Perfect weather conditions made for an enjoyable evening of weekly racing at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson Friday night with some new faces showing up in victory lane.
The IMCA Sport Compacts were the first of five feature races to be contested on 101.7 The Bull Night at the speedway and it was a four wide scramble once the green flag waved. Daniel Fellows would lead the first two laps before Barry Taft charged past and Taft would then ward off the challenges of Kimberly Abbott over the final twelve circuits to take the win. Taft started sixth while Abbott came from seventh. Brandon Lambert edged out Fellows for third while opening night winner Travis DeMint completed the top five.
Scott Jordan and Kevin Koontz would lead the Stock Car field to green, but it would be Jason Cook coming from the inside of row two to grab the lead on lap one. A caution on lap eleven would bring Cook back to the field for the restart and while John Oliver Jr. came from tenth to second he could not chase down Cook over the final nine laps with Jason taking the win. Oliver padded his point lead in second, Abe Huls was third followed by Jason See and Dustin Griffiths.
The UMP Pro Late Model feature saw a great battle early between Jeff Guengerich and Denny Woodworth as the two would come off of turn four side-by-side lap after lap with Guengerich using the momentum off of the top side to hold the lead each time at the stripe. After a lap seven restart Sam Halstead made it a three car race for the lead as Woodworth again would pull even with Guengerich, but could not complete the pass. As the laps clicked away though Guengerich was able to put a car length or two on his challengers and claim his first victory of the season in Lynn and Karen Richard's car #15R. Woodworth was the runner-up ahead of Halstead, Tommy Elston came from tenth to fourth and Nick Marolf rounded out the top five.
The IMCA odified feature went twenty laps non-stop and it would be the fourth starting Dennis LaVeine who would lead the first five trips around the D-shaped 3/8th-mile. Jeff Waterman was hooked up though and he drove under LaVeine on lap six and then pulled away to a convincing win. Blake Woodruff was a distant third, Dakota Simmons a rookie in the division was fourth and the ageless veteran Dean McGee was a solid fifth.
Austen Becerra continued the streak of drivers coming from the second row to lead the opening lap as the Sport Mods closed out the night. It did not take long for Tony Dunker to get to second and while he tried just about every line he could think of there would be no catching Becerra on this night as Austen scored the win. Dunker was second, Vance Wilson came from the fifth row to finish third, Daniel Keltner was fourth followed by Brandon Dale and 15-year-old Blaine Webster was impressive in his LCS debut running sixth.
As always the kids at the Lee County Speedway had a fun night with the Junior Fan Club activities and rides in the pace truck before each feature and the final checkers waved at 9:45. I look forward to returning to Donnellson in two weeks when the Shottenkirk.com Sprint Invaders join the program on May 26th.
Next for me is a trip to the Quad Cities Speedway for the Deery Brothers Summer Series event on Sunday night. Hope to see you there!
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