Eight different winners visit victory lane at Independence Motor Speedway

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 26) – It was a busy Saturday night at Independence Motor Speedway as three mid-season championship make-up features were held along with a complete program for all five weekly divisions.

Make-up features were held in the IMCA Northern SportMod, IMCA Late Model and IMCA Hobby Stock divisions prior to the regular program.

In the Northern SportMod make-up feature, Tony Olson raced from an eighth row starting spot and made his way around Lucas Lundry to take the lead on the third lap. Olson set sail and went on to record his first SportMod win in Independence.

John Emerson dominated the 25-lap Late Model make-up event. From a second row start, Emerson powered to the lead on the first lap and hid in lapped traffic to take his second win of the season.

Benji Irvine earned his fifth win of the year in the 15-lap make-up feature for the Hobby Stocks. Irvine worked around race-long leader Jim Ball on the final circuit to record the victory.

The first regularly scheduled feature to take the green flag resulted in the first career victory for IMCA Modified driver Tony Snyder. Snyder rocketed into the lead at the drop of the green and built a huge advantage before a trio of cautions bunched the field throughout the middle stages of that 20-lapper.

When racing resumed following a lap 13 caution, Snyder held off pressure from Ronn Lauritzen to score the milestone victory.

Greg Kastli took the lead when the green flag waved in the 25-lap IMCA Late Model main. He built a sizable lead and then survived a pair of late restarts to earn the popular win, his first of the season.

Kevin Rose led from start to finish in the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature. Rose held a comfortable margin throughout the event to drive to his first win of the year.

Following a lap three caution, Shawn Kuennen took the lead from Quinton Miller in the 15-lapper for the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Kuennen held off a late surge from Benji Irvine to earn his second win of 2014.

A wild sequence at the end of the IMCA Northern SportMod feature shook up the final running order. Danny Dvorak took the checkers first, however the red flag came out when Lucas Lundry rolled his car in the middle of turns three and four on his way to the checkers.

Dvorak failed to stop under red flag conditions and was disqualified. That handed the win to Matt McCahen, his first of the season.

RESULTS IMCA LATE MODEL Feature (make-up from June 28) – 1. 87 John Emerson, Waterloo; 2. 8R Sean Johnson, Independence; 3. 45 Curt Martin, Independence; 4. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 5. 78 Rick Wendling, Hazleton; 6. 1H Brian Hunter, Independence; 7. 53 Darren Ackerman, Readlyn; 8. 60 Dean Wagner, Evansdale; 9. 99 Luke Pestka, Robins; 10. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 11. 145 Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn; 12. 88 Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine; 13. 4 Leon Thomsen, Waverly; 14. 32 Chris Snyder, Raymond; 15. 31 Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 16. 2 Rory Metcalf, West Union; 17. 2P Jon Passick, Waterloo; 18. 70 Jerry King, Waterloo; 19. 21B Joel Brasch, Dunkerton; DNS/20. 83 Russell Hesse, Waterloo; DNS/21. 98 Jason Rauen, Farley; DNS/22. 54 Wayne Hesse, Waterloo. Feature (regularly scheduled) – 1. Kastli; 2. Bruening; 3. Emerson; 4. Ackerman; 5. Wagner; 6. S. Johnson; 7. King; 8. 1 Travis Smock, Independence; 9. Wendling; 10. Martin; 11. Hackwell; 12. Metcalf; 13. Pestka; 14. 5 Scott Welsh, Cedar Rapids; 15. Hamilton; 16. D. Johnson; 17. Passick; 18. Droste; 19. Snyder; DNS Brasch; DNS R. Hesse. First heat – 1. Emerson; 2. Martin; 3. S. Johnson; 4. Pestka; 5. Welsh; DNS Hesse; DNS Ackerman. Second heat – 1. Metcalf; 2. Wagner; 3. King; 4. Hamilton; 5. Smock; 6. Wendling; 7. Snyder. Third heat – 1. Kastli; 2. Bruening; 3. Droste; 4. Hackwell; 5. D. Johnson; 6. Passick; DNS Brasch.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD Feature (make-up from June 28) – 1. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 2. J2 Dave Schulze, Keystone; 3. 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard; 4. 19J Jenae Gustin, Marshalltown; 5. 63 Matt McCahen, Waterloo; 6. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 7. 00 Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 8. 7SR Shawn Ritter, Keystone; 9. 339 Kevin Hurst, Janesville; 10. 32Z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua; 11. 35 Kyle Bentley, Independence; 12. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Vinton; 13. 39 Brian Hilbert, Independence; 14. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 15. 24R Kevin Robinson, Dewar; 16. 50H Steve Wimer, Toddville; DNS/17. 24B Brandon Brinton, Ames; DNS/18. 86U Rod McDonald, Manchester; DNS/19. 36 Jacob Salisbury, Dunkerton; DNS/20. 29 Sean Vogt, Watkins; DNS/21. 6M Mike McNeal, Van Horne; DNS/22. 43 Creston Williams, Newhall. Feature (regularly scheduled) – 1. McCahen; 2. Zwanziger; 3. Buhlman; 4. Schulze; 5. Gustin; 6. Sellers; 7. Bentley; 8. Robinson; 9. Ritter; 10. Wimer; 11. Olson; 12. Lundry; 13. Dvorak; 14. 14 Brian Schrage, Cresco; 15. Hurst; 16. King; 17. Hilbert. First heat – 1. Hurst; 2. Buhlman; 3. Sellers; 4. Robinson; 5. Ritter; 6. King; 7. Schrage; 8. Wimer; 9. Olson. Second heat – 1. McCahen; 2. Zwanziger; 3. Gustin; 4. Dvorak; 5. Schulze; 6. Bentley; 7. Hilbert; 8. Lundry.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK Feature (make-up from June 28) – 1. 79 Benji Irvine, Stanley; 2. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 3. 7B Jim Ball, Independence; 4. 95 Matt Lundry, Oelwein; 5. T64 Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 6. 23 Chad Albert, Cedar Rapids; 7. 5 Marcus Wayne, Independence; 8. 25 Jamie Whitaker, Oelwein; 9. 58B Randy Byerly, Tipton; 10. 35B Shawn Kuennen, Hazleton; 11. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 12. 20B Matt Burmeister, Dunkerton; 13/DNS. 18X Dru Kueker, West Union. Feature (regularly scheduled) – 1. Kuennen; 2. Irvine; 3. Wilson; 4. White; 5. 46 Brian Happel, Vinton; 6. Vanous; 7. Wayne; 8. Whitaker; 9. 55 Vince Buchholz, Tama; 10. Wacha; 11. Lundry; 12. Byerly; 13. 73 Quinton Miller, Independence; 14. Burmeister; 15. 2 Nick Welch, Cedar Falls; 16. Ball; 17. M35 Chad Mannion, Waterloo; 18. Albert; 19. 17 Nathan Forey, Waverly. First heat – 1. Miller; 2. Vanous; 3. Kuennen; 4. White; 5. Wayne; 6. Wacha; 7. Welch; 8. Byerly; 9. Mannion. Second heat – 1. Happel; 2. Irvine; 3. Buchholz; 4. Wilson; 5. Whitaker; 6. Burmeister; 7. Ball; 8. Lundry.

IMCA MODIFIED Feature – 1. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 3. 00J J.D. Auringer, Waterloo; 4. 20L Zach Less, Hopkinton; 5. 71 Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 6. 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 7. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 8. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 9. 75 Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 10. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 11. 93K Jeff Kriz, Waterloo; 12. 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo; 13. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 14. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 15. 7 Todd Jensen, Waterloo; 16. 5 Jason Morehouse, Evansdale; 17. 66 Terry Johnson, Waterloo; 18. 24R Adam Johnson, Independence; 19. 17 Justin Buehler, Oelwein; 20. 01 Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 21. 17J Jason Seegmiller, Dubuque; DQ 77 Tim McBride, Denver; DQ F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; DQ 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo. First heat – 1. Snyder; 2. Flannagan; 3. Sherbon; 4. Droste; 5. Hogan; 6. T. Johnson; 7. McBride; 8. Buehler. Second heat – 1. Thomas; 2. A. Johnson; 3. Cordes; 4. Auringer; 5. Bentley; 6. Rust; 7. Hanson; 8. Jensen. Third heat – 1. Kriz; 2. Jackson; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Less; 5. Seegmiller; 6. Morehouse; 7. Pittman; 8. Betzer.

IMCA STOCK CAR Feature – 1. 22K Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 2. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 3. JR3 Jason Hocken, Independence; 4. 31S Paul Shepherd, Marengo; 5. 3 Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 6. 11 Jesse Brown, Nashua; 7. 23 Justin Hanson, Waterloo; 8. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale; 9. 4JR Russell Damme Jr., Waterloo; 10. 11J Jerome Jacoby, Waterloo; 11. 8 Mitchell Evens, Independence. First heat – 1. Rose; 2. Weepie; 3. Damme; 4. Evens; 5. Chesmore; 6. Brown. Second heat – 1. Hocken; 2. Shepherd; 3. Ebaugh; 4. Jacoby; 5. Hanson.

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