Track Schedules

NORTON, KS (April 6)—Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton, KS, returned to racing action Sunday evening, April 6.

Salina’s Corey Lagroon led all 20 laps to win the IMCA Modified main event. The field went 4-wide in turn 2 on the opening lap with Lagroon jumping out front, followed by Brian Calhoon, Josh Hudson and Rick Schwab. At the halfway mark, Lagroon was chased by Hudson, Mark Zorn and Calhoon. But Calhoon’s night ended on lap 13, and Hudson spun on lap 17. On the final restart after Hudson’s spin, heat two winner Mark Zorn chased Lagroon to the wire to finish second, followed by John Fabrizius, Barry Maupin and Mitch Kline. Jeremy Zorn won the other heat race.

It was the first Thunder Series event for the IMCA Stock Car division with 15 cars on hand. Dustin McClurg led the opening lap but was passed on lap 2 by Travis Sherfick. The first caution flew on lap 5 for Jason McCartney, then one lap later, J.R. McCreery spun, with 5 cars involved in the tangle. Heat one winner Jay Hachmeister spun on lap 7 and went to the pits. Cory Struckhoff had worked his way up to second and was challenging Sherfick for the lead on lap 10 when he dove too low in turn one and spun, sending him to the rear on the restart. Heat two winner Terry Cunningham lined up second behind Sherfick on the final restart, followed by Jason Davis and Nathan Glendening. Sherfick held on for the win as Davis finished second. Struckhoff worked his way back through the field to take third, followed by Cunningham and Glendening. A cash dash was held for the stock cars, sponsored by Patterson Plumbing of Norton, and Sherfick cashed in for the win.

Jim Buss took the lead at the drop of the green in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature, but was passed on the following lap by Marquette’s B.J. Dauer. Buss chased Dauer the entire race but had to settle for second at the checkers. It was Dauer’s second win in as many nights as he won Saturday night at Minneapolis Raceway. Austin Davis finished third, trailed by Kelly Karnopp and Jeromy Wagner. Heat race winners were Buss and Ricky Runnion.

Heat race winner Dalton Dolan of Oberlin passed leader Loyd Schoen on lap 3 of the 8-lap 4-cylinder feature race and drove away to the checkers. Art Herzog finished second, followed by Andrew Soderlund.

The next race at Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton will take place Saturday evening, April 19, at 6:00 p.m. with the regular four divisions in competition. It will also be another Thunder Series event for the IMCA Stock Cars.

RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Austin Davis, 3. B.J. Dauer, 4. Kelly Karnopp.
Heat 2: 1. Ricky Runnion, 2. Jeromy Wagner, 3. Joey Carter, 4. Rhett Kingsbury.
Feature: 1. Dauer, 2. Buss, 3. Davis, 4. Karnopp, 5. Wagner, 6. Kingsbury, 7. Jerry Hudson, 8. Frank McClurg, 9. Runnion, 10. Carter, 11. Matt Christensen, 12. Laura Hinger, 13. Troy Robinson (DNF), 14. Michael Thummel (DNF).

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 1. Jay Hachmeister, 2. J.R. McCreery, 3. Dustin McClurg, 4. Nathan Glendening.
Heat 2: 1. Terry Cunningham, 2. Adam Balthazor, 3. Travis Sherfick, 4. Cory Struckhoff.
Cash Dash: 1. Sherfick.
Feature: 1. Sherfick, 2. Jason Davis, 3. Struckhoff, 4. Cunningham, 5. Glendening, 6. McCreery, 7. Balthazor, 8. Bob Rutherford, 9. Dan Lauer, 10. Michael Zajic, 11. Hachmeister (DNF), 12. McClurg (DNF), 13. Bryan Lariviere (DNF), 14. Wheat Lippelmann (DNF), 15. Jason McCartney (DNF).

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Jeremy Zorn, 2. Corey Lagroon, 3. Mitch Kline, 4. Mike Petersilie.
Heat 2: 1. Mark Zorn, 2. Brian Calhoon, 3. Barry Maupin, 4. Josh Hudson.
Feature: 1. Lagroon, 2. M. Zorn, 3. John Fabrizius, 4. Maupin, 5. M. Kline, 6. J. Zorn, 7. Angel Munoz, 8. Petersilie, 9. Rick Schwab, 10. Hudson, 11. Doug Shearer, 12. Calhoon (DNF), 13. John Huffman (DNF), 14. Marty Clark (DNF), 15. Gary Kline (DNS), 16. Brett Behrends (DNS).

4-cylinder Young Guns
Heat: 1. Dalton Dolan, 2. Art Herzog, 3. Andrew Soderlund, 4. Loyd Schoen.
Feature: 1. Dolan, 2. Herzog, 3. Soderlund, 4. Schoen (DNF).