8/30/2010
By DALE LEECH Special to the Journal

MINNEAPOLIS -- The five IMCA classes featured 91 cars in the last night of August racing Saturday at Minneapolis Raceway.

Jamie Rice of the IMCA Sport Compacts didn't win a race, but came away the big winner in the NASCAR weekend drawing.

King of the Hill

The King of the Hill competition for the IMCA Hobby Stocks featured 20 drivers pushing their cars to the limit while vying for the prize. Winners of the first round were Ryan Roschewski, Lee Horky, Tony Slothower, Mark Normandin, Dennis Berry, Duane McAnarney, G.W. Fuller, Allen Thornton, Mike Traskowsky and Kevin Lilley.

In the second round, it was Roschewski over Horky, Normandin over Berry, Fuller over McAnarney, Traskowsky over Thornton, and Slothower drew a bye. In the next round, Roschewski beat Normandin, Traskowsky beat Fuller and Slothower beat Normandin.

In the championship, current points leader Slothower lined up against Traskowsky for the race for the big trophy. Traskowsky jumped to an early lead on the outside groove on the first lap, but at the beginning of the second crossed to the low line. Slothower took advantage of the move and crossed over to the outside, gained the lead and took the checkered flag.

IMCA Sport Compacts

Trisch Claman took an early lead out of her outside pole position. Claman held the lead through two laps and two caution restarts, but lost it to Dayton Wollenberg after being rear-ended by three different cars coming out of turn three of the next lap.

Wollenberg then held off other challengers, principally Cody Johnson and Mark Colton for the remaining 13 laps and came away the winner of the feature, his first of the year and second overall. Winners of the heat races were Claman and Andrue Halpain.

IMCA Sportsman Modifieds

With an extra $750 added to the purse, the IMCA Sportsman Modifieds took to the track where the starting positions were determined by a draw-redraw procedure. The lucky winners of the inside positions on the first and second rows were points leaders Tyler Frye and Tyler Sutton.

In a race that eventually had six caution restarts, Frye took the lead and was followed closely by Sutton. With all of the restarts, Frye wasn't able to build a big lead. Sutton twice got close but couldn't gain a passing advantage.

Frye and Sutton finished first and second. This was Frye's sixth win of the season and 26th overall. Ryan Grit won his second B feature of the season. Sutton, Shaylon Holloway, Tracy Holloway and Kurtis Pihl won the heat races.

IMCA Modifieds

In the A feature, early leader Geoff Jermark went to the back early after causing a caution. Jeff Welsh took advantage and gained the lead out of the restart.

Within two laps, Brian Knoell passed Welsh and held him off the remaining 13 laps for his first win of the season and second overall.

Starting at the back of the pack, Danny Morrison, Jr. passed Corey Lagroon with two laps remaining. Both finished in the middle of the pack after coming into the night tied for the points lead.

With the finish, Morrison, Jr. gained a one-point advantage over Lagroon. The heat race winners were Knoell, Gary Clements and Joe Cleveland.

IMCA Stock Cars

Tony Steenson took an early lead from his outside pole position then held off Terry Franz and Jason Caldwell for several laps before Jared Remus challenged.

With seven laps left, Remus passed Steenson on the backstretch and proceeded to build a large lead. He took the checkered flag with the closest challenger 15-car lengths behind. This was Remus' second feature win of the season and fourth overall. The heat races were won by Steenson and Dustin Newlin.

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Dennis Berry and Austin Carter battled out of the front row positions for the lead. Berry then retired for the night with mechanical issues.

Second-row starters Duane McAnarney and Ron Rous next worked on Carter. Both passed with McAnarney taking the lead. McAnarney held off Rous for several laps but gave up the lead with seven laps to go.

Rous eventually moved in front and took the checkered flag, his first of the season and second overall. The winners of the heat races were McAnarney, Rous and Berry.

All six car classes will compete Saturday at Minneapolis Raceway. The pit gates will open at 4 p.m., followed by the grandstands at 5. Hot laps will begin at 6 with green flag racing at 7.

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