Murray, Rogers pick up 2nd wins at Oberlin

OBERLIN -- David Murray Jr. of Oberlin and Jason Rogers of Selden both won their second feature of the season in their respective divisions in racing action Saturday at Oberlin Speedway.

Rick Schwab of Norton took the lead at the drop of the green in the 15-lap IMCA Modified main event with Murray, Barry Richards and Tyson Garrison in tow.

Murray took the lead from Schwab on the second lap and drove on to the win in the caution free race.

Oberlin's Barry Richards gave chase but could not quite reel in Murray and had to settle for second.

Doug Holzmeister finished a distant third, followed by Chad Sterling and Garrison.

Murray and Richards won the two heat races.

The Bomber main event was a battle of the Jason's as Jason Rogers and Norton's Jason Davis left the field in the 12-lap race.

Davis stayed close to Rogers but could not make the pass and finished in the runner-up spot.

Third place went to Cory Struckhoff. Josh Hudson and Nathan Glendening finished fourth and fifth. Heat race winners were Davis and Rogers.

The IMCA Stock Car Summer Series kicked off with the series opener at Oberlin with 11 of the IMCA Stock Cars on hand.

J.R. McCreery of Hays took advantage of his outside front row starting spot in the 15-lap feature and jumped out to the lead when the green flag waved.

Bob Chalupa, Kelly Ford and Brady Koch all gave chase.

Ford had moved to second by lap five and slowly starting gaining ground on the leader.

At the halfway mark, the two had pulled away from the field, leaving Chalupa, Billy Smith, Jason Schoenberger and heat one winner Randy Clydesdale in a dogfight for third.

Ford continued to close in on McCreery and made the winning pass on lap 12.

McCreery finished second, trailed by Schoenberger, Smith and heat two winner Mark Zorn.

Joe and Jimmy Carter of Russell, Kan., led all 12 laps of the Cruiser main event that saw only 5 cars finish out of the 10 car field.

Jeff and Mike Doty finished second, followed by Jason Gallentine and Mark Bailey.

Heat race winners were the Carters and Aaron Ploussard and Kenyon Badsky.

All five classes will return to action at 5 p.m. Saturday.

RESULTS

Bombers

Heat 1: 1. Jason Davis, 2. Kelly Karnopp, 3. Cory Struckhoff, 4. Jeremy Zorn.

Heat 2: 1. Jason Rogers, 2. Josh Hudson, 3. Larry Rogers, 4. Paul Tally.

Feature: 1. Rogers, 2. Davis, 3. Struckhoff, 4. Hudson, 5. Nathan Glendening, 6. Zorn, 7. Rogers, 8. Karnopp, 9. Dave Meitl, 10. Larry Ayres (DNF), 11. Tally.

IMCA Hobby Stocks Heat: 1. Colby Claflin, 2. Chris Cuellar, 3. Jason Koch, 4. Austin Davis.

Feature: 1. Koch, 2. A. Davis, 3. Les Janousek, 4. Cliff Davis, 5. Cuellar, 6. Claflin (DNF), 7. Jason Stephens.

Cruisers

Heat 1: 1. Aaron Ploussard/Kenyon Badsky, 2. Jeff Doty/Mike Doty, 3. Jason Gallentine/Mark Bailey, 4. Macy Thomas/Kimberly Thomas.

Heat 2: 1. Joe Carter/Jimmy Carter, 2. Rex McClain/Jeanette McClain, 3. Cole Stragey/Britton Scott, 4. James Sisk/Benji Whittenburg.

Feature

1. Carter/Carter, 2. Doty/Doty, 3. Gallentine/Bailey, 4. Rhona Annon/Treva Patterson, 5. McClain/McClain, 6. Ploussard/Badsky (DNF).

7. Stragey/Scott (DNF), 8. Sisk/Whittenburg (DNF), 9. Jon Fisher/Dan Morford (DNF), 10. Thomas/Thomas (DNF), 11. Michael Hockmeier/Jim Ellis (DNS).

IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Randy Clydesdale, 2. Kelly Ford, 3. Brady Koch, 4. Bob Chalupa.

Heat 2: 1. Mark Zorn, 2. Bill Matson, 3. J.R. McCreery, 4. Jason Schoenberger.

Feature: 1. Ford, 2. McCreery, 3. Schoenberger, 4. Billy Smith, 5. Zorn, 6. Chalupa; 7. Matson, 8. Koch, 9. Clydesdale (DNF), 10. Jason Glendening (DNS), 11. Dan Lauer (DNS).

IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. David Murray, 2. Jeffrey Wolf, 3. Rick Schwab, 4. Doug Holzmeister.

Heat 2: 1. Barry Richards, 2. Tyson Garrison, 3. Brice Riley, 4. Chad Sterling.

Feature: 1. Murray, 2. Richards, 3. Holzmeister, 4. Sterling, 5. Garrison, 6. Wolf, 7. Riley, 8. Schwab (DNF), 9. Jim Arnold (DNF).