07/12/2023
Wakeeney Speedway, Wakeeney, Kansas
By: Sheldon Wickwar
Well leave it to Clay Money to hit the payday at the Wakeeney Speedway during the Trego County Fair, joining Money in victory lane were Morgan Olmstead in the hobby stocks, Blaine Walt in the sport mods, Madelyn Kraus in the cruisers, Kyle Pfeifer in the stock cars and Connor Schwien in the sport compacts! In total fifty-six race teams came out to support the Trego County Fair and the Wakeeney Speedway, Dodge City's track staff had the Speedway whipped into a fast, tacky, hammer down racetrack.
The cruisers started the night off and they ran one heat race, which had a winner of David Kraus. Then in the feature they lined up each cruiser side by side in the same row, and had them take off at once with the green flag, Madelyn Kraus jumped out to the early lead, and led the majority of the race, with less than five laps Matt Ramsey got by Madelyn, and would look to win the feature, however heartbreak set in as on the final lap, Ramsey would blow an engine, and Madelyn Kraus would get by for the feature win! Second was David Kraus, third was Matt Ramsey limping home, and fourth was Travis Phillips. The hard charger for the cruisers was Madelyn Kraus who gained three spots.
Sport mods were second on the program, and a familiar face got the job done. Heat race wise, the sport mods ran two heats, with Blaine Walt and Matt Rucker picking up the victories. The twenty-lap feature had a front row of Devon Ghumm and Blaine Walt. Walt quickly took his outside line and shot to the race lead, Ghumm would settle into second, but would never track Walt down. Throughout the feature moves were made within the pack, with the likes of Brianna Maughlin, Sage Dinkel and Justin Lampe all picking up numerous spots within the feature. Out front it was all Blaine Walt who seemed to finish the feature and make it back to Collyer before the rest of the field finished. Blaine Walt won his first feature since returning to the racetrack, Walt had been out since an early season crash at Colby, on Thomas County Speedway's opening night. Second was Devon Ghumm, third went to Brianna Maughlin, fourth went to Sage Dinkel, and CJ Pfannenstiel rounded out the top five! Hard chargers in the event were Brianna Maughlin and Sage Dinkel who both picked up four spots each!
The sport compacts were third on the program, their only heat race went to Connor Schwien who flat out dominated, and he would do a similar thing in the feature, despite a healthy effort by Gage Porter. Connor Schwien and Kenny Schmidt would sit on the front row of the twelve-lap feature, where Schwien got the early advantage and would never look back, as Gage Porter tried to close several times, but was unable to ever get to Schwien's rear bumper. There was not a whole lot of passing but Gage Porter, Branston Ardner Jr, and Kyle Mortensen all were able to gain one spot each, to be hard chargers in the event. Connor Schwien picked up the feature win, second was Gage Porter, third was Branston Ardner Jr the birthday boy, fourth was Kyle Mortensen, and Kenny Schmidt rounded out the top five!
Stock cars were fourth on the program, and the four cars that showed up tried to put on a good show for the fans, winning the only heat race was Tathan Burkhart. The fifteen-lap feature started with an all-Burkhart front row, with Kyle Pfeifer and Jacey Archer in the second row. Troy led lap one, meanwhile Pfeifer was battling closely with Tathan, by lap six Pfeifer was able to get by Tathan for the second spot. Meanwhile Tathan would enter a tight battle with rookie Jacey Archer who showed a lot of promise, while battling with three of the toughest stock cars in the state, Archer would close in on Tathan a couple of times but was unable to complete a pass. Troy Burkhart would suffer an issue on lap eight and come to a rest in turns one and two and would retire from the race. Kyle Pfeifer led the restart and was able to hold off a charging Tathan Burkhart to pick up the feature win. Second was Tathan Burkhart, and third was Jacey Archer. Hard charger went to Kyle Pfeifer who picked up three spots.
Second to last on the program were the hobby stocks, Jeromy Wagner and Cody Williams picked up the heat race victories, and the front row featured Regan Sellard and Morgan Olmstead. Morgan Olmstead would rush out to the early lead, and would start building his lead, meanwhile Cody Williams was moving through the field, and Zach Olmstead would try to make moves, all though the first half was kind of tough on him. By lap eight Morgan had a pretty good-sized lead and started lapping the back half of the field. Lap eleven saw Cody Williams pull off the racetrack, and with six laps left Zach Olmstead had moved into second place, but there was no catching Morgan. Morgan won the feature by six and a half seconds over Zach Olmstead, third was Regan Sellard, fourth went to Jeromy Wagner and fifth went to Cody Ghumm. Hard chargers in the event were Zach Olmstead and Cody Ghumm who both picked up seven spots each!
Modifieds ended the program, Clay Sellard and Jeremy Frenier won the two heat races, the twenty-lap feature started with a front row of Trevor Geist and Clay Money. Money would lead the opening lap meanwhile Frenier got to second quickly and started hounding Money for the race lead. Caution came out for the only time on lap three as Bill Albin had an issue and headed to the pits. Money brought the field back to life and led the remainder of the feature, Frenier tried to close numerous times but was unable to get the job done. Meanwhile the two Wakeeney natives, Kyle Rohleder and Dylan Sherfick were trying to get to the front, but there was no catching the Moneyman tonight. Clay Money picked up the race win, second was Jeremy Frenier, third was Trevor Geist, fourth was Dakota Sproul, and fifth was Kyle Rohleder. Hard charger in the feature was Dylan Sherfick who picked up three spots!
Wakeeney put on a show tonight, catch your favorite Kansas IMCA stars on Friday July 14th! at the Thomas County Speedway in Colby! Then join us at Rolling Plains Motor Speedway in Hays, Kansas on Saturday and Sunday for two FULL IMCA SHOWS!
FULL RESULTS:
HOBBY STOCKS:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 88-Morgan Olmstead[2]; 2. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[9]; 3. 2S-Reagan Sellard[1]; 4. 29-Jeromy Wagner[3]; 5. 1C-Cody Ghumm[12]; 6. 6X-Roger Garrison[8]; 7. 21C-Bret Conness[10]; 8. 44-Dane Cleveland[6]; 9. 23T-Trey Collins[13]; 10. 8K-Hayden Kelly[11]; 11. 93-Jake Wharton[5]; 12. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[7]; 13. (DNF) 77-Cody Williams[4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Jeromy Wagner[2]; 2. 2S-Reagan Sellard[6]; 3. 21C-Bret Conness[3]; 4. 6X-Roger Garrison[5]; 5. 44-Dane Cleveland[4]; 6. 8K-Hayden Kelly[1]; 7. 23T-Trey Collins[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Cody Williams[2]; 2. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[5]; 3. 88-Morgan Olmstead[4]; 4. 12S-Cole Schulte[3]; 5. 93-Jake Wharton[6]; 6. (DNF) 1C-Cody Ghumm[1]
SPORT MODS:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[2]; 2. 11D-Devon Ghumm[1]; 3. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[7]; 4. 28D-Sage Dinkel[8]; 5. 4-CJ Pfannenstiel[6]; 6. 02-Justin Lampe[9]; 7. 5S-Sterling Judy[11]; 8. (DNF) 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[3]; 9. (DNF) 03-Matt Rucker[5]; 10. (DNS) 4M-Matthew Miller; 11. (DNS) 36W-Willie Wynn
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[1]; 2. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[3]; 3. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[5]; 4. 36W-Willie Wynn[2]; 5. 4-CJ Pfannenstiel[4]; 6. 5S-Sterling Judy[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Matt Rucker[4]; 2. 28D-Sage Dinkel[2]; 3. 11D-Devon Ghumm[3]; 4. 4M-Matthew Miller[1]; 5. 02-Justin Lampe[5]
CRAZY CRUISERS:
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 29-Madelyn Kraus[4]; 2. 27-David Kraus[1]; 3. 666-Matt Ramsey[2]; 4. 10 32-Travis Phillips[3]; 5. 63-Weston Kraus[5]; 6. 01-Dakota Bliss[6]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 27-David Kraus[5]; 2. 666-Matt Ramsey[2]; 3. 10 32-Travis Phillips[1]; 4. 29-Madelyn Kraus[3]; 5. 63-Weston Kraus[6]; 6. 01-Dakota Bliss[4]
STOCK CARS:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart[2]; 3. 2BA-Jacey Archer[3]; 4. (DNF) 25X-Troy Burkhart[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[2]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[1]; 3. 2BA-Jacey Archer[3]; 4. 25X-Troy Burkhart[4]
MODIFIEDS:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money[2]; 2. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[3]; 3. 10T-Trevor Geist[1]; 4. 08-Dakota Sproul[4]; 5. 0-Kyle Rohleder[7]; 6. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[9]; 7. 10G-Don Geist[5]; 8. (DNF) 8R-Jesse Richter[8]; 9. (DNF) B6-Terry Berry[14]; 10. (DNF) 183-Chad Sterling[10]; 11. (DNF) 85C-Clay Sellard[6]; 12. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[13]; 13. (DNF) A11-Bill Albin[12]; 14. (DNF) 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 85C-Clay Sellard[1]; 2. 7-Clay Money[4]; 3. 10G-Don Geist[7]; 4. 10T-Trevor Geist[5]; 5. 183-Chad Sterling[6]; 6. (DNF) 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[3]; 7. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[2]; 2. 0-Kyle Rohleder[4]; 3. 08-Dakota Sproul[6]; 4. 8R-Jesse Richter[1]; 5. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[5]; 6. A11-Bill Albin[3]; 7. B6-Terry Berry[7]
SPORT COMPACTS:
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[1]; 2. 69G-Gage Porter[3]; 3. 77-Branston Arnder Jr[4]; 4. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[5]; 5. 71-Kenny Schmidt[2]; 6. 33X-Remington Cox[8]; 7. 8B-Kaishen Brack[6]; 8. (DNS) 15B-Brock Leibhart
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[2]; 2. 77-Branston Arnder Jr[8]; 3. 71-Kenny Schmidt[4]; 4. 69G-Gage Porter[5]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[7]; 6. 8B-Kaishen Brack[3]; 7. 15B-Brock Leibhart[6]; 8. 33X-Remington Cox[1]
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