Janssen, Foster Score First Time Wins at CJ Speedway
Columbus Junction, Iowa: Racing went on at the CJ Speedway on Friday night despite recent rains making for challenging conditions on the wet Louisa County Fairgrounds. The track was a bit tricky but proved to be very racy for all 73 competitors that signed in on Friday night.
Drew Janssen of Pella, Iowa made his first appearance of the 2022 season and came away with the 16 lap Stewart & Son Fuel IMCA Modified Feature win. Jonathan Huston battled Barry Dugan for the lead in the early going before Huston was able to take over the point. Huston’s lead was short lived as 3rd starting Janssen took over the point and went on to hold off a hard charging Maguire DeJong at the finish. Last weeks feature winner Jarrett Brown came under the checkers in third.
The Huston Brothers IMCA Sportmod Feature proved to be wild affair as several drivers held the point. Mike Clausen led early before Colton Livezey was able to take over the top spot. 8th starting Dylan VanWyk was headed to the front before he lost his right front tire in a skirmish. A quick tire change and realigning from the rear VanWyk proved to be a man on a mission Friday night. The “Lil Speedster” from Oskaloosa wheeled his 117 Sportmod through the field and wrestled the lead from Livezey and went on to record the win. Livezey held on for second ahead of Brendon Schultheis and Travis Tedrow.
The Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Cars main event saw the recently relocated Josh Foster wheel his #77 to the win. Previously from Newton, now residing in Fairfax, with the move we can expect to see the strong running Foster much more frequently. Foster was able to get by local veteran Stock Car driver Rod Staats in recording the win. Staats led for the first half of the race only to have Foster and eventual second place finisher Dustin Vis get by him. Staats finished third ahead of Dustin Griffiths.
The CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Stores IMCA Hobby Stocks provided a whole lot of wild racing action. Late in the race the two leaders Ryan Havel and Randy LaMar came together sending both cars into the outside retaining wall, both cars received enough damage that both had to be wreckered back to the pit area. On the restart Cody Staley appeared to be on his way to victory lane. Staley exited turn four coming to the checkers and he went to high allowing Aaron Martin to shoot by and pick up the win. Staley recovered to finish second ahead of Ryan Craven.
Midwest Towing IMCA Sport Compacts saw another feature win for Washington driver Shane Barnes. Barnes stated in victory lane,” this one is really special as I have a lot of family and friends here tonight from out of state.” Barnes only led the last three laps in taking the checkers ahead of Cody Staley by a slim margin. Justin Stevenson came home third.
Friday night racing will continue at the CJ Speedway on June 3rd with a full program of racing, hot laps will take to the track at 7 pm.
Friday, May 27th CJ Speedway Feature Results (top 5)
Stewart & Sons Fuel IMCA Modifieds
- 127 Drew Janssen-Pella
- 30M Maguire DeJong-Montezuma
- 88 Jarrett Brown-Ainsworth
- 42 Jonathan Huston-Columbus Junction
- 22 Brandon Banks-Washington
Huston Brothers Trucking IMCA Sportmods
- 117 Dyaln VanWyk-Oskaloosa
- 29 Colton Livezey-New Sharon
- 29B Brendon Schultheis-Muscatine
- 13 Travis Tedrow-Batavia
- 99 Kyle Boyd-Ottumwa
Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Cars
1 77 Josh Foster-Fairfax
- 20V Dustin Vis-Martelle
- 08S Rod Staats-Columbus Junction
- 10G Dustin Griffiths-Hedrick
- 56 Kenny O’Donnell-Columbus Junction
CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Store IMCA Hobby Stocks
- 73 Aaron Martin-Sigourney
- 55 Codey Staley- Muscatine
- 9 Ryan Craven-Iowa City
- 33T Trevor Tanner-Knoxville
- 1R Rick VanDusseldorp-Oskaloosa
Midwest Towing IMCA Sport Compacts
- 26 Shane Barnes-Washington
- 27Z Cody Staley-Muscatine
- 94 Justin Stevenson-Burlington
- 746 Garret Porter-Libertyville
- 69JX William Michel-Columbus Junction
