Donnellson, IA (Friday, June 3, 2011) - Despite the 2 inches of rains that fell Thursday, mother nature was kind enough to provide plenty of sun and winds to help dry the Lee County Speedway out in time for racing on Friday. At the end of the night there were three new winners and two repeat winners in victory lane on the night.
The first feature of the night was the 12 lap IMCA Stock Cars, with Corey Strothman and Cale Samberg on the front row. Strothman would take advantage of his front row start to edge out John Oliver Jr at the line by inches to lead lap 1. While Strothman continued to lead the field, Oliver Jr and Derek St. Clair would battle side by side for the second spot before Ryan Cook, who started 6th, moved in on lap 3 to join the two car battle. The first yellow would appear on the speedway on lap 6 for debris in turn 3. On the restart Samberg, who was running 6th, would spin in turn 2 to bring the yellow light back on. Strothman jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Matt Greiner, who started 9th, moving into second. Greiner then grabbed the top spot away from Strothman on lap 7 and then started to pull away from the battle for second. But the final caution of the event would bring the field back to Greiner's back bumper on lap 13. Strothman, who was running 5th, spun in turn 2 and collected St. Clair, who was running 9th, and Les Blakley. On the restart Greiner grabbed the lead, with Ryan Cook now challenging him for the top spot. Cook would take a last lap shot at Greiner coming out of four, but Greiner was able to hold on to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Jeff Mueller came from 10th to finish in 3rd, Jim Redmann started 8th and finished in 4th, with Oliver Jr holding on for 5th.
Up next was the 12 lap Wild Things feature, with Steven Lake and William Michel leading the field to the drop of the green. Michel grabbed the lead on lap 1 over David Helenthal and Nick Wilkerson, who started 7th. Michel held the top spot for 2 laps, as Helenthal slipped under him on lap 3 to take over the lead. But Helenthal was only able to lead that lap, as Wilkerson grabbed the top spot away on lap 4. Wilkerson would then hold off all challenges from Helenthal over the final 8 laps to claim his first win of the season at the speedway. Darin Smith came from 8th to finish in 3rd, Michel held on for 4th, Mike Fisher started 9th and finished in 5th.
Josh Tripp and John Oliver Jr led the field to the green flag in the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Oliver Jr grabbing the top spot on lap 1. Oliver Jr then worked to hold back Jake Wenig, until the first and only caution of the event came out on lap 3 for a tire in turn 1. On the restart Jake Wenig would over take Oliver Jr for the lead, with Dane Fenton, who started 6th, moving in to challenge for 2nd. Wenig continued to hold the lead, when Fenton slipped past Oliver Jr on lap 9 and then went to work on Wenig for the top spot. Wenig would hold back Fenton coming out of turn four on the last lap to claim his second win of the season at the track. Jim Lynch came from 8th to finish in 3rd, Tanner Thomann started 10th and passed 6 cars to claim 4th, with Mike Hughes coming from 12th to round out the top 5.
Dustin Crear and Rob Kirchner made up the front row for the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature, with Crear taking advantage of his starting spot to lead lap 1. The first caution of the event would come out after the completion of lap 1 for debris in turn 4. On the restart Crear would jumped back out front, with Kirchner working to hold back Andy Krieger. Just as Crear started to pull away from the battle for second, another caution appeared on the speedway on lap 6. Kirk Hopkins would spin in turn 2. On the restart Wyatt Lantz, who was running 10th, jumped the restart to bring the yellow back out. He was docked two spots to 12th for the jump. Rich Smith, who started 5th, would slid under Crear on the restart to grab the top spot away. But Ryan Cook would spin in turn 2 on the completion of lap 7 to bring caution back out. On the restart Smith grabbed the lead, with Josh Foster, who started 12th, following him into 2nd. The final caution of the event would come out on lap 9, as Eric Fullenkamp spun in turn 4 and collected Derek Hamm. Smith again jumped out front on the restart, with Foster now challenging him for the top spot. Foster would slip past Smith on lap 11 to take over the lead and then held him back over the final 9 laps to claim his 4th win in 5 starts at the track. Krieger held on for 3rd, Kirchner was 4th, with Dennis LaVeine passing 10 cars from his 15th place starting spot to round out the top 5.
The final feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA SportMods, with Ryan Fullenkamp and Phillip Cossel on the front row. Cossel would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1. On the completion of the lap, Rod Staats would spin in turn 2 to bring the first caution out. Cossel moved back out front on the restart, only to be slowed on lap 3 for another caution. This time Fullenkamp, who was running 3rd, spun in turn 2 to bring the yellow light on. Once again Cossel grabbed the lead on the restart, with Rodger Dresden, who started 6th, battling Jacob Smith for second. Cossel continued to hold back the challenges of Dresden, Michael Bliven, who started 7th, and Jim Gillenwater, who came from 12th, over the next 8 laps. When a tire was clipped and pushed out on the track in turn 4 to bring the caution out. On the restart Jim Kuhlmeier would come to a stop in turn 2 to bring the yellow light back on. Cossel once again jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Bliven moving into second. Bliven would try the low side to get by Cossel over the final 4 laps, but Cossel was able to hold him back. Bliven would try one last time to get under Cossel coming off of turn 4 for the checkered. But he would do a complete 360, which allowed Cossel to claim his first win of the season at the speedway. Gillenwater would slip past for 2nd, Bliven came across the line spinning in 3rd, Jeff Mueller came from 9th to finish in 4th, with Dresden holding on for 5th.
Notes from LCS: Aaron Brocksieck started the Stock Car feature in 11th and finished 8th....Jeremy Pundt came from 14th to finish in 10th......The Wild Things feature went CAUTION FREE!!!....Derek Fenton passed 5 cars from his 13th place starting spot to take home 8th....Matt Marshal came from 12th to finish in 9th....Cory Howk started 14th and would finish in 11th....Casey Mehaffy came from 16th to finish in 13th....Connie Justice started 17th and would finish in 14th......Mike Hughes arrived at the track to late to run his heat in the Hobby Stock class. So he had to start 12th in the feature. But that wouldn't slow him down as he passed 7 cars to take home a fifth place finish in a 9:1 legal Hobby Stock....Dan Wenig would pit on the lap 3 caution for a flat. He would come back out last and then climbed his way back up to finish in 7th without any cautions to help him out......Derek Hamm recover from the lap 9 crash to come back to finish 9th in the Modified feature, after starting 18th.... Ryan Cook came back to finish 10th after his spin on lap 7....Lonnie Heap started 16th and passed 5 cars to finish in 11th......AJ Johnson started the SportMod feature in 10th. He would pass 4 cars to take home a 6th place finish....Dean Kratzer recovered from his roll a week ago to finish 7th....Rod Staats came from the rear after spinning on lap 1 to take home 10th, after starting in 16th....Ryan Fullenkamp recovered from his lap 3 spin to come back up to 11th.
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