5/7/2021
Lakeside Speedway
Siebert, Mulich, Thyfault, Jewett, Hand, and Kling take Feature Wins at Lakeside Speedway!
Siebert, Mulich, Thyfault, Jewett, Hand, and Kling take Feature Wins at Lakeside Speedway!
For Immediate Release
By Sam Stoecklin
May 7, 2021
(Kansas City, Kansas) Tompkins Industries race night ushered in the month of May racing at Lakeside Speedway for the NASCAR Weekly Race Series on Friday night with 79 race teams signed in for six divisions of competition. Fans witnessed 17 events throughout the night with A-Mods, B-Mods, Stock Cars, Pure Stocks, E-Mods, and Grand Nationals in Competition.
At the end of the evening, Austin Siebert (A-Mods), Jessie Mulich (B-Mods), Dominic Thyfault (Stock Car), Marshall Jewett (Pure Stocks), Trevor Hand (E-Mods), and Darren Kling (Grand Nationals), found their way to victory lane for the first time this season.
A-Mods (11 Cars)
A Feature Results - 20 Laps: 1. 16-Austin Siebert[5]; 2. 7J-Justin Johnson[2]; 3. 3B-Nic Bidinger[3]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua[7]; 5. 11JR-Randal Schiffelbein Jr[6]; 6. 74-Rodney Schweizer[4]; 7. 1K-Tim Karrick[9]; 8. 32-Cody Owens[10]; 9. 92-Daniel Scrogham[1]; 10. 711-Bill Ruisinger[8]; 11. (DNF) 9-Mark Schafman[11].
Danny Scrogham and Justin Johnson began the 20-lap main event from row one. Austin Siebert made quick work of the field as he moved forward early on to take the lead, ultimately checking out for his first win of the season. Johnson stayed strong throughout the night finishing second, ahead of Bidinger, Fuqua and Schiffelbein.
Heat 1 Results: 1. 3B-Nic Bidinger[2]; 2. 16-Austin Siebert[5]; 3. 7J-Justin Johnson[1]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua[6]; 5. 1K-Tim Karrick[4]; 6. 32-Cody Owens[3].
Heat 2 Results: 1. 11JR-Randal Schiffelbein Jr[1]; 2. 92-Daniel Scrogham[2]; 3. 74-Rodney Schweizer[5]; 4. 711-Bill Ruisinger[3]; 5. (DNS) 9-Mark Schafman.
B-Mod Results (18 Cars)
A Feature - 20 Laps: 1. 90-Jessie Mulich[3]; 2. 44S-Mark Schafman[7]; 3. 181-Luke Nieman[8]; 4. 90S-Terry Schultz[6]; 5. 7G-Reece Solander[4]; 6. 57A-Randy Ainsworth[1]; 7. 4M-Steven Makar[11]; 8. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[2]; 9. 49-Patrick Royalty[9]; 10. 57-Tim Powell[12]; 11. 14-Brayden Bennett[10]; 12. 14J-Jacob Hodges[14]; 13. 10C-Christopher Connel[16]; 14. 9-Don Marrs[13]; 15. 33S-Ben Stockton[5]; 16. 8C-Cami Bruner[15]; 17. 5-Terry Bivins[17]; 18. 16-Paul Lanfermann[18].
Randy Ainsworth and Tyson Lanfermann earned front-row honors to start the 20-lap main event for B-Mod action, but it was third-starting Jessie Mulich who took command of the race as Mark Schafman and Luke Nieman each moved inside the top three by race end. Terry Schultz ran near the front early but Mulich denied all challengers for his first victory of the season over Schafman, Nieman, Schultz and Reece Solander.
Heat 1 Results: 1. 57A-Randy Ainsworth[3]; 2. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[2]; 3. 33S-Ben Stockton[4]; 4. 90S-Terry Schultz[8]; 5. 14-Brayden Bennett[5]; 6. 4M-Steven Makar[7]; 7. 9-Don Marrs[6]; 8. 8C-Cami Bruner[9]; 9. 5-Terry Bivins[1].
Heat 2 Results: 1. 90-Jessie Mulich[2]; 2. 7G-Reece Solander[4]; 3. 44S-Mark Schafman[1]; 4. 49-Patrick Royalty[5]; 5. 181-Luke Nieman[9]; 6. 57-Tim Powell[6]; 7. 14J-Jacob Hodges[3]; 8. 10C-Christopher Connel[8]; 9. 16-Paul Lanfermann[7].
Stock Car Results (17 Cars)
A Feature Results: 1. 27T-Dominic Thyfault[1]; 2. 04-Chad Walker[5]; 3. 42C-Kacey Shields[2]; 4. 32-Dennie Belknap[4]; 5. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[7]; 6. 6-Hank Thompson[12]; 7. 24K-Daniel King[9]; 8. 2M-Angel Munoz[6]; 9. 714-Jason Anderson[3]; 10. 27-David Oxford[10]; 11. 11-Jerry Liston Jr[17]; 12. 824-Chris Barnard[14]; 13. (DNF) 32K-Michael Knight[8]; 14. (DNF) 17-Kevin McGinnis[15]; 15. (DNF) 61-Joe Sowers[13]; 16. (DNS) X1-Tracy Schaefer; 17. (DNS) 41K-Vernon Kever.
In Stock Car action, Dominic Thyfault and Kacey Shields took the initial green flag leading the charge. Shields put the pressure on Thyfault nearly the entire distance as last week’s winner, Walker also stayed strong inside the top three. This week, Thyfault was the car to beat as he captures the victory over a hard-fought race for second with Walker over Shields at the line. Dennie Belknap and Jaylen Wettengel completed the top five.
Heat 1 Results: 1. 42C-Kacey Shields[9]; 2. 27T-Dominic Thyfault[2]; 3. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[4]; 4. 32-Dennie Belknap[8]; 5. 24K-Daniel King[1]; 6. X1-Tracy Schaefer[5]; 7. (DNF) 17-Kevin McGinnis[3]; 8. (DNF) 41K-Vernon Kever[6]; 9. (DNF) 11-Jerry Liston Jr[7].
Heat 2 Results: 1. 2M-Angel Munoz[3]; 2. 04-Chad Walker[6]; 3. 714-Jason Anderson[7]; 4. 32K-Michael Knight[1]; 5. 27-David Oxford[5]; 6. 6-Hank Thompson[2]; 7. 61-Joe Sowers[8]; 8. 824-Chris Barnard[4].
Pure Stock Results (10 Cars)
A Feature 1 Results: 1. 7-Marshall Jewett[4]; 2. 9-Don Marrs[5]; 3. 97-Calvin Banks[1]; 4. 7S-Spencer Reiff[8]; 5. 77-Matt Janes[6]; 6. 56-Joseph Smith Jr[3]; 7. 5JR-Jeff Goepfrich[2]; 8. 40-Keith Jennings[10]; 9. 182-John Jameson[7]; 10. (DNS) 71JR-Jack Williamson.
Calvin Banks sat on the pole alongside Jeff Goeprich to lead the Pure Stocks into turn one for their main event, but it was fourth-starting Marshall Jewett and fifth-starting Don Marrs who made their way forward in the pack to finish first and second on this night. Banks ran strong and led early and went on to finish third with eighth-starting Spencer Reiff fourth and Matt Janes fifth.
Heat 1 Results: 1. 9-Don Marrs[5]; 2. 77-Matt Janes[1]; 3. 97-Calvin Banks[2]; 4. 182-John Jameson[3]; 5. 71JR-Jack Williamson[4].
Heat 2 Results: 1. 7-Marshall Jewett[4]; 2. 5JR-Jeff Goepfrich[1]; 3. 56-Joseph Smith Jr[5]; 4. 7S-Spencer Reiff[3]; 5. 40-Keith Jennings[2].
E-Mod Results (16 Cars)
A Feature Results: 1. 236-Trevor Hand[1]; 2. 32-Mike Richardson[3]; 3. 29-Dennis Melvin[6]; 4. 30-Dakota Jennings[8]; 5. 74W-Bud Wallis[5]; 6. 7-Spencer Reiff[14]; 7. 33-Kevin White[2]; 8. 38-Gary McGinnis[15]; 9. 47-Paul Carter[7]; 10. 50L-James Lanham[16]; 11. 13V-Logan Vogel[9]; 12. 79J-Javier Fierro[10]; 13. 23-Zachery Winkler[11]; 14. (DNS) 03-Justin Bell; 15. (DNS) 25-Tim Billings; 16. (DNS) 54-Eddie Ingram.
In one of the most dominating performances of the night, pole-sitter Trevor Hand broke through to the winner’s column for the new season in E-Mod action. The race was for second on back with Mike Richardson taking runner-up honors. Dennis Melvin moved from sixth to third at the line with eighth-starting Dakota Jennings fourth and Bud Wallis rounding out the top five.
Heat 1 Results: 1. 32-Mike Richardson[1]; 2. 33-Kevin White[6]; 3. 47-Paul Carter[3]; 4. 03-Justin Bell[7]; 5. 13V-Logan Vogel[4]; 6. 50L-James Lanham[8]; 7. (DNF) 25-Tim Billings[2]; 8. (DNF) 54-Eddie Ingram[5].
Heat 2 Results: 1. 236-Trevor Hand[2]; 2. 29-Dennis Melvin[4]; 3. 74W-Bud Wallis[5]; 4. 30-Dakota Jennings[1]; 5. 38-Gary Mcginnis[7]; 6. 7-Spencer Reiff[8]; 7. 79J-Javier Fierro[6]; 8. 23-Zachery Winkler[3].
Grand National Results (7 Cars)
A Feature Results: 1. 30-Darren Kling[2]; 2. 15-Jason Park[6]; 3. 8C-Kenny Howard[3]; 4. (DNF) 6-Marshall Jewett[4]; 5. (DNF) 9-Don Marrs[1]; 6. (DNF) 69ER-Ralph Palmer Jr[5]; 7. (DNS) 24-Cameron Cook.
Last year, Darren Kling claimed the points lead at the track without winning a main event, but this year, he is already in the winner’s column as he found his way in victory lane as he claimed the Grand Nationals victory. Late in the race, Don Marrs and Jason Park got together with Marrs unable to finish after the contact. Kling celebrated the victory with Park salvaging a second-place finish after the earlier incident. Kenny Howard, Marshall Jewett, and Marrs rounded out the top five.
Heat 1 Results: 1. 30-Darren Kling[2]; 2. 15-Jason Park[6]; 3. 9-Don Marrs[5]; 4. 6-Marshall Jewett[1]; 5. 8C-Kenny Howard[7]; 6. 69ER-Ralph Palmer Jr[4]; 7. (DNS) 24-Cameron Cook.
Up next, the Seventh Annual Spring Sizzler featuring the United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS), plus USRA weekly racing #3, featuring A-Mods, B-Mods, Stock Cars, Pure Stocks, E-Mods, and Grand Nationals. Visit www.lakesidespeedway.net and the speedway’s Facebook page to stay current on all off-season news regarding ‘Racing on the River’s Edge’ at Lakeside Speedway! The track location is 5615 Wolcott Dr., Kansas City, Kansas, one mile west of I-435 (exit 18) on SR 5, northwest of Kansas City.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
FRIDAY – MAY 7th – WEEKLY RACING #3 – AM, BM, SC, PS, EM, Grand National
FRIDAY – MAY 14th – USMTS – USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, and E-Mods
FRIDAY – MAY 21st – USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship featuring USAC 410 Sprint Cars and
USAC Midwest Wingless Racing Association plus E-Mods and Mod Lites (Friday).
SATURDAY - MAY 22nd - USAC 410 Sprint Cars and USAC Midwest Wingless Racing Association
