Moneyman Wins the Final Night, and Track Champions Were Decided

08/13/2021 The 2021 season came to a close on Friday Night with the five classes crowning their track champions. It was an exciting night of racing, to end an exciting year. Throughout the year we were blessed to see good racing and great battles. We saw an amazing last corner pass in one of the early sport mod races, we also saw how mechanical failures could change the course of a race. We saw dominance out of Blaine Walt and Brady Bencken, and we also saw great improvement out of rookies Tathan Burkhart and Brianna Maughlin. Tathan Burkhart also battled strongly with Jason Rogers all year, in a battle of a rookie versus a top veteran of the class. We saw a local fan favorite return, in Doug Holzmeister. We saw Dylan Sherfick put together a solid season in the modfieds, and in sport compacts we saw a thrilling points battle that ended in a tie between Billy Turner and Ted Trumbo. There was also a fair share of on track incidents, and sometimes tempers were flared, but that is racing. We were blessed to enjoy racing at a great track all season, that was prepped well, and for the most part Mother Nature cooperated throughout the season. Now on to the results of Friday's racing action, which featured sixty-five entries, sport compacts had ten, sport mods had seven, stocks had twenty-two, hobby stocks had fourteen, and mods had twelve. The sport compacts were the first class to hit the track, they ran two six lap heat races. The first one went to Ted Trumbo, and was a bit eventful as there was an early caution involving Zach Cardwell, Colin Ridder, and Kiowa Higdon. Ridder and Higdon retired from the heat race, Zach continued the rest of the heat race. Madison Reed finished second. The second heat race went to Gage Porter who took the lead in the closing laps from Otto Schutte who finished third, Billy Turner finished second. The twelve lap feature started with a front row of Otto Schutte and Kaishen Brack, and Schutte led the first lap, but on the second lap Ted Trumbo gained the lead, and started sailing off into the sunset to record his second win at TCS on the year. Turner second, and third went to Schutte. The hard charger were Ted Trumbo, Billy Turner and Kyle Mortensen who all picked up three spots. With the way the heat races and the feature played out there was a tie between Billy Turner and Ted Trumbo, but Trumbo with his two feature wins, claimed his first track championship. A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. T21-Ted Trumbo[4]; 2. 19X-Billy Turner[5]; 3. 19-Otto Schutte III[3]; 4. 6M-Madison Reed[6]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[8]; 6. 8B-Kaishen Brack[2]; 7. 18X-Zach Cardwell[1]; 8. (DNF) 69G-Gage Porter[7]; 9. (DNS) 17-Kiowa Higdon; 10. (DNS) 59-Colin Ridder Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. T21-Ted Trumbo[3]; 2. 6M-Madison Reed[4]; 3. 18X-Zach Cardwell[1]; 4. (DNF) 17-Kiowa Higdon[5]; 5. (DNF) 59-Colin Ridder[2] Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69G-Gage Porter[5]; 2. 19-Otto Schutte III[2]; 3. 19X-Billy Turner[3]; 4. 8B-Kaishen Brack[1]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[4] FINAL POINTS: 1. Ted Trumbo (291) Track Champion 2. Billy Turner (291) 3. Otto Schutte (281) 4. Zach Cardwell (262) 5. Madison Reed (250) 6. Jarrett Marker (172) The sport mods were second on the track, they ran one eight lap heat race. Blaine Walt won after starting sixth. Brianna Maughlin started from the pole and held on to finish second. The fifteen lap feature started with a front row of Brianna Maughlin and John Fabrizius, Maughlin led the first two laps of the feature. But then Blaine Walt got by on the third lap, and he never looked back cruising to his fifth TCS win on the year. Maughlin finished second, and Fabrizius finished third. The hard charger was Walt who went from fifth to first. The absence of Adam Weber, combined with Walt's dominant night, easily led him to the track championship. A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[5]; 2. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[1]; 3. 420-John Fabrizius[2]; 4. 14-Tony Acierno[4]; 5. 32G-Jasen Gray[3]; 6. (DNF) 56M-Russell Taylor[6]; 7. (DNF) 2BA-Jacey Archer[7] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[6]; 2. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[1]; 3. 14-Tony Acierno[5]; 4. 420-John Fabrizius[2]; 5. 32G-Jasen Gray[4]; 6. (DNF) 56M-Russell Taylor[7]; 7. (DNS) 2BA-Jacey Archer FINAL POINTS: 1. Blaine Walt (311) Track Champion 2. Tony Acierno (268) 3. Jasen Gray (261) 4. Adam Weber (246) 5. Monty Nordyke (245) 6. Brendyn Nordyke (233) 7. Brianna Maughlin (209) The stock cars were third to hit the track, and man, did they put on a show. they ran three eight lap heat races. Ondre Rexford grabbed the lead in the first one early on, and he cruised to the heat win. Angel Munoz led the first lap of the second heat race, but then Chris Oliver and Nick Tubbs got around him and battled side by side for the remainder of the heat race, Tubbs went on to win it, and in that heat race we saw Barrett Wagoner charge from seventh to third. The third heat race went to Anthony Rhoades, who started on the pole and led every lap. The twenty lap feature, that had a field of twenty-two cars, started with a front row of Anthony Rhoades and Angel Munoz. Munoz led the first four laps and on lap five Ondre Rexford started battling with Munoz, but Munoz however won the battle and ran away with the feature win. The feature was very exciting as for the most part the whole field stayed relatively close to each other and provided exciting racing. Munoz won, the only TCS win on the season for him, Rexford second and Rhoades third. Hard charger of the night was Tathan Burkhart who went from fourteenth to fourth on the night, picking up ten spots. Jason Rogers was able to capture the track championship in the class. A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2M-Angel Munoz[2]; 2. 97X-Ondre Rexford[3]; 3. 9R-Anthony Rhoades[1]; 4. 250-Tathan Burkhart[14]; 5. 00-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 6. 37-Jason Rogers[9]; 7. 51W-Barrett Wagoner[12]; 8. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[7]; 9. 737-Nick Tubbs[8]; 10. 19K-Kolby Stegman[15]; 11. 3-Chris Oliver[6]; 12. 28J-Austin Janousek[17]; 13. 21K-Wheat Lippelman[21]; 14. 14-Brandon Fisher[16]; 15. 21C-Nick Link[18]; 16. 49-Drew Miller[19]; 17. 19-Keith Stegman[20]; 18. 25X-Troy Burkhart[10]; 19. 67L-Jason Luck[22]; 20. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[11]; 21. (DNF) 07J-John Luck[13]; 22. (DNF) 19H-Josh Hudson[5] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97X-Ondre Rexford[3]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[5]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[6]; 4. 19H-Josh Hudson[4]; 5. 07J-John Luck[2]; 6. 14-Brandon Fisher[8]; 7. 49-Drew Miller[7]; 8. 67L-Jason Luck[1] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 737-Nick Tubbs[5]; 2. 3-Chris Oliver[4]; 3. 51W-Barrett Wagoner[7]; 4. 2M-Angel Munoz[2]; 5. 250-Tathan Burkhart[6]; 6. 28J-Austin Janousek[3]; 7. 19-Keith Stegman[1] Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Anthony Rhoades[1]; 2. 37-Jason Rogers[5]; 3. 00-Kyle Pfeifer[3]; 4. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[6]; 5. 19K-Kolby Stegman[2]; 6. 21C-Nick Link[7]; 7. 21K-Wheat Lippelman[4] FINAL POINTS: 1. Jason Rogers (305) 2. Tathan Burkhart (294) 3. Nick Tubbs (274) 4. Troy Burkhart (266) 5. Wheat Lippelman (249) 6. Jeff Tubbs (240) 7. Chris Oliver (230) The hobby stocks hit the track fourth in line, and they ran two eight lap heat races, the first one went to Levi Jones after starting third. The second heat went to Hunter Smith who started on the pole. The twenty lap feature started with a front row of Justin Colby and Hunter Smith. There was an early spin for Cody Lilly, and Brady Bencken charged through the field to pick up his seventh TCS win on the year. Smith finished second, and Josh Barnhart finished third. With their performances on the evening, Brady Bencken ended up winning the track championship by fourteen points over Barnhart, Bencken also was the hard charger picking up eight spots, to go from ninth to the lead. A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 711-Brady Bencken[9]; 2. 1S-Hunter Smith[2]; 3. 5150-Josh Barnhart[8]; 4. 8J-Levi Jones[4]; 5. 37-Bingston Rogers[14]; 6. 71-Josh Colby[3]; 7. 03-Derick Coomes[5]; 8. 17X-Justin Colby[1]; 9. 31R-Ray West[11]; 10. 31-Alex West[6]; 11. 18M-Austin Meis[7]; 12. 6M-Mcintyre Jason[10]; 13. (DNF) 07-Cody Lilly[12]; 14. (DNS) 19X-Billy Turner Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8J-Levi Jones[3]; 2. 5150-Josh Barnhart[7]; 3. 03-Derick Coomes[4]; 4. 18M-Austin Meis[5]; 5. 17X-Justin Colby[1]; 6. 6M-Mcintyre Jason[2]; 7. (DNF) 07-Cody Lilly[6] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Hunter Smith[1]; 2. 711-Brady Bencken[7]; 3. 31-Alex West[3]; 4. 71-Josh Colby[2]; 5. (DNF) 31R-Ray West[5]; 6. (DNF) 19X-Billy Turner[4]; 7. (DNF) 37-Bingston Rogers[6] FINAL POINTS: 1. Brady Bencken (318) Track Champion 2. Josh Barnhart (304) 3. BJ Rogers (280) 4. Jason McIntyre (236) 5. Levi Jones (193) 6. Derick Coomes (184) 7. Alex West (182) The modifieds were the fifth and final class to hit the track, they ran two eight lap heat races. The first one featured Eddie Belec winning after starting sixth, and the second one went to Dylan Sherfick after starting fourth. Grant Florence and David Solberg started from the front row of the twenty lap feature. But it was Clay Money who found his way to victory lane, his only TCS win on the year. Kyle Rohleder finished second and Eddie Belec finished third. The hard charger was Clay Money who picked up eight spots, going from ninth to first. Dylan Sherfick claimed the track championship finishing ten points ahead of Kyle Rohleder. A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money[9]; 2. 0-Kyle Rohleder[8]; 3. 3B-Eddie Belec[10]; 4. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[7]; 5. 33D-Dustin Daniels[4]; 6. 15-Darren Crouch[5]; 7. 10G-Don Geist[6]; 8. K98-Danny Keller[3]; 9. 727-Todd Schwarz[11]; 10. 27-Grant Florence[1]; 11. 14-Lane Linthacum[12]; 12. (DNF) 7S-David Solberg[2] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3B-Eddie Belec[6]; 2. 0-Kyle Rohleder[5]; 3. 33D-Dustin Daniels[3]; 4. 10G-Don Geist[4]; 5. 27-Grant Florence[1]; 6. 727-Todd Schwarz[2] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[4]; 2. 7-Clay Money[5]; 3. K98-Danny Keller[2]; 4. 15-Darren Crouch[3]; 5. 7S-David Solberg[1]; 6. 14-Lane Linthacum[6] FINAL POINTS: 1. Dylan Sherfick (284) Track Champion 2. Kyle Rohleder (274) 3. Eddie Belec (255) 4. Don Geist (239) 5. Dominic Ursetta (220) 6. Daniel Gottschalk (204) 7. Clay Money (188)