Mueller Only Driver to Sweep “Memphis Spring Nationals”

by Brian Neal

Memphis, MO (Saturday, March 18, 2017) – Saturday night was the final night of the “Memphis Spring Nationals” at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri presented by J&J Ag. And with temperatures expected to fall in the 30’s, the nights action was moved up an hour from the scheduled time. That move paid off with a fast paced show, as the first green flag waved at 5:55 PM and the final checkered flag falling at 8:20 pm.

The 14 lap Hobby Stock feature was the first to take to the track, with Scott Shull and Daniel Wauters drawing the front row. Wauters would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Nathan Ballard, who started 4th, and Shull. But his lead only last for 1 lap, as Ballard went to the very top of the track coming off turn 4 to take over the top spot on lap 2. Ballard then started to pull away, as Wauters, Shull and Damon Murty, who won Friday nights feature in Bill Bonnett’s #19, battled for the runner up spot. Without a caution there was no catching Ballard, who cruised to an easy win. Shull won the battle for 2nd, Wauters held on for 3rd, Murty was 4th, with Mike Kincaid  coming home in 5th.

Up next was the 18 lap SportMod feature, with Jason McDaniel and Tyler Soppe leading the field to the drop of the green flag. McDaniel jumped out into the lead on lap 1 over Soppe and Carter VanDenBerg. Just as McDaniel started to put some distance on the battle behind him, the first caution of the race appeared on lap 5. Brandon Symmonds would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart VanDenBerg slid up in front of McDaniel coming off turn 2 to grab the lead going down the backstretch. But third place runner Soppe would drive it hard into turn 3 on the bottom and slid up in front of VanDenBerg coming off turn 4 to take the lead. Three laps later, lap 9, the second and final caution of race came out for debris in turn 2.

Soppe moved back out front on the restart, while Brandon Lennox, who started 20th and used the bottom of the track to get to the front, over took VanDenBerg for second. Lennox then followed in Soppe’s tire tracks over the next 5 laps, when he got sideways in turn 3 and fell back to 3rd. This would allow Soppe to pull away over the final 3 laps to pick up the $1,500 top prize. McDaniel was 2nd, Lennox was 3rd, VanDenBerg was 4th, with Brayton Carter, who won Friday night, rounding out the top 5.

Michael Larsen and Dustin Griffiths drew the front row for the 20 lap Stock Car feature, with Griffiths grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Jeff Mueller, who started 4th, and Damon Murty, who started 6th. Griffiths, who was working the top of the track, then held off Mueller, who was working the bottom, until lap 5 when Mueller slipped under him coming off turn 4 to take over the top spot. Just after the completion of lap 5 the first caution of the race appeared, as Cody Washburne spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Mueller jumped back out front, as Murty and Mike Hughes went to the bottom of the track to get past Griffiths for second and third. While the lead trio worked the bottom of the track, Cayden Carter, who started 10th, worked the top of the track to move into fourth by the midway portion of the race.

The action up front was slowed for the second time, as Washburne spun in turn 4 on lap 12 to bring out his second involvement caution to end his night. Mueller once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Murty and Carter glued to his back bumper. Murty and Carter tried to get under Mueller over the next 4 laps, when the final caution appeared on lap 17 to set up a 3 lap shootout. This time Larsen would spin in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Mueller moved back out front, with Carter slipping past Murty for the runner up spot. Despite several challenges from Carter over the final laps, Mueller was able to hold on to claim his second win of the weekend and the $1,500 top prize to go with it. Carter settled for 2nd, Murty was 3rd, Hughes was 4th, with Griffiths holding on for 5th.

Up next was the 14 lap Sport Compact feature, with Brandon Lambert and Steven Struck leading the field to the drop of the green. Struck took advantage of his draw to jump out front on lap 1 over Brandon Lambert and Casey Lambert. While Struck worked the top of the track, with Brandon Lambert following in his tire tracks, Brandon Reu, who started 9th, was working his way towards the front by using the bottom of the track. On lap 8, Reu would slip under Brandon Lambert for the runner up spot and then went to work on Struck for the lead. Struck and Reu would come off turn 4 on lap 11 side-by-side, with Reu grabbing the top spot away from Struck on lap 12. Reu then held off Struck over the final 2 laps of the caution free race to pick up the win. But Reu was later disqualified in tech for a ported cylinder head. This would give Struck the win. Brandon Lambert held off Cody VanDusen, who started 8th, on the final lap to be moved up to 2nd. VanDusen was moved to 3rd, Luke Benischek was moved to 4th, with Levi Heath being moved to 5th after starting in 12th.

The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 25 lap Modifieds, with Friday nights winner Hunter Marriott and Blake Woodruff drawing the front row. Marriott quickly shot out into the lead on the drop of the green flag, with Colt Mather and Cayden Carter close behind. While Marriott was setting a fast pace around the top of the track, Kyle Brown, who started 10th, was using the bottom of the track to work his way towards the front. Marriott started to enter lapped traffic on lap 10, which slowed his pace down. On lap 16, Brown worked his way into the runner up spot and then went to work on chasing down Marriott for the lead. Marriott and Brown came off turn 4 on lap 21 side-by-side, with Brown grabbing the top spot away on lap 22. Brown then held on over the final 3 laps of the caution free race to pick up the win and the $2,000 top prize. Marriott was 2nd, Carter was 3rd, Kelly Shryock was 4th, with Kurt Kile coming from 12th, for the second night in a row, to finish in 5th.

The Scotland County Speedway will now sit idol until Thursday, June 1st, when the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models take to the big wide 3/8th mile. Joining the Late Models will be the Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Sport Compacts.

 

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Scotland County Speedway, Memphis, MO

Saturday, March 18, 2017 – J&J Ag “Memphis Spring Nationals” Night 2

 

Modified A-Feature
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	10	21K	Kyle Brown	Madrid , IA
2	1	62	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield , MO
3	3	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
4	6	3	Kelly Shryock	Fertile , IA
5	12	77	Kurt Kile	Nichols , IA
6	4	8	Colt Mather	Keswick , IA
7	11	02	Andrew Schroeder	Keswick , IA
8	22	92	Tyler Droste	Waterloo , IA
9	14	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL
10	23	49J	Jason Murray	Hartford , IA
11	5	6	Bobby Six	Warsaw , IL
12	16	33F	Jardin Fuller	Memphis , MO
13	2	87	Blake Woodruff	Galesburg , IL
14	9	99	Dylan Hoover	Vandalia , MO
15	13	237	Zack Rawlins	Newton , IA
16	8	3L	Clint Luellen	Minburn , IA
17	20	5R	Bill Roberts	Burlington , IA
18	18	10	Kelly Buckallew	Memphis , MO
19	19	32	Donovan Lodge	Andover , IL
20	15	2	Matt Fulton	Muscatine , IA
21	7	77L	Jim Lynch	Bloomfield , IA
22	17	CH19	Colby Heishman	Brooklyn , IA
23	21	05	Dave Wietholder	Liberty , IL	DNS
Modified Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	10C	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
2	5	3L	Clint Luellen	Minburn , IA
3	4	02	Andrew Schroeder	Keswick , IA
4	2	77L	Jim Lynch	Bloomfield , IA
5	7	2	Matt Fulton	Muscatine , IA
6	3	10	Kelly Buckallew	Memphis , MO
7	6	05	Dave Wietholder	Liberty , IL	DNS
Modified Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	2	6	Bobby Six	Warsaw , IL
2	3	3	Kelly Shryock	Fertile , IA
3	4	87	Blake Woodruff	Galesburg , IL
4	6	8	Colt Mather	Keswick , IA
5	7	71W	Jeff Waterman	Quincy , IL
6	1	CH19	Colby Heishman	Brooklyn , IA
7	8	5R	Bill Roberts	Burlington , IA
8	5	49J	Jason Murray	Hartford , IA
Modified Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	4	77	Kurt Kile	Nichols , IA
2	6	21K	Kyle Brown	Madrid , IA
3	8	62	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield , MO
4	3	99	Dylan Hoover	Vandalia , MO
5	7	237	Zack Rawlins	Newton , IA
6	5	33F	Jardin Fuller	Memphis , MO
7	1	32	Donovan Lodge	Andover , IL
8	2	92	Tyler Droste	Waterloo , IA
Stock Car A-Feature
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	4	77M	Jeff Mueller	Albion , IA
2	10	10CC	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
3	6	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA
4	8	11	Mike Hughes	Oskaloosa , IA
5	2	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Hedrick , IA
6	7	14	Derek Agee	Huntsville , MO
7	11	ZERO1	Kyle Frederick	Oconto Falls, WI
8	12	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA
9	16	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA
10	9	22R	Todd Reitzler	Grinnell , IA
11	14	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA
12	22	5A	Tyler Pickett	Boxholm , IA
13	13	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL
14	17	98B	Michael Bilyeu	Indianola , IA
15	15	87	Les Blakley	Fairfield , IA
16	18	99	Dallon Murty	Chelsea , IA
17	20	3	Chase Exline	Centerville , IA
18	23	4K	Dean Kratzer	Ft. Madison, IA
19	1	48	Michael Larsen	Monroe City, MO
20	21	73C	Carl Yaw	Pleasant Hill, IA
21	5	05	John Oliver	Danville , IA
22	19	68	Cody Washburne	New London, IA
23	3	17C	Shane Paris	Muscatine , IA
Stock Car Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	10CC	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
2	1	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA
3	2	ZERO1	Kyle Frederick	Oconto Falls, WI
4	4	48	Michael Larsen	Monroe City, MO
5	7	87	Les Blakley	Fairfield , IA
6	6	99	Dallon Murty	Chelsea , IA
7	5	73C	Carl Yaw	Pleasant Hill, IA
Stock Car Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	7	14	Derek Agee	Huntsville , MO
2	3	10G	Dustin Griffiths	Hedrick , IA
3	4	17C	Shane Paris	Muscatine , IA
4	6	11	Mike Hughes	Oskaloosa , IA
5	1	79S	Jason See	Albia , IA
6	5	98B	Michael Bilyeu	Indianola , IA
7	8	3	Chase Exline	Centerville , IA
8	2	4K	Dean Kratzer	Ft. Madison, IA
Stock Car Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	5	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA
2	1	05	John Oliver	Danville , IA
3	8	22R	Todd Reitzler	Grinnell , IA
4	7	77M	Jeff Mueller	Albion , IA
5	2	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL
6	6	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA
7	4	68	Cody Washburne	New London, IA
8	3	5A	Tyler Pickett	Boxholm , IA
SportMod A-Feature
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	2	3T	Tyler Soppe	Sherrill , IA
2	1	85	Jason McDaniel	Eldon , IA
3	20	17	Brandon Lennox	New London, MO
4	3	7V	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA
5	6	01	Brayton Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
6	7	82	Jake McBirnie	Boone , IA
7	5	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , IA
8	11	GT1	Brian Efkamp	Ankeny , IA
9	8	11	Ethan Braaksma	Newton , IA
10	10	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL
11	4	12D	Brandon Dale	Arbela , MO
12	12	9W	Scott Walker	Wilton , IA
13	13	21M	Dalton McKenney	Clarksville , MO
14	14	68	Brandon Symmonds	Keokuk , IA
15	15	8	Tom Lathrop	Ottumwa , IA
16	16	5JR	Jami Ritter	Keystone , IA
17	17	1	David Snyder	Greentop , MO
18	9	17A	Austin Howes	Memphis , MO
19	19	101	Andrew Swailes	Ainsworth , IA
20	18	10D	Dakota Anderson	Quincy , IL	DNS
SportMod Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	3T	Tyler Soppe	Sherrill , IA
2	9	01	Brayton Carter	Oskaloosa , IA
3	4	11	Ethan Braaksma	Newton , IA
4	6	12D	Brandon Dale	Arbela , MO
5	8	82	Jake McBirnie	Boone , IA
6	2	9W	Scott Walker	Wilton , IA
7	10	68	Brandon Symmonds	Keokuk , IA
8	7	5JR	Jami Ritter	Keystone , IA
9	5	10D	Dakota Anderson	Quincy , IL
10	3	17	Brandon Lennox	New London, MO	DQ
SportMod Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , IA
2	8	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL
3	6	7V	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA
4	4	85	Jason McDaniel	Eldon , IA
5	2	17A	Austin Howes	Memphis , MO
6	7	GT1	Brian Efkamp	Ankeny , IA
7	1	21M	Dalton McKenney	Clarksville , MO
8	5	8	Tom Lathrop	Ottumwa , IA
9	9	1	David Snyder	Greentop , MO
10	10	101	Andrew Swailes	Ainsworth , IA
Hobby Stock A-Feature
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	4	29	Nathan Ballard	Merengo , IA
2	1	57	Scott Shull	Agency , IA
3	2	09	Daniel Wauters	Iowa City, IA
4	5	19	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA
5	3	12	Mike Kincaid	Cincinnatti , IA
6	10	13N	Dylan Nelson	Adel , IA
7	7	21ZC	Cody Cleghorn	Des Moines, IA
8	9	45	Josh McCoy	Ottumwa , IA
9	8	13M	Riley Meinders	Oskaloosa , IA
10	6	19K	Kurtis Oliver	Moberly , MO
Hobby Stock Heat
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	2	29	Nathan Ballard	Merengo , IA
2	6	09	Daniel Wauters	Iowa City, IA
3	5	57	Scott Shull	Agency , IA
4	9	19	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA
5	7	12	Mike Kincaid	Cincinnatti , IA
6	4	19K	Kurtis Oliver	Moberly , MO
7	3	21ZC	Cody Cleghorn	Des Moines, IA
8	1	13M	Riley Meinders	Oskaloosa , IA
9	10	45	Josh McCoy	Ottumwa , IA
10	8	13N	Dylan Nelson	Adel , IA
Sport Compact A-Feature
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	2	24	Steven Struck	Atalissa , IA
2	1	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL
3	8	53	Cody VanDusen	Atalissa , IA
4	6	5	Luke Benischek	Durant , IA
5	12	9H	Levi Heath	Wilton , IA
6	5	3	Jake Benischek	Durant , IA
7	4	4L	Casey Lambert	Carthage , IL
8	14	F79	Dustin Forbes	Rock Falls, IL
9	11	99B	Craig Bangert	Golden , IL
10	7	24A	Ashton Blain	Burlington , IA
11	21	13	Travis Tedrow	Batavia , IA
12	16	69	Alvin Cooney	Mexico , MO
13	17	01	David Prim	Hamilton , IL
14	19	55S	Alyssa Steele	Keokuk , IA
15	13	35	Jeffrey DeLonjay	Quincy , IL
16	3	14D	Dan Schmidt	Cedar Rapids, IA
17	18	55	Michael Hornung	Keokuk , IA
18	15	6	Jacob Smith	Atalissa , IA
19	10	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA
20	20	C22	Cameron Poci	Rock Falls, IL	DNS
21	9	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	DQ
Sport Compact Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	1	53	Cody VanDusen	Atalissa , IA
2	2	3	Jake Benischek	Durant , IA
3	4	14D	Dan Schmidt	Cedar Rapids, IA
4	6	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL
5	3	6	Jacob Smith	Atalissa , IA
6	5	55	Michael Hornung	Keokuk , IA
7	7	13	Travis Tedrow	Batavia , IA
Sport Compact Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	7	24	Steven Struck	Atalissa , IA
2	5	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA
3	2	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA
4	6	4L	Casey Lambert	Carthage , IL
5	4	F79	Dustin Forbes	Rock Falls, IL
6	1	01	David Prim	Hamilton , IL
7	3	C22	Cameron Poci	Rock Falls, IL	DNS
Sport Compact Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	5	Luke Benischek	Durant , IA
2	1	99B	Craig Bangert	Golden , IL
3	6	9H	Levi Heath	Wilton , IA
4	4	24A	Ashton Blain	Burlington , IA
5	2	35	Jeffrey DeLonjay	Quincy , IL
6	7	69	Alvin Cooney	Mexico , MO
7	5	55S	Alyssa Steele	Keokuk , IA

 

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