Speedweeks

Christine and I spent three nights in Florida last week just thirty six miles from one of my favorite tracks East Bay Raceway, but other than seeing a few fans in their racing shirts it was another vacation where I chose to stay on Clearwater Beach rather than fighting the Tampa traffic that usually makes that nearly a two hour trip at times. Besides, with a subscription to Dirt On Dirt I can still watch all of the heats and the feature from each night for the Late Models only program that was on the schedule that weekend. Nine years from now, hopefully, when I am retired I will actually go to the track during Speedweeks when we can stay in the sunshine state for more than just three nights.

Our return trip was an adventure with an ice storm going on at home so rather than taking the last leg of our canceled flight to Moline we instead rented a car and drove eleven hours overnight from Detroit in order to be at work on Tuesday morning. If we had stuck with the flight that we had been re-booked on we would not have made it home until Wednesday evening. When we did make it home I noticed that our Tivo box had been knocked out by an attempted update from Mediacom and I am thrilled to report that the earliest that it can be replaced is March 5th. Now that is customer service at its finest! Don't even get me started on their automated text service that is absolutely useless. Molli, I hate you!

Yes, I was still able to watch television by by-passing the Tivo box, but that means that I had no DVR service. Believe me you don't realize how much you hate watching commercials until you lose your DVR! And, even worse, you realize how boring it is to watch NASCAR from Daytona without a DVR as usually I can just speed through the single-file parade around the top until the drivers get all stupid and start wrecking each other like money grows on trees.

I will admit that I watched only the end of the truck race and I obviously missed the majority of this demolition derby as there were only ten trucks still on the track for the final restart. That could not have been good on the budgets of the other twenty-two teams. The Xfinity race was a yawner as they all lined up single file for the majority of the final stage with only drivers who were fifth on back even making an effort to make a pass over the final forty laps. It worked out well for Des Moines native Michael Annett though who picked up his first career win in NASCAR and his second victory at Daytona as he won the ARCA race here in 2008.

The win continued a successful weekend for the Annett family. Michael's father is Harrold Annett the CEO of TMC Transportation the sponsor on the hood of young Sammy Smith's Pro Late Model who won the Friday night main event during the World Series of Asphalt Racing at the New Smyrna Speedway just down the road from Daytona. Smith, who is from Johnston, Iowa, has been running Legend Cars on pavement prior to hopping into the Pro Late Model for Speedweeks.

The racing in the 500 was actually much better than expected only going single file around the top with twenty laps remaining before a caution bunched them all back up. After that all hell broke loose as first Paul Menard spun a surprisingly strong Matthew DiBendetto then Clint Bowyer and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. triggered big incidents making those last twenty laps take nearly two hours to complete. During the first red flag I received a call from Mediacom with a recorded message telling me that all I had to do now was to unplug my Tivo box and let it recycle and, just like that, I was able to watch the end of the race in glorious high definition!

Daytona it seems has a way of having a storybook ending and in the past I have heard NASCAR accused of putting in the fix to achieve that. I sure as heck hope that nobody tries to make that claim this time as Joe Gibbs Racing finished one, two and three with Denny Hamlin taking the win while racing in memory of J.D. Gibbs who passed away just a month ago. I would never consider myself to be a fan of Hamlin, but I was happy to see him in victory lane on this day and to listen to the Coach as he was interviewed while making his way to victory lane. Truly inspirational.

Taking a look around the short tracks.....

In Late Model action it was all Tyler Erb to start Speedweeks winning three of the first four events as the new driver for the Best Motorsports team. Then Jonathan Davenport got hot winning three times, including both of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point races at East Bay, although Erb was the runner-up in all three of those features. And then it was Brandon Sheppard who closed out the sixteen day run by winning all four of the World of Outlaws series point races at Volusia. Only two of them counted toward the series point standings though as drivers were allowed to "throw out" their worst two finishes of the week, so B-Shepp throws out two wins.

Watching video affirms my belief that if you can only spend one week in Florida to watch Late Models you have a very clear choice. If you like speed you go to Volusia. If you like close racing you go to East Bay.

Daryn Pittman opened the World of Outlaws Sprint Car season in style driving the Roth Motorsports #83 to victory lane in both races at Volusia with the Sunday finale falling to rain. Christopher Bell showed his versatility by leaving Voluisa second in Outlaw points, although his focus then turned to his Xfinity Series ride, while Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz are tied for third. The Outlaws are back in action next weekend with two events in Texas.

The 360's closed out the Winter Nationals at East Bay Raceway on Saturday with twelve-time All Iowa Points champion Terry McCarl winning the Ronald Laney Memorial in his first week out with Destiny Motorsports. McCarl used a late restart to get past Mark Smith for the win and the $10,000 top prize as McCarl defended his title and won the race for the fourth time overall. One name that was new to me kept popping up near the top of the standings and that was New Jersey driver Dave Franek who won a USCS sanctioned race at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala ahead of Tony Stewart and Sam Hafertepe Jr.

There were no repeat winners in USAC Sprint Car action at Bubba as Chris Windowm, Justin Grant and C.J. Leary were each winners while in the Midgets it was all Sunshine in Florida as Tyler Courtney edged out Kevin Thomas Jr. in both events at Ocala.

Quincy, Illinois, hot shoe Michael Long won the UMP Modified opener at Voluisa as he switches over to a Rage Chassis in 2019, but he was then involved in a dust up between two other drivers the following night and his week was over. After that it was mostly Kyle Strickler and Nick Hoffman at the front with Hoffman once again winning the point title.

Back at New Smyrna in the Super Late Models Bubba Pollard won three times, but the finale, the Orange Blossom 100 went to New Hampshire's Derek Griffith. Open wheel star Logan Seavey used the week to train for his potential move to NASCAR posting a pair of top-five finishes along the way.

The Specials Calendar at Positively Racing will be updated soon and will now have over 1,100 events listed with the first one coming up next weekend at the Old No. 1 Speedway in northeast Arkansas. Our own Ed Reichert is planning on making the trip so if the weather cooperates you will be able to get Positively Racing coverage in One Fan's Travels. While working on the calendar this weekend I entered an event called the "Winter Nationals" that is scheduled for the final weekend in October. That would be the same thing as holding the "Fall Spectacular" during the final week of July.

As of right now my first race for 2019 will not be until mid-March and that is only if Mother Nature makes a big turnaround, something that I am not very optimistic about as I head out to clear off another round of snow.

The post Speedweeks Back Stretch Late Model Top 25 follows. Stay warm, racing is not too far away!

		The "Back Stretch"
		Dirt Late Model Points		Poll
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin IL	32.7
2	.	Tyler Erb	Magnolia TX	23.4
3	.	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville GA	17.4
4	.	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg TN	16.3
5	.	Earl Pearson Jr.	Jacksonville FL	14.9
6	.	Josh Richards	Shinnston WV	10.8
7	.	Brandon Overton	Appling GA	10.4
8	.	Don O'Neal	Martinsville IN	10.2
9	.	Ricky Weiss	Winnipeg MAN	9.5
10	.	Chase Junghans	Manhattan KS	8.5
11	.	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood IL	8.0
12	.	Chris Madden	Gray Court SC	7.2
13	.	Shane Clanton	Locust Grove GA	6.6
14	.	Brian Shirley	Chatham IL	6.0
15	.	Hudson O'Neal	Martinsville IN	6.0
16	.	Mike Marlar	Winfield TN	6.0
17	.	Darrell Lanigan	Union KY	5.4
18	.	Devin Moran	Dresden OH	4.8
19	.	Cade Dillard	Robeline LA	4.5
20	.	Dennis Erb Jr.	Carpentersville IL	4.2
21	.	Jason Hiett	Lincoln AL	3.3
22	.	Mark Whitener	Middleburg FL	3.0
23	.	Michael Page	Douglasville GA	3.0
24	.	Kyle Hardy	Stephens City VA	3.0
25	.	Tanner English	Benton KY	2.8

Coldest In Recorded History

Over the past twenty-four hours the temperatures here in the Midwest have challenged and, in many areas, have gone below the lowest temperatures ever recorded. Here in southeast Iowa we pushed 22 below zero and in the Quad Cities Channel 8 was saying that it had reached 32 degrees below zero this morning. This is simply amazing and I know that it was even worse for those of you who read the Back Stretch from northern Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Fortunately a big bounce back is now predicted over the next four days with temperatures in the 50's possible, but I will believe it when I see it.

With all of this cold air in the Midwest it is hard to believe that we are just a handful of weeks away from trying to start the 2019 racing season in the region and when the Webmistress uploads the next update there will be over 1,000 special events listed on the Specials Calendar at Positively Racing with more to come as several tracks in our coverage area have not yet released their dates. The specials calendar is traditionally our most popular item on the website so if you like it and use it, please make sure that your friends know where to find it as well.

Speedweeks in Georgia and Florida kicks off in earnest this weekend, but in case you missed it one of the ageless veterans of Sprint Car racing picked up the win last Friday night when the USCS 360 Sprint Cars were at the Hendry County Motorsports Park in Florida. Danny Smith held off Davie Franek to take the win with Tony Stewart third and the talented young lady Morgan Turpen finishing in the fourth sport. Sprint Car action takes flight this weekend with the All Stars at Bubba Raceway Park and as always their will be an interesting mix of drivers on the roster.

The Modifieds were the headliners last weekend as East Bay Raceway kicked off its Winter Nationals schedule. Floridians dominated the first three nights as two-time defending track champion Bryan Bernhardt won the opener before Kyle Bronson took the checkers the next two nights. In the finale though it was Lucas Lee from Paris, Tennessee, celebrating in victory lane. Burlington, Iowa, driver Bill Roberts Jr. was in action all four nights with his best showing being an eighth place run on the second night and other northerners in action included Kevin Adams, Gordy Gundaker, Curt Myers, Steve Meyer Jr., Gary Bentley, Brad DeYoung and Jayson Good. It used to be that the northern invaders had the advantage during Speedweeks, but that has definitely changed in the Modifieds as the Florida boys now defend their home turf in style. Bronson was the point champion over the four nights with Adams in second and local star Devin Dixon in third.

So off topic for a moment, but when you saw the pictures or perhaps this video a couple of weeks ago were you wondering why in the world that guy was beating a drum in the face of Joey Logano? I don't care what your political beliefs are, it is terrible how that whole thing got blown out of proportion and is proof that you can't believe what our so called news media tells you these days. From both sides!

If Joey would have been wearing his Pennzoil hat that would have never even made news, except for with Truex and Kenseth fans.

There was another instance of "just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should" this past weekend when the Sunday marathon known as the National 100 from East Alabama Speedway was shown live on Facebook. I ducked in and out a few times over a seven hour period and usually found cars circling the track under caution, or no action on the track at all. When I did get lucky and see some green flag racing it was pretty much follow the leader since the fast cars started in front of course. When I see a situation like this I still just shake my head and wonder, "now just how is this benefiting our sport?" The standard argument is that by seeing a track online someone will be more likely to go and buy a ticket to attend an event there in the future. Umm, nope. And since this was being provided for free, who actually benefits from this? No revenue for the track and no revenue for the video provider since I didn't notice any advertising, so to me all this did was to train people to stay at home and watch for additional "free racing" in the future. I don't get it, can someone please explain?

Coming up this weekend the first two nights of racing for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will be shown live on MavTV. Now that makes some sense because there will be commercials shown and I would assume that the track is going to get a cut of the revenue. What I am interested in seeing though is how the presence of live television effects the flow of the show for those fans who have purchased a ticket and are sitting in the stands. Let's just say that live TV has not been a friend when it comes to running an efficient show and the true barometer for me will come the following week when the Friday and Saturday shows at East Bay are shown live. In the past these races have been over as early as 9 p.m. Eastern time and rarely run past ten o'clock. And remember that later finish would be 9 p.m. for us here in the frozen north, so let's just see how it plays out.

The 2018 Awards Banquet for the Sprint Invaders was held this past Saturday night in Burlington and I was honored to serve as the emcee for the evening. Cody Wehrle celebrated his first series championship driving for Andy Huston and you couldn't ask for a kinder, more humble champion. I have known Cody's father Scott for nearly thirty years now as he raced in the old Pro Stock division at 34 Raceway when I announced there on a weekly basis and it has been a pleasure watching Cody grow up and become a champion. I have no doubt that he will continue to improve and don't be surprised if he defends his Sprint Invaders title and finds victory lane for the first time at Knoxville as well in 2019.

I enjoy working with the Sprint Invaders Association because it is like being a part of a big family that wants to go out each race night and put on the best Sprint Car racing possible. That family spirit was evidenced by the standing ovation given to John Greenwood as he was announced as a new inductee to the Sprint Invaders Hall of Fame. The veteran driver has been making the long pull from Woodward, Iowa, since the series started in the early 2000's and while the former IMCA Sprint Car Champion never won an Invaders race, he was often competitive and showed that family spirit throughout. Greenwood announced his retirement from driving at the end of the 2018 campaign, but you will still find him around the race tracks this coming season as he gets his son behind the wheel of a 305.

As of now the preliminary schedule for the Sprint Invaders looks pretty similar to 2018 except for the following. The Quincy event will move from September to Sunday April 14th and Lee County Speedway promoters Brian and Marcie Gaylord will add a third event to the schedule in Donnellson with an appearance during the oldest County Fair west of the Mississippi.

While at the banquet Saturday night I had an interesting conversation with an area promoter who has struggled to build his car count in one of his budget classes. We talked about the purse structure that the Fairbury American Legion Speedway uses for its Hobby Mod class, where all drivers are paid the same purse amount regardless of where they finish, and the theories behind it and he just might be motivated to give it a try in 2019. If it happens I told him that he can take all the credit if it works and his car count grows, or he can blame me if it bombs. Let's put it this way, the average car count would have to drop from six or seven in order to "bomb" so my chances of taking the blame are pretty small.

As I was working on the Special Events calendar this past weekend I noticed that the schedule for the Park Jefferson Speedway ended on July 27th. Now going through all of these tracks over the past few years I have seen a few occasions where for some reason the rest of the season's schedule had been truncated at a certain point and on all of those it was the same software that the track uses for their website. So, I sent an email to the track and sure enough they confirmed that the Season Championship event to be held on July 27th is the final race on the schedule for 2019 at this point. For you Sioux City area fans that are concerned about this, surely you noticed just how many races that they do have on the schedule between the opening weekend on April 12th and 13th and that final Saturday in July. Nineteen events are on the schedule including several special events so there will be no shortage of racing at Park Jeff.

AtoZ Promotions, the group that runs Park Jefferson, also announced recently that they will operate the Interstate Speedway that is literally just across the road from Park Jeff and they have yet to release a schedule for 2019. Who knows, maybe they will focus on August and September at the little bullring?

That's all for now, make sure that you check out Dirt On Dirt for full coverage of the Late Models during Speedweeks and check back here from time to time for more comments from the Back Stretch.

Chili Bowl Headlines and Other Notes From The Week

The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is truly an amazing event. In fact for the first time in 2019 there are now five qualifying nights to go along with Saturday's finale as more than 350 drivers did their best just to make the show.

Checking the results from the five qualifiers there really weren't any surprises as the top two finishers from each night locked themselves into the Championship feature. On Monday night it was young Logan Seavey, the driver who many feel will be the next Open Wheel prodigy to make his way into NASCAR taking the win over Brady Bacon. The reigning Knoxville Nationals champion Brad Sweet looked to have that runner-up finish sewed up until a late bobble allowed Bacon to sizzle by. Have to give a mention to Chapin, Illinois, driver Paul Nienheiser who finished ninth in the opener despite minimal experience in a midget.

Kyle Larson dominated Tuesday's action going flag-to-flag from the outside of row one while pole sitter Zach Daum chased him to the checkers. ASCS National Champ Sam Hafertepe Jr. was an impressive fifth despite his lack of experience in a midget and NASCAR Cup driver Alex Bowman finished ninth.

Crowd favorite Rico Abreu won from the front row on Wednesday night prompting victory lane announcer Blake Anderson to wear a Rico Mullet hat while on one knee to conduct the interview. World of Outlaw Sprint Car regular David Gravel earned the second transfer spot, so you can maybe rate that as a bit of a "surprise" although we all know that Gravel can mash the gas. Late Model driver Tim McCreadie, who is actually a past champion here at the Chili Bowl, finished in the sixth spot.

Christopher Bell was Thursday night's winner as he looks for his third straight Chili Bowl championship while Shane Golobic transferred in second. The name that caught my eye though was Josh Most as the Modified racer from Red Oak, Iowa, started 22nd and raced his way up to fifth at the checkers. Tracy Hines finished seventh after taking a big air tumble in his heat race and the new Competition Director for the World of Outlaws Late Model series, Casey Shuman was eighth.

Finally on Friday night, somebody other than a Keith Kunz Motorsports driver won a feature with Justin Grant taking the win over Tanner Thorson. NASCAR Cup competitor Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who is no stranger to Open Wheel racing by any means finished in fourth and Brad Loyet returned to racing for the first time since his terrible shop accident when a tire exploded and made the feature race but finished last, 24th.

When Christopher Bell out dueled Kyle Larson for the win at the Turkey Night Grand Prix in California in November a few people made the assertion that Bell was in Larson's head. That's absurd I thought at the time, this is Kyle Larson. He is the driver who intimidates others with just his presence, not the other way around, but after watching the final lap of last night's Chili Bowl I think those "few people" might just be right! Larson had the race won, all he had to do was keep his car glued to the bottom as Bell had given up on the top. Christopher actually looked like he had resigned himself to running second, but when Larson missed his mark entering turn one, Bell snatched the gift and charged through the opening to take the lead. Kyle tried to squeeze back under Bell in the final set of turns even making a bit of contact, but wisely not enough to take them both out and just like that Bell had won his third straight Golden Driller by leading just that one most important lap. It will now be awhile before they meet on dirt again as both will now be on their way to Daytona for their full-time jobs.

We continue to build up our Special Events Calendar at Positively Racing as more schedules are released and there were a few items of interest this week.

Last week I mentioned the possibility that the Fair Board would take over the operation of the Dubuque Speedway in 2019, but that proved to be wrong when it was announced that Nick McCrady and Trackside Promotions would run the show at the high-banked 3/8th-mile oval next season. McCrady had a successful freshman year of promoting at the Maquoketa Speedway in 2018 and will now run two tracks this year.

And, speaking of Maquoketa, their schedule was released this week and included will be three Sunday afternoons of racing in October. Now for you young readers that might not seem like a big deal, but twenty or more years ago there wasn't a full schedule of racing going on every week in October. In fact, the only thing that you could count on at that time was for Verne Schumann to have his three Sunday afternoon specials at the old Hawkeye Raceway near Blue Grass. There was just something special about getting up on a Sunday, perhaps going to the early church service and then making the trip north with the fall foliage in full glory to watch some racing with a field of cars where you just never knew who might show up. Then you would be driving home with the sun just setting giving you its own version of Fall colors and be home in time to have a late dinner and get a full night of sleep before going back to work on Monday. I hope to revive those memories a time or two with a trip to Maquoketa next October.

As I was keying in the revised schedule at the Quincy Raceways I noticed two events for the Iowa Sprint Car League. A quick search of Facebook reveals that somebody is starting up a series for non-wing Sprint Cars with a schedule to be released soon.

Good news for race fans in the Sioux City area as they will not be losing a track with the announcement this week that the Raceway Park bull ring that sits just across the road from the Park Jefferson Speedway will continue to operate in 2019 with a new promoter and a new name, Interstate Speedway. Proof once again of my "Net Zero" theory. (Read through the archives if you are new to the Back Stretch)

Did you see the latest episode of Dirt Knights this week? Let's just say that it wasn't very complimentary of the Knoxville Raceway and its staff. Knoxville's 2019 schedule does not include its traditional July date for the Modifieds and Sport Mods and one has to wonder if that is the reason why the show was edited the way that it was. The 2018 event was run on the same night that the tornadoes hit in both Pella and Marshalltown which would explain the very small crowd that you see in the stands from the camera shots in the infield and I would guess that the bottom line from a financial standpoint did not look very good. It was the first one that I had missed for several years as we had a Sprint Invader race at Bloomfield that night that also somehow was able to be run despite the crazy weather and also drew a smaller than expected crowd.

As I watched the Knoxville episode I actually chuckled a few times when the drivers talked about how they were treated like "gum on the shoe" of the Knoxville officials because they were Modifieds and not Sprint Cars. What they don't realize is that is how ALL classes that race at Knoxville are handled.

The officials at Knoxville are strict, buttoned up and professional. I'll use the "we want to park together" situation that we saw on this episode as an example. The officials know that there are going to be 140 or more haulers that they will need to park in an orderly fashion so when you pull into the infield this isn't like other places where you go find an open spot that appeals to you and then set out three or four tires to save spots for your buddies who will be rolling in later. If you want to park together, you better wait for each other outside the track and then all come in together. And that still might not work out for you the way that you want. Why? Because if one of you has a big toterhome hauler and the other is on a small open flat bed trailer behind a pickup truck the Knoxville official is going to park the toterhome somewhere in the middle of the infield while the open trailer will be told to park up against the infield guardrail going down the backstretch and into turn three. And if you try to explain why you need to park together to him just remember that he has probably already heard the same argument ten times already tonight so don't be surprised if he uses a little colorful language with you because he still sees another fifty haulers in line and needs to get you moving.

Oh yes, and the reason why you don't get to park together is because by parking the haulers in this manner the fans in the stands will have a better chance of seeing the entire race track! I had the honor of working a full season at Knoxville in 1998 and before every race night we had an officials meeting at 4 p.m. It was not to discuss how we were going to treat the drivers like crap, it was to talk about how we were going to put on the best and safest program possible for both the drivers and the fans and I am confident that goal still runs true each race night at Knoxville whether it is Modifieds, Late Models, Sprint Cars or the annual Enduro that is on the schedule.

Todd Turner invited me to be a part of this week's Fast Talk segment at Dirt On Dirt. Check it out on Monday to see if my answers were good enough to make it to print! It might just be a one time thing, but I was honored to be asked. Turner, Michael Rigsby and the rest of the DoD team are living out my dream and I couldn't be happier for them.

Off topic a bit I saw a story this week where major league baseball players are concerned that potentially high salaried free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are still unsigned just weeks before Spring Training gets started. This is the second year in a row where free agency in baseball has not produced the huge contracts that were expected and I believe it is because the sport has finally hit that peak when it comes to salaries. Let's face it, the players can't just keep on making more and more money each year because eventually, to pay them, the cost of attending a game goes beyond the budget of the sport's fan base and now it looks like the owners are coming to that realization. If you think about it we have seen the same trend in NASCAR over the past few years as well.

Late Models have the weekend off this week as Speedweeks draw near and following is the Back Stretch Top 25 through the early season events.

		The "Back Stretch"
		Dirt Late Model Points		Poll
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood IL	9.6
2	.	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin IL	9.0
3	.	Ricky Weiss	Winnipeg MAN	7.8
4	.	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg TN	6.6
5	.	Brandon Overton	Appling GA	6.0
6	.	Cade Dillard	Robeline LA	5.4
7	.	Hudson O'Neal	Martinsville IN	3.6
8	.	Chase Junghans	Manhattan KS	3.0
9	.	Michael Page	Douglasville GA	3.0
10	.	Travis Pennington	Stapleton GA	3.0
11	.	Jimmy Elliott	Cleveland TN	2.4
12	.	Kyle Beard	Trumann AR	2.4
13	.	Mark Whitener	Middleburg FL	2.4
14	.	Ray Cook	Brasstown NC	2.4
15	.	Austin Horton	Grantsville GA	1.8
16	.	Chris Simpson	Marion IA	1.8
17	.	Jadon Frame		1.8
18	.	Jimmy Mars	Elk Mound WI	1.8
19	.	Jimmy Thomas	Phenix City AL	1.8
20	.	Cruz Skinner	Oxford AL	1.2
21	.	Dallas Cooper	Talladega AL	1.2
22	.	Mike Franklin		1.2
23	.	Earl Pearson Jr.	Jacksonville FL	0.6
24	.	Joseph Brown	Columbus GA	0.6
25	.	Shannon Davis		0.6
26	.	Will Herrington	Cochran GA	0.6

A Trip To Phoenix, But No Racing

It has been a few weeks since I have taken the time to write here on the Back Stretch and I am actually now killing time by doing so while on a flight to Phoenix to visit friends who have taken on the role of “snow birds”. The original plan was to pack a car with me and four other gentlemen who seldom if ever go to the races and go to one night of the Wild West Shootout, but when they figured out the FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway was on the total opposite end of the Phoenix metro area requiring nearly a two hour drive that plan was nixed. Oh well, at least I will get to spend a relaxing weekend with friends with sixty-five degree warmth rather than dealing with the snow that is coming at home. I will have another one of these “near miss” trips in February when my wife and I make are semi-annual beach trip to Clearwater the same week that the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series will be at the East Bay Raceway just less than an hour away. So close! But no racing for me until March in 2019.

Plenty of interesting news over the past few weeks……

When I saw that Casey Shuman would be the new Race Director for the World of Outlaws I thought that made sense until I noticed that it would for the Late Models. Shuman has spent his entire life around the Sprint Cars, most recently owning and operating the WAR non wing sprint car series that has had solid growth over the past two years, so it will be a whole new world for him with the Late Models. Shuman was at the opening weekend of the Wild West shootout to familiarize himself with his new job and the question I have now is who takes over the WAR series that has events scheduled at both Donnellson and Burlington in 2019?

The soap opera that is the Badlands Speedway continues as the news came out that Steve Rubin had agreed to purchase the track from Snidely Whiplash,  however a closer read of the press release reveals that to complete the transaction Rubin must first come up with enough investors to cover the insanely high price tag. This is equivalent to a hostage situation where Whiplash (Brennan) will end up a winner if Rubin is successful in raising the funds and the investors will then be faced with a very long window of success needed before they see a return on their money. I am sure that the race fans in the area are hoping that the deal will go through, but if it does, the villian gets his way.

With Brian Gaylord taking over as the promoter at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson the 2019 schedule has even more specials than ever before. I mentioned the WAR wingless Sprints earlier, plus the MOWA 410 Sprints and a third appearance by the Sprint Invaders have been added to a slate that still includes both a Spring and Fall Extravaganza and of course my favorite, Shiverfest. When the southeast Iowa track added the Crate Late Models a few years ago who would have guessed that this would have been the precursor to IMCA adding the Crate option for their Late Models? And now with 34 Raceway and Lee County both running sanctioned Late Models again we can only hope to see an increase in the car count in 2019.

I live in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, right around twenty miles from these two tracks that have each posted a very exciting schedule for 2019. Plus, just 35 miles up the road the CJ Speedway in Columbus Junction is going all in with their weekly Friday night program putting up one of the best all around purses that you will find outside of Fairbury. This race fan has no reason to complain about my location!

My Wednesday night destination, the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, is back again in 2019 with another “short” season of weekly racing that will start in early April and end during the Southern Iowa Fair in mid-July. I know that a few folks around Osky were a bit perturbed when former Race Director, and now the owner of the Stuart Speedway Mike Van Genderen announced that he would be moving the west central Iowa track to Wednesday nights as well in 2019, but I see that move as having litte to no effect on what we will see in Oskaloosa.

Two completely different types of tracks, Stuart being a small quarter while Osky is a big half and any drivers who did come to Osky from the Des Moines area on a regular basis last year are known to prefer the bigger track.

For Van Genderen the move seems to make perfect sense. Stuart had traditionally been a Sunday night track until the state fairgrounds closed up a couple of years ago and it was thought that a move to Friday nights would capture some of those drivers and fans. A look at the results from the past two years will show that did not happen so now instead of competing with Friday IMCA tracks in Denison and Marshalltown, Stuart can now pull in those drivers as well as some Boone cars who do not want to risk racing one night prior to their shangri-la. If anybody has a reason to be concerned it would be the fans in Alta although the only driver that might make the switch would be Shannon Anderson and that would likely be welcomed by the rest of the Hobby Stock competitors at BVR who spent every Wednesday night chasing the IMCA National Champion to the checkers.

Still to be answered are questions in regard to two of my favorite tracks in Davenport and Dubuque. It sounds like Bob Wagener will promote a couple of shows at West Liberty in 2019, but whether or not he returns to Davenport where he has promoted a solid Friday night weekly pogram for many years remains. A big drop off in the Late Model car count in 2018 seemed to be the only blemish as the rest of the show was solid and perhaps the new rules for the IMCA Late Models might be the boost that is needed to get the counts back up. 

In Dubuque it sounds as though the fair board will take over the promotion of the weekly racing with a Race Director to be named running the show. For me though it will be hard to pass up a trip to Vinton on a Sunday night where veteran promoter Mick Trier will reportedly be in his final season of putting on weekly racing at the Benton County Speedway. I have known Mick now for over forty years and while some of you may disagree with me, those will be some big shoes to fill in our sport as he is one of the best.

Wrapping this up now as we wait for our flight back to snowy Iowa and hopefully this delay will not stretch out any longer. It is bright and sunny here at PHX and just down the road the Wild West Shootout is getting set to wrap up its six race run. Bobby Pierce was the winner of the first three events and if not for a day race on Saturday and a flat right rear tire while leading that night he would have likely been five for five going into tonight's finale. Don't forget that you can watch live on Dirt On Dirt and for full Positively Racing coverage of the Wild West Shootout including the Modifieds and the X-Mods make sure that you check in with Ed Reichert's "One Fan's Travels".

Thanks for checking into the Back Stretch!

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The Drivers Who Were The Base Of The Modified Division

The Modified division as we know it here in the Midwest started with Keith Knaack's budget racing concept back in 1979 and it is a coincidence that this was also the first year that this wide eyed teenager started tracking the All Iowa Points. Following you will find the Cumulative All Iowa Points from 1979 through 1990 for the division showing you the drivers that established the base of what now is the largest class in dirt track racing today. And it all started right here in Iowa!

Note; During this time period a 20-point scale was used rather than today's 5-point scale. This list includes all drivers who earned at least 20 points in a single season over these twelve seasons.

		All Iowa Points	Modifieds	Total Points
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1979 - 1990
1	.	Dave Farren	Des Moines	5,016
2	.	Mike Schulte	Norway	4,973
3	.	Jack Lueth	Davenport	4,308
4	.	Merv Chandler	Cedar Rapids	4,086
5	.	Rich Smith	Davenport	3,551
6	.	Bruce Hanford	Davenport	3,425
7	.	Dennis Pittman	Jefferson	3,337
8	.	Todd Jensen	Waterloo	3,324
9	.	Gus Hughes	Monticello	3,142
10	.	Kelly Shryock	Fertile	3,045
11	.	Duane VanDeest	Grundy Center	3,013
12	.	Ron Becker	Norway	3,009
13	.	Larry Grafton	Des Moines	2,910
14	.	Kent Kaplan	Ankeny	2,895
15	.	Terry Ryan	Davenport	2,888
16	.	Glenn Woodard	Des Moines	2,885
17	.	Bill Davis	Des Moines	2,873
18	.	Dude Thompson	Huxley	2,873
19	.	Rick Wages	Moline IL	2,823
20	.	John Brumley	Iowa City	2,819
21	.	Jack Mitchell	Cedar Falls	2,674
22	.	Bob Dominacki	Bettendorf	2,634
23	.	Wayne Larson	Ames	2,610
24	.	Arlo Becker	Atkins	2,583
25	.	Danny Wallace	Des Moines	2,521
26	.	Steve Johnson	Low Moor	2,354
27	.	Jim Mettlin	Orion IL	2,329
28	.	Jack Miles	Des Moines	2,327
29	.	Steve Stinger	Cedar Rapids	2,311
30	.	Denny Banks	Washington	2,306
31	.	Ron Barker	Dubuque	2,290
32	.	John Irwin	Lost Nation	2,282
33	.	Ron Luitjens	Brewster MN	2,245
34	.	Tom Bartholomew	Waterloo	2,134
35	.	Gary Reinhart	Moline IL	2,085
36	.	Kevin Pittman	Waterloo	2,011
37	.	Tom Herbert	Silvis IL	1,972
38	.	Greg Kastli	Waterloo	1,961
39	.	Lynn Johnson	Cherokee	1,952
40	.	Dale Fischlein	Davenport	1,951
41	.	Dave Nutt	Fairmont MN	1,950
42	.	Steve Coe	Ames	1,929
43	.	Timm Jensen	Waterloo	1,915
44	.	Mark Noble	Blooming Prairie MN	1,891
45	.	Monte Ohrt	Tipton	1,889
46	.	John Durbin	Silvis IL	1,853
47	.	Skip Frey	Ely	1,841
48	.	Brad Dubil	Davenport	1,832
49	.	Arvid Borchers	Marshalltown	1,830
50	.	Shane Davis	Rock Island IL	1,813
51	.	Curt Flack	Jefferson	1,800
52	.	Bernie Juliar	Hudson	1,765
53	.	Randy Wages	Moline IL	1,751
54	.	Sonny Smyser	Lancaster MO	1,696
55	.	Tom Fitzpatrick	Gilbertville	1,693
56	.	J. Scott Smith	Davenport	1,691
57	.	Randy Schroeder	Sigourney	1,687
58	.	Rick Germar	Red Oak	1,685
59	.	Mike Frieden	Cedar Rapids	1,675
60	.	Tim Cooney	Corning	1,634
61	.	Rick Cox	Walcott	1,629
62	.	Roger Bruggeman	Dubuque	1,592
63	.	Buzz Wilson	Shenandoah	1,585
64	.	Mike Cothron	Moline IL	1,569
65	.	Bob Dlouhy	Tipton	1,565
66	.	Kendall Sather	Ankeny	1,555
67	.	Ryan Dolan	Lisbon	1,552
68	.	Mike Sampson	Evansdale	1,518
69	.	Mike Carlberg	Iowa Falls	1,469
70	.	Denny Anderson	Rochester MN	1,444
71	.	Jim Schmueker	Vinton	1,386
72	.	Gary Shumski	Fairmont MN	1,381
73	.	Kevin Tasler	Jefferson	1,377
74	.	Gary Bueter	Tipton	1,354
75	.	Mike Smith	Ellsworth	1,347
76	.	Sam Davis	Rock Island IL	1,344
77	.	Mike Hackbarth	Marion	1,336
78	.	Martin Bennett	Des Moines	1,318
79	.	Dave Doughty	Fort Dodge	1,313
80	.	Ray Cox Jr.	Walcott	1,249
81	.	Rob Conners	Pleasant Valley	1,242
82	.	Terry Walker	Riverside	1,229
83	.	Ron Hurst	Waterloo	1,206
84	.	Darryl Henderson	Ames	1,153
85	.	Craig Torgerson	Alden	1,134
86	.	Scott Nesteby	Dubuque	1,116
87	.	Jim Anderson	Des Moines	1,109
88	.	Dean Schroeder	Iowa Falls	1,099
89	.	Ed Thomas	Waterloo	1,095
90	.	Bob Weber	Burt	1,093
91	.	Mel Bates	Eldridge	1,091
92	.	Dave Hammond	Camanche	1,089
93	.	Denny Hovinga	Pocahontas	1,069
94	.	Harry Walker	Ainsworth	1,065
95	.	Jeff Walker	Davenport	1,060
96	.	Doug Hilson	Blooming Prairie MN	1,048
97	.	Tim Nesteby	Dubuque	1,043
98	.	Ron Pope	Mason City	1,034
99	.	Al Tordoff	Alden	1,023
100	.	Leland Bushong	Colona IL	1,000
101	.	Tim Folkerts	Albia	997
102	.	Ricky Stephan	S. Sioux City NE	995
103	.	Carl Severson	Dubuque	993
104	.	Bruce Sommerfield	Fort Dodge	981
105	.	Rick Ehman	Dike	978
106	.	Randy Krampe	Baxter	972
107	.	Larry Cook	Fort Dodge	971
108	.	Terry Peterson	Agency	962
109	.	Wayne Brau	Guernsey	958
110	.	L.Z. Coleman	Mt. Pleasant	957
111	.	Ron Bash	Stuart	957
112	.	Dan Chapman	Clarence	955
113	.	Craig Haupt	Sumner	941
114	.	Carl Albee	Grand Junction	939
115	.	Francis James	Stanton	938
116	.	Jeff Jones	Eldridge	931
117	.	Larry Koch	Dawson NE	912
118	.	Daron Slemp	Des Moines	909
119	.	Hank DeLonjay	Quincy IL	903
120	.	Brent Prior	Hillsdale IL	894
121	.	Jeff Ross	Ames	893
122	.	Scott Hill	Davenport	893
123	.	Dan DeMey	Denison	884
124	.	Don VanDerHeyden	Moline IL	884
125	.	Mike Krall	Waterloo	884
126	.	Larry Schmidt	New Hampton	878
127	.	Max Choate	Davenport	869
128	.	Darrall Brick	West Branch	862
129	.	Curt Beckler	Tiffin	840
130	.	Randy Winter	Winnebago MN	824
131	.	Jim Willert	Tipton	819
132	.	Bill Hull	Tarkio MO	814
133	.	Tom Gutowski	Omaha NE	812
134	.	Mike Jensen	Sioux City	810
135	.	Dennis Fink	Fairbank	809
136	.	Matt Fox	Paton	809
137	.	Wally Wagner	Sioux City	809
138	.	Tom White	Cedar Falls	807
139	.	Bob Bowser	Cedar Rapids	799
140	.	Larry Hiatt	New Market	799
141	.	Larry Engen	West Union	795
142	.	Darrell Harmening	East Moline IL	788
143	.	John Logue	Boone	780
144	.	Craig Shutt	Des Moines	774
145	.	Danny McKeighan	Council Bluffs	774
146	.	Rollie Hahn	Grand Mound	771
147	.	Carl Blum	LeClaire	763
148	.	Rick Hixson	Coal Valley IL	763
149	.	Kevin Larkins	Greenwood NE	748
150	.	Joe Schmit	St. Charles MN	746
151	.	Ron Little	Fairbank	737
152	.	Jeff Morris	Eldridge	732
153	.	Chuck Crimmins	Fort Dodge	731
154	.	Rex Nun	Lincoln NE	719
155	.	Joe College	Earlham	713
156	.	Brad Rowe	Sioux City	711
157	.	Kevin Kollofski	Fairmont MN	696
158	.	Scott VanBuskirk	Hedrick	695
159	.	Larry Satterfield	Brimfield IL	694
160	.	Hershel Roberts	East Moline IL	691
161	.	Ricky Joe Smith	Algona	691
162	.	Scott Williams	Davenport	680
163	.	Ken Kindelsperger	Moline IL	678
164	.	Randy Price	Davenport	677
165	.	Gary Zdan	Omaha NE	676
166	.	Don Benge	Selma	675
167	.	Bill Flegg	Omaha NE	674
168	.	Doug Peterson	Fairmont MN	669
169	.	Bob Schadt	Davenport	664
170	.	Ken Hoeppner	Waterloo	662
171	.	Tim Anderson	Dodge Center MN	662
172	.	Ernie Lilly	Morrison IL	658
173	.	Dave Venenga	Grundy Center	657
174	.	Wayne Young	Epworth	655
175	.	Denny Ansel	Dubuque	654
176	.	Rod Clement	Marshalltown	654
177	.	Terry Mattly	Coal Valley IL	631
178	.	Dereck Bartz	Fairmont MN	622
179	.	Greg Roorda	Mitchellville	620
180	.	Jeff Sillman	Greenwood NE	618
181	.	Dan Briggs	Ottumwa	617
182	.	Deon Turner	Waterloo	615
183	.	Dave Dresser	Ames	609
184	.	Roger Hadan Jr.	Omaha NE	607
185	.	Brian Efkamp	Perry	605
186	.	John Light	Wadena	595
187	.	Buddy Dederich	Davenport	594
188	.	Mike Meyer	Greenwood NE	592
189	.	Harold Odeen	Ely	591
190	.	Jim Gay	Omaha NE	586
191	.	Bud Pash	Onawa	582
192	.	Loren Reuter	Allen NE	582
193	.	Greg Subbert	Britt	579
194	.	Keith Knaack	Vinton	574
195	.	Bill Christman	Bronson	569
196	.	Max Leonard	Atkins	566
197	.	Doran Doty	Des Moines	557
198	.	Craig Lange	Slayton MN	550
199	.	John Neilson	Coon Rapids	549
200	.	Greg Seitz	Waterloo	548
201	.	Jeff Haines	Oskaloosa	542
202	.	Steve Rustman	Mankato MN	541
203	.	O.J. Gay	Omaha NE	538
204	.	Fred Darrah	Hiawatha	537
205	.	Terry Pruitt	Redfield	534
206	.	Mike Mauer	Janesville	533
207	.	Keith Strunk	Webster City	531
208	.	Joe Barnoske	Perry	530
209	.	Cole Seip	Sigourney	527
210	.	Denny Scheuermann	Jamaica	524
211	.	Johnny Spaw	Cedar Rapids	521
212	.	Bob Echelberger	Fort Dodge	520
213	.	Rick Weston	Red Oak	519
214	.	Bryan Housley	Davenport	518
215	.	Steve Boley	Davenport	517
216	.	Jim Sands	Waterloo	516
217	.	Dave Swarts	Cedar Falls	512
218	.	Rich Reichers	Platteville WI	512
219	.	Terry Skalberg	Red Oak	497
220	.	John Henecke	Cedar Rapids	494
221	.	Jim Burgess	Ottumwa	487
222	.	Doug Deterding	Lincoln NE	485
223	.	Kurt Larkins	Waverly NE	476
224	.	Ron Scheff	Hillsdale IL	459
225	.	Gary Baker	East Moline IL	457
226	.	Ross Krieger	Jefferson	457
227	.	Chuck Strube	Peoria IL	456
228	.	Dale Plack	Brimfield IL	455
229	.	Dave Earnest	Council Bluffs	454
230	.	Don Pangburn	Northwood	454
231	.	Dave Hackett	Sioux City	448
232	.	Terry Foote	Red Oak	448
233	.	Dan Jay	Centerville	433
234	.	Dick Barker	Dubuque	429
235	.	Dan Brown	Osco IL	425
236	.	Dave Bentley	Fairbank	415
237	.	Stan Slagle	Maryville MO	415
238	.	Gary Wilson	Bowling Green MO	414
239	.	Paul Chumos	Stuart	413
240	.	Randy Davison	Eldora	411
241	.	Denny McCaw	Marengo	409
242	.	Tom Egenberger	Des Moines	405
243	.	Darin Walker	Curryville MO	404
244	.	Mike Wheeler	Davenport	402
245	.	Bruce Ward	Fort Calhoun NE	401
246	.	Jim Richardson	Shenandoah	397
247	.	Mike Lueth	Davenport	395
248	.	Ted Beaman	Council Bluffs	394
249	.	Rik Gropp	Lincoln NE	390
250	.	Dave Erpelding	Algona	388
251	.	Dave Wilson	Kirkville	388
252	.	Jim Jorgenson	Omaha NE	387
253	.	R.D. Flaws	Johnston	381
254	.	Bob Fier	Davenport	379
255	.	Mike Murphy	Iowa City	377
256	.	Marty Hoffman	Grand Junction	376
257	.	Tim Pickens	Omaha NE	375
258	.	Mike Schneider	Dubuque	373
259	.	Dan Higdon	Vinton	370
260	.	Phil Anderson	East Moline IL	370
261	.	Bill Flannagan	Marion	364
262	.	Christina Davidson	Stuart	364
263	.	Rick Gustin	Des Moines	362
264	.	Joe Winkler	Webster City	360
265	.	Dan Ripley	Creston	359
266	.	Terry Shaw	Albia	359
267	.	Roy Pestka	Walker	354
268	.	Dan Guss	Moline IL	352
269	.	Ken DeGood	Hills	351
270	.	Al Wimer	Newhall	349
271	.	Louie Beatty	Sioux City	346
272	.	Steve Duffield	Bloomfield	345
273	.	Rob Wertz	Hiawatha	343
274	.	Kevin Davis	Shenandoah	338
275	.	Mickey Doren	Sioux City	338
276	.	Gary Goodier	S.Sioux City NE	337
277	.	George Derry	Earlham	336
278	.	Terry Schroeder	Sigourney	335
279	.	Jeff Mathes	Cedar Falls	333
280	.	Mike Gritton	Clarence	333
281	.	Roger Hadan	Omaha NE	332
282	.	Rick Oskerson	Fairmont MN	328
283	.	Dean McGee	Galesburg IL	324
284	.	Dearl Rose	Canton IL	323
285	.	Ron Karpisek	Wilbur NE	323
286	.	Kenny LeMay	Des Moines	322
287	.	Darrell McGee	Knoxville IL	321
288	.	Darrell Torgenson	Mankato MN	321
289	.	Ed DeLeeuw	Orange City	321
290	.	Bruce Current	Maquoketa	318
291	.	Al Bass	Fort Dodge	316
292	.	Bill Beckman	Monticello	314
293	.	Kevin Schroeder	Clinton	314
294	.	Steve Jackson	Des Moines	314
295	.	Todd Cooney	Des Moines	312
296	.	Bob Airhart	Stuart	304
297	.	Rodney Brandt	Hazelton	304
298	.	Tim Peterson	Corning	304
299	.	Howard Stinger	Cedar Rapids	303
300	.	Jerry Pilcher	Ottumwa	303
301	.	Marty Thompson	Mineral IL	301
302	.	Larry Pipes	Kirksville MO	297
303	.	Mike Cooper	North Sioux City	296
304	.	Steve Streeter	Bloomfield	294
305	.	Fred Remley	Stockton	293
306	.	Phil Penney	Percival	293
307	.	Rusty Glosser	Plattmouth NE	289
308	.	Butch Cole	Kewanee IL	287
309	.	Dave Warth	Danville	284
310	.	Ralph Riedesel	Paton	284
311	.	Brian Murray	Des Moines	281
312	.	Jim Cunningham	Garrison	279
313	.	Bob VanGorp	Des Moines	276
314	.	Gary Nolan	Dubuque	275
315	.	Bob Stogdell	Silvis IL	271
316	.	Jim Buhlman	Waterloo	269
317	.	Steve Hennies	Donnellson	269
318	.	Terry Meeks	Cedar Rapids	269
319	.	Rod Eighmy	Jefferson	268
320	.	Jon Passick	Waterloo	267
321	.	John Anderson	Lexington IL	265
322	.	Kevin Cale	Donnellson	265
323	.	Larry Druschel	Vinton	263
324	.	Todde Folkerts	Albia	261
325	.	D.J. Burke	Davenport	256
326	.	Jack Roth	Hazel Green WI	255
327	.	Bobby Sexton	West Branch	252
328	.	Russ Anderson	Sheffield	251
329	.	Daryl Turner	Columbia MO	249
330	.	Phil Nejdl	Cedar Rapids	243
331	.	Rick Bissell	Corning	243
332	.	Dean Wagner	Waterloo	242
333	.	Bob Helm	Andalusia IL	241
334	.	Denny Anton	Green Rock IL	241
335	.	Jim Williams	Hiawatha	240
336	.	Gary Neelans Jr.	Waterloo	237
337	.	Terry Rachels	Riverside	237
338	.	Harold Linn	Tipton	230
339	.	Jack Hunter	Bagley	229
340	.	Bernie Frieden	Norway	228
341	.	Steve Ruepke	Russell	228
342	.	Daryl Brau	Guernsey	227
343	.	Curt Hutchens	Jefferson	226
344	.	Bob Scotton	Davenport	225
345	.	Paul Carr	Ottumwa	225
346	.	Ross Simpson	Lytton	223
347	.	Craig Cooper	Stuart	222
348	.	Leon Zeitner	Omaha NE	222
349	.	Rick Clemons	Vinton	222
350	.	Eldon Newberry	North Liberty	221
351	.	Rob Toland	Hillsdale IL	220
352	.	Alan Oppendike	Silvis IL	216
353	.	Kim Spees	Selma	215
354	.	Sammy Baugh	Grand Junction	215
355	.	Terry Zieman	Mason City	213
356	.	Walt Hickey	Cedar Rapids	213
357	.	Roger Rusch	Schleswig	212
358	.	Mark Kohn	Dubuque	211
359	.	Tony Askamit	Fremont NE	211
360	.	Bill Shipman	Oskaloosa	210
361	.	Curtis Roster	Vinton	210
362	.	Stan Parker	Silvis IL	210
363	.	Jerry Conners	Pleasant Valley	208
364	.	Randy Coghlan	Toddville	207
365	.	Harv Patterson	Northwood	206
366	.	Jeff Schmidt	Davenport	206
367	.	Steve Lawson	Ames	204
368	.	Chuck Carter	Quincy IL	201
369	.	John Westcott	Omaha NE	199
370	.	Merlin Benning	Waverly	199
371	.	Wendell Vass	Parkersburg	199
372	.	Andy Humphrey	Des Moines	197
373	.	Denny Hegdahl	Marshalltown	196
374	.	Chuck Ragan	Eagle Lake MN	194
375	.	Mark Zimmerman	Cleveland MN	194
376	.	Russ Olson	Cedar Rapids	194
377	.	Larry Hanna	Batavia	192
378	.	Randy Smith	Davenport	191
379	.	John Pletcher	Britt	190
380	.	Lonnie Johnson	Doon	190
381	.	Don Gosch	Jackson MN	189
382	.	Bruce VanGorden	Dubuque	187
383	.	Mike Kaller	Ottumwa	187
384	.	Rex Merritt	Billings MO	187
385	.	Mike Fowler	Omaha NE	185
386	.	Sonny Bain	Ottumwa	183
387	.	Danny Helm	Milan IL	182
388	.	Terry Meyers	Quincy IL	182
389	.	Ray Kinnetz	Webster City	181
390	.	Mike Isder	Estherville	180
391	.	Carlan Peters	Glidden	179
392	.	Dan Gallant	Clinton	179
393	.	Darrell Taylor	Onslow	179
394	.	Tim Gould	Galesburg IL	179
395	.	Wayne Struchen	Marion	178
396	.	Randy Briggs	Kansas City KS	176
397	.	Ron Ites	Iowa Falls	174
398	.	Denny Swieter	Hampton	173
399	.	Monte Pringle	Fort Dodge	172
400	.	Mike Parsons	New London MO	171
401	.	Wendell Folkerts	Albia	171
402	.	Bob Thompson	Des Moines	170
403	.	Brian Echelberger	Fort Dodge	170
404	.	Dan Garland	Sterling IL	166
405	.	Dick Lewis	Agency	166
406	.	Kenny Nichols	Jesup	166
407	.	Tony Norem	Jordan MN	166
408	.	Denny Rosenberg	Grimes	165
409	.	Kevin Blum	LeClaire	165
410	.	Daryl Stout	Vinton	164
411	.	Troy Louks	Laurel	164
412	.	John Nicholson	Omaha NE	162
413	.	Terry Hawk	Omaha NE	162
414	.	Rocky Fosdyck	Selma	161
415	.	Bob Ostercamp	Sac City	160
416	.	Dick Covington	Vinton	160
417	.	Tim Pritchett	Omaha NE	160
418	.	Todd Patterson	Northwood	159
419	.	Steve Chudomelka	Fremont NE	158
420	.	Craig Stevens	Des Moines	157
421	.	Rich Steadman	Hiawatha	157
422	.	Jim Phares	Bettendorf	156
423	.	John Slinkard	Omaha NE	155
424	.	Dan Drury	Eldora	154
425	.	Marty Guilfoyle	Bettendorf	154
426	.	Mike Saner	Ottumwa	154
427	.	Rick Lloyd	Cleveland MN	154
428	.	Dan Smithburg	Fairfield	153
429	.	Bill Davis Jr.	Des Moines	152
430	.	Ken Davidson	Stuart	152
431	.	Rick Metzger	Omaha NE	152
432	.	Ron Jones	Zimmerman MN	150
433	.	Rich Baker	Dows	149
434	.	Rich Phillips	Fulton IL	149
435	.	Rick Brinkema	Waterloo	149
436	.	Mike Wilson	Kirkville	148
437	.	Chris Reynolds	Colona IL	147
438	.	Tim Bloomquist	Austin MN	147
439	.	Judy Hickey	Fairfax	146
440	.	Jay McCubbin	Laurel	145
441	.	Mike Halligan	Grand Junction	145
442	.	Mike Wilson	Orion IL	144
443	.	Steve Hatcher	Cedar Falls	144
444	.	Tom Ahrens	Davenport	144
445	.	Cletus Blackwell	Eolia MO	143
446	.	Richard Westhoff	Fairfield	143
447	.	Tim Merical	Brooklyn	143
448	.	Bart Hise	Lincoln NE	142
449	.	Dan Thorsbakken	Gretna NE	142
450	.	Dennis Guillaume	Sioux City	142
451	.	Jerry Warner	LaVista NE	141
452	.	Ryan Fierge	Quincy IL	141
453	.	John Richardson	Perry MO	140
454	.	Roger Swick	Tipton	140
455	.	Jerry Wicks	Clarinda	139
456	.	John Bull	Rock Island IL	138
457	.	Kevin Wolfe	Omaha NE	138
458	.	Marc Dover	Papillion NE	138
459	.	Steve Lance Jr.	Cuba IL	137
460	.	Bob Utley	LeClaire	136
461	.	Jack Pullin	Independence	136
462	.	Jeff Wangsness	Des Moines	136
463	.	Mike Williams	Cedar Rapids	136
464	.	Richard Ronk	Council Bluffs	135
465	.	Mike Garland	Morrison IL	133
466	.	Dave Kroon	Steen MN	132
467	.	Jon Schwartz	Omaha NE	132
468	.	Ron Weedon Jr.	Pleasant Valley	132
469	.	Dave Marks	Ottumwa	131
470	.	Ron Beckstrom	Hornick	130
471	.	Matt Cornelius	Boone	129
472	.	Garry Stuber	Waterloo	128
473	.	Ron Boelts	Wellsburg	127
474	.	Rick Langguth	Walker	126
475	.	Bob Fox	Davenport	124
476	.	Charles Clark	LeMars	124
477	.	Curt Zuhlke	Bancroft NE	124
478	.	J.L. Cooper	Claycomo MO	124
479	.	Ken Raabe	Davenport	124
480	.	Scott May	Peoria IL	124
481	.	Tim Lohmeyer	Quincy IL	124
482	.	Mark Wytaske	Austin MN	123
483	.	Mike Bowen	Quincy IL	123
484	.	Russ Caquelin	Woolstock	123
485	.	Brett McGill	Independence	122
486	.	Dean Peck	North Sioux City	122
487	.	Ken Thompson	Des Moines	122
488	.	Sean Rupp	Dubuque	122
489	.	Todd Johnson	Des Moines	122
490	.	David Lewis	Ravenwood MO	121
491	.	James Morin	Omaha NE	121
492	.	Jeff Miller	Davenport	121
493	.	Jim Peterson Jr.	Moline IL	121
494	.	Les McLaughlin	Eldon	121
495	.	Bill Roloff	Bennett	120
496	.	Don Weyhrich	Norfolk NE	119
497	.	Donnie McClellan	Grant City MO	119
498	.	Mike Meyer	Carter Lake	119
499	.	Ron Millage	East Moline IL	119
500	.	Marlin VanKlompenberg	Maurice	118
501	.	Mike Becker	Atkins	117
502	.	Bill Olson	Grinnell	116
503	.	Doug Robison	Brandon	116
504	.	Tom Spagnola	Des Moines	116
505	.	Dick Feckers	Rowley	115
506	.	Jim Conners	Lynden WI	114
507	.	Jim Riedl	Dubuque	114
508	.	Steve Beatty	Sioux City	113
509	.	Steve Kramer	Walthill NE	113
510	.	Earl Muilenburg	Sparta MO	112
511	.	Jack Byers	Spencer	111
512	.	Dave Burrell	Traer	109
513	.	Larry Foote	Stanton	109
514	.	Mel Rice	Muscatine	108
515	.	Rob Nelles	Davenport	108
516	.	Mike Busch	Indianola	107
517	.	Reed Vass	Eldon	107
518	.	Dave Botts	Marshalltown	106
519	.	Hal Russell	Blue Grass	106
520	.	Richard Paplow	Lakefield MN	106
521	.	Bob Morefield	Edwards IL	105
522	.	Cliff Tague	Sioux City	105
523	.	Mike Chatleain		105
524	.	Ron Schroeder	Guttenburg	104
525	.	Dave Henry	St. Peters MO	103
526	.	Dennis Lovejoy	Waterloo	103
527	.	Jerry Dixon	Webster City	103
528	.	Kenny Pint	Independence	103
529	.	Chuck Witcher	Cedar Rapids	102
530	.	George Reeh	Missouri Valley	102
531	.	Jim Brown	Hannibal MO	102
532	.	Roger Selman	Bellevue NE	102
533	.	Tim Mortenson	Kamrar	102
534	.	Robben Franklin	Eldon	101
535	.	Bobby Layne	Kansas City MO	100
536	.	Dave Cook	Rock Island IL	100
537	.	Mary Koester	Waterloo	100
538	.	Stan Camp	Trivoli IL	100
539	.	Eddy Peel	Davenport	99
540	.	Kevin Hanson		99
541	.	Jamie Archibald	Brimfield IL	98
542	.	Jim Goodwin	Silvis IL	98
543	.	Lynn Frohlich	Coon Rapids	98
544	.	Bob Shryock	Estherville	96
545	.	Lynn Monroe	Memphis MO	96
546	.	Robert Crump	Peoria IL	96
547	.	Roger Dolan	Lisbon	96
548	.	Tim Marsden	Hillsdale IL	96
549	.	Pete Rasmussen	Irwin	95
550	.	Phil Barkdoll	Garrison	95
551	.	Sean Tyson	Council Bluffs	95
552	.	Gene Abernathy	Brandon	93
553	.	Steve Borts	Ames	93
554	.	Vic Frey	Waterloo	93
555	.	A.J. Cooper	Claycomo MO	92
556	.	Chuck Anderson	LeGrand	92
557	.	Mel Hooper	Princeton IL	91
558	.	Scott Styskal	David City NE	91
559	.	Tony Warner	Quincy IL	91
560	.	Mike Swarts	New Hartford	90
561	.	Tim Erpelding	Algona	90
562	.	Bryan Nevins	Des Moines	89
563	.	Chip Thompson	Des Moines	89
564	.	Scott Avery	Casey	89
565	.	Bob Newman	Rock Falls IL	88
566	.	George Hall	Peoria IL	88
567	.	Kevin Goben	Sherrard IL	88
568	.	Tom Klabunde	Omaha NE	88
569	.	Bill Hudson Jr.	Oskaloosa	87
570	.	Dwayne Hartz	DeWitt	87
571	.	Kevin Litchfield	Rio IL	86
572	.	Terry Buenting	Fort Dodge	86
573	.	Dave Newcomb	Waterloo	85
574	.	Dave Wheeler	Davenport	85
575	.	Jerry Mull	Cedar Rapids	85
576	.	Ron Kruger	West Union	85
577	.	Don Chatleain		84
578	.	Ed Callan	Cedar Rapids	84
579	.	Joe Dumer	Cedar Falls	84
580	.	Ken Voss	Milan IL	84
581	.	Arnie Mathiason	Sioux City	83
582	.	Doug Smith	Marshalltown	83
583	.	Robert Avery	Des Moines	83
584	.	Tony Kuntz	Washington	83
585	.	Terry Pettit	Story City	82
586	.	Dale Radloff	Garnavillo	81
587	.	Dan Eads	Maquoketa	81
588	.	Dave Stricker	Cedar Falls	81
589	.	Ken Eckhoff	LaVista NE	81
590	.	Richard Adams	Evansdale	81
591	.	John Simenenc	Rock Island IL	80
592	.	John Scherer	Davenport	79
593	.	Steve Auringer	Waterloo	79
594	.	Charlie Beeler	Des Moines	78
595	.	Dane Steiner	Dubuque	78
596	.	Merle Manning	Eldora	78
597	.	T.J. Bolen	Peoria IL	78
598	.	Scott Jorpeland	Marshalltown	77
599	.	Bob Elgin	Indianola	76
600	.	Brad Peltz	Maryville MO	75
601	.	Dave Kramer	Atkins	75
602	.	Lon Schluetter	Atlantic	75
603	.	Bill Zwanziger	Waterloo	74
604	.	Troy Folkerts	Albia	74
605	.	Bob Perry	Maquoketa	73
606	.	Dick Woolley	Wilton	73
607	.	Jim Dahle	Hayfield MN	73
608	.	Darrel Norton	Moline IL	71
609	.	John O'Neal	Kansas City MO	71
610	.	Randy Frush	Jesup	71
611	.	Tom Brown	Raymond	71
612	.	Jeff Wendt	Winnebago MN	70
613	.	Larry Frederickson	Sabula	70
614	.	Rick Schumann	Davenport	70
615	.	Ben Cunningham	Dunkerton	69
616	.	Denny Schwartz	Ashmore IL	69
617	.	Chuck Pelley	Wheatland	68
618	.	Gary Winters	Rockwell	68
619	.	Tom Pestka	Preston	68
620	.	Curt Rumley		67
621	.	Gale Card		67
622	.	Joe Baker	Omaha NE	67
623	.	Mike Whaley	Des Moines	67
624	.	Bart Miller	Clarence	66
625	.	Brian Wells		66
626	.	Cliff Garwood	Moline IL	66
627	.	Jeff Martin	Kansas IL	66
628	.	Leroy Koster	S. Sioux City NE	66
629	.	Bob Kinsella	Dubuque	65
630	.	Jim Cotton	Dexter	65
631	.	Brian Gade	Clarence	63
632	.	Dan Powers	LeClaire	63
633	.	James Baumli	Maryville MO	63
634	.	Roger Moser	Auxvasse MO	63
635	.	Butch Kemp	Galesburg IL	62
636	.	Matt Grant	Davenport	62
637	.	Randy Dumer	Cedar Falls	62
638	.	Steve Hendryx	Mount Auburn	62
639	.	Smoe Prymek	Oxford	61
640	.	Doug Dzuris	Jefferson	60
641	.	Terry Nath	Omaha NE	60
642	.	Terry Pichon	Danville IL	60
643	.	Bill Stepanek	Cedar Rapids	59
644	.	Brian Perdue	Council Bluffs	59
645	.	Dave Dvorak	Ridgeway	59
646	.	Doug Follett	Jefferson	59
647	.	Denny Bjonfald	St. Paul MN	58
648	.	Ed Flattery	Albia	58
649	.	Richard Doss Jr.	Reynolds IL	58
650	.	Steve Burrow	Davenport	58
651	.	Terry Jamison	Lisbon	58
652	.	Todd Wolfe	Farley	58
653	.	Dave Blankenship	Story City	57
654	.	Augie Lanning	Gowrie	56
655	.	Dale Lueth	Davenport	56
656	.	Eric Gaffney	Bartonville IL	56
657	.	Gary Kaune	Waterloo	56
658	.	Larry Ohrt	Westboro MO	56
659	.	Stan Vervynck	Kewanee IL	56
660	.	David Novotney	Cedar Rapids	55
661	.	Dennis Schaff	Omaha NE	55
662	.	Terry Hirst	Moline IL	55
663	.	E.D. Martin	Wilber NE	54
664	.	Ron Gough	Perry MO	54
665	.	Sharon Mueller	Epworth	54
666	.	Terry Daniels	Webster City	54
667	.	Bob Sarver	Colona IL	53
668	.	Jim Richert	Springfield MN	53
669	.	John McLaughlin	Dubuque	53
670	.	Rowland Blythe	Ashland MO	53
671	.	Dave Borchers	Davenport	52
672	.	Gale Havelone	Pleasant Hill	52
673	.	Dan Fellman	Davenport	51
674	.	Dan Nesteby	Waterloo	51
675	.	Donnie Zweifel	Mantorville MN	51
676	.	Gene Emery	Coon Rapids	51
677	.	Kirk Glasgow	Eldon	51
678	.	Leonard Hamlin	LaPlata MO	51
679	.	Bob McCloud	Council Bluffs	50
680	.	Dan Cook	Luverne MN	50
681	.	Dave Blixt	Rock Falls IL	50
682	.	Kim Flohrs	Trimont MN	50
683	.	Bob Hayes	Ottumwa	49
684	.	Bob Sutherland	Sheffield	49
685	.	Bruce Hascall	Red Oak	49
686	.	Don Wharton	Central City	49
687	.	Kevin Anderson	Boone	49
688	.	Steve Mettlin	Cambridge IL	49
689	.	Todd Mangold	Manchester	49
690	.	Andy Dorothy	Keosaqua	48
691	.	Bob Henry	Cedar Rapids	48
692	.	Jack Anderson	Omaha NE	48
693	.	Kevin Denton	Freeport IL	48
694	.	Ralph Hall	Quincy IL	48
695	.	Bill Davis	Prescott	47
696	.	Buz Kaster	Kansas City MO	47
697	.	Chad Muecke	Slayton MN	47
698	.	George Garwood	Vinton	47
699	.	Jim Meyer	Carroll	47
700	.	Kevin Vorwald	West Union	47
701	.	Ron Godwin	Redfield	47
702	.	Stan Mogenson	Lincoln NE	47
703	.	Troy Bruder	Rock Falls IL	47
704	.	Bugsy Vincent	Nevada	46
705	.	Dan Simpson	Princeville IL	46
706	.	Gary Crawford	Independence	46
707	.	Jeff Hoffman	Ottumwa	46
708	.	John Shotts	Galesburg IL	46
709	.	Rich Lewerke	Garner	46
710	.	Tim Hamburg	Dixon IL	46
711	.	Cliff Powell Jr.	Hannibal MO	45
712	.	Dick Hatfield	Ottumwa	45
713	.	Steve Krug	Vinton	45
714	.	Kevin Wells	Big Rock	44
715	.	Rick Howell	Vinton	44
716	.	Steve Gillham	Iowa City	44
717	.	Ben Schroyer	Laurel	43
718	.	Jay Dupuy	Kansas City MO	42
719	.	Randy Robb	Shenandoah	42
720	.	Steve Wahlert	Des Moines	42
721	.	Tom Charles	Bonner Springs KS	42
722	.	Alan Miles	Steeleville MO	41
723	.	Jerry Potts	Eldon	41
724	.	Kevin Sutton	Mason City	41
725	.	Randy Bonin	Iowa Falls	41
726	.	Roy Stefan	Waterloo	41
727	.	Bill McVey	Galesburg IL	40
728	.	Dirk Hamilton	Jesup	40
729	.	Ken Schrader	Concord NC	40
730	.	Kevin Mills	Marathon	40
731	.	Ron Kneisel	Newhall	40
732	.	Denny Jacobs	East Moline IL	39
733	.	Jim Morgan	Sunnyland IL	39
734	.	Lyle Kammer	Davenport	39
735	.	Steve Rowland	Guttenburg	39
736	.	Aaron Daniels	Kansas City MO	38
737	.	Dave Whetstone	Adair	38
738	.	Dave Wouters	Lost Nation	38
739	.	Don Drydel	East Moline IL	38
740	.	Greg Brauer	Webster City	38
741	.	Steve Light	Omaha NE	38
742	.	Dale Engen	Ridgeway	37
743	.	Greg Hentrich	Cedar Rapids	37
744	.	Jerry Liske	Davenport	37
745	.	Laef Lumbeck	Royal MN	37
746	.	Rodney Sorter	Des Moines	37
747	.	Ron Cook	Clinton	37
748	.	Charlie Sentman	Waveland IN	36
749	.	Fred Knapp	Des Moines	36
750	.	Fred Sheppard	Omaha NE	36
751	.	Mel Messer	Ottumwa	36
752	.	Mick Billhorn	LaMoille IL	36
753	.	Phil Merriman	Bellevue NE	36
754	.	Steve Stockwell	Sherrard IL	36
755	.	Curt Robey	Omaha NE	35
756	.	Danny Bowen	Hirdland MO	35
757	.	John VanWilgen	Hollandale MN	35
758	.	Larry Wear	Davenport	35
759	.	Al Lamb	Galesburg IL	34
760	.	Don Cimfl	Cameron WI	34
761	.	Jon Kurshinksy	Eau Claire WI	34
762	.	Mike Kudlacz	Omaha NE	34
763	.	Stan Triggs	Mesa AZ	34
764	.	T.J. Robinson	Iowa City	34
765	.	B.J. Higley	Sterling IL	33
766	.	Dave Albert	Marengo	33
767	.	Dave Bennett	Colfax	33
768	.	Dennis Seary	Omaha NE	33
769	.	Jeff Marburger	Sabula	33
770	.	Jeff Waggoner	Elsberry MO	33
771	.	Jerry Durbin	Silvis IL	33
772	.	Tom Hamburg	Dixon IL	33
773	.	Tom Wackershauser	Platteville WI	33
774	.	Carl Beattie	Ohio IL	32
775	.	Chuck Lewis	Coggon	32
776	.	Dave Crochek	Maquoketa	32
777	.	Del Daniels	Baldwin	32
778	.	Denny Jack	Newhall	32
779	.	Keith Conroy	Jefferson	32
780	.	Mike Guttormson	Austin MN	32
781	.	Bob Ellis	Lima IL	31
782	.	Bruce Harlan	Waterloo	31
783	.	Buck Swanson	Waterloo	31
784	.	Dick Ennenga	Waterloo	31
785	.	Don Yarolem	Baldwin	31
786	.	Gerald Seger	Cedar Rapids	31
787	.	Jim Gorden	Ottumwa	31
788	.	Kevin Paul	Colchester IL	31
789	.	Richard Simpson	Algona	31
790	.	Rob Muilenburg	Sparta MO	31
791	.	Rod Hill	Fort Dodge	31
792	.	Ron Hopper	Davenport	31
793	.	Susie Becker	Norway	31
794	.	Brian Mueller	Reynolds IL	30
795	.	Dan Woods	East Moline IL	30
796	.	Mike Bonin	Iowa Falls	30
797	.	Mike Grapp	Waterloo	30
798	.	Rex Parkison	Earlham	30
799	.	Rob Bauman	London Mills IL	30
800	.	Ted Swartzlander	Des Moines	30
801	.	Tony Roper	Fair Grove MO	30
802	.	Bill Gray	Germantown Hills IL	29
803	.	Bill Martin	Council Bluffs	29
804	.	Bob Cleppe	Milan IL	29
805	.	Dick Kirby	Muscatine	29
806	.	George Hubbard	Carbon Cliff IL	29
807	.	Greg Chapman	Dubuque	29
808	.	Jeff Lindquist	Waterloo	29
809	.	Mitch Dubil	Davenport	29
810	.	Ray Lorenzen		29
811	.	Steve Peterson	Slifer	29
812	.	Terry Johnston	Shelbyville IL	29
813	.	Anthony Evans	Wellman	28
814	.	Brent Fenton	Eddyville	28
815	.	Chuck Brewer	Milo	28
816	.	Frank Crotts	Oelwein	28
817	.	Fred Sheppard	Omaha NE	28
818	.	Lance Most	Red Oak	28
819	.	Mark Widmar	Ottumwa	28
820	.	Mike Manson	Manchester	28
821	.	Mike Sorenson	Rochester MN	28
822	.	Steve Cox	Albia	28
823	.	Steve Hidlebaugh	Huxley	28
824	.	Bobby Jacks	Fort Madison	27
825	.	Brian Perdue	Council Bluffs	27
826	.	Dale Olson	Grand Mound	27
827	.	Gary Andrews	Muskogee OK	27
828	.	Gene Claxton	Kansas City MO	27
829	.	Kevin Miller	Marathon	27
830	.	Mike Horton	Galesburg IL	27
831	.	Rick Smith	Fairmont MN	27
832	.	Brooke Eilts	Grand Island NE	26
833	.	Dan Josephson	Red Oak	26
834	.	Dickie Chapman	Dubuque	26
835	.	Fred Shaw	Red Oak	26
836	.	Jay Hanken	Monticello	26
837	.	John Baxter	Perry	26
838	.	John Oliver	West Des Moines	26
839	.	Ken McCarty	Muskogee OK	26
840	.	Mike Diehl	Fort Dodge	26
841	.	Rick Buckner	Monticello	26
842	.	Ronny Gould	Denison TX	26
843	.	Smoke Wilson	Cedar Rapids	26
844	.	Andy Anderson		25
845	.	Bob Nelles	Davenport	25
846	.	Dave Hammond Jr.	Camanche	25
847	.	Eddie Muenster	Green Bay WI	25
848	.	Jim Scott	Bartonville IL	25
849	.	Jimmy Davis	Austin MN	25
850	.	Kevin Phillips	Muscatine	25
851	.	Larry Shatto	Fostoria	25
852	.	Margo Guilfoyle	Davenport	25
853	.	Mike Speth	Davenport	25
854	.	Rusty DeLap		25
855	.	Tom Beddow	Chester	25
856	.	Wally Peterson		25
857	.	Butch Lester	Knoxville	24
858	.	Chip Francis		24
859	.	Dave Bennett	Floris	24
860	.	Dennis Zeif		24
861	.	Denny Miller	Davenport	24
862	.	Joe Reutter		24
863	.	John Smith	Peoria IL	24
864	.	Jon Rogers	Freeport IL	24
865	.	Leonard Woodard	Des Moines	24
866	.	Mark Nicely	Maquoketa	24
867	.	Steve Mehlman	Massena	24
868	.	Steve Robey	Omaha NE	24
869	.	Bernie Headley	Princeton IL	23
870	.	Bert McDaniel	Eldon	23
871	.	Bob Pierce	Danville IL	23
872	.	Garry Hall	Rochester MN	23
873	.	Jim Fitzgerald	Dunnell MN	23
874	.	John Lamb	Moline IL	23
875	.	Keith Kling	Donahue	23
876	.	Kelly Goosman	Sioux City	23
877	.	Radar Reedy	Wymore NE	23
878	.	Randy Burrows	Noblesville IN	23
879	.	Bob Wellons	Des Moines	22
880	.	Butch Edwards	Clinton	22
881	.	Irwin Schwondt	Buckeye	22
882	.	Mark Beattie	LaMoille IL	22
883	.	Rodney Bowman	Mapleton IL	22
884	.	Dale DuBois	Spenser IN	21
885	.	Dwight Ogelsbee	Mount Etna	21
886	.	Michael Waltrip	Kingsport KY	21
887	.	Mike Goosman	Washta	21
888	.	Peter Cook	Grand Mound	21
889	.	Robby Sillman	Ashland NE	21
890	.	Jamie Adams	Topeka IL	20
891	.	Jim Kellen	Madison MN	20
892	.	Larry Cramblett	Bushnell IL	20
893	.	Lyle Breberg	Dawson MN	20
894	.	Mike Kelley	St. Paul MN	20
895	.	Ron Weedon	Pleasant Valley	20
896	.	Scott Braun	Cedar Falls	20
897	.	Steve Payne	Fulton MO	20
898	.	Todd McCombs	Waterloo	20
899	.	Tom Hughes	Monticello	20