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AFTER ROUGH OUTING LAST WEEK, HINRICHS CHARGES BACK WITH LATE
MODEL WIN WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES HONORED
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (June 25, 2011) - Yellowbook presented racing action
in all six divisions of the Papa Johns’ Cup/I-Wireless Championship Series
at Hawkeye Downs Speedway on Friday night. In addition to racing, the
previously announced 2011 inductees of the Hawkeye Downs Wall of Fame were
introduced during intermission.
Fans were treated to a rare sight during pre-race ceremonies as 42 cars from
the Heartland Chevy Nova Reunion participated in the National Anthem Parade
lap. The group was holding their fourth annual reunion and show at the
nearby Clarion Hotel and as part of the activities the group organized a
“cruise” to Hawkeye Downs. 1962-1979 Chevy II’s and Novas participated in
the “Cruise” and parade lap.
On the track, Matt Petrzelka scored his second feature win of 2011 as he
bolted into the lead from outside row one in the Barron Motor Supply Hobby
Stock. While Petrzelka pulled away from the pack, Jeremy Robbins and point
leader Nathan Ballard waged a side-by-side battle for second for a trio of
laps before Ballard took the spot. Robbins then did his best to hold off
Roland Bohnsack for third but with five circuits remaining Bohnsack slipped
into third. Ballard closed on Petrzelka over the last few laps but couldn’t
pull into a challenging position leaving the point leader to settle for
second. Bohnsack, Robbins and Martin Ballard finished the top of the order.
The Coca-Cola Sportsmen treated fans to a very entertaining feature with
current point leader Cory Houdek taking the lead from Dave Ballstaedt with
six laps remaining to secure the win. Ballstaedt had built what appeared to
be a safe lead early as Houdek and Craig Stepanek battled for second.
Stepanek faltered a bit allowing Houdek to slip underneath and claim second.
With seven laps in the books Houdek was planted on the rear bumper of
Ballstaedt. Two laps later Houdek was able to wrestle the lead from
Ballstaedt but Ballstaedt charged back trying to regain the lead on the next
trip under the flagstand. Houdek was just able to hold off Ballstaedt with
Bob Ahrendsen nabbing third in his first outing of 2011.
The McGrath Powersports Legends field was down a few in numbers due to
several other races in the area. Point leader Matt Blake had yet to win a
feature in 2011 but changed that Friday night as he powered the #74 machine
to an easy feature win after starting on the pole and winning an earlier
heat race. Troy Burkhart was the closest contender finishing second ahead of
Brogan Fiala. A couple cars in the top five tangled after crossing the
flagstand on the checkered flag lap but there was relatively minor damage
and no injuries.
Even the addition of veteran driver Mike Schulte to the Budweiser Modified
division Friday night didn’t faze point leader Tim Plummer as he easily
outdistanced Brian Gibson to pick up his fifth win of 2011. What remains to
be seen is if Plummer has amassed a big enough point lead to overcome
missing some races later in the season to campaign the #74 late model. On
the initial start of the feature Brian Gibson held the early lead but a spin
by James Dixon scrubbed the first lap. Plummer timed the second start
perfectly and shot into the lead as the green dropped. The field finished in
just about the same order as they ran after the first lap as Gibson, Ryan
Luedtke, last weeks’ winner Johnny Spaw and the aforementioned Mike Schulte
crossed the stripe in that order.
Hallie Hanson led the first couple circuits in the caution-free Sunline
Hornets feature before a battle ensued between brothers Brad and Dallas
Chandler for the point. Brad led until lap twelve when Dallas slipped around
but his lead was short-lived as Brad regained the point two laps later. Brad
picked up his second win of 2011 with brother Dallas right on his tail.
Derek Parrott ran a strong third while Hallie Hanson posted her strongest
finish to date finishing fourth. Kurt Bohnsack ran fifth.
After suffering damage last week and missing the feature, Kyle Hinrichs
charged back by winning the Performance Concepts Late Model feature on
Friday night. Travis Thompson had the strong car early leading Chad Siems
and Mason Mitchell but Tim Plummer and Siems apparently touched sending
Siems spinning which brought out the caution flag, Once racing resumed,
Hinrichs moved to second on lap eight and then took the lead from Thompson
on lap eleven. Once in the clear Hinrichs rocketed away from the pack
ultimately finishing 3.5 seconds ahead of teenager Mason Mitchell. Thompson
finished third, Andy Edwards was fourth and Plummer recovered from the
earlier caution to finish fifth.
Of note, point leader Brad Osborn suffered a mechanical failure at the
beginning of his heat race, hitting the wall exiting turn four. Osborn was
not injured but the front end of the ’00 suffered significant damage.
Racing returns next Friday night with Hawkeye International Trucks presented
the action. The Lil’ Racer Car Club also has bike races scheduled for next
week. Kids are encouraged to bring their bikes, helmets, and pads to the
track. A special holding corral will be set up to safely store the bikes
until race time for the kids.
HAWKEYE DOWNS SPEEDWAY
JUNE 24, 2011 RESULTS
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY HOBBY STOCKS
HEAT 1- 1.Jeremy Robbins, Swisher; 2.Roland Bohnsack, Clutier; 3.Brad
Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 4.Brian Bries, Norway
HEAT 2- 1.Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 2. Matt Petrzelka, Olin; 3. Martin
Ballard, Marengo; 4.Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids
FEATURE (15 laps) 1.Petrzelka 2.Nathan Ballard 3.Bohnsack 4.Robbins 5.Martin
Ballard 6.Chandler 7.Bries DNS-Siems
COCA-COLA SPORTSMEN
HEAT- 1.Dave Ballsteadt, Marion; 2.Cory Houdek, Marion; 3.Craig Stepanek,
Cedar Rapids; 4.Josh Williams, Cedar Rapids; 5.Ben Glascock, Indianola;
6.Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 7. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha
FEATURE- 1. Houdek 2.Ballstaedt 3.Ahrendsen 4.Glascock 5.Stepanek 6.Williams
7.Hentrich
MCGRATH POWERSPORTS LEGENDS
HEAT- 1.Matt Blake, Cedar Rapids; 2.Troy Burkhart, Urbana; 3.Jason
Beauregard, Cedar Rapids; 4.Dennis Diercks, Davenport; 5.Bryce Bailey, Cedar
Rapids; Brogan Fiala, Fairfax
FEATURE (15 laps) 1.Blake 2.Burkhart 3.Fiala 4.Dennis Diercks 5.Beauregard
6.Al Diercks 7.Bailey
BUDWEISER MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1- 1.Brian Gibson, Walford; 2.Ryan Luetke, Norway; 3.Jason Beauregard,
Cedar Rapids; 4. James Dixon, Cedar Rapids
HEAT 2- 1. Tim Plummer, Cedar Rapids; 2. Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids; 3.Mike
Schulte, Norway; 4.Craig bender, Cedar Rapids; 5.Steve Lindell, Marion
FEATURE (20 laps) 1. Plummer 2.Gibson 3.Luedtke 4.Spaw 5.Schulte
6.Beauregard 7.Bender 8.Lindell 9.Dixon
SUNLINE HORNETS
INNOVATIVE SIGNS TROPHY DASH- Joe Bean, Cedar Rapids
HEAT 1- 1. Brad Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 2. Dallas Chandler, Cedar Rapids;
3.Hallie Hanson, Marion; 4.Jose DeJesus, Cedar Rapids; 5. Casey Bilden,
Cedar Rapids; 6.John Ness, Cedar Rapids; 7.Dakota Dains, Marion; 8.James
Yochum, Cedar Rapids; 9.Robert Hill
HEAT 2- 1.Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City; 2.Nate Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 3.Derek
Parrott, Marion; 4.Parker Anderson, Cedar Rapids; 5.Aaron Jarvis, Center
Point; 6. Joe Bean, Cedar Rapids; 7.Todd Ness, Cedar Rapids; DNS- Jason
Freeman
FEATURE (20 laps) 1.Brad Chandler 2.Dallas Chandler 3.Parrott 4.Hanson
5.Bohnsack 6.Jarvis 7.Todd Ness 8. Bilden 9.Anderson 10.Dains 11.John Ness
12.Bean 13.Hill 14.DeJesus 15. Nate Chandler 16. Yochum DNS-Freeman
PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS LATE MODELS
HEAT 1- 1.Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher; 2.Mason Mitchell, West Des Moines; 3.Chad
Siems, Shellsburg; 4.Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 5.Jay Jaspers, Steamboat
Rock; 6.Brad Osborn, Janesville
HEAT 2- 1. Tim Plummer, Cedar Rapids; 2.Andy Edwards, New Hartford; 3.Travis
Thompson, Cedar Rapids; 4.Brian Allen, Hiawatha; 5. Tucker Cory, Quincy, IL
FEATURE (30 laps) 1. Hinrichs 2.Mitchell 3.Thompson 4.Edwards 5.Plummer
6.Allen 7. Chad Siems 8.Jaspers 9.Scott Siems 10.Cory DNS- Osborn
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