Stuart Speedway Results May 30th     

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Bill Haglund 515-987-0788 or 515-993-4233 (e-mail: bhaglund@adelnews.com)

Re: “Terry Pruitt wins Ron Little Memorial feature at Stuart”

By Bill Haglund

            STUART, Iowa (May 30) – Terry Pruitt of Dexter capped a wild night of racing Sunday at Stuart Speedway with a victory in the 20-lap Ron Little Memorial IMCA Modified feature.

            Sunday’s event drew the largest crowd of the season and also had a record 130 race cars sign in to compete with the 305 non-winged sprint cars added to the track’s regular six divisions of racing.

            It was a wild and wooly night of racing with a couple of hard roll-overs stunning the crowd to silence before both drivers walked away unhurt.

            The first crash came in the first heat of the front wheel drive division when James Lyman of Winterset flipped violently on the front chute. His car spun wildly on its nose and crashed hard into the concrete wall separating the track from the grandstand, winding up on its top. Lyman climbed unhurt from his car and returned to race in the night’s feature.

            The second came just after the start of the dwarf car main when Brent Detrick of Runnels slid sideways in turn two as he ran near the front of the pack. His car began a roll when it was struck by a car driven by Randy Rudolf. Detrick’s car then barrel-rolled and crashed down on the hood of Detrick’s car and wound up on its top. Detrick, too, walked away.

            The IMCA modified feature was not without its moments, too. Terry Pruitt won, but the race was stopped for a time to remove a car driven by Wiley Chumos. After an incident on the track involving Chumos and Don Portwine ( Ames ), Chumos was given the black flag, but refused to leave the track. After several attempts were made to get Chumos into the pits, he, instead, drove to the back stretch and rammed Portwine’s car before finally retiring to the pits.

            The race was held in memory of Ron Little, an Adel driver who suffered a fatal heart attack while competing at the speedway several years ago. Terry Pruitt took the checkers ahead of Ben Hoesing (Boone), Bobby Bowman (Winterset), Josh Gilman (Dexter) and Dan Sprunger (Earlham).

            Jason Murray of Hartford won the IMCA stock car feature over Damon Murty of Chelsea, while Bobby Thompson of Des Moines won the 305 non-winged sprint car feature over Dave Farren of Des Moines.

            Twin IMCA hobby stock features were won by Andre Burg of Adel and Brian Eddy of Waukee, while Jeromy Christensen of Greenfield won the front wheel drive feature and the team of Tyler and Warner from Casey won the cruiser car feature.

IMCA MODIFIED

                First heat (8 laps): 1. Ben Hoesing, Boone; 2. Josh Gilman, Dexter; 3. Scott Bash, Stuart.

                Second heat: 1. Rod Scheuermann, Scranton; 2. Jeff Shroyer, Marshalltown; 3. Terry Pruitt, Dexter.

                Third heat: 1. Bobby Bowman, Winterset; 2. Chris Pruitt, Stuart; 3. Mike Pruitt, Stuart.  

                Feature (20 laps): 1. T. Pruitt; 2. Hoesing; 3. Bowman; 4. Gilman; 5. Dan Sprunger, Earlham; 6. Joe College, Earlham; 7. Shroyer; 8. Bryan White, Des Moines; 9. M. Pruitt; 10. Ron Bash, Stuart; 11. Kyle Baxter, Perry; 12. James Tomsic, Melbourne; 13. C. Pruitt; 14. Josh Pruitt, Dexter; 15. Rex Parkison, Earlham; 16. James Helmes, Redfield; 17. John Mylen, Stuart; 18. S. Bash; 19. Don Portwine, Ames; 20. Wiley Chumos, Stuart; 21. Scheuermann.

IMCA STOCK CAR

                First heat (8 laps): 1. Dave Baugh, Jefferson; 2. Damon Murty, Chelsea; 3. Maynard Davis III, Runnells.

                Second heat: 1. Jason Murray, Hartford; 2. Jerry McElderry, Altoona; 3. Bob Daniels, Des Moines.

                Third heat: 1. Tim Baker, Winterset; 2. Curt Ganoe, Stuart; 3. Luke Veren, Haverhill.

                Feature (15 laps): 1. Murray; 2. Murty; 3. Davis III; 4. Baker; 5. B. Daniels; 6. McElderry; 7. Josh Daniels, Des Moines; 8. Ganoe; 9. Jamie Morey, Earlham; 10. Jay Cain, Waukee; 11. Veren; 12. Norm Belew, Redfield; 13. John Wilson, Winterset; 14. Baugh; 15. Rick Houseman, Winterset; 16. Jason Day, Earlham; 17. Chris Wilson, Winterset.

IMCA HOBBY STOCK

                First heat (6 laps): 1. Steve Renslow, Stuart; 2. Jason Pruitt, Minburn; 3. Michael Davis, Des Moines.

                Second heat: 1. Don Wear, Des Moines; 2. Justin Maschke, Knoxville; 3. Larry Embrey, Granger.

                Third heat: 1. Jerry Hinton, Des Moines; 2. Don Wear, Waukee; 3. Chad Waddell, Stuart.

                Fourth heat: 1. Randy Embrey, Granger; 2. Cory Adams, Des Moines; 3. Nyle Godwin, Redfield.

                First feature (15 laps): 1. Andrew Burg, Adel; 2. Wear; 3. Renslow; 4. L. Embrey; 5. Josh Reynolds, Greenfield; 6. Maschke; 7. Tim Gannon, Des Moines; 8. Pruitt; 9. Steve Kesl, Elberon; 10. Chad Koch, Marshalltown; 11. Michael Davis; 12. Ralph Bunce, Des Moines; 13. Justin Swigart, Des Moines; 14. Charles Belew, Redfield; 15. Kenny Hay, Des Moines; 16. Troy Hudson, Altoona.

                Second feature: 1. Eddy; 2. R. Embrey; 3. Waddell; 4. Paul Shepherd, Marengo; 5. Jacob Murray, Hartford; 6. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 7. Godwin; 8. Mark Hidlebaugh, Ames; 9. Jerry Wetzel, Winterset; 10. Jamie Schirm, Dexter; 11. Adams; 12. John Allison, Des Moines; 13. Scott Powell, Indianola; 14. Mike Hay, Des Moines; 15. Hinton; 16. Marcus Fagen, Casey; 17. Robert Kesl, Vinton; 18. Nathan Waltz, Winterset.

305 NON-WINGED SPRINT CARS

                First heat (6 laps): 1. Matt Stephenson, Altoona; 2. Dave Farren, Des Moines; 3. Mark Detrick, Runnells.

                Second heat: 1. Bobby Thompson, Des Moines; 2. Kevin Tanner, Russell; 3. Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point.

                Feature (12 laps): 1. Thompson; 2. Farren; 3. Tanner; 4. Detrick; 5. Lenz; 6. Stephenson; 7. Chuck Graves, Chariton; 8. Don Dawson, Indianola; 9. Nate Van Haaften, Otley.

DWARF CARS

                First heat (6 laps): 1. Sam Coe, Des Moines; 2. Jerry Schimmels, Van Meter; 3. Randy Bryan, Story City.

                Second heat: 1. Fred Schimmels, Van Meter; 2. Bobby Egeland, Jefferson; 3. Brent Detrick, Runnells.

                Third heat: 1. Mike Morrill, Altoona; 2. Rick Dennis, Granger; 3. Jim Lacey, Des Moines.

                Feature (12 laps): 1. Morrill; 2. R. Dennis; 3. Coe; 4. Lacey; 5. Cory Dennis, Granger; 6. David Smith, Des Moines; 7. Bryan; 8. Terry Brown, Ames; 9. Bob Thomas, Indianola; 10. Matt Meinecke, Woodward; 11. Bob Kimmel, Des Moines; 12. Alex Hayes, Ackworth; 13. Mike Thomas, Des Moines; 14. Stoney Stuart, Creston; 15. Charlie Brown, Nevada; 16. Detrick; 17. J. Schimmels; 18. Randy Rudolf, Grand Junction; 19. Egeland; 20. Hunter; 21. F. Schimmels; 22. Brian Miller, Grand Junction.

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

                First heat (5 laps): 1. Amy Dennis, Granger; 2. Nathan Parkison, Earlham; 3. Robbie Merkle, Altoona.

Second heat: 1. Chad Kusel, Ogden; 2. Cordell Bagley, Ankeny; 3. Michael Ross, Des Moines.

Feature (6 laps): 1. Jeromy Christensen, Greenfield; 2. Dennis; 3. Bagley; 4. Parkison; 5. Kusel; 6. Ross; 7. Merkle; 8. James Lyman, Winterset.

TWO-MAN CRUISER CARS

                First heat (5 laps): 1. Howell & Bushnell, Madrid; 2. Henry & McKasson, Indianola.

                Second heat: 1. Warner & Cook, Casey; 2. Korkick & Wonderlane, Cumming.

                Feature (6 laps): 1. Warner & Cook; 2. Howell & Bushnell; 3. Broadbent & Simms, Prole; 4. Korkick & Wonderlane; 5. Fuller & Burt, Urbandale.

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