Mr. & Mrs. Meyer Score Feature Wins At Del Gade Memorial Race

 

 

By: Jerry Mackey

Maquoketa, Iowa (June 15, 2024) – Saturday night the Maquoketa Speedway held a very special night of racing as the 4th annual Del Gade Memorial race was held. The American Iron Racing Series is the brainchild of the late Del Gade and his son Brian of Clarence, Iowa. The AIRS Series was started with a group of guys getting together in 2015 and putting the ideas in motion to form a class of race of cars that would be all American made cars that would be affordable and offer a chance to race at different tracks showcasing cars from days gone by. The first race was held in May of 2016 and has since grown into a very popular attraction. The annual “Del” drew nearly 30 cars to the Maquoketa Speedway on Saturday night and a special race night was held and the outcome could not have been scripted any better. Five heat races were held in the AIRS class with the field being split into two main events. The first feature was for drivers that who had not yet earned a feature win this season. Del Gade’s granddaughter set the pace for the field which also included Del’s daughter. When the checkers waved on the first 15 lap feature it was the Granddaughter Emily Meyer taking the win just ahead of her Aunt Lisa Miller. This was not a race that was gifted to Emily as she had to hold off Lisa Miller lap after lap and on a couple of occasions Lisa actually bumped her niece to let her know she was there and was not giving her the win. Emily held her line and hit her marks lap after lap in taking a win by less than a car length. Lisa Miller took second ahead of Connor Quigley.

The second AIRS feature, which included drivers who had visited victory lane recently, put on a great show with plenty of wheel to wheel action. Mallet Meyer, (Emily’s Husband) advanced from his 3rd position start and took the lead early from pole sitter Bruce Yoerger. Meyer drove his 1958 Ford Fairlane to the 15 lap feature win making a clean sweep for the Meyer household. Meyer had to hold off his Uncle Bart Miller in getting to the checkers first. Miller was able to catch Meyer but Meyer protected the low line in scoring the win. Meyer stated in victory lane, “Emily told me to not leave the low line, you know the wife is always right.” Emily was right and the two big trophies for the “Del Gade Memorial” went back to Clarence to the Meyer house.

The IMCA Modified feature saw defending Maquoketa Speedway track champion, Jeff (Bone) Larson add another feature win to his 2024 resume. Larson shot to the top of the track from his third row start and quickly worked to the front. Larson was able to get by early race leader Mark Schulte as the race closed in on the halfway mark. Charlie Mohr also found the high side to his liking advancing from a 4th row start to move into second late in the race. Mohr was able to close on Larson but was not able to pose a serious threat to he leader. Mohr crossed under the checkers in second ahead of Schulte.

The Amhof Trucking IMCA Sportmods main event saw 22 drivers take the green for their main event. Tyler Soppe jumped out front from the outside front row start and sailed on to the feature win. The field was bunched up a couple of times late due to minor spins but Soppe proved to be up to all challengers in scoring the win. Austin Stamm advanced from a seventh position start to take second ahead of Corey Kuntzelman.

The QC Jeeps.com IMCA Stock Cars put on their usual hotly contested feature race with plenty of door to door racing. For the first time, Farley Iowa driver Kyle Merkes raced to the win in the very tough Stock Car class. Merkes raced into the lead getting by Pole sitter Andrew Chelf. Merkes held the point the remainder of the race taking the win ahead of Joe Bonney and Leah Wroten.

The final race of the night was the Hobby Stock main and the feature could very well have been the race of the night as many as five drivers had a shot at the win on the final lap. The lead pack swelled to five as the race went on with the lead being swapped several times. Sheldon Hunter was able to get to the checkers first just ahead of Lane Vohringer and Jordan Miles.
The INEX Legends also saw a first time winner make his way to the Maquoketa Speedway victory lane. Young Dylan Manning took the feature win by holding off Craig Peekenschneider and Cole O’Brien.

Saturday, June 22nd will be Arnolds Motor Supply night at the races with concession specials, $2 hot dogs and $2 beers. The IMCA Late Models will be back in action along with all other weekly classes. Hot laps will take to the track at 6 pm with racing to follow.

13 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS – VEACH SEPTIC & SEWER
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[5]; 2. 99M-Charlie Mohr[8]; 3. 27M-Mark Schulte[1]; 4. 01M-Mitch Way[6]; 5. 99-Brandon Jewell[7]; 6. 98-Jacob Snyder[10]; 7. G1-Mike Garland[2]; 8. 65-Brian Meiners[13]; 9. 20-Jake Whittington[11]; 10. 2X-Patrick Moore[3]; 11. 5B-Tim Bader[12]; 12. 31A-Kory Meyer[9]; 13. (DNS) 12T-Timmy Current

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[3]; 2. 27M-Mark Schulte[1]; 3. 2X-Patrick Moore[2]; 4. 31A-Kory Meyer[5]; 5. 99-Brandon Jewell[4]; 6. 20-Jake Whittington[6]; 7. 65-Brian Meiners[7]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 99M-Charlie Mohr[4]; 2. 12T-Timmy Current[2]; 3. 01M-Mitch Way[3]; 4. G1-Mike Garland[1]; 5. 98-Jacob Snyder[5]; 6. 5B-Tim Bader[6]

14 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS – QCJEEPS.COM
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8K-Kyle Merkes[3]; 2. 70-Joe Bonney[5]; 3. 14C-Leah Wroten[2]; 4. 4K-Kodey Miles[7]; 5. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[11]; 6. 8-Rick Schriner[8]; 7. 357-Brett Vanous[10]; 8. 23-Brendan Driscoll[12]; 9. 77C-Mitch Current[13]; 10. 17-Andrew Chelf[1]; 11. 83-Jimmy Comins[6]; 12. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[9]; 13. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[4]; 14. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[14]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 357-Brett Vanous[7]; 2. 4K-Kodey Miles[5]; 3. 70-Joe Bonney[4]; 4. 8K-Kyle Merkes[3]; 5. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[6]; 6. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[2]; 7. 77C-Mitch Current[1]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 14C-Leah Wroten[2]; 2. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[3]; 3. 83-Jimmy Comins[4]; 4. 17-Andrew Chelf[1]; 5. 8-Rick Schriner[5]; 6. 23-Brendan Driscoll[7]; 7. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[6]

22 entries
IMCA SPORTMODS – AMHOF TRUCKING
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 3T-Tyler Soppe[2]; 2. 118-Austin Stamm[7]; 3. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[5]; 4. 9H-Levi Heath[8]; 5. 33-Jarett Franzen[9]; 6. 8S-Josh Starr[14]; 7. 18C-Dakota Cole[12]; 8. X14-Randy Farrell[3]; 9. 71J-Justin Schroeder[16]; 10. 75-Bob Silaggi[10]; 11. 65-David Engelkens[6]; 12. 70-Jonathon Baumann[11]; 13. 11J-Trey Jacobs[13]; 14. 54-Nick Shrope[19]; 15. 67-Josh Kloepping[17]; 16. 74-Mike Evans[15]; 17. 9-Scott Williams[4]; 18. 4J-Jared Miles[1]; 19. 21J-Jaron Groshans[18]; 20. 11C-Daniel Carpenter[21]; 21. 88X-Joshua Muse[20]; 22. (DNS) 98-Roy Pestka

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jarett Franzen[6]; 2. 118-Austin Stamm[5]; 3. 3T-Tyler Soppe[3]; 4. 18C-Dakota Cole[7]; 5. 11J-Trey Jacobs[1]; 6. 71J-Justin Schroeder[4]; 7. 54-Nick Shrope[2]; 8. 11C-Daniel Carpenter[8]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 75-Bob Silaggi[6]; 2. 4J-Jared Miles[2]; 3. X14-Randy Farrell[3]; 4. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[4]; 5. 8S-Josh Starr[5]; 6. 67-Josh Kloepping[1]; 7. 88X-Joshua Muse[7]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 9-Scott Williams[3]; 2. 9H-Levi Heath[5]; 3. 65-David Engelkens[4]; 4. 70-Jonathon Baumann[6]; 5. 74-Mike Evans[1]; 6. 21J-Jaron Groshans[2]; 7. (DNS) 98-Roy Pestka

10 entries
INEX LEGENDS – LEGENDS.DIRECT
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14-Dylan Manning[3]; 2. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[5]; 3. 25-Cole O’Brien[6]; 4. 19-Jeff Schmidt[9]; 5. 5-Dave Eberle[7]; 6. 53-Keith Meyer[4]; 7. 462-Rick Harris[10]; 8. 02W-Brycen Wilson[2]; 9. 88-Cohen Henze[8]; 10. (DNS) 04-Adam Meyer

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (5 Laps): 1. 5-Dave Eberle[4]; 2. 80-Craig Peekenschneider[3]; 3. 14-Dylan Manning[2]; 4. 19-Jeff Schmidt[5]; 5. 04-Adam Meyer[1]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (5 Laps): 1. 25-Cole O’Brien[3]; 2. 462-Rick Harris[5]; 3. 53-Keith Meyer[2]; 4. 88-Cohen Henze[4]; 5. 02W-Brycen Wilson[1]

14 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS – HAWKINS TRUCKING AND CONSTRUCT
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 28-Sheldon Hunter[1]; 2. 1-Lane Vohringer[3]; 3. 4-Jordan Miles[10]; 4. 8L-Lukas Short[7]; 5. 3-Dalton Weepie[12]; 6. 4M-Karter Miles[6]; 7. 4R-Randy LaMar[9]; 8. 58-Corey Cullen[2]; 9. 44-Keith Lilly[5]; 10. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[13]; 11. 59-Roger Winkers[11]; 12. 44N-Noah Schueller[14]; 13. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[4]; 14. 3B-Brandon White[8]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 8L-Lukas Short[5]; 2. 58-Corey Cullen[2]; 3. 4R-Randy LaMar[6]; 4. 4M-Karter Miles[4]; 5. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[3]; 6. 59-Roger Winkers[1]; 7. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[7]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 3B-Brandon White[5]; 2. 28-Sheldon Hunter[1]; 3. 1-Lane Vohringer[2]; 4. 4-Jordan Miles[6]; 5. 44-Keith Lilly[3]; 6. 3-Dalton Weepie[4]; 7. 44N-Noah Schueller[7]

27 entries
AMERICAN IRON RACING SERIES
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 15M-Emily Meyer[1]; 2. 15VL-Lisa Miller[5]; 3. 3 22-Connor Quigley[7]; 4. B07-Brian Stock[9]; 5. 17-Bryan Caspary[13]; 6. 36-Jayson Blunt[2]; 7. 53-DJ Fuller[8]; 8. 86-Dan Jordan[3]; 9. 727-Justin Stock[6]; 10. 68-Travis Heier[11]; 11. P51-David Bielenberg[4]; 12. A1-Jon Fish[10]; 13. 55-Don Betke[12]

A Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 5-Mallet Meyer[3]; 2. 501-Bart Miller[10]; 3. 29-Owen Hayes[2]; 4. 2-Domanic McNabb[5]; 5. 22Q-Tracy Quigley[8]; 6. 0-Dan Thompson[4]; 7. 16-Robin Atkins[12]; 8. 42-Bruce Yoerger[1]; 9. 63-Steve Olson[13]; 10. 23-Dennis Etten[7]; 11. 19-Jed Holland[9]; 12. 50-Brian Gade[6]; 13. 74-Doug Burkhead[11]; 14. 17SR-Ron Cook[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Dan Thompson[1]; 2. P51-David Bielenberg[3]; 3. 55-Don Betke[5]; 4. 53-DJ Fuller[4]; 5. 17-Bryan Caspary[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Doug Burkhead[3]; 2. 3 22-Connor Quigley[4]; 3. 727-Justin Stock[2]; 4. 36-Jayson Blunt[1]; 5. 86-Dan Jordan[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22Q-Tracy Quigley[3]; 2. 15M-Emily Meyer[1]; 3. 15VL-Lisa Miller[4]; 4. B07-Brian Stock[2]; 5. A1-Jon Fish[5]; 6. 68-Travis Heier[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Domanic McNabb[1]; 2. 63-Steve Olson[2]; 3. 17SR-Ron Cook[6]; 4. 29-Owen Hayes[3]; 5. 19-Jed Holland[5]; 6. 42-Bruce Yoerger[4]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 501-Bart Miller[3]; 2. 16-Robin Atkins[4]; 3. 5-Mallet Meyer[1]; 4. 23-Dennis Etten[2]; 5. 50-Brian Gade[5]

 

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