8/15/2017
Park Jefferson International Speedway
Mark Lloyd Memorial sees great action on Turner Plumbing Night
A fabulous night of racing was held Saturday at Park Jefferson for the 3rd annual Mark Lloyd Memorial, presented by Turner Plumbing. With storms imminent, drivers raced clean and green for a majority of the night which saw many of the point battles crystalize on the 2nd to final night of IMCA track points.
The LMSS Touring Series invaded Park Jefferson, and it was repeat winner Travis Schreurs finding victory lane. Schreurs won over the hard charging 11k of Korthals and a very strong run by Brylee Gough. The LMSS had 2 races on the season at Park Jefferson and it was a celebration to have them as part of the Mark Lloyd Memorial.
In the SignMasters Modifieds Road to the Iron Cup event, Chris Abelson returned to his Sioux City base and was able to charge from the 3rd row to take the top spot. Abelson’s bright number 1 was fast all around the Siouxland oval during the draw redraw event. Bob Moore and Jason Schneider’s rounded out the top 3. RJ Merchant had a strong return to action and finished 11th.
The IMCA Sprint Cars continue to excite fans, and it was Colin Smith who virtually wrapped up a point championship. Smith, whose black and orange 05 machine has been fast all season, came from the 2nd row to win over a number of newcomers to the track. This division has continued to grow in 2017 and will be an exciting one to watch for the 2018 season as a number of drivers are looking at moving up.
Travis Barker used the middle of the drying racing surface to his advantage to put the 30 car on top for the J&J Fitting Stock Cars. Barker, who was a runner up a number of times in 2016, found the new number 30 to his liking and put it in victory lane. Jason Ward, one of the all-time stock car win leaders at the track, finished 2nd and Tom McKenzie finished third.
The biggest check of the night went to Cody Thompson, who picked up a cool $1,000 thanks to the great people from Turner Plumbing and their various wholesalers. Adam Twedt and crew raised an additional $1,000 for the purse which saw a season high 20 competitors compete in heat races and 19 make it to the feature. Thompson won over Dave Riley and Rusty Montagne, with Todd Boulware virtually wrapping up the title by virtue of this 4th place finish. Boulware did take home some cash as track photagrapher Krissy Bearce presented her exciting Austrailian Pursuit event for Sport Modifieds, and it was Boulware picking up the money.
Craig Clift similarly wrapped up the IMCA Hobby Stock title by coming from 12th to win the feature event. Paul Menard suffered the cruelest of defeats as he looped his car while leading coming out of turn 4 on the final lap. Andy Hoffman and Gavin Gilbertson took advantage of the miscue to round out the podium.
It was David Bates in the 13 coming home in the top spot for the IMCA Sport Compact presented by Fox 620. Bates was able to hold off the challenges of Brody Spreng and Danny VanderVeen to win over a strong field. Bates was fast all night long and also won the 2nd heat race.
Weekly championships will be on the line this Saturday Night as Park Jefferson Speedway presents Championship Night this Saturday night as the track will crown champions in its 6 IMCA Divisions.
Current Point Standings:
IMCA SignMasters Modifieds
Pos Car Driver Points
1 48 Bob Moore440
2 25 Ricky Stephan425
3 44x Jason Schneiders422
4 23 Jim Thies397
5 56 Zach Van Voorst382
6 88 Sean Barragan364
7 27 Daniel Loggins312
8 15m Shane Demey311
9 35 Jeff Berens301
10 m80 Jim Mathieson290
IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
Pos Car Driver Points
1 55 Greg Taylor382
2 10x Paul Wenzlaff380
3 94 Todd Gereau378
4 4J Aaron Guillaune342
5 58 Shaun Johnson330
6 13 Casey Jones309
7 13 Glenn Jones307
8 71 Zach Olivier303
9 352 Curt Vanbeek297
10 2 Tony Ritterbush249
IMCA Schaeffer Oil Sport Modifieds
Pos Car Driver Points
1 14 Todd Boulware438
2 T1 Rusty Montagne428
3 56 Dave Riley402
4 3 Nicholas Peters390
5 00x Jeff Brunssen379
6 1J John Foreman369
7 13K Karl Brewer367
8 25 Josh Blom354
9 25C Cody Thompson345
10 44 Cameron Vande Weerd251
IMCA Fox 620 Sport Compacts
Pos Car Driver Points
1 13B David Bates433
2 6 Luke Jackson425
3 31 Derek Boggs414
4 27S Brody Spreng398
5 14C Shyanne McCulley384
6 423 Jake Newsom333
7 15 Tyler Thompson304
8 69V Danny VanderVeen239
9 3RC Randy Cass228
10 14 Max Bonine208
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Pos Car Driver Points
1 77 Craig Clift441
2 29M David Miller436
3 58 Aaron Shearn435
4 16d Paul Menard421
5 8X Andy Hoffman402
6 88G Gavin Gilbertson390
7 5 Lenny Tucker378
8 7JR Josh Lien245
9 01B Kevin Bruck205
10 28 Adam Lee184
IMCA Sprint Cars
Pos Car Driver Points
1 5 Colin Smith258
2 20 John Lambertz185
3 X Josh Sterrett171
4 17V Casey Abbas147
5 7L Jesse Lindberg137
6 77R Taylor Ryan129
7 2D Dusty Ballenger114
8 16J Elijah Johnson96
9 33 Trevor Smith73
10 0 Brandon Stevenson72
Keizer Wheels Championship 360 Sprint Cars
Pos Car Driver Points
1 17 Ryan Bickett218
2 4 Cody Hansen214
3 51A Elliot Amdahl190
4 35L Cody Ledger189
5 1B Jordan Boston187
6 13V Seth Brahmer187
7 17 Lee Goos Jr174
8 11X Gregg Bakker170
9 14 Jody Rosenboom169
10 12L John Lambertz155
Submitted By: Adam Adamson
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