Donnellson, IA (Friday, May 27, 2011) - Mother nature tried once again to put a stop to the rescheduled Modified Shootout from April 17th at the Lee County Speedway. But despite the light rain showers and thanks to the hard work and patience by all involved, the night was able to be completed. In action on the night was the IMCA Modifieds going for $2,000 to win, IMCA SportMods and Hobby Stocks racing for $500 to win, IMCA Stock Cars for $300 to win and the Wild Things for $200 to win.
The first feature of the night was the 15 lap Hobby Stocks, with Matt Gavin and Jake Wenig drawing the front row. Wenig would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1, with Gavin and Dan Wenig battling for 2nd. The first caution of the event would appear after the completion of lap 1, as Matt Tucker, Nick Fenton and Bobby Anders collided in turn 4. On the restart Jake Wenig jumped back out into the lead, with Gavin and Dan Wenig giving chase. Gavin would try Jake Wenig on the low side of the track for the next six laps, until the final caution of the race came out on lap 8. Aaron Sperry would slow to a stop to bring out the yellow. On the restart Jake Wenig would slow with a left rear flat, giving the lead over to Gavin. Gavin then pulled away over the final 6 laps to pick up his first win of the season at the speedway. Ray Raker came from 9th to claim 2nd, Dan Wenig was 3rd, Tanner Thomann was 4th, with Jim Lynch rounding out the top 5.
Chris Webb and Derek St. Clair led the field to the green in the 15 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Webb grabbing the lead on lap 1. Webb then worked to hold back Sean Johnson over the next 2 laps, when the first caution came out on lap 3. Jim Redmann, Aaron Brocksieck, Ryan Cook and Gabe Harrison all collided in turn 2. On the restart Webb moved back out front, with Johnson close behind in second. But another caution would appear on lap 4, when Harrison spun in turn 2 to end his night. Webb again grabbed the lead on the restart, while Johnson drifted high in turn four and lost 5 spots and fell back to 7th. Jeff Mueller would move into 2nd and then went to work on Webb for the lead. Mueller would slip by Webb on lap 8 to grab the top spot, with Matt Griener, who started 8th, battling Webb for second. While Mueller was working to hold back Griener, Ryan Cook was coming back to the front after his lap 3 crash. Cook would over take Griener for 2nd on the white flag lap and then went to work on Mueller for the win. But Mueller came from the top to the bottom of the speedway coming off turn four, which made Cook jump on the binders to avoid a collision. Cook would spin into the infield, allowing Mueller to go on for the win. Griener came home 2nd, Johnson recovered to finish in 3rd, Webb held on for 4th, with Abe Huls coming from 13th finish in 5th.
Up next was the 15 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Jacob Smith and Derek Coleman drawing the front row. But it was third place starter Jim Gillenwater who grabbed the lead over Coleman on lap 1. Gillenwater would hold back Coleman until the first caution of the event came out on lap 3, when Nathan Murders spun in turn 4. On the restart Gillenwater jumped back out into the lead, with Dylan Book over taking Coleman for 2nd. The yellow light would come back on after the completion of lap 4, when Kyle Bentley stopped on the back stretch and collected David Matthews. On the restart Ryan Fullenkamp would spin off turn 4 to bring the caution back out. Gillenwater again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Book close behind in 2nd. The battle for the lead was slowed on lap 7, when Austin Schulte spun in turn 2. On the restart Jeff Mueller, who was running 6th, spun in turn 2. Jacob Smith, who was running 3rd, spun in turn 2 to bring the yellow light back on for another restart. Once again Gillenwater moved out front on the restart, with Book close behind in 2nd. The action up front was slowed for the final time on lap 9, when Dean Kratzer rolled in turn 2 and collected Coleman and Patrick Profeta. Kratzer climbed from his car ok. On the restart Gillenwater jumped back out front and then pulled away over the final five laps to claim the win. Mueller charged back through the field to come home in 2nd, Michael Bliven was 3rd, Rod Staats came from 10th to finish in 4th, with Greg Wichman making the pull down from Wisconsin pay off, as he took home a top five.
Luke Wanninger and Dan Chapman led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 30 lap IMCA Modified Shootout feature. Wanninger would edge out Chapman at the line to lead laps 1 and 2, but Chapman would edge Wanninger at the line to lead lap 3. As the two battled up front, Rich Smith would close in to join the battle on lap 3. Smith jumped under Chapman and Wanninger coming off turn 4 to grab the top spot on lap 4, with Josh Foster moving in to battle Ricke Gustin for 3rd. Smith continued to lead, as Gustin Foster and Chapman swapped the second spot over the next 3 laps when the first caution came out on lap 8. Adam Birck and JJ Wise would come to a stop on the back stretch to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Smith moved back out front, with Foster and Gustin challenging him for the top spot. Foster would grab the lead away from Smith on lap 10, with Gustin trying to get by Smith for 2nd. But Smith wouldn't back down as he over took Foster on lap 8 to grab the lead back, leaving Foster to work to hold back Gustin. The final caution of the event would appear on lap 17, when Brandon Savage, Jeff Waterman and Rob Kirchner collided in turn 2. On the restart Smith moved back out front, with Foster close behind in second. Smith would lead the final 13 laps to claim the win and the $2,000 top prize. Foster held on for 2nd, Todd Schute was 3rd, Chapman held on for 4th, with Daniel Hilsabeck coming home in 5th.
The final feature of the night was the 12 lap Wild Things, with Darin Smith and C Jay Loring on the front row. Smith would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on the drop of the green. Smith then worked to hold back Nick Wilkerson and Chuck Fullenkamp, who started 10th. The first caution of the race would come out on lap 8, when Fullenkamp was trying to lap Steven Lake who made contact with Fullenkamp. Fullankamp then made contact with the front stretch wall to end his night. On the restart Smith again jumped out into the lead, with Wilkerson close behind in 2nd. The final caution of the race would appear on lap 11, when William Michel was spun around on the backstretch by Jerrod Nichols. Smith again grabbed the lead on the restart and then held on over the final 3 laps to pick up the win. Wilkerson held on for 2nd, Devin Still came from 8th to finish in 3rd, Derek Fenton passed 10 cars from his 14th place starting spot to finish in 4th, with Kimberly Abbott rounding out the top 5.
Notes from LCS: 33 Modifieds, 23 Wild Things, 22 SportMods, 19 Hobby Stocks and 17 Stock Cars made up the 114 cars signed in on the night......Clayton Crump made the 2 hour drive to Donnellson from Centralia, MO. He would start 3rd in the Hobby Stock feature and would cross the line in 6th with his 9:1 legal Hobby Stock....Dean Kratzer came from 14th to finish in 7th....Bobby Anders started 15th and was collected up in the lap 1 crash. He would recover to finish in 8th....Jake Wenig, who was leading until the lap 9 restart, pulled off with a flat and was credited with 12th......Aaron Brocksieck recovered from the lap 3 crash in the Stock Car feature to come back up to finish in 7th....Jeremy Pundt came from 14th to finish in 9th....Ryan Cook was credited with 11th after coming from the back after a lap 3 crash and then battling for the lead on the final lap.......Rick Barlow Jr started the SportMod feature in 12th and passed 5 cars to finish in 7th....Jacob Smith recovered from his lap 7 spin to come back to finish in 8th....Nathan Murders recovered from his lap 3 spin to finish in 9th....Ryan Fullenkamp started 22nd and spun on lap 5. But he would recover to finish in 10th....Patrick Profeta came from 17th and was involved in the lap 9 red. He would come back to finish in 11th....Dylan Book was credited with 16th after battling Gillenwater for the lead until lap 11, when he pulled off with troubles......Brandon Banks, who took the final transfer spot in the B Main, would start the Modified feature in 24th. He would pass 17 cars to finish in 7th to take home the $100 hard charger award....Dennis LaVeine, who also came out of the B Main, started 22nd and passed 13 cars to take home 9th....Rob Kirchner recovered from the lap 17 crash to come back to finish in 11th....Andy Krieger, who started 19th, had worked his way up to 5th by lap 22. But he would pull off on lap 23 with rear end troubles to end his run in 14th....Richie Gustin would pull off on the lap 17 caution with a flat, after battling for the top 3. He was credited with 15th....Michael Long, who started 11th, was battling for 8th on lap 12. When Luke Wanninger got sideways off of turn 2 and collected Long. Long would break something in the rear end to end his night in 19th....Brian Mullen made the pull down from Seymour, Wisconsin and picked up the win in the B Main. But he had troubles early in the feature to end his night in 24th....Rich Smith would take home $845 in lap money to make his total night take home worth $2845....Josh Foster would claim $330 in lap money, while Chapman took home $85, Wanninger $70 and Richie Gustin $20......Casey Kendrick was DQ in his heat and would start the Wild Thing feature in 22nd. He would pass 16 cars to take home a 6th place finish....Mike Hornung Jr came from 13th to finish in 7th....Andrew Davis passed 11 cars from his 21st starting spot to claim 10th....Connie Justice was also DQ from the heat and started 23rd in the feature. She would pass 12 cars to come home in 11th.
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