Ludeking wins big at Fayette County Speedway; Link, Hovden, Hills also win

Josh Ludeking won the USRA Hobby Stock main event.

Josh Ludeking won the USRA Hobby Stock main event.


Friday night at Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa, was the place to be. With four USRA classes in action, including the Larry Barker Memorial $1,000-to-win Hobby Stock division, there was no shortage of excitement throughout the night.

The 30-lap USRA Hobby Stock feature was dominated by Decorah’s Josh Ludeking, who started on the pole and led every lap on his way to the big payday.

With just one caution that came on lap 4 of the feature, Ludeking was able to work his magic and win by a solid margin over runner-up Justin Lichty of Waterloo.

Third place went to Paul Seabrooke of Decorah, who got the feature win last week at FCS, while West Union’s Daryl Moss grabbed fourth and fifth went to Troy Hovey of Cresco. Hovey started 23rd and passed 18 cars in the race.

In the Medieval USRA Stock Car division, Waukon’s Brady Link worked his way around 11 cars in the 20-lap feature to pick up his second feature win in the past eight days (winner at Cresco Speedway on June 23).

He navigated his way through the pack and took over the lead from third-place finisher Dan Jones of Waukon.

Decorah’s Mitch Hovden finished second, while Kevin Donlan of Decorah was fourth. Brayden Gjere of Mabel, Minn. led the race early on, but slipped back to fifth place.

Decorah ace Dan Hovden captured his fifth feature win of the season in the USRA B-Mod division as he wasted little time working to the top spot from his third-place starting position.

Trevor Fecht of Allison led the first several circuits around the speedway, but brought home a runner-up finish. In third was Decorah’s Kyle Anderson, while Ben Moudry of Protivin finished fourth. Taking fifth was Alex Zwanziger of Walker.

In the USRA Tuner class, Elkader’s Josh Hills earned his first win of the season. He beat out Clayton Harms of Postville in second and hard charger Braiden Schaufenbuel of New Hampton in third.

Harms advanced seven positions in the race, while Schaufenbuel improved eight spots. In fourth was Brad Stahl of Castalia, while Cresco’s Ben Horsfall finished fifth.

The action will resume at Fayette County Speedway on Friday, July 8, for another evening of great racing.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Fayette County Speedway, West Union, Iowa
Friday, July 1, 2022

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
2. (5) 15 Mitch Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
3. (4) 55 Derek Dettmann, McGregor, Iowa
4. (3) 99X Brandon Dietrich, Waukon, Iowa
5. (8) 22V Jackson Vsetecka, Fort Atkinson, Iowa
6. (6) 18 Tom Schmitt, Independence, Iowa
7. (7) 29 Brady Link, Waukon, Iowa
8. (1) 87 Dylan Suhr, Waterloo, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (1) 25 Dan Jones, Waukon, Iowa
2. (5) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
3. (4) 00 Danny Cole, Lansing, Iowa
4. (6) 4JR Russell Damme Jr., Waterloo, Iowa
5. (3) 24JR Kyle Roose, Parkersburg, Iowa
6. (2) 47 Brayton Boyer, St. Lucas, Iowa
DNS – 85RC Bryce Carey, Nashua, Iowa

Feature:
1. (12) 29 Brady Link, Waukon, Iowa
2. (5) 15 Mitch Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
3. (7) 25 Dan Jones, Waukon, Iowa
4. (8) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
5. (2) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
6. (4) 00 Danny Cole, Lansing, Iowa
7. (3) 99X Brandon Dietrich, Waukon, Iowa
8. (11) 18 Tom Schmitt, Independence, Iowa
9. (1) 4JR Russell Damme Jr., Waterloo, Iowa
10. (10) 24JR Kyle Roose, Parkersburg, Iowa
11. (13) 85RC Bryce Carey, Nashua, Iowa
12. (9) 22V Jackson Vsetecka, Fort Atkinson, Iowa
13. (14) 87 Dylan Suhr, Waterloo, Iowa
14. (6) 55 Derek Dettmann, McGregor, Iowa
DNS – 47 Brayton Boyer, St. Lucas, Iowa

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 16 Dan Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
2. (3) 28 Ryan Thorsten, Decorah, Iowa
3. (4) 98 Kyle Anderson, Decorah, Iowa
4. (5) 32Z Alex Zwanziger, Walker, Iowa
5. (2) 83 Dylan Crawford, West Union, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (1) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
2. (3) 85 Ben Moudry, Protivin, Iowa
3. (2) 24 Tim Heins, Waukon, Iowa
4. (4) 28T Philip Ihde, Decorah, Iowa

Feature:
1. (3) 16 Dan Hovden, Decorah, Iowa
2. (1) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
3. (4) 98 Kyle Anderson, Decorah, Iowa
4. (2) 85 Ben Moudry, Protivin, Iowa
5. (7) 32Z Alex Zwanziger, Walker, Iowa
6. (6) 24 Tim Heins, Waukon, Iowa
7. (5) 28 Ryan Thorsten, Decorah, Iowa
8. (9) 83 Dylan Crawford, West Union, Iowa
9. (8) 28T Philip Ihde, Decorah, Iowa

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 476X Troy Hovey, Cresco, Iowa
2. (1) 33 Aaron Kleppe, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
3. (7) 18K Dylan Clinton, West Union, Iowa
4. (8) 23 Justin Hanson, Hawkeye, Iowa
5. (5) 5 Daryl Moss, West Union, Iowa
6. (6) 14X Arthur Schott, Clermont, Iowa
7. (3) 514 Lane Leerhoff, Plainfield, Iowa
8. (4) 86 Gatlin Keehner, Monona, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (3) 81 Josh Ludeking, Decorah, Iowa
2. (2) 19 Paul Seabrooke, Decorah, Iowa
3. (1) 8 Rich Clinton, Elkader, Iowa
4. (4) 75 Michael Minnier, Monona, Iowa
5. (5) 22 Steve Larson, Decorah, Iowa
6. (8) 28 Randy Swatek, Ridgeway, Iowa
7. (6) 25 Bryce Hanson, Hawkeye, Iowa
8. (7) 4 Trevor Mitts, Clermont, Iowa

Heat #3:
1. (1) 18X Dru Kueker, Stanley, Iowa
2. (3) B4 Junior Boyer, Calmar, Iowa
3. (5) 52D B.J. Dahl, Calmar, Iowa
4. (2) 266 Justin Lichty, Waterloo, Iowa
5. (6) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
6. (7) 21 Randy Hanson, New Hampton, Iowa
7. (4) 29T Trevor Fleming, Elkader, Iowa
8. (8) 9 Cody Torkelson, Elgin, Iowa

Feature:
1. (1) 81 Josh Ludeking, Decorah, Iowa
2. (5) 266 Justin Lichty, Waterloo, Iowa
3. (7) 19 Paul Seabrooke, Decorah, Iowa
4. (10) 5 Daryl Moss, West Union, Iowa
5. (23) 476X Troy Hovey, Cresco, Iowa
6. (4) 23 Justin Hanson, Hawkeye, Iowa
7. (2) 52D B.J. Dahl, Calmar, Iowa
8. (22) B4 Junior Boyer, Calmar, Iowa
9. (6) 33 Aaron Kleppe, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
10. (9) 18X Dru Kueker, Stanley, Iowa
11. (3) 75 Michael Minnier, Monona, Iowa
12. (24) 8 Rich Clinton, Elkader, Iowa
13. (12) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
14. (18) 29T Trevor Fleming, Elkader, Iowa
15. (19) 86 Gatlin Keehner, Monona, Iowa
16. (20) 4 Trevor Mitts, Clermont, Iowa
17. (17) 25 Bryce Hanson, Hawkeye, Iowa
18. (15) 21 Randy Hanson, New Hampton, Iowa
19. (21) 9 Cody Torkelson, Elgin, Iowa
20. (16) 514 Lane Leerhoff, Plainfield, Iowa
21. (14) 28 Randy Swatek, Ridgeway, Iowa
22. (13) 14X Arthur Schott, Clermont, Iowa
DQ – (8) 18K Dylan Clinton, West Union, Iowa
DQ – (11) 22 Steve Larson, Decorah, Iowa

USRA TUNERS

Heat #1:
1. (7) 35 Brad Stahl, Castalia, Iowa
2. (1) 7J Ben Horsfall, Cresco, Iowa
3. (3) 25 Chris Pittman, Dunkerton, Iowa
4. (6) 56 Katie Stahl, Castalia, Iowa
5. (4) 76 Clayton Harms, Postville, Iowa
6. (5) 31 David Balik, Fort Atkinson, Iowa
7. (2) 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel, New Hampton, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (1) 18H Josh Hills, Elkader, Iowa
2. (2) 73B Andrew Bieber, Independence, Iowa
3. (3) 74 Josh Harms, Postville, Iowa
4. (4) E10 Holden Mathis, Monona, Iowa
5. (7) 12J Shawn Kraft, Decorah, Iowa
6. (6) 75D Dalton Fels, Calmar, Iowa
7. (5) 04X Aden Knight, Waterloo, Iowa

Feature:
1. (2) 18H Josh Hills, Elkader, Iowa
2. (9) 76 Clayton Harms, Postville, Iowa
3. (11) 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel, New Hampton, Iowa
4. (7) 35 Brad Stahl, Castalia, Iowa
5. (1) 7J Ben Horsfall, Cresco, Iowa
6. (5) 73B Andrew Bieber, Independence, Iowa
7. (8) 56 Katie Stahl, Castalia, Iowa
8. (10) 31 David Balik, Fort Atkinson, Iowa
9. (6) 25 Chris Pittman, Dunkerton, Iowa
10. (3) E10 Holden Mathis, Monona, Iowa
11. (14) 75D Dalton Fels, Calmar, Iowa
12. (12) 04X Aden Knight, Waterloo, Iowa
13. (4) 74 Josh Harms, Postville, Iowa
14. (13) 12J Shawn Kraft, Decorah, Iowa

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