Burlington, IA (Saturday, June 19, 2010) - What a beautiful night it finally turned out to be on Saturday, as 34 Raceway was able to get in a race after three straight weeks of rain. The fans were treated to an extra feature on the night, as the rained out 4 Cylinder feature from May 15th was run before the regular night got started.
Up first on the night was the 12 lap 4 Cylinder make-up feature from May 15th. Bryce Bailey and Brad Chandler drew the front row for the event, with Bailey grabbing the lead on the drop of the green flag. Bailey would lead all 12 laps to claim the win. Chandler held on to finish in 2nd, Gabe Harrison came from 9th to finish in 3rd, William Michel was 4th, with Nick Wilkerson passing 11 cars from his 16th place starting spot to round out the top 5.
After 3 IMCA Modified heats, 3 IMCA Stock Car heats, 3 4 Cylinder heats, 3 Late Model heats, 3 Hobby Stock heats and 1 4 Cylinder B-Main the regular night features were set to begin.
Up first was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Darin Thye and Dustin Crear leading the field to the drop of the green flag. But the red would come out on the start as Brandon Rothzen, who started 6th, didn't come up to speed and caused a six car pile up behind him. Mike Weikert Jr., Adam Birck, Scott Boles, Jamie Smith, Scott Hogan and Norm Brakeville would all be involved. On the restart Thye would grab the lead on lap 1, but would only lead that lap as Crear jumped to the outside of him to grab the top spot away on lap 2. Crear then had to work to hold off Bill Roberts, until the next caution came out on lap 5. Adam Birck would spin in turn 3 to slow the event down. On the restart Matt Gavin, who started 21st and had worked his way to 11th, would spin off of turn 1 to bring the caution back out. Once again Crear jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Roberts and Tyler VandeKamp battling it out for second. VandeKamp would work the bottom of the speedway to get under Crear on lap 9 to take over the top spot. But Crear didn't give up as he worked the top of the speedway for the next 2 laps to take the lead back on lap 11. Crear then held the top spot until lap 15, when VandeKamp again worked the bottom of the speedway to grab the lead back. VandeKamp then held off Rich Smith, who started 11th, over the final 5 laps to pick up his first career Modified feature win. Dusty Kraklio came from 8th to finish in 3rd, Jeff Waterman passed 12 cars from his 16th place starting spot to finish in 4th, with Dennis LaVeine coming from 13th to round out the top 5.
Next up was the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Kirk Kinsley and Sky Griffith, rookie Stock Car driver, making up the front row for the event. Kinsley moved out front on lap 1 and then held it until the caution came out on lap 2. Greg Johnson, David Schrier and Bo Hunter collided in turn 1. On the restart Kinsley jumped back out into the lead, with Abe Huls close behind in second. Huls would work under Kinsley on lap 4 to take over the top spot, but a caution for Chris Webb who spun in turn 4 would give the lead back to Kinsley. Huls jumped back under Kinsley on restart to grab the lead on lap 4, with Jeff Mueller, who started 9th, following him into second. Huls was slowed on lap 5 when Rod Staats and Brian Holmes spun in turn 4 to bring caution out once again. Once again Huls moved out into the lead on the restart, with Mueller close behind in second. The battle for the lead was slowed for the final time on lap 6 for debris on the front stretch. Huls grabbed the lead on the restart and then held off Dave Warth on the final lap to pick up the win. Mueller held on for 3rd, Kinsley was 4th, with John Oliver Jr. coming home in 5th.
Brett Vanous and Merv Chandler drew the front row for the 12 lap 4 Cylinder feature. But it was third place started Geoffrey Theobald jumping out into the lead on lap 1. The first caution of the race would come out on lap 4 for debris. On the restart Theobald moved back out into the lead and then started to pull away slightly when another caution came out on lap 6. Jerrod Nichols would spin in turn 2. Theobald once again grabbed the lead on the restart and now had to work to hold off Bryce Bailey, who started 11th. The caution would appear again on lap 9 for Nick Wilkerson who stopped on the front stretch. But at the same time William Michel, who was running 4th, suddenly rolled in turn 4 to turn the caution into a red flag. He would climb out ok. On the restart Theobald jumped back out into the lead, with Bailey pressuring him for the top spot. But the battle would be slowed for the final time on lap 10, when Troy Wanders and Chandler spun in turn 2. Theobald again grabbed the lead on the restart and held off Bailey over the final 2 laps to claim the win. Wayne Noble was 3rd, Bryan Rodefer was 4th, with Chuck Fullenkamp rounding out the top 5.
Tom Goble and Shawn Mulvany drew the front row for the 25 lap IMCA Late Model feature, with Mulvany grabbing the lead on lap 1. Goble would jump to the outside of Mulvany on lap 2 to take over the top spot, with Justin Reed following him into second. Reed would then work under Goble on lap 5 to take over the lead. The first caution of the event would come out on lap 7, when Goble slowed with a left rear flat to end his run up front. On the restart Reed moved back out into the lead, with Rob Toland, who started 6th, close behind in second. Reed worked to hold off Toland until the next caution came out on lap 10, when Tom Bowling Jr. spun down the backstretch. On the restart Mick Wiele would spin off of turn 2 to bring the caution back out. Reed again moved back out into the lead on the restart, with Denny Woodworth close behind in second. Reed started to pull away from Woodworth and Joey Gower, who started 10th, when the final caution of the event brought the field back to his bumper. Duane Christisen would come to a stop in turn 2. Once again Reed would grab the lead on the restart and then held on for the final 5 laps to pick up the win. Woodworth held on for 2nd, Gary Russell passed 12 cars from his 15th starting spot to finish in 3rd, Gower held on for 4th, with Keith Pratt coming from 13th to round out the top 5.
The final feature of the night was the 15 lap Hobby Stocks, with Rob Wilsey and Roger Krieger drawing the front row for the event. Wilsey would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1, but disaster would strike him one lap later as he spun in turn 4. He would collected the cars of Victor Hastings, who was running 4th, and Dean Kratzer, who was running 5th. On the restart Dane Fenton and Chad Krogmeier would get into the backstretch wall to bring the caution back out. Caution would appear one more time on the second restart, when Josh Tripp spun in turn 4. Randy Wachter would inherit the lead on the restart and then held it until another caution came out on lap 4. Travis Hartman would spin in 4. Once again Wachter jumped out into the lead on the restart, with Tanner Thomann, who started 9th, close behind in second. The caution would come out for the final time on lap 6, when Wilsey spun down the front stretch. This would set up a green-white-checkered finish as the time limit was up on the event. On the restart Wachter moved out into the lead and then held on for the final 2 laps to pick up his second win in a row. Thomann held off Jake Wenig, who started 18th, for 2nd, Hastings recovered from the lap 1 crash to finish in 4th, with Krieger holding on to finish in fifth.
Notes from 34: 31 4 Cylinders, 27 Late Models, 26 Modifieds, 21 Hobby Stocks and 19 Stock Cars made up the 124 cars signed in to due battle on the night.....In the make-up 4 Cylinder feature Chuck Fullenkamp came from 13th to finish in 6th....Kimberly Abbot passed 11 cars from her 20th place start to finish in 9th....Jerrod Nichols came from 17th to finish in 12th....Corey Sheetz started 19th and finished in 13th....Justin Mosser passed 10 cars from his 24th starting spot to finish in 14th......A.J. Fike started the Modified feature in 23rd and passed 11 cars to take home a 12th place finish....Matt Gavin started in 21st and had worked his way to 11th when he spun off turn 1 on lap 5 to bring out the caution. He would work his way back up to finish in 13th....Mike Weikert Jr. recovered from the wreck on the start to come back to finish in 14th....Norm Brakeville was another driver involved in the wreck on the start. He would recover to finish in 15th....Josh Foster got disqualified after his heat race for no stickers on the wheels. He would choose to load up and go home, rather then tag the back of the feature......Gabe Harrison came from 12th to finish 6th in the regular 4 Cylinder feature....Rex Smart started 13th and came home home in 7th....Bill Whalen Jr. passed 10 cars from his 18th starting spot to finish in 8th....Darin Smith came from 15th to finish in 9th....Amanda Tipps came from 21st to finish in 14th....Troy Wanders recovered from the lap 10 spin to finish in 17th....Seth Woodruff was running 6th when he started to loose some fluids on the speedway on lap 5. He would retire to the pits on the lap 6 caution to finish in 22nd.....Nate Beuseling started the Late Model feature in 14th and passed 5 cars to finish in 9th....Robby Warner started 20th and passed 10 cars to finish in 10th....Matt Ryan would passed 13 cars from his 25th starting spot to finish in 12th....Lonnie Bailey came from 24th to finish in 15th....Jeff Guengerich passed 11 cars from his 27th place start to finish in 16th....Brett Diercks started 8th and had worked his way to 2nd by lap 10. He would get a little out of shape on the lap 11 restart, which resulted in some contact between he and Denny Woodworth. On the second restart of the same lap Diercks would pull into the pits with a left rear flat, a result of the contact the restart before....Rob Toland came from 6th and had worked his way into 2nd on lap 8. He was going for the lead on the next lap, when he slowed and pulled into the pit with a broken gear......Alex Buffington started the Hobby Stock feature in 13th and passed 6 cars to finish in 7th....Dan Wenig had to come from the rear of the field, as he got a flat from contact in the lap 1 wreck. He would come back up to finish in 9th....Aric Webb came from 21st to finish in 13th.
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