Jackson, Zeitner, Dennis, Churchill and Vicker take top honors at ACS

CORNING, IA. (June 9) - After two unsuccessful weeks of trying to complete the Nebraska-Iowa Challenger Series presented by Dodge, the night is finally complete. Fans were treated to some of the best 3 and 4 wide racing that the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series has been known for over the years at ACS. Trenton Jackson and Leon Zeitner took the Whelen late model features, Jesse Dennis claimed the Budweiser modified main, Steve Churchill topped the Northland Oil pro streets and Ryan Vicker outran the NAPA hobby stock field.

In the first Whelen late model feature, Leon Zeitner outran brother Al Zeitner to claim the early lead. With the Zeitners firmly in the top two spots, the shuffling for position behind them became greater with some late race cautions. Nothing would change with the top two spots as Leon Zeitner claimed the win ahead of Al Zeitner with Paul Glendenning, Jason O’Brien and Joe Kosiski rounding out the top five.

The second Whelen late model feature saw Trenton Jackson jump to a commanding lead. With no cautions to bunch the field, Chris Spieker spent several laps battling with Scott Koskovich to secure the second spot. Jackson appeared to be too far-gone for Spieker to reach until Jackson became bogged down with some lapped traffic. With only two laps left and Spieker up to Jackson’s bumper, Jackson threaded through the traffic and went on to his second feature win of the season ahead of Spieker, Koskovich, Joe Kosiski and Karl Ritterbusch.

Jeff James shot to the early lead in the Budweiser modified feature only to lose it by lap two to Jesse Dennis. Todd Van Eaton worked through traffic to secure the second spot as a big pack waged a fierce battle for third. In the end it was Dennis with first win of the season ahead of Van Eaton, Jeremy Tibben, Brian Foote and Chris Hogan.

The Northland Oil pro street feature can arguably be called the best race of the night. Steve Churchill did what he had to do and made the battle for the lead the only boring part of the race. With Churchill comfortably out front, the three and four wide racing behind that came with lane swapping and position swapping with minimal paint swapping. A.J. Miller and Craig Garner made it out of the battles to take second and third at the stripe behind Churchill as Greg Miller and Jeff Orr took fourth and fifth.

Rick Ritchie led the first two laps of the NAPA hobby stock feature until contact from Brent Ricker sent him spinning. On the restart, Brad Derry took command with Brad Bergren, Ryan Vicker and Jim Tull joining to make a four-car battle for the lead. Vicker emerged as the winner with Derry crossing the line second. Derry was later found with an illegal transmission so the top five official finish was Vicker, Tull, Bergren, Matt Hudson and Kevin Yearington.

Join us next week for Cellular 29 Plus/Lyrix Wireless kid’s money grab night and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series with more great action of the Whelen 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.Shiflett 2.Vicker 3.J. Sink
Heat 2: 1.Williamson 2.Bergren 3. Auten
Heat 3: 1.Derry 2.Hudson 3.Yearington
Heat 4: 1.Ricker 2.Vannausdle 3.Davison
B Feature: 1.Ribbey 2.Helvie

A Feature: 1.Ryan Vicker 2.Jim Tull 3.Brad Bergren 4.Matt Hudson 5.Kevin Yearington 6.Chris Vannausdle 7.Pat Shiflett 8.Trent Davison 9.Tom Myers 10.Joshua Sink 11.Jesse Sobbing 12.Cody Werner 13.Matt Williamson 14.Brent Ricker 15.Jeremy Auten 16.Shain Sites 17.Steve Gibilisco 18.Heath Anderson 19.Ron Helvie 20.Rick Ritchie 21.David Orr 22.Brett Sink 23.Jeremy Ribbey DQ…Brad Derry



Northland Oil Pro Street:

Heat 1: 1.AJ Miller 2.C. Garner 3.Nail
Heat 2: 1.G. Miller 2.Owens 3.Bond
Heat 3: 1.Churchill 2.Zadina 3.Hardisty

A Feature: 1.Steve Churchill 2.AJ Miller 3.Craig Garner 4.Greg Miller 5.Jeff Orr 6.Tony Hardisty 7.Mike Garner 8.Jeremy Swanson 9.Ron Ballinger 10.Dave Schafroth 11.Todd Owens 12.Raymond Gebhards 13.Les Helvie 14.David Nail 15.Mike McCurdy 16.Dwain Pelzer 17.Brad Rush 18.Joe Zadina 19.Scott Bond 20.Rick Pitzer 21.Kevin Jobe 22.Jason Oathoudt 23.Paul Kinyon 24.Jason Rold 25. Austin Arndt



Budweiser Modified:

Heat 1: 1.Hogan 2.Carlson 3.Dennis
Heat 2: 1.K. Stiens 2.B. Foote 3.James
Heat 3: 1.Stewart 2.Peckham 3.Spriggs
B Feature: 1.Mueller 2.L. Foote 3.Hanna

A Feature: 1.Jesse Dennis 2.Todd Van Eaton 3.Jeremy Tibben 4.Brian Foote 5.Chris Hogan 6.Dan Mueller 7.Jerry Carlson 8.Russell Stewart 9.Jeff James 10.Kirby Stiens 11.Randy Foote 12.Richard Spriggs 13.Jeremy Hodapp 14.Eric Hanna 15.Kelley Roof 16.Mark Hoover 17.Stoney Stuart 18.Steve Starmer 19.Keven Parman 20.Ryan Peckham 21.Ryan Stiens 22.Kevin Bills 23.Josh Most 24.Larry Foote



Whelen Late Model:

Heat 1: 1.Most 2.O’Brien 3.Kosiski
Heat 2: 1.L. Zeitner 2.Ritterbusch 3.Jackson

1st A Feature: 1.Leon Zeitner 2.Al Zeitner 3.Paul Glendenning 4.Jason O’Brien 5.Joe Kosiski 6.Chris Spieker 7.Karl Ritterbusch 8.Kenny Edwards 9.Scott Koskovich 10.Ryan Vicker 11.Trent Jackson 12.Jamie Kinyon 13.Troy McKee 14.Josh Most 15.Alonzo Grosse 16.Justin Zeitner 17.Billy Leighton 18.Mike Eversole 19.Kenny Darnold DNS...Mike Whitehead


2nd A Feature 1. Jackson 2. Spieker 3. Koskovich 4. Kosiski 5. Ritterbusch 6. Kinyon 7. Glendenning 8. Edwards 9. L. Zeitner 10. O’Brien 11. Vicker 12. Most 13. J. Zeitner 14. A. Zeitner 15. McKee 16. Grosse 17. Eversole 18. Darnold DNS..Leighton and Whitehead