Special to the BN-R
Because of threatening weather - and a few sprinkles during the later heat races - the program was completed without delay and Molle was able to take his first win of the season ahead of Scranton's Rod Scheuermann and Perry's Jake Durbin with defending track champion Todd Shute (Des Moines) and Ricky Stephan (South Sioux City, Neb.) rounding out the top five.
Meanwhile, Luke Wanninger of Jefferson, the defending Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods track champion, picked up his first victory of the season in that division, beating Scott Davis (Boone), Kevin Sather (Ankeny), Paul Nagle (Nevada) and David Schlicht (Adel) to the stripe.
Gifford won a race-long battle with a handful of cars to win the IMCA Stock Car feature race. Two of the racing Smith brothers from Lake City - Donavon and Dustin - finished in the next two spots, while Brian Efkamp of Perry and Bill Reetz of Carroll completed the top five.
The two hobby stock feature races were won by Beau Kaplan of Ankeny and Cody Gustoff of Scranton, while the dwarf car feature went to Boone's Mike Kennedy.
IMCA MODIFIEDS
Feature - 1. Mike Molle, Glidden; 2. Rod Scheurmann, Scranton; 3. Jake Durbin, Perry; 4. Todd Shute, Des Moines; 5. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb.; 6. Adam Larson, Ames; 7. Jon Snyder, Ames; 8. Jeremie Hedrick, Green Bay, Wis.; 9. Jacob Murray, Hartford; 10. Austin Wolf, Algona; 11. Scott Baker, Boone; 12. Tim Stevens, Cedar Rapids; 13. Kelly Lyons, Boone; 14. Cale Sponsler, Grimes; 15. Denny Pittman, Jamaica; 16. Josh Gilman, Earlham; 17. Russ Dickerson, Boone; 18. Darren Huntley, Ogden; 19. Randy Havlik, Waukee; 20. Brian Law, Alleman; 21. Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines; 22. Stacy Warren, Ames.
First heat - 1. Sponsler; 2. Chris Wilke, Des Moines; 3. Molle. Second heat - 1. Davis Jr.; 2. Scheurmann; 3. Hedrick. Third heat - 1. Durbin; 2. Larson; 3. John Logue, Boone.
IMCA STOCK CARS
Feature - 1. Wayne Gifford, Boone; 2. Donavon Smith, Lake City; 3. Dustin Smith, Lake City; 4. Brian Efkamp, Perry; 5. Bill Reetz, Carroll; 6. Steve Jackson, Polk City; 7. Trent Murphy, Jefferson; 8. Cory Bushnell, Madrid; 9. Rodney Richards, Madrid; 10. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 11. Ty Hill, Dallas Center; 12. Bryan Trogdon, Bouton; 13. David Smith, Lake City; 14. Chris Webb, McCallsburg; 15. Josh Brauckman, Carroll; 16. Jerry Gifford, Pilot Mound; 17. Jeff Harkrider; 18. Terry Cornelison, Boone; 19. Robert Stoffer, Jefferson; 20. Jon Lang.
First heat - 1. Donavon Smith; 2. Stoffer; 3. Jerry Gifford, Pilot Mound. Second heat - 1. Efkamp; 2. W. Gifford; 3. Richards. Third heat - 1. Bushnell; 2. Dustin Smith; 3. Larry Crocheck, Boone.
KARL CHEVROLET IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS
Feature - 1. Luke Wanninger, Jefferson; 2. Scott Davis, Madrid; 3. Kevin Sather, Ankeny; 4. Paul Nagle, Nevada; 5. David Schlicht, Adel; 6. Dustin Dalton, Madrid; 7. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood; 8. Mike Reichart, Des Moines; 9. Doug Smith, Lake City; 10. Jared Timmerman, Norwalk; 11. Matt Meinecke, Woodward; 12. Brian Miller, Grand Junction; 13. Craig Elliott, Boone; 14. Shay Woods, Humeston; 15. Brett Moffitt, Grimes; 16. Rick Ringgenberg, Kelley; 17. Joel Bushore, Boone; 18. Randy Roberts, Boone; 19. Geoff Olson, Sioux City; 20. Bruce Egeland, Marshall, Minn.; 21. Cody Hennings, Boone; 22. Kent Croskey, Polk City; 23. Jeremy Embrey, Granger; 24. Eric Elliott, Boone.
B feature - 1. E. Elliott; 2. Ringgenberg; 3. Schlicht; 4. Sobbing; 5. Tim Love, Kelley.
First heat - 1. Doug Smith; 2. Miller; 3. Croskey. Second heat - 1. Meinecke; 2. Robert; 3. Reichart. Third heat - 1. Davis; 2. Nagle; 3. Embrey. Fourth heat - 1. Timmerman; 2. C. Elliott; 3. Wanninger.
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
First feature - 1. Beau Kaplan, Ankeny; 2. Richard Yaw II, Pleasant Hill; 3. Jason Stringer, Marshalltown; 4. Michael Murphy, Jefferson; 5. Aaron Rudolph, Scranton; 6. Devin Smith, Lake City; 7. Dean Hartwig, Boone; 8. Tim Hadley, Nevada; 9. Justin Hopkins, Boone; 10. Matt Drottz, Ames; 11. Bobby Smith, Boone; 12. Joel Tigges, Carroll; 13. Clinton Luellen, Minburn; 14. Jay Arends, Ames.
Second feature - 1. Cody Gustoff, Scranton; 2. Pat Mather, Greenfield; 3. Brandon Ratcliff, Kamrar; 4. Alan VanGorp, Des Moines; 5. Carl Knight, Des Moines; 6. Ed Mahlstedt, Bagley; 7. Austin Luellen, Minburn; 8. Kyle Dirks, Nevada; 9. Darin Rothfus, Woodward; 10. Alex Berghefer, Nevada; 11. A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa; 12. Chris Hupp, Boone; 13. Daniel Hilsabeck, West Des Moines; 14. Jesse McCollaugh, Boone.
First heat - 1. Tigges; 2. Van Gorp; 3. Yaw II; Second heat - 1. Mather; 2. Johnson; 3. Rudolph. Third heat - 1. Devin Smith; 2. Stringer; 3. Hupp. Fourth heat - 1. Hilsabeck; 2. Gustoff; 3. Hopkins.
DWARF CAR
Feature - 1. Mike Kennedy, Boone; 2. Ed Zehm, Ames; 3. Andy Hennigar, Ankeny; 4. Jeff Stensland, Nevada; 5. Randy Bryan, Gilbert; 6. Josh May, DeSoto; 7. Joel Huggins, Pleasant Hill; 8. Duane Coffman, Grimes; 9. Charlie Brown, Nevada; 10. Matthew Goodin, Des Moines; 11. David Schmalzried, Colo; 12. Dusty Masolini, Des Moines; 13. Mike Thomas, Des Moines; 14. Tim Hennigar, Clarion; 15. Jim May, DeSoto; 16. Joe Wood, Nevada; 17. Todd Thorson, Jewell; 18. Jason Whitehead, Nevada; 19. Travis Stensland, Nevada; 20. Terry Sorenson, Story City; 21. Rick Taylor, Jewell; 22. Brad Talbert, Madrid; 23. Eric Hendrickson, Pleasant Hill.
First heat - 1. J. Stensland; 2. Coffman; 3. Bryan. Second heat - 1. Rick Dennis, Granger; 2. Hendrickson; 3. Kennedy. Third heat - 1. Huggins; 2. Zehm; 3. A. Hennigar
