6/5/09
Lee County Speedway
Donnellson, IA
POWRI Midgets
305s
12 Midgets
19 305s
Midgets
Heat one (started): 1. Andrew Felker 11A (1) 2. Daniel Robinson 37 (6) 3. Tim Siner 15 (3) 4. Austin Brown 7 (5) 5. Kyle Neal 38N (2) 6. Ryan Criswell 11c (4)
Criswell led early until he pulled to the infield with motor problems on lap three. The POWRi point leader was done for the night. Felker assumed the lead and held on. Siner made a late bid for second that fell short.
Heat two (started): 1. Brad Loyet o5 (6) 2. Nick Knepper 55 (1) 3. Brad Kuhn 21 (4) 4. Dene McAllan 29 (3) 5. Daniel Adler 50 (2) 6. Kenny Brown 17 (5)
Knepper led most of the 8-lap distance. Loyet was on the move, bumping and grinding to the front. On the last lap, he slid under Knepper in two, and the two rubbed wheels. Loyet took the point for the win.
A main (started): 1. Loyet (1) 2. Felker (2) 3. Kuhn (4) 4. Robinson (10) 5. Siner (5) 6. McAllan (7) 7. Adler (9) 8. Knepper (3) 9. K. Brown (11) 10. Neal (8) 11. A. Brown (6) DNS - Criswell
Loyet took the early lead, but A. Brown turned over before a lap could be completed. Knepper hopped someone's wheel on lap two, bringing another caution. The restart saw Loyet leading Felker, Kuhn, Siner and McAllan. Loyet took off from the rest of the field again, while Felker and Kuhn had a battle for second that lasted most of the 25 laps. Kuhn had the advantage on lap 15, when Neal tangled with another car on the backstretch, and backed it into the turn three wall. He got upside down, but was unharmed. Now Loyet led Kuhn, Felker, McAllan and Robinson back to green. Loyet pulled away the last ten laps, but the battles for second and fourth heated up. Kuhn held down the runner-up spot until the final corner when Felker bested him. Robinson battled with McAllan and Siner for fourth, and captured that spot late as well. Loyet was paid $2,000 for his sixth win of the year.
305s
Heat one (started): 1. Tasker Phillips 7 (1) 2. Jarrod Schneiderman 88 (4) 3. Seth Wilke 38 (5) 4. Matt Krieger 27 (7) 5. Dustin Clark 16 (3) 6. Mark Johnson 45 (9) 7. Gary Bonar 97x (8) 8. Cale Hutchings 87 (2) 9. Bob Lamb 47 (6) DNS - Tony Davis 3
Hutchings suffered a flat right rear before the green flew, causing a pile-up that caught Lamb with nowhere to go. Those two cars were eliminated. Phillips led the 8-lap distance, and Krieger moved up nicely. The top five were in the redraw for the feature. Davis dropped a valve and was a scratch.
Heat two (started): 1. Bobby Mincer 14s (1) 2. Patrick Long 53 (2) 3. Donnie Steward 4B (3) 4. Jayson Ditsworth 1 (5) 5. Kevin Hetrick 23 (4) 6. Justin Newberry 36 (6) 7. Brandon Martin 15m (7) 8. Alexsha Alexander 10 (8) DNS - John Draper 44
Mincer dominated this mostly single-file affair.
A main (started): 1. Mincer (1) 2. Hetrick (7) 3. Steward (5) 4. Ditsworth (6) 5. Phillips (9) 6. Krieger (2) 7. Wilke (3) 8. Lamb (16) 9. Martin (14) 10. Johnson (11) 11. Newberry (12) 12. Alexander (15) 13. Schneiderman (10) 14. Long (8) 15. Clark (4) 16. Bonar (13) DNS - Hutchings, Davis, Draper
Mincer dominated the 20-lapper worth $500. On lap four, Phillips spun while in the top five. At the time, Mincer led Krieger, Hetrick, Ditsworth and Wilke. Hetrick moved by Krieger into second, and Ditsworth followed him before Long spun on lap nine. Steward had moved up to fifth. Mincer's charge continued, and Steward took fourth from Krieger before a lap 18 caution for Newberry who hit an infield tire while running sixth. The two lap dash to the finish saw Mincer leading Hetrick, Ditsworth, Steward and Krieger. Steward used the low side to capture third from Ditsworth late, while Phillips came back after restarting from the tail for fifth. His family will campaign three cars at Knoxville Saturday (410, 360, 305).