Tony Olson’s dream season continued Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Benton County Speedway.

In just 35 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod starts in 2015, Olson earned his 18th feature win, his seventh on the Vinton quarter-mile.

Kurt Hogan took the lead from Jake Salisbury following a lap one caution while Olson worked through the pack from a fifth row start. Racing the top side, Olson made his way into the top five after three laps and then found himself challenging Hogan for the lead a handful of laps later.

Olson swept around Hogan at the line at the midway point of the 16-lapper, then survived a pair of late stoppages to drive to victory ahead of Danny Dvorak and Matt Petrzelka.

Damon Murty also raced to his seventh win of the season in the Ron-Da-Voo Lounge & Deli IMCA Stock Car 18-lapper.

Murty started in row five, but a trio of cautions over the first four laps left Murty sitting third for the final restart. He chased Shane Ebaugh back to the green as the lead pair swapped the top spot over the next four laps.

Murty took the lead for good on the eighth circuit to drive to victory ahead of Norman Chesmore and Curtis Roster.

Mike Burbridge took advantage of his outside front row start in the 20-lap Cassill Motors IMCA Modified feature.

Burbridge built a big early lead while Zach Less battled Dennis Betzer for second. Burbridge held a near straightaway advantage by the time Less worked into the runner-up spot on lap eight.

Less quickly reeled in Burbridge and made his bid for the lead just past the midway point, taking took over on the 11th circuit. Less led the remainder of the caution-free event to score his first win of the season on his way to the top of the point standings. Burbridge ran second ahead of Troy Cordes.

The lead was not the place to be throughout much of the IMCA Hobby Stock headliner.

A flat tire briefly sidelined Nathan Ballard midway through the event and a miscue in turn four with two laps to go ended the run for Zach Swanson, who took over after Ballard lost the point.

Justin Wacha inherited the lead for a green, white, checker finish allowing him to drive to his second win of the year ahead of Leah Wroten and a hard-charging Ballard.

Don Erger scored his fifth win of the year in the BCS Micro Mod division. Erger took control from Dallon Murty on the ninth of 12 laps to drive to victory. Murty ran second ahead of Cole McNeal.

The Benton County Fair kicks off this Thursday night, July 23, with a draw/redraw event for Hobby Stocks, SportMods and Micro Mods. Those divisions will be competing for all applicable IMCA points. Nostalgia cars will also be part of that program.

The IMCA Late Model Sunday Series joins the weekly program Sunday, July 26, to close out the 2015 fair schedule.

Contributed By: Ryan Clark

BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY
Weekly Race Results
Vinton, IA
JULY 19, 2015

IMCA MODIFIED:
Feature – 1. 20L Zach Less, Manchester; 2. 11B Mike Burbridge, Delhi; 3. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 4. 10 Kaleb Bentley, Fairbank; 5. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 6. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 7. 57B Dennis Betzer, Central City; 8. 4 Ryan Maitland, Denver; 9. 81 Jesse Belez, Marengo; 10. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 11. 2 Brandon Maitland, Denver; 12. 56 Nick Dains, Mt. Vernon.

First heat – 1. Betzer; 2. R. Maitland; 3. Cordes; 4. Hogan; 5. Belez; 6. B. Maitland.

Second heat – 1. Dedrick; 2. Burbridge; 3. Bentley; 4. Flannagan; 5. Less; 6. Dains.

IMCA STOCK CAR:
Feature – 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 3. 8 Curtis Roster, Vinton; 4. 14 Shane Ebaugh, Evansdale; 5. 67 Justin Stander, Shellsburg; 6. 47 Scott Pippert, Elberon; 7. 83E Thomas Thompson, Hopkinton; 8. 89B Tim Fobian, Dike; 9. 3 Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 10. 76 Mike Galli, Urbana; 11. 8B Scott Beauregard, Brandon; 12. 5G Cliff Gray, Waterloo.

First heat – 1. Chesmore; 2. Thompson; 3. Stander; 4. Fobian; 5. Galli; 6. Beauregard.

Second heat – 1. Dulin; 2. Murty; 3. Roster; 4. Pippert; 5. Ebaugh; 6. Gray.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK:
Feature – 1. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 2. 14C Leah Wroten, Independence; 3. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 4. 58B Randy Byerly, Tipton; 5. 09 Daniel Wauters, Iowa City; 6. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 7. 51 Mike Kimm, Cedar Rapids; 8. 717 Zach Swanson, Waterloo; 9. 46 Brian Happel, Vinton; 10. 71A Kyle Dulin, Brandon; 11. 78 Matt Brown, Dysart; 12. 12 Buck Swanson, Waterloo; 13. 357 Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 14. 77 Rod Grother, Cedar Rapids.

First heat – 1. Ballard; 2. Vanous; 3. Happel; 4. Brown; 5. Dulin; 6. Byerly; 7. Kimm.

Second heat – 1. Wacha; 2. B. Swanson; 3. Z. Swanson; 4. Wroten; 5. Grother; 6. Petrzelka; 7. Wauters.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD:
Feature – 1. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 2. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 3. 22 Matt Petrzelka, Norway; 4. 21D Dan Drury, Eldora; 5. J2 Dave Schulze, Keystone; 6. MR09 Kurt Hogan, Vinton; 7. 10 Lee Rouse, Atkins; 8. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 9. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 10. 36 Jake Salisbury, Dunkerton; 11. 17 Dawn Krall, Evansdale; 12. 29 Jake Doubek, Cedar Falls.

First heat – 1. K. Olson; 2. Krall; 3. Petrzelka; 4. Drury; 5. Rouse; 6. Schulze.

Second heat – 1. Dvorak; 2. T. Olson; 3. Hogan; 4. Hilmer; 5. Salisbury; 6. Doubek.

BCS MICRO MOD:
Feature – 1. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 2. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 3. 51 Cole McNeal, Dysart; 4. 71 Tristan Cordes, Dunkerton; 5. 5T Tyler Inman, Altoona; 6. 11A A.J. Witten, Cedar Rapids; 7. 18 Jeff Davis, La Porte City; 8. 13 Scott Beaty, Urbana; 9. 111 Buster Pate, Hiawatha; 10. J111 Jason Hard, Cedar Rapids; 11. 1R Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids; 12. 17 Brady Kohrs, Independence.

First heat – 1. Witten; 2. Erger; 3. Pate; 4. Murty; 5. Beaty; 6. Hard.

Second heat – 1. Inman; 2. McNeal; 3. Cordes; 4. Davis; 5. Olson; 6. Kohrs.

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