The 300 and More On a Wednesday

Much like King Leonidas leading his 300 Spartans into battle against Xerxes and his invading army of more than 300,000 warriors, track owner Roger Simon is taking on the uphill battle of keeping racing alive at the Farley Speedway. Okay, my mistake, it is now called the 300 Raceway that is located in Farley and I do have to admit that this announcement yesterday came as a complete surprise to me as I had not been fed a single rumor about it from my numerous sources.

There are many questions yet to be answered, but from the posts on the track's Facebook page yesterday we know that there will be a Season Opener on Friday May 10th with an interesting purse structure for the three divisions in action; Late Models, Modifieds and Sport Mods. IMCA rules will apply and there will be a $75 Entry Fee for the Late Models, while the Modifieds and Sport Mods will pay a $25 Entry Fee. The Late Model and Modified purse structures are the same from top to bottom though each paying $1,500-to-win, $160 for tenth, $100 for 19th and $75 for 24th, noteworthy that there is a pay difference for each position. The Sport Mods will pay $750-to-win and you can check out the full purse on Facebook.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, as previously scheduled, will be at the track on May 17th and we are also told to mark our calendars for September 20th and 21st for the 42nd Annual Yankee Dirt Classic something that I am sure will catch the attention of area tracks that have already scheduled special events for that weekend. The plan for what happens at 300 Raceway in between the two weeks in May and the return of the YDC remains to be seen, but you can bet that it will have everybody in the area talking and speculating once again.

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While we covered the Spring Extravaganza at the Lee County Speedway this past weekend our Positively Racing colleague Ed Reichert made the long trip from Spooner, Wisconsin, to Humboldt, Kansas, for the big doubleheader event at the Humboldt Speedway. Make sure that you check out Ed's coverage of The King of America for the Modifieds won by Ricky Thornton Jr., and the Battle at the Bullring for the B-Mods won by Iowan Jared Timmerman at his blog "One Fan's Travels".

Thornton winning $12,000 was not necessarily a surprise, although it was just his eighth career win with the USMTS. What did catch my eye though was the fact that Kenny Wallace finished fifth in the finale after starting from the twelfth row. Reading Ed's account of the night reveals that attrition had a lot to do with that, but I still found it to be an impressive performance in what might have been Wallace's first attempt at running with the nation's premier touring series for the Modifieds. However, from a video that Kenny posted on Facebook this week revealing all of the changes that he had to make to his UMP car in order to be legal for this event, it might also be his last.

I agree with his premise, it is a shame that there are such differences in rules for the Modified class and it is not just between USMTS and UMP. Throw in IMCA, WISSOTA, USRA weekly and others and similar to the Late Models there are actually multiple divisions across the country. Having them all get together on one set of rules sounds easy, but it isn't. And in fact I can probably go as far as to predict that it will never happen in my lifetime.

In the B-Mods it was big win for Norwalk's Jared Timmerman who had four "state champions" finish right behind him. Runner-up Jackie Dalton was the All Missouri Modified Champion of 2016 and 2017, third-place finisher Ryan Gillmore was the All Missouri Limited Modified Champion in 2016 and 2017, the defending All Iowa Points Limited Modified champ Cody Thompson took fourth and fifth went to four-time All Missouri Limited Modified champion J.C. Morton. Talk about beating the best, Jared Timmerman did just that to win the Battle at the Bullring.

The "thrilling finish" of this past weekend happened at the finale of the four race Turnpike Challenge for the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League. Coming to the checkered flag on Sunday night at Tulsa's Port City Raceway Jonathan Beason was digging down low while Christopher Bell was charging off the cushion of turn four. As the two crossed the finish line nearly side-by-side, contact sent Bell for a tumble as Beason scored the win. SpeedShiftTV has a highlight reel of it out there somewhere so if you come across it, make a click and check it out.

Knoxville, Iowa's, Riley Goodno was the feature winner in the Micro Sprint division at Port City. Keep an eye on that name for future success at his hometown track.

Looks like the Webmistress is a couple of updates behind on the Specials schedule and as always we encourage you to check with the track before making any trips. Weather, both lingering and expected, is already taking down events for the coming weekend as the USRA Frostbusters that were scheduled for Salina, Kansas, and Winston, Missouri, have been canceled and will not be rescheduled.

We are keeping our fingers crossed for Saturday's opener for the Sprint Invaders at 34 Raceway and I know that many Late Model fans are looking to head to LaSalle for the Thaw Brawl this weekend. I noticed this morning that the heavier rain amounts that are forecast have shifted more to the south, so hopefully both events will be run as planned.

This just in, LaSalle's Thaw Brawl has been rescheduled to a Saturday and Sunday event with both shows getting started in the afternoon.

The Frostbreaker originally scheduled for this Sunday March 31st at the Quincy Raceways has been canceled.

Looking ahead to next week, the weather over the next two days will likely tell the story on the IMCA Frostbusters as well with the possibility that the four night swing might get pushed out another week. Keep an eye out for any announcements and hopefully we will simply see a confirmation that the shows are on as planned! After the good racing that I saw this past weekend, I am itching to get back out to the track and see more of my friends on the Back Stretch.

Capone's Vault Empty, Long Distance Travelers and More

Pardon me while I step away from racing for a moment to vent.....

As I was getting ready to head out to my first race of the 2019 season on Friday the big news broke, The Mueller Report was complete and had been given to the Attorney General for his review. Oh my gosh, after more than two years of nearly daily updates on what tawdry details this investigation was sure to uncover it was finally here, you could sense the giddiness of anticipation in so many people. What was it going to be? Would Trump be forced to resign due to the fact that the only reason that he was elected President was because he had enlisted the full cooperation of the Russians to sway the 2016 election in his favor?

I watch the first twenty minutes of Good Morning America as I do my morning workout each day and I swear that Pierre Thomas has been like a kid in a candy store every time that he reported on the investigation over the past two years. Of course nearly all of his segments included the phrase "if true", so if that didn't tip you off as to the validity of what he was reporting, I don't know what would, but yet there he was three to four days a week building the anticipation of the indictments that were sure to come.

And then on Sunday, a four page summary of the Mueller Report was given to Congress and it specifically said: No Collusion. It was the political equivalent of Geraldo Rivera's much hyped opening of Al Capone's Vault back in 1986, but that dud did not cost the American tax payers 25 million dollars to produce.

BUT WAIT, say the Democrats and the general media, the Report does not exonerate the President on the charge of Obstruction of Justice and that will be their rallying cry now in order to try to salvage something from this empty vault.

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ABC's legal analyst Dan Abrams summarized his thoughts on this today by noting that it is hard to find obstruction when there is no underlying crime, "but tell that to Martha Stewart." So there you have it, the next push will be to punish the President of the United States in the same manner as the notorious homemaker and entrepreneur.

For those of you who are reading this and thinking that I am just some right winger who has finally revealed my stripes, you are wrong. I didn't vote for Trump and I often cringe on how he handles himself in such an un-Presidential manner. What I do have a problem with is the general media and how they "report" the news of the day anymore. On this day I am the one that is giddy that Pierre Thomas looked depressed during his segment this morning and in knowing that Martha Raddatz is likely shedding some tears as she did while on air the night of the 2016 election.

If you are in the media and want to take sides, go do it on CNN or Fox News, anybody who tunes in  to those so-called "news channels" knows what they are going to get. But if you are on ABC, NBC or CBS, it is time to get back to the days of Walter Cronkite and just give us the news of the day in a factual manner without any kind of slant. Now that would be a breath of fresh air, wouldn't it?

The one thing that the Mueller Report did reveal, that I am guessing that most will not even notice, is that it confirmed that the Russians used social media in an effort to create political discord. So take a moment, check your news feed and if you have a Facebook friend who is sharing biased political stories from the left or the right more than once a day, reach out and congratulate them on being influenced by the Russians. I'm sure that it will make their day!

Oh yes, and just one last note on this, any political comments on the Positively Racing Facebook page, no matter from what side, will be deleted.

Now back to what you come to the Back Stretch for, some thoughts and news on auto racing!

Just two weeks ago I would have told you that the chances of the Pepsi Lee County Speedway being able to have their annual Spring Extravaganza on March 22nd and 23rd would have been slim at best. The last of the snow had just melted away and it was obvious that the frost was still in the ground, but with a stretch of four or five straight days of sunny skies and a strong wind the track, and the facility dried out enough for the show to go on. The fear of rough track conditions was likely the primary factor in the car count being less than expected, but the hard work of Brian Gaylord, Dave Sapp and the entire LCS crew resulted in a surface that did chunk out some on the low line, but there was plenty of other smoother lines to choose from and the racing was pretty darn good all weekend.

Seventy-six cars signed in on Friday night in the five divisions and that jumped to ninety-one on Saturday even though there was a threat of rain moving in during the evening. And while the radar did look a bit ominous as the night went on, only a few sprinkles fell during the Sport Mod feature, not even enough to warrant a caution.

I get it, if I had a race car and I thought that the track would be rough, I would probably have kept it in the garage as well, but thank goodness that the drivers of this past weekend did not. There was a nice crowd on hand both nights, race fans who are obviously eager to get back out to the track and they were treated to some good action. Now granted I did not talk to many, but I did not hear anybody complaining about the car counts and for me with the cool Spring evenings the car counts were just right as both nights were completed in right around three and a half hours from the first hot lap session to the final checkered flag.

I used to be a "car count" snob, but as I have aged I have found that it isn't the car count at a special event that matters to me as much as does the "mix" of the drivers. You know? I love seeing drivers from different areas compete against each other at special events and we definitely had that at the Spring Extravaganza.

Dustin Bluhm towed his beautiful #45 Late Model all the way down from Herman, Minnesota, 538 miles and after spinning while leading on Friday night, he found redemption on Saturday fighting off Tommy Elston in a thrilling finish to take the win. Bryan Berger traveled 577 miles from Ortley, South Dakota, to drive one of Todd Frank's three Late Models and after winning the heat on Friday he finished fifth in the main event.

Derek Green pulled 334 miles from Granada, Minnesota, and Dan Mackenthun came 382 miles from Hamburg, Minnesota, to compete in the Stock Car division with Green scoring a second-place finish on Saturday night. It was even a 255 mile pull for Adam Klocke from Carroll and a tip of the hat to Saturday's winner Damon Murty who makes the 133 mile tow often to Lee County. Heck, even Albion transplant Jeff Mueller had to make a 172 mile trip back south to his former home track and you can tell that he has adjusted to his new "northern climate" as he roamed the pits in shorts and flip flops both nights.

It was a 180 mile trip for Sherrill's Tyler Soppe who won the Sport Mod feature on Friday and then finished second to Austen Becerra on Saturday. It was good to see Jeremy Mills in attendance as well, a driver who was a big supporter of my NKF Tour that started a four year run twenty years ago. Mills pulled his Modified 265 miles down from Britt and ran strong both nights. And how about that beautiful Modified car number 442 of Aaron Johnson who made the long tow of 498 miles from Brainerd, Minnesota? Johnson finished fifth on Friday and sixth on Saturday.

The division that you had to really be impressed with though were the Sport Compacts as not only did several of them come from a long ways away, but they also provided the diehards with some clean and competitive racing as the last event of each night. Burlington's Jacob Houston scored the clean sweep, but check out some of the travel distances of this field who were more than 150 miles from home.

5th, Chris Vannausdle, Villisca IA 217 miles
6th, Oliver Monson, Humboldt IA 265 miles
8th, Nathan Wahlstrom, 9th Zach Bohlmeyer and 21st Drake Bohlmeyer, all three from Beatrice NE 375 miles assuming that they were able to take the most direct route due to flooding
13th, John Gill, Marshalltown IA 161 miles
15th, Kyle Roose, Allison IA 188 miles
17th, Nathan Forey, Waverly IA 172 miles
20th, Jake Smith, St. Joseph MN 444 miles
23rd, R.J. Esqueda, Madelia MN 360 miles
25th, Zach Jackson, Bemidji MN 587 miles
26th, Dustin Forbes, Rock Falls IL 163 miles

Thanks to all of the drivers, whether you came from near or far this past weekend as all of you put on two very entertaining nights of racing!

Checking the forecast for the week ahead I am not very optimistic at this point about when or where my next race will be. If all goes as planned it will be at 34 Raceway west of Burlington this Saturday night where the Sprint Invaders are scheduled to kickoff their 2019 campaign along with the I-Smile Silver Late Models. Then the following week I have Tuesday April 2nd circled on my calendar for the Caleb Hammond Memorial at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa followed by two of the IMCA Frostbusters on Wednesday at Stuart and Thursday in Vinton. I will have to take a break for another commitment on Friday before returning to 34 Raceway on Saturday April 7th as the IRA and MOWA Sprint Cars converge on the 3/8th-mile highbanks for the opening event for both series.

Of course weather could force a change of plans along the way, but I do hope to see you again soon on the Back Stretch!

Long and Houston Repeat, Bluhm, Murty and Becerra Post Second Night Wins at Spring Extravaganza

As hoped for the car count jumped up by fifteen to a total of 91 as the Pepsi Lee County Speedway hosted night number two of the annual Spring Extravaganza Saturday night with several of the competitors making a long trip to the track nestled in the far southeast Iowa community of Donnellson. Once again drivers had to navigate some rough spots around the bottom line of both sets of turns, but considering what this facility looked like just two weeks earlier the surface held up quite nicely for the first weekend of racing in this section of the country.

Late Models were again first on the docket for feature racing with Minnesota's Dustin Bluhm starting from the pole position and looking for redemption in the twenty-lap main event. Last night Bluhm was solidly out front when he spun sideways on lap nine and had to restart from the back. Jay Johnson would again pick up the chase of Bluhm while running second, but tonight it would be in his own car #93 instead of Blair Barton's #7 that he drove on opening night.

The caution would wave on lap six when Chris Morefield pounded the turn four guardrail head on and on the restart Friday night's winner Tommy Elston would takeover the second spot. Bluhm was able to keep Elston a few car lengths back as the laps clicked away until Tommy found a faster line just a few car widths higher than the leader in turns three and four. Coming to the white flag Elston was able to pull even with Bluhm on the outside and the two drivers then drag raced into turn one, neither of them wanting to be the first to lift.

Elston was the first to hammer the brakes hoping to turn under Bluhm as he slid up the track, but the leader was able to do the same and then close the door off the bottom of turn two to keep Elston behind him. Tommy would again try that higher line through three and four only to have Bluhm beat him to the line by less than a car length for the win. Johnson was not far behind in third, Denny Woodworth was fourth and Sam Halstead finished fifth with Mike Smith sixth in Barton's #7. My understanding is that Smith will drive the car on the Deery Brothers Summer Series in 2019.

The Stock Car feature was up next for 22 laps and once again it was a tight pack racing up front throughout, but unfortunately a couple of late incidents left several cars with damage to repair before they can go racing again. Todd Reitzler and Damon Murty would bring the field to green with Reitzler holding the advantage on lap one before yielding to Murty on the second trip around the 3/8th-mile D-shaped track.

A caution waved on lap five for a two car incident involving Chad Krogmeier and Michael Bilyeau and on the restart Murty was able to pull away a bit as a three car battle for second between Reitzler, Abe Huls and Jeremy Pundt raged on behind him. Huls finally claimed the second spot mid-race and quickly closed in on the leader challenging Murty on the inside several times before the caution waved for a Pete Stodgel spin in turn one.

With the field tightened up again for the final six laps Cayden Carter was now in the mix for the lead as he worked the low line and Huls tried to find some grip another car width up. Murty held his ground though and took the white flag in the lead, but going into turn one Carter charged in on the bottom looking to take it away. He could not get the car to stick though and when he slid sideways Carter collected the local favorite Pundt who appeared to have another top five finish in the bag. Huls also suffered front end damage to his car even though he kept going and would restart the race again in third.

On this attempt at a green-white-checkers finish the field would race hard for a lap only to see contact between Adam Klocke and Huls in turn two cause a seven car pileup that saw several of them unable to restart for the second "overtime". With most of his primary challengers now eliminated Murty would hold off a stout bid from Derek Green to finally take the win as John Oliver Jr., Jay Schmidt and Kyle Brown survived to complete the top five.

Twenty laps for the Sport Mods would be up next and after going green to checkers last night, they had a few incidents to slow the field tonight. Brandon Jewell would lead lap one by a nose before pole-sitter Brandon Dale would take the point, but the man on the move was Austen Becerra who charged from tenth to second in just four laps.

Debris would bring out the first caution with four laps completed and on the restart Becerra completed his charge to the front powering past Dale. Colton Livezy was running a solid third when he went into turn three a little hot on lap eight and spun. Then, on the restart, Brandon Lambert would loop his car in turn two collecting three other cars including Brandon Tharp. One last caution would be needed on lap nine when Bob Cowman spun in turn two and after that it was all Austen Becerra as he pulled away for a convincing win over last night's winner Tyler Soppe and third-place finisher Brayton Carter. St. Louis area driver Earl Pryor would finish in the fourth spot with Nathan Bringer completing the top five.

Twelve Modifieds would do battle for 22 laps next on the card with pole-sitter Mike Van Genderen setting a swift early pace. Michael Long started fourth and was soon in second giving chase to the leader, but with Van Genderen running a steady line that kept him from jumping around in the holes, Long was unable to mount a challenge. That changed quickly at the mid-race mark though as Long finally imitated the leader's line through three and four giving him a big run down the front stretch and with Van Genderen leaving that inside open Long charged under him in turns one and two to take the lead. Van Genderen was able to keep pace with the new leader for a couple of laps before Long started to pull away for his second victory of the weekend. Van Genderen followed up from a DNF on Friday to take the runner-up honors tonight ahead of Austin Howes, Jeremy Mills and Derrick Stewart. Aaron Johnson who made the 500 mile trip from Brainerd, Minnesota, for the weekend finished sixth tonight after running fifth on Friday.

Johnson wasn't even the long distance traveler of the weekend though as that honor went to Zach Jackson who towed his Sport Compact 587 miles from Bemidji, Minnesota, only to retire early from the Saturday finale that saw twenty-seven cars take the green for fourteen laps. Jacob Houston started third, but had the lead when they completed lap one with two-time defending All Iowa Points champion Barry Taft in hot pursuit. The leaders would run single file until lap eleven when Cody Staley spun out of turn four and with the double file restart things got pretty interesting over the final three laps.

Nobody could touch Houston though as he would race away to his second win of the weekend, this one much less dramatic than his win on Friday night though where he did a Joie Chitwood-like two wheel drive before make a final lap pass for the win. The victim of that last lap pass on Friday, Jason Ash had to charge from a sixth row start tonight to again finish in second while Taft hung on for third. Jeffrey DeLonjay would finish in the fourth position while Chris Vannausdle would make the long pull over from Villisca to complete the top five.

Despite an ominous looking radar only a few sprinkles fell during the Sport Mod feature and the racing action was complete at 9:40 p.m. A big thank you to promoters Brian and Marcie Gaylord for their hospitality for the weekend and to announcers Tony Paris and Dan Workman for mentioning our work at Positively Racing.

With the Spring Extravaganza now in the books, the Pepsi Lee County Speedway will open its regular season on Friday April 12th.

Spring Extravaganza Openers To Elston, Long, Huls, Soppe and Houston

The quantity may not have been what was expected, but the quality of drivers that made their way form near and far to the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson Friday was top notch as the 2019 racing got underway with the track's annual Spring Extravaganza. And perhaps after hearing that the racing surface held up quite well despite the rough winter, that driver list might grow for Saturday's finale of the two night show.

The Late Models would be the first feature to the track with Minnesota's Dustin Bluhm bringing the field to green from the pole position. Bluhm would race out to a big early lead before a series of cautions put a damper on the action. On lap four it was for debris and on lap five Bryan Berger nosed into the turn four guardrail. Todd Frank would spin in turn two to slow the field again on lap seven and once back to racing Bluhm now faced a challenge from both Jay Johnson and Tommy Elston.

Entering turn one on lap nine though Bluhm slid sideways and could not recover before stalling the car for yet another caution and on the restart Johnson would assume the lead. Elston would stay within four car lengths of the new leader, but was not able to mount a challenge until Johnson slipped wide exiting turn four with three laps to go. That was the opening that Elston needed as he pulled even with Johnson down the front stretch and the lead duo raced side-by-side for an entire lap before Elston nosed ahead and then pulled away to take the win. Johnson who was driving the car that will be wheeled by rookie driver Blair Barton this season gave it a good "shake down" run in second, Sam Halstead finished third with Bluhm and Berger recovering to complete the top five.

The Sport Mods were up next and after a false start on the first attempt they would go twenty laps of non-stop action. Brandon Dale would use his outside front row starting spot to open up a big lead while Nathan Bringer did his best to hold off Tyler Soppe's bid for second. Soppe was finally able to clear Bringer at the mid-race point and the chase was now on as he tried to cut into Dale's lead. The gap closed quickly as lapped traffic came into play and on lap fifteen with Dale trying to choose his line around two cars that were racing side-by-side in front of him, Soppe dove to the bottom and made the pass for the lead. There would be no stopping the 2017 All Iowa Points and IMCA National Champion from there as he cruised to the win. Austen Becerra charged from seventh to finish as the runner-up with Dale settling for third. Daniel Fellows came from row five to finish fourth and Bringer completed the top five.

As usual the Stock Cars gave the fans a show with the top six running in a tight formation as Jay Schmidt had the lead by a nose over Abe Huls on lap one before establishing himself as the pace setter on lap two. John Oliver Jr. would shuffle Huls back to third and he would then go to work on Schmidt only to have Huls find the higher line to his liking bringing him back to the front. When Schmidt bobbled in turn four, Huls would dive under him to take the lead at the line on lap ten of the twenty-two lap event. That lead pack of six would continue to swap positions until lap sixteen when the fourth place car of Derek Green slowed with a flat tire and when he could not get to the infield the caution waved.

On the restart Damon Murty would move to second and he would keep the heat on Huls over the closing laps, but Abe would not yield as he claimed the opening night victory ahead of Murty, Schmidt, Oliver Jr. and Jeremy Pundt. Minnesota drivers Dan Mackenthun and Green would be next in line.

Twelve of the thirteen Modifieds that had signed in would then line up for twenty-two laps with Brainerd, Minnesota, driver Aaron Johnson setting the pace. Fellow front row starter Mike Van Genderen would take the lead though and he would start to pull away before slowing suddenly exiting turn four on lap two. This would hand the lead over to Chad Holladay who would set a blistering pace, but not too quick for Michael Long who was steadily coming to the front after starting from tenth.

After clearing David Wietholder and Jeremy Mills to get to second, Long would then reel in the leader and make a big move to the front with just three laps to go. Holladay would try to fight back, but there would be no catching the hotshoe out of Fowler, Illinois, as Long scored the victory. Holladay and Mills would earn podium spots with Wietholder fourth and the long distance traveler Johnson in fifth.

The Sport Compacts drew a solid field of twenty and they would put on a thrilling fourteen lap finale for those fans who stuck around on a night where the temperature dipped to forty degrees at the final checkers. Brandon Reu would lead the field early with Barry Taft and Jacob Houston racing each other hard for second. On lap four Houston caught a rut as he charged to the inside of Taft in turn four and the left side of his car rose up high into the air. Somehow Houston's car did not turn over and when he came back down to all fours, contact would flatten the left front tire on Taft's car ending the evening for the two time defending All Iowa Points champion.

Following the restart Jason Ash would charge into the mix and he would take the lead from Reu with just five laps to go. Houston would erase the memory of nearly rolling his car and would get by Reu into second, but he did not appear to have anything for Ash as the white flag waved. You want to talk about a gutsy final lap move? Houston was still two car lengths back from Ash entering turn three, but he held it to the floor and ran the same line that nearly sent him rolling earlier in the race. This time it stuck though as he was able to clear Ash and then shut the door on him coming out of four to take the checkers and an exciting victory. Ash would settle for the runner-up spot with Reu in third, Chuck Fullenkamp would finish fourth ahead of Beatrice, Nebraska's Zach Bohlmeyer and north central Iowa's Oliver Monson would come from eighteenth to sixth after having troubles in his heat race.

All in all it was a great way to kick off the 2019 season. If you are a "car count" fan, you would have been disappointed, but if you are a "race fan" it is a good bet that you enjoyed the show. And like I said in the lead paragraph, now that other drivers saw that the track held up pretty good for opening night, maybe those "car count" fans will be a little happier with Saturday night's show.

Hope to see you there!

Start It Up?

Will this be the week that I am able to get my first race in for 2019? As of now the forecast for Friday and Saturday is looking pretty good and now it all depends on just how much drying can take place over the next few days. The Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa, has their annual Spring Extravaganza on the schedule for two nights of racing this weekend and promoter Brian Gaylord told me yesterday that he is optimistic about being able to race. He is going to give the track, and the rest of the fairgrounds facility another couple of days of drying before going to work though so keep an eye on the track's Facebook page for updates.

If for whatever reason the plan changes at Lee County, the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri, has indicated that they will step up and run their Spring Nationals event that was canceled for March 15th and 16th due to wet grounds. So either way it looks like chances are good for racing in this region this weekend, and if neither can run then you can bet that I will be looking for a road trip to perhaps Highland, Humboldt or another track that may or may not start with an "H".

At east I was able to check out some results and video from some racing that did beat the weather this past weekend. The Indiana Icebreaker lived up to its name as the thermometer struggled to get into the low 50's for a high before dropping quickly when the sun went down, but that didn't stop Brandon Sheppard from having another dominating performance as he won the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series event at the Brownstown Speedway on Saturday. The driver of the Rocket House Car led all fifty laps to win his fifth race in a row after dominating at Volusia in February. Devin Moran was able to get close enough to the leader to excite announcer James Essex in the closing laps only to have Sheppard clear traffic as needed to maintain a comfortable lead to the finish. Sheppard will have a chance to add to that streak when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series gets back to action this Friday and Saturday in Tennessee at Duck River and Smoky Mountain.

Peoria's Allen Weisser made his first ever LODLMS start at Brownstown, made the show out of his heat race and then posted a solid tenth place finish in the star laden field. Weisser will be one to watch in the Late Model class as the 2019 season gets rolling soon in the state of Illinois.

The Springfield Raceway in southwest Missouri was able to run their March Madness event this past Saturday after it was postponed for a week. Oddly enough the track has posted results for every division in competition except for the Late Models where Jesse Stovall made a final lap pass of Logan Martin to win the $2,000 top prize. Courtesy of CheeseWorks video, Martin was impressive passing both Stovall and early leader Tony Jackson Jr. and appeared to be headed for victory only to have Stovall come storming back using the high line around the quarter-mile red clay oval. Mexico, Missouri's Robbie Reed topped an 18-car field of Modifieds with some big names just behind him in Terry Phillips and Ken Schrader. Kenny Wallace finished sixth and the one long distance traveler on the list was Cole Anderson from Northfield, Minnesota, who obviously did not finish the race in 18th. Anderson started his career racing pavement Late Models with success both in the upper Midwest and in Florida at New Smyrna Speedway.

Familiar names were at the top of the pay sheet for the B-Mods in Kris Jackson, J.C. Morton, Cody Jolly and Jackie Dalton while Jerry Lankton was the best of the 28 Midwest Modifieds that signed in. Springfield will be back in action on Saturday April 6th.

The Red Dirt Cup looked like it was quite a success at the Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Oklahoma, on Saturday as it was headlined by four different racing series. I was a bit surprised to see that Wayne Johnson had won the Oil Capital Racing Series (OCRS) Sprint Car main event, well not surprised that the veteran racer had won, but that he was even competing as part of the 31-car field. This is a Sprint Car series where the engines are steel blocks with a 368 c.i. maximum and the top wings are smaller with a sixteen square feet maximum. It was the first time that I had noticed the former Knoxville 360 Nationals champion and current ASCS National Series competitor racing with this organization and he came out on top of a spirited battle with Zach Chappell to take the win.

Kip Hughes took the Sooner Late Model Series victory and then somebody had the bright idea to line up Johnson and Hughes side-by-side for a match race. They should have given Hughes a half of a lap head start to make it interesting as Johnson immediately pulled away for an easy "win".

Robert Elliott won the Sooner Limited Modified Series main event while Mark Smith was the winner of the Western Outlaw Pure Stock Series feature. Similar to the irony of having something called a "Jumbo Shrimp", is it even possible to have an Outlaw Pure Stock? That seems to be a total contradiction of terms right there.

Scanning through the early season Weekly Racing results at Dirt On Dirt gives us some drivers to add to our "All Name List". Arthur Conquest very fittingly was the winner the All-Tech Raceway in Florida Saturday night with Dusty Sparkman coming home third. Don Sniff was fifth at Hendry Motorsports Park on January 19th and Booger Brooks ran a strong second at Boyd's Speedway in Georgia Saturday night. Brian Grumbles probably should have been happier with his runner-up finish at Travelers Rest Speedway in South Carolina, but at least he had a better time of getting to the track than did Tommy Grimes this weekend. DoD reports that Grimes' Late Model rolled off the trailer, went through a ditch and a fence before ending up in a cow pasture on his way to practice on Friday night. No grumbling here though as Grimes and his crew made repairs to the car, double checked the trailer straps and arrived at the track late on Saturday before taking the win at the I-37 Speedway in Texas.

I had some feedback on last week's post in regard to the situation at the Interstate Speedway. It came from a driver in the area and essentially said that the threatened boycott was an excuse for some bad business decisions made by the prospective new promoter. His suggested solution was that he "should have listened to the drivers." Now that all sounds pretty easy, but my experience over the years from all of the different roles that I have taken in this sport tells me that it isn't. First of all, what drivers should the promoter have listened to? From a distance it sounded like the Modified drivers had the biggest complaint since they had been cut from the weekly roster. So if the Modified drivers are saying "hey, you need us to put on a show" and the promoter says "okay, but to have you means that I will have to trim $1,000 a night from the rest of the purse structure to make it work", I'm not real sure that the Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Sport Compact drivers would all agree with that. Also from my experience, the drivers who are the most successful (i.e. win the most) are often the most vocal so typically their biggest beef is about the lineup procedures which under IMCA are inverted by average points. Those most vocal drivers would likely make a case for dropping the sanction and going to a draw and redraw format so that they can have a chance to start up front for awhile. It all sounds like that is what "all the drivers" want, but not really because you see who wants to be the guy, or gal, who stands up and says "I really want to keep the invert because it gives me a chance to beat you fast guys once in awhile, plus it puts on a better show for the fans". Seriously now, when is the last time that you heard a driver say that out loud? But it's the truth.

Other areas of driver disagreement would be which class gets to run first, who packs the track, and on and on and on. I'm not saying that a promoter shouldn't listen to the drivers, but drivers need to understand this......I love you all because you spend the money and put in the hard work to put on the show for all of us fans every race night.....but y'all rarely if ever truly agree on much. And that's the truth.

All of the memes on Facebook poking fun at Kyle Busch winning his 200th NASCAR race yesterday need to stop. Is he really comparing himself to Richard Petty? I hope not because it is two completely different eras. Those who want to diminish his accomplishment need to realize that the breadth of competition that Petty raced against was nowhere as deep as it is now, and for Kyle's fans to equate 200 wins across three divisions to what Petty did is a little off-putting as well. I am glad that it was a Cup race win that got Kyle to the 200 mark though and it will be interesting to see if he cuts back on his Xfinity series and Truck racing now that he has reached this milestone. The King is still "The King" and Kyle Busch is a pretty damn good driver in his own right as well, he should be congratulated on his achievement.

The sad thing was the overhead camera shots of the stands at Fontana on Sunday where except for the center section there were twice as many empty seats as there were full ones. Other than their flagship events NASCAR has a big problem with attendance right now and I am not sure how they solve it. I have said for years that they were being over-exposed with practice and qualifying being televised live and of course they priced themselves out of the budget of the average fans. Once the horse is out the barn though it is hard to pull it back in. Short track racing needs to take heed and not go down the same path.

I attended the 34 Raceway Car Show yesterday that drew around 25 cars and was held at the Deery Brothers dealership in West Burlington. It was a good show with some nice looking cars and there was a nice sized crowd that filed through over the six hour period. When I called my colleague Danny Rosencrans on the way home to discuss our possible travel plans in the coming weeks, we also talked about how car shows just don't get the participation that they once did, and then it dawned on me. Could it be that the drawback of the shopping mall is the reason why you don't see 40 or 50 cars at a car show anymore? Twenty years ago you had to reserve your spot ahead of time just to get your car on display in Westland Mall for the 34 Raceway show and while a large crowd shuffled through to look at the beautiful new rides for the upcoming season, many of the drivers and their friends would be down at Diamond Dave's enjoying a cold one and watching NASCAR on the television nestled up in the corner.

Diamond Dave's has been shuttered for several years now, along with many of the other stores in the Mall making it just as likely to draw in a good crowd at the local car dealership with less the hassle.

Oh well, the car show is in the book, it is now time to see them on the track and I hope to see you soon somewhere on the Back Stretch!

Becoming Optimistic

With the sun shining and the temperature finally getting up near fifty degrees on Monday I found myself becoming optimistic about going to the races for the first time this year. Usually that feeling hits me in mid-February as I start checking the possibilities of doing an early March special, or like last year when I went to my first race of the year on the final weekend of February in Tennessee. But with this winter, the thought hadn't even crossed my mind until this week.

Maybe it helped that I was on my way to an officials meeting for the Sprint Invaders on Monday night, less than three weeks away from the scheduled opener at 34 Raceway on March 30th. If the extended forecast holds up we might just be able to get that one in, especially after track owners Brad Stevens and Jessi Mynatt proved that they would put in the extra effort needed to put on a show during their freshman season at the 3/8th-mile oval west of Burlington. I am also excited about the 2019 season as a whole for the Sprint Invaders as the schedule is again strong with multiple visits to 34 Raceway and the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, a Spring time stop at Quincy instead of the normal September date, another fun night at the Dubuque County Fair and races at three tracks that we have not been to for at least a year or two in Davenport, Eldon and Vinton. Add to that the hiring of Jerry Glasgow as the Director of Competition and I am confident that 2019 will be a stellar season for the Invaders!

I was also encouraged by the fact that our Positively Racing colleague Ed Reichert was able to get in three full nights of racing last weekend at one of the tracks within our wide coverage area. To get Ed's thoughts on each night of the IMCA Southern Stampede at the Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore check out his page One Fan's Travels. Checking the results I see that three Iowa Stock Car drivers made the trip down with Decorah's Kyle Falck having the best results finishing fourth, fourth and third. Blake Adams posted two top ten finishes with a ninth on Thursday night and a sixth place finish in the finale while the 2018 All Iowa Points Champion John Oliver Jr. struggled with a tenth place finish being his best on Friday night.

The IMCA Modified field nearly hit the fifty mark and while it was a deep and talented field it was the same two drivers finishing first and second on all three nights. Oklahoma's Jason Hughes was the winner on both Thursday and Friday while Arizona native Ricky Thornton Jr. was the winner on Saturday.

Is is just me or does it seem like the "professional" Modified drivers seem to be winning more and more of the races now? Hughes, Thornton, Strickler, Marriott, etc., and in particular at IMCA sanctioned events where the playing field at least seemed to be more even where a local or regional star could still jump up and win here and there? That thought, along with this old time ad that has been making the rounds on Facebook recently makes me wonder how Keith Knaack would feel about the trend. I doubt that it would be something that he would take pride in.

The evolution of the Modified has even reached a point where it can make or break a race track. A few weeks ago we featured a unique "offer" from the new promoters at the Interstate Speedway (most recently known as Raceway Park) in Jefferson, South Dakota, where for just $1,950 you could be the Track Owner For a Night. This was announced along with their plans for the high-banked short track that sits within sight of the other track that AtoZ Promotions operates the Park Jefferson Speedway. And in what I considered to be another unique and innovative move, the 2019 schedule at Park Jeff would be front loaded starting in early April and ending in late July while the Interstate schedule would fill in the rest of the summer starting in late June and ending in August.

From a distance it seemed like a great plan with the two tracks only overlapping for a five week period and giving the race fans of the Sioux City area five full months of action. Apparently though the new promoters did not feel that the budget at Interstate would fit with the Modifieds running on a weekly basis, so they were only scheduled for two nights with one of them being a Dirt Knights Tour event. The combination of a shortened schedule and no Modifieds on a weekly basis did not go over well in the area causing some drivers and fans to actually threaten a boycott of both tracks and the result is that AtoZ announced on Saturday that they are vacating their lease at Interstate and will not run any races there this year. They did note however that the man that they had hired to be the Track Manager this year, Denny Moore, has put together a strong list of sponsors and that anybody interested in running the facility should consider keeping him on board.

So as for now, no racing at the short track in 2019. For those that threatened to boycott, how is that working out for you?

What a circus it has been up in that area with this along with Darth Vader and the Badlands saga. I can't decide if Darth has more money than sense, or if he is just a vindictive man who again has more money than he needs to be concerned about. The value of any piece of property or business is the price that somebody will actually pay for it and I must say that I am proud of the potential buyers of Husets that they have not fallen hostage to this man and made a purchase that they could never get ahead on financially. At the auction that they tried to hold a few months ago the minimum bid was $3 million, a bid that nobody made, so afterward Darth put the For Sale sign back up with a price tag of $6 million and a threat that if nobody came forward by a certain date that he would vaporize the place.

Do you realize that at $3 million with a 10% down payment and just 3% interest on a 15 year loan your monthly payment would be $18,645? And that is every month, all twelve of them! Not just when you are able to put on races, so now let's assume that you were able to get in a twenty race season that means that just to service the debt on the facility you would have to make $11,187 per race night. It should be easy to understand now why nobody has "stepped up" to pay Vader's ransom as it would take somebody who would never intend on making any money on the operation for the next two decades because despite what some people think, it is next to impossible to make $11,000 or more a night putting on weekly dirt track races........anywhere!

At least the I-90 Speedway in nearby Hartford will be back in action this year and I bet that place will be packed early in the season. That would be the best revenge that the fans of that area could have.

No racing for me this coming weekend even though a track in Missouri, Springfield will start the season on Saturday night. My sights are now set on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd where an interesting scenario has been setup. The Scotland County Speedway in Memphis MO was supposed to go racing this coming weekend, but has postponed to the 22nd and 23rd if, and only if the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson IA is unable to run their Spring Extravaganza as originally scheduled. Hopefully it will dry out enough at one of those facilities so that I can stay close to home for race night number one of the season, otherwise I have the annual Lucky 40 at the Highland Speedway as my backup plan.

And, just to keep my optimism growing, I plan on attending the 34 Raceway car show this Sunday March 17th at Deery Brothers in West Burlington.

Hope to see you again soon on the Back Stretch!

Counting The Days and A Look Back to 1979

If you follow your favorite race track on Facebook you have likely seen several posts recently showing the picture of a race car with a number matching the number of days remaining until the season opener. "Only 45 Days Until The Season Opener At XYZ Speedway!" Yea right, you do realize that old XYZ currently has six inches of snow pack and the extended forecast doesn't show a high temperature over fifty degrees for the next twenty days. Oh well, I guess there is nothing wrong with being optimistic. After all, that is the theme of our website, but for many of these tracks they are going to need a minor miracle to be ready for their March or early April events. And, for those tracks in Minnesota and Wisconsin, it could be a very late start to the 2019 season.

Even some of our southern neighbors are set to get a pretty hefty snow storm this weekend, but since there is nothing already on the ground there and that March sun can be pretty effective in the melting process, hopefully that won't hurt their chances over the next few weeks as that might be my destination if I am going to get any early season action in.

Ahead of that storm the Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Arkansas, is running their two-day Winter Heat show this weekend and from a glance at the car numbers that they listed it looks like they have a pretty solid field of cars there with twenty-eight Modifieds and just under twenty Crate Late Models. From my experience it is next to impossible to get results beyond who won the race from this track and we originally thought that our colleague Ed Reichert was going to be on hand to give us the story, but I see that Ed has made the trip to Clarksville, Tennessee, instead. His report from the first night of the Toilet Bowl Classic is right here.

I sat with Sport Mod driver Curtis Van Der Wal when the Oskaloosa Indians came to my hometown to win their sub-state basketball game Monday night and Curtis asked me if I had my $1,950 ready to be the Track Owner For A Night at the Interstate Speedway. My immediate response was that it was too far from home, but we both agreed that this was a great way to hopefully shut down all of the "would-be promoters" on the internet. What most of them wouldn't understand though is that fee would only cover the rent on the place and the use of the equipment for the night. There was no mention if this also included insurance, but I doubt it. And from there the Owner For The Night would need to hire a staff of workers including a flagman, an announcer, pit stewards, concession help, an ambulance crew, etc. and that is all before you even consider posting a purse for the night. Any takers?

Oskaloosa will be a very dangerous #3 seed during this week's Boy's State Basketball Tournament. Normally I would be planning on attending all four championship games on Friday the 8th, but instead we will be attending the Dylan Scott concert in downtown Des Moines that night. I met the young country music star as we waited in line for barbecue in St. Louis before Friday's Dome race and after talking about racing and music for twenty minutes I checked his tour schedule and found that he had this Iowa concert booked.

The World of Outlaw Sprint Cars had a couple of good shows on the dirt in Las Vegas this week with Tim Shaffer winning on Wednesday and Donny Schatz stole one away from Daryn Pittman in the final two turns on Thursday. Schatz has done that before, so perhaps the more newsworthy "last lap pass" that night was made by 17-year-old Hailie Deegan to win the NASCAR K&N West Series opener. Hailie is the daughter of X-Games star Brian Deegan and she has been racing on the dirt with the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, but obviously this was just a bit different.

That's all for today as I now head up to Iowa City to give one last cheer for Hawkeye senior Nicholas Baer. This is a true Iowa success story of a young man coming to the team as a walk-on and then working his tail off to become a valuable part of the team and being named the Big Ten's Sixth Man of the Year his sophomore season. Go Hawks!

Last week we went back fifty years with the All-Iowa Points and this week we give you the final standings from forty years ago, 1979, the year that this whole thing got started. Enjoy!

		All Iowa Points	Late Models
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1979
1	.	Dick Schiltz	Waterloo	997
2	.	Ed Sanger	Waterloo	972
3	.	Curt Hansen	Dike	963
4	.	Gary Crawford	Independence	900
5	.	Bill Zwanziger	Waterloo	851
6	.	John Connolly	Delhi	777
7	.	Tom Hearst	Wilton	771
8	.	Denny Osborn	Cedar Falls	719
9	.	Tom Bartholomew	Waterloo	639
10	.	Roger Dolan	Lisbon	606
11	.	Mike Niffeneggar	Kalona	594
12	.	Gary Webb	Davenport	576
13	.	Bill Rice	Des Moines	560
14	.	Steve Keppler	Marion	560
15	.	Darrell Sells	Waverly	553
16	.	Bob Hill	Randall	542
17	.	Verlin Eaker	Mechanicsville	516
18	.	Bill Davis	Des Moines	510
19	.	Karl Sanger	Waterloo	488
20	.	Dan Nesteby	Waterloo	485
21	.	Ken Walton	Viola	483
22	.	Denny Hovinga	Pocahontas	462
23	.	Arnie Braland	Boone	458
24	.	Rick Wendling	Hazelton	457
25	.	Jerry Holtkamp	Williams	456
26	.	Dave Birkhofer	Muscatine	426
27	.	Glen Martin	Independence	425
28	.	Joe Merryfield	Des Moines	425
29	.	Roger Bruggeman	Dubuque	423
30	.	Bill Martin	Council Bluffs	414
31	.	Larry Wasserfort	Waterloo	399
32	.	Bob Shryock	Estherville	391
33	.	Ron Hemsted	Lone Tree	390
34	.	Don Hoffman	Des Moines	386
35	.	Johnny Johnson	Morning Sun	385
36	.	Jim Burbridge	Delhi	377
37	.	Rollie Frink	Davenport	366
38	.	Mel Morris	West Liberty	360
39	.	Ron Weedon	Pleasant Valley	356
40	.	Doc Mayner	Winthrop	348
41	.	Steve Fraise	Montrose	320
42	.	Al Druesedow	Omaha NE	302
43	.	Tom Fitzpatrick	Gilbertville	295
44	.	Greg Kastli	Waterloo	292
45	.	Gary Henderson	Independence	289
46	.	Darrell Dake	Cedar Rapids	286
47	.	Ken Farrell	New Hampton	286
48	.	Bob Kosiski	Omaha NE	281
49	.	Glenn Robey	Omaha NE	278
50	.	Red Dralle	Evansdale	277
51	.	Willy Kraft	Lakefield MN	258
52	.	Scott Nesteby	Dubuque	256
53	.	Lem Blankenship	Keokuk	253
54	.	Terry Huizel	Freeport IL	252
55	.	Joe Kosiski	Omaha NE	245
56	.	Johnny Babb	Ottumwa	244
57	.	Dan Dickey	Packwood	225
58	.	John Miller	Keokuk	224
59	.	Bill Beckman	Lisbon	223
60	.	Jim Decker	Winthrop	216
61	.	Billy Moyer	Des Moines	214
62	.	Em Fretheim	Decorah	207
63	.	Bob Jaeger	Dubuque	207
64	.	Ray Guss Sr.	Milan IL	201
65	.	Dan Rabbass	Omaha NE	199
66	.	Dwaine Hanson	Lakefield MN	194
67	.	Ted Zieman	Mason City	187
68	.	Dave Merfeld	Dubuque	187
69	.	Greg Davis	Boone	186
70	.	Jerry Wancewicz	Omaha NE	181
71	.	Johnny Moss	Iowa City	176
72	.	Bill Barthelmes	Troy Mills	173
73	.	Bill Kirk	Salix	172
74	.	Pokey West	West Chester	167
75	.	Denny Banks	Washington	165
76	.	Bob Grenoble	Freeport IL	163
77	.	Gary Tigges	Durango	158
78	.	John Gerloff	Lincoln NE	158
79	.	Larry Jenkins	Wilton	156
80	.	Don Christenson	Harlan	153
81	.	Jim Brown	Ottumwa	152
82	.	Phil Gadbois	Albert Lea MN	145
83	.	Bill Breuer	Wapello	144
84	.	Frank Jorgenson	Carroll	134
85	.	Denny Sherrill	Hartford SD	133
86	.	Denny Anderson	Rochester MN	133
87	.	Mike Frieden	Cedar Rapids	127
88	.	Pete Parker	Kaukauna WI	125
89	.	Al Terrell	Peoria IL	125
90	.	Duane Erret	Harlan	125
91	.	Mike Benjamin	Keokuk	121
92	.	Chuck Ragan	Eagle Lake MN	118
93	.	Russ Derr	Keokuk	114
94	.	Ken Kennedy	Dubuque	110
95	.	Gordy Blankenship	Keokuk	108
96	.	Bob Harris	Estherville	108
97	.	Greg Hunter	Independence	107
98	.	Jerry Pilcher	Ottumwa	107
99	.	Don Bohlander	Glasford IL	106
100	.	Clayton Peterson	Grand Island NE	106
101	.	Jim Thruman	Freeport IL	103
102	.	Steve Shannon	Norwalk	102
103	.	Roger Tapper	Webster City	100
104	.	Don Styskal	David City NE	99
105	.	Lynn Idler	Ionia	97
106	.	Jim Jeffries	Freeport IL	97
107	.	Jim Sandusky	Coal Valley IL	96
108	.	Mike Wolfe	Delhi	95
109	.	Bruce Busho	Owatonna MN	94
110	.	Dave Bjorge	Austin MN	93
111	.	Mike Inman	Keokuk	92
112	.	Joe Churchill	Peosta	91
113	.	Bob Schulte	Delhi	89
114	.	Dave Plum	Waterloo	89
115	.	Carl Severson	Dubuque	89
116	.	Dick Crane	Palmyra MO	88
117	.	Craig Spetman	Omaha NE	88
118	.	Paul Zdan	Omaha NE	87
119	.	Ramo Stott	Keokuk	87
120	.	Terry Hanson	Owatonna MN	87
121	.	Dave Bentley	Fairbank	86
122	.	Ken DeGood	Hillz	86
123	.	Dave Chase	Council Bluffs	84
124	.	Randy Sterner	Blair NE	83
125	.	Dan Clement	Rhodes	83
126	.	Jack Golder	Hooper NE	82
127	.	Jim Swank	Hamilton IL	81
128	.	Al Humphrey	Giltner NE	81
129	.	Dick Chapman	Dubuque	81
130	.	Tim McDonough	Cedar Rapids	80
131	.	Jim Jorgenson	Omaha NE	79
132	.	Leon Plank	Mondovi WI	79
133	.	Terry Buresh	Bellevue NE	78
134	.	Hershel Roberts	East Moline IL	78
135	.	Ken Davidson	Indianola	76
136	.	Fred Horn	Marion	74
137	.	Bill Leighton	Omaha NE	74
138	.	Ray Lipsey	Lincoln NE	73
139	.	Corky Bailey	Dakota City NE	72
140	.	John Weers	Readlyn	70
141	.	John Allinson	Williams	67
142	.	Bill Christman	Bronson	66
143	.	Gary Pederson	Rutland	66
144	.	Ron Boyse	Kalona	65
145	.	Jerry Wolland	Peoria IL	65
146	.	Ray Guss Jr.	Milan IL	64
147	.	Dave Bedard	Waterloo	64
148	.	Ron Stout	Cedar Rapids	64
149	.	Dave Meile	Freeport IL	62
150	.	Tom Hamburg	Dixon IL	62
151	.	Mike Bardoel	Milan IL	61
152	.	Butch Cassidy	West Branch	61
153	.	Ron Jackson	Burlington	57
154	.	Bob Stogdell	Silvis IL	56
155	.	Russ Lyman	Cedar Rapids	56
156	.	Jim Gerber	Long Grove	55
157	.	Keith Remley	Blue Grass	55
158	.	Mike Carlburg	Iowa Falls	55
159	.	Axel Dahlberg	Baraboo WI	54
160	.	Byron Buchele	Muscatine	53
161	.	Darwin Thompson	Osage	53
162	.	Karle Hinton	Drakesville	53
163	.	Keith Leithoff	Omaha NE	52
164	.	Rick Heuer	Waterloo	52
165	.	Larry Larson	Keokuk	52
166	.	Bo Smith	St. Charles MO	52
167	.	Rick Clark		51
168	.	Lyle Kammer	Davenport	50
169	.	Duane Steffe	East Moline IL	49
170	.	Dave Dodder	Letts	48
171	.	Dave Farren	Des Moines	47
172	.	Rick Haas	Lincoln NE	47
173	.	Paul Carr	Ottumwa	47
174	.	Sonny Findling	Kirksville MO	46
175	.	Dan Ludwig	Keokuk	46
176	.	Bob McCall	Ottumwa	45
177	.	Steve Lance	Cuba IL	45
178	.	Dave Noble	Blooming Prairie MN	45
179	.	Al Uhrhammer	Radcliffe	44
180	.	Charlie Moubry	Edina MO	44
181	.	Jim White	Cresco	44
182	.	Steve Coe	Ames	44
183	.	Darrell DeVries	Charles City	40
184	.	Norm Weimers	Manson	40
185	.	Dean Ward	Grand Island NE	40
186	.	Jim Bruggeman	White Bear Lake MN	39
187	.	Rocky Hodges	Des Moines	38
188	.	John Engelkens	Morrison IL	36
189	.	Dave Hutmacher	Freeport IL	36
190	.	Denny Shaffe	Omaha NE	36
191	.	Tom Watson	Hamilton IL	35
192	.	Bill Myers	Grand Island NE	34
193	.	Bob Weber	Burt	33
194	.	Bruce Sommerfeld	Fort Dodge	32
195	.	Dave Sidwell	Iowa City	32
196	.	Bill Lameier	Freeport IL	32
197	.	Dean McGee	Knoxville IL	31
198	.	Tom Greenlee	Freeport IL	31
199	.	Ken Peterson	Northrup MN	31
200	.	Tim Nesteby	Dubuque	31
201	.	Galen Keas	Grand Island NE	31
202	.	Tony Stewart	Washington	30
203	.	Skip Kennedy	Dubuque	30
204	.	Rob Taylor	Fremont NE	30
205	.	Mark Keltner	Morning Sun	28
206	.	Jim Dorothy	Keosaqua	28
207	.	Keith Conroy	Jefferson	28
208	.	Gene Ehlers	Independence	28
209	.	Kent Tucker	Aurora NE	27
210	.	Gerhard Wollenburg	Austin MN	27
211	.	Jim Buhlman	Waterloo	27
212	.	Jim Patterson	Cedar Falls	26
213	.	Mike Peterson	Harlan	26
214	.	Bill Wrich	Norfolk NE	25
215	.	Ken Braasch	Omaha NE	25
216	.	Don Hoyle	Bagley	25
217	.	Harv Patterson	Northwood	24
218	.	Denny Selting		24
219	.	John Ward	Bernard	23
220	.	George Barton	Ankeny	21
221	.	Leroy Brenner	Muscatine	20
222	.	Jim Strube	Peoria IL	20
223	.	Bill Sanders	Muskogee OK	20
224	.	L.B. O'Brien	Muscatine	20

		All Iowa Points	Sportsman
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1979
1	.	Ron Pallister	Wapello	622
2	.	Jim Riedl	Dubuque	586
3	.	Mark Liebfried	Rickardsville	535
4	.	Duane Bentley	Fairbank	534
5	.	Steve Kosiski	Omaha NE	471
6	.	Mark Keltner	Morning Sun	413
7	.	Lynn Richard	Mount Pleasant	412
8	.	Duane Van Deest	Grundy Center	402
9	.	Scott Sells	Waverly	402
10	.	Ron Becker	Norway	402
11	.	Scott Braun	Cedar Falls	399
12	.	Keith Braun	Cedar Falls	384
13	.	Larry Armstrong	Moline IL	381
14	.	Duane White	Vinton	375
15	.	Denny Ansel	Dubuque	357
16	.	Tony Stewart	Washington	355
17	.	Rodney Brandt	Hazelton	349
18	.	Dave Gerner	Garber	343
19	.	Jim Anderson	Des Moines	336
20	.	Kenny Fenn	Washington	333
21	.	Billy Moyer	Des Moines	316
22	.	Denny Stewart	Davenport	312
23	.	Mike Krall	Waterloo	304
24	.	Glenn Woodard	Des Moines	300
25	.	John Ward	Bernard	297
26	.	Mike Klinkkammer	West Branch	294
27	.	Jim Dorothy	Keosaqua	290
28	.	Larry Hanna	Batavia	288
29	.	Rex Nun	Lincoln NE	287
30	.	Chuck Anderson	LeGrand	284
31	.	Randy Adams	Muscatine	284
32	.	Leroy Brenner	Muscatine	272
33	.	Joe Churchill	Peosta	259
34	.	Curt Martin	Independence	245
35	.	Larry Adamson	Eldon	244
36	.	Larry Schmidt	New Hampton	243
37	.	Dale Fischlein	Davenport	241
38	.	Craig Jacobs	Des Moines	239
39	.	Bob Fisher	Vinton	235
40	.	Bernie Juliar	Hudson	232
41	.	John Thuman	Muscatine	229
42	.	Steve Shannon	Norwalk	225
43	.	Dennis Walker	Riverside	223
44	.	Randy Sell	Muscatine	223
45	.	Bob Kinsella	Dubuque	216
46	.	John Reed	Woolstock	213
47	.	Fuzzy Liddell	Waterloo	211
48	.	Leonard Woodard	Des Moines	206
49	.	Ray Kinnetz	Webster City	202
50	.	Greg Kastli	Waterloo	201
51	.	Jim Gerber	Long Grove	200
52	.	Al Bass	Fort Dodge	199
53	.	Mel Sorenson	Elk Horn NE	196
54	.	Keith Conroy	Jefferson	196
55	.	Pat Wancewicz	Omaha NE	195
56	.	Bill Pruisman	Webster City	193
57	.	Ben Dover	New Hampton	192
58	.	Roger Bucholz	Cedar Falls	189
59	.	Ken Davidson	Des Moines	188
60	.	Gary Hopp	Harlan	183
61	.	Ron Weedon	Pleasant Valley	175
62	.	Dave Wheeler	Davenport	173
63	.	Bryan Housley	Bettendorf	171
64	.	George Koontz	Memphis MO	167
65	.	Bruce Current	Maquoketa	167
66	.	Dave Marks	Ottumwa	166
67	.	Paul Carr	Ottumwa	163
68	.	Darrell Krewson	Cedar Rapids	158
69	.	Keith Knox	Clermont	156
70	.	Mike Carr	Ottumwa	156
71	.	Mike Carlberg	Iowa Falls	155
72	.	Jack Dunn	Keokuk	148
73	.	Dave Farren	Des Moines	145
74	.	Marv Marushak	David City NE	143
75	.	Bruce Hanford	Davenport	142
76	.	Randy Frush	Jesup	141
77	.	Steve Kennon	Omaha NE	138
78	.	Larry Doherty	Marion	137
79	.	Jim Buhman	Bettendorf	135
80	.	Mark Howell	Muscatine	134
81	.	Dave Allison	Des Moines	133
82	.	Bob Toland	Moline IL	131
83	.	Phil Bivens	Nebraska City NE	130
84	.	Gary Kerres	Edgington IL	129
85	.	Craig Haupt	Sumner	127
86	.	Steve Johnson	Camanche	126
87	.	Keith Heinzel	Maquoketa	126
88	.	Greg Hackett	Omaha NE	124
89	.	Hal Russell	Blue Grass	123
90	.	Keith Zabel	Waterloo	123
91	.	Allan Cooney	Des Moines	120
92	.	Gary Duggan	Hiawatha	119
93	.	Joel Edwards	Bellevue	118
94	.	Clayton Besco	Des Moines	113
95	.	Mark Mundell	Ottumwa	112
96	.	Mike Fordyce	Dysart	111
97	.	Bill Pumphrey	Eldon	110
98	.	Steve Lawson	Ames	109
99	.	Jim Hollenbeck	Burlington	108
100	.	Jim Bentley	Waterloo	108
101	.	Tim Tilley	Omaha NE	108
102	.	Leo Randall	Sigourney	106
103	.	Greg Hunter	Independence	105
104	.	Bob Helm	Andalusia IL	105
105	.	Truman McDowell	Fort Madison	103
106	.	Wayne Larson	Ames	103
107	.	Mel Messer	Ottumwa	103
108	.	Paul Chumos	Stuart	101
109	.	Don Marshall	Omaha NE	101
110	.	Tom Herbert	Silvis IL	100
111	.	Bob Jaeger	Dubuque	99
112	.	Gary Joens	Omaha NE	99
113	.	John Scherer	Davenport	99
114	.	Jerry Wancewicz	Omaha NE	99
115	.	Ben Schaefer	Raymond	98
116	.	Jerry Nigh	Eldridge	98
117	.	Veral Schmidt	Massena	98
118	.	Ken Pardee	Beatrice NE	95
119	.	John Wolf	Cedar Rapids	92
120	.	Timm Jensen	Waterloo	92
121	.	Jim Patterson	Cedar Falls	91
122	.	Keith Weber	Dubuque	90
123	.	Chuck Lukemyres	Tipton	89
124	.	Francis James	Stanton	89
125	.	Stroker Benson	Galesburg IL	88
126	.	Dean Wagner	Waterloo	87
127	.	Joe Barnoske	Perry	85
128	.	Ron Cochran	Marshalltown	85
129	.	Fred Knapp	Des Moines	84
130	.	Tim Swope	Waterloo	84
131	.	Don Yarolem	Baldwin	84
132	.	Del Enos	Des Moines	84
133	.	Al Steve	Dubuque	81
134	.	Dan Thomas	Morning Sun	80
135	.	Gale Yoder	Kalona	79
136	.	Ron Binning	Grand River	79
137	.	Brian Roberts	West Liberty	78
138	.	Frank Sick	Harlan	77
139	.	Mike Phillips	Columbus Jct.	76
140	.	Ernie Speth	Davenport	76
141	.	Todd Jensen	Waterloo	75
142	.	Lynn Ihde	New Hampton	75
143	.	Steve Yarolem	Baldwin	75
144	.	Ken VandeVoorde	Aurora	74
145	.	Willie Klingfuss	Cedar Falls	74
146	.	Tom Essary	Eldon	73
147	.	Denny Rosenberg	Grimes	72
148	.	Duane Erret	Harlan	72
149	.	Gary Brant	Jefferson	71
150	.	John Light	Wadena	71
151	.	Mike Wheeler	Davenport	69
152	.	Charlie Brockert	Muscatine	69
153	.	Steve Mullahy	Burlington	69
154	.	Tim Hanson	Des Moines	69
155	.	Gary Duncan	Benton WI	69
156	.	Brian Lowe	Muscatine	68
157	.	Terry Foote	Stanton	67
158	.	Rick Benson	Galesburg IL	67
159	.	Harlan Heins	Luana	64
160	.	Dane Steiner	Dubuque	64
161	.	Jerry Brumley	Iowa City	63
162	.	Harold Thomas	Omaha NE	62
163	.	Steve Weber	Dunkerton	62
164	.	Doug Phillips		61
165	.	Don Hoyle	Bagby	60
166	.	Karl Gray	Carter Lake	59
167	.	Randy Ladeburg	Maynard	58
168	.	Joe Winkler	Webster City	58
169	.	Sam Wykle	Radcliffe	58
170	.	Rick Paulus	Lincoln NE	57
171	.	Rocky Hodges	Des Moines	56
172	.	Ed Jessen	Waterloo	55
173	.	Denny Grabenbauer	Marshalltown	54
174	.	Bob Fier	Davenport	54
175	.	Randy Hilpipre	Webster City	53
176	.	Pete Fink	New Albin	52
177	.	Ken Raabe	Davenport	52
178	.	Terry Peterson	Agency	52
179	.	Ken Hamilton	Princeton	52
180	.	Terry Holliman	Hamburg	50
181	.	Roger Ockenfels	Cedar Rapids	50
182	.	Dennis Schaff	Omaha NE	49
183	.	Alan Wessells	Strawberry Point	47
184	.	Danny Wallace	Des Moines	47
185	.	Ed Strickland	Knoxville IL	46
186	.	George Koppitt	Omaha NE	46
187	.	Dewayne Warth	Danville	45
188	.	Mike Manson	Manchester	44
189	.	Stan Archer	Clarinda	44
190	.	Frank Patterson	West Chester	44
191	.	Rick See	Independence	43
192	.	Wencie Baker	Shell Rock	43
193	.	Mike Carter	Nichols	42
194	.	Carl Albee	Jefferson	41
195	.	Mike Mauer	Janesville	38
196	.	Curt Robey	Omaha NE	38
197	.	Frank Crotts	Stanley	38
198	.	Dennis Woods	Bettendorf	37
199	.	Jerry Connors	Pleasant Valley	34
200	.	Mike McGrew	Coal Valley IL	34
201	.	Bill Woekner	Muscatine	33
202	.	Dave Naylor	Scotch Grove	32
203	.	Steve Auringer	Waterloo	31
204	.	Dennis Holtz	Omaha NE	30
205	.	Jim Coons	Des Moines	29
206	.	Butch Kemp	Monmouth IL	28
207	.	Em Murray	Ottumwa	28
208	.	John Dumer	Cedar Falls	27
209	.	Dave Goble	Burlington	27
210	.	Bill Brown	Fort Dodge	27
211	.	Larry Hiatt	New Market	26
212	.	Lloyd Henderson	Dallas Center	25
213	.	Jim Sasse	Lincoln NE	25
214	.	Mike Judd		24
215	.	Larry Embrey	Granger	21
216	.	Steve Wahlert	Des Moines	21
217	.	Randy Sedam	New Boston IL	21
218	.	Dave Trower	Waterloo	20
219	.	Mike Benjamin	Keokuk	20
220	.	Jim Burbridge	Delhi	20

		All Iowa Points	Modifieds
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1979
1	.	Arlo Becker	Atkins	191
2	.	Bernie Frieden	Norway	175
3	.	Mike Krall	Waterloo	173
4	.	Keith Knaack	Vinton	140
5	.	Jim Schmueker	Vinton	107
6	.	Dennis Lovejoy	Waterloo	103
7	.	Dave Newcomb	Waterloo	85
8	.	Ed Callan	Cedar Rapids	84
9	.	Rick Brinkema	Waterloo	71
10	.	Max Leonard	Atkins	68
11	.	Steve Krug	Vinton	45
12	.	Tom Brown	Raymond	36
13	.	Bruce Harlan	Waterloo	31
14	.	Steve Hendryx	Mount Auburn	29

		All Iowa Points	Street Stocks
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1979
1	.	Ron Gustaf	Moline IL	518
2	.	Mike Grapp	Waterloo	403
3	.	Earl Pruitt	Marshalltown	378
4	.	Dave Jones	Des Moines	375
5	.	Smoke Wilson	Cedar Rapids	370
6	.	Larry DeFrance	Albion	367
7	.	Arvid Borchers	Marshalltown	366
8	.	Darrell DeFrance	Marshalltown	346
9	.	Gary Kaune	Waterloo	322
10	.	John Durbin	Silvis IL	306
11	.	Jim Sands	Cedar Falls	294
12	.	Randy Nesteby	Dubuque	293
13	.	Rick Wages	Moline IL	281
14	.	Mike Cothron	Moline IL	272
15	.	Al Thoms	Fairmont MN	272
16	.	Ron Barker	Dubuque	263
17	.	Gary Reinhart	Moline IL	263
18	.	Dick Barker	Dubuque	256
19	.	Mark Kohn	Dubuque	252
20	.	Laverne Lehman	Waterloo	243
21	.	Steve Hidelbaugh	Slater	241
22	.	Chopper Safley	Waubeek	240
23	.	Todd McCombs	Waterloo	240
24	.	Lee Hanson	Manson	239
25	.	Dwight Harlan	Vinton	238
26	.	Roger Sanders	Preemption IL	221
27	.	Tom Jorgenson	Fairmont MN	218
28	.	Tom Beddow	Chester	217
29	.	Larry Halbrook	Carney	217
30	.	Kelly Salow	Earlville	212
31	.	Kevin Dennis	Mitchellville	212
32	.	Bill Murray	Hopkington	211
33	.	Chuck Balius	West Des Moines	211
34	.	Ron Hopper	Davenport	209
35	.	Dennis Pittman	Jefferson	204
36	.	Dave Dresser	Ames	201
37	.	Dave Venenga	Grundy Center	197
38	.	Dino Rodish	West Des Moines	197
39	.	George Saffran	Dubuque	193
40	.	Kevin Kollofski	Fairmont MN	190
41	.	John Hemingway	Webster City	186
42	.	Bill McCalla	Cedar Rapids	184
43	.	Tom Bull	Rock Island IL	175
44	.	J.A. Skinner	Indianola	175
45	.	Gary Gramblin	Norway	173
46	.	Dave Moyes	Spencer	171
47	.	Dean Gissell	Independence	169
48	.	Gus Hughes	Monticello	167
49	.	Jeff Knapp	Washburn	160
50	.	Sparky Shams	Independence	159
51	.	Ron O'Brien	Cedar Rapids	156
52	.	Ron Godwin	Redfield	151
53	.	Dave Swarts	Cedar Falls	144
54	.	Steve Sorenson	Austin MN	144
55	.	Scott Wenner	Vinton	143
56	.	Earl Meade	Buffalo	140
57	.	Ron Mayer	Riceville	139
58	.	Cork Haley	Moline IL	138
59	.	Doug Hilson	Blooming Prairie MN	138
60	.	Denny McCaw	Marengo	137
61	.	Barry Nuese	Marshalltown	133
62	.	Stan Kramer	Newhall	132
63	.	Larry Opperman	Marshalltown	132
64	.	Kenny Murray	Waterloo	132
65	.	Don Wytaske	Austin MN	132
66	.	Curt Rumley	Dawson	129
67	.	George Spence	Moline IL	128
68	.	Denny Knight	Maquoketa	126
69	.	Boyd Brown	Boone	125
70	.	Mark Stoffel	Dubuque	124
71	.	Randy Wages	Moline IL	121
72	.	Chuck Bahrs	Rock Island IL	118
73	.	Dave Koob	Cascade	118
74	.	Karl Kimpton	Wells MN	116
75	.	Vern Jackson	Waterloo	112
76	.	Verlyn Gregerson	Fort Dodge	111
77	.	Mike McDowell	Melbourne	111
78	.	Doug Lund	Creston	110
79	.	Bill Hallahan	Dubuque	109
80	.	Ron Fare	Hiawatha	107
81	.	Rick Erickson	Dubuque	107
82	.	Steve Steuri	Earlville	105
83	.	Nick Houseman	Des Moines	104
84	.	Gary Fees	Polk City	101
85	.	Ron Bash	Stuart	101
86	.	Ben Dover	New Hampton	100
87	.	Dave Berg	East Dubuque IL	96
88	.	Jerry Dixon	Webster City	95
89	.	Mark Bone	Monticello	94
90	.	Dave Leach	Dubuque	92
91	.	Steve Hendryx	Mount Auburn	92
92	.	Leland Bushong	Colona IL	91
93	.	Craig Klouse	Mason City	91
94	.	Al Anton	Moline IL	90
95	.	Ron Blakeman	Dubuque	89
96	.	John Mensing	Corning	88
97	.	Gary Sathoff	Fairmont MN	88
98	.	Kenny King	Cleghorn	88
99	.	Rob Wertz	Hiawatha	87
100	.	Tom Howland	Riceville	87
101	.	Dave Elliott	Muscatine	87
102	.	John Yaw	Des Moines	87
103	.	Daryl Stout	Vinton	86
104	.	Mike Schuster	Delavan MN	86
105	.	Al Cram	Clinton	86
106	.	Rick Gustin	Carlisle	85
107	.	Russ Anderson	Sheffield	85
108	.	Jaime Shelton	Swisher	85
109	.	Bill Tharp	Vinton	85
110	.	Max Marckman	Fontanelle	84
111	.	Sonny Williams	Austin MN	83
112	.	Bruce Cerwinske	Ionia	78
113	.	Dave Naylor	Scotch Grove	76
114	.	Dick Covington	Vinton	76
115	.	Bob Rider	Vinton	74
116	.	Ben Cunningham		74
117	.	Denny Fields	Maquoketa	73
118	.	Bob Fisher	Vinton	73
119	.	Randy Neal	Baldwin	71
120	.	Jeff French	Mount Ayr	70
121	.	Dale Peters	Grand Mound	69
122	.	Denny Vohringer	Maquoketa	69
123	.	Darrell Harmening	East Moline IL	67
124	.	Larry Nelson	Freeborn MN	66
125	.	Tracy Meeks	Earlville	62
126	.	Don Berg	Waterloo	57
127	.	Steve Borts	Ames	57
128	.	Dick Weber	Hazel Green WI	56
129	.	Bob Cleppe	Clinton	55
130	.	Scott McLaughlin	Mount Auburn	54
131	.	John Schaer	Mason City	53
132	.	Jay Iben	Monticello	52
133	.	John VanWilgen	Hollandale MN	51
134	.	Monte Ohrt	Tipton	51
135	.	Dean Schroeder	Iowa Falls	50
136	.	Bob Seaton	Corning	50
137	.	Mike Hixson	Coal Valley IL	49
138	.	Craig Jones	Moline IL	49
139	.	Tim Carlson	Hazel Green WI	49
140	.	Terry Crosser	Marshalltown	44
141	.	Rick Nesteby	Dubuque	42
142	.	Andy Reed	Des Moines	42
143	.	Charlie Rogers	Redfield	40
144	.	Dave Snyder	Waterloo	38
145	.	Tim Hagen	Glanville MN	37
146	.	Terry Meeks	Monticello	36
147	.	Kenny Strunk	Webster City	35
148	.	Bob VanGorp	Des Moines	35
149	.	Al Tordoff	Alden	34
150	.	John Wirth	Thompson MN	33
151	.	Roger Bongers	Fairibault MN	29
152	.	Glen Conger	Waterloo	28
153	.	Pat Lahey	Arlington	27
154	.	Chris Rehmeyer	Creston	25
155	.	Kevin Vorwald	West Union	20
156	.	Ken Reiser	Dorchester	20
157	.	Dave Fjelland	Huxley	20

		All Iowa Points	Sprint Cars
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1979
1	.	Randy Smith	Mount Ayr	581
2	.	Ralph Blackett	Des Moines	419
3	.	Shane Carson	Oklahoma City OK	375
4	.	John Stevenson	St. Paul MN	370
5	.	Tim Green	Carmichael CA	348
6	.	Doug Wolfgang	Sioux Falls SD	319
7	.	Eddie Leavitt	Kearney MO	292
8	.	Bill Robison	Topeka KS	277
9	.	Jerry Potter	Kansas City MO	228
10	.	Lloyd Beckman	Lincoln NE	198
11	.	Steve Hainline	Bonaparte	160
12	.	Mike Thomas	Des Moines	155
13	.	Don Larson	Sioux Falls SD	150
14	.	Sonny Smyser	Lancaster MO	147
15	.	Mackie Heimbaugh	Des Moines	134
16	.	Mike Pinckney	Des Moines	117
17	.	Jerry Blundy	Dahinda IL	112
18	.	Lenard McCarl	Des Moines	112
19	.	Jerry Stone	Wichita KS	99
20	.	Ron Shuman	Mesa AZ	98
21	.	Mike Brooks	Knoxville	93
22	.	Danny Smith	Danville IN	91
23	.	Sammy Swindell	Memphis TN	78
24	.	Rich Brahmer	Wisner NE	78
25	.	Bob Hop	Mendota MN	73
26	.	Bill Utz	Sedalia MO	72
27	.	Bobby Brutto	Carmichael CA	72
28	.	Jack Hewitt	Troy OH	71
29	.	Rick Ferkel	Findlay OH	70
30	.	Larry Clark	Tolleson AZ	69
31	.	Paul Pitzer		66
32	.	Lee James	Northridge CA	64
33	.	Bob Geldner	St. Peter MN	63
34	.	Gary Scott	Holts Summit MO	63
35	.	Steve Kinser	Bloomington IN	62
36	.	Stacy Redmond	Mason City	62
37	.	Al Hager	Fostoria OH	62
38	.	Galen Martin	Fairfield	57
39	.	Lee Osborne	Jamestown IN	57
40	.	Jerry Richert Jr.	Forest Lake MN	56
41	.	Bill Hetrick	Carmen IL	56
42	.	Gary Rush	Sydney AUS	54
43	.	Butch Bahr	Grand Island NE	53
44	.	Gene Gennetten	Glenwood MO	52
45	.	Bill Mellenberndt	Sioux Falls SD	52
46	.	Mark Shafer	Newton	51
47	.	Gary Patterson	Sacramento CA	51
48	.	Buster Venard	Tustin CA	50
49	.	Buster Venard	Pustin CA	50
50	.	Darrell Dawley	Sioux Falls SD	49
51	.	Johnny Anderson	Sacramento CA	49
52	.	Joe McCarthy	El Paso TX	46
53	.	Kim Lingenfelter	Norfolk NE	44
54	.	Leland VanEmmerick	Salem SD	43
55	.	Roger Mulder	Sioux Falls SD	42
56	.	Dick Stoneking	Oquawka IL	42
57	.	Dave Engebretson	Sioux Falls SD	41
58	.	Dan Shearan	Hugo MN	41
59	.	Cliff Woodward	Kearney MO	39
60	.	Rick Weld	Kansas City MO	38
61	.	Gordy Lamb	Fargo ND	37
62	.	Keith Frantsen	Windom MN	36
63	.	Don Reiners	Sioux Falls SD	36
64	.	Dean Thompson	Carson CA	35
65	.	Dick Forbrook	Morgan MN	32
66	.	Jim Goettsche	Kearney NE	32
67	.	Jeff Swindell	Memphis TN	31
68	.	Gene Brudigan	Hoskins NE	31
69	.	Joel Taylor	Milford	31
70	.	T.R. Stump	Phoenix AZ	31
71	.	Bobby Marshall	Dallas TX	29
72	.	Randy Droescher	Sioux Falls SD	29
73	.	Jimmy Sills	Sacramento CA	28
74	.	Adrian Zoutte	Knoxville	28
75	.	Vic Chudy	Plattsmouth NE	28
76	.	Larry Cramblett	Macomb IL	27
77	.	Tom Corbin	Carrollton MO	26
78	.	Jim Hetrick	Gladstone IL	26
79	.	Terry Taggart	Sioux City	26
80	.	Dale McCarty	Kansas City MO	25
81	.	Ken Potter	Kansas City MO	24
82	.	Don Mack	East Grand Forks MN	24
83	.	Johnny Beaber		23
84	.	Steve Johnson	Orion IL	22
85	.	Bobby Layne	Kansas City MO	20