By MIKE HUGHES

Special to The Hays Daily News

HAYS -- Over 130 race cars gathered at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS, Friday and Saturday, October 10-11, for the 2nd Annual Fall Nationals. After 25 heat races, 3 pole dashes, 12 B-features, 3 A-features and 3 main events, Jerry Phillips of Galva, Mike Nichols of Harlan, IA, and Kensington's Jerry Hudson collected the weekend's top paychecks.

Phillips started outside front row of the 30-lap IMCA Modified main event. He quickly jumped to the lead, trailed by Friday night's feature winner Kenny Sweet, Mike Hansen, Chris Burk and Jay Noteboom. The lone caution in the race came on lap 20 when Ronnie Hill coasted to a stop in turn 2. Phillips again pulled away on the restart and would lead the entire distance to the checkers and the $5,000 winner's check. Sweet held on to second, followed by Hansen, Noteboom, and David Murray Jr. Last year's winner Jeremy Zorn of Russell finished 11th.

Nichols made the long haul from Iowa worthwhile as he dominated the IMCA Stock Car division over the weekend. Nichols won his heat and the A-feature on Friday, then won the pole dash on Saturday to start on the pole of the 25-lap main event. Nichols led all the way to cash in on the $3,000 payday. The race was red flagged on lap 13 when Arnold Williams rolled. Williams was okay but done for the night. The only caution waved on lap 19 when Pat Bedore spun. Each time Nichols pulled away from the field. Travis Sherfick closed in on Nichols late but had to settle for second, followed by Terry Cunningham, Rod Staats, and Jason Rogers.

Hudson led all 20 laps of the IMCA Hobby Stock main event to collect $1,000, but had to work hard to earn it. The caution flag only waved twice during the race, both times for debris on the track. Hudson was hounded by Kirk Karst early, then later by Mike Traskowsky the rest of the way. Ricky Runnion finished third, trailed by G.W. 'Cheeseburger' Fuller and Jeremy Couse.

Cars were on hand for the weekend from Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Iowa for the final race of the season for 2008 at RPM Speedway.

RESULTS-Saturday

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Brett Glassman, 2. G.W. Fuller, 3. Dillon Thompson, 4. Leon Pfannenstiel.

Heat 2: 1. Josh Latka, 2. Jacob Williams, 3. Jeremy Couse, 4. B.J. Dauer.

Heat 3: 1. Ricky Runnion, 2. Roger Garrison, 3. Jeromy Wagner, 4. Chris Lohrey.

Pole Dash: 1. Jerry Hudson, 2. Kirk Karst, 3. Mike Traskowsky, 4. Austin Davis, 5. Casey Gilmore, 6. Travis Glassman.

B-Feature (top 8 advance): 1. Wagner, 2. Couse, 3. Thompson, 4. Allen Wissman, 5. Dauer, 6. Luke Pfannenstiel, 7. Tony Spunaugle, 8. Lohrey.

A-Feature: 1. Hudson, 2. Traskowsky, 3. Runnion, 4. Fuller, 5. Couse, 6. Gilmore, 7. Williams, 8. Wagner, 9. Spunaugle, 10. Thompson, 11. Karst, 12. Luke Pfannenstiel, 13. T. Glassman, 14. Wissman, 15. Latka, 16. Garrison, 17. B. Glassman, 18. Dauer (DNF), 19. Lohrey (DNF), 20. Davis (DNF).

IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Jason Rogers, 2. J.R. McCreery, 3. Tyler Hahn, 4. Loyd Meeske.

Heat 2: 1. Scott Granzella, 2. Casey Werkmeister, 3. Jason Davis, 4. Adam Balthazor.

Heat 3: 1. Pat Bedore, 2. Terry Franz, 3. Arnold Williams, 4. Nathan Glendening.

Pole Dash: 1. Mike Nichols, 2. Travis Sherfick, 3. Jeff Joljersma, 4. Cory Struckhoff, 5. Rod Staats, 6. Terry Cunningham.

B-Feature (top 8 advance): 1. Hahn, 2. Meeske, 3. Davis, 4. Williams, 5. Balthazor, 6. Glendening, 7. Jeff Tubbs, 8. Colton Osborn.

A-Feature: 1. Nichols, 2. Sherfick, 3. Cunningham, 4. Staats, 5. Rogers, 6. Franz, 7. Davis, 8. McCreery, 9. Glendening, 10. Hahn, 11. Tubbs, 12. Osborn, 13. Bedore, 14. Meeske, 15. Balthazor, 16. Struckhoff (DNF), 17. Joljersma (DNF), 18. Williams (DNF), 19. Granzella (DNF), 20. Werkmeister (DNF).

IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. J.J. Baumli, 2. Scott Drake, 3. Jerry Teel, 4. Kenny Ziegler.

Heat 2: 1. Jordan Grabouski, 2. Dominic Ursetta, 3. Marty Clark, 4. Tim Echevarria.

Heat 3: 1. David Murray Jr., 2. Grant Junghans, 3. Josh Hudson, 4. Braden Woods.

Heat 4: 1. Danny Morrison Jr., 2. Dylan Sherfick, 3. Eddie Belec, 4. Greg Metz.

Heat 5: 1. Tyler Hahn, 2. Barry Maupin, 3. Jeff Tubbs, 4. Charles Stryker.

Heat 6: 1. Jerrod Reimer, 2. Jason Schoenberger, 3. Ronnie Wallace, 4. Brendon Gemmill.

Pole Dash: 1. Kenny Sweet, 2. Jerry Phillips, 3. Mike Hansen, 4. Chris Burk, 5. Jay Noteboom, 6. Ronnie Hill.

B-Feature #1 (top 3 advance): 1. Hudson, 2. Drake, 3. John Hansen.

B-Feature #2 (top 3 advance): 1. Ursetta, 2. Schoenberger, 3. Belec.

B-Feature #3 (top 3 advance): 1. Junghans, 2. Woods, 3. Tubbs.

B-Feature #4 (top 3 advance): 1. Clark, 2. Eddie Martin, 3. Jeremy Zorn.

A-Feature: 1. Phillips, 2. Sweet, 3. M. Hansen, 4. Noteboom, 5. Murray, 6. Martin, 7. Burk, 8. Grabouski, 9. Morrison, 10. Schoenberger, 11. Zorn, 12. Ursetta, 13. Junghans, 14. Drake, 15. Belec, 16. Hudson, 17. Baumli, 18. Woods, 19. Tubbs, 20. Reimer, 21. Clark, 22. Hahn, 23. Hill (DNF), 24. J. Hansen (DNF).

A-Feature results-Friday

IMCA Hobby Stock: 1. Jerry Hudson, 2. Mike Traskowsky, 3. Travis Glassman, 4. Kirk Karst, 5. Casey Gilmore, 6. Austin Davis, 7. Josh Latka, 8. Mathew Crowell, 9. Allen Wissman, 10. G.W. Fuller, 11. Jacob Williams, 12. Jeromy Wagner, 13. Leon Pfannenstiel, 14. Tony Spunaugle, 15. Roger Garrison, 16. Kent Tammen, 17. Ricky Runnion, 18. Kaid Calhoon, 19. Dillon Thompson, 20. Joey Carter.

IMCA Stock Car: 1. Mike Nichols, 2. Jeff Joljersma, 3. Travis Sherfick, 4. Cory Struckhoff, 5. Terry Cunningham, 6. Rod Staats, 7. Tyler Hahn, 8. Terry Franz, 9. J.R. McCreery, 10. Adam Balthazor, 11. Jason Smidt, 12. Loyd Meeske, 13. Pat Bedore, 14. Jason Davis, 15. Arnold Williams, 16. Jason Rogers, 17. Trevor Wadel, 18. Mike Wadel, 19. Bob Rutherford, 20. Jeff Tubbs (DNF).

IMCA Modified:1. Kenny Sweet, 2. Jerry Phillips, 3. Chris Burk, 4. Mike Hansen, 5. Ronnie Hill, 6. Jay Noteboom, 7. Will Brack, 8. David Murray Jr., 9. Chris Abelson, 10. Scott Drake, 11. Eddie Belec, 12. Cody Gearhart, 13. Brendon Gemmill, 14. Danny Morrison Jr., 15. Grant Junghans, 16. Corey Lagroon, 17. Matt Brack, 18. Jeremy Zorn, 19. Jordan Grabouski (DNF), 20. Eddie Martin (DNF).