Davenport, IA (Friday, July 18, 2014) - Friday night at the Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IA was the final weekly points race before taking two weeks off for the Mississippi Valley Fair. Weekly racing action will resume on Friday, August 8th with the annual "4 Stock 50 Challenge", where the 4 Cylinders will be racing a 50 lap feature for $2,000 to win.
The first feature to take to the track on the night was the 15 lap IMCA SportMods, with Angie Feller and Jake Morris leading the field to the green. Morris would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Ricky Kay and Henry Carson, who started 8th. While Morris set a fast pace out front, Bryce Garnhart, who started 10th, was working his way towards the front. Barnhart, who was working the bottom of the track, had a side-by-side battle going for the runner up spot with Jacob Beal, when disaster struck Beal on lap 9. He would spin in turn 4 to bring out the first and only caution of the race, which also brought the field back to Morris' back bumper. On the restart Garnhart went to the bottom to take the top spot away from Morris on lap 10, with Dustin Crear, who started 9th, close behind. Crear would slip under Morris on lap 11 for the second spot and then went to work on chasing down Garnhart for the lead. But Garnhart would hold on over the final laps to pick up his third win of the season at the track. Crear settled for 2nd, Doug Burkhead came from 7th to finish in 3rd, Carson was 4th, with Kay coming home in 5th.
Up next was the 15 lap Street Stock feature, with Dan Anderson and Randy Lamar making up the front row for the event. Dan Anderson took advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Rick Schriner and Mike Anderson. Dan Anderson then held the top spot until lap 4, when Schriner went to the top of the track to grab the lead on lap 4. Just after the completion of lap 4 the first caution of the race appeared, as Jacob Whittington spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Cary Brown, who was running 3rd after starting in 7th, Donnie Louck, Perry Gellerstedt, Nick Claussen, Dwayne Smith Jr., Steve Cox and Bryan Ritter collided in turn 3 to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Schriner jump back out front, with Lamar and Mike Anderson close behind. Schriner then started to pull away from the battle behind him, when he drifted off the track in turn 4 and fell from the lead to 11th. That would hand the lead over to Lamar. While Lamar led the field, Claussen, who was involved in the lap 4 crash, was working his way back up to the front. Claussen would slip into the runner up spot on lap 12 and then went to work on chasing down Lamar for the lead. He got some help on lap 13, when Mike Anderson, who was running 4th, spun in turn 2 and collected Whittington to bring out the yellow. On the restart Claussen slipped under Lamar to take over the top spot on lap 14. Coming out of turn 4 for the checkered flag Claussen would push up the track, while Lamar went off the track to allow Cord Williams to slip under them both to claim his first career feature win. Claussen settled for 2nd, Andrew Burk came from 14th to 3rd, Kevin Schloemer came from 11th and finished in 4th, with Schriner recovering from his early slip over the track to come back up to finish in 5th.
Rich Smith and Rob Henry led the field to the green flag in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature, with Smith grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Milo Veloz Jr., who started 6th, and Henry. Smith then worked the next 3 laps to hold off Veloz for the lead, when the first caution of the event slowed the action. Rob Dominacki would spin in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Smith jumped back out front, with Joe Beal, who started 8th, over taking Veloz for second who had Bob Dominacki glued to his back bumper. Bob Dominacki used the top of the speedway to get around Smith on lap 9 to grab the top spot away, with Beal following him close behind. Beal tried the low and middle grooves of the track to get around Bob Dominacki over the next 4 laps, when the second caution of the event slowed the battle up front. This time Jacob Waterman slipped over the track in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Bob Dominacki moved back out front, with Beal and Mitch Morris, who started 9th, close behind. Bob Dominacki, who was up top, Beal, who was running the middle, and Morris, who was on the bottom, had a nice three car battle for the lead going until the third caution of the race slowed the action. A deck panel flew off a car and was laying in the middle of the track in turn 1 would bring out the yellow. Once again Bob Dominacki grabbed the lead on the restart, with Beal glued to his back bumper. Coming to the white flag Bob Dominacki and Beal we dead even at the line to set up a great battle to the checkered flag. But when Rob Dominacki spun in turn 4 to bring out the final caution of the event, the feature was scored complete as the leaders had taken the white flag. Bob Dominacki was declared the winner, as he lead lap 19 by inches to claim his first win of the season at the track. Beal was 2nd, Morris was 3rd, Matt Werner was 4th after starting in 7th, with Doug Crampton coming home in 5th after starting in 12th.
Up next was the 25 lap IMCA Late Model feature, with Duane Christensen and Chuck Hanna leading the field to the green flag. Hanna would use his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Christensen and Joe Zrostlik, who started 6th. The action up front was slowed for the first and only time on lap 2, when Jason Pestka spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Hanna jumped back out front, with Zrostlik working to hold back Justin Kay, who started 10th. Kay worked the bottom of the track to clear Zrostlik on lap 9 for the runner up spot and then used the same line to take over the top spot from Hanna on lap 11. Kay then pulled away over the final 14 laps to pick up his third win in a row and fifth in the last six weeks at the track. Zrostlik was 2nd, Hanna was 3rd, Todd Malmstrom started 8th and finished in 4th, with Nate Bueseling coming from 9th to round out the top 5.
The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 12 lap 4 Stocks, with Sean Fersch and Scott Wolfe making up the front row for the event. Fersch used his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Zach Dahl and Luke Benischek. Fersch's lead only last for one lap, as Brandon Dahl, who started 7th, quickly worked his way to the lead on lap 2. The first and only caution of the race appeared on lap 3, when Wolfe's window net fell down to bring out a safety caution. On the restart Brandon Dahl moved back out front, with Zach Dahl glued to his back bumper. Zach Dahl tried to the low side and the middle of the track to get by Brandon Dahl over the final 9 laps. But Brandon Dahl was able to hold him off to claim his fourth win of the season at the track. Zach Dahl settled for 2nd, Andy Loy came from 6th to finish in 3rd, Jake Benischek was 4th, with Eric Stogdell finishing 5th after starting in 12th.
Notes from Davenport: Jacob Beal recovered from his spin on lap 9 of the SportMod feature to come back up to finish in 8th......Mike Anderson recovered from his spin on lap 13 of the Street Stock feature to come back up to finish in 6th....Bryan Ritter, who started 15th, was involved in the lap 4 pile up in turn 3. He recovered from that crash to come back up to finish in 9th....Cary Brown was also involved in the lap 4 pile up in turn 3. He would recover to to come home in 10th....Steve Gustaf Sr. started in 17th and finished in 11th....Jacob Whittington who spun on lap 4 and was also involved in the spin on lap 13, recovered to finish in 12th......Chris Zogg started the Modified feature in 11th and finished 9th....Gary Crawford started 15th and passed 4 cars to finish in 11th....Scott Powell passed 5 cars from his 19th place starting spot to come home in 14th....Jacob Waterman recovered from his lap 14 spin to come back up to finish in 16th....Jarrod Struss, Tyler Smith, Chris James, Bruce Fosdyck Sr., and Brian Stock were the 5 drivers who didn't make it out of the B Main......Mike Zemo Jr. started the Late Model feature in 14th and passed 6 cars to finish in 8th....Travis Denning started 12th and finished in 10th....Matt Ryan came from 15th and finished 13th......Scott Wolfe recovered from his window net falling down on lap 3 of the 4 Stock feature to come back up to finish in 7th....Steve Boyle started 11th and finished in 8th....Richard Dearborn started 13th and finished in 10th.
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