Brown takes third round win of JSTS speed week at Fairmont
By: Tom Svoboda/JSTS Announcer
Fairmont, Minnesota (July 20, 2012) – The Jackson Speedway Touring Series made
its third stop on its speed week at Fairmont Raceway in Fairmont MN. At total
of 22 cars checked in for the nights racing action. Winning the 20-lap, $1500
to win event was Brian Brown,
Grain Valley
MO.
Only two caution flags slowed action in the A Feature. At the drop of the green
it was Brain Brown getting the early lead from his inside pole starting
position. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, would get the second spot with Seth Brahmer,
Wisner NE, getting the third spot. The leaders raced in this order for the
first three laps, when Chris Graf, Glencoe MN, moved into the third spot getting
by Brahmer. Two laps later though Brahmer charged back and was able to get back
around Graf for third. On lap seven the races first caution came out when Matt
Juhl, Estherville IA, spun in turn four, which also collected Dylan Peterson,
Sioux Falls SD. Unfortunately both drivers were done for the night. On the
restart, Brown kept the field behind him as Gharst raced in second and Brahmer
in third. As the leaders put lap 15 on the board, they would enter lap traffic,
which allowed Gharst to close in on race leader Brian Brown. Brown would hold
him off through the next two laps when the last caution came out for Brandon
Stevenson, Holestein IA, who slowed on the back straightaway. On the restart,
Brian Brown kept the field behind him and went on to pick up round three of the
JSTS speed week. Kaley Gharst was second followed by Seth Brahmer, Lee Grosz,
Harwood ND, and Chris Graf. The heat races were won by Brian Brown, Seth
Brahmer, and Kaley Gharst.
The first annual JSTS speed week wraps up Saturday night at the Jackson Speedway
with the running of the 34th Annual Jackson Sprint Car Nationals.
Hot laps will be at
6:30 with racing to follow.
JSTS
FAIRMONT
RACEWAY RESULTS –
7/20/12
A Feature (20 laps) – 1. 21 Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 2. 6 Kaley Gharst,
Decatur
IL,
3. 13v Seth Brahmer,
Wisner
NE,
4. 4J Lee Grosz, Harwood ND, 5. 20G Chris Graf,
Glencoe
MN,
6. 14R Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids IA, 7. 11x Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD, 8.
35 Skylar Prochaska,
Lakefield
MN, 9. 15 Joe Riedel, Ramona SD, 10. 20K Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg Canada, 11. 10
Justin Jacobsma,
Hull
IA,
12. 90 Randi Miller,
Rapid City
SD, 13. 75c
Casey Heser,
Jackson
MN, 14. 21K Lou Kennedy Jr.,
Winnipeg
Canada, 15. 73 Andy Jones,
Princeton
MN, 16. 4s
Mike Stein,
Gaylord
MN,
17. 29 Nate Eakin,
Lake Park
IA, 18. 29x
Brandon Stevenson,
Holestein
IA, 19. 93 Derrick Lusk, Jackson MN (DNF), 20. 09 Matt Juhl, Estherville IA (DNF),
21. 25 Dylan Peterson,
Sioux Falls
SD (DNF), 22. 98 Steve Yarns, Jackson MN (DNF)
Heat 1 (8 laps) – 1. 21 Brown, 2. 10 Jacobsma, 3. 11x Bakker, 4. 14R Rosenboom,
5. 25 Peterson, 6. 35 Prochaska, 7. 21K Kennedy, 8. 4s Stien
Heat 2 – 1. 13v Brahmer, 2. 20G Graf, 3. 90 Miller, 4. 20K Kennedy, 5. 93 Lusk,
6. 75c Heser, 7. 29x Stevenson
Heat 3 -1. 6 Gharst, 2. 4J Grosz, 3. 15 Riedel, 4. 09 Juhl, 5. 73 Jones, 6. 29
Eakin, 7. 98 Yarns