Chad Simpson scored his second win in as many days during the Corn Belt Clash stop at Highway 3 Raceway on Wednesday night. Simpson, who started outside the third row, engaged in a great battle with pole-sitter Dave Eckrich for much of the 25-lapper before finally taking charge with seven laps to go.
Eckrich set the pace at the drop of the green while Simpson made his way through traffic and into second place just three laps into the event. Simpson quickly chased down Eckrich and the leaders provided a great battle for the top spot for a dozen laps.
Simpson ran the low side with Eckrich a groove above him as the two swapped the lead throughout most of the event. Simpson finally broke free with seven laps to go to drive to the win, his fifth on the tour this season. Chris Simpson made his way around Eckrich late to take second.
For Chad, it was his 15th career series win as he extended his points lead to 18 markers over Chris.
FEATURE (25 laps, with starting positions)
1. (6) 25 Chad Simpson (Mt. Vernon)
2. (5) 32 Chris Simpson (Oxford)
3. (1) 58 Dave Eckrich (Cosgrove)
4. (3) 9T Tim Isenberg (Marshfield, WI)
5. (10) 31 Jason Utter (Columbus Junction)
6. (4) 28X Justin Mitchell (Cedar Rapids)
7. (8) 33 Nick Marolf (Moscow)
8. (16) 50 Denny Eckrich (Tiffin)
9. (15) 88 Kevin Kile (West Liberty)
10. (2) 1M Rob Moss (Iowa City)
11. (14) 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols)
12. (11) 20 Jake Meier (Tipton)
13. (20) 3X Skip Frey (Ely)
14. (13) 15H Jeremiah Hurst (Dubuque)
15. (18) 3 Kevin Sather (Ankeny)
16. (19) 45H Todd Hansen (Muscatine)
17. (17) 15C Curt Schroeder (Ames)
18. (7) 98 Jason Rauen (Farley)
19. (9/DNS) 5M Mike Fryer (Freeport, IL)
20. (12/DNS) 22 Jill George (Cedar Falls)
In other action, Jimmy Broszeit ran the high groove to victory in the B Mod main. Broszeit, Brandon Hare and Jake Timm entertained the crowd with a terrific three-car battle for the lead throughout the latter stages of the event. Hare held on for second at the line.
1. 88X Jimmy Broszeit
2. 56H Brandon Hare
3. 19 Jake Timm
4. 32Z Alex Zwanziger
5. 20G Mike Grantham
6. 30 Scott Demmer
7. 76X Troy Hovey
8. 10T Trevor Fecht
9. 198 Sam Wieben
10. 14E Chase Ellingson
11. 5 Steve Brass
12. 18J Mike Jaeger
13. 84W Jeff Welter
Tory Reicks made it a clean sweep in the Stock Car division. After winning the heat, Reicks quickly made his way to the front in the 12-lap feature to take the convincing win ahead of Dan Trimble.
1. 27T Tory Reicks
2. 20 Dan Trimble
3. 121G Arlen Hoy
4. 29 Dean Everts
5. 85 Ron Carey
6. 00 Tony Schimmels
Chris Wiltse took advantage of his pole position start to top the Hobby Stock feature. Austin Wolfgram denied the persistent challenges of Marvin Enabnit to finish second.
1. 96 Chris Wiltse
2. 24 Austin Wolfgram
3. 00 Marvin Enabnit
4. 62 Ryan Bochmann
5. 69 Steve Wiltse
The third and final stop on the three-day Corn Belt swing will take me to CJ Speedway in Columbus Junction on Thursday. I hope to see you there!
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