I'll start off this blog by doing a little catching up. Thursday night I ventured down to the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson to take in the 3rd Annual Liberty Cup, an event that hosted the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA modifieds along with the American Stock Car Shootout series for IMCA stock cars. Also on the racing slate were hobby stocks.
The event lasted a little longer then I had anticipated. Several cautions, especially for implement tires on the track, kept slowing the action down throughout the night. So the three-hour trek home saw me pull into my driveway around 2:30am. I opted not to take the time to write a blog as I have been on the go all week and decided I'd write about it later. However, after reading some of my colleague's blogs from the event, I think they pretty much covered everything. So check out www.positivelyracing.com and click on "Back Stretch", "In Staging", "4DFanReport", "Midwest Racing News", or "Running the High Side" for all the action from Thursday night!!
Friday nights usually find me at the Marshalltown Speedway. This week, however, I would change it up a bit as I had already been to Marshalltown on Monday. So I headed in the opposite direction and made a stop at the Mineral City Speedway in Fort Dodge for the fourth time this season. A regular race night plus the addition of the Midwest 305 sprint cars made for a full night of racing.
First up for feature action were the hornets. Eleven cars took the green flag with Nick Hogan jumping out front early. Lyle Oberhelman would pass Gary Carlson for the second position at the halfway point, but Hogan had built up a commanding lead and would go on to take the win. Oberhelman would get second, Carlson third, William Wolff fourth, and Mick Evans completed the top five.
Next up would be the econo stock division. Only six cars were on hand last night as Zachary Angstrom grabbed the top spot at the drop of the green flag. Shannon Crouse made his way to second before giving up that spot to Colby Davis. Angstrom cruised home to the win ahead of Davis and Crouse to fill out the remaining cars on the track. I believe Nate Evans was fourth and Brad Crouse was fifth with Jed Peterson rounding out the field.
Sixteen hobby stocks were now set to battle it out for supremacy. Daniel Krieger used the outside front row to power his way out front. Following an early caution, Jeff Lyon would restart in fifth but methodically work his way to third after passing Josh Niemand and Myles Michehl. Up front Krieger was never seriously challenged as he took the checkered flag first ahead of Paul Toms, Michael Becker, Jeff Lyon, and Kyle Schmauss.
1. 45K Daniel Krieger
2. 24T Paul Toms
3. 8B Michael Becker
4. 59 Jeff Lyon
5. 06 Kyle Schmauss
6. 21 Myles Michehl
7. 27P Kevin Berger
8. 29N Cody Nielsen
9. 2EZ Josh Niemand
10. 96 ??
11. 30x Dave Schmauss ??
12. 74 Les Langfitt
13. 14 Todd Hillman
14. 49 Jack Marsh
DNF
64 Steve Peterson
20N Justin Nehring - black flagged for attempting to change tire after causing yellow
Andy Tiernan and Mike Pruitt were two abreast as they crossed the line to complete the first lap of the limited modified feature that saw sixteen cars take the green. Pruitt would later take the advantage on the outside, but behind them Brett Meyer was on the move. After starting ninth, Meyer worked his way into fourth after passing George Gilliland. A caution allowed Meyer to sneak under both Doug Bartels and Tiernan to take over the runner up spot as he tried to chase down defending IMCA Supernationals sportmod champion Mike Pruitt. Meyer would slide high following anothe restart, allowing Tiernan to shoot back by on the low side. Tiernan found the low line to be the quick line as he caught and passed Pruitt for the lead as he went on to take the win. Brett Meyer would fight back to second, Mike Pruitt third, Brian Miller fourth, and Steve Reetz rounded out the top five.
1. 321 Andy Tiernan
2. 1M Brett Meyer
3. 92 Mike Pruitt
4. 24 Brian Miller
5. 80 Steve Reetz
6. 8 Bill Hoover
7. 5 Mitch Frakes
8. 2T Todd Thomas
9. 20s Segebart
DNF
10. 20 Chad Louk
8JR Paul Atchison
36 Matt Pittman
54E Clay Evans
57 Doug Bartels
40 George Gilliland
27B Aaron Benz
The Midwest 305 sprint cars made their way to the track for their feature race next. Fourteen cars were locked and ready as Gordy Vogelaar paced the field from the pole. Twelfth starter Casey Fredrichsen was on the charge as he climbed into the top five at the halfway point. A caution allowed a few positions to change late in the race, but Vogelarr's position remained unchanged as he picked up the dominating victory. Local Fort Dodge driver Randy Reinhard would finish second, Travis Lain third, Fredrichsen fourth, and Ryan Voss rounded out the top five.
1. 1A Gordy Vogelaar
2. 10B Randy Reinhard
3. 33 Travis Lain
4. 20 Casey Fredrichsen
5. 3D Ryan Voss
6. 55 Matt Stephenson
7. 93A Alan Ambers
8. 4E Jeff Edgington
The sprint cars laid down quite a bit of rubber prior to the eight-car stock car feature. Pole sitter Jason Minnehan grabbed the top spot with Jeff Deal right behind. An early caution reset the field in single file formation, and things would remain that way as the top four cars were bunched together. Deal would get a little too high in turn three, allowing Wayne Crimmins and Malcolm Teachout to get by. Deal and Teachout would come together as Deal made the pass back by, but Teachout got the last word as he came right back at him the next lap and "moved him" a bit, resulting in Deal spinning out on the final set of corners. But it would be Jason Minnehan celebrating in victory lane at the end of the race. Wayne Crimmins was second, Malcolm Teachout third, Matt Mundt fourth, and Jeff Deal was fifth.
1. 7 Jason Minnehan
2. 35 Wayne Crimmins
3. 20T Malcolm Teachout
4. 25M Matt Mundt
5. 22 Jeff Deal
6. M2 Matt Fox
7. 15 Jeremy Crimmins
8. 1 Greg Elliott
The modifieds were now set to bring a curtain down the night's action. Rod Scheuermann took command at the start while Brian Schmitt quickly took over the runner up spot from Scott Sturm. Schmitt would not stop there as he powered his machine to the top side in turns three and four to take over the lead. From that point on Schmitt would continue to increase his lead to nearly a straight away ahead of Dave Doughty, who passed Scheuermann at the midpoint of the race. Two cautions within the final five laps would bunch the field back up, but both times Schmitt was able to separate himself from the pack. Brian Schmitt would go on to take the win ahead of Dave Doughty, Rod Scheuermann, Brad Williams, and Jake Simpson.
1. 61 Brian Schmitt
2. 85 Dave Doughty
3. 14R Rod Scheuermann
4. 22BW Brad Williams
5. 7 Jake Simpson
6. 88 Ryan Watnem
7. 8x Scott Olson
8. 23 Scott Sturm
9. 15 Shane Demay
10. 36 Jeff Conner
Schmitt's win helped put a little icing on the cake as he had several family members celebrating birthdays. His wife Brenda, son Sam, and niece Courtney were all having birthdays within a couple days. Some of Brian's family members have dubbed me as his "lucky charm" as I have been in attendance for both of his wins this year. Schmitt won at Alta back on June 9.
For more information and complete results from the Mineral City Speedway, be sure to check out www.fdspeed.com.
- Racing may be a hobby, but it's DEFINITELY addictive!!
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