Ableson, Harris, Scott, Bruck and Stapleton are winners at Denny Hovinga Special

104 Car from Minnesota, Nebraska and of course Iowa jammed the pit area on a beautiful crisp fall evening at the Crawford County Speedway in Denison for the Denny Hovinga special. 

1st heat of the night saw the 21h of Tim Hoffman roll on the front stretch with his sport compact he was okay but was marked as a scratch for the remainder of the evening. Just like they had done all year the Stapleton brothers of Corey and Alec would dominate the feature. Cory outlasted Alec while Adam Rehse, Dustin O'Brien and Jay Devries rounded out the top 5 in the sport compact feature.

16 Hobby Stocks would make the call for the feature and it was Kevin Bruck who recorded the W. Local racer "Dahmer" Jeff Fink would have to settle for the bridesmaid spot while Randy Anderson. Robert Ritterbush, Parker Larson, Justin Nehring, Dustin Lynch, Austin Pinney, Colby Christensen and Brett Knight rounded out the top 10. 

Up next saw 23 IMCA Northern Sport Mods and what a stellar field of competition it was. Branden Spanjer who made his first ever trip to Denison and would find himself captain of the ship early on but a few yellows would keep the field close and it was Logan Scott who would get him for the win. Spanjer would settle for 2nd while Jake Sachau, Kaleb Kennedy, Jerod Weston, Nitro Nick Meyer, Brandon Williams, Arie Schouten and DJ Doeblin rounded out the top 10. 

A great field of IMCA Stock Cars were up next. 23 cars made the call and put on a Jim Dandy of a show. Chris Ullrich would take advantage of his pole starting spot and find himself in the top spot early on but it was Mike Harris who would get around him and claim the top spot. Unfortunately for Hamburg, Minnesota driver Dan Mackenthun and Boone driver Wayne Gifford there charge to the front was short lived after Mackenthun made hard contact into the back of Gifford ending both there nights. Mike Harris survived the feature while Marcus Hansen, Chris Ullrich, Justin Bromert, James Carroll, Terry Klocke, Josh Brauckmann, Tanner Powers and Nick Stier rounded out the top 10.

22 IMCA Modifieds rolled out of staging and it was looking like Branden Monson might secure the victory but Ol' Sioux City Excitement Chris Ableson decided otherwise and made the pass on Monson, Shane Demay, Ricky Stephan, Scott Styskal, Jake Neal, Craig Reetz, Nick Deal, Jeffery Larson and Ryan Webb rounded out the top 10. 

Well that was race 70 on the year. I will be at I-80 for the annual Corn Husker Classic this weekend and not sure what specials might ensue after that. Check back here for updates and more blogs to be posted soon. Thanks for reading :)

Mullen, Ruter, Shryock cash in at Britt for Stars Weekend.

Thursday brought me to the Hancock County Speedway for the annual Night of 1,000 Stars. 64 Modifieds would sign into the pit area and they came from all over. North Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, North Carolina, Minnesota, California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Missouri were all represented along with Iowa for the weekend. Jesse Hoeft would jump to the early lead and lead during the 1st 25 laps. A mandatory pitstop at halfway would shake things up as Mike Mullen who is no stranger to winning big pay day events as he won $10k clash at the creek earlier this year would take the lead over from Hoeft and cruise to a $4750 payday. Ryan Ruter who started 21st would find himself in 2nd at the end of the night. The Highside Tickler Kyle Strickler finished 3rd while Jeremy Mills who started 29th finished 4th and Kelly Shryock would race from 33rd to round out the top 5.  6. Shawn Kilgore; 7. Dylan Smith; 8. Jesse Hoeft; 9. Troy Cordes 10. Jason Wolla would round out the rest of the top 10 finishers in Thursday nights main event.

1. Jake Masters2. Ned Kalis; 3. Derek Green 4. Heath Tulp 5. Randy Brands were the top 5 finishers in the IMCA Stock Car feature

1. Ryan Hiscocks; 2. Nate Whitehurst; 3. George Nordman 4Johnathon Logue; 5. Levi Chipp were the top 5 Sport Mod finishers

1. Cody Nielsen 2. Andrew Borchardt; 3. Cory Roe; 4. Weston Koop; 5. Scott Dobel were the top 5 in the Hobby Stocks

Friday August 7th I ventured back up to Britt for the Night of 10,000 Stars. A few more mods signed into the pit area making Fridays total 72.  Benji LaCrosse of Green Bay, WI who won the Inaugural 10,000 stars race in 2013 and was runner-up last year looked like he would cruise to yet another victory but Ryan Ruter decided otherwise as he would work on chasing down Benji. LaCrosse changed lines about midway thru and Ruter followed suit and started reeling him in. With 10 to go Ruter was right there and made the pass on LaCrosse after changing his line. Ruter who finished 2nd the night before was 1st tonight and LaCrosse once again was penciled in as the bridesmaid finisher for the 10,000 stars race. Kelly Shryock, Kyle Brown and Hunter Marriot the driver from Brookfield, MO would start 21st but round out the top 5.  6. Dylan Smith 7. Shawn Kilgore 8. Jason Wolla 9. Tyler Droste 10. Troy Cordes would complete the top 10.

1. Devin Smith; 2. Randy Brands 3. Ned Kalis 4. Derek Green 5. Damon Murty would round out the top 5 in a very good race that saw the top 3 finishers 3 wide at the stripe for the checkers.

 1. George Nordman 2. Johnathon Logue 3. Cody Knecht 4. Nick Meyer 5. Zach Norgaard were the top 5 in the Sport Mod feature. 

1. Cody Nielsen 2. Brandon Nielsen 3. Austin Luellen 4. Andrew Borchardt 5. Weston Koop would round out the top 5 hobby finishers.

With a few showers and storms in around the area I ventured back up to Britt for the inaugurate Night of All-stars. 52 Mods would remain in the pit area from the previous night. Kelly Shryock would win the rain shortened feature event that ran 36 of the scheduled 50 laps. Kelly would dominate the 1st half but the mandatory pit-stop would shake things up. A few sprinkles would also begin and promoter Joe Ringsdorf sprinkled some water on the top side which I thought was odd at first but actually played out as after the restart Mark Elliott who started 9th immediately jumped to the top side and quickly found himself in 2nd and was challenging Kelly for the top spot. Rain and Slick track conditions would be call and the race was abruptly ended on lap 36. Elliott would have to settle for 2nd while Kyle Brown. Benji LaCrosse and Hunter Marriot were the top 5.  6. Brian Mullen 7. Ryan Ruter 8. Josh Most 9. Dylan Smith 10. Kyle Strickler all rounded out the top 10.




1. Jake Masters 2. Damon Murty 3. Kevin Opheim 4. Randy Brands 5 Calvin Lange were the top 5 in the Stock Car feature event. 

1. Colby Fett 2. George Nordman 3. Frank Parker 4. Nate Whitehurst5. Jeremy Grantham completed the top 5 of the Sport Mod feature.

1. Jeremy Wegner 2. Austin Luellen; 3. Cody Nielsen; 4. Buck Schafroth 5. Andrew Borchardt rounded out the top 5 finishers in the Hobby Stock feature.

Sport Compact feature.
1. Jay DeVries,2. Devin Jones 3. Dalton Kron 4. Ken Winkowitsch; 5. Kaytee Devries; 6. Nick Hamlin 7. Skeeter Vegas. 


With a few area tracks ending points already I am cutting back and saving for the IMCA SuperNationals as well as other late season specials. So my blogs may be scarce in the next few weeks. Thanks for taking the time to read these and hope to continue writing for Jeff and the Positively Racing Team!!!!

Weekend recap August 1-3

Friday August 1st was an eventful day for me as I flew to Philadelphia to drop my son back off with his mom. However I was able to make it back in time for some racing in Des Moines. $3,000 went to the Late Model winner.

13 IMCA Sport Mods would sign into the pit area and Glenn Gladson Jr who would cross the finish line in 1st followed by Taylor Musselman, Austin Kaplan, Jack Housley and Dan Drury would round out the top 5.

Up next were the Dirt Trucks. Tony Moro powered his 2m truck to Victory lane but not after a great side by side battle with veteran stock car driver Steve Jackson filling in to drive a truck. Jackson would have to settle for the bridesmaid spot while Brad Moyer 7x Clark and Brett Moyer rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Hobby Stocks were next. 17 cars would take the green and it was Shannon Anderson who would waste no time charging to the front. An incident about midway thru saw Jeremy Auten, Branden Cox, Bill Bonnett and Ray Stock Jr saw the 4 cars piled into each other on the back stretch. All drivers were okay however the cars were not. Shannon Anderson would go on to win while Chance Hollantz who started 17th would come up short and have to settle for the bridesmaid spot. Matt Smith, Blake Miller and Curt Reed rounded out the top 5.

Tyler Vandekamp would come up just a bit short in the Modified feature as Todd Shute would make a last corner pass on him to claim the win. Todd Shute, Tyler Vandekamp, Randy Havlik Matt Webb, John Davis and Greg Cox rounded out the top finishers.

Daniel Hilsabeck would claim the checkers in the IMCA Stock Car feature over Randy Killen, Tommy Killen Sr., Ronald Bougher, Casey Gruebel, Donavan Nunnikoven and John Oliver Jr rounded out the top finishers.

Final event of the night saw the $3,000 to win IMCA Late Model feature. Dalton Maassen would start on the pole and jump to early lead but it was racing veteran Jeff Aikey who would waste no time taking the top spot. An early for yellow for Paul Glenndenning and Charlie McKenna would result in DNFs for the 2 drivers. Jeff Aikey would continue to hold off the field as Richie Gustin gave him all he had but it was Aikey who would win by about a straightaway over Gustin. Darrell DeFrance, Cayden Carter, Sam Halstead, Jay Stewart, Ryan Griffith and Jeremy Grady rounded out the top finishers.

Saturday July 2nd I visited the Boone Speedway and wow what a wild and great night of racing. 110 Drivers made there way to the pit area Saturday Night.

First up were the ModLites. Josh May was victorious while Cory Dennis, Charlie Brown, Joe Glick, Travis Stensland and Joel Keenan rounded out the top finishers.

22 IMCA Sport Mods would roll out of the staging area next. Rookie driver Corey Pestotnik would take the early lead and lead the opening lap but Chad Ryerson decided he wanted to try and lead the rest as he got around Pestotnik and held down the top spot. Jake McBirnie would make a charge to the front and eventually get around Chad for the lead and go on to win the race. Ryerson settled for 2nd while Jonathan Logue, Corey Pestotnik, Doug Smith, Randy Roberts, Sam Wieben, Frank Paker and Branden Williams rounded out the top finishers.

A wild and wacky IMCA Hobby Stock would follow. 25 Hobbies took the green flag and from there it was total and utter chaos. 3 and 4 wide beating and banging. Eric Stanton would survive the carnage feature and hold off a hard charging Cody Gustoff while Matt McDonald, John Watson and Tim Barber rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Modifieds were next and after a wild and crazy hobby stock feature anticipation was high as to what the mod feature might bring as the full moon brought carnage to the hobby feature. Devon Havlik led from start to finish holding off charges. It was Eric Elliott who would challenge him early on but contact between Vangenderen and Elliott would result in both drivers having to leave the race. Jimmy Gustin who was piloting the 69 machine of Logue started 25th but found his way in 2nd at the end of the night. Matthew Meinecke, Joel Bushore, Scott Davis, Josh Truman, Jon Snyder(who was the only crate motor in the field) and Denny Pittman would round out the top finishers.

Final event of the night was the IMCA Stock cars. My favorite class. I thought to myself if this feature would be anything like the heats we were in for a treat as they were 4 and 5 wide for there heat races. For the feature they did not dissapoint as they were 3 and 4 wide. Rod Richards cruised to victory lane for the 2nd week in a row. Cory Bushnell, Trent Murphy, Jay Schmidt and Wayne Gifford rounded out the top 5.

Sunday August 3rd found me at my familar home track Stuart Speedway. Mother nature tried her hardest to find victory lane but came up short as the rain missed Stuart and only had a few sprinkles. Car counts were down a bit but the racing was not. Also on hand were the IMCA Late Models for the Sunday Series visit that they share with the Benton County Speedway,

11 Sport Mods took the green flag and it was Rookie Austin Luellen who would claim the victory in only his 3rd night behind the wheel of the car. He would lead all 15 laps and even beat his older brother Clint who would end up settling for the bridesmaid spot. On a side note I hope Austin does decide to move up to the Sport Mod class as he has alot of talent and potential to go far in racing and hope he continues to climb up the ranks. Back to the results.. Dusty Masolini, Arie Schouten and Chase Rudolf rounded out the top 5.

8 IMCA Stock cars were up next and it was Flyin Brian Blessington who found his way to victory lane holding Terry Pruitt, Clay Mercer, Josh Daniels, and Marcus Fagen who rounded out the top 5.

Jacob Reiter won the Sport Compact feature over Curtis Miller and Ralph Bunce was 3rd.

9 IMCA Hobby Stocks would take the green and it was Shannon Anderson who would take the win but it was not an easy win as "BuckWild" Buck Schafroth would run side by side for most of the race but would come up just a bit short and settle for 2nd. Jaime Schirm, John Watson and Kieth Burg rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Modifieds were up next. It was CZ Motorsports driver Jeff James who would take the early lead and hold off the charges of Nick Roberts. Matt Webb, Josh Gilman, and Todd VanEaton rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Late Models were last on the program and it was Todd Cooney who would take lead from early leader Paul Conrad and never look back. John Emerson, Paul Conrad, Curt Schroeder, Al Zeitner and Paul Nagle rounded the top finishers.



On a side note I am hearing that the races in Des Moines are done this upcoming Friday. It will be missed by alot of racers and fans. I didnt go there alot but when I did there was always a good crowd and good field of talented drivers that always signed into the pit area and put on a good show.  It is a shame to see it end this way.

Also I will be attending all 3 nights at Britt starting off Thursday with the Night of 1,000 Stars the Night of 10,000 stars on Friday and the Night of All-stars on Saturday and I will wrap up my weekend at Stuart. I will have one big blog for all 3 Britt races up sometime next week. Thanks for taking the time to read this and feel free to leave comments and feedback.

Thursday Night Thunder from Webster City

The smell of funnel cakes and racing fumes could only mean one thing. Yep you guessed it was the Thursday night thunder fair race at the historic Hamilton County Fairgrounds. With a packed grandstand and 115 cars in the pit area it was set to be a good night and a good night it was.

First up on the night was the IMCA Sport Compact feature. Nick Hogan would claim the checkers.
Kalan Guthrie and James Peterson were the top 3.

IMCA Hobby Stocks were next on the card.  Doug McCollough and Shane Aldinger made up the front row. Early on they were 3 and 4 wide but it was Aldinger who would jump to the early lead but it was veteran racer Randy Embrey who would quickly charge thru the field. On a restart Embrey made it 3 wide down the back stretch for the lead making the top side work. Embrey would hold off the field to claim the victory Shane Aldinger, Myles Michehl, Cory Roe who started 21st would finish 4th and Webster City driver Craig Graham would round out the top 5.

Up next was the IMCA Sport Mod feature and it was Brad Ratcliff who would claim the checkers. 3rd place starter Jared Vandeest quickly found himself in 2nd. Vandeest, Ty Griffith, Randy Roberts, and Jerid Ratzke would round out the top 5.

The Deery Brothers IMCA Late Model feature was next. Justin Kay and Curt Martin would make up the front row. Kay would take advantage of his pole starting spot and quickly jumped to a lead with Martin following behind in 2nd. As the race went on Martin would close the gap to a car length in lap traffic but Justin Kay was able to hold off the ol' veteran and add to his point series lead. 2nd place points driver Andy Nezsworski would hold off Ryan Griffih and Richie Gustin for 3rd. John Emerson, Jeff Aikey, Jeremy Grady, Tyler Droste and Jason Hahne would round out the top 10.

All 28 IMCA Modifieds would start the feature and it was Adam Larson and Mark Elliott on the front row. Elliott and Larson would go back and forth for a few laps but it Larson would take the top spot and never look back. A few yellows would slow the field up including a spin out that could have been worse as Ryan Ruter who was running towards the front spun in front of the field but fortunately everybody was able to drive around him. After falling to the tail he would come back to finish 10th, But it was Adam Larson who would take his BMS Chassis to victory lane over Mark Elliott. Jason Murray who was driving the Gruebel Farms 64 modified finished 3rd. Greg Elliott and Carter Vandenberg would round out the top 5.

The final event of the night was the Stock Car feature. Jason Minnehan took advantage of his outside front row starting spot and held off the field of 17 hungry stock car drivers. Damon Murty would finish 2nd and Mike Hughes who was driving one of Damon Murty's cars would finish 3rd while Jason Rold who made the 2 and a half hour trip from my neck of the woods would finish 4th and Jason Wagoner would round out the top 5.

Weekend recap July 17-19

Friday July 17th I ventured to one of my favorite race tracks and would go there every friday night if it was about 130 miles closer. Marshalltown Speedway was putting on $1k to win Modifieds and it was $400 to win Hobbies as well. With Harris Clash scheduled to race the day before but was rained out and postponed a few extra Modifieds were in the area and Ventured to the highbanks of Marshalltown. A total of 5 states were on hand Friday with the exception of Iowa...Kansas, California, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Arizona as well Frank Packer who is pilioting a sport mod here this summer, he calls Australia home.

Kyle Strickler made the trip pay off as he found victory lane in the IMCA Modified feature. "Uncle Ronny" Ronn Lauritzen brought his 10k machine home in 2nd. Arizona driver Tim Ward was 3rd followed by Josh Gilman(83g) Jimmy Gustin(19) Scott Simatovich(43s) Richie Gustin(19g) Kyle Brown(21k) Todd VanEaton(v31) and Joel Rust(26j) rounded out the top 5.

Micheal Jeanette found victory lane in the IMCA Stock Car feature and held off tough company as Donavan Smith, Dave Atcher, Tyler Pickett and Steve Meyer rounded out the top 5.

Dysart driver Sam Wieben held off the always hard charging driver of Jared Vandiest to win the IMCA sport mod feature. Jenae Gustin, Duane Petersen and Brandon Williams were the top 5. */

The Ol` Mayor John Watson was victorious and picked up a $400 pay day for his triumph in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Andy Hick(5h) Eric Stanton(7b) Austin Luellen(3a) and Tyson Overton(42t) rounded out the top 5.

ModLites Top 5. 99 Josh May 89 Travis Stensland 64 Randy Bryan 6 Mike Morril 11r Jason Whitehead.

Saturday July 18th I ventured to the historic Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Webster City.

John Gill was the IMCA Sport Compact winner.

Fort Dodge driver Bryce Summerfeld wasted no time getting to the front from his 4th place starting position to claim the victory but it was Myles Michehl who came back from the tail after spinning on the start and being nearly half a lap down he would finish in 3rd. Craig Graham would finish 2nd while veteran racer Randy Embrey and Matt Byrne would round out the top 5. Matt Mundt and Daniel Ayers would finish 2nd and 5th but were later dq'ed for some post race fireworks in the tech area.

2nd the night before at Marshalltown it was Jared Vandiest who was the winner in the IMCA  Sport Mod feature. Ty Griffith, Matt Lettow, Branden Toftee and Cory Bahrenfuss were the top 5.

Matt Ring held off the always hard charging Jason Minnehan to win the Stock Car feature event. John Cambell, Mitchell Griffith and Jim Mitchell were the top 5.

Carter Vandenberg adn Kyle Brown started in row 4 and would finish 2nd and 3rd respectively but it 6 place starter Mark Elliott who crossed the finish line in first. Greg Elliott and Bob Sutherland rounded out the top 5 in the IMCA Modified feature.

Jason Hahne would bounce back from a heat race wreck to claim victory in the IMCA Late Model feature. Ryan Griffith, Jeremy Grady, Al Johnson and the "Ironman" Darrell DeFrance were the top 5.

Sunday July 19th brought me to my hometrack Stuart Speedway for the John Wetzel memorial hobby stock event.

Nick Roberts once again found victory lane in the IMCA modified feature while rookie contender Matt Webb was 2nd. Todd VanEaton ended up 3rd after leading early on. Jeff Joldersma and Luke Wanniger rounded out the top 5.

Flying Brian Blessington was the winner in the class to tough to tame the IMCA Stock Cars feature event holding off a hard charging Clay Mercer. Josh Daniels, Branden Pruitt and Bryan Snell were the top 5 finishers.

Clint Luellen started 4th but finished 1st in the IMCA Sport Mod feature. Jerry Hinton would settle for the bridesmaid spot while Dusty Masolini, Kendall Davis and Kody Havens were the top 5.

27 IMCA Hobby Stocks from 3 States other than Iowa were on hand for $1,000 to win John Wetzel Memorial. Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri were the other 3 states.

The field was narrowed down to 20 starters for the feature. John Watson would claim the victory over Shannon Anderson. With just a few laps in 3rd place starter "BuckWild" Buck Schafroth would peak to the inside of Watson for the lead while Anderson followed in 3rd. Contact between the 3 would result in Schafroth going around and chalking up a dnf on the stat sheet. Austin Luellen, Bill Bonnett, Jaime Songer, Eric Stanton, Aaron Rudolph, Jeff Anderson, Andy Hick and Milligan Nebraska Driver Shawn Slezak rounded out the top 10.

Curtis Miller would win for the 2nd week in a row in the IMCA Sport Compact feature.

SideNotes... My Stats so far on the year are 44 races, 18 different tracks and 1 new track. Also I had some racing stickers made up by Amanda Murray that say CZ Motorsports and have passed them out to some drivers be sure to look for a CZ Motorsports driver at a track near you!!

Weekend Recap July 10-12

Friday I visited the Crawford County Speedway in Denison with my son. It was pretty good night of racing and a good time with my son.

Deb Braasch won the IMCA Sport Compact feature with the Stapleton boys of Alec and Cory finishing 2nd and 3rd. Tony Kerger and Aric Schneckloth rounded out the top 5.

Wiota racer and the newest CZ Motorsports driver Kody Havens jumped out to the early lead in the sport mod feature and looked like he was going to get it but with 3 to go he made contact with a lapped car resulting in the lap car spinning around. A yellow would come out and slow up the field. Havens would bobble on a lap later allowing Logan Scott to get around and pick up the win. Havens would settle for 2nd while Jake Sachau, Keegan Scott and Daniel Tasler rounded out the top 5.

Cory Madden would take advantage of his outside front row starting spot and cruise to victory in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Jason Kohl, Jason Fusselman, Chuck Madden Jr and Justin Nehring rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Stock Cars saw Mike Nichols once again pick up the checkers. Daniel Hilsabeck, Chris Ullrich, Brian Blessington and Clay Mercer rounded out the top 5.

Craig Reetz jumped to the early lead in the IMCA Modified feature but it was Chris Ableson who would get the victory. Reetz would finish 2nd followed by Ricky Stephan, Shane Demay and Dale Ransom rounding out the top 5.

Saturday my son and I ventured to Boone Speedway and braved the heat to see some good racing. The IMCA Modifieds ran a last man standing race that saw the fastest 12 drivers from the heats from there transponder times. Josh Truman would be the one who would claim checkers in the race.

ModLite Feature (23)
46z Zehm
3 Dennis
99 Josh May
89 Stensland
3g Glick
17 Sauerman

Sport Mod Feature (24)
25r Ryerson
82 McBirnie
62 Pestonik
69jr Logue
911 Rothus
3r Roberts
22m McNace
198 Wieben

Stock Car Feature (17)
5t Inman
5a Pickett
26k Bass
19j Schmidt
55 Bushnell
35 Smith

Modified Feature (23)
24 Avery
87 Bushore
69 Logue
57v Vangenderen
69x Snyder
19g Gustin
47 Truman
5d D.Havlik

The IMCA Hobby Stock feature saw Bryan Keeny pick up his first career win over Solomon Bennett. Dustin Graham, Eric Stanton and Dustin Lynch were the top 5.

Sunday brought me to my hometrack. Starting an hour late due to the heat the track was perfect. It was tacky and fast. It was what I describe as a Crate Killer track.

The ModLites were on hand for another of a few visits to the Stuart Speedway as well. Also during intermission there was a brief power outage but was short lived and features got underway as soon power was resumed.

ModLite A(12)
6 Morrill
99 Josh May
89 Stensland
88 Rankin
3g Glick

Sport Mod Feature (13)
93n Nelson
3L C.Luellen
67x Williams
99re Schouten
30 Cooney
8r Rudolf
8s Masolini
99k Havens

Sport Compact A(4)
411 Miller
30x Reiter
6gk Bunce
54 Rush

Stock Car Feature (10)
63 Nichols
98 Rohe
92b Blessington
1f Fagen
25j J. Daniels
22p C.Pruitt

Hobby Stock Feature (10)
78 Anderson
56 Schirm
3a A. Luellen
23g Gilbert
92 Schafroth
4w Watson

Modified Feature (7)
23jr Roberts
v31 VanEaton
66 Joldersma
71 James
25d B.Daniels
14b S.Bash
51x Webb

My plans for this week are the Harris Clash on Thursday. Marshalltown on Friday. Webster City on Saturday and Stuart on Sunday.

Also on Sunday its the John Wetzel Memorial Hobby Stock feature which pays 1,000 to win.Per Des Moines racer Jaime Songer drivers from Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas are expected to be there.

Also on a side note I made my first ever visit to the West Liberty Raceway for Deery Brothers IMCA Late Models and IMCA Modifieds on Tuesday July 7th. Ryan Harris smoked the field literally as he some engine problems about halfway thru but was able to hold off the always hard charging 15k of Justin Kay. Richie Gustin would claim the IMCA Modified checkers.

Weekend recap July 2-5, 2015

Thursday July 2nd brought me to the Iowa State Fair Speedway for 360 Sprint Invaders as well as Sport Mods and Dirt Trucks. 22 Sprint Invaders invaded the fairgrounds. The opening lap would see Jaime Ball get upside down in turn 4 after a multi-car incident. All drivers involved were okay but the same could not be said about cars which included the machine of the "Dude" Danny Lasoski. Ian Madsen would be the one who would be victorious at the end of the night. Agan, Hendricksen, Moro, Schilling and Chris Martin completed the top 6.

Sport Mod A(8)  Top 5
1 Austin Kaplan
71 Glenn Gladson Jr.
10h Jack Housley
34 Jerry Hinton
33r D.J. Robinson

Truck A(10)  Top 5
2m Matt Moro
7x Rich Clark
98 Brad Moyer
21 Brett Moyer
9 Lou Sipolt

Friday July 3rd I stayed in the area and attended the Good Guys car show and then went back to the fairgrounds for a regular Friday night show.

Hobby A(15)
1k Tommy Killen Jr
66 Brandon Cox
1 Blake Miller
27c Cory Adams
78 Shannon Anderson
19 Bill Bonnett
74 Matt Smith

Sport Mod A(12) ]
1 Austin Kaplan
71 Glenn Gladson Jr
2+ Bill Wehrs
13t Taylor Musselman
10h Jack Housley
1+ Kendall Davis
2b Robert Moore

305 Sprint A(8)
10 Matt Moro
100 Clint Benson
14j Micheal Johnston
55kc Bob Hildreth
12k Koddy Hildreth

Modified A(12)
5 Todd Shute
81d Scott Davis
23jr Nick Roberts
25 Tyler Vandekamp
51x Matt Webb
36 Russ Gladson
62 Greg Cox

Stock Car A(15)
64 Casey Gruebel
27 Gary Bass
19a Alan VanGorp
18c Ronald Bougher
3d Daniel Gordon
81x Randy Killen

Late Model A(12)
77 Jeff Aikey
43 Jeremy Grady
22 Charlie McKenna
21 Ben Nading
99d Darrell DeFrance
15x Ryan Griffith
33 Paul Glenndenning
15c Curt Schroeder

After taking the 4th of July off from racing to spend with family/friends I found myself at Stuart Speedway for another regular sunday night of racing. IMCA Late Models and Micro-Sprints were also on hand as well. Regular car counts were down but the racing was not.

Micro-Sprint A(25)
12 Galusha
15 Galusha
81e
49c Forsythe
All I got and I didnt know many of the Micro-Sprint drivers sorry...

Sport Mod A(13)
93n Colton Nelson
3L Clint Luellen
zer0 Shawn Kralik
8r Chase Rudolf
8s Dusty Masolini
99k Kody Havens
99re Arie Schouten
3a Austin Luellen

Sport Compact A(5)
30x Reiter
411 Miller
54 Rush
18p Peters

Stock Car A(11)
63 Mike Nichols
1f Marcus Fagen
10b Branden Pruitt
25j Josh Daniels
92b Brian Blessington
98 Derrick Rohe
44 Todd Fisher

Hobby A(14)
78 Shannon Anderson
92 Buck Schafroth
4w John Watson
27c Cory Adams
56 Jaime Schirm
3a Austin Luellen

Modified A(9)
83g Josh Gilman
23jr Nick Roberts
71 Jeff James
66 Jeff Joldersma
14b Scott Bash
51x Matt Webb
3f Cole Fergusen