Foster, Cook, Carter, Wenig, Griffiths and Gates Cap Off Fall Extravaganza With Wins

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Foster, Cook, Carter, Wenig, Griffiths and Gates Cap Off Fall Extravaganza With Wins

by Brian Neal

Donnellson, IA (Sunday, October 21, 2012) – Mother nature provided a perfect evening for the final night, night two, of the 1st Annual Fall Extravaganza presented by Discount Tire and Service at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA. At the end of the night Josh Foster (Budweiser Modifieds), Jason Cook (Donnellton Tire Stock Cars), Cayden Carter (Shottenkirk Parts Express SportMods), Jake Wenig (Coor’s Light LCS Hobby Stocks), Dustin Griffiths (IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Adam Gates (Sunline Auto Parts Sport Compacts) took home the big checks in there respective feature events.

With 126 cars signed in on the final night of the Fall Extravaganza there were 12 heat races and 2 semis ran to help set the features in all six classes. After all qualifying events were ran, it was time for the features to take to the speedway.

The first feature up on the night was the 15 lap Sunline Auto Parts Sport Compacts, with Adam Gates and Skipp Dunker leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Gates would take advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Dunker and Michael Grossman. Just like he did in Saturday’s qualifying feature, Gates started to pull away from the battle for second when the field was slowed for the firs time on lap 8. Mike Hornung Jr. would spin in turn 4 to bring out the first caution of the event. On the restart Gates moved back out front, with Merv Chandler, who started 8th, slipping past Dunker for 2nd. But the action up front was slowed on lap 9, as Randy Foor spun coming off turn 4 to bring the yellow light back on. Gates once again jumped out into the lead on the restart, with Chandler, Dunker and John Whalen battling it out for 2nd. Gates would pull away from the field over the final laps to pick up the win and the $400 top prize. Chandler won the battle for 2nd, Dunker was 3rd, Whalen was 4th, with Josh Barnes coming from 14th to round out the top 5.

Up next was the 16 lap Coor’s Light LCS Hobby Stock feature, with Dan Wenig and Brandon Symmonds on the front row. Symmonds would get the jump on the drop of the green flag to lead lap 1 over John Oliver Jr. and Dan Wenig. Dan Wenig would slip past Oliver Jr. for second on lap 2 and then went to work on Symmonds for the lead. But disaster would strike Dan Wenig on lap 11, as he spun in turn 2 to bring out the one and only caution of the race. On the restart Symmonds moved back out front, but now had Jake Wenig, who started 12th, on his back bumper. Jake Wenig would slip under Symmonds coming off turn 4 coming to the white flag, as the two went down the backstretch and into turn 3 side-by-side. Jake Wenig was able to get the run off turn four on the bottom to edge out Symmonds at the line for the $500 win. Symmonds settled for 2nd, Brian Hoener came from 7th to finish in 3rd, Oliver Jr. was 4th, with Jeff DeLonjay coming home in 5th.

Cayden Carter and Carter VanDenBerg led the field to the drop of the green in the 25 lap Shottenkirk Parts Express SportMod feature, with Carter grabbing the lead on lap 1. The action up front was slowed for the first time on the completion of lap 1, as Michael Joe Bliven spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Carter moved back out front, with Eric Flander, Tony Dunker and Jim Gillenwater, who started 8th, battling it out for 2nd. Carter started to pull away from the battle for second, as he entered lapped traffic by lap 8. But the second caution of the event would appear on lap 15, when Bobby Anders spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Gillenwater, who was running 3rd, spun in turn 2 and collected Curtis VanDerWal, who was running 8th, to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Carter jump back out front, with Dunker and Flander battling for 2nd. Carter would pull away from the field over the final 10 laps to pick up the win and the $1,200 top prize. Derek St. Clair slipped past Dunker on the final lap to claim 2nd, Dunker settled for 3rd, Flander held on for 4th, with Tom Elsen coming home in 5th.

Up next was the 16 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, with Dustin Griffiths and Dane Blozovich making up the front row. Griffiths would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Bill Bonnett, who started 7th. Griffiths then pulled away from the field to lead all 16 caution free laps to claim the $500 check and win. Bonnett was 2nd, Jacob Keiser came from 6th to finish in 3rd, Tim Pettibone started 8th and came home in 4th, with Blozovich holding on for 5th.

Jason Cook and Nathan Wood led the field to green in the 30 lap Donnellson Tire Stock Car feature, with Cook grabbing the lead on lap 1 over John Oliver Jr. and Wood. Cook worked to hold back Wood and Oliver Jr. over the next 4 laps, when the first caution of the event appeared on the completion of the lap. Alex Buffington would spin in turn 4 to bring out the first yellow. On the restart Cook jumped back out front, with Wood, Abe Huls and Oliver Jr. battling for 2nd. The action up front was slowed for the second time on lap 6, as Shane Paris and Jeremy Pundt collided down the front stretch to bring out the yellow. Once again Cook moved back out front on the restart, with Oliver Jr. and Wood following. Cook again worked to hold back Oliver Jr., Huls and Wood when another caution waved on lap 17. This time Shane Richardson would spin his machine in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Cook moved back out front, with Oliver Jr., Huls and Wood continuing there battle for 2nd. While Cook worked the bottom of the speedway over the next 3 laps, Andy Altenburg, who started 20th, found a grove to his liking up top and used it to work his way to 2nd by lap 20. Altenburg’s run to the front was slowed for the final time on lap 23, as Michael Larsen spun in turn 3 to bring out the caution. Cook once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Altenburg working the top to get side-by-side with Cook. But Altenburg would clip the guardrail in turn 3 to end his run to the front, as he fell back to 4th. Cook would go on on to lead all 30 laps to claim the win and the $1,200 top prize. Oliver Jr. won the battle for 2nd, Wood held on for 3rd, Altenburg settled for 4th, with Huls holding on for 5th.

The final feature of the night was the 30 lap Budweiser Modifieds, with Josh Foster and Wyatt Lantz making up the front row. Just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on, as Lantz spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the original restart Foster moved out front over Bruce Hanford and Kurt Kile. The action up front was slowed for the second time on lap 4, as debris on the front stretch brought out the yellow. Foster once again jumped out into the lead on the restart, with Kile over taking Hanford in the battle for 2nd. While Foster started to pull away from the field, the battle for 2nd was heating up between Hanford, Steven DeLonjay, who started 6th, and Kile. But the action up front was slowed for the third time on lap 14, as Derek Hamm spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart a tire was clipped in turn 1 and moved out onto the track to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Foster jump back out front, with Hanford, DeLonjay and Tyler Cale, who started 7th, battling for 2nd. Just as Foster started to pull away from the field, the final caution of the event would come out on lap 18. This time Jared Schlipman, who was running 10th, spun in turn 4 and collected the car of Lantz to bring out the yellow. On the restart Foster moved back out front and held on over the final 12 laps to claim the $1,500 top prize, plus Foster was awarded a $200 bonus from Discount Tire and Service for being the highest finishing 100% IMCA legal car. DeLonjay would come home in 2nd, Brandon Banks came from 11th to finish in 3rd, Kile held on for 4th, with Cale coming home in 5th.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, IA

Sunday, October 21, 2012 – Night 2 of the Discount Tire and Service Fall Extravaganza

Modifieds – A-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	77	Josh Foster	Ft. Madison, IA
2	6	35	Steven DeLonjay	Quincy , IL
3	11	22	Brandon Banks	Washington , IA
4	5	77X	Kurt Kile	Nichols , IA
5	7	14	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA
6	4	12H	Dakota Hayden	Wilton , IA
7	13	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
8	12	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL
9	24	33	Brandon Rothzen	Raritan , IL
10	16	2Z	Zack Rawlins	Kellogg , IA
11	10	02	Andrew Schroeder	Keswick , IA
12	17	42	Jared Schlipman	Mendon , IL
13	21	3D	Dustan Fenton	Burlington , IA
14	8	51	Tyler VandeKamp	Ankeny , IA
15	19	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO
16	20	23	J.J. Scott	Iowa City, IA
17	23	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA
18	18	18H	Derek Hamm	Donnellson , IA
19	3	61	Bruce Hanford	Davenport , IA
20	15	21K	Kyle Brown	Kellogg , IA
21	2	22L	Wyatt Lantz	Augusta , IL
22	14	E85	Rich Smith	Davenport , IA
23	9	90	Lonnie Heap	Media , IL
24	22	18S	Johnathan Huston	Columbus Junction, IA


Modifieds – B-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO
2	1	23	J.J. Scott	Iowa City, IA
3	6	3D	Dustan Fenton	Burlington , IA
4	5	18S	Johnathan Huston	Columbus Junction, IA
5	8	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA
6	4	33	Brandon Rothzen	Raritan , IL
7	2	20	John Fellman	Blue Grass, IA
8	9	11T	Dugan Thye	Burlington , IA
9	7	7W	Mark Widmar	Ottumwa , IA
10	10	J40	Doug Pratt	Kalona , IA


Modifieds – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	90	Lonnie Heap	Media , IL
2	1	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL
3	5	21K	Kyle Brown	Kellogg , IA
4	2	18H	Derek Hamm	Donnellson , IA
5	4	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO
6	7	3D	Dustan Fenton	Burlington , IA
7	6	11T	Dugan Thye	Burlington , IA


Modifieds – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	51	Tyler VandeKamp	Ankeny , IA
2	7	22	Brandon Banks	Washington , IA
3	2	E85	Rich Smith	Davenport , IA
4	3	42	Jared Schlipman	Mendon , IL
5	4	20	John Fellman	Blue Grass, IA
6	6	18S	Johnathan Huston	Columbus Junction, IA
7	5	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA


Modifieds – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	2	14	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA
2	6	02	Andrew Schroeder	Keswick , IA
3	5	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
4	3	2Z	Zack Rawlins	Kellogg , IA
5	8	23	J.J. Scott	Iowa City, IA
6	4	33	Brandon Rothzen	Raritan , IL
7	7	7W	Mark Widmar	Ottumwa , IA
8	1	J40	Doug Pratt	Kalona , IA


Stock Cars – A-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA
2	3	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA
3	2	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA
4	20	00	Andy Altenburg	Truman , MN
5	6	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL
6	8	4J	Bob Lynch	Ottumwa , IA
7	10	21M	Kirk Kinsley	Wapello , IA
8	14	25C	Shane Paris	Muscatine , IA
9	5	31S	Paul Shepherd	Marengo , IA
10	13	30J	Alex Buffington	Wapello , IA
11	19	B25	Shane Richardson	Morning Sun, IA
12	15	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA
13	11	94	Corey Stout	Oskaloosa , IA
14	17	7	Todd Phillips	Packwood , IA
15	9	07	Ray Raker	Danville , IA
16	4	97	Terry Houston	Mt. Sterling, IL
17	16	48	Michael Larsen	Hannibal , MO
18	7	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA
19	21	26	Greg Harsch	Bloomfield , IA
20	12	20B	Andrew Burk	Eldridge , IA
21	18	68	Cole Simmons	Morning Sun, IA
22	22	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA


Stock Cars – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	4J	Bob Lynch	Ottumwa , IA
2	2	21M	Kirk Kinsley	Wapello , IA
3	1	20B	Andrew Burk	Eldridge , IA
4	4	25C	Shane Paris	Muscatine , IA
5	6	48	Michael Larsen	Hannibal , MO
6	8	68	Cole Simmons	Morning Sun, IA
7	7	00	Andy Altenburg	Truman , MN
8	5	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA


Stock Cars – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	5	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA
2	3	07	Ray Raker	Danville , IA
3	7	94	Corey Stout	Oskaloosa , IA
4	8	30J	Alex Buffington	Wapello , IA
5	1	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA
6	6	7	Todd Phillips	Packwood , IA
7	2	B25	Shane Richardson	Morning Sun, IA
8	4	26	Greg Harsch	Bloomfield , IA


Sport Mods – A-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	01	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
2	5	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA
3	3	3	Tony Dunker	Quincy , IL
4	4	12E	Eric Flander	Barnes City, IA
5	6	0	Tom Elsen	Shelbina , MO
6	9	15	Phillip Cossel	Montrose , IA
7	2	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA
8	12	20JH	Joe Hooper	Camp Point, IL
9	14	14X	Austin Schrage	Cresco , IA
10	15	20JB	Michael Joe Bliven	Quincy , IL
11	7	11R	Brandon Ruffcorn	Donnellson , IA
12	16	T17	Tom Rawlins	Kellogg , IA
13	11	1	Curtis Van Der Wal	Oskaloosa , IA
14	17	38	Bill Gibson	Knoxville , IA
15	20	12	Brandon Dale	Gorin , MO
16	23	777	Jayme Duinink	Pella , IA
17	24	34Z	Cory Van Zante	Sully , IA
18	19	3DX	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA
19	22	105	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA
20	10	81	Jesse Belez	Marengo , IA
21	21	19J	Levi Smith	Donnellson , IA
22	8	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA
23	13	22	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL
24	18	43	Jeremiah Jones	Eldon , IA


Sport Mods – B-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	5	3DX	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA
2	6	12	Brandon Dale	Gorin , MO
3	1	19J	Levi Smith	Donnellson , IA
4	9	105	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA
5	2	777	Jayme Duinink	Pella , IA
6	3	34Z	Cory Van Zante	Sully , IA
7	10	4K	Dean Kratzer	Ft. Madison, IA
8	8	00	Jack Evans	Keokuk , IA
9	11	44	Lyle Timmerman	Wapello , IA
10	4	87	Aric Becker	Cedar Rapids, IA
11	7	5	Roger Dresden	Keokuk , IA


Sport Mods – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	5	15	Phillip Cossel	Montrose , IA
2	4	20JH	Joe Hooper	Camp Point, IL
3	7	20JB	Michael Joe Bliven	Quincy , IL
4	6	43	Jeremiah Jones	Eldon , IA
5	2	34Z	Cory Van Zante	Sully , IA
6	3	12	Brandon Dale	Gorin , MO
7	1	105	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA


Sport Mods – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA
2	5	1	Curtis Van Der Wal	Oskaloosa , IA
3	3	14X	Austin Schrage	Cresco , IA
4	2	38	Bill Gibson	Knoxville , IA
5	6	777	Jayme Duinink	Pella , IA
6	7	3DX	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA
7	4	00	Jack Evans	Keokuk , IA
8	8	44	Lyle Timmerman	Wapello , IA


Sport Mods – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	2	11R	Brandon Ruffcorn	Donnellson , IA
2	1	81	Jesse Belez	Marengo , IA
3	5	22	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL
4	6	T17	Tom Rawlins	Kellogg , IA
5	8	19J	Levi Smith	Donnellson , IA
6	7	87	Aric Becker	Cedar Rapids, IA
7	3	5	Roger Dresden	Keokuk , IA
8	4	4K	Dean Kratzer	Ft. Madison, IA


LCS Hobby Stocks – A-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	12	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA
2	2	8	Brandon Symmonds	Keokuk , IA
3	7	5	Brian Hoener	Golden , IL
4	3	50	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA
5	4	32	Jeff DeLonjay	Quincy , IL
6	6	93	Adam Scott	Quincy , IL
7	9	43	Justin Bartz	Quincy , IL
8	10	23	Skyler Troutman	Danville , IA
9	1	1F	Dan Wenig	West Burlington, IA
10	8	3	Dane Fenton	Burlington , IA
11	5	83	Jim Brown	Hannibal , MO
12	11	80C	Kevin Cheney	Quincy , IL


LCS Hobby Stocks – Heat
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	4	5	Brian Hoener	Golden , IL
2	2	3	Dane Fenton	Burlington , IA
3	1	43	Justin Bartz	Quincy , IL
4	5	23	Skyler Troutman	Danville , IA
5	6	80C	Kevin Cheney	Quincy , IL
6	3	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA


Hobby Stocks – A-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA
2	7	19	Bill Bonnett	Knoxville , IA
3	6	07	Jacob Keiser	Marengo , IA
4	8	47	Tim Pettibone	Moravia , IA
5	2	01S	Dane Blozovich	Exline , IA
6	4	4JJ	Jason Riegel	Birmingham , IA
7	9	79	Michael Wenke	Bonaparte , IA
8	5	58B	Randy Byerly	Tipton , IA
9	3	20	Andrew Hustead	Rutledge , MO
10	10	11	Danny Miller	Gorin , MO
11	11	99	Erick Knutsen	Center Point, IA


Hobby Stocks – Heat
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	07	Jacob Keiser	Marengo , IA
2	4	19	Bill Bonnett	Knoxville , IA
3	6	47	Tim Pettibone	Moravia , IA
4	1	79	Michael Wenke	Bonaparte , IA
5	2	11	Danny Miller	Gorin , MO
6	5	99	Erick Knutsen	Center Point, IA


Sport Compacts – A-Main No Points
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA
2	8	26	Merv Chandler	Urbana , IA
3	2	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL
4	6	77	John Whalen	Ainsworth , IA
5	14	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA
6	12	48	Chuck Fullenkamp	Ft. Madison, IA
7	9	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL
8	7	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL
9	18	36W	Seith Woodruff	Carthage , IL
10	4	0	Dennis Schulte	Keokuk , IA
11	10	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL
12	19	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA
13	15	27B	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA
14	20	81	Troy Wonders	Washington , IA
15	11	00W	Bill Whalen Jr.	Riverside , IA
16	13	16	Rachael Reger	Burlington , IA
17	24	5X	Brodie Dunker	Ursa , IL
18	21	10BR	Shawn Baker	Burlington , IA
19	22	01	Bucky Gallaher	Hannibal , MO
20	16	10S	Scott Smith	Alexandria , MO
21	5	14	Randy Foor	Morning Sun, IA
22	17	3D	Daytona Fenton	Burlington , IA
23	3	5	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA
24	23	7X	Bryce Baker	Quincy , IL


Sport Compacts – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	6	26	Merv Chandler	Urbana , IA
2	1	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL
3	7	48	Chuck Fullenkamp	Ft. Madison, IA
4	4	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA
5	5	10S	Scott Smith	Alexandria , MO
6	8	36W	Seith Woodruff	Carthage , IL
7	3	81	Troy Wonders	Washington , IA
8	2	01	Bucky Gallaher	Hannibal , MO
9	9	5X	Brodie Dunker	Ursa , IL


Sport Compacts – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL
2	1	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL
3	9	00W	Bill Whalen Jr.	Riverside , IA
4	2	16	Rachael Reger	Burlington , IA
5	6	27B	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA
6	8	3D	Daytona Fenton	Burlington , IA
7	4	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA
8	5	10BR	Shawn Baker	Burlington , IA
9	7	7X	Bryce Baker	Quincy , IL