See Wins By Inches In Stock Car Thriller, Super Late Models Return Next Week To CJ Speedway
Columbus Junction, Iowa: Another beautiful Friday night greeted a great crowd as the racing action was very exciting at the CJ Speedway. Close finishes and lots of wheel to wheel racing on a perfectly prepared 4/10 mile dirt oval on the night that saw the final checkered flag of the night wave just prior to 10 pm.
The Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Cars continue to provide great racing each and every Friday night. The main event took the green with Kenny O’Donnell taking the lead and looking to break a recent string of bad luck at his hometown race track. The 56 of O’Donnell stretched the lead out early in the race and appeared to be on his way to the win only to have Jason See make a late race charge to the front. See went to the outside of O’Donnell as the two came off of turn four headed to the checkered flag. At the finish line See took the win by no more than 12 inches over O’Donnell who led all but the last few feet in the 16 lap feature. Norman Bean the 2nd ran with the leaders the entire race and settled for a close third ahead of Dustin Griffiths.
Jarrett Brown has had a great year at CJ in the Stewart & Sons Fuel IMCA Modified class. Brown started the main event back in the fifth row and quickly worked to the front taking the lead from Kyle Madden. 7th starting, Kurt Kile advanced from the fourth row and got into second and set his sights on catching Brown. Kile was not able to pose a serious threat as Brown scored the win ahead of Kile and Dakota Simmons.
The Huston Brothers Trucking IMCA Sportmods provided the fans with another very close finish as teammates Matt Mayo and Shane Paris battled to the finish line. Mayo from Bakersfield, CA took the lead early and began to stretch out the lead before the race was slowed for a minor caution. The caution allowed Paris to close in on Mayo but Mayo once again stretched the lead out to a comfortable margin. A late race yellow allowed Paris to take one more shot at Mayo, this time Paris was able to make a move to the bottom of the track in turn four of the final lap and Paris made the move work as he took the win by a very slim margin over Mayo.
Randy LaMar broke Luke Phillips win streak at three in the CJ Auto Parts/NAPA Stores IMCA Hobby Stocks. LaMar beat Phillips to the front but Phillips took over second early in the main event and the race was on for the win. Phillips was able to get inside of LaMar on a couple of occasions but the 4R of LaMar took the win ahead of Phillips and Tom Killen JR.
Shane Barnes scored another feature win in the Midwest Rod & Restoration IMCA Sport Compact division. Barnes shot to the front early but was part of a lead pack that included Matt Moore, Alex Hayes and Darin Smith. It was not until very late in the main event that Barnes was able to take a firm hold of the lead and go on to take the win ahead of Moore and Smith.
Friday, June 30th will feature the return of open Late Models as the Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association comes to the CJ Speedway. The Super Late Model drivers will battle it out on the CJ Speedway for the $5,000 first place prize money. This will be the final opportunity for the CJ Speedway fans to witness the racing excitement of the high powered Late Models in 2023. All regular classes with the exception of the Sport Compacts will be in action with hot laps taking to the track at 7 pm.
14 entries
STEWART & SONS FUEL IMCA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 88-Jarrett Brown[9]; 2. 77-Kurt Kile[7]; 3. 40-Dakota Simmons[10]; 4. 22-Brandon Banks[5]; 5. 32-Kyle Madden[1]; 6. 16SS-Kip Siems[8]; 7. IB25-Shane Richardson[6]; 8. 11B-Troy Philpott[2]; 9. 26-Scott Brau[12]; 10. 9G-Anthony Guss[3]; 11. 72-Kolton Osborn[13]; 12. 21B-Barry Dugan[4]; 13. ?4U-Jason Bear[11]; 14. 122-Denny Banks[14]
Heat 1: 1. 77-Kurt Kile[6]; 2. 88-Jarrett Brown[7]; 3. 9G-Anthony Guss[3]; 4. 22-Brandon Banks[5]; 5. 21B-Barry Dugan[4]; 6. ?4U-Jason Bear[2]; 7. (DNS) 122-Denny Banks
Heat 2: 1. 32-Kyle Madden[1]; 2. IB25-Shane Richardson[5]; 3. 11B-Troy Philpott[2]; 4. 40-Dakota Simmons[7]; 5. 16SS-Kip Siems[6]; 6. 26-Scott Brau[3]; 7. 72-Kolton Osborn[4]
13 entries
MINCER FORD IMCA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 79S-Jason See[9]; 2. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[2]; 3. 62-Norman Bean[6]; 4. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[8]; 5. 23W-Keegan Wells[7]; 6. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[5]; 7. 57-Andrew Schroeder[10]; 8. 30-Dan Brockert[3]; 9. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[4]; 10. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[1]; 11. C4-Corey Strothman[11]; 12. (DNS) 32-Tom Cannon; 13. (DNS) 27-Matt Picray
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 30-Dan Brockert[2]; 2. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[1]; 3. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[6]; 4. 57-Andrew Schroeder[7]; 5. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[3]; 6. C4-Corey Strothman[4]; 7. (DNS) 27-Matt Picray
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 62-Norman Bean[4]; 2. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[1]; 3. 79S-Jason See[6]; 4. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[3]; 5. 23W-Keegan Wells[5]; 6. 32-Tom Cannon[2]
18 entries
HUSTON BROS TRUCKING IMCA SPORTMODS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 13C-Shane Paris[10]; 2. 13M-Matthew Mayo[8]; 3. 21-Todd Hansen[3]; 4. 29-Colton Livezey[5]; 5. 44G-Levi Gaunt[6]; 6. 7T-Trey Rock[9]; 7. 13-Travis Tedrow[4]; 8. 99-Kyle Boyd[11]; 9. 16-Joel Payne[12]; 10. 75JR-Joe Roller[1]; 11. 7J-James Chesmore[16]; 12. 117-Dylan VanWyk[7]; 13. 9-Shane Wright[14]; 14. 17M-Jared Miller[2]; 15. 20-Erik Adams[13]; 16. 96-Matthew Lundry[15]; 17. 5A-Nick Aupperle[17]; 18. 25CB-Jim Russell[18]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 13M-Matthew Mayo[8]; 2. 13C-Shane Paris[9]; 3. 44G-Levi Gaunt[7]; 4. 21-Todd Hansen[5]; 5. 75JR-Joe Roller[1]; 6. 99-Kyle Boyd[3]; 7. 20-Erik Adams[2]; 8. 96-Matthew Lundry[4]; 9. 5A-Nick Aupperle[6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 117-Dylan VanWyk[7]; 2. 13-Travis Tedrow[5]; 3. 17M-Jared Miller[4]; 4. 7T-Trey Rock[8]; 5. 29-Colton Livezey[6]; 6. 16-Joel Payne[3]; 7. 9-Shane Wright[2]; 8. 7J-James Chesmore[9]; 9. (DNS) 25CB-Jim Russell
14 entries
CJ AUTO PARTS – NAPA IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4R-Randy LaMar[5]; 2. 33-Luke Phillips[8]; 3. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[7]; 4. 77-Cody Cleghorn[9]; 5. 7B-Eric Stanton[10]; 6. 88-Jason Schutterle[3]; 7. 28-Tucker Richardson[4]; 8. 12-Austin Stalder[12]; 9. 91-Jeremy Dooley[11]; 10. 52-Billy Stanford[1]; 11. 22-James Pilkington[2]; 12. 42T-Tyson Overton[6]; 13. 25-John Richardson[14]; 14. 6XP-Preston McDonald[13]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 28-Tucker Richardson[4]; 2. 52-Billy Stanford[2]; 3. 42T-Tyson Overton[5]; 4. 7B-Eric Stanton[7]; 5. 33-Luke Phillips[6]; 6. 91-Jeremy Dooley[1]; 7. 6XP-Preston McDonald[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 4R-Randy LaMar[4]; 2. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[5]; 3. 77-Cody Cleghorn[6]; 4. 88-Jason Schutterle[3]; 5. 22-James Pilkington[2]; 6. 12-Austin Stalder[1]; 7. 25-John Richardson[7]
12 entries
MIDWEST ROD & RESTORATION IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 26X-Shane Barnes[3]; 2. 2M-Matt Moore[6]; 3. 17-Darin Smith[10]; 4. 23H-Alex Hayes[4]; 5. 0-Bob Hayes[8]; 6. 20C-Caleb Giese[9]; 7. 7-Brandon Pickney[2]; 8. 12T-Trent Fowler[1]; 9. 746-Garrett Porter[7]; 10. 69JX-William Michel[5]; 11. 20-Isaac Giese[11]; 12. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[12]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26X-Shane Barnes[2]; 2. 12T-Trent Fowler[1]; 3. 69JX-William Michel[3]; 4. 20C-Caleb Giese[5]; 5. 746-Garrett Porter[4]; 6. 20-Isaac Giese[6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 23H-Alex Hayes[2]; 2. 0-Bob Hayes[4]; 3. 7-Brandon Pickney[1]; 4. 2M-Matt Moore[3]; 5. 17-Darin Smith[5]; 6. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[6]
Category: Iowa
