(Racing Every Friday Night)
Race Results
June 22, 2001
By Shawn Neisteadt
Rock Rapids, IA-- Joe Riedel and Rick Adams led the field of NMRA 360 sprints to the green, but the red flag waved when Mitch Runge flipped and collected Blaine Foreman. Both drivers walked away uninjured, but had to call it a night before completing a lap. The field made a complete restart, and this time, Riedel put the Duffy Farms car into the lead. Randy Droescher was following in second when the yellow flag waved for Eric McGillivray, who had spun in the first turn. The lap four restart saw Droescher pull his Ethanol Products car past Riedel and pull away. The Iceman held on for the remaining 14 laps of the event to claim his second Rapid Speedway victory in a row. Riedel claimed his best ever Rapid Speedway finish with his second place showing. Jim Smith finished third with Tom Platt and Shawn Van Whye rounding out the top five. "I feel good," commented Droescher after the win. "It's my wife's birthday today, so we had to win." Riedel, Platt, and Van Whye claimed heat race victories.
The Late Model Stock Car feature had to be yellow flagged with only one lap completed when five cars tangled in turn one. Doug Brinkhous had claimed the lead and led the field to the restart. Mark DeBoer overtook Darrin Korthals on the restart and Randy Brands one lap later to possess the second position. Korthals soon mounted a charge and pulled into third. On lap six, DeBoer passed Brinkhous, but all was not said and done as Brinkhous reclaimed the lead in turn four. Brinkhous held off the remaining charges of DeBoer to take his second win of the season. DeBoer came to the line second followed by Korthals. Randy Brands finished fourth with Chad Overgaaard just behind him. Heat race wins went to Brinkhous and Mark Henry.
Evan DeHaan took the lead of the Sportsmen main event on a lap one restart, and never looked back to claim his first victory of the season. Rick Vander Weide came back from a lap one incident, in which his right front wheel was on top of another car's hood, to claim second with the Jubilee Foods car. Mel Elsberry mounted several charges, but settled for third place. Brad Klaassen and Billy Sprock rounded out the top five. "I just tried to hold my line so I didn't goof up," said DeHaan, driver of the Siouxland Machine #7x. The win was the fourth career sportsmen victory for DeHaan, but winning isn't new to him; he was the 1996 Hobby Stock track champion. DeHaan and Klaassen claimed the heat races.
James Brower led every lap of the NMRA Hobby Stock feature to claim his first ever win. "I kept on the gas and drove smooth in the corners," said Brower after the race. "I picked a different line in the corners and it paid off. Darwin Klaassen started tenth and came up to second. Mark Vanden Top came from the last row to finish third. Jeremy Franken and James Slawson finished with top five honors. Slawson, Chris DeHaan, and Anthony Mann won the heat races. Tammy Kracht won the "B" feature.
NMRA 360 Sprints
Heat #1: 1. 11x Joe Riedel; 2. 20 Joe Peterson; 3. 3A Rick Adams; 4. 28 Mitch Runge; 5. 2D Dusty Ballenger; 6. 8X Jim Tiesler
Heat #2: 1. 25X Tom Platt; 2. 24 Randy Droescher; 3. 48 Paul Veen; 4. R19 Mike Mc Mahan; 5. 29G Dan Goosmann; 6. 4d Mark Duffy
Heat #3: 1. 99 Shawn Van Whye; 2. 33 Jim Smith; 3. 47 Brent VandeWeerd; 4. 5w Chris Wasmund; 5. 70 Blaine Foreman
A Feature: 1. 24 Randy Droescher; 2. 11x Joe Riedel; 3. 33 Jim Smith; 4. 25X Tom Platt; 5. 99 Shawn Van Whye; 6. 47 Brent VandeWeerd; 7. 3A Rick Adams; 8. 5w Chris Wasmund; 9. 20 Joe Peterson; 10. 48 Paul Veen; 11. 29G Dan Goosmann; 12. 4d Mark Duffy; 13. 8X Jim Tiesler; 14. 35 Eric McGillivray; 15. R19 Mike Mc Mahan; 16. 70 Blaine Foreman; 17. 28 Mitch Runge; 18. 2D Dusty Ballenger
NMRA Late Model Street Stocks
Heat #1: 1. 17 Doug Brinkhous; 2. 11K Darrin Korthals; 3. 00 Lee Schlumbohm; 4. 44 Jason De Boer; 5. 7 Steve DeKam; 6. 01 Greg Mulder; 7. 10 Dale Furby
Heat #2: 1. 43 Mark Henry; 2. 27 Randy Brands; 3. 42 Chad Overgaard; 4. 23 Mark De Boer; 5. 97 David Kruger; 6. 35 John De Groot
A Feature: 1. 17 Doug Brinkhous; 2. 23 Mark De Boer; 3. 11K Darrin Korthals; 4. 27 Randy Brands; 5. 42 Chad Overgaard; 6. 10 Dale Furby; 7. 35 John De Groot; 8. 43 Mark Henry; 9. 44 Jason De Boer; 10. 01 Greg Mulder; 11. 7 Steve DeKam; 12. 97 David Kruger; 13. 00 Lee Schlumbohm
NMRA Sportsmen
Heat #1: 1. 7x Evan DeHaan; 2. 6 Rick Vander Weide; 3. 27B Billy Sprock; 4. 72 Brad Haas; 5. 5 Mel Elsberry; 6. 40 Scott Overgaard; 7. 21 Don Grems
Heat #2: 1. 45K Brad Klaassen; 2. 90 Rick Goth; 3. 36 Glenn Wynia; 4. 8 Randy Vander Weide; 5. 66 Marty Halouska; 6. 63 Todd Huisman
A Feature: 1. 7x Evan DeHaan; 2. 6 Rick Vander Weide; 3. 5 Mel Elsberry; 4. 45K Brad Klaassen; 5. 27B Billy Sprock; 6. 21 Don Grems; 7. 63 Todd Huisman; 8. 8 Randy Vander Weide; 9. 72 Brad Haas; 10. 66 Marty Halouska; 11. 90 Rick Goth; 12. 40 Scott Overgaard; 13. 36 Glenn Wynia
NMRA Hobby Stocks
Heat #1: 1. 20 Anthony Mann; 2. 9B Bob DeBoer; 3. 2 Dereck Van Der Brink; 4. 4 Travis Jansma; 5. 99 Kevin Frodermann; 6. 81 Mark VandenTop
Heat #2: 1. 7x Chris DeHaan; 2. 21X Mike Deutsch; 3. 31x Jeremy Franken; 4. 91 Jeff Hoogendoorn; 5. 15 Tammy Kracht; 6. 20x Joe Schueller
Heat #3: 1. 17S James Slawson; 2. 28 Denton Potter; 3. 80 James Brower; 4. 45 Darwin Klaassen; 5. 18 Jason Vande Vegte; 6. 89 Jason Fedeler
B Feature: 1. 15 Tammy Kracht; 2. 81 Mark VandenTop; 3. 99 Kevin Frodermann; 4. 18 Jason Vande Vegte; 5. 89 Jason Fedeler; 6. 20x Joe Schueller
A Feature: 1. 80 James Brower; 2. 45 Darwin Klaassen; 3. 81 Mark VandenTop; 4. 31x Jeremy Franken; 5. 17S James Slawson; 6. 7x Chris DeHaan; 7. 15 Tammy Kracht; 8. 4 Travis Jansma; 9. 9B Bob DeBoer; 10. 20 Anthony Mann; 11. 28 Denton Potter; 12. 21X Mike Deutsch; 13. 91 Jeff Hoogendoorn; 14. 2 Dereck Van Der Brink