A pair of veteran drivers earned their first wins of the season on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at the Benton County Speedway.

Scott Pippert held off Damon Murty for top honors in the Ron-Da-Voo Lounge & Deli IMCA Stock Car division while Mike Burbridge raced to victory in the Cassill Motors IMCA Modifieds.

From the third row, Pippert chased front row starter Mike Galli for one circuit before stealing the lead on lap two. Damon Murty followed Pippert on the top side into second as the lead pair pulled away from the field.

Murty made numerous attempts to sneak beneath Pippert, however he was denied each time as Pippert raced to victory in the 16-lapper. Point leader Norman Chesmore finished third.

It took four laps for Mike Burbridge to find his way past pole-sitter Brandon Maitland when the 20-lap Modified feature went green. Burbridge ran the low groove past Maitland with Joe Docekal on his heels. The lead duo ran in that order until a pair of late restarts slowed action.

When racing resumed a final time with three laps to go, Tom Berry, Patrick Flannagan and Docekal tussled for the runner-up spot as Burbridge sped away to victory. Docekal held off Berry for second.

Danny Dvorak inherited the point for a lap 11 restart when leader Tony Olson was sidelined with mechanical problems in the 16-lap Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature.

Dvorak held off a late charge from Curt Hilmer to score his third win of the season. Erick Knutsen raced to an impressive third place finish in only his third night in a SportMod, his first night in the division in Vinton.

Zach Swanson drove to his second win of the year in the 15-lap IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main. Swanson fought off pressure from Nathan Ballard early and then Brett Vanous late to score the win. Matt Brown made it past Vanous at the line to steal second.

Twelve-year-old Dallon Murty drove to his career first win in the BCS Micro Mod 12-lapper. Murty took the lead from Robby Decker on a lap one restart and then held off late pressure from Decker to earn the milestone win. Tristan Cordes ran third.

Courtesy of Ryan Clark

BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY
WEEKLY RACE RESULTS
VINTON, IA
AUGUST 23, 2015

 

IMCA MODIFIED:
Feature – 1. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 2. 12D Joe Docekal, Dysart; 3. 11X Tom Berry, Medford, Ore.; 4. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 5. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 6. 8 Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 7. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 8. 4 Ryan Maitland, Denver; 9. CH19 Colby Heishman, Brooklyn; 10. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 11. 14 Tom Hanson, Vinton; 12. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 13. 2 Brandon Maitland, Denver; 14. 68 Tysus Pattee, Vinton; 15. 7S Robbie Schmuecker, Vinton; 16. 7K Kevin Smith, Sedro-Woolley, Wash.; 17. 74S Chris Sieweke, Santa Rosa, Cal.; 18. 20L Zach Less, Manchester.

First heat – 1. Burbridge; 2. Hogan; 3. Flannagan; 4. Betzer; 5. Sieweke; 6. Hanson.

Second heat – 1. Less; 2. B. Maitland; 3. Docekal; 4. Smith; 5. Pattee; 6. R. Maitland.

Third heat – 1. Dedrick; 2. Cordes; 3. Snyder; 4. Berry; 5. Heishman; 6. Schmuecker.

 

IMCA STOCK CAR:
Feature – 1. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 2. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 4. 22K Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 5. 11 Jesse Brown, Nashua; 6. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 7. 67 Justin Stander, Shellsburg; 8. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 9. 46 Cody Frerichs, Nashua; 10. 8B Scott Beauregard, Brandon; 11. T64 Jeremiah Wilson, Waterloo.

First heat – 1. Roster; 2. Chesmore; 3. Rose; 4. Beauregard; 5. Brown; 6. Wilson.

Second heat – 1. Stander; 2. Pippert; 3. Murty; 4. Frerichs; 5. Galli.

 

IMCA HOBBY STOCK:
Feature – 1. 717 Zach Swanson, Waterloo; 2. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 3. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 4. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 5. 4P Matt Pohlman, Keystone; 6. 14J Jacob Floyd, Cedar Rapids; 7. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 8. 77R Rob Olson, Cedar Rapids; 9. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 10. 98 Neal Miller, Waterloo; 11. 23 Andrew Torkelson, Lisbon; 12. 51 Mike Kimm, Cedar Rapids; 13. 1 Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids; 14. 07 Jacob Keiser, Marengo; 15. 41 Jasen Freeman, Cedar Rapids.

First heat – 1. Vanous; 2. Swanson; 3. Brown; 4. Ballard; 5. Olson; 6. Torkelson; 7. Keiser.

Second heat – 1. Wacha; 2. Petrzelka; 3. Pohlman; 4. Floyd; 5. Miller; 6. Kimm; 7. Siems; 8. Freeman.

 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD:
Feature – 1. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 2. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 3. 99 Erick Knutsen, Cedar Rapids; 4. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Waverly; 5. 40 Dakota Simmons, Libertyville; 6. 17 Dawn Krall, Evansdale; 7. 40J Jason Doyle, Cedar Rapids; 8. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 9. 10 Lee Rouse, Atkins; 10. J2 Dave Schulze, Keystone; 11. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 12. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 13. 11M Mike Mitchell, Cedar Rapids; 14. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 15. 21D Dan Drury, Eldora; 16. T21 Brandon Tharp, Vinton.

First heat – 1. Drury; 2. K. Olson; 3. Sellers; 4. King; 5. Rouse; 6. Petrzelka; 7. Mitchell; 8. Doyle.

Second heat – 1. Dvorak; 2. T. Olson; 3. Krall; 4. Knutsen; 5. Schulze; 6. Hilmer; 7. Simmons; 8. Tharp.

 

BCS MICRO MOD:
Feature – 1. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 16 Robby Decker, Waterloo; 3. 71 Tristan Cordes, Dunkerton; 4. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 5. 18 Jeff Davis, La Porte City; 6. 13 Scott Beaty, Urbana; 7. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 8. 5T Tyler Inman, Altoona; 9. 17 Brady Kohrs, Independence; 10. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 11. 1 Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids.

First heat – 1. Decker; 2. Inman; 3. Davis; 4. Kohrs; 5. Beaty; 6. Reynolds.

Second heat – 1. Kimm; 2. Erger; 3. Cordes; 4. Murty; 5. Post.

 

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