Jackson County Speedway

Bonney and Meyer Get First Wins Season Championship Night

By Ed Potter

(MAQUOKETA, Iowa 8/23/08)- Point Championships were decided in all six divisions of racing Saturday night at Jackson County Speedway and the night saw two more new faces in victory lane.  One hundred and fifteen cars filled the pit area on a night when car counts are usually down a little bit, as the races are started straight up, with point leaders up front.  The Crashed Cars .com 4 Stock feature got off to a pretty rough start as Ricky Egan rolled his car on the front straight away on the drop of the green.  Ricky walked away uninjured.  Brannon Bechen grabbed the lead but Ricky Kay came from third to take over on a second lap restart.  On lap four Bechen moved back out front and one lap later Kay pulled off the track with mechanical problems.  Bechen insured his point championship as he led the rest of the way and took his fifth win of the year.  Matt Montoya tried to run him down, but had to settle for second.  On his first visit to Jackson County Clayton Bicker came from his twenty-first starting spot to take third.  Jacob Ellithorpe was fourth as Leigh Poole took fifth.  Andy Wagener, Jeremy Campbell and Bechen took the heat wins.

    The Bruce's Auto Body Hobby Stock feature had Neil Patchin taking the early lead.  On lap four Joe Bonney moved out front and held on for his first win of the season.  His winning finish was good enough to put him in a tie with Patchin for the point championship, as Patchin retired from the race for a fifteenth place finish.  Eleventh place starter and first heat winner, Dan Mohr took second with D.J. Fuller third.  Second heat winner and thirteenth place starter, Jeff Baker was fourth over Sheldon Hunter's fifth.  Mike McGarry won the other heat.

    Mitch Schmitz came from fifth to take the lead of the Straight Pipes Plus Street Stock feature from Terry Rittmer on lap three and never looked back as he took his fifth victory of the season.  Cary Brown moved into second on the seventh lap but had to settle for that spot as he couldn't get to Schmitz.  On the checkered flag lap third and fourth place runners, Andrew Burk and Rittmer became entangled bringing out the caution relegating them to the back of the lap.  Burk was then disqualified due to his pit crew’s actions in the infield following the race.  Kevin Brame was third with Klay Letcher's fourth place finish guaranteeing him the point championship.  Mark Claeys rounded out the top five.  Joe Bonney and Rittmer won the heat races.  Kudos to Joe Bonney for running two divisions in two different cars and finishing in the top five in point in both divisions.

    Second Pro Modified heat winner, Bob Dominacki took the lead of the feature and it looked like his race even though Jon Bull moved into second on the seventh lap as was putting the pressure on him.  Dominacki was flying around the top side of the track when all of the sudden on the white flag lap there was Tim Current on the inside of him.  On the last lap Current edged by to take his third victory of the year.  Dominaki's second place finish was good enough to insure him of the point title.  Tony VonDresky moved in to take third on the white flag lap.  Bull held on for fourth with third heat winner, John Ahlers taking fifth.  Ray Cox Jr won the other heat.

    Joe Zrostlik and Terry Neal went into the night separated by one point for the Obie's IMCA Late Model title.  Neal won his heat race putting him ahead by two points going into the feature.  Zrostlik took the early lead, but on lap four Neal went by.  Zrostlik drove one great race but had to settle for second as Neal went on for his third win this year.  Neal won the points championship by those three points gathered in the heat race.  Mike Garland was a strong third with Ryan Duhme fourth.  Luke Merfeld came from his sixteenth place starting spot to round out the top five.  Hershel Roberts took the other heat race win.

    In the Hitching Post B Modified heat races point leader and Man On Fire, Chris Stein suffered mechanical woes.  Chris made a call to Davenport and had a racing friend bring his car up so Chris could run the feature, relegating him to a twentieth place starting spot instead of the pole.  This happening gave Kory Meyer the pole and he used it to his full advantage as he led flag to flag for his first win this year.  Rick Galloway was second followed by Keith Feller, Matt Wilson and Steve Olson, in that order.  Stein's seventh place finish still gave him the point title with a good run in a car he had never driven before.  Galloway, Meyer and Johnny Walker were the heat race winners.  This coming Saturday will feature Cheater's races in all divisions except the IMCA Late Model along with mechanics racing, powder puffs and the always exciting Budweiser Night of Destruction trailer races.

Results

Crashedtoys.com 4 Stocks

Heat one: 1. Andy Wagener--Maquoketa; 2. Leigh Poole--Polo, IL; 3. Bob Gustafson--New Liberty; 4. Scott Booth--Camanche; 5. Ed Travis--Chana, IL

Heat two: 1. Jeremy Campbell--Dubuque; 2. Jacob Ellithorpe--Delmar; 3. Mitchell Bielenberg--Charlotte; 4. Alan Horner--Maquoketa; 5. Josh Garnhart--Shannon, IL

Heat three: 1. Brannon Bechen--Bernard; 2. Matt Montoya--Maquoketa; 3. Rob Harding--Clinton; 4. Clayton Bicker--Polo, IL; 5. Bryan Ritter--Davenport

Feature: 1. Bechen; 2. Montoya; 3. Bicker; 4. Ellithorpe; 5. Poole; 6. Wagener; 7. Horner; 8. Gustafson; 9. Travis; 10. Denise Costello--Delmar; 11. Jim McKinney--Calamus; 12. Garnhart; 13. Harding; 14. Mike Behnke--Oxford Junction; 15. Jeremy Vasquez--Dubuque; 16. Campbell; 17. Ritter; 18. Tim Maika--Clinton; 19. Ricky Kay--Wheatland; 20. Bielenberg; 21. Booth; 22. Chris Holmlund--Maquoketa; 23. Ricky Egan—Maquoketa

Bruce’s Auto Body Hobby Stocks

Heat one: 1. Dan Mohr--Clarence; 2. Emily Gade--Clarence; 3. D.J. Fuller--Lost Nation; 4. Brett Stalker--Miles; 5. Joe Bonney--Maquoketa

Heat two: 1. Jeff Baker--Maquoketa; 2. Neil Patchin--Maquoketa; 3. Shane Norton--Monticello; 4. Jack Greve--Clinton; 5. Kile Vohringer--Maquoketa

Heat three: 1. Mike McGarry--Camanche; 2. Bruce Yoerger--De Witt; 3. Sheldon Hunter--Wyoming; 4. Tim Bader--Monticello; 5. Mike Leif Jr--Fulton, IL

Feature: 1. Bonney; 2. Mohr; 3. Fuller; 4. Baker; 5. Hunter; 6. Yoerger; 7. Bader; 8. McGarry; 9. Leif; 10. Gade; 11. Norton; 12. Greve; 13. Justin Butt--Andover; 14. Stalker; 15. Patchin; 16. Vohringer; 17. Joe Grant--Fulton, IL; 18. Trevor Muilenburg—Bettendorf

Straight Pipes Plus Street Stocks

Heat one: 1. Joe Bonney--Maquoketa; 2. Kerry Dake--Lost Nation; 3. Klay Letcher--De Witt; 4. Kevin Brame--Carol Stream, IL; 5. Duane Rittmer--Sabula

heat two: 1. Terry Rittmer--Savanna, IL; 2. Andrew Burk--Eldridge; 3. Mitch Schmitz--Baldwin; 4. Cary Brown--Davenport; 5. Mark Claeys—Dixon

Feature: 1. Schmitz; 2. Brown; 3. Brame; 4. Letcher; 5. Claeys; 6. Allan Milder--Sabula; 7. Jon Poll--Delmar; 8. Brendan Driscoll--Preston; 9. Casey Kohl--Dubuque; 10. Mike Conley--Mt. Vernon; 11. Terry Rittmer; 12. Duane Rittmer; 13. Bonney

Pro Modified

Heat one: 1. Ray Cox Jr--Maquoketa; 2. Brian Webb--Davenport; 3. Don Pataska--Green Island; 4. Matt Irwin--Maquoketa; 5. Kolin King--Stanwood

Heat two: 1. Bob Dominacki--Bettendorf; 2. Tony VonDresky--Davenport; 3. Jake Bowman--Maquoketa; 4. Randall Verplaetse--Barstow, IL; 5. Jon Poll--Delmar

Heat three: 1. John Ahlers--Bettendorf; 2. Bart Miller--Clarence; 3. John Bull--Moline, IL; 4. Doug Crampton--Rock Island, IL; 5. Joe Ross--Thomson, IL

Feature: 1. Tim Current--Bernard; 2. Dominacki; 3. VonDresky; 4. Bull; 5. Ahlers; 6. Cox; 7. Miller; 8. Webb; 9. Crampton; 10. Ross; 11. Verplaetse; 12. Jarod Struss--Davenport; 13. Poll; 14. Bowman; 15. Pataska; 16. Irwin; 17. Scott Olson--Preston; 18. King

Obie’s IMCA Late Model

Heat one: 1. Terry Neal--Ely; 2. Ryan Duhme--Maquoketa; 3. Dave Engelkens--Morrison, IL; 4. Luke Merfeld--Dubuque; 5. Scott Schurbon--Maquoketa

Heat two: 1. Hershel Roberts--East Moline, IL; 2. Adam Appendices--Silvis, IL; 3. Cory Goldbeck--Camanche; 4. Joe Zrostlik--Long Grove; 5. Matt Ryan--Davenport

Feature: 1. Neal; 2. Zrostlik; 3. Mike Garland--Morrison, IL; 4. Duhme; 5. Merfeld; 6. Engelkens--7. Tim Current--Bernard; 8. Goldbeck; 9. Ryan; 10. Roberts; 11. Luke Pestka--Robbins; 12. Oppendike; 13. Brian Meiners--Morrison, IL; 14. Schurbon; 15. Mitch Current--Maquoketa; 16. Randy Christner--Le Claire; 17. Kelly Pestka--Marion

Hitching Post B Modified

Heat one: 1. Rick Galloway--Maquoketa; 2. Mike Fuller--Welton; 3. Todd Dykema--Davenport; 4. Kirk Caes--Maquoketa; 5. John Abbott--Davenport

Heat two: 1. Kory Meyer--Big Rock; 2. Jay Garvey--Clinton; 3. Greg Wilson--Bettendorf; 4. Matt Wilson--Donahue; 5. Rick Husemann--Center Junction;

Heat three: 1. Johnny Walker--Stanwood; 2. Keith Feller--Maquoketa; 3. Steve Olson--Preston; 4. Perry Gellerstedt--Andover, IL; 5. Troy Sams--Maquoketa