7/4/04
Huset's Speedway
27 410s
24 360s
410s
Heat one (started): 1. Mark Dobmeier 13 (4) 2. Lynton Jeffrey 4K (3) 3. John Lambertz 12 (2) 4. Jake Peters 57x (6) 5. Skip Jackson 2 (9) 6. Travis Cram 92 (8) / 7. Marlon Jones 5x (5) 8. Brock Dump 12x (7) 9. Robert Bell 71 (1)
Jeffrey took the early lead over Lambertz. Cram was struggling and spun on lap three. The restart saw Jeffrey leading Lambertz, Dobmeier, Peters and Jones. Dobmeier made quick work of Lambertz on the high side, but couldn't reel in Jeffrey. Back in the pack, Jackson moved by Jones into fifth. Cram started to get things working and passed Jones on the tenth and final lap to grab the last transfer to the main event. Dobmeier rode around the high side of Jeffrey in turn four coming for the checkered to bring the crowd to their feet.
Heat two (started): 1. Dusty Ballenger 2D (2) 2. Chad Meyer 1w (4) 3. Jason Solwold R19 (9) 4. Bill Boles 05 (3) 5. Tim St. Arnold 8s (7) 6. Chuck McGillivray 101 (5) / 7. Jim Smith 33 (6) 8. Mike Moore 69 (1) 9. Kerry Madsen 55 (8)
Fuel pump problems sidelined Madsen before the green could come out. Ballenger beat Moore to the point and rode there for the first three laps. Moore had dropped to third behind Meyer when he contacted the turn one wall on lap three and flipped. He was unhurt, but done for the night. Ballenger led Meyer, Boles, St. Arnold and McGillivray back to Doug Clark's green flag. Solwold started last and was making his moves despite a car that looked to be set up too tight for his liking. He did a nice job dicing through the pack for third. He will also pilot the R19 in Tuesday night's WoO show. Ballenger held his advantage to the checkered flag.
Heat three (started): 1. Gregg Bakker 11x (2) 2. Micah Schliemann 9 (4) 3. Clint Garner 40 (3) 4. Jesse Giannetto D1 (8) 5. Ryan Anderson 71R (7) 6. Jordan Martens 13m (9) / 7. Ryan Voss 2H (1) 8. Gary DeWall 16 (5) 9. Larry Ball Jr. 7x (6)
Motor problems sidelined both Ball and the points leader coming into the night, DeWall. Both went pitside early. Bakker led throughout. Voss flipped while running fourth on lap eight. He was uninjured, but the car looked headed for the scrap heap. The attrition left all cars running in the feature.
B main (started): 1. Madsen (5) 2. Jones (1) 3. Dump (3) 4. Smith (2) / 5. Bell (4) DNS - Ball, DeWall, Voss, Moore
The veteran, Jones, took the early lead. Madsen had solved his fuel problems and began to work on the leader and Dump, who was running second. With a dive in turns three and four on lap six, Madsen took the lead and pulled away from the pack. A lap nine spin by Bell set up a green, white, checker finish, but the results were the same.
A main (started): 1. Jeffrey (2) 2. Bakker (3) 3. Dobmeier (7) 4. Garner (4) 5. Solwold (10) 6. Madsen (19) 7. Peters (11) 8. Lambertz (1) 9. Cram (15) 10. Boles (5) 11. Giannetto (14) 12. Jackson (13) 13. Schliemann (9) 14. McGillivray (8) 15. Jones (18) 16. Smith (20) 17. Anderson (17) 18. Martens (16) 19. Dump (21) 20. Meyer (6) 21. St. Arnold (12) DNS - Ballenger
Ballenger did not start due to his accident in the 360 A main. This was a break for Jeffrey who inherited Ballenger's spot on the front row. Jeffrey took the lead immediately before St. Arnold was crammed into the turn two wall by another machine, sending him upside down, collecting Dump. Damage appeared minor, but enough to sideline him for the night. On the restart, Meyer made heavy contact with the turn two wall and came to a stop. He continued with a new right rear, but pulled out soon thereafter. Jeffrey led Lambertz, Bakker, Boles and Garner back to the green flag. Eyes were on those who were coming from the rear. Madsen, Jackson, Cram and Solwold were moving forward and dicing for position. Schliemann surrendered his top ten run with a spin on lap nine. Bakker had gotten around Lambertz for second, with Garner in fourth and Peters cruising into fifth. The 25 lapper would go non-stop from there, with Bakker challenging a couple of times for the lead. Jeffrey was getting through traffic in good shape and registered his third career Huset's win. Madsen was on a mission, but could only manage sixth, an advancement of 13 spots. Solwold, a Huset's natural moved smoothly from tenth to fifth. Lambertz was still running a strong third on lap 20, when he lost control. By the time he saved his car on the bottom of turn two, he had lost several spots. He still maintained and eighth place finish.
360s
Heat one (started): 1. Bill Fredin 14 (2) 2. Eric Lutz 5 (3) 3. Brett Vonk 21v (5) 4. Rob Danielsen 46 (1) 5. Mitch Runge 28 (6) / 6. Steve Ballenger 3 (7) 7. Jesse Drost 27 (8) 8. Troy Vink 77 (4)
Fredin led the distance, but had to hold off a determined Lutz at the end. S. Ballenger worked over Runge in the final circuits, but wasn't able to garner the final transfer from him.
Heat two (started): 1. Dusty Wasmund 3L (2) 2. Randy Droescher 24 (4) 3. Dusty Zomer 1 (5) 4. Dusty Ballenger 3D (7) 5. Brad Nelson 47 (1) / 6. Brandon Rokusek 42w (3) 7. Brian Baker 25 (8) 8. Casey Abbas 8c (6)
Wasmund hit the high side immediately and blew away the rest of the field. Abbas was running third on lap four when he pulled in with mechanical problems.
Heat three (started): 1. Butch Hanssen 8k (1) 2. Cody Hansen 4 (2) 3. Shawn VanWyhe 99 (4) 4. Terry Reilly 69R (5) 5. Jody Rosenboom 6 (6) / 6. Gordy Vogelaar 75 (7) 7. John Cressmann 56 (8) 8. Eric McGillivray 35 (3)
Hanssen led throughout and won in commanding fashion. Hansen and VanWyhe put on a good show for second. The race was the first of the season for Cressmann, who helps out full-time on the WoO tour for Donny Schatz.
B main (started): 1. S. Ballenger (1) 2. Rokusek (2) 3. Drost (4) / 4. Vogelaar (3) 5. Cressmann (6) 6. Baker (5) 7. Abbas (8) 8. McGillivray (9) 9. Vink (7)
S. Ballenger dominated from flag to flag in the 10 lapper. The drama surrounded the third and final transfer, which Vogelaar held until the final lap, when Drost slung around him on the high side after an epic battle.
A main (started): 1. Hanssen (3) 2. Reilly (12) 3. Zomer (11) 4. S. Ballenger (16) 5. Lutz (7) 6. Wasmund (5) 7. Danielsen (1) 8. Drost (18) 9. Runge (13) 10. Hansen (6) 11. VanWyhe (9) 12. Rokusek (17) 13. Fredin (4) 14. Droescher (8) 15. D. Ballenger (15) 16. Rosenboom (14) 17. Nelson (2) 18. Vonk (10)
Hanssen jumped around the front row starters to take the lead immediately. On lap three Vonk tested the wall in turn one and lost, bringing out a caution. Hanssen led Fredin, Reilly, who had passed nine cars in three laps, Nelson and Lutz back to the green flag. Just before the leaders entered lapped traffic, the red came out for Rosenboom on lap 10 when he flipped. He was unhurt, but finished. Now Hanssen had Reilly on his tail, followed by Lutz, a charging Zomer and VanWyhe. Hanssen was saved from lapped traffic again six laps later when VanWyhe spun, losing his top five spot. Now D. Ballenger was in fourth, riding the high side behind the top three of Hanssen, Reilly and Zomer. The next lap would be the end of D. Ballenger as he took a tough ride, flipping of the turn two fence. He was unhurt, but did not start the 410 A main. Now a green, white, checkered finish was set up, with Hanssen leading Reilly, Zomer, Lutz and S. Ballenger (from 16th) back to Doug Clark's green flag. While Hanssen led the rest, Zomer and Reilly put on a nice exchange of slide jobs and positions. Reilly took over for good on the white flag lap. The top four finishers passed a combined 32 cars in an exciting feature.