Neal, Dominacki, Oberbreckling, Meyer, Harms, Mohr and Staskal take Opening night Wins
by Ed Potter

MAQUOKETA, Ia (May 6, 2006) - Saturday night was the season points opening races at Jackson County Speeway,  a food field of race cars shoewed up to battle to take the early points leads. Jon Merfeld crabbed the early lead of the non-stop twenty-five lap IMCA Late Model feature with Mark Preston taking over on lap three. Preston tried, but couldn't hold off the pressure of first heat winner, Terry Neal, as Neal took the point on the seventh lap and held on the rest of the way. Preston held on for second with Mike Murphy Jr. third, second heat winner, Ryan Duhme fourth and Kevin Blum fifth.

First heat winner, Bob Dominacki, used his front row starting spot to take the lead of the V8 Modified feature and never relinquished it, as he led all the way to take the victory. Second heat winner and ninth place starter, Tim Current battled his wat forward to take secondwith Andy Cook third, Ray Cox Jr fourth and last years point champion, Doug Crawford fifth.

Street Stock feature pole sitter, Shane Oberbreckling led the race flag to flag to take the win. Holding off first heat winner, Brian Bonney early in the race and then Chris Litscher the rest of the race. Litscher could get up beside Oberbreckling, but had to settle for second. Jon Poll was third with Corey Booth fourth and second heat winner, Dan Klatt fifth.

B.J. Jackson grabbed the early lead of the B Modified feature, but it didn't take long before the cautions started flying. By the end of the second lap three cautions had flown with seven different cars involved. On the third lap restart Ron Benhart took over the point, but wasn't able to hold it long as Jarrett Franzen took over on lap four. On a seventh lap restart Kelly Meyer sot to the front and stayed there until the final caution flew at lap ten. The race was called over, due to the cautions. Rick Galloway was second followed by Franzen, Brandon Vorbeck and Benhart, in that order. Vorbeck, Meyer and Mike Baker were the heat winners.

Ray Costello used his pole starting spot to lead the first lap of the Hobby Stock feature with last years champion, Sheldon Hunter taking over on lap two. On lap four second heat winner, Steve Harms charged out front and stayed there the rest of the way for the win. Hunter held on for second with Ryan Steffen, Jeff Specht and Kevin Brame rounding out he top five. Don Marcov Sr. won the other heat.

Before a lap was scored in the 4 Stock feataure Jeff Dau rolled his car going down athe back chute, gathering in third heat winner, Harry Rogers with him, sending both cars to the pits. Mike McGarry took the lead of the first lap with Dustin kay taking over on lap two. First heat winner, Dan Mohr took over the point on a sixth lap restart and led the rest of the way for the win. Second heat winner, Brannon bechen was second. McGarry held on for third with Jim Bealer fourth and Cory Coppess fifth.
After winning the Trophy Truck heat race, Alan Staskal came back to lead the feature flag to flag for the win. Joe Bonney was second followed by Ethan Milder, Bruce Yoerger and Jed Holland, in that order.

The Midwest Jalopies also visited the track and had Butch Dunn win the feature. Rodney Hack was second with Jerry Caylers third, heat winner, B.J. Haack fourth and Bob Mingst fifth.

Results from Jackson County Speedway--Maquoketa,Ia 5/6/06
Midwest Jalopies
first heat: 1. B.J. Haack--Bettendor; 2. Rodney Haack--Camanche; 3. Bud Daufeldt--Tipton; 4. Larry Driskell--Muscatine; 5. Jerry Caylor--Galt

Feature: 1. Butch Dunn--Sheffield, Ill; 2. Rodney Haack; 3. Caylor; 4. B.J. Haack; 5. Bob Mingst--Clarence; 6. Daufeldt; 7. Driskell; 8. Terryv Mattly--East Moline,Ill; 9. Kelly Meyer--Big Rock

Trophy Truck
first heat: 1. Alan Staskal--Baldwin; 2. Jed Holland--Wyoming; 3. Joe Bonney--Lost Nation; 4. Bruce Yoerger--De Witt; 5. Chad Current--Maquoketa

Feature: 1. Staskal; 2. Bonney; 3. Ethan Milder--Sabula; 4. Yoerger; 5. Holland; 6. Current

4 Stock
first heat: 1. Dan Mohr--Clarence; 2. Dustin Kay--Wheatland; 3. Cory Coppess--Clinton; 4. Dusty Miller--Lowden; 5. Mark Cady--Clinton

second heat: 1. Brannon Bechen--Bernard; 2. Jim Bealer--Maquoketa; 3. Shane Marcov---Dubuque; 4. Jeff Dau--Clinton; 5. Brandon Hunter--Monticello

third heat: 1. Harry Rogers--Clinton; 2. John Campbell--Dubuque; 3. Mike McGarry--Camanche; 4. Greg Schmitt--Dubuque; 5. Otto Petrillo--Baldwin

Feature: 1. Mohr; 2. Bechen; 3. McGarry; 4. Bealer; 5. Coppess; 6. Rob Harding--Camanche; 7. Kile Vohringer--Maquoketa; 8. Miller; 9. Chris Holmlund--Grand Mound; 10. John Campbell--Dubuque; 11. Denise Costello--Delmar; 12. Petrillo; 13. Cady; 14. Schmitt; 15. Brent Horst--Clinton; 16. Jeremy Capron--Monticello; 17. Kay; 18. Marcov; 19. Dau; 20. Rogers

Hobby Stock
first heat: 1. Don Marcov Sr--Dubuque; 2. Sheldon Hunter--Wyoming; 3. Ray Costello--Goose Lake; 4. Neil Patchin--Maquoketa 5. Tim Bader--Monticello

second heat: 1. Steve Harms--Onslow; 2. Brian Hagerman--Camanche; 3. Matt Wilson--Donahue; 4. Kevin Brame--Maquoketa; 5. Mike Yarolem--Maquoketa

Feature: 1. Harms; 2. Hunter; 3. Ryan Steffen--Bernard; 4. Jeff Specht--Maquoketa; 5. Brame; 6. Wilson; 7. Bader; 8. Hagerman; 9. Costello; 10. Keith Keltner--Anamosa; 11. Patchin; 12. Yarolem; 13. Jake Hayes--Canton; 14. Marcov
B Modified

first heat: 1. Brandon Vorbeck--Maquoketa; 2. Rick Galloway--Maquoketa; 3. Shawn Flagel--Maquoketa; 4. Brandan Driscoll--Preston; 5. Steve Barner--Oxford Junction

second heat: 1. Kelly Meyer--Big Rock; 2. Matt Irwin--Maquoketa; 3. Keith Feller--Maquoketa; 4. Gary Weatherington--Carbon Cliff,Ill; 5. Max Leonard--Ladora

third heat: 1. Mike Baker--Maquoketa; 2. Jarrett Franzen--Maquoketa; 3. B.J. Jackson--Clinton; 4. Ron Benhart--Lowden; 5. MIke Heister--Maquoketa

Feature: 1. Meyer; 2. Galloway; 3. Franzen; 4. Vorbeck; 5. Benhart; 6. Baker; 7. Ben Traver--Wheatland; 8. Irwin; 9. Driscoll; 10. Heister; 11. Mike Fuller--De Witt; 12. Adam Kinnion--Wyoming; 13. C.J. Unruh--Camanche; 14. Kirk Caes--Maquoketa; 15. Leonard; 16. Dan Hahn--Fulton,Ill; 17. Jackson; 18. Weatherington; 19. Flagel; 20. Feller; 21. Johnny Walker--Lowden; 22. Barner; 23. Dave Bielenberg--Charlotte

Street Stock
first heat: Brian Bonney--Lost Nation; 2. Jon Poll--Maquoketa; 3. Corey Booth--Thomson, Ill' 4. Robert Sherbonda--Elwood; 5. Jamie Wilson--Princeton

second heat; 1. Dan Klatt--Wheatland; 2. Mitch Schmitz--Maquoketa; 3. Shane Oberbreckling--Onslow; 4. Chris Litscher--Stanwood; 5. Allan Milder--Sabula

Feature: 1. Oberbreckling; 2. Litscher; 3. Poll; 4. Booth; 5. Klatt; 6. Terry Rittmer--Savanna,Ill; 7. Duane Rittmer--Sabula; 8. Andrew Chelf--Lost Nation; 9. Schmitz; 10. Bonney; 11. Wilson; 12. Milder; 13. Josh Wilson--Fulton,Ill

V8 Modified
first heat: 1. Bob Dominacki--Bettendorf; 2. Andy Cook--Park View; 3. Ray Cox Jr--Maquoketa; 4. Doug Crampton--Rock Islalnd,Ill; 5. Joe Ross--Thomson,Ill

second heat; 1. Tim Current--Bernard; 2. Tony VonDresky--Davenport; 3. Bart Miller--Clarence; 4. Tim Arp--Donahue; 5. Hal Sprague--Maquoketa

Feature: 1. Dominacki; 2. Current; 3. Cox; 4. Cook; 5. Crampton; 6. Scott Olson--Preston; 7. VonDresky; 8. Don Pataska--Green Island; 9. Arp; 10. Ross; 11. Luke Pestka--Robin; 12. Jake Bowman--Maquoketa; 13. John Irwin--Maquoketa; 14. Sprague; 15. Kelly Pestka--Delhi; 16. KC Ansel--Dubuque; 17. Miller

IMCA Late Model
first heat: 1. Terry Neal--Ely; 2. Mike Murphy Jr--Colona,Ill; 3. Mark Preston--Port Byron,Ill; 4. Jon Merfeld--Peosta; 5. Kevin Blum--Colona,Ill

second heat: 1. Ryan Duhme--Maquoketa; 2. Scott Schurbon--Maquoketa; 3. Hershel Roberts--East Moline,Ill; 4. Brian Meiners--Morrison,Ill' 5. Bob Miller--Silvis,Ill

Feature: 1. Neal; 2. Preston; 3. Murphy; 4. Duhme; 5. Blum; 6. Merfeld; 7. Roberts; 8. Meiners; 9. Miller; 10. Cory Goldbeck--Camanche; 11. Schurbon; 12. Tom Pestka--Delhi; 13. Adam Oppendike--Silvis,Ill; 14. Steve Olson--Preston; 15. Dustin Edwards--Maquoketa