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Berry Finally Gets Win During Modified Speedweek at Night of 10,000 Stars

n 2013 a second night was added to Nights of Stars weekend at the Hancock County Speedway known as the Night of 10,000 Stars. This years Night of 10,000 Stars was sponsored by Corteva Agriscience, Asmus Farm Supply and Pioneer Seeds with the IMCA Modified feature winner guaranteed to pocket $7,000, there was also 3 $1,000 bonuses: Halfway Leader, Perfect Attendance in 2019 at Hancock County Speedway & 2019 Night of 1,000 Stars Winner.

One Hundred Thirty Eight Cars signed in for Night two of Stars Weekend at the Hancock County Speedway. 55 IMCA Modifieds, 36 IMCA Sport Mods, 31 IMCA Stock Cars and 16 IMCA Hobby Stocks. Tom Berry, Colby Fett, Kelly Shryock and Cody Nielsen take Friday Night wins.

Nate Chodur led the first four laps of the House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event before Colby Fett took the lead away. Fett led the remaining laps with only lap traffic slowing him down in the feature that went caution free to take the win. Cody Thompson finished second ahead of Chodur. Josh Appel and Jared Boumeester rounded out the top five.

Randy Brands looked like he was going to take the win in the 20 lap Quick Performance IMCA Stock Car feature until he slipped up leaving the door open for Kelly Shryock. Shryock took the lead away on lap 15 from Brands. The only caution came out on lap 17 for Chanse Hollatz in turn four. Shryock went on to take the win over Brands, Heath Tulp, Parker Slagle and Derek Green.

In the MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature, Solomon Bennett grabbed the early race lead but Nielsen Brothers, Cody and Brandon were making their way through the field from eighth and fourteenth respectively. Cody Nielsen took the lead away from Bennett and went on to take the win. Brandon Nielsen took second putting Bennett back to third. Drew Barglof was fourth and Josh Sidles was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 50 lap Night of 10,000 Stars IMCA Modifieds feature event. Just like Thursday Night - Six heats, Three B-Features and Provisionals determined the 30 car 3 wide starting lineup. There would be a 10 minute pit stop on lap 25. Ethan Dotson used the outside line to his advantage to grab the top spot early but a caution came out on lap two for Ryan Ruter off the back stretch. Dotson held off Mike Mullen and Ricky Thornton on the restart but the caution came out again on lap eight for Nick Meyer in turn three. Dotson was only slowed one more time on lap 17 when Kyle Brown stopped in turn two. Dotson led until the halfway pit stop. Berry was second, Mike Mullen was third, Cayden Carter and Thornton was fourth and fifth at halfway. Jeff Aikey, Richie Gustin, Benji LaCrosse, Jeremy Mills and Brandon Beckendorf rounded out the top ten on lap 25.

After the ten minute pit stop, Dotson chose the middle lane, Berry chose outside lane leaving the bottom lane to Mullen. Mullen took the lead away and hung on until Berry took it away on lap 42 when lap traffic was becoming heavy. The caution came out on lap 43 for Randy Brown in turn three and then again on lap 47 for Ryan Ruter in turn two. Berry was determined not to be denied as he finally finished in the top spot. Mullen finished second, LaCrosse was third, Thornton was fourth and O'Neil was fifth. Carter, Dotson, Beckendorf, Richie Gustin and Noteboom rounded out the top ten.

One More night of Nights of Stars Weekend on Saturday Night with Bob Shryock Memorial Night of All-Stars sponsored by Lake Mills Motorsports and Bayer Crop Science.

Hancock County Speedway

Corteva Agriscicenc / Asmus Farm Supply / Pioneer Seeds
Night of 10,000 Stars

Friday August 9th, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

A Feature (50 Laps): 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Newburg, ND); 2. 99 Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 3. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 4. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Adel); 5. 0 Jake O'Neil (Tucson, AZ); 6. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 8. 5 Brandon Beckendorf (Danube, MN); 9. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 10. 7N Jay Noteboom (Hinton); 11. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 12.2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 13. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 14. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 15. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore); 16. 343 Jeff Feaster (Humboldt); 17. 31A Kory Meyer (Dixon); 18. 555 Ryan Ruter (Kanawha); 19. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner); 20. 16B Randy Brown (Chowcilla, CA); 21. 777 Al Hejna (Clear Lake); 22. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 23. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 24. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg); 25. 68 JJ Wise (Garner); 26. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 27. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 28. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 29. B1 Jeff Larson (Freeport, IL); 30. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI)

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. Mills; 2. Carter; 3. Nick Meyer; 4. O'Neil; 5. Brian Mullen; 6. Olson; 7. Knecht; 8. 757 Tony Wedelstadt (New London, WI); 9. 21M Tyler Madigan (Dubuque); 10. 3W Garett Wilson (Carlisle); 11. 25 Ricky Stephan (South Sioux City, NE); 12. 74T Ben Schultze (Algona); 13. 28 John Burrow (Denver, CO); 14. 21T Troy Gudmonson (Savage, MN); 15. 8L Lyle Saathoff (Sherburn, MN)

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. LaCrosse; 2. Noteboom; 3. Braaksma; 4. Larson; 5. Hejna; 6. Wise; 7. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt); 8. 75 Clint Wendel (Mason City); 9. 3X Jason Briese (Cleghorn); 10. 68J Mark Joski (Denmark, WI); 11. 7C Benjamin Chukuske (Welcome, MN); 12. 30 Josh Ruby (Lakota); 13. 66 Tyler DeBouche (Green Bay, WI); 14. 05M Mike Mashl (DePere, WI)

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. Laney; 2. Ruter; 3. Randy Brown; 4. Shryock; 5. Laurtizen; 6. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV); 7. 74 Mark Noble (Blooming Prairie, MN); 8. 65 Jerad Thelen (Minot, ND); 9. 24 Aaron Benson (Clear Lake); 10. M80 Jim Mathieson (Sioux City); 11. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca, MN); 12. 72 Austin Wolf (Algona); 13. 96R Steve Reynolds (Springfield, SD); DNS 21D David Brown (Kellogg)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Mike Mullen; 2. Jimmy Gustin; 3. Mills; 4. Nick Meyer; 5. O'Neil; 6. Knecht; 7. Burrow; 8. Madigan; 9. Sathoff; 10. Wilson
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Dotson; 2. Berry; 3. Noteboom; 4. LaCrosse; 5. Kraus; 6. Ruby; 7. Wise; 8. Briese; 9. DeBouche
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Thornton; 2. Richie Gustin; 3. Randy Brown; 4. Laney; 5. Noble; 6. Mathieson; 7. Thelen; 8. Stinehart; DNS David Brown
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Aikey; 2. Elliott; 3. Carter; 4. Olson; 5. Brian Mullen; 6. Wedelstadt; 7. Stephan; 8. Schultze; 9. Gudmonson
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Kyle Brown; 2. Kory Meyer; 3. Braaksma; 4. Larson; 5. Wendel; 6. Mashl; 7. Hejna; 8. Joski; 9. Chukuske
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Feaster; 2. Beckendorf; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Hibdon; 5. Shryock; 6. Wolf; 7. Ruter; 8. Benson; 9. Reynolds

House Motorsports IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 00 Colby Fett (Algona); 2. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 3. 88 Nate Chodur (Lake Mills); 4. 65J Josh Appel (Mason City); 5. 81 Jared Boumeester (Waseca, MN); 6. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 7. 007 Zach Nitsch (Deila, KS); 8. 08S Dakota Sproul (Hays, KS); 9. 12 Doug Smith (Lanesboro); 10. 24C Jim Chisholm (Osage); 11. 3T Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 12. 08 Alec Fett (Thompson); 13. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 14. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City); 15. XXX Mathew Hanson (Klemme); 16. 5B Tim Bergerson (Eagle Lake, MN); 17. 25 Doug Cook (Algona); 18. 85T Brandon Toftee (Otho); 19. 008 Drew Fett (Thompson); 20. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 21. 90 George Nordman (Mason City); 22. 32X Gerald Curry (Luverne); 23. 88N Nate Albrant (Britt); 24. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City)

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Sproul; 2. Moore; 3. Carter; 4. Drew Fett; 5. 22 Cole Ignaszewski (New Richland, MN); 6. 12X Devin Fish (Corwith); 7. 2J Jeff Carter (Mapleton, MN); 8. 24 Kent Haugland (Wesley); 9. 28 Autum Anderson (Mason City); 10. 7I Andrew Inman (Mason City)

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Alec Fett; 2. Toftee; 3. Curry; 4. Albrant; 5. 25S Alex Smith (Algona); 6. 33 Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, KS); 7. 18 Kevin Wiemers (Burt); 8. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 9. 34N Thomas Nelson (Aurora, CO); DNS 5J Justin Raymond (Burt)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Thompson; 2. Whitehurst; 3. Colby Fett; 4. Chisholm; 5. Sproul; 6. Drew Fett; 7. Ignaszewski; 8. Fish; 9. Carter
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Boumeester; 2. Hanson; 3. Bergerson; 4. Nordman; 5. Alec Fett; 6. Carpenter; 7. Gilliland; 8. Albrant; DNS Raymond
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Nitsch; 2. Logue; 3. Chodur; 4. Jamie Anderson; 5. Moore; 6. Haugland; 7. Inman; 8. Carter; 9. Autum Anderson
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Cook; 2. Appel; 3. Doug Smith; 4. Soppe; 5. Toftee; 6. Curry; 7. Nelson; 8. Wiemers; 9. Alex Smith

Quick Performance IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 3S Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 2. 27 Randy Brands (Boyden); 3. 50 Heath Tulp (Britt); 4. 47 Parker Slagle (Eagle Grove); 5. 32 Derek Green (Granada, MN); 6. 7SR Justin Temeyer (Independence); 7. 14 Chad Palmer (Renwick); 8. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 9. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 10. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth); 11. 05 Craig Berhow (Belmond); 12. 81X Matt Speckman (Sleepy Eye, MN); 13. 46 Cody Frierichs (Bristow); 14. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City); 15. 3 Pete Alexander (Albert Lea, MN); 16. 7 Andrew Lokenvitz (Charles City); 17. 02 Jeff Dolphin (Britt); 18. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt); 19. 73 Troy Swearingen (Thompson); 20. 2 Wayne Landheer (Thompson); 21. 38 Joe Schmit (Ventrua); 22. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 23. 14Z Ned Kalis (Wells, MN); 24. TNT2 Devin Tripp (Sioux Rapids); 25. 11 Jake Masters (Graettinger)

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Temeyer; 2. Crimmins; 3. Alexander; 4. Lokenvitz; 5. Hollatz; 6. Schmit; 7. Masters; 8. Lange; 9. 2Y Scott Yale (Minot, ND); 10. Landheer; 11. 67II Christopher Toot (Albert Lea, MN); 12. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone); 13. 123 Kyle Rose (Dallas Center); 14. 98 Dan Hanselman (Algona); 15. V31 Todd Van Eaton (Orient)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Green; 2. Palmer; 3. Borchardt; 4. Schafroth; 5. Temeyer; 6. Alexander; 7. Lange; 8. Van Eaton
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Slagle; 2. Opheim; 3. Shryock; 4. Speckman; 5. Crimmins; 6. Hollatz; 7. Landheer; 8. Masters
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Kalis; 2. Dolphin; 3. Tripp; 4. Berhow; 5. Lokenvitz; 6. Toot; 7. Rose; 8. Ritter
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Tulp; 2. Brands; 3. Frerichs; 4. Swearingen; 5. Schmit; 6. Yale; 7. Hanselman

MPM Marketing IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 29N Cody Nielsen (Spencer); 2. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer); 3.11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 4. 45 Drew Barglof (Sioux Rapids); 5. 99X Josh Sidles (Emmetsburg); 6. 81 Zack Smidt (Mason City); 7. 27X James Burns (Algona); 8. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg); 9. 32 Tony Smidt (Britt); 10. 96R Stephanie Reynolds (Norfolk, NE); 11. 8 Kyle Sidles (Emmetsburg); 12. 76 Ben Peterson (Granada, MN); 13. 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme); 14. 81C Charlie Stevens (Algona); 15. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme); 16. 91 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Bennett; 2. Barglof; 3. Cody Nielsen; 4. Tony Smidt; 5. Peterson; 6. Krug; 7. Reynolds; DNS Blaine Hanson
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Zack Smidt; 2. Josh Sidles; 3. Jay Sidles; 4. Burns; 5. Jace Hanson; 6. Kyle Sidles; 7. Brandon Nielsen; 8. Stevens

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