Nice weather greeted race teams and fans alike as the Park Jefferson Speedway kicked off June 1 with a great night of racing that included a full field of cars and a fast moving program for fans to enjoy.
In the Artworks Graphics Modifieds, it was Chris Mills as a surprise winner. Mills, who has dropped in periodically throughout his career at Park Jefferson since winning a stock car championship, was able to benefit from a front row starting spot to jump to an early lead and win by 4 seconds. Mills was chased by RJ Merchant, who has found a lot of speed over the past few weeks. All time feature winner Jay Noteboom was third. Heat race wins when to Mills and Mapletons’s Jim Thies.
In the Stevenson Hardware Sprint Cars, “The Combine” Dusty Ballenger came flying from 8th with point leader Brant O’Banion in tow as the drivers from the 4th row were able to slide around the smooth racing surface to race into the lead. Ballenger has shown an affinity for the Park surface since the sprint cars became weekly, picked up his second win of the year while O’Banion continues to lead points. Ryan Voss was third. Heats went to Colin Smith and Shane Fick who made his first appearance at the track this year.
The J&J Fitting Stock Cars saw Greg Taylor hold off Elijah Zevenbergen by just 1 tenth of a second to pick up his second feature win of the year. It was masterful to watch the 2 drivers work though the field and take the top 2 spots. Taylor and Bo Lundquist won the heat races.
The Pizza Ranch Sport Modifieds saw Sioux City superstar Cody Thompson once again in victory lane. Thompson came in Saturday after picking up a win in NASCAR action at the I-80 Speedway the night before and the handicapping was just a small hindrance on his way to the front. Coming in second was an unbelievable run by Kole Nordquist. Nordquist started 18th and passed 16 other cars to come up just short. Josh Blom led the Artworks Graphics sponsored 25 to a third place finish. Heats went to Rusty Montagne and Devon McMartin.
The IMCA Hobby Stock division saw pure chaos to the point standings as some of the top drivers Andy Hoffman and Craig Clift struggle and Aaron Shearn taking the night off, it was Blake Arends to put his number 22 machine in victory lane of Justin Frederick. Kevin Bruck rounded out the top three which saw Bruck win a heat along with Richard Wynn and Jeremy Smith.
The IMCA Sport Compacts saw late arriving Josh Uhl invade for the victory over another strong second by Conner Brown. Uhl was able to take advantage or his starting position and raced around the middle and high sides of the track to pick up the win. Jared Gross was third and also won one of the two heat races with Uhl winning the other.
The originally scheduled USMTS show for Friday has been moved to Sunday, June 23rd. Fans this week will enjoy the treat of the 4th annual Mark Lloyd Memorial which sees the return of the Late Model Street Stocks to Park Jefferson Speedway. They will be joining the IMCA Weekly program for a full night of racing. Gates open at 4:30 for competitors and 5:00 for spectators. Hot laps are slated for 6:15 and racing at 7:00. Adult tickets are $13, seniors $10, children 6-16 are $3 and under 6 are free. For more information go to www.parkjeff.com
June 1 Park Jefferson Speedway Results
IMCA Artworks Graphics A Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 02JR-Chris Mills, 07:33.068[1]; 2. 77-RJ Merchant, 07:37.105[4]; 3. 7N-Jay Noteboom, 07:37.244[8]; 4. 23-Jim Thies, 07:39.062[2]; 5. 25-Ricky Stephan, 07:40.274[7]; 6. 1X-Chris Abelson, 07:41.051[10]; 7. 14-Todd Boulware, 07:41.374[11]; 8. 13K-Karl Brewer, 07:45.645[12]; 9. 48-Bob Moore, 07:47.655[9]; 10. 20-Chad Ten Napel, 07:49.178[5]; 11. 55-Jim Cole, 07:49.834[15]; 12. 88-Sean Barragan, 07:50.815[13]; 13. 15M-Shane DeMey, 07:51.412[17]; 14. 35-Jeff Berens, 07:34.652[3]; 15. M80-Jim Mathieson, 07:39.011[14]; 16. 47-Darin Roepke, 07:43.714[16]; 17. (DNF) 44X-Jason Schneiders, 00:42.750[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 02JR-Chris Mills, 04:35.841[1]; 2. 35-Jeff Berens, 04:41.233[2]; 3. 20-Chad Ten Napel, 04:41.433[4]; 4. 1X-Chris Abelson, 04:42.184[9]; 5. 77-RJ Merchant, 04:42.733[3]; 6. 14-Todd Boulware, 04:43.301[8]; 7. 88-Sean Barragan, 04:44.088[6]; 8. (DNF) 55-Jim Cole, 04:06.027[5]; 9. (DNF) 15M-Shane DeMey, 00:23.310[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Jim Thies, [1]; 2. 7N-Jay Noteboom, [7]; 3. 25-Ricky Stephan, [6]; 4. 48-Bob Moore, [8]; 5. 44X-Jason Schneiders, [4]; 6. 13K-Karl Brewer, [5]; 7. M80-Jim Mathieson, [3]; 8. (DNF) 47-Darin Roepke, [2]
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 55-Greg Taylor, 07:23.731[4]; 2. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen, 07:23.840[11]; 3. 1-Brad Jones, 07:25.992[2]; 4. 19-Bo Lundquist, 07:28.550[7]; 5. 49-Ryan Harris, 07:31.409[16]; 6. 02-Tony Ritterbush, 07:32.952[3]; 7. 41-Jason Ward, 07:32.987[9]; 8. 13-Glen Jones, 07:36.052[14]; 9. 43-Aaron Cain, 07:36.292[8]; 10. 28-Mike Jensen, 07:40.839[1]; 11. TNT-Roger Tripp, 07:45.567[10]; 12. TNT2-Devin Tripp, 07:47.852[13]; 13. 17-Austin Brands, 07:24.587[15]; 14. 10S-Richie Ackerly, 07:28.074[12]; 15. J2-Jason Johnson, 07:44.398[17]; 16. (DNF) 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, 02:23.952[6]; 17. (DNF) 352.0-Curt Vanbeek, 02:10.390[5]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 55-Greg Taylor, 02:09.661[3]; 2. 43-Aaron Cain, 02:10.979[5]; 3. 1-Brad Jones, 02:12.707[2]; 4. 41-Jason Ward, 02:12.316[6]; 5. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, 02:12.707[4]; 6. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen, 02:13.257[7]; 7. TNT2-Devin Tripp, 02:17.389[9]; 8. 17-Austin Brands, 02:18.959[8]; 9. J2-Jason Johnson, 02:22.130[1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 19-Bo Lundquist, 02:51.122[5]; 2. 28-Mike Jensen, 02:55.681[2]; 3. 02-Tony Ritterbush, 02:56.107[3]; 4. TNT-Roger Tripp, 02:57.579[8]; 5. 352.0-Curt Vanbeek, 03:03.367[4]; 6. 10S-Richie Ackerly, 03:03.757[7]; 7. 13-Glen Jones, 03:10.003[1]; (DQ) 49-Ryan Harris, 02:55.839[6]
IMCA Pizza Ranch of Akron Sport Modifieds
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson, 21:56.371[8]; 2. 10N-Kole Nordquist, 21:58.004[18]; 3. 25-Josh Blom, 22:00.888[5]; 4. 21-Conner Vande Weerd, 02:37.675[15]; 5. T1-Rusty Montagne, 22:02.270[9]; 6. 14V-AJ Boulware, 22:03.052[11]; 7. 7CC-Chris DeMara, 22:03.639[3]; 8. 4G-Michael Guthrie, 22:03.942[1]; 9. 77G-Mile Grass, 22:05.208[12]; 10. 11-Austin Price, 22:05.400[17]; 11. T6-James Larsen, 22:09.987[14]; 12. (DNF) 1R-Cade Richards, 14:14.215[6]; 13. (DNF) 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, 08:42.933[4]; 14. (DNF) 212-Kendall Duerksen, 02:35.622[10]; 15. (DNF) 6-Luke Jackson, 02:37.675[13]; (DNS) 99C-Christopher Hendrickson, 02:37.675; (DQ) 57X-Devon McMartin, 22:00.085[7]; (DQ) 9-Seth Pinney, 08:47.971[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. T1-Rusty Montagne, 00:22.505[9]; 2. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, 07:38.557[5]; 3. 1R-Cade Richards, 07:39.014[7]; 4. 4G-Michael Guthrie, 00:22.505[1]; 5. 7CC-Chris DeMara, 07:48.245[4]; 6. (DNF) 14V-AJ Boulware, 00:22.505[6]; 7. (DNF) 6-Luke Jackson, 00:21.622[3]; 8. (DNF) 21-Conner Vande Weerd, 00:21.622[8]; 9. (DNF) 11-Austin Price, 00:21.622[2]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 57X-Devon McMartin, 07:01.442[7]; 2. 25-Josh Blom, 07:03.103[6]; 3. 25C-Cody Thompson, 07:04.211[8]; 4. 212-Kendall Duerksen, 07:05.293[4]; 5. 9-Seth Pinney, 07:07.300[2]; 6. 77G-Mile Grass, 07:09.496[9]; 7. T6-James Larsen, 06:49.778[3]; 8. 99C-Christopher Hendrickson, 01:05.980[1]; 9. 10N-Kole Nordquist, 01:15.072[5]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 22-Blake Arends, 12:10.092[12]; 2. 83X-Justin Frederick, 12:11.507[9]; 3. 01B-Kevin Bruck, 12:13.575[10]; 4. 68Z-Zach Ankrum, 12:14.062[15]; 5. 34M-David Miller, 12:14.291[17]; 6. 16D-Paul Menard, 12:14.416[1]; 7. 717-Nick Schilling, 12:14.815[4]; 8. 112-Mitch Schultze, 12:17.312[18]; 9. 13B-David Bates, 12:17.344[5]; 10. 2T-Todd Caster, 12:17.923[19]; 11. 45-Richard Wynn, 12:18.971[7]; 12. 44-John Cain, 12:19.016[3]; 13. 77-Craig Clift, 12:20.214[8]; 14. 40-Richard Schaeffer, 12:21.676[13]; 15. 5-Lenny Tucker, 12:23.561[2]; 16. 48J-Justin Shearn, 12:29.042[14]; 17. 39-Lowell Janssen, 12:29.064[20]; 18. (DNF) 35-Jeremy Smith, 01:16.854[6]; 19. (DNF) 8X-Andy Hoffman, 01:16.854[11]; (DNS) 99-Dellas Williams, 01:16.854
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 01B-Kevin Bruck, 02:14.922[6]; 2. 77-Craig Clift, 02:17.062[5]; 3. 5-Lenny Tucker, 02:20.161[3]; 4. 13B-David Bates, 02:21.120[4]; 5. 40-Richard Schaeffer, 02:25.669[2]; 6. 99-Dellas Williams, 02:30.539[7]; (DNS) 2T-Todd Caster, 02:30.539
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 35-Jeremy Smith, 02:03.985[4]; 2. 44-John Cain, 02:18.356[3]; 3. 22-Blake Arends, 02:19.068[7]; 4. 8X-Andy Hoffman, 02:23.742[6]; 5. 48J-Justin Shearn, 02:03.985[2]; 6. 34M-David Miller, 02:26.685[5]; 7. (DNF) 39-Lowell Janssen, 02:03.985[1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 45-Richard Wynn, 02:17.968[4]; 2. 717-Nick Schilling, 01:32.832[3]; 3. 83X-Justin Frederick, 02:18.756[5]; 4. 16D-Paul Menard, 02:19.231[2]; 5. 68Z-Zach Ankrum, 02:19.579[6]; 6. 112-Mitch Schultze, 02:28.712[1]
IMCA Fox 620 Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 24J-Joshua Uhl, [1]; 2. 35X-Connor Brown, [6]; 3. 3R-Jared Gross, [7]; 4. 8K-Kaytee Devries, [8]; 5. 69V-Danny Vanderveen, [4]; 6. 11A-Bubba Brown, [9]; 7. 96B-Brian Long, [11]; 8. 15J-Josh Stanley, [5]; 9. 23-Tony Fontenot, [3]; 10. 35JR-Taylor Brown, [12]; 11. (DNF) 3A-Auston Honeycutt, [2]; 12. (DNF) 72-Doug Vermilyea, [10]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 24J-Joshua Uhl, [1]; 2. 8K-Kaytee Devries, [6]; 3. 35X-Connor Brown, [5]; 4. 23-Tony Fontenot, [2]; 5. 72-Doug Vermilyea, [3]; (DQ) 96B-Brian Long, [4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 3R-Jared Gross, [6]; 2. 69V-Danny Vanderveen, [2]; 3. 11A-Bubba Brown, [5]; 4. 3A-Auston Honeycutt, [1]; 5. 15J-Josh Stanley, [4]; 6. 35JR-Taylor Brown, [3]
IMCA Stevenson Hardware Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, 14:43.367[8]; 2. 20-Brant O'Banion, 14:44.487[9]; 3. 1S-Ryan Voss, 14:49.118[4]; 4. 1R-Matt Richards, 14:52.924[5]; 5. 7-Shane Fick, 14:54.074[6]; 6. 12L-John Lambertz, 14:57.802[10]; 7. 43MB-Tim Fricke, 14:58.216[2]; 8. 05-Colin Smith, 14:58.523[7]; 9. 7L-Jesse Lindberg, 15:01.546[11]; 10. 29-Rick Pendergast, 14:46.154[3]; 11. (DNF) 4J-Aaron Guillaume, 04:03.649[12]; 12. (DNF) 31A-C.J. Johnson, 04:04.338[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Colin Smith, 07:41.472[5]; 2. 43MB-Tim Fricke, 07:45.367[2]; 3. 20-Brant O'Banion, 07:46.869[6]; 4. 1R-Matt Richards, 07:48.073[4]; 5. 31A-C.J. Johnson, 07:56.978[1]; (DNS) 12L-John Lambertz, 07:56.978
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Shane Fick, 06:23.864[4]; 2. 1S-Ryan Voss, 06:25.717[3]; 3. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, 06:26.972[5]; 4. 29-Rick Pendergast, 06:32.086[2]; 5. 4J-Aaron Guillaume, 06:37.525[6]; 6. (DNF) 7L-Jesse Lindberg, 05:05.022[1]
- Adam Adamson on Jun 03, 2019
- Article Date: 6/3/2019