08/02/2024
Thomas County Speedway
Colby, Kansas
By: Sheldon Wickwar
Every racer dream of winning big races or taking home a big trophy. That is what all of tonight's Thomas County Fair Race winners got to do, Kyle Mortensen, Brady Bencken, Blaine Walt, Kyle Pfeifer and Eddie Belec all took home the big trophies tonight in Colby. Fifty-four IMCA teams showed up for the fair races and put on a solid show all night with close finishes in every class.
The sport mods were the first feature race of the evening, they ran two heat races won by Blaine Walt and Adam Weber. Their fifteen-lap feature event started with a front row of Monty Nordyke and Douglas Beaman, Monty gained the early advantage and pulled away from second-running Nick Hankins until lap six where Austin Johnson stopped on the backstretch to bring out a caution. Collyer's missile Blaine Walt took the lead off of the restart and entered a close battle with Monty Nordyke. The pair duked it out until lap nine when Brady Bencken came to a stop in turn four. Blaine Walt restarted the field and pulled away by a big margin over Josh Barnhart who charged up to second place late in the feature. Blaine Walt picked up win number four of the season, his second at Thomas County after winning on May 24th. Second was Josh Barnhart, third was Monty Nordyke, fourth was Adam Weber and fifth was Brendyn Nordyke. Hard charger in the event was Josh Barnhart who gained nine spots, other nice runs included Blaine Walt up six spots, Adam Weber up five spots and Brendyn Nordyke, as well as Brian Conness up three spots each.
The hobby stocks were second on the program, they ran two heat races won by Brady Bencken and Cole Schulte. Their fifteen-lap feature event started with a front row of Gordon French and Aiden Miller, quickly Brady Bencken gained a race lead, after making it three wide on the initial start. Caution came out after one lap, and Bencken led until a lap three caution. Off of the lap three restart Bencken stormed away with the race lead and held off a charging Morgan Olmstead to pick up the feature win. Brady Bencken picked up race win number two on the season, after winning in Colby on June 28th. Brady Bencken's win tonight was career win number 99. Second was Morgan Olmstead, third was William Doudney, fourth was Hayden Ogorzolka and fifth was Gordon French. Hard charger in the event was Morgan Olmstead who gained seven spots, other nice runs included Hayden Ogorzolka and Bret Conness grabbing six spots each.
The sport compacts were third on the program, they ran one heat race won by Brock Leibhart. Their twelve-lap feature event started with a front row of Madison Reed and Kyle Mortensen; Reed held the early advantage until turn two where Mortensen grabbed the lead on the top side of the racing surface. Mortensen led the first lap, but Jared Coon tried to spoil the party and led lap two. Mortensen regained the lead lap three, meanwhile Brock Leibhart settled into second. Mortensen and Leibhart would run nose-to-tail the rest of the event, with Mortensen grabbing the race win. Kyle Mortensen grabbed his first race win of the season. Second was Brock Leibhart, third was Ted Trumbo, fourth was Jared Coon and fifth was Madison Reed. Hard chargers in the race were Ted Trumbo and Jeff Klinkefus who grabbed two spots each. The compacts have two $500 to win races Sunday and Monday in Stockton, and the racing will not disappoint as they have been one of the most entertaining classes on track this season!
The stock cars were fourth on the program they ran one heat race won by Doug Holzmeister. Their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Doug Holzmeister and Kyle Pfeifer, Holzmeister was able to lead lap one, but a three wide battle broke out on lap two for the race lead, with Kyle Pfeifer gaining the advantage. Pfeifer led wire to wire despite a late race charge on the bottom of the track from Holzmeister, who couldn't quite make a move for the race win. Kyle Pfeifer picked up feature win number seven on the season. Second was Doug Holzmeister, third was Jeff Tubbs who had a thrilling side-by-side battle with Holzmeister. Fourth was Troy Burkhart and fifth was Tathan Burkhart. Hard charger in the event was Tathan Burkhart who gained two spots.
The modifieds closed out the program, they ran one heat race won by Jeremy Frenier. Their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Dylan Sherfick and Eddie Belec. Sherfick gained the early lead and led the first two laps before Belec gained the lead on lap three. Lap four saw the field start to single-file out and Belec ran consistent lap times, to make easy work of the feature field. Despite a late race charge by Dylan Sherfick using the bottom groove, Eddie Belec grabbed feature win number three on the season. Second was Dylan Sherfick, third was Clay Money, fourth was Jeremy Frenier, and fifth was Kyle Rohleder.
FULL RESULTS:
IMCA Hobby Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 711-Brady Bencken[3]; 2. 88-Morgan Olmstead[9]; 3. 7W-William Doudney[4]; 4. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[10]; 5. 53F-Gordon French[1]; 6. 58-Bret Conness[12]; 7. 37X-Cash Tubbs[6]; 8. 49-Aiden Miller[2]; 9. 37XJ-Austin Janousek[7]; 10. (DNF) 26-Marcus Florom[11]; 11. (DNF) 37-Bingston Rogers[5]; 12. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[8]; 13. (DNF) 24-Ray Caldwell[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 711-Brady Bencken[1]; 2. 88-Morgan Olmstead[2]; 3. 53F-Gordon French[3]; 4. 7W-William Doudney[7]; 5. 49-Aiden Miller[5]; 6. 26-Marcus Florom[6]; 7. (DNF) 58-Bret Conness[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Cole Schulte[2]; 2. 37-Bingston Rogers[1]; 3. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[4]; 4. 37XJ-Austin Janousek[6]; 5. 37X-Cash Tubbs[3]; 6. (DNS) 24-Ray Caldwell
9 entries
IMCA Modified
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 3B-Eddie Belec[2]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[1]; 3. 7-Clay Money[3]; 4. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[5]; 5. 0-Kyle Rohleder[6]; 6. 49-Drew Miller[7]; 7. 51-Mike Bainter[8]; 8. 7P-Lloyd Stover[9]; 9. (DNF) 14G-Greg Gustus[4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[4]; 2. 3B-Eddie Belec[6]; 3. 7-Clay Money[1]; 4. 14G-Greg Gustus[3]; 5. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[5]; 6. 0-Kyle Rohleder[8]; 7. 49-Drew Miller[2]; 8. 51-Mike Bainter[9]; 9. (DNF) 7P-Lloyd Stover[7]
14 entries
IMCA Northern SportMod
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[7]; 2. 5150-Josh Barnhart[11]; 3. 9-Monty Nordyke[1]; 4. 3-Adam Weber[9]; 5. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[8]; 6. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[5]; 7. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[6]; 8. 24-Douglas Beaman[2]; 9. 21C-Brian Conness[12]; 10. (DNF) 99H-Nick Hankins[4]; 11. (DNF) 711-Brady Bencken[3]; 12. (DNF) 5X-Donovan Ohlrogge[14]; 13. (DNF) 14A-Austin Johnson[10]; 14. (DNF) 32T-Tyler Beaman[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[3]; 2. 9-Monty Nordyke[2]; 3. 99H-Nick Hankins[6]; 4. 711-Brady Bencken[1]; 5. 14A-Austin Johnson[5]; 6. (DNF) 21C-Brian Conness[7]; 7. (DNF) 5150-Josh Barnhart[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Adam Weber[1]; 2. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[2]; 3. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[3]; 4. 24-Douglas Beaman[4]; 5. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[5]; 6. 5X-Donovan Ohlrogge[7]; 7. (DNF) 32T-Tyler Beaman[6]
9 entries
IMCA Sport Compact
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[2]; 2. 15B-Brock Leibhart[3]; 3. T21-Ted Trumbo[5]; 4. 99J-Jared Coon[4]; 5. 6M-Madison Reed[1]; 6. 717-jason colby[6]; 7. 173-Jeff Klinkefus[9]; 8. 413-James Bader[7]; 9. (DNF) 45R-Brian Riley[8]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 15B-Brock Leibhart[2]; 2. 99J-Jared Coon[4]; 3. 6M-Madison Reed[8]; 4. T21-Ted Trumbo[5]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[7]; 6. 717-jason colby[3]; 7. 413-James Bader[6]; 8. (DNF) 45R-Brian Riley[1]
9 entries
IMCA Stock Car
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[2]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[1]; 3. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[3]; 4. 25X-Troy Burkhart[4]; 5. 250-Tathan Burkhart[7]; 6. 3-Chris Oliver[5]; 7. 5D-David Plumisto[6]; 8. 28J-Dusty Springer[9]; 9. X-Wheat Lippelman[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[2]; 2. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[4]; 3. 3-Chris Oliver[3]; 4. 25X-Troy Burkhart[6]; 5. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[8]; 6. 5D-David Plumisto[1]; 7. 250-Tathan Burkhart[7]; 8. X-Wheat Lippelman[9]; 9. 28J-Dusty Springer[5]
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