Lodge Cashes in at QC Speedway Season Finale
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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