Sunday, August 7, 2011

Hulin comes away with unexpected win at Benton County Speedway

For the second night in-a-row, the driver in the cat bird's seat came away with the win in the IMCA SportMod divsion. After Danny Dvorak's last lap triumph last night at Independence, Racer Hulin also made what may be called an unexpected trip to the winner's circle at Benton County Speedway on Sunday.

At the start of the 15-lap feature, third row starter Kyle Olson worked quickly to the lead. He paced the field for the first lap with Dave McCalla and Dave Schulze in tow. A trio of cautions slowed the action over the first five laps, which allowed fourth row starter Drew Fish to enter the battle for the lead.

Fish settled into second following the first caution on lap two, then stayed on Olson's tail through the next two stoppages. When the first long green flag run developed following the lap five restart, Fish went to the high side and made his way around Olson just shy of the midway point.

As Fish led and Olson followed, Racer Hulin ran in the third spot as he kept the leaders within his sights. Hulin reeled in Olson and made his way around the outside of the #K3 by the time the yellow waved on lap 12.

After racing resumed, Fish got loose in turn four and spun to the low side of the track, collecting Olson and Duane Van Deest, who were also top-five runners at the time. On the restart, Hulin held the point and fought off challenges from Danny Dvorak to take the exciting win.

1. 505 Racer Hulin
2. 3R Danny Dvorak
3. 00 Jim Buhlman
4. J2 Dave Schulze
5. K0 Ken Kositzky
6. 80V Duane Van Deest
7. 08 Bryan Rodman
8. 40J Jason Doyle
9. 33 Ed O'Brien
10. K3 Kyle Olson

Kyle Parizek held the early lead in the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature. From his second row starting spot, Parizek motored into the lead by the completion of lap one. As Parizek led, Rod Grother and Scott Pippert quickly worked through traffic from mid-pack starts.

Pippert ran the low line to the front, inching ahead of his foes by the completion of lap six. He led the remainder of the event uncontested to score the victory in the caution-free event. After sliding back in the top five, Grother made a nice run late to nip Parizek at the line for second. Vince Buchholz ran a close fourth.

1. 47 Scott Pippert
2. 77 Rod Grother
3. 17K Kyle Parizek
4. 55 Vince Buchholz
5. 25 Doug Laughridge
6. 45 Justin Wacha
7. 78 Matt Brown
8. 4JR Russell Damme Jr.
9. 6 Randy Vandevegte
10. 12J Jeremy Floyd

Damon Murty drove the high side to victory in the 15-lap IMCA Stock Car feature. After an unsuccessful initial attempt at trying the low groove, Murty was offered a second glance when the race was slowed for caution prior to the completion of the first lap. When the green flag waved again for the straight-up restart, however, Murty tested his luck on the high side.

Murty, who started outside of the third row, rocketed into second place by the completion of lap two, then went to work on running down Curtis Roster out front. Murty made his bid for the lead on the high side as the field exited turn four on the following circuit. From there, Murty set sail to drive to the victory ahead of Roster and Scooter Dulin.

1. 99D Damon Murty
2. 8 Curtis Roster
3. 3T Scooter Dulin
4. 6X Bob Ahrendsen
5. 56T Justin Temeyer
6. 7H Phil Holtz
7. 20B Andrew Burk
8. 15 Norman Chesmore
9. 09M Brett Mather
10. 10 John Schaefer

A trio of drivers held the lead at various points during the early stages of the 12-lap IMCA Sport Compact feature. Bryce Bailey, Brad Chandler and Steve Miedke exchanged time at the front of the field over the first few laps before Chandler was able to wrestle away the lead from Miedke at the midway point. Chandler led the final half of the event to take the win over Nathan Chandler and Brett Vanous, who started alongside each other in the fourth row.

1. 2ND Brad Chandler
2. 22 Nathan Chandler
3. 35 Brett Vanous
4. 11 Steve Miedke
5. 1 Merv Chandler
6. 51 Bryce Bailey
7. 2XX Dallas Chandler
8. 00W Bill Whalen Jr.
9. 8M Jacob McVay
10. 22T Travis Losenicky

After a pair of early cautions in the 20-lap IMCA Modified feature, Mike Burbridge pulled away from the field to score the win. Tony Olson held the early advantage as Burbridge chased the leader for two laps before taking over on lap three, just prior to the race's final caution. Burbridge led the final 17 non-stop laps to take the win over Patrick Flannagan, who worked past Olson for second as the white flag waved.

1. 11B Mike Burbridge
2. F7 Patrick Flannagan
3. T23 Tony Olson
4. 25 Shawn Fisher
5. 22 Brandon Banks
6. 12D Joe Docekal
7. 33D Scott Hogan
8. 25T Duane Peterson
9. 111 Buster Pate
10. 17 Dawn Krall

Thanks to Mick Trier, Dana Benning and the crew for another great night at Vinton. Also, thanks to Kevin Kemp for asking me to fill in for him in the scoring tower. It was my first night scoring races since June of last season for mid-season championships at Vinton. While it was enjoyable, I'll just say I don't think I miss doing it every week!

Up next is the World of Outlaws Late Model Series at Independence Motor Speedway tomorrow. Don't forget, IMCA Modifieds will also be on-hand, competing in a $1,000-to-win event. See you there!

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