By MIKE HUGHES

Special to The Hays Daily News

STOCKTON (Aug. 13) -- Racing action returned to Rooks County Speedway in Stockton, KS, Wednesday evening, August 13, for the Rooks County Fair. The event was a points race for Wakeeney (KS) Speedway.

Twenty-four cars took to the track for the IMCA Modified feature. It took three tries before the race got underway, and when the green finally waved, Dylan Sherfick took the lead. Sherfick built up a big lead before the caution waved on lap 7 for Dave Hardesty who spun in turn 4. After the restart, Oberlin's David Murray Jr. got under Sherfick in turn 2 to take over the top spot. Even with another caution, no one had anything for Murray as he powered away for the win. Jerry Phillips finished second, followed by Jordan Grabouski, Sherfick, and heat one winner Mark 'The Z Man' Zorn. Hardesty, Jerry Teel, and Corey Lagroon were victorious in the other heat races.

Travis 'The Terminator' Sherfick of Wakeeney led all 20 laps of the caution free IMCA Stock Car feature. Cory Struckhoff and Nathan Glendening chased Sherfick the entire distance but had to settle for second and third. Tyler Hahn and Adam Balthazor rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Sherfick, Struckhoff, and Glendening.

Marquette's B.J. Dauer led from green to checkered in the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock main event. The red flag waved on lap 13 when G.W. Fuller's car caught on fire. Fuller was not injured. This bunched the field on the restart but Dauer held on the remaining laps for the win. Heat two winner Jerry Hudson edged out Ricky 'The Racer' Runnion for the runner-up spot at the line, with Kirk Karst and Rhett 'The Rocket' Kingsbury rounding out the top five. Joey Carter and Luke Pfannenstiel were also victorious in heat race action.

Results

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Joey Carter, 2. Frank McClurg, 3. John McMurtrie, 4. Kaid Calhoon.

Heat 2: 1. Jerry Hudson, 2. Mathew Crowell, 3. G.W. Fuller, 4. Ricky Runnion.

Heat 3: 1. Luke Pfannenstiel, 2. Kirk Karst, 3. B.J. Dauer, 4. Jeromy Wagner.

Feature: 1. Dauer, 2. Hudson, 3. Runnion, 4. Karst, 5. Rhett Kingsbury, 6. Carter, 7. McMurtrie, 8. Wagner, 9. Josh Latka, 10. McClurg, 11. Laura Hinger, 12. Troy Robinson (DNF), 13. Crowell, 14. Jason Gross (DNF), 15. Brad McCoy (DNF), 16. Fuller (DNF), 17. Pfannenstiel, 18. Don Strecker (DNF), 19. Colton Clausen, 20. Terry Gradig (DNF), 21. Calhoon (DNS).

IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Travis Sherfick, 2. Tyler Hahn, 3. Marty Barth, 4. Donald Dodds.

Heat 2: 1. Cory Struckhoff, 2. Adam Balthazor, 3. Pat Bedore, 4. Michael Zajic.

Heat 3: 1. Nathan Glendening, 2. Terry Cunningham, 3. Dustin McClurg, 4. Craig Werth.

Feature: 1. Sherfick, 2. Struckhoff, 3. Glendening, 4. Hahn, 5. Balthazor, 6. Jason Davis, 7. Cunningham, 8. Dodds, 9. Trevor Thornton, 10. Barth, 11. McClurg, 12. Zajic, 13. Dan Lauer, 14. Werth, 15. J.R. McCreery, 16. Bedore (DNF), 17. Ozzy Kenney (DNF), 18. Geoff Jermark (DNS).

IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Mark Zorn, 2. Jim Bell, 3. David Murray Jr., 4. Mike Petersilie.

Heat 2: 1. Dave Hardesty, 2. Chad Sterling, 3. Josh Hudson, 4. Jeremy Zorn.

Heat 3: 1. Jerry Teel, 2. Jerry Phillips, 3. Dylan Sherfick, 4. Wayne Houston.

Heat 4: 1. Corey Lagroon, 2. John Fose, 3. Brian Calhoon, 4. Gary Kline.

Feature: 1. Murray, 2. Phillips, 3. Jordan Grabouski, 4. Sherfick, 5. M. Zorn, 6. Lagroon, 7. J. Zorn, 8. Marty Clark, 9. Fose, 10. Mitch Kline, 11. Jason Schoenberger, 12. G. Kline, 13. Bell, 14. Petersilie, 15. Wes O'Bannon, 16. Sterling (DNF), 17. Hudson, 18. Houston (DNF), 19. Hardesty (DNF), 20. Barry Maupin (DNF), 21. Teel (DNF), 22. Tyler Hahn (DNF), 23. Tim Watts (DNF), 24. Calhoon (DNF), 25. Rusty Miller (DNS).