#72 Jacob
Goede from New Germany (MN) is on an incredible roll at Elko Speedway,
winning for the 7th time in just 10 races so far this year in the MN
Corn Growers Super Late Model division.
Former Raceway Park
Champion Chad Walen took the early lead in the 40 lap race, he then
fought side by side with former TUNDRA Champion Nick Panitzke for the
top spot. Panitzke took the lead on lap 12 before Goede made his way
though the pack, on a restart Goede captured the lead and held on the
final 15 laps for the win by .656 seconds.
"Elko Speedway
is the premiere facility in the country pretty much," said Goede "for
two groove racing, it doesn't get any better." Panitzke did not pass
post race Tech inspection and was disqualified, Derek Lemke was then
scored in second and Matt Goede third in the 19 car field.
Jacob
Goede has now taken a commanding lead in the point standings, his
closest competitor is his brother Matt now 64 points behind.
# 3 Conrad
Jorgenson from Lakeville (MN) bested 18 cars and won his third feature
in the last four events at Elko Speedway in the NASCAR All American
series Genz-Ryan Thunder Car division.
Brent Kane, still
driving a replacement car loaned to him by Scott King, took the early
lead in the 20 lap feature. It took until half way through the race for
Conrad Jorgenson to move up from his 4th row starting spot to Challenge
for the lead. Kane protected the bottom groove but Jorgenson finally
took the lead with 3 laps remaining and won by 1.37 seconds.
"It's
got to be about 15 years that Brent and I have been racing against each
other, it's been a lot of fun, he is a great competitor," said
Jorgenson. "Everybody we race with (in the Thunder Car division) is fun
and most of them are my customers (at Bros Jorgenson racing), I help a
lot of guys, you can build a really nice car, not spend a fortune and
have a lot of fun."
It was 20 years ago that Conrad
won his first of three Championships at Elko Speedway, he started the
season with some bad luck and is not running for points this year, he
mentioned that this might be his last full-time season. "I'm building
two Power Stocks for my kids to race, we might bring one of them out in
the next few weeks, when they are racing I won't have time to run
full-time," said Jorgenson.
Jeremy Wolff finished 9th but still leads by 8 points over Kane in the race for the Championship.
Chris
Marek from Lakeville (MN) won his 7th Hiway Federal Credit Union BIG 8
feature race at Elko Speedway. Marek started 7th in the field of 16
cars, Kyle Kirberger had the early lead, then Dylan Moore took the top
spot before Marek grabbed the lead for good and won by .871 seconds over
Moore and Michael Beamish.
Marek now has a 48 point lead over Ryan Kamish and 52 point lead over Moore in the race for the title.
Taylor
Goldman (video above) won her second consecutive Pepsi Power Stock Main event but, it
did not come easy. Goldman from Minnetonka (MN) had a furious battle
with Tim Hollen side by side and lap after lap through most of the 20
lap feature. The crowd was thrilled by the hard nosed driving and a
roar went through the stands as Goldman crossed the line just .105
seconds ahead of Hollen.
Tom Doten finished the
feature in 5th spot out of 20 cars, he now leads Goldman by 13 points
and Grant Brown by 14 points in the race for the Championship.
Robby
Carter from Burnsville (MN) beat 20 other cars and won the 20 lap Great
North Legends Main event. Matt Allen had the early lead but could not
hold off Carter as he took home the trophy for the 2nd time in 2015.
Defending Champion Derek Lemke finished runner up .354 seconds behind
Carter.
Derek Lemke now leads his father Jon in the
points battle, Derek has a 34 point lead over his Dad and 35 points
ahead of Matt Allen who sits in third.
Justin
Schelitzche from Lester Prairie (MN) won his third Hornets feature event
of the season. Schelitzche dominated the 15 lap affair and won by an
entire straight away, he finished 3.903 seconds ahead of Matt Suhl to
win the race.
Justin now has a 18 point lead over the other 3 time winner Ashley Bell in the Championship points battle.
Luke
Allen from Chanhassen (MN) won the Bandoleros main event and closed to
only 8 points behind Owin Giles in the race for the Championship.
Up
next at Elko Speedway is racing in the NASCAR Whelen All American
Series on Saturday July 18th. After the racing Hairball will perform on
the outdoor stage. No movie will be shown at the Elko Drive in Theater
on this specific race night due to the concert. Gates open at 5pm with
action beginning at 6pm at Elko Speedway located 20 minutes South of
the Twin Cities, just off of I-35. Get more information by following us
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