Donnellson, IA (Friday, June 1, 2012) - Friday night was another regular points night at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa. When the early night came to an end, 9:35 p.m., Brandon Savage (IMCA Modifieds), Vance Wilson (IMCA SportMods) and Jake Wenig (LCS Hobby Stocks) pick up there first wins of the season at the speedway. While Matt Greiner (IMCA Stock Cars) got his second win of the season and Chuck Fullenkamp (IMCA Sport Compacts) picked up his third win of the season at the track.
The first feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compact 12 lap feature, with C.J. Loring and Dakota Anderson leading the field to the green. Loring would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over William Michel and Brandon Lambert. Loring then held the top spot until lap 5, when Chuck Fullenkamp, who started 6th, jumped to his outside to grab the lead away. Fullenkamp then pulled away over the final 7 laps, in a caution free race, to claim his third win of the season at the track. Lambert held on for 2nd, Michel was 3rd, Nick Wilkerson came from 8th to finish in 4th, with Darin Smith rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 15 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Vance Wilson and Charles VanZandt making up the front row for the event. Wilson would jump out front from his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Levi Smith and Kevin Cale, who is still subbing for the injured Dean Kratzer in the 4k car. While Wilson set a fast pace out front Tony Dunker, who started 10th, and Brandon Ruffcorn, who started 8th, were making there way towards the front. Just when it looked like Wilson was going to pull away for an easy win, the first and only caution of the race came out on lap 6 for debris on the front stretch. On the restart Wilson jumped back out front, but now had Dunker challenging him for the lead. Wilson was able to hold back Dunker over the final 9 to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Dunker settled for 2nd, Ruffcorn was 3rd, Cale was 4th, with Levi Smith holding on for 5th.
Michael Wenke and Luke McLaughlin drew the front row for the 15 lap LCS Hobby Stock feature, with McLaughlin grabbing the lead on lap 1. On the completion of lap 1, Victor Hastings, who was running 4th, slowed in turn 1 with a flat tire to bring out the first of two cautions in the event. On the restart McLaughlin moved back out front, with Jake Wenig close behind in second. But the action was slowed for the final time on the completion of lap 2, as debris on the front stretch brought out the yellow light. Once again McLaughlin grabbed the lead on the restart, with Jake challenging him for the top spot. McLaughlin was able to hold back Wenig until lap 6, when Wenig was able to get by for the lead. Wenig then held on over the final 9 laps to claim his first win of the season at the speedway. McLaughlin settled for 2nd, Dan Wenig came from 7th to finish in 3rd, Dane Fenton finished 4th after starting in 8th, with Hastings recovering from his lap 1 flat to come back to finish in 5th.
Up next was the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature, Ryan Cook and Brandon Savage made up the front row after pole sitter Kyle Hill elected to go to the tail. Savage would take advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on the drop of the green flag over Cook and Michael Browning. Savage then set a torad pace, as he pulled out to a full straight away lead, while Josh Foster, who started 9th, was working his way to the front. Foster would move past Cook into second on lap 6 and then went to work to cut into Savage's huge lead. But disaster would strike Foster on lap 15 when he lost a drive shaft down the backstretch to bring out the one and only caution of the event. On the restart Savage moved back out front, with Cook and Browning battling for 2nd. Savage once again pulled away over the final 4 laps to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Cook held on to finish 2nd despite running with a left front flat, Jeff Waterman came from 8th to finish in 3rd, Browning held on for 4th, with Tyler Cale coming from 15th to round out the top 5.
The final feature on the night was the 15 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Cale Samberg and Jeremy Pundt leading the field to the drop of the green. Samberg took advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Pundt and Jim Lynch. Samberg, who was running the top of the track, and Matt Greiner, who was running the middle, ran laps 2 thru 5 side-by-side with Samberg edging Greiner at the stripe each time to lead each lap. But Greiner was able to edge out front on lap 6 to take over the top spot, while Jason Cook, who started 7th, and Jeff Mueller, who came from 9th, battle side-by-side in the battle for 3rd. The four car battle for the top four spots would race the final 9 laps in a side-by-side battle, with Greiner able to hold on to claim his second win of the season at the speedway. Mueller was able to get past Samberg on the final lap to settled for 2nd, Samberg held on for 3rd, Cook was 4th, with Lynch coming home in 5th.
Notes from LCS: In 77 laps of feature racing there were only 4 cautions in the 5 feature events, 0 in Sport Compacts, 1 in SportMods for debris, 2 in LCS Hobby Stocks, 1 in Modifieds for a drive shaft and 0 in Stock Cars......Kimberly Abbott started the Sport Compact feature in 13th and passed 7 cars to bring home a 6th place finish....Scott Smith came from 14th to finish in 9th....Rob Hammel, who started 9th and had worked his way to 5th by lap 8, pulled off on lap 10 with troubles to end his night in 11th....C.J. Loring, who had led the first 4 laps, pulled off on lap 5 with troubles to end his run in 12th....Cory Howk, a new competitor this week at Lee County, started 10th and would finish 8th. But had to go to tech due to finishing in the mystery spot. He was then disqualified for having illegal tires......Rick Barlow Jr. finished the SportMod feature in 6th after starting in 9th....John Oliver Jr. was suppose to start 7th, but scratched from the event with motor troubles....Bobby Anders and Chris Larson also had troubles in hot laps to force them to scratch from the heat and feature......Brad Weber came from 13th in the Hobby Stock feature and passed 5 cars to finish in 8th....Dane Blozovich, who just purchased a Hobby Stock, made his debut on Friday at Lee County. He would start the feature in 10th and finished there in a 9:1 IMCA legal car......Bill Roberts Jr. had troubles in his Modified heat and had to start the feature in 13th. He would pass 6 cars to finish in 7th....Derek Hamm came from 11th to finish in 8th....Kyle Hill, who was suppose to start on the pole, elected to go to the tail and came up to finish in 9th....Rich Smith was running 6th, when he pulled off with troubles on lap 6, to end his night in 13th....Dustin Crear and Jeff Gerhardt had troubles after there heats to force them to scratch from the feature.
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