Del Gade Memorial Brings 42 AIRS Cars to Maquoketa Speedway

| June 20, 2022

 

Maquoketa, Iowa: Saturday, June 18th provided perfect weather for the racing action at the Maquoketa Speedway. The Maquoketa Speedway hosted the second annual Delmar Gade Memorial, Gade was instrumental in the development of the American Iron Racing Series which features race cars of the years gone by. The competitors race cars that were built in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, Saturday night saw an outstanding field of 42 AIRS cars in attendance. The AIRS drivers ran four heats and two 15 lap main events, which allowed every driver to race a main event. The first 15 lap main event was won by Del Gade’s son in law Bart Miller. The car Miller drives is the 501 which is the same number Del Gade raced for many years. Miller Stated in victory lane, “ I was sitting back there in about fifth or sixth when Del pushed my right foot and said let’s go”. The inspiration from above pushed Miller into the lead with three laps to go and Miller took the checkers ahead of Paul Howard and Lee Kinsella. The second main event was won by close family friend of the Gade’s, RJ Lank. The car is a 1959 Edsel Ranger, that Lank wheels around the speedway, despite being one of the biggest cars on the track, it has plenty of Gade horsepower. Lank took the win ahead of Dave Meyer in a 1970 Chevy Nova and Dennis Etten in a in a 1975 Plymouth Duster.

The US Cellular IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature win went to 4th row outside starter Tim Current. Current wheeled his 12T to the front quickly taking the lead from Steve Johnson on lap number four. Current’s teammate Ryan Duhme ran second on Saturday night ahead of Travis Denning.

A strong field of Amhoff Trucking IMCA Sportmods ran a caution free 15 lap main event on Saturday night. Jason Roth of Hazel Green, Wisconsin took the first place honors by racing to the win ahead of Matt Mayo from Bakersfield, California. Front row starter Dakota Cole crossed under the checkers in third.

The Hawkins Construction and Trucking IMCA Stock Cars provided a very entertaining feature. Joe Zrostlik led the feature until a late race caution set up a two lap dash to the finish. Jacob Ellithorpe took advantage of the restart and passed Zrostlik to score his fourth win of the season at Maquoketa. Zrostlik ran second ahead of Jerry Miles.

In the Ueland Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks it was the “Buffalo Bandit” Randy LaMar adding another Maquoketa Speedway win to his resume. LaMar drove his 4R to the win ahead of Lukas Short and Jordan Milles.

Cyle Hawkins also joined the repeat winners list as he scored the win in the QC Jeeps. Com IMCA Sport Compact class. Hawkins fought off the constant challenges of Nick Proehl in taking the win.

Saturday, June 25th will be the next racing event at the Maquoketa Speedway with racing in six classes, hot laps will take to the track at 5:30 pm

 

Maquoketa Speedway Feature Race Results (top Five) June 18

 

AIRS Feature 1

  1. 501 Bart Miller-Clarence
  2. 15M Paul Howard-Davenport
  3. 56 Lee Kinsella-Peosta
  4. 20S Dan Schmidt-Cedar Rapids
  5. 68Q Tracy Quigley-Waterloo

 

AIRS Feature 2

  1. 44 RJ Lank-Clarence
  2. 70 Dave Meyer-Morley
  3. 23 Dennis Etten-Wyoming
  4. 05 Walt King-Preston
  5. 01 Doak Allen-West Burlington

 

US Cellular IMCA Modifieds

  1. 12T Tim Curent-Bernard
  2. 21T Ryan Duhme-LaMotte
  3. 56D Travis Denning-Sterling, IL
  4. G1 Mike Garland-Morrison, IL
  5. 77 Steve Johnson-Camanche

 

Amhoff Trucking IMCA Sportmods

  1. 31 Jason Roth-Hazel Green, WI
  2. 13M Matt Mayo-Bakersfield, CA
  3. 18C Dakota Cole-Davenport
  4. x14 Randy Farrell- East Moline, IL
  5. 33 Jarrett Franzen-Maquoketa

 

Hawkins Trucking & Construction IMCA Stock Cars

  1. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe-Maquoketa
  2. 50 Joe Zrostlik-Long Grove
  3. 4 Jerry Miles-Bernard
  4. 71 David Brandies-Wilton
  5. 6 Bob Ahrendsen-Cedar Rapids

 

Ueland Auto Hobby Stocks

  1. 4R Randy LaMar-Buffalo
  2. 8L Lukas Short-Maquooketa
  3. 4 Jordan Miles-Bernard
  4. 18 Dawson Bowling-Maquoketa
  5. 12 Dylan Said-Maquoketa

 

QCJeeps.COM IMCA Sport Compacts

  1. 28 Cyle Hawkins-Blue Grass
  2. 101 Nick Proehl-Milan, IL
  3. 11P Cody Proehl-Moline, IL
  4. 14 Drew Wise-Hoopole, IL
  5. 32J Logan Jones-Calamus

 

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