BOHNSACK,
KOSTITZKY WIN HOCHSTETLER TOWING NIGHT FEATURES AT HAWKEYE DOWNS
By Brad
Grupe
(Cedar
Rapids, IA 07/24/09)—Kurt Bohnsack and Scott Kositzky earned feature wins Friday night before severe
weather moved into the Cedar Rapids area and forced the rest of ‘Hochstetler
Towing Night’ action to be scrubbed.
The
IMCA Northern SportMods returned to the race program
Friday night after being off the schedule for a couple weeks. After winning a
heat race earlier, Aric Becker led the early going in
the 15-lap feature before Creston Williams took the point on lap five. Three
laps later, Ken Kositzky squeezed into the lead but
he didn’t hold the position long as Scott Kositzky
used an outside move to take the lead for good with five laps remaining.
The
win was the fourth of the year for Scott Kositzky. He
has now won four of the five features in 2009. Creston Williams finished second
with Ken Kositzky, Blake Carson, and Dave Coghlan rounded out the top five.
The
other feature run Friday night was in Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars.
Point leader Kurt Bohnsack nabbed his second win of the season. The race was
slowed by a couple cautions and was finally halted with four laps remaining as
the weather closed in on the speedway.
Chad
Siems led early but tangled with Greg Hentrich on lap nine. Dennis Hundley and
last week’s winner Brian Beaty traded the lead for a couple laps after the
restart before another caution scrambled the field. Bohnsack found himself in
the lead with Beaty second, Cory Houdek ended up in third, Scooter Dulin was fourth, and Chad Siems finished in the five slot.
Hochstetler
Towing, Official Towing service Provider of Hawkeye Downs, also staged their
annual “Bike Giveaway” with over two dozen kids taking home a new bike along
with a couple scooters.
Racing
resumes next Friday night, July 31 with the 2nd Annual
“Prelude to the Dirt” event. The event is run as a “warm-up” to the Wednesday,
August 5 appearance of the Deery Brothers IMCA Summer
Series.
On
the card Friday night is a special “A” Mod vs. “B” Mod race that pays $500 to
win. Miller Light Late Models, Budweiser Sportsmen, Barron Motor Supply IMCA
Stock Cars, Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Northern SportMods, and Sunline Hornets
are all slated for action.
As
a thank you to the fans that attended Friday Night, Hawkeye Downs
officials have elected to honor Rain Checks from July 24 for this week (07/31)
even though the program was over 50% complete.
JULY 24, 2009 RESULTS
IMCA
NORTHERN SPORTMODS
HEAT-1. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids, IA; 2. Jonny
Williams, Atkins, IA; 3. Scott Kositzky,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 4. Creston Williams, Atkins, IA;
5.Blake Carson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6. Dave Coghlan, Marion, IA; 7. Ken Kositzky, Cedar Rapids, IA; 8. Tim Dains, Marion, IA
FEATURE
(15 laps) 1. Scott Kositzky
2.Creston Williams 3.Ken Kositzky 4.Blake Carson
5.Dave Coghlan 6. Aric
Becker 7.Jonny Williams DNS-Tim Dains
BARRON MOTOR
SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS
HEAT- 1. Chad Siems, Shellsburg, IA; 2.Greg
Hentrich, Hiawatha, IA; 3. Mark Bolton, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 4. Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids, IA;
5.Brian Beaty, Palo, IA; 6.Dennis Hundley, Cedar Rapids, IA; 7. Cory Houdek, Marion, IA; 8. Bob Ahrendsen,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 9. Dave Ballstaedt, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 10.Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City, IA
FEATURE
(20 laps)(shortened to 16 by rain) 1. Bohnsack 2. Beaty 3. Houdek 4.Doolin 5. Siems 6.Ballstaedt 7.
Hundley 8. Hentrich 9. Bolton 10. Ahrendsen