9/25/2022
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Justin Kay wins 45th Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Davenport
Anthony Ainslie (Davenport, IA) -- It was an East vs. West showdown on a Saturday night under the lights for the relocated Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Davenport Speedway.
The 45th running of the Yankee was initially slated to be ran at Farley, Iowa’s 300 Raceway. However, after outside conditions caused the cancellation of the race, Davenport Speedway stepped up to host the race, and so Davenport became only the third different track to run the race. It was also the first time in 31 years since the last time the Yankee switched locations.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Ruefer
The Malvern Bank and Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models Series saw their biggest field of cars all season long as 49 cars from four states made the trip out to the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds for a chance to add their name to the list of winners of the Yankee.
Defending West Series Champion started the night by being the top qualifier. The Norfolk, Nebraska driver clocked in at a blistering 14.120 seconds. While the Nebraska was on top of the speed charts, six Iowans took the night’s six heat races. Derrick Stewart, Chad Holladay, Corey Dripps, Jeff Tharp, Jason Hahne, and Jesse Sobbing all guaranteed their spots in the big show with heat race wins. Matt Ryan and Jeff Aikey won the night’s two B features. After provisionals were determined, a massive 28-car field took to the track for the 60-lap main event.
Nick Marolf was quick to jump to the early race lead. Justin Kay and Jeff Larson gave chase early on, but the Moscow, Iowa driver Marolf was up to the challenge. Unfortunately, his race was cut short as motor troubles took Marolf out of the race while leading on lap 14.
Marolf’s misfortunes handed the lead over to Kay. Larson tried to run the bottom lane and the top lane, but he could not find a way around Kay. Kay, the East Series Point Leader proceeded to extend his race lead.
After the race went caution-free for the entire 60-lap distance, Kay picked up the $6,045 payday. Kay managed to lap all the way up to the sixth-place car. The win is his fourth on the year. It was also Kay’s ninth career series win which put him fourth on the all-time win list.
Jeff Larson would have to settle for second while Tad Pospisil came in third. Tyler Bruening was fourth, and Chad Holladay rounded out the top five. Jake Neal was the hard charger on the race as the Omaha native came home ninth after starting back in 23rd.
Only two races remain on the 2022 season. Next up, the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series returns to action on Sunday with their second visit to the East Moline Speedway in East Moline, Illinois. After that, the East and West Series come back together on October 15th for the final race at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska.
RESULTS
Hoker Trucking Malvern Bank A Feature 1 (60 Laps): 1. 15K-Justin Kay[1]; 2. 99L-Jeff Larson[5]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[7]; 5. 32C-Chad Holladay[3]; 6. 40-Joel Callahan[19]; 7. 99-Jesse Sobbing[9]; 8. 44-Luke Goedert[20]; 9. 1-Jake Neal[23]; 10. 62-Justin Zeitner[10]; 11. 24-Bill Leighton[8]; 12. 56-Andy Eckrich[22]; 13. 77-Jeff Aikey[17]; 14. 22C-Charlie McKenna[11]; 15. 43-Derrick Stewart[13]; 16. 10T-Jeff Tharp[15]; 17. 15C-Curt Schroeder[25]; 18. 07-Matt Ryan[16]; 19. 58-Dave Eckrich[18]; 20. 29-Spencer Diercks[6]; 21. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[21]; 22. 32-Curtis Glover[27]; 23. 53-Andrew Kosiski[12]; 24. 31-Corey Dripps[14]; 25. 33-Nick Marolf[2]; 26. 74-Ron Boyse[26]; 27. 14-Logan Duffy[24]; 28. 76H-Jason Hahne[28]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 07-Matt Ryan[1]; 2. 58-Dave Eckrich[2]; 3. 56-Andy Eckrich[4]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[3]; 5. 14-Logan Duffy[7]; 6. 42R-Fred Remley[5]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 8. 65-Chuck Hanna[8]; 9. 99P-Luke Pestka[11]; 10. 25-Brad Perdue[10]; 11. 30-Todd Cooney[12]; 12. 4-JC Wyman[6]; 13. K1-Kyle Krampe[14]; 14. 17-Kirby Schultz[15]; 15. 45-Curt Martin[13]; 16. 111-Anthony Guss[16]; 17. 115-Jacob Lenth[17]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 77-Jeff Aikey[6]; 2. 40-Joel Callahan[2]; 3. 1-Jake Neal[5]; 4. 44-Luke Goedert[1]; 5. 42-Johnathan Huston[8]; 6. 8-Jaden Fryer[7]; 7. 74-Ron Boyse[11]; 8. 01-CJ Horn[4]; 9. 32-Curtis Glover[14]; 10. 44D-Dustin Wilkinson[16]; 11. 72-Jerod Ballhagen[13]; 12. 91-Gabe Umbarger[10]; 13. 5S-Jeff Segebart[15]; 14. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[9]; 15. 22B-Jonathan Brauns[3]; 16. 93-Mike Kline[12]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 43-Derrick Stewart[2]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 3. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 4. 62-Justin Zeitner[5]; 5. 56-Andy Eckrich[4]; 6. 99P-Luke Pestka[7]; 7. 42-Johnathan Huston[3]; 8. 111-Anthony Guss[8]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 32C-Chad Holladay[6]; 2. 44-Luke Goedert[3]; 3. 53-Andrew Kosiski[4]; 4. 22C-Charlie McKenna[5]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[7]; 6. 25-Brad Perdue[1]; 7. 32-Curtis Glover[8]; 8. 30-Todd Cooney[2]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 31-Corey Dripps[2]; 2. 15K-Justin Kay[6]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 4. 40-Joel Callahan[4]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]; 6. 14-Logan Duffy[3]; 7. 17-Kirby Schultz[8]; 8. 45-Curt Martin[1]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 10T-Jeff Tharp[1]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan[3]; 3. 42R-Fred Remley[2]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[4]; 6. 74-Ron Boyse[7]; 7. 72-Jerod Ballhagen[8]; 8. 77-Jeff Aikey[5]; 9. 115-Jacob Lenth[9]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 76H-Jason Hahne[5]; 2. 58-Dave Eckrich[2]; 3. 99L-Jeff Larson[6]; 4. 01-CJ Horn[3]; 5. 22B-Jonathan Brauns[4]; 6. 91-Gabe Umbarger[1]; 7. K1-Kyle Krampe[8]; 8. 5S-Jeff Segebart[7]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing[3]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks[5]; 3. 33-Nick Marolf[6]; 4. 65-Chuck Hanna[1]; 5. 8-Jaden Fryer[2]; 6. 1-Jake Neal[4]; 7. 93-Mike Kline[7]; 8. 44D-Dustin Wilkinson[8]
Qualifying A: 1. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:14.120[6]; 2. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:14.147[4]; 3. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.285[10]; 4. 62-Justin Zeitner, 00:14.561[12]; 5. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 00:14.563[19]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:14.612[15]; 7. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:14.640[22]; 8. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:14.676[1]; 9. 40-Joel Callahan, 00:14.678[13]; 10. 42-Johnathan Huston, 00:14.798[16]; 11. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:14.854[21]; 12. 14-Logan Duffy, 00:14.867[14]; 13. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:14.895[20]; 14. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:14.914[3]; 15. 31-Corey Dripps, 00:14.917[24]; 16. 4-JC Wyman, 00:14.954[7]; 17. 25-Brad Perdue, 00:15.039[5]; 18. 45-Curt Martin, 00:15.191[11]; 19. 99P-Luke Pestka, 00:15.211[8]; 20. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:15.278[18]; 21. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:15.761[2]; 22. 111-Anthony Guss, 00:16.636[23]; 23. 32-Curtis Glover, 00:16.636[9]; 24. 17-Kirby Schultz, 00:16.636[17]
Qualifying B: 1. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.316[16]; 2. 99L-Jeff Larson, 00:14.507[22]; 3. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:14.532[23]; 4. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:14.542[7]; 5. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:14.554[5]; 6. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:14.591[20]; 7. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:14.599[4]; 8. 22B-Jonathan Brauns, 00:14.624[1]; 9. 1-Jake Neal, 00:14.676[13]; 10. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:14.702[2]; 11. 01-CJ Horn, 00:14.766[17]; 12. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:14.780[9]; 13. 42R-Fred Remley, 00:14.919[14]; 14. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:14.986[3]; 15. 8-Jaden Fryer, 00:15.148[8]; 16. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:15.151[12]; 17. 91-Gabe Umbarger, 00:15.402[11]; 18. 65-Chuck Hanna, 00:15.538[19]; 19. 74-Ron Boyse, 00:15.799[10]; 20. 5S-Jeff Segebart, 00:15.929[6]; 21. 93-Mike Kline, 00:15.936[18]; 22. 72-Jerod Ballhagen, 00:16.123[24]; 23. K1-Kyle Krampe, 00:16.172[15]; 24. 44D-Dustin Wilkinson, 00:16.672[21]; 25. 115-Jacob Lenth, 00:16.672[25]
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IMCA MODIFIEDS - ERIKSEN CHEVROLET
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 29D-Brad Dierks[3]; 2. 88J-Jarrett Brown[8]; 3. 3G-Bryce Garnhart[13]; 4. 99X-Charlie Mohr[1]; 5. 1-Eric Barnes[10]; 6. 50-Denny Eckrich[7]; 7. 77S-Andy Nezworski[20]; 8. 9Z-Chris Zogg[5]; 9. 88-Tony Von Dresky[16]; 10. 720-Tyler Madigan[23]; 11. 33J-Joe Huenefeld[9]; 12. 29C-Craig Crawford[25]; 13. 99-Brandon Jewell[17]; 14. 33K-Kenny Kostenbader[22]; 15. 32H-Skyler Harroun[27]; 16. 56-Jamie Pfeiffer[19]; 17. 70-Mitch Morris[14]; 18. 01M-Mitch Way[18]; 19. 111-Brandon Leverington[28]; 20. 11-Ray Cox Jr[21]; 21. 3-Kelly Shryock[4]; 22. 2X-Patrick Moore[24]; 23. 17-Jason Pershy[11]; 24. 29-Spencer Diercks[2]; 25. 93-Matt Werner[6]; 26. G1-Mike Garland[15]; 27. 7M-Matt Short[26]; 28. 77-Jeff Aikey[12]; 29. D6-John Connolly[29]; 30. (DNS) 32K-Kyle Montgomery
Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jeff Aikey[1]; 2. 93-Matt Werner[6]; 3. 99X-Charlie Mohr[2]; 4. 1-Eric Barnes[10]; 5. 3G-Bryce Garnhart[3]; 6. 88-Tony Von Dresky[8]; 7. 56-Jamie Pfeiffer[7]; 8. 33K-Kenny Kostenbader[5]; 9. 29C-Craig Crawford[9]; 10. 111-Brandon Leverington[4]
Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 88J-Jarrett Brown[3]; 2. 3-Kelly Shryock[9]; 3. 50-Denny Eckrich[8]; 4. 33J-Joe Huenefeld[1]; 5. 70-Mitch Morris[5]; 6. 99-Brandon Jewell[7]; 7. 77S-Andy Nezworski[4]; 8. 720-Tyler Madigan[10]; 9. 7M-Matt Short[6]; 10. D6-John Connolly[2]
Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 29-Spencer Diercks[4]; 2. 17-Jason Pershy[2]; 3. 9Z-Chris Zogg[10]; 4. 29D-Brad Dierks[3]; 5. G1-Mike Garland[1]; 6. 01M-Mitch Way[6]; 7. 11-Ray Cox Jr[7]; 8. 2X-Patrick Moore[8]; 9. 32H-Skyler Harroun[9]; 10. (DNS) 32K-Kyle Montgomery
STREET STOCKS - KOEHLER ELECTRIC
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 24D-Daron Oberbroeckling[4]; 2. 4S-Jeff Struck Jr[3]; 3. 00-Rob Henry[13]; 4. 5-Jeff Hartzell[6]; 5. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[9]; 6. 70-Joe Bonney[1]; 7. 81-Cary Brown[10]; 8. 59-Roger Rickels[7]; 9. 27-Dave Wadsager[5]; 10. 3P-Alex Pappas[11]; 11. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[15]; 12. 56-Justin Skiles[14]; 13. 95-Jesse Owen[8]; 14. 88-Jake Lund[2]; 15. (DNS) 2-Colby Hixson; 16. (DNS) 63-Shad Murphy
Heat 1 - Top 5 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[1]; 2. 4S-Jeff Struck Jr[6]; 3. 70-Joe Bonney[2]; 4. 88-Jake Lund[4]; 5. 59-Roger Rickels[3]; 6. 3P-Alex Pappas[7]; 7. 00-Rob Henry[5]; 8. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[8]
Heat 2 - Top 5 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 95-Jesse Owen[5]; 2. 5-Jeff Hartzell[4]; 3. 27-Dave Wadsager[2]; 4. 81-Cary Brown[3]; 5. 24D-Daron Oberbroeckling[8]; 6. 2-Colby Hixson[6]; 7. 56-Justin Skiles[1]; 8. 63-Shad Murphy[7]
IMCA SPORTMODS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[12]; 2. 43LV-Logan Veloz[2]; 3. 3T-Tyler Soppe[8]; 4. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[1]; 5. 21-Ryan Schilling[9]; 6. 77H-Kyle Neels[3]; 7. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[4]; 8. 65-David Engelkens[15]; 9. 4G-Kevin Goben[24]; 10. 69ER-Ryan Reed[17]; 11. 82T-Brett Thomas[5]; 12. 39R-Rance Powell[7]; 13. 10-Erick Turner[25]; 14. 18-Todd Dykema[11]; 15. 71J-Justin Schroeder[21]; 16. X14-Randy Farrell[28]; 17. 0G-Bryan Ritter[14]; 18. 18C-Dakota Cole[18]; 19. 34-Jay Garby[20]; 20. 18W-Josh Woodruff[27]; 21. 22H-Curt Hilmer[19]; 22. 12H-Dakota Hayden[6]; 23. 16-Joel Payne[13]; 24. 31-Chad Coyne[23]; 25. 10S-Shaine Bennett[26]; 26. 18H-Don Hatfield[16]; 27. 15-Barry Bates[22]; 28. (DNS) 1JR-Ben Chapman
Heat 1 - Top 4 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Tyler Soppe[6]; 2. 18-Todd Dykema[2]; 3. 21-Ryan Schilling[1]; 4. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[7]; 5. 16-Joel Payne[5]; 6. 18H-Don Hatfield[9]; 7. 22H-Curt Hilmer[8]; 8. 15-Barry Bates[3]; 9. 10-Erick Turner[4]
Heat 2 - Top 4 redraw (8 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[4]; 2. 12H-Dakota Hayden[10]; 3. 82T-Brett Thomas[8]; 4. 77H-Kyle Neels[1]; 5. 0G-Bryan Ritter[5]; 6. 69ER-Ryan Reed[2]; 7. 34-Jay Garby[9]; 8. 31-Chad Coyne[6]; 9. 10S-Shaine Bennett[3]; 10. X14-Randy Farrell[7]
Heat 3 - top 4 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 43LV-Logan Veloz[3]; 2. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[7]; 3. 39R-Rance Powell[1]; 4. 1JR-Ben Chapman[5]; 5. 65-David Engelkens[6]; 6. 18C-Dakota Cole[2]; 7. 71J-Justin Schroeder[8]; 8. 4G-Kevin Goben[4]; 9. 18W-Josh Woodruff[9]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
