Jamison has crowd on their feet at Cedar County Fair
By Robin Schneiderman

TIPTON, IA (July 13) - Sprint cars were certainly the main attraction at the Cedar County Fair in Tipton, Iowa on Friday, July 13th. And, the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders were certainly there to wow the crowd. Flyin’ Ryan Jamison lived up to his nickname as he won his first A feature of the 2007 season. The 2002/2006 Sprint Invaders Champion was all smiles after his Jamison Racing/Curry Transportation/Whitey’s Bar & Grill/Buddies Auto & Trailer Sales 51J took the double checkers in the 25 lap feature. After winning the Storm Steel/Abrasive Jet Technologies third heat and finishing second in the Holtkamp Trailer Repair Shake-Up Dash, he held the pole position going into the event.

“The car was awesome,” stated Jamison post race, “I can’t believe I’ve never run here before, it’s a great little track. I’d never even seen the place before tonight!” Jamison also received the “Four Corner Award” from Boubin Tire & Wheel/American Racer for winning with American Racer Tires all around the car. “You don’t have to tell me twice,” the elated Jamison added, “that’s what our contingency program is all about.”

Korey Weyant in his Laidlaw Education Services 99W scored his best finish of 2007 as runner up. The Springfield, Illinois driver finished second in the E.G. Staats & Company Heat and third in the Shake-Up Dash. “This is just like running at home,” claimed Weyant, who was a former regular at Jacksonville Raceway, “we like these small tracks, it’s what we’re best at.”

Jerrod Hull in the #12 Lighthouse Christian Center/Red Brick Transportation/Midland Performance/Automotive Machine finished third. Matt Sutton’s #3 Grit Motorsports/S & S Shortstop/Thom’s Autobody machine was the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger. Sutton and Shake-Up Dash Winner, Kaley “3*” Gharst rounded out the top 5. Knoxville regular, Natalie Sather, in the Gateway Motors #94S won the Golden Eagle Distributing/Budweiser Heat #2.

Stepping out of retirement for one night, the former “Voice of the Sprint Invaders” Rusty Rogerson provided the color commentary for the event keeping the crowd entertained during the few times during the night when the action wasn’t fast and furious on the track. Don Williams, official starter for the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders had a few “hold your breath” moments when just as the “one to go” was given from the flag stand, lights went out on half the track halting the action for about ten minutes at the start of the A Main. The problem was quickly resolved and the action resumed. “This is a great racetrack,” stated Williams, “it’s by far our best Fair crowd yet. These folks were really enjoying the night; they were even on their feet and clapping during hot laps. I want to thank the Cedar County Fair Board for having us here tonight. They were terrific to work with. The drivers had great starts and the four-abreast lap was their best so far this year – even on this short track. What an exciting night.”

After five events in eleven days, the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders will have one more big event in July with a return trip to Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois on Friday, July 20th. The evening will begin with the completion of the show from May 18th by running the B and A. A complete show will follow. Lineups from the May 18th races are available at www.sprintinvaders.com. No additional cars will be allowed to compete in the remainder of that show, but all others will be welcomed into the full show that follows.

Results: E.G. Staats & Co. Heat Race #1: 1] 14P Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA; 2] 99W Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL; 3] 99 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL; 4] 3 Matt Sutton, Macomb, IL; 5] 49 Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA; 6] 2 John Schulz, West Burlington, IA; 7] 7H John Hall, Marion, IA

Golden Eagle Distributing/Budweiser Heat #2: 1] 94S Natalie Sather, Fargo, ND; 2] 9X Bart Andrews, Muscatine, IA; 3] 12 Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO; 4] 29 Matt Rogerson, West Burlington, IA; 5] 53H Matt Harms, Chillicothe, IL; 6] 31P Travis Porter, Milan, IL; DNS 93 Jamie Needham, Moline, IL

Storm Steel/Abrasive Jet Technologies Heat #3: 1] 51J Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis, IA; 2] 3* Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL; 3] 15 Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA; 4] 3G Lance Gullo, Riverton, IL; 5] 10T Tim Moore, Milan, IL; 6] 18A Daniel Avery, Burlington, IA; 7] 65 Jordan Goldesberry, Springfield, IL

Holtkamp Trailer Repair Super Shake-Up Dash: 1] Gharst, 2] Jamison, 3] Weyant, 4] Phillips, 5] Andrews, 6] Sather

Cedar County Fair 25: 1] Jamison, 2] Weyant, 3] Hull, 4] Sutton, 5] Gharst, 6] Andrews, 7] Rockhold, 8] Mincer, 9] Phillips, 10] Schneiderman, 11] Rogerson, 12] Sather, 13] Harms, 14] Moore, 15] Schulz, 16] Gullo, 17] Hall, 18] Goldesberry, 19] Porter, 20] Avery

Contingency: KSE Racing Products Hard Charger-Matt Sutton; American Racer/Boubin Four Corner-Ryan Jamison; Brake Man-Manny Rockhold; Diversified Machine-Matt Harms; M&W Aluminum-Jordan Goldesberry; Ultra Shield-John Schulz; Saldana Racing Products-Matt Rogerson; MPD-John Hall; Rod End Supply-Bart Andrews & Rager Phillips.