Jeff Tubbs is double winner in Great Plains Series holiday weekend twinbill at WaKeeney

By Mike Hughes

WaKEENEY, Kan. (May 26-27) – The first four events of the Dirt Track Central Goodland Ma­chine Great Plains Series didn’t produce a repeat IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner.

The Memorial Weekend show at WaKeeney Speedway did.

Jeff Tubbs topped both Sunday and Monday $600 to win features and drove home the new tour point leader as well.

Sunday’s 20-lapper went caution-free and Tubbs, Angel Munoz and four-time national champion Mike Nichols put on a racing clinic up front.

Nichols led the first five laps before Tubbs made the pass for the lead. Tubbs, Munoz and Nichols raced side-by-side and nose-to-tail the entire distance with Tubbs holding on for the win over Munoz and Nichols. Tyler Tipton and Nick Tubbs completed the top five.

On Memorial Day evening, Jason Rogers led early on before Jeff Tubbs took over in a caution plagued contest. The race was checkered after 13 laps due to the time limit and Tubbs made his second appearance of the weekend in victory lane. Josh Hudson captured the runner-up spot, followed by Kyle Clough, Nick Tubbs and B.J. Wagoner.

Jason Schoenberger captured the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature on Sunday after passing leader Nate Moore midway through the 20-lap race. Moore held on for second at the finish, followed by Travis Sherfick, Cody Gearhart and Corey Lagroon.

On Monday, Sherfick put on a show for the hometown fans. Sherfick did not finish his heat race and had to run the “B” feature. Sherfick finished fourth in the “B” and lined up 19th in the 20-car main event grid.

Matt Fabrizius led the opening lap but was passed on the following lap by Travis Simmons. The red flag flew on lap three when Kale Beavers rolled down the back straightaway. Beavers was OK but done for the night.

Simmons led the field back to green, then was passed on lap six by Brian Calhoon. After a cau­tion on lap seven, Dylan Sherfick took over the top spot, only to go up in smoke a few laps later. Calhoon led the field at the halfway mark, then the elder Sherfick made his move and took the lead on lap 12 and led the remaining distance for the win.

Calhoon held on for second, trailed by Jerry Teel, 20th starting Rodger Peck and Fabrizius.

Trenton Kleweno of Hays led all 15 laps of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature on Sun­day. Chris Heim challenged the first half of the race and even passed Keim on lap three, only to have the caution fly and put him back to second on the restart. Kleweno pulled away the second half of the race for the win. Cory Struckhoff finished in the runner-up spot, followed by Andy Bar­ton, Heim, and Blaine Walt.

Kleweno backed up that win with a repeat visit to victory lane on Monday. Kleweno passed Bar­ton on lap nine and held off Struckhoff for the second night in a row to the checkers. Walt was third, Clay Sellard fourth and Heim fifth.

Jason McIntyre took the lead at the drop of the green in Sunday’s IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature and led the first 13 laps, only to be passed by Cody Graham with two laps to go. Graham took the checkers ahead of McIntyre, Garrett Hager, Brian Stich and Leon Pfannenstiel.

Graham won again on Monday night in much the same fashion. Colton Pfeifer led the opening lap be­fore giving way to Colin Heim. Then on lap 13, Stich passed Heim for the lead down the back­stretch, but drifted high in turn three.

Graham then made his winning move under Heim, who also got high in the corner, and drove on to make it two wins in a row. Heim recovered to finish second, with Daniel Irwin, Colton Pfeifer and Jacob Crowell rounding out the top five.

Sunday Feature Results

Stock Cars – 1. Jeff Tubbs; 2. Angel Munoz; 3. Mike Nichols; 4. Tyler Tipton; 5. Nick Tubbs; 6. Rich Wadel; 7. Eric Kinderknecht; 8. Jason Rogers; 9. Perry Misner; 10. Luke Pfannenstiel; 11. B.J. Wagoner; 12. Justin Temeyer; 13. Casey Woken; 14. Wheat Lippelmann; 15. Jason Davis; 16. Mark Zorn; 17. Cody Williams; 18. Michael Meyer, 19. Don Schweitzer; 20. Tyrel Smith.

Heat winners were Nick Tubbs, Jeff Tubbs and Munoz. Meyer won the “B” feature.

Modifieds – 1. Jason Schoenberger; 2. Nate Moore; 3. Travis Sherfick; 4. Cody Gearhart; 5. Co­rey Lagroon; 6. Brian Knoell; 7. Kyle Rohleder; 8. Rodger Peck; 9. Eddie Belec; 10. Dylan Sher­fick; 11. Brian Calhoon; 12. Troy Plummer; 13. John Fose; 14. Jerry Teel; 15. Todd Schwarz; 16. Bill Albin; 17. Shannon Maughlin; 18. Milo Lippelmann; 19. Danny Keller; 20. Scott Brown; 21. David Solberg; 22. Matt Fabrizius; 23. Randy Wilson; 24. Kyle Maloney.

Heat winners were Schoenberger, Travis Sherfick, Knoell and Moore. Wilson and Belec won the “B” features.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Cody Graham; 2. Jason McIntyre; 3. Garrett Hager; 4. Brian Stich; 5. Leon Pfannenstiel; 6. Daniel Irwin; 7. Colin Heim; 8. Trevor Schmidt; 9. Jacob Crowell; 10. Kirk Karst; 11. Curt Kennedy; 12. Andrew Drennan; 13. Colton Pfeifer; 14. Roger Garrison; 15. Al Emmons; 16. Eric Ross; 17. Darren Unrein; 18. Ron Wehling; 19. Wayne Robbens; 20. Tommy Fose.

Heat race winners were Graham, Heim and Stich. Ross won the “B” feature.

Northern SportMods – 1. Trenton Kleweno; 2. Cory Struckhoff; 3. Andy Barton; 4. Chris Heim; 5. Blaine Walt; 6. Josh Appel; 7. Clay Sellard; 8. Clay Money; 9. Daniel Gottschalk; 10. Jason Grey; 11. Jason Brees; 12. Cody Pancake; 13. Kaid Calhoon; 14. Dan Lauer; 15. Austin Walker; 16. Kurtis Pihl; 17. Tyler Frye; 18. Cory Munsell; 19. Joe Couse; 20. Willie Wynn.

Heat winners were Heim, Appel, Barton and Kleweno. Gottschalk won the “B” feature.

Monday Feature Results

Stock Cars – 1. Jeff Tubbs; 2. Josh Hudson; 3. Kyle Clough; 4. Nick Tubbs; 5. Wagoner; 6. Woken; 7. Munoz; 8. Misner; 9. Rogers; 10. Tipton; 11. Lippelmann; 12. Keith Riley; 13. Sonny O’Hare; 14. Davis; 15. Williams; 16. Kinderknecht; 17. Pfannenstiel; 18. Meyer; 19. Temeyer; 20. Nichols; 21. Michael Pepper; 22. Wadel.

Heat winners were Rogers, Wadel and Woken.

Modifieds – 1. Travis Sherfick; 2. Calhoon; 3. Teel; 4. Peck; 5. Matt Fabrizius; 6. Knoell; 7. John Fabrizius; 8. Chadd Brown; 9. Craig Colgen; 10. Keller; 11. Travis Simmons; 12. Plummer; 13. Fose; 14. Van Gemmill; 15. Dylan Sherfick; 16. Albin; 17. Maloney; 18. Kale Beavers; 19. Lagroon; 20. Jesse Richter.

Heat winners were Simmons, John Fabrizius and Maloney. Plummer won the “B” feature.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Graham; 2. Heim; 3. Irwin; 4. Pfeifer; 5. Crowell; 6. Hager; 7. Pfannenstiel; 8. Ross; 9. Karst; 10. McIntyre; 11. Fose; 12. Emmons; 13. Adrienne West; 14. Donnie Werth; 15. Sierra Swart; 16. Stich; 17. Matt O’Hare; 18. Schmidt; 19. Mike Giesenhagen.

Heat winners were Heim and Graham.

Northern SportMods – 1. Kleweno; 2. Struckhoff, 3. Walt; 4. Sellard; 5. Heim; 6. Pihl; 7. Money; 8. Gottschalk; 9. Appel; 10. Calhoon; 11. Jeremy Sigler; 12. Barton; 13. C.J. Pfannenstiel; 14. Grey; 15. Jay Weigel; 16. Lucas Miller; 17. Tim Gassmann; 18. Brenden Damon; 19. Don Strecker; 20. Walker; 21. Kamren Gruber; 22. Lauer.

Heat race winners: Clay Money, Cory Struckhoff, Josh Appel

Category: Kansas / Nebraska, WaKeeney Speedway (Kansas)