Bloomfield, IA (Monday, May 28, 2012) - Memorial Day Monday took be back to the Bloomfield Speedway in Bloomfield, IA to once again fill in for Jen Turner. The make-up SportMod Double Down rained out after lap 6 back on April 21st was the first event up, followed by the regular nights program for the Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts.
Jim Gillenwater took over where he left off on lap 6 back on April 28th in the rained out SportMod feature, with Jason McDaniel and Chris Larson behind. Gillenwater then held the lead until the completion of lap 12, when the caution was waved for the break. On the break the crews could change one tire and add 5 gallons of fuel to run the final 12 laps. A number was drawn to invert the field and that number was 8, which ment the top 8 cars would be inverted for the restart. Tyler Heckart and Kelly Buckallew would lead the field back to green, with Heckart grabbing the lead on lap 1. But Carter VanDenBerg would jump to his outside on lap 2 to take over the top spot. VanDenBerg then pulled away over the final 10 laps to pick up the win. McDaniel was 2nd, Mike Shelton came from 6th to finish in 3rd, Gillenwater came from 8th to finish 4th, with Heckart holding on to finish in 5th.
Up next was the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Andrew Hustead and Nick Ulin drawing the front row for the event. Ulin would grab the lead on lap 1 over Hustead and Dustin Griffiths and then held it until the completion of the lap. As Danny Thrasher came to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the first caution. Ulin would take his machine to the pits under the yellow with throttle troubles, which gave Hustead the lead for the restart. Hustead moved out front on the restart, only to be slowed on the completion of lap 2 for the final caution. Ben Grove would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Rocky Fosdyck, who started 10th, jumped to the outside of Hustead to grab the top spot away on lap 3. Fosdyck then held on over the final 12 laps to claim the win. Hustead was 2nd, Griffiths was 3rd, Donovan Nunnikoven came from 8th to finish 4th, with Scott Shull coming home in 5th.
Michael Long and Jim Lynch drew the front row for the 17 lap Modified feature, with Long jumping out front on the drop of the green. Tyler Cale tried to keep in Long's tracks over the next 11 laps, when the first and only caution waved on lap 11. Hugh Eddy spun his machine in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Long again grabbed the lead, with Cale close behind in second. Long would pull away over the final 6 laps to pick up the win. Tyler VandeKamp was 2nd, Ryan Cook was 3rd, Beau Taylor came from 9th to finish in 4th, with Lynch rounding out the top 5.
The 12 lap Sport Compact feature was next, with Brandon Housley and Tim Bevins drawing the front row. But it was third place starter William Michel who moved out front on lap 1 over Housley and Dakota Anderson. Michel would hold the top spot until lap 5, when Bill Whalen Jr., who started 8th, jumped to his outside to grab the lead away. Whalen Jr. then held off a charging Kevin Kirkpatrick, who started 10th, in a caution free race to pick up the win. Kevin Kirkpatrick was 2nd, Michel held on for 3rd, Housley was 4th, with Kassidy Kirkpatrick coming from 9th to round out the top 5.
Kevin Harsch and Tyler McClure drew the front row for the 17 lap Stock Car feature, but a caution after the drop of the green would change the front row. Greg Harsch would come to a stop in turn 2, while Kevin Harsch stopped in turn 3 with troubles. Mike Harward then took advantage of being moved to the pole for the restart to grab the lead on lap 1 over McClue and Louis Lynch. Harward then started to pull away from the battle for second, when the final caution of the race would appear on lap 11. Lynch slowed in turn 3 with troubles to bring out the yellow. On the restart Harward jumped back out front, but now had Colt Mather, who started 10th, on his back bumper. But Harward would go on to lead the final 6 laps to pick up the win. McClure settled for 2nd, Nathan Wood passec 13 cars from his 16th place starting spot to finish in 3rd, Jim Lynch was 4th, with Mather coming home in 5th.
The regular 16 lap SportMod feature was the final feature to take to the track, with Mark Mundell and Brandon Dale drawing the front row. Mundell took advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Dale and Tom Lathrop. The one and only caution of the event would come out on lap 6, when Trent Barker spun in turn 3. On the restart Mundell moved back out front, with Mike Shelton moving past Dale to take over 2nd. Mundell then worked to hold back Shelton over the final 10 laps, when they came off turn 4 for the checkered. Something on Mundell's machine broke coming off turn 4 to cause him to slow. Shelton jumped to the outside of Mundell to edge him at the line by inches for the win. Mundell settled for 2nd, Dale was 3rd, Jim Gillenwater was 4th, with Tyler Heckart coming from 8th to finish in 5th.
Notes from Bloomfield: 18 SportMods, 16 Stock Cars, 13 Sport Compacts, 12 Hobby Stocks and 9 Modifieds made up the 68 cars signed in for the night......Tony Johnson, Tony Dunker, Ryan Fullenkamp, Jared Miller and Curtis Barnes were un able to return for the make-up SportMod feature......Danny Thrasher recovered from his lap 1 caution to come back up to finish 6th in the Hobby Stock feature....Eric Glass came from 12th to finish in 8th......Andrew Schroeder started 8th in the Modified feature and finished in 6th....Tyler Cale pulled off on lap 15 with troubles, after putting pressure on Long for the lead, to end his night in 8th......Kassidy Kirkpatrick, who started 9th in the Sport Compact feature, had worked up to 4th by lap 2. But spun in turn 3 and kept going to fall to last. He would recover to come back up to 5th....Trent Orwig came from 13th to finish in 8th......Nathan Wood had somebody draw for him in the Stock Car class, as they were running late due to changing a motor. He would miss his heat race and had to start 16th in the feature, but passed 13 cars to finish in 3rd....Louis Lynch, who was running 3rd, slowed to a stop in turn 3 on lap 11 to bring out the caution. He would recover from the troubles to come back up to finish in 7th.......Danny Lorton came from 12th in the regular SportMod feature and passed 7 cars to finish in 7th....Michael Guthrie came from 18th to finish in 12th....Chris Larson, who started 3rd, was battling for 3rd when he pulled off on lap 7 with troubles to end his night in 15th....Scott VanBuskirk had troubles during the heat and was forced to scratch from the feature,
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