Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway

Des Moines, Iowa

For immediate release

Friday, May 5, 2000

Killen Brothers Dominate at Iowa State Fair Speedway

 

by DAVID WILKINSON

Des Moines, Iowa – The Killen brothers dominated their classes at the Iowa State Fair Speedway Friday Night as Don won the IMCA stock car feature for the second time this year and Tom won the IMCA modified feature. Jason Fresen won the IMCA late model event while Tim St. Arnold received the checkered first in the 360-sprint race. Mark Fee won the DIRT truck feature and the IMCA hobby stock features were won by Bill Bonnett and John Gilbert.

Craig Roberts won a make-up feature for IMCA hobby stocks and Steve Philipsen took the DIRT truck make-up race. It was full program that ended one-half before the 10:30 curfew on a beautiful night.

Don Killen and Cale Sponsler ran away from the field to top the IMCA stock car feature with Tim Baker third.

Tim St. Arnold bested Don Droud and Steve Breazeale in the 360-sprint event.

Top finishers in the IMCA late model class were Jason Fresen, Darrell DeFrance, and Chris Smyser.

Tom Killen finished ahead of former national champion Dave Farren and John Logue in his IMCA modified.

The first IMCA hobby stock feature went to Bill Bonnett with John Davis second, and Randy Casner third. The second feature was won by John Gilbert followed by Bruce Wolfe and Jim Alexander. After the race John Thoren claimed the engine of Davis and Eric Stanton claimed the carburetor of Gilbert.

Racing in all classes continues next Friday with hot laps around 6:00 pm followed by racing action.

 

Sprint Cars

 

Heat One

 

1.

Steve Breazeale

2.

Josh Higday, DM

3.

Larry Pinegar, DM

4.

Tim St. Arnold, Mitchellville

5.

Don Droud

Heat Two

 

1.

Doran Doty, DM

2.

Matt Moro, DM

3.

Chris Martinez

4.

Rod Richards

5.

Lyle Sylvester

Feature

 

1.

St. Arnold

2.

Droud

3.

Breazeale

4.

Pinegar

5.

Curtis Thorson

6.

Martinez

7.

Higday

8.

Richards

9.

Doty

10.

Moro

11.

Sylvester

IMCA Late Models

 

Heat One

 

1.

Craig Jacobs, DM

2.

David Stanton, Marshalltown

3.

Jason Fresen, Sutton NE

4.

Chris Spicker

5.

John Bagby, Altoona

Heat Two

 

1.

Darrell DeFrance, Marshalltown

2.

Todd Cooney, DM

3.

Chris Smyser, Lancaster MO

4.

Billy Allen, DM

5.

Nick Houseman, Earlham

   

Feature

 

1.

Fresen

2.

DeFrance

3.

Smyser

4.

Cooney

5.

Matt Faux, Earlham

6.

Jacobs

7.

Houseman

8.

Spicker

9.

Joe Merryfield, DM

10.

Stanton

11.

Todd Johnson, WDM

12.

Les Verly, Wellsburg

13.

Ronnie Binning, Grand River

14.

Bill Barber, Osceola

15.

Allen

16.

Bob Daniels, DM

17.

Dwight Bagby, Altoona

18.

Ron Cochran, DM

19.

J. Bagby

IMCA Modified

 

Heat One

 

1.

Russ Gladson, DM

2.

Mark Allgood, Ankeny

3.

Kent Kaplan, Ankeny

4.

Tim Nelson

5.

Tim Gannon, DM

Heat Two

 

1.

Jim Anderson

2.

Danny Wallace, DM

3.

Kevin Lovell, DM

4.

1t

5.

Don McClain

Heat Three

 

1.

John Logue, Boone

2.

Dave Farren, DM

3.

Tom Killen, DM

4.

Bill Davis Jr., DM

5.

4

   

Feature

 

1.

Killen

2.

Farren

3.

Logue

4.

Davis Jr.

5.

Wallace

6.

Gladson

7.

1t

8.

Kent Kaplan

9.

4

10.

Brian VanderWal

11.

Nelson

12.

Steve Wahlert, DM

13.

John Yaw Sr., DM

14.

Gannon

15.

Lovell

16.

Bruce Henry

17.

30

18.

Gordon Head

19.

Allgood

20

Anderson

21.

19JR

   

IMCA Stock Cars

 

Heat One

 

1.

David Cirksena, Lorimor

2.

Paul Anderson, DM

3.

Marshall Allen, Dexter

4.

Danny Hill, DM

5.

Jason Henry

Heat Two

 

1.

Tim Baker, Winterset

2.

John Hunnell, DM

3.

Steve Jackson, DM

4.

Cale Sponsler

5.

Kent Knopf, Granger

Heat Three

 

1.

Todd Inman, DM

2.

John Logue, Boone

3.

Don Killen, DM

4.

Dennis Kimmel, DM

5.

Skeeter Paris, Boone

   

Feature

 

1.

Killen

2.

Sponsler

3.

Baker

4.

Hunnell

5.

Kimmel

6.

Inman

7.

Anderson

8.

Jackson

9.

Hill

10.

Maynard Davis III, DM

11.

Cirksena

12.

Allen

13.

Henry

14.

Todd Fisher, DM

15.

Greg Shepherd, DM

16.

Jesse VandeWal

17.

Mike Todd, Altoona

18.

Knopf

19.

Carl Yaw Jr., DM

20

Rick Warden

21.

Mike Munson. Boone

22.

Paris

23.

Logue

24.

Randy Killen, DM

Dirt Trucks

 

Heat One

 

1.

Mark Fee

2.

Sean Allen

3.

Steve Philipsen

4.

Lou Sipolt, DM

5.

Tim Phillips

   

Feature

 

1.

Fee

2.

Jeff Johnson, Indianola

3.

Philipsen

4.

Philips

5.

Allen

6.

Sipolt

7.

Rod Sorter

8.

Michale Hoffman

   

IMCA Hobby Stocks

 

Heat One

 

1.

Shawn Essex

2.

John Watson, Berwick

3.

Danny Gathercole, DM

4.

Curt Reed, DM

5.

30x

Heat Two

 

1.

Steve Curtis, DM

2.

Mark Chance, DM

3.

John Davis, Altoona

4.

Don Wear, DM

5.

Kelly Prymek, DM

Heat Three

 

1.

Rick Gladson, DM

2.

Bill Bonnett, Knoxville

3.

John Pierick, Bondurant

4.

Randy Casner, Indianola

5.

Jason Murray, Hartford

Heat Four

 

1.

Adam Hagen, DM

2.

Richie Gustin

3.

Josh Daniels

4.

Gene Behle, DM

5.

Mike Thomas, DM

Heat Five

 

1.

John Gilbert, Urbandale

2.

Bruce Wolfe, DM

3.

Willard Brown

4.

Robert Allison

5.

Jeff Featherstone

Heat Six

 

1.

Keith Williamson, Bondurant

2.

Jeff Hovick

3.

Chris Jensen, DM

4.

Randy Groves, DM

5.

Ronald Kaler

   

Feature # 1

 

1.

Bonnett

2.

Davis

3.

Casner

4.

Curtis

5.

Watson

6.

Essex

7.

Chance

8.

Gladson

9.

Pierick

10.

Wear

11.

Gene Behle, DM

12.

Murray

13.

Gary Stajcar, Bondurant

14.

John Thoren, DM

15.

Ray Stock, Jr.

16.

30x

17.

Steve Laird

18.

Todd Paxson

19.

Ronald Prymek

20

Randy Houseman

21.

Jay Johnson

22.

Craig Roberts

23.

K. Prymek

24.

Todd Daniels

Feature # 2

 

1.

Gilbert

2.

Wolfe

3.

Jim Alexander, Lucas

4.

Hagen

5.

Williamson

6.

Hovick

7.

Behle

8.

J. Daniels

9.

Thomas

10.

Darcy Hoch

11.

Randy Bradshaw, DM

12.

Eric Stanton

13.

Dennis Parker

14.

Kaler

15.

Tom Prymek

16.

Dennis Reid

17.

Rusty Groves, DM

18.

Jensen

19.

Carl Knight, DM

20

Featherstone

21.

David Kulla, Carlisle

22.

Gustin

   

 

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