Cody Lampe Shines in DCRP Labor Day Weekend Spectacular Opener with Nick
Link, Kyle Wiens, Ondre Rexford and Trevor Schmidt in Victory Lane as
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Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (September 5, 2020) –
It was a night of first-timers as three different drivers made their way
to Dodge City Raceway Park victory lane in Saturday’s Labor Day Weekend
Spectacular opener atop the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas.
Cody Lampe scored his first career Sprint Car victory with Kyle Wiens
and Ondre Rexford also bagging first career DCRP wins in IMCA Sport
Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars, respectively, with Nick Link capturing
his first IMCA Modified win of the year and Trevor Schmidt taking his
second IMCA Hobby stock win of the season.
Utilizing an iteration of the All Star Circuit of Champions with
qualifying setting lineup orders in all five divisions, Lampe earned the
pole position for the 15-lap Hambelton Racing DCRP Sprint Car feature
and led all the way for his first career win aboard Mike Ochs’ MAP Inc.
/ Shipman Livestock No. 1x Maxim.
Tyler Knight challenged for the point in the early going before
Jetmore’s Lampe slipped away to secure the win ahead of Knight siblings
Tyler in second and Jordan in third.
“I managed to get into a rhythm there and the guys gave me a great car,”
Lampe
said in victory lane. “Those last few laps
seemed like forever though, I didn’t know if it as ever going to end.”
In the next feature out, Montezuma’s Ondre Rexford survived a late
skirmish for the lead to pick up his first DCRP feature win the 15-lap
IMCA Stoc Car main event.
Gregg Schell led the opening 13 circuits, but Rexford moved in to
challenge in the final handful of laps. The duo made
contact racing down the backstretch on the 13th round with
Schell sent tailback and Rexford assuming the point on the restart.
Rexford navigated the final three laps to post the win ahead of Gerald
Walker while Schell made his way back into the show position.
“It got a little wild there, at least we finally put it all together
tonight,” Rexford said afterward.
Rounding out the night’s first-time DCRP winners, Newton’s Kyle Wiens
fought off Brendyn Nordyke over the closing rounds of the 15-lap IMCA
Sport Modified feature event.
After winning his heat race, Wiens redrew the front row outside and
gunned into the lead at the outset over pole starter Nordyke.
Nordyke closed the gap in the final laps and tried unsuccessfully
over the final several laps to slip a nose under the leader.
While Wiens beat Nordyke to the line by a car-length, Monty
Nordyke filled out the podium in third.
“I knew somebody was there, I was just trying to stay smooth and drive
my race,” Wiens commented.
In the 15-lap IMCA Modified feature, Rolla’s Nick Link snapped a DCRP
victory drought dating back to May of 2018 by racing past his father en
route to victory lane.
The former track champion raced from sixth into second behind Tracy Link
on the opening circuit and then battled his way into the lead on the
seventh round.
“I knew I could rough him up some if I had to,” Link explained in
victory lane. “We race out of the
same trailer though
so we don’t want to do that too much.”
After Tracy Link clipped an infield cone and was forced to the tail,
Nick Link held off the advances of Ryan Heger and fast qualifier Kale
Beavers over the final three circuits to secure the win.
Rounding out the night’s winners, Hay’s Trevor Schmidt gunned into the
lead at the outset of the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature event and held
a solid advantage until a mid-race caution bunched up the field.
Duane Wahrman went to work on Schmidt over the final half of the race,
but Schmidt was up to the task and held the point to the checkered flag
ahead of Wahrman and Dion Priddy.
Dodge City Raceway Park’s Labor Day Spectacular wraps up on Sunday night
with another full slate of Hambelton Racing DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA
Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks.
Dodge City Raceway Park
September 5, 2020 Results:
Hambelton Racing DCRP Sprint Cars:
Fast Qualifier: 11k-Tyker Knight, 14.330 seconds.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 1x-Cody Lampe (1), 2. 49x-Luke
Cranston (2), 3. 10-Jordan Knight (6), 4. 11k-Tyler Knight (4), 5.
72-Ray Seemann (5), 6. 21x-Taylor Velasquez (8), 7. 65-Richard Wilbee
(3), 8. 45x-Kyler Johnson (DNS), 9. 6e-Pat McVicker (DNS).
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 1x-Cody Lampe (1), 2.
11k-Tyler Knight (2), 3. 10-Jordan Knight (4), 4. 49x-Luke Cranston (3),
5. 72-Ray Seemann (5), 6. 45x-Kyler Johnson (7), 7. 21x-Taylor Velasquez
(6), 8. 65-Richard Wilbee (DNS), 9. 6e-Pat McVicker (DNS).
IMCA Modifieds:
Fast Qualifier: 25-Kale Beavers, 17.539 seconds.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Tracy Link (1), 2. 3h-Ryan
Heger (3), 3. 1n-Nick Link (5), 4. 7n-William Nusser (2), 5. 25-Kale
Beavers (4).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 98-Danny Keller (2), 2.
88J-Jack Kirchoff (3), 3. 57-Joel Lane (4), 4. 13-Weston Finley (5), 5.
7s-David Solberg (1).
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 1n-Nik Link (6), 2. 3h-Ryan
Heger (3), 3. 25-Kale Beavers (9), 4. 57-Joel Lane (4), 5. 7n-William
Nusser (7), 6. 88J-Jack Kirchoff (5), 7. 7s-David Solberg (10), 8.
98-Danny Keller (1), 9. 2L-Tracy Link (2), 10. 13-Weston Finley (8).
IMCA Sport Modifieds:
Fast Qualifier: 9-Monty Nordyke, 17.709 seconds.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 44-Mike Lunow (2), 2. 9-Monty
Nordyke (4), 3. 7-Jarett Lunow (1), 4. 10-Alex Wiens (3), 5. 28k-Ryan
Kirchoff (5), 6. 92-Brad Johnson (6).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 18-Kyle Wiens (2), 2. 8-Brian
May (3), 3. 9jr-Brendyn Nordyke (4), 4. 17-Ryan Keller (1), 5. 22r-Dan
Rogers (5).
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 18-Kyle Wiens (2), 2.
9jr-Brendyn Nordyke (1), 3. 9-Monty Nordyke (4), 4. 44-Mike Lunow (3),
5. 8-Brian May (5), 6. 10-Alex Wiens (7), 7. 22r-Dan Rogers (9), 8.
92-Brad Johnson (11), 9. 17-Ryan Keller (8), 10. 7-Jarett Lunow (6), 11.
28k-Ryan Kirchoff (10).
IMCA Stock Cars:
Fast Qualifier: 01-Jesse Smith, 20.080 seconds.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 89-Gregg Schell (1), 2.
97x-Ondre Rexford (3), 3. 99-Gerald Walker (2), 4. 01-Jesse Smith (4),
5. 92-Donald Kaup (5), 6. 17-Paul Zimmerman (6), 7. 38-Caleb Rhoades
(7).
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 97x-Ondre Rexford (3), 2.
99-Gerald Walker (4), 3. 89-Gregg Schell (1), 4. 92-Donald Kaup (5), 5.
01-Jesse Smith (2), 6. 17-Paul Zimmerman (6), 7. 38-Caleb Rhoades (7).
IMCA Hobby Stocks:
Fast Qualifier: 24b-David Berger 22.276 seconds.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 17w-Duane Wahrman (2), 2.
2x-Trevor Schmidt (3), 3. 19-Brett Copeland (1), 4. 5k-Dion Priddy (6),
5. 24b-David Berger (4), 6. 81-Skeets Salazar (5).
“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 2x-Trevor Schmidt (2), 2.
17w-Duane Wahrman (1), 3. 5k-Dion Priddy (4), 4. 81-Skeets Salazar (6),
5. 19-Brett Copeland (3), 6. 24b-David Berger (5 – DQ).