DAVENPORT, Iowa — Night two of the Corn State Nationals was a real test of man and machine. The MARS Late Model series was the featured class of the evening and their A-Main did not disappoint.
Jason Feger had never won on the Davenport quarter-mile until last night. Now he has two wins. Friday Feger led all forty laps of the feature.
On Saturday, not so much. Feger started sixth and fell back as far as eleventh in the early going. Jason slowly worked his way forward, aided by some caution flags. He was third with nine laps to go and led the final four laps for the Corn State Nationals sweep and the $10,000 prize.
Iowa native Chris Simpson drove from ninth to lead laps 34-36.
Simpson would finish second. Frank Heckenast Jr. started next to Simpson in row five and rallied late to finish third. Blair Nothdurft led for 29 laps but faded to fourth. Garrett Alberson started on the pole and led the first three laps of the race, before scoring a fifth-place finish.
Spencer Diercks brought home the win in the Midwest Recyclers / Del’s Metal Co. IMCA Modifieds. Shane Paris started outside of the front row and led the first four laps of the race. A lap five restart allowed Diercks to power by on the outside to take the lead. He led the rest of the way for the win. Paris held on to finish second followed by Jeff Larson and Chris Zogg.
Kevin Goben captured the win in the AVS Hydro Excavating IMCA SportMods.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[6]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[9]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[10]; 4. 76-Blair Nothdurft[3]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 6. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 7. 99-Caden McWhorter[2]; 8. 15D-Justin Duty[8]; 9. 09-Michael Leach[17]; 10. 24-Ryan Unzicker[5]; 11. 8-Dillon McCowan[14]; 12. 38T-Dylan Thornton[16]; 13. 11H-Jeff Herzog[7]; 14. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[15]; 15. 38J-Jake Little[21]; 16. 51-Matt Furman[19]; 17. 3-Brennon Willard[22]; 18. 10K-Daryn Klein[12]; 19. (DNF) 43-Derrick Stewart[18]; 20. (DNF) 18-Shannon Babb[13]; 21. (DNF) 317-Austin Howes[20]; 22. (DNF) 15-Nick Anvelink[11]
