Weather wipes out some, but not all, Fair sports events
Auto racing, harness racing and the motocross event at the Great Jones County Fair were among the casualties as repeated storms hit the fairgrounds last week.
The demolition derby was held as the weather turned sunny and breezy on Sunday, July 23. And while the National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) Summer Slide event that was scheduled for Wednesday night was cancelled, the East Central Iowa Pullers Association (ECIPA) Tractor Pull was held in the afternoon.
Monticello’s Kory Treviranus won the “Outlaw Division” of the demolition derby, in which welding restrictions were relaxed. Jason Barnes of Anamosa won the Mid-size Division, Cody Hahesy of Manchester won the Large Car Division, and the team of Nick Burgin, Josh Burgin and Mitch Wendling won the Football Demo competition.
At the ECIPA event, a different winner emerged from each of the eight categories.
Results of Great Jones County Fair sports events follow.
ECIPA TRACTOR PULL
JULY 19
9,000-pound – 466 Open: 1, Todd Kinsinger; 2, Brittney Peiffer; 3, Marty Kuhlmann; 4, Mark Colberg; 5, Tom Maxwell.
9,300-pound – Super Farm: 1, Ryan Jensen; 2, Kyle Betenbender; 3, Andy Schuldt; 4, Kevin Vierkandt; 5, Tom Maxwell.
6,700-pound – Light Limited Super Stock: 1, Barry Mohr; 2, Dustin Wickman; 3, Alan Mohr; 4, Brant Greiner; 5, Craig Kinzenbaw.
11,500-pound – Too Hot to Farm: 1, Travis Sieverding; 2, Wes Thoma; 3, Eric Russell; 4, Mitch Zumbach; 5, Dan Arnold.
6,200-pound – Super Stock 2-wheel Drive Trucks: 1, Larry Boggess; 2, Leo Massman, Sr.; 3, Kyle Kayser; 4, Dale Clewell.
8,000-pound 3.0 Diesel Trucks: 1, Matt Pundt; 2, Matt Poduska; 3, Jerry Crow.
7,700-pound – 360 Hot Stock: 1, Austin Lawler; 2, Mike Orr; 3, Steve Kyarsgaard; 4, Mark Thoma; 5, Rick Martin; 6, Nicole Monck.
9,500-pound – Hot Farm: 1, Brian Steffen; 2, Tim Vorwald; 3, Joe Ament; 4, Kirk Dosland; 5, Marv Stuhrenberg.
DEMO DERBY
JULY 23
Football Demo: 1, Nick Burgin, Josh Burgin, Mitch Wendling; 2, Kory Treviranus, Marcus Supple; 3(tie), Nate Folkers, John Patterson, Dalton Husmann; 3(tie), Lucas Wilson, Lawson Wilson, Joe Rundle.
Mid-size: 1, Jason Barnes; 2, Cory Harbach; 3, Jackson Snyder; 4, Cody Barnes; 5, Dalton Husmann; 6, Damien Carney; 7, Nate Folkers; 8, Quinton Fellinger; 9, James Carney; 10, Mike Mast.
Large Car: 1, Cody Hahesy; 2, Luke McElmeel; 3, David Glass; 4, Mike Letts; 5, Kirk Schmidt.
“Outlaw” Division: 1, Kory Treviranus; 2, Mitch Wendling; 3, Josh Burgin; 4, Marcus Supple; 5, Joe Rundle; 6, Lucas Wilson; 7, Austin Hess; 8, Clayton Braydon.