Four drivers double up at RPM’s Sunflower Classic 

By Mike Hughes

HAYS, Kan. (March 25-26) ­– One-hundred and ninety race teams from eight states converged on RPM Speedway for the fourth annual Sunflower Classic and four drivers backed up their Friday night main event wins with another trip to the winner’s circle on Saturday.

Jordan Grabouski topped both $1,000 to win, Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying fea­tures for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Other two-time winners were Mike Nichols in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Dustin Daniels in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scott Spellmeier in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victories went to Garrett Hager and Cody Williams.

On Friday night, Dominic Ursetta jumped to the early lead in the 25-lap Modified feature. After a lap 13 caution, Jesse Sobbing took control and was followed by Ursetta and Grabouski.

Grabouski took the lead on lap 22 and a late-race caution set up a green, white, checkered finish.  Grabouski held on for the win over a hard-charging Tyler Frye. Sobbing was third.

The Stock Car feature was close the entire race. Justin Bussell spun with three laps to go to bring out a caution and had to go to the tail end of the restart. That handed the lead over to Nichols, who led the remaining distance. Casey Woken and Corey Dumpert rounded out the top three

Brendon Damon took the lead at the drop of the green in the Northern SportMod feature but was passed by Daniels after a lap three restart. Daniels held off the field to the checkers with Ryan Moser edging Trenton Kleweno at the line for third.

Cody Graham led the first 9 laps of the Hobby Stock feature before defending track champion Hager assumed command. Hager held off Graham for the win. Andrew Burg, who started 20th, was third.

Spellmeier led all 15-laps in the caution-filled Sport Compact feature. Billy Turner finished second, fol­lowed by David Norquest.

On Saturday, Grabouski took the lead from polesitter Scott Smith on lap 10 of the Modified main event. Second-running Frye’s night ended on lap 22 when he drove off on a restart. Sobbing made a late charge but had to settle for second. Third was Jeremy Frenier.

Nick Tubbs took the early lead in the Stock Car feature but was caught by Nichols on lap seven.  Nichols and Tubbs got caught up in lapped traffic, which made for an exciting race as the two worked their way around slower cars, and Nichols was first to the wire for the second night in a row. Bruce Plumisto finished third.

Kleweno led the SportMod feature to halfway. Daniels got on lap 13 and led to the checkers. Dan­iel Gottschalk passed Kleweno late for the runner-up spot.

Cody Williams, Friday’s “B” feature winner, was the new face in victory lane on Saturday as he passed Duane Wahrman on the second lap and led the distance in the Hobby Stock main event.  Jacob Olmstead chased Williams the last half of the race but had to settle for second, followed by Adam Armstrong.

Spellmeier was victorious for the second night in a row in the Sport Compact feature, this time following a back-and-forth battle over the last five laps and in traffic with Richard Crow.  Spell­meier regained the lead as they came to the white flag and held on for the victory. Nick Lindblad was third.

Sponsors of the fourth annual special were Xtreme Motorsports and D & B Motors.

March 25 Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, 2. Tyler Frye; 3. Jesse Sobbing; 4. Dominic Ursetta; 5. Dylan Sherfick; 6. Jared Hoefelman; 7. Steven Bowers Jr.; 8. Jeremy Frenier; 9. Clay Money; 10. Danny Mor­rison; 11. Eddie Belec; 12. Anthony Roth; 13. Chad Melton; 14. Corey Burch; 15. Jimmy Reeves; 16. Chris Bragg; 17. Travis Hatcher; 18. Nick Link; 19. Jason Wolla; 20. Tim Watts; 21. Don Geist; 22. Mike Petersilie; 23. Tyler Sutton; 24. Cody Gearhart.

Stock Cars – 1. Mike Nichols; 2. Casey Woken; 3. Cory Dumpert; 4. Angel Munoz; 5. Jason Schoen­berger; 6. Nick Tubbs; 7. Austin Carter; 8. Tyler Tipton; 9. Kyle Clough; 10. Jim Powell Jr.; 11. Michael Pepper; 12. Colin Heim; 13. Justin Bussell; 14. Jesse Taylor; 15. Nolan Remus; 16. Jason Davis; 17. Kyle Pfeifer; 18. Jason Rogers; 19. Trevor Schmidt; 20. B.J. Wagoner; 21. Kevin Wagoner; 22. Chad Sterling; 23. Lloyd Meeske; 24. Jeff Whiting.

Northern SportMods – 1. Dustin Daniels; 2. Ryan Moser; 3. Trenton Kleweno; 4. Blaine Walt; 5. Brandon Spanger; 6. Daniel Gottschalk; 7. Thomas Nelson; 8. Brandon Clough; 9. Dakota Sproul; 10. Trent Roth; 11. Brian Davidson; 12. Austin Walker; 13. Henry Hendrickson; 14. Pat Bedore; 15. Triston Barton; 16. Tyler Watts; 17. Adam Armstrong; 18. C.J. Pfannenstiel; 19. Brendon Da­mon; 20. Jeremy Sigler; 21. Mike Moore; 22. Kolton Vogel; 23. Trevor Geist.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Garrett Hager; 2. Cody Graham; 3. Andrew Burg; 4. Tyrel Smith; 5. Jamie Songer; 6. Jason Fusselman; 7. Reagan Sellard; 8. Tommy Fose; 9. Shay Simoneau; 10. Brady Bencken; 11. Keith Burg; 12. Colton Pfeifer; 13. Cody Williams; 14. John Annon; 15. Jacob Olmstead; 16. Tanner Jones; 17. Jace Smith; 18. Travis Coop; 19. Lyle Russell; 20. Ruban Eich­man; 21. Kurt Hansen; 22. Jason Cleveland; 23. Brandon Hoffman; 24. Brett Henke.

Sport Compacts – 1. Scott Spellmeier; 2. Billy Turner; 3. David Norquest; 4. Brooke Russell; 5. Nick Lindblad; 6. Art Herzog; 7. Ryan Smith; 8. Randy Murphy; 9. Kyle Benoit; 10. Andrew Soder­land; 11. Ryan Murphy; 12. Shalanda Smith; 13. Jakob Schwein; 14. Andrew McClellen; 15. Rich­ard Crow; 16. Kirk Pfannenstiel; 17. William Hendrickson; 18. David Dembowski; 19. Bryan Moore.

March 26 Feature Results 

Modifieds – 1. Grabouski; 2. Sobbing; 3. Frenier; 4. Murray; 5. Ursetta; 6. Money; 7. Roth; 8. Scott Smith; 9. Gearhart; 10. Morrison; 11. Sherfick; 12. Hatcher; 13. Bragg; 14. Joe Cleveland; 15. Petersilie; 16. Greg Gustus; 17. Link; 18. Ronnie Hill; 19. Frye; 20. Bowers; 21. Belec; 22. Hoefelman; 23. Tanner Black; 24. Wolla.

Stock Cars – 1. Nichols; 2. Tubbs; 3. Bruce Plumisto; 4. Dumpert; 5. Woken; 6. Taylor; 7. Rog­ers; 8. Clough; 9. Tanner Portenier; 10. Bussell; 11. Perry Misner; 12. Remus; 13. Tipton; 14. Carter; 15. Pfeifer; 16. Aaron Gray; 17. Schoenberger,’ 18. Whiting; 19. Powell; 20. Davis; 21. Kevin Wagoner; 22. B.J. Wagoner; 23. Sterling.

Northern SportMods –  1. Daniels; 2. Gottschalk; 3. Kleweno; 4. Roth; 5. Bryan Herrick; 6. Walt; 7. Shane Meeks; 8. Spanger; 9. Davidson; 10. Barton; 11. Sproul; 12. Clough; 13. Henderson; 14. Be­dore; 15. Kamren Gruber; 16. Vogel; 17. Moore; 18. Nelson; 19. Bill Smith; 20. Justin Gibbens; 21. Moser; 22. Brett Berry; 23. Watts; 24. Walker.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Williams; 2. Jacob Olmstead; 3. Adam Armstrong; 4. Fose; 5. Songer; 6. Hager; 7. Duane Wahrman; 8. Bencken; 9. Hansen; 10. Jace Smith; 11. Tyrel Smith; 12. Eich­man; 13. Annon; 14. Sellard; 15. Simoneau; 16. Russell; 17. Pfeifer; 18. Keith Burg; 19. Al Em­mons; 20. Nicole Woods; 21. Dalton Blow; 22. Cleveland; 23. Fusselman; 24. Zach Olmstead.

Sport Compacts – 1. Spellmeier; 2. Crow; 3. Lindblad; 4. Schwein; 5. Dembowski; 6. Norquest; 7. Herzog; 8. Turner; 9. Ryan Murphy; 10. Ryan Smith; 11. McClellan; 12. Soderland; 13. Benoit; 14. Shalanda Smith; 15. Chris Packett; 16. Moore; 17. Randy Murphy; 18. Shawn Heir; 19. Hendrick­son; 20. Russell.

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