04/13/2023
RPM Speedway
Community Giveback Night
By: Sheldon Wickwar
Seventy-nine race teams checked into the legendary RPM Speedway for opening night of the IMCA Points Season. Visiting victory lane were Dakota Sproul in the modifieds, Hunter Smith in the sport mods, Morgan Olmstead in the hobby stocks, Troy Burkhart in the stock car and Gage Porter in the sport compact class.
The sport compacts started the show, off with two six lap heat races won by Connor Schwien and Jakob Schwien. Their fifteen-lap feature started with a front row of Kevin Tremblay and Connor Schwien, with Connor grabbing the early advantage, Kiowa Higdon quickly got to second place by lap two. Meanwhile Kevin Tremblay and Gage Porter were battling side-by-side for third place. A slowing Leibhart would cause Schwien to lose the lead to Gage Porter. Caution came out on lap eight as Leibhart stopped in turn three, Porter brought the field back to a restart with seven laps to go. The top five would battle nose to tail for the next few laps. Connor Schwien regained the race lead with two laps to go, but Porter would battle back on the last lap, down the backstretch grabbed the lead, and out of turn four Porter regained the race lead, as Connor Schwien went rolling through turns three and four, Schwien was okay. Gage Porter won, Jakob Schwien was second, third was Rileigh Flohrs, fourth was Kiowa Higdon and fifth was Madison Reed. Hard charger in the event was Jakob Schwien who grabbed seven spots.
The hobby stocks were second on the program, they ran three eight lap heat races won by Cody Williams, Cole Pfeifer and Zach Olmstead. Their twenty-lap feature started with a front row of Tyler Heath and Reagan Sellard, Heath got the early lead, but quickly Morgan Olmstead would battle side-by-side with Heath for the race lead, meanwhile a six-car battle broke out for third place. Morgan Olmstead grabbed the race lead on lap three and would start to pull away from the rest of the field after five laps. At the halfway point Morgan still lead over his brother Zach Olmstead, and Cody Williams was forced to retire from the race with a flat tire. Lap twelve saw Zach close in on his brother Morgan for the race lead. The duo would race side-by-side on lap thirteen and Zach would gain the race lead and try to pull away. Caution came out on lap eighteen as Mitchell Fischer lost the right rear wheel and tire. A three wide battle would breakout for the race lead on the restart, and at the white flag Zach Olmstead had the lead, but down the backstretch the brothers ran side-by-side and at the checkered flag it was Morgan Olmstead winning after the duo hit the fence in a drag race. Hard charger in the event was Anna Minks who gained eleven spots, other nice runs included Taylor Croisant grabbing nine spots, Dylan Bell grabbing eight spots, and Zach Olmstead and Jake Wharton grabbing seven spots each.
The sport mods were third on the program, they ran two eight lap heat races won by Adam Weber and Luke Stallbaumer. Their twenty-lap feature started with a front row of Ryan Kirchoff and Sage Dinkel, with Ryan clearing to the top to grab the early race lead. Hunter Smith quickly got to second as Sage Dinkel dropped to third. By lap two Blaine Walt had found a spot in third place. Lap four saw Hunter Smith take the lead from Kirchoff in turn three, and Blaine Walt got to second over Kirchoff. At the halfway point Smith held a two second lead over Blaine Walt. Lap twelve saw Smith enter lapped traffic and Walt start closing in, Lap fifteen saw Terry Collins lose an engine to bring out the caution. Smith brought the field to a restart with just five laps remaining in the event; Walt would take the lead in one, but Smith crossed him back over for the race lead. Caution came out on lap seventeen as Aiden Miller spun off the top of turn three. Smith would lead the field to a restart with three laps remaining, Walt would grab the lead down the backstretch with two to go, caution came out in three and four as Bell spun. Smith would bring the field to a restart with just one lap remaining and would hold off Walt at the line to pick up the feature event win. Second was Blaine Walt, third was Adam Weber, fourth was Brianna Maughlin and fifth was Ryan Kirchoff. Hard charger in the event was Aiden Miller who grabbed five spots, other nice runs included Blaine Walt up four spots, Adam Weber, and Hunter Smith grabbed two spots each.
The stock cars were fourth on the program, they ran one eight lap heat race won by Troy Burkhart. Their fifteen-lap feature started with a front row of Troy Burkhart and Brandon Conkwright, Troy Burkhart grabbed the early lead and led lap one, quickly Kyle Pfeifer would get to second place past Brandon Conkwright. At the halfway point the field had single-filed out and Troy Burkhart was leading the train around the speedway. Kyle Pfeifer went for a spin in turns one and two to bring out a caution on lap ten. Troy Burkhart would bring the field to a restart with just five laps remaining, and quickly Hager, Petersillie and Tathan Burkhart would battle three wide for third place. Troy Burkhart would continue to lead and ran away with the feature win, second was Brandon Conkwright, third was Garrett Hager, fourth was Kyle Pfeifer and fifth was Tathan Burkhart. Hard charger in the race was Garrett Hager who grabbed three spots.
The modifieds closed out the program, they ran three eight lap heat races won by Brett Berry, Dylan Sherfick and Kaid Calhoon. Their twenty-lap feature started with a front row of Tathan Burkhart and Tim Watts, Berry grabbed the early race lead and started to pull away quickly. Dylan Sherfick found himself in second place on lap two, with Tim Watts sitting in third. By lap five Berry held a one second lead over second lace running Dylan Sherfick. Caution came out on lap seven as Dalton Murphy spun in turn one. Clay Money was charging up the field as he had gotten to ninth place at the time of the caution. Berry would bring the field to a restart with thirteen laps to go, Berry would continue to lead, and a three wide battle would break out for third place between Tim Watts, Daniel Gottschalk and Dakota Sproul. The halfway point saw Berry hold a one second lead over second place running Dylan Sherfick. Caution came out on lap sixteen as Taos Leighton spun in three and four, Berry would bring the field to a restart with four laps to go, Sproul grabbed second off the restart and the race lead at the line. Sproul checked out with two laps to go and pick up the feature win. Second was Brett Berry, third was Dylan Sherfick, fourth was Daniel Gottschalk and fifth was Tim Watts. Hard charger in the event was Clay Money who grabbed twelve spots in the event, other nice runs included Daniel Gottschalk up eight spots, Dakota Sproul up seven spots, Clay Sellard up five spots, Greg Gustus and Drew Miller up five spots.
FULL RESULTS:
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS PRESENTED BY AUGIE'S REPAIR AND TOWING
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 69G-Gage Porter[3]; 2. 16-Jakob Schwien[9]; 3. 14-Rileigh Flohrs[8]; 4. 17-Kiowa Higdon[4]; 5. 6M-Madison Reed[7]; 6. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[5]; 7. 8B-Kaishen Brack[12]; 8. 16C-Connor Schwien[2]; 9. (DNF) 15B-Brock Leibhart[11]; 10. (DNF) 55K-Kevin Tremblay[1]; 11. (DNF) 77-Branston Arnder Jr[10]; 12. (DNF) 16L-Grant Logue[6]; 13. (DNS) 23-David Ghumm; 14. (DNS) 9-Brandie Poe
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[2]; 2. 16L-Grant Logue[1]; 3. 17-Kiowa Higdon[4]; 4. 69G-Gage Porter[7]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[3]; 6. 15B-Brock Leibhart[6]; 7. 23-David Ghumm[5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Jakob Schwien[3]; 2. 6M-Madison Reed[6]; 3. 14-Rileigh Flohrs[2]; 4. 55K-Kevin Tremblay[4]; 5. (DNF) 77-Branston Arnder Jr[5]; 6. (DNS) 8B-Kaishen Brack; 7. (DNS) 9-Brandie Poe
23 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS PRESENTED BY GOLDEN PLAINS TRUCKING
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 88-Morgan Olmstead[3]; 2. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[9]; 3. 10-Cole Pfeifer[6]; 4. 31-Dylan Bell[12]; 5. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[8]; 6. 20-James Hart[5]; 7. 2S-Reagan Sellard[2]; 8. 3T-Travis Branum[14]; 9. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[13]; 10. 93-Jake Wharton[17]; 11. 6T-Taylor Croisant[20]; 12. M69-Anna Minks[23]; 13. (DNF) 2M-Trent Matson[11]; 14. (DNF) 30-Dawson Bradford[16]; 15. (DNF) 11D-Devon Ghumm[10]; 16. (DNF) 77F-Mitchell Fischer[4]; 17. (DNF) 17-Calvin Davis[21]; 18. (DNF) 17Z-Zach Esplund[18]; 19. (DNF) 77-Cody Williams[7]; 20. (DNF) 187-Tyler Heath[1]; 21. (DNS) 12S-Cole Schulte; 22. (DNS) 90-Shaun Woods; 23. (DNS) D14-Derek Dechant
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Cody Williams[2]; 2. 88-Morgan Olmstead[1]; 3. 31-Dylan Bell[7]; 4. 187-Tyler Heath[8]; 5. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[3]; 6. 30-Dawson Bradford[6]; 7. (DNF) 90-Shaun Woods[5]; 8. (DNS) D14-Derek Dechant
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Pfeifer[1]; 2. 11D-Devon Ghumm[2]; 3. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[4]; 4. 2S-Reagan Sellard[7]; 5. 3T-Travis Branum[5]; 6. 93-Jake Wharton[6]; 7. 6T-Taylor Croisant[3]; 8. M69-Anna Minks[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[3]; 2. 20-James Hart[4]; 3. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[6]; 4. 2M-Trent Matson[7]; 5. 12S-Cole Schulte[2]; 6. 17Z-Zach Esplund[5]; 7. (DNF) 17-Calvin Davis[1]
14 entries
IMCA SPORT MODS PRESENTED BY WALT'S REPAIR AND MACHINE
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01S-Hunter Smith[3]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[6]; 3. 3-Adam Weber[5]; 4. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[4]; 5. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[1]; 6. 49-Aiden Miller[11]; 7. (DNF) 22B-Dalton Bell[9]; 8. (DNF) 14-Tristan Mikesell[12]; 9. (DNF) L26-Luke Stallbaumer[8]; 10. (DNF) T25-Tim Stallbaumer[7]; 11. (DNF) 19-Terry Collins[13]; 12. (DNF) 77W-Tyler Watts[10]; 13. (DNF) 28D-Sage Dinkel[2]; 14. (DNF) 99-Justin Meserve[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Adam Weber[2]; 2. 01S-Hunter Smith[3]; 3. 28D-Sage Dinkel[1]; 4. T25-Tim Stallbaumer[5]; 5. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[4]; 6. 49-Aiden Miller[7]; 7. 19-Terry Collins[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. L26-Luke Stallbaumer[1]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[5]; 3. 77W-Tyler Watts[2]; 4. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[4]; 5. 22B-Dalton Bell[3]; 6. 14-Tristan Mikesell[6]; 7. 99-Justin Meserve[7]
6 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS PRESENTED BY ADVANTAGE GLASS PLUS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25X-Troy Burkhart[1]; 2. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[2]; 3. 68-Garrett Hager[6]; 4. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[3]; 5. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 6. 25P-Mike Petersilie[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25X-Troy Burkhart[1]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[2]; 3. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[3]; 4. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 5. 25P-Mike Petersilie[6]; 6. 68-Garrett Hager[5]
22 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS PRESENTED BY MEL HAMBELTON FORD RACING
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 08-Dakota Sproul[8]; 2. 09B-Brett Berry[3]; 3. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[4]; 4. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[12]; 5. 11W-Tim Watts[2]; 6. 14G-Greg Gustus[11]; 7. 85C-Clay Sellard[13]; 8. 7-Clay Money[20]; 9. 0-Kyle Rohleder[9]; 10. 10T-Trevor Geist[7]; 11. 49-Drew Miller[16]; 12. T183-Tathan Burkhart[1]; 13. 10G-Don Geist[10]; 14. 9D-Dalton Murphy[14]; 15. 43-Kaid Calhoon[6]; 16. 51-Mike Bainter[17]; 17. 42-John Fabrizius[21]; 18. 3J-Jake Nightingale[18]; 19. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[19]; 20. (DNF) 735-Tim Echevarria[5]; 21. (DNF) A11-Bill Albin[15]; 22. (DNF) A1-Brady Albin[22]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09B-Brett Berry[2]; 2. 08-Dakota Sproul[3]; 3. 10T-Trevor Geist[4]; 4. 14G-Greg Gustus[7]; 5. 85C-Clay Sellard[5]; 6. 49-Drew Miller[6]; 7. (DNF) A1-Brady Albin[8]; 8. (DNF) 42-John Fabrizius[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[5]; 2. 735-Tim Echevarria[1]; 3. 11W-Tim Watts[7]; 4. T183-Tathan Burkhart[2]; 5. 9D-Dalton Murphy[3]; 6. 51-Mike Bainter[4]; 7. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Kaid Calhoon[4]; 2. 0-Kyle Rohleder[2]; 3. 10G-Don Geist[3]; 4. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[5]; 5. A11-Bill Albin[6]; 6. (DNF) 3J-Jake Nightingale[1]; 7. (DNF) 7-Clay Money[7]
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