Sunset at Jackson
7/27/18
Jackson Motorplex
Richard White Memorial
46 All Stars
27 305’s
All Stars
A large crowd gathered on the 150th edition of the Jackson County Fair Friday night. 73 sprint cars were pitside on a perfect night weather-wise.
There were five time trial/heat groups for the All Stars. Kerry Madsen (fifth car out and $500 from DKW Transport) set quick time and led three drivers under the old Lynton Jeffrey track record of 12.690 with a lap of 12.580 seconds. Tony Stewart (3rd car out and $325 from DKW) was second quick, followed by Cory Eliason (1st and $175 from DKW), Brian Brown (4th), Josh Baughman (16th), Aaron Reutzel (40th), Chad Kemenah (11th), Matt Juhl (22nd), Parker Price-Miller (6th) and Sammy Walsh (8th). Spencer Bayston went up in smoke and did not a get a time in. Trevor Mell and Colin Smith did not get a time in, and Kevin Ingle slowed during his try. Rico Abreu also suffered issues and underwent a motor change.
Heat one (started): 1. Brown 21 (1) 2. Eliason 83 (2) 3. Price-Miller 4 (5) 4. Madsen 2m (4) / 5. Walsh 5H 6. Stewart 14 (3) 7. Scott Winters 23w (7) / 8. Brandon Spithaler 22 (8) 9. Alan Gilbertson 97 (9) 10. John Carney II 7 (10)
8-lap heats took the top four to the A, fifth through seventh to the B, and everyone else to the C. The top two finishers in each heat, and the top two qualifiers making it through the heats were in the Dash. Brown got the jump in this one. Eliason pressured him most of the way. The same was true for Price-Miller, who had Madsen breathing down his neck the whole way.
Heat two (started): 1. Sammy Swindell 59 (1) 2. Kemenah 10H (3) 3. Baughman 17B (4) 4. Joey Saldana 26 (2) / 5. Austin McCarl 2KS (5) 6. Eric Schulz 4x (7) 7. Carson McCarl 7x (6) / DNS – Spencer Bayston 39, Trevor Mell 1AJ
Swindell led Kemenah and Saldana early. Baughman shot around Saldana for third on the second lap. C. McCarl stopped and exited on lap five.
Heat three (started): 1. Carson Macedo 3G (2) 2. Dave Blaney 70 (1) 3. Brooke Tatnell 55 (3) 4. Juhl 09 (4) / 5. Skylar Gee 99 (6) 6. Jamie Veal 35V (8) 7. Travis Whitney 16 (5) / 8. Cale Conley 7K (7) 9. Kevin Ingle 2K (9)
Mostly single-file.
Heat four (started): 1. Paul McMahan 13 (4) 2, Sawyer Phillips 3P (2) 3. Rico Abreu 24R (6) 4. Skylar Prochaska 35w (1) / 5. Hunter Schuerenberg 97G (3) 6. RJ Johnson 19L (5) 7. Colin Smith o5 (9) / 8. Tori Knutson 14K (8) 9. Brant O’Banion 20 (7)
Phillips led early in his first ever All Star start. A couple of bobbles late cost him the win, but he held on for second and the Dash. McMahan shot by coming for the white flag.
Heat five (started): 1. Terry McCarl 24 (1) 2. Reutzel 87 (4) 3. Willie Croft 29 (2) 4. Dominic Scelzi 41s (3) / 5. Tim Kaeding 3K (5) 6. Jac Haudenschild 3 (6) 7. Ryan Smith 11 (8) / 8. Carl Bowser 98 (9) 9. Tyler Esh 35 (7)
McCarl led the distance. The best battle was for the final transfer, with Scelzi working around Kaeding, who had a great start and moved into the spot ahead of Dominic.
C main (started): 1. Conley (1) 2. Spithaler (2) / 3. Esh (6) 4. Bowser (3) 5. Gilbertson (5) 6. Carney (7) 7. Knutson (4) 8. Ingle (8) DNS – O’Banion, Mell, Bayston
The 10-lapper took the top two to the B.
Dash one (started): 1. Kemenah (1) 2. Blaney (3) 3. Macedo (6) 4. Eliason (2) 5. McMahan (4) 6. T. McCarl (5)
Kemenah led the distance in the 4-lapper determining the starting lineup for the inside of the first six rows of the A. Macedo worked by Eliason on lap three for third.
Dash two (started): 1. Baughman (1) 2. Madsen (2) 3. Brown (3) 4. Reutzel (6) 5. Swindell (4) 6. Phillips (5)
Baughman shot out and led the distance. Reutzel and Brown had a great battle. Reutzel grabbed third on lap three, but Brown was able to perform a slider on the last lap to grab the spot.
B main (started): 1. Stewart (1) 2. A. McCarl (3) 3. Veal (7) 4. Schuerenberg (5) / 5. Gee (4) 6. Kaeding (6) 7. Walsh (2) 8. Haudenschild (8) 9. R. Smith (14) 10. Conley (14) 11. RJ Johnson (9) 12. Whitney (12) 13. C. Smith (11) 14. Schulz (10) 15. Spithaler (15) DNS – Winters, C. McCarl
The inside line was best on the first lap and the lead four remained unchanged in the 12-lapper taking four to the A. A. McCarl closed late on Stewart, but settled for second.
A main (started): 1. Madsen (4) 2. Reutzel (8) 3. Kemenah (1) 4. Blaney (3) 5. Macedo (5) 6. Swindell (10) 7. McMahan (9) 8. Eliason (7) 9. Baughman (2) 10. Price-Miller (13) 11. T. McCarl (11) 12. Brown (6) 13. Saldana (18) 14. Abreu (16) 15. R. Smith (26, prov.) 16. Veal (23) 17. Stewart (21) 18. Juhl (17) 19. Tatnell (14) 20. A. McCarl (22) 21. Croft (15) 22. Haudenschild (25, prov.) 23. D. Scelzi (19) 24. Schuerenberg (24) 25. Phillips (12) 26. Prochaska (20)
The red flag hit before a lap could be completed. Phillips spun collecting Prochaska and Schuerenberg. Schuerenberg restarted after a trip to the work area. Baughman led early in the 30-lapper over Kemenah, Blaney, Brown and Madsen. The leaders were in lapped traffic by lap seven. Madsen and Brown went back and forth with Madsen taking fourth on lap nine. Four laps later, he would grab third from Blaney and took second from Kemenah a circuit later. Halfway in, Baughman led Madsen, Blaney, Reutzel and Kemenah. All hell broke loose for the next five laps, as you could throw a blanket over the top five. Madsen snuck by Baughman on lap 16 for the lead. Kemenah shot into second, and was followed by Blaney, Reutzel and Baughman in a flurry of activity. Reutzel worked his way into second on lap 18, and Kemenah had to pass Blaney to get back to third. As quickly as the racing got good, the track took rubber on the low side. The last ten laps were single-file, with Madsen taking the $10,000 top prize. R. Smith was the hard-charger.
305’s
Heat one (started): 1. Jesse Lindberg 7L (2) 2. Dusty Ballenger 2D (6) 3. Elliott Amdahl 51A (5) 4. Jeremy Schultz 33s (3) 5. Trevor Serbus 10 (7) / 6. Monty Ferriera 45 (8) 7. Trevor Smith 33 (4) 8. Lincoln Drewis 47 (1) 9. Jerry Kramer 29K (9)
8-lap heats took the top five to the A. Lindberg led Schultz and Ballenger early. Ballenger shot under Schultz for second on lap two. Amdahl would follow him into third on lap six.
Heat two (started): 1. Jacob Hughes 8 (4) 2. Brandon Geldner 75 (8) 3. Kaleb Johnson 22 (6) 4. Casey Friedrichsen 84 (9) 5. Brandon Bosma 23 (5) / 6. Dave Becker (7) 7. Micah Slendy 8K (2) 8. John Sullivan 7 (3) 9. Dalyn Cody 11 (1)
Hughes led Slendy and Johnson early. Cody would spin over the inside turn two berm and exit with a lap in the books. Geldner shot from fourth to second on restart. Friedrichsen worked his way from the tail to move up to fourth, while Bosma clamed the final transfer.
Heat three (started): 1. Brady Forbrook 5 (5) 2. Ryan Voss 1s (1) 3. Brandon Allen 05x (2) 4. Doug Lovegrove 1 (7) 5. Shane Fick 7x (4) / 6. Colin Smith o5 (3) 7. Lee Goos Jr. 17 (6) 8. Taylor Ryan 77 (9) 9. Matt Ziebarth 3z (8)
Voss led Allen, Fick and Forbrook early. Forbrook gained third on the second lap before Goos did a pair of 360 spins to bring caution. Voss and Allen battled for the lead ahead of Forbrook. Allen would take the point on lap four, but Voss would battle back by on lap five and bring Forbrook with him. Forbrook would finish off a great race by taking the lead coming for the white flag. Lovegrove moved into the fourth spot late as well.
B main (started): 1. Ferriera (1) 2. Ryan (9) 3. Slendy (5) 4. Becker (2) 5. T. Smith (4) / 6. Drewis (7) 7. Sullivan (8) 8. Goos (6) 9. Cody (11) 10. Ziebarth (10) 11. C. Smith (3) DNS – Kramer
The 8-lapper took the top five to the A. Slendy led early over Californian Ferriera, Becker and T. Smith. Goos spun one lap in. Ferriera passed Slendy for the lead on the third lap, while Ryan took the last transfer from Drewis. Ryan would take fourth on lap four, and third on lap six (from Becker). On the last lap, he’d complete his low side run with a pass of Slendy for second.
A main (started): 1. Ballenger (7) 2. Hughes (5) 3. K. Johnson (8) 4. Lovegrove (11) 5. Schultz (3) 6. Lindberg (2) 7. Friedrichsen (12) 8. Voss (1) 9. Forbrook (9) 10. Allen (4) 11. Geldner (10) 12. Fick (15) 13. Serbus (13) 14. Bosma (14) 15. Ferriera (16) 16. Amdahl (6) 17. Ryan (17) 18. T. Smith (20) 19. Becker (19) 20. Slendy (18)
Lindberg led the 18-lapper from the front row early ahead of Voss and Schulz. Ballenger was on the move on the bottom and moved into the top five on lap two. Schultz took second from Voss on lap three and then took the lead on lap four. Hughes worked up to second on lap five. On lap six, Ballenger continued his charge, grabbing third from Lindberg, and picking off Hughes for second on lap seven. Amdah spun to bring the only caution with 11 to go. Schultz led Ballenger, Lindberg, Hughes and K. Johnson. Hughes would jump to third on the restart. Ballenger slowly reeled in Schultz and passed him for the lead on lap ten. He would pull away to victory. Hughes would pass Schultz for second with two to go, and K. Johnson would come on late for third.