Kemper, Madden, Wyett Score Big Wins At CJ Speedway

 

Columbus Junction, Iowa (May 17, 2024) –  Friday, May 17 Mother Nature provided a perfect evening for Stock Car Racing at the CJ Speedway located on the Louisa County Fairgrounds in Columbus Junction. The night started off with the conclusion of the CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Stores IMCA Hobby Stock main event that was suspended one week earlier by rains that fell with 5 laps scored. The main event picked up on lap 6 with Luke Phillips leading the pack to the green on the restart. Phillips went on to lead the final seven laps for the win while a whole lot of racing went on for the runner up spot. At the checkers it was a family affair as Shane Richardson took second ahead of John Richardson with Jason Shutterle crossing under the checkers in fourth.

Following the conclusion of the Hobby Stock Feature, racing continued as the CJ Speedway hosted a full program of racing on Extreme Rentals Night at the races. The night included several new faces making their way to victory lane. Austin Kemper scored the Mincer Ford IMCA Feature win in his new B&B IMCA Stock Car. It had been six years since Kemper had made his way to victory lane at his hometown CJ Speedway. Kemper found the top side of the smooth slick track too his liking and hit his marks every lap in route to the win. John Oliver Jr advanced from the fifth row to apply pressure to Kemper late in the race but Kemper proved to be up for the challenge. Norman Bean followed Oliver across the finish line in third.

Another driving breaking a dry spell was Kyle Madden who drove to the win in the Stewart & Sons Fuel IMCA Modified division. Madden also found the top side to his liking as he drove to the win over defending track Champion Jarrett Brown who advanced seven spots to take the runner up honors. Madden stated in victory lane, “ tonight was all about being patient and hitting my marks.” Brandon Banks followed Brown across the line in third.

Sean Wyett started the Huston Ag main event in the 10th position and quickly worked to the front taking the lead on lap three and went on to score the win. With Wyett out front and lapped traffic coming in to play late in the race Colton Livezey was able to get under the checkers in second, a lane change coming to the checkers earned Nick Aupperle a strong third place finish.

The regularly scheduled CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Stores IMCA Hobby Stock main event saw pole sitter Ryan Havel take his 0 car to the win. Havel raced to the 12 lap feature win over Billy Stanford and Kale Hemsley.

Friday nights racing action included two grinding roll over incidents, Scott Jordan rolled his IMCA Stock Car and Tom Killen rolled his IMCA Hobby Stock. Both drivers escaped unharmed.

Friday, May 24th will be Holmes Highway Service and Jamie Lynn’s Coffee House night at the CJ Speedway. Hot laps will take to the track at 7 pm with racing to follow.

13 entries
STEWART & SONS FUEL IMCA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Madden[2]; 2. 88-Jarrett Brown[8]; 3. 22-Brandon Banks[4]; 4. 72-Kolton Osborn[6]; 5. 77-Kurt Kile[7]; 6. 40-Dakota Simmons[5]; 7. 26-Scott Brau[1]; 8. 20F-John Fellman[3]; 9. 3S-Adam Shelman[9]; 10. 20-Danny Brau[10]; 11. 21B-Barry Dugan[11]; 12. 96-Matt Lundry[12]; 13. 122-Denny Banks[13]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 88-Jarrett Brown[6]; 2. 32-Kyle Madden[3]; 3. 22-Brandon Banks[4]; 4. 72-Kolton Osborn[5]; 5. 20-Danny Brau[7]; 6. 21B-Barry Dugan[1]; 7. 122-Denny Banks[2]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 40-Dakota Simmons[4]; 2. 3S-Adam Shelman[6]; 3. 77-Kurt Kile[5]; 4. 26-Scott Brau[1]; 5. 20F-John Fellman[3]; 6. 96-Matt Lundry[2]

14 entries
MINCER FORD IMCA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[2]; 2. 05-John Oliver Jr[9]; 3. 62-Norman Bean[1]; 4. 23W-Keegan Wells[6]; 5. 71X-Casen Keller[13]; 6. 12-Chad Krogmeier[7]; 7. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[8]; 8. 27-Matt Picray[5]; 9. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[12]; 10. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[4]; 11. 30-Dan Brockert[3]; 12. 99-Scott Jordan[10]; 13. 746-Garrett Porter[14]; 14. (DNS) 18-Jeff Hollenbeck

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 30-Dan Brockert[2]; 2. 62-Norman Bean[1]; 3. 05-John Oliver Jr[6]; 4. 12-Chad Krogmeier[5]; 5. 23W-Keegan Wells[4]; 6. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[7]; 7. 71X-Casen Keller[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[1]; 2. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[2]; 3. 99-Scott Jordan[6]; 4. 27-Matt Picray[3]; 5. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[5]; 6. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[4]; 7. 746-Garrett Porter[7]

12 entries
HUSTON BROS TRUCKING IMCA SPORTMODS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 12S-Sean Wyett[10]; 2. 29-Colton Livezey[7]; 3. 5A-Nick Aupperle[5]; 4. 00-Shaun Slaughter[9]; 5. 55-John Oliver Jr[8]; 6. 44G-Levi Gaunt[6]; 7. 21-Todd Hansen[4]; 8. 16-Joel Payne[3]; 9. 15?-Michael Bear[1]; 10. 9-Shane Wright[12]; 11. 92X-Jesse Jondle[11]; 12. 42-Tyler Heckart[2]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 42-Tyler Heckart[2]; 2. 44G-Levi Gaunt[4]; 3. 55-John Oliver Jr[5]; 4. 21-Todd Hansen[3]; 5. 15?-Michael Bear[1]; 6. 92X-Jesse Jondle[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 29-Colton Livezey[4]; 2. 12S-Sean Wyett[6]; 3. 5A-Nick Aupperle[3]; 4. 16-Joel Payne[2]; 5. 00-Shaun Slaughter[5]; 6. 9-Shane Wright[1]

15 entries
CJ AUTO PARTS – NAPA IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 0-Ryan Havel[1]; 2. 52-Billy Stanford[2]; 3. 88H-Kale Hemsley[9]; 4. IB25-Shane Richardson[7]; 5. 33-Luke Phillips[8]; 6. 25-John Richardson[11]; 7. 12-Austin Stalder[5]; 8. 88-Jason Schutterle[6]; 9. 26X-Shane Barnes[4]; 10. 5-Kaden Staley[13]; 11. 55-Cody Staley[14]; 12. 9B-Larry Baldwin Jr[10]; 13. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[3]; 14. 6XP-Preston McDonald[15]; 15. (DNS) 3A-Patrick Boone

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 0-Ryan Havel[1]; 2. 88-Jason Schutterle[5]; 3. 33-Luke Phillips[7]; 4. 9B-Larry Baldwin Jr[8]; 5. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[3]; 6. 25-John Richardson[6]; 7. (DNS) 5-Kaden Staley; 8. (DNS) 6XP-Preston McDonald

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. IB25-Shane Richardson[6]; 2. 88H-Kale Hemsley[7]; 3. 12-Austin Stalder[4]; 4. 52-Billy Stanford[1]; 5. 26X-Shane Barnes[3]; 6. 3A-Patrick Boone[2]; 7. (DNS) 55-Cody Staley

Category: CJ Raceway, Iowa