8/2/2020
Park Jefferson International Speedway
Mills takes Iron Cup Prelude on Turner Plumbing Night at Park Jefferson
A beautiful blue sky greeted drivers and fans as Park Jefferson driver warmed up for August 7-8 and the Iron Cup with a great fast night of racing at Park Jefferson Speedway on Turner Plumbing Night.
In the IMCA Modifieds, it was Chris Mills who took the top spot after a handful of race cautions slowed the 20 laps affair. Mills, who has had an up and down year at Park Jefferson, was able to come from mid pack to run away with the checkers. 2019 champion Bob Moore showed well as he was a strong second and Sean Barragan rushed in straight from a wedding to take third. Heats went to Jim Thies and Mills.
In IMCA RACESaver Sprints, it was Colin Smith returning to the site of 2 track championships to whip a small five car field. Smith, who has ventured around the area this year, took an easy win with Danny Nekoite 2nd and Jesse Lindberg 3rd.
In the J&J Fitting Stock Cars it was the two veteran in Travis Barker and Ryan Harris putting on a show for the fans. The two longtime Siouxland combatants’ races nose to tail with Bo Lundquist mixing it up the entire way. Harris finally got the jump on Barker in the waning laps and took the win while Barker lost the top groove and ended up 10th. Lundquist roared back for 2nd and Greg Taylor picked up 3rd.
In the IMCA Sport Modifieds it was Cody Thompson who once again put it in victory lane. With excitement for a new tech man in the infield, Thompson, who has faced challenging tech everywhere he goes, once again came from mid pack to pick up a win over his Park Jefferson arch rival Rusty Montagne and John Foreman with a strong third. Montagne has been working on a new setup and it will be interesting to see who can pick up the Iron Cup next week.
In the Hobby Stocks, Andy Hoffman returned to victory lane. Hoffman who had a challenging night a few weeks ago was able to utilize the front row starting spot to win over a strong running Blake Arends and Jay Devries.
In the Fox 620 Sport Compacts, it was Connor Brown showing the way for a good win over William Reed and Kaytee Devries in third.
The famed 7th annual running of the Iron Cup is next weekend on Friday August 7th and Saturday August 8th. The IMCA Modifieds will be running for $7,000 to win on Saturdays feature with their Friday heats being used to set the lineup. The rest of the classes will run complete shows with sport compacts only running Friday and sprint cars only on Saturday.
Gates open at 5pm both days with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow hot laps.
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 02JR-Chris Mills[3]; 2. 48-Bob Moore[6]; 3. 23-Jim Thies[5]; 4. 88-Sean Barragan[4]; 5. 25-Ricky Stephan[7]; 6. 35-Jeff Berens[1]; 7. 14B-Matt Bonine[12]; 8. M80-Jim Mathieson[9]; 9. 20-Chad Ten Napel[2]; 10. 1010-Jeff Brunssen[8]; 11. 64-Nick Hermsen[10]; 12. (DNS) 44X-Jason Schneiders
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Jim Thies[4]; 2. 20-Chad Ten Napel[2]; 3. 35-Jeff Berens[1]; 4. 25-Ricky Stephan[5]; 5. M80-Jim Mathieson[6]; 6. (DNF) 44X-Jason Schneiders[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02JR-Chris Mills[2]; 2. 88-Sean Barragan[3]; 3. 1010-Jeff Brunssen[5]; 4. 48-Bob Moore[4]; 5. 64-Nick Hermsen[6]; 6. (DNF) 14B-Matt Bonine[1]
IMCA Fox 620 Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 35X-Connor Brown[1]; 2. 28R-William Reed[8]; 3. 8K-Kaytee Devries[4]; 4. 35JR-Taylor Brown[2]; 5. 3A-Auston Honeycutt[3]; 6. 7G-Gilbert Aldape[5]; 7. 8-Tyler Stricklett[6]; 8. 72-Doug Vermilyea[7]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 35X-Connor Brown[1]; 2. 3A-Auston Honeycutt[4]; 3. 8K-Kaytee Devries[5]; 4. 7G-Gilbert Aldape[7]; 5. 35JR-Taylor Brown[3]; 6. 8-Tyler Stricklett[2]; 7. 72-Doug Vermilyea[6]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8X-Andy Hoffman[1]; 2. 22-Blake Arends[9]; 3. 8J-Jay Devries[5]; 4. 88G-Gavin Gilbertson[10]; 5. 00K-Kaylb Brunssen[8]; 6. 196-Austin Lundquist[12]; 7. 12M-Phillip McKee[11]; 8. (DNF) 9-Joel McGee[7]; 9. (DNF) 48J-Justin Shearn[3]; 10. (DNF) 22A-Andrew Harris[4]; 11. (DNF) 16D-Paul Menard[6]; 12. (DNF) 16J-Joesph Namminga[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 8X-Andy Hoffman[1]; 2. 8J-Jay Devries[3]; 3. 22-Blake Arends[6]; 4. 00K-Kaylb Brunssen[5]; 5. 48J-Justin Shearn[2]; 6. 12M-Phillip McKee[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Joel McGee[4]; 2. 88G-Gavin Gilbertson[6]; 3. 16D-Paul Menard[3]; 4. 22A-Andrew Harris[2]; 5. 16J-Joesph Namminga[1]; 6. 196-Austin Lundquist[5]
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 49-Ryan Harris[5]; 2. 2-Bo Lundquist[1]; 3. 55JR-Greg Taylor[3]; 4. 35-Curt Vanbeek[4]; 5. 01B-Kevin Bruck[13]; 6. 117L-Chad Lonneman[9]; 7. 69X-Richie Ackerly[11]; 8. 4A-Brian Seibold[8]; 9. 78M-Joe Merrill[14]; 10. 30-Travis Barker[6]; 11. (DNF) 94-Todd Gereau[2]; 12. (DNF) 23-Tony Fontenot[10]; 13. (DNF) B1-Rob Brillhart[7]; 14. (DNF) J2-Jason Johnson[12]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 49-Ryan Harris[4]; 2. 2-Bo Lundquist[2]; 3. 55JR-Greg Taylor[3]; 4. 117L-Chad Lonneman[6]; 5. B1-Rob Brillhart[5]; 6. 69X-Richie Ackerly[1]; 7. 01B-Kevin Bruck[7]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 30-Travis Barker[4]; 2. 94-Todd Gereau[2]; 3. 35-Curt Vanbeek[3]; 4. 4A-Brian Seibold[5]; 5. 23-Tony Fontenot[6]; 6. (DNF) J2-Jason Johnson[1]; 7. (DNS) 78M-Joe Merrill
IMCA SportMods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson[5]; 2. T1-Rusty Montagne[3]; 3. 1J-John Foreman[6]; 4. 3R-Jonah Chinn[4]; 5. 5M-Dawson March[2]; 6. 67JR-Jacob Beckstrom[7]; 7. 8-Casey Cakebread[1]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 3R-Jonah Chinn[5]; 2. T1-Rusty Montagne[4]; 3. 25C-Cody Thompson[6]; 4. 5M-Dawson March[3]; 5. 8-Casey Cakebread[2]; 6. 1J-John Foreman[1]; 7. 67JR-Jacob Beckstrom[7]
IMCA Stevenson Hardware RACESaver Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 05-Colin Smith[4]; 2. 43MB-Jesse Lindberg[3]; 3. 0-Brandon Stevenson[1]; 4. (DNF) 45-Brian Hurst[5]; 5. (DNF) 10D-Daniel Nekolite[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Colin Smith[4]; 2. 10D-Daniel Nekolite[2]; 3. 43MB-Jesse Lindberg[3]; 4. 0-Brandon Stevenson[1]; 5. 45-Brian Hurst[5]
Submitted By: Adam Adamson