SPAW, MCCALLA, OLSON AMONG WINNERS AT HAWKEYE DOWNS
(Cedar Rapids, IA
08/28/2009)—Thanks to the efforts of many racers, crew members, fans, Hawkeye
Downs staff, and others the show went on at Hawkeye Downs Speedway on Friday
night. Heavy rains saturated the area for much of the week and overloaded
drainage systems at Hawkeye Downs that feed into Prairie Creek. This left
Hawkeye Downs Speedway and the pit area looking more like a lake than a race
track.
A small army
of volunteers worked to finish pumping water off the track and deal with the
numerous “weepers” right up until race time. The program was modified slightly
to allow more time to work on the half-mile and the efforts paid off with some
great racing.
Rookie IMCA Northern Sportmod driver Blake Carson
picked up his first win in that division, beating point leader Scott Kositzky to the stripe for the win in a 20-lap feature.
Carson started outside row two and quickly bolted into the lead then survived
two restarts to pick up his first win. Scott Kositzky
finished second while Aric Becker, Ken Kositzky, and Dave Coghlan filled
out the top of the order.
Nathan Ballard racked up his fourth win of the season
in Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks after taking the lead from Roland
Bohnsack with two laps of the scheduled twenty remaining. Kandi Floyd led the first half the race
before Bohnsack took the point.
Bohnsack held on for second while Scott Siems was third.
Last weeks’ winner Duayne Herb was fourth and Deb Mefford finished fifth.
After Friday’s action, Ballard unofficially has a
one-point lead over Siems with three point races remaining.
Derek Parrott took top honors in the 25-lap Sunline
Hornets feature, his second trip to Coca-Cola Victory Lane this season. Parrott
started in the first row and moved out to a big lead early. The caution flag slowed
the action a couple times but Parrott maintained a comfortable margin until
about seven laps remaining as Brad Chandler started challenging for the top
spot. Chandler made a bid for the lead on the last lap but Parrott prevailed.
Chandler finished second with Bryce Bailey, Cory VanDerWal,
and Dan Burhite also finished in the top five.
Cory Houdek picked up the winners hardware in Barron
Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars which was his first victory of the season. Houdek
started inside row three and took the lead from polesitter
Chad Siems with just two laps to go. Earlier in the race, point leader Kurt
Bohnsack got caught up in an incident involving a couple other cars but was
able to continue.
Finishing behind Houdek was Bob Ahrendsen, Dave Ballastaedt, Dennis Hundley, and Kurt Bohnsack. The
apparent third-place car of Chad Siems failed post-race inspection.
Bohnsack’s point lead
over Houdek is unofficially down to just three points.
Moving to the half-mile for the rest of the Papa Johns Pizza/I-Wireless Championship Series action, Tony
Olson picked up his second win of the season in Coors Light Modifieds as he
held off repeated challenges for the lead from defending champion Tim Plummer.
Olson started the 25-lap feature on the point and had clear sailing until lap
ten when Plummer started to make a run for the lead.
Olson was able to hold off Plummer each time and
prevailed at the stripe by about a half-second.
Ryan Luedtke finished third, Larry Clausen was fourth, and Steve Lindell
was fifth.
Unofficially, Larry Clausen and Tim Plummer are dead
even in the points battle.
Dave McCalla and Andy Duggan have been battling for
the top slot in Budweiser Sportsmen all season long and Friday night was no
exception. Dave McCalla took the lead on lap three from Michael Weber forming a
three-car breakaway consisting of himself, Weber, and Andy Duggan. The three were running nose-to-tail with
under ten laps to go with Duggan slipping around Weber with seven circuits
remaining.
Duggan made a couple tries for the lead in the last
five laps and appeared to have been ready to settle for second until the last
lap when he made a furious charge for the win. McCalla was able to hold him off
by a scant .111 seconds at the stripe. Weber maintained third, Travis Thompson
was fourth, and Greg Hentrich was fifth. McCalla and
Duggan are now tied for the points championship in
Budweiser Sportsmen.
Finally, Johnny Spaw scored
his fifth trip to victory lane of the season as he finished 1.8 seconds ahead
of point leader Joey Gase in a forty-lap feature. Spaw
took the lead from Jim Ross on a lap nine restart and was never seriously
challenged the rest of the way. The race was slowed by several minor cautions
but Spaw was able to pull away each time.
Joey Gase finished second, Jim Ross was third, Thor Anderson
crossed the stripe in fourth, and Justin Jennings posted his highest finish of
the season, finishing fifth.
Racing continues next Friday night, September 4.
AUGUST 28, 2009
RESULTS
SUNLINE HORNETS
A HEAT #1
(previous winners)- 1. Brad Chandler, Cedar Rapids,
IA; 2.Nathan Chandler, Cedar Rapids,IA;
3. Derek Parrott, Marion, IA; 4. Brian
Franks, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5. Jasen Freeman. Cedar Rapids, IA; 6. Jim Hanson, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 7. Chuck Hanson, Marion, IA
A HEAT #2
(previous winners)- 1. Shane Hanson, Cedar Rapids, IA;
2.Brad Burhite, Cedar Rapids, IA; 3.Merv Chandler,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 4.Bryce Bailey, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5.Brogan Fiala, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6.Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 7.
Steve Miedke, Cedar Rapids, IA
B HEAT- 1.Dan Burhite, Cedar Rapids, IA; 2.Cory VanDerWal,
Oskaloosa, IA; 3.Dallas Chandler, Cedar Rapids, IA; 4.Jose deJesus,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 5.Zach Burhite, Cedar Rapids, IA;
6. JC Floyd,Cedar Rapids,
IA; 7.Christian Grady, Cedar Rapids, IA; 8.Charles Evens, Cedar Rapids, IA;
9.Corbin McCombs
FEATURE(25 laps)- 1.Derek Parrott 2.Brad Chandler
3.Bryce Bailey 4.Cory VanDerWal 5.Dan Burhite 6.Brad Burhite 7.Brogan Fiala 8.Jim Hanson 9.Nathan Chandler 10.Jasen Freeman
11.Brian Franks 12.Shane Hanson 13.Tony Olson 14.Dallas Chandler 15.Zach Burhite 16.Merv Chandler 17.Jose deJesus
18.Steve Miedke 19.Chuck Hanson 20.Corbin McCombs
21.Charles Evens 22.Christian Grady 23.JC Floyd
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS
HEAT-1.
Jonny Williams, Atkins, IA; 2.Scott Kositzky,
Cedar Rapids, IA; 3.Ken Kositzky, Cedar Rapids, IA;
4.Dave Coghlan, Marion, IA; 5. Blake
Carson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6. Nick Dains, Marion, IA; 7.
Creston Williams, Atkins, IA; 8.Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids
FEATURE (20 laps)
1.Carson 2. S. Kositzky 3.Becker 4.K.Kositzky
5.Coghlan 6.Dains 7.J. Williams DNS-C. Williams
IMCA BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
HEAT
1- 1. Roland Bohnsack,
Clutier, IA; 2.Jeff Franks, Rowley, IA; 3.Duayne Herb, Marion, IA; 4.Scott
Siems, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5.Jeremy Robbins, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6. Shane Koopman, Cedar Rapids, IA
HEAT 2- 1.Deb
Mefford, Marion, IA; 2.Nathan Ballard, Marengo, IA; 3.Kandi Floyd, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 4.Ron Dighton, Marion, IA; 5.Shaun Myers, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6.Matt Petrzelka
FEATURE (20 laps)
1. Ballard 2.Bohnsack 3.Siems 4.Herb 5.Mefford 6.Floyd 7.Petrzelka 8.Myers
9.Robbins 10.Franks 11.Dighton 12.Koopman
BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS
HEAT
–1.Chad Siems, Shellsburg, IA; 2. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha, IA; 3.Brian Beaty, Palo,
IA; 4. Cory Houdek, Marion, IA; 5. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids, IA; 6. Dave Ballstaedt, Cedar Rapids, IA; 7.Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City,
IA; 8. Mark Bolton, Cedar Rapids, IA; 9.Dennis Hundley, Cedar Rapids, IA
FEATURE (20 laps)- 1. Houdek 2.Ahrendsen 3. Ballstaedt
4.Hundley 5.Bohnsack 6.Beaty 7. Hentrich 8.Bolton DQ- Siems
COORS LIGHT MODIFIEDS
FEATURE (25 laps)
1. Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids, IA; 2.Tim Plummer, Norway, IA; 3.Ryan Luedtke,
Norway, IA; 4. Larry Clausen, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5. Steve Lindell, Marion, IA; 6. Arlo Becker,
Norway, IA; 7. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids, IA
BUDWEISER SPORTSMEN
FEATURE (25 laps)
1. Dave McCalla, Cedar Rapids, IA; 2. Andy Duggan, Marion, IA; 3. Michael Weber,
Ryan, IA; 4. Travis Thompson, Atkins, IA; 5. Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha, IA; 6. Bob
Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids, IA; 7. Brad Daugherty, Hiawatha, IA
MILLER LITE LATE MODELS
FEATURE ( 40 laps) 1, Johnny Spaw, Cedar
Rapids, IA; 2. Joey Gase, Cedar Rapids, IA; 3. Jim Ross, Cedar Rapids, IA; 4. Thor
Anderson, Bondaurant, IA; 5. Justin Jennings, LaGrange, MO. 6. Brad
Dvorak, Lisbon, IA; 7.Curt VanDerWal, Oskaloosa, IA;
8.Griffin McGrath, Cedar Rapids, IA; 9. Brad Osborn,
Janesville, IA; 10. Lane Brenden,
Mitchell, SD; 11. Curt Tillman, Rockford, IL; 12.Scott
Siems, Cedar Rapids, IA; 13. Mason Mitchell 14. Tim Plummer, Norway, IA;
15.Ron Boelts, Wellsburg, IA