Burlington, IA (Saturday, May 15, 2010) - 34 Raceway was another race track that finally got there 2010 points season started after three straight weeks of rain. Despite all the rain on Wednesday and Thursday morning, mother nature would shine on Thursday night, Friday and Saturday to help dry things up enough to go racing.
The first feature to take to the speedway was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Bill Roberts and Dustin Crear drawing the front row. Roberts would grabbed the lead on the drop of the green, with Crear and Mike Weikert Jr. battling for second. Brandon Rothzen would slip under Roberts going into turn two on lap 2 to grab the top spot away. But the first caution of the event would come out before the lap was complete when Cory Barker spun in turn two, giving the lead back to Roberts. On the restart Roberts then had to work to hold off Rothzen, as the two made contact going into turn one. Rothzen's night would end on lap 7, when he spun in turn two with a right front flat. Scott Hogan, the 2009 Track Champion, started 7th and would inherit the lead as a result. On the restart, Roberts would get sideways going down the backstretch and collected Kevin Goben and Crear to bring the caution back out. Hogan moved back out into the lead on the restart, with Rich Smith who started 10th now chasing him for the lead. Hogan started to pull away from the rest of the field, when the final caution would appear on lap 13 for a spin in turn three by Dustan Fenton. Once again Hogan jumped out into the lead on the restart and then pulled away over the final 6 laps to pick up the win. Smith settled for second, Dusty Kraklio was third, Dennis LaVeine came from 17th to finish in fourth, with Adam Birck taking home a fifth place finish.
Up next was the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with John Oliver Jr. and Jeff Mueller making up the front row. Mueller grabbed the lead on the drop of the green flag, but Oliver Jr. would over take him on lap 2. Mueller would follow in Oliver Jr's tracks for the next 7 laps, when he drove under him to take the lead back on lap 8. The first and only caution would come out on lap 16 when Travis Finke, who was running fifth, slowed to a stop in turn 2. On the restart Mueller moved back out front and then went on to lead the final 4 laps to claim his third win in a row at 34 Raceway. Jim Redmann would come home in second, Nathan Wood came from 11th to finish in third, Oliver Jr. settled for fourth, with Abe Huls who started 12th getting moved to fifth.
Jeff Miller and Joe Huggins led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 15 lap Mod Lite feature, with Huggins leading lap 1. The red flag would come out after the completion of lap 1, as Mark Winkel rolled going into turn three. He would climb out of the car ok. On the restart Huggins moved back out into the lead, only to be slowed on lap 2 for Joel Langrehr who stopped on the front stretch. Huggins again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Greg Rossell, Justin Buchholz and Mike Morrill, who started 10th, battling for the second spot. The four car battle at the front would be slowed down on lap 4, when Johnathan Huston hit the front stretch wall. Again Huggins grabbed the lead on the restart, but had Morrill battling him for the top spot. Morrill would jump to the outside of Huggins on lap 8 to take over the top spot. Morrill and Huggins battled back and forth for the lead, when the final caution came out on lap 14 when Dustin Schram spun in turn four. On the restart Morill jumped out into the lead, but Huggins would try to get under him coming out of four to the checkers. Morrill was able to hold off Huggins at the line to pick up the win. Rossell was third, Buchholz was fourth, with David Norton coming home in fifth.
Just as the 305 Sprints were set to be pushed off for their 20 lap feature, the skies opened up. The steady rain that last for about 25 minutes was enough to make the track to greasy to race on. So the 305 Sprints will run double features on June 5th and the 4 Cylinders will make up there feature on June 19th.
Notes from 34: 29 Modifieds, 28 4 Cylinders, 23 Mod Lites, 20 305 Sprints and 20 Stock Cars made up the 120 cars signed in for competition......Brandon Savage would start the Modified feature in 12th. He would pass 6 cars to finish in 6th....Andy Krieger came from 14th to finish in 7th....Dean McGee passed 7 cars from his 15th place starting spot to finish in 8th....Roberts recovered from his spin on lap 8 to come back to finish in 9th....Toby VandeKamp started 22nd and passed 12 cars to take home a 10th place finish....Kevin Goben came from 21st to finish in 11th....Derek Hamm took the last spot in the B and started 24th. He would pass 11 cars to take home a 13th place finish....Seth Bundy came from 23rd to finish in 17th....AJ Fike would start 7th in the B and passed 5 cars to take 2nd. But he was disqualified in tech, giving Hamm the final transfer spot into the A.......Jason Cook would cross the finish line 5th in the Stock Car feature. But was disqualified in tech for a illegal carb spacer. That would move Abe Huls up to fifth....Dave Warth started 20th and passed 14 cars to take home a 6th place finish....Brett Timmerman came from 18th to finish in 9th......Daniel Guss started the Mod Lite feature in 16th and passed 10 cars to finish in 6th..... Evan Epperson came from 17th to take home a 10th place finish....Dustin Schram recovered from his last lap spin to come back to finish in 12th....Joe Stomberg started 20th and passed 7 cars to take home a 13th place finish....Cody Brown passed 7 cars from his 21st starting spot to finish in 14th.
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