Hershel Roberts races to victory lane at Davenport
by Mike McGuire

DAVENPORT, IA (July 13) - Long-time racing veteran Hershel Roberts drove to an impressive IMCA late model victory at the Davenport Speedway, Friday night. The victory was Roberts' first of the season.

The IMCA Late Model feature started with pole sitter Nate Buesling leading the first two laps. Roberts would take the lead away and hold it the remainder of the race. Rob Toland was closing on Roberts and had a good run going on lap 22, when he slipped off the edge of the banking on turn four. From that point, Roberts would cruise to an easy victory and an emotional celebration in the winner's circle.

Toland would hang on for second with Doug Nigh third, Eric Gustaf fourth, and Terry Neal fifth. Late model heat wins went to Buesling and Neal.

It was another hard-hitting night of action in the V-8 Modified class. The caution flag flew four times, before the second lap of the feature was scored. When the dust had settled, Thad Wilson had collected his fourth points win of the season at Davenport.

Marty Diercks held the lead through those first four yellows, but the fourth restart saw John Bull jump into the lead. Lap six saw Wilson get by Bull and drive away from the field. Wilson would take the checkers a full half lap ahead of the field. Bob Dominacki and Jim Sandusky both passed Bull on the final lap when his motor expired. Bull held on for fourth, just ahead of Matt Stein.

Modified heats went to Thad Wilson, Chuck Hanna, and Chad Patch.

The Street Stocks saw a wild finish to their feature. Toby Spicer blistered the field until the yellow came out with two laps to go. During the caution period, Spicer pulled off the racetrack. On the restart Joe Beal blasted past two other cars to take the lead. After taking the white flag, Beal had a tire go down and brought out the final caution of the race. The victory went to Tim Koehler, with Brad Tyler a close second. Ron Doolittle took third with Randy Exline fourth and Kevin Schloemer fifth. Spicer and Beal won the Street Stock heats.

In the B-Mod main, Dan Klatt took the lead from the pole and led the entire distance for his first win of the season. Jake Waterman would come from his fifth row starting spot to finish second. Craig Crawford would finish third, with John Ahlers and Chris Stein completing the top five. Brad Pershy and Klatt were heat winners.

The INEX Legend car feature once again yielded another first time winner. Darrick Calhoun started on the pole and led flag to flag for the win. Craig Peekenschnieder was closing on the leader in the final laps, but would settle for second. Last week's winner, Matt Montieth was third, with Jeremy Meyer and Brandon Hentges rounding out the top five.

Steven Phillips snatched the lead on lap two of the 4 Cylinder feature and drove to his third win of the season. Ricky Kay finished second, ahead of John Flury in third, Wade Dahl fourth, and Justin Kay fifth. Phillips and Greg Fix won the heats.



results - Davenport Speedway July 13, 2007

IMCA Late Models
Heat 1: 1. Nate Buesling; 2. Rob Toland; 3. Hershel Roberts; 4. Eric Gustaf; 5. Mark Preston;
Heat 2: 1. Terry Neal; 2. Stephan Kammerer; 3. Mike Murphy Jr; 4. Doug Nigh; 5. Fred Remley;

Feature: 1. Hershel Roberts; 2. Rob Toland; 3. Doug Nigh; 4. Eric Gustaf; 5. Terry Neal; 6. Nate Buesling; 7. Fred Remley; 8. Mark Preston; 9. Andy Nezworski; 10. Matt Ryan; 11. Rick Wages; 12. Joe Zrostlik; 13. Stephan Kammerer; 14. Justin Kay; 15. Mike Murphy Jr; 16. Ron Gustaf; 17. Bob Toland;



V-8 Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Chuck Hanna; 2. Doug Crampton; 3. Troy Emerick; 4. Tim Bradley; 5. Rick Ratliff;
Heat 2: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. Jason Pershy; 3. John Bull; 4. Matt Stein;5. Bob Dominacki;
Heat 3: 1. Chad Patch; 2. Bob Dominacki; 3. Matt Stein; 4. Marty Diercks; 5. Keith Haislip;

Feature: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. Bob Dominacki; 3. Jim Sandusky; 4. John Bull; 5. Matt Stein; 6. Jim Willert; 7. Doug Crampton; 8. Tim Bradley; 9. Jerame Mowery; 10. Chad Patch; 11. Marty Diercks; 12. Lonnie Heap; 13. Milo Veloz Jr; 14. Jason Pershy; 15. Chuck Hanna; 16. Kevin Blum;



Street Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Joe Beal; 2. Ron Doolittle; 3. Randy Exline; 4. Kevin Schloemer; 5. Tom Riggs Jr;
Heat 2: 1. Toby Spicer; 2. Tim Koehler; 3. Brad Tyler; 4. Henry Carson; 5. Andrew Burk;

Feature: 1. Tim Koehler; 2. Brad Tyler; 3. Ron Doolittle; 4. Randy Exline; 5. Kevin Schloemer; 6. Henry Carson; 7. Tom Riggs Jr; 8. Joe Beal; 9. Toby Spicer;



B-Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Brad Pershy; 2. Craig Crawford; 3. Jeremy Marquette; 4. Bryan Rogers; 5. Ray Jefferson;
Heat 2: 1. Dan Klatt; 2. John Ahlers; 3. Mike Fluegel; 4. Jake Waterman; 5. Kevin Fitzgibbon;

Feature: 1. Dan Klatt; 2. Jake Waterman; 3. Craig Crawford; 4. John Ahlers; 5. Chris Stein; 6. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 7. Mike Fluegel; 8. Jeremy Marquette; 9. T.J. Patz; 10. Brad Pershy; 11. Bryan Rogers; 12. Joe Jones Jr; 13. Derrick Calhoun; 14. Ray Jefferson;;



INEX Legend Car

Heat: 1. Craig Peekenschnieder; 2. Jeremy Meyer; 3 Matt Montieth; 4. Darrick Calhoun; 5. Keith Meyer;

Feature: 1. Darrick Calhoun; 2. Craig Peekenschnieder; 3. Matt Montieth; 4. Jeremy Meyer; 5. Brandon Hentges; 6. Keith Meyer; 7. David Dvorak; 8. Pat Begyn; 9. Dennis Begyn;



4 Cylinder Stock

Heat: 1. Steven Phillips; 2. Todd Sibley; 3. Wade Dahl; 4. Jim McKinney; 5. Justin Kay;
Heat: 1. Greg Fix; 2. Steve Boyle; 3. Jame Roose; 4. Ricky Kay; 5. Chris Zrostlik;

Feature: 1. Steven Phillips; 2. Ricky Kay; 3. John Flury; 4. Wade Dahl; 5. Justin Kay; 6. Jim McKinney; 7. Steve Boyle; 8. Jame Roose; 9. Gary Roberson; 10. Todd Sibley; 11. Tim Hazen; 12. Stacy Nall; 13. Chris Zrostlik ; 14, Greg Fix; 15. Josh Hazen;