Droste Delivers Memorable Win at Independence Motor Speedway

It was a storybook night for Budweiser IMCA Late Model driver Tyler Droste at Independence Motor Speedway on June 13, 2015.

Not only did Droste celebrate his 19th birthday in victory lane, but he did it with Late Model legends Gary Crawford, Ed Sanger and Curt Hansen on-hand to present the trophy in victory lane.

The three former drivers, who competed against Droste’s grandfather Red in the 1960s and 1970s, were in attendance to honor the memory of the speedway’s first promoter, Vern Weber, who passed away during the off-season.

Jerry King took the lead at the drop of the green and was pestered by Luke Pestka while Droste worked through the pack from a fifth row start.

Droste made his way into the top five on the 11th of 25 laps and powered into second before caution slowed action on the 20th circuit.

Droste made his way beneath King to steal the lead two laps later en route to his first Late Model win in Independence. King ran second ahead of Rick Wendling.

J. D. Auringer came from the same starting spot outside of row five in the 20-lapper for the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds.

Auringer ran the top groove around traffic while Mike Burbridge built a sizable lead from his pole position start.

Auringer made his way into second in just five laps and quickly cut into Burbridge’s lead. He made his way into the lead at the 12 lap mark on his way to his second straight win. Ronn Lauritzen earned runner-up honors ahead of Burbridge.

Brett Vanous picked up the first win of his career in the Big Daddy Chassis IMCA Hobby Stock division.

Vanous was running second when leader Adam Speicher drifted off the top of the front stretch with six laps to go in that 15-lapper.

Vanous maintained the point for the remainder of the event to score the milestone win ahead of Speicher and Benji Irvine.

Jason Hocken led the entire 15-lap distance to earn his first win of the year in the Burco Sales IMCA Stock Car division. Hocken took the checkers ahead of Cole Mather and Jarod Weepie.

Lucas Lundry also led the entirety of the 15-lap Tenacity Graphics IMCA Northern SportMod feature to score his first win of the season. Lundry beat Tony Olson and Kevin Hurst to the checkers.

Troy Soiney raced the top side from a fifth row start into contention in the 12-lap RCZ Enterprises Indee Car main.

Soiney passed race-long leader Robby Decker on the final circuit to earn the win. Brett Knapp made a late push to edge Decker at the line for second.

Contributed By: Ryan Clark

INDEPENDENCE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
WEEKLY RACE RESULTS
INDEPENDENCE, IA
JUNE 13, 2015

IMCA LATE MODEL
Feature – 1. 31 Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 2. 70 Jerry King, Waterloo; 3. 78 Rick Wendling, Hazleton; 4. 1 Travis Smock, Independence; 5. 02T Tanner Allen, Springville; 6. 45 Curt Martin, Independence; 7. 16 Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 8. 53 Darren Ackerman, Readlyn; 9. 77 Dirk Hamilton, Jesup; 10. 5W Scott Welsh, Cedar Rapids; 11. 32C Chad Holladay, Muscatine; 12. 83 Russell Hesse, Waterloo; 13. 88 Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine; 14. 44 Mark Hurst, Denver; 15. 99 Luke Pestka, Robins; 16. 8R Sean Johnson, Independence; 17. 73 Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 18. 60 Ben Seemann, Waterloo.

First heat – 1. S. Johnson; 2. Smock; 3. Bruening; 4. Welsh; 5. Hesse; 6. Kastli.

Second heat – 1. King; 2. D. Johnson; 3. Holladay; 4. Ackerman; 5. Allen; 6. Martin.

Third heat – 1. Pestka; 2. Wendling; 3. Droste; 4. Hamilton; 5. Seemann; 6. Hurst.

IMCA MODIFIED
Feature – 1. 00J J. D. Auringer, Waterloo; 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 3. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 4. 41 Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque; 5. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 6. 26 Brian Irvine, Oelwein; 7. 5 Jason Morehouse, Evansdale; 8. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 9. 71 Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 10. 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo; 11. 20L Zach Less, Manchester; 12. 4 Ryan Maitland, Denver; 13. 43 Milo Veloz, Colona, Ill.; 14. 24R Adam Johnson, Independence; 15. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 16. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 17. 21 Brennen Chipp, Waterloo; 18. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 19. 415 Josh Barta, Cedar Falls; 20. 21M Tyler Madigan, Epworth; 21. 68 Tysus Pattee, Vinton; 22. 85C Bryce Carey, Nashua; 23. 01 Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 24. 49 Rod McDonald, Manchester; 25. 75 Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 26. 5B Austin Bishop, Manchester.

First heat – 1. Burbridge; 2. Johnson; 3. Irvine; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Chipp; 6. Madigan; 7. Veloz; 8. Carey; 9. Betzer.

Second heat – 1. Pittman; 2. Thomas; 3. Auringer; 4. Sherbon; 5. Maitland; 6. Barta; 7. McDonald; 8. Pattee; 9. Bentley.

Third heat – 1. Morehouse; 2. Jackson, 3. Hurst; 4. Less; 5. Cordes; 6. Rust; 7. Bishop; 8. Flannagan.

IMCA STOCK CAR
Feature – 1. JR3 Jason Hocken, Independence; 2. 74C Cole Mather, Dundee; 3. 3 Jarod Weepie, Dunkerton; 4. 4JR Russell Damme Jr., Waterloo; 5. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 6. 22K Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 7. 8E Mitchell Evens, Independence; 8. 18 Chris Luloff, Independence; 9. 37C Roger Ciesielski, Waterloo; 10. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 11. 61 Scott Hampton, Waterloo; 12. 13 Rick Milks, Jesup.

First heat – 1. Weepie; 2. Chesmore; 3. Hocken; 4. Galli; 5. Rose; 6. Milks.

Second heat – 1. Damme; 2. Ciesielski; 3. Luloff; 4. Hampton; 5. Mather; 6. Evens.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Feature – 1. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 2. 9ER Adam Speicher, Fredericksburg; 3. 79 Benji Irvine, Oelwein; 4. 166 Justin Lichty, Waterloo; 5. 98 Neal Miller, Waterloo; 6. 95 Matt Lundry, Oelwein; 7. 24T Tyler Ollendieck, Tripoli; 8. 55 Vince Buchholz, Tama; 9. 64 Jerome Wilson, Waterloo; 10. 7B Jim Ball, Independence; 11. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 12. 77 Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids; 13. 09 Daniel Wauters, Iowa City; 14. 10MW Mike Wilson, Jesup; 15. 87M Milo Matthias, Cocoa, Fla.; 16. 16 Rob Twaites, Waterloo; 17. 18X Dru Kueker, West Union; 18. 58B Randy Byerly, Tipton; 19. 68R Shawn Randall, Raymond; 20. 5 Marcus Wayne, Independence.

First heat – 1. Miller; 2. Vanous; 3. Grother; 4. Irvine; 5. Buchholz; 6. Luloff; 7. Byerly.

Second heat – 1. Speicher; 2. Lundry; 3. J. Wilson; 4. Matthias; 5. Ball; 6. Twaites; 7. Wayne.

Third heat – 1. Lichty; 2. Ollendieck; 3. Wacha; 4. Randall; 5. Wauters; 6. M. Wilson.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Feature – 1. 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard; 2. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 3. 339 Kevin Hurst, Janesville; 4. 32Z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua; 5. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 6. 00 Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls; 7. S16 Kip Siems, Cedar Falls; 8. 5M Mike Mills, Dubuque; 9. 35 Kyle Bentley, Independence; 10. 15N Ross Neal, Marion; 11. 10L Levi Laymon, Muscatine; 12. 63 Matt McCahen, Waterloo; 13. 24R Kevin Robinson, Dewar; 14. 3T Tyler Soppe, Sherrill; 15. 99B John Bates, Fairbank; 16. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Waverly; 17. 50H Steve Wimer, Toddville; 18. 12R Travis Storjohann, Marshalltown; 19. 8C Dalton Clendenen, Dubuque; 20. 36 Jake Salisbury, Dunkerton; 21. 29 Sean Vogt, Watkins; DNS K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids.

First heat – 1. Vogt; 2. Bentley; 3. Siems; 4. Neal; 5. Bates; 6. Salisbury; 7. Storjohann; 8. Wimer.

Second heat – 1. T. Olson; 2. Hurst; 3. Buhlman; 4. Soppe; 5. Robinson; 6. Sellers; 7. McCahen.

Third heat – 1. Lundry; 2. Zwanziger; 3. Mills; 4. King; 5. Laymon; 6. Clendenen; DNS K. Olson.

INDEE CAR
Feature – 1. 96 Troy Soiney, Mabel, Minn.; 2. 43 Brett Knapp, Waukon; 3. 16 Robby Decker, Waterloo; 4. 71 Tristan Cordes, Dunkerton; 5. 18 Jeff Davis, La Porte City; 6. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha; 7. 25 Jamie Whitaker, Oelwein; 8. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 9. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 10. 7X Chad Dugan, Waukon; 11. 111A A. J. Witten, Cedar Rapids; 12. 1 Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids.

First heat – 1. Witten; 2. Whitaker; 3. Knapp; 4. Soiney; 5. McNeal; 6. Reynolds.

Second heat – 1. Cordes; 2. Pate; 3. Erger; 4. Davis; 5. Decker; 6. Dugan.