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Ty Hample (Char Hurd Photo)
Hample blasts out of row four on way to winning Late Model main at Big Sky Speedway
BILLINGS, MT (July 26) - Following a rainout the first night of Big Sky Speedway’s two-night special, the Billings, Montana race track was back in action Saturday, hosting the WISSOTA Late Models alongside three other classes.
When the final checkered flew in the Late Models, Ty Hample stood victorious in the winners’ circle.
Hample started in the fourth row of the field, working his way into second by lap five, and taking the lead five laps later. Hample had a near 1-second lead ahead of Dan Henrickson at the finish. Jeremy McCune, Dwayne Fowler and 10th-starter Lynn Amick were top-five finishers.
In the track’s other action, Joe Hudson (IMCA Sport Compacts), Kinzer McCord (IMCA Modifieds), and Chris Williams (Wingless Sprints) took home trophies.
SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 29-Ty Hample[8]; 2. 97-Dan Henrikson[3]; 3. 33-Jeremy McCune[7]; 4. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[1]; 5. 47-Lynn Amick[10]; 6. 71-Morris Oberle[11]; 7. 21F-Ryan Fasching[6]; 8. 1X-Vernon Hill[5]; 9. 20-Smokey Jensen[9]; 10. 16-Shad Jensen[16]; 11. 25-Jamie Mocko[13]; 12. 50-Ted Hample[12]; 13. (DNF) 2-Rod Lorenz[14]; 14. (DNF) 30-Bob Moody[15]; 15. (DNF) 24DD-DJ Baxter[2]; 16. (DNF) 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[1]; 2. 29-Ty Hample[3]; 3. 97-Dan Henrikson[6]; 4. 24DD-DJ Baxter[4]; 5. 20-Smokey Jensen[5]; 6. 71-Morris Oberle[2]; 7. 25-Jamie Mocko[8]; 8. 30-Bob Moody[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21F-Ryan Fasching[1]; 2. 33-Jeremy McCune[2]; 3. 1X-Vernon Hill[6]; 4. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[7]; 5. 47-Lynn Amick[5]; 6. 50-Ted Hample[8]; 7. 2-Rod Lorenz[4]; 8. 16-Shad Jensen[3]
IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 157-Kinzer McCord[10]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[7]; 3. 369-Bart Taylor[8]; 4. 83-Dale Neitzel[4]; 5. 21-Cory Craver[9]; 6. D02-David Davis[12]; 7. 56-Colin Scott[13]; 8. 16-Ty Clemens[15]; 9. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 10. 57-Jason George[6]; 11. 68-Shawn LaRocque[14]; 12. 2B-Kenny Baumann[17]; 13. 20-Brady Lorenz[18]; 14. 46-Bert Beech[3]; 15. 59-Mike McCord[16]; 16. 21A-Destri Adams[20]; 17. 81-Don Hildebrandt[21]; 18. 37-Karl Weaver[22]; 19. (DNF) 7-Tracy Wittenberg[1]; 20. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[11]; 21. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[19]; 22. (DNF) 45-Travis Davis[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[4]; 2. 7-Tracy Wittenberg[1]; 3. D02-David Davis[7]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[3]; 5. 56-Colin Scott[5]; 6. 59-Mike McCord[6]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[2]; 8. 37-Karl Weaver[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Jason George[3]; 2. 21-Cory Craver[4]; 3. 45-Travis Davis[1]; 4. 73-Mario Berger[6]; 5. 68-Shawn LaRocque[5]; 6. 2B-Kenny Baumann[2]; 7. 81-Don Hildebrandt[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Dale Neitzel[2]; 2. 157-Kinzer McCord[4]; 3. 46-Bert Beech[1]; 4. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 5. 16-Ty Clemens[6]; 6. 21A-Destri Adams[7]; 7. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[5]
IMCA Sport Compacts:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 94-Joe Hudson[6]; 2. 32-Kyle Dalke[12]; 3. 24-Kory Pritchett[11]; 4. 13-Chas Matye[9]; 5. 26S-David Speck[4]; 6. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[10]; 7. 05-Jonathan Morgan[2]; 8. 8K-Kane Krueger[15]; 9. 34DD-Kristi Dorn[7]; 10. 31R-Blake Swenson[21]; 11. 4-Douglas Berg[17]; 12. 223-Noah Payne[13]; 13. 008-Darren Pulver[20]; 14. 82-Jim Garretson[16]; 15. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[8]; 16. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[18]; 17. (DNF) 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[1]; 18. (DNF) 22-Cassie Hudson[3]; 19. (DNF) 007-Brady Sherburn[14]; 20. (DNF) 29X-Kyle Leichner[5]; 21. (DNS) 11-Anthony Whiteman
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Kory Pritchett[7]; 2. 29X-Kyle Leichner[4]; 3. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[6]; 4. 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[1]; 5. 223-Noah Payne[2]; 6. 82-Jim Garretson[3]; 7. (DNF) 11-Anthony Whiteman[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[7]; 2. 13-Chas Matye[6]; 3. 05-Jonathan Morgan[1]; 4. 94-Joe Hudson[5]; 5. 007-Brady Sherburn[3]; 6. 4-Douglas Berg[4]; 7. 008-Darren Pulver[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[6]; 2. 22-Cassie Hudson[1]; 3. 34DD-Kristi Dorn[5]; 4. 26S-David Speck[3]; 5. 8K-Kane Krueger[4]; 6. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[2]; 7. 31R-Blake Swenson[7]
Big Sky Wingless Sprints:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17J-Chris Williams[2]; 2. 16K-Kade Vogt[6]; 3. 94R-Ryan Nash[3]; 4. 2D-Harrison White[5]; 5. 21-Josh Broadbent[4]; 6. 63-Jake Dewitt[8]; 7. M240-Teri Omoth[7]; 8. (DNF) 171-Roy Guy III[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16K-Kade Vogt[1]; 2. 94R-Ryan Nash[3]; 3. 171-Roy Guy III[7]; 4. 2D-Harrison White[6]; 5. 17J-Chris Williams[5]; 6. M240-Teri Omoth[4]; 7. 21-Josh Broadbent[2]; 8. (DNF) 63-Jake Dewitt[8]