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By Jeff Fehr (Humboldt, KS) -- The 2018 NASCAR Whelen All-American race season got underway at Humboldt Speedway on Friday evening with five classes in competition, including Mod Lites which are racing to be crowned King of the Bullring. Racing saw past champions pick up where they left off from last season while new winners emerged in other classes.

PHOTO: Cody Jolly celebrates in Humboldt Speedway victory circle--CREDIT: Dayton Sutterby/FinishLine Photography

2017 NASCAR Division II National Champion Cody Jolly, from Jasper, Missouri, jumped out to an early lead in Ray’s Metal Depot B Mod action, holding off Riley Whitworth in a series of late race restarts that saw Jolly’s lead shrink to a few car lengths. Jolly’s victory, his second of the season, capped off an A feature that saw Jolly capitalize on his outside pole starting positions to dominate the race. Whitworth secured second while Matt Rose of Liberal, Missouri advanced ten spots to finish third. Heat race wins went to Jolly, Whitworth and Tim Van Gotten.

NASCAR Street Stocks saw longtime competitor Jason Thurman pick up the win. Thurman, in picking up the win, shook off years of close finishes to visit McCarthy Autogroup / Humboldt Speedway Victory Lane for the first time in 2018. Missouri racers Devin Irvin and Shawn Hendren rounded out the top three. Hendren picked the lone Heat race win.

In Home Savings Bank NASCAR Factory Stocks, 2017 track champion Jon Westhoff started on the pole and led every lap on his way to his first win of the young 2018 season. Westhoff held off former track champion Derrek Wilson on several late race restarts to collect the win. Westhoff used a higher line around the small ? mile Humboldt Speedway as Wilson settled into a lower groove that tightened the lead in the closing laps. Joey Decoster, Wayne Johnson and Krew Walburn completed the top five. In no surprise, Westhoff and Wilson picked up heat race wins to secure their starting spots in the A Feature.

Visiting racers in the Midwest Modified division showcased their skills in an A Feature that saw Colt Cheever from Ozark, Missouri pass fellow Missouri racer Trenton Wynn to pick up his first win at Humboldt Speedway. Midwest Modifieds, having cubic inch limits and RPM limits, make them different from NASCAR sanctioned A and B Mods that regularly compete at Humboldt Speedway. Heat race wins went to Wynn and Shawn Duncan.

In their first night of King of the Bullring action, the Mod Lite division did not disappoint as Channelview, Texas driver Corey Babbitt wrestled the lead away from Oak Grove, Missouri’s Donald Danmar to pick up his first ever victory on Kansas soil. Babbitt, starting outside the pole position, guided his #12 Mod Lite through several late race cautions to outdistance Silvis, Illinois racer John Padilla and Danmar. Mike Morrill of Pleasant Hill, Iowa and Justin Kinderknecht of Salina, Kansas rounded out the top five. Picking up heat race victories were Erin Turner of Von Meter, Iowa, Padilla and Danmar.

Racing continues tonight with Mod Lites racing for $1000 to win and $100 to start the A feature. Other classes competing will be Ray’s Metal Depot B Mods, NASCAR Street Stocks, Home Savings Bank NASCAR Factory Stocks and Midwest Modifieds. Pit Passes are $30 if you hold a current NASCAR License, $35 for those without a NASCAR License. General Admission is $13 for Adults, Children ages 6-12 are just $5. Racing starts at 7:00 pm on Saturday. Remember you can follow up to the minute lineups using the Myracepass app on your smartphone, or visit www.humboldtspeedway.com for results.

3/23/2018 at Humboldt Speedway

NASCAR B Modifieds

A Feature 1: 1. 00-Cody Jolly, [2]; 2. R63-Riley Whitworth, [3]; 3. 101-Matt Rose, [13]; 4. 37-Tim Van Gotten, [1]; 5. 22-Brian McGowen, [8]; 6. 37J-Clint Johnson, [7]; 7. 66-Ethan Isaacs, [12]; 8. 5-Dakota Foster, [19]; 9. D86-Eldon McIntosh, [9]; 10. 8-Mike Letterman, [11]; 11. 1-Dennis Bishop, [5]; 12. 98K-Kenton Allen, [15]; 13. 42-Jerry Morgan, [6]; 14. (DNF) 18-Mason Sigg, [14]; 15. (DNF) 0-Ethan Lamons, [18]; 16. (DNF) 48M-Rick Murcko, [16]; 17. (DNF) 20-Adam Trim, [20]; 18. (DNF) 16-Matthew Kay, [10]; 19. (DNF) 31-Luke Phillips, [4]; (DNS) 7-Jake Storrer,

Heat 1: 1. 00-Cody Jolly, [2]; 2. 37J-Clint Johnson, [1]; 3. 22-Brian McGowen, [4]; 4. 66-Ethan Isaacs, [3]; 5. 101-Matt Rose, [5]; 6. 48M-Rick Murcko, [7]; 7. (DNF) 5-Dakota Foster, [6]

Heat 2: 1. 37-Tim Van Gotten, [5]; 2. 1-Dennis Bishop, [3]; 3. D86-Eldon McIntosh, [2]; 4. 16-Matthew Kay, [6]; 5. 18-Mason Sigg, [4]; 6. 7-Jake Storrer, [1]; 7. (DNF) 20-Adam Trim, [7]

Heat 3: 1. R63-Riley Whitworth, [2]; 2. 31-Luke Phillips, [4]; 3. 42-Jerry Morgan, [6]; 4. 8-Mike Letterman, [5]; 5. 98K-Kenton Allen, [1]; 6. 0-Ethan Lamons, [3]

NASCAR Street Stocks

A Feature 1: 1. 66-Jason Thurman, [4]; 2. 67-Devin Irvin, [2]; 3. 64-Shawn Hendren, [1]; 4. 99-Scott Lucke, [5]; 5. 11-Derek Brown, [8]; 6. 49-Ken Colston, [9]; 7. 85-Nick Fritch, [7]; 8. 7R-Lester Rhodes, [6]; (DNS) J31-Hunter Oswald,

Heat 1: 1. 64-Shawn Hendren, [3]; 2. 66-Jason Thurman, [2]; 3. 99-Scott Lucke, [5]; 4. 85-Nick Fritch, [1]; 5. 49-Ken Colston, [4]

Heat 2: 1. 67-Devin Irvin, [2]; 2. J31-Hunter Oswald, [4]; 3. 7R-Lester Rhodes, [1]; 4. 11-Derek Brown, [3]

NASCAR Factory Stock

A Feature 1: 1. 9-Jon Westhoff, [1]; 2. 3-Derrek Wilson, [2]; 3. 61-Joey Decoster, [3]; 4. 114-Wayne Johnson, [6]; 5. 28W-Krew Walburn, [5]; 6. K84-Kris Dupuy, [7]; 7. 18M-Marisha Collins, [4]; 8. (DNF) 21-Jacob Ellison, [9]; (DNS) 02-Jack Bigley, ; (DNS) 12-Logan Boone, ; (DNS) 77V-Cody Vink,

Heat 1: 1. 3-Derrek Wilson, [2]; 2. 61-Joey Decoster, [3]; 3. 18M-Marisha Collins, [6]; 4. (DNF) 12-Logan Boone, [5]; 5. (DNF) 21-Jacob Ellison, [4]; (DNS) 77V-Cody Vink,

Heat 2: 1. 9-Jon Westhoff, [4]; 2. 28W-Krew Walburn, [2]; 3. 114-Wayne Johnson, [5]; 4. K84-Kris Dupuy, [1]; 5. (DNF) 02-Jack Bigley, [3]

Mod Lites

A Feature 1: 1. 12-Corey Babbitt, [2]; 2. 11P-John Padilla, [4]; 3. 171-Donald Danmar, [1]; 4. 1JR-Justin Kinderknecht, [6]; 5. 6-MIke Morrill, [11]; 6. 47-Ed Griggs, [9]; 7. 22-Alex Loveless, [7]; 8. 36-Travis Alexander, [5]; 9. 7-Erin Turner, [3]; 10. 98-Jeff Raffurty, [13]; 11. 2-Briley Goodwin, [15]; 12. 75-Justin Raffurty, [12]; 13. 02-Anthony Lane, [18]; 14. 6A-Trace Ayers, [17]; 15. 09-Josh Guy, [22]; 16. 15B-Tyler Bradshaw, [20]; 17. 20-Travis Ruff, [19]; 18. 64-Randy Bryan, [8]; 19. 19-Zane Hansen, [16]; 20. 17-Jason Roe, [10]; 21. 33-Kevin White, [21]; 22. X50-Joel Huggins, [14]; 23. 3-Nathan Wolfe, [23]

Heat 1: 1. 7-Erin Turner, [2]; 2. 36-Travis Alexander, [4]; 3. 64-Randy Bryan, [5]; 4. 47-Ed Griggs, [7]; 5. 2-Briley Goodwin, [6]; 6. 19-Zane Hansen, [3]; 7. 20-Travis Ruff, [1]

Heat 2: 1. 11P-John Padilla, [2]; 2. 12-Corey Babbitt, [6]; 3. 1JR-Justin Kinderknecht, [7]; 4. X50-Joel Huggins, [1]; 5. 75-Justin Raffurty, [8]; 6. 6A-Trace Ayers, [4]; 7. 15B-Tyler Bradshaw, [3]; 8. 33-Kevin White, [5]

Heat 3: 1. 171-Donald Danmar, [5]; 2. 22-Alex Loveless, [3]; 3. 17-Jason Roe, [1]; 4. 6-MIke Morrill, [6]; 5. 98-Jeff Raffurty, [8]; 6. 02-Anthony Lane, [4]; 7. 09-Josh Guy, [2]; 8. (DNF) 3-Nathan Wolfe, [7]

Midwest Mods

A Feature 1: 1. 45-Colt Cheevers, [2]; 2. 228-Tim Petty, [6]; 3. 9X-Jared McIntire, [5]; 4. 55-Kyle Lafferty, [7]; 5. D7-Shawn Duncan, [3]; 6. 15R-Ryan Smith, [8]; 7. (DNF) 15-Trenton Wynn, [1]; 8. (DNF) 20-Keith Bradley, [10]; 9. (DNF) 59-Rob Muilenburg, [4]; (DNS) 3-Tommy Joles,

Heat 1: 1. D7-Shawn Duncan, [1]; 2. 45-Colt Cheevers, [5]; 3. 9X-Jared McIntire, [3]; 4. 55-Kyle Lafferty, [4]; 5. 15R-Ryan Smith, [2]

Heat 2: 1. 15-Trenton Wynn, [5]; 2. 59-Rob Muilenburg, [4]; 3. 228-Tim Petty, [2]; (DNS) 20-Keith Bradley, ; (DNS) 3-Tommy Joles,