The 2024 racing season continued on Saturday night at the Jamestown Speedway with a very special event. The Jamestown Speedway hosted the 6th Annual Jeff Carpenter Memorial Race and REBEL MW Mod Tour Race for the Wissota Midwest Modifieds and it was also Back to School Night at the Speedway. There were a total of 27 Wissota Midwest Modifieds in attendance and we have to thank Tony Smith, Randy Klein, Scott Bintz, the Carpenter Family, friends, supporters, devoted sponsors, and more for helping to host the Carpenter Memorial on Saturday and raise over $13,000 for the purse! The racing action was hot and heavy throughout the night. We have to thank the University of Jamestown Jimmie's Football Team and Booster Club for sponsoring on Saturday and providing 25 backpacks to our junior fans for back to school this week.
The weather was beautiful on Saturday and the track was very fast and quite racy throughout the night. There were multiple side-by-side battles and drivers could run all over the track. We had a total of 115 cars in the pits! We have to thank all of the drivers, fans, and track workers that came out to enjoy the action on Saturday night and honor Jeff Carpenter.
Congratulations goes out to our winners and runner-ups during the 6th Annual Jeff Carpenter Memorial Race:
Bombers/Hobby Stocks - 22 Cars:
- Winner: Joe Jacobson, Runner-Up: Cade Gentzkow
- Hard Charger: Skyler Rohrich +7 (21st to 14th)
INEX Legends (Sponsored by Wright Insurance Agency, Inc.) - 24 Cars:
- Winner: Preston Martin, Runner-Up: Ty Olson
- Hard Charger: Preston Martin +9 (10th to 1st) & Ty Olson +9 (11th to 2nd)
Wissota Midwest Modifieds (Sponsored by Gerdau Recycling) - 27 Cars ($2,037 to Win):
- Winner: Brennon Weight, Runner-Up: Zach Reinke, Third Place: Arin Beyer
- Hard Charger: Phil Christlieb +12 (27th to 15th)
A great battle throughout the race for 2nd through 5th as Brennon Weight was gone up front. The battle between Arin Beyer, Aaron Michel, Zach Reinke, Jaren Wibstad, and Ryan Ost was outstanding with Zach Reinke making the pass for 2nd out of turn 4 on the final lap. A lot of drivers were moving through the field and lots of great 3-4 wide racing. Congratulations to Brennon Weight and thank you to the Jeff Carpenter family and supporters for helping out with the event on Saturday night.
Wissota Street Stocks - 19 Cars:
- Winner: Jaden Christ, Runner-Up: Jodie Michaelsohn
- Hard Charger: Jaden Christ +8 (9th to 1st)
IMCA Modifieds (Sponsored by Shocker Hitch) - 19 Cars:
- Winner: Kollin Hibdon, Runner-Up: Jordan Sours
- Hard Charger: Allen Kent +14 (18th to 4th)
Jr. Slingshots - 4 Cars:
- Winner: Jaxon Carow, Runner-Up: Gabrielle Matzke
Once again, thank you to all of the drivers, fans, and track personnel that came out to the show on Saturday night. We really appreciate everyone's support at the Jamestown Speedway and we have to thank everyone for coming out. We hope all of the drivers had a great time and hope to see everyone back throughout the season.
Please join us next week for some more high-flying, action-packed racing on Jamestown's 1/4 mile high-bank oval. Next week Saturday, August 24th is Season Championship Night and the Kuchen Invitational! The point battles are very close in several classes. The gates open at 5:30 pm and racing action begins at 7:00 pm. Hope to see everyone next week Saturday for some horsepower at the Jamestown Speedway!