Owen takes Fallen Heroes Street Stock crown

 

Lodge, Paris, Hawkins, Hamburg also win

 

BY ROB HINCKLEY

 

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (Sept. 5) – Jesse Owen went over the scenarios in his head as he circled the oval and kept his eye on his dad.

As the pedal pushed his No. 95 continually opened an advantage and 30 laps later Owen became the seventh winner of the RT’s Fallen Heroes Street Stock Memorial at East Moline Speedway. The Sunday evening drive the day before his birthday was worth $2,144.01.

“It feels great. We were sitting around thinking about what to do with the car before the race,” Owen said in the Winners Circle. “We did a few things right before we went out. The car drove itself.”

Owen started on the pole thanks to his heat and Blum Family Dash win. He led every circuit and held off challenges from five different cars.

“Last year we ran second and there were a lot of good cars here. I kept looking at Dad (Red), he told me where to go and he’s usually right.”

The first 11 laps were under green and five cautions later Owen held off Lance Evans, Jeff Struck, Jr., Joe Bonney and Rob Henry. The latter three all are previous winners of the event.

Bonney ran second early, but was involved in an incident with Tanner Sullivan on lap 12. After restarting at the rear, the Maquoketa, Iowa hotshoe charged back to the top five.

The record 38-car field from three states was whittled down to 24 starters by four heats and a pair of B-Mains.

Work paid off for Donovan Lodge. The J&J Camper Sales IMCA Modified veteran zipped around the bottom groove en route to the 20-lap win. Brandon Durbin challenged on the high side, but settled for second. Jaden Fryer, Austin Blume and Brandt Cole followed.

Shane Paris got to the front early and paced the 15-lap Legacy Corporation IMCA SportMod finale. Track champ Jarett Franzen, David Engelkens, Logan Cumby and Cody Calam were next.

Cyle Hawkins edged by Aaron Hitt at the checkers to take the Riverbend Pizza Place Sport Compacts 12 lapper. Drew Wise, Austin Vorbeck and Thomas Adams rounded out the top five.

Andrew Hamburg took off at the green and led all 12 laps for the Nostalgic Stock Car Racing Club main. Jeff Walker, Ben Hamburg, Terry Mattly and Austin Honts followed.

A total of 105 cars were in the pits and the final checkered flag fell before 10 p.m.

Racing continues this Sunday Sept. 12. All seven regular classes will hit the quarter-mile oval, highlighted by the Weekend Performance IMCA Mod Lites running for $1,000 to win.

Gates open at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:15 with racing to follow.

For more information, log on to the East Moline Speedway Facebook page or call 563-343-8250.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

County Waste Systems Street Stocks

RT’s Fallen Heroes Feature (30 laps) – 1. 95-Jesse Owen[1]; 2. 37X-Lance Evans[6]; 3. 4S-Jeff Struck Jr[7]; 4. 70-Joe Bonney[3]; 5. 00-Rob Henry[2]; 6. 42-Jesse Simmons[19]; 7. 9-Ryan Arnett[22]; 8. 27H-Derrick Hufford[10]; 9. 22G-Steve Grotz[9]; 10. 8H-Kyler Hickenbottom[21]; 11. R00-Veronica Anderson[23]; 12. 61S-Jeff Streitmatter[20]; 13. 4Z-Zach Zuberbier[4]; 14. 1C-Robert Cottom[8]; 15. 36-Ben Odell[24]; 16. 14-Megan Erwin[13]; 17. 81-Cary Brown[14]; 18. 7R-Austin Riggs[18]; 19. 37-Peter Odell[12]; 20. 99-Mitch Current[16]; 21. 383-James Comins[11]; 22. 71-Dwayne Smith Jr[15]; 23. 20-Tanner Sullivan[5]; 24. 7T-Justin Thomas[17]

Non-Qualifiers Feature (8 laps) – 1. 8 Rick Schriner 2. 3P Alex Pappas 3. 1 Rob Nylin 4. 17 Andrew Chelf 5. 26N Kory Murphy  6. 72 Kyle Fuget (DNS – 27-Frank Waters, 1X-Alan Cottom; 91-Jason Bielema; 127-Matthew Weibel; 86-Logan Gustaf; 83-Jim Rutsaert; 2-Nick Hixson; 7-Brandon Vorbeck)

B-Main 1 (8 laps) – 1. Erwin 2. Smith 3. Thomas 4. Simmons

B-Main 2 (8 laps) – 1. Brown 2. Current 3. Riggs 4. Streitmatter

Blum Family Fast Dash (8 laps) – 1. Owen 2. Henry 3. Bonney 4. Zuberbier

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Henry 2. Sullivan 3. Comins 4. Smith

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Bonney 2. Evans 3. Hufford 4. Waters

3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Owen 2. Struck 3. Grotz 4. Simmons

4th Heat (8 laps) – 1. Zuberbier 2. R. Cottom 3. P. O’Dell 4. Pappas

J&J Camper Sales IMCA Modifieds

Feature (20 laps) – 1. 1A-Donovan Lodge[4]; 2. 15D-Brandon Durbin[8]; 3. 8-Jaden Fryer[6]; 4. 19B-Austin Blume[10]; 5. C9-Brandt Cole[9]; 6. G1-Mike Garland[1]; 7. 85-Leland Bushong[12]; 8. 57-Tim Hamburg[7]; 9. 35-Chance Huston[2]; 10. 9G-George Spence III[13]; 11. J1-Jim Sandusky[3]; 12. 313-Doug Lenth[11]; 13. 613-Dan Hahn[5]

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Garland 2. Blume 3. Cole 4. Fryer

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Hamburg 2. Durbin 3. Hahn 4. Lodge

Legacy Corporation IMCA SportMods

Feature (15 laps) – 1. 17C-Shane Paris[5]; 2. 33-Jarett Franzen[7]; 3. 65-David Engelkens[1]; 4. 8C-Logan Cumby[6]; 5. B33-Cody Calam[9]; 6. 17L-Levi Laymon[4]; 7. 43LV-Logan Veloz[11]; 8. S4-Steven Spiker[14]; 9. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[2]; 10. 4G-Kevin Goben[10]; 11. 44-Joe Grant[3]; 12. 18C-Dakota Cole[12]; 13. 99-Brandon Jewell[8]; 14. 115-Jacob Lenth[17]; 15. 88-Trey Grimm[13]; 16. 34-Josh Marth[19]; 17. 16-Joel Payne[20]; 18. 85-Erick Turner[16]; 19. 09R-Rob Nylin[18]; 20. 12-Jared Coppejans[15]; 21. 33X-Jeff Waterfall[22]; 22. (DNS) 2K-Tony Kraklio

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Paris 2. Veloz 3. Gellerstedt 4. Calam

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Franzen 2. Engelkens 3. Cole 4. Grant

3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Cumby 2. Goben 3. Laymon 4. Jewell

Riverbend Pizza Place Sport Compacts

Feature (12 laps) – 1. 28-Cyle Hawkins[7]; 2. 813-Aaron Hitt[5]; 3. 14-Drew Wise[11]; 4. A78-Austin Vorbeck[2]; 5. 47-Thomas Adams[6]; 6. 11-Blake Dotson[12]; 7. 55C-Adam Miller[9]; 8. X-Rick DeFord[16]; 9. 53-Norm Marcov[3]; 10. 514-Jason Rhoads[19]; 11. 11P-Codie Proehl[20]; 12. 27-Michael Lundeen[10]; 13. 19L-Trent Lebarge[18]; 14. 72X-Gene Potter[13]; 15. 24X-Scott Delles[14]; 16. 101-Nick Proehl[1]; 17. 00J-Jimmy Dutlinger[8]; 18. 513-Josh Lane[4]; 19. 516-Kristine Lane[15]; (DNS – 125T-Tim Sibley; 4R-Ashley Reuman; 9-Eric Stogdell)

1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Dotson 2. Hitt 3. J. Lane 4. Miller

2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. N. Proehl 2. Marcov 3. Hawkins 4. Lundeen

3rd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Dutlinger 2. Adams 3. Wise 4. Vorbeck

Nostalgic Stock Car Racing Club

Feature (20 laps) – 1. 57-Andrew Hamburg[2]; 2. 00-Jeff Walker[9]; 3. 75K-Ben Hamburg[3]; 4. 43-Terry Mattly[6]; 5. 95-Austin Honts[5]; 6. 55-Mark Claeys[1]; 7. 112-Pat Tuttle[8]; 8. TR1-Terry Hirst[4]; 9. 14D-Dan Schmidt[7]; 10. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[10]

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Mattly 2. Walker 3. A. Hamburg 4. Hirst

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. B. Hamburg 2. Honts 3. Claeys (DNS – Zimmerman)

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