Stuart Speedway

Stuart, Iowa

Sunday, May 28, 2000

Little Memorial Winners – Farren, Jackson, Embrey and Dennis

by DAVID WILKINSON

Stuart, Iowa (May 28, 2000) – Nearly one hundred cars took to the Stuart Speedway Sunday night in honor of the late modified driver and builder, Ron Little. When the dust settled after the 25-lap IMCA modified feature, Little’s former competitor, Dave Farren took the checkered first. Steve Jackson won the IMCA stock car feature as Larry Embrey claimed the IMCA hobby stock race. Rick Dennis won in his dwarf car and the duo of Meyer and Meyer won the cruiser feature.

Ron Little died at the track last race after completing a modifieid feature. He had over 40 career modified victories with as many as one-half of of them at Stuart. The gentle giant was popular with racers and fans. Prior to the modified feature, eight modifieds built by Little paraded the track. Mary Little, Ron’s wife, joined Bob Moses on the flagger’s stand and started the feature.

Local driver Chris Pruitt jumped into the lead. By the twelfth lap Dave Farren, former IMCA national modified champion, moved through the field into second. Farren took aim at Pruitt. On the 20th lap, Farren nosed past Pruitt and then widened his lead to the finish. With Pruitt finishing second, John Mylan was third with veteran Dude Thompson in fourth.

Monty Knode took the early lead of the IMCA stock car feature. He was stalked by Steve Jackson who passed him on the 12th lap of the 15-lap feature. Jackson maintained the lead for the victory with Knode second, Erick Knudsen third, and Ron Godwin fourth.

In the IMCA hobby stock feature, Jef Schildberg took the led from the pole position until he left the race on lap four. Larry Embrey led the remainder of the race for the win followed to the finish by Dewey Willuweit, Randy Embrey, and Kerry Hayes.

Rick Dennis passed Sam Allison half way through the dwarf car feature and was first to the checkered. Finishing second was Cliff Barber with Allison in third and Randy Bryan in fourth.

 

The cruiser feature was won by the due of Meyer and Meyer with Day and Cole, Aldrich and McNair, and Dalkes and Wood following.

Racing continues in all classes next Sunday with gates opening at 4:30 P.M., hot laps at 6:15, followed by racing competition. The track phone is

(515) 523-1319.

 

 

IMCA Modifieds

  

Heat One

  

1.

Chris Pruitt, Stuart

2.

Terry Pruitt, Dexter

3.

Dude Thompson, Clive

4.

John Mylan, Stuart

5.

Rex Parkison, Earlham

Heat Two

  

1.

Dave Farren, DM

2.

Paul Chumos, Stuart

3.

Rusty Bates, Casey

4.

Dave Farren Jr., DM

5.

Jerry Luloff, Independence

Heat Three

  

1.

Joe College, Earlham

2.

Bob Airhart, Stuart

3.

George Derry, Adel

4.

Steve Wahlert, DM

5.

Josh Gillam, Stuart
   

Feature

  

1.

Farren

2.

C. Pruitt

3.

Mylan

4.

Thompson

5.

Rod Scheuermann, Scranton

6.

Derry

7.

T. Pruitt

8.

Parkison

9.

College

10.

Bates

11.

Kent Kaplan, Ankeny

12.

Farren Jr.

13.

Luloff

14.

Ron Bash, Stuart

15.

Wahlert

16.

Leon Daggett, Linden

17.

Tim Gannon, DM

18.

Bobby Bowman, Winterset

19.

Paul Chumos, Stuart

20

Gillam

21.

Don Portwine, Ames

22.

Bob Airhart, Stuart

IMCA Stock Cars

  

Heat One

  

1.

Steve Campbell, DM

2.

Tim Baker, Winterset

3.

Monty Knode, DM

4.

Steve Jackson, DM

5.

Dan Sackett, Stuart

Heat Two

  

1.

Todd Inman, DM

2.

Erick Knudsen, Greenfield

3.

David Cirksena, Lorimor

4.

Jim Ford, Adel

5.

Ron Godwin, Earlham
   

Feature

  

1.

Jackson

2.

Knode

3.

Knudsen

4.

Godwin

5.

Baker

6.

Inman

7.

Ken Johnson, Carlisle

8.

Jerry McElderry, Altoona

9.

Campbell

10.

Sackett

11.

Cirksena

12.

Keith Knop

13.

Ford

14.

Mike Todd, Altoona

15.

Jamie Morey, Earlham

16.

Jeff Schmitz, Dawson

17.

Norm Belew, Redfield
   

IMCA Hobby Stocks

  

Heat One

  

1.

Kerry Hayes, Guthrie Center

2.

Jef Schildberg, Greenfield

3.

Jason Murray, Hartford

4.

Bruce Wolfe, DM

5.

Jeffrey Bailey

Heat Two

  

1.

Mike Pruitt, Stuart

2.

Larry Embrey, Granger

3.

Jeremy Embrey, Granger

4.

Dewey Willuweit

5.

Brian Gady

Heat Three

  

1.

Jim Wetzel, Winterset

2.

Mike Albertson, Audubon

3.

Tim Willuweit

4.

Randy Embrey, Granger

5.

22j

Feature # 1

  

1.

L. Embrey

2.

D. Willuweit

3.

R. Embrey

4.

Hayes

5.

Wetzel

6.

J. Embrey

7.

Wolfe

8.

T. Willuweit

9.

Murray

10.

Pruitt

11.

Bailey

12.

22j

13.

Frank Grove, DM

14.

Ray Hay, DM

15.

Jerid Lund

16.

Chad Waddell

17.

Josh Reynolds, Stuart

18.

Albertson

19.

Nyle Godwin, Redfield

20

Don Wear, DM

21.

Todd Cooper, Van Meter

22.

Schildberg

23.

Rodney Lemon

24.

Jemery Goetschius

25.

Kurt Mueller, Dexter

26.

Gady

27.

Jesse Lund

Dwarf Cars

  

Heat One

  

1.

Cliff Barber, Ames

2.

Scott Bailey, Carlisle

3.

Randy Bryan, Ames

4.

Larry Troxel, New Market

5.

Jim Lacey, DM

Heat Two

  

1.

Rick Dennis, Granger

2.

Fred Schimmels, WDM

3.

Shane Hunter, Afton

4.

Bob Thomas, Indianola

5.

Bud Booth, DM
   

Feature

  

1.

Dennis

2.

Barber

3.

Allison

4.

Bryan

5.

F. Schimmels

6.

Mike Morrill, Altoona

7.

Bailey

8.

Tim Hunter, Afton

9.

Tim Love

10.

Todd Shute, DM

11.

S. Hunter

12.

Brad Miller, DM

13.

Troxel

14.

Sam Coe, DM

15.

Jerry Schimmels, Maxwell

16.

Lacey

17.

Thomas

18.

Booth

19.

Tracey Allen

20

Josh Inglehart

21.

Jack Meyer, Ankeny
   
   

Cruisers

  

Heat One

  

1.

Meyer and Meyer

2.

Martin and Schaefer

3.

Partlow and Sackett

4.

Dalkes and Wood

5.

Clint and Hupp

Heat Two

  

1.

Day and Cole

2.

Pearson and Cronk

3.

Carney and Christofferson

4.

Goetz and Wagner

5.

Kalbaugh and Warrior
   

Feature

  

1.

Meyer and Meyer

2.

Day and Cole

3.

Aldrich and McNair

4.

Dalkes and Wood

5.

Carney and Christofferson

6.

Partlow and Sackett

7.

Bedwell and Wiedmann

8.

Pearson and Cronk

9.

Kalbaugh and Warrior

10.

Clint and Hupp

11.

Martin and Schaefer

12.

Goetz and Wagner
   

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