Tatnell Claims Victory at Cedar Lake Speedway

The Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association Sprint Car series first rolled into Cedar Lake Speedway on August 21 of 1999. On that night Travis Whitney picked up the win. Since then 38 more races have been contested with 19 different drivers collecting wins. Scott Winters, in 2010, became the winningest driver in IRA competition at the Cedar Lake Speedway, but it was a record not meant to last.
When the series visited last fall, Brooke Tatnell behind the wheel of the 2KS machine collected his 5th victory with the IRA at the 3/8th mile track to tie Winters. Fast forward to 2021 and Brooke Tatnell is now piloting the famous Dewall 16 and set his sights on toppling Winters record.
A dash win put Tatnell on the front row and in perfect position to claim his 6th victory, but the stacked field with more than 40 combined championships across the Midwest starting behind him would not make it easy. Jake Blackhurst stalked Tatnell and the Dewall owned car through the feature, as Bill Balog, Austin McCarl and Carson McCarl all suffered bad luck taking them out of contention. Through multiple restarts, Blackhurst fended off challenges from series points leader Scotty Thiel all the while attempting to mount a challenge for the lead, but ultimately Tatnell proved to be the strongest car, pulling into Cedar Lake Speedway Victory lane for the 6th time in IRA competition, solidifying his place in the record books.
The IRA outlaw Sprints will be back in action Saturday May 15 with the All Star Circuit of Champions at the Dirt Oval Route 66 in Joliet Illinois. As always if you can’t make it out to the track, it will be streamed live on Flo Racing.
https://bit.ly/3cWTcPp ResultsFeaturesA Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:40:43.115 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers
1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[1]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[6]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 7. 20G-Chris Graf[17]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[14]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[21]; 10. 11M-Brendan Mullen[12]; 11. 20R-Rob Pribnow[19]; 12. 97-Alan Gilbertson[23]; 13. 12W-Josh Walter[11]; 14. 17A-Austin McCarl[8]; 15. 33-James Broty[22]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 17. 3-Tony Kaus[20]; 18. 50-Chase Viebrock[16]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer[18]; 20. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 21. 27-Carson McCarl[2]; 22. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 23. 9K-Kyle Schuett[15]; 24. 4B-Scott Biertzer[24] B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:09:37.526 | Behling Racing
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[10]; 2. 33-James Broty[1]; 3. 97-Alan Gilbertson[4]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 5. 19B-Jack Berger[11]; 6. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[5]; 7. 33B-Scott Broty[7]; 8. 199-Ryan Bowers[3]; 9. 15C-Carter Chevalier[6]; 10. 45-Matt Wiese[9]; 11. 91A-alex reed[8] Dashes Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:40.634
1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[1]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[4]Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:57.264
1. 27-Carson McCarl[1]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[5] Heat Races:Heat 1 Presented by TonyStewarStore.com:Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:12.724 | TonyStewartStore.com
1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 4. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 5. 20G-Chris Graf[5]; 6. 199-Ryan Bowers[6]; 7. 33B-Scott Broty[7]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese[8]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance/AutoMeter: 10 Laps | 00:06:28.181 | All Star Performance
1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[3]; 2. 27-Carson McCarl[4]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[2]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 5. 3-Tony Kaus[8]; 6. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[7]; 7. 19B-Jack Berger[6]; 8. (DNS) 33-James Broty
Heat 3 Presented by Vahlco Wheels: 10 Laps | 00:03:57.561 | Vahlco Wheels
1. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 2. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 4. 50-Chase Viebrock[6]; 5. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 6. 15C-Carter Chevalier[7]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 8. (DNS) 5J-Jeremy SchultzHeat 4 Presented by AutoMeter: 10 Laps | 00:04:09.479 | AutoMeter
1. 17A-Austin McCarl[4]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[1]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 5. 20R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 6. 97-Alan Gilbertson[6]; 7. 91A-alex reed[7] Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.192[1]; 2. 27-Carson McCarl, 00:11.354[5]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.450[4]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:11.537[7]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 00:11.624[17]; 6. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.709[15]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.741[21]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:11.743[14]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.785[31]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:11.864[3]; 11. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:11.951[20]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.957[12]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.973[23]; 14. 33-James Broty, 00:11.994[18]; 15. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.020[16]; 16. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:12.093[26]; 17. 20G-Chris Graf, 00:12.158[9]; 18. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.228[24]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.371[22]; 20. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.382[19]; 21. 199-Ryan Bowers, 00:12.388[6]; 22. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:12.520[8]; 23. 50-Chase Viebrock, 00:12.602[29]; 24. 97-Alan Gilbertson, 00:12.703[25]; 25. 33B-Scott Broty, 00:12.801[13]; 26. 4TJ-Brian Kristan, 00:12.841[27]; 27. 15C-Carter Chevalier, 00:13.178[28]; 28. 91A-alex reed, 00:13.214[11]; 29. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.228[2]; 30. 3-Tony Kaus, 00:13.523[10]; 31. (DNS) 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.523