Ritterbusch, Tibben, Hardisty and Helvie Score Season Opener Wins At Adams County Speedway

CORNING, Ia (April 22, 2006) - The 2006 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series season at the Adams County Speedway is now underway.  Karl Ritterbusch, Jeremy Tibben, Tony Hardisty and Les Helvie all captured feature wins.  And on night when the track welcomed Northland Oil as the new sponsor of the pro street class, it was fitting that all four winners use Northland Oil.

Jeremy Swanson assumed early command of the NAPA hobby stock feature and kept the pack at bay until Jim Tull charged into the lead.  Tull commanded the field through a few cautions and late in the going had his teammate, Ryan Vicker, charge to the inside to make a bid for the lead.  As those two battled, Les Helvie saw an opening around the outside and bested them both off the high side to take the lead for the last couple of laps to score the win.  Helvie was followed at the stripe by Tull, Vicker, Matt Hudson, and Gerald Snyder.

Tony Hardisty jumped from his third starting position to control the entire Northland Oil pro street feature.  As Hardisty kept a comfortable lead, Dave Schafroth fought off the rest of the pack for second.  Late in the race, Mike Garner moved into second but with a lack of time and no caution to help, could not see if he had anything for Hardisty.  Hardisty and Garner were chased to the checkered by Schafroth, Joe Zadina and Ed Hamilton.

Randy Foote outgunned Jeremy Tibben to get the early lead in the Budweiser modified feature.  Tibben was not done, yet, as he moved to the low line and charged into the lead.  Once there, Tibben had to hold off Kirby Stiens and Brian Foote with Foote getting the lead away from Tibben a few times.  But Tibben was not to be denied his first career feature win as he pulled back ahead to capture the checkered.  Brian Foote came home second, followed by Dan Mueller, Stiens, and Randy Foote.

The Dodge late model feature saw Todd McKee take early command.  He was chased by Karl Ritterbusch and Joe Kosiski with Ed Kosiski joining the fight at the front by mid-race.  With McKee testing different lines as the leader, Ritterbusch and the Kosiski brothers swapped lanes and positions to see who could take the first shot at getting the lead from McKee.  That battle was won by Ritterbusch as he was able to shake the Kosiski’s long enough to catch McKee and move into the lead.  Ritterbusch remained in control to capture the feature win with McKee able to remain second ahead of Joe Kosiski, Ed Kosiski, and Scott Koskovich.

Join us next week for the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series with more great action of the Dodge late models, Budweiser modifieds, Northland Oil pro streets, and NAPA hobby stocks.  Gates open at 5:00, hot laps are at 6:30, and racing starts at 7:00.  Admission is just $8 for adults, $6 for students, and 12 and under are free.  For more information go to acspeedway.com or call 712-785-3271.

Results:

NAPA Hobby Stock:

Heat 1:  1.Swanson  2.Cody Luther  3.Jerry Parker 

Heat 2:  1.Helvie  2.Smith  3.D. Sink

Heat 3:  1.Pellman  2.Snyder  3.Tull

Heat 4:  1.Myers  2.Ribbey  3.Cory Luther

First B Feature:  1.Vicker  2.Williamson

Second B Feature:  1.Weston  2.Ring

A Feature:  1.Les Helvie  2.Jim Tull  3.Ryan Vicker  4.Matt Hudson  5.Gerald Snyder  6.Clint Dredge  7.David Weeda  8.Brad Bergren  9.Raymond Smith  10.Tom Myers  11.Cody Luther  12.Brad Derry  13.Cory Luther  14.David Sink  15.Jeremy Ribbey  16.Brit Pellman  17.Jerry Parker  18.Jerod Weston  19.Jason Parker  20.Louis Ring  21.Cody Werner  22.Matt Williamson  23.Jeremy Swanson  24.Rick Ritchie

Northland Oil Pro Street:

Heat 1:  1.Pitzer  2.Churchill  3.Knipe 

Heat 2:  1.Ballinger  2.Hardisty  3.Zadina 

Heat 3:  1.M. Garner  2.G. Miller  3.Orr

A Feature:  1.Tony Hardisty  2.Mike Garner  3.David Schafroth  4.Joe Zadina  5.Ed Hamilton  6.Greg Miller  7.Steve Churchill  8.Billy Rock  9.Jeff Orr  10.Robert Hague  11.David Nail  12.Brian Broermann  13.Todd Owens  14.Craig Garner  15.Scott Bond  16.Rick Pitzer  17.Nick Rush  18.David White  19.Raymond Gebhards  20.Ray Knipe  21.Eddie Taylor  22.Austin Arndt

Budweiser Modified:

Heat 1:  1.Quick  2.Mueller  3.Rosenberg 

Heat 2:  1.Carlson  2.O’Neal  3.Hogan 

Heat 3:  1.Tibben  2.B. Foote  3.R. Foote

B Feature:  1.Sandeman  2.Cooper  3.L. Foote 

A Feature:  1.Jeremy Tibben  2.Brian Foote  3.Dan Mueller  4.Kirby Stiens  5.Randy Foote  6.Jerry Carlson  7.Jesse Dennis  8.John O’Neal, Jr.  9.Bill Hull  10.Russell Stewart  11.Ron Gay  12.Larry Foote  13.Alison Quick  14.Barry Sandeman  15.Ian Haas  16.Jeff James  17.Denny Rosenberg  18.Justin Cooper  19.Ryan Peckham  20.Rick Bissell  21.Kevin Bills  22.Todd Van Eaton  23.Richard Spriggs  24.Chris Hogan

Dodge Late Model:

Heat 1:  1.Glendenning  2.Koskovich  3.Spieker 

Heat 2:  1.Todd McKee  2.L. Zeitner  3.Ritterbusch

A Feature:  1.Karl Ritterbusch  2.Todd McKee  3.Joe Kosiski  4.Ed Kosiski  5.Scott Koskovich  6.Paul Glendenning  7.Leon Zeitner  8.Al Zeitner  9.Jeremy Houck  10.Bryant Goldsmith  11.Trent Jackson  12.Mike Whitehead  13.Troy McKee  14.Justin Zeitner  15.Steve Delevan  16.Jay Norton  17.Jamie Kinyon  18.Chris Spieker  19.Alonzo Grosse  20.Josh Most  21.Corey Zeitner