RESULTS & RECAP: Sellard, Burkhart and Gearhart Win Opening Night of the Dave Garmann Memorial

Dodge City, Kan 6/14/2024 (www.racedcrp.com) - The High Plains Kansas DirtCar Late Model Series presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions stormed into Dodge City, Kansas Friday night with 86 other race teams to compete in the Dave Garmann Memorial.

The night featured IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Northern SportMods, and IMCA Stocks to help fill out the program. The night started with Hot Laps for all classes. In the stock car hot laps, two cars got together eventually sending Christian Gonser on his roof. The driver was ok and the night resumed….

With heat races scheduled and ran, all the lineups were ready for the main features as drivers anticipated the wait to get on the track. 

In the Northern Sport Mod division, Cody Geirhart found his way to victory lane for the first time this year at DCRP. Gearhart, who started 4th, wasted no time finding the lead in this race. Once a couple green flag laps were ran, Gearhart was lights out. 

In the IMCA Stock Cars, Troy Burkhart of Hays, Kansas, stole the show and the flag in Friday nights 20 lap feature. Great racing through the field, but for Troy, it was just smooth coasting all night long. Troy is also running double duty this weekend with the Late Model. “I don’t mean it, but after tonight I am done” said Burkhart. “I’m so dang tired, but man, we have had a fast Stock car, just need to do better with the Late Model” added Troy. 

The IMCA Modifieds presented a heart thrilling show as well, with Brett Berry and Clay Sellard hogging up the headlines. Lap traffic certainly played a mark in this race too. With mostly green flag conditions, the front runners didn’t take long to catch the tail end. Lap after lap, fans watch as Sellard and Berry would exchange moves for the top spot, but in the end it was Clay Sellard grabbing the win.

For a full recap, results, and information about the High Plains Kansas DirtCar Late Model Series, you can go to www.highplainslatemodelseries.com

About Dave Garmann…

Dave Garmann of Brighton, Colo., was a two-time Colorado Late

Model Association champion, Garmann competed in the Late Model

division from 2000-'17 and was a longtime fabricator on the Furniture Row team that carried Martin Truex to the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. Garmann, who drove the No. 4 Late Model, was a four-time winner on the CLMA tour and captured tour championships in 2004 and '09. His D&G Racing was a fixture among Late Model and modified racers around Denver.

The full 2024 Dodge City Raceway Park schedule can be viewed here: www.dodgecityraceway.org

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IMCA Northern Sport Mods 22 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:32:08.773

1. 1M-Cody Gearhart[4]; 2. 4D-Danny Concelman[5]; 3. 65J-Josh Appel[15]; 4. 87D-Chad Dolan[2]; 5. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[1]; 6. 49-Aiden Miller[3]; 7. 4C-Dylan Cherry[7]; 8. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[12]; 9. 22B-Dalton Bell[20]; 10. 47-Newt Lujan[14]; 11. 64-Jimmy Brozek[8]; 12. 02-Justin Lampe[17]; 13. 8-Brian May[13]; 14. 01-Dustin Lampe[19]; 15. 44-Frank Ogden[10]; 16. 97-Shawn Ward[18]; 17. 53M-Marvin Ward[22]; 18. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[16]; 19. 9-Monty Nordyke[6]; 20. 27G-Kamren Gruber[9]; 21. 23X-Steven Swarthout[11]; 22. 3K-Dustin Kreger[21]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:03.769

1. 4D-Danny Concelman[3]; 2. 4C-Dylan Cherry[2]; 3. 64-Jimmy Brozek[4]; 4. 44-Frank Ogden[1]; 5. 8-Brian May[7]; 6. 9JR-Brendyn Nordyke[5]; 7. 01-Dustin Lampe[6]; 8. 3K-Dustin Kreger[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:32.143

1. 23X-Steven Swarthout[1]; 2. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[2]; 3. 27G-Kamren Gruber[7]; 4. 49-Aiden Miller[5]; 5. 47-Newt Lujan[3]; 6. 02-Justin Lampe[6]; 7. 22B-Dalton Bell[4]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:17.355

1. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[3]; 2. 1M-Cody Gearhart[4]; 3. 87D-Chad Dolan[1]; 4. 9-Monty Nordyke[5]; 5. 65J-Josh Appel[6]; 6. 97-Shawn Ward[2]; 7. 53M-Marvin Ward[7]

IMCA Stock Cars 12 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:09:36.927

1. 25X-Troy Burkhart[3]; 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 3. 25P-Mike Petersilie[1]; 4. 37-Jason Rogers[9]; 5. 01-Jesse Smith[5]; 6. 38-Quinton Yutterman[2]; 7. 3-Chris Oliver[6]; 8. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[7]; 9. 19K-Kolby Stegman[8]; 10. 19-Keith Stegman[11]; 11. (DNF) 12Y-Johny Yutterman[10]; 12. (DNS) 49-Christian Gonser

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:31.278

1. 37-Jason Rogers[1]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[2]; 3. 01-Jesse Smith[3]; 4. 38-Quinton Yutterman[5]; 5. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 6. 19-Keith Stegman[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:15.055

1. 19K-Kolby Stegman[1]; 2. 25X-Troy Burkhart[3]; 3. 25P-Mike Petersilie[2]; 4. 3-Chris Oliver[4]; 5. 12Y-Johny Yutterman[6]; 6. (DNS) 49-Christian Gonser

IMCA Modifieds 15 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:08:20.107

1. 85C-Clay Sellard[1]; 2. 09B-Brett Berry[7]; 3. 44T-Tanner Black[4]; 4. 3J-Jake Nightingale[10]; 5. 44K-Kelsie Black[9]; 6. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[3]; 7. 10T-Trevor Geist[5]; 8. K98-Danny Keller[2]; 9. 15-Darren Crouch[12]; 10. 65-Greg Sharpe[8]; 11. 25-Kale Beavers[13]; 12. 49-Drew Miller[6]; 13. 10-TeeJay Janousek[14]; 14. 94-Jim Graves[11]; 15. (DNF) 5-Jeff Meeker[15]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:06:03.472

1. 85C-Clay Sellard[3]; 2. 3J-Jake Nightingale[7]; 3. 49-Drew Miller[5]; 4. K98-Danny Keller[8]; 5. 65-Greg Sharpe[6]; 6. 94-Jim Graves[1]; 7. 25-Kale Beavers[4]; 8. (DNF) 5-Jeff Meeker[2]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:05:07.221

1. 44K-Kelsie Black[1]; 2. 44T-Tanner Black[7]; 3. 09B-Brett Berry[3]; 4. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[4]; 5. 10T-Trevor Geist[6]; 6. 15-Darren Crouch[5]; 7. (DNF) 10-TeeJay Janousek[2]