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Thomas County Speedway pays tribute to Jeff Hartwell at season finale.

By Eric Gaede

Sept. 2, 2007. The final race of the 2007 season at Thomas County Speedway was a special one. It started with a moment of silence and then a parade lap by the racers showing their respect for the late Jeff Hartwell. The cars carried an American flag and a flag with Jeff’s signature 23X number on it. Jeff lost his battle with cancer on August 24, 2007. Later in the evening the Modified drivers ran their feature race parade lap in the missing man formation with the pole position left open for Jeff. The fans in the pits and the grandstands all showed their respect by standing and the men removing their hats during the parade lap. Jeff’s two youngest children, Chase and Jordan, acted as the trophy presenters for the feature races. Jeff raced at Thomas County Speedway and other tracks in the area from the late 1980’s until 2004 and won many feature races in several classes during that time period. He will be greatly missed in the racing community.

Racers next year will have a slightly different set of rules to prepare their cars for as the Thomas County Speedway will be changing to an IMCA sanctioned track with the Modifieds, Stock Car and Hobby Stock classes. The Econo class will remain the same as it has been this year. The schedule for next year will be finalized and posted early next year. Please check www.thomascountyspeedway.com for updates. Thanks to all of the racers and race fans for making this season a success and have a great fall and winter. See you at the races!

Modifieds

Darren Deloach #21 won the feature and the Track championship in the final race of the season. Jeff Tubbs #37 held the lead for much of the race but faded to 3 rd in the final laps. Brady Coen #3 finished 2 nd as he made his move a little too late around Tubbs and couldn’t hold off Deloach for the win. Matt Fabrizius #62 held on for 4 th place after starting on the pole. Angel Munoz #2m came in 5 th and Chris Remetes faded from his outside pole start to finish 6 th. Nick Tubbs #737 was 7 th and Ronnie Hill #41 finished 8 th. The rest of the finishing positions 9 th #8 Kevin Wark 10 th 7s David Solberg 11 th 21b Jason Brees

Stocks

Ryan Wark #8 also won the feature and locked up the track championship in the stock main event. Angel Munoz #95w would have had to finish three positions better than Wark to take the championship but could only manage a 2 nd place finish. Wheat Lippelmann #44 led for the first half of the race and finished 3 rd. Travis Towns #3 was 4 th and Eric Kinderknecht #cz8 came in 5 th. Jason Stevens #77 finished 6 th.

Bombers

Matt Morris #21m won the bomber track championship with a 2 nd place finish. Adam Morris #27 took the top spot in the main after catching a break with a late race caution. Michael Giesenhagen #111 led much of the race but after the late caution he faded to 3 rd. Raymond Dechant #00 had to start in the back for pitting during a caution but came up through the pack in a hurry to score a 4 th place finish. Jeff Doty #3d claimed a top five with Brett Glassman #16x and Travis Glassman #16 on his heals for 6 th and 7 th.

The rest of the finishing positions were 8 th #s98 Joey Snethen, 9 th #46k Rich Beasley, 10 th #71 Josh Colby, 11 th #38 Allen Kurth, 12 th #11x Ron Haremza, four cars did not make the start of the race.

Econos

Chad Fields #10f also took second on the way to the track championship in the econo division. Drew Miller #49 took the checkered flag in the final race of the season. Mark Fabrizius #3d made his first start this year and came home a strong 3 rd place finish. Chad Normandin #01 came in 4 th with Alex West #31 getting the top five. Justin Colby #17 finished 6 th and Lee Hagman #4 was 7 th. Tyrel Smith #12 came in 8 th and Jason McIntyre #1 made his first start of the year and finished 9 th. The rest of the finishing positions were 10 th #11 JR Wolfrum, 12 th #7 Adrienne West, 13 th #73 Jason Schwarz, 14 th #44 Donovan Nichols, 15 th #9 Dylan Hageman, 16 th #86 Dan Blair, 17 th #c8 Chris Hildebrand.

#49 Drew Miller - Econo Winner
#27 Adam Morris - Bomber Winner
#8 Ryan Wark - Stock Winner
#21 Darren Deloach - Modified Winner

 

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