Casey’s General Stores Mid-Season Championships set for Friday
DAVENPORT, Ia. (June 21, 2012) – It hardly seems possible, but we are nearing the halfway point of the 2012 racing season. This Friday, June 22nd, will be the Casey’s General Stores Mid-Season Championships at the Davenport Speedway.
Heading into the Mid-Season championships, the point leaders in the four weekly classes are:
Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model ………. Mike Murphy Jr. Colona, IL
EMS IMCA Modified ………………………………….. Kelly Meyer, Big Rock, IA
Koehler Electric Street Stock ……………………….….. Jeremy Marquette, Davenport, IA
Roto-Rooter 4 Stock …………….…… ………………… Aaron Hitt Davenport, IA
Mike Murphy Jr. is leading the point standing in the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model division. Murphy is setting a blistering pace and will be difficult to catch in the second half of the season.
The Colona, Ill., driver has two wins and finished no worse than third in the first five races. He also won the Deery Brothers event at Davenport in April.
Nate Bueseling is second in late model points with defending track champion Ray Guss Jr. third. Both drivers have one feature win.
At this point in the season, the EMS IMCA Modified division is up for grabs. The top seven point leaders are separated by only thirteen points, and only two of the top seven have recorded a feature win in 2012.
Kelly Meyer leads the EMS IMCA Modified point standings. Meyer (Big Rock, Ia.) has no victories yet this season, but has used consistent finishes to get to the top of the chart.
Street Stock racer, Jeremy Marquette, leads the Koehler Electric Street Stock points. Marquette is the defending track champion in the street stock class and has two feature wins already this season. Dwaine Hasson and Kevin Dickey are currently tied for second in points.
4 Stock driver, Aaron Hitt, has yet to score a win this season, but leads the Roto-Rooter 4 Stock class. Hitt has a comfortable lead over Gage Neal in second and Jake Ellithorpe in third.
The Davenport Speedway is located at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, on West Locust Street, in Davenport. Pit gates at The Davenport Speedway open at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30pm and racing starts at 7pm.
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Davenport Speedway Point Standings as of June 20, 2012
POS DRIVER PTS HOMETOWN
Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model
1 14 Mike Murphy Jr.** 207 Colona, IL
2 46 Nate Beuseling* 178 Silvis, IL
3 58 Ray Guss Jr.* 177 Milan, IL
4 65 Chuck Hanna 172 Port Byron, IL
5 O7 Matt Ryan 171 Davenport, IA
6 77 Stephan Kammerer 164 Blue Grass, IA
7 G1 Mike Garland 160 Morrison, IL
8 29 Spencer Diercks 152 Davenport, IA
9 15K Justin Kay 151 Wheatland, IA
10 47 Andy Nezworski 148 Buffalo, IA
EMS IMCA Modified
1 21A Kelly Meyer 142 Big Rock, IA
2 40 Doug Crampton* 139 Rock Island, IL
3 53 Matt Stein 134 Davenport, IA
4 70 Mitch Morris 131 Eldridge, IA
5 H7 Dean McGee 130 Galesburg, IL
6 67 John Ahlers* 129 Bettendorf, IA
7 75 Thad Wilson 128 Moline, IL
8a. 68 Aaron Burroughs 114 Princeton, IA
b. 17 Todd Dykema 114 Davenport, IA
10a. 85b Brian Bushong 113 Colona, IL
b. 29 Craig Crawford 113 Silvis, IL
Koehler Electric Street Stock
1 11 Jeremy Marquette** 200 Davenport, IA
2a. 44 Dwaine Hasson 179 Colona, IL
b. 42 Kevin Dickey 179 East Moline, IL
4 6 Emily Gade* 173 Clarence, IA
5 81 Cary Brown 170 Davenport, IA
6 8 Josh Starr 165 New Liberty, IA
7 55 Ryan Claeys 153 Morrison, IL
8 28x Chip Kohl* 147 Marion, IA
9 21 Keith Blum 141 Bettendorf, IA
10 72 Josh Neal 133 Monmouth, IA
Roto-Rooter 4 Stock
1 48H Aaron Hitt 196 Davenport, IA
2 12n Gage Neal 177 Ely, IA
3a. 72 Jake Ellithorpe** 173 Delmar, IA
b. 61 Tristin Clark 173 Maquoketa, IA
5 89 Nick Bennett 165 Eldridge, IA
6 D26 Wade Dahl 154 Blue Grass, IA
7 D17 Brandon Dahl 152 Blue Grass, IA
8 40K Ricky Kay 151 Wheatland, IA
9 17 Andy Loy 149 Davenport, IA
10 13 Steve Boyle 148 Stockton, IA
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