Zeitner, Mueller, Hardisty and Bergren top ACS main events

CORNING, IA. (May 19) - A beautiful night of weather greeted a great night of racing for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at the Adams County Speedway Saturday night. With track conditions allowing lots of grooves of racing, the action was intense and four winners were crowned by 10:30. Taking the wins were Corey Zeitner, Dan Mueller, Tony Hardisty and Brad Bergren.

Ryan Vicker took early and easy command of the NAPA hobby stock feature from his front row starting spot. Most bets would have been for Vicker to run away with the race, but 10th starting Brad Bergren quickly charged through the field and ran down Vicker to challenge for the lead. Bergren wasted little time working by Vicker and into the lead which he held comfortably the rest of the way with Vicker, Jim Tull, Kevin Yearington and Matt Williamson rounding out the top five.

Todd Owens out-gunned Tony Hardisty to take the early lead in the Northland Oil pro street feature. Hardisty stayed close and by the mid-point of the race made the pass for the lead. Owens then stayed within striking distance of Hardisty the rest of the way and at the finish it was Hardisty, Owens, Ron Ballinger, Joe Zadina and Jeff Orr in the top five.

The first lap of the Budweiser modified feature saw Richard Spriggs jump to the lead, but by lap 2, Kirby Stiens powered to the front of the pack. Dan Mueller knifed through the field and swapped the lead with Stiens for a few laps before checking out on the field to take the win. At the stripe it was Mueller, Jeremy Tibben, Jerry Carlson, Ryan Peckham and Stiens in the top five.

Kenny Edwards jumped ahead of Scott Koskovich to take the early lead in the Whelen late model feature. By the completion of lap 2, Koskovich went low and Corey Zeitner went to the high side of Edwards to go three wide for the lead with Koskovich getting the lead for that lap. Zeitner and Koskovich put Edwards behind them, but kept their high and low lines the rest of the way with Zeitner holding a slim lead. In the closing laps, Chris Spieker joined Zeitner in the high line to make it a three-car shootout. Koskovich was able to pull beside Zeitner for the first time as the pair took the white flag, but Zeitner ran a great final lap to seal the win ahead of Koskovich, Spieker, Paul Glendenning and Trenton Jackson.

Join us next week for the second leg of the Nebraska-Iowa Challenger series presented by Dodge with Dodge dual features for the Whelen late models. Increased purses will be available for the 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 $10 for adults, $8 for students, and 12 and under are free. Fans can go to their local Dodge dealers for $5 off admission coupons for this event. For more information go to acspeedway.com or call 712-785-3271.



Results:

NAPA Hobby Stock:

Heat 1: 1.Ritchie 2.Werner 3.Tull
Heat 2: 1.Vicker 2.Weston 3.Bergren
Heat 3: 1.Derry 2.Williamson 3.Auten
B Feature: 1.Hudson 2.Shiflett 3. Ribbey

A Feature: 1.Brad Bergren 2.Ryan Vicker 3.Jim Tull 4.Kevin Yearington 5.Matt Williamson 6.Cody Werner 7.Tom Myers 8.Matt Hudson 9.Jeremy Auten 10.Pat Shiflett 11.Chris Vannausdle 12.Jesse Sobbing 13.Jeff Tuttle 14.Jeremy Ribbey 15.Brett Sink 16.Brent Ricker 17.Rick Ritchie 18.Shain Sites 19.Jerod Weston 20.Joshua Sink 21.Ron Helvie 22.Brad Derry 23.Robert Barnhart 24.David Weeda



Northland Oil Pro Street:

Heat 1: 1.Orr 2.Owens 3.Garner
Heat 2: 1.Hardisty 2.Zadina 3.Ballinger

A Feature: 1.Tony Hardisty 2.Todd Owens 3.Ron Ballinger 4.Joe Zadina 5.Jeff Orr 6.Mike Garner 7.David Schafroth 8.Greg Miller 9.Craig Garner 10.Raymond Gebhards 11.Rick Pitzer 12.Jason Rold 13.AJ Miller 14.Dwain Pelzer 15.Les Helvie 16.Jason Oathoudt 17.Steve Churchill 18.Scott Bond 19.Paul Kinyon 20.James Carroll 21.Glen Hoyt 22.David White 23.Jeremy Swanson



Budweiser Modified:

Heat 1: 1.Stewart 2.R. Foote 3.Carlson
Heat 2: 1.B. Foote 2.Hogan 3.James
Heat 3: 1.L. Foote 2.Mueller 3.Tibben

A Feature: 1.Dan Mueller 2.Jeremy Tibben 3.Jerry Carlson 4.Ryan Peckham 5.Kirby Stiens 6.Chris Hogan 7.Russell Stewart 8.Brian Foote 9.Todd Van Eaton 10.Larry Foote 11.Randy Foote 12.Jesse Dennis 13.Richard Spriggs 14.Jeff Wiggins 15.Jeff James 16.Jared Stiens 17.Mark Hoover 18.Jeremy Hodapp 19.Eric Hanna 20.Andrew Kinser 21.Ben Wolverton 22.Ryan Stiens 23.Brian Broermann 24.Kevin Bills 25. Stoney Stuart 26. Daryl Weilage



Whelen Late Model:

Heat 1: 1.A. Zeitner 2.Koskovich 3.C. Zeitner
Heat 2: 1.Glendenning 2.Ritterbusch 3.Kinyon

A Feature: 1.Corey Zeitner 2.Scott Koskovich 3.Chris Spieker 4.Paul Glendenning 5.Trent Jackson 6.Jason O’Brien 7.Karl Ritterbusch 8.Ryan Vicker 9.Kenny Edwards 10.Josh Most 11.Todd Morgan 12.Jeremy Houck 13.Leon Zeitner 14.Al Zeitner 15.Jamie Kinyon 16.Gary Hopp 17.Justin Zeitner