It was a perfect night for
racing at the Stuart Speedway
on Sunday, June 22. Along with
the IMCA Hobby Stocks, Stock
Cars, Sport Mods and Modifieds,
fans enjoyed a nice field of
micro midgets who made their
second appearance at the
Speedway.
IMCA Hobby Stock
action saw Shannon Anderson of
Atlantic and Nyle Godwin of
Redfield pick up heat race
wins. In the main, Charles
Belew of Adel lead in the
early laps, while Anderson,
Godwin and Jamie Schirm of
Dexter worked their way to the
front. Schirm took the lead on
lap 7 and held it until
retiring with mechanical
problems on lap 11. That
opened the door for Anderson
and Godwin to attempt to make
it a perfect night. At the
line, it was Anderson the
winner, Godwin in second,
Steve Roberts of Ankeny third,
and a nice run by Belew who
came home fourth.
It was a rough start for
the IMCA Stock Cars as it took
three tries to get the feature
started. Once the field got
rolling, Tim Bengard of Exira
wasted no time taking command
as he came from his sixth row
starting position to the lead
by lap 3. Point leader Josh
Daniels of Des Moines had
another strong run going, but
Mike Nichols of Harlan, Steve
Campbell of Des Moines and Joe
Luethje of Zearing were on the
move. Nichols and Luethje
passed Campbell and Daniels on
lap 13 and continued their
battle for second to the
finish. Bengard took the
victory, with Nichols second
and Luethje third. Daniels
rounded out the top four
Heat race winners were
Jeremy Gettler of Adair and
Luethje.
IMCA Sport Mod heat race
winners were Shay Woods of
Humeston and David Schlicht of
Adel. Michael Pruitt of
Redfield took the lead early
in the main, with Jack Myer of
Ankeny, Woods, and Joel
Bushore of Boone fighting for
second. Woods passed Pruitt on
lap 4, while Kevin Sather of
Ankeny strategically worked
his way through the field to
second. Sather made the pass
on Wood for the lead on lap 7
and never looked back as he
claimed his second win in as
many weeks. Jack Myer’s
impressive run brought him
home second, with Bushore
third, and young Shay Woods
with a nice fourth place
finish.
The IMCA Modifieds continue
to put on a great show week
after week, and this week was
no exception. Veteran Chris
Pruitt of Stuart and young gun
Ryan Giles of West Des Moines
picked up heat race wins. The
top three of each heat then
competed in a six-lap,
inverted start trophy dash,
with Randy Havlik of Waukee
taking home the hardware. The
main event saw Josh Pruitt
rebound from a disappointing
finish last week to lead all
20 laps for the victory. The
real battle throughout the
race was for second as Chris
Pruitt and Todd Shute of Des
Moines ran door to door for 16
laps, with Pruitt on the
bottom and Shute running the
high side. As they encountered
lap traffic, Shute was able to
dive under Pruitt on lap 14 to
take the spot. Pruitt came
right back at Shute to try to
regain the position, but to no
avail. The official finish saw
Josh Pruitt claim his first
feature win of the season,
Shute second, Chris Pruitt
third, and Josh Gilman of
Earlham fourth.
Two heat races of micro
midget action saw Cody Ledger
of Omaha, Nebraska and Brunson
Behring of Calamus, Iowa
picking up heat race wins. The
winner of the first heat then
drew number 2, which inverted
the top two positions for the
main. It looked like Ledger
was going to continue his
dominance in the main as he
jumped to the lead. But, Russ
Parther of Knoxville had other
ideas as he claimed the lead
on lap 5 and held it to the
finish, with Kyle Fichtner of
Waverly, Nebraska second and
Behring third.
Results:
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1:
Shannon Anderson, Atlantic
Heat 2: Nyle
Godwin, Redfield
Main: Shannon
Anderson
Nyle Godwin
Steve Roberts,
Ankeny
Charles Belew,
Adel
Steve
Anderson, Winterset
Rusty Gyles,
Norwalk
Jamie Schirm,
Dexter
Nate Lange,
Menlo
Mike Hansen,
Brayton
Joey Gyles,
St. Charles
Daniel
Ulsabeck, West Des Moines
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: Jeremy
Gettler, Adair
Heat 2: Joe
Luethje, Zearing
Main: Tim
Bengard, Exira
Mike Nichols,
Harlan
Joe Luethje
Josh Daniels,
Des Moines
Steve
Campbell, Des Moines
Brian
Blessington, Breda
Mike
Goldsberry, Runnells
Tim Feltner,
Earlham
Marcus Fagan,
Adair
Jeremy Gettler
Bryan Snell,
Bayard
Rick Houseman,
Winterset
Michael Walrod,
DeSoto
Norman Belew,
Redfield
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1: Shay
Woods, Humeston
Heat 2: David
Schlicht, Adel
Main: Kevin
Sather, Ankeny
Jack Myer,
Ankeny
Joel Bushore,
Boone
Shay Woods
Jimmy May,
DeSoto
Michael
Pruitt, Redfield
Kent Croskey,
Polk City
David Schlicht
Josh May,
DeSoto
Jeremy Embrey,
Granger
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: Chris
Pruitt, Stuart
Heat 2: Ryan
Giles, West Des Moines
Trophy Dash:
Randy Havlik, Waukee
Main: Josh
Pruitt, Dexter
Todd Shute,
Des Moines
Chris Pruitt
Josh Gilman,
Earlham
Randy Havlik
Ryan Giles
Rex Parkison,
Earlham
Scott Bash,
Creston
Ron Bash,
Stuart
Ed Seibert,
Dexter
Micro Midgets
Heat 1: Cody
Ledger, Omaha, NE
Heat 2:
Brunson Behring, Calamus, IA
Main: Russ
Parther, Knoxville
Kyle Fichtner,
Waverly, NE
Dan Berends,
Des Moines
Allen Ambers,
Knoxville
Brad Comegys,
Des Moines
Tim
Ottenbacher, Hospers
Wade Huisman,
Hospers
John Loose,
Des Moines
Laney Feight,
Indianola
Cody Ledger
Dan Henning,
Columbia
Cody Sage,
Indianola
