The Iceman is THE King of the Hill at Minneapolis

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The Iceman is THE King of the Hill at Minneapolis

by Dusty Wiegert

 

MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. -- A clean sweep was in store for fans at the Minneapolis Raceway as Delbert "The Iceman" Smith prevailed in not only the first ever King of the Hill event for the Midwest DIRTcar Late Model Series, but also the 30 lap Main Event.

 

Smith finished 4th in his heat race, giving him the second opportunity to pick a redraw position. He drew #2 to start outside of Cale Gottschalk, who drew #1. On lap 1 Smith rocketed off the front row to take a quick lead on the opening lap. Cale Gottschalk and Dave Conkwright made contact on lap 1 with Conkwright going to the back as the result of a caution.

 

Another caution flew on the restart for a spunout Brad Fortney. Smith had no problem with the lead on the restart, with Matt Johnson, Jerry Warner, Gottschalk, and Jimmy Segraves in tow. Another yellow flew on lap 5, with another on lap 7 for a crash involving Gottschalk and Justin Kinderknecht. On the next lap the yellow flew again with Earl Kinderknecht and Gary Gorby involved.

 

Things finally got settled down allowing the drivers to make it to lap 13 before the next caution, involving Conkwright and Kelly Dunn. Conkwright was done for the night but Dunn continued after the final caution of the night.

 

From there it was smooth sailing for Smith as Warner and Segraves worked past Johnson. At the finish the top 5 was Smith, Warner, Segraves, Fortney to fourth after coming from the back, and Johnson rounding out the top 5.

 

Smith worked his way to victory lane earlier in the evening as well after taking the win over Justin Kinderknecht in the finals of the King of the Hill event. Smith had quicktime and the #1 seed in the bracket style head to head event after setting the fastest time in the heat races.

 

Dunn and Conkwright picked up the heat race wins earlier in the evening.

 

From here the Midwest DIRTcar Late Model Series heads to the Hutchinson Raceway Park in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday August 14 for their next event.

 

For more information on the MDLMS please visit www.mdlms.net or call 785-342-2565

 

RESULTS

 

A Feature

1. 92 Delbert Smith

2. 89 Jerry Warner

3. 3 Jimmy Segraves

4. 59 Brad Fortney

5. 5J Matt Johnson

6. 7C Gary Gorby

7. T1T Earl Kinderknecht

8. 31 Kelly Dunn

9. 25T Tyler Gottschalk

10. 81 Doug Sieh

11. V10 Vince Wagoner

12. 22C Dave Conkwright

13. 28C Cale Gottschalk

14. 1JR Justin Kinderknecht

15. 701 David Brack

 

Heat 1

1. Dunn

2. Warner

3. Segraves

4. Smith

5. J. Kinderknecht

6. Gorby

7. Fortney

8. Brack

 

Heat 2

1. Conkwright

2. Johnson

3. E. Kinderknecht

4. C. Gottschalk

5. T. Gottschalk

6. Wagoner

7. Sieh