Davenport, IA (Friday, August 9, 2013) - After having a night off from the track I work at on Friday nights I decided to make the trip north to the Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IA to take in some racing action. The track returned to action after two weeks off for the Mississippi Valley Fair, and in action on the night was the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, Street Stocks and the 4 Stocks racing for a top prize of $2,000.
The first feature up on the night was the 15 lap Street Stocks, with Nick Claussen and Donnie Louck making up the front row after Keith Jackson was late to the line up and had to start in the back. Just as the green flag was waved the caution would appear, as Rob Nylin slowed to a stop down the front stretch to bring out the yellow. On the restart Claussen took advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Louck and Jeremy Marquette, who started 7th. Claussen then held the top spot until lap 6 when he pulled off with troubles, which handed the lead over to Marquette. Marquette then started to pull away from the field when the second caution of the event came out on lap 9. This time Gerald Ward, who was running 4th, pulled into the infield with flames under the hood. Perry Gellerstedt, who started 5th, jumped to the outside of Marquette on the restart to grab the top spot away on lap 10. Gellerstedt then held off Marquette over the final 5 laps to claim his first win of the season at the track. Marquette settled for 2nd, Louck was 3rd, Joe Bonney came from 9th to finish in 4th, with Kevin Dickey coming from 14th to round out the top 5.
Up next was the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature, with Kevin Goben and Terry Rentfro on the front row. Just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on, as Bob Dominacki, who started 6th, spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Mitch Morris came from 4th to grab the lead on lap 1 over Goben and Matt Werner, who started 7th. Morris then started to pull away from the battle for second, when another caution came out on lap 8. This time Todd Dykema spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Morris again jumped out front on the restart, with Doug Crampton over taking Goben for second. The yellow light would come back on 1 lap later, lap 9, as Rob Dominacki spun in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Morris moved back out front, with Crampton working to hold back Goben. Once again Morris started to pull away from the battle for second, when another caution appeared on lap 14. Rob Dominacki would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow, which was his second solo caution to end his night. Morris grabbed the lead on the restart, with Goben edging out Crampton for the second spot. Coming to take the white flag Bob Dominacki, who came from the rear after his spin on the start, would get into the back of Goben while battling for third. Goben would end up spinning to bring out the caution. Since the leader had taken the white flag the yellow and checkered was thrown, giving Morris his third win of the season at the track. Crampton was 2nd, Joe Beal, who started 10th, was credited with 3rd, Rentfro was 4th, with Tony VonDresky coming from 12th to finish in 5th.
LeRoy Brenner and Joe Ross led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 25 lap IMCA Late Model feature, with Ross grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Brenner and Marty Diercks. The action up front was slowed for the first time on lap 5, as Rob Toland, who was running 2nd, spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Ross moved back out front, with Mike Zemo Jr., who started 7th, over taking Brenner for the second spot. Zemo Jr. would jump to the top of the track to over take Ross for the top spot on lap 7 and then held it until the second caution of the event. Ryan Claeys would spin off the track in turns 1 and 2 to bring out the yellow. Once again Zemo Jr. moved out front on the restart, with Nate Beuseling, who started 9th, over taking Ross for second. Beuseling would work the bottom of the track to over take Zemo Jr. for the lead on lap 11 and then held it until the third caution of the event appeared on lap 13. Claeys spun his machine in turn 2 to bring out the yellow, which was his second solo caution to end his night. Justin Kay, who started 10th, jumped to the top of the track on the restart to over take Beuseling on the restart for the lead. Kay then started to pull away from the field, when the fourth caution of the event came out on lap 22. This time Todd Malmstrom came to a stop down the back stretch to bring out the yellow. On the restart Kay moved back out front, with Zemo Jr. over taking Beuseling for the second spot. But just as the race got going, the final caution of the event appeared on lap 23. Matt Ryan would go for a spin in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Kay once again grabbed the lead on the restart and then led the final 2 laps to claim his fifth win in a row at the track. Zemo Jr. was 2nd, Beuseling was 3rd, Spencer Diercks was 4th, with Mike Murphy Jr. coming from 11th to round out the top 5.
Up next was the 15 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Kevin Schroeder and Doug Burkhead leading the field to the green flag. Burkhead would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Ricky Kay and Schroeder. The first and only caution of the event would appear after the completion of lap 1, as Brandon Jewell spun in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Burkhead jumped back out front, with Kay working to hold back Bryce Garnhart in the battle for second. Burkhead would pull away from the field over the final 14 laps to claim his second win of the season at the track. Garnhart would finish 2nd, Schroeder was 3rd, #6 sorry didn't hear the name was 4th, with Kay rounding out the top 5 after running in second and going over the track in turns 1 and 2 late in the race.
The final feature up on the night was the 50 lap 4 Stocks, with $2,000 going to the winner. Lance Butson and Steve Miedke drew the front row for the event. But just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on, as Mike Morrow spun in turn 2 after contact from Aaron Hitt. On the restart third place starter Andy Wagner would grab the lead on lap 1 over Miedke and Jacob Ellithorpe, who started 7th. Wagner then held the top spot until lap 3, when Ellithorpe slipped under him to edge out the lead at the line by inches. The action up front was slowed for the second time, as Jon Scott spun into the front stretch wall on lap 5 to bring out the yellow. Ellithorpe grabbed the lead on the restart, with Wagner working to hold back Brandon Dahl in the battle for second. The third caution of the event would come out on lap 13, as Lucas Short came to a stop down the backstretch to bring out the yellow. Once again Ellithorpe jumped out front on the restart, with Wagner working to hold back Brad Chandler, who started 11th. But just as the action up front was heating up, then fourth caution appeared on lap 15. This time Kile Vohringer slowed to a stop down the backstretch, after loosing an engine, to bring out the yellow. Ellithorpe moved back out front on the restart, with Wagner and Chandler going back to the battle for second. The three drivers, Ellithorpe, Wagner, and Chandler went three wide for the top spot on lap 18, with Wagner grabbing the lead at the line. Chandler would work under Wagner the following lap, lap 19, to grab the top spot. Those three drivers would start to pull away from the field, when the final caution of the event appeared on lap 29. Morrow would slow to a stop in turn 4 to bring the yellow light on. Chandler grabbed the lead on the restart, with Ellithorpe working on him for the top spot. Ellithorpe found the opening he needed, as Chandler opened the bottom, to allow Ellithorpe to lead lap 44. But Chandler would slip back under Ellithorpe on lap 45 to grab the lead back. Coming to the wave of the green flag, two laps to go, Ellithorpe once again slipped under Chandler to take the top spot back. But Chandler would slip back under Ellithorpe coming to the white flag and then held him off to pick up the win and the $2,000 check. But after post race tech Chandler's car failed the compression rule and he was disqualified. This would give Ellithorpe the win and the $2,000 top prize. Brandon Dahl was moved up to 2nd, Jay Orr came from 17th and was moved up to 3rd, Hitt recovering from the contact on the start to come back up to get moved up to 4th, with with Miedke getting moved to 5th after crossing the line in 6th.
Notes from Davenport: 40 4 Stocks signed in on the night in hopes of taking home the $2,000 top prize. Four 10 car heats were ran, with the top 3 redrawing for the feature. Then two B Mains were ran, with the top 4 from each earning a spot into the 50 lap A Main....Jake Ellithorpe, Adam Gates and Justin Schroeder started heat race 1 in 1st, 2nd and 3rd. They would cross the line at the finish in that same order....Andy Wagner came from 4th to win heat 2 over Lance Butson and Jon Scott, who started 9th....Steve Miedke won the 3rd heat race over Nathan Hall and Merv Chandler, who started 8th....Heat race number 4 saw Brandon Dahl grab the win, while Rob Harding Jr. crossed the line in 2nd but was disqualified in tech. This would move Brad Chandler, who started 7th, up to 2nd and Kile Vohringer into 3rd after starting in 10th....Brandon Klein came from 6th to take the win in B Main number 1. While Aaron Hitt was 2nd, Jay Orr, who came down from Milwaukee, WI, finished 3rd, with Andy Loy coming from 14th to take the final transfer spot in 4th....Mike Morrow took the win in B Main number 2, with Gage Neal coming home in 2nd, Joe Zrostlik came from 8th to finish in 3rd, with Lucas Short holding off Rob Harding Jr., who started 14th, to claim the final transfer spot in 4th......Cary Brown, who was suppose to start the Street Stock feature in 6th, was sent to the back for being late to the line up. He would recover to take home a 6th place finish....Randy Lamar came from 13th to finish in 7th......Craig Crawford started 11th and finished in 6th....Jake Bowman came from 13th to finish in 8th....Jarrod Struss passed 6 cars from his 17th place starting spot to finish in 11th....Dean McGee was suppose to start the Modified feature in 3rd, but motor troubles after crossing the line in his heat race forced him to scratch from the event......Rob Toland recovered from his lap 5 spin, while running 2nd in the Late Model feature, to finish in 6th....Andy Nezworksi had troubles in his heat and was going to be a scratch for the feature. But Stephan Kammerer, who was scheduled to start 5th, gave up his ride to Nezworksi to drive in the feature, as Nezworski was 2nd in points going into the night. Nezworksi would start 14th and passed 7 cars to finish in 7th....Todd Malmstrom drove the #90 Gustaf Engine & Machine Late Model on the night. He would start 8th in the feature, but brought out a caution on lap 22. He then recovered from that to come back up to finish in 8th....Chuck Hanna was a scratch from his heat race and started 15th in the feature. He would pass 6 cars to finish in 9th......Joe Zrostlik started the 4 Stock feature in 18th and was up to 8th, when he went over the track in turns 1 and 2 on lap 10. He would come back onto the track without bringing out the caution just in front of the leaders. A caution on lap 13 would allow him to come around to start at the tail of the field. He then drove up to take home a 6th place finish....Andy Wagner, who was battling for the lead early, had problems on the white flag lap which dropped him to a 9th place finish...Adam Gates fell from 8th to 20th on the drop of the green flag and had worked his way back up to 5th by the half way point. But troubles late would force him to fall out with an 10th place finish....Andy Loy came from 19th to finish in 11th....Brandon Klein was running 4th when he had motor troubles on the lap 15 caution to end his night in 14th.
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