The first feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA SportMods, with Joel Rust and Brian Hilbert leading the field to the green. But just as the green flag was dropped the yellow light would come on, for a no start by the front row. On the original restart Rust jumped out into the lead on lap 1 over Hilbert and Ray Lundry. Rust then started to put some distance between him and the battle for second, when another caution came out on lap 4. Hilbert, who was running 2nd, would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Rust moved back out front on the restart, with Alex Zwanzinger, who started 11th, moving into second. Just as quickly as a lap was complete, another caution came out on lap 5. This time Matt McCahen would spin in turn 2 to bring the yellow light back on. On the restart Rust once again grabbed the lead, while Kip Siems over took Zwanzinger for second. After another lap was completed, lap 6, another caution appeared on the speedway. This time Synjun Bauer spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Rust again moved back out front on the restart, with Siems working to hold back Zwanzinger for second. Just like Rust has always done on the previous restarts, he started to pull away from the field when another caution came out on lap 9. Bob Ebaugh would spin in turn 2 to bring the yellow out. This would also bring an end to the time limit, which meant another yellow or the checkered would end the race. On the restart Robert Whalen would spin in turn 2 and collected Jim Aschenbrenner, Steve Wimer and Josh Burrell, to bring out the final caution and the checkered flag. Rust was awarded the win, followed by Lucas Lundry who started 9th, Jared Van Deest who started 10th, Danny Dvorak who came from 12th, and Sam Wieben who passed 15 cars from his 20th place starting spot to round out the top 5.
Up next was the 18 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Jesse Brown and Russell Damme Jr. making up the front row for the event. Brown would take advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on the drop of the green flag, followed by Jason Hocken, who started 5th and quickly worked his way to 2nd. Brown then had to work to hold back Hocken over the next 3 laps, when the first caution of the race came out on lap 4. Bryce Carey would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Hocken would slip under Brown as he got high in turn 4 to grab the top spot, followed by John Emerson and Sean Johnson, who started 9th. Johnson jumped to the top of the speedway and would work his way past Hocken to grab the top spot away on lap 7. Johnson and Hocken, who was on the bottom, put on a battle for the lead until the caution came out on lap 13. This time Damme Jr. would spin in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Johnson moved back out front, with Jarod Weepie, who started 7th, over taking Hocken for 2nd. The final caution of the event would come out on lap 15, as Norman Chesmore spinning in turn 3 after contact from Brown. On the restart Johnson once again grabbed the lead, while Weepie and Hocken battled for second. Johnson would go on to lead the final 3 laps to claim his 7th win of the season at the track and also locked up the track championship. Weepie won the battle for 2nd, Hocken settled for 3rd, Emerson was 4th, with Scooter Dulin coming home in 5th.
Dave Fangman and Neil Nabholz led the field to the green in the 10 lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature, but it was third place starter Steve Miedke who grabbed the lead on lap 1. Miedke would pull away from the field to lead all 10 laps, in a caution free event, to pick up the win. Merv Chandler finished in 2nd, Adam Gates was 3rd, Nabholz held on for 4th, with A.J. Witten rounding out the top 5.
The 20 lap IMCA Modified feature was up next, with Kevin Pittman and Jeff Kriz leading the field to the green flag. Pittman would take advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Kriz and Shawn Ryan. The battle up front was slowed for the one and only caution on lap 2, as Josh Barta spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Pittman once again jumped out front, with Ryan over taking Kriz for second. Ryan, who was running the bottom, slipped under Pittman to grab the top spot away on lap 4. But Pittman didn't give up as he grabbed the lead back on lap 5, while Adam Johnson, who started 7th, moved in to make it a three car battle for the lead. Johnson would slip under Pittman and Ryan on lap 8 to grab the top spot and then pulled away from the field to claim his 4th win in a row and 5th in the last 6 races at the track. Ryan settled for 2nd, Pittman was 3rd, Mark Schulte came from 9th to finish in 4th, with Ronn Lauritzen coming from 8th to finish in 5th.
Justin Lichty and Jerome Wilson led the field to the green in the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, with Lichty grabbing the lead on lap 1 over a charging Quinton Miller, who started 6th. Lichty's lead would only last for 1 lap, as Vince Buchholz slipped under him to grab the top spot on lap 2. The action up front came to a stop on lap 4, as the red flag waved over the speedway. Jeremiah Wilson went airborn off of turn 2 and went head on into the guardrail, where his car got stuck in between two rails. He would climb from the car ok, but done for the race. On the restart Buchholz moved back out front, while Miller over took Lichty in the battle for 2nd. Another caution on lap 5 would appear on the speedway, as debris in turn 4 slowed the action up front. Then Cale Peterson would spin in turn 2 on the next restart and collected the cars of Curt Graham and Gary Gates to bring the yellow light back on for the final time. Once again Buchholz edged out Miller and Lichty on the restart, as they came three wide off turn 4. Miller would lead lap 7, on the bottom, by inches over Buchholz and then held him off on the final lap to pick up the win. Buchholz settled for 2nd, Lichty was 3rd, Justin Stander came from 10th to finish in 4th, with Nathan Christie holding on for 5th.
The final feature of the night was the 25 lap IMCA Late Models, with Dain Sires and Tysus Pattee making up the front row for the event. But it was fourth place starter Greg Hunter who grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Sires and Greg Kastli, who started 5th. Hunter then held the top spot until lap 5, when Kastli slipped under him to grab the lead. Kastli then started to pull away from the field, as Tyler Bruening, who started 8th, worked his way to the front. Bruening worked his way into 2nd on lap 19 and then went to work on Kastli for the lead, as Kastli had built up a full straight away lead. But the one and only caution of the race would help bring the field back to Kastli's bumper. Dale Hackwell Jr. would drive into the back of Rick Dralle's machine coming off turn 2, as the two cars got hooked together and spun down the back stretch to bring out the yellow. On the restart Kastli jumped back out front, with Dean Wagner and Bruening battle for second. Bruening would make contact with Kastli coming off turn 4, which allowed Wagner to go by both on the top side to grab the lead on lap 23. Wagner then held off Bruening on the final lap to claim the win. Bruening settled for 2nd, Kastli was 3rd, Jeff Aikey came from 11th to finish in 4th, with Curt Martin finishing in 5th after starting in 9th.
Notes from Indy: 27 Sport Mods, 22 Modifieds, 21 Late Models, 21 Hobby Stocks 15 Stock Cars and 8 Sport Compacts made up the 114 signed in on the night......Shane Ebaugh started the SportMod feature in 15th and passed 9 cars to finish in 6th....Sean Vogt came from 17th to finish in 9th....Cory Evans finished 10th after starting in 19th....Brian Hilbert recovered from his lap 4 spin to come back up to finish in 12th....Bob Ebaugh came from 16th to finish in 13th....Synjun Bauer, who started 22nd, came back to finish in 14th after spinning on lap 6....Robert Whalen came from 24th to finish in 16th....Steve Wimer finished in 18th after starting in 25th....Kip Siems, who was running 2nd, settled for a 20th place finish after retiring with a left rear flat under the lap 9 caution....Travis Peterson pulled off under the lap 4 caution with a right rear flat, after running in 6th, to finish in 21st....Alex Zwanziger was credited with 22nd after starting in 11th and making it up to 3rd by lap 8. But he would exit the track with a right rear flat to end his run to the front......Kirk Fauser started the Stock Car feature in 10th and took home a 7th place finish....Cory Tharp passed 6 cars from his 14th place starting spot to finish in 8th....Norman Chesmore recovered from his lap 14 spin to come back up to finish in 9th....Kevin Rose was a scratch from the feature after having motor troubles in his heat race......Duayne Herb was forced to scratch from the Sport Compact feature after troubles in the heat......Scott Hogan came from 12th in the IMCA Modified feature and took home a 7th place finish....Bill Roberts made the pull up from Burlington and started the feature in 15th. He would pass 5 cars to bring home a 10th place finish....Luke Miller finished in 15th after starting in 22nd....Vern Jackson, was suppose to start in 6th, but was a scratch from the feature after having motor troubles at the checkered of his heat....Jason Morehouse had a left rear flat on the parade lap and was forced to scratch from the drop of the green....Terry Johnson had troubles in his heat to froce him to scratch from the feature......Jim Ball started the Hobby Stock feature in 21st and passed 14 cars to finish in 7th....T.J. Mortenson came from 18th to finish in 10th....Randy Byerly finished 12th after starting in 19th....Nick Welch took home a 13th place finish after starting in 20th....Benji Irvine started in 11th and had worked his way up to 5th by lap 8 when he lost a motor and had to settle for a 16th place finish......Jon Passick came from 10th in the Late Model feature to finish in 6th....Bobby Hansen took home a 7th place finish after starting in 12th....Darrel DeFrance passed 7 cars from his 15th place starting spot to finish in 8th....Luke Merfeld came from 13th to finish in 9th....Chad Lerch passed 10 cars from his 20th place starting spot to take home a 10th place finish....LaVern Carey came from 19th to finish in 13th....Russell Hesse finished 15th after starting in 21st.
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