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Dylan Vore, Track Announcer
The final night of racing at I-35 Speedway for the 2024 season brought out 110 total cars and fans ready to watch the action! There was competitive racing in every class, with a few familiar faces in victory lane as well as some new ones. We also crowned our track champions for the 2024 season tonight!
For the racing action, Tony Layne captured the feature win in the E-Mods, this was Layne’s 7th feature win this season. Tyler Hibner pulled away in the Late Model feature race to grab his 8th feature win in the late models this year. Grant Sheetz had to hold off a fast-charging JR Curtis in the Jr. Sport Compacts to secure feature win 24 for Sheetz.
Gavin Grier parked in victory lane in the Pure Stock feature race, this was Grier’s first feature win at I-35 Speedway this season. Jake Richards used a late-race restart in the USRA B-Mods to secure feature win number 3 for Richards. Doug Keller grabbed the win in the USRA Stock Car feature after the caution came out on the final lap. This was Keller’s 5th feature win this season. Tyler Hibner couldn’t be caught in the USRA Modified’s, claiming win number 16 on the season for Hibner. And Brad Mick goes back-to-back in Sport Compacts to win his 12th feature this season.
During intermission tonight, we had the privilege of interviewing our already decided track champions for the 2024 season. Those champions included James Silkwood in the Pure Stocks, Michael King in the Midwest Limited Late Models, Tyler Hibner in the USRA Modifieds and Nic Hanes in USRA Stock Cars. These drivers accumulated enough points throughout the season to be crowned track champions before tonight’s action started.
In our championships that still needed to be determined, Brad Mick secured his track championship in Sport Compacts after winning the feature race. Grant Sheetz did something very similar in Jr. Sport Compacts, winning his feature to secure the track championship. Chase Moulton came into tonight leading Mark Anderson by 73 points in USRA B-Mods. After these 2 drivers would battle for position throughout the night, Anderson would finish 13th while Moulton finished 11th and collected the track championship in USRA B-Mods. And in the wildest turn of events, Brett Holman came into tonight leading Kameron Hanes by only 1 point for the E-Mod track championship. Holman would roll his car in the heat races and have to switch rides, while Hanes dominated his heat race and earned a front row starting spot in the feature and Holman started in 17th. Hanes would then have mechanical problems on lap 1 of the feature, which would lock up the championship for Brett Holman.
Thank you to all the amazing race fans that supported I-35 Speedway throughout the entire racing season. Without the fans, we would have no racing. Thank you to the drivers for bringing your best every single night and leaving it all on track throughout the entire season. Thank you to all the safety crew, track officials and everyone else that has helped make I-35 the place to be on Saturday night. Please join us for our awards banquet next Saturday night. Full results for 10/26 posted below:
USRA Modifieds 11 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:14:51.464
- 89-Tyler Hibner[1]; 2. 99H-Lee Hibner[2]; 3. 97-Houston Johnson[5]; 4. 1R-Cade Richards[7]; 5. 92-Tyler Grooms[8]; 6.
58-Terry Vantrump[9]; 7. 88-Jimmy Dowell[3]; 8. 33S-Ben Stockton[6]; 9. 12JR-Jory Stotts[10]; 10. 0-Richard Layne[4]; 11.
12-Andrew Thomas[11]
Heat 1 | 00:04:55.656
- 89-Tyler Hibner[2]; 2. 88-Jimmy Dowell[3]; 3. 97-Houston Johnson[5]; 4. 1R-Cade Richards[6]; 5. 58-Terry Vantrump[1];
- 12-Andrew Thomas[4]
Heat 2 | 00:04:06.205
- 99H-Lee Hibner[2]; 2. 0-Richard Layne[3]; 3. 33S-Ben Stockton[4]; 4. 92-Tyler Grooms[1]; 5. 12JR-Jory Stotts[5]
Medieval USRA Stock Cars 10 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:08:27.537
- 7-Doug Keller[1]; 2. 3C-Scott Carlson[4]; 3. 20-Kristchon Hisel[5]; 4. 9H-Nic Hanes[3]; 5. 139-Jason Park[6]; 6. 31MTrevor Hittle[2]; 7. 105-Clint Hedge[10]; 8. 27-David Oxford[7]; 9. 27C-Gene Claxton[8]; 10. (DQ) 37D-Brad Derry[9]
Heat 1 | 00:18:35.074
- 7-Doug Keller[2]; 2. 31M-Trevor Hittle[5]; 3. 20-Kristchon Hisel[1]; 4. 27-David Oxford[4]; 5. (DQ) 105-Clint Hedge[3]
Heat 2 | 00:08:23.944
- 9H-Nic Hanes[1]; 2. 3C-Scott Carlson[3]; 3. 139-Jason Park[2]; 4. 27C-Gene Claxton[4]; 5. 37D-Brad Derry[5]
USRA B-Mods 18 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:12:52.179
- 7J-Jake Richards[2]; 2. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[6]; 3. 2X-Cole Hamilton[3]; 4. 15-Colin Pierce[1]; 5. 66X-Chris Wright[7]; 6.18-Jace Boney[4]; 7. 47-Kenny Prince[14]; 8. 58-Hunter Poston[5]; 9. 17L-Londen McClure[10]; 10. 5%-Jeff Eddy[17]; 11.
18M-Chase Moulton[11]; 12. 97-Ron Hartford[9]; 13. 65A-Mark Anderson[13]; 14. 99L-Jett Larson[15]; 15. 16-Bobby Penney[16]; 16. 00-Kyler Girard[8]; 17. (DNS) 68-Jake Martin; 18. (DNS) 4M-Mike McCarty
Heat 1 | 00:03:40.129
- 2X-Cole Hamilton[1]; 2. 58-Hunter Poston[4]; 3. 66X-Chris Wright[5]; 4. 18M-Chase Moulton[2]; 5. 65A-Mark Anderson[3]; 6. 16-Bobby Penney[6]
Heat 2 | 00:05:46.102
- 18-Jace Boney[1]; 2. 7J-Jake Richards[5]; 3. 00-Kyler Girard[3]; 4. 4M-Mike McCarty[2]; 5. 47-Kenny Prince[4]; 6. 5%-Jeff Eddy[6]
Heat 3 | 00:04:06.623
- 15-Colin Pierce[3]; 2. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[4]; 3. 97-Ron Hartford[2]; 4. 17L-Londen McClure[6]; 5. 99L-Jett Larson[1];6. 68-Jake Martin[5]
Pure Stock 23 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:07:36.104
- 18G-Gavin Grier[1]; 2. 12G-Tyler Gray[3]; 3. 51-Aaron Jones[8]; 4. 711-Nathan Castellano[2]; 5. 27-Jakub Hisel[13]; 6.
78-Isaac Dixon[9]; 7. 17X-Clint Baker[5]; 8. 95S-AJ Sayers[7]; 9. 39S-James Silkwood[6]; 10. 06B-Brandan Long[10]; 11. 20-
Brad Chumbly[11]; 12. 77-Johnnie Price[12]; 13. 90-Jason Payne[15]; 14. 52-Jerry Richards[16]; 15. 55T-Calvin Teel[18];
- 10-Albert Curtis[14]; 17. 00B-Braelynn Long[17]; 18. 13JH-Jake Hoover[22]; 19. 31-Myron Powell[21]; 20. 12A-Christian
Turner[23]; 21. 87-Matt Moore[20]; 22. F86-Blaine Nolker[4]; 23. (DNS) 79-Carter Johnson
Heat 1 | 00:06:01.497
- 711-Nathan Castellano[1]; 2. 17X-Clint Baker[3]; 3. 78-Isaac Dixon[5]; 4. 77-Johnnie Price[4]; 5. 27-Jakub Hisel[6]; 6. 52-
Jerry Richards[2]; 7. 79-Carter Johnson[8]; 8. 13JH-Jake Hoover[7]
Heat 2 | 00:03:37.228
- 12G-Tyler Gray[1]; 2. 39S-James Silkwood[3]; 3. F86-Blaine Nolker[7]; 4. 20-Brad Chumbly[5]; 5. 10-Albert Curtis[6]; 6.
00B-Braelynn Long[2]; 7. 87-Matt Moore[8]; 8. 12A-Christian Turner[4]
Heat 3 | 00:04:02.123
- 18G-Gavin Grier[4]; 2. 51-Aaron Jones[2]; 3. 95S-AJ Sayers[6]; 4. 06B-Brandan Long[7]; 5. 90-Jason Payne[1]; 6. 55TCalvin
Teel[5]; 7. 31-Myron Powell[3]
Midwest Limited Late Models 7 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:07:00.420
- 24-Tyler Hibner[1]; 2. 3-Mike Collins[3]; 3. 33-Paul Glendenning[2]; 4. 5-Tommy Cordray[4]; 5. 17K-Michael King[5]; 6.
+5T-Michael Trulson[6]; 7. 10A-Brett Adams[7]
Heat 1 | 00:05:42.951
- 24-Tyler Hibner[3]; 2. 33-Paul Glendenning[5]; 3. 3-Mike Collins[4]; 4. 5-Tommy Cordray[6]; 5. 17K-Michael King[1]; 6.
+5T-Michael Trulson[2]; 7. 10A-Brett Adams[7]
Economy Mods 18 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:20:12.070
- 71-Tony Layne[2]; 2. 4K-Garrett Stonum[3]; 3. 19-Derrick Mahoney[5]; 4. 56R-Kenny Reed[6]; 5. 86K-Kyle Couzens[12];6. 08-Nathan Hampton[7]; 7. 95-Duston Talbott[11]; 8. 345-Braxton Gibson[16]; 9. F16-Shawn Kerner[10]; 10. 23P-BillPenland[15]; 11. 20G-Gage Wright[9]; 12. 3R-Levi Rainey[8]; 13. 01B-Brett Holman[17]; 14. 17-Nathan Lundholm[13]; 15.18-Hank Penland[18]; 16. 96B-Tyler Turner[14]; 17. 9H-Kameron Hanes[1]; 18. (DQ) 11D-Caleb Dennis[4]
Heat 1 | 00:03:05.725
- 9H-Kameron Hanes[2]; 2. 56R-Kenny Reed[1]; 3. 11D-Caleb Dennis[6]; 4. 3R-Levi Rainey[5]; 5. 20G-Gage Wright[7]; 6.
86K-Kyle Couzens[4]; 7. 17-Nathan Lundholm[3]; 8. 345-Braxton Gibson[8]; 9. (DNS) 18-Hank Penland
Heat 2 | 00:09:55.894
- 71-Tony Layne[1]; 2. 4K-Garrett Stonum[3]; 3. 19-Derrick Mahoney[6]; 4. 08-Nathan Hampton[7]; 5. F16-Shawn
Kerner[4]; 6. 95-Duston Talbott[8]; 7. 96B-Tyler Turner[5]; 8. 23P-Bill Penland[9]; 9. 01B-Brett Holman[2]
Sport Compact 18 Entries
A Feature 1
- 31-Brad Mick[1]; 2. 69-Alvin Cooney[3]; 3. 17-Ryan Hinkle[2]; 4. 16A-Scott Beagle[4]; 5. 10-Hunter Throckmorton[11]; 6.48R-Joshua Robb[8]; 7. 22D-Dalton Sowers[12]; 8. 25-Conner Rigsby[9]; 9. 7-Jason Teel[10]; 10. 195-Preston Rigsby[15];
- 13U-Charles Baldwin Jr[6]; 12. 48-Cody Rigsby[14]; 13. 21JC-JR Curtis[7]; 14. 33-Kenneth Reece Jr[17]; 15. 22LAndrew Robb[18]; 16. (DNS) 6-Donnie Allison; 17. (DNS) 4X-Jayden Johnson; 18. (DQ) 121-Eric Schmidt[5]
Heat 1
- 31-Brad Mick[4]; 2. 121-Eric Schmidt[1]; 3. 48R-Joshua Robb[3]; 4. 10-Hunter Throckmorton[5]; 5. 6-Donnie Allison[6]; 6.4X-Jayden Johnson[2]
Heat 2
- 69-Alvin Cooney[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Hinkle[6]; 3. 25-Conner Rigsby[1]; 4. 22D-Dalton Sowers[4]; 5. 48-Cody Rigsby[3]; 6. 33-Kenneth Reece Jr[5]
Heat 3
- 16A-Scott Beagle[1]; 2. 13U-Charles Baldwin Jr[2]; 3. 21JC-JR Curtis[5]; 4. 7-Jason Teel[6]; 5. 195-Preston Rigsby[3]; 6.22L-Andrew Robb[4]
Jr Sport Compacts 5 Entries
A Feature 1
- 64-Grant Sheetz[1]; 2. 21JC-JR Curtis[2]; 3. 99B-Bentley Long[4]; 4. 51B-Emma Mather[3]; 5. 14B-Bentley Haring[5]
Heat 1
- 64-Grant Sheetz[2]; 2. 21JC-JR Curtis[4]; 3. 51B-Emma Mather[3]; 4. 99B-Bentley Long[5]; 5. 14B-Bentley Haring[1]