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By STEPHENIE BLACK, Special to The MessengerFact Box
MINERAL CITY SPEEDWAY
(Friday's results)
Hornet
Heat 1: 1. Duane Ferguson, Otho; 2. Cody Wirt, Otho; 3. Jarid Kuchenreuther, Fort Dodge.
Heat 2: 1. Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 2. Jason Ewing, Otho; 3. Dustin Haggard, Humboldt.
Feature: 1. Duane Ferguson; 2. Tyler Pickett; 3. Cody Wirt; 4. Mick Evans; 5. Jason Ewing; 6. Gary Carlson; 7. Dustin Haggard; 8. Mike McFarland; 9. Jarid Kuchenreuther; 10. Jeremy Coleman; 11. Daniel Ayers.
Econo Stock
Heat 1: 1. Josh Niemand, Fort Dodge; 2. Zachary Angstrom, Gowrie; 3. Chase Grove, Fort Dodge.
Heat 2: 1. Adam Suhrbier, Fort Dodge; 2. Nate Evans, Fort Dodge; 3. Colby Davis, Lake City.
Feature: 1. Zachary Angstrom; 2. Adam Suhrbier; 3. Jason Iehl; 4. Chase Grove; 5. Colby Davis; 6. Joe Herrig; 7. Nate Evans; 8. Austin Reicks; 9. Nathan Hogan; 10. Josh Niemand; 11. Jess Bieret; 12. Bob Lenz.
Hobby Stock
Heat 1: 1. Justin Nehring, Storm Lake; 2. Kevin Schmauss, Eagle Grove; 3. Kyle Timmerman, Lake City.
Heat 2: 1. Jeff Lyon, Fort Dodge; 2. Todd Hillman, Boone; 3. Kyle Schmauss, Eagle Grove.
Feature: 1. Kevin Schmauss; 2. Todd Hillman; 3. Kyle Timmerman; 4. Kevin Berger; 5. Jeff Lyon; 6. Kyle Schmauss; 7. Merle Bass; 8. Dave Schmauss; 9. Jack Marsh; 10. Justin Nehring; 11. Curtis Schreier.
360 Modified
Heat 1: 1. Austin Lucas, Story City; 2. Rocky Caudle, Webster City; 3. Eric Puhrman, Nemaha.
Heat 2: 1. Mike Kallansrud, Fort Dodge; 2. Andy Tiernan, Woodward; 3. Chad Louk, Jefferson.
Heat 3: 1. Doug Bartles, Lytton; 2. Jeff Paullin, Dayton; 3. Matt Pittman, Jefferson.
Feature: 1. Mike Kallansrud; 2. Matt Pittman; 3. Chad Louk; 4. Jeff Paullin; 5. Austin Lucas; 6. Brian Miller; 7. Rocky Caudle; 8. Bill Hoover; 9. Roger Caquelin; 10. Lyle Oberhelman; 11. AJ Langenwalter; 12. Andy Tiernan; 13. Tim Hanson; 14. Jim Lampe; 15. Jake Simpson; 16. Todd Thomas; 17. Scott Forbes; 18. Eric Puhrman; 19. Brandon Leeman; 20. David Calmer; 21. Jake Taggert; 22. Doug Bartles; 23. David Gilliland.
Stock Car
Heat 1: 1. Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge; 2. Larry Silbaugh, Jefferson; 3. Jason Minnehan, Churdan.
Heat 2: 1. Mike Van Genderen, Newton; 2. Matt Fox, Paton; 3. Ryan Leeman, Roland.
Feature: 1. Jeff Zehr; 2. Wayne Crimmins; 3. Jason Minnehan; 4. Jeff Deal; 5. Ryan Leeman; 6. Matt Mundt; 7. Mike Van Genderen; 8. Matt Fox; 9. Wyatt Lundberg; 10. Randy Watnem; 11. Larry Silbaugh; 12. Dave Hubbard.
Modified
Heat 1: 1. Brad Williams, Lytton; 2. Tyler Pemble, Glidden; 3. Ryan Watnem, Humboldt.
Heat 2: 1. Brian Schmitt, Wall Lake; 2. Dave Doughty, Fort Dodge; 3. Mike Albertson, Audubon.
Feature: 1. Brad Williams; 2. Mike Albertson; 3. Joe Paullin; 4. Ryan Watnem; 5. Jeff Conner; 6. Ryan Ruter; 7. Tyler Pemble; 8. Dave Doughty.
Racing at Mineral City Speedway did not look promising as the rain began to fall just before the gates opened on Friday night.
With some luck from Mother Nature and a lot of work from the crew, the rain stopped and the track was prepared for racing.
The Hornet class started the night's feature events. Tyler Pickett moved by Cody Wirt and Dustin Haggard to grab the early lead, but by lap three, Duane Ferguson moved into the top spot. Ferguson extended his lead through the remainder of the race going on to take the checkered flag.
Pickett and Wirt rounded out the top three.
Nate Evans and Zach Angstrom started on the front row of the Econo Stock feature. Angstrom moved by Evans for the lead.
Austin Reicks quickly took the second spot over Evans, but tire trouble would take him out of the race. Adam Suhrbier moved into second position.
Angstrom, with a large lead, went on to win his first feature event. Suhrbier was second, with Jason Iehl taking third.
The Hobby Stocks were up next. Justin Nehring moved by Todd Hillman for the lead, but pulled into the work area on lap two.
Hillman took the lead over Kevin Schmauss, Kyle Timmerman and Kevin Berger. This is how they would remain until coming into the final turn of the race.
Hillman got a flat tire, slowing him enough for Schmauss to move past for win number three in as many weeks. Hillman held on to the second spot with Timmerman taking third.
Doug Bartles led the first lap of the 360 Modified feature, but Mike Kallansrud made his move on lap two to take the top spot. Before the end of the lap Bartles had trouble and was out of the race.
Matt Pittman challenged Kallansrud, but was unable to make the move. Two more cautions brought the field together to give Pittman and Chad Louk another chance to pass.
It could not be done, as Kallansrud held on to get his first career feature win. Pittman and Louk finished out the top three.
The Stock Car feature was a close one as always. Matt Fox had a lead over Jeff Zehr, Wayne Crimmins and Mike Van Genderen. They stayed this way until lap six when Fox gave enough room for Zehr to make his move for the lead.
Van Genderen slowed bringing out the caution flag as he left the race. Zehr, Fox and Crimmins were in a tight battle for the lead when Fox spun bringing out the second yellow flag.
Crimmins gave a hard last lap challenge, but Zehr held on to get the win. Crimmins finished second over Jason Minnehan in third.
Ryan Watnem and Jeff Conner started on the front row of the Modified feature, but it was Brad Williams that wanted the lead. By the end of the first lap he had it.
Williams held his lead while Tyler Pemble moved up to challenge Watnem for the second spot. They ran this way for several laps as Williams stretched his lead.
Pemble got by Watnem, but a few laps later pulled off the track. A caution was called for Ryan Ruter who ended up in the wall on the front stretch. Williams kept his lead and went on to get the win, with Mike Albertson and Joe Paullin moving up to finish out the top three.












