Independence Motor Speedway

Grother, Shepherd top double hobby stock features

Duffy, Cordes, Weepie, Docekal extend points leads

Sat, Jun 18, 2005 -- Saturday Night Points Race #9
Written by: Ryan Clark

A season-high 128 cars were on-hand to compete in 30 events at Independence Motor Speedway.

The I.M.C.A. hobby stock makeup feature from the June 4 rainout was the first event to see action. Adam Gebel set the early pace in the 15-lap contest. From his front row start, Gebel assumed command at the drop of the green and held the point until the race went to caution on lap 11.

Rod Grother, who started the event last in the 19-car field, was running eighth when the yellow was displayed. He restarted the race in third when the caution, which involved a number of cars, forced many competitors to the pits.

Following the restart, Gebel paced the field for two more circuits until Vince Buchholz and Grother made their way around the leader. The stay out front was short-lived for Buchholz, however, as he suffered mechanical problems and retired to the pits. Grother led the final circuit to score the incredible victory, his second of the season.

In the regular hobby stock feature, Paul Shepherd made his first appearance since opening night pay off. Following a mid-race caution, Shepherd made his way around race leader Don Arnold to drive to the win, his first of the year, ahead of points leader Patrick Stansbery and Arnold.

Joel Brasch held the early advantage in the I.M.C.A. late model feature. Brasch pulled to a half-straightaway lead as Tysus Pattee and Dale Hackwell battled for second behind him.

From his sixth row start, points leader Darin Duffy went to work on the high side and made his way into a battle with the leaders on the 10th of 25 laps. Just three laps later, Duffy marched into the lead and drove away from the field to earn his third win of the season. Pattee and Hackwell completed the top three.

Damon Murty was seeking his fourth I.M.C.A. stock car win of the season as he continues his charge to the top of the national points. After starting 11th, Murty worked past Chris Wessner and into the lead after just five laps.

With just three laps remaining, the field went under yellow for debris on the speedway. On the restart, points leader Jarod Weepie went to work on Murty and passed for the lead on the 18th of 20 laps. Weepie went on to score his first win of the year ahead of Brian Irvine and Dan Trimble.

Mike Gill was in search of his first career feature win in the I.M.C.A. modified division. Gill led the 20-car field throughout most of the 20-lap event until Troy Cordes challenged late. Cordes mastered the high side as he chased down Gill, passing for the lead with just three laps to go. Cordes led the final laps to take his second win of the season and extend his points lead. Jerry Luloff and Gill finished second and third.

Joe Docekal took command on the fourth lap to motor to the victory in the B modified division. Docekal took the win, his second of the season, ahead of Kip Siems and Tony Olson.

RESULTS
I.M.C.A. LATE MODEL
First heat – 1. Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn; 2. Tysus Pattee, Vinton; 3. Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 4. Darin Duffy, Hazleton; 5. Greg Hunter, Independence; 6. Dave Thorsten, Decorah; 7. Mike Padden, Waterloo; 8. John Reidy, Winthrop; DNS Randy Wheeler, Cedar Falls.
Second heat – 1. Joel Brasch, Dunkerton; 2. Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine; 3. Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 4. Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 5. Darren Ackerman, Waterloo; 6. Kurt Roose, Bristow; 7. Rick Dralle, Waterloo; 8. Leon Thomsen, Waverly; 9. Gary Henderson, Independence.
Third heat – 1. Curt Martin, Independence; 2. Josh McGowan, Vinton; 3. Dave Stricker, Waterloo; 4. Dale Stolte, Springville; 5. Dean Wagner, Evansdale; 6. Lee Herman, Fairbank; 7. Tom Struve, Palo; 8. Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 9. Ben Schaefer, Raymond.
First B feature – 1. Roose; 2. Hunter; 3. Struve; 4. Wagner; 5. Henderson; 6. Padden; 7. Thomsen; DNS Wheeler.
Second B feature – 1. Ackerman; 2. Thorsten; 3. Herman; 4. Dralle; 5. Schaefer; 6. Reidy; DNS Hamilton.
A feature – 1. Duffy; 2. Pattee; 3. Hackwell; 4. Martin; 5. Brasch; 6. Kastli; 7. McGowan; 8. Ackerman; 9. Dedrick; 10. Bruening; 11. Wagner; 12. Hunter; 13. Johnson; 14. Dralle; 15. Thorsten; 16. Stolte; 17. Roose; 18. Struve; 19. Herman; 20. Stricker.

I.M.C.A. MODIFIED
First heat – 1. Jerry Luloff, Independence; 2. Garry Stuber, Waterloo; 3. Brian Krall, Readlyn; 4. Derrick Reedy, Evansdale; 5. Jim Schaefer, Waterloo; 6. Terry Folkers, Central City; 7. Buster Pate, Hiawatha.
Second heat – 1. Randy Trefz, Vinton; 2. Joey Schaefer, Waterloo; 3. Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 4 Dennis Betzer, Central City; 5. Chad Knipp, Raymond; 6. Erik Haupt, Sumner; 7. Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids.
Third heat – 1. Deon Turner, Waterloo; 2. Jason Snyder, Dunkerton; 3. Adam Bolin, Waterloo; 4. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton; 5. Clayton Thomas, Waterloo; 6. Ty Glass, Cedar Rapids; 7. Vern Jackson, Waterloo.
Fourth heat – 1. Adam Johnson, Independence; 2. Troy Cordes, Raymond; 3. Mike Gill, La Porte City; 4. Scott Hogan, Vinton; 5. Don Erger, Brandon; 6. Jeff Kriz, Waterloo; 7. Cliff Schimmels, Denver.
First B feature – 1. Reedy; 2. Betzer; 3. Flannagan; 4. Knipp; 5. Jim Schaefer; 6. Haupt; 7. Folkers; DNS Pate.
Second B feature – 1. Hogan; 2. Erger; 3. C. Thomas; 4. Kriz; 5. Schimmels; 6. Jensen; DNS Glass; DNS Jackson.
A feature – 1. Cordes; 2. Luloff; 3. Gill; 4. Snyder; 5. Hogan; 6. Joey Schaefer; 7. Erger; 8. E. Thomas; 9. Stuber; 10. Turner; 11. Kriz; 12. Betzer; 13. C. Thomas; 14. Krall; 15. Flannagan; 16. Reedy; 17. Knipp; 18. Bolin; 19. Johnson; 20. Trefz.

I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR
First heat – 1. Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. Chad Siems, Marion; 3. Eric Weber, Jesup; 4. Norman Chesmore, Quasqueton; 5. Dan Trimble, Fairbank; 6. LaVerne Weber, Waterloo; 7. Matt Brown, Fairbank; 8. Dain Sires, Cedar Falls; 9. Jeff Adams, Des Moines.
Second heat – 1. Roger Samec, New Hartford; 2. Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 3. Chris Wessner, Quasqueton; 4. Tony Schimmels, Readlyn; 5. Justin Temeyer, Independence; 6. Ken Irvine, Oelwein; 7. Jason Hocken, Independence; 8. Robert Englekes, Dike; 9. Doug Otto, Cedar Falls.
Third heat – 1. Jamie Whitaker, Nevada; 2. Rick Quail, Waterloo; 3. Jeff Franck, Winthrop; 4. Chris Henry, Arlington; 5. Sean Johnson, Independence; 6. Brian Irvine, Oelwein; 7. Jason DeShaw, Hopkinton; 8. Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids.
First B feature – 1. Trimble; 2. K. Irvine; 3. Johnson; 4. DeShaw; 5. Brown; 6. Englekes; DNS Adams.
Second B feature – 1. B. Irvine; 2. Temeyer; 3. Otto; 4. Dulin; 5. L. Weber; 6. Hocken; 7. Sires.
A feature – 1. Weepie; 2. B. Irvine; 3. Trimble; 4. Schimmels; 5. Wessner; 6. Dulin; 7. Murty; 8. E. Weber; 9. Henry; 10. Temeyer; 11. Franck; 12. Chesmore; 13. K. Irvine; 14. Johnson; 15. Whitaker; 16. Siems; 17. DeShaw; 18. Samec; 19. Quail; 20. Otto.

I.M.C.A. HOBBY STOCK
First heat – 1. John Meyer, Independence; 2. Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 3. Josh Steere, New Hartford; 4. Joe Sprague, Independence; 5. Jim Ball, Independence; 6. Ryan Bochmann, Greene; 7. Bill Meyer, Sumner; 8. Matt Burmeister, Waterloo.
Second heat – 1. Mark Butler, Independence; 2. Patrick Stansbery, Evansdale; 3. Don Arnold, Stanley; 4. Wes Stanek Jr., Cedar Falls; 5. Brandon Davis, Cedar Rapids; 6. Shane Ebaugh, Cedar Falls; DNS Seth Thomas, Center Point.
Third heat – 1. Paul Shepherd, Marengo; 2. Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 3. Brian Happel, Cedar Rapids; 4. Jason Niedert, Waterloo; 5. Adam Gebel, New Hartford; 6. Matt Hogan, Jesup; DNS Chris Luloff, Independence.
Fourth heat – 1. Dan Olson, Cedar Rapids; 2. Tim Swope, Waterloo; 3. Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 4. Travis Michels, Hazleton; 5. Perry Thomsen, Cedar Rapids; 6. Vince Buchholz, Cedar Falls; 7. Charlie Chapman, Oelwein.
First B feature – 1. Bochmann; 2. Stanek; 3. Ebaugh; 4. Davis; 5. Ball; 6. B. Meyer; 7. Burmeister; DNS Sprague; DNS Thomas.
Second B feature – 1. Michels; 2. Niedert; 3. Hogan; 4. Luloff; DNS Gebel; DNS Thomsen; DNS Buchholz; DNS Chapman.
A feature – 1. Shepherd; 2. Stansbery; 3. Arnold; 4. Happel; 5. Grother; 6. Steere; 7. J. Meyer; 8. Bochmann; 9. Stanek; 10. Siems; 11. Wilson; 12. Ebaugh; 13. Davis; 14. Hogan; 15. Niedert; 16. Swope; 17. Michels; 18. Olson; 19. Butler; DNS Luloff.
Makeup feature (from June 4) – 1. Grother; 2. Steere; 3. Siems; 4. Michels; 5. Swope; 6. Olson; 7. Wilson; 8. Burmeister; 9. Buchholz; 10. Gebel; 11. Stansbery; 12. J. Meyer; 13. Niedert; 14. B. Meyer; 15. Ebaugh; 16. Luloff; 17. Davis; 18. Arnold; 19. Butler; DNS Kevin Robinson, Independence.

B MODIFIED
First heat – 1. Bob Ebaugh, Raymond; 2. Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 3. Travis Brown, Solon; 4. Johnathan Thimmesch, Aurora; 5. Joe Docekal, Dysart; 6. Jeff Lickiss, Oelwein; 7. Dawn Krall, Waterloo; 8. Ron Winkowitsch, Elk Run Heights; 9. Justin Hempstead, Manchester.
Second heat – 1. Brian Kunkle, Oelwein; 2. Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 3. Kip Siems, Cedar Falls; 4. Brian Kauffman, Cedar Rapids; 5. Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 6. John Bates, Fairbank; 7. Ryan Coleman, Urbana; 8. Mike Moore, Janesville; 9. Todd Temeyer, Independence.
Feature – 1. Docekal; 2. Siems; 3. Olson; 4. Kunkle; 5. Kauffman; 6. Buhlman; 7. Bates; 8. Dvorak; 9. Coleman; 10. Krall; 11. Winkowitsch; 12. Lickiss; 13. Temeyer; 14. Ebaugh; 15. Moore; 16. Brown; 17. Thimmesch; 18. Hempstead.