Dominic Scelzi
7/20/18
Jackson Motorplex
Jackson, MN
$5,000 to win Barb Wieskus Memorial
47 360’s
22 305’s
11 Non-wing NSL Sprints
360’s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Seth Brahmer 13v (2*) 2. James Broty 33 (4*) 3. Ryan Bowers 5 (3*) 4. Jason Martin 36 (5) 5. Matt Juhl 09 (9*) 6. Trevor Serbus 32 (6) 7. Lyle Howey III 29 (7) 8. AJ Moeller 20x (8) 9. Bill Balog 2x (1) DNS – Ryan Bickett 17B
Balog led Brahmer and Broty early in the 8-lapper counting passing points. The leader would stop with three laps down and exit. Brahmer assumed the point and pulled away to win. Juhl entered the top five at the halfway point from the tail, but couldn’t advance any farther.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Justin Henderson 64 (1*) 2. Cody Ledger 35L (6*) 3. Brant O’Banion 20 (3*) 4. Bill Boles 2H (4) 5. Tommy Barber 75B (7) 6. Chase Viebrock 50 (8) 7. Brandon Geldner 75 (5) 8. John Klabunde 77x (9) 9. Dylan Opdahl 2OP (10) 10. Brandon Halverson 13MJ (2)
Henderson led O’Banion and Halverson early. The yellow flew for Halverson four laps in when he went up in smoke. Boles assumed third, but Ledger would use the faster low side to cruise by him when the green flew again. Opdahl stopped to bring out the final caution with two to go. Ledger again used the restart to his advantage, getting by O’Banion for second and securing one of the top six passing point cars for the Dash.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jack Dover 81 (1*) 2. Derrik Lusk 2 (2*) 3. Justin Jacobsma 10J (3*) 4. Scott Winters 23w (8*) 5. Eric Schulz 4x (6) 6. Lee Goos Jr. 17 (4) 7. Chuck McGillivray 101 (9) 8. Brandon Allen 77 (7) 9. Jason Tostenson 36x (5)
Dover led the distance. Winters was fourth by the end of the first lap, but couldn’t advance more. The only caution was for a slowing Allen on lap nine.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Thomas Kennedy 21K (5*) 2. Lee Grosz 4J (6*) 3. Travis Rilat 1 (3) 4. Shayle Bade 03 (9*) 5. Dylan Peterson 25 (1) 6. Kevin Flowers 42 (8) 7. Andee Beirle 41A (4) 8. Taylor Forbes 48 (7) 9. Carson McCarl 7 (2)
McCarl stopped after the green fell. When Beirle elected for the tail, Grosz went from outside row three to outside row one. He would lead early over Peterson and Kennedy. Kennedy moved into second on lap two, and Rilat followed him into third. Bade moved into fourth at the halfway point. Kennedy would slide in front of Grosz to take the win with three to go.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dominic Scelzi 41s (5*) 2. Eric Lutz 6 (3*) 3. Jody Rosenboom 14 (1) 4. Ryan Roberts 18 (4) 5. Gregg Bakker 11x (6) 6. Mark Toews 5T (2) 7. Skylar Prochaska 35 (9) 8. Logan Domagala Y4 (8) 9. Chris Graf 20G (7)
Rosenboom led early over Scelzi and Toews in arguably the stoutest heat. Lutz passed Towes for third, while Scelzi moved into the lead. Lutz would take second from Rosenboom on lap four. Graf slowed bringing the first of two cautions. The other came when Domagala spun. Scelzi was able to maintain his advantage and head for the Dash.
B main one (started): 1. Rilat (1) 2. Rosenboom (2) 3. Schuz (4) 4. Peterson (7) / 5. Goos Jr. (8) 6. Balog (13) 7. Boles (3) 8. Viebrock (5) 9. Howey III (9) 10. Geldner (10) 11. Moeller (11) 12. McGillivray (6) 13. Tostenson (14) 14. Allen (12) DNS – Opdahl, Bickett
The 12-lap B mains took the top four to the back of the A. Rosenboom would lead early, but Rilat would work by him at the halfway point. The track started coming in on the high side, giving two clear grooves. Balog was the mover in the non-stop event, but needed a caution that never came to gain a transfer.
B main two (started): 1. Martin (1) 2. Roberts (3) 3. Bakker (4) 4. Prochaska (6) / 5. Barber (2) 6. Klabunde (9) 7. Flowers (5) 8. Serbus (7) 9. Toews (8) 10. Beirle (10) 11. McCarl (11) DNS – Domagala, Allen, Graf, Halverson
Martin led Roberts for the distance. Bakker gained third from Barber on lap two, and Prochaska would take the last transfer spot on lap four in another non-stop event.
Dash (started): 1. Scelzi (2) 2. Kennedy (3) 3. Ledger (4) 4. Grosz (5) 5. Brahmer (6) 6. Bade (1)
Scelzi led the 6-lapper early over Bade and Ledger. Kennedy would go from fourth to third, getting by Ledger on lap three. Two laps later, he’d pass Bade for second and a front row starting spot in the A. Bade would slow on the last lap and scratch for the night.
A main (started): 1. Scelzi (1) 2. Kennedy (2) 3. Grosz (4) 4. Ledger (3) 5. Henderson (6) 6. Dover (9) 7. Lusk (10) 8. Lutz (11) 9. Brahmer (5) 10. Broty (7) 11. Bakker (20) 12. Peterson (23) 13. Rosenboom (19) 14. Prochaska (22) 15. Juhl (13) 16. Bowers (12) 17. O’Banion (15) 18. Roberts (18) 19. Martin (16) 20. Winters (8) 21. Schulz (21) 22. Rilat (17) 23. Jacobsma (14) DNS – Bade
Scelzi led the 25-lapper early over Kennedy, Ledger and Grosz. Grosz would claim third on the third lap. Scelzi got into lapped traffic on lap six. Kennedy gained in heavy lapped traffic and made a pass for the lead that would be negated for a caution called for Jacobsma, who brushed the wall, but kept going. Scelzi led Kennedy, Grosz, Ledger and Henderson back to green. Henderson would take fourth when the green fell. Scelzi got back into lapped traffic with ten to go, and Kennedy and Grosz again gained on him. Kennedy and Scelzi were dicing for the lead, when Grosz slid in front of both. Unfortunately, another great race was ruined by a caution. Rilat had seized in turn four. Scelzi again pulled away in clean air. On the final lap, the red flew for Schulz and Winters in turn two. No one was hurt. The green, white, checker saw Kennedy make a great shot at the lead, but Scelzi would hang on for the $5,000 win.
305’s
Heat one (started): 1. Jesse Lindberg 7L (1) 2. Jacob Hughes 8 (4) 3. Brady Forbrook 5 (7) 4. Dusty Ballenger 2D (6) 5. Micah Slendy 8K (2) 6. Jeremy Schultz 33s (3) 7. Brant O’Banion 20 (5) 8. Clayton Christensen 1cc (8)
The 8-lapper saw Lindberg lead the distance. Forbrook was up to fourth on the first lap and took third on the second.
Heat two (started): 1. Brandon Allen 05x (3) 2. Colin Smith o5 (4) 3. Kaleb Johnson 22 (7) 4. Elliott Amdahl 51A (5) 5. Trevor Smith 33 (6) 6. Taylor Ryan 77 (2) 7. Dalyn Cody 11 (1)
Allen led flag to flag. Johnson went from the tail to fourth by the first lap and took third at the halfway point.
Heat three (started): 1. Ryan Voss 1s (1) 2. Nate Eakin 4sn (4) 3. Johnny Sullivan 7 (2) 4. Jason Martin 5x (5) 5. Shane Fick 7x (6) 6. Casey Abbas 17v (3) DNS – Brandon Bosma 23
Voss led the distance, pulling away for the win. Eakin grabbed second from Sullivan at the halfway point.
A main (started): 1. Lindberg (1) 2. Forbrook (10) 3. Allen (4) 4. C. Smith (6) 5. Johnson (11) 6. Ballenger (9) 7. Hughes (5) 8. Bosma (21) 9. Fick (15) 10. Abbas (18) 11. Sullivan (3) 12. Amdahl (8) 13. T. Smith (14) 14. Schultz (16) 15. Ryan (17) 16. Slendy (13) 17. Voss (2) 18. Eakin (7) 19. Cody (20) 20. Martin (12) 21. Christensen (19) DNS – O’Banion
Lindberg led Voss and Allen early in the 20-lapper. A caution for debris came out three laps in. Voss challenged for the lead when the green fell, and a battle for third ensued as well between Forbrook and Allen. Two laps later, another debris caution came out. The top three remained the same. On lap seven, Forbrook worked by Allen for third. Three laps later, he got by Voss for second. T. Smith spun on lap 11, bringing another yellow. Lindberg now led Forbrook, Voss, Allen and C. Smith. Allen would get to third on the restart. C. Smith followed him into fourth on lap 14. Voss slowed while running fifth, bringing the final caution with two to go. Forbrook would take the lead on the green, white, checker finish. On the white flag lap, Lindberg battled back. The two cars had a drag race for the finish with Lindberg topping Forbrook by .01 of a second. Forbrook was the hard-charger.
NSL Non-wing
Heat (started): 1. Alex Schriever 0 (4) 2. Jimmy Kouba 2K (8) 3. Jeremy Kerzman 3K (5) 4. Brandon Halverson 13MJ (10) 5. Brad Anderson 1A (2) 6. Clinton Bruns 7 (3) 7. Jake Kouba 6 (9) 8. Neal Matuska 48 (1) 9. Brandon Stevenson 0x (6) 10. Miles Grein 38 (7) 11. Dave Murphy 7x (11)
The eight-lap heat was a good one. Anderson led early over Matuska and Schriever. Ji. Kouba jumped from sixth to fourth on lap two, and then up to second on lap three. Schriever worked back by him on lap four. The pair would pass the leader on lap six. Kerzman would follow them by Anderson into third on the white flag lap.
A main (started): 1. Ja. Kouba (4) 2. Bruns (2) 3. Kerzman (5) 4. Halverson (6) 5. Schriever (7) 6. Ji. Kouba (8) 7. Stevenson (9) 8. Matuska (1) 9. Anderson (3) 10. Grein (10) 11. Murphy (11)
Ja. Kouba shot from outside row two to lead early in the 15-lapper over Bruns, Matuska and Kerzman early on. Halverson was working forward and slid into Kerzman on lap three. Fortunately, the two kept it going, with Schriever taking over third. Kerzman would get his third place spot back on lap four. Halverson would recover fourth on lap eight. Ja. Kouba would lead the rest of the way for the feature win.