Becerra Breaks Brown Win Streak At CJ Speedway

Columbus Junction, Iowa (May 19, 2023) – IMCA Weekly Racing was held on a blustery Mid-May Friday night at the 4/10 mile dirt track, CJ Speedway located on the Louisa County Fairgrounds on Friday night. A solid field of drivers were on hand to provide another entertaining night of racing in five classes of IMCA sanctioned divisions.

The Stewart & Sons Fuel IMCA Modifieds saw CJ Speedway regular Jarrett Brown have his recent win streak come to an end at the hands of Carthage, Illinois driver Austin Becerra. Brown took the lead early but could not hold off Becerra, who had started the feature in the 10th position. Becerra took the win ahead of Brown and Dakota Simmons.

Matt Lundry led the Huston Brothers Trucking IMCA Sportmod feature for several laps before 9th starting Logan Anderson took over the top spot. Anderson held the point for a few laps before 12th starting Dylan VanWyk shot into the lead with a slick move off of turn two. VanWyk has been a frequent visitor to the FOCO Victory lane in 2023. VanWyk scored the win ahead of Anderson and Shane Paris.

Unfortunately the Mincer Ford IMCA Stock winner was determined in the Tech area on Friday night. Apparent winner Matt Picray was DQ’d after post race inspection found an illegal shock on the right rear of the car. Dustin Griffiths was awarded the win with Nathan Ballard and Michael Jaennette rounding out the top three.

The CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Stores IMCA Hobby Stocks put on their usual 2 and 3 wide racing feature. When the checkered flag flew it was Calvin Dhondt making his way to FOCO victory lane for the second consecutive week. Dhondt got to the front early and held off 8th starting Eric Knutson for the win. Knutson was able to catch Dhondt on several occasions but settled for second at the finish line.

Kolby Sabin has been a regular at the CJ Speedway in 23, racing in the Midwest Rod & Restoration IMCA Sport Compact class. Sabin makes the long tow from Des Moines and has been a front runner on several nights. Sabin visited victory lane after racing to the checkers ahead of late closing Christian Grady.

IMCA Weekly racing will continue on Friday, May 26th with all five classes in action with hot laps taking to the track at 7:15 pm. In two weeks the SLMRA Late Models will be back a the CJ Speedway for the 2nd Annual Tony Stewart Tribute Race. The Haulin With Hoker East Series Late Model special promises to bring a stout field of drivers to the CJ Speedway for the $3,000 to win event.

13 entries
STEWART & SONS FUEL IMCA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 22A-Austen Becerra[10]; 2. 88-Jarrett Brown[9]; 3. 40-Dakota Simmons[7]; 4. IB25-Shane Richardson[2]; 5. 9Z-Chris Zogg[8]; 6. 22-Brandon Banks[6]; 7. 72-Kolton Osborn[4]; 8. 85-Brian Bushong[5]; 9. 26-Scott Brau[3]; 10. 7-Blaine Webster[12]; 11. 20-Danny Brau[1]; 12. 15RS-Reid Sammons[13]; 13. (DNS) ?4U-Jason Bear

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 88-Jarrett Brown[6]; 2. 40-Dakota Simmons[5]; 3. 85-Brian Bushong[4]; 4. 26-Scott Brau[3]; 5. 20-Danny Brau[2]; 6. ?4U-Jason Bear[1]; 7. 7-Blaine Webster[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 9Z-Chris Zogg[5]; 2. 22A-Austen Becerra[6]; 3. 22-Brandon Banks[4]; 4. 72-Kolton Osborn[3]; 5. IB25-Shane Richardson[2]; 6. (DNS) 15RS-Reid Sammons

11 entries
MINCER FORD IMCA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[8]; 2. 29-Nathan Ballard[9]; 3. 93-Michael Jaennette[2]; 4. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[7]; 5. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[6]; 6. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[10]; 7. 30-Dan Brockert[3]; 8. 99-Scott Jordan[1]; 9. 62-Norman Bean[5]; 10. (DNS) 56A-Austin O’Donnell; 11. (DQ) 27-Matt Picray[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[5]; 2. 30-Dan Brockert[2]; 3. 99-Scott Jordan[1]; 4. 29-Nathan Ballard[6]; 5. 27-Matt Picray[3]; 6. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[5]; 2. 62-Norman Bean[3]; 3. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[4]; 4. 93-Michael Jaennette[1]; 5. (DNS) 56A-Austin O’Donnell

21 entries
HUSTON BROS TRUCKING IMCA SPORTMODS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 117-Dylan VanWyk[12]; 2. 53-Logan Anderson[9]; 3. 13C-Shane Paris[11]; 4. 7T-Trey Rock[15]; 5. 96-Matthew Lundry[1]; 6. 44G-Levi Gaunt[4]; 7. 29-Colton Livezey[10]; 8. 29B-Brendon Schultheis[5]; 9. 5A-Nick Aupperle[3]; 10. 7-Cody Layman[7]; 11. 13-Travis Tedrow[2]; 12. 42-Tyler Heckart[6]; 13. 17M-Jared Miller[20]; 14. 99-Kyle Boyd[18]; 15. 16-Joel Payne[17]; 16. 52-Billy Cain[14]; 17. 7J-James Chesmore[21]; 18. 15?-Michael Bear[16]; 19. 9-Shane Wright[13]; 20. 21-Todd Hansen[8]; 21. 65-David Engelkens[19]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 29-Colton Livezey[6]; 2. 7-Cody Layman[5]; 3. 13-Travis Tedrow[3]; 4. 96-Matthew Lundry[1]; 5. 9-Shane Wright[2]; 6. 7T-Trey Rock[4]; 7. 99-Kyle Boyd[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 13C-Shane Paris[6]; 2. 21-Todd Hansen[5]; 3. 5A-Nick Aupperle[3]; 4. 29B-Brendon Schultheis[4]; 5. 52-Billy Cain[1]; 6. 15?-Michael Bear[2]; 7. (DQ) 65-David Engelkens[7]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 117-Dylan VanWyk[6]; 2. 53-Logan Anderson[5]; 3. 42-Tyler Heckart[4]; 4. 44G-Levi Gaunt[3]; 5. 7J-James Chesmore[7]; 6. 16-Joel Payne[1]; 7. (DNS) 17M-Jared Miller

16 entries
CJ AUTO PARTS – NAPA IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 69-Calvin Dhondt[5]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[8]; 3. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[7]; 4. 22R-Randy LaMar[15]; 5. 52-Billy Stanford[12]; 6. 33T-Trevor Tanner[4]; 7. 33-Luke Phillips[13]; 8. 28-Tucker Richardson[3]; 9. 55-Brett Maasdam[9]; 10. 88H-Kale Hemsley[2]; 11. 91-Jeremy Dooley[11]; 12. 88-Jason Schutterle[1]; 13. 31W-Jesse Wetzel[10]; 14. (DNS) 47-Darin DeZwarte; 15. (DNS) 6XP-Preston McDonald; 16. (DNS) 22-James Pilkington

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[8]; 2. 33T-Trevor Tanner[6]; 3. 28-Tucker Richardson[4]; 4. 47-Darin DeZwarte[7]; 5. 88-Jason Schutterle[2]; 6. 31W-Jesse Wetzel[1]; 7. 91-Jeremy Dooley[3]; 8. 33-Luke Phillips[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 88H-Kale Hemsley[2]; 2. 69-Calvin Dhondt[6]; 3. 55-Brett Maasdam[8]; 4. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[7]; 5. 22-James Pilkington[1]; 6. 22R-Randy LaMar[5]; 7. 52-Billy Stanford[4]; 8. 6XP-Preston McDonald[3]

10 entries
MIDWEST ROD & RESTORATION IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Kolby Sabin[8]; 2. 89-Cristian Grady[4]; 3. 23H-Alex Hayes[7]; 4. 2M-Matt Moore[9]; 5. 20T-Bryerson Tharp[2]; 6. 12T-Trent Fowler[1]; 7. 63-Tim Schnathorst[10]; 8. 18A-Kyle Rysdam[3]; 9. 17-Darin Smith[6]; 10. (DNS) 69JX-William Michel

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 18A-Kyle Rysdam[2]; 2. 12T-Trent Fowler[1]; 3. 23H-Alex Hayes[4]; 4. 2M-Matt Moore[5]; 5. 69JX-William Michel[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 63-Tim Schnathorst[5]; 2. 9-Kolby Sabin[4]; 3. 17-Darin Smith[3]; 4. 89-Cristian Grady[2]; 5. 20T-Bryerson Tharp[1]