Bochmann books to first career I.M.C.A. hobby stock win at Independence Motor Speedway
By Ryan Clark

INDEPENDENCE, Ia (May 20, 2006) – In just his second year in an I.M.C.A. hobby stock, Ryan Bochmann checked out on the field like a seasoned veteran as he picked up his first career feature win at Independence Motor Speedway.

Bochmann, who chased pole-sitter Scott Siems for the first two laps around the 3/8-mile oval, took command on the third circuit. The event’s only caution was displayed one lap later and, following the restart, Bochmann took charge.

As Bochmann distanced himself from the field, Jeremiah Wilson, Josh Irvine and Jamie Whitaker waged war for the runner-up position. Whitaker made a last lap pass to secure the position from Wilson as Bochmann sailed to the checkers for the victory.

Shawn Fisher looked strong early in the 20-lap I.M.C.A. modified feature. From his pole position start, Fisher shot into the early lead. Mike Gill gave chase with Troy Cordes running third.

Cordes broke free from Gill on lap three and then set his sights on Fisher who had already gained a sizeable lead. The field was slowed for caution on the sixth circuit, which put Cordes on Fisher’s rear bumper for the restart.

By the time the final yellow flag waved just past the midway point of the 20-lapper Fisher maintained his lead and Scott Hogan moved into third behind Cordes. The three battled for the next few laps until Cordes made his way around the top side of Fisher with only a handful of laps remaining as he drove to his first win of the season. Hogan followed through to score runner-up honors. Points leader Jerry Luloff beat Fisher to the checkers for third.

Brian Irvine took the early lead in the 20-lap I.M.C.A. stock car main event. From his outside second row starting position, Irvine worked past pole-sitter Tony Schimmels on lap two.

Defending track champion Jarod Weepie chased Irvine to the front and settled into the runner-up position on the fifth lap. Weepie chased the leader until taking the advantage seven laps later.

The lead pair swapped paint and the lead at various times late in the race until Irvine took the lead for good on lap 18 en route to the win, his first of the season. Dallas Morin charged through the field to steal runner-up honors ahead of Nick Wroten.

Rookie B modified driver Kyle Bentley was in search of his first career win in that division. The pole-sitter paced the field through a myriad of cautions over the first handful of laps while points leader Brian Kunkle slowly worked his way through the pack.

By the time the caution waved on lap six, Kunkle worked his way into the lead. He pulled away from the field to score his third win of the season. Jim Buhlman and Joel Cox completed the top three.

The I.M.C.A. late models draw and redraw through the first two points weeks of the season per I.M.C.A. rules. The 10th of 12 drivers to redraw, Jeff Aikey was fortunate the No. 1 spoon was still in the cup.

The veteran driver started the 25-lapper on the pole and was never seriously challenged as he scored the victory ahead of fellow front row starter Dave Stricker. Curt Martin finished third.

RESULTS

I.M.C.A. LATE MODEL

First heat – 1. 19 Darin Duffy, Hazleton; 2. 53 Darren Ackerman, Waterloo; 3. 145 Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn; 4. 88 Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine; 5. 2P Jon Passick, Waterloo; 6. 17 Brian Hunter, Independence; 7. 69B Joel Brasch, Dunkerton; 8. 68 Tysus Pattee, Garrison; 9. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup.

Second heat – 1. 06 Dean Wagner, Evansdale; 2. 45 Curt Martin, Independence; 3. 31$ Dave Stricker, Waterloo; 4. 73 Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 5. 14B Levi Benn, Dyersville; 6. 86 Rick Dralle, Waterloo; 7. 8 Randy Wheeler, Cedar Falls; 8. 29 Wayde Russell, Dunkerton.

Third heat – 1. 78 Dale Stolte, Springville; 2. 77X Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls; 3. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 4. 32 Greg Hunter, Independence; 5. 44 Luke Goedert, Holy Cross; 6. 4 Leon Thomsen, Waverly; 7. 4B Brian Lillie; 8. 5W Scott Welsh, Marion.

B feature – 1. Passick; 2. B. Hunter; 3. Dralle; 4. Goedert; 5. Hamilton; 6. Welsh; 7. Pattee; 8. Brasch; 9. Thomsen; 10. Lillie; 11. Wheeler; 12. Benn; DNS Russell.

A feature – 1. Aikey; 2. Stricker; 3. Martin; 4. Hackwell; 5. Duffy; 6. Wagner; 7. Bruening; 8. Dralle; 9. B. Hunter; 10. Ackerman; 11. Hamilton; 12. Stolte; 13. Pattee; 14. Brasch; 15. Passick; 16. Johnson; 17. Kastli; 18. G. Hunter; 19. Welsh; 20. Goedert.



I.M.C.A. MODIFIED
First heat – 1. 25 Shawn Fisher, Garrison; 2. 17 Brian Krall, Readlyn; 3. 98 Jason Snyder, Dunkerton; 4. 18 Jerry Luloff, Independence; 5. 4S Garry Stuber, Waterloo; 6. 11S Dion Speed, New Hartford; 7. 6 Don Erger, Brandon.

Second heat – 1. 02 Mike Gill, La Porte City; 2. 24R Adam Johnson, Independence; 3. 171 Buck Swanson, Cedar Falls; 4. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 5. 38 Beau Duffield, Cedar Rapids; 6. 01K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 7. 9 Ben Metcalf, Evansdale.

Third heat – 1. 71 Troy Cordes, Raymond; 2. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 3. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 4. 14 Randy Trefz, Vinton; 5. 85 Johnathan Thimmesch, Aurora; 6. 17B Brian Sondag, Vinton; 7. M57 Malena Betzer, Cedar Rapids.

Fourth heat – 1. 01 Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 2. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 3. 00 J.D. Auringer, Waterloo; 4. 78 Adam Bolin, Waterloo; 5. 3 Max Corporon, Marion; 6. 93 Erik Haupt, Sumner; 7. 87 Terry Folkers, Central City.

First B feature – 1. Luloff; 2. D. Betzer; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Duffield; 5. Stuber; 6. Speed; 7. Erger; DNS Metcalf.

Second B feature – 1. Bolin; 2. Corporon; 3. Trefz; 4. Thimmesch; 5. M. Betzer; 6. Haupt; 7. Sondag; DNS Folkers.

A feature – 1. Cordes; 2. Hogan; 3. Luloff; 4. Fisher; 5. Auringer; 6. Thomas; 7. Corporon; 8. Gill; 9. Krall; 10. D. Betzer; 11. Flannagan; 12. Jackson; 13. Bolin; 14. Johnson; 15. Lauritzen; 16. Trefz; 17. Thimmesch; 18. Swanson; 19. Snyder; 20. Duffield.



I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR

First heat – 1. 83Z Nick Wroten, Rowley; 2. 8R Sean Johnson, Independence; 3. 29A Jeff Adams, Bondurant; 4. 3 Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 5. 9 Dallas Morin, Cedar Rapids; 6. 7G Jason Goedken, Fairbank; 7. 38 Dain Sires, Cedar Falls; 8. 4 LaVerne Weber, Waterloo; 9. 21 Shane Manson, Manchester.

Second heat – 1. 26 Brian Irvine, Oelwein; 2. 00 Tony Schimmels, Readlyn; 3. JR3 Jason Hocken, Independence; 4. 12I Ken Irvine, Oelwein; 5. 15 Norman Chesmore, Quasqueton; 6. 58I Eric Weber, Jesup, 7. 20 Dan Trimble, Fairbank; 8. 56T Justin Temeyer, Independence.

Feature – 1. B. Irvine; 2. Morin; 3. Wroten; 4. Chesmore; 5. K. Irvine; 6. Manson; 7. Weepie; 8. Sires; 9. Trimble; 10. Hocken; 11. Schimmels; 12. Goedken; 13. E. Weber; 14. Johnson; 15. L. Weber; 16. Adams; DNS Temeyer.



I.M.C.A. HOBBY STOCK

First heat – 1. 62 Ryan Bochamann, Greene; 2. 62G Adam Gebel, Dysart; 3. 1 Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 4. 8T Perry Thomsen, Cedar Rapids; 5. 55 Vince Buchholz, Cedar Falls; 6. 31S Paul Shepherd, Marengo; 7. 1S Greg Sweerin, Evansdale; 8. 8 Bill Meyer, Sumner; 9. 7B Jim Ball Jr., Independence.

Second heat – 1. 18 Chris Luloff, Independence; 2. 77 Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 3. 35 Josh Irvine, Oelwein; 4. 69 Dave Wheeler. Fairbank; 5. 20 Wes Stanek Jr., Cedar Falls; 6. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 7. 01 Joe Burmeister, Mt. Auburn; 8. 6 Justin Ginther, Oelwein; 9. 6G Keven Gonzales, Fairbank.

Third heat – 1. 64JR Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 2. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 3. 22 Patrick Stansbery, Evansdale; 4. 25 Jamie Whitaker, Nevada; 5. 88S Joe Sprague, Independence; 6. 30 Mike Stanek, Dewar; 7. 1X Al Sweerin, Waterloo; 8. 48 Travis Michels, Hazleton.

First B feature – 1. Buchholz; 2. Hilmer; 3. Ball; 4. Sprague; 5. A. Sweerin; 6. G. Sweerin; 7. Ginther.

Second B feature – 1. Shepherd; 2. W. Stanek; 3. Meyer; 4. M. Stanek; 5. Michels; 6. Burmeister; 7. Ginther.

A feature – 1. Bochmann; 2. Whitaker; 3. Wilson; 4. Irvine; 5. Grother; 6. Luloff; 7. Stansbery; 8. Shepherd; 9. Buchholz; 10. Ball; 11. Siems; 12. Meyer; 13. Wheeler; 14. Hilmer; 15. Thomsen; 16. Brown; 17. Sprague; 18. W. Stanek; 19. M. Stanek; 20. Gebel.



B MODIFIED
First heat – 1. 00 Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 2. 12D Joe Docekal, Dysart; 3. 069 Mike Krall, Waterloo; 4. 52R Marty Rouse, Grundy Center; 5. 7T Shawn Ritter, Keystone; 6. Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 7. 24 Travis Brown, Cedar Rapids; 8. 95 Todd Temeyer, Independence.

Second heat – 1. 69 Joel Cox, Waterloo; 2. 25 Alan Wessels, Strawberry Point; 3. 20 Brian Kunkle, Oelwein; 4. 5 Bob Ebaugh, Raymond; 5. 35 Kyle Bentley, Fairbank; 6. 11 Damien Fairbanks, Vinton; 7. 6 Steve Swope, Waterloo; 8. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 9. 95H Mary Handberg, Waterloo.

Feature – 1. Kunkle; 2. Buhlman; 3. Cox; 4. Olson; 5. Krall; 6. Rouse; 7. Temeyer; 8. Handberg; 9. Bentley; 10. Fairbanks; 11. Ritter; 12. Brown; 13. S. Swope; 14. Sherbon; 15. T. Swope; 16. Docekal; 17. Wessels; 18. Ebaugh.