5/30/2022
Stuart Speedway
Murty Dominant in Whole Hog Repeat
The 2-day Whole Hog 50 wrapped up Monday evening at Karl Chevrolet of Stuart International Speedway! Feature winners for the night were Gage Hilgenberg, Eric Stanton, Dallon Murty, Colby Fett and Todd Shute.
The first feature on the track was the Outlaw Mini mods and it was Sunday night’s “First Time Feature” winner Gage Hilgenberg leading the pack early on. Northern Iowa speedster Ben Kraus came to second on lap 10 as Hilgenberg continued to lead. A rash of cautions would set the stage for a green-white-checkered finish and it was Hilgenberg hanging on to take the win by 0.054 seconds over Kraus! Logan Brown finished third with Bobby Daniels fourth and Chase Daniels fifth.
IMCA Hobby Stocks were up next and sixth starting Eric Stanton blasted around the high side to lead lap one. The yellow flag flew on lap 5 and that was the only thing that slowed Stanton down as he cruised to the win. Zach Hemmingsen finished second with Skylar Pruitt third, Tom Killen Jr fourth and Seth Butler fourth.
Damon and Dallon Murty made up the front row for the Whole Hog 50 for IMCA Stock Cars and their 50 lap, $5000 to win feature. Dallon took control early with Damon and Dustin Vis not far behind. A yellow on lap 13 would help Jay Schmidt slide into third as the Murty’s continued to pace the field, Dallon in front of Damon. Vis was able to get back by Schmidt for third after the second and final caution on lap 22, and as the race wound down it was Dallon extending his lead over Damon. When the checkered flag flew it was Dallon taking the flag to flag win by almost 2 seconds over Damon with Vis third, Luke Lemmens fourth and Kelly Shryock fifth.
Jake Sachau led the first 3 laps for the IMCA Northern SportMods, but it was Colby Fett powering by for the top spot on the bottom side of the track following a caution flag. Fett, the $1000 winner from the night before, sailed to another $1000 payday as he went on to take the easy win. Izac Mallicoat finished second with Tyler Inman third, Dusty Masolini fourth and Thomas Nelson fifth.
The last race for the night was the IMCA Modifieds, and it was an absolutely dominating performance by Todd Shute as he drove away from the drop of the green flag. Mike Lineberry and Jeff James duked it out for second but when it was all said and done Shute would take home the win and the $1000 payday. Lineberry finished second with James third, Kelly Shryock fourth and Tanner Black fifth.
We’d like to thank all who came out to support the race track at our sixth event of the year. Wednesday, June 8 will see all of our weekly classes along with the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck Series in attendance for the Bill Davis Memorial. See you then!
Photo Credit: Jared Bailey Photography
Article Credit: Josh Reynolds
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