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DAVENPORT, IA. (July 22, 2011) – Warm temperatures and even hotter racing action could be found Friday night at the Davenport Speedway. And it didn’t take long for the action to heat up. In the very first heat race of the evening, Street Stock point leader, Jeremy Marquette was three-wide going down the backstretch and ended up flipping off turn three. Jeremy escaped without serious injury, his racecar was not so lucky. Jeff Stevens of Davenport led the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model feature flag to flag for his first feature win of the season. Stevens blistered the field despite a caution flag at lap ten which drew the field to his back bumper. Mike Zemo Jr. challenged Stevens for the lead a couple of times before getting involved in a three-car battle for second. Zemo would finish in the runner-up spot with Nate Bueseling third, and Joe Ross fourth. Brian Harris nipped Ray Guss Jr., at the finish line for fifth. Bueseling, Harris, and Guss were late model heat winners. John Ahlers picked up his first feature win of the season in the EMS IMCA Modified division. Mike Fluegel took the early race lead from the pole position and led the first nine laps. Ahlers grabbed the lead from Fluegel on the high side and didn’t look back. A caution flag on the final lap for a back marker, gave second to Brian Webb. Matt Stein finished third, ahead of Mitch Morris and Fluegel. Modified heat wins went to Ahlers, Webb, and Doug Crampton. Timmy Current captured his second Koehler Electric Street Stock feature win. Current started ninth and took the lead from Emily Gade on lap eight of the fifteen lap race. Current would race on and easily take the checkers ahead of Chris Lawrence, who finished second. RJ Gonzales crossed the line third, but was later disqualified. That moved Emily Gade, Cary Brown, and Donnie Louck into third through fifth respectively. Jeremy Marquette came back from his heat race accident to finish the feature ninth, in Tim Hazen’s car. A mad scramble on the first lap of the Lujack Northpark Auto Plaza 4 Stock feature saw Gene Potter come away with the lead. Potter worked hard to hold off a gaggle of cars that were trying to grab the top spot. But on this night, he was no match for Ross Neal. Neal, making his first visit to Davenport this season, would not be denied a place in the winner’s circle. Potter would hold on for second, with Mitch Bielenberg making a late race charge for third. Ken Poole and Wade Dahl completed the top five. The racetrack at the Davenport Speed way will be idle the next two weeks due to the Mississippi Valley Fair. The next race will be Friday, August 12th, ‘Back to School-Kids Night’. Results - Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Models (21 cars) Heat 1: 1. Nate Bueseling; 2. Terry Neal; 3. Doug Nigh; 4. Jeff Stevens; 5. Leroy Brenner; Heat 2: 1. Brian Harris; 2. Joe Ross; 3. Mike Murphy Jr.; 4. Stephan Kammerer; 5. Chad Patch; Heat 3: 1. Ray Guss Jr.; 2. Mike Zemo Jr.; 3. Matt Ryan; 4. Mike Garland; 5. Bart Miller; Feature: 1. Jeff Stevens; 2. Mike Zemo Jr.; 3. Nate Bueseling; 4. Joe Ross; 5. Brian Harris; 6. Ray Guss Jr.; 7. Mike Murphy Jr.; 8. Marty Diercks; 9. Stephan Kammerer; 10. Mike Garland; 11. Matt Ryan; 12. Doug Nigh; 13. Kevin Blum; 14. Leroy Brenner; 15. Fred Remley; 16. Spencer Diercks; 17. Chad Patch; 18. BJ Bates; 19. Bart Miller; 20. Jon Coombs; 21. Terry Neal.
EMS IMCA Modifieds (18 cars) Heat 1: 1. John Ahlers; 2. Bob Dominacki; 3. Tim Arp; 4. Mitch Morris; 5. Kelly Meyer; Heat 2: 1. Doug Crampton; 2. Matt Stein; 3. Dean McGee; 4. Milo Veloz Jr.; 5. Brian Bushong; Heat 3: 1. Brian Webb; 2. Joe Beal; 3. Thad Wilson; 4. Mike Fluegel; 5.Bruce Fosdyck Jr. ; Feature: 1. John Ahlers; 2. Brian Webb; 3. Matt Stein; 4. Mitch Morris; 5. Mike Fluegel; 6. Bob Dominacki; 7. Dean McGee; 8. Thad Wilson; 9. Kelly Meyer; 10. Brian Bushong; 11. Joe Beal; 12. Casey Voss; 13. Bruce Fosdyck Jr.; 14. Derek Wilson; 15. Todd Dykema; 16. Milo Veloz Jr.; 17. Tim Arp;
Koehler Electric Street Stocks (17 cars) Heat 1: 1. Henry Carson; 2. Bryan Ritter; 3. Timmy Current; 4. Donnie Louck; 5. Emily Gade; Heat 2: 1. Cary Brown; 2. Chris Lawrence; 3. Phil Anderson; 4. Jerry Pratt; 5. Josh Starr; Feature: 1. Timmy Current; 2. Chris Lawrence; 3. Emily Gade; 4. Cary Brown; 5. Donnie Louck; 6. Josh Starr; 7. Henry Carson; 8. Jeremy Marquette; 9. Bryan Ritter; 10. Luke Howard; 11. Nick Claussen; 12. Phil Anderson; 13. Andrew Burk; 14. Jerry Pratt;
LuJacks Northpark Auto Plaza 4 Stocks (19 cars) Heat 1: 1. Jake Ellithorpe; 2. Nick Bennett; 3. Chris James; 4. Luke Thurness; 5. Kevin Haury; Heat 2: 1. Wade Dahl; 2. Mitch Bielenberg; 3. Brandon Dahl; 4. Gene Potter; 5. Ken Poole; Feature: 1. Ross Neal; 2. Gene Potter; 3. Mitch Bielenberg; 4. Ken Poole; 5. Wade Dahl; 6. Luke Thurness; 7. Brandon Dahl; 8. Nick Bennett; 9. Chris James; 10. Kevin Haury; 11. Shawn James; 12. Zach Dahl; 13. Steve Unzel; 14. Robert Hines; 15. Rob Brasher; 16. Jake Ellithrope; 17. Ray Daily Jr.; 18. James Parr;
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