5/16
Crawford County Speedway
Denison, IA
33 cars
Jeff Johnson scratched his 11J after hot laps with engine problems. Justin Henderson broke a driveline, but replaced it before time trials. Jon Agan had to borrow a trailer after losing a water pump in his tractor about 35 miles from the track. He made it in time.
Terry McCarl (9th car to time) set a new standard for the facility with a lap of 16.484 seconds around the extremely dry surface and earned $200. Skip Jackson (3rd car out) was second quick, followed by Kerry Madsen (25th), Brian Brown (17th), Randy Hannagan (20th), Don Droud Jr. (29th), Lynton Jeffrey (2nd), Ricky Logan (18th), Colin Northway (1st) and Adam West (5th). Mike Moore avoided disaster on his qualifying laps by sliding to avoid Greg Jones, who had spun out before him. Seth Brahmer earned $100 for being the quickest 360 qualifier in the field.
* - denotes 360 engine
Heat one (started): 1. Hannagan 1x (5) 2. McCarl (6) 3. Jeremy Campbell 10c (3) 4. Rob Tvedt 1w (2) / 5. Northway 60 (4) 6. Brahmer 13* (1) 7. Ryan Anderson 71R* (7) 8. Terry Ledger 32* (8)
This was an entertaining heat race as the top four battled it out. Hannagan got by race long leader Tvedt, who was making his first 410 start, on lap four. Both Hannagan, who is taking a break this weekend from the WoO circuit, and McCarl moved up quickly into transfer spots when the green flag fell.
Heat two (started): 1. Derek Beckman 50D (2) 2. Clint Garner 17v (1) 3. Jackson 21 (6) 4. Droud 55 (5) / 5. Gary DeWall 16 (3) 6. West 20 (4) 7. Micah Schliemann 9* (7) 8. Brandon Hainline 4J* (8)
Beckman drove away from the rest of the field as Jackson battled it out with Droud, and then came just short of getting by Garner at the line.
Heat three (started): 1. John Lambertz 12L (1) 2. Madsen 82 (6) 3. John Sernett 91 (2) 4. Jeffrey 4K (5) / 5. Gregg Bakker 11x (3) 6. Jaymie Moyle 10 (4) 7. Greg Jones 35 (7) 8. Robert Bell 71 (8)
All eyes were on a charge by Madsen, who worked around the field, but couldn't get by a determined Lambertz at the line. Jeffrey worked his way under Bakker on lap three to capture the final transfer spot.
Heat four (started): 1. Brown 6 (6) 2. Travis Cram 92 (4) 3. Moore 69 (1) 4. Logan 17G (5) / 5. Henderson R19 (3) 6. Agan 4 (2) 7. Jamie Zaputil 12 (8) 8. Don Dawson Sr. 1D* (7)
Dawson was a victim of the two-spin rule, on the initial green, and then on lap two. Brown did a good job of moving up behind the early leader and Moore, and drove around him on the lap two restart. Logan and Henderson put on a good fight for the last transfer spot to the A.
B main (started): 1. DeWall (2) 2. Henderson (4) 3. Northway (1) 4. Bakker (3) / 5. Moyle (7) 6. West (6) 7. Brahmer* (5) 8. Schliemann* (8) 9. Anderson* (9) 10. Zaputil (10) 11. Bell (15) 12. Jones (11) 13. Ledger* (13) 14. Hainline* (12) 15. Dawson (14) DNS - Agan
This was a follow the leader affair. Hainline brought out a caution after contact with the wall and repairs were made in the work area on lap three. Dawson exited early. Brahmer earned an extra $300 for being the highest finishing 360, while Schliemann took home an American Racer right rear, courtesy of Boubin Tire.
A main (started): 1. Hannagan (6) 2. Madsen (8) 3. Campbell (1) 4. Jackson (9) 5. McCarl (10) 6. Droud (5) 7. Brown (7) 8. Cram (2) 9. Logan (3) 10. Tvedt (11) 11. DeWall (17) 12. Bakker (20) 13. Sernett (13) 14. Garner (14) 15. Lambertz (15) 16. Moore (16) 17. Jeffrey (4) 18. Beckman (12) 19. Henderson (18) 20. Northway (19)
Campbell jumped out to the early lead, while Hannagan, Madsen, Droud, Jackson and McCarl were making moves behind him on the narrow surface. Lap three saw contact involving the cars of Lambertz, Moore and Northway bring out a caution. Northway retired, and Lambertz continued after changing a left rear. Henderson exited on lap eight. Campbell led Hannagan, Jackson, Madsen and McCarl on a lap 15 restart for Beckman who had spun. He exited. Two laps later, Hannagan moved under Campbell to take the lead for good. Madsen used a higher line than most to move nicely through the field. Jeffrey exited late. Bakker was the hard-charger of the event, moving up eight spots.