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Dominant Performance: Thiel Claims Victory in Green to Checkered at the Prairie.

30 of the best of the upper Midwest checked in to battle at the prairie on Sunday, June 9th. Jake Blackhurst would take home the BOX3 Media Hot Lap award, Mike Reinke would set QuickTime with a 12.476.

Heat races were won by Jake Blackhurst, Tylar Rankin, and Kyle Schuett. Dash winners to set the front row were Jake Blackhurst and Scotty Thiel.

It seemed like a 2023 rematch between Thiel and Blackhurst when the lead the field to the green. Fans excited the battle those drivers could put on. At the drop of the green, Thiel would take the early lead with a drive on the remaining tack on the bottom side of the raceway. Blackhurst would follow closely behind second, Reinke third and Kyle Schuett fourth.

Thiel would quickly approach lap traffic as the 73 would charge into turns three and four. Reinke would make the pass on Blackhurst for second. The battle to watch was behind the “cheese wagon” 73 as Reinke, Blackhurst, Rose, and Schuett would fight for podium positions. Reinke would get sucked into the turn 2 wall, but would remain in second.
Ten laps in the books, it was 73, 10W, 96, 6, 9k. Max Guilford would be the next driver to try to break into the top 5, passing the 9K with a drive on the backstretch. Neuman would follow suit behind him, but mechanical gremlins would force the 3N to retire early into the infield.

We would stay green as Thiel would have a backstretch between himself and the Bob Hood Motorsports’ 10W. Thiel would continue to drive around lap traffic and would relieve the halfway home signal from the flag stand.

Reinke would continue to try to close the gap between the 10W and 73, but the 73 would continue to put lap cars between them lapping up to almost the top ten.

Race fans would count the laps down for the “Big Wheel” as Guilford would pass drivers for a podium spot with just a handful of laps to go.

Thiel would take the checkered in a Green to Checkered spectacular feature at Angell Park Speedway. Mike Reinke would finish second, and Max Guilford would round out the podium.

The IRA Sprints return to Wilmot Raceway on Saturday June 15th for the Father’s Day Sprctacular.
You can purchase tickets in advance here: https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1853/tickets/1375965?rKey=1170
EVENT TIMES;
Pits open: 2pm
Gates open: 4pm
Hot laps: 5:45
Racing to follow
View full event information here: https://www.irasprints.com/schedules/event/493206

A Feature 30 Laps | 00:13:16.100

1. 73-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 3. 79M-Max Guilford[8]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[6]; 5. 96-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 6. 6-Bill Rose[3]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[13]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 9. 19-Joel Myers Jr[14]; 10. 16C-Tylar Rankin[7]; 11. 85J-Logan Julien[22]; 12. 99-Tyler Brabant[11]; 13. 19J-Jett Mann[10]; 14. 87A-Austin Hartmann[18]; 15. 3B-Shelby Bosie[19]; 16. 25-Danny Schlafer[15]; 17. 21-Will Gerrits[12]; 18. 7F-Lance Fassbender[20]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[24]; 20. 12-Corbin Gurley[21]; 21. 09-Clayton Rossmann[16]; 22. 26R-Preston Ruh[23]; 23. 13-Van Gurley Jr[9]; 24. (DNF) 3N-Jake Neuman[5]

B Feature 10 Laps | 00:05:57.643

1. 87A-Austin Hartmann[1]; 2. 3B-Shelby Bosie[2]; 3. 7F-Lance Fassbender[3]; 4. 12-Corbin Gurley[5]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien[8]; 6. 26R-Preston Ruh[7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[4]; 8. 69-TJ Smith[9]; 9. 17-Dylan Winkel[10]; 10. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski[12]; 11. 68-Dave Uttech[6]; 12. (DNS) 28-Luke Verardi; 13. (DNS) 25T-Travis Arenz

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:04:03.647

1. 73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 6-Bill Rose[1]; 3. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 4. 16C-Tylar Rankin[3]; 5. 13-Van Gurley Jr[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:40.924

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 4. 79M-Max Guilford[4]; 5. (DNS) 25T-Travis Arenz

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:54.380

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 2. 6-Bill Rose[2]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 7. 7F-Lance Fassbender[7]; 8. 12-Corbin Gurley[8]; 9. 69-TJ Smith[10]; 10. (DNS) 17-Dylan Winkel

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:02.249

1. 16C-Tylar Rankin[2]; 2. 19J-Jett Mann[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 4. 19-Joel Myers Jr[8]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 6. 25T-Travis Arenz[3]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 8. 26R-Preston Ruh[9]; 9. (DNF) 3B-Shelby Bosie[6]; 10. (DNS) 28-Luke Verardi

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:07:01.346

1. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 2. 99-Tyler Brabant[7]; 3. 21-Will Gerrits[1]; 4. 79M-Max Guilford[3]; 5. 09-Clayton Rossmann[9]; 6. 13-Van Gurley Jr[2]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann[4]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 9. (DNF) 85J-Logan Julien[6]; 10. (DNF) 14AJ-Ryan Zielski[10]

Qualifying | 00:00:47.765

1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.476[5]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.498[9]; 3. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.569[8]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.589[7]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.598[3]; 6. 79M-Max Guilford, 00:12.631[16]; 7. 6-Bill Rose, 00:12.638[17]; 8. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:12.681[11]; 9. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 00:12.732[4]; 10. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.756[15]; 11. 19J-Jett Mann, 00:12.910[19]; 12. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:12.931[14]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.954[21]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.998[25]; 15. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.016[22]; 16. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.057[26]; 17. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:13.110[18]; 18. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:13.111[20]; 19. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 00:13.122[10]; 20. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.129[1]; 21. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:13.211[6]; 22. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:13.370[27]; 23. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.416[29]; 24. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.574[28]; 25. 17-Dylan Winkel, 00:13.600[2]; 26. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:13.729[24]; 27. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 00:13.940[30]; 28. 69-TJ Smith, 00:14.049[12]; 29. (DNF) 28-Luke Verardi[23]; 30. (DNS) 14AJ-Ryan Zielski

Hot Laps | 00:04:09.983

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[15]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[7]; 3. 79M-Max Guilford[16]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[26]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien[20]; 6. 10W-Mike Reinke[5]; 7. 13-Van Gurley Jr[4]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett[22]; 9. 19-Joel Myers Jr[29]; 10. 99-Tyler Brabant[6]; 11. 16C-Tylar Rankin[11]; 12. 6-Bill Rose[17]; 13. 3B-Shelby Bosie[18]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech[28]; 15. 87A-Austin Hartmann[8]; 16. 2W-Scott Neitzel[21]; 17. 19J-Jett Mann[19]; 18. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[25]; 19. 12-Corbin Gurley[27]; 20. 21-Will Gerrits[14]; 21. 25T-Travis Arenz[3]; 22. 28-Luke Verardi[23]; 23. 3N-Jake Neuman[9]; 24. 09-Clayton Rossmann[30]; 25. 26R-Preston Ruh[24]; 26. 7F-Lance Fassbender[10]; 27. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 28. 17-Dylan Winkel[2]; 29. 69-TJ Smith[12]; 30. (DNF) 14AJ-Ryan Zielski[13]

• Madeline Schultz on Jun 11, 2024
• Article Date: 6/11/2024 by Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz