Bodin, Nelson, Stamm, Richardson & Welter Score First Time Maquoketa Speedway Wins

| August 6, 2023

 

Maquoketa, Iowa: Regular Weekly IMCA Racing returned to the Maquoketa Speedway following the 2023 Jackson County Fair. Several drivers scored their first ever Maquoketa Speedway wins on Saturday night during the racing program that saw a huge field of 122 drivers take part in the action.

The Kunes Nissan IMCA Late Model feature saw a new driver make his way to victory lane following the action packed 25 lap feature. Jesse Bodin made the jump into the Late Models after racing a Sportmod the last few years. Bodin raced to the front from his third row start and went on to score his first ever win at the Maquoketa Speedway topping a strong 21 car field. Bodin took the win ahead of a couple of very strong weekly contenders at the Maquoketa Speedway. Dalton Simonsen nipped Andy Nezworski for second at the line.

Jeff (Bone) Larson is closing in on a career milestone in the IMCA Modifieds, with the feature win on Saturday night in the Kunes Nissan Modified main event, Larson scored his 99th career IMCA Modified feature win. Larson was the Maquoketa Speedway track Champion in 2021, and the Maquoketa Speedway track Championship propelled Larson to the IMCA Modified National Championship. On Saturday night Larson advanced from the 4th row to overtake race leader Joe Beal as the main crossed under the checkers for the ½ way mark. Larson raced on to the win ahead of Beal and Mark Schulte.

Richard Nelson added his name to the Maquoketa Speedway winners list by capturing the win in the QCJeeps.com IMCA Stock Car Class. Nelson took the lead early from his second row start and went on to take the win over a fast closing Brett Vanous. Jeff Larson drove the 2x Double Cheeseburger Racing Stock Car to a third place finish.

The Amhof Trucking IMCA Sportmods saw a stout field of 20 drivers take the green for their main event. When the checkers flew it was the 118 of Austin Stamm making his way to victory lane for the first time. Stamm battled to the front from his eighth starting spot. Stamm took the lead from Randy Farrell and went on to record the win ahead of Shane Paris and Farrell.

The Ueland Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks saw another first time victor at the Maquoketa Speedway. 16 year old rookie Hobby Stock driver Tucker Richardson was able to break out of a pack of four drivers who had a shot at the win late in the race. Richardson recorded the win ahead of Lukas Short and Kyler Hefty.

Michael Weber has been the man to beat as of late in the INEX Legends, it appeared that Weber’s late race heroics would garner another win but Dave Eberle was up for the challenge. Eberle raced up front the majority of the race and was bale to hold off Weber’s late race move in taking the win. Jeff Schmidt ran up front the entire main event as well before settling for third.

Jacob Welter was the last of several drivers to hold the lead in the Hawkeye Auto Sport Compacts. Welter fell back to third late in the race but was able to recover to charge back into the lead and take the win by a very narrow margin ahead of Spencer Roggentien. The win was Welter’s first ever a the Maquoketa Speedway.

The Vintage Late Models were guests of the Maquoketa Speedway on Saturday night. The class that features cars lettered and painted like the cars of many drivers who carved the path for racing as we now it today were featured on Saturday night. Ray Guss Jr driving the John Connolly look alike car took the win ahead of Jeff Walker in a Ronnie Weedon tribute car with Richard Nelson piloting a Ed Sanger look alike Camaro into third.

Saturday night August 12th will see the Maquoketa Speedway crown the 2023 Kinion Auto IMCA Late Model track champion. All regular classes plus the AIRS Cars will be in action, hot laps will get underway at 6 pm. Saturday, August 19th will be the track championships for all classes, again hot laps will get underway at 6 pm.

 

21 entries
IMCA LATE MODELS – KINION AUTO SALES
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[5]; 2. 60-Dalton Simonsen[7]; 3. 7-Andy Nezworski[8]; 4. 01-CJ Horn[9]; 5. 3-Bryce Garnhart[10]; 6. 8-Jaden Fryer[14]; 7. 5M-Mike Fryer[17]; 8. 77J-Steve Johnson[6]; 9. 44W-David Webster[11]; 10. 72-Dave Hammond[3]; 11. 11J-Jerry Johnson[18]; 12. 13JR-Colton Leal[2]; 13. 89-Tom Pestka[15]; 14. 22-Jake Jorgensen[13]; 15. 78-Logan Cloudt[20]; 16. 47-AJ Jorgensen[19]; 17. 12-Don Pataska[4]; 18. 1M-Mike Goben[12]; 19. 6-Gary Webb[16]; 20. 35-Chance Huston[21]; 21. (DNS) 41-Robbie Jorgensen

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (10 Laps): 1. 7-Andy Nezworski[4]; 2. 41-Robbie Jorgensen[1]; 3. 72-Dave Hammond[2]; 4. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[3]; 5. 22-Jake Jorgensen[6]; 6. 6-Gary Webb[5]; 7. 47-AJ Jorgensen[7]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (10 Laps): 1. 12-Don Pataska[2]; 2. 77J-Steve Johnson[3]; 3. 13JR-Colton Leal[1]; 4. 3-Bryce Garnhart[5]; 5. 8-Jaden Fryer[4]; 6. 5M-Mike Fryer[7]; 7. 78-Logan Cloudt[6]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (10 Laps): 1. 60-Dalton Simonsen[3]; 2. 01-CJ Horn[4]; 3. 44W-David Webster[5]; 4. 1M-Mike Goben[6]; 5. 89-Tom Pestka[1]; 6. 11J-Jerry Johnson[7]; 7. 35-Chance Huston[2]

12 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS – KUNES NISSAN
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. B12T-Jeff Larson[7]; 2. 77-Joe Beal[3]; 3. 27M-Mark Schulte[9]; 4. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[5]; 5. 99M-Charlie Mohr[8]; 6. 99-Brandon Jewell[4]; 7. G1-Mike Garland[12]; 8. 2X-Patrick Moore[2]; 9. 11-Ray Cox Jr[6]; 10. 23-Brendan Driscoll[1]; 11. 21-Spencer Diercks[10]; 12. 7M-Matt Short[11]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. B12T-Jeff Larson[5]; 2. 27M-Mark Schulte[6]; 3. 99-Brandon Jewell[3]; 4. 2X-Patrick Moore[2]; 5. 23-Brendan Driscoll[1]; 6. 7M-Matt Short[4]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 11-Ray Cox Jr[4]; 2. 21-Spencer Diercks[6]; 3. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[3]; 4. 99M-Charlie Mohr[5]; 5. 77-Joe Beal[2]; 6. G1-Mike Garland[1]

13 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS – QCJEEPS.COM
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 80N-Richard Nelson[4]; 2. 357-Brett Vanous[13]; 3. 2X-Jeff Larson[6]; 4. Z50-Joe Zrostlik[10]; 5. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[9]; 6. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[3]; 7. 4-Jerry Miles[8]; 8. 14C-Leah Wroten[7]; 9. A78-Austin Vorbeck[11]; 10. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[2]; 11. 57R-Jadin Ruf[12]; 12. 17-Andrew Chelf[5]; 13. 76-Shawn Flagel[1]

Heat 1 -Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 2X-Jeff Larson[4]; 2. 4-Jerry Miles[5]; 3. 80N-Richard Nelson[3]; 4. Z50-Joe Zrostlik[6]; 5. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[2]; 6. A78-Austin Vorbeck[1]; 7. 357-Brett Vanous[7]

Heat 2 -Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[2]; 2. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[5]; 3. 17-Andrew Chelf[3]; 4. 14C-Leah Wroten[4]; 5. 76-Shawn Flagel[1]; 6. 57R-Jadin Ruf[6]

19 entries
IMCA SPORTMODS – AMHOF TRUCKING
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 118-Austin Stamm[8]; 2. 13C-Shane Paris[10]; 3. X14-Randy Farrell[3]; 4. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[4]; 5. 18C-Dakota Cole[5]; 6. 77JR-Rayce Mullen[7]; 7. 10A-Jacob Arp[14]; 8. 67-Josh Kloepping[2]; 9. 65-David Engelkens[18]; 10. 44G-Levi Gaunt[6]; 11. 75-Bob Silaggi[9]; 12. 34-Jay Garvey[16]; 13. 11J-Trey Jacobs[1]; 14. 18H-Don Hatfield[19]; 15. 18-Nathan Silaggi[13]; 16. 74-Mike Evans[17]; 17. 13M-Matthew Mayo[11]; 18. 33-Jarett Franzen[15]; 19. 24X-Cole Stichter[12]

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 13M-Matthew Mayo[6]; 2. 11J-Trey Jacobs[1]; 3. 118-Austin Stamm[5]; 4. 24X-Cole Stichter[7]; 5. 18-Nathan Silaggi[4]; 6. 34-Jay Garvey[2]; 7. 18H-Don Hatfield[3]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. X14-Randy Farrell[2]; 2. 44G-Levi Gaunt[4]; 3. 75-Bob Silaggi[5]; 4. 18C-Dakota Cole[3]; 5. 10A-Jacob Arp[6]; 6. 74-Mike Evans[1]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[2]; 2. 13C-Shane Paris[5]; 3. 67-Josh Kloepping[1]; 4. 77JR-Rayce Mullen[4]; 5. 33-Jarett Franzen[6]; 6. 65-David Engelkens[3]

12 entries
INEX LEGENDS – LEGENDS.DIRECT
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5-Dave Eberle[7]; 2. 8W-Michael Weber[10]; 3. 19-Jeff Schmidt[9]; 4. 64-Griffin McGrath[8]; 5. 51X-Cohen Henze[12]; 6. 53-Keith Meyer[5]; 7. 77C-Colton Utley[4]; 8. 02-Brycen Wilson[3]; 9. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[6]; 10. 51-Tim Franz[1]; 11. 04-Adam Meyer[2]; 12. 7D-Joe VanNatta[11]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 19-Jeff Schmidt[5]; 2. 5-Dave Eberle[4]; 3. 02-Brycen Wilson[2]; 4. 53-Keith Meyer[3]; 5. 51-Tim Franz[1]; 6. 7D-Joe VanNatta[6]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 8W-Michael Weber[5]; 2. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[3]; 3. 64-Griffin McGrath[4]; 4. 04-Adam Meyer[1]; 5. 77C-Colton Utley[2]; 6. 51X-Cohen Henze[6]

17 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS – UELAND AUTO
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28T-Tucker Richardson[12]; 2. 8-Lukas Short[10]; 3. 22H-Kyler Hefty[8]; 4. 4R-Randy LaMar[11]; 5. 4-Jordan Miles[9]; 6. 44-Keith Lilly[3]; 7. 71-David Bennett[2]; 8. 59-Roger Winkers[5]; 9. 4J-Jared Miles[6]; 10. 03-TJ Harms[1]; 11. 3B-Brandon White[7]; 12. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[15]; 13. 12-Dylan Said[14]; 14. 33X-Austin Shaffer[4]; 15. 86-Logan Gustaf[13]; 16. 5-Chase Hixson[16]; 17. (DNS) 2-Kaiden Hixson

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 71-David Bennett[2]; 2. 4J-Jared Miles[6]; 3. 22H-Kyler Hefty[7]; 4. 33X-Austin Shaffer[4]; 5. 4-Jordan Miles[8]; 6. 4R-Randy LaMar[9]; 7. 86-Logan Gustaf[1]; 8. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[5]; 9. 5-Chase Hixson[3]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 8-Lukas Short[8]; 2. 03-TJ Harms[1]; 3. 3B-Brandon White[6]; 4. 44-Keith Lilly[3]; 5. 59-Roger Winkers[5]; 6. 28T-Tucker Richardson[7]; 7. 12-Dylan Said[4]; 8. (DNS) 2-Kaiden Hixson

18 entries
SPORT COMPACTS – HAWKEYE AUTO
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 49-Jacob Welter[18]; 2. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[7]; 3. 31-Josh Chambers[10]; 4. 6-Jeff Hess[1]; 5. K55-Brendon Koch[4]; 6. 33B-Zach Brenner[8]; 7. 86-Evan Hess[9]; 8. 77-Mitch Current[3]; 9. 11H-Justin Hempstead[2]; 10. 88-Duane Roth[5]; 11. 1Z-Branden Fuglsang[13]; 12. 714-James Bridges[16]; 13. 07-Gracie Hempstead[15]; 14. 44-Earl Harry[14]; 15. 7C-Cody Bergmeier[12]; 16. 20-Henry Hess[11]; 17. 66-Steven Phillips[6]; 18. (DNS) 32J-Logan Jones

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 6-Jeff Hess[2]; 2. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[5]; 3. 77-Mitch Current[3]; 4. 86-Evan Hess[7]; 5. 31-Josh Chambers[8]; 6. 20-Henry Hess[6]; 7. 1Z-Branden Fuglsang[1]; 8. 07-Gracie Hempstead[9]; 9. 32J-Logan Jones[4]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 11H-Justin Hempstead[2]; 2. 66-Steven Phillips[4]; 3. K55-Brendon Koch[3]; 4. 33B-Zach Brenner[5]; 5. 88-Duane Roth[9]; 6. 7C-Cody Bergmeier[8]; 7. 44-Earl Harry[1]; 8. 714-James Bridges[6]; 9. 49-Jacob Welter[7]

10 entries
NOSTALGIC STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 38-Ray Guss Jr[10]; 2. 00-Jeff Walker[3]; 3. 95N-Richard Nelson[1]; 4. 95-Cruz Birkhofer[4]; 5. TR1-Mike Hirst[8]; 6. 50-Jeff Adams[2]; 7. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[7]; 8. 112-Brian Tuttle[9]; 9. 35-Jarrett Claeys[5]; 10. 51-Matthew Hirst[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 38-Ray Guss Jr[10]; 2. 00-Jeff Walker[2]; 3. 95-Cruz Birkhofer[1]; 4. 95N-Richard Nelson[3]; 5. 50-Jeff Adams[4]; 6. TR1-Mike Hirst[6]; 7. 51-Matthew Hirst[5]; 8. 35-Jarrett Claeys[7]; 9. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[9]; 10. (DNS) 112-Brian Tuttle

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