5/31/2021
Stuart Speedway
Dallon Murty Inaugural Winner of Whole Hog 50
Monday night brought 148 race cars and drivers to Stuart Speedway for the Whole Hog 50 finale presented by Van Eaton Pork, Excel Floor Covering, Fox Welding, Dirt Track Bank, Supreme Lawn & Landscape, Wreckers or Checkers Bar, Porters Ag Solutions, Ganoe Excavating, Sniper Speed, Becks, Ramsey Grinding, 21st Century Cooperative, Midstate Machine and Titan Machinery! Feature winners for the night were Logan Anderson, Troy Ihrke, Dallon Murty, Daniel Wauters and Todd Shute.
First up was the IMCA Northern SportMods with Izac Mallicoat and Miles Morris starting on the front row. Mallicoat led until Logan Anderson used a caution to work into the top spot on lap nine. Two final yellows just before the white flag flew bunched the field and gave everyone a shot at Anderson but it was not to be as the 53 pulled off the sweep of the event and took the win. Brayton Carter finished second with Izac Mallicoat third, Dylan VanWyk fourth and Miles Morris fifth.
Next up was the Outlaw Mini Mods with Kamdyn Haggard and Dalton Faber on the front row. Haggard led the first two laps with Troy Ihrke coming through to lead on lap three. Two cautions with a lap to go kept the field in the race but Ihrke was up to the challenge and went on to take the win. Haggard finished second with Faber third, Bobby Daniels fourth and Lucas Daniels fifth.
IMCA Stock Cars were out next with their 50 lap feature event. Dallon Murty and Luke Lemmens led the field to green with Murty and Lemmens running 1-2 over the first 14 laps. A caution bunched the field and Johnathon Logue took advantage to jump into second as Murty continued to lead. Lap sixteen saw Jeff Mueller and Chanse Hollatz having a tangle in turn three that led to a light rollover by Todd Reitzler. Reitzler was ok but his night would be over. Once the green flag flew it was Murty regaining control through a few cautions to dominate the race and lead all 50 laps to take the $5000 win. Logue finished second with Kelly Shryock third, Tom Berry Jr fourth and Damon Murty fifth.
Daniel Wauters, Luke Ramsey and Tom Killen Jr started out the 3 wide, 10 deep field for the IMCA Hobby Stocks and their 25 lap feature. Wauters took the lead early and never looked back as he went on to the $1000 win. Killen Jr finished in second with Jason Kohl third, Eric Stanton fourth and Matt McAtee fifth.
The last race for the night was the IMCA Modifieds with Matthew Meinecke and Jeff James on the front row. Meinecke led through a couple of yellows until Todd Shute came calling on lap nine. Tim Ward made it to second two laps later and set out in search of a win. Ward would come close, even drawing up to the left rear of Shute, but Toddzilla was too strong and would go on to the win and the $1500 payday. Ward finished second with Cayden Carter third, Meinecke fourth and Kelly Shryock fifth.
We’d like to thank all who came out to support the race track at our sixth event of the year. June 15-16 will be our next race with the Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel presented by Sniper Speed, Karl Chevrolet Stuart, & Midstate Machine. See you then!
Article Credit: Josh Reynolds
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