Jackson Barb Wieskus Classic Results and Stories

Jackson 7/29/16

Jackson Motorplex
Jackson, MN

Barb Wieskus Classic

NSL

30 410s
29 360s
18 305s

410s

Danny Lasoski (26th car out to time) set quick time at 16.021 seconds on the half-mile.  Kerry Madsen (22nd car out) was second quick, followed by Aaron Reutzel (13th), Davey Heskin (11th), Sammy Swindell (28th), Dusty Zomer (1st), Brady Bacon (2nd), Brian Brown (8th), Bill Balog (12th) and Bryan Clauson (5th).

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Clauson 17w (3*) 2. Lasoski 2 (6*) 3. Tim Kaeding 3 (2*) 4. Bacon 99 (4*) 5. Heskin 56N (5*) 6. Scott Winters 23w (8*) 7. Joe Riedel 15 (1*) 8. Dakota Hendrickson 10 (10) 9. Matt Wasmund 4w (9) 10. Tasker Phillips 7w (7)

Points from time trials and heats locked drivers into the feature.  Kaeding led the 8-lapper early over Riedel and Lasoski.  On the second lap, Clauson went from fourth to second in turn two.  After a good battle with Kaeding, he passed him for the lead on lap six.  Shortly after, Phillips spun, bringing out the yellow.  Lasoski had moved to third, and shot by Kaeding after a good battle to finish second.  Bacon grabbed fourth on the last lap as Heskin slowed at the line. He would not start the feature.

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brown 21 (4*) 2. Craig Dollansky 2KS (2*) 3. K. Madsen 29 (6*) 4. Wayne Johnson 2c (8*) 5. Matt Juhl 09 (1*) 6. Swindell 1 (5*) 7. Cory Eliason 5H (9) 8. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (3*) 9. Brooke Tatnell 55 (7) 10. Dylan Peterson 25 (10)

Dollansky led Juhl and Brown early.  Brown shot into second on the second lap.  W. Johnson was on the move and grabbed third from Juhl on lap four.  Jeffrey spun while running fifth and collected Tatnell, who was running sixth, bringing out the caution.  The restart saw Dollansky leading Brown, Johnson, Juhl and Madsen.  Brown used the restart to take the lead, while K. Madsen shot up to third.

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Austin McCarl 17A (1*) 2. Zomer 82 (5*) 3. Ian Madsen 18 (3*) 4. Kaley Gharst 7 (2*) 5. Balog 17B (4*) 6. Reutzel 55L (6*) 7. Terry McCarl 24 (7) 8. Ryan Bickett 17E (8) 9. Skylar Prochaska 35 (10) 10. Travis Whitney 16 (9)

A. McCarl led the distance and won going away.  Zomer and Gharst had a good battle for third on lap four.  Zomer would take second from I. Madsen on the last lap. 

B main (started): 1. T. McCarl (1) 2. Phillips (5) 3. Whitney (9) 4. Bickett (4) 5. Tatnell (3) / 6. Hendrickson (6) 7. Peterson (10) 8. Wasmund (7) 9. Eliason (2) 10. Prochaska (8)

T. McCarl led Eliason, Tatnell, Phillips and Bickett early in the 8-lapper.  Prochaska spun with one lap down, bringing the caution.  Bickett got around Phillips for fourth.  Phillips battled back to retake the spot.  Eliason was gaining on the leader when he got loose in turn four and spun in front of Tatnell, who was a helpless victim for the second time on the night.  Both would restart.  The restart saw T. McCarl ahead of Phillips, Bickett, Whitney and Wasmund in transfer spots.  Eliason would fall out, but Tatnell would roar back for fifth shortly after the restart.

A main (started): 1. K. Madsen (6) 2. Reutzel (2) 3. Swindell (8) 4. I. Madsen (11) 5. Zomer (5) 6. Brown (4) 7. Kaeding (13) 8. Bacon (1) 9. A. McCarl (10) 10. Balog (12) 11. Johnson (16) 12. Lasoski (7) 13. T. McCarl (20) 14. Gharst (14) 15. Dollansky (9) 16. Tatnell (24) 17. Whitney (22) 18. Jeffrey (17) 19. Winters (19) 20. Bickett (23) 21. Riedel (18) 22. Juhl (15) 23. Phillips (21) 24. Clauson (3) DNS - Heskin

Reutzel led Brown and Bacon early in the $20,000 to win 25-lapper.  Phillips spun with two laps down, and K. Madsen and Zomer completed the top five on the restart.  K. Madsen worked past Bacon for third on lap four.  Clauson had something lock up on him and he skidded to a stop on lap eight.  Two laps after the green fell, Brown slid in front of  Reutzel for the lead, but when Brown stumbled over the cushion in turn four on the next lap, Reutzel reclaimed the point.  Shortly after, Phillips flipped in turns three and four.  He was o.k.  Reutzel led Brown, K. Madsen, Bacon and Swindell back to green.  Swindell claimed fourth.  Reutzel stayed out front, while K. Madsen tried to chase down Brown.  He threw a wicked slider in turn four on him sending him over teh cushion on lap 17.  Brown lost another spot in the move.  Three laps later, Reutzel jumped the turn four cushion and got sideways.  That gave K. Madsen the opportunity he needed and he took the lead and coasted the last five laps to the 20K.  Reutzel held on for second, while Swindell claimed third.

Gregg Bakker 360s

Heat one (started): 1. Blake Hahn 52 (4) 2. Lee Grosz 4J (1) 3. Bill Boles 2H (2) 4. Scott Winters 23w (7) 5. Logan Forler 2L (5) 6. Kaley Gharst 7 (6) 7. Casey Friedrichsen 20 (8) 8. James Broty 33 (3) 9. Justin Jacobsma 10J (9) DNS - Trevor Serbus 10

Grosz jumped the inside berm on the start, but was saved when Broty got over the top of turn two.  The total restart in the 8-lapper saw Grosz leading Boles and Hahn.  Hahn worked by Boles on lap three for second, and grabbed the lead on lap seven from Grosz after a good battle.

Heat two (started): 1. Ryan Bickett 17B (1) 2. Bryan Clauson 17w (9) 3. Derrik Lusk 2 (3) 4. Sawyer Phillips 3P (4) 5. Skylar Prochaska 35 (6) 6. Kevin Flowers 42 (2) 7. Bart Friedrichsen 21 (7) 8. Dusty Ballenger 2D (5) 9. Dave Becker 7D (8) 10. Kaleb Johnson 22 (10)

Flowers led Bickett and Lusk early.  The leader would get sideways on lap three, letting Bickett by.  On lap five, Lusk and Clauson worked by Flowers for second and third.  Clauson completed a great run by grabbing second from Lusk with two to go.

Heat three (started): 1. Gregg Bakker 11x (2) 2. Brandon Geldner 75 (1) 3. Brandon Halverson 13MJ (8) 4. Chris Graf 20G (9) 5. Kyle Bellm 14K (5) 6. Dean Brown 1 (3) 7. Dalton Johnson 32 (4) 8. Casey Heser 75c (6) 9. Kenny Long 2ck (7)

Bakker led Geldner and Brown early.  Heser was moving up when something broke in turn four and he contacted the wall.  He was done for the night.  Halverson jumped into third on the restart.

A main (started): 1. Bakker (4) 2. Hahn (2) 3. Winters (6) 4. Bickett (5) 5. Grosz (8) 6. Lusk (10) 7. Clauson (1) 8. Phillips (12) 9. Prochaska (13) 10. Forler (14) 11. Graf (7) 12. C. Friedrichsen (17) 13. Bellm (15) 14. Jacobsma (20) 15. Johnson (26) 16. Brown (16) 17. Halverson (3) 18. Boles (11) 19. Becker (22) 20. Flowers (19) 21. D. Johnson (21) 22. Broty (25) 23. Ballenger (23) 24. B. Friedrichsen (18) 25. Geldner (9) 26. Serbus (24) DNS - Gharst, Long, Heser

Hahn led Clauson and Bakker early in the 20-lapper.  Hahn did a 360 spin and kept it going while leading on lap three.  He dropped back to sixth.  Bickett and Grosz split Halverson on the backstretch on lap seven, grabbing third and fourth behind Clauson and Bakker.  Clauson would be the next leader toN suffer, as his left rear tire went low on lap seven.  Bakker inherited the lead, ahead of Bickett, Grosz, Halverson and Hahn.  Clauson would restart at the tail.  Grosz and Bickett traded second the next couple of laps, and Winters would soon enter the fray as well.  When K. Johnon spun on lap 11, Bakker led Bickett, Winters, Grosz and Hahn.  Winters shot into second on the restart, only to have Bickett return the favor.  Winters would recapture teh spot on lap 15, and Hahn would move to third on lap 16.  Ballenger stopped with 17 laps down as Winters was challenging for the lead.  When Broty hit the frontstretch wall with two laps to go, it negated a good battle between Winters and Bakker.  Bakker would hold off Winters to take the win, while Hahn would grab second in the last corner.

Colin Smith 305s

Heat one (started): 1. Nate Eakin 4sn (4) 2. Victoria Knutson 14K (2) 3. Elliot Amdahl 51A (5) 4. Mike Stien 4s (6) 5. Clint Benson 100 (9) 6. Trevor Serbus 10 (3) 7. Val Urman 462 (8) 8. Taylor Ryan 77 (1) 9. Corey Kautz 51 (7)

Ryan led early before Eakin took over on lap two and won going away in the 6-lapper.

Heat two (started): 1. Colin Smith o5 (3) 2. Bill Johnson 56 (4) 3. Neil Stevens 2 (2) 4. Brett Geldner 1B (1) 5. Bruce Anderson 11A (5) 6. Brady Forbrook 5 (6) 7. Jesse Lindberg 7L (9) 8. Tadd Holliman 33G (8) 9. Eric Bridger 81E (7)

The first lap saw Smith and Stevens side by side for the lead.  Smith would take command on lap two, with B. Johnson moving into second.

A main (started): 1. Smith (4) 2. B. Johnson (6) 3. Anderson (8) 4. Benson (10) 5. Stien (9) 6. Eakin (5) 7. Geldner (1) 8. Stevens (3) 9. Lindberg (14) 10. Bridger (18) 11. Kautz (17) 12. Amdahl (7) 13. Ryan (15) 14. Urman (13) 15. Serbus (11) 16. Forbrook (12) 17. Holliman (16) 18. Knutson (2)

Smith led Knutson and B. Johnson early in the scheduled 15-lapper.  Knutson flipped while running second on lap two.  She was uninjured.  Smith led B. Johnson, Anderson, Geldner and Stien.  After Amdahl spun on lap four, Forbrook and Serbus contacted on lap five and Holliman spun, the race was shortened to ten laps.  When Urman lost a left rear and tipped over, a green, white, checker finish was declared.  Smith coasted to his second win in a row at Jackson.