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Hickle Adds Cedar Lake to His Win List - Jerry Richert Memorial Night 1 Victory

Hickle Adds Cedar Lake to His Win List - Jerry Richert Memorial Night 1 Victory
By: Madeline Ruh
Photo by Dave Olson

The highly anticipated double header at Cedar Lake Speedway for the 25th Annual Jerry Richert Memorial. With a stacked over 100 open wheel race cars in the pits, a season car count high 46 of them punched into the IRA Sprint Car Series.

Fastest in Box3 Media Hot Laps went to the Sevastopol, CA native of Joel Myers Jr. Flight A in Carbon Safety Technologies Qualifying went to JJ Hickle while Qualifying group B belonged to Kaleb Johnson each picking up the Hi-Planes Building Division Quicktime Awards.

Fox Lake Harbor Presents Allstar Performance Heat #1 was won by Joel Myers Jr, BodyCraft of Antioch presents Behling Racing Heat #2 was won by Logan Julien, Game Day Men’s Health presents Engler Machine & Tool Heat #3 belonged to Max Guilford, and BR Motorsports presents King Racing Products Heat #4 concluded with Blake Nimee bringing home the win.

The Horizon Whiskey Dash Draw pole sitters were Max Guilford and JJ Hickle. Christopher Thram would win Optimum Electric Dash one, and JJ Hickle would capitalize on his pole position for the win in Kristine Hartmann Dash 2.

The two Behling Racing Equipment B-Mains were won by Jake Blackhurst and Jordan Goldesberry.

Thram and Hickle, both strong competitors around the Cedar Lake Speedway, would lead the field to green. Nimee would be the first to challenge for a top spot with a power move around the top of the speedway taking Joel Myers Jr and Logan Julien. We would race for seven laps until the first Honest Abe Roofing Caution flag of the race would appear.

Nimee would be the first to attempt to strike at JJ Hickle. Hickle wouldn’t let the 79 attack, and would dash down the backstretch. The action would be behind the two as Julien, Thram, and McCarl would be putting on a show for third. Myers Jr would appear once more around the top of the 88. Kaleb Johnson would also follow suit and jump into fifth.

Logan Julien would stumble and allow the first drivers around him as the halfway sign was shown. Blake Nimee still in second continued to close the gap to just under a second. Kaleb Johnson would take fourth with 13 to go and begin to challenge Julien in third. McCarl would also put his car back in the mix. Meanwhile, it was still the 2M’s show…

Kaleb Johnson would take third with 11 laps remaining over Julien just after the red was thrown for the 25T of Travis Arenz. He would walk away from the scene in turn two. With few laps remaining, Hickle would need to hang off Nimee, Johnson, McCarl, Julien, and Myers Jr. With 4 laps remaining, lap traffic would become a variable once more.

Off of turn four, three laps would remain as Kaleb Johnson would close on the 79 of Nimee. Nimee would take the middle while Johnson would take to the cushion and would take second on the white. The cars would orbit around the speedway, and in his first visit to Cedar Lake Speedway, JJ Hickle would bring home night one of the Jerry Richert Memorial Race.

After the checkered had been thrown, Kaleb Johnson would miss the scales and report to be in the pit area. This would disqualify him from tonight’s feature with failure to scale. This would move Blake Nimee to second, and Austin McCarl to third.

The action is back tonight at the Cedar Lake Speedway for $10,000 to win tonight. Grab your jackets and blankets and pack the place! With over 100+ Sprint Cars in the pits, it’s the show to be at!

410 Sprints - Winged 46 Entries
A Feature 30 Laps | 00:19:37.638

1. 2M-JJ Hickle[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 3. 88-Austin McCarl[8]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien[5]; 5. 19-Joel Myers Jr[6]; 6. 16C-Max Guilford[7]; 7. 8H-Jade Hastings[20]; 8. 24T-Christopher Thram[1]; 9. 11M-Brendan Mullen[3]; 10. 53-Jack Dover[24]; 11. 27-Carson McCarl[14]; 12. 25-Danny Schlafer[16]; 13. 63-Brooke Tatnell[9]; 14. 96-Jake Blackhurst[15]; 15. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[11]; 16. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[18]; 17. 3N-Jake Neuman[12]; 18. 49-Josh Schneiderman[13]; 19. 2KS-Jack Anderson[19]; 20. 2W-Scott Neitzel[21]; 21. 23W-Scott Winters[17]; 22. (DNF) 25T-Travis Arenz[22]; 23. (DNF) 10-Trevor Serbus[23]; 24. (DQ) 6K-Kaleb Johnson[10]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:07:26.510

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 2. 23W-Scott Winters[2]; 3. 2KS-Jack Anderson[3]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 10-Trevor Serbus[4]; 6. 21H-TJ Haddy[10]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett[7]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech[9]; 9. GR8-Will Gerrits[11]; 10. 33-Scotty Broty[6]; 11. 74N-Luke Nellis[8]; 12. (DNF) 87A-Austin Hartmann[12]; 13. (DNS) 4D-Cruz Dickerson; 14. (DNS) 22-Luke Dollansky; 15. (DNS) 18-Tyler Rabenberg

B Feature 2 12 Laps | 00:08:11.252

1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 2. 8H-Jade Hastings[2]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz[4]; 4. 53-Jack Dover[5]; 5. 4S-Jeremy Snow[3]; 6. 12-Corbin Gurley[10]; 7. 9-Dominic Dobesh[8]; 8. 16-Riley Goodno[7]; 9. 99-Tyler Brabant[13]; 10. 91-Reed Allex[14]; 11. 52-Cody Schlafer[9]; 12. 29JR-Ralph Johnson[15]; 13. 24-Scott Conger[12]; 14. (DNF) 26-Tyler Tischendorf[11]; 15. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz[6]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:00:50.976

1. 24T-Christopher Thram[2]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[3]; 3. 85J-Logan Julien[4]; 4. 16C-Max Guilford[1]; 5. 63-Brooke Tatnell[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:00:50.263

1. 2M-JJ Hickle[1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 3. 19-Joel Myers Jr[3]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:08:10.731

1. 19-Joel Myers Jr[1]; 2. 88-Austin McCarl[2]; 3. 2M-JJ Hickle[4]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman[3]; 5. 23W-Scott Winters[6]; 6. 10-Trevor Serbus[7]; 7. 33-Scotty Broty[8]; 8. 74N-Luke Nellis[10]; 9. 21H-TJ Haddy[11]; 10. (DNF) 4D-Cruz Dickerson[5]; 11. (DNF) 18-Tyler Rabenberg[9]; 12. (DNS) 22-Luke Dollansky

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:01:32.445

1. 85J-Logan Julien[1]; 2. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[3]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski[2]; 4. 24T-Christopher Thram[4]; 5. 2KS-Jack Anderson[6]; 6. 96-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett[9]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech[10]; 10. GR8-Will Gerrits[11]; 11. (DNF) 87A-Austin Hartmann[8]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:01:36.109

1. 16C-Max Guilford[2]; 2. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[4]; 3. 63-Brooke Tatnell[1]; 4. 27-Carson McCarl[3]; 5. 8H-Jade Hastings[5]; 6. 4S-Jeremy Snow[8]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[10]; 8. 16-Riley Goodno[9]; 9. 52-Cody Schlafer[6]; 10. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[7]; 11. 99-Tyler Brabant[11]; 12. (DNF) 29JR-Ralph Johnson[12]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:02:18.384

1. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[4]; 3. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 6. 25T-Travis Arenz[10]; 7. 53-Jack Dover[5]; 8. 9-Dominic Dobesh[9]; 9. 12-Corbin Gurley[8]; 10. 24-Scott Conger[7]; 11. 91-Reed Allex[11]

Qualifying A | 00:16:00.536

1. 2M-JJ Hickle, 00:12.017[18]; 2. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:12.263[9]; 3. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 00:12.336[20]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:12.373[21]; 5. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.388[23]; 6. 4-Alex Pokorski, 00:12.502[2]; 7. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.553[6]; 8. 34DD-Brady Donnohue, 00:12.636[7]; 9. 4D-Cruz Dickerson, 00:12.638[8]; 10. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.650[12]; 11. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:12.707[3]; 12. 2KS-Jack Anderson, 00:12.709[15]; 13. 10-Trevor Serbus, 00:12.750[1]; 14. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.912[4]; 15. 33-Scotty Broty, 00:12.981[10]; 16. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:13.011[16]; 17. 18-Tyler Rabenberg, 00:13.114[22]; 18. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.186[19]; 19. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:13.195[13]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.232[5]; 21. 21H-TJ Haddy, 00:13.332[17]; 22. GR8-Will Gerrits, 00:13.569[11]; 23. (DNS) 22-Luke Dollansky

Qualifying B | 00:17:32.022

1. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:12.432[7]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:12.454[8]; 3. 63-Brooke Tatnell, 00:12.756[18]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.848[11]; 5. 16C-Max Guilford, 00:12.974[17]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.980[9]; 7. 27-Carson McCarl, 00:12.999[14]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.044[19]; 9. 8H-Jade Hastings, 00:13.149[6]; 10. 53-Jack Dover, 00:13.169[20]; 11. 52-Cody Schlafer, 00:13.363[16]; 12. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.375[4]; 13. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.407[3]; 14. 24-Scott Conger, 00:13.429[12]; 15. 4S-Jeremy Snow, 00:13.467[13]; 16. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:13.470[5]; 17. 16-Riley Goodno, 00:13.488[10]; 18. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:13.493[21]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.539[22]; 20. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.558[15]; 21. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:13.709[1]; 22. 91-Reed Allex, 00:13.791[23]; 23. 29JR-Ralph Johnson, 00:14.203[2]

Hot Laps | 00:04:53.273

1. 19-Joel Myers Jr[20]; 2. 23W-Scott Winters[3]; 3. 24T-Christopher Thram[9]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[23]; 5. 2M-JJ Hickle[18]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien[21]; 7. 33-Scotty Broty[10]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett[19]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech[5]; 11. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[30]; 12. 96-Jake Blackhurst[12]; 13. 4D-Cruz Dickerson[8]; 14. 4-Alex Pokorski[2]; 15. 25T-Travis Arenz[38]; 16. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[7]; 17. 87A-Austin Hartmann[16]; 18. 11M-Brendan Mullen[31]; 19. 79-Blake Nimee[34]; 20. 12-Corbin Gurley[28]; 21. 25-Danny Schlafer[27]; 22. 49-Josh Schneiderman[6]; 23. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[42]; 24. 27-Carson McCarl[37]; 25. 3N-Jake Neuman[32]; 26. 53-Jack Dover[43]; 27. 16-Riley Goodno[33]; 28. 10-Trevor Serbus[1]; 29. 18-Tyler Rabenberg[22]; 30. 16C-Max Guilford[40]; 31. 63-Brooke Tatnell[41]; 32. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[26]; 33. 2KS-Jack Anderson[15]; 34. 9-Dominic Dobesh[44]; 35. 4S-Jeremy Snow[36]; 36. GR8-Will Gerrits[11]; 37. 8H-Jade Hastings[29]; 38. 21H-TJ Haddy[17]; 39. 4K-Kris Spitz[45]; 40. 99-Tyler Brabant[24]; 41. 52-Cody Schlafer[39]; 42. 91-Reed Allex[46]; 43. 24-Scott Conger[35]; 44. 29JR-Ralph Johnson[25]; 45. 22-Luke Dollansky[14]; 46. 74N-Luke Nellis[13]

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