A warm afternoon at Park Jefferson gave way to a hot night of racing at Park Jefferson. In the end, Justin Henderson took home top honors and a $6,000 weekend sweep as he was victorious in the Midwest Power Series event at Park Jefferson Joining him in victory lane was former modified ace and now late model hot shoe Justin Zeitner, Brant O’Banion in the RACESaver Sprints, Travis Barker in the J&J Fitting Stock Cars and Kaylb Burnssen in the hobby stocks.
The Midwest Power Series, sanctioned by the MSTS and Nebraska 360, saw Justin Henderson roll to victory on the heavy surface. Henderson was able to get the jump from the outside of row 1 to power away to victory in the 20 laps feature. Cody Ledger tried to gain ground on the leader in mid race before a broken right front caused damage and he retired. It was then Greg Bakkers shot but he could not stop the Tea driver from picking up the feature win along with the $2,000 bonus put up by event supporter GRP Motorsports. Bakker and Jody Rosenboom rounded out the podium. Heat races went to Rosenboom, Henderson and Justin Jacobsma. A scary incident during heat race one saw Trevor Serbus take a hard landing in turn 1 which resulted in a complete extracation by North Sioux City, Jefferson and Park Jefferson safety officials and transport to Mercy Hospital in Sioux City. Serbus was later released and returned to the track at the conclusion of the event.
In the Tri State Late Models, who were making their second ever start at the track, Justin Zeitner got the jump from row 1 and never looked back. Zeitner let all 25 laps and just pulled away from the field. The action was in the back as Jordan Heiman started in 9th and was a man on a mission as he came in second. Series point champion Blair Nothdurft was third. Nothdurft and Beyenhoff picked up heat wins.
The Stevenson Hardware RACESaver Sprints saw Brant O’Banion picking up a feature win over Tim Ottenbacher. O’Banion, who is also a 360 sprint car competitor, was the class of the field as he was able to lay waste to the field picking up the win. 2020 track champion Jesse Lindberg finished up third. Division sponsor Brandon Stevenson won the heat.
In the J&J Fitting Stock Cars three track champions battled it out for the win. Travis Barker started the race on the front row was able to hold off modified champion Cody Thompson and Stock Car champion Ryan Harris. Barker who has had a strong showing all year had a great run to win the event. Thompson and Berker won heats.
A legacy winner set foot in victory lane in the hobby stock division as Kaylb Brunssen was the winner in the top spot as he picked up the feature victory. Brunssen, whose father is also a former winner at Park Jefferson, has been on a tear up at Wagner speedway and found himself in victory lane at Park Jefferson. Andy Hoffman and Todd Caster rounded out the podium with heats going to Hoffman and Brunssen.
Park Jefferson Speedway has concluded its racing season and will look ahead to the 2021 season with opening day slated for April 10th, 2021.
8/22/2020 at Park Jefferson International Speedway
Keizer Wheels Championship 360 Sprint Cars
Property Solutions of America A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 83-Justin Henderson[2]; 2. 11X-Gregg Bakker[5]; 3. 14-Jody Rosenboom[7]; 4. 2-Derrik Lusk[4]; 5. 36-Jason Tostenson[1]; 6. 5-Eric Lutz[9]; 7. 24B-Joey Danley[14]; 8. 22-Kaleb Johnson[13]; 9. 17B-Ryan Bickett[11]; 10. 15C-Carter Chevalier[8]; 11. (DNF) 35L-Cody Ledger[3]; 12. (DNF) 101-Chuck McGillivray[15]; 13. (DNF) 14T-Trent Roth[16]; 14. (DNF) 20-Brant O'Banion[10]; 15. (DNS) 10J-Justin Jacobsma; 16. (DNS) 03-Shayle Bade; 17. (DNS) 03X-Jamey Ogston; 18. (DNS) 10-Trevor Serbus; 19. (DQ) 29-Brandon Stevenson[12]
Property Solutions of America Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14-Jody Rosenboom[1]; 2. 2-Derrik Lusk[4]; 3. 35L-Cody Ledger[6]; 4. 29-Brandon Stevenson[2]; 5. (DNF) 03-Shayle Bade[3]; 6. (DNF) 03X-Jamey Ogston[5]; 7. (DNF) 10-Trevor Serbus[7]
Property Solutions of America Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Justin Henderson[2]; 2. 15C-Carter Chevalier[1]; 3. 5-Eric Lutz[4]; 4. 20-Brant O'Banion[6]; 5. 22-Kaleb Johnson[5]; 6. 101-Chuck McGillivray[3]
Property Solutions of America Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10J-Justin Jacobsma[1]; 2. 36-Jason Tostenson[4]; 3. 11X-Gregg Bakker[6]; 4. 17B-Ryan Bickett[3]; 5. 24B-Joey Danley[5]; 6. (DNF) 14T-Trent Roth[2]
Dirt Late Models
H&H Mobile Homes A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 62-Justin Zeitner[1]; 2. 38-Jordan Heiman[9]; 3. 76-Blair Nothdurft[3]; 4. #1-Nick Beyenhof[4]; 5. 22-Gary Brown Jr[5]; 6. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[11]; 7. Z76-Zach Zeitner[2]; 8. 8-Lane Brenden[12]; 9. 11-Brad Vogt[13]; 10. 1V-Gale Vogt[7]; 11. 71-Mike Benson[8]; 12. (DNF) 44-Kevin Larson[14]; 13. (DNF) 41-Jesse Akkerman[15]; 14. (DNF) 99-Travis Paulson[10]; 15. (DNF) 83-Mike Babcock[6]
Olsen Custom Farms Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 2. 62-Justin Zeitner[4]; 3. 22-Gary Brown Jr[3]; 4. 1V-Gale Vogt[1]; 5. 38-Jordan Heiman[8]; 6. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[6]; 7. 11-Brad Vogt[7]; 8. 41-Jesse Akkerman[5]
E&A Concrete Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. #1-Nick Beyenhof[4]; 2. Z76-Zach Zeitner[5]; 3. 83-Mike Babcock[1]; 4. 71-Mike Benson[2]; 5. 99-Travis Paulson[3]; 6. 8-Lane Brenden[7]; 7. 44-Kevin Larson[6]
IMCA Stevenson Hardware RACESaver Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 20-Brant O'Banion[4]; 2. 05-Tim Ottenbacher[6]; 3. 43MB-Jesse Lindberg[3]; 4. 33-Trevor Smith[8]; 5. 0-Brandon Stevenson[5]; 6. 29-Rick Pendergast[7]; 7. 4J-Aaron Guillaume[1]; 8. 12P-Ryan Navratil[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 0-Brandon Stevenson[1]; 2. 20-Brant O'Banion[4]; 3. 4J-Aaron Guillaume[2]; 4. 43MB-Jesse Lindberg[5]; 5. 12P-Ryan Navratil[3]; 6. 05-Tim Ottenbacher[7]; 7. 29-Rick Pendergast[6]; 8. 33-Trevor Smith[8]
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 30-Travis Barker[1]; 2. 5X-Cody Thompson[7]; 3. 99H-Ryan Harris[3]; 4. 94-Todd Gereau[6]; 5. 27-Sid Mosher[8]; 6. (DNF) J2-Jason Johnson[5]; 7. (DNF) 78M-Joe Merrill[9]; 8. (DNF) 13K-Karl Brewer[4]; 9. (DNF) 10X-Paul Wenzlaff[2]; 10. (DNF) T69-Jeff Thomas[10]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 5X-Cody Thompson[3]; 2. 94-Todd Gereau[5]; 3. 99H-Ryan Harris[2]; 4. J2-Jason Johnson[4]; 5. (DNF) 78M-Joe Merrill[1]
Heat 2: 1. 27-Sid Mosher[1]; 2. 30-Travis Barker[3]; 3. 13K-Karl Brewer[4]; 4. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff[2]; 5. (DNF) T69-Jeff Thomas[5]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 00K-Kaylb Brunssen[2]; 2. 8X-Andy Hoffman[8]; 3. 2T-Todd Caster[4]; 4. 88G-Gavin Gilbertson[5]; 5. 717-Nick Schilling[10]; 6. 34M-David Miller[9]; 7. 16D-Paul Menard[6]; 8. 22A-Andrew Harris[7]; 9. 77G-Mike Grass[1]; 10. 9-Joel McGee[3]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 8X-Andy Hoffman[1]; 2. 9-Joel McGee[5]; 3. 34M-David Miller[3]; 4. 16D-Paul Menard[2]; 5. 77G-Mike Grass[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 00K-Kaylb Brunssen[1]; 2. 88G-Gavin Gilbertson[2]; 3. 717-Nick Schilling[4]; 4. 2T-Todd Caster[3]; 5. 22A-Andrew Harris[5]
- Adam Adamson on Aug 23, 2020
- Article Date: 8/23/2020