OSBORN, Mo. – The 2nd Annual IMCA Missouri Nationals finale at US 36 Raceway crowned one back-to-back champion and three first time event winners.
The 30-lap IMCA Modified Main Event was led early by Josh Munsen before Chad Andersen made the early move to the front. Andersen set the pace for the first half of the race. While he controlled the field, all eyes were on Steven Bowers Jr. as he charged through the field.
After Saturday night trouble, Bowers had to come from the 11th starting position. Bowers methodically worked through the field while Andersen had a comfortable gap. However at the half way point of the race, Andersen began to fade, while Bowers was continuing to find more speed.
Once Bowers got to second, Andersen didn’t have much left to fend him off. Bowers took off to dominate the final ten laps and make the trip to Westfall GMC Victory Lane. The back-to-back wins at the Missouri Nationals was also good for a $2,000 payday. Andersen held on to finish second. Zach Nitsch impressed with a third place finish. Danny Holt and Mark Schafman completed the top five.
Race fans witnessed a dominating performance from Trevor Grossenbacher in the IMCA Sprint Cars as he swept the weekend, leading all 30 laps Saturday night. Toby Chapman kept him honest and made several attempts at the pass, but never could make the move. Chapman finished second with Stuart Snyder third. Jay Russell had issues Friday which put him deep in the Saturday starting field. He charged from an 11th place starting position to finish fourth. J.R. Topper completed the top five.
After winning on Friday, Mike Nichols brought the broom to Missouri as he led all 25 laps of the caution free IMCA Stock Car Main Event. The biggest concern for Nichols in completing the weekend sweep became heavy lapped traffic late in the race. However, he had enough of a gap and Nichols cruised to his first Missouri Nationals win. Blake Peeler finished second with a solid run. Chad Clancy finished third, with Randy Smith Jr. in fourth and JJ Baumli in fifth.
Derek Hall paced the opening laps of the IMCA Sport Mod Main Event. Early cautions slowed the race a few times, but with a long green flag run, Travis Peterson began working on Hall for the lead. While trying to make a move to the bottom, Adam Vrbka rolled the top and snuck by Peterson. Vrbka liked the high line and used it to make a move around Hall for the lead a few laps later. As the laps wound down, Vrbka continued to open the gap on Hall.
Vrbka remained out front when the checkered flew and won the Sport Mod portion of the Missouri Nationals. Hall finished second with Peterson third. Ben Stockton charged from 12th to finish fourth. Chris Wright moved through the field twice, once from an 11th place starting position and again after involvement in one of the early yellows to finish fifth.
US 36 Raceway Missouri Nationals Results
IMCA Modified
Modified Main Event 30 Laps
- 77-Steven Bowers Jr[11]; 2. 8C-Chad Andersen[4]; 3. 007-Zach Nitsch[2]; 4. 7D-Danny Holt[8]; 5. 34-Mark Schafman[3]; 6. 19X-Josh Munsen[1]; 7. 4G-Randy Herrmann[14]; 8. 49D-Josh Adkins[9]; 9. C4-Curtis Dreasher[10]; 10. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[6]; 11. 20J-Jayden Bears[16]; 12. 51D-Benjie Douglas[12]; 13. 33-Nicholas Carpenter[13]; 14. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[7]; 15. 52M-Blake Peeler[5]; 16. 14C-Bill Carter[15]; 17. (DNF) 04-Brody Sim[17]
IMCA Sprint Cars
Sprint Car Main Event 30 Laps
- 35-Trevor Grossenbacher[1]; 2. 7-Toby Chapman[3]; 3. 5-Stuart Snyder[5]; 4. 76-Jay Russell[11]; 5. 92J-JR Topper[2]; 6. 15-Jack Potter[4]; 7. 4X-Jason Danley[10]; 8. 55-Kenny Potter[7]; 9. 12P-Ryan Navratil[9]; 10. 38-Chris Couch[8]; 11. (DNF) 36JR-Austin Couch[12]; 12. (DNF) 43-Jake Greenwood[15]; 13. (DNS) 13L-Kevin Frisbie; 14. (DNS) 3TJ-Joel Thorpe; 15. (DQ) 7L-Jesse Lindberg[6]
IMCA Stock Car
Stock Car Main Event 25 Laps
- 63-Mike Nichols[2]; 2. 292-Blake Peeler[1]; 3. 21C-Chad Clancy[4]; 4. 75X-Randy Smith Jr[3]; 5. 46-JJ Baumli[10]; 6. 99X-Brian Labonte[6]; 7. 74-Matt Smith[7]; 8. 20X-Carson Masoner[14]; 9. 72X-Nate Barnes[9]; 10. 54-Eddie Ingram[15]; 11. X9-Brad Whitney[16]; 12. 91-Brad Labonte[12]; 13. 47X-Connor Masoner[8]; 14. 11-Christine Holt[11]; 15. 26-Anthony Whitham[13]; 16. 110W-Gerald Wahwahsuck[17]; 17. 227-Joe Abrams[18]; 18. (DNF) 34X-Mich Ross[5]; 19. (DNF) 99-Jesse Perez[19]
IMCA Sport Mod
Sport Mod Main Event 25 Laps
- 7V-Adam Vrbka[6]; 2. 44D-Derek Hall[1]; 3. 25-Travis Peterson[3]; 4. 33S-Ben Stockton[12]; 5. 66X-Chris Wright[11]; 6. 73-Truman Asher[7]; 7. 81-Austin Charles[21]; 8. 68+1-Blain Petersen[22]; 9. 12X-Steven Clancy[4]; 10. 27SN-Brad Whitney[5]; 11. 93X-Chad Shaw[9]; 12. 74-Justin Asher[10]; 13. 50Z-Trevor Dunn[20]; 14. 42C-Clayton Stutesmun[19]; 15. 46-Jena Baumli[14]; 16. 9X-Josh Boyd[16]; 17. 15-Kyle Russell[18]; 18. (DNF) 55-Mike Nichols[13]; 19. (DNF) 0-Dakota Girard[2]; 20. (DNF) 2X-Ricky Bobby[17]; 21. (DNF) 81X-Tom Charles[15]; 22. (DNF) 83K-Coleman Browning[8]