Kuntzelman Scores First Ever Win at Maquoketa

 

Maquoketa, Iowa (May 24, 2025) – Eastern Iowa Overhead Door Sponsored the racing action on Saturday night at the Maquoketa Speedway and what a night it was. Great Racing, First Time Winner and a Marriage Proposal capped off an action packed night.

The Eastern Iowa Overhead Door IMCA Modifieds ran a $1,000 to win race which made the event an All Star Qualifier on Saturday night. Freeport, Illinois driver Jaden Fryer started the night by drawing the number 100 pill out of 100 which lined him up deep in his heat race. Following he heat and a disappointing 6th place finish, Fryer took the green in the 25 lap main event from the 11th starting position. Fryer found the extreme low line of the track to his liking and steadily worked to the front taking the lead from Spencer Diercks late in the main and went on to hold off a last lap charge by Diercks to take the $1,000 plus the hard charger of the race $100 product certificate from Performance Bodies. Following the race winners interview, Fryer dropped to one knee and proposed to his girlfriend Kaelie Schnepp in victory lane.

The surprised young lady accepted the proposal and a memorable night has started a new chapter for the young couple and it all started in the Maquoketa Speedway Victory Lane.

The QCJeeps.Com IMCA Stock Cars saw a stout field of 20 drivers take the green in their feature event. Richard Nelson led the first few circuits before 8th starting Andrew Burk was able to move out front. Burk went on to hold off one of he best in the business in Damon Murty. Sheldon Oberle turned in another strong run in taking third on Saturday night.

25 Amhof Trucking IMCA Sportmods made the call for their main event on Saturday night and the race saw several drivers take their turn at the point position. Rance Powell led early before Ed Mills was able to move out front. But the night belonged to Corey Kuntzelman. It is always special to see a driver make his way to victory lane for the first time ever and that was the case for Kuntzelman. A regular competitor at the Maquoketa Speedway in the very tough Sportmod division, Kuntzelman has now added his name to the winners list. Kuntzelman took the checkers ahead of Mills and 10th starting Jarrett Franzen crossed under the checkers in third.

To say a driver has finally got the monkey off his back was certainly fitting on Saturday night as Kile Vohringer scored the win in the Not Quite Done Yet BBQ IMCA Hobby Stocks. The early part of the season has been nothing but frustration for Vohringer, finally Vohringer was able to put his Mopar in Victory lane after a very spirited battle with veteran Randy LaMar. Vohringer hit his marks lap after lap in holding off the veteran by a ½ car length at the checkers. LaMar took second ahead of Daniel Wauters.

Dave Eberle advanced from a 9th position start in the INEX Legends main event on Saturday and scored a hard fought close win over Dylan Manning. Eberle was part of a three wide battle for the lead at the midway point of the main, the Freeport driver emerged from the pack to score the win by a narrow margin ahead of Manning and Robby Morrison.

Racing will continue on Saturday, May 31st as Arnold Motor Supply will sponsor the racing action at the Maquoketa Speedway. All classes will be in action with hot laps slated to take to the track at 5:45 pm with racing to follow.

 

IMCA Modifieds – Eastern Iowa Overhead Door
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8-Jaden Fryer[11]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks[2]; 3. 17C-Shane Paris[7]; 4. 99M-Charlie Mohr[6]; 5. 1JR-Ben Chapman[3]; 6. 01M-Mitch Way[1]; 7. A10-Grant Manthe[9]; 8. 12T-Austin Stamm[13]; 9. 33J-Joe Huenefeld[14]; 10. 57-Andrew Hamburg[8]; 11. 13K-Kaity Sample[5]; 12. 5B-Tim Bader[15]; 13. 1-Eric Barnes[10]; 14. 21T-Mark Mikos JR[12]; 15. 99-Brandon Jewell[4]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 17C-Shane Paris[1]; 2. 1JR-Ben Chapman[7]; 3. 57-Andrew Hamburg[2]; 4. 01M-Mitch Way[5]; 5. 13K-Kaity Sample[4]; 6. 5B-Tim Bader[8]; 7. 21T-Mark Mikos JR[6]; 8. 33J-Joe Huenefeld[3]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 99M-Charlie Mohr[4]; 2. A10-Grant Manthe[2]; 3. 29-Spencer Diercks[6]; 4. 1-Eric Barnes[3]; 5. 99-Brandon Jewell[1]; 6. 8-Jaden Fryer[7]; 7. 12T-Austin Stamm[5]

20 entries
IMCA Stock Cars – QC Jeeps
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 77W-Andrew Burk[8]; 2. 99D-Damon Murty[7]; 3. 105-Sheldon Oberle[9]; 4. 16S-Casey Shelliam[15]; 5. 4K-Kodey Miles[6]; 6. 4-Jerry Miles[3]; 7. 17M-Jared Miller[17]; 8. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[18]; 9. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[11]; 10. 80N-Richard Nelson[2]; 11. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[13]; 12. 41F-Zane Fellman[20]; 13. 23-Brendan Driscoll[14]; 14. 77C-Mitch Current[19]; 15. 02-Austin Staley[4]; 16. 12T-Timmy Current[1]; 17. 12N-Gage Neal[10]; 18. A78-Austin Vorbeck[12]; 19. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[5]; 20. (DNS) 70-Joe Bonney

Heat 1 – Top 5 Invert (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jerry Miles[5]; 2. 105-Sheldon Oberle[8]; 3. 99D-Damon Murty[7]; 4. 12T-Timmy Current[1]; 5. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[6]; 6. 27Z-Chase Zaruba[10]; 7. B78-Brandon Vorbeck[4]; 8. 16S-Casey Shelliam[2]; 9. 17M-Jared Miller[3]; 10. 77C-Mitch Current[9]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Invert (8 Laps): 1. 4K-Kodey Miles[6]; 2. 12N-Gage Neal[8]; 3. 77W-Andrew Burk[7]; 4. 80N-Richard Nelson[3]; 5. 02-Austin Staley[5]; 6. A78-Austin Vorbeck[4]; 7. 23-Brendan Driscoll[1]; 8. 70-Joe Bonney[9]; 9. 7Z-Clay Hockaday[2]; 10. 41F-Zane Fellman[10]

25 entries
IMCA SportMods – Amhof Trucking
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[6]; 2. 41-Ed Mills[3]; 3. 33-Jarett Franzen[10]; 4. 8S-Josh Starr[8]; 5. 39R-Rance Powell[2]; 6. 7-Jered Staver[12]; 7. 75-Bob Silaggi[4]; 8. 4-Jerry Miles[18]; 9. 18-Nathan Silaggi[11]; 10. 9H-Levi Heath[7]; 11. 28-Bobby Taggart[16]; 12. 11J-Trey Jacobs[15]; 13. X14-Randy Farrell[13]; 14. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[1]; 15. 68B-Raiff Cauwels[17]; 16. 69ER-Ryan Reed[9]; 17. 444-Patric Conner[23]; 18. 71J-Justin Schroeder[5]; 19. 33F-Andy Wagener[25]; 20. 2K-Tony Kraklio[19]; 21. 24W-Andrew Lameyer[14]; 22. 756-Josh Pink[22]; 23. 3T-Tyler Soppe[24]; 24. 36N-Joe Nemitz[20]; 25. (DNS) 99A-Parker Brookman

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 41-Ed Mills[3]; 2. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[2]; 3. 7-Jered Staver[8]; 4. 69ER-Ryan Reed[7]; 5. X14-Randy Farrell[5]; 6. 28-Bobby Taggart[6]; 7. 2K-Tony Kraklio[4]; 8. 756-Josh Pink[1]; 9. 33F-Andy Wagener[9]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 9H-Levi Heath[6]; 2. 75-Bob Silaggi[4]; 3. 33-Jarett Franzen[7]; 4. 47-Corey Kuntzelman[5]; 5. 24W-Andrew Lameyer[1]; 6. 68B-Raiff Cauwels[2]; 7. 36N-Joe Nemitz[8]; 8. 444-Patric Conner[3]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (8 Laps): 1. 39R-Rance Powell[2]; 2. 18-Nathan Silaggi[7]; 3. 8S-Josh Starr[6]; 4. 71J-Justin Schroeder[4]; 5. 11J-Trey Jacobs[5]; 6. 4-Jerry Miles[8]; 7. 99A-Parker Brookman[3]; 8. 3T-Tyler Soppe[1]

15 entries
INEX Legends – Legends.Direct
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5-Dave Eberle[9]; 2. 14-Dylan Manning[10]; 3. 32-Robby Morrison[5]; 4. 25-Cole O’Brien[8]; 5. 19-Jeff Schmidt[2]; 6. 33-Cody Moline[1]; 7. 88-Cohen Henze[6]; 8. 24-Adam Reed[7]; 9. 04-Adam Meyer[4]; 10. 02W-Brycen Wilson[11]; 11. 02-Tim Fredericks[12]; 12. N8-Nate Wolbers[15]; 13. 2-Keith Moline[13]; 14. 111C-Colton Irving[3]; 15. 83Z-Makenna Zachman[14]

Heat 1 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 32-Robby Morrison[5]; 2. 5-Dave Eberle[7]; 3. 19-Jeff Schmidt[2]; 4. 33-Cody Moline[1]; 5. 24-Adam Reed[6]; 6. 02W-Brycen Wilson[8]; 7. 2-Keith Moline[4]; 8. N8-Nate Wolbers[3]

Heat 2 – Top 5 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 14-Dylan Manning[7]; 2. 88-Cohen Henze[5]; 3. 25-Cole O’Brien[6]; 4. 04-Adam Meyer[3]; 5. 111C-Colton Irving[2]; 6. 02-Tim Fredericks[4]; 7. 83Z-Makenna Zachman[1]

27 entries
IMCA Hobby Stocks – Not Quite Done Yet BBQ
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1X-Kile Vohringer[1]; 2. 4R-Randy LaMar[2]; 3. H2O-Daniel Wauters[7]; 4. 8-Lukas Short[9]; 5. 10B-Carson Butt[4]; 6. 101-Nick Proehl[10]; 7. 24-Matt Bennett[11]; 8. 21K-Dan Klatt[8]; 9. 33-Scott Wetter[15]; 10. 4K-Karter Miles[20]; 11. 1-Lane Vohringer[6]; 12. 22H-Kyler Hefty[23]; 13. 12-Dylan Said[22]; 14. 78-Steven Shady[13]; 15. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[17]; 16. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[19]; 17. 28B-Landon Bennett[3]; 18. 16-David Bennett[18]; 19. 58-Corey Cullen[5]; 20. 14-Brett Hahlen[21]; 21. 86-Jake Gustaf[16]; 22. 31B-James Bearer[24]; 23. 4-Jordan Miles[14]; 24. 2X-Dan Mohr[12]; 25. 04-Dylan Ackerman[26]; 26. (DNS) 7M-Justin Morhardt; 27. (DNS) 3B-Brandon White

Heat 1 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 1-Lane Vohringer[5]; 2. 24-Matt Bennett[7]; 3. 8-Lukas Short[6]; 4. 2X-Dan Mohr[8]; 5. 78-Steven Shady[4]; 6. 86-Jake Gustaf[3]; 7. 3F-Dakotah Schilling[2]; 8. 12-Dylan Said[1]; 9. 7M-Justin Morhardt[9]

Heat 2 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 1X-Kile Vohringer[1]; 2. 4R-Randy LaMar[2]; 3. 10B-Carson Butt[4]; 4. H2O-Daniel Wauters[5]; 5. 4-Jordan Miles[8]; 6. 7Z-Jack Hockaday[3]; 7. 4K-Karter Miles[7]; 8. 22H-Kyler Hefty[6]; 9. 04-Dylan Ackerman[9]

Heat 3 – Top 4 Make Invert (6 Laps): 1. 101-Nick Proehl[6]; 2. 28B-Landon Bennett[2]; 3. 21K-Dan Klatt[5]; 4. 58-Corey Cullen[4]; 5. 33-Scott Wetter[7]; 6. 16-David Bennett[8]; 7. 14-Brett Hahlen[3]; 8. 31B-James Bearer[9]; 9. 3B-Brandon White[1]

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