Passick and Patava Among Winners in Independence

 

by Jeremy Fox

Independence, Iowa (July 31st ,2021) – The month of July wrapped on Saturday Night with racing at the Independence Motor Speedway. A small pop shower dropped a few drops of liquid sunshine during the heat races but after a little over twenty-minute delay, the racing surface worked back and it was back to racing. The speedway officials got the race track just as they were going two, three and four wide racing through out the night.
One Hundred and One cars checked in to tame the 3/8 mile race track. After the heat races it straight into features with no victory lane. Robert Patava, Tom Schmitt, David Balik, Matt Dugan, Jon Passick, Kaden Reynolds and Brennen Chipp took the feature wins. Racing action finished at 9:21pm as another shower was to the north.

Burco Sales IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature was the first feature to take to the track. Robert Patava and Carl Reninger led the field to the green flag and it was Patava grabbing the early lead. The caution came out on lap two when Tony Olson came to a stop off top of turns one and two. Patava fended off Reninger and Travis Brown on the restart. Lap six saw another caution, this time for Garrett Rodebaugh spinning in turn four. Patava this time fended off Brown and Brett Thomas on the restart, Patava look strong and detemined to take the win. One more caution came out on lap 11, Patava held on to take his first feature win in Indee. Brown finished second, Tony Olson worked his way back to finished third, Brandon Tharp was fourth and Quam finished fifth.

Leah Wroten took the early lead in the Dominator Chassis IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event fending off Kellie Drury. The feature though was caution filled with the first caution came out on lap four for Brent Bartlett spinning on the front stretch. Wroten fended off Drury and Jarod Weepie on the restart but the caution came out again after lap five scored when Cole Mather and Kevin Rose getting in together in turn three. Wroten lost the race lead on the restart after lap five caution to Weepie. Another caution on lap six for Joshua Roosa in turn four, and on lap seven for Brett Maasdam in turn two. Weepie held off Wroten and Tom Schmitt for the race lead but the caution again came out on lap eight for Bartlett in turn four. Schmitt took the race lead away on lap ten and a lap later the last caution came out when Wroten spun in turn four. Schmitt held on to take the feature win ahead of Weepie, Jay Schmidt, Jason Doyle and Jason Hocken.

 

In the Waterloo Auto Parts Sport Compacts 12 lap feature event, Thomas Werning led the first lap before David Balik worked his way from sixth to the race lead on lap two. Balik got a little separation as Werning battled with Blake Driscol for the runner-up spot. Balik led the last 11 laps in a feature for the second week in a row was ran with out a caution flag. Balik took the win despite a hard charging Driscol. Driscol, Werning, Adam Gates, Cristian Grady rounded out the top five.

For the second week in a row before a lap scored in the books, the Waterloo Auto Parts Indee Cars 12 lap feature saw the caution flag. The caution was for Chad Dugan spinning in turn four on the start. After a complete restart, Dale Schwamman took the race lead from fellow front starter David Anderson. The caution came out on lap three when Kolton Osborn spins in turn four. Schwamman held off David Anderson and Matt Dugan on the restart and looked to be heading on to the win until the last caution. The last caution came out on lap nine for Osborn in turn two, this forced a restart. Matt Dugan took advantage of a slight bobble in turn one by Schwamman to take over the race lead. Matt Dugan went on to take the feature win. Schwamman finished second, Reggie Rema was third, Carson James was fourth and Dave Rosburg finished fifth.

Up next was the Dunlap Motors IMCA Late Models 25 lap feature event, Jon Passick took the early race lead with Scott Welsh and Don Pataska running second and third. The first caution came out on lap four when Logan Duffy made contact with Don Pataska in turn two, both sent to the tail on the restart. Passick held off Welsh and Sean Johnson on the restart. Johnson and Andy Nezworski chase down Passick just before the last caution came out on lap 20 when Chase Jermeland and Todd Van Tassel got together in turn four. Passick held off Johnson and Nezworski to go on and take the feature win. Johnson, Nezworski, Duffy and Ben Seeman round out the top five.

Brett Vanous grabbed the top spot early in the Albert Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature and pulled away from the rest of the field. Meanwhile Kaden Reynolds worked his way from sixth starting spot to take over the runner-up spot from Adam Streeter. The only race caution came out on lap 11 for Dalton Weepie spun in turn three and four. Vanous held off Reynolds and Gary Ollendieck on the restart but Reynolds was not going away. Reynolds made the move coming to the white flag with a slider in turn four forcing Vanous to stab the brakes allowing Reynolds to take the lead away. Reynolds went on to take the feature win, Vanous finished second. Streeter hung on to finished third, Gary Ollendieck finished fourth and Jim Ball finished fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Kyle Madden wrestled the lead from fellow front row starter Josh Barta. Madden fend off challenges from Barta and Ronn Lauritzen until the caution came out on lap ten when Richard Hines spun in turn three. Madden hung on to lead until lap 18 when Brennen Chipp found the right line to take over the race lead. Chipp went on to take the feature win ahead of Madden, Lauritzen, Troy Cordes and Barta.

Next Saturday Night August 7th will be the first of four nights of racing in the month of August featuring all seven weekly classes. Dunlap Motors IMCA Late Models, Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds, Dominator Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Burco Sales IMCA Sport Mods, Albert Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks, Waterloo Auto Parts Indee Cars and Waterloo Auto Parts Sport Compacts. Pits Open at 4p, Grandstands Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 5:45p, Racing at 6p.

Weekly Racing also on August 14th and August 21st before Season Championships on August 28th.
For more information about Independence Motor Speedway check out jjamracing.net or independencemotorspeedway.myracepass.com or like the Facebook page Independence Motor Speedway or contact promoter Mick Trier at (515) 201-5526 or Track manager Justin Temeyer at (563) 920-2867.

 

Independence Motor Speedway
Weekly Points Night

Saturday July 31st, 2021

IMCA LATE MODELS
presented by Dunlap Motors

Feature (25 laps) : 1. 2P Jon Passick (Waterloo); 2. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence); 3. 7 Andy Nezworski (Blue Grass); 4. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 5. 60S Ben Seeman (Waterloo); 6. 12 Don Pataska (Green Island); 7. 23T Todd Van Tassel (Delmar); 8. 5W Scott Welsh (Cedar Rapids); 9. 192 Chase Jermeland (Decorah); 10. 62 Brandon Davis (Waterloo); DNS 22 Chuck Lewis (Oelwein).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Seeman; 2. Nezworski; 3. Van Tassel; 4. Davis; 5. Jermeland; 6. Lewis.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Duffy; 2. Johnson; 3. Passick; 4. Pataska; 5. Welsh.

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Performance Bodies

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 21 Brennen Chipp (Dunkerton); 2. 32 Kyle Madden (Oxford); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 4. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 5. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 6. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 7. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi); 8. 16SS Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 9. 8 Jaden Fryer (Freeport, Ill.); 10. 3S Adam Shelman (Traer); 11. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 12. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 13. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 14. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 15. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City): 16. 66 Terry Johnson (Waterloo); 17. 01 Ed Thomas (Waterloo); 18. 57H Richard Hines (Waterloo); DNS 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Madden; 2. Burbridge; 3. Fryer; 4. Kroening; 5. Morehouse; 6. Betzer; 7. Hines.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Lauritzen; 2. Chipp; 3. Schulte; 4. Barta; 5. Thomas; 6. Johnson.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Cordes; 2. Siems; 3. Flannagan; 4. Shelman; 5. Hurst; 6. Ebaugh.

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Dominator Chassis

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 18 Tom Schmitt (Independence); 2. 3 Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 5. JR3 Jason Hocken (Independence); 6. 115 Hannah Chesmore (Rowley); 7. 4R Riley Hanson (Vinton); 8. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 9. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 10. 27R Joshua Roosa (Dumont); 11. 52X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 12. 89B Brent Bartlett (Hudson); 13. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 14. 74C Cole Mather (Oelwein); 15. 13J Brandon Jacoby (Waterloo).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Roosa; 2. Chesmore; 3. Hocken; 4. Schmitt; 5. Mather; 6. Rose; 7. Hanson; 8. Maasdam.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Drury; 2. Doyle; 3. Weepie; 4. Schmidt; 5. Wroten; 6. Jacoby; 7. Bartlett.

IMCA SPORT MODS

presented by Burco Sales

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 13 Robert Parava (Vinton); 2. 24 Travis Brown (Dysart); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. B21 Brandon Tharp (Vinton); 5. 88K Kole Quam (Waterloo); 6. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 17 Ethan Krall (Evansdale); 8. 4 Thomas Schons Jr (Cedar Falls); 9. 717 Dawn Krall (Evansdale); 10. 00 Dan Kessler (Tipton); 11. 28R Carl Reninger (Cedar Falls); 12. 118 Austin Stamm (Orangeville, Ill.); 13. 82T Brett Thomas (Cedar Rapids); 14. 17S Garrett Rodebaugh (Orangeville, Ill.).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Tharp; 2. Stamm; 3. Tony Olson; 4. Patava; 5. Dawn Krall; 6. Schons; 7. Ethan Krall.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Brown; 2. Quam; 3. Kyle Olson; 4. Reninger; 5. Thomas; 6. Kessler; 7. Rodebaugh.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Albert Auto

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 3. 06S Adam Streeter (Walker); 4. 18S Gary Ollendieck (Sumner); 5. 7B Jim Ball Jr (Independence); 6. 24T Tyler Ollendieck (Tripoli); 7. 09 Daniel Wauters (Tipton); 8. 7N Trenton Neuhaus (Quasqueton); 9. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 10. 23 Justin Hanson (Hawkeye); 11. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 12. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); 13. 17B Garrett Ball (Independence).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Vanous; 2. Hanson; 3. Jim Ball Jr; 4. Olson; 5. Garrett Ball; 6. Irvine; 7. Weepie.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Reynolds; 2. Wauters; 3. Streeter; 4. Tyler Ollendieck; 5. Gary Ollendieck; 6. Neuhaus.

INDEE CARS
presented by Waterloo Auto Parts

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 19 Matt Dugan (Garnavillo); 2. 25 Dale Schwamman (Fort Atkinson); 3. 0 Reggie Rema (Clermont); 4. 33J Carson James (Winthrop); 5. 74 Dave Rosburg (Arlington); 6. 57A David Anderson (Jesup); 7. 57T Troy Anderson (Quasqueton); 8. 41 Skyler Dugan (Waukon); 9. 93 Chase Brunscheen (Dyersville); 10. 85 Bryce Carey (Nashua); 11. 72 Kolton Osborn (Janesville); 12. 1 Chad Dugan (Waukon).

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Rosburg; 2. Matt Dugan; 3. Rema; 4. David Anderson; 5. Brunscheen; 6. Skyler Dugan.
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Troy Anderson; 2. James; 3. Osborn; 4. Schwamman; 5. Chad Dugan; 6. Carey.

SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Waterloo Auto Parts

Feature (12 Laps) : 1. 31 David Balik (Fort Atkinson); 2. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 3. 95 Thomas Werning (Urbana); 4. 007 Adam Gates (Marion); 5. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 6. 11H Justin Hempstead (Manchester); 7. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 8. 24 Korey Lana (Center Point); 9. 23H Alex Hayes (Lone Tree); 10. 22S Andrew Steepleton (Marion); 11. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 12. 36J Jaice Tuttle (Vinton); 13. 15M Zeke Wheeler (Vinton); 14. 56 Joseph Hempstead (Manchester); 15. 68 Brodrick Wittmann (Columbus City); 16. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); DNS 14 Mike Swarts (New Hartford).

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Gates; 2. Balik; 3. Werning; 4. Wheeler; 5. Steepleton; 6. Crabill; 7. Joseph Hempstead; 8. Hayes; 9. Wittmann.
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Driscol; 2. Grady; 3. Justin Hempstead; 4. Beenken; 5. Stewart; 6. Tuttle; 7. Swarts; 8. Lana.

 

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