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SAME PLACE, FAMILIAR PACE: Josh Leonard Claims Dave Garmann Opening Night

Dodge City, Kansas 6/14/2024 (www.highplainslatemodelseries.com) - Thirty-Eight High Plains Kansas DirtCar Late Model Series drivers checked in for the opening night of the Dave Garmann Memorial race at Dodge City Raceway Park. To start the night, Nutrien Ag Solutions Qualifying took to the ? mile track. Dan Smith, who held the previous record, would only go and shatter it again. Out of 38 cars, only four cars could reach the 15-second bracket, as Dan Smith posted a 15.854 lap-time.

Four Classic Heating and Air Heat races determined how the rest of the night would go. Eli Ross, Jason Rogers, Kip Hughes and Josh Leonard all made their way to the front of their respective heat races, as the front rows for the A-Main were determined.

Two last chance qualifiers took to the track, seeing Troy Burkhart and Delbert Smith advancing to the main show with a win. Top three finishers from each qualifier would then lock into the final starting spots in the main feature.

With the field lined up and twenty-five laps on the board, drivers were ready to bring their late models to life. On the initial start, Tad Pospisil would defend for the top spot, but within a lap, Josh Leonard was already knocking on the door…

After a few laps of battle, Josh Leonard would make the move to the inside of Pospisil and that was all a he wrote for the #85. A winner a month ago at Dodge City Raceway Park, Josh Leonard quickly made his way back into victory lane for his second Series win out of the first three races.

“I was a little free on the bottom, Tad he got tight their, and that’s how we got by him” said Leonard. “That guy right their wins a lot of races, he will go back and work on his stuff tonight, but to beat a guy like him tonight, we’ll take it” Leonard finished.

The High Plains Kansas DirtCar Late Model Series will be back in action Saturday for the $4,000 to win late model feature race. The pits are scheduled to open at 3:00 PM, Gates at 5:00 PM, and Racing to start at 7:30 PM. Tickets can be purchased at the track. You can view the races live on RacinDirt.Com or on the MyRacePass app.

High Plains Late Model Series 38 Entries
A Feature 1 | NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS

1. 85-Josh Leonard[3]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[1]; 3. 37-Jason Rogers[2]; 4. 60-Kip Hughes[7]; 5. 66R-Eli Ross[5]; 6. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[12]; 7. 24B-Chris Bragg[6]; 8. 92S-Dan Smith[19]; 9. 92-Delbert Smith[17]; 10. 25X-Troy Burkhart[18]; 11. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[13]; 12. 11B-Justin Bussell[10]; 13. 25P-Mike Petersilie[16]; 14. 10G-Don Geist[14]; 15. 112-Tyler Smith[4]; 16. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman[22]; 17. 73-Layne Bellm[20]; 18. 21-Joe Bellm[11]; 19. 10W-John Willard III[15]; 20. 65-Greg Sharpe[9]; 21. 19M-Colby Moore[8]; 22. (DNF) 15B-Braxton Berry[21]
   B Feature 1 | TRIPLE S ENTERPRISES
2. 92-Delbert Smith[10]; 2. 92S-Dan Smith[11]; 3. 15B-Braxton Berry[2]; 4. 88-Richard Shepler[1]; 5. 9XX-Dakota Dellinger[5]; 6. 8-Caleb Rhoades[4]; 7. 1S-Chris Stevens[6]; 8. 22K-Kenny Backstrand[9]; 9. (DNF) 47-Kyle Hill[3]; 10. (DNS) 57-Brady Balderston; 11. (DNS) 2BA-Bob Aspenleiter
   B Feature 2 | MOORE AUTO BODY
3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[1]; 2. 73-Layne Bellm[2]; 3. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman[3]; 4. 7N-William Nusser[4]; 5. 39-Albert Sack[5]; 6. 10-TeeJay Janousek[9]; 7. 66-Alysse Bolt[6]; 8. 39X-Dakota Dillin[10]; 9. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[7]; 10. (DNS) 44-Brandon Lewis; 11. (DNS) 5-Jeff Meeker
   Heat 1 | 00:13:17.000 | CLASSIC HEATING & AIR
4. 66R-Eli Ross[3]; 2. 112-Tyler Smith[1]; 3. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[2]; 4. 10W-John Willard III[5]; 5. 88-Richard Shepler[6]; 6. 47-Kyle Hill[7]; 7. 9XX-Dakota Dellinger[8]; 8. (DNF) 22K-Kenny Backstrand[9]; 9. (DNF) 92S-Dan Smith[4]; 10. (DNS) 57-Brady Balderston
   Heat 2 | 00:07:52.000 | BUCKEYE WELDING SUPPLY
5. 37-Jason Rogers[4]; 2. 19M-Colby Moore[1]; 3. 21-Joe Bellm[2]; 4. 65-Greg Sharpe[6]; 5. 15B-Braxton Berry[5]; 6. 8-Caleb Rhoades[7]; 7. 1S-Chris Stevens[8]; 8. (DNF) 92-Delbert Smith[3]; 9. (DNS) 2BA-Bob Aspenleiter
   Heat 3 | 00:05:57.000 | ROADRUNNER FABRICATION
6. 60-Kip Hughes[1]; 2. 24B-Chris Bragg[4]; 3. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[2]; 4. 10G-Don Geist[3]; 5. 25P-Mike Petersilie[6]; 6. 7N-William Nusser[5]; 7. 39-Albert Sack[8]; 8. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[9]; 9. (DNF) 44-Brandon Lewis[10]; 10. (DNS) 39X-Dakota Dillin
   Heat 4 | 00:03:27.000 | ARVADA EXCAVATING
7. 85-Josh Leonard[4]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 3. 11B-Justin Bussell[3]; 4. 25X-Troy Burkhart[2]; 5. 73-Layne Bellm[1]; 6. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman[6]; 7. 66-Alysse Bolt[8]; 8. 5-Jeff Meeker[7]; 9. 10-TeeJay Janousek[9]
   Qualifying 1 | 00:05:52.000 | NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS
8. 92S-Dan Smith, 00:15.854[10]; 2. 37-Jason Rogers, 00:15.890[3]; 3. 66R-Eli Ross, 00:15.920[14]; 4. 92-Delbert Smith, 00:16.179[2]; 5. 3X-Lyndon Bolt, 00:16.314[19]; 6. 21-Joe Bellm, 00:16.570[8]; 7. 112-Tyler Smith, 00:16.676[7]; 8. 19M-Colby Moore, 00:16.767[16]; 9. 10W-John Willard III, 00:16.779[13]; 10. 15B-Braxton Berry, 00:17.083[9]; 11. 88-Richard Shepler, 00:17.234[6]; 12. 65-Greg Sharpe, 00:17.305[18]; 13. 47-Kyle Hill, 00:17.469[4]; 14. 8-Caleb Rhoades, 00:17.638[11]; 15. 9XX-Dakota Dellinger, 00:17.758[5]; 16. 1S-Chris Stevens, 00:17.849[17]; 17. 22K-Kenny Backstrand, 00:18.642[15]; 18. (DNS) 2BA-Bob Aspenleiter; 19. (DNS) 57-Brady Balderston
   Qualifying 2 | 00:00:52.000 | NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS
9. 24B-Chris Bragg, 00:15.958[2]; 2. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:16.130[16]; 3. 10G-Don Geist, 00:16.310[12]; 4. 11B-Justin Bussell, 00:16.314[8]; 5. 24C-Brandon Conkwright, 00:16.401[10]; 6. 25X-Troy Burkhart, 00:16.455[6]; 7. 60-Kip Hughes, 00:16.486[3]; 8. 73-Layne Bellm, 00:16.695[9]; 9. 7N-William Nusser, 00:16.758[1]; 10. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:16.762[4]; 11. 25P-Mike Petersilie, 00:16.813[14]; 12. 12Y-Kelly Yutterman, 00:17.192[18]; 13. 39X-Dakota Dillin, 00:17.284[13]; 14. 5-Jeff Meeker, 00:17.474[17]; 15. 39-Albert Sack, 00:17.498[7]; 16. 66-Alysse Bolt, 00:17.771[15]; 17. 17M-Brianna Maughlin, 00:19.110[11]; 18. (DNF) 10-TeeJay Janousek, 00:19.110[5]; 19. (DNS) 44-Brandon Lewis, 00:19.110

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