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BURLINGTON, IA (August 8) – 34 Raceway paid special tribute to area veterans prior to the start of racing action Saturday, August 8 in conjunction with Two Rivers Bank Night. All veterans, past and present, were admitted free to the races and $1.00 from each grandstand ticket sold went to help send veterans on the National Honor Flight Tour to Washington D.C. Prior to the National Anthem, before the start of the races and with 97 cars in attendance, the drivers paraded out to the track stopping on the front stretch, each given an American flag. The sixty-eight vets in attendance were led out in front of the grand stand by a color guard to a rousing applause from the race fans. $1050 was raised through ticket sales and drivers walking through the stands for donations. With the point races winding down for the 2009 season finishing position is so important and in the modified division the battle is close. The IMCA Modifieds took to the track for the first feature with Levi Smith and Brandon Savage on the front row of the twenty two car field. Savage took the early lead with Rich Smith following. After the only caution of the race came out on lap two, it was non stop action for the next eighteen laps with Savage leading the way. With the help of lap traffic, Smith closed in on Savage but couldn’t get past the driver from Keokuk. Savage went on to take the checkered flag for the first time in the Miller Lite IMCA Modified division. Scott Hogan moved up from his mid field start to finish third and is the current point leader with a 2 point advantage over Josh Foster. Fifteen Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprints took to the track next with Gary Bonar and Nick Guernsey on the front row. Bonar took the early lead only to give it up to Guernsey on lap two of the twenty lap race. Guernsey led the field for the next nine laps before the first of three cautions came out on lap twelve. Jarrod Schneiderman was running second until the second caution came out on lap thirteen. That caution was want Matt Krieger needed getting a good jump on the restart passing both Guernsey and Schneiderman. Krieger led the field for two more laps when the third and final yellow came out. This gave three time winner, Jayson Ditsworth a shot at the leader. On lap nineteen, Ditsworth touched the front stretch wall causing him to lose ground and Krieger went on to take the checkered flag for his first 305 sprint feature win. Ditsworth continues to lead the 305 sprint point standings with 426 points over Krieger with 413. Mike’s Auto Parts IMCA Stock cars had twenty cars start the twenty lap feature with Nick Fenton and Brett Timmerman on the front row. Timmerman took the early lead with Greg Johnson following. The only yellow of the race came out on lap three but Timmerman would continue to hold his lead after the restart leading the field for seven more laps. On lap eleven, Todd Holsteen cut to the inside on the back stretch and took over the lead pulling away from the field. With Holsteen out in front a fierce battle for second was going on between Brian Holmes, Kirk Kinsley and Timmerman, all from Wapello. Holmes continued to hold off the challenges by the two and with three laps to go, and Holsteen holding a commanding lead, white smoke starting coming from the rear of Holmes’ car. The Wapello driver would hold off Kinsley and Timmerman to finish second. Abe Huls is the leader in the IMCA Stock Car point race with 452 followed by Darin Thye with 423. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, made a return trip to victory lane winning his second J & J Steel/Ideal Ready Mix IMCA Late Model feature this season at 34 Raceway. Four lead changes took place throughout the twenty five lap feature. Colby Springsteen took the lead from Keith Pratt on lap two and led the field for eight more laps before Quincy’s Mark Burgtorf passed Springsteen on the back stretch. Burgtorf would pull away from the field as Springsteen and Lonnie Bailey battled for second. Unfortunately for Burgtorf, when passing a lap car, Burgtorf and the lap car got together sending the leader up into the wall with sparks flying. Although Burgtorf was able to continued the wall hit must have done some damage as he would start to slow allowing Darbyshire to pass him for the lead on lap nineteen. Darbyshire went on to take the checkered flag six laps later with Springsteen finishing second followed by Bailey and Tom Goble. Currently fifth in the point standings, Mendon, Illinois’ Keith Pratt took a wild ride over turn one landing on his top after the throttle stuck on his late model. Lonnie Bailey holds a twenty four point lead over Darbyshire with just two point races remaining for the late models. Derek St. Clair is definitely the man to beat in the Pepsi Hobby Stock division after winning his seventh feature at 34 Raceway this season, despite and engine exchanged last week following a claim. Dane Fenton, Burlington, took the second lead of the race from Joe Laue on lap two leading the field for the next two laps. Lap five of the fifteen lap feature saw Doug Fenton move in to the lead when Dane got too high in turn. On lap thirteen, and with the field closed up after a caution on lap twelve, St. Clair passed Fenton in turn one and went on to take the checkered flag by several car lengths. St. Clair holds a commanding lead in the point standings enroute to his first season championship with 513 points over Tanner Thomann with 468.
‘SEBASTIAN SANDBLASTING 305 SPRINTS FEATURE: 1. Matt Krieger, Burlington, 2. Jayson Ditsworth, Gladstone, Il., 3. Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, 4. Nick Guernsey, Burlington, 5. John Draper, Bryant, il., 6. Justin Newberry, Danville, 7. Jamie Needham, Moline, Il., 8. Jami Lusher, Pekin, Il., 9. Alexsha Alexander, Roseville, Il., 10. Gary Bonar, Burlington, 11. Jesse Wagler, 12. Corey Timmerman, Carmen, Il., 13. Destini Clark, Boling Brook, Il., 14. Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, Il., 15. Dave Anderson, Burlington, 16. Tony Davis, Monmouth. HEAT WINNERS: Guernsey, Davis.
J & J STEEL/IDEAL READY MIX IMCA LATE MODELS FEATURE: 1. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, 2. Colby Springsteen, Morning Sun, 3. Lonnie Bailey, Quincy, Il., 4. Tom Goble, Burlington, 5. Tommy Elston, Keokuk, 6. Mark Burgtorf, Quincy, Il., 7. Matt Bailey, Quincy, Il., 8. Sam Halstead, New London, 9. Mick Wiele, Columbus Junction, 10. Adam Helmick, Fort Madison, 11. 12. Gary Russell, Biggsville, Il., 13. Matt Strassheim, West Burlington, 14. Keith Pratt, Mendon, Il., HEAT WINNERS: Springsteen, M. Bailey
MILLER LITE IMCA MODIFIEDS FEATURE: 1. Brandon Savage, Keokuk, 2. Rich Smith, Davenport, 3. Scott Hogan, Vinton, 4. Josh Foster, Montrose, 5. Brandon Rothzen, Raritan, Il., 6. Levi Smith, Donnellson, 7. Dusty Kraklio, Durant, 8. Bill Roberts, Jr. , Burlington, 9. Mike Weikert, Jr., Muscatine, 10. Dan Chapman, Clarence, 11. Matt Gavin, Kirkwood, Il., 12. Tyler Glass, Cedar Rapids, 13. Dean McGee, Galesburg, Il., 14. Elmer Arnold, Sperry, 15. Tyler Vande Kamp, Ankeny, 16. Kevin Goben, Sherrard, Il., 17. Lance Schlicher, Fairfield, 18. Derek Hamm, Donnellson, 19. Norm Brakeville, Little York, Il., 20. Allen Johnston, Burlington, 21. Jeff Schroyer, Boone, 22. Adam Birck, Canton, Mo., 23. Andy Krieger, Burlington. HEAT WINNERS: Wykert, Rothzen, Goben.
MIKE’S AUTO PARTS IMCA STOCK CARS FEATURE: 1. Todd Holsteen, Burlington, 2. Brian Holmes, Wapello, 3. Kirk Kinsley, Wapello, 4. Brett Timmerman, Wapello, 5. Greg Johnson, Burlington, 6. Abe Huls, Carthage, Il., 6. Abe Huls, Carthage, Il., 7. Nick Fenton, Mt. Pleasant, 8. Tim Breuer, Burlington, 9. Trent Vrchoticky, Columbus Junction, 10. Cale Samberg, Burlington, 11. Shane Watts, Burlington, 12. Chris Webb, Biggsville, Il., 13. Ryan Cook, Mt. Pleasant, 14. Corey Strothman, New London, 15. Jason Cook, Mt. Pleasant, 16. Bo Hunter, Burlington, 17. Darin Thye, Burlington, 18. Les Blakely, Fairfield, 19. Shelly Mizell, Muscatine, 20. Joe Gerdes, Burlington. HEAT WINNERS: Webb, Strothman, Holmes.
PEPSI HOBBY STOCKS FEATURE: 1. Derek St. Clair, Donnellson, 2. Doug Fenton, Burlington, 3. Victor Hastings, Oquawka, Il., 4. Tanner Thomann, West Burlington, 5. Ray Raker, Danville 6. Sky Griffith, Wapello, 7. Jarod Conrad, Wayland, 8. Justin Malone, New London, 9. Chuck Underwood, Burlington, 10. Randy Wachter, Burlington, 11. Eric Rowley, Burlington, 12. Dugan Thye, Burlington, 13. Travis Hartman, Burlington, 14. Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield, 15. Kent Rhum, Burlington, 16. Joe Laue, Wapello, 17. Johnnie Smith, Burlington, 18. Dane Fenton, Burlington, 19. Brodie Dopler, Wapello, 20. Dean Kratzer, Fort Madison, 21. Lane Kauffman, Muscatine, 22. Jim Lynch, Donnellson. HEAT WINNERS: Dane Fenton, St. Clair, Laue.
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