PLUMMER DOUBLES UP, CHANDLER BROTHERS DOMINATE HORNETS ON CASEYS GENERAL STORES NIGHT AT HAWKEYE DOWNS

EIGHT NAMES ADDED TO “WALL OF FAME”

Wall of Fame photo: ET Photo

Winners Photos: Speedway Souvenir

 

(Cedar Rapids, IA 08/27/2010)—After two rainouts, Hawkeye Downs Speedway roared back to life Friday night August 27 with Casey’s General Stores presenting racing in seven divisions.

WALL OF FAME HONOREES/REPRESENTITIVES

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In addition is racing, eight more names were added to the Hawkeye Downs Wall of Fame in ceremonies held during intermission. Honorees were:

Mike Niffenegger of Kalona, IA

Don White of Keokuk, IA

Roy Wilson Sr. of Cedar Rapids, IA

Kevin Korsmo of Cedar Rapids, IA

Brad Loney of Cedar Rapids, IA

Johnny Gerber of Davenport, IA

Dwayne Schneider of Iowa City, IA

Dick Hobel of Cedar Rapids, IA

BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA HOBBY STOCK

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In racing action, Nathan Ballard of Marengo earned his 8th win of the season in Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks. Apparent winner Jeff Franks failed post-race inspection elevating the second place finisher Ballard to the winner’s slot. Roland Bohnsack, Brad Chandler, Malena Betzer, and Shane Koopman all finished in the top five. With the win, Ballard has all but wrapped up the I-Wireless /Papa Johns Cup season championship in that division.

BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

HEAT 1- 1. Brad Chandler 2.Nathan Ballard 3.Deb Mefford 4.Dave McCalla 5.Brian Bries 6.Duayne Herb

HEAT 2- 1.Jeff Franks 2.Matt Petrzelka 3.Jeremy Robbins 4.Roland Bohnsack 5.Malena Betzer 6.Shane Koopman

FEATURE (15 laps) 1. Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 2.Roland Bohnsack, Clutier; 3.Brad Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 4.Malena Betzer, Cedar Rapids; 5.Shane Koopman, Cedar Rapids; 6.Duayne Herb, Marion; 7.Dave McCalla, Cedar Rapids; 8.Deb Mefford, Marion; 9.Brian Bries, Norway; 10.Kandi Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 11.Jeremy Robbins, Swisher; 12.Matt Petrzelka, Cedar Rapids; 13.Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; DNS-Scott Siems, Steve Wilhelm; DQ- Jeff Franks

 

BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CAR

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Brian Franks took top honors in Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock cars, earning his third win of the season. Franks started in row two, made an early move past Kurt Bohnsack, and motored to the win 1.297 seconds ahead of point leader Bob Ahrendsen. Jim Hanson , Cory Houdek, and Mark Bolton rounded out the rest of the top five.

BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS

HEAT 1.- 1.Brian Franks 2.Jim Hanson 3.Kurt Bohnsack 4.Bob Ahrendsen 5.Dave Ballstaedt 6.Cory Houdek 7.Mark Bolton 8.Greg Hentrich

FEATURE (15 laps) 1. Brian Franks, Cedar Rapids; 2.Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 3.Jim Hanson, Cedar Rapids; 4.Cory Houdek, Marion; 5.Mark Bolton, Cedar Rapids; 6.Dave Balstaedt, Marion; 7.Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha; 8.Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City

BUDWEISER MODIFIEDS

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Tim Plummer of Norway racked up the first of two feature wins Friday night by winning the Budweiser Modified feature. Plummer took the lead from fellow Norway driver Ryan Luedtke on lap six and was never challenged the rest of the way as he posted win number 10 in the division.

Luedke finished second with Larry Clausen, the only other driver to win a Modified feature this season, finishing third. Brian Allen was fourth and Arlo Becker crossed the stripe in fifth.

BUDWEISER MODIFIEDS

HEAT- 1.Tim Plummer 2.Arlo Becker 3.Ryan Luedtke 4.Larry Clausen 5.Brian Gibson 6.Brian Allen 7.Steve Lindell 8.Aric Becker

FEATURE – (15 laps) 1.Tim Plummer, Norway; 2.Ryan Luedtke, Norway; 3.Larry Clausen, Cedar Rapids; 4.Brian Allen, Hiawatha; 5.Arlo Becker, Norway; 6.Brian Gibson, Cedar Rapids; 7.Steve Lindell, Marion; 8. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids

COCA-COLA IMCA SPORTMODS

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In Coca-Cola IMCA SportMods, Aric Becker inherited the with five laps to go after leader Blake Carson spun. Becker went on to win his sixth trip to victory lane, finishing ahead of Tim Dains, Carson, and Brogan Fiala.

COCA-COLA IMCA SPORTMODS

HEAT- 1. Aric Becker 2. Blake Carson, Cedar Rapids; 3.Tim Dains 4.Brogan Fiala

FEATURE (15 laps) 1. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids; 2.Tim Dains, Marion; 3.Blake Carson, Brogan Fiala

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Dave McCalla topped the Speed-e-Pan Sportsmen feature, posting his third win of the year. McCalla, who’s had a rough season, started inside row two and moved into second after running a great side-by-side battle with Andy Duggan near the halfway mark of the feature. Travis Thompson led much of the race before he and Duggan tangled with four laps to go, putting McCalla on the point for the restart.

Ben Glascock finished second with Duggan rallying for third while Thompson was fourth. Greg Hentrich finished fifth.

SPEED-E-PAN SPORTSMEN

HEAT- 1.Andy Duggan 2.Ben Glascock 3.Travis Thomson 4.Greg Hentrich 5.Dave McCalla

FEATURE (15 laps) 1.Dave McCalla, Cedar Rapids; 2.Ben Glascock, Indianola 3.Andy Duggan, Marion; 4.Travis Thompson, Atkins; 5. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha

SUNLINE HORNETS

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The Sunline hornets feature was a “Chandler Trifecta” of sorts as Brad, Dallas and Nathan took the first three slots in the 20-lap feature. Nathan Chandler led much of the race before lapped traffic tripped him up a bit in the late going and Brad slipped into the lead with Dallas close behind.

Bryce Bailey and Brad Burhite finished fourth and fifth in the running order in the feature which saw only one early caution.

SUNLINE HORNETS

HEAT 1- Brad Chandler 2.Chuck Hanson 3.Jeff Dvorak 4.Jamie Witham 5.Duayne Herb 6.Hallie Hanson 7.Joe Bean 8.Perry McArthur

HEAT 2- 1.Nathan Chandler 2.Bryce Bailey 3.Derek Parrott 4.Brad Burhite 5.Adam Chandler 6.Shane Hanson 7.Dakota Dains 8.Danny Cannon

HEAT 3- 1.Dallas Chandler 2.Zach Burhite 3.Ian Pate 4.Steve Miedke 5.Todd Ness 6.Rick Chesmore 7.Al Jarvis 8.Steve Fisher 9.Jose DeJesus

FEATURE (20 laps) 1.Brad Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 2.Dallas Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 3.Nathan Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 4.Bryce Bailey, Cedar Rapids; 5.Brad Burhite, Cedar Rapids; 6.Ian Pate, Cedar Rapids; 7.Zach Burhite, Cedar Rapids; 8.Chuck Hanson, Marion; 9. Hallie Hanson, Cedar Rapids; 10. Jeff Dvorak, Cedar Rapids; 11.Adam Chandler, Cedar Rapids; 12.Shane Hanson, Cedar Rapids; 13.Steve Miedke, Cedar Rapids; 14.Todd Ness, Cedar Rapids; 15.Jamie Witham, Cedar Rapids; 16.Duayne Herb, Marion; 17.Dakota Dains, Marion; 18.Danny Cannon, Cedar Rapids; 19.Perry McArthur, Cedar Rapids; 20.Al Jarvis; 21.Joe Bean, Cedar Rapids; 22.Steve Fisher; 23.Rick Chesmore, Cedar Rapids; 24. Derek Parrott, Marion DNS- Jose DeJesus

PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS LATE MODELS

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Tim Plummer scored his second feature win of the night by picking up the performance Concepts Late Model feature. It was his fifth win of the season in that division.

Brad Dvorak led the first lap before but caution waved shortly after as he and Kyle Hinrichs made contact. Dvorak was awarded the lead back for the restart but Tim Plummer, who had been riding in third prior to the caution, took the point on lap three and never surrendered the spot the rest of the way.  Thor Anderson finished nearly two seconds back in second followed by Hinrichs, Dvorak, and Justin Jennings.

PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS LATE MODELS

HEAT 1- Tim Plummer 2.Thor Anderson 3.Brad Dvorak 4.Kyle Hinrichs 5.Jim Ross 6.Jill George 7.Chad Siems

HEAT 2- 1.Brad Osborn 2.Johnny Spaw 3.Justin Jennnings 4.Travis Thompson 5.Lane Brendan; 6.Scott Siems 7. Jay Jaspers

FEATURE (30 laps)- 1.Tim Plummer, Norway 2.Thor Anderson, Bonduraunt; 3.Kyle Hinrichs 4.Brad Dvorak, Lisbon 5.Justin Jennings, LaGrange, MO; 6.Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids; 7.Lane Brendan, Mitchell, SD; 8.Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 9.Jim Ross, Robins; 10.Jill George, Cedar Falls; 11.Travis Thompson, Atkins; 12.Jay Jaspers, Steamboat Rock; 13.Brad Osborn, Janesville DNS- Chad Siems, Shellsburg

 

The 2010 racing season concludes next Friday night with Barron Motor Supply Season Championships. All seven regular divisions plus Legends will be action.