Iowa State Fair Speedway 305 Results and Stories

Iowa State Fair Speedway 305 Results and Stories
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Jason MartinJason Martin 5/19/16

Iowa State Fair Speedway
Des Moines, IA

17 305’s

Heat one (started): 1. Matt Moro 2m (3) 2. Tyler Drueke 12 (1) 3. Clint Benson 100 (5) 4. Jason Martin 5x (6) 5. Nathan Mills 24N (4) 6. Mike Dapra 38 (2)

Heats were six laps in distance, with the top four redrawing for their feature starting spot. Drueke led early with Moro in Pursuit. Matt would pass him for the win on lap three. Benson worked his way up to third nicely as well.

Heat two (started): 1. Tyler Thompson 48 (2) 2. Austin Johnson 81 (3) 3. Koddy Hildreth 12K (1) 4. Shayle Bade 03 (4) 5. RJ Johnson 53 (5) 6. Kyle Nelson 39 (6)

Hildreth led early, but Thompson tracked him down by lap two. A. Johnson followed Thompson by Hildreth on lap three to nail down second. Bade held off RJ Johnson for the final redraw spot.

Heat three (started): 1. Mike Houseman Jr. 4L (4) 2. Michael Johnston 14J (3) 3. Bob Hildreth 55KC (2) 4. Joe Miller 78 (5) 5. Brad Fopma 16 (1)

Houseman Jr. moved into the lead quickly and pulled away from the field. Fopma was making his first ever sprint start.

A main (started): 1. Martin (1) 2. Benson (2) 3. Thompson (3) 4. Houseman Jr. (8) 5. A. Johnson (11) 6. Johnston (4) 7. RJ Johnson (14) 8. Bade (10) 9. Miller (7) 10. Mills (13) 11. K. Hildreth (5) 12. Dapra (16) 13. Drueke (9) 14. Nelson (15) 15. Fopma (17) 16. B. Hildreth (6) 17. Moro (12)

Martin shot out to an early lead in the 15-lapper, but Thompson was up to the task and used the low side of one and two to grab the lead on lap two. Martin returned the favor on lap three, but the pass was negated when Moro tangled with B. Hildreth in turn four. Both drivers got upside down, but were o.k. Thompson and Martin battled again on the restart, but just one more lap was in the books when Nelson and Fopma came together and crashed in turn one. Both were uninjured. The restart saw Thompson leading Martin, Benson, Houseman Jr. and Johnston back to green. Thompson would lead five more laps before Martin would take command and behin pulling away. One more caution appeared for Drueke, who came to a stop on the front straight on lap 11 while running sixth. Benson would work by Thompson with two laps to go to claim second. Martin maintained his lead for a win worth $1,000.

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