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Message started by LMR on 07/29/12 at 2:14pm

Title: Independence Motor Speedway - 7/28 Results
Post by LMR on 07/29/12 at 2:14pm

Independence Motor Speedway
July 28, 2012
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Smock scores third win of the season at Independence Motor Speedway

by Ryan Clark
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 28) – Travis Smock and Adam Johnson are getting dialed in at just the right time. Both drivers will be taking back-to-back wins into the final month of the season at Independence Motor Speedway.

Smock, who topped the 25-lap IMCA Late Model feature, earned his third win of the season, while Johnson’s second straight win in the IMCA Modifieds was his third victory in the last four weeks and his fourth win of the year.

In just his second night out this season, Dirk Hamilton led during the early stages of the Late Model main. From his pole position start, Hamilton quickly distanced himself from the field while Smock rocketed from a fourth row start into the second position just prior to a lap three caution.

On the restart, Hamilton again set the pace while Smock pursued, sweeping to the outside of the leader one lap later. As Smock pulled away, Dean Wagner and Curt Martin made their way through traffic and into the top three.

Caution slowed action on lap 13, allowing Martin to work past Wagner on the ensuing restart. Meanwhile, points leader Tyler Bruening was running the high side into contention from a fifth row start. Bruening made his way into third one lap later, just prior to the next caution.

Bruening and Martin battled for the runner-up spot while Smock pulled away as three more stoppages kept the field bunched in the final laps. Although Martin and Bruening swapped the runner-up position, Smock drove away to the victory. Martin held on for second ahead of Bruening.

Josh Sherbon showed the way at the drop of the green in the Modified feature. He paced the field through a pair of early cautions as Johnson settled into second on lap four. Johnson chased the leader for a couple more circuits before making his bid for the lead on lap seven. Johnson then drove away from the field to score the victory ahead of Sherbon.

John Emerson took the lead on the second lap of the IMCA Stock Car feature and then held off persistent pressure from points leader Sean Johnson to take his fourth win of the season. Johnson ran second ahead of Jason Hocken.

Following a late restart, Tyler Droste worked past Travis Peterson to take his fourth win of the year in the IMCA SportMod division. Peterson crossed the line in second, however he failed post-race inspection, which moved Sam Wieben into the runner-up spot.

Curt Graham led every step of the way in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature to take his first-ever win in Independence. Scott Pippert made a late pass to secure second place ahead of Benji Irvine. Points leader Justin Stander survived an early spin and made a terrific run through the 23-car field. He came home fourth and held onto the points lead.

Merv Chandler and Steve Miedke battled side-by-side throughout most of the IMCA Sport Compact feature. When the checkers waved, Chandler held on by a car-length to score the exciting win.

Next Saturday is Veridian Credit Union Night at the Races. Gates open at 4 p.m., with hot laps at 6 and racing to follow.

On Monday, August 6, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will make its second-ever appearance in Independence. IMCA Modifieds will also be competing for a $1,000 winner’s share. Gates open at 4 p.m. on August 6, with hot laps at 6:45 and qualifying to follow.

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IMCA LATE MODEL
Feature – 1. 98 Travis Smock (Independence); 2. 45 Curt Martin (Indepedence); 3. 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 4. 60 Dean Wagner (Evansdale); 5. 77 Dirk Hamilton (Jesup); 6. 68 Tysus Pattee (Vinton); 7. 88 Drew Johnson (Belle Plaine); 8. 38S Dain Sires (Cedar Falls); 9. 5W Scott Welsh (Cedar Rapids); 10. 4 Leon Thomsen (Waverly); 11. 83 Russell Hesse (Waterloo); 12. 4D Rick Dralle (Waterloo); 13. 145 Dale Hackwell Jr. (Washburn); 14. 14 Tracey Rigel (Waterloo); 15. 21B Joel Brasch (Waterloo); 16. 0 Rory Metcalf (West Union); 17. 85 Lavern Carey (Ionia); 18. 7 Greg Hunter (Independence).
First heat – 1. Hamilton; 2. Bruening; 3. Hackwell; 4. Pattee; 5. Johnson; 6. Welsh.
Second heat – 1. Dralle; 2. Metcalf; 3. Martin; 4. Brasch; 5. Carey; 6. Rigel.
Third heat – 1. Hunter; 2. Wagner; 3. Smock; 4. Sires; 5. Hesse; 6. Thomsen.

IMCA MODIFIED
Feature – 1. 24R Adam Johnson (Independence); 2. 75 Josh Sherbon (Cedar Falls); 3. 19D Darin Duffy (Hazleton); 4. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 5. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 6. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 7. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 8. 26P Kevin Pittman (Waterloo); 9. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 10. 26 Luke Miller (Epworth); 11. 4P Keith Pittman (Waterloo); 12. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo); 13. 93K Jeff Kriz (Waterloo); 14. 1J Jeff Streeter (Vinton); 15. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 16. 66 Terry Johnson (Waterloo); 17. 11 Timm Jensen (Dunkerton); 18. 15 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 19. 01 Ed Thomas (Waterloo); 20. 85 Johnathan Thimmesch (Independence); DNS 32 Chris Snyder (Raymond).
First heat – 1. A. Johnson; 2. Sherbon; 3. Keith Pittman; 4. Duffy; 5. Kriz; 6. Miller; 7. Jensen.
Second heat – 1. Lauritzen; 2. Flannagan; 3. Betzer; 4. T. Johnson; 5. Barta; 6. Thimmesch; DNS Snyder.
Third heat – 1. Jackson; 2. Auringer; 3. King; 4. Schulte; 5. Streeter; 6. Thomas; 7. Kevin Pittman.

IMCA STOCK CAR
Feature – 1. 87 John Emerson (Waterloo); 2. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence); 3. JR3 Jason Hocken (Independence); 4. 00 Tony Schimmels (Readlyn); 5. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 6. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 7. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 8. 9E Austin Evens (Independence); 9. 3 Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 10. 15T Tim Helle (Garnavillo); 11. 85 Bryce Carey (Nashua); 12. 11J Jerome Jacoby (Waterloo); 13. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 14. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 15. G1 Mike Padden (Waterloo); DNS 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo).
First heat – 1. Schimmels; 2. Weepie; 3. Johnson; 4. Helle; 5. Rose; 6. Irvine; 7. Carey; DNS Damme.
Second heat – 1. Emerson; 2. Padden; 3. Hocken; 4. Evens; 5. Meyer; 6. Jacoby; 7. Chesmore; 8. Dulin.

IMCA SPORTMOD
Feature – 1. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 21 Brennen Chipp (Waterloo); 4. 00 Jim Buhlman (Cedar Falls); 5. J2 Dave Schulze (Keystone); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Grundy Center); 7. 49 Brandon Smith (Rowley); 8. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 9. 29 Sean Vogt (Watkins); 10. 28P Rick Paulson (Tripoli); 11. 50H Steve Wimer (Toddville); 12. 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale); 13. 7M Matt Miller (Dubuque); 14. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 15. 25 Austin Moyer (Dubuque); 16. 96 Lucas Lundry (Maynard); 17. 66E Cory Evans (Independence); 18. 11 Bob Ebaugh (Raymond); 19. 93 Josh Burrell (Dysart); 20. 23W Robert Whalen (Nashua); 21. 7Z Zac Becker (Waterloo); DQ 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook).
First heat – 1. Dvorak; 2. Miller; 3. Lundry; 4. Peterson; 5. Smith; 6. B. Ebaugh; 7. Wimer.
Second heat – 1. Droste; 2. Buhlman; 3. Chipp; 4. Van Deest; 5. Vogt; 6. Burrell; 7. Whalen.
Third heat – 1. Wieben; 2. Rust; 3. Schulze; 4. Moyer; 5. Paulson; 6. S. Ebaugh; 7. Evans; 8. Becker.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Feature – 1. 14G Curt Graham (Tiffin); 2. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 3. 79 Benji Irvine (Cedar Falls); 4. 67 Justin Stander (Vinton); 5. 7B Jim Ball (Independence); 6. 55 Vince Buchholz (Cedar Falls); 7. 4T3 T.J. Mortenson (Independence); 8. 58B Randy Byerly (Tipton); 9. 90 Lowell Potter (White Bear Lake, Minn.); 10. 12OZ Gary Gates (Waterloo); 11. 5 Marcus Wayne (Independence); 12. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar Falls); 13. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 14. 77 Rod Grother (Cedar Rapids); 15. 64 Jerome Wilson (Wateroo); 16. 35B Shawn Kuennen (Halzeton); 17. 95 Matt Lundry (Oelwein); 18. 10MW Mike Wilson (Jesup); 19. 20B Matt Burmeister (Dunkerton); 20. 26 Nathan Christie (Waterloo); 21. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 22. 57 Malena Betzer (Cedar Rapids); 23. 64JR Jeremiah Wilson (Waterloo).
First heat – 1. Graham; 2. Pippert; 3. Irvine; 4. Kuennen; 5. Lichty; 6. Christie; 7. Jeremiah Wilson; 8. Betzer.
Second heat – 1. Stander; 2. Buchholz; 3. Grother; 4. Welch; 5. Wilson; 6. Ball; 7. Burmeister.
Third heat – 1. Wayne; 2. Lundry; 3. Gates; 4. Byerly; 5. Potter; 6. Wacha; 7. Jerome Wilson.

IMCA SPORT COMPACT
Feature – 1. 2 Merv Chandler (Vinton); 2. 11 Steve Miedke (Shellsburg); 3. 57 Duayne Herb (Cedar Rapids); 4. 78 Jeff Vislisel (Mt. Vernon); 5. 83 Travis Ross (Evansdale); 6. 111 A.J. Witten (Cedar Rapids); 7. 7 Dave Fangman (Marion); 8. 03 Neil Nabholz (Waterloo).
Heat – 1. Miedke; 2. Fangman; 3. Ross; 4. Vislisel; 5. Chandler; 6. Herb; 7. Nabholz; 8. Witten.