Schneiderman Tops 5th Annual Brian Hetrick Memorial

admin | May 19, 2013

by Brian Neal

Donnellson, IA (May 17, 2013) – After another two week lay off thanks to mother nature, the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA was able to get back to racing on a beautiful night. The night featured the 5th Annual Brian Hetrick Memorial for the Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprints, thanks in part by Randall’s Performance and Holtkamp’s Trailer Repair. The regular weekly racing action was sponsored by Darkside Tint & Graphix and Driftwood 13 Bar, who also provided the T.A. Tire & Auto Jr. Fan Club kids with some prizes.

The night would start off with the 12 lap Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compact feature, with Jacob Tournear and Josh Barnes leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Barnes would take advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1, followed closely by Brandon Lambert and Bradley Stevenson. The first caution of the event would wave on the completion of lap 1, as debris in turns one and two slowed the field down. On the restart Barnes jumped back out front, but now had Michael Grossman, who started 6th, glued to his back bumper. While Barnes worked to hold back Grossman, Brent Hartley, who started 10th, was slowly working his way towards the front. But a caution on lap 5 for debris down the backstretch, would slow the action. Barnes once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Grossman close behind in second. The battle from third back to seventh was starting to heat up, when Hartley, who was running 4th, slowed down the backstretch on lap 9 to bring out the final caution of the race. On the restart Barnes moved back out front and then held off Grossman over the final 3 laps to claim his first win of the season at the track. Grossman settled for 2nd, Lambert was 3rd, Brandon Reu came from 8th to finish in 4th, with Patrick Skipp Dunker coming from 9th to round out the top 5.

Up next was the 16 lap Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Car feature, with Tim Anders, who was moved to the pole after Jake Wenig was a scratch from the event, and Les Blakley making up the front row. Blakley would jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Jim Lynch, who started 5th, and John Oliver Jr., who started 6th. But the one and only caution of the race would appear on the completion of lap 1, as a line of water from Brandon Savage’s car was dropped down the front stretch. On the restart Blakley jumped back out front, with Oliver Jr. close behind in second. Oliver Jr. would slip under Blakley on lap 3 to take over the top spot, leaving Blakley to fend off Lynch, Abe Huls, who started 7th, and Jason Cook, who started 8th. As Oliver Jr. started to stretch his lead out, Cook would move into second on lap 8 and then went to work on cutting into Oliver Jr.’s straight away lead. With two laps to go Cook was able to race his way to Oliver Jr.’s back bumper. But Oliver Jr. was able to hold him off on the final lap to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Cook settled for 2nd, Huls was 3rd, Blakley held on for a 4th place finish, while Lynch recovered from a lap 6 battle for third that saw him drop to 7th and then came back to round out the top 5.

Jeff Mueller was suppose to start on the pole of the 15 lap Budweiser IMCA Modified feature, but with over heating troubles while sitting in staging caused him to scratch from the event, Jeff Waterman then joined Brandon Banks on the front row. Banks jumped out into the lead on lap 1 of the event, with Waterman and Tyler Cale battling for the second spot. The only thing to slow Banks down on the night was a lap 10 caution for Levi Smith, who spun in turn 2. On the restart Banks moved back out front, with Cale looking under him for the lead. But Banks was able to fend him off and then went on to claim his first win of the season at the speedway. Cale would finish 2nd, Waterman was 3rd, Bill Roberts Jr. was 4th, with Smith coming home in 5th.

Dustin Griffiths and Andrew Hustead led the field to the green in the 10 lap Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stock feature, with Griffiths grabbing the lead on lap 1. The one and only caution of the event would appear on lap 3, as Hustead who was battling for the second spot, spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Griffiths moved back out front, but had Dale Porter and Jason See making it a three car battle for the top spot. As the three took the white flag, Porter was able to slid under Griffiths going into turn 1 to take the lead, but Griffiths would power back under him going into turn three to take the spot back. Griffiths then held off Porter coming off turn 4 to claim his first win of the season at the track. Porter was 2nd, See was 3rd, Curt Graham made his first trip to Lee County pay off in taking home 4th, with Hustead rounding out the top 5.

Up next was the 16 lap Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA SportMod feature, with Jim Gillenwater and Kyle Hill on the front row. Just as the field took the green flag, the caution light would appear before the completion of lap 1. Hill and Bobby Anders got tied up going in turns three and four to bring out the caution. On the following restart Gillenwater would jump out into the lead over Brandon Dale, who started 6th, and Derek St. Clair, who started 8th. Gillenwater then worked to hold back Dale, until the next caution on lap 5. This time Justin Alderton would slow off of turn four and collected the car of Bradley Holtmeyer to bring the yellow light on. Once again Gillenwater jumped out into the lead on the restart, only to be slowed one lap later for another caution. Victor Hastings would spin in turn 2 to bring the yellow light back on. Gillenwater again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Dale working to hold back Phillip Cossel, who started 7th, in the battle for 2nd. While Gillenwater started to pull away from the field, Brett Lowry, who started 11th, Chris Larson, who started 21st, and Dustin Crear, who started 20th, were working there way towards the front. But a caution on lap 14 would slow there progress, as Carter VanDenBerg, who started 9th and was running 5th, stopped in turn three with transmission troubles. At the same time Lowry would exit to the pits under the caution with troubles, after working his way up to 3rd. On the restart Gillenwater moved back out front and held on over the final 2 laps to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Dale was 2nd, Cossel was 3rd, Larson took home 4th, with Crear rounding out the top 5.

The final feature on the night was the 20 lap Sebastian Sandblasting 5th Annual Brian Hetrick Memorial 305 Sprint feature, with Jarred Schneiderman and Ryan Jamison on the front row. Schneiderman took advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Jamison and Dustin Clark. The action up front was slowed for the first time on lap 3, as Mike Philben spun in turn 2 to bring out the caution. On the restart Schneiderman moved back out front, with Jamison having to work to hold back Clark in the battle for second. Just as Schneiderman was starting to pull away from the battle for second, the final caution of the event would appear on lap 11. Philben would spin in turn 4 for his second solo spin to end his night. On the restart Schneiderman jumped back out front and then went on to claim the $1,000 top prize and became the 5th different winner in the 5 years of the Brian Hetrick Memorial. Jamison was able to hold on for 2nd, Clark was 3rd, Nick Guernsey came from 7th to finish in 4th, with Chase Wanner coming from 9th to round out the top 5.

Coming up next week at the Lee County Spedway is Casey’s General Stores LCS Most Popular Driver Night. Fans can get a $2 off coupon for an adult grandstand price from there favorite Lee County Speedway driver. The driver in each of the five weekly classes who has the most fans turn in a coupon for that night will be awarded a $100 cash prize and a awesome trophy, plus will be named Lee County Speedway’s Most Popular Driver for 2013.

In action on the night will be the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars, Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA SportMods, Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks and Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts. Also on the card will be the Mississippi Valley Vintage Race Cars.

Gates will open at 5:30 pm, with hot laps at 7:00 pm, and racing set for 7:30 pm. Grandstand admission will be adults $10, seniors $9, students 7-17 $5, and kids 6 & under FREE! Pit passes are $25, ages 7-13 $15, and ages 6 & under $10.

For more information about the Lee County Speedway please feel free to give Mike Van Genderen a call at 641-521-0330 or visit the website at www.leecountyspeedway.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, IA

Friday, May 17, 2013 – Darkside Tint & Graphix / Driftwood 13 Bar Night

Randall’s Performance / Holtkamp’s Trailer Repair 5th Annual Brian Hetrick Memorial

Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprints – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	14S	Jarred Schneiderman	West Burlington, IA	0
2	2	51J	Ryan Jamison	Mediapolis , IA	0
3	3	16	Dustin Clark	Agency , IA	0
4	7	7	Nick Guernsey	Burlington , IA	0
5	9	85	Chase Wanner	Agency , IA	0
6	13	35	Kevin Hetrick	Gladstone , IL	0
7	4	59	Jake Glasgow	West Burlington, IA	0
8	8	22P	Kyle Petterson	Gladstone , IL	0
9	5	31	Austin Sears	Macomb , IL	0
10	11	59KB	Mike Philben	Grimes , IA	0
11	6	1	Jayson Ditsworth	Gladstone , IL	0	DNS
12	10	50P	Harold Pohren	Lowell , IA	0	DNS
13	12	43	Dillan Roth	Burlington , IA	0	DNS

Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprints – Dash
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	14S	Jarred Schneiderman	West Burlington, IA	0
2	3	51J	Ryan Jamison	Mediapolis , IA	0
3	5	16	Dustin Clark	Agency , IA	0
4	2	59	Jake Glasgow	West Burlington, IA	0
5	4	31	Austin Sears	Macomb , IL	0
6	6	1	Jayson Ditsworth	Gladstone , IL	0

Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprints – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	51J	Ryan Jamison	Mediapolis , IA	0
2	3	59	Jake Glasgow	West Burlington, IA	0
3	5	31	Austin Sears	Macomb , IL	0
4	2	22P	Kyle Petterson	Gladstone , IL	0
5	6	50P	Harold Pohren	Lowell , IA	0
6	4	43	Dillan Roth	Burlington , IA	0	DNS

Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprints – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	14S	Jarred Schneiderman	West Burlington, IA	0
2	2	16	Dustin Clark	Agency , IA	0
3	6	1	Jayson Ditsworth	Gladstone , IL	0
4	4	7	Nick Guernsey	Burlington , IA	0
5	5	85	Chase Wanner	Agency , IA	0
6	7	59KB	Mike Philben	Grimes , IA	0
7	3	35	Kevin Hetrick	Gladstone , IL	0

Budweiser IMCA Modifieds – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	22	Brandon Banks	Washington , IA	36
2	4	14	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA	35
3	3	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL	34
4	5	5R	Bill Roberts Jr.	Burlington , IA	33
5	6	19J	Levi Smith	Donnellson , IA	32
6	1	77	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA	31	DNS
7	7	90	Lonnie Heap	Media , IL	0	DNS

Budweiser IMCA Modifieds – Heat
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL	0
2	2	77	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA	0
3	3	22	Brandon Banks	Washington , IA	0
4	6	5R	Bill Roberts Jr.	Burlington , IA	0
5	5	14	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA	0
6	1	19J	Levi Smith	Donnellson , IA	0
7	7	90	Lonnie Heap	Media , IL	0	DNS

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	6	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	40
2	8	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	39
3	7	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	38
4	2	87	Les Blakley	Fairfield , IA	37
5	5	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA	36
6	4	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA	35
7	11	C4	Corey Strothman	Mt. Union, IA	34
8	3	23	Tim Anders	Quincy , IL	33
9	9	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO	32
10	1	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA	31	DNS
11	10	2T	Beau Taylor	Canton , MO	30	DNS

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA	0
2	4	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
3	2	87	Les Blakley	Fairfield , IA	0
4	1	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA	0
5	5	2T	Beau Taylor	Canton , MO	0

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA	0
2	4	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
3	5	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
4	6	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO	0
5	2	23	Tim Anders	Quincy , IL	0
6	1	C4	Corey Strothman	Mt. Union, IA	0

Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA	40
2	6	12	Brandon Dale	Gorin , MO	39
3	7	15	Phillip Cossel	Montrose , IA	38
4	21	67L	Chris Larson	Keokuk , IA	37
5	20	2AC	Dustin Crear	Mediapolis , IA	36
6	14	3D	Dane Fenton	Burlington , IA	35
7	13	97J	Jacob Smith	Donnellson , IA	34
8	17	93	Robert Gould	Hillsboro , IA	33
9	3	52	Rick Barlow Jr.	Montrose , IA	32
10	8	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA	31
11	11	72	Brett Lowry	Montezuma , IA	30
12	9	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	29
13	12	8H	Victor Hastings	Oquawka , IL	28
14	4	6	Bobby Six	Keokuk , IA	27
15	16	4A	Justin Alderton	Kahoka , MO	26
16	15	10B	Bradley Holtmeyer	Quincy , IL	25
17	19	26	Jim Kuhlmeier	Ft. Madison, IA	24
18	2	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA	23
19	10	20BA	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL	22
20	18	1	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA	21
21	5	22	Nathan Anders	Quincy , IL	20	DNS

Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	15	Phillip Cossel	Montrose , IA	0
2	6	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	0
3	2	52	Rick Barlow Jr.	Montrose , IA	0
4	7	8H	Victor Hastings	Oquawka , IL	0
5	1	10B	Bradley Holtmeyer	Quincy , IL	0
6	4	1	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA	0
7	3	67L	Chris Larson	Keokuk , IA	0

Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA	0
2	7	72	Brett Lowry	Montezuma , IA	0
3	5	12	Brandon Dale	Gorin , MO	0
4	4	22	Nathan Anders	Quincy , IL	0
5	3	3D	Dane Fenton	Burlington , IA	0
6	2	93	Robert Gould	Hillsboro , IA	0
7	6	2AC	Dustin Crear	Mediapolis , IA	0	DQ

Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA	0
2	7	20BA	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL	0
3	6	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA	0
4	4	6	Bobby Six	Keokuk , IA	0
5	5	97J	Jacob Smith	Donnellson , IA	0
6	3	4A	Justin Alderton	Kahoka , MO	0
7	2	26	Jim Kuhlmeier	Ft. Madison, IA	0

Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA	36
2	4	10	Dale Porter	Bloomfield , IA	35
3	3	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA	34
4	5	14G	Curt Graham	Tiffin , IA	33
5	2	20	Andrew Hustead	Rutledge , MO	32
6	6	09	Ricky Miller Jr	Gorin , MO	31

Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks – Heat
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA	0
2	1	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA	0
3	5	10	Dale Porter	Bloomfield , IA	0
4	6	14G	Curt Graham	Tiffin , IA	0
5	3	20	Andrew Hustead	Rutledge , MO	0
6	2	09	Ricky Miller Jr	Gorin , MO	0

Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	40
2	6	2	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA	39
3	3	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL	38
4	8	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	37
5	9	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL	36
6	4	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	35
7	7	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	34
8	1	45JT	Jacob Tournear	Quincy , IL	33
9	13	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	32
10	12	58R	Derek Randall	Canton , MO	31
11	14	09	Mike Miller	Gorin , MO	30
12	11	77K	Kyle Hamelton	Keokuk , IA	29
13	10	00H	Brent Hartley	Niota , IL	28
14	5	94	Bradley Stevenson	Burlington , IA	27

Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	2	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA	0
2	2	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	0
3	3	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	0
4	7	00H	Brent Hartley	Niota , IL	0
5	6	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
6	1	58R	Derek Randall	Canton , MO	0
7	4	09	Mike Miller	Gorin , MO	0

Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL	0
2	6	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	0
3	5	94	Bradley Stevenson	Burlington , IA	0
4	1	45JT	Jacob Tournear	Quincy , IL	0
5	7	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL	0
6	2	77K	Kyle Hamelton	Keokuk , IA	0
7	3	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	0