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Three repeat winners at RPM Speedway
By Mike Hughes
HAYS, KS (July 24) – Three of the feature winners at RPM Speedway in Hays,
KS, Friday evening, July 24, were familiar faces in the winner’s circle at
the 3/8-mile oval.
After a few tries to get started, the IMCA Modified A-feature finally got
underway with Mike Petersilie taking the lead, chased by Kyle Rohleder and
Rodger Peck. After a couple of cautions in the first half of the 20-lap
event, Petersilie continued to lead at the halfway mark, trailed by Peck,
John Fose, Jason Schoenberger and Dave Hardesty. The top four cars stayed
close late in the race, then on lap 16 Gorham’s Schoenberger took the top
spot on the backstretch and held on to the checkers for his second win of
the season. Fose won the battle for second spot, followed by Petersilie,
Peck, and Corey Lagroon. Heat race winners were Petersilie, Peck and
Hardesty, with Jim Bell first to the checkers in the B-feature.
The lone new face in victory lane came in the IMCA Stock Car division. Pat
Bedore led the opening lap of the 20-lap race, but gave way to Bob
Rutherford on lap 2. Rutherford was later passed by Adam Balthazor on lap 6,
who continued to lead to the halfway point. Then on lap 14, ‘Chopper’ Cory
Struckhoff of Kensington made a move under Balthazor in turn 3 to take the
lead. The final caution waved on lap 16 but Struckhoff was able to hold off
Balthazor, Travis Sherfick, Terry Cunningham, and Bedore for his first win
at RPM this season. Balthazor and Sherfick were the heat race winners.
Kent Tammen took the lead at the drop of the green in the 15-lap IMCA Hobby
Stock feature. Tammen led the first five laps before Luke Pfannenstiel took
over the lead. His lead was short-lived however as Marquette’s B.J. Dauer
took control 2 laps later. Pfannenstiel stayed closed but trailed Dauer
across the finish line, B.J.’s sixth win this season at Hays. G.W. Fuller
finished third, followed by Tammen and Mathew Crowell. Dauer and Mike
Traskowsky were victorious in the two heat races. Fuller, of Tescott,
claimed the checkers in the Oldham’s Sale/PPG Paints cash dash.
In the IMCA Sport Compact feature, Art Herzog led the first four laps before
Michael Smith made the winning pass on lap 5. Smith led the remaining
distance in the 12-lap feature for his second win this season. Jesse Dunlap,
Alex Jensen, Herzog, and heat race winner Nick Wolff rounded out the top
five.
The evening’s race sponsor for ‘Ladies Night’ was Western Beverage of Hays.
Racing action returns to RPM Speedway for a special event on Wednesday,
August 5. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA
Northern Sport Mods will be competition starting at 7:30 p.m. NASCAR veteran
Ken Schrader will make a special appearance and will be competing in the
IMCA Modified division. Schrader’s appearance is being made possible by S &
W Supply, your Federated Auto Parts Professionals.
RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 1. B.J. Dauer, 2. G.W. Fuller, 3. Luke Pfannenstiel, 4. Mark
Normandin.
Heat 2: 1. Mike Traskowsky, 2. Josh Latka, 3. Kirk Karst, 4. Jerry Hudson.
Cash Dash: Fuller.
Feature: 1. Dauer, 2. Luke Pfannenstiel, 3. Fuller, 4. Kent Tammen, 5.
Mathew Crowell, 6. Karst, 7. Normandin, 8. Cody Graham, 9. Leon Pfannenstiel,
10. Traskowsky, 11. Latka, 12. Casey Gilmore, 13. Hudson, 14. Daniel Irwin,
15. Cody Pancake, 16. Joel Younger (DNF), 17. Ted Aregi (DNF), 18. Nathan
Kester (DNF).
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 1. Adam Balthazor, 2. Terry Cunningham, 3. Marty Barth, 4. Bob
Rutherford.
Heat 2: 1. Travis Sherfick, 2. Cory Struckhoff, 3. Pat Bedore, 4. Dustin
McClurg.
Feature: 1. Struckhoff, 2. Balthazor, 3. Sherfick, 4. Cunningham, 5. Bedore,
6. Barth, 7. Rutherford, 8. McClurg, 9. Scott Cossell, 10. Kyle Tammen, 11.
Cody Zimmerman, 12. Wayne McAfee, 13. Keith Riley (DNF), 14. Dusty Witthuhn
(DNF), 15. Jay Schmidt (DNF), 16. C.J. Pfannenstiel (DNF).
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Mike Petersilie, 2. Danny Morrison, 3. Rob Day, 4. Jason
Schoenberger.
Heat 2: 1. Rodger Peck, 2. Dylan Sherfick, 3. John Fose, 4. Chris Vogan.
Heat 3: 1. Dave Hardesty, 2. Jerry Phillips, 3. Kyle Rohleder, 4. Ronnie
Hill.
B-Feature (top 5 transfer): 1. Jim Bell, 2. Tyler Hahn, 3. Corey Lagroon, 4.
Nate Moore, 5. Brian Calhoon, 6. Chad Sterling, 7. James Murphy, 8. Jesse
Richter, 9. Mike Appel, 10. Matt Fabrizius (DNF), 11. Barry Maupin (DNS),
12. Scott Phillips (DNS).
A-Feature: 1. Schoenberger, 2. Fose, 3. Petersilie, 4. Peck, 5. Lagroon, 6.
Jerry Teel, 7. Hardesty, 8. Morrison, 9. Vogan, 10. Rohleder, 11. Sherfick,
12. J. Phillips, 13. Hahn, 14. Moore, 15. Danny Keller, 16. Calhoon, 17. Day
(DNF), 18. Hill (DNF), 19. Bell (DNF), 20. Marty Clark (DNF).
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat: 1. Nick Wolff, 2. Alex Jensen, 3. Michael Smith, 4. Jesse Dunlap.
Feature: 1. Smith, 2. Dunlap, 3. Jensen, 4. Art Herzog, 5. Wolff, 6. Kirk
Pfannenstiel, 7. Nicole Woods, 8. Shaun Woods, 9. Allen Rice (DNF).
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