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Jackson holds off Hogan for I.M.C.A. modified checkers at
Independence Motor Speedway
By Ryan Clark
INDEPENDENCE, IA (July 8, 2006) Two veteran drivers each in search of their
first win of the season put on an exciting show in the I.M.C.A. modified
division at Independence Motor Speedway.
Vern Jackson and Scott Hogan hadnt made the trip to the winners circle during
the first half of the season, but both drivers put on a show for the ages as
they battled at the front of the pack during the 20-lap event.
At the drop of the green, Ed Thomas set the pace as he assumed command early
from his second row start. Thomas led the pack for the first four circuits while
Jackson worked through traffic from a fifth row start. Jackson took over the
lead on lap five driving the bottom side of the 3/8-mile oval.
In the meantime, Hogan was also working his way through traffic and settled into
second on lap seven. Running the high side, Hogan reeled in Jackson and the two
engaged in a side-by-side battle for the lead a few laps later. Hogan took the
edge with only five laps remaining.
Jackson continued to pressure Hogan from the bottom groove and the lead pair
swapped the top spot until Jackson was able to take charge for good with only
one lap remaining. He drove to the checkers to take home the win ahead of Hogan
in the caution-free event.
Troy Cordes raced through the field and pulled to within a car-length of the
leaders at the stripe, but settled for third. Points leader J.D. Auringer made a
charge through the field, as well, nipping track newcomer Richie Gustin at the
line for fourth.
Luke Goedert was the early leader in the 25-lap I.M.C.A. late model feature.
Goedert held the point as Tysus Pattee worked the bottom groove from his third
row start. Pattee pulled even with the race leader and took command on lap five,
just prior to a pair of caution periods.
When the race resumed, Pattee held the point with Curt Martin, who started 11th,
in tow. Martin drove under Pattee on lap eight and drove away from the field to
score the victory, his second straight win. Greg Hunter and Dean Wagner
completed the top three.
In the I.M.C.A. stock car division, defending national champion Damon Murty was
in the cat birds seat, starting the feature from the pole position. Murty
survived a handful of cautions in the early stages of the event to lead all 20
laps en route to the victory.
Brian Irvine, who started seventh, made an impressive run through the field to
take runner-up honors. Jason Goedken finished third.
Chris Luloff made quick work of the field in the I.M.C.A. hobby stock feature.
From his fourth row start, Luloff made his way through traffic early to assume
command on lap two. He led the remainder of the 15-lapper to score the victory
over Matt Brown and Brandon Davis.
John Bates took the lead from Kyle Bentley on the second lap of the 15-lap B
modified feature and never looked back as he scored his first win of the season.
Bates was chased to the checkers by a pair of sixth row starters points leader
Brian Kunkle and track newcomer Brett Ladehoff, respectively.
RESULTS
I.M.C.A. LATE MODEL
First heat 1. 68 Tysus Pattee, Garrison; 2. 145 Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn;
3. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 4. 7 Greg Hunter, Independence; 5. 44S Tom Struve,
Palo; 6. 85 LaVern Carey, Ionia; 7. 2P Jon Passick, Waterloo; DQ 86 Rick Dralle,
Waterloo.
Second heat 1. 06 Dean Wagner, Evansdale; 2. 53 Darren Ackerman, Waterloo; 3.
45 Curt Martin, Independence; 4. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 5. 14B Levi Benn,
Dyersville; 6. 88 Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine; 7. 4B Brian Lillie, Independence;
8. 4 Leon Thomsen, Waverly.
Third heat 1. 78W Rick Wendling, Hazleton; 2. 44 Luke Goedert, Holy Cross; 3.
73 Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 4. 17 Brian Hunter, Independence; 5. 69B Joel Brasch,
Dunkerton; 6. 8 Randy Wheeler, Cedar Falls; 7. 31$ Dave Stricker, Waterloo.
B feature 1. Struve; 2. Brasch; 3. Johnson; 4. Carey; 5. Passick; 6. Benn; 7.
Stricker; 8. Wheeler; 9. Thomsen; 10. Lillie.
A feature 1. Martin; 2. G. Hunter; 3. Wagner; 4. Bruening; 5. Ackerman; 6.
Pattee; 7. Wendling; 8. Goedert; 9. Passick; 10. Hamilton; 11. Struve; 12.
Hackwell; 13. Wheeler; 14. Benn; 15. Carey; 16. Johnson; 17. Brasch; 18.
Stricker; 19. B. Hunter; 20. Kastli.
I.M.C.A. MODIFIED
First heat 1. 24R Adam Johnson, Independence; 2. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 3.
01 Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 4. 00 J.D. Auringer, Waterloo; 5. 85 Johnathan Thimmesch,
Aurora; 6. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 7. 1ST Brett Hamilton, Flat Rock,
Va.; 8. 17B Brian Sondag, Vinton; 9. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha.
Second heat 1. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 2. 14 Randy Trefz, Vinton; 3. F7
Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 4. 3 Max Corporon; 5. 8F Ernie Freese, Morley;
6. 93 Erik Haupt, Sumner; 7. 13 Jim Schaefer, Waterloo; 8. 43 Ty Glass, Cedar
Rapids; DNS 78 Adam Bolin, Waterloo.
Third heat 1. 4S Garry Stuber, Waterloo; 2. 71 Troy Cordes, Raymond; 3. 18
Jerry Luloff, Independence; 4. 98 Jason Snyder, Dunkerton; 5. 19G Richie Gustin,
Gilman; 6. 11 Timm Jensen, Dunkerton; 7. 23W Robert Whalen, Nashua; 8. 83C Todd
Conrad, Cedar Rapids; 9. 02 Mike Gill, La Porte City.
First B feature 1. Gustin; 2. Gill; 3. Hamilton; 4. Whalen; 5. Pate; 6.
Thimmesch; DNS Haupt; DNS Glass.
Second B feature 1. Betzer; 2. Jensen; 3. Schaefer; 4. Freese; 5. Sondag; 6.
Bolin; 7. Conrad.
A feature 1. Jackson; 2. Hogan; 3. Cordes; 4. Auringer; 5. Gustin; 6. Luloff;
7. Thomas; 8. Snyder; 9. Corporon; 10. Flannagan; 11. Stuber; 12. Jensen; 13.
Gill; 14. Johnson; 15. Trefz; 16. Schaefer; 17. Hamilton; 18. Betzer; 19.
Whalen; 20. Freese.
I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR
First heat 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 20 Dan Trimble, Fairbank; 3. 8R
Sean Johnson, Independence; 4. 38 Dain Sires, Cedar Falls; 5. 21 Shane Manson,
Manchester; 6. 9S Rick Suckow, Oelwein; 7. K38 Kenny Taylor, Strawberry Point.
Second heat 1. 3 Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 2. JR3 Jason Hocken, Independence;
3. Steve Meyer, Grundy Center; 4. 7G Jason Goedken, Fairbank; 5. 83Z Nick Wroten,
Rowley; 6. 00 Tony Schimmels, Readlyn; 7. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids.
Third heat 1. 29A Jeff Adams, Bondurant; 2. 22 Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 3. 26
Brian Irvine, Oelwein; 4. 69 Kurt Kastli, Waterloo; 5. 58I Eric Weber, Jesup; 6.
15 Norman Chesmore, Quasqueton; DNS 4 LaVerne Weber, Waterloo.
Feature 1. Murty; 2. Irvine; 3. Goedken; 4. Trimble; 5. Weepie; 6. Wroten; 7.
Johnson; 8. Manson; 9. E. Weber; 10. Adams; 11. Meyer; 12. Sires; 13. Schimmels;
14. Ahrendsen; 15. Chesmore; 16. Taylor; 17. Hocken; 18. Kastli; 19. Rose; 20.
Suckow; DNS L. Weber.
I.M.C.A. HOBBY STOCK
First heat 1. 30 Mike Stanek, Dewar; 2. 55 Vince Buchholz, Cedar Falls; 3. 22
Patrick Stansbery, Evansdale; 4. 8 Bill Meyer, Sumner; 5. 22H Curt Hilmer,
Dysart; 6. 77 Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 7. 32 Don Arnold, Stanley; 8. C67 Ryan
Hogan, Littleton; 9. 19 Greg Jones, Aplington.
Second heat 1. 31S Paul Shepherd, Marengo; 2. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 3. 20 Wes
Stanek, Cedar Falls; 4. 1S Greg Sweerin, Evansdale; 5. 64JR Jeremiah Wilson,
Waterloo; 6. 7B Jim Ball, Independence; 7. 20W Bruce Fraser, Manchester; 8. 12J
Jeremy Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 9. 62 Ryan Bochmann, Greene.
Third heat 1. 24R Kevin Robinson, Independence; 2. 18 Chris Luloff,
Independence; 3. B62 Brandon Davis, Cedar Rapids; 4. 35 Josh Irvine, Oelwein; 5.
25 Jamie Whitaker, Nevada; 6. 8T Perry Thomsen, Cedar Rapids; 7. 88S Joe
Sprague, Independence; 8. 18W Dave Wheeler, Fairbank; 9. 6G Keven Gonzales,
Fairbank.
First B feature 1. Hilmer; 2. Whitaker; 3. Ball; 4. Floyd; 5. Sprague; 6.
Gonzales; 7. Jones; DNS Arnold.
Second B feature 1. Thomsen; 2. Wilson; 3. Bochmann; 4. Wheeler; 5. Hogan; DNS
Grother; DNS Fraser.
A feature 1. Luloff; 2. Brown; 3. Davis; 4. Buchholz; 5. Stansbery; 6. Irvine;
7. Bochmann; 8. Ball; 9. Meyer; 10. Whitaker; 11. Sweerin; 12. Floyd; 13.
Wilson; 14. Robinson; 15. W. Stanek; 16. Wheeler; 17. Thomsen; 18. M. Stanek;
19. Shepherd; 20. Hilmer.
B MODIFIED
First heat 1. 12D Joe Docekal, Dysart; 2. 19 Chuck Lewis, Coggon; 3. 24 Travis
Brown, Cedar Rapids; 4. 35 Kyle Bentley, Fairbank; 5. 069 Mike Krall, Waterloo;
6. 40J Jason Doyle, Cedar Rapids; 7. 6 Steve Swope, Waterloo.
Second heat 1. 75 Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 2. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids;
3. 95H Mary Handberg, Waterloo; 4. 52R Marty Rouse, Grundy Center; 5. 00 Jim
Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 6. 66 Brian Kauffman, Cedar Rapids; 7. 61 Lloyd Bacon,
Cedar Falls; 8. 15 Rod McDonald, Strawberry Point.
Third heat 1. 12X Brett Ladehoff, Marshalltown; 2. 99 John Bates, Fairbank; 3.
69 Joel Cox, Waterloo; 4. 20 Brian Kunkle, Oelwein; 5. 5 Bob Ebaugh, Raymond; 6.
7 Tim Swope, Waterloo; 7. 95 Todd Temeyer, Independence; 8. 57 Justin Hempstead,
Manchester.
B feature 1. Krall; 2. Ebaugh; 3. T. Swope; 4. S. Swope; 5. McDonald; 6.
Bacon; 7. Temeyer; 8. Hempstead; 9. Doyle; 10. Kauffman;11. Buhlman.
A feature 1. Bates; 2. Kunkle; 3. Ladehoff; 4. Olson; 5. Bentley; 6. Rouse; 7.
Ebaugh; 8. T. Swope; 9. Handberg; 10. Sherbon; 11. Krall; 12. McDonald; 13.
Temeyer; 14. Lewis; 15. S. Swope; 16. Bacon; 17. Hempstead; 18. Docekal; 19.
Cox; 20; Brown.