MARTY DIERCKS AND DAVE
NAYLOR SCORE HAWKEYE DOWNS LATE MODEL WINS
(Cedar Rapids, IA 072001)—Marty Diercks of Bettendorf and Dave
Naylor of Scotch Grove each scored wins in a pair of 50-lap features for the
Aggregates Late Models at Hawkeye Downs Speedway on Friday night. The first
feature was lined up by point average with the top 16 finishers from the first
feature inverted for the second 50 lapper.
Diercks started on the point and was never seriously challenged
in the first feature which was slowed only once by the caution flag. Wade
Prasil made an impressive showing, finishing 2nd after starting 13th.
TJ Schaeffer pressured Prasil from his 11th starting slot for second
in the closing laps but finished third.
The second 50-lap feature was a caution filled affair with
the heat and humidity clearly taking a toll on both cars and drivers.
Dave Naylor picked
up his second win of the 2001 campaign but had his hands full at times as Mike
Ehde and TJ Schaeffer joined the battle for the lead. Naylor started 11th
and thanks to some nifty driving and cars dropping out found himself in command
with just 8 laps gone. Schaefer found
himself on Naylor’s bumper with about 15 laps remaining but eventually
relinquished second to Mike Ehde and
settled for his second finish of the night in the third slot.
By virtue of his two third place finishes Schaeffer
became the overall winner in the McLeodUSA Late Model Triple Crown Series. The other
two races in the series were the “Miller 100” and the “Aggregates 100” run
earlier this season.
In other ASA Racing/Hawk Performance/Papa Johns Cup
Series action on Friday night, Larry Clausen of Atkins took top honors in the
Miller Time Open Wheel Modified division. Clausen started in the third row and
took command of the race near the mid-point.
Current point leader Mike Schulte finished second after starting 12th
on the grid. Bob Gase of Cedar Rapids crossed the stripe in third.
Brad Dvorak of Mount Vernon took the lead with less than
ten laps to go and went on to win his third feature of the season in the Barron
Motor Supply Super Stocks. Dvorak started in row five, drove his way to the
front and passed Don Johnson with nine laps to go to score the win. Johnson battled with Tink Willey early in
the race and the pair ended up second and third.
After a couple weeks away from Coca-Cola Victory Lane, BJ
Goodin won yet another A-1 Performance Marine Legends feature. The Hiawatha
driver jumped to the lead on a restart early in the race and was never challenged
for the remainder of the race. The best
racing on the track was for second-fifth positions with several drivers
involved in the fray. Bob Havlik emerged in second with Kevin Foreman posting a
third place finish.
The Budweiser Sportsmen were not on the card Friday night
as several drivers were scheduled to compete in a McLeod USA Mid-American Stock
Cars Series event at the track later in the weekend.
Hawkeye Downs
Speedway-Cedar Rapids, IA
July 20, 2001
McLeodUSA
Triple Crown Twin 50’s
AGGREGATES LATE MODELS
FEATURE #1 (50 laps)
FEATURE #2 (50 laps)
MILLER TIME MODIFIEDS
FEATURE (25 laps)
A-1 PERFORMANCE MARINE
LEGENDS
FEATURE (25 laps)
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY SUPER
STOCKS
FEATURE (25 laps)