Maquoketa Speedway Host Kids Night as 122 Race Teams Pack the Infield

 

By: Jerry Mackey

 

Maquoketa, Iowa (August 3, 2024) –  Kinion Auto Sales hosted Kids Night at the races with an outstanding field of 122 race teams in attendance at the Maquoketa Speedway on Saturday night.

The Kinion Auto Sales IMCA Late Model feature took the green with rookie driver Carter Johnson setting the pace early. Johnson was overtaken by another young driver in Chase Brunscheen before the 93 of Brunscheen slipped off the top side of turn four allowing 5th starting Bryce Garnhart to take the lead. Garnhart went on to set sail on the lip of the track holding off the constant challenges of 10th starting Travis Denning. Garnhart held his line and held on for a hard fought win a car length ahead of Denning with Evan Miller finishing a very close third.

The Veach Septic and Sewer IMCA Modifieds saw pole sitter Timmy Current lead for better than half of the main until 8th starting Jeff (Bone) Larson was able to move out front using the extreme high side of the track. Current ran the low line and was able to hold for second ahead of Charlie Mohr at the checkers.

The QCJeeps.com IMCA Stock Cars saw a first time visitor make his way to victory lane on Saturday night. Miciah Hidlebaugh has raced Maquoketa off an on and yet to score a win. That all changed on Saturday night as Hidlebaugh wheeled his 72H to the win holding off 17th starting Kodey Miles. Gage Neal raced his way to third after being involved in an early race incident that had Neal restarting from the tail of the field.

The Amhof Trucking IMCA Sportmods had another strong field of competitors sign in for Saturday nights race program. Jarrett Franzen steadily worked to the front from a 5th row start and went on to record the win. Franzen raced under the checkers just ahead of Austin Stamm and Jared Staver.

The INEX Legends hosted a Midwest Legends Dirt Series point race on Saturday night and a strong field of 25 drivers took the green for their main event. Kacey Korsmo led the race early until Jackson Lewis and Jordan Miklas were able to overtake Korsmo. Lewis and Miklas battled for the win late with Miklas scoring the Series race win by a very narrow margin over Lewis with Korsmo rounding out the top three.

Jordan Miles continued his hot streak by scoring another win in the Hawkins Trucking & Construction IMCA Hobby Stock Class. Miles is in the running for the Junior National Championship as well as a top five finish in the National IMCA point standings Miles worked to the front from a 10th position start and held off Daniel Wauters at the checkers.

Cyle Hawkins continued his mastery of the Tri City Construction 4 Cylinder class. Hawkins drove his quick number 28 to the checkers ahead of Scott Vetter and Dustin Munn.

The Maquoketa Speedway welcomed the Midwest Vintage Late Model Club to the races on Saturday night with a nice field of Tribute Late Models in attendance. Ray Guss Jr. drove the John Connolly tribute 1976 Chevy Nova to the win ahead of Jeff Walker in the Ronnie Weedon 1975 Camaro.

Saturday, August 10th will be Oly’s Garage of Preston Fan Appreciation night at the races as the Maquoketa Speedway will present a full race program for $5 Adult admission. Hot laps will take to the ¼ mile at 6 pm.

 

13 entries
IMCA Late Models – Kinion Auto Sales
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 3-Bryce Garnhart[5]; 2. 56D-Travis Denning[10]; 3. 88-Evan Miller[8]; 4. 70-Mitch Morris[9]; 5. 77J-Steve Johnson[7]; 6. 19-Kelly Pestka[4]; 7. 12-Don Pataska[6]; 8. 11JC-Carter Johnson[1]; 9. 89-Tom Pestka[3]; 10. 23U-Jason Udelhofen[12]; 11. 11J-Jerry Johnson[13]; 12. 93-Chase Brunscheen[2]; 13. 35C-Brandt Cole[11]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 3-Bryce Garnhart[3]; 2. 77J-Steve Johnson[4]; 3. 70-Mitch Morris[5]; 4. 11JC-Carter Johnson[1]; 5. 89-Tom Pestka[2]; 6. 35C-Brandt Cole[6]; 7. 11J-Jerry Johnson[7]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 88-Evan Miller[4]; 2. 93-Chase Brunscheen[1]; 3. 12-Don Pataska[3]; 4. 56D-Travis Denning[5]; 5. 19-Kelly Pestka[2]; 6. 23U-Jason Udelhofen[6]

15 entries
IMCA Modifieds – Veach Septic & Sewer
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[8]; 2. 12T-Timmy Current[1]; 3. 99M-Charlie Mohr[7]; 4. 29D-Brad Dierks[11]; 5. 01M-Mitch Way[5]; 6. 3-Jason Schueller[6]; 7. 99-Brandon Jewell[4]; 8. 21-Ryan Duhme[10]; 9. 86B-Jake Morris[12]; 10. 14S-Mike Schmuhl[2]; 11. 5D-Bob Dominacki[15]; 12. 5B-Tim Bader[14]; 13. 8H-Kyle Huston[13]; 14. 86G-Jeremy Gustaf[9]; 15. 11-Ray Cox Jr[3]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 01M-Mitch Way[4]; 2. 99-Brandon Jewell[3]; 3. 99M-Charlie Mohr[5]; 4. 14S-Mike Schmuhl[2]; 5. 21-Ryan Duhme[7]; 6. 29D-Brad Dierks[8]; 7. 8H-Kyle Huston[1]; 8. 5D-Bob Dominacki[6]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 3-Jason Schueller[4]; 2. 11-Ray Cox Jr[2]; 3. 12T-Timmy Current[1]; 4. B1-Jeff Larson[5]; 5. 86G-Jeremy Gustaf[6]; 6. 86B-Jake Morris[3]; 7. 5B-Tim Bader[7]

18 entries
IMCA Stock Cars – QCJeeps.com
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[6]; 2. 4K-Kodey Miles[17]; 3. 12N-Gage Neal[8]; 4. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[7]; 5. 77W-Andrew Burk[12]; 6. 17-Andrew Chelf[15]; 7. 16S-Casey Shelliam[5]; 8. 83-James Comins[3]; 9. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[14]; 10. 8-Rick Schriner[2]; 11. 481-KC Ansel[10]; 12. 77C-Mitch Current[13]; 13. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[4]; 14. 37X-Mike Weidemann[16]; 15. 76-Shawn Flagel[11]; 16. 22-Tanner Allen[9]; 17. 80N-Richard Nelson[1]; 18. (DNS) 28-Greg Gill

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[4]; 2. 22-Tanner Allen[8]; 3. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[6]; 4. 481-KC Ansel[9]; 5. 8-Rick Schriner[2]; 6. 76-Shawn Flagel[1]; 7. 77C-Mitch Current[3]; 8. 17-Andrew Chelf[5]; 9. 4K-Kodey Miles[7]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 80N-Richard Nelson[1]; 2. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[6]; 3. 83-James Comins[2]; 4. 16S-Casey Shelliam[4]; 5. 12N-Gage Neal[7]; 6. 77W-Andrew Burk[5]; 7. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[3]; 8. 37X-Mike Weidemann[9]; 9. 28-Greg Gill[8]

17 entries
IMCA SportMods – Amhof Trucking
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 33-Jarett Franzen[9]; 2. 118-Austin Stamm[10]; 3. 7-Jered Staver[6]; 4. 21J-Jaron Groshans[2]; 5. 75-Bob Silaggi[8]; 6. 21-Cody Clausen[1]; 7. 8S-Josh Starr[13]; 8. X14-Randy Farrell[7]; 9. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[15]; 10. 9H-Levi Heath[12]; 11. 28-Bobby Taggart[3]; 12. 71J-Justin Schroeder[14]; 13. 11J-Trey Jacobs[5]; 14. 7JD-Jaden Rice[16]; 15. 4J-Jared Miles[4]; 16. 444-Patric Conner[11]; 17. (DNS) 9-Scott Williams

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 7-Jered Staver[4]; 2. 21-Cody Clausen[1]; 3. 28-Bobby Taggart[2]; 4. 4J-Jared Miles[3]; 5. 75-Bob Silaggi[5]; 6. 444-Patric Conner[7]; 7. 8S-Josh Starr[8]; 8. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[6]; 9. 7JD-Jaden Rice[9]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 33-Jarett Franzen[7]; 2. 11J-Trey Jacobs[3]; 3. 118-Austin Stamm[8]; 4. X14-Randy Farrell[4]; 5. 21J-Jaron Groshans[1]; 6. 9H-Levi Heath[6]; 7. 71J-Justin Schroeder[5]; 8. (DNS) 9-Scott Williams

25 entries
INEX Legends – Legends.Direct
Legends Direct A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 44M-Jordan Miklas[5]; 2. 7L-Jackson Lewis[2]; 3. 52JR-Kacey Korsmo[1]; 4. 87-Dallas Ross[12]; 5. 19-Jeff Schmidt[15]; 6. 5-Dave Eberle[6]; 7. 20-Ryan Sullivan[14]; 8. 7A-Brady Ascherien[21]; 9. 64-Adam Zellmer[10]; 10. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[13]; 11. 53M-Keith Meyer[11]; 12. 13-Griffin McGrath[24]; 13. 14T-Talyn Neuman[4]; 14. 88-Cohen Henze[23]; 15. 25-Cole O’Brien[16]; 16. 02W-Brycen Wilson[8]; 17. 54W-Nate Werner[18]; 18. N8-Nate Wolbers[22]; 19. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[19]; 20. 8W-Michael Weber[3]; 21. 4C-Connor Carey[17]; 22. 04-Adam Meyer[20]; 23. 7F-Lilly Fassbender[7]; 24. 83Z-Makenna Zachman[25]; 25. 77-Colton Utley[9]

RUSH Race Gear Heat 1 – Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 5-Dave Eberle[3]; 2. 87-Dallas Ross[5]; 3. 77-Colton Utley[1]; 4. 52JR-Kacey Korsmo[8]; 5. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[7]; 6. 25-Cole O’Brien[6]; 7. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[2]; 8. 83Z-Makenna Zachman[9]; 9. 13-Griffin McGrath[4]

Sunset Auto Heat 2 – Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 7L-Jackson Lewis[6]; 2. 02W-Brycen Wilson[1]; 3. 14T-Talyn Neuman[4]; 4. 7F-Lilly Fassbender[3]; 5. 20-Ryan Sullivan[7]; 6. 4C-Connor Carey[8]; 7. 04-Adam Meyer[5]; 8. N8-Nate Wolbers[2]

HMS Motorsports Heat 3 – Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 8W-Michael Weber[2]; 2. 64-Adam Zellmer[5]; 3. 44M-Jordan Miklas[1]; 4. 53M-Keith Meyer[7]; 5. 19-Jeff Schmidt[6]; 6. 54W-Nate Werner[4]; 7. 7A-Brady Ascherien[3]; 8. 88-Cohen Henze[8]

15 entries
IMCA Hobby Stocks – Hawkins Trucking and Construct
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4-Jordan Miles[10]; 2. H2O-Daniel Wauters[9]; 3. 28-Sheldon Hunter[5]; 4. 4M-Karter Miles[7]; 5. 1X-Kile Vohringer[8]; 6. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[14]; 7. 51-Brett Hahlen[3]; 8. 59-Roger Winkers[13]; 9. 23T-Todd Van Tassel[2]; 10. 1-Lane Vohringer[12]; 11. 17M-Jared Miller[6]; 12. 12-Dylan Said[1]; 13. 58-Corey Cullen[4]; 14. 8L-Lukas Short[11]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 28-Sheldon Hunter[5]; 2. 4M-Karter Miles[6]; 3. H2O-Daniel Wauters[7]; 4. 51-Brett Hahlen[4]; 5. 12-Dylan Said[1]; 6. 8L-Lukas Short[8]; 7. 59-Roger Winkers[2]; 8. (DNS) 3B-Brandon White

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 17M-Jared Miller[5]; 2. 1X-Kile Vohringer[6]; 3. 23T-Todd Van Tassel[2]; 4. 4-Jordan Miles[7]; 5. 58-Corey Cullen[4]; 6. 1-Lane Vohringer[3]; 7. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[1]

10 entries
4-Stocks – Tri-City Construction
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Cyle Hawkins[3]; 2. 56C-Scott Vetter[4]; 3. 630-Dustin Munn[2]; 4. 49-Jacob Welter[6]; 5. 14-Drew Wise[7]; 6. 33B-Zach Brenner[8]; 7. 11H-Justin Hempstead[1]; 8. 07-Gracie Hempstead[9]; 9. 45K-Sam King[10]; 10. (DNS) 47-Thomas Adams

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 28-Cyle Hawkins[5]; 2. 56C-Scott Vetter[6]; 3. 630-Dustin Munn[3]; 4. 11H-Justin Hempstead[1]; 5. 47-Thomas Adams[7]; 6. 49-Jacob Welter[10]; 7. 14-Drew Wise[4]; 8. 33B-Zach Brenner[9]; 9. 07-Gracie Hempstead[2]; 10. 45K-Sam King[8]

9 entries
Nostalgic Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 38-Ray Guss Jr[8]; 2. 00-Jeff Walker[3]; 3. 95-Austin Honts[2]; 4. 55-Mark Claeys[1]; 5. 25-Matt Fulton Jr[6]; 6. 81-Randy Christner[4]; 7. 112-Brian Tuttle[7]; 8. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[5]; 9. (DNS) 50-Terry Mattly

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 00-Jeff Walker[2]; 2. 38-Ray Guss Jr[8]; 3. 95-Austin Honts[1]; 4. 55-Mark Claeys[3]; 5. 81-Randy Christner[6]; 6. 25-Matt Fulton Jr[4]; 7. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[5]; 8. 50-Terry Mattly[7]; 9. (DNS) 112-Brian Tuttle

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