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Smith gets rich with Smackdown win at Lee County
DONNELLSON, IA (May 27) – Rich Smith picked up the big paycheck at Lee
County Speed¬way’s IMCA Modified Smackdown special Friday night.
Smith caught familiar foe Josh Foster late in the 30-lapper to earn the
$2,000 winner’s share of the feature purse, plus another $845 in lap money.
Foster ended in second, with Todd Shute, Dan Chapman and Daniel Hilsabeck
rounding out the top five.
Foster, Smith, Chapman and Richie Gustin broke away from the rest of the
24-car field early on, swapping positions before a flat tire forced Gustin
from the fray upfront.
A couple cautions tightened the field at midway, but neither yellow
prevented stop Foster and Smith from pull¬ing away again.
Smith finally wrestled the lead away from Foster in the waning laps and
cruised to the win, earn¬ing a spot on the 2011 Fast Shafts All-Star
Invitational ballot in addition to the big payday.
Shute worked his way through traffic for the third place finish.
The special at Donnellson had been rescheduled from April 15 because of
inclement weather.
Jim Gillenwater was first to the $500 checkers in the Karl Chevrolet
Northern SportMod feature and Jeff Mueller was the $300 IMCA Sunoco Stock
Car winner.
Feature Results
Modifieds – 1. Rich Smith, Davenport; 2. Josh Foster, Montrose; 3. Todd
Shute, Des Moines; 4. Dan Chapman, Clarence; 5. Daniel Hilsabeck, Waukee; 6.
Jim Lynch, Bloomfield; 7. Brandon Banks, Washington; 8. Wyatt Lantz,
Augusta, Ill.; 9. Dennis LaVeine, West Burlington; 10. Bill Roberts,
Burlington; 11. Rob Kirchner, Donnellson; 12. James Leffew, Quincy, Ill.;
13. Mike Weikert Jr., Muscatine; 14. Andy Krieger, Burlington; 15. Richie
Gustin, Gilman; 16. Brandon Sav¬age, Keokuk; 17. Jeff Waterman, Quincy,
Ill.; 18. Luke Wanninger, Jefferson; 19. Mike Long, Quincy, Ill.; 20. Adam
Birck, Canton, Mo.; 21. J.J. Wise, Manly; 22. Jim Roach, Canton, Mo.; 23.
Tyler Cale, Donnellson; 24. Brian Mullen, Seymour, Wis.
1st heat (top five) – 1. Hilsabeck; 2. Weikert; 3. Roach; 4. Roberts; 5.
Leffew. 2nd heat – 1. Foster; 2. Smith; 3. Lantz; 4. Cale; 5. Birck. 3rd
heat – 1. Long; 2. Wanninger; 3. Lynch; 4. Water¬man; 5. Krieger. 4th heat –
1. Shute; 2. Gustin; 3. Chapman; 4. Kirchner; 5. Wise.
“B” feature (top four) – 1. Mullen; 2. LaVeine; 3. Savage; 4. Banks.
Northern SportMods – 1. Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk; 2. Jeff Mueller, New
London; 3. Michael Bliven, Quincy, Ill.; 4. Rod Staats, Columbus Junction;
5. Greg Wichman, Bonduel, Wis.; 6. Mike Shelton, Bloomfield; 7. Rick Barlow
Jr., Montrose; 8. Jacob Smith, Argyle; 9. Nathan Murders, Burlington; 10.
Ryan Fullenkamp, Bloomfield; 11. Patrick Profeta, Keokuk; 12. Rodger
Dresden, Keokuk; 13. David McCalla, Cedar Rapids; 14. Austin Schulte,
Keokuk; 15. James Kuhlmeier, Fort Madison; 16. Dylan Book, Adel; 17. Derek
Coleman, New London; 18. Dean Kratzer, Fort Madison; 19. Phillip Cossel,
Montrose; 20. Kyle Bentley, Independence; 21. David Matthews, Dan¬ville; 22.
Jason Doyle, Cedar Rapids.
Heat winners were Book, Gillenwater and Mueller.
Stock Cars – 1. Jeff Mueller, New London; 2. Matt Greiner, Washington; 3.
Sean Johnson, Independence; 4. Chris Webb, Biggsville, Ill.; 5. Abe Huls,
Carthage, Ill.; 6. Derek St. Clair, Donnell¬son; 7. Aaron Brocksieck, Camp
Point, Ill.; 8. Cale Samberg, Burlington; 9. Jeremy Pundt, Donnellson; 10.
Austin Evens, Independence; 11. Ryan Cook, Mount Pleasant; 12. John Oliver
Jr., Danville; 13. Gabe Harrison, Warsaw, Ill.; 14. Brian Clark, Kahoka,
Mo.; 15. Jim Redman, Lockridge; 16. Jason Cook, Mount Pleasant; 17. Corey
Strothman, Mount Union.
Heat winners were Johnson and Ryan Cook.
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