Marolf tops Pro Late Model Tour at West Liberty

 

WEST LIBERTY, Ia. (July 16, 2025) – With a little help from the weather, the Muscatine County Fair opened with a full night of racing on Wednesday. This was the first racing action the West Liberty Raceway half-mile had seen in 2025.

Highlighting the program was the Karl Chevrolet Pro Late Model Tour. Dallon Murty of Chelsea, Iowa, jumped out front and grabbed the early lead. At halfway in the twenty-lap event, it looked like Murty was headed to an easy victory.
However, Nick Marolf of Moscow, Iowa had other plans. Marolf started seventh and moved into second by lap eight. Nearly a straightaway behind the leader, Marolf whittled away at the lead. At two to go, he moved into the top spot and went on to claim the win and the $1,500 payday
Murty would hold on for second with Andy Eckrich taking third. J.D. Auringer and C.J. Horn rounded out the top five. Late model heat races went to Marolf, Andy Eckrich, and Jeff Aikey

The IMCA Modified feature went all twenty laps caution-free. Spencer Diercks of Davenport would lead the entire distance. Diercks was never challenged in the race, finishing with a six second advantage over second place.
Second through fifth was where the action took place during the main. Kurt Kile with the home field advantage finished in the runner-up position. Chris Zogg took third over Eric Barnes and Mitch Way.
The modified feature was a Fast Shafts Qualifying race.

Tim Plummer of Norway, Iowa captured the win in the IMCA SportMods. While the scoring may show that Plummer led all fifteen laps, it was not an easy win. The pressure on the leader came from Matt Fulton Jr. early in the race and then from Trey Rock in the final laps.
A restart on lap twelve gave Rock a chance to pull alongside the leader. He was unable to complete the pass and settled for second. Fulton held on for third. Jason Roth and Shaun Slaughter were fourth and fifth respectively.

Johnny Spaw racked up another win in Street Stock/Stock Car feature. Donnie Louck led the first wo laps of the feature. On a lap three restart, Spaw got around Louck and would lead the rest of the way to the checkers. Cary Brown finished third behind Louck. Keegan Wells and Jake Lund rounded out the top five.

Bert McDaniel dominated the Nostalgia Late Models. McDaniel led nine of ten laps and was followed to the checkers by Terry Mattly, Dan Kessler, and Pat Tuttle, in that order.

Midwest Jalopies completed the evening’s racing program. Kurt Zimmerman and Austin Honts led early. Matt Fulton Sr. took control at midway and led the final laps for the win. Austin Honts took second with Tom Honts finishing third.

SR Promotions returns to the friendly confines of the Davenport Speedway this Friday, July 18th. Friday’s races will be the final event at Davenport, before the Mississippi Valley Fair. All five weekly classes will be in action along with the 4-cylinders.

Results:
West Liberty, Ia.
July 16, 2025 –

Karl Chevrolet Pro Late Model Tour
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33-Nick Marolf[7]; 2. 99X-Dallon Murty[4]; 3. 56-Andy Eckrich[6]; 4. 00J-JD Auringer[2]; 5. 01-CJ Horn[1]; 6. C15-Brandon Hamburg[8]; 7. 07-Matt Ryan[9]; 8. 1X-Jeff Aikey[5]; 9. 93-Chase Brunscheen[11]; 10. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[15]; 11. 33L-Luke Pestka[17]; 12. 60S-Dakota Simonsen[14]; 13. 74-Ron Boyse[10]; 14. 62-Luke Goedert[12]; 15. 19-Kelly Pestka[13]; 16. 21-Brennen Chipp[3]; 17. 34-Scott Strauss[16]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Andy Eckrich[4]; 2. 21-Brennen Chipp[1]; 3. 01-CJ Horn[5]; 4. 74-Ron Boyse[6]; 5. 19-Kelly Pestka[3]; 6. 33L-Luke Pestka[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Nick Marolf[6]; 2. 00J-JD Auringer[2]; 3. 07-Matt Ryan[3]; 4. 62-Luke Goedert[1]; 5. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[4]; 6. 34-Scott Strauss[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1X-Jeff Aikey[2]; 2. 99X-Dallon Murty[4]; 3. C15-Brandon Hamburg[1]; 4. 93-Chase Brunscheen[5]; 5. 60S-Dakota Simonsen[3]

IMCA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 29-Spencer Diercks[2]; 2. 77-Kurt Kile[3]; 3. 9Z-Chris Zogg[4]; 4. 1-Eric Barnes[1]; 5. 01M-Mitch Way[5]; 6. 29D-Brad Dierks[8]; 7. 77F-Josh Foster[7]; 8. 44X-Blaise Lewis[11]; 9. 58-Jared Eckrich[16]; 10. 151-Adam Eckrich[12]; 11. 32-Skyler Harroun[10]; 12. 79-Barry Dugan[13]; 13. 26-Scott Brau[14]; 14. 53-Logan Anderson[9]; 15. 12-Jordan Walker[15]; 16. (DNS) 50-Denny Eckrich
Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 50-Denny Eckrich[2]; 2. 77-Kurt Kile[1]; 3. 01M-Mitch Way[3]; 4. 29D-Brad Dierks[4]; 5. 29-Spencer Diercks[5]; 6. 44X-Blaise Lewis[7]; 7. 79-Barry Dugan[8]; 8. 12-Jordan Walker[9]; 9. 58-Jared Eckrich[6]
Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 32-Skyler Harroun[1]; 2. 9Z-Chris Zogg[7]; 3. 1-Eric Barnes[4]; 4. 53-Logan Anderson[6]; 5. 77F-Josh Foster[5]; 6. 151-Adam Eckrich[2]; 7. 26-Scott Brau[3]

IMCA SportMods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 66-Tim Plummer[2]; 2. 7T-Trey Rock[6]; 3. T51-Matt Fulton Jr[4]; 4. 31-Jason Roth[10]; 5. 00-Shaun Slaughter[1]; 6. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[7]; 7. 21-Todd Hansen[9]; 8. 5A-Nick Aupperle[3]; 9. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[11]; 10. 29B-Ryan Walker[5]; 11. 70?-Michael Bear[8]; 12. ?4U-Jason Bear[12]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. T51-Matt Fulton Jr[2]; 2. 66-Tim Plummer[6]; 3. 5A-Nick Aupperle[1]; 4. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[5]; 5. 7T-Trey Rock[3]; 6. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[4]
Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Roth[1]; 2. 29B-Ryan Walker[2]; 3. 00-Shaun Slaughter[5]; 4. 21-Todd Hansen[6]; 5. 70?-Michael Bear[4]; 6. ?4U-Jason Bear[3]

Street Stock/Stock Car
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 600-Johnny Spaw[4]; 2. 31-Donnie Louck[2]; 3. 81-Cary Brown[3]; 4. 27-Matt Picray[7]; 5. 23W-Keegan Wells[8]; 6. 88-Jake Lund[5]; 7. 23K-Kade Wells[10]; 8. 16-Casey Shelliam[6]; 9. 38- Drake Reichert[12]; 10. (DNS) 18Z-Rusty Zook; 11. (DNS) 20L-Landen Chrestensen; 12. (DNS) 08-Bronson Spaw
Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 88-Jake Lund[4]; 2. 23W-Keegan Wells[1]; 3. 18Z-Rusty Zook[2]; 4. 23K-Kade Wells[6]; 5. 20L-Landen Chrestensen[3]; 6. 08-Bronson Spaw[5]
Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 31-Donnie Louck[2]; 2. 81-Cary Brown[1]; 3. 600-Johnny Spaw[5]; 4. 16-Casey Shelliam[4]; 5. 27-Matt Picray[3]; 6. (DNS) 38-Drake Reichert

Nostalgia Late Models
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Bert McDaniel[7]; 2. 50-Terry Mattly[1]; 3. 00-Dan Kessler[4]; 4. 112-Pat Tuttle[5]; 5. 83-Stan O’Brien[2]; 6. 72-Doug Yates[3]; 7. (DNS) 25-Craig Jones
Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 83-Stan O’Brien[1]; 2. 9-Bert McDaniel[4]; 3. 50-Terry Mattly[3]; 4. 00-Dan Kessler[2]; 5. 72-Doug Yates[5]; 6. 112-Pat Tuttle[6]; 7. 25-Craig Jones[7]

Midwest Jalopies
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 32-Matt Fulton Sr[9]; 2. 21-Austin Honts[4]; 3. 1-Tom Honts[3]; 4. 11-Kurt Zimmerman[2]; 5. 79-Jayson Blunt[6]; 6. 59-Jeff Blunt[5]; 7. 17-Jordan Sherwood[11]; 8. 40-Mark Merfeld[8]; 9. 52-Dennis Blunt[1]; 10. 0-Tanner Gerard[7]; 11. 86-Michael Hulsing[10]
Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 40-Mark Merfeld[2]; 2. 0-Tanner Gerard[1]; 3. 17-Jordan Sherwood[5]; 4. 11-Kurt Zimmerman[3]; 5. 52-Dennis Blunt[4]; 6. 86-Michael Hulsing[6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 32-Matt Fulton Sr[5]; 2. 79-Jayson Blunt[2]; 3. 59-Jeff Blunt[1]; 4. 21-Austin Honts[4]; 5. 1-Tom Honts[3]

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