8/25/2019
Stuart Speedway
Rust Tames Stout Modified Field
Stuart, IA (August 25) – With 2 weeks of soggy weather behind us it was clouds and cool temperatures for the Big Load Trailer Sales/Hicklin Powersports/Coca Cola Sunday Night Spectacular at Stuart Speedway! Feature winners for the night were Mitchell Bunch, Zach Hemmingsen, Brayton Carter, Buck Schafroth and Joel Rust, and these five will be part of a documentary next season for IMCA TV!
Curtis Masterson jumped out to the early lead for the IMCA Sport Compacts with Mitchell Bunch and Tyler Fiebelkorn giving chase. Bunch made the pass on lap five with Fiebelkorn taking over second three laps later. Bunch would go on to the easy win with Logan Richards finishing second, Nathan Castellano third, Fiebelkorn falling to fourth and Masterson fifth. Richards and Fiebelkorn were the heat race winners.
Michael Murphy and Zach Hemmingsen brought the IMCA Hobby Stocks out next with Murphy leading Brandon Cox on lap one. Cox followed for two more circuits until taking over the lead on lap four with Chuck Madden Jr right on his rear bumper. Hemmingsen had fallen to fourth, but he took second from Madden Jr as the bottom side of the track began to take shape on lap eight. Hemmingsen worked Cox over until getting the advantage on lap eleven and would go on to take the win, his first at the track. Madden Jr finished second with John Watson third, Curt Reed fourth and Corey Madden fifth. Nick Foster and Madden Jr were the heat race winners.
IMCA Northern SportMods came out next with Chris Burke and Daniel Baudler on the front row. Brayton Carter launched from his fourth starting spot to take the lead over Baudler and Burke early on. Burke fell back quickly with a bad push as Baudler and David Johnson gave chase, but it was all Carter on this night as he went on to take the flag to flag win. Johnson finished second with Baudler third, Colton Nelson fourth and Garrett Nelson fifth. Johnson and Carter were the heat race winners.
Andrew Burg and Chad Legere led the IMCA Stock Cars to the green flag next with Legere and then Burg leading the first two laps. Marcus Fagan took over on lap three after a caution flag and led until Buck Schafroth sailed by on the bottom side on lap nine. Schafroth would lead through two more yellows and go on to take the win. Brandon Pruitt recovered from a lap two flat tire to finish second with Fagan third, Josh Daniels fourth and Burg fifth. Pruitt, Schafroth and Burg were the heat race winners.
Last up for the night would be the IMCA Modifieds with Tony Hilgenberg and Garett Wilson on the front row. Wilson led the first two laps until Joel Rust powered to the lead on lap three. Cody Laney and Josh Gilman passed Wilson on lap five and the only caution of the race came one lap later to give the field a fighting chance at Rust, who’s been on a tear in central Iowa as of late. When the green flag flew it was nothing but Rust as he dominated the rest of the way to take the win. Laney finished second with Kelly Shryock third, Gilman fourth and Todd Shute fifth. Gilman and Laney were the heat race winners.
We’d like to thank all who came out to support the race track at our fourteenth event of the year. Our next scheduled race is a two day affair on September 20 & 21. See you then!
Article Credit: Josh Reynolds
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