Droste, Oliver Jr., Olson, Luellen, and Fullenkamp Victorious at the "3rd Annual Spring Extravaganza"

Donnellson, IA (Sunday, March 29, 2015) - Despite mother natures several attempts to cancel the "3rd Annual Spring Extravaganza" presented by Midwest Performance & Power of Keokuk, Iowa, the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa was able to get the full event in on Sunday, March 29th. As a result Tyler Droste (IMCA Modifieds), John Oliver Jr. (IMCA Stock Cars), Tony Olson (IMCA SportMods), Austin Luellen (IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Chuck Fullenkamp (IMCA Sport Compacts) found there way to victory lane.

The first feature to take to the track was the 14 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks, with Justin Lichty and Derek Hodges drawing the front row for the event. But it was third place starter Austin Luellen who grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Lichty and Hodges. While Luellen set a fast pace out front Dustin Griffiths, who started 4th, and Mike Kincaid, who started 6th, battled there way towards the front. Before Griffiths found his way into second, Luellen had built up a straightaway lead. There was no catching Luellen on this night, as he went on to pick up the win and the $400 top prize. Griffiths settled for 2nd, Hodges was 3rd, Kincaid was 4th, with Lichty rounding out the top 5.

Up next was the 14 lap IMCA Sport Compact feature, with Chuck Fullenkamp and Barry Taft leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Fullenkamp took advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Taft and Danny Sassman Jr., who started 6th. With Fullenkamp out front, Taft, Ryan Walker, who started 7th, and Jake Benischek, who started 5th, battled two and even three wide at times for the third spot. As that battle continued on, Fullenkamp was working to hold off Sassman Jr. for the top spot. Sassman Jr. was able to get under Fullenkamp on lap 10, as the two raced side-by-side for the lead until lap 12 when Fullenkamp pulled back out front. Fullenkamp then held on over the final 2 laps of a caution free race to pick up the win and the $300 top prize. Sassman Jr. settled for 2nd, Walker held off a charging Kimberly Abbott, who started 10th, for the third spot, Abbott was 4th, with Adam Gates coming home in 5th.

Tyler Cale and Brandon Lennox drew the front row for the 20 lap IMCA SportMod feature. Lennox used the best of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Tony Olson and Austen Becerra, who charged from 8th to 3rd on the first lap. Just after the completion of lap 1 the first of four cautions appeared, as a spring out of Nathan Bringer's car was laying in turn 4. On the restart Olson was able to slip under Lennox to grab the top spot away. The second caution was waved on lap 2, as Cale came to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Once again Olson grabbed the lead on the restart, with Lennox and Becerra battling for the second spot. Joey Gower, who started 6th, moved in on lap 4 to make it a three car battle for second. The action up front was slowed for the third time on lap 7, as Adam Birck spun to a stop in turn 4. On the restart Olson moved back out front over Becerra and Gower, only to be slowed one lap later for the final caution of the race. This time Rich Vogt spun into the wall in turn 2 to bring out the red, as a fuel leak had to be burnt off the track before they could get back to racing. Olson once again grabbed the lead on the restart over Becerra and Gower. Olson started to pull away from the battle behind him, until he entered lapped traffic late in the race, which allowed Becerra to close in on him coming to the white flag. Coming off turn four Olson had two lapped cars racing side-by-side in front of him and had to make a move quickly to hold off Becerra at the line to claim the win and the $500 top prize. Becerra settled for 2nd, Gower was 3rd, Bobby Anders was 4th, with Austin Kaplan coming from 12th to finish in 5th.

Up next was the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Les Blakley and Michael Bilyeu leading the field to the green flag. But it was third place starter Abe Huls who grabbed the lead on lap 1, when Blakley and Bilyeu got tangled up in turn 2 to allow Huls to slip under them for the lead. This also made the rest of the field take evasive action, which allowed Huls to build up a lead over Dane Fenton and Jim Lynch. With Huls still out front, there was a seven car battle going on behind him for the runner up spot, As Fenton, Damon Murty, who started 8th, Lynch, John Oliver Jr., who started 9th, Jason Cook, Jay Schmidt, and Greg Gill ran side-by-side and even three wide at times on laps 7,8,9, and 10. Oliver Jr. would use the top side of the track to break out of the battle for second by the midway part of the race and brought Murty with him. Both drivers would chase down Huls by lap 15, as Oliver Jr. was able to race side-by-side with Huls on laps 16 and 17. Coming off turn 4 on lap 17 Oliver Jr. used the momentum off the top side to grab the lead away from Huls. Huls, who was running the bottom, Murty, who was in the middle, and Oliver Jr., who was up top, went into turn 4 on lap 18 three wide. But Murty would get loose and spun down into Huls to help straighten himself out, which resulted in Oliver Jr. to be able to pull away for the win and the the $500 top prize. Huls held on for 2nd, Murty was 3rd, Schmidt crossed the line in 4th in his first ever appearance at the track, with Fenton coming home in 5th.

The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Cayden Carter and Johnny Walker drawing the front row for the event. Just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on, as Walker bounced off the cushion in turn 1 and shot to the low side of the track where Dylan Hoover was. Walker would make contact with Hoover, which resulted in him spinning to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Tyler Droste was moved to the outside of the front row, which he took advantage of to grab the lead on lap 1 by inches over Carter. The action up front was slowed for the second time on lap 4, when Hoover spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Once again Droste jumped back out front on the restart, with Carter, Jason Wolla, who started 6th, and Hunter Marriott, who started 8th, battling for the runner up spot. While Droste set a fast pace out front, Carter, who was running the bottom, Marriott, who was running the middle, and Wolla, who was up top, ran two and even three wide on laps 7 and 8. That action was slowed for the final time on lap 8, when Dugan Thye spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Droste moved back out front, with Carter working to hold off Marriott for second. Droste would pull away over the final 12 laps to pick up the win and the $1,000 top prize to go with it. Marriott was 2nd, Wolla was 3rd, Carter held on for 4th, with Scott Hogan coming home in 5th.

Notes from LCS: This event was originally schedule to be a two day show, with a complete payout being offered on both days. But mother nature forced the track to move it to a Saturday and Sunday race with the forecast calling for frigid temperatures on Friday and Saturday morning. Then rains moved in on Wednesday and Thursday and forced the event to be cut to a one day show on Sunday.......27 Sport Compacts signed in and was cut down to a 24 car starting field for the A main with a running of the B Main.....Luke Benischek started 15th and passed 6 cars to finish 9th in the feature....John Girdley passed 7 cars from his 17th place starting spot to come home in 10th....Brandon Reu, who won the B Main and started 16th, passed 5 cars to finish in 11th....James Roose started 19th and finished in 12th....Kenny Smith finished 13th after starting in 20th....William Michel started 18th and finished 14th....Andrew Bieber passed 7 cars from his 23rd place starting spot to come home in 16th....Michael Grossman, who was running 6th after starting in 12th, pulled off on lap 7 with troubles to end his night in 19th....Trent Orwig was running 10th when he pulled off on lap 5 with troubles to end his night in 10th....Dustin Forbes was running 5th with he pulled off on lap 3 with troubles to end his night in 22nd....Justin Stevenson, Alyssa Steel, and Renny McCarty didn't qualify out of the B Main....Brandon Setser made the pull down from Davenport, but blew his motor during practice and had to withdraw from the nights events......Brandon Dale started the SportMod feature in 16th and passed 7 cars to come home in 9th....Adam Birck recovered from his spin on lap 7 to come back up to finish in 12th....Charles VanZandt passed 8 cars from his 22nd place starting spot to finish in 14th....Colton Livezey started 19th and finished 15th....Jason Mason came from 20th to finish in 16th....Jon Lear passed 6 cars from his 23rd starting spot to come home in 17th....Trenton Brink came from 24th to finish in 19th....Jerry Hinton had troubles in his heat race that forced him to scratch from the feature......Nathan Wood started the Stock Car feature in 14th and passed 6 cars to come home in 8th....Greg Gill took some years off from racing and returned for the 2015 season. He brought home a 9th place finish in his first start of the season....Jim Redmann had troubles in his heat race that forced him to start 17th in the feature. He would pass 7 cars to finish in 10th....Austin Evens had troubles getting his car started on the parade lap and was pushed back to the pits......Carter VanDenBerg started the Modified feature in 9th and finished in 6th....Dugan Thye, who started 11th, spun in turn 2 on lap 8 to bring out a caution. He would recover from that to come back up to finish 7th....Blake Woodruff had troubles in his heat race that forced him to scratch from the feature.....In 88 laps of feature racing, only 7 cautions flags were waved. As the Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts, and Stock Cars went CAUTION FREE!!! While the Modified feature had 3 cautions and the SportMod feature had 4 cautions.