Lodge Cashes in at QC Speedway Season Finale

| October 1, 2012

Donovan Lodge

Lodge Cashes in at QC Speedway Season Finale
By Brad Hines

EAST MOLINE, IL (September 23, 2012) – K&S Promotions hosted the season finale Sunday night at the Quad City Speedway headlined by the $1,000 to win Verplaetse Excavating UMP Modified 25 lap feature.

The night was kicked off with time trials for the Verplaetse Excavating UMP Modifieds. Peoria’s Erik Bruce would set fast time by getting around the ¼ mile bullring in 14.000 seconds. Donovan Lodge was second fastest with a 14.033 and third fastest was Austin Hewitt with a 14.402.

After winning his heat race Donovan Lodge found himself in the pole position of the feature with another heat race winner, Erik Bruce, to the outside of him. Lodge and Bruce would battle for nearly the entire 25 lap feature swapping the lead several times. A late caution setup a five lap dash for the win with more side by side racing between Lodge and Bruce. With three laps to go Bruce jumped the cushion in turn two allowing Lodge to pull away ever so slightly and take home the $1,000 check. After Bruce in second the remaining top 5 were Matt Werner, Shaune Lewis, and Nathan Balensiefen, who started 15th.

In the Orion Tire Repair IMCA Modifieds Leland Bushong and Matt Werner raced side by side for the first ten laps before Werner took control of the lead on lap 11. Werner wasted little time building a lead en route to the feature win. L. Bushong would take second with Oskaloosa’s Cayden Carter taking third, Greg Durbin fourth and Cedar Rapids’ Patrick Flannigan fifth.

The Extreme Auto Glass Street Stocks were also in action Sunday night. Joe Bonney rocketed from his outside front row starting spot to dominate the 15 lap feature and take the checkered flag. Chris Lawrence came from eighth to finish second followed by Roger Rickels, Dwayne Smith Jr., and Rob Nylin.

The final feature of the 2012 racing season was the Aaron’s Affordable Towing 4-Cylinders. Joe Zrostlik charged from the sixth starting spot to take the feature by holding off multiple time feature winner, Aaron Hitt. Eric Stogdell took second followed by John Whalen, who started 12th, and Rob Nylin.

Everyone from K&S Promotions would like to thank all the fans, drivers, sponsors, staff, and anybody else that was involved in making the 2012 racing season success.

 

Results – 9/30/12

Orion Tire Repair IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1

1. Matt Werner

2. Greg Durbin

3. Todd Dykema

4. Joe Jones Jr.

5. Cayden Carter

6. Kyle Brown

7. Hunter Wilson

8. Terry Rentfro

Heat 2

1. Leland Bushong

2. Doug Crampton

3. Patrick Flannigan

4. Eric Barnes

5. Brian Bushong

6. John Ahlers

7. T.J. Patz

8. David Brown

Feature

1. Matt Werner

2. Leland Bushong

3. Cayden Carter

4. Greg Durbin

5. Patrick Flannigan

6. Brian Bushong

7. Doug Crampton

8. Todd Dykema

9. John Ahlers

10. Hunter Wilson

11. Joe Jones Jr.

12. Eric Barnes

13. Kyle Brown

14. T.J. Patz

15. Terry Rentfro

16. David Brown

 

Extreme Auto Glass Street Stocks

Heat 1

1. Jeremy Gustaf

2. Chris Lawrence

3. Rob Nylin

4. Steve Gustaf Sr.

5. Jerame Mowery

6. Nick Lawrence

7. James Roberson

Heat 2

1. Joe Bonney

2. Dwayne Smith Jr.

3. Cord Williams

4. Roger Rickels

5. Justin Hamm

6. Zach Huston

Feature

1. Joe Bonney

2. Chris Lawrence

3. Roger Rickels

4. Dwayne Smith Jr.

5. Eric Barnes

6. Justin Hamm

7. Nick Lawrence

8. Jeremy Gustaf

9. Steve Gustaf Sr.

10. Cord Williams

11. Jerame Mowery

12. James Roberson

13. Zach Huston

 

Verplaetse Excavating UMP Modifieds

Time Trials

1. Erik Bruce – 14.00

2. Donovan Lodge – 14.033

3. Austin Hewitt – 14.402

4. Matt Werner – 14.411

5. Milo Veloz Jr. – 14.437

6. Shaune Lewis – 14.553

7. John Bull – 14.612

8. Ray Bollinger – 14.613

9. Nathan Balensiefen – 14.614

10. Justin Veloz – 14.712

11. Vince Cooper – 14.743

12. Kevin Hughes – 14.901

13. Jamie Balensiefen – 14.954

14. Chad Tucker – 15.204

15. Perry Gellerstedt – 15.297

Heat 1

1. Donovan Lodge

2. Milo Veloz Jr.

3. Austin Hewitt

4. John Bull

5. Shaune Lewis

6. Vince Cooper

7. Jamie Balensiefen

8. Nathan Balensiefen

Heat 2

1. Erik Bruce

2. Ray Bollinger

3. Justin Veloz

4. Matt Werner

5. Kevin Hughes

6. Perry Gellerstedt

7. Chad Tucker

Feature

1. Donovan Lodge

2. Erik Bruce

3. Matt Werner

4. Shaune Lewis

5. Nathan Balensiefen

6. Jamie Balensiefen

7. Chad Tucker

8. Ray Bollinger

9. Austin Hewitt

10. Kevin Hughes

11. Milo Veloz Jr.

12. John Bull

13. Vince Cooper

14. Justin Veloz

15. Perry Gellerstedt

 

Aaron’s Affordable Towing 4-Cylinder

Heat 1

1. Zach Bollinger

2. Josh Sharpe

3. Eric Stogdell

4. Bobby Taggart

5. Joe Zrostlik

6. Rob Nylin

7. Bobby Barker Jr.

8. Erick Hood

Heat 2

1. Andy Loy

2. Brandt Cole

3. Andy Wagner

4. Jacob Ellithorpe

5. Aaron Hitt

6. John Whalen

7. Dale Tucker

8. Dustin Forbes

Feature

1. Joe Zrostlik

2. Aaron Hitt

3. Eric Stogdell

4. John Whalen

5. Rob Nylin

6. Josh Sharpe

7. Andy Wagner

8. Bobby Taggart

9. Dale Tucker

10. Bobby Barker Jr.

11. Brandt Cole

12. Zach Bollinger

13. Andy Loy

14. Erick Hood

15. Dustin Forbes

DQ – Jacob Ellithorpe

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