Payne gets first feature win at CJ on Mid Season Championship
night
By Dana Royer/CJ Speedway COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA (June 27, 2011) - CJ
Speedway, Columbus Junction, Iowa, held its mid season championship night
Friday, June 24 with 60 cars entered for competition in the five classes.
Tad Payne, Muscatine, took the checkered flag for the first time in 2011 at
CJ in the IMCA Stock Car feature. Other winners included Tyler Whalen,
Riverside, getting win number four in the IMCA Sport Compact division,
Jason Masengarb, Colona, Il. continues his domination in the mod lite
division getting win number five and Steve Stewart, Burlington, returned to
the winners circle after winning the modified feature. The Late Models were
back this week with Matt Strassheim getting his second straight victory.
Tyler Whalen held a slim five point lead over John Whalen, Ainsworth, going
into the nights action. Tyler would extend that lead after taking the
checkered by several car lengths as John Whalen would finish back in the
field in seventh. Bill Whalen would finish second in the sport compact
feature and James Roose, Grandview took third in the nine car field.
A familier face climbed out of his mod lite car when Jason Masengarb,
Colona, Il. won his fifth feature of the year at CJ Speedway . Thirteen cars
set the field for the twelve lap feature with Masengarb on the front row
courtesy of his point lead. Masengarb pulled away early on from Robert
Guss, who trailed Masengarb by eleven points before the nights racing
began. Guss cross the finish line to finish second behind Masengarb and
Johnathon Huston would finish third.
Steve Stewart, Burlington, would also extend his lead in the points battle
getting his fifth win this year. Alex Buffington, Wapello, and last week’s
winner, would give chase to Stewart, who took the lead from his front row
start, but wouldn’t be able to catch the leader as Stewart took the
checkered flag and Buffington followed to finish second.
The IMCA Stock Car division continues to provide some exciting racing with
sixteen cars setting the field for their fifteen lap main event. Wapello’s
Kirk Kinsley, who was tied for the points battle with David Hemsted and
just one point ahead of Tad Payne, would take the early lead with Payne
close behind. Kinsley would lead the field for the first nine laps. Then a
caution on lap ten allowed for Payne to close the gap and take the lead from
Kinsley with Cole Simmons and Blaine Dopler joining the battle. Simmons
would move into the second but wouldn’t have enough to catch Payne who went
on to take the checkered flag by three car lengths.
The ground shaking late models were back at CJ Speedway with some new faces
taking on the Louisa County track. Ten cars set the field for the twenty
five lap feature with Matt Strassheim, Morning Sun and Sam Halstead, New
London, on the front row. Halstead would take the early lead and worked to
hold off Strassheim for the first thirteen laps. Strassheim made a couple
attempts to pass Halstead finally getting the job done on lap fourteen. Tom
Darbyshire would also pass Halstead on lap fifteen and set his sights on
Strassheim. Although Darbyshire is the car owner of the 42s of Strassheim,
that wouldn’t make any difference as Strassheim would go on to take the
checkered flag for the second straight week. Darbyshire would finish second
and Tommy Elston, Keokuk, would take third
Coming up this week, Friday, July 1 at CJ Speedway will be the Wapello Auto
Parts and Kurts Garage 3rd Annual Fire Cracker 25 for IMCA Stock Cars who
will be running a 25 lap feature. Also on the schedule will be the IMCA
Sport Compacts, Mod Lites and Modifieds.
CJ Speedway results from Fri., June 24, 2011
IMCA STOCK CARS
FEATURE: 1. Tad Payne, Muscatine, 2. Cole Simmons, Morning Sun, 3. Blaine
Dopler, Wapello, 4. Brian Holmes, Wapello, 5. Kirk Kinsley, Wapello, 6. Sky
Griffith, Wapello, 7. Brett Timmerman, Wapello, 8. John Hemsted, Kalona, 9.
Billy Faler, Columbus Junction, 10. David Hemsted, Lone Tree, 11. Darrin
Ealey, Wapello, 12. Lane Kauffman, Columbus City, 13. Kenny Foor, Wapello,
14. Jeremy Tompkins, Conesville, 15. Shane Richardson, 16. Travis Finke,
Columbus Junction. HEAT WINNERS: Dopler, Timmerman.
IMCA SPORT COMPACT
FEATURE: 1. Tyler Whalen, Riverside, 2. Bill Whalen, Riverside, 3. Merv
Chandler, Vinton, 4. James Roose, Grandview, 5. Clint Fult, Coralville, 6.
Cassandra Hahn, Cedar Rapids, 7. John Whalen, Ainsworth, 8. Jason Delzell,
Wapello, 9. Jordan Peters, Des Moines,10. Patrick Wiebel, Muscatine. HEAT
WINNER: B. Whalen, Chandler.
MOD LITES
FEATURE: 1. Jason Masengarb, Colona, Il., 2. Rob Guss, Moline, Il., 3.
Johnathon Huston, Columbus Junction, 4. Troy Philpott, Muscatine, 5. Evan
Epperson, Muscatine, 6. Daniel Guss, Milan, Il., 7. Jeff Miller, Davenport,
8. #007, 9. Michael Dominguez, Lone Tree, 10. Gary Snyder, Monmouth, Il,
11. Todd Thornburg, Mt. Pleasant, 12. Rob Conklin, Davenport, 13. Chris
Farnsworth, Mt. Pleasant. HEAT WINNER: Epperson, Philpott.
MODIFIEDS:
FEATURE: 1. Steve Stewart, Burlington, 2. Alex Buffington, Wapello, 3. Zach
Less, 4. Mark Winkel, Letts, 5. Dave Imming, 6. Clayton Jensen, Iowa City,
7. Tim Sands, Conesville, 8. John Perez, 9. Doug Pratt, Kalona, 10. Jason
Speers, Oxford. HEAT WINNERS: Stewart, Buffington.
LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. Matt Strassheim, Morning Sun, 2. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, 3.
Tommy Elston, Keokuk, 4. Tom Goble, Burlington, 5. Sam Halstead, New London,
6. Jay Chenoweth, Wapello, 7. Jeff Guengerich, Washington, 8. Andy Wink,
Columbus Junction, 9. Aaron Luke, Atkins, 10. Jerry Lauber, Winfield. HEAT
WINNER: Darbyshire, Elston.
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