In Part Two you saw where we had an event that two drivers who had a unique tie to each other won on the same night at Eldon and, as we kick off Part Three of the NKF Tour 2000, the Tour's first trip ever to the CJ Raceway in Columbus Junction produced a similar scenario.
Dripps, Holthaus Conquer CJ
Columbus Junction, Iowa – The two winningest drivers in the three-year history of the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure found their way to victory lane Monday night at the CJ Raceway. Corey Dripps of Cedar Falls captured his seventh career NKF Tour Modified feature win while Steve Holthaus of Cresco survived a wild finish for his fifth career Hobby Stock triumph on the Tour.
Thirty-two Modifieds checked in for what turned out to be a wild night of racing at a facility where nearly an inch of rain the night before left plenty of mud around the edges. Jim Vest used his front row start in the twenty-lap feature to grab the early lead with Scott Hogan in hot pursuit. The race was red-flagged at the midpoint for a grinding crash that all but destroyed the cars of Russ Olson, Larry Herring and Rick Gustin. Thankfully all three drivers escaped injury. When the race resumed Darin Thye got by Hogan with Troy Folkerts following him into third. As Folkerts made his move to the outside of turn one, the two made contact sending both cars over the top of turn two. On the restart Corey Dripps now found himself in second and after a couple of laps of sizing up the leader Vest, Dripps moved by for the lead and the victory. Vest was the runner-up followed by Dean Wagner who came to third from twentieth. Brett Campbell and current NKF Tour point leader Ron Barker completed the top five.
In the fifteen-lap Hobby Stock finale, CJ Raceway regular Kurt Burmeister paced the talent-laden field until the white flag lap. Steve Holthaus moved past the leader heading into turn one and when Burmeister tried to make a comeback there was contact in turn two. The third-place car of Ryan Meyer saw an opportunity at that time and charged to the outside as the top three entered the backstretch. Burmeister and Meyer made contact with both cars going up and over the levee. The race was scored complete on the white- flag lap with the drivers involved in the yellow being scored at the tail. So the official finish was Holthaus, Rod Miller, Harley Hill, Bruce Benzing and Jeremy Moellers.
The NKF Tour Modifieds have three exciting nights of action up next as they run in support of the UMP Late Model SummerNationals. On Sunday night the Mods will run the quarter-mile at the Davenport Speedway followed by visits to the Farley Speedway on Monday night and the Knoxville Raceway on Tuesday night. The next action for the Tour’s Hobby Stocks will be on Thursday, July 13th, at the Stuart Speedway.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1.
Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 2. John Bull, Rock Island IL 3. Bruce Hanford,
Davenport 4. Brett Campbell, Cosgrove
2nd Heat – 1.
Casey Schram, Sterling IL 2. Darin Thye, Burlington 3. Larry Herring, Lone Tree
4. Kevin Goben, Sherrard IL
3rd Heat – 1.
Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids 2. Jim Vest, Wellman 3. Troy Folkerts, Albia 4. Ramon
Partida, West Liberty
4th Heat – 1.
Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton MO 2. Scott Hogan, Vinton 3. Todd Holman, Ottumwa 4.
Dave Hemsted, Lone Tree
1st B-Main – 1.
Ron Barker, Dubuque 2. Dewayne Stropes, Aledo IL 3. Bryan Behning, Davenport 4.
Bob Utter, Columbus Junction 5. John Fellman, Blue Grass
2nd B-Main – 1.
David Boyd, Conesville 2. Rick Gustin, Marshalltown 3. Dean Wagner, Evansdale
4. Casey Lancaster, Oskaloosa 5. Elmer Arnold, Mediapolis
A-Main – 1. Dripps 2. Vest
3. Wagner 4. Campbell 5. Barker 6. Behning 7. Folkerts 8. Hogan 9. Schram 10,
Lancaster 11. Boyd 12. Goben 13. Partida 14. Blackburn 15. Thye 16. Bull 17.
Holman 18. Hemsted 19. Olson 20. Herring 21. Gustin 22. Arnold 23. Stropes 24.
Hanford
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat –
1. Blaire Benzing, Waterville 2. Kurt Burmeister, New London 3. Jeff Larson, New
Hampton 4. Jason Staley, Muscatine
2nd Heat – 1.
Tim Madsen, Iowa City 2. Rod Miller, Eldon 3. Harley Hill, Wayland MO 4.
Patrick Rees, Columbus Junction
3rd Heat – 1.
Ryan Meyer, Wayland 2. Steve Holthaus, Cresco 3. Jeremy Moellers, Elma 4. Bruce
Benzing, Harpers
A-Main – 1. Holthaus 2. Miller 3. Hill 4. Br. Benzing 5. Moellers 6. Jeff Wellington, Columbus Junction 7. Madsen 8. Tim Staley, Muscatine 9. Burmeister 10. Meyer 11. Larson 12. Bill Shaffer, Burlington 13. Chris Huston, New Boston IL 14. Rees 15. Bl. Benzing 16. Darrin Walch, Postville 17. Mike Dominguez, Nichols 18. J. Staley 19. Nick Lee, Columbus Junction 20. Jason Buck, Danville
Three straight nights of supporting the UMP Summer Nationals was up next for the NKF Tour Modifieds, a great combination in front of some full grandstands! The 50/50 raffles at these three shows exceeded a total of $1,600.
Rick Hixson Snares His First NKF Tour Win At Davenport
Davenport, Iowa – After twenty-laps of non-stop two and three wide action on the quarter-mile oval at the Davenport Speedway, Rick Hixson of Orion, Illinois, emerged with his first career National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified victory.
John Bull grabbed the lead at the drop of the green with Bruce Hanford and Dean Wagner in hot pursuit. After a couple of circuits Hixson and Bryan Behning joined in to make it a five-car battle for the top spot. Hixson found the bottom groove to his liking and worked his way into second where he then went to work on Bull. The top two ran laps eight, nine and ten in wheel-to-wheel formation before Hixson established himself as the leader. The top two then pulled away leaving an entertaining battle for third Bob Dominacki coming from thirteenth to take the spot in the final laps. Behning came home fourth followed by Hanford and Wagner.
Results
NKF Tour Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Bryan Behning, Davenport 2. Rick Hixson, Orion IL 3. John Bull, Rock
Island IL 4. Dennis Diercks, Princeton
2nd
Heat – 1. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 2. Dean Wagner, Evansdale 3. Corey Hallahan,
Dubuque 4. Sean Rupp, Dubuque
A-Main
– 1. Hixson 2. Bull 3. Bob Dominacki, Bettendorf 4. Behning 5. Hanford 6.
Wagner 7. Diercks 8. Rupp 9. Hallahan 10. Mike Zogg, Clarence 11. John Fellman,
Blue Grass 12. Randy Lamar, Buffalo 13. Keith Haislip, Davenport 14. Casey
Schram, Sterling IL 15. John Herman, Davenport
Point Leader Barker Cruises To NKF Win At Farley
Farley, Iowa – Ron Barker of Dubuque drew the pole position and, after a grinding crash involving his fellow front row starter, cruised to victory in the twenty-lap National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified feature Monday night at the Farley Speedway.
John Burbridge jumped the cushion coming off of turn two on the first lap and turned the backstretch wall into a ramp as he launched his Modfied into a series of flips and rolls that carried him halfway down to turn three. The cars of Jerry Miles and Rick Gustin were also eliminated as the rolling car landed on top of them as the field scrambled. All drivers escaped injury.
On the restart Barker was the leader with Kevin Pittman in hot pursuit. That chase ended a few laps later when Pittman’s car shucked its transmission on to the Farley front straightaway. Rich Smith took up the chase from there and although he stayed glued to Barker’s bumper Smith could not mount a challenge. Mark Curwen held off Dan Chapman to finish third while John Bull completed the top five.
Results
NKF Tour Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. John Bull, Rock Island IL 2. Ron Barker, Dubuque 3. Dan Bohr, Decorah
4. Rich Smith, Davenport 5. Mark Curwen, Hazel Green WI
2nd
Heat – 1. Dan Chapman, Clarence 2. Scott Holbert, Freeport IL 3. Kevin Pittman,
Waterloo 4. Dean Wagner, Evansdale 5. John Burbridge, Delhi
A-Main – 1. Barker 2. Smith 3. Curwen 4. Chapman 5. Bull 6. Bohr 7. Scott Nesteby, Asbury 8. Holbert 9. Todd Schaufenbuel, New Hampton 10. Robert Whalen, Charles City 11. John Fellman, Blue Grass 12. Scott Megonigle, Cedar Rapids 13. Wagner 14. Pittman 15. Burbridge 16. Jerry Miles, Dubuque 17. Rick Gustin, Marshalltown
Shryock Holds Back Barker For Knoxville NKF Tour Win
Knoxville, Iowa – The famed Knoxville Raceway was in perfect racing condition Tuesday night as Kelly Shryock captured the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified main event.
Shryock started on the outside of the front row and immediately opened up a lead at the drop of the green. Mark Noble worked his way into contention from his fourth row start and by the mid-race point he had Shryock in his sights. As the two Modified heavyweights sized each other up, current NKF point leader Ron Barker and 1998 Tour champion Corey Dripps closed in on the lead duo. On lap twelve, Barker, Noble and Shryock raced three-wide for the lead through turn two with Barker now taking over the second spot. The leaders then split into two pairs for the remainder of the race as Barker made several runs at Shryock only to come up just short at the finish. Dripps was able to get by Noble for third, but Mark fought his way back to earn the position in the final two laps. The winner of last year’s event here, Scott Megonigle, came home in the fifth spot.
The NKF Tour Modifieds have two big events coming up in western Iowa next week. On Wednesday night, July 19th, the Tour will be at the Crawford County Speedway in Denison for a $2,000-to-win event with the added attraction of Winston Cup driver Kenny Schrader. Then on Thursday night the Tour moves north to the Buena Vista Raceway in Alta for a $1,000-to-win event.
Results
NKF Tour Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Robbie Verbeck, Annawan IL 2. Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton MO 3. Dean
Wagner, Evansdale 4. Jeremy Mills, Marathon
2nd
Heat – 1. Kelly Shryock, Story City 2. Scott Megonigle, Cedar Rapids 3. Corey
Dripps, Cedar Falls 4. Mike Smith, Jewell
3rd
Heat – 1. Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie MN 2. Brian Mullen, Seymour WI 3. Dan
Fetters, Marshalltown 4. Bret Frieden, Walford
4th
Heat – 1. Ron Barker, Dubuque 2. Bryan Behning, Davenport 3. John VanDenBerg,
Oskaloosa 4. Rick Gustin, Marshalltown
1st
B-Main – 1. Dean Wray, Trenton MO 2. Mike Mashl, DePere WI 3. John Bull, Rock
Island IL 4. Joe Kraemer, Early 5. Mike VanGenderen, Newton 6. Russ Byriel,
Ankeny 7. James Allbee, Boone 8. Bill Vantiger, Yarmouth 9. Glenn Freeland,
Pleasant Hill 10. Troy Folkerts, Albia
2nd
B-Main – 1. Dan Chapman, Clarence 2. Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie MN 3. Rich
Smith, Davenport 4. Todd Stoolman, West Branch 5. Bill Davis, Des Moines 6.
Mike Bennett, Des Moines 7. Mark Elliott, Webster City 8. Jim Wubben, Moravia
9. Matt Donald, Pleasant Hill 10. Casey Lancaster, Oskaloosa 11. Ron VerBeek,
Oskaloosa
A-Main – 1. Shryock 2. Barker 3. Noble 4. Dripps 5. Megonigle 6. Verbeck 7. Mills 8. Behning 9. Gustin 10. Blackburn 11. M. Smith 12. Wray 13. Mullen 14. Frieden 15. VanDenBerg 16. R. Smith 17. Wagner 18. Mashl 19. Chapman 20. Lancaster 21. VanGenderen 22. Bull 23. Hillson 24. Fetters
A
Hobby Stock Only event would be held on the Tour’s first ever visit to Stuart
and after his win here we would see Randy Embrey much more often in the events
to come.
Embrey From Third To First For Stuart NKF Win
Stuart, Iowa – Randy Embrey of Granger, running in the third position, had the best seat in the house to watch the battle for the lead between Ben Hoesing and Don Wear during the twenty-lap National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Hobby Stock main event Thursday night at the Stuart Speedway. When the top two touched in turn two on lap twelve, Embrey went from being a spectator to the leader as he cruised to his first career NKF Tour victory.
Hoesing out-dragged fellow front row starter Dan Hanselman to take the early lead with Wear and Embrey in hot pursuit. The top three ran in close formation through the first half of the event before the racing contact on lap twelve slowed Hoesing and Wear just enough to allow Embrey to slip by on the outside. Wear held on to finish second in the non-stop event, Hanselman fought his way back up to third followed by the eleventh starter Ryan Griffith and Hoesing.
The NKF Tour Hobby Stocks join the Tour’s Modified division for a western Iowa doubleheader next week on Wednesday night, July 19th, at the Crawford County Speedway in Denison and on Thursday night, July 20th, at the Buena Vista Raceway in Alta.
Results
NKF Tour Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Kurt Mueller, Dexter 2. Ben Hoesing, Perry 3. Ryan Griffith, Webster
City 4. Jason Murray, Hartford
2nd
Heat – 1. Josh Reynolds, Stuart 2. Dan Hanselman, Algona 3. Randy Embrey,
Granger 4. Don Wear, Des Moines
3rd
Heat – 1. Nyle Godwin, Redfield 2. Mike Pruitt, Stuart 3. Mark McNeece, Albion
4. Jeff Bailey, Carlisle
A-Main – 1. R. Embrey 2. Wear 3. Hanselman 4. Griffith 5. Hoesing 6. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 7. Pruitt 8. Mueller 9. Brett Smith, Madrid 10. Dewey Willuweit, Boone 11. Godwin 12. Adam Seley, Greenfield 13. Jeremy Embrey, Granger 14. Murray 15. Bailey 16. Larry Embrey, Granger 17. Jef Schildberg, Casey 18. Reynolds 19. McNeece DNS: Tim French, Colo
Promoter Howard Mellinger would put up a big $2,000-to-win for the Modifieds at the next event in Denison with NASCAR's Kenny Schrader competing as a special guest.
Krajicek In The Right Place For Two Grand, Zehr Also a NKF Winner At Denison
Denison, Iowa – Mark Noble’s misfortune turned into a big payday for local driver John Krajicek as he picked up the $2,000 check for winning the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified feature at the Crawford County Speedway Wednesday night. Jeff Zehr of Manson was victorious in the companion Hobby Stock main event.
It did not take long for Noble to come from the fifth starting spot and overtake pole-sitter Brian Foote for the lead on lap two. The Minnesota driver then put it on cruise control with John Krajicek trying to keep pace. All eyes were focused on Kenny Schrader as he maneuvered Charlie Clark’s modified from a fifth row start into third by lap ten. Schrader searched high, low and in between for a faster way around the half-mile oval and on two occasions he pulled alongside Krajicek for second. With just over one lap to go Noble’s car let out a cloud of smoke on the backstretch allowing Krajicek to pick up the lead and he held off Schrader in the final lap to take the win. John Anderson came home in third followed by Foote and Kelly Shryock.
Jim Lampe paced the NKF Hobby Stock field for the first three laps before Doug McCollough zipped by. Jeff Zehr soon found his way to the front after starting on the fourth row and on a lap ten restart he was able to edge by McCollough to lead the final two laps for the victory. McCollough, Brian Stein, Jon Ziegman and Ron Stein completed the top five.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Ken Schrader, Concord NC 2. Rick
Gustin, Marshalltown 3. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 4. Dan McKeighan, Council
Bluffs
2nd Heat – 1. Joe Kraemer, Early 2. Brandon
Monson, Harlan 3. Kelly Shryock, Story City 4. Craig Reetz, Dunlap
3rd Heat – 1. John Krajicek, Denison 2. John
Anderson, Omaha NE 3. Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie MN 4. Brian Foote, Essex
A-Main – 1. Krajicek 2. Schrader 3. Anderson 4. Foote 5.
Shryock 6. Monson 7. Gustin 8. Kraemer 9. McKeighan 10. Reetz 11. Mike Johnson,
Council Bluffs 12. Hanford 13. Bill Osbahr, Avoca 14. Bryan Behning, Davenport
15. Brad Madsen, Kimballton 16. Mike Collins, Omaha NE 17. Marvin Fuller,
Lincoln NE 18. Chad Preul, McClelland 19. Noble 20. Randy Archer, Council
Bluffs 21. Jerry Warner, LaVista NE 22. Dan Mueller, Griswold 23. Bill Flegg,
Omaha NE 24. Lynn Howard, Glenwood 25. Rich Smith, Davenport 26. Ron Jones,
Zimmerman MN 27. Jim Cooper, Ames 28. Jeff Stephens, Arion
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1. Jon Ziegman, Odeboldt 2. Kyle
Schultz, Charter Oak 3. Brian Stein, Woolstock 4. Jeff Zehr, Manson 5. Ron
Stein, Woolstock
2nd Heat – 1. Ryan Griffith, Webster City 2.
Jason Minnehan, Churdan 3. Doug McCollough, Webster City 4. Joel Ziegman,
Odeboldt 5. Jim Lampe, Carroll
A-Main – 1. Zehr 2. McCollough 3. B. Stein 4. Jon Ziegman 5. R. Stein 6. Minnehan 7. Joel Ziegman 8. Ben Hoesing, Perry 9. Lampe 10. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 11. Stacy Robertson, Council Bluffs 12. Schultz 13. Mick King, Odeboldt 14. Dan Hanselman, Algona 15. Rod Miller, Eldon 16. Griffith
After running the Tour as a Hobby Stock only event during the first two seasons the Buena Vista Raceway brought the Modifieds to Alta as well during NKF Tour 2000 with Brad McEwan taking the win near his Storm Lake home. In the Hobby Stocks the tech area took down two of the Tour's top point contenders.
Larson Dominates, Smith Inherits As NKF Tour Visits Alta
Alta, Iowa – Adam Larson has had a great 2000 season so far at the Buena Vista Raceway and on Thursday night he continued his winning ways by taking the $1,000 in the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified main event. In Hobby Stock action local driver David Smith picked up the NKF Tour win after the top two finishers, Dan Hanselman and Doug McCollough, were disqualified for rules violations.
Bruce Hanford snared the early lead in the Modified headliner from his pole position start, but when he nearly spun in turn one on the third lap both Rick Gustin and Adam Larson moved by before Hanford could recover. Gustin did his best to hold back the young speedster, but Larson slipped by on the ninth lap and was never again challenged. Gustin maintained the second spot with Hanford taking third followed by Doug Riley and Brad McEwan.
The Hobby Stock main was all Dan Hanselman as he snatched the lead at the start and went flag-to-flag without a challenge. Doug McCollough was able to get by David Smith for second mid-race and that was how the top three took the checkers. However, in the tech area, it was determined that Hanselman was disqualified for running premium fuel while McCollough’s distributor did not meet regulations. This gave the win to Smith with Rod McClurg, Pat Cross, Jamie Andreason and Ben Hoesing completing the top five.
The next action for the NKF Tour Modifieds and Hobby Stocks will be Sunday night, July 23rd, at the Greenbelt Speedway in Eldora.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Jeff Stephens, Arion 2. Rick
Gustin, Marshalltown 3. Doug Riley, Lytton 4. Rick Meents, Deloit
2nd Heat – 1. Brad McEwan, Alta 2. Bruce
Hanford, Davenport 3. Bill Christman, Bronson 4. Craig Reetz, Dunlap
3rd Heat – 1. Adam Larson, Ames 2. Kevin
Berte, Whittemore 3. Rod Scheurman, Jefferson 4. Dane Larson, Ames
A-Main – 1. A. Larson 2. Gustin 3. Hanford 4. Riley 5.
McEwan 6. Ricky Stephan, Sioux City 7. Christman 8. Stephens 9. Meents 10. Dwaine
Hanson, Lakefield MN 11. Reetz 12. Brad Williams, Lytton 13. Garry Carlson,
Newell 14. Derek Smith, Hinton 15. Nick Mitchell, Waterbury NE 16. Scheurman
17. Jason Briese, Cleghorn 18. D. Larson 19. Dan DeMey, Denison 20. Berte DNS: Jason Kassen, Sioux City and Bryan
Behning, Davenport
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1. Rod McClurg, Pocahontas 2. Doug
McCollough, Webster City 2. Pat Cross, Storm Lake 4. Grant Moline, Manson
2nd Heat – 1. John Briggs, Sutherland 2. Tony
Pogeler, Alta 3. Kyle Robinson, Cherokee 4. Ben Hoesing, Perry
3rd Heat – 1. David Smith, Lake City 2. Dan
Hanselman, Algona 3. Dustin Smith, Lake City 4. Jamie Andreason, Lytton
A-Main – 1. David Smith 2. McClurg 3. Cross 4. Andreason 5. Hoesing 6. Pogeler 7. Brandon Lucas, Cherokee 8. Robinson 9. Rod Miller, Eldon 10. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 11. Briggs 12. Moline 13. Richard Goscinski, Schaller 14. Neil Huffman, Linngrove 15. Dustin Smith 16. Hanselman 17. McCollough
It was a similar story at the Tour's next event as the Greenbelt Speedway in Eldora added the Tour Modifieds to the card after two years of running the Hobby Stocks only.
Larson Over Gustin Again, Shaffar Takes NKF Tour Win At Eldora
Eldora, Iowa – For the second straight event on the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Adam Larson tracked down Rick Gustin to take the Modified feature win, this time at the Greenbelt Speedway Sunday night. Terry Shaffar dominated a thirty-car field to win the companion NKF Hobby Stock main event.
Gustin started on the pole and after holding back an early challenge from Dan Fetters it looked as if he was set to earn his first career NKF Tour victory. Larson, who started eleventh, had other plans though as he methodically picked his way through the field and pulled even with the leader on lap seventeen. The top two ran lap eighteen side-by-side before Larson found enough of a bite on the inside to move ahead for the victory. Duane Van Deest followed Gustin in for third with Fetters and Danny Wallace completing the top five.
Terry Shaffar drew the outside front row for the Hobby Stock main and never looked back after the drop of the green as he cruised to his first NKF Tour victory. Damon Adams was credited with second followed by Doug McCollough, Kit Hovey and Steve Brannick.
The NKF Tour Modifieds and Hobby Stocks have a busy week ahead of them with a Tuesday night date set for the Echo Valley Speedway in West Union followed by a pair of races at the Hamilton County Fair in Webster City on Thursday and Saturday.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1.
Rick Gustin, Marshalltown 2. Al Tordoff, Alden 3. Adam Larson, Ames 4. Tyler Prochaska,
Iowa Falls
2nd Heat – 1.
Donnie Bown, Clemons 2. Jeff Schroyer, Laurel 3. Dan Fetters, Marshalltown 4.
Keith Pittman, Waterloo
3rd Heat – 1.
Danny Wallace, Des Moines 2. Duane VanDeest, Grundy Center 3. J.C. Nehring,
Hubbard 4. Lon Hoelscher, Radcliffe
A-Main – 1. A. Larson 2.
Gustin 3. VanDeest 4. Fetters 5. Wallace 6. Schroyer 7. Pittman 8. Bown 9.
Tyler Prochaska 10. Terrance Prochaska, Iowa Falls 11. Tordoff 12. Hoelscher
13. Nehring 14. Mike Bonin, Iowa Falls 15. Travis Prochaska, Iowa Falls 16. Ron
Gomis, Urbandale DNS: Dane Larson, Ames and Jason Stringer, Marshalltown
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1.
Kit Hovey, Fort Dodge 2. Doug McCollough, Webster City 3. Damon Adams, Iowa
Falls 4. Tom Alexander, Webster City
2nd Heat – 1.
Allen Dixon, Webster City 2. Jerry Dixon, Webster City 3. Scott Durlin,
Marshalltown 4. Ryan Griffith, Webster City
3rd Heat – 1.
Mark Haglund, Kamrar 2. Steve Brannick, Iowa Falls 3. Brian Stein, Woolstock 4.
Tully Beeghly, Liscomb
4th Heat – 1.
Travis Peters, Marshalltown 2. Terry Shaffar, State Center 3. Curt Hook, Ackley
4. Rod Miller, Eldon
B-Main – 1. Ron Stein,
Woolstock 2. Grant Moline, Manson 3. Rex Jansonius, Ackley 4. Greg Hanson,
Alden 5. Ben Hoesing, Perry 6. Gerald Gatewood, Webster City 7. Mark McNeece,
Albion 8. Steve Meyer, Ankeny
A-Main – 1. Shaffar 2. Adams 3. McCollough 4. Hovey 5. Brannick 6. Dulin 7. Haglund 8. Miller 9. Alexander 10. A. Dixon 11. B. Stein 12. Jansonius 13. McNeece 14. Gatewood 15. Meyer 16. Peters 17. Hoesing 18. Hanson 19. Moline 20. Griffith 21. R. Stein 22. Beeghly 23. J. Dixon 24. Hook
Track owner/promoter Lee Hansmeier would welcome in the NKF Tour to the Echo Valley Speedway near West Union for the first time in late July. The Northeast Iowa Medical Transport Team would win the 50/50 raffle on this night and they would donate it back to the Palmer Lutheran Dialysis Unit in West Union.
Barker And Lerch Winners In First NKF Tour Visit To Echo Valley
West Union, Iowa – The National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure pulled in to the beautiful Echo Valley Speedway for the first time Tuesday night with Ron Barker of Dubuque and Chad Lerch of Lone Tree taking feature wins in their respective divisions.
Barker drew the outside pole for the twenty-five lap NKF Modified headliner and raced to the lead at the drop of the green. Kevin Pittman took up the chase and when Barker bobbled in turn three on the seventh circuit Pittman was there to take the lead. Barker quickly regained his form and two laps later he was able to get by Pittman and race away to his fifth victory on the 2000 Tour. Pittman was the runner-up followed by Scott Hogan, Dave Thorsten and Chuck Stanton.
The NKF Hobby Stock field included several of the Tour’s top drivers, but it was first-time competitor Chad Lerch who dominated the main event. Lerch grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and was never challenged for the victory. The racing action was intense behind him though including a four-wide battle coming off turn four on the final lap that shook up the top five. Dan Jones finished second with Jason Rohde third Darrin Walch fourth and Steve Holthaus fifth.
The NKF Tour Modifieds and Hobby Stocks will spend two nights at the annual Hamilton County Fair in Webster City this week running both Thursday and Saturday night.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1.
Dan Bohr, Decorah 2. Bart Miller, Clarence 3. Tim Anderson, Long Grove 4. Ron
Barker, Dubuque
2nd Heat – 1.
Jamie Aikey, Cedar Falls 2. Kevin Pittman, Waterloo 3. Todd Schaufenbuel, New
Hampton 4. Chuck Stanton, New Hampton
3rd Heat – 1.
Brad Rain, Lanesboro MN 2. Scott Hogan, Vinton 3. Dave Thorsten, Decorah 4. Ken
Irvine, Hazelton
A-Main – 1. Barker 2.
Pittman 3. Hogan 4. Thorsten 5. Stanton 6. Miller 7. Schaufenbuel 8. Brian
Schrage, Cresco 9. Rain 10. Todd Ihde, Garnavillo 11. Kevin Schroeder, Elkport
12. Shawn Ryan, Waterloo 13. Dick Brummond, New Hampton 14. Sean Rupp, Dubuque
15. Larry Schmidt, New Hampton 16. Bohr 17. Irvine 18. Tim Heins, Elkader 19.
Aikey 20. Anderson DNS: Dennis Fink, Fairbank
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1.
Mike Jones, Waukon 2. Jason Rohde, Fayette 3. Barry Timmerman, Strawberry Point
4. Adam Speicher, Fredericksburg
2nd Heat – 1.
Lynn Panos, Protivin 2. Chad Lerch, Lone Tree 3. Devin Guyer, Clermont 4. Jason
Brink, Waukon
3rd Heat – 1.
Jeremy Moellers, Elma 2. Dan Jones, Waterville 3. Greg Mitchell, Decorah 4.
Tory Reicks, Waucoma
A-Main – 1. Lerch 2. D. Jones 3. Rohde 4. Darrin Walch, Postville 5. Steve Holthaus, Cresco 6. Panos 7. Guyer 8. Brink 9. Reicks 10. Junior Boyer, St. Lucas 11. Mitchell 12. Speicher 13. John Kruse, Waucoma 14. Blaire Benzing, Waterville 15. Timmerman 16. Dean Vrba, Fort Atkinson 17. M. Jones 18. Bruce Benzing, Harpers 19. Rick Stockman, Preston MN 20. Chris Gefaller, West Union 21. Rod Miller, Eldon 22. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 23. Chad Smith, St. Olaf 24. Moellers DNS: Chuck Pierce, Cresco
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| NKF Tour Champion Ron Barker in victory lane with the Tour Director - photo provided |
NKF Tour 2000 started out with two nights of racing at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City within six days and next up were two nights of racing during the county fair in Webster City in just three days.
Logue, Shryock, Zehr and McCollough Collect NKF Tour Wins At The Hamilton County Fair
Webster City, Iowa – The National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure spent two evenings at the Hamilton County Fair this week with four different drivers earning feature victories. On Thursday night John Logue captured the $1,000-to-win Modified main event while Jeff Zehr cruised to the Hobby Stock checkers. Then on Saturday night it was Kelly Shryock and Doug McCollough who visited victory lane in the Modifieds and Hobby Stocks respectively.
Logue started from the pole and, after some early challenges from Jason Toppenberg, drove away for the win. Toppenberg held back Rick Gustin for second with Adam Larson and Jeremy Mills completing the top five. Saturday night Shryock jumped into his Modified after a victory lane photo for his IMCA Stock Car win and passed Scott Olson for the lead on the fourth circuit enroute to the win. Brad McEwan made a late charge in the final three laps from fifth to finish second with Olson, Toppenberg and Greg Elliott completing the top five.
Zehr was the class of the thirty-car Hobby Stock field on Thursday winning by nearly half a lap over Jerry Dixon, Allen Dixon, Kit Hovey and Brian Stein. Saturday’s feature was much more contested as McCollough took the lead from Allen Dixon mid-race and then held back a late charge from Ryan Griffith, who had started twelfth, to pick up the win. Jerry Dixon, Ron Stein and Zehr rounded out the top five.
The NKF Tour has four straight nights of action beginning on Saturday night, August 5th, with a trip to the Kossuth County Fair in Algona. On Sunday night I-35 Speedway in Mason City will welcome the Tour for the first time, then on Monday and Tuesday, August 7th and 8th, it will be the Fourth Annual Budweiser Hobby Stock Nationals at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson.
Results
NKF Modifieds
Thursday Night
1st
Heat – 1. Jason Toppenberg, Ames 2. John Logue, Boone 3. Rick Gustin,
Marshalltown 4. Greg Elliott, Webster City
2nd
Heat – 1. Jeremy Mills, Ankeny 2. Dennis Prochaska, Iowa Falls 3. Bruce
Hanford, Davenport 4. Scott Hogan, Vinton
3rd
Heat – 1. Adam Larson, Ames 2. Curt Badker, Clear Lake 3. Max Dunlap, Zearing
4. Troy Cordes, Cedar Falls
A-Main
– 1. Logue 2. Toppenberg 3. Gustin 4. Larson 5. Mills 6. Brad McEwan, Storm
Lake 7. Hogan 8. Scott Olson, Ellsworth 9. Hanford 10. Dean Mahlstedt, Granger
11. Prochaska 12. Cordes 13. Russ Dickerson, Ames 14. Dunlap 15. Scott Baker,
Boone 16. Keith Pittman, Waterloo 17. Al Tordoff, Alden 18. Badker 19. G.
Elliott 20. Chuck Crimmins, Fort Dodge 21. Mike Smith, Jewell 22. Lon
Hoelscher, Radcliffe 23. Mike Baker, Fort Dodge DNS: Todd Schaufenbuel, New
Hampton
Saturday Night
1st
Heat – 1. Smith 2. Kelly Shryock, Story City 3. McEwan 4. Mark Elliott, Webster
City
2nd
Heat – 1. Ron VerBeek, Oskaloosa 2. Olson 3. Mills 4. George Gilliland, Lehigh
3rd
Heat – 1. Duane VanDeest, Grundy Center 2. Baker 3. G. Elliott 4. Toppenberg
A-Main
– 1. Shryock 2. McEwan 3. Olson 4. Toppenberg 5. G. Elliott 6. Mills 7. VanDeest
8. Dan DeMey, Denison 9. Smith 10. Gustin 11. Al Tordoff Jr., Alden 12. Martin
Bennett, Des Moines 13. Prochaska 14. Gilliland 15. Tordoff 16. Hogan 17. Greg
Subbert, Granger 18. Dunlap 19. VerBeek 20. Mahlstedt 21. Crimmins 22. M.
Elliott 23. Baker DNS: John Yaw, Des Moines
NKF Hobby Stocks
Thursday Night
1st
Heat – 1. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 2. Mark Haglund, Kamrar 3. Jeff Zehr, Manson
4. Gerald Gatewood, Webster City
2nd
Heat – 1. Tory Reicks, Waucoma 2. Kit Hovey, Fort Dodge 3. Tom Alexander, Webster
City 4. Craig Roberts, Des Moines
3rd
Heat – 1. Doug McCollough, Webster City 2. Jerry Dixon, Webster City 3. Ben
Hoesing, Perry 4. Allen Dixon, Webster City
4th
Heat – 1. Ryan Griffith, Webster City 2. Bryce Sommerfeld, Fort Dodge 3. Brian
Stein, Woolstock 4. Dan Hanselman, Algona
B-Main
– 1. Ron Stein, Woolstock 2. Jeremy Moellers, Elma 3. Bobby Shaffer, Clarion 4.
David Smith, Lake City 5. Dustin Smith, Lake City 6. Scott Durlin, State Center
7. Jamie Odor, Fort Dodge 8. Grant Moline, Manson 9. Justin Hoversten,
Radcliffe 10. Mark McNeece, Albion 11. Butch Weber, Webster City 12. Kevin
Schmauss, Eagle Grove 13. Nick Milhous, Ames
A-Main
– 1. Zehr 2. J. Dixon 3. A. Dixon 4. Hovey 5. B. Stein 6. Hanselman 7. David
Smith 8. J. Larson 9. Hoesing 10. Sommerfeld 11. Haglund 12. Durlin 13. Roberts
14. Moellers 15. Gatewood 16. Moline 17. McCollough 18. R. Stein 19. Reicks 20.
Dustin Smith 21. Alexander 22. Shaffer 23. McNeece 24. Griffith
Saturday
Night
1st
Heat – 1. Haglund 2. Steve Holthaus, Cresco 3. Hovey 4. Buck Plain, Webster
City
2nd
Heat – 1. R. Stein 2. J. Dixon 3. Griffith 4. Moline
3rd
Heat – 1. McCollough 2. Moellers 3. Roberts 4. Odor
4th
Heat – 1. A. Dixon 2. Sommerfeld 3. Gary Lalor, Eagle Grove 4. Alexander
B-Main
– 1. B. Stein 2. J. Larson 3. Zehr 4. Paul Larson, Webster City 5. Gatewood 6.
Chip Berry, Clarion 7. Gary Lalor, Jr., Eagle Grove 8. Weber 9. Troy Worthen,
Webster City 10. Schmauss 11. Chris Miller, Rockwell City
A-Main – 1. McCollough 2. Griffith 3. J. Dixon 4. R. Stein 5. Zehr 6. Holthaus 7. Plain 8. Lalor 9. Alexander 10. J. Larson 11. Moline 12. P. Larson 13. Hovey 14. B. Stein 15. Weber 16. A. Dixon 17. Haglund 18. Moellers 19. Berry 20. Roberts 21. Gatewood 22. Sommerfeld 23. Odor
The Tour's first trip to the big half-mile in Mason City was up next and it also saw the first ever engine claim at an NKF Tour event.
Lewerke and Hanselman Repeat NKF Tour Wins At Mason City
Mason City, Iowa – Rich Lewerke and Dan Hanselman both made it a double win weekend on the NKF Tour as they followed up their Saturday night wins in Algona with victories in the NKF Modified and Hobby Stock features respectively at the I-35 Speedway Sunday night.
Pat Graham grabbed the lead from the outside front row of the NKF Modified feature with Ron Pope close behind. As Graham and Pope slugged it out up front, Rich Lewerke was moving toward the front from his third row start and on lap eight he slipped by both drivers to take the lead. With two laps to go and Lewerke now nursing a sick motor Graham made a late charge that came up just short at the finish. Al Hejna finished third and has the dubious distinction being the first driver in the three-year existence of the NKF Tour to have his engine claimed as Terry Zieman bought his motor in the IMCA sanctioned event. Troy Swearingen and Keith Schmitz rounded out the top five.
For the second night in a row Dan Hanselman re-drew the pole position for the main event and he once again moved to the lead at the drop of the green. Earl Webner took up the chase and actually passed Hanselman on the second lap, but a caution before the circuit was completed wiped out the change of position. Webner stayed glued to Hanselman’s bumper throughout the remaining laps and was even able to pull alongside on two occasions, but Hanselman held on for the victory. Nick West, Randy Hadacek and Scott Anderson completed the top five.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1.
Rich Lewerke, Garner 2. Al Hejna, Ventura 3. Pat Graham, Mason City 4. Jason
Cummins, New Richland MN
2nd Heat – 1.
Troy Swearingen, Thompson 2. Brad McEwan, Storm Lake 3. Brian Anderson,
Rochester MN 4. Darin Duffy, Hazelton
3rd Heat – 1.
Ron Pope, Mason City 2. Brad Bakken, Forest City 3. Jeff Klein, Mason City 4.
Tommy Belmer, Mapleton MN
A-Main – 1. Lewerke 2.
Graham 3. A. Hejna 4. Swearingen 5. Keith Schmitz, Swaledale 6. Pope 7. Duffy
8. McEwan 9. Anderson 10. Cummins 11. Mike Isder, Rochester MN 12. Dean
Mahlstedt, Garner 13. Klein 14. Terry Zieman, Mason City 15. Belmer 16. Shawn
Wilson, Rockford 17. Rob Rose, Cedar Rapids 18. Bakken DNS: Mike Hejna, Ventura
and Todd Patterson, Northwood
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1.
Joseph Willier, Mason City 2. Marvin Enabnit, Marble Rock 3. Ben Hoesing, Perry
4. Delmer Fenton, Marble Rock
2nd Heat – 1.
Earl Webner, Garner 2. Rex Jansonius, Ackley 3. Dan Hanselman, Algona 4. Dean
Graven, Mason City
3rd Heat – 1.
Jim Ringham, Mason City 2. Scott Anderson, Mason City 3. Shane Monson, Clear
Lake 3. Mark Sathoff, Fairmont MN
4th Heat – 1.
Dan Jimenez, Mason City 2. Randy Hadacek, Britt 3. Nick West, Mason City 4.
Mike Myers, Mason City
B-Main – 1. Chris
Frerichs, Rake 2. Brent Hanson, Mason City 3. Mike Weitzel, Mason City 4. Andy
Altenburg, Truman MN 5. Christian Wagler, Clear Lake 6. Ken Winkowitsch, Mason
City 7. Rob Fluegge, Mason City 8. Scott Asche, Mason City 9. Ron Winkowitsch,
Mason City 10. Brian Harris, Mason City 11. Eric Besco, Albert Lea MN 12. Ryan
Lund, Mason City
A-Main – 1. Hanselman 2. Webner 3. West 4. Hadacek 5. Anderson 6. Enabnit 7. Sathoff 8. Graven 9. Hanson 10. Jimenez 11. Monson 12. Asche 13. Altenburg 14. Ringham 15. Willier 16. Fenton 17. Myers 18. Fluegge 19. K. Winkowitsch 20. Jansonius 21. Wagler 22. Hoesing 23. Weitzel 24. Frerichs
A return to Algona will wrap up Part Three of our recap of NKF Tour 2000
Lewerke and Hanselman Reign As NKF Tour Kossuth County Fair Kings
Algona, Iowa – Rich Lewerke of Garner stormed from deep in the field to take the lead late and win the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified feature at the Algona Raceway Saturday night. Hometown driver Dan Hanselman put his Hobby Stock on cruise control as he captured the checkers in the NKF Hobby Stock main in event.
Loren Pesicka Jr. paced the Modified field for the first thirteen laps in front of a large enthusiastic Kossuth County Fair crowd. On lap fourteen, Jason Cummins was able to slip by Pesicka heading down the backstretch for the top spot. Meanwhile Lewerke, who had started fifteenth, was charging to the front with the seventeenth starter, Ron Pope, and the twenty-third starter, Kevin Stoa, in hot pursuit. Lewerke closed in on Cummins and with sixth laps to go moved into the top spot as Pope tried to follow him through. Pesicka came on strong late to nip Pope for second at the checkers with Stoa and Al Hejna, who started eleventh, completing the top five.
In Hobby Stock action Dan Hanselman out-dragged fellow front row starter Shane Monson for the lead on alp one and was never seriously challenged as he cruised to victory. Monson held off Dan Haugland for the runner-up honors and they were followed across the line by Rob Hughes and Gary Pesicka.
Results
NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Bill Cook, Algona 2. Rick Smith,
Algona 3. Troy Swearingen, Thompson 4. Jason Cummins, New Richland MN
2nd Heat – 1. Loren Pesicka Jr., Burt 2. Dave
Nutt, Fairmont MN 3. Jon Wood, Woden 4. Al Hejna, Clear Lake
3rd Heat – 1. Brad Bakken, Forest City 2. Curt
Nygaard, Bode 3. Dean Riess, Rochester MN 4. Mike Ehrhardt, Luverne
A-Main – 1. Rich Lewerke, Garner 2. Pesicka 3. Ron Pope,
Mason City 4. Kevin Stoa, Kasson MN 5. Hejna 6. Cummins 7. Nutt 8. Swearingen
9. Smith 10. Cook 11. Ehrhardt 12. Keith Schmitz, Swaledale 13. Chris Rakness,
Fairmont MN 14. Mark Gibbs, Mankato MN 15. Nygaard 16. Bakken 17. Mike
Schuster, Delavan MN 18. Troy Schmidtke, Trimont MN 19. Bruce Anderson, Trimont
MN 20. Jeff Feaster, Humboldt 21. Pat Graham, Mason City 22. Riess 23. Wood
DNS: Kevin Berte, Whittemore
NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1. Tim Tickal, Mason City 2. Jeff
Larson, New Hampton 3. Shane Monson, Clear Lake 4. Dan Haugland, Forest City
2nd Heat – 1. Dan Hanselman, Algona 2. Rob
Hughes, Humboldt 3. Cary Heinen, Algona 4. Earl Webner, Garner
A-Main – 1. Hanselman 2. Monson 3. Haugland 4. Hughes 5.
Gary Pesicka, Algona 6. Scott Anderson, Mason City 7. Larson 8. Heinen 9.
Tickal 10. Jeff Richardson, Laurens 11. Dean Graven, Mason City 12. Randy
Hadacek, Britt 13. Terry Buchman, Superior 14. Craig Florea, West Lake 15.
Calvin Lange, Humboldt 16. Webner 17. Brent Hanson, Mason City DNS: John
Simpson, Algona
Keep an eye on the Back Stretch as well we be back soon with Part Four of NKF Tour 2000!
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