7/20/2024
Sweetwater Speedway
July 5th Races Brought More First Time Winners to the Track
The excitement from the weekend kept on coming Friday July 5th as we had the first Late Model race of the season and first time winners to the track in Late Model, Hobby Stock and Stock Car divisions. It was another night of great with even more cars showing up for a total of 131 racers on the track. The record for the speedway is 143 competitors on May 23, 2020.
The Late Models brought a great field of drivers to the track. In the heat races we saw a wreck take out Cherokee Dillin and end her night early. Jeremy Petty in the 77P was dominate all night and took home his first win at the speedway. Late Model Feature Results
- 77P-Jeremy Petty[2]; 2. 65-Greg Sharpe[1]; 3. 5-Jeff Meeker[8]; 4. 77-Scott Cimfl[3]; 5. 5R-Scott Rhoades[6]; 6. 21M-Aaron Monie[11]; 7. 55C-Casey Elliott[9]; 8. 63-Maria Hankins[12]; 9. (DNF) 47-Kyle Hill[7]; 10. (DNF) 249-Ryan Dimick[5]; 11. (DNF) 71-Christopher Luzmoor[10]; 12. (DNS) 72W-Wyatt Howard; 13. (DNS) B10-Cherokee Dillin
The IMCA Stock Cars were down two competitors after Thursday nights blown motor in the 3L of Dillion Lawrence and a wreck that left Beau Hutchison both just watching from the pits. The other drivers still put on a great show and Brad Ostler in the 23 led every lap for this first win at the Speedway.
IMCA Stock Car Feature Results
- 23-Brad Ostler[1]; 2. 83Y-Justen Yeager[2]; 3. 183-Braxton Yeager[5]; 4. 21-Racely Card[3]; 5. 57-Kyle Young[6]; 6. 12C-Derick Robison[7]; 7. 88S-Dave Marlatt[8]; 8. (DNF) 77-Levi Card[4]The IMCA Hobby Stocks had nine drivers battling for the win. the 14x of CJ Thorne took a commanding lead and brought home the checkers with his first ever win at Sweetwater Speedway.
IMCA Hobby Stocks Feature Results
- 14X-CJ Thorne[1]; 2. 711-Payce Herrera[3]; 3. 76-Jack Danos[5]; 4. 195-Jeff Danos[4]; 5. 33R-Race Vasquez[6]; 6. 249-Ryan Dimick[7]; 7. 49W-Glen Johansen[2]; 8. 64Z-Preslie Thorne[8]; 9. (DNF) 30C-Cam Shiner[9]
IMCA Sport Compacts saw 28 drivers competing for the win. Cody Poll, Lane Owens, Jonathan Crawford and Ernie Licking put on a great performance in the front with Cody Poll taking home his second win at the speedway this season.
IMCA Sport Compacts Feature Results
- 18-cody poll[10]; 2. 26-Lane Owens[2]; 3. 86-Jonathon Crawford[4]; 4. 79L-Ernie Licking[6]; 5. 15A-Jeradee Anderson[18]; 6. 745-Eric George[17]; 7. 22L-kolby licking[8]; 8. 21C-McKay Clark[1]; 9. 26G-Guy Gardner[7]; 10. 59-Ethan Poll[12]; 11. 2V-Jordyn VanAusdle[19]; 12. 81-Ashley Warner[14]; 13. 8-Sam Ogden[15]; 14. 17N-Harlie Nance[13]; 15. 20K-Lisa Adams[22]; 16. 29-Kaleb Clark[5]; 17. 16CC-Jamie Amrine[23]; 18. 13D-Laurie Davis[24]; 19. 3T-Tavian Leonard[9]; 20. (DNF) 2-Marc Hammond[11]; 21. (DNF) 43-Travis Bott[3]; 22. (DNF) 55K-Kaleb Bell[20]; 23. (DNF) 35L-Kathrine Herbin[21]; 24. (DNF) 51-Monty Mandros[16]
IMCA Sport Compacts B Feature Results - 745-Eric George[11]; 2. 15A-Jeradee Anderson[4]; 3. 2V-Jordyn VanAusdle[3]; 4. 55K-Kaleb Bell[12]; 5. 35L-Kathrine Herbin[2]; 6. 20K-Lisa Adams[7]; 7. 16CC-Jamie Amrine[1]; 8. 13D-Laurie Davis[10]; 9. (DNF) 53V-Austin Vigil[8]; 10. (DNF) 14M-Michael Piazza[5]; 11. (DNF) 16C-Shane Amrine[6]; 12. (DNS) 15L-Lila Pacheco
The IMCA Modifieds saw 29 drivers hit the track. There was great racing all night with drivers coming from the back to finish in the top 5. Michael Hale in the 01H was the hard charger for the night coming out of the B Main and advancing 15 spots but he didn't quite have enough for hometown favorite Braxton Yeager in the 33BY. This is Yeager's 2nd win of the season at the track.
IMCA Modified Feature Results
- 33BY-Braxton Yeager[9]; 2. 01H-Michael Hale[17]; 3. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[12]; 4. 21H-Ed Henderson[16]; 5. 51-Terrell Payne[11]; 6. 2W-Casey Delp[21]; 7. 46-Bert Beech[8]; 8. 9M-Cody Malcom[19]; 9. 2D-Chuck Delp[6]; 10. 9R-Anthony Rhoades[1]; 11. 94U-Brian Ungaro[15]; 12. 65-Greg Sharpe[5]; 13. 21-Trayke Metz[20]; 14. 14S-Kelly Smith[4]; 15. 29-Jim Shoemaker[24]; 16. 13-Ronnie Roy[23]; 17. 22-Chris Delp[10]; 18. (DNF) 73U-Joe Miller[7]; 19. (DNF) 72W-Wyatt Howard[2]; 20. (DNF) 69-Jim Beaman[14]; 21. (DNF) 99-Scott Gray[13]; 22. (DNF) 81K-Andrew Kiefer[3]; 23. (DNF) 01C-Lakota Cleveland[22]; 24. (DNF) 18-Tucker Hislop[18]
IMCA Modified B Feature Results - 01H-Michael Hale[2]; 2. 18-Tucker Hislop[3]; 3. 9M-Cody Malcom[4]; 4. 21-Trayke Metz[13]; 5. 2W-Casey Delp[10]; 6. 01C-Lakota Cleveland[1]; 7. 13-Ronnie Roy[8]; 8. 29-Jim Shoemaker[7]; 9. 81-Bill Cornwall[9]; 10. 14-Richard ungaro[5]; 11. 15C-Jeff Cooper[11]; 12. 57B-Brandon Phillips[12]; 13. (DNF) 50SR-Tony Ross[6]
IMCA Sport Mods had 29 drivers hit the track and then each other. It was a caution filled night that ended under caution with Slade Pitt who led the last 4 restarts taking home the win. It was not the way the drivers or track wanted to end the night, but over time and out of patience it came to an end.
IMCA Sport Mods Feature Results
- 35-Slade Pitt[4]; 2. 55C-Brian Carey[11]; 3. 31JR-Shawn Parish[6]; 4. 49W-Kade Dimick[10]; 5. 183-Justin Wright[15]; 6. 13C-Camden Wilson[16]; 7. 14S-Traeger Sperry[18]; 8. 23J-Jacob Vasquez[17]; 9. 397-William Valdez[8]; 10. 16C-Kendrick Chapman[2]; 11. 64A-alek marsing[21]; 12. 18K-Jay Mathews[14]; 13. 24X-Shawn Peterson[22]; 14. 5-Verlon Lee[23]; 15. 18-Joe Gamper[24]; 16. 33J-Josh Pate[5]; 17. 5D-Tony Dugan[9]; 18. 88-Cole Marlatt[3]; 19. (DNF) 4V-Scott Verner[7]; 20. (DNF) 28-David Pitt[12]; 21. (DNF) 300-Justin Verner[20]; 22. (DNF) 99R-Jeff Ray[19]; 23. (DNF) 99H-Nick Hankins[13]; 24. (DNF) 31SR-Kenny Parish[1]
IMCA Sport Mods B Feature Results - 23J-Jacob Vasquez[1]; 2. 14S-Traeger Sperry[5]; 3. 99R-Jeff Ray[3]; 4. 300-Justin Verner[7]; 5. 64A-alek marsing[4]; 6. 24X-Shawn Peterson[2]; 7. 5-Verlon Lee[6]; 8. 18-Joe Gamper[8]; 9. 17N-Curt Nance[9]; 10. 19-Myron Kaml[12]; 11. (DNF) 745-Eric George[10]; 12. (DNF) 57-Ron Swanson[11]; 13. (DNS) B80-Jordan Booth
The Beginner Go Karts had a great night with Bertagnolli taking home the win.
Beginner Go Kart Feature Results
- 7-Keegan Bertagnolli[5]; 2. 9-McCoy Puckett[3]; 3. 24K-Karson Peterson[2]; 4. 5-Justice Lee[4]; 5. 8-karter Gann[1]; 6. 8K-Urijah pitt[6]
Intermediate Go Karts saw the 12c of Chicken Cooper Wright take home the win.
Intermediate Go Karts Feature Results
- 12C-Cooper Wright[3]; 2. 73U-Clay Miller[6]; 3. 28-Tyson Stauffer[1]; 4. (DNF) 94U-weston ungaro[4]; 5. (DNF) 8-Harley Jacobs[5]; 6. (DNF) 7-Mia Piazza[2]
Advanced Go Karts had three competitors trying for the win. Cale Miller of Utah came out on top for the night.
Advanced Go Karts Feature Results
- 73U-Cale Miller[2]; 2. 2W-Danica Delp[3]; 3. 89-Michael Dever[1]
Article Credit: Kara Beech
Submitted By: Kara Beech