MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Jeff “Bone” Larson captured his first SLMR Hoker Trucking East Series feature win Saturday at Maquoketa Speedway.
Larson took the race lead just before the hallway point, when race leader Jake Neal suffered a flat tire which forced him to pit.
Larson held off Davenport winner Justin Kay for the victory. Andy Eckrich finished third, followed by Charlie McKenna and Nick Marolf.
Marolf set the pace in qualifying with a time of 14.556 seconds.
Ryan Duhme zipped past front row starters Ray Cox Jr. and Steve Johnson to grab the lead in the IMCA Modified feature. Ryan would lead the rest of the way to the checkers. Travis Denning survived to finish second. Mitch Morris was third, followed by Bryce Garnhart and Tyler.
Shane Paris won the IMCA SportMod main. Brandon Jewell led early in the race, but lost the lead after a lap seven restart. Paris was able to fend off Jarrett Franzen and Jacob Arp in the final laps to secure to the win. Franzen and Arp finished second and third. Logan Veloz took fourth, just ahead of Jake Morris.
Scooter Dulin dominated the IMCA Stock Car main. Scooter led all 15 laps en route to the win. Brandon Vorbeck started fourth, but finished second. Richard Nelson, Jerry Miles, and Kile Vohringer finished third through fifth, in that order.
Randy Lamar took the “W” in IMCA Hobby Stock action.
Trent Lebarge captured both the heat and feature in the Sport Compact class.
The finish:
1. Jeff Larson; 2. Justin Kay; 3. Andy Eckrich; 4. Charlie McKenna; 5. Nick Marolf; 6. Spencer Diercks; 7. Matt Ryan; 8. Luke Goedert; 9. Dave Eckrich; 10. Todd Cooney; 11. Jonathan Brauns; 12. Jeff Aikey; 13. Bryan Moreland; 14. Logan Duffy; 15. Gary Webb; 16. Curtis Glover; 17. Kyle Krampe; 18. Darrel DeFrance; 19. Curt Schroeder; 20. Jeff Tharp; 21. Jake Neal; 22. Jason Hahne; 23. Luke Pestka; 24. Andrew Kosiski.