Nienhiser finally punches through for Davenport Sprint Invaders win

admin | May 10, 2025

DAVENPORT, Ia. (May 9, 2025) – The third time was a charm for Paul Nienhiser of Chapin , Il. Nienhiser finished second to Chase Randall at Davenport in 2022. He also finished second to Scott Bogucki at Davenport in 2023. Friday night at Davenport Speedway, he did not finish second.

Paul started on the pole of the 25-lap main, but lost the lead to Tasker Phillips at the drop of the green. Phillips led the first four laps before a bobble cost him the top spot. Nienhiser took control on lap five, but the next twenty laps were no picnic.

A pesky Phillips kept making runs at the leader, in lapped traffic. Nienhiser also had to hold off a late race charge from Terry McCarl.

Nienhiser took the Sprint Invaders victory and the $2,000 first-place prize. McCarl came home second, 1.133 seconds behind the leader. Phillips finished third with Riley Goodno and Josh Schniederman completing the top five.

Phillips, Schniederman, and Jake Blackhurst won the sprint car heats. Phillips won the dash. The B-feature was won by Devon Dobie. Twenty-seven winged sprint cars were on hand Friday night.

The IMCA Modified feature was also a Fast Shafts All-Star qualifier thanks to Midwest Recyclers. With the extra money and a shot at the All-Star race on the line, no one was giving an inch. That included Brandon Durbin of Colona, Ill.

Durbin dominated his heat race and then drew the pole for the feature. Brandon led all twenty laps of the feature to earn the big payday.

Second would go to Logan Veloz. Veloz started sixth and slowly moved forward during the second half of the race. Kyle Montgomery ran second early in the race, faded back, and then surged late to take third.
Eric Barnes and Matt Werner finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Tony Olson captured the win in the AVS Hydro Excavating IMCA SportMod class. Olson started twelveth and would not see the lead until lap eleven. Once in front, Tony started to pull away from the field. He finished with a two second gap on second place Ryan Reed. Brad Salisberry, Cole Stichter, and Dakota Cole finished third through fifth, in that order. The victory was Olson’s third of the season at Davenport

Blake Woodruff continued to be perfect in Koehler Electric Outlaw Street Stock competition this season. Friday he captured his fourth Davenport win in four races. Woodruff started deep in the field and grabbed the lead at the halfway point of the race and led to the checkers.
Jake Lund looked good in second with early race leader Cary Brown finishing third.

Back to back wins for Daniel Wauters in the Wangelin’s Auto IMCA Hobby Stock class. Wauters started fifth and took the lead on lap two. Dan Mohr took second followed by Randy LaMar and Nick Proehl.

With curfew fast approaching, the Cantrell’s Towning/ Fred’s Towing/ QC Towing IMCA Mod Lite feature was shortened by caution flags. With 12 of the 15 laps complete, Jon Padilla picked up his second win of the year at Davenport. Mike Morrow finished second, followed by Austin Gray, Josh May, and Alex Eischeid.

Point racing tops the agenda next Friday at Davenport Speedway. All five weekly classes will be in action.
Race fans, start your Memorial Day weekend right with the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing East Series when they roar into the Davenport Speedway on Friday, May 23rd.

Results:
Davenport Speedway
May 9, 2025 –

Sprint Invaders
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 50-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 2. 24-Terry McCarl[11]; 3. 1TAZ-Tasker Phillips[1]; 4. 22X-Riley Goodno[9]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman[3]; 6. 16-Dustin Clark[13]; 7. 99-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 8. 4-Cameron Martin[14]; 9. 2B-Garrett Benson[10]; 10. 11-Colton Fisher[8]; 11. 81-Tanner Gebhardt[7]; 12. 57-Cam Sorrels[16]; 13. 23-Devon Dobie[17]; 14. 28-Luke Verardi[19]; 15. 88-Brogan Carder[15]; 16. 52D-Skyler Daly[21]; 17. 83-Kurt Mueller[18]; 18. 88X-Riley Scott[20]; 19. 31-McCain Richards[22]; 20. 99D-Tucker Daly[12]; 21. (DNF) 15JR-Cole Mincer[6]; 22. (DNF) 40C-Cody Wehrle[5]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Dobie[2]; 2. 83-Kurt Mueller[3]; 3. 28-Luke Verardi[1]; 4. 88X-Riley Scott[8]; 5. 52D-Skyler Daly[5]; 6. 31-McCain Richards[6]; 7. 71-Nathan Murders[9]; 8. 51J-Blaine Jamison[10]; 9. 7B-Nick Guernsey[7]; 10. 25Y-Brett Yeager[11]; 11. (DNF) 7G-Jackson Gray[4]

Dash 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1TAZ-Tasker Phillips[1]; 2. 50-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 3. 49-Josh Schneiderman[3]; 4. 99-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 5. 40C-Cody Wehrle[5]; 6. 15JR-Cole Mincer[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TAZ-Tasker Phillips[1]; 2. 22X-Riley Goodno[2]; 3. 2B-Garrett Benson[4]; 4. 88-Brogan Carder[3]; 5. 24-Terry McCarl[8]; 6. 4-Cameron Martin[9]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie[7]; 8. 31-McCain Richards[6]; 9. 71-Nathan Murders[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Josh Schneiderman[2]; 2. 15JR-Cole Mincer[4]; 3. 50-Paul Nienhiser[7]; 4. 16-Dustin Clark[5]; 5. 57-Cam Sorrels[6]; 6. 28-Luke Verardi[8]; 7. 7G-Jackson Gray[3]; 8. 88X-Riley Scott[1]; 9. 7B-Nick Guernsey[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 2. 81-Tanner Gebhardt[3]; 3. 40C-Cody Wehrle[6]; 4. 11-Colton Fisher[7]; 5. 99D-Tucker Daly[8]; 6. 83-Kurt Mueller[1]; 7. 52D-Skyler Daly[2]; 8. 25Y-Brett Yeager[9]; 9. (DNF) 51J-Blaine Jamison[5]

IMCA Modifieds – Midwest Recyclers / Del’s Metal Co.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15D-Brandon Durbin[1]; 2. 43LV-Logan Veloz[6]; 3. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[2]; 4. 1-Eric Barnes[3]; 5. 93-Matt Werner[11]; 6. 1JR-Ben Chapman[12]; 7. 99M-Charlie Mohr[14]; 8. 9Z-Chris Zogg[19]; 9. G1-Mike Garland[18]; 10. 17-Jason Pershy[5]; 11. 44X-Blaise Lewis[10]; 12. 01M-Mitch Way[15]; 13. 20-Jake Whittington[16]; 14. 07-Jon Coombs[17]; 15. 67-John Ahlers[13]; 16. 99-Brandon Jewell[20]; 17. 88-Tony Von Dresky[4]; 18. 17C-Shane Paris[9]; 19. 29-Spencer Diercks[8]; 20. (DNS) 29D-Brad Dierks

Heat 1 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 29D-Brad Dierks[2]; 2. 43LV-Logan Veloz[4]; 3. 1JR-Ben Chapman[7]; 4. 17-Jason Pershy[3]; 5. 67-John Ahlers[5]; 6. 20-Jake Whittington[1]; 7. 9Z-Chris Zogg[6]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 93-Matt Werner[2]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks[6]; 3. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[5]; 4. 88-Tony Von Dresky[4]; 5. 99M-Charlie Mohr[1]; 6. 07-Jon Coombs[7]; 7. 99-Brandon Jewell[3]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 15D-Brandon Durbin[1]; 2. 1-Eric Barnes[4]; 3. 17C-Shane Paris[3]; 4. 44X-Blaise Lewis[5]; 5. 01M-Mitch Way[6]; 6. G1-Mike Garland[2]

Street Stocks – Koehler Electric
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78A-Blake Woodruff[10]; 2. 88-Jake Lund[3]; 3. 81-Cary Brown[4]; 4. 86-Josh Riley[1]; 5. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[7]; 6. 95-Jesse Owen[5]; 7. 28-Greg Gill[15]; 8. 77W-Andrew Burk[9]; 9. 23-Cameron Exline[14]; 10. 1-Rob Nylin[6]; 11. 83-Harold O’Brein[11]; 12. 7-Austin Riggs[13]; 13. 52A-Bob Barker[2]; 14. 24D-Daron Oberbroeckling[12]; 15. 31-Donnie Louck[8]; 16. (DNS) 14B-Chevy Andreatta

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 86-Josh Riley[2]; 2. 95-Jesse Owen[4]; 3. 88-Jake Lund[3]; 4. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[5]; 5. 77W-Andrew Burk[6]; 6. 83-Harold O’Brein[7]; 7. 7-Austin Riggs[1]; 8. 28-Greg Gill[8]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 31-Donnie Louck[5]; 2. 78A-Blake Woodruff[6]; 3. 81-Cary Brown[3]; 4. 52A-Bob Barker[2]; 5. 1-Rob Nylin[4]; 6. 24D-Daron Oberbroeckling[7]; 7. 23-Cameron Exline[8]; 8. (DNS) 14B-Chevy Andreatta

IMCA SportMods – AVS Hydro Excavating
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[12]; 2. 69ER-Ryan Reed[5]; 3. 28-Brad Salisberry[4]; 4. 24X-Cole Stichter[7]; 5. 111-Scott Walker[8]; 6. 18C-Dakota Cole[6]; 7. 777-Rayce Mullen[3]; 8. 8S-Josh Starr[11]; 9. 39R-Rance Powell[1]; 10. 9H-Levi Heath[9]; 11. 4G-Kevin Goben[10]; 12. 7W-Will Wolf[15]; 13. 51X-Cody Weih[2]; 14. 9R-Mike Adam[19]; 15. 90-Keith Wiersema[14]; 16. 71J-Justin Schroeder[16]; 17. 97-Josh Geigle[18]; 18. 2K-Tony Kraklio[20]; 19. 23M-Matt Speiss[21]; 20. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[13]; 21. 18H-Don Hatfield[17]; 22. 35-Pat Emerick[22]; 23. (DNS) 11J-Trey Jacobs; 24. (DNS) 26W-Royal Willits

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[7]; 2. 9H-Levi Heath[6]; 3. 18C-Dakota Cole[5]; 4. 51X-Cody Weih[3]; 5. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[1]; 6. 71J-Justin Schroeder[4]; 7. (DNS) 11J-Trey Jacobs; 8. (DNS) 26W-Royal Willits

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 4G-Kevin Goben[6]; 2. 24X-Cole Stichter[5]; 3. 28-Brad Salisberry[4]; 4. 39R-Rance Powell[2]; 5. 90-Keith Wiersema[3]; 6. 18H-Don Hatfield[1]; 7. 9R-Mike Adam[7]; 8. 23M-Matt Speiss[8]
Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 111-Scott Walker[5]; 2. 69ER-Ryan Reed[4]; 3. 8S-Josh Starr[6]; 4. 777-Rayce Mullen[3]; 5. 7W-Will Wolf[8]; 6. 97-Josh Geigle[1]; 7. 2K-Tony Kraklio[2]; 8. 35-Pat Emerick[7]

IMCA Hobby Stock – Wangelin’s Auto
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. H20-Daniel Wauters[5]; 2. 2X-Dan Mohr[7]; 3. 4R-Randy LaMar[4]; 4. 101-Nick Proehl[3]; 5. 8C-Cody Brundage[6]; 6. 91D-Jeremy Dooley[9]; 7. 10B-Carson Butt[1]; 8. 5B-Bruce Noles[10]; 9. 5-Kaden Staley[2]; 10. 86-Jake Gustaf[11]; 11. (DNS) 8L-Lukas Short; 12. (DNS) 7M-Justin Morhardt

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 4R-Randy LaMar[3]; 2. 5-Kaden Staley[2]; 3. 2X-Dan Mohr[5]; 4. 91D-Jeremy Dooley[6]; 5. 8C-Cody Brundage[4]; 6. 5B-Bruce Noles[1]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 101-Nick Proehl[2]; 2. H20-Daniel Wauters[3]; 3. 10B-Carson Butt[1]; 4. 8L-Lukas Short[5]; 5. 86-Jake Gustaf[6]; 6. (DNS) 7M-Justin Morhardt

IMCA Mod Lite – Freds Towing / Cantrell Towing / QC Towing
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11P-Jon Padilla[7]; 2. 17M-Mike Morrow[1]; 3. 64-Austin Gray[8]; 4. 99-Josh May[5]; 5. 70-Alex Eischeid[3]; 6. 47-Cory Sonner[9]; 7. 1H-Zach Holerud[10]; 8. 9G-Brad Salisberry[2]; 9. 9M-Nolan Morrow[13]; 10. 65-Joseph Boyll[12]; 11. 11M-Rocky Meyer[11]; 12. 16G-Blake Gonzales[4]; 13. 9-Makinsey Salisberry[14]; 14. 49-Jason Masengarb[6]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[4]; 2. 64-Austin Gray[6]; 3. 70-Alex Eischeid[3]; 4. 11P-Jon Padilla[5]; 5. 1H-Zach Holerud[7]; 6. 11M-Rocky Meyer[2]; 7. (DNS) 9M-Nolan Morrow

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 49-Jason Masengarb[4]; 2. 17M-Mike Morrow[1]; 3. 16G-Blake Gonzales[3]; 4. 47-Cory Sonner[6]; 5. 9G-Brad Salisberry[2]; 6. 65-Joseph Boyll[5]; 7. 9-Makinsey Salisberry[7]

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