Holladay Breaks winless streak with Independence Triumph

admin | May 12, 2024

By Anthony Ainslie

Independence, Iowa (May 11, 2024) – The Defending Malvern Bank Super Late Models East Series Champion scores his first win in over a year in Saturday’s showdown at Independence Motor Speedway.

The second round for the East Series was hosted by the high-banked 3/8 mile oval at the Buchanan County Fairgrounds in Independence, Iowa. A 30+ car field from five states packed the pit area for a shot at $3,000 payday.

Chad Holladay was the fastest in time trials when he stopped the clock at 13.931 seconds in group A. Derrick Stewart was the fastest in group B with his 14.083 second lap around the speedway.

Saturday’s heat races were won by Blair Nothdurft, who was making his Independence Motor Speedway debut, along with Dave Eckrich, Luke Petska, and Dylan Thornton. The two B features on the night were dominated and won by Charlie McKenna and Zach Less. After all the preliminary action was complete, 24 cars took to the track for the 30-lap main event.

Andy Eckrich took the opening lead after making the inside lane work to start the race. The Oxford, Iowa native led the first six laps before Holladay took command of the top spot. From that point, Holladay proceeded to pull away from the field as the race progressed.

The first caution did not slow the race until there were 13 laps remaining for a slow car on the back stretch. Only four laps later, previous night’s winner Dylan Thornton went over the edge of turn four bringing out the final caution.

When racing resumed, Holladay led while Andy Eckrich continued to try and use the inside line to take back the lead but to no avail. When the dust settled after 30 circuits, Holladay snapped a 45-race winless streak. After he recorded no wins in his 2023 championship campaign, Holladay captured his fifth career series victory and became the third different winner at Independence.

Andy Eckrich had to settle for second while Derrick Stewart finished third. Nick Marolf took fourth, while Blair Nothdurft rounded out the top five.

With opening weekend for the East Series in the record books, the West Series will kick off their 2024 season on May 18th as the tour heads to the Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri. After that, the East Series will gear up for a Memorial Day tripleheader weekend with stops at Davenport, Maquoketa and Dubuque May 24-26.

12 entries
IMCA SPORT MOD BY WOLFEY’S & EDDIE’S
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[5]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow[7]; 3. K3-Kyle Olson[9]; 4. 777-Rayce Mullen[6]; 5. 68-Will Wolf[3]; 6. 88K-Kole Quam[1]; 7. 13-Mason McNett[10]; 8. 17-Ethan Krall[12]; 9. 55-Ben Shannon[11]; 10. 42-Chris Lewis[2]; 11. 28B-Curt Smeins[4]; 12. (DNF) B21-Brandon Tharp[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 777-Rayce Mullen[4]; 2. B21-Brandon Tharp[5]; 3. 13-Mason McNett[6]; 4. 28B-Curt Smeins[3]; 5. 42-Chris Lewis[2]; 6. (DNF) 55-Ben Shannon[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[3]; 2. K3-Kyle Olson[5]; 3. 75-Cole Suckow[4]; 4. 88K-Kole Quam[1]; 5. 68-Will Wolf[2]; 6. (DNF) 17-Ethan Krall[6]

22 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK BY PERFORMANCE BODIES
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 2G-Bradly Graham[6]; 2. 7B-Jim Ball Jr[1]; 3. 14J-Jacob Floyd[4]; 4. 7N-Trenton Neuhaus[5]; 5. 33J-Carson James[3]; 6. 73-Quinton Miller[9]; 7. 27-Brad Graham[7]; 8. 52-Joren Fisher[10]; 9. 06S-Adam Streeter[8]; 10. 27B-Tyler Ball[21]; 11. 23Z-Zach McNeese[2]; 12. 146-Leighton Potter[11]; 13. 3-Dave McCalla[22]; 14. 20CK-Justin Ginther[14]; 15. 29-Matt Miller[17]; 16. 577-Corey Ogden[20]; 17. 58C-Michael Cheney[15]; 18. M35-Chad Mannion[13]; 19. 514-Shane Ebaugh[12]; 20. 17B-Garrett Ball[18]; 21. 54-Blake Stevens[16]; 22. (DNS) 69M-Jeremy Wheeler

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 14J-Jacob Floyd[4]; 2. 27-Brad Graham[5]; 3. 7B-Jim Ball Jr[2]; 4. 514-Shane Ebaugh[7]; 5. M35-Chad Mannion[3]; 6. 54-Blake Stevens[8]; 7. 69M-Jeremy Wheeler[1]; 8. 3-Dave McCalla[6]

Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 06S-Adam Streeter[4]; 2. 52-Joren Fisher[5]; 3. 7N-Trenton Neuhaus[3]; 4. 23Z-Zach McNeese[7]; 5. 20CK-Justin Ginther[2]; 6. 29-Matt Miller[1]; 7. 577-Corey Ogden[6]

Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. 2G-Bradly Graham[4]; 2. 73-Quinton Miller[5]; 3. 146-Leighton Potter[6]; 4. 33J-Carson James[2]; 5. 58C-Michael Cheney[7]; 6. (DNF) 17B-Garrett Ball[1]; 7. (DNF) 27B-Tyler Ball[3]

21 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR BY CHRISTIE DOOR COMPANY
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 74C-Cole Mather[8]; 2. 18-Tom Schmitt[12]; 3. 1-Kaden Reynolds[4]; 4. 05-John Oliver Jr[5]; 5. 3-Jarod Weepie[9]; 6. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[10]; 7. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[19]; 8. 115-Hannah Chesmore[14]; 9. 15-Norman Chesmore[3]; 10. 3H-Ty Hill[7]; 11. 14C-Leah Wroten[6]; 12. 22K-Kevin Rose[13]; 13. 18X-Dru Kueker[20]; 14. 8E-Austin Evens[17]; 15. (DNF) 4R-Riley Hanson[1]; 16. (DNF) 4JR-Russell Damme Jr[15]; 17. (DNF) 171-Buck Swanson[16]; 18. (DNF) 3T-Terry Dulin[2]; 19. (DNF) 8-Braxton Franks[18]; 20. (DNF) 64-Vern Jackson[11]; 21. (DNS) 16-Rob Twaites

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3H-Ty Hill[5]; 2. 1-Kaden Reynolds[4]; 3. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[6]; 4. 4R-Riley Hanson[1]; 5. 22K-Kevin Rose[2]; 6. 171-Buck Swanson[7]; 7. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 05-John Oliver Jr[4]; 2. 74C-Cole Mather[5]; 3. 64-Vern Jackson[6]; 4. 3T-Terry Dulin[1]; 5. 115-Hannah Chesmore[2]; 6. 8E-Austin Evens[7]; 7. (DNF) 18X-Dru Kueker[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Norman Chesmore[2]; 2. 18-Tom Schmitt[6]; 3. 14C-Leah Wroten[4]; 4. 3-Jarod Weepie[5]; 5. 4JR-Russell Damme Jr[1]; 6. 8-Braxton Franks[3]; 7. 16-Rob Twaites[7]

23 entries
IMCA SPORT COMPACT BY CC’S FLOORS AND MORE
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 22C-Korey Lana[4]; 2. 31D-Blake Driscol[1]; 3. 81-Christopher Mannion[19]; 4. 10P-Chris Pittman[11]; 5. 49J-Clayton Loeb[2]; 6. 54A-Jake Anderson[16]; 7. 35M-Tyler Mannion[9]; 8. T2-Jaice Tuttle[5]; 9. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[8]; 10. 89-Cristian Grady[10]; 11. 73B-Andrew Bieber[13]; 12. 333-Steven Schmitz[3]; 13. 8-Jeff Burgess[6]; 14. 23K-Aaron Kirkpatrick[18]; 15. 53-Cody VanDusen[12]; 16. 04-Jace Knight[17]; 17. 75-Kaiden Gosselink[15]; 18. 09K-Spencer Eubanks[20]; 19. (DNF) 87C-Jay Crabill[7]; 20. (DNF) 43E-Ethan Hogan[14]; 21. (DNF) 143C-Zander Carter[22]; 22. (DNS) 47-Stephen Randall; 23. (DNS) 03-Gavin Weisser

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22C-Korey Lana[3]; 2. 49J-Clayton Loeb[2]; 3. 89-Cristian Grady[7]; 4. 8-Jeff Burgess[5]; 5. 73B-Andrew Bieber[8]; 6. 54A-Jake Anderson[6]; 7. 81-Christopher Mannion[4]; 8. 143C-Zander Carter[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. T2-Jaice Tuttle[3]; 2. 10P-Chris Pittman[7]; 3. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[6]; 4. 53-Cody VanDusen[8]; 5. 43E-Ethan Hogan[1]; 6. 04-Jace Knight[2]; 7. 09K-Spencer Eubanks[5]; 8. 47-Stephen Randall[4]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 31D-Blake Driscol[1]; 2. 87C-Jay Crabill[5]; 3. 35M-Tyler Mannion[6]; 4. 333-Steven Schmitz[2]; 5. 75-Kaiden Gosselink[7]; 6. 23K-Aaron Kirkpatrick[4]; 7. 03-Gavin Weisser[3]

24 entries
IMCA MODIFIED BY WATERLOO AUTO PARTS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty[10]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey[9]; 3. 71C-Troy Cordes[12]; 4. 16S-Kip Siems[5]; 5. 21-Brennen Chipp[11]; 6. 70-Jerry King[8]; 7. 3S-Adam Shelman[4]; 8. F7-Patrick Flannagan[7]; 9. 32-Chris Snyder[13]; 10. 72B-Jerod Ballhagen[3]; 11. 88-Luke Bird[1]; 12. 98-Jacob Snyder[16]; 13. 41P-Keith Pittman[15]; 14. 5-Jason Morehouse[21]; 15. 0-Dirk Hamilton[18]; 16. 24-Kyle Roose[22]; 17. 21L-Brandon Lewis[23]; 18. (DNF) 24R-Adam Johnson[19]; 19. (DNF) 72-Kolton Osborn[6]; 20. (DNF) 1X-Steve Streeter[17]; 21. (DNF) 415-Josh Barta[24]; 22. (DNF) 27-Jamie Johnson[14]; 23. (DNF) 12R-Bret Ramsey[2]; 24. (DNF) 01-Ed Thomas[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Luke Bird[2]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey[6]; 3. 3S-Adam Shelman[4]; 4. 71C-Troy Cordes[7]; 5. 32-Chris Snyder[8]; 6. 98-Jacob Snyder[5]; 7. 24R-Adam Johnson[1]; 8. 24-Kyle Roose[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty[6]; 2. 16S-Kip Siems[4]; 3. F7-Patrick Flannagan[5]; 4. 72B-Jerod Ballhagen[3]; 5. 27-Jamie Johnson[1]; 6. 1X-Steve Streeter[7]; 7. (DNF) 01-Ed Thomas[8]; 8. (DNF) 21L-Brandon Lewis[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brennen Chipp[6]; 2. 70-Jerry King[5]; 3. 12R-Bret Ramsey[2]; 4. 72-Kolton Osborn[4]; 5. 41P-Keith Pittman[7]; 6. 0-Dirk Hamilton[8]; 7. 5-Jason Morehouse[1]; 8. (DNF) 415-Josh Barta[3]

32 entries
MALVERN BANK EAST SLMR
MalvernBank A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 32C-Chad Holladay[3]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich[2]; 3. 43-Derrick Stewart[1]; 4. 33-Nick Marolf[6]; 5. 76-Blair Nothdurft[14]; 6. 76H-Jason Hahne[4]; 7. 15K-Justin Kay[7]; 8. 56S-Chris Spieker[10]; 9. 07-Matt Ryan[21]; 10. 10T-Jeff Tharp[12]; 11. 77-Jeff Aikey[9]; 12. 99-Luke Pestka[8]; 13. 58-Dave Eckrich[15]; 14. 8R-Sean Johnson[20]; 15. 44-Luke Goedert[11]; 16. 22-Charlie McKenna[17]; 17. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 18. 73-Greg Kastli[13]; 19. 20-Zach Less[18]; 20. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[23]; 21. 15C-Curt Schroeder[22]; 22. 32G-Curtis Glover[24]; 23. 53-Andrew Kosiski[16]; 24. 04-Tad Pospisil[19]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Charlie McKenna[1]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[2]; 3. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[3]; 4. 17-Tim Simpson[4]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[5]; 6. 32G-Curtis Glover[6]; 7. 70-Shawn Mulvany[8]; 8. 01-CJ Horn[7]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Zach Less[2]; 2. 8R-Sean Johnson[5]; 3. 42-Fred Remley[8]; 4. 14-Logan Duffy[4]; 5. 1-Jake Bridge[1]; 6. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 7. 45-Curt Martin[3]; 8. 5-Rusty Patterson[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 2. 44-Luke Goedert[2]; 3. 15K-Justin Kay[4]; 4. 32C-Chad Holladay[6]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil[3]; 6. 53-Andrew Kosiski[5]; 7. 32G-Curtis Glover[7]; 8. 70-Shawn Mulvany[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Dave Eckrich[1]; 2. 73-Greg Kastli[2]; 3. 56S-Chris Spieker[3]; 4. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]; 5. 56-Andy Eckrich[6]; 6. 8R-Sean Johnson[8]; 7. 17-Tim Simpson[4]; 8. 45-Curt Martin[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Luke Pestka[2]; 2. 76H-Jason Hahne[5]; 3. 77-Jeff Aikey[3]; 4. 43-Derrick Stewart[6]; 5. 22-Charlie McKenna[4]; 6. 14-Logan Duffy[1]; 7. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 8. 42-Fred Remley[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 2. 33-Nick Marolf[6]; 3. 10T-Jeff Tharp[3]; 4. 20-Zach Less[2]; 5. 1-Jake Bridge[4]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[7]; 7. 5-Rusty Patterson[8]; 8. 01-CJ Horn[1]

Qualifying A: 1. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:13.931[10]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:14.075[6]; 3. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:14.190[1]; 4. 45-Curt Martin, 00:14.209[11]; 5. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.367[8]; 6. 17-Tim Simpson, 00:14.367[15]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:14.370[7]; 8. 56S-Chris Spieker, 00:14.385[3]; 9. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:14.396[14]; 10. 73-Greg Kastli, 00:14.433[13]; 11. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.467[9]; 12. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:14.529[16]; 13. 32G-Curtis Glover, 00:14.568[5]; 14. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:14.690[4]; 15. 70-Shawn Mulvany, 00:14.743[2]; 16. 8R-Sean Johnson, 00:15.022[12]

Qualifying B: 1. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:14.083[2]; 2. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:14.103[16]; 3. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:14.114[7]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:14.136[6]; 5. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:14.270[11]; 6. 1-Jake Bridge, 00:14.367[8]; 7. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:14.372[15]; 8. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:14.409[3]; 9. 99-Luke Pestka, 00:14.543[10]; 10. 20-Zach Less, 00:14.547[9]; 11. 14-Logan Duffy, 00:14.585[14]; 12. 01-CJ Horn, 00:14.629[12]; 13. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:14.645[5]; 14. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:14.867[1]; 15. 42-Fred Remley, 00:14.902[13]; 16. 5-Rusty Patterson, 00:15.573[4]

16 entries
VINTAGE MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 501-Bart Miller[10]; 2. 22Q-Tracy Quigley[9]; 3. 11-Jake Hayes[1]; 4. 29-Owen Hayes[6]; 5. 42-Bruce Yoerger[8]; 6. 36-Jayson Blunt[11]; 7. 15VL-Lisa Miller[15]; 8. 3 22-Connor Quigley[16]; 9. 17SR-Ron Cook[4]; 10. 2-Domanic McNabb[5]; 11. 68-Travis Heier[12]; 12. 63-Steve Olson[2]; 13. 17-Warren Wethington[13]; 14. 50-Brian Gade[7]; 15. 01-Ethan Allen[3]; 16. 32-Dennis Etten[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22Q-Tracy Quigley[5]; 2. 01-Ethan Allen[3]; 3. 42-Bruce Yoerger[1]; 4. 29-Owen Hayes[4]; 5. 2-Domanic McNabb[2]; 6. 36-Jayson Blunt[8]; 7. 17-Warren Wethington[6]; 8. 15VL-Lisa Miller[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 501-Bart Miller[4]; 2. 11-Jake Hayes[1]; 3. 63-Steve Olson[7]; 4. 50-Brian Gade[3]; 5. 17SR-Ron Cook[2]; 6. 68-Travis Heier[8]; 7. 32-Dennis Etten[6]; 8. (DNF) 3 22-Connor Quigley[5]

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