Jeremy Grady makes the pass on the final lap to become the sixth different winner at The Hamilton County Speedway.

By: Ryan Bergeson

Hagie Manufacturing Kids night provided a lot of excitement this past Saturday night at The Hamilton County Speedway. Youngsters from far and wide ventured to the Historic venue to watch an exciting night of racing. The racing proved to be just a bonus for the kids as car rides, five bicycles, candy and nickels were also given away on behalf of God Fathers Pizza, Richardson Farms, Ferguson Motorsports, MyMedMart, K-Mart, and Pro Track Promotions. Several drivers also donated their racing t-shirts to the young fans including Roger Haupt Jr., Jeremy Ades, Mark Elliott, Jeremy Grady, Jason Vansickel, Scott Olson, and Riley Larson.

The night was started off with the Performance Electric Hobby Stock class. Brad Ratcliff would take the early lead around the speedway until he would be challenged by Brandon Toftee. Toftee was able to take the lead but it would not last long. Mark Haglund would make the charge to the front of the field and take the lead from Toftee. Toftee would not give up easy but would be out of time running down Haglund. Haglund would pick up the feature win followed by Toftee, Kevin Schmauss, and Justin Ades.

The next feature event on the raceway would be the Conleys Trucking Limited Modifieds. Roger Caguelin would take the early lead followed by Brett Moffitt. Moffitt would try for several laps to run down Caquelin until he would be challenged by Lettow. Lettow was able to make the move on the inside of the racing surface and take over the second position. Lettow now would look to run down Caquelin with 6 laps remaining. Roger Caquelin would protect the inside groove of the speedway so Lettow would have try his luck high on the speedway. Lettow would power the right rear against the cushion and take the lead exiting turn two. Lettow would power to the race lead and eventually to the feature win. Caquelin, Brett Moffitt, and Mike Giles would round out the top four cars.

The Modified division was next onto the speedway and Greg Elliott would flex his muscle from start to finish. The Wild One was able to take the lead on the opening lap and was simply uncatchable on this night. Greg Elliott would be challanged by Jon Snyder early on until Elliott was able to power around Snyder in the opening laps. Jon Snyder was able to hold on to the second position followed by Jake Durbin, and Mark Elliott. Greg Elliott would pick up his first feature win of the season at The Hamilton County Speedway.

The Motor Inn of Webster City IMCA Late Models were next to take center stage and this one would go down to the wire. Entering the night there had been five different feature winners in five nights of racing action for the Late Model division. Ryan Griffith and Jeremy Grady would ensure the tradition would continue on this night. From the drop of the green flag, Nick pederson would take the early lead until a caution on lap five would realign the field. On the restart, Ryan Griffith would shoot past Pederson bringing Jeremy Grady with him. Ryan Griffith would open up a large margin around the half mile until lapped traffic would play havoc with his lead on lap 21. Griffith and Grady were both running the high line around the speedway but so was everyone else. When it came time to work through the lapped traffic, someone had to shoot to the bottom to look to advance. Griffith would power his car on the bottom of the speedway and Grady would look to go high. They would drag race on the back shoot side by side and coming off the final turn, Grady was able to make the pass and steal one away on the final lap. Grady would pick up his first feature win of the season at The Hamilton County Speedway and become the sixth different winner in six nights of racing. Ryan Griffith would have his best run of the season at the speedway finishing in the second position followed by Darrel DeFrance, and Adam Larson.

Once again, the finale of the night would be the Neighbors Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing Stock Cars. Paul Nagle would take the early lead in this one as he was followed by Jon Byriel. Byriel would take a look to the inside to make the pass for the lead but Lance Deal would power to the outside of the track and take the second spot away. Nagle would hop over the cushion through the turn and Lance Deal would pounce on his chance at capturing the lead. Deal would continue to lead as Mitchell Griffith and Jason Wagoner would come to second and third respectively. Mitchell Griffith would try the inside groove a time or two on the inside of Deal but could not make it stick. Lance Deal would charge to the feature win followed by Griffith, Wagoner, and jason Minnehan.

Hagie Manufacturing Kids night on a very special night #7 at The Hamilton County Speedway offered family fun for all ages. Special thanks to all of those that offered prizes to the kids and to the parents for bringing the kids out to enjoy a night of family fun. We hope to see everyone next Saturday night for Hawaiian night at The Hamilton County Speedway. Hot Laps will start at 6:00 p.m. with racing to follow. We’ll look forward to seeing you next Saturday night at The Hamilton County Speedway.