Butler County Motorplex held a Monday night race for the Kornhusker Midget Klassic and Rong Hughes Jr and Sr Memorial races. Thirty-one drivers from across the country participated in the event. Jonathon Beason from Broken Arrow OK won the first of four Midget heat races. Billy Mentgen, Jamestown Indiana was second, Austin Brown Millsadt Illinois third and Keith Rauch of Thornton Colorado fourth. Zach Daum, Pochantas Illinois took the win in the second heat race followed by Evan Pardo, Jonesboro Texas, Joe Boyles, Greenwood Missouri and Ken Brown Millsadt of Milsadt Illinois. Davey Ray from Illinois won the third heat. Matt Johnson of Oklahoma was second, Rick Shuman of Arizon third and Gary Taylor of Oklahoma fourth. The final heat race winner for the night was Brad Loyet from Missouri. Chad McDaniel of Concordia Kansas was second, Donnie Ray Crawford from Broken Arrow Oklahoma and Luke Icke of Littleton Colorado was fourth.
Dan Rhiley won the IMCA Sport Compact heat race. Jeremy Noonan was second, Josh Schlotfeib third and Amanda Rhiley fourth.
Shane Schneider of Columbus won the first IMCA Hobby Stock heat race. Second went to Mike Goldfuss, third Jerrid Becker and fourth Shane Hiatt. Dusty Poessnecker won heat number two as Brandon Kresha was second, Rich Small third and Nick Topil fourth.
The Midgets had a four lap Trophy dash composed of the four heat race winners. Brad Loyet took the win with Jonathon Beason second, Matt Johnson third and Zach Daum fourth.
Dan Rhiley won the IMCA Sport Compact feature. Josh Schlotfeilb was second followed by Amanda Rhiley and John Sedlachek. Dusty Poessnecker won the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Brandon Kresha, Rich Small and Shane Hiatt rounded out the top four.
The final four transfer positions for the Midget feature were determined as fifteen drivers were scheduled in their B feature. Jerry Coons Jr. from Tucson took the win with Bob Harr, Arvada Colorado second, Terry Goodwin, Phoenix third and Jace Pennetta also Arvada fourth.
Twenty drivers took the green flag for the Midget A feature. The best time in the feature was 14.885 seconds with a lap speed of 90.695 miles per hour. This time was set by Zach Daum of Pochontas, Illinois who won the feature. Second Place went to Billy Mentgen of Jamestown Indiana. Brad Loyet was third and Davey Ray fourth.
Dash for Cash Winner - #o5 Brad Loyet
With full grandstands and a beautiful summer evening the Midgets took to the track and put on a show. Not hard to do when the drivers fall in love with the surface. "The track was the best we have seen all season" stated the father of one driver after the race. They were so impressed they are rearranging their schedule to come back for the Sept. 5th Winged Sprints show. See photos from the event at www.racedayprints.com
