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Neuman Strikes at Sycamore

A pair of previous winners would set the front row of our 30 lap feature. On the green, Thiel and Nimee would make contact causing Nimee’s left rear tire to deflate, sending him to the work area and to the tail of the field.

Neuman and Thiel would restart the field once more, Neuman would jump to the cushion and take the early lead. Thiel would follow closely behind the 3N while Arenz, Goldesberry, and Hartmann would battle the bullring behind him.

Goldesberry would pass Thiel with a bobbe on the backstretch and begin to reel in leader Jake Neuman. Arenz would execute a pass on the 65 and take second with 10 laps in, 20 to go. Goldesberry would attempt to battle Thiel on the bottom of turns one and two which allowed Neuman and Arenz to run away. With 18 laps to go, Arenz would pass Neuman for the lead by a nose. Neuman would rally back to the lead the next lap.

Blackhurst would make his way into the top 5 mix passing Thiel and Goldesberry on the bottom of one and two. The battle for the lead had just begun when the caution flag flew for Ryan Bunton. We would restart the field with 3N, 25T, 96, 65, and 73 rounding out the top five. Kyle Schuett and Austin Hartmann would show their cars in the top as well.

Neuman with clear air would take the lead, but the battle was behind him. Littleton, Schuett, and Hartmann would be battling for a top 5 spot. 10 laps remained for Neuman. He would shortly have a mirror-full of Arenz as he entered into lap traffic. Neuman would continue to take to the cushion and get sideways which allowed Arenz to catch up.

5 laps remained, while Neuman would weave through traffic, the race to watch was for the remainder of the podium. With two laps remaining, we would throw another caution for the 6R of Ryan Bunton. Green, White, Checkered would decide the fate of the race. Neuman led the field to the green. Thiel would give it all he had against Blackhurst, and Blackhurst would try to slide one more time for second, but the checkered wave at Sycamore for Jake Neuman’s third IRA Feature win. Arenz would bring home second. Jake Blackhurst third.

The IRA Sprints continue with their busy month of May. This Saturday May 18th, is the Spring Sprintacular at the Plymouth Dirt Track with the IRA Outlaws headlining at 3 division sprint car show including the PDTR/MSA 360's and the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series.

Sunday May 19th is the season opener at the historic Angell Park Speedway sharing the card with the Badger Midgets.

Saturday May 25th brings all 3 IRA classes (Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints powered by Gandrud, and 1175 Bar & Eatery IRA Lightning Sprints) to the Wilmot Raceway.

Sunday May 26th has the IRA Outlaws and IRA Lightning Sprints together at the 141 Speedway. FIVE great events with easy drives and travel. Come Feel The Thunder.

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A Feature 30 Laps | 00:21:58.401

1. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz[6]; 3. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel[1]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[10]; 7. 79M-Max Guilford[9]; 8. 1T-Trevin Littleton[12]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann[7]; 10. 25-Danny Schlafer[8]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz[16]; 12. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[21]; 13. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 14. 99-Tyler Brabant[14]; 15. B8-John Barnard[13]; 16. 16C-Tylar Rankin[17]; 17. 21-Will Gerrits[19]; 18. 2W-Scott Neitzel[15]; 19. 85J-Logan Julien[23]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech[22]; 21. 17-Reece Saldana[18]; 22. 10V-Matt VanderVere[24]; 23. (DNF) 6R-Ryan Bunton[20]; 24. (DNF) 47-Todd King[11]

B Feature 10 Laps | 00:11:54.956

1. 21-Will Gerrits[1]; 2. 6R-Ryan Bunton[4]; 3. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[5]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien[3]; 6. 10V-Matt VanderVere[6]; 7. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski[9]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer[8]; 10. (DNS) 3B-Shelby Bosie

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:02.808

1. 73-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 5. 79M-Max Guilford[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:01:21.874

1. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz[2]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[4]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:24.074

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 6. 16C-Tylar Rankin[6]; 7. 85J-Logan Julien[8]; 8. 10V-Matt VanderVere[9]; 9. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski[10]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:13:32.942

1. 25T-Travis Arenz[1]; 2. 47-Todd King[5]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 4. 99-Tyler Brabant[9]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann[2]; 6. 17-Reece Saldana[7]; 7. 21-Will Gerrits[6]; 8. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[8]; 9. (DNF) 3B-Shelby Bosie[4]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:52.351

1. 79M-Max Guilford[2]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 1T-Trevin Littleton[1]; 4. B8-John Barnard[5]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 7. 6R-Ryan Bunton[8]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[9]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer[7]

Qualifying | 00:27:05.319

1. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.490[19]; 2. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:12.581[15]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.598[23]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.630[3]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.646[12]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.646[8]; 7. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.707[18]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.729[9]; 9. 79M-Max Guilford, 00:12.731[5]; 10. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.798[25]; 11. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.880[11]; 12. 1T-Trevin Littleton, 00:12.880[21]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.887[20]; 14. 47-Todd King, 00:12.904[4]; 15. B8-John Barnard, 00:12.979[16]; 16. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:12.981[28]; 17. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:13.057[27]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.182[6]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.207[24]; 20. 17-Reece Saldana, 00:13.218[10]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.236[2]; 22. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:13.267[13]; 23. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:13.360[26]; 24. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 00:13.396[17]; 25. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 00:13.433[14]; 26. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:13.513[1]; 27. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.367[22]; 28. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 00:19.711[7]

Hot Laps | 00:08:01.453

1. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 2. 87A-Austin Hartmann[9]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[23]; 4. 79M-Max Guilford[5]; 5. 47-Todd King[4]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee[19]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett[25]; 8. 17-Reece Saldana[10]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman[8]; 10. 16C-Tylar Rankin[28]; 11. 96-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 13. 21-Will Gerrits[27]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[12]; 15. 1T-Trevin Littleton[21]; 16. 2W-Scott Neitzel[20]; 17. B8-John Barnard[16]; 18. 3B-Shelby Bosie[15]; 19. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[26]; 20. 99-Tyler Brabant[1]; 21. 25T-Travis Arenz[11]; 22. 10V-Matt VanderVere[14]; 23. 85J-Logan Julien[13]; 24. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 25. 68-Dave Uttech[24]; 26. 6R-Ryan Bunton[17]; 27. 43-Jereme Schroeder[22]; 28. (DNS) 14AJ-Ryan Zielski

• Madeline Schultz on May 13, 2024
• Article Date: 5/11/2024 by Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz