Durbin makes it two straight at East Moline Speedway

 

Hanna, Veloz, Struck, Gonzales, LaMar, Wise also take checkers

 

BY ROB HINCKLEY

 

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 22) – He slowed the car in turn three, but the accelerator was down off turn four.

Brandon Durbin found a way to negotiate the final two turns and won his second straight 20-lap J&J Camper Sales IMCA Modified feature Sunday evening at East Moline Speedway.

The Colona, Ill. hotshoe bested Travis Denning in another classic battle.

“Me and Denning had quite the battle there,” Durbin said in victory lane. “The car was too free in the center, but once I got it straight I had good traction.”

Durbin started in the front row and held off Denning lap after lap, with both cars on the cushion of turns one and two.

“It was extremely slick on the bottom. There wasn’t much there. I figured if I got out front, got up top and held that line, I’d be alright.”

Andy Nezworski, Jim Sandusky and Anthony Guss rounded out the top five.

R.J. Gonzales also made it two for two by dominating the County Waste Systems IMCA Mod Lites 15-lap finale.

Jon Padilla chased, but had to settle for the runner up spot. Anthony Guss, doing double duty; Mike Morrow and Brandon Freeburg followed.

Chuck Hanna took off from the front row and paced all 25 laps of the Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Late Model feature.

A late race caution adjusted the running order as early leader Dustin Schram came across second followed by Matt Ryan, Jacob Waterman and Gary Webb.

Logan Veloz had redemption on his mind and put his machine in Legacy Corporation IMCA SportMod victory lane, leading all 15 laps.

David Engelkens, Erick Turner, Doug Burkhead and Matt Speidel came next.

Jeff Struck waited out multiple cautions and sped away from the Dynamic Power Street Stock 15-lap field.

Opening night winner Joe Bonney, Rob Nylin, Kyler Hickenbottom and Jim Rutsaert followed.

Randy LaMar beat Michale Putt, Donnie Cole, Josh Lane and Nathan Smith in a wild Rudy’s Tacos IMCA Hobby Stock 15-lap ender.

Drew Wise won the 12-lap Riverbend Pizza Place Sport Compact battle, outrunning Nick Proehl, Cyle Hawkins, Steven Rangel and Travis Hawkins.

A total of 83 cars were in the pits and the final checkered flag fell about 9 p.m.

The 2022 season continues this Sunday May 29 with the Hoker Trucking East Series of the Super Late Model Racing series. American Iron Racing Series, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, Street Stocks and Sport Compacts also hit the dirt.

For more information, log on to the East Moline Speedway Facebook page or call 563-343-8250.

 

Following are the UNOFFICIAL RESULTS of stock car racing Sunday evening at East Moline Speedway, East Moline, Ill., listed with finishing position, car number, driver and starting position.

Eriksen Chevrolet Late Models

Feature (25 laps) – 1. 65-Chuck Hanna[1]; 2. 92-Dustin Schram[2]; 3. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 4. 10-Jacob Waterman[5]; 5. W56-Gary Webb[8]; 6. 7-Andy Nezworski[3]; 7. 53-LeRoy Brenner[4]; 8. 14-Jacob Beal[7]

1st Heat (10 laps) – 1. Schram 2. Hanna 3. Nezworski 4. Waterman

J&J Campers IMCA Modifieds

Feature (20 laps) – 1. 15D-Brandon Durbin[4]; 2. 56D-Travis Denning[3]; 3. 85-Andy Nezworski[6]; 4. J1-Jim Sandusky[1]; 5. 9G-Anthony Guss[5]; 6. 19C-Alex VerVynck[8]; 7. 19H-Nick Hillyer[7]; 8. 313-Doug Lenth[2]

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Denning 2. Durbin 3. Lenth 4. Sandusky

Legacy Corporation IMCA SportMods

Feature (15 laps) – 1. 43LV-Logan Veloz[1]; 2. 65-David Engelkens[2]; 3. 10-Erick Turner[3]; 4. 74-Doug Burkhead[8]; 5. 14J-Matt Speidel[6]; 6. 18C-Dakota Cole[12]; 7. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[5]; 8. 76-Chuck Fox[10]; 9. 88-Trey Grimm[7]; 10. 34-Josh Marth[14]; 11. 89-TJ Patz[11]; 12. 90-Keith Wiersema[4]; 13. 7-Colin Lyon[13]; 14. 39W-Trevor White[18]; 15. 81-Adam Parker[17]; 16. 6-Brody Prescott[16]; 17. 57-Jeff Schoonover[20]; 18. 33X-Jeff Waterfall[15]; DNS – 18W-Josh Woodruff; 2JR-Jesse Bodin

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Veloz 2. Turner 3. Gellerstedt 4. Engelkens

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Burkhead 2. Wiersema 3. Woodruff 4. Speidel

County Waste Systems IMCA Mod Lites

Feature (15 laps) – 1. 18G-RJ Gonzales[9]; 2. 11P-Jon Padilla[8]; 3. 9G-Anthony Guss[7]; 4. 17M-Mike Morrow[6]; 5. 171-Brandon Freeburg[10]; 6. 5-Michael Dominguez[5]; 7. Z-Mike Zemo Jr[13]; 8. 131-Bryan Wonick[4]; 9. 99X-Darrick Knutsen[3]; 10. 00B-Brittani Dominguez[2]; 11. 54-Zach Holerud[11]; 12. 23-Tiffani Dominguez[1]; 13. 29-John Belville[12]; DNS – 16G-Blake Gonzales

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. R. Gonzales 2. Padilla 3. Morrow 4. Wonick

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Freeburg 2. M. Dominguez 3. Guss 4. Knutsen

Dynamic Power Street Stocks

Feature (15 laps) –  1. 4S-Jeff Struck, Jr[5]; 2. 70-Joe Bonney[8]; 3. 01-Rob Nylin[14]; 4. 8H-Kyler Hickenbottom[6]; 5. 83-Jim Rutsaert[11]; 6. R00-Veronica Anderson[3]; 7. 3P-Alex Pappas[16]; 8. 1A-Kyle Anderson[10]; 9. 37-Peter Odell[13]; 10. 6X-James Bennett[1]; 11. 61S-Jeff Streitmatter[15]; 12. 8-Rick Schriner[2]; 13. 95-Jesse Owen[7]; 14. 94-Jim Parr[4]; 15. 36-Ben Odell[12]; 16. 1-Robert Cottom[9]

1st Heat (8 laps) – 1. Struck 2. Bennett 3. Owen 4. Cottom

2nd Heat (8 laps) – 1. Schriner 2. Hickenbottom 3. Bonney 4. Anderson

Rudy’s Tacos IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature (12 laps) –   1. 4R-Randy LaMar[4]; 2. 79-Michale Putt[5]; 3. 15-Donnie Cole[3]; 4. 513-Josh Lane[2]; 5. 2-Nathan Smith[1]

1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. LaMar 2. Putt 3. Lane 4. Cole

Riverbend Pizza Place Sport Compacts

Feature (12 laps) – 1. 14-Drew Wise[3]; 2. 101-Nick Proehl[7]; 3. 28-Cyle Hawkins[5]; 4. 513-Steven Rangle[6]; 5. 8-Travis Hawkins[4]; 6. 24X-Tommy Staggs[9]; 7. 514-Jason Rhoads[1]; 8. 42A-Troy Anderson[8]; 9. 33-Cody Brewster[10]; 10. 18N-Jake Bendixen[11]; 11. 4D-Dustin Porter[2]; 12. 25M-Nolan Morrow[12]

1st Heat (6 laps) – 1. Proehl 2. C. Hawkins 3. Wise 4. Rhoads

2nd Heat (6 laps) – 1. T. Hawkins 2. Porter 3. Rangle 4. Brewster

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