Donnellson, IA (Friday, May 6, 2011) - For the second week in a row mother nature provided the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa with some great weather. The second points night of the 2011 season, featuring the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Wild Things, was put into the books.
The first feature on the night was the 15 lap Hobby Stocks, with Jake Wenig, suppose to start on the pole but scratched, moving Mike Amenell and Josh Tripp to the front row. Tripp would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Amenell. The field was slowed on lap 3 for the first of two cautions of the event, when Bob Cowman came to a stop in turn 4 with a flat. On the restart Tripp moved back into the lead, with Nathan Anders and Jim Lynch battling it out for 2nd. Lynch would over take Anders for 2nd on lap 5 and then went to work on Tripp for the top spot. Tripp was able to hold back Lynch until lap 7, when Lynch got under him to grab the lead by inches. The field was slowed for the final time on lap 9, when Tripp, who was running 2nd, spun in turn 2, and Dan Wenig, who started 12th and was up to 4th, spun to avoid him to bring out the yellow. Lynch grabbed the lead on the restart, with Tanner Thomann, who started 10th, and Matt Tucker who started 9th, who were both making there 2011 debut at Lee County, following him close in 2nd and 3rd. Coming out of turn 4 to get the white flag Lynch would drift to high which allowed Tucker and Thomann to make it three wide out of four. Lynch would run out of space on the top side and came down into Thomann, which caused Lynch to get into the front stretch wall. Tucker meanwhile drove away to pick up the win, his first of the season. Thomann was able to hold on to finish in 2nd, Ray Raker came from 14th to finish in 3rd, Anders held on for 4th, with Jim Powell, another newcomer for 2011, coming from 8th to round out the top 5.
Up next was the 15 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Phillip Cossel and Jim Gillenwater leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Gillenwater jumped out into the lead on lap 1 over Cossel and Jacob Smith. The first caution of the event would come out on the completion of lap 1, as Mike Shelton spun in turn 2 and collected Patrick Profeta. On the restart Gillenwater moved back out into the lead, with Cossel hold back Smith for 2nd. After the completion of lap 2 the yellow light would come back on, as Rick Barlow Jr., AJ Johnson, Brandon Ruffcorn and Aric Beckler spun in turn 1. Gillenwater again jumped back into the lead on the restart, with Cossel close behind in 2nd. Just as Gillenwater started to pull away from the field, the caution would come back out on lap 8 for debris on the backstretch. With that yellow the time limit was up on this event, which meant the next yellow or checkered flag would put an end to the race. On the restart Gillenwater grabbed the lead, with Coseel holding back Smith for 2nd. The race would come to an end on lap 11, when AJ Johnson spun in turn 4 to bring the caution out. Gillenwater claimed the win, his first of the season. Cossel held on for 2nd, Jeff Mueller came from 12th to finish in 3rd, Rodger Dresden started 8th and came home in 4th, with Smith holding on to finish in fifth.
Nick Wilkerson and Dakota Fenton made up the front row for the 12 lap Wild Thing feature, with Wilkerson grabbing the lead on lap 1. Wilkerson was able to hold back the field until the one and only caution of the event came out on lap 4. C Jay Loring would come to a stop in turn 1. On the restart Wilkeron moved back out into the lead, with David Helenthal, who started 10th, following close behind in 2nd. Helenthal would try Wilkerson on the bottom for the next 3 laps, before making the pass for the lead on lap 8. Helenthal then led the final 4 laps to claim his first of the season. Wilkerson held on for 2nd, Chuck Fullenkamp came from 8th to finish in 3rd, Darin Smith started 9th and finish in 4th, with Craig Bangert rounding out the top 5.
The IMCA Stock Car feature was up next, with John Oliver Jr. and Ryan Cook on the front row. Oliver Jr. would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Derek St. Clair. The first of three cautions would come out on the completion of lap 2, as Aaron Brocksieck, who was running 4th, spun in turn 2 and collected Gabe Harrison. On the restart Jeremy Pundt spun in turn 1 to bring the yellow light back on. Oliver Jr. jumped back into the lead on the restart, with Ryan Cook close behind in 2nd. Just as a three car battle between Oliver Jr., Ryan Cook and Jim Redmann, who started 9th, for the lead was going three wide somebody clipped a tire in turn 4 to bring the final caution out on lap 8. Once again Oliver Jr. grabbed the lead on the restart, with Redmann challenging. Redmann would slip under Oliver Jr. coming off turn 4 on lap 9 to take over the top spot, with Ryan Cook working to hold back Jeff Mueller, who started 10th. Redmann held on over the final 6 laps to claim his first win of the season. Oliver Jr. was 2nd, Ryan Cook was 3rd, Mueller finished 4th, with Jason Cook coming home in fifth.
The final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Dustin Crear and Bill Roberts leading the field to the green flag. Crear jumped out into the lead on lap 1, as Adam Birck and Brandon Savage battled for 2nd. Crear, Birck and Wyatt Lantz would battle for the lead, as Josh Foster, who started 10th, was working his way to the front. Foster worked the bottom to perfection as he over took Crear on lap 9 to grab the lead. Foster then started to pull away when the first caution of the race came out on lap 15, as Dustan Fenton spun in turn 1. On the restart Kirk Hopkins would spin in turn 3 to bring the yellow light back on. Foster grabbed the lead on the next restart, with Lantz and Crear battling for 2nd. The next caution would appear on lap 17, when Tyler Cale, who was running 6th, spun to a stop in turn 4. On the restart Lantz's car wouldn't come up to speed as Crear, Birck, Savage and Lonnie Heap piled up on the front stretch. Foster jumped into the lead on the restart and then led the final 3 laps to claim his second win in a row at the speedway. Brandon Banks came from 11th to finish in 2nd, James Leffew started 13th and passed 10 cars to come home in 3rd, Bill Roberts came from the back after pitting on the lap 17 caution to finish in 4th, with Cale recovering from his spin on lap 17 to round out the top 5.
Notes from LCS: 25 Modifieds, 20 SportMods, 19 Wild Things, 16 Hobby Stocks and 15 Stock Cars made up the 95 cars in 5 classes......Dan Wenig, who started 12th and had worked his way to 4th, recovered from his lap 9 caution to finish in 6th in the Hobby Stock feature....Dane Fenton came from 11th to finish in 7th....Kirk Puttmann started 13th and finished in 9th....Bob Cowman recovered from his flat on lap 3 to come back to finish in 10th....Michael Wenke came from 16th to finish in 11th....Jim Lynch was disqualified after the event for using his car as a weapon, as he drove into Matt Tucker on the backstretch after the race was over......Dylan Book started the SportMod feature in 15th and passed 8 cars to take home 7th....Patrick Profeta recovered from the lap 1 crash to come back to finish in 10th....Mike Shelton also recovered from the lap 1 crash to come back up to 11th......Wayne Noble had to start the Wild Thing feature from 19th after a disqualification in the heat race. He would pass 12 cars to take home 7th......Chris Webb made his 2011 debut at the speedway in the Stock Car class. He would start the feature in 15th and passed 6 cars to finish in 9th......Bill Seyb started the Modified feature in 16th and passed 10 cars to finish in 6th....Dustan Fenton, who started 14th, recovered from his lap 15 spin to come back to finish in 7th....Jim Roach passed 16 cars from his 24th staring spot to finish in 8th....Kirk Hopkins, who started 19th, recovered from his lap 15 spin to finish in 9th....Derek Hamm came from 18th to finish in 10th....Chadwick Giberson passed 10 cars from his 21st staring spot to take home 11th....Wyatt Lantz, who was running 2nd, was credited with 12th after his car wouldn't come up to speed on the lap 17 caution....Adam Birck was credited with 13th, after running 3rd and getting caught up in the pile up on the lap 17 restart....Dustin Crear was running 4th and got caught up in the lap 17 crash to get credited with 14th....Rich Smith started 25th, after troubles in the heat, and had worked his way to 5th when he pulled off with troubles on the lap 17 caution. He was credited with 15th....Jeff Waterman came from 15th to 10th when he pulled off on the lap 17 caution with troubles to end his night in 17th.
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