06/15/2024
Dodge City Raceway Park
Dave Garmann Memorial
By: Sheldon Wickwar
Eighty-seven race teams checked in to the Dodge City Raceway Park for the opening night of the Dave Garmann Memorial weekend show. Friday Night's show saw racing action from the late models, sport mods, stock cars and modifieds. Visiting victory lane were Josh Leonard in the late model, Cody Gearhart in the sport mod, Troy Burkhart in the stock car and Clay Sellard in the modified!
The sport mods started the night with three heat races won by Danny Concelman, Steven Swarthout and Ryan Kirchoff. Their twenty-lap feature event started with a front row of Ryan Kirchoff and Chad Dolan; Ryan led the first lap and lap two saw a caution for a single car spin. Kirchoff restarted the field and got through two more laps before a second caution flew. Lap three saw Aiden Miller grab the lead from Ryan Kirchoff, and after a couple of laps Miller started to pull away from the field. Lap seven saw Cody Gearhart take the race lead and would lead for several laps. A final caution came out with two laps to go and despite a big charge from Danny Concelman, Cody Gearhart went on to pick up the feature event win, his first win of the season. Second was Danny Concelman, third Josh Appel, fourth Chad Dolan and fifth was Ryan Kirchoff. Hard charger in the event was Josh Appel who gained twelve spots, Dalton Bell picked up eleven spots. Justin Lampe, Dustin Lampe and Marvin Ward all gained five spots each.
The stock cars ran second on the night, they ran two heat races won by Jason Rogers and Kolby Stegman. Their twenty-lap feature event started with a front row of Mike Petersilie and Quinton Yutterman; Troy Burkhart quickly got to second place, while Mike Petersilie led the first lap. Troy took over the race lead on lap two and led until lap five when Kolby Stegman brought out the caution. Troy restarted the race and continued to lead. Meanwhile Tathan Burkhart made a run up to second but did not have quite enough to track down Troy. Troy picked up win number five on the season, second was Tathan Burkhart, third was Mike Petersilie, fourth was Jason Rogers and fifth was Jesse Smith. Hard charger in the event was Jason Rogers who gained five spots.
The modifieds ran third on the night, they ran two heat races won by Clay Sellard and Kelsie Black. Their twenty-lap feature event started with a front row of Clay Sellard and Danny Keller; Sellard jumped to the early race lead, meanwhile Tanner Black and Casey Jo Gemmill jumped to second and third quickly. By lap seven Sellard still held a commanding lead, as Brett Berry had found third place, Berry would gain second place and pull even with Sellard in lapped traffic but never was able to complete a pass for the lead. Clay Sellard picked up his first win of the season, second was Brett Berry, third was Tanner Black, fourth was Jake Nightingale and fifth was Kelsie Black. Hard charger in the event was Jake Nightingale who gained six spots, Brett Berry was able to grab five spots, and Kelsie Black picked up four spots.
The late models closed out the program, they ran four heat races won by Eli Ross, Jason Rogers, Kip Hughes and Josh Leonard. Their twenty-five-lap feature event started with a front row of Tad Pospisil and Jason Rogers; Pospisil grabbed the early race, meanwhile Josh Leonard jumped to second place right away. Leonard stalked for the lead and by lap four gained control of the race. Lap five saw a caution for a two-car spin down the backstretch, Leonard restarted the field and led until lap seventeen. Lap seventeen saw Braxton Berry hit the wall in turn two and roll to a stop, Leonard restarted the field and navigated heavy lapped traffic to survive and pick up his third feature win of the season. Second was Tad Pospisil, third was Jason Rogers, fourth was Kip Hughes and fifth was Eli Ross. Hard charger in the event was Dan Smith who gained eleven spots, other nice runs included Delbert Smith and Troy Burkhart both up eight spots, and Brandon Conkwright and Kelly Yutterman up six spots each. The top four finishers of Friday's event will compete in Saturday's pole dash!
FULL RESULTS:
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1M-Cody Gearhart[4]; 2. 4D-Danny Concelman[5]; 3. 65J-Josh Appel[15]; 4. 87D-Chad Dolan[2]; 5. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[1]; 6. 49-Aiden Miller[3]; 7. 4C-Dylan Cherry[7]; 8. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[12]; 9. 22B-Dalton Bell[20]; 10. 47-Newt Lujan[14]; 11. 64-Jimmy Brozek[8]; 12. 02-Justin Lampe[17]; 13. 8-Brian May[13]; 14. 01-Dustin Lampe[19]; 15. 44-Frank Ogden[10]; 16. 97-Shawn Ward[18]; 17. 53M-Marvin Ward[22]; 18. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[16]; 19. 9-Monty Nordyke[6]; 20. 27G-Kamren Gruber[9]; 21. 23X-Steven Swarthout[11]; 22. 3K-Dustin Kreger[21]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4D-Danny Concelman[3]; 2. 4C-Dylan Cherry[2]; 3. 64-Jimmy Brozek[4]; 4. 44-Frank Ogden[1]; 5. 8-Brian May[7]; 6. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[5]; 7. 01-Dustin Lampe[6]; 8. 3K-Dustin Kreger[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23X-Steven Swarthout[1]; 2. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[2]; 3. 27G-Kamren Gruber[7]; 4. 49-Aiden Miller[5]; 5. 47-Newt Lujan[3]; 6. 02-Justin Lampe[6]; 7. 22B-Dalton Bell[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[3]; 2. 1M-Cody Gearhart[4]; 3. 87D-Chad Dolan[1]; 4. 9-Monty Nordyke[5]; 5. 65J-Josh Appel[6]; 6. 97-Shawn Ward[2]; 7. 53M-Marvin Ward[7]
12 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 25X-Troy Burkhart[3]; 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 3. 25P-Mike Petersilie[1]; 4. 37-Jason Rogers[9]; 5. 01-Jesse Smith[5]; 6. 38-Quinton Yutterman[2]; 7. 3-Chris Oliver[6]; 8. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[7]; 9. 19K-Kolby Stegman[8]; 10. 19-Keith Stegman[11]; 11. (DNF) 12Y-Johny Yutterman[10]; 12. (DNS) 49-Christian Gonser
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Jason Rogers[1]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[2]; 3. 01-Jesse Smith[3]; 4. 38-Quinton Yutterman[5]; 5. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 6. 19-Keith Stegman[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19K-Kolby Stegman[1]; 2. 25X-Troy Burkhart[3]; 3. 25P-Mike Petersilie[2]; 4. 3-Chris Oliver[4]; 5. 12Y-Johny Yutterman[6]; 6. (DNS) 49-Christian Gonser
15 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 85C-Clay Sellard[1]; 2. 09B-Brett Berry[7]; 3. 44T-Tanner Black[4]; 4. 3J-Jake Nightingale[10]; 5. 44K-Kelsie Black[9]; 6. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[3]; 7. 10T-Trevor Geist[5]; 8. K98-Danny Keller[2]; 9. 15-Darren Crouch[12]; 10. 65-Greg Sharpe[8]; 11. 25-Kale Beavers[13]; 12. 49-Drew Miller[6]; 13. 10-TeeJay Janousek[14]; 14. 94-Jim Graves[11]; 15. (DNF) 5-Jeff Meeker[15]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 85C-Clay Sellard[3]; 2. 3J-Jake Nightingale[7]; 3. 49-Drew Miller[5]; 4. K98-Danny Keller[8]; 5. 65-Greg Sharpe[6]; 6. 94-Jim Graves[1]; 7. 25-Kale Beavers[4]; 8. (DNF) 5-Jeff Meeker[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44K-Kelsie Black[1]; 2. 44T-Tanner Black[7]; 3. 09B-Brett Berry[3]; 4. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[4]; 5. 10T-Trevor Geist[6]; 6. 15-Darren Crouch[5]; 7. (DNF) 10-TeeJay Janousek[2]
38 entries
HIGH PLAINS LATE MODEL SERIES
NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS A Feature 1: 1. 85-Josh Leonard[3]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[1]; 3. 37-Jason Rogers[2]; 4. 60-Kip Hughes[7]; 5. 66R-Eli Ross[5]; 6. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[12]; 7. 24B-Chris Bragg[6]; 8. 92S-Dan Smith[19]; 9. 92-Delbert Smith[17]; 10. 25X-Troy Burkhart[18]; 11. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[13]; 12. 11B-Justin Bussell[10]; 13. 25P-Mike Petersilie[16]; 14. 10G-Don Geist[14]; 15. 112-Tyler Smith[4]; 16. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman[22]; 17. 73-Layne Bellm[20]; 18. 21-Joe Bellm[11]; 19. 10W-John Willard III[15]; 20. 65-Greg Sharpe[9]; 21. 19M-Colby Moore[8]; 22. (DNF) 15B-Braxton Berry[21]
TRIPLE S ENTERPRISES B Feature 1: 1. 92-Delbert Smith[10]; 2. 92S-Dan Smith[11]; 3. 15B-Braxton Berry[2]; 4. 88-Richard Shepler[1]; 5. 9XX-Dakota Dellinger[5]; 6. 8-Caleb Rhoades[4]; 7. 1S-Chris Stevens[6]; 8. 22K-Kenny Backstrand[9]; 9. (DNF) 47-Kyle Hill[3]; 10. (DNS) 57-Brady Balderston; 11. (DNS) 2BA-Bob Aspenleiter
MOORE AUTO BODY B Feature 2: 1. 25X-Troy Burkhart[1]; 2. 73-Layne Bellm[2]; 3. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman[3]; 4. 7N-William Nusser[4]; 5. 39-Albert Sack[5]; 6. 10-TeeJay Janousek[9]; 7. 66-Alysse Bolt[6]; 8. 39X-Dakota Dillin[10]; 9. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[7]; 10. (DNS) 44-Brandon Lewis; 11. (DNS) 5-Jeff Meeker
CLASSIC HEATING AIR Heat 1: 1. 66R-Eli Ross[3]; 2. 112-Tyler Smith[1]; 3. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[2]; 4. 10W-John Willard III[5]; 5. 88-Richard Shepler[6]; 6. 47-Kyle Hill[7]; 7. 9XX-Dakota Dellinger[8]; 8. (DNF) 22K-Kenny Backstrand[9]; 9. (DNF) 92S-Dan Smith[4]; 10. (DNS) 57-Brady Balderston
BUCKEYE WELDING SUPPLY Heat 2: 1. 37-Jason Rogers[4]; 2. 19M-Colby Moore[1]; 3. 21-Joe Bellm[2]; 4. 65-Greg Sharpe[6]; 5. 15B-Braxton Berry[5]; 6. 8-Caleb Rhoades[7]; 7. 1S-Chris Stevens[8]; 8. (DNF) 92-Delbert Smith[3]; 9. (DNS) 2BA-Bob Aspenleiter
ROADRUNNER FABRICATION Heat 3: 1. 60-Kip Hughes[1]; 2. 24B-Chris Bragg[4]; 3. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[2]; 4. 10G-Don Geist[3]; 5. 25P-Mike Petersilie[6]; 6. 7N-William Nusser[5]; 7. 39-Albert Sack[8]; 8. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[9]; 9. (DNF) 44-Brandon Lewis[10]; 10. (DNS) 39X-Dakota Dillin
ARVADA EXCAVATING Heat 4: 1. 85-Josh Leonard[4]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 3. 11B-Justin Bussell[3]; 4. 25X-Troy Burkhart[2]; 5. 73-Layne Bellm[1]; 6. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman[6]; 7. 66-Alysse Bolt[8]; 8. 5-Jeff Meeker[7]; 9. 10-TeeJay Janousek[9]
NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS Qualifying 1: 1. 92S-Dan Smith, 00:15.854[10]; 2. 37-Jason Rogers, 00:15.890[3]; 3. 66R-Eli Ross, 00:15.920[14]; 4. 92-Delbert Smith, 00:16.179[2]; 5. 3X-Lyndon Bolt, 00:16.314[19]; 6. 21-Joe Bellm, 00:16.570[8]; 7. 112-Tyler Smith, 00:16.676[7]; 8. 19M-Colby Moore, 00:16.767[16]; 9. 10W-John Willard III, 00:16.779[13]; 10. 15B-Braxton Berry, 00:17.083[9]; 11. 88-Richard Shepler, 00:17.234[6]; 12. 65-Greg Sharpe, 00:17.305[18]; 13. 47-Kyle Hill, 00:17.469[4]; 14. 8-Caleb Rhoades, 00:17.638[11]; 15. 9XX-Dakota Dellinger, 00:17.758[5]; 16. 1S-Chris Stevens, 00:17.849[17]; 17. 22K-Kenny Backstrand, 00:18.642[15]; 18. (DNS) 2BA-Bob Aspenleiter; 19. (DNS) 57-Brady Balderston
NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS Qualifying 2: 1. 24B-Chris Bragg, 00:15.958[2]; 2. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:16.130[16]; 3. 10G-Don Geist, 00:16.310[12]; 4. 11B-Justin Bussell, 00:16.314[8]; 5. 24C-Brandon Conkwright, 00:16.401[10]; 6. 25X-Troy Burkhart, 00:16.455[6]; 7. 60-Kip Hughes, 00:16.486[3]; 8. 73-Layne Bellm, 00:16.695[9]; 9. 7N-William Nusser, 00:16.758[1]; 10. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:16.762[4]; 11. 25P-Mike Petersilie, 00:16.813[14]; 12. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman, 00:17.192[18]; 13. 39X-Dakota Dillin, 00:17.284[13]; 14. 5-Jeff Meeker, 00:17.474[17]; 15. 39-Albert Sack, 00:17.498[7]; 16. 66-Alysse Bolt, 00:17.771[15]; 17. 17M-Brianna Maughlin, 00:19.110[11]; 18. (DNF) 10-TeeJay Janousek, 00:19.110[5]; 19. (DNS) 44-Brandon Lewis, 00:19.110
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