Kile & Heckart Score First Wins of Season At CJ Speedway

 

Columbus Junction, Iowa (May 31, 2024) – The 2024 racing season continued on Friday night at the CJ Speedway following a rain out of the previous Friday’s racing action. It was Sal Vitale’s Pizza and Italian of Wapello night at the races on a beautiful Friday evening.

The Stewart & Sons Fuel IMCA Modified feature saw Kyle Madden drive his #32 to the front in search of his second feature win in a row at the 4/10 mile dirt track. Madden was way out front when a restart bunched the field up with seven laps completed. Under caution a fuel issue developed in the 32 car sidelining him from the main event. When the race restarted Kurt Kile took over the race lead and went on to score the win ahead of Kolton Osborn from Janesville, Iowa. The win was Kile’s first of the season at the CJ Speedway.

The Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Cars are always a great show at the CJ Speedway and with a strong field of drivers taking the green for their main event on Friday night the fans were treated to another great race. Norman Bean took the lead early in his #62 and appeared to be the man to beat. Bean was holding off the constant challenges of John Oliver Jr. until Oliver was able to make a slick move and get by Bean for the lead. Oliver went on to record the 16 lap feature win taking the checkers ahead of Bean, Jason See and Casen Keller.

Tyler Heckart joined the list of winners at the CJ Speedway in 2024 by scoring the win in the Huston Ag IMCA Sportmods. Heckart took the lead at the dropping of the green flag and went on to lead the main event flag to flag. John Oliver Jr worked into second early in the race but was unable to mount a serious challenge to the strong running Heckart. Oliver held on to finish second ahead of Colton Livezey.

Ryan Havel and Luke Phillips put on a good race for the lead swapping the point positions a couple of times in the CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Stores IMCA Hobby Stocks. Havel led early before Phillips took over only to have Havel regain the lead and go on to win back to back main events at the CJ Speedway. Preston McDonald came under the checkers in third.

Racing will continue on Friday, June 7th on Kemper Trucking Night at the races, hot laps will get underway at 7 pm with racing to follow. Friday, June 14th will be the 3rd Annual Tony Stewart Tribute race featuring the high powered Late Models of the SLMR Malvern Bank Series. This will be the only time the Late Models will be in action at the CJ Speedway in 2024.

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

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 7-Blaine Webster[7]; 2. 11B-Troy Philpott[1]; 3. 72-Kolton Osborn[5]; 4. 40-Dakota Simmons[4]; 5. 77-Kurt Kile[6]; 6. 96-Matt Lundry[3]; 7. 21B-Barry Dugan[2]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Madden[4]; 2. 88-Jarrett Brown[6]; 3. 22-Brandon Banks[5]; 4. 20-Danny Brau[2]; 5. 20F-John Fellman[3]; 6. 122-Denny Banks[1]

17 entries
MINCER FORD IMCA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 05-John Oliver Jr[8]; 2. 62-Norman Bean[2]; 3. 79S-Jason See[7]; 4. 71X-Casen Keller[4]; 5. 12-Chad Krogmeier[6]; 6. 27-Matt Picray[16]; 7. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[9]; 8. 23W-Keegan Wells[15]; 9. 746-Garrett Porter[11]; 10. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[14]; 11. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[3]; 12. 28-Chase Wheeler[17]; 13. C4-Corey Strothman[10]; 14. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[13]; 15. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[5]; 16. 30-Dan Brockert[1]; 17. (DNS) 56-Kenny O’Donnell

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 62-Norman Bean[3]; 2. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[5]; 3. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[8]; 4. 79S-Jason See[7]; 5. 12-Chad Krogmeier[6]; 6. 746-Garrett Porter[2]; 7. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[1]; 8. 27-Matt Picray[4]; 9. (DNS) 28-Chase Wheeler

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 05-John Oliver Jr[7]; 2. C4-Corey Strothman[8]; 3. 71X-Casen Keller[4]; 4. 30-Dan Brockert[1]; 5. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[3]; 6. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[2]; 7. 23W-Keegan Wells[5]; 8. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[6]

9 entries
HUSTON BROS TRUCKING IMCA SPORTMODS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 42-Tyler Heckart[1]; 2. 55-John Oliver Jr[3]; 3. 29-Colton Livezey[4]; 4. 44G-Levi Gaunt[2]; 5. 16-Joel Payne[6]; 6. 5A-Nick Aupperle[7]; 7. 00-Shaun Slaughter[5]; 8. 9-Shane Wright[8]; 9. 25CB-Jim Russell[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 55-John Oliver Jr[6]; 2. 42-Tyler Heckart[2]; 3. 29-Colton Livezey[7]; 4. 44G-Levi Gaunt[4]; 5. 00-Shaun Slaughter[8]; 6. 16-Joel Payne[3]; 7. 5A-Nick Aupperle[5]; 8. 9-Shane Wright[1]; 9. 25CB-Jim Russell[9]

6 entries
CJ AUTO PARTS – NAPA IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 0-Ryan Havel[2]; 2. 33-Luke Phillips[5]; 3. 6XP-Preston McDonald[1]; 4. 88-Jason Schutterle[4]; 5. 26X-Shane Barnes[3]; 6. 3A-Patrick Boone[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 33-Luke Phillips[5]; 2. 0-Ryan Havel[2]; 3. 88-Jason Schutterle[4]; 4. 6XP-Preston McDonald[1]; 5. 26X-Shane Barnes[3]; 6. 3A-Patrick Boone[6]

Category: CJ Raceway, Iowa