The Park Jefferson opened its Iron Cup weekend with a test and tune with the added attraction of makeup features in the SignMasters A Modifieds, J&J Fitting Stock Cars, and Schaeffer Oil Sport Modified. Tonight will kick off the Iron Cup as and IMCA loaded program with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sprint Cars, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Also on the card are the Nebraska Modified Lites.
In the SignMasters Modifieds, it was Sioux City native Chris Abelson roaring from 10th place on the grid to take the top spot. With some drivers not able to attend with the makeup date, there was still a strong field of 16 IMCA Modifieds on hand for the feature. Abelson was able to roar from the 5th row to take top honors over “Speed” Schneiders and Harvey VendeWeerd who came from the 3rd row to put himself in a strong position for tonights round 1 of the Iron Cup.
In the J&J Fitting Stock Cars, another 5th row starter was able to win as Sioux Falls Zach Olivier was just able to eek out the top spot over Ryan Harris. Todd Gereau, capped another strong run by finishing in 6th after being in contention for the season championship all year.
The Schaeffer Oil Sport Modifieds were all Vande Weerds as Conner’s number 21 swept to the top spot over Camerson’s 2nd place finish. Vermillion’s Karl Brewer made it known he will be fighting for top honors as he rounded out the top 3 after starting in row 4. A number of drivers elected to rest their equipment to begin race preparations for tonights Iron Cup.
Tonight’s gates will open at 5pm with hot laps tentatively planned for 6:30. With driver registrations, it is important for drivers to arrive early to complete the necessary paperwork.
Adult tickets are $15, Seniors 70+ are $10 and Children 6-16 $5 with Children under 6 free. The Budweiser Clubhouse will be open for a $12 charge which can be added to any admission ticket or pit pass. For more information, go to www.parkjeff.com or call 712-267-3278.
IMCA SignMasters A Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 1X-Chris Abelson, [10]; 2. 44X-Jason Schneiders, [2]; 3. 44V-Harvey Vande Weerd, [6]; 4. 25-Ricky Stephan, [7]; 5. M80-Jim Mathieson, [1]; 6. 02JR-Chris Mills, [3]; 7. T4-Ryan Topf, [5]; 8. 23-Jim Thies, [8]; 9. 48-Bob Moore, [9]; 10. 56-Zach Van Voorst, [13]; 11. 88-Sean Barragan, [4]; 12. 1AR-Alex Reetz, [14]; 13. 7N-Jay Noteboom, [11]; 14. 7S-Bob Fleshman, [15]; 15. 77-Rj Merchant, [16]; 16. 27-Daniel Loggins, [12]; 17. 41-Thor Anderson, [17]; 18. 35-Jeff Berens, [18]; 19. 14R-Randy Rosenboom, [19]; 20. 17S-James Slawson, [20]
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1: 1. 71-Zach Olivier, [9]; 2. 49-Ryan Harris, [3]; 3. 94-Todd Gereau, [6]; 4. 013-Casey Jones, [4]; 5. 95-Tom McKenzie, [11]; 6. 4J-Aaron Guillaune, [5]; 7. 55-Greg Taylor, [8]; 8. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, [7]; 9. 13-Glenn Jones, [1]; 10. 352.0-Curt Vanbeek, [2]; 11. (DNF) 28-Mike Jensen, [12]; 12. (DNF) 268-Brad Te Grotenhuis, [13]; 13. (DNF) 01B-Kevin Bruck, [10]; (DNS) 69X-Richie Ackerly,
Heat 1: 1. 13-Glenn Jones, [1]; 2. 352.0-Curt Vanbeek, [2]; 3. 94-Todd Gereau, [6]; 4. 013-Casey Jones, [3]; 5. 55-Greg Taylor, [4]; 6. 69X-Richie Ackerly, [5]
Heat 2: 1. 49-Ryan Harris, [2]; 2. 01B-Kevin Bruck, [5]; 3. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, [6]; 4. 71-Zach Olivier, [4]; 5. 4J-Aaron Guillaune, [3]; 6. 28-Mike Jensen, [1]; 7. (DNF) 95-Tom McKenzie, [7]
IMCA Schaeffer Oil Sport Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 21-Conner Vande Weerd, [2]; 2. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, [4]; 3. 13K-Karl Brewer, [8]; 4. 4S-Adam Sage, [1]; 5. 10N-Keegan Nordquist, [12]; 6. 22-Justin Voeltz, [10]; 7. T1-Rusty Montagne, [6]; 8. 25C-Cody Thompson, [5]; 9. 25-Josh Blom, [7]; 10. 1J-John Foreman, [9]; 11. 12-Aaron Plum, [11]; 12. (DNF) 2-Keith Sanders, [3]; (DNS) 14-Todd Boulware, ; (DNS) 00X-Jeff Brunssen, ; (DNS) 07-Aaron De Thury, ; (DNS) 3-Nicholas Peters, ; (DNS) 56-Dave Riley
- Adam Adamson on Sep 15, 2017
- Article Date: 9/15/2017