DAVENPORT, Iowa — A wild night of racing action was on tap Friday at Davenport Speedway.
The evening provided a little bit of everything. There was rain, a rollover and lots of wrecked race cars.Â
Cory Dumpert, from Newman Grove, Nebraska, made the long haul to Davenport payoff with a victory in The Outhouse and Storage to Go Container Rentals IMCA Late Model feature. It is his first win at Davenport.
Kasey Williams jumped out to a huge lead in the 25-lap main. Williams had a six-second lead over second place when the caution flag flew on lap 11. Dumpert started the race in the sixth row, but was running fifth when the caution came. Dumpert needed another 10 laps to get the lead, but once in front, he would pull away from the field.
Williams held on to finish second, ahead of Matt Ryan, Andy Nezworski and C.J. Horn in that order. Dumpert, Michael Leal and Robbie Jorgensen won the late model heats.
The only repeat winner of the evening came in the Wangelin’s Auto IMCA Modified division. Ben Chapman scored his second victory of the season. Chapman got the point from early race leader Kyle Montgomery on lap four and never looked back. Behind Chapman was a three-abreast battle for second.
Seventeen-year-old Rayce Mullen took home his first Davenport win in D&K Home Products IMCA SportMod action. Mullen led 13 laps of the 15-lap race.Â
It was checkers or wreckers in the Koehler Electric Outlaw Street Stock main event. Jesse Owen was able to pull away from Donnie Louck on a lap seven restart and lead the rest of the way to the checkers. The victory was Owen’s first of the season at Davenport.Â
The Thiesen’s IMCA Hobby Stock main was also a crash-filled affair. Lukas Short managed to avoid the carnage and record his first Davenport win.Â
A caution flag in the Fred’s Towing & Cantrell’s Towing 4-Cylinder feature set-up a green-white-checkered finish. Dustin Forbes had led every lap to that point. Now he had Cyle Hawkins and Shawn McDermott on his rear bumper for the final two laps.
Forbes was able to keep the advantage and secure his first Davenport win of the year.Â
Feature Finish (25 Laps)
1. 77X-Cory Dumpert[11]; 2. 54-Kasey Williams[4]; 3. 07-Matt Ryan[9]; 4. 7-Andy Nezworski[10]; 5. 01-CJ Horn[5]; 6. 13-Michael Leal[2]; 7. 9G-Anthony Guss[3]; 8. 8L-Chris Lawrence[6]; 9. 77-Joe Beal[8]; 10. 1M-Mike Goben[7]; 11. 56W-Gary Webb[14]; 12. 91-Mike Guldenpfennig[12]; 13. 72-Dave Hammond[16]; 14. 16C-Cruz Birkhofer[18]; 15. 6-Broderick Prescott[13]; 16. 34-Scott Strauss[15]; 17. 13JR-Colton Leal[17]; 18. 41-Robbie Jorgensen[1]; 19. (DNS) 88-Evan Miller