Wet conditions lead to messy performances at Arlington Raceway

Despite a short rain shower in the afternoon, the racing program was completed with many accidents piling up in the evening.

The Rice Companies IMCA RaceSaver Sprint car feature was plagued with yellow and red flags. On lap eight, a car spun out causing a yellow, the following lap, the 07 of Owen Carlson spun out coming out of turn four and the 1300 of Brett Allen hit him, causing a flat tire and sending him to the work area.

At the beginning of the next lap, No. 15 Zach Glaser got loose and the cars behind him got together and they rolled over in front of the grandstand. No one was hurt, but four cars were out of the race. On the restart, Hunter Hanson took over the lead, but Trevor Serbus, who had started in ninth place, was able to get around him and remain the leader for the last five laps to win the race. Hanson held on for second and Matt Johnson took third while Dan Greip took fourth place.

After crashing last week, Scott Porter was back with a straightened car and led the first half of the Jack Pines Resort feature race. A yellow was thrown for the No. 50 of Brett McConnell as his engine expired on the front stretch. As the race restarted, Chad Volk was inching closer to Porter, but a couple laps later, another yellow flag came out for the 7k of Jonathan Schroeder as he hit a tire in turn No. two. The restart saw Cory Probst get by Porter and remain the leader for the rest of the race to win. Porter settled for second ahead of Dan Probst and Volk held on for fourth place.

Gary Schumacher was the early leader in the Coors Light IMCA sport Compact feature. By the fourth time around the track, Nate Coopman was in command of the race and won the nonstop event. Schumacher was able to hold on for second place and the 04z of Zach Vande Kieft took third place.

After a great start to the season, Garett Uecker had a tough time on this night; he lost his transmission and had to pull in before the eXmark Outlaw Hobby feature began. At the start of the race, Tyler Manthey led the first lap. The following lap, a yellow was thrown as the car of 95x as Patrick Schauer spun out, hitting a tire.

That gave Karl Hewitt the opportunity to get around Manthey on the start and Mark Oestreich also followed him. In the end, Hewitt won his first race of the season with Oestreich following in second and Rod Manthey taking third ahead of son Tyler.

There were three leaders in the Arlington State Bank IMCA Northern Sport Modified feature with Mat Hollerich, Jeff Lloyd and Matt Looft all leading. On the first, lap Jeff Carter got crossed up in the back stretch and spun while Ben Reierson got collected.

The cars all restarted but later both pulled into the pit with troubles. After the first restart, Jeff Lloyd hammered down and took the lead from Hollerich. Hollerich tried to hold off Matt Looft, but by the sixth lap, Looft got around him and by lap 10, he was the new leader.

It only lasted for two laps as Lloyd got by him once again and the two cars jockeyed back and forth. Looft came across the line first to win the race while Lloyd stayed in second and Hollerich third as Broddy Enter took fourth.

Ken Tietz led the first five laps of the B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature from his pole position start. On lap five, a yellow came out for the 71D Shaun Bruns as he stopped on the track going into turn one. He was able to get going again, but at the start of the race Dan Eckblad took over the lead from Tietz and stayed the leader for the next 14 laps.

Behind him, a battle was brewing between Curt Lund, Ryan Bjerkeset and Dan Mackenthun. Eckblad surprised everyone as he took the white flag leading the race and going into turn No. 2, he pulled into the infield with engine troubles. That gave the lead and win to Matt Looft. Mackenthun finished in second ahead of Lund and Bjerkeset took fourth.

Trent Loverude led 19 of the 20 laps in the Ottomotive Tire & Repair IMCA Modified feature. He powered to the lead on the first lap while the 19m of Dan Menk and 7s of Todd Stinehart battled each other behind him. On the 15th lap, Stinehart, who had started ninth, got around both cars but Loverude was able to regain the lead and go onto win the race. Menk finished third with Jordan Rogotzke taking fourth.

The Hess Technology go-karts made their debut this night, the Jr.Sportsman feature Mason Powers led the entire race from his pole position start with the 74 of Theo Pessek behnd him and Gavin St. John taking third place. In the Junior division, Brayden Allen led the entire eight laps with Gavin Allen taking second ahead of Justin Daschner.

The Stock Class had some changes with Conner Meyer the early leader but having troubles with only two laps to go, that gave the lead to Kayla Schauer as she was able to capture her first feature of the year ahead of Michael Powers and Travis Manderfield taking third.