(Racing Every Friday Night)
Race Results
June 23, 2000
By Rob Ristesund
Chad Meyer charged from the fourth row to take the lead on lap three and ran away with the sprint car feature win Friday night at Rapid Speedway. Meyer took the checkered flag half a straightaway’s length ahead of Gordy Vogelaar to claim his first feature win of the year. Third went to early leader Tom Platt followed by Brian Baker and Bill Fredin. Todd Wessels, a former sprint car champion at the track, marked his first night back in racing in a number of years with an eighth place finish.
Mark Henry backed up his first feature win ever one week ago by being the first to the checkered flag for the second week in a row in the late model stock car feature. Henry passed David Kruger on lap four and was never seriously challenged, taking the win by two car lengths. After being passed on the final lap by Mark DeBoer, Pat Connell fought back to edge DeBoer for the runner-up spot, followed by Chad Overgaard and Dale Furby.
Marty Barber took the lead on lap three and went on to win his first sportsmen feature of the year. Barber was dogged nearly the entire race by Brad Klaassen, who settled for second ahead of Brad Haas and Billy Sprock.
Marlo DeJager scored his first hobby stock feature win of the year, becoming the seventh different driver in as many nights of racing to win a feature in the highly competitive class. Craig Smith was second followed by Mark Vanden Top and Shawn Jurrens.
Late Model Stock Cars
First Heat: 1. Mark DeBoer, Adrian, Minn.; 2. Pat Connell, Sioux Falls; 3. Pete Kracht, Steen, Minn.; 4. Mark Henry, Rock Rapids; 5. Lee Schlumbohm, Garretson, S.D.
Second Heat: 1. David Kruger, Sioux Falls; 2. Chad Overgaard, Luverne, Minn.; 3. Gus Clark, Sioux Falls; 4. Darin Korthals, Rock Rapids; 5. Doug Brinkhouse, Doon.
Feature: 1. Henry; 2. Connell; 3. DeBoer; 4. Overgaard; 5. Dale Furby, Sioux Falls; 6. Kruger; 7. Schlumbohm; 8. Brinkhouse; 9. Clark; 10. Kracht; 11. Korthals.
360 Sprints
First Heat: 1. Tom Platt, Ashton, Iowa; 2. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls; 3. Randy Droescher, Larchwood; 4. Mike McMahan, Sioux Falls.
Second Heat: 1. Shawn Van Wyhe, Lester; 2. Bill Fredin, Windom, Minn.; 3. Troy Meyer, Sioux Falls; 4. Brian Baker, Rock Rapids.
Third Heat: 1. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, Minn.; 2. Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, S.D.; 3. Kevin Burd, Sioux Center; 4. Brent Vande Weerd, Rock Rapids.
Feature: 1. Chad Meyer; 2. Vogelaar; 3. Platt; 4. Baker; 5. Fredin; 6. Vande Weerd; 7. Droescher; 8. Todd Wessels, Hills, Minn.; 9. Ballenger; 10. Van Wyhe; 11. Ross Schenk, Hull; 12. Burd; 13. McMahan; 14. Jeremy Fye, Lemars; 15. Rex Stark, Sioux Falls; 16. Troy Meyer.
Sportsmen
First Heat: 1. Billy Sprock, George; 2. Brad Haas, Sioux Falls; 3. Brad Klaassen, Adrian, Minn.; 4. Marty Barber, Brandon, S.D.; 5. Gary Mulder, Canton.
Second Heat: 1. Perry Klosterbuer, Rock Rapids; 2. Rick Vander Weide, Sioux Falls; 3. Bryan McKee, Larchwood; 4. Ryan Nelson, Madison, S.D. 5. Jeff Wittrock, Sioux Falls.
Feature: 1. Barber; 2. Klaassen; 3. Haas; 4. Sprock; 5. Rick Goth, Madison, S.D.; 6. Klosterbuer; 7. Mulder; 8. Jeff Coster, Sioux Falls; 9. McKee; 10. Don Grems, Larchwood; 11. Nelson; 12. Deutsch.
I.M.C.A. Hobby Stocks
First Heat: 1. Craig Smith, Sioux Falls; 2. Mark Vanden Top, Rock Rapids; 3. David Bosma, Allendorf; 4. Dereck Vanderbrink, Rock Rapids.
Second Heat: 1. Marlo DeJager, Doon; 2. Robert Norem, Ocheydan; 3. Shawn Jurrens, Little Rock; 4. Kirk Maasdam, Orange City.
Third Heat: 1. Jeff Hoogendorn, Rock Rapids; 2. Mike Deutsch, Ellsworth, Minn.; 3. Ken Roemen, Rock Rapids; 4. Heath Warntjes, Boyden.
B Feature: 1. Darwin Klaassen, Little Rock; 2. Denton Potter, Larchwood; 3. Anthony Mann, Luverne, Minn.; 4. Korey Woelber, Boyden. 5. Mike Thompson, Sioux Falls.
Feature: 1. DeJager; 2. Smith; 3. Vanden Top; 4. Jurrens; 5. Bosma; 6. Maasdam; 7. Klaassen; 8. Roemen; 9. Hoogendorn; 10. Deutsch; 11. Warntjes; 12. Woelber.