CASSILL, HAWKEYE DOWNS
DRIVERS ENTERTAIN OVERFLOW CROWD
MYERS, GROTHER, GIBSON POST FIRST WINS
(Cedar Rapids, IA 08/15/08)—Several thousand race fans
jammed Hawkeye Downs Speedway
to the rafters Friday night for Casey’s General Stores Night and the ‘Walk a
Lap with Landon” promotion designed to raise money for local flood relief.
NASCAR Nationwide series rookie and Cedar Rapids
native Landon Casill returned “home” to Hawkeye Downs
Speedway to
race and to raise cash for The Salvation Army and Aid to Women as they continue
to assist local flood victims. An exact
total of the money raised isn’t known yet but initial reports early in the
evening were that nearly $8000 had been donated by fans at the race. The money
raised was to be matched up to $10,000 each by Cassill,
Hendrick Motorsports, Dale Earnhart,
Jr., and Kyle Busch.
Steve Carlson and the other four
fastest qualifiers in Late Models, including Landon Cassill, all opted to take a
challenge from the fans and start at the back of the feature event in hopes of
winning bonus purse money. The rest of the Late Model field was inverted based
on qualifying. It took a couple tries to get the 40-lap Miller Lite Late Models feature rolling but once it did the fast
cars at the back of the field quickly moved to the front.
By the ninth trip around the Hawkeye
Downs half-mile Steve Carlson and Landon Cassill were
running first and second with Carlson pulling away a bit with each passing lap.
However, that lead was erased with six laps remaining setting up a sprint to
the finish. As the green flew Cassill broke loose as
he hit the throttle spinning on the front stretch. That put Curt VanDerWal
in the challenger position but Carlson was able to pull out a 1.3 second win,
his sixth of the season.. VanDerWal
was second while Johnny Spaw was third, Dudley Fleck
fourth, and Griffin
McGrath held off Cassill for fifth.
Randy Coghlan
notched his second trip of the season to Victory Lane in Budweiser Sportsmen. Coghlan pulled out to a huge lead after starting on the
point , Michael Weber started running
him down but Weber ran out laps after
shaving a nearly five second lead down to just .190 seconds at the finish line.
Point leader Dave McCalla crossed the line in third followed by Kevin Lee, and
Bob Ahrendsen.
Larry Clausen was awarded the win in
the Coors Light Modified feature after the #88 of apparent race winner Arlo
Becker didn’t pass post-race tech inspection. Clausen had battled Becker over
the last couple laps but couldn’t make an outside pass stick as they charged to
the checkers. Tony Olson finished second
in the revised order followed by Mike Schulte, Tim Plummer, and Cory Houdek.
Rodney Grother picked up his first
win since moving to the Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Car division as he beat
out Bob Ahrendsen, Dave Ballstaedt, Kurt Bohnsack,
and Brian Franks. Grother moved to Stock Cars from the Barron Motor Supply IMCA
Hobby Stocks and has shown steady improvement over the course of the season.
Shawn Myers started up from and
stayed well ahead of the pack in the Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stock
feature to collect his first win in the division since moving up from the
Sunline Hornet division. Gary Pfantz, who leads the division, finished second after wrestling the
position from Ed O’Brien in the last five laps. O’Brien maintained third while
Dennis Klinsky and Roland Bohnsack rounded out the top five.
In the Sunline Hornets, Brad
Chandler scored his sixth victory of the season. Jim Hanson posted a second
place finish which will put him at the top of the points chart after
point leader Derek Parrott finished seventh.
Shane was third while Nathan Chandler finished fourth and Jonny Williams
fifth.
Finally, in IMCA Sportmods, Brian
Gibson piloted the D56 to the win, his first of the season in just two starts.
Gibson has not been in competition at Hawkeye Downs for several years but has
driven in several classes, including Late Models previously. Arnie Reif
collected second and Aric Becker was third. Current
point leader Ryan Luedtke finished fourth and Scott Kositky
was fifth.
AUGUST 15 FEATURE WINNERS
MILLER LITE LATE
MODELS
1. Steve Carlson, West Salem, WI;
2.
Curt Van DerWal, Oskaloosa, IA;
3. Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids, IA;
4. Dudley Fleck, Cedar Rapids,
IA;5. Griffin McGrath, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 6. Landon
Cassill, Charlotte,
NC; 7. Brad Dvorak, Lisbon, IA;
8. Jim Ross, Cedar Rapids, IA; 9. Logan Hale, Cedar Rapids, IA;
10. Jon Leonard, Vinton,
IA; 11. Nick
Greif, Monticello,
IA; 12. Jill George, Cedar Falls, IA;
13. Joey Gase, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 14.
Brad Osborn, Janesville,
IA; 15. Thor
Anderson, Bondaurant,
IA; 16. Ron Boelts. Wellsburg,
IA
BUDWEISER
SPORTSMEN
1.
Randy Coghlan, Toddville,
IA; 2. Michael Weber, Ryan, IA;
3. Dave McCalla, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 4.
Kevin Lee, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 5.
Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 6.
Doug Simon, Marion,
IA; 7. Mel
Schappert, Cedar Rapids, IA; 8. Kevin
Franks, Cedar Rapids, IA; 9. Travis
Thompson, Atkins, IA; 10. Mark Hauder,
Dubuque, IA
COORS LIGHT
MODIFIEDS
1. Larry Clausen, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2.
Tony Olson, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 3.
Mike Schulte, Norway,
IA; 4. Tim Plummer. Norway,
IA; 5. Cory Houdek, Marion, IA;
6. Scott Strauss, Cedar Rapids, IA;
7. Steve Lindell, Marion, IA;
8. Darrell Long, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 9.
Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids,
IA DQ-Arlo Becker, Norway
BARRON MOTOR
SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS
1. Rodney Grother, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2.
Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 3.
Dave Ballstaedt, Cedar Rapids, IA;
4. Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City, IA;
5. Brian Franks, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 6.
Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids, IA;
7. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha, IA;
8. Mark Bolton, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 9.
Brian Beatty, Palo,
IA; 10. Chad
Siems, Shellsburg, IA; 11. Jim Kennedy
BARRON MOTOR
SUPPLY IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
1. Shawn Myers, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2.
Gary Pfantz, State
Center, IA; 3.
Ed O’Brien, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 4.
Dennis Klinsky, Ely,
IA; 5. Roland
Bohnsack, Clutier, IA; 6. Scott Siems,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 7. Duayne Herb,
Marion, IA;
8. Kandi Floyd, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 9.
Jeremy Floyd, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 10.
Deb Mefford, Marion,
IA; 11. Malena
Betzer, Cedar Rapids, IA; 12. Matt Lacoursiere, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 13.
Kris Jones, Cedar Rapids, IA
SUNLINE HORNETS
1. Brad Chandler, Vinton, IA;
2.
JimHanson,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 3. Shane
Hanson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 4. Nate
Chandler, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5. Jonny
Williams, Atkins, IA; 6. Jeff
Selfridge, Marion, IA; 7. Derek
Parrott, Marion, IA; 8. Merv Chandler, Cedar Rapids, IA;
9. Brad Burhite, Cedar Rapids, IA;
10. Brogan Fiala, Fairfax, IA;
11. Cory Van der Wal, Oskaloosa, IA; 12. Ron
Dighton, Cedar Rapids, IA; 13. Dan Burhite, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 14.
Jasen
Freeman, Cedar Rapids, IA; 15. Jose DeJesus, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 16.
Connie Binder, Clutier,
IA; 17. Willie
Hanson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 18. Dallas
Chandler, Cedar
Rapids, IA
IMCA SPORTMODS
1.
Brian Gibson, Walford, IA; 2. Arnie Reif, Hiawatha, IA;
3. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids,
IA 4. Ryan
Luedtke, Norway,
IA; 5. Scott Kositzky, Cedar Rapids, IA;
6. Michael Mitchell, Cedar Rapids, IA;
7. Jamie Huff, Center Point,
IA