Franzen survives and is first to EMS SportMod checkers

 

Franzen survives and is first to EMS SportMod checkers

Brauns, Larson, Owen, Burk, Zemo, Forbes also visit the winners circle

 

BY ROB HINCKLEY

 

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 30) – The survival of the fittest.

Jarett Franzen has been there before and will be there again. He survived the 15-lap, 10-caution Legacy Corporation IMCA SportMod Feature Sunday evening at East Moline Speedway.

“Wow. I hate cautions,” Franzen said and laughed in the winners circle. “We needed to get up front early. I didn’t even know I had this damage. I didn’t feel anyone get into me.”

Franzen topped a season best 27-car field with only one of those not starting the main. On his mind this Memorial Day Weekend were the losses of two people close to his race team.

“Yeah, that was on my mind. Every time I went low into turn one I just wanted to stay smooth and get here. It’s emotional.”

The Maquoketa, Iowa ace also claimed a $100 Maquoketa/East Moline bonus for wins at both tracks.

Steven Spiker, Cody Calam, Nathan Balensiefen and Trey Grimm rounded out the top five.

Jonathan Brauns made the decision to make the trek to EMS and it paid off. The Muscatine, Iowa pilot led flag to flag to take the 25-lap Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Late Model finale.

Point leader Andy Nezworski charged from mid-pack to the runner up spot by the checkers. Gary Webb, Joe Ross and Mike Guldenpfennig followed.

Jeff Larson stayed hot with his second straight J&J Camper Sales IMCA Modified 20-lap feature win. Also for the second week in a row, he picked up the $100 Maquoketa/East Moline bonus.

Brandt Cole led early, charged late and settled for second followed by Travis Denning, Tim Hamburg and Brandon Durbin.

Point leader Jesse Owen used both high and low on the last two laps to pass Joe Bonney and win his second straight 15-lap County Waste Systems Street Stock main.

After Bonney was Jake Lund, Rick Schriner and Justin Thomas.

Drew Burk won his second Rudy’s Tacos IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lap finale. Adam Parker, Steve Rangel, Randy Lamar and Logan Gustaf followed.

Mike Zemo, Jr. took the 15-lap Weekend Performance IMCA Mod Lite feature, passing R.J. Gonzales late. Michael Dominguez, Anthony Guss and Rob Guss followed.

Dustin Forbes won the Riverbend Pizza Place Sport Compact 12-lap ender, his second win in two weeks. Cyle Hawkins, Jimmy Dutlinger, Jason Rhoads and Codie Proehl were next.

A season high 105 entries from four states jammed the pits and racing was concluded by 10 p.m.

The season continues on the quarter-mile dirt oval this Sunday June 6. Racing takes place in all seven classes. Gates open at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:30 with racing to follow.

For more information, log on to the East Moline Speedway Facebook page or call 563-343-8250.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Late Models

Feature (25 laps) – 1. 22B Jonathan Brauns 2. 7 Andy Nezworski 3. W56 Gary Webb 4. R19 Joe Ross 5. 91 Mike Guldenpfennig 6. 53 Leroy Brenner 7. 24 Carter Fischlein 8. 35 Ryan Claeys 9. 10 Jacob Waterman 10. 1H Mike Haines 11. 007 Lake Knutti

1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Brauns 2. Nezworski 3. Waterman 4. Ross

2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Claeys 2. Guldenpfennig 3. Knutti 4. Brenner

J&J Camper Sales IMCA Modifieds

Feature (20 laps) – 1. B1 Jeff Larson 2. C9 Brandt Cole 3. 56D Travis Denning 4. 57 Tim Hamburg 5. 15D Brandon Durbin 6. G1 Mike Garland 7. J1 Jim Sandusky 8. 613 Dan Hahn 9. 57A Andrew Hamburg 10. 85 Andy Nezworski 11. C15 Brandon Hamburg 12. 53 Matt Stein 13. 81C Casey Franks 14. 23 Alex VerVynck 15. 36N Joe Nemitz 16. 89 T.J. Patz 17. 3C Richard Vela 18. 007 Lake Knutti

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Denning 2. Sandusky 3. Patz 4. B. Hamburg

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Cole 2. Nezworski 3. A. Hamburg 4. Durbin

3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1.  Larson 2. Garland 3. Franks 4. T. Hamburg

Legacy Corporation IMCA SportMods

Feature (15 laps) – 1. 33 Jarett Franzen 2. S4 Steven Spiker 3. B33 Cody Calam 4. 79 Nathan Balensiefen 5. 88 Trey Grimm 6. 55C Jacob Copley 7. 88D C.J. Durbin 8. 3M Miles Morris 9. 2 Matt Fulton 10. 18C Dakota Cole 11. 43LV Logan Veloz 12. 09R Rob Nylin 13. 4G Kevin Goben 14. 34 Josh Marth 15. 16 Joel Payne 16. 54F Andrew Francis 17. 14 Richard Hurlbut 18. 1 Nick McCrady 19. 17C Shane Paris 20. 115 Jacob Lenth 21. 42 Ron Schwartzkopf 22. 74X Ben Hamburg 23. 74 Doug Burkhead 24. 922 Chris Hesseling 25. 3 Will Emerick 26. 112 Adam Birck (Did Not Start – 43JV Justin Veloz)

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Franzen 2. Fulton 3. Morris 4. Lenth

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Paris 2. L. Veloz 3. Nylin 4. Hamburg

3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Burkhead 2. Spiker 3. Calam 4. Copley

County Waste Systems Street Stocks

Feature (15 laps) – 1. 95 Jesse Owen 2. 70 Joe Bonney 3. 88 Jake Lund 4. 8 Rick Schriner 5. 7T Justin Thomas 6. 00 Rob Henry 7. 8H Kyler Hickenbottom 8. 83 Jim Rustaert 9. 72 Kyle Fuget 10. R00 Veronica Anderson 11. 3P Alex Pappas 12. 61S Jeff Streitmatter 13. 91 jason Bielema 14. 26N Kori Murphy 15. 7 Austin Riggs 16. 81 Cary Brown 17. 94 Erick Turner

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Bielema 2. Schriner 3. Henry 4. Hickenbottom

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Owen 2. Bonney 3. Murphy 4. Lund

Rudy’s Tacos IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature (12 laps) – 1. 77W Drew Burk 2. 81 Adam Parker 3. 09R Steven Rangel 4. 4R Randy Lamar 5. 86 Logan Gustaf

1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Lamar 2. Burk 3. Parker 4. Gustaf

Weekend Performance IMCA Mod Lites

Feature (15 laps) – 1. Z Mike Zemo, Jr. 2. 18G R.J. Gonzales 3. 5 Michael Dominguez 4. 29 Anthony Guss 5. 91 Rob Guss 6. 54 Zach Holerud 7. 131 Bryan Wonick 8. 00B Brittani Dominguez 9. 21 Blake Gonzales

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. R. Gonzales 2. Zemo 3. Holerud 4. A. Guss

Riverbend Pizza Place Sport Compacts

Feature (12 laps) – 1. 815F Dustin Forbes 2. 28 Cyle Hawkins 3. 28X Jimmy Dutlinger 4. 514 Jason Rhoads 5. 05 Codie Proehl 6. 4 Chris Kissell 7. 24X Tommy Staggs 8. 42A Troy Anderson 9. 14 Drew Wise 10. 21KC Steven Cruse 11. 7X Robbie Harding 12. 28E Andrew Bolio 13. 813 Aaron Hitt 14. 33 Cody Brewster 15. 7T Kyle Taets 16. F79 Brenda Forbes 17. 22DB Dustin Begyn (Did Not Start – 815 Ben Funderberg).

1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Staggs 2. Bolio 3. Wise 4. Hitt

2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. D. Forbes 2. Begyn 3. Brewster 4. B. Forbes

Category: Illinois