July 3, 2023 | By Anthony Ainslie

Zeitner Conquers the Quarter-Mile at Stuart Speedway

(Stuart, IA) -- After a heartbreaking defeat the first time around, Justin Zeitner scored big in the Malvern Bank Super Late Models West Series’ return to Stuart International Speedway.

Sunday’s race at the high-banked quarter-mile bullring in Stuart, Iowa marked round 10 of the 2023 season for the West Series. It was also the tour’s second and final stop to Stuart for the season. A field of 28 cars from Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri made the call for a chance to stand at the top with the $3,000 paycheck.

Seven-Time Series Champion Kyle Berck started his night off on the right foot by setting the quickest lap in qualifying. The Marquette, Nebraska driver laid down a 12.636 second time. The four heat races on the night were won by JC Wyman, Charlie McKenna, Jason Hahne, and Corey Zeitner. Curt Schroeder would win the B-feature later in the night, and after provisional starters were decided, 24 cars took center stage for the 30-lap main event.

Kyle Berck started on pole position and was quick to jump to the race lead. The field were able to knock seven laps off the counter before the first of multiple cautions came out for a spin in turn four.

The race was a challenging one as many drivers found themselves in accidents throughout the race. One of those was Series Point Leader Jesse Sobbing who ended up sliding into the infield in turn three. He would go to the rear of the field but rallied back nicely to finish eighth.

Right before the halfway mark, trouble would strike the leader, Berck. Berck tried going low to dodge a slower lapped car, but the slower car cut right in front of Berck allowing him with no time to dodge. Berck would get sideways and suffer nose damage, but he would continue on.

However, that incident would hand the lead over to Andrew Kosiski. The La Vista, Nebraska driver would lead into the single digit laps when the final caution came out for a two-car tangle involving Josh Leonard and Derrick Stewart who were running fifth and sixth at the time. Leonard would continue on while Stewart was done for the evening. He would finish 18th.

On the final restart, Justin Zeitner, who had worked his way to second, caught Kosiski and threw a slide job on him for the race lead, and from that point, the Malvern, Iowa driver would capture the win. Less than a month after cutting a tire while leading at Stuart, Zeitner would take home his first win at the quarter-mile with the Malvern Bank West Series. The win is also Zeitner’s fourth of the 2023 season and his 12th win all-time.

Andrew Kosiski took home second while Corey Zeitner avenged his misfortunes the previous visit to Stuart with a third-place run. Josh Leonard, with loads of sheet metal damage, brought his machine home in fourth, and Jaxon Saatoff took fifth, one position better than his Series debut at the speedway the month prior.

The Malvern Bank West Series and Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series come together for the next stop on both tours. On July 15th, the two series come together for the Rallen Zeitner Memorial at Shelby County Speedway in Harlan, Iowa with a massive $7,600 top prize on the line. After that, the Malvern Bank West Series heads north to Brandon, South Dakota for a 2-day debut at the Huset’s Speedway on July 21st and 22nd.

RESULTS

Malvern Bank A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 62-Justin Zeitner[9]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski[2]; 3. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[4]; 4. 85-Josh Leonard[8]; 5. 1-Jaxon Saathoff[3]; 6. 76H-Jason Hahne[10]; 7. 24-Bill Leighton[7]; 8. 99-Jesse Sobbing[5]; 9. 14-Kyle Berck[1]; 10. 04-Tad Pospisil[15]; 11. 52-Brian Kosiski[16]; 12. 35D-Dylan Sillman[11]; 13. 76-Zach Zeitner[20]; 14. 33-Paul Glendenning[13]; 15. 15C-Curt Schroeder[17]; 16. K1-Kyle Krampe[24]; 17. 22-Charlie McKenna[6]; 18. 43-Derrick Stewart[12]; 19. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[18]; 20. 25-Brad Perdue[22]; 21. 21H-Brett Hopp[23]; 22. 35-Kale Kosiski[19]; 23. 4-JC Wyman[14]; 24. 1J-Jay Burdic[21]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 15C-Curt Schroeder[1]; 2. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[4]; 3. 35-Kale Kosiski[2]; 4. 76-Zach Zeitner[5]; 5. 1J-Jay Burdic[3]; 6. 21H-Brett Hopp[6]; 7. K1-Kyle Krampe[7]; 8. 25-Brad Perdue[8]; 9. U2-Scott Daly[9]; 10. 65-Jon Binning[10]; 11. 5-Michael Trulson[11]; 12. 2C-Trevor Casey[12]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 2. 1-Jaxon Saathoff[4]; 3. 15C-Curt Schroeder[2]; 4. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 5. K1-Kyle Krampe[7]; 6. 76-Zach Zeitner[3]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Charlie McKenna[5]; 2. 1J-Jay Burdic[1]; 3. 35-Kale Kosiski[2]; 4. 33-Paul Glendenning[4]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[3]; 6. 35D-Dylan Sillman[6]; 7. 2C-Trevor Casey[7]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 76H-Jason Hahne[2]; 2. 62-Justin Zeitner[3]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 4. 85-Josh Leonard[5]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski[4]; 6. 25-Brad Perdue[1]; 7. 65-Jon Binning[7]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[3]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 3. 53-Andrew Kosiski[5]; 4. 43-Derrick Stewart[4]; 5. 21H-Brett Hopp[2]; 6. U2-Scott Daly[1]; 7. 5-Michael Trulson[7]

Qualifying A: 1. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:12.651[4]; 2. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:12.731[12]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:12.800[9]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:12.896[5]; 5. 1-Jaxon Saathoff, 00:12.983[8]; 6. 33-Paul Glendenning, 00:12.990[7]; 7. 76-Zach Zeitner, 00:13.020[11]; 8. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:13.063[2]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:13.111[14]; 10. 35-Kale Kosiski, 00:13.175[3]; 11. 4-JC Wyman, 00:13.184[1]; 12. 1J-Jay Burdic, 00:13.373[6]; 13. K1-Kyle Krampe, 00:13.482[10]; 14. 2C-Trevor Casey, 00:13.483[13]

Qualifying B: 1. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:12.636[9]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:12.813[1]; 3. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:12.830[3]; 4. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:12.843[2]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:12.844[12]; 6. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:12.854[5]; 7. 62-Justin Zeitner, 00:12.919[13]; 8. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:13.254[8]; 9. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:13.279[14]; 10. 21H-Brett Hopp, 00:13.285[10]; 11. 25-Brad Perdue, 00:13.368[4]; 12. U2-Scott Daly, 00:13.379[7]; 13. 65-Jon Binning, 00:13.583[6]; 14. 5-Michael Trulson, 00:14.779[11]

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IMCA STOCK CAR

Affordable Quality Exteriors A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[6]; 2. 14-Jake Sachau[2]; 3. 14B-Austin Bouzek[5]; 4. 99D-Damon Murty[3]; 5. 99X-Dallon Murty[4]; 6. 92-Buck Schafroth[7]; 7. 01-Troy Jerovetz[11]; 8. V31-Todd VanEaton[10]; 9. 7-Tyson Partridge[12]; 10. 3H-Ty Hill[1]; 11. 8M-Austin Meiners[8]; 12. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[9]; 13. 19-Dustin Reeh[13]; 14. 94-Dillon Solum[16]; 15. 93L-Blake Lehman[14]; 16. 01X-Brian Perdue[19]; 17. 71-Corey Piffer[17]; 18. 85J-Zac Johnson[18]; 19. 3S-Bryan Snell[15]

Affordable Quality Exteriors Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[1]; 2. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[8]; 3. 8M-Austin Meiners[3]; 4. 92-Buck Schafroth[4]; 5. 3H-Ty Hill[5]; 6. 01-Troy Jerovetz[9]; 7. 19-Dustin Reeh[10]; 8. 3S-Bryan Snell[7]; 9. 71-Corey Piffer[2]; 10. 01X-Brian Perdue[6]

Affordable Quality Exteriors Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Jake Sachau[1]; 2. 99D-Damon Murty[3]; 3. 14B-Austin Bouzek[4]; 4. V31-Todd VanEaton[6]; 5. 99X-Dallon Murty[7]; 6. 7-Tyson Partridge[5]; 7. 93L-Blake Lehman[2]; 8. 94-Dillon Solum[9]; 9. 85J-Zac Johnson[8]

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[2]; 2. 57S-David Schwartz[3]; 3. 53-Logan Anderson[11]; 4. 2X-Matt Avila[10]; 5. 11R-Braden Richards[1]; 6. 21-Cam Reimers[12]; 7. 7V-Carter VanDenBerg[6]; 8. 58-Hunter Poston[9]; 9. 18-Mitchell Morris[5]; 10. 99RE-Arie Schouten[13]; 11. 26-Mike Dullard[7]; 12. 95N-Garrett Nelson[17]; 13. 0LD-Bryan Morris[8]; 14. 34N-Thomas Nelson[22]; 15. 11X-Steve Devitt[16]; 16. 11-Austin Hardisty[19]; 17. 57L-Lynn Brockett[23]; 18. 9-Amber Cook[18]; 19. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[14]; 20. 76-David Orr[21]; 21. J7-David Simpson[25]; 22. 5-Josh Sink[20]; 23. 42-Tyler Heckart[4]; 24. 7X-Lauren Cook[24]; 25. 85-Dustin West[15]; 26. 44J-Brian Johnson[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[1]; 2. 57S-David Schwartz[3]; 3. 42-Tyler Heckart[2]; 4. 58-Hunter Poston[4]; 5. 99RE-Arie Schouten[5]; 6. 11X-Steve Devitt[9]; 7. 11-Austin Hardisty[8]; 8. 34N-Thomas Nelson[6]; 9. J7-David Simpson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[3]; 2. 26-Mike Dullard[8]; 3. 2X-Matt Avila[5]; 4. 18-Mitchell Morris[7]; 5. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[1]; 6. 95N-Garrett Nelson[6]; 7. 57L-Lynn Brockett[2]; 8. 44J-Brian Johnson[4]; 9. 5-Josh Sink[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7V-Carter VanDenBerg[3]; 2. 53-Logan Anderson[4]; 3. 0LD-Bryan Morris[2]; 4. 21-Cam Reimers[8]; 5. 85-Dustin West[6]; 6. 9-Amber Cook[5]; 7. 76-David Orr[1]; 8. 7X-Lauren Cook[7]

IMCA SPORT COMPACT

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 9-Kolby Sabin[4]; 2. 69X-Owen Richards[8]; 3. 8A-Anthony Clark[10]; 4. 5-Zander Steiner[9]; 5. 02-John Gill[3]; 6. 16-Curtis Masterson[11]; 7. 27-Tyler Hoover[5]; 8. T13-Braxton Wallace[12]; 9. 8F-Bryan Vannausdle[6]; 10. 9J-John Logan[13]; 11. 33NK-Nikole Kimmel[7]; 12. 980-Jeremiah Downing[2]; 13. 44-Jake Paysen[1]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 8A-Anthony Clark[2]; 2. 44-Jake Paysen[1]; 3. 9-Kolby Sabin[4]; 4. 8F-Bryan Vannausdle[5]; 5. 27-Tyler Hoover[3]; 6. 16-Curtis Masterson[6]; 7. 9J-John Logan[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69X-Owen Richards[2]; 2. 02-John Gill[3]; 3. 5-Zander Steiner[5]; 4. 33NK-Nikole Kimmel[4]; 5. 980-Jeremiah Downing[6]; 6. T13-Braxton Wallace[1]

OUTLAW MINI MODS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 69K-Kaden Rice[4]; 2. 25C-Chase Daniels[5]; 3. 5M-Megan Daniels[3]; 4. 25L-Lucas Daniels[6]; 5. 17J-Justin Winkler[8]; 6. 31-Spencer Nelson[10]; 7. 85-Chris Trulson[9]; 8. 12-Zachary Dunham[11]; 9. 9G-Grant Kading[12]; 10. Z83-Zackary Schaefer[2]; 11. 44R-Joel Roberts[1]; 12. 4R-Judd Roberts[7]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Z83-Zackary Schaefer[1]; 2. 5M-Megan Daniels[3]; 3. 44R-Joel Roberts[2]; 4. 4R-Judd Roberts[5]; 5. 85-Chris Trulson[4]; 6. 12-Zachary Dunham[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69K-Kaden Rice[3]; 2. 25L-Lucas Daniels[2]; 3. 25C-Chase Daniels[5]; 4. 17J-Justin Winkler[6]; 5. 31-Spencer Nelson[4]; 6. 9G-Grant Kading[1]