The first feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Dustan Fenton and Brandon Savage leading the field to the green flag. But the caution would come out on the start for a deck lid coming off the car of Jeremy Harris. On the restart Fenton would edge out Savage at the line to grab the lead on lap 1, but Savage would grab the top spot away on the next lap. While Savage continued to lead the field, two drivers where making charges through the field. Josh Foster, who started 12th, and Scott Hogan, who started 22nd, where passing cars on every lap to try to get to the front before the end of the 20 laps. By the halfway point of the event Savage had to work to hold off a challenge from Lonnie Heap, who was working the bottom of the speedway to try to get around Savage for the top spot. But Savage would hold off his challenges and now had to hold off a hard charging Foster, who had worked up into second on lap 17. Foster would slip under Savage on the white flag lap and then held on for the final lap to claim his second consecutive feature win at 34 Raceway. Savage held off Hogan on the last lap to finish in second, Heap was fourth, with Tyler Cale coming from 10th to round out the top five.
Josh Foster IMCA Modified Feature Winner. Photo by Dana Royer.
Up next was the 20 lap 305 Sprint feature, with Patrick Moore and Cale Hutchings on the front row. The red flag would come out on the drop of the green, as Bobby Mincer rolled in turn two. Mincer was ok, but done for the night. On the restart Nick Guernsey would spin coming out of two to bring the caution out. Once the race got going under green, Moore would jump out into the lead on lap 1 and then held it until lap 7, when Hutchings slowed to a stop in turn four. Jayson Ditsworth, who started 11th, would jump to the outside of Moore on the restart to take over the top spot. Ditsworth looked to be heading to the feature win, when a caution on lap 10 for a spin by Alexsha Alexander brought the field to his back bumper. Distworth would once again grab the advantage on the restart only to be slowed again on lap 15 for another spin by Alexander, who was done for the night for two solo spins. On the restart Ditsworth now had to work to hold off Kevin Hetrick, who started 8th. Hetrick would slip under Ditsworth on lap 17 to grab the top spot and then held on after a green-white-checkered finish to claim the win. Ditsworth settled for second, Matt Krieger came from 9th to finish in 3rd, John Draper started 10th and finished fourth, with Moore holding on the fifth. 
305 Sprint Feature Winner Kevin Hetrick. Photo by Dana Royer.
305 Sprint Feature Winner Kevin Hetrick. Photo by Dana Royer.Nick Fenton and Corey Strothman led the field to the drop of the green in the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Strothman edging out Fenton at the line to lead lap 1. The first of two cautions came out on lap 8, when Kirk Kinsley and Fenton spun in turn three. On the restart Strothman would grab the advantage and then held it until lap 8, when Cale Samberg, who started 8th, slipped by for the top spot. Samberg continued to hold the top spot, as Jeff Mueller, who started 9th, and Darin Thye, who started 10th, where working there way towards the front. Mueller would make his move into the lead on lap 15, as he slipped under Samberg in turn four. The final caution would come out as lap 15 was complete for a spin in two by Jim Redmann. Mueller would move out into the lead on the restart and then held on to claim his second win in a row at the track. Thye moved up to finish second, Samberg held on for third, Greg Johnson came from 13th to finish in fourth, with John Oliver Jr., who started 12th, rounding out the top five.
Jeff Mueller IMCA Stock Car Feature Winner. Photo by Dana Royer.The 25 lap IMCA Late Model feature was next to take to the track, with Nate Beuseling and Boone McLaughlin on the front row. The caution would come out on the start, as the flag thought the front row made a jack rabbit start. The result was Beuseling and McLaughlin being sent to the back of the field. Now Sam Halstead and Denny Woodworth would lead the field to the drop of the green, with a great battle between the two going on for the first 6 laps. Woodworth would edge Halstead at the line to lead lap 1, but Halstead would come back to lead lap 2. Woodworth, who was working the top, would lead lap 3, over Halstead, who was on the bottom. But Halstead would work under Woodworth to grab the top spot on lap 5, only to loose it back to Woodworth on lap 6. Woodworth then held the lead until lap 8, when he pulled into the pits with mechanical troubles. Halstead would inherit the top spot and then held it until lap 11, when Matt Bailey slipped by for the lead. The last caution of the event would come out on lap 13 for a spin by Keith Pratt in turn two. Bailey would grab the advantage on the restart, but now had to work to hold off Mark Burgtorf, who started 7th. Burgtorf would slip under Bailey on lap 15 and then pulled away over the final 10 lap to claim his second consecutive win at 34 Raceway. Lonnie Bailey came from 11th to finish in second, Tommy Elston started 10th and finished third, M. Bailey held on for fourth, with Jay Johnson coming home in fifth.
IMCA Late Model Feature Winner Mark Burgtorf. Photo by Dana Royer.The final feature of the night was the 15 lap Hobby Stocks, with Lane Kauffman and Eric Rowley on the front row. Rowley would edge Kauffman out at the line to lead lap 1, with the caution coming out at the completion of the lap. Derek St. Clair would stop in turn two, with both front tires flat. On the restart Rowley once again grabbed the advantage, with Ray Raker now battling him for the top spot. Raker would make his move into the lead on lap 3 and then held it until a red on lap 5. Dean Kratzer broke an axle and took a nasty roll in turn four, he was ok but the car was had heavily damaged. On the restart, Raker jumped out into the lead, but now had Jason Gerdes and St. Clair working on him for the lead. Gerdes would slip under Raker on lap 7 to take over the top spot, with St. Clair following in second. St. Clair tried to get by Gerdes over the next six laps, but couldn't make the pass. St. Clair would jump to the outside of Gerdes on lap 14 to take the lead and then held on to complete to drive from last to first. Raker would come home second, Tanner Thomann started 8th and finished third, Gerdes got sideways coming out of four on the last lap and slipped to fourth, with Victor Hastings coming from 17th to round out the top five.
Derek St. Clair Hobby Stock Feature Winner. Photo by Dana Royer.
Notes from 34: 109 cars signed in for the night, with 29 Modified being the most, followed by 22 Stock Cars, 20 Late Models and 19 305 Sprints and 19 Hobby Stocks......Boone McLaughlin who was pentalized on the first lap of the Late Model feature, would work his way back up to finish 8th. He only had one caution, on lap 13, in the 25 laps to be able to get back to the front...... Landon Cassill came from Charlotte, N.C. to compete in the Modifieds. He started last in his heat, due to first time there and no point average. But he would spin on lap 1 and was sent to the pits, due to a one spin and your done rule in the heat races. Which meant he had to come from the back of the B-Main in order to make it into the feature. He started the B-Main in 8th and had to get to 3rd in order to quailify. His run to the front would end with two laps to go in the event, as he got into the front stretch wall hard to slow his momentum. So he had to settle for 5th and had to watch the feature from the pits......Abe Huls, who started 17th, in the Stock Car feature had worked his way up to 3rd by lap 16. But would pull into the infield on lap 17 with mechanical troubles......Luke McLaughlin made a pit stop on lap 5 of the Hobby Stock feature and would come back out in 15th. He would work his way back up to a sixth place finish. Blaine Dopler started 18th, after a flat in his heat, and would pass 11 cars to finish 7th.
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