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Three get first time wins on Mid Season Championship night at CJ Speedway
By Dana Royer
COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA (7/9/10) ı Three racers got their first CJ Speedway
wins at the Louisa County track on Caseys General Store, Tyson Fresh Meats Mid
Season Championship night Friday, July 9. Paul Hallett, Muscatine (mod lites),
Daniel Brockert, Grandview (modifieds) and Tad Payne, Muscatine (IMCA stock
cars) all took feature wins with Wapelloıs Geoff Theobald (4 cylinders) and Alex
Buffington (hobby stocks) both getting repeat victories. The kids enjoyed a candy
dash and gunny sack races as well. Point race action will continue this week, with
racing in all five classes on Friday, July 9.
The modified makeup feature from July 2 took to the track first with Steve Stewart,
Burlington, in his Tony Stewart Racing Shop, Washington, IA, modified taking the
win. Stewart took the lead from Daniel Brockett on lap three and never looked back.
In hobby stock action Wapelloıs Alex Buffington picked up his second hobby stock
win at CJ. Jason Hartman, Muscatine would take the first lead of the race with Lane
Kauffman challenging . Kauffman would take the lead on lap four when Hartman got
too high coming out of turn two. But Kauffman would get sideways one lap later and
Hartman would regain his earlier lead and went on to hold off Alex Buffington for
his second win this year.
Driving a mod lite owned by Daniel Vincent, Paul Hallett, Muscatine, would become
the fifth driver in six races to get a mod lite feature win at CJ. Justin Buchholz would
get the early lead from his front row start with Hallett not far behind. On a lap six
restart, Buchholz would slow on the front stretch and pull in to the pit area putting
Hallett in the lead. Hallett would pull away from the field the final six laps and went
on to get his first win.
Seventeen IMCA Stock Cars took to the track for their mid season championship
feature lined up by points. Current point leader Tad Payne, Muscatine, took advantage
of his front row start and would pull away from the field early on in the fifteen lap
race. Behind Payne would be a battle for second between Cole Simmons, Morning
Sun, Nathan Wood, Keswick and David Hemsted, Lone Tree. As Payne took the
checkered flag for the first time this year at CJ, Nathan Wood would pass Simmons
and Hemsted to finish second.
Wapelloıs Geoff Theobald racked up another 4 cylinder feature win, his fourth this
year at CJ. After Theobald was hit on the restart to bring out the caution, he would be
able to move back up to pass Bill Whalen, Ainsworth, on lap two and went on to hold
off Whalen for the remaining seven circuits to take the checkered flag. Bill Whalen
finished second and Darrin Smith, Wapello, finished third.
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