Havlik, Nichols, Sather, and Anderson picked up Ron Little Memorial wins at the Stuart Speedway!
-Story by Debbie Sweeney,
The Stuart Speedway hosted the annual
Ron Little Memorial on Sunday, May 25.
Despite threatening weather, a nice
field of cars was on hand to honor Ron’s
legacy.
The IMCA Stock Cars kicked off the
evening with three heat races, with
Jamie Morey, Gary Bass and Marcus Fagan
picking up the wins respectively. Josh
Daniels set a quick pace early in the
main, with Bryan Snell and Mike Nichols
close behind. The three continued their
battle for all 20 laps of the feature,
with Nichols making the pass with two
laps to go to bring home his second
feature win of the season at the Stuart
Speedway. Daniels was second, Snell
third, and Rick Brown of Kellogg rounded
out the top four.
Some new faces joined the IMCA Sport Mod
competition on this special night,
including Ron Little’s nephew, Kaleb
Bentley. Bentley looked to have a strong
run, until mechanical problems forced
him to retire on lap 7. Kevin Sather and
Joel Bushore proved to be the ones to
beat as they ran first and second
throughout the feature, with Kevin
Sather taking the checkers and Bushore
second. Tyler Gross made a good showing
in his first visit to the Speedway
coming home third. Josh May rounded out
the top four.
Twenty-two IMCA Hobby Stocks battled it
out on the quarter mile in the main
event. Mike Hansen took advantage of his
front row draw to take the early lead,
with Jamie Schirm and Blake Miller in
pursuit. Shannon Anderson worked his way
through the field to join the lead pack
and took the lead on lap 10. Anderson
never looked back and went on to
victory. Jamie Schirm had a strong
second place run, with Blan Petterson
and Larry Embrey of making the most of
their first visit to the Speedway in
2008 with their third and fourth place
finishes. Steve Roberts, Luke Wanniger
and Shannon Anderson picked up heat race
wins.
The IMCA Modifieds put on a great show
in memory of Ron Little. Chris Pruitt
and Randy Havlik picked up heat race
wins. Jason Murray came from his third
row starting position to take the lead
on lap one, with Randy Havlik and Todd
Shute close behind. Shute took the lead
on lap 5, and he and Havlik battled side
by side until a white flag lap incident
caused Shute to spin in turn one to
bring out the yellow. That handed the
win to Randy Havlik who visited victory
lane for the second consecutive week.
Results:
IMCA
Stock Cars:
Heat
1: Jamie Morey, Earlham
Heat 2: Gary Bass, Des Moines
Heat 3: Marcus Fagan, Adair
Main : Mike Nichols, Harlan
Josh Daniels, Des Moines
Bryan Snell, Bayard
Rick Brown, Kellogg
Jeremy Getler, Adair
Rick Houseman, Winterset
Cory Adams, Urbandale
Joe Luethye, Zering
Marcus Fagan, Adair
Brian Trogdon, Bouton
Gary Bass, Des Moines
Brian Blessington, Breda
Donnie Bown, State Center
Jamie Morey, Earlham
Mike Goldsberry, Reynolds
Steve Campbell, Des Moines
Norm Belew, Redfield
Tim Bengard, Exira
Keith Williamson, Maxwell
IMCA Sport Mods:
Heat 1: Joel Bushore, Boone
Heat 2: Kevin Sather, Ankeny
Main : Kevin Sather
Joel Bushore
Tyler Gross, Bondurant
Josh May, DeSoto
Mike Pruitt, Stuart
Shay Woods, Humeston
Chris Wright, Chillicothe
Chris Wilson, Winterset
Jack Myer, Ankeny
Dave Schlicht, Adel
Jimmy May, DeSoto
Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank
Kent Croskey, Polk City
IMCA Hobby Stocks:
Heat 1: Steve Roberts, Ankeny
Heat 2: Luke Wanninger,
Jefferson
Heat 3: Shannon Anderson,
Atlantic
Main : Shannon Anderson
Jamie Schirm, Dexter
Blane Petterson, Essex
Larry Embrey, Granger
Nyle Godwin, Redfield
Devin Smith, Lake City
Dave Prymek, Johnston
Nate Lange, Minlo
Jerry Hinton, Adel
Randy Anderson, Atlantic
Mike Hansen, Atlantic
Roy Whitten, Des Moines
Steve Roberts, Ankeny
Blake Miller, Des Moines
Rusty Gyles, Norwalk
Luke Wanninger, Jefferson
Brandon Pruitt, Stuart
Joey Gyles, St. Charles
Corey Madden, Avoca
Charles Belew, Adel
Steve Anderson, Winterset
Eli Boyd, Guthrie Center
IMCA Modifieds:
Heat 1: Chris Pruitt, Stuart
Heat 2: Randy Havlik, Waukee
Main : Randy Havlik
Jason Murray, Hartford
Josh Gilman, Earlham
Ben Hoesing, Boone
Rex Parkison, Earlham
Todd Shute, Des Moines
Ed Seibert, Dexter
Scott Bash, Stuart
Dennis Pittman, Jamaica
Michael Reichart, Des Moines
Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown
Craig Carlson, Madrid
Chris Pruitt, Stuart
Terry Pruitt, Dexter
Bobby Bowman, Winterset