Boone - 5-28-11 - 151 cars
Modified make-up feature from 5-21-11
1. 57V Mike VanGenderen
2. 3Z Randy Havlik
3. 18 Jake Durbin
4. 33M Mike Molle
5. 93 Cale Sponsler
6. 83G Josh "Happy" Gilman
7. 19 Jimmy Gustin
8. 12C Kent Croskey
9. 58 Denny Pittman
10. 28R Russ Dickerson
11. 43S Scott Simatovich
12. 17R Derek Reimer
13. 5M Matthew Meineke
14. 24 Robert Avery
15. 1 Al Wolfgram
16. 4 Tony Hilgenberg
17. 02 Brian Law
18. 77c Craig Carlson
DNS: 87 Joel Bushore
20X Chad Louk
27 Kelly Lyons
1K Pat Graham
82K Dave Kuykendall
Stock Car make-up feature from 5-21-11
1. 24 Eric Brown
2. 25 Trent Murphy
3. 22 Wayne Gifford
4. 25J Josh Daniels
5. 35 Donavon Smith
6. 22X Josh Brauckman
7. 19A Alan VanGorp
8. 55 Cory Bushnell
9. 18 Jeff Harkrider
10. 556 Terry Cornelison
11. 9 Jerry Gifford
12. 50 Robert Stofer
13. 93 Michael Jaennette
14. 12 Bryan Trogdon
15. 3H Ty Hill
16. 12+ Ryan Rose
17. 45 Larry Crocheck
18. 5 Keith Miner
19. 05 Seth Bowen
20. 2L Jon Lang
21. 23HR "Hot" Rod Richards
22. 81X Randy Killen
23. 27M Mike Munson
24. 22S Toby Smith
DNS: 68C Chad Stripe
77 Andy Bryant
Hobby Stock make-up feature #1 from 5-21-11
1. 7B Eric Stanton
2. 11G Nyle Godwin
3. 12M Matt McDonald
4. 4C Curt Reed
5. 9 Andrew Arends
6. 46J Jesse Hopkins
7. 29 Jake Nelson
8. 20T Richard Yaw II
9. 20TA Bobby Davis III
10. 26T Jeremy Tilley
11. 99 Jeff Knight
12. 77C Andy Hoffman
13. 36S Mike Smith
14. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
15. 14 Matt Wahlert
16. 79 George Hood
17. 38R Aaron Rudolph
18. 77G Ryan Grochala
19. 99W Danny Watson
20. 23G Dustin Tepp
DNS: 23 Cody Gustoff
Hobby Stock make-up feature #2 from 5-21-11
1. 25M Michael Murphy
2. 4W John Watson
3. 5A Tyler Pickett
4. 47W Shaun Wirtz
5. 3 Matt Hudspeth
6. 8B Robert Smith
7. 83S Scott Lograsso
8. 00 Kyle Dirks
9. 52 Josh Saunders
10. 85 Seth JJanssen
11. 40 Randy Embrey
12. 911 Darin Rothfus
13. 16B Jay Arends
14. T71 Marcus Kyle
15. 27C Cory Adams
16. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
17. 74J Dean Hartwig
18. 63 Cory Tasler
DNS: 3A Austin Luellen
82 Joel Tigges
1BC Tony Cox
Regular night's program:
Modified - 25 cars
Heat 1 - 3Z Randy Havlik
Heat 2 - 57V Mike VanGenderen
Heat 3 - 87 Joel Bushore
Feature
1. 83G Josh "Happy" Gilman
2. 57V Mike VanGenderen
3. 77C Craig Carlson
4. 28R Russ Dickerson
5. 58 Denny Pittman
6. 93 Cale Sponsler
7. 19 Jimmy Gustin
8. 5M Matthew Meineke
9. 75 Denny Rosenberg
10. 24 Robert Avery
11. 51 Tyler Vandeamp - Knoxville, IA
12. 12C Kent Croskey
13. 46 Toby Vandekamp - Wentzville, MO
14. 33M Mike Molle
15. 17R Derek Reimer
16. 1+ Bill Davis, Jr.
17. 4 Tony Hilgenberg
18. 49T Tim Stevens
19. 23 JJ Scott
20. 18 Jake Durbin
21. 87 Joel Bushore
22. 1 Al "Pep" Wolfgram
23. 43S Scott Simatovich
24. 3Z Randy Havlik
DNS: 02 Brian Law
SportMod - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 32L Ty Luellen
Heat 2 - 24 Brian Miller
Heat 3 - 9E Eric Elliott
Feature
1. 2G Geoff Olson
2. 81D Scott Davis
3. 2 Bill Wears
4. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
5. 32L Ty Luellen
6. 9E Eric Elliott
7. 35 Bruce Egeland
8. 27 Tim Love
9. 6 Darren Huntley
10. 3 Stacey Clark
11. 63 Daniel Tasler
12. 17 Jamie Ganoe
13. 46 Trevor Oberholtz
14. 56 Joe Simbro
15. 3L Clint Luellen
16. 39 Larry Embrey
17. 24 Brian Miller
18. 99K Kody Havens
19. 23JR Nick Roberts
20. 505 Racer Hulin
21. 22B Brian Eppert
22. 66 Cody Hennings
23. 57 Lynn Brockett
24. 34J Jerry Hinton
25. 59 Tara Longnecker
DNS: 3R Randy Roberts
86 Cory Rose
Stock Car - 29 cars
Heat 1 - 25 Trent Murphy
Heat 2 - 22 Wayne Gifford
Heat 3 - 19J Jay Schmidt
B Main - 3 cars advance
1. 19A Alan VanGorp
2. 25J Josh Daniels
3. 81X Randy Killen
4. 11 Scott Seaman
5. 27M Mike Munson
6. 05 Seth Bowen
DNS: 77T Trent Jeanes
22S Toby Smith
Feature
1. 45 Larry Crocheck
2. 55 Cory Bushnell
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 19J Jay Schmidt
5. 12+ Ryan Rose
6. 50 Robert Stofer
7. 22X Josh Brauckman
8. 22 Wayne Gifford
9. 35 Donavon Smith
10. 93 Michael Jaennette
11. 12 Bryan Trogdon
12. 9 Jerry Gifford
13. 81X Randy Killen
14. 19A Alan VanGorp
15. 23HR "Hot" Rod Richards
16. 25J Josh Daniels
17. 18 Jeff Harkrider
18. 556 Terry Cornelison
19. 3H Ty Hill
20. 2L Jon Lang
21. 54 Robbie Merkle
22. 5X Ross Marshall
23. 1F Marcus Fagan
DNS: 24 Eric Brown
Hobby Stocks - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 20T Richard Yaw II
Heat 2 - 74J Dean Hartwig
Heat 3 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 4 - 63 Cory Tasler
Feature #1
1. 74J Dean Hartwig
2. 40 Randy Embrey
3. 4W John Watson
4. 7B Eric Stanton
5. 23G Dustin Tepp
6. 8B Robert Smith
7. 29 Jake Nelson
8. 99 Jeff Knight
9. 67 Ed Mahlstedt
10. 00 Kyle Dirks
11. 27C Cory Adams
12. 27R Clint Rothfus
13. 77C Andy Hoffman
14. 14 Matt Wahlert
15. 36S Mike Smith
16. 20TA Bobby Davis III
17. 79 George Hood
18. 63 Cory Tasler
19. T71 Marcus Kyle
DNS: 12M Matt McDonald
46J Jesse Hopkins
Hobby Stock #2
1. 99W Danny Watson
2. 25M Michael Murphy
3. 20T Richard Yaw II
4. 83S Scott Lograsso
5. 11G Nyle Godwin
6. 3 Matt Hudspeth
7. 52 Josh Saunders
8. 911 Darin Rothfus
9. 3x Scott Durlin
10. 77G Ryan Grochala
11. 47W Shaun Wirtz
12. 85 Seth Janssen
13. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
14. 16B Jay Arends
15. 66 Andy Mahlstedt
16. 5A Tyler Pickett
17. 26T Jeremy Tilley
18. 38R Aaron Rudolph
19. 4C Curt Reed
20. 9 Andrew Arends
21. 24B Brandon Brinton
Dwarf/Mod Lite - 28 cars
Heat 1 - 11R Jason Whitehead
Heat 2 - 88 James May
Heat 3 - 0B Colby Oberembt
B Main - 3 advance
1. 20 Jeff Stensland
2. 4L Larry Sorenson
3. 37 Mike Thomas
4. 1H Kenny Hake
DNS: 33 Gayle Worthington
08 Ben Larson
76 Terry Sorenson
Feature
1. OB Colby Oberembt
2. 99 Josh May
3. 57 Tim Hennigar
4. 64 Randy Bryan
5. 88 James May
6. 82 Charlie Brown
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 89 Travis Stensland
9. 46Z Bryan Zehm
10. 01 David Schmalzried
11. 11R Jason Whitehead
12. 20 Jeff Stensland
13. 15 Andy Hennigar
14. 93 Tim Milner
15. 8 Dusty Masolini
16. 8T Todd Thorson
17. 8W Joe Wood
18. 3C Duane Coffman
19. 9 Rick Taylor
20. 37 Mike Thomas
21. 4L Larry Sorenson
22. 1 John Gardner
23. X50 Joel Huggins
DNS: 09 Joel Keenan
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Boone cut short but Iowa Speedway Nationwide wins out
What is it with weekend weather? The rain seems to always threaten and this past Saturday night, the forecast had that darn "R" word back in it. When we arrived at the Boone Speedway Saturday night, the track was already prepared and looking good to go. We had noticed a lot of standing water on our drive over and learned that the area had had up to 2 inches of rain within the last 24 hours. Thanks to good drainage and track prep, it wasn't appearing to be a concern for racing that night. However, the forecast was still calling for "stuff" to be firing up from the southwest, so we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best.
The show started a bit early with the running of the make-up hobby stock feature from last week. Michael Murphy took his ride from starting 10th, to capture the win---his fourth of the season---and it sent him into the points lead. Cory Adams took the runner-up spot and Shaun Wirtz crossed in the third position. Post race tech would null Wirtz's finish as he was disqualified for an illegal carburetor. That would then put Curt Reed into the third finishing position, fourth would go to Tyler Pickett and fifth to Aaron Rudolph.
The heat races for the regular show were quickly run and the usual farming session was eliminated with the Dwarf/Mod Lites lined up immediately for their feature. Colby Oberembt, last week's feature winner, led the first few go-arounds, only to have point leader Josh May come calling, and take over the lead. Tim Hennigar would put a bit of pressure on May, but May held him off and took his second win of the season. Tim Hennigar finished the close second, third went to Dusty Masolini, Oberembt held on for a fourth place position, and Charlie Brown rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods started all 27 cars on hand in their feature event. The first lap saw 4-wide racing going into corner one---not always a good situation---and was not so on this night. A "mess" ensured in corner one which took some time to sort out. Randy Roberts took the lead by the half-way mark of the 18-lap contest and would take the win comfortably ahead of the cars dueling it out for position behind him at the checkers. It was a scramble amongst those cars, but Racer Hulin put his #505 in the runner-up spot, followed by Geoff Olson in third, (from starting 22nd) Beau Kaplan took fourth and Eric Elliott came home in fifth.
Near the end of the SportMod feature, sprinkles started falling. We had been checking the radar throughout the evening--watching a "blob" to the southwest, blossoming into a bigger and redder mass. With the modifieds awaiting in the staging area, rain became harder and boy, did the wind blow! It didn't take long for the program to be called, so next week, we will again be seeing some make-up features along with an entire new show. The modifieds, stock cars and hobby stock features will start the show next Saturday night. Results for the night's show are listed below this blog.
Iowa Speedway NASCAR Nationwide Race
Sunday morning, we headed to the Iowa Speedway for the first of two NASCAR Nationwide series races on the schedule this year at the track. Once again, we were hearing an "iffy" forecast for the day. With a short 20-mile trip, we opted not to even get to the track until around 10 a.m. We had no trouble parking but did find the lots pretty spongy and saturated from the recent rains. We met up with a couple of other parties who, though coming from the Des Moines area, arrived shortly after we did, and parked not far from us. It was overcast and pretty breezy, but the temperature was great. We grabbed a bite to eat inside the grandstand area, and then headed to our seats. By this time, the sun was shining and the skies were blue, and we were hoping against hope that predicted storms to be firing up later, would not happen.
The John Deere Dealer's 250 began shortly after the 1 p.m. scheduled start time. The race was being broadcast live on ABC television...a great thing for the nation to get a glimpse of the standing-room only crowd of the near 40,000 fans on hand. It showcased the beautiful Iowa Speedway facility born from a cornfield just a few years back. From what we hear from the interviews of the drivers that have raced at the track, they love the place too! Another case for Iowa held true for the saying, "if you build it, they will come".
The first few laps saw a handful of cars leaving the track and making that hard left hand turn into the garage area as pole sitter Drew Herring in the #20 car was cruising along in the lead. At lap 50, the caution flag flew, and although we could not hear the PA announcer say it was a "competition yellow" we suspected so, and found out later, that was the case. The main reason being because the teams had had very little track time due to the weather-related cancellation of the practice on Friday as well as the qualifying on Saturday. It allowed teams to see "how things were going" so to speak, and gauge their plan for the rest of the race. Tire wear did not seem to be an issue.
When the race got started again, the #32 of Reed Sorenson was pacing the field with Michael McDowell giving chase in the #18 car. Sorenson would hold the lead through halfway of the 250-lap event. Caution flags and pit stops would shake up the field a bit with the lead being swapped amongst the #22 of NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski, the #6 of Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., and Sprint Cup driver and area favorite, Carl Edwards. Edwards had already had a remarkable weekend of racing as the previous night he had won the Sprint Cup All-Star race in North Carolina, and pocketed a cool $1.2 million dollars!
About this time, the cell phone kept getting my attention as I was getting weather warnings about nasty stuff possibly in the area. We were still sitting in sunshine, but the sky was split with clouds to the north of us and huge, towering thunderheads to our south. We kept an eye on those especially to the south, as those weather warnings were calling for storms with large hail and then later, a tornado warning was thrown in! Thankfully, the storm stayed to the south and east of us and we did not receive any of the hail that was golf and baseball sized in the not too distant Brooklyn, Iowa area.
As the laps wound down, it was becoming a battle between Stenhouse and Edwards as they swapped the lead several times. Most of our area in the stands were pulling hard for Edwards, a Mid-Westerner from Missouri with dirt track roots. Keselowski was trailing the pair as he rode along in third with Sorenson in fourth. Edwards was not able to catch Stenhouse, who took the checkered flag in his 51st Nationwide start and Edwards getting the runner-up spot. Keselowski kept the third position, and Sorenson the fourth. The fifth place went to Elliott Sadler, making, I believe, his first appearance at the track. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. became the first Nationwide-only driver to win a Nationwide Series race since early in the 2010 season.
Racing was completed right at 3:20 p.m. and a great day of racing it was. We are usually in no rush to leave and let the crowd thin a bit. It was a bit of a trek to our vehicle, but by the time we got to it, we were out of the lot and headed east on I-80 in ten minutes.
The full results of the Nationwide race can be found at the following link:
http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/races/2011/results-official/12
Also check out www.iowaspeedway.com for information on the track and upcoming events. If you have not been to the Iowa Speedway, we encourage anyone to make the trip to the "born in the corn" facility. Pretty impressive in our book.
Happy racing!
The show started a bit early with the running of the make-up hobby stock feature from last week. Michael Murphy took his ride from starting 10th, to capture the win---his fourth of the season---and it sent him into the points lead. Cory Adams took the runner-up spot and Shaun Wirtz crossed in the third position. Post race tech would null Wirtz's finish as he was disqualified for an illegal carburetor. That would then put Curt Reed into the third finishing position, fourth would go to Tyler Pickett and fifth to Aaron Rudolph.
The heat races for the regular show were quickly run and the usual farming session was eliminated with the Dwarf/Mod Lites lined up immediately for their feature. Colby Oberembt, last week's feature winner, led the first few go-arounds, only to have point leader Josh May come calling, and take over the lead. Tim Hennigar would put a bit of pressure on May, but May held him off and took his second win of the season. Tim Hennigar finished the close second, third went to Dusty Masolini, Oberembt held on for a fourth place position, and Charlie Brown rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods started all 27 cars on hand in their feature event. The first lap saw 4-wide racing going into corner one---not always a good situation---and was not so on this night. A "mess" ensured in corner one which took some time to sort out. Randy Roberts took the lead by the half-way mark of the 18-lap contest and would take the win comfortably ahead of the cars dueling it out for position behind him at the checkers. It was a scramble amongst those cars, but Racer Hulin put his #505 in the runner-up spot, followed by Geoff Olson in third, (from starting 22nd) Beau Kaplan took fourth and Eric Elliott came home in fifth.
Near the end of the SportMod feature, sprinkles started falling. We had been checking the radar throughout the evening--watching a "blob" to the southwest, blossoming into a bigger and redder mass. With the modifieds awaiting in the staging area, rain became harder and boy, did the wind blow! It didn't take long for the program to be called, so next week, we will again be seeing some make-up features along with an entire new show. The modifieds, stock cars and hobby stock features will start the show next Saturday night. Results for the night's show are listed below this blog.
Iowa Speedway NASCAR Nationwide Race
Sunday morning, we headed to the Iowa Speedway for the first of two NASCAR Nationwide series races on the schedule this year at the track. Once again, we were hearing an "iffy" forecast for the day. With a short 20-mile trip, we opted not to even get to the track until around 10 a.m. We had no trouble parking but did find the lots pretty spongy and saturated from the recent rains. We met up with a couple of other parties who, though coming from the Des Moines area, arrived shortly after we did, and parked not far from us. It was overcast and pretty breezy, but the temperature was great. We grabbed a bite to eat inside the grandstand area, and then headed to our seats. By this time, the sun was shining and the skies were blue, and we were hoping against hope that predicted storms to be firing up later, would not happen.
The John Deere Dealer's 250 began shortly after the 1 p.m. scheduled start time. The race was being broadcast live on ABC television...a great thing for the nation to get a glimpse of the standing-room only crowd of the near 40,000 fans on hand. It showcased the beautiful Iowa Speedway facility born from a cornfield just a few years back. From what we hear from the interviews of the drivers that have raced at the track, they love the place too! Another case for Iowa held true for the saying, "if you build it, they will come".
The first few laps saw a handful of cars leaving the track and making that hard left hand turn into the garage area as pole sitter Drew Herring in the #20 car was cruising along in the lead. At lap 50, the caution flag flew, and although we could not hear the PA announcer say it was a "competition yellow" we suspected so, and found out later, that was the case. The main reason being because the teams had had very little track time due to the weather-related cancellation of the practice on Friday as well as the qualifying on Saturday. It allowed teams to see "how things were going" so to speak, and gauge their plan for the rest of the race. Tire wear did not seem to be an issue.
When the race got started again, the #32 of Reed Sorenson was pacing the field with Michael McDowell giving chase in the #18 car. Sorenson would hold the lead through halfway of the 250-lap event. Caution flags and pit stops would shake up the field a bit with the lead being swapped amongst the #22 of NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski, the #6 of Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., and Sprint Cup driver and area favorite, Carl Edwards. Edwards had already had a remarkable weekend of racing as the previous night he had won the Sprint Cup All-Star race in North Carolina, and pocketed a cool $1.2 million dollars!
About this time, the cell phone kept getting my attention as I was getting weather warnings about nasty stuff possibly in the area. We were still sitting in sunshine, but the sky was split with clouds to the north of us and huge, towering thunderheads to our south. We kept an eye on those especially to the south, as those weather warnings were calling for storms with large hail and then later, a tornado warning was thrown in! Thankfully, the storm stayed to the south and east of us and we did not receive any of the hail that was golf and baseball sized in the not too distant Brooklyn, Iowa area.
As the laps wound down, it was becoming a battle between Stenhouse and Edwards as they swapped the lead several times. Most of our area in the stands were pulling hard for Edwards, a Mid-Westerner from Missouri with dirt track roots. Keselowski was trailing the pair as he rode along in third with Sorenson in fourth. Edwards was not able to catch Stenhouse, who took the checkered flag in his 51st Nationwide start and Edwards getting the runner-up spot. Keselowski kept the third position, and Sorenson the fourth. The fifth place went to Elliott Sadler, making, I believe, his first appearance at the track. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. became the first Nationwide-only driver to win a Nationwide Series race since early in the 2010 season.
Racing was completed right at 3:20 p.m. and a great day of racing it was. We are usually in no rush to leave and let the crowd thin a bit. It was a bit of a trek to our vehicle, but by the time we got to it, we were out of the lot and headed east on I-80 in ten minutes.
The full results of the Nationwide race can be found at the following link:
http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/races/2011/results-official/12
Also check out www.iowaspeedway.com for information on the track and upcoming events. If you have not been to the Iowa Speedway, we encourage anyone to make the trip to the "born in the corn" facility. Pretty impressive in our book.
Happy racing!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Boone - 5-21-11
Modified - 23 cars
Heat 1 - 33Z Mike Molle
Heat 2 - 57V Mike VanGenderen
Heat 3 - 77c Craig Carlson
Feature rained out. Will be made up next week
SportMod - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 24 Brian Miller
Heat 2 - 72 Rick Ringgenberg
Heat 3 - 63 Daniel Tasler
Feature
1. 3R Randy Roberts
2. 505 Racer Hulin
3. 2G Geoff Olson
4. 11 Beau Kaplan
5. 9E Eric Elliott
6. 91 Shawn Hunter
7. 81D Scott Davis
8. 1C Cody Warrick
9. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
10. 27 Tim Love
11. 3L Clint Luellen
12. 57 Lynn Brockett
13. 17 Jamie Ganoe
14. 6 Darren Huntley
15. 32L Ty Luellen
16. 39 Larry Embrey
17. 28 James Reichart
18. 3 Stacey Clark
19. 34J Jerry Hinton
20. 19G Gatlin Leytham
21. 24 Brian Miller
22. 23jr Nick Roberts
23. 66 Cody Hennings
24. 63 Daniel Tasler
25. 40S Shawn Simatovich
26. 22B Brian Eppert
27. 14E Chase Ellingson
Stock Car - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 22s Toby Smith
Heat 2 - 81X Randy Killen
Heat 3 - 24 Eric Brown
Feature was rained out. Will be made up next Saturday
Hobby stock - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 23G Dustin Tepp
Heat 2 - 27C Cory Adams
Heat 3 - 25M Michael Murphy
Heat 4 - 3A Austin Luellen
Regular feature was rained out. Will be made up next week
Make-up Hobby Stock Feature
1. 25m Michael Murphy
2. 27c Cory Adams
47W Shawn Wirtz crossed in 3rd but was dq'd for an illegal carb.
3. 4C Curt Reed
4. 5A Tyler Pickett
5. 38R Aaron Rudolph
6. 7B Eric Stanton
7. 4W John Watson
8. 12M Matt McDonald
9. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
10. 911 Darin Rothfus
11. 99W Danny Watson
12. 8B Robert Smith
13. 40 Randy Embrey
14. 20T Richard Yaw
15. 85 Seth Janssen
16. 77C Andy Hoffman
17. 63 Cory Tasler
18. 1BC Tony Cox
19. 3A Austin Luellen
20. 82 Joel Tigges
DNS: 69 Calvin Dhondt
44 Bruce Fair
11H Austin Hauswirth
Dwarf/Mod Lite - 26 cars
Heat 1 - 46Z Bryan Zehm
Heat 2 - 89 Travis Stensland
Heat 3 - 99 Josh May
Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 15 Andy Hennigar
3. 8 Dusty Masolini
4. 0B Colby Oberembt
5. 82 Charlie Brown
6. 89 Travis Stensland
7. X50 Joel Huggins
8. 57 Tim Hennigar
9. 88 James May
10. 1 John Gardner
11. 16 Angelo Montgomery
12. 95 Mike Kennedy
13. 93 Tim Milner
14. 20 Jeff Stensland
15. 9 Rick Taylor
16. 46Z Bryan Zehm
17. 3C Duane Coffman
18. 8T Todd Thorson
19. 76 Terry Sorenson
20. 09 Joel Keenan
21. 4L Larry Sorenson
22. 11R Jason Whitehead
23. 33 Gayle Worthington
DNS: 23 Michael Parcel
1H Kenny Hake
37 Mike Thomas
Heat 1 - 33Z Mike Molle
Heat 2 - 57V Mike VanGenderen
Heat 3 - 77c Craig Carlson
Feature rained out. Will be made up next week
SportMod - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 24 Brian Miller
Heat 2 - 72 Rick Ringgenberg
Heat 3 - 63 Daniel Tasler
Feature
1. 3R Randy Roberts
2. 505 Racer Hulin
3. 2G Geoff Olson
4. 11 Beau Kaplan
5. 9E Eric Elliott
6. 91 Shawn Hunter
7. 81D Scott Davis
8. 1C Cody Warrick
9. 72 Rick Ringgenberg
10. 27 Tim Love
11. 3L Clint Luellen
12. 57 Lynn Brockett
13. 17 Jamie Ganoe
14. 6 Darren Huntley
15. 32L Ty Luellen
16. 39 Larry Embrey
17. 28 James Reichart
18. 3 Stacey Clark
19. 34J Jerry Hinton
20. 19G Gatlin Leytham
21. 24 Brian Miller
22. 23jr Nick Roberts
23. 66 Cody Hennings
24. 63 Daniel Tasler
25. 40S Shawn Simatovich
26. 22B Brian Eppert
27. 14E Chase Ellingson
Stock Car - 27 cars
Heat 1 - 22s Toby Smith
Heat 2 - 81X Randy Killen
Heat 3 - 24 Eric Brown
Feature was rained out. Will be made up next Saturday
Hobby stock - 42 cars
Heat 1 - 23G Dustin Tepp
Heat 2 - 27C Cory Adams
Heat 3 - 25M Michael Murphy
Heat 4 - 3A Austin Luellen
Regular feature was rained out. Will be made up next week
Make-up Hobby Stock Feature
1. 25m Michael Murphy
2. 27c Cory Adams
47W Shawn Wirtz crossed in 3rd but was dq'd for an illegal carb.
3. 4C Curt Reed
4. 5A Tyler Pickett
5. 38R Aaron Rudolph
6. 7B Eric Stanton
7. 4W John Watson
8. 12M Matt McDonald
9. 33J Jesse McCollaugh
10. 911 Darin Rothfus
11. 99W Danny Watson
12. 8B Robert Smith
13. 40 Randy Embrey
14. 20T Richard Yaw
15. 85 Seth Janssen
16. 77C Andy Hoffman
17. 63 Cory Tasler
18. 1BC Tony Cox
19. 3A Austin Luellen
20. 82 Joel Tigges
DNS: 69 Calvin Dhondt
44 Bruce Fair
11H Austin Hauswirth
Dwarf/Mod Lite - 26 cars
Heat 1 - 46Z Bryan Zehm
Heat 2 - 89 Travis Stensland
Heat 3 - 99 Josh May
Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 15 Andy Hennigar
3. 8 Dusty Masolini
4. 0B Colby Oberembt
5. 82 Charlie Brown
6. 89 Travis Stensland
7. X50 Joel Huggins
8. 57 Tim Hennigar
9. 88 James May
10. 1 John Gardner
11. 16 Angelo Montgomery
12. 95 Mike Kennedy
13. 93 Tim Milner
14. 20 Jeff Stensland
15. 9 Rick Taylor
16. 46Z Bryan Zehm
17. 3C Duane Coffman
18. 8T Todd Thorson
19. 76 Terry Sorenson
20. 09 Joel Keenan
21. 4L Larry Sorenson
22. 11R Jason Whitehead
23. 33 Gayle Worthington
DNS: 23 Michael Parcel
1H Kenny Hake
37 Mike Thomas
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Southern Iowa Speedway season opener in the books
We took the trip south to Oskaloosa, Iowa for the season opener at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday night. The big "monster" half-mile track has been our Wednesday night racing home for many, many years. The weather cooperated and the grandstand crowd sat in comfort watching the USRA modifieds, USRA B mods, USRA stock cars, and the USRA hobby stocks. We noticed several drivers making a substantial haul to indulge in their mid-week racing fix coming from all directions in the state...and beyond.
The Carter Manufacturing USRA B mods ran their feature first. Young Carter VanDenBerg jumped to the lead from his outside front row starting spot and was looking to be headed to victory lane as he pulled away from the rest of the pack. Restarts would bunch the field behind him, putting Mike Shelton and Bill Gibson within their reach for that top spot. Gibson passed Shelton for the second spot and was closing in on leader VanDenBerg making it a nail-bitter on the last lap. VanDenBerg still held the lead at the white flag, but Gibson made the pass in turns three and four, and snatched the win away. Gibson took the win with VanDenBerg settling for the runner-up spot. Andrew Schroeder had a great run from starting near the end of the field, to grab a third place finish ahead of fourth place Mike Shelton. Mike Wanders rounded out the top five positions. As mentioned earlier concerning drivers making a haul to come and race, the #23K B mod of Ben Kates made an appearance. He is from the Kansas City, Missouri area and was there in "the big red hauler" with his dad Joey Kates. We understood announcer Tony Paris to say the Kates Motorsports team was there taking a look at the track in anticipation of father Joey racing the USMTS race scheduled for next Wednesday night in Oskaloosa.
We have always loved watching the stock cars run at Osky and they put on some close racing again tonight. Derek Kirkland, last year's hobby stock track champion was scheduled to start on the pole of the feature, but elected to start at the rear of the 13-car starting field. Only one driver did not make the call for the feature, as veteran stock car pilot, Steve Jackson had mechanical issues and was not able to even run his heat. He was seen leaving the track early.
Shane Weller was once again in fine form as he led most of the race but had a hard battle with several other drivers in Nathan Wood, Randy Killen and Tom Killen, and traveler from Churdan, Iowa, Jason Minnehan. It appeared to us that Nathan Wood held the lead on the last couple of passes at the flagstand before the finish, over Weller, but that black 20DUB car of Weller wasn't to be denied as he took the checkers first. It was a tight finish among the first three, but Weller took the win over Nathan Wood, Randy Killen and Jason Minnehan as they finished second, third and fourth respectively. Tom Killen in the 1K car came home in fifth and rookie in the stock car ranks, Derek Kirkland finished sixth.
USRA hobby stocks started all fourteen cars for their feature. Local favorite and veteran driver from several classes, Jim Hughes took the lead from the pole spot only to have the visiting driver from Decorah, Danny Sacquitine take the helm convincingly with a few laps to go. Sacquitne, in his flashy bright green ride, took the checkers with Hughes retaining the second place. Third went to Craig Brown, fourth to Steve Allen, and fifth to Donovan Nunnikhoven. We are not familiar with winner Sacquitne, but he runs regularly at the Upper Iowa Speedway in his hometown of Decorah according to his interview in victory lane.
The USRA modifieds finished off the night's racing with thirteen of the fourteen cars on hand starting the A main. Only Dan Demay was unable to start, nor did he even make his heat event. Too bad for the driver hauling all the way from Denison, Iowa.
Nate Caruth in his 7II car, shot to the lead and was pulling away from the pack easily, only to have a caution bunch the field with only a handful of laps down in the 20-lapper. That's when Colt Mather took advantage of the restart, took the lead from Caruth and then he pulled away from the field, leaving Caruth trailing a distance behind in second. The 20-lap race ended with Mather taking the win, Caruth in second, Scott Dickey in third, fourth going to Steven Blattler, and fifth to Zack VanderBeek.
A couple of drivers in the modified ranks made a stop over at the track on their way to the following night's USMTS race at the Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha, Oklahoma...near Muskogee. Kelly Shryock was one of those drivers, as no doubt, was Caruth. The USMTS will be making their only scheduled appearance at the Southern Iowa Speedway next Wednesday night. Make plans to attend as this is always a great program. For more information on USMTS racing as well as the Southern Iowa Speedway, check www.usmts.com and www.rlpromotions.com.
Full results are listed below this blog. Get out and support our great sport of racing at a race near you. Until next time, happy racing!
The Carter Manufacturing USRA B mods ran their feature first. Young Carter VanDenBerg jumped to the lead from his outside front row starting spot and was looking to be headed to victory lane as he pulled away from the rest of the pack. Restarts would bunch the field behind him, putting Mike Shelton and Bill Gibson within their reach for that top spot. Gibson passed Shelton for the second spot and was closing in on leader VanDenBerg making it a nail-bitter on the last lap. VanDenBerg still held the lead at the white flag, but Gibson made the pass in turns three and four, and snatched the win away. Gibson took the win with VanDenBerg settling for the runner-up spot. Andrew Schroeder had a great run from starting near the end of the field, to grab a third place finish ahead of fourth place Mike Shelton. Mike Wanders rounded out the top five positions. As mentioned earlier concerning drivers making a haul to come and race, the #23K B mod of Ben Kates made an appearance. He is from the Kansas City, Missouri area and was there in "the big red hauler" with his dad Joey Kates. We understood announcer Tony Paris to say the Kates Motorsports team was there taking a look at the track in anticipation of father Joey racing the USMTS race scheduled for next Wednesday night in Oskaloosa.
We have always loved watching the stock cars run at Osky and they put on some close racing again tonight. Derek Kirkland, last year's hobby stock track champion was scheduled to start on the pole of the feature, but elected to start at the rear of the 13-car starting field. Only one driver did not make the call for the feature, as veteran stock car pilot, Steve Jackson had mechanical issues and was not able to even run his heat. He was seen leaving the track early.
Shane Weller was once again in fine form as he led most of the race but had a hard battle with several other drivers in Nathan Wood, Randy Killen and Tom Killen, and traveler from Churdan, Iowa, Jason Minnehan. It appeared to us that Nathan Wood held the lead on the last couple of passes at the flagstand before the finish, over Weller, but that black 20DUB car of Weller wasn't to be denied as he took the checkers first. It was a tight finish among the first three, but Weller took the win over Nathan Wood, Randy Killen and Jason Minnehan as they finished second, third and fourth respectively. Tom Killen in the 1K car came home in fifth and rookie in the stock car ranks, Derek Kirkland finished sixth.
USRA hobby stocks started all fourteen cars for their feature. Local favorite and veteran driver from several classes, Jim Hughes took the lead from the pole spot only to have the visiting driver from Decorah, Danny Sacquitine take the helm convincingly with a few laps to go. Sacquitne, in his flashy bright green ride, took the checkers with Hughes retaining the second place. Third went to Craig Brown, fourth to Steve Allen, and fifth to Donovan Nunnikhoven. We are not familiar with winner Sacquitne, but he runs regularly at the Upper Iowa Speedway in his hometown of Decorah according to his interview in victory lane.
The USRA modifieds finished off the night's racing with thirteen of the fourteen cars on hand starting the A main. Only Dan Demay was unable to start, nor did he even make his heat event. Too bad for the driver hauling all the way from Denison, Iowa.
Nate Caruth in his 7II car, shot to the lead and was pulling away from the pack easily, only to have a caution bunch the field with only a handful of laps down in the 20-lapper. That's when Colt Mather took advantage of the restart, took the lead from Caruth and then he pulled away from the field, leaving Caruth trailing a distance behind in second. The 20-lap race ended with Mather taking the win, Caruth in second, Scott Dickey in third, fourth going to Steven Blattler, and fifth to Zack VanderBeek.
A couple of drivers in the modified ranks made a stop over at the track on their way to the following night's USMTS race at the Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha, Oklahoma...near Muskogee. Kelly Shryock was one of those drivers, as no doubt, was Caruth. The USMTS will be making their only scheduled appearance at the Southern Iowa Speedway next Wednesday night. Make plans to attend as this is always a great program. For more information on USMTS racing as well as the Southern Iowa Speedway, check www.usmts.com and www.rlpromotions.com.
Full results are listed below this blog. Get out and support our great sport of racing at a race near you. Until next time, happy racing!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Oskaloosa results 5-18-11
Tonight was the Southern Iowa Speedway season opener. Below are unofficial results
Modified - 14 cars
Heat 1 - 11 Ryan Peckham - Corning, IA
Heat 2 - 33Z Zack VanderBeek
Feature
1. 8 Colt Mather
2. 7II Nate Caruth
3. 40 Scott Dickey
4. 94 Steven Blattler
5. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
6. 3 Kelly Shryock
7. 62 Greg Cox
DNF: 70 Jesse Dennis
89 Brad Dubil
11 Ryan Peckham
4R Ron VerBeek
R21 Ryan Schafter, Corning, IA
22 Brad Banks
DNS: 15M Dan DeMey
B Mod - 22 cars
Heat 1 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 2 - 38 Bill Gibson
Heat 3 - 85 Jason McDaniel
Feature
1. 38 Bill Gibson - final corner pass for the win
2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg
3. 02 Andrew Schroeder
4. 16 Mike Shelton
5. 0 Mike Wanders
6. 85 Jason McDaniel
7. D1 Drew Lawson
8. 43 Jeremiah Jones
9. 03 Mark Mundell
10. 17 Brandon Groenendyk
11. 25 Scott Van Buskirk
DNF: 10 Cayden Carter
1 Curtis Vanderwal
8T Tony Johnson
8J AJ Johnson
7+ Jared Timmerman
27 Brian Weyer
8X Tom Lathrop
23K Ben Kates, Kansas City, MO
72 Brett Lowry
64 Casey Grubel
DNS: 3K John VanDenBerg
Stock Cars - 14 cars
Heat 1 - 7 Jason Minnehan - Churdan, IA
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Feature
1. 20dub Shane Weller
2. 52 Nathan Wood
3. 81x Randy Killen
4. 7 Jason Minnehan
5. 1K Tom Killen
6. 2K Derek Kirkland - last year's hobby stock track champion
7. 73C Carl Yaw
DNF: 15K Kyle Harwood
94 Corey Stout
29 Matt Greiner
22S Toby Smith
98 Brock Welch
57 Dennis Plain
DNS: 2J Steve Jackson
Hobby Stock - 14 cars
Heat 1 - 69 Craig Brown
Heat 2 - 6 Danny Sacquitne, Decorah, IA
Feature
1. 6 Danny Sacquitne
2. 558 Jim Hughes
3. 69 Craig Brown
4. 3s Steve Allen
5. 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven
6. 69X Calvin Dhondt, Kellogg, IA
7. 33T Trevor Tanner
8. 33 Justin Hook
DNF: 29 Wes Almond
84 Danny Thrasher
53D Ron Downing
21 Nick Ulin
31 Dale Porter
18 Kris Walker
Modified - 14 cars
Heat 1 - 11 Ryan Peckham - Corning, IA
Heat 2 - 33Z Zack VanderBeek
Feature
1. 8 Colt Mather
2. 7II Nate Caruth
3. 40 Scott Dickey
4. 94 Steven Blattler
5. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
6. 3 Kelly Shryock
7. 62 Greg Cox
DNF: 70 Jesse Dennis
89 Brad Dubil
11 Ryan Peckham
4R Ron VerBeek
R21 Ryan Schafter, Corning, IA
22 Brad Banks
DNS: 15M Dan DeMey
B Mod - 22 cars
Heat 1 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 2 - 38 Bill Gibson
Heat 3 - 85 Jason McDaniel
Feature
1. 38 Bill Gibson - final corner pass for the win
2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg
3. 02 Andrew Schroeder
4. 16 Mike Shelton
5. 0 Mike Wanders
6. 85 Jason McDaniel
7. D1 Drew Lawson
8. 43 Jeremiah Jones
9. 03 Mark Mundell
10. 17 Brandon Groenendyk
11. 25 Scott Van Buskirk
DNF: 10 Cayden Carter
1 Curtis Vanderwal
8T Tony Johnson
8J AJ Johnson
7+ Jared Timmerman
27 Brian Weyer
8X Tom Lathrop
23K Ben Kates, Kansas City, MO
72 Brett Lowry
64 Casey Grubel
DNS: 3K John VanDenBerg
Stock Cars - 14 cars
Heat 1 - 7 Jason Minnehan - Churdan, IA
Heat 2 - 52 Nathan Wood
Feature
1. 20dub Shane Weller
2. 52 Nathan Wood
3. 81x Randy Killen
4. 7 Jason Minnehan
5. 1K Tom Killen
6. 2K Derek Kirkland - last year's hobby stock track champion
7. 73C Carl Yaw
DNF: 15K Kyle Harwood
94 Corey Stout
29 Matt Greiner
22S Toby Smith
98 Brock Welch
57 Dennis Plain
DNS: 2J Steve Jackson
Hobby Stock - 14 cars
Heat 1 - 69 Craig Brown
Heat 2 - 6 Danny Sacquitne, Decorah, IA
Feature
1. 6 Danny Sacquitne
2. 558 Jim Hughes
3. 69 Craig Brown
4. 3s Steve Allen
5. 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven
6. 69X Calvin Dhondt, Kellogg, IA
7. 33T Trevor Tanner
8. 33 Justin Hook
DNF: 29 Wes Almond
84 Danny Thrasher
53D Ron Downing
21 Nick Ulin
31 Dale Porter
18 Kris Walker
Andy Eckrich takes a flawless win at Marshalltown Deery Brothers show
It was nice to see sunshine and a cloudless sky on Tuesday night, especially since that has not been the case this year for racing at Marshalltown. The "Boys of Summer" came back to the highbanks of Marshalltown and brought 40 late model competitors. A nice crowd was on hand for the 50-lap starring event and they also saw the IMCA SportMods, Dirt Trucks, and Mod Lites duking it out on the quarter-mile.
The Dwarf/Mod Lites ran their feature first. Charlie Brown shot to the lead from his pole starting position, only to have his night end when he suddenly pulled to the infield before the second circuit. Josh May and Mike Morrill would then compete for the top spot until May put some distance between the two and took command. Josh May would finish well ahead of second place Mike Morrill and Andy Hennigar trailed him to take third. Fourth went to Dusty Masolini, and the winner's dad, James May, came home in fifth.
The Dirt Trucks saw eleven competitors vying for their 15-lap feature event. Creston, Iowa driver Steve Churchill took home the hardware as he won easily in the caution-free contest. We have often seen Churchill compete at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa in the Pro-Street division as well as hopping in one of Jim "Cowboy" Tull's hobby stocks to compete in specials. Bret Moyer finished a distant second, Ed Nelson came home in third, fourth went to Russ Byriel, a driver we have seen compete in other divisions as well, and fifth was Brad Moyer.
A very competitive field of 45 IMCA SportMods came to try and grab the $500 prize.
Two b-mains were required to whittle the starting field for their feature to 24 cars. Scott Davis and Tyler Droste fought up front during the 20-lap race until Lake City's Doug Smith...yes, one of those Smith boys...got the best of both of them. Smith would go on to take the win with Scott Davis having to settle for the runner up spot and third went to Tyler Droste. Fourth, fifth, and sixth was a close one at the finish line with VanDenBerg taking fourth over Clint Luellen in fifth, and Kyle Brown finished in sixth.
Now for that main event that everyone had come to see--the 50-lap Deery Brothers Late Model feature. They too had needed two b mains to complete their starting feature with Tommy Elston and Mike Murphy, Jr. taking those races. The top twelve qualifiers from the heat races made an appearance on the frontstretch to draw for their starting positions. What would be the chances of that #1 starting spot to be left for the last driver, but that is exactly what happened...much to the delight of Andy Eckrich, who reaped that position.
Eckrich had easy sailing for the 50-lap event as he led the entire race. Only three yellows would halt the action when two caution flags flew back-to-back at lap two, and then again on lap 22 when Jeff Aikey came to a halt at the top of turn two with a flat tire. Eckrich pulled away with out any real challenges, and took the win with a flawless run. Tom Darbyshire took the second place, while third went to Tyler Bruening, fourth to Ray Guss, Jr., and Matt Strasshiem rounded out the top five.
For full results, be sure and check www.imca.com. Hopefully, we will be back at the Marshalltown Speedway this coming Friday (please Mother Nature!) for regular points racing. You can find information about the track, their schedule and points at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. You can also check the calendar for other races in the area at www.positivelyracing.com. Get out and support our great sport of racing. Happy racing!
The Dwarf/Mod Lites ran their feature first. Charlie Brown shot to the lead from his pole starting position, only to have his night end when he suddenly pulled to the infield before the second circuit. Josh May and Mike Morrill would then compete for the top spot until May put some distance between the two and took command. Josh May would finish well ahead of second place Mike Morrill and Andy Hennigar trailed him to take third. Fourth went to Dusty Masolini, and the winner's dad, James May, came home in fifth.
The Dirt Trucks saw eleven competitors vying for their 15-lap feature event. Creston, Iowa driver Steve Churchill took home the hardware as he won easily in the caution-free contest. We have often seen Churchill compete at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa in the Pro-Street division as well as hopping in one of Jim "Cowboy" Tull's hobby stocks to compete in specials. Bret Moyer finished a distant second, Ed Nelson came home in third, fourth went to Russ Byriel, a driver we have seen compete in other divisions as well, and fifth was Brad Moyer.
A very competitive field of 45 IMCA SportMods came to try and grab the $500 prize.
Two b-mains were required to whittle the starting field for their feature to 24 cars. Scott Davis and Tyler Droste fought up front during the 20-lap race until Lake City's Doug Smith...yes, one of those Smith boys...got the best of both of them. Smith would go on to take the win with Scott Davis having to settle for the runner up spot and third went to Tyler Droste. Fourth, fifth, and sixth was a close one at the finish line with VanDenBerg taking fourth over Clint Luellen in fifth, and Kyle Brown finished in sixth.
Now for that main event that everyone had come to see--the 50-lap Deery Brothers Late Model feature. They too had needed two b mains to complete their starting feature with Tommy Elston and Mike Murphy, Jr. taking those races. The top twelve qualifiers from the heat races made an appearance on the frontstretch to draw for their starting positions. What would be the chances of that #1 starting spot to be left for the last driver, but that is exactly what happened...much to the delight of Andy Eckrich, who reaped that position.
Eckrich had easy sailing for the 50-lap event as he led the entire race. Only three yellows would halt the action when two caution flags flew back-to-back at lap two, and then again on lap 22 when Jeff Aikey came to a halt at the top of turn two with a flat tire. Eckrich pulled away with out any real challenges, and took the win with a flawless run. Tom Darbyshire took the second place, while third went to Tyler Bruening, fourth to Ray Guss, Jr., and Matt Strasshiem rounded out the top five.
For full results, be sure and check www.imca.com. Hopefully, we will be back at the Marshalltown Speedway this coming Friday (please Mother Nature!) for regular points racing. You can find information about the track, their schedule and points at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. You can also check the calendar for other races in the area at www.positivelyracing.com. Get out and support our great sport of racing. Happy racing!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Rainy Night at the Boone Speedway, But Racing Goes On!
What is it with this spring weather? Mother Nature is just being relentless around the country and Iowa is no exception. Rain had put the kibosh on our racing at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night and Saturday morning had more rain around the state. The big swirl of precipitation was moving very slowly from our area and moving to the west. To the west? Yes, to the west, which is very unusual. By afternoon, most every track within the state had canceled, with the exception of Boone Speedway and the Shelby County Speedway located in Harlan in the far western part of the state---a racer friend always said, just go to Omaha, and come back a little ways,that's Harlan. It appeared via radar, that Harlan would be able to get their show in, but that swirl of precip continued to plant itself firmly just about the Ames area, and didn't budge. Would Boone be able to run after all? Should we have had a doubt? We drove through rain the entire time on our travel west, only to find the pavement dry before reaching Boone. There was a mist falling, but the track was groomed and ready to go.
With the light mist falling, and the radar still not looking good, it was decided to begin the show a bit after 7 p.m. instead of the regular 7:30 start time. About that time, the mist got heavier, the tractors were put back on the track for packing, and by 7:20 p.m., the first heat of hobby stocks took to the track.
The first feature of the night, the Mod Lites, pulled onto the track right at 9 p.m. There had been a 10-15 minute delay prior to the running of one of three b-mains, but the track crew made quick work of getting the track back in shape.
Colby Oberembt took command of the 15-lap feature from the get go, leading all the laps, and taking the checkers. Second place finisher, Jason Whitehead, chased him the entire race. Third went to Josh May, the point leader at the track, fourth was Tim Hennigar, and local Boone driver, Mike Kennedy came home in fifth. The Mod Lites ran their race flag to flag for at least the second week in a row. Good job!
The SportMod's quickly took to the track for their 18-lap event. Jeremy Embrey took the lead on the backstretch of lap twelve and kept command to the checkers and the win. He finished well ahead of second place finisher, Eric Elliott. Third place went to point leader, Scott Davis, fourth to Clint Luellen and Nick Roberts came from winning the b qualifier, to finish in fifth.
The track was very fast and the modifieds showed their muscle on the oval during their 20-lap feature. Only one yellow occured when, on the first lap, Joel Bushore appeared to have mechanical problems, came to a stop, and Mike VanGenderen had no place to go. The resulting contact between the two, ended both of their nights. As racing resumed, Havlik took a demanding lead, continuing to the finish and the win.
Todd Shute finished in second place and Josh "Happy" Gilman was scored in third. Fourth went to Cale Sponsler,fifth to Russ Dickerson and point leader, Jimmy Gustin retained his lead as he finished in sixth.
The IMCA stock cars ended their 18-lap feature as the mist once again started to appear a bit heavier. It was looking to be Eric Brown's night to visit victory lane as he led the troops. He had lost the lead briefly when he drifted high in turn four, but regained it again, passing Jerry Gifford. It was Killen and Jerry Gifford dueling behind him then. With victory within his grasp, it was only to go awry when Killen made the pass on the final lap to take the win. Brown finished in second with Jerry Gifford taking third. Fourth went to Jay Schmidt and Michael Jaennette finished fifth. Cory Bushnell the #55 car, smacked the new barrier wall pretty hard in turn four during the race, but was okay, the car perhaps not.
Just as the only hobby stock feature of the night appeared on the track, that mist turned to droplets, the track quickly became shiny and slippery, and it was decided to pull the plug on the program. The hobby stocks will run their make-up feature next week. Make-ups are usually run before any heats, so they should be first on the agenda next week.
We observed a few changes at the track as work had progressed on improvements at the speedway. A new cement barrier wall was in place all along the frontstretch...55 individual barriers all set firmly in place. We noted turn four is now a bit flared and wider as well. A redone flagstand with cement under foot, and new switches was installed and waiting it's initiation. We've always been a bit concerned about how close to the track the flagstand is at Boone and on occasion, have seen the flagmen escape with close calls to disaster. When we asked flagman, Nick Brueklander about the new set up, his remark was, "I like it". He said he actually prefers to be close to the track as it gives him better communication with the drivers. Transponder cables were also in place, having been buried beneath the track in the area just to the west of the flagstand. We understand that this is in anticipation of possibly using transponders in the cars during Super Nationals. Time will tell if that happens in 2011.
Be sure and check www.raceboone.com for complete information about the track plus pictures, results and point standings. Until next time, happy racing!
With the light mist falling, and the radar still not looking good, it was decided to begin the show a bit after 7 p.m. instead of the regular 7:30 start time. About that time, the mist got heavier, the tractors were put back on the track for packing, and by 7:20 p.m., the first heat of hobby stocks took to the track.
The first feature of the night, the Mod Lites, pulled onto the track right at 9 p.m. There had been a 10-15 minute delay prior to the running of one of three b-mains, but the track crew made quick work of getting the track back in shape.
Colby Oberembt took command of the 15-lap feature from the get go, leading all the laps, and taking the checkers. Second place finisher, Jason Whitehead, chased him the entire race. Third went to Josh May, the point leader at the track, fourth was Tim Hennigar, and local Boone driver, Mike Kennedy came home in fifth. The Mod Lites ran their race flag to flag for at least the second week in a row. Good job!
The SportMod's quickly took to the track for their 18-lap event. Jeremy Embrey took the lead on the backstretch of lap twelve and kept command to the checkers and the win. He finished well ahead of second place finisher, Eric Elliott. Third place went to point leader, Scott Davis, fourth to Clint Luellen and Nick Roberts came from winning the b qualifier, to finish in fifth.
The track was very fast and the modifieds showed their muscle on the oval during their 20-lap feature. Only one yellow occured when, on the first lap, Joel Bushore appeared to have mechanical problems, came to a stop, and Mike VanGenderen had no place to go. The resulting contact between the two, ended both of their nights. As racing resumed, Havlik took a demanding lead, continuing to the finish and the win.
Todd Shute finished in second place and Josh "Happy" Gilman was scored in third. Fourth went to Cale Sponsler,fifth to Russ Dickerson and point leader, Jimmy Gustin retained his lead as he finished in sixth.
The IMCA stock cars ended their 18-lap feature as the mist once again started to appear a bit heavier. It was looking to be Eric Brown's night to visit victory lane as he led the troops. He had lost the lead briefly when he drifted high in turn four, but regained it again, passing Jerry Gifford. It was Killen and Jerry Gifford dueling behind him then. With victory within his grasp, it was only to go awry when Killen made the pass on the final lap to take the win. Brown finished in second with Jerry Gifford taking third. Fourth went to Jay Schmidt and Michael Jaennette finished fifth. Cory Bushnell the #55 car, smacked the new barrier wall pretty hard in turn four during the race, but was okay, the car perhaps not.
Just as the only hobby stock feature of the night appeared on the track, that mist turned to droplets, the track quickly became shiny and slippery, and it was decided to pull the plug on the program. The hobby stocks will run their make-up feature next week. Make-ups are usually run before any heats, so they should be first on the agenda next week.
We observed a few changes at the track as work had progressed on improvements at the speedway. A new cement barrier wall was in place all along the frontstretch...55 individual barriers all set firmly in place. We noted turn four is now a bit flared and wider as well. A redone flagstand with cement under foot, and new switches was installed and waiting it's initiation. We've always been a bit concerned about how close to the track the flagstand is at Boone and on occasion, have seen the flagmen escape with close calls to disaster. When we asked flagman, Nick Brueklander about the new set up, his remark was, "I like it". He said he actually prefers to be close to the track as it gives him better communication with the drivers. Transponder cables were also in place, having been buried beneath the track in the area just to the west of the flagstand. We understand that this is in anticipation of possibly using transponders in the cars during Super Nationals. Time will tell if that happens in 2011.
Be sure and check www.raceboone.com for complete information about the track plus pictures, results and point standings. Until next time, happy racing!
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