Verdoorn, De Ruyter, Arends roll to Rapid Speedway wins

Roger Verdoorn won the Holley USRA Stock Car feature.

Roger Verdoorn won the Holley USRA Stock Car feature.


ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa—The USRA Hobby Stock feature was missing something on Friday evening: caution flags.

The feature went caution-free and Todd Uhl took the early lead, but after four laps Blake Arends passed Uhl for the lead.

Chad Lonneman got to third, but it was not enough as Arends grabbed his third victory of the year at Rapid Speedway.

 
Blake Arends won the USRA Hobby Stock feature.

The Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature event had drama with two laps to go as leader Cullen De Ruyter had a lapped car spin in front of him and making contact.

Luckly, De Ruyter had no major damage and regained his spot for the restart.

He held off Tyler Tesch on the final restart for his fourth victory of the season.

Nick Vanbelle picked up a season best second-place finish as well.

 
Cullen De Ruyter won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature.

The Holley USRA Stock Car feature was the race of the night, started off by Eric Gaul grabbing the lead on the start.

After a caution for contact between Woelber and Kracht, Roger Verdoorn raced his way by Gaul to gain the lead.

Verdoorn and Rich Gregoire would go on to battle side by side for many laps until a caution came out with two laps to go, giving seven-time feature winner Elijah Zevenbergen a new found hope.

On the restart, Zevenbergen went from third to first, but it was all for not as a caution waved before they completed a lap.

The next restart, Zevenbergen got by Gregoire, but couldn’t clear Verdoorn.

Verdoorn drove a flawless final lap as he beat Zevenbergen to the finish line by three-quarters of a car length.

The victory was Verdoorn’s first of the year at Rapid Speedway.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
USRA Weekly Racing Series
Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa
Friday, Aug. 19, 2016

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Lems Auto Recyclers Heat #1 (6 laps): 1. 22-Blake Arends[3]; 2. 11T-Todd Uhl[2]; 3. 13X-Alex Wiertzma[5]; 4. 38S-Dylan Fitzpatrick[4]; 5. 46-Colton Arends[6]; 6. 36-Jackson Kracht[1]; 7. 37-Jason Paulson[7]; 8. 15X-Pete Kracht[8].

Lems Auto Recyclers Heat #2 (6 laps): 1. 117L-Chad Lonneman[5]; 2. 84L-Al Lange[1]; 3. 3C-Jesse Connell[2]; 4. 07-Aaron Dethury[6]; 5. 40-Donna Bumann[4]; 6. (DNF) 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[3].

Lems Auto Recyclers Heat #3 (6 laps): 1. 15-Thomas Kracht[4]; 2. 61N-Nick Brady[2]; 3. 79-Tim Waltner[3]; 4. 29-Derrick Scott[6]; 5. 81VT-Dylan Vandentop[5]; 6. 17-Matt Goth[1]; 7. 8B-Justin Bolluyt[7].

Lems Auto Recyclers "B" Feature (8 laps): 1. 46-Colton Arends[1]; 2. 8B-Justin Bolluyt[7]; 3. 81VT-Dylan Vandentop[3]; 4. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[8]; 5. 37-Jason Paulson[6]; 6. 40-Donna Bumann[2]; 7. (DNF) 17-Matt Goth[5]; 8. (DNF) 36-Jackson Kracht[4]; 9. (DNF) 15X-Pete Kracht[9].

Lems Auto Recyclers "A" Feature (15 laps): 1. 22-Blake Arends[5]; 2. 117L-Chad Lonneman[10]; 3. 15-Thomas Kracht[8]; 4. 61N-Nick Brady[4]; 5. 13X-Alex Wiertzma[9]; 6. 8B-Justin Bolluyt[14]; 7. 79-Tim Waltner[6]; 8. 84L-Al Lange[1]; 9. 38S-Dylan Fitzpatrick[7]; 10. 81VT-Dylan Vandentop[15]; 11. 46-Colton Arends[13]; 12. 29-Derrick Scott[11]; 13. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[16]; 14. 07-Aaron Dethury[12]; 15. 11T-Todd Uhl[2]; 16. (DNF) 3C-Jesse Connell[3].

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

KJ Automotive Heat #1 (6 laps): 1. 22T-Tyler Tesch[2]; 2. 9-Mitch Van Engen[4]; 3. 43K-Josh Kelderman[7]; 4. 21T-Trevor Tesch[5]; 5. 18D-Chris Goetz[3]; 6. 21-Eric Faber[6]; 7. 15M-Cole McLaughlin[1].

KJ Automotive Heat #2 (6 laps): 1. 7-Cullen De Ruyter[4]; 2. 81-Travis Vandentop[2]; 3. 41-Thor Anderson[5]; 4. 06W-Ryan Walker[3]; 5. 4S-Adam Sage[6]; 6. 35-Rodney Cook[1]; 7. 00X-Devin Schlumbum[7].

KJ Automotive Heat# 3 (6 laps): 1. 5-Colter Deutsch[5]; 2. 00-Dave Kennedy[3]; 3. 15A-Curt Ahlers[4]; 4. 63-Chris Huisman[6]; 5. 38-Greg Eden[2]; 6. (DNF) 98-Nate Barger[1].

KJ Automotive Heat #4 (6 laps): 1. 70-Nick Vanbelle[4]; 2. 14A-Andrew Ahlers[3]; 3. 12X-Gary Beuckens[1]; 4. 14N-Nick Barger[6]; 5. (DNF) 20-Derek Vanveldhuzien[5]; 6. (DNF) 27-Kevin Joachim[2].

KJ Automotive "B" Feature (10 laps): 1. 14N-Nick Barger[4]; 2. 21T-Trevor Tesch[1]; 3. 63-Chris Huisman[3]; 4. 06W-Ryan Walker[2]; 5. 18D-Chris Goetz[5]; 6. 00X-Devin Schlumbum[10]; 7. 15M-Cole McLaughlin[11]; 8. 35-Rodney Cook[9]; 9. (DNF) 21-Eric Faber[8]; 10. (DNF) 38-Greg Eden[7]; 11. (DNF) 4S-Adam Sage[6]; 12. (DNF) 98-Nate Barger[12]; 13. (DNF) 20-Derek Vanveldhuzien[14]; (DNS) 27-Kevin Joachim.

KJ Automotive "A" Feature (15 laps): 1. 7-Cullen De Ruyter[8]; 2. 70-Nick Vanbelle[10]; 3. 5-Colter Deutsch[12]; 4. 22T-Tyler Tesch[2]; 5. 43K-Josh Kelderman[4]; 6. 63-Chris Huisman[15]; 7. 21T-Trevor Tesch[14]; 8. 9-Mitch Van Engen[7]; 9. 06W-Ryan Walker[16]; 10. 00-Dave Kennedy[5]; 11. 15A-Curt Ahlers[9]; 12. 41-Thor Anderson[11]; 13. 14N-Nick Barger[13]; 14. 14A-Andrew Ahlers[6]; 15. (DNF) 12X-Gary Beuckens[1]; 16. (DNF) 81-Travis Vandentop[3].

HOLLEY USRA STOCK CARS

Precision Auto Body Heat #1 (6 laps): 1. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[6]; 2. 04-Roger Verdoorn[1]; 3. 19-Marlin Kracht[2]; 4. 16J-Jon DeBoer[4]; 5. 32X-Rich Gregoire[5]; 6. 84-Matt Lange[3].

Precision Auto Body Heat #2 (6 laps): 1. 40-Scott Overgaard[4]; 2. 32-Justin Regnerus[5]; 3. 22E-Eric Gaul[1]; 4. 96-Troy Woelber[3]; 5. 84L-Al Lange[2]; 6. 33G-Paul Wenzlaff[6].

Precision Auto Body Feature (18 laps): 1. 04-Roger Verdoorn[1]; 2. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen[10]; 3. 32X-Rich Gregoire[8]; 4. 32-Justin Regnerus[9]; 5. 84L-Al Lange[4]; 6. 22E-Eric Gaul[2]; 7. 33G-Paul Wenzlaff[12]; 8. 96-Troy Woelber[5]; 9. 16J-Jon DeBoer[6]; 10. (DNF) 40-Scott Overgaard[7]; 11. (DNF) 19-Marlin Kracht[3]; 12. (DNF) 84-Matt Lange[11].