Season Champions Crowned at Independence Motor Speedway
The final checkered flag flew on the 2015 Independence Motor Speedway season. Six track champions were crowned on August 29, 2015.
Congratulations to the 2015 Independence Motor Speedway track champions.
Budweiser IMCA Late Models: Tyler Droste.
Performance Bodies IMCA Modified: JD Auringer.
Burco Sales IMCA Stock Car: Jarod Weepie
Tenacity Graphics IMCA SportMod: Tony Olson
Big Daddy Chassis IMCA Hobby Stock:
RCZ Enterprises Indee Cars: Don Erger
During the Budweiser IMCA Late Model Season Championship A-Main, Sean Johnson stole the lead from pole-sitter Tyler Droste at the drop of the green flag. Johnson opened up a slightly lead, but Droste keep hustling around the three-eighths mile dirt track. In the closing laps, Johnson was battling heavy lapped traffic.
That's when Droste was able to put his nose underneath the leader. Johnson picked the wrong lane will working to complete lap twenty-three,and found himself caught behind a slower car. Droste was able to slip by and race off to the win. Johnson finished second. Been Seeman and Curt Martin followed across the line. Rick Wendling started twelfth, but raced to a top five finish during the caution free twenty-five lap A-Main.
JD Auringer took the lead when the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds main event came to life. Ronn Lauritzen applied pressure on the leader. The duo would race side-by-side through the first half. Auringer was able to put five car lengths between he and Lauritzen. In the closing laps, lap traffic raced two-wide and the lead pack closed in on their tail. Lauritzen was able to close back in, but he could not wrestle the lead away. Auringer would finish first followed by Lauritzen. Brennen Chipp finished third. Patrick Flannagan and Ed Thomas closed out the top five.
Jarod Weepie and Kevin Rose broke away from the pack when the Burco Sales IMCA Stock Car A-Main got underway. Weepie held the lead while Rose looked for away underneath for the lead. Chris Luloff closed in on the front pack. He was able to work past Rose and eventual Weepie for the lead. Luloff raced to the win. Weepie, Rose, Norman Chesmore, and Roger Ciesielski made up the rest of the top five finishers.
Tony Olson took the win in the Tenacity Graphics IMCA SportMod main event. Kevin Hurst came home second followed by Alex Zwanzinger.
Benji Irvine lead all fifteen laps in the Big Daddy Chassis IMCA Hobby Stock feature followed by Justin Lichty and Tyler Ollendiecck.
Don Erger took the win in the RCZ Enterprises Indee Car feature, and Tim Bader won the Nostalgia exhibition race.
The 2015 racing season has come to an end for the Independence Motor Speedway. Details on the year-end banquet will be released soon. Check RaceIndee.com for details.
INDEPENDENCE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
INDEPENDENCE, IA
AUGUST 29, 2015
BUDWEISER IMCA LATE MODEL: A-Main
P | # | DRIVER |
1 | 31 | Tyler Droste (Waterloo) |
2 | 8R | Sean Johnson (Indee) |
3 | 60 | Ben Seeman (Waterloo) |
4 | 45 | Curt Martin (Indee) |
5 | 78 | Rick Wendling (Hazelton) |
6 | 2P | Jon Passick (Waterloo) |
7 | 16 | Tyler Bruenning (Decorah) |
8 | 83 | Russell Hesse (Waterloo) |
9 | 88 | Drew Johnson (Belle Plain) |
10 | 2 | Rory Metcalf (Iowa City) |
11 | 9 | Bobby Hansen (Center Point) |
12 | 77 | Dirk Hamilton (Jesup) |
13 | 44 | Mark Hurst (Denver) |
14 | 51 | Ryan Dolan (Lisbon) |
15 | 99 | Luke Pestka (Robins) |
16 | 1H | Brian Hunter (Indee) |
17 | 73 | Greg Kastli (Waterloo) |
18 | 5W | Scotty Welsch (Cedar Rapids) |
PERFORMANCE BODIES IMCA MODIFIED: A-Main
1 | O0 | JD Auringer (Waterloo) |
2 | 10K | Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup) |
3 | 21 | Brennen Chip (Waterloo) |
4 | F7 | Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids) |
5 | O1 | Ed Thomas (Waterloo) |
6 | 71 | Troy Cordes (Dunkerton) |
7 | 20L | Zach Less (Hopkinton) |
8 | 5 | Jason Morehouse (Evansdale) |
9 | 415 | Josh Barta (Cedar Falls) |
10 | 4 | Brandon Maitland (Waterloo) |
11 | 93K | Jeff Kriz (Waterloo) |
12 | 57B | Dennis Betzer (Central City) |
13 | 27 | Jamie Johnson (Waterloo) |
14 | 23W | Robert Whalen (Nashua) |
15 | 2 | Ryan Maitland (Waterloo) |
16 | 5B | Austin Bishop (Manchester) |
17 | 11B | Mike Burbridge (Delhi) |
18 | 14 | Tom Hansen (Vinton) |
19 | 7 | Todd Jensen (Waterloo) |
20 | 21 | Tyler Mandigan (Dubuque) |
21 | 75 | Josh Sherbon (Cedar Falls) |
22 | 64 | Vern Jackson (Waterloo) |
BURCO SALES IMCA STOCK CARS: A-Main
1 | 18 | Chris Luloff (Indee) |
2 | 3 | Jarod Weepie (Dinkerton) |
3 | 22K | Kevin Rose (Waterloo) |
4 | 15 | Norman Chesmore (Rowley) |
5 | 37C | Roger Ciesielski (Waterloo) |
6 | 7H | Phil Holtz (Manchester) |
7 | JR3 | Jason Hocken (Indee) |
8 | 4JR | Russell Damme JR (Waterloo) |
9 | 74C | Cole Mather (Dundee) |
10 | 8 | Austin Evens (Indee) |
11 | 5G | Cliff Gray (Waterloo) |
12 | 13 | Rick Milks (Jesup) |
13 | 61 | Scott Hampton (Waterloo) |
14 | 56T | Justin Temeyer (Indee) |
TENACITY GRAPHICS IMCA SPORTMOD: A-Main
1 | T23 | Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids) |
2 | 339 | Kevin Hurst (Janesville) |
3 | 32Z | Alex Zwanzinger (Nashua) |
4 | 35 | Kyle Bentley (Inde) |
5 | 63 | Matt McCahen (Waterloo) |
6 | 15N | Niel Ross (Ely) |
7 | 45 | Jonny Williams (Walker) |
8 | 24R | Kevin Robinson (Dewer) |
9 | 50H | Steve Wimer (Indee) |
10 | 10s | John Shafer (LaPorte City) |
11 | 57R | Ryan King (Montour) |
12 | 11A | Andy Hunter (Indee) |
13 | 2 | Nick Welsch (Cedar Falls) |
14 | 11M | Mike Mitchell (Cedar Rapids) |
15 | 29M | Andrew Mitchell (Indee) |
16 | K3 | Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids) |
17 | 42 | Chris Lewis (Anamosa) |
18 | O0 | Jim Buhlman (Cedar Falls) |
19 | 96 | Lucas Lundry (Maynard) |
20 | 99B | John Bates (Fairbank) |
BIG DADDY CHASSIS IMCA HOBBY STOCK: A-Main
1 | 79 | Benji Irvine (Stanley) |
2 | 166 | Justin Lichty (Waterloo) |
3 | 24T | Tyler Ollendiecck (Tripoli) |
4 | 357 | Brett Vanous (Quesqy) |
5 | 35B | Shawn Kuenen (Hazelton) |
6 | T64 | Jerimiah Wilson (Waterloo) |
7 | 82 | Billy Rhodes (Maynard) |
8 | 23J | Justin Hansen (Waterloo) |
9 | 64 | Jerome Wilson (Waterloo) |
10 | 16 | Robert Twaites (Waterloo) |
11 | 55 | Vince Buchholz (Tama) |
12 | 77 | Rodney Grother (Cedar Rapids) |
13 | 58B | Randy Byerly (Tipton) |
14 | 20B | Matt Burmeister (Dunkerton) |
15 | 717 | Zach Swanson (Waterloo) |
16 | 98 | Neal Miller (Waterloo) |
17 | 68R | Shawn Reynolds (Raymond) |
18 | 9ER | Adam Speicher (Fredricksburg) |
RCZ ENTERPRISES INDEE CARS: A-Main
1 | 6E | Don Erger (Brandon) |
2 | 51 | Cole McNeal (Dysart) |
3 | 18 | Jeff Davis (LaPorte City) |
4 | 16 | Robby Decker (Waterloo) |
5 | 43 | Brett Knapp (Waukon) |
6 | 48 | Carson Less (Hopkinton) |
7 | 75s | Cole Suchow (Cresco) |
8 | 17 | Brady Kohrs (Unknown) |
9 | 71 | Tristian Cordes (Dunkerton) |
NOSTALGIA CARS: A-Main
1 | 105 | Tim Bader (Monticello) |
2 | 54 | Doug Picray (Monticello) |
3 | 17 | Jamie Huff (Center Point) |
4 | 21 | Brad Huff (Marion) |
5 | 95 | Dan Beer (Center Point) |
6 | 9 | Jeff Evens (Robins) |
7 | 8 | John Huff (Center Point) |
8 | 3 | Scott Jorpeland (Marshaltown) |
9 | 55 | Steve Gordon (Knoxville) - DNS |