“The Wild Child” Wins Wild One in West Burlington!
Jac Haudenshild won the 20 lap Sprint Invader feature Sunday night at the 34 Raceway. Photo by John Vass
(Bill W) March 30, 2014 – “The Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild scored his first career win with the Brockway Mechanical & Roofing Sprint Invaders at the 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa on Sunday night. The event kicked off the 2014 season for the Sprint Invaders, and the Wooster, Ohio native was the first driver from his state to win a feature in the series’ thirteen year history.
Jon Agan led the first lap, before Bret Tripplett shot by and took off from the field in the non-stop 20-lapper. The Lincoln, Illinois driver built a straightaway lead as Wayne Johnson grabbed second from Agan on lap five. Haudenschild followed Johnson by Agan a lap later and the two veterans grappled for the runner-up position.
At the halfway point, Tripplett’s lead in heavy traffic was about a straightaway over Johnson, Haudenschild, Agan and Kaley Gharst. Haudenschild shot around Johnson on lap 13 and began his pursuit of Tripplett who was struggling to lap Andy Huston for a series of laps.
Haudenschild reeled in the leader and grabbed the point with two to go. “(Triplett) was so far out there I didn’t know who was leading!” he said in Victory Lane. “We got him right there at the end. It was definitely a fun race! I’m glad we stopped here. It’s a nice little racetrack. Scott (Benic) got the car working good, and my car owner, Rick Rogers, isn’t here tonight, but I’m glad to be in the 9w car.”
Tripplett settled for second. “For just finishing this car last night, and being late getting here…things went well,” he said. “You could tell I was rusty in lapped traffic. I’ve been sitting around all winter, while some of these guys have been racing. It’s the first night out, but we definitely have to get better in traffic. I just have to thank my wife for letting me come up here, along with my mom and dad and Steve Shively.”
Johnson was third, and talked about Triplett getting away early. “Track position was a big thing. Clean air is a big thing, but I knew in traffic, he was going to come back to us. I thought we had the car to beat early on to the middle of the race. Our car just quit going. We’ve struggled lately with being fast early on, and slowing down. We’re working on getting that turned around to where we were in the past.”
Agan was fourth ahead of Gharst. Josh Schneiderman, Bobby Mincer, hard-charger Joey Moughan, Carson McCarl and Tony Shilling rounded out the top ten. Shilling, Gharst and Haudenschild won heat races. Shilling took the Dash, and Russ Hall won the B main.
The Sprint Invaders return to action, Friday, April 4 at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa, and they will make their first trip ever to the Jackson County Speedway in Maquoketa, Iowa on Saturday, April 5.
Results
Brockway Mechanical & Roofing A main (started), 20 laps: 1. 9w, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (6) 2. 22, Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, IL (1) 3. 10, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (5) 4. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (2) 5. 41, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (4) 6. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (8) 7. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (9) 8. 17m, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (20) 9. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (10) 10. 22T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (3) 11. 36, Justin Newberry, West Burlington, IA (12) 12. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (16) 13. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (14) 14. 73, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (17) 15. 11s, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (19) 16. 40, Andy Huston, Roseville, IL (11) 17. 83, Dave Getchell, Sperry, IA (15) 18. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (13) 19. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL (18) 20. 9, Paul Nienhiser, Chapin, IL (7). Lap Leaders: Agan 1, Tripplett 2-17, Haudenschild 18-20. KSE Hard-charger: Moughan.
Advanced Plumbing & Machine Heat one (started), 8 laps, top two to Dash, top five to A main: 1. Tony Shilling (2) 2. Bret Tripplett (7) 3. Paul Nienhiser (1) 4. Carson McCarl (5) 5. Mitchell Alexander (4) / 6. 84, Dustin Whiting, Burlington, IA (3) 7. Jarrod Schneiderman (6) DNS – Joey Moughan
Huston Land Improvement Heat two (started), 8 laps, top two to Dash, top five to A main: 1. Kaley Gharst (1) 2. Wayne Johnson (2) 3. Josh Schneiderman (3) 4. Andy Huston (4) 5. Mike Houseman Jr. (5) / 6. Dustin Selvage (6) 7. `10T, Tim Moore, Rock Island, IL (7) 8. 85, Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (8)
CenPeCo Lubricants Heat three (started), 8 laps, top two to Dash, top five to A main: 1. Jac Haudenschild (2) 2. Jon Agan (3) 3. Bobby Mincer (1) 4. Justin Newberry (4) 5. Dave Getchell (7) / 6. Jimmy Davies (5) 7. 12G, Kelly Graham, Collins, IA (8) 8. Russ Hall (6)
Budweiser “King of Beers” Shake-up Dash (started), 6 laps: 1. Tony Shilling (1) 2. Kaley Gharst (2) 3. Wayne Johnson (6) 4. Jac Haudenschild (3) 5. Bret Tripplett (5) 6. Jon Agan (4)
B main (started), 12 laps, top five to A main: 1. Russ Hall (8) 2. Dustin Selvage (2) 3. Jimmy Davies (3) 4. Jarrod Schneiderman (4) 5. Joey Moughan (7) / 6. Dustin Whiting (1) 7. Tim Moore (5) 8. Kelly Graham (6) DNS – Chase Wanner
Contingencies
Weld – Justin Newberry
Saldana Racing Products – Mike Houseman Jr.
Pyrotec – Jarrod Schneiderman
Mt. Dew Kick Start – Mitchell Alexander
Mt. Dew Kick Start – Dustin Whiting
In his first night out for the 2014 racing season, Justin Buchholz would pick up his first win of the season in the Coors Silver Bullet Mod Lite feature. Buchholz took the lead from his front row start and had to hold off Jimmy May for the win in the twelve lap feature. May would finish second followed by Chase Flatt, Daniel Keltner and Gary Snyder rounding out the top five.
Twenty cars took to the track for the Louisa Communications 4 Cylinder feature event with Austen Becerra picking up the win. Becerra took the lead from William Michel on lap nine of the twelve lap race for the win. Michel would finish second followed by Trent Orwig, Jacob Brown and Kimberly Abbot rounding out the top five.
The IMRA Midgets made their first of four stops at 34 Raceway this year with Aaron Schuck getting the win when Jeff Mallonee was disqualified in the ten car, twelve lap feature. Following Schuck across the finishing line were Robert Bell, Patrick Bruns, Shane Morgan and Barry Trone rounding out the top five.
Louisa Communications 4 Cylinders
FEATURE: 1. Austen Becerra, Carthage, Il., 2. William Michel, Muscatine, 3. Trent Orwig, Blakesburg, 4. Jacob Brown, Wapello, 5.
Kimberly Abbott, Camp Point, Il., 6. Steven Struck, Atalissa, 7.
Brandon Lambert, Carthage, Il., 8. Brandon Setser, Davenport, 9.
Jerrod Nichols, Stronghurst, Il., 10. Shawn Baker, Burlington, 11.
Bryerson Tharp, Grandview, 12. Brian Mehaffy, Danville, 13. Travis Smith, LaHarpe, Il., 14. Duane Dixon, West Burlington, 15. Billy Stanford, Wapello, 16. Daytona Fenton, Burlington, 17. Kevin Mortimer, Biggsville, Il., 18. Dustin Ravelin, Burlington, 19. Larry Miller, Burlington, 20. Eric Stogdell, Colona, Il., 21. Ken Stogdell, East Moline, Il., 22. Cody Vandusen, Wilton. HEAT WINNERS: Brown, Michel.
Coors Silver Bullet Mod Lites
FEATURE: 1. Justin Buchholz, Davenport, 2. Jimmy May, Desota, 3. Chase Flatt, Monmouth, Il., 4. Daniel Keltner, Coralville, 5. Gary Snyder, Monmouth, Il., 6. Devon Rouse, Burlington, 7. Mike Morrill, Pleasant Hill, 8. Joe Waterman, West Burlington. HEAT WINNER: Morrill.
IMRA Midgets
FEATURE: 1. Aaron Schuck, Joliet, Il., 2. Robert Bell, Colfax, 3.
Patrick Bruns, Champaign, Il., 4. Shane Morgan, Creve Coeur, Il., 5.
Barry Trone, Roseville, Il., 6. Travis Pence, Biggsville, Il., 7. Jeff Zelinski, Joliet, Il., 8. Brayden Gaylord, Wever, 9. Brad Greenup, Channalten, Il., 10. Jeff Mallonee, Bettendorf. HEAT WINNERS: Bruns, Schuck.
Category: 34 Raceway, Iowa
