KING NIPS GOEDEN IN IRA CHARTER DUEL
5/31 Beaver Dam, WI Charter Raceway Park's Round 2 of the Duel At
The Dam series headline 30 lapper featuring the Bumper to Bumper IRA
Outlaw Sprints was simply spectacular. Excitement galore throughout
the field used up every inch of the banked third-mile, and when the
checkerd flag flew it waved for a first time IRA winner as 17th
starting underdog Todd King edged Donny Goeden in a thrilling
finish. King wheeled his Bob Warren Automotive powered JEI to the
win, taking the lead from Goeden as the pair took the white and
utilized the low line to perfection winning by a car length.
Ironically it was Goeden who claimed Round 1 of the series just a
few weeks prior, inheriting the lead when leader King ran out of
fuel. Is this what they call "karma".
The entire thirty laps were action packed and with slide jobs galore
from the time the green flew. Front row starters Kim Mock and Brian
Kristan swapped the early lead at every corner. Steve Meyer joined
the fray with the trio performing as it was the last lap while still
in the event's early stages. Kristan and Mock would eventually make
contact with Mock spinning bringing out the first yellow and
allowing the large crowd to catch their breath.
Meyer who take the lead with Kristan, John Haeni, Mike Kertscher,
and Donny Goeden battling hard within the top five. Haeni would grab
second and challange Meyer for the lead. As the pair battled,
Kertscher would catch them making it an open-wheel three-way for the
lead. Kertscher would bounce off the fourth turn cushion nearly
spinning, and while Haeni and Kristan took avasive action, fifth
running Goeden would take advantage and shoot into second. A lap
twenty yellow for what began as a Scott Biertzer spin turned into a
Scott Young red on two different ends of the track. As the race
restarted, Goeden immediately slid Meyer for the lead. Separate
yellows for Dave Uttech and Mock would set the stage for a five lap
dash to decide the winner.
Goeden would lead Meyer, Kristan, Haeni, and 17th starting King as
the race resumed. While Goeden and most of the lead pack rode the
cushion, King shot to the bottom and took over third. A lap later
King grabbed second from Meyer and pulled alongside Goeden. King
coming off the bottom like a bullett would just get by Goeden as the
pair raced under the white. Goeden would giive it one last ditch
effort running the cushion hard on the final corner but it was
King's night as he crossed the line a car length ahead of Goeden,
with the former IRA Rookie of the Year grabbing his first career 410
win. Mayer would finish third ahead of a late race charging Jerry
Richert Jr, and Kristan. Billy Balog, Haeni, Kertscher, Mike Reinke,
and Todd Hepfner would complete a very fast top ten as the entire
field was on the lead lap.
Balog would take over the IRA point lead over 12th place finishing
Scotty Neitzel, Meyer, Reinke, and Haeni.
Kertscher outqualified the 35 car field, with heat wins going to
Balog, Haeni, Richert Jr, and Mock. Hepfner claimed a very
entertaining twenty car 15 lap B-main.
United Trailers, Bar's Leaks, Rislone, Osborn & Son Trucking,
Mexchanix Wear, Arctic Cat and Flitz Polishing Products are IRA
associate sponsors. IRA is a ASA affiliated series.
A-Main Finish; 1. Todd King, Donny Goeden, Steve Meyer, Jerry
Richert Jr, Brian Kristan, Billy Balog, John Haeni, Mike Kertscher,
Mike Reinke, Todd Hepfner, Tim Vandervere, Scotty Neitzel, Kurt
Davis, Jason Johnson, Billy Hafemann, Matt Wasmund, Kurt Winker,
Andy Hunt, Kim Mock, Dave Uttech, Scott Biertzer, Scott Young
