Sams Body Shop Night win goes to Sam

By Dana Royer/34 Raceway

BURLINGTON, IA (6-2-12) Three drivers got their first wins of the 2012 season at 34 Raceway on Sams Body Shop night Saturday, June 2.   A beautiful night for watching area racers take to the 3/8 mile track saw three of the six classes seeing first time winners this year. Getting their  first wins Saturday night were Sam Halstead (late models), New London, Cale Samberg (stock cars), Burlington and Casey Mehaffy (4 cylinders), Danville. Three racers got repeat feature wins with Scott Hogan (modifieds), Vinton, Ryan Jamison (305 sprints)m Mediapolis and Tony Dunker (sport mods), Quincy, Il. all making it back to the winners circle.

Coming up this week at 34 Raceway on Saturday, June 9 will be point race action on Louisa Communications Night for the IMCA Late Models, W.T. Gabeline and Sons Trucking 305 Sprints, Coors Silver Bullet IMCA Modifieds, Mikes Auto Parts IMCA Stock Cars, Pepsi Hobby Stocks and I-Wireless/Louisa Communications 4 Cylinders.  34 Raceway will also welcome GE Employees on General Electric employee Night. TA Auto & Tire/I-Wireless Lil Racers Club kids are minded to sign up for prize giveaways. Upcoming Lil Racer Club events include more prize giveaways, on track autograph session  and a candy dash. Go to www.34raceway.com for more information.

The first feature race of the night was the I-Wireless/Louisa Communications 4 Cylinders taking to the track. Casey Mehaffy would take the lead from Daytona Fenton on lap eight of the twelve lap feature and would go on to take his first checkered flag this year holding off Billy Stanford for the win.

A nice field of seventeen modifieds would take to the track next with Mike Weikert, Jr., taking the early lead. Weikert would lead the field for the next seventeen laps before disaster would strike for the leader. Heading into turn three, Weikerts motor would lock up blowing his motor. A fire under the hood brought out the red flag and Weikert had to be towed to the pit area. When racing resumed, Scott Hogan would take over the lead and had to hold off Josh Foster the remaining three laps for his second win this year.

Sixteen Mikes Auto Parts IMCA Stock Cars were up next with Cale Samberg and Tim Breuer on the front row. Samberg quickly took the lead  pulling away early on. But mid race, Abe Huls would close the gap catching Samberg with the two doing some bumper to bumper racing. Joining the duo would be Matt Greiner as Samberg took the win by three car lengths and Huls edged out Greiner for second.

Shawn Whiting looked set to pick up his first W.T. Gabeline and Sons Trucking 305 Sprint feature win before disaster struck for Whiting. Whiting had developed a huge lead over the sixteen car field encountering lap traffic  by lap fifteen. On lap seventeen, Whiting would try to pass a lap car on the inside in turn two and would lose control, jumping a boundary tire to bring out the yellow flag. When racing resumed, Ryan Jamison would take over the first place spot and would go on to get his second win this year by several car lengths.

Who better to win the IMCA Late Model feature on Sams Body Shop night than Superman Sam himself.  New Londons Sam Halstead took the lead from his front row start first holding off Joey Gower for the first twelve laps and then Todd Malmstrom the final thirteen laps to get his first late model win this season. Halstead has some fun with the crowd when he had to make good on a promise to wear a pair of Superman underwear over his fire suit after his first win.

The final feature of the night saw the Weikert Iron and Metal Sport Mods take on the 3/8 mile with Tony Dunker getting his third straight win. Levi Smith lead the first five laps before getting loose coming out of turn one  allowing Dunker to make the pass and going to take the win one lap later.

RESULTS FROM 34 RACEWAY – WEST BURLINGTON FOR JUNE 2

305 Sprints – A Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 9 51J Ryan Jamison  Mediapolis , Ia 40.00  2 6 40B Daniel Bergquist  Burlington , Ia 39.00  3 7 36 Justin Newberry  Danville , Ia 38.00  4 12 27S John Schulz  West Burlington, Ia 37.00  5 5 50P Harold Pohren  New London, Ia 36.00  6 15 7 Nick Guernsey  Burlington , Ia 35.00  7 16 85 Chase Wanner  Agency , Ia 34.00  8 3 5 Shawn Whiting  West Burlington, Ia 33.00  9 11 17 Shane Quam  Gladstone , Il 32.00  10 10 16HD Donnie Steward  West Burlington, Ia 31.00  11 17 31 Austin Sears  Macomb , Il 30.00  12 14 73W Dustin Whiting  Burlington , Ia 29.00  13 2 83 Dave Getchell  Sperry , Ia 28.00  14 4 40 Andy Huston  Roseville , Il 27.00  15 8 1 Jayson Ditsworth  Gladstone , Il 26.00  16 13 15M Brandyn Martin  Eldon , Ia 25.00  17 1 4J Kyle Peterson  Gladstone , Il 24.00 DNS

 

IMCA Late Models – A Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 1 84 Sam Halstead  New London, Ia 40.00  2 4 75M Todd Malmstrom  Silvis , Il 39.00  3 10 15 Mark Burgtorf  Quincy , Il 38.00  4 6 52 Matt Bailey  Quincy , Il 37.00  5 3 31 Joey Gower  Quincy , Il 36.00  6 7 46 Nate Beuseling  Silvis , Il 35.00  7 5 41 Matt Strassheim  Morning Sun, Ia 34.00  8 13 Z Mike Zemo Jr Davenport , Ia 33.00  9 11 42 Tom Darbyshire  Morning Sun, Ia 32.00  10 8 38 Colby Springsteen  Wapello , Ia 31.00  11 9 25 Lonnie Bailey  Quincy , Il 30.00  12 2 3D Tom Bowling  Danville , Ia 29.00  13 14 69 Tom Goble  Burlington , Ia 28.00 DNS 14 12 93 Jay Johnson  West Burlington, Ia 27.00

 

IMCA Modifieds – A Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 10 33D Scott Hogan  Vinton , Ia 40.00  2 11 77 Josh Foster  Montrose , Ia 39.00  3 3 71W Jeff Waterman  Quincy , Il 38.00  4 6 4G Kevin Goben  Sherrard , Il 37.00  5 14 67 John Ahlers  Bettendorf , Ia 36.00  6 19 11D Darin Thye  Burlington , Ia 35.00  7 13 3D Dustan Fenton  Burlington , Ia 34.00  8 9 01 Chris Horn  Cedar Rapids, Ia 33.00  9 16 33C Collin Rothzen  Media , Il 32.00  10 15 409 Chadwick Giberson  Packwood , Ia 31.00  11 2 7M Mike Weikert, Jr Muscatine , Ia 30.00  12 5 8 Rich Smith  Davenport , Ia 29.00  13 12 3F Dane Fenton  Burlington , Ia 28.00  14 8 58 Andy Krieger  Burlington , Ia 27.00  15 4 71 Dennis Laveine  W Burlington, Ia 26.00  16 1 5R Bill Roberts, Jr Burlington , Ia 25.00  17 7 H7 Dean Mc Gee Galesburg , Il 24.00  18 17 3B Brad Tyler  Wilton , Ia 23.00 DNS 19 18 10 Aj Fike  Galesburg , Il 22.00 DNS

 

IMCA Stock Cars – A Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 1 75 Cale Samberg  Burlington , Ia 40.00  2 11 30C Abe Huls  Carthage , Il 39.00  3 10 29 Matt Greiner  Washington , Ia 38.00  4 4 07 Ray Raker  Danville , Ia 37.00  5 9 44 Brett Timmerman  Wapello , Ia 36.00  6 6 566 Jim Lynch  Donnellson , Ia 35.00  7 13 3T Travis Hartman  Burlington , Ia 34.00  8 2 0 Tim Breuer  Burlington , Ia 33.00  9 5 C4 Corey Strothman  Mt Union, Ia 32.00  10 12 52J Jeremy Pundt  Donnellson , Ia 31.00  11 8 77M Jeff Mueller  New London, Ia 30.00  12 14 9B John Brockway  Morning Sun, Ia 29.00  13 16 75X Tony Schulte  Keokuk , Ia 28.00  14 7 05 John Oliver, Jr Danville , Ia 27.00  15 15 30J Alex Buffington  Wapello , Ia 26.00  16 3 54 Chris Webb  Biggsville , Il 25.00

 

IMCA Sport Mods – A Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 4 3 Tony Dunker  Quincy , Il 40.00  2 1 19J Levi Smith  Donnellson , Ia 39.00  3 3 20JB M Joe Bliven  Quincy , Il 38.00  4 2 43 Creston Williams  Atkins , Ia 37.00  5 5 52 Rick Barlow, Jr Montrose , Ia 36.00  6 7 08S Rod Staats  Columbus Jct, Ia 35.00  7 6 92 Tim Zeman  Muscatine , Ia 34.00

 

4-Cylinders – A Feature Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points 1 3 66 Casey Mehaffy  Danville , Ia 40.00  2 8 52 Billy Stanford  Wapelo , Ia 39.00  3 1 3D Daytona Fenton  Burlington , Ia 38.00  4 5 65 Brian Mehaffy  Danville , Ia 37.00  5 10 14 Nick Wilkerson  Morning Sun, Ia 36.00  6 9 77 John Whalen  Ainsworth , Ia 35.00  7 6 86R James Roose  Grandview , Ia 34.00  8 7 17JR C Jay Loring  Keokuk , Ia 33.00  9 12 8T Bryerson Tharp  Grandview , Ia 32.00  10 2 7OR Brock Rice  Danville , Ia 31.00  11 11 10M Garrett Mcginnity  – 30.00  12 4 15 Jerrod Nichols  Stronghurst , Il 29.00  13 13 29 Dustin Ravelin  Burlington , Ia 28.00

 

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