7/30/2018
Park Jefferson International Speedway
82 cars and perfect weather on Liberty Natl Bank Night at Park Jeff
Perfect temperatures settled in Saturday over the Siouxland as race fans were treated to an early bit of fall weather as Park Jefferson hosted Liberty National Bank Night. A good crowd was on hand for the $5 admission price and saw a racetrack with multiple grooves and racing all over the place.
In the Artworks Graphics IMCA Modifieds, it was RJ Merchant who jumped to the early lead, however it was 10th place starting Jay Noteboom that was strapped into his rocket ship and powered his way to the front. Noteboom hooked the middle of the track and roared between the top 2 runners to take the lead and soon had a half straightaway lead and victory number 73 in his sights. However, a mechanical gremlin stopped the white seven machine high in turn 2, and Noteboom’s night and point lead were over. Chris Abelson used this to his advantage and came from 8th to quickly take the lead and win by 1.5 seconds over tough Bob Moore and Sean Barragan.
In the J&J Fitting Stock Cars Road to the Iron Cup Event, it was Jason Ward putting his stamp on the leader chase, as Ward, second finisher Bo Lundquist and Todd Gereau battled it out door handle to door handle all around The Park. Ward was able to accelerate in the closing laps and clinch victory and the point lead. Bo Lundquist, who is kindly repairing the track water truck, was second and Gereau continues to run strong with a well placed third.
On a sprint car racers dream track, it was “The Combine” Dusty Ballenger who roared his way to the front to win the IMCA RACESaver Sprint Car feature. JD Hommes took the lead at the point and continues to impress leading the early portion of the race. A win is coming in his near future. Hommes relinquished the lead and finished fifth. Meanwhile, Colin Smith was putting on a passing clinic picking off cars to finish second over Jesse Lindberg. The IMCA Sprints will gun for a $1,000 top prize during August 4th’s Mark Lloyd Memorial.
Rusty Montagne worked the top side of the track to perfection in the white T1 to take the first of what would be 2 victory flags on the night. Montagne blew the competition away from row five, but Karl Brewer and Josh Blom staged a wonderful race with Cody Thompson as the racing was often three wide with drivers swapping the positions 2,3 and 4. When it was done, Brewer finished second and Blom rounded out the podium.
Montagne again took checkers in the Z98 Hobby Stocks as he rim road the top of the PJ oval to slide past a strong running Aaron Shearn, who also picked up the Aussie pursuit cash. Shearn had the lead despite pressure from Andy Hoffman and Craig Clift, and picked up a strong second.
Liberty Bank racing rounded out the night with Andrew Harris once again winning the sport compact feature, as he just outdrove everyone to the checker flag. Harris continues to be fast at Park Jefferson, however David Bates was right on his tail in the points and Danny VanderVeen continues his strong runs with a podium and Max Bonine was 4th.
A highlight of the Park Jefferson season is this Saturday as the track hosts the 4th annual Mark Lloyd Memorial, presented by the Akron Pizza Ranch. Gates open and 5pm with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow.
7/28/2018 at Park Jefferson International Speedway
IMCA Artworks Graphics A Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 1X-Chris Abelson, 13:38.423[8]; 2. 48-Bob Moore, 13:39.923[7]; 3. 88-Sean Barragan, 13:40.136[5]; 4. 15M-Shane DeMey, 13:41.000[12]; 5. 10N-Keegan Nordquist, 13:42.481[4]; 6. 55-Jim Cole, 06:30.623[6]; 7. 77-RJ Merchant, 13:43.710[1]; 8. 25-Ricky Stephan, 13:44.408[9]; 9. 35-Jeff Berens, 13:44.426[2]; 10. 14-Todd Boulware, 13:44.796[11]; 11. 44V-Harvey Vande Weerd, 13:45.052[14]; 12. 44X-Jason Schneiders, 13:46.683[3]; 13. (DNF) M80-Jim Mathieson, 10:11.546[13]; 14. (DNF) 7N-Jay Noteboom, 06:30.623[10]
Heat 1: 1. 35-Jeff Berens, [2]; 2. 10N-Keegan Nordquist, [3]; 3. 88-Sean Barragan, [4]; 4. 1X-Chris Abelson, [6]; 5. 48-Bob Moore, [5]; 6. 14-Todd Boulware, [7]; 7. (DNF) M80-Jim Mathieson, [1]
Heat 2: 1. 44X-Jason Schneiders, [2]; 2. 7N-Jay Noteboom, [7]; 3. 55-Jim Cole, [4]; 4. 77-RJ Merchant, [1]; 5. 25-Ricky Stephan, [6]; 6. 15M-Shane DeMey, [5]; 7. (DNF) 44V-Harvey Vande Weerd, [3]
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Ward, [1]; 2. 19-Bo Lundquist, [2]; 3. 94-Todd Gereau, [9]; 4. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, [3]; 5. 71-Zach Olivier, [5]; 6. 55-Greg Taylor, [7]; 7. 84-Jay Goosman, [10]; 8. T17-Brenton Palmer, [12]; 9. 352.0-Curt Vanbeek, [16]; 10. 42-Jeremie Gibbs, [14]; 11. 13-Glenn Jones, [6]; 12. 1-Brad Jones, [11]; 13. (DNF) 49-Ryan Harris, [4]; 14. (DNF) 11-Hans Holfek, [13]; 15. (DNF) 69X-Richie Ackerly, [15]; (DNS) 013-Casey Jones,
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Ward, [3]; 2. 94-Todd Gereau, [2]; 3. 71-Zach Olivier, [4]; 4. 84-Jay Goosman, [6]; 5. 013-Casey Jones, [7]; 6. 1-Brad Jones, [5]; 7. 11-Hans Holfek, [8]; 8. 42-Jeremie Gibbs, [1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 19-Bo Lundquist, [1]; 2. 49-Ryan Harris, [5]; 3. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, [7]; 4. 55-Greg Taylor, [4]; 5. 13-Glenn Jones, [6]; 6. T17-Brenton Palmer, [3]; 7. (DNF) 69X-Richie Ackerly, [2]; 8. (DNF) 352.0-Curt Vanbeek, [8]
IMCA Sport Modifieds
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. T1-Rusty Montagne, [10]; 2. 13K-Karl Brewer, [9]; 3. 25-Josh Blom, [4]; 4. 25C-Cody Thompson, [11]; 5. 1J-John Foreman, [3]; 6. 57X-Devon McMartin, [7]; 7. 14V-AJ Boulware, [5]; 8. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, [2]; 9. 1S-Justin Klynsma, [1]; 10. 4G-Michael Guthrie, [13]; 11. 212-Kendall Duerksen, [14]; 12. 4S-Adam Sage, [17]; 13. 47J-Jeff Malasek, [12]; 14. 99C-Christopher Hendrickson, [16]; 15. (DNF) 10N-Kole Nordquist, [8]; 16. (DNF) 2-Keith Sanders, [6]; (DNS) 3-Nicholas Peters, ; (DNS) 21-Conner Vande Weerd,
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1J-John Foreman, [3]; 2. 25C-Cody Thompson, [6]; 3. 10N-Kole Nordquist, [5]; 4. 2-Keith Sanders, [4]; 5. 4G-Michael Guthrie, [2]; 6. (DNF) 99C-Christopher Hendrickson, [1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, [2]; 2. 13K-Karl Brewer, [5]; 3. 25-Josh Blom, [3]; 4. 57X-Devon McMartin, [4]; 5. 212-Kendall Duerksen, [6]; 6. 4S-Adam Sage, [1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. T1-Rusty Montagne, [5]; 2. 1S-Justin Klynsma, [1]; 3. 14V-AJ Boulware, [3]; 4. 47J-Jeff Malasek, [6]; 5. (DNF) 3-Nicholas Peters, [2]; 6. (DNF) 21-Conner Vande Weerd, [4]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. T2-Rusty Montagne, [11]; 2. 58-Aaron Shearn, [5]; 3. 77-Craig Clift, [4]; 4. 36-Richard Wynn, [3]; 5. 8X-Andy Hoffman, [7]; 6. 011-Kent Hustad, [6]; 7. 01-Derek Husted, [14]; 8. 5-Lenny Tucker, [13]; 9. 35K-Brady Klaassen, [9]; 10. 6-Luke Jackson, [1]; 11. 14Z-Zach Bales, [10]; 12. 58J-Justin Shearn, [12]; 13. 112-Mitch Schultze, [2]; (DNS) 5B-Matt Spanier,
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 36-Richard Wynn, [4]; 2. 58-Aaron Shearn, [5]; 3. 8X-Andy Hoffman, [6]; 4. 6-Luke Jackson, [1]; 5. 35K-Brady Klaassen, [8]; 6. 14Z-Zach Bales, [3]; 7. 58J-Justin Shearn, [7]; 8. 01-Derek Husted, [2]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 77-Craig Clift, [4]; 2. 011-Kent Hustad, [5]; 3. 112-Mitch Schultze, [1]; 4. (DNF) 5B-Matt Spanier, [6]; 5. (DNF) 83X-Justin Frederick, [7]; 6. (DNF) T2-Rusty Montagne, [3]; 7. (DNF) 5-Lenny Tucker, [2]
IMCA Fox 620 Sport Compacts
A Feature 1: 1. 22A-Andrew Harris, [5]; 2. 13B-David Bates, [4]; 3. 69V-Danny VanderVeen, [3]; 4. 14-Max Bonine, [2]; 5. 8K-Kaytee Devries, [6]; 6. 3A-Auston Honeycutt, [1]; 7. 14C-Shyanne McCulley, [7]; 8. (DNF) 35X-Connor Brown, [8]; 9. (DNF) 21M-Cullen Gossage, [9]
Heat 1: 1. 22A-Andrew Harris, [8]; 2. 14-Max Bonine, [3]; 3. 13B-David Bates, [7]; 4. 69V-Danny VanderVeen, [5]; 5. 3A-Auston Honeycutt, [2]; 6. 8K-Kaytee Devries, [9]; 7. 14C-Shyanne McCulley, [1]; 8. (DNF) 35X-Connor Brown, [6]; 9. (DNF) 21M-Cullen Gossage, [4]
IMCA Sprint Cars
A Feature 1: 1. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, [4]; 2. 05-Colin Smith, [6]; 3. 7L-Jesse Lindberg, [3]; 4. 17V-Casey Abbas, [5]; 5. 43MB-J.D. Hommes, [2]; 6. 33-Trevor Smith, [9]; 7. 51A-Elliot Amdahl, [7]; 8. 45-Monty Ferriera, [8]; 9. 17-Lee Goos Jr, [10]; 10. 99-Tony Drueke, [11]; 11. 77R-Taylor Ryan, [1]
Heat 1: 1. 05-Colin Smith, 01:19.546[4]; 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, 01:07.415[3]; 3. 45-Monty Ferriera, 01:10.578[5]; 4. 77R-Taylor Ryan, 01:03.267[1]; 5. 17-Lee Goos Jr, 01:17.859[6]; 6. 99-Tony Drueke, 01:04.479[2]
Heat 2: 1. 43MB-J.D. Hommes, [1]; 2. 7L-Jesse Lindberg, [2]; 3. 17V-Casey Abbas, [3]; 4. 51A-Elliot Amdahl, [4]; 5. 33-Trevor Smith, [5]
Submitted By: Adam Adamson
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