DAVENPORT, Iowa — Four racers made their first visit of the year to Competitve Concrete Victory Lane, at Davenport Speedway Friday night.
The new winners along with the chilly, breezy, and sometimes wet weather made for an interesting night of racing at the Davenport track.
Logan Veloz made it back-to-back wins in the Outhouse and Storage to Go Container Rentals IMCA Late Model division. Veloz started seventh and vaulted into the lead on lap three. From that point Logan ran away from the field. He finished with a seven second lead on second place Matt Ryan.
Ryan started ninth and worked steadily forward, but could not get through the traffic as fast as the leader. Chris Lawrence finished third after leading laps one and two. Cruz Birkhofer raced from 16th starting position to finish fourth. Jake Morris rounded out the top five.
The finale of the evening was the Del’s Metal Co. & Midwest Recyclers IMCA Modified feature with another $1,000 first-place prize on the line. The song was pretty much the same, but the names were changed.
Brad Dierks won the twenty lapper and for the second week in a row, a driver with the initials B.D. was the winner. Dierks led the race flag to flag for the win. Ben Chapman started second and finished in the same position. Spencer Diercks started sixth and drove to a third-place finish. Following Spencer to the checkers were Charlie Mohr and last week’s winner Brandon Durbin.
The AVS Hydro Excavating IMCA SportMod main had everyone on the edge of their seats. Long-time SportMod racer Rance Powell scored his first Davenport feature win Friday night. Rance started third, but led all fifteen laps for the victory.
Ryan Reed started ninth and quickly charged up to second, but was unable to pass Powell. Cole Suckow made the long trip from Cresco, Iowa to take third.
The streak is finally over in the Koehler Electric Outlaw Street Stock class. Donnie Louck captured his first Davenport win of the season. Louck started sixth and took the lead on lap three. Landen Chrestensen raced from ninth to take second. Blake Woodruff had won every feature to this point could only get as close as third on Friday. Jake Lund and Andrew Burk rounded out the top five.
The Wangelin’s Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks saw Randy LaMar take his second feature win of the season.
The Cantrell’s Towning/ Fred’s Towing/ QC Towing IMCA Mod Lites were back on track again. Jason Masengarb started fourth, grabbed the lead on lap two, and led the rest of the way to the checkers.
The vintage racing coupes of the Midwest Jalopies were also on hand Friday. Austin Honts sped through the field to take the win.
