Ryan Steals Win at Davenport Dirt Classic

DAVENPORT, IA (Sept 7) – Matt Ryan pulled off an upset win at the Davenport Dirt Classic, Friday night at the Davenport Speedway. Ryan got inside race leader Eric Gustaf in the final corner on the final lap, taking the lead, the victory, and the $2000 top prize.

A total of 116 racecars were in the pits for the Davenport Dirt Classic. Rains Friday morning and afternoon made for a heavy racetrack, which was both fast and sometimes treacherous.

The victory was Ryan's second win of the year at the Davenport Speedway, where he also finished second in points for the 2007 season.

Gustaf would finish a close second, with Kevin Blum third and Andy Nezworski fourth. Stephan Kammerer came from a last row starting spot to round out the top five. Nezworski, Blum, and Terry Neal won the late model heat races.

The V-8 Modified class had thirty-seven entries on hand to do battle on the quarter-mile oval. Delhi, Iowa's Mark Schulte jumped out into the race lead, but it wasn't long before defending Dirt Classic winner Jeff Morris and Davenport Speedway track Champion Thad Wilson made their assault on the lead.

Wilson would get around both Schulte and Morris to take the lead and the win. The victory was his eighth feature win at Davenport this year. Schulte would get around Morris for second and was closing on Wilson when the checkers flew. Morris would hang on for third, followed by Ryan Dolan and Marty Thompson.

Modified heat race wins went to Morris, Bruce Hanford, Bob Dominacki, and Rick Hixson. Jason Masengarb and Ray Cox Jr. took the consi wins.

Greg Gill came from the seventh starting position to take the lead in the Street Stock feature. Although Gill would be challenged several times by several drivers, the Muscatine racer would hold on to take his only win of the year at Davenport. Tony VonDresky started behind Gill and would finish in the runner-up spot. Ron Doolittle would take third, with Toby Spicer fourth, and Cary Brown fifth. Heat race wins went to VonDresky, Doolittle, and Rob Henry.

In the B-Mod feature, Jake Waterman got the lead away from Mark Winkel and went on to take the win. Waterman, who was also the track champion at Davenport this season, finished ahead of Todd Stickler in second and Ben Traver in third. Nick Hixson and Winkel rounded out the top five.

Also racing in the program were the INEX Legend Cars with 17 racers entered. When the 15 lap main ended, Joel Wyttenbach of Sauk City, Wisconsin, had gone from worst to first. Wyttenbach started in the last row of the feature and took the lead by passing both Eric Barth and Warren Ropp on the same lap. Barth would follow Wyttenbach to the checkers, with Keith Meyer moving up to third, Ropp taking fourth and Darrick Calhoun fifth.

Racing continues Saturday night (Sept. 8th) at the Jackson County Speedway for the Maquoketa Dirt Classic. The next event at the Davenport Speedway will be the 4th Annual Fall Spooktacular, Saturday, September 29th.



Results from Davenport Speedway 9/7/07



Late Model
Feature: 1. Matt Ryan; 2. Eric Gustaf; 3. Kevin Blum; 4. Andy Nezworski; 5. Stephan Kammerer; 6. Fred Remley; 7.Hershel Roberts; 8. Dale Stolte; 9. Ron Gustaf; 10. Bryan Moon; 11. Scott Schurbbon;12. DJ Burke; 13. Bob Dominacki; 14. Darrell DeFrance; 15. Adam Oppendike; 16. Bryan Kammer; 17. Terry Neal; 18. Steve Olson; 19. Dave Engelkens; 20. Gary Webb; 21. Mike Guldenpfennig; 22. Rob Toland; 23. Ray Guss Jr.;



V8 Modified
Feature: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. Mark Schulte; 3. Jeff Morris; 4. Ryan Dolan; 5. Marty Thompson; 6. Jim Sandusky; 7. Bob Dominacki; 8. John Bull; 9. Don Pataska; 10. Bill Roberts 11. Rick Hixson; 12. Bruce Hanford; 13. Kevin Cale; 14. Tyler Cale; 15. Chad Patch; 16. Keith Blum; 17. Chuck Hanna; 18. Mike Zemo Jr; 19. Tim Bradley; 20.Tim Arp; 21. Jim Willert; 22. Ray Cox Jr; 23. Jason Masengarb; 24. Scott Olson;



Street Stock
Feature: 1. Greg Gill; 2. Tony VonDresky; 3. Ron Doolittle; 4. Toby Spicer; 5. Cary Brown; 6. Tim Koehler; 7. Andrew Burk; 8. Randy Exline; 9. Brian Bronscheer; 10. Cory Houdek; 11. Rob Henry; 12. Shane Oberbreckling; 13. Klay Letcher; 14. Dennis Hundley; 15. Randy Fisher; 16. Rob Nylin; 17. Terry Rittmer; 18. Brad Tyler; 19. Bob Ahrendsen; 20. Brant Hubler;



B-Mod

Feature: 1. Jake Waterman; 2. Todd Stickler; 3. Ben Traver; 4. Nick Hixson; 5. Mark Winkel; 6. John Ahlers; 7. Doug Curless; 8. Craig Crawford; 9. Derrick Carlson; 10. Mike Fluegel; 11. Chris Stein; 12. Joe Jones Jr; 13. Greg Wilson; 14. Jim Hickenbottom; 15. Dan Klatt; 16. Ray Jefferson; 17. Bill Platt;



INEX Legend Car

Feature: 1. Joel Wyttenbach; 2. Eric Barth; 3. Keith Meyer; 4. Warren Ropp; 5. Darrick Calhoun; 6. Ken Burns; 7. Chance Diercks; 8. Terry Elsbury; 9. David Dvorak; 10. Don Gillham; 11. Craig Peekenschnieder; 12. Dennis Begyn; 13. Bethany Wyttenbach; 14. James Howard; 15. Bill Hamilton; 16. Jeremy Meyer; 17. Dustin Begyn;