With 109 cars signed in a full night of high speed racing action took place at Independence Motor Speedway.
The highlight of the night was in the IMCA Late Models as Darren Ackerman made it two in a row. Tom Struve took command early in the race but Darin Burco was using the low grove and less then five laps into the race moved into second. Struve pulled away from Burco as fifth place Brian Hunter passed Bryan Klein for third. A caution on lap eight tightened the field Ackerman quickly moved into fourth as Hunter used the low line moving into second. Ackerman made use of the middle line and moved into third. At the halfway point Hunter was using the low line and Ackerman went to the high line, both working on Struve. Ackerman moved into the lead as Hunter moved into second. Travis Smock and Rick Wendling battled for third. Ackerman took the checkers, Hunter, Wendling and Smock rounded out the top four.
Troy Cordes took a trip to victory lane in the IMCA Modifieds. Adam Johnson and Jason Snyder charged hard early in the race for the top position as Johnson slide into first, Snyder battled for second again Johnathan Thimmesch. Johnson seemed to be in command as J.D. Auringer used the low line for third against Snyder. Cordes had moved through the field and looked to be tough. Snyder was battling for the lead as Cordes was working around Auringer. With lapped traffic making the race tighter Cordes and Snyder moved into the front spots with five laps remaining. Cordes ended up taking the win, Snyder, Johnson, and Auringer rounded out the top four. After the race was over two claims were made on the 24 of Johnson and the 00 of Auringer who both refused to sell moving Darin Duffy and Justin O’Brien to round out the top four.
From seventh to first Danny Dvorak took the win in the IMCA SportMods. After a rough start Lucas Lundry looked to be making it two in a row, but after a caution on lap five Dvorak had moved into the lead and never looked back. With the time being expired Dvorak began to pull away. Lundry had Jake Strayer and Kevin Robinson hot on his tail. Strayer and Robinson moved around Lundry as Kyle Bentley moved into fifth. Bentley was working on Robinson with the laps winding down. Dvorak took the checkers, Strayer, Robinson and Bentley rounded out the top four.
August Bach found his way to victory lane in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Matt Brown had moved into the top position for the first half of the race as August Bach was in pursuit. Bach moved to the low side of Brown just passed the halfway point and into the lead. Bach, Brown, Wes Stanek Jr., and Justin Lichty had the top four spots bunched up. With a caution just after the green Bach had, Stanek, Brown and Marcus Wayne in pursuit. Bach held on for the win, Brown, Wayne and Quinton Miller rounded out the top four.
Flyin’ Brian Irvine found his way back to victory lane in the IMCA Stock Cars. Justin Temeyer took charge early in the race but Irvine didn’t take long to make his way to the front. With Irvine moving on the high line they were side by side on lap 6 with Irvine just pulling ahead. A caution on lap 7 helped Irvine take total control. Jarod Weepie and Dan Trimble had worked into the top four and were hot on Temeyer’s bumper. Weepie worked the low line under Temeyer for second with the green waving. Irvine took the checkers, Weepie, Temeyer and Trimble followed.
Results
IMCA Hobby Stock
Feature – 1. August Bach; 2. Matt Brown; 3. Marcus Wayne; 4. Quinton Miller; 5. Jeremiah Wilson; 6. Mark Butler; 7. Joe Sprague; 8. Matt Burmeister; 9. J.R. Nichols; 10. Wes Stanek Jr.; 11. Justin Lichty; 12. Justin Hanson; 13. Dave Wheeler; 14. Don Arnold; 15. Josh Irvine; 16. Justin Ginther; 17. Vince Buchholz; 18. Brad Christie.
IMCA Late Model
Feature – 1. Darren Ackerman; 2. Brian Hunter; 3. Rick Wendling; 4. Travis Smock; 5. Tyler Bruening; 6. Tom Struve; 7. Greg Kastli; 8. Drew Johnson; 9. Dean Wagner; 10. Bryan Klein; 11. Randy Wheeler; 12. Jon Passick; 13. Bobby Hansen; 14. Ed Sanger; 15. Tysus Pattee; 16. Dirk Hamilton; 17. Loen Thomsen; 18. Joel Brasch; 19. Blake Anderson; 20. Scott Welsh; 21. Dale Hackwell Jr.; 22. Rick Dralle; 23. Darin Burco; 24. Curt Martin; 25. Jared Fuller.
IMCA Modified
Feature – 1. Troy Cordes; 2. Jason Snyder; 3. Darin Duffy; 4. Justin O’Brien; 5. Ronn Lauritzen; 6. Vern Jackson; 7. Max Corporon; 8. Ray Lundry; 9. Tony Olson; 10. Johnathan Thimmesch; 11. Buster Pate; 12. Jamie Johnson; 13. Mike Krall; 14. Jeff Kriz; 15. Chris Snyder; 16. Tony Snyder; 17. Ed Thomas; 18. Ty Glass; 19. Patrick Flannagan; 20. Scott Strauss; 21. Leon Wilson; 22. Jerry Luloff; 23. Adam Bolin; 24. Adam Johnson (DQ) 25. J.D. Auringer (DQ).
IMCA SportMod
Feature – 1. Danny Dvorak; 2. Jake Strayer; 3. Kevin Robinson; 4. Kyle Bentley; 5. Mary Handberg; 6. Lucas Lundry; 7. Jim Buhlmna; 8. Scott Thomas; 9. Wayne Hesse; 10. Cory Evans; 11. Marty Rouse; 12. Dave Schulze; 13. Jeremy Berstler; 14. Curt Hilmer; 15. Kaleb Bentley; 16. Josh Sherbon; 17. Joel Rust; 18. Russell Hesse; 19. Chris Luloff; 20. Drew Fish.
IMCA Stock Car
Feature – 1. Brian Irvine; 2. Jarod Weepie; 3. Justin Temeyer; 4. Dan Trimble; 5. Phil Holtz; 6. Jason Hocken; 7. Mike Mauer; 8. Kenny Taylor; 9. Rick Suckow; 10. Kevin Rose; 11. Rod Grother; 12. Austin Evens; 13. Jim Ball Jr.; 14. Dan Day; 15. Norman Chesmore; 16. Josh Steere; 17. Shane Manson.