Prochaska and Sutherland find the winners circle for the first time of the season at The Hamilton County Speedway.

By: Ryan Bergeson

The Hamilton County Speedway was in full swing this past Saturday night with D and B Agrosystems as the title sponsor and Caseys General Stores provived the feature winner trophies.
The night was started off with the IMCA Sport Compact division. Jennifer Frank would gas up her machine to the front of the field right from the start. Frank would be able to hold on to pick up her first feature win of the season. Frank was followed by Daniel Ayers, Andy Williams, and Les Houser.
The Performance Electric Hobby Stocks were next up for their feature. Travis Prochaska would lead early on as Jamie Odor made his way to second. Mark Haglund was able to work his car to third past Brandon Toftee later in the race as Prochaska continued to lead. Prochaska was able to hold on to be first to the checkered flag. Odor, Haglund, and Toftee would round out the top four.
The Conleys Trucking Limited Modifieds were next on the raceway. Todd Vesterby would grab the early lead as he was challenged by Rodney Slagle. On the next lap, Slagle was able to gas up his 44 machine to the lead around Vesterby. Slagle would continue to lead until Matt Lettow came from his fifth row starting spot to challenge for the lead. Slagle would hang the right rear above the cushion in turn four and Lettow was right there to capitalize on the mistake. Lettow would take the lead and go on to win the feature. Lettow was followed by Brett Moffitt, Roger Caquelin, and Matt Northrop.
The Neightbors Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing Stock Cars were next up on the raceway and this would go down to the final lap. Bob Sutherland would lead the race right from the start as he was followed by Adam Silvey and Todd Foster. Curt Hook would move up along side silvey and Foster and look to take the second position away. As the laps counted off, Mitchell Griffith would make his way to second and challenge Sutherland for the lead for the final four laps. Griffith would look to the inside of Sutherland one final time coming off of turn four but would be out of time. Sutherland would be the winner followed by Griffith, Scott Bloemke, and Curt Hook.
The Modifieds were next out on the speedway for their 15 lap feature event. Joe McBirnie and Jon Snyder would go side by side for the first three laps until McBirnie would take the lead. McBirnie would lead his machine around the speedway until Ryan Ruter found himself challenging for the lead around the bottom of the turns. Ruter was able to take the lead and he would be followed by Scott Olson. Olson would try for several laps to find the right combination to run down the leader but would have to settle for second. Ruter would pick up the feature win followed by Olson, Nate Carith, and Mark Elliott
The final race of the night was the 25 lap Motor Inn of Webster City IMCA Late Model feature. Robert See would take the early lead until he was challeged by Ryan Griffith. Griffith would extend out to a commanding lead until a caution would bunch the field. On the restart, Jason hahne would come to second and try for the lead on the topside of the raceway. Griffith would decide to use the upper portion of the racing surface as well and Darrel DeFrance would shoot to the bottom of the track. DeFrance would have his car working on the bottom and make the final pass for the lead of the night. DeFrance would hold on to pick up the feature win. Hahne, Griffith, and Al Johnson would round out the top four.
The Hamilton County Speedway provided a great show for the fans and family fun this Saturday night. Special thanks to all that were attendance this Saturday night and we hope to see you next Saturday night for Hot Laps at 6:00 p.m. with racing at 6:30 p.m.