Watson Bests Stellar E-Mod Field In Bob & Jackie Vogt Memorial

The featured event was the 30-lap Bob & Jackie Vogt Memorial, run that distance to honor Bob’s car number, 30, still in used by his son, Bob Jr, and granddaughter Alexis. The lineup for the main event was set through time trials setting “Dash” lineups, then the Dash finishes setting the inside and outside front rows. Reigning points champion Gary Eicher set the fast time of of 18.597 seconds at 84.691 miles per hour. Eicher then went on to win his heat and the Dash to start on the pole for the feature. Eicher jumped out to the immediate lead with Joel Watson coming to second. At five laps Eicher was putting some distance between himself and Watson but at lap ten he caught the rear of the field and began putting cars a lap down, and allowing Watson to slowly close the gap. Then the unexpected happened as Brandon Grossman spun in turns one and two at ten laps completed,directly in front of Eicher. With no place to go, the leader spun into Grossman, ending his stay at the front. Watson, now the leader, brought the race back to green with Troy Johnson second, then Dan Davies, Mike Kinney, and Dennis Lunger filling out the top five. Brent Rhebergen got into fifth at lap twelve but Lunger came back to the spot a lap later. At halfway Watson enjoyed a wide lead over the field. Grossman spun again at lap nineteen. With ten to go the battle for second was heating up with Rhebergen, Johnson, and Davies three wide on the back straight with Johnson winning that skirmish. Then a lap later Lunger joined the race for third, going three wide with Rhebergen and Davies. After Lunger got by Davies he ran side by side with Rhebergen at lap twenty four. At the end of the thirty laps it was Watson taking home the $2250 winner’s check. Johnson, Lunger, Rhebergen, and Davies filled out the top five. The extra cash for the winner was made possible by donations from sponsors.

The Evergreen Lake Park Campground RUSH Crate Late Models were led to green by Lon Emrick and Bruce Hordusky Jr with Hordusky grabbing the lead at the start, leading through lap sixteen when Joe Long and William Pinckney got together, slowing the race under caution. Under the yellow Hordusky’s great run ended with a flat left rear tire, causing him to need to pit. Matt Latta then inherited the lead over defending champion and current points leader Darrell Bossard, Dave Airgood, Khole Wanzer, and Dennis Lunger. With three laps left Lunger got by Wanzer for fifth. The order at the checkers was Latta, Bossard, Airgood, Lunger, and Wanzer. It was Latta’s first win since August 2016.

The Bonnell’s Auto Group Economods were brought to green by Jason Brightman and Geoff Conn with Conn leading from the green and fourth staring Steve Haefke coming to second. The first caution fell at lap six for Judson Fell, spun in turn four. Matt Alexander came to second at the restart but five cars piled up in turn four when Chad Wright spun with Devin Henry, Gary Olson, Brightman, and J D Dellinger also getting involved. Bob Bellinger wound up in the turn three wall at seven laps complete. At halfway the order was Conn, Haefke, Alexander, points leader Eric Reinwald, and Bud Watson. At eight laps Judson Fell spun again setting up another restart. This time Haefke took over at the front but Con. Wasn’t done yet. With Alexander joining the fray it was a three wide battle for the top spot coming out of turn four at five laps to go. Then Keith Fellicetti spun, again bunching the field. After green Eric Reinwald came to third with Zack Lenart up to fifth, but Dustin Demattia got by for the spot with one to go. At the white flag Fell spun again, relegating him to the pit for his third chargeable caution. At the checkers it was Haefke, Alexander, Reinwald, Conn, and Demattia.

Eighteen Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks of the twenty-three present answered the call for the feature with Tony Spaghetti and Brad Church on the front row. Church had the early lead but defending champion Jimmy Kennerknecht was second at four laps and took over at lap seven just as caution fell for the spun car of Brian Lacey, negating the pass. Joe Stajnragh took over second when the race was again green with Tim Deutschland third at lap eight, then second a lap later, and to the lead at lap eleven. Points leader Paul Schreckengost came to third at lap ten. Deutsch led the field all the way to the checkers for his second win of the season. The top five were Deutsch, Church, Schreckengost, Stajnragh, and Kennerknecht.

The Sunnyside Farms Transit Mini Stocks had Zoey Gill and Justin Bailey on the front row with Bailey leading from the green with Zach Downes, defending champion Joe Campbell, and Bailey three wide for the lead on lap two. Downes emerged from the battle with sole possession of the lead at the end of the lap over Campbell. At three laps Jessica Harvey was fourth. Emily Stoyer spun into the outside rail at lap four in turn three. At halfway Downes led Campbell, Bill Fuchs, Zoey Gill, and points leader Dillon Speer. Speer was up to third at eight laps when Mike Barr, Shaun Cavanaugh, and spun for the next caution. With one lap left Speer got to second but Downes was on his way to his third win of the season. The top five were Downes, Speer, Campbell, Haefke Jr, and Fuchs.

Evergreen Lake Park Campbround RUSH Crate Late Models:

Heat 1: Dave Airgood, Darrell Bossard, Khole Wanzer, Kyle Zimmerman, Breyton Santee, Joe Long, John Stockdale, Dennis Lunger

Heat 2: Matt Latta, Bruce Hordusky Jr, Lon Emerick, Matt Sipes, William Pinckney, Brandon Porter, Dylan Goodman

Feature: Matt Latta, Darrell Bossard, Dave Airgood, Dennis Lunger, Khole Wanzer, Kyle Zimmerman, Breyton Santee, Matt Sipes, William Pinckney, John Stockdale, Dylan Goodman, Bruce Hordusky Jr, Lon Emerick, Joe Long, Brandon Porter

Bonnell’s Collision Center E-Mods: The Bob & Jackie Vogt Memorial

Time Trials:

Group 1: Gary Eicher 18.597, Ken Zimmer 18.627, Dan Davies 18.770, Jeff Johnson 19.108, Jesse Gould 19.369, Dan McDonald 19.768

Group 2: Joel Watson 18.917: Percy McDonald 19.125, Dennis Lunger 19.453, Mitchell Wright 19.513, Alan Atkinson 19.555, Steve Simon 19.819, Dennis Dellinger 21.538

Group 3: Mike Kinney 18.927, Josh McDonald 19.659, Bill Taylor 19.668, Chuck Steinle 19.844, Brandon Grossman 20.027, Ron Seeley NT

Group 4: Troy Johnson 18.843, Casey Bowers 19.378, Brent Rhebergen 19.408, John Boyd 19.677, Carl McKinney 19.721, Lee Patrick 20.149, Josh Ferry 20.751

Tregler Race Engines Heat 1: Gary Eicher, Dan Davies, Ken Zimmer, Jesse Gould, Jeff Johnson, Dan Sasso, Dan McDonald

AMSOIL by Gary and Bonnie Neubauer Heat 2: Joel Watson, Dennis Lunger, Percy McDonald, Mitchell Wright, Alan Atkinson, Steve Simon, Dennis Dellinger

955 Automotive Heat 3: Mike Kinney, Josh McDonald, Bill Taylor, Chuck Steinle Jr, Brandon Grossman, Juston Carlson

Johnson Gearing Heat 4: Troy Johnson, Brent Rhebergen, Josh Ferry, John Boyd. Carl McKinney. Lee Patrick, Casey Bowers

Northwest Restoration Dash 1: Gary Eicher, Joel Watson, Dan Davies, Dan Davis, Troy Johnson, Mike Kinney, Dennis Lunger, Brent Rhebergen, Josh McDonald

McDonal Sand and Gravel, McDonald Meats Dash 2: Ken Zimmer, Mitchell Weight, Josh Ferry, Jesse Gould, John Boyd, Chuck Steinle Jr. Bill Taylor, Percy McDonald

B-Main: Dan Sasso, Dan McDonald, Steve Simon, Lee Patrick, Dennis Dellinger, Justin Carlson

Bob & Jackie Vogt Memorial: Joel Watson, Troy Johnson, Dennis Lunger, Brent Rhebergen, Dan Davies, Mike Kinney, Gary Eicher, John Boyd, Jesse Gould, Mitchell Wright, Jeff Johnson, Dan Dasso, Carl McKinney, Alan Atkinson, Dan McDonald, Brandon Grossman, Steve Simon, Josh McDonald, Ken Zimmer, Josh Ferry, Chuck Steinle Jr, Lee Patrick, Justin Carlson, Bill Taylor, Percy McDonald

Hard Charger Award to Dan Sasso, started 21st, finished 12th.

Bonnell’s Auto Group Economods:

Heat 1: Zack Lenart, Eric Reinwald, Steve Haefke, Chad Wright, Mike Boyd, Devin Henry, Bruce Powell, Gary Murphy

Heat 2, Bud Watson, Kyle Reinwald, Jason Brightman, Dustin Demattia, Mike Harmon, Pat Drennan, Jim Muma, Jim Dellinger

Heat 3: Matt Alexander, Kyle Miller, Geoff Conn, Gary Olson, Todd Canter, Mark Titus, Judson Fell, J D Soltes

Feature: Steve Haefke, Matt Alexander, Eric Reinwald, Geoff Conn, Dustin Demattia, Zack Lenart, Bud Watson, Mike Boyd, Kyle Miller, Andy Buckley, Devin Henry, Gary Murphy, Kyle Reinwald, Mark Titus, Jason Brightman, Jim Muma, Keith Felicetty, Pat Drennan, Judson Fell, J D Soltes, Mike Harmon, Chad Wright, Gary Olson, Jim Dellinger

Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks:

Heat 1: Jason Covey, Jimmy Kennerknecht, Jason Black, Art Edwards, Troy Norman, Joe Rohrer, Michael Reed, Mike Clark

Heat 2: Paul Schreckengost, Chris Withers, Brad Church, Joe Stajnragh, Jessie Brock, Sid Snyder. Brian Lacey, Gary Milller

Heat 3: Larry Kugel, Tim Deutsch, Tony Spaghetti, Ron Boardman, Curt Bish, Garrett Calvert, Shane Applebee

Feature; Tim Deutsch, Brad Church, Paul Schrechengost, Joe Stajnragh, Jimmy Kennerknecht, Curt Bish, Chris Withers, Troy Norman, Larry Kugel, Mike Clark, Michael Reed, Jessie Brock, Art Edwards, Tony Spaghetti, Sid Snyder, Brian Lacey, Jason Black, Joe Rohrer, Garrett Calvert (DNS), Jason Covey (DNS), Gary Miller (DNS), Ron Boardman (DNS). Shane Applebee’s (DNS)

Sunnyside Farm Transit Mini Stocks:

Heat 1: Zach Downes, Jim Haefke Jr, Shaun Cavanaugh, Scott Gill, Alexis Vogt, Derrick Tuttle, Dillon Speer

Heat 2: Joe Campbell, Justin Bailey, Jessica Harvey, Jacob Peterson, Emily Stoyer, William Haylett, William VanGuilder

Heat 3: Bill Fuchs, Jason Pavlick, Zoey Gill, Mike Barr, Ana Vassen, Trevor Jimerson, Travis Creech (DNS)

Feature: Zach Downes, Dillon Speer, Joe Campbell, Jim Haefke Jr, Bill Fuchs, Zoey Gill, Justin Bailey, Jacob Peterson, Alexis Vogt, Jason Pavlick, Shaun Cavanaugh, William Haylett, Emily Stoyer, Ana Vassen, Travis Creech, Scott Gill, Mike Barr, Jessica Harvey, Trevor Jimerson, William VanGuilder, Derrick Tuttle