Last week we published the news regarding South Dakota’s Park Jefferson International Racetrack relaunching their 2020 season with their version of the Open Wheel Nationals. The race ran as promised but it was not your typical Saturday night dirt track affair. Being the only game in town, or the nation for that matter, all eyes were cast upon the event.

The track was not open to spectators, only racers and their crews/guests. Despite this, it was one of the most heavily watched races of the season. The race was live-streamed by SpeedshiftTV.com, one of the motorsports leading live-streaming service providers in the country. Fan response was so great that the initial stream was bogged down by the number of subscribers.

The service was quickly fixed and despite a couple of short rain delays, the entire race was executed to perfection. The broadcast came off so well in fact, the race-starved fans did not complain of the rain delays, and the full program was completed.

In the Sprint Car portion of the program, the evening’s quick time was set by Aaron Reutzel as he set a new track record of 12.692 (just over 113 miles per hour). Heats were won by Blake Hahn (making his 410 debut), Kyle Offill, Scotty Thiel, and Brendan Mullen. Jake Blackhurst picked up the B Main over Cody Ledger and Anthony Fiore.

After a couple of failed attempts at a start, Kerry Madsen and Parker Price Miller led the field. Parker Price Miller took over the lead until a charging Aaron Reutzel got by Madsen, then slid past Price Miller. A caution lap saw the field restart with Price Miller jumping to the lead, only to experience mechanical issues forcing his departure from the track with five laps to go. On the restart, it was Zearfoss who made his move on the high side and raced to checkers ahead of Kerry Madsen, Austin McCarl, Ian Madsen, and Channin Tankersley.

Ricky Thorton Jr. came from mid-pack in the IMCA feature to claim the win with Jeff Taylor and Robby Sawyer rounding out the podium. 

RESULTS: 4/25/2020 at Park Jefferson International Speedway, North Sioux City, South Dakota.

410 Sprint Cars

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.692[31]; 2. 2-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.771[22]; 3. 14P-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.840[11]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:12.909[26]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 00:12.962[4]; 6. 27-Carson McCarl, 00:12.986[15]; 7. 26-Cory Eliason, 00:13.025[7]; 8. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:13.058[1]; 9. 39N-Anthony Macri, 00:13.087[3]; 10. 17G-Channin Tankersley, 00:13.120[27]; 11. 2KS-Chad Boespflug, 00:13.280[30]; 12. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.292[28]; 13. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 00:13.323[23]; 14. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 00:13.326[10]; 15. 91-Anthony Fiore, 00:13.350[6]; 16. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.359[17]; 17. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:13.359[14]; 18. 88-Kyle Offill, 00:13.362[13]; 19. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.401[21]; 20. 44N-Dylan Norris, 00:13.470[19]; 21. 47-Brant O’Banion, 00:13.500[16]; 22. 21-Carson Short, 00:13.512[2]; 23. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.528[18]; 24. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:13.630[29]; 25. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:13.719[24]; 26. 21K-Kameron Key, 00:13.761[20]; 27. 05-Colin Smith, 00:13.819[5]; 28. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.885[25]; 29. 35L-Cody Ledger, 00:13.941[12]; 30. 51A-Elliot Amdahl, 00:14.618[8].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 2. 39N-Anthony Macri[4]; 3. 47-Brant O’Banion[1]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen[5]; 6. 14-Jody Rosenboom[3]; 7. 8-Jack Croaker[7]; 8. (DNF) 35L-Cody Ledger[8].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Kyle Offill[2]; 2. 21-Carson Short[1]; 3. 17G-Channin Tankersley[4]; 4. 21K-Kameron Key[7]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 6. 2-Kerry Madsen[6]; 7. 51A-Elliot Amdahl[8]; 8. (DNF) 27-Carson McCarl[5].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 44-Chris Martin[1]; 3. 2KS-Chad Boespflug[4]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason[5]; 5. 14P-Parker Price Miller[6]; 6. 91-Anthony Fiore[3]; 7. 05-Colin Smith[7].

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11M-Brendan Mullen[1]; 2. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl[5]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 6. 44N-Dylan Norris[2]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7].

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 2. 35L-Cody Ledger[8]; 3. 91-Anthony Fiore[1]; 4. 44N-Dylan Norris[3]; 5. 21K-Kameron Key[5]; 6. 05-Colin Smith[6]; 7. 8-Jack Croaker[4]; 8. 51A-Elliot Amdahl[9]; 9. (DNF) 14R-Sean Rayhall[7].

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[3]; 2. 2-Kerry Madsen[1]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl[8]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen[6]; 5. 17G-Channin Tankersley[9]; 6. 39N-Anthony Macri[5]; 7. 88-Kyle Offill[13]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst[20]; 9. 14-Jody Rosenboom[19]; 10. 2KS-Chad Boespflug[10]; 11. 35L-Cody Ledger[21]; 12. 44-Chris Martin[17]; 13. 44N-Dylan Norris[23]; 14. 64-Scotty Thiel[14]; 15. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 16. 14P-Parker Price Miller[2]; 17. 21K-Kameron Key[24]; 18. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[12]; 19. 26-Cory Eliason[7]; 20. 47-Brant O’Banion[18]; 21. 91-Anthony Fiore[22]; 22. 11M-Brendan Mullen[15]; 23. 52-Blake Hahn[11]; 24. (DNF) 9N-Wade Nygaard[16].

IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Jim Thies[2]; 2. 88-Sean Barragan[1]; 3. 4J-Jordy Nelson[7]; 4. 21K-Kyle Brown[8]; 5. 7N-Jay Noteboom[5]; 6. M80-Jim Mathieson[6]; 7. 11-Trent Loverude[4]; 8. (DNF) 25-Ricky Stephan[3].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Jim Cole[2]; 2. 1X-Chris Abelson[3]; 3. 44-Jason Schneiders[1]; 4. 198-Robby Sawyer[5]; 5. 36-Kenny Wallace[7]; 6. 41-Thor Anderson[6]; 7. 47-Darin Roepke[4]; 8. 30-Jordan Grabouski[8].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14B-Matt Bonine[2]; 2. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[6]; 3. 3-Kelly Shryock[1]; 4. 82-Jake McBirnie[4]; 5. 9-Ken Schrader[3]; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando[8]; 7. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]; 8. (DNF) 11X-Tom Berry Jr[5].

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jeff Taylor[1]; 2. 26J-Joel Rust[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 4. 02JR-Chris Mills[6]; 5. 21M-Tyler Madigan[5]; 6. 442-Aaron Johnson[7]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]; 8. 48-Bob Moore[3].

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. V13-Grey Ferrando[3]; 2. 442-Aaron Johnson[4]; 3. 25-Ricky Stephan[9]; 4. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]; 6. 41-Thor Anderson[2]; 7. 30-Jordan Grabouski[10]; 8. M80-Jim Mathieson[1]; 9. (DNF) 47-Darin Roepke[6]; 10. (DNF) 48-Bob Moore[12]; 11. (DNS) 11X-Tom Berry Jr; 12. (DNS) 11-Trent Loverude.

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[7]; 2. 5-Jeff Taylor[11]; 3. 198-Robby Sawyer[14]; 4. 1X-Chris Abelson[10]; 5. 23-Jim Thies[3]; 6. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[9]; 7. 88-Sean Barragan[2]; 8. 3-Kelly Shryock[5]; 9. 26J-Joel Rust[6]; 10. 82-Jake McBirnie[15]; 11. 55-Jim Cole[1]; 12. 36-Kenny Wallace[18]; 13. 9-Ken Schrader[19]; 14. 21M-Tyler Madigan[20]; 15. V13-Grey Ferrando[21]; 16. 21K-Kyle Brown[13]; 17. 442-Aaron Johnson[22]; 18. 14B-Matt Bonine[4]; 19. 44-Jason Schneiders[8]; 20. 4J-Jordy Nelson[12]; 21. 02JR-Chris Mills[16]; 22. 7N-Jay Noteboom[17]; 23. 15M-Shane DeMey[24]; 24. 25-Ricky Stephan[23].