Donnellson, IA (Wednesday, June 9, 2010) - The Sprint Invaders returned to the Lee County Speedway on Wednesday, along with the Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. Picking up wins on the night were Kaley Gharst (Sprints), Jim Lynch (Modifieds) and Jeremy Pundt (Hobby Stocks).
The 20 lap Modified feature was up first, with Brandon Rothzen and Lonnie Heap drawing the front row. Rothzen would take advantage of his front row draw to grab the lead on the drop of the green flag. Rothzen only held the top spot for one lap, as Jim Lynch jumped to the top of the speedway to grab the lead away on lap 2. The first caution would come out on lap 5, when Michael Long spun in turn turn. On the restart Lynch moved back out into the lead, with Rothzen working to hold off Josh Foster. With Lynch pulling away, Rothzen and Foster would swap second several times before the next caution came out on lap 8. Levi Smith would come to a stop in turn 4. On the restart Rob Kirchner would get into the back of Brandon Savage, with the 2 getting tangled together. Once again Lynch would grab the lead on the restart, with Rothzen and Foster going at it for second. Lynch started to pull away from the battle for second, when another caution came out on lap 16. Lonnie Heap, who was running 5th, spun into the wall on the backstretch going into turn 3. The field was slowed again on lap 17 when Brandon Savage got into Andy Krieger in turn 2. The final caution of the event would come out on lap 19, as Kirk Hopkins spun to a stop in turn 4 after contact with Kirchner. This would set up a green-white-checkered overtime finish. On the restart Lynch moved out into the lead, but now had to work to hold off Rothzen and Michael Long, who came from the rear. Long would get past Rothzen on the restart, but couldn't get past Lynch who went on to pick up his first win of the season at the speedway. Long held on for 2nd, Wyatt Lantz came from 12th and was moved to 3rd, Adam Birck started 16th and would get 4th, with Foster coming home in 5th.
Jake Wenig and Jeremy Pundt drew the front row for the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Pundt grabbing the lead on lap 1. Wenig would come back on the bottom to grab the lead away on lap 2, but Pundt wouldn't give up as he came back on the top to grab the top spot back on lap 3. The battle for the lead was slowed on lap 4, when Michael Wenke spun in turn 2 to bring out the caution. On the restart Pundt moved back out into the lead, but Wenig would keep working on him for the top spot. The field was slowed again on lap 6 when Josh Tripp spun in turn 1. Again Pundt would jump out into the lead on the restart, with Wenig having to battle Dane Fenton, who started 7th, for second. Pundt would hold off a last lap challenge from Fenton to claim his first career win in the Hobby Stock division. Wenig held on for 3rd, Ray Raker was 4th, with Tanner Thomann coming from 11th to round out the top 5.
The final feature on the night was the 25 lap Sprint Invaders, with Kaley Gharst and Josh Higday on the front row. Gharst would power out into the lead on the drop of the green flag and quickly pulled away until lap 8. Ben Wagoner would slow to a stop in turn 3 on lap 8 to bring the first caution out. On the restart Gharst again pulled out to a big lead, with Tasker Phillips and Jim Moughan battling for second. The second caution of the event would come out on lap 11, as Travis Porter spun in turn 4. Gharst again moved out into the lead on the restart, with Phillips close behind in second. Gharst again started to pull away from the field when he was slowed on lap 22. Jon Agan, who was battling for 8th, would clip a tire coming off turn four and rolled to bring out the red. He would climb from the machine ok. On the restart Gharst pulled away over the final 3 laps to pick up the win. Phillips had a career best 2nd with the Invaders, Moughan held on for 3rd, Mark Shirshekan came from 12th to finish in 4th, with Russ Hall coming home in 5th.
Notes from LCS: 30 Sprints, 23 Hobby Stocks and 18 Modifieds made up the 71 cars in the 3 classes......Brandon Rothzen would cross the finish in 3rd in the Modified feature. But he would run into the back of Long's car after the checkered flag. He was then disqualified for the actions after the checkered....Michael Long was leading his heat race, but pulled off with mechanical troubles forcing him to start the feature in 18th. He would spin in turn 2 on lap 5 to move back to the back. Long would jump to the top of the track to pick cars off, and by lap 17 he was up to 4th. He would then get into 2nd with 2 laps to go, but came up short for the win....Josh Foster was battling Rothzen for second until lap 17. Foster would get sideways on the restart and fell back to 7th. But he would recover over the final laps to finish in 5th....Andy Krieger recovered from the lap 17 tangle to finish in 6th....Dustin Crear came from 15th and passed 7 cars to finish in 8th....Rich Smith dropped a valve in his heat race and was forced to scratch from the feature......Jim Lynch came from 19th in the Hobby Stock feature and passed 12 cars to finish in 7th....Chuck Underwood came from 20th to finish in 9th....Rob Wilsey came from 21st and passed 11 cars to finish in 10th....Dean Kratzer came from 10th and had worked his way to second by lap 9. But he would pull off on lap 9 with a flat to end his great run to the front.......Bobby Mincer came from 16th to finish 7th in the Sprint feature....Ryan Jamison came from 13th to finish in 8th....Donnie Steward started 14th to finish in 9th....Jarrod Schneiderman came from 18th and passed 7 cars to finish in 11th....Matt Harms came from 20th to finish in 14th.
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