Burlington, IA (Sunday, May 27, 2012) - Sunday night the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) made a stop at 34 Raceway in Burlington, IA. When the checkered flag waved at the end of the night Danny Lasoski was standing in victory lane.
The first feature to take to the track was the 12 lap Mod Lites, with Dan Keltner and Greg Rossell drawing the front row. Rossell would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Keltner and Mike Morrill. Morrill jumped to the top of the track to grab the lead away from Rossell on lap 3 and then held it until the first caution came out on lap 6. Jimmy Halcomb would spin in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Halcomb would spin in turn 1 to bring the caution back out, his second solo to end his night. Morrill moved back out front on the following restart, with Joe Huggins moving past Rossell to grab 2nd. Huggins would slip under Morrill to grab the top spot away on lap 8 and then had the caution come out on the completion of the lap. This time Keltner, who was running 8th, spun in turn 2 to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Huggins jumped back out front, with Morrill holding back Rossell for 2nd. After the completion of lap 10, Morrill was able to get under Huggins going into turn 1 to grab the lead. But the caution would come out to give the lead back to Huggins. Danny Foster would spin in turn 4 to bring the caution out on lap 10. Huggins moved back out front on the restart and then held off Morrill over the final 2 laps to pick up the win. Morrill settled for 2nd, Rossell was 3rd, Randy Bryan came from 10th to finish in 4th, with Todd Cramer rounded out the top 5.
Up next was the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Dugan Thye and Ed Weyrick leading the field to the green. But it was third place starter Luke McLaughlin who grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Thye and Josh Tripp. McLaughlin then held the top spot until lap 8, when Tripp was able to get under him to take over the lead. The action up front was slowed for the only caution of the race on lap 9. Dane Fenton, who was running 4th, and Jake Wenig, who was running 5th, collided coming off turn 4 and came to a stop under the flag stand tied together. On the restart McLaughlin was able to get under Tripp to grab the top spot back on lap 10 and then held on over the final 5 laps to claim the win. John Oliver Jr. came from 10th to finish in 2nd, Tripp held on for 3rd, Matt Gavin came from 8th to finish in 4th, with Victor Hastings coming home in 5th.
Daytona Fenton and Casey Mehaffy led the field to the drop of the green in the 12 lap 4 Cylinder feature, with Fenton edging out Mehaffy to lead lap 1. But Mehaffy would jump to the outside of Fenton to grab the top spot away on lap 2 and then held it until lap 8. Brian Mehaffy would use the same grove as Casey Mehaffy, the outside, to get around Casey for the lead on lap 8. The first and only caution of the event would come out on lap 9, when Jarrod Nichols spun Fenton down the back stretch while battling for 8th. On the restart Brian jumped back out front and then held on over the final 3 laps to claim the win and breaking Nick Wilkerson's 5 week winning streak. Billy Stanford came from 5th to finish in 2nd, Wilkerson came from 8th to finish in 3rd, John Whalen was 4th after staring in 7th, with Michael Grossman coming from 9th to round out the top 5.
The final feature on the night was the 30 lap MOWA (410 Sprint) feature, with Danny Lasoski and Jerrod Hull on the front row. But it was third place starter Brian Brown who grabbed the lead over Lasoski and Hull to lead lap 1. The first caution of the event would come out after the completion of lap 1, as Jordon Goldsberry spun in turn 2 to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Brown moved back out front with Lasoski and Hull close behind. Brown would start to enter lapped trafic on lap 7, which allowed Lasoski to close in on his back bumper. Then disaster struck Brown on lap 9, when he tried to get to the bottom going into turn 1 and made contact with the lapped car of Jeremy Standridge. The contact would send Standridge rolling into turn 1 to bring out the red. Brown would have a left rear flat, as a result of the contact, and was done for the event per the MOWA rules. Lasoski would grab the lead on the restart and then started to pull away when the final caution came out on lap 13. This time Chris Urish spun his machine in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Once again Lasoski moved out front on the restart and then pulled away over the final 17 laps to claim the easy win. Hull came home in 2nd, A.J. Bruns was 3rd, Jim Moughan was 4th, with Ryan Bunton coming from 13th to take home a 5th place finish.
Notes from 34: 27 MOWA Sprints, 24 Mod Lites, 18 4 Cylinders and 13 Hobby Stocks made up the 82 cars signed in on the night......Jake Halcomb passed 11 cars from his 19th place starting spot in the Mod Lite feature to take home 8th....Andrew Smith passed 9 cars from his 18th place starting spot to finish in 9th....Joe Wood came from 16th to finish in 11th....Jason Whitehead passed 12 cars from his 24th place starting spot to take home a 12th place finish....Gary Snyder came from 21st to finish in 14th......Dane Fenton recovered from the lap 9 caution to finish 6th in the Hobby Stock feature....Chad Krogmeier came from 11th to finish in 7th....Adam Scott came from 12th to finish in 9th....Jake Wenig retired to the pits after the lap 9 contact with a right rear flat and was credited with 12th....Dan Wenig was running 5th, when he pulled off with troubles on lap 6 to end his night in 13th......Troy Wanders started the 4 Cylinder feature in 10th and came home in 7th....Bradley Stevenson passed 7 cars from his 15th place starting spot to finish in 8th....Bryerson Tharp came from 13th to finish in 9th....Daytona Fenton recovered from the lap 9 spin to come back up to finish in 10th....Casey Mehaffy, who was running 4th, spun in turn 2 on lap 11 and kept going and fell back to finish in 12th......Ben Wagoner passed 12 cars from his 18th place starting spot in the MOWA feature to take home a 6th place finish....Ryan Jamison passed 9 car from his 16th place starting spot to finish in 7th....Ian Madsen came from 11th to finish in 9th....Matt Sutton came from 17th to finish in 11th....Matt Harms started 20th and passed 8 cars to take home 12th....Chris Urish recovered from his lap 13 spin to come back up to finish in 13th.
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