Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Wednesday Notebook: May 4, 2016

Mother Nature was the big winner as far as auto racing was concerned last weekend as the wind, cold and steady rains wiped out most of the schedule in the upper Midwest. Not a single track in Iowa raced last week, but a few close by did as both I-80 and Fairmont were able to run on Friday night and tracks such as Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Shawano Speedway, Cedar Lake and others to the north of the rain shield raced on Saturday.

With all of Iowa being cold, damp and soggy there were a few drivers who took to the road and posted some nice finishes. Darin Duffy made the trip up to Shawano, Wisconsin, where he finished fourth in the IMCA Modified main event. Dan Drury made the long haul from Eldora up to Fairmont, Minnesota, and finished third in the IMCA Northern Sport Mod feature and Shannon Anderson ventured south from Des Moines to Topeka, Kansas, to win the IMCA Hobby Stock feature at Heartland Park Sunday night. After sitting idle last year the track in Topeka now runs weekly on Sundays, has shifted to IMCA sanctioning and has to be thrilled with the car counts they are seeing thus far in the Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks.

While the weather shut down racing in central Iowa, the Drake Relays went on as scheduled and I had a great time with my father-in-law Bob Shores who attends the event every year. This is the first time that he has asked me to go though, so perhaps I have done something right over the past year? :)

It was cold and windy as we watched around twelve hours of track and field events on Friday, then on Saturday a steady rain that did not stop even once from 8 a.m. though 4:30 p.m. joined the cold and wind to make for much less than desirable conditions. It was amazing though how the athletes performed as there were several event records broken over the two days and the Cedar Rapids Prairie boys Sprint Medley team anchored by Jalen Rima even established themselves as the nation's best thus far this season edging ahead of a school in California who would have likely never even come out of the locker room on a day like this.

If you will indulge me, I do want to mention a couple of athletes and their performances. Mount Pleasant high school graduate Logan Mulford who is now a junior at Central College in Pella finished eighth in the Men's University/College High Jump competition with a leap of 6-11.75. Now keep in mind that Central is a Division III school where athletics are something that you do to enhance your college experience that you pay in full for. Among the 17 athletes that finished behind Mulford were several that are attending schools such as Notre Dame, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kent State, Indiana, Texas and Iowa likely on full athletic scholarships, so.......way to go Logan! Here's hoping that he can win the Division III National High Jump title at the end of this season.

The West Burlington/Notre Dame squad was impressive again taking on the athletes from the large schools and for the second year in a row Jacob Smith won the 400 Meter Hurdles. Smith, who is headed for the University of Northern Iowa next year, was one of the seven scholarship recipients from the Slocum Foundation and was on hand to thank everybody for their support at 34 Raceway a few weeks ago during the Slocum 50.

And finally, Craig Allender, here is a name to keep in the back of your mind. Creightin Mitchell anchored the Indian Hills Middle School 4 x 100 Relay team to a new Drake Relays record of 46.59 on Friday afternoon. Mitchell moved from Mount Pleasant to Des Moines at the mid-point of his eighth grade year and it has been a long time, if ever that I have seen such a dominant athlete at the Middle School level. It will be interesting to see how he develops over his high school years.

Back to racing..... our PositivelyRacing colleague Chris Uren texted me this past weekend and said that a couple of Modified drivers had noticed that they were missing their finishes in the latest update of the All Iowa Points. Not sure how I did it, but I had every other division but the Modifieds tabulated for that certain track and the correction has been made in the current standings. It is great to know that drivers are keeping an eye on where they stand as it makes all the efforts worth while!

The weather is looking good for at least the next few days and it will be good to get back to the track tonight as the Shottenkirk.com Sprint Invaders join the Wednesday night weekly show at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. It will be a busy announcer's booth as Bill Wright and I will join Tony Paris and Ryan "The Administrator" Bergeson on the microphone. Then on Thursday night the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models return to what has become one of their favorite tracks at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson.

That MLRA swing will continue on to Davenport Friday night and Memphis MO on Saturday, but I will instead be watching a nephew close out his high school baseball career this weekend. No worries though as the MLRA returns to our area next weekend with Friday night's May 13th appearance at the Dubuque Speedway circled in red on my calendar. Make sure that you check out our Special events calendar so that you can plan your next racing adventure!


As I mentioned last week, I am starting off this season trying to expand our state points beyond Iowa and Missouri and it will continue as long as I can "keep up". With all of the rainouts this past weekend it made the task much easier and, since it might be the only time that I actually am caught up this year, let's go ahead and give you the full rundown of each state and division that has had at least four or five events held in 2016.


Missouri Points
Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Justin Wells
Aurora
17
2
.
Jason Bodenhammer
Centerview
13
3
.
Jesse Stovall
Galena
13
4
.
Chris Smyser
Lancaster
12
5
.
Michael Kloos
Trenton IL
12
6
.
David Melloway
Columbia
11
7
.
Aaron Marrant
Richmond
10
8
.
Shane Essary
Galena
10
9
.
Todd McCoin
Barnett
10
10
.
Wendell Wallace
Greenbriar AR
10

Missouri Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jackie Dalton
Carthage
19
2
.
Terry Schultz
Sedalia
17
3
.
Michael Long
Fowler IL
16
4
.
Zach Sanders
Kearney
16
5
.
Billy Smith
Park Hills
15
6
.
Jody Tillman
West Branson
14
7
.
Kevin Blackburn
Fulton
14
8
.
Robbie Reed
Mexico
14
9
.
Greg Swaringim
Bismark
13
10
.
Joey Galloway
Manor SK
13

Missouri Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Ryan Gillmore
Springfield
33
2
.
J.C. Morton
Springfield
17
3
.
Kodi Savage
16
4
.
Kris Jackson
Lebanon
15
5
.
Andy Bryant
Fort Scott KS
13
6
.
Shawn Strong
Republic
13
7
.
Steve Starmer
New Hampton
13
8
.
Toby Thompson
Mountain Grove
13
9
.
Joshua Stephens
Buckner
12
10
.
Logan Martin
West Plains
12
11
.
Spencer Stephens
Buckner
12

Missouri Points
Winged Sprints (410 & 360)
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Brad Loyet
Sunset Hills
10
2
.
Jimmy Bridgeman
Farmington
8
3
.
Jonathan Cornell
Sedalia
8
4
.
Tim Montgomery
Fredericktown
7
5
.
Brandon Hanks
Burlison TN
7
6
.
Jimmy Hurley
Springfield IL
6
7
.
Joey Montgomery
Fredericktown
6
8
.
Brian Brown
Grain Valley
5
9
.
Bryan Clauson
Noblesville IN
5
10
.
John Carney II
Lubbock TX
5
11
.
Sammy Swindell
Bartlett TN
5
12
.
Tommy Worley Jr.
Bismarck
5
13
.
Tyler Thomas
Collinsville OK
5

Illinois Points
Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Chad Zobrist
Highland
20
2
.
McKay Wenger
Fairbury
20
3
.
Michael Kloos
Trenton
17
4
.
Mike Spatola
Manhattan
15
5
.
Scott Schmitt
Tonica
14
6
.
Bobby Pierce
Oakwood
12
7
.
Kevin Weaver
Gibson City
12
8
.
Rich Bell
Sheffield
12
9
.
Tim Manville
Highland
12
10
.
Brian Shirley
Chatham
10
11
.
Daryn Klein
Fairview Heights
10
12
.
Josh Richards
Shinnston WV
10
13
.
Ryan Unzicker
El Paso
10
14
.
Todd Bennett
Peoria
10


Illinois Points
Crate Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Dakota Ewing
Decatur
20
2
.
Matt Shannon
Peoria
16
3
.
Jose Parga
Auburn
14
4
.
James Carmody
Dunlap
13
5
.
Nick Bauman
New Berlin
13
6
.
A.J. May
Peoria
12
7
.
Guy Taylor
Springfield
11
8
.
Zac Kuhel
8
9
.
Austin Simpson
7
10
.
Evan Fink
Glasford
7
11
.
Jeremy McLaughlin
Danforth
7
12
.
Jim Hagedorn
7
13
.
Matt Taylor
Springfield
7

Illinois Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Mike Harrison
Highland
36
2
.
Michael Long
Fowler
27
3
.
Allen Weisser
Peoria
24
4
.
Ray Bollinger
Kewanee
23
5
.
Steven Brooks
New Lenox
22
6
.
Brian Bielong
Summerfield
21
7
.
Chad Evans
Mattoon
19
8
.
Gabe Menser
18
9
.
Dave Crawley Jr.
Decatur
17
10
.
Jeff Leka
Buffalo
17


Illinois Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jimmy Cummins
20
2
.
Robbie Eilers
Highland
17
3
.
Trey Harris
Hillsboro MO
15
4
.
Tim Hancock Sr.
Mount Olive
14
5
.
Tommie Seets Jr.
Alton
13
6
.
Butch Weisser
12
7
.
Doug Tye
Troy
11
8
.
Tanner Klingele
Quincy
11
9
.
James Eden
10
10
.
Kevin Morrow
Pekin
10
11
.
Matt Parrott
East Peoria
10
12
.
Ryan Buckler
10

Indiana Points
Crate Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Marty O'Neal
Spencer
14
2
.
Mike Staggs
13
3
.
Jeremy McLaughlin
12
4
.
Remington Gill
Mitchell
8
5
.
Trent Low
8
6
.
Gerald Gault
Morgantown
7
7
.
Jim Bailey
6
8
.
Brian Shewmaker
5
9
.
Cody Fultz
5
10
.
Dave Polak Jr.
5
11
.
Hudson O'Neal
Martinsville
5

Indiana Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jamie Lomax
Lake Village
21
2
.
Josh Harris
Bedford
14
3
.
Derek Groomer
Bloomington
13
4
.
Victor Lee
Danville KY
12
5
.
Joey Kramer
Hanover
10
6
.
Devin Gilpin
Columbus
9
7
.
Randy Lines
Marion
9
8
.
Dillon Nusbaum
Sepncerville
8
9
.
Jacoby Hines
Trafalgar
8
10
.
Kyle Herbert
Greensburg
8

Indiana Points
Non Wing Sprints
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Brady Short
Bedford
14
2
.
Dave Darland
Lincoln
13
3
.
Kyle Cummins
Princeton
11
4
.
Bryan Clauson
Nobelsville
10
5
.
C.J. Leary
Greenfield
10
6
.
Chase Stockon
Elizabethtown
10
7
.
Brady Bacon
Broken Arrow OK
9
8
.
Shane Cottle
Kokomo
9
9
.
Jeff Bland Jr.
Springville
8
10
.
Kevin Thomas Jr.
Cullman AL
7
11
.
Robert Ballou
Rocklin CA
7

Wisconsin Points
Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jesse Glenz
Cadott
14
2
.
Nick Anvelink
Navarino
13
3
.
Steve Laursen
Cumberland
13
4
.
Jake Redetzke
Eau Claire
12
5
.
Jimmy Mars
Elk Mound
11
6
.
Jason Robbins
Belmont
10
7
.
A.J. Diemel
Navarino
9
8
.
Rick Hanestad
Boyceville
9
9
.
Troy Springborn
Shawano
7
10
.
Darrell Nelson
Hermanton MN
6
11
.
Mike Mullen
Seymour
6
12
.
Rich Picha
Prairie Du Chien
6


Wisconsin Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Lucas Schott
Chatfield MN
21
2
.
Kevin Adams
Cameron
20
3
.
Ashley Anderson
Elk Mound
14
4
.
Joey Jensen
Forest Lake MN
13
5
.
Marcus Yarie
Wausau
13
6
.
Mike Anderson
Colfax
11
7
.
Brandon Wilson
Cuba City
10
8
.
Matt Leer
Bruce
10
9
.
Benji LaCrosse
Green Bay
9
10
.
Jake Timm
Winona MN
8
11
.
Jason Buss
Freeport IL
8
12
.
Josh Angst
Winona MN
8
13
.
Lance Arneson
Oconto Falls
8

Wisconsin Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Nick Koehler
Bloomer
17
2
.
Jason Vandekamp
Scandia MN
14
3
.
Kevin Bethke
Neenah
14
4
.
Grant Southworth
Bloomer
13
5
.
Curt Myers
Cameron
11
6
.
Ben Moudry
Hastings MN
10
7
.
Brandon Schmitt
Beaver Dam
10
8
.
Dan Wheeler
Savage MN
9
9
.
Jordan Barkholtz
Hortonville
9
10
.
Kelsy-Ann Hayes
Sturgeon Bay
9
11
.
Kyle Hoffman
9
12
.
Michael Truscott
Chippewa Falls
9

Minnesota Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Don Eischens
Richmond
15
2
.
Jason Wolla
Ray ND
7
3
.
Jeffrey Larson
Lakefield
6
4
.
Billy Kendall III
Baxter
6
5
.
Brandon Davis
Medford
5
6
.
Clint Hatlestad
Glencoe
5
7
.
Jeff Ignazewski
Wells
5
8
.
Josh Anderson
New Brighton
5
9
.
Cory Bruggeman
Stillwater
5
10
.
Todd Stinehart
Waseca
5

Minnesota Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Matthew Looft
Swea City IA
10
2
.
Ashley Mehrwerth
St. Stephen
9
3
.
Jason Vejtruba
Atwater
9
4
.
Bud Martini
Avon
7
5
.
Jared Boumeester
Waseca
7
6
.
Cole Queensland
Grand Meadow
5
7
.
Dave Siercks
Princeton
5
8
.
Jeremy Nelson
Zimmerman
5
9
.
Mark Martini
Avon
5
10
.
Robbie Franklin
Shakopee
5


Midwest Midgets
Midgets
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Bryan Clauson
Noblesville IN
16
2
.
Zach Daum
Pocahontas IL
16
3
.
Andrew Felker
Carl Junction MO
13
4
.
Rico Abreu
Rutherford CA
12
5
.
Jason McDougal
Tulsa OK
11
6
.
Matt Sherrell
10
7
.
Justin Peck
Monrovia IN
9
8
.
Tyler Thomas
9
9
.
Tanner Thorson
Minden NV
8
10
.
Shane Cottle
Kokomo IN
7


Midwest Pavement
Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jake Griffin
Quincy IL
15
2
.
Kyle Donahue
Wildwood MO
12
3
.
Brian Brown
Strafford MO
10
4
.
Michael Bilderback
South Beloit IL
9
5
.
Billy Hutson
6
6
.
Neal Richardson
6
7
.
Brian Janes
5
8
.
Derrick Griffin
Indianapolis IN
5
9
.
J.C. Newell
Stoutland MO
5
10
.
Jack Dossey III
Indianapolis IN
5
11
.
Jacob Gille
Winnebago IL
5
12
.
Jordan Devoy
Lake Geneva WI
5
13
.
Ty Majeski
Seymour WI
5


Midwest Pavement
Super Late Models
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Dennis Prunty
Knowles WI
8
2
.
Ty Majeski
Seymour WI
8
3
.
Andrew Morrissey
De Forest WI
5
4
.
Dalton Zehr
Middleton ID
5
5
.
Johnny Sauter
Necedah WI
5
6
.
Steve Apel
West Bend WI
4
7
.
Tim Schendel
4
8
.
Jordan Thiel
4
9
.
Ben Pettis
Eau Claire WI
3
10
.
Brad Mueller
Random Lake WI
3

Nebraska Points
Late Model
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Josh Leonard
Gibbon
13
2
.
Jim Johnson
Plainview
12
3
.
Cory Dumpert
11
4
.
Brian Kosiski
Omaha
9
5
.
Doug Tomka
Stanton
8
6
.
Jake Bridge
Columbus
8
7
.
Bill Koons Jr.
Omaha
7
8
.
Chase Osborne
5
9
.
Kyle Berck
Marquette
5
10
.
Scott Eaton
5
11
.
Zach Zentner
5

Nebraska Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Dylan Smith
Osceola
22
2
.
Jordan Grabouski
Beatrice
22
3
.
Colton Osborn
10
4
.
Jesse Dennis
Prescott IA
10
5
.
Mike Densberger
Lincoln
10
6
.
Chris Abelson
Sioux City IA
9
7
.
Hunter Marriott
Brookfield MO
9
8
.
Kelly Shryock
Fertile IA
8
9
.
Shane Hiatt
Rising City
8
10
.
Terry Phillips
Springfield MO
8


Nebraska Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Lance Borgman
Beatrice
30
2
.
Kyle Prauner
Norfolk
24
3
.
Shawn Harker
Nebraska City
22
4
.
Mark Leiting
Lincoln
18
5
.
Ryan Jenkins
Omaha
15
6
.
Justin Addison
Norfolk
14
7
.
Adam Armstrong
Beatrice
12
8
.
Colby Langenberg
Norfolk
12
9
.
Greg Metz
Washington KS
11
10
.
James Roebuck
10


Nebraska Points
Winged Sprints (All)
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Tyler Drueke
Eagle
14
2
.
Jason Martin
Lincoln
12
3
.
Trevor Grossenbacher
Hickman
7
4
.
Dusty Zomer
Sioux Falls SD
5
5
.
Joey Danley
Lincoln
5
6
.
Robby Wolfgang
Sioux Falls SD
5
7
.
Ian Madsen
Sans Souci NSW
4
8
.
Toby Chapman
Panama
4
9
.
Brian Brown
Grain Valley MO
3
10
.
Jason Danley
Lincoln
3
11
.
Shayle Bade
Lincoln
3

Kansas Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jordan Grabouski
Beatrice NE
34
2
.
Darron Fuqua
Mayetta
26
3
.
Tyler Frye
Belleville
20
4
.
Steven Bowers Jr.
Topeka
14
5
.
Jesse Sobbing
Malvern IA
13
6
.
Clay Money
Penokee
11
7
.
Joe Adams
Enid OK
11
8
.
Mike Petersilie
Holsington
11
9
.
Cole Traugott
Woodward OK
10
10
.
Kerry Davis
Parkville MO
10


Kansas Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Daniel Gottschalk
Ellis
29
2
.
Chad Clancy
Smithville MO
18
3
.
Dustin Daniels
Colby
15
4
.
Blaine Walt
Collyer
14
5
.
Dakota Sproul
Ellis
13
6
.
Jeff Kaup
13
7
.
Mike Tanner
Kansas City MO
11
8
.
Andy Bryant
Fort Scott
10
9
.
Tim Echevarria
Junction City
10
10
.
Trenton Kleweno
Hays
10


Kansas Points
Winged Sprints (All)
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jeremy Campbell
Wichita
14
2
.
Luke Cranston
11
3
.
C.J. Johnson
Quinter
10
4
.
Derek Hagar
Marion AR
10
5
.
Jake Greider
Haysville
9
6
.
Steven Richardson
8
7
.
Zach Blurton
8
8
.
Danny Wood
Norman OK
7
9
.
J.D. Johnson
Wichita
7
10
.
Taylor Valasquez
7
11
.
Tyler Knight
7

Oklahoma Points
Modified
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Jay Sale
Edmond
30
2
.
Tate Cole
Fort Gibson
29
3
.
Thomas Tillison
Wellston
24
4
.
Joe Wright
19
5
.
Jon Herring Jr.
Woodward
18
6
.
Matt French
18
7
.
Rodney Sanders
Happy TX
18
8
.
Cole Traugott
Woodward
17
9
.
Ho Dean
Tulsa
16
10
.
Stan Reed Jr.
Oklahoma City
15

Oklahoma Points
Limited Modifieds
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Curtis Allen
Yukon
24
2
.
Brandon Smith
Ada
19
3
.
Kale Westover
Tuttle
15
4
.
Kayden Menasco
Muldrow
15
5
.
Kinzer Edwards
S. Coffeyville
15
6
.
Chase Vineyard
14
7
.
Aaron Scroggins
Neosho MO
13
8
.
Bobby Ruffin
13
9
.
Chris Hawkins
Neosho MO
13
10
.
Logan Ellis
Wagoner
13

Oklahoma Points
Limited Sprints
Pos.
Driver
Hometown
Points
1
.
Koby Barksdale
Norman
20
2
.
Alex Sewell
Broken Arrow
14
3
.
Zach Alley
Tulsa
14
4
.
Sean McClelland
Tulsa
12
5
.
Whit Gastineau
11
6
.
Derek Cottrell
Fletcher
10
7
.
Gary Owens
Pauls Valley
10
8
.
Danny Smith
Sand Springs
9
9
.
Darien Roberts
Bixby
8
10
.
Frank Taft
Collinsville
8





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