Bolin caps memorable weekend with I.M.C.A. modified win at Independence Motor Speedway
By Ryan Clark

INDEPENDENCE, Ia (May 27, 2006) – One night after earning his first career feature win at Marshalltown Speedway, I.M.C.A. modified driver Adam Bolin wasted little time making his second trip to the winner’s circle. Bolin completed the weekend sweep by also taking the checkers at Independence Motor Speedway.

A caution following the first lap of the 20-lapper sidelined early leader Adam Johnson. Bolin, who started inside the third row, powered into second prior to the yellow and inherited the lead for the ensuing restart.

When racing resumed, Bolin charged away from the field with Troy Cordes and Johnathan Thimmesch running second and third. Cordes challenged Bolin early, but fell back on the fourth lap leaving Bolin with a sizeable lead.

As Bolin paced the field, Scott Hogan, Mike Gill and Jerry Luloff battled behind him. Running the high side, Hogan settled into second on the 14th circuit, and attempted to run down the leader. His efforts came up short at the stripe as Bolin drove to the win. Hogan ran second and points leader Jerry Luloff crossed the line in third after starting 12th. It was Luloff’s fourth top-three finish in as many weeks.

Shane Manson took the early lead in the 20-lap I.M.C.A. stock car feature. Manson led the 19-car field until Justin Temeyer drove the high side into the lead on the fifth lap. Jarod Weepie followed Temeyer to the front, settling into second just two laps later.

With Temeyer running the high side and Weepie in the low groove, the two engaged in a side-by-side battle for the lead throughout much of the race. As they led, Sean Johnson powered his way through the field running the high side. He caught the leaders on the 12th lap and made it a three-wide battle for the top spot when the caution flag was thrown.

On the restart, Temeyer again went to work on the high side with Weepie down low and Johnson looking for room to run in third. Weepie edged ahead as the white flag was thrown as he drove to his second win of the season. Temeyer and Johnson rounded out the top three.

A pair of horrifying accidents slowed the start of the I.M.C.A. hobby stock feature. A second restart prior to the completion of the first lap saw pole-sitter Kevin Robinson and Patrick Stansbery roll their machines on the front straightaway. Both drivers walked away uninjured, however nearly half of the field was sidelined due to the pile-up.

When the race resumed, Brandon Davis took the lead from Dave Wheeler who restarted on the pole. Davis was chased to the front by points leader Rod Grother. The two battled side-by-side for the lead until Davis took the lead for good near the midway point of the event.

Davis drove to victory, the first of his career, with Rod Grother and Travis Michels chasing him to the checkers.

Travis Brown led the first lap of the 15-lap B modified feature. Joe Docekal took charge on the second lap and pulled away from the field to score his first win of the season in the caution-free event. Tony Olson and Brian Kunkle worked their way through the field to take second and third, respectively.

Greg Kastli picked up his first win of the season in the I.M.C.A. late model division. Kastli took the lead on the first lap and never looked back as he led the entirety of the 25-lap event which ran without a caution. Curt Martin masterfully weaved his way through traffic from a sixth row start to collect runner-up honors. Dean Wagner, who started alongside Martin in row six, crossed the line third.


RESULTS

I.M.C.A. LATE MODEL

First heat – 1. 32 Greg Hunter, Independence; 2. 14B Levi Benn, Dyersville; 3. 8 Randy Wheeler, Cedar Falls; 4. 06 Dean Wagner, Evansdale; 5. 17 Brian Hunter, Independence; 6. 78 Dale Stolte, Springville; 7. 88 Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine.

Second heat – 1. 29 Wayde Russell, Dunkerton; 2. 45 Curt Martin, Independence; 3. 145 Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn; 4. 69B Joel Brasch, Dunkerton; 5. 2P Jon Passick, Waterloo; 6. 86 Rick Dralle, Waterloo; 7. 4B Brian Lillie, Independence.

Third heat – 1. 73 Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 2. 31$ Dave Stricker, Waterloo; 3. 68 Tysus Pattee, Garrison; 4. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 5. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 6. 53 Darren Ackerman, Waterloo; 7. 4 Leon Thomsen, Waverly.

Feature – 1. Kastli; 2. Martin; 3. Wagner; 4. G. Hunter; 5. Benn; 6. Bruening; 7. Hackwell; 8. Russell; 9. Ackerman; 10. Wheeler; 11. Stolte; 12. B. Hunter; 13. Pattee; 14. Stricker; 15. Dedrick; 16. Brasch; 17. Passick; 18. Johnson; 19. Thomsen; 20. Dralle; 21. Lillie.



I.M.C.A. MODIFIED

First heat – 1. 71 Troy Cordes, Raymond; 2. 24R Adam Johnson, Independence; 3. 85 Johnathan Thimmesch, Aurora; 4. 00 J.D. Auringer, Evansdale; 5. 3 Max Corporon, Marion; 6. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha; 7. 9 Ben Metcalf; Evansdale; 8. 83C Todd Conrad, Cedar Rapids; 9. M57 Malena Betzer, Cedar Rapids.

Second heat – 1. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 2. Mike Gill, La Porte City; 3. 18 Jerry Luloff, Independence; 4. 11S Dion Speed, New Hartford; 5. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 6. 14 Randy Trefz, Vinton; 7. 38 Beau Duffield, Cedar Rapids; 8. 98 Jason Snyder, Dunkerton.

Third heat – 1. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 2. 78 Adam Bolin, Waterloo; 3. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 4. 11 Timm Jensen, Dunkerton; 5. 17 Brian Krall, Readlyn; 6. 93 Erik Haupt, Sumner; 7. 17B Brian Sondag, Vinton; 8. 87 Terry Folkers, Central City.

B feature – 1. Flannagan; 2. Corporon; 3. Haupt; 4. Pate; 5. Duffield; 6. Trefz; 7. Snyder; 8. Metcalf; 9. Conrad; 10. Sondag; 11. Folkers; 12. Krall; DNS M. Betzer.

A feature – 1. Bolin; 2. Hogan; 3. Luloff; 4. Gill; 5. Jackson; 6. Auringer; 7. Cordes; 8. D. Betzer; 9. Corporon; 10. Flannagan; 11. Snyder; 12. Jensen; 13. Speed; 14. Haupt; 15. Trefz; 16. Pate; 17. Johnson; 18. Thimmesch; 19. Duffield; 20. Metcalf.



I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR
First heat – 1. 56T Justin Temeyer, Independence; 2. 7G Jason Goedken, Fairbank; 3. 4 LaVerne Weber, Waterloo; 4. 58I Eric Weber, Jesup; 5. 15 Norman Chesmore, Quasqueton; 6. 20 Dan Trimble, Fairbank; 7. 11R Roger Samec, New Hartford; 8. 29A Jeff Adams, Bondurant; 9. 28X Chip Kohl, Marion; 10. 38 Dain Sires, Cedar Falls.

Second heat – 1. 21 Shane Manson, Manchester; 2. 00 Tony Schimmels, Readlyn; 3. 8R Sean Johnson, Independence; 4. 83Z Nick Wroten, Rowley; 5. 3 Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 6. JR3 Jason Hocken, Independence; 7. 22 Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 8. K38 Kenny Taylor, Strawberry Point; 9. 9 Dallas Morin, Cedar Rapids.

Feature – 1. Weepie; 2. Temeyer; 3. Johnson; 4. E. Weber; 5. Chesmore; 6. Hocken; 7. Rose; 8. Trimble; 9. Kohl; 10. Sires; 11. Schimmels; 12. Samec; 13. Morin; 14. Manson; 15. Goedken; 16. Wroten; 17. L. Weber; 18. Adams; 19. Taylor.



I.M.C.A. HOBBY STOCK

First heat – 1. 24R Kevin Robinson, Independence; 2. 8 Bill Meyer, Sumner; 3. B62 Brandon Davis, Cedar Rapids; 4. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 5. 7B Jim Ball, Independence; 6. 62 Ryan Bochmann, Greene; 7. 22 Patrick Stansbery, Evansdale; 8. 32 Don Arnold, Stanley; 9. 31S Paul Shepherd, Marengo; 10. 55 Vince Buchholz, Cedar Falls; 11. 1 Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids.

Second heat – 1. 69 Dave Wheeler, Fairbank; 2. 77 Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 3. 64JR Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 4. 30 Mike Stanek, Dewar; 5. 20 Wes Stanek Jr., Cedar Falls; 6. 25 Jamie Whitaker, Nevada; 7. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 8. 48 Travis Michels, Hazleton; 9. 6G Keven Gonzales, Fairbank; DNS 88S Joe Sprague, Independence.

Feature – 1. Davis; 2. Grother; 3. Michels; 4. Ball; 5. Whitaker; 6. Wheeler; 7. Buchholz; 8. W. Stanek; 9. Meyer; 10. Siems; 11. Hilmer; 12. Arnold; 13. Brown; 14. Wilson; 15. Bochmann; 16. Stansbery; 17. Shepherd; 18. M. Stanek; 19. Robinson; 20. Gonzales; DNS Sprague.



B MODIFIED

First heat – 1. 75 Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 2. 12D Joe Docekal, Dysart; 3. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 4. 5 Bob Ebaugh, Raymond; 5. 6 Steve Swope, Waterloo; 6. 00 Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 7. 52R Marty Rouse, Grundy Center; 8. 95H Mary Handberg, Waterloo.

Second heat – 1. 24 Travis Brown, Cedar Rapids; 2. 069 Mike Krall, Waterloo; 3. 95 Todd Temeyer, Independence; 4. 40J Jason Doyle, Cedar Rapids; 5. 20 Brian Kunkle, Oelwein; 6. 25 Alan Wessels, Strawberry Point; 7. 69 Joel Cox, Waterloo; 8. 35 Kyle Bentley, Fairbank.

Feature – 1. Docekal; 2. Olson; 3. Kunkle; 4. Krall; 5. Brown; 6. Ebaugh; 7. Temeyer; 8. Rouse; 9. Doyle; 10. Bentley; 11. Handberg; 12. Swope; 13. Buhlman; 14. Sherbon; 15. Wessels; 16. Cox.