Smith dominates at NCSI

WORTHINGTON -- Jeremy Smith highlighted another great night for racing at Nobles County Speedway on Sunday night.

Smith was one of 10 drivers to start the B-mod feature, with Brady Joynt taking an early lead. Colleen DeRuyter followed in second place, with Smith closely behind in third. Mike Fogelman also was among the racers battling for second place.

But Smith took advantage of a hole between DeRuyter and Fogelman to take sole possession of second place and he immediately starting working on taking over the first-place position.

After a caution came out for Dan Ahlers, Joynt stayed in the lead after the restart, with Smith second, DeRuyter third, Fogelman fourth and Justin Anderson fifth.

Smith drove to the inside of Joynt on a restart and made a pass coming out of Corner 2. DeRuyter and Anderson also managed to get around Joynt, with Anderson taking over second place and DeRuyter taking third. But Smith kept increasing his lead from the pack until pulling a full straightaway ahead and cruising for the victory.

Anderson placed second, DeRuyter finished third, Fogelman fourth and Ahlers fifth.

Seven cars started the Hornets class feature, with Jake Schroeder taking an early lead and Dan Hector and Brandi Dalin battling for second place.

Hector took over second place and started closing the gap on Schroeder, but he went into the corner a little too hard and spun out, causing a caution.

Schroeder remained in the lead after the restart, with Aaron Peil in second, Schroeder in third and Jeremy Winter in fourth. Schroeder maintained his lead until the checkered flag was waved, claiming first place.

Brad Bohn placed second, Brady Schroeder came in third, Hector finished fourth and Winter claimed fifth.

Klaus Deuschle took an early lead among the 10 cars that started the Sportsman class, with Bruce Kingery and Spencer Kalass battling for second.

Kingery passed Kalass on Lap 3, and Corey Probst was able to pass Dan Probst and Chad Lonnerman to take the fourth-place position.

Kingery seemed to be closing the gap on Deuschle when a caution came out. Deuschle remained in the lead on the restart, with Kingery closely behind in second, Kalass in third, Dan Probst in fourth and Lonnerman in fifth.

Deuschle held onto the lead until mechanical problems forced him to pull in, allowing Kingery to take over the lead. But Lonnerman found his grove on the outside, passing both Kalass and Kingery to take the lead and the checkered flag.

Kingery finished second, Dan Probst came in third, Kalass placed fourth and Brandon Bullerman fifth.

Fifteen cars started the very competitive Hobby Stock feature, and cautions came out twice before the first laps were completed, causing a complete restart.

Brian Rogers took the lead, fending off Brandon Murphy and Scott Hector. But Hector took the lead after several cars caused a caution, fending off Justin Luinenberg. Jerry Groenwald, Shane Klaasen and Brad Halbur followed closely behind.

But Hector couldn't fend off Luinenberg much longer. Luinenberg made a pass on the high side to take the lead. But Groenwald passed both competitors, held onto the lead and won the race.

Luke Sathoff took an early lead in the Stock Car class, which featured 10 cars to start the race, with Chris Palsrock, Ron Prins and Nick Johansen battling for second-place position.

Prins dropped to the inside of Palsrock to make a pass on Corner 3, and Curt Krasskoph also made a pass of Palsrock to take over third place.

Sathoff stretched his lead from the pack and eventually cruised to the victory. Krasskoph, who passed Prins on the inside late in the race, took second. Prins followed in third, Johansen placed fourth and Klaasen finished fifth.

Brandon Aggen jumped out to an early lead in the A-mod feature, which had six cars to start the race, and stretched the advantage.

Mike Steensma won an early battle against Eugene Betz, making a pass to take over second place. Anthony Mann then passed Betz to take over third, with Ron Luitjens passing Betz to the inside and taking over the fourth position.

But Aggen's lead was too much to overcome. Steensma placed second, with Mann third, Luitjens fourth and Betz fifth.