Balog Passes Stewart on Final Lap to Win IRA Feature

Bill Balog. (T.J. Buffenbarger photo)

Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association
Plymouth Dirt Track
Plymouth, WI
Saturday September 1, 2018

Qualifying: 1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 12.043[4]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.071[10]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 12.103[2]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.145[20]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.188[24]; 6. 59-Cory Eliason, 12.277[15]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.298[3]; 8. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 12.337[6]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.355[22]; 10. 22-Todd King, 12.383[9]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart, 12.390[26]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.408[14]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.481[23]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.494[8]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.538[21]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 12.556[5]; 17. 19-Todd Daun, 12.563[18]; 18. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 12.643[1]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 12.649[17]; 20. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.777[13]; 21. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 13.042[7]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 13.245[16]; 23. 12-Michael Decker, 13.295[27]; 24. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 13.425[19]; 25. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 13.519[12]; 26. 18-Keith Fellner, 13.809[11]; 27. 10WX-Dan Wade, 14.741[25]

Heat Race #1 (10 Laps): 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [3]; 4. 22-Todd King, [1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, [5]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [8]; 9. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [9]

Heat Race #2 (10 Laps): 1. 14-Tony Stewart, [1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [3]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [4]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [2]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, [5]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, [6]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]

Heat Race #3 (10 Laps): 1. 59-Cory Eliason, [3]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, [4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, [5]; 5. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [7]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [6]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow, [8]; 8. 10WX-Dan Wade, [9]; (DNS) 2W-Scott Neitzel

B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 2. 7-Scott Uttech, [3]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, [2]; 4. 20R-Rob Pribnow, [4]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [6]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [8]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, [5]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]; 9. 10WX-Dan Wade, [7]

A-Main (30 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 7]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, [1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 8]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [6]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 11]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, [13]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [9]; 9. 59-Cory Eliason, [2]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [19]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [14]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, [16]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt, [5]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech, [12]; 15. 19-Todd Daun, [17]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, [20]; 17. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [18]; 18. 02-Mike Reinke, [10]; 19. 20R-Rob Pribnow, [22]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, [21]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [23]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, [24]; 23. (DNF) 10V-Matt VandeVere, [15]; 24. (DNF) 22-Todd King, [3]