Skipp Dunker, Andy Coffman, Clint Luellen, Damon Murty and Scott Hogan each win features at Lee County Speedway Spring Extravaganza.

admin | March 30, 2013

by Brian Neal

Donnellson, IA (Friday, March 29, 2013) – Despite mother nature dumping several inches of snow on the facilities last Sunday at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA, the scheduled season opener went off as planned. The track promoter Mike Van Genderen and owner Dave Sapp worked all day Monday to remove the snow from the track and pits, and then waited until Thursday and Friday to work it back in. There hard work would pay off, as the Mohrfeld Electric Spring Extravaganza was put into the books.

The first feature of the night was the 16 lap Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA SportMods, with Jim Gillenwater and Derek St. Clair drawing the front row for the event. Gillenwater took advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1, with Clint Luellen and St. Clair close behind. But Gillenwater would only lead lap 1, as Luellen slipped by on the top side of lap 2 to take over the top spot. The first caution of the event appeared on the completion of lap 2, as Brandon Brinton spun into the wall in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Bobby Anders slowed to a stop in turn 3 to bring the yellow light back on. Luellen jumped back out front on the next restart, with Gillenwater working to hold back St. Clair for second. The four car battle up front was slowed for the third time on lap 7, as Brayton Carter and Victor Hastings collided in turn 1 to bring out the caution. On the restart Luellen moved back out front, but now had defending track champion Tony Dunker, who started 6th, battling him for the lead. While Luellen worked to hold back Dunker, Gillenwater was battling Carter VanDenBerg, who started 8th, for the third spot. Gillenwater’s run up front came to a stop on lap 10, as he got into the wall in turn 2 to bring out the caution. Luellen once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Dunker now in a battle with VanDenBerg for second. VanDenBerg would clear Dunker for second on lap 14 and then went to work on Luellen for the top spot. The two drivers took the white flag with Luellen running up top and VanDenBerg on the bottom. VanDenBerg made a last corner charge on the bottom to come to the checkered, but wasn’t able to get past Luellen who held on by half a car length to claim the $500 top prize. VanDenBerg was 2nd, Dunker was a close 3rd, Brett Lowry came from 12th to finish in 4th, with Brad Iverson coming from 10th to round out the top 5.

Up next was the 18 lap Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Car feature, with Jim Lynch and Damon Murty leading the field to the drop of the green. But just as the green was dropped the yellow light would come on, as Michael Bilyer spun in turn 1 to bring out the caution. On the restart Lynch would slow with troubles causing Nathan Wood to jump over Jeremy Pundt’s right rear and sending Wood into the guardrail in turn 1 to bring the yellow light back on. This would move Todd Reitzler from 5th to the pole for the restart, but it was Murty who jumped out into the lead on lap 1. Murty then had to work to hold back Jason Cook over the next 18 laps, as the two pulled away from the rest of the field. Murty was able to hold back several attempts by Cook to claim the win and the $500 top prize. Cook crossed the line in 2nd but lost an engine, Reitzler was 3rd, John Oliver Jr. came from the rear after electing to start at the tail to finish in 4th, with Chris Wibbell rounding out the top 5 after starting in 12th.

JD Beal and Scott Hogan drew the front row for the scheduled 20 lap Budweiser IMCA Modified feature, that was cut to 15 laps. Hogan took advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Jacob Murray, who started 5th, and Tyler Cale, who started 7th. The first caution of the event appeared on the completion of lap 1,as Bill Roberts spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Hogan moved back out front, with Cale close behind in second. Hogan worked to hold back Cale, until the next caution of the race appeared on lap 5 for debris in turn 2. Hogan again jumped back out front on the restart, with Cale close behind in second. Cale’s run up front came to a halt on lap 7, as he got into the guardrail in turn 1 to bring out the caution. On the restart Hogan moved back out front, with Murray working to hold back Jeff Waterman, who started 12th, for second. Waterman drifted high in turn 1 and got sideways, which caused Mitch Morris, who was running 5th, to get into the guardrail in turn 1 to bring out the yellow on lap 9. Hogan once again grabbed the lead on the restart and then pulled away over the final 6 laps to claim the win and the $1,000 top prize. Murray held on for 2nd, Brandon Rothzen came from 13th to finish in 3rd, Waterman was 4th, with Steve Stewart coming from 11th to take home 5th.

Up next was the 12 lap Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stock feature, that was cut from its scheduled 15 laps. Erick Knutsen and Garrett Eilander would lead the field to the green, with Knutsen grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Scott Shull and Eilander. While Knutsen continued to hold the top spot, Shull, Eilander, Shannon Anderson and Dustin Griffiths, who started 12th, battled two and even three wide for second. Eilander would work the bottom of the track to get past Knutsen on lap 6 to take over the top spot. The action up front was slowed for the first time on lap 10, when Danny Miller spun to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the caution. This would set up a green-white-checkered sprint to the finish. On the restart Griffiths jumped to the top of the track, with Anderson in the middle and Eilander on the bottom coming out of turn two. Anderson would break an axle going into turn 3 and got into Griffiths, who spun to a stop in turn 4 to bring the yellow back on. The following restart saw Knutsen jump to the top of the track, with Shull down low to over take Eilander for the lead coming out of turn two. Shull would charge into turn three to hot and got into the back of Knutsen, causing himself to spin into the wall in turn four to bring out another caution. On the final restart Andy Coffman came from 5th on the bottom of the speedway to charge into the lead coming to the white flag. Coffman then held off Eilander to claim his first win at the speedway and the $300 top prize. Eilander was 2nd, Knutsen was 3rd, Jason See came from 9th to finish in 4th, with Tim Pettibone coming from 13th to finish in 5th.

The final feature of the night was the 10 lap, cut from the scheduled 12 laps, Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Chuck Fullenkamp and Seith Woodruff led the field to the green flag, with Woodruff edging out Fullenkamp to lead lap 1. Fullenkamp would work the bottom of the track to work his way past Woodruff into the lead on lap 5. Fullenkamp then had to battle to hold back Austin Becerra, until Patrick Dunker, who started 10th moved up to challenge them two for the top spot. Going into turn 3 on the final lap Fullenkamp would choose the bottom, while Dunker took the top side of the track. Dunker would use his momentum up top to edge Fullenkamp at the line by inches for his first career feature win and the $200 top prize. Fullenkamp was 2nd, Becerra was 3rd, Craig Bangert was 4th, with Brandon Lambert coming home in 5th.

Coming up next week at the Lee County Speedway will be Precision Equipment Night, with the first of three visits by the Sprint Invaders on the cards. Also in action on the night will be the Stars Mod Lites Series, while the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars, Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA SportMods and Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts start there season battle for the track championships.

Gates will open at 5:30 pm, hot laps at 7 pm and racing at 7:30. For more information about the Lee County Speedway you can log on to there website at www.leecountyspeedway.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, IA

Friday, March 29, 2013 – Mohrfeld Electric Night

Budweiser IMCA Modifieds – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	33D	Scott Hogan	Vinton , IA	0
2	5	48J	Jacob Murray	Hartford , IA	0
3	13	33	Brandon Rothzen	Raritan , IL	0
4	12	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL	0
5	11	17S	Steve Stewart	Burlington , IA	0
6	20	5R	Bill Roberts Jr.	Burlington , IA	0
7	9	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
8	18	21K	Kyle Brown	Kellogg , IA	0
9	17	14B	Scott Boles	New London, IA	0
10	15	62	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield , MO	0
11	6	8S	Josh Starr	Tipton , IA	0
12	14	17T	Todd Dykema	Davenport , IA	0
13	3	70	Mitchell Morris	Eldridge , IA	0
14	1	32	JD Beal	Adair , IL	0
15	7	14	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA	0
16	4	64	Casey Greubel	Lacona , IA	0
17	21	77	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA	0
18	8	19G	Richie Gustin	Gilman , IA	0
19	10	1W	Thad Wilson	LeClaire , IA	0	DNS
20	16	10	AJ Fike	Galesburg , IL	0	DNS
21	19	17	Tyler Groenendyk	Oskaloosa , IA	0	DNS

Modifieds – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	14	Tyler Cale	Donnellson , IA	0
2	1	64	Casey Greubel	Lacona , IA	0
3	7	8S	Josh Starr	Tipton , IA	0
4	4	1W	Thad Wilson	Leclaire , IA	0
5	2	33	Brandon Rothzen	Raritan , IL	0
6	3	10	AJ Fike	Galesburg , IL	0	DNS
7	6	17	Tyler Groenendyk	Oskaloosa , IA	0	DNS

Modifieds – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	70	Mitchell Morris	Eldridge , IA	0
2	3	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
3	7	17S	Steve Stewart	Burlington , IA	0
4	4	32	JD Beal	Adair , IL	0
5	1	17T	Todd Dykema	Davenport , IA	0
6	5	14B	Scott Boles	New London, IA	0
7	6	5R	Bill Roberts Jr.	Burlington , IA	0

Modifieds – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	6	33D	Scott Hogan	Vinton , IA	0
2	1	48J	Jacob Murray	Hartford , IA	0
3	2	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL	0
4	7	19G	Richie Gustin	Gilman , IA	0
5	3	62	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield , MO	0
6	5	21K	Kyle Brown	Kellogg , IA	0
7	4	77	Jeff Mueller	New London, IA	0

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA	0
2	4	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
3	5	22R	Todd Reitzler	Grinnell , IA	0
4	6	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
5	12	52W	Chris Wibbell	Dallas City, IL	0
6	8	77T	Trent Jeanes	Chariton , IA	0
7	14	97	Terry Houston	Mt. Sterling, IL	0
8	10	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA	0
9	3	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA	0
10	11	46B	Michael Bilyer	Indianola , IA	0
11	9	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
12	1	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA	0
13	7	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA	0
14	13	23	Tim Anders	Quincy , IL	0	DNS

Stock Cars – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
2	1	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA	0
3	4	22R	Todd Reitzler	Grinnell , IA	0
4	6	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
5	3	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA	0
6	5	46B	Michael Bilyer	Indianola , IA	0
7	7	23	Tim Anders	Quincy , IL	0	DNS

Stock Cars – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA	0
2	3	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
3	4	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA	0
4	1	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA	0
5	2	77T	Trent Jeanes	Chariton , IA	0
6	7	52W	Chris Wibbell	Dallas City, IL	0
7	6	97	Terry Houston	Mt. Sterling, IL	0

Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	3L	Clint Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
2	8	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	0
3	6	3	Tony Dunker	Quincy , IL	0
4	12	72	Brett Lowry	Montezuma , IA	0
5	10	8B	Brad Iverson	Grinnell , IA	0
6	2	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA	0
7	17	1	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA	0
8	9	10R	Ryan Fullenkamp	Bloomfield , IA	0
9	14	8H	Victor Hastings	Oquawka , IL	0
10	11	4B	Billy Bentley	Madison , MO	0
11	13	93	Robert Gould	Hillsboro , IA	0
12	1	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA	0
13	18	T17	Tom Rawlins	Kellogg , IA	0
14	21	80V	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	0
15	4	24B	Brandon Brinton	Nevada , IA	0
16	7	01	Brayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
17	15	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA	0
18	5	4A	Justin Alderson	Kakoha , IA	0
19	22	20BA	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL	0
20	16	7H	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	0	DNS
21	19	22	Nathan Anders	Quincy , IL	0	DNS
22	20	67	Chris Larson	Keokuk , IA	0	DNS

Sport Mods – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	10R	Ryan Fullenkamp	Bloomfield , IA	0
2	1	3	Tony Dunker	Quincy , IL	0
3	2	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA	0
4	6	4B	Billy Bentley	Madison , MO	0
5	7	93	Robert Gould	Hillsboro , IA	0
6	8	7H	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	0
7	3	22	Nathan Anders	Quincy , IL	0
8	4	20BA	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL	0	DNS

Sport Mods – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	72	Brett Lowry	Montezuma , IA	0
2	6	24B	Brandon Brinton	Nevada , IA	0
3	5	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	0
4	2	4A	Justin Alderson	Kakoha , IA	0
5	7	8H	Victor Hastings	Oquawka , IL	0
6	1	1	Rob Wilsey	Keokuk , IA	0
7	3	67	Chris Larson	Keokuk , IA	0	DNS

Sport Mods – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	3L	Clint Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
2	2	8B	Brad Iverson	Grinnell , IA	0
3	1	01	Brayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA	0
4	6	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA	0
5	3	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA	0
6	5	T17	Tom Rawlins	Kellogg , IA	0
7	7	80V	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	0

Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	6	77C	Andy Coffman	Des Moines, IA	0
2	2	500	Garrett Eilander	Newton , IA	0
3	1	99	Erick Knutsen	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
4	9	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA	0
5	13	47	Tim Pettibone	Moravia , IA	0
6	11	224	Gina Greubel	Lacona , IA	0
7	8	09	Ricky Miller Jr	Gorin , MO	0
8	3	57	Scott Shull	Eldon , IA	0
9	12	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA	0
10	5	78	Shannon Anderson	Urbandale , IA	0
11	14	11	Danny Miller	Gorin , MO	0
12	15	60	Derek Stevens	Cincinnati , IA	0
13	10	21	Nick Ulin	Agency , IA	0
14	4	29	Nathan Ballard	Marengo , IA	0	DNS
15	7	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , IA	0	DNS
16	16	96R	Jamie Songer	Ankeny , IA	0	DNS
17	17	10	Dale Porter	Bloomfield , IA	0	DNS

Hobby Stocks – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	21	Nick Ulin	Agency , IA	0
2	2	99	Erick Knutsen	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
3	7	78	Shannon Anderson	Urbandale , IA	0
4	8	500	Garrett Eilander	Newton , IA	0
5	6	77C	Andy Coffman	Des Moines, IA	0
6	3	224	Gina Greubel	Lacona , IA	0
7	4	47	Tim Pettibone	Moravia , IA	0
8	9	60	Derek Stevens	Cincinnati , IA	0
9	1	10	Dale Porter	Bloomfield , IA	0

Hobby Stocks – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , IA	0
2	1	57	Scott Shull	Eldon , IA	0
3	6	29	Nathan Ballard	Marengo , IA	0
4	8	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA	0
5	3	09	Ricky Miller Jr	Gorin , MO	0
6	5	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Ottumwa , IA	0
7	4	11	Danny Miller	Gorin , MO	0
8	7	96R	Jamie Songer	Ankeny , IA	0

Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	10	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL	0
2	1	48	Chuck Fullenkamp	Ft. Madison, IA	0
3	9	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	0
4	4	99B	Craig Bangert	Golden , IL	0
5	6	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL	0
6	8	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
7	5	75	Jared Henkle	Cincinnati , IA	0
8	15	09	Mike Miller	Gorin , MO	0
9	7	33V	Nicholas Van Hemert	Drakesville , IA	0
10	14	94	Bradley Stevenson	Burlington , IA	0
11	13	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	0
12	3	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	0
13	16	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	0
14	2	36W	Seith Woodruff	Carthage , IL	0
15	12	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
16	11	777	Matt Marshall	Burlington , IA	0	DNS
17	17	2M	Matt Moore	Ottumwa , IA	0	DNS

Sport Compacts – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	75	Jared Henkle	Cincinnati , IA	0
2	7	48	Chuck Fullenkamp	Ft. Madison, IA	0
3	4	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	0
4	6	36W	Seith Woodruff	Carthage , IL	0
5	5	33V	Nicholas Van Hemert	Drakesville , IA	0
6	2	777	Matt Marshall	Burlington , IA	0
7	8	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	0
8	9	09	Mike Miller	Gorin , MO	0
9	1	2M	Matt Moore	Ottumwa , IA	0	DNS

Sport Compacts – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	99B	Craig Bangert	Golden , IL	0
2	4	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
3	8	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	0
4	7	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL	0
5	1	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL	0
6	6	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
7	5	94	Bradley Stevenson	Burlington , IA	0
8	3	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	0