Vohringer, Meyer and Wilson New Faces in Victory Lane at JCS

by  Ed Potter

MAQUOKETA, Ia  (July 17, 2010) - On a nice and warm evening for auto racing at Jackson County Speedway Saturday it was Coca Cola Fan appreciation night and you could get a Coke and a hot dog for just two dollars.  Plus Coca Cola supplied all the trophies and a trophy presenter.  A touch of water on the racing surface during intermission made for a fast smooth race track for the features.  Three new drivers won their features including one driver’s first ever feature win.

   The 4-Stock feature ran start to finish without a single caution.  Third place starter, young Lane Vohringer snatched the lead on lap one with first heat winner Billy Veach hot on his tail.  Unfortunately for Veach he was forced to retire about mid-race with mechanical woes.  At lap six second heat winner, Jeremy Campbell moved into second bringing eleventh place starter, Scott Booth with him.  As these two ran side by side, Vohringer sailed along out front.  Vohringer went on for his first ever feature win.  Booth edged Campbell out for second.  Rob Harding Sr was fourth with Jake Ellithorpe fifth.

   First heat winner, Andy Wagener jumped into the early lead of the Hobby Stock feature and was soon holding off the challenges of second heat winner, Kile Vohringer.  Only one caution flew in this twelve lapper, but it wasn’t going to slow Wagener down.  At lap nine Vohringer moved by Wagener bringing Sheldon Hunter with him.  Hunter took over on lap ten and went on for his second win of the year.  Vohringer was second with Cameron Sorgenfrey third and tenth place starter, Shawn Flagel fourth.  Wagener held on for fifth.

   Kelly Meyer has had some pretty rotten luck this season in the IMCA Modified division, but things finally changed this week.  Meyer won the second heat and started on the front row of the feature along side of first heat winner, Steve Olson.  Meyer jumped into the lead and never looked back as he went on for his first feature win of the year.  The car Kelly won in is eighteen years old and has won at least one feature in every one of those eighteen years.  Matt Wilson was second with eleventh place starter, Dan Klatt third.  Matt Irwin took fourth with Marty Scheckel fifth.

   Jed Holland went out front of the Street Stock feature and soon had a battle between Joe Bonney and Dan Mohr going on right behind him.  At lap five Bonney moved out front and the battle for second became Holland and Mohr.  Bonney went on for his third win of the season with Holland second and Mohr third.  Chip Kohl was fourth with Shane Oberbreckling fifth.  The heat wins went to Bonney and Jon Poll.

   After some tough luck last week Thad Wilson used his pole starting spot in the Gade Racing Engines/Shirts ‘n’ Stuff Pro Modified feature to lead flag to flag for his first Jackson County Speedway win this season.  Doug Crampton was a strong second with heat winner, Bob Dominacki taking third.  Jake Bowman and Joe Ross rounded out the top five.

   After last week’s “Big One” in the B & D Pit stop IMCA Late Model division this week the feature ran with only two minor cautions.  Third place starter, Joe Zrostlik took the early lead and the first caution fell at lap six.  On the restart Terry Neal moved out front with Zrostlik and Ray Guss Jr in pursuit.  Four laps later the only other caution came out but this wasn’t gong to slow Neal down.  On the restart it was still Neal, Zrostlik and Guss.  Guss moved by Zrostlik on lap eighteen, but nobody was going to catch Neal as he went on for his fourth trip to victory lane this year.  Guss was second with Zrostlik holding on for third.  Doug Nigh took fourth over Bryan Klein’s fifth.  The heats went to Neal and Ryan Duhme.

   Don’t forget this coming Saturday will be the fourth annual running of the Dusty Kay Memorial Race.  This race is for the 4-Stock and will pay five hundred dollars to win the thirteen lap feature.  A total of thirteen hundred dollars in extra prize money has been added to the 4-Stock pay off.  All other divisions will also be running with the thirteenth place finisher in every feature getting extra money.  A hard charger prize will also be awarded in all divisions.  4-Stocks will draw and re-draw, all other classes will start normally.

Results

4- Stock

Heat one: 1. Billy Veach—Otter Creek; 2. Mitch Bielenberg—Charlotte; 3. Lane Vohringer—Maquoketa; 4. Rob Harding Sr—Delmar; 5. Jake Ellithorpe—Delmar

Heat two: 1. Jeremy Campbell—Dubuque; 2. Brandon Jewell—Low Moor; 3. Rich Phillips—Fulton, IL; 4. Jacob Temple—Lancaster, WI; 5. Ricky Kay—Wheatland

Feature: 1. Vohringer; 2. Scott Booth—Camanche; 3. Campbell; 4. Rob Harding Sr; 5. Ellithorpe; 6. Kay; 7. Jake Montoya—Maquoketa; 8. Chris Holmlund—Maquoketa; 9. Jacob Temple; 10. Tim Maika—Clinton; 11. Jewell; 12. Kayla Cox—Maquoketa; 13. Phillips; 14. Veach; 15. Craig Temple—Lancaster, WI

Hobby Stock

Heat one: 1. Andy Wagener—Maquoketa; 2. Matt Montoya—Maquoketa; 3. Sheldon Hunter—Wyoming; 4. Josh Neal—Monmouth; 5. Gene Ehlers—Oxford Junction

Heat two: 1. Kile Vohringer—Maquoketa; 2. Cameron Sorgenfrey—Wyoming; 3. Matt McGranahan—Maquoketa; 4. Justin Yarolem—Monmouth; 5. Tyler Soppe—Sherrill

Feature: 1. Hunter; 2. Vohringer; 3. Sorgenfrey; 4. Shawn Flagel—Maquoketa; 5. Wagener; 6. Yarolem; 7. Joe Grant—Fulton, IL; 8. McGranahan; 9. Neal; 10. Soppe; 11. Montoya; 12. Ehlers

IMCA Modified

Heat one: 1. Steve Olson—Preston; 2. Matt Wilson—Donahue; 3. Mike Fuller—Welton; 4. Matt Irwin—Maquoketa; 5. Scott Olson—Preston

Heat two: 1. Kelly Meyer—Big Rock; 2. Marty Scheckel—Long Grove; 3. Cory Bauer—Monticello; 4. Keith Feller—Park View; 5. Andrew Burk—Eldridge

Feature: 1. Meyer; 2. Matt Wilson; 3. Dan Klatt—Wheatland; 4. Irwin; 5. Scheckel; 6. Ben Traver—Lowden; 7. Bauer; 8. Feller; 9. Hunter Wilson—Moline, IL; 10. Scott Olson; 11. Steve Olson; 12. Bill Kretschmer—Eldridge; 13. Troy Sams—Maquoketa; 14. Joe Anders—Wyoming; 15. Burk; 16. Fuller; 17. Tyler Glass—Miles

Street Stock

Heat one: 1. Joe Bonney—Maquoketa; 2. Kevin Brame—Omaha, NE; 3. Shane Oberbreckling—Onslow; 4. Robert Sherbonda—Elwood; 5. Mike Conley—Mt. Vernon

Heat two: 1. Jon Poll—Delmar; 2. Chip Kohl—Marion; 3. Jed Holland—Wyoming; 4. Brendan Driscoll—Preston; 5. Dan  Mohr—Clarence

Feature: 1. Bonney; 2. Holland; 3. Mohr; 4. Kohl; 5. Oberbreckling; 6. Emily Gade—Clarence; 7. Sherbonda; 8. Ryan Claeys—Morrison, IL; 9. Conley; 10. Driscoll; 11. Poll; 12. Brame

Gade Racing Engines/Shirts ‘n’ Stuff Pro Modified

Heat one: 1. Bob Dominacki—Bettendorf; 2. Joe Ross—Thomson, IL; 3. Davey Hammond—De Witt; 4. Thad Wilson—Moline, IL; 5. Doug Crampton—Rock Island, IL

Feature: 1. Wilson; 2. Crampton; 3. Dominacki; 4. Jake Bowman—Maquoketa; 5. Ross; 6. Hammond; 7. Bart Miller—Clarence; 8. Timmy Current—Bernard; 9. Ray Cox Jr—Maquoketa; 10 Jed Freiburger—Dubuque

B & D Pit Stop IMCA Late Model

Heat one: 1. Terry Neal—Ely; 2. Joe Zrostlik—Long Grove; 3. Ray Guss Jr—Milan, IL; 4. Tom Pestka—Maquoketa; 5. Bryan Klein—Cedar Rapids

Heat two: 1. Ryan Duhme—La Motte; 2. Cory Goldbeck—Camanche; 3. Greg Wagner—Polo, IL; 4. Kirk Caes—Maquoketa; 5. Doug Nigh—Maquoketa

Feature: 1. Neal; 2. Guss; 3. Zrostlik; 4. Nigh; 5. Klein; 6. Pestka; 7. Buck Harmening—East Moline, IL; 8. Goldbeck; 9. Don Pataska—Green Island; 10. Wagner; 11. Duhme; 12. Mitch Current—Maquoketa