5/16/04
Dubuque County Fairgrounds
Dubuque, IA
IRA
38 cars
Terry McCarl (32nd car out to time) set the standard in time trials with a track record of 12.865 seconds. Jason Johnson (LA) (11th car out) was second quick, followed by Jesse Giannetto (1st), Craig Dollansky (14th), Joe Roe (12th), Scott Young (3rd), Mike Kertscher (6th), Clint Garner (21st), Randy Anderson (34th) and Scotty Neitzel (10th). Rusty Egan failed to get a time in and scratched for the night. Brent Laurson flipped wildly down the backstretch while timing in. He was taken to the hospital with a possible broken hand.
Heat one (started): 1. Roe 61 (5) 2. McCarl 24 (6) 3. Lynton Jeffrey 10 (2) 4. Scott Biertzer 4B (3) / 5. Ryan Jamison 51J (7) 6. Randy Anderson R19 (4) 7. Robert Bell 71 (9) 8. Mike Stefka 83D (1) 9. Wayne Modjeski 77 (8) 10. Dan Owings 19K (10)
Stefka broke out to an early lead in the ten lapper. Jeffrey moved to the point on the second go-around. Two laps later Roe took command and held off a determined McCarl for the win.
Heat two (started): 1. Jason Johnson (LA) 50D (6) 2. John Haeni 21J (1) 3. Neitzel 2w (4) 4. John Sernett 91 (3) / 5. Dave Uttech 68 (2) 6. Young 22 (5) 7. Shane Dayney 53D (8) 8. Andy Hunt 9A (9) 9. Ryan Irwin 49 (7) DNS – Rusty Egan 50R
Irwin spun on the initial try at green. Haeni jumped out to the lead from his pole position. Johnson worked the high side and took the lead on lap six. Neitzel and Sernett had a good battle for third, before Neitzel snatched the spot on the last lap.
Heat three (started): 1. Kertscher 80K (5) 2. Giannetto D1 (6) 3. Roger Rager 6R (2) 4. Kurt Davis 6K (1) / 5. Steve Meyer 85m (8) 6. Jim Melis 51m (4) 7. Bill Wirth 53w (9) 8. Jason Johnson (WI) 44 (3) 9. Ty Bartz 75 (7)
Johnson flipped at the first try at a start. Bartz was collected and both went pitside. Davis jumped out to the lead with Rager in tow. Giannetto made his move using the high side of the track to take the lead on lap two. Kertscher worked a lower line and it proved to be the fastest. He moved by Giannetto on lap five. Rager surged late, but couldn’t quite get by Giannetto. Davis held onto the last transfer by inches over a persistent Meyer.
Heat four (started): 1. Dollansky 7x (6) 2. Garner 40 (5) 3. Billy Warren 95 (7) 4. Bill Waite Jr. 3JR (2) / 5. Travis Whitney 9 (3) 6. Scott Uttech 7 (1) 7. Kim Mock 1m (4) DNS – Fred Ebler 64, Brent Laurson 4
S. Uttech grabbed the early advantage. He relinquished the lead when he spun on lap three. Garner inherited the lead over Waite, Dollansky, Whitney and Warren. Mock spun on the restart and went to the tail. He was relegated to the pits when he spun again on lap eight. By that time, Garner had company and Dollansky passed him for the lead on the restart.
B main #1 (started): 1. S. Uttech (5) 2. Young (1) 3. Jason Johnson (WI) (3) / 4. Melis (2) 5. Hunt (7) 6. Irwin (6) 7. D. Uttech (4) 8. Owings (8) DNS – Dayney, Ebler, Laurson
Young sped out with Melis in tow at the start. S. Uttech made a move forward and took the point on lap five. Melis slipped up at about the same point and relinquished the third and final transfer to Jason Johnson.
B main #2 (started): 1. Whitney (3) 2. Mock (2) 3. Jamison (5) / 4. Stefka (4) 5. S. Meyer (7) 6. Anderson (1) 7. Bell (8) 8. Wirth (9) 9. Modjeski (6) DNS – Bartz, Egan
Whitney led flag to flag in a mostly single-file affair. Jamison used to low side to move up into a transfer spot.
A main (started): 1. Dollansky (7) 2. McCarl (10) 3. Jason Johnson (LA) (9) 4. Whitney (14) 5. Biertzer (2) 6. Neitzel (3) 7. S. Uttech (20) 8. Giannetto (8) 9. Haeni (18) 10. Jason Johnson (WI) (13) 11. Mock (12) 12. Warren (22) 13. Davis (19) 14. Young (11) 15. Jamison (21) 16. Waite (17) 17. Kertscher (5) 18. Sernett (1) 19. Garner (4) 20. Jeffrey (15) 21. Roe (6) 22. Rager (16)
Roe spun on the initial try at green, collecting Rager (who flipped), Giannetto, Haeni, McCarl and Jeffrey in the fray. Only Roe and Rager would not restart at the rear. Haeni spun on the second try at green. The third time was not a charm either as Warren, Waite and Davis spun. All restarted at the rear. Finally the race was underway, with Sernett going to the front using the lowest part of the banked 3/8 mile track. Garner came to a stop in turn two on lap four. Sernett led Neitzel, Dollansky, Biertzer and Whitney back to the green flag on the restart. Dollansky used the high side of the raceway to pass both Neitzel and Sernett for the lead. Jeffrey came to rest on lap ten, bringing out yet another caution. He was done for the night. The restart saw Dollansky leading Sernett, Biertzer, Jason Johnson (LA) and Neitzel. Sernett maintained second until he clipped an infield tire and spun into the inside guardrail on lap eighteen. Dollansky now was leading Jason Johnson (LA), McCarl, Biertzer and Whitney back to green. McCarl was surging and grabbed second on the last lap (lap 25) of the shortened (from 30) race.