Donnellson, IA (Saturday, October 9, 2010) - If there wasn't a full moon out on Friday night, it sure seemed like there was one over the Lee County Speedway. The action was wild in a few features, while the others provided some close finishes. After the checkered flag flew for the final time on the night Scott Hogan (Modifieds), Jason Cook (Stock Cars), Joel Rust (SportMods), Jake Wenig (Hobby Stocks), and Darin Smith (Wild Things) all took home feature wins.
The first feature of the night was the 15 lap SportMods, with Joel Rust and Michael Bliven drawing the front row. Rust would take advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Rodger Dresden and Bliven. The action up front was slowed for the first time after the completion of lap 2, as Dylan Book came to a stop in turn 2 with troubles. On the restart Bliven spun in turn 3 and collected Derek Coleman, Levi Smith and Creston Williams to bring the yellow light back on. Rust jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Rod Staats getting around Dresden for second. While Rust worked to keep the lead the battle for second was a three car battle between Dresden, Staats and Kevin Cale, who was driving the 4k usually driven by Dean Kratzer. The battle up front was slowed again on lap 5, when Creston Williams came to a stop on the backstretch. On the restart Tom Elsen, who was running 5th, spun in turn 1 and collected Cory Tharp to bring the caution back out. Once again Rust moved out in the lead on the restart, with Dresden and Cale battling it out for second. Just as the battle up front was getting good, another caution would come out on lap 7. This time Dustin Smith, making his first start of 2010, spun in turn 1 to bring the yellow light on. The time limit was up, so the race would either be ran green to the end of 15 laps or the next caution would put an end to the race. So on the restart Rust again grabbed the top spot, with Dresden holding back Cale for second. As Rust continued to hold back Dresden and Cale for the lead, Staats, who was running 5th, spun off of turn 4 and collected Coleman, who was running 7th. That would bring an end to the race with 10 laps completed. Rust would claim his first win of 2010 at the speedway. Dresden held on for 2nd, Cale was 3rd, Jim Gillenwater came from 11th to finish in 4th, with Phillip Cossel passing 9 cars from his 14th place starting spot to round out the top 5.
Up next was the 12 lap Wild Thing feature, with Devin Still and Wayne Noble leading the field to the drop of the green. Noble would take the lead on lap 1 over Still and Darin Smith. The three would battle for the lead, when they entered lap traffic on lap 7. Noble held the top spot, with Smith holding back Still for second. As they came up on a lap car on lap 10, Noble would choose the outside, with Smith going to the bottom. Smith came out of turn 2 with the lead, as Noble got hung up behind the lapped car. Smith then held off Noble on the final lap by inches to pick up his first win of 2010 at the track. Still held on for 3rd, Craig Bangert was 4th, with Chuck Fullenkamp coming home in 5th.
Nick Nevins and Jeff Waterman drew the front row for the 20 lap Modified feature. A caution would come out before the completion of lap 1, as Dennis LaVeine came to a stop in turn 2 and collected the cars of Wyatt Lantz, Beau Taylor, Jeff Kriz and Mike Fluegel. With five or more cars involved before a lap was completed all cars able to continue would get there spot back. On the restart Nevins grabbed the top spot over Waterman and Bill Roberts. Nevins then held the lead until lap 5, when Waterman slipped under him to grab the top spot. As Waterman held the lead, Nevins worked to hold back Tony Olson, who started 7th, and Scott Hogan. The action up front was slowed on lap 8, as Brandon Savage spun in turn 4 to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Tony Vondresky lost a drive shaft on the front strecth to bring the caution back out. The yellow light would appear on the 2nd attempt of a restart, when James Leffew spun in turn 1 and collected Scott Boles, Lonnie Heap, Ron Lauritzen and Kriz. Waterman would grab the lead again on the restart, with Nevins and Olson battling for second. Olson slipped under Nevins on lap 10 and then went to work on Waterman for the lead, as Nevins worked to hold back Hogan for 3rd. The four car battle up front was slowed on lap 14, when Mike Weikert Jr., who was battling Hogan for 3rd, slowed to a stop in turn 3 and collected Bill Roberts and Rich Smith. Once again Waterman jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Olson getting sideways in turn 2 and falling back to 8th. Hogan would jump to the top of the track on lap 17 to take over the top spot from Waterman. After the completion of lap 17 the final caution of the event would come out, when Boles spun in turn 4 and collected Olson and Roberts. Hogan moved back out into the lead on the restart, with Josh Foster over taking Waterman for 2nd. Hogan then held off Foster over the final 3 laps to claim his first win of 2010 at the speedway. Waterman settled for 3rd, Nevins held on for 4th, with Leffew recovering from his lap 8 spin to finish in 5th.
John Hemsted and Abe Huls led the field to the green in the 15 lap Stock Car feature. But it was 3rd place starter Jeff Mueller who jumped into the lead on lap 1. Mueller started to pull away from Huls and Chris Webb, who were battling for 2nd, when the first caution came out on lap 4. Steve Steinkuhler came to a stop in turn 2 to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Mueller moved back out into the lead, with Huls holding back Webb for second. Mueller again started to pull away from the battle for second, as Dave Warth, who started 7th, and Jason Cook, who came from 16th, were working there way towards the front. The final caution of the event would bring the field back to Muller's back bumper on lap 8. John Oliver Jr. got into Terry Houston and spun him in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Mueller again grabbed the top spot, with Warth moving into 2nd. Mueller would bobble going into turn 3 on lap 11, with Warth getting into the back of him. But both drivers would recover to continue there battle for the lead. The white flag would come out on lap 14, with Mueller working the bottom of the track and Warth jumping to his outside. Going into turn 1 Mueller would slid into Warth and push him into the guardrail. Both came out of turn 2 with banged up cars, as Warth grabbed the lead going into turn 3. Mueller again slid off the bottom of turn 4 into Warth and spun him coming off of four. Both cars spun to a stop short of the finish line to bring out the yellow and checkered. Cook was giving the win, his 5th win of the season at the track. Derek St. Clair came from 6th to finish in 2nd, Houston recovered from the lap 8 spin to come back to finish in 3rd, Huls held on for 4th, with Webb rounding out the top 5.
The final feature of the night was the 15 lap Hobby Stocks, with Ray Raker and Rob Wilsey on the front row. Wilsey took advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1. But a caution after the completion of lap 1 would slow the action down. Drake Fenton would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Wilsey again moved out into the lead, with Tanner Thomann coming from 6th to grab 2nd and Jake Wenig coming from 8th to take 3rd. Another caution would come out after the completion of lap 2, as Gabe Harrison spun in turn 2. On the restart Wenig would jump to the top of the speedway to take over the top spot on lap 3. Jake then worked to hold back Thomann and Wilsey, when the yellow came out on lap 6. Dean Kratzer, who was running 4th, slowed in turn 2 with a right rear flat. Wenig again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Thomann holding off Dan Wenig, who started 7th, for 2nd. Jake started to pull away from the battle for 2nd, when another caution came out on lap 11. Harrison would spin in turn 4 to bring the yellow back on and ending his night with a second solo spin. On the restart Jeremy Billings would spin in turn 4 to bring the caution back out. A second attempt for a restart would be slowed for Chad Krogmeier who spun in turn 2. Jake Wenig moved out into the lead on the restart, with Dan Wenig close behind in 2nd. Jake would hold off his dad on the final lap to claim his 8th win of the season at the track. Wilsey held on for 3rd, Thomann came back to finish 4th after pitting on the lap 11 caution for a right front flat, with Raker holding on to finish in 5th.
Notes from LCS: 31 Modifieds, 24 Wild Things, 20 Stock Cars, 19 SportMods and 17 Hobby Stocks made up the 111 cars signed in on the night......Brandon Symmonds passed 13 cars from his 19th place starting spot to finish in 6th in the SportMod feature. He was disquailified after the heat for having a j-bar and was forced to start in the back of the feature....Michael Bliven recovered from his spin on lap 2 to come back to finish in 7th....Jesse Belez came from 12th to finish in 8th....Tom Elsen came back from his spin on lap 9 to finish in 9th....Jim Kuhlmeier started 16th and came home in 10th....Jim Buhlman was running 5th when he pulled in on lap 7 with troubles to end his night in 15th....Johnny Williams was running 7th when he had troubles and pulled in on lap 2 to end his run in 18th......The Wild Thing feature went 12 laps of caution FREE!!! racing....Nick Wilkerson came from 12th to finish in 7th....Jerrod Nichols passed 12 cars from his 22nd place starting spot to finish in 10th....Kimberly Abbott came from 17th to finish in 12th......Tyler Olson recovered from the lap 17 yellow to come back to finish in 6th in the Modified feature....Wyatt Lantz passed 14 cars from his 21st starting spot finish in 7th....Rob Kirchner came from 14th to finish in 8th....Brandon Savage came from 19th and recovered from his lap 8 spin to finish in 9th....Scott Boles came from 20th to finish in 11th....Mike Fluegel took the last transfer spot out of the B-Main to start 24th. He would pass 9 cars to finish in 15th....Tyler Cale was suppose to start in the 16th starting spot, but he would loose a driveshaft going into turn 1 on the parade lap to end his night before it got started......John Emerson passed 13 cars from his 20th place starting spot to finish 7th in the Stock Car feature....Travis Finke came from 15th to finsih in 9th......Adam Scott came from 13th to finsih in 6th in the Hobby Stock feature....Jeremy Billings started 12th and recovered from his lap 11 spin to come home in 7th....Drake Fenton made his first start of the season in the Hobby Stocks and started 17th. He would spin on the first lap and 12th lap to end his night in 9th....Jim Lynch was running 5th when he pulled in on the lap 11 caution with a right rear flat to end his night in 10th......Kevin Cale held off Dylan Book, who started 7th, to win the SportMod Rookie Rally......Devin Still held off Craig Bangert, who started 14th, to claim the Wild Thing Rookie Rally......Jeff Waterman won the Modified Rookie Rally over Tyler Glass and Dustan Fenton......Aaron Brockseick held off Derek St. Clair, who started 10th, to claim the Stock Car Rookie Rally......Tim Dawson came from 6th to pass Ray Raker to win the Hobby Stock Rookie Rally.
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