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Osborne Speedway concludes fair races
By Mike Hughes
OSBORNE, KS (July 26)—Mother Nature treated race fans to a perfect night
for racing at Osborne (KS) Speedway Sunday evening, July 26, to wrap up the
second night of racing action at the ½-mile oval during the Osborne County
Fair.
Salina’s Corey Lagroon made it two in a row in the IMCA Modified feature.
Lagroon took the lead on lap 2 from Barry Maupin after a caution and would
hold on to the finish to claim the $1,000 winner’s check. ‘Gentleman’ Jerry
Phillips chased Lagroon the second half of the race but could not make the
pass and settled for the runner-up spot. Heat one winner Dave Hardesty
finished third, followed by Rodger Peck and Marty Clark. ‘Smokin’ Joe
Cleveland won the other heat race.
The IMCA Stock Car feature was the closest race of the night as the top 6
cars ran nose-to-tail and side-by-side all 16 laps. Jared Remus of Downs
would lead the entire distance in the caution free race but worked hard to
earn it as Terry Cunningham, Pat Bedore, Adam Balthazor, Travis Sherfick and
Arnold Williams were on his heels at the finish line. Heat race winners were
Williams and Sherfick.
The IMCA Hobby Stock feature had its share of cautions and a red flag. Brent
Schoen took the lead at the drop of the green and led the first 4 laps.
After a restart on lap 5 following a caution, Schoen drifted high in turn 2,
allowing Marquette’s B.J. Dauer and Michael Lauber to drive by to take the
top 2 spots. After a restart on a lap 8 caution, T.C. McKain rolled his car
off turn 2. McKain was okay but done for the night. Dauer led the field back
to green once again and led the remaining distance to win his third feature
in as many nights. Mathew Crowell, heat two winner Wade Wagenblast, Jerry
Hudson and Josh Latka rounded out the top five. Dauer claimed the checkers
in the other heat race.
The IMCA Northern Sport Mods also saw the yellow flag several times
throughout the race, which was cut short in laps due to time. Brady Schoen
of Downs led all the way to claim the victory, holding off a late charge by
Tyler Frye. Heat one winner Jason Nelssen finished third, followed by Kurt
Kalivoda and Troy Attwood. Brian Conness was the victor in heat two.
RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 1. B.J. Dauer, 2. Jacob Williams, 3. G.W. Fuller, 4. Brent Schoen.
Heat 2: 1. Wade Wagenblast, 2. Mathew Crowell, 3. Josh Latka, 4. Michael
Lauber.
Feature: 1. Dauer, 2. Crowell, 3. Wagenblast, 4. Jerry Hudson, 5. Latka, 6.
Fuller, 7. Barry Schoen, 8. Brad McCoy, 9. Brent Schoen, 10. Williams, 11.
Roger Garrison, 12. Rhett Kingsbury, 13. Allen Morton, 14. T.C. McKain (DNF),
15. Lauber (DNF), 16. Terry Gradig (DNF).
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 1. Arnold Williams, 2. Jared Remus, 3. Trevor Thornton, 4. Adam
Balthazor.
Heat 2: 1. Travis Sherfick, 2. Cory Struckhoff, 3. Terry Cunningham, 4. Pat
Bedore.
Feature: 1. Remus, 2. Cunningham, 3. Bedore, 4. Balthazor, 5. Sherfick, 6.
Williams, 7. Struckhoff, 8. Jed Williams, 9. Thornton, 10. Wayne McAfee.
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Dave Hardesty, 2. Corey Lagroon, 3. Rodger Peck, 4. Tracy
Holloway.
Heat 2: 1. Joe Cleveland, 2. Jerry Phillips, 3. Barry Maupin, 4. Marty
Clark.
Feature: 1. Lagroon, 2. Phillips, 3. Hardesty, 4. Peck, 5. Clark, 6. Jim
Bell, 7. Mike Petersilie, 8. Shaylon Holloway, 9. Cleveland (DNF), 10. Brian
Calhoon (DNF), 11. Tim Watts (DNF), 12. Dylan Sherfick (DNF), 13. Josh
Hudson (DNF), 14. T. Holloway (DNF), 15. Maupin (DNF), 16. Nolan Remus (DNF),
17. Rusty Miller (DNS).
IMCA Northern Sport Mods
Heat 1: 1. Jason Nelssen, 2. Troy Attwood, 3. Tyler Sutton, 4. Brady Schoen.
Heat 2: 1. Brian Conness, 2. Josh Rice, 3. Kurt Kalivoda, 4. Tanner
Portenier.
Feature: 1. Schoen, 2. Tyler Frye, 3. Nelssen, 4. Kalivoda, 5. Attwood, 6.
Kaid Calhoon, 7. Sutton, 8. Brian Williams, 9. Rice (DNF), 10. Portenier (DNF),
11. Conness (DNF), 12. Robert McAfee (DNF).
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