7/8/09
34 Raceway
West Burlington, IA
WoO + 305s
35 cars
18 305s
Terry McCarl (9th car out to time) set quick time on the banked 3/8 mile at 12.360 seconds. Jason Meyers (18th car out) was second quick, followed by Lucas Wolfe (3rd), Johnny Herrera (29th), Sammy Swindell (4th), Jason Sides (24th), Joey Saldana (33rd), Bronson Maeschen (28th), Tim Kaeding (30th) and Randy Hannagan (22nd). Austen Wheatley and Toni Lutar failed to get times in.
Heat one (started): 1. Kaeding 83 (2) 2. Kerry Madsen 55 (1) 3. Swindell 10 (3) 4. T. McCarl 24 (4) 5. Kraig Kinser 20 (7) / 6. Steve Kinser 11 (5) 7. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (6) 8. Matt Sutton 3 (9) 9. Austin McCarl 17A (8)
The top two in the heats transferred to the dash along with T. McCarl and Meyers, the two additional quickest qualifiers. Kaeding hit the high side to lead early. K. Kinser moved by his dad for the last transfer spot early. On the white flag lap, A. McCarl jumped the turn two burm, turned sideways and turned over, propping the car against the fence. He was unhurt.
Heat two (started): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (1) 2. Sides 7s (3) 3. Hannagan 1x (2) 4. Meyers 14 (4) 5. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (5) / 6. Brian Ellenberger 22 (7) 7. Matthew Reed v92 (6) 8. Mike Moore 69 (8) 9. Toni Lutar 4x (9)
Bruce led the 8-lap distance, while Hannagan and Meyers put on the best show, exchanging sliders for three laps.
Heat three (started): 1. Donny Schatz 15 (2) 2. Saldana 9 (3) 3. Wolfe 5w (4) 4. Jack Dover 53 (1) 5. Brooke Tatnell 21AU (7) / 6. Rager Phillips 10x (6) 7. Josh Schneiderman 49 (5) 8. Jordan Goldesberry 65 (8) DNS – Austen Wheatley 44w
Schatz led the distance, but the battle was for the final transfer. Phillips and Tatnell went back and forth, with Phillips holding the spot before a lap seven caution for a stopped Goldesberry. Tatnell used the restart to take back fifth.
Heat four (started): 1. Danny Lasoski 6 (2) 2. Jac Haudenschild R19 (1) 3. Craig Dollansky 19 (5) 4. Maeschen 96 (3) 5. Kaley Gharst 7K (6) / 6. Herrera 2w (4) 7. Ryan Jamison 51J (8) 8. Joey Moughan 55B (7)
Lasoski led flag to flag. The race was mostly single-file until Herrera rode over the turn two berm while running second on the white flag lap. That gave the last transfer to Gharst who held off Moughan until Moughan spun off of turn two himself.
Dash (started): 1. Saldana (1) 2. T. McCarl (3) 3. Meyers (6) 4. Madsen (2) 5. Lasoski (4) 6. Kaeding (7) 7. Schatz (8) 8. Haudenschild (10) 9. Sides (5) 10. Bruce Jr. (9)
Saldana led all six laps, then took his car back to the trailer for a motor change. Kaeding and Schatz duked it out for a few laps, sliding back and forth on the racy track.
B main (started): 1. S. Kinser (2) 2. Herrera (1) 3. Hafertepe Jr. (4) 4. Ellenberger (7) / 5. Phillips (6) 6. Schneiderman (3) 7. Moughan (8) 8. Goldesberry (9) 9. Moore (10) 10. Lutar (14) 11. Jamison (12) 12. Reed (5) 13. A. McCarl (11) 14. Sutton (13) DNS – Wheatley
Moughan was forced over the turn two berm before a lap could be completed. After restarting in the rear, he raced back to seventh. S. Kinser led the non-stop 12-lapper for the distance. The race was on for the fourth and final transfer. Phillips worked past Schneiderman early on. Ellenberger made a late surge, passing Schneiderman for fifth with three to go, and eking by Phillips in the last corner for fourth.
A main (started): 1. Saldana (1) 2. Schatz (7) 3. McCarl (2) 4. Lasoski (5) 5. Sides (9) 6. Kaeding (6) 7. Haudenschild (8) 8. Swindell (13) 9. Meyers (3) 10. Herrera (12) 11. Madsen (4) 12. Tatnell (24) 13. S. Kinser (17) 14. K. Kinser (22) 15. Dover (16) 16. Ellenberger (23) 17. Gharst (21) 18. Hafertepe Jr. (20) 19. Maeschen (14) 20. Hannagan (15) 21. W. Johnson (18) 22. Wolfe (11) 23. Bruce Jr. (10) 24. Dollansky (19)
Saldana took the point early in the 35-lapper with McCarl in tow. Schatz was quickly into third, and soon disposed of T. McCarl. Maeschen spun on lap eight bringing out a caution. Before another lap could be completed, Dollansky lost his right rear tire and made heavy contact with the turn three wall. He was uninjured, but done. On the restart, Saldana led Schatz, T. McCarl, Meyers and Kaeding back to green flag racing. Within four laps, Schatz used the bottom to move by Saldana into the lead. The two diced into heavy lapped traffic. Bruce Jr. made contact with the frontstretch wall on lap 24, bringing out another caution. It was a break for Saldana, who got sideways above the cushion behind a lapped car, and lost a lot of ground. Now Schatz led Saldana, T. McCarl, Haudenschild and Kaeding back to green. Haudenschild had motored by T. McCarl, but got over the berm, losing several spots on lap 27. W. Johnson restarted 14th, but began to surge forward, cracking the top ten. On lap 31, he drove over turn two and into the pit entrance ending his race. On lap 32, Saldana stormed back around Schatz to take the lead for good. The race would have one more slowdown. Haftertepe Jr. spun on lap 33. Tatnell was the hard-charger, moving forward 12 spots.
305s
Heat one (started): 1. Jamie Lusher 18 (1) 2. Matt Krieger 27 (4) 3. Kevin Hetrick 23 (3) 4. Cale Hutchings 87 (2) 5. Dustin Whiting (6) 6. Alexsha Alexander 10 (5)
Lusher led the 6-lap distance. The top four in the three heats redrew for the feature.
Heat two (started): 1. Jayson Ditsworth 1 (2) 2. Bobby Mincer 14s (6) 3. Jarrod Schneiderman 88 (1) 4. John Schulz 97x (5) 5. Seth Wilke 38 (3) 6. Destini Clark 79 (4)
Ditsworth led flag to flag. The battle was on for second, with Mincer edging Schneiderman by half a car length at the checkers.
Heat three (started): 1. Nick Guernsey 0 (1) 2. Matt Rogerson 20T (5) 3. Justin Newberry 36 (2) 4. John Draper 44 (4) 5. Tim Rose 5MRE (3) DNS – Tony Davis 3
Guernsey led the duration. Rogerson moved up nicely, with Newberry and Draper battling for third.
A main (started): 1. Ditsworth (11) 2. Mincer (9) 3. Whiting (13) 4. Draper (2) 5. Krieger (4) 6. Hetrick (3) 7. Newberry (6) 8. Schneiderman (8) 9. Rose (15) 10. Wilke (12) 11. Schulz (1) 12. Lusher (7) 13. Hutchings (5) 14. Clark (16) 15. Alexander (12) 16. Guernsey (10) DNS – Rogerson, Davis
Draper led early. By lap 3, Ditsworth was fourth and Mincer was fifth. Draper was leading in lapped traffic on lap 8 of 20, when Guernsey spun. Draper led Ditsworth, Schulz, Mincer and Krieger back to green flag racing. Ditsworth used the low side to move into the lead immediately. Two laps later, Alexander spun in turn one. Now Ditsworth led Draper, Mincer, Krieger and Newberry. Draper held second, and Whiting charged up to fourth by lap 18, when Alexander spun again. This time, Mincer moved by Draper for second, and Whiting followed him to complete a nice run in third. Ditsworth was the hard-charger, worth an additional $125 from the Donnie Hamilton family.