LIMA — Rains forced the rescheduling of the third annual Mike Streicher Memorial Race at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday night, but not before one of Streicher’s former students, Brendan Rassel, picked up is first career Lock Sixteen Thunderstock feature win in the Razzle Dazzle Racing No. 18.
Kicking off feature action were the Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks, with Tony Anderson starting on the pole in the Troy Breidenbach owned No.22T. No. 17 Jarrod Klay started alongside Anderson as they brought the field to green. Anderson grabbed the point on the start, but Klay used a big slide job in turns 3 and 4 to slip past Anderson briefly. Anderson charged back to the point in turns one and two on lap 2 with Klay in tow. As the leaders headed into turns 3 and 4, Klay attempted to power around the outside of Anderson, but made contact with the 22T, causing Anderson to nearly spin, which allowed the No. 18 of Rassel to slip by and grab the lead. Rassel stretched out his lead and garnered his first career Lock Sixteen Thunderstock victory, dedicating the win to Mike Streicher. Anderson finished second, with No. 28V Shawn Valenti third, No. 11 Sean Verwys fourth and No. 27 Frank Paladino fifth.
Before cars could come out on the track for the USAC Midwest Thunder Midget A Main, the skies opened up and officials were forced to cancel the rest of the evening’s racing program. The USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets, Midwest Shooting Center UMP Modifieds, and Dirt Track Truck Series feature lineups are set and will run Friday, June 16th, prior to the regularly scheduled event.
Limaland Motorsports Park will be back in action next Friday with the “Run For The Rabbit,” the annual event honoring the memory of the late Travis “The Rabbit” Miller from Elida. Miller was a regular at Limaland in his brightly colored No. 17M Sprint Car. The NRA Sprint Invaders will be in competition, along with the Midwest Shooting Center DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks. Pit Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m. Hot laps start at 6:30 p.m. and racing begins at 7:30 p.m. General admission for ages 16 and older is $12, ages 11 to 15 $6, and those 10 and younger will be admitted free. Pit passes for all ages are $30.
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Friday’s results
[x] = starting position
Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks
A Feature 1 (15 laps): 1. 18-Brenden Rassel [4]; 2. 22T-Tony Anderson [1]; 3. 28V-Shawn Valenti [8]; 4. 11-Sean Verwys [6]; 5. 27-Frank Paladino [5]; 6. 82-Chris Douglas [3]; 7. 87-Andy Welch [11]; 8. 89-Keith Shockency [7]; 9. 26-Justin Long [9]; 10. 17J-Jarrod Klay [2]; 11. 7W-Dan Wooten [10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Jarrod Klay [1]; 2. 82-Chris Douglas [3]; 3. 27-Frank Paladino [2]; 4. 89-Keith Shockency [4]; 5. 26-Justin Long [6]; 6. 87-Andy Welch [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22T-Tony Anderson [4]; 2. 18-Brenden Rassel [5]; 3. 11-Sean Verwys [1]; 4. 28V-Shawn Valenti [3]; 5. (DNF) 7W-Dan Wooten [2]
Midwest Shooting Center DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9C-Troy Cattarene [1]; 2. 16-Jeff Koz [2]; 3. 4L-Mike Learman [6]; 4. 82-Dalton Lane [5]; 5. 1X-Jerry Butler [4]; 6. 82B-Brennan Sherman [7]; 7. 29C-Chris Bitters [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Todd Sherman [7]; 2. 1-Randy Giroux [4]; 3. 9R-Garrett Rons [2]; 4. 71T-Chris Hicks [3]; 5. 22C-Chad Coleman [1]; 6. 316-Devon Hower [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9PG-Percy Gendreau [1]; 2. 22T-Tony Anderson [2]; 3. 5X-Jerry Bowersock [6]; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan [4]; 5. 100-Dylan Murray [5]; 6. 4M-Dustin Moore [7]; 7. 34X-Shane O’Connor [3]
Dirt Track Truck Series
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Justin Rapp [3]; 2. 78-Dan Ramey [7]; 3. 17-Phil Hicks [6]; 4. 82T-Eddie Tucker Jr [8]; 5. 22T-Tony Anderson [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Rolly Heyder [6]; 2. 711-Dallas Geckle [2]; 3. 499-Dustin Cover [7]; 4. 21-Caitlyn Wagoner [8]; 5. 29C-Chris Bitters [4]; 6. 2-Dustin Ratliff [5]; 7. 44W-Vincent Wagoner [1]; 8. (DNS) 1S-Mike Sawmiller
Remaining races rained out
