Reicks, Ihde, Cole, Panos winners at Cresco

CRESCO, Iowa (May 13, 2001) - ABC Graphics of Cresco sponsored the weekly racing action at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa, on Sunday rught.

Hobby Stocks were the first to take the track with heat wins going to Tory Reicks, Dan Christopher and Steve Holthaus. Modifieds were up next with Kyle Chiglo and Todd Ihde picking up the heat wins. Hornets were up next with heat wins going to Garry Guirid and Danny Cole. Kevin Bidne and Lynn Panos picked up heat wins in the Stock Car class.

Steve Hoithaus jumped out to the early lead in the Hobby Stock feature race until Tory Reicks pulled even at the halfway point and took over the lead. Mike Vsetecka also fought to get around Holthaus, but could not catch Reicks as he picked up his first feature win of the season. Vsetecka took second, followed by Holthaus, Christopher and Mel Tieskotter.

Dan Bohr jumped out in ftont of the pack in the Modified feature and it looked to be that he was running away from the field until Todd Ihde worked his way through traffic and then put his sights on Bohr. The drivers battled for four laps when Ihde took to the high side of the track and took over first place and held on for the win. Bohr finished second, with Tim Heins, Dean Reiss and Ryan York ounding out the top five.

Cole grabbed the early lead in the Hornet feature and held on to first place flag to flag to pick up his second straight feature win. Garry Guirid, Jeremy Cornwell, Bruce Schuttemeier and Jeff Zahasky rounded out the top five.

Side by side racing action was the name of the game in the Stock Car feature race. Ron Konkel was the first to take the lead with last week's winner, Bidne, pulling up to challenge the lead. Bidne took over first by a half car-length at the halfway point only to lose a driveshaft going into turn 3, sending him to the pits for the night. Konkel regained the lead on the restart only to have Panos pull even with five laps remaining. The two ran side by side for the next three laps with Panos hanging on for the win. Konkel finished second, followed by Mike Bergan, Troy Hansmeier and Marinus Mlady.

RESULTS

Top 5 feature race finisher:

HOBBY STOCKS: Tory Reicks, Mike Vsetecka, Steve Holthaus, Dan Christopher, Mel Tieskotter

MODIFIEDS: Todd Ihde, Dan Bohr, Tim Heins, Dean Riess, Ryan York

HORNETS: Dan Cole, Gary Guirid, Jeremy Cornwell, Bruce Schuttemeier, Jeff Zahasky

STOCK CARS: Lynn Panos, Ron Konkel, Mike Bergan, Tray Hansmeier, Marinus Mlady