June 30, 2024 | By Anthony Ainslie

Zeitner Defends Hampel Memorial Title at Adams County

CORNING, Ia. — Justin Zeitner made his return to victory lane with the Malvern Bank Super Late Models West Series after Saturday’s visit to the Adams County Speedway.

The big half-mile in Corning, Iowa was the sight for the third round for the West Series. The night was the final stop of what was a 4-day swing after three East Series races, but after 2 of the 3 races were rained out, many East Series regulars made the trip to Corning for a chance at a $3,000 payday. It was big night for the West series as Saturday’s event was the third running of the Gail and Karen Hampel Memorial.

Jesse Sobbing put up the fastest time in qualifying after topping group A with a 20.716 second lap. Justin Zeitner was the fastest in group B when he stopped the clock at 20.898 seconds. The four heat races on the night were won by Kyle Berck, Andy Eckrich, Corey Zeitner, and Bill Leighton Jr. Leighton would earn enough points to be the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place Starter. The nightly award was up to $600 if Leighton could win the feature from 6th.

Later in the night, 28 cars took to the speedway for the 25-lap main event. Kyle Berck jumped from the outside of the front row to take the early lead. However, his lead and race were short-lived as Berck’s motor gave out. He would pull into the pit after only three laps handing the lead to pole sitter JC Wyman.

Like Berck, Wyman also had a short time in front as Chad Holladay took the lead just two laps after Wyman took the spot from Berck. From there, the Reigning East Series Champion showed the way while Wyman and Leighton did everything they could to chase him down.

The first caution came out with only ten laps left when Mike Collins’ engine when up in smoke. Racing resumed only for one lap before Leighton went down with a flat left-rear tire while running in the third spot. His crew would change the tire allowing Leighton to come back to finish 17th.

On the ensuing restart, Holladay led while Justin Zeitner charged off the top lane of the speedway running second. Zeitner would make the go-ahead move for the lead as he tried to slide Holladay for the lead. The two made contact, but Zeitner was able to complete the overtake.

The race would stay green the rest of the distance, and it was Justin Zeitner who claimed victory taking home the Hampel Memorial trophy for the third year in a row. It was Zeitner’s fourth win with the Series at Adams County Speedway and his 18th career series victory which is fourth most all-time.

JC Wyman recorded his best finish of the year with a second-place finish while Chad Holladay took third. Jesse Sobbing came in fourth, and Corey Zeitner rounded out the top five.

The Malvern Bank Super Late Models Series is off for the Independence Day weekend, but action will pick back up with the first Dual race of the year. For the first time of the year, it will be East vs. West at the Shelby County Speedway in Harlan, Iowa for the Rallen Zeitner Memorial on July 13th. Then, the West Series will gear up for back-to-back nights at Huset’s Speedway in South Dakota for the Silver Dollar Nationals on July 19 and 20.


RESULTS

MalvernBank A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 62-Justin Zeitner[5]; 2. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[4]; 4. 99-Jesse Sobbing[7]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[3]; 6. 04-Tad Pospisil[14]; 7. 10T-Jeff Tharp[8]; 8. 56S-Chris Spieker[15]; 9. 15-Jason O'Brien[16]; 10. 38T-Dylan Thornton[10]; 11. 58-Dave Eckrich[12]; 12. 53-Andrew Kosiski[22]; 13. 6-Cade Richards[9]; 14. 56-Andy Eckrich[11]; 15. 22-Charlie McKenna[21]; 16. 35D-Dylan Sillman[17]; 17. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 18. 11-Jon Kirby[28]; 19. 1-Jake Bridge[19]; 20. 52-Brian Kosiski[13]; 21. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[23]; 22. 15C-Curt Schroeder[18]; 23. 33-Paul Glendenning[25]; 24. 5S-Jeff Segebart[24]; 25. 3C-Mike Collins[20]; 26. 20-Zach Less[27]; 27. 65-Jon Binning[26]; 28. 14-Kyle Berck[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Kyle Berck[4]; 2. 4-JC Wyman[5]; 3. 15-Jason O'Brien[2]; 4. 56S-Chris Spieker[3]; 5. 99-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 6. 33-Paul Glendenning[7]; 7. 20-Zach Less[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Andy Eckrich[1]; 2. 32C-Chad Holladay[5]; 3. 35D-Dylan Sillman[2]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[4]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]; 6. 3C-Mike Collins[3]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[4]; 2. 62-Justin Zeitner[6]; 3. 58-Dave Eckrich[3]; 4. 10T-Jeff Tharp[5]; 5. 22-Charlie McKenna[1]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[7]; 7. (DQ) 11-Jon Kirby[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 2. 15C-Curt Schroeder[1]; 3. 52-Brian Kosiski[3]; 4. 6-Cade Richards[5]; 5. 53-Andrew Kosiski[7]; 6. 1-Jake Bridge[4]; 7. 5S-Jeff Segebart[2]

Qualifying A: 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:20.716[11]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:20.782[9]; 3. 4-JC Wyman, 00:20.806[5]; 4. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:20.849[2]; 5. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:20.862[3]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:20.905[1]; 7. 56S-Chris Spieker, 00:21.018[6]; 8. 3C-Mike Collins, 00:21.249[7]; 9. 15-Jason O'Brien, 00:21.436[14]; 10. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:21.545[8]; 11. 20-Zach Less, 00:21.604[4]; 12. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:21.615[12]; 13. 33-Paul Glendenning, 00:21.776[13]; 14. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:22.044[10]

Qualifying 2: 1. 62-Justin Zeitner, 00:20.898[1]; 2. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:20.964[4]; 3. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:21.173[3]; 4. 6-Cade Richards, 00:21.628[11]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:21.633[5]; 6. 1-Jake Bridge, 00:21.707[7]; 7. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:21.737[13]; 8. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:21.834[6]; 9. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:21.903[9]; 10. 5S-Jeff Segebart, 00:21.946[8]; 11. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:22.004[10]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:22.160[14]; 13. 65-Jon Binning, 00:22.598[12]; 14. 53-Andrew Kosiski[2]


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COMPACTS

Heat 1 Top 4 Invert (5 Laps): 1. 55-Gunner Steiner[3]; 2. 27-Tyler Hoover[5]; 3. 8F-Jeremy Frazier[4]; 4. 21-Kris Foote[6]; 5. 34-Scott Hennenan[1]; 6. 69-Abby Jarmin[2]

Heat 2 Top 4 Invert (5 Laps): 1. 23-Dustin Sheppard[2]; 2. 15H-Tyler Housley[5]; 3. 99P-Justin Best[3]; 4. 69X-Owen Richards[4]; 5. 24S-Jeff Schaefer[6]; 6. 99Z-Jacob Best[1]

Heat 3 Top 4 Invert (5 Laps): 1. 12-John Berg[5]; 2. 5-Zander Steiner[4]; 3. 751-Keegan Russell[2]; 4. 19-Jesse Ramos[1]; 5. 63B-Andrew Mills[3]; 6. 51-Trevor Burnison[6]



HOBBY STOCKS

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 7K-Bobby Key[3]; 2. 29-Anthony Fletchall[5]; 3. 7-Tom Myers[2]; 4. 10G-Dustin Grout[8]; 5. 21B-Bennett Johnson[15]; 6. 22-Jim Tull[9]; 7. 40X-David Weeda[4]; 8. 7H-Adam Hensel[18]; 9. 12G-Tyler Gray[10]; 10. 18-Kenton Walston[13]; 11. 5-Derek Myers[19]; 12. 64L-Tommy Luft[1]; 13. 5D-Anthony Davis[7]; 14. 33-Tim McCollum[12]; 15. 69C-Colton Schaaf[14]; 16. 95-Jerid Lund[16]; 17. 16-Buddy Haidsiak[6]; 18. 21-Cody Werner[11]; 19. (DNF) 22H-Eric Hensley[17]

Heat 1 Top 4 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 64L-Tommy Luft[1]; 2. 7K-Bobby Key[2]; 3. 21-Cody Werner[6]; 4. 22-Jim Tull[5]; 5. 18-Kenton Walston[7]; 6. 95-Jerid Lund[4]; 7. (DNF) 5-Derek Myers[3]

Heat 2 Top 4 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 12G-Tyler Gray[4]; 2. 5D-Anthony Davis[3]; 3. 40X-David Weeda[1]; 4. 16-Buddy Haidsiak[2]; 5. 69C-Colton Schaaf[6]; 6. 22H-Eric Hensley[5]

Heat 3 Top 4 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 29-Anthony Fletchall[2]; 2. 7-Tom Myers[1]; 3. 10G-Dustin Grout[4]; 4. 33-Tim McCollum[6]; 5. 21B-Bennett Johnson[3]; 6. 7H-Adam Hensel[5]



STOCK CARS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 0-Tony Hardisty[3]; 2. 55-Steve Churchill[1]; 3. 37D-Brad Derry[5]; 4. 31-Nick Woodard[2]; 5. 6-John Kinser[8]; 6. 70-Jesse Dennis[4]; 7. 62-Rick Barton[10]; 8. 20-Lance Swartz[7]; 9. 17-Luke Ramsey[9]; 10. 14-Tim Cooney[6]; 11. 97-Mark Karg[11]

Heat 1 Top 3 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 31-Nick Woodard[3]; 2. 70-Jesse Dennis[4]; 3. 14-Tim Cooney[6]; 4. 20-Lance Swartz[2]; 5. 17-Luke Ramsey[5]; 6. 97-Mark Karg[1]

Heat 2 Top 3 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 55-Steve Churchill[2]; 2. 37D-Brad Derry[4]; 3. 0-Tony Hardisty[3]; 4. 6-John Kinser[5]; 5. 62-Rick Barton[1]



B MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 16A-Bryce Allen[8]; 2. 3-Kyle Tanner[10]; 3. 5-Josh Sink[6]; 4. 0-Shawn Kralik[7]; 5. 11-Austin Hardisty[1]; 6. 57S-David Schwartz[9]; 7. 12J-Darrin Hardisty[15]; 8. 78-Evan Davis[5]; 9. T15-Tim Parrott[16]; 10. 20-Kirk McKay[2]; 11. 58-Hunter Poston[3]; 12. 60-Kevin Zeitner[12]; 13. 28-Ryan Christie[18]; 14. 75-Dalton Davis[21]; 15. 34X-Damian Haas[20]; 16. 10-Kody Parrott[13]; 17. (DNF) 5D-Devyn Peterson[11]; 18. (DNF) 17-Tate Haffner[17]; 19. (DNF) 11W-Andy Roberts[14]; 20. (DNF) 76-David Orr[4]; 21. (DNF) 91-Hayden Pelzer[19]

Heat 1 Top 4 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 58-Hunter Poston[3]; 2. 57S-David Schwartz[6]; 3. 5-Josh Sink[4]; 4. 11-Austin Hardisty[2]; 5. 10-Kody Parrott[5]; 6. 34X-Damian Haas[7]; 7. (DNF) 28-Ryan Christie[1]

Heat 2 Top 4 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 0-Shawn Kralik[4]; 2. 5D-Devyn Peterson[6]; 3. 76-David Orr[3]; 4. 20-Kirk McKay[2]; 5. 11W-Andy Roberts[1]; 6. T15-Tim Parrott[5]; 7. 75-Dalton Davis[7]

Heat 3 Top 4 Invert (6 Laps): 1. 16A-Bryce Allen[4]; 2. 78-Evan Davis[3]; 3. 3-Kyle Tanner[5]; 4. 60-Kevin Zeitner[6]; 5. 12J-Darrin Hardisty[2]; 6. 17-Tate Haffner[1]; 7. 91-Hayden Pelzer[7]



MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 6-Ryan Jenkins[4]; 2. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[7]; 3. 5-Todd Shute[2]; 4. 36T-Jeff Wiggins[8]; 5. 70-Jesse Dennis[3]; 6. 11F-Colton Garside[18]; 7. A5-Austin Paul[11]; 8. 1-Josh Most[1]; 9. 10J-Josh Cooper[13]; 10. 71-Jeff James[9]; 11. 37X-Alison Davidson[17]; 12. 37-Tyler Fudge[10]; 13. R21-Ryan Schaffer[15]; 14. 29-Monte Most[6]; 15. 38-Craig Garner[12]; 16. (DNF) 17-Jon Plowman[16]; 17. (DNF) 3C-Andrew Clark[14]; 18. (DNF) 1M-Mike Johnson[5]; 19. (DNF) 3W-Garett Wilson[19]

Heat 1 Top 4 Redraw (7 Laps): 1. 1-Josh Most[2]; 2. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[4]; 3. 70-Jesse Dennis[3]; 4. 71-Jeff James[6]; 5. 10J-Josh Cooper[5]; 6. 17-Jon Plowman[7]; 7. 11F-Colton Garside[1]

Heat 2 Top 4 Redraw (7 Laps): 1. 6-Ryan Jenkins[1]; 2. 36T-Jeff Wiggins[3]; 3. 38-Craig Garner[2]; 4. 29-Monte Most[5]; 5. 3C-Andrew Clark[6]; 6. (DNF) 3W-Garett Wilson[4]

Heat 3 Top 4 Redraw (7 Laps): 1. 5-Todd Shute[6]; 2. 1M-Mike Johnson[2]; 3. A5-Austin Paul[5]; 4. 37-Tyler Fudge[1]; 5. R21-Ryan Schaffer[4]; 6. 37X-Alison Davidson[3]