Winds Don’t Damper Season Opener At Jackson Speedway
JACKSON, MN (May 22) Despite the best efforts of Mother Nature to blow away everything not bolted down, the 2010 regular season opened at Jackson Speedway Saturday night with several familiar faces returning to Victory Lane to open the new season at the historic half-mile facility.
In the Jackson Speedway Hornet class, Nate Coopman of Mankato, MN took the opening feature win of the season, while in the Hobby Stocks, Dustin Larsen of Lakefield, MN would earn the feature checkers to open the season.The IMCA Sport Mod feature saw Dan Paplow of Dundee, MN, take the checkered flag, while a familiar face with a new number, Frank Phipps of Everly, IA, opened the 305 Sprint Season with a victory. The Performance Center of Estherville IMCA Stock Car class continued the excitement right where they left off last season, with lots of slicing and dicing before Elijah Zevenbergen of Ocheyedan, IA, claimed the checkered flag, and in the 20-lap Jackson Speedway Touring Series 360 Sprint feature, Gregg Baker of Sioux Falls, SD held off the field for the win, while Joe Riedel and Chad Meyer rounded out the top three.
With seven hornets on hand, the heat race win went to Amanda Kaltved of Estherville, IA, but the Feature event would be all Coopman, as the Mankato hotshoe took an early lead and never relinquished it for the win.
The Car Toyz of Marshall IMCA Hobby Stocks featured a field of 15 cars for the season opener on Saturday night. Heat race wins went to John Briggs of Calumet, IA and Dustin Larson of Lakefield, MN, before the feature win would go to Larson.
The IMCA Sport Modifieds brought16 cars to the feature through two heats, which saw Dan Paplow of Dundee, MN win the first heat and Jason Fisher of Lakefield, MN taking the second heat race win. In the feature event, Paplow and Fisher would duel back and forth several times to the delight of the fans, before Paplow foud the line in the late stages of the race to earn the victory.
All season long in 2009, the IMCA Stock Car class provided plenty of excitement and action at the Jackson Speedway, and if Saturday’s season opener was any sample of what’s to come, the upcoming season will be a wild one! A dozen warriors took to the track in two heat races, with Elijah Zevenbergen of Ocheyedan, IA, taking one heat victory and Jeffrey Larson of Lakefield, MN., earning the win in the second heat. It would take a couple of yellow flags in the “A” feature event for spinouts on the windblown slick track, but at the end, Elijah Zevenbergen pulled off a sweet pass in a drag race down the back straightaway with Luke Sathoff in the late stages of the race to record the victory.
305 Sprints
With 10 cars on hand for the 305 sprint portion of the program, heat victories were earned by the 75 of Tommy Barber of Sioux Falls, SD and the 4s of Frank Phipps of Everly, IA. When it came time for the feature, the new look for Phipps was the same as past seasons – FAST. Phipps, now piloting the 4s in place of his familiar #42, took the early lead in the feature and never had to look back, even despite a late charge by Barber and Ryan Voss in the closing circuits.
305 Sprint Heat 1
75 Tommy Barber, Sioux Falls, SD
3d Ryan Voss, Okoboji, IA
11A Bruce Anderson, Trimont, MN
34 Jason Ulrich, Ringsted, IA(DNS)
33 Travis Lain, Des Moines, IA(DNS)
305 Sprint Heat 2
4s Frank Phipps, Everly, IA
18 Russell Wiese, Spencer, IA
33 Travis Lain, Des Moines
0 Brandon Stephenson, Holstein, IA
612 Isaac Schruers, Brandon, SD
50 Dan Jorgenson, Ringsted
305 Sprint Feature
4s Frank Phipps
75 Tommy Barber
3d Ryan Voss
18 Russell Wiese
33 Travis Lain
612 Isaac Schruers
34 Jason Ulrich
50 Dan Jorgenson
0 Brandon Stephenson
11A Bruce Anderson
JSTS 360 Championship Sprints
In the second night of the Spring Sprint National program, 14 sprinters returned for the evening to battle the tricky track and the gale-force winds across the back straightaway. Heat race victories were claimed by Joe Riedel of Ramona, SD and Chad Meyer of Sioux Falls, SD, before Gregg Baker of Sioux Falls found the groove around the circuit and claimed the victory.
JSTS 360 Heat 1
15 Joe Riedel, Ramona, SD
34 Brad Brickman, Ritchfield, MN
27 Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA
13 Jordan Martens, Harrisburg, SD
4J Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND
75c Casey Heser, Jackson, MN
93 Shawn VanWyhe, Rock Rapids, IA
JSTS 360 Heat 2
1wx Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD
11x Gregg Baker, Sioux Falls, SD
05 Bill Boles, Harris, IA
1HD Jason Tostenson, Gaylord, MN
22x Matt Heinzorling, Sturgis, SD
5 Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls, SD(DNF)
1A Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, MN(DNF)
JSTS 360 Sprint Feature
11x Gregg Baker
15 Joe Riedel
1wx Chad Meyer
27 Jody Rosenboom
4j Lee Grosz
34 Brad Barickman
75c Casey Heser
93 Shawn VanWyhe
1HD Jason Tostenson
13 Jordan Martens
22x Matt Heinzorling
05 Bill Boles
5 Eric Lutz(DNS)
1A Gordy Vogelaar(DNS)