9/24/2021
RacinBoys
Bruening returns to Victory Lane in Hoker East Series’ debut at Dubuque
By Anthony Ainslie (Dubuque, IA) -- Another familiar face added their name to the winner list in 2021 with the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models East in the tour’s first ever visit to the Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway on Thursday.
The quarter-mile bullring at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds played host to the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series for the first time for round 14 for the 2021 season. The race marked the first race of the final tripleheader weekend of the year for the East Series. A stout field of 30 late models made the trip on a late September evening in Eastern Iowa.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Ruefer
Andy Eckrich brought the field to the green flag from the pole in the 30-lap main event. The Oxford, Iowa driver broke out to an early lead. While he led, Tyler Bruening made good use of the outside line and charged his way to the front and challenged Eckrich for the lead.
Eckrich and Bruening went back and forth using the high and low lanes in their duel for the lead. The battle spilled over into lapped traffic, but still, the two Iowa natives didn’t back down. Bruening took the lead on lap six, and wasn’t until lap 12 when Eckrich officially took the lead back. Bruening took the lead back and kept with 14 laps remaining right before a spin in turn one brought the race under caution with 13 laps left.
After the second and final caution with 11 laps to go, Bruening pulled away from the rest of the field, and the Decorah, Iowa native, who had been chasing national late model tours, came back to one of his home tracks and took the win. It was his first official East Series win and his fifth with the Malvern Bank/Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models Series. Bruening also makes him the 17th different winner of the 2021 season between both East and West tours.
Andy Eckrich came home second after his hard-fought battle with Bruening, and Spencer charged late in the race to come in third. Jason Rauen took fourth, and Luke Goedert rounded out the top five.
The tripleheader weekend continues with the East Series’ second and final visit of the year to the West Liberty Raceway in West Liberty on Friday and will then wrap up with the Iowa Governor’s Cup at the Davenport Speedway on Saturday. Then, the East and West tours come together to crown both champions on October 1st and 2nd at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska.
RESULTS
DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
Hoker Trucking A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich[1]; 3. 29-Spencer Diercks[8]; 4. 98R-Jason Rauen[6]; 5. 44-Luke Goedert[2]; 6. 10T-Jeff Tharp[10]; 7. 58-Dave Eckrich[3]; 8. 1-Jake Neal[5]; 9. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 10. 22-Charlie McKenna[11]; 11. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[20]; 12. 15K-Justin Kay[14]; 13. 99-Luke Pestka[22]; 14. 40-Joel Callahan[18]; 15. 9-Bob Hansen[19]; 16. 32C-Chad Holladay[9]; 17. 76H-Jason Hahne[15]; 18. 56W-Gary Webb[17]; 19. 15C-Curt Schroeder[21]; 20. 44W-Chad Simpson[12]; 21. 33-Nick Marolf[13]; 22. 12-Ron Klein[16]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (7 Laps): 1. 56W-Gary Webb[2]; 2. 9-Bob Hansen[1]; 3. 99-Luke Pestka[3]; 4. P7-Eric Pollard[4]; 5. 19-Kelly Pestka[6]; 6. 01-CJ Horn[5]; 7. 77-Ray Guss Jr[7]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (7 Laps): 1. 40-Joel Callahan[1]; 2. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[2]; 3. 14-Logan Duffy[6]; 4. 17-Kirby Schultz[5]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 6. 72-Dave Hammond[4]; 7. 7L-Logan Hale[7]
Speedway Motors Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Matt Ryan[4]; 2. 98R-Jason Rauen[5]; 3. 56-Andy Eckrich[6]; 4. 40-Joel Callahan[2]; 5. 12-Ron Klein[3]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[1]; 7. 19-Kelly Pestka[7]; 8. 77-Ray Guss Jr[8]
Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jake Neal[5]; 2. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 3. 58-Dave Eckrich[6]; 4. 15K-Justin Kay[4]; 5. 56W-Gary Webb[2]; 6. P7-Eric Pollard[7]; 7. 01-CJ Horn[1]
Dynamic Drivelines Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Spencer Diercks[4]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[5]; 4. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[1]; 5. 9-Bob Hansen[3]; 6. 99-Luke Pestka[2]; 7. 14-Logan Duffy[7]; 8. 7L-Logan Hale[8]
Dynamic Drivelines Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44W-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 10T-Jeff Tharp[4]; 3. 44-Luke Goedert[6]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne[3]; 5. 33-Nick Marolf[5]; 6. 72-Dave Hammond[7]; 7. 17-Kirby Schultz[1]
Qualifying A: 1. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:15.375[1]; 2. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:15.379[13]; 3. 98R-Jason Rauen, 00:15.444[14]; 4. 1-Jake Neal, 00:15.592[4]; 5. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:15.636[6]; 6. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:15.652[8]; 7. 12-Ron Klein, 00:15.741[15]; 8. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:15.890[9]; 9. 40-Joel Callahan, 00:15.921[11]; 10. 56W-Gary Webb, 00:16.061[2]; 11. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:16.160[7]; 12. 01-CJ Horn, 00:16.171[3]; 13. 19-Kelly Pestka, 00:16.180[5]; 14. P7-Eric Pollard, 00:16.186[10]; 15. 77-Ray Guss Jr, 00:16.238[12]
Qualifying B: 1. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.133[11]; 2. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:15.544[10]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:15.592[1]; 4. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:15.626[12]; 5. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:15.638[15]; 6. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:15.747[9]; 7. 9-Bob Hansen, 00:15.914[8]; 8. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:15.975[14]; 9. 99-Luke Pestka, 00:16.021[5]; 10. 44W-Chad Simpson, 00:16.051[6]; 11. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:16.119[2]; 12. 17-Kirby Schultz, 00:16.238[13]; 13. 14-Logan Duffy, 00:16.382[4]; 14. 72-Dave Hammond, 00:16.970[3]; 15. 7L-Logan Hale, 00:17.228[7]
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MODIFIED
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2G-Matt Gansen[6]; 2. 21M-Tyler Madigan[2]; 3. 11B-Mike Burbridge[3]; 4. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[4]; 5. 27M-Mark Schulte[9]; 6. 8-Jaden Fryer[8]; 7. 9Z-Chris Zogg[7]; 8. 32XP-Kyle Madden[5]; 9. 3-Jason Schueller[16]; 10. 3X-Ryan DeShaw[10]; 11. 28C-Joe Bonney[13]; 12. 21A-Kelly Meyer[1]; 13. 81-Jesse Belez[12]; 14. 57B-Dennis Betzer[14]; 15. 01-John Campbell[15]; 16. 1M-Eric Pollard[11]
Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 27M-Mark Schulte[1]; 2. 2G-Matt Gansen[4]; 3. 8-Jaden Fryer[2]; 4. 11B-Mike Burbridge[3]; 5. 3X-Ryan DeShaw[7]; 6. 1M-Eric Pollard[6]; 7. 28C-Joe Bonney[5]; 8. 01-John Campbell[8]
Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 9Z-Chris Zogg[2]; 2. 21M-Tyler Madigan[1]; 3. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[3]; 4. 32XP-Kyle Madden[6]; 5. 21A-Kelly Meyer[8]; 6. 81-Jesse Belez[5]; 7. 57B-Dennis Betzer[7]; 8. 3-Jason Schueller[4]
SPORTMOD
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[1]; 2. 3T-Tyler Soppe[11]; 3. 14-Kyle Hoffmann[6]; 4. 21-Ryan Schilling[2]; 5. 77H-Kyle Neels[5]; 6. A10-Grant Manthe[4]; 7. 17J-Kip Siems[9]; 8. 71B-Sean Rupp[10]; 9. 68-Will Wolf[14]; 10. 9K-Troy Bauer[8]; 11. 71J-Justin Schroeder[17]; 12. 24M-Ron Schilling[12]; 13. 7-Jered Staver[15]; 14. 84-Ben Peters[7]; 15. 28R-Carl Reninger[16]; 16. 10S-Shaine Bennett[18]; 17. 41-Ian Hurst[13]; 18. 25N-Nic Coates[3]
Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Troy Bauer[4]; 2. 17J-Kip Siems[1]; 3. T23-Tony Olson[6]; 4. 14-Kyle Hoffmann[8]; 5. 84-Ben Peters[7]; 6. 3T-Tyler Soppe[3]; 7. 41-Ian Hurst[9]; 8. 7-Jered Staver[2]; 9. 71J-Justin Schroeder[5]
Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 21-Ryan Schilling[5]; 2. 71B-Sean Rupp[2]; 3. A10-Grant Manthe[7]; 4. 25N-Nic Coates[9]; 5. 77H-Kyle Neels[3]; 6. 24M-Ron Schilling[4]; 7. 68-Will Wolf[6]; 8. 28R-Carl Reninger[8]; 9. 10S-Shaine Bennett[1]
HOBBY STOCK
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 20-Jimmy Doescher[5]; 2. 4K-Kodey Miles[3]; 3. 33-Scott Wetter[10]; 4. 24-Matt Bennett[1]; 5. 53D-Mark Neis[6]; 6. 4-Jordan Miles[4]; 7. 71-Jeff Bennett[8]; 8. 58-Corey Cullen[2]; 9. 28U-Carsen Udelhofen[13]; 10. 72-John Hocking[11]; 11. 3B-Brandon White[7]; 12. 54-Michael Swenson[9]; 13. (DNS) 86-Logan Gustaf
Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 4K-Kodey Miles[4]; 2. 4-Jordan Miles[6]; 3. 24-Matt Bennett[3]; 4. 3B-Brandon White[1]; 5. 53D-Mark Neis[5]; 6. 28U-Carsen Udelhofen[7]; 7. 86-Logan Gustaf[2]
Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 20-Jimmy Doescher[1]; 2. 33-Scott Wetter[6]; 3. 54-Michael Swenson[3]; 4. 71-Jeff Bennett[5]; 5. 58-Corey Cullen[4]; 6. 72-John Hocking[2]
MIDWEST JALOPIES
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 21-Austin Honts[7]; 2. 17-Duke Fulton[8]; 3. 40-Mark Merfeld[10]; 4. 1X-Kile Vohringer[9]; 5. 1-Tom Honts[5]; 6. 59-Jeff Blunt[2]; 7. 0-Tanner Gerard[3]; 8. 7-Pat Bailey[6]; 9. 52-Dennis Blunt[4]; 10. 79-Jerry Cayler[1]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1X-Kile Vohringer[7]; 2. 40-Mark Merfeld[5]; 3. 7-Pat Bailey[3]; 4. 1-Tom Honts[8]; 5. 17-Duke Fulton[10]; 6. 21-Austin Honts[9]; 7. 52-Dennis Blunt[1]; 8. 59-Jeff Blunt[6]; 9. 0-Tanner Gerard[4]; 10. 79-Jerry Cayler[2]
NOSTALGIC STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 38-Ray Guss Jr[6]; 2. 00-Jeff Walker[1]; 3. 43-Terry Mattly[2]; 4. 95-Cruz Birkhofer[3]; 5. TR1-Terry Hirst[4]; 6. 32-Matt Fulton[5]; 7. 112-Pat Tuttle[7]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 38-Ray Guss Jr[6]; 2. 95-Cruz Birkhofer[2]; 3. TR1-Terry Hirst[1]; 4. 32-Matt Fulton[3]; 5. 43-Terry Mattly[4]; 6. 00-Jeff Walker[7]; 7. 112-Pat Tuttle[5]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
