Duffy Wins Thriller, Mohr Gets First Ever Win At Maquoketa Speedway

| June 19, 2023

 

Maquoketa, Iowa: The Maquoketa Speedway hosted Oly’s Garage Night at the races on Saturday night. Beautiful weather and a very fast tacky track provided for an action packed night of stock car racing.

The headliner of the night featured the return of the Kinion Auto Sales IMCA Late models. 16 Late Model drivers took the green flag for their 25 lap feature that went flag to flag caution free. Logan Duffy took the lead from pole sitter Brandon Loos and went on to build a comfortable lead, as the laps wound down the lead pack swelled to three as Bryce Garnhart and Dalton Simonsen joined Duffy. Both Simonsen and Garnhart were scored as the leader late in the race. The leaders came on lapped traffic as the white flag waved. Coming to the checkers the three leaders all took evasive action to try and clear the lapped cars. The checkers waved with a pack of five cars crossing the finish line, Duffy took the win by a one foot margin ahead of Garnhart with Simonsen in third by another one foot differential. That feature event will go down as a Maquoketa Speedway Classic race.

The Kunes Nissan IMCA Modified main event saw 18 year old Charlie Mohr score his first ever feature win. Mohr started in the second row and battled with Mitch Morris for several laps before securing the lead. Mohr took the lead near the midway point of the feature and went on to score the win after holding off a hard charging Jeff (Bone) Larson. 10th starting Mark Schulte had a great run in taking third at the checkers.

An outstanding field of 22 drivers took the green for the feature in the Amhof Trucking IMCA Sportmod feature. The fifteen lap main event was packed with exciting three and four wide racing on the fast and wide racing surface. Tyler Soppe made a charge to the front early from his 8th position start. Soppe went on to score the win ahead of Corey Kuntzelman and Josh Kloepping.

The QCJeeps.com IMCA Stock Cars was another outstanding race, Jeff Larson dominated the race early before exiting the track with mechanical issues with three laps to go. Jacob Ellithorpe took over the top spot and went on to score the win ahead of Gage Neal who raced Ellithorpe very hard for several laps before settling for second ahead of Richard Nelson.

The Ueland Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks took the green with Sheldon Hunter leading in the early going. The lead pack swelled to four as the 28’s of Hunter and Tucker Richardson battled the 4’s of Daniel Wauters, Jared Miles and Jordan Miles.

The white flag lap saw three drivers having a legitimate shot at the win. Daniel Wauters edged Jared Miles for the win with Sheldon Hunter taking third ahead of Tucker Richardson.

Racing in the Hawkeye Auto Sport Compacts saw Josh Starr dominate the 12 lap main event. Starr took advantage of his front row start and led the feature flag to flag. Jacob Welter crossed under the checkers in second ahead of Nolan Morrow.

Cole O’Brien came to the front from a eighth position start and went on to take the win in the Legends Direct INEX Legends feature. The win was O’Brien’s first ever win on the dirt in a Legends car. O’Brien took the win ahead of Jeff Schmidt and Craig Peekenschneider.

Saturday, June 24th will be Amhof Trucking night at the races at the Maquoketa Speedway all classes including Late Models will be action with hot laps slated to get underway at 6 pm.

 

Maquoketa Speedway Saturday, June 17 Feature Results (top Five)

 

Kinion Auto Sales IMCA Late Models

  1. 14 Logan Duffy-Independence
  2. 3 Bryce Garnhart-Lanark, IL
  3. 60 Dalton Simonsen-Fairfax
  4. 12 Don Pataska-Green Island
  5. 15K Justin Kay-Wheatland

 

Kunes Nissan IMCA Modifieds

  1. 99 Charlie Mohr-Bettendorf
  2. 12 Jeff (Bone) Larson-Freeport, IL
  3. 27 Mark Schulte-Delhi
  4. 21 Ryan Duhme-LaMotte
  5. 70 Mitch Morris-McCausland

 

Amhof Tucking IMCA Sportmods

  1. 3T Tyler Soppe-Sherrill
  2. 47 Corey Kuntzelman-German Valley, IL
  3. 67 Josh Kloepping-Freeport, IL
  4. 88 Trey Grimm-East Moline, IL
  5. 18C Dakota Cole-Davenport

 

QCJeeps.Com IMCA Stock Cars

  1. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe-Maquoketa
  2. 12N Gage Neal-Anamosa
  3. 80 Richard Nelson-Dyersville
  4. 4 Jerry Miles-Bernard
  5. 22 Tanner Allen-Springville

 

Ueland Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks

  1. 4K Daniel Wauters-Tipton
  2. 4J Jared Miles-Bernard
  3. 28 Sheldon Hunter-Wyoming
  4. 28T Tucker Richardson-Morning Sun
  5. 59 Roger Winkers-Platteville

Hawkeye Auto Sport Compacts

  1. 8S Josh Starr-Tipton
  2. 49 Jacob Welter-Farley
  3. 9 Nolan Morrow-Clinton
  4. 6 Jeff Hess-Dubuque
  5. 88 Joshua Muse-Tipton

 

Legends Direct INEX Legends

  1. 25 Cole O’Brien-Cedar Rapids
  2. 19 Jeff Schmidt-Rock City, IL
  3. 80 Craig Peekenschneider-Davenport
  4. 04 Adam Meyer-Cedar Rapids
  5. 02X Tim Fredericks-Cedar Rapids

 

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