Wannarka, Ranes net 1st features

FAIRMONT - Victory lane at Fairmont Raceway welcomed two first-time feature winners, along with an abundance of familiar faces, at the races sponsored by Graham Tire on Friday night.

Dustin Wannarka of Truman and Tony Ranes of Lake Mills, Iowa, each collected their first career feature wins in hobby stocks and 360 modifieds, respectively.

"It's about time," Wannarka said of his first career win. After Wannarka finished a close second in his heat race, he came out strong in the feature and led the entire time.

Dustin Larson of Rushmore and Tyler Ignaszewski of Alden battled throughout the race, with Larson taking second place after a dramatic pass on the back straightaway.

The 360 modified race was restarted three times due to caution, but that didn't stop Ranes from collecting his first career victory.

The second caution flag came out when points leader Mark Gartner got in a crash that eventually took him out of the race. Three more caution flags were waved throughout the race.

With three laps to go, Ranes took advantage of the final restart and won.

There also were a number of winners who were very familiar with victory lane.

Nate Coopman of Mankato passed Alex Emory of Wells on the back straightaway of the last lap to claim his sixth pro hornets feature win at Fairmont Raceway this season.

When Coopman's car started smoking early in the race, the victory looked improbable, but he found a way to win like he has all season.

The only dual winner of the night was Joe DeVries of Spencer, Iowa, racing with the novice hornets. DeVries won his heat and the feature by a considerable margin and collected his third feature win at Fairmont Raceway this season.

"The track was pretty nice tonight," DeVries said. "Even after a couple of bad weeks you know you can always bounce back."

Tom Suess of New Ulm won the stock car race and secured his third feature victory in the past four weeks at Fairmont Raceway.

Suess was neck-and-neck the entire race with heat winners Doug Jenkins of Winnebago and Jerry Coopman of Mankato. After a long caution with seven laps remaining, Suess pulled away and won in dominating fashion.

Eric Dailey of Armstrong won the the modifieds feature the last race of the night. Dailey was awarded the feature victory last week due to a disqualification, but this is his first true return to victory lane since he won the season opener at Fairmont Raceway on May 9.

"It's been a while," Dailey said. "The track was a little rough up top, made for a good workout."

Dailey entered the race in second place in the points standings.

Racing continues at 7 p.m. next Friday at Fairmont Raceway with a Limo Jump as the special entertainment at intermission.

FAIRMONT

RACEWAY

(July 18 Results)

360 Modifieds

Main Event: 1. Tony Ranes (Lake Mills, Iowa); 2. Dustin Philipp (Fairmont); 3. Josh Ruby (Lakota, Iowa); 4. Tad Reutzel (Burt, Iowa); 5. Troy Gochanour (Armstrong); 6. Devin Spoo (Estherville, Iowa); 7. Matthew Looft (Swea City); 8. Dan Tenold (Northwood, Iowa); 9. Ken Odegaard (Welcome); 10. Josh Raimann (Wells); 11. Mark Sathoff; 12. Jesse Pobuda; 13. Marcus Mutschler; 14. Kyle Steuber; 15. Travis Greenfield; 16. Mike Albert; 17. Mike Masters; 18. Joe Anderson; 19. Tim Sidles; 20. Mark Gartner; 21. Travis DeBoer; 22. Ben Ruby; 23. Justin Schuder; 24. Mark Garver; 25. Justin DeBoer.

Heat 1: 1. Dustin Philipp (Fairmont); 2. Greenfield; 3. Steuber; 4. T. DeBoer; 5. Schuder; 6. Mutschler; 7. Masters.

Heat 2: 1. Matthew Looft (Swea City); 2. Gartner; 3. Raimann; 4. Albert; 5. Pobuda; 6. J. DeBoer.

Heat 3: 1. Dan Tenold (Northwood, Iowa); 2. Ranes; 3. Sidles; 4. Odegaard; 5. Garver; 6. Anderson.

Heat 4: 1. Devin Spoo (Estherville, Iowa); 2. J. Ruby; 3. Gochanour; 4. Reutzel; 5. Sathoff; 6. B. Ruby.

Hobby Stocks

Main Event: 1. Dustin Wannarka (Truman); 2. Dustin Larson (Rushmore); 3. Tyler Ignaszewski (Alden); 4. Guy Kimpton (Wells); 5. Andy Altenburg (Truman); 6. Dan Wedel (Fairmont); 7. Wes Jahnz (St. James); 8. Dan Thate (Fairmont); 9. Brandon Mosloski (Truman); 10. Chad Taylor (Fairmont); 11. Matt Harris; 12. Ryan Black; 13. Nate Manderfield; 14. Aaron McVenes; 15. Logan Kelly; 16. Travis Werner; 17. Matt Boyes; 18. Scott Sundberg; 19. Lance Becker; 20. Greg Sidles.

Heat 1: 1. Nate Manderfield (Good Thunder); 2. Thate; 3. Harris; 4. Wedel; 5. Taylor; 6. McVenes; 7. Sundberg.

Heat 2: 1. Dustin Larson (Rushmore); 2. Wannarka; 3. Ignaszewski; 4. Kimpton; 5. Jahnz; 6. Kelly; 7. Werner.

Heat 3: 1. Ryan Black (Good Thunder); 2. Mosloski; 3. Altenburg; 4. Becker; 5. Sidles; 6. Boyes.

Hornets

Main Event: 1. Nate Coopman (Mankato); 2. Alexander Emory (Wells); 3. Andy Coopman (Good Thunder); 4. Karmen Dather (Fairmont); 5. Amanda Kaltved (Estherville, Iowa); 6. Tyler Manning (Graettinger, Iowa); 7. Joe Bunkofske (Armstrong); 8. Jason Feld (Arnolds Park, Iowa); 9. Cory Peters (Spencer, Iowa); 10. Jared Nicoson (Armstrong); 11. Jay DeVries (Spencer, Iowa); 12. Kevin Rykhus (Eagle Lake).

Heat 1: 1. Karmen Dather (Fairmont); 2. Peters; 3. Bunkofske; 4. A. Coopman; 5. DeVries; 6. Rykhus.

Heat 2: 1. Tyler Manning (Graettinger, Iowa); 2. Emory; 3. N. Coopman; 4. Feld; 5. Kaltved; 6. Nicoson.

Novice Hornets

Main Event: 1. Joe DeVries (Spencer, Iowa); 2. Mick Rykhus (Eagle Lake); 3. Dalton Sathoff (Armstrong); 4. Alex Schubbe (Mapleton); 5. T.J. Timmerman (St. Peter); 6. Megan Lappegard (Estherville, Iowa); 7. Cody Koekenhoff (Graettinger, Iowa); 8. Makenzie Jenkins (Winnebago); 9. Jeff Trosin (Armstrong); 10. Lyle Sathoff (Armstrong).

Heat 1: 1. Joe DeVries (Spencer, Iowa); 2. L. Sathoff; 3. Lappegard; 4. Rykhus; 5. Trosin.

Heat 2: 1. Dalton Sathoff (Armstrong); 2. Schubbe; 3. Koekenhoff; 4. Timmerman; 5. Jenkins.

IMCA Modifieds

Main Event: 1. Eric Dailey (Armstrong); 2. Mark Noble (Blooming Prairie); 3. Roger Nielsen (Estherville, Iowa); 4. Terry Hanning (Armstrong); 5. Jeff Ignaszewski (Wells); 6. Josh Meyer (Fairmont); 7. Troy Swearingen (Thompson, Iowa); 8. Tom Finke (Sherburn); 9. Chris Rakness (Fairmont); 10. Travis Engeman (Fairmont); 11. Randy Winter; 12. Travis Peterson; 13. Oliver Kollofski; 14. Jason Cummins; 15. Jake Simpson.

Heat 1: 1. Chris Rakness (Fairmont); 2. Meyer; 3. Cummins; 4. Ignaszewski; 5. Winter; 6. Simpson; 7. Peterson; 8. Hanning.

Heat 2: 1. Roger Nielsen (Estherville, Iowa); 2. Engeman; 3. Swearingen; 4. Noble; 5. Dailey; 6. Finke; 7. Kollofski.

IMCA Stocks

Main Event: 1. Tom Suess (New Ulm); 2. Jim Larson (Rushmore); 3. Doug Jenkins (Winnebago); 4. Roger Verdoorn (Sibley, Iowa); 5. Jerry Coopman (Mankato); 6. Luke Sathoff (Jackson); 7. Steve Hinz (New Richland); 8. Ken Tietz (Belle Plaine); 9. Brad Scheibel (Essig); 10. Jeff Senne (Fairmont); 11. Heath Tenkley; 12. Mark DeVary; 13. Ned Kalis; 14. Rick Harms; 15. Roger Picray; 16. Al Thoms; 17. Mark Munsterman; 18. Jim Hansen; 19. Brent Reierson; 20. Elijah Zevenbergen; 21. Jake Masters; 22. Jeremy Olson; 23. Jeffrey Larson; 24. Jake Grathwohl; 25. Dan Mackenthun; 26. Mike Jergens.

Heat 1: 1. Jeremy Olson (Mapleton); 2. Jeffrey Larson; 3. Grathwohl; 4. Jergens; 5. Tietz; 6. Reierson; 7. Munsterman.

Heat 2: 1. Jake Masters (Graettinger, Iowa); 2. Sathoff; 3. Mackenthun; 4. Thoms; 5. Hansen; 6. Picray; 7. Harms.

Heat 3: 1. Doug Jenkins (Winnebago); 2. Suess; 3. Verdoorn; 4. Scheibel; 5. Tenkley; 6. DeVary.

Heat 4: 1. Jerry Coopman (Mankato); 2. Senne; 3. Jim Larson; 4. Hinz; 5. Zevenbergen; 6. Kalis.

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NewUlmPride
07-21-08 12:41 AM »Report Abuse	maybe even Andy Coopman (Good Thunder)
NewUlmPride
07-21-08 12:38 AM »Report Abuse	I'm predicting Doug Jenkins (Winnebago) to come back strong in the second half of the season and take the title. When it happens, i'll be expecting some compliments.

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