Cossel, Wenig, Smith also get wins as points finale looms
By Dewain Hulett
for Lee County Speedway
DONNELLSON, Iowa (August 19, 2011) – With only one week now remaining in 2011 points racing at Lee County Speedway, Friday night’s races cleared a lot of things up heading into the Aug. 26^th’s IWireless Season Championship, but it also muddied the water a bit more in a pair of classes.
Tyler Cale won his second Budweiser IMCA Modified feature event, while Jeff Mueller made a last lap pass to win the Miller Lite IMCA Stock feature event. Both of those drivers closed their respective point deficits to three points heading into the final night.  Read more...

Helenthal, Greiner, Cossel get wins at Lee County
By Dewain Hulett
for Lee County Speedway
DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 29, 2011) – With family in the stands from Pennsylvania, Ray Raker put together his best race of the season, picking up his first Donnellson Tire Hobby Stock win of the year at Lee County Speedway.
Other winners included Tyler Cale, who picked up his first Budweiser IMCA Modified feature win of the year, David Helenthal, Matt Greiner and Phillip Cossell.
Jake Wenig led early in the Hobby Stock feature, but later broke a lower ball joint while trying to charge back to the front. When Wenig went to the tale, Raker inherited the lead and held off a strong challenge from Dane Fenton. Raker and Fenton made heavy contact coming of turn for to take the white flag, but Raker kept his car straight, while Fenton lost momentum. Raker held on for the win, while Fenton was passed by Dan Wenig, who finished second, Fenton was third.  Read more...

Strothman gets second win, Wenig wins second straight, Smith, Gillenwater also win
By Dewain Hulett
for Lee County Speedway
DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 15, 2011) – Brandon Savage had come close on several occasions but had never been able to close the door on a IMCA Modified win. Friday night, he slammed the door shut with a convincing win at Lee County Speedway.
Other winners included Jim Gillenwater, IMCA Sport Mods; Corey Strothman, IMCA Stock Cars; Jake Wenig, Hobby Stocks and Darin Smith, Wild Things.
Savage, who started fourth in the feature event, followed Rob Kirchner to second place at the drop of the green flag. Kirchner was able to hold off the eventual winner for nine laps, but a great move splitting a lapped car and Kirchner coming off turn two gave Savage the lead. He was never threatened the rest of the way in the win. Josh Foster came from 10^th to second, while Dennis LaVeine rounded out the top three.  Read more...

By Bill Wright
for the Sprint Invaders
DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 8, 2011) – California, Missouri’s Randy Martin ended a bit of a drought for himself by picking up $1,200 and the feature event at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa Friday night.  The event coincided with the Lee County Fair.
Justin Parrish shot out from his pole position to lead the non-stop 25-lap feature early on.  The low side seemed to be quickest early on and saw a multitude of drivers choosing the groove, but Martin was one of the few to try the high side from his fifth starting spot.  Bobby Mincer started outside row one and ran second early on.  Soon he was battling with Martin for the spot, before the latter took the spot on lap eight.  Read more...

DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 6, 2011) – The Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders head to a very familiar place this Friday night, as they partake in their annual trek to the Lee County Fair and the Lee County Fair Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa.  The series has competed at the racy 3/8-mile oval more than any other in their history.
Two-time and defending champion, “Showtime” Kaley Gharst is expected to compete on Friday.  Gharst is the all-time leading feature winner in series’ history, and the all-time leader in wins in Donnellson with five.  The Sprint Invaders have raced 31 times at the track.  Read more...

Widmar survives 305 feature for win, Lynch gets Hobby Stock win at line
By Dewain Hulett
for the TSSR
DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 1, 2011) – Justin Reed led every lap of the IMCA Late Model feature event, but had to hold off Mark Burgtorf through the middle stages of the event to pick up the win, Friday, at Lee County Speedway.
Other winners included Jim Lynch, Hobby Stocks; Wyatt Lantz, IMCA Modifieds; Mark Widmar, 305 Sprints; and David Helenthal, Wild Things.  Read more...

Weller takes IMCA Stock Car check, Carter wins IMCA Sport Mods feature
By Dewain Hueltt
for Lee County Speedway
DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 30, 2011) – Michael Long, Quincy, Ill., started 10^th and charged to the front of the JR Motosports
Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature event at Lee County Speedway to dominate the last half of the race.
Long won by a straight away, while taking home the $1,000 payday.
Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa, won the IMCA Sport Mods’ $700 prize, while Shane Weller took home the same payday for winning the IMCA Stock feature event.
While everyone in front of him ran the low line, Long took his Gillenwater Racing machine to the high side and caught early race leader Ronn Lauritzen and Tyler Cale midway through the event. The three-wide battle lasted the length of the backstretch, as Long ran away on the high side to the lead.
One caution slowed the race the rest of the way, after several early cautions, while Long dominated with the straightaway win.  Read more...

Dresden, Strothman get first wins, Foster nips Crear at the line
By Dewain Hulett
For Lee County Speedway
DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 24, 2011) – In the last few years Dane Fenton has had a lot of second places finishes and some extremely untimely bad luck that has kept him out of victory lane at Lee County Speedway. Friday, for the first time, none of that happened as he picked up his first career Hobby Stock win on Family Motors and Big Country 103.1 night at the races.
In what turned out to be the best finish of the night Josh Foster picked up another IMCA Modified win, while Rodger Dresden held on for a IMCA Sport Mod win. Corey Strothman was able to close the deal on his first IMCA Stock Car win of the season and David Helenthal won in the Wild Things.  Read more...

Crear gets first LCS feature victory, Wenig, Helenthal win again
By Dewain Hulett
for the TSSR
DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 17, 2011) – Jeff Mueller did what he’s wanted to do all year at Lee County Speedway, and Dustin Crear did what he’s been trying to do for several years at the 3/8^th mile, Friday night.
It was win both the Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods feature and Miller Lite IMCA Stock Car feature in the same night for Mueller, and win the Budweiser IMCA Modified feature for Crear. They both reached their goals, while Jake Wenig, Donnellson Tire Hobby Stocks, and David Helenthal, Sunline Auto Parts Wild Things, were also feature winners.
The most exciting race of the night came courtesy the Stock Car drivers, especially Corey Strothman, Mueller and Jason Cook. Strothman started out front and led the first 13 laps of the none-stop race. Cook and Mueller both caught Strothman on lap 14, with Mueller making the pass and a little contact as the pair he and Strothman crossed the start-finish line. Strothman jumped the cushion in turn two allowing Mueller to get away and Cook to slide underneath, but the race wasn’t over yet. Cook threw the car deep into turn three and was side-by-side with Mueller off turn four. There was no contact as the pair worked down the front stretch as Cook worked hard to keep his car glued to the bottom of the racetrack, and Mueller used the momentum of the middle groove to take the feature win. Cook settled for second, Strothman was third, while John Oliver, Jr. was third and Aaron Brocksieck was fifth.  Read more...

Foster wins number four, Wenig wins close Hobby Stock feature at Lee County
By Dewain Hulett
for the TSSR
DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 2, 2010) – A four car battle that ended with the third place car spinning backwards across the start finish line is how Phillip Cossel won the final feature event of the night, Friday during Casey General Store Fan Appreciation Night, at Lee County Speedway.
Cossel beat Jim Gillenwater and Joe Bliven, who was backwards when he crossed the line, to the strip to win the Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mod feature event.
Other feature winners included Josh Foster, Budweiser IMCA Modifieds; Jake Wenig, Donnellson Tire Hobby Stocks; Nick Wilkerson, Sunline Auto Parts Wild Things; and Matt Greiner, Miller IMCA Stock Cars.  Read more...