CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR ROSS, HOUDEK, AHRENDSEN AT HAWKEYE DOWNS

 

By Brad Grupe

 

(Cedar Rapids, IA 07/26/02)—Hawkeye Downs Speedway held “Christmas in July” Friday night with Santa and an elf or two delivering winning hardware to the five winners in the ASA/ Papa Johns Cup Presented by Iowa Wireless division races. The evening of racing was sponsored by Rexco Bobcat and featured the now famous “World’s Largest Bobcat Parade.”

 

            Kyle Hinrichs of Swisher picked up his sixth trip of the season to Coca-Cola Victory Lane after starting sixth in the 25 lap Foreman Hydraulics Legends feature.  Hinrichs took the point with 10 laps to go and then held off a charge from Chris Sevey which was set up by a caution with two laps to go.

 

            Sevey, who had led the race earlier, finished in second with Mike Foreman crossing the stripe in third.

 

            Anamosa rookie Cory Houdek  picked up his first career feature win in the Barron Motor Supply Super Stocks. Houdek started on the pole and led the entire race finishing ahead of  John Ness and Bob Ahrendsen.

 

            The feature saw close quarters racing throughout the pack with multiple position changes throughout the race.

 

            Jim Ross of Cedar Rapids took top honors in the Performance Concepts Late Model feature, taking the lead from  pole-sitter TJ Schaefer on the 17th lap of the 30 lap feature. Schaefer blasted away from the pack early but a caution on lap 14 bunched the pack and gave Ross the opportunity to challenge for the lead just past the halfway mark of the race.

 

            Schaefer fought back on a couple later restarts but Ross was able to hold him off. Schaefer finished in second while  Johnny Spaw finished in third after starting 12th. Spaw’s third place finish coupled with point leader Brian Gibson’s 11th place finish put Spaw into the points lead by two markers. Scott Delsing finished an impressive fourth while rookie Brad Osborn notched fifth.

 

            Bob Ahrendsen picked up his second win of the season in the Budweiser Sportsmen division after starting on front row and leading all 25 laps. Scott Wennermark continued his strong run since returning to the track finishing second after starting 9th. Ironically, Wennermark’s crew chief has been working with Ahrendsen on his car setup.

 

            Point leader Curt Van Der Wal rallied to a third-place finish after starting in the fourth row.

 

            Brian Allen of Hiawatha earned his fourth win of the season in the Miller Time Modifieds. Allen took the lead early after starting in row two and built a substantial lead over the rest of the pack. Defending champ Mike Schulte  ran second but couldn’t gain any ground on Allen as the laps ticked off. Larry Clausen finished in third.

 

LATE MODEL

Dash- Jeff King, Cedar Rapids

Heat #1- TJ Schaefer, Solon

Heat #2- Jim Ross, Cedar Rapids

FEATURE

  1. Jim Ross, Cedar Rapids
  2. 2. TJ Schaefer, Cedar Rapids
  3. Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids
  4. Scott Delsing, Marion
  5. Brad Osborn, Janesville
  6. Randy Coghlan, Toddville
  7. Greg Kastli, Waterloo
  8. Scot Johnson, Ankeny
  9. Ross Kurth, Waterville
  10. Lorin Kurth, Waukon
  11. Brian Gibson, Walford
  12. Matt Lundberg, Johnston
  13. Mike Ehde, Prairie Du Chien, WI
  14. Wade Prasil, Cedar Rapids
  15. Jeff King, Cedar Rapids
  16. Marty Diercks, Bettendorf
  17. Max Corporon, Marion
  18. Curt Martin, Independence

DNS- Dave Johnson, Ankeny

 

SPORTSMEN

Dash- JJ Meyer, Cedar Rapids

Heat #1- Steve Kibort, Milan, IL

Heat#2- Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids

FEATURE

  1. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids
  2. Scott Wennermark, Cedar Rapids
  3. Curt VanDerWal, Ankeny
  4. Martin Ballard, Marengo
  5. Johnny Mudd, Cedar Rapids
  6. Kevin Lee, Cedar Rapids
  7. JJ Meyer, Cedar Rapids
  8. Matt Van Gelder, Oskaloosa
  9. Andy Duggan, Marion
  10. Craig Bender, Cedar Rapids
  11. Mel Schappert, Cedar Rapids
  12. Lyle Williams, Center Point
  13. Brian Franks, Central City
  14. Tom Burke, Nevada
  15. Steve Kibort, Milan, IL
  16. Ron Fisher, Shellsburg

 

MODIFIEDS

Dash- Brian Allen, Hiawatha

Heat- Chad Willett, Cedar Rapids

FEATURE

  1. Brian Allen, Hiawatha
  2. Mike Schulte, Norway
  3. Larry Clausen, Cedar Rapids
  4. Bob Gase, Cedar Rapids
  5. Jim Williams, Cedar Rapids
  6. Dave Novotny, Solon
  7. Keith Gogel, Solon
  8. Bob Glick, Evansdale
  9. Rodney Rocarek, Mt. Vernon
  10. Chad Willett, Cedar Rapids
  11. James Lamphier, Urbana

DNS- Sonny Parker, Cedar Rapids

 

SUPER STOCKS

Dash- Chad Siems, Mt. Auburn

Heat #1- Cory Houdek, Anamosa

Heat #2- Jim Hanson, Cedar Rapids

FEATURE

  1. Cory Houdek, Anamosa
  2. John Ness, Cedar Rapids
  3. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids
  4. Chad Siems, Mt. Auburn
  5. Kurt Bohnsack. Iowa City
  6. Doug Simon, Marion
  7. Randy Filling, Toddville
  8. Jayson Scott, Cedar Rapids
  9. Arnie Reif, Hiawatha
  10. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha
  11. Kevin Franks, Cedar Rapids
  12. Jeff Franks, Rowley
  13. Brad Helle, Cedar Rapids
  14. Russ Schwandt, Marion
  15. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids
  16. Brenda Thomsen, Cedar Rapids
  17. Jim Hanson, Cedar Rapids
  18. Brad Dvorak, Ames
  19. Wendy Carnahan, Cedar Rapids

 

LEGEND

Dash- Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher

Heat- Mike Foreman, Cedar Rapids

FEATURE

  1. Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher
  2. Chris Sevey, Waterloo
  3. Mike Foreman, Cedar Rapids
  4. Gene Peterson, Des Moines
  5. Tom Frady, Cedar Rapids
  6. John Clute
  7. Ross Zumbach, Racine, MN
  8. Eric Appleget, Ely
  9. Larrie Solbrig
  10. Mark Hauger, Lakewood, CO (Papa Johns Promotional Car)

 

           

 

           

 

           

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