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SPEEDY SOUTHWEST IOWAN SPOTLIGHTS OPENING NIGHT

Malvern, Iowa’s Justin Zeitner kept himself up front through some early cautions and found himself taking the checkered flag in the first Tri-State Dirt Late Models event at Park Jefferson International Speedway Saturday, April 23.

Zeitner had to hold an impressive charge from Nebraska native Josh Leonard who weaved his way through the 18-driver field of the H&H Mobile Home A feature. Leonard was set to make a move on the winner but ran out of time and track.

A beautiful early spring evening brought a great crowd to wrap up a festive opening week. Rusty Montagne in the T1 car claimed an emotional victory over Brayden Ahlers for the IMCA SportMods decision. Montagne used a clever down-low pass late to move past Ahlers. Miciah Hidlebaugh, a gridiron star for Grand View University when’s he not on the track, was the IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars victor. Cody Thompson took an early advantage and didn’t look back en route to the IMCA Modified triumph, while Shane DeMey and Bob Moore battled to the wire for runner-up honors, with DeMey hanging on. Local favorite Kaylb Brunssen of LeMars, Iowa, claimed the Q and Feather Again IMCA Hobby Stocks season-opening A feature. Despite ending fourth, Joel Magee traded paint with Brunssen for a good share of the race up front. Cody Gronewold, placing second, and David Miller, winding up third, also kept themselves in the battle for first to the end.

Week two of the 2022 PJIS schedule features the annual Iron Cup sponsored by J&J Fitting. Tickets for the April 29 test and tune event and the April 30 show can be purchased through the Park Jefferson International Speedway website at parkjeff.com. Fans can also find their favorite PJIS merchandise to be outfitted throughout 2022 at the track website.

Tri-State Dirt Late Models
H H Mobile Home A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 62-Justin Zeitner[4]; 2. 85-Josh Leonard[8]; 3. 15M-Shane DeMey[11]; 4. 11N-Denver Nickeson[7]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[6]; 6. 20-Trevor Anderson[5]; 7. 24-Bill Leighton[2]; 8. E85-Jason Strand[3]; 9. 1V-Gale Vogt[10]; 10. 99-Travis Paulson[16]; 11. 22-Gary Brown Jr[12]; 12. 71-Mike Benson[9]; 13. 11-Brad Vogt[1]; 14. 9V-Eric Vanosdall[13]; 15. 9-Jared Jelsma[17]; 16. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[18]; 17. 10B-Scott Borstad[15]; 18. 53-Andrew Kosiski[14]
Peterbilt of Sioux Falls Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 2. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[2]; 3. 11N-Denver Nickeson[3]; 4. 1V-Gale Vogt[5]; 5. 9V-Eric Vanosdall[6]; 6. 99-Travis Paulson[4]
E A Concrete Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Justin Zeitner[1]; 2. E85-Jason Strand[2]; 3. 85-Josh Leonard[3]; 4. 15M-Shane DeMey[4]; 5. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]; 6. 9-Jared Jelsma[5]
Berts Sports Bar Grill Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Bill Leighton[3]; 2. 11-Brad Vogt[2]; 3. 71-Mike Benson[4]; 4. 22-Gary Brown Jr[5]; 5. 10B-Scott Borstad[1]; 6. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[6]

IMCA Fox 620 Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28R-Trent Reed[3]; 2. 35X-Connor Brown[7]; 3. 8K-Kaytee Devries[4]; 4. 35JR-Taylor Brown[6]; 5. 18-Colton Ransom[5]; 6. 65-Riley Paysen[14]; 7. 72X-Doug Vermilyea[10]; 8. 33R-Jordan Runge[8]; 9. 10V-derrick vermilyea[12]; 10. 24-Jacob Hemmelman[13]; 11. 69V-Danny Vanderveen[1]; 12. 1-Chase Felix[11]; 13. 72-Tyler Howley[9]; 14. (DNF) 98-Skyler Savage[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 35X-Connor Brown[6]; 2. 8K-Kaytee Devries[3]; 3. 28R-Trent Reed[4]; 4. 18-Colton Ransom[7]; 5. 33R-Jordan Runge[1]; 6. 1-Chase Felix[2]; 7. 24-Jacob Hemmelman[5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 35JR-Taylor Brown[1]; 2. 69V-Danny Vanderveen[2]; 3. 72X-Doug Vermilyea[4]; 4. 72-Tyler Howley[5]; 5. 98-Skyler Savage[3]; 6. 10V-derrick vermilyea[6]; 7. (DNF) 65-Riley Paysen[7]

IMCA J&J Fitting Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[2]; 2. 30-Travis Barker[1]; 3. 7L-Jeff Larson[3]; 4. 21-Jim Horejsi[9]; 5. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff[12]; 6. 94-Todd Gereau[5]; 7. 27-Sid Mosher[10]; 8. 3-Mike Albertsen[7]; 9. 43-Aaron Cain[6]; 10. 44X-Jason Schneiders[4]; 11. 82JR-Dylan Fitzpatrick[13]; 12. 49-Ryan Harris[11]; 13. 34K-Colby Klaassen[8]; 14. 13-Glen Jones[16]; 15. 78-Joe Merrill[14]; 16. 49X-Jeff Atkins[15]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Horejsi[7]; 2. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[3]; 3. 94-Todd Gereau[2]; 4. 34K-Colby Klaassen[8]; 5. 43-Aaron Cain[5]; 6. 49-Ryan Harris[6]; 7. 82JR-Dylan Fitzpatrick[4]; 8. 49X-Jeff Atkins[1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 3-Mike Albertsen[2]; 2. 27-Sid Mosher[5]; 3. 7L-Jeff Larson[6]; 4. 30-Travis Barker[7]; 5. 44X-Jason Schneiders[3]; 6. 10X-Paul Wenzlaff[1]; 7. 78-Joe Merrill[8]; 8. 13-Glen Jones[4]

IMCA Modified
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson[1]; 2. 15M-Shane DeMey[8]; 3. 48-Bob Moore[3]; 4. 1-Jacob Hobscheidt[9]; 5. 35-Jeff Berens[10]; 6. 10N-Keegan Nordquist[2]; 7. 88-Sean Barragan[5]; 8. 55-Jim Cole[11]; 9. 141-Matt Bonine[6]; 10. 25-Ricky Stephan[4]; 11. 17-Justin Sackett[13]; 12. 4-Jackson Mulder[12]; 13. 20-Chad Ten Napel[7]; 14. 47-Darin Roepke[16]; 15. (DNF) M80-Jim Mathieson[14]; 16. (DNF) 77M-RJ Merchant[15]; 17. (DNS) 742-Larry Sanders
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 15M-Shane DeMey[4]; 2. 25-Ricky Stephan[1]; 3. 48-Bob Moore[2]; 4. 25C-Cody Thompson[5]; 5. 88-Sean Barragan[6]; 6. 55-Jim Cole[7]; 7. 17-Justin Sackett[8]; 8. 77M-RJ Merchant[3]; 9. (DNS) 742-Larry Sanders
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 1-Jacob Hobscheidt[8]; 2. 10N-Keegan Nordquist[2]; 3. 141-Matt Bonine[6]; 4. 35-Jeff Berens[1]; 5. 20-Chad Ten Napel[5]; 6. 4-Jackson Mulder[4]; 7. M80-Jim Mathieson[7]; 8. 47-Darin Roepke[3]

IMCA SportMods
A Feature 1: 1. T1-Rusty Montagne[4]; 2. 20-Brayden Ahlers[2]; 3. 68-Will Wolf[10]; 4. 86W-Willy Kirk[3]; 5. 42-Nathan Speten[1]; 6. 1S-Justin Klynsma[12]; 7. 4G-Michael Guthrie[11]; 8. 5R-James Richert[7]; 9. 2G-Geoff Olson[6]; 10. 5M-Dawson March[5]; 11. 9-Torey Fischer[14]; 12. 57X-Devon McMartin[8]; 13. 27S-Brody Spreng[16]; 14. 9M-Matt Morrow[13]; 15. 14-AJ Boulware[17]; 16. 2X-Joshua Vanderlaan[9]; 17. 48-Tommy Tanner[18]; 18. 72K-Tyler Schmidt[21]; 19. 67JR-Jacob Beckstrom[19]; 20. 40-Leslie Lutter[20]; 21. 7W-Dylan Winter[15]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. T1-Rusty Montagne[1]; 2. 57X-Devon McMartin[3]; 3. 2G-Geoff Olson[4]; 4. 1S-Justin Klynsma[5]; 5. 9M-Matt Morrow[7]; 6. 27S-Brody Spreng[2]; 7. 67JR-Jacob Beckstrom[6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 20-Brayden Ahlers[2]; 2. 2X-Joshua Vanderlaan[1]; 3. 86W-Willy Kirk[3]; 4. 68-Will Wolf[7]; 5. 9-Torey Fischer[5]; 6. 14-AJ Boulware[6]; 7. 40-Leslie Lutter[4]
Heat 3 (14 Laps): 1. 42-Nathan Speten[1]; 2. 4G-Michael Guthrie[4]; 3. 5M-Dawson March[2]; 4. 5R-James Richert[7]; 5. 7W-Dylan Winter[6]; 6. (DNF) 48-Tommy Tanner[5]; 7. (DNF) 72K-Tyler Schmidt[3]

Q And Feather Again IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 00K-Kaylb Brunssen[8]; 2. 59-Corey Gronewold[5]; 3. 34M-David Miller[10]; 4. 9-Joel Magee[4]; 5. 22T-Tyler Smith[9]; 6. 16X-Blake Luinenburg[13]; 7. 32-Nate Regnerus[19]; 8. 7-Tony Fetterman[12]; 9. 22-Seth Butler[16]; 10. 88G-Gavin Gilbertson[1]; 11. 35X-Connor Brown[7]; 12. 99-Dellas Williams[2]; 13. 3A-Auston Honeycutt[6]; 14. 16-Michael Finzen[15]; 15. (DNF) 02C-Cody Boulware[17]; 16. (DNF) 33X-Carter Davis[3]; 17. (DNF) 96-Austin Lundquist[14]; 18. (DNF) 48J-Justin Shearn[11]; 19. (DNS) 18-ZACH FRYE
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 00K-Kaylb Brunssen[1]; 2. 59-Corey Gronewold[2]; 3. 48J-Justin Shearn[4]; 4. 88G-Gavin Gilbertson[7]; 5. 16X-Blake Luinenburg[6]; 6. 22-Seth Butler[5]; 7. 32-Nate Regnerus[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 7-Tony Fetterman[5]; 2. 33X-Carter Davis[6]; 3. 35X-Connor Brown[2]; 4. 3A-Auston Honeycutt[1]; 5. 96-Austin Lundquist[3]; 6. 02C-Cody Boulware[4]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 34M-David Miller[3]; 2. 9-Joel Magee[4]; 3. 99-Dellas Williams[5]; 4. 22T-Tyler Smith[6]; 5. 16-Michael Finzen[2]; 6. (DNS) 18-ZACH FRYE

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