Champions Crowned at Adams County Speedway

CORNING, IA (Sept. 8) - The final night of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action is done and over and a period has been put at the end of the 2007 season. Feature winners were Chris Spieker, Dan Mueller, Mike Garner and Brad Bergren. 2007 track champions are Spieker, Jeremy Tibben, Garner and Matt Hudson.

Al Zeitner shot to the early lead in the Whelen late model feature and began to stretch out a lead over Jason O’Brien. Chris Spieker moved to third but it appeared Zeitner and O’Brien would be able to maintain their positions ahead of Spieker. By mid-race, slower lapped traffic played a roll in bunching up the top three with Spieker wiggling through to take the lead. Spieker then sped away to claim his 12th win on the season and was followed to the finish by Zeitner, O’Brien, Justin Zeitner and Karl Ritterbusch. Spieker claimed the championship ahead of Ritterbusch and Paul Glendenning.

In the Budweiser modified feature Jerry Carlson launched from his third starting spot to take the lead for the first 6 laps. Dan Mueller then charged up from his tenth starting spot to take over the lead, which he held comfortably over Carlson until a caution with three laps to go. On the restart, Mueller pulled out again and went on to his fifth win of the season. Kirby Stiens used the restart to get by Carlson for second. Russell Stewart and Jeff James came home fourth and fifth. Jeremy Tibben stayed clear of trouble to finish 9th and take his second straight Budweiser modified title.

Greg Miller charged up from his third starting spot to take the lead in the Northland Oil pro street feature. Miller held off the challenges of Joe Zadina and then Tony Hardisty to keep the lead while Ron Ballinger, Mike Garner and Steve Churchill, who started the night with only three points separating them, moved up and into contention. Garner got into third and began pressuring Miller and Hardisty for the top spot with Ballinger and Churchill a few spots behind. With fewer than five laps to go, Ballinger moved into fourth and would have claimed the championship had Garner remained third. Garner was not done fighting for the lead and he finally worked around Miller and Hardisty with only two laps to go to take his third win of the season, and more importantly, the championship.

Brad Bergren and Kevin Yearington battled for the early lead in the NAPA hobby stock feature with Bergren leading lap one and Yearington leading laps 2 to 8. All eyes during the early part of the race were on point leader Matt Hudson, who started 20th because of a faulty ignition switch forcing him to drop out of the heat race. Hudson quickly raced up into the top five. Bergren took back the lead on lap 9 with Hudson chasing him. That pair raced that way to the end with Bergren picking up his fifth win of the season ahead of Hudson, Tom Myers, Yearington and Jeremy Auten. Hudson claimed his first career point championship.

There will be no races at the speedway next weekend, but join us September 22nd for the ninth annual “Tradition” for streets, hobby stocks and hornets. For more details go to www.acspeedway.com 



Results:

NAPA Hobby Stock:

Heat 1: 1.Petersen 2.G. Orr 3.Weeda

Heat 2: 1.Williamson 2.Sobbing 3.Sandeman

Heat 3: 1.Bergren 2.Weston 3.Yearington

B Feature: 1.Vannausdle 2.Hudson

A Feature: 1.Brad Bergren 2.Matt Hudson 3.Tom Myers 4.Kevin Yearington 5.Jeremy Auten 6.Jesse Sobbing 7.Chris Vannausdle 8.Jerod Weston 9.Matt Williamson 10.Cody Werner 11.Rick Ritchie 12.Brett Sink 13.Barry Sandeman 14.Pat Shiflett 15.Dean Orr 16.Brent Ricker 17.Brad Derry 18.Blain Petersen 19.Mark Worth 20.Heath Anderson 21.Ron Helvie 22.David Weeda 23.Glenn Orr 24.Jeremy Ribbey



Northland Oil Pro Street:

Heat 1: 1.Zadina 2.Churchill 3.Hardisty

Heat 2: 1.G. Miller 2.M. Garner 3.C. Garner

A Feature: 1.Mike Garner 2.Greg Miller 3.Tony Hardisty 4.Ron Ballinger 5.Steve Churchill 6.AJ Miller 7.Craig Garner 8.Chuck Hulett 9.Jeremy Swanson 10.Dan Mueller 11.David Schafroth 12.Todd Owens 13.Dwain Pelzer 14.Les Helvie 15.Joe Zadina 16.Scott Bond 17.Jason Rold 18.David Nail 19.Michael Howe 20.Austin Arndt 21.Gary Henson



Budweiser Modified:

Heat 1: 1.L. Foote 2.Stewart 3.Kinser

Heat 2: 1.Carlson 2.Dennis 3.J. Stiens

Heat 3: 1.Hogan 2.Van Eaton 3.Mueller

B Feature: 1.Bills 2.Hanna 3.Spriggs

A Feature: 1.Dan Mueller 2.Kirby Stiens 3.Jerry Carlson 4.Russell Stewart 5.Jeff James 6.Jesse Dennis 7.Chris Hogan 8.Ryan Stiens 9.Jermey Tibben 10.Mark Hoover 11.Kevin Bills 12.Eric Hanna 13.Larry Foote 14.Jon Orwig 15.Jeremy Hodapp 16.Richard Spriggs 17.Andrew Kinser 18.Keven Parman 19.Brian Foote 20.Chase Mewhirter 21.Kelley Roof 22.Todd Van Eaton 23.Ryan Peckham



Whelen Late Model:

Heat 1: 1.Glendenning 2.Spieker 3.J. Zeitner

Heat 2: 1.A. Zeitner 2.O’Brien 3.C. Zeitner

A Feature: 1.Chris Spieker 2.Al Zeitner 3.Jason O’Brien 4.Justin Zeitner 5.Karl Ritterbusch 6.Corey Zeitner 7.Jeremy Houck 8. Trent Jackson 9.Robbie Andersen 10.Josh Most 11.Mike Eversole 12.Jay Norton 13.Mike Whitehead 14.Paul Glendenning 15.Todd Morgan