Auringer Continues to Dominate IMCA Modifieds at BCS

VINTON, IA (May 20) - JD Auringer, of Evansdale, continues to dominate the top position in the IMCA Modified division at the Benton County Speedway. Auringer picked up his third win out of four appearances at the speedway to lengthen his early lead in the point standings. Todd Jensen, of Waterloo, paced the field for the first ten circuits before Auringer would take over. Jensen kept pressure on Auringer for the remaining laps, but would settle for second. Scott Hogan finished third.

Brian Irvine, of Oelwein, looked to be the man to beat in the IMCA Stock Car feature. Taking the lead on lap six from Ricky Quail, of Waterloo, Irvine paced the field with Justin Temeyer, of Independence, in pursuit. Irvine left the low side open on the final lap that allowed Temeyer to capitalize in taking the top spot and drive away for the win. Paul Shepherd, of Marengo, was also able to get by Irvine to take second position. Irvine finished third.

Danny Dvorak, of Vinton, took the lead on lap six of the IMCA Sport Mod feature and powered on for the victory. Jim Buhlman, of Cedar Falls, scored the second position ahead of Kyle Bentley, of Fairbank.

Rod Grother, of Cedar Rapids, paced the field early in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature event holding off the advances of Chad Koch, of Marshalltown. Koch was finally able to slip by the Grother machine on lap twelve and held off Grother’s late race challenges to take the victory. Scotty Pippert, of Elberon, finished third.
Gary Pfeiffer, of Coggon, took the top honors in the IMCA Sport Compact feature. Jenna Barthemes, of Marion, finished second ahead of Doug Laughridge, of Garrison.

Mike McDonald and George Lewis won the cruiser feature event.

Racing continues next Sunday with a kid’s candy dash at intermission. Races will also be held the following day for a Memorial Day special.




Benton County Speedway – May 20 Feature Results

IMCA Modified
1. JD Auringer – Evansdale
2. Todd Jensen – Waterloo
3. Scott Hogan – Vinton
4. Troy Cordes – Raymond
5. Dan Kohls – Waterloo
6. Jeff Schroyer – Laurel
7. Jerry Luloff – Independence
8. Brian Krall – Readlyn
9. Ed Thomas – Waterloo
10. Don erger – Brandon
11. Rob Olson – Cedar Rapids
12. Buster Pate – Cedar Rapids
13. Shawn Fischer – Garrison
14. Jeff Hogan –
15. Robbie Schmuecker – Vinton
16. Jeff Sampson – Evansdale
17. Patrick Flannagan – Cedar Rapids

IMCA Stock Car
1. Justin Temeyer – Independence
2. Paul Shepherd – Marengo
3. Brian Irvine – Oelwein
4. Curtis Roster – Vinton
5. Scooter Dulin – Cedar Rapids
6. Norman Chesmore – Rowley
7. Ron Tharp – Vinton
8. Damon Murty – Chelsea
9. Kevin Rose – Waterloo
10. Jason DeShaw – Hopkinton
11. Brett Mather – Lamont
12. Richard Quail – Waterloo
13. Dan Krug – LaPorte City

IMCA Sport Mod
1. Danny Dvorak – Vinton
2. Jim Buhlman – Cedar Falls
3. Kyle Bentley – Fairbank
4. Tony Olson – Cedar Rapids
5. Joel Cox – Evansdale
6. Kurt Hogan – Vinton
7. John VanWechel – Vinton
8. Kyle Olson – Cedar Rapids
9. Rod MacDonald – Manchester
10. James Kuhn – Urbana
11. Dan Higdon – Vinton
12. Dawn Krall – Waterloo
13. Justin Hempstead – Manchester
14. Jeremy Berstler – Fairfax
15. Michael Roster – Cedar Rapids
16. Buddy Engelkes – Dike
17. Bob Ebaugh – Evansdale
18. Shane Ebaugh – Evansdale
19. Doug Smith – Center Point
20. Jim Tompkins – Newhall

IMCA Hobby Stock
1. Chad Koch – Marshalltown
2. Rod Grother – Cedar Rapids
3. Scotty Pippert – Elberon
4. Josh Irvine – Oelwein
5. Chris Luloff – Independence
6. Greg Sweerin – Evandale
7. Jeremiah Wilson – Waterloo
8. Justin Stander – Vinton
9. Brad Forbes – Waterloo
10. Curt Hilmer – Dysart
11. Al Sweerin – Waterloo
12. Adam Streeter – Vinton
13. Ed Murray – Waterloo
14. Billy Koepke – Garrison
15. Nathan Sweerin – Waterloo
16. Robert Quail – Waterloo
17. Russell Damme Jr. – Waterloo
18. Nathan Ballard – Marengo

IMCA Sport Compact
1. Gary Pfeiffer – Coggon
2. Jenna Barthelmes – Marion
3. Doug Laughridge – Garrison
4. Brian Bries – Norway
5. Jeremy Heim – Marion
6. Joe Goodenbower –
7. Neil Nabholz – Waterloo
8. Mike Mitchell – Fairfax
9. Brennan Chipp – Evansdale

Cruisers
1. Mike McDonald/George Lewis - Cedar Rapids.
2. Shane Mazur/Rob Miller - Vinton
3. Belaz / Kaiser –
4. Kimm / Kruse -