5/9/08
34 Raceway
West Burlington, IA
IRA
35 cars
Daryn Pittman (15th car out to time) broke the 17 year old track record set by Doug Wolfgang on the 3/8 mile banked oval at 12.461 seconds. Lucas Wolfe (9th car out) was second quick, followed by Danny Lasoski (29th), Terry McCarl (8th), Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3rd), Chad Hillier (24th), Kaley Gharst (30th), Josh Schneiderman (13th), Billy Balog (23rd) and Mike Reinke (14th). Scott Boles spun into the infield and hit the tow truck hard. He was uninjured, but done for the night. Scott Biertzer had motor problems and got one slow lap in.
Heat one (started): 1. Pittman 21 (6) 2. Mike Moore 69 (1) 3. Scott Neitzel 2w (2) 4. John Haeni 21J (3) / 5. Balog 17B (4) 6. Nick Eastin 22x (8) 7. Billy Hafemann 2B (7) 8. Cainen Reimann 00 (9) 9. Hafertepe Jr. 15H (5)
Moore took the early lead from the pole in the 10 lapper. Pittman and Neitzel put on a nice battle for the runner-up spot. Pittman ducked under Moore in the final corner for the lead in an exciting heat. Hafertepe Jr. suffered electrical problems and exited before a lap could be completed.
Heat two (started): 1. Skip Jackson 2 (2) 2. Bobby Mincer 15 (1) 3. Wolfe 5w (6) 4. Reinke 02 (4) / 5. Billy Alley 22 (7) 6. Andy Hunt 9A (8) 7. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (3) 8. Hillier 5c (5) 9. Scott Biertzer 4B (9)
Jackson led flag to flag, but the race was plagued by a lap 8 red. Jeffrey was running fifth when Hillier hit the high side of turn three to try to pass him. The two made contact, with Hillier destroying his mount, and Jeffrey suffering heavy damage as they both got upside down. Both were unhurt, but done for the night. Reinke held off Alley the final two laps for the final transfer. Biertzer exited on lap two.
Heat three (started): 1. Gharst 7K (5) 2. Dave Uttech 68 (4) 3. Lasoski 5 (6) 4. Ryan Irwin 49 (2) / 5. Matt Rogerson 29 (7) 6. Bill Wirth 53w (1) 7. Bob Weuve 19 (3) 8. Russel Borland 23 (8) DNS – Scott Boles 4BX
After Weuve was moved back a row for jumping the initial start, Gharst worked his way around Wirth to lead lap one. He pulled away from the field the rest of the way. D. Uttech and Irwin battled much of the way for second, before Lasoski slipped between them at the finish.
Heat four (started): 1. McCarl 24 (6) 2. Ricky Logan 10 (4) 3. Kim Mock 1m (1) 4. Steve Meyer 85m (2) / 5. Scott Uttech 3K (3) 6. Schneiderman 49s (5) 7. Ryan Jamison 51J (7) 8. Jordan Goldesberry 65 (8)
Mock shot out to an early lead. Meanwhile, McCarl was working his way up through the pack sliding by Logan. On lap seven, he shot around Mock on the high side for the lead. Logan also got by Mock on the last lap. Goldesberry, making his first career start, spun early and retired before the finish.
B main (started): 1. Hafertepe Jr. (1) 2. Balog (2) 3. S. Uttech (5) 4. Rogerson (9) 5. Alley (8) 6. Schneiderman (3) / 7. Eastin (11) 8. Wirth (6) 9. Hafemann (7) 10. Jamison (10) 11. Weuve (4) 12. Hunt (12) 13. Reimann (15) 14. Borland (13) 15. Biertzer (14) DNS – Goldesberry, Hillier, Jeffrey, Boles
Hafertepe Jr. dominated the 15 lapper despite a couple of cautions. Biertzer hit the wall and stopped on lap seven, while Rienan?? Stopped bringing out the other. Rogerson used his experience at 34 and the low side to move up five spots into a transfer.
A main (started) (unofficial): 1. Pittman (8) 2. Lasoski (6) 3. McCarl (5) 4. Hafertepe Jr. (11) 5. Wolfe (7) 6. Logan (1) 7. Balog (13) 8. Reinke (3) 9. Jackson (9) 10. Neitzel (15) 11. Meyer (17) 12. Haeni (10) 13. S. Uttech (14) 14. Mock (20) 15. Irwin (16) 16. Schneiderman (12) 17. D. Uttech (2) 18. Moore (18) 19. Gharst (4) 20. Alley (21) 21. Rogerson (22) 22. Mincer (19)
D. Uttech shot out to a straightaway lead early over Logan in the 30 lapper. After smacking the fronstretch wall on lap four, his lead disappeared and Logan took command on lap five. Hafertepe Jr. surged to second past D. Uttech from row six, but gave way to Lasoski a few laps later. Lasoski continued his pursuit of Logan and took the point from him on lap 12 as five cars vied for first and second (Logan, Lasoski, Hafertepe Jr., Pittman, McCarl). Lasoski had built a nice advantage by lap 18, when Gharst hit an infield tire and exited while running eighth. Lasoski led Pittman, Hafertepe Jr., Logan and McCarl back to green flag racing. Pittman stayed on the leader's nerf bar and made his winning pass on lap 22. He worked through traffic masterfully, but four laps later, Irwin spun bringing the final slowdown. Pittman led Lasoski, McCarl, Hafertepe Jr. and Wolfe back to green flag racing. The lead five stayed the same, as Pittman completed his clean sweep of the night, and shared hard-charger honors with Hafertepe Jr.