Independence Motor Speedway

Duffy drives to late model victory; Grother tops hobbies

Murty, Stuber, Bates also take wins

Sat, May 7, 2005 -- Saturday Night Points Race #3
Written by: Ryan Clark

An impressive field of 28 I.M.C.A. late models signed in to compete on the 3/8-mile Independence Motor Speedway. When the final checkers flew, it was Darin Duffy making his way to victory lane.

Pole-sitter Greg Hunter took the early advantage from his pole position start as he led the 20-car feature field for the first seven laps. Tyler Bruening and Jerry Dedrick gave chase while Duffy, who started sixth, made his way into a battle for the top spot just a handful of laps into the event.

Duffy ran the high line to make his bid for the lead on the eighth lap of the 25-lapper. He withstood the challenges of Hunter and held on following two caution periods to score the victory. Hunter and Dedrick finished second and third. Bruening, with his fourth place finish, took the division's points lead.

Front row starters Adam Gebel and Rod Grother swapped the lead over the first five laps of the I.M.C.A. hobby stock feature. On the sixth circuit, Chris Luloff took command only to see his engine catch on fire just one lap later. Grother took control from that point on to drive to his first win of the season. Matt Hogan came from a fifth row start to finish second, with Bill Meyer in third.

Chris Wessner was the early leader of the I.M.C.A. stock car main event. He held the advantage until Damon Murty pulled alongside to challenge for the lead on the sixth lap. Going into turns three and four, Wessner broke loose, spinning out and bringing out the caution flag. Following the restart, Murty paced the field for the remainder of the event to take the win ahead of Eric Weber and Brett Mather.

A number of early cautions slowed the I.M.C.A. modified feature, but that did not faze veteran Garry Stuber. Stuber took command on the first lap and held the lead for the entire 20-lap event to score the win ahead of Tim Murty and Troy Cordes.

John Bates led all 15 laps of the B modified feature to take his first win of the year. Bob Ebaugh and Danny Dvorak chased Bates to the checkers.

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

I.M.C.A. MODIFIED
First heat – 1. Garry Stuber, Waterloo; 2. Tim Murty, Tama; 3. Shawn Fisher, Garrison; 4. Scott Hogan, Vinton; 5. Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 6. J.D. Auringer, Evansdale; 7. Dennis Betzer, Central City; 8. Buster Pate, Hiawatha.
Second heat – 1. Joey Schaefer, Waterloo; 2. Troy Cordes, Raymond; 3. Mike Gill, La Porte City; 4. Jerry Luloff, Independence; 5. Jason Snyder, Dunkerton; 6. Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 7. Randy Trefz, Vinton; 8. Adam Bolin, Waterloo.
Third heat – 1. Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 2. Brian Krall, Readlyn; 3. Adam Johnson, Independence; 4. Clayton Thomas, Waterloo; 5. Timm Jensen, Dunkerton; 6. Wayne Struchen, Marion; 7. Terry Folkers, Central City; 8. Don Erger, Brandon.
B feature – 1. Snyder; 2. Jackson; 3. Jensen; 4. Auringer; 5. Flannagan; 6. Betzer; 7. Erger; 8. Pate; 9. Trefz; 10. Bolin; 11. Struchen; 12. Folkers.
A feature – 1. Stuber; 2. Murty; 3. Cordes; 4. Auringer; 5. Hogan; 6. Betzer; 7. Jensen; 8. Flannagan; 9. Snyder; 10. E. Thomas; 11. Johnson; 12. Luloff; 13. Erger; 14. Pate; 15. Fisher; 16. C. Thomas; 17. Krall; 18. Jackson; 19. Gill; 20. Schaefer.

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

I.M.C.A. HOBBY STOCK
First heat – 1. Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 2. Bill Meyer, Sumner; 3. Pat Stansbery; 4. Vince Buchholz, Cedar Falls; 5. Brian Happel, Cedar Rapids; 6. Mark Butler, Independence; 7. John Roete, Oelwein; 8. Jason Niedert, Waterloo; 9. John Meyer, Independence; 10. James Marsh, Independence.
Second heat – 1. Chris Luloff, Independence; 2. Perry Thomsen, Cedar Rapids; 3. Adam Gebel, Dysart; 4. Jim Ball, Independence; 5. Joe Sprague, Independence; 6. Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 7. Mark Robinson, Independence; 8. Jennifer Burmeister; 9. Shane Ebaugh, Cedar Falls.
Third heat – 1. Travis Michels, Hazleton; 2. Tim Swope, Waterloo; 3. Matt Hogan, Jesup; 4. Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 5. Dan Olson, Cedar Rapids; 6. Ryan Bochmann, Greene; 7. Seth Thomas, Center Point; 8. Josh Steere, New Hartford; 9. Don Arnold, Stanley.
First B feature – 1. Happel; 2. Wilson; 3. Olson; 4. Burmeister; 5. Thomas; DNS Roete; DNS Arnold; DQ Meyer.
Second B feature – 1. Sprague; 2. Bochmann; 3. Butler; 4. Niedert; 5. Ebaugh; 6. Robinson; 7. Marsh; DNS Steere.
A feature – 1. Grother; 2. Hogan; 3. Meyer; 4. Stansbery; 5. Gebel; 6. Ball; 7. Thomsen; 8. Bochmann; 9. Swope; 10. Butler; 11. Siems; 12. Happel; 13. Sprague; 14. Olson; 15. Michels; 16. Niedert; 17. Burmeister; 18. Wilson; 19. Luloff; 20. Buchholz.

B MODIFIED
First heat – 1. John Bates, Fairbank; 2. Kip Siems, Cedar Falls; 3. Bob Ebaugh, Raymond; 4. Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 5. Brian Kunkle, Oelwein; 6. Dawn Krall, Waterloo; 7. Travis Brown, Solon; 8. Brian Kauffman, Cedar Rapids.
Second heat – 1. Joe Docekal, Dysart; 2. Dan Feltus, Allison; 3. Craig Cordes Cedar Falls; 4. Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 5. Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 6. Mike Moore, Janesville; 7. Johnathan Thimmesch; 8. Brett Root, Vinton.
Feature – 1. Bates; 2. Ebaugh; 3. Dvorak; 4. Siems; 5. Buhlman; 6. Docekal; 7. Thimmesch; 8. Brown; 9. Cordes; 10. Krall; 11. Olson; 12. Feltus; 13. Kunkle; 14. Kauffman; 15. Moore; 16. Root.