Sunday, September 20, 2009

Great Lakes Nationals: Crystal Motor Speedway

September 19th Results!

Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway was the final event of the season with the running of the 17th annual Great Lakes Nationals. Approximately 188 cars and a full grandstand of fans were on hand to watch spectacular racing that is expected at this event. The race was sponsored by Victor Reinz Gaskets, Engine Pro, and Mellings Engine Parts.

The first feature was the Port City Pro Stock division. Mike Husted got out front early and looked smooth. Ryan Kent, Chris Rinard, Jimmy Hale Jr, and Chaney Newland all were tight to his bumper, but unable to get around the leader. Hale fell back but then mounted another charge forward and was able to thread his way to the front to take home the win over Rinard, Newland, Vern Buskirk, Josh Frye, Kent, Nate Jones, Jeff Gibson, Renton Hurley, and Keith Gentz. Brent Hollenbeck won the B Main with heats falling to Newland, Kent, and Rinard.

The Michigan Traditional Sprints were up next as they ended their season and the championship was at stake. After a pretty bad looking wreck in the first lap of the feature that brought a red for about 20 minutes, Joe Bares worked his way to the lead and then took off to beat back Mike Galajda to take the win. Steve Irwin pocketed the season championship and came home in fifth tonight after an outstanding season run.

Jeff Loomis took the early lead in the Smokers Club of Mt Pleasant Street Stocks but Will Stanley began to challenge with Robb Sternberg soon joining the fray to make it three wide for the lead but Loomis was able to hold everyone back. Stanley suffered a flat tire that took him out of the race after a good run and season. Loomis and Sternberg battled all race long, as they had to dice through heavy lapped traffic as they fought for the lead. A caution tightened the field right at the half way point with Sternberg out front on the restart. After a great fight Robb Sternberg held on to win with Ralph Sternberg grabbing second, followed by Dan Hersey, Kevin Rohn, Kyle Prochazka, Joseph Pomeroy, James Billett, Bobby Lynn, Loomis, and, Randy Radabaugh. Ryan Lewis scored the B Main win with heat gold going to Loomis, Rohn, and Robb Sternberg.

Tim Sooy jumped out front of the Port City Pro Trucks for a couple of laps but it didn't take too long and Chris Verhaar to over take him. Sooy caught the wall, bringing out the caution and bunching the field. With about five to go, Kevin Deal began to challenge Verhaar but had to fall back when he suffered a flat tire. Ian Knodertzek came up late to challenge but Verhaar held on to win over Knodertzek, Ashlee Scott, Scott Nieman, Brent Neverth, Dave Peters, Jason Parkhurst, Joe Nieman, Eugene Decker, and Gordon Snyder. Verhaar and Knodertzek took home heat wins.

Richard Melton grabbed the lead in the Races On The Web Flinn Stock event with Rob Nieman and Charles Petersen second and third. Melton and Petersen began to move through heavy traffic as Nieman fell back with a soft tire. Melton got behind lapped traffic and Petersen grabbed the lead, only to lose it half a lap later in traffic. A car in the wall bunched the field with just two short laps to go. When the green fell for the last time, Melton jumped out front but scrubbed the wall as he came in for the white. Petersen took the lead and then the win with Nieman second and then Melton, Tyler McGhan, Lee Zahm, Austin Bean, Bob Whitcomb, Randall Stevens, Chase Roberts, and Neil Zeigler. Bob Whitcomb and Gavin Parks scored heat wins.

The Kentucky Fried Chicken Late Model race was a 40 lap affair and the early lead went to Carl Ries, Andy Sprague and Jay Van Dyke. Ries pulled out to a comfortable lead while Van Dyke and Sprague battled for second. A caution at lap ten bunched the field but Ries jumped back out front with Sprague and Dona Marcoullier making up the top three. Marcoullier made it to second and began to slowly move to the front with Sprague and Van Dyke just behind. Marcoullier gave Ries everything he could but Ries was able to hold on to take the win over Marcoullier, Sprague, Van Dyke, Brian Nickerson, Steve Fairbanks, Scott Baker, Zack Olger, Kyle Borgman, and Scott Haney. Baker and Dusen won B Main features with Tim Stott, Kevin Nelson Jr, Rich Neiser, and Zach Olger taking heat wins.

The final event of 2009 was the Engine Pro IMCA Modified feature and the opening lap was a wild one when Toby Steele did a wild flip and ended up on his roof. Steele was unhurt but unable to continue. Joe Fowler grabbed the early lead with Brennan Bowen close behind. Chad Maurer started to the rear of the field and began his attempt to secure the track championship. Maurer had to keep Bowen within five positions to bring home the title as he slowly began his climb forward. Don Rohn was running toward the front pack but he dropped a driveshaft, taking him out after a good run. The restart found Fowler and Josh Borton out front. The caution waved once again as Maurer slowed and then pulled to the infield with mechanical problems, leaving the field and the door open for Bowen to win the championship with Bowen having to stay five positions ahead of Maurer. Myron DeYoung also had a great run going, moving up to third only to blow an engine and falling out of the race. Fowler ran a rock solid line for the remaining laps and held on to win over Borton, Bowen, Greg Wiles, Brody Bowser, Aaron Raby, Chad Wernette, Rusty Zeigler, Jason Maurer, and Rich White. Unofficially, Bowen claimed the Engine Pro IMCA Modified title. Jerry Hunt and Chad Maurer won B main events with heats going to Cliff Denman, Bowser, Wiles, and J.R. Schmid.

This event ends the 2009 season for Crystal Motor Speedway and the promoters and employees of the track wish to thank everyone who supported them through some tough economic times. Full pits and grandstands were the norm this season and the CMS family thanks everyone for their support. The 2009/2010 banquet will be held in mid January. Details will be available on the website crystalmotorspeedway.com or further information can be obtained by calling the track at 989.235.5200.


Flinn Stocks - A Feature

Finish Car No Driver 1 12 Charles Peterson II 2 28 Rob Nieman 3 35 Richard Melton 4 81M Tyler McGhan 5 48 Lee Zahm 6 77B Austin Bean 7 5 Bob Whitcomb 8 6 Randall Stevens 9 00 Chase Roberts 10 776 Neil Zeigler 11 30 Alex Bulson 12 25 Brandon Kohn 13 27 Justin Proctor 14 776K Ken Zeigler 15 412 Ryan Brady 16 93H Brady Hollenbeck 17 8 Kory Maurice 18 37 Gavin Parks 19 06 Ryan Paradise 20 32V Lanny VanderVeen II

Flinn Stocks - Heat 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 5 Bob Whitcomb 2 12 Charles Peterson II 3 35 Richard Melton 4 28 Rob Nieman 5 776 Neil Zeigler 6 6 Randall Stevens 7 06 Ryan Paradise 8 27 Justin Proctor 9 30 Alex Bulson 10 32V Lanny VanderVeen II

Flinn Stocks - Heat 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 37 Gavin Parks 2 77B Austin Bean 3 81M Tyler McGhan 4 8 Kory Maurice 5 48 Lee Zahm 6 25 Brandon Kohn 7 776K Ken Zeigler 8 412 Ryan Brady 9 00 Chase Roberts 10 93H Brady Hollenbeck

Late Models - Heat 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 11S Tim Stott 2 6M Dona Marcoullier 3 23V Ryan VanderVeen 4 18Rusty Seaver 5 09 Brock Cogswell 6 13 Scott Baker 7 91 Adam Thrush 8 99 Kurt Mesman 9 25JB James Billett

Late Models - Heat 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 0 Kevin Nelson, Jr. 2 77V Jay Van Dyke 3 15M Justin McNeill 4 10 Tom Dusen 5 85 Mark Andersen 6 6DM Don Marcoullier 7 H2 John Hoard 8 42 Mickey Carman, Jr. 9 55 Matt Pickard

Late Models - Heat 3

Finish Car No Driver 1 0X Zack Olger 2 25 Kevin Nelson, Sr. 3 1S Andrew Sprague 4 88F Bob Finlay 5 72 Kyle Borgman 6 24 Joseph Pomeroy 7 9 Dean Huizenga 8 38 James Neff 9 58 Renton Hurley

Late Models - Heat 4

Finish Car No Driver 1 87 Richard Neiser 2 6R Carl Ries 3 21N Brian Nickerson 4 14 Scott Haney 5 05 Steve Fairbanks 6 20 Bill Beardslee 7 79S Butch Strait 8 58N Nathan Hurley

Late Models - LM Great A

Finish Car No Driver 1 6R Carl Ries 2 6M Dona Marcoullier 3 1S Andrew Sprague 4 77V Jay Van Dyke 5 21N Brian Nickerson 6 05 Steve Fairbanks 7 13 Scott Baker 8 0X Zack Olger 9 72 Kyle Borgman 10 14 Scott Haney 11 91 Adam Thrush 12 25 Kevin Nelson, Sr. 13 87 Richard Neiser 14 23V Ryan VanderVeen 15 10 Tom Dusen 16 15M Justin McNeill 17 0 Kevin Nelson, Jr. 18 11S Tim Stott

Late Models - LM Great B 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 13 Scott Baker 2 72 Kyle Borgman 3 91 Adam Thrush 4 88F Bob Finlay 5 9 Dean Huizenga 6 99 Kurt Mesman 7 38 James Neff 8 25JB James Billett 9 58 Renton Hurley 10 24 Joseph Pomeroy 11 09 Brock Cogswell 12 18 Rusty Seaver

Late Models - LM Great B 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 10 Tom Dusen 2 05 Steve Fairbanks 3 14 Scott Haney 4 H2 John Hoard 5 85 Mark Andersen 6 58N Nathan Hurley 7 79S Butch Strait 8 20 Bill Beardslee 96DM Don Marcoullier 10 42 Mickey Carman, Jr. 11 55 Matt Pickard

Modifieds - IMCA Great A

Finish Car No Driver 1 19F Joe Fowler 2 111 Josh Borton 3 B1 Brennan Bowen 4 76 Greg Wiles 5 7X Brody Bowser 6 4 Aaron Raby 7 615 Chad Wernette 8 776 Rusty Zeigler 9 54 Jason Maurer 10 27 Rich White 11 17 Brad Roberts 12 54M Chad Maurer 13 7D Myron DeYoung 14 0M Milt Montgomery 15 13 Paul Grosnickle 16 0 Zack Olger 17 24 Clifford Denman 18 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 19 65 Don Rohn 20 8 Jerry Hunt 21 11W Dan Wiggins II 22 4S Toby Steele, Sr. 23 31J J.R. Schmid 24 22 Roger Flinn III

Modifieds - IMCA Great B 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 8 Jerry Hunt 2 17 Brad Roberts 3 22 Roger Flinn III 4 0 Zack Olger 5 7D Myron DeYoung 6 776 Rusty Zeigler 7 19L Buzz Lawrence 8 12K Rodney King 9 96 Michael Smith 10 1F Travis Fisher 11 1 Carl Thayer 12 15M Jay McClain 13 55M John Row

Modifieds - IMCA Great B 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 54M Chad Maurer 2 13 Paul Grosnickle 3 11W Dan Wiggins II 4 615 Chad Wernette 5 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 6 4 Aaron Raby 7 XL Todd Cowan 8 55 Armond Holley 9 K9 Chad Precord 10 112 Jason Borton 11 42T Terry Shank 12 10W Dan Wiggins, Sr. 13 157 Gene Henrickson

Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 24 Clifford Denman 2 65 Don Rohn 3 19F Joe Fowler 4 8 Jerry Hunt 5 22 Roger Flinn III 6 96 Michael Smith 7 1F Travis Fisher 8 15M Jay McClain 9 55M John Row 10 7D Myron DeYoung

Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 7X Brody Bowser 2 0M Milt Montgomery 3 54 Jason Maurer 4 55 Armond Holley 5 112 Jason Borton 6 615 Chad Wernette 7 4 Aaron Raby 8 K9 Chad Precord 9 157 Gene Henrickson 10 XL Todd Cowan

Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 3

Finish Car No Driver 1 76 Greg Wiles 2 B1 Brennan Bowen 3 4S Toby Steele, Sr. 4 1 Carl Thayer 5 17 Brad Roberts 6 0 Zack Olger 7 12K Rodney King 8 19L Buzz Lawrence 9 776 Rusty Zeigler

Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 4

Finish Car No Driver 1 31J J.R. Schmid 2 111 Josh Borton 3 27 Rich White 4 13 Paul Grosnickle 5 11W Dan Wiggins II 6 54M Chad Maurer 7 42T Terry Shank 8 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 9 10W Dan Wiggins, Sr.

Pro Stocks - Heat 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 54 Chaney Newland 2 3H Rodney Heikkila 3 88P Steve Puvalowski 4 25 Jacob Headley 5 33 James McKeown 6 21 Kyle Shattuck 7 24 Steve Denman 8 65 Don Rohn

Pro Stocks - Heat 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 52K Ryan Kent 2 45 Mike Husted 3 58 Renton Hurley 4 66L Jimmy Hale, Jr. 5 17D Derek Schestag 6 77H Brett Hollenbeck 7 66T Rick Trewartha 8 16G Jeff Gibson

Pro Stocks - Heat 3

Finish Car No Driver 1 26 Chris Rinard 2 66PW Derrick Dennis 3 39 Josh Frye 4 79 Nate Jones 5 64 Keith Gentz 6 2 Rick Edmister 7 B76 Vern Buskirk

Pro Stocks - PS/T Great A

Finish Car No Driver 1 66L Jimmy Hale, Jr. 2 26 Chris Rinard 3 54 Chaney Newland 4 B76 Vern Buskirk 5 39 Josh Frye 6 52K Ryan Kent 7 79 Nate Jones 8 16G Jeff Gibson 9 58Renton Hurley 10 64 Keith Gentz 11 45 Mike Husted 12 88P Steve Puvalowski 13 77H Brett Hollenbeck 14 17D Derek Schestag 15 66PW Derrick Dennis 16 3H Rodney Heikkila 17 24 Steve Denman 18 66T Rick Trewartha 19 25 Jacob Headley 20 33 James McKeown

Pro Stocks - PS/T Great B

Finish Car No Driver 1 77H Brett Hollenbeck 2 24 Steve Denman 3 B76 Vern Buskirk 4 66T Rick Trewartha 5 16G Jeff Gibson 6 2 Rick Edmister 7 65 Don Rohn 8 21 Kyle Shattuck

Pro Trucks - Heat 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 14 Chris Verhaar 2 10 Tim Sooy 3 5 Gary Dancer 4 24D Kevin Deal 5 80 Jeramie Raby 6 13 Eugene Decker 7 12 Joe Nieman 8 72 Scott Nieman

Pro Trucks - Heat 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 7X Ian Knodertzek 2 55 Dave Peters 3 42 JT Anderson 4 38X Jason Parkhurst 5 7S Ashlee Scott 6 3 Gordon Snyder 7 30 Brent Neverth

Pro Trucks - PT Great A

Finish Car No Driver 1 14 Chris Verhaar 2 7X Ian Knodertzek 3 7S Ashlee Scott 4 72 Scott Nieman 5 30 Brent Neverth 6 55 Dave Peters 7 38X Jason Parkhurst 8 12 Joe Nieman 9 13 Eugene Decker 10 3 Gordon Snyder 11 80 Jeramie Raby 12 24D Kevin Deal 13 5 Gary Dancer 14 42 JT Anderson 15 10 Tim Sooy

Street Stocks - Heat 1

Finish Car No Driver 1 11L Josh Loomis 2 02 Will Stanley 3 29H Dan Hersey 4 96P Kyle Prochazka 5 47 Bryan Craigmyle 6 22 Ron Forist 7 36 Tim Buskirk 8 310 Bobby Lynn 9 10Richard Meekma 10 799 Mike Corder

Street Stocks - Heat 2

Finish Car No Driver 1 63 Kevin Rohn 2 25JB James Billett 3 73S Ralph Sternberg 4 73JR Robbie Sternberg 5 21W George Wease 6 55 Joseph Pomeroy 7 04 Ryan Lewis 8 54 Joel Hummel II 9 M2 Mike Pashak 10 26 Mike Vandermark, Jr. 11 09 Mike Wiseman

Street Stocks - Heat 3

Finish Car No Driver 1 37S Robb Sternberg 2 01X Randy Radabaugh 3 3 Gary Buskirk 4 83Josh Sternberg 5 72 Brad Metzer 6 19S Cortland Skoog 7 V6 John Harp 8 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 9 5 David Pellerito 10 III Larry Bulson 11 31H Mark Howie

Street Stocks - SS Great A

Finish Car No Driver 1 37S Robb Sternberg 2 73S Ralph Sternberg 3 29H Dan Hersey 4 63Kevin Rohn 5 96P Kyle Prochazka 6 55 Joseph Pomeroy 7 25JB James Billett 8 310 Bobby Lynn 9 11L Josh Loomis 10 01X Randy Radabaugh 11 72 Brad Metzer 12 19S Cortland Skoog 13 799 Mike Corder 14 36 Tim Buskirk 15 47 Bryan Craigmyle 16 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 17 M2 Mike Pashak 18 21W George Wease 19 22 Ron Forist 20 54 Joel Hummel II 21 III Larry Bulson 22 3 Gary Buskirk 23 04 Ryan Lewis 24 73JR Robbie Sternberg 25 83 Josh Sternberg 26 02 Will Stanley 27 31H Mark Howie 28 V6 John Harp

Street Stocks - SS Great B

Finish Car No Driver
1 04 Ryan Lewis 2 799 Mike Corder 3 310 Bobby Lynn 4 36 Tim Buskirk 5 III Larry Bulson 6 31H Mark Howie 7 54 Joel Hummel II 8 M2 Mike Pashak 9 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 10V6 John Harp 11 10 Richard Meekma 12 5 David Pellerito 13 26 Mike Vandermark, Jr. 14 09 Mike Wiseman

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