5/21/2022
Maquoketa Speedway
111 Race Teams Pack Maquoketa Speedway
Maquoketa, Iowa: Saturday night saw a season high 111 race teams take part in an action packed night of stock car racing on the Jackson County Fairgrounds ¼ mile dirt Maquoketa Speedway.
The headliner of the night was the 20 lap US Cellular IMCA Modified main event, the race went non-stop with Travis Denning of Sterling, Illinois capturing his second feature win of the young season. Denning battled with Spencer Diercks for several laps before breaking away to score the win with a comfortable margin. Diercks ran a strong second in getting to the checkers ahead of the previous weeks feature winner Ryan Duhme.
The action packed Hawkins Construction & Trucking IMCA Stock Car feature win went to David Brandies. Kyle and Lane Vohringer started on the front row making for an all Maquoketa front row. Lane Vohringer's lead was short lived as Tim Bader took over the point but the ninth starting David Brandies was able to emerge from a group of front runners and go on to score the win over a strong running Dustin Vis. Justin Kay made his first appearance of the season and ran third in the main event.
Amhoff Trucking IMCA Sportmods main event saw a strong field of competitors take the green for their 15 lap feature. Dan Carpenter led in the early going before the 17C of Shane Paris took over. A week ago Paris won in a three wide finish at the checkers, this week Paris was able to take the lead early and sail on to the win ahead of Carpenter and Jacob Arp. Jarrett Franzen celebrated his Birthday by finishing fourth on Saturday night.
The American Iron racing Series made their first visit to the Maquoketa Speedway on Saturday night. A field of 18 drivers were in attendance with all types of race cars representing cars predominantly from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Tim Bader drove a Mustang to the win over a Ford Galaxie driven by Bart Miller. Bruce Yoerger drove his 66 Chevy Impala to a third place finish ahead of the Ford Torino of Ron Cook. The AIRS cars will return on Saturday, June 18th for the Delmar Gade Memorial.
The Legends Direct INEX Legends 20 lap feature saw Rick Harris take the lead from his pole position start. Harris led for the first fifteen laps only to lose the lead to 8th starting Mike Weber. The 21Z of Harris and the 8W of Weber raced side by side for several laps before Weber was able to take control and score the win ahead of late charging Jordan Miklas and Harris.
The Ueland Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks win went to a first time visitor to victory lane for the season. Sheldon Hunter has made a return to racing following a nine year hiatus. Hunter is prepping the car to turn it over to his son, after the win that may be a little harder for Hunter to do, but the plan is still in place. Andrew Burke ran second to Hunter on Saturday night.
Cyle Hawkins remained perfect at the Maquoketa Speedway in the QC Jeeps Sport Compact division. This week would be a real tough challenge for Hawkins as he had to best a season high 20 car starting field. Hawkins took the lead late in the feature from Nick Proehl and went on to take the checkers ahead of Proehl and Zach Keister.
Saturday, May 28th the Maquoketa Speedway will host a major special event featuring the SLMRA Hauling with Hoker Late Models. A large field of Super Late Models are expected to converge on the Maquoketa Speedway. All weekly classes with the exception of the Legends will join the Late Models in racing action. Hot laps are slated to get underway at 5:30 pm.
Saturday, May 21 Maquoketa Speedway Feature Results (Top Five)
US Cellular IMCA Modifieds
56D Travis Denning-Sterling, IL
12X Spencer Diercks-Davenport
21T Ryan Duhme-LaMotte
29 Brad Dierks-Clarence
4TW Tim Ward-Harcourt
Hawkins Trucking & Construction IMCA Stock Cars
71 David Brandies-Wilton
20V Dustin Vis-Martelle
15 Justin Kay-Wheatland
10 Keith Feller-Eldridge
72 Jacob Ellithorpe-Maquoketa
Amhoff Trucking IMCA Sportmods
71C Shane Paris-Muscatine
11C Daniel Carpenter-Olin
10A Jacob Arp-Donahue
33 Jarrett Franzen-Maquoketa
17L Levi Laymon-Muscatine
American Iron Racing Series
5B Tim Bader-Monticello (Mustang)
501 Bart Miller-Clarence (Ford Galaxie)
42 Bruce Yoerger-DeWitt (66 Impala)
17SR Ron Cook-Clinton (Torino)
11Jake Hayes-Maquoketa ( 57 Packard)
INEX Legends
8 Mike Weber-Marion
44J Jordan Miklas-Hartland, WI
21Z Rick Harris-Davenport
52 Kacey Korsmo-Atkins
80 Craig Peekenschneider-Davenport
Ueland Auto Hobby Stocks
28 Sheldon Hunter-Wyoming
77W Andrew Burke-Milan, IL
24 Matt Bennett-Shullsburg, WI
243 Brycen Wilson-Cuba City, WI
8L Lukas Short-Maquoketa
QC Jeeps Sport Compacts
28 Cyle Hawkins-Blue Grass
101 Nick Proehl-Milan, IL
38 Zach Keister-Darlington, WI
14 Drew Wise-Hooppole, IL
31D Blake Driscol-Dysart
Article Credit: Jerry Mackey
