Spieker, Mueller, Ramsey and Tull Honored at Adams County Speedway Banquet

Corning, Iowa (Jan. 28, 2006)The 2005 Adams County Speedway banquet was held with an overflow crowd at the Cass County Community Building in Atlantic, Iowa. The 2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series champions were honored as well as all the other special award winners.

Chris Spieker was honored as the Dodge Late Model champion for the 4th time in the last 5 years. His season was highlighted by 6 weekly event wins as well as the winner in the WDRL race held on Memorial Day weekend. Spieker also captured the NASCAR Division II championship and was honored for that at the NASCAR national banquet held in Nashville, Tennessee in November of 2005.

Receiving trophies for their second through fifteenth place finishes in the Dodge late models were Karl Ritterbusch, Ed Kosiski, Paul Glendenning, Scott Koskovich, Todd McKee, Ryan Vicker, Billy Leighton, Mike Nanfito, Jeremy Houck, Jason O’Brien, Bryant Goldsmith, Corey Zeitner, Mike Whitehead and Troy McKee.

Dan Mueller was honored for the fourth consecutive year as the champion of the Budweiser modified class. Mueller’s 3 wins and 14 top 5’s in his 18 starts was plenty to keep the competition behind him for the championship. Finishing 2nd through 15th were Jeremy Tibben, Lonn Schlueter, Trenton Jackson, Jesse Dennis, Brian Foote, Chris Hogan, Russell Stewart, Larry Foote, Jerry Carlson, Ron Gay, Randy Foote, Denny Rosenberg, Kirby Stiens and Todd Van Eaton.

Todd Ramsey captured his first O’Reilly pro street crown by taking 3 wins and 13 top 5 finishes in his 18 starts. Ramsey was just able to outdistance a close pack for the championship. Second through fifteenth were Chuck Hulett, Mike Garner, Tony Hardisty, A.J. Miller, Mark Karg, Ron Ballinger, Greg Miller, Ed Hamilton, David Schafroth, Joe Zadina, Billy Rock, Brad Rush, Craig Garner and Rick Pitzer.

Jim Tull capitalized on the Chase for the Championship format that was used for all four classes as he captured his second NAPA hobby stock championship. By far the most challenged championship it came down to the final corner 3 times on the last night. As the field came to the checkered on the final night, Matt Hudson was in position to take the title, but a caution flag flew, giving a green-white-checkered finish. On that attempt, Les Helvie was in position for the championship until a caution flew again. On the final attempt, Tull had worked back from early race trouble to be able to get enough positions to take the title. Rounding out the top 15 in points were Helvie, Hudson, Jerry Parker, Steve Churchill, Kevin Yearington, David Weeda, Les Elliott, Jason Parker, Clint Dredge, Brad Bergren, Jesse Sobbing, Jeremy Swanson, Joshua Sink and Cody Luther.

Sponsorship plaques were presented to R&S Auto of Corning, 3M, Diamond Oil, Ironman Racing Supply, Lincoln Electric, Cellular 29 Plus, Doll Distributing, Iowa State Savings Bank, the area Dodge Dealers, Bain Painting, and Coca-Cola.

KMA/This Week in Racing best appearing car awards were presented to Bryant Goldsmith in the Dodge late models, Russell Stewart in the Budweiser modifieds, Craig Garner in the O’Reilly pro streets, and Cody Werner in the NAPA hobby stocks.

NASCAR representative Meghan Miley presented the Craftsman mechanic award to David Spieker. Spieker was previously honored at the NASCAR banquet at Nashville as the national mechanic award winner.

Hampel Racing most improved driver awards went to Ryan Vicker in the Dodge late models, Jesse Dennis in the Budweiser modifieds, A.J. Miller in the O’Reilly pro streets, and Josh Sink in the NAPA hobby stocks.

Dodge Dealer’s sportsmanship awards were presented to Karl Ritterbusch in the Dodge late models, Lonn Schlueter in the Budweiser modifieds, Ron Ballinger in the O’Reilly pro streets, and Steve Churchill in the NAPA hobby stocks.

Bain Painting hard charger awards went to Chris Spieker in the Dodge late models, Dan Mueller in the Budweiser modifieds, Todd Ramsey in the O’Reilly pro streets, and Les Helvie in the NAPA hobby stocks.

The KMA/This Week in Racing driver of the year award was split between Chris Spieker in honor of his NASCAR Division II championship and also to Dan Mueller for his four consecutive championships.

Todd and Diane Ramsey were given the Dodge Dealers citizenship award for their efforts to promote the sport through their promotions to the kids. They have had coloring contests for the kids with the winner receiving a new bicycle and have given t-shirts to hundreds of kids as they came to the track.

The 2006 Adams County Speedway season starts with a practice session on April 8th and the first night of competition on April 15th. Go to www.acspeedway.com for further details.