Five drivers earned their first wins of the year Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. For four of them, it was their first-ever trip to victory lane at Benton County Speedway and for three of them, it was their first career visit to the winner's circle. (complete results below)
Tony Snyder, who earned his first career IMCA Modified win just eight days prior at Independence Motor Speedway, picked the perfect night to earn his first Vinton win - it was the 500th Modified feature in weekly racing history at the speedway.
Snyder, who started in row two, chased leader Dennis Betzer for three laps before making his way to the front on the fourth circuit. Patrick Flannagan, who started behind Snyder, chased him to the front of the pack at the time Snyder took the lead.
Snyder survived a mid-race caution and maintained a few car-lengths over Flannagan to take the victory. In 500 weekly points races for Modifieds in Vinton history, Snyder became the 76th different winner.
Snyder joined Mike Van Genderen as first-time BCS Modified winners this season. In the 30 years the Modified division has competed weekly in Vinton, there have been multiple first-time Modifieds winners in 22 seasons on the quarter-mile.
Ryan King's five-year drought came to an end Sunday night in the IMCA Northern SportMod division. King took the lead at the drop of the green and held off persistent pressure from Matt Petrzelka to earn the first win of his career.
With the win, King became the 50th different SportMod winner in the 10 years the division has been part of the weekly racing program.
Nine different SportMod winners have graced victory lane so far this season. There have been at least nine different winners seven times in 10 seasons.
Six of the nine SportMod winners this year have been first-time BCS winners. That is tied for second most all-time (2006, 2007). The record is 10 first-time winners in 2005 - the first year the division competed in Vinton.
Brandon Maitland took the lead from Tristan Cordes on the fourth of 10 laps to drive to his first BCS Micro Mod win. Maitland became the fourth different winner in the division's inaugural season in Vinton.
Dave Reed inherited the lead with four laps to go in the IMCA Sport Compact feature when leader Adam Gates was sidelined with mechanical problems. Reed went on to record his first-ever win in the division. Reed became the 27th different winner in nine seasons of Sport Compact racing at the speedway.
Scott Pippert earned his first win of the season in the 15-lap IMCA Stock Car feature. Pippert worked beneath Adam Gebel on the eighth lap to take the lead and pulled away from the field to record the victory.
Pippert, who now owns four Stock Car wins on the Vinton oval, is tied with Cliff Gray, Jarod Weepie and Paul Shepherd for 10th on the all-time list. He now has one career win each month from May through August.
Benji Irvine raced to his fourth win of the season in the IMCA Hobby Stock 15-lapper. Irvine assumed command from Nathan Ballard on the ninth of 15 laps and drove the high side to victory.
Irvine finished the night tied for 29th in BCS Hobby Stock wins with Dan Higdon, David Rice, J. R. Kahler, Justin Stander and Roger Ciesielski.
Irvine swept Hobby Stock features in Independence and Vinton on the same weekend for the first time in his career. That feat has been accomplished 27 times by 14 different drivers, dating back to the first time it was done by Forrest Frost over the weekend of May 11-12, 1991. The last to do it was Chris Luloff during the weekend of June 2-3, 2012.
Next up is the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models this Wednesday, August 6 at Independence Motor Speedway. Northern SportMods and Hobby Stocks will join the Late Models in the annual special. Those divisions will be IMCA sanctioned for State and National points, however track points will not be awarded for the draw/redraw special.
Gates open at 5 p.m. Wednesday, with hot laps at 6:45 and racing to follow. More information is available at www.independencemotorspeedway.com. I hope to see you there!
I need to apologize to IMCA Hobby Stock driver Brian Happel. Aside from incorrectly listing his car number in the Independence Motor Speedway press release from Saturday night (he drives the #46, not #36), I failed to mention his impressive run through the field in Indee. After starting last in the 16-car field, Happel made a great run to finish second. I'll take extra time to make sure I get his car number correct in the results from Vinton, which are listed below...
Thanks for reading and have a great week!
RESULTS
IMCA MODIFIED
Feature: 1. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 2. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 3. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 5. 71 Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 6. 00 J. D. Auringer, Waterloo; 7. 12D Joe Docekal, Dysart; 8. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 9. 20L Zach Less, Hopkinton; 10. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 11. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 12. 4 Ryan Maitland, Waterloo; 13. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 14. 81 Jesse Belez, Marengo; 15. 7 Todd Jensen, Waterloo; 16. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 17. 77 Tim McBride, Denver; 18. 7S Robbie Schmuecker, Vinton.
Heat one: 1. Auringer; 2. Burbridge; 3. Bentley; 4. Hanson; 5. Maitland; 6. Jensen.
Heat two: 1. Snyder; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Cordes; 4. Flannagan; 5. Dedrick; 6. Schmuecker.
Heat three: 1. Less; 2. Rust; 3. Docekal; 4. Betzer; 5. Belez; 6. McBride.
IMCA STOCK CAR
Feature: 1. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 2. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 3. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 4. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 5. 62G Adam Gebel, Cedar Falls; 6. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 7. 67 Justin Stander, Shellsburg; 8. 74C Cole Mather, Dundee; 9. 22D Jared Daggett, Marshalltown; 10. 8B Scott Beauregard, Brandon; 11. 1X Michael Peterson, Montezuma; 12. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 13. 3 Ryan Coleman, Vinton; 14. 8E Mitchell Evens, Independence; 15. 171 Buck Swanson, Waterloo.
Heat one: 1. Swanson; 2. Gebel; 3. Pippert; 4. Chesmore; 5. Galli; 6. Daggett; 7. Coleman; 8. Evens.
Heat two: 1. Mather; 2. Beauregard; 3. Roster; 4. Murty; 5. Peterson; 6. Wood; 7. Stander.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Feature: 1. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 2. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 3. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 4. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 5. 80J Jared Van Deest, Gladbrook; 6. 72 Brett Lowry, Montezuma; 7. 17 Dawn Krall, Evansdale; 8. 95 Mike McDonald, Cedar Rapids; 9. J2 Dave Schulze, Keystone; 10. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 11. 00 Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 12. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Vinton; 13. CH19 Colby Heishman, Brooklyn; 14. T17 Tom Rawlins, Kellogg; 15. 16K Brandon Morris, Cedar Rapids; 16. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully; 17. 6J Siraj Thomason, Montezuma; DNS/18. 199 Dave Burrell, Dysart; DNS/19. 35 Kyle Bentley, Independence; DNS K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids.
Heat one: 1. T. Olson; 2. Sellers; 3. Krall; 4. Schulze; 5. Buhlman; 6. Van Zante; 7. Bentley.
Heat two: 1. King; 2. Van Deest; 3. Petrzelka; 4. Thomason; 5. Dvorak; DNS K. Olson; DNS Heishman.
Heat three: 1. Lowry; 2. McDonald; 3. Hilmer; 4. Morris; 5. Rawlins; 6. Burrell.
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Feature: 1. 79 Benji Irvine, Stanley; 2. 17K Kyle Parizek, Belle Plaine; 3. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 4. 29+17=46 Brian Happel, Vinton; 5. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 6. 55 Vince Buchholz, Tama; 7. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 8. 19B Jim Sheldon, Marion.
Heat: 1. Ballard; 2. Brown; 3. Buchholz; 4. Irvine; 5. Parizek; 6. Happel; 7. Vanous; 8. Sheldon.
IMCA SPORT COMPACT
Feature: 1. 36 Dave Reed, Cedar Rapids; 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 3. 3S Craig Streeter, Vinton; 4. 007 Adam Gates, Marion.
Heat: 1. Gates; 2. Whalen; 3. Reed; 4. Streeter.
BCS MICRO MOD
Feature: 1. 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo; 2. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 3. 1 Chuck Ihde, Decorah; 4. 71 Tristan Cordes, Dunkerton; 5. 111A A. J. Witten, Cedar Rapids; 6/DNS. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha; 7/DNS 00 Brody Willett, Alburnett; 8/DNS 18 Jeff Davis, La Porte City.
Heat: 1. Cordes; 2. Maitland; 3. Erger; 4. Ihde; 5. Pate; 6. Willett; 7. Davis; 8. Witten.
No comments:
Post a Comment