Sunday, June 10, 2018

Schneiderman Claims 305 Sprint Cash at 34 Raceway

West Burlington, IA (Saturday, June 9, 2018) - After taking last Saturday and Sunday off from racing, I decided to make the small drive over to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, June 9th. The 305 Sprint Cars were going for a top prize of $1,000, with the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, and IMCA Sport Compacts all in action.

The 20 lap IMCA Modified feature would take to the track first, with Jordan Walker and Dustin Smith  making up the front row. Smith would take advantage of his starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Dean McGee and Brandon Rothzen, who started 8th. Just after the lap was scored complete Dennis LaVeine spun in turn 1 to bring out the caution. Under the caution Rothzen had to go to the pits to change a left rear flat tire. On the restart Smith jumped back out front, with McGee and Scott Hogan, who started 10th, following close behind. While Smith paced the field out front all eyes were on Rothzen, who was working the bottom and the top of the track to work himself back towards the front. The action was slowed for the second time of the race on lap 5, as Derek Walker and Jeff Waterman got together in turn 2 with Walker spinning to bring out the yellow.

Smith moved back out front on the restart, with Bill Roberts Jr., who started 7th, and McGee now glued to his back bumper.  Roberts Jr.'s run up front came to an end on lap 10, when he lost a motor in turn 3 and slowed to a stop just under the flag stand to bring out the caution. On the restart McGee, Mitch Boles and Kory Meyer collided in turn 4 to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Rothzen shoot under Smith on the start to complete the run from the back to the lead after changing a tire under the lap 1 caution. Rothzen then pulled away over the final laps to claim his first win of the season at the track. Smith was 2nd, Hogan was 3rd, Steve Stewart was 4th, with LaVeine recovering from his spin on lap 1 to come back up to finish 5th.
Gladstone, Illinois' Brandon Rothzen drove from last to first in the IMCA Modified feature on Saturday, June 9th at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa.

Up next was the 15 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Scott Williams and Kevin Goben leading the field to the drop of the green flag. But just as the green dropped the yellow light would come on, as Jeffrey DeLonjay spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the original restart Goben jumped out into the lead, with Williams and James Roose following. Then when lap 1 was scored complete another caution appeared, as Colton Pace spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Goben moved back out front on the restart, with Williams and Sean Wyett, who started 8th, battling for the runner up spot. Goben paced the field out front until lap 6, when contact from Austen Becerra sent Ryan Miller spinning in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. While under the yellow Goben’s left front broke which caused him to pull off. Wyett would inherit the lead on the restart, with Ron Kibbe, who started 6th, and Brandon Setser, who started 10th, battling for second. With the battles going on behind him, Wyett would pull away over the final laps to score his third win of the season at 34 Raceway. Kibbe won the battle for 2nd, Setser was 3rd, Daniel Fellows was 4th after starting in 7th, and Becerra, who started 9th, recovered from his involvement in the lap 6 caution to come back up to finish in 5th.
Sean Wyett of Danville, Iowa won his third IMCA SportMod feature at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, June 9th.

Chad Krogmeier and Cody Washburne led the field to green in the 15 lap IMCA Stock Car feature. But just as the green waved the yellow light would come on, as debris in turn 2 brought out the yellow. On the following restart Washburne took advantage of his starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Krogmeier and Jason Cook. Krogmeier tried to work under Washburne over the next 3 laps, but Washburne was able to hold him off each lap. That was until coming off turn 2 to complete lap 5 he drifted high, which allowed Krogmeier to go by for the lead. Over the final 5 laps Cook would look under Krogmeier coming off the corners, which allowed John Oliver Jr., who started 7th, to close in to make it a three car battle for the lead. With Cook and Oliver Jr. racing side-by-side for the runner up spot, this allowed Krogmeier to hold on for his first win of the season at the track. Cook edged out Oliver Jr. by inches to finish 2nd, Oliver Jr. was 3rd, Tom Bowling Jr. finished 4th, with Washburne holding on for 5th.
The IMCA Stock Car feature on Saturday, June 9th at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa went to Burlington, Iowa's Chad Krogmeier. Which was his first win of the season.

Up next was the 12 lap IMCA Sport Compact feature, with Brandon Reu and Seth Keiser making up the front row for the event. But just as the green waved the yellow light came on, as Aaron Berry spun in turn 1 and collected Jake Houston to bring out the yellow. On the original restart Reu use his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Keiser and Jerrod Nichols. The action was slowed on lap 2, as debris in turn 1 brought out the caution. Reu once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Keiser and Larry Miller, who started 6th, battling for second. Just when Reu started to pull away from the battles going on behind him, another caution appeared to bring the field back to his back bumper. Ashton Blain, who was running 7th, stopped on the top of the track in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. Once again Reu jumped out front on the restart, with Miller over taking Keiser for second. Reu then looked like he was heading for an easy win, when another caution slowed him down on lap 10. Houston stopped down the front stretch to bring out the yellow. On the restart Nichols and Alex Hayes spun  down the backstretch to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Reu jumped back out front, with Miller and Cody VanDusen, who started 11th, close behind. Just after the lap was scored complete Jeremy Hoenig spun down the backstretch to bring out the final yellow, and setting up a one lap shoot out for the win. Reu grabbed the lead on the restart and then held on to claim his first win of the season at 34 Raceway. Miller was 2nd, VanDusen was 3rd, Barry Taft came from 12th to finish in 4th, with Jake Dietrich finishing 5th after starting in 10th.
Donnellson, Iowa's Brandon Reu scored his first IMCA Sport Compact feature win of the season at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, June 9th.

The final feature to take to the track was the 25 lap 305 Sprint Cars, with $1,000 awaiting the winner. Dan Keltner and Brian Hetrick drew the front row. But when Hetrick spun off the top of the track in turn 2 on the drop of the green to bring out the yellow, this would move Jarred Schneiderman to the outside of the front row for the restart. Schneiderman would take advantage of this move, as he moved out front to lead lap 1 over Keltner and Kyle Peterson. The pace that Schneiderman was sitting was so fast that by lap 8 he started to enter lapped traffic. Meanwhile, Josh Schneiderman, who was driving Nick Breuer’s #78 Sprinter, was working his way towards the front from his 12th place starting spot. Josh would work his way into second on lap 17, and by this time Jarred had built up a straight-away lead. Without a caution to bunch the field up there was no catching Jarred Schneiderman. Who picked up his second win of the season at the track and took home the $1,000 top prize to go with it. Josh Schneiderman settled for 2nd, Nick Guernsey was 3rd, Peterson was 4th, with Wyatt Wilkerson coming from 14th to round out the top 5.
Jarred Schneiderman of West Burlington, Iowa won the 305 Sprint Car feature and the $1,000 top prize to go with it on Saturday, June 9th at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa.

Notes from 34: Jeff Waterman, who started the Modified feature in 9th, recovered from his involvement in the lap 5 caution in the feature to come back up to finish 6th....Rich Smith started 13th and finished 7th....Kory Meyer, who started 12th, recovered from a crash on the lap 10 restart to come back up to finish 8th....George Spence III finished 9th after starting in 14th....Cody Bauman started 15th and finished 10th....James Raleigh had troubles in hot laps that forced him to scratch for the night......Kyle Eller started the SportMod feature in 15th and finished 7th....Aaron Mitchell came from 12th to finish 8th....Ryan Miller recovered from the spin on lap 6 to come back up to finish 9th....Tom Lathrop finished 10th after starting in 14th....Draython Schanfish finished 11th after starting in 16th....Colton Pace recovered from his spin on lap 1 to come back up to finish in 12th......Scott Jordan started the Stock Car feature in 10th and finished 7th....Chris Webb, who was driving Randy Samberg's #75 machine, finished 8th after starting in 11th......Robert Sturms passed 11 cars from his 19th place starting spot in the Sport Compact feature to come home in 8th....Bryerson Tharp started 16th and finished 9th....Alex Hayes, who started 14th, recovered from his spin on the lap 10 restart to come back up to finish 10th....Aaron Berry recovered from his spin on the start to come back up to finish in 12th....Cody Bowman had troubles in his heat race that forced him to scratch from the feature......Daniel Bergquist finished 7th in the 305 Sprint feature after starting in 10th....Tanner Gebhardt started 17th and finished 8th....Colton Fisher finished 10th after starting in 13th....Joe Laue started 15th and finished 11th....Kevin Hetrick recovered from his spin on the start to come back up to finish 12th....Travis Porter came from 19th to finish in 14th....Dan Keltner, who was running 3rd, pulled off on lap 20 with mechanical troubles to end his night in 16th....Ryan Jamison, Matt Kreiger, Devon Rouse, and Brayden Gaylord all had troubles in their heat races that forced them to scratch from the feature.

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