By MIKE HUGHES

Special to The Hays Daily News

WAKEENEY, KS (June 21)--The caution flag seemed to wave as much as the green flag at Wakeeney (KS) Speedway Sunday evening, June 21, and the attrition rate was high in 3 of the 4 classes competing.

In the IMCA Modified feature, Brian Calhoon led the first 10 laps before the lone caution in the 20-lap race waved on lap 11 for a spinning Matt Fabrizius. After the restart, point leader Corey Lagroon of Salina took the lead from Calhoon on lap 12 and checked out on the field to win his third feature of the season at the 3/8-mile oval. Calhoon held on for second, followed by Mike Petersilie, Dave Hardesty and Clinton Hockersmith. Heat race winners were Jerry Phillips, Chad Sterling, Lagroon, Petersilie, and Calhoon, with John Fabrizius first to the checkers in the B-feature.

The IMCA Stock Car feature saw only 10 of 18 scheduled starters around at the finish. C.J. Pfannenstiel led the opening lap but was passed on the following circuit by Dalton Bauer. Jason Davis then took command on lap 6 and led the next 5 laps. Then after a caution on lap 11 for debris, Kensington's Cory Struckhoff, who went to the pits during a first lap caution and came back out to line up at the tail end of the field, finally made the pass on Davis. Struckhoff, Davis and 'Flyin' Ryan Wark battled it out to the finish with Struckhoff claiming the victory, his second of the season at Wakeeney. Wark beat out Davis for the runner-up spot, with Marty Barth and Travis 'The Terminator' Sherfick rounding out the top five. Terry Cunningham, Davis, and Adam Balthazor were heat race victors.

Sixteen-year-old Mathew Crowell of Clearwater made his first appearance in victory lane in 2009 with a win in the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Crowell took the lead from Kent Tammen on lap 3 and never looked back on his way to the winner's circle. Jerry Hudson finished second, trailed by Casey Gilmore, heat two winner B.J. Dauer, and Kirk Karst. Only 9 of the 18 scheduled starters finished the race. G.W. 'Cheeseburger' Fuller won the other heat race.

Art Herzog of Hays led the entire distance in the IMCA Sport Compact feature, which saw the race cut from 15 laps to 12 laps due several cautions and time. Michael Smith made a late charge to finish second, with Nicole 'Wonder Woman' Woods third. Only 5 cars were running at the checkers of the 11 starters. Jesse Dunlap and Allen Rice won the two heat races.

The evening's race sponsor was Hot Rods of Oakley.

A special guest on hand was the #1 track chaser in the world, Randy Lewis of San Clemente, CA. Lewis travels all over the world to see as many race tracks as possible. To date, he has seen 1,446 different tracks in the U.S. and 34 different countries. He is one of only 6 people to have seen races in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Official track chaser rankings are kept at www.trackchaser.net.

The next race at Wakeeney Speedway will be a special Friday night race on July 10. IMCA-sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks will be in competition starting at 7:30 p.m.

RESULTS

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat 1: 1. G.W. Fuller, 2. Jerry Hudson, 3. Kent Tammen, 4. Daniel Irwin.

Heat 2: 1. B.J. Dauer, 2. Casey Gilmore, 3. Jason McIntyre, 4. Mathew Crowell.

Feature: 1. Crowell, 2. Hudson, 3. Gilmore, 4. Dauer, 5. Kirk Karst, 6. McIntyre, 7. Michael Schamberger, 8. Roger Garrison, 9. Cody Graham, 10. Fuller (DNF), 11. Tammen (DNF), 12. Irwin (DNF), 13. Aaron Honas (DNF), 14. Cody Pancake (DNF), 15. Cody Williams (DNF), 16. Josh Latka (DNF), 17. Jake Eicher (DNF), 18. Al Emmons (DNS).

IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Terry Cunningham, 2. Travis Sherfick, 3. Marty Barth, 4. Cole Wilson.

Heat 2: 1. Jason Davis, 2. Cory Struckhoff, 3. Bryan Lariviere, 4. C.J. Pfannenstiel.

Heat 3: 1. Adam Balthazor, 2. Travis Towns, 3. Ryan Wark, 4. Dalton Bauer.

Feature: 1. Struckhoff, 2. Wark, 3. Davis, 4. Barth, 5. Sherfick, 6. Bauer, 7. Wilson, 8. Pfannenstiel, 9. Cunningham, 10. Towns, 11. Keith Riley (DNF), 12. Dan Lauer (DNF), 13. Balthazor (DNF), 14. B.J. Wagoner (DNF), 15. Adam Stenzel (DNF), 16. Lariviere (DNF), 17. Pat Bedore (DNS), 18. Tim Gassmann (DNS).

IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Jerry Phillips, 2. John Fose, 3. Josh Hudson, 4. Nate Moore.

Heat 2: 1. Chad Sterling, 2. Jason Schoenberger, 3. Shannon Maughlin, 4. John Fabrizius.

Heat 3: 1. Corey Lagroon, 2. Dylan Sherfick, 3. Tyler Hahn, 4. Jerry Teel.

Heat 4: 1. Mike Petersilie, 2. Clinton Hockersmith, 3. Danny Keller, 4. Mike Martin.

Heat 5: 1. Brian Calhoon, 2. Dave Hardesty, 3. Ronnie Hill, 4. Barry Maupin.

B-Feature (top 5 transfer): 1. J. Fabrizius, 2. Martin, 3. Matt Fabrizius, 4. Moore, 5. Teel, 6. Rob Day, 7. Jesse Smith, 8. Kyle Rohleder, 9. George Tyler, 10. Marty Clark, 11. Wheat Lippelmann, 12. Mike Lunow, 13. Jim Bell, 14. Jesse Richter, 15. Kent Lampe, 16. Milo Lippelmann, 17. Cory Chansler, 18. Maupin (DNF), 19. Todd Schwarz (DNF).

A-Feature: 1. Lagroon, 2. Calhoon, 3. Petersilie, 4. Hardesty, 5. Hockersmith, 6. Fose, 7. Schoenberger, 8. Sherfick, 9. Maughlin, 10. Phillips, 11. Sterling, 12. Hudson, 13. Keller, 14. Hahn, 15. Hill, 16. Teel, 17. Moore, 18. Martin (DNF), 19. M. Fabrizius (DNF), 20. J. Fabrizius (DNF).

IMCA Sport Compacts

Heat 1: 1. Jesse Dunlap, 2. Art Herzog, 3. Kirk Pfannenstiel, 4. Nick Wolff.

Heat 2: 1. Allen Rice, 2. Michael Smith, 3. Jamie Rice, 4. Nicole Woods.

Feature: 1. Herzog, 2. Smith, 3. N. Woods, 4. Trish Claman, 5. Pfannenstiel, 6. A. Rice (DNF), 7. Dunlap (DNF), 8. John Annon (DNF), 9. Wolff (DNF), 10. J. Rice (DNF), 11. Shaun Woods (DNF).