Independence Motor Speedway
August 23, 2014
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Curt Martin wraps up 11th track championship at Independence

by Ryan Clark
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Aug. 23) – Nobody has won more track championships or Late Model features at Independence Motor Speedway than Curt Martin.

He added to that stellar career Saturday night.

Martin, who entered the night tied atop the standings with Darren Ackerman, led all 30 laps of the IMCA Late Model feature and took the checkers half of a lap ahead of Jon Passick during Budweiser Season Championships.

It was Martin’s 95th Late Model win in weekly racing history and his 11th track championship at the speedway, his first since 2006. Martin’s first track title came in 1984.

Troy Cordes, Alex Zwanziger and Benji Irvine also locked up track titles by finishing the season in victory lane. Roger Ciesielski earned his first Independence win in the IMCA Stock Car division while Norman Chesmore earned track champion honors in that division.

All feature events were lined up straight-up based on season point totals. The top four in each division’s standings were given the chance to double their money by taking the Indee Challenge – winning the feature after starting at the tail of the field.

From his front row start, Martin quickly pulled away from Ackerman and extended his advantage to over a straightaway before a lap seven caution bunched the field.

Martin continued his dominant performance when racing resumed and built a half a lap lead when the yellow flag again bunched the field with nine laps to go. He pulled away once more on that restart to drive to the convincing win.

Cordes earned his fifth win of the year in the Performance Bodies IMCA Modified 25-lapper. He took the lead at the drop of the green while Tyler Droste worked his way past Scott Hogan for second on lap two.

Cordes held the point on a lap 11 restart as he and Droste pulled away from traffic. Droste kept pace with the leader, however was unable to challenge for the win as Cordes drove to victory and his fourth track title in the division.

Alex Zwanziger earned the first track championship of his career in the IMCA Northern SportMod division.

Zwanziger set the pace at the drop of the green and built a sizable advantage over the pack. Meanwhile, Jenae Gustin, who took the challenge and started at the tail, made a quick run through the 18 car field.

Gustin found herself in the top five after just six laps and worked her way past Danny Dvorak for second with three laps to go.

Gustin closed the gap on the leader, however Zwanziger was too strong out front as he raced to victory in the caution-free 20-lapper.

Benji Irvine fought off heavy pressure from Justin Wacha in lapped traffic to earn his seventh win of the season and his second straight IMCA Hobby Stock track championship.

Irvine built a comfortable lead until he encountered slower traffic midway through that 20-lapper. Wacha chased Irvine through the backmarkers in the waning laps and challenged to the inside of the leader, however Irvine held on for victory.

All four drivers at the top of the IMCA Stock Car standings took the challenge and started at the tail of that 12-car feature. That left Jason Hocken on the pole for that 25-lapper.

Hocken paced the field for the first 15 laps while Cieisielski raced into contention from a third row start. Ciesielski raced past Hocken on the 16th circuit to drive to victory.

Chesmore wrapped up track championship honors by simply taking the green flag in the event. He finished fourth in the feature.

Saturday’s program concluded racing action for the season in Independence. The 2014 awards banquet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8 in the 4H Building on the Buchanan County Fairgrounds. Details and ticket information will be made available in the coming weeks at www.independencemotorspeedway.com.

FEATURE RESULTS
IMCA LATE MODEL – 1. 45 Curt Martin, Independence; 2. 8R Sean Johnson, Independence; 3. 53 Darren Ackerman, Readlyn; 4. 31 Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 5. 2P Jon Passick, Waterloo; 6. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 7. 70 Jerry King, Waterloo; 8. 78 Rick Wendling, Hazleton; 9. 2 Rory Metcalf, West Union; 10. 60 Dean Wagner, Evansdale; 11. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 12. 1H Brian Hunter, Independence; 13. 83 Russell Hesse, Waterloo; 14. 88 Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine; 15. 5W Scott Welsh, Cedar Rapids; 16. 21B Joel Brasch, Dunkerton; 17. 73 Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 18. 99 Luke Pestka, Robins; 19. 87 John Emerson, Waterloo.

IMCA MODIFIED – 1. 71 Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 2. 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 4. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 5. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 6. 01 Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 7. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 8. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 9. 24R Adam Johnson, Independence; 10. 93K Jeff Kriz, Waterloo; 11. 415 Josh Barta, Cedar Falls; 12. 00J J. D. Auringer, Waterloo; 13. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 14. 21 Brennen Chipp, Waterloo; 15. 5 Jason Morehouse, Evansdale; 16. 77 Tim McBride, Denver; 17. 7 Todd Jensen, Waterloo.

IMCA STOCK CAR – 1. 37C Roger Ciesielski, Waterloo; 2. 7H Phil Holtz, Manchester; 3. 3 Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 4. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 5. 4JR Russell Damme Jr., Waterloo; 6. 87A Aaron Matthias, Fairbank; 7. 23 Justin Hanson, Waterloo; 8. 22K Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 9. 11J Jerome Jacoby, Waterloo; 10. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale; 11. 13 Rick Milks, Jesup; DQ JR3 Jason Hocken, Independence.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD – 1. 32Z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua; 2. 19J Jenae Gustin, Marshalltown; 3. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 4. 63 Matt McCahen, Waterloo; 5. 339 Kevin Hurst, Janesville; 6. J2 Dave Schulze, Keystone; 7. 39 Brian Hilbert, Independence; 8. 3T Tyler Soppe, Sherrill; 9. 8 Dalton Clendenen, Dubuque; 10. 00 Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 11. 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard; 12. 29 Sean Vogt, Watkins; 13. 23 Synjun Bauer, Prairie du Chien, Wis.; 14. 50H Steve Wimer, Toddville; 15. 21J Joe Harken, Waterloo; 16. 19 Nate Smith, Cedar Falls; 17. 24R Kevin Robinson, Dewar; 18. 45 Jonny Williams, Walker.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK – 1. 79 Benji Irvine, Stanley; 2. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 3. 5 Marcus Wayne, Independence; 4. 7B Jim Ball, Independence; 5. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 6. 35B Shawn Kuennen, Halzeton; 7. 95 Matt Lundry, Oelwein; 8. 58B Randy Byerly, Tipton; 9. 87M Milo Matthias, Cocoa, Fla.; 10. T64 Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo; 11. 1S Greg Sweerin, Evansdale; 12. 20B Matt Burmeister, Dunkerton; 13. 25O Shane Oberbrockling, Onslow; 14. 25 Jamie Whitaker, Oelwein; DNS 17 Nathan Forey, Waverly.

2014 Point Standings
Independence Motor Speedway
Final 2014 Point Standings
Feature wins in parentheses
(Ties in standings broken by most feature wins. If still tied, by most 2nds, etc. until tie is broken)

IMCA LATE MODELS
POS. CAR # DRIVER'S NAME CITY PTS
1 45 CURT MARTIN (1) Independence 533
2 53 DARREN ACKERMAN (4) Readlyn 531
3 60 DEAN WAGNER Evansdale 507
4 2P JON PASSICK (1) Waterloo 503
5 70 JERRY KING (1) Waterloo 503
6 31 TYLER DROSTE Waterloo 482
7 77 DIRK HAMILTON Jesup 459
8 99 LUKE PESTKA (1) Robins 458
9 88 DREW JOHNSON Belle Plaine 428
10 8R SEAN JOHNSON Independence 414
11 73 GREG KASTLI (1) Waterloo 401
12 87 JOHN EMERSON (3) Waterloo 394
13 2 RORY METCALF West Union 392
14 145 DALE HACKWELL JR. Washburn 365
15 83 RUSSELL HESSE Waterloo 325
16 16 TYLER BRUENING (1) Decorah 325
17 21B JOEL BRASCH Dunkerton 310
18 32 CHRIS SNYDER Raymond 275
19 4 LEON THOMSEN Waverly 268
20 78 RICK WENDLING Hazleton 259
21 5W SCOTT WELSH Cedar Rapids 230
22 9 BOBBY HANSEN Center Point 201
23 54 WAYNE HESSE Waterloo 170
24 1H BRIAN HUNTER Independence 163
25 12 RON KLEIN (1) Sherrill 141
26 51 RYAN DOLAN Lisbon 139
27 98 JASON RAUEN Farley 131
28 40 JOEL CALLAHAN (1) Dubuque 117
29 11 LYLE KLEIN Sherrill 95
30 1 TRAVIS SMOCK Independence 65
31 23 JERAMIA BOYNTON La Porte City 40
32 48Z JON POLL Delmar 40
33 26 CORY GOLDBECK Camanche 34
34 19G RICHIE GUSTIN Gilman 32
35 22 CHARLIE McKENNA Clear Lake 29
36 25 KENNY PINT Independence 27
37 1X RICK DRALLE Waterloo 25
38 19 KELLY PESTKA Preston 23
39 99D DARREL DeFRANCE Marshalltown 22

PERFORMANCE BODIES IMCA MODIFIEDS
POS. CAR # DRIVER'S NAME CITY PTS
1 71 TROY CORDES (5) Dunkerton 569
2 33D SCOTT HOGAN (1) Vinton 539
3 92 TYLER DROSTE Waterloo 537
4 10K RONN LAURITZEN (4) Jesup 535
5 00J J.D. AURINGER (1) Waterloo 531
6 64 VERN JACKSON (1) Waterloo 477
7 24R ADAM JOHNSON Independence 444
8 01 ED THOMAS Waterloo 431
9 F7 PATRICK FLANNAGAN Cedar Rapids 417
10 93K JEFF KRIZ (1) Waterloo 394
11 10 KALEB BENTLEY Fairbank 389
12 75 JOSH SHERBON (1) Cedar Falls 382
13 57B DENNIS BETZER Central City 380
14 5 JASON MOREHOUSE Evansdale 308
15 26J JOEL RUST Grundy Center 291
16 21 BRENNEN CHIPP Waterloo 248
17 20L ZACH LESS Hopkinton 243
18 41P KEITH PITTMAN Waterloo 221
19 415 JOSH BARTA Cedar Falls 176
20 27M MARK SCHULTE Delhi 156
21 14 TOM HANSON Vinton 149
22 17 JUSTIN BUEHLER Oelwein 136
23 98 JASON SNYDER Dunkerton 135
24 19D DARIN DUFFY Urbana 132
25 80 JERRY DEDRICK Vinton 131
26 12D JOE DOCEKAL Dysart 119
27 11B MIKE BURBRIDGE Delhi 100
28 8 TONY SNYDER (1) Readlyn 98
29 49 MIKE MANSON Manchester 95
30 66 TERRY JOHNSON Waterloo 92
31 7 TODD JENSEN Waterloo 76
32 18J JAKE STRAYER Newton 63
33 77 TIM McBRIDE Denver 50
34 13X CLIFFORD SCHIMMELS Denver 49
35 23 J.J. SCOTT Iowa City 48
36 2G MATT GANSEN Zwingle 31
37 17R DEREK REIMER St. Anthony 26
38 66X JARED SIEFERT Luxemburg, WI 26
39 110 JERAD FULLER Memphis, MO 25
40 12DX SCOTT DRAKE Joplin, MO 22
41 34 SCOTT STRAUSS Cedar Rapids 21
42 73M MATT IRWIN Maquoketa 20
43 17J JASON SEEGMILLER Dubuque 20
44 11 TIMM JENSEN Dunkerton 17
45 96 JASON BAHRS Colona, IL 17

IMCA STOCK CARS
POS. CAR # DRIVER'S NAME CITY PTS
1 15 NORMAN CHESMORE Rowley 531
2 3 JAROD WEEPIE (1) Dunkerton 514
3 22K KEVIN ROSE (1) Waterloo 483
4 4JR RUSSELL DAMME JR. Waterloo 459
5 11 JESSE BROWN (1) Nashua 457
6 JR3 JASON HOCKEN (1) Independence 421
7 11J JEROME JACOBY Waterloo 394
8 7H PHIL HOLTZ Manchester 350
9 23 JUSTIN HANSON Waterloo 349
10 15T TIM HELLE Garnavillo 331
11 6X BOB AHRENDSEN Cedar Rapids 301
12 31S PAUL SHEPHERD (2) Marengo 285
13 37C ROGER CIESIELSKI (1) Waterloo 272
14 74C COLE MATHER Dundee 272
15 17 JASON NIEDERT Evansdale 249
16 67 JUSTIN STANDER Shellsburg 221
17 56T JUSTIN TEMEYER Independence 219
18 38 MATT BROWN Marion 214
19 26 BRIAN IRVINE (5) Oelwein 200
20 87A AARON MATTHIAS Fairbank 180
21 47 SCOTT PIPPERT (2) Elberon 176
22 8 MITCHELL EVENS Independence 136
23 K38 KEN TAYLOR Strawberry Point 134
24 7C BLAKE COLE Nashua 123
25 14 SHANE EBAUGH Evansdale 115
26 62G ADAM GEBEL Cedar Falls 57
27 4H SCOTT HAMPTON Waterloo 53
28 13 RICK MILKS Jesup 53
29 46 CODY FRERICHS Bristow 46
30 476X TROY HOVEY (1) Decorah 40
31 99D DAMON MURTY Chelsea 36
32 00 TONY SCHIMMELS Readlyn 33
33 87T TRAVIS SHIPMAN Mason City 33
34 4 JERRY MILES Dubuque 32
35 566 JIM LYNCH Donnellson 32
36 3C RYAN COLEMAN Vinton 30
37 171 BUCK SWANSON Waterloo 28
38 2 WAYNE LANDHEER Gladstone, IL 28
39 87 JOHN EMERSON Waterloo 26
40 3T SCOOTER DULIN Cedar Rapids 26
41 69 JAKE LUDEKING Decorah 24
42 44 BRETT TIMMERMAN Wapello 18
43 52J JEREMY PUNDT Donnellson 17

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS
POS. CAR # DRIVER'S NAME CITY PTS
1 32Z ALEX ZWANZIGER (2) Nashua 532
2 3R DANNY DVORAK Vinton 525
3 19J JENAE GUSTIN (7) Marshalltown 520
4 J2 DAVE SCHULZE Keystone 485
5 00 JIM BUHLMAN Cedar Falls 472
6 339 KEVIN HURST Janesville 467
7 63 MATT McCAHEN (1) Waterloo 455
8 96 LUCAS LUNDRY Maynard 444
9 24R KEVIN ROBINSON Dewar 425
10 7D DAKODA SELLERS (1) Vinton 381
11 39 BRIAN HILBERT Independence 371
12 50H STEVE WIMER Toddville 315
13 35 KYLE BENTLEY Independence 307
14 CH19 COLBY HEISHMAN Brooklyn 265
15 86U ROD McDONALD (1) Manchester 254
16 36 JAKE SALISBURY Dunkerton 240
17 29 SEAN VOGT Watkins 233
18 S16 KIP SIEMS (1) Cedar Falls 230
19 21J JOE HARKEN Waterloo 230
20 7SR SHAWN RITTER (1) Keystone 200
21 4 RYAN MAITLAND Waterloo 170
22 15N ROSS NEAL Marion 163
23 6 JIM ASCHENBRENNER Aplington 149
24 199 DAVE BURRELL Dysart 118
25 198 SAM WIEBEN Dysart 107
26 T23 TONY OLSON (1) Cedar Rapids 103
27 57R RYAN KING Montour 103
28 49 BRANDON SMITH Quasqueton 91
29 22H CURT HILMER Dysart 87
30 40J JASON DOYLE Cedar Rapids 83
31 43 CRESTON WILLIAMS Newhall 67
32 80J JARED VANDEEST Holland 65
33 3T TYLER SOPPE Sherrill 65
34 80 STEVE MILLER Bellevue 64
35 15B TROY BURKHART Urbana 61
36 17 MIKE KRALL Waterloo 57
37 7 DAVE FANGMAN Marion 57
38 14 BRIAN SCHRAGE Cresco 51
39 24B BRANDON BRINTON Ames 45
40 23 SYNJUN BAUER Prairie du Chien, WI 43
41 25 AUSTIN MOYER Dubuque 37
42 7A K.C. ANSEL Dubuque 36
43 7C CARTER VANDENBERG Oskaloosa 34
44 3 TONY DUNKER Quincy, IL 34
45 19G GATLIN LEYTHAM Garwin 33
46 8 DALTON CLENDENEN Dubuque 32
47 64 ZACH McKINNON Hatley, WI 29
48 72 BRETT LOWRY Montezuma 25
49 22 MATT PETRZELKA Norway 25
50 19 NATE SMITH Cedar Falls 25
51 24M MARK MAAS Epworth 24
52 45 JONNY WILLIAMS Walker 23
53 6M MIKE McNEAL Van Horne 20
54 10J JASON WEILAND Sherrill 19
55 30 TRACY WASSENBERG Shawano, WI 19

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
POS. CAR # DRIVER'S NAME CITY PTS
1 79 BENJI IRVINE (7) Stanley 538
2 45 JUSTIN WACHA (2) Vinton 532
3 35B SHAWN KUENNEN (2) Hazleton 524
4 25 JAMIE WHITAKER Oelwein 497
5 T64 JEREMIAH WILSON Waterloo 496
6 5 MARCUS WAYNE Independence 475
7 95 MATT LUNDRY Oelwein 458
8 7B JIM BALL (1) Independence 451
9 20B MATT BURMEISTER Dunkerton 439
10 357 BRETT VANOUS Quasqueton 434
11 58B RANDY BYERLY Tipton 406
12 83W MATT WHITE (2) Nashua 365
13 46 BRIAN HAPPEL (1) Vinton 355
14 23 CHAD ALBERT Cedar Rapids 284
15 14C LEAH WROTEN Independence 169
16 07 JACOB KEISER Marengo 167
17 18X DRU KUEKER West Union 152
18 2 NICK WELCH Cedar Falls 124
19 87M MILO MATTHIAS Cocoa, FL 116
20 17 NATHAN FOREY Waverly 111
21 1S GREG SWEERIN Evansdale 99
22 31 DAVID BALIK Fort Atkinson 61
23 73 QUINTON MILLER Independence 60
24 19B JAMES SHELDON Marion 55
25 12 JAKE DOUBEK Elgin 54
26 17K KYLE PARIZEK Belle Plaine 34
27 55 VINCE BUCHHOLZ Tama 32
28 47 BRAYTON BOYER St. Lucas 31
29 442 NEIL FRANZEN Sumner 30
30 4P MATT POHLMAN Keystone 28
31 25O SHANE OBERBROCKLING Onslow 28
32 87X RYAN SCHIMEK Fairbank 27
33 19BX DYLAN BALDWIN Oelwein 26
34 M35 CHAD MANNION Waterloo 24