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Huls, Foster share Lee County Speedway spotlight during Casey’s General Store Night at the Races By Jake Croxton DONNELLSON, Ia (May 9) – Three first-time winners and two repeat winners shared victory lane during Casey’s General Store Fan Appreciation Night at the Lee County Speedway. Abe Huls, John Oliver, Jr., and Jeff Mueller waged a three-car war during the Budweiser IMCA Stock Car feature. Huls and Mueller spent the majority of the event side-by-side with Oliver, Jr. in tow. Mueller went under the five-to-go signal first but got into turn one too deep and nearly looped his Chevrolet. Huls finished what he started and drove his Country View Kennels / Monte Carlo into the winner’s circle for the first time at Lee County Speedway. Oliver, Jr., Kirk Kinsley, Chris Wibbell, and Jason Cook rounded out the top five, while Mueller rejoined the race and finished eighth. Nick Fenton and Huls won in Heat Race action. Josh Foster drove to the front of an action-packed Miller Lite IMCA Modified 20-lapper. Mike Weikert, Jr., Foster, and Rich Smith enjoyed the three-wide view from the front of the field early in the event before caution flew for Brandon Rothzen and Darin Thye’s grinding crash in turn one. Both cars were destroyed. Foster led the remainder of the event to notch his first win of the season in his Five Star Drywall / Chevy. Smith, Bill Roberts, tenth-starting Bill Parks, and Weikert, Jr. finished in the top five. Brandon Savage and Smith won the Heat Races. Joe Hooper and Jim Gillenwater dueled throughout the Lawson Racing Engines and Parts Supply SportMod 15-lapper. Gillenwater stole the show on a lap 11 restart and drove his Discount Tire & Service / Chevy into victory lane. Hooper had to settle for second, while Rob Kirchner charged from thirteenth to third. Phillip Cossel and Levi Smith ended the event in the top five. Hooper and Jim Kuhlmeier picked up Heat Race wins. Dean Kratzer scored his second straight Donnellson Tire Hobby Stock feature win in a race marred by a scary accident involving Rodger Dresden on the back straightaway. Dresden’s car was turned head-on into the concrete after contact from another car. Dresden was talking to emergency personnel while being extricated from his mangled racer. When racing resumed, Kratzer withstood a challenge from former track champion Jeff Soper. Jim Lynch, Decorah’s Steve Christopher, and Jacob Smith followed Kratzer across the line. Rob Hammel stunk up the Shottenkirk Parts Express Wild Thing 12-lapper as he found the front and walked away from the field. Hammel is perfect thus far in 2008. Chris Loring, Jr. crossed the line in second, while Dustan Fenton, Chuck Fullenkamp, and Travis DeMint completed the top five. Next week, the Ideal Ready Mix IMCA Late Models hit the track with all five weekly classes. Race time is 7:30. One lucky fan aged 5-17 will walk out of the grandstand with a Nintendo Wii gaming system. General admission is $10 for Adults, which includes a free drink courtesy of Pepsi, Budweiser, and Miller Lite. Results Budweiser IMCA Stock Car – Heat Race #1 – 1. Nick Fenton; 2. Jason Cook; 3. Dave Hemsted; 4. Chris Wibbell; 5. Travis Finke; 6. Doug Huls; 7. Patrick Mincer; 8. Corey Strothman; 9. Ray Raker DQ Heat Race #2 – 1. Abe Huls; 2. Jeff Mueller; 3. John Oliver, Jr.; 4. Kirk Kinsley; 5. Cale Samberg; 6. Rod Staats; 7. Dennis Harwood; 8. Jake Wenig DNS; 9. Rickey Hutcherson DNS Casey’s General Store 20 – 1. A. Huls; 2. Oliver, Jr.; 3. Kinsley; 4. Wibbell; 5. Cook; 6. Hemsted; 7. D.Huls; 8. Mueller; 9. Staats; 10. Fenton; 11. Samberg; 12. Finke; 13. Raker; 14. Mincer; 15. Harwood; 16.Strothman; 17. Wenig DNS; 18. Hutcherson DNS Miller Lite IMCA Modifieds – Heat Race #1 – 1. Brandon Savage; 2. Mike Weikert, Jr.; 3. Terry Houston; 4.Bill Roberts; 5. Jim Roach; 6. Brad Carson; 7. Darin Thye; 8. Chris Larson Heat Race #2 – 1. Rich Smith; 2. Josh Foster; 3. Tyler Cale; 4. Bill Parks; 5. Dean McGee; 6. Brandon Rothzen; 7. Andy Krieger; 8. Adam Carson Casey’s General Store 20 – 1. Foster; 2. Smith; 3.Roberts; 4. Parks; 5. Weikert, Jr.; 6. Roach; 7. Cale; 8. Houston; 9. Krieger; 10. McGee; 11. A. Carson; 12. B. Carson; 13. Larson; 14. Rothzen; 15. Thye; 16.Savage DNS Lawson Racing Engines & Parts Supply SportMods – Heat Race #1 – 1. Joe Hooper; 2. Jim Gillenwater; 3. Levi Smith; 4. Beau Taylor; 5. Bill Seyb; 6. Bob Jennings; 7. Rob Kirchner Heat Race #2 – 1. Jim Kuhlmeier; 2. Mark Winkel; 3.Phillip Cossel; 4. Thad Gaylord; 5. Travis Jordan; 6.Chad Sovern; 7. Jerad Fuller DNS Casey’s General Store 15 – 1. Gillenwater; 2. Hooper; 3. Kirchner; 4. Cossel; 5. Smith; 6. Fuller; 7.Jennings; 8. Gaylord; 9. Sovern; 10. Kuhlmeier; 11. Winkel; 12. Seyb; 13. Taylor; 14. Jordan Donnellson Tire Hobby Stocks – Heat Race #1 – 1.Rodger Dresden; 2. Dan Wenig; 3. Jeff Soper; 4. Jon Rooney; 5. Jim Lynch; 6. Steve Christopher; 7. Derek St. Clair; 8. Chris Hibbard; 9. Jacob Smith; 10. Robert Kephart Heat Race #2 – 1. Dean Kratzer; 2. Jim Oliver, Jr.; 3.Brian Holmes; 4. Rob Wilsey; 5. Bruce Summers; 6. Matt England; 7. Jim Oliver, Sr.; 8. Austin Schulte; 9. Jason Billings DNS; 10. Jermy Billings DNS Casey’s General Store 15 – 1. Kratzer; 2. Soper; 3.Lynch; 4. Christopher; 5. Smith; 6. Kephart; 7.England; 8. Schulte; 9. Wilsey; 10. Oliver, Jr.; 11.Dresden; 12. Summers; 13. Holmes; 14. Hibbard; 15. Je.Billings; 16. St. Clair; 17. Wenig; 18. Rooney; 19.Oliver, Sr.; 20. Ja. Billings DNS Shottenkirk Parts Express Wild Things – Heat Race #1 – 1. Chuck Fullenkamp; 2. Chuck Loring, Jr.; 3. Chase Klenk; 4. Dustan Fenton; 5. Richard Vandermaiden; 6.Donny Oliver; 7. John Lynn; 8. Mike Horning, Jr.; 9.Brent Hartley Heat Race #2 – 1. Rob Hammel; 2. Bryan Rodefer; 3.Travis DeMint; 4. Kimberly Abbott; 5. Amy Mason; 6.Jayson Barnes; 7. Jordan Delonjay; 8. Jim Oliver, III Casey’s General Store 12 – 1. Hammel; 2. Loring, Jr.; 3. Fenton; 4. Fullenkamp; 5. DeMint; 6. Rodefer; 7.Hartley; 8. Klenk; 9. Abbott; 10. D. Oliver; 11. Lynn; 12. Vandermaiden; 13. Mason; 14. Horning, Jr.; 15.Barnes; 16. Delonjay DNS; 17. Oliver, III DNS |