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Steward edges out Hetrick in sprint feature, Cale gets first mod win
By Dana Royer/34 Raceway

BURLINGTON, IA (May 24) - A great night of racing on a fast track treated 34 Raceway fans on Pepsi night Saturday, May 24. Once again the pit area was filled with race cars ready for the nights point race action topping the 118 mark. The night saw two new winners for the year at 34 Raceway with Lonnie Bailey, Quincy, Il., winning the IMCA Late Model feature and Tyler Cale, Donnellson winning the 24 car IMCA Modified feature. Getting repeat wins for the year were Donnie Steward, West Burlington (305 sprints), Jeff Mueller, New London (IMCA Stock Cars) and Matt Gavin, Kirkwood, Il., winning the hobby stock main event.

Lonnie Bailey, Quincy, Illinois raced to his first J & J Steel Ideal Ready Mix IMCA Late Model feature win Saturday topping the 21 car field. New Londonšs Sam Halstead took the early lead from his front row start. Halstead led the field around the 3/8 mile for seventeen laps. Taking a liking to the high side, Bailey moved his way up from his fifth row start. By lap sixteen, Bailey passed his son Matt for second and then set his sights on Halstead, the leader. Still using the high side of the track, Bailey moved around Halstead on lap eighteen and never looked back as he pulled away from the field and taking the checkered flag for the first time this year. Matt Bailey got by Halstead with four laps to go to finish second and Halstead then finished third. Jay Johnson, and Tom Bowling rounded out the top five.

A strong field of 29 IMCA modifieds competed for the 24 car feature with three heats and a B-Feature. Brandon Rothzen and Adam Carson set the pace early with Rothzen taking a short lived lead before Tyler Cale passed him on lap two. Cale would pull away from the field working through lapped traffic, but a caution with three laps to go would close the gap. Cale would hold on to his lead holding off a hard charging Josh Foster for his first win at 34 Raceway. Foster finished second followed by Andy Krieger, Dennis LaVeine and Chris Larson rounding out the top five.

In its second year of action at 34 Raceway, the 305 Sprint class is looking strong. With fifteen cars entered in the nights action it would be Donnie Steward getting his second win of the year. Steward, who nearly didnšt make the feature due to fuel problems had to make adjustments prior to the start of the race and had to start in the rear of the field. Making the long trek from Des Moines, Justin Parrish would take the early lead and pull away from the field early on. With Parrish in the lead, a battle for second would go on behind him between Steward and Brian Hetrick. Then suddenly, with four laps to go, Parrish, the leader, pulled in to the pits and the battle was on for the lead. Hetrick and Steward would race bumper to bumper, side by side, taking turns at the lead. On the final lap of the 20 lap race, with Hetrick using the bottom of the track, Steward would take to the high side and shoot down past Hetrick coming out of turn four to take the checkered flag winning by a slim margin. Not knowing for sure who had won, an elated Steward saw his number at the top of the score board and new he had won. Hetrick finished second in the exciting finish followed by Justin Newberry, Dustin Whiting and Seth Wilke finishing out the top five.

New Londonšs Jeff Mueller made it two wins in a row winning the IMCA Stock Car feature, following a win from the week before. Mueller took the lead from Corey Strothman on lap five of the twenty six car, fifteen lap race but could not pull away with Strothman, Kirk Kinsley, Jake Wenig, John Oliver and Jason Cook close behind. Mueller would finally get a slight edge with four laps to go and went on to take the checkered flag for the second time this year. Wenig would hold on to his second spot and winning the battle for third was Jason Cook.

Matt Gavin, Kirkwood, Illinois, got his second win this year in the hobby stock division topping the twenty four car field. Gavin took the lead from John Oliver on lap three of the fifteen lap race. On lap eight, Dean Kratzer was able to get by Oliver and was closing in on the leader. Kratzer would pull up on Gavinšs bumper several times and with Gavin held up by lap traffic, kratzer had a shot. But Gavin was able to maneuver around the lap car and held on to his and take the checkered flag. Kratzer finished second followed by Oliver, Chad Krogmeier and Tanner Thomann finishing in the top five.

COMING UP ­ Saturday, May 31 will be Deery Brothers Automotive night with point races in all five classes.

May 24, 2008 results
J & J STEEL IDEAL READY MIX IMCA LATE MODELS

FEATURE: 1. Lonnie Bailey, Quincy, Il., 2. Matt Bailey, Quincy, Il., 3. Sam Halstead, New London, 4. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, 5. Tom Bowling, Danville, 6. Justin Reed, Quincy, Il., 7. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis, 8.
Colby Springsteen, Morning Sun, 9. Matt Strassheim, West Burlington, 10.
Jason Frankel, Quincy, Il., 11. Matt Ryan, Davenport, 12. Tom Goble, Burlington, 13. Keith Pratt, Mendon, Il., 14. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, 15.
Stephan Kammerer, Blue Grass, 16. Adam Helmick, Fort Madison, 17. Duane Christisen, Blue Grass, 18. Kevin Tomlinson, New London, Mo., 19. Joey Gower, Quincy, Il., 20. Jay Chenoweth, Wapello, 21. Gary Russell, Biggsville, Il., HEAT WINNERS: Halstead, Springsteen, Johnson

SEBASTIAN SANDBLASTING 305 SPRINTS

FEATURE: 1, Donnie Steward, West Burlington, 2. Brian Hetrick, Stronghurst, Il., 3. Justin Newberry, Burlington, 4. Dustin Whiting, Burlington, 4. Seth Wilke, Burlington, 6. John Draper, Bryant, Il., 7. Nick Guernsey, Burlington, 8. Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, Il., 9. Justin Parrish, Des Moines, 10. Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, 11. Bobby Mincer, Burlington, 12.
Patrick Long, Hedrick, 13. Scott Boles, New London, 14. Tim Rose, Burlington, 15. Jayson Ditsworth, Gladstone, Il., HEAT WINNERS: B. Hetrick, Steward

MILLER LITE IMCA MODIFIEDS

FEATURE: 1. Tyler Cale, Donnellson, 2. Josh Foster, Montrose, 3. Andy Krieger, Burlington, 4. Dennis LaVeine, Burlington, 5. Chris Larson, Keokuk, 6. Jack Matthews, Colchester, Il., 7. Bill Parks, Colchester, Il., 8. Jeremy Harris, Burlington, 9. Bill Roberts, Jr., Burlington, 10. David Goble, Burlington, 11. Jim Redmann, Lockridge, 12. Adam Swanson, Burlington, 13.
Mike Hill, New London, Ia., 14. Brandon Rothzen, Media, Il., 15. Jeff Gerhardt, Niota, Il., 16. Kevin Goben, Sherrard, Il., 17. Jim Whitmer, Quincy, Il., 18. Adam Birck, Canton, Mo., 19. David Cloke, Burlington, 20.
Mike Weikert, Jr., Muscatine,, 21. Adam Carson, Colcehster, il., 22. Dean McGee, Galesburg, Il., 23. Rich Smith, Davenport, 24. Darin Thye, HEAT WINNERS; Rothzen, Cale, Hill. B-FEATURE: Matthews

MIKEšS AUTO PARTS IMCA STOCK CARS

FEATURE: 1. Jeff Mueller, New London, 2. Jake Wenig, Burlington, 3. Jason Cook, Mt. Pleasant, 4. John Oliver, Jr., Danville, 5. Kirk Kinsley, Wapello, 6. Corey Strothman, New London, 7. Darin Thye, Burlington, 8. Cole Simmons, Morning Sun, 9,. Patrick Mincer, Columbus Junction, 10. Shane Watts, Burlington, 11. Ray Raker, Danville, 12. Chris Webb, Biggsville, Il., 13.
Brett Timmerman, Wapello, 14. Nick Fenton, Mt. Pleasant, 15. Jim Redmann, Lockridge, 16. Bob Hunter, Burlington, 17 Abe Huls, Carthage, Il., 18.
Randy Phillips, Muscatine, 19. Cale Samberg, Burlington, 20. Rod Staats, Columbus Jct., 21. Derek Coleman, New London, 22. John Brockway, Morning Sun, 23. Todd Holsteen, Burlington, 24. Derek Goble, Danville, 25. Travis Finke, Columbus Junction, 26. Greg Johnson, Burlington,. HEAT WINNERS:
Strothman, Kinsley, Mincer.

PEPSI HOBBY STOCK

FEATURE: 1. Matt Gavin, Kirkwood, Il., 2. Dean Kratzer, Fort Madison, 3.
John Oliver, West Burlington, 4. Chad Krogmeier, Burlington, 5. Tanner Thomann, West Burlington, 6. Craig Griffin, Monmouth, Il., 7. Blaine Dopler, Wapello, 8. Alex Buffington, Wapello, 9. Chuck Underwood, Burlington, 10. Randy Samberg, Burlington, 11. Rob Wilsey, Keokuk, 12. Derek St.Clair, Donnellson, 13. Randy Wachter, Burlington, 14. Sky Griffith, Wapello, 15. Brodie Dopler, Wapello, 16. Brian Tipps, Wapello, 17. Dan Wenig, Danville, 18. Luke McLaughlin, Mediapolis, 19. Eric Rowley, Burlington, 20. Victor Hastings, Oquawka, il., 1. T J Henderson, Douds, 22.
Jason Gerdes, Lomax, Il., 23. Chuck Fullenkamp, Ft. Madison, 24. Christopher Hartley, Burlington, 25. Doug Fenton, Burlington, 26. Todd Lange, Stronghurst, Il., 27. Matt Krieger,. HEAT WINNERS: Gavin, Kratzer, Thomann.