Saturday
Ionia Sand Drags played host to some great racing action at the third stop of the 2009 Pro Truck Nationals series. Jay Poortenga was the big winner in the Pro Truck class. Jay defeated Mike Page in the final round when Mike was disqualified for going out of bounds. The points chase will be extremely tight heading into the season finale next weekend. Pat Goodale set a new track record at Ionia with a 2.485 in Top Alcohol qualifying, then went on to defeat Rod Trower for the Top Alcohol Shootout victory. Burt VanBennekom was the Top Eliminator winner defeating Brian Ambs. Read on for more results. * Eliminations Sheets and video links now posted. *
Pro Truck
1st-Jay Poortenga
2nd-Mike Page
3rd-Brent Lokker
Eliminations Sheet
PT Eliminations Video
Fastest 4WD
1st-Ryan Wilson
Top Alcohol
1st-Pat Goodale
2nd-Rod Trower
3rd-Rob Scheytt
Eliminations Sheet
TA Saturday Video
Top Eliminator
1st-Burt VanBennekom
2nd-Brian Ambs
3rd-Bob Gill
TE Saturday Video
Quick 8
1st-Ed Engel
2nd-Keith Ahart
3rd-Mike Bolyard
3rd-Bob Gill
Pro 1
1st-Tim Holstege
2nd-Brent Lokker
3rd-Mark Groenink
3rd-Trent Everett Jr.
Eliminations Sheet
Pro ATV
1st-Rich Wood
2nd-Hopper McKerrnan
3rd-Matt Willis
Sportsman Car
1st-Andy Villemure
2nd-Frank Stover
3rd-Ross Abraham
Eliminations Sheet
ATV
1st-Rich Wood
2nd-Chad Louth
3rd-Jake Phaff
Eliminations Sheet
Juniors
1st-Tristan Simon
2nd-BT Pyper
3rd-Angie Lirones
3rd-Kelsey Ambs
Mighty Midgets
1st-Bennet Dozeman
2nd-Ethan Tripp
3rd-Tyler Watkins
Top Alcohol
Final Qualifying Order
1. Pat Goodale 2.485/145.06
2. Rob Scheytt 2.513/134.21
3. Rod Trower 2.593/137.28
4. Jay Poortenga 2.703/121.97
5. Bob Piunti 2.815/120.88
6. Scott Scheytt 2.843/118.99
Top Eliminator
Final Qualifying Order
1. Dee Trower 2.960
2. Bob Gill 3.032
3. Brian Ambs 3.082
4. Burt VanBennekom 3.182
Quick 8
Final Qualifying Order
1. Bob Gill 3.007
2. Frank Martuscelli 3.331
3. Jim Bailey 3.368
4. Ed Engel 3.370
5. Wilie Berzley 3.373
6. Keith Ahart 3.447
7. Jay Poortenga 3.451
8. Mike Bolyard 3.571
Friday
The Pro Truck Nationals series started off the weekend at their third stop of the 2009 season in Ionia, MI. This event at Ionia Sand Drags features the PTN series as well as a Top Alcohol Shootout. After one qualifying session, Pat Goodale sets atop the Top Alcohol Shootout qualifying list with a 2.566 ET. In Friday night race action, Ben Dozeman remained unbeaten in PTN 3.5 Index race action in 2009 with his third straight win. Ben defeated Matt Peel in a close final round race. Race action kicks off in the morning for the final day of action from
3.5 Index Class
Results
1st-Ben Dozeman
2nd-Matt Peel
3rd-Trent
Eliminations Sheet
3.5 Index Eliminations Video
Top Alcohol
Qualifying Order (After one session)
1. Pat Goodale 2.566/137.46
2. Rod Trower 2.593/135.28
3. Jay Poortenga 2.868/129.62
4. Scott Scheytt 2.988/113.44
There are two other TA cars on the grounds as Rob Scheytt and Bob Piunti both did not make passes in the first session.
Top Alcohol Qualifying Round Video
Top Eliminator
Qualifying Order (After one session)
1. Brian Ambs 3.114
2. Bob Gill 3.622
3. Dee Trower 2.900
4. Lori
Top Eliminator Qualifying Round Video
Misc. Friday T&T Video
Preview
The 2009 Pro Truck Nationals series heads into the final swing of its 2009 season with the third race of the season July 17-18 at Ionia Sand Drags in