On the night Stickfort Construction sponsored Autism Awareness Night at Benton County Speedway, the car Stickfort sponsors made its way to victory lane in the IMCA Modified division. Ronn Lauritzen ran the high groove to the lead just past the midway point to take top honors in the 20-lap feature.
At the drop of the green, it was pole-sitter Jerry Dedrick taking command. He paced the field for a single circuit before second row starter Brandon Banks made his way to the front one lap later. A pair of early cautions slowed the action, but didn't slow down Banks as he held the point on each restart.
As Banks led, Mike Burbridge ran second, repeatedly trying to stick the nose of his #11B to the inside of Banks. Banks, however, remained glued to the tractor tires on the low side of the speedway and fought off his challenges.
Lauritzen, meanwhile, ran the high groove into contention. Following the final caution midway through the race, Lauritzen pulled to the outside of Burbridge as the pair tried from every angle to challenge for the lead. At the 12 lap mark, Burbridge pulled to the inside of Banks as Lauritzen made his move to the outside in a three-wide battle for the lead off turn four. Lauritzen escaped with the lead and then held off a late charge from Burbridge to score the victory.
1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
2. 11B Mike Burbridge
3. 22 Brandon Banks
4. 12D Joe Docekal
5. 33D Scott Hogan
6. F7 Patrick Flannagan
7. 18L Jerry Luloff
8. 2AC Dustin Creer
9. T23 Tony Olson
10. 25 Shawn Fisher
Although it took Phil Holtz until mid-August to earn his first win of the season, the IMCA Stock Car driver wasted little time capturing victory number two as he drove to his second straight win on the quarter-mile.
Rick Kriegel held the early lead until Norman Chesmore inched ahead on lap three. Chesmore held the point for a pair of circuits while Holtz worked his way to the front after starting in the third row. As the leaders battled, a terrific display of three-wide racing three rows deep at the front of the pack entertained the crowd. Holtz made his way beneath Chesmore on the fifth lap to take charge.
With Holtz out front, Chesmore worked on holding off Andrew Burk for second. Burk made his way beneath Chesmore for the position late in the event, but Holtz had already set sail for the checkers.
While the dance at the top of the division's points continues to be close, the order shuffled a bit following tonight's action. By virtue of his fourth place finish in the feature, Scooter Dulin unofficially made his way past Bob Ahrendsen by three points atop the division standings. Norman Chesmore is log-jammed between them, just two points behind Dulin.
1. 7H Phil Holtz
2. 20B Andrew Burk
3. 15 Norman Chesmore
4. 3T Scooter Dulin
5. G1 Mike Padden
6. 76 Mike Galli
7. 17R Rick Kriegel
8. 76S Chad Siems
9. 10 John Schaefer
10. 6X Bob Ahrendsen
Jesse Belez took the lead at the drop of the green in the 15-lap IMCA SportMod feature. He paced the field while Kyle Olson challenged. Olson made his way around Belez on the third lap aa Curt Hilmer looked to follow him to the front. Hilmer made the pass for second on the low side of Belez at the six lap mark while Drew Fish dialed in his #3D on the high groove.
Running fifth and sixth throughout the first half of the event, Fish quickly made his way to the front during the second half of the race. He made his way into fourth on the eighth lap, then swept past Dave Schulze and Hilmer for second one lap later. As the leaders navigated through lapped traffic, Fish rocketed by Olson with five laps to go as he drove to the impressive victory. Olson eventually left with mechanical problems, leaving Hilmer to finish second.
Note: For the Fish fans who read my blog (yes, I've been told there are some followers from the school of Fish who read "In Staging"), I apologize that I didn't make any fish puns in tonight's entry. There was nothing about wading through traffic or floundering through lapped traffic or even taking advantage of the oppor-tuna-ty that lapped traffic presented, nor was there a mention of being hooked up on the top side and nary a mention of Drew's whale of a run tonight. I didn't even say how Fish flew around the top side while the rest were all bottom suckers. I didn't even get all Dr. Seuss and say "one fish, two fish, 3D, Drew Fish." Maybe next time I'll focus a bit better and write with a little more "sole" just for the halibut. I hope my lack of Fish references wasn't offensive, Jake!
1. 3D Drew Fish
2. 22H Curt Hilmer
3. 3R Danny Dvorak
4. K0 Ken Kositzky
5. 00 Jim Buhlman
6. 08 Bryan Rodman
7. J2 Dave Schulze
8. 42M Lon Mercer
9. B7 Blake Carson
10. 3B Brian Anderson
Scott Pippert continued his dominance in the IMCA Hobby Stock division. Pippert took command on the seventh lap to drive to his 12th feature win of the season at Vinton. Pippert took control when he made his way around race-long leader Kyle Parizek just shy of the midway point.
1. 47 Scott Pippert
2. 17K Kyle Parizek
3. 78 Matt Brown
4. 67 Justin Stander
5. 29 Nathan Ballard
6. 45 Justin Wacha
7. 77 Rod Grother
8. 25 Doug Laughridge
9. 55 Vince Buchholz
10. 2P Cale Petersen
Nathan Chandler cut into his dad, Merv's, points lead by a half dozen markers in the IMCA Sport Compact division. The younger Chandler took command in that 12-lapper on the third circuit when he made his way past leader Bill Whalen Jr. He then pulled away from the field to score the dominant win.
1. 22 Nathan Chandler
2. 2ND Brad Chandler
3. 00W Bill Whalen Jr.
4. 8M Jacob McVay
5. 35 Brett Vanous
6. 51 Bryce Bailey
7. 1 Merv Chandler
8. 36DD Gary Peiffer
9. 007 Adam Gates
10. 3S Craig Streeter
Thanks to flagger John Huff for letting me join him in the flagstand tonight. It was great to get a different view of the action on the track. After another busy weekend, I have no races scheduled for the upcoming workweek. My 52nd event of the year will take me back to Independence on Saturday for Budweiser Season Championship Night. Have a great week!
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