Veloz Topps Big Field of Modifieds at Davenport
by Mike McGuire

Davenport, IA (May 19, 2006) – After last week’s rainout, it was time to get back to racing at the Davenport Speedway, Friday night. Once again the car count topped the one hundred mark causing the drivers to race that much harder for each and every position.

The V-8 Modified class again had a huge field of quality racecars. Competition was fierce with thirty-five drivers trying to make the field of twenty starters in the feature. Once the field was set the 20-lap A-main went almost all twenty laps non-stop. The only caution flag of the race came after the leader had taken the white flag, ending the race.

Pole sitter Milo Veloz Jr. took the lead from the drop of the green and led the entire distance for his first win at Davenport since July 2004. Doug Crampton moved quickly up to the second position and would finish in that spot. Donovan Lodge started third and finished third. Marty Diercks ran a strong race to take fourth with Chris Giegle hanging on to fifth. Only one of the twenty cars that started the race, failed to finish on the lead lap.

Modified heat race wins went to Thad Wilson, Jerry Connors, and Rick Ratliff. Matt Stein won the semi-feature that started 17 cars.

Kevin Blum led an onslaught of #12’s as he captured the IMCA Late Model feature. Blum in his red #12, took the lead on lap 11 and led the rest of the way for the win. Ray Guss Jr. in a black and blue #12 came from his fourth row starting spot to finish second behind Blum. Tom Darbyshire (not driving a #12) started directly behind Guss and finished there in third. Rick Wages (#11) started on the outside pole, led a couple of laps and then held on to finish fourth. The third #12 in the feature, Doug Nigh, rounded out the top five.

Late Model heat race wins went to Wages, Nigh, and Hershel Roberts. Jim Sandusky won the B-main.

The Street Stock feature went to Brad Tyler of Moscow. Tyler jumped out into the lead after starting on the outside pole position. Tyler managed to fend off Tim Koehler and Randy Exline to take the win. Koehler and Exline would finish second and third respectively. Korey Peterson and Corey Booth rounded out the top five. Dan Klatt and Matt Zumwalt won the heats.

The B-Mod main saw BJ Jackson pass Nick Hixson late in the race to take the feature win. Hixson held on for second over a charging Mike Fluegel. Jake Waterman was fourth, and Jeremy Marquette fifth. Pat Fennelly, Jason Pershy, and Kevin Fitzgibbon were the heat winners.

INEX Legend Car drivers took a moment before their feature to remember a fellow racer. Ryan VanderBoom of Wisconsin, along with his wife Mindi were killed in a motorcycle accident earlier this month. VanderBoom had competed in both of the Davenport Speedway races this year prior to the accident.

When the field did take the green, outside pole sitter Chad Patch held the early lead. Patch led until he was hunted down by a cluster of cars that were exchanging positions at a rapid rate. For the second race in a row, it was Keith Moline that got to Patch first and quickly took the lead. Keith would go on to take his second straight win of the season. Perry Mitchell had an up and down race before finishing second. Joel Wyttenbach would finish third, followed by Rick Harris in fourth and Eric Barth fifth. Warren Ropp and Patch took the heats.

Justin Kay made it three in a row feature wins in the 4-Cylinder main. Kay jumped out to the early lead, by passing his brother Dustin and drove to the victory. Todd Sibley would finish second with John Reedy third. Steven Boyle came in fourth, and Joe Brimeyer fifth.



Results -

IMCA Late Models
Heat 1: 1. Rick Wages; 2. Tom Darbyshire; 3. Kevin Blum; 4. Andy Nezworski; 5. Jeremiah Hurst;

Heat 2: 1. Hershel Roberts; 2. Ray Guss Jr; 3. Eric Gustaf; 4. Terry Neal; 5. Mike Murphy Jr;
Heat 3: 1. Doug Nigh; 2. Mark Preston; 3. Matt Ryan; 4. Jason Masengarb;
Semi #1: 1. Jim Sandusky; 2. Jeremiah Hurst; 3. Fred Remley; 4. Mike Murphy Jr; 5. Scott Schurbon;
Feature: 1. Kevin Blum; 2. Ray Guss Jr; 3. Tom Darbyshire; 4. Rick Wages; 5. Doug Nigh; 6. Jim Sandusky; 7. Terry Neal; 8. Eric Gustaf; 9. Fred Remley;10. Hershel Roberts; 11. Mike Murphy Jr; 12. Nate Buesling; 13. Andy Nezworski; 14. Scott Schurbon; 15. Jeremiah Hurst; 16. Jason Masengarb; 17. Adam Oppendike; 18. Joe Zrostlik; 19. Mark Preston; 20. Matt Ryan;



V-8 Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Thad Wilson; 2. John Bull; 3. Ray Cox Jr; 4. Donovan Lodge; 5. Matt Stein;

Heat 2: 1. Jerry Connors; 2. Milo Veloz Jr; 3. Doug Crampton; 4. Chris Giegle; 5. Kevin Peters:

Heat 3: 1. Rick Ratliff; 2. Marty Diercks; 3. Chuck Hanna; 4. Troy Emerick; 5. Bob Dominacki;

Semi: 1. Matt Stein; 2. Kevin Peters; 3. Ray Guss Jr; 4. Bob Dominacki; 5. Andy Cook;

Feature: 1. Milo Veloz Jr; 2. Doug Crampton; 3. Donovan Lodge; 4. Marty Diercks; 5. Chris Giegle; 6. Thad Wilson; 7. Andy Cook; 8. John Bull; 9. Jerry Connors; 10. Troy Emerick; 11. Ray Guss Jr.; 12. Rick Ratliff; 13. Matt Stein; 14. Kevin Peters; 15. Tim Bradley; 16. Mike Zemo Jr; 17. Ray Cox Jr; 18. Bob Dominacki; 19. Chuck Hanna; 20. Tony VonDresky;



Street Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Dan Klatt; 2. Tim Koehler; 3. Randy Exline; 4. Corey Booth; 5. Korey Peterson;
Heat 2: 1. Matt Zumwalt; 2. Brad Tyler; 3. Henry Carson; 4. Jon Poll; 5. Chuck Fox;
Feature: 1. Brad Tyler; 2. Tim Koehler; 3. Randy Exline; 4. Korey Peterson; 5. Corey Booth; 6. Jon Poll; 7. Matt Zumwalt; 8. Bruce Fosdyck; 9. Cary Brown; 10. Del Humphries; 11. Dan Klatt; 12. Chuck Fox;



B-modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Jason Pershy; 2. Jeff Nantz; 3. Matt Irwin; 4. Josh Giegle; 5. Doug Curless;

Heat 2: 1. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 2. Nick Hixson; 3. Dennis Williamson; 4. Jared Bennett; 5. Jeremy Marquette;

Heat 3: 1. Pat Fennelly; 2. Dan Anderson; 3. BJ Jackson; 4. Brad Pershy; 5. Rob Nylin;

Feature: 1. BJ Jackson; 2. Nick Hixson; 3. Mike Fluegel; 4. Jake Waterman; 5. Jeremy Marquette; 6. Pat Fennelly; 7. Jason Pershy; 8. Brad Pershy; 9. Josh Giegle; 10. Matt Irwin; 11. Dan Anderson; 12. Mike Lief; 13. Rob Nylin; 14. Jeff Nantz; 15. Dennis Williamson; 16. Jared Bennett; 17. Kevin Fitzgibbon;



INEX Legend Cars

Heat 1: 1. Chad Patch; 2. Joel Wyttenbach; 3. Eric Barth; 4. Perry Mitchell; 5. Jeremy Meyer;

Heat 2: 1. Warren Ropp; 2. Rick Harris; 3. Keith Moline; 4. Bethany Wyttenbach; 5. Craig Peekenschnieder;



Feature: 1. Keith Moline; 2. Perry Mitchell; 3. Joel Wyttenbach; 4. Rick Harris; 5. Eric Barth; 6. Warren Ropp; 7. Chad Patch; 8. Bethany Wyttenbach; 9. Brandon Hentges; 10. Matt Montieth; 11. Aaron Meyer; 12. Craig Peekenschnieder; 13. David Dvorak; 14. Trevor Latham; 15. Chase Diercks; 16. Zach Hamilton; 17. Keith Meyer; 18. Cody Moline;



4-Cylinders

Heat: 1. Dustin Kay; 2. Justin Kay; 3. Steven Phillips; 4. Todd Sibley; 5. Kevin Haury;

Feature: 1. Justin Kay; 2. Todd Sibley; 3. John Reedy; 4. Steve Boyle; 5. Joe Brimeyer; 6. Kevin Haury; 7. Chris Zrostlik; 8. Stacy Nall; 9. Dustin Kay; 10. Steven Phillips;