Friday night was picture perfect for racing at the Mineral City Speedway, with the exception of the bugs. The muggy and hot weather brought the bugs out, but that didn't prevent the crowd from seeing a lot of action on the track.
First onto the track for their feature was the seventeen-car field of hornets. Cautions plagued this event as four attempts to start the race were needed before the first lap could get completed. Officials finally opted to use a single file start rather then the traditional two-wide start. Nate Evans would grab the lead on the first lap and continue to hold that spot until the checkers waved. He was followed across the line by Mick Evans, Daniel Ayers, Keaton Graffunder, and Jason Clark.
Ten econo stocks then made their way to the track with Todd Fredericksen holding down the top spot in the early going. Austin Reicks was on the move early as he passed Jason Lowe and then later Fredericksen for the lead. Fredericksen would lose the handle of his machine, handing the second position over to Brad Hanse. Hanse was nearly a straight away behind though when Reicks took the checkered flag and the win. Hanse followed in second, a 7DD car was third, Colby Davis fourth, and #72 was fifth. Sorry I didn't catch the names, and at this time Speednet isn't updated yet.
Hobby stocks took to the track with fifteen cars making the call. Austin Wolfgram wasted no time in getting his machine to the front at the drop of the green flag from his fourth starting position. An early caution set up a restart in which Kevin Berger made a pass on Jeff Lyon for the third spot. Berger would then challenge Justin Nehring for second when the two made contact exiting turn two that resulted in both of them spinning down the back stretch and bringing out the caution. Up front Austin Wolfgram had it on cruise control as he picked up the win ahead of Ryan Caquelin, Jeff Lyon, Jack Marsh, and Matt Wise.
Clay Evans used his pole starting spot to take the early command in the limited modified feature that saw fifteen cars take the green flag. A bit further back Doug Bartles made the pass on Trevor Chaplin to take over the third position. With Evans stretching out his lead, Andy Tiernan would make the move around Bartles on the outside to take the third position away. Tiernan kept his momentum up on the cushion as he passed Steve Reetz for second with two laps remaining, but he was unable to track down the leader as Clay Evans picked up the win. Tiernan was second, Steve Reetz finished third, Doug Bartles was fourth, and Trevor Chaplin picked up a fifth place finish.
The USRA stock car feature followed with nine cars taking the green flag. Jeff Deal rocketed to the lead. Malcolm Teachout drove to the outside of Dennis Plain for the runner up spot at the halfway point. Late in the race contact among the front of the pack shuffled the running order as Deal slowed on the front stretch and Teachout and Plain tried to regain control of their machines. Plain would hold the lead until the exit of turn four on the final lap when Wayne Crimmins ducked low and squeaked out the win. Dennis Plain had to settle for a close second place finish, Malcolm Teachout hung on for third, Matt Fox was fourth, and Chris Ullrich rounded out the top five.
The final event of the night saw ten modifieds take center stage. Rod Scheuermann would seize control from the start. Brian Schmitt would move into the runner up spot, but he would later give it up as Dave Doughty passed him on the inside to snare it away. Doughty would slowly close the gap to Scheuermann, and would have a great opportunity to capitalize on the yellow as the field was set to take the white flag. Unfortunately for Doughty he wasn't able to take advantage, and in fact went backwards as several cars made their way by in the closing laps. Rod Scheuermann picked up the win ahead of Jeff Nielson, Dustin Smith, Brian Schmitt, and defending track champion Brad Williams. Doughty wound up sixth.
For a complete rundown, check out the Mineral City Speedway website as I'm sure the results will be posted in the near future.
- Racing may be a hobby, but it's DEFINITELY addictive!!
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