Post by jkelly57 on Sept 8, 2008 14:06:15 GMT -6
Stoa tops Modified main at record-setting
IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals
>
> BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Kevin Stoa capped a record-setting IMCA
> Speedway Mo tors Super Nationals by winning Saturday night’s Modified
> main event at Boone Speedway.
>
> The North Carolina transplant and 2000 champion started 18th and
> worked his way through the field, passing five-time race winner John
> Logue with five circuits left in the 40-lap contest.
>
> Three-time champion Mark Noble ran third, despite an exit early in
> the race to fix a flat tire. Jay Goosmann and Mike Mullen rounded out
> the top five.
>
> Other champions crowned on Saturday were Brian Irvine in the Stock
> Cars, Andy Boeck man in the Hobby Stocks and Harvey Vande Weerd in
> the Karl Chevrolet North SportMods.
>
> Johnathan Thimmesch won the Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial
> Race of Champi ons for Modifieds and Kevin Opheim topped the Sunoco
> Race Fuels Race of Champi ons for Stock Cars.
>
> Winners earlier in the week were Todd Cooney in the Deery Brothers
> Summer Series for Late Models on Monday, Tim St. Arnold in the
> Jackpot Junction Tour for Sprint Cars on Tuesday and Jay Noteboom in
> Friday’s Fast-Shafts All-Star Invitational for Modifieds.
>
> A record 825 cars from 23 states and Canada were in the pits for the
> 26th annual Super Nationals. That total included 305 Modifieds, 176
> Stock Cars, 139 Northern SportMods, 139 Hobby Stocks, 47 Late Models
> and 19 Sprint Cars.
>
> Mark Elliott started the Modified main event from the pole and led
> the first five laps before driving off with mechanical problems. Jake
> Durbin inherited the front spot and looked to check out on the field
> before a lap 24 caution.
>
> The door swung wide open for Logue to take over following the ensuing
> re-start, when Durbin and 2006 champ Rich Lewerke got together in the
> second set of turns.
>
> Stoa went back and forth with 30th starting Eric Dailey before
> securing the second spot for himself and then driving on the higher
> line around Logue. Dailey left the track following a lap 38 caution
> and Stoa held off Logue and Noble the rest of the way, winning by
> less than two car lengths.
>
> Also the 2006 Super Nationals Stock king, Irvine led all 30 laps from
> his outside row one start. His lead was a straightaway at the halfway
> point and Irvine pulled away again following a caution with four
> circuits left in the 30-lapper.
>
> Damon Murty, Larry Portis, defending champion Opheim and Chad Estes
> followed at the finish.
>
> Boeckman won the fourth Hobby Stock title of his Super Nationals
> career after catching Doug Smith for the lead on lap eight.
>
> The pair made side-to-side contact before Boeckman drove away to win
> by a comfortable margin. Smith, Beau Kaplan, Chris Jensen and Rusty
> Montagne completed the top five.
>
> Vande Weerd was in the right place at the right time, running third
> when frontrunners Kevin Sather and Luke Wanninger got together late
> in the contest.
>
> He held off 20th starting Troy Jerovetz in the green-white-checkered
> finish. Brett Meyer, Scott Davis and Joe Docekal followed.
>
> The re-draw at midway put Thimmesch at the front of the Efkamp race
> and he led the last 10 laps, holding off Noble and Ryan Ruter.
>
> Opheim took charge on lap three of the Sunoco RoC and led the last
> eight times around the track. Robert Stofer and Jeff Turner chased
> Opheim to the checkers.
>
> Stoa made $2,008 for his Modified win while the Late Model checkers
> put $2,000 in Cooney’s pocket. Thimmesch collected $1,000 in prize
> money and another $1,000 in lap money for his Efkamp win.
>
> Irvine and St. Arnold each earned $1,000, Boeckman and Vande Weerd
> $600 each. Opheim made $500, plus another $400 in lap money, for the
> Sunoco victory.
>
> Saturday Results
>
> Modifieds – 1. Kevin Stoa, Salisbury, N.C.; 2. John Logue, Boone; 3.
> Mark Noble, Bloom ing Prairie, Minn.; 4. Jay Goosmann, Hinton; 5.
> Mike Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; 6. Mike Han sen, Alton; 7. Brad Pounds,
> Bakersfield, Calif.; 8. Ronnie Wallace, North Platte, Neb.; 9. Randy
> Havlik, Waukee; 10. Kelly Lyons, Boone; 11. Clay Daly, Watsonville,
> Calif.; 12. Troy Taylor, Fort Worth, Texas; 13. Jay Schmidt, Tama;
> 14. Mike Molle, Glidden; 15. Benji La Crosse, Luxemburg, Wis.; 16.
> Jonathan Snyder, Ames; 17. Eric Dailey, Armstrong; 18. Rich Lewerke,
> Garner; 19. Brad Williams, Lytton; 20. Jake Durbin, Perry; 21. Jeremy
> Mills, Gar ner; 22. Troy Cordes, Raymond; 23. T. J. Stalker, Mason
> City; 24. Scotty Brown, Dallas, Texas; 25. Scott Baker, Boone; 26.
> Shawn Kilgore, New Franken, Wis.; 27. Matt Bonine, Onawa; 28. Johnny
> Saathoff, Beatrice, Neb.; 29. Mark Elliott, Webster City; 30. Sean
> Jerovetz, Krakow, Wis.; 31. J.J. Wise, Manley; 32. Jay Noteboom,
> Hinton; 33. Todd Shute, Des Moines.
>
> Stock Cars – 1. Brian Irvine, Oelwein; 2. Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3.
> Larry Portis, Nora Springs; 4. Kevin Opheim, Mason City; 5. Chad
> Estes, Temple, Texas; 6. Justin Temeyer, Independence; 7. Mike
> Nichols, Harlan; 8. Larry Silbaugh, Jefferson; 9. Bryan Trogdon,
> Bouton; 10. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 11. Travis Shipman, Mason City;
> 12. Donavon Smith, Lake City; 13. Jeremy Christians, Horicon, Wis.;
> 14. David Smith, Lake City; 15. Jay Schmidt, Tama; 16. Charley Brown,
> Maxwell, Neb.; 17. Trent Murphy, Jefferson; 18. Daniel Parker,
> Greenville, Texas; 19. Rick Mees, Eagle Lake, Minn.; 20. Dustin
> Smith, Lake City; 21. Ryan Lundy, Knoxville; 22. John Heinz, Green
> Bay, Wis.; 23. Mitch Dowhower, Sioux City; 24. Colton Osborn, Cozad,
> Neb.; 25. Mike Scharn, Sac City; 26. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski,
> Wis.; 27. Jamie Colwell, Kaukauna, Wis.; 28. Jason Ward, Sioux City;
> 29. Travis VanStraten, Hortonville, Wis.; 30. Shane Manson, Manchester.
>
> Hobby Stocks – 1. Andy Boeckman, Lake View; 2. Doug Smith, Lake City;
> 3. Beau Kap lan, Ankeny; 4. Chris Jensen, Des Moines; 5. Rusty
> Montagne, North Sioux City, S.D.; 6. Chris Luloff, Independence; 7.
> Kyle Timmerman, Lake; 8. Robby Marsh, Hebron, Neb.; 9. Josh Irvine,
> Oelwein; 10. Randall Macku, Lincoln, Neb.; 11. Alan Van Gorp,
> Carlisle; 12. Travis Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 13. Randy Hadacek, Britt;
> 14. Randy Roberts, Boone; 15. Kyle Robinson, Cherokee; 16. Brandon
> Pruitt, Dexter; 17. Justin Hopkins, Boone; 18. Rod Manthey, Norwood,
> Minn.; 19. Terry Shaffar, State Center; 20. Justin Maschke, Des
> Moines; 21. Doug McCollough, Webster City; 22. Shannon Anderson,
> Atlantic; 23. Kenneth Hansen, Audubon; 24. Pat Mather, Greenfield;
> 25. Tim Wilcox, Ida Grove; 26. Kenny Loftus, Des Moines; 27. Nyle
> Godwin, Redfield; 28. Tim Rupp, Cherokee.
>
> Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods – 1. Harvey Vande Weerd, Alton; 2.
> Troy Jerovetz, Green Bay, Wis.; 3. Brett Meyer, Lytton; 4. Scott
> Davis, Boone; 5. Joe Docekal, Dysart; 6. Tracy Wassenberg, Shawano,
> Wis.; 7. Austin Lucas, Story City; 8. Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 9.
> Jeremiah Asher, St. Joseph, Mo.; 10. Geoff Olson, Sioux City; 11.
> Austin Kaplan, Ankeny; 12. Brock Hess, Renner, S.D.; 13. Kevin
> Sather, Ankeny; 14. Luke Wanninger, Jefferson; 15. Brian Miller,
> Grand Junction; 16. Fred Leytham, Garwin; 17. Brian Besaw, Omro,
> Wis.; 18. Jeffry Albright, Norwalk; 19. Max Harder, Blue Springs,
> Neb.; 20. Matthew Meinecke, Perry; 21. Nathan Chodur, Lake Mills; 22.
> Shay Woods, Humeston; 23. Michael King, Odebolt; 24. Jeremy Embrey,
> Granger; 25. Rick Ringgenberg, Kelley; 26. Joel Bushore, Boone; 27.
> Kent Croskey, Polk City.
>
> Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial Modified Race of Champions –
> 1. Johnathan Thimmesch, Aurora; 2. Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie,
> Minn.; 3. Ryan Ruter, Kanawha; 4. Tom Eiklor, Barton, N.Y.; 5. Todd
> Shute, Des Moines; 6. Jay Noteboom, Hinton; 7. Johnny Saathoff,
> Beatrice, Neb.; 8. Ricky Alvarado, Delta, Colo.; 9. Ron Pope, Mason
> City; 10. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown; 11. Randy Havlik, Waukee; 12.
> Rick Gustin, Marshalltown; 13. Wayne Larson, Ames; 14. Kelly Lyons,
> Boone; 15. Randy Brands, Boyden; 16. Justen Yea ger, Green River,
> Wyo.; 17. Al Hejna, Clear Lake; 18. Kevin Stoa, Salisbury, N.C.; 19.
> John Logue, Boone; 20. David Murray Jr., Oberlin, Kan.; 21. Rich
> Lewerke, Garner; 22. Scott Ho gan, Vinton; 23. Jared Siefert, Green
> Bay, Wis.
>
> Sunoco Race Fuels Stock Car Race of Champions – 1. Kevin Opheim,
> Mason City; 2. Robert Stofer, Jefferson; 3. Jeff Turner, Kaufman,
> Texas; 4. Justin Temeyer, Independence; 5. David Smith, Lake City; 6.
> Jeremy Christians, Horicon, Wis.; 7. Colton Osborn, Cozad, Neb.; 8.
> Charley Brown, Maxwell, Neb.; 9. Jeff Senne, Fairmont, Minn.; 10.
> Jesse Colwell, Wrightstown, Wis.
IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals
>
> BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Kevin Stoa capped a record-setting IMCA
> Speedway Mo tors Super Nationals by winning Saturday night’s Modified
> main event at Boone Speedway.
>
> The North Carolina transplant and 2000 champion started 18th and
> worked his way through the field, passing five-time race winner John
> Logue with five circuits left in the 40-lap contest.
>
> Three-time champion Mark Noble ran third, despite an exit early in
> the race to fix a flat tire. Jay Goosmann and Mike Mullen rounded out
> the top five.
>
> Other champions crowned on Saturday were Brian Irvine in the Stock
> Cars, Andy Boeck man in the Hobby Stocks and Harvey Vande Weerd in
> the Karl Chevrolet North SportMods.
>
> Johnathan Thimmesch won the Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial
> Race of Champi ons for Modifieds and Kevin Opheim topped the Sunoco
> Race Fuels Race of Champi ons for Stock Cars.
>
> Winners earlier in the week were Todd Cooney in the Deery Brothers
> Summer Series for Late Models on Monday, Tim St. Arnold in the
> Jackpot Junction Tour for Sprint Cars on Tuesday and Jay Noteboom in
> Friday’s Fast-Shafts All-Star Invitational for Modifieds.
>
> A record 825 cars from 23 states and Canada were in the pits for the
> 26th annual Super Nationals. That total included 305 Modifieds, 176
> Stock Cars, 139 Northern SportMods, 139 Hobby Stocks, 47 Late Models
> and 19 Sprint Cars.
>
> Mark Elliott started the Modified main event from the pole and led
> the first five laps before driving off with mechanical problems. Jake
> Durbin inherited the front spot and looked to check out on the field
> before a lap 24 caution.
>
> The door swung wide open for Logue to take over following the ensuing
> re-start, when Durbin and 2006 champ Rich Lewerke got together in the
> second set of turns.
>
> Stoa went back and forth with 30th starting Eric Dailey before
> securing the second spot for himself and then driving on the higher
> line around Logue. Dailey left the track following a lap 38 caution
> and Stoa held off Logue and Noble the rest of the way, winning by
> less than two car lengths.
>
> Also the 2006 Super Nationals Stock king, Irvine led all 30 laps from
> his outside row one start. His lead was a straightaway at the halfway
> point and Irvine pulled away again following a caution with four
> circuits left in the 30-lapper.
>
> Damon Murty, Larry Portis, defending champion Opheim and Chad Estes
> followed at the finish.
>
> Boeckman won the fourth Hobby Stock title of his Super Nationals
> career after catching Doug Smith for the lead on lap eight.
>
> The pair made side-to-side contact before Boeckman drove away to win
> by a comfortable margin. Smith, Beau Kaplan, Chris Jensen and Rusty
> Montagne completed the top five.
>
> Vande Weerd was in the right place at the right time, running third
> when frontrunners Kevin Sather and Luke Wanninger got together late
> in the contest.
>
> He held off 20th starting Troy Jerovetz in the green-white-checkered
> finish. Brett Meyer, Scott Davis and Joe Docekal followed.
>
> The re-draw at midway put Thimmesch at the front of the Efkamp race
> and he led the last 10 laps, holding off Noble and Ryan Ruter.
>
> Opheim took charge on lap three of the Sunoco RoC and led the last
> eight times around the track. Robert Stofer and Jeff Turner chased
> Opheim to the checkers.
>
> Stoa made $2,008 for his Modified win while the Late Model checkers
> put $2,000 in Cooney’s pocket. Thimmesch collected $1,000 in prize
> money and another $1,000 in lap money for his Efkamp win.
>
> Irvine and St. Arnold each earned $1,000, Boeckman and Vande Weerd
> $600 each. Opheim made $500, plus another $400 in lap money, for the
> Sunoco victory.
>
> Saturday Results
>
> Modifieds – 1. Kevin Stoa, Salisbury, N.C.; 2. John Logue, Boone; 3.
> Mark Noble, Bloom ing Prairie, Minn.; 4. Jay Goosmann, Hinton; 5.
> Mike Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; 6. Mike Han sen, Alton; 7. Brad Pounds,
> Bakersfield, Calif.; 8. Ronnie Wallace, North Platte, Neb.; 9. Randy
> Havlik, Waukee; 10. Kelly Lyons, Boone; 11. Clay Daly, Watsonville,
> Calif.; 12. Troy Taylor, Fort Worth, Texas; 13. Jay Schmidt, Tama;
> 14. Mike Molle, Glidden; 15. Benji La Crosse, Luxemburg, Wis.; 16.
> Jonathan Snyder, Ames; 17. Eric Dailey, Armstrong; 18. Rich Lewerke,
> Garner; 19. Brad Williams, Lytton; 20. Jake Durbin, Perry; 21. Jeremy
> Mills, Gar ner; 22. Troy Cordes, Raymond; 23. T. J. Stalker, Mason
> City; 24. Scotty Brown, Dallas, Texas; 25. Scott Baker, Boone; 26.
> Shawn Kilgore, New Franken, Wis.; 27. Matt Bonine, Onawa; 28. Johnny
> Saathoff, Beatrice, Neb.; 29. Mark Elliott, Webster City; 30. Sean
> Jerovetz, Krakow, Wis.; 31. J.J. Wise, Manley; 32. Jay Noteboom,
> Hinton; 33. Todd Shute, Des Moines.
>
> Stock Cars – 1. Brian Irvine, Oelwein; 2. Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3.
> Larry Portis, Nora Springs; 4. Kevin Opheim, Mason City; 5. Chad
> Estes, Temple, Texas; 6. Justin Temeyer, Independence; 7. Mike
> Nichols, Harlan; 8. Larry Silbaugh, Jefferson; 9. Bryan Trogdon,
> Bouton; 10. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 11. Travis Shipman, Mason City;
> 12. Donavon Smith, Lake City; 13. Jeremy Christians, Horicon, Wis.;
> 14. David Smith, Lake City; 15. Jay Schmidt, Tama; 16. Charley Brown,
> Maxwell, Neb.; 17. Trent Murphy, Jefferson; 18. Daniel Parker,
> Greenville, Texas; 19. Rick Mees, Eagle Lake, Minn.; 20. Dustin
> Smith, Lake City; 21. Ryan Lundy, Knoxville; 22. John Heinz, Green
> Bay, Wis.; 23. Mitch Dowhower, Sioux City; 24. Colton Osborn, Cozad,
> Neb.; 25. Mike Scharn, Sac City; 26. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski,
> Wis.; 27. Jamie Colwell, Kaukauna, Wis.; 28. Jason Ward, Sioux City;
> 29. Travis VanStraten, Hortonville, Wis.; 30. Shane Manson, Manchester.
>
> Hobby Stocks – 1. Andy Boeckman, Lake View; 2. Doug Smith, Lake City;
> 3. Beau Kap lan, Ankeny; 4. Chris Jensen, Des Moines; 5. Rusty
> Montagne, North Sioux City, S.D.; 6. Chris Luloff, Independence; 7.
> Kyle Timmerman, Lake; 8. Robby Marsh, Hebron, Neb.; 9. Josh Irvine,
> Oelwein; 10. Randall Macku, Lincoln, Neb.; 11. Alan Van Gorp,
> Carlisle; 12. Travis Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 13. Randy Hadacek, Britt;
> 14. Randy Roberts, Boone; 15. Kyle Robinson, Cherokee; 16. Brandon
> Pruitt, Dexter; 17. Justin Hopkins, Boone; 18. Rod Manthey, Norwood,
> Minn.; 19. Terry Shaffar, State Center; 20. Justin Maschke, Des
> Moines; 21. Doug McCollough, Webster City; 22. Shannon Anderson,
> Atlantic; 23. Kenneth Hansen, Audubon; 24. Pat Mather, Greenfield;
> 25. Tim Wilcox, Ida Grove; 26. Kenny Loftus, Des Moines; 27. Nyle
> Godwin, Redfield; 28. Tim Rupp, Cherokee.
>
> Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods – 1. Harvey Vande Weerd, Alton; 2.
> Troy Jerovetz, Green Bay, Wis.; 3. Brett Meyer, Lytton; 4. Scott
> Davis, Boone; 5. Joe Docekal, Dysart; 6. Tracy Wassenberg, Shawano,
> Wis.; 7. Austin Lucas, Story City; 8. Josh Sherbon, Cedar Falls; 9.
> Jeremiah Asher, St. Joseph, Mo.; 10. Geoff Olson, Sioux City; 11.
> Austin Kaplan, Ankeny; 12. Brock Hess, Renner, S.D.; 13. Kevin
> Sather, Ankeny; 14. Luke Wanninger, Jefferson; 15. Brian Miller,
> Grand Junction; 16. Fred Leytham, Garwin; 17. Brian Besaw, Omro,
> Wis.; 18. Jeffry Albright, Norwalk; 19. Max Harder, Blue Springs,
> Neb.; 20. Matthew Meinecke, Perry; 21. Nathan Chodur, Lake Mills; 22.
> Shay Woods, Humeston; 23. Michael King, Odebolt; 24. Jeremy Embrey,
> Granger; 25. Rick Ringgenberg, Kelley; 26. Joel Bushore, Boone; 27.
> Kent Croskey, Polk City.
>
> Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial Modified Race of Champions –
> 1. Johnathan Thimmesch, Aurora; 2. Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie,
> Minn.; 3. Ryan Ruter, Kanawha; 4. Tom Eiklor, Barton, N.Y.; 5. Todd
> Shute, Des Moines; 6. Jay Noteboom, Hinton; 7. Johnny Saathoff,
> Beatrice, Neb.; 8. Ricky Alvarado, Delta, Colo.; 9. Ron Pope, Mason
> City; 10. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown; 11. Randy Havlik, Waukee; 12.
> Rick Gustin, Marshalltown; 13. Wayne Larson, Ames; 14. Kelly Lyons,
> Boone; 15. Randy Brands, Boyden; 16. Justen Yea ger, Green River,
> Wyo.; 17. Al Hejna, Clear Lake; 18. Kevin Stoa, Salisbury, N.C.; 19.
> John Logue, Boone; 20. David Murray Jr., Oberlin, Kan.; 21. Rich
> Lewerke, Garner; 22. Scott Ho gan, Vinton; 23. Jared Siefert, Green
> Bay, Wis.
>
> Sunoco Race Fuels Stock Car Race of Champions – 1. Kevin Opheim,
> Mason City; 2. Robert Stofer, Jefferson; 3. Jeff Turner, Kaufman,
> Texas; 4. Justin Temeyer, Independence; 5. David Smith, Lake City; 6.
> Jeremy Christians, Horicon, Wis.; 7. Colton Osborn, Cozad, Neb.; 8.
> Charley Brown, Maxwell, Neb.; 9. Jeff Senne, Fairmont, Minn.; 10.
> Jesse Colwell, Wrightstown, Wis.