Aikey, Ryan score Dick Frye Memorial wins at Independence Motor Speedway

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 20) – The 2013 edition of the Buchanan County Fair came to a close Saturday night with the seventh annual Dick Frye Memorial at Independence Motor Speedway.

The event, which honors the memory of the late fair board president, welcomed 112 drivers to do battle during the 11th night of weekly points racing in front of a packed house.

In a car borrowed from Rick Dralle, Jeff Aikey drove the high side to victory in the 25-lap IMCA Late Model feature. Aikey passed Luke Pestka just shy of the midway point to score his first win of the season.

From his pole position start, Pestka held the early lead with Jon Passick and Rory Metcalf in pursuit. Pestka paced the field while Passick pestered the leader on the low-side of the speedway. The leaders battled for the top spot while Aikey raced into contention from a fourth row starting spot.

Aikey worked the high groove into the top five on the fifth circuit, then entered a battle with the leaders four laps later. Aikey shot past Passick at the 10-lap mark and then made his way into the lead on the following circuit.

Aikey diced his way through heavy lapped traffic to take his first win of the season ahead of a hard-charging Jason Rauen, who started in the sixth row. Pestka ran third.

Shawn Ryan earned his first win of the year in the Performance Bodies IMCA Modified division. After a pair of cautions slowed action early, Ryan made his way around Josh Sherbon to assume command on the third lap.

Ryan survived a few more stoppages, then held off Ronn Lauritzen to score the victory. Points leader Tyler Droste ran third in the 20-lapper.

Jesse Brown held the early lead in the 18-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. Brown showed the way until Jarod Weepie raced the low side into the lead following a lap four restart.

Weepie held the point while eighth starting John Emerson worked through traffic and pulled alongside Weepie in the waning laps. Emerson took charge when the flying green waved to score his sixth win of the season. Weepie and Justin Temeyer completed the top three.

Jeremiah Wilson took command on lap five of the 15-lap IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Wilson paced the field while Benji Irvine was charging through the pack from a sixth row start.

Irvine settled into second just prior to a lap five restart and remained in that position until mechanical problems sidelined Wilson with seven lap to go. Irvine inherited the lead for the ensuing restart and led the rest of the way to take his third win of the year. Justin Stander and Chris Luloff chased the points leader across the checkers.

A myriad of cautions slowed action in the scheduled 15-lap Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMod feature. The event timed out after nine laps, however Brandon Smith made the most of it as he led the event in its entirety to earn his first-ever win in the division. Dave Schulze and Curt Hilmer rounded out the top three.

Steve Miedke led the first three laps of the 12-lap Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact main event. Miedke gave way to Adam Gates on the fourth circuit as Gates cruised to his ninth win of the season. Miedke ran second ahead of Merv Chandler.

Next Saturday, July 27, is Dan Snyder Night at the speedway. Increased prize money will be available in the Modified and SportMod divisions as a tribute to the longtime engine builder, who is fighting Metastatic Esophageal cancer. Details of that event will be released early in the week.

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RESULTS IMCA LATE MODEL Feature – 1. 77A Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 2. 98X Jason Rauen (Farley); 3. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 4. 53 Darren Ackerman (Readlyn); 5. 2P Jon Passick (Waterloo); 6. 45 Curt Martin (Independence); 7. 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 8. 2 Rory Metcalf (West Union); 9. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo); 10. 145 Dale Hackwell Jr. (Washburn); 11. 60 Dean Wagner (Evansdale); 12. 1X Rick Wendling (Hazleton); 13. 83 Russell Hesse (Waterloo); 14. 77 Dirk Hamilton (Jesup); 15. 21B Joel Brasch (Dunkerton); 16. 88 Drew Johnson (Belle Plaine); 17. 35 Curran Beckler (Tiffin); 18. 4 Leon Thomsen (Waverly); 19. 25X John Emerson (Waterloo); 20. 1 Rick Dralle (Waterloo); 21. 98 Travis Smock (Independence); 22. 19 Kelly Pestka (Preston); 23. 54 Wayne Hesse (Waterloo).

First heat – 1. Passick; 2. L. Peskta; 3. Ackerman; 4. Bruening; 5. Wendling; 6. Beckler; 7. W. Hesse; 8. Dralle.

Second heat – 1. Metcalf; 2. Aikey; 3. Smock; 4. Hackwell; 5. R. Hesse; 6. Thomsen; 7. Kastli.

Third heat – 1. Rauen; 2. Hamilton; 3. Martin; 4. Wagner; 5. Brasch; DNS K. Pestka; DNS Emerson.

 

 

IMCA MODIFIED Feature – 1. 91 Shawn Ryan (Waterloo); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 3. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 4. 71 Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 5. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 6. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 7. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 8. 41P Keith Pittman (Waterloo); 9. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 10. 26P Kevin Pittman (Waterloo); 11. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 12. 24R Adam Johnson (Independence); 13. 66 Terry Johnson (Waterloo); 14. 27 Jamie Johnson (Waterloo); 15. 8 Tony Snyder (Readlyn); 16. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 17. 171 Buck Swanson (Waterloo); 18. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi); 19. 93K Jeff Kriz (Waterloo); 20. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 21. 75 Josh Sherbon (Cedar Falls); 22. 17 Justin Buehler (Oelwein); 23. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 24. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 25. 32 Chris Snyder (Raymond); 26. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 27. 01 Ed Thomas (Waterloo).

First heat – 1. Lauritzen; 2. Jackson; 3. A. Johnson; 4. Duffy; 5. Swanson; 6. J. Johnson; 7. C. Snyder; 8. Kevin Pittman; 9. Morehouse.

Second heat – 1. Sherbon; 2. Auringer; 3. Cordes; 4. Kriz; 5. Betzer; 6. Barta; 7. Flannagan; 8. Buehler; 9. Thomas. Third heat – 1. Droste; 2. Keith Pittman; 3. J. Snyder; 4. Ryan; 5. T. Snyder; 6. Schulte; 7. Burbridge; 8. T. Johnson; 9. Hulin.

 

IMCA STOCK CAR Feature – 1. 87 John Emerson (Waterloo); 2. 3 Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 3. 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence); 4. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence); 5. 15T Tim Helle (Garnavillo); 6. 00 Tony Schimmels (Readlyn); 7. 6G Scotty Anderson (Mason City); 8. JR3 Jason Hocken (Independence); 9. 11J Jerome Jacoby (Waterloo); 10. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 11. 11 Jesse Brown (Nashua); 12. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 13. K38 Ken Taylor (Strawberry Point).

First heat – 1. Anderson; 2. Hocken; 3. Temeyer; 4. Helle; 5. Johnson; 6. Jacoby.

Second heat – 1. Emerson; 2. Schimmels; 3. Brown; 4. Damme; 5. Weepie; 6. Chesmore; 7. Taylor.

 

 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD Feature – 1. Brandon Smith (Waterloo); 2. J2 Dave Schulze (Keystone); 3. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 4. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 5. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 6. 00 Jim Buhlman (Cedar Falls); 7. 32Z Alex Zwanziger (Nashua); 8. 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale); 9. 45 Jonny Williams (Walker); 10. 21 Brennen Chipp (Waterloo); 11. 7D Dakoda Sellers (Vinton); 12. S16 Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 13. 63 Matt McCahen (Waterloo); 14. 39 Brian Hilbert (Independence); 15. 7 Dave Fangman (Marion); 16. 29 Sean Vogt (Watkins); 17. 21J Joe Harken (Waterloo); 18. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 19. 96 Lucas Lundry (Maynard); 20. 50H Steve Wimer (Toddville); 21. 114 Mike Nielsen (Evansdale).

First heat – 1. Hilmer; 2. Chipp; 3. Maitland; 4. McCahen; 5. Harken; 6. Williams; 7. Siems.

Second heat – 1. Hurst; 2. Dvorak; 3. Schulze; 4. Ebaugh; 5. Hilbert; 6. Wimer; DNS Fangman.

Third heat – 1. Zwanziger; 2. Smith; 3. Buhlman; 4. Sellers; 5. Lundry; 6. Vogt; 7. Nielsen.

 

 

IMCA HOBBY STOCK Feature – 1. 79 Benji Irvine (Cedar Falls); 2. 67 Justin Stander (Shellsburg); 3. 18 Chris Luloff (Independence); 4. 7B Jim Ball (Independence); 5. 95 Matt Lundry (Oelwein); 6. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 7. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 8. 25 Jamie Whitaker (Oelwein); 9. 35B Shawn Kuennen (Hazleton); 10. 64 Jerome Wilson (Waterloo); 11. 35J Josh Irvine (Oelwein); 12. 35 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 13. 09 Brad Forbes (Waterloo); 14. 62 Ryan Bochmann (Waverly); 15. 55 Vince Buchholz (Waterloo); 16. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 17. 73 Quinton Miller (Independence); 18. 8 Dave Wheeler (Fairbank); 19. 58B Randy Byerly (Tipton); 20. 21J Jonathan Juett (Belle Plaine); 21. 20B Matt Burmeister (Dunkerton); 22. T64 Jerome Wilson (Waterloo).

First heat – 1. Ball; 2. Jeremiah Wilson; 3. Ballard; 4. Kuennen; 5. Wroten; 6. Forbes; 7. Juett.

Second heat – 1. B. Irvine; 2. Whitaker; 3. Byerly; 4. Vanous; 5. Jerome Wilson; 6. Buchholz; 7. Miller. Third heat – 1. Lundry; 2. Stander; 3. Luloff; 4. Wacha; 5. Wheeler; 6. J. Irvine; 7. Burmeister; 8. Bochmann.

 

IMCA SPORT COMPACT Feature –

1. 007 Adam Gates (Marion); 2. 11 Steve Miedke (Shellsburg); 3. 2 Merv Chandler (Urbana); 4. 83 Travis Ross (Waterloo); 5. 4 Mike Tedesco (Jesup); 6. A.J. Witten (Cedar Rapids). Heat – 1. Witten; 2. Gates; 3. Miedke; 4. Tedesco; 5. Chandler; 6. Ross.

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