Donnellson, IA (Thursday, July 1, 2010) - The 3rd Annual Liberty Cup featuring the Hawkeye Dirt Tour, Great American Stock Car Challenge and Hobby Stocks was on tap on Thursday at the Lee County Speedway. At the end of the nights activities Josh Foster (IMCA Modifieds), Chris Webb (IMCA Stock Cars) and Alex Buffington (Hobby Stocks) took home the big prizes.
Up first was the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Chuck Fullenkamp and Dean Kratzer drawing the front row for the event. It was third place starter Alex Buffington who edged out Kratzer at the line to lead lap 1. The first caution of the event would come out on lap 3, as Dane Fenton spun in turn 2. On the restart Buffington moved back out into the lead, with Kratzer close behind in second and Matt Tucker 3rd. Another caution would come out for Fenton on lap 4, as he spun in turn 2 again to end his night with a second yellow. Fullenkamp would spin in turn 2 on the restart and collected Robert Kephart and Jim Lynch. Buffington again jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Kratzer and Tucker battling it out for 2nd. With Buffington working to hold off Kratzer and Tucker, Jake Wenig, who started 10th, was working his way to the front to make it a four car battle for the top spot. As the top four raced two and three wide, the final caution would come out on lap 13 to set up a green-white-checkered shootout. Tanner Thomann, who was running 4th, spun in turn 2 and collected the fifth place car of Dan Wenig. On the restart Buffington grabbed the lead. Jake Wenig would grab the second spot and then on the white flag lap went to work on Buffington for the win. The two came out of turn two side-by-side, with Wenig grabbing a slight advantage going into turn three. Buffington, who was working the bottom, and Wenig, the top, came off of turn four side-by-side, with Buffington edging out Wenig for the $500 top prize. Kratzer held on for 3rd, Tucker was 4th, with Lynch recovering from the lap 2 crash to round out the top 5.
Kenneth Hansen and Matt Greiner led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 30 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Hansen moving out front on lap 1. Hansen started to put some distance over the battle for second, when the first caution came out on lap 5 for a tire. On the restart Hansen jumped back out front, with Damon Murty now close behind in second. Les Blakley would spin in turn 2 on lap 5 to slow the event down. Hansen again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Chris Webb and Greiner close behind in second and third. Hansen would hold the lead until lap 11, when he left enough room on the bottom of the speedway to allow Webb to get by for the top spot. Webb worked to try to hod off Hansen for the lead, when another caution came out on lap 15 for tires in turn 4. On the restart Webb again moved back out into the lead. Webb was working the bottom of the speedway to perfection, as he tried to hold off Hansen for the lead. The next caution for tires in turn 2 would appear on lap 20 to slow the event down. On the restart Webb again moved out into the lead, with Hansen working to hold off Kyle Frederick, who started 16th. The final caution of the race came out on lap 24, when Jeff Joldersma, who started 18th and was running 5th, got into John Oliver Jr., who was running 4th, in turns one and two. Oliver Jr. didn't like the move and would driver over Joldersma in turn 4. Both drivers would spin to bring out the caution. On again Webb grabbed the lead on the restart, with Hansen working to hold off Frederick and Jason Cook, who started 8th. Cook would get under Hansen on lap 17 and then started to work on Webb for the lead. Webb would hold off Cook on the final lap to claim the $1,000 top prize. Hansen held on for 3rd, Frederick ended in 4th, with Jim Redmann coming home in fifth.
The final feature on the night was the 30 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Rich Smith and Jacob Waterman drawing the front row for the event. Smith would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1. After the completion of the lap, Bill Roberts would spin in turn 2 and collected the cars of Todd Shute, Greg Cox, Adam Birck and Dennis Betzer. On the restart Smith again grabbed the lead, with Richie Gustin and Vern Jackson going at it for second. Wyatt Lantz, who was running 4th, spun in turn 4 on the restart to bring the field back under yellow. Smith again moved out front on the restart, with Gustin and Jackson still battling for second. The final caution of the event would come out on lap 5 for a tire in turn 4. On the restart Smith again grabbed the lead, with Gustin working to hold off Josh Foster, who started 9th. Foster quickly jumped to the top of the speedway and then worked passed Smith on lap 6 to grab the top spot. Foster then pulled away over the final 24 laps to pick up the $1,000 top prize. Smith held on for 2nd, Gustin was 3rd, Jackson 4th, with Mark Elliott charging from 16th to round out the top 5.
Notes from LCS: 47 Modifieds, 25 Stock Cars, 19 Hobby Stocks made up the 91 cars in the three divisions......Chuck Fullenkamp would recover from his lap 2 spin in the Hobby Stock feature to finish in 6th....Chad Sovern came from 14th to finish in 7th, Roger Kreiger passed 8 cars from his 16th place starting spot to finish in 8th....Jeremy Pundt was running 7th when he cut a right rear tire on lap 6 to end his night in 12th.......Abe Huls started 13th and had worked his way to 2nd at one point when he and Jeff Joldersma, who started 18th, got tied together on a lap 7 restart. Both drivers would loose several spots, but didn't bring out the caution. Huls would recover to finish in 6th....Luke McLaughlin started 12th to finish in 7th....Heath Tenkley came from 15th to finish in 8th....Joldersma recovered from the lap 24 wreck to finish in 12th....Jeff Mueller was suppose to start the event in 9th, but wouldn't appear on the speedway until just before the green flag, so he had to start 24th. Mueller had worked his way to 15th by the lap 5 caution, but he would pull into the pits with troubles to end his run to the front......Brett Ladenoff started 12th in the Modified feature and came home in 7th....Adam Birck recover from the lap 1 crash to finish in 10th....Todd Shute also recovered from the lap 1 crash to finish in 12th....Randy Havlik passed 8 cars from his 22nd place starting spot to finish in 14th....Michael Long was leading heat one easy when the motor let go to end his night and hopes of a win in front of the home crowd.
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