Tyler Erb Sweeps Inaugural “Hawkeye Land 40″ at Cedar County Raceway”

 

Tipton, IA (September 12, 2024) – Tyler Erb kept his Lucas Oil MLRA record perfect on the season Thursday night, by winning the inaugural “Hawkeye Land 40” at the Cedar County Raceway. The win marks his second MLRA win of 2024 in as many starts, with the first coming back on May 5th, at the Adams County Speedway in Quincy, IL.

Erb’s perfect night started off with him collecting a special $500 bonus for recording the nights overall Fast Time in MyRacePass qualifying thanks to Pit Crew BBQ, which he then followed up with a heat race victory to place him on the pole for the start of the 40 lapper. Garrett Alberson who also locked up a heat race win took the green alongside on the front row.

As Erb led the field into the Nutrien Ag Solutions start zone for the initial start, a major pile-up occurred in the middle of turn three as the field bunch up behind the front row starters. The incident which brought the race to a stop involved nearly half of the field, but fortunately all but Jimmy Vanzandt were able to continue on.

The opening laps were filled with a number of cautions including a second caution on lap 1 when Matt Ryan came to a stop on the front stretch, ultimately ending his night. After back-to-back cautions on laps 5 and 6 the race would go green until the end. With Erb out front from the drop of the green it appeared that multiple drivers were going to be up to the challenge in the early going, with Garrett Alberson being the first to mount a charge.

Alberson was able to race by off the exit of turn two to take the race lead from Erb, but only momentarily, as the driver of the Best Performance # 1 was able to power back by Alberson before the duo returned to the start finish line. With the top two pulling away, action in the top ten stayed hot with charges from Frank Heckenast Jr. as well as Chris Simpson and Tony Jackson Jr. who charged into the top five from their 7th & 8th row starting spots respectively.

Alberson was able to reel in Erb a couple of times as the leaders worked into heavy lapped traffic, leaving only nine cars on the lead lap at the conclusion of the main event. As the raced passed halfway, Erb began to distance himself from the field, and drove away in the closing laps to a 2.635 second victory over Alberson. “I’m more of a rhythm guy, the more laps I can make I can see where I make mistakes and can do better the next lap,” commented Erb of the long green flag run to end the race. “I like it when it goes all green, especially when you’re leading.”

Alberson recorded his best MLRA finish of the season with a runner up, while Heckenast Jr. capped off a strong podium run in third. Tony Jackson Jr. once again grabbed the nights Swift Springs Move of the Race, for his late race pass that put him in the fourth spot, while Chris Simpson managed a 5th place run after going to a back up car following his qualifying session.

Following the $5,000 victory Erb said of the race, “Garrett was really good. When I got to lapped traffic, I was not running the top as hard as I possibly could have. I seen Garrett underneath me a couple of times and I just knew I had to go and get clear of those lapped cars. It was a good car, I just had to make good decisions in traffic, and I was kind of fortunate they all were on the bottom, so it left the top wide open for me.”

Following his runner up finish Alberson noted, “I think in clean track I was probably as bout as good as he was. I could run that bottom pretty good and I had good straight-a-way speed when I was down there, but he could maneuver around and carry his speed into his entry around the top a little better to get through that lapped traffic. This was my first time running a super late model here, and it was a good race,” he concluded.

Heckenast Jr. was making just his second MLRA start of the season and he made it a good one. “We went from 6th to 3rd or 4th there pretty quick, and we could reach out and touch Alberson and Tyler for a moment and then about halfway through they picked up the pace and kept going and we faded. But it’s been a little bit since we have been up here with you guys, so this feels pretty good,” he commented of the podium finish.

Lucas Oil MLRA action continues in Iowa for the next two nights, with racing moving to the Davenport Speedway and the inaugural running of the “Corn State Nationals”. Friday nights opener at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds 1/4 mile will pay $5,000 to win, while Saturday nights weekend finale will put $10,000 on the line for the victory.

27 entries
IMCA Modified
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 127-Drew Janssen[1]; 2. 13-Jerry Flippo[3]; 3. 93-Matt Werner[5]; 4. B1-Jeff Larson[12]; 5. 21-Jeremiah Hurst[25]; 6. 1-Eric Barnes[7]; 7. 29-Spencer Diercks[13]; 8. 29D-Brad Dierks[4]; 9. 4-Ryan Maitland[8]; 10. 38T-Dylan Thornton[16]; 11. 9-Ken Schrader[2]; 12. 27M-Mark Schulte[6]; 13. F7-Patrick Flannagan[14]; 14. 15K-Justin Kay[24]; 15. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[17]; 16. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[22]; 17. 7W-Mark Winkel[23]; 18. 81-Jesse Belez[19]; 19. 77-Jeff Aikey[11]; 20. 28-Trevor Fitz[21]; 21. 20-John Fellman[20]; 22. 31A-Kory Meyer[10]; 23. 56-Tyler Madigan[26]; 24. 1JR-Ben Chapman[9]; 25. 9Z-Chris Zogg[15]; 26. 53-Bruce Hanford[18]; 27. (DNS) 51JR-Johnny Walker

Heat 1 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 127-Drew Janssen[8]; 2. B1-Jeff Larson[1]; 3. 77-Jeff Aikey[4]; 4. 1JR-Ben Chapman[3]; 5. 29-Spencer Diercks[7]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[6]; 7. 81-Jesse Belez[5]; 8. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[9]; 9. 21-Jeremiah Hurst[2]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 13-Jerry Flippo[3]; 2. 31A-Kory Meyer[2]; 3. 9-Ken Schrader[4]; 4. 27M-Mark Schulte[8]; 5. F7-Patrick Flannagan[6]; 6. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[9]; 7. 20-John Fellman[7]; 8. 7W-Mark Winkel[1]; 9. 56-Tyler Madigan[5]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 4-Ryan Maitland[1]; 2. 93-Matt Werner[4]; 3. 29D-Brad Dierks[2]; 4. 1-Eric Barnes[5]; 5. 9Z-Chris Zogg[6]; 6. 53-Bruce Hanford[3]; 7. 28-Trevor Fitz[7]; 8. 15K-Justin Kay[9]; 9. 51JR-Johnny Walker[8]

16 entries
IMCA Stock Car
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[9]; 2. 20V-Dustin Vis[7]; 3. Z50-Joe Zrostlik[10]; 4. 12N-Gage Neal[5]; 5. 27-Matt Picray[11]; 6. 4R-Riley Hanson[3]; 7. 16S-Casey Shelliam[2]; 8. 32-Tom Cannon[15]; 9. 44-Tad Payne[12]; 10. 70-Joe Bonney[16]; 11. 23-Tyler Travis[1]; 12. 29Q-Dave Wada[13]; 13. 00-Dan Kessler[14]; 14. 23W-Keegan Wells[4]; 15. (DQ) 77W-Andrew Burk[6]; 16. (DQ) 28-Greg Gill[8]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 16S-Casey Shelliam[6]; 2. 77W-Andrew Burk[2]; 3. Z50-Joe Zrostlik[5]; 4. 12N-Gage Neal[4]; 5. 23W-Keegan Wells[8]; 6. 27-Matt Picray[3]; 7. 29Q-Dave Wada[7]; 8. 32-Tom Cannon[1]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[1]; 2. 20V-Dustin Vis[5]; 3. 23-Tyler Travis[3]; 4. 28-Greg Gill[7]; 5. 4R-Riley Hanson[8]; 6. 44-Tad Payne[4]; 7. 00-Dan Kessler[6]; 8. 70-Joe Bonney[2]

17 entries
IMCA Northern SportMod
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 151-Tyler Bannister[2]; 2. 33-Jarett Franzen[9]; 3. 35JR-Justin Becker[4]; 4. T23-Tony Olson[5]; 5. 69ER-Ryan Reed[1]; 6. 21-Ryan Schilling[15]; 7. 9W-Scott Walker[7]; 8. 71J-Justin Schroeder[6]; 9. 2B-Braden Claborn[11]; 10. 51-Mike Clausen[17]; 11. 22R-Kevin Rasdon[3]; 12. 68B-Raiff Cauwels[12]; 13. 16-Joel Payne[14]; 14. 777-Rayce Mullen[13]; 15. 51T-Tyler Maschmann[8]; 16. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[10]; 17. (DNS) 98-Roy Pestka

Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 33-Jarett Franzen[2]; 2. 35JR-Justin Becker[3]; 3. 9W-Scott Walker[1]; 4. 51T-Tyler Maschmann[5]; 5. 69ER-Ryan Reed[7]; 6. 2B-Braden Claborn[4]; 7. 777-Rayce Mullen[6]; 8. 21-Ryan Schilling[9]; 9. 51-Mike Clausen[8]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[1]; 2. 22R-Kevin Rasdon[2]; 3. 71J-Justin Schroeder[3]; 4. 151-Tyler Bannister[8]; 5. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[5]; 6. 68B-Raiff Cauwels[4]; 7. 16-Joel Payne[7]; 8. 98-Roy Pestka[6]

32 entries
Dirt Super Late Models
0 Hawkeye Land 40 A Main (40 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 3. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[15]; 5. 32-Chris Simpson[14]; 6. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 7. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 8. 25-Chad Simpson[17]; 9. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[10]; 10. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[5]; 11. 11-Jeff Herzog[3]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 13. 29D-Spencer Diercks[7]; 14. 78S-Steve Stultz[13]; 15. 22H-Dustin Hodges[11]; 16. 17-Tim Simpson[24]; 17. 25K-Bryan Klein[21]; 18. 99-Sawyer Specht[16]; 19. (DNF) 42-Johnathan Huston[12]; 20. (DNF) 15C-Curt Schroeder[20]; 21. (DNF) 44W-David Webster[23]; 22. (DNF) 10P-Paul Parker[19]; 23. (DNF) 07-Matt Ryan[18]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[22]

B1- FAST Shafts (12 Laps): 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan[1]; 3. 10P-Paul Parker[4]; 4. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 5. 25K-Bryan Klein[6]; 6. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[12]; 7. 26G-Glen Powell[11]; 8. 44W-David Webster[5]; 9. 4X-Dalon Helm[10]; 10. 17-Tim Simpson[9]; 11. 41-Matt Menzie[8]; 12. 15K-Justin Kay[7]

H1-Flo Sports (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[5]; 5. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 6. 44W-David Webster[7]; 7. (DNS) 32X-Jason Rauen; 8. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt

H2-Simpson Race Products (8 Laps): 1. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 2. 29D-Spencer Diercks[1]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[3]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[5]; 6. 15K-Justin Kay[7]; 7. 17-Tim Simpson[6]

H3-Earnhardt Technologies (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 4. 32-Chris Simpson[5]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[7]; 6. 25K-Bryan Klein[4]; 7. 4X-Dalon Helm[6]

H4- Lucas Oil (8 Laps): 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 3. 42-Johnathan Huston[3]; 4. 99-Sawyer Specht[4]; 5. 10P-Paul Parker[2]; 6. 41-Matt Menzie[6]; 7. 26G-Glen Powell[7]

GROUP A My Race Pass: 1. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:12.970[6]; 2. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:13.200[11]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:13.350[9]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:13.470[12]; 5. (DNS) 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:13.220; 6. (DNS) 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.370; 7. (DNS) 32X-Jason Rauen, 00:13.380; 8. (DNS) 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:13.510; 9. (DNS) 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:13.520; 10. (DNS) 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:13.770; 11. (DNS) 07-Matt Ryan, 00:13.860; 12. (DNS) 17-Tim Simpson, 00:13.960; 13. (DNS) 44W-David Webster, 00:14.080; 14. (DNS) 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.210; 15. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:20.000

GROUP B My Race Pass: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.170[12]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.210[5]; 3. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:13.220[1]; 4. 10P-Paul Parker, 00:13.410[9]; 5. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:13.510[11]; 6. 42-Johnathan Huston, 00:13.790[3]; 7. 25K-Bryan Klein, 00:13.810[10]; 8. 99-Sawyer Specht, 00:13.820[4]; 9. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:13.850[8]; 10. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:13.890[2]; 11. 4X-Dalon Helm, 00:14.410[6]; 12. 41-Matt Menzie, 00:15.310[13]; 13. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:21.000[7]; 14. 26G-Glen Powell, 00:21.010[14]

Hot Laps – GROUP 1: 1. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.526[5]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:16.544[3]; 3. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:17.102[1]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:17.631[6]; 5. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:17.631[8]; 6. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:17.631[4]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:17.631[2]; 8. 44W-David Webster, 00:17.631[7]

Hot Laps – GROUP 2: 1. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:14.433[3]; 2. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:16.061[2]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:16.061[1]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:16.061[4]; 5. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:16.061[7]; 6. 32X-Jason Rauen, 00:16.061[6]; 7. 17-Tim Simpson, 00:16.061[5]

Hot Laps – GROUP 3: 1. 99F-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 2. 4X-Dalon Helm[6]; 3. 42-Johnathan Huston[3]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[7]; 6. 99-Sawyer Specht[4]; 7. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]

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