By Rick Staley (Osbron, MO) -- Night one of the IMCA MO Nationals at US 36 Raceway would kick off with a great opening ceremony as we honored our Troops and America. Special Thanks to our Drivers Logan Rash, Kevin Rash, Gracie Couch and Ricky Couch for doing the honors carrying our Nations and States colors so proudly. Special thanks to Jeremy Eaton singing a touching and moving National Anthem as well as Motor Racing Outreach Robbie Skipper for having our invocation. Jon and Beth Boller as always having track grounds in tip top shape with American Flags welcoming all as they entered the parking area.
PHOTO: #98 Nate Barger from Madison, South Dakota IMCA RaceSaver Sprints Feature Winner 10/08/2021
E-Modifieds would start the night of action with a full field of contenders fighting for the win. Kevin Rash #07 and the #74 of heat race winner Justin Asher would set the pace early swapping the lead until Asher would pull slightly ahead. Coming through the pack Chris Dishong #54L and George Burnett would stalk the leader for many circuits. Mid-race would see #211 Tim Eaton make his way to the front passing Asher for the top spot. Heat winner Eaton would run a flawless race and never look back picking up the night one feature win and the big paycheck that accompanied the victory. Coming home in the second spot was Kevin Rash as Asher would slip to third in the closing laps. Fourth position would belong to Chris Dishong with George Burnett #23B rounding out the night’s top five. Other heat race winner was #21T David Towers and B-Feature Winner was #14B Brayden Bennett.
Pure Stock came out in large numbers roaring to the track next and all drivers would perform on the highest level. Four big heat races would see #292 Blake Peeler, #14 Anthony Tanner, #17C Alvie Christofferson and #7 Spencer Reiff all pick up wins and move on to the feature. B-Feature winners were #11S Tyler Starmer and #49K Conrad Kauffman joining the feature. Leroy Morrison #50 jumped to the early lead with Darrion McLaughlin #38D in hot pursuit as they would run nose to tail throughout the feature. As these two battled for the lead, #17C of Alvie Christofferson would make his march to the front and challenge in the closing laps along with #27H Brandon Hoover. McLaughlin would make his move in turn two passing Morrison for the lead and would pull away claiming his first win on the high banks of US 36 Raceway Dirt Track. Morrison and Christofferson would duke it our for second with Morrison crossing the line slightly ahead of Christofferson for second leaving the #17C to finish third. Fourth place would see our 2021 Pure Stock Track Champion Brandon Hoover with CJ Turner #91 coming to the stripe in fifth.
Always entertaining Karls Kustoms IMCA Northern Sport Mods would try and tame the fast three eight’s mile of dirt next with a full field. Adam Vrbka #7V, Tim Eaton #211 and Mary Hahn #17 would get their night started on the right foot by winning their heat races moving straight to the feature event. Kyler Girard #00 would pick up the B-Feature win to advance as well. Chad Shaw #93SS would along with Chris Wright #66X would lead the field to green and battle side by side with Shaw taking a slight advantage. Dakota Girard #0 was also in the mix util an early race spin cycle would send him to the rear of the field. As Shaw would lead, Wright would challenge every step of the way putting the pressure on our leader until mechanical issues forced him from competition. Mike Nichols #63 would race his way through the field and challenge Shaw for the front and slide past for the lead. Nichols would not be denied and charge on to see the double checkers first and pick up the feature win on night one of Missouri Nationals. Nichols would pick up the win, Shaw would race to second with Wright a solid third place finish. Josh Appel #65A would see a fourth-place finish and Chad Clancy #12X would end the feature fifth.
IMCA Stock Cars would enter the Raceway locked and loaded with the best the racing world has to offer. Scott Brown #2, Mike Nichols #63, and Jason Estes #997 would make a statement early picking up heat race wins moving straight to the feature with #2S Sterling Sorenson moving on by winning the B-Feature. Jason Estes and Chad Clancy #17X would battle back and forth for the top spot as Mike Nichols would start his march through the field to create a traffic jam at the front with a cluster of cars wanting the win. Estes and Nichols would then battle back and forth for the lead with Estes up top and Nichols low. Nichols would do the slide job to perfection in turn two and never look back on his way to the feature win. Estes would hold off the hard charge of Clancy and #34X of Mich Ross and place second with Clancy third. Ross would end the night fourth with the always fast Nate Barnes #29X fifth as the checkers fell.
IMCA RaceSaver Sprints would kick off with 4 big heat races with #76 Jay Russell, #45 Monty Ferriera, #20D Jacob Dye and Stu Snyder #5 picking up wins. Mike Houseman Jr #4L would pick up the B-Feature win locking him into the field. As the green dropped, several cars flexed muscle at the front of the field until yellow would fall on the3 track and several competitors struck from the feature. On the ensuing green flag Jack Potter #15 would charge out front and take #7 Toby Chapman with him. These two would battle until #98 Nate Barger would make a miraculous save on the back straight and find the high line to his liking. Barger would stay up top and find his way past both Potter and chapman to pick up the win. Barger would win, Potter second and Chapman third. Stu Snyder #5 would race his way to fourth and a very fast #51 of Mike Boston would round out the night’s top five.
On night one of IMCA MO Nationals winding down, Modifieds would take to the racing surface. Heat race winners were #24T Terry Hurt, #71 Jeff James and #77 Steven Bowers Jr moving them straight to the feature. #B81 Jesse Belez would pick up the B-Feature win locking him in as well. No sooner than the green flag would drop Bowers would develop mechanical issues dropping him from the feature as James and Hurt would lead the field. Hurt would get his hot rod out front and appear to be the car to beat until #05 of Paul Nagle would us top side to get the run on the field. Nagel would pick up the win and celebrate in Lake Road Warehouse Victory Lane. Brandon Conkwright #24C would have a fierce battle with Hurt and James but would get up on the wheel placing a solid second with Hurt slipping to third. James would end the feature fourth with a charging Drew Janssen #127 making a statement placing fifth.
US 36 Would like to thank Nalle Equipment, XFactor Motorsports, NAPA Auto Parts, Nextran Truck Center, Boller Motorsports and Lake Road warehouse for the sponsorship.
FRIDAY RESULTS
IMCA MODIFIED
Top 12 Qualify to Saturday A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 05-Paul Nagle[11]; 2. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[10]; 3. 24T-Terry Hurt[4]; 4. 71-Jeff James[3]; 5. 127-Drew Janssen[14]; 6. 37-Randy Foote[7]; 7. 19X-Josh Munsen[8]; 8. 007-Zach Nitsch[17]; 9. 9-Brint Hartwick[5]; 10. V31-Todd VanEaton[12]; 11. 9JR-Spencer Hartwick[16]; 12. 51D-Benjie Douglas[20]; 13. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[18]; 14. (DNF) 22-Steve McDowell[2]; 15. (DNF) 38-Craig Garner[15]; 16. (DNF) 81-Jesse Belez[19]; 17. (DNF) 02-Greg Querry[9]; 18. (DNF) 77-Steven Bowers Jr[6]; 19. (DNF) 49D-Doug Heimbaugh[13]; 20. (DNF) 11D-Caleb Dennis[1]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 81-Jesse Belez[2]; 2. 51D-Benjie Douglas[3]; 3. 47L-Jason Withrow[1]; 4. 67-Jeffrey Booher[6]; 5. (DNF) 91-Eddie Schwope[5]; 6. (DNS) F16-Blaine Nolker
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24T-Terry Hurt[1]; 2. 9-Brint Hartwick[2]; 3. 05-Paul Nagle[4]; 4. 22-Steve McDowell[6]; 5. 49D-Doug Heimbaugh[7]; 6. 9JR-Spencer Hartwick[5]; 7. (DNF) 47L-Jason Withrow[8]; 8. (DNF) F16-Blaine Nolker[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Jeff James[2]; 2. 19X-Josh Munsen[1]; 3. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[4]; 4. 37-Randy Foote[8]; 5. 127-Drew Janssen[5]; 6. 007-Zach Nitsch[6]; 7. 81-Jesse Belez[3]; 8. 91-Eddie Schwope[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Steven Bowers Jr[2]; 2. 02-Greg Querry[1]; 3. V31-Todd VanEaton[3]; 4. 11D-Caleb Dennis[4]; 5. 38-Craig Garner[8]; 6. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[6]; 7. 51D-Benjie Douglas[7]; 8. 67-Jeffrey Booher[5]
IMCA SPRINT CAR
Top 12 Qualify to Saturday A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 98-Nate Barger[2]; 2. 15-Jack Potter[1]; 3. 7C-Toby Chapman[8]; 4. 5-Stuart Snyder[11]; 5. 51-Mike Boston[3]; 6. 4X-Jason Danley[6]; 7. 92J-JR Topper[13]; 8. 20D-Jacob Dye[10]; 9. 55-Kenny Potter[20]; 10. 81-Jared Jansen[19]; 11. 77-Bret Klabunde[14]; 12. 66-Alan Jensen[15]; 13. (DNF) 36JR-Camdin Couch[16]; 14. (DNF) 53-Morgan Frewaldt[5]; 15. (DNF) 76-Jay Russell[7]; 16. (DNF) 91-Adam Gullion[4]; 17. (DNF) 45-Monty Ferriera[12]; 18. (DNF) 4L-Mike Houseman Jr[17]; 19. (DNF) 2E-Ryan Kitchen[9]; 20. (DNF) 25-Gunnar Pike[18]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4L-Mike Houseman Jr[2]; 2. 25-Gunnar Pike[4]; 3. 81-Jared Jansen[5]; 4. 55-Kenny Potter[1]; 5. 1P-Curtis Evans[7]; 6. 43-Jake Greenwood[6]; 7. 36-Chris Couch[3]; 8. (DNF) 292-Chad Jarrett[10]; 9. (DNF) 30-Monty Cook[11]; 10. (DNS) 8UP-Doug Cook; 11. (DNS) 57B-Boyd Peterson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Jay Russell[1]; 2. 7C-Toby Chapman[4]; 3. 15-Jack Potter[2]; 4. 92J-JR Topper[6]; 5. 55-Kenny Potter[5]; 6. 81-Jared Jansen[7]; 7. 8UP-Doug Cook[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Monty Ferriera[2]; 2. 91-Adam Gullion[4]; 3. 2E-Ryan Kitchen[3]; 4. 77-Bret Klabunde[1]; 5. 4L-Mike Houseman Jr[6]; 6. 43-Jake Greenwood[5]; 7. 292-Chad Jarrett[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20D-Jacob Dye[3]; 2. 51-Mike Boston[5]; 3. 53-Morgan Frewaldt[4]; 4. 66-Alan Jensen[2]; 5. 36-Chris Couch[1]; 6. 1P-Curtis Evans[6]; 7. 30-Monty Cook[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Stuart Snyder[3]; 2. 4X-Jason Danley[6]; 3. 98-Nate Barger[5]; 4. 36JR-Camdin Couch[4]; 5. 25-Gunnar Pike[1]; 6. 57B-Boyd Peterson[2]
IMCA STOCK CAR
Top 12 Qualify to Saturday A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 63-Mike Nichols[12]; 2. 997-Jason Estes[4]; 3. 17X-Chad Clancy[9]; 4. 34X-Mich Ross[2]; 5. 29X-Nate Barnes[6]; 6. 99-Brian Labonte[10]; 7. 292-Blake Peeler[20]; 8. 12X-Matthew Lance[17]; 9. 47X-Connor Masoner[13]; 10. 2S-Sterling Sorensen[19]; 11. X4-Jason Purvis[15]; 12. 2X-Ricky Bobby[5]; 13. 91-Brad labonte[3]; 14. 18K-Kasey Ayres[8]; 15. 44JR-Larry Bouton[14]; 16. (DNF) 26-Anthony Whitham[1]; 17. (DNF) 14C-Bill Carter[18]; 18. (DNF) 72X-Jason Ryun[16]; 19. (DNF) 2-Scott Brown[11]; 20. (DNF) 33K-Josh Everhart[7]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2S-Sterling Sorensen[2]; 2. 292-Blake Peeler[5]; 3. 20X-Carson Masoner[1]; 4. (DNS) 10-Dana Cook; 5. (DNS) 03-Lance Dixon
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Scott Brown[3]; 2. 18K-Kasey Ayres[1]; 3. 34X-Mich Ross[5]; 4. 2X-Ricky Bobby[2]; 5. 47X-Connor Masoner[8]; 6. 72X-Jason Ryun[7]; 7. 20X-Carson Masoner[6]; 8. 10-Dana Cook[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Mike Nichols[2]; 2. 29X-Nate Barnes[1]; 3. 26-Anthony Whitham[4]; 4. 91-Brad labonte[7]; 5. 44JR-Larry Bouton[3]; 6. 12X-Matthew Lance[6]; 7. 2S-Sterling Sorensen[5]; 8. 292-Blake Peeler[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 997-Jason Estes[3]; 2. 17X-Chad Clancy[2]; 3. 33K-Josh Everhart[1]; 4. 99-Brian Labonte[4]; 5. X4-Jason Purvis[6]; 6. 14C-Bill Carter[7]; 7. 03-Lance Dixon[5]
IMCA SPORTMOD
Top 12 Qualify to Saturday A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 63-Mike Nichols[6]; 2. 93SS-Chad Shaw[2]; 3. 66X-Chris Wright[4]; 4. 65J-Josh Appel[11]; 5. 12X-Chad Clancy[14]; 6. 81-Austin Charles[13]; 7. 7V-Adam Vrbka[12]; 8. 26J-Jace Whitt[7]; 9. 81JR-Tom Charles[20]; 10. 9X-Josh Boyd[3]; 11. 211-Tim Eaton[8]; 12. 15-Kyle Russell[17]; 13. 44D-Derek Hall[9]; 14. 00-Kyler Girard[19]; 15. (DNF) 0-Dakota Girard[1]; 16. (DNF) 50Z-Trevor Dunn[18]; 17. (DNF) 17-Mary Hahn[5]; 18. (DNF) 13-Brandon Beam[15]; 19. (DNF) 42C-Clayton Stutesmun[16]; 20. (DNF) 23B-Casey Burnett[10]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 00-Kyler Girard[2]; 2. 81JR-Tom Charles[4]; 3. 46-Jena Baumli[5]; 4. B12-Jerry Burdick[3]; 5. (DNF) 42X-Tony Manley[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7V-Adam Vrbka[2]; 2. 9X-Josh Boyd[1]; 3. 0-Dakota Girard[4]; 4. 93SS-Chad Shaw[3]; 5. 81-Austin Charles[8]; 6. 42C-Clayton Stutesmun[6]; 7. 42X-Tony Manley[5]; 8. 81JR-Tom Charles[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 211-Tim Eaton[2]; 2. 26J-Jace Whitt[1]; 3. 63-Mike Nichols[6]; 4. 44D-Derek Hall[7]; 5. 12X-Chad Clancy[3]; 6. 15-Kyle Russell[8]; 7. 00-Kyler Girard[4]; 8. 46-Jena Baumli[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Mary Hahn[1]; 2. 65J-Josh Appel[4]; 3. 23B-Casey Burnett[3]; 4. 66X-Chris Wright[5]; 5. 13-Brandon Beam[6]; 6. 50Z-Trevor Dunn[7]; 7. B12-Jerry Burdick[2]
PURE STOCK
Top 12 Qualify to Saturday A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 38D-Darrion Mclaughlin[2]; 2. 50-Leroy Morrison[1]; 3. 17C-Alvie Christofferson[6]; 4. 27H-Brandon Hoover[8]; 5. 91-CJ Turner[7]; 6. 14-Anthony Tanner[4]; 7. 42-Sam Florence[3]; 8. 13X-Colton Couch[20]; 9. 11S-Tyler Starmer[17]; 10. 27-Jason Ryun[15]; 11. 26-Blake Peeler[9]; 12. 17RJ-Ryan Hinkle[14]; 13. 08-Scott Pullen[16]; 14. 42R-Eric Risley[11]; 15. 49K-Conrad Kauffman[18]; 16. 87-Anthony Persell[13]; 17. (DNF) 00-Cory Flamm[10]; 18. (DNF) 89-Logan Headley[19]; 19. (DNS) 24-Jimmie Workman; 20. (DQ) 7-Spencer Reiff[5]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11S-Tyler Starmer[3]; 2. 89-Logan Headley[1]; 3. B5-George Bruning[5]; 4. 540-Shawn Huston[2]; 5. M 4-Mike Miller[4]; 6. 75-Derek Huffman[7]; 7. (DNF) 62RJ-Josh Morey[6]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 49K-Conrad Kauffman[2]; 2. 13X-Colton Couch[4]; 3. 399-Brandon Rice[6]; 4. 53-Gracie Couch[5]; 5. 017-WADE JOHNSON[3]; 6. 21-Trevor Hittle[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Blake Peeler[1]; 2. 42R-Eric Risley[2]; 3. 00-Cory Flamm[4]; 4. 87-Anthony Persell[6]; 5. 89-Logan Headley[5]; 6. 11S-Tyler Starmer[7]; 7. B5-George Bruning[3]; 8. 75-Derek Huffman[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Anthony Tanner[4]; 2. 24-Jimmie Workman[6]; 3. 27H-Brandon Hoover[5]; 4. 17RJ-Ryan Hinkle[1]; 5. 21-Trevor Hittle[2]; 6. 017-WADE JOHNSON[7]; 7. (DNF) 53-Gracie Couch[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17C-Alvie Christofferson[4]; 2. 42-Sam Florence[1]; 3. 50-Leroy Morrison[7]; 4. 27-Jason Ryun[5]; 5. 540-Shawn Huston[2]; 6. M 4-Mike Miller[3]; 7. (DNS) 62RJ-Josh Morey
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Spencer Reiff[2]; 2. 38D-Darrion Mclaughlin[1]; 3. 91-CJ Turner[6]; 4. 08-Scott Pullen[4]; 5. 49K-Conrad Kauffman[7]; 6. 13X-Colton Couch[3]; 7. 399-Brandon Rice[5]
E-MODIFIEDS
Top 12 Qualify to Saturday A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 211-Tim Eaton[8]; 2. 07R-Kevin Rash[2]; 3. 74-Justin Asher[1]; 4. 54L-Chris Dishong[10]; 5. 23B-George Burnett[6]; 6. 15-Joshua Adkins[12]; 7. 56R-Kenny Reed[4]; 8. 33-Kevin White[5]; 9. 59R-Logan Rash[18]; 10. 55J-Josh Marshall[9]; 11. 21K-Coleman Browning[3]; 12. 37C-Chance Brune[14]; 13. 72-Danny O'Doniel[13]; 14. 101-Ryan Royce[17]; 15. 10/4-Rodney Rash[20]; 16. 21T-David Towers[11]; 17. 14B-Brayden Bennett[19]; 18. 15B-Justin Adkins[15]; 19. 51-Dustin Lawrence[7]; 20. 88-Dallas George[16]; 21. 7-Trinton Penland
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14B-Brayden Bennett[5]; 2. 10/4-Rodney Rash[3]; 3. (DNF) 7-Trinton Penland[1]; 4. (DNF) 21C-RYAN THURMAN[6]; 5. (DNS) 6-Zach Boyd; 6. (DNS) 6C-Leroy Cameron
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Justin Asher[7]; 2. 56R-Kenny Reed[1]; 3. 07R-Kevin Rash[4]; 4. 33-Kevin White[5]; 5. 72-Danny O'Doniel[3]; 6. 88-Dallas George[6]; 7. 7-Trinton Penland[2]; 8. (DNS) 6C-Leroy Cameron
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21T-David Towers[2]; 2. 51-Dustin Lawrence[4]; 3. 54L-Chris Dishong[6]; 4. 21K-Coleman Browning[8]; 5. 37C-Chance Brune[5]; 6. 101-Ryan Royce[7]; 7. (DNS) 6-Zach Boyd; 8. (DQ) 14B-Brayden Bennett[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 211-Tim Eaton[2]; 2. 55J-Josh Marshall[3]; 3. 15-Joshua Adkins[7]; 4. 23B-George Burnett[1]; 5. 15B-Justin Adkins[5]; 6. 59R-Logan Rash[8]; 7. 10/4-Rodney Rash[6]; 8. 21C-RYAN THURMAN[4]