CJ Speedway Crowns Track Champions As Racing Season Comes To An End

 

By: Jerry Mackey

Columbus Junction, Iowa: The 2025 racing season at the CJ Speedway located on the Louisa County Fairgrounds came to a close on Friday night with a very big night of racing action being held as the Larry Richardson Memorial Features from the race program started on July 24th during the Louisa County Fair were run first before running the Season Championship races.

In the Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Cars, John Oliver Jr. started his night off by dominating the Larry Richardson Memorial feature by leading the main event flag to flag. Damon Murty took over second late in the race but was unable to close and threaten Oliver Jr. for the win. The Season Championship Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Car feature saw Keegan Wells score the win by riding the extreme top side of the Speedway to the win. The second feature was red flagged with three laps to go as second place running Dustin Griffiths slipped off the high side of turns three and four and went into a viloent roll over. Griffiths was uninjured in the scry incident. Wells went on to record the win over Shane Richardson and Oliver Jr. John Oliver Jr. was crowned the repeat Champion in the very tough Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Car class.

Logan Anderson recorded a clean sweep on Friday night in scoring both feature wins. Kurt Kile ran second to Anderson in the first main finishing ahead of Dan Brockert. In the Season Championship main event, Anderson took the win ahead over Scott Brau. Kurt Kile broke early in the Season Championship main but scored just enough points on the night to win the track Championship by one point over Anderson.

The Aupp Automotive IMCA Sportmod class has been dominated by Dyaln Van Wyk in 2025 and the “Lil Speedster” from Oskaloosa placed an exclamation point on a great season on Friday night. Van Wyk took the win in the first main by quickly getting to the front and taking the win well ahead of Sean Wyett. The second feature, Van Wyk drove through traffic from a fifth row start and went on to capture his second checkered flag of the night. Van Wyk earned the Track Championship and collected the $650 Bounty on hinself as well.

The CJ Auto Parts IMCA Hobby Stock Larry Richardson Memorial saw young Kale Hemsley drive his number 88H to the win but was later docked two positions for failure to meet the ride height requirements in the Hobby Stock rules. The official finshing order in the first main saw Jason Schutterle take the win ahead of Preston McDonald. The Season Championship feature appeared to be a win for Tucker Richardson but late in the race Billy Stanford was able to close and take over the top spot as the leaders took the white flag. Stanford recorded the win ahead of Richardson and McDonald. The 6P of McDonald secured the Track Champpionship with a pair of top three runs.
Our Special guests on Friday night were the drivers of the Midwest Vinatage Car Club. Terry Mattly drove his 1957 Chevy to the win ahead of the Ed Sanger tribute Camaro driven by Austin Honts.

The Louisa County Fairboard and Track Manager Dan Keltner would like to thank all the drivers, crews and especially our loyal fans for your support in 2025 and we look forward to seeeing everyone in the spring of 2026.

14 entries
Stewart & Sons Fuel IMCA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 53-Logan Anderson[7]; 2. 26-Scott Brau[1]; 3. 43-Creston Williams[2]; 4. 3S-Adam Shelman[3]; 5. 22B-Blaine Webster[5]; 6. 30-Dan Brockert[9]; 7. 79-Barry Dugan[4]; 8. 22-Blaine Bryant[10]; 9. IB25-Shane Richardson[11]; 10. 96-Matthew Lundry[14]; 11. 0-Dirk Hamilton[12]; 12. 20-Danny Brau[13]; 13. 58-Jared Eckrich[8]; 14. 77-Kurt Kile[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 77-Kurt Kile[5]; 2. 43-Creston Williams[2]; 3. 58-Jared Eckrich[6]; 4. 79-Barry Dugan[4]; 5. 22-Blaine Bryant[7]; 6. IB25-Shane Richardson[3]; 7. 20-Danny Brau[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 53-Logan Anderson[5]; 2. 3S-Adam Shelman[3]; 3. 30-Dan Brockert[6]; 4. 26-Scott Brau[1]; 5. 22B-Blaine Webster[4]; 6. 0-Dirk Hamilton[7]; 7. (DNF) 96-Matthew Lundry[2]

20 entries
Mincer Ford IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 23W-Keegan Wells[2]; 2. IB57-Shane Richardson[4]; 3. 05JR-John Oliver Jr[8]; 4. 23B-Adam Bell[10]; 5. 17M-Jared Miller[6]; 6. 99D-Damon Murty[11]; 7. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[14]; 8. 00-Johnny Spaw[9]; 9. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[5]; 10. 33-Trenton Witt[18]; 11. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[1]; 12. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[13]; 13. 41F-Zane Fellman[19]; 14. (DNF) 10G-Dustin Griffiths[12]; 15. (DNF) 23K-Kade Wells[17]; 16. (DNF) C4-Corey Strothman[7]; 17. (DNF) 97-Robert Barnes[3]; 18. (DNF) 51-Rob Kiefer[16]; 19. (DNF) 56A-Austin O’Donnell[15]; 20. (DNS) 55-Cody Staley

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[7]; 2. 00-Johnny Spaw[6]; 3. 97-Robert Barnes[3]; 4. 17M-Jared Miller[5]; 5. 21M-Kirk Kinsley[4]; 6. (DNF) 51-Rob Kiefer[1]; 7. (DNS) 55-Cody Staley

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. IB57-Shane Richardson[4]; 2. 23B-Adam Bell[6]; 3. 56-Kenny O’Donnell[2]; 4. C4-Corey Strothman[5]; 5. 75OZ-Austin Kemper[3]; 6. 23K-Kade Wells[1]; 7. (DNF) 41F-Zane Fellman[7]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 05JR-John Oliver Jr[5]; 2. 23W-Keegan Wells[2]; 3. 99D-Damon Murty[6]; 4. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[4]; 5. 56A-Austin O’Donnell[1]; 6. (DNF) 33-Trenton Witt[3]

14 entries
Aupp Automotive IMCA SportMods
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 117-Dylan VanWyk[10]; 2. 42-Tyler Heckart[7]; 3. 55-Dustin Griffiths[8]; 4. 12S-Sean Wyett[9]; 5. 1V-Cole Vanderwal[6]; 6. 44G-Levi Gaunt[5]; 7. 21-Todd Hansen[2]; 8. 7J-JUSTIN HEUER[3]; 9. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[1]; 10. 9-Shane Wright[4]; 11. (DNF) 70?-Michael Bear[14]; 12. (DNF) 25CB-Jim Russell[13]; 13. (DNF) 16-Joel Payne[12]; 14. (DNS) 45-Jonny Williams

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 12S-Sean Wyett[7]; 2. 42-Tyler Heckart[6]; 3. 44G-Levi Gaunt[5]; 4. 9-Shane Wright[4]; 5. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[2]; 6. (DNF) 45-Jonny Williams[1]; 7. (DNS) 70?-Michael Bear

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 55-Dustin Griffiths[5]; 2. 117-Dylan VanWyk[6]; 3. 1V-Cole Vanderwal[4]; 4. 21-Todd Hansen[1]; 5. 7J-JUSTIN HEUER[2]; 6. 16-Joel Payne[3]; 7. 25CB-Jim Russell[7]

12 entries
CJ Auto Parts – Napa IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 52-Billy Stanford[1]; 2. 28-Tucker Richardson[6]; 3. 6P-Preston McDonald[8]; 4. 12-Austin Stalder[7]; 5. 5-Kaden Staley[5]; 6. 88-Jason Schutterle[9]; 7. 88C-Daniel Campbell[11]; 8. 44D-Drake Timmerman[3]; 9. 26-Kyler Burmeister[4]; 10. 7T-Tyler Nimrick[2]; 11. (DNS) 22-James Pilkington; 12. (DNS) 99-Josh Ricky

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 28-Tucker Richardson[5]; 2. 26-Kyler Burmeister[4]; 3. 6P-Preston McDonald[6]; 4. 7T-Tyler Nimrick[2]; 5. (DNF) 52-Billy Stanford[1]; 6. (DNS) 88C-Daniel Campbell

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 88-Jason Schutterle[6]; 2. 12-Austin Stalder[5]; 3. 5-Kaden Staley[4]; 4. 44D-Drake Timmerman[2]; 5. (DNS) 22-James Pilkington; 6. (DNS) 99-Josh Ricky

8 entries
Midwest Vintage Late Models
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 50-Terry Mattly[3]; 2. 95-Austin Honts[4]; 3. 35-Mark Claeys[5]; 4. 17-Michael Hulsing[6]; 5. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[7]; 6. (DNF) 43-Duke Fulton[8]; 7. (DNF) 83-Harold O’Brein[1]; 8. (DNF) 25-Bobby Vanbuskirk[2]

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 50-Terry Mattly[3]; 2. 83-Harold O’Brein[5]; 3. 25-Bobby Vanbuskirk[6]; 4. 95-Austin Honts[4]; 5. 35-Mark Claeys[1]; 6. 17-Michael Hulsing[2]; 7. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[8]; 8. 43-Duke Fulton[7]

Category: Iowa