FLECK TOPS LATE MODELS AT HAWKEYE DOWNS
BOHNSACK,
MCCALLA AMONG REPEAT WINNERS
By Brad Grupe
(Cedar Rapids,
IA 06/15/07)—A host of familiar
faces visited Coca-Cola Victory
Lane at ASA-Sanctioned Hawkeye Downs Speedway during the annual
“100.7 The Fox Free Race.” For the past several years KKRQ-FM has presented the
free race, distributing thousands of free tickets to listeners across eastern Iowa.
One
new face picking up winners’ hardware was that of IMCA Sportmod feature winner
Brian Kauffman of Cedar Rapids.
Kauffman is the fourth different winner this season in the upstart class
gaining the win after starting on the pole and staying ahead of the field in
the 15-lap feature. Arnie Reif crossed the line in second followed by Tony
Olson.
Brad
Chandler of Vinton notched his third win of the season in the Sunline Hornets
after emerging from a three wide battle early in the 15-lap race. Chandler started in row three
and battled his way to the front finishing ahead of Shawn Myers and point
leader Brian Beaty. Jason Fawcett finished fourth after leading the early laps
and Sonny Parker was fifth.
Rodney
Grother also picked up his third winners trophy of the 2007 campaign on Friday
night after battling point leader Tim Dains over the last five laps of the 20
lap feature for Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks. The two traded the lead
back and forth with one car holding a slight advantage in turns one and two and
the other leading in three and four. Grother collected the checkered flag by
slightly more than a bumper after the two made slight contact emerging from the
final turn on the final lap.
Scott
Siems finished third after starting on the pole while Ron Dighton rallied from
the rear of the field to finish in fourth. Dennis Klinsky continued his strong
performance in 2007 finishing fifth.
In
the Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars, Kurt Bohnsack of Iowa City also scored his third win of the
season. The first lap of the race resulted in a caution and took Greg Hentrich
and Logan Hale
out of contention. Bohnsack took advantage of the restart and bolted into the
lead and then motored to the win finishing nearly a second and a half ahead of
the second place car of Bob Ahrendsen. Dennis Hundley finished third, Doug Otto
fourth and Brad Daugherty fifth.
Defending
Miller Time Modified champion Tim Plummer again found himself being interviewed
in victory lane as he picked up his third trip to the podium Friday night. The feature got off to a scary start when the
front row appeared to bobble as they charged to the green flag causing the
field to check up behind them and resulting in a red flag as debris was cleaned
up.
Once
the race was restarted Plummer took control on lap five after passing Chad Willett
and then scooted away from the field. Willett maintained second, nearly 3.5
second behind the leader as the checkers waved. Arlo Becker stayed in the thick
of the points chase finishing third.
Shawn Stinger finished fourth while rookie Joey Gase recorded his best
run of the season in fifth.
In
other Papa Johns Cup/I Wireless Championship action, Dave McCalla of Cedar Rapids became the
first four-time winner of the season winning the 25-lap Budweiser Sportsmen
feature. McCalla was undoubtedly the man to beat Friday night as he gridded
sixth and moved to the lead just nine circuits into the race. Bob Ahrendsen and
Martin Ballard finished next in line but by the time the checkers waved McCalla
had amassed a 4.5 second lead as he turned lap speeds close to the 88 mph mark
according to Hawkeye Downs Timing and Scoring.
Michael
Weber finished fourth and Mel Schappert was fifth.
The
Performance Concepts Late Models made their first appearance of the season on
Friday night with the predicted nine cars signing in. Trevor Millikan of Omaha,
NE started on the pole and lead the first 20 laps before Dudley Fleck of Cedar Rapids ducked
underneath and took the lead with just ten to go just after a spin by Ben
Glascock forced a restart.
Thor
Anderson the 15 year old from Bondurant, who was the fast qualifier of the
night finished in second followed by Millikan.
Ken Reiser of Waukon, IA
posted a fourth place finish with Griffin
McGrath of CR placing fifth.
Fleck had been battling ignition problems that
started during the Miller 100 two weeks ago but solved the problem prior to
tonight’s race.
The Late Models return in two weeks when
at least two more entries are expected to join the field.
FEATURE RESULTS
IMCA SPORTMOD
FEATURE- (15 laps)- 1. Brian Kauffman, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 2.
Arnie Reif, Hiawatha,IA; 3. Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids, IA;
4. Ryan Luedtke, Norway, IA; 5. Rob McDonald,
Manchester, IA
SUNLINE HORNETS
FEATURE- (15 laps)- 1. Brad Chandler, Vinton,
IA; 2. Shawn
Myers, Cedar Rapids, IA; 3. Brian Beaty,
Palo, IA;
4. Jason Fawcett, Cedar Rapids, IA;
5. Sonny Parker, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 6.
Bryce Bailey, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 7.
Jon Livingston, Marion,
IA; 8. Brian
Bries, Norway,
IA; 9. Matt Poduska, Cedar Rapids, IA;
10. Nathan Chandler, Vinton,
IA
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE- (20 laps) 1. Rodney Grother, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 2.
Tim Dains, Marion,
IA; 3. Scott
Siems, Cedar Rapids, IA; 4. Ron Dighton,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 5. Dennis
Klinsky, Ely, IA; 6. Kandi Floyd,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 7. Gary Pfantz,
State Center, IA; 8. Scott
Benesh, Cedar Rapids, IA; 9. Bill McVey, Cedar Rapids, IA;
10. Deb Mefford, Marion,
IA; 11. Kris
Jones, Cedar Rapids, IA; 12. Duayne
Herb, Marion, IA; 13. Steve
Wilhelm, Cedar Rapids, IA; 14. Ron Fare, Cedar Rapids, IA;
15. Malena Betzer, Cedar Rapids, IA;
16. Roland Bohnsack, Clutier
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS
FEATURE (25 laps) 1. Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City, IA;
2. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids, IA;
3. Dennis Hundley, Cedar Rapids, IA;
4. Doug Otto, Cedar
Falls, IA; 5. Brad Daugherty, Palo,
IA; 6. Chad
Siems, Marion, IA; 7. Randy
Filling, Toddville, IA; 8. Logan Hale, Cedar Rapids, IA;
9. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha
MILLER TIME MODIFIEDS
FEATURE (25 laps) 1. Tim Plummer, Norway,
IA; 2. Chad Willett, Alburnett,
IA; 3. Arlo Becker, Norway,
IA; 4. shawn Stinger,
Palo, IA; 5. Joey Gase, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 6.
Craig Bender, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 7.
Scott Strauss, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 8.
Cory Houdek, Marion,
IA; 9. Scott
Grady, Cedar Rapids, IA; 10. Steve
Lindell, Marion, IA; 11. Darrell
Long, Cedar Rapids, IA; 12. Jim Hanson,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 13. Rodney Rocarek, Mt.
Vernon, IA
BUDWEISER SPORTSMEN
FEATURE (25 laps) 1. Dave McCalla, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids, IA;
3. Martin Ballard, Marengo, IA; 4. Michael Weber, Ryan,
IA; 5. Mel
Schappert, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6. Andy Duggan,
Marion, IA;
7. Brian Franks, Central City, IA; 8. Jeff Franks, Rowley,
IA; 9. Jon Leonard, Vinton, IA
PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS LATE MODELS
FEATURE (30 laps) 1. Dudley Fleck, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2. Thor Anderson, Bondurant, IA;
3. Trevor Millikan, Omaha, NE;
4. Ken Reiser, Waukon, IA;
5. Griffin McGrath, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 6. Brad
Dvorak, Lisbon, IA; 7. Randy Coghlan, Toddville,
IA; 8. Ben Glascock, Indianola, IA DNS- Brad Osborn, Janesville, IA