Timber Lanes Season Opener At Maquoketa Speedway Hosts 138 Cars

 

By: Jerry Mackey

Maquoketa, Iowa (April 19, 2025) – The 2025 Racing Season got underway on Saturday, April 19th as the Timber Lanes sponsored program saw 138 race teams battle it out at the Maquoketa Speedway. The 26 race program was run very efficiently with the final checkered flag of the night waving prior to 10 pm.

The IMCA Kinion Auto Sales Late Models headlined the program with a strong field of 18 drivers taking the green flag. Travis Denning took advantage of a front row draw on Saturday night and paced the field the entire 25 laps. A lap fifteen caution bunched the field and on the restart Andy Nezworski was able to pull alongside Denning but was unable to make the pass. Denning took the checkers a car length ahead of Nezworski with Bryce Garnhart crossing under the checkers in third.

The INEX Legends hosted a special Midwest Dirt Series event on Saturday night and a huge field of 36 drivers entered the race. The 20 lap main event was very entertaining and Maquoketa Speedway regular Robby Morrison was able to score the Series win. The lead pack saw the top positions shuffled several times throughout the main as several drivers took their turns at pressuring Morrison. Kacey Korsmo was able to hold off Dallas Ross at the finish for second.

Defending Maquoketa Speedway IMCA Modified track Champion, Jeff (Bone ) Larson scored the opening night win in the Eastern Iowa Overhead Door sponsored class. Larson advanced to the front from the 3rd row and rode the high side to the win taking the checkers ahead of a fast closing Spencer Diercks who came all the way to the front from a 9th position start. Jaden Fryer wheeled his number 8 Modified to a third place finish.

Another defending Maquoketa Speedway track Champion, Jacob Ellithorpe scored the opening night win. Ellithorpe raced to the win in the QCJeeps.Com IMCA Stock Cars. Ellithorpe raced into the lead early in the race by overtaking Kodey Miles. Kodey Miles ran with Ellithorpe the entire main event settling for second ahead of Gage Neal. In victory lane Ellithorpe thanked Timber Lanes for not only sponsoring his race team but signing on as opening night race sponsor as well.

The Amhof trucking IMCA Sportmods saw young Nathan Silaggi back up his Nifty 50 win with the opening night win topping a 20 car starting field. Silaggi is off to a hot start in his new Harris racing IMCA Sportmod. Silaggi took the win ahead of Ryan Reed and Jacob Arp.

In what has been deemed the race of the night, the Not Quite Done Yet BBQ IMCA Hobby Stocks raced the wide smooth ¼ mile with packs of cars running three and four wide lap after lap. Kile Vohringer led the first 13 laps of the 15 lap main event, but while under caution the left rear tire on the 1X of Vohringer went flat sending him to the pit area for a quick tire change. On the restart, Dan Mohr emerged from a pack to lead the last two laps in taking a ½ car length win ahead of Lukas Short and Jordan Miles. 24 drivers took the green flag in the very entertaining feature.

Travis Hawkins scored the opening night win in the McMahon Salvage 4 Cylinder class. Hawkins shot out front early and went on to hold off the constant challenges of Dustin Forbes. Cole Ferrell followed the two leaders across the stripe in third.

Racing will continue on Saturday, April 26th as Kinion Auto Sales and Classic Cars of Clarence will sponsor the night which will include all classes plus the Vintage Late Models making a special appearance at the Maquoketa Speedway. Hot laps will take to the track at 5:45 with racing to follow.

18 entries
IMCA Late Models – Kinion Auto Sales
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 56D-Travis Denning[1]; 2. 7-Andy Nezworski[4]; 3. 3-Bryce Garnhart[2]; 4. 32-TJ Fortmann[6]; 5. 88-Evan Miller[7]; 6. 60-Dalton Simonsen[5]; 7. 86-Jake Morris[8]; 8. 07-Matt Ryan[11]; 9. 77J-Steve Johnson[12]; 10. 30-Curtis Glover[3]; 11. 12-Don Pataska[9]; 12. 93-Chase Brunscheen[14]; 13. 18-Ty Webster[15]; 14. 63-Scott Olson[13]; 15. 47-Ethan Pickard[16]; 16. 11C-Ryan Claeys[18]; 17. 89-Tom Pestka[17]; 18. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[10]

Heat 1 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 7-Andy Nezworski[1]; 2. 56D-Travis Denning[2]; 3. 32-TJ Fortmann[4]; 4. 12-Don Pataska[3]; 5. 63-Scott Olson[6]; 6. 47-Ethan Pickard[5]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 30-Curtis Glover[1]; 2. 3-Bryce Garnhart[3]; 3. 60-Dalton Simonsen[5]; 4. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[6]; 5. 93-Chase Brunscheen[4]; 6. 89-Tom Pestka[2]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 77J-Steve Johnson[1]; 2. 86-Jake Morris[2]; 3. 07-Matt Ryan[4]; 4. 88-Evan Miller[5]; 5. 18-Ty Webster[3]; 6. 11C-Ryan Claeys[6]

15 entries
IMCA Modifieds – Eastern Iowa Overhead Door
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[6]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks[9]; 3. 8-Jaden Fryer[2]; 4. 6-Jed Freiburger[7]; 5. 12T-Austin Stamm[3]; 6. G1-Mike Garland[1]; 7. 99M-Charlie Mohr[4]; 8. 17C-Shane Paris[8]; 9. B24-Owen Barnhill[5]; 10. D55-Scotte Lemke[10]; 11. 14S-Mike Schmuhl[11]; 12. 21T-Mark Mikos JR[12]; 13. 99-Brandon Jewell[14]; 14. 01M-Mitch Way[13]; 15. (DNS) 5B-Tim Bader

Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 29-Spencer Diercks[1]; 2. 17C-Shane Paris[2]; 3. B1-Jeff Larson[3]; 4. B24-Owen Barnhill[7]; 5. D55-Scotte Lemke[6]; 6. 14S-Mike Schmuhl[5]; 7. 01M-Mitch Way[8]; 8. 99-Brandon Jewell[4]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (7 Laps): 1. 6-Jed Freiburger[1]; 2. 12T-Austin Stamm[2]; 3. 8-Jaden Fryer[4]; 4. 99M-Charlie Mohr[3]; 5. G1-Mike Garland[6]; 6. 21T-Mark Mikos JR[5]; 7. (DNS) 5B-Tim Bader

13 entries
IMCA Stock Cars – QC Jeeps
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[3]; 2. 4K-Kodey Miles[1]; 3. 12N-Gage Neal[10]; 4. 77W-Andrew Burk[5]; 5. A78-Austin Vorbeck[6]; 6. 105-Sheldon Oberle[13]; 7. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[9]; 8. 80N-Richard Nelson[7]; 9. 01J-Jeremy Campbell[12]; 10. 02-Austin Staley[2]; 11. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[11]; 12. 32-Tom Cannon[4]; 13. 4-Jerry Miles[8]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[3]; 2. 12N-Gage Neal[1]; 3. 32-Tom Cannon[6]; 4. 02-Austin Staley[7]; 5. 80N-Richard Nelson[5]; 6. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[4]; 7. 105-Sheldon Oberle[2]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jerry Miles[2]; 2. 77W-Andrew Burk[5]; 3. 4K-Kodey Miles[6]; 4. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[3]; 5. A78-Austin Vorbeck[1]; 6. 01J-Jeremy Campbell[4]

20 entries
IMCA SportMods – Amhof Trucking
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 18-Nathan Silaggi[2]; 2. 69ER-Ryan Reed[1]; 3. 10A-Jacob Arp[5]; 4. 9H-Levi Heath[12]; 5. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[4]; 6. 33-Jarett Franzen[7]; 7. 41-Ed Mills[10]; 8. 28-Bobby Taggart[3]; 9. 75-Bob Silaggi[6]; 10. 444-Patric Conner[13]; 11. 10S-Shaine Bennett[9]; 12. 71J-Justin Schroeder[16]; 13. 11J-Trey Jacobs[14]; 14. 2K-Tony Kraklio[18]; 15. X14-Randy Farrell[15]; 16. 39R-Rance Powell[19]; 17. 68B-Raiff Cauwels[17]; 18. 23-Logan Smith[20]; 19. 3T-Tyler Soppe[11]; 20. 9-Scott Williams[8]

Heat 1 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 18-Nathan Silaggi[2]; 2. 69ER-Ryan Reed[6]; 3. 9-Scott Williams[4]; 4. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[5]; 5. 444-Patric Conner[7]; 6. 71J-Justin Schroeder[1]; 7. 39R-Rance Powell[3]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 10S-Shaine Bennett[4]; 2. 75-Bob Silaggi[5]; 3. 3T-Tyler Soppe[2]; 4. 28-Bobby Taggart[1]; 5. 11J-Trey Jacobs[3]; 6. 68B-Raiff Cauwels[6]; 7. 23-Logan Smith[7]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jarett Franzen[3]; 2. 9H-Levi Heath[2]; 3. 41-Ed Mills[4]; 4. 10A-Jacob Arp[5]; 5. X14-Randy Farrell[1]; 6. 2K-Tony Kraklio[6]

36 entries
INEX Legends – Legends.Direct
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32-Robby Morrison[2]; 2. 52JR-Kacey Korsmo[9]; 3. 87-Dallas Ross[4]; 4. 5-Dave Eberle[8]; 5. 117-Adam Zellmer[5]; 6. 95-Ryan Sullivan[18]; 7. 8-Michael Weber[15]; 8. 14-Dylan Manning[22]; 9. 76-Alex Haese[13]; 10. 19-Jeff Schmidt[21]; 11. 24-Adam Reed[14]; 12. 99-Rob Maule[1]; 13. 49-Ayden Erickson[17]; 14. 04-Adam Meyer[20]; 15. 02W-Brycen Wilson[24]; 16. 25-Cole O’Brien[7]; 17. 2-Keith Moline[23]; 18. 51S-Charlie Spoonmore[19]; 19. 19X-Cal Swenson[11]; 20. 7F-Lilly Fassbender[3]; 21. 53M-Keith Meyer[10]; 22. 54-Nate Werner[16]; 23. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[6]; 24. 02-Tim Fredericks[12]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Jeff Schmidt[2]; 2. 14-Dylan Manning[12]; 3. 2-Keith Moline[1]; 4. 02W-Brycen Wilson[3]; 5. 14T-Talyn Neuman[5]; 6. 33-Cody Moline[6]; 7. 4C-Connor Carey[4]; 8. 33S-Mike Swenson[9]; 9. 62-Jason Lamm[7]; 10. 51F-Tim Franz[8]; 11. 111C-Colton Irving[13]; 12. N8-Nate Wolbers[11]; 13. J9-Joe VanNatta[14]; 14. 5K-Keith Carey[10]; 15. 83Z-Makenna Zachman[16]; 16. 9D9-Mackenzie Maule[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Dave Eberle[6]; 2. 7F-Lilly Fassbender[2]; 3. 52JR-Kacey Korsmo[5]; 4. 76-Alex Haese[3]; 5. 49-Ayden Erickson[4]; 6. 2-Keith Moline[7]; 7. 14T-Talyn Neuman[8]; 8. 33S-Mike Swenson[1]; 9. J9-Joe VanNatta[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Dallas Ross[5]; 2. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[7]; 3. 53M-Keith Meyer[1]; 4. 24-Adam Reed[8]; 5. 95-Ryan Sullivan[2]; 6. 19-Jeff Schmidt[6]; 7. 33-Cody Moline[3]; 8. 5K-Keith Carey[9]; 9. 14-Dylan Manning[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Rob Maule[1]; 2. 117-Adam Zellmer[3]; 3. 19X-Cal Swenson[2]; 4. 8-Michael Weber[7]; 5. 51S-Charlie Spoonmore[4]; 6. 02W-Brycen Wilson[8]; 7. 62-Jason Lamm[5]; 8. N8-Nate Wolbers[6]; 9. 9D9-Mackenzie Maule[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Robby Morrison[5]; 2. 25-Cole O’Brien[1]; 3. 02-Tim Fredericks[6]; 4. 54-Nate Werner[3]; 5. 04-Adam Meyer[7]; 6. 4C-Connor Carey[4]; 7. 51F-Tim Franz[2]; 8. 111C-Colton Irving[9]; 9. 83Z-Makenna Zachman[8]

24 entries
IMCA Hobby Stocks – Not Quite Done Yet BBQ
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2X-Dan Mohr[7]; 2. 8-Lukas Short[5]; 3. 4-Jordan Miles[3]; 4. 86-Jake Gustaf[4]; 5. 4K-Karter Miles[8]; 6. 24-Matt Bennett[6]; 7. H2O-Daniel Wauters[12]; 8. 22H-Kyler Hefty[10]; 9. 8C-Cody Brundage[24]; 10. 33-Scott Wetter[9]; 11. 28U-Carsen Udelhofen[14]; 12. 1-Lane Vohringer[11]; 13. 58-Corey Cullen[13]; 14. 28-Sheldon Hunter[2]; 15. 14-Brett Hahlen[15]; 16. 2-Jamie Hixson[16]; 17. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[21]; 18. 3B-Brandon White[22]; 19. 11K-Levi Paris[18]; 20. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[23]; 21. 12-Dylan Said[20]; 22. 10-Carson Butt[19]; 23. 1X-Kile Vohringer[1]; 24. 4R-Randy LaMar[17]

Heat 1 – Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 4-Jordan Miles[7]; 2. 2X-Dan Mohr[4]; 3. 4K-Karter Miles[1]; 4. H2O-Daniel Wauters[5]; 5. 58-Corey Cullen[2]; 6. 2-Jamie Hixson[3]; 7. 10-Carson Butt[6]; 8. 3B-Brandon White[8]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 1-Lane Vohringer[1]; 2. 1X-Kile Vohringer[7]; 3. 86-Jake Gustaf[3]; 4. 22H-Kyler Hefty[5]; 5. 28U-Carsen Udelhofen[4]; 6. 4R-Randy LaMar[8]; 7. 12-Dylan Said[2]; 8. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[6]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 24-Matt Bennett[2]; 2. 8-Lukas Short[1]; 3. 28-Sheldon Hunter[4]; 4. 33-Scott Wetter[7]; 5. 14-Brett Hahlen[3]; 6. 11K-Levi Paris[8]; 7. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[5]; 8. 8C-Cody Brundage[6]

12 entries
4-Stocks – McMahon Salvage
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8-Travis Hawkins[3]; 2. 815-Dustin Forbes[4]; 3. 17-Cole Ferrell[2]; 4. 12-Mitch Bielenberg[9]; 5. K55-Brendon Koch[5]; 6. W1-John W Campbell[7]; 7. 58-Aaron Swearingen[8]; 8. 9K-Andrew Chelf[1]; 9. 57-Jerramy Vasquez[6]; 10. 716-Charles Schork[11]; 11. 49-Jacob Welter[10]; 12. (DNS) 75-Will Caes

Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 17-Cole Ferrell[4]; 2. 9K-Andrew Chelf[1]; 3. 12-Mitch Bielenberg[5]; 4. W1-John W Campbell[2]; 5. 49-Jacob Welter[3]; 6. 75-Will Caes[6]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 815-Dustin Forbes[6]; 2. 8-Travis Hawkins[4]; 3. K55-Brendon Koch[2]; 4. 58-Aaron Swearingen[3]; 5. 57-Jerramy Vasquez[5]; 6. 716-Charles Schork[1]

 

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