145 Race Teams Pack Maquoketa Speedway for Weekly Racing

 

Maquoketa, Iowa (June 29, 2024) –  Saturday night was Punky’s cans to Cash/Jones Painting and Building Maintenance Night at the races as the Maquoketa Speedway returned to weekly racing action following a rain out the previous week. A whopping 145 race teams took part in the action packed night of racing.

The Kinion Auto Sales IMCA Late Model feature was one of several main events that ran flag to flag. Dave Wadsager led lap number one before Steve Johnson took over the top spot. Travis Denning started 8th in the main and quickly worked to the front taking the lead from Johnson before ten laps were completed. Denning went on to build a comfortable lead while the second spot was up for grabs. Matt Ryan held off a fast closing Evan Miller at the checkers with Johnson rounding out the top four.

The Veach Septic and Sewer IMCA Modifieds also ran their race clean and green as the 20 lap main saw Jeff (Bone ) Larson add another win to his 2024 resume. Larson raced past early leader Patrick Moore and went on to record the win by holding off Jason Schueller and Scott Lemke.

The QC Jeeps.com IMCA Stock Cars struggled to get their feature underway, once they did the racing was great. Richard Nelson led early before a mechanical issue sidelined the 80N of Nelson. Chase Zaruba was the next leader but he was also bitten by a mechanical issue. Gage Neal worked to the front and was locked in a battle with Jacob Ellithorpe for the lead. This night belonged to Neal as he held off Ellithorpe for the win.

The Amhof Trucking IMCA Sportmods ran their feature flag to flag completing 15 laps of exciting racing in 5 minutes and 13 seconds. The feature win was in doubt right to the checkers as Josh Starr held off Rayce Mullen for the win. Unfortunately Mullen failed post race tech and was disqualified for an illegal shock mount. The DQ elevated Dakota Cole to second ahead of Austin Stamm.

The Legends Direct INEX Legends held a special Midwest Legends Dirt Series event at the Maquoketa Speedway on Saturday night. 30 entries took part in the action that saw four heats and B main set the starting field for their 20 lap feature. Ryan Sullivan led the race flag to flag but he was forced to fight off a host of drivers that took turns at battling with Sullivan. At the checkers it was Sullivan with a close finish taking the checkers ahead of Michael Weber and Jackson Lewis.

The Hawkins Trucking and Construction IMCA Hobby Stocks put on their usual side by side racing throughout their entire feature. The win was a popular one for hometowner Lukas Short. The season has not been great for Short as his racing has included a rollover that required lots of repairs on his car. Short was really good on Saturday night taking the checkers ahead of Kile Vohringer and Jordan Miles.

The Tri-City Construction 4 cylinders saw a very spirited race for the win which included some rubbing is racing action. Cyle Hawkins has proven himself as the man to beat in the 4 cylinder class at Maquoketa. Hawkins added another feature win on Saturday night by holing off Dustin Forbes and Mitch Bielenberg.

Our special guests on Saturday night were the Midwest Jalopies. Austin Honts drove his 1934 Chevy to the 12 lap feature win taking the checkers ahead of Matt Fulton in his 1948 Plymouth.
Saturday, July 6th will be Downtown Nutrition Night at the races as the Maquoketa Speedway will host a full program of racing being headlined by the IMCA Late Models. The concession stand will feature $2 Beers and Hot Dogs all night long. Hot laps will get underway at 6pm with racing to follow.

 

17 entries
IMCA LATE MODELS – KINION AUTO SALES
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 56D-Travis Denning[8]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 3. 88-Evan Miller[6]; 4. 77J-Steve Johnson[4]; 5. 70-Mitch Morris[9]; 6. 12-Don Pataska[3]; 7. 3-Bryce Garnhart[5]; 8. 16-Dave Wadsager[2]; 9. 72-Dave Hammond[14]; 10. 19-Kelly Pestka[12]; 11. 76-Matt Mish[16]; 12. 89-Tom Pestka[15]; 13. 63-Scott Olson[11]; 14. 11JC-Jayden Johnson[1]; 15. 11J-Jerry Johnson[13]; 16. 35C-Ryan Claeys[10]; 17. (DNS) 93-Chase Brunscheen

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 56D-Travis Denning[7]; 2. 70-Mitch Morris[8]; 3. 88-Evan Miller[6]; 4. 11JC-Jayden Johnson[1]; 5. 93-Chase Brunscheen[4]; 6. 35C-Ryan Claeys[3]; 7. 19-Kelly Pestka[5]; 8. (DNS) 76-Matt Mish; 9. (DQ) 89-Tom Pestka[2]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 2. 3-Bryce Garnhart[5]; 3. 77J-Steve Johnson[4]; 4. 12-Don Pataska[3]; 5. 16-Dave Wadsager[2]; 6. 63-Scott Olson[1]; 7. 11J-Jerry Johnson[8]; 8. 72-Dave Hammond[7]

16 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS – VEACH SEPTIC & SEWER
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[6]; 2. 3-Jason Schueller[8]; 3. D55-Scotte Lemke[7]; 4. 99M-Charlie Mohr[9]; 5. 2X-Patrick Moore[2]; 6. 27M-Mark Schulte[4]; 7. 31A-Kory Meyer[1]; 8. 01M-Mitch Way[5]; 9. 14S-Mike Schmuhl[10]; 10. 99-Brandon Jewell[13]; 11. 11-Ray Cox Jr[14]; 12. 59-Josh Fisher[12]; 13. 5B-Tim Bader[15]; 14. 8H-Kyle Huston[11]; 15. 65-Brian Meiners[16]; 16. 12T-Timmy Current[3]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 31A-Kory Meyer[1]; 2. B1-Jeff Larson[4]; 3. 2X-Patrick Moore[2]; 4. 99M-Charlie Mohr[6]; 5. 27M-Mark Schulte[3]; 6. 8H-Kyle Huston[7]; 7. 5B-Tim Bader[8]; 8. 99-Brandon Jewell[5]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. D55-Scotte Lemke[4]; 2. 12T-Timmy Current[2]; 3. 3-Jason Schueller[5]; 4. 01M-Mitch Way[3]; 5. 14S-Mike Schmuhl[6]; 6. 59-Josh Fisher[7]; 7. 65-Brian Meiners[8]; 8. 11-Ray Cox Jr[1]

22 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS – QCJEEPS.COM
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12N-Gage Neal[8]; 2. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[4]; 3. 22-Tanner Allen[9]; 4. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[14]; 5. 14C-Leah Wroten[7]; 6. 17-Andrew Chelf[2]; 7. 4K-Kodey Miles[16]; 8. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[13]; 9. 77C-Mitch Current[17]; 10. A78-Austin Vorbeck[22]; 11. 24D-Daron Oberbroeckling[18]; 12. 23-Brendan Driscoll[19]; 13. 83-James Comins[5]; 14. 76-Shawn Flagel[21]; 15. 77W-Andrew Burk[6]; 16. 21-Jeff Larson[12]; 17. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[3]; 18. 89-Cameron Exline[20]; 19. 8-Rick Schriner[15]; 20. 20V-Dustin Vis[10]; 21. 80N-Richard Nelson[1]; 22. 105-Sheldon Oberle[11]

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 21-Jeff Larson[8]; 2. 105-Sheldon Oberle[7]; 3. 17-Andrew Chelf[2]; 4. 77W-Andrew Burk[4]; 5. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[3]; 6. 4K-Kodey Miles[5]; 7. 23-Brendan Driscoll[6]; 8. 76-Shawn Flagel[1]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 80N-Richard Nelson[1]; 2. 12N-Gage Neal[5]; 3. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[3]; 4. 22-Tanner Allen[6]; 5. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[4]; 6. 77C-Mitch Current[2]; 7. (DNS) A78-Austin Vorbeck

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[2]; 2. 20V-Dustin Vis[6]; 3. 14C-Leah Wroten[4]; 4. 83-James Comins[3]; 5. 8-Rick Schriner[5]; 6. 24D-Daron Oberbroeckling[7]; 7. 89-Cameron Exline[1]

23 entries
IMCA SPORTMODS – AMHOF TRUCKING
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8S-Josh Starr[6]; 2. 18C-Dakota Cole[7]; 3. 118-Austin Stamm[10]; 4. 71J-Justin Schroeder[4]; 5. 444-Patric Conner[2]; 6. 21R-Cole Fenske[12]; 7. 75-Bob Silaggi[8]; 8. 33-Jarett Franzen[9]; 9. 43LV-Logan Veloz[11]; 10. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[5]; 11. 9H-Levi Heath[18]; 12. 10A-Jacob Arp[17]; 13. 756-Josh Pink[13]; 14. 4J-Jared Miles[1]; 15. X14-Randy Farrell[20]; 16. 35-Pat Emerick[22]; 17. 3-Will Emerick Jr[19]; 18. 67-Josh Kloepping[16]; 19. 9-Scott Williams[14]; 20. (DNS) 65-David Engelkens; 21. (DNS) 28-Bobby Taggart; 22. (DNS) 54-Nick Shrope; 23. (DQ) 777-Rayce Mullen[3]

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[5]; 2. 18C-Dakota Cole[6]; 3. 444-Patric Conner[3]; 4. 33-Jarett Franzen[7]; 5. 756-Josh Pink[8]; 6. 67-Josh Kloepping[2]; 7. 3-Will Emerick Jr[1]; 8. 28-Bobby Taggart[4]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 8S-Josh Starr[5]; 2. 118-Austin Stamm[7]; 3. 777-Rayce Mullen[4]; 4. 21R-Cole Fenske[8]; 5. 9-Scott Williams[2]; 6. 10A-Jacob Arp[6]; 7. X14-Randy Farrell[3]; 8. 35-Pat Emerick[1]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Jared Miles[2]; 2. 71J-Justin Schroeder[4]; 3. 75-Bob Silaggi[6]; 4. 43LV-Logan Veloz[7]; 5. 65-David Engelkens[3]; 6. 9H-Levi Heath[5]; 7. 54-Nick Shrope[1]

30 entries
INEX LEGENDS – LEGENDS.DIRECT
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Ryan Sullivan[1]; 2. 8W-Michael Weber[5]; 3. 7-Jackson Lewis[9]; 4. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[8]; 5. 117-Adam Zellmer[3]; 6. 32-Robby Morrison[12]; 7. 44J-Jordan Miklas[7]; 8. 51S-Charlie Spoonmore[10]; 9. 25-Cole O’Brien[13]; 10. 87-Dallas Ross[17]; 11. 77C-Colton Utley[2]; 12. 14-Dylan Manning[19]; 13. 88-Cohen Henze[15]; 14. 53-Keith Meyer[21]; 15. 5-Dave Eberle[14]; 16. 7F-Lilly Fassbender[6]; 17. 7A-Brady Ascherien[11]; 18. 02W-Brycen Wilson[16]; 19. 24-Adam Reed[23]; 20. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[18]; 21. 4C-Connor Carey[20]; 22. 19-Jeff Schmidt[4]; 23. 13-Dallas Kibbe[24]; 24. 19X-Cal Swenson[22]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Keith Meyer[2]; 2. 19X-Cal Swenson[1]; 3. 24-Adam Reed[3]; 4. 13-Dallas Kibbe[10]; 5. 64-Griffin McGrath[7]; 6. 04-Adam Meyer[6]; 7. N8-Nate Wolbers[5]; 8. 54-Nate Werner[9]; 9. 76-Alex Haese[8]; 10. 51-Tim Franz[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[2]; 2. 117-Adam Zellmer[4]; 3. 77C-Colton Utley[3]; 4. 25-Cole O’Brien[5]; 5. 87-Dallas Ross[6]; 6. 19X-Cal Swenson[1]; 7. N8-Nate Wolbers[7]; 8. 76-Alex Haese[8]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 44J-Jordan Miklas[2]; 2. 8W-Michael Weber[3]; 3. 19-Jeff Schmidt[4]; 4. 5-Dave Eberle[1]; 5. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[5]; 6. 53-Keith Meyer[6]; 7. 13-Dallas Kibbe[8]; 8. 54-Nate Werner[7]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 7-Jackson Lewis[7]; 2. 20-Ryan Sullivan[2]; 3. 51S-Charlie Spoonmore[4]; 4. 88-Cohen Henze[1]; 5. 14-Dylan Manning[6]; 6. 24-Adam Reed[3]; 7. 04-Adam Meyer[5]

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 7A-Brady Ascherien[3]; 2. 32-Robby Morrison[4]; 3. 7F-Lilly Fassbender[2]; 4. 02W-Brycen Wilson[1]; 5. 4C-Connor Carey[7]; 6. 51-Tim Franz[5]; 7. 64-Griffin McGrath[6]

15 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS – HAWKINS TRUCKING AND CONSTRUCT
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8L-Lukas Short[6]; 2. 1X-Kile Vohringer[12]; 3. 4-Jordan Miles[8]; 4. 4M-Karter Miles[5]; 5. 78-Steven Shady[10]; 6. 3B-Brandon White[4]; 7. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[2]; 8. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[3]; 9. 23T-Todd Van Tassel[11]; 10. 66-Steven Phillips[1]; 11. 4R-Randy LaMar[7]; 12. 1-Lane Vohringer[13]; 13. 9X-Michael Steadman[9]; 14. 59-Roger Winkers[14]; 15. (DNS) 28-Sheldon Hunter

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 4-Jordan Miles[6]; 2. 78-Steven Shady[8]; 3. 8L-Lukas Short[5]; 4. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[3]; 5. 66-Steven Phillips[1]; 6. 23T-Todd Van Tassel[7]; 7. 1-Lane Vohringer[4]; 8. 28-Sheldon Hunter[2]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 4R-Randy LaMar[5]; 2. 3B-Brandon White[3]; 3. 4M-Karter Miles[4]; 4. 9X-Michael Steadman[7]; 5. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[2]; 6. 1X-Kile Vohringer[6]; 7. 59-Roger Winkers[1]

13 entries
4-STOCKS – TRI-CITY CONSTRUCTION
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Cyle Hawkins[7]; 2. 815-Dustin Forbes[6]; 3. 12-Mitch Bielenberg[4]; 4. 5B-Jake Benischek[9]; 5. 7C-Ross Crist[10]; 6. 630-Dustin Munn[2]; 7. 33B-Zach Brenner[3]; 8. 49-Jacob Welter[5]; 9. 07-Gracie Hempstead[12]; 10. 13-Zachary Pappas[11]; 11. 13P-Lucas Pappas[8]; 12. K55-Brendon Koch[1]; 13. 7K-Kord Sellers[13]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 12-Mitch Bielenberg[3]; 2. 815-Dustin Forbes[4]; 3. 630-Dustin Munn[2]; 4. K55-Brendon Koch[1]; 5. 7C-Ross Crist[7]; 6. 13-Zachary Pappas[5]; 7. 7K-Kord Sellers[6]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 28-Cyle Hawkins[4]; 2. 5B-Jake Benischek[6]; 3. 33B-Zach Brenner[2]; 4. 13P-Lucas Pappas[5]; 5. 49-Jacob Welter[3]; 6. 07-Gracie Hempstead[1]

8 entries
MIDWEST JALOPIES
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 21-Austin Honts[3]; 2. 17-Matt Fulton Sr[8]; 3. 7-Pat Bailey[2]; 4. 79-Jayson Blunt[4]; 5. 40-Mark Merfeld[7]; 6. 1-Tanner Gerard[1]; 7. 52-Dennis Blunt[5]; 8. 11-Zane Zimmerman[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Austin Honts[3]; 2. 79-Jayson Blunt[4]; 3. 1-Tanner Gerard[1]; 4. 7-Pat Bailey[2]; 5. 40-Mark Merfeld[7]; 6. 52-Dennis Blunt[5]; 7. 11-Zane Zimmerman[6]; 8. (DNS) 17-Matt Fulton Sr

 

 

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