4 New Drivers Visit Victory Lane on SWCC Night

 

 

OSCEOLA, IA (June 29, 2013) – It was perfect racing weather on Saturday as Mother Nature gave us a break from the rain for the Southwestern Community College night. A new record car count of 80 cars in the pits greeted a great crowd on hand.

First up for the features were the Jr. FWD’s as 5 cars started the A-main. Katelyn Byrd from Indianola lead from the green flag to visit victory lane for the first time this season. Class point leader T.J Woods from Osceola finished in second followed by Alan Delker from Norwalk in third.

Next up were the Pro 4 Trucks and the drivers once again put on a great show. Cody Mundy and Kyle Byrd swapped the lead for several laps as Garrett Nelson and Garrit Mckee battled for third. After a late race caution Cody Mundy was able to keep the lead and win in front of the hometown crowd with Mckee and Nelson finishing 3 wide at the checkers. Unionville, MO’s Kyle Byrd and Osceola’s John Bakely rounded out the top 5.
Twenty seven micro sprints signed in for the show and after the last chance qualifier, the field of twenty cars was set for the A-feature.  Brad Comegys from Des Moines and Nate Mills from Bondurant sat on the front row. From the drop of the green flag, Comegys lead the way to the checkered flag to claim his second win of the season. Newton’s Ben Woods finished second, Nate Mills third, Creighton, MO’s Lane Wilson finished fourth and Eric Bridger from Winterset finished fifth from the eighteenth starting spot after qualifying from the B-Main.
The CCS B-Mods were up next as nine cars started the A-Main and had the biggest field yet for this class in its first season. Red Oak’s Rick Germer had the lead from lap one and held the lead to take the win in the sixteen lap feature. Jared Timmerman, the 2010 Harris Clash SportMod champion from Norwalk finished in second from the fifth starting position. James Reichart from Indianola was third, point leader Colton Nelson from Osceola was fourth and Colton Livezey from New Sharon was fifth.

Zach Brandon from Knoxville and Osceola’s Tyler Clark led the field of Outlaw Hobby Stocks to start for the A-feature. The 2011 track champion, Trevor Tanner took over on lap one and lead the first nine laps. After a caution involving Tanner, Garrett Alexander resumed with the lead with Darin Dezwarte in tow. Dezwarte made the pass for the lead and his first win of the season. Alexander held on for second. Trevor Tanner rallied back for third. Jim Alexander from Lucas in fourth and fifth was B.J George.

Last but not least the FWD Street Stocks were next to cap off a great night of racing. Cory Sauerman from Grimes led the first six laps. On lap seven, Andy Forcht from Stuart took over and went on to win his first race of the season at CCS. Sauerman finished second, third went to Josh Camden from Lenox, Curtis Mongar and Jamie Black from Murray rounded out the top 5.

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