July 20, 2008 Results and Story

-Story by Debbie Sweeney,

July 20th -Radical Cycle Night

^{The
Stuart Speedway once again
overcame heavy overnight
rains and threatening
skies on Sunday, July 20
and provided some great
racing action for the fans
on Radical Cycle Night.

The IMCA Sport Mods
welcomed six new cars to
the Speedway for some
tough competition. Heat
races were claimed by Jack
Myer of Ankeny and Kent
Croskey of Polk City. The
top three finishers in
each heat then competed in
a six-lap inverted start
Casey’s General Stores
Trophy Dash, with Joel
Bushore of Boone taking
home the hardware. The
A-Main was a barnburner,
with the 15-lap event
going green to checkers.
Jimmy May of DeSoto lead
from the start, with Kent
Croskey and Shay Woods of
Humeston in close pursuit.
Further back in the back,
Bushore and Kevin Sather
of Ankeny were slowly
threading their way
through the field. Sather
made his way to second by
lap 10, and passed May on
lap 14 for the lead with
Bushore following. At the
checkers, it was Kevin
Sather picking up his 19^{th
feature win of the season,
Bushore second, May third,
and David Schlicht of Adel
fourth. Bushore currently
holds a slim 4-point lead
over Josh May of DeSoto,
with just 12 points
separating positions one
through six.}

IMCA Stock Car action
was also action-packed, as
a strong field of cars
battled for real estate.
Don Wear of Des Moines,
Brian Blessington of Breda
and Jamie Morey of Earlham
all picked up heat race
wins. The Stock Car 20-lap
main also went green to
checkers, with Wear and
Mike Goldsberry of
Runnells ruling the top
two positions through lap
8. Blessington threw his
name into the mix on lap
9, stole the lead from
Goldsberry on lap 11 and
never looked back as he
made his first trip to
Stuart Speedway’s victory
lane in 2008. Tim Bengard
of Exira made an
impressive run from
mid-pack to finish second,
with Goldsberry and Wear
rounding out the top four.
Mike Nichols of Harlan is
the current point leader,
with Josh Daniels of Des
Moines just 13 points
behind.
A good field of IMCA
Hobby Stocks were on hand,
including four first-time
visitors to the Speedway.
Aaron Rudolph of Scranton,
Steve Roberts of Ankeny
and Jamie Schirm of Dexter
took home heat race wins.
The top six in points then
competed in a 6-lap
inverted start Australian
Pursuit sponsored by
Hawkeye Auto Salvage, with
Jamie Schirm the victor.
Shannon Anderson of
Atlantic wasted no time in
making his way to the
front in the main as he
came from his sixth row
starting position to the
lead by lap three.
Anderson continued his
mastery of the Speedway
for the remainder of the
15-lap race for another
trip to victory lane.
Rudolph, Mike Hansen of
Brayton and Steve Anderson
of Winterset finished
second through fourth
respectively. Shannon
Anderson leads the points,
with Mike Hansen second
and Jamie Schirm third.

The IMCA Modifieds
closed out the evening,
with the 20-lap main once
again caution-free. Terry
Pruitt of Dexter looked
poised to capture his
first feature win of the
season as he lead the
first nine laps, but Todd
Shute of Des Moines had
other ideas. Shute claimed
the lead from Pruitt on
lap 10, while Pruitt and
Josh Gilman of Earlham
battled for positions 2
and 3. At the line, it was
Shute, Gilman, Pruitt and
Ryan Giles of West Des
Moines. Heat race winners
were Terry Pruitt and Rex
Parkison of Earlham. Randy
Havlik of Waukee and Todd
Shute are currently tied
for the point lead, with
Josh Gilman just 5 points
behind.}

Hobby Stock:
Australian Pursuit: 56 Jamie Schirm Dexter, IA
Heat 1. 38r Aaron Rudolph Scranton, IA
Heat 2. 12 Steve Roberts Ankeny, IA
Heat 3. 56 Jamie Schrim Dexter, IA
Main:
1. 78 Shannon Anderson Atlantic, IA
2. 38r Aaron Rudolph Scranton, IA
3. 3 Mike Hansen Brayton, IA
4. 1a Steve Anderson Winterset, IA
5. 93 Randy Anderson Atlantic, IA
6. 00 Kyle Dirks Nevada, IA
7. 7+ Ray Timmerman Norwalk, IA
8. 56 Jamie Schirm Dexter, IA
9. 11g Nyle Godwin Redfield, IA
10. 5W Chad Waddell Redfield, IA
11. 5 Keith Miner Granger, IA
12. 59G Joey Gyles St. Charles, IA
13. 21m Ross Marshall Johnston, IA
14. 99 Adam Hersel Atlantic, IA
15. 17 Nate Lange Menlo, IA
16. 79 Charles Belew Adel, IA
17. 12 Steve Roberts Ankeny, IA
18. 5x Joey Edler Cambridge, IA

Stock Car:
Heat 1. 28w Don Wear Des Moines, IA
Heat 2. 92b Brian Blessington Breda, IA
Heat 3. 6j Jamie Morey Earlham, IA
Main:
1. 92 Brian Blessington Breda, IA
2. 19b Tim Bengard Exira, IA
3. 02 Mike Goldsberry Runnells, IA
4. 28w Don Wear Des Moines, IA
5. 3s Bryan Snell Bayard, IA
6. 63 Mike Nichols Harlan, IA
7. 19j Jay Schmidt Tama, IA
8. 25j Josh Daniels Des Moines, IA
9. 6j Jamie Morey Earlham, IA
10. 10x John Wilson Winterset, IA
11. 23h Rick Houseman Winterset, IA
12. 6 Jay Cain Waukee, IA
13. 76 Norman Belew Redfield, IA
14. 11 Steve Campbell Des Moines, IA
15. 55 Cory Bushnell Madrid, IA
16. 32t Tim Feltner Earlham, IA
17. 23 Jeremy Gettler Adair, IA
18. 1f Marcus Fagan Adair, IA
19. 55x Steve Hill Des Moines, IA

Sport Mod:
Trophy Dash: 87 Joel Bushore Boone, IA
Heat 2. 77 Jack Myer Ankeny, IA
Heat 3. 12c Kent Croskey Polk City, IA
Main:
1. 3 Kevin Sather Boone, IA
2. 87 Joel Bushore Boone, IA
3. 5j Jimmy May DeSoto, IA
4. 19 David Schlicht Adel, IA
5. 77 Jack Myer Ankeny, IA
6. 92 Michael Pruitt Redfield, IA
7. 99 Josh May DeSoto, IA
8. 321 Andy Tierman Woodward, IA
9. 41 Jeremy Embrey Granger, IA
10. 20 Shay Woods Humeston, IA
11. 08 Roger Harpster Omaha, NE
12. 92b Brandon Pruitt Dexter, IA
13. 11t Tyler Olson Sioux City, IA
14. 12c Kent Croskey Polk City, IA
15. 2g Geoff Olson Sioux City, IA

Modifieds:
Heat 1. 78 Terry Pruitt Dexter, IA
Heat 2. 31r Rex Parkison Earlham, IA
Main:
1. 5 Todd Shute Des Moines, IA
2. 83G Josh Gilman Earlham, IA
3. 78 Terry Pruitt Dexter, IA
4. 9 Ryan Giles West Des Moines, IA
5. 3z Randy Havlik Waukee, IA
6. 31r Rex Parkison Earlham, IA
7. c19 Jeremie Hedrick Green Bay,WI
8. 49j Jason Murray Hartford, IA
9. 14B Scott Bash Creston, IA
10. 73 Brad Moriarty Des Moines, IA
11. 22 Chris Pruitt Stuart, IA