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(West Burlington, IA) With another 48-car night field, it was night number two of Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints Season Opener. When we went green for our 30 lap feature, it was Carson McCarl and Bill Balog leading the field to the green. We would go green but shortly rerack the field for Paul Nienhiser. We would crack the whip one more time in turn 4 to begin. Balog would jump to the early lead over McCarl on the backstretch. Chase Randall would follow closely behind Balog to maneuver around the 6 and begin to shorten the distance between himself and the North Pole Nightmare. Behind this action, it was McCarl versus McCarl. Austin would hold off on the pass as the caution was thrown for Chris Martin with only five laps scored. When we returned to racing, Randall was all over Balog for the top spot. Randall and Balog would exchange lines, but the 17B hung on to the lead. This battle would remain the race to watch until the two came in contact with each other heading into turn one, bringing out a red flag for Balog.

After an open red, it was Randall, C. McCarl, and A. McCarl as the top 3. Austin McCarl would challenge his brother Carson for second and would make the pass on the cushion with 15 down, 15 to go. Parker Price-Miller would move into third. Randall would weave through traffic to place numerous cars between him and A. McCarl. The Indy Race Parts 71 would challenge C. McCarl as the caution would wave again. Randall would lead the field to green with 10 laps remaining. He would be followed closely by A. McCarl, Price-Miller, C. McCarl, Eliason. Joe B Miller also moved up 6 spots to be 5th on that restart. Eliason and Price-Miller would battle for the final podium spot as we counted the laps down. The white flag flew but the lap was not completed as a spin from the 23 of Russel Borland brought out a caution. With a green-white-checkered finish, it was Chase Randall, Austin McCarl, and Cory Eliason rounding out the podium. However, Chase Randall would be found light at the scales. This would result in a DQ for the team and move Austin McCarl as the winner of the feature event. Cory Eliason second, and Parker Price-Miller third.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car series will make its next appearance at Beaver Dam Raceway for the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial next Saturday, April 15th. Pits open at 4:00, Gates Open at 4:30, and Racing begins at 6:30. Can’t be there? Watch the action live on FloRacing.

Photo by Emily Schwanke

A Feature 30 Laps | 00:49:14.821

1. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 2. 71-Cory Eliason[14]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[6]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller[12]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[11]; 6. 6-Carson McCarl[1]; 7. 96-Jake Blackhurst[20]; 8. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]; 9. 35-Zach Hampton[15]; 10. 12T-Tyler Drueke[19]; 11. 3N-Jake Neuman[7]; 12. 22-Riley Goodno[18]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[8]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer[23]; 15. 44C-Chris Martin[16]; 16. 79-Blake Nimee[17]; 17. U2-Jack Vanderboom[24]; 18. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland[13]; 19. (DNF) 22K-Kaleb Johnson[9]; 20. (DNF) 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 21. (DNF) 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[22]; 22. (DNF) 50-Paul Nienhiser[10]; 23. (DNF) 11K-Kraig Kinser[21]; 24. (DQ) 9-Chase Randall[5]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:08:22.000

1. 11K-Kraig Kinser[1]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 5. 4C-Cameron Martin[4]; 6. 11-Colton Fisher[6]; 7. 3B-Shelby Bosie[10]; 8. 31-McCain Richards[13]; 9. 15-Cole Mincer[9]; 10. 3A-Aaron Rixmann[7]; 11. 8S-Steve Short[8]; 12. (DNS) 37-Bryce Norris; 13. (DNS) 21-Gunner Ramey; 14. (DNS) 26-Tyler Tischendorf

B Feature 2 10 Laps | 00:14:01.000

1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[6]; 2. U2-Jack Vanderboom[2]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman[5]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz[7]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 7. 122-Lane Warner[10]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[11]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]; 10. 4-Chase Richards[13]; 11. 24-Scott Conger[12]; 12. 39V-William Huck[14]; 13. 44-Carson Short[4]; 14. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[9]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:00:50.000

1. 6-Carson McCarl[2]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[1]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 5. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:16.000

1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 88-Austin McCarl[1]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 5. 50-Paul Nienhiser[3]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:11.000

1. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 2. 12-Corbin Gurley[1]; 3. 6-Carson McCarl[3]; 4. 35-Zach Hampton[5]; 5. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[4]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 7. 4C-Cameron Martin[8]; 8. 3A-Aaron Rixmann[11]; 9. 15-Cole Mincer[12]; 10. 3B-Shelby Bosie[7]; 11. (DNS) 21-Gunner Ramey; 12. (DNS) 26-Tyler Tischendorf

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:11.000

1. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[5]; 5. 12T-Tyler Drueke[7]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 8. 11-Colton Fisher[10]; 9. 8S-Steve Short[9]; 10. 31-McCain Richards[12]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]; 12. 37-Bryce Norris[11]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:50.000

1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 71-Cory Eliason[1]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 4. 22-Riley Goodno[6]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 7. 44-Carson Short[10]; 8. 49-Josh Schneiderman[9]; 9. 25T-Travis Arenz[8]; 10. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[7]; 11. 24-Scott Conger[11]; 12. 39V-William Huck[12]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:04:58.000

1. 50-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 3. 44C-Chris Martin[1]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 96-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 6. U2-Jack Vanderboom[7]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann[5]; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[12]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]; 10. 122-Lane Warner[10]; 11. 29-Hunter Custer[9]; 12. 4-Chase Richards[11]

Qualifying A | 00:00:27.000

1. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:12.596[10]; 2. 9-Chase Randall, 00:12.597[9]; 3. 6-Carson McCarl, 00:12.600[3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 00:12.779[17]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.794[12]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.861[14]; 7. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:12.931[5]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.951[15]; 9. 35-Zach Hampton, 00:12.969[13]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.991[2]; 11. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.001[21]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.103[23]; 13. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:13.194[11]; 14. 12T-Tyler Drueke, 00:13.212[18]; 15. 4C-Cameron Martin, 00:13.309[6]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.413[22]; 17. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.511[24]; 18. 8S-Steve Short, 00:13.549[16]; 19. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:13.724[1]; 20. 11-Colton Fisher, 00:14.227[8]; 21. 3A-Aaron Rixmann, 00:14.235[19]; 22. 31-McCain Richards, 00:14.305[7]; 23. 15-Cole Mincer, 00:14.761[20]; 24. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:14.761[4]

Qualifying B | 00:00:26.000

1. 29M-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.347[13]; 2. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.555[20]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.646[17]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:12.687[15]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.694[23]; 6. 50-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.893[4]; 7. 71-Cory Eliason, 00:12.922[22]; 8. 44C-Chris Martin, 00:12.990[6]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.990[21]; 10. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:13.020[1]; 11. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:13.034[8]; 12. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.071[9]; 13. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:13.073[24]; 14. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:13.227[16]; 15. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.300[7]; 16. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:13.310[19]; 17. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:13.313[5]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.318[18]; 19. 44-Carson Short, 00:13.339[2]; 20. 122-Lane Warner, 00:13.509[11]; 21. 24-Scott Conger, 00:13.533[10]; 22. 4-Chase Richards, 00:14.009[14]; 23. 39V-William Huck, 00:15.112[3]; 24. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:15.112[12]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:06:24.000

1. 88-Austin McCarl[44]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[47]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[37]; 4. 71-Cory Eliason[46]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[41]; 6. 22-Riley Goodno[32]; 7. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[48]; 8. 50-Paul Nienhiser[28]; 9. U2-Jack Vanderboom[40]; 10. 26R-Preston Ruh[43]; 11. 9K-Kyle Schuett[45]; 12. 96-Jake Blackhurst[33]; 13. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[36]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer[42]; 15. 51B-Joe B Miller[39]; 16. 9-Chase Randall[9]; 17. 35-Zach Hampton[13]; 18. 44-Carson Short[26]; 19. 11K-Kraig Kinser[17]; 20. 3N-Jake Neuman[12]; 21. 49-Josh Schneiderman[29]; 22. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]; 23. 24-Scott Conger[34]; 24. 44C-Chris Martin[30]; 25. 6-Carson McCarl[3]; 26. 1-Brenham Crouch[14]; 27. 122-Lane Warner[35]; 28. 23-Russel Borland[15]; 29. 8S-Steve Short[16]; 30. 2W-Scott Neitzel[23]; 31. 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 32. 12-Corbin Gurley[5]; 33. 4C-Cameron Martin[6]; 34. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[24]; 35. 87A-Austin Hartmann[25]; 36. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[10]; 37. 21-Gunner Ramey[1]; 38. 3B-Shelby Bosie[11]; 39. 12T-Tyler Drueke[18]; 40. 25T-Travis Arenz[31]; 41. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 42. 15-Cole Mincer[20]; 43. 11-Colton Fisher[8]; 44. 4-Chase Richards[38]; 45. 31-McCain Richards[7]; 46. 39V-William Huck[27]; 47. 3A-Aaron Rixmann[19]; 48. 37-Bryce Norris[4]

• Madeline Schultz on Apr 09, 2023
• Article Date: 4/8/2023 by Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz