Aikey and Shute Win at Iowa State Fair Speedway
By David Wilkinson

DES MOINES, Ia (May 5, 2006) - Friday was one of those cold, windy, spring nights for racing fans, drivers, team members, and officials. On the track it was night full of caution flags, race stoppages and some great racing. The IMCA late models opened the season at the fairgrounds and Jeff Aikey won the race. Other winners were Todd Shute, IMCA modifieds; Steve Curtis, IMCA stock cars; Bret Moyer, Cookies BBQ Dirt Trucks; Rick Gladson, IMCA SportMods; Rob Allison and Bill Bonnett, IMCA hobby stocks.

The 18-lap IMCA late model feature started with a frightening crash at the start on the backstretch. Robert See, who started on the front row, was loose coming out of turn two, the car slid sideways in front of much of the field and rolled after collecting four other cars. See was treated by the medical workers at the track, but was not transported. On the complete restart, Todd Cooney moved from the third row into the lead with Jeff Aikey, Rob Toland, and Tony Moro in pursuit. By lap seven, Aikey was running underneath Cooney in turn one and Toland under Aikey in turn four. On lap 10, Aikey passed Cooney low in turns one and two and ran away from the field. Cooney finished second and Moro completed a last-lap pass to take third from Toland.

Adam Larson took the early lead in the IMCA modified main with Todd Inman and Jason Murray in chase. On the fifth lap, Murray hit the wall in turn one bringing out a caution for debris on the track. On the restart, Inman and John Davis were right on Larson’s tail and a lap later Inman made the pass for the lead. On the next lap, Larson drifted high in turn four allowing Davis to move into second. On a lap 11 restart, Davis roared low into to turn one and there was much slicing and dicing between him, Davis, Inman, Dave Farren Jr. and Greg Cox. Farren Jr. was bumped and hit the front wall hard on lap thirteen Shute, who started in last, was the leader and he roared away after the restart with Davis running second, Cox third and Pat Graham fourth.

The caution-filled IMCA stock feature ended after 11 laps of the scheduled 15-lap feature because the time limit had expired. Carl Yaw Jr. led the first three laps and on the fourth lap, the car of Ty Hill rolled. On the restart, Don Killen took the lead. Two laps later the caution flew again. On the third restart of this lap, Steve Jackson vaulted around Killen on the outside for the lead, and the two raced side-by-side much of the next two laps. On lap ten, Jackson drifted high and hit turn the wall in turn three. Drivers were notified that time was up for this race and the race would conclude at the checkered or next yellow. Killen lead the field to the restart, but did not accelerate once the green flew and much of the field passed him with Steve Curtis in the lead. On the following lap, Killen’s car came to rest on track and the yellow and checkered flags were thrown. Curtis won the race with Jeff Johnson in second, Yaw Jr. third and Travis Hansaker in fourth.

Brian Murray led the first two laps of the Cookies BBQ Truck Series main. On lap three, Bret Moyer who started tenth, passed Murray on a restart. Moyer opened a large lead, but the field tightened on restart for lap thirteen. The race ended with Moyer in first, Matt Waugh second, Carl Moyer third, Bill Davis Jr. fourth, Lou Sipolt fifth and Rick Clark sixth. At the conclusion of the race, both Carl Moyer and Sipolt were penalized 2 spots each for jumping the restart. Therefore, the official top four were Bret Moyer, Waugh, Davis Jr, and Clark.

Rick Gladson led the first nine laps of the IMCA SportMod main and that was enough. On the tenth lap, Kyle Wahlert passed Gladson and a caution flag was thrown when the car of Jacob Murray stopped on the track. With the yellow thrown on the last lap, the race became official as of the order on the previous lap. The top four were Gladson, Wahlert, Ryan Giles, and Ryan Lundy.

Matt Inman took the lead at the beginning of the first IMCA hobby stock main. On a lap eight restart, Rob Allison passed him and led the way to finish with Bill Dawson running second, Ray Stock Jr. third and Michael Davis fourth.

The leader of the first lap in second hobby main was Steve Clair with Kevin Fee leading laps two through five. On a restart of lap six, Bill Bonnett shot into the lead and won the race. Fee finished second, Adam Bonnett third, and Bob Johnson was fourth.

Racing continues next Friday evening featuring IMCA late models, modifieds, hobby stocks, SportMods, and Cookies BBQ Truck Series. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:00 PM with racing following.



Results

IMCA Late Models

Heat Winners

1. Tony Moro, Polk City
2. Todd Cooney, Des Moines



Feature

1 Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls
2 Todd Cooney, Des Moines
3 Tony Moro, Polk City
4 Rob Toland, Bettendorf
5 Craig Jacobs, Des Moines
6 Jeremy Grady, Story City
7 Ryan Griffith, Webster City
8 Todd Johnson, Mitchellville
9 Curt Schroeder, Ames
10 Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown
11 Robert See, Altoona
12 Mike Smith, Jewell
13 Nick Houseman, Earlham
14 David Schrader, Monroe
15 Randy Faux, Earlham


IMCA Modifieds

Heat Winners
1. Adam Larson, Ames
2. Todd Inman, Des Moines



Feature

1 Todd Shute, DM
2 John Davis, Altoona
3 Greg Cox, Altoona
4 Pat Graham, Ames
5 Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines
6 Dave Farren, Des Moines
7 Adam Larson, Ames
8 Jack Larson, Afton
9 Dave Farren Jr., Des Moines
10 Todd Inman, Runnells
11 Jim Brown, Altoona
12 Bucky (Vern) Killen, Des Moines
13 Barry Sandeman, Creston
14 Glen Gladson Jr., Des Moines
15 Jason Murray, Hartford
16 Gordon Head, Des Moines
17 Jeff Anderson, Atlantic
18 Burk Lundstrum, Des Moines


IMCA Stock Cars

Heat Winners
1. Carl Yaw Jr., Des Moines
2. Steve Hill, Des Moines
3. Don Wear, Des Moines



B-Feature Winner
1. Todd Fisher, Altoona


Feature

1 Steve Curtis, Grimes
2 Jeff Johnson, Indianola
3 Carl Yaw Jr., Des Moines
4 Travis Hansaker, Melcher
5 Bob Daniels, DM
6 Josh Daniels, Des Moines
7 Kent Knopf, Granger
8 Mike Todd, Altoona
9 Todd Fisher, Altoona
10 Russ Byriel, Ankeny
11 Eric Stanton, Hartford
12 Greg Shepherd, Altoona
13 Ronnie Hill, Des Moines
14 Danny Hill, Des Moines
15 Robert Koeneman, Des Moines
16 Justin Murphy, St. Charles, IA
17 Don Killen, Des Moines
18 Steve Jackson, Des Moines
19 Steve Hill, Des Moines
20 Don Wear, Des Moines
21 Ty Hill, Dallas Center
22 Gary Bass, Des Moines
23 Tony (Butch) Bass, Des Moines
24 Randy Killen, Des Moines


IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat Winners

1. Bill Dawson, Des Moines
2. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville
3. Stave Clair, Des Moines
4. Matt Inman, Des Moines



Feature # 1

1 Rob Allison, Des Moines
2 Bill Dawson, Des Moines
3 Ray Stock Jr., Ankeny
4 Michael Davis, Des Moines
5 Todd Bass, Des Moines
6 Matt Inman, Des Moines
7 Cody Cleghorn, Des Moines
8 John Allison, Des Moines
9 Troy Oliver, Des Moines
10 Junior Akers, St. Charles
11 Larry Stock, Des Moines
12 Cory Adams, Des Moines
13 Paul Wheeler, Des Moines
14 Mike Hay, Des Moines
15 Mike Otte, Des Moines
16 Gary Stajcar, Bondurant
17 Jacob Haws, Des Moines
18 Donny Shieffer, Des Moines
19 John Yaw Sr., Des Moines
20 Joe DeJoode, Des Moines
21 Scott Peerson, Des Moines
22 Jeff Wright, Des Moines
23 Randy Bradshaw, Des Moines
24 Terry Hurley, Des Moines
25 Donald Grow, Des Moines


Feature #2

1 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville
2 Kevin Fee, Knoxville
3 Adam Bonnett, Norwalk
4 Bob Johnson, Des Moines
5 Steve Jones, Urbandale
6 Steve Clair, Des Moines
7 Greg Hower, Des Moines
8 Kyle Webb, Des Moines
9 Jim Walker, Des Moines
10 Mike Johnston, Des Moines
11 Bruce Wolfe, Des Moines
12 Greg Clark, Knoxville
13 Patrick Lowe, Des Moines
14 Pete Kimmel Sr., Des Moines
15 Adam Hagen, Des Moines
16 Kirk Brown, Knoxville
17 Les Cassady, Redfield
18 Kevin Hay, Des Moines
19 Brandon Bach, Des Moines
20 Rick Brooks, Des Moines
21 Vern Luncsford, Des Moines
22 Jeff Hovick, Truro
23 David Castellano Jr., Des Moines
24 Brad Hammond, Des Moines
25 Henry Bunce, Des Moines

IMCA SportMods

Heat Winners
1. Jacob Murray, Hartford
2. Rick Gladson, Des Moines

Feature

1 Rick Gladson, Des Moines
2 Kyle Wahlert, Des Moines
3 Ryan Giles, West Des Moines
4 Ryan Lundy, Knoxville
5 Bugs Vincent, Nevada
6 Mike Whaley, Carlisle
7 Gene Behle, Des Moines
8 Jeff Bass Jr., Ackley
9 John Wells, West Des Moines
10 Jacob Murray, Hartford
11 Tommy Killen Jr., Des Moines
12 Joel Thorpe, Urbandale


Cookies BBQ Truck Series

Heat Winners
1. Lou Sipolt, Altoona
2. Pat Fagen, Des Moines

Feature

1 Bret Moyer, Polk City
2 Matt Waugh, Des Moines
3 Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines
4 Rick Clark, Des Moines
5 Carl Moyer, Ankeny
6 Brian Murray, Altoona
7 Lou Sipolt, Altoona
8 Pat Fagen, Des Moines
9 Del Enos, Des Moines
10 Jim Phillipsen, Des Moines
11 Jeff Luke, Des Moines
12 Josh Hull, Altoona
13 Rod Sorter, Des Moines
14 Mike Hoffman, Adel