Cruz Birkhofer scores first Davenport win at Sheet Metal Showdown

DAVENPORT, Ia. (June 21, 2025) – The Sheet Metal Showdown produced great racing action on a hot Saturday night at Davenport Speedway. The event was highlighted by 25-lap, $2,000-to-win features in the IMCA Late Models, IMCA SportMods, and IMCA Hobby Stocks.

Cruz Birkhofer scored his first late model feature win in the Outhouse and Storage to Go Container Rentals IMCA Late Model main. Cruz started on the outside of the front row and never left the high side or the lead throughout the race. At the checkers, he held a half second advantage over second place Andy Nezworski.
Nezworski started fourth and had to pass Chase Brunscheen to get to second. Andy was able to get within a car-length of the leader, but not close enough to make a pass. Third place went to Logan Veloz, who started fifth. Evan Miller and Dustin Smith rounded out the top five.
Late model heat race wins went to Brian Harris and Nezworski.

Brayton Carter took the win in a dandy of an AVS Hydro Excavating IMCA SportMod feature. Josh Starr grabbed the early lead after starting on the front row. A lap twelve caution brought the field back to his rear bumper. On the restart, Dylan VanWyk put his car out front. Dylan would also lead eleven laps.
Carter started twelveth. He quickly moved into the top five. Carter then had to grind his way through the front runners. Brayton Carter took the lead on lap 23 and would only lead the final three laps.
VanWyk held on to second. Cole Suckow ran in the top five the entire race and secured a third place finish. Starr and Cole Stichter completed the top five.

Daniel Wauters dominated the Wangelin’s Auto IMCA Hobby Stock main. Wauters got out to the race lead early and held off a charging Kile Vohringer to take the win. Vohringer would finish second, Matt Bennett was third followed by Preston MacDonald and Randy LaMar.

Logan Veloz rocketed out to the win in Del’s Metal Co. & Midwest Recyclers IMCA Modified class. Logan led all twenty laps of the race, fending off the challenges from Kurt Kile and Chris Zogg. Zogg would finish second with eighth place starter Ben Chapman third. Charlie Mohr and Kurt Kile were fourth and fifth respectively.

The path may have been different, but the result was the same in the Koehler Electric Outlaw Street Stock main. Blake Woodruff made another trip to Competitive Concrete Victory Lane. The win was his eighth of the year at Davenport. Track promoter Jeff Struck was back behind the wheel of his racecar for this one. Struck led eleven of the first twelve laps before Woodruff would power by. Struck held on for second, with a late charge from Donnie Louck placing him third. Fourth went to Jake Lund with Landen Chrestensen fifth.

Dustin Forbes cleaned up in the Cantrell’s Towning/ Fred’s Towing/ QC Towing 4-Cylinder feature. Forbes swept the class, winning both the heat and feature. Josh Starr finished second followed by Caleb Giese.

With only five point races remaining, it’s back to weekly racing action at Davenport Speedway next Friday, June 27th. All five weekly classes will be in action as well as IMCA Mod Lites.

Results:
Davenport Speedway
June 21, 2025 –

IMCA Late Models – The Outhouse / Storage to Go
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 16C-Cruz Birkhofer[2]; 2. 7-Andy Nezworski[4]; 3. 43LV-Logan Veloz[5]; 4. 88-Evan Miller[6]; 5. 53-Dustin Smith[8]; 6. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 7. 7B-Brian Harris[3]; 8. 70-Mitch Morris[10]; 9. 30-Curtis Glover[11]; 10. 93-Chase Brunscheen[1]; 11. 8L-Chris Lawrence[9]; 12. 6-Broderick Prescott[13]; 13. 86-Jake Morris[12]; 14. 72-Dave Hammond[14]; 15. 56W-Gary Webb[15]; 16. 60S-Dakota Simonsen[16]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (10 Laps): 1. 7B-Brian Harris[2]; 2. 70-Mitch Morris[1]; 3. 16C-Cruz Birkhofer[3]; 4. 88-Evan Miller[6]; 5. 53-Dustin Smith[8]; 6. 30-Curtis Glover[7]; 7. 6-Broderick Prescott[4]; 8. 56W-Gary Webb[5]
Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (10 Laps): 1. 7-Andy Nezworski[2]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 3. 43LV-Logan Veloz[5]; 4. 93-Chase Brunscheen[4]; 5. 8L-Chris Lawrence[3]; 6. 86-Jake Morris[8]; 7. 72-Dave Hammond[7]; 8. 60S-Dakota Simonsen[1]

IMCA Modifieds – Midwest Recyclers / Del’s Metal Co.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 43LV-Logan Veloz[2]; 2. 9Z-Chris Zogg[5]; 3. 1JR-Ben Chapman[8]; 4. 99M-Charlie Mohr[7]; 5. 77-Kurt Kile[3]; 6. 12LF-Jonathan Mawhinney[1]; 7. 17C-Shane Paris[6]; 8. 29D-Brad Dierks[9]; 9. 50-Jace Eckrich[11]; 10. 01M-Mitch Way[10]; 11. 88-Tony Von Dresky[13]; 12. G1-Mike Garland[12]; 13. 17-Jason Pershy[4]; 14. 32H-Skyler Harroun[15]; 15. 19H-Nick Hillyer[14]
Heat 1 – Top 5 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kurt Kile[2]; 2. 1JR-Ben Chapman[1]; 3. 99M-Charlie Mohr[5]; 4. 29D-Brad Dierks[7]; 5. 17-Jason Pershy[4]; 6. 50-Jace Eckrich[8]; 7. 88-Tony Von Dresky[6]; 8. 32H-Skyler Harroun[3]
Heat 2 – Top 5 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 9Z-Chris Zogg[1]; 2. 01M-Mitch Way[2]; 3. 43LV-Logan Veloz[4]; 4. 17C-Shane Paris[3]; 5. 12LF-Jonathan Mawhinney[7]; 6. G1-Mike Garland[6]; 7. 19H-Nick Hillyer[5]

Street Stocks – Koehler Electric
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78A-Blake Woodruff[9]; 2. 4S-Jeff Struck Jr[2]; 3. 31-Donnie Louck[10]; 4. 88-Jake Lund[4]; 5. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[14]; 6. 23W-Keegan Wells[1]; 7. 81-Cary Brown[6]; 8. 14B-Chevy Andreatta[7]; 9. 77W-Andrew Burk[5]; 10. 23-Brendan Driscoll[12]; 11. 71X-Casen Keller[11]; 12. 52A-Bob Barker[13]; 13. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[8]; 14. 7-Austin Riggs[15]; 15. 95-Jesse Owen[3]; 16. 38- Drake Riechert [16]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Make redraw (8 Laps): 1. 95-Jesse Owen[1]; 2. 78A-Blake Woodruff[7]; 3. 88-Jake Lund[4]; 4. 14B-Chevy Andreatta[8]; 5. 77W-Andrew Burk[5]; 6. 71X-Casen Keller[3]; 7. 52A-Bob Barker[6]; 8. 7-Austin Riggs[2]
Heat 2 – Top 5 Make redraw (8 Laps): 1. 4S-Jeff Struck Jr[3]; 2. 31-Donnie Louck[7]; 3. 81-Cary Brown[4]; 4. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[1]; 5. 23W-Keegan Wells[5]; 6. 23-Brendan Driscoll[6]; 7. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[2]; 8. (DNS) 38-Drake Riechert

IMCA SportMods – AVS Hydro Excavating
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[12]; 2. 117-Dylan VanWyk[10]; 3. 75-Cole Suckow[3]; 4. 8S-Josh Starr[2]; 5. 24X-Cole Stichter[14]; 6. T23-Tony Olson[11]; 7. 4G-Kevin Goben[9]; 8. 711-Payce Herrera[20]; 9. T51-Tyler Maschmann[6]; 10. 9H-Levi Heath[7]; 11. 39R-Rance Powell[8]; 12. V-Milo Veloz[13]; 13. 28-Brad Salisberry[18]; 14. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[4]; 15. 29B-Ryan Walker[16]; 16. 11J-Trey Jacobs[5]; 17. 777-Rayce Mullen[15]; 18. 69ER-Ryan Reed[23]; 19. 7J- Justin Heuer[21]; 20. 18C-Dakota Cole[19]; 21. 45-Kolin King[25]; 22. 7W-Will Wolf[22]; 23. $-Cody Center[1]; 24. 43V-Justin Veloz[24]; 25. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[17]
Heat 1 – Top 4 Make redraw (8 Laps): 1. T23-Tony Olson[4]; 2. 117-Dylan VanWyk[3]; 3. 8S-Josh Starr[2]; 4. 75-Cole Suckow[6]; 5. V-Milo Veloz[1]; 6. 29B-Ryan Walker[7]; 7. 18C-Dakota Cole[9]; 8. 7W-Will Wolf[8]; 9. 45-Kolin King[5]
Heat 2 – Top 4 Make redraw (8 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[3]; 2. $-Cody Center[1]; 3. T51-Tyler Maschmann[2]; 4. 4G-Kevin Goben[5]; 5. 24X-Cole Stichter[6]; 6. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[7]; 7. 711-Payce Herrera[4]; 8. 69ER-Ryan Reed[8]
Heat 3 – Top 4 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[2]; 2. 39R-Rance Powell[1]; 3. 11J-Trey Jacobs[4]; 4. 9H-Levi Heath[6]; 5. 777-Rayce Mullen[8]; 6. 28-Brad Salisberry[7]; 7. 7J-Justin Heuer[5]; 8. 43V-Justin Veloz[3]

IMCA Hobby Stock – Wangelin’s Auto
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. H20-Daniel Wauters[4]; 2. 1X-Kile Vohringer[7]; 3. 24-Matt Bennett[8]; 4. 6P-Preston McDonald[2]; 5. 4R-Randy LaMar[10]; 6. 86-Jake Gustaf[11]; 7. 8L-Lukas Short[16]; 8. 19X-Erick Knutsen[1]; 9. 9-Joel Magee[13]; 10. 3-Dalton Weepie[9]; 11. 1-Lane Vohringer[12]; 12. 10B-Carson Butt[3]; 13. 28B-Landon Bennett[18]; 14. 8C-Cody Brundage[17]; 15. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[5]; 16. 16-David Bennett[14]; 17. 11K-Levi Paris[15]; 18. 8B-Jacob Floyd[6]
Heat 1 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 19X-Erick Knutsen[2]; 2. 10B-Carson Butt[1]; 3. 1-Lane Vohringer[4]; 4. 86-Jake Gustaf[6]; 5. 9-Joel Magee[5]; 6. 8L-Lukas Short[3]
Heat 2 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 6P-Preston McDonald[4]; 2. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[1]; 3. 24-Matt Bennett[6]; 4. 8B-Jacob Floyd[2]; 5. 16-David Bennett[5]; 6. 8C-Cody Brundage[3]
Heat 3 redraw (8 Laps): 1. 4R-Randy LaMar[1]; 2. H20-Daniel Wauters[4]; 3. 1X-Kile Vohringer[3]; 4. 3-Dalton Weepie[6]; 5. 11K-Levi Paris[5]; 6. 28B-Landon Bennett[2]

4 Cylinders – Fred’s Towing / Cantrell Towing / QC Towing
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 815-Dustin Forbes[2]; 2. 8S-Josh Starr[4]; 3. 20C-Caleb Giese[1]; 4. 13Z-Zachary Pappas[3]; 5. 47-Thomas Adams[5]; 6. 14B-Brandon Gilbraith[6]; 7. 45K-Sam King[7]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Make redraw (6 Laps): 1. 815-Dustin Forbes[3]; 2. 20C-Caleb Giese[2]; 3. 8S-Josh Starr[5]; 4. 13Z-Zachary Pappas[4]; 5. 47-Thomas Adams[1]; 6. 14B-Brandon Gilbraith[7]; 7. 45K-Sam King[6]

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