The first season of the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure was considered a big success raising more than $13,000 in funds for the NKF of Iowa and creating an unmeasurable amount of publicity and awareness to the struggles of those affected by kidney disease. It was always my hope that if hearing about the Tour, or attending one of its events motivated just one person to sign an Organ Donor card and that this would someday lead to one life being saved, then every minute spent on this project was well worth it.
Every promoter that hosted an event in 1998 asked to be on the schedule again in 1999. How many short track racing series can make that claim? For the second season we would still limit ourselves to Iowa tracks despite the fact that promoters in Illinois and Missouri had called to ask about taking the Tour out of state. We were working with the Iowa affiliate of the NKF and at this point they wanted to keep it within the state.
After having two sponsors sign on for $10,000 each in 1998, my brother-in-law Loni Woodley was again successful in getting the Industrial Lifts division of Toyota to sign on for a $15,000 title sponsorship and we would use that to post the Point Funds for 1999 at $10,000 for the Modifieds and $5,000 for the Hobby Stocks. As part of our founding agreement the NKF of Iowa had the sole responsibility of pursuing and securing primary sponsorship for the Tour and they still had hope of getting a second sponsor where the funds would have went directly to the NKF. Unfortunately that did not happen even though they thought that they had a lead on several locally based corporations.
While I was proud of he money that we raised in the first year of the Tour I knew that the bulk of it came from that second title sponsor, so I wanted to come up with a way to increase the revenue for the Foundation at each event through the sales of t-shirts and sweatshirts and with the remaining half of the 50/50 drawing. In 1998 the Executive Director of the NKF of Iowa, Jodi Enger was in charge of those grandstand side activities with help of volunteers from the US West Pioneers. While she gave it a great effort, Jodi soon found out just how tough it was to travel many miles to different race tracks across the state and it especially became hard for her to make those shows that had to be rescheduled due to weather.
Therefore on several race nights we did not have anybody selling shirts, passing out flyers with information on kidney disease, or working with the volunteers to maximize the funds in the 50/50 drawing. In fact there were a couple of nights where we did not have any volunteers so the track promoters would set us up with their people to conduct the drawing. I knew that to fulfill the goals of this project, beyond what we were doing with the racing, that I needed to come up with a better plan and for the 1999 season his name was Chad Menke.
I had become friends with Chad while doing play-by-play of his high school basketball games with the Mount Pleasant Panthers in the mid 1990's, he was one of those star athletes that you had to remind him that he was a star. He was Third Team All State in football his senior year, one of the leading scorers on the basketball team and part of the 1994 3-A State Champion 4 x 100 Relay Team. He was modest about his accomplishments and mature beyond his years and in 1999 knowing that he only had a part-time job as he was finishing up his college years I knew that he would be the right man to lead the grandstand side of the NKF Tour.
Of course I had to pitch the idea to him because his other part-time job was pretty cool as part of the team that worked with head groundskeeper Larry Putney in keeping the real turf at Kinnick Stadium immaculate. Chad was a race fan so I wanted to make sure that he understood that this job would mean that he would be under or behind the grandstand for most of the night, selling NKF Tour apparel, passing out information about the National Kidney Foundation, encouraging fans to sign an Organ Donor Card and organizing the volunteers to maximize the funds to be brought in through the 50/50 drawing. Once the drawing was completed he could pack up the equipment and watch the feature races, but that would be it.
I needed someone dependable, somebody that I knew would be at as many races as he possibly could be at given his schedule at school and at Kinnick. I needed somebody who was outgoing and personable, someone that would not shy away from a conversation with anybody, young or old. I needed a leader, somebody who would have to organize and train a different group of volunteers each race night, volunteers that may not have been all that interested in being there in the first place. And most of all I needed somebody that I could trust as this "employee" would some nights be handling well over $2,000 in cash and I didn't want to have to question whether or not it was all accounted for at the end of the night.
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| Tim Folkerts captured the 1999 NKF Modified Tour opener at Bloomfield - Barry Johnson photo |
There was no doubt in my mind that Chad Menke met all of those requirements and when he accepted the position for a "salary" of $100 per night to be paid from the entry fees that we collected from the drivers each night, I was thrilled to know that not only did I have the person that would now fulfill the non-racing goals of the Tour, I also had a friend to spend all that time on the road with me as the schedule for the Sophomore Season would grow to twenty-four race nights.
Before I continue, I want to tell one more story about Chad and how we have teamed up in another manner over the years. For several seasons in the late 90's and early 2000's I had the honor of doing the play-by-play broadcasts of the Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament on our local radio station KILJ in Mount Pleasant. The station would sell sponsorship packages that would include at least twelve games during the week and we would then pick the first round games that had any local interest, and then knowing that we would do all four Championship games we would fill in as many of the eight semi-final games as needed. I am quite the microphone hog when it comes to doing basketball play-by-play so if I have someone doing color I want them to be as concise and informative as possible. Some of my favorites were former Iowa Wesleyan head coach Al Magnani and the man who has been doing color for several decades now on KILJ, one of my former coaches Kent Bennett. But they were not always available for every game in the schedule for the week so I would have Chad sit in with me on those games.
They were usually the games that really had no local interest to our station that is tucked into the southeast corner of the Iowa so I knew that we would have to keep the call lively in order to retain an audience and give the sponsors their money's worth. Chad would wear the other headset with the microphone turned off just to be a spectator, but when one of the games started to turn into a blowout, without even giving him a warning I started to cue him up for some random comments as my sidekick "Statmaster". Now note that it wasn't "The Statmaster" it was just "Statmaster", much like it isn't "The Batman", it's just "Batman", something that we briefly took the time to explain during a thirty second timeout.
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| Chad and I at Knoxville in 2018 |
The other big move that I made, with the approval of Jodi Enger of course, was a new strategy in regard to how we would get volunteers to come help on race night and to be extra motivated to do so. For each race on the schedule I would reach out to the most local Dialysis Unit, describe what we were doing with the Tour, and ask if they could send out some volunteers on race night to help us out. And, if they did send some help, the money raised in that night's 50/50 pot would go directly to that Dialysis Unit in the name of the National Kidney Foundation of Iowa. What a change that this made in regard to the education and fundraising goals of the Tour! Now we had experts there to answer any questions that people had in regard to kidney disease and the importance of being an organ donor, plus our volunteers were not only motivated to sell more 50/50 tickets, but they were often finding that some of those purchasing the tickets were their own friends and acquaintances who just happened to be race fans. We would now have that local connection that had been missing for the most part during the first season.
For the most part it was very easy to get volunteers from the local Dialysis Unit to come out and help, but believe it or not we still had some events where we could not get anybody to volunteer. In those cases Chad would be in charge of working with someone at the track to conduct the raffle with half of the funds then being sent to the NKF of Iowa.
Earlier I had promised that there would be no more pictures of printed documents, but for some reason the electronic files of the Newsletters that I was still mailing out are not on the Backup file from that computer being used way back in 1999. So I break that promise now with Volume 2 Issue 1 of the newsletter that gives a brief description of each event that was on the schedule as of February 3rd. Sorry for the small print, but I had a lot say about an exciting season that was soon to begin.
In that Newsletter you can see that our posted Point Funds had grown nicely for the Sophomore season and that we were also going to have an Attendance Fund to reward those drivers who made the commitment to compete in 75% of the events held for their division. I would be using the $100 fee paid by each of the participating Contingency Sponsors as well as Entry Fee money as needed to get that amount to at least $1,500 to be shared equally by each qualifying driver.
Once again Al Uhrhammer and Jerry Dixon wanted to be the first race on the schedule and we were booked in as the support classes for the Deery Brothers Summer Series event on Saturday April 3rd. But for the second year in a row, Mother Nature had other ideas. Following is how I described it that next week in the Back Stretch within the Hawkeye Racing News.
It was supposed to start on Thursday and last all weekend,
but it didn’t come until late Friday and early Saturday. The skies cleared and
despite a muddy infield it looked as if the Iowa racing season was going to
kickoff with a “bin-buster” as promoter Al Uhrhammer described it. Cars were
lined up at the pit gate and early arriving fans were already staking their
claim to the choice seats as they watched Uhrhammer, Gary Pederson, Jerry Dixon
and others work feverishly to try to make the infield passable. As the four
o’clock hour arrived the drivers and crews lined up at the pit shack anxious to
claim the few driest spots for their haulers while the southern sky began to
darken. It really didn’t look that ominous until a rumble of thunder quaked
through the sky, a sound that seemed to last for minutes.
Thankfully the rain began slowly giving everybody time to gather their belongings and head for shelter just before it “cut loose” with bolts of lightning and sheets of rain that left no doubt that this show would not be happening this night. It rained, and rained hard, for about fifteen minutes and then it was over as the storm tracked on to the north, but the damage was already done. The season opener for the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models and the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City had been washed away for the second straight year. In 1998 the event was rescheduled for a Thursday night in May, but once again Mother Nature threatened all night long producing a small crowd to watch a great field of cars. This year, as of this writing, the event will not be rescheduled. If you were there, or if you met many of the haulers heading the other direction on your way to Webster City, you too felt the disappointment of knowing just how big this show was going to be. Oh well, I guess that four-letter word will always be a part of this sport that we love.
The weather wasn't much better two weeks later.
The
National Kidney Foundation Toyota Heartland Tour for a Cure event scheduled for
tonight (Friday) at the Bloomfield Speedway has been postponed due to rain,
cold and snow. The event will now be run this Sunday, April 18th,
with an early starting time.
“We have been hearing from drivers from all over the Midwest,” commented Joy Evans, public relations director for the speedway, “and that is why we are going to run during the afternoon on Sunday. This will give the fans and drivers making a long trip an opportunity to get home at a decent hour Sunday night.” Gates will open at 11:30 a.m. with hot laps at 1:00 p.m. and racing at 1:30. NKF Tour Modifieds and Hobby Stocks as well as the IMCA Stock Cars will be in action with the weather forecasted to be partly cloudy with a high in the low 50’s.
We all know what a dirt track is going to be like after a cold and wet Spring, especially when a show on Friday is being moved to Sunday due to cold and snow. It was "Cowboy Up" conditions for sure, but a great field of cars was in the pits and the Sophomore season of the NKF Heartland Tour for a Cure was underway.
Tim Folkerts and Kenny Johnson Top NKF Tour Lid-Lifter
Bloomfield, IA – After three season opening rainouts, the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure for Modifieds and Hobby Stocks finally got a show in at the Bloomfield Speedway. This event was originally set to run on Friday and the persistent rain and cold temperatures that caused the delay until Sunday left the large field with a soft and bumpy racetrack.
Front row starters Bruce Hanford and Chris Eggers battled for the point early in the twenty-lap Modified feature with Eggers getting the advantage. Folkerts, who started third, moved past Hanford and then put the pressure on Eggers who allowed Folkerts to slip by on lap seven. Eggers tried to fight back, but his race was soon over as the transmission let go on the #97. As Folkerts pulled away with Eric Fullenkamp comfortably in second all eyes were drawn to an exciting five-car battle for third. Tony Fraise prevailed at the finish with Jack Mitchell and Kevin Cale rounding out the top five. Only one caution slowed the action despite the rough conditions.
Rod Miller paced the first three laps of the Hobby Stock headliner before Kenny Johnson charged from the sixth starting hole to grab the lead and the win. Hometown driver Ed Altheide came from twelfth to finish second while Randy Hemsley came all the way from eighteenth to finish third. Miller and Blaire Benzing, who made the trip all the way down from Waterville, rounded out the top five.
The Toyota NKF Tour continues on Wednesday night, April 21st, at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa.
Results
Toyota NKF
Modifieds
1st
Heat- 1. Tim Folkerts, Albia 2. John Schulz, West Burlington 3. Scott Boles,
Mt. Pleasant 4. Tim McBride, Evansdale
2nd
Heat –1. Eric Fullenkamp, Eldon 2. Kevin Cale, Donnellson 3. Jack Mitchell,
Cedar Falls 4. Todd Holman, Agency
3rd
Heat – 1. Chris Eggers, Lancaster MO 2. Tony Fraise, Montrose 3. Bill Livezy
Jr., New Sharon 4. Lynn Monroe, Memphis MO
4th
Heat – 1. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 2. Troy Folkerts, Albia 3. Jim Roach, Kahoka
MO 4. Andy Krieger, Burlington
1st
B-Main – 1. John Bull, Rock Island IL 2. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton 3. Rocky
Fosdyck, Selma 4. Casey Schram, Rock Island IL 5. Bruce Thuleen, Denmark 6. Ken
Bryant, Ottumwa
2nd
B-Main – 1. Max Dunlap, Zearing 2. Jeff Gerhardt, Niota IL 3. Casey Lancaster,
Oskaloosa 4. Randy Foote, Stanton
A-Main
– 1. Tim Folkerts 2. Fullenkamp 3. Fraise 4. Mitchell 5. Cale 6. Roach 7. Boles
8. Schulz 9. Troy Folkerts 10. Holman 11. Lancaster 12. Bull 13. Dunlap 14. Livezy
Jr. 15. Fosdyck 16. Jensen 17. Schram 18. Gerhardt 19. Hanford 20. Eggers 21.
Foote 22. Monroe 23. McBride 24. Krieger
Toyota NKF Hobby
Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Kenny Johnson, Douds 2. Ryan Lundy, Knoxville 3. Larry Sample,
Ottumwa 4. Shannon St. Clair, Montrose
2nd
Heat – 1. Ed Altheide, Bloomfield 2. Louis Lynch, Lancaster MO 3. Jeremy
Dooley, Promise City 4. Lorne Parks, Fremont
3rd
Heat – 1. Paul Underwood, Ottumwa 2. Blaire Benzing, Waterville 3. Mike Hughes,
Rose Hill 4. David Craig, Ottumwa
4th
Heat – 1. Rick Metcalf, Selma 2. Rod Miller, Eldon 3. Jason Reed, Melcher 4.
Jeff Griffiths, Ottumwa
B-Main
– 1. Brad Tursic, Ottumwa 2. Randy Hemsley, Oskaloosa 3. John Oliver, West
Burlington 4. Steve Baskett, Centerville 5. Mike Shelton, Ottumwa 6. Randy Greenfield,
Ottumwa 7. Theresa White, Selma 8. Reggie Small, Milton 9. Ron Downing Jr.,
Ottumwa 10. Joe Crafton, Drakesville 11. Mike Crafton, Drakesville 12. Jack
Donlan, Burlington
A-Main – 1. Johnson 2. Altheide 3. Hemsley 4. Miller 5. Benzing 6. Metcalf 7. Dooley 8. Craig 9. Parks 10. Lynch 11. Sample 12. Griffths 13. White 14. Shelton 15. Lundy 16. St. Clair 17. Greenfield 18. Downing Jr. 19. Hughes 20. Underwood 21. Baskett 22. Reed 23. Tursic
The show that we had scheduled for Saturday the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson also fell to weather and following is what I had in that week's Back Stretch.
After rainouts at Bloomfield and Donnellson on Friday and Saturday, the NKF Tour finally was able to run its first event of the season at Bloomfield on Sunday afternoon. A nice field of thirty-five Modifieds and thirty Hobby Stocks joined a solid bunch of IMCA Stock Cars on a cool, breezy, but sunny day. The heavy rains and cold weather left the track very soft and despite several efforts to make it a smooth surface, the track continued to ridge up. All of the drivers handled the conditions very well and put on some excellent racing with very few cautions given the conditions. Tim Folkerts was the class of the field as he drove away from Eric Fullenkamp to take the Modified feature win. Tony Fraise finished third coming out of an entertaining five-car battle for the spot also involving Jim Roach, Jack Mitchell, Scott Boles and Kevin Cale. Afterwards Roach asked me “who that blue number five was, he sure raced me clean”. When I told him that it was former IMCA SuperNational champion Jack Mitchell he raised his eyebrows and said, “no wonder.” Roach and Mitchell are just two of the drivers who plan to follow the ’99 Tour and they will get several chances to race clean with each other near the front of the pack. Kenny Johnson held off a mid-race challenge from Blaire Benzing to take the Hobby Stock win and with the next NKF Tour event at Oskaloosa, Johnson could become an early favorite in the Tour point race. Ed Altheide came from twelfth to finish second with Randy Hemsley racing his way from twenty-second to third. Rod Miller, who plans to follow the ’99 Tour nailed down fourth with Benzing, who towed over 200 miles to Bloomfield from Waterville, finishing fifth.
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| Kenny Johnson opened the 1999 NKF Tour for Hobby Stocks with a win at Bloomfield - Barry Johnson photo |
Wet weather was still in the area three days later, but the NKF Tour was once again featured at Southern Iowa Speedway's season opener.
Danny Wallace, Mike Hughes Dodge Raindrops For Oskaloosa NKF Wins
Oskaloosa, Iowa – You would have sworn that the Southern Iowa Speedway had a roof on it Wednesday night as heavy rain fell all aroundthe area, but not on the track as the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure visited the half-mile oval. The “roof” leaked a few times and the wind howled as a hearty crowd watched Danny Wallace and Mike Hughes capture wins on the opening night of action at Oskaloosa.
Gordy Grubb, who won the first-ever NKF race right here a year ago, paced the first lap of the Modified main event before yielding to Tour regular Bruce Hanford on lap two. The Quad City area driver’s lead was short-lived though as Wallace rode the highside to the lead on lap four. Current NKF Tour point leader Tim Folkerts took up the chase on Wallace, but could not track him down before the checkers flew. Defending NKF Tour Modified champion, Corey Dripps, came from eleventh to finish third in the non-stop race with Grubb and John Schulz rounding out the top five.
The Hobby Stock feature kept the die-hard race fans warm with a tight five-car battle for the lead throughout. Kris Walker kept his #18 out front despite constant pressure until lapped traffic on lap nine gave Mike Hughes the break he needed to slip past Walker for the win. Walker held back NKF Tour point leader Kenny Johnson at the stripe to finish second with Scott Buehneman and Randy Hemsley next in line.
The Toyota NKF Heartland Tour for a Cure will take four weeks off and let the weather straighten out before returning to action on Tuesday, May 18th, at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass, Iowa.
Results
Toyota NKF
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 2. John VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa 3. Matt
Girdley, Vincent 4. John Schulz, West Burlington 5. Dave Farren, Des Moines 6.
Jim Roach, Kahoka MO
2nd
Heat – 1. Danny Wallace, Des Moines 2. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 3. Richard
VonKrog, Toledo 4. Todd Holman, Agency 5. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton 6. Roger
Baxter, Oskaloosa
3rd
Heat – 1. Tim Folkerts, Albia 2. Casey Schram, Sterling IL 3. Gordy Grubb,
Oskaloosa 4. Randy Schroeder, Sigourney 5. Mike VanGenderen, Newton 6. Mike
Busch, Des Moines
B-Main
– 1. Troy Folkerts, Albia 2. Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines 3. Glen Ridgway, Eldon
4. Ron VerBeek, Oskaloosa 5. Eric Fullenkamp, Eldon 6. Jack Mitchell, Cedar
Falls 7. Ron Barker, Dubuque 8. Rod McLaughlin, Oskaloosa 9. Chris Eggers,
Lancaster MO 10. David Brown, Kellogg 11. Max Dunlap, Zearing
A-Main
– 1. Wallace 2. Tim Folkerts 3. Dripps 4. Grubb 5. Schulz 6. Hanford 7. Farren
8. Schroeder 9. Schram 10. Girdley 11. Troy Folkerts 12. VanGenderen 13.
VonKrog 14. Mitchell 15. Fullenkamp 16. Baxter 17. Davis Jr. 18. Roach 19.
VerBeek 20. Holman 21. Ridgway 22. Busch 23. Jensen
Toyota NKF Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Randy Hemsley, Oskaloosa 2. Scott Buehneman, Keswick 3. Tommy
Lathrop, Ottumwa 4. Rod Miller, Eldon 5. Jimmy Gustin, Des Moines
2nd
Heat – 1. Lorne Parks, Fremont 2. Kenny Johnson, Douds 3. Phil Hamilton,
Oskaloosa 4. David Craig, Ottumwa 5. Mike Shelton, Ottumwa
3rd
Heat – 1. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville 2. Kris Walker, Oskaloosa 3. Paul Underwood,
Des Moines 4. Brandon Hess, Oskaloosa 5. Jeff Danielsen, Duncombe
4th
Heat – 1. Mike Hughes, Rose Hill 2. Damon Murty, Chelsea 3. Dave Seddon,
Melcher 4. Nick Kanselaar, Oskaloosa 5. Mary Blackford, Knoxville
B-Main
– 1. Jason Reed, Melcher 2. Raymond Moore, Delta
A-Main – 1. Hughes 2. Walker 3. Johnson 4. Buehneman 5. Hemsley 6. Parks 7. Gustin 8. Underwood 9. Seddon 10. Miller 11. Craig 12. Hess 13. Hamilton 14. Shelton 15. Lathrop 16. Brandon Bandstra 17. Moore 18. Steve Shepard 19. Blackford 20. Bonnett 21. Murty 22. Reed 23. Danielsen 24. Kanselaar
And here is some more info from the show at Osky
It
was as if there was a roof over the Southern Iowa Speedway last Wednesday night
as the National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure was able to squeeze
in its show during the season opener at Oskaloosa. The track experienced just a
little more than a sprinkle around five o’clock as heavy thunderstorms
developed just east and south of the track. In fact as we were driving into
town we had to have the wipers on high just to see and what a surprise it was
to see that the conditions on the other side of Osky were much better.
A solid field of cars was on hand in all three divisions, but I know of at least five drivers who did not make a long tow due to the ominous forecast and colorful radar. Just goes to show that you can’t always trust a forecast, in fact as I type this on Monday afternoon, the forecast calls for nearly a one hundred percent chance of rain, but it is sunny and the nearest rain is still in Oklahoma. The ”roof” leaked a couple of times during the evening and just when it looked like the track was about to be too wet for any more racing, it would stop and if you looked straight up in the sky you could see the moon.
The NKF Tour Hobby Stock feature saw five cars battling for the lead over the last three laps. Mike Hughes used a lapped car to his advantage to overtake race-long leader Kris Walker with two to go for the win. The NKF Modified main went non-stop with three early lead changes. Danny Wallace was the first to break from the pack and he opened up a nice advantage before Tim Folkerts broke free who also put some space on the field before Corey Dripps, who started eleventh, sprung free. That’s the way they finished with Folkerts opening up a solid early point lead on the Tour. The next event for the Toyota NKF Heartland Tour will be the Illowa Challenge at Hawkeye Raceway near Blue Grass on Tuesday night, May 18th. The NKF Modifieds will be looking for a $1,000 top prize while the NKF Hobby Stock feature winner will take home $300.
A big thank you to Joe & Jim Durian for their persistence at Oskaloosa.
So this is what I get for waiting more than twenty years to archive the NKF Tour as I cannot find anything that would indicate what happened to the event that was scheduled to run at Hawkeye Raceway on May 18th, only that our next race would be the Tour's first ever visit to the Hancock County Speedway in Britt. It would also be my first time to see a race at Britt and promoters Dan & Sandy Danielson were so very friendly and easy to work with. As I have mentioned before, it made me very proud whenever our NKF Tour regulars who come into a track and beat the locals on this first visit to Britt both Tim Folkerts and Blaire Benzing did just that.
Folkerts and Benzing Top Toyota NKF Tour Mains In Britt
Britt, Iowa – Tim Folkerts of Albia made a long trip north payoff with a Modified feature win as the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure visited the Hancock County Speedway Monday night. In the Hobby Stocks, it was another NKF Tour visitor in victory lane as Blaire Benzing of Waterville came out on top.
Local favorites, the Hejna brothers, Mike and Al, started from the front row in the Modified main event and with the preferred groove right around the bottom of the racetrack, it looked as if they would be tough to beat. Folkerts, the current NKF Tour Modified point leader started tenth, and steadily worked his way to the front patiently slipping to the inside of the leaders at the mid-race mark. Once out front, there was no staying with Folkerts as he cruised to his second feature win in three events on the 1999 Tour. Mike Hejna held off a late charge from Rich Lewerke to finish second with Al Hejna and Brad Gorham rounding out the top five.
Rod Miller paced the first lap of the Hobby Stock headliner before giving way to Dan Hanselman on lap two. Before Hanselman was able to settle in to the fast lane, Benzing made his move to the point on lap three and then held off repeated challenges from Hanselman to take the win. Hanselman was the runner-up followed by Paul Underwood, Miller and Shane Monson.
The Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure returns to action on Tuesday, June 8th, at the Nordice Speedway in Decorah.
Results
Toyota NKF Modifieds
1st Heat – 1. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 2. Jeremy
Mills, Marathon 3. Kevin Hoeft, Garner 4. Duane Peterson, Beaman
2nd Heat – 1. Rick Schuller, Britt 2. Loren
Pesicka Jr., Burt 3. Brad Gorham, Luverne 4. Todd Schaufenbuel, New Hampton
3rd Heat – 1. Tim Folkerts, Albia 2. Mike Hejna,
Clear Lake 3. Rich Lewerke, Garner 4. Al Hejna, Clear Lake
B-Main – 1. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton 2. Jon Wood, Woden 3.
Bruce Hanford, Davenport 4. Dick Manske, Algona 5. Larry Portis, Nora Springs
6. Derek Cink, Britt 7. Scott Davis, Madrid 8. Mike Hackenmiller, Mason City
A-Main – 1. Folkerts 2. M. Hejna 3. Lewerke 4. A. Hejna 5.
Gorham 6. Hanford 7. Mills 8. Schaufenbuel 9. Jensen 10. Peterson 11. David
Brown, Kellogg 12. Matt Donald, Pleasant Hill 13. Portis 14. Schuller 15. Ryan
Hiscocks, Britt 16. Max Dunlap, Zearing 17. Keith Schmitz, Swaledale 18. Wood
19. Dripps 20. Hoeft 21. Pesicka 22. Manske 23. Jack Mitchell, Cedar Falls 24.
Todd Ihde, Decorah
Toyota NKF Hobby Stocks
1st Heat – 1. Dan Hanselman, Algona 2. Paul
Underwood, Ottumwa 3. Shane Monson, Clear Lake 4. Rod Miller, Eldon
2nd Heat – 1. Blaire Benzing, Waterville 2. Jason
Daniels, Britt 3. Scott Anderson, Mason City 4. John Simpson, Britt
3rd Heat –1. Ben Hoesing, Perry 2. Jeff Danielson,
Duncombe 3. Kevin Long, Cylinder 4. Harold Walker, Alexander
A-Main – 1. Benzing 2. Hanselman 3. Underwood 4. Miller 5. Monson 6. Jim Mitchell, Webster City 7. James Ringham, Mason City 8. Tony Smidt, Britt 9. Hoesing 10. Gary Pesicka, Algona 11. Danielson 12. Anderson 13. Joe Latham, Mason City 14. Brad Ramaeker, Humboldt 15. Walker 16. Jim Mewes, Clarion 17. Simpson 18. Long 19. Daniels 20. Jeff Larson, New Hampton
And here is additional NKF Tour news from Britt that appeared in the Back Stretch
Maybe
I need to “complain” about the weather more often. If you’ll recall last week’s
Back Stretch I was dreading the fact that Memorial Day’s forecast called for a
60% chance of rain. Well guess what, amazing as it may seem, the forecast was
wrong and it was a gorgeous day for racing as the Toyota National Kidney
Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure visited the Hancock County Speedway in
Britt for the first time.
Dan Danielsen told me that with the forecast as it was, he did not water the track the night before, so with sunny skies and a northwest breeze, the usually fast speedway became dry slick by feature time. That did not seem to bother a couple of the NKF Tour regulars though. Current point leader Tim Folkerts started tenth and gradually worked his way to the front passing some of northern Iowa’s best along the way. It was the second win in three Tour races for Folkerts and in the other one he finished second to Danny Wallace. Bruce Hanford was also on the move nipping Jeremy Mills at the finish line for a sixth place showing after starting twentieth. The crowd was thrilled when Dash winner, and defending NKF Tour champion, Corey Dripps accepted the Modified Challenge to start at the rear in hopes of winning an extra $600. Dripps never got a chance to see what the Extreme house car could do, however, as he was caught up in a pair of early incidents and dropped out for nineteenth.
In the Hobby Stock portion of the event, “the outsiders” dominated with Waterville’s Blaire Benzing holding off Algona driver Dan Hanselman for the win. Paul Underwood made the long trip from Ottumwa to finish third, while Rod Miller made just a bit longer trip from Eldon to take fourth and pick up a slim two point lead heading into the Decorah event that was scheduled for last Tuesday. The driver who made the longest trip, however was Bob Goodman Jr. who pulled all the way to Britt from Edelstein, Illinois, which is just north of Peoria. Bob runs in the “Street Stock” classes around central Illinois and was planning to compete in the Hobby Stock class as part of the NKF Tour at Britt. Unfortunately his car was quite advanced for the IMCA-type Hobby Stocks, so he was forced to run with the Stock Cars where he picked up an eighth-place finish in the field of twenty-one. Not bad when you consider that he would have had to finish fourth or better to make as much money in the Hobby class that night.
We really enjoyed our first visit to Britt and we were impressed with the hospitality and the professionalism of promoters Dan and Sandy Danielsen, tech inspector Tim Weiland, and the entire HCS crew. We look forward to a quick return trip this year to spectate, and another NKF Tour date in 2000.
Something tells me that this was the trip where we stopped at Rookies Sports Bar in Clear Lake and had our first experience with their world famous Bloody Marys.
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| A few years before he became the Upside Down #1 on the NKF Tour, here is Ottumwa's Paul Underwood who made some long road trips with the Tour in 1999 |
Our June 8th race in Decorah was rained out and next up was a June 15th appearance at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass as part of the 14th Annual Iowa Governors Cup event. Apparently we must have swapped out the originally scheduled race in May for this Tuesday night appearance and you may recall how I described promoter Verne Schumann as being a shrewd businessman who gave the Tour a couple of test runs with low purses before coming back strong in 1999. That strategy worked nicely when you see the car counts that we had for this event!
Smith and Stropes Top Large Fields At Iowa Governors Cup
Blue Grass, Iowa – The cars were out in full force Tuesday night as the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure ran as a part of the 14th Annual Iowa Governor’s Cup at Hawkeye Raceway. Rich Smith of Davenport topped a field of forty-five Modifieds to take home $1,000, while Aledo, Illinois, driver Dewayne Stropes was the best of a forty-three car Hobby Stock field for a $300 paycheck.
Pole-sitter Gary Cook Jr. paced the first circuit of the thirty-lap Modified feature before fellow front row starter John Bull slipped past on lap two. While that battle raged on, Rich Smith charged quickly to the front from his ninth starting spot. At the mid-race point Smith was up to second and on a lap fifteen restart he was able to muscle his way past Bull in turn three for the lead. Dennis LaVeine mounted a challenge to Smith using the highside of the speedway, but a late caution slowed his momentum as he slipped back to fourth. Smith held on to win his first career NKF Tour feature with Sam Davis, who started thirteenth coming home second. Bull LaVeine and Cook rounded out the top five.
In Hobby Stock feature action, Dewayne Stropes started up front and stayed there the entire twenty-lap distance to pick up his first ever NKF Tour victory. Milo Veloz was the hard charger in this one coming from the sixth row to finish second with Brian Bushong, Jeff Tharp and Don Merten rounding out the top five.
The Toyota NKF Heartland Tour has a return engagement set for Sunday, October 3rd, at Hawkeye Raceway for the annual Gary Reinhart Memorial event.
Results
Toyota NKF Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Dale Lueth, Ottawa IL 2. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 3. Casey Schram,
Sterling IL 4. Tim Folkerts, Albia
2nd
Heat – 1. Mel Rice, Davenport 2. John Bull, Rock Island IL 3. Rich Smith,
Davenport 4. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls
3rd
Heat – 1. Dennis LaVeine, Burlington 2. Leland Bushong, Colona IL 3. Kevin
Peters, Monmouth IL 4. John VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
4th
Heat – 1. Mike Garland, Morrison IL 2. Gary Cook Jr., Deer Creek IL 3. Jeff
Walker, Davenport 4. Jim Willert, Davenport
1st
B-Main – 1. Smith 2. Dripps 3. Sam Davis, Rock Island IL 4. Ryan Dolan, Lisbon
5. Sean Evans, Princeton IL
2nd
B-Main – 1. Walker 2. VanDenBerg 3. Willert 4. Peters 5. John Schulz, West
Burlington
A-Main
– 1. Smith 2. Davis 3. Bull 4. LaVeine 5. Cook Jr. 6. Dolan 7. Willert 8.
Bushong 9. Peters 10. Folkerts 11. Schulz 12. Evans 13. Jack Mitchell, Cedar
Falls 14. Dripps 15. Rice 16. Lueth 17. Hanford 18. Walker 19. VanDenBerg 20.
Garland
Toyota NKF Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Dewayne Stropes, Aledo IL 2. Leonard Anton, Carbon Cliff IL 3. Milo
Veloz, Colona IL 4. Mike Shonts, Davenport
2nd
Heat – 1. Donovan Lodge, Cambridge IL 2. Brian Bushong, Colona IL 3. Bob
Goodman, Edelstein IL 4. Don Merten, Geneseo IL
3rd
Heat – 1. Jim Harland, Buffalo 2. Jeff Tharp, Dubuque 3. Ken Etheridge, Moline
IL 4. Kenny Link Jr. Osco IL
4th
Heat – 1. Quinton Waterman, Milan IL 2. Dwaine Hasson, Rock Island IL 3. Davey
Elliott, Muscatine 4. Chris Lawrence, Orion IL
1st
B-Main – 1. Goodman 2. Veloz 3. Merten 4. Blaire Benzing, Waterville 5. Shonts
6. Chip Kohl, Marion
2nd
B-Main – 1. Etheridge 2. Tom Maupin, Galesburg IL 3. Dan Wiemers, Muscatine 4.
Brian Brinker, Silvis IL 5. Lawrence 6. Mike Fluegel, Davenport
A-Main – 1. Stropes 2. Veloz 3. Bushong 4. Tharp 5. Merten 6. Benzing 7. Shonts 8. Etheridge 9. Harland 10. Lodge 11. Lawrence 12. Maupin 13. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 14. Wiemers 15. Rod Miller, Eldon 16. Brinker 17. Goodman 18. Anton 19. Waterman 20. Hasson
When we lost the fair race at Eldon to weather in 1998 it would be the only show on the inaugural NKF Tour that would not be run. This year though the weather was perfect for a Thursday night at the Wapello County Fair and Tour point leaders Tim Folkerts and Rod Miller were looking forward to getting their competitors on their home turf.
Folkerts Brothers, Johnson Enjoy Wapello County Fair Night
Eldon, Iowa – With picture perfect weather and a large crowd of fairgoers in the grandstands, the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure enjoyed a great night at the Eldon Raceway with Troy Folkerts and Kenny Johnson picking up feature wins.
Defending Tour champion Corey Dripps put the Extreme house car out front of the NKF Modified feature race from his pole position start with pressure from fellow front row starter Ken Bryant. John VanDenBerg soon moved into second and began to mount a challenge, but it was interrupted when the fifth starting, Troy Folkerts, flew past on lap seven. Two laps later Folkerts was able to get by Dripps on the inside for the lead. Troy’s brother, Tim Folkerts, who is the current Tour point leader steadily advanced up to second from the sixth row, but he was unable to catch Troy before the checkers flew. VanDenBerg came home a solid third with Bryant edging out Danny Wallace for fourth.
It did not take long for Kenny Johnson to come from the third row to take the lead in the NKF Hobby Stock main event and once he had it, he was gone, well on his way to his second Tour win of 1999. Lorne Parks finished second with Jeff Griffiths third. The battle for fourth was a good one as David Vass, Kevin Kaller, Brad Tursic and Brandon Hess raced three and four wide over the final four laps with Tursic prevailing for fourth and Vass took fifth.
The NKF Heartland Tour for a Cure continues on Wednesday night, June 23rd, with a trip to the Mighty Howard County Fair in Cresco.
Results
Toyota NKF Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. John VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa 2. Todd Holman, Ottumwa 3. Mike Kaller,
Ottumwa 4. Denny Banks, Washington
2nd
Heat – 1. Tim Folkerts, Albia 2. Danny Wallace, Des Moines 3. Troy Folkerts,
Albia 4. Bruce Hanford, Davenport
3rd
Heat – 1. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 2. Casey Schram, Sterling IL 3. Ken Bryant,
Ottumwa 4. Mike VanGenderen, Newton
A-Main
– 1. Troy Folkerts 2. Tim Folkerts 3. VanDenBerg 4. Bryant 5. Wallace 6. Dripps
7. Hanford 8. Eric Fullenkamp, Eldon 9. Holman 10. Banks 11. Schram 12. Jack
Mitchell, Cedar Falls 13. Jim Wubben, Moravia 14. Max Dunlap, Zearing 15.
VanGenderen 16. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton 17. Rocky Fosdyck, Selma 18. Kaller 19.
C.J. Hamm, Eldon 20. David Brown, Kellogg 21. Greg Cox 22. Brandon Hainline,
Fairfield 23. Robben Franklin, Eldon 24. Mike Vermillion, What Cheer 25. Chris
Eggers, Lancaster MO
Toyota NKF Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Kenny Johnson, Douds 2. Brandon Hess, Oskaloosa 3. Jon Orwig,
Chariton 4. Mike Shelton, Ottumwa
2nd
Heat – 1. Kris Walker, Oskaloosa 2. Lance Schlicher, Fairfield 3. Jeremy
Dooley, Promise City 4. Robert Anderson
3rd
Heat – 1. David Vass, Eldon 2. Kevin Kaller, Ottumwa 3. Mike Hughes, Rose Hill
4. Brad Tursic, Ottumwa
4th
Heat – 1. Jeff Griffiths, Ottumwa 2. Rick Metcalf, Selma 3. Lorne Parks,
Fremont 4. David Craig, Ottumwa
1st
B-Main – 1. Dennis Snakenburg, Eldon 2. Andy Davis, Douds 3. Jeff Larson, New
Hampton
2nd
B-Main – 1. Tommy Lathrop, Ottumwa 2. Steve Baskett, Ottumwa 3. Rod Miller,
Eldon
A-Main – 1. Johnson 2. Parks 3. Griffiths 4. Tursic 5. Vass 6. Hess 7. Kaller 8. Davis 9. Shelton 10. Miller 11. Craig 12. Schlicher 13. Larson 14. Bobby Greene, Tracy 15. Theresa White, Selma 16. Baskett 17. Lathrop 18. Dooley 19. Anderson 20. Walker 21. Metcalf 22. Orwig 23. Hughes 24. Snakenburg
Following are my comments from the Back Stretch for both the Blue Grass and Eldon events.
On Tuesday night it was the 14th Annual Iowa Governor’s Cup at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass and, despite a mass of steady rain marching east from western Iowa, a large crowd enjoyed a dry night of racing featuring a solid field of cars. In fact it was a one-night record for the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure as 45 Modifieds and 43 Hobby Stocks checked into the pit area. The twenty-car Modified feature was filled from top to bottom with potential feature winners with Rich Smith prevailing. Sam Davis marched up from the sixth row to finish second and may have been able to improve that spot by one more with a few more laps. The story-line was similar in the Late Model feature where Gary Webb made a nifty third-to-first move around Doug Nigh and Jason Bahrs early on, but then had to hold off a late charge from Randy Wages to take the win. In Hobby Stock action, it was Dewayne Stropes all the way as he dominated the solid field of twenty.
Thursday night was the NKF Tour event at the Eldon Raceway. The eighth event on the 1999 NKF Tour schedule and the FIRST one to be run on a day where there was no rain in the forecast! What a change for me, I didn’t have to even check the radar once. However, from the way it looks for Cresco’s event (scheduled for yesterday), Mother Nature will not be making it two in a row. Another great field of cars turned out for this one with forty-three Hobby Stocks and twenty-seven Modifieds. The racing action was hot all night, but unfortunately it was peppered with some wild accidents as well. Glen Ridgway took a wild tumble in his Modified during a heat race, David Cook went over about five times down the backstretch in a Hobby Stock B-main and Mike Hughes nearly left the ballpark in turn one of the Hobby Stock feature. Thankfully, all drivers escaped uninjured. Troy Folkerts moved by early leader Corey Dripps, and then held off current Tour point leader, and his brother, Tim Folkerts for the Modified feature win, while Kenny Johnson dominated the Hobby Stock field for his second Tour win and a spot at the top of the NKF Hobby Stock points. It was great to work with the Durian’s and their crew at both Osky and Eldon
The weather cooperated nicely for our return trip to The Mighty Howard County Fair in Cresco and yes, Tom Barnes was once again the first to book this race into the 1999 schedule.
Hanford and Vsetecka Top NKF Tour Thrillers At Cresco
Cresco, IA – Early morning showers yielded to sunny skies producing a great race track Wednesday night as the Toyota National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure visited the Mighty Howard County Fair in Cresco. Bruce Hanford of Davenport captured his first career NKF Tour Modified feature win while Charles City driver Jeff Vsetecka accomplished the same feat in the Hobby Stocks.
Pole-sitter Mike Jones paced the first two lap of the 15-lap Hobby Stock main event before yielding to Vsetecka on lap three. Ryan Smith was the man on the move after starting in the twelfth position, he moved in to challenge for the lead over the final three circuits. Vsetecka and Smith took the white flag in a dead heat, but Vsetecka was able to use the cushion in turns one and two to re-establish his lead and take the victory. Smith was a close second, followed by Brian Losen who made a late charge from his fifth row start. Jones and Jason Rohde completed the top five.
The Modified feature was a non-stop twenty-lap thriller with outside pole-sitter Brian Bronner snaring the lead at the outset. Vern Jackson and Bruce Hanford both raced to the front quickly from the third row and began to apply the pressure to Bronner for the lead. The young Lime Springs driver kept his cool and fought off several challenges from the veterans until late in the race. Lapped traffic presented an opportunity for Hanford to dive to the inside of Bronner in turn three for the lead with just two laps to go. Bronner tried to comeback on the final lap, but Hanford worked the traffic like a pro and held on for the victory. Bronner and Jackson were next in line with Dan Bohr and Jack Mitchell closing fast in fourth and fifth.
The NKF Tour Modifieds will next be in action on Wednesday, June 30th, at the Butler County Speedway in Allison and both the NKF Tour divisions will be at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Thursday night, July 1st.
Results
Toyota NKF Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Max Dunlap, Zearing 2. Kyle Chiglo, Rushford MN 3. Larry Schmidt, New
Hampton 4. Kevin Hoehne, Westgate
2nd
Heat – 1. Bruce Hanford, Davenport 2. Brian Bronner, Lime Springs 3. Al Hejna,
Clear Lake 4. Chuck Stanton, New Hampton
3rd
Heat – 1. Vern Jackson, Waterloo 2. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 3. Dan Bohr,
Decorah 4. Ron Barker, Dubuque
4th
Heat – 1. Matt Girdley, Vincent 2. Jack Mitchell, Cedar Falls 3. Owen Grube,
Cambridge MN 4. Todd Suhr, New Hampton
1st
B-Main – 1. Stanton 2. Hoehne 3. Mike Hejna, Clear Lake 4. Dennis Fink,
Fairbank 5. Dennis Hillson, Blooming Prairie MN 6. Larry Grube, Cresco
2nd
B-Main – 1. Barker 2. Casey Schram, Sterling IL 3. Ken Hofner, St. Annes 4.
Suhr 5. Jason Weis, Rochester MN 6. David Brown, Kellogg
A-Main
– 1. Hanford 2. Bronner 3. Jackson 4. Bohr 5. Mitchell 6. Chiglo 7. A. Hejna 8.
Schmidt 9. Barker 10. O. Grube 11. Stanton 12. Schram 13. Hofner 14. M. Hejna
15. Dunlap 16. Hoehne 17. Brown 18. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton 19. Girdley 20.
Dripps
Toyota NKF Hobby Stocks
1st
Heat – 1. Mike Jones, Waukon 2. Jeff Larson, New Hampton 3. Ryan Smith, Greene
4. Rod Miller, Eldon
2nd
Heat – 1. Brian Losen, Ridgeway 2. Blaire Benzing, Waterville 3. Dan Hanselman,
Algona 4. Jason Rohde, Fayette
3rd
Heat – 1. Mel Tieskotter, Decorah 2. Lynn Panos, Protivin 3. Jeff Vsetecka,
Charles City 4. Tory Reicks, Waucoma
A-Main – 1. Vsetecka 2. Smith 3. Losen 4. Jones 5. Rohde 6. Panos 7. Reicks 8. Benzing 9. Rick Stockman, Preston MN 10. Miller 11. Tieskotter 12. Hanselman 13. Larson 14. Dave Mayer, Riceville 15. Nathan Ferrie, Cresco 16. Jason Schlangen, Cresco 17. Shawn Erickson, Cresco 18. Jay Schwamann, Fort Atkinson 19. Tim Gabel, New Hampton 20. Kenny Dotzler, Cresco
The
Mighty Howard County Fair had a mighty entertaining night of racing on
Wednesday night featuring the NKF Tour Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. Both
features went right down to the wire in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd
at the Cresco Speedway.
Four drivers had a shot at winning the Modified feature over the final three laps as things really tightened up behind a group of lapped cars racing for position. Bruce Hanford was able to slip past Brian Bronner with two laps to go and then held off the young driver from Lime Springs as well as hard chargers Vern Jackson and Dan Bohr to take the win. Hanford was very happy in victory lane saying, “finally I won one of these things”, while Bronner and his crew had one of those mixed emotion moods going on. They were very happy with their showing, but disappointed that it didn’t end up one spot better. Keep an eye on this young driver, he looks like a good one.
Ryan Smith of Greene made his first appearance at Cresco and raised plenty of eyebrows as he charged up from the sixth row to take the white flag side-by-side with leader Jeff Vsetecka. Smith had made up most of his ground in the high groove, but for the final lap he was on the bottom and Vsetecka was able to hold on for the win. It was an entertaining night of racing that took the checkered at 9:20 p.m. on a Wednesday night giving everybody a choice. They could either head for home and get a good night’s sleep before heading to a Thursday work day, or they could stick around and enjoy one of Iowa’s best county fairs. It was neat to overhear a Modified driver thanking promoter Tom Barnes for putting on such a good show afterwards in the pits, but it was even more meaningful when I realized that it was a driver who was unable to qualify for the main event. Thanks to everybody with the Cresco Speedway, we look forward to working with you again in 2000.
The June 30th event at Allison was originally scheduled to include both NKF Tour divisions, but earlier in June promoter Howard Mellinger decided to drop the Hobby Stocks. This then would been the first "Mod Only" event for the NKF Tour as they were to run in support of the NASCAR Busch All Star Tour, but after get through the qualifying events the feature was rained out.
Rain Washes Away NKF Tour Modified Feature At Allison
Allison, Iowa – Scattered thunderstorms skirted around the Butler County Speedway for most of the evening Monday night, but one solid downpour that came on lap twenty-four of the Late Model feature race was enough to end the racing action. The National Kidney Foundation Heartland Tour for a Cure Modified main event that was the last event on the night’s schedule was washed out and will not be rescheduled.
All twenty-four drivers who were qualified to start the Toyota NKF Tour event divided the feature purse, and the Tour points, equally.
The NKF Tour Modifieds will next be in action on Monday, July 12th, at the Farley Speedway, and Tuesday night, July 13th, at the Knoxville Raceway in support of the UMP SummerNationals.
Results
Toyota NKF
Modifieds
1st
Heat – 1. Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids 2. Todd Suhr, New Hampton 3. Vern Jackson,
Waterloo 4. Bret Frieden, Walford
2nd
Heat – 1. Jack Mitchell, Cedar Falls 2. Kelly Shryock, Story City 3. Bruce
Hanford, Davenport 4. Scott Megonigle, Cedar Rapids
3rd
Heat – 1. Kevin Pittman, Waterloo 2. Rick Ehmen, Dike 3. Steve Droste, Waterloo
4. Troy Cordes, Cedar Falls
4th
Heat – 1. John Bull, Rock Island IL 2. Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls 3. Dan
Chapman, Clarence 4. Terry Johanns, Osage
B-Main
– 1. Jeremy Mills, Marathon 2. Rick Gustin, Marshalltown 3. Merlin Benning,
Waverly 4. Todd Ihde, Decorah 5. Ron Barker, Dubuque 6. Scott Hogan, Vinton 7.
Jed Hurst, Dubuque 8. Ed Thomas, Waterloo 9. Shawn Gray, Waterloo 10. Max
Dunlap, Zearing 11. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake 12. Kurt George, Charles City
13. Duane Peterson, Beaman 14. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton 15. Randy Less,
Hopkington 16. Brian Robinson, Waterloo 17. Jerry King, Waterloo
A-Main – Rained Out, Purse and Points Divided Equally Between Qualified Drivers
That completes the month of June with only six of the first ten events completed as the NKF Tour, and all of racing in the state of Iowa struggled with the weather. Stay tuned for Part Two of the Sophomore Season coming soon right here on the Back Stretch.
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