4/23/2022
Humboldt Speedway
Vink goes back-to-back; Kidwell, Westhoff and Knisley all hold on for wins.
Erick Chesterman - HUMBOLDT, Kan. (April 22nd, 2022) Survival was the word of the night at Humboldt Speedway. While caution flags were a common theme during three of the night’s four a features, each race nearly came down to the wire as drivers had to earn their way to Pete’s Travel Stops Victory Lane.
The lone A-Feature of the evening to go green the entire distance, Extrusions Inc. USRA Tuner stand out Brandon Vink turned back multiple challenges from Clint Haigler to pick up his second win in a row. Haigler searched nearly the entire racing surface looking for a way by, settling for a second-place effort at the checkers. Cody Vink, Carlyle Ward, and Cayden Vance completed the top five, while Brandon Vink and Ward both grabbed heat race wins.
Ray’s Metal Depot USRA B-Mod winner Tyler Kidwell climbed out from behind the wheel of car No. 54 to end his night in victory lane, confidence bursting at the seams for the Chanute, KS racer. When asked about fending off a late race bid for the win from St. Joseph, Minnesota’s Jake Smith, Kidwell had this to say.
“I wasn’t worried. I saw him there to my inside, but I wasn’t going to give up the top of the racetrack. We had a lot of speed up there, and as long as I hit my marks, I knew we would be OK. We had to borrow a Yeoman Engine this week and man the horsepower in this thing is just second to none. It’s great to get back to victory lane, and I hope this gets us pointed back in the right direction.”
Tim Phillips, Kenton Allen, and Brian McGowen completed the B-Mod top 5. Phillips, Allen and Krew Walburn picked up the 3 heat race wins.
Some might say it’s better to be lucky than good. Others say there’s no such thing as luck… that luck is what happens preparation meets opportunity. For Primal Jerky Midwest Mod driver Jon Westhoff, you could say it was all of the above.
Westhoff battled Casey Jesseph and Brad Jarmin for a large portion of the 15-lap scheduled distance. At one point Jesseph looked to have the win in hand while Jarmin and Weshoff continued a fierce battle for second. Then, a late race caution changed everything
Just as the yellow lights went dark around the Hummer, Jesseph slowed to a stop on the back stretch requiring help back to the pits as his race suddenly ended. That put Westhoff on the point where he hit the top of the speedway for the green-white-checker finish, turning back a furious challenge from Jarmin at the line. Jarmin settled for second with Jackson McGowen, Norman Mackley, and Jerald Folk completing the top five. Scott Collins, Westhoff, and Jesseph picked up the three heat race wins.
Brian Knisley had the most comfortable margin of victory on the night in Home Savings Bank Factory Stock competition, but that’s not to say it wasn’t with out challenge. Knisley took advantage of multiple restarts on the night, each time pulling away from Derrek Wilson. Wilson would then begin to track down Knisley working the top side of the speedway with Knisley glued to the bottom.
Wilson took advantage of run off the top side of the speedway to slip by Knisley, but it was all for not as the races final caution negated the pass for the lead. On the restart Knisley once again hit the bottom of the speedway to perfection, pulling away from Wilson for the win at the line. Ethan Vance, Trey Stipp, and Kenny Schettler completed the top 5. Knisley was able to break out the broom after his feature victory, after picking up the only heat race win earlier in the evening.
Racing action resumes next Friday, April 29th with round three of weekly racing series action. ARMI USRA Modifieds, Rays Metal Depot USRA B-Mods, Primal Jerky Midwest Mods, Home Savings Bank Factory Stocks, Extrusions Inc. USRA Tuners are all on the card. Hot laps kick off at 7:15 with racing at 8. For a complete 2022 season schedule, ticket pricing and race day information, you can find us on the web at www.humboldtspeedway.com
4/22/2022 at Humboldt Speedway
Rays Metal Depot USRA B-Mods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54-Tyler Kidwell[4]; 2. 21J-Jake Smith[8]; 3. 121-Tim Phillips[1]; 4. 22-Brian McGowen[22]; 5. 98-Kenton Allen[6]; 6. 31-Luke Phillips[11]; 7. 3D-Dan Daniels[15]; 8. 27-Andy Davis[17]; 9. 28K-Krew Walburn[2]; 10. 43S-Tyler Stevens[18]; 11. 70P-Tanner Prochnow[16]; 12. 66-Aaron Wilder[19]; 13. 2T-Zach Traylor[14]; 14. (DNF) RED1-Dan Wheeler[9]; 15. (DNF) 21-Jacob Ellison[5]; 16. (DNF) 33-Dustin Daniels[7]; 17. (DNF) 7J-Jake Richards[12]; 18. (DNF) 17C-Henry Chambers[21]; 19. (DNF) D86-Donald McIntosh[13]; 20. (DNF) 89-Levi McGowen[10]; 21. (DNF) 18JR-Chase Sigg[20]; 22. (DNF) 37-Paden Phillips[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 121-Tim Phillips[1]; 2. 21-Jacob Ellison[3]; 3. 21J-Jake Smith[4]; 4. RED1-Dan Wheeler[7]; 5. 2T-Zach Traylor[2]; 6. 70P-Tanner Prochnow[8]; 7. 66-Aaron Wilder[6]; 8. (DNF) 22-Brian McGowen[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Kenton Allen[1]; 2. 54-Tyler Kidwell[7]; 3. 89-Levi McGowen[3]; 4. 7J-Jake Richards[5]; 5. 3D-Dan Daniels[4]; 6. 27-Andy Davis[6]; 7. 18JR-Chase Sigg[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28K-Krew Walburn[1]; 2. 37-Paden Phillips[2]; 3. 33-Dustin Daniels[5]; 4. 31-Luke Phillips[6]; 5. D86-Donald McIntosh[7]; 6. 43S-Tyler Stevens[3]; 7. (DNF) 17C-Henry Chambers[4]
Home Savings Bank Factory Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 38-Brian Knisley[1]; 2. 3-Derrek Wilson[2]; 3. 13-Ethan Vance[4]; 4. 14M-Trey Stipp[3]; 5. 87W-Kenny Schettler[7]; 6. 13J-Jonathan Hightower[8]; 7. 14A-Ashley Mueller[9]; 8. (DNF) 14-Ty Joyce[5]; 9. (DNF) 19C-Trey Clough[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Brian Knisley[4]; 2. 3-Derrek Wilson[2]; 3. 14M-Trey Stipp[3]; 4. 13-Ethan Vance[6]; 5. 14-Ty Joyce[7]; 6. 19C-Trey Clough[1]; 7. 87W-Kenny Schettler[9]; 8. 13J-Jonathan Hightower[5]; 9. (DNS) 14A-Ashley Mueller
Extrusions Inc. USRA Tuners
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 7V-Brandon Vink[1]; 2. 17H-Clint Haigler[2]; 3. 77V-Cody Vink[6]; 4. 16W-Carlyle Ward[5]; 5. 6-Cayden Vance[3]; 6. 15T-Maddyson Tyler[4]; 7. 69-Colt Burk[7]; 8. 36-Jonathan Culler[9]; 9. 88T-Tessa Perry[10]; 10. 16S-Emily Sanchez[12]; 11. 14S-Joseph Stair[11]; 12. (DNF) 27-Ty Davis[8]; 13. (DNF) 15-Travis Bockover[13]; 14. (DNS) 3-Austin Robertson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16W-Carlyle Ward[1]; 2. 6-Cayden Vance[2]; 3. 15T-Maddyson Tyler[7]; 4. 27-Ty Davis[6]; 5. 88T-Tessa Perry[5]; 6. 14S-Joseph Stair[4]; 7. (DNS) 15-Travis Bockover
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7V-Brandon Vink[1]; 2. 17H-Clint Haigler[2]; 3. 69-Colt Burk[3]; 4. 77V-Cody Vink[7]; 5. 36-Jonathan Culler[6]; 6. 16S-Emily Sanchez[4]; 7. (DNS) 3-Austin Robertson
Primal Jerky Midwest Mods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Jon Westhoff[4]; 2. X1-Brad Jarman[1]; 3. 89-Jackson McGowen[9]; 4. 23-Norman Mackley[7]; 5. 99F-Jerald Folk[13]; 6. 28-Andrew Burenheide[15]; 7. 34-Kolt Knoblich[11]; 8. 99-Scott Lucke[12]; 9. 68-Dexton Daniels[10]; 10. 15-Scott Jarman[8]; 11. 61-Joey Decoster[20]; 12. 18-Scott Collins[3]; 13. 09-Tret Bailey[21]; 14. 1-Trevor Holman[18]; 15. 7-Brady Folk[6]; 16. (DNF) 01JR-Tyler Davis[22]; 17. (DNF) 11-Casey Jesseph[2]; 18. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Smith[5]; 19. (DNF) 6K-Kris Smith[23]; 20. (DNF) 40-Quentin Sams[14]; 21. (DNF) 47-Joey Frey[16]; 22. (DNF) 62M-Dalton Modlin[17]; 23. (DNS) 8-Derryl Aeillo
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Scott Collins[2]; 2. 7-Brady Folk[1]; 3. 89-Jackson McGowen[3]; 4. 34-Kolt Knoblich[5]; 5. 99F-Jerald Folk[7]; 6. 47-Joey Frey[6]; 7. 1-Trevor Holman[8]; 8. (DNF) 6K-Kris Smith[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Jon Westhoff[1]; 2. X1-Brad Jarman[4]; 3. 23-Norman Mackley[5]; 4. 99-Scott Lucke[3]; 5. 40-Quentin Sams[8]; 6. (DNF) 09-Tret Bailey[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Casey Jesseph[2]; 2. 15R-Ryan Smith[7]; 3. 15-Scott Jarman[5]; 4. 68-Dexton Daniels[6]; 5. 28-Andrew Burenheide[3]; 6. 62M-Dalton Modlin[4]; 7. (DNF) 01JR-Tyler Davis[1]
Article Credit: Humboldt Speedway
Submitted By: Erick Chesterman
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