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JSTS Speed Week 2012 Three Nights – Three Tracks The first-ever Jackson Speedway Touring Series Speed Week event began Wednesday night, July 18, with a visit to the Sioux County Youth Fair in Sioux Center, Iowa. The first night of racing featuring the Forbes Meats JSTS 360 winged sprint cars attracted 29 cars for the 20-lap, $2,000 to win purse. When the double checkers flew for the feature, Winnipeg, Manitoba’s Lou Kennedy Jr parked his 21K Shamrock Flooring sprinter in the victory lane.
JSTS at Sioux Speedway July 18, 2012 Race Results A Feature (20 laps) – 1. 21K Lou Kennedy, Jr., Winnipeg Canada, 2. 6 Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, 3. 21 Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 4. 3 Billy Alley, Lincoln NE, 5. 20K Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg Canada, 6. 11x Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD, 7. 3M Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill IA, 8. 14R Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids IA, 9. 35 Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield MN, 10. 25 Dylan Peterson, Hartford SD, 11. 57x Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD, 12. 13v Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, 13. 09 Matt Juhl, Estherville IA, 14. 15 Joe Riedel, Ramona SD, 15. 93 Derrick Lusk, Jackson MN, 16. 29 Nate Eakin, Lake Park IA, 17. 5M Troy Manteufel, St. Peter MN, 18. 21A Dustin Benken, Sheldon IA (DNF), 19. 75c Casey Heser, Jackson MN (DNF), 20. 12L John Lambertz, Sioux Falls SD (DNF)
B Feature (10 laps- top 4 advance to A Feature) – 1. 25 Peterson, 2. 75c Heser, 3. 13v Brahmer, 4. 21A Benken, 5. 73 Andy Jones, Princeton MN, 6. 10 Justin Jacobsma, Hull IA, 7. 2K Kevin Ingle, Huron SD, 8. 4J Ryan Jones, Harrisburg SD, 9. 29x Brandon Stevenson, Holestein IA (DNF), 10. 98 Steve Yarns, Jackson MN (DNF); Did Not Start: 97x Carson McCarl, Altoona IA, & 40 Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD Heat 1 (8 laps) – 1. 3 Alley, 2. 3M Hall, 3. 09 Juhl, 4. 75c Heser, 5. 21 Brown, 6. 13v Brahmer, 7. 21A Benken, 8. 29x Stevenson
Heat 2(8 laps) – 1. 5M Manteufel, 2. 35 Prochaska, 3. 29 Eakin, 4. 15 Riedel, 5. 97x McCarl, 6. 2K Ingle, 7. 40 Garner
Heat 3 (8 laps) – 1. 17A McCarl, 2. 20K Kennedy, 3. 11x Bakker, 4. 25 Peterson, 5. 93 Lusk, 6. 73 Jones, 7. 4J Jones
Heat 4 – (8 laps) -1. 6 Gharst, 2. 21K Kennedy, 3. 57x Peters, 4. 14R Rosenboom, 5. 12L Lambertz, 6. 10 Jacobsma, 7. 98 Yarns The JSTS Speed Week journeyed back to the land of 10,000 lakes on Thursday night to visit Redwood Speedway in Redwood Falls. A field of 21 cars made the trip to Redwood Speedway and when the final checkered flag flew on the night it was Kaley Gharst of Decatur IL picking up the win the 20-lap $1,500 to win event.
The feature event had its fair share of trouble getting started.After an initial bad start, the race was brought back and restarted. On the restart the red flag was thrown when several cars got together in turn two, including Curt Lund, Redwood Falls MN, Casey Heser, Jackson MN, Justin Jacobsma, Hull IA, Randi Miller, Rapid City SD, and Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls SD.Lund suffered the most damage as he got upside down.All the drivers were ok, but Lund, Miller, Peterson, and Jacobsma were done for the night.On the next restart, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg Canada, spun in turn two.The next restart was good and it was Kaley Gharst getting the early lead from his pole starting position.Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD, would get the second spot with Derrick Lusk, Jackson MN, getting the third position.At the end of lap one another caution came out when Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, spun his car in turn two.That would be races last caution flag and once again Gharst paced the field as Bakker and now Brain Brown, Grain Valley MO, would chase after Gharst.Brown was able to get by Lusk on the lap one restart.By the fifth lap the leaders would spread themselves out with Gharst up front followed by Bakker, Brown, Lusk, and Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield MN.By lap seven Brown had caught Bakker and on the next circuit Brown passed Bakker moving into the second position.At the halfway point Gharst maintained the lead followed by Brown, Bakker, Lusk and Prochaska.The leaders once again began to spread themselves around the speedway, but as the race was drawing to a close Brown and Bakker were gaining on Gharst and the top three were within five car lengths of one another.Fortunately for Kaley Gharst time ran out for Brown and Bakker and he picked up his first ever JSTS Sprint car feature event win.Brian Brown settled for second followed by Gregg Bakker, Derrick Lusk, and Skylar Prochaska.Heat race wins went to Gregg Bakker, Jackson Speedway Touring Series – July 19, 2012 - Redwood Speedway, Redwood Falls MN
A Feature (20 laps) – 1. 6 Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, 2. 21 Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 3. 11x Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD, 4. 93 Derrick Lusk, Jackson MN, 5. 35 Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield MN, 6. 73 Andy Jones, Princeton MN, 7. 14R Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids IA, 8. 09 Matt Juhl, Estherville IA, 9. 20G Chris Graf, Glencoe MN, 10. 13v Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, 11. 75c Casey Heser, Jackson MN, 12. 15 Joe Riedel, Ramona SD, 13. 20 Brodie McKeown, Heron Lake MN(DNF), 14. 98 Steve Yarns, Jackson MN (DNF), 15. 5M Troy Manteufel, St. Peter MN (DNF), 16. 20K Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg Canada (DNF), 17. 10 Justin Jacobsma, Hull IA (DNF), 18. 25 Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls SD (DNF), 19. 90 Randi Miller, Rapid City SD (DNF), 20. 87 Curt Lund, Redwood Falls MN (DNF); Did Not Start: 21K Lou Kennedy, Jr., Winnipeg Canada
Heat 1 (8 laps) – 1. 11x Bakker, 2. 93 Lusk, 3. 10 Jacobsma, 4. 90 Miller, 5. 75c Heser, 6. 09 Juhl, 7. 21K Kennedy
Heat 2 (8 laps) – 1. 25 Peterson, 2. 20K Kennedy, 3. 21 Brown, 4. 14R Rosenboom, 5. 20G Graf, 6. 15 Riedel, 7. Yarns
Heat 3 (8 laps) – 1. 35 Prochaska, 2. 6 Gharst, 3. 73 Jones, 4. 87 Lund, 5. 13v Brahmer, 6. 20 McKeown, 7. 5M Manteufel Friday’s stop of the Jackson Speedway Touring Series was at Fairmont Raceway in Fairmont, MN, with a total of 22 of the JSTS winged sprints checking in for the nights racing action. Winning the 20-lap, $1500 to win event was Brian Brown Grain Valley MO.
Only two caution flags slowed action in the A Feature. At the drop of the green it was Brain Brown getting the early lead from his inside pole starting position. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, would get the second spot with Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, getting the third spot.
The leaders raced in this order for the first three laps, when Chris Graf, Glencoe MN, moved into the third spot getting by Brahmer. Two laps later though Brahmer charged back and was able to get back around Graf for third. On lap seven the races first caution came out when Matt Juhl, Estherville IA, spun in turn four, which also collected Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls SD. Unfortunately both drivers were done for the night. On the restart, Brown kept the field behind him as Gharst raced in second and Brahmer in third. As the leaders put lap 15 on the board, they would enter lap traffic, which allowed Gharst to close in on race leader Brian Brown. Brown would hold him off through the next two laps when the last caution came out for Brandon Stevenson, Holstein IA, who slowed on the back straightaway. On the restart, Brian Brown kept the field behind him and went on to pick up round three of the JSTS speed week. Kaley Gharst was second followed by Seth Brahmer, Lee Grosz, Harwood ND, and Chris Graf. The heat races were won by Brian Brown, Seth Brahmer, and Kaley Gharst. Jackson Speedway Touring Series Fairmont Raceway Results – 7/20/12
Feature (20 laps) – 1. 21 Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 2. 6 Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, 3. 13v Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, 4. 4J Lee Grosz, Harwood ND, 5. 20G Chris Graf, Glencoe MN, 6. 14R Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids IA, 7. 11x Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD, 8. 35 Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield MN, 9. 15 Joe Riedel, Ramona SD, 10. 20K Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg Can...ada, 11. 10 Justin Jacobsma, Hull IA, 12. 90 Randi Miller, Rapid City SD, 13. 75c Casey Heser, Jackson MN, 14. 21K Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg Canada, 15. 73 Andy Jones, Princeton MN, 16. 4s Mike Stein, Gaylord MN, 17. 29 Nate Eakin, Lake Park IA, 18. 29x Brandon Stevenson, Holestein IA, 19. 93 Derrick Lusk, Jackson MN (DNF), 20. 09 Matt Juhl, Estherville IA (DNF), 21. 25 Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls SD (DNF), 22. 98 Steve Yarns, Jackson MN (DNF)
Heat 1 (8 laps) – 1. 21 Brown, 2. 10 Jacobsma, 3. 11x Bakker, 4. 14R Rosenboom, 5. 25 Peterson, 6. 35 Prochaska, 7. 21K Kennedy, 8. 4s Stien
Heat 2 (8 laps)– 1. 13v Brahmer, 2. 20G Graf, 3. 90 Miller, 4. 20K Kennedy, 5. 93 Lusk, 6. 75c Heser, 7. 29x Stevenson
Heat 3(8 laps) -1. 6 Gharst, 2. 4J Grosz, 3. 15 Riedel, 4. 09 Juhl, 5. 73 Jones, 6. 29 Eakin, 7. 98 Yarns

Actually it was 4 nights at 4 tracks.