DAVENPORT, Iowa – Bill Leighton held off Jeff Aikey to claim Saturday’s Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing – Hoker Trucking East Series feature at Davenport Speedway.
The feature started with polesitter Spencer Diercks sprinting out to the lead early. On lap seven, fifth-place starter Matt Ryan took the lead. Ryan’s time at the point was short-lived as just a few laps later Leighton took control.
Leighton would lead the rest of the way to the checkered flag, even though he was pressured by charging Aikey in the final five laps. Aikey had slowly worked his way forward during the race and had one of the fastest cars at the end of the forty laps. Richie Gustin had a solid run in third, while early race leader Matt Ryan faded to fourth. Justin Kay started eleventh and finished fifth.
The Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Modified feature was a hard fought affair. Dustin Smith led lap one, with Tom Berry Jr. taking the lead on lap two. Berry looked to have the race in hand when he made contact with a back marker, bringing out the yellow.
This gave the lead to Chris Simpson. Simpson was leading when the yellow-checkered was displayed as the event had reached curfew time. Eric Barnes finished second, ahead of Kollin Hibdon. Chris Zogg and Dennis Leveine rounded out the top five.
Logan Veloz won the IMCA SportMod feature that was also shortened by cautions and time restraints. Veloz started on the pole and led every lap that was completed. Shane Paris locked himself into a second place finish. Jeremy Gustaf, Logan Anderson, and Ryan Walker were third through fifth respectively.
Nick Hixson passed Jeff Struck Jr. on a lap-12 restart to win the Koehler Electric Street Stock feature. Struck had led the first 11 laps of the race. Struck held on to finish second, ahead of Joe Bonney, Jesse Owen, and Rob Henry, in that order.
Thomas Adams led every lap of the QCjeeps.com Sport Compact feature. Shane Kelly finished second with Jimmy Dutlinger third. Fourth went to Cody Staley followed by Shawn McDermott in fifth.