Brett Becker Best in DCRP Sprint Car Clash with Kale Beavers, Luke
Stallbaumer, Gregg Schell and Brady Bencken also Reaching Victory Lane
Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (July 2, 2020) – The Independence Day
weekend got off to an early start at Dodge City Raceway Park on Thursday
night with Brett Becker picking up the $1,000 winner’s share in the DCRP
vs. United Rebel Sprint Series “Sprint Car Clash” atop the 3/8-mile clay
oval.
While the Odessa, TX racer took Sprint Car honors, Kale Beavers bested
the IMCA Modifieds, Luke Stallbaumer scored the IMCA Modified win, Gregg
Schell snared IMCA Stock Car honors and Brady Bencken handled the IMCA
Hobby Stocks.
In the 25-lap Hambelton Racing DCRP Sprint Car vs. URSS “Sprint Car
Clash”, Becker gridded the feature outside the front row but it was
16-year-old pole starter Kyler Johnson gunning into the initial lead.
Johnson paced the opening handful of laps until Becker blasted by on the
low side to take command. Working through traffic
much of the way, Becker fought off a bid from reigning DCRP Nationals
champion Jake Bubak at the midway point and then had Johnson on his
tailtank again after a Bubak miscue on the 16th lap.
Becker found open track with five laps to go when the race’s only
caution flew after Taylor Velasquez got into the outside wall.
Becker took off on the restart to secure his first DCRP win ahead
of Johnson with Zach Blurton, Ray Seemann and Bubak rounding out the top
five.
Tyler Knight, Jeremy
Huish and Koby Walters topped Sprint Car heat race
action with Velasquez winning the “B” Main.
In the 15-lap IMCA Modified feature event, Kale Beavers capitalized on a
Dakota Sproul miscue to win his first feature at DCRP since July of
2017.
Sproul paced the opening four circuits before clipping an infield cone,
handing the lead over to Beavers who had already advanced from sixth.
Beavers paced the field the rest of the way, ultimately taking the
checkered flag ahead of Nick Link, Brendon Gemmill, David Solberg and
Trent Gray.
Luke Stallbaumer became the third different leader just before the
midway point of the 20-lap IMCA Sport Modified main event and led the
rest of the way to post the win.
Mike Appel lead a half dozen circuits before surrendering the point to
Kyle Wiens. Wiens time out front was short-lived,
with Stallbaumer racing into the lead on the ninth round after working
his way forward from the eighth starting position.
Stallbaumer raced underneath the checkered flag ahead of Mike Lunow with
Wiens, Matt Rucker and Appel rounding out the top five.
Gregg Schell took command of the 15-lap IMCA Stock Car feature on the
third round and then weathered a late caution flag to capture his first
DCRP feature win.
After taking the lead away from Marlin Hogie in the early going, Schell
checked out on the field and appeared to be on the way to an easy win
until a 15th lap caution set up a green-white-checkered run
to the stripe.
Schell kept opening night
winner Troy Burkart at bay over the final
circuits with Michael Pepper, Jeff Kaup and Chris Oliver also in the top
five.
In the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock main event, Brady Bencken raced from the
fourth row outside into the lead in just three laps en route to victory
lane.
Bencken crossed the stripe ahead of Tathan Burkhart with Dion Priddy,
Duane Wahrman and Skeets Salazar filling out the top five.
Dodge City Raceway Park fires back into action on Saturday, July 18,
with the $1,000-to-win Stock Car Shootout along with a full slate of
championship chase action including IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport
Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and IMCA Hobby Stocks.
Dodge City Raceway Park – Sprint Car Clash
July 2, 2020 Results:
DCRP vs. URSS Sprint Cars:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 11k-Tyler Knight, 2. 88-Mike
Woodruff, 3. 45x-Kyler Johnson, 4. 11b-Jake Bubak, 5. 21x-Taylor
Velasquez, 6. 1x-Cody Lampe, 7. 9d-Lance Davis, 8. 51r-Ross Essenburg.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 2. 2b-Brett
Becker, 3. 49x-Luke Cranston, 4. 11-Zach Blurton, 5. 34c-Cale Cozad, 6.
49-Kris Moore, 7. 21-Jody Reeves, 8. 98-J.D. Johnson.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 33-Koby Walters, 2. 72-Ray
Seemann, 3. 10-Jordan Knight, 4. 7-Shane Sundquist, 5. 911-Ty Williams,
6. 97-Brian Herbert, 7. 74v-Howard Van Dyke, 8. 65-Kohl Ricke, 9.
18-Brandon Sprott.
“B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 2.
911-Ty Williams, 3. 97-Brian Herbert, 4. 98-J.D. Johnson, 5. 34c-Cale
Cozad, 6. 1x-Cody Lampe, 7. 49-Kris Moore, 8. 9d-Lance Davis, 9.
74v-Howard Van Dyke, 10. 65-Kohl Ricke, 11. 18-Brandon Sprott, 12.
51r-Ross Essenburg, 13. 21-Jody Reeves (DNS).
“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 2b-Brett Becker, 2. 45x-Kyler
Johnson, 3. 11-Zach Blurton, 4. 72-Ray Seemann, 5. 11b-Jake Bubak, 6.
49x-Luke Cranston, 7. 88-Mike Woodruff, 8. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 9. 911-Ty
Williams, 10. 98-J.D. Johnson, 11. 10-Jordan Knight, 12. 7-Shane
Sundquist, 13. 34c-Cale Cozad, 14. 1x-Cody Lampe, 15. 33-Koby Walters,
16. 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 17. 9d-Lance Davis, 18. 49-Kris Moore, 19.
97-Brian Herbert, 20. 11k-Tyler Knight.
IMCA Modifieds:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 1n-Nick Link, 2. 08-Dakota
Sproul, 3. 88J-Jack Kirchoff, 4. G3-Brendon Gemmill, 5. 7s-David
Solberg, 6. 25-Kale Beavers, 7. 8r-Jesse Richter, 8. 57-Joel Lane, 9.
22T-Trent Gray, 10. K98-Danny Keller.
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 25-Kale Beavers, 2. 1n-Nick
Link, 3. G3-Brendon Gemmill, 4. 7s-David Solberg, 5. 22T-Trent Gray, 6.
57-Joel Lane, 7. K98-Danny Keller, 8. 88J-Jack Kirchoff, 9. 08-Dakota
Sproul, 10. 8r-Jesse Richter.
IMCA Sport Modifieds:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 56m-Mike Appel, 2. 28k-Ryan
Kirchoff, 3. 02-Matt Rucker, 4. 18-Kyle Wiens, 5. L26-Luke Stallbaumer,
6. 8-Brian May, 7. 92-Jeff Kaup, 8. 10-Alex Wiens.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 44-Mike Lunow, 2. 21b-Brandon
Kenney, 3. 7-Jarett Lunow, 4. 27g-Kamren Gruber, 5. 9jr-Brendyn Nordyke,
6. 17-Ryan Keller, 7. 9-Monty Nordyke, 8. 5r-Kaleb Roach.
“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. L26-Luke Stallbaumer, 2.
44-Mike Lunow, 3. 18-Kyle Wiens, 4. 02-Matt Rucker, 5. 56m-Mike Appel,
6. 27g-Kamren Gruber, 7. 92-Jeff Kaup, 8. 9jr-Brendyn Nordyke, 9.
10-Alex Wiens, 10. 5r-Kaleb Roach, 11. 7-Jarett Lunow, 12. 28k-Ryan
Kirchoff, 13. 8-Brian May, 14. 17-Ryan Keller, 15. 21b-Brandon Kenney,
16. 9-Monty Nordyke (DNS).
IMCA Stock Cars:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 89-Gregg Schell, 2. 25x-Troy
Burkhart, 3. 22-Michael Pepper, 4. 33-Marlin Hogie, 5. 01-Jesse Smith,
6. 17-Paul Zimmerman.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 92-Jeff Kaup, 2. 3-Chris
Oliver, 3. 97x-Ondre Rexford, 4. 19k-Kolby Stegman, 5. F0-Anthony Finch,
6. 20-Tyler Walker.
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 89-Gregg Schell, 2. 25x-Troy
Burkhart, 3. 22-Michael Pepper, 4. 92-Jeff Kaup, 5. 3-Chris Oliver, 6.
33-Marlin Hogie, 7. 97x-Ondre Rexford, 8. F0-Anthony Finch, 9. 19k-Kolby
Stegman, 10. 20-Tyler Walker, 11. 01-Jesse Smith, 12. 17-Paul Zimmeran.
IMCA Hobby Stocks:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 711-Brady Bencken, 2.
68-Garrett Hager, 3. 250-Tathan Burkhart, 4. 57-Chad Kelley, 5.
81-Skeets Salazar, 6. 19-Brett Copeland, 7. D68-Dion Priddy, 8. 87-Keith
Carr, 9. 17w-Duane Wahrman (DNS).
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1.
711-Brady Bencken, 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart, 3. D68-Dion Priddy, 4.
17w-Duane Wahrman, 5. 81-Skeets Salazar, 6. 57-Chad Kelley, 7.
68-Garrett Hager, 8. 87-Keith Carr, 9. 19-Brett Copeland.