West Burlington, IA (Saturday, May 31, 2014) - Mother nature tried to rain on the racing program on Saturday night at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa. But the track officials didn't throw the towel in and let the rain showers stop them from getting the nights events complete. It would pay off with two drivers getting there first wins, two more drivers earning there second career wins, and two drivers getting multiple wins on the season.
The night would start off with the 15 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Creston Williams and Tom Lathrop making up the front row for the event. But it was fourth place starter Brett Timmerman who grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Williams and Lathrop. Williams run up front would come to an end on lap 3, when he slowed in turn 2 with troubles to bring out the caution. On the restart Timmerman jumped back out front, with Bobby Anders, who started 8th, close behind in second. The action up front was slowed one lap later, lap 4, when Chris Larsen spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Timmerman grabbed the lead on the restart, with Anders and Joey Gower battling for the second spot. Anders tried to work under Timmerman several times over the next 8 laps, before making the pass on lap 13 to take over the top spot. Anders then held on over the final 2 laps to claim his third win of the season at the track. Timmerman was 2nd, Gower was 3rd, John Oliver Jr. started 12th and finished 4th, with Tony Dunker rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 12 lap 4 Cylinder feature, with Shawn Baker and Dustin Ravelin leading the field to the green flag. But it was fourth place starter Ron Kibbe who jumped out front on lap 1 over Ravelin and Baker. Disaster then struck Kibbe on lap 9, as he slowed down the backstretch on lap 9 to bring out the caution. Then mother nature decided the track needed watering, as the rains started to fall. It would take the track crew 30 minutes to rework the track in order to finish the final 3 laps of the race. Once back to green John Richardson, who started 10th, inherited the lead for the restart. Coming to the white flag Austen Becerra, who started 9th, slipped past Richardson to take the top spot and then went on to claim his 4th win of the season at the track and 16th overall on the season. Richardson settled for 2nd, Ravelin was 3rd, Larry Miller was 4th, with Daytona Fenton coming home in 5th.
Bo Hunter and John Brockway made up the front row for the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature. But Jim Lynch and Tom Bowling Jr. would spin in turn 3 on the start to bring out the yellow. On the restart Jake Wenig, Dane Fenton and Chad Krogmeier collided in turn 2 to bring the yellow light back on. A third attempt of a start saw Shane Watts, who started 6th and was moved to 2nd after the yellows, moved out front on lap 1 over Brockway and John Oliver Jr., who started 8th. Debris in turn 3 on lap 6 would slow the action down for the final time. Watts moved back out front on the restart, with Brockway working to hold back Bolwing Jr. who recovered from his lap 1 spin to climb back up to 3rd. Watts, Bowling Jr., and Oliver Jr. had a three car battle going for the top spot, when Bowling Jr. got sideways in turn 1 and fell from battling for 2nd to 6th. This would allow Watts to hold on to claim his second career Stock Car feature of the season at the track. Oliver Jr. settled for 2nd, Brockway held on for 3rd, Lynch recovered from his lap 1 spin to come back up to finish in 4th, with Ray Raker coming from the back after pitting on the start with a left rear flat to finish in 5th.
Colin Rothzen and Dugan Thye led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature, with Thye grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Tyler Glass and Dennis LaVeine. After the completion of lap 1 was scored the yellow would come out, as Brandon Rothzen got into Bill Roberts Jr. in turn 2. Which caused Roberts Jr. to spin to a stop to bring out the caution. On the restart Thye jumped back out front, with Glass and LaVeine close behind. Thye would drift high in turn 3 coming to lap 5, which allowed Glass to slip under him for the top spot. Just as Glass started to pull away from the battle behind him, the yellow light would come on. As Todd Hansen spun in turn 2 on lap 10 to bring out the caution. Glass once again moved back out front on the restart, with LaVeine working to hold back Jeff Waterman, who started 7th. The action up front was slowed on lap 17, as Collin Rothzen spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Brandon Rothzen, who recovered from his involvement in the lap 1 spin, tried to go from fourth to first in turn 4. With the result being Brandon spinning in front of the field and collecting Waterman, who was running 2nd, and Mitch Morris, who started 11th and was up to 5th, to bring the yellow light back on. Glass jumped back out front on the restart, with Hansen recovering from his lap 10 spin to climb back to 2nd. Glass then held on over the final 3 laps to pick up his first career feature win. Hansen was 2nd, Roberts Jr. recovered from his lap 1 spin to come back up to finish 3rd, Levi Layman passed 9 cars from his 13th place starting spot to finish in 4th, with Dean McGee coming home in 5th.
Up next was the 12 lap Mod Lite feature, with Devon Rouse and Gary Snyder on the front row. Rouse would take advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Snyder and Justin Buchholz. While Rouse worked out front, Daniel Keltner, who started 5th, and Buchholz were racing side-by-side trying to get to the front. Keltner would work his way to second with 5 laps to go, and then went to work on catching Rouse for the top spot. Going into turn 3 on the final lap Rouse would choose the bottom to get by the lapped cars, while Keltner went high. Rouse was able to edge Keltner at the line by a car length to claim his second career feature win and second of the season at the track. Keltner settled for 2nd, Buchholz was 3rd, Collin Ball was 4th, with Snyder rounding out the top 5.
The final feature to take to the track was the 20 lap 305 Sprints, with Cody Wehrle and Chase Wanner making up the front row. Wanner took advantage of his front row start to move out front on lap 1 over Wehrle and Dustin Clark. Wanner set a fast pace out front, as he pulled away from the battle behind him and was lapping cars early. The caution free race would end with Wanner taking the checkered flag for what looked like his first win. But after post race inspection it was discovered his engine was a 360 cubic inch instead of the 305, which resulted in him getting disqualified. As a result Daniel Bergquist, who started 7th and crossed the line in second, would pick up his first win of the season. Justin Newberry was moved to 2nd, Shane Quam was moved to 3rd, John Schulz started 9th and was moved to 4th, with Jayson Ditsworth coming from 11th to be moved up to 5th.
Notes from 34: Chris Larsen recovered from his lap 4 spin in the SportMod feature to come back up to finish in 8th....Sean Wyett passed 4 cars from his 13th place starting spot to finish in 9th......Bryerson Tharp came from 13th in the 4 Cylinder feature to take home an 8th place finish....Randy Wachter, who was running 6th in the Stock Car feature, pulled off under the lap 6 caution to end his night in 10th....Wayne Landheer had troubles in his heat that forced him to scratch from the feature......Mitch Morris recovered from the lap 17 crash in the Modified feature to come back up to finish 6th....Blake Woodruff debuted a Modified he bought off Jeff Waterman. He started the feature in 12th and brought home an 8th place finish....Larry McConnell came from 15th to finish in 9th....Rich Smith was running 3rd, when he pulled off with troubles under the lap 17 caution to end his night in 11th....Dennis LaVeine, who was running 3rd, pulled off under the lap 17 caution with troubles after getting into a lapped car to end his night in 13th....Dugan Thye, who was running 5th, slowed down the backstretch on the lap 10 caution with motor troubles to end his night in 15th...Blaine Jamison jumped into the 51J Sprint for the first time and started the feature in 16th. He would stay out of trouble and ended his night in 14th....Roger Krieger debuted a new Sprint car and finished in 15th....Shawn Whiting had troubles after his heat that forced him to scratch from the feature....Heath Bundy had troubles in hot laps that forced him to scratch for the night.
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