04/01/2023
One hundred and twenty-four race teams took to the newly redone track surface at the Rolling Plains Motor Speedway over the weekend. What was originally planned as a two day show, was cut down to one night, but the racing action was definitely worth the wait. Five race teams were able to nail the setup with the new surface, correctly and found their way to victory lane at the legendary RPM Speedway. Winners included Kaylee Richards (Wymore, NE) in the sport compacts, Zach Olmstead (Overton, NE) in the hobby stocks, Jeff Hunter (Henderson, CO) in the sport mods, Tathan Burkhart (Hays, KS) in the stock cars, and Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake, IA) in the modifieds.
SPORT COMPACTS: (Nineteen entries, three six lap heat races, one fifteen lap feature)
Heat one had a front row of Kenny Schmidt and Remington Cox, quickly Cox gained a lead and started pulling away. Kyle Mortensen and Kiowa Higdon made a three wide move on Schmidt to move up in the field on the opening lap. On lap two Mortensen would grab the lead from Cox in turns one and two. With two laps to go a fierce side by side battle between Mortensen and Jordan Runge would begin, with Mortensen being able to hold off Runge to pick up the heat race win.
Heat two had a front row of Kaishen Brack and Trent Reed, Reed would gain the early lead while a three wide battle would ensue for second place. Gage Porter would win the three wide battle over Connor Schwien and Branston Ardner Jr to gain second place. Ardner, and Porter would both suffer problems and not finish the heat race. Trent Reed grabbed the heat race win.
Heat three had a front row of Nicholas Ronnebaum and Cullen Gossage, Ronneabum took the early lead in the heat race and pulled away from the field to win the heat race.
The fifteen lap feature, consisted of a front row of Ted Trumbo and Trent Reed, Trumbo jumped to the early lead, but caution immediately came out as the engine expired on Joshua Ortgies car. The field would go back to an original restart, and Trumbo would take control of the lead again. Trumbo led the first half of the feature as he held off Trent Reed for a while, and then Kaylee Richards was able to get by, as Trumbo started to fall back a bit, as Nicholas Ronnebaum got by Trumbo as well. Later it was revealed that Trumbo had cracked a wheel and luckily was able to finish the race. Richards would lead the second half, despite Ronnebaum throwing the slider of the year on the final lap, in the final corner. Kaylee Richards the Wymore, Nebraska native picked up the win in the sport compact portion of the Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic. Nicholas Ronnebaum finished second, and Ted Trumbo rounded out the podium. Hard charger in the event were Kiowa Higdon and Gilbert Aldape who both picked up eight spots each.
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 12-Kaylee Richards[5]; 2. 7N-Nicholas Ronnebaum[6]; 3. T21-Ted Trumbo[1]; 4. 28R-Trent Reed[2]; 5. 17-Kiowa Higdon[13]; 6. 16C-Connor Schwien[11]; 7. 7G-Gilbert Aldape[15]; 8. 33R-Jordan Runge[3]; 9. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[7]; 10. 71-Kenny Schmidt[8]; 11. 33X-Remington Cox[9]; 12. 8B-Kaishen Brack[4]; 13. 16-Brin McAtee[17]; 14. (DNF) 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[14]; 15. (DNF) 69G-Gage Porter[12]; 16. (DNF) 21M-Cullen Gossage[10]; 17. (DNF) 72J-Joshua Ortgies[18]; 18. (DNF) 72W-Wayne Ortgies[16]; 19. (DNS) 77-Branston Arnder Jr
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[3]; 2. 33R-Jordan Runge[4]; 3. 33X-Remington Cox[2]; 4. 71-Kenny Schmidt[1]; 5. 17-Kiowa Higdon[6]; 6. 7G-Gilbert Aldape[7]; 7. 16-Brin McAtee[5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 28R-Trent Reed[2]; 2. 16C-Connor Schwien[5]; 3. 8B-Kaishen Brack[1]; 4. (DNF) 69G-Gage Porter[6]; 5. (DNF) 72J-Joshua Ortgies[4]; 6. (DNF) 77-Branston Arnder Jr[3]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 7N-Nicholas Ronnebaum[1]; 2. 12-Kaylee Richards[6]; 3. T21-Ted Trumbo[3]; 4. 21M-Cullen Gossage[2]; 5. 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[4]; 6. 72W-Wayne Ortgies[5]
HOBBY STOCKS:(Thirty-one entries, four eight lap heat races, one twelve lap b-feature, twenty lap a-feature)
Heat one had a front row of Cody Williams and Tyler Thompson, Williams gained the early lead, as Brady Bencken and Tyler Thompson would battle for second. Bencken would gain second place after a couple of laps, but meanwhile Cody Williams was running away with the heat race win. Transferring to the main event were Cody Williams, Brady Bencken, Zach Olmsted and Cody Ghumm.
Heat two had a front row of Trevor Schmidt and Tanner Jones, Schmidt would gain the lead down the backstretch on the opening lap. Schmidt would lead wire to wire, to pick up the heat race win. Transferring to the main event were Schmidt, Tanner Jones, Morgan Olmstead and Jonathan Saliba.
Heat three had a front row of Nicholas Ronnebaum and Dan Kruse, Ronnebaum gained the early lead easily. Second place saw a big battle between BJ Rogers, Travis Landauer and Dan Kruse, caution would fly in turn four as Landauer spun. Ronnebaum would pull away from the field off the restart, Tristan Grape would start charging towards the front of the field, he would make it to second. Nicholas Ronnebaum picked up the heat race win, Tristan Grape, BJ Rogers, and Dillon Thompson would all transfer as well to the main event.
Heat four had a front row of Jake Wharton and Alicia Hilzer, Hilzer would gain a big lead over Jaime Hart after one lap. Caution would come out for Taylor Greuter going around in turn four. Alcia Hilzer would go on to win the heat race, Shay Simoneau, Jamie Hart, and Bret Conness would all transfer to the main event.
The twelve lap b-feature saw a front row of Tyler Thompson and Brooke Russell. The top eight in that race would move on to the main event. Tyler Thompson would gain the early lead, quickly Travis Landauer would start moving up through the field. Caution would come out after two laps as Brayden Hilzer spun in turn four. Off the restart Landauer and Russell would battle side by side for second place, meanwhile Thompson was running away. On a late restart Landauer was able to get by Thompson to gain the lead. With four laps to go Cole Schulte and Taylor Greuter would tangle in turn four. Travis Landauer was able to pick up the win, he along with, Tyler Thompson, Mitchell Fisher, Brooke Russell, Dan Kruse, Brayden Hurley, Manuel Salazar, and Taylor Croisant would all move on to the main event.
The twenty lap a-feature consisted of a front row of Brady Bencken and Tanner Jones, Bencken would lead the initial start, but Landauer went around so the field would go back to an original start. Zach Olmstead and Brady Bencken would battle side by side for the lead off the start. Caution would come out in turn two after one lap, as Tyler Thompson would go up on two wheels and come to a stop. The field would restart, and Bencken would hold the lead, but Zach Olmstead was trying to come back. Tristan Grape, and Morgan Olmstead would battle closely five laps in for fourth place. Seven laps in Zach Olmstead would hold the lead. Zach Olmstead would continue to lead at halfway, as Tristan Grape was starting to battle Bencken for second place. Zach Olmstead, the Overton, Nebraska, went on to win the hobby stock portion of the Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic. Second place went to Tristan Grape, and third place went to Brady Bencken. Hard charger in the event was Manuel Salazar who picked up seven spots.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[3]; 2. 14-Tristan Grape[8]; 3. 711-Brady Bencken[1]; 4. 2X-Trevor Schmidt[5]; 5. 37-Bingston Rogers[10]; 6. 7N-Nicholas Ronnebaum[9]; 7. 77-Cody Williams[12]; 8. 88-Morgan Olmstead[6]; 9. 11-Dillon Thompson[15]; 10. 12T-Tanner Jones[2]; 11. 20-James Hart[7]; 12. 1C-Cody Ghumm[13]; 13. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[19]; 14. 5-Jonathan Saliba[14]; 15. 12R-Brooke Russell[20]; 16. 81-Manuel Salazar[23]; 17. 38-Brayden Hurley[22]; 18. 6T-Taylor Croisant[24]; 19. 8A-Alicia Hilzer[4]; 20. (DNF) 45-Travis Landauer[17]; 21. (DNF) 21C-Bret Conness[16]; 22. (DNF) 22S-Shay Simoneau[11]; 23. (DNF) 17-Tyler Thompson[18]; 24. (DNS) D21-Dan Kruse
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 45-Travis Landauer[11]; 2. 17-Tyler Thompson[1]; 3. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[10]; 4. 12R-Brooke Russell[2]; 5. D21-Dan Kruse[3]; 6. 38-Brayden Hurley[5]; 7. 81-Manuel Salazar[15]; 8. 6T-Taylor Croisant[7]; 9. 8K-Hayden Kelly[14]; 10. D14-Derek Dechant[6]; 11. (DNF) 33-Taylor Greuter[12]; 12. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[13]; 13. (DNF) 8B-Brayden Hilzer[4]; 14. (DNS) 32-Jack Greuter; 15. (DNS) 93-Jake Wharton
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Cody Williams[1]; 2. 711-Brady Bencken[3]; 3. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[8]; 4. 1C-Cody Ghumm[7]; 5. 17-Tyler Thompson[2]; 6. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[4]; 7. (DNF) 77F-Mitchell Fischer[5]; 8. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Trevor Schmidt[1]; 2. 12T-Tanner Jones[2]; 3. 88-Morgan Olmstead[5]; 4. 5-Jonathan Saliba[3]; 5. 12R-Brooke Russell[4]; 6. 38-Brayden Hurley[7]; 7. 6T-Taylor Croisant[6]; 8. (DNF) 8K-Hayden Kelly[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7N-Nicholas Ronnebaum[1]; 2. 14-Tristan Grape[5]; 3. 37-Bingston Rogers[3]; 4. 11-Dillon Thompson[7]; 5. D21-Dan Kruse[2]; 6. D14-Derek Dechant[6]; 7. (DNF) 45-Travis Landauer[4]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 8A-Alicia Hilzer[2]; 2. 22S-Shay Simoneau[7]; 3. 20-James Hart[6]; 4. 21C-Bret Conness[8]; 5. (DNF) 93-Jake Wharton[1]; 6. (DNF) 32-Jack Greuter[3]; 7. (DNF) 33-Taylor Greuter[4]; 8. (DNF) 81-Manuel Salazar[5]
SPORT MODS:(Nineteen entries, three eight lap heat races, twenty lap feature)
Heat race one had a front row of Tyler Watts and Ryan Kirchoff, Watts would gain the early advantage over Blaine Walt. Ryan Kirchoff got spun in turn four after contact from Tyler Frye, and Brianna Maughlin was involved in the spin as well. The field would restart and Watts would continue to lead and hold off Blaine Walt, to pick up the heat race win.
Heat race two had a front row of Boone Evans and Luke Stallbaumer, Evans would gain the early lead over Stallbaumer and Adam Weber. Luke Stallbuamer would gain the lead with five laps to go in the heat race. And with four to go he would spin by himself in turn four ending his heat race. On the restart, Evans would maintain control of the heat race and win it.
Heat race three had a front row of Hunter Smith and Tristan Mikesell, Smith the sport mod rookie would gain an early lead and fellow rookie Brady Bencken was able to get to second place rather quickly. Tim Stallbaumer would get around Bencken after a couple of laps. Caution would come out with five laps to go as Tristan Mikesell would spin in four. On the restart Smith maintained control of the heat race and went on to win it.
The twenty lap feature consisted of a front row of Ryan Kirchoff and Jeff Hunter, Kirchoff would gain the early lead, but Hunter was right there to lead down the frontstretch. Meanwhile Tyler Frye was starting to mount a charge towards the front of the field. Hunter would hold a huge lead over Ryan Kirchoff with fourteen laps to go, and Ryan Kirchoff would spin from second place, ending his night. The field would restart, but Luke Stallbaumer went around in turn two to bring out another caution. Frye would make it to eighth place by lap thirteen, as he continued to make a big charge to the front. At halfway after starting last, Frye was up to sixth place. With six to go Frye would go three wide with Tim Stallbaumer and Hunter Smith to make it up to fourth place. With five laps to go, the top three were Jeff Hunter, Tyler Watts and Tyler Frye. Caution would come out with four laps to go, as sport mod rookie Brady Bencken would go around in turn four. Jeff Hunter out of Henderson, Colorado would lead the remainder to win the sport mod portion of the Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic. Second was Tyler Watts and third place was Tyler Frye, who was the hard charger as he picked up sixteen spots. Other big gains in the feature were Brianna Maughlin who picked up eight spots, and Trsitan Mikesell who picked up seven spots, good finishes for them two, who had trouble in their heat races.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21H-Jeff Hunter[2]; 2. 77W-Tyler Watts[6]; 3. 77-Tyler Frye[19]; 4. 01S-Hunter Smith[3]; 5. 4JR-Boone Evans[7]; 6. 24-Douglas Beaman[9]; 7. T25-Tim Stallbaumer[8]; 8. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[16]; 9. 3-Adam Weber[5]; 10. 22-Alex Loveless[14]; 11. 14-Tristan Mikesell[18]; 12. 11-Joseph Cooper[11]; 13. (DNF) 88J-Jack Kirchoff[10]; 14. (DNF) 711-Brady Bencken[4]; 15. (DNF) 02-Justin Lampe[13]; 16. (DNF) L26-Luke Stallbaumer[17]; 17. (DNF) 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[1]; 18. (DNF) 24T-Tylan Lambertus[15]; 19. (DNS) 14W-Blaine Walt
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77W-Tyler Watts[1]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[3]; 3. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[2]; 4. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[4]; 5. (DNF) 22-Alex Loveless[7]; 6. (DNF) 17M-Brianna Maughlin[5]; 7. (DNF) 77-Tyler Frye[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4JR-Boone Evans[1]; 2. 21H-Jeff Hunter[5]; 3. 11-Joseph Cooper[4]; 4. 3-Adam Weber[3]; 5. (DNF) 24T-Tylan Lambertus[6]; 6. (DNF) L26-Luke Stallbaumer[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 01S-Hunter Smith[1]; 2. T25-Tim Stallbaumer[6]; 3. 711-Brady Bencken[5]; 4. 24-Douglas Beaman[4]; 5. 02-Justin Lampe[3]; 6. (DNF) 14-Tristan Mikesell[2]
STOCK CARS:(Twenty-six entries, four eight lap heat races, one twelve lap b-feature, twenty lap a-feature)
Heat race one had a front row of George Ramey and Joey Richmond, the pair would battle side by side momentarily, and then Ramey gained control of the race coming out of turn two. Tyler Watts would gain second place after three laps. Ramey would dominate to pick up the heat race win. Tyler Watts, Joey Richmond, and Andy Huffaker all would transfer to the main event, along with Ramey.
Heat race two had a front row of Angel Munoz and Jason Rogers, Rogers would pull away from the field right away, gaining about a half of a straightaway lead over Angel Munoz in second. With four laps to go Munoz spun from second place, kept it running but was not able to make it back into the top four. Jason Rogers grabbed the heat race win, Kyle Pfeifer, Garrett Hager and Travis Baird all transferred to the main event.
Heat race three had a front row of Tyler Frye and Mike Petersilie, Petersilie gained the early lead, and would start pulling away from the field. Petersilie would lead the heat wire to wire to win. Frye, Kolby Stegman, and AJ Finch all transferred along with Petersilie to the main event.
Heat race four had a front row of Eric Munoz and Tathan Burkhart, Tathan would jump out to the early lead, as a four wide battle broke out behind him for second place. As Dillon Richards, Boone Evans, Eric Munoz, and Nate Desive all battled closely. Dillon Richards would prevail to gain second place. Burkhart would lead the entire heat race to pick up the win. Burkhart, Richards, Munoz and Evans all transfered to the main event.
The twelve lap b-feature had a front row of Perry Misner and Angel Munoz, Munoz would grab the lead, and pull away from the field, meanwhile Bo Egge and Perry Misner would battle side by side for second place. Munoz would go on to win the b-feature, with Bo Egge, Perry Misner, Austin Carter, Chris Oliver, Keith Stegman, Nate Desive and Jacey Archer would all transfer into the main event.
The twenty lap a-feature consisted of a front row of Jason Rogers and Tyler Watts, they would battle side by side early, but down the backstretch Rogers would lead. Burkhart would jump to the inside of Watts pretty quickly, to battle for second place. Caution would come out as Andy Huffaker would go around in turn four. On the restart, Angel Munoz, Huffaker, and Keith Stegman would all go around in turn two. Rogers would bring the field to another restart. Rogers would pull away by two car lengths on the restart, meanwhile Pfeifer, Richards, Watts, and Burkhart would all battle for second place. Burkhart would start trying to chase down Rogers. Five laps in Burkhart would get side by side, but was not able to get by Rogers quite yet. Six laps in caution would come out for debris in turn two. The field would restart, Rogers, Burkhart and Watts would go three wide, with the young guns of Watts and Burkhart prevailing. Burkhart would lead with twelve laps to go, but Watts would take the lead down the backstretch. Watts would lead for a couple laps, and caution for debris would come out again. The field would restart with eleven laps to go. Off the restart Burkhart would gain the lead, as Watts would come to a stop down the backstretch, to bring out a caution. Tathan Burkhart would bring the field back to a restart, as Pfiefer and Tyler Frye were battling for second place. Richards and Rogers would collect each other in turns three and four. A few other cars were involved as well. Burkhart would bring the field back to a restart with seven laps to go and start to pull away. Caution would come out with five laps to go for debris in turn four. Burkhart would bring the field to another restart. Frye would gain the lead over Burkhart with four laps to go, but Tathan pulled a slider off at the line to regain the lead. Caution came out again with three laps to go as Munoz went around. Burkhart brought the field to the final restart, and was able to hold off Tyler Frye to win the stock car portion of the Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic. Second was Tyler Frye and third was Kyle Pfeifer. Hard charger in the event was Angel Munoz who picked up tweleve spots. Other nice runs included Kolby Stegman who grabbed eight spots, and Austin Carter who grabbed nine spots.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[3]; 2. 55-Tyler Frye[8]; 3. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 4. 19K-Kolby Stegman[12]; 5. 2M-Angel Munoz[17]; 6. 68-Garrett Hager[9]; 7. 55R-George Ramey[11]; 8. 52T-Travis Baird[14]; 9. 4JR-Boone Evans[16]; 10. 3M-Eric Munoz[7]; 11. 63C-Austin Carter[20]; 12. (DNF) 11A-Andy Huffaker[13]; 13. (DNF) 37-Jason Rogers[1]; 14. (DNF) 25P-Mike Petersilie[6]; 15. (DNF) 82-Joey Richmond[10]; 16. (DNF) 24R-Dillon Richards[5]; 17. (DNF) 2BA-Jacey Archer[24]; 18. (DNF) 3-Chris Oliver[21]; 19. (DNF) 11W-Tyler Watts[2]; 20. (DNF) 99-Perry Misner[19]; 21. (DNF) 1X-Bo Egge[18]; 22. (DNF) 31K-Nate Desive[23]; 23. (DNF) 19-Keith Stegman[22]; 24. (DNF) F0-AJ Finch[15]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2M-Angel Munoz[2]; 2. 1X-Bo Egge[3]; 3. 99-Perry Misner[1]; 4. 63C-Austin Carter[7]; 5. 3-Chris Oliver[9]; 6. 19-Keith Stegman[4]; 7. 31K-Nate Desive[5]; 8. 2BA-Jacey Archer[8]; 9. (DNF) 08-Nick Budig[10]; 10. (DNF) 64C-Joey Crowder[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55R-George Ramey[1]; 2. 11W-Tyler Watts[4]; 3. 82-Joey Richmond[2]; 4. 11A-Andy Huffaker[3]; 5. 99-Perry Misner[5]; 6. (DNF) 2BA-Jacey Archer[7]; 7. (DNF) 08-Nick Budig[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Jason Rogers[2]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 3. 68-Garrett Hager[3]; 4. 52T-Travis Baird[6]; 5. 2M-Angel Munoz[1]; 6. 19-Keith Stegman[5]; 7. 64C-Joey Crowder[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25P-Mike Petersilie[2]; 2. 55-Tyler Frye[1]; 3. 19K-Kolby Stegman[3]; 4. F0-AJ Finch[4]; 5. (DNF) 63C-Austin Carter[5]; 6. (DNF) 3-Chris Oliver[6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[2]; 2. 24R-Dillon Richards[6]; 3. 3M-Eric Munoz[1]; 4. 4JR-Boone Evans[3]; 5. 1X-Bo Egge[5]; 6. 31K-Nate Desive[4]
MODIFIEDS:(Twenty-nine entries, four eight lap heat races, one twelve lap b-feature, twenty lap a-feature)
Heat race one had a front row of Dakota Sproul and Jim Beaman, Sproul jumped to a five car length lead right off the bat, over Brett Smith. Nobody was able to challenge Sproul for the win, Brett Berry was in a position to transfer, but got too high in turns three and four with four laps to go and that allowed Clay Money to gain fourth place, and he started to try to catch Dylan Sherfick in third. Dakota Sproul won, Brett Smith, Dylan Sherfick and Clay Money all transferred to the main event.
Heat race two had a front row of Jeremy Mills and Nick Link, Mills shot to the early lead, and would put on a dominant performance to win the heat race, as he led every lap. Matt Bonine spent the race in second place, as he could not quite catch Jeremy Mills. Mills, Bonine, Nick Link and Dalton Murphy would all transfer to the main event.
Heat race three had a front row of Greg Gustus and Brad Keller, a three wide battle would break out for second as Rohleder, Tim Watts and Bill Albin would all fight for position. Albin went off track in turns one and two but was able to rejoin the field. Meanwhile Greg Gustus was leading and trying to hold off a charging defending track champion of Kyle Rohleder. Gustus went on to win the heat race, Rohleder, Watts, and Cody Gearhart all would transfer to the main event.
Heat race four had a front row of Daniel Gottschalk and Ryan Richmeier, Gottschalk would gain the early advantage, but was having to hold off Steven Bowers Jr,. A side by side battle after a couple laps would break out. But ultimately Gottschalk was able to hold Bowers off to pick up the heat race win. Gottschalk, Bowers, Jake Nightingale, and Don Geist would all lock into the main event.
The twelve lap b-feature had a front row of Brett Berry and Taos Leighton, with the top eight transferring into the main event. Modified rookie Brett Berry would jump to the early lead, and start to pull away from Jeremy Frenier. Brady Albin would spin after one lap to bring out the caution, and Berry would bring the field to a restart. Trevor Geist would move up to second place off the restart as Frenier lost several spots after getting too high in turn two. Berry would continue to lead, and with eight laps to go Brady Albin would spin again, ending his night. Geist would try to get by Berry on the restart, but would not be able to, and ultimatley got passed by Freneir. Berry went on to win the b-feature, with Frenier, Geist, Jim Beaman, Cliff Shepard, Daniel Miller, Brad Keller and Ryan Richmeier all transferring to the main event.
The twenty lap a-feature consisted of a front row of Tim Watts and Kyle Rohleder, they would battle side by side and caution would come out for Dylan Sherfick as he got loose in turn two. They gave him his spot back on the restart. Off the restart Rohleder grabbed the race lead. Sherfick and Nightingale would get together in turns three and four and go for spins to bring out a caution after one lap. Rohleder brought the field back to life, and Tim Watts went around on the backstretch in front of the field, to bring out another caution. Rohleder would lead again on the restart but Mills was flying, and easily got by Rohleder down the back stretch after three laps. Meanwhile Daniel Gottschalk had made his way to third place. Four laps in Steven Bowers JR would spin and head to the trailer. Mills would hold the lead off of the restart, and Gottschalk got to second. Meanwhile Clay Money was starting to crack into the top five. Seven laps in Mills and Gottschalk would battle closely, but Mills kept holding him off. Dakota Sproul would spin down the backstretch with eleven laps to go, and bring out the caution. The field would come to a restart under Mills's control. Sproul would get his spot back as Cody Gearhart was nailed for rough driving, and decided to go pitside. Mills would drive away on the restart, as Clay Money quickly found his way to second place, and would start running down Mills. Meanwhile modified rookie Brett Berry was making moves towards the front of the field. With six laps to go, Berry would find himself inside the top five. Jeremy Mills out of Clear Lake, Iowa would be able to hold off the money-man to win the modified portion of the Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic. Second was Clay Money, and third was Dakota Sproul. Hard charger of the event was rookie Brett Berry picking up twelve spots, also impressive was Clay Money picking up eleven spots.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10-Jeremy Mills[3]; 2. 7-Clay Money[13]; 3. 08-Dakota Sproul[11]; 4. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[7]; 5. 09B-Brett Berry[17]; 6. 0-Kyle Rohleder[2]; 7. 14G-Greg Gustus[9]; 8. 141-Matt Bonine[5]; 9. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[18]; 10. 1N-Nick Link[4]; 11. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[6]; 12. 10G-Don Geist[16]; 13. 3J-Jake Nightingale[8]; 14. 69-Jim Beaman[20]; 15. 7R-Ryan Richmeier[24]; 16. 10T-Trevor Geist[19]; 17. 7M-Daniel Miller[22]; 18. 9D-Dalton Murphy[14]; 19. (DNF) 1M-Cody Gearhart[15]; 20. (DNF) 11W-Tim Watts[1]; 21. (DNF) 77-Steven Bowers Jr[10]; 22. (DNF) 12-Brett Smith[12]; 23. (DNS) 14-Brad Keller; 24. (DNS) 52-Cliff Shepard
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 09B-Brett Berry[1]; 2. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[3]; 3. 10T-Trevor Geist[10]; 4. 69-Jim Beaman[5]; 5. 52-Cliff Shepard[13]; 6. 7M-Daniel Miller[7]; 7. 14-Brad Keller[6]; 8. 7R-Ryan Richmeier[4]; 9. (DNF) A1-Brady Albin[8]; 10. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[2]; 11. (DNF) A11-Bill Albin[9]; 12. (DNS) 4P-Dave Pedersen; 13. (DNS) 8R-Jesse Richter
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Dakota Sproul[1]; 2. 12-Brett Smith[3]; 3. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[7]; 4. 7-Clay Money[8]; 5. 09B-Brett Berry[5]; 6. 69-Jim Beaman[2]; 7. 7M-Daniel Miller[6]; 8. (DNS) 4P-Dave Pedersen
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Jeremy Mills[1]; 2. 141-Matt Bonine[7]; 3. 1N-Nick Link[2]; 4. 9D-Dalton Murphy[6]; 5. 83L-Taos Leighton[4]; 6. (DNF) A1-Brady Albin[5]; 7. (DNS) 8R-Jesse Richter
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14G-Greg Gustus[1]; 2. 0-Kyle Rohleder[6]; 3. 11W-Tim Watts[3]; 4. 1M-Cody Gearhart[7]; 5. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[5]; 6. 14-Brad Keller[2]; 7. (DNF) A11-Bill Albin[4]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[1]; 2. 77-Steven Bowers Jr[3]; 3. 3J-Jake Nightingale[6]; 4. 10G-Don Geist[5]; 5. 7R-Ryan Richmeier[2]; 6. (DNF) 10T-Trevor Geist[7]; 7. (DNS) 52-Cliff Shepard
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