With a brisk northwest wind and chilly temps, it was a cold night at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night, but the racing action was hot and furious. Young announcer, Blake Anderson, did an excellent job of keeping the crowd informed about the racing and about the drivers.
The first feature was the Dwarf/Mod-Lite class. Dusty Masolini would lead the race from flag to flag as he got his first feature win at the Marshalltown Speedway. A big battle was going on behind him as Mike Morrill, Josh May, James May, Randy Bryan, Eric Hendrickson, and Tim Hennigar were all fighting for positions. Josh May had his night end when he slipped off the backside of turn two, leaving the others to continue their tight racing. Following Masolini across the line at the end, was Mike Morrill for second, Eric Hendrickson in third, fourth was Tim Hennigar, and fifth went to Randy Bryan.
As always, a strong field of 39 IMCA SportMods were on hand. A B-Main would whittle the starting feature event to the 24 car field. Young Cayden Carter from Oskaloosa, would lead the way around the quarter-mile track for 14 of the 15 laps. Carter, unfortunately, would slip off of the turn two topside after taking the white flag, giving the lead over to Brett Moffitt. Moffitt then went on to take the win. Second went to Scott Davis, third to Jake Strayer, fourth to Eric Elliott and fifth to Chad Louk. It has been nice to see some Southern Iowa drivers making their way to our area for some IMCA racing. Both Cayden Carter, and cousin Carter VandenBerg, grandsons of Jimmy Carter, plan to be regulars this season at Marshalltown. They will also be racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway where they will compete in the USRA B-mod division, with different cars. We also noticed Jayme Duinink who is a regular at the Oskaloosa, Iowa track as well, in the #777 SportMod.
Wow! What a finish to the IMCA Stock Car feature! Certainly showed why they are called "The Class too Tough to Tame". By halfway, the leader was Lake City's Dustin Smith as he was able to pass Clay Deppe, the early race leader. Smith had started around the 8th position and following him up to the top postions to throw their hat in the ring, was Trent Murphy and visitor from the Independence area, and a two-time Super Nationals champion, Brian Irvine. The racing between those three drivers was absolutely amazing! With one lap to go, Irvine had the advantage with Smith trailing him and Murphy in third. As the three cars exited turn four, they were three-wide and third place car Murphy, swung to the outside and gained the momentum to propel him across the line first. It was, as promoter Toby Kruse exclaimed, "insane"! Second went to Dustin Smith, third to Irvine and fourth to Steve Meyer. I believe Clay Deppe was scored in fifth. Be sure and check http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/ for all the official results.
Twenty-three IMCA A modifieds were in competion on this night. Mike O'Lear and Adam Larson sat on the front row with Richie Gustin right behind them. You just knew it was going to be an exciting race. Richie Gustin has been a hard charger as of late, but having mechanical problems end his night. Tonight, that didn't happen, and Gustin took the win. Adam Larson came home the runner-up with Mike O'Lear taking third after having had his night end in disaster on the frontstretch last week. Fourth went to Jon Snyder, who came from well back in the pack and rounding out the top five was Vern Jackson.
The final feature of the night, was the IMCA hobby stocks. After having to run a B-Main to pare their starting feature to 24 cars, I only counted nineteen cars taking the track for their feature race. Pistol Pete Hutzel would then drop out before taking the green flag. With just two laps down, Nick Murty would put his 99JR car to the point and he would maintain the top spot and take the win. Following him to take second, was Dustin Elliott, on this the "Elliott Racing Night" at the speedway. Third went to rookie driver out of Newton, Calvin Dhondt, fourth to Eric Knutson, and fifth to Devin Smith.
The night was a windy one, with the dust flying at us, and more than a little chilly. However, the racing was great. We will be back at the Marshalltown Speedway next Friday for more racing action. For more complete results, check the speedway website and check out fellow Positively Racing blogger, Tapfan's take on the races at http://www.positivelyracing.com/.
Happy racing!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
First Points Racing at Marshalltown and Boone
Marshalltown Speedway got their season points racing action underway on Friday night, April 9th, after having their Frostbuster rained out the previous Friday night. The pits and stands were filled, with 137 cars competing for the opening points night. An unfortunate "lights out" in the infield occurred at the beginning of the action when a transformer blew, leaving the infield without power. While it did not halt the first six heat races, the PA system did not work. We have been to several tracks where the power has gone out, but it certainly brought back memories of Eldora, Iowa where it happened often especially during their fair races. Fellow Positively Racing blogger Tapfan, was quick to mention that recollection! Shortly after 8 p.m., heat racing was stopped, when the visibility was just too dark to be safe. Promoter Toby Kruse was having portable rented lighting brought in, but just after the first one was up in turn two, Alliant Energy was able to restore power. Downtime was about an hour and fifteen minutes. New announcer this year is young Blake Anderson, who also helps announce at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday nights. He takes long-time announcer, Denny Grabenbauer's place on the PA. Welcome aboard Blake. Taking to the flag stand this year is Jerry VanSickle who takes the place of Ryan Bergeson. Ryan, a new father last November, is sticking closer to home and will be waving the flags at the Donnellson Speedway on Friday nights.
The first feature was the Dwarf/Mod Lites. The race was red flagged when Kevin Grisham rolled his ride in turn one. He was not injured. Tim Hennigar led much of the race as Josh May and Mike Morrill pursued him. It was back and forth between May and Hennigar until Morrill made his move past Hennigar to challenge for the lead. The final few laps was another back and forth battle between Morrill and May with May getting the advantage out of turn four, to take the first checkers of the year and I believe his first win at the Marshalltown Speedway.
The SportMod class had to whittle their feature down to 24 cars by running two B mains. Young Geoff Olson looked impressive by taking the feature win over Eric Elliott, Eric Flander (who moved from the stock car class) Brad Iverson and Roland's Matt Lettow.
Stock Cars had a good field of 23 cars on hand. Damon Murty took command of the race early and never looked back, to take home the feature win. Dustin Smith started in the back after suffering a flat in his heat race, to take second, third was Steve Meyer, fourth went to Michael Jaennette, and fifth was Trent Murphy.
Modified action was exciting with rookie to the division, Luke Wanninger, and Richie Gustin putting on a battle up front. An unfortunate incident with lap traffic would put both of them out of action when they wound up together on the frontstretch. Scott Simatovich inherited the lead then and he would maintain that point postion to take the win. Jon Snyder came home second, third went to a hard charging Vern Jackson, fourth was Jimmy Gustin and rounding out the top five, was Todd Conrad.
The final feature was the hobby stocks. Nick Murty led the race until he suddenly exited from the track during a yellow. Josh Irvine took the lead then and would come home the winner, followed by Todd Reitzler, Michael Murphy, Devin Smith and Dustin Elliott. The racing was done shortly before midnight.
Boone Speedway - April 10th
Saturday, April 10th, we ventured to the Boone Speedway for their season opener. We had learned that the front stretch bleachers were going to be heated and were curious to see how that was going to be done. The first section to the west had the back and sides beneath it, wrapped in heavy plastic and they had two large heaters blowing warm air up under the stands. That was quite the crowded section! Unfortunately, the breeze was blowing toward the stands and probably did not give a good indication as to how well the setup really worked.
I counted 131 cars competing on the night. The first feature was the Dwarf/Mod Lites which surprisingly seems to be dropping in numbers. Only thirteen cars were on hand. The top two spots went to father and son, Josh and James May, with son beating out his dad. This was the third straight win for young Josh as he took the checkers at Burlington last weekend, Marshalltown Speedway the previous night, and the win at Boone. Third place finisher was Joel Huggins, fourth went to Dusty Masolini and fifth to Randy Bryan.
The SportMod class still continues to grow. Their feature was pared down to 24 starters by running two B mains. Young, talented Brett Moffitt didn't have much trouble in taking the checkers for the win in this contest. Moffitt, who has been signed with the Joe Gibbs racing team, will be competing in the Nascar Pro Series East division later. Quite the accomplishment for one so young. Following him across the line to take second, was Jared Timmerman who looks to be a challenger this year. Third went to another driver who had an impressive run, Eric Elliott, followed by Brian Miller in fourth and Scott Davis rounded out the top five.
The IMCA modified feature found Richie Gustin leading the race until he threw a driveshaft with 14 or 15 laps down in the 20 lap feature. Rookie Luke Wanninger took over the point spot until he slid high, allowing Scott Baker to slip under him for the lead. Todd Shute passed Wanninger and was pedaling fast trying to catch Baker, but time ran out for him with Baker taking the win and Shute having to settle for second place. Third went to Wanninger, fourth to rookie in the division, Daniel Hilsabeck, and fifth to Josh "Happy" Gilman.
Twenty-five of the the twenty-seven stock cars, started the A Main. Fifth place starter, "Hot" Rod Richards led from nearly the beginning, never relinquishing his top spot. He took the win over Bill Reetz, Bryan Trogdon, Trent Murphy and Nathan Wood.
Two A features were run for the IMCA hobby stocks. Feature one was taken by Chris Hupp from his outside front row starting position. Second was Brandon Pruitt, third was John Watson, fourth went to Steve Roberts, and fifth to Aaron Rudolph. A feature number two, concluded the evenings races with Matt Wahlert taking advantage of his pole starting spot, to come home the winner. Veteran racer, Donnie Gustoff was second, third went to Dean Hartwig, fourth to Matt Hudspeth and fifth to Nyle Godwin.
Early in this racing season, we have noticed vast improvements in some drivers, many drivers changing classes, and some drivers missing in action. Congratulations to all the winners over this past weekend. Thanks to all the drivers for putting on a show for us fans. We look forward to many more exciting nights of racing ahead. Get out and support this great sport of dirt track racing.
More complete results are listed below for Boone Speedway.
Happy Racing!
The first feature was the Dwarf/Mod Lites. The race was red flagged when Kevin Grisham rolled his ride in turn one. He was not injured. Tim Hennigar led much of the race as Josh May and Mike Morrill pursued him. It was back and forth between May and Hennigar until Morrill made his move past Hennigar to challenge for the lead. The final few laps was another back and forth battle between Morrill and May with May getting the advantage out of turn four, to take the first checkers of the year and I believe his first win at the Marshalltown Speedway.
The SportMod class had to whittle their feature down to 24 cars by running two B mains. Young Geoff Olson looked impressive by taking the feature win over Eric Elliott, Eric Flander (who moved from the stock car class) Brad Iverson and Roland's Matt Lettow.
Stock Cars had a good field of 23 cars on hand. Damon Murty took command of the race early and never looked back, to take home the feature win. Dustin Smith started in the back after suffering a flat in his heat race, to take second, third was Steve Meyer, fourth went to Michael Jaennette, and fifth was Trent Murphy.
Modified action was exciting with rookie to the division, Luke Wanninger, and Richie Gustin putting on a battle up front. An unfortunate incident with lap traffic would put both of them out of action when they wound up together on the frontstretch. Scott Simatovich inherited the lead then and he would maintain that point postion to take the win. Jon Snyder came home second, third went to a hard charging Vern Jackson, fourth was Jimmy Gustin and rounding out the top five, was Todd Conrad.
The final feature was the hobby stocks. Nick Murty led the race until he suddenly exited from the track during a yellow. Josh Irvine took the lead then and would come home the winner, followed by Todd Reitzler, Michael Murphy, Devin Smith and Dustin Elliott. The racing was done shortly before midnight.
Boone Speedway - April 10th
Saturday, April 10th, we ventured to the Boone Speedway for their season opener. We had learned that the front stretch bleachers were going to be heated and were curious to see how that was going to be done. The first section to the west had the back and sides beneath it, wrapped in heavy plastic and they had two large heaters blowing warm air up under the stands. That was quite the crowded section! Unfortunately, the breeze was blowing toward the stands and probably did not give a good indication as to how well the setup really worked.
I counted 131 cars competing on the night. The first feature was the Dwarf/Mod Lites which surprisingly seems to be dropping in numbers. Only thirteen cars were on hand. The top two spots went to father and son, Josh and James May, with son beating out his dad. This was the third straight win for young Josh as he took the checkers at Burlington last weekend, Marshalltown Speedway the previous night, and the win at Boone. Third place finisher was Joel Huggins, fourth went to Dusty Masolini and fifth to Randy Bryan.
The SportMod class still continues to grow. Their feature was pared down to 24 starters by running two B mains. Young, talented Brett Moffitt didn't have much trouble in taking the checkers for the win in this contest. Moffitt, who has been signed with the Joe Gibbs racing team, will be competing in the Nascar Pro Series East division later. Quite the accomplishment for one so young. Following him across the line to take second, was Jared Timmerman who looks to be a challenger this year. Third went to another driver who had an impressive run, Eric Elliott, followed by Brian Miller in fourth and Scott Davis rounded out the top five.
The IMCA modified feature found Richie Gustin leading the race until he threw a driveshaft with 14 or 15 laps down in the 20 lap feature. Rookie Luke Wanninger took over the point spot until he slid high, allowing Scott Baker to slip under him for the lead. Todd Shute passed Wanninger and was pedaling fast trying to catch Baker, but time ran out for him with Baker taking the win and Shute having to settle for second place. Third went to Wanninger, fourth to rookie in the division, Daniel Hilsabeck, and fifth to Josh "Happy" Gilman.
Twenty-five of the the twenty-seven stock cars, started the A Main. Fifth place starter, "Hot" Rod Richards led from nearly the beginning, never relinquishing his top spot. He took the win over Bill Reetz, Bryan Trogdon, Trent Murphy and Nathan Wood.
Two A features were run for the IMCA hobby stocks. Feature one was taken by Chris Hupp from his outside front row starting position. Second was Brandon Pruitt, third was John Watson, fourth went to Steve Roberts, and fifth to Aaron Rudolph. A feature number two, concluded the evenings races with Matt Wahlert taking advantage of his pole starting spot, to come home the winner. Veteran racer, Donnie Gustoff was second, third went to Dean Hartwig, fourth to Matt Hudspeth and fifth to Nyle Godwin.
Early in this racing season, we have noticed vast improvements in some drivers, many drivers changing classes, and some drivers missing in action. Congratulations to all the winners over this past weekend. Thanks to all the drivers for putting on a show for us fans. We look forward to many more exciting nights of racing ahead. Get out and support this great sport of dirt track racing.
More complete results are listed below for Boone Speedway.
Happy Racing!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Boone - 4-10-10
Unofficial results: 131 cars
Modified - 24 cars
Heat 1 - 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 2 - 20 Luke Wanninger
Heat 3 - 18 Jake Durbin
Modified Feature
1. 15X Scott Baker
2. 5 Todd Shute
3. 20 Luke Wanninger
4. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
5. 83G Josh Gilman
6. 19 Jimmy Gustin
7. 33M Mike Molle
8. 58 Denny Pittman
9. 27 Kelly Lyons
10. 94 Fred Schimmels
11. 3Z Randy Havlik
12. 93 Cale Sponsler
13. 87 Joel Bushore
14. 12C Kent Croskey
15. 28R Russ Dickerson
16. 3 Mike Albertsen
17. 19G Richie Gustin
18. 18 Jake Durbin
19. 69X Jon Snyder
20. 49T Tim Stevens
21. 12 Stacy Warren
22. 77C Craig Carlson
23. 2L Adam Larson
DNS: 1 Bill Davis, Jr.
SportMod - 32 cars
Heat 1 - 7+ Jared Timmerman
Heat 2 - 9X Austin Lucas
Heat 3 - 13X Brett Moffitt
Heat 4 - Jeremy Embrey
B Main - top 4 transfer
1. 321 Andy Tiernan
2. 3S Adam Shelman
3. 23JR Nick Roberts
4. 32L Ty Luellen
5. 63 Daniel Tasler
6. 28 James Reichart
7. 19G Gatlin Leytham
8. 59 Tara Longnecker
9. 17 Jamie Ganoe
10. 13D Dan Wetzel
DNS: 19 David Schlicht
80 Steve Reetz
SportMod Feature
1. 13X Brett Moffitt
2. 7+ Jared Timmerman
3. 9E Eric Elliott
4. 24 Brian Miller
5. 81D Scott Davis
6. 57 Lynn Brockett
7. 5M Matthew Meinecke
8. 27 Tim Love
9. 2G Geoff Olson
10. 41 Jeremy Embrey
11. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
12. 3L Clint Luellen
13. 66 Cody Hennings
14. 3S Adam Shelman
15. 92 Mike Pruitt
16. 20L Lauren Vis
17. 32L Ty Luellen
18. 321 Andy Tiernan
19. 6 Darren Huntley
20. 9X Austin Lucas
21. 3R Randy Roberts
22. 34J Jerry Hinton
23. 23JR Nick Roberts
24. 3 Stacy Clark
Stock Car - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 12 Bryan Trogdon
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Heat 3 - 19A Alan VanGorp
Stock Car Feature
1. 23HR Rod Richards
2. 26 Bill Reetz
3. 12 Bryan Trogdon
4. 25 Trent Murphy
5. 52 Nathan Wood
6. 55 Cory Bushnell
7. 57V Mike VanGenderen
8. 19A Alan VanGorp
9. 35 Donavon Smith
10. 85 Dustin Smith
11. 9 Jerry Gifford
12. 45 Larry Crocheck
13. 27D Brad Dutton
14. 17X Kenny Hansen
15. 18 Jeff Harkrider
16. 24K Kevin Shaw
17. 77 Andy Bryant
18. 66 Jeff Joldersma
19. R31 Ryan Leeman
20. 33 Matt Gray
21. 3S Bryan Snell
22. 3H Ty Hill
23. 556 Terry Cornelison
24. 2L Jon Lang
25. 5 Keith Miner
DNS: 22 Wayne Gifford
22X Josh Brauckman
Hobby Stock - 37 cars
Heat 1 - 12 Steve Roberts
Heat 2 - 3A Austin Luellen
Heat 3 - 14 Matt Wahlert
Heat 4 - 24B Brandon Brighton
Hobby Stock Feature #1
1. 83 Chris Hupp
2. 10B Brandon Pruitt - claimed by 20T Richard Yaw
3. 4W John Watson
4. 12 Steve Roberts
5. 38R Aaron Rudolph
6. 83S Scott Lograsso
7. m15 Pat Mather
8. 12M Matt McDonald
9. 20T Richard Yaw
10. 25M Michael Murphy
11. 3A Austin Luellen
12. 1BC Tony Cox
13. 23 Cody Gustoff
14. T10 Tim Barber
15. 9 Andrew Arends
16. 05 Jake Comer
17. 64 Casey Greubel
DNS: 26 Kyle Habrich
Hobby Stock Feature #2
1. 14 Matt Wahlert
2. 20 Donnie Gustoff (may have been claimed)
3. 74J Dean Hartwig
4. 9R Matt Hudspeth
5. 11G Nyle Godwin
6. 24B Brandon Brighton
7. 46J Jesse Hopkins
8. 5A Tyler Pickett
9. 8B Bobby Smith
10. 293 Shawn Wirtz
11. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
12. 63 Cory Tasler
13. T15 Jacob Thompson
14. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
15. 16B Jay Arends
16. 26T Jeremy Tilley
DNS: 10 Travis Fenton
911 Darin Rothfus
5X Joey Edler
Dwarf/Mod Lite - 13 cars
Heat 1 - X50 Joel Huggins
Heat 2 - 88 James May
Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 88 James May
3. X50 Joel Huggins
4. 8 Dusty Masolini
5. 64 Randy Bryan
6. 37 Mike Thomas
7. 89 Travis Stensland
8. 4 Cliff Barber
9. 76M Angelo Montgomery
10. 4L Larry Sorensen
11. 76 Terry Sorensen
12. 9 Rick Taylor
13. 00 Philip Reeves
Blog to follow.
Modified - 24 cars
Heat 1 - 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 2 - 20 Luke Wanninger
Heat 3 - 18 Jake Durbin
Modified Feature
1. 15X Scott Baker
2. 5 Todd Shute
3. 20 Luke Wanninger
4. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
5. 83G Josh Gilman
6. 19 Jimmy Gustin
7. 33M Mike Molle
8. 58 Denny Pittman
9. 27 Kelly Lyons
10. 94 Fred Schimmels
11. 3Z Randy Havlik
12. 93 Cale Sponsler
13. 87 Joel Bushore
14. 12C Kent Croskey
15. 28R Russ Dickerson
16. 3 Mike Albertsen
17. 19G Richie Gustin
18. 18 Jake Durbin
19. 69X Jon Snyder
20. 49T Tim Stevens
21. 12 Stacy Warren
22. 77C Craig Carlson
23. 2L Adam Larson
DNS: 1 Bill Davis, Jr.
SportMod - 32 cars
Heat 1 - 7+ Jared Timmerman
Heat 2 - 9X Austin Lucas
Heat 3 - 13X Brett Moffitt
Heat 4 - Jeremy Embrey
B Main - top 4 transfer
1. 321 Andy Tiernan
2. 3S Adam Shelman
3. 23JR Nick Roberts
4. 32L Ty Luellen
5. 63 Daniel Tasler
6. 28 James Reichart
7. 19G Gatlin Leytham
8. 59 Tara Longnecker
9. 17 Jamie Ganoe
10. 13D Dan Wetzel
DNS: 19 David Schlicht
80 Steve Reetz
SportMod Feature
1. 13X Brett Moffitt
2. 7+ Jared Timmerman
3. 9E Eric Elliott
4. 24 Brian Miller
5. 81D Scott Davis
6. 57 Lynn Brockett
7. 5M Matthew Meinecke
8. 27 Tim Love
9. 2G Geoff Olson
10. 41 Jeremy Embrey
11. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
12. 3L Clint Luellen
13. 66 Cody Hennings
14. 3S Adam Shelman
15. 92 Mike Pruitt
16. 20L Lauren Vis
17. 32L Ty Luellen
18. 321 Andy Tiernan
19. 6 Darren Huntley
20. 9X Austin Lucas
21. 3R Randy Roberts
22. 34J Jerry Hinton
23. 23JR Nick Roberts
24. 3 Stacy Clark
Stock Car - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 12 Bryan Trogdon
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Heat 3 - 19A Alan VanGorp
Stock Car Feature
1. 23HR Rod Richards
2. 26 Bill Reetz
3. 12 Bryan Trogdon
4. 25 Trent Murphy
5. 52 Nathan Wood
6. 55 Cory Bushnell
7. 57V Mike VanGenderen
8. 19A Alan VanGorp
9. 35 Donavon Smith
10. 85 Dustin Smith
11. 9 Jerry Gifford
12. 45 Larry Crocheck
13. 27D Brad Dutton
14. 17X Kenny Hansen
15. 18 Jeff Harkrider
16. 24K Kevin Shaw
17. 77 Andy Bryant
18. 66 Jeff Joldersma
19. R31 Ryan Leeman
20. 33 Matt Gray
21. 3S Bryan Snell
22. 3H Ty Hill
23. 556 Terry Cornelison
24. 2L Jon Lang
25. 5 Keith Miner
DNS: 22 Wayne Gifford
22X Josh Brauckman
Hobby Stock - 37 cars
Heat 1 - 12 Steve Roberts
Heat 2 - 3A Austin Luellen
Heat 3 - 14 Matt Wahlert
Heat 4 - 24B Brandon Brighton
Hobby Stock Feature #1
1. 83 Chris Hupp
2. 10B Brandon Pruitt - claimed by 20T Richard Yaw
3. 4W John Watson
4. 12 Steve Roberts
5. 38R Aaron Rudolph
6. 83S Scott Lograsso
7. m15 Pat Mather
8. 12M Matt McDonald
9. 20T Richard Yaw
10. 25M Michael Murphy
11. 3A Austin Luellen
12. 1BC Tony Cox
13. 23 Cody Gustoff
14. T10 Tim Barber
15. 9 Andrew Arends
16. 05 Jake Comer
17. 64 Casey Greubel
DNS: 26 Kyle Habrich
Hobby Stock Feature #2
1. 14 Matt Wahlert
2. 20 Donnie Gustoff (may have been claimed)
3. 74J Dean Hartwig
4. 9R Matt Hudspeth
5. 11G Nyle Godwin
6. 24B Brandon Brighton
7. 46J Jesse Hopkins
8. 5A Tyler Pickett
9. 8B Bobby Smith
10. 293 Shawn Wirtz
11. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
12. 63 Cory Tasler
13. T15 Jacob Thompson
14. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
15. 16B Jay Arends
16. 26T Jeremy Tilley
DNS: 10 Travis Fenton
911 Darin Rothfus
5X Joey Edler
Dwarf/Mod Lite - 13 cars
Heat 1 - X50 Joel Huggins
Heat 2 - 88 James May
Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 88 James May
3. X50 Joel Huggins
4. 8 Dusty Masolini
5. 64 Randy Bryan
6. 37 Mike Thomas
7. 89 Travis Stensland
8. 4 Cliff Barber
9. 76M Angelo Montgomery
10. 4L Larry Sorensen
11. 76 Terry Sorensen
12. 9 Rick Taylor
13. 00 Philip Reeves
Blog to follow.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Jimmy Gustin wins Boone Frostbuster
After enduring a terribly long winter, we were glad to get our first race of the season in at the Boone Frostbuster on Saturday. A good car count was on hand as I counted 165 running in the heats. No doubt the drivers were as anxious for racing season to get underway as us fans.
The popular IMCA SportMod class found Wisconsin driver Troy Jerovetz take the win over Boone regulars, Geoff Olson and Scott Davis. Cody Hennings held on for fourth place after starting from the pole, and rounding out the top five, was Jared Timmerman.
A large field of IMCA modifieds put a great show on for the fans. Mingled amongst many local drivers, was a good number of Wisconsin cars, anxious to get some racing in under their belts before their season starts. Starting from the pole position was one of those Wisconsin drivers, Dan "The Frog Station Flash" Ratajczak. He is also known as "Flipper" as many recall his spectacular flip across the finish line at the Supernationals a couple of years ago. Ratajczak maintained the top spot past the halfway point, but coming on strong from starting back in 12th spot, was local favorite Jimmy Gustin. Gustin took over the lead with just a handful of laps remaining. Following Gustin to the front was 13th starter, Josh "Happy" Gilman, and 16th starter, Jeff Stephens from Arion, Iowa. Gustin took the win, followed by Gilman, Stephens, Jon Snyder and Ratajczak held on for fifth. It was Gustin's second win already in this early race season as he had recently traveled to Texas and took top honors there.
The IMCA stock cars, the class called "Too Tough to Tame" were running for $500 to win and drew 37 competitors. A familiar name was back in Victory Lane as the #25 of Trent Murphy had little trouble in taking the win. Mike VanGenderen "The Flying Dutchman" ran a high line in turns three and four, and ran low in one and two, but try as he might, he was not able to make much of a threat to Murphy. Coming from back in 7th starting spot, was Damon Murty, who tried to make the opposite moves from VanGenderen and see if he could make a pass, but that didn't work, and he had to settle for third place at the finish line. Two brothers, Dustin and Donavon Smith finished fourth and fifth on the slick, dry track.
The final event of the night, was the feature for the IMCA hobby stocks. The JR99 car of Nick Murty started on the outside pole and pretty much dominated the entire race. Boone regular, Chris Hupp chased Murty the entire race, but had to settle for the runner-up spot. Nyle Godwin came from well back in the pack to take third, fourth went to John Watson and fifth to veteran driver, Donnie Gustoff.
As a note, there were drivers that we noticed changed classes this year. Clint Luellen ran hobby stock last year and was in both hobby and SportMod. Darren Huntley went from A mod to a SportMod, and Cody Cleghorn ran both hobby and SportMod. Joel Bushore jumped up a class from SportMod, into the A mod class, as did Fred Schimmel and Luke Wanninger. Daniel Hilsabeck went from hobby stock into the A mod class and it was nice to see young Dylan Book in a SportMod. Book had a successful season in the hobby stock class in 2009 and was the IMCA Rookie of the Year. He suffered pretty severe injuries over the winter when a tire or rim exploded. Alan VanGorp went from hobby stock into the stock car class, as did Kenny Hansen, and Keith Miner. Eric Flander who has been racing in the stock car class, was in a SportMod. I am sure there were probably others that we missed, but those are some that came to mind. Always fun to see how those changes work out.
We hope the weather will be cooperating now, as many tracks are scheduled to begin their regular season of racing this coming weekend. Get out and attend a race near you. Happy racing!
Complete results are posted below.
The popular IMCA SportMod class found Wisconsin driver Troy Jerovetz take the win over Boone regulars, Geoff Olson and Scott Davis. Cody Hennings held on for fourth place after starting from the pole, and rounding out the top five, was Jared Timmerman.
A large field of IMCA modifieds put a great show on for the fans. Mingled amongst many local drivers, was a good number of Wisconsin cars, anxious to get some racing in under their belts before their season starts. Starting from the pole position was one of those Wisconsin drivers, Dan "The Frog Station Flash" Ratajczak. He is also known as "Flipper" as many recall his spectacular flip across the finish line at the Supernationals a couple of years ago. Ratajczak maintained the top spot past the halfway point, but coming on strong from starting back in 12th spot, was local favorite Jimmy Gustin. Gustin took over the lead with just a handful of laps remaining. Following Gustin to the front was 13th starter, Josh "Happy" Gilman, and 16th starter, Jeff Stephens from Arion, Iowa. Gustin took the win, followed by Gilman, Stephens, Jon Snyder and Ratajczak held on for fifth. It was Gustin's second win already in this early race season as he had recently traveled to Texas and took top honors there.
The IMCA stock cars, the class called "Too Tough to Tame" were running for $500 to win and drew 37 competitors. A familiar name was back in Victory Lane as the #25 of Trent Murphy had little trouble in taking the win. Mike VanGenderen "The Flying Dutchman" ran a high line in turns three and four, and ran low in one and two, but try as he might, he was not able to make much of a threat to Murphy. Coming from back in 7th starting spot, was Damon Murty, who tried to make the opposite moves from VanGenderen and see if he could make a pass, but that didn't work, and he had to settle for third place at the finish line. Two brothers, Dustin and Donavon Smith finished fourth and fifth on the slick, dry track.
The final event of the night, was the feature for the IMCA hobby stocks. The JR99 car of Nick Murty started on the outside pole and pretty much dominated the entire race. Boone regular, Chris Hupp chased Murty the entire race, but had to settle for the runner-up spot. Nyle Godwin came from well back in the pack to take third, fourth went to John Watson and fifth to veteran driver, Donnie Gustoff.
As a note, there were drivers that we noticed changed classes this year. Clint Luellen ran hobby stock last year and was in both hobby and SportMod. Darren Huntley went from A mod to a SportMod, and Cody Cleghorn ran both hobby and SportMod. Joel Bushore jumped up a class from SportMod, into the A mod class, as did Fred Schimmel and Luke Wanninger. Daniel Hilsabeck went from hobby stock into the A mod class and it was nice to see young Dylan Book in a SportMod. Book had a successful season in the hobby stock class in 2009 and was the IMCA Rookie of the Year. He suffered pretty severe injuries over the winter when a tire or rim exploded. Alan VanGorp went from hobby stock into the stock car class, as did Kenny Hansen, and Keith Miner. Eric Flander who has been racing in the stock car class, was in a SportMod. I am sure there were probably others that we missed, but those are some that came to mind. Always fun to see how those changes work out.
We hope the weather will be cooperating now, as many tracks are scheduled to begin their regular season of racing this coming weekend. Get out and attend a race near you. Happy racing!
Complete results are posted below.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Boone Frostbuster - 4-3-10
Unofficial results:
Modified - 44 cars
Heat 1 - 3C Max Corporon
Heat 2 - 73 Dan Ratajczak
Heat 3 - 71W Jeff Waterman
Heat 4 - 33D Scott Hogan
Heat 5 - 58 Denny Pittman
B Features - Top 3 qualified
#1
1. 15X Scott Baker
2. 5* Todd Shute
3. 28R Russ Dickerson
4. 8 Rich Smith
5. 20P Prochaska
6. 49T Tim Stevens
7. 43S Scott Simatovich
8. 12C Kent Croskey
9. 27 Kyle Lenz ? - Wisc.
10. 10K Ron Lauritzen
11. 87 Joel Bushore
12. 27L Kelly Lyons
13. 18L Jerry Lulloff
14. 15 ?
#2
1. 94 Fred Schimmels
2. 15M Jacob Murray
3. 37 Sean Jerovetz
4. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
5. 19J Jay Schmidt
6. 20 Luke Wanninger
7. 4 Jerry Muenster - Wisc.
8. 32 Rich Speck
9. 93 Cale Sponsler
10. 12 Stacey Warren
11. 71 Troy Cordes
12. 49 Mike Manson
Feature
1. 19 Jimmy Gustin
2. 83G Josh Gilman
3. 92 Jeff Stephens
4. 69X Jon Snyder
5. 73 Dan Ratajczak - Wisc.
6. 28R Russ Dickerson
7. 3 Mike Albertsen
8. 15M Jacob Murray
9. 15X Scott Baker
10. 3C Max Corporon
11. 26S Steve Glenn - Missouri
12. 94 Fred Schimmels
13. 77C Craig Carlson
14. 37 Sean Jerovetz - Wisc.
15. 75 Lance Arneson -Wisc.
16. 18 Jake Durbin
17. 2L Adam Larson
18. 5* Todd Shute
19. 19G Richie Gustin
20. 33D Scott Hogan
21. 3Z Randy Havlik
22. 5 Eddie Muenster - Wisc.
23. 58 Denny Pittman
24. 71W Jeff Waterman - Illinois
SportMod - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 66 Cody Hennings
Heat 2 - 23 Jaren Hansen
Heat 3 - 2G Geoff Olson
Heat 4 - 01 Troy Jerovetz
Heat 5 - 30 Tracy Wassenberg
Heat 6 - 7+ Jared Timmerman
B Features - 3 qualified
#1
1. 56 Lonnie Hodges
2. 26J Joel Rust
3. 3S Adam Shelman
4. 20 Brad Theyes ?
5. 19G Leytham
6. 80 Steve Reetz
7. 20L Luke Wanninger
8. 8 Rob Charapata - Wisc.
9. 24R Kyle Robinson
10. 8X Brad Iverson
11. 28 James Reichart ?
12. 3 Stacy Clark
#2
1. 34J Jerry Hinton
2. 92T Tyler Droste
3. 19 Scott Boulanger - Wisc.
4. B00K Dylan Book
5. 3X Scott Durlin
6. 13D ?
7. 12 Eric Flander
8. 17 Jamie Ganoe ?
9. 21CZ Cody Cleghorn
10. 32L Austin Luellen ?
11. 24 Brian Miller
12. 6 Darren Huntley
Feature
1. 01 Troy Jerovetz - Wisc.
2. 2G Geoff Olson
3. 81D Scott Davis
4. 66 Cody Hennings
5. 7+ Jared Timmerman
6. 5M Matthew Meinecke
7. 3L Clint Luellen
8. 77 R J Merchant
9. 08 Johnny Whitman - Wisc.
10. 92 Mike Pruitt
11. 34J Jerry Hinton
12. 26J Joel Rust
13. 321 Andy Tiernan
14. 9E Eric Elliott
15. 20X Chad Louk
16. 92T Tyler Droste
17. 52E Ryan Engelkes
18. 3S Adam Shelman
19. 19 Scott Boulanger - Wisc.
20. 23 Jaren Hansen
21. 56 Lonnie Hodges
22. 41 Jeremy Embrey
23. X4 Jason Purvis
24. 30 Tracy Wassenberg - Wisc.
Stock Car - 37 cars
Heat 1 - 12 Bryan Trogdon
Heat 2 - X6 Bob Ahrendson
Heat 3 - 25 Trent Murphy
Heat 4 - 57V Mike VanGenderen
B Feature - 4 transferred
1. 22 Wayne Gifford
2. 77 Andy Bryant
3. 9 Jerry Gifford
4. 60 Clay Deppe
5. 21Z Shane Manson
6. 94 Steve Meyer
7. 84 Eric Mahlfroid - Wisc.
others in B but do not know how they finished:
33 ?
556 Terry Cornelison
39X ?
17 Kenny Hansen
2L Jon Lang
5 Keith Miner
2 Mike Hillson ?
54 ?
43 ?
26K Butch Bass
Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 57V Mike VanGenderen
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 85 Dustin Smith
5. 35 Donavon Smith
6. 57 John Heinz
7. 93 Michael Jaennette
8. 12 Bryan Trogdon
9. 22 Wayne Gifford
10. 99X Jeremy Christians
11. 19A Alan VanGorp
12. 26 Bill Reetz
13. 77 Andy Bryant
14. 30 Travis Barker
15. X6 Bob Ahrendson
16. 1F Marcus Fagen
17. 3H Ty Hill
18. 9 Jerry Gifford
19. 23HR Rod Richards
20. 3S Bryan Snell
21. 60 Clay Deppe
22. 66 Jeff Joldersma
23. 55 Cory Bushnell
24. 14J Michael Johnston
Hobby Stock - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 84 Josh Rushmann
Heat 2 - 10B Brandon Pruitt
Heat 3 - 20 Donnie Gustoff
Heat 4 - 83 Chris Hupp
Heat 5 - 4W John Watson
Heat 6 - JR99 Nick Murty
B Features - 3 transferred
#1
1. 38R Aaron Rudolph
2. 83S Scott Lograsso
3. 5A Tyler Pickett
4. 1BC Tony Cox
5. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
6. 59G Gyles
7. 29 Jake Nelson
8. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
9. 22R Todd Reitzler
10. 4X Gary Pfantz
11. T71 Kyle Marcus
12. 12J Kenny Johnson
#2
1. 12 Steve Roberts
2. 19 August Bach
3. 21CZ Cody Cleghorn
4. 1 Blake Miller
5. 14 Matt Wahlert
6. 69 Calvin Dhondt
7. 293 Shawn Wirtz
8. 20T Richard Yaw
9. 81B Baker
10. 3A Austin Luellen?
11. 24B Brandon Brittain
12. T10 Tim Barber
Feature
1. 99JR Nick Murty
2. 83 Chris Hupp
3. 11G Nyles Godwin - claimed by 93 Randy Anderson
4. 4W John Watson
5. 20 Donnie Gustoff
6. 38R Aaron Rudolph
7. 64 Casey Gruebel
8. 12M Matt McDonald
9. 83S Scott Lograsso
10. 19 August Bach
11. 9R Matt Hudspeth
12. 25 Michael Murphy
13. 93 Randy Anderson
14. 21CZ Cody Cleghorn
15. 84 Josh Rushmann
16. 74J Dean Hartwig
17. 23 Cody Gustoff
18. 1A Steve Anderson
19. 12 Steve Roberts
20. 26 Kyle Habrich
21. 29 Clint Nelson
22. 10B Brandon Pruitt
23. 7B Eric Stanton
24. 5A Tyler Pickett
Blog will follow
Modified - 44 cars
Heat 1 - 3C Max Corporon
Heat 2 - 73 Dan Ratajczak
Heat 3 - 71W Jeff Waterman
Heat 4 - 33D Scott Hogan
Heat 5 - 58 Denny Pittman
B Features - Top 3 qualified
#1
1. 15X Scott Baker
2. 5* Todd Shute
3. 28R Russ Dickerson
4. 8 Rich Smith
5. 20P Prochaska
6. 49T Tim Stevens
7. 43S Scott Simatovich
8. 12C Kent Croskey
9. 27 Kyle Lenz ? - Wisc.
10. 10K Ron Lauritzen
11. 87 Joel Bushore
12. 27L Kelly Lyons
13. 18L Jerry Lulloff
14. 15 ?
#2
1. 94 Fred Schimmels
2. 15M Jacob Murray
3. 37 Sean Jerovetz
4. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
5. 19J Jay Schmidt
6. 20 Luke Wanninger
7. 4 Jerry Muenster - Wisc.
8. 32 Rich Speck
9. 93 Cale Sponsler
10. 12 Stacey Warren
11. 71 Troy Cordes
12. 49 Mike Manson
Feature
1. 19 Jimmy Gustin
2. 83G Josh Gilman
3. 92 Jeff Stephens
4. 69X Jon Snyder
5. 73 Dan Ratajczak - Wisc.
6. 28R Russ Dickerson
7. 3 Mike Albertsen
8. 15M Jacob Murray
9. 15X Scott Baker
10. 3C Max Corporon
11. 26S Steve Glenn - Missouri
12. 94 Fred Schimmels
13. 77C Craig Carlson
14. 37 Sean Jerovetz - Wisc.
15. 75 Lance Arneson -Wisc.
16. 18 Jake Durbin
17. 2L Adam Larson
18. 5* Todd Shute
19. 19G Richie Gustin
20. 33D Scott Hogan
21. 3Z Randy Havlik
22. 5 Eddie Muenster - Wisc.
23. 58 Denny Pittman
24. 71W Jeff Waterman - Illinois
SportMod - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 66 Cody Hennings
Heat 2 - 23 Jaren Hansen
Heat 3 - 2G Geoff Olson
Heat 4 - 01 Troy Jerovetz
Heat 5 - 30 Tracy Wassenberg
Heat 6 - 7+ Jared Timmerman
B Features - 3 qualified
#1
1. 56 Lonnie Hodges
2. 26J Joel Rust
3. 3S Adam Shelman
4. 20 Brad Theyes ?
5. 19G Leytham
6. 80 Steve Reetz
7. 20L Luke Wanninger
8. 8 Rob Charapata - Wisc.
9. 24R Kyle Robinson
10. 8X Brad Iverson
11. 28 James Reichart ?
12. 3 Stacy Clark
#2
1. 34J Jerry Hinton
2. 92T Tyler Droste
3. 19 Scott Boulanger - Wisc.
4. B00K Dylan Book
5. 3X Scott Durlin
6. 13D ?
7. 12 Eric Flander
8. 17 Jamie Ganoe ?
9. 21CZ Cody Cleghorn
10. 32L Austin Luellen ?
11. 24 Brian Miller
12. 6 Darren Huntley
Feature
1. 01 Troy Jerovetz - Wisc.
2. 2G Geoff Olson
3. 81D Scott Davis
4. 66 Cody Hennings
5. 7+ Jared Timmerman
6. 5M Matthew Meinecke
7. 3L Clint Luellen
8. 77 R J Merchant
9. 08 Johnny Whitman - Wisc.
10. 92 Mike Pruitt
11. 34J Jerry Hinton
12. 26J Joel Rust
13. 321 Andy Tiernan
14. 9E Eric Elliott
15. 20X Chad Louk
16. 92T Tyler Droste
17. 52E Ryan Engelkes
18. 3S Adam Shelman
19. 19 Scott Boulanger - Wisc.
20. 23 Jaren Hansen
21. 56 Lonnie Hodges
22. 41 Jeremy Embrey
23. X4 Jason Purvis
24. 30 Tracy Wassenberg - Wisc.
Stock Car - 37 cars
Heat 1 - 12 Bryan Trogdon
Heat 2 - X6 Bob Ahrendson
Heat 3 - 25 Trent Murphy
Heat 4 - 57V Mike VanGenderen
B Feature - 4 transferred
1. 22 Wayne Gifford
2. 77 Andy Bryant
3. 9 Jerry Gifford
4. 60 Clay Deppe
5. 21Z Shane Manson
6. 94 Steve Meyer
7. 84 Eric Mahlfroid - Wisc.
others in B but do not know how they finished:
33 ?
556 Terry Cornelison
39X ?
17 Kenny Hansen
2L Jon Lang
5 Keith Miner
2 Mike Hillson ?
54 ?
43 ?
26K Butch Bass
Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 57V Mike VanGenderen
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 85 Dustin Smith
5. 35 Donavon Smith
6. 57 John Heinz
7. 93 Michael Jaennette
8. 12 Bryan Trogdon
9. 22 Wayne Gifford
10. 99X Jeremy Christians
11. 19A Alan VanGorp
12. 26 Bill Reetz
13. 77 Andy Bryant
14. 30 Travis Barker
15. X6 Bob Ahrendson
16. 1F Marcus Fagen
17. 3H Ty Hill
18. 9 Jerry Gifford
19. 23HR Rod Richards
20. 3S Bryan Snell
21. 60 Clay Deppe
22. 66 Jeff Joldersma
23. 55 Cory Bushnell
24. 14J Michael Johnston
Hobby Stock - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 84 Josh Rushmann
Heat 2 - 10B Brandon Pruitt
Heat 3 - 20 Donnie Gustoff
Heat 4 - 83 Chris Hupp
Heat 5 - 4W John Watson
Heat 6 - JR99 Nick Murty
B Features - 3 transferred
#1
1. 38R Aaron Rudolph
2. 83S Scott Lograsso
3. 5A Tyler Pickett
4. 1BC Tony Cox
5. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
6. 59G Gyles
7. 29 Jake Nelson
8. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
9. 22R Todd Reitzler
10. 4X Gary Pfantz
11. T71 Kyle Marcus
12. 12J Kenny Johnson
#2
1. 12 Steve Roberts
2. 19 August Bach
3. 21CZ Cody Cleghorn
4. 1 Blake Miller
5. 14 Matt Wahlert
6. 69 Calvin Dhondt
7. 293 Shawn Wirtz
8. 20T Richard Yaw
9. 81B Baker
10. 3A Austin Luellen?
11. 24B Brandon Brittain
12. T10 Tim Barber
Feature
1. 99JR Nick Murty
2. 83 Chris Hupp
3. 11G Nyles Godwin - claimed by 93 Randy Anderson
4. 4W John Watson
5. 20 Donnie Gustoff
6. 38R Aaron Rudolph
7. 64 Casey Gruebel
8. 12M Matt McDonald
9. 83S Scott Lograsso
10. 19 August Bach
11. 9R Matt Hudspeth
12. 25 Michael Murphy
13. 93 Randy Anderson
14. 21CZ Cody Cleghorn
15. 84 Josh Rushmann
16. 74J Dean Hartwig
17. 23 Cody Gustoff
18. 1A Steve Anderson
19. 12 Steve Roberts
20. 26 Kyle Habrich
21. 29 Clint Nelson
22. 10B Brandon Pruitt
23. 7B Eric Stanton
24. 5A Tyler Pickett
Blog will follow
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas to all!!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the coming New Year. We think back to the great racing we witnessed this past year and the great times we enjoyed with racing friends and family. What a great sport we all share! We look forward to doing it all again in the coming race season.
Happy Racing in 2010!
Happy Racing in 2010!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Southern Iowa Speedway provides great racing in November!
We headed to the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa this past Sunday afternoon for what would be our first ever race in November in Iowa. We saw some great racing action and the weather was beautiful...in fact we were more comfortable than some mid-summer races we attended. A great field of cars filled the pits, the program was run in efficient time...until an unfortunate melee occurred in the stock car feature, and what an exciting finish that feature provided the fans.
Because both the B modifieds and the hobby stocks had to run B mains to cut their features down to a 24 car starting field, the A modifieds were first up for their main event. The 25-lap feature saw the familiar #17P of Brad Pinkerton take off like a rocket from his outside front row starting position. He rode the topside...his often preferred line...to near perfection except for a slight "kiss" of the wall at one point. That would not stop his relentless pursuit of the checkered flag as he took the win by quite a margin over second place finisher Zack VanderBeek. Third went to Scott Dickey, from starting in eighth position, fourth to young Ryan Gustin from Marshalltown, and fifth to Donovan Lodge, from Andover, Illinois who came from far back in the starting field.
The B modifieds had their starting field of 24 cars completed with four cars qualifying to tag the feature through a B main. Andrew Schroeder won the B main followed by Jimmy Broszeit, Josh Modde, and the 19H of Brandon Hare. The A main found the 8J of AJ Johnson on the pole position. After a yellow at the beginning of the race to clear a mishap, the rest of the 15-lap feature ran green to checkered. Johnson kept his front running spot the entire race to take the win. Cayden Carter made an impressive run to take the runner-up position, third went to Boone, Iowa's Scott Davis who came from twelfth spot, fourth to the #5 of Colter Deutsch from Ellsworth, Minnesota and rounding out the top five was Roland, Iowa's Matt Lettow.
The hobby stocks also had to complete their field by adding the top four cars from a B main.
That B main was won by Clayton Crump from Centrailia, Missouri and following him to round out those top four, were Kevin Spilde, Pete Hutzel and Steve Larson. The track proved challenging to the drivers as it was slick with a small cushion on the top. Chris Hovden from Cresco took the top prize...his third of the weekend as he'd also won the two previous nights at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri. He was challenged late by the 2N of Donavan Nunnikhoven from Kellogg, Iowa, who tried to take the high line coming out of turn four coming to the checkers, with a lap car between him and Hovden. However, that gallant effort didn't pan out and Hovden took his trifecta of the weekend. Nunnikhoven had to be content with second, third place went to Todd Reitzler, fourth to Danny Thrasher, and fifth to Kris Walker.
With the show moving along nicely, the final feature of the early evening, was the USRA stock cars. The 20-lap feature had only two laps down, when disaster struck. At the front of the field, it appeared Nathan Wood had a problem as he came down the front stretch. The Flying Dutchman, Mike VanGenderen was to his outside as he went high into turn one, and unfortunately ended up getting crunched into the wall as Wood pushed high. This then resulted in a multi-car melee that needed to be cleared and would delay the race for nearly 30 minutes. VanGenderen's car looked to be without anything remaining under the rear end, ending his night, as well as several other disabled cars. One of those was the former car belonging to Zack VanderBeek, and on this evening, being driven by promoter Todd Staley. He was caught up in the mess and had to retire for the night. We understand that the car will be driven next year by Staley's younger son, Logan. Looks like it was father who put the first dents on his son's ride!
One of the cars also involved in the carnage, was the 20dub of Shane Weller, who had to have his car towed to the work area. He was able to join the end of the field when the green finally flew again. Matt Greiner and Brian Mitrisin challenged for the top two spots but Mitrisin would then have to retire with problems after having taken the lead. With Greiner leading and the 15 of Mitch Hovden, in tow behind him, who should be coming through the field at a maddening pace, but the 20dub of Shane Weller. It was quite amazing to see him work his way through the competition, overtake second place of Hovden, and then be hot on the heels of the leader. It took the final lap for him to accomplish the task, but going through turn three, he got the job done, to take the checkers to the whole crowd on it's feet! Greiner was second, third went to Hovden, fourth to Mike Bergan and fifth to long-time racer who has made many laps around the 1/2 mile track in years gone by, Steve Jackson.
It was a great way to end our local racing season this year. Who would have thought we would be enjoying great racing weather in November, after having endured cold and wet weather throughout the scheduled season? Thanks to Todd Staley for seeing the foresight in trying for the third time, (it's the "charm" isn't it?) and successfully complete the second night of the Fall Challenge.
Until next time, happy racing!
Because both the B modifieds and the hobby stocks had to run B mains to cut their features down to a 24 car starting field, the A modifieds were first up for their main event. The 25-lap feature saw the familiar #17P of Brad Pinkerton take off like a rocket from his outside front row starting position. He rode the topside...his often preferred line...to near perfection except for a slight "kiss" of the wall at one point. That would not stop his relentless pursuit of the checkered flag as he took the win by quite a margin over second place finisher Zack VanderBeek. Third went to Scott Dickey, from starting in eighth position, fourth to young Ryan Gustin from Marshalltown, and fifth to Donovan Lodge, from Andover, Illinois who came from far back in the starting field.
The B modifieds had their starting field of 24 cars completed with four cars qualifying to tag the feature through a B main. Andrew Schroeder won the B main followed by Jimmy Broszeit, Josh Modde, and the 19H of Brandon Hare. The A main found the 8J of AJ Johnson on the pole position. After a yellow at the beginning of the race to clear a mishap, the rest of the 15-lap feature ran green to checkered. Johnson kept his front running spot the entire race to take the win. Cayden Carter made an impressive run to take the runner-up position, third went to Boone, Iowa's Scott Davis who came from twelfth spot, fourth to the #5 of Colter Deutsch from Ellsworth, Minnesota and rounding out the top five was Roland, Iowa's Matt Lettow.
The hobby stocks also had to complete their field by adding the top four cars from a B main.
That B main was won by Clayton Crump from Centrailia, Missouri and following him to round out those top four, were Kevin Spilde, Pete Hutzel and Steve Larson. The track proved challenging to the drivers as it was slick with a small cushion on the top. Chris Hovden from Cresco took the top prize...his third of the weekend as he'd also won the two previous nights at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri. He was challenged late by the 2N of Donavan Nunnikhoven from Kellogg, Iowa, who tried to take the high line coming out of turn four coming to the checkers, with a lap car between him and Hovden. However, that gallant effort didn't pan out and Hovden took his trifecta of the weekend. Nunnikhoven had to be content with second, third place went to Todd Reitzler, fourth to Danny Thrasher, and fifth to Kris Walker.
With the show moving along nicely, the final feature of the early evening, was the USRA stock cars. The 20-lap feature had only two laps down, when disaster struck. At the front of the field, it appeared Nathan Wood had a problem as he came down the front stretch. The Flying Dutchman, Mike VanGenderen was to his outside as he went high into turn one, and unfortunately ended up getting crunched into the wall as Wood pushed high. This then resulted in a multi-car melee that needed to be cleared and would delay the race for nearly 30 minutes. VanGenderen's car looked to be without anything remaining under the rear end, ending his night, as well as several other disabled cars. One of those was the former car belonging to Zack VanderBeek, and on this evening, being driven by promoter Todd Staley. He was caught up in the mess and had to retire for the night. We understand that the car will be driven next year by Staley's younger son, Logan. Looks like it was father who put the first dents on his son's ride!
One of the cars also involved in the carnage, was the 20dub of Shane Weller, who had to have his car towed to the work area. He was able to join the end of the field when the green finally flew again. Matt Greiner and Brian Mitrisin challenged for the top two spots but Mitrisin would then have to retire with problems after having taken the lead. With Greiner leading and the 15 of Mitch Hovden, in tow behind him, who should be coming through the field at a maddening pace, but the 20dub of Shane Weller. It was quite amazing to see him work his way through the competition, overtake second place of Hovden, and then be hot on the heels of the leader. It took the final lap for him to accomplish the task, but going through turn three, he got the job done, to take the checkers to the whole crowd on it's feet! Greiner was second, third went to Hovden, fourth to Mike Bergan and fifth to long-time racer who has made many laps around the 1/2 mile track in years gone by, Steve Jackson.
It was a great way to end our local racing season this year. Who would have thought we would be enjoying great racing weather in November, after having endured cold and wet weather throughout the scheduled season? Thanks to Todd Staley for seeing the foresight in trying for the third time, (it's the "charm" isn't it?) and successfully complete the second night of the Fall Challenge.
Until next time, happy racing!
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