Johnson finally notches Red Cloud win

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (June 8)—Troy Johnson finally got the monkey off his back Friday night, June 8, at the Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE.

The Concordia, KS, driver has led the IMCA Modified main event twice earlier this season, only to have problems and watch the finish of those races on the infield. But Johnson took the lead at the drop of the green and led all 20 laps to finally make his way to the winner’s circle. Hometown driver Lonnie Schriner gave chase most of the race but could never get close enough to make a pass and had to settle for second. Josh Carpenter, Brian Calhoon and Scott Smith rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Lonnie Veteto and Johnson.

Brett Behrends of Webber, KS, became the first two-time winner in the always competitive IMCA Stock Car division. Chad Wulf led the first 7 laps before his motor let go, giving Jason Smidt the lead on the restart. Heat two winner Behrends made his move on lap 12 when he drove under Smidt in turn four and held on to the checkers. Smidt was second, followed by Matt Streit, heat one victor Martin Newlin, and Wayne Walker.

Jim Buss of Hastings took the lead away from Mike Shriver on lap 4 of the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature to drive to his third Speed Bowl victory. A late race caution bunched the field up for the finish, but Buss held off heat one winner Shriver for the win. Rocky Zimmerman finished third, followed by heat two winner Joe McDole and Kyle Bond. Dillon Thompson rolled his car in the second heat but was not injured.

Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings picked up their fourth Cruiser feature win at Red Cloud aleady this season. The Hastings duo led all 8 laps of the caution free race. Heat race winners Drew Barry & Justin VanWey finished second.

After winning the heat race, Andy Sole of Nelson led all 5 laps of the 4-cylinder Young Gun feature to make his way to victory lane. Troy Porter finished second.

The regular five divisions return this Friday night, June 15. Racing begins at 8:00 p.m. The Good Ol’ Time Racing Association (GOTRA) will also be on hand.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Mike Shriver, 2. Jim Buss, 3. Rhett Kingsbury, 4. Kyle Bond.

Heat 2: 1. Joe McDole, 2. Delbert Selvage, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Wade Wagenblast.

Feature: 1. Buss, 2. Shriver, 3. Rocky Zimmerman, 4. McDole, 5. Bond, 6. Kingsbury, 7. Pat Hersh, 8. Jeromy Wagner, 9. Selvage, 10. T.C. McKain, 11. Ethan Johnson, 12. Jared Lewis (DNF), 13. Hudson (DNF), 14. Wagenblast (DNF), 15. Dillon Thompson (DNS).
IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Martin Newlin, 2. Matt Streit, 3. Wayne Walker, 4. Chad Wulf.

Heat 2: 1. Brett Behrends, 2. Jason Smidt, 3. Brant Beam.

Feature: 1. Behrends, 2. Smidt, 3. Streit, 4. Newlin, 5. Walker, 6. Wulf (DNF), 7. Beam (DNF), 8. Jason McCartney (DNS).
IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Lonnie Veteto, 2. Lonnie Schriner, 3. Josh Carpenter, 4. Tyler Frye.

Heat 2: 1. Troy Johnson, 2. Devon Housh, 3. Brian Calhoon, 4. Lance Borgman.

Feature: 1. T. Johnson, 2. Schriner, 3. Carpenter, 4. Calhoon, 5. Scott Smith, 6. Housh, 7. Brandon Blochlinger, 8. Frye, 9. Veteto, 10. Travis Mack, 11. Micaah Johnson, 12. Randy Fogo, 13. Caesare Linner, 14. Tim Watts (DNF), 15. Borgman (DNF), 16. Jordan Grabouski (DNS).
Cruisers

Heat: 1. Drew Barry/Justin VanWey, 2. Josh Graczyk/Chris Graczyk, 3. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe.

Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Barry/VanWey, 3. Graczyk/Graczyk, 4. Curtis Craig/Darrell Shellito, 5. Terry Gradig/Jeremy Teselle, 6. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg.

4-cylinder Young Guns

Heat: 1. Andy Sole, 2. Troy Porter.

Feature: 1. Sole, 2. Porter.