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Cossel holds on for Sport Mod win Foster wins number four,
Wenig wins close Hobby Stock feature
By Dewain Hulett
DONNELLSON, Iowa
(June 3, 2010) – A four car battle that ended with the third place car
spinning backwards across the start finish line is how Phillip Cossel won
the final feature event of the night, Friday during Casey General Store Fan
Appreciation Night, at Lee County Speedway.
Cossel beat Jim
Gillenwater and Joe Bliven, who was backwards when he crossed the line, to
the strip to win the Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mod feature event.
Other feature
winners included Josh Foster, Budweiser IMCA Modifieds; Jake Wenig,
Donnellson Tire Hobby Stocks; Nick Wilkerson, Sunline Auto Parts Wild
Things; and Matt Greiner, Miller IMCA Stock Cars.
After starting
outside the front row, Cossel took the lead early in the event and survived
pressure from Bliven, then Gillenwater and Jeff Mueller as the laps wound
down. Bliven was long side Cossel on the front stretch with two to go when
the two made contact. Cossel got sideways, but kept it going to straight.
As the field
entered the final two turns on the last lap, Cossel went very high and
Bliven dove to the inside. The two were even in the middle of three and
four, before coming off turn four. Bliven’s car hit a slick spot and snapped
around as they came to the front stretch. He was backwards which allowed
Cossel and Gillenwater to get by. Mueller finished fourth, while Rodger
Dresden had a strong run in fifth.
Dane Fenton came
from sixth in the Hobby Stock feature to make an exciting feature out of a
race that was dominated for the most part by Wenig. Fenton closed a lot of
ground in the last lap in what turned out to be a two car race. Coming off
turn four for the final time Fenton had gotten to the inside of Wenig, and
as they came to the stripe Wenig let the car hang out scraping the entire
right side down the wall at the stripe. But he held on for the win. Jim
Lynch ran third, while Tanner Thomann was fourth and Mike Hugh was fifth.
After winning last
week’s Smackdown, Rich Smith again found himself out front in the Budweiser
IMCA Modified feature event, but this time it was Foster who returned the
favor with a late race pass to pick up the win. Smith would hold on for
second, while Andy Krieger and Rob Kirchner finished third and fourth
respectively. Dennis LaVeine rounded out the top five.
Greiner started 11th,
but used a couple great moves in traffic to get the front relatively
quickly, and then held off a late charge from Ryan Cook to get the win. Cook
would have to settle for second, followed by Jeff Mueller. Jim Redman was
fourth and John Oliver, Jr., was fifth.
Nick Wilkerson took
the lead early in the Wild Things feature and held off a hard charge from
David Helenthal over the last two laps to get the win. Darin Smith was
third, Bill Michel fourth and Mike Fisher fifth.
This Friday is KDMG
Big Country 103.1 Night, with all five regular classes in action. Also, a
Candy Dash will be held for the kids at intermission, and any graduates from
the class or 2011 can bring a copy of your diploma to get in free! This
includes High School and College graduates! Hope to see you at the track!
Results
IMCA
Sport Mods
A-Main 01 -- 1. Phillip Cossel, Montrose; 2. Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk; 3.
Michael Bliven, Quincy, Ill.; 4. Jeff Mueller, New London; 5. Rodger
Dresden, Keokuk; 6. AJ Johnson, Oskaloosa; 7. Dean Kratzer, Fort Madison; 8.
Jacob Smith, Argyle; 9. Rick Barlow, Jr., Montrose; 10. Rod Staats, Columbus
Junction; 11. Ryan Fullenkamp, Bloomfield; 12. Patrick Phillips, Macomb,
Ill.; 13. James Kuhlmeier, Ft. Madison; 14. Brandon Ruffcorn, Donnellson;
15. Brandon McElwee, Fairfield; 16. Patrick Profeta, Keokuk.
Heat
01 -- 1. Dean Kratzer, Fort Madison; 2. Patrick Profeta, Keokuk; 3. Rick
Barlow, Jr., Montrose; 4. Jeff Mueller, New London; 5. AJ Johnson,
Oskaloosa; 6. Brandon Ruffcorn, Donnellson; 7. James Kuhlmeier, Ft. Madison;
8. Rod Staats, Columbus Junction.
Heat
02 -- 1. Phillip Cossel, Montrose; 2. Michael Bliven, Quincy, Ill.; 3. Ryan
Fullenkamp, Bloomfield; 4. Jacob Smith, Argyle; 5. Rodger Dresden, Keokuk;
6. Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk; 7. Patrick Phillips, Macomb, Ill.; 8. Brandon
McElwee, Fairfield.
Hobby Stocks
A-Main
01 -- 1. Jake Wenig, Burlington; 2. Dane Fenton, Burlington; 3. Jim Lynch,
Donnellson; 4. Tanner Thomann, West Burlington; 5. Mike Hugh, Oskaloosa; 6.
Ray Raker, Danville; 7. Dan Wenig, Danville; 8. Bob Cowman, Quincy, Ill.; 9.
Michael Wenke, Bonaparte; 10. Josh Tripp, West Burlington; 11. Nick Fenton,
Mt. Pleasant; 12. John Oliver, Jr., Danville.
Heat
01 -- 1. Jake Wenig, Burlington; 2. Tanner Thomann, West Burlington; 3. Jim
Lynch, Donnellson; 4. Josh Tripp, West Burlington; 5. Bob Cowman, Quincy,
Ill.; 6. Nick Fenton, Mt. Pleasant.
Heat
02 -- 1. John Oliver, Jr., Danville; 2. Dan Wenig, Danville; 3. Ray Raker,
Danville; 4. Michael Wenke, Bonaparte; 5. Dane Fenton, Burlington; 6. Mike
Hugh, Oskaloosa.
IMCA Modifieds
A-Main 01 -- 1. Josh Foster, Montrose; 2. Rich Smith, Davenport; 3. Andy
Krieger, Burlington; 4. Rob Kirchner, Donnellson; 5. Dennis LaVeine, West
Burlington; 6. Bill Roberts, Burlington; 7. Adam Birck, Canton, Mo.; 8. Jeff
Waterman, Quincy, Ill.; 9. Derek Hamm, Donnellson; 10. Ryan Cook, Mount
Pleasant; 11. Lonne Heap, Media, Ill.;
12.
Bill Seyb, Donnellson; 13. Wyatt Lantz, Augusta, Ill.; 14. Dustin Crear,
Mediapolis; 15. Eric Fullenkamp, Agency; 16. Tyler Cale, Donnellson; 17.
Kirk Hopkins, Bloomfield; 18. Brandon Banks, Washington; 19. Dustan Fenton,
Burlington; 20. Jeff Gerhardt, Niota, Ill.
Heat 01 -- 1. Adam Birck, Canton, Mo.; 2. Wyatt Lantz, Augusta, Ill.; 3.
Brandon Banks, Washington; 4. Ryan Cook, Mount Pleasant; 5. Bill Seyb,
Donnellson; 6. Lonne Heap, Media, Ill.; 7. Jeff Gerhardt, Niota, Ill.
Heat
02 -- 1. Dustin Crear, Mediapolis; 2. Tyler Cale, Donnellson; 3. Bill
Roberts, Burlington; 4. Jeff Waterman, Quincy, Ill.; 5. Eric Fullenkamp,
Agency; 6. Kirk Hopkins, Bloomfield; 7. Dustan Fenton, Burlington.
Heat
03 -- 1. Rob Kirchner, Donnellson; 2. Josh Foster, Montrose; 3. Andy
Krieger, Burlington; 4. Rich Smith, Davenport; 5. Dennis LaVeine, West
Burlington; 6. Derek Hamm, Donnellson.
IMCA Stock Cars
A-Main 01 -- 1. Matt Greiner, Washington; 2. Ryan Cook, Mount Pleasant; 3.
Jeff Mueller, New London; 4. Jim Redman, Lockridge; 5. John Oliver, Jr.,
Danville; 6. Jason Cook, Mt. Pleasant; 7. Cale Samberg, Burlington; 8. Aaron
Brocksieck, Camp Point, Ill.; 9. Abe Huls, Carthage, Ill.; 10. Jeremy Pundt,
Donnellson; 11. Corey Strothman, Mount Union; 12. Derek St. Clair,
Donnellson; 13. Les Blakley, Fairfield; 14. Travis Hartman,
Heat
01 -- 1. Abe Huls, Carthage, Ill.; 2. Jason Cook, Mt. Pleasant; 3. Derek
St. Clair, Donnellson; 4. Matt Greiner,
Washington; 5. Corey Strothman, Mount Union; 6. Aaron Brocksieck, Camp
Point, Ill.; 7. Travis Hartman,
Heat
02 -- 1. Ryan Cook, Mount Pleasant; 2. John Oliver, Jr., Danville; 3. Cale
Samberg, Burlington; 4. Jeff Mueller, New London; 5. Jim Redman, Lockridge;
6. Les Blakley, Fairfield; 7. Jeremy Pundt, Donnellson.
4 Cyl. Wild Things
A-Main 01 -- 1. Nick Wilkerson, Morning Sun; 2. David Helenthal, Fort
Madision; 3. Darin Smith, Wapello; 4. William Michel, Farmington; 5. Mike
Fisher, Blakesburg; 6. Jerrod Nichols, Stronghurst, Ill.; 7. Kimberly
Abbott, Camp Point, Ill.; 8. Derek Fenton, Burlington; 9. Matt Marshall,
Burlington; 10. Kevin Garrett, Bloomfield; 11. Cory Howk, Drakesville; 12.
Steven Lake, Fort Madison; 13. Casey Mehaffy, Danville; 14. Connie Justice,
Farmington; 15. Justin Millhouse, Batavia; 16. Mike Hornung, Jr., Keokuk;
17. Richard Bank, Keokuk.
Heat
01 -- 1. Darin Smith, Wapello; 2. Jerrod Nichols, Stronghurst, Ill.; 3.
Kimberly Abbott, Camp Point, Ill.; 4. Kevin Garrett, Bloomfield; 5. Steven
Lake, Fort Madison; 6. Justin Millhouse, Batavia; 7. Derek Fenton,
Burlington; 8. Richard Bank, Keokuk; 9. Connie Justice, Farmington.
Heat
02 -- 1. David Helenthal, Fort Madision; 2. Nick Wilkerson, Morning Sun; 3.
William Michel, Farmington; 4. Mike Hornung, Jr., Keokuk; 5. Mike Fisher,
Blakesburg; 6. Matt Marshall, Burlington; 7. Cory Howk, Drakesville; 8.
Casey Mehaffy, Danville.
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