Burlington, IA (Tuesday, July 3, 2012) - Well it was back to 34 Raceway on Tuesday for double Sprint Invader features, as the rained out feature from April 14th was added to the program. Josh Higday (Make-up Sprint Invader), Josh Schneiderman (Sprint Invader), Mike Morrill (Mod Lites), Victor Hastings (Hobby Stocks), and Dustin Ravelin (4 Cylinders) ended the hot night in victory lane.
The make-up 25 lap Sprint Invader feature was ran after the B Main and two 4 Cylinder heats, with Josh Higday and John Greenwood on the front row. Higday would take advantage of his starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1, as Greenwood worked to hold back Jordan Goldesberry. Just as Higday started to open up a lead over the second place battle, the first caution of the race would appear on lap 7. Bret Tripplett, who started 15th after winning the B Main and had worked his way to 6th, spun off of turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Higday moved back out front, with Goldesberry now close behind in second. But a red on lap 10 would slow the action once again. This time Andy Huston would roll his mcahine in turn 3 to bring out the red. Higday once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Goldesberry following in his tracks. Goldesberry wouldn't let Higday get away this time, as he stayed close to his back bumper even as they entered lapped traffic on lap 16. But a caution on the completion of lap 16 would slow the battle up front. Greenwood who slowed to a stop in turn 1 with troubles would bring the yellow light on. Once again Higday jumped back out front, with Goldesberry close behind. But disaster would strike Goldesberry on lap 18, as he spun in turn 2 to bring out the final caution of the event and ending his run up front. Higday once again grabbed the lead on the restart and then pulled away over the final 7 laps to claim the win. Bobby Mincer would finish in 2nd, Scotty Thiel came from 10th to finish in 3rd, Dustin Selvage started 11th and took home 4th, with Ben Wagoner rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 12 lap 4 Cylinder feature, with Brian Mehaffy and Dustin Ravelin drawing the front row for the event. Ravelin would take advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on the drop of the green over Ryan Walker, a new comer to the track. But a caution on the completion of lap 1 would slow the field down. Mehaffy would get into the front stretch wall to bring out the yellow light. On the restart Ravelin moved back out front, with Walker close behind in second. Ravelin, who was running up top, then worked to hold back Walker, who was running the bottom, when the final caution came out on lap 11. This time Josh Fuhs lost a right front tire to come to a stop just under the flag stand to bring out the yellow. This would set up a green and white together, checkered finish. Ravelin would grab the lead on the restart and held on over the final lap to claim the win. Walker settled for 2nd, Daytona Fenton came from 10th to finish in 3rd, Anthony Cassat started 9th and finished in 4th, with Mike Hornung Jr. rounding out the top 5.
Collin Ball and Joe Huggins drew the front row for the 15 lap Mod Lite feature. But just as the green flag waved Huggins would slow to a stop under the flag stand with troubles to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Michael Dominguez would spin in turn 1 and collected Gary Snyder, who rolled to bring out the red. Snyder would climb from his mangled machine ok. Mike Morrill, who started 7th, quickly moved to the front on the next restart to grab the lead on lap 1 over Jonathan Huston and Greg Rossell. Morrill then pulled away to lead all 15 laps to pick up the easy win. Huston was 2nd, Evan Eppperson came from 9th to finish in 3rd, Todd Cramer started 8th and finished in 4th, with Andrew Smith coming from 10th to finish in 5th.
The next feature to take to the track was the 15 lap Hobby Stocks, with Victor Hastings and Dugan Thye drawing the front row. Just as the green flag dropped the yellow light would come back on, as Skyler Troutman got into the back of Jake Wenig in turn 1. As a result Wenig would spin to a stop to bring out the yellow, sending both drivers to the rear for the restart. Hastings would jump out front on the restart, with Thye holding back Dane Fenton for the battle for second. The final caution of the event would come out on lap 5 to slow the action one final time. This time Ed Weyrick would come to a stop in turn 3 with troubles to bring out the yellow. On the restart Hastings moved back out front, with Thye working to hold back Wenig, who came from the rear after his lap 1 spin. Wenig was able to clear Thye on lap 7 and then went to work on Hastings for the lead. Hastings, who was working the top, and Wenig, who was on the bottom, ran the final 2 laps side-by-side, with Hastings holding off Wenig on the final lap to pick up the win. Wenig settled for 2nd, Matt Gavin came from 7th to finish in 3rd, Thye was 4th, with Fenton coming home in 5th.
The final feature of the night was the regular Sprint Invader feature. The feature was set to go 34 laps with a caution break on lap 19, which would allow the teams to change anything on the cars in a 12 minute time limit. Bret Tripplett and Russ Hall would lead the field to the green, with Hall grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Tripplett and Josh Schneiderman. Tripplett was able to stay close to Hall until disaster struck him on lap 8, as he spun in turn 3 and collected the car of Scotty Thiel, who was running 3rd. On the restart Hall jumped back out front, with Schneiderman close behind in second. Hall then led the field to the break on lap 19, as the red came out to slow the field on the front stretch. The crews were able to come out and change anything on the car they wanted, but it had to be done in a 12 minute timed break.
Once the 12 minutes ran out on the break, the field was set to go back to green for the final 15 laps. Hall would grab the lead on the restart, with Bobby Mincer over taking Schneiderman for second. But Schneiderman would jump to the top of the track on lap 21 to grab second back from Mincer and then went to work on Hall for the lead. Hall, who was working the bottom, wasn't able to hold back Scneiderman, who worked the top to grab the lead on lap 24. Schneiderman then pulled away from the field over the final 10 laps to pick up the win and $2012 paycheck to go with it. Dustin Selvage came from 9th to finish in 2nd, Mincer held on for 3rd, Josh Higday came from 7th to finish in 4th, with Hall rounding out the top 5.
Notes from 34: Tony Shilling came from 12th in the make-up Sprint Invader feature to finish in 6th....Josh Schneiderman passed 11 cars from his 18th place starting spot to finish in 7th....Ryan Jamison came from 16th to finish in 8th....Justin Parrish started 17th and took home a 9th place finish....Russ Hall came from 14th to finish in 10th....Jimmy Davies started 20th and passed 8 cars to finish in 12th....Jon Agan, who broke a part in hot laps and crashed his car hard into the pit exit wall, borrowed the car of Evan Martin's to take 1 lap in the feature....John Hall and Dustin Whiting were unable to return to start the feature......Casey Mehaffy started the 4 Cylinder feature in 11th and took home a 8th place finish....Bryerson Tharp came from 13th to finish in 9th....Kevin Mortimer started 15th and finished in 11th....Rick Hurlbut, another new comer to the track, started 4th and was running 3rd when he got to high in turn 2 and fell back to 10th. But he would pull off on the lap 11 caution with a right front flat to end his night in 12th......Jimmy Halcomb came from 15th in the Mod Lite feature to finish in 7th....Brian Woodruff came from 16th to finsih in 9th....Todd Thornburg started 17th and took home a 10th place finish....Greg Rossell who was running 3rd and battling for 2nd, pulled off on lap 10 with right front troubles to end his night in 14th......Randy Martin started the regular Sprint Invader feature in 13th and passed 7 cars to finish in 6th....Ben Wagoner came from 15th to finish in 9th....Scotty Thiel recovered from the lap 8 caution to come back to finish in 10th....Tony Shilling came from 18th to finish in 11th....John Schulz started 19th and took home a 12th place finish....RJ Johnson, who took the final transfer spot in the B Main, started 20th and finished in 15th....Andy Huston who rolled in the make-up feature was a scratch from the remainder of the night....Destini Clark had brake problems in hot laps and was another scratch from the night....John Schulz was running 2nd in heat 3 and spun on the final lap off turn 4 to go from the dash to the B Main. Schulz then started the B Main in 10th and worked his way to finish 3rd to start the feature in 19th....Jimmy Davies and Matt Sutton got together on the start of the B Main going down the back stretch, with Davies rolling. Sutton was able to save his car until he got to turn 3 when he climbed a track tire, which sent him for a soft roll. Both drivers climbed from there cars ok, but done for the night....Jayson Ditsworth, who was running 3rd in the B Main (a transfer spot into the A Main), when he came to a stop in the turn 4 wall on lap 10 to end his night.
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