Bloomfield, IA (Saturday, May 24, 2014) - Saturday night I got invited over to the Bloomfield Speedway in Bloomfield, Iowa to fill in in the scoring tower for there regular weekly racing program. On the card for the night was the Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and 4 Cylinders, along with the Modifieds joining the action.
Up first was the 18 lap SportMod feature, with Mike Mundell and Kelly Buckallew leading the field to the green flag. But just as the green was dropped the caution would come out, as Chris Larson, Adam Shelman, Joey Gower, and Michael Guthrie all collided in turn 3. On the restart third place starter Austin Howes jumped out into the lead on lap 1 over Derek Liles and Mundell. Howes then held the top spot until lap 6, when Ryan Fullenkamp, who started 5th, slipped under him to take the lead. Jason McDaniel, who started 7th, worked his way to the front by the half way mark and was challenging Fullenkamp for the lead. Several times McDaniel tried to get under Fullenkamp, but Fullenkamp was able to hold off all his challenges to pick up the win. McDaniel settled for 2nd, Brandon Dale came from 12th to finish in 3rd, Scott VanBuskirk started 10th and came home in 4th, with Liles holding on for a top 5 finish.
The 16 lap Hobby Stock feature was up next, with Ben Grove and Brandon Potts making up the front row for the event. Grove would use his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Mike Kincaid and Potts. Dustin Griffiths, who started 9th, quickly worked his way to the front, as he over took Grove on lap 6 to grab the top spot. Doug Gorden Jr., who started 8th, tried to chase down Griffiths over the final laps, but Griffiths would pull away in a caution free race to claim the win. Gorden Jr. was 2nd, Kincaid was 3rd, Andrew Hustead came from 10th to finish in 4th, with Aaron Martin rounding out the top 5.
Jeff Mueller and Tyler Cale drew the front row for the 14 lap Modified feature, with Cale grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Mueller and Andrew Schroeder. Schroeder made it three wide off turn 2 on lap 1 to come around to grab the top spot away on lap 2. Schroeder then pulled away over the final 12 laps of a caution free race to pick up the win. Mueller was 2nd, Cale was 3rd, Jared Fuller was 4th, with Mark Winkel coming home in 5th.
Up next was the 14 lap Sport Compact feature, with Billy Cain and Chris Archer leading the field to the green flag. But it was third place starter Trent Orwig who grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Jim Garrett and Larry Hopkins. Orwig then held the lead until lap 4, when Austen Becerra, who started 7th, used the top of the track to grab the top spot away. Becerra then pulled away over the final 10 laps of a caution free race to claim his 13th overall win of the season.
The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 18 lap Stock Cars, with Derek Kirkland and Mike Hughes on the front row. Hughes took advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Kirkland and Cody Agee. Kirkland used the bottom of the track to slip under Hughes on lap 2 to take over the top spot. But Hughes would use the same groove to slip back by Kirkland on lap 3 to take the lead back. The action up front was slowed for the first and only time on lap 4, when Cody McClure spun in turn 4. On the restart Hughes moved back out front, with Jerry Pilcher and Derrick Agee, who started 5th, glued to his back bumper. Despite Pilcher trying to get under Hughes over the final 14 laps, Hughes was able to hold him off to claim the win. Pilcher settled for 2nd, Derrick Agee was 3rd, Kirkland was 4th, with Doug Sylvester coming home in 5th.
Notes from Bloomfield: In the 80 laps of feature racing there was only 2 cautions. The first was on the drop of the green flag in the SportMod feature, and the other was on lap 4 of the Stock Car feature for a solo spin. That just shows how well the drivers respected one another and raced each other clean on this night!......Adam Shelman recovered from the first and only caution of the race in the SportMod feature to come home in 7th....Michael Guthrie came from 14th to finish in 11th......Anthony Cassat started the Hobby Stock feature in 12th and finished 9th....Grove, who was running 3rd, pulled off on lap 7 with troubles to end his night in 11th......Tyler Cale drove the #11R machine in the Modifieds usually driven by Brandon Ruffcorn....While Kevin Cale, his dad, drove the #14 usually piloted by Tyler......As of this write up this afternoon, Austen Becerra won his 14th and 15th overall feature win in the Sport Compacts of the season on Sunday at the Quincy Raceways in Quincy, IL......Cody Agee, who was running 4th in the Stock Car feature, pulled off under the lap 4 caution with right front end troubles to end his night in 8th.
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