8/10/2019
Park Jefferson International Speedway
2019 Season at Park Jefferson Speedway ends with crowning of champions
The 2019 racing season at Park Jefferson Speedway came to a close on Saturday night as the six divisions saw champions crowned on an exciting race night sponsored by IState Truck Centers and Liberty National Bank.
The highlight of the night was the Pizza Ranch of Akron Sport Modifieds as Cody Thompson went for win number 10, with a $600 bounty on his head. Thompson, who was able to run the year undefeated save the first night. He had to take on both Josh Blom and hold off Jake Sachau to get the win. Blom had a strong second and Sachau third. Heats went to Luke Jackson and Cade Richards.
It was Chris Mills picking p the win form the pole in the 20 lapper in the Artworks Graphics Modifieds. Mills continues to be be feast or famine at Park but even a late race caution would not allow Mapleton, Iowa's Jim Thies the chance to gain on him. Jeff Berens finished a strong third with Bob Moore winning the championship by a single point over Sean Barragan. Heats went to Berens and Mills.
O'Neil Nebraska's Danny Nekolite has been knocking on the door all season at Park Jefferson and finally got it done on the last night of 2019. Nekolite took the 22D machine and worked around the front row with ease and then held off Mike Moore and 2019 and three time champion Colin Smith for the victory in the Stevenson Hardware IMCA RACESaver Sprint Cars.
It was Jason Ward holding off 2019 IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Car Track Champion Ryan Harris in a top class race to take the checkered flag. Both drivers battled hard all season and it was Ward winning the battle and Harris the war. Aaron Cain was third. Heats went to Jason Ward and Aaron Cain.
It was John Cain again picking up the checkered flags at Park Jefferson winning for his third time this year to tie Zeppy Ankrum. Cain was able to take the win over a strong run from Jeremy Hoskinson and Ankrum with heats going to Kevin Bruck and Aaron Shearn. Ankrum picked up a popular championship in the IMCA Hobby Stock division.
Danny Vanderveen proved that persistance pays off as he once again took his second win in the final night of the season. Vanderveen has been ever improving all season, and was able to hold off Brian Long and Connor Brown. It was Jarad Gross of Spencer picking up the track championship in the IMCA Sport Compacts.
The Park Jefferson Speedway's racing season is in the books. The 2020 season will kick off on April 17th &18th with the IMCA De-froster.
IMCA Artworks Graphics A Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 02JR-Chris Mills, 11:11.889[2]; 2. 23-Jim Thies, 11:12.766[4]; 3. 35-Jeff Berens, 11:13.062[1]; 4. 25-Ricky Stephan, 11:13.656[6]; 5. 13K-Karl Brewer, 11:13.775[5]; 6. 88-Sean Barragan, 11:14.475[8]; 7. 44X-Jason Schneiders, 11:14.093[11]; 8. 1X-Chris Abelson, 11:14.842[10]; 9. 15M-Shane DeMey, 11:14.989[12]; 10. 96R-Steve Reynolds, 11:14.791[3]; 11. 48-Bob Moore, 11:15.159[9]; 12. 30-Shawn Bearce, 06:48.659[15]; 13. 27-Daniel Loggins, 06:56.740[14]; 14. M80-Jim Mathieson, 06:49.872[13]; 15. 45H-Jason Hickingbottom, 03:14.928[16]; 16. 14-Todd Boulware, 03:14.928[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Jeff Berens, 02:35.954[2]; 2. 13K-Karl Brewer, 02:36.854[4]; 3. 96R-Steve Reynolds, 02:40.425[3]; 4. 88-Sean Barragan, 02:40.785[6]; 5. 48-Bob Moore, 02:42.078[7]; 6. 44X-Jason Schneiders, 02:42.446[5]; 7. M80-Jim Mathieson, 02:43.995[1]; 8. 30-Shawn Bearce, 02:45.053[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02JR-Chris Mills, 03:10.302[2]; 2. 14-Todd Boulware, 03:19.596[5]; 3. 23-Jim Thies, 03:13.612[3]; 4. 1X-Chris Abelson, 03:15.203[7]; 5. 25-Ricky Stephan, 03:16.760[4]; 6. 15M-Shane DeMey, 03:18.378[6]; 7. 27-Daniel Loggins, 03:19.596[1]; 8. (DNF) 45H-Jason Hickingbottom, 03:19.596[8]
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Ward, 13:04.254[6]; 2. 49-Ryan Harris, 13:04.929[8]; 3. 43-Aaron Cain, 13:05.278[5]; 4. 94-Todd Gereau, 13:05.422[7]; 5. T17-Brenton Palmer, 12:23.907[3]; 6. 19-Bo Lundquist, 13:07.107[9]; 7. 02-Tony Ritterbush, 13:09.136[4]; 8. 13-Glen Jones, 07:17.649[11]; 9. 10W-Brady Wenzlaff, 02:14.384[1]; 10. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, 13:10.019[2]; 11. 4J-Aaron Guillaume, 02:14.384[13]; 12. (DNF) 35-Chris Mills, 07:17.649[12]; 13. (DNF) 55-Greg Taylor, 07:17.479[10]; 14. (DNF) 13M-James McCabe Jr, 02:14.384[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Ward, [4]; 2. 55-Greg Taylor, [6]; 3. 49-Ryan Harris, [5]; 4. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff, [2]; 5. 02-Tony Ritterbush, [3]; 6. 13-Glen Jones, [1]; 7. 4J-Aaron Guillaume, [7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Aaron Cain, 02:48.244[3]; 2. 10W-Brady Wenzlaff, 02:51.019[1]; 3. 19-Bo Lundquist, 02:51.147[5]; 4. 94-Todd Gereau, 03:02.009[4]; 5. T17-Brenton Palmer, 02:53.063[2]; 6. 35-Chris Mills, 02:56.232[6]; 7. 13M-James McCabe Jr, 03:02.009[7]
IMCA Pizza Ranch of Akron Sport Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson, 12:14.751[10]; 2. 25-Josh Blom, 12:15.623[5]; 3. 31-Jake Sachau, 12:18.192[12]; 4. T1-Rusty Montagne, 12:18.531[9]; 5. 1R-Cade Richards, 12:19.247[7]; 6. 14V-AJ Boulware, 12:20.466[6]; 7. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, 12:20.612[4]; 8. 212-Kendall Duerksen, 12:22.152[1]; 9. 4G-Michael Guthrie, 12:23.341[3]; 10. 6-Luke Jackson, 12:26.401[2]; 11. T6-James Larsen, 12:28.573[11]; 12. (DNF) 00X-Jeff Brunssen, 04:10.006[8]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 6-Luke Jackson, [2]; 2. 25C-Cody Thompson, [6]; 3. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, [3]; 4. 14V-AJ Boulware, [4]; 5. 00X-Jeff Brunssen, [5]; 6. T6-James Larsen, [1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 1R-Cade Richards, [4]; 2. 212-Kendall Duerksen, [1]; 3. 25-Josh Blom, [3]; 4. T1-Rusty Montagne, [5]; 5. 4G-Michael Guthrie, [2]; 6. 31-Jake Sachau, [6]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 44-John Cain, 08:00.148[6]; 2. 26-Jeremy Hoskinson, 08:01.148[12]; 3. 68Z-Zach Ankrum, 08:01.384[9]; 4. 58-Aaron Shearn, 08:04.563[5]; 5. 81X-Jeremy Ertman, 08:05.903[3]; 6. 16D-Paul Menard, 02:16.241[11]; 7. 5-Lenny Tucker, 08:07.226[4]; 8. 112-Mitch Schultze, 08:08.714[16]; 9. 99-Dellas Williams, 08:16.121[1]; 10. 12R-Garret Ray, 02:16.241[17]; 11. (DNF) 40-Richard Schaeffer, 07:04.442[15]; 12. (DNF) XX-Ryan Cunningham, 06:38.722[10]; 13. (DNF) 12M-Phillip McKee, 02:30.713[14]; 14. (DNF) 39-Lowell Janssen, 02:16.241[2]; 15. (DNF) 01B-Kevin Bruck, 02:16.241[8]; 16. (DNF) 2-Keith Sanders, 02:16.241[7]; (DNS) 1M-Carl Monroe, 02:16.241
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 01B-Kevin Bruck, 02:21.033[6]; 2. 44-John Cain, 02:25.536[5]; 3. 81X-Jeremy Ertman, 02:32.141[3]; 4. XX-Ryan Cunningham, 02:32.630[8]; 5. 99-Dellas Williams, 02:36.280[1]; (DNS) 16D-Paul Menard, 02:36.280; (DNS) 1M-Carl Monroe, 02:36.280; (DNS) 40-Richard Schaeffer, 02:36.280
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 58-Aaron Shearn, [4]; 2. 68Z-Zach Ankrum, [6]; 3. 39-Lowell Janssen, [1]; 4. 5-Lenny Tucker, [3]; 5. 2-Keith Sanders, [5]; 6. 26-Jeremy Hoskinson, [9]; 7. 12M-Phillip McKee, [7]; 8. 112-Mitch Schultze, [2]; 9. 12R-Garret Ray, [8]
IMCA Fox 620 Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 69V-Danny Vanderveen, [3]; 2. 96B-Brian Long, [6]; 3. 35X-Connor Brown, [4]; 4. 3R-Jarad Gross, [7]; 5. 3A-Auston Honeycutt, [1]; 6. 35JR-Taylor Brown, [2]; 7. 23-Tony Fontenot, [5]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 35X-Connor Brown, [5]; 2. 35JR-Taylor Brown, [2]; 3. 69V-Danny Vanderveen, [3]; 4. 23-Tony Fontenot, [7]; 5. 3A-Auston Honeycutt, [1]; 6. (DNF) 96B-Brian Long, [4]; 7. (DNF) 3R-Jarad Gross, [6]
IMCA Stevenson Hardware RACESaver Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22D-Daniel Nekolite, [3]; 2. 69-Mike Moore, [5]; 3. 05-Colin Smith, [4]; 4. 0-Brandon Stevenson, [2]; 5. 1CC-Clayton Christensen, [6]; 6. 43MB-Tim Fricke, [1]; 7. (DNF) 62-Nicholas Fricke, [7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Colin Smith, 02:51.823[5]; 2. 69-Mike Moore, 02:52.289[6]; 3. 22D-Daniel Nekolite, 02:54.188[4]; 4. 43MB-Tim Fricke, 02:57.282[2]; 5. 0-Brandon Stevenson, 02:57.599[3]; 6. 1CC-Clayton Christensen, 02:58.352[7]; 7. 62-Nicholas Fricke, 02:52.289[1]
Submitted By: Adam Adamson
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