Jeremy Mills took the lead just before the caution flag waved with six laps to go, then raced his way to victory in the Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds main event Tuesday night at Buena Vista Raceway. The HDT made an appearance in what was the first of two nights of racing at BVR, billed as Beaverpalooza. (complete results below)
Mike Jergens took the lead at the drop of the green in the 30-lapper. Jergens set the pace from his outside front row starting spot while Chris Abelson gave chase from his second row start.
Abelson worked the high side to challenge Jergens for the lead exiting turn four on the second lap, but Jergens held the point down the straightaway. Abelson then dropped to the inside of Jergens down the back stretch and emerged from turn four with the lead as the field completed lap three.
Abelson quickly pulled away from traffic, building a near-straightaway lead by the time Jeremy Mills, who started fifth, positioned himself to challenge. Mills ran the top groove around Jergens for second on turn four of lap 10, then set his sights on Abelson.
Abelson maintained the same advantage when he encountered lapped traffic on the 15th circuit. Heavier traffic two laps later allowed Mills to quickly gain ground. Mills pulled to within a couple car-lengths at the 21 lap mark as the leaders battled a full straightaway ahead of third-running Jergens.
Mills pulled to the outside of Abelson in turn two on lap 23, but was unsuccessful in his bid to take the lead. He continued to work the top side of the speedway, eventually taking the top spot off turn four on lap 24. Just after the field completed that lap, action was slowed for the first of two cautions when Jesse Sobbing came to a rest on the high side exiting turn four.
On the restart, Mills showed the way with Abelson and Jergens in row two. Mills held serve at the front of the pack while Justin Sackett, who started 21st and restarted fifth, shot to the low side of the second row. He took over second by the time the only other caution slowed action one lap later.
When the green flag waved a final time, Mills extended his advantage while Sackett and Abelson battled for second. Mills took the checkers a few car-lengths ahead of Abelson. Sackett ran third, followed by Jergens and Mark Elliott.
Weekly points racing was on tap for all other weekly divisions at the speedway. In the IMCA Stock Car division, Stefan Sybesma shot into the early lead. He put some distance on the field while Chris Ullrich battled Derek Green for second.
Ullrich worked past Green on the eighth of 15 laps, then attempted to reel in Sybesma. Ullrich was within five car-lengths by the 10-lap mark, then pulled onto the leader's rear bumper with two laps to go.
Ullrich shot to the low side of Sybesma and ran side-by-side with the leader over the final circuit. Sybesma proved to be too strong in the top groove as he held for the win by a car-length ahead of Ullrich.
Doug Smith chased Tony Pogeler for much of the 15-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Smith kept pace with the leader until making his way into a battle for the lead on the top side in turns one and two on lap nine. Smith emerged down the back stretch with the lead and survived two cautions to score the victory. Pogeler ran second at the line.
In the 12-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, Justin Nehring assumed the early lead. Nehring paced the field before Brandon Nielsen raced the top side past him exiting turn four on lap three. Devin Smith joined the leaders in a three-car breakaway before caution bunched the field on lap five.
On the restart, Smith quickly made his way past Nehring for second, then raced the low groove by Nielsen on lap eight, just as Nielsen drifted to a stop on the high side of the speedway with a flat tire. Smith drove away from the pack when racing resumed to score the victory ahead of Nehring and a charging Craig Brotherton.
Cory Peters entered a side-by-side battle with Cody Thompson three laps into the IMCA Sport Compact feature. Peters took charge down the back stretch and won the 10-lapper going away. Thompson came home second.
Mike Vondrak kept his perfect record in tact, winning his fourth Bomber feature in as many nights in that divsion's eight-lap finale. Vondrak started in the third row, but took charge by the completion of the first lap to win the event going away ahead of Tanner Bengford.
Racing action resumes tonight at BVR. Although the track normally races on Wednesdays, it was not scheduled to race this Wednesday due to Tuesday's special. A very wet spring led officials to add another points night, calling the back-to-back programs Beaverpalooza.
Special thanks to promoter Jeff Herrig's right-hand man, Eric Blum, for all his help Tuesday night. The crew at BVR provided a perfect racing surface for a great night of racing!
I intended to post this report last night when I returned home, however the latest string of storms settled into the area and knocked out my internet overnight.
Next up for me is likely Independence Motor Speedway this Saturday for Budweiser Mid-Season Championships. The area has seen a tremendous amount of rain in the last day or so and record flooding may be in store for those in Buchanan County. Hopefully, things dry out for us to go racing this weekend, however being able to race is minor compared to the threat of flooded homes and businesses. Please, keep everyone in that area in your thoughts as the chance for more rain is in the forecast.
RESULTS
KARL PERFORMANCE HAWKEYE DIRT TOUR
Feature: 1. 10M Jeremy Mills (Garner); 2. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 3. 17 Justin Sackett (Pierson); 4. 15 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 5. 37 Mike Jergens (Plover); 6. 23 Jim Thies (Mapleton); 7. 3 Mike Albertsen (Audubon); 8. 85 Dustin Smith (Lake City); 9. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 10. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 11. 14 Matt Bonine (Onawa); 12. 15M Shane DeMay (Denison); 13. 20L Zach Less (Hopkinton); 14. M80 Jim Mathieson (Sioux City); 15. 61 Brian Schmitt (Wall Lake); 16. 1M Brett Meyer (Lytton); 17. 9X Austin Lucas (Cherokee); 18. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 19. 22BW Brad Williams (Lytton); 20. 22 Jeff Ignaszewski (Wells, Minn.); 21. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 22. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood); 23. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 24. 1CC Clayton Christensen (Sencer); 25. 5R Tad Reutzel (Burt).
First heat: 1. Abelson; 2. Schmitt; 3. Gustin; 4. Ignaszewski; 5. Thies; 6. Less; 7. DeMay; 8. Lauritzen; 9. Reutzel.
Second heat: 1. Smith; 2. Sobbing; 3. Williams; 4. Albertsen; 5. Meyer; 6. Lucas; 7. DeMay; 8. Bushore.
Third heat: 1. Jergens; 2. Mills; 3. Christensen; 4. Elliott; 5. Van Genderen; 6. Schulte; 7. Sackett; 8. Mathieson.
IMCA STOCK CAR
Feature: 1. 5B Stefan Sybesma (Sanborn); 2. 01U Chris Ullrich (Kiron); 3. 92B Brian Blessington (Breda); 4. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 5. 7 Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 6. 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.); 7. 16 Josh Suhr (Alta); 8. 11 Jake Masters (Graettinger); 9. 02 Adam Klocke (Carroll); 10. 02X Andy Gage (Whiting); 11. 33M Mathias Lux (Hartley); 12. 27X Allan Schmidt (Holstein); 13. Pat Cross (Nemaha); 14. 66 Matt Mahoney (Pierson); 15. 2 Mark Stanley (Storm Lake); 16. 07B Corey Bosma (Early); 17. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City).
First heat: 1. Suhr; 2. Ullrich; 3. David Smith; 4. Minnehan; 5. Gage; 6. Stanley; 7. Mahoney; 8. Schmidt; 9. Donavon Smith.
Second heat: 1. Sybesma; 2. Blessington; 3. Masters; 4. Green; 5. Klocke; 6. Cross; 7. Bosma; 8. Lux.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Feature: 1. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 2. 9 Tony Pogeler (Cherokee); 3. 42 Matt Fredricksen (Aurelia); 4. 14Z Zach Norgaard (Spencer); 5. 14F Jason Fisher (Lakefield, Minn.); 6. T4 Ryan Topf (Charter Oak); 7. 33 Tim Rupp (Cherokee); 8. 33R Ryan Roder (Marathon); 9. 98 Mike Bailey (Schaller); 10. 44 Dylan Petersen (Harlan); 11. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 12. 07 Bud Pash (Onawa); 13. 80X Steve Reetz (Arcadia); 14. 49 Cody Knecht (Whittemore); 15. 14K Donovan Kenneback (Lytton).
First heat: 1. Rupp; 2. Reetz; 3. Smith; 4. Roder; 5. Knecht; 6. Meyer; 7. Kenneback; 8. Norgaard.
Second heat: 1. Pogeler; 2. Fredricksen; 3. Fisher; 4. Pash; 5. Petersen; 6. Bailey; 7. Topf.
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Feature: 1. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 2. 20N Justin Nehring (Storm Lake); 3. 45B Craig Brotherton (Wall Lake); 4. 79 Tyler Schubert (Galva); 5. 49 James Johnson (Cherokee); 6. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids); 7. 01 Derek Husted (Sioux City); 8. 91A Matthew Anderson (Webb); 9. 37 Gaylen Freese (Galva); 10. 20B Jake Bieret (Wall Lake); 11. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer); 12. 88H Shane Hammen (Newell); 13. 10X Jordan Snaderson (Spencer); 14. M7 Josh Mahler (Paullina); 15. 11K Sean Kuehl (Ida Grove); 16. 7C Andrew Claus (Spencer); 17. 88 Daniel Smith (Lake City); 18. 717 Nick Schilling (Sanborn); 19. 11 Casey Iehl (Rembrandt); 20. 84B Bobby White (Sioux Rapids); 21. 63 Taylor Bengford (Odebolt); 22. 20J Darin Johnson (Dickens); 23. 87 John Briggs (Cherokee); 24. 3D Keith Demey (Newell); 25. 30 Tim Pickel (Holstein); 26. Brad Falline (Spencer).
First heat: 1. Brotherton; 2. Barglof; 3. J. Johnson; 4. Nielsen; 5. D. Johnson; 6. Schilling; 7. Freese; 8. Daniel Smith; 9. Demey.
Second heat: 1. Devin Smith; 2. Nehring; 3. White; 4. Kuehl; 5. Husted; 6. Iehl; 7. Claus; 8. Anderson; 9. Falline.
Third heat: 1. Bieret; 2. Hammen; 3. Bengford; 4. Schubert; 5. Briggs; 6. Sanderson; 7. Pickel; 8. Mahler.
IMCA SPORT COMPACT
Feature: 1. 5C Cory Peters (Spencer); 2. 25 Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 3. 8J Jay DeVries (Spencer); 4. 15 Tyler Thompson (Sioux City); 5. 3RD Randy Cass (Onawa); 6. 84JR Dillon White (Greenville); 7. 52L Mark Lindgren (Aurelia); 8. 78 Wayne Monroe (Ida Grove); 9. 619J Scott Brown (Bellvue, Neb.); 10. JD3 Joe Ladehoff (Early); 11. 37 Levi Verdoorn (Sanborn); 12. 33N Corey Nammany (Schaller); 13. 8K Kaytee DeVries (Spencer).
First heat: 1. T. Thompson; 2. C. Thompson; 3. K. DeVries; 4. White; 5. Monroe; 6. Ladehoff; 7. Nammany.
Second heat: 1. Peters; 2. Cass; 3. J. DeVries; 4. Lindgren; 5. Verdoorn; 6. Brown.
BOMBER
Feature: 1. 66 Mike Vondrak (Galva); 2. 2 Tanner Bengford (Odebolt); 3. 90 Brandon Thomas (Alta); 4. 7 Devon Pierce (Odebolt); 5. 44K Elroy Sybesma (Boyden); 6. 27B Jordan Bieret (Wall Lake); 7. 4 Nathan Ray (Washta); 8. 12R Garret Ray (Washta); 9. 69 Tyler Peterson (Hartley); 10. 11 Dillon Magnussen (Rembrandt).
First heat: 1. Pierce; 2. Vondrak; 3. Peterson; 4. Sybesma; 5. Thomas.
Second heat: 1. N. Ray; 2. Bieret; 3. G. Ray; 4. Bengford; 5. Magnussen.
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