Stewart dominates Lee County Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature

admin | June 21, 2013

DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 20) – There was no catching Steve Stewart Thursday night at Lee County Speedway.

Stewart became the fourth different winner in as many Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour presented by XSAN events this season, leading start to finish in the 30-lapper for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds.

The win, his career first on the circuit, paid $1,000 and put some extra cash in Stewart’s pocket before leaving the next day on a Las Vegas vacation. Thirty-two Modifieds were in the pits for the 2013 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier at Donnellson.

Series point leader Richie Gustin qualified for the main event by winning his B” feature and made his way up to second from the 13^th starting spot. Hunter Marriott, Scott Dickey and Ronn Lauritzen completed the top five.

NASCAR visitor Ken Schrader also came out of the “B” races and finished sixth. The only caution of the Budweiser Open Wheel Night headliner came after the first lap had been scored.

Once the race restarted, Stewart set sail and with no more cautions to bunch the field back up, drove to the win by a comfortable margin.

Gustin ran out of laps in his bid to reel in the leader. Marriott and Dickey stayed in the top five while Lauritzen made his way up from 11^th starting.

Schrader was a plus nine on the night. Canadian long tow Aaron Turnbull started last in the field of 24 and finished 14^th.

Jason Cook was the $500 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner. Tony Dunker won the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature and Adam Gates was first to the Mach-1 Sport Compact checkers.

Next up for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour is the Tuesday, June 25 show at Buena Vista Raceway in Alta.
Stock Cars – A-Main

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 6 27J Jason Cook Mt. Pleasant, Ia 0.00
2 5 05 John Oliver Jr. Danville , Ia 0.00
3 3 52 Nathan Wood Sigourney , Ia 0.00
4 15 C4 Ryan Cook New London, Ia 0.00
5 11 30C Abe Huls Carthage , Il 0.00
6 1 52J Jeremy Pundt Donnellson , Ia 0.00
7 4 2T Beau Taylor Canton , Mo 0.00
8 13 17C Shane Paris Muscatine , Ia 0.00
9 10 566 Jim Lynch Donnellson , Ia 0.00
10 2 47S Brandon Savage Canton , Mo 0.00
11 16 97 Terry Houston Mt. Sterling, Il 0.00
12 17 14 Derrick Agee Huntsville , Mo 0.00
13 8 4 Jake Wenig Burlington , Ia 0.00
14 14 79 Troy Brierton Versailles , Il 0.00
15 19 16 Steve Hodson Donnellson , Ia 0.00
16 9 14B Tom Bowling Jr Danville , Ia 0.00
17 12 99D Damon Murty Chelsea , Ia 0.00
18 18 3T Travis Hartman Burlington , Ia 0.00
19 7 07 Ray Raker Danville , Ia 0.00 DNS
20 20 23 Nathan Anders Quincy , Il 0.00 DNS

Sport Mods – A-Main

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 3 Tony Dunker Quincy , Il 40.00
2 1 20BA Bobby Anders Quincy , Il 39.00
3 11 7 Carter Vandenberg Oskaloosa , Ia 38.00
4 16 101 Derek St. Clair Donnellson , Ia 37.00
5 9 72 Brett Lowry Montezuma , Ia 36.00
6 10 7L Rob Kirchner Donnellson , Ia 35.00
7 13 10 Jim Gillenwater Keokuk , Ia 34.00
8 14 8H Victor Hastings Oquawka , Il 33.00
9 12 32 Jeff Delonjay Quincy , Il 32.00
10 15 52 Rick Barlow Jr. Montrose , Ia 31.00
11 19 T17 Tom Rawlins Kellogg , Ia 30.00
12 6 1 Roger Dresden Keokuk , Ia 29.00
13 18 40 Dakota Simmons Libertyville , Ia 28.00
14 21 93 Robert Gould Hillsboro , Ia 27.00
15 8 26 Jim Kuhlmeier Ft. Madison, Ia 26.00
16 2 80V Charles Vanzandt Camp Point, Il 25.00
17 7 12F Eric Flander Barnes City, Ia 24.00
18 3 75 Austin Schulte Keokuk , Ia 23.00
19 17 14B Kyle Hill New London, Ia 22.00
20 20 97J Jacob Smith Donnellson , Ia 21.00
21 22 CH19 Colby Heishman Brooklyn , Ia 20.00
22 5 15 Phillip Cossel Montrose , Ia 0.00 DQ

Sport Compacts – A-Main

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 007 Adam Gates Cedar Rapids, Ia 40.00
2 1 29 Chuck Fullenkamp Ft. Madison, Ia 39.00
3 5 13B Josh Barnes Keokuk , Ia 38.00
4 2 00W Bill Whalen Jr. Riverside , Ia 37.00
5 10 22 Austen Becerra Carthage , Il 36.00
6 11 2X Merv Chandler Urbana , Ia 35.00
7 3 77 John Whalen Ainsworth , Ia 34.00
8 9 3 Skipp Dunker Ursa , Il 33.00
9 6 27 Brandon Reu Donnellson , Ia 32.00
10 13 71 Kimberly Abbott Camp Point, Il 31.00
11 15 21V Laine Vanzandt Camp Point, Il 30.00
12 18 14L Brandon Lambert Carthage , Il 29.00
13 7 2 Michael Grossman Keokuk , Ia 28.00
14 14 55 Mike Hornung Jr. Keokuk , Ia 27.00
15 17 24S Gary Stephenson Quincy , Il 26.00
16 12 24 William Michel Muscatine , Ia 25.00
17 21 27AM Alex Baker Quincy , Il 24.00
18 19 45JT Jacob Tournear Quincy , Il 23.00
19 8 00H Brent Hartley Niota , Il 22.00
20 16 27B Bryce Baker Quincy , Il 21.00 DQ
21 20 58R Derek Randall Canton , Mo 0.00 DNS