Dolan Delivers IMCA Late Model Win at Benton County Speedway

Ryan Dolan raced the top side to victory in the IMCA Late Model Sunday Series headliner at Benton County Speedway on Sunday, May 31, 2015.

Todd Cooney came from the second row to assume command on lap two and was challenged by Sean Johnson for the lead while Dolan worked from a fifth row starting spot.

Dolan settled into fourth place when caution slowed action just prior to the halfway point of the 25-lapper.

Following the final stoppage on lap 13, Dolan went to work on the outside of both Johnson and Charlie McKenna to steal second with four laps to go.

Dolan quickly reeled in Cooney as the lead pair battled side-by-side before Dolan drove away to the victory. Cooney ran second ahead of a hard-charging John Emerson.

IMCA Modified points leader Kyle Brown drove the low groove from a fifth row starting spot to steal the lead from Jerry Dedrick just past the midway point of that 20-lapper.

Brown protected the low side to seal the victory, his second of the season, ahead of Troy Cordes and Dedrick.

Nathan Wood came out on top in a terrific six-car battle in the 16-lap IMCA Stock Car main event.

Michael Peterson led early while Wood, Damon Murty, Justin Stander, Norman Chesmore and Scott Pippert gave chase on the multi-groove quarter-mile.

Wood found room beneath Peterson to take the lead with four laps to go to score his first Stock Car win in Vinton. Murty ran the high side to come home a close second ahead of Peterson.

Ryan King led throughout the early stages of the 16-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature. He paced the field while Tony Olson worked through traffic from a fifth row start.

Olson swept past King following a lap eight restart to drive to his second win of the season. Kurt Hogan and Dawn Krall completed the top three.

Nathan Ballard collected his third win of the season in the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Ballard raced the low groove from a fifth place start to steal the lead from Zach Swanson with six laps to go.

Ballard took the checkers ahead of Brian Happel and Jacob Floyd.

Brandon Maitland led all 12 laps to earn his second BCS Micro Mod win of the year. Maitland scored the convincing win ahead of Don Erger and Buster Pate.

Contributed By: Ryan Clark

BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY
Weekly Race Results
May 31, 2015

IMCA LATE MODEL:
FEATURE – 1. 51 Ryan Dolan, Lisbon; 2. 30 Todd Cooney, Des Moines; 3. 87 John Emerson, Waterloo; 4. 22 Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake; 5. 1 Travis Smock, Independence; 6. 8R Sean Johnson, Independence; 7. 99 Luke Pestka, Robins; 8. 9 Bobby Hansen, Center Point; 9. 32 Curtis Glover, Des Moines; 10. 70 Jerry King, Waterloo; 11. 60 Ben Seemann, Waterloo; 12. 05 Paul Nagle, Nevada; 13. 32X Chris Snyder, Raymond; 14. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 15. 17J Jason Seegmiller, Dubuque; 16. 23 Paul Conrad, Colo; 17. 5W Scott Welsh, Cedar Rapids; 18. 78 Rick Wendling, Hazleton; 19. 37B Brunson Behning, Davenport; DNS. 19 Kelly Pestka, Preston; DNS 15C Curt Schroeder, Newton.
HEAT 1 – 1. Behning; 2. Dolan; 3. L. Pestka; 4. King; 5. Hansen; 6. Snyder; 7. Conrad.
HEAT 2 – 1. Cooney; 2. McKenna; 3. Emerson; 4. Smock; 5. Nagle; 6. Seemann; 7. Glover.
HEAT 3 – 1. Wendling; 2. Johnson; 3. Welsh; 4. Seegmiller; 5. Hamilton; DNS K. Pestka; DNS Schroeder.

IMCA MODIFIED:
FEATURE – 1. 21K Kyle Brown, State Center; 2. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 3. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 4. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 5. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 6. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 7. 20L Zach Less, Hopkinton; 8. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 9. 17R Derek Reimer, St. Anthony; 10. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 11. 4 Ryan Maitland, Denver; 12. 415 Josh Barta, Cedar Falls; 13. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 14. 21D David Brown, Kellogg; 15. 23 J. J. Scott, Iowa City; 16. 75 Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 17. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 18. 9 Leon Wilson, Hopkinton.
HEAT 1 – 1. Barta; 2. Flannagan; 3. Dedrick; 4. Less; 5. Sherbon; 6. Wilson.
HEAT 2 – 1. Hogan; 2. K. Brown; 3. Snyder; 4. D. Brown; 5. Bentley; 6. Hanson.
HEAT 3 – 1. Cordes; 2. Betzer; 3. Maitland; 4. Burbridge; 5. Scott; 6. Reimer.

IMCA STOCK CAR:
Feature – 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3. 1X Michael Peterson, Montezuma; 4. 67 Justin Stander, Vinton; 5. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 6. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 7. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 8. 99 Erick Knutsen, Cedar Rapids; 9. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 10. 42 Lon Mercer, Urbana; 11. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale; 12. 8B Scott Beauregard, Brandon.
HEAT 1 – 1. Wood; 2. Stander; 3. Murty; 4. Mercer; 5. Knutsen; 6. Galli.
HEAT 2 – 1. Roster; 2. Chesmore; 3. Pippert; 4. Peterson; 5. Beauregard; 6. Ebaugh.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD:
FEATURE – 1. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 2. MR09 Kurt Hogan, Vinton; 3. 17 Dawn Krall, Evansdale; 4. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 5. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 6. J2 Dave Schulze, Keystone; 7. 3M Dave McCalla, Cedar Rapids; 8. 35 Kyle Bentley, Independence; 9. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 10. CH19 Colby Heishman, Brooklyn; 11. 19B Nate Smith, Cedar Falls; 12. T17 Tom Rawlins, Kellogg; 13. 10 Lee Rouse, Atkins; 14. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 15. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 16. 199 Dave Burrell, Dysart.
HEAT 1 – 1. T. Olson; 2. King; 3. Hilmer; 4. Krall; 5. Petrzelka; 6. Rouse; 7. Burrell; 8. Bentley.
HEAT 2 – 1. Hogan; 2. Dvorak; 3. Schulze; 4. K. Olson; 5. McCalla; 6. Heishman; 7. Smith; 8. Rawlins.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK:
FEATURE – 1. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 2. 46 Brian Happel, Vinton; 3. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 4. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 5. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 6. 09 Daniel Wauters, Iowa City; 7. 71A Kyle Dulin, Brandon; 8. 717 Zach Swanson, Waterloo; 9. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 10. 77 Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 11. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 12. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 13. 4P Matt Pohlman, Keystone; 14. 10J Gabe Phelps, Vinton; DNS K12 Cody Swanson, Waterloo.
HEAT 1 – 1. Ballard; 2. Floyd; 3. Grother; 4. Dulin; 5. Wauters; 6. Petrzelka; DNS C. Swanson; DNS Bonnett.
HEAT 2 – 1. Vanous; 2. Happel; 3. Brown; 4. Z. Swanson; 5. Wacha; 6. Pohlman; 7. Floyd.

BCS MICRO MOD:
FEATURE – 1. 2 Brandon Maitland, Denver; 2. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 3. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha; 4. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 5. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 6. 18 Jeff Davis, La Porte City; 7. 16 Robby Decker, Waterloo; 8. 13 Scott Beaty, Urbana; 9. 00 Brody Willett, Alburnett; 10. 71 Tristan Cordes, Dunkerton; 11. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 12. 111A A. J. Witten, Cedar Rapids.
HEAT 1 – 1. Willett; 2. Cordes; 3. Erger; 4. Pate; 5. McNeal; 6. Beaty.
HEAT 2 – 1. Maitland; 2. Davis; 3. Post; 4. Decker; 5. Witten; 6. Murty.