Donnellson, IA (Saturday, October 11, 2014) - The 3rd Annual Fall Extravaganza at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa came to a close on Saturday night, with the second and final night being put into the books. When the final checkers fell one winning streak came to a end, while two other winning streaks continued on to the next weekends action.
The 22 lap SportMod feature was the first to take to the track, with Carter VanDenBerg and Brandon Dale drawing the front row for the event. Dale would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over VanDenBerg and Bobby Anders. Just after the completion of lap 1 the first caution would appear, as David Cloke, Michael Guthrie and Jake Wenig spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Dale jumped back out front, with Anders over taking VanDenBerg for the runner up spot. Another lap complete produced another caution, as Cloke, Robert Gould and Guthrie spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Dale once again moved out front on the restart, with VanDenBerg grabbing the second spot back from Anders. Two laps later, lap 4, Cloke would spin in turn 2 to bring out the caution. Under that caution Curtis Van Der Wal, who has won the last 5 fall specials and started 12th, went to the pits with right rear damage after getting into the turn 2 wall from contact while battling for 9th to end his winning streak. Once again Dale jumped out front on the restart, with Anders slipping back by VanDenBerg for the second spot. While Dale paced the field out front, Tony Dunker, who started 7th, and Joey Gower, who started 11th, were working their way towards the front. Dale's lead over the battle behind him was erased on lap 8, when Ethan Allen spun in turn 2 to bring out the caution.
On the restart Dale moved back out front, with Gower slipping under Dunker to take over the second spot. Gower then tried to work under Dale over the next 4 laps, when a caution for Gould's spin in turn 2 slowed the action. Gower was able to slip under Dale in turn 2 on the restart to grab the lead away, leaving Dale to try and work on holding off Dunker for second. While Gower continued to lead, all eyes were on Jenae Gustin, who started 4th and at one time had slipped back to 8th, who jumped to the top of the track to work herself into second on lap 17. She would quickly close in on Gower coming to the white flag. But she wasn't able to make the pass, as Gower held on to pick up the win and the $1,000 top prize. Gustin settled for 2nd, Dunker was 3rd, Dale was 4th, with Brett Lowry coming home in 5th.
Up next was the 16 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Brandon Symmonds and Derek Hodges leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Hodges used his front row starting spot to his advantage, as he jumped out front on lap 1 over Justin Wacha and Symmonds. While Hodges worked to hold back Wacha, Dustin Griffiths, who started 8th, worked his way up to make it a three car battle up front. Wacha and Griffiths raced side-by-side for second several times, with Wacha able to hold him off at the line on every lap. Those two tried everything possible to get around Hodges over the 16 lap caution free race. But Hodges was able to hold them off to claim his first win at the Lee County Speedway and the $500 top prize to go with it. Wacha held on for 2nd, Griffiths was 3rd, Jacob Keiser came from 7th to finish in 4th, with Dale Porter passing 5 cars from his 10th place starting spot to finish in 5th.
Scott Hogan and Andrew Schroeder drew the front row for the 25 lap Modified feature, with Hogan grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Cayden Carter and Bill Roberts Jr. The action up front was slowed for the first time on lap 3, as Mike Joski and Tyler Hackett spun in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Carter jumped to the top of the track to over take Hogan for the lead, while Michael Long followed him up top to move into third. Carter then started to pull away from the battle behind him, when the caution came out on lap 10. This time Ben Kates, who was running 8th, got into the wall in turn 4 and slowed to a stop to bring out the yellow. On the restart Brad Lautenbach, who was running 8th, got sideways in turn 2 and collected Jimmy Gustin, who started 16th and worked his way to 9th, to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Carter jumped back out front, with Hogan and Schroeder battling for second. The action up front was slowed for the final time on lap 13, when Joski and Hackett spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Carter once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Hogan and Schroeder going back to there battle for second. There was no catching Carter over the final 12 laps, as he went on to claim his second win in a row and another $1,000 in doing so. Hogan won the battle for 2nd, Roberts Jr. was 3rd, Jeff Waterman came from 10th to finish in 4th, with Schroder holding on for 5th.
Up next was the 14 lap Sport Compact feature, with Mike Reu and Michael Grossman leading the field to the green. Grossman jumped out front on lap 1 over Reu and Kimberly Abbott, and then held it until the first caution appeared on lap 3. Debris on fire in turn 1 would bring out the yellow. On the restart Josh Barnes, who was running 4th, jumped the start to bring out the yellow and was sent to the back for the following restart. The following restart saw Brandon Lambert get into Cody Cleghorn, who started 19th and was battling for 5th, causing Cleghorn to spin in turn 2 and collect Jerrod Nichols, Austin Kaplan, Dustan Fenton, and Barnes to bring the yellow light back on. On the next restart Grossman moved back out front, with Abbott and Trent Orwig, who started 13th, close behind. Abbott worked under Grossman on lap 5 to take over the top spot and then was slowed on the completion of that lap. As Alex Costigan lost and engine in turn 4 and slowed to a stop. On the restart Abbott moved back out front. with Grossman working to hold back Orwig for second. On lap later, lap 6, debris in turn 1 would slow the action up front for the final time. Once again Abbott jumped back out front on the restart, with Grossman and Brandon Reu, who started 10th, close behind. Grossman tried to work under Abbott over the final 7 laps, but Abbott would hold him off to pick up her second win at the track and in a row to take home another $300 for her efforts. Grossman settled for 2nd, Brandon Reu was 3rd, Barry Taft came from 7th to finish in 4th, with Darin Smith passing 19 cars from his 24th place starting spot to to come home in 5th.
The 24 lap Stock Car feature was the final one to take to the track on the night, with David Atcher and Bob Lynch making up the front row for the event. Atcher used his front row start to jump out front on lap 1 over John Oliver Jr. and Lynch. Just after the completion of lap 1 the caution would come out, as Jim Lynch slowed to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Atcher moved back out front, with Bob Lynch over taking Oliver Jr. for the runner up spot. Atcher, who was working the middle of the track, Jeff Mueller, who started 6th and was working the bottom, and Cayden Carter, who started 11th and was working the top, came out of turn 4 three wide on lap 11, with Mueller edging out front at the line. The battle out front was slowed for the final time on lap 14, when Jake Wenig spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Mueller grabbed the lead on the restart, with Carter and Jason Cook, who started 9th, close behind. With Mueller glued to the bottom of the track, Carter tried a different approach to get around Mueller over the next 9 laps. He would enter turn 1 high and then cut to the bottom of turn 2 to get a run at Mueller down the backstretch. Mueller was able to hod off Carter until the white flag lap, when Carter was able to get under Mueller in turn 2 to grab the lead down the backstretch. But Carter left to much room on the bottom going into turn 3. Which allowed Mueller to slip under him coming off turn 4 to grab the win and the $1,000 top prize. Carter settled for 2nd, Cook was 3rd, Atcher was 4th, with Todd Reitzler rounding out the top 5.
Notes from LCS: One Hundred and twenty-four cars signed in on night 2, including 34 Modifieds, 27 SportMods, 26 Sport Compacts, 21 Stock Cars and 16 Hobby Stocks......Ryan Fullenkamp came from 13th in the SportMod feature to finish in 8th....Logan Anderson passed 9 cars from his 17th place starting spot to finish in 9th....Alex Zwanziger finished 10th after starting in 15th....Rich Vogt came from 16th to finish in 11th....Bradley Holtmeyer passed 8 cars from his 20th place starting spot to finish in 12th....Austen Becerra came from 18th to finish in 13th....Michael Guthrie, who started 22nd, recovered from his involvement in the lap 2 caution to come back up to finish in 15th....Dakota Simmons, who won the semi feature, broke something in the rear end after the checkered flag in that semi. They were able to make the changes good enough for him to start and make one lap......August Bach, Randy Byerly, Randy Stalder all hat troubles in there heat races that forced them to scratch from the Hobby Stock feature......Ronn Lauritzen started 11th in the Modified feature and finished 6th....Tyler Droste came from 12th to finish in 7th....Brandon Banks passed 11 cars from his 19th place starting spot to finish in 8th....Joel Rust also passed 11 cars from his 20th place starting spot to finish in 9th....Lance Arneson, who made the pull down from Abrams, Wisconsin, started 18th and finished 11th....Tyler Groenendyk passed 12 cars from his 24th place starting spot to come home in 12th....Scott Simatovich came from 22nd to finish in 13th....Kyle Brown started 23rd and finished 16th....Michael Long, who was running 6th on lap 16, got into the guardrail in turn 2 and pulled into the pits with left side damage to end his night in 18th......Casey Lambert started the Sport Compact feature in 9th and finished 6th....Chuck Fullenkamp came from 11th to finish in 7th....Shawn Baker passed 7 cars from his 15th place starting spot to come home in 8th....John Whalen started 12th and finished 9th....Austin Kaplan recovered from the crash on lap 3 to come back up to finish in 10th....Josh Barnes recovered from jumping the restart on lap 3 to come back up to finish in 12th....Ron Kibbe passed 12 cars from his 25th place starting spot to come home in 13th....William Michel finished 14th after starting in 18th....Jerrod Nichols, who started 21st, recovered from the crash on lap 3 to come back up to finish in 15th....Justin Stevenson passed 7 cars from his 23rd place starting spot to finish in 16th....Trent Orwig, who started 13th and had worked his way to 3 by lap 4, lost power on the 6 restart and pulled into the infield to end his night in 19th......Shane Paris started the Stock Car feature in 12th and finished in 6th....Doug Sylvester came from 15th to finish in 8th...Michael Peterson finished 10th after starting in 13th....Jesse Brown came from 14th to finish in 11th....Ray Raker started 16th and finished 12th....Jason See came from 17th to finish in 13th....Jerry Jansen finished 14th after starting in 20th....Jerry Pilcher lost an engine in his heat race that forced him to scratch from the feature.
Just when everybody thinks the 2014 season has come to a close in Southeast Iowa and West Central Missouri, well you are sadly mistaken. The 8th Annual Memphis Fall Nationals takes place next Friday, October 17th and Saturday, October 18th at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, MO. Ken Schrader will be in action both nights with his Modified. Friday nights action gets underway with hot laps at 7:00 pm, while Saturday night will start one hour earlier at 6:00 pm.
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