather as well. Three drivers would visit victory lane two nights in a row as Darin Duffy, Kevin Sather and Bill Bonnett made clean sweeps.
Friday night the modified feature looked to be having track champion Jimmy Gustin adding another win to his season, but late in the feature while leading, he developed a problem in turn two. This slowed his momentum allowing Darin Duffy to take advantage of Gustin's misfortune and he slipped by and into the lead, maintaining it to the checkers. Max Corporon, coming off of a great run at the IMCA Super Nationals, came home in second, Scott Hogan was third, fourth went to Jon Snyder and rounding out the top five was Jay Schmidt. Duffy told announcer Denny Grabenbauer, this was his first ever win at the speedway. Duffy's luck would continue on Saturday night as he drew the pole starting position and led the entire race to post his second win at the track. Jimmy Gustin tried his best to catch him as he chased Duffy the entire race, but had to settle for second. Third place finisher, David Murray from Oberlin, Kansas, put on quite the show as he started 20th and made the slick, rubbered-over track work for him. Adam Larson came from 18th to garner fourth and Jon Snyder took fifth.
Another back-to-back winner for the weekend was Kevin Sather in the Northern SportMods. Friday, Sather started back in 13th spot to make his way up for the win. He passed leader Andy Tiernan who was second, third was Sather's cousin Austin Kaplan, fourth went to Jake Strayer and fifth was Brad Iverson. On Saturday, Sather was up for the challenge again as he started 11th. Roland, Iowa's Matt Lettow led the race until just a few laps remained and a caution flag flew. Sather, who had made his way up through the pack and into second, took that opportunity to get past Lettow after the restart and got his second win of the weekend. Making a great effort at the finish line to pass Lettow and take second, was Zack Rawlins. Lettow was third, fourth went to Kyle Brown who came from 15th and fifth went to Brad Iverson.
Friday's IMCA stock car feature saw a very familiar face in victory lane as Dustin Smith took the win; one of many he saw this season at Marshalltown. Steve Meyer chased Smith to the finish line to take second, third was Dusty Vis, Phil Holtz, driving the 56T of Justin Temeyer, was fourth, and fifth went to Marshalltown's own Jeff Wollam. The following night, Meyer upped his
Friday's finish by getting into the winner's circle. Meyer led the entire feature event as Damon Murty chased him for most of the laps. Third went to Friday's winner, Dustin Smith, fourth to Jeff Wollam and fifth to Kevin Rose.
The Dwarf/Mod Lites competed both nights of the Havoc as well. All of the young fans were happy to see Mike Morrill win on Friday night. They were all hoping to be the recipient of the trophy which Morrill always gives away, as he did once again, to a happy youngster. Second place went to Andy Hennigar, third to Randy Bryan, fourth to Dusty Masolini and fifth to Josh May.
Saturday's feature saw Hennigar and Morrill swap the finishing order. Andy Hennigar led from half-way to take the checkers as Morrill took second. Joel Huggins, an early leader, came home in third, fourth was Matthew Goodin, and fifth went to Mike Kennedy.
The IMCA hobby stocks saw Bill Bonnett, who had also never won at Marshalltown, take two wins in as many nights. He exclaimed in post-race interview, that he loved the smooth and fast track which provided three-wide racing during the feature event. Bonnett started back in 8th spot on Friday and pulled away after getting the lead. Pete Hutzel would follow in second but we understand that he was dq'd in tech, giving second place over to Kenny Loftus. Scored in third was Michael Murphy, fourth was Nick Murty and fifth was Todd Reitzler. Saturday's feature found Bonnett sitting on the pole and from there, he never looked back. Rob Allison in the 12A car finished second, third went to local Dustin Elliott, fourth to visiting Nebraska racer, Cory Cruzan, and fifth to Pete Hutzel.
The Karl's Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were an added attraction to the program on Saturday night. Bret Moyer took the feature win over his father Carl Moyer, third was Ed Nelson, fourth to KGGO's Lou Sipolt and fifth to Bryan Nevins, Jr.
One more race remains for the Marshalltown Speedway when on Sunday, September 27th, the modifieds will go "topless". All other regular classes will also be on the ticket as well as the Dirt Trucks. Racing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Check their website for further details at http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/. Happy racing!
Friday night the modified feature looked to be having track champion Jimmy Gustin adding another win to his season, but late in the feature while leading, he developed a problem in turn two. This slowed his momentum allowing Darin Duffy to take advantage of Gustin's misfortune and he slipped by and into the lead, maintaining it to the checkers. Max Corporon, coming off of a great run at the IMCA Super Nationals, came home in second, Scott Hogan was third, fourth went to Jon Snyder and rounding out the top five was Jay Schmidt. Duffy told announcer Denny Grabenbauer, this was his first ever win at the speedway. Duffy's luck would continue on Saturday night as he drew the pole starting position and led the entire race to post his second win at the track. Jimmy Gustin tried his best to catch him as he chased Duffy the entire race, but had to settle for second. Third place finisher, David Murray from Oberlin, Kansas, put on quite the show as he started 20th and made the slick, rubbered-over track work for him. Adam Larson came from 18th to garner fourth and Jon Snyder took fifth.
Another back-to-back winner for the weekend was Kevin Sather in the Northern SportMods. Friday, Sather started back in 13th spot to make his way up for the win. He passed leader Andy Tiernan who was second, third was Sather's cousin Austin Kaplan, fourth went to Jake Strayer and fifth was Brad Iverson. On Saturday, Sather was up for the challenge again as he started 11th. Roland, Iowa's Matt Lettow led the race until just a few laps remained and a caution flag flew. Sather, who had made his way up through the pack and into second, took that opportunity to get past Lettow after the restart and got his second win of the weekend. Making a great effort at the finish line to pass Lettow and take second, was Zack Rawlins. Lettow was third, fourth went to Kyle Brown who came from 15th and fifth went to Brad Iverson.
Friday's IMCA stock car feature saw a very familiar face in victory lane as Dustin Smith took the win; one of many he saw this season at Marshalltown. Steve Meyer chased Smith to the finish line to take second, third was Dusty Vis, Phil Holtz, driving the 56T of Justin Temeyer, was fourth, and fifth went to Marshalltown's own Jeff Wollam. The following night, Meyer upped his
Friday's finish by getting into the winner's circle. Meyer led the entire feature event as Damon Murty chased him for most of the laps. Third went to Friday's winner, Dustin Smith, fourth to Jeff Wollam and fifth to Kevin Rose.
The Dwarf/Mod Lites competed both nights of the Havoc as well. All of the young fans were happy to see Mike Morrill win on Friday night. They were all hoping to be the recipient of the trophy which Morrill always gives away, as he did once again, to a happy youngster. Second place went to Andy Hennigar, third to Randy Bryan, fourth to Dusty Masolini and fifth to Josh May.
Saturday's feature saw Hennigar and Morrill swap the finishing order. Andy Hennigar led from half-way to take the checkers as Morrill took second. Joel Huggins, an early leader, came home in third, fourth was Matthew Goodin, and fifth went to Mike Kennedy.
The IMCA hobby stocks saw Bill Bonnett, who had also never won at Marshalltown, take two wins in as many nights. He exclaimed in post-race interview, that he loved the smooth and fast track which provided three-wide racing during the feature event. Bonnett started back in 8th spot on Friday and pulled away after getting the lead. Pete Hutzel would follow in second but we understand that he was dq'd in tech, giving second place over to Kenny Loftus. Scored in third was Michael Murphy, fourth was Nick Murty and fifth was Todd Reitzler. Saturday's feature found Bonnett sitting on the pole and from there, he never looked back. Rob Allison in the 12A car finished second, third went to local Dustin Elliott, fourth to visiting Nebraska racer, Cory Cruzan, and fifth to Pete Hutzel.
The Karl's Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were an added attraction to the program on Saturday night. Bret Moyer took the feature win over his father Carl Moyer, third was Ed Nelson, fourth to KGGO's Lou Sipolt and fifth to Bryan Nevins, Jr.
One more race remains for the Marshalltown Speedway when on Sunday, September 27th, the modifieds will go "topless". All other regular classes will also be on the ticket as well as the Dirt Trucks. Racing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Check their website for further details at http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/. Happy racing!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The 27th Annual IMCA Super Nationals notes
The 2009 IMCA Super Nationals is in the books as it saw 816 cars compete (down slightly from the 2008 record car count of 825) over the six-day marathon of racing. What a change we have seen since the first running of the Super Nationals at Boone in 1988. That year saw Mark Noble win the modified feature, Steve Jackson take the stock car feature and Bob Hill win the Late Model. Two of those drivers; Noble and Jackson, were in competition this year. A check back into some of our records show a few others that were also on scene back then as well as this year; John Logue, Jeff Schroyer, and Chris Jensen all running in 1988 in the stock car class.
Since many of our fellow Positively Racing members were on hand for this year's races and have given their more in depth take on the races, we will attempt to merely note some of our observances during the six-day run.
This was the best weather straight through that we have ever experienced at any Super Nationals! It was nice to see 68-year old Larry Embrey make his way into the A main for the hobby stocks on Saturday night. Racing was completed shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday nights. We noticed far less wood chips in the racing surface this year than in years past. The "Flying Hall Brothers" made it an official Super Nationals again with their appearance. Garry was in his "vintage" red #75 as usual, but brother Larry was piloting a #2 "newer" (I use the term lightly) Dodge powered ride instead of his familiar yellow #55. It was amazing to watch Thursday night's A Main qualifier #2 as David Murray made his way from starting 19th of 20 cars. At three laps down, he was in 6th place, by 10 laps down he was 3rd and at 13 of 20 laps down, he was leading! Quite impressive and a thrill for the fans.
The #7S car of Todd Stinehart won his heat on Thursday night in a home-built car that his brother put together. "Outlaw" Jesse James Freelen in the #24F modified, is the mayor of Paris, Texas. Two of the youngest drivers in competition ran 1-2 in heat 26 on Thursday night as Nick Deal beat Nate Caruth to the checkers. Bad luck plagued multi-time Super National winner John Logue most of the week. He had mechanical problems while leading a heat by a huge margin and later dropped his transmission on the backstretch causing the car to jump up into the air. With all his bad luck, he was still able to qualify for the A Main on the final night.
Jeff Taylor in the #5X from Texas, had never seen Boone Speedway prior to his visit this year.
He made "The Big Dance" and finished second in the All-Star Race. Quite the accomplishment. Rich Smith from Davenport was racing again this year. He was a qualifier in the very first Super Nationals back in 1983 which was held in Vinton, Iowa. "It's not over until it's over" held true in the grand finale of the modified feature. Misfortune struck leader Jake Durbin near the end of the race when he spun. Leading the final few laps was Jay Noteboom as he appeared to have it in the bag. White flag flying, Noteboom's car developed mechanical problems and slowed. Going down the back chute, he is the "filling in the sandwich" as Randy Havlik and Craig Reetz pass him on either side with Havlik taking the checkers first. Drivers from more than 20 states competed throughout the Super Nationals and with the exception of the Deery Brothers Late Model winner Ray Guss, Jr. from Milan, Illinois and the Sprint Car winner, Shannon Eriksen from Lakeville, Minnesota, every "Big Dance" winner was from the state of Iowa.
We had a great time once again at "America's Racin' Vacation". We met new racing friends and racers. One in particular made a long journey from Farmington, New Mexico. We enjoyed meeting Regan Tafoya the driver of the #24R, his wife Yvette, and crew and occasional racer Tyrone Yazzie. With Tafoya being a barber back home, we loved the saying on the back of his car with the barber poles and "This could get hairy!!" Of course, we also enjoyed our time with racing family and friends, some of which we only see each year at the Super Nationals. It's nice to share the love of racing with those friends who share our passion.
With the racing season winding down, weekly shows are nearly closed. However, there are still specials to be found into October. Marshalltown Speedway will be racing this Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19 as they hold the 3rd annual Havoc on the Highbanks and on Sunday, September 27th, the IMCA modifieds will "go topless" for the Oktemberfest City Festival Race. Check http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/ for more details of each race. Happy racing!
Since many of our fellow Positively Racing members were on hand for this year's races and have given their more in depth take on the races, we will attempt to merely note some of our observances during the six-day run.
This was the best weather straight through that we have ever experienced at any Super Nationals! It was nice to see 68-year old Larry Embrey make his way into the A main for the hobby stocks on Saturday night. Racing was completed shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday nights. We noticed far less wood chips in the racing surface this year than in years past. The "Flying Hall Brothers" made it an official Super Nationals again with their appearance. Garry was in his "vintage" red #75 as usual, but brother Larry was piloting a #2 "newer" (I use the term lightly) Dodge powered ride instead of his familiar yellow #55. It was amazing to watch Thursday night's A Main qualifier #2 as David Murray made his way from starting 19th of 20 cars. At three laps down, he was in 6th place, by 10 laps down he was 3rd and at 13 of 20 laps down, he was leading! Quite impressive and a thrill for the fans.
The #7S car of Todd Stinehart won his heat on Thursday night in a home-built car that his brother put together. "Outlaw" Jesse James Freelen in the #24F modified, is the mayor of Paris, Texas. Two of the youngest drivers in competition ran 1-2 in heat 26 on Thursday night as Nick Deal beat Nate Caruth to the checkers. Bad luck plagued multi-time Super National winner John Logue most of the week. He had mechanical problems while leading a heat by a huge margin and later dropped his transmission on the backstretch causing the car to jump up into the air. With all his bad luck, he was still able to qualify for the A Main on the final night.
Jeff Taylor in the #5X from Texas, had never seen Boone Speedway prior to his visit this year.
He made "The Big Dance" and finished second in the All-Star Race. Quite the accomplishment. Rich Smith from Davenport was racing again this year. He was a qualifier in the very first Super Nationals back in 1983 which was held in Vinton, Iowa. "It's not over until it's over" held true in the grand finale of the modified feature. Misfortune struck leader Jake Durbin near the end of the race when he spun. Leading the final few laps was Jay Noteboom as he appeared to have it in the bag. White flag flying, Noteboom's car developed mechanical problems and slowed. Going down the back chute, he is the "filling in the sandwich" as Randy Havlik and Craig Reetz pass him on either side with Havlik taking the checkers first. Drivers from more than 20 states competed throughout the Super Nationals and with the exception of the Deery Brothers Late Model winner Ray Guss, Jr. from Milan, Illinois and the Sprint Car winner, Shannon Eriksen from Lakeville, Minnesota, every "Big Dance" winner was from the state of Iowa.
We had a great time once again at "America's Racin' Vacation". We met new racing friends and racers. One in particular made a long journey from Farmington, New Mexico. We enjoyed meeting Regan Tafoya the driver of the #24R, his wife Yvette, and crew and occasional racer Tyrone Yazzie. With Tafoya being a barber back home, we loved the saying on the back of his car with the barber poles and "This could get hairy!!" Of course, we also enjoyed our time with racing family and friends, some of which we only see each year at the Super Nationals. It's nice to share the love of racing with those friends who share our passion.
With the racing season winding down, weekly shows are nearly closed. However, there are still specials to be found into October. Marshalltown Speedway will be racing this Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19 as they hold the 3rd annual Havoc on the Highbanks and on Sunday, September 27th, the IMCA modifieds will "go topless" for the Oktemberfest City Festival Race. Check http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/ for more details of each race. Happy racing!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Boone Speedway crowns track champions 9/5/09
Going into the evening, it appeared all current point leaders pretty much had their championship wound up, with one exception and that being in the modified class. Only four points separated point leader Cale Sponsler and Todd Shute. Sponsler had seen that championship slip by before.
All classes were brought to the front chute for out-of-car driver introductions, giving fans a chance to see the drivers they cheer on week after week. Only the hobby stocks would have to run two B mains to complete their twenty-four car starting field.
In the Dwarf/Mod Lite division, drivers were aligned by points...as they were in each class... with leader Andy Hennigar sitting on the pole. Hennigar jumped to the lead and never looked back as he took the win and the track championship for 2009. Mike Kenndy was second, Josh May was third, fourth went to Ed Zehm, and fifth was James May.
The Northern SportMod 20-lap feature went to point leader Scott Davis as Jeremy Embrey chased him the entire race to finish in second. Third across the line was Matthew Meinecke, fourth went to Geoff Olson, and rounding out the top five was Rick Ringgenberg.
Following a farming session, the hobby stock feature was up next. We noted the extra equipment that was already on hand in preparation of the many farming session to come during the Super Nationals. Point leader Michael Murphy had a twenty-one point lead going into the race. What was amazing to watch was the #81 of Devin Smith from Lake City as he made his way to the front from starting in the 14th spot. He picked his way through traffic very methodically to get into second position behind leader Murphy. A caution caused the pack to bunch up and with 11 laps down, Devin Smith drove around Murphy on the high-side and pulled away to take home the win. Following Smith and Murphy for third was Pat Mather, fourth went to Chris Hupp and fifth to Cody Gustoff.
The IMCA stock car feature saw another Smith brother take the win. Donavon Smith out distanced Trent Murphy with Murphy being crowned the track champion. Third went to Wayne Gifford, fourth to Bryan Trogon and fifth to Robert Stofer.
The final feature of the night was the yet to be determined championship for the modifieds. With only four points separating point leader Cale Sponsler and second in points, Todd Shute, it appeared Sponsler ran a conservative second place the entire 25-laps as he followed Shute to the checkers. Sponsler had captured that elusive track championship finally! Josh "Happy" Gilman finished in third, fourth was Adam Larson who had come from ninth place, and fifth went to Russ Dickerson.
The grounds were already filled with campers and race cars as they prepare for the upcoming 27th annual IMCA Super Nationals starting on Monday, September 7th. Many visiting drivers took advantage of hot lap sessions, giving fans a glimpse of who will be on hand. We noticed New Mexico driver Regan Tafoya, Colorado driver Ricky Alvarado and Californians, Rick and son Tim Ward, already at the speedway. Several local drivers were also sporting new sheet metal and paint schemes as they ready for the upcoming week ahead. We look forward to "America's Racin' Vacation" and will be there each and every night. Good luck to all the drivers who participate. Check http://www.imca.com/ for daily results. Last night's results are listed below.
Happy racing!
All classes were brought to the front chute for out-of-car driver introductions, giving fans a chance to see the drivers they cheer on week after week. Only the hobby stocks would have to run two B mains to complete their twenty-four car starting field.
In the Dwarf/Mod Lite division, drivers were aligned by points...as they were in each class... with leader Andy Hennigar sitting on the pole. Hennigar jumped to the lead and never looked back as he took the win and the track championship for 2009. Mike Kenndy was second, Josh May was third, fourth went to Ed Zehm, and fifth was James May.
The Northern SportMod 20-lap feature went to point leader Scott Davis as Jeremy Embrey chased him the entire race to finish in second. Third across the line was Matthew Meinecke, fourth went to Geoff Olson, and rounding out the top five was Rick Ringgenberg.
Following a farming session, the hobby stock feature was up next. We noted the extra equipment that was already on hand in preparation of the many farming session to come during the Super Nationals. Point leader Michael Murphy had a twenty-one point lead going into the race. What was amazing to watch was the #81 of Devin Smith from Lake City as he made his way to the front from starting in the 14th spot. He picked his way through traffic very methodically to get into second position behind leader Murphy. A caution caused the pack to bunch up and with 11 laps down, Devin Smith drove around Murphy on the high-side and pulled away to take home the win. Following Smith and Murphy for third was Pat Mather, fourth went to Chris Hupp and fifth to Cody Gustoff.
The IMCA stock car feature saw another Smith brother take the win. Donavon Smith out distanced Trent Murphy with Murphy being crowned the track champion. Third went to Wayne Gifford, fourth to Bryan Trogon and fifth to Robert Stofer.
The final feature of the night was the yet to be determined championship for the modifieds. With only four points separating point leader Cale Sponsler and second in points, Todd Shute, it appeared Sponsler ran a conservative second place the entire 25-laps as he followed Shute to the checkers. Sponsler had captured that elusive track championship finally! Josh "Happy" Gilman finished in third, fourth was Adam Larson who had come from ninth place, and fifth went to Russ Dickerson.
The grounds were already filled with campers and race cars as they prepare for the upcoming 27th annual IMCA Super Nationals starting on Monday, September 7th. Many visiting drivers took advantage of hot lap sessions, giving fans a glimpse of who will be on hand. We noticed New Mexico driver Regan Tafoya, Colorado driver Ricky Alvarado and Californians, Rick and son Tim Ward, already at the speedway. Several local drivers were also sporting new sheet metal and paint schemes as they ready for the upcoming week ahead. We look forward to "America's Racin' Vacation" and will be there each and every night. Good luck to all the drivers who participate. Check http://www.imca.com/ for daily results. Last night's results are listed below.
Happy racing!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Boone - 9/5/09
Unofficial results:
Season championship night.
Modified feature
1. 5 Todd Shute
2. 93 Cale Sponsler - Track Champion
3. 83G Josh Gilman
4. 2L Adam Larson
5. 28R Russ Dickerson
6. 1 Bill Davis, Jr.
7. 3Z Randy Havlik
8. 1J Jonah Chinn
9. 88 Mike Louis
10. 6 Darrn Huntley
11. 33M Mike Molle
12. 15X Scott Baker
13. C19 Jeremie Hedrick
14. 77C Craig Carlson
15. 4P Skeeter Paris
16. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
17. 8X Scott Olson
18. 15A Jim Hoyle
19. 26 Phil Levri
20. 58 Denny Pittman
21. 02 Brian Law
DNS: 12 Stacy Warren
SportMod Feature
1. Scott Davis - Track Champion
2. 41 Jeremy Embrey
3. 5M Matthew Meinecke
4. 2G Geoff Olson
5. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
6. 87 Joel Bushore
7. 3R Randy Roberts
8. 9E Eric Elliot
9. 27 Tim Love
10. 18D Scott Demmer
11. 20 Chad Louk
12. 5B Tom Burke
13. 34J Jerry Hinton
14. 86 Rod McDonald
15. 59 Tara Longnecker
16. 9 Craig Elliott
17. 01 Troy Jerovetz
18. 27M Mike Munson
19. 20X Luke Wanninger
20. X4 Jason Purvis
21. 22J Jeff Blume
22. 50 Carl Ellis
23. 6 Whitney Huntley
24. 18M Matt Deml
DNS: 7I Steve Inman
Stock Car Feature
1. 35 Donavon Smith
2. 25 Trent Murphy - Track Champion
3. 22 Wayne Gifford
4. 12 Bryan Trogdon
5. 50 Robert Stofer
6. 3W Chris Webb
7. 57V Mike VanGenderen
8. 45 Larry Crocheck
9. 93 Michael Jaennette
10. 57 John Heinz
11. 9 Jerry Gifford
12. 24K Kevin Shaw
13. 20V Dusty Vis
14. 55 Cory Bushnell
15. 12+ Ryan Rose
16. 556 Terry Cornelison
17. 3H Ty Hill
18. 04V Roger Verdoorn
19. 27D Brad Dutton
20. 04 Don Vis
21. 77 Andy Bryant
22. 22SX Lonnie Hodges
Hobby Stock
B#1 - 2 advanced
1. 20 Donnie Gustoff
2. 40 Randy Embrey
3. 11B Solomon Bennett
4. 22 Chris Jensen
5. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
6. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
7. 5A Tyler Pickett
8. 46J Jesse Hopkins
DNS: 22J Jeff Hilsabeck
B#2 - 2 advanced
1. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
2. 39 Larry Embrey
3. 4W John Watson
4. 27R Clint Rothfus
5. T10 Tim Barber
6. 12 Kenneth Johnson
7. 22S Rick Reiter
8. 9 Andrew Arends
Hobby Stock Feature
1. 81 Devin Smith
2. 25M Michael Murphy - Track Champion
3. m15 Pat Mather
4. 83 Chris Hupp
5. 23 Cody Gustoff
6. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
7. 19A Alan VanGorp
8. 20 Donnie Gustoff
9. 83S Scott Lograsso
10. 11 Beau Kaplan
11. 40 Randy Embrey
12. 74J Dean Hartwig
13. 38R Aaron Rudolph
14. 8B Bobby Smith
15. 78 Tim Hadley
16. 5 Keith Miner
17. 47W Shawn Wirtz
18. 16B Jay Arends
19. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
20. 87Z Matt Drottz
21. 39 Larry Embrey
22. 00 Kyle Dirks
23. 14 Matt Wahlert
24. 20T Richard Yaw II
Dwarf/Mod Lite Feature
1. 15 Andy Hennigar - Track Champion
2. 95 Mike Kennedy
3. 99 Josh May
4. 41Z Ed Zehm
5. 88 James May
6. 20 Jeff Stensland
7. 8 Dusty Masolini
8. 64 Randy Bryan
9. 5X Matthew Goodin
10. 37 Mike Thomas
11. 3C Duane Coffman
12. 01 David Schmalzried
13. 8T Todd Thorson
14. 11R Jason Whitehead
15. 76 Terry Sorenson
16. 4L Larry Sorenson
17. 0B Colby Oberembt
18. 9 Rick Taylor
19. 89 Travis Stensland
Season championship night.
Modified feature
1. 5 Todd Shute
2. 93 Cale Sponsler - Track Champion
3. 83G Josh Gilman
4. 2L Adam Larson
5. 28R Russ Dickerson
6. 1 Bill Davis, Jr.
7. 3Z Randy Havlik
8. 1J Jonah Chinn
9. 88 Mike Louis
10. 6 Darrn Huntley
11. 33M Mike Molle
12. 15X Scott Baker
13. C19 Jeremie Hedrick
14. 77C Craig Carlson
15. 4P Skeeter Paris
16. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
17. 8X Scott Olson
18. 15A Jim Hoyle
19. 26 Phil Levri
20. 58 Denny Pittman
21. 02 Brian Law
DNS: 12 Stacy Warren
SportMod Feature
1. Scott Davis - Track Champion
2. 41 Jeremy Embrey
3. 5M Matthew Meinecke
4. 2G Geoff Olson
5. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
6. 87 Joel Bushore
7. 3R Randy Roberts
8. 9E Eric Elliot
9. 27 Tim Love
10. 18D Scott Demmer
11. 20 Chad Louk
12. 5B Tom Burke
13. 34J Jerry Hinton
14. 86 Rod McDonald
15. 59 Tara Longnecker
16. 9 Craig Elliott
17. 01 Troy Jerovetz
18. 27M Mike Munson
19. 20X Luke Wanninger
20. X4 Jason Purvis
21. 22J Jeff Blume
22. 50 Carl Ellis
23. 6 Whitney Huntley
24. 18M Matt Deml
DNS: 7I Steve Inman
Stock Car Feature
1. 35 Donavon Smith
2. 25 Trent Murphy - Track Champion
3. 22 Wayne Gifford
4. 12 Bryan Trogdon
5. 50 Robert Stofer
6. 3W Chris Webb
7. 57V Mike VanGenderen
8. 45 Larry Crocheck
9. 93 Michael Jaennette
10. 57 John Heinz
11. 9 Jerry Gifford
12. 24K Kevin Shaw
13. 20V Dusty Vis
14. 55 Cory Bushnell
15. 12+ Ryan Rose
16. 556 Terry Cornelison
17. 3H Ty Hill
18. 04V Roger Verdoorn
19. 27D Brad Dutton
20. 04 Don Vis
21. 77 Andy Bryant
22. 22SX Lonnie Hodges
Hobby Stock
B#1 - 2 advanced
1. 20 Donnie Gustoff
2. 40 Randy Embrey
3. 11B Solomon Bennett
4. 22 Chris Jensen
5. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
6. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
7. 5A Tyler Pickett
8. 46J Jesse Hopkins
DNS: 22J Jeff Hilsabeck
B#2 - 2 advanced
1. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
2. 39 Larry Embrey
3. 4W John Watson
4. 27R Clint Rothfus
5. T10 Tim Barber
6. 12 Kenneth Johnson
7. 22S Rick Reiter
8. 9 Andrew Arends
Hobby Stock Feature
1. 81 Devin Smith
2. 25M Michael Murphy - Track Champion
3. m15 Pat Mather
4. 83 Chris Hupp
5. 23 Cody Gustoff
6. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
7. 19A Alan VanGorp
8. 20 Donnie Gustoff
9. 83S Scott Lograsso
10. 11 Beau Kaplan
11. 40 Randy Embrey
12. 74J Dean Hartwig
13. 38R Aaron Rudolph
14. 8B Bobby Smith
15. 78 Tim Hadley
16. 5 Keith Miner
17. 47W Shawn Wirtz
18. 16B Jay Arends
19. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
20. 87Z Matt Drottz
21. 39 Larry Embrey
22. 00 Kyle Dirks
23. 14 Matt Wahlert
24. 20T Richard Yaw II
Dwarf/Mod Lite Feature
1. 15 Andy Hennigar - Track Champion
2. 95 Mike Kennedy
3. 99 Josh May
4. 41Z Ed Zehm
5. 88 James May
6. 20 Jeff Stensland
7. 8 Dusty Masolini
8. 64 Randy Bryan
9. 5X Matthew Goodin
10. 37 Mike Thomas
11. 3C Duane Coffman
12. 01 David Schmalzried
13. 8T Todd Thorson
14. 11R Jason Whitehead
15. 76 Terry Sorenson
16. 4L Larry Sorenson
17. 0B Colby Oberembt
18. 9 Rick Taylor
19. 89 Travis Stensland
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Osky- 9/1/09
Unofficial results:
USMTS modifieds - 38 cars
Heat 1 - 17p Brad Pinkerton
Heat 2 - 7 Ryan Dolan
Heat 3 - 12 Jason Hughes
Heat 4 - 7 Al Hejna
B Main #1 - 4 transferred
1. 3D Tim Donlinger
2. 65 Tommy Myer
3. 20R Bryan Rowland
4. 25 Scott Green
B Main #2 - 4 transferred
1. 31 Corey Dripps
2. 14J Jake Neal
3. 19R Ryan Gustin
4. 111 Bumper Jones
Feature
1. 17P Brad Pinkerton
2. 7 Al Hejna
3. 12 Jason Hughes
4. 7K Jason Krohn
5. 3D Tim Donlinger
6. 14 Jon Tesch
7. 4RX Dereck Ramirez
8. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
9. 20 Rodney Sanders
10. 19R Ryan Gustin
11. 3 Kelly Shryock
12. 31 Corey Dripps
13. 96T R. C. Whitwell
14. 65 Tommy Myers
15. 14J Jake Neal
16. 7D Ryan Dolan
17. 22x Dustin Boney
18. 111 Bumper Jones
19. 94 Steve Blattler
20. 25 Scott Green
DNF:
4R Ron VerBeek (hit exit at turn three hard. Red flag delay. He was ok)
18 Michael Long
22 Brandon Banks
20R Bryan Rowland
For full results check www.usmts.com
B-Mods - 24 cars
Heat 1 - 02 Andrew Schroeder
Heat 2 - 16 Mike Shelton
Heat 3 - 17T Tyler Groenendyk
Feature
1. 17T Tyler Groenendyk
2. 02 Andrew Schroeder
3. D1 Drew Lawson
4. 55 Bobby Greene
5. 16 Mike Shelton
6. 85 Jason McDaniel
7. 8J AJ Johnson
8. 98X Bert McDaniel (Cory Brown's car)
9. 30X Josh Modde
10. 10 Cayden Carter
11. 7 Carter VandenBerg
12. 8T Tony Johnson
13. 62 Bill Gibson
14. 1 Paul Underwood
15. 49 Leroy Groenendyk
16. 21B BJ Boender
17. 54X Rick VanDusseldorp
18. 8 Tommy Lathrop
19. 777 Jayme Duinink
20. 7A Aaron Osweiler
DNF: 0 Mike Wanders
35B James Krier
21Y Bill Young
DNS: X2 Chris Eggers
Stock Car - 13 cars
Heat 1 - 60 Kurt Krauskopf
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Feature
1. 20Dub Shane Weller
2. 12M Brian Mitrisin
3. 57V Mike VanGenderen
4. 67 Carl Falck
5. 29 Matt Greiner
6. 11 Kyle Anderson
7. 126 Kevin Harsch, Keota, IA
DNF: 73C Carl Yaw
60 Kurt Krauskopf
3 Clayton Garden
DNS: 94 Corey Stout
4M Chase Mitrisin
Hobby Stock - 19 cars
Heat 1 - 2N Donavan Nunnikhoven
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Feature
1. Jason McDaniel
2. 2N Donavan Nunnikhoven
3. 52 Nathan Wood
4. 10G Dustin Griffiths
5. 84 Danny Thrasher
6. 18 Kris Walker
7. 3S Steve Allen
8. 33 Justin Hook
9. 69 Craig Brown
10. 78 Andy Coleman
11. 62 TJ Henderson
12. 29X Howard Gordon, Jr. (in Wes Almond's car)
13. 21 Nick Ulin
14. 3G Lonnie Greiner
15. 57 Scotty Schull
16. 911 Shawn Coleman
DNF: 15 Jeremiah Frye
64 Casey Greubel
32T Bobby Greene
USMTS modifieds - 38 cars
Heat 1 - 17p Brad Pinkerton
Heat 2 - 7 Ryan Dolan
Heat 3 - 12 Jason Hughes
Heat 4 - 7 Al Hejna
B Main #1 - 4 transferred
1. 3D Tim Donlinger
2. 65 Tommy Myer
3. 20R Bryan Rowland
4. 25 Scott Green
B Main #2 - 4 transferred
1. 31 Corey Dripps
2. 14J Jake Neal
3. 19R Ryan Gustin
4. 111 Bumper Jones
Feature
1. 17P Brad Pinkerton
2. 7 Al Hejna
3. 12 Jason Hughes
4. 7K Jason Krohn
5. 3D Tim Donlinger
6. 14 Jon Tesch
7. 4RX Dereck Ramirez
8. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
9. 20 Rodney Sanders
10. 19R Ryan Gustin
11. 3 Kelly Shryock
12. 31 Corey Dripps
13. 96T R. C. Whitwell
14. 65 Tommy Myers
15. 14J Jake Neal
16. 7D Ryan Dolan
17. 22x Dustin Boney
18. 111 Bumper Jones
19. 94 Steve Blattler
20. 25 Scott Green
DNF:
4R Ron VerBeek (hit exit at turn three hard. Red flag delay. He was ok)
18 Michael Long
22 Brandon Banks
20R Bryan Rowland
For full results check www.usmts.com
B-Mods - 24 cars
Heat 1 - 02 Andrew Schroeder
Heat 2 - 16 Mike Shelton
Heat 3 - 17T Tyler Groenendyk
Feature
1. 17T Tyler Groenendyk
2. 02 Andrew Schroeder
3. D1 Drew Lawson
4. 55 Bobby Greene
5. 16 Mike Shelton
6. 85 Jason McDaniel
7. 8J AJ Johnson
8. 98X Bert McDaniel (Cory Brown's car)
9. 30X Josh Modde
10. 10 Cayden Carter
11. 7 Carter VandenBerg
12. 8T Tony Johnson
13. 62 Bill Gibson
14. 1 Paul Underwood
15. 49 Leroy Groenendyk
16. 21B BJ Boender
17. 54X Rick VanDusseldorp
18. 8 Tommy Lathrop
19. 777 Jayme Duinink
20. 7A Aaron Osweiler
DNF: 0 Mike Wanders
35B James Krier
21Y Bill Young
DNS: X2 Chris Eggers
Stock Car - 13 cars
Heat 1 - 60 Kurt Krauskopf
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Feature
1. 20Dub Shane Weller
2. 12M Brian Mitrisin
3. 57V Mike VanGenderen
4. 67 Carl Falck
5. 29 Matt Greiner
6. 11 Kyle Anderson
7. 126 Kevin Harsch, Keota, IA
DNF: 73C Carl Yaw
60 Kurt Krauskopf
3 Clayton Garden
DNS: 94 Corey Stout
4M Chase Mitrisin
Hobby Stock - 19 cars
Heat 1 - 2N Donavan Nunnikhoven
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Feature
1. Jason McDaniel
2. 2N Donavan Nunnikhoven
3. 52 Nathan Wood
4. 10G Dustin Griffiths
5. 84 Danny Thrasher
6. 18 Kris Walker
7. 3S Steve Allen
8. 33 Justin Hook
9. 69 Craig Brown
10. 78 Andy Coleman
11. 62 TJ Henderson
12. 29X Howard Gordon, Jr. (in Wes Almond's car)
13. 21 Nick Ulin
14. 3G Lonnie Greiner
15. 57 Scotty Schull
16. 911 Shawn Coleman
DNF: 15 Jeremiah Frye
64 Casey Greubel
32T Bobby Greene
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