Droste, Oliver Jr., Olson, Luellen, and Fullenkamp Victorious at the “3rd Annual Spring Extravaganza”

admin | March 30, 2015

by Brian Neal

Donnellson, IA (Sunday, March 29, 2015) – Despite mother natures several attempts to cancel the “3rd Annual Spring Extravaganza” presented by Midwest Performance & Power of Keokuk, Iowa, the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa was able to get the full event in on Sunday, March 29th. As a result Tyler Doste (Budweiser IMCA Modifieds), John Oliver Jr. (Donnellton Tire IMCA Stock Cars), Tyler Olson (Shottekirk of Ft. Madison IMCA SportMods), Austin Luellen (Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Chuck Fullenkamp (Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts) found there way to victory lane.

The first feature to take to the track was the 14 lap Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks, with Justin Lichty and Derek Hodges drawing the front row for the event. But it was third place starter Austin Luellen who grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Lichty and Hodges. While Luellen set a fast pace out front Dustin Griffiths, who started 4th, and Mike Kincaid, who started 6th, battled there way towards the front. Before Griffiths found his way into second, Luellen had built up a straightaway lead. There was no catching Luellen on this night, as he went on to pick up the win and the $400 top prize. Griffiths settled for 2nd, Hodges was 3rd, Kincaid was 4th, with Lichty rounding out the top 5.

Up next was the 14 lap Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compact feature, with Chuck Fullenkamp and Barry Taft leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Fullenkamp took advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Taft and Danny Sassman Jr., who started 6th. With Fullenkamp out front, Taft, Ryan Walker, who started 7th, and Jake Benischek, who started 5th, battled two and even three wide at times for the third spot. As that battle continued on, Fullenkamp was working to hold off Sassman Jr. for the top spot. Sassman Jr. was able to get under Fullenkamp on lap 10, as the two raced side-by-side for the lead until lap 12 when Fullenkamp pulled back out front. Fullenkamp then held on over the final 2 laps of a caution free race to pick up the win and the $300 top prize. Sassman Jr. settled for 2nd, Walker held off a charging Kimberly Abbott, who started 10th, for the third spot, Abbott was 4th, with Adam Gates coming home in 5th.

Tyler Cale and Brandon Lennox drew the front row for the 20 lap Shottenkirk of Ft. Madison IMCA SportMod feature. Lennox used the best of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Tony Olson and Austen Becerra, who charged from 8th to 3rd on the first lap. Just after the completion of lap 1 the first of four cautions appeared, as a spring out of Nathan Bringer’s car was laying in turn 4. On the restart Olson was able to slip under Lennox to grab the top spot away. The second caution was waved on lap 2, as Cale came to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Once again Olson grabbed the lead on the restart, with Lennox and Becerra battling for the second spot. Joey Gower, who started 6th, moved in on lap 4 to make it a three car battle for second. The action up front was slowed for the third time on lap 7, as Adam Birck spun to a stop in turn 4. On the restart Olson moved back out front over Becerra and Gower, only to be slowed one lap later for the final caution of the race. This time Rich Vogt spun into the wall in turn 2 to bring out the red, as a fuel leak had to be burnt off the track before they could get back to racing. Olson once again grabbed the lead on the restart over Becerra and Gower. Olson started to pull away from the battle behind him, until he entered lapped traffic late in the race, which allowed Becerra to close in on him coming to the white flag. Coming off turn four Olson had two lapped cars racing side-by-side in front of him and had to make a move quickly to hold off Becerra at the line to claim the win and the $500 top prize. Becerra settled for 2nd, Gower was 3rd, Bobby Anders was 4th, with Austin Kaplan coming from 12th to finish in 5th.

Up next was the 20 lap Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Car feature, with Les Blakley and Michael Bilyeu leading the field to the green flag. But it was third place starter Abe Huls who grabbed the lead on lap 1, when Blakley and Bilyeu got tangled up in turn 2 to allow Huls to slip under them for the lead. This also made the rest of the field take evasive action, which allowed Huls to build up a lead over Dane Fenton and Jim Lynch. With Huls still out front, there was a seven car battle going on behind him for the runner up spot, As Fenton, Damon Murty, who started 8th, Lynch, John Oliver Jr., who started 9th, Jason Cook, Jay Schmidt, and Greg Gill ran side-by-side and even three wide at times on laps 7,8,9, and 10. Oliver Jr. would use the top side of the track to break out of the battle for second by the midway part of the race and brought Murty with him. Both drivers would chase down Huls by lap 15, as Oliver Jr. was able to race side-by-side with Huls on laps 16 and 17. Coming off turn 4 on lap 17 Oliver Jr. used the momentum off the top side to grab the lead away from Huls. Huls, who was running the bottom, Murty, who was in the middle, and Oliver Jr., who was up top, went into turn 4 on lap 18 three wide. But Murty would get loose and spun down into Huls to help straighten himself out, which resulted in Oliver Jr. to be able to pull away for the win and the the $500 top prize. Huls held on for 2nd, Murty was 3rd, Schmidt crossed the line in 4th in his first ever appearance at the track, with Fenton coming home in 5th.

The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 20 lap Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, with Cayden Carter and Johnny Walker drawing the front row for the event. Just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on, as Walker bounced off the cushion in turn 1 and shot to the low side of the track where Dylan Hoover was. Walker would make contact with Hoover, which resulted in him spinning to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Tyler Droste was moved to the outside of the front row, which he took advantage of to grab the lead on lap 1 by inches over Carter. The action up front was slowed for the second time on lap 4, when Hoover spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Once again Droste jumped back out front on the restart, with Carter, Jason Wolla, who started 6th, and Hunter Marriott, who started 8th, battling for the runner up spot. While Droste set a fast pace out front, Carter, who was running the bottom, Marriott, who was running the middle, and Wolla, who was up top, ran two and even three wide on laps 7 and 8. That action was slowed for the final time on lap 8, when Dugan Thye spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Droste moved back out front, with Carter working to hold off Marriott for second. Droste would pull away over the final 12 laps to pick up the win and the $1,000 top prize to go with it. Marriott was 2nd, Wolla was 3rd, Carter held on for 4th, with Scott Hogan coming home in 5th.

Just a reminder there will be no racing at the Lee County Speedway on Friday, April 3rd. But the speedway will come back on Friday, April 11th for the PEPSI Memphis Bottling points opener. In action on the night will be the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars, Shottenkirk of Ft. Madison IMCA SportMods, Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts. Be sure to check out the website at www.leecountyspeedway.com for all the information about the 2015 season at the Lee County Speedway.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, IA

Sunday, March 29, 2015 – “3rd Annual Spring Extravaganza” presented by Midwest Performance & Power

Budweiser IMCA Modifieds – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	92	Tyler Droste	Waterloo , IA	0
2	8	62	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield , MO	0
3	6	27W	Jason Wolla	Ray , ND	0
4	1	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
5	7	33D	Scott Hogan	Vinton , IA	0
6	9	7V	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	0
7	11	11T	Dugan Thye	Burlington , IA	0
8	10	3B	Brad Tyler	Wilton , IA	0
9	5	90	Lonnie Heap	Monmouth , IL	0
10	3	1	Dylan Hoover	Vandalia , MO	0
11	2	51JR	Johnny Walker	Stanwood , IA	0
12	12	87	Blake Woodruff	Galesburg , IL	0	DNS

Budweiser IMCA Modifieds – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	27W	Jason Wolla	Ray , ND	0
2	3	62	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield , MO	0
3	5	51JR	Johnny Walker	Stanwood , IA	0
4	4	92	Tyler Droste	Waterloo , IA	0
5	2	1	Dylan Hoover	Vandalia , MO	0
6	6	87	Blake Woodruff	Galesburg , IL	0

Budweiser IMCA Modifieds – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
2	2	3B	Brad Tyler	Wilton , IA	0
3	5	33D	Scott Hogan	Vinton , IA	0
4	6	7V	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	0
5	3	90	Lonnie Heap	Monmouth , IL	0
6	4	11T	Dugan Thye	Burlington , IA	0

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	9	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
2	3	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
3	8	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA	0
4	6	19J	Jay Schmidt	Tama , IA	0
5	4	3	Dane Fenton	Burlington , IA	0
6	7	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
7	5	566	Jim Lynch	Kahoka , MO	0
8	14	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA	0
9	10	28	Greg Gill	Muscatine , IA	0
10	17	14R	Jim Redmann	Lockridge , IA	0
11	1	87	Les Blakley	Fairfield , IA	0
12	15	10R	Ryan Fullenkamp	Bloomfield , IA	0
13	13	20	Andrew Hustead	Rutledge , MO	0
14	16	99	Erick Knutsen	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
15	11	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA	0
16	18	15A	Anthony Cassat	Bloomfield , IA	0
17	2	46B	Michael Bilyeu	Indianola , IA	0
18	12	8	Austin Evens	Independence , IA	0	DNS

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	28	Greg Gill	Muscatine , IA	0
2	6	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA	0
3	3	566	Jim Lynch	Kahoka , MO	0
4	4	3	Dane Fenton	Burlington , IA	0
5	7	87	Les Blakley	Fairfield , IA	0
6	8	8	Austin Evens	Independence , IA	0
7	1	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA	0
8	5	99	Erick Knutsen	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
9	9	15A	Anthony Cassat	Bloomfield , IA	0

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
2	6	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
3	1	19J	Jay Schmidt	Tama , IA	0
4	3	46B	Michael Bilyeu	Indianola , IA	0
5	8	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
6	4	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA	0
7	7	20	Andrew Hustead	Rutledge , MO	0
8	9	10R	Ryan Fullenkamp	Bloomfield , IA	0
9	5	14R	Jim Redmann	Lockridge , IA	0

Shottenkirk of Ft. Madison IMCA Sport Mods – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	T23	Tony Olson	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
2	8	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	0
3	6	31G	Joey Gower	Quincy , IL	0
4	3	20BA	Bobby Anders	Payson , IL	0
5	12	1	Austin Kaplan	Ankeny , IA	0
6	2	17	Brandon Lennox	New London, MO	0
7	9	3L	Clint Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
8	11	01	Brayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
9	16	12	Brandon Dale	Memphis , MO	0
10	10	17A	Austin Howes	Memphis , MO	0
11	13	198	Sam Wieben	Dysart , IA	0
12	15	12B	Adam Birck	Canton , MO	0
13	5	29K	Dan Keltner	Wapello , IA	0
14	22	80V	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	0
15	19	29	Colton Livezey	New Sharon, IA	0
16	20	6M	Jason Mason	Melcher-Dallas , IA	0
17	23	96L	Jon Lear	Barry , IL	0
18	21	63G	Michael Goodwin	Quincy , IL	0
19	24	84	Trenton Brink	Bussey , IA	0
20	18	38	Rich Vogt	Fairfield , IA	0
21	1	11R	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA	0
22	7	12S	Sean Wyett	Danville , IA	0
23	17	79	Nathan Bringer	Lewistown , MO	0
24	14	34	Jerry Hinton	Adel , IA	0	DNS

Shottenkirk of Ft. Madison IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	17	Brandon Lennox	New London, MO	0
2	2	17A	Austin Howes	Memphis , MO	0
3	1	31G	Joey Gower	Quincy , IL	0
4	5	11R	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA	0
5	6	12B	Adam Birck	Canton , MO	0
6	4	38	Rich Vogt	Fairfield , IA	0
7	7	63G	Michael Goodwin	Quincy , IL	0
8	8	84	Trenton Brink	Bussey , IA	0

Shottenkirk of Ft. Madison IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	1	Austin Kaplan	Ankeny , IA	0
2	4	3L	Clint Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
3	3	29K	Dan Keltner	Wapello , IA	0
4	5	01	Brayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
5	7	34	Jerry Hinton	Adel , IA	0
6	6	79	Nathan Bringer	Lewistown , MO	0
7	8	6M	Jason Mason	Melcher-Dallas , IA	0
8	2	96L	Jon Lear	Barry , IL	0

Shottenkirk of Ft. Madison IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	0
2	3	T23	Tony Olson	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
3	2	12S	Sean Wyett	Danville , IA	0
4	6	20BA	Bobby Anders	Payson , IL	0
5	4	198	Sam Wieben	Dysart , IA	0
6	5	12	Brandon Dale	Memphis , MO	0
7	8	29	Colton Livezey	New Sharon, IA	0
8	7	80V	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	0

Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
2	4	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA	0
3	2	77	Derek Hodges	Des Moines, IA	0
4	6	12	Mike Kincaid	Cincinnati , IA	0
5	1	166	Justin Lichty	Waterloo , IA	0
6	5	09	Daniel Wauters	Iowa City, IA	0

Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks – Heat
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
2	5	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA	0
3	3	166	Justin Lichty	Waterloo , IA	0
4	4	77	Derek Hodges	Des Moines, IA	0
5	1	09	Daniel Wauters	Iowa City, IA	0
6	6	12	Mike Kincaid	Cincinnati , IA	0

Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	48	Chuck Fullenkamp	West Pont, IA	0
2	6	10	Danny Sassman Jr.	Ft. Dodge, IA	0
3	7	9W	Ryan Walker	Wilton , IA	0
4	10	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	0
5	3	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
6	5	3	Jake Benischek	Durant , IA	0
7	2	57	Barry Taft	Argyle , IA	0
8	8	4T	Travis DeMint	Basco , IL	0
9	15	4	Luke Benischek	Durant , IA	0
10	17	118	John Girdley	Wayland , IA	0
11	16	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
12	19	86R	James Roose	Grandview , IA	0
13	20	24K	Kenny Smith	Donnellson , IA	0
14	18	69	William Michel	Muscatine , IA	0
15	14	77K	Kyle Hamelton	Keokuk , IA	0
16	23	73B	Andrew Bieber	Independence , IA	0
17	13	2M	Matt Moore	Ottumwa , IA	0
18	21	00	Josh Stanley	Rock Falls, IL	0
19	12	2	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA	0
20	9	33	Trent Orwig	Blakesburg , IA	0
21	11	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	0
22	4	F79	Dustin Forbes	Rock Falls, IL	0
23	22	81X	Daniel Campbell	Muscatine , IA	0
24	24	7C	Spencer Coats	Taylor , MO	0

Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts – B-Main (Top 9 to A)
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
2	4	118	John Girdley	Wayland , IA	0
3	5	69	William Michel	Muscatine , IA	0
4	12	86R	James Roose	Grandview , IA	0
5	3	24K	Kenny Smith	Donnellson , IA	0
6	6	00	Josh Stanley	Rock Falls, IL	0
7	7	81X	Daniel Campbell	Muscatine , IA	0
8	2	73B	Andrew Bieber	Independence , IA	0
9	11	7C	Spencer Coats	Taylor , MO	0
10	9	94	Justin Stevenson	Burlington , IA	0
11	8	55S	Alyssa Steele	Keokuk , IA	0	DNS
12	10	22R	Renny McCarty	Fairfield , IA	0	DNS

Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	8	2	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA	0
2	4	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
3	5	3	Jake Benischek	Durant , IA	0
4	7	10	Danny Sassman Jr.	Ft. Dodge, IA	0
5	6	4	Luke Benischek	Durant , IA	0
6	1	24K	Kenny Smith	Donnellson , IA	0
7	9	00	Josh Stanley	Rock Falls, IL	0
8	2	94	Justin Stevenson	Burlington , IA	0
9	3	7C	Spencer Coats	Taylor , MO	0

Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	33	Trent Orwig	Blakesburg , IA	0
2	4	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	0
3	6	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	0
4	9	57	Barry Taft	Argyle , IA	0
5	5	77K	Kyle Hamelton	Keokuk , IA	0
6	8	73B	Andrew Bieber	Independence , IA	0
7	3	69	William Michel	Muscatine , IA	0
8	7	55S	Alyssa Steele	Keokuk , IA	0

Armstrong Tractor IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	48	Chuck Fullenkamp	West Pont, IA	0
2	2	9W	Ryan Walker	Wilton , IA	0
3	10	F79	Dustin Forbes	Rock Falls, IL	0
4	3	4T	Travis DeMint	Basco , IL	0
5	6	2M	Matt Moore	Ottumwa , IA	0
6	7	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
7	4	118	John Girdley	Wayland , IA	0
8	5	81X	Daniel Campbell	Muscatine , IA	0
9	8	22R	Renny McCarty	Fairfield , IA	0
10	9	86R	James Roose	Grandview , IA	0