Anderson and Cooney Win Before Washout

- Story by Josh Reynolds


Stuart, IA (June 1) – Thinking that you have Mother Nature figured out is a mistake made by many, but at Stuart Speedway we like to think she’ll give us a break now and again. This was not a week to expect that! Cody Cleghorn, Shannon Anderson and Jacob Reiter won the make-up features from the Ron Little Memorial a week ago, and Todd Cooney won a shortened Late Model feature before the weather took over again!
First up was the IMCA Sport Compacts with Jacob Reiter and Cody Cleghorn making the call. Cleghorn led all the way to pick up the win with Reiter finishing second. Reiter was the heat race winner.
Austin Luellen and Mike Powell brought out the IMCA Hobby Stocks next for their 15 lap feature event. Luellen looked strong at the start, leading the first five laps. Lap six, however, belonged to Shannon Anderson. Luellen threw the book at Anderson, but there was no denying the #78 Victory Chassis on this night as Anderson went on to get the win. Luellen finished second with Eric Stanton third, Mike Pruitt fourth and Jamie Songer fifth. Andrew Burg and Songer were the heat race winners.
6 Cylinder FWD’s were up last for make-up features with Korbin Nourse and Jacob Reiter on the front row. Reiter took the lead right away with Nourse and Cody Cleghorn battling behind him. That would be all Reiter would need as he went on to take the feature win. Cleghorn finished in second with Nourse third. Reiter made it a clean sweep with the heat race win.
As the skies turned darker to the west and the heat races came to an end, the decision was made to move the IMCA Late Models up to the first feature with Randy Faux and Paul Conrad drawing the front row. Todd Cooney would fly into the lead on lap one with Faux and Conrad following in his tracks. Cooney would lead through two cautions, and as yet another one flew and lightning was in the western sky, the decision came down to end the race on lap 14. Cooney was declared the winner with Randy Foote second, Charlie McKenna third, Conrad fourth and Faux fifth. McKenna and Cooney were the heat race winners.      
We’d like to thank all who came out to support the race track at our third event of the year. Next week is RockAuto.com Night at the Races. There will be double features for our six regular classes, plus the Mod Lites will be back to test the waters as well. See you then!

Late Models - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 30    Todd Cooney    Des Moines, Ia
2 5 37    Randy Foote    Stanton , Ia
3 9 22    Charles Mckenna    Clear Lake, Ia
4 2 23    Paul Conrad    Colo , Ia
5 1 11    Randy Faux    Earlham , Ia
6 4 31    Chad Cooney    Des Moines, Ia
7 10 2V    Vic Lovejoy    Minilla , Ia
8 6 15C    Curt Schroeder    Ames , Ia
9 7 16    Bobby Penney    Lawson , Mo
10 8 2A    Amanda O Neal    Council Bluffs, Ia
Modifieds - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 23JR    Nick Roberts    Des Moines, Ia
2 10 20    Luke Wanninger    Minburn , Ia
3 8 5D    Devon Havlik    Iowa Falls, Ia
4 1 1F    Marcus Fagan    Adair , Ia
5 9 83G    Josh Gilman    Earlham , Ia
6 5 3F    Cole Ferguson    Dexter , Ia
7 6 10B    Brandon Pruitt    Dexter , Ia
8 12 14B    Scott Bash    Windsor Heights, Ia
9 7 18    Jake Durbin    Perry , Ia
10 4 31R    Rex Parkison    Earlham , Ia
11 3 4    Tony Hilgenberg    Waukee , Ia
12 11 131S    Ed Seibert    Dexter , Ia
 

Stock Cars - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 1 98    Derrick Rohe    Audubon , Ia
2 5 92B    Brian Blessington    Breda , Ia
3 2 22    Chris Pruitt    Stuart , Ia
4 4 1F    Marcus Fagan    Adair , Ia
5 6 11G    Nyle Godwin    Redfield , Ia
6 7 19    Brandon Bach    Des Moines, Ia DNF
7 3 78P    Terry Pruitt    Dexter , Ia DNS
 

SportMods - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 4 3L    Clint Luellen    Minburn , Ia
2 1 32L    Ty Luellen    Minburn , Ia
3 2 34    Jerry Hinton    Adel , Ia
4 3 67X    Brandon Williams    Des Moines, Ia
5 9 1    Kendall Davis    Des Moines, Ia
6 7 30    Shawn Cooney    Des Moines, Ia
7 6 99RE    Arie Schouten    Blair , Ne
8 5 A5    Austin Paul    Monroe , Ia DNS
9 8 36H    David Hoover    Kelley , Ia DNS
 

Hobby Stocks - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 6 3A    Austin Luellen    Minburn , Ia
2 3 56    Jamie Schirm    Dexter , Ia
3 1 5H    Andy Hick    Adel , Ia
4 8 7B    Eric Stanton    Hartford , Ia
5 10 92P    Michael Pruitt    Redfield , Ia
6 7 78B    Andrew Burg    Adel , Ia
7 11 77    Derek Hodges    Des Moines, Ia
8 14 22R    Bill Richards    Audubon , Ia
9 12 42T    Tyson Overton    Carlisle , Ia
10 4 7C    Chad Legere    Des Moines, Ia
11 9 78    Shannon Anderson    Urbandale , Ia DNF
12 2 5    Dustin Lynch    Boone , Ia DNF
13 5 96R    Jamie Songer    Ankeny , Ia DNS
14 13 60M    Mike Powell    Norwalk , Ia DNS
15 15 27C    Cory Adams    Des Moines, Ia DNS
16 16 7P    Jordan Peters    Des Moines, Ia DNS
 

Spt Compact - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 21ZC    Cody Cleghorn    Des Moines, Ia
2 2 69X    Dean Richards    Creston , Ia
3 1 97    Logan Richards    Creston , Ia
4 6 43H    Jacob Reiter    Des Moines, Ia DNF
5 4 15    Tyler Thompson    Sioux City, Ia DNS
6 5 25    Cody Thompson    Sioux City, Ia DNS
 

6 cyl. FWD - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 21ZC    Cody Cleghorn    Des Moines, Ia
2 1 12    Korbin Nourse    Dexter , Ia
3 3 69X    Dean Richards    Creston , Ia
4 4 43H    Jacob Reiter    Des Moines, Ia DNF