Garnhart, Comins, Vohringer and Reuman also take track titles; Larson, Comins, White and Shady Season Champion wins
By ROB HINCKLEY
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Following are results from stock car racing on Ahern Fire Protection Season Championship Night Saturday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
QCJeeps.com IMCA Modifieds
Season Championship Feature (20 laps) – 1. B1 Jeff Larson 2. 11 Ray Cox, Jr. 3. 12T Timmy Current 4. 77J Steve Johnson 5. 88 Jaden Fryer 6. 19B Austin Blume 7. 19 Kelly Pestka 8. 60F Jarrett Franzen 9. 25 Jake Bowman 10. 82M Chuck Mayerhofer 11. 9 Derek Wilson 12. 80N Richard Nelson 13. 11BC Ben Carpenter 14. 53 Matt Stein 15. 3G Bryce Garnhart 16. 89 Tom Pestka (Did Not Start – 14D Dustin Morden)
1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Wilson 2. Current 3. Larson 4. K. Pestka
2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Johnson 2. Garnhart 3. Stein 4. Bowman
Track Champion - Garnhart
B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMods
Season Championship Feature (15 laps) – 1. 3T Tyler Soppe 2. 4 Jerry Miles 3. 75 Bob Silaggi 4. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe 5. 9 Scott Williams 6. 44 Joe Grant 7. 26B Bryan Johnson 8. 43LV Logan Veloz 9. 77C Mitch Current 10. A10 Grant Mathe 11. 7M Nate Miller 12. 47 Corey Kuntzelman 13. 42Y Justin Yarolem 14. 17 Jed Frederick 15. 18C Dakota Cole 16. 35JR Justin Becker 17. 95S Scott Blake 18. 14A Larry Tuell (Did Not Start – 10A Jacob Arp)
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Grant 2. Soppe 3. Williams 4. Becker
2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Silaggi 2. Veloz 3. Current 4. Cole
3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Miles 2. Kuntzelman 3. Johnson 4. Arp
Track Champion - Soppe
GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars
Season Championship Feature (15 laps) – 1. 38 Jimmy Comins 2. 5B Tim Bader 3. 6X Bob Anrendsen 4. 6C Chris Hinrichs 5. 27ZX Rick Zaruba
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Bader 2. Hinrichs 3. Zaruba 4. Ahrendsen
Track Champion - Comins
Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks
Season Championship Feature (15 laps) – 1. 3B Brandon White 2. 01 Kile Vohringer 3. M1 Lane Vohringer 4. 11S Shane Oberbreckling 5. 59 Roger Winkers 6. 18 Dawson Bowling 7. 09 Daniel Wauters 8. 8L Lukas Short
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Oberbreckling 2. K. Vohringer 3. Bowling 4.White
Track Champion – K. Vohringer
Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinders
Season Championship Feature (12 laps) – 1. T78 Tyler Shady 2. 4R Ashley Reuman 3. 3M Brett Marshall 4. 88 Jamie Wood 5. 125T Tim Sibley 6. 47 Thomas Adams 7. 11H Justin Hempstead 8. 77 Lukas Short (Did Not Start – 18N Jake Bendixen, 56 Joe Lafrenz)
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Shady 2. Reuman 3. Bendixen 4. Lafrenz
2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Wood 2. Hempstead 3. Marshall 4. Sibley
Track Champion - Reuman
MAQUOKETA, Iowa (Aug. 24) – Again, no matter the obstacle, Tyler Soppe cranked the steering wheel one way and then back the other while at full speed.
It was no surprise he was at the front of the 15-lap B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMod Season Championship feature Saturday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
The Rocketman already had clinched the track championship before the green flag ever flew.
“This is what we’re here for and the championship tops it off,” Soppe said in C&W Trucking / Hoker Trucking / Kam Koncepts / Husco International Victory Circle. ““We like the track and what Nick (Promoter McCrady) has done with it. We’ll be back next year.”
Soppe’s victory was the ninth at Maquoketa and 26th overall in 2019. It also was his 100th IMCA victory.
“The car wasn’t really that good tonight,” Soppe added. “We tried the top early and able to make it work when we got out front.”
Jerry Miles, Bob Silaggi, Jacob Ellithorpe and Scott Williams rounded out the top five. Miles was the runner up in points.
Jeff Larson launched from midpack at the start and then to the lead about halfway through the 20-lap QCJeeps.com IMCA Modified feature. “Bone” dominated the rest of the way for his 25th win of the season, five of those now at Maquoketa.
Ray Cox, Jr. charged up to second ahead of early leader Timmy Current, Steve Johnson and Jaden Fryer. Bryce Garnhart was part of an early caution, finished 15th, but still won his second straight track title. Johnson defeating Fryer settled fourth place in the final standings by just two points.
Jimmy Comins was the model of consistency all season in the GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars. That paid off with his first track crown and he got his first ever 15-lap feature win in a Stock Car to top it off.
Point runner up Tim Bader, Bob Ahrendsen, Chris Hinrichs and Rick Zaruba followed.
After destroying his car in a rollover early in the season Comins jumped behind the wheel of his cousin Brandon’s machine to finish off the season run.
The Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks 12-lap Season Championship finale was the only main to settle the track bragging rights. Point leader Daniel Wauters pulled out of the feature early. So Kile Vohringer made up the single point deficit with his second place finish behind first time winner Brandon White to take the title.
White stormed to the front and held off Vohringer for his first win of 2019. Lane Vohringer, Shane Oberbreckling and Roger Winkers came next.
Tyler Shady took home his second consecutive Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinder 12-lap win. Ashley Reuman only needed to start her heat race to clinch the championship and then topped it off with a run right behind Shady. The 2017-18 champ Brett Marshall, Jamie Wood and Tim Sibley followed.
Reuman did not finish out of the top three in points at any track she competed in 2019 and won her first track championship.
A total of 59 race teams competed in 14 events plus Kids Trick or Treat Night activities and the last checkered flag flew before 9:30 p.m.
This concludes the season at Maquoketa Speedway. Stay tuned for information on the track championship banquet by logging on to tracksidepromotionsia.com, the track Facebook page or call 563-940-7841.
By ROB HINCKLEY
Story below
Following are results from stock car racing on Ahern Fire Protection Season Championship Night Saturday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
QCJeeps.com IMCA Modifieds
Season Championship Feature (20 laps) – 1. B1 Jeff Larson 2. 11 Ray Cox, Jr. 3. 12T Timmy Current 4. 77J Steve Johnson 5. 88 Jaden Fryer 6. 19B Austin Blume 7. 19 Kelly Pestka 8. 60F Jarrett Franzen 9. 25 Jake Bowman 10. 82M Chuck Mayerhofer 11. 9 Derek Wilson 12. 80N Richard Nelson 13. 11BC Ben Carpenter 14. 53 Matt Stein 15. 3G Bryce Garnhart 16. 89 Tom Pestka (Did Not Start – 14D Dustin Morden)
1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Wilson 2. Current 3. Larson 4. K. Pestka
2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Johnson 2. Garnhart 3. Stein 4. Bowman
Track Champion - Garnhart
B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMods
Season Championship Feature (15 laps) – 1. 3T Tyler Soppe 2. 4 Jerry Miles 3. 75 Bob Silaggi 4. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe 5. 9 Scott Williams 6. 44 Joe Grant 7. 26B Bryan Johnson 8. 43LV Logan Veloz 9. 77C Mitch Current 10. A10 Grant Mathe 11. 7M Nate Miller 12. 47 Corey Kuntzelman 13. 42Y Justin Yarolem 14. 17 Jed Frederick 15. 18C Dakota Cole 16. 35JR Justin Becker 17. 95S Scott Blake 18. 14A Larry Tuell (Did Not Start – 10A Jacob Arp)
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Grant 2. Soppe 3. Williams 4. Becker
2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Silaggi 2. Veloz 3. Current 4. Cole
3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Miles 2. Kuntzelman 3. Johnson 4. Arp
Track Champion - Soppe
GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars
Season Championship Feature (15 laps) – 1. 38 Jimmy Comins 2. 5B Tim Bader 3. 6X Bob Anrendsen 4. 6C Chris Hinrichs 5. 27ZX Rick Zaruba
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Bader 2. Hinrichs 3. Zaruba 4. Ahrendsen
Track Champion - Comins
Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks
Season Championship Feature (15 laps) – 1. 3B Brandon White 2. 01 Kile Vohringer 3. M1 Lane Vohringer 4. 11S Shane Oberbreckling 5. 59 Roger Winkers 6. 18 Dawson Bowling 7. 09 Daniel Wauters 8. 8L Lukas Short
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Oberbreckling 2. K. Vohringer 3. Bowling 4.White
Track Champion – K. Vohringer
Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinders
Season Championship Feature (12 laps) – 1. T78 Tyler Shady 2. 4R Ashley Reuman 3. 3M Brett Marshall 4. 88 Jamie Wood 5. 125T Tim Sibley 6. 47 Thomas Adams 7. 11H Justin Hempstead 8. 77 Lukas Short (Did Not Start – 18N Jake Bendixen, 56 Joe Lafrenz)
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Shady 2. Reuman 3. Bendixen 4. Lafrenz
2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Wood 2. Hempstead 3. Marshall 4. Sibley
Track Champion - Reuman
MAQUOKETA, Iowa (Aug. 24) – Again, no matter the obstacle, Tyler Soppe cranked the steering wheel one way and then back the other while at full speed.
It was no surprise he was at the front of the 15-lap B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMod Season Championship feature Saturday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
The Rocketman already had clinched the track championship before the green flag ever flew.
“This is what we’re here for and the championship tops it off,” Soppe said in C&W Trucking / Hoker Trucking / Kam Koncepts / Husco International Victory Circle. ““We like the track and what Nick (Promoter McCrady) has done with it. We’ll be back next year.”
Soppe’s victory was the ninth at Maquoketa and 26th overall in 2019. It also was his 100th IMCA victory.
“The car wasn’t really that good tonight,” Soppe added. “We tried the top early and able to make it work when we got out front.”
Jerry Miles, Bob Silaggi, Jacob Ellithorpe and Scott Williams rounded out the top five. Miles was the runner up in points.
Jeff Larson launched from midpack at the start and then to the lead about halfway through the 20-lap QCJeeps.com IMCA Modified feature. “Bone” dominated the rest of the way for his 25th win of the season, five of those now at Maquoketa.
Ray Cox, Jr. charged up to second ahead of early leader Timmy Current, Steve Johnson and Jaden Fryer. Bryce Garnhart was part of an early caution, finished 15th, but still won his second straight track title. Johnson defeating Fryer settled fourth place in the final standings by just two points.
Jimmy Comins was the model of consistency all season in the GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars. That paid off with his first track crown and he got his first ever 15-lap feature win in a Stock Car to top it off.
Point runner up Tim Bader, Bob Ahrendsen, Chris Hinrichs and Rick Zaruba followed.
After destroying his car in a rollover early in the season Comins jumped behind the wheel of his cousin Brandon’s machine to finish off the season run.
The Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks 12-lap Season Championship finale was the only main to settle the track bragging rights. Point leader Daniel Wauters pulled out of the feature early. So Kile Vohringer made up the single point deficit with his second place finish behind first time winner Brandon White to take the title.
White stormed to the front and held off Vohringer for his first win of 2019. Lane Vohringer, Shane Oberbreckling and Roger Winkers came next.
Tyler Shady took home his second consecutive Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinder 12-lap win. Ashley Reuman only needed to start her heat race to clinch the championship and then topped it off with a run right behind Shady. The 2017-18 champ Brett Marshall, Jamie Wood and Tim Sibley followed.
Reuman did not finish out of the top three in points at any track she competed in 2019 and won her first track championship.
A total of 59 race teams competed in 14 events plus Kids Trick or Treat Night activities and the last checkered flag flew before 9:30 p.m.
This concludes the season at Maquoketa Speedway. Stay tuned for information on the track championship banquet by logging on to tracksidepromotionsia.com, the track Facebook page or call 563-940-7841.
