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Blum takes Davenport Late Model victory
by Mike McGuire
DAVENPORT, Ia. (April 24, 2009) – Kevin Blum marked his return to IMCA Late
Model racing by scoring a feature win on Koehler Electric Season Opener
night at the Davenport Speedway. Blum took the lead of the race from Leroy
Brenner on lap two and would go untouched to the checkers.
Nate Buesling started third and would finish second, ten car lengths behind
Blum. There was an equal distance back to third place finisher Matt Ryan.
Joe Zrostlik started eighth and was a top five car all race, finishing
fourth. Ray Guss Jr., was mired in heavy traffic throughout the 25 laps and
finished fifth.
Late Model heat race wins went to Guss, Buesling, and Bret Diercks. Adam
Oppendike won the semi-feature.
The Pro Mod feature went to Moline’s Thad Wilson. Wilson and John Bull
started the feature side-by-side in the front row. Once in the lead, Wilson
was unstoppable as he drove to the win. Bull and Doug Crampton had a back
and forth battle for second. Crampton grabbed the runner-up spot for good
coming to the white flag. Bull would finish third, followed closely by Bob
Dominacki. Joe Ross completed the top five. Dominacki and Jake Bowman won
the Pro Mod heats.
Joe Beal posted his first points victory of the year in the Street Stock
main. Beal would have to work hard to get around early race leader Donnie
Louck to take away the top spot. Beal had to pass Louck a couple of times as
yellow flags kept halting the action. Jeff Stevens would also get around
Louck for second. Louck would finish third with Jeremy Marquette and Matt
Werner fourth and fifth respectively.
Weekly IMCA Modified racing returned to the Davenport Speedway Friday. IMCA
Mods have not been a weekly class at Davenport since the 1980’s.
Marion, Iowa’s Max Corporon took the return trip to victory lane. Corporon
started on the outside of the front row and quickly took the lead. A rash of
cautions would keep the field closely bunched, but on each restart, Max
would hold the lead.
Chris Stein came from his fifth row starting spot to make it a contest in
the late stages, but would settle for second. Tod Stickler also advanced
late in the race for third. Mike Fluegel and Greg Mickelson rounded out the
top five.
Wisconsin racer Eric Barth stole the show in the INEX Legend Car main. After
winning his heat race, Barth started on the pole and led the entire distance
for the win. Warren Ropp came from the sixth row to finish second with
Jeremy Meyer third and Adam Meyer fourth. The top four were the only drivers
to finish the race.
Jeremy Campbell took a hard-fought victory in the 4 Stocks. Campbell got out
to an early lead, but Josh Riley was able to track him down in the final
laps. Riley got to Campbell’s bumper, but could not make the pass. Travis
Wilson would finish third followed by Bill Morrow and Josh Hazen.
Davenport Speedway
April 24, 2009
Results -
IMCA Late Model
Heat 1: 1. Nate Buesling; 2. Doug Nigh; 3. Kevin Blum; 4. Jeff Walker; 5.
Adam Oppendike;
Heat 2: 1. Bret Diercks; 2. Matt Ryan; 3. Leroy Brenner; 4. Stephan Kammerer;
5. Mike Guldenpfennig;
Heat 3: 1. Ray Guss Jr; 2. Gary Webb; 3. Joe Zrostlik; 4. Mike Garland; 5.
Jason Pestka;
Semi: 1. Adam Oppendike; 2. Mike Guldenpfennig; 3. Mike Malmstrom; 4. Marty
Diercks; 5. Jeremy Gustaf;
Feature: 1. Kevin Blum; 2. Nate Buesling; 3. Matt Ryan; 4. Joe Zrostlik; 5.
Ray Guss Jr; 6. Leroy Brenner; 7. Mike Guldenpfennig; 8. Stephan Kammerer;
9. Doug Nigh; 10. Gary Webb; 11. Jeremy Gustaf; 12. Bret Diercks; 13. Adam
Oppendike; 14. Marty Diercks; 15. Jeff Walker; 16. Todd Malmstrom; 17.
Hershel Roberts; 18. Kevin Dickey; 19. Jason Pestka; 20. Mike Garland;
Pro Mod
Heat 1: 1. Jake Bowman; 2. Doug Crampton; 3. Ray Cox Jr; 4. Joe Ross; 5.
Chuck Hanna;
Heat 2: 1. Bob Dominacki; 2. John Bull; 3. Thad Wilson; 4. Tony Baker; 5.
Ian Dettmer;
Feature: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. Doug Crampton; 3. John Bull; 4. Bob Dominacki;
5. Joe Ross; 6. Matt Stein; 7. Chuck Hanna; 8. Ray Cox Jr; 9. Craig
Crawford; 10. TonyVonDresky; 11. Jake Bowman; 12. Tony Baker; 13. Ian
Dettmer; 15. John Ahlers;
Street Stock
Heat 1: 1. Jeremy Marquette; 2. Joe Beal; 3. Aaron Burroughs; 4. Matt
Jefferson; 5. Bryan Ritter;
Heat 2: 1. Tim Koehler; 2. Jeff Stevens; 3. Gerald Ward; 4. Ron Marks Jr;
Heat 3: 1. Donnie Louck; 2. Cary Brown; 3. Matt Werner; 4. Henry Carson; 5.
Don Hatfield;
Feature: 1. Joe Beal; 2. Jeff Stevens; 3. Donnie Louck; 4. Jeremy Marquette;
5. Matt Werner; 6. Andrew Burk; 7. Tim Koehler; 8. Gerald Ward; 9. Rick
Schriner; 10. Henry Carson; 11. Ron Turner; 12.
Ron Marks Jr; 13. Mike Anderson; 14. Bruce Fosdyck Jr; 15. Matt Jefferson;
16. Joseph Wagner; 17. Bryan Ritter; 18. Cary Brown; 19. Don Hatfield; 20.
Aaron Burroughs;
IMCA Modified
Heat 1: 1. Mike Fluegel; 2. Drew Otten; 3. Dan Klatt; 4. Keith Silvers; 5.
Joe Roberson;
Heat 2: 1. Chris Stein; 2. Max Corporon; 3. Todd Dykema; 4. John Abbott; 5.
Bill Kretschmer;
Heat 3: 1. Terry Rentfro; 2. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 3. Greg Mickelson; 4. Tod
Stickler; 5. Greg Wilson;
Feature: 1. Maz Corporon; 2. Chris Stein; 3. Tod Stickler; 4. Mike Fluegel;
5. Greg Mickelson; 6. Rick Schriner; 7. Terry Rentfro; 8. Drew Otten; 9. Joe
Roberson; 10. Todd Dykema; 11. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 12. Greg Wilson; 13. John
Abbott; 14. Hunter Wilson; 15. Keith Silvers; 16. Dan Klatt; 17. George
Spence Jr; 18. Bill Kretschmer;
INEX Legend Car
Heat 1: 1. Craig Peekenschnieder; 2. Dominic Bates; 3. Adam Meyer; 4. BJ
Bates; 5. Aaron Meyer;
Heat 2: 1. Eric Barth; 2. Ryan Bales; 3. Warren Ropp; 4. Matt Montieth; 5.
Jeremy Meyer;
Feature: 1. Eric Barth; 2. Warren Ropp; 3. Jeremy Meyer; 4. Adam Meyer; 5.
Matt Montieth; 6. Aaron Meyer; 7. Dominic Bates; 8. Craig Peekenschnieder;
9. BJ Bates; 10. Mike Mueller; 11. Ryan Bales; 12. Craig Morris;
4 Stock
Heat 1: 1. Jeremy Campbell; 2. Josh Riley; 3. Travis Wilson; 4. Chris James;
5. Jake Whittington;
Heat 2: 1. Brad McDermott; 2. Bill Morrow; 3. Josh Hazen; 4. Scott Powell;
5. Andrew Wagener;
Feature: 1. Jeremy Campbell; 2. Josh Riley; 3. Travis Wilson; 4. Bill
Morrow; 5. Josh Hazen; 6. Scott Powell; 7. Jamie Wenninger; 8. Nick Bennett;
9. Chris James; 10. Andrew Wagener; 11. Brad McDermott; 12. Andy Maberry;
13. Jake Whittington;
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