Larson, Soppe, Murty, Wauters, Bielenberg, Utter, Miller also take checkers
By ROB HINCKLEY
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Following are results from Jackson County Fair stock car racing Thursday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
Andover Meat IMCA Late Models
Feature (25 laps) – 1. 7 Andy Nezworski 2. 07 Matt Ryan 3. 58 Jeremiah Hurst 4. 15K Justin Kay 5. 77 Cory Dumpert 6. R19 Joe Ross 7. 72 Dave Hammond 8. 10T Jeff Tharp 9. 60 Dalton Simonsen 10. 13 Dustin Edwards 11. W56 Gary Webb 12. 44G Landon Grage 13. 007 Lake Knutti 14. 44W David Webster 15. 6D Doug Nigh 16. 28C Terry Neal 17. 5W Scotty Welsh 18. 12 Donnie Pataska 19. 11 Ron Klein 20. 91 Mike Guldenpfennig 21. T22 Tegan Evans 22. 13JR Colt Leal 23. 14 B.J. Jackson
1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Ryan 2. Kay 3. Klein 4. Jackson
2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Nezworski 2. Nigh 3. Dumpert 4. Ross
3rd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Hurst 2. Neal 3. Pataska 4. Knutti
QCJeeps.com IMCA Modifieds
Feature (20 laps) – 1. B1 Jeff Larson 2. 3G Bryce Garnhart 3. 12T Timmy Current 4. 88 Jaden Fryer 5. 60F Jarrett Franzen 6. 31A Kory Meier 7. 11 Ray Cox, Jr. 8. S19 Mitch Morris 9. 53 Matt Stein 10. 05 John Oliver 11. 7M Matt Short 12. 25 Jake Bowman 13. V Milo Veloz 14. 77J Steve Johnson 15. 49 Ryan Slott 16. 70 Joe Bonney 17. 89 Tom Pestka 18. 19 Kelly Pestka 19. 32C Chad Holladay
1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Short 2. Current 3. 49 4. T. Pestka
2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Meyer 2. Garnhart 3. Holladay 4. Fryer
3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Larson 2. Stein 3. Franzen 4. Cox
B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMods
Feature (15 laps) – 1. 3T Tyler Soppe 2. 12N Gage Neal 3. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe 4. 9 Scott Williams 5. 43LV Logan Veloz 6. 4 Jerry Miles 7. 17 David Englekens 8. 813 Aaron Hitt 9. 77C Mitch Current 10. R2 Ryan Reed 11. 7M Nate Miller 12. 21 Randy Butterbrodt 13. 32 T.J. Fortmann 14. 75C Bruce Current 15. 42Y Justin Yarolem 16. 36N Joe Nemitz 17. 07 Alec Postel 18. 71J Justin Schroeder (Did Not Start – 18C Dakota Cole, 1 Nick McCrady)
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Reed 2. Fortmann 3. Miles 4. Yarolem
2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Soppe 2. Neal 3. Veloz 4. M. Current
3rd heat (8 laps) – 1. B. Current 2. Schroeder 3. Williams 4. Ellithorpe
GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars
Feature (15 laps) – 1. 99 Dallon Murty 2. 3T Terry Dulin 3. Z50 Joe Zrostlik 4. 27Z Chase Zaruba 5. 15 Paul Howard 6. 20 Dustin Vis
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Zrostlik 2. Vis 3. Murty 4. Howard
Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature (12 laps) – 1. 09 Daniel Wauters 2. 11S Shane Oberbreckling 3. 8L Lukas Short 4. 18 Dawson Bowling 5. M1 Lane Vohringer 6. 3B Brandon White 7. 01 Kile Vohringer 8. 4R Randy Lamar (Did Not Start – 59 Roger Winkers)
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. L. Vohringer 2. Oberbreckling 3. Wauters 4. K. Vohringer
Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinders
Feature (12 laps) – 1. 12X Mitch Bielenberg 2. 4R Ashley Reuman 3. 8C Cody Brundagg 4. 3M Brett Marshall 5. T78 Tyler Shady 6. F68 Dustin Forbes 7. 4 Shawn McDermott 8. 01 Dillon Embree 9. 47 Thomas Adams 10. 7X Robbie Harding 11. 8 Austin Reuman 12. 22S Andrew Steepleton 13. 2M Brian Marshall 14. 11H Justin Hempstead 15. 6 Brad McDermott 16. 2 Alicia Steepleton 17. 53 Cody Vandusen 18. 21 Andy Wagener
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. S. McDermott 2. Shady 3. Bielenberg 4. A. Steepleton
2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Wagener 2. Brundagg 3. Brian Marshall 4. Lamar
American Iron Racing Series
Feature (15 laps) – 1. 501 Bart Miller 2. 34 Alan Hansen 3. 42 Bruce Yoerger 4. 17JR Ron Cook 5. 68 Travis Heier 6. 05 Walt King 7. 00 Dan Kessler 8. 10A Mike Arp 9. 0 Dan Thompson 10. 44 R.J. Lank 11. 63 Steve Olson 12. 15 Mike Spoerl 13. 5 Brian Gade 14. 34 ½ Jeremy Clement (Did Not Start – 16 Robin Akins, 23 Dennis Etten, 66 Jake Owens, D64 Craig Adams. 5B Tim Bader)
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Atkins 2. Miller 3. King 4. Hansen
2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Arp 2. Yoerger 3. Thompson 4. Lank
INEX Legends
Feature (20 laps) – 1. Z2 Jason Utter 2. 5 Dave Eberle 3. 18S Ryan Sullivan 4. B52 Kevin Korsmo 5. 29 Ryan Mech 6. 60 Drew Papke 7. 13 Tim Brockhouse 8. 97AU Jackson Lewis 9. 77 Warren Ropp 10. 3 Dave McCalla 11. 95 Mike Mueller 12. 5E Noah Eisenhower 13. 37 Dave Mech 14. 51 Tim Franz 15. 27 Michael Carter 16. 7 Jacob Tiegen 17. 25 Cole O’Brien 18. 04 Adam Meyer 19. Z4 Adrianne Hartman
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Papka 2. R. Mech 3. Eberle 4. Lewis
2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Utter 2. Korsmo 3. Carter 4. Ropp
3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Sullivan 2. McCalla 3. Mueller 4. Franz
DUBUQUE, Iowa (July 25) – As the lighted Jackson County Fair Ferris wheel spun in the background sky, two drivers reached for a high level themselves Thursday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
Buffalo’s Andy Nezworski won both the battle and the war, taking the lead on lap 22 and winning the Andover Meat IMCA Late Model Season Championship feature.
That combined with Jeremiah Hurst’s third place clinched the track championship as well for the three-time Maquoketa winner.
The finale was not without drama. Current national point leaders Matt Ryan and Nebraska’s Cory Dumpert were looking for advantages of their own. Ryan started sixth. slipped by Joe Ross on lap 2 for the lead and quickly extended the margin. Dumpert started 12th in his first visit to Maquoketa, dealt with traffic most of the race and finally cracked the top five with a lap left.
Ryan looked to be in control by a full straightaway until he tangled with a lapped car to relegate the point to Nezworski. A final caution flew on the white flag lap to set up a two-lap chance for change, but the new champ hung on over Ryan, Hurst, Justin Kay and Dumpert.
Nezworski won the track point chase by a single marker.
Jeff Larson drew number one in the redraw and never looked back in the QCJeeps.com IMCA Modified 20 lapper. Bryce Garnhart, Timmy Current, Jaden Fryer and Jarrett Franzen followed.
Tyler Soppe looked to be content with third in the B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMod 15-lap finale, but slips by Gage Neal and Jacob Ellithorpe coming to the white flag allowed the Rocketman to jet by both and on to the win. Scott Williams and Logan Veloz completed the top five.
Teen Dallon Murty visited and went home with the 12-lap GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Car win. Terry Dulin, Joe Zrostlik, Chase Zaruba and Paul Howard were next
Early leader Dustin Vis rolled his car after smacking a track marking tire in turn one. He was not hurt.
Daniel Wauters started on the pole and rolled to the Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lap victory. Shane Oberbreckling, Lukas Short, Dawson Bowling and Lane Vohringer followed.
Mitch Bielenberg returned and led wire to wire in the 12-lap Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinder feature. Ashley Reuman, Cody Brundagg, Brett Marshall and Tyler Shady followed.
Jason Utter’s INEX Legends hot streak continued. He took the 25-lap race over Dave Eberle, Ryan Sullivan, Kevin Korsmo and Ryan Mech.
Bart Miller won a wild American Iron Racing Series 12-lap main that featured a seven-car wreck just a lap in. No one was injured after several hard hits. Alan Hansen, Bruce Yoerger, Ron Cook and Travis Heier followed.
The Junkies also hit the 3/8-mile dirt oval for an exhibition heat and feature.
A total of 135 race teams sped by a huge fair night crowd for 28 events and the last checkered flag flew about 11 p.m.
Racing continues at Maquoketa Speedway Saturday August 3.
Featured on the track will be the B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMods for $750 to win. QCJeeps.com IMCA Modifieds, GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks and Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquors 4 Cylinders also will be in action.
Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow.
Advance tickets are now available. Trackside Promotions also promotes the action at Dubuque Speedway.
For more information, log on to tracksidepromotionsia.com, the track Facebook page or call 563-940-7841.
By ROB HINCKLEY
Story below
Following are results from Jackson County Fair stock car racing Thursday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
Andover Meat IMCA Late Models
Feature (25 laps) – 1. 7 Andy Nezworski 2. 07 Matt Ryan 3. 58 Jeremiah Hurst 4. 15K Justin Kay 5. 77 Cory Dumpert 6. R19 Joe Ross 7. 72 Dave Hammond 8. 10T Jeff Tharp 9. 60 Dalton Simonsen 10. 13 Dustin Edwards 11. W56 Gary Webb 12. 44G Landon Grage 13. 007 Lake Knutti 14. 44W David Webster 15. 6D Doug Nigh 16. 28C Terry Neal 17. 5W Scotty Welsh 18. 12 Donnie Pataska 19. 11 Ron Klein 20. 91 Mike Guldenpfennig 21. T22 Tegan Evans 22. 13JR Colt Leal 23. 14 B.J. Jackson
1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Ryan 2. Kay 3. Klein 4. Jackson
2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Nezworski 2. Nigh 3. Dumpert 4. Ross
3rd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Hurst 2. Neal 3. Pataska 4. Knutti
QCJeeps.com IMCA Modifieds
Feature (20 laps) – 1. B1 Jeff Larson 2. 3G Bryce Garnhart 3. 12T Timmy Current 4. 88 Jaden Fryer 5. 60F Jarrett Franzen 6. 31A Kory Meier 7. 11 Ray Cox, Jr. 8. S19 Mitch Morris 9. 53 Matt Stein 10. 05 John Oliver 11. 7M Matt Short 12. 25 Jake Bowman 13. V Milo Veloz 14. 77J Steve Johnson 15. 49 Ryan Slott 16. 70 Joe Bonney 17. 89 Tom Pestka 18. 19 Kelly Pestka 19. 32C Chad Holladay
1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Short 2. Current 3. 49 4. T. Pestka
2nd Heat (10 laps) – 1. Meyer 2. Garnhart 3. Holladay 4. Fryer
3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Larson 2. Stein 3. Franzen 4. Cox
B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMods
Feature (15 laps) – 1. 3T Tyler Soppe 2. 12N Gage Neal 3. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe 4. 9 Scott Williams 5. 43LV Logan Veloz 6. 4 Jerry Miles 7. 17 David Englekens 8. 813 Aaron Hitt 9. 77C Mitch Current 10. R2 Ryan Reed 11. 7M Nate Miller 12. 21 Randy Butterbrodt 13. 32 T.J. Fortmann 14. 75C Bruce Current 15. 42Y Justin Yarolem 16. 36N Joe Nemitz 17. 07 Alec Postel 18. 71J Justin Schroeder (Did Not Start – 18C Dakota Cole, 1 Nick McCrady)
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Reed 2. Fortmann 3. Miles 4. Yarolem
2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Soppe 2. Neal 3. Veloz 4. M. Current
3rd heat (8 laps) – 1. B. Current 2. Schroeder 3. Williams 4. Ellithorpe
GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars
Feature (15 laps) – 1. 99 Dallon Murty 2. 3T Terry Dulin 3. Z50 Joe Zrostlik 4. 27Z Chase Zaruba 5. 15 Paul Howard 6. 20 Dustin Vis
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Zrostlik 2. Vis 3. Murty 4. Howard
Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature (12 laps) – 1. 09 Daniel Wauters 2. 11S Shane Oberbreckling 3. 8L Lukas Short 4. 18 Dawson Bowling 5. M1 Lane Vohringer 6. 3B Brandon White 7. 01 Kile Vohringer 8. 4R Randy Lamar (Did Not Start – 59 Roger Winkers)
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. L. Vohringer 2. Oberbreckling 3. Wauters 4. K. Vohringer
Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinders
Feature (12 laps) – 1. 12X Mitch Bielenberg 2. 4R Ashley Reuman 3. 8C Cody Brundagg 4. 3M Brett Marshall 5. T78 Tyler Shady 6. F68 Dustin Forbes 7. 4 Shawn McDermott 8. 01 Dillon Embree 9. 47 Thomas Adams 10. 7X Robbie Harding 11. 8 Austin Reuman 12. 22S Andrew Steepleton 13. 2M Brian Marshall 14. 11H Justin Hempstead 15. 6 Brad McDermott 16. 2 Alicia Steepleton 17. 53 Cody Vandusen 18. 21 Andy Wagener
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. S. McDermott 2. Shady 3. Bielenberg 4. A. Steepleton
2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Wagener 2. Brundagg 3. Brian Marshall 4. Lamar
American Iron Racing Series
Feature (15 laps) – 1. 501 Bart Miller 2. 34 Alan Hansen 3. 42 Bruce Yoerger 4. 17JR Ron Cook 5. 68 Travis Heier 6. 05 Walt King 7. 00 Dan Kessler 8. 10A Mike Arp 9. 0 Dan Thompson 10. 44 R.J. Lank 11. 63 Steve Olson 12. 15 Mike Spoerl 13. 5 Brian Gade 14. 34 ½ Jeremy Clement (Did Not Start – 16 Robin Akins, 23 Dennis Etten, 66 Jake Owens, D64 Craig Adams. 5B Tim Bader)
1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Atkins 2. Miller 3. King 4. Hansen
2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. Arp 2. Yoerger 3. Thompson 4. Lank
INEX Legends
Feature (20 laps) – 1. Z2 Jason Utter 2. 5 Dave Eberle 3. 18S Ryan Sullivan 4. B52 Kevin Korsmo 5. 29 Ryan Mech 6. 60 Drew Papke 7. 13 Tim Brockhouse 8. 97AU Jackson Lewis 9. 77 Warren Ropp 10. 3 Dave McCalla 11. 95 Mike Mueller 12. 5E Noah Eisenhower 13. 37 Dave Mech 14. 51 Tim Franz 15. 27 Michael Carter 16. 7 Jacob Tiegen 17. 25 Cole O’Brien 18. 04 Adam Meyer 19. Z4 Adrianne Hartman
1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Papka 2. R. Mech 3. Eberle 4. Lewis
2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Utter 2. Korsmo 3. Carter 4. Ropp
3rd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Sullivan 2. McCalla 3. Mueller 4. Franz
DUBUQUE, Iowa (July 25) – As the lighted Jackson County Fair Ferris wheel spun in the background sky, two drivers reached for a high level themselves Thursday evening at Maquoketa Speedway.
Buffalo’s Andy Nezworski won both the battle and the war, taking the lead on lap 22 and winning the Andover Meat IMCA Late Model Season Championship feature.
That combined with Jeremiah Hurst’s third place clinched the track championship as well for the three-time Maquoketa winner.
The finale was not without drama. Current national point leaders Matt Ryan and Nebraska’s Cory Dumpert were looking for advantages of their own. Ryan started sixth. slipped by Joe Ross on lap 2 for the lead and quickly extended the margin. Dumpert started 12th in his first visit to Maquoketa, dealt with traffic most of the race and finally cracked the top five with a lap left.
Ryan looked to be in control by a full straightaway until he tangled with a lapped car to relegate the point to Nezworski. A final caution flew on the white flag lap to set up a two-lap chance for change, but the new champ hung on over Ryan, Hurst, Justin Kay and Dumpert.
Nezworski won the track point chase by a single marker.
Jeff Larson drew number one in the redraw and never looked back in the QCJeeps.com IMCA Modified 20 lapper. Bryce Garnhart, Timmy Current, Jaden Fryer and Jarrett Franzen followed.
Tyler Soppe looked to be content with third in the B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMod 15-lap finale, but slips by Gage Neal and Jacob Ellithorpe coming to the white flag allowed the Rocketman to jet by both and on to the win. Scott Williams and Logan Veloz completed the top five.
Teen Dallon Murty visited and went home with the 12-lap GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Car win. Terry Dulin, Joe Zrostlik, Chase Zaruba and Paul Howard were next
Early leader Dustin Vis rolled his car after smacking a track marking tire in turn one. He was not hurt.
Daniel Wauters started on the pole and rolled to the Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lap victory. Shane Oberbreckling, Lukas Short, Dawson Bowling and Lane Vohringer followed.
Mitch Bielenberg returned and led wire to wire in the 12-lap Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquor 4 Cylinder feature. Ashley Reuman, Cody Brundagg, Brett Marshall and Tyler Shady followed.
Jason Utter’s INEX Legends hot streak continued. He took the 25-lap race over Dave Eberle, Ryan Sullivan, Kevin Korsmo and Ryan Mech.
Bart Miller won a wild American Iron Racing Series 12-lap main that featured a seven-car wreck just a lap in. No one was injured after several hard hits. Alan Hansen, Bruce Yoerger, Ron Cook and Travis Heier followed.
The Junkies also hit the 3/8-mile dirt oval for an exhibition heat and feature.
A total of 135 race teams sped by a huge fair night crowd for 28 events and the last checkered flag flew about 11 p.m.
Racing continues at Maquoketa Speedway Saturday August 3.
Featured on the track will be the B&D Pit Stop IMCA SportMods for $750 to win. QCJeeps.com IMCA Modifieds, GRE / REV Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Shawn’s Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks and Obie’s Bar and Restaurant / B&C Liquors 4 Cylinders also will be in action.
Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow.
Advance tickets are now available. Trackside Promotions also promotes the action at Dubuque Speedway.
For more information, log on to tracksidepromotionsia.com, the track Facebook page or call 563-940-7841.
