DAVENPORT, IA (August 22) - It was Season Championship night at the Davenport Speedway, Friday. Going into the 2008 finale, only Kelly Meyer in the Kimberly Dodge B-Mods had clinched a track championship.*

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Murphy, Marquette, and Dahl win track titles and features
by Mike McGuire

DAVENPORT, IA (August 22) - It was Season Championship night at the Davenport Speedway, Friday. Going into the 2008 finale, only Kelly Meyer in the Kimberly Dodge B-Mods had clinched a track championship.

Entering the evening, Mike Murphy Jr., Boone McLaughlin, and Matt Ryan were separated by only five points, in the IMCA Late Model standings. Murphy, McLaughlin, and Ray Guss Jr. won the heats.

When the feature started, Murphy acted as if he were shot out of a cannon. The only thing that would slow Murphy down was lapped traffic. Murphy would race on to victory and the track championhship with McLaughlin in his shadow. Boone would finish second in the feature, second in points, just two behind Murphy. Keith Pratt closed out his Davenport season with a third place finish, followed by Joe Zrostlik and Matt Ryan.

In Pro Mod action, Bob Dominacki came in leading Thad Wilson by nine points. Wilson quickly gained back three of the points with a heat win and then led the feature flag to flag for his third win of the season. Dominacki rode the high side to a fourth place finish, and won the track championship by a mere three points.

John Ahlers drove to a strong second place feature finish, followed by John Bull. Tony VonDresky completed the top five.
The B&C Auto Salvage Street Stock feature was littered with yellow flags. Point leader Jeremy Marquette started on the pole and managed to stay in front of the carnage. Marquette took home his sixth feature win of the year and his first Davenport Speedway track championship.

Henry Carson made a late race surge to take second, followed by Andrew Burk,Tim Koehler, and Dustin Spicer, in that order. Second in points, Cary Brown, suffered several flat tires on the evening and finished well back.
Derrick Carlson posted his second feature win of the season, in the Kimberly Dodge B-Mods. Carlson worked his way through the field after starting tenth. B-Mod track champion Kelly Meyer took second with Craig Crawford, Terry Rentfro, and Drew Otten rounding out the top five.

Dennis Begyn began the night two markers behind Jeremy Meyer in the INEX Legend Car division. Begyn made up the difference by taking second in his heat race and entered the feature tied with Meyer.

A handful of Wisconsin invaders were on hand for the season finale. Sauk City, Wisconsin's Eric Barth started deep in the field and blasted through to win his second Davenport feature in as may visits this year. Bettendorf's Bret Diercks was second with Wisconsin's Jeff Steenbergen third. Dennis Begyn's fourth place finish was enough to gain the track championshipm as Jeremy Meyer would finish eighth. Warren Ropp finished fifth in the feature.

Wade Dahl of Blue Grass, won the CrashedToys.com 4 Stock feature and the track title. The victory was Dahl's fifth of the season and first Davenport championship. Murry Keatley, Chris Zrostlik, Jacob Ellithorpe, and Kevin Haury finished second through fifth respectively.

The next stock car race at the Davenport Speedway will be the fifth annual Spooktacular, Saturday, September 27th. The event will feature a $1000 to win 4 Stock 50-lap main.

Davenport Speedway
August 22,, 2008
Results -

IMCA Late Model
Heat 1: 1. Boone McLaughlin; 2. Nate Buesling; 3. Hershel Roberts; 4. Mike Garland; 5. Cory Goldbeck;
Heat 2: 1. Ray Guss Jr; 2. Stephan Kammerer; 3. Marty Diercks; 4. Keith Pratt; 5. Andy Nezworski;
Heat 3: 1. Mike Murphy Jr; 2. Joe Zrostlik; 3. Matt Ryan; 4. Doug Nigh; 5. Kevin Williams;
Feature: 1. Mike Murphy Jr; 2. Boone McLaughlin; 3. Keith Pratt; 4. Joe Zrostlik; 5. Matt Ryan; 6. Hershel Roberts; 7. Andy Nezworski; 8. Nate Buesling; 9. Kevin Williams; 10. Stephan Kammerer; 11. Todd Malmstrom; 12. Marty Diercks; 13. Leroy Brenner; 14. Kevin Dickey; 15. Mike Garland; 16. Joe Lowder; 17. Randy Christner; 18. Doug Nigh; 19. Corey Goldbeck; 20. Ray Guss Jr;

Pro Mod
Heat 1: 1. John Ahlers; 2. Doug Crampton; 3. Rick Ratliff; 4. Bob Dominacki; 5. Donovan Lodge;
Heat 2: 1. Ray Cox Jr; 2. Brian Webb; 3. Matt Stein; 4. John Bull; 5. Jim Sandusky;
Heat 3: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. Tony VonDresky; 3. Bart Miller; 4. Randall Verpleaste; 5. Mike Zemo Jr.;
Feature: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. John Ahlers; 3. John Bull; 4. Bob Dominacki; 5. Tony VonDresky; 6. Ray Cox Jr; 7. Bart Miller; 8. Mike Zemo Jr; 9. Chuck Hanna; 10. Brian Webb; 11. Rick Ratliff; 12.Randall Verplaeste; 13. Doug Crampton; 14. Tony Baker; 15. Jim Sandusky; 16. Matt Stein; 17. Steve Speth; 18. Donovan Lodge;

Street Stock
Heat 1: 1. Jeremy Marquette; 2. Andrew Burk; 3. Bruce Fosdyck; 4. Henry Carson; 5. Ray Jefferson;
Heat 2: 1. Rob Nylin; 2. Tim Koehler; 3. Cary Brown; 4. Tom Riggs; 5. Donnie Louck;
Feature: 1. Jeremy Marquette; 2. Henry Carson; 3. Andrew Burk; 4. Tim Koehler; 5. Dustin Spicer; 6. Bruce Fosdyck; 7. Tom Riggs Jr; 8. Ray Jefferson; 9. Paul Elliott; 10. Donnie Louck; 11. Cary Brown; 12. Gerald Ward; 13. Rob Nylin;

B-Mod
Heat 1: 1. Chris Stein; 2. Joe Jones Jr; 3. Rick Schriner; 4. Terry Rentfro; 5. Greg Wilson;
Heat 2: 1. Tod Stickler; 2. Derrick Carlson; 3. Hunter Wilson; 4. Craig Crawford; 5. Drew Otten;
Heat 3: 1. Kelly Meyer; 2. Pat Fennelly; 3. Dan Anderson; 4. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 5. Bill Kretschmer;
Feature: 1. Derrick Carlson; 2. Kelly Meyer; 3. Craig Crawford; 4. Terry Rentfro; 5. Drew Otten; 6. Rick Schriner; 7. Tod Stickler; 8. Dan Anderson; 9. Keith Silvers; 10. Mike Fluegel; 11. Chris Stein; 12. Joe Jones Jr; 13. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 14. Greg Wilson; 15. Bill Kretschmer; 16. Bill Platt; 17. Dustin Schram; 18. Chance Huston; 19. Pat Fennelly; 20. Matt Wilson; 21. Hunter Wilson; 22. Jared Coppejans; 23. John Abbott;

INEX Legend Car
Heat 1: 1. Eric Barth; 2. Warren Ropp; 3. Craig Morris; 4. Aaron Meyer; 5. Terry Elsbury;
Heat 2: 1. Keith Meyer; 2. Craig Peekenschnieder; 3. Bret Diercks; 4. Grant Greenfield; 5. Scott Blankenship;
Heat 3: 1. Jeff Steenbergen; 2. Dennis Begyn; 3. Mike Mueller; 4. Darrick Calhoun; 5. Dustin Begyn;
Feature: 1. Eric Barth; 2. Bret Diercks; 3. Jeff Steenbergen; 4. Dennis Begyn; 5. Warren Ropp; 6. Craig Peekenschnieder; 7. Aaron Meyer; 8. Jeremy Meyer; 9. Dennis Begyn; 10. Darrick Calhoun; 11. Keith Meyer; 12. Craig Morris; 13. Ryan Bales; 14. Scott Blankenship; 15. Al Kump; 16. Terry Elsbury; 17. Bob Livingston; 18. Mike Mueller; 19. Grant Greenfield; 20. Ken Burns;

4 Stock
Heat 1: 1. Wade Dahl; 2. Kevin Haury; 3. Murray Keatley; 4. Brad McDermott; 5. Bob Gustafson;
Heat 2: 1. Jacob Ellithorpe; 2. Bill Morrow; 3. Bryan Ritter; 4. Chris Zrostlik; 5. Darrell Ward;
Feature: 1. Wade Dahl; 2. Murry Keatley; 3. Chris Zrostlik; 4. Jacob Ellithorpe; 5. Kevin Haury; 6. Bryan Ritter; 7. Josh Hazen; 8. Jim McKinney; 9. Travis Wilson; 10. Bob Gustafson; 11. Darrell Ward; 12. Scott Powell; 13. Bill Morrow; 14. Stacy Nall; 15. Brad McDermott;