Little Caesars and Coors Light night at Deming Speedway ended with Phil Schemenauer leading all 25 laps of the Speedmart Hoosier 600 main event. Other feature winners included Brock Lemley, Derrick Moss and Eli Schmidt.
It was a herky jerky start to the Speedmart Hoosier 600 A Feature, but when the cars finally made successive laps, it was Stanwood’s Phil Schemenauer taking the top honors after leading all 25 circuits. Phil was not without challenge however, as both Brandon Turner and JR Thomas pushed him throughout the race, with Thomas eventually finishing second and Larry Jenne taking third. Chase Schmidt was fast time on the night. Heat wins went to Schmidt, Jenne, Kelly Mauck and Derek Torkelson. Liam Ryan won the B Feature. Derek Homwood was the hard charger of the night.
Brock Lemley was in victory lane for the third straight week at Deming Speedway, but this time, he did it in the 1200 division. After chasing Brad Davison for the first 20 laps of the main, Brock saw a lane off the inside of turn 4 coming at the close of the 20th lap. Davison made a move for the same spot and contact ensued, ending with Davison crashing into the inside retaining wall, ending his night. Brock would lead the final 5 laps to pick up his first win in his 1200. “That’s not how I want to win races, I apologize to Brad”, said the gracious victor in post race interviews. The victory completed a clean sweep for Brock, who set quick time and won his heat race. Frosty Metcalfe passed Tom Waggoner in the final corner to take second. Tyson Cross and Liam Ryan won the other heat races. Ryan Cully was the hard charger.
Derrick Moss has been the man to beat in the 600 Restricted class, as he won his third feature of the year and picked up a hard charger award in the process. Starting in eighth, Moss worked his way forward through the field and passed Nate Vaughn on lap 17 to take the lead and eventual feature win. Brayden Planko followed up his win from last week with a second place showing. Vaughn finished third. Moss set quick time. Vaughn, Jacob Brown and Kayla Urqhart won the heats.
Eli Schmidt won for the second time this season in the Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints, leading all 15 laps of the feature. Ashleigh Johnson rebounded from a crash last week to finish second. Isaac Abenroth was quick time and finished third. On the whole, the night was dominated by the three podium drivers, with Schmidt and Johnson winning the heat races as well.
Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints
Fast Time – Isaac Abenroth 13.394
Heat 1 – Eli Schmidt, Abenroth, Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Darius Walker, Ashton Dial, Dale Booth Jr
Heat 2 – Ashleigh Johnson, JJ Thomas, Lynden Lebedinski, Sara Haling, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Tyson Lemley
Main – Eli Schmidt, Johnson, Abenroth, Sorgenfrei, Schlotfeldt, Thomas, Haling, Walker, Booth Jr, Dial, Lemley, Lebedinski
Lap Leaders- Schmidt 1-15
600 Restricteds
Fast Time – Derrick Moss 11.142
Heat 1 – Nate Vaughn, Brayden Planko, Moss, Spencer Constance, Tristin Thomas, Dylan Resch
Heat 2 – Jacob Brown, Rachel Westmoreland, Austin Sheridan, Kyle Mitchell, Nikki Ramey, Wyatt Gardner
Heat 3- Kayla Urqhart, Hannah Lindquist, Alden Ostrom, Robie Price, Brandee Wood, Travis Carpenter
Main – Derrick Moss, Planko, Vaughn, Westmoreland, Sheridan, Lindquist, Price, Brown, Thomas, Mitchell, Ostrom, Constance, Ramey, Gardner, Carpenter, Wood, Resch, Urqhart
Lap Leaders – Vaughn 1-16 Moss 17-25
1200s
Fast Time – Brock Lemley 10.298
Heat 1 – Lemley, Jason Bloodgood, Steven Hendrickson, Tom Waggoner, Eric Drake, Zach Keefe
Heat 2 – Tyson Cross, Clennon Holloway, Jared Gunderson, Frosty Metcalfe, Kenzi Thomas
Heat 3 – Liam Ryan, Eric Turner, Aaron Fell, Brad Davison, Ryan Cully
Main – Brock Lemley, Metcalfe, Waggoner, Ryan, Holloway, Turner, Cully, Cross, Drake, Gunderson, Thomas, Fell, Davison, Bloodgood, Hendrickson
Lap Leaders – Davison 1-20 Lemley 21-25
Speedmart Hoosier 600s
Fast Time – Chase Schmidt 10.279
Heat 1 – C Schmidt, Dustin O’Brien, Jason Bloodgood, Shaun Holtorf, Dale Schmidt, Jerrod Saddler, Bill Mercer
Heat 2 – Larry Jenne, Brandon Benson, Brock Lemley, Cam Smith, Liam Ryan, Mike Volbrecht, Kevin Wilkinson
Heat 3 – Kelly Mauck, Brandon Turner, JR Thomas, Dougie James, Alex Gauthier, Cody Broulett, Madison Hess
Heat 4 – Derek Torkelson, Cory Samuelson, Phil Schemenauer, Derek Holmwood, Robie Price, Greg Hamilton, Jeff Unwin
B Main – Ryan, D Schmidt, Broulett, Saddler, Gauthier, Hamilton, Volbrecht, Price, Mercer, Wilkinson, Unwin
A Main – Phil Schemenauer, Thomas, Jenne, Holmwood, C Schmidt, Benson, Holtorf, O’Brien, Mauck, Turner, Smith, Torkelson, Broulett, James, Saddler, D Schmidt, Ryan, Lemley, Samuelson, Bloodgood
Lap Leaders – Schemenauer 1-25