After settling for a second-place finish Friday night in Colby, Tathan Burkhart and his crew made the necessary changes to help #2fiddy find victory lane at his hometown track of RPM Speedway. Tathan and his competitors all had to keep up with changing track conditions as the night started with a dry, and slick racetrack, that quickly turned to a wet and tacky surface as Mother Nature stepped in twice with rain showers that delayed the night. Eighty-four IMCA race teams checked into the legendary RPM Speedway for the Memorial Day Weekend Special and the race fans at the track and those at home watching on IMCA.TV were treated to quite the show despite the rain. Visiting victory lane along with Tathan Burkhart in the stock car, were Kyle Rohleder the Wakeeney native in the modified class, Connor Schwien the Russell native in the sport compact, Cody Williams the Minneapolis native in the hobby stock, and Luke Stallbaumer, the Tecumseh native in the sport mod.
The sport compacts started the night off with two six-lap heat races with brothers Connor and Jake Schwien picking up wins, after a tornado hit the Schwien's shop last weekend, it was an emotional scene seeing the brothers do well at the track Saturday night. The fifteen-lap feature event had a front row of Kevin Tremblay and Brock Leibhart, a three wide battle broke out right away as Connor Schwien used the middle lane to split the front row to take the race lead. Lap two saw Madison Reed jump to fourth after going three wide in turns three and four, meanwhile Connor Schwien was running away from the field. Late in the feature Jake Schwien used a three wide move and slider move to take over the fourth place, meanwhile the top three cars single filed out with Connor Schwien holding a huge lead. Connor Schwien picked up the feature win, second was Rileigh Flohrs, third was Kiowa Higdon, fourth was Jake Schwien and fifth was Madison Reed. Hard charger in the event was Rileigh Flohrs who gained four spots, Connor, Jake Schwien, and Dave Kappel all gained three spots each.
The stock cars were second on the program they ran one eight lap heat race won by Tathan Burkhart, and their fifteen-lap feature started with a front row of Josh Hudson and Tathan Burkhart. Tathan rocketed to the early race lead and quickly Kyle Pfeifer settled into a battle with Josh Hudson for the second-place position. Pfeifer had a better car going into the corner but coming out of the corner Hudson was able to pull away. At the halfway point Tathan held a full straightaway advantage over the second-place battle, one lap later Kyle Pfeifer was able to gain the second-place position. Tathan went on to pick up the feature win, his second IMCA feature win of the season. Second was Kyle Pfeifer, third was Josh Hudson, fourth was Garrett Hager and fifth was Troy Burkhart. Hard charger in the event was Kyle Pfeifer who gained two spots.
The hobby stocks were third on the program they ran three eight-lap heat races won by Trent Matson, Cody Williams, and Jonathan Saliba. Their twenty-lap feature had a front row of Cody Williams and Tyler Heath, Williams gained the early advantage meanwhile a four-wide battle broke out as Morgan and Zach Olmstead started pushing their way to the front of the pack. Lap two saw Zach Olmstead break into the top-five. A couple laps later Zach found himself in third place as Cody Williams entered lapped traffic. A couple laps later Williams got into heavy lapped traffic but still held a two second lead over second place running Tyler Heath. At the halfway point Cody Williams led over Tyler Heath, Zach Olmstead, Morgan Olmstead and Jonathan Saliba. Alec Jeske went for a spin out of turn four and set up a late race restart with just a handful of laps to go. Williams restarted the field and quickly pulled away again, Zach held second for a moment, but Tyler Heath was able to get it back and Morgan got by his brother Zach as well. Zach took the third place back down the backstretch, meanwhile Williams checked out from the field and led the remainder of the feature. Cody Williams won picking up his fifteenth IMCA feature win of the season, second was Tyler Heath, third was Zach Olmstead, fourth was Morgan Olmstead and fifth was Trent Matson. Hard charger in the event was Billy McBride who grabbed nine spots, other nice runs included Zach Olmstead up seven spots, Morgan Olmstead and Taylor Croisant grabbed five spots each.
The sport mods were fourth on the program they ran three eight-lap heat races won by Blaine Walt, Luke Stallbaumer and Douglas Beaman, their twenty-lap feature had a front row of Sage Dinkel and Dougals Beaman. Sage Dinkel grabbed the early race lead, meanwhile a four-wide battle broke out as Brianna Maughlin started moving forward. Luke Stallbaumer grabbed the lead out of turns three and four to lead the first lap and a debris caution came out. Stallbaumer restarted the field and caution came right back out as Sam McCune and Dylan Jacobson went for a spin in turn two. Stallbaumer restarted the field again and Maughlin was able to get to the third-place position right away. A couple laps later Dalton Bell, Tyler Watts and Blaine Walt started moving to the front. Maughlin got by Beaman for second place and Blaine Walt settled into fourth place. Later on, Blaine Walt was able to get to second place in search of his 100th career win. Walt would be denied his big win though as Luke Stallbaumer ran a perfect race to pick up his first feature win of the season. Second was Blaine Walt, third was Brianna Maughlin, fourth was Jacob Olmstead and fifth was Tyler Watts. Hard chargers in the event were Blaine Walt and Jacob Olmstead who gained eight spots each. Other nice runs included Brady Skrdlant up seven spots, Brianna Maughlin, Ryan Moser and Brendyn Nordyke all gained five spots each as well.
The modifieds closed out the program, they ran three eight-lap heat races won by Dylan Sherfick, Daniel Gottschalk and Dakota Sproul, their twenty-lap feature started with a front row of Trevor Geist and Don Geist. Trevor gained the early advantage but quickly Kyle Rohleder settled into second place and took the lead on lap two. By lap four Dylan Sherfick found third place and a lap later got by Trevor Geist to settle into second place. Jeremy Frenier got to third place just before a caution came out, Rohleder would restart the field and quickly Clay Money would make a three-wide move to pick up a position. Meanwhile at the halfway point Dylan Sherfick and Kyle Rohleder raced side-by-side for the race lead. In the closing laps Dalton Murphy spun to bring out a caution after Rohleder had solidified the race lead once again. Rohleder restarted the field with just five laps to go and would lead the reminder of the feature to grab his first win of the season. Second place was Dylan Sherfick, third was Daniel Gottschalk, fourth was Jeremy Frenier and fifth was Dakota Sproul. Hard charger in the event was Jesse Richter who gained eight spots. Other nice runs included Jeremy Frenier up seven spots, Dylan Sherfick and Daniel Gottschalk both grabbed five spots each.
The next scheduled event in Hays is Saturday, June 8th First Responder Night Presented by Casey's! Hot laps at 6;30pm with racing to follow, the races will also be streamed on IMCA.TV!
FULL RESULTS:
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS PRESENTED BY AUGIE'S REPAIR AND TOWING
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[4]; 2. 14-Rileigh Flohrs[6]; 3. 17-Kiowa Higdon[5]; 4. 16-Jakob Schwien[7]; 5. 6M-Madison Reed[3]; 6. 15B-Brock Leibhart[2]; 7. 45-Dave Kappel[10]; 8. 77-Kevin Tremblay[1]; 9. T21-Ted Trumbo[9]; 10. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[12]; 11. (DNF) 69G-Gage Porter[8]; 12. (DNF) 8B-Kaishen Brack[14]; 13. (DNF) 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[11]; 14. (DNS) 26X-Jonathan Saliba
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[4]; 2. 14-Rileigh Flohrs[5]; 3. 69G-Gage Porter[6]; 4. 77-Kevin Tremblay[1]; 5. 6M-Madison Reed[3]; 6. 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[2]; 7. 26X-Jonathan Saliba[7]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Jakob Schwien[5]; 2. 45-Dave Kappel[7]; 3. 17-Kiowa Higdon[4]; 4. 15B-Brock Leibhart[1]; 5. T21-Ted Trumbo[6]; 6. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[3]; 7. (DNF) 8B-Kaishen Brack[2]
19 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS PRESENTED BY GOLDEN PLAINS TRUCKING
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 77-Cody Williams[1]; 2. 187-Tyler Heath[4]; 3. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[10]; 4. 88-Morgan Olmstead[9]; 5. 2M-Trent Matson[7]; 6. 58-Bret Conness[6]; 7. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[8]; 8. 70-Billy McBride[17]; 9. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[5]; 10. 6T-Taylor Croisant[15]; 11. 8J-Levi Jones[14]; 12. 8K-Hayden Kelly[3]; 13. 12S-Cole Schulte[2]; 14. 11B-Blake Spear[12]; 15. 6X-Roger Garrison[16]; 16. 30-Dawson Bradford[13]; 17. M69-Anna Minks[19]; 18. (DNF) 42J-Alec Jeske[11]; 19. (DNS) 54N-Shaun Woods
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Trent Matson[4]; 2. 42J-Alec Jeske[6]; 3. 8K-Hayden Kelly[2]; 4. 88-Morgan Olmstead[5]; 5. M69-Anna Minks[7]; 6. (DNF) 6T-Taylor Croisant[3]; 7. (DNF) 54N-Shaun Woods[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Cody Williams[1]; 2. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[5]; 3. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[3]; 4. 11B-Blake Spear[6]; 5. 30-Dawson Bradford[2]; 6. 6X-Roger Garrison[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[4]; 2. 187-Tyler Heath[2]; 3. 58-Bret Conness[3]; 4. 12S-Cole Schulte[1]; 5. 8J-Levi Jones[6]; 6. (DNF) 70-Billy McBride[5]
23 entries
IMCA SPORT MODS PRESENTED BY WALT'S REPAIR AND MACHINE
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. L26-Luke Stallbaumer[3]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[10]; 3. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[8]; 4. 88-Jacob Olmstead[12]; 5. 77W-Tyler Watts[6]; 6. 18C-Ryan Moser[11]; 7. 24-Douglas Beaman[2]; 8. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[4]; 9. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[14]; 10. 141-Brady Skrdlant[17]; 11. 54-Carson Lang[7]; 12. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[9]; 13. 49-Aiden Miller[15]; 14. 48-Preston Donovan[18]; 15. 28D-Sage Dinkel[1]; 16. 7M-Sam McCune[19]; 17. (DNF) 99-Justin Meserve[23]; 18. (DNF) 1M-Cody Gearhart[13]; 19. (DNF) 11-Trevin Frye[21]; 20. (DNF) 22B-Dalton Bell[5]; 21. (DNF) 1-Paul Donovan[20]; 22. (DNF) 7D-Dylan Jacobson[16]; 23. (DNS) 14-Tristan Mikesell
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[5]; 2. 88-Jacob Olmstead[7]; 3. 22B-Dalton Bell[3]; 4. 54-Carson Lang[4]; 5. 1M-Cody Gearhart[8]; 6. 7D-Dylan Jacobson[6]; 7. 7M-Sam McCune[1]; 8. (DNF) 14-Tristan Mikesell[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. L26-Luke Stallbaumer[2]; 2. 28D-Sage Dinkel[1]; 3. 77W-Tyler Watts[3]; 4. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[4]; 5. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[6]; 6. 141-Brady Skrdlant[5]; 7. 1-Paul Donovan[7]; 8. 99-Justin Meserve[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Douglas Beaman[1]; 2. 18C-Ryan Moser[5]; 3. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[2]; 4. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[4]; 5. 49-Aiden Miller[3]; 6. 48-Preston Donovan[7]; 7. 11-Trevin Frye[6]
10 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS PRESENTED BY ADVANTAGE GLASS PLUS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[2]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 3. 197-Josh Hudson[1]; 4. 68-Garrett Hager[3]; 5. 25X-Troy Burkhart[5]; 6. 55R-George Ramey[7]; 7. 3-Chris Oliver[6]; 8. 97M-Troy Olmstead[8]; 9. (DNS) 1-Chase Conaway; 10. (DNS) 60-Curt Croisant
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[3]; 2. 197-Josh Hudson[2]; 3. 68-Garrett Hager[4]; 4. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[5]; 5. 25X-Troy Burkhart[6]; 6. 3-Chris Oliver[7]; 7. 55R-George Ramey[9]; 8. 97M-Troy Olmstead[8]; 9. (DNF) 1-Chase Conaway[10]; 10. (DNS) 60-Curt Croisant
18 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS PRESENTED BY MEL HAMBELTON FORD RACING
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 0-Kyle Rohleder[4]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[7]; 3. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[8]; 4. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[11]; 5. 08-Dakota Sproul[9]; 6. 7-Clay Money[5]; 7. 85C-Clay Sellard[6]; 8. 10G-Don Geist[2]; 9. 11W-Tim Watts[3]; 10. 8R-Jesse Richter[18]; 11. 69-Jim Beaman[13]; 12. 15-Darren Crouch[10]; 13. 10T-Trevor Geist[1]; 14. 9D-Dalton Murphy[15]; 15. 49-Drew Miller[16]; 16. (DNF) 5W-Lance Ward[17]; 17. (DNS) 183-Chad Sterling; 18. (DNS) 33X-Jason Ward
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[4]; 2. 10T-Trevor Geist[1]; 3. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[6]; 4. 0-Kyle Rohleder[3]; 5. 69-Jim Beaman[5]; 6. 49-Drew Miller[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[4]; 2. 7-Clay Money[3]; 3. 10G-Don Geist[2]; 4. 15-Darren Crouch[5]; 5. (DNF) 33X-Jason Ward[1]; 6. (DNF) 5W-Lance Ward[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Dakota Sproul[4]; 2. 11W-Tim Watts[2]; 3. 85C-Clay Sellard[3]; 4. 183-Chad Sterling[6]; 5. 9D-Dalton Murphy[1]; 6. 8R-Jesse Richter[5]
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