LOGAN HALE AND
SAMANTHA BLUMER SCORE FIRST HAWKEYE DOWNS WINS
DAVE MCCALLA SWEEPS SPORTSMEN FEATURES
(Cedar Rapids,
IA 07/15/2005)—Heat and humidity were not
friends of drivers, crews, or fans at Hawkeye Downs Speedway on Friday night as the weather conditions combined to make a tricky
race track on Full Throttle Energy Drink night. Despite numerous cautions for
spins and wrecks it was a good night for drivers such as Logan Hale and Samantha Blumer as they scored
their first career feature wins.
The
Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Car feature saw Logan
Hale of Cedar Rapids
take the lead early after starting outside the second row. Hale, a high school
junior in just his second year of racing, extended the lead quickly only to
have it erased on lap five when the Yellow Book Yellow Flag slowed the
action. Hale maintained his lead after
the restart and then held off point leader Brad Dvorak, also of Cedar
rapids, for the balance of the race,
pulling out a .851 second win over Dvorak.
Randy Filling finished third after starting in row four. Doug Simon and
Cory Houdek both posted “top five” finishes also.
In
the Marines.Com Hornet feature, Samantha Blumer of Manchester bolted into an early lead and
never looked back as she racked up her first career win in the new for 2005
division. Blumer started on the point of the 12-lap feature and maintained a
comfortable margin over the fourteen car field until the last couple laps when
Nathan Ballard of Marengo closed in. Ballard wasn’t able to make a serious
challenge as the final two laps ticked
off and Blumer crossed the Lint Millwright Finish Line a couple car lengths
ahead of Ballard. Jake Blumer finished
in third with Creston Williams fourth and point leader Rick Gallo fifth.
Former
Super Stock Champion Dave McCalla of Cedar Rapids racked up two wins on Friday
night as he took the checkers in both of the 20-lap Budweiser Late Model
Sportsmen features. In the first feature McCalla started in seventh and was
moving up quickly when caution bunched the field after six laps. When racing
resumed McCalla bolted around Kevin Korsmo and Andy Duggan to take command of
the race for good. McCalla posted a
winning margin of 1.889 seconds over the second place finisher Andy Duggan
according to Alliant Energy Transponder Timing and Scoring. Martin Ballard
recorded a strong third place finish with Korsmo fourth and Craig Bender fifth.
The
second Sportsmen feature saw Brian Franks of Cedar Rapids lead most of the race
after starting in the front row. McCalla chased him throughout the race until
Franks lost power with three laps remaining, sending McCalla into the lead and
a couple laps later into Coca-Cola
Victory Lane.
Kevin Korsmo, who leads the points in this division, finished in second,
some 8/10’s of a second behind. Andy
Duggan posted another strong performance crossing the stripe in third. Martin Ballard picked up his second top five
finish of the night finishing fourth while Bender finished in fifth, just as in
the first feature.
Barron
Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stock driver Terry Shaffar of State Center
picked up his 50th career win Friday night. The win was his eighth
of the season on the pavement. Shaffar, who has been racing about six years,
started in seventh and once again used
the high groove to dispense with the field in front of him to pick up his
fourth straight win. Shaffar took the lead with seven laps remaining and led
the parade to the finish line with Tim Dains right behind. Deb Mefford finished
in third with Ron Dighton fourth and Scott Siems fifth.
Multi-time
track champion Johnny Spaw of Cedar
Rapids scored his third win of the season in the
Performance Concepts Late Models Friday night picking up the hardware for the
first of two 20-lap features. The race was halted without a lap on the board
when first time visitor Derek of Nadler of Kansas City, MO, smacked the wall
hard exiting turn two.
Spaw,
who led the points by a scant one point over Brad Osborn coming into Friday
night, led every lap of the feature but
saw his lead evaporate in the closing laps as Kyle Hinrichs of Swisher closed
in. Hinrichs, who started seventh, was
on Spaw’s tail as the checkers waved finishing just .281 seconds behind. Scott
Wennermark of Ely finished in third with Dudley
Fleck and Chris Sevey nailing down the rest of the top five positions.
The
second Late Model feature saw Chris Sevey of Waterloo score his third win of
the season as he ran away from the field. Brad Osborn, of Janesville, finished
nearly a full second behind Sevey with
Jeff King of CR finishing third. Kyle Hinrichs finished fourth while Denny
Osborn was fifth. The point chase
remains very close with Spaw unofficially maintaining a one-point margin over
Brad Osborn.
The
30-lap Miller Time IMCA Asphalt Modified feature saw plenty of action. Some was
in the form of racing and some was in the form of crashing and spinning. When
the checkered flag fell the sixteen car field was pared down to nine cars after
numerous crashes. Chad
Willett of Cedar Rapids
emerged the victor picking up his second win of the season. Arlo Becker, who had been leading the race,
couldn’t continue when Tim Plummer and he made contact with just a couple laps
remaining propelling Willett into the lead. Keith Siefken of Cedar Rapids
finished in second followed by Jim Hanson, who recovered from earlier
mechanical problems to finish a strong third.
Plummer, who leads the points, recovered from a
penalty that put him in the back of the field after the earlier contact with
Becker, to finish in fourth. Shawn
Stinger of Palo was fifth.
Racing resumes Friday night July 22 with only one
regular Hawkeye Downs division on the card.
The Performance Concepts Late Models will join the USAC Ford Focus
Midgets and round two of “Motor Madness” as flat track motorcycles, mini-vans,
and School Bus races will fill out the card.
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HORNETS
FEATURE (12 laps)
1. Samantha Blumer, Manchester; 2. Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 3.
Jake Blumer, Manchester;
4. Creston Williams, Atkins; 5. Rick Gallo, Cedar Rapids; 6. Derrick Beadle, Hiawatha; 7.
Shawn Meyers, Ely; 8. Jeff Ballard,
Marengo; 9. Clint Sheppard, Hiawatha; 10. Davey
Snyder, Iowa City;
11. Brian Bries, Norway;
12. Connie Binder, Clutier; 13. Dan Vincent, Solon; 14. Craig Stepanek, Vinton
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE (15 laps)
- Terry
Shaffar, State
Center; 2. Tim
Dains, Cedar Rapids;
3. Deb Mefford, Cedar Rapids;
4. Ron Dighton, Cedar Rapids;
5. Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids;
6. Kandi Floyd, Cedar Rapids;
7. Brandon Herb, Marion; 8. Matt Lacoursiere, Cedar Rapids; 9. Tim Hill, Cedar Rapids; 10.
Aaron Meyer, Cedar Rapids;
11. Chad
Vozenilek, Fairfax; 12. Rodney Grother, Cedar Rapids
BARRON MOTOR
SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS
FEATURE ( 25 laps)
- Logan Hale, Cedar
Rapids; 2. Brad Dvorak, Cedar Rapids; 3. Randy Filling,
Toddville; 4. Doug Simon, Marion; 5. Cory Houdek, Marion; 6. Bob
Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids;
7. Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City;
8. Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 9. Brian Dvorak, Mt. Vernon;
10. Mark Bolton, Cedar Rapids;
11. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha; 12. Wendy Carnahan, Cedar Rapids; 13. Chad Siems, Marion; DNS- Chris
Wessner, Quasqueton
BUDWEISER LATE
MODEL SPORTSMEN
FEATURE #1 (20 laps)
- Dave
McCalla, Cedar Rapids;
2. Andy Duggan, Marion; 3. Martin Ballard, Marengo; 4. Kevin Korsmo,
Atkins; 5. Craig Bender, Cedar
Rapids; 6. Mel Schappert, Cedar Rapids; 7. Kevin Franks, Cedar Rapids; 8.
Michael Annett, Des Moines;
9. Mark Hauder, Dubuque;
10. Brian Franks, Central City
FEATURE #2 (20 laps)
- Dave
McCalla, Cedar Rapids;
2. Kevin Korsmo, Atkins; 3. Andy Duggan, Marion; 4. Martin Ballard,
Marengo; 5. Craig Bender, Cedar
Rapids; 6. Mel Schappert, Cedar Rapids; 7. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 8.
Mark Hauder, Dubuque;
9. Michael Annett, Des Moines;
10. Brian Franks, Central City; 11. Kevin Franks, Cedar Rapids
PERFORMANCE
CONCEPTS LATE MODELS
FEATURE #1 ( 20 laps)
- Johnny
Spaw, Cedar Rapids;
2. Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher; 3. Scott Wennermark, Ely; 4. Dudley Fleck, Cedar Rapids; 5.
Chris Sevey, Waterloo;
6. Denny Osborn, Janesville;
7. Brad Osborn, Janesville;
8. Jeff King, Cedar Rapids;
9. JJ Meyer, Cedar Rapids;
10. Brian Allen, Cedar Rapids;
11. Derek Nadler, Kansas City,
MO
FEATURE #2 (20 laps)
- Chris
Sevey, Waterloo;
2. Brad Osborn, Janesville;
3. Jeff King, Cedar Rapids;
4. Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher; 5. Denny Osborn, Janesville; 6. Dudley Fleck, Cedar Rapids; 7. JJ
Meyer, Cedar Rapids;
8. Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids;
9. Scott Wennermark, Ely; 10. Brian Allen, Cedar
Rapids; DNS- Derek Nadler, Kansas City, MO
MILLER TIME IMCA
ASPHALT MODIFIEDS
FEATURE (30 laps)
1. Chad
Willett, Cedar Rapids;
2. Keith Siefken, Cedar Rapids;
3. Jim Hanson, Cedar Rapids;
4. Tim Plummer, Norway;
5. Shawn Stinger, Palo; 6. Griffin McGrath, Cedar Rapids; 7. Scott
Strauss, Cedar Rapids;
8. Pat Flanagan, Cedar Rapids;
9. Jody Lana, Cedar Rapids;
10. Arlo Becker, Norway; 11. Scott Grady, Cedar Rapids; 12. Darrell
Long, Cedar Rapids;
13. Steve Lindell, Marion; 14. Aric
Becker, Cedar Rapids;
15. Bob Gase, Cedar Rapids;
16. Rodney Rocarek, Mt.
Vernon