Racer is the champ of the and hes from city. Abc9 News Reporter Deborah Souverain has his story inside the dirt track. You can hear the the fans cheering. Air. This is where Chris Abelson feels the most at home. Confident, the trying to anticipate where the other drivers are going to go and where you have the possibility of making a pass, said abelson. Chris abelson went from a dirt track racing fan. To getting behind the wheel himself. Natpop abelson getting into car in his 13 years behind the wheel. Hes racked up. Dozens of awards. And after one failed attempt. He now holds the top title. As the 2015 national modified division champion. Of the International Motor contest association. Which is the largest dirt Race Track Organization in the country. Went for it a little bit last year and ended up fourth in the points and just got lucky this year and got some lucky breaks, said abelson. This video from a 2011 race. Gives a taste of what abelson can deliver on the track. Race car Engine
Iowa. Natpop lenters shooting at target. He just wishes he could go alone. I always have someone go with me in case i get stuck, said lenters. Natpop did you get stuck . Wife pulling lenters wheelchair. The issues begin once he leaves his vehicle. Right now its just paved with these round rocks and my chair does not have much ground clearance. These peebles. Natpop al driving wheelchair over pebbles. Make it hard to get around. And getting comfortable at a nearly impossible. Changing the bench set up here, to something that i can get under with my chair. Its kind of hard to reach, said al lenters. Hes hoping to change all of that by teaming up with the tristate range association. The non profit. Which already works to clean up the range. Plans to make the facility accessible. A double wide parking spot, we are going to make a new entrance off of said parking spot and we are going to pave some access sidewalks and a concrete shooting pad the renovations are being done through volunteer
Shooting range. In case he gets stuck. The range. Is paved with small round pebbles. That make getting around in his chair difficult. Using a shooting bench is also a chalalnge. Changing the bench set up here, to something that i can get under with my chair. Its kind of hard to reach, said al lenters. To fix those issues. Lenters is teaming up with the tristate public range association. Together they plan to make the shooting range handicappedacce ssible. The group has created a gofund me account. To help raise funds for the project. A link to the go fund me account. Is posted on the abc9 facebook page. Tonight at 10 ill more on the project. Reporting live in studio Deborah Souverain abc 9 news. Allison early this morning, s sux city fire and scue responded to a fire at cargill incorporated. Firefighters discovered a small fire that was determined to have been started due to an Electrical Switchgear malfunction. Cargill employees were required to deenergize the equipment before fire cr
Combined with the warmth will lead to rapidfire growth. Postpone any open burning. Caps on headed to near 8 temps are headed to near 80 degrees. Elizabeth thanks metinka. Big stories in central iowa. This morning, several businesses in newton are cleaning up after a fire. The fire started last night in the panda garden restaurant kitchen. Customers and employees were able to make it outside. The newton fire captain says it started on the stove and caused some smoke and water damage to the apartments above the restaurant. Luckily no one was injured and no word yet on the extent of damage to the restaurant. Eric also in newton this morning, a registered sex offender is charged in a child sex abuse case. 46yearold Berlou Barnard is accused of sexually assaulting his own granddaughter. The Jasper County sheriff says ashley durants daughter told her the august 13 assault took place at barnards home. He had previously been convicted registry ever since. Because of this durant says her daught
Die down and we get some rain. And thats a message they really want to get out there. Also, they say with how dry it is, fires can rekindle very easily so if you recently burned something, may want to keep a close eye on it. In owa city, mar carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Parts of our viewing area could use some rain, and wed all like to see the winds die down. Is any help on the way, joe . Monday provided plenty of wind across the state. Those winds back down overnight and tomorrow. As a cold front approaches the wind remains fro the southwest, eping some very mil conditions in place. The weather system itself does not ave much moisture to work so any rainfall will remain scattered and on the light side. Later in the week highs upper 60s which is still above normal for the late part of october. Have a great night tnight partlycloudy low 4955 windnd sw 1015tomororow isolated owers late high 7177 winds sw 1020 bruce and beth. A crash involving a car and a mini bus sent four people to the h