Coopman, Andrews, Sidles, Voss, Tietz, and Toews win on the Ultimate Kids Night
Over one hundred and fifty bikes and heat welcomed fans to the track for racing action sponsored by Livewire Printing and KKOJ radio for Bike Blow Out night. Along with all the kids that won the bikes, taking home victories on the track were Nate Coopman in the hornet class, Jason Andrews in the hobby stock division, Greg Sidles topped the B-Modifieds, Ryan Voss for the 305 sprints, Ken Tietz in the IMCA stock cars, and Mark Toews in the 360 sprints.
Yellow Book Hornets (5 Cars)
A Feature (6 laps) – 1. 9 Nate Coopman, Mankato MN, 2. 4K Amanda Kaltved,
Estherville IA, 3. 27 Craig Lappegard, Estherville IA, 4. 24 Jake Schroeder,
Lakefield, MN 5. 33 Megan Lappegard, Estherville IA
The six lap feature event for the Yellow Book Hornets started with Craig Lappegard and Jake Schroeder leading the field to the green. As the field headed into turn one, Lappegard was getting a good push from Nate Coopman and Amanda Kaltved moved to the high side, making it a three way battle for first out of turn two. Coopman got the drive off the bottom and Kaltved moved around Lappegard for second. As the drivers settled into position, Coopman had pulled out to a good lead by the time the checkers flew. Kaltved held off challenges to come home runner-up followed by Lappegard, Schroeder, and Megan Lappegard.
Loosbrock Digging Service Hobby Stocks (21 Cars)
A Feature (12 laps) – 1. 03z Jason Andrews, Okabena MN 2.90 Chad Krug, Mallard
IA 3. 5L Dustin Larson, Rushmore MN 4. 87 John Briggs, Calumet IA, 5. 3K Dan Strandberg,
Worthington MN 6. 11r Rob Manthey 7. 14 Ernie Dailey, Worthington, MN 8. 20N Justin Nehring,
Storm Lake IA, 9. 3z Chad Raverty 10. 2x Tony Salmon, Milford, IA 11. 1c Chad Carlson, Ormsby MN
12. 21b Brad Falline, Spencer, IA 13. 24x Jeff Luhmann, Jackson MN 14. 33c
Corey Schrieber, Jackson MN 15. 24 Cody Koekenhoff, Graettinger 16. 52s Kyle
Schley, Alpha MN 17. 5H Ken Hedden, Spencer IA 18. Shane Klaassen 19.
15 Travis Sandberg, Odin MN 20. 99 Chris Harris, Graettinger, IA DNS
21.T8 Brandon Nielsen, Spencer IA,
Twenty of the Loosbrock Digging Service Hobby Stocks took the green in their twelve lap feature event. Jason Andrews quickly moved past front row starter, Cody Koekenhoff, to take the lead on lap one. Andrews was closely followed by Chad Krug and Chad Carlson. On a lap three restart, Dustin Larson worked his way into third around Carlson with Dan Strandberg taking fourth from Carlson on the next lap. Andrews held off Krug as the front two put a few car lengths between them and the field. Larson and Strandberg raced closely with Strandberg overtaking Larson for third on the ninth lap. As the white flag came out, Carlson got together with Justin Nehring to set up a green-white-checkered finish. Andrews and Krug maintained their positions with Larson pulling alongside Strandberg and making contact, allowing John Briggs, Nehring, and Rod Manthey to get by as they straightened out to head down the backstretch. In the final lap, Andrews maintained his lead to take the win over Krug, Larson, Briggs, and Strandberg in the top five.
Bohl’s Small Engine and Marine
B Modifieds (13 Cars)
A Feature (12 laps) – 1. 1 Greg Sidles, Emmetsburg IA, 2. 14 Jason Fisher,
Lakefield MN 3. 18 Kyle Stueber, Fairmont, MN 4. 9L Matthew Looft, Swea
City IA, 5. 25 Dan Paplow, Dundee MN, 6. 7M Mike Fogelman, Okabena MN 7. 03
Ben Ruby, Lakota, IA 8. R1 Tom Brown, Heron Lake, MN, 9. 13 Brandon
Halverson 10. 69 Devin Spoo, Estherville, IA 11. 75 Eric Kinnetz, Milford,
IA 12. R6 Danny Myrvold, Heron Lake MN, DNS 13. Nick Dieter,
Brewster, MN
The Bohl’s Small Engine & Marine Repair B-Modifieds started twelve cars for twelve laps. The opening lap saw front row starters run side by side with Devin Spoo edging out Ben Ruby for the lap one lead. Contact in turn two sent Ruby to the tail for the restart. Kyle Steuber made the most of the restart as he moved into the lead followed closely by Jason Fisher. Fisher overtook Steuber on the fourth lap, only to surrender the top position to Greg Sidels one lap later. After surviving one caution on lap seven for Spoo, Sidles held on for the victory. The top five included Fisher in second, Steuber, Matthew Looft, and Dan Paplow.
Napa of Windom 305 Sprints (8 Cars)
A Feature (12 laps) – 1. Ryan Voss, Okoboji, IA 2. 11A Bruce Anderson, Trimont
MN, 3. 70 Mike Blomstrom, Ft. Dodge IA, 4. 42 Frank Phipps, Everly IA, 5.
34 Jake Nicosen, Ringsted IA 6. Jeff Edginton, Sioux Falls, SD 7. 50 Dan
Jorgensen, Ringsted, IA
2. 3. 4E Jeff Edgington, Sioux Falls SD, 4. 102 Curt Thurmer, Jackson MN, 5. 50 Dan Jorgenson, Ringsted IA (DNF), 6. 34 Jason Ulrich, Ringsted IA (DNF), 7. (DNF), 8. 18 Russell Wiese, Spencer IA (DNF)
The NAPA of Windom 305 Sprints ran their twelve lap feature event without caution. Ryan Voss, borrowing a car from Russel Weise, started on the pole alongside Bruce Anderson. Anderson took the lead into turn one with Voss in second. Jake Nicoson and Frank Phipps settled in line close to the front. On the second lap, Phopps got into the lose material and made a great save in turn four, keeping the wheels under the car and only losing one position to Mike Blomstrom. As the field reached lap traffic, Voss closed on Anderson. Lap eleven saw Voss take the lead out of turn four and Blomstrom take third from Nicoson. As the checkers flew, Voss claimed another win, followed by Anderson Blomstrom, Phipps and Nicoson.
Performance Center of Estherville IA IMCA Stock Cars (17 Cars)
A Feature (15 laps) – 1. 110 Ken Tietz, Belle Plaine MN, 2. 11 Jake Masters, Graettinger IA, 3. 7L Jeffrey Larson, Lakefield MN, 4. 31 Trent Schroeder, Worthington MN, 5. 32 Derek Green, Granada, MN 6. 1M Jeff McCallum, Mankato MN, 7. 17 Shawn Bruns, Belview, Mn, 8. 9 Jerry Coopman, Mankato, MN 9. 21b Brice Bodel, Wallingford, IA 10. 5 Luke Sathoff, Jackson, MN 11. 30 Gary Bannister, Lakefield, MN 12. 16k Justin Dieter, Brewster, MN 13. 36 Tom Suess, New Ulm, MN 14. Dereck Voehl, Lakefield, MN 15. 69m Gary Mattison, Sanborn, MN 16. Heath Tneklay, Sanborn, IA 17. 56 Tom Sierck, Spencer, IA
Seventeen Performance Center IMCA Stock Cars took the green led by Jeff McCallum
and Brice Bodle. As the class too tough to tame raced through turns one and two
three wide, McCallum took the lead. Lap two saw more side by side racing with
Ken Tietz taking over the top spot. As the pack came around turn three on the
third lap, Bodle got sideways and seven cars got mixed up in the melee. The
restart saw Tietz leading Luke Sathoff, McCallum, and Jake Masters. On lap five
McCallum moved ahead of Sathoff while Jeffrey Larson positioned himself in
third. Lap six saw McCallum begin to fade with Larson moving up and Masters
taking third on the next circuit. Teitz maintained his lead as Larson and
Masters battled back and forth for the remaining laps. In the end, Tietz took
the checkers ahead of Masters, Larson, Trent Schroeder, and Derek Green.
U.S. Army 360 Sprints (13 Cars)
A Feature (20 laps) – 1. 5T Mark Toews, Spirit
Lake IA, 2. 16 Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD 3. 05 Bill Boles, Harris IA, 4. 75c Casey Heser,
Jackson MN, 5. 13 Jordan Martens, Harrisburg, SD 6. 1a Gordy Vogelaar,
Worthington, MN 7. 20g Chris Graf, Glenwood, MN 8. 99 Shwan Van Wyhe 9.
1hd Jason Tostenson, Gaylord, MN 10. 1n Nate Eakin, Milford, IA 11. 78 Joe
Miller Vail, IA 12. 24 Jesse Drost, Rushmore, MN 13. 98 Steve Yarns, Jackson, MN
The US Army 360 Outlaw Sprints saw thirteen drivers take the green flag with Mark Towes and Bill Boles setting the pace. Boles had the edge heading into turn one, but Toews had the better line through the corner to come out with the lead. Boles would remain on the back bumper of the Toews machine until bicycling and opening a gap between himself and Toews. Jake Peters quickly made his way around Jordan Martens to take third place. The race was slowed once for fifth place runner Jesse Drost when he slowed on the track. On the restart, Toews maintained his lead with Boles having to hold off challenges from Peters. Casey Heser, now in fifth, overtook Martens to move up. Coming to the white flag, Peters made a move on Boles and moved into second. There was not enough time for Peters to move up to challenge Toews, who took home the victory. Peters was second followed by Boles, Heser, and Martens.
Jackson Speedway gears up for the Jackson Nationals coming up August 20, 21, and 22 with racing action next weekend, Saturday August 15, with Charity Fundraiser Night including Faster Pastor Races brought to you by Loosbrock Digging Service and Bridget’s Bucksnorts Bar and Grill.