9/5/2021
RacinBoys
Goedert gets first Series win in Miraculous Yankee Triumph
By Anthony Ainslie (Farley, IA) -- Another first-time winner was crowned with the Malvern Bank and Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models Series as the tours headed to Eastern Iowa to 300 Raceway in Farley.
Both tours came together once again as they made their annual trip to Farley for the 44th edition of the Yankee Dirt Track Classic. After the Friday portion of the Classic was rained out, the 2021 race was a one-night only event. The biggest field of cars of the year made the trip to Farley as 43 cars packed the pits for a shot at the massive $10,000 payday.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Ruefer
Bill Leighton Jr. took the pole position for the 50-lap main event while top qualifier Spencer Diercks started on the outside. The opening lap saw a multi-car pileup that involved West Series point leader Tad Pospisil, Charlie McKenna, and four other cars. Pospisil’s and McKenna’s crews made repairs for both drivers to continue on. Pospisil would go on to finish tenth.
The first half of the race was stop and start as multiple yellow flags slowed the race down. In that time, Leighton led the way while Diercks ran second, and Luke Goedert was third. At the lap 15 mark, Diercks caught Leighton and made the pass on him for the lead as the duo came off of turn two.
Another pileup happened with 22 laps to go. A five-car incident on the front stretch took out Charlie McKenna, Josh Leonard, Joel Calahan, Brian Kosiski, and Richie Gustin. Fortunately, all drivers were uninjured, but their races were done.
When racing resumed, Diercks led with Luke Goedert running second. The race took another twist in the closing laps. With 13 laps remaining, Diercks’ car dropped a cylinder while running in the lead. The Davenport native ran out the final laps with only seven cylinders, but it was with only eight laps to go when Luke Goedert made the go-ahead move for the race lead.
From there, it was Goedert up front at the right place at the right time. The Guttenberg, Iowa driver went on to score the biggest win of his career. Goedert became the 40th different winner with the Malvern Bank and Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models Series and the 27th different Yankee Dirt Classic Champion.
Diercks muscled his car to finish second while Bill Leighton Jr. took third. Todd Cooney worked his way to the fourth position, and Kyle Berck rounded out the top five. Defending Race Winner Jason Rauen battled back from making repairs to finish sixth while East Series Point Leader Justin Kay charged from 20th to finish seventh.
In the next round for the Malvern Bank and Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models Series, both tours come together again for the invitation only race at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. After that, it is an eastern Iowa tripleheader on September 23rd-25th with trips to Dubuque, West Liberty and Davenport. Finally, the tours finish out the season on October 1st and 2nd at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska.
DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
Grask Truck Group A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 44-Luke Goedert[3]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks[2]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[1]; 4. 30-Todd Cooney[14]; 5. 14-Kyle Berck[4]; 6. 98R-Jason Rauen[9]; 7. 15K-Justin Kay[20]; 8. 56-Andy Eckrich[6]; 9. 10T-Jeff Tharp[15]; 10. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 11. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[26]; 12. 53-Andrew Kosiski[19]; 13. 32-Chris Simpson[8]; 14. 19G-Richie Gustin[10]; 15. 76H-Jason Hahne[13]; 16. 85-Josh Leonard[11]; 17. 22C-Charlie McKenna[23]; 18. 52-Brian Kosiski[25]; 19. 40-Joel Callahan[22]; 20. 32C-Chad Holladay[7]; 21. 58-Dave Eckrich[24]; 22. 01-CJ Horn[12]; 23. 77-Jeff Aikey[21]; 24. 98-Ben Schaller[17]; 25. P7-Eric Pollard[16]; 26. 35-Darin Duffy[18]
MalvernBank B Feature 1: 1. 98-Ben Schaller[2]; 2. 15K-Justin Kay[1]; 3. 58-Dave Eckrich[4]; 4. 07-Matt Ryan[3]; 5. 33-Kevin Kirkpatrick[7]; 6. 76-Zach Zeitner[5]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[8]; 8. 5K-Jeff Segebart[9]; 9. 45-Curt Martin[6]
Hoker Trucking B Feature 2: 1. 35-Darin Duffy[1]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey[3]; 3. 91-Gabe Umbarger[2]; 4. 1-Jake Neal[7]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[5]; 6. 42-Fred Remley[8]; 7. 17-Kirby Schultz[6]; 8. 12-Ron Klein[4]; 9. 99-Jesse Sobbing[9]
Predator Trailers B Feature 3: 1. 53-Andrew Kosiski[2]; 2. 40-Joel Callahan[1]; 3. 5-Dylan Schmer[4]; 4. 99P-Luke Pestka[3]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski[5]; 6. 70-Shawn Mulvany[8]; 7. 22C-Charlie McKenna[6]; 8. 14D-Logan Duffy[7]; 9. 44W-David Webster[9]
Speedway Motors Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Luke Goedert[4]; 2. 91-Gabe Umbarger[2]; 3. 40-Joel Callahan[3]; 4. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 5. 1-Jake Neal[8]; 6. 58-Dave Eckrich[5]; 7. 14D-Logan Duffy[7]; 8. 99-Jesse Sobbing[1]
Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 2. 07-Matt Ryan[2]; 3. 98R-Jason Rauen[4]; 4. 22C-Charlie McKenna[1]; 5. 30-Todd Cooney[5]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]
Dynamic Drivelines Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Jeff Tharp[1]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey[2]; 3. 98-Ben Schaller[3]; 4. 35-Darin Duffy[4]; 5. 15K-Justin Kay[5]; 6. 01-CJ Horn[6]; 7. 42-Fred Remley[7]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Josh Leonard[2]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 3. 76-Zach Zeitner[1]; 4. 29-Spencer Diercks[6]; 5. 76H-Jason Hahne[5]; 6. 52-Brian Kosiski[3]; 7. 70-Shawn Mulvany[7]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. P7-Eric Pollard[1]; 2. 99P-Luke Pestka[2]; 3. 53-Andrew Kosiski[3]; 4. 32C-Chad Holladay[6]; 5. 5-Dylan Schmer[4]; 6. 12-Ron Klein[5]; 7. 5K-Jeff Segebart[7]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich[6]; 3. 19G-Richie Gustin[4]; 4. 33-Kevin Kirkpatrick[1]; 5. 17-Kirby Schultz[2]; 6. 45-Curt Martin[3]; 7. 44W-David Webster[7]
Qualifying A: 1. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:15.789[9]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:15.803[22]; 3. 01-CJ Horn, 00:15.814[20]; 4. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:15.891[11]; 5. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:15.966[17]; 6. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:15.990[14]; 7. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:16.031[6]; 8. 98R-Jason Rauen, 00:16.033[3]; 9. 35-Darin Duffy, 00:16.078[21]; 10. 40-Joel Callahan, 00:16.082[10]; 11. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:16.131[8]; 12. 98-Ben Schaller, 00:16.229[15]; 13. 91-Gabe Umbarger, 00:16.285[7]; 14. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:16.299[12]; 15. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:16.309[1]; 16. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:16.435[13]; 17. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 00:16.436[2]; 18. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:16.531[5]; 19. 14D-Logan Duffy, 00:16.589[18]; 20. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:16.611[19]; 21. 42-Fred Remley, 00:16.793[16]; 22. 1-Jake Neal, 00:24.208[4]
Qualifying B: 1. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:15.783[18]; 2. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:15.833[2]; 3. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:15.927[3]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:15.930[7]; 5. 12-Ron Klein, 00:16.031[21]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:16.070[16]; 7. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:16.073[11]; 8. 5-Dylan Schmer, 00:16.214[15]; 9. 19G-Richie Gustin, 00:16.217[20]; 10. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:16.231[19]; 11. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:16.286[9]; 12. 45-Curt Martin, 00:16.331[14]; 13. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:16.372[12]; 14. 99P-Luke Pestka, 00:16.380[1]; 15. 17-Kirby Schultz, 00:16.406[6]; 16. 76-Zach Zeitner, 00:16.701[5]; 17. P7-Eric Pollard, 00:16.947[8]; 18. 33-Kevin Kirkpatrick, 00:17.052[13]; 19. 70-Shawn Mulvany, 00:17.079[17]; 20. 5K-Jeff Segebart, 00:17.414[4]; 21. 44W-David Webster, 00:17.414[10]
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IMCA MODIFIED - DAVE HALL CONSTRUCTION
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[17]; 2. B1-Jeff Larson[6]; 3. 21M-Tyler Madigan[4]; 4. 77-Jeff Aikey[13]; 5. 12T-Timmy Current[22]; 6. 96M-JD Auringer[21]; 7. 27M-Mark Schulte[2]; 8. 32-Chris Simpson[15]; 9. 3-Jason Schueller[19]; 10. 56-Jamie Pfeiffer[23]; 11. 8-Jaden Fryer[1]; 12. 4-Ryan Maitland[10]; 13. 7D-Dustin Wilwert[18]; 14. 13H-Travis Hatcher[14]; 15. 18-Steve VanNatta[24]; 16. 29D-Brad Dierks[12]; 17. 50-Denny Eckrich[5]; 18. 5M-Mike Fryer[3]; 19. 32XP-Kyle Madden[8]; 20. 99-Jesse Sobbing[16]; 21. 03B-Mark Burgtorf[9]; 22. 71C-Troy Cordes[11]; 23. 492-Trent Wyssbrod[20]; 24. 77K-Kurt Kile[7]
B Feature 1 - Top 6 to A (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jeff Aikey[3]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[5]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[1]; 4. 3-Jason Schueller[9]; 5. 96M-JD Auringer[4]; 6. 56-Jamie Pfeiffer[7]; 7. 9Z-Chris Zogg[6]; 8. 43-Creston Williams[11]; 9. 8H-Bryan Moreland[8]; 10. 08-Johnny Whitman[2]; 11. 01-John Campbell[12]; 12. 3C-Tim McNett[10]
B Feature 2 - Top 6 to A (8 Laps): 1. 13H-Travis Hatcher[2]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing[5]; 3. 7D-Dustin Wilwert[4]; 4. 492-Trent Wyssbrod[1]; 5. 12T-Timmy Current[7]; 6. 18-Steve VanNatta[3]; 7. 21A-Kelly Meyer[6]; 8. 40-Brian Crapser[8]; 9. 52-Ryan Sams[10]; 10. 1M-Eric Pollard[9]; 11. 32S-Chris Snyder[12]; 12. 93K-Jeff Kriz[11]
Heat 1 - Top 3 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 77K-Kurt Kile[2]; 2. 71C-Troy Cordes[3]; 3. B1-Jeff Larson[5]; 4. 10C-Cayden Carter[8]; 5. 77-Jeff Aikey[6]; 6. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 7. 56-Jamie Pfeiffer[7]; 8. 3-Jason Schueller[9]; 9. 43-Creston Williams[1]
Heat 2 - Top 3 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 32XP-Kyle Madden[2]; 2. 4-Ryan Maitland[9]; 3. 03B-Mark Burgtorf[4]; 4. 492-Trent Wyssbrod[8]; 5. 18-Steve VanNatta[7]; 6. 99-Jesse Sobbing[1]; 7. 12T-Timmy Current[3]; 8. 1M-Eric Pollard[5]; 9. 93K-Jeff Kriz[6]
Heat 3 - Top 3 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 27M-Mark Schulte[2]; 2. 50-Denny Eckrich[4]; 3. 5M-Mike Fryer[1]; 4. 08-Johnny Whitman[6]; 5. 96M-JD Auringer[5]; 6. 9Z-Chris Zogg[7]; 7. 8H-Bryan Moreland[3]; 8. 3C-Tim McNett[8]; 9. 01-John Campbell[9]
Heat 4 - Top 3 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 29D-Brad Dierks[4]; 2. 21M-Tyler Madigan[7]; 3. 8-Jaden Fryer[2]; 4. 13H-Travis Hatcher[5]; 5. 7D-Dustin Wilwert[1]; 6. 21A-Kelly Meyer[9]; 7. 40-Brian Crapser[6]; 8. 52-Ryan Sams[8]; 9. 32S-Chris Snyder[3]
IMCA SPORT MOD - DELANEY'S AUTO & AG
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 9K-Troy Bauer[7]; 2. 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[3]; 3. 35JR-Justin Becker[10]; 4. 66-Tim Plummer[4]; 5. 118-Austin Stamm[5]; 6. 31-Jason Roth[9]; 7. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[6]; 8. 11C-Daniel Carpenter[1]; 9. 9W-Ryan Walker[12]; 10. 00-Shaun Slaughter[8]; 11. 813-Aaron Hitt[2]; 12. 71J-Justin Schroeder[21]; 13. 13-Robert Patava[17]; 14. 15B-Troy Burkhart[24]; 15. 67X-Josh Kloepping[22]; 16. 69ER-Ryan Reed[13]; 17. 12S-Sean Wyett[11]; 18. 9H-Levi Heath[14]; 19. 88K-Kole Quam[19]; 20. 10S-Shaine Bennett[23]; 21. 7L-Taylor Bass[20]; 22. 36N-Joe Nemitz[16]; 23. 4-Jason Bass[15]; 24. A10-Grant Manthe[18]
B Feature 1 - Top 6 to A (6 Laps): 1. 69ER-Ryan Reed[2]; 2. 4-Jason Bass[1]; 3. 13-Robert Patava[4]; 4. 88K-Kole Quam[3]; 5. 71J-Justin Schroeder[5]; 6. 10S-Shaine Bennett[8]; 7. X14-Randy Farrell[7]; 8. 50H-Steve Wimer[6]
B Feature 2 - Top 6 to A (6 Laps): 1. 9H-Levi Heath[2]; 2. 36N-Joe Nemitz[5]; 3. A10-Grant Manthe[1]; 4. 7L-Taylor Bass[7]; 5. 67X-Josh Kloepping[6]; 6. 15B-Troy Burkhart[4]; 7. 22H-Dalton Husmann[8]; 8. 115-Jacob Lenth[3]
Heat 1 - Top 3 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[2]; 2. 31-Jason Roth[4]; 3. 00-Shaun Slaughter[5]; 4. 4-Jason Bass[7]; 5. 88K-Kole Quam[1]; 6. 71J-Justin Schroeder[3]; 7. X14-Randy Farrell[6]
Heat 2 - Top 3 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[4]; 2. 9K-Troy Bauer[7]; 3. 35JR-Justin Becker[5]; 4. A10-Grant Manthe[1]; 5. 115-Jacob Lenth[3]; 6. 36N-Joe Nemitz[6]; 7. 7L-Taylor Bass[2]
Heat 3 - Top 3 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 11C-Daniel Carpenter[2]; 2. 66-Tim Plummer[6]; 3. 12S-Sean Wyett[3]; 4. 69ER-Ryan Reed[5]; 5. 13-Robert Patava[7]; 6. 50H-Steve Wimer[1]; 7. 10S-Shaine Bennett[4]
Heat 4 - Top 3 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 813-Aaron Hitt[2]; 2. 118-Austin Stamm[5]; 3. 9W-Ryan Walker[6]; 4. 9H-Levi Heath[4]; 5. 15B-Troy Burkhart[1]; 6. 67X-Josh Kloepping[3]; 7. 22H-Dalton Husmann[7]
IMCA STOCK CAR - DUNKEL AUTO SALVAGE
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 00-Johnny Spaw[4]; 2. 7H-Philip Holtz[8]; 3. 99D-Damon Murty[17]; 4. 8K-Kyle Merkes[6]; 5. 4R-Riley Hanson[9]; 6. 2-David Atcher[1]; 7. 00T-Tony Schimmels[2]; 8. 40-Alex Crapser[11]; 9. 1X-Michael Peterson[15]; 10. 27-Matt Picray[10]; 11. 7C-Tim Bader[18]; 12. 8-Braxton Franks[3]; 13. 51-Timmy Current[16]; 14. 622-Ryan Voss[14]; 15. 1A-Austin Kaplan[7]; 16. 27R-Joshua Roosa[12]; 17. 85C-Bryce Carey[13]; 18. (DNS) 1-Michael Sheen; 19. (DNS) K38-Kenny Taylor
Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 00-Johnny Spaw[3]; 2. 8K-Kyle Merkes[6]; 3. 1-Michael Sheen[9]; 4. 1A-Austin Kaplan[7]; 5. 8-Braxton Franks[5]; 6. 40-Alex Crapser[4]; 7. 85C-Bryce Carey[8]; 8. 1X-Michael Peterson[1]; 9. 99D-Damon Murty[10]; 10. K38-Kenny Taylor[2]
Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 7H-Philip Holtz[3]; 2. 00T-Tony Schimmels[2]; 3. 4R-Riley Hanson[4]; 4. 27-Matt Picray[6]; 5. 2-David Atcher[9]; 6. 27R-Joshua Roosa[5]; 7. 622-Ryan Voss[8]; 8. 51-Timmy Current[7]; 9. 7C-Tim Bader[1]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
