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ROBBINS, BALLSTAEDT, MCGLOTHLEN WIN FEATURES IN RAIN
SHORTENED HAWKEYE DOWNS PROGRAM
By Brad Grupe
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (July 15, 2011) - Some exceptional racing, The Great
American Ice Cream Giveaway, former Hawkeye Wrestler Mark Ironside, and a
little controversy were all part of the annual 100.7 “The Fox” Free Race
Friday night at Hawkeye Downs Speedway…….. Until rain halted the fun with
three features in the books.
West Palm Beach, Florida driver Jeff Choquette captured the Innovative Signs
Promoters Choice Trophy Dash for McGrath Powersports Legends to start the
evening. Choquette was actually at Hawkeye Downs testing for the upcoming
ASA Midwest Tour event and he secured the Legend ride for the evening.
Jeremy Robbins landed in victory lane in a wild and somewhat controversial
15-lap Barron Motor Supply Hobby Stock feature. Robbins was actually running
third on the final lap behind Nathan Ballard and Matt Petrzelka who were
battling for the lead. Ballard and Petrzelka had been running side-by-side
over the last three laps and their battle included quite a bit of beating
and banging including Petrzelka turning Ballard and sending him spinning on
the final lap. Officials deemed both drivers were making excessive contact
and awarded the win to Robbins. Kandi Floyd earned second in her first
appearance of the season while Ballard ended up third.
Dave Ballstaedt started up front in the 20-lap Coca-Cola Sportsmen Feature
enabling him to pull away from the field early while Craig Stepanek and
point leader Cory Houdek battled for the second spot. Once Houdek took
second he and Stepanek pulled up on to the rear of Ballstaedt with the trio
running nose-to-tail with six laps remaining. Neither Houdek or Stepanek
could mount a challenge for the lead over the last couple laps with
Ballsteadt prevailing for his second win of the season. Houdek crossed the
stripe in second with Stepanek third.
The final feature run before rain hit the speedway was the McGrath
Powersports Legends 30-lap event. Once the green waved it was essentially a
two-man race with both Rod McGlothlen and Jeff Choquette getting around
point leader Matt Blake. McGlothlen and Choquette swapped the lead a couple
times with McGlothlen leading the pack as the yellow and checkered flags
waved when rain started. Blake maintained third.
The win for McGlothlen was his fourth trip to victory lane in three
different cars.
The remaining features will be run as part of later race dates.
Nest week, Fiday, July 22 is Hochstetler Towing Night with all six divisions
again in action.
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY HOBBY STOCKS
HEAT- 1. Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 2.Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 3.Jeremy
Robbins, Swisher; 4.Brian Bries, Norway; 5.Kandi Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 6.Brad
Chandler, Cedar Rapids
FEATURE (15 laps) 1. Robbins 2.Floyd 3.Ballard 4.Petrzelka 5.Bries DNS-
Chandler
COCA-COLA SPORTSMEN
HEAT- 1. Craig Stepanek, Cedar Rapids; 2.Dave Ballstaedt, Marion; 3.Cory
Houdek, Marion; 4.Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha; 5.Ben Glascock, Indianola; 6.Bob
Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 7.Josh Williams
FEATURE (20 laps) 1. Ballstaedt 2.Houdek 3.Stepanek 4.Glascock 5.Ahrendsen
6.Hentrich DNS-Williams
MCGRATH POWERSPORTS INEX LEGENDS
INNOVATIVE SIGNS TROPHY DASH- Jeff Choquette, West Palm Beach, FL
HEAT 1- 1.Rod McGlothlen, Oskaloosa; 2.Dennis Diercks, Davenport; 3.Chris
Jansen; 4.Bryce Bailey, Cedar Rapids; 5.Caleb Adrian, Davenport
HEAT 2-1.Jeff Choquette, West Palm Beach, FL; 2.Matt Blake, Cedar Rapids;
3.Jason Beauregard, Cedar Rapids; 4.Rusty Shadden
FEATURE(30 laps) 1. McGlothlen 2.Choquette 3.Blake 4.Diercks 5.Jansen
6.Shadden 7.Beauregard 8.Al Diercks 9.Bailey 10.Adrian
BUDWEISER MODIFIEDS
HEAT- 1. Brian Gibson, Walford; 2.Tim Plummer, Cedar Rapids; 3.Johnny Spaw,
Cedar Rapids; 4.Craig Bender, Cedar Rapids; 5.Steve Lindell, Marion; 6.Jason
Beauregard, Cedar Rapids; 7.James Dixon, Cedar Rapids; DNS-Ryan Luedtke,
Norway
FEATURE( RAINED OUT)
SUNLINE HORNETS
HEAT 1- 1. Derek Parrott, Marion; 2.JR Dvorak, Lisbon; 3.Joe Bean, Cedar
Rapids; 4.Dakota Dains, Marion; 5.Prestin Witham, Cedar Rapids
HEAT 2- 1.Todd Ness, Cedar Rapids; 2.Aaron Jarvis, Center Point; 3.Hallie
Hanson, Cedar Rapids; 4.Casey Bilden, Cedar Rapids; 5.John Ness, Cedar
Rapids; 6.Shane Hanson, Cedar Rapids; 7. Patty Fossum, Cedar Rapids
HEAT 3- Brad Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 2.Dallas Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 3.Jose
DeJesus, Cedar Rapids; 4.Parker Anderson, Cedar Rapids; 5.Dan Hartman;
6.Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City
FEATURE (RAINED OUT)
PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS LATE MODELS
HEAT 1. Brad Osborn, Janesville; 2.Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher; 3.Andy Edwards,
New Hartford; 4.Tim Plummer, Cedar Rapids; 5.Brian Allen, Hiawatha; 6.Scott
Siems, Cedar Rapids
HEAT 2- 1.Thor Anderson, Bonduraunt; 2.Joey Gase, Cedar Rapids; 3.Jay
Jaspers, Steamboat Rock; 4.Mason Mitchell, West Des Moines; 5.Chad Siems,
Shellsburg; 6.Darrell Long, Cedar Rapids
FEATURE (RAINED OUT)
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