Donnellson, IA (Saturday, May 22, 2010) - After Friday nights rain out, the fourth one in five points races, the Lee County Speedway decided to run a draw/redraw show for there regular five classes on Saturday night. With the other track in the area not racing on there regular night it turned out to be a good move, as 92 teams signed in to get there try at the tricky 3/8th mile track.
The first feature of the night was the 15 lap SportMods, with Jim Gillenwater and Derek Coleman drawing the front row. Gillenwater would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1. The first of two cautions in the event came out on lap 1, as Rodger Dresden spun in turn 2. On the restart Gillenwater again jumped out into the lead, with Mike Shelton and Jason Cook battling for second. Gillenwater started pulling away from the field, when the final caution waved on lap 10. Bill Gibson, who started 8th and had worked his way to 3rd, spun in turn two. Once again Gillenwater grabbed the top spot on the restart, but had Shelton challenging him for the lead. Gillenwater would hold off Shelton over the final 5 laps to pick up the win. Cook held on for 3rd, Michael Bliven started 9th and finished 4th, with Coleman holding on for fifth.
Up next was the 12 lap Wild Thing feature, with Jerry Ostby and Dakota Fenton leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Ostby would lead all 12 laps in a caution free race to claim the win. Chuck Fullenkamp came from 8th to finish in 2nd, Devin Still was 3rd after starting 7th, William Michel came from 10th to finish in 4th, with Fenton holding on for fifth.
Doug Fenton and Josh Tripp drew the front row for the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Tripp grabbing the lead on lap 1. Tripp would hold the top spot until lap 3, when Jeremy Pundt slipped by for the lead. Pundt started pulling away from the field and looked to be heading for his first career Hobby Stock feature win. But disaster would strike Pundt on the white flag lap, as a ball joint broke on the right front, causing him to spin into the in field. Jim Lynch, who started 10th, inherited the lead going into turn three and then held off Dave Cloke, who started 7th, coming off of four to claim his first Hobby Stock feature win at his home town track. Tripp held on for 3rd, Lane Kauffman was 4th, with Tanner Thomann coming home in fifth.
The 15 lap Stock Car feature was up next, with Dave Warth and Corey Strothman drawing the front row. Strothman jumped out into the lead on lap 1, with Warth and Chris Webb battling for second. Strothman would continue to lead the field, as the battle for second between Warth, Abe Huls, Jason Cook, who started 9th, and Webb heated up. Cook was able to wrestle the second place away from the rest on lap 10 and then set his sights on Strothman for the top spot. Cook worked the bottom of the speedway to grab the lead away from Strothman on lap 12 and then went on to lead the final 3 laps to pick up his second win of 2010 at the speedway. Warth won the battle for 2nd, Huls was 3rd, Webb was 4th, with John Oliver Jr. coming from 10th to round out the top five.
The final feature of the night was the 20 lap Modifieds, with Bill Roberts and Wyatt Lantz leading the field to the green. Lantz moved out front on the drop of the green flag to lead lap 1. But Michael Long would slip by Lantz on lap 2 to take over the top spot. Long then started to pull away from the field and started to lap cars quickly. Lantz would close back in on Long as they entered heavy lapped traffic late in the race. But Long proved to be to much, as his went on to claim the win. Lantz settled for second, Josh Foster came from 9th to finish in 3rd, Jeff Waterman started 11th and finished in 4th, with Dustin Crear coming home in fifth.
LCS Notes: 22 Modifeds, 19 Stock Cars, 19 SportMods, 16 Hobby Stocks and 16 Wild Things made up the 92 cars singed in for competition....The five features on the night were ran in just under an hour, as four of them were caution free! ...... Dean Kratzer came from 10th to finish 6th in the SportMod feature.... Jacob Smith came from 11th to finish in 7th....Bob Woodrow finished 8th after starting in 13th....AJ Johnson started 12th and was battling for 6th on the final lap when he got to high in turn two and collided with the guardrail. He feel back to finish in 9th....Mitch Higdon took over the driving duties of the 45 car and started in 15th. He would pass 5 cars to take home a 10th place finish....Corey Botkins made the pull up from Columbia, MO. He would miss the heat race and was forced to start in the 19th place. He would pass 7 cars to come home in 12th...... Gabe Harrison, Chuck Fullenkamp and William Michel got together on the start of the Wild Thing feature and fell all the way to the back....Fullenkamp would charge back up to make a late race charge for the lead, only to come up short.... Devin Still pulled his car up from Anabel, MO and started the feature in 7th. He would pass 4 cars to finish in 3rd....Michel recovered from the first lap tangle to come back to finish in 4th......Dan Wenig started the Hobby Stock feature in 11th and had worked his way to 6th, when he pulled in on lap 11th with troubles....Victor Hastings had a top five going when he pulled in on lap 13 with a flat tire......Corey Strothman led the Stock Car feature from the drop of the green flag and looked to be heading for the win. He started to slow on lap 12 with a left rear flat, which allowed Cook to go by for the lead, and would finish in 15th....Jeff Mueller brought out the new car, but would pull in on lap 10 to give him a rare 16th place finish......Long started the Modified feature in 4th and grabbed the lead on lap 2. He then set a fast pace and would lap up to the 7th place car.
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