9/4/2022
RacinBoys
Kay is King of the Bullring at Benton County Speedway
By Anthony Ainslie (Vinton, IA) -- It was big Saturday night showdown for the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models East Series as the tour made their first visit to Benton County Speedway.
The high-banked quarter-mile in Vinton, Iowa was the sight for round 14 of the 2022 season for the East Series. A stout field of 38 cars packed the pit areas for a chance at a big $5,000 payday.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Ruefer
Defending Governor’s Cup Winner Jason Hahne was Saturday’s #1 qualifier. The Webster City, Iowa native laid down a blistering fast 14.502 second lap. The four heat races were won by Ron Klein, Charlie McKenna, Dave Eckrich, and Jake neal. After two B-features and the provisionals were determined, a 24-car field took to the track for massive 40-lap main event.
The race was slow to start as a couple of incidents caused trouble for many drivers. Ron Klein, one of the heat race winners, ended up on his lid on the opening lap. Luke Pestka and JC Wyman were also collected. Wyman was able to continue on while Klein and Pestka were done for the night. Another pileup in turn four knocked Jeff Tharp and Corey Zeitner out of the race.
When the race got going, Andy Eckrich had the early lead before Point Leader Justin Kay took over. The Wheatland, Iowa native enjoyed the clean air up front for the majority of the race. In the second half of the race, Chad Holladay took the fight to Kay for the race lead. However, Kay was up to the challenge and fended off Holladay.
After 40 laps around the high banks of Benton County, Kay took home the $5,000 check and his third win of the season. It was Kay’s first win since winning back at Cresco Speedway back on June 23rd. Nick Marolf’s late race charge earned him second place while Chad Holladay took third. Andy Eckrich took fourth, and Jake Neal, after flattening a tire on lap two, came back through the field to round out the top five.
The Malvern Bank West Series is next up to action. The tour heads south for a doubleheader weekend. On Friday the 9th, the tour makes is annual visit to Lakeside Speedway in Kansasa City, Kansas. Then, the very next night, the series makes its debut at the I-70 Motorsports Park in Odessa, Missouri.
RESULTS
Hoker Trucking A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 15K-Justin Kay[2]; 2. 33-Nick Marolf[15]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[4]; 4. 56-Andy Eckrich[1]; 5. 1-Jake Neal[7]; 6. 22C-Charlie McKenna[13]; 7. 40-Joel Callahan[5]; 8. 43-Derrick Stewart[20]; 9. 76H-Jason Hahne[3]; 10. 77-Jeff Aikey[10]; 11. 14-Logan Duffy[24]; 12. 72-Ben Seeman[17]; 13. 15C-Curt Schroeder[22]; 14. 07-Matt Ryan[21]; 15. 58-Dave Eckrich[9]; 16. 44-Luke Goedert[11]; 17. 4-JC Wyman[12]; 18. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[23]; 19. 30-Todd Cooney[19]; 20. 8-Jaden Fryer[16]; 21. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[14]; 22. 10T-Jeff Tharp[18]; 23. 12-Ron Klein[6]; 24. 99-Luke Pestka[8]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 72-Ben Seeman[2]; 2. 30-Todd Cooney[3]; 3. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[1]; 4. 07-Matt Ryan[5]; 5. 01-CJ Horn[7]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[8]; 7. 73-Greg Kastli[4]; 8. K1-Kyle Krampe[10]; 9. 74-Ron Boyse[6]; 10. 32-Curtis Glover[9]; 11. 9-Bob Hansen[11]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 10T-Jeff Tharp[2]; 2. 43-Derrick Stewart[1]; 3. 14-Logan Duffy[4]; 4. 45-Curt Martin[6]; 5. 91-Gabe Umbarger[8]; 6. 42-Johnathan Huston[9]; 7. 44W-David Webster[3]; 8. 33K-Kevin Kirkpatrick[10]; 9. 17-Kirby Schultz[7]; 10. 56S-Chris Spieker[5]; 11. 34-Scott Strauss[11]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Ron Klein[4]; 2. 40-Joel Callahan[6]; 3. 99-Luke Pestka[5]; 4. 30-Todd Cooney[9]; 5. 73-Greg Kastli[1]; 6. 74-Ron Boyse[8]; 7. 44W-David Webster[3]; 8. 56S-Chris Spieker[2]; 9. 32-Curtis Glover[7]; 10. 34-Scott Strauss[10]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22C-Charlie McKenna[2]; 2. 8-Jaden Fryer[1]; 3. 4-JC Wyman[4]; 4. 44-Luke Goedert[5]; 5. 77-Jeff Aikey[6]; 6. 72-Ben Seeman[3]; 7. 01-CJ Horn[8]; 8. 17-Kirby Schultz[7]; 9. K1-Kyle Krampe[9]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Dave Eckrich[2]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich[4]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[5]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne[6]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[3]; 6. 14-Logan Duffy[1]; 7. 45-Curt Martin[7]; 8. 15C-Curt Schroeder[8]; 9. 33K-Kevin Kirkpatrick[10]; 10. 9-Bob Hansen[9]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jake Neal[3]; 2. 33-Nick Marolf[2]; 3. 15K-Justin Kay[6]; 4. 10T-Jeff Tharp[1]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 6. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 7. 43-Derrick Stewart[4]; 8. 91-Gabe Umbarger[8]; 9. 42-Johnathan Huston[9]
Qualifying A: 1. 40-Joel Callahan, 00:14.765[9]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:14.867[10]; 3. 99-Luke Pestka, 00:14.870[18]; 4. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:14.872[7]; 5. 12-Ron Klein, 00:14.893[16]; 6. 4-JC Wyman, 00:14.931[11]; 7. 44W-David Webster, 00:14.942[1]; 8. 72-Ben Seeman, 00:14.978[19]; 9. 56S-Chris Spieker, 00:15.004[12]; 10. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 00:15.101[15]; 11. 73-Greg Kastli, 00:15.120[14]; 12. 8-Jaden Fryer, 00:15.169[13]; 13. 32-Curtis Glover, 00:15.257[2]; 14. 17-Kirby Schultz, 00:15.284[5]; 15. 74-Ron Boyse, 00:15.302[4]; 16. 01-CJ Horn, 00:15.574[8]; 17. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:15.577[3]; 18. K1-Kyle Krampe, 00:15.916[17]; 19. 34-Scott Strauss, 00:16.025[6]
Qualifying B: 1. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:14.502[10]; 2. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.641[8]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:14.673[11]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:14.719[17]; 5. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:14.763[2]; 6. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:14.772[5]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:14.774[15]; 8. 1-Jake Neal, 00:14.792[6]; 9. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:14.837[18]; 10. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:14.845[12]; 11. 14-Logan Duffy, 00:15.122[1]; 12. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:15.131[19]; 13. 45-Curt Martin, 00:15.159[3]; 14. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:15.249[4]; 15. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:15.291[7]; 16. 91-Gabe Umbarger, 00:15.291[16]; 17. 9-Bob Hansen, 00:15.393[9]; 18. 42-Johnathan Huston, 00:15.721[14]; 19. 33K-Kevin Kirkpatrick, 00:16.867[13]
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MICRO MOD / MICRO LATE MODEL
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25-Dale Schwamman[3]; 2. 19-Matt Dugan[2]; 3. 93-Chase Brunscheen[4]; 4. 74-Dave Rosburg[6]; 5. 392-Jackson Carey[5]; 6. 72-Kolton Osborn[1]; 7. 39-Matt Post[10]; 8. 57A-David Anderson[7]; 9. 47-Owen Rosburg[8]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 25-Dale Schwamman[1]; 2. 93-Chase Brunscheen[2]; 3. 392-Jackson Carey[5]; 4. 72-Kolton Osborn[7]; 5. 19-Matt Dugan[10]; 6. 74-Dave Rosburg[6]; 7. 57A-David Anderson[9]; 8. 47-Owen Rosburg[8]; 9. 79-Matt Dales[3]; 10. 39-Matt Post[4]
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1JR-Ben Chapman[5]; 2. 3T-Tyler Soppe[6]; 3. T23-Tony Olson[11]; 4. 22H-Joe Docekal[10]; 5. 198-Sam Wieben[4]; 6. 96-Cody Brill[12]; 7. 16SS-Kip Siems[8]; 8. 64-Vern Jackson[16]; 9. 88K-Kole Quam[7]; 10. 15T-Troy Burkhart[1]; 11. 13-Robert Patava[22]; 12. 15P-Andrew Pearce[19]; 13. 105-Taylor Bass[20]; 14. 7TG-Heath Dry[15]; 15. 57J-Jaron Groshans[9]; 16. 7-Jered Staver[2]; 17. (DNF) 68-Will Wolf[17]; 18. (DNF) 75D-Dale Kite[3]; 19. (DNF) 17-Ethan Krall[13]; 20. (DNF) 25-Dale Schwamman[23]; 21. (DNF) 42H-JJ Hashbarger[18]; 22. (DNF) 42-Chris Lewis[14]; 23. (DNF) 84-Brandon Morris[21]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 1JR-Ben Chapman[6]; 2. 198-Sam Wieben[4]; 3. 15T-Troy Burkhart[2]; 4. 22H-Joe Docekal[5]; 5. 17-Ethan Krall[3]; 6. 7TG-Heath Dry[7]; 7. 42H-JJ Hashbarger[1]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 16SS-Kip Siems[6]; 2. 88K-Kole Quam[2]; 3. 7-Jered Staver[3]; 4. 57J-Jaron Groshans[5]; 5. (DNF) 25-Dale Schwamman[8]; 6. (DNF) 64-Vern Jackson[7]; 7. (DNF) 15P-Andrew Pearce[4]; 8. (DNF) 13-Robert Patava[1]
Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. 3T-Tyler Soppe[3]; 2. 96-Cody Brill[4]; 3. T23-Tony Olson[7]; 4. 75D-Dale Kite[1]; 5. 42-Chris Lewis[2]; 6. 68-Will Wolf[5]; 7. 105-Taylor Bass[6]
INEX LEGEND CARS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 44J-Jordan Miklas[3]; 2. 6-Eric Blumer[9]; 3. 41-Parker Jones[1]; 4. 5-Dave Eberle[10]; 5. 19-Jeff Schmidt[4]; 6. 64-Griffin McGrath[6]; 7. Z4-Adrianne Hartman[5]; 8. B52-Kevin Korsmo[8]; 9. 04-Adam Meyer[7]; 10. Z2-Rick Harris[14]; 11. 77-Warren Ropp[11]; 12. 7D-Jeff Doubek[13]; 13. 53-Keith Meyer[12]; 14. 52-Colton Utley[15]; 15. (DNF) 8-Michael Weber[2]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 44J-Jordan Miklas[6]; 2. 19-Jeff Schmidt[4]; 3. 8-Michael Weber[7]; 4. 41-Parker Jones[3]; 5. B52-Kevin Korsmo[5]; 6. 77-Warren Ropp[8]; 7. 7D-Jeff Doubek[1]; 8. Z2-Rick Harris[2]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 64-Griffin McGrath[1]; 2. 6-Eric Blumer[5]; 3. 5-Dave Eberle[4]; 4. Z4-Adrianne Hartman[2]; 5. 04-Adam Meyer[6]; 6. 53-Keith Meyer[3]; 7. 52-Colton Utley[7]
IMCA SPORT COMPACT
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 10-Logan Clausen[3]; 2. 65C-Jake Anderson[2]; 3. 99L-Alex Lyness[1]; 4. 88-Jamie Wood[6]; 5. 54X-Clay James[7]; 6. (DNF) 89-Cristian Grady[5]; 7. (DNF) 630C-Justin Oswald[9]; 8. (DNF) 31D-Blake Driscol[4]; 9. (DNF) 13T-Noah Beenken[8]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 10-Logan Clausen[3]; 2. 89-Cristian Grady[1]; 3. 31D-Blake Driscol[8]; 4. 99L-Alex Lyness[4]; 5. 65C-Jake Anderson[10]; 6. 88-Jamie Wood[6]; 7. 54X-Clay James[2]; 8. 13T-Noah Beenken[9]; 9. 630C-Justin Oswald[7]; 10. X-Korey Lana[5]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
