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A familiar face visits victory lane
by Josh Reynolds
STUART, IOWA (August 31) - The racing gods smiled on Stuart Speedway once
again as Jeff Anderson, Beau Kaplan, Randy Havlik, John Watson, David
Archibald and Jeff Kruse snagged the feature wins on a beautiful Sunday
evening. Havlik racked up his seventh win, Kruse, Watson and Archibald their
fifth while Anderson and Kaplan got their first wins of the season.
The IMCA Stock Cars were up first with Michael "Wombat" Walrod and 5 time
IMCA National Champion Jeff Anderson leading the pack to the green flag.
Anderson spent a few years in the IMCA Modified ranks and this year decided
to move back to the class that he enjoyed so much success. Anderson is
IMCA's all-time wins leader in the Stock Cars with somewhere in the
neighborhood of 230 wins. He would add to that total on this night, leading
the race flag to flag to nab the feature win. Marcus Fagan followed to take
second while Kenny Hansen, Steve Campbell and Brian Blessington rounded out
the top five. Blessington lost two points to Hansen but maintains a thirteen
point lead going into the final night of the year. Anderson and Jeremy
Gettler won the heat races.
Ty Luellen and Jamie Schirm brought the IMCA Northern Sport Mods up to speed
for their fifteen lap feature. Schirm led the first seven laps before
Luellen pulled into the lead. Ankeny driver Beau Kaplan swept into the lead
four laps later and held on to take home the win. Schirm would get back
around Luellen to take second with Luellen in third. Ty's brother, Clinton
Luellen, raced from eighth starting spot to finish in fourth and David
Schlicht crossed in fifth. C. Luellen stretched his point lead to eighteen
after Jeremy Embrey broke early on and finished in last place. The Luellen
brothers got the heat race wins and C. Luellen also won the trophy dash for
the night.
Next up was the IMCA Modifieds with Kent Croskey and Alison Quick on the
front row. Croskey led lap number one, but Randy Havlik stole the show from
that point. While he faced an initial challenge from Quick and then Todd
Shute, Havlik set the cruise control and took the checkered flag first.
Havlik would be followed by Shute, Quick, Josh Gilman and Rex Parkison.
Parkison lost one point to the 83G, making Gilman's lead a slim eight
points. Havlik made the night a clean sweep, picking up the heat race win as
well.
IMCA Hobby Stocks roared to the green flag with Steve Amos and Mike Hansen
showing the way to the green. Curt Ganoe would be first to the stripe,
however, and led the first nine laps. Ganoe appeared strong but as he has
done lately, John Watson screamed through the pack to challenge and then
pass Ganoe on lap ten. Watson went on to the feature win, his fifth straight
win in his last five starts at different tracks across central Iowa! Randy
Embrey also drove up through the rest of the field to get a well-deserved
second place followed by Ganoe, Brandon Pruitt and Nathan Lange. Watson
continues to impress, stretching his lead to a nearly insurmountable
thirty-seven points over Pruitt. If Watson starts the feature next week
he'll be named the track champion for 2010. Heat winners for the night were
Watson and Mike Hansen.
The IMCA Sport Compacts rolled up next with Garrett Nelson on the pole and
David Archibald alongside. Nelson didn't even make it to the backstretch as
his car broke in turn two on the first lap. Archibald would then lead the
distance to pick up the win over Cory Flanigan. Nelson would be scored in
third and maintain his point lead at sixty-one. Archibald also got the heat
race win.
6 Cylinder FWD's finished out the program with Jim Britton and Jacob Peters.
Fourth-starting Taylor Musselman would lead the first half of the race and
fifth-starting Jeff Kruse led the second half to snag the win. Musselman
maintained second place with Cory Flanigan, Britton and Tim Ratcliff
rounding out the top five. Musselman's point lead is fifty-seven over
Britton. Kruse also picked up the heat race win.
Join us for Rick's Towing Season Championships next Sunday. Point
championships will be decided along with some exciting side by side racing!
Also, there was talk of a type of gambler's race to be held for each class
at the driver's meeting. That should add some excitement for the last night
of the year so bring the kids on out and enjoy!
Results
Hobby Stocks - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 8 4W John Watson Des Moines, Ia 40.00
2 10 40 Randy Embrey Granger , Ia 39.00
3 3 20 Curt Ganoe Stuart , Ia 38.00
4 7 10B Brandon Pruitt Dexter , Ia 37.00
5 5 17 Nathan Lange Menlo , Ia 36.00
6 6 3A Austin Luellen Minburn , Ia 35.00
7 15 11G Nyle Godwin Redfield , Ia 34.00
8 4 20t Richard Yaw Ii Pleasant Hill, Ia 33.00
9 13 29 Steve Renslow Stuart , Ia 32.00
10 12 67 Ed Mahlstedt Bagley , Ia 31.00
11 11 33 Nick Ginkens Stuart , Ia 30.00
12 14 66 Andy Mahlstedt Bagley , Ia 29.00
13 1 12 Steve Amos Earlham , Ia 28.00
14 2 3 Mike Hansen Atlantic , Ia 27.00
15 16 12A Rob Allison Des Moines, Ia 0.00
16 9 96W Danny Watson Des Moines, Ia 0.00
Stock Cars - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 78 Jeff Anderson Atlantic , Ia 40.00
2 7 1F Marcus Fagan Adair , Ia 39.00
3 8 17 Kenny Hansen Audubon , Ia 38.00
4 5 11 Steve Campbell Des Moines, Ia 37.00
5 9 92b Brian Blessington Breda , Ia 36.00
6 3 23A Jeremy Gettler Adair , Ia 35.00
7 1 711 Michael Walrod Desoto , Ia 34.00
8 13 3S Bryan Snell Coon Rapids, Ia 33.00
9 4 25 Bob Daniels Des Moines, Ia 32.00
10 6 32t Tim Feltner Earlham , Ia 31.00
11 14 76 Norman Belew Granger , Ia 30.00
12 12 48 Kevin Godwin Earlham , Ia 29.00
13 10 19B Tim Bengard Exira , Ia 28.00
14 11 25J Josh Daniels Des Moines, Ia 0.00
SportMods - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 11 Beau Kaplan Ankeny , Ia 40.00
2 2 56 Jamie Schirm Dexter , Ia 39.00
3 1 32L Ty Luellen Minburn , Ia 38.00
4 8 3L Clinton Luellen Minburn , Ia 37.00
5 4 19 David Schlicht Adel , Ia 36.00
6 5 B00K Dylan Book Adel , Ia 35.00
7 6 92 Michael Pruitt Redfield , Ia 34.00
8 9 46 Trevor Oberholtz Adair , Ia 33.00
9 10 2 Bill Wears Des Moines, Ia 32.00
10 11 A5 Austin Paul Monroe , Ia 31.00
11 7 41 Jeremy Embrey Granger , Ia 30.00
Modifieds - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 3z Randy Havlik Madrid , Ia 38.00
2 5 5 Todd Shute Des Moines, Ia 37.00
3 2 37 Alison Quick Redding , Ia 36.00
4 6 83G Josh Gilman Earlham , Ia 35.00
5 4 31R Rex Parkison Earlham , Ia 34.00
6 1 12C Kent Croskey Polk City, Ia 33.00
7 8 131S Ed Seibert Dexter , Ia 32.00
8 7 14B Scott Bash W Des, Ia 31.00
Spt Compact - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 82B David Archibald Harlan , Ia 33.00
2 3 75 Cory Flanigan Storm Lake, Ia 32.00
3 1 95N Garrett Nelson Osceola , Ia 31.00
6 cyl. FWD - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 57 Jeff Kruse Harlan , Ia 36.00
2 4 13T Taylor Musselman Norwalk , Ia 35.00
3 6 75 Cory Flanigan Storm Lake, Ia 34.00
4 1 51B Jim Britton Indianola , Ia 33.00
5 3 98R Tim Ratcliff Chariton , Ia 32.00
6 2 18 Jacob Peters Des Moines, Ia 31.00
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