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Racing Action from July 21st - Dominick Bruns Memorial Race

It was a very special night of races this past week as The Dominick Bruns Memorial race made its appearance at the Murray County Speedway. The Dominick Bruns Memorial race was set up in honor of young Dominick Bruns, who was taken for us very early in his life due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. After that, mother Becky Bruns and other family members set up the Dominick Bruns Memorial fund. The mission of the fund is to prevent SIDS and rebreathing through the education of new parents and families in our area; to better the lives of infants, children and families through community involvement and to preserve the memory and legacy of Dominick Joseph Bruns. Through their hard work and help from people donating to the fund, they have already raised a lot of money to help prevent SIDS as well as educated many new families in the community. Please help them in their mission to put SIDS to sleep. Racing action was sponsored by State Farm Kim Holm of Slayton.

L&S Electric Trucks
First to take the track were the pickups. Craig Gertsema led the field to the green. On the start, Gertsema took the race lead. Matt Odom quickly got to second and began to challenge for the lead. Behind them, Travis Radke made his way to third and began to reel them in. Radke quickly made it a 3 truck race for the lead. Radke made a nice move and was able to secure the win with Odom finishing second, Dan Jensen finishing third, and Craig Gertsema finishing fourth.

Plaid Moose Café IMCA Sport Compacts
Next up were the sport compacts. Josh Uhl led the field to the green flag. On the start, Uhl quickly jumped out to the early lead. Behind him, Kent Miller got to second and looked to contest Uhl. However, Uhl had already opened up a sizeable lead on the field. Behind him, there was a 5 car battle for third. Scott Espey was able to secure third and looked to challenge the front two. Josh Uhl went on to take the feature win, followed by Miller, Scott Espey finishing third andTori Groebner finishing fourth.

Legend Seeds IMCA Hobby Stocks
Next up were the hobby stocks. 15 cars made the call for the 15 lap feature with Justin Bolluyt leading the field to green. On the start, Bolluyt took the early lead. John Ross quickly jumped to second and began to challenge for the lead. However, problems for Bolluyt brought out the caution giving the lead to Ross. On the restart, Ross kept the race lead. Eric Gillette quickly challenged for the lead. Gillette was able to secure the lead, but problems for him brought out the yellow giving the lead back to Ross. Ross went to the pits which then gave the lead to Trevor Holm. On restart, Holm kept the lead. Behind him, Cory Probst, Justin Luinenberg, and Chad Lonneman challenged for second. Luinenberg and Probst were able to secure second and third. It wasn’t long until Luinenberg took over the race lead. A late caution forced a Green-white-checkered finish. On the restart, Luinenberg kept the lead. Contact in the final corner of the race brought out the caution. Even though Luinenberg spun out, the caution was charged to Lonneman and therefore Justin Luinenberg took the win. Cory Probst was second, Dustin Gullbarndson finished third, and Eric Gillette finished fourth.

Sturdevant’s Auto Supply IMCA Sport Modified
13 cars made the call for the 15 laps. Tanner Gregoire led the field to the green. On the start, Cole Bents jumped out to the early lead. Matt Looft quickly jumped from tenth to third and quickly began to challenge for second. Looft secured second and quickly challenged Bents for the lead. Serious contact on the front stretch resulted in the fuel cell of Gregoire’s car to be ripped from the car bringing out the red. Gregoire was okay. After the cleanup was done, Bents kept the lead. Looft immediately challenged for the lead. Looft made the pass and took over the race lead. Matt Looft went on to take the feature win. Cole Bents finished second, Jeremy Van Ede finished third, and Danny Myrvold finished fourth.

RH Sealcoating & Asphalt IMCA Modifieds
Next up were the modifieds. 23 cars made the call for the 20 lap feature. Ed Leonard led the field to the green. On the start, Leonard took the race lead. Josh Bonnstetter quickly got to second and began to challenge for the lead. Jason Fisher quickly got around Bonstetter for second and he too looked to challenge Leonard for the lead. Behind them, Dalton Magers stormed his way into third and began to reel in Fisher. Magers got around Fisher and looked to reel in Leonard for the lead. After a late caution, Magers took over the race lead. Jeremy Smith followed and quickly challenged. He ran out of time as Dalton Magers went on to take the feature win. Jeremy Smith finished second, Josh Bonstetter finished third, Ed Leonard finished fourth.

Car Toyz IMCA Stock Cars
Last up was the Dominick Bruns Memorial stock car race. 19 cars made the call for the 25 laps. Luke Sathoff led to the green. On the start, Dustin Larson took over the lead. Elijah Zevenbergen quickly made his way up to second and began to challenge Larson for the lead. Zevenbergen was able to clear Larson for the lead. Larson didn’t go away and quickly tried to take the lead back. However, contact between the leaders brought out the caution. Larson was charged with the caution, so Zevenbergen kept the lead. On the restart, Zevenbergen kept the lead. Aaron Olsen made his way to second and quickly challenged for the lead. Matt Speckman got to third and began to challenge Olsen. Meanwhile Zevenbergen pulled away, but a late caution forced an interesting finish. On the restart, Speckman got a great jump and challenged for the lead. The battle went to the wire. In the end, Elijah Zevenbergen took home the feature win. Matt Speckman finished second, Aaron Olsen finished third, and Dan Mackenthun finished fourth.

Races next week will feature all the same classes plus the late model street stocks as they are making their second visit to the track this season. The races will be sponsored by Woodstock Communications.

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