MAY 8TH RESULTS FROM BUTLER COUNTY MOTORPLEX
butlercountymotorplex.com
(05/10/09)
Drivers and fans again had to battle Mother Nature at the facility as temperatures dropped from 71 degrees at the start to 44 by the end of the program along with strong winds. The first heat of the night found Brandon Jessen taking the win in his IMCA Sport Mod. Rod Bronson, Jason Penke and Kyle Becker rounded out the top four. Ron Allen took the win in the second heat with Jim Hendircks, Kyle Harpster and Hank DeWild rounding out the field.
Rookie IMCA Modified driver Dan Rhiley won the first of three heat races. James Kleinheksel, Mike Stearns and Terry Richards also made the invert for the feature. Heat two resulted in Clint Homan taking the win. Shane Stutzman was second, Scott Bivens was third and fourth went to Dan Neeman. Tom Svoboda won the final heat race with Scott Styskal second, Brian Levander third and Shane Hiatt fourth.
Nick Topil took the win in the first IMCA Hobby Stock heat race. SUane Schroeder was second with Eric Hanson and Mike Goldfuss rounding out the top four. Brandon Kresha won heat number two as Rich Small, Branden Wergin and Quinten Spragg followed. Dusty Poessnecker won the final Hobby Stock heat race. Jim Buss was second, Lee Kracht third and Damon Richards fourth.
Ricky Harris won the first of two IMCA Compact heat races. Levi Stoakes was second, Hunter Wergin third and Jessica Ludwig fourth. Jeremy Noonan won heat number two. Garrett Rech was second, Tyler Leicy third and Jeff Davis fourth.
Ricky Harris took the lead as the IMCA Sport Compact A-feature began. Harris continued to lead and take the win. Jeremy Noonan finished second followed by Trevor Noonan and Tyler Leicy.
Brandon Jessen led the first four laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature but then Denny Berghahn Jr. took the lead anc continued to make it four in a row. Kyle Harpster finished second with Jesse Sobbing third and Ron Allen fourth.
The IMCA Hobby Stock feature had several lead changes as Damon Richards jumped into the lead on the first lap. Eric Hanson took the lead on lap two and continued his lead until a crash which included several cars occurred on the front stretch after eleven laps were completed. Dusty Poessnecker got the lead as the race resumed and took the win. Mike Goldfuss finished second with Damon Richards third and Brandon Kresha was fourth.
Dand Neeman jumped into the lead of the IMCA Modified feature but Scott Bivens took control on lap two. Bivens continued his lead until the final time coming out of turn four as Chris Alcorn took the win by .005 seconds. Bivens was second, Shane Stutzman third and Clint Homan fourth.
