It was another packed pits night on Saturday and a full grandstand, to close the curtain on the 2011 season at Osky. Thankfully, the temperatures were warmer than the previous night, making for a much more pleasant closure to our "bench sitting" for the year. In recognition of the 25th anniversary of this event, all four classes ran 25-lap features.
The hobby stocks started the A mains by running first. The two top finishers from the previous night's locked-in eight cars, Bill Bonnett and Adam Cline, sat on the front row. Bonnett, driving the car owned by Eric Stanton, wasted no time in establishing the lead and put distance between himself and Cline. Regular competitor, Donoven Nunnikhoven and Missouri driver Clayton Crump took to the topside of the track and pursued Bonnett, as he kept his line on the bottom of the track. It appeared the topside was the way to go, as both Nunnikhoven and Crump were able to get past Bonnett, who dropped to the third spot. With just a couple of laps remaining, Bonnett fought back, still on the bottom and got to second place---and then made the pass on Nunnikhoven for the lead on lap twenty-four. Bonnett then went home to the checkers first, securing his second win in as many nights. Nunnikhoven had to settle for second on this night, Crump crossed in third, Adam Cline was fourth and Steve Larson took fifth. A check of the official results at www.usraracing.com, indicates that the third place finishing Clayton Crump was disqualified. This then put Chris Hovden to round out the top five positions. The race went flag-to-flag.
The USRA A modifieds ran their 25-lap feature next. As previous night top two qualifiers, Colt Mather and Zack VanderBeek sat on the front row. VanderBeek took flight and pulled away from Mather as Bob Timm ran a distant third. At lap fifteen, the yellow flag flew, but not for an incident on the track. The race was halted for a medical call in the infield and a subsequent ambulance transport. One lap after the restart, second place runner Colt Mather's car shot into the the turn one wall, ending his run. VanderBeek then cruised home to the win. Steve Blatter finished as the runner up, and Ron VerBeek and Kurt Kile duked it out for third and fourth, finishing in that order. Bob Timm rounded out the top five.
In the USRA B modified feature, it was Cayden Carter repeating his win from the previous night. Carter led all 25-laps but had company on the topside the entire time. Bryon Weyer chased Carter closely as they broke away from the field. Third place running Jason Mallicoat challenged Weyer on the low side in the last couple of laps, but to no avail. Carter won--his 31st of the season I believe to hear him say--Weyer was second, Mallicoat third, fourth went to Jake Timm, the Winona, Minnesota driver, and Jared Timmerman finished in fifth.
As we thought was fitting, the last to run their feature were the stock cars. Osky has been known as a hot bed of stock car racing in the past. There has been some fantastic races in the class, often the best racing of the night, and times when three cars were coming to the checkers, three-wide. This night brought some of that action as cars were clumped together battling for positions. Nathan Wood, Shay Curtin and Shane Weller fought up front for the top spot. Curtin's run for the money ended when he hit the infamous turn one wall, resulting in a flat and his retirement to the pits. The waning laps saw Weller challenge Wood for the lead, and Steve Jackson threw his hat into the ring, challenging them both. But on this night, it was Wood taking the win...unbelievably his first of the year at the track as he commented in victory lane...Weller kept second over Jackson in third, Matt Greiner in fourth and Mike "The Flying Dutchman" VanGenderen was fifth.
And so ended another Fall Challenge, the 25th at the Southern Iowa Speedway. If memory serves me correct, we have been to them all. We truly hope it will not be the last, nor the end of weekly racing at the big ole 1/2 mile. Thanks once again goes out to Todd and Janet Staley for their dedication over the years in bringing weekly racing to the area. Thanks to announcer Tony Paris for giving a shout out to us and the other Positively Racing collegues who made the trip to the track. We will cross our fingers, and hope that next year, we will once again be sitting in the grandstands and enjoying the racing action.
Our racing adventures for 2011 have more than likely come to an end at 74 races. There is always a chance we could find a race to travel to, but nothing is planned at this time. We already have plans for starting our racing off in 2012 at Daytona International Speedway in February. We do enjoy a NASCAR race now and then, but nothing beats sitting at a good ole dirt track race in our opinion. Until next time, happy racing!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Mather, Weller, Carter, Bonnett capture night #1 wins at Osky Fall Challenge
Last night was night #1 of the two-night Fall Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. What a car count, as by my figures, 167 competitors came from near and far to try their hand at taming this notoriously hard to handle track. Many of those drivers found out just how hard it is to tame! At least four red flags flew for situations involving rollovers or hard hits to the walls or guard rails. Thankfully, none of those incidents resulted in injuries.
The B Modifieds had 51 cars checked in. Two large B mains whittled the starting A feature to eighteen cars of which the eight top finishers would be locked in to tonight's big feature event. By the luck of the draw, local hot shoe, 16 year old Cayden Carter, sat on the pole. It was no surprise that this race was led the entire 18-laps by the young man from Oskaloosa. He pulled away and secured yet another of his many, many wins in 2011....by nearly 3/4 of a lap over his nearest competitor. Jared Timmerman trailed a distant second the entire race but had challenges by Carter VanDenBerg and Bryon Weyer much of the race. Timmerman did take the runner up spot, with Weyer winning out over VanDenBerg as they finished third and fourth respectively. Fifth place went to Jason Mallicoat, who has been piloting the #36 car as of late, that we had seen Matt Pittman racing earlier in the season. Rounding out the top eight qualifiers were Jake Timm, Winona, Minnesota, Eric Flander and Curtis VanDerWal.
By the time the stock car feature pulled on the track, things had gotten a little nippy and the winds that had died down earlier, began to pick up again. Forty stock cars also had to be pared down to eighteen A main starters via two large B mains. Lance Deal sat on the pole along side Steve "Action" Jackson, veteran driver from Polk City, Iowa. Jackson took the lead in the 18-lapper from the start. He had to do battle with Matt Jones, Deal, Shane Weller and a plethora of other cars advancing fast! Jackson, Jones and then Weller swapped the lead until Weller secured that spot with three laps remaining and then took the checkers first. The action in this race was shades of the "old days" when stock car racing was at its finest on the "Monster 1/2 mile". It was an exciting and enjoyable race to watch. The final couple of laps had cars swapping positions continuously right up until they crossed the checkers flying. Following the winner, Weller, was Jackson in second, Nathan Wood in third, fourth was Matt Jones from Waukon, Iowa up in northeastern Iowa, and Shay Curtin, also from Waukon, was fifth. Completing the top eight qualifying spots for tonight's show were Brian Webb out of Decorah, Mike VanGenderen, (who did double duty and competed in the A modifieds class as well) and Brian Mitrisin. If last night's racing in the stock car class is any indication of things to come for tonight's action, you shouldn't miss it!
The hobby stocks also had 40 cars on hand and they too had to have two large B mains to get down to their starting field of 18 cars. Bill Bonnett in the 7B car that is usually piloted by Eric Stanton, had a good battle going on with Austin Wolfgram and Adam Cline as the laps wound down. As the white flag flew, the second place car of Wolfgram was suddenly "dead in the water" in corner two, giving second place over to Cline. Bonnett took the win, Cline was second, third went to Dan Sacquitne, Donovan Nunnikhoven took fourth and Steve Larson was fifth. Rounding out the top eight qualifiers were Nick Ulin, Clayton Crump, and Todd Reitzler.
Twenty-six A modifieds competed in the 25th annual running of the Fall Challenge. Steve Blattler and "RVB"---Ron VerBeek, were the lucky recipients of the front row for the main. It didn't take long until third row starter, Colt Mather came calling and took the lead over Blattler. From then on, there was no looking back for Mather, as he pulled away to the end. Zack VanderBeek gave it a shot in the closing laps, but had to settle for second place. Third went to Blattler, fourth to Bob Timm out of Winona, Minnesota, and fifth was Mark Elliott. Rounding out the top eight spots were Bruce Hanford, Ron VerBeek and Kurt Kile.
We are opting to head back down to the Southern Iowa Speedway and take in the action again tonight. If the racing is anything like last night, we won't be disappointed. We are really hoping this won't be the last night of racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, as the reign of Todd and Janet Staley comes to an end. We thank them for what they did to bring racing to the fans. We have found ourselves sitting in that big ole grandstand on Wednesday nights for years and years, and we feel it would be a shame for that to end and the track to sit idle. We are hoping that someone will pick up the reins and guide the track to a new future. Happy racing!
The B Modifieds had 51 cars checked in. Two large B mains whittled the starting A feature to eighteen cars of which the eight top finishers would be locked in to tonight's big feature event. By the luck of the draw, local hot shoe, 16 year old Cayden Carter, sat on the pole. It was no surprise that this race was led the entire 18-laps by the young man from Oskaloosa. He pulled away and secured yet another of his many, many wins in 2011....by nearly 3/4 of a lap over his nearest competitor. Jared Timmerman trailed a distant second the entire race but had challenges by Carter VanDenBerg and Bryon Weyer much of the race. Timmerman did take the runner up spot, with Weyer winning out over VanDenBerg as they finished third and fourth respectively. Fifth place went to Jason Mallicoat, who has been piloting the #36 car as of late, that we had seen Matt Pittman racing earlier in the season. Rounding out the top eight qualifiers were Jake Timm, Winona, Minnesota, Eric Flander and Curtis VanDerWal.
By the time the stock car feature pulled on the track, things had gotten a little nippy and the winds that had died down earlier, began to pick up again. Forty stock cars also had to be pared down to eighteen A main starters via two large B mains. Lance Deal sat on the pole along side Steve "Action" Jackson, veteran driver from Polk City, Iowa. Jackson took the lead in the 18-lapper from the start. He had to do battle with Matt Jones, Deal, Shane Weller and a plethora of other cars advancing fast! Jackson, Jones and then Weller swapped the lead until Weller secured that spot with three laps remaining and then took the checkers first. The action in this race was shades of the "old days" when stock car racing was at its finest on the "Monster 1/2 mile". It was an exciting and enjoyable race to watch. The final couple of laps had cars swapping positions continuously right up until they crossed the checkers flying. Following the winner, Weller, was Jackson in second, Nathan Wood in third, fourth was Matt Jones from Waukon, Iowa up in northeastern Iowa, and Shay Curtin, also from Waukon, was fifth. Completing the top eight qualifying spots for tonight's show were Brian Webb out of Decorah, Mike VanGenderen, (who did double duty and competed in the A modifieds class as well) and Brian Mitrisin. If last night's racing in the stock car class is any indication of things to come for tonight's action, you shouldn't miss it!
The hobby stocks also had 40 cars on hand and they too had to have two large B mains to get down to their starting field of 18 cars. Bill Bonnett in the 7B car that is usually piloted by Eric Stanton, had a good battle going on with Austin Wolfgram and Adam Cline as the laps wound down. As the white flag flew, the second place car of Wolfgram was suddenly "dead in the water" in corner two, giving second place over to Cline. Bonnett took the win, Cline was second, third went to Dan Sacquitne, Donovan Nunnikhoven took fourth and Steve Larson was fifth. Rounding out the top eight qualifiers were Nick Ulin, Clayton Crump, and Todd Reitzler.
Twenty-six A modifieds competed in the 25th annual running of the Fall Challenge. Steve Blattler and "RVB"---Ron VerBeek, were the lucky recipients of the front row for the main. It didn't take long until third row starter, Colt Mather came calling and took the lead over Blattler. From then on, there was no looking back for Mather, as he pulled away to the end. Zack VanderBeek gave it a shot in the closing laps, but had to settle for second place. Third went to Blattler, fourth to Bob Timm out of Winona, Minnesota, and fifth was Mark Elliott. Rounding out the top eight spots were Bruce Hanford, Ron VerBeek and Kurt Kile.
We are opting to head back down to the Southern Iowa Speedway and take in the action again tonight. If the racing is anything like last night, we won't be disappointed. We are really hoping this won't be the last night of racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, as the reign of Todd and Janet Staley comes to an end. We thank them for what they did to bring racing to the fans. We have found ourselves sitting in that big ole grandstand on Wednesday nights for years and years, and we feel it would be a shame for that to end and the track to sit idle. We are hoping that someone will pick up the reins and guide the track to a new future. Happy racing!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Hamilton County Speedway Fall Special
The Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City, Iowa held a Fall Special this past Saturday night. With 183 cars packing the over-flowing pits, it was clear that drivers were not ready for their season of racing to end. Though this was our first trip of the year to the track, in prior years, it has not been often that we would see the over-flow spill into the open area west off of turn one. However, Saturday night, it was a tight fit even out there! There was a delay in the first heat reaching the track due in part to an extended driver's meeting that encircled the speaker, plus all of the hot laps needed for the large amount of race cars. The first heat hit the track at 5:49 according to my notation, and hot laps had been scheduled for 4:30 with racing to follow.
The first feature to run, the Hornets, came to the track a bit after 10 p.m. Not being very familiar with the class, we can only comment that the winner was Adam Strunk, followed by Daniel Ayers in second, the #37 of Dustin Haggard in third, fourth went to Megan Lappegard, and fifth was Paul Atchison.
The Late Models ran their 25-lap feature next. Local racer, Ryan Griffith made short work of showing his dominance and led the entire contest, pulling away from his nearest competitors. After a false initial start, the feature went flag-to-flag. Todd Cooney slipped by Scott Badker on the final lap as they finished second and third in that order. Fourth went to local driver, "Hollywood" Jason Hahne who had made the pass at lap seventeen to get around Dean Wagner who took fifth.
The Hobby Stocks followed suit with their own flag-to-flag 12-lap feature next. The IMCA Super National's champion, Cody Nielsen took off from his pole starting spot and sprinted to the lead. It wasn't long until he had company with Devin Smith and John Watson hot on his heels. By lap five, Smith took over the helm and then sailed on to the win, stretching his lead at the checkers. Nielsen kept the runner-up spot, Watson was third, followed by the 2EZ of Josh Niemand, and George Hood was fifth.
The Stock Cars ran a 15-lap feature on the half-mile. Dan Trimble and Ryan Leeman sat on the front row--Trimble shooting to the lead immediately. Mike VanGenderen, the "Flying Dutchman", took to the topside in turns one and two, trying to catch some traction--where there was very little. It was working though, and VanGenderen took the lead. Meanwhile, Steve Jackson had evidently taken note of that topside working, and also set sail up there. Caution flags flew and the cars were aligned double file behind the leader and upon the restarts, positions were changed up a bit. Jackson got the advantage over the 57V of VanGenderen and subsequent yellows that flew late in the race, found Lance Deal making the pass into second. Jackson took the win, Deal was runner-up, third went to VanGenderen, fourth to Kevin Opheim and Minnesota driver, Ken Tietz rounded out the top five. Jackson started seventh on the field and Deal came from seventeenth.
The B Modifieds also ran a 15-lap feature event. Track champion, Joel Rust and Cayden Carter drew the front row starting spots. Carter wasted no time in taking the lead and Bryon Weyer, who started fourth, made his way into the "catch up" second place spot. Ryan Ruter was piloting the #53 car on the night, and had just made the pass on Weyer for second, when his fortunes on the night were changed, as his car went spinning, bringing out a caution flag. The final few laps that remained saw Carter pull away from Weyer, who had regained the second place position after Ruter's spin. Carter crossed in first place, Weyer in second, third went to Alex Zwanziger, who I believe to be the grandson of the legendery driver, Bill Zwanziger of the '60's era, fourth was Joel Rust and fifth was Greg Sidles by inches over Jason Mallicoat, who was driving the #36 car of Matt Pittman. Upon checking the official results found on www.speednetdirect.com this morning, I discovered that the win was awarded to the second place finisher, Bryon Weyer, which leads us to believe there was a disqualification of the first place finisher for some sort of infraction. Thus the finish was Weyer in first, second was Zwanziger, third Rust, fourth Sidles, and Mallicoat was fifth.
The A Modified feature was 20-laps. Thirty-two cars were whittled to the starting field of twenty-four cars through two B-Mains. Those winners were Luke Wanninger, and Kyle Brown, who drove his first ever A modified when he jumped into his dad David Brown's car. Levi Nielsen and Chris Abelson drew the front row spots. Abelson took the lead followed by the second row starters, Keith Schmitz and JD Auringer. And then....here came that #12 car of Mark Elliott! Elliott, who had started back in tenth place, was soon up to second, Jay Noteboom had followed to gain the third spot, and then there was a dog fight behind them with Schmitz, Nielsen, Auringer, Bill Crimmins and Ricky Stephan really going at it! With about four laps remaining, Elliott established the point position and Noteboom also got around Abelson to gain second spot. That would be the way they would finish---Elliott taking the win, followed by Noteboom in second, Abelson in third, fourth went to Keith Schmitz and JD Auringer was fifth. Ricky Stephan ran a good race to finish in sixth after starting twelfth and Jammin' Jimmy Gustin came from nineteenth (he was scheduled to start 21st but a car opting to tag the field, moved him up a row) to finish seventh.
The track did rubber down and much of the racing was down around the bottom. However, as noted from some of the above starting positions and eventual finishing spots, there was passing on the dry, dusty, slick track. It was also a long night of racing with the final checkers flying at just a bit before the midnight hour. We were glad however, just to be watching racing, on a beautiful October night; knowing that it was all going to be coming to a screeching halt in the very near future. It was also nice to catch up with some racing friends and drivers as well.
Also, thanks to announcer Ryan Bergeson for the shout out to this reporter. As of right now, our plans are to catch the first of two nights of the Fall Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Friday night, October 14, and then head to the Lee County Speedway down in Donnellson, Iowa for their annual Shiverfest race on Saturday the 15th. This will most likely end our 2011 racing season. Of course, there is always a chance that we could travel a bit and catch yet another race later in the season. Time will tell. Happy racing!
The first feature to run, the Hornets, came to the track a bit after 10 p.m. Not being very familiar with the class, we can only comment that the winner was Adam Strunk, followed by Daniel Ayers in second, the #37 of Dustin Haggard in third, fourth went to Megan Lappegard, and fifth was Paul Atchison.
The Late Models ran their 25-lap feature next. Local racer, Ryan Griffith made short work of showing his dominance and led the entire contest, pulling away from his nearest competitors. After a false initial start, the feature went flag-to-flag. Todd Cooney slipped by Scott Badker on the final lap as they finished second and third in that order. Fourth went to local driver, "Hollywood" Jason Hahne who had made the pass at lap seventeen to get around Dean Wagner who took fifth.
The Hobby Stocks followed suit with their own flag-to-flag 12-lap feature next. The IMCA Super National's champion, Cody Nielsen took off from his pole starting spot and sprinted to the lead. It wasn't long until he had company with Devin Smith and John Watson hot on his heels. By lap five, Smith took over the helm and then sailed on to the win, stretching his lead at the checkers. Nielsen kept the runner-up spot, Watson was third, followed by the 2EZ of Josh Niemand, and George Hood was fifth.
The Stock Cars ran a 15-lap feature on the half-mile. Dan Trimble and Ryan Leeman sat on the front row--Trimble shooting to the lead immediately. Mike VanGenderen, the "Flying Dutchman", took to the topside in turns one and two, trying to catch some traction--where there was very little. It was working though, and VanGenderen took the lead. Meanwhile, Steve Jackson had evidently taken note of that topside working, and also set sail up there. Caution flags flew and the cars were aligned double file behind the leader and upon the restarts, positions were changed up a bit. Jackson got the advantage over the 57V of VanGenderen and subsequent yellows that flew late in the race, found Lance Deal making the pass into second. Jackson took the win, Deal was runner-up, third went to VanGenderen, fourth to Kevin Opheim and Minnesota driver, Ken Tietz rounded out the top five. Jackson started seventh on the field and Deal came from seventeenth.
The B Modifieds also ran a 15-lap feature event. Track champion, Joel Rust and Cayden Carter drew the front row starting spots. Carter wasted no time in taking the lead and Bryon Weyer, who started fourth, made his way into the "catch up" second place spot. Ryan Ruter was piloting the #53 car on the night, and had just made the pass on Weyer for second, when his fortunes on the night were changed, as his car went spinning, bringing out a caution flag. The final few laps that remained saw Carter pull away from Weyer, who had regained the second place position after Ruter's spin. Carter crossed in first place, Weyer in second, third went to Alex Zwanziger, who I believe to be the grandson of the legendery driver, Bill Zwanziger of the '60's era, fourth was Joel Rust and fifth was Greg Sidles by inches over Jason Mallicoat, who was driving the #36 car of Matt Pittman. Upon checking the official results found on www.speednetdirect.com this morning, I discovered that the win was awarded to the second place finisher, Bryon Weyer, which leads us to believe there was a disqualification of the first place finisher for some sort of infraction. Thus the finish was Weyer in first, second was Zwanziger, third Rust, fourth Sidles, and Mallicoat was fifth.
The A Modified feature was 20-laps. Thirty-two cars were whittled to the starting field of twenty-four cars through two B-Mains. Those winners were Luke Wanninger, and Kyle Brown, who drove his first ever A modified when he jumped into his dad David Brown's car. Levi Nielsen and Chris Abelson drew the front row spots. Abelson took the lead followed by the second row starters, Keith Schmitz and JD Auringer. And then....here came that #12 car of Mark Elliott! Elliott, who had started back in tenth place, was soon up to second, Jay Noteboom had followed to gain the third spot, and then there was a dog fight behind them with Schmitz, Nielsen, Auringer, Bill Crimmins and Ricky Stephan really going at it! With about four laps remaining, Elliott established the point position and Noteboom also got around Abelson to gain second spot. That would be the way they would finish---Elliott taking the win, followed by Noteboom in second, Abelson in third, fourth went to Keith Schmitz and JD Auringer was fifth. Ricky Stephan ran a good race to finish in sixth after starting twelfth and Jammin' Jimmy Gustin came from nineteenth (he was scheduled to start 21st but a car opting to tag the field, moved him up a row) to finish seventh.
The track did rubber down and much of the racing was down around the bottom. However, as noted from some of the above starting positions and eventual finishing spots, there was passing on the dry, dusty, slick track. It was also a long night of racing with the final checkers flying at just a bit before the midnight hour. We were glad however, just to be watching racing, on a beautiful October night; knowing that it was all going to be coming to a screeching halt in the very near future. It was also nice to catch up with some racing friends and drivers as well.
Also, thanks to announcer Ryan Bergeson for the shout out to this reporter. As of right now, our plans are to catch the first of two nights of the Fall Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Friday night, October 14, and then head to the Lee County Speedway down in Donnellson, Iowa for their annual Shiverfest race on Saturday the 15th. This will most likely end our 2011 racing season. Of course, there is always a chance that we could travel a bit and catch yet another race later in the season. Time will tell. Happy racing!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Zoubek and Nelson switch it up for Octoberfest wins
We took the trip back to Beatrice Speedway for the 16th running of their fall special this past weekend. We could have hardly asked for any nicer weather. Two complete programs were run each night with Friday being the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Northern SportMods and the IMCA Sport Compacts. Saturday night, the Sport Compacts were replaced with the factory stock class. Ironically, I counted 130 cars in competition each night even with some not returning, new ones appearing, and even with the switching of classes in the Sport Compacts and factory stocks.
Friday night, the features started off with the IMCA Sport Compact class. Scott Spellmeir took the feature win followed by Tyler Fralin, Cameron Meyer, Kenny Roberts and Justice Colson rounded out the top five.
The 20-lap feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks came next. R.J. Macku, Lincoln, Nebraska took home the trophy tonight, but had challenges by Blain Peterson and Adam Armstrong most of the way home. Peterson out of Essex, Iowa took the runner up spot, hometown boy, Adam Armstrong took third, followed by track champion Shawn Slezak in fourth and Troy Paxton from Grand Island was fifth. There was a little drama in the post race interview when Macku expressed his displeasure with an earlier in the year incident with himself and Adam Armstrong. Quick thinking announcer Derek Long, managed to pull the microphone away before too many of the R-rated words were heard! The crowd in return, voiced their displeasure with his comments quite verbally!
Up next was the 20-lapper for the IMCA Northern SportMods. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, Iowa took the lead by the halfway mark and sailed home to another victory. Sobbing started well back in the field and impressively and methodically made his way forward. Second place finisher was Jason Mallicoat who jumped in the ride of Matt Pittman from Jefferson, Iowa. Mallicoat is no stranger to the SportMod class having piloted his own ride very successfully a few years back. Third place was Tyler Frye, the Beatrice Speedway champion for 2011, fourth was Max Harder who finished second in points at the track, and fifth was Dusty Leonard.
The featured IMCA Modified A main was 30-laps. After a couple of early tangles, one of which was a "slobberknocker" as friend and web caster for the IMCA SuperNationals, Bucky Doren, calls a "mess involving at least five cars". Jordy Nelson had been at the helm those early laps but "Dangerous" Dan Nelson came calling by the halfway mark and was pulling away from the pack and looking to be on his way to the win. Enter that fickle yellow flag once more! That yellow flew with just two laps remaining and put Bob Zoubek right behind for the restart. Zoubek had pulled out of the pack and had been slowly reeling in the leader, but now this restart was about to make it real interesting. On the white flag, Nelson still held the advantage but Zoubek was able to make the pull past Nelson coming out of turn four and beat him to the checkers and the win. It seemed to be a popular win from the fans reaction. Dan Nelson had to settle for second on this night, followed by Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff in third (who also advanced from mid-pack) Jordan Grabouski, track champion in fourth, and Jordy Nelson fell back to finish fifth.
Saturday dawned another beautiful day and subsequent night for racing. Tonight, we would be doing it all over again except for the switch of the factory stock class in place of the IMCA Sport Compacts from the night before.
Tonight's A main action started off with the 20-lap Factory Stock feature. This is an unsanctioned class that runs weekly at the track. The track champion, Kyle Vanover, was off to the lead from the get go from starting outside the front row. Tyler Phelps then put the pressure on the leader and with six laps to go, took the lead. Phelps took the win over Vanover in second, Jeff Watts in third, Kyle Dumfort in fourth and Dana Deeke in fifth. Winner Phelps exclaimed in victory lane what a thrill it was to get the win over his nephew, Kyle Vanover.
It was another 20-lap feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Troy Paxton led the troops for the early laps but there were some heavy hitters hot on his heels. Adam Armstrong, R. J. Macku, and Roy Armstrong were battling it out for positions behind Paxton. Paxton lost the handle--untouched from our view point--brought out a yellow and handed the lead over to Adam Armstrong. Roy Armstrong made the pass on Macku for second and then it was the father/son battle. Adam, in first, ran high and dad Roy, ran low. A yellow came out with two laps to go when a car spun right at the flagstand, but the top two would hold their order with Adam gaining the win over dad Roy, in second. Brandon Stigge made the pass on Macku, as they finished third and fourth in that order, and Des Moines, Iowa's John Watson rounded out the top five.
The post race interview found Adam Armstrong expressing his thanks to his dad for all he had done for him in his racing career.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran their 20-lap feature flag-to-flag. Gary Saathoff and Tyler Frye sat on the front row with Frye getting the advantage and the lead at the start. Previous night's winner, Jesse Sobbing quickly got to second and dogged Frye until making the pass for the lead with just three laps remaining. Sobbing took his second win in as many nights and his unbelievable 53rd win of the season. Frye finished second with Greg Metz in third, fourth was Dan Bohlmeyer, and Dusty Leonard was fifth.
Then it was time for the grand finale of the night--the 30-lap IMCA Modified feature. Just looking at the front row, which had been determined by draw, it was looking like deja vu all over again as Dan Nelson drew the pole and Bob Zoubek the outside. Nelson would hold the advantage as he ran the middle of the track and Zoubek trailed behind, running the low groove. The real race was for third and fourth place with Hunter Marriott and Brian Foote challenging each other over and over again. Tonight, things were switched up from last night as Dan Nelson got the win and Zoubek took second. Third went to Hunter Marriott and fourth to Brian Foote. We noted Foote in the #18 ride instead of his normal #43 and believe it was his son's car from the past season. Johnny Saathoff came from 18th starting spot, to finish in fifth.
We enjoyed our traditional visit to the Beatrice Speedway and although the car count was not as big as their Spring Nationals in March, there was still a nice field of about 30 modifieds. A couple of cars we noticed missing in action were Dylan Smith and Brandon Blochlinger, area drivers who are usually competing at the Spring and Fall specials. Both drivers were back in Iowa racing as a support class with the Lucas Oil Late Models at the famed Knoxville Raceway. They announced at the track, that Beatrice, Nebraska driver, Jordan Grabouski was officially crowned the IMCA National Modified Champion for 2011 by three points over Texas driver Keith White.
There are still a few special left in our neck of the woods, hopefully before the snow flies. Check out the calendar at Positively Racing for a race to attend. Happy racing!
Friday night, the features started off with the IMCA Sport Compact class. Scott Spellmeir took the feature win followed by Tyler Fralin, Cameron Meyer, Kenny Roberts and Justice Colson rounded out the top five.
The 20-lap feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks came next. R.J. Macku, Lincoln, Nebraska took home the trophy tonight, but had challenges by Blain Peterson and Adam Armstrong most of the way home. Peterson out of Essex, Iowa took the runner up spot, hometown boy, Adam Armstrong took third, followed by track champion Shawn Slezak in fourth and Troy Paxton from Grand Island was fifth. There was a little drama in the post race interview when Macku expressed his displeasure with an earlier in the year incident with himself and Adam Armstrong. Quick thinking announcer Derek Long, managed to pull the microphone away before too many of the R-rated words were heard! The crowd in return, voiced their displeasure with his comments quite verbally!
Up next was the 20-lapper for the IMCA Northern SportMods. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, Iowa took the lead by the halfway mark and sailed home to another victory. Sobbing started well back in the field and impressively and methodically made his way forward. Second place finisher was Jason Mallicoat who jumped in the ride of Matt Pittman from Jefferson, Iowa. Mallicoat is no stranger to the SportMod class having piloted his own ride very successfully a few years back. Third place was Tyler Frye, the Beatrice Speedway champion for 2011, fourth was Max Harder who finished second in points at the track, and fifth was Dusty Leonard.
The featured IMCA Modified A main was 30-laps. After a couple of early tangles, one of which was a "slobberknocker" as friend and web caster for the IMCA SuperNationals, Bucky Doren, calls a "mess involving at least five cars". Jordy Nelson had been at the helm those early laps but "Dangerous" Dan Nelson came calling by the halfway mark and was pulling away from the pack and looking to be on his way to the win. Enter that fickle yellow flag once more! That yellow flew with just two laps remaining and put Bob Zoubek right behind for the restart. Zoubek had pulled out of the pack and had been slowly reeling in the leader, but now this restart was about to make it real interesting. On the white flag, Nelson still held the advantage but Zoubek was able to make the pull past Nelson coming out of turn four and beat him to the checkers and the win. It seemed to be a popular win from the fans reaction. Dan Nelson had to settle for second on this night, followed by Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff in third (who also advanced from mid-pack) Jordan Grabouski, track champion in fourth, and Jordy Nelson fell back to finish fifth.
Saturday dawned another beautiful day and subsequent night for racing. Tonight, we would be doing it all over again except for the switch of the factory stock class in place of the IMCA Sport Compacts from the night before.
Tonight's A main action started off with the 20-lap Factory Stock feature. This is an unsanctioned class that runs weekly at the track. The track champion, Kyle Vanover, was off to the lead from the get go from starting outside the front row. Tyler Phelps then put the pressure on the leader and with six laps to go, took the lead. Phelps took the win over Vanover in second, Jeff Watts in third, Kyle Dumfort in fourth and Dana Deeke in fifth. Winner Phelps exclaimed in victory lane what a thrill it was to get the win over his nephew, Kyle Vanover.
It was another 20-lap feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Troy Paxton led the troops for the early laps but there were some heavy hitters hot on his heels. Adam Armstrong, R. J. Macku, and Roy Armstrong were battling it out for positions behind Paxton. Paxton lost the handle--untouched from our view point--brought out a yellow and handed the lead over to Adam Armstrong. Roy Armstrong made the pass on Macku for second and then it was the father/son battle. Adam, in first, ran high and dad Roy, ran low. A yellow came out with two laps to go when a car spun right at the flagstand, but the top two would hold their order with Adam gaining the win over dad Roy, in second. Brandon Stigge made the pass on Macku, as they finished third and fourth in that order, and Des Moines, Iowa's John Watson rounded out the top five.
The post race interview found Adam Armstrong expressing his thanks to his dad for all he had done for him in his racing career.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran their 20-lap feature flag-to-flag. Gary Saathoff and Tyler Frye sat on the front row with Frye getting the advantage and the lead at the start. Previous night's winner, Jesse Sobbing quickly got to second and dogged Frye until making the pass for the lead with just three laps remaining. Sobbing took his second win in as many nights and his unbelievable 53rd win of the season. Frye finished second with Greg Metz in third, fourth was Dan Bohlmeyer, and Dusty Leonard was fifth.
Then it was time for the grand finale of the night--the 30-lap IMCA Modified feature. Just looking at the front row, which had been determined by draw, it was looking like deja vu all over again as Dan Nelson drew the pole and Bob Zoubek the outside. Nelson would hold the advantage as he ran the middle of the track and Zoubek trailed behind, running the low groove. The real race was for third and fourth place with Hunter Marriott and Brian Foote challenging each other over and over again. Tonight, things were switched up from last night as Dan Nelson got the win and Zoubek took second. Third went to Hunter Marriott and fourth to Brian Foote. We noted Foote in the #18 ride instead of his normal #43 and believe it was his son's car from the past season. Johnny Saathoff came from 18th starting spot, to finish in fifth.
We enjoyed our traditional visit to the Beatrice Speedway and although the car count was not as big as their Spring Nationals in March, there was still a nice field of about 30 modifieds. A couple of cars we noticed missing in action were Dylan Smith and Brandon Blochlinger, area drivers who are usually competing at the Spring and Fall specials. Both drivers were back in Iowa racing as a support class with the Lucas Oil Late Models at the famed Knoxville Raceway. They announced at the track, that Beatrice, Nebraska driver, Jordan Grabouski was officially crowned the IMCA National Modified Champion for 2011 by three points over Texas driver Keith White.
There are still a few special left in our neck of the woods, hopefully before the snow flies. Check out the calendar at Positively Racing for a race to attend. Happy racing!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Duffy takes Night #2 HDT at the Havoc
The racing action for the Marshalltown Speedway wrapped up on Saturday night with the running of Night #2 of the Havoc on the Highbanks. Joining the classes from the previous night, were the Dirt Trucks and the IMCA Sport Compacts. It was a chilly night and fans were bundled up, but the racing action was great. The grand finale of the night, the final Hawkeye Dirt Tour race of the year, found the track turn multi-grooved and what a show the drivers put on!
The IMCA Sport Compacts ran their feature first, which went flag to flag. Nine of the cars were on hand with all starting their feature event. Veteran of many years of racing, Merv Chandler, led the entire race, taking the win. Merv said in the post-race interview, that he began his IMCA racing career back in the early days of the birth of the modifieds, along about 1983/1984. Behind him in second, was his son, Brad Chandler. Third went to Tyler Whalen, fourth was Bill Whalen, Jr. and fifth Dave Moorman. We recall Moorman being a regular at the Marshalltown track when the unsanctioned front wheel drive cars ran there regularly a number of years ago. It was announced that the IMCA Sport Compacts will be running weekly at the Marshalltown Speedway in 2012.
The Mod Lite feature ran their 15-lap A main next. Colby Oberembt led the entire race and took the win. Josh May moved through the pack well to nab the runner up position, after starting toward the back of the field. Third went to his dad, James May, fourth was Joel Huggins and Justin Forsberg, a new new driver from the previous night, took fifth.
Next up was the Dirt Trucks, bringing eight trucks for competition. Bret Moyer and his father, Carl Moyer sat on the front row for the start. Bret grabbed the lead and would lead all twelve laps to take the win. Father, Carl Moyer, had to settle for the runner-up spot over another son, Brad Moyer in third. Fourth went to Tony Moro and Rick Clark rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks ran a 15-lap feature. Scott Pippert dominated this race and with the loudest rev limiter on a crate motor we've heard! Maybe it was because we were sitting directly up from where it would kick in, but it was something that I doubt anyone overlooked noticing. New driver from Friday night, Eric Knutson took second, over Tyler Pickett in third, Kenny Loftus in fourth, and Gene Nicklas in fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran a 20-lap feature. Pole sitter, Clint Luellen leaped to the lead on the first lap but what a scramble it was behind him for postion. Jake Strayer, Tyler Droste, Jenae Gustin and Cayden Carter were battling it out for spots two-five. Cayden Carter got to the second spot and then the chase was on to catch Luellen. Carter did snatch the first spot as a lap car going into turn one put the interesting twist on the situation. The skillful Carter drove to the lead with a nifty move and would soon pull away and take the comfortable win...his 30th of the season. The second position finish slipped from Luellen at the line when Tyler Droste got by him by a nose, to take second. Following Luellen, who finished third, was Jenae Gustin in fourth and Carter VanDenBerg was fifth.
It was a 20-lap feature for the IMCA Stock Cars. Jeff Wollam made an appearance for night #2 and sat on the front row along side the #15T of Jim Helle. With last night's winner, Brian Irvine, and second finisher Damon Murty buried deep in the field, it was appearing there would be a new winner on the night. Not so fast on that thought!
Jay Schmidt and Dave Atcher battled for the top spot early on and Schmidt won out and would then put some distance between himself and Atcher, But then enter Brian Irvine AND Damon Murty into the picture! When a restart occurred due to an apparent car sitting in a dangerous area as it attempted to exit into the pits, out came the yellow flag....that dreaded yellow flag that no doubt Schmidt did NOT want to see. By this time, Irvine had positioned himself into spot #2 and while under caution, made sure that Schmidt knew he was right there, knocking on the door, as he showed his ride to the leader. Irvine did make the pass on Schmidt soon after the restart, and then Murty took over the third spot. A couple of cautions would fly in the waning laps of the race, one when the #81 of Cory Adams erupted in flames in a spectacular sight! Adams drove into the infield with the car still ablaze. It was quickly extinguished, but we would imagine Adams won't soon forget his toasty exit from this race! When the race resumed, it was last night's winner, Brian Irvine taking the win once again, from having started back in 19th place. Schmidt kept second place, and Damon Murty came from the 24th spot...dead last...to take third. Fourth was Dave Atcher and veteran Andy Bryant was fifth.
The grand finale was the 30-lap Hawkeye Dirt Tour modified race. By this time, it was getting a bit nippy, and we were eating some dirt, but wow, was this race ever worth enduring every bit of that! Jacob Murray and Mark Elliott sat on the front row. Elliott secured the HDT Championship at the drop of the green flag. Of course, he still wanted a feature win, and appeared he was well on his way as he led from the start. Richie Gustin, last night's winner, drew into the picture as he made his way into second and Jon Snyder grabbed third. Snyder fell back several positions and here came Adam Larson, Todd Shute and Darin Duffy--all throwing their hat into the ring. There was a caution at lap sixteen. Not sure if this happened to be the caution that occurred because someone had opted to start burning the huge pile of branches from the summer storm (that has been sitting untouched all this time) but it was suddenly a HUGE fire blazing just to the southeast of turn one. Upon inspection and being determined to be no danger, the racing action resumed. And when it resumed, what racing we saw! The track had turned multi-grooved and cars were finding lines all over the track--often three to four wide. Elliott slipped back and then Larson took over the top spot followed by Richie Gustin and Darin Duffy. Darin Duffy? Where the heck did he come from? Duffy over took Larson without too much difficulty and Snyder also made his move past Larson. When the final checkers flew, it was Hazelton, Iowa's Darin Duffy with the HDT win under his belt...a great performance on his part. Snyder finished second, Shute came from starting eleventh, and at one point, having to rejoin the tail of the field, to take third, Larson finished fourth and Richie Gustin rounded out the top five.
Racing action is drawing to a close in our area so try to find a race to attend before you find yourself sitting home wishing for some racing action. There are several specials still up in our area. The "biggie" is the upcoming Lucas Oil Late Model Series show at the historic Knoxville Raceway. This is set for this coming weekend, September 29-October 1. Lots of big time names on the entry list as well as top runners from our area. Since this race fell at the same time this year as our traditional annual trip to Beatrice, Nebraska for their October Fest race, looks like we will be missing the late model show. With all the buzz and anticipation of this race, at least we are hoping to get filled in on how things go by fans/friends and of course, the Internet postings. Let's hope for fair weather all around and great, safe, racing action. Happy racing!
The IMCA Sport Compacts ran their feature first, which went flag to flag. Nine of the cars were on hand with all starting their feature event. Veteran of many years of racing, Merv Chandler, led the entire race, taking the win. Merv said in the post-race interview, that he began his IMCA racing career back in the early days of the birth of the modifieds, along about 1983/1984. Behind him in second, was his son, Brad Chandler. Third went to Tyler Whalen, fourth was Bill Whalen, Jr. and fifth Dave Moorman. We recall Moorman being a regular at the Marshalltown track when the unsanctioned front wheel drive cars ran there regularly a number of years ago. It was announced that the IMCA Sport Compacts will be running weekly at the Marshalltown Speedway in 2012.
The Mod Lite feature ran their 15-lap A main next. Colby Oberembt led the entire race and took the win. Josh May moved through the pack well to nab the runner up position, after starting toward the back of the field. Third went to his dad, James May, fourth was Joel Huggins and Justin Forsberg, a new new driver from the previous night, took fifth.
Next up was the Dirt Trucks, bringing eight trucks for competition. Bret Moyer and his father, Carl Moyer sat on the front row for the start. Bret grabbed the lead and would lead all twelve laps to take the win. Father, Carl Moyer, had to settle for the runner-up spot over another son, Brad Moyer in third. Fourth went to Tony Moro and Rick Clark rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks ran a 15-lap feature. Scott Pippert dominated this race and with the loudest rev limiter on a crate motor we've heard! Maybe it was because we were sitting directly up from where it would kick in, but it was something that I doubt anyone overlooked noticing. New driver from Friday night, Eric Knutson took second, over Tyler Pickett in third, Kenny Loftus in fourth, and Gene Nicklas in fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran a 20-lap feature. Pole sitter, Clint Luellen leaped to the lead on the first lap but what a scramble it was behind him for postion. Jake Strayer, Tyler Droste, Jenae Gustin and Cayden Carter were battling it out for spots two-five. Cayden Carter got to the second spot and then the chase was on to catch Luellen. Carter did snatch the first spot as a lap car going into turn one put the interesting twist on the situation. The skillful Carter drove to the lead with a nifty move and would soon pull away and take the comfortable win...his 30th of the season. The second position finish slipped from Luellen at the line when Tyler Droste got by him by a nose, to take second. Following Luellen, who finished third, was Jenae Gustin in fourth and Carter VanDenBerg was fifth.
It was a 20-lap feature for the IMCA Stock Cars. Jeff Wollam made an appearance for night #2 and sat on the front row along side the #15T of Jim Helle. With last night's winner, Brian Irvine, and second finisher Damon Murty buried deep in the field, it was appearing there would be a new winner on the night. Not so fast on that thought!
Jay Schmidt and Dave Atcher battled for the top spot early on and Schmidt won out and would then put some distance between himself and Atcher, But then enter Brian Irvine AND Damon Murty into the picture! When a restart occurred due to an apparent car sitting in a dangerous area as it attempted to exit into the pits, out came the yellow flag....that dreaded yellow flag that no doubt Schmidt did NOT want to see. By this time, Irvine had positioned himself into spot #2 and while under caution, made sure that Schmidt knew he was right there, knocking on the door, as he showed his ride to the leader. Irvine did make the pass on Schmidt soon after the restart, and then Murty took over the third spot. A couple of cautions would fly in the waning laps of the race, one when the #81 of Cory Adams erupted in flames in a spectacular sight! Adams drove into the infield with the car still ablaze. It was quickly extinguished, but we would imagine Adams won't soon forget his toasty exit from this race! When the race resumed, it was last night's winner, Brian Irvine taking the win once again, from having started back in 19th place. Schmidt kept second place, and Damon Murty came from the 24th spot...dead last...to take third. Fourth was Dave Atcher and veteran Andy Bryant was fifth.
The grand finale was the 30-lap Hawkeye Dirt Tour modified race. By this time, it was getting a bit nippy, and we were eating some dirt, but wow, was this race ever worth enduring every bit of that! Jacob Murray and Mark Elliott sat on the front row. Elliott secured the HDT Championship at the drop of the green flag. Of course, he still wanted a feature win, and appeared he was well on his way as he led from the start. Richie Gustin, last night's winner, drew into the picture as he made his way into second and Jon Snyder grabbed third. Snyder fell back several positions and here came Adam Larson, Todd Shute and Darin Duffy--all throwing their hat into the ring. There was a caution at lap sixteen. Not sure if this happened to be the caution that occurred because someone had opted to start burning the huge pile of branches from the summer storm (that has been sitting untouched all this time) but it was suddenly a HUGE fire blazing just to the southeast of turn one. Upon inspection and being determined to be no danger, the racing action resumed. And when it resumed, what racing we saw! The track had turned multi-grooved and cars were finding lines all over the track--often three to four wide. Elliott slipped back and then Larson took over the top spot followed by Richie Gustin and Darin Duffy. Darin Duffy? Where the heck did he come from? Duffy over took Larson without too much difficulty and Snyder also made his move past Larson. When the final checkers flew, it was Hazelton, Iowa's Darin Duffy with the HDT win under his belt...a great performance on his part. Snyder finished second, Shute came from starting eleventh, and at one point, having to rejoin the tail of the field, to take third, Larson finished fourth and Richie Gustin rounded out the top five.
Racing action is drawing to a close in our area so try to find a race to attend before you find yourself sitting home wishing for some racing action. There are several specials still up in our area. The "biggie" is the upcoming Lucas Oil Late Model Series show at the historic Knoxville Raceway. This is set for this coming weekend, September 29-October 1. Lots of big time names on the entry list as well as top runners from our area. Since this race fell at the same time this year as our traditional annual trip to Beatrice, Nebraska for their October Fest race, looks like we will be missing the late model show. With all the buzz and anticipation of this race, at least we are hoping to get filled in on how things go by fans/friends and of course, the Internet postings. Let's hope for fair weather all around and great, safe, racing action. Happy racing!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Richie Gustin nabs HDT win on Night #1 of Havoc
The first night of the 5th Annual Havoc on the Highbanks at the Marshalltown Speedway is in the books. The pits were packed with 161 race cars by my count. It's always fun to see new faces racing at this end-of-the-year special. Drivers made the trip from Illinois, Missouri and California if I caught the announcements correctly. Two of the winner's scored their 39th and 29th feature win of the 2011 season.
The features kicked off with the Mod Lite A main with 17 of the machines competing.
Josh May grabbed the lead away from Bryan Zehm within the first few laps, but his night would suddenly end when his power plant went up in smoke. This put Zehm back to the point position which he kept to the checkered flag and the win. Tim Hennigar took the runner-up spot, third was Colby Oberembt, fourth Joel Huggins and James May was fifth. In the post-race interview, Zehm said he was happy to get the win in his dad Ed Zehm's old car and think we also heard him say it was his FIRST ever win.
The IMCA Hobby Stock A came to the track next. They ran a 15-lap feature which was dominated by winner Devin Smith. Smith took the lead by lap two after starting seventh and sailed home to his 39th win of the season according to a "stat person" sitting nearby. Scott Pippert and Kevin Fee duked it out for position behind him with Fee winning the second place finish, Pippert the third. Fourth went to Brandon Brinton, followed by Austin Luellen in fifth.
The 20-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature was another main event that was won in dominating fashion. Oskaloosa, Iowa young gun, Cayden Carter, took the lead on the first lap, never to look back. Carter scored his 29th victory of the season, another remarkable feat in this young man's early career. The real battle was behind Carter as Austin Kaplan, Jenae Gustin and Doug Smith jockeyed for positions. Winning the battle and finishing second was Austin Kaplan. Doug Smith came from starting 21st to take third, Jenae Gustin garnered a fourth place finish after starting 14th and Tyler Droste held on for a fifth place finish after starting on the pole.
The IMCA Stock Cars also ran a 20-lap feature. After a complete restart after the green flag initially flew, the race was run caution free. Polesitter Brian Irvine and Damon Murty, who sat along side him on the front row, put on quite the duel early on, with Irvine gaining the lead by sneaking underneath Murty in turn two...left front wheel hiking into the air. Lap traffic was looking to become a factor with just a couple of laps remaining, allowing Murty to reel the leader in, but Irvine was not deterred, and held on for the win; Murty finishing second. Third was Donavon Smith, fourth went to Jay Schmidt who had started back in the sixth row, and Steve Meyer rounded out the top five.
The grand finale was the 30-lap running of the Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA modified feature. This race, paying $1,000 to win, was also a qualifier for the Fast Shafts All Star Invitational for the 2012 IMCA Super Nationals. The 2011 Super National's winner, Richie Gustin, wasted no time in taking the lead from starting outside pole, led all laps, and took the win. Jon Snyder had applied a bit of pressure to Gustin as they ran the topside, but with three laps remaining, Snyder suddenly let loose with a cloud of steam, and pulled to the infield. We believe instead of a blown motor, it was a blown radiator hose. Upon the restart of the final three laps, it was Ronn Lauritzen that applied the pressure as he slipped by Vern Jackson to take second. He gave it his all the last ciruit, but came up a bit short, having to settle for the runner up spot. Jackson took third over Darin Duffy in fourth and Jacob Murray in fifth.
If you're looking for some good racing action in the Central Iowa area, the Marshalltown Speedway will be doing it all over again tonight with Night #2 of the Havoc on the Highbanks. A complete new show will be run with the same classes being joined by the Dirt Trucks and the IMCA Sport Compacts. For more information check www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
The features kicked off with the Mod Lite A main with 17 of the machines competing.
Josh May grabbed the lead away from Bryan Zehm within the first few laps, but his night would suddenly end when his power plant went up in smoke. This put Zehm back to the point position which he kept to the checkered flag and the win. Tim Hennigar took the runner-up spot, third was Colby Oberembt, fourth Joel Huggins and James May was fifth. In the post-race interview, Zehm said he was happy to get the win in his dad Ed Zehm's old car and think we also heard him say it was his FIRST ever win.
The IMCA Hobby Stock A came to the track next. They ran a 15-lap feature which was dominated by winner Devin Smith. Smith took the lead by lap two after starting seventh and sailed home to his 39th win of the season according to a "stat person" sitting nearby. Scott Pippert and Kevin Fee duked it out for position behind him with Fee winning the second place finish, Pippert the third. Fourth went to Brandon Brinton, followed by Austin Luellen in fifth.
The 20-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature was another main event that was won in dominating fashion. Oskaloosa, Iowa young gun, Cayden Carter, took the lead on the first lap, never to look back. Carter scored his 29th victory of the season, another remarkable feat in this young man's early career. The real battle was behind Carter as Austin Kaplan, Jenae Gustin and Doug Smith jockeyed for positions. Winning the battle and finishing second was Austin Kaplan. Doug Smith came from starting 21st to take third, Jenae Gustin garnered a fourth place finish after starting 14th and Tyler Droste held on for a fifth place finish after starting on the pole.
The IMCA Stock Cars also ran a 20-lap feature. After a complete restart after the green flag initially flew, the race was run caution free. Polesitter Brian Irvine and Damon Murty, who sat along side him on the front row, put on quite the duel early on, with Irvine gaining the lead by sneaking underneath Murty in turn two...left front wheel hiking into the air. Lap traffic was looking to become a factor with just a couple of laps remaining, allowing Murty to reel the leader in, but Irvine was not deterred, and held on for the win; Murty finishing second. Third was Donavon Smith, fourth went to Jay Schmidt who had started back in the sixth row, and Steve Meyer rounded out the top five.
The grand finale was the 30-lap running of the Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA modified feature. This race, paying $1,000 to win, was also a qualifier for the Fast Shafts All Star Invitational for the 2012 IMCA Super Nationals. The 2011 Super National's winner, Richie Gustin, wasted no time in taking the lead from starting outside pole, led all laps, and took the win. Jon Snyder had applied a bit of pressure to Gustin as they ran the topside, but with three laps remaining, Snyder suddenly let loose with a cloud of steam, and pulled to the infield. We believe instead of a blown motor, it was a blown radiator hose. Upon the restart of the final three laps, it was Ronn Lauritzen that applied the pressure as he slipped by Vern Jackson to take second. He gave it his all the last ciruit, but came up a bit short, having to settle for the runner up spot. Jackson took third over Darin Duffy in fourth and Jacob Murray in fifth.
If you're looking for some good racing action in the Central Iowa area, the Marshalltown Speedway will be doing it all over again tonight with Night #2 of the Havoc on the Highbanks. A complete new show will be run with the same classes being joined by the Dirt Trucks and the IMCA Sport Compacts. For more information check www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Super National's notes and tidbits
The 29th annual IMCA Super Nationals has come and gone. Yes, it's been more than a week ago, and yes, this is late getting posted. Seems it is taking us longer and longer to get caught up on things when we are gone, let alone catching up on rest!
We had a great time though. It was our 24th straight attendance---all of the Super Nationals that have been held at the Boone Speedway. How they have grown and changed from a four-day show back then starting on Wednesday, to now the spectacular six-day affair. Back on that 1988 championship night, it was also September 10th but with a car count much less then in 2011. A note I ran across in looking back for the Friday night show was 96 modifieds, 11 late models and 31 stock cars. Only three classes were competing at that time. Drivers I found that participated back in 1988 and were racing still in the 2011 Super Nationals were Darrel DeFrance, Jeff Aikey and Craig Jacobs all in the IMCA late models and in the IMCA stock car class, Don Killen and Tony Bass. Chris Jensen ran in the stock car class back in 1988 and was in the hobby stock division this year. Merv Chandler, Denny Pittman and Rich Smith were modified participants in 1988 and while Pittman and Smith remained as modified racers (Smith having been in all 29 runnings) Merv Chandler was a 2011 Sport Compact driver.
Monday night started off with the crowning of the first IMCA Super National Champion of 2011 when the 50-lap Deery Brothers IMCA Late Model feature went to Colby Springsteen. Springsteen won his first ever Deery Brothers race that night and what a special one it was for him. Springsteen ran near the front much of the race but an unfortunate incident for the two front runners gave him the opportunity to garner that win. The #1st car of Justin Reed had held the lead until lap 40 when he lost his drive shaft just past the flagstand and second-running Terry Neal could not avoid running over it. With both drivers out of the race, Springsteen soon made the pass on Kevin Sather on the restart and then drove home to the victory.
On Tuesday, September 6, the second Super Nationals Champion was crowned. It was the first-ever IMCA Sport Compact show at the Super Nationals with a full show that night. Forty-nine of the little front-wheel wonders participated. Some people were calling it the "Bumble Bee Nationals" with their distinctive sound! We do not often see this class during the season but when we do, it is often two family names that we hear....the Chandler's and the Whalen's. They were well represented at Boone as we counted seven of them running and all making the A main championship race. The first Sport Compact Super Nationals Champion was Nate Chandler from Norway, Iowa. Brad Chandler (who I believe is a brother, but not for sure) finished second and had to push the winning car off the track after the awards ceremony as the winner had expired his motor.
By the time Saturday rolled around, only last chance races were needed in the modifieds to fill in the final nine cars in their big A main. All other classes had completed their qualifying events the previous days. The IMCA Hobby Stock 30-lap A main was run first. The race through lap 23 was being dominated by Andy Boeckman and Devin Smith as they jousted for position. A little bit too much jousting cost either of them the chance for the win as they both were out of the race at that point, when contact was made. The third place runner, Cody Nielsen inherited the lead on the restart then and motored home to the victory. Nielsen, a rookie in the division this year, is from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Next came the 30-lap IMCA SportMod feature which proved to be a thriller at the finish. Scott Davis prevailed after having led the previous ten laps but it was Jesse Sobbing who made a tremendous charge as the checkers flew, only to come up a bit short. Scott Davis, who lists his home as Madrid, Iowa, is now a Super National's winner in two divisions, having previously taken a championship in the IMCA Stock Car class.
The 30-lap IMCA stock car feature was absolutely dominated by winner Sean Johnson. Johnson, from Independence, Iowa led all laps and was only briefly challenged by second place finisher Jeff Anderson before pulling away for the win.
Then it was time for the IMCA Modified Big Dance. The three-wide start had Richie Gustin, J. D. Auringer, and Joel Bushore sitting on the front row. Gustin shot to the lead and remained there throughout the 40-lap race, taking the win. A challenge by older half-brother Jimmy Gustin (last year's Super National winner) was looking to present an interesting scenario, but a mechanical issue suddenly found him leaving the track. Richie Gustin, Gilman, Iowa took the 2011 Super National's championship with second place going to Mike VanGenderen, Newton, Iowa, third to Darin Duffy, Hazelton, Iowa, fourth to J. D. Auringer out of Waterloo, Iowa and rounding out the all-Iowa top five was Armstrong, Iowa's Eric Dailey.
Part of the enjoyment of the Super Nationals for us each year is not only the racing, but meeting up with racer/racing friends we see there each year. Also the interesting things that happen. I was shocked when a gentleman sitting beside me turned out to be none other than the very first IMCA Modified Super National's champion back in 1983---Mike Schulte. He gave an insight of just how much the program has changed since that time back in 1983. That race was held on August 10-11, a Saturday and Sunday, at the quarter-mile then called Vinton Speedway in Vinton, Iowa. Interesting to learn that it was 100-laps. There were 43 cars participating with drivers from five states - Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota and Missouri. It was scheduled to be a starting field of 30 cars, but since 38 cars were still running by feature time, they aligned all in the lineup--19 rows of cars that stretched from turn one, back through turn four, for the introductions. Schulte out distanced Jack Mitchell and Merv Chandler. As mentioned earlier, Merv Chandler participated in the 2011 Super Nationals in the Sport Compact division.
We saw great spirit and resilience in the racing this year as well--from stock car driver Steve Meyer taking a nasty barrel roll down the frontstretch and destroying his car, only to go back home to Grundy Center, pull out his old car, and bring it back to Boone. Not only did he race, but he made the feature event on Saturday night. Then there was the spectacular AND scary, utter destruction of Texas driver, Keith White's modified on Friday night. He was nudged into the frontstretch wall and went airborne. We saw the battered chassis later in the pits and knowing that he immediately got out of that destroyed race car and jumped into his stock car to race in the qualifying A main that night, is really unbelievable.
Congratulations to all of the 2011 Super Nationals champions and a big thank you to ALL the racers who put a show on for the fans. The last we heard was a total car count of 822---38 late models, 49 sport compacts, 137 hobby stocks, 186 sportmods, 171 stock cars and 241 modifieds. Guest announcers on the mic along with regular announcer Johnnie Tharp were Ryan Clark, Vinton, Iowa who is a fellow Positively Racing blogger, and long-distance traveler Chet Christner who made it all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada to put in some long marathon calls for the fans. Thanks to both of those "extras" for the great job. Mother Nature blessed us for the entire six days as the weather was the best we can ever remember. The temperatures were nearly ideal and not one drop of rain fell!
Up next for us will be the Havoc on the Highbanks at the Marshalltown Speedway next Friday and Saturday, September 23-24. The following weekend will find us heading out to Beatrice, Nebraska for their annual October Fest races scheduled for Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1. More information for both of these races can be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com and www.beatricespeedway.com. There are also other races scheduled in the upcoming weeks in our area and you can check those at www.positivelyracing.com under the "calendar" tab at the top of the page. The season will soon be coming to a halt, so us die-hard race fans all need to get out and support the sport we all love. Until next time, happy racing!
We had a great time though. It was our 24th straight attendance---all of the Super Nationals that have been held at the Boone Speedway. How they have grown and changed from a four-day show back then starting on Wednesday, to now the spectacular six-day affair. Back on that 1988 championship night, it was also September 10th but with a car count much less then in 2011. A note I ran across in looking back for the Friday night show was 96 modifieds, 11 late models and 31 stock cars. Only three classes were competing at that time. Drivers I found that participated back in 1988 and were racing still in the 2011 Super Nationals were Darrel DeFrance, Jeff Aikey and Craig Jacobs all in the IMCA late models and in the IMCA stock car class, Don Killen and Tony Bass. Chris Jensen ran in the stock car class back in 1988 and was in the hobby stock division this year. Merv Chandler, Denny Pittman and Rich Smith were modified participants in 1988 and while Pittman and Smith remained as modified racers (Smith having been in all 29 runnings) Merv Chandler was a 2011 Sport Compact driver.
Monday night started off with the crowning of the first IMCA Super National Champion of 2011 when the 50-lap Deery Brothers IMCA Late Model feature went to Colby Springsteen. Springsteen won his first ever Deery Brothers race that night and what a special one it was for him. Springsteen ran near the front much of the race but an unfortunate incident for the two front runners gave him the opportunity to garner that win. The #1st car of Justin Reed had held the lead until lap 40 when he lost his drive shaft just past the flagstand and second-running Terry Neal could not avoid running over it. With both drivers out of the race, Springsteen soon made the pass on Kevin Sather on the restart and then drove home to the victory.
On Tuesday, September 6, the second Super Nationals Champion was crowned. It was the first-ever IMCA Sport Compact show at the Super Nationals with a full show that night. Forty-nine of the little front-wheel wonders participated. Some people were calling it the "Bumble Bee Nationals" with their distinctive sound! We do not often see this class during the season but when we do, it is often two family names that we hear....the Chandler's and the Whalen's. They were well represented at Boone as we counted seven of them running and all making the A main championship race. The first Sport Compact Super Nationals Champion was Nate Chandler from Norway, Iowa. Brad Chandler (who I believe is a brother, but not for sure) finished second and had to push the winning car off the track after the awards ceremony as the winner had expired his motor.
By the time Saturday rolled around, only last chance races were needed in the modifieds to fill in the final nine cars in their big A main. All other classes had completed their qualifying events the previous days. The IMCA Hobby Stock 30-lap A main was run first. The race through lap 23 was being dominated by Andy Boeckman and Devin Smith as they jousted for position. A little bit too much jousting cost either of them the chance for the win as they both were out of the race at that point, when contact was made. The third place runner, Cody Nielsen inherited the lead on the restart then and motored home to the victory. Nielsen, a rookie in the division this year, is from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Next came the 30-lap IMCA SportMod feature which proved to be a thriller at the finish. Scott Davis prevailed after having led the previous ten laps but it was Jesse Sobbing who made a tremendous charge as the checkers flew, only to come up a bit short. Scott Davis, who lists his home as Madrid, Iowa, is now a Super National's winner in two divisions, having previously taken a championship in the IMCA Stock Car class.
The 30-lap IMCA stock car feature was absolutely dominated by winner Sean Johnson. Johnson, from Independence, Iowa led all laps and was only briefly challenged by second place finisher Jeff Anderson before pulling away for the win.
Then it was time for the IMCA Modified Big Dance. The three-wide start had Richie Gustin, J. D. Auringer, and Joel Bushore sitting on the front row. Gustin shot to the lead and remained there throughout the 40-lap race, taking the win. A challenge by older half-brother Jimmy Gustin (last year's Super National winner) was looking to present an interesting scenario, but a mechanical issue suddenly found him leaving the track. Richie Gustin, Gilman, Iowa took the 2011 Super National's championship with second place going to Mike VanGenderen, Newton, Iowa, third to Darin Duffy, Hazelton, Iowa, fourth to J. D. Auringer out of Waterloo, Iowa and rounding out the all-Iowa top five was Armstrong, Iowa's Eric Dailey.
Part of the enjoyment of the Super Nationals for us each year is not only the racing, but meeting up with racer/racing friends we see there each year. Also the interesting things that happen. I was shocked when a gentleman sitting beside me turned out to be none other than the very first IMCA Modified Super National's champion back in 1983---Mike Schulte. He gave an insight of just how much the program has changed since that time back in 1983. That race was held on August 10-11, a Saturday and Sunday, at the quarter-mile then called Vinton Speedway in Vinton, Iowa. Interesting to learn that it was 100-laps. There were 43 cars participating with drivers from five states - Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota and Missouri. It was scheduled to be a starting field of 30 cars, but since 38 cars were still running by feature time, they aligned all in the lineup--19 rows of cars that stretched from turn one, back through turn four, for the introductions. Schulte out distanced Jack Mitchell and Merv Chandler. As mentioned earlier, Merv Chandler participated in the 2011 Super Nationals in the Sport Compact division.
We saw great spirit and resilience in the racing this year as well--from stock car driver Steve Meyer taking a nasty barrel roll down the frontstretch and destroying his car, only to go back home to Grundy Center, pull out his old car, and bring it back to Boone. Not only did he race, but he made the feature event on Saturday night. Then there was the spectacular AND scary, utter destruction of Texas driver, Keith White's modified on Friday night. He was nudged into the frontstretch wall and went airborne. We saw the battered chassis later in the pits and knowing that he immediately got out of that destroyed race car and jumped into his stock car to race in the qualifying A main that night, is really unbelievable.
Congratulations to all of the 2011 Super Nationals champions and a big thank you to ALL the racers who put a show on for the fans. The last we heard was a total car count of 822---38 late models, 49 sport compacts, 137 hobby stocks, 186 sportmods, 171 stock cars and 241 modifieds. Guest announcers on the mic along with regular announcer Johnnie Tharp were Ryan Clark, Vinton, Iowa who is a fellow Positively Racing blogger, and long-distance traveler Chet Christner who made it all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada to put in some long marathon calls for the fans. Thanks to both of those "extras" for the great job. Mother Nature blessed us for the entire six days as the weather was the best we can ever remember. The temperatures were nearly ideal and not one drop of rain fell!
Up next for us will be the Havoc on the Highbanks at the Marshalltown Speedway next Friday and Saturday, September 23-24. The following weekend will find us heading out to Beatrice, Nebraska for their annual October Fest races scheduled for Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1. More information for both of these races can be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com and www.beatricespeedway.com. There are also other races scheduled in the upcoming weeks in our area and you can check those at www.positivelyracing.com under the "calendar" tab at the top of the page. The season will soon be coming to a halt, so us die-hard race fans all need to get out and support the sport we all love. Until next time, happy racing!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Mark Elliott wins modified feature at Boone Speedway
It was a full night of racing at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night---171 cars checked into the pits--and a good crowd was on hand to witness the night's events. The Iowa State cheerleaders started the night off getting the fans into it, with beaming youngsters joining in along side them.
The Mod Lite feature had Randy Bryan leading but a lap car blocked his line, allowing Andy Hennigar passage around the outside and into the lead. A late caution flew, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Hennigar had no trouble in keeping his lead and went home to his second win of the 2011 season--his first coming back on opening night. Bryan held on to finish second and point leader Josh May came from starting twelfth to finish in third. Fourth was Colby Oberembt and Troy Hudson rounded out the top five.
Thirty-nine IMCA Northern SportMods entered the pits on Saturday night. That would call for two b-main events to complete the starting 24-car A main field. Those consy races were won by the 13M car of first-timer this year, Jason Mallicoat and Kyle Brown. Mallicoat, no stranger to racing as he was the 2006 Super National's champion in the SportMod class, made his first appearance for 2011.
The 18-lap feature, had an early "mess" in corners three and four. When the track was cleared and racing resumed, it was last week's winner, Brian Eppert leading the charge. Jeremy Embrey was flying through the pack from starting in the sixth row and by lap eight, made the pass on Eppert and into the lead. Embrey then had an easy go of it to the checkered flags flying. Embrey took his second feature win this year, Eppert finished in the runner-up spot, third went to Lynn Brockett, fourth to Lucas Landry and Eric Elliott finished in fifth.
The IMCA modified provided 20-laps of exciting action. Mark Elliott established the lead right away from his pole starting spot and led the entire race. It wasn't without a challenge from Jammin' Jimmy Gustin however. As laps wound down, Elliott chose the topside and Gustin dropped low. Jake Durbin made up distance on Gustin and challenged for second. Gustin then went back to the top to fight off Durbin's advancement. On the last corner, Gustin would slide a bit too high, losing just enough moment to allow Durbin to slip past and into second. Elliott took the win (sporting a new car with an all new color scheme) and Durbin was second over Gustin in third. Fourth was Kelly Lyons riding on his usual three wheels with the left front hiked, and Adam Larson came from row six to finish in fifth.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars were in fine form as usual. Rod Richards and Eric Brown were leading the troops when contact between two led to an early retirement from the contest for both. Trent Murphy then inherited the lead with Wayne Gifford and Damon Murty hot on his heels. Murty was searching different lines in the corners--low in one and two, high in three and four, in hopes of finding that perfect combination. That allowed Randy Killen to draw closer and he slipped by to take over the third spot. Murty soon ended his run, when he went off the track, up and over turn one. Meanwhile, Donavon Smith was advancing well and had taken over the third spot and was battling with Killen. At the finish line, it was Murphy with the win, Wayne Gifford kept second, Smith finished third over Randy Killen in fourth and Jerry Gifford finished in fifth.
Two IMCA Hobby Stock features were run since there were 42 cars on hand. The first feature saw a new face in victory lane. Scott Pippert, Elberon, Iowa driver, took the lead early and cruised to his first win at Boone. Eric Stanton was running in second at lap eight of the 12-lapper, but we suddenly noticed he was missing in action, and Randy Embrey was in the runner-up position. When the checkers flew, Pippert took the win in comfortable fashion with Embrey following to take second. Third went to Michael Murphy, the point leader, fourth to Dean Hartwig, veteran Boone racer, and Matt Hudspeth finished in fifth.
The last 12-lap Hobby Stock A main saw a very familiar face back in victory lane. John Watson made it two-in-a-row and his eighth win of the regular season. He had also won the Frostbuster special back on April 2nd. Second and third place finishers came from starting in row six. Kevin Fee took second over Andy Boeckman in third. Fourth went to Matt Webb and fifth to Cory Tasler.
There is still one more week of regular season racing left at Boone. Next Saturday night will be the season championships. We expect things to be a little crazy already on Saturday as we anticipate many drivers and fans already on hand for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals that begins on Labor Day. If the rule remains the same as in years past, no new drivers will be allowed to participate in the races, but look for many new cars taking hot laps! Check out www.raceboone.com for information on the track and the Super Nationals as well. Until next time, happy racing!
The Mod Lite feature had Randy Bryan leading but a lap car blocked his line, allowing Andy Hennigar passage around the outside and into the lead. A late caution flew, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Hennigar had no trouble in keeping his lead and went home to his second win of the 2011 season--his first coming back on opening night. Bryan held on to finish second and point leader Josh May came from starting twelfth to finish in third. Fourth was Colby Oberembt and Troy Hudson rounded out the top five.
Thirty-nine IMCA Northern SportMods entered the pits on Saturday night. That would call for two b-main events to complete the starting 24-car A main field. Those consy races were won by the 13M car of first-timer this year, Jason Mallicoat and Kyle Brown. Mallicoat, no stranger to racing as he was the 2006 Super National's champion in the SportMod class, made his first appearance for 2011.
The 18-lap feature, had an early "mess" in corners three and four. When the track was cleared and racing resumed, it was last week's winner, Brian Eppert leading the charge. Jeremy Embrey was flying through the pack from starting in the sixth row and by lap eight, made the pass on Eppert and into the lead. Embrey then had an easy go of it to the checkered flags flying. Embrey took his second feature win this year, Eppert finished in the runner-up spot, third went to Lynn Brockett, fourth to Lucas Landry and Eric Elliott finished in fifth.
The IMCA modified provided 20-laps of exciting action. Mark Elliott established the lead right away from his pole starting spot and led the entire race. It wasn't without a challenge from Jammin' Jimmy Gustin however. As laps wound down, Elliott chose the topside and Gustin dropped low. Jake Durbin made up distance on Gustin and challenged for second. Gustin then went back to the top to fight off Durbin's advancement. On the last corner, Gustin would slide a bit too high, losing just enough moment to allow Durbin to slip past and into second. Elliott took the win (sporting a new car with an all new color scheme) and Durbin was second over Gustin in third. Fourth was Kelly Lyons riding on his usual three wheels with the left front hiked, and Adam Larson came from row six to finish in fifth.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars were in fine form as usual. Rod Richards and Eric Brown were leading the troops when contact between two led to an early retirement from the contest for both. Trent Murphy then inherited the lead with Wayne Gifford and Damon Murty hot on his heels. Murty was searching different lines in the corners--low in one and two, high in three and four, in hopes of finding that perfect combination. That allowed Randy Killen to draw closer and he slipped by to take over the third spot. Murty soon ended his run, when he went off the track, up and over turn one. Meanwhile, Donavon Smith was advancing well and had taken over the third spot and was battling with Killen. At the finish line, it was Murphy with the win, Wayne Gifford kept second, Smith finished third over Randy Killen in fourth and Jerry Gifford finished in fifth.
Two IMCA Hobby Stock features were run since there were 42 cars on hand. The first feature saw a new face in victory lane. Scott Pippert, Elberon, Iowa driver, took the lead early and cruised to his first win at Boone. Eric Stanton was running in second at lap eight of the 12-lapper, but we suddenly noticed he was missing in action, and Randy Embrey was in the runner-up position. When the checkers flew, Pippert took the win in comfortable fashion with Embrey following to take second. Third went to Michael Murphy, the point leader, fourth to Dean Hartwig, veteran Boone racer, and Matt Hudspeth finished in fifth.
The last 12-lap Hobby Stock A main saw a very familiar face back in victory lane. John Watson made it two-in-a-row and his eighth win of the regular season. He had also won the Frostbuster special back on April 2nd. Second and third place finishers came from starting in row six. Kevin Fee took second over Andy Boeckman in third. Fourth went to Matt Webb and fifth to Cory Tasler.
There is still one more week of regular season racing left at Boone. Next Saturday night will be the season championships. We expect things to be a little crazy already on Saturday as we anticipate many drivers and fans already on hand for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals that begins on Labor Day. If the rule remains the same as in years past, no new drivers will be allowed to participate in the races, but look for many new cars taking hot laps! Check out www.raceboone.com for information on the track and the Super Nationals as well. Until next time, happy racing!
Boone - 8-27-11
Boone results - 8-27-11 - 171 cars
Modified - 28 cars
Heat 1 - 12E Mark Elliott
Heat 2 - 24 Robert Avery
Heat 3 - 4R Michael Reichart
Feature
1. 12E Mark Elliott
2. 18 Jake Durbin
3. 19 Jimmy Gustin
4. 27 Kelly Lyons
5. 2L Adam Larson
6. 93 Cale Sponsler
7. 28R Russ Dickerson
8. 20 Luke Wanninger
9. 57V Mike VanGenderen
10. 24 Robert Avery
11. 3Z Randy Havlik
12. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
13. 5M Matthew Meinecke
14. 12C Kent Croskey
15. 19R Todd Reed - Parkview, Iowa
16. 83G Josh Gilman
17. 28 Jamie Anderson - Mason City, Iowa
18. 4 Tony Hilgenberg
19. 4R Michael Reichart
20. 1JX Jeff Streeter - Madera, CA
21. 1K Pat Graham
22. 21 David Brown
23. 22T Tyler Prochaska
24. 33M Mike Molle
25. 8X Scott Olson
26. 49T Tim Stevens
27. 20W Shay Woods - Humeston, IA
DNS: 58 Denny Pittman
SportMod - 39 cars
Heat 1 - 57 Lynn Brockett
Heat 2 - 66 Cody Hennings
Heat 3 - 22B Brian Eppert
Heat 4 - 96 Lucas Lundry
B Main #1 - 2 advance
1. 13M Jason Mallicoat
2. X4 Jason Purvis
3. 34J Jerry Hinton
4. 59 Tara Longnecker
5. 19G Gatlin Leytham - Garwin, Iowa
6. 17T Tyler Heetland - Bancroft, Iowa
7. 33 Tim Rupp - Cherokee, Iowa
DNS: 48 Blake Coant - Carlisle, Iowa
9ER Tony Pogeler - Cher0okee, Iowa
B Main #2 - 2 advance
1. 21 Kyle Brown - Kellogg, Iowa
2. 92P Mike Pruitt
3. 7W Tim Wilcox - Ida Grove, Iowa
4. 93 Mike Stark
5. 3F Cole Ferguson
6. 3 Stacey Clark
7. 28 James Reichart - Lorimor, Iowa
8. 5B Tom Burke
DNS: 63 Daniel Tasler
Feature
1. 41 Jeremy Embrey
2. 22B Brian Eppert
3. 57 Lynn Brockett
4. 96 Lucas Lundry
5. 9E Eric Elliott
6. 81D Scott Davis
7. 27 Tim Love
8. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
9. 3S Adam Shelman
10. 13M Jason Mallicoat
11. 92P Mike Pruitt
12. 2G Geoff Olson
13. 26J Joel Rust - Grundy Center, Iowa
14. 6 Darren Huntley
15. 505 Racer Hulin
16. 66 Cody Hennings
17. 23JR Nick Roberts
18. X4 Jason Purvis
19. 02 Mike Goldsberry
20. 36 Matt Pittman
21. 27X Bryon Weyer
22. 3R Randy Roberts
23. 86 Cory Rose
24. 21 Kyle Brown
Stock Car - 32 cars
Heat 1 - 12+ Ryan Rose
Heat 2 - 3H Ty Hill
Heat 3 - 25 Treny Murphy
Heat 4 - 9 Jerry Gifford
B Main - 4 advance
1. 19J Jay Schmidt
2. 50X Chad Louk - appeared to be a former Robert Stofer car
3. 31M Mark Haglund
4. 7i Andrew Inman
5. 45 Larry Crocheck
6. 1F Marcus Fagan
7. 556 Terry Cornelison
8. 6 Adam Hilgenberg
9. 5 Keith Miner
10. 05 Seth Bowen
DNS: 56 Lonnie Hodges
27M Mike Munson
Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 22 Wayne Gifford
3. 35 Donavon Smith
4. 81X Randy Killen
5. 9 Jerry Gifford
6. 19A Alan VanGorp
7. 12+ Ryan Rose
8. 19J Jay Schmidt
9. 3H Ty Hill
10. 31 Jason York
11. 1K Tom Killen
12. 31M Mark Haglund
13. 50X Chad Louk
14. 50 Robert Stofer
15. 68P Aaron Parmer
16. 711 Michael Walrod
17. 04 Don Vis
18. 77T Trent Jeanes
19. 11C Steve Campbell
20. 7i Andrew Inman
21. 99D Damon Murty
22. 23HR Rod Richards
23. 24 Eric Brown
24. 287 John Emerson
Hobby Stock - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 40 Randy Embrey
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 4W John Watson
Heat 4 - 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 5 - 62B Andy Boeckman
Heat 6 - 38R Aaron Rudolph
Feature #1
1. 47 Scott Pippert
2. 40 Randy Embrey
3. 25M Michael Murphy
4. 74J Dean Hartwig
5. 3 Matt Hudspeth
6. 11G Nyle Godwin
7. 23 Cody Gustoff
8. 07 Jacob Keiser - Marengo, IA
9. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
10. 9 Andrew Arends
11. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
12. 8B Robert Smith
13. 29X Nathan Ballard - Marengo, IA
14. 7B Eric Stanton
15. 1R Brad Ratcliff - Webster City, IA
16. 21 Myles Michehl - Ft. Dodge, IA
17. 66M Matt Mahoney - Pierson, IA
18. 85 Seth Janssen
19. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
20. 24B Brandon Brinton
21. 14 Matt Wahlert
Hobby Stock #2
Feature
1. 4W John Watson
2. 52X Kevin Fee
3. 62B Andy Boeckman - Lake View, IA
4. 51 Matt Webb
5. 63 Cory Tasler
6. 12M Matt McDonald
7. 38R Aaron Rudolph
8. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn
9. 78 Tim Hadley
10. 73D Robert Dilley - Webster City, IA
11. 22 Chris Jensen
12. 26T Jeremy Tilley
13. 99 Jeff Knight
14. 5A Tyler Pickett
15. 27R Clint Rothfus
16. 911 Darin Rothfus
17. 16B Jay Arends
18. 10B Brandon Pruitt
DNS: 20 Donnie Gustoff\
4C Curt Reed
17K Kyle Parizek - Belle Plaine, IA
Mod Lite - 30 cars
Heat 1 - 99 Josh May
Heat 2 - 4+1 Troy Hudson
Heat 3 - 15 Andy Hennigar
B Main - 3 advance
1. 89 Travis Stensland
2. 46 Kevin Grisham
3. 4L Larry Sorenson
4. 76 Terry Sorenson
5. 37 Mike Thomas
6. 08 Ben Larson
7. 33 Gayle Worthington
8. 11 Michael Stoker
DNS: 1H Kenny Hake
Feature
1. 15 Andy Hennigar
2. 64 Randy Bryan
3. 99 Josh May
4. 0B Colby Oberembt
5. 4+1 Troy Hudson
6. 5X Matt Goodin
7. 88 James May
8. 11R Jason Whitehead
9. 8 Dusty Masolini
10. 95 Mike Kennedy
11. 16 Angelo Montgomery
12. 01 David Schmalzried
13. 89 Travis Stensland
14. 20 Jeff Stensland
15. 3C Duane Coffman
16. 46Z Bryan Zehm
17. 46 Kevin Grisgham
18. 9 Rick Taylor
19. 93 Tim Milner
20. 4L Larry Sorenson
21. 23 Michael Parcel
22. X50 Joel Huggins
23. 1 John Gardner
24. DC5 Dalton Dingman - Grimes, IA
Modified - 28 cars
Heat 1 - 12E Mark Elliott
Heat 2 - 24 Robert Avery
Heat 3 - 4R Michael Reichart
Feature
1. 12E Mark Elliott
2. 18 Jake Durbin
3. 19 Jimmy Gustin
4. 27 Kelly Lyons
5. 2L Adam Larson
6. 93 Cale Sponsler
7. 28R Russ Dickerson
8. 20 Luke Wanninger
9. 57V Mike VanGenderen
10. 24 Robert Avery
11. 3Z Randy Havlik
12. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
13. 5M Matthew Meinecke
14. 12C Kent Croskey
15. 19R Todd Reed - Parkview, Iowa
16. 83G Josh Gilman
17. 28 Jamie Anderson - Mason City, Iowa
18. 4 Tony Hilgenberg
19. 4R Michael Reichart
20. 1JX Jeff Streeter - Madera, CA
21. 1K Pat Graham
22. 21 David Brown
23. 22T Tyler Prochaska
24. 33M Mike Molle
25. 8X Scott Olson
26. 49T Tim Stevens
27. 20W Shay Woods - Humeston, IA
DNS: 58 Denny Pittman
SportMod - 39 cars
Heat 1 - 57 Lynn Brockett
Heat 2 - 66 Cody Hennings
Heat 3 - 22B Brian Eppert
Heat 4 - 96 Lucas Lundry
B Main #1 - 2 advance
1. 13M Jason Mallicoat
2. X4 Jason Purvis
3. 34J Jerry Hinton
4. 59 Tara Longnecker
5. 19G Gatlin Leytham - Garwin, Iowa
6. 17T Tyler Heetland - Bancroft, Iowa
7. 33 Tim Rupp - Cherokee, Iowa
DNS: 48 Blake Coant - Carlisle, Iowa
9ER Tony Pogeler - Cher0okee, Iowa
B Main #2 - 2 advance
1. 21 Kyle Brown - Kellogg, Iowa
2. 92P Mike Pruitt
3. 7W Tim Wilcox - Ida Grove, Iowa
4. 93 Mike Stark
5. 3F Cole Ferguson
6. 3 Stacey Clark
7. 28 James Reichart - Lorimor, Iowa
8. 5B Tom Burke
DNS: 63 Daniel Tasler
Feature
1. 41 Jeremy Embrey
2. 22B Brian Eppert
3. 57 Lynn Brockett
4. 96 Lucas Lundry
5. 9E Eric Elliott
6. 81D Scott Davis
7. 27 Tim Love
8. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
9. 3S Adam Shelman
10. 13M Jason Mallicoat
11. 92P Mike Pruitt
12. 2G Geoff Olson
13. 26J Joel Rust - Grundy Center, Iowa
14. 6 Darren Huntley
15. 505 Racer Hulin
16. 66 Cody Hennings
17. 23JR Nick Roberts
18. X4 Jason Purvis
19. 02 Mike Goldsberry
20. 36 Matt Pittman
21. 27X Bryon Weyer
22. 3R Randy Roberts
23. 86 Cory Rose
24. 21 Kyle Brown
Stock Car - 32 cars
Heat 1 - 12+ Ryan Rose
Heat 2 - 3H Ty Hill
Heat 3 - 25 Treny Murphy
Heat 4 - 9 Jerry Gifford
B Main - 4 advance
1. 19J Jay Schmidt
2. 50X Chad Louk - appeared to be a former Robert Stofer car
3. 31M Mark Haglund
4. 7i Andrew Inman
5. 45 Larry Crocheck
6. 1F Marcus Fagan
7. 556 Terry Cornelison
8. 6 Adam Hilgenberg
9. 5 Keith Miner
10. 05 Seth Bowen
DNS: 56 Lonnie Hodges
27M Mike Munson
Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 22 Wayne Gifford
3. 35 Donavon Smith
4. 81X Randy Killen
5. 9 Jerry Gifford
6. 19A Alan VanGorp
7. 12+ Ryan Rose
8. 19J Jay Schmidt
9. 3H Ty Hill
10. 31 Jason York
11. 1K Tom Killen
12. 31M Mark Haglund
13. 50X Chad Louk
14. 50 Robert Stofer
15. 68P Aaron Parmer
16. 711 Michael Walrod
17. 04 Don Vis
18. 77T Trent Jeanes
19. 11C Steve Campbell
20. 7i Andrew Inman
21. 99D Damon Murty
22. 23HR Rod Richards
23. 24 Eric Brown
24. 287 John Emerson
Hobby Stock - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 40 Randy Embrey
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 4W John Watson
Heat 4 - 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 5 - 62B Andy Boeckman
Heat 6 - 38R Aaron Rudolph
Feature #1
1. 47 Scott Pippert
2. 40 Randy Embrey
3. 25M Michael Murphy
4. 74J Dean Hartwig
5. 3 Matt Hudspeth
6. 11G Nyle Godwin
7. 23 Cody Gustoff
8. 07 Jacob Keiser - Marengo, IA
9. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
10. 9 Andrew Arends
11. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
12. 8B Robert Smith
13. 29X Nathan Ballard - Marengo, IA
14. 7B Eric Stanton
15. 1R Brad Ratcliff - Webster City, IA
16. 21 Myles Michehl - Ft. Dodge, IA
17. 66M Matt Mahoney - Pierson, IA
18. 85 Seth Janssen
19. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
20. 24B Brandon Brinton
21. 14 Matt Wahlert
Hobby Stock #2
Feature
1. 4W John Watson
2. 52X Kevin Fee
3. 62B Andy Boeckman - Lake View, IA
4. 51 Matt Webb
5. 63 Cory Tasler
6. 12M Matt McDonald
7. 38R Aaron Rudolph
8. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn
9. 78 Tim Hadley
10. 73D Robert Dilley - Webster City, IA
11. 22 Chris Jensen
12. 26T Jeremy Tilley
13. 99 Jeff Knight
14. 5A Tyler Pickett
15. 27R Clint Rothfus
16. 911 Darin Rothfus
17. 16B Jay Arends
18. 10B Brandon Pruitt
DNS: 20 Donnie Gustoff\
4C Curt Reed
17K Kyle Parizek - Belle Plaine, IA
Mod Lite - 30 cars
Heat 1 - 99 Josh May
Heat 2 - 4+1 Troy Hudson
Heat 3 - 15 Andy Hennigar
B Main - 3 advance
1. 89 Travis Stensland
2. 46 Kevin Grisham
3. 4L Larry Sorenson
4. 76 Terry Sorenson
5. 37 Mike Thomas
6. 08 Ben Larson
7. 33 Gayle Worthington
8. 11 Michael Stoker
DNS: 1H Kenny Hake
Feature
1. 15 Andy Hennigar
2. 64 Randy Bryan
3. 99 Josh May
4. 0B Colby Oberembt
5. 4+1 Troy Hudson
6. 5X Matt Goodin
7. 88 James May
8. 11R Jason Whitehead
9. 8 Dusty Masolini
10. 95 Mike Kennedy
11. 16 Angelo Montgomery
12. 01 David Schmalzried
13. 89 Travis Stensland
14. 20 Jeff Stensland
15. 3C Duane Coffman
16. 46Z Bryan Zehm
17. 46 Kevin Grisgham
18. 9 Rick Taylor
19. 93 Tim Milner
20. 4L Larry Sorenson
21. 23 Michael Parcel
22. X50 Joel Huggins
23. 1 John Gardner
24. DC5 Dalton Dingman - Grimes, IA
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Marshalltown Speedway finds Murphy, Embrey and Hennigar repeating
It was a fine weather Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway. A welcome night after five rain outs and one rain-shortened program during the 2011 season. The IMCA Stock Car, Hobby Stock and the Mod-Lite winners all repeated from last week and the Modified class sent a winner to victory lane for a seventh time.
The Micro-Sprints ran for the second time this year. Ten of the noisy little powerhouses ran a twelve-lap feature. The winner was Ben Woods from Newton, Iowa.
Up next was the Mod-Lite feature which was dominated by Tim Hennigar. Hennigar took his third win in a row as he cruised to the checkered flag. Josh May finished a distant second followed by Joel Huggins in third, James May in fourth and James May rounded out the top five.
The 12-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature was nearly over from the get go as well. Randy Embrey led the entire race, and took his second win in as many weeks. Clint Nelson chased Embrey the whole time, taking second. Third went to Jake Nelson, and Michael Murphy and Eric Knutson finished fourth and fifth in a close contest.
The IMCA Northern SportMod 15-lapper ran next. Zach Rawlins and Jake Strayer dueled it out for the lead for several laps and then Tyler Droste joined in the fun. Strayer established his lead and went home to the checkers first, winning for the second time this year. Droste finished in second, third was Zach Rawlins, Racer Hulins was fourth and veteran driver Scott Davis was fifth.
The IMCA Stock Car 18-lap feature was exciting as always. The early laps of the race had a multi-car accident in turn four, sending the 20L of Lauren Vis into a flip, and the results looking like a parking lot. When racing resumed, it was Trevor Titus keeping his previous lead. Titus, in his Ford Thunderbird built in about 1989 if memory serves us right, put it to the topside and was cruising along with Steve Meyer in pursuit. Jay Schmidt, Trent Murphy and Damon Murty joined in as they tried reeling the two top runners in. Titus dropped to the bottom of the infamous turns one and two and the following lap, contact was made between Titus and Meyer, sending Titus spinning and out of competition. Murphy was then at the helm as he and Murty fought it out. Murphy kept his lead, taking the win for the second week in a row, his fifth of the year, with Murty settling for second. Third went to Donavon Smith who came from starting in row six, Schmidt took fourth and Steve Meyer rounded out the top five.
The finale was the IMCA Modified feature. Duane Peterson took the immediate lead from his outside front row starting spot and looked strong. A caution bunched the field and soon it was a battle amongst six cars--Todd Conrad, Jon Snyder, Josh Gilman, Adam Larson, and Jimmy Gustin chasing Peterson. Contact was made between Peterson and Conrad at the bottom of, once again, that infamous turns one and two. The caution flag flew, and Conrad and Peterson both retired to the pits--neither probably being very happy with the other. When the race restarted, Jon Snyder was the recipient of the lead position and he then went home to grab his seventh feature at the track this season. Josh Gilman finished in second, followed by Adam Larson, Andrew Kinser, and Kyle Krampe, finishing third through fifth respectively.
It was a good night of racing at the highbanked quarter-mile and we enjoyed sharing it with racing friends. One more regular night of racing remains as next Friday night will be the Larry Wollam Season Championship. Then on Friday and Saturday, September 23-24, the final action at the track will be the Havoc on the Highbanks.
Full results and information can be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Until next time, happy racing!
The Micro-Sprints ran for the second time this year. Ten of the noisy little powerhouses ran a twelve-lap feature. The winner was Ben Woods from Newton, Iowa.
Up next was the Mod-Lite feature which was dominated by Tim Hennigar. Hennigar took his third win in a row as he cruised to the checkered flag. Josh May finished a distant second followed by Joel Huggins in third, James May in fourth and James May rounded out the top five.
The 12-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature was nearly over from the get go as well. Randy Embrey led the entire race, and took his second win in as many weeks. Clint Nelson chased Embrey the whole time, taking second. Third went to Jake Nelson, and Michael Murphy and Eric Knutson finished fourth and fifth in a close contest.
The IMCA Northern SportMod 15-lapper ran next. Zach Rawlins and Jake Strayer dueled it out for the lead for several laps and then Tyler Droste joined in the fun. Strayer established his lead and went home to the checkers first, winning for the second time this year. Droste finished in second, third was Zach Rawlins, Racer Hulins was fourth and veteran driver Scott Davis was fifth.
The IMCA Stock Car 18-lap feature was exciting as always. The early laps of the race had a multi-car accident in turn four, sending the 20L of Lauren Vis into a flip, and the results looking like a parking lot. When racing resumed, it was Trevor Titus keeping his previous lead. Titus, in his Ford Thunderbird built in about 1989 if memory serves us right, put it to the topside and was cruising along with Steve Meyer in pursuit. Jay Schmidt, Trent Murphy and Damon Murty joined in as they tried reeling the two top runners in. Titus dropped to the bottom of the infamous turns one and two and the following lap, contact was made between Titus and Meyer, sending Titus spinning and out of competition. Murphy was then at the helm as he and Murty fought it out. Murphy kept his lead, taking the win for the second week in a row, his fifth of the year, with Murty settling for second. Third went to Donavon Smith who came from starting in row six, Schmidt took fourth and Steve Meyer rounded out the top five.
The finale was the IMCA Modified feature. Duane Peterson took the immediate lead from his outside front row starting spot and looked strong. A caution bunched the field and soon it was a battle amongst six cars--Todd Conrad, Jon Snyder, Josh Gilman, Adam Larson, and Jimmy Gustin chasing Peterson. Contact was made between Peterson and Conrad at the bottom of, once again, that infamous turns one and two. The caution flag flew, and Conrad and Peterson both retired to the pits--neither probably being very happy with the other. When the race restarted, Jon Snyder was the recipient of the lead position and he then went home to grab his seventh feature at the track this season. Josh Gilman finished in second, followed by Adam Larson, Andrew Kinser, and Kyle Krampe, finishing third through fifth respectively.
It was a good night of racing at the highbanked quarter-mile and we enjoyed sharing it with racing friends. One more regular night of racing remains as next Friday night will be the Larry Wollam Season Championship. Then on Friday and Saturday, September 23-24, the final action at the track will be the Havoc on the Highbanks.
Full results and information can be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Until next time, happy racing!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Southern Iowa Speedway Season Championship 2011
The regular season at the monster half-mile at the Southern Iowa Speedway didn't begin until after the middle of May. What with several rain outs, the season seemed even shorter. Wednesday night concluded the 2011 regular season with the track champions being crowned in all four divisions.
In the USRA B Modified feature, it was appearing to be one of those "ho-hummers", as Carter VanDenBerg shot to the lead on the very first lap and continued to put a lot of distance between himself and any competition. Not so fast on the assuming! Drew Lawson, Cayden Carter and Curtis VanDerWal were vying for the second spot behind VanDenBerg for much of the race (which went flag-to-flag) and when VanDerWal finally established that second position in the final few laps, he began reeling in the leader. VanDenBerg was still leading with the checkered flag in his sight, but at the line, it was VanDerWal nosing him out for the win. VanDenBerg had to be content with the runner-up spot, third went to Drew Lawson, Cayden Carter was fourth, and Bill Gibson rounded out the top five. Cayden Carter is the track champion.
VanDerWal was thrilled with his win...the first we can recall for him. We do remember his racing in the mid-90's on the asphalt at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, though the class he ran escapes us. It was an emotional VanDerWal who was interviewed by announcer Tony Paris after his win as he thanked many people.
The USRA Modified feature followed with another caution-free 15-lap feature. A "bad" start occurred at the drop of the green, and as Tony Paris so often calls those "anxious" drivers, "bad dog, no biscuit", and it was called back for a "try-again". When the real start of the race began, it was Colt Mather absolutely GONE. He pulled away to take the convincing win...his fourth of the year. Scott Dickey finished a distant second, followed by Josh Truman and Steven Blatter (the only real contest on the track) for third and fourth in that order. Fifth went to Ron VerBeek and Zack VanderBeek finished in sixth. Steven Blattler was crowned the track champion for the second year in a row.
The USRA Hobby Stocks ran next. Calvin Dhondt, the young driver from Kellogg, Iowa who just a few weeks ago was called away from the track at Osky with the devastating news that his father had been involved in a motorcycle/cow accident,(he continues his long road to recovery at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines) led the early portion of the race. Dustin Griffiths overtook Dhondt for the lead and Kris Walker followed suit making his way into second. A close battle ensued for the third spot as Dhondt, Craig Brown and Donovan Nunnikhoven diced it out. On the white flag lap, with Griffiths in command, Kris Walker let loose with a cloud of smoke on the backstretch, losing his second position, but managed to limp across the finish line many positions behind. However, with his large point lead, he was still able to hold on and take the track championship. Griffiths took his fifth win at Osky this year, followed by Calvin Dhondt, Craig Brown, Donovan Nunnikhoven and Todd Reitzler finishing second through fifth in that order.
The final event of the evening was 15-laps in the USRA Stock Car class. As lap one was scored, Kyle Harwood found himself against the frontstretch wall, bringing out a yellow flag and out of the race. There was a three-car breakaway at the front of the pack as Corey Stout (from just over by turn one) the 20dub car of Shane Weller, and Nathan Wood going at it hot and heavy. Wood later went to the work area for a quick tire change and joined the tail of the field after a caution flew. That left the 94 of Stout and the 20dub of Weller being the show of the field up front. A slight jump of the cushion by Weller in turn two, lost him a bit of momentum with a lap or two to go, giving Stout a bit of breathing room. He was able to keep the lead to the checkers and the win--his second of 2011. Weller finished in second (Weller is track champion) third went to Nathan Wood who worked his way through the pack after tagging the tail earlier, fourth was first-time visitor Mike Harward in the #01i, and Steve Jackson finished in fifth.
So ends another season of racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The track has been our Wednesday night home since 1988. Prior to that, we took in specials of the 100-200 lap era of racing, so we have a long history of sitting in the old grandstand at the big ole half-mile. There is still a bit of racing remaining in 2011 at Osky however. The 25th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge rolls into town for two-nights of racing on Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15. Check www.rlpromotions.com for more information as well as the official results of the races. Until next time, get out and find a race to attend and support the sport we love. Happy racing!
In the USRA B Modified feature, it was appearing to be one of those "ho-hummers", as Carter VanDenBerg shot to the lead on the very first lap and continued to put a lot of distance between himself and any competition. Not so fast on the assuming! Drew Lawson, Cayden Carter and Curtis VanDerWal were vying for the second spot behind VanDenBerg for much of the race (which went flag-to-flag) and when VanDerWal finally established that second position in the final few laps, he began reeling in the leader. VanDenBerg was still leading with the checkered flag in his sight, but at the line, it was VanDerWal nosing him out for the win. VanDenBerg had to be content with the runner-up spot, third went to Drew Lawson, Cayden Carter was fourth, and Bill Gibson rounded out the top five. Cayden Carter is the track champion.
VanDerWal was thrilled with his win...the first we can recall for him. We do remember his racing in the mid-90's on the asphalt at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, though the class he ran escapes us. It was an emotional VanDerWal who was interviewed by announcer Tony Paris after his win as he thanked many people.
The USRA Modified feature followed with another caution-free 15-lap feature. A "bad" start occurred at the drop of the green, and as Tony Paris so often calls those "anxious" drivers, "bad dog, no biscuit", and it was called back for a "try-again". When the real start of the race began, it was Colt Mather absolutely GONE. He pulled away to take the convincing win...his fourth of the year. Scott Dickey finished a distant second, followed by Josh Truman and Steven Blatter (the only real contest on the track) for third and fourth in that order. Fifth went to Ron VerBeek and Zack VanderBeek finished in sixth. Steven Blattler was crowned the track champion for the second year in a row.
The USRA Hobby Stocks ran next. Calvin Dhondt, the young driver from Kellogg, Iowa who just a few weeks ago was called away from the track at Osky with the devastating news that his father had been involved in a motorcycle/cow accident,(he continues his long road to recovery at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines) led the early portion of the race. Dustin Griffiths overtook Dhondt for the lead and Kris Walker followed suit making his way into second. A close battle ensued for the third spot as Dhondt, Craig Brown and Donovan Nunnikhoven diced it out. On the white flag lap, with Griffiths in command, Kris Walker let loose with a cloud of smoke on the backstretch, losing his second position, but managed to limp across the finish line many positions behind. However, with his large point lead, he was still able to hold on and take the track championship. Griffiths took his fifth win at Osky this year, followed by Calvin Dhondt, Craig Brown, Donovan Nunnikhoven and Todd Reitzler finishing second through fifth in that order.
The final event of the evening was 15-laps in the USRA Stock Car class. As lap one was scored, Kyle Harwood found himself against the frontstretch wall, bringing out a yellow flag and out of the race. There was a three-car breakaway at the front of the pack as Corey Stout (from just over by turn one) the 20dub car of Shane Weller, and Nathan Wood going at it hot and heavy. Wood later went to the work area for a quick tire change and joined the tail of the field after a caution flew. That left the 94 of Stout and the 20dub of Weller being the show of the field up front. A slight jump of the cushion by Weller in turn two, lost him a bit of momentum with a lap or two to go, giving Stout a bit of breathing room. He was able to keep the lead to the checkers and the win--his second of 2011. Weller finished in second (Weller is track champion) third went to Nathan Wood who worked his way through the pack after tagging the tail earlier, fourth was first-time visitor Mike Harward in the #01i, and Steve Jackson finished in fifth.
So ends another season of racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The track has been our Wednesday night home since 1988. Prior to that, we took in specials of the 100-200 lap era of racing, so we have a long history of sitting in the old grandstand at the big ole half-mile. There is still a bit of racing remaining in 2011 at Osky however. The 25th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge rolls into town for two-nights of racing on Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15. Check www.rlpromotions.com for more information as well as the official results of the races. Until next time, get out and find a race to attend and support the sport we love. Happy racing!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Osky - 8-24-11
Unofficial results:
Modified
Heat - 33Z Zack VanderBeek
Feature
1. 8 Colt Mather
2. 40 Scott Dickey
3. 47 Josh Truman
4. 94 Steve Blatter - track champion 2nd year in a row
5. 4R Ron VerBeek
6. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
DNF: 15K Kyle Harwood
DNS: 22 Brandon Banks
4B Scott Boles
B Mod
Heat 1 - 1 Curtis VanDerWal
Heat 2 - 7 Carter VanDenBerg
Feature
1. 1 Curtis VanDerWal - by a bumper at the line
2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg
3. D1 Drew Lawson
4. 10 Cayden Carter - track champion
5. 38 Bill Gibson
6. 27 Bryon Weyer
7. 02 Andrew Schroeder
8. 55T Bobby Greene
9. 8 Tom Lathrop
DNF: 50X James Krier
72 Brett Lowry
3K John VanDenBerg
8X Brad Iverson
03 Mark Mundell
8T Tony Johnson
Stock Car
Heat 1 - 2J Steve Jackson
Heat 2 - 20dub Shane Weller
Feature
1. 94 Corey Stout
2. 20dub Shane Weller - track champion
3. 52 Nathan Wood
4. 01i Mike Harward
5. 2J Steve Jackson
6. 4M Brian Mitrisin
7. 7 Rick Todd
8. 73c Carl Yaw
9. 7X Todd Phillips
10. 98 Brock Welch
DNF: 15K Kyle Harwood
Hobby Stock
Heat 1 - 22R Todd Reitzler
Heat 2 - 85 Jason McDaniel
Feature
1. 10G Dustin Griffiths
2. 69X Calvin Dhondt
3. 69 Craig Brown
4. 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven
5. 22R Todd Reitzler
6. 558 Jim Hughes
7. 31 Dale Porter
8. 3S Steve Allen - driving the 29 car of Wes Almond after destroying his own
at the Scotland County Speedway recently
9.. 18 Kris Walker - blew on last lap - coasted across finish - track champion
10. 33 Justin Hook
DNF: 21 Nick Ulin
85 Jason McDaniel
73 Aaron Martin
77 Doug Gordon, Jr.
Modified
Heat - 33Z Zack VanderBeek
Feature
1. 8 Colt Mather
2. 40 Scott Dickey
3. 47 Josh Truman
4. 94 Steve Blatter - track champion 2nd year in a row
5. 4R Ron VerBeek
6. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
DNF: 15K Kyle Harwood
DNS: 22 Brandon Banks
4B Scott Boles
B Mod
Heat 1 - 1 Curtis VanDerWal
Heat 2 - 7 Carter VanDenBerg
Feature
1. 1 Curtis VanDerWal - by a bumper at the line
2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg
3. D1 Drew Lawson
4. 10 Cayden Carter - track champion
5. 38 Bill Gibson
6. 27 Bryon Weyer
7. 02 Andrew Schroeder
8. 55T Bobby Greene
9. 8 Tom Lathrop
DNF: 50X James Krier
72 Brett Lowry
3K John VanDenBerg
8X Brad Iverson
03 Mark Mundell
8T Tony Johnson
Stock Car
Heat 1 - 2J Steve Jackson
Heat 2 - 20dub Shane Weller
Feature
1. 94 Corey Stout
2. 20dub Shane Weller - track champion
3. 52 Nathan Wood
4. 01i Mike Harward
5. 2J Steve Jackson
6. 4M Brian Mitrisin
7. 7 Rick Todd
8. 73c Carl Yaw
9. 7X Todd Phillips
10. 98 Brock Welch
DNF: 15K Kyle Harwood
Hobby Stock
Heat 1 - 22R Todd Reitzler
Heat 2 - 85 Jason McDaniel
Feature
1. 10G Dustin Griffiths
2. 69X Calvin Dhondt
3. 69 Craig Brown
4. 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven
5. 22R Todd Reitzler
6. 558 Jim Hughes
7. 31 Dale Porter
8. 3S Steve Allen - driving the 29 car of Wes Almond after destroying his own
at the Scotland County Speedway recently
9.. 18 Kris Walker - blew on last lap - coasted across finish - track champion
10. 33 Justin Hook
DNF: 21 Nick Ulin
85 Jason McDaniel
73 Aaron Martin
77 Doug Gordon, Jr.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Brian Eppert gets first SportMod win
There was a great car count at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night - 164 by my figures - and that was with another special race going on up in Webster City not all that far away. The farming session had the kids tossing rubber chickens at costumed clowns, a candy toss and drivers tossing Frisbees into the stands with prize coupons attached. A lot was thrown into one night--just a little trial run for some upcoming antics during Super Nationals we've heard. We were pleased to see another rookie grab his first win on Saturday night too. This time, it was sealed in the books in the SportMod division.
The Dwarf/Mod Lite feature went to Jeff Stensland for his second win of the season. Within the first couple of circuits, it was Tim Hennigar and Troy Hudson getting tangled together at the bottom of turns one and two and ending their run. Stensland was then in charge of the pack of the mighty little powerhouses, and held the lead the rest of the way to the checkers. Bryan Zehm followed Stensland to the checkers to finish in second, third went to Mike Kennedy, earlier race leader, David Schmalzried finished in fourth, and last week's winner Colby Oberembt finished in fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods had 39 cars on hand thus requiring TWO B mains which advanced only two cars each. Those were won by Randy Roberts and Ty Luellen. There was a false start at the drop of the green in the A main when pole-sitter Mike Stark got a little anxious and jumped the gun...sending him to restart the beginning of the race two spots behind his original place. When the race then started at the drop of the next green, Brian Eppert took the lead and motored smoothly on to victory; the race going caution free the remainder of the laps. We were pleased to see Eppert take the victory in this his rookie season in the SportMod class. Those first time wins are always a special treat to witness. Ray Lundry from Maynard, Iowa, in just his second appearance at the track, finished in second place, while third went to Eric Elliott, fourth to Adam Shelman and fifth to Rick Ringgenberg.
The IMCA modifieds ran their 20-lapper next in a flag-to-flag run. Kelly Lyons took flight in his #27 from the pole position and flew home to his second victory of the year. Lap traffic slowed Lyon's progress very little but did allow Jake Durbin to close in on the final laps, but Durbin could do no better than second. Third went to Randy Havlik, fourth to Adam Larson who came from starting fourteenth, and fifth was Todd Shute who came from the tenth starting spot.
In the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature--which was action packed through out the field--it was Jerry Gifford putting his name in the books for the fourth time this year. Gifford led most of the race but it was a fight for position behind him. Jay Schmidt, Wayne Gifford and Rod Richards were duking it out for second through fourth and farther back in the field, cars were going three and four wide. A little bumping and "just racing" shook the top runners up a bit in the late laps. Gifford took the win with Donavon Smith, point leader, coming from starting eleventh to take the runner-up place. Third was ninteenth place starter, Trent Murphy who fought through the traffic with a nice finish, fourth went to Wayne Gifford, and fifth to Rod Richards. Jay Schmidt fell back a bit to finish sixth.
The first of two A features for the IMCA Hobby Stock class saw Scott Lograsso under the checkers flying first. It was mentioned on a racing forum that Lograsso was later disqualified, but with that being said, and until I receive official notice of such, I will not change the finish. *Stay tuned for an update if it should happen. Lograsso held the lead from about lap four, keeping it to cross the finish line first. Curt Reed finished second (or perhaps first, we shall see) third was point leader Michael Murphy, fourth, Craig Graham and fifth, Rob Allison.
*At some point on Monday, the official results were noted as being changed. This reflected that Scott Lograsso was disqualified, thus handing the win over to Curt Reed. Second then went to Michael Murphy, third to Craig Graham, fourth to Rob Allison and Tyler Pickett was fifth.
The second Hobby Stock feature saw frequent visitor to victory lane, John Watson grab another win,--his seventh of the regular season and throw in the Frostbuster, and that makes eight wins at the track this year. Watson took the lead just past the half way mark of the 12-lap feature and pulled away. Aaron Rudolph finished in second place followed by Brandon Brinton in third. A visitor from far northwestern, Iowa, Shane Klaasen who calls Little Rock, Iowa home, took the fourth place and Tony Cox finished in fifth.
Two more weeks of regular season racing remains at the Boone Speedway, the final night being September 3rd for the season championships. Then on Labor Day, Monday September 5, it will be the start of a six-day run of the 29th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals. It is non-stop racing that if you haven't experienced, you really should try it so you can at least say you've, "been there, done that". Until next time, happy racing!
The Dwarf/Mod Lite feature went to Jeff Stensland for his second win of the season. Within the first couple of circuits, it was Tim Hennigar and Troy Hudson getting tangled together at the bottom of turns one and two and ending their run. Stensland was then in charge of the pack of the mighty little powerhouses, and held the lead the rest of the way to the checkers. Bryan Zehm followed Stensland to the checkers to finish in second, third went to Mike Kennedy, earlier race leader, David Schmalzried finished in fourth, and last week's winner Colby Oberembt finished in fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods had 39 cars on hand thus requiring TWO B mains which advanced only two cars each. Those were won by Randy Roberts and Ty Luellen. There was a false start at the drop of the green in the A main when pole-sitter Mike Stark got a little anxious and jumped the gun...sending him to restart the beginning of the race two spots behind his original place. When the race then started at the drop of the next green, Brian Eppert took the lead and motored smoothly on to victory; the race going caution free the remainder of the laps. We were pleased to see Eppert take the victory in this his rookie season in the SportMod class. Those first time wins are always a special treat to witness. Ray Lundry from Maynard, Iowa, in just his second appearance at the track, finished in second place, while third went to Eric Elliott, fourth to Adam Shelman and fifth to Rick Ringgenberg.
The IMCA modifieds ran their 20-lapper next in a flag-to-flag run. Kelly Lyons took flight in his #27 from the pole position and flew home to his second victory of the year. Lap traffic slowed Lyon's progress very little but did allow Jake Durbin to close in on the final laps, but Durbin could do no better than second. Third went to Randy Havlik, fourth to Adam Larson who came from starting fourteenth, and fifth was Todd Shute who came from the tenth starting spot.
In the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature--which was action packed through out the field--it was Jerry Gifford putting his name in the books for the fourth time this year. Gifford led most of the race but it was a fight for position behind him. Jay Schmidt, Wayne Gifford and Rod Richards were duking it out for second through fourth and farther back in the field, cars were going three and four wide. A little bumping and "just racing" shook the top runners up a bit in the late laps. Gifford took the win with Donavon Smith, point leader, coming from starting eleventh to take the runner-up place. Third was ninteenth place starter, Trent Murphy who fought through the traffic with a nice finish, fourth went to Wayne Gifford, and fifth to Rod Richards. Jay Schmidt fell back a bit to finish sixth.
The first of two A features for the IMCA Hobby Stock class saw Scott Lograsso under the checkers flying first. It was mentioned on a racing forum that Lograsso was later disqualified, but with that being said, and until I receive official notice of such, I will not change the finish. *Stay tuned for an update if it should happen. Lograsso held the lead from about lap four, keeping it to cross the finish line first. Curt Reed finished second (or perhaps first, we shall see) third was point leader Michael Murphy, fourth, Craig Graham and fifth, Rob Allison.
*At some point on Monday, the official results were noted as being changed. This reflected that Scott Lograsso was disqualified, thus handing the win over to Curt Reed. Second then went to Michael Murphy, third to Craig Graham, fourth to Rob Allison and Tyler Pickett was fifth.
The second Hobby Stock feature saw frequent visitor to victory lane, John Watson grab another win,--his seventh of the regular season and throw in the Frostbuster, and that makes eight wins at the track this year. Watson took the lead just past the half way mark of the 12-lap feature and pulled away. Aaron Rudolph finished in second place followed by Brandon Brinton in third. A visitor from far northwestern, Iowa, Shane Klaasen who calls Little Rock, Iowa home, took the fourth place and Tony Cox finished in fifth.
Two more weeks of regular season racing remains at the Boone Speedway, the final night being September 3rd for the season championships. Then on Labor Day, Monday September 5, it will be the start of a six-day run of the 29th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals. It is non-stop racing that if you haven't experienced, you really should try it so you can at least say you've, "been there, done that". Until next time, happy racing!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Boone - 8-20-11
8-20-11 - 164 cars
Modified - 28 cars
Heat 1 - 3Z Randy Havlik
Heat 2 - 27 Kelly Lyons
Heat 3 - 58 Denny Pittman
B Main - 3 advance
1. 51 Tyler VandeKamp
2. 5M Matthew Meinecke
3. 19R Todd Reed - Parkview, IA
4. 71 Dennis Laveine - West Burlington, IA
5. 5D Devin Havlik
6. 33D Scott Hogan
7. 1X Steve Streeter - Medera, CA
Feature
1. 27 Kelly Lyons
2. 18 Jake Durbin
3. 3Z Randy Havlik
4. 2L Adam Larson
5. 5 Todd Shute
6. 10M Jeremy Mills
7. 28R Russ Dickerson
8. 93 Cale Sponsler
9. 58 Denny Pittman
10. 19 Jimmy Gustin
11. 62 Greg Cox
12. 22T Tyler Prochaska
13. 24 Robert Avery
14. 94 Fred Schimmels
15. 28 Jamie Anderson
16. 26 Steve Glenn - Hamilton, MO
17. Matthew Meinecke
18. 12C Kent Croskey
19. 20W Shay Woods - Humeston, IA
20. 51 Tyler VandeKamp
21. 19R Todd Reed - Parkview, IA
22. 56 Jeff Marriott - Chillicothe, MO
23. 1JX Jeff Streeter - Madera, CA
24. 49T Tim Stevens
SportMod - 39 cars
Heat 1 - 22B Brian Eppert
Heat 2 - 196 Ray Lundry
Heat 3 - 33 Tim Rupp - Cherokee, IA
Heat 4 - 9E Eric Elliott
B Main #1 - 2 advance
1. 3R Randy Roberts
2. 9X Austin Lucas
3. 11 Beau Kaplan
4. 20T Mike Tanner - Kansas City, MO
5. 13T Taylor Mussellman
6. 22J Jeff Blume
7. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn
8. 81 Max Leonard - Ladora, IA
DNS: 24 Brian Miller
6 Darren Huntley
B Main #2 - 2 advance
1. 32L Ty Luellen
2. X4 Jason Purvis
3. 5B Tom Burke
4. 52M Dustin Miller - Pattonsburg, MO
5. 22X Troy Oliver
6 56 Joe Simbro
7. 99K Kody Havens - Wiota, IA
8. 3 Stacey Clark
DNS: 63 Daniel Tasler
Feature
1. 22B Brian Eppert - First feature win
2. 196 Ray Lundry
3. 9E Eric Elliott
4. 3s Adam Shelman
5. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
6. 93 Mike Stark
7. 66 Cody Hennings
8. 23JR Nick Roberts
9. 81D Scott Davis
10. 2G Geoff Olson
11. 57 Lynn Brockett
12. 3R Randy Roberts
13. 505 Racer Hulin
14. 86 Cory Rose
15. 33 Tim Rupp
16. 77 Jack Myer
17. 27 Tim Love
18. 59 Tara Longnecker
19. 1TO Tyler Olson
20. 3L Clint Luellen
21. 9X Austin Lucas
22. 96 Lucas Lundry - Maynard, IA
23. X4 Jason Purvis
24. 32L Ty Luellen
Stock Car - 29 cars
Heat 1 - 24 Eric Brown
Heat 2 - 22 Wayne Gifford
Heat 3 - 45 Larry Crocheck
B Main - 3 advance
1. 56 Lonnie Hodges
2. 41X Brad Schebel - Essig, MN
3. 04 Don Vis
4. 556 Terry Cornelison
5. 5 Keith Miner
6. 93 Michael Jaennette
7. 27 Gary Bass
DNS: 3s Bryan Snell
Feature
1. 9 Jerry Gifford
2. 35 Donavon Smith
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 22 Wayne Gifford
5. 23HR Rod Richards
6. 19J Jay Schmidt
7. 24 Eric Brown
8. 19A Alan VanGorp
9. 75 Curt Hook
10. 45 Larry Crocheck
11. 25J Josh Daniels
12. 271 Randy Brands, Boyden, IA
13. 12+ Ryan Rose
14. 3H Ty Hill
15. 15X Bob Daniels
16. 04 Don Vis
17. 68P Aaron Parmer - Humeston, IA
18. 41X Brad Scheibel
19. 05 Seth Bowen
20. 31 Jason York
21. 27M Mike Munson - Boxholm, IA
22. 56 Lonnie Hodges
23. 94 Steve Meyer
24. 50 Robert Stofer
Hobby Stock - 39 cars
Heat 1 - 13G Craig Graham - Webster City, IA
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 47 Scott Pippert - Elberon, IA
Heat 4 - 901 Shane Klaasen - Little Rock, IA
Feature #1
1. 83S Scott Lograsso - crossed first but was dq'd in tech. Win goes to Reed
Lograsso was scored as last.
2. 4C Curt Reed
3. 25M Michael Murphy
4. 13G Craig Graham
5. 12A Rob Allison
6. 5A Tyler Pickett
7. 51 Matt Webb
8. 74J Dean Hartwig
9. J4 John Yaw
10. 20N Justin Nehring - Storm Lake, IA
11. 26T Jeremy Tilley
12. 911 Darin Rothfus
13. 14 Matt Wahlert
14. 77C Andy Coffman
15. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
16. 22 Chris Jensen
17. 36S Mike Smith
18. 2J Ralph Jones
19. 47 Scott Pippert
20. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
Feature #2
1. 4W John Watson
2. 38R Aaron Rudolph
3. 24B Brandon Brinton
4. 901 Shane Klaasen - Little Rock, IA
5. 1BC Tony Cox
6. 7B Eric Stanton
7. 32X Kyle Robinson - Cherokee, IA
8. 99 Jeff Knight
9. 8B Robert Smith
10. 27R Clint Rothfus
11. 9 Andrew Arends
12. 20T Richard Yaw II
13. 85 Seth Janssen
14. 12M Matt McDonald
15. 16B Jay Arends
16. 17 Lee Farmer - Bethany, MO
17. T71 Marcus Kyle
18. 32 Bill Atcheson
19. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
Mod Lite - 29 cars
Heat 1 - 46ZL
Heat 2 - 57 Lynn Brockett
Heat 3 - 99 Josh May
B Main - 3 advance (only 3 showed on track and was checkered and not run)
1. 82 Charlie Brown
2. 89 Travis Stensland
3. 23 Mike Parcel
DNS: 33 Gayle Worthington
73 Jason Smithson
15 Andy Hennigar
00 Phillip Reeves
64 Randy Bryan
Feature
1. 20 Jeff Stensland
2. 46Z Bryan Zehm
3. 95 Mike Kennedy
4. 01 David Schmalzried
5. 0B Colby Oberembt
6. 88 James May
7. 99 Josh May
8. 11R Jason Whitehead
9. 1 John Gardner
10. 3C Duane Coffman
11. 8 Dusty Masolini
12. 5X Matthew Goodin
13. 89 Travis Stensland
14. 82 Charlie Brown
15. 93 Tim Milner
16. 76 Terry Sorenson
17. 4L Larry Sorenson
18. 11 Michael Stoker
19. 57 Tim Hennigar
20. 4+1 Troy Hudson (new car tonight with a "5" on it)
21. 9 Rick Taylor
22. 46 Kevin Grisham
DNS: 09 Joel Keenan
23 Michael Parcel
Modified - 28 cars
Heat 1 - 3Z Randy Havlik
Heat 2 - 27 Kelly Lyons
Heat 3 - 58 Denny Pittman
B Main - 3 advance
1. 51 Tyler VandeKamp
2. 5M Matthew Meinecke
3. 19R Todd Reed - Parkview, IA
4. 71 Dennis Laveine - West Burlington, IA
5. 5D Devin Havlik
6. 33D Scott Hogan
7. 1X Steve Streeter - Medera, CA
Feature
1. 27 Kelly Lyons
2. 18 Jake Durbin
3. 3Z Randy Havlik
4. 2L Adam Larson
5. 5 Todd Shute
6. 10M Jeremy Mills
7. 28R Russ Dickerson
8. 93 Cale Sponsler
9. 58 Denny Pittman
10. 19 Jimmy Gustin
11. 62 Greg Cox
12. 22T Tyler Prochaska
13. 24 Robert Avery
14. 94 Fred Schimmels
15. 28 Jamie Anderson
16. 26 Steve Glenn - Hamilton, MO
17. Matthew Meinecke
18. 12C Kent Croskey
19. 20W Shay Woods - Humeston, IA
20. 51 Tyler VandeKamp
21. 19R Todd Reed - Parkview, IA
22. 56 Jeff Marriott - Chillicothe, MO
23. 1JX Jeff Streeter - Madera, CA
24. 49T Tim Stevens
SportMod - 39 cars
Heat 1 - 22B Brian Eppert
Heat 2 - 196 Ray Lundry
Heat 3 - 33 Tim Rupp - Cherokee, IA
Heat 4 - 9E Eric Elliott
B Main #1 - 2 advance
1. 3R Randy Roberts
2. 9X Austin Lucas
3. 11 Beau Kaplan
4. 20T Mike Tanner - Kansas City, MO
5. 13T Taylor Mussellman
6. 22J Jeff Blume
7. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn
8. 81 Max Leonard - Ladora, IA
DNS: 24 Brian Miller
6 Darren Huntley
B Main #2 - 2 advance
1. 32L Ty Luellen
2. X4 Jason Purvis
3. 5B Tom Burke
4. 52M Dustin Miller - Pattonsburg, MO
5. 22X Troy Oliver
6 56 Joe Simbro
7. 99K Kody Havens - Wiota, IA
8. 3 Stacey Clark
DNS: 63 Daniel Tasler
Feature
1. 22B Brian Eppert - First feature win
2. 196 Ray Lundry
3. 9E Eric Elliott
4. 3s Adam Shelman
5. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
6. 93 Mike Stark
7. 66 Cody Hennings
8. 23JR Nick Roberts
9. 81D Scott Davis
10. 2G Geoff Olson
11. 57 Lynn Brockett
12. 3R Randy Roberts
13. 505 Racer Hulin
14. 86 Cory Rose
15. 33 Tim Rupp
16. 77 Jack Myer
17. 27 Tim Love
18. 59 Tara Longnecker
19. 1TO Tyler Olson
20. 3L Clint Luellen
21. 9X Austin Lucas
22. 96 Lucas Lundry - Maynard, IA
23. X4 Jason Purvis
24. 32L Ty Luellen
Stock Car - 29 cars
Heat 1 - 24 Eric Brown
Heat 2 - 22 Wayne Gifford
Heat 3 - 45 Larry Crocheck
B Main - 3 advance
1. 56 Lonnie Hodges
2. 41X Brad Schebel - Essig, MN
3. 04 Don Vis
4. 556 Terry Cornelison
5. 5 Keith Miner
6. 93 Michael Jaennette
7. 27 Gary Bass
DNS: 3s Bryan Snell
Feature
1. 9 Jerry Gifford
2. 35 Donavon Smith
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 22 Wayne Gifford
5. 23HR Rod Richards
6. 19J Jay Schmidt
7. 24 Eric Brown
8. 19A Alan VanGorp
9. 75 Curt Hook
10. 45 Larry Crocheck
11. 25J Josh Daniels
12. 271 Randy Brands, Boyden, IA
13. 12+ Ryan Rose
14. 3H Ty Hill
15. 15X Bob Daniels
16. 04 Don Vis
17. 68P Aaron Parmer - Humeston, IA
18. 41X Brad Scheibel
19. 05 Seth Bowen
20. 31 Jason York
21. 27M Mike Munson - Boxholm, IA
22. 56 Lonnie Hodges
23. 94 Steve Meyer
24. 50 Robert Stofer
Hobby Stock - 39 cars
Heat 1 - 13G Craig Graham - Webster City, IA
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 47 Scott Pippert - Elberon, IA
Heat 4 - 901 Shane Klaasen - Little Rock, IA
Feature #1
1. 83S Scott Lograsso - crossed first but was dq'd in tech. Win goes to Reed
Lograsso was scored as last.
2. 4C Curt Reed
3. 25M Michael Murphy
4. 13G Craig Graham
5. 12A Rob Allison
6. 5A Tyler Pickett
7. 51 Matt Webb
8. 74J Dean Hartwig
9. J4 John Yaw
10. 20N Justin Nehring - Storm Lake, IA
11. 26T Jeremy Tilley
12. 911 Darin Rothfus
13. 14 Matt Wahlert
14. 77C Andy Coffman
15. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
16. 22 Chris Jensen
17. 36S Mike Smith
18. 2J Ralph Jones
19. 47 Scott Pippert
20. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
Feature #2
1. 4W John Watson
2. 38R Aaron Rudolph
3. 24B Brandon Brinton
4. 901 Shane Klaasen - Little Rock, IA
5. 1BC Tony Cox
6. 7B Eric Stanton
7. 32X Kyle Robinson - Cherokee, IA
8. 99 Jeff Knight
9. 8B Robert Smith
10. 27R Clint Rothfus
11. 9 Andrew Arends
12. 20T Richard Yaw II
13. 85 Seth Janssen
14. 12M Matt McDonald
15. 16B Jay Arends
16. 17 Lee Farmer - Bethany, MO
17. T71 Marcus Kyle
18. 32 Bill Atcheson
19. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
Mod Lite - 29 cars
Heat 1 - 46ZL
Heat 2 - 57 Lynn Brockett
Heat 3 - 99 Josh May
B Main - 3 advance (only 3 showed on track and was checkered and not run)
1. 82 Charlie Brown
2. 89 Travis Stensland
3. 23 Mike Parcel
DNS: 33 Gayle Worthington
73 Jason Smithson
15 Andy Hennigar
00 Phillip Reeves
64 Randy Bryan
Feature
1. 20 Jeff Stensland
2. 46Z Bryan Zehm
3. 95 Mike Kennedy
4. 01 David Schmalzried
5. 0B Colby Oberembt
6. 88 James May
7. 99 Josh May
8. 11R Jason Whitehead
9. 1 John Gardner
10. 3C Duane Coffman
11. 8 Dusty Masolini
12. 5X Matthew Goodin
13. 89 Travis Stensland
14. 82 Charlie Brown
15. 93 Tim Milner
16. 76 Terry Sorenson
17. 4L Larry Sorenson
18. 11 Michael Stoker
19. 57 Tim Hennigar
20. 4+1 Troy Hudson (new car tonight with a "5" on it)
21. 9 Rick Taylor
22. 46 Kevin Grisham
DNS: 09 Joel Keenan
23 Michael Parcel
VanDenBerg grabs win in his OWN car this time
Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway was the scene of their weekly racing program. A little added entertainment included a dozen of the Vintage cars racing open-wheeled cars of yesteryear as well as the '50's era full bodied cars. A few sprinkles fell from a "boiling" overhead cloud, but it quickly moved on and caused no problems in the racing.
Two A mains were run for the visiting Vintage racers. They were divided into two groups. The open-wheeled division went to the 3R "super modified" of Austin Russell. This brought back memories of what we first saw running at the Knoxville Raceway "way back when". The full bodied feature...those of the '50's...went to John Schroyer in his 1957 Chevy.
The Mod Lite's ran next in their 18-lap feature. Tim Hennigar dominated in taking the win, leading all laps and pulling away. Mike Morrill finished in second, Andy Hennigar in third, fourth went to Jeff Stensland and fifth to Randy Bryan.
Randy Embrey returned to the track in his IMCA hobby stock. After taking the checkers last week, and then being disqualified for not having enough weight hung on his crate motor, (25# minimum, 30# maximum) he opted to return and redeem himself in his now legal ride. He once again took the checkers first and this time, was officially declared the winner as he lead all 12 laps of the A main event. He had tight action chasing him with the next three finishers battling it out. Kevin Fee took the runner up position over Michael Murphy in third, Scott Pippert in fourth and Clint Nelson rounded out the top five.
A nice field of 29 IMCA Northern SportMods came to play, requiring a B main to complete the 24-car starting field for the A main. The father-son duo of Zach and Tom Rawlins fought it out for the top spot in the early going but soon it would be the #7 of Carter VanDenBerg moving up to challenge from his 9th starting position. VanDenBerg snatched the lead and pulled away for his second win of 2011 at the track. VanDenBerg had won his first feature back on August 5, and at that time, had jumped in a borrowed car, that of Brett Lowry. This time, he sealed the win in his own car. Tyler Droste followed the winner up through the field to nab the runner up spot. Jenae Gustin had a nice run to take third, fourth was Tom Rawlins and fifth was Scott Davis. It appears that Scott Davis has now taken over the point lead by himself after previously being tied with Cayden Carter. Carter encountered an abrupt stop against a dirt mound on the backstretch, sending him to the tail to restart and finishing far behind the leaders.
The 18-lap IMCA stock car feature saw some fierce battling between Jay Schmidt, Damon Murty and Trent Murphy. Those drivers were opting for running top side in corners three and four for the most part but Murphy then dove to the bottom to overtake Schmidt for the lead. Schmidt went in a little hard after going to the bottom in turns one and two, lost momentum, allowing Murty to take over the runner up spot. At the checkers, it was Murphy winning his fourth of the year, Murty taking second, third went to Schmdit, fourth to Kevin Rose and Todd Reitzler was fifth.
The finale for the evening was the 20-lap IMCA modified feature. Pole sitter, Andrew Kinser showed some muscle early as he lead the charge during the early laps. A caution would then bunch the field changing things up and Jon Snyder, flying to the lead with Adam Larson in tow. Snyder continued running the highline until late, he opted for the bottom in turn one...the tail kicked out and he ended up sideways, collecting third place runner Ronn Lauritzen who was close on his heels. Adam Larson was now at the helm with Jammin' Jimmy Gustin pedaling hard behind him. Larson went on to the win, his fourth of the year at Marshalltown, and Gustin had to settle for second on this night. Third went to last week's winner, Josh Truman, fourth to visiting driver, Jacob Murray from Hartford, Iowa, and Todd Conrad was fifth. Snyder now holds a slim four point lead over Gustin for the track title in the modified division, making for a shoot out in the last couple of night's racing left.
Yes, just two nights of regular season racing remains at the fast quarter-mile. The season has flown by for sure. Don't forget the Havoc on the Highbanks set for September 23-24 though. Full results and information can be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
Two A mains were run for the visiting Vintage racers. They were divided into two groups. The open-wheeled division went to the 3R "super modified" of Austin Russell. This brought back memories of what we first saw running at the Knoxville Raceway "way back when". The full bodied feature...those of the '50's...went to John Schroyer in his 1957 Chevy.
The Mod Lite's ran next in their 18-lap feature. Tim Hennigar dominated in taking the win, leading all laps and pulling away. Mike Morrill finished in second, Andy Hennigar in third, fourth went to Jeff Stensland and fifth to Randy Bryan.
Randy Embrey returned to the track in his IMCA hobby stock. After taking the checkers last week, and then being disqualified for not having enough weight hung on his crate motor, (25# minimum, 30# maximum) he opted to return and redeem himself in his now legal ride. He once again took the checkers first and this time, was officially declared the winner as he lead all 12 laps of the A main event. He had tight action chasing him with the next three finishers battling it out. Kevin Fee took the runner up position over Michael Murphy in third, Scott Pippert in fourth and Clint Nelson rounded out the top five.
A nice field of 29 IMCA Northern SportMods came to play, requiring a B main to complete the 24-car starting field for the A main. The father-son duo of Zach and Tom Rawlins fought it out for the top spot in the early going but soon it would be the #7 of Carter VanDenBerg moving up to challenge from his 9th starting position. VanDenBerg snatched the lead and pulled away for his second win of 2011 at the track. VanDenBerg had won his first feature back on August 5, and at that time, had jumped in a borrowed car, that of Brett Lowry. This time, he sealed the win in his own car. Tyler Droste followed the winner up through the field to nab the runner up spot. Jenae Gustin had a nice run to take third, fourth was Tom Rawlins and fifth was Scott Davis. It appears that Scott Davis has now taken over the point lead by himself after previously being tied with Cayden Carter. Carter encountered an abrupt stop against a dirt mound on the backstretch, sending him to the tail to restart and finishing far behind the leaders.
The 18-lap IMCA stock car feature saw some fierce battling between Jay Schmidt, Damon Murty and Trent Murphy. Those drivers were opting for running top side in corners three and four for the most part but Murphy then dove to the bottom to overtake Schmidt for the lead. Schmidt went in a little hard after going to the bottom in turns one and two, lost momentum, allowing Murty to take over the runner up spot. At the checkers, it was Murphy winning his fourth of the year, Murty taking second, third went to Schmdit, fourth to Kevin Rose and Todd Reitzler was fifth.
The finale for the evening was the 20-lap IMCA modified feature. Pole sitter, Andrew Kinser showed some muscle early as he lead the charge during the early laps. A caution would then bunch the field changing things up and Jon Snyder, flying to the lead with Adam Larson in tow. Snyder continued running the highline until late, he opted for the bottom in turn one...the tail kicked out and he ended up sideways, collecting third place runner Ronn Lauritzen who was close on his heels. Adam Larson was now at the helm with Jammin' Jimmy Gustin pedaling hard behind him. Larson went on to the win, his fourth of the year at Marshalltown, and Gustin had to settle for second on this night. Third went to last week's winner, Josh Truman, fourth to visiting driver, Jacob Murray from Hartford, Iowa, and Todd Conrad was fifth. Snyder now holds a slim four point lead over Gustin for the track title in the modified division, making for a shoot out in the last couple of night's racing left.
Yes, just two nights of regular season racing remains at the fast quarter-mile. The season has flown by for sure. Don't forget the Havoc on the Highbanks set for September 23-24 though. Full results and information can be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Meinecke wins his first modified feature
It's always nice to see someone get their first win, and Saturday night at the Boone Speedway, we did just that when a rookie to the IMCA modified ranks put it in the record books. There was a good field of 159 cars on hand with new drivers in several classes. There was also a little added entertainment on the night as well when several drivers stuffed themselves into cardboard racers, and ran a foot race to the checkered flag. Hobby stock driver, Tony Cox took the win in that contest. The local Walmart also donated around 15 bikes that were given away to lucky youngsters.
The Dwarf/Mod Lite feature found Colby Oberembt taking his third win of the season. Oberembt, sporting a new body on his ride, led all but the first of the 15-lap race.
Matthew Goodin took the second position, while third went to the 4+1 of Troy Hudson. Hudson started thirteenth on the field and chased the leaders down. Fourth went to Joel Huggins and fifth to Tim Hennigar.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature found an early battle between Brian Eppert, Nick Roberts and Brian Miller. Roberts grabbed the lead about lap twelve and was then able to pull away from the competition--taking his first win at the track in 2011. Brian Miller got around Eppert as they finished second and third respectively. Geoff Olson came from starting in row five, to take fourth place, and Scott Davis, the point leader, rounded out the top five.
The 20-lap IMCA Modified feature was next on the schedule. You couldn't miss the bright neon colored #5M of Matthew Meinecke who shot to the lead from his pole starting spot...and led the entire race to the checkers. Meinecke, who fended off the challenges of Joel Bushore, is a rookie to the modified ranks, having previously raced in the SportMod division. Congratulations to him on this achievement in just his first year in the class. Bushore retained the second spot and third went to Jake Durbin who fought around Cale Sponsler late in the race as they finished third and fourth in that order. Jimmy Gustin completed the top five.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars, always gives the crowd some thrills. This was one of those instances when it's never over until it's over held true. Just when you thought you knew who was going to win, a mishap would throw that out the window. Several leaders, Dave Baugh, Jerry Gifford and Jay Schmidt amongst them, all saw their hopes dashed. One of the most spectacular occurrences was when Josh Brauckman got sideways low in corner one, rolled and Dave Baugh launched up and over the rolling car...very high in the air...and came down on all four tires. Both drivers were okay thankfully, with only major repairs to look forward to. A second incident happened when Jay Schmidt, leading, and challenger Trent Murphy got together, ending both their nights as well. The green remained out during that skirmish, and the lucky driver to avoid it all was Donavon Smith, who took over the lead and motored home to the win. Jerry Gifford took the runner up spot ahead of Steve Meyer in third, Ryan Rose in fourth, and Ryan Leeman was fifth.
It's been a while since two A features were required for the IMCA Hobby Stock class...back in late May. With 38 cars on hand (I believe that is perhaps the "magic number" for TWO features) the cars were split into the two A main events and no B mains were run.
Hobby main #1 went to Michael Murphy, a driver who has visited victory lane NINE times this season. If I was a betting person, I might just put my money on him taking a Super Nationals championship this year...he knows the track well! Even starting back in row five, he worked his way methodically through traffic, passed then leader Brandon Brinton on lap seven of the 12-lapper, and pulled away for another convincing win. Second place went to one of several visiting drivers on the night, the #49 of Cody Knecht out of Whittemore, Iowa. Brandon Brinton took third place, fourth went to veteran Dean Hartwig, and fifth was Curt Reed.
Hobby feature #2 went to Aaron Rudolph who captured his first win of the year. Rudolph led all but the first lap of the race. He fended off John Watson who challenged for the lead with Tony Cox nipping at his heels. The race ended with Rudolph crossing the finish line in first, a little shuffling behind changed the expected finish a bit, as Cox took second ahead of Eric Stanton in third, and somehow, Watson ended up being pushed across the line to finish fourth. Veteran driver making his first appearance on the track this year, Chris Jensen, finished in fifth.
There are still three more weeks of regular season racing remaining at the Boone Speedway before the Super Nationals scheduled for September 5-10. Many more races remain on the calendar around our area as well. Check out the calendar on www.positivelyracing.com for a race you may want to take in. Happy racing!
The Dwarf/Mod Lite feature found Colby Oberembt taking his third win of the season. Oberembt, sporting a new body on his ride, led all but the first of the 15-lap race.
Matthew Goodin took the second position, while third went to the 4+1 of Troy Hudson. Hudson started thirteenth on the field and chased the leaders down. Fourth went to Joel Huggins and fifth to Tim Hennigar.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature found an early battle between Brian Eppert, Nick Roberts and Brian Miller. Roberts grabbed the lead about lap twelve and was then able to pull away from the competition--taking his first win at the track in 2011. Brian Miller got around Eppert as they finished second and third respectively. Geoff Olson came from starting in row five, to take fourth place, and Scott Davis, the point leader, rounded out the top five.
The 20-lap IMCA Modified feature was next on the schedule. You couldn't miss the bright neon colored #5M of Matthew Meinecke who shot to the lead from his pole starting spot...and led the entire race to the checkers. Meinecke, who fended off the challenges of Joel Bushore, is a rookie to the modified ranks, having previously raced in the SportMod division. Congratulations to him on this achievement in just his first year in the class. Bushore retained the second spot and third went to Jake Durbin who fought around Cale Sponsler late in the race as they finished third and fourth in that order. Jimmy Gustin completed the top five.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars, always gives the crowd some thrills. This was one of those instances when it's never over until it's over held true. Just when you thought you knew who was going to win, a mishap would throw that out the window. Several leaders, Dave Baugh, Jerry Gifford and Jay Schmidt amongst them, all saw their hopes dashed. One of the most spectacular occurrences was when Josh Brauckman got sideways low in corner one, rolled and Dave Baugh launched up and over the rolling car...very high in the air...and came down on all four tires. Both drivers were okay thankfully, with only major repairs to look forward to. A second incident happened when Jay Schmidt, leading, and challenger Trent Murphy got together, ending both their nights as well. The green remained out during that skirmish, and the lucky driver to avoid it all was Donavon Smith, who took over the lead and motored home to the win. Jerry Gifford took the runner up spot ahead of Steve Meyer in third, Ryan Rose in fourth, and Ryan Leeman was fifth.
It's been a while since two A features were required for the IMCA Hobby Stock class...back in late May. With 38 cars on hand (I believe that is perhaps the "magic number" for TWO features) the cars were split into the two A main events and no B mains were run.
Hobby main #1 went to Michael Murphy, a driver who has visited victory lane NINE times this season. If I was a betting person, I might just put my money on him taking a Super Nationals championship this year...he knows the track well! Even starting back in row five, he worked his way methodically through traffic, passed then leader Brandon Brinton on lap seven of the 12-lapper, and pulled away for another convincing win. Second place went to one of several visiting drivers on the night, the #49 of Cody Knecht out of Whittemore, Iowa. Brandon Brinton took third place, fourth went to veteran Dean Hartwig, and fifth was Curt Reed.
Hobby feature #2 went to Aaron Rudolph who captured his first win of the year. Rudolph led all but the first lap of the race. He fended off John Watson who challenged for the lead with Tony Cox nipping at his heels. The race ended with Rudolph crossing the finish line in first, a little shuffling behind changed the expected finish a bit, as Cox took second ahead of Eric Stanton in third, and somehow, Watson ended up being pushed across the line to finish fourth. Veteran driver making his first appearance on the track this year, Chris Jensen, finished in fifth.
There are still three more weeks of regular season racing remaining at the Boone Speedway before the Super Nationals scheduled for September 5-10. Many more races remain on the calendar around our area as well. Check out the calendar on www.positivelyracing.com for a race you may want to take in. Happy racing!
Boone - 8-13-11
159 cars
Modified - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 93 Cale Sponsler
Heat 2 - 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 3 - 33M Mike Molle
Feature
1. Matthew Meinecke - 1st modified win
2. 87 Joel Bushore
3. 18 Jake Durbin
4. 93 Cale Sponsler
5. 19 Jimmy Gustin
6. 24 Robert Avery
7. 33M Mike Molle
8. 28R Russ Dickerson
9. 10M Jeremy Mills
10. 58 Denny Pittman
11. 57V Mike VanGenderen
12. 22T Tyler Prochaska - Iowa Falls, IA
13. 94 Fred Schimmels
14. 27 Kelly Lyons
15. 12c Kent Croskey
16. 83G Josh Gilman
17. 77C Craig Carlson
18. 4 Tony Hilgenberg
19. 5D Devin Havlik
20. 02 Brian Law
21. 14M Matthew Kiner - Aurora, NE
22. 28 Jamie Anderson - Mason City, IA
23. 00x Jim Cooper
24. 3Z Randy Havlik
25. 3 Cody Taylor - Waukee, IA
DNS: 12E Mark Elliott
4R Mike Reichart
SportMod - 34 cars
Heat 1 - 57 Lynn Brockett
Heat 2 - x4 Jason Purvis
Heat 3 - 24 Brian Miller
Heat 4 - 81d Scott Davis
B Main - 4 advance
1. 505 Racer Hulin
2. 41 Jeremy Embrey
3. 64X Brandon Leeman
4. 3L Clint Luellen
5. 33 Tim Rupp - Cherokee, IA
6. 9E Eric Elliott
7. 196 Ray Lundry, Maynard, IA
8. 02 Mike Goldberry
9. 36 Matt Pittmam
10. 77 Jack Myer
11. 93 Mike Stark - West Des Moines
12. 22J Jeff Blume
13. 29B Ben Wilson
DNS 56 Joe Simbro
Feature
1. 23Jr Nick Roberts
2. 24 Brian Miller
3. 22B Brian Eppert
4. 2G Geoff Olson
5. 81D Scott Davis
6. 41 Jeremy Embrey
7. X4 Jason Purvis
8. 3s Adam Shelman
9. 59 Tara Longnecker
10. 57 Lynn Brockett
11. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
12. 505 Racer Hulin
13. 27 Tim Love
14. 3R Randy Roberts
15. 63 Daniel Tasler
16. 99C Rocky Caudle
17. 777 Jayme Duinink
18. 3L Clint Luellen
19. 6 Darren Huntley
20. 64X Brandon Leeman
21. 96 Lucas Lundry
22. 22X Troy Oliver - Des Moines, IA
23. 48 Blake Coant
24. 3 Stacey Clark
Stock Car - 35 cars
Heat 1 - 9 Jerry Gifford
Heat 2 - 19J Jay Schmidt
Heat 3 - 23HR Rod Richards
B Main - 4 advance
1. 22 Wayne Gifford
2. 04 Don Vis
3. R31 Ryan Leeman
4. 55 Cory Bushnell
5. 31 Jason York
6. 68P Aaron Parmer - Humeston
7. 76 Norman Belew
8. 6 Adam Hilgenberg - Waukee
9. 20x Dustin Wannarka - Winnebago, MN
10. 56 Lonnie Hodges
11. 5 Keith Miner
DNS 556 Terry Cornelison
25X Bob Daniels
3H Ty Hill
2L Jon Lang
Feature
1. 35 Donavon Smith
2. 9 Jerry Gifford
3. 94 Steve Meyer
4. 12+ Ryan Rose
5. R31 Ryan Leeman
6. 25J Josh Daniels
7. 19A Alan VanGorp
8. 45 Larry Crocheck
9. 36 Tom Suess - New Ulm, MN
10. 28W Don Wear
11. 04 Don Vis
12. 99 Tony Arnold - Sloan, IA
13. 22 Wayne Gifford
14. 19J Jay Schmidt
15. 25 Trent Murphy
16. 22S Toby Smith
17. 23HR Rod Richards
18. 05 Seth Bowen
19. 22X Josh Brauckman
20. 81B Dave Baugh
21. 55 Cory Bushnell
22. 93 Michael Jaennette
23. 50 Robert Stofer
24. 24 Eric Brown
Hobby Stock - 38 cars
Heat 1 - 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 83S Scott Lograsso
Heat 4 - 38R Aaron Rudolph
Feature #1
1. 25M Michael Murphy
2. 49 Cody Knecht - Whittemore, IA
3. 24B Brandon Brinton
4. 74J Dean Hartwig
5. 4C Curt Reed
6. 00H Adam Hagen
7. 13G Craig Graham - Webster City, IA
8. 21 Myles Michehl - Ft. Dodge, IA
9. 99 Jeff Knight
10. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
11. 83S Scott Lograsso
12. 78 Tim Hadley
13. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
14. T71 Marcus Kyle
15. 16B Jay Arends
16. 26T Jeremy Tilley
17. 10 Adam Suhrbier - Ft. Dodge
18. 31X Dustin Wipf
DNS: 2J Ralph Jones
Feature #2
1. 38R Aaron Rudolph
2. 1BC Tony Cox
3. 7B Eric Stanton
4. 4W John Watson
5. 22 Chris Jensen
6. 19B Jim Brown
7. 3 Matt Hudspeth
8. 63 Cory Tasler
9. J4 John Yaw
10. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
11, 27R Clint Rothfus
12. 9 Andrew Arends
13. 14 Matt Wahlert
14. 5A Tyler Pickett
15. 8B Robert Smith
16. 12M Matt McDonald
17. 911 Darin Rothfus
18. 2 Nick Meyer - Whittemore, IA
19. 2R Jordan Riesberg - Dawson, IA
Mod Lite - 25 cars
Heat 1 - X50 Joel Huggins
Heat 2 - 99 Josh May
Heat 3 - 89 Travis Stensland
Feature
1. 0B Colby Oberembt
2. 5X Matthew Goodin
3. 4+1 Troy Hudson
4. X50 Joel Huggins
5. 57 Tim Hennigar
6. 99 Josh May
7. 20 Jeff Stensland
8. 46Z Bryan Zehm
9. 95 Mike Kennedy
10. 89 Travis Stensland
11. 01 David Schmalzried
12. 64 Randy Bryan
13. 88 James May
14. 8 Dusty Masolini
15. 3C Duane Coffman
16. 11R Jason Whitehead
17. 46 Kevin Grisham
18. 73 Jason Smithson
19. 76 Terry Sorenson
20. 4L Larry Sorenson
21. 33W James Mitenberger - Des Moines
DNS: 41Z Ed Zehm
11 Michael Stoker
Modified - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 93 Cale Sponsler
Heat 2 - 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 3 - 33M Mike Molle
Feature
1. Matthew Meinecke - 1st modified win
2. 87 Joel Bushore
3. 18 Jake Durbin
4. 93 Cale Sponsler
5. 19 Jimmy Gustin
6. 24 Robert Avery
7. 33M Mike Molle
8. 28R Russ Dickerson
9. 10M Jeremy Mills
10. 58 Denny Pittman
11. 57V Mike VanGenderen
12. 22T Tyler Prochaska - Iowa Falls, IA
13. 94 Fred Schimmels
14. 27 Kelly Lyons
15. 12c Kent Croskey
16. 83G Josh Gilman
17. 77C Craig Carlson
18. 4 Tony Hilgenberg
19. 5D Devin Havlik
20. 02 Brian Law
21. 14M Matthew Kiner - Aurora, NE
22. 28 Jamie Anderson - Mason City, IA
23. 00x Jim Cooper
24. 3Z Randy Havlik
25. 3 Cody Taylor - Waukee, IA
DNS: 12E Mark Elliott
4R Mike Reichart
SportMod - 34 cars
Heat 1 - 57 Lynn Brockett
Heat 2 - x4 Jason Purvis
Heat 3 - 24 Brian Miller
Heat 4 - 81d Scott Davis
B Main - 4 advance
1. 505 Racer Hulin
2. 41 Jeremy Embrey
3. 64X Brandon Leeman
4. 3L Clint Luellen
5. 33 Tim Rupp - Cherokee, IA
6. 9E Eric Elliott
7. 196 Ray Lundry, Maynard, IA
8. 02 Mike Goldberry
9. 36 Matt Pittmam
10. 77 Jack Myer
11. 93 Mike Stark - West Des Moines
12. 22J Jeff Blume
13. 29B Ben Wilson
DNS 56 Joe Simbro
Feature
1. 23Jr Nick Roberts
2. 24 Brian Miller
3. 22B Brian Eppert
4. 2G Geoff Olson
5. 81D Scott Davis
6. 41 Jeremy Embrey
7. X4 Jason Purvis
8. 3s Adam Shelman
9. 59 Tara Longnecker
10. 57 Lynn Brockett
11. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
12. 505 Racer Hulin
13. 27 Tim Love
14. 3R Randy Roberts
15. 63 Daniel Tasler
16. 99C Rocky Caudle
17. 777 Jayme Duinink
18. 3L Clint Luellen
19. 6 Darren Huntley
20. 64X Brandon Leeman
21. 96 Lucas Lundry
22. 22X Troy Oliver - Des Moines, IA
23. 48 Blake Coant
24. 3 Stacey Clark
Stock Car - 35 cars
Heat 1 - 9 Jerry Gifford
Heat 2 - 19J Jay Schmidt
Heat 3 - 23HR Rod Richards
B Main - 4 advance
1. 22 Wayne Gifford
2. 04 Don Vis
3. R31 Ryan Leeman
4. 55 Cory Bushnell
5. 31 Jason York
6. 68P Aaron Parmer - Humeston
7. 76 Norman Belew
8. 6 Adam Hilgenberg - Waukee
9. 20x Dustin Wannarka - Winnebago, MN
10. 56 Lonnie Hodges
11. 5 Keith Miner
DNS 556 Terry Cornelison
25X Bob Daniels
3H Ty Hill
2L Jon Lang
Feature
1. 35 Donavon Smith
2. 9 Jerry Gifford
3. 94 Steve Meyer
4. 12+ Ryan Rose
5. R31 Ryan Leeman
6. 25J Josh Daniels
7. 19A Alan VanGorp
8. 45 Larry Crocheck
9. 36 Tom Suess - New Ulm, MN
10. 28W Don Wear
11. 04 Don Vis
12. 99 Tony Arnold - Sloan, IA
13. 22 Wayne Gifford
14. 19J Jay Schmidt
15. 25 Trent Murphy
16. 22S Toby Smith
17. 23HR Rod Richards
18. 05 Seth Bowen
19. 22X Josh Brauckman
20. 81B Dave Baugh
21. 55 Cory Bushnell
22. 93 Michael Jaennette
23. 50 Robert Stofer
24. 24 Eric Brown
Hobby Stock - 38 cars
Heat 1 - 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 83S Scott Lograsso
Heat 4 - 38R Aaron Rudolph
Feature #1
1. 25M Michael Murphy
2. 49 Cody Knecht - Whittemore, IA
3. 24B Brandon Brinton
4. 74J Dean Hartwig
5. 4C Curt Reed
6. 00H Adam Hagen
7. 13G Craig Graham - Webster City, IA
8. 21 Myles Michehl - Ft. Dodge, IA
9. 99 Jeff Knight
10. 96 Mark Hidlebaugh
11. 83S Scott Lograsso
12. 78 Tim Hadley
13. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
14. T71 Marcus Kyle
15. 16B Jay Arends
16. 26T Jeremy Tilley
17. 10 Adam Suhrbier - Ft. Dodge
18. 31X Dustin Wipf
DNS: 2J Ralph Jones
Feature #2
1. 38R Aaron Rudolph
2. 1BC Tony Cox
3. 7B Eric Stanton
4. 4W John Watson
5. 22 Chris Jensen
6. 19B Jim Brown
7. 3 Matt Hudspeth
8. 63 Cory Tasler
9. J4 John Yaw
10. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
11, 27R Clint Rothfus
12. 9 Andrew Arends
13. 14 Matt Wahlert
14. 5A Tyler Pickett
15. 8B Robert Smith
16. 12M Matt McDonald
17. 911 Darin Rothfus
18. 2 Nick Meyer - Whittemore, IA
19. 2R Jordan Riesberg - Dawson, IA
Mod Lite - 25 cars
Heat 1 - X50 Joel Huggins
Heat 2 - 99 Josh May
Heat 3 - 89 Travis Stensland
Feature
1. 0B Colby Oberembt
2. 5X Matthew Goodin
3. 4+1 Troy Hudson
4. X50 Joel Huggins
5. 57 Tim Hennigar
6. 99 Josh May
7. 20 Jeff Stensland
8. 46Z Bryan Zehm
9. 95 Mike Kennedy
10. 89 Travis Stensland
11. 01 David Schmalzried
12. 64 Randy Bryan
13. 88 James May
14. 8 Dusty Masolini
15. 3C Duane Coffman
16. 11R Jason Whitehead
17. 46 Kevin Grisham
18. 73 Jason Smithson
19. 76 Terry Sorenson
20. 4L Larry Sorenson
21. 33W James Mitenberger - Des Moines
DNS: 41Z Ed Zehm
11 Michael Stoker
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Truman takes modified win at Marshalltown
Two new drivers reached victory lane on Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway--coming out of the modified and stock car classes. The youngsters also enjoyed a race of their own as they "motored" down the frontstretch in their cardboard cruisers. The participants were delighted with the trophies they came away with.
The Mod Lite division ran their A main right after the cardboard cruiser competition was completed. Tim Hennigar wasted no time in getting to the front, grabbing the lead by lap two. Hennigar would lead the remainder of the race and win his third feature at the track for 2011. Josh May gave it his all, but only managed a close second place finish. Third went to Mike Morrill, fourth to Randy Bryan and James May rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks ran next. The beginning of the race found the #52 car of Josh Saunders shoved off of the backstretch, gathering weeds, and taking a bumpy ride. Saunders was able to gather the car back under him, and continue on, but many positions behind. Randy Embrey took the checkers in this 12-lap feature, leading the entire race. Kevin Fee chased Embrey and visitor Devin Smith came from tenth spot, to apply some pressure as well. At the finish, Fee followed Embrey to finish in second, Smith in third, Eric Knutson finished fourth and Michael Murphy in fifth. However, after a post-race tech, Embrey was disqualified for the engine being too light on his crate motor. This handed the win over to Kevin Fee and moved the other drivers all up a position as well. Fifth would then go to Eric Larson.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature had some great close racing up front. Brett Lowry led much of the race but the competition behind him drew closer and closer as Racer Hulin and Cayden Carter applied the pressure. The final couple of exciting laps found those three cars jockeying for position. On the final lap, Carter would make the pass and take the win, his sixth this year, while Lowry held on for a runner up finish and Racer Hulin finished in third. Fourth was Jenae Gustin and Scott Davis took fifth.
Steve Meyer came away with his first IMCA Stock Car feature win of the year. Meyer led the entire race but what a race it developed into when Meyer, Tracy Gienger and Jay Schmidt went head-to-head for the top spot. That intense battle ended when Schmidt would suddenly be off power and exited the track. Trent Murphy then moved into the picture as did Jeff Wollam. The 18-lap event ended with Meyer taking the top spot, Gienger in second, third went to Trent Murphy, fourth to Jeff Wollam, and Damon Murty finished a distant fifth.
The 20-lap IMCA Modified feature proved to be a thriller. Josh Truman shot his #47 ride to the front right away with Richie Gustin giving chase. Gustin would briefly take the lead, but a yellow flag flew, sending him back to restart in second. The remainder of the race would see Truman and Gustin battling for the lead. Truman ran high, Gustin low. Gustin had many opportunities to do one of the infamous slide jobs in front of Truman coming out of turn four, but opted out of that choice, giving the fans some great intense racing enjoyment for the final race to the checkers. Truman took the win, his first at Marshalltown this year, Richie Gustin finished in a close second. Third went to Jimmy Gustin who earlier had lost several positions when avoiding an on track incident, fourth was Danny Fetter and Scott Simatovich finished in fifth.
Racing continues at the Marshalltown Speedway next Friday night when it will be the annual Cliff Chambers Memorial. Chambers was a former promoter of the track. Full results and other information on the track and upcoming events can be found at the track website, www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
The Mod Lite division ran their A main right after the cardboard cruiser competition was completed. Tim Hennigar wasted no time in getting to the front, grabbing the lead by lap two. Hennigar would lead the remainder of the race and win his third feature at the track for 2011. Josh May gave it his all, but only managed a close second place finish. Third went to Mike Morrill, fourth to Randy Bryan and James May rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks ran next. The beginning of the race found the #52 car of Josh Saunders shoved off of the backstretch, gathering weeds, and taking a bumpy ride. Saunders was able to gather the car back under him, and continue on, but many positions behind. Randy Embrey took the checkers in this 12-lap feature, leading the entire race. Kevin Fee chased Embrey and visitor Devin Smith came from tenth spot, to apply some pressure as well. At the finish, Fee followed Embrey to finish in second, Smith in third, Eric Knutson finished fourth and Michael Murphy in fifth. However, after a post-race tech, Embrey was disqualified for the engine being too light on his crate motor. This handed the win over to Kevin Fee and moved the other drivers all up a position as well. Fifth would then go to Eric Larson.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature had some great close racing up front. Brett Lowry led much of the race but the competition behind him drew closer and closer as Racer Hulin and Cayden Carter applied the pressure. The final couple of exciting laps found those three cars jockeying for position. On the final lap, Carter would make the pass and take the win, his sixth this year, while Lowry held on for a runner up finish and Racer Hulin finished in third. Fourth was Jenae Gustin and Scott Davis took fifth.
Steve Meyer came away with his first IMCA Stock Car feature win of the year. Meyer led the entire race but what a race it developed into when Meyer, Tracy Gienger and Jay Schmidt went head-to-head for the top spot. That intense battle ended when Schmidt would suddenly be off power and exited the track. Trent Murphy then moved into the picture as did Jeff Wollam. The 18-lap event ended with Meyer taking the top spot, Gienger in second, third went to Trent Murphy, fourth to Jeff Wollam, and Damon Murty finished a distant fifth.
The 20-lap IMCA Modified feature proved to be a thriller. Josh Truman shot his #47 ride to the front right away with Richie Gustin giving chase. Gustin would briefly take the lead, but a yellow flag flew, sending him back to restart in second. The remainder of the race would see Truman and Gustin battling for the lead. Truman ran high, Gustin low. Gustin had many opportunities to do one of the infamous slide jobs in front of Truman coming out of turn four, but opted out of that choice, giving the fans some great intense racing enjoyment for the final race to the checkers. Truman took the win, his first at Marshalltown this year, Richie Gustin finished in a close second. Third went to Jimmy Gustin who earlier had lost several positions when avoiding an on track incident, fourth was Danny Fetter and Scott Simatovich finished in fifth.
Racing continues at the Marshalltown Speedway next Friday night when it will be the annual Cliff Chambers Memorial. Chambers was a former promoter of the track. Full results and other information on the track and upcoming events can be found at the track website, www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Murty wins stock feature, Sponsler gets modified win at Boone
Saturday night, August 6, we returned to the Boone Speedway for another night of regular racing in all five divisions. We noticed that there were a few puddles here and there, and we were told that they had had a considerable amount of rain on Thursday, nearly 1.5 inches, and that it had also rained steadily on Friday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. That extra rain on the track and not being able to work it properly as they do for those days leading up to Saturday night racing, proved to bring some uncommon holes in the corners.
We had been checking the radar during the heat racing, as off to the west, the clouds had been building. Nice to have the sun go behind the nearing bank of clouds, but we were not liking the looks of what that might bring to the racetrack. The officials had also been taking into account the approaching "stuff", and just as soon as the final B main was run, the first A main, the Dwarf/Mod Lites, were brought to the track.
The old saying, "The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry", held true as the first couple of laps brought TWO red flags for the Dwarf/Mod Lite feature. The first was when the 41Z of Ed Zehm tumbled over coming out of turn four. He was able to fire it up and drive off into the pits. One lap after the restart, the second red flew! This time it was for the 09 of Joel Keenan who put his ride on it's lid at the top of turn one. Thankfully, he too was okay.
Last week's winner, Joel Huggins, was leading on the restart after the second red flag. He would continue that lead to the checkered flag, taking his second win in as many weeks. Andy Hennigar chased and tried to catch the leader, but had to settle for the runner up spot. Point leader Josh May finished in third, fourth went to Randy Bryan and Mike Kennedy was fifth.
The 18-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature started nearly as the Dwarf's had started, though this would just be a yellow flag, when numerous cars piled it up in the bottom between turns one and two. The results left crumpled sheet metal, some dangling from cars, but most able to continue. This wouldn't be the only contact made through the duration of the feature, and by the end of the race, there was a lot of body work to be done.
By lap three, Eric Elliott had weathered the incidents, and was leading the race. Clint Luellen was attempting to reel Elliott in and third place runner, Racer Hulin, who had started back in row nine, was closing fast as well. Time ran out for any of those two challengers to get any closer and the finish remained as stated--Elliott won, Luellen took second, and Hulin third. Fourth went to Austin Lucas and point leader Scott Davis came home in fifth.
Next up, the IMCA Modified 20-lap SCHEDULED feature. This too would have several cautions as well as another red flag. The red occurred when the #27 of Kelly Lyons tumbled over in turn four. Thankfully, he too was okay, but again, more costly repairs for numerous drivers, Lyons included, were mounting up! A nasty rut/hole in between turns three and four was the culprit in many instances. Former track champion, Cale Sponsler had made his way to the lead as the laps wound down. A time limit was accessed around lap sixteen, and, as went the night, another yellow flew, and the race was called complete. Sponsler won, Jake Durbin finished second, Fred Schimmels was third, fourth went to last week's winner Randy Havlik and point leader Russ Dickerson rounded out the top five.
A nice field of 28 stock cars came to compete, resulting in a b main to whittle the starting A main to 24 cars. Randy Killen sealed his spot in the feature line up by winning the consolation race. Terry Cornelison led the field through the first seven laps, but that ended when he found himself riding the frontstretch wall on two wheels at the flagstand--causing flagman Nick Brueklander to alertly step out of the flagstand. By lap eight, it was "The Chelsea Charger", Damon Murty taking the helm and he would take it home to the checkers. This was Murty's first win at the Boone Speedway this year. Alan VanGorp came from row five, to follow Murty across the finish line in second. Third went to Trent Murphy, fourth was Eric Brown, and longtime racer, Robert Stofer finished in fifth.
The final race, the IMCA Hobby Stocks ran their 12-lap A main next to complete the night's racing. So far, nothing more than a few random sprinkles had dared to fall at the track, though the lightning had been flashing all around for a while. The first lap brought a bit of excitement when Robert Smith had trouble controlling his car after a mishap, but the green flag stayed out. Cory Tasler led the race from the start, which was beginning to look like finally a flag to flag feature. It wasn't to be when a car blew on the frontstretch, resulting in a green-white-checkered finish. Talser took the win, his first of 2011, with Boone's Tony Cox following him to finish in second. Third was multi-time winner John Watson, fourth was point leader Michael Murphy and Aaron Rudolph finished in fifth.
So ended another night at the Boone Speedway, thumbing it's nose at the approaching rain. We can only hope that this continues to hold true, especially during the fast approaching Super Nationals coming up September 5 through the 10th. Information on the Super Nationals can be found at www.raceboone.com as well as full results and point standings and other information. Happy racing!
We had been checking the radar during the heat racing, as off to the west, the clouds had been building. Nice to have the sun go behind the nearing bank of clouds, but we were not liking the looks of what that might bring to the racetrack. The officials had also been taking into account the approaching "stuff", and just as soon as the final B main was run, the first A main, the Dwarf/Mod Lites, were brought to the track.
The old saying, "The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry", held true as the first couple of laps brought TWO red flags for the Dwarf/Mod Lite feature. The first was when the 41Z of Ed Zehm tumbled over coming out of turn four. He was able to fire it up and drive off into the pits. One lap after the restart, the second red flew! This time it was for the 09 of Joel Keenan who put his ride on it's lid at the top of turn one. Thankfully, he too was okay.
Last week's winner, Joel Huggins, was leading on the restart after the second red flag. He would continue that lead to the checkered flag, taking his second win in as many weeks. Andy Hennigar chased and tried to catch the leader, but had to settle for the runner up spot. Point leader Josh May finished in third, fourth went to Randy Bryan and Mike Kennedy was fifth.
The 18-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature started nearly as the Dwarf's had started, though this would just be a yellow flag, when numerous cars piled it up in the bottom between turns one and two. The results left crumpled sheet metal, some dangling from cars, but most able to continue. This wouldn't be the only contact made through the duration of the feature, and by the end of the race, there was a lot of body work to be done.
By lap three, Eric Elliott had weathered the incidents, and was leading the race. Clint Luellen was attempting to reel Elliott in and third place runner, Racer Hulin, who had started back in row nine, was closing fast as well. Time ran out for any of those two challengers to get any closer and the finish remained as stated--Elliott won, Luellen took second, and Hulin third. Fourth went to Austin Lucas and point leader Scott Davis came home in fifth.
Next up, the IMCA Modified 20-lap SCHEDULED feature. This too would have several cautions as well as another red flag. The red occurred when the #27 of Kelly Lyons tumbled over in turn four. Thankfully, he too was okay, but again, more costly repairs for numerous drivers, Lyons included, were mounting up! A nasty rut/hole in between turns three and four was the culprit in many instances. Former track champion, Cale Sponsler had made his way to the lead as the laps wound down. A time limit was accessed around lap sixteen, and, as went the night, another yellow flew, and the race was called complete. Sponsler won, Jake Durbin finished second, Fred Schimmels was third, fourth went to last week's winner Randy Havlik and point leader Russ Dickerson rounded out the top five.
A nice field of 28 stock cars came to compete, resulting in a b main to whittle the starting A main to 24 cars. Randy Killen sealed his spot in the feature line up by winning the consolation race. Terry Cornelison led the field through the first seven laps, but that ended when he found himself riding the frontstretch wall on two wheels at the flagstand--causing flagman Nick Brueklander to alertly step out of the flagstand. By lap eight, it was "The Chelsea Charger", Damon Murty taking the helm and he would take it home to the checkers. This was Murty's first win at the Boone Speedway this year. Alan VanGorp came from row five, to follow Murty across the finish line in second. Third went to Trent Murphy, fourth was Eric Brown, and longtime racer, Robert Stofer finished in fifth.
The final race, the IMCA Hobby Stocks ran their 12-lap A main next to complete the night's racing. So far, nothing more than a few random sprinkles had dared to fall at the track, though the lightning had been flashing all around for a while. The first lap brought a bit of excitement when Robert Smith had trouble controlling his car after a mishap, but the green flag stayed out. Cory Tasler led the race from the start, which was beginning to look like finally a flag to flag feature. It wasn't to be when a car blew on the frontstretch, resulting in a green-white-checkered finish. Talser took the win, his first of 2011, with Boone's Tony Cox following him to finish in second. Third was multi-time winner John Watson, fourth was point leader Michael Murphy and Aaron Rudolph finished in fifth.
So ended another night at the Boone Speedway, thumbing it's nose at the approaching rain. We can only hope that this continues to hold true, especially during the fast approaching Super Nationals coming up September 5 through the 10th. Information on the Super Nationals can be found at www.raceboone.com as well as full results and point standings and other information. Happy racing!
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