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Fast paced show at Elmwood Park Speedway
By Mike Hughes
NORTON, KS (August 21)—With the caution flag only being waved one time
during the 5 feature events, it was a fast paced racing program at Elmwood
Park Speedway in Norton, KS, Saturday evening, August 21.
The lone caution during the main events came in the IMCA Northern Sport Mod
feature when race leader and heat race winner Wade Wagenblast’s motor let go
on lap 6 of the 12-lap race. That gave point leader Brian Conness the lead
on the restart, but on the following lap, Gaylord’s Troy Attwood got past
Conness and held on the remaining distance for his first feature win at
Norton this season. Conness tried to get under Attwood in turn 4 on the last
lap, but spun out and that allowed Kenny Schmidt and John LaShell to get by
to finish second and third, with Conness recovering to finish fourth.
Lenora’s Jay Hachmeister led all 12 laps to win his fourth IMCA Stock Car
feature at Norton. Point leader Dustin McClurg and hometown driver Jason
Davis stayed closed but could not mount a serious threat and settled for
second and third. Bob Rutherford finished fourth. Hachmeister also won the
heat race.
Hometown driver Kelly Karnopp continued his domination in the IMCA Hobby
Stock division as he led all 12 laps for his 6th win in 8 outings for that
division this season. Cody Graham, Daniel Irwin, Rick Maynard and Blaine
Buchholz rounded out the top five. Rhett ‘The Rocket’ Kingsbury won the heat
race.
Tim Watts of Beloit took advantage of his outside front row starting spot to
jump to the lead of the 12-lap IMCA Modified feature and lead from green to
checkered for his third win this season on the half-mile oval. Heat race
winner Brian Calhoon finished second, followed by Rick Schwab and Jerry
Teel.
Clay Center’s Howard Van Dyke also led from green to checkered in the IMCA
305 Sprint Car main event, his second win in a row at Norton. He was
followed by Randy Bantam and Bill Hays. Van Dyke was also victorious in the
heat race.
Racing action returns to Norton for the annual Vintage Car meet on Saturday
& Sunday, September 4-5. The IMCA Northern Sport Mods and 305 Sprint Cars
will also be on hand both days.
All 5 regular divisions return for the final night of racing on Saturday,
September 18.
RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat: 1. Rhett Kingsbury, 2. Kelly Karnopp, 3. Daniel Irwin, 4. Rick
Maynard.
Feature: 1. Karnopp, 2. Cody Graham, 3. Irwin, 4. Maynard, 5. Blaine
Buchholz, 6. Kingsbury (DNF).
IMCA Northern Sport Mods
Heat: 1. Wade Wagenblast, 2. Brian Conness, 3. Kenny Schmidt, 4. John
LaShell.
Feature: 1. Troy Attwood, 2. Schmidt, 3. LaShell, 4. Conness, 5. Tyler Watts
(DNF), 6. Wagenblast (DNF).
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat: 1. Jay Hachmeister, 2. Jason Davis, 3. Dustin McClurg, 4. Chase
Conaway.
Feature: 1. Hachmeister, 2. McClurg, 3. Davis, 4. Bob Rutherford, 5. Conaway
(DNF), 6. Dan Lauer (DNS), 7. Brett Sander (DNS).
IMCA Modifieds
Heat: 1. Brian Calhoon, 2. Rick Schwab, 3. Tim Watts, 4. Jerry Teel.
Feature: 1. Watts, 2. Calhoon, 3. Schwab, 4. Teel.
IMCA 305 Sprint Cars
Heat: 1. Howard Van Dyke, 2. Randy Bantam, 3. Bill Hays.
Feature: 1. Van Dyke, 2. Bantam, 3. Hays.
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