Chris Hovden won the USRA Hobby Stock main event.

With a limited schedule in 2022, Cresco Speedway (Iowa) held its annual Howard County Fair races Thursday night as three USRA drivers navigated their way to Victory Lane in front of an at-capacity crowd!

Although there were only eight USRA Stock Cars in the pits due to many area drivers participating in the USRA Summer Shootout race at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, the cars in attendance put on a show for the ages as Brady Link of Waukon earned his first win of the 2022 season.

Link led the 18-lap feature race early, but faced heavy pressure from fellow front row starter Kevin Donlan of Decorah and Brayden Gjere of Mabel, Minn.

Midway through the race, Donlan was able to get past Link and gain a multi-car lead as Link fell back to as far as fourth place. With Gjere gunning for the top spot, he brought out a caution with only a handful of laps left to reset the field. The caution gave Link a second chance at the lead as he raced side-by-side with Donlan for the final three laps, ultimately gaining the advantage on the final circuit around the 4/10-mile speedway.

Donlan held onto second, while Gjere drove his way back up to third. Dylan Suhr of Waterloo took fourth, while Cresco’s own Andy Stinson was fifth.

In the USRA B-Mod main event, Michael Johnson of Rose Creek, Minn., got the win in his debut at the northeast Iowa speedway. Johnson ran second for much of the feature, but worked his way around Cresco’s Jason Schlangen with less than five laps to go.

Schlangen held on for second, while another crowd favorite - Brandon Hare of Elma - claimed third. In fourth was Decorah’s Phillip Ihde, while Jett Sorensen of Rochester, Minn. rounded out the top five.

In the USRA Hobby Stock feature race, a fierce battle between Chris Hovden of Cresco and Josh Ludeking of Decorah had the crowd on their feet all race long. Hovden was able to pass Ludeking with three laps remaining, dropping Ludeking to the runner-up spot.

In third was Cresco’s Scott Spilde, while another Cresco driver, Steve Holthaus, gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about with his fourth place finish. Rounding out the top five was Decorah’s Paul Seabrooke.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Cresco Speedway, Cresco, Iowa
Thursday, June 23, 2022

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

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat:
1. (3) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
2. (2) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
3. (6) 29 Brady Link, Waukon, Iowa
4. (1) 47 Brayton Boyer, St. Lucas, Iowa
5. (5) 22V Jackson Vsetecka, Fort Atkinson, Iowa
6. (7) 87 Dylan Suhr, Waterloo, Iowa
7. (4) 7K Andy Stinson, Cresco, Iowa
DNS – 8K Tom Kessel, Waukon, Iowa

Feature:
1. (1) 29 Brady Link, Waukon, Iowa
2. (2) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
3. (3) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
4. (6) 87 Dylan Suhr, Waterloo, Iowa
5. (7) 7K Andy Stinson, Cresco, Iowa
6. (4) 47 Brayton Boyer, St. Lucas, Iowa
7. (5) 22V Jackson Vsetecka, Fort Atkinson, Iowa
8. (8) 8K Tom Kessel, Waukon, Iowa

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
2. (2) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (5) 27S Jason Schlangen, Cresco, Iowa
4. (4) 83 Braeden Allen, Ostrander, Minn.
5. (6) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (3) 28J Jackson Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 9M Patrick McDermott, Decorah, Iowa
2. (5) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (3) 28T Philip Ihde, Decorah, Iowa
4. (4) 75 Cole Suckow, Cresco, Iowa
5. (2) 94M Zac Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
6. (6) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.

Feature:
1. (3) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
2. (1) 27S Jason Schlangen, Cresco, Iowa
3. (6) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
4. (2) 28T Philip Ihde, Decorah, Iowa
5. (5) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
6. (10) 28J Jackson Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
7. (7) 75 Cole Suckow, Cresco, Iowa
8. (12) 83 Braeden Allen, Ostrander, Minn.
9. (4) 9M Patrick McDermott, Decorah, Iowa
10. (8) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
11. (11) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
12. (9) 94M Zac Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (6) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
2. (1) 81 Joshua Ludeking, Decorah, Iowa
3. (4) 19 Paul Seabrooke, Decorah, Iowa
4. (2) 18 Scott Spilde, Cresco, Iowa
5. (3) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
6. (5) 52D B.J. Dahl, Calmar, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (4) 22 Steve Larson, Decorah, Iowa
2. (1) 22D Dayton Swatek, Cresco, Iowa
3. (2) 7D Devin Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
4. (5) 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
5. (3) 17 Damien Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (6) 86 Gatlin Keehner, Monona, Iowa

Feature:
1. (3) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
2. (1) 81 Joshua Ludeking, Decorah, Iowa
3. (7) 18 Scott Spilde, Cresco, Iowa
4. (8) 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
5. (5) 19 Paul Seabrooke, Decorah, Iowa
6. (2) 22 Steve Larson, Decorah, Iowa
7. (11) 52D B.J. Dahl, Calmar, Iowa
8. (9) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
9. (12) 86 Gatlin Keehner, Monona, Iowa
10. (6) 7D Devin Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
11. (4) 22D Dayton Swatek, Cresco, Iowa
12. (10) 17 Damien Lampert, Caledonia, Minn.

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