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.
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