Claxton cashes in with Iron Man Challenge win at Lakeside Speedway
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (April 19) – Veteran racer Gene Claxton used last Sunday’s season opener and his 40-plus years of racing experience to show the way from start to finish Friday night as the Iron Man Challenge for USRA B-Mods invaded the Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.
Claxton, who has 11 track championships at Lakeside dating back to 1980, started on the outside of the front row and led every lap despite pressure throughout the 20-lapper from 2009 Grand National track champion, Chad Clancy.
While Claxton collected $500 for his efforts, Clancy settled for the runner-up paycheck with Minnesota’s Jacob Bleess third. Seventeenth-starting Troy Carlyle finished fourth and fifteenth-starting Jake Richards rounded out the top five.
With a sixth-place finish, Corey Crapser took over the Iron Man Challenge points lead with Richards climbing to second.
The next Iron Man Challenge event for the USRA B-Mods happens Friday, May 3, at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis. USRA Stock Cars will make their 2013 Iron Man Challenge debut with the USRA B-Mods on Saturday, May 25, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. Both events will share the spotlight with the USMTS Modifieds.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Iron Man Challenge
Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won. The top 12 in heat race passing points advanced to the “A” Main with the top 8 redrawing for starting positions 1-8.
USRA B-MODS
Heat #1 (8 laps):
1. (6) 42 Gene Claxton, Kansas City, Kan.
2. (1) 21c Chad Clancy, Smithville, Mo.
3. (8) 22g Steve Goodman, Meriden, Kan.
4. (3) 28s David Holcomb, Kansas City, Kan.
5. (5) Red1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
6. (9) 112 Travis Tenpenny, Topeka, Kan.
7. (7) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
8. (4) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan.
9. (2) 5 Dakota Foster, Gardner, Kan.
Heat #2 (8 laps):
1. (4) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (1) 14 Bobby Wood, Rayville, Mo.
3. (3) 0 Richard Layne, Kansas City, Mo.
4. (7) 44 Gregg Truelove, Liberty, Mo.
5. (2) 4j Jake Richards, Edwardsville, Kan.
6. (8) 22t Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
7. (5) 44 Troy Carlyle, Kearney, Mo.
8. (6) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
9. (9) 222 Colten Stevens, Basehor, Kan.
Heat #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 99 Brad Smith, Belton, Mo.
2. (3) 12 Bryan Rigsby, Topeka, Kan.
3. (7) 07 Corey Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
4. (5) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa.
5. (1) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
6. (6) 06 Keith Cobb Jr., Smithville, Mo.
7. (4) 38 Matt Pugh, Overland Park, Kan.
8. (8) 4r Raven Justice, Kansas City, Kan.
“B” Main (10 laps, top 8 advance):
1. (1) 4j Jake Richards, Edwardsville, Kan.
2. (2) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
3. (6) 44 Troy Carlyle, Kearney, Mo.
4. (5) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
5. (9) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
6. (8) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan.
7. (11) 5 Dakota Foster, Gardner, Kan.
8. (7) 38 Matt Pugh, Overland Park, Kan.
9. (10) 4r Raven Justice, Kansas City, Kan., $50.
10. (12) 222 Colten Stevens, Basehor, Kan., $50.
11. (4) 06 Keith Cobb Jr., Smithville, Mo., $50.
12. (3) 22t Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D., $50.
“A” Main (20 laps):
1. (2) 42 Gene Claxton, Kansas City, Kan., $500.
2. (3) 21c Chad Clancy, Smithville, Mo., $400.
3. (4) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn., $300.
4. (17) 44 Troy Carlyle, Kearney, Mo., $250.
5. (15) 4j Jake Richards, Edwardsville, Kan., $200.
6. (20) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan., $170.
7. (5) 07 Corey Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis., $140.
8. (18) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan., $120.
9. (6) 22g Steve Goodman, Meriden, Kan., $100.
10. (10) 0 Richard Layne, Kansas City, Mo., $90.
11. (16) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo., $80.
12. (12) 28s David Holcomb, Kansas City, Kan., $75.
13. (22) 38 Matt Pugh, Overland Park, Kan., $75.
14. (8) 12 Bryan Rigsby, Topeka, Kan., $75.
15. (11) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa, $75.
16. (21) 5 Dakota Foster, Gardner, Kan., $75.
17. (7) 99 Brad Smith, Belton, Mo., $75.
18. (19) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan., $75.
19. (14) Red1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn., $75.
20. (13) 112 Travis Tenpenny, Topeka, Kan., $75.
21. (1) 14 Bobby Wood, Rayville, Mo., $75.
22. (9) 44 Gregg Truelove, Liberty, Mo., $75.
Iron Man Challenge USRA B-Mod Points: Crapser 363, Richards 314, Jeremy Chambers 297, Goodman 295, Kris Jackson 288, Shawn Strong 285, Bleess 280, Steve Muilenburg 274, Timmerman 273, Troy Hovey 270.
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