Humboldt Speedway- With all chances of rain diminished for the night, Humboldt Speedway roared back to life Friday night for NASCAR / Whelen All-American Racing Series action. Added to the evenings activities was Veteran's Night and the tracks annual Mechanics Races. Veterans and active duty service men and women were honored at intermission while Chanute American Legion Post 170 Legion Riders carried the nations colors in pre-race ceremonies.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Sport Compacts kicked off the night with a close heat race and even closer racing in the A Feature. Humboldt's Trey Stipp held off Eric Ikehorn and Brandon Vink en route to his seventh A feature win on the season. O'Reilly Auto Parts Sport Compacts will be in action next Saturday competing on night #2 of the POWRI Open Wheel Challenge.
Jon Westhoff , in Home Savings Bank Factory Stocks, is putting together quite a memorable season. Westhoff took advantage of a strong Heat race peformance and pole position starting spot to pick up his tenth win on the 2018 season. Westhoff outpaced seventh starting Wayne Johnson and fourth starting Patrick Kay for the victory. Heat race wins went to Ethan Lamons, Scott Collins and Kay.
In Tumbleweed Music Festival Street Stocks, Collinsville, Oklahoma's Dalton Garrison set a fast pace that out distanced Scott Stuart and Jay Lamons in the nights A feature. Garrison, who made the 115 miles trip to Humboldt Speedway, fought off a late race challenge by Stuart to secure the victory. Tumbleweed Music Festival Street Stocks will next be in action on September 7th.
In the nights Ray's Metal Depot B Modified A feature, Chanute's Tyler Kidwell took advantage of Tim Van Gotten's misfortune and turned it into an A feature win. Van Gotten paced the field for the first 14 laps when a tire went down, Kidwell seized the chance and held off Edgerton, Kansas driver Dakota Foster for the win. The win, Kidwell's third on the season at Humboldt Speedway, vaulted him into fourth place in points with the season winding down. Cody Jolly currently sits in the lead with a 112 point gap over Second place Matthew Kay. Van Gotten, Kidwell and Clint Johnson complete the top five. Ray's Metal Depot will next be in action on Friday, Night #1 of the POWRI Open Wheel Challenge.
The finale for the evening was Humboldt Speedway's annual Mechanics races. Picking up wins were Clint Haigler in Sports Compacts, William Franklin in Factory Stocks, Derrick Houser in B Mods and Shawn Burns in Street Stocks.
For more information about upcoming events, visit www.humboldtspeedway.com for up to the minute information. August 24th and 25th Humboldt Speedway will host the POWRI Open Wheel Challenge presented by Lucas Oil.
Rays Metal Depot NASCAR B Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 54-Tyler Kidwell, [3]; 2. 5-Dakota Foster, [2]; 3. 68-Levi McGowen, [4]; 4. 8-Mike Letterman, [12]; 5. 6-Lucas Isaacs, [5]; 6. 37J-Clint Johnson, [10]; 7. D86-Donald McIntosh, [9]; 8. 16-Matthew Kay, [17]; 9. 2X-Nick Artherton, [13]; 10. 99-David Matlock, [7]; 11. 31-Luke Phillips, [15]; 12. B52-Dan Herman, [14]; 13. 37-Tim Van Gotten, [1]; 14. (DNF) 98K-Kenton Allen, [6]; 15. (DNF) 7-Tyler James, [11]; 16. (DNF) 21J-Jeremy Bennett, [8]; (DNS) 1-Dennis Bishop,
Heat 1: 1. 54-Tyler Kidwell, [1]; 2. 6-Lucas Isaacs, [3]; 3. 98K-Kenton Allen, [6]; 4. (DNF) 31-Luke Phillips, [2]; 5. (DNF) 1-Dennis Bishop, [4]; 6. (DNF) 16-Matthew Kay, [5]
Heat 2: 1. 37-Tim Van Gotten, [4]; 2. 5-Dakota Foster, [5]; 3. D86-Donald McIntosh, [1]; 4. 37J-Clint Johnson, [6]; 5. 8-Mike Letterman, [3]; 6. B52-Dan Herman, [2]
Heat 3: 1. 68-Levi McGowen, [1]; 2. 99-David Matlock, [2]; 3. 21J-Jeremy Bennett, [4]; 4. 7-Tyler James, [5]; 5. 2X-Nick Artherton, [3]
Tumbleweed Music Festival NASCAR Street Stocks
A Feature 1: 1. X99-Dalton Garrison, [2]; 2. 74-Scott Stuart, [1]; 3. 0L-Jay Lamons Jr, [4]; 4. 99-Scott Lucke, [3]; 5. 6T7-Brandon Weide, [7]; 6. 85-Nick Fritch, [5]; 7. J31-Hunter Oswald, [6]
Heat 1: 1. X99-Dalton Garrison, [1]; 2. 74-Scott Stuart, [7]; 3. 99-Scott Lucke, [2]; 4. 0L-Jay Lamons Jr, [5]; 5. 85-Nick Fritch, [4]; 6. J31-Hunter Oswald, [3]; 7. (DNF) 6T7-Brandon Weide, [6]
Home Savings Bank NASCAR Factory Stock
A Feature 1: 1. 9-Jon Westhoff, [1]; 2. 114-Wayne Johnson, [7]; 3. 6X-Patrick Kay, [4]; 4. 8-Mitch Coulter, [5]; 5. 61-Joey Decoster, [8]; 6. 0-John Cox, [10]; 7. 28W-Krew Walburn, [12]; 8. 12-Logan Boone, [9]; 9. 13V-Ethan Vance, [11]; 10. 18-Scott Collins, [3]; 11. 64-Derryl Aiello, [17]; 12. 8R-Ronnie Coulter, [15]; 13. 89-Jackson McGowen, [14]; 14. 18M-Marisha Collins, [16]; 15. (DNF) 87-Craig Hatch, [13]; 16. (DNF) 73-Steve Stuart, [6]; 17. (DNF) 77V-Ethan Lamons, [2]; (DNS) 3-Derrek Wilson,
Heat 1: 1. 77V-Ethan Lamons, [2]; 2. 73-Steve Stuart, [3]; 3. 61-Joey Decoster, [1]; 4. 13V-Ethan Vance, [4]; 5. 87-Craig Hatch, [5]; (DNS) 3-Derrek Wilson,
Heat 2: 1. 18-Scott Collins, [1]; 2. 9-Jon Westhoff, [6]; 3. 12-Logan Boone, [2]; 4. 0-John Cox, [5]; 5. 89-Jackson McGowen, [4]; 6. 18M-Marisha Collins, [3]
Heat 3: 1. 6X-Patrick Kay, [1]; 2. 8-Mitch Coulter, [4]; 3. 114-Wayne Johnson, [5]; 4. 28W-Krew Walburn, [2]; 5. 8R-Ronnie Coulter, [3]; 6. 64-Derryl Aiello, [6]
O'Reilly Auto PartsSport Compact
A Feature 1: 1. 14M-Trey Stipp, [1]; 2. 22I-Eric Ikehorn, [2]; 3. 7V-Brandon Vink, [4]; 4. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr, [5]; 5. 3-Trenton Wilson, [8]; 6. 6X-Chad Smith, [9]; 7. (DNF) 249-Robert Moore, [7]; 8. (DNF) 16-Albert Green, [6]; 9. (DNF) 86-Justin Stutville, [3]
Heat 1: 1. 14M-Trey Stipp, [8]; 2. 86-Justin Stutville, [1]; 3. 22I-Eric Ikehorn, [7]; 4. 7V-Brandon Vink, [9]; 5. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr, [2]; 6. 16-Albert Green, [5]; 7. 249-Robert Moore, [6]; 8. 3-Trenton Wilson, [3]; 9. (DNF) 6X-Chad Smith, [4]