Inventory Automobile Racing: Factors titles secured at NCS – Brainerd Dispatch

BARROWS — Getting into the ultimate evening of factors racing Saturday, Aug 27, at North Central Speedway, there have been two hotly contested factors races.

One ended early and the opposite noticed a race full of drama.

Sport Compact driver Jenna Hagemann held a six-point lead over Josh Maleski firstly of the 15-lap characteristic which meant Maleski wanted to complete seven spots higher than Hagemann to win the championship. That appeared unlikely when Hagemann began from row 4 within the characteristic and Maleski began from the sixth row.

However issues acquired fascinating when Hagemann drew a warning flag and was despatched to the again of the pack. She barely escaped harm to her automobile in a warning that ended with seven automobiles leaving the observe.

Solely 9 automobiles remained and Maleski claimed the checkered flag, however Hagemann fought off a problem from two different automobiles on the final lap to complete fourth and win the championship by three factors over Maleski.

The evening’s final race was the Modified characteristic occasion. Aaron Johnson held a one-point lead with a tiebreaker edge over Shawn Fletcher. Fletcher wanted to complete two spots increased than Johnson to say the championship. That state of affairs vanished on the primary lap as Fletcher exited the observe with a damaged drive shaft. Johnson positioned second behind AJ Viehauser, however walked away with the factors championship by 9 factors over Fletcher.

Within the different 5 options, drivers wanted to simply take the inexperienced flag to say their factors crown and Nick McCann claimed his first factors championship in 30 years of racing for the Mod 4 class. McCann arrived on the observe in ache, however stayed within the automobile for the warmth race and completed tenth within the characteristic.

Dustin Nelson claimed his twenty third total championship within the Tremendous Inventory class. The race wasn’t drama-free because the entrance straightaway lights went out three laps into the characteristic. The drivers selected to proceed and Jack Koranda received the characteristic with Nelson inserting third.

David Siercks received the factors championship for the Sport Mod class and Tim Otterness was the winner for the Interest Shares. Tim Gonska received the Inventory Automobile factors championship and he introduced he’s stepping away from full-time racing subsequent 12 months to be with household

Within the Inventory Automobile characteristic, Kaden Woodie registered a first-place end, however was pushed laborious by Brody Carlsrud who was trying to get his second consecutive characteristic win.

Carlsrud began from the second row and battled with Aaron Johnson, Gonska and Jaden Christ and grabbed second from Aaron Johnson with 9 laps to go.

Carlsrud raced a partial season with simply six appearances. He recorded a top-five end in all of these races.

Carlsrud was identified with autism when he was youthful.

“There are plenty of challenges being autistic,” Carlsrud stated. “Rising up I by no means had the best time in class and needed to get assist. With racing it helps me as an individual as a result of when you’re on the market all by your self you’re relieved of stress and the whole lot else happening round right here. I’m lucky to be within the place I’m at present. Being autistic is rarely a simple process. It’s laborious to know issues plenty of occasions and get used to one thing new.

“I really feel like I’ve constructed myself as much as the place I’m at present, however I couldn’t have carried out it with out my dad and mom (Cory and Amanda) and my sister (Barb) and family and friends who’ve been serving to information me via life in racing and outdoors of it and I hope to maintain constructing that up and carry on racing.”

Brody’s love for racing began early, too.

“My dad took me to my first race once I was round six and he took me out to Buffalo River Speedway, which is a few hours from right here,” Carlsrud stated. “I loved that and type of wished to return each week and appeared up my favourite driver which is the No. 60 Tyler Corridor. He has been there for the reason that starting for me and he is sort of a brother to me and a fantastic particular person total.”

The racing bug hit Brody laborious. He raced go-karts for 5 years and moved to the INX Legends the place he raced for 4 years earlier than transferring into Inventory Automobile.

“That is my third season within the inventory automobile,” stated Carlsrud. “I actually take pleasure in it and I’ve no need to maneuver on to anything anytime quickly with the success we have now had. I like driving inventory automobiles.”

The twenty second Mighty Axe will run over Labor Day Weekend with racing on Saturday, Sept. 2, and Sunday, Sept. 3. Carlsrud would love nothing higher than to have an Axe in his hand subsequent weekend.

“I may have it lots worse,” he stated. “I could possibly be in a wheelchair. I’ve simply grown up with autism and that is how it’s. It is by no means a simple path down the street of life however I get via it as an individual. I attempt to take it one step at a time and revel in life.

“We have had a extremely good season up right here. I do not suppose we have now completed worse than fourth since we have now been up right here. I want we may have been up right here each week this summer time and contend for a factors championship however we had another massive plans and journeys. Deep down inside I actually take pleasure in coming right here each week and now we can be battling for the axe subsequent week and hopefully, we will steal one.”