We start the month of May with a Hobby Stock Only event at the Stuart Speedway setting the dubious distinction of a record low car count on a bad weather night.
First Win For Roberts Comes During NKF Tour Visit To Stuart
Stuart, Iowa – Hobby Stock driver Steve Roberts of Redfield earned his first career feature win as the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure visited the Stuart Speedway Tuesday night. With ominous weather conditions threatening all evening, including high-winds, hail and a possible tornado just north of the speedway, the event recorded a record-low car count for the Tour and only a handful of die-hard race fans were on hand to witness a pretty good night of racing.
Roberts and Mike Pruitt started the fifteen-lap main event from the front row with Roberts gaining the advantage on the high side in lap one. Jeremy Embrey was the man on a charge though as he swept by both front-runners to take the lead on the second circuit. The caution waved two laps later and during the break the right rear tire on the leader went flat. This handed the lead back to Roberts with Pruitt in hot pursuit. Just past the mid-race point the two made contact pulling the rear bumper loose from Roberts’ car. Track officials had just determined to give the leader the black flag, but before it could be displayed the caution was needed for Doug McCollough who had climbed the wall in turn two. During the caution track officials were able to remove the bumper and Roberts was able to retain the lead, holding off Pruitt over the final laps for his first victory ever. Pruitt was the runner-up followed by defending NKF Tour champion Dan Hanselman in third. Josh Reynolds came home in fourth with Rod Miller making the long tow in from Eldon to finish fifth.
The NKF Tour Modifieds return to action this Saturday, May 5th, at the Adrian Speedway in Missouri while the Tour’s Hobby Stocks now look forward to a Tuesday, May 22nd, date at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass. That event will be the first of three events for the $300 Hawkeyeland Bonus for the Hobby Stocks.
Results
Heartland Tour
Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Mike Pruitt, Stuart 2. Dan Hanselman, Algona 3. Rod Miller, Eldon 4. Josh
Reynolds, Stuart
2nd
Heat – 1. Jeremy Embrey, Granger 2. Steve Roberts, Redfield 3. Kerry Hayes,
Guthrie Center 4. Chad Waddell, Stuart
A-Main – 1. Roberts 2. Pruitt 3. Hanselman 4. Reynolds 5. Miller 6. Waddell 7. Hayes 8. Kit Hovey, Fort Dodge 9. Jerry Hinton, Des Moines 10. Adam Seley, Greenfield 11. Embrey 12. Doug McCollough, Webster City 13. Greg McLaughlin, Earlham
The next event to be completed would be a unique one as it was the one and only appearance of the NKF Tour Modifieds on the pavement racing on the quarter-mile at Hawkeye Downs. Given his asphalt experience the legendary Arlo Becker was the pre-race favorite, but it would be two drivers who would challenge for the Tour championship that would beat Becker to the checkered flag.
Bull’s First Pavement Experience Nets Win At Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – John Bull had never raced on asphalt before, but as the current point leader on the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for Modifieds the Rock Island, Illinois, driver decided to give the pavement a try as the Tour made its first-ever stop at Hawkeye Downs Tuesday night. The results were to his liking as Bull survived the challenges of Darin Duffy and Darin Thye for fifty laps to take the checkered flag and the $600 winner’s purse.
Bull and Thye started the main event from the front row on the Downs’ quarter-mile with Bull snaring the lead at the drop of the green. Duffy, who started fourth, made a nice move at the start to position himself behind Bull in second and the chase was on. As the top three drivers began to distance themselves from the pack, drivers such as Dan Chapman, Arlo Becker and Jerry King were putting on quite a show as they worked their way toward the front.
Duffy and Thye made several attempts to extract the lead from Bull mid-race and with a lap car thrown into the mix, the leaders went three-wide on one occasion with Duffy up high and Thye down on the rumble strips. A caution flag interrupted that action, but the restart added the presence of the fourth place car of Dan Chapman. With the green flag flying once again, Duffy looked up high for the lead while Chapman took advantage of a Thye miscue to takeover third. With two laps remaining Duffy mounted his final charge to the outside of Bull and as the field approached what was to be the white flag the top two were wheel-to-wheel, but a spin in turn two saw the yellow replace the white setting up a two lap shootout.
Bull, who had been nearly perfect all race, got a little loose in turn one on the restart, but he recovered before Duffy could get his nose under him. On the final lap, Duffy made one last charge to the outside in turn three and Chapman went for the opening down low. The two challengers touched and spun as Bull collected the checkers. Thye narrowly avoided the accident and came home as the runner-up with Arlo Becker, Jerry King and Donovan Lodge completing the top five.
The NKF Tour Modifieds return to action tonight (Wednesday) at the Farley Speedway in support of the Budweiser Open Late Model Shootout.
Results
Heartland Tour Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Dan Chapman, Clarence 2. Mike
Schulte, Norway 3. Jason Snyder, Dunkerton 4. Arlo Becker, Atkins
2nd Heat – 1. Darin Duffy, Hazelton 2. Bret
Frieden, Fairfax 3. Pat Flannagan, Cedar Rapids 4. Donovan Lodge, Colona IL
3rd Heat – 1. Mark Elliott, Webster City 2. John,
Bull, Rock Island IL 3. Scott Fridley, Mechanicsville 4. Darin Thye, Burlington
A-Main – 1. Bull 2. Thye 3. Becker 4. Jerry King, Waterloo 5. Lodge 6. Bart Miller, Clarence 7. J.D. Auringer, Evansdale 8. Snyder 9. Keith Siefken, Cedar Rapids 10. Mark Thede, Wilton 11. Duffy 12. Chapman 13. Elliott 14. Don Erger, Brandon 15. Aric Becker, Cedar Rapids 16. Jerry Miles, Dubuque 17. Fridley 18. Flannagan 19. Frieden 20. Schulte
One driver was very happy to get back on the dirt one night later
Chapman Prefers NKF Tour Modified Results at Farley
Farley, Iowa – It was the difference between night and day; pavement and dirt; good luck and bad luck. Whatever comparison you want to use, Dan Chapman of Clarence preferred the results of the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified main event at the Farley Speedway Wednesday night. The night before, on the pavement at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Chapman spun in the final corner of the event while racing for second. On this night he held back the charges of Gus Hughes and Rich Smith to pick up his first Tour victory of 2001.
Chapman outran fellow front row starter Hughes to turn one at the start and those two, along with defending NKF Tour champion Ron Barker, set a blistering early pace. Rich Smith soon joined the leaders and moved into third when Barker’s right front wheel loaded up with mud. As the leaders continued their chase, many eyes were directed mid-pack where Corey Dripps was making an amazing run to the front. Dripps, who started twenty-seventh, was running above the cushion in the corners and was picking off cars at an alarming rate. When the caution waved with just three laps remaining, Dripps had moved all the way up to fifth in just twelve laps.
Hughes tried to make a pass on the inside of Chapman on the restart with Smith tucked in tight for third. Dripps found his high line blocked and dropped back to tenth. Chapman was able to hold back the challenge and as Hughes and Smith swapped the second position over the final two laps, Chapman cruised in for the victory. Hughes prevailed for runner-up honors with Smith, Darin Thye and Russ Olson, who started twelfth, completing the top five. Dripps received the Kosiski Racing Products “Hammer Down” award for his ninth place run.
The NKF Tour Modifieds now prepare for one of their biggest weekends ever with a trip to two tracks in Missouri. On Thursday and Friday, May 17th and 18th the Tour visits Callaway Raceway in Fulton for a $3,000-to-win event and on Saturday night the Modifieds will be looking for a $1,500 top prize at the Wheatland Raceway.
Results
Heartland Tour Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids 2. Rich
Smith, Davenport 3. Casey Schram, Sterling IL 4. Bob Dominacki, Bettendorf
2nd Heat – 1. Scott Nesteby, Asbury 2. Jed Hurst,
Dubuque 3. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 4. Gus Hughes, Monticello
3rd Heat – 1. Dan Chapman, Clarence 2. Robbie
Verbeck, Annawan IL 3. Ron Barker, Dubuque 4. Darin Thye, Burlington
A-Main – 1. Chapman 2. Hughes 3. Smith 4. Thye 5. Olson 6. Dominacki 7. Nesteby 8. Hurst 9. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 10. Barker 11. Scott Megonigle, Cedar Rapids 12. Terry Lawson, New Liberty 13. Todd Schaufenbuel, New Hampton 14. Mel Saffran, Dubuque 15. Ramon Partida, West Liberty 16. Greg Chapman, Dubuque 17. Bart Miller, Clarence 18. Jason Schueller, Dubuque 19. John Bull, Rock Island IL 20. Chad Lerch, Lone Tree 21. Mark Schulte, Delhi 22. Hanford 23. Schram 24. Verbeck 25. John Fellman, Blue Grass 26. Ryan Dolan, Lisbon 27. Jason Veloz, Colona IL 28. Jamie Aikey, Cedar Falls DNS: Joey Kates, Kansas City KS
We were all set now for a big weekend in Missouri, but heavy rains would force the postponement of both events to June 28th, 29th and 30th. The bad weather continued as the Tuesday night show at Hawkeye Raceway near Blue Grass was canceled due to wet grounds and record low temperatures so next up to challenge Mother Nature was the Greene County Speedway for the Tour's first ever visit to Jefferson, Iowa. That race also fell to the weather making it five in a row so we were now on our way to eastern Illinois to try to break the streak with a stop at the Vermilion County Speedway in Danville. This event would produce perhaps our second most famous NKF Tour feature winner.
Owens
Downs Stellar NKF Field At Vermilion
Danville, Illinois (May 25) – Newport, Tennessee, modified ace Jimmy Owens fought off the early challenges of Dan Hamstra and then cruised to victory in the thirty lap Modified feature Friday night at the Vermilion County Speedway. Sixty-one cars were on hand as the Danville, Illinois, speedplant hosted the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure for the first time.
Owens, the former UMP Modified National Champion, outran pole-sitter Chuck Haga at the drop of the green. Hamstra started third and was quickly at the front making a challenge on Owens for the lead on the inside groove. The Tennessee driver never flinched and opened up a solid advantage over the field. Wes Steidinger was the man on the move as he wrestled second away from Hamstra late in the race, but he could not make up much ground on Owens who picked up the $1,000 win. Steidinger and Hamstra were next in line followed by Arby Burton and Bryan Clendenen who had started fifteenth.
The NKF Tour Modifieds and Hobby Stocks return to the state of Iowa on Memorial Day Monday night for their annual visit to the Hancock County Speedway in Britt.
Results
Heartland Tour Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Chuck Haga, Bismark 2. Wes
Steidinger, Fairbury 3. Tony Roland, Valparaiso IN 4. Jason Lakey, Urbana
2nd Heat – 1. Jimmy Owens, Newport TN 2. Lee
Hobbs, Bloomington IN 3. Elvin Herschberger, Amboy IN 4. Terry Duncan, Danville
3rd Heat – 1. Dan Hamstra, Fair Oaks IN 2. Bruce
Hanford, Davenport IA 3. Bryan Clendenen, Oakwood 4. Clint DeMoss, Bloomington
IN
4th Heat – 1. Dale Hayes, Crawfordsville IN 2.
Tim Reynolds, Ambia IN 3. Sean Severs, Willow Springs 4. Daryl Herbert, Waldron
IN
5th Heat – 1. Arby Burton, Danville 2. Denny
Schwartz, Ashmore 3. Chad Kinder, Newton 4. Kyle Logue, Urbana
6th Heat – 1. Mark Boknecht, Seymour IN 2. Darin
Thye, Burlington IA 3. Richie Hedrick, Urbana 4. Danny Schwartz, Ashmore
1st B-Main – 1. Don Kiger, Danville 2. Lakey 3.
Herbert 4. J.R. Coyner, Lafayette IN 5. Scott Weber, St. Louis MO 6. Rob Fuqua,
Paris 7. Mike Elliott, Covington IN 8. Brandon Raef, Fairmount IN 9. Shawn See,
Danville 10. Jason Day, Longview 11. Bill Wagoner, Hinesboro
2nd B-Main – 1. Logue 2. Roger Cary, Danville 3.
Jeff Leka, Illiopolis 4. John DeMoss, Bloomington IN 5. Duncan 6. Troy Leonard,
Flora 7. John Burdette, Coolville OH 8. Chris Veech, Paris 9. Rick Rife,
Ridgefarm 10. Darren Davis, Brownstown IN
3rd B-Main – 1. Dean Vickers, St. Charles MO 2.
Danny Schwartz 3. Ed Shamhart, Olney 4. Tim O’Donnell, Champaign 5. C. DeMoss
6. Ryan Young, Paris 7. Larry Raines, Brazil IN 8. Brad Crosby, Champaign 9.
Bill Gatti, Terre Haute IN 10. Brian McDaniel, Sidell 11. Jesse Simmons,
Danville
A-Main – 1. Owens 2. Steidinger 3. Hamstra 4. Burton 5. Clendenen 6. Haga 7. Kinder 8. Hedrick 9. Thye 10. Hobbs 11. Hayes 12. Roland 13. Kiger 14. Lakey 15. Cary 16. Hanford 17. Severs 18. Danny Schwartz 19. Reynolds 20. Denny Schwartz 21. Boknecht 22. Logue 23. Herschberger 24. Vickers
Next on our schedule was what had become our regular Memorial Day stop at the Hancock County Speedway in Britt.
Significant Win For Pope, Haugland Inherits At Britt’s NKF Tour Stop
Britt, Iowa (May 28) – A quick motor change and a late pass for the lead was just what Ron Pope needed to shake off the sour luck that had latched on to him during the first two months of the 2001 season as the Mason City driver took the Modified feature win at the Hancock County Speedway Monday night. In Hobby Stock action, Dan Haugland inherited the victory when apparent winner Jeff Zehr refused a claim during the annual Memorial Day appearance by the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure.
Ron Pope knew after hot laps that his Modified #45 did not have the power to compete so his crew jumped into action and completed a motor change just in time for their driver to finish fourth in the second heat race. A good re-draw put Pope on the outside of row one for the twenty-five lap main event, but it was pole-sitter Jon Wood who sprinted out to the early lead. Kevin Stoa, who is always tough to beat at HCS, was on the move from his third row start and actually snared the lead from Wood during the twelfth lap only to have a caution wipe it out. On the restart Stoa continued his assault on the lead, but a lap later he suddenly slowed and exited the track. Pope was right there to pick up the chase and made a nifty move on the outside of Wood in turn one for the lead and the win ten laps later. In victory lane Pope stated how significant it was for him to win a NKF Tour event as he lives and competes with just one kidney. Brad Bakken edged out Wood for second with Scott Olson and Rod Scheuermann completing the top five.
A huge field of thirty-six Hobby Stocks was pared down to twenty-four A-Main starters with Jeff Zehr pacing the field for the entire fifteen-lap distance. During post-race ceremonies local driver Tony Smidt claimed Zehr’s engine and when Zehr refused to sell he was relegated to last place. That put Dan Haugland into victory lane for his first career NKF Tour win with Shane Monson, Ben Hoesing, Rod Miller and Dan Hanselman completing the top five. It was the first engine claim in the four year history of the NKF Hobby Stock Tour.
The Audubon Speedway in Audubon, Iowa, is next up for the NKF Tour as both divisions visit the lightning fast high-banked oval for the first time on Tuesday night, June 5th.
Results
Heartland Tour
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Brad Bakken, Forest City 2. Rod Scheuermann, Jefferson 3. Ross Wyatt,
Britt 4. Scott Badker, Klemme
2nd
Heat – 1. Keith Schmitz, Swaledale 2. Kevin Stoa, Polk City 3. Scott Anderson,
Mason City 4. Ron Pope, Mason City
Dash
– 1. Stoa 2. Bakken 3. Scheuermann 4. Anderson
A-Main
– 1. Pope 2. Bakken 3. Jon Wood, Woden 4. Scott Olson, Ellsworth 5. Scheuermann
6. Schmitz 7. Troy Cordes, Dewar 8. Mike Hackenmiller, Ventura 9. Joe Hiscocks,
Britt 10. Bill Cook, Algona 11. Wyatt 12. Matt Assink, Kanawha 13. Kevin
Opheim, Mason City 14. Stoa 15. Rick Schuller, Burt 16. Badker 17. Ryan
Hiscocks, Britt 18. Matt Donald, Pleasant Hill 19. Anderson
Heartland Tour
Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Kit Hovey, Fort Dodge 2. Chad Palmer, Renwick 3. Ben Hoesing, Perry
4. Brent Hanson, Mason City
2nd
Heat – 1. Jeff Zehr, Manson 2. Earl Wbner, Garner 3. Todd Wilson, Eagle Grove
4. Toby Boothroyd, Britt
3rd
Heat – 1. Jared Dirks, Belmond 2. Randy Hadacek, Britt 3. Dan Hanselman, Algona
4. Jerry Dixon, Webster City
4th
Heat – 1. Shane Monson, Clear Lake 2. Rod Miller, Eldon 3. Dan Haugland, Forest
City 4. Mike Grantham, Clarksville
1st
B-Main – 1. Jeff Lodin, Kanawha 2. John Madson, Britt 3. Roger Kofron, Leland 4.
Tony Smidt, Britt 5. Chad Doyle, Buffalo Center 6. Justin Burmester, Dumont 7.
Allen Dixon, Webster City
2nd
B-Main – 1. Dan Stromer, Klemme 2. Doug McCollough, Webster City 3. Craig
Florea, Wesley 4. Dan Jimenez, Mason City 5. Chris Evenson, Algona 6. Remington
Hill, Wesley 7. Steve Ruter, Kanawha
A-Main – 1. Haugland 2. Monson 3. Hoesing 4. Miller 5. Hanselman 6. Hovey 7. Wilson 8. Webner 9. J. Dixon 10. Boothroyd 11. Palmer 12. Stromer 13. Grantham 14. Madson 15. Smidt 16. Kofron 17. McCollough 18. Florea 19. Hanson 20. Dirks 21. Jimenez 22. Lodin 23. Hadacek 24. Zehr
Another rainout postponed the Tour's debut at Audubon so a return to Park Jefferson was next on the schedule where we saw one of the closest finishes ever for the NKF Tour.
Peck By Inches For NKF Tour Checkers At Park Jefferson
Jefferson, SD (June 8) – Just when it looked like Greg Peck would not parlay a front row start into a feature win, the Sioux City, Iowa, driver used a nice move and a bit of lapped traffic to nip Rich Hesse at the line for the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified feature win at the Park Jefferson Speedway Friday night.
Mike Jensen used his pole position start to outrun Peck to turn one for the lead at the outset of the seventeen-lap headliner. Peck kept pace in his Gateway sponsored #2x Modified and on lap six he eased past Jensen to take the lead. Hesse, who started sixth was on the move and began to work on the leader using the outside groove. After three or four laps of side-by-side action, Hesse earned the advantage with Peck now tucking in behind him in the upper groove. On the final lap, slower traffic came into play and Peck made one last dive to the inside of turns three and four. The two leaders exited turn four wheel-to-wheel with Peck taking the victory by just a few inches at the finish line.
Jensen held on for a third place finish followed by Dr. Wally Wagner and Jason Weatherton. Jim Cole finished in the sixth spot after starting twenty-first. Worthington, Minnesota, driver Kevin Pospisil used an eleventh place run to takeover the lead in the NKF Tour’s Northwest Bonus standings.
The NKF Tour Modifieds return to action Wednesday night, June 13th, at the Dubuque Speedway in support of the Budweiser Open Late Model Shootout.
Results
Heartland Tour Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Kelly Harmelink, Brookings 2. Jason Edwardson, Sioux City IA 3. Kenny
Cakebread, Sioux City IA 4. Kevin Pospisil, Worthington MN
2nd Heat – 1. Greg Peck, Sioux City IA 2. Jason
Weatherton, Beresford 3. Mike Jensen, Sioux City IA 4. Derek Smith, Hinton IA
3rd Heat – 1. Dr. Wally Wagner, Sioux City IA 2.
Mark Nolen, Sioux City IA 3. Rich Hesse, Sioux City IA 4. Ken Fridrich, Sioux
Falls
A-Main – 1. Peck 2. Hesse 3. Jensen 4. Wagner 5. Weatherton 6. Jim Cole, Sioux City IA 7. Leon Mulder, Doon IA 8. Nolen 9. John Klynsma, Hospers IA 10. Edwardson 11. Pospisil 12. Paul Hemmingson, Sioux Falls 13. Fridrich 14. Dan Wagner, Sioux City IA 15. Ed Jaros, Hinton IA 16. Darin Miller, Sioux City IA 17. Smith 18. Dan DeMey, Denison IA 19. Todd Gruis, Sioux City IA 20. Cakebread 21. Les Lundquist, Sioux City IA 22. Jesse Cowells, Sioux City IA 23. Harmelink
Dubuque was a track that I had not been to often before we started to run Tour races there and I absolutely fell in love with the place. To this day it remains one of my favorites with its wide corners and progressive banking.
Defending Champion Barker Returns To NKF Victory Lane In Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa (June 13) – During the 2000 National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure for Modifieds Ron Barker found his way to victory lane five times enroute to the Tour championship. His first win on the 2001 Tour came on Wednesday night in a topsy-turvy event at his hometown track, the Dubuque Speedway.
Drivers were going from front to back and back to front throughout the twenty lap main event. On the start Mike Burbridge made a strong move in turn three to grab the lead from his second row start, but he could not make it stick in turn four looping the car and forcing a restart. Scott Megonigle paced the first official lap before yielding to Scott Nesteby on lap two. With Megonigle and Rich Smith stalking him close behind Nesteby would lead the race until the ninth lap when the red flag appeared as Jeff Valentine turned his car over one time in turn four.
It was on the restart that the race turned as contact between Smith and Nesteby sent the field scrambling. Both drivers were sent to the rear and Smith retired the #D1 to the infield. Dan Chapman who was running fourth at the time actually suffered the most damage as he headed into the pits to change a flat tire and to correct some sheet metal damage. When the green flag re-appeared it was Megonigle again out front, but only for the tenth circuit as Ron Barker slipped by on the bottom groove the next lap. Current Tour point leader Darin Thye charged into second, but was soon replaced by Jed Hurst. Chapman was on the fly from the back and as Barker nailed down the win, Chapman worked his way past Hurst for the runner-up honors. Hurst, Thye and Scott Fridley, who had started fifteenth, completed the top five.
The NKF Tour Modifieds will be joined by the Tour Hobby Stocks for three events next week, June 19th, 20th & 21st. Tuesday night will be at the Audubon Speedway, Wednesday night at the Independence Motor Speedway and Thursday night at the Cresco Speedway for the annual Mighty Howard County Fair.
Results
Heartland Tour
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Bob Dominacki, Bettendorf 2. Scott Nesteby, Asbury 3. Dan Chapman,
Clarence 4. Scott Megonigle, Cedar Rapids 5. Mike Burbridge, Delhi
2nd
Heat – 1. Ron Barker, Dubuque 2. Rich Smith, Davenport 3. Mark Schulte, Delhi
4. Scott Olson, Preston 5. Jed Hurst, Dubuque
A-Main – 1. Barker 2. Chapman 3. Hurst 4. Darin Thye, Burlington 5. Scott Fridley, Mechanicsville 6. Nesteby 7. Megonigle 8. Jason Schueller, Dubuque 9. Dominacki 10. Olson 11. Burbridge 12. Schulte 13. Smith 14. John Bull, Rock Island IL 15. Scott Stecher, Muscatine 16. Jeff Valentine, Dubuque
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| Sterling Illinois driver Casey Schram was a frequent competitor on the NKF Tour. He is joined here by legendary starter Doug Haack - photo provided |
With our next race coming up at Audubon we passed out this flyer to each driver in attendance to remind them that even if tonight was their first Tour race, they still had a shot at winning the points championship.
The NKF Heartland Tour for a Cure uses a driver’s best twelve finishes in Tour events to determine his or her total points. You can still take a shot at winning the Tour’s point championship by participating in the following events “in your neighborhood”.
Monday, July 9th Crawford County Speedway,
Denison IA
Tuesday, July 10th Adams County Speedway, Corning
IA
Tuesday, July 17th Shelby County Speedway, Harlan
IA
Wednesday, July 18th Crawford County Speedway, Denison IA
Thursday, July 19th Buena Vista Raceway, Alta IA
Thursday, July 26th Aububon Speedway, Audubon IA
Tuesday, July 31st Eagle
Raceway, Eagle NE (Mods Only)
Friday, August 3rd Murray County Raceway, Slayton
MN
Thursday, August 23rd Greene County Speedway, Jefferson IA
Monday, September 3rd Shelby County Speedway, Harlan IA
Saturday, September 8th Bethany Fairgrounds, Bethany MO (Mods
Only)
And don’t forget about the
“Tour for a Cure Weekend” at the world famous Knoxville Raceway on September 21st
and 22nd!
Check out the NKF Tour info sheet that your were given tonight for Point Fund payouts and a complete schedule!
The promoter that brought us in to the high banks of Audubon was none other than multi-time IMCA Stock Car champion Mike Nichols. Mike is another one of those friends that I made from running the Tour and even though we haven't had much interaction over the past decade I bet that I could draw out that saw infectious smile from him if I approached him with a hand extended. That is if he still recognized me with the gray hair!
Reetz and Lampe Walk Away From NKF Competition At Audubon
Audubon, Iowa – Two drivers who are capable of winning from any starting position both found themselves on the pole after the re-draw for their respective features Tuesday night at the Audubon Speedway. The result was two flag-to-flag victories as Craig Reetz and Jim Lampe ran away with wins during the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure’s debut appearance at the western Iowa speedplant.
Russ Byriel gave chase to Reetz during the early portion of the twenty-lap Modified feature before yielding to Mike Molle mid-race. Molle may have been able to mount a challenge for the lead, but instead he had his hands full with Rod Schuermann as the two battled for the runner-up honors. Reetz crossed the checkers with a five car-length advantage over Molle and Scheuermann with Brian Schmitt and Bill Osbahr completing the top five.
Twenty of the twenty-two Hobby Stocks on hand started the feature, but nobody could maintain the torrid pace set by Jim Lampe. Chris Mills ran second early in the event in his first ever Audubon and NKF Tour appearance, but track regulars Rod Hansen, Bill Richards and Jason Paysen were able to chase him down pushing Mills back to fifth at the finish.
The NKF Modified and Hobby Stock Tour will return to the Audubon Speedway on Thursday night July 26th during the county fair.
Results
Heartland Tour
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Jeff James, Stanton 2. Craig Reetz, Dunlap 3. Russ Byriel, Ankeny 4.
Bill Osbahr, Avoca 5. B.J. Bruck, Portsmouth
2nd
Heat – 1. Tim Bengard, Exira 2. Rod Scheuermann, Jefferson 3. Brian Schmitt,
Wall Lake 4. John Nielson, Coon Rapids 5. Steve Reetz, Arcadia
A-Main
– 1. C. Reetz 2. Mike Molle, Glidden 3. Scheuermann 4. Schmitt 5. Osbahr 6.
Byriel 7. S. Reetz 8. Nielson 9. Brian Plantz, Omaha NE 10. Bengard 11. J.C.
Wyman, Griswold 12. Bruck DNS: James, Brandon Monson, Harlan and Rex Parkison,
Earlham
Heartland Tour
Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Rod Hansen, Audubon 2. Bill Richards, Coon Rapids 3. Rick Christensen,
Audubon 4. Jason Paysen, Wall Lake
2nd
Heat – 1. Chris Mills, Sioux City 2. Mike Pruitt, Stuart 3. Rod Miller, Eldon
4. Joe Lampe, Carroll
3rd
Heat – 1. Jim Lampe, Carroll 2. Derrick Rohe, Audubon 3. Jason Nielsen, Audubon
4. Craig Daringer, Persia
A-Main – 1. Jim Lampe 2. Hansen 3. Richards 4. Paysen 5. Mills 6. Christensen 7. Miller 8. Ben Hoesing, Perry 9. Daringer 10. Hans Houfek, Homer NE 11. Kerry Hayes, Guthrie Center 12. Donella Chadwick, Council Bluffs 13. Clint Stetzel, Audubon 14. Marty West, Shelby 15. Pruitt 16. Joe Lampe 17. Nielsen 18. Bryan Snell, Coon Rapids 19. Brian Schmitt, Wall Lake 20. Rohe DNS: Mitch Dowhower, Homer NE and Kit Hovey, Fort Dodge
An event at Independence followed by our annual visit to the Mighty Howard County Fair in Cresco were next on the docket.
Mufflers Save Duffy, Wroten Cruises In NKF Action At Independence
Independence,
Iowa (June 20) – A fast Modified, good
driving skills and great hearing all combined to put Darin Duffy in victory
lane at the Independence Motor Speedway Wednesday night during the first of
three visits by the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure. In
Hobby Stock action Nick Wroten drove one of his own creations, a Dominator
Chassis to an impressive victory.
Dave Stricker and Ed Thomas started the twenty-five-lap Modified feature from the front row and it took the first two laps for Stricker to shake free from Thomas for the lead. Randy Trefz soon joined the battle for the top spot and, two laps later, Darin Duffy made his way into the hunt after starting from the nine hole. Stricker did a nice job holding back all of his challengers until the thirteenth lap when Duffy was able to make the pass using the high side. The caution flag appeared a lap later with two drivers who had started at the back of the pack, Jerry King and Jerry Luloff now running fifth and sixth. On the restart the leaders all went to the bottom while King and Luloff charged to the cushion. It only took three laps for King to move into second and he was poised to take the lead from the low-running Duffy on the following circuit, but as it turned out King’s charge was a little too loud.
During weekly races at Independence mufflers are required on the Modifieds, but for this special event they were optional and while several drivers took their mufflers off, Duffy left his on. This allowed him to hear King on the high-side and just before he could make his move Duffy moved up there too. King tried to find another line to get around the leader but to no avail as Duffy picked up the win. A lapped car spinning down low with two laps remaining created a melee that eliminated both Trefz and Luloff while Richard VonKrog also saw a top five finish evaporate as a tire went flat during the caution. Behind Duffy and King it was Stricker, Thomas and Mike Gill in the top five.
Kyle Scheel paced the field for the fir six circuits of the Hobby Stock main until Wroten, who is a regular in the track’s IMCA Stock Car class, moved into the top spot. Only a couple of close calls with lapped traffic stood between Wroten and the checkers and he passed the test with ease for the win. Scheel did a nice job of holding off Jeff Wedemeier for the second spot while Rod Miller used his fourth place finish to take over the Tour’s point lead. Jeff Roete rounded out the top five.
The NKF Heartland Tour returns to Independence once again on Wednesday, August 22nd, and Saturday, September 1st.
Results
Heartland Tour
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Randy Trefz, Vinton 2. Darin Duffy, Hazelton 3. Garry Stuber,
Evansdale 4. Steve Ricks, Cedar Rapids
2nd
Heat – 1. Dave Stricker, Waterloo 2. Richard VonKrog, Toledo 3. Jon Passick,
Waterloo 4. Pat Flannagan, Cedar Rapids
3rd
Heat – 1. Mike Gill, Cedar Falls 2. Deon Turner, Waterloo 3. Troy Cordes, Dewar
4. Ed Thomas, Waterloo
A-Main
– 1. Duffy 2. Jerry King, Waterloo 3. Stricker 4. E. Thomas 5. Gill 6. Stuber
7. Turner 8. Brett McGill, Independence 9. Flannagan 10. Jerry Luloff,
Independence 11. Trefz 12. VonKrog 13. Tim Thomas, Waterloo 14. Don Erger,
Brandon 15. Passick 16. Ricks 17. Cordes 18. Jamie Johnson, Waterloo 19. Lou
Chipp, Waterloo DNS: Vern Jackson, Waterloo and Joey Schaefer, Waterloo
Heartland Tour
Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Rod Miller, Eldon 2. Ben Hoesing, Perry 3. Jeff Roete, Oelwein 4.
Jeff Wedemeier, Sumner
2nd
Heat – 1. Nick Wroten, Independence 2. Kyle Scheel, Oelwein 3. Mike Hiller,
Dunkerton 4. Patrick Stansbery, Evansdale
3rd
Heat – 1. Ryan Higdon, Vinton 2. Joel Brasch, Dunkerton 3. Rod Abbas, Waterloo
4. Jim Ball, Independence
A-Main – 1. Wroten 2. Scheel 3. Wedemeier 4. Miller 5. Roete 6. Scooter Dulin, Vinton 7. Hiller 8. Stansbery 9. Brasch 10. Abbas 11. Ball 12. Tim Gebel, New Hampton 13. Guy Stacy, Brandon 14. Higdon 15. Lloyd Bacon, Cedar Falls 16. Rob Irvine, Stanley 17. Rob Arthur, Oelwein 18. Bill Dixon, Fairbank 19. Mike Reese, Independence 20. Hoesing 21. Rick Ladeburg, Oelwein
Three Wide To The Checkers For Both NKF Tour Features At Cresco
Cresco,
Iowa (June 21) – For the fourth straight
year the Mighty Howard County Fair and the National Kidney Foundation Heartland
Tour for a Cure teamed up for an exciting night of racing action for a great
cause, and Thursday night saw both Tour features come right down to the wire.
Todd Ihde of Decorah held on for the Modified checkers while Kevin Donlan found
the Hobby Stock victory lane.
Ihde started from the pole of the twenty-five lap NKF Tour Modified feature and immediately assumed the lead at the drop of the green. Defending Tour champion, Ron Barker, quickly moved from his third row starting spot in to challenge and on lap eight Barker was able to make the high groove stick for the advantage. As Barker pulled away Ihde had his hands full with Brad Rain and Bruce Hanford, plus Darin Duffy was coming to the front after starting eighth. Barker appeared to have things well in hand until a caution appeared on lap nineteen. While the field was idling around the track, Barker’s #37B stalled with distributor cap woes ending his night. Ihde reassumed the lead on the restart and was able to put a couple of car-lengths on his challengers as they jockeyed for position behind him. Duffy moved into second with four to go and set his sights on Ihde, while Hanford slipped by Rain and appeared to have the low line coming to him. On the final lap the leaders went to a staggered three-wide formation with Ihde up top, Duffy in the middle and Hanford down low. At the checkers it was Ihde by about a foot over Duffy who had Hanford’s nose under him for a close third. Rain was right behind the lead trio for fourth while Tim Heins completed the top five.
The twenty-lap Hobby Stock headliner was equally exciting with Dan Christopher pacing the field for the first four circuits. Kevin Donlan took over on lap five while most eyes were focused on the quick progress being made by the sixth row starters Tory Reicks and Steve Holthaus. Reicks had worked the cushion all the way up to second on lap sixth, but on the following lap his right rear axle broke in turn three sending him into a spin that collected Holthaus and sent the rest of the field scrambling. Both cars were eliminated in the mishap. On the restart Jeremy Moellers picked up the chase of Donlan while Jeff Larson, who had started thirteenth, was now on the march. Coming to the white flag Moellers went to the top groove while Larson was digging on the inside and the three brought the crowd to their feet as they stayed in that formation for the entire final lap. Donlan kept his cool and held his line to earn the win by a car-length while Moellers edged out Larson by inches for the runner-up spot. Kyle Schissel and Adam Speicher completed the top five.
The Modifieds have an exciting week ahead on the NKF Tour as they will run for $1,000-to-win on Tuesday night, June 26th, at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass, then it is off to Missouri for a $3,000-to-win show at Callaway Raceway on Thursday and Friday, June 28th & 29th, and $1,500-to-win on Saturday night, June 30th, at the Wheatland Raceway. The Tuesday show at Blue Grass will also include the NKF Tour Hobby Stocks in the first of two events for the Hawkeyeland Bonus.
Results
Heartland Tour
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Todd Ihde, Decorah 2. Vern Jackson, Waterloo 3. Bruce Hanford,
Davenport 4. Darin Duffy, Hazleton
2nd
Heat – 1. Dan Bohr, Decorah 2. Kurt George, Charles City 3. Tim Heins, Elkader
4. Brian Schrage, Cresco
3rd
Heat – 1. Ron Barker, Dubuque 2. Randy Geisler, St. Charles MN 3. Brad Rain,
Lanesboro MN 4. Curt Carey, Ionia
A-Main
– 1. Ihde 2. Duffy 3. Hanford 4. Rain 5. Heins 6. Jackson 7. Todd Schaufenbuel,
New Hampton 8. Todd Suhr, New Hampton 9. Kerry Ledebuhr, Winona MN 10. Larry
Grube, Cresco 11. Ryan York, Racine MN 12. Carey 13. Kevin Hoehne, Westgate 14.
John Grube, Cresco 15. Bohr 16. Barker 17. Jerry King, Waterloo 18. Kyle
Chiglo, Rushford MN 19. George 20. Dick Brummond, New Hampton 21. Schrage
Heartland Tour
Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Tory Reicks, Waucoma 2. Brad Darling, Decorah 3. Dan Christopher,
Decorah 4. Jeremy Moellers, Elma
2nd
Heat – 1. Kevin Donlan, Mabel MN 2. Kyle Schissel, Calmar 3. Justin Humpal, New
Hampton 4. Tim Gebel, New Hampton
3rd
Heat – 1. Steve Holthaus, Cresco 2. Mel Tieskotter, Decorah 3. Adam Speicher,
Fredericksburg 4. Bob Praska, Hawkeye
A-Main – 1. Donlan 2. Moellers 3. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 4. Schissel 5. Speicher 6. Tieskotter 7. Humpal 8. Gebel 9. Brian Losen, Ridgeway 10. Darling 11. Tracy Quigley, Fredericksburg 12. Rod Stuckey, Austin MN 13. Bobby Owen, Lime Springs 14. Christopher 15. Holthaus 16. Reicks 17. Praska
Promoter Verne Schumann welcomed the Tour in as part of the annual Governor's Cup at Hawkeye Raceway, an event that continues to this day with Bob Wagener carrying on the tradition at the Davenport Speedway.
Governor’s Cup Wins For Bull and Yeast In Blue Grass NKF Action
Blue
Grass, Iowa (June 26) – John Bull held
off the persistent challenges of Rich Smith to win his third National Kidney
Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified feature of the season Tuesday
night at Hawkeye Raceway. Bill Yeast took advantage of Brian Bushong’s
misfortune to capture the companion Hobby Stock feature during the track’s 16th
Annual Governor’s Cup event.
The original start of the 35-lap Modified headliner had a major impact on the event. Inside second row starter Randy Wages was able to slip into the lead as the field came around for lap one, but as the leaders went into turn one front row starters Bob Dominacki and Mitch Way tangled with Way’s car ending up on top of Dominacki’s, eliminating two of the pre-race favorites. Wages picked up the lead again on the restart, but it was short-lived as John Bull powered by on the inside a lap later. Rich Smith, who had started sixth, soon followed him into second and the race was on between the two Quad City hotshoes. Smith tried several times to get under the leader to no avial as Bull held on for his third victory on the 2001 NKF Tour. Mike Garland started nineteenth and put on quite a show coming to the front, but as he tried to take third place away from Bruce Hanford on the final lap he clipped an infield tire and spun sending him back to a thirteenth place finish. Corey Hallahan came from thirteenth to finish fourth behind Hanford while Wages fought back from a tire change to take fifth.
Bill Yeast was the early leader in the fifteen lap Hobby Stock main until lap seven when his contact with a lapped car brought out the caution. On the restart Brian Bushong muscled his way to the front only to see his night come to an end with mechanical problems five laps later. Yeast picked up the lead from there and held back Joe Beal for the win. Milo Veloz came home in third followed by Randy Exline and Steve Gustaf who had started fifteenth.
The NKF Tour Modifieds are now off to Missouri for a $3,000-to-win show at Callaway Raceway on Thursday and Friday, June 28th & 29th, and $1,500-to-win on Saturday night, June 30th, at the Wheatland Raceway. The next action for the Tour’s Hobby Stocks will be on Tuesday, July 3rd, at the CJ Raceway.
Results
Heartland Tour
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Mitch Way, Davenport 2. Leland Bushong, Colona IL 3. Scott Stecher,
Muscatine 4. Kevin Scheff, Hillsdale IL
2nd
Heat – 1. Bob Dominacki, Bettendorf 2. John Bull, Rock Island IL 3. Bruce
Hanford, Davenport 4. Sam Davis, Rock Island IL
3rd
Heat – 1. Randy Wages, Moline IL 2. Rich Smith, Davenport 3. Scott Fridley,
Mechanicsville 4. Troy Emerick, Atkinson IL
Scott’s
Quality Seeds B-Main – 1. Corey Hallahan, Dubuque 2. Jim Lamb, Galesburg IL 3.
Mike Devol, Davenport 4. Mike Fisher, Macomb IL 5. Mike Weikert, Muscatine 6.
Carl Blum, East Moline IL 7. Mike Garland, Morrison IL 8. Darin Thye,
Burlington 9. Jeff Morris, Long Grove
A-Main
– 1. Bull 2. Smith 3. Hanford 4. Hallahan 5. Wages 6. Scheff 7. Stecher 8.
Davis 9. Emerick 10. Devol 11. Weikert 12. Lamb 13. Garland 14. Bushong 15.
Fridley 16. Fisher 17. Blum 18. Thye 19. Way 20. Dominacki
Heartland Tour
Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Tim Koehler, Blue Grass 2. Don Merten, Geneseo IL 3. Joe Carleton,
Silvis IL 4. Tim Zeman, Fruitland 5. Randy Exline, Davenport
2nd
Heat – 1. Bill Yeast, Knoxville IL 2. Milo Veloz, Colona IL 3. Joe Beal, Milan
IL 4. Mark Massey, Farley 5. Mike Shonts, Davenport
3rd
Heat – 1. Brian Bushong, Colona IL 2. Scott Barten, Maquoketa 3. A.J. Pappas,
Moline IL 4. Joe Claussen, Davenport 5. Tony Vondresky, Bettendorf
B-Main
– 1. Chris Miller, Cambridge IL 2. Steve Gustaf, Colona IL 3. Jeff Haines, Blue
Grass 4. Jared Mowery, Rock Island IL 5. Peter Cook Jr., DeWitt 6. Jake
Weikert, Muscatine 7. Craig Hoffman, Princeton IL
A-Main – 1. Yeast 2. Beal 3. Veloz 4. Exline 5. Gustaf 6. Zeman 7. Vondresky 8. Cook 9. Haines 10. Mowery 11. Miller 12. Weikert 13. Bushong 14. Pappas 15. Carleton 16. Koehler 17. Merten 18. Shonts 19. Claussen
Finally, the anticipated big money trip to central Missouri with stops at Fulton and Wheatland was upon us and once again weather threatened the two day show at the Callaway Raceway leaving us all to wonder what might have been had the weather actually cooperated.
Callaway
NKF Tour Three Grand To Walker
Fulton, Missouri (June 28 & 29) – Darin Walker shook off a two hour rain delay, a hole in his radiator and a stellar field of Modified drivers from throughout the Midwest to pick up the $3,000 paycheck during the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure event at Callaway Raceway.
The Friday night finale was set back for two hours when a small, non-threatening cloud let loose a ten minute deluge just before hot laps were set to begin leaving the track looking more like a pond than a racing surface. The Callaway Raceway crew jumped into action and, with the assistance of all of the drivers on hand in the five divisions, the track was ready for racing at ten o’clock.
Johnny Bone Jr. and Darin Walker had earned the front row starting spots for the forty-lap headliner from Thursday night’s events, but during the final set of hot laps for the qualified cars Walker’s engine temperature shot up beyond the comfort level. A leaking radiator was diagnosed and the change was made just in time for the start of the main event. Bone and Walker ran lap one side-by-side with Walker establishing himself as the leader on lap two. Steve Payne quickly moved to the front from his sixth starting spot and began to mount a challenge for the lead. The Callaway Raceway favorites brought the crowd to their feet for the next several laps battling back and forth until lap fifteen when Payne retired to the pits with front-end damage. Gary Blackburn Jr. took up the chase from there as Walker maintained his advantage, but as the laps wound down Blackburn had to put his challenge on hold as he had to deal with Randy Zimmerman. Zimmerman, who had started twenty-fourth, moved into second late and appeared to have something for the leader until Blackburn found a new groove on the outside to regain the runner-up spot in the closing laps. Zimmerman edged out Bone for third at the finish with Jeff Waggoner completing the top five.
The Callaway Raceway fans and sponsors presented the Central Missouri Kidney Association with $1,100 from the event and there is a possibility that the NKF Tour Modifieds may return to the Central Missouri oval again this fall.
Results
Heartland Tour Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton 2. Darin
Walker, Curryville 3. Randy Zimmerman, Ft. Scott KS 4. Bruce Hanford, Davenport
IA
2nd Heat – 1. Gary Archambault, Wright City 2.
Steve Payne, Fulton 3. Jeff LeBaube, High Ridge 4. Adam Larson, Ames IA
3rd Heat – 1. Curt Rackers, Jefferson City 2.
Brian Wolfmeier, House Springs 3. David Payne, Jefferson City 4. Jeff Waggoner,
Eolia
4th Heat – 1. Scott Drake, Joplin 2. Johnny Bone
Jr., Pea Ridge AR 3. Dan Chapman, Clarence IA 4. Chad Lyle, Lone Jack
Position Dash – 1. Bone Jr. 2. Walker 3. Drake 4. Blackburn
Jr. 5. Rackers 6. Payne 7. Archambault 8. Wolfmeier
1st Qualifier – 1. Chapman 2. Waggoner 3. Bob
Test, Jefferson City 4. Bryan Collins, Elsberry
2nd Qualifier – 1. Lyle 2. Hanford 3. LeBaube 4.
Tom Volkhart, California
3rd Qualifier – 1. Larson 2. Jim Roach, Kahoka 3.
Brad McEwan, Storm Lake IA 4. Robbie Knaebel, Russellville
Scott’s Quality Seeds 1st B-Main – 1. LeBaube 2.
Collins 3. David Holder, Clarence 4. McEwan 5. Jim Turpin, Jefferson City 6.
Joe Creason, Troy 7. Roger Moser, Auxvasse 8. Joe Hauck, Rolla 9. Rick Cross,
St. James 10. Daryl Turner, Columbia
Scott’s Quality Seeds 2nd B-Main – 1. Test 2.
Jason Russell, Russellville 3. Curtis Boyer, New Haven 4. Bob Bizelli, Troy 5.
Randy Mauzey, Moberly 6. Knaebel 7. Larry Winn, Columbia 8. Virgil Jeffrey,
Jefferson City 9. Zimmerman
A-Main – 1. Walker 2. Blackburn Jr. 3. Zimmerman 4. Bone Jr. 5. Waggoner 6. Rackers 7. Hanford 8. LeBaube 9. Drake 10. Knaebel 11. Boyer 12. McEwan 13. Roach 14. Mauzey 15. Wolfmeier 16. Bizelli 17. Lyle 18. Test 19. Larson 20. Chapman 21. Payne 22. Russell 23. Archambault 24. Collins 25. Holder
The NKF Tour at Wheatland was well before Forrest Lucas invested in the facility making it the "Diamond of the Dirt", but it was still a pretty nice little facility that had only been in operation for a few years. I was glad to have the opportunity to work a race here before it became the immaculate Lucas Oil Speedway.
Zimmerman
Nips Teammate For NKF Victory At Wheatland
Wheatland, Missouri (June 30) – Wayne and Dane Larson couldn’t have asked for better results from their drivers Saturday night as Randy Zimmerman and Adam Larson finished one-two as the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure visited the Wheatland Raceway for the first time.
Jeff Cutshaw made a strong move early to snare the lead on lap one from his outside row two starting position. Adam Larson found the high groove to his liking and was soon putting the heat on Cutshaw. Larson swept past on the eighth circuit and began to open up a lead while drivers such as Scott Drake, Randy Zimmerman, Bruce Hanford and Johnny Bone Jr. were busy working their way to the front from deep in the field. After a lap ten caution, Zimmerman looked as if he had been shot out of a cannon passing at least a car a lap until he was even with the leader. The two teammates ran side-by-side for one circuit before Zimmerman gained the advantage on lap eighteen. Larson tried to keep pace, but there was no stopping Zimmerman as he pulled away for the $1,500 victory. Larson came home the runner-up with Johnny Bone Jr., who started sixteenth, and Scott Drake who started nineteenth finishing third and fourth. Hanford, who had to start at the rear after changing a tire on a first lap caution, appeared to have the fifth position in hand until his rear-end snapped in half in turn four just short of the checkers. Jeff Cutshaw was there to pick up the position.
The NKF Tour Modifieds now head in to northern Illinois for a Monday night, July 2nd, date at the Winnebago County Fairgrounds in Pecatonica before returning to Iowa for a July 3rd race, along with the NKF Tour Hobby Stocks, at the CJ Raceway in Columbus Junction.
Results
Heartland Tour Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Curt Rackers, Jefferson City 2.
Ferris Collier, Kimberling City 3. Eric Turner, Hermitage 4. Bruce Hanford,
Davenport IA
2nd Heat – 1. Jeff Cutshaw, Nevada 2. Gary Clark,
Walker 3. Terry Kirk, Urbana 4. Jay Truelove, Independence
3rd Heat – 1. Jody Dealy, Cross Timbers 2. Joey
Kates, Kansas City KS 3. Brian Hall, Ft. Scott KS 4. Adam Larson, Ames IA
Scott’s Quality Seeds B-Main – 1. Scott Drake, Joplin 2.
Randy Zimmerman, Ft. Scott KS 3. Jeff Brockman, Nevada 4. Kurt Fecht, Nevada 5.
Kevin Halderman, Camdenton 6. James Hartman, Camdenton
A-Main – 1. Zimmerman 2. Larson 3. Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge AR 4. Drake 5. Cutshaw 6. Clark 7. Dustin Campbell, Nevada 8. Rackers 9. Hall 10. Kirk 11. Collier 12. Hanford 13. Turner 14. Kates 15. Truelove 16. Ed Potts, Joplin 17. Lucas Dobbs, Eldorado Springs 18. Dealy 19. Scott Chism, Republic 20. Fecht 21. Hartman 22. Nathan Mayes, Springdale AR 23. Brockman 24. Halderman
We will pick it up with the July portion of the schedule starting with the Tour's first visit to the huge track in Pecatonica, Illinois, when we get to Part Four of The Final NKF Tour here on the Back Stretch.
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