A pair of drivers from the Tama county community of Dysart celebrated victories Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. Joe Docekal scored his second IMCA Modified win in the last three weeks while Curt Hilmer drove to his first IMCA SportMod win of the season.
Jerry Dedrick set the pace at the drop of the green in the 20-lap Modified main event while Mike Burbridge quickly moved into a challenge for the lead from his third row start. Burbridge put the nose of his #11B to the inside of Dedrick and came away with the lead following a lap two restart.
Burbridge held the point through a myriad of cautions over the next four laps while Troy Cordes and Joe Docekal advanced through the field to settle into second and third, respectively. Following the final stoppage on lap six, Cordes went to work on the high side while Docekal ran down low. Docekal inched ahead of Cordes on the eighth circuit, then flew past Burbridge for the lead at the midway point.
Docekal pulled away from the field and hid in lapped traffic to score the victory. Ronn Lauritzen, who started in the fifth row, made a great run through traffic to finish second ahead of Burbridge. Docekal's victory, combined with a 13th place finish by points leader Scott Hogan, cut Docekal's deficit nearly in half. Entering the night, Hogan held a 25-point lead, however Docekal unofficially pulled to within 13 points entering the final four weeks of the season.
1. 12D Joe Docekal
2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
3. 11B Mike Burbridge
4. 71 Troy Cordes
5. 22 Brandon Banks
6. F7 Patrick Flannagan
7. 91 Shawn Ryan
8. T23 Tony Olson
9. 7 Todd Jensen
10. 17 Dawn Krall
11. 5 Jerry Dedrick
12. 25 Shawn Fisher
13. 33D Scott Hogan
14. 111 Buster Pate
15. 71M Tim McBride
A trio of cautions prior to the completion of the first lap slowed action in the IMCA SportMod feature. Pole-sitter Curt Hilmer took command each time the green flag waved, only to see those efforts thwarted when the yellow waved.
Hilmer took command again on the first long green flag run with Jared Van Deest and Brad Iverson in pursuit. Hilmer extended his advantage while that pair battled for position until Drew Fish and Duane Van Deest entered the battle for second.
Another trio of cautions slowed the event following lap six, however Hilmer held his position on each ensuing restart. Duane Van Deest made his way into second prior to a lap seven yellow, but was unable to catch Hilmer as the Dysart driver earned his first win of the season when the race timed out after the final caution on lap nine.
1. 22H Curt Hilmer
2. 80V Duane Van Deest
3. 505 Racer Hulin
4. 9X Austin Lucas
5. 3R Danny Dvorak
6. 8I Brad Iverson
7. 00 Jim Buhlman
8. 21X Kyle Brown
9. K0 Ken Kositzky
10. 08 Bryan Rodman
11. J2 Dave Schulze
12. 3D Drew Fish
13. 3 Dave McCalla
14. 33 Ed O'Brien
15. 95 Mike McDonald
16. 11 Jody Mitchell
17. 28P Rick Paulson
18. K3 Kyle Olson
19. 3B Brian Anderson
20. B7 Blake Carson
21. 80 Jared Van Deest
22. 72L Brett Lowry
23. 11Z Justin Zimmerman
24. 81 Jesse Belez
IMCA Hobby Stock points leader Scott Pippert drove to his 11th win on the Vinton quarter-mile this season, but it took most of the 15-lap distance to get the job done.
Pole-sitter Kyle Parizek held the early lead while Nathan Ballard worked through the field from a fifth row starting spot. Ballard made his way around the leader following a mid-race caution and just before the final yellow flag waved.
On the restart, Parizek chased Ballard out front until contact between the two sent Ballard sideways to the infield on the backstretch. He regrouped and kept moving just before Parizek spun in front of the field exiting turn four to bring out the caution.
Ballard regained the point for the restart as Pippert found himself in third after starting alongside Ballard in the fifth row. When racing resumed, Pippert made his way beneath Russell Damme Jr. for second and then made his bid for the lead as the flying green waved. Pippert pulled away to score the victory and extend his points lead.
1. 47 Scott Pippert
2. 29 Nathan Ballard
3. 4JR Russell Damme Jr.
4. 77 Rod Grother
5. 25 Doug Laughridge
6. 45 Justin Wacha
7. 2P Cale Petersen
8. 67 Justin Stander
9. 07 Jacob Keiser
10. 78 Matt Brown
11. 55 Vince Buchholz
12. 17K Kyle Parizek
13. 76S Adam Streeter
Phil Holtz took the win in a caution-free IMCA Stock Car feature that took just over four minutes to complete. Andrew Burk made his way to the front from a second row starting spot to lead the first lap. He continued to show the way until mechanical problems slowed him on lap four.
Holtz, who was already making his way to the front on the low groove, took charge after starting in the third row. Holtz led the remainder of the event to score his first win of the season ahead of a hard-charging Bob Ahrendsen and Justin Temeyer.
1. 7H Phil Holtz
2. 6X Bob Ahrendsen
3. 56T Justin Temeyer
4. 3T Scooter Dulin
5. 99D Damon Murty
6. 8 Curtis Roster
7. 15 Norman Chesmore
8. 287 John Emerson
9. 17R Rick Kriegel
10. 10 John Schaefer
11. 09M Brett Mather
12. 9E Austin Evens
13. 76 Mike Galli
14. 76X Chad Siems
15. 9 Dave Ballsteadt
16. 20B Andrew Burk
Steve Miedke was a wire-to-wire winner in the IMCA Sport Compact division. From his second row starting spot, Miedke took command on the first circuit, then held off the challenges of Nathan Chandler and Brett Vanous to score his fourth win of the season. It was Miedke's first win since suffering a scary rollover a couple months ago. Points leader Merv Chandler raced from a sixth row start to come home third.
1. 11 Steve Miedke
2. 35 Brett Vanous
3. 1 Merv Chandler
4. 8M Jacob McVay
5. 2XX Dallas Chandler
6. 22T Travis Losenicky
7. 3S Craig Streeter
8. 83 Travis Ross
9. 36DD Gary Peiffer
10. A1 Louis Trachta
11. 22 Nathan Chandler
12. 07X Tyler Whalen
13. 00W Bill Whalen Jr.
14. 51 Bryce Bailey
15. K12 Cody Swanson
16. 07 Joe Goodenbauer
17. 2ND Brad Chandler
18. 80 Terry Sandberg
Special thanks to track announcer Bucky Doren and race director Dana Benning for asking me to fill in for Bucky tonight. Next week is Autism Awareness Night at the races. A minimum of 13 bicycles will be given away, plus bike races are scheduled for the kids. Stickfort Construction is sponsoring the night's events.
There is no mid-week racing on my schedule for the upcoming week. Although I was initially planning on heading to the State Fair for the Deery Brothers Summer Series event tomorrow for my 50th race of the season, my body (not to mention my employer) will probably enjoy the night away from the track. My next scheduled venture is to return to Independence on Saturday night for the next-to-last weekly race for 2011 at the Buchanan County Fairgrounds. Have a great week!
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