Back to work at Davenport Speedway

 

DAVENPORT, Ia. (August 8, 2025) – After a long lay-off for the Mississippi Valley Fair, it was back to racing action at the Davenport Speedway. With the Season Championships just two weeks away, racers were driving hard to make it to the Competitive Concrete Victory Lane.

Logan Veloz became the first Outhouse / Storage to Go IMCA Late Model driver to earn three victories this season. Veloz started seventh and moved up to third after five laps. He was in second by lap nine and passed Clay Simpson for the lead on lap fifteen.

Bryce Garnhart would also pass Simpson in the final laps for second. Simpson held on for third over Matt Ryan and Dustin Smith.

Simpson, Nathan Balensiefen, and Jake Morris won the late model heat races.

Brad Dierks picked up the win in the Midwest Recyclers / Del’s Metal Co. IMCA Modifieds. Brad had to pass early race leader Jace Eckrich to grab the top spot. While those two were dicing for the lead, Spencer Diercks was slowly working his way forward from a sixth row starting position. With two laps to go, Spencer was able to pass Eckrich for second, but would advance no further.

Brad Dierks collected his second Davenport win of the year. Spencer Diercks took second with Jace Eckrich third. Matt Werner finished fourth. Chris Zogg was fifth after starting 13th.

A depleted field of Koehler Electric Street Stocks saw Blake Woodruff score his eighth points win if the season. Cary Brown led the first eleven laps of the main after starting on the pole. Brown would finish second with Donnie Louck third. Jake Lund took fourth, ahead of a smoking Jesse Owen in fifth.

Twenty-seven racers battled for the win in the AVS Hydro Excavating IMCA SportMods. Erick Turner led the first six laps of the main, with Justin Veloz taking over on lap seven. Veloz led the rest of the way and survived a green, white, checkered finish to claim his first Davenport victory of the season.
Josh Starr jumped from his seventh starting position but would only make it to second. Third was Perry Gellerstedt. Fourth went to Jacob Copley with Scott Walker taking fifth.

Lukas Short posted his first Wangelin’s Auto IMCA Hobby Stock feature win of the year. Short led flag to flag for the win. Randy LaMar started eighth and finished second. Third went to Daniel Wauters. Jamie Hixson and Carson Butt rounded out the top five.

The IMCA Mod Lites sponsored by Freds Towing / Cantrell Towing / QC Towing may have had the best feature of the night. Twelve green flag laps with three lead changes. Jon Padilla took the lead on lap nine and held it for the final four laps. It was Jon’s third feature win of the season at Davenport.
RJ Gonzales led five laps and finished second. Blake Gonzales finished third, followed by Darrick Knutsen and Brad Salisberry.

The next race at Davenport Speedway will be the Season Championships, on Friday, August 22nd. That event will mark the end of the weekly points season.

Results:
Davenport Speedway
August 8, 2025 –

IMCA Late Models – The Outhouse / Storage to Go
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 43LV-Logan Veloz[7]; 2. 3-Bryce Garnhart[6]; 3. 25JR-Clay Simpson[3]; 4. 07-Matt Ryan[11]; 5. 53-Dustin Smith[8]; 6. 16C-Cruz Birkhofer[5]; 7. 88-Evan Miller[13]; 8. 86-Jake Morris[10]; 9. 77-Joe Beal[2]; 10. 79-Nathan Balensiefen[1]; 11. 70-Mitch Morris[9]; 12. 9G-Anthony Guss[14]; 13. 56W-Gary Webb[18]; 14. 6-Broderick Prescott[16]; 15. 55-Matt Hirst[21]; 16. 72-Dave Hammond[19]; 17. 5-Chuck Hanna[12]; 18. 16-Dave Wadsager[15]; 19. 11JC-Jayden Johnson[17]; 20. (DNS) 2JR-Jesse Bodin; 21. (DNS) 8L-Chris Lawrence
Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (10 Laps): 1. 79-Nathan Balensiefen[1]; 2. 77-Joe Beal[2]; 3. 3-Bryce Garnhart[5]; 4. 53-Dustin Smith[6]; 5. 88-Evan Miller[7]; 6. 6-Broderick Prescott[4]; 7. 72-Dave Hammond[3]
Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (10 Laps): 1. 25JR-Clay Simpson[2]; 2. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[3]; 3. 70-Mitch Morris[6]; 4. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 5. 9G-Anthony Guss[4]; 6. 11JC-Jayden Johnson[1]; 7. 8L-Chris Lawrence[5]
Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (10 Laps): 1. 86-Jake Morris[6]; 2. 16C-Cruz Birkhofer[4]; 3. 43LV-Logan Veloz[5]; 4. 5-Chuck Hanna[7]; 5. 16-Dave Wadsager[3]; 6. 56W-Gary Webb[2]; 7. 55-Matt Hirst[1]

IMCA Modifieds – Midwest Recyclers / Del’s Metal Co.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 29D-Brad Dierks[3]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks[12]; 3. 50-Jace Eckrich[1]; 4. 93-Matt Werner[5]; 5. 9Z-Chris Zogg[13]; 6. 43LV-Logan Veloz[14]; 7. 15D-Brandon Durbin[7]; 8. 88-Tony Von Dresky[9]; 9. 99M-Charlie Mohr[10]; 10. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[18]; 11. 1JR-Ben Chapman[6]; 12. 85-Brian Bushong[17]; 13. 5D-Bob Dominacki[20]; 14. 9G-Anthony Guss[16]; 15. 24M-Troy Emerick[19]; 16. 1777-Austin Nelan[15]; 17. 17C-Shane Paris[8]; 18. 01M-Mitch Way[11]; 19. 99-Brandon Jewell[4]; 20. 17-Jason Pershy[2]
Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 93-Matt Werner[3]; 2. 17-Jason Pershy[2]; 3. 99M-Charlie Mohr[5]; 4. 29-Spencer Diercks[6]; 5. 9Z-Chris Zogg[4]; 6. 9G-Anthony Guss[1]; 7. 24M-Troy Emerick[7]
Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 50-Jace Eckrich[1]; 2. 17C-Shane Paris[4]; 3. 1JR-Ben Chapman[3]; 4. 29D-Brad Dierks[2]; 5. 43LV-Logan Veloz[5]; 6. 85-Brian Bushong[6]; 7. 5D-Bob Dominacki[7]
Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brandon Jewell[2]; 2. 15D-Brandon Durbin[3]; 3. 88-Tony Von Dresky[4]; 4. 01M-Mitch Way[5]; 5. 1777-Austin Nelan[6]; 6. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[1]

Street Stocks – Koehler Electric
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78A-Blake Woodruff[5]; 2. 81-Cary Brown[1]; 3. 31-Donnie Louck[4]; 4. 88-Jake Lund[3]; 5. 95-Jesse Owen[2]; 6. 52A-Bob Barker[7]; 7. 14B-Chevy Andreatta[6]; 8. 17-Andrew Chelf[8]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 81-Cary Brown[2]; 2. 95-Jesse Owen[5]; 3. 78A-Blake Woodruff[8]; 4. 88-Jake Lund[6]; 5. 31-Donnie Louck[7]; 6. 14B-Chevy Andreatta[3]; 7. 52A-Bob Barker[1]; 8. 17-Andrew Chelf[4]

IMCA SportMods – AVS Hydro Excavating
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 43V-Justin Veloz[2]; 2. 8S-Josh Starr[7]; 3. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[6]; 4. 55C-Jacob Copley[8]; 5. 111-Scott Walker[20]; 6. 24X-Cole Stichter[16]; 7. T51-Tyler Maschmann[27]; 8. 10-Erick Turner[1]; 9. 9H-Levi Heath[12]; 10. 11J-Trey Jacobs[4]; 11. 18C-Dakota Cole[23]; 12. 4G-Kevin Goben[14]; 13. 2-Nick Hixson[17]; 14. 69ER-Ryan Reed[11]; 15. 65-David Engelkens[25]; 16. 90-Keith Wiersema[9]; 17. 06G-Finn Oppenheimer[26]; 18. X89-TJ Patz[3]; 19. 97-Josh Geigle[18]; 20. 51X-Cody Weih[15]; 21. 86-Logan Gustaf[24]; 22. 28-Brad Salisberry[10]; 23. 39R-Rance Powell[5]; 24. 33X-Jeff Waterfall[22]; 25. 08-Tyler Carroll[19]; 26. 9-Mike Adam[13]; 27. 2K-Tony Kraklio[21]
Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 90-Keith Wiersema[6]; 2. 43V-Justin Veloz[3]; 3. 69ER-Ryan Reed[7]; 4. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[5]; 5. 9-Mike Adam[4]; 6. 24X-Cole Stichter[8]; 7. 08-Tyler Carroll[9]; 8. 33X-Jeff Waterfall[2]; 9. 65-David Engelkens[1]
Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 8S-Josh Starr[5]; 2. X89-TJ Patz[3]; 3. 10-Erick Turner[1]; 4. 11J-Trey Jacobs[4]; 5. 4G-Kevin Goben[7]; 6. 2-Nick Hixson[9]; 7. 111-Scott Walker[8]; 8. 18C-Dakota Cole[6]; 9. 06G-Finn Oppenheimer[2]
Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 39R-Rance Powell[4]; 2. 55C-Jacob Copley[5]; 3. 9H-Levi Heath[8]; 4. 28-Brad Salisberry[6]; 5. 51X-Cody Weih[2]; 6. 97-Josh Geigle[3]; 7. 2K-Tony Kraklio[1]; 8. 86-Logan Gustaf[9]; 9. T51-Tyler Maschmann[7]

IMCA Hobby Stock – Wangelin’s Auto
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 10X-Lukas Short[1]; 2. 4R-Randy LaMar[8]; 3. H20-Daniel Wauters[7]; 4. 2-Jamie Hixson[10]; 5. 10B-Carson Butt[6]; 6. 86-Jake Gustaf[5]; 7. 55J-Jordan Patz[2]; 8. 8R-AJ Rock[11]; 9. 88H-Adam Hickenbottom[9]; 10. 37-Brent Bohannan[3]; 11. 5-Chase Hixson[4]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 86-Jake Gustaf[3]; 2. 10X-Lukas Short[1]; 3. H20-Daniel Wauters[4]; 4. 88H-Adam Hickenbottom[5]; 5. 37-Brent Bohannan[2]
Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 10B-Carson Butt[3]; 2. 4R-Randy LaMar[4]; 3. 55J-Jordan Patz[1]; 4. 2-Jamie Hixson[5]; 5. 5-Chase Hixson[2]

IMCA Mod Lite – Freds Towing / Cantrell Towing / QC Towing
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11P-Jon Padilla[9]; 2. 18G-RJ Gonzales[5]; 3. 16G-Blake Gonzales[4]; 4. 99X-Darrick Knutsen[6]; 5. 9G-Brad Salisberry[1]; 6. 17M-Mike Morrow[3]; 7. 9M-Nolan Morrow[2]; 8. 11M-Rocky Meyer[8]; 9. 9-Makinsey Salisberry[7]
Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 18G-RJ Gonzales[8]; 2. 9G-Brad Salisberry[3]; 3. 16G-Blake Gonzales[6]; 4. 17M-Mike Morrow[5]; 5. 9M-Nolan Morrow[4]; 6. 99X-Darrick Knutsen[9]; 7. 9-Makinsey Salisberry[1]; 8. 11M-Rocky Meyer[2]; 9. 11P-Jon Padilla[7]

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