Murphy, Murty top Monday Stock Car qualifying features at
Super Nationals
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7) – A couple familiar faces were in victory lane
following Monday night Stock Car quali fying features at the IMCA Speedway
Motors Super Nationals.
Trent Murphy and Damon Murty paced 25-lap events during opening night action
at Boone Speedway. The top five finishers in each race square off in a dash
during Tuesday’s program to determine the starting order for the inside row
of Saturday’s main event.
Chasing Murphy to the checkers were a pair of former Super Nationals Hobby
Stock champions, brothers Donavon and Dustin Smith, five-time king Steve
Jackson and Jamie Colwell.
Murty scored the nightcap honors ahead of Jeff Mueller, Jeff Wollam, Travis
Sherfick and Jeff McCollum.
Jackson will extend his Super Nationals record to 17 career feature starts.
Murty, a two-time runner-up, quali fied for the fifth time and Colwell for
the fourth.
The Smiths have both qualified for three Saturday night shows, Murphy for
his second and McCollum, Muel ler, Sherfick and Wollam each for their first.
The top three finishers in each of 16 heats advanced to one of the two
qualifying features. The middle row of 10 cars in the main event will be
determined Tuesday.
1st qualifying feature –
1. Trent Murphy, Jefferson;
2. Donavon Smith, Lake City;
3. Dustin Smith, Lake City;
4. Steve Jackson, Polk City;
5. Jamie Colwell, Kaukauna, Wis.;
6. Mike Nichols, Harlan;
7. Nathan Burke, Minot, N.D.;
8. Kenneth Tietz, Belle Plaine, Minn.;
9. Mike VanGenderen, Newton;
10. John Heinz, Green Bay, Wis.;
11. Josh Daniels, Des Moines;
12. Ned Kalis, Wells, Minn.;
13. Robert Stofer, Jefferson;
14. Brian Blessington, Breda;
15. Travis Barker, Sioux City;
16. Jeff Anderson, Atlantic;
17. Jason Day, Stuart;
18. Jeremy Christians, Horicon, Wis.;
19. Jesse Taylor, Fort Morgan, Colo.;
20. Paul Lawson, Donnellson;
21. Chad Schroeder, Henderson, Minn.;
22. Sean Johnson, Independence;
23. Keith Knop, Avoca;
24. Ryan Rose, Boone.
2nd qualifying feature –
1. Damon Murty, Chelsea;
2. Jeff Mueller, New London;
3. Jeff Wollam, Marshalltown;
4. Travis Sherfick, WaKeeney, Kan.;
5. Jeff McCollum, Mankato, Minn.;
6. Terry Dulin, Cedar Rapids;
7. Dan Mackenthun, Hamburg, Minn.;
8. David Smith, Lake City;
9. Dustin Vis, LeGrand;
10. Jim Mitchell, Webster City;
11. John Mahlberg, Hilbert, Wis.;
12. Colton Osborn, Cozad, Neb.;
13. Aaron Cain, Sioux City;
14. Amanda Baum, Sioux City;
15. Travis Prochaska, Iowa Falls;
16. Terry Cornelison, Boone;
17. Wayne Gifford, Boone;
18. Jesse Colwell, Wrightstown, Wis.;
19. Jason Rold, Avoca;
20. Bryan Trogdon, Bouton;
21. Mitch Dowhower, Sioux City;
22. Larry Crocheck, Boone;
23. Zach Kappler, Sioux City;
24. Kevin Opheim, Mason City.
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