DavenportSpeedway - 'The Dominator', Bob Dominacki lived up to his nickname in Pro Mod action. Dominacki started ninth in the feature and quickly blasted into the lead. Once in front, Dominacki would go unchallenged to the checkers, for the win. John Ahlers started on the pole and would finish second, followed by Tim Current. Thad Wilson and John Bull would finish fourth and fifth respectively. Tod Stickler took the win in the B-Mod feature. Ryan Dolan grabbed the early lead and would battle with Tim Current, until Curren way. Dolan finished second with Craig Crawford, Kelly Meyer, and Chris Stein completing the top fivet pulled his car off the racetrack. Stickler took the lead by lap ten and would hold off Dolan the rest of the.

1. Bob Dominacki; 2. John Ahlers; 3. Tim Current; 4. Thad Wilson; 5. John Bull; 6. Doug Crampton; 7. Chuck Hanna; 8. Dan Chapman; 9. Ryan Dolan; 10. Marty Thompson; 11. Mitch Morris; 12. Chris Zogg; 13. Mike Zemo Jr; 14. Craig Crawford; 15. Brian Webb; 16. Matt Stein; 17. Tony Vondresky; 18. Jarrett Franzen; 19. Tom Pestka; 20. Dennis Betzer; 21. Randall Verplaetse; 22. Rick Ratliff; 23. Jake Bowman; 24. Matt Irwin;

Quad City Raceway - The $2,000 to win 15th Annual Reinhart Memorial race. This race was rained out September 13th and was rescheduled as part of the Hall of Fame weekend. After four heat races and two consolation races, 20 cars hit the track for their 25 lap feature. Erik Bruce and Matt Stein sat on the front row and Bruce immediately grabbed the lead. After Stein went pit side Bob Dominacki and Brandon Durbin began battling for second. About mid-pack Gary Cook Jr. was starting to make his way from his 10th starting spots to the front. Back up front Bruce pulling a nice lead but before long Cook was racing side by side with Mike Spatola for 4th. After B. Durbin pull his car in the pits both Cook and Spatola found themselves on Dominacki’s bumper battling for second. With two laps to go it was a three way battle for the lead between Bruce, Cook, and Dominacki. On the last lap Cook and Bruce separated and ran side by side the whole lap and Bruce got Cook by inches at the checkered flag. Dominacki would take third followed by Spatola and Milo Veloz Jr. Heat race wins went to Dominacki, Mike Garland, B. Durbin, and Spatola. The consolation races went to Jason Pershy and Doug Crampton.

1. 2 – Erik Bruce (1) 2. 64 – Gary Cook Jr. (10) 3. 5D – Bob Dominacki (4) 4. 89 – Mike Spatola (6) 5. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. (7) 6. 11 – Ray Cox Jr. (11) 7. 01 – Jeremy Nichols (16) 8. 40 – Doug Crampton (18) 9. 9 – Michael Bantz (14) 10. 10 – Jake Waterman (12) 11. G1 – Mike Garland (5) 12. 1S – Jim Sandusky (19) 13. 19R – Joe Ross (13) 14. B25 – Nathan Balensiefen (9) 15. 17 – Jason Pershy (17) 16. 15 – Brandon Durbin (3) 17. 128 – Ray Guss Jr. (20) 18. 53 – Matt Stein (2) 19. 98 – Mitch Morris (15) DQ 75 – Thad Wilson

QCR - Out came the UMP Modifieds next. Only ten points separated Doug Crampton and Milo Veloz Jr. for first place coming into tonight but Veloz wanted to put on a show for the fans so he decided to take the Front Row Challenge and go to the back and try to double his money. With 23 UMP Modifieds scheduled to race Veloz was going to have his hands full. Crampton grabbed the lead right away and began pulling away with Mitch Morris and Jason Pershy battling for second. Meanwhile in the back Veloz was moving through the field very quickly. Back up front a few cautions gave Morris a chance to challenge Crampton for lead but Crampton would hold him off every time. Unfortunately for Veloz, he ran out of laps was only able to make it up to fifth. Crampton would go onto win with Morris second followed by Doug Curless, Ray Bollinger, and Veloz. The heat races went to Veloz, Morris, and Crampton. Stuart Motorsports, Inc. would like to congratulate Doug Crampton on the UMP Modifieds Track Championship at QCR.

1. 40 – Doug Crampton 2. 98 – Mitch Morris 3. 99 – Doug Curless 4. 77 – Ray Bollinger 5. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 6. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 7. 15X – Rick Schriner 8. 6 – Mark VerVynck 9. 17 – Jason Pershy 10. 3 – A.J. Pappas 11. 2D – Jim Hickenbottom 12. 75 – Thad Wilson 13. 50 – Bob Stogdell 14. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 15. 88 – Jerry Durbin 16. 89 – T.J. Patz 17. 56 – Paul Harrington 18. 52 – Nick Hillyer 19. 67 – John Ahlers 20. 75T – Chad Tomlinson 21. 15 – Brandon Durbin DNS 1S – Jim Sandusky 39P – Perry Gellerstedt

Davenport - In Pro Mod action, Bob Dominacki came in leading Thad Wilson by nine points. Wilson quickly gained back three of the points with a heat win and then led the feature flag to flag for his third win of the season. Dominacki rode the high side to a fourth place finish, and won the track championship by a mere three points. John Ahlers drove to a strong second place feature finish, followed by John Bull. Tony VonDresky completed the top five.

1. Thad Wilson; 2. John Ahlers; 3. John Bull; 4. Bob Dominacki; 5. Tony VonDresky; 6. Ray Cox Jr; 7. Bart Miller; 8. Mike Zemo Jr; 9. Chuck Hanna; 10. Brian Webb; 11. Rick Ratliff; 12.Randall Verplaeste; 13. Doug Crampton; 14. Tony Baker; 15. Jim Sandusky; 16. Matt Stein; 17. Steve Speth; 18. Donovan Lodge

QCR - The night concluded with the UMP Modifieds and the drivers first and second in points, Doug Crampton and Milo Veloz Jr., started on the front row. Once the green waved they ran side by side for several laps. They would battle each other the entire race and they would separate themselves from the field. Meanwhile towards the back Jim Sandusky and Marty Thompson were moving through the pack very quickly. Back up front Veloz would pull away from Crampton and win another feature at QCR. Crampton would take second and hold onto his points lead going into the last weekend of point racing. Ray Bollinger would come in third followed Brandon Durbin, and Dale Lueth. Sandusky would come from 16th to finish 6th. Heat race wins went to Veloz and Bollinger.

1. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 2. 40 – Doug Crampton 3. 77 – Ray Bollinger 4. 15 – Brandon Durbin 5. 96 – Dale Lueth 6. 1S – Jim Sandusky 7. 18 – Marty Thompson 8. 88 – Jerry Durbin 9. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 10. 50 – Bob Stogdell 11. 29 – Craig Crawford 12. 98 – Mitch Morris 13. 25 – Nathan Balensiefen 14. 56 – Greg Durbin 15. 99 – Doug Curless 16. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 17. X59 – Joe Roberson 18. 3 – A.J. Pappas 19. 17 – Jason Pershy 20. 89 – T.J. Patz 21. 75T – Chad Tomlinson DNS 12 – Brad Rhoads

Davenport - The Pro Mod main produced a first-time winner for '08 in Tony VonDresky. VonDresky started on the pole and stuck to the bottom groove, to lead all twenty laps. Kevin Blum worked his way through the top five to finish second, but could not catch the speedy VonDresky. Chuck Hanna took third, followed by Mike Zemo Jr and Bob Dominacki, in that order. Blum, Doug Crampton, and Thad Wilson took Pro Mod heat wins.

1. Tony VonDresky; 2. Kevin Blum; 3. Chuck Hanna; 4. Mike Zemo Jr; 5. Bob Dominacki; 6. Doug Crampton; 7. John Bull; 8. Craig Crawford; 9. Jim Sandusky; 10. Bart Miller; 11. Matt Stein; 12. Jim Willert; 13. Davey Hammond; 14. Randall Verplaetse; 15. Steve Speth; 16. Tony Baker; 17. Donovan Lodge; 18. Thad Wilson; 19. Chad Patch; 20. John Ahlers; 21. Rick Ratliff; 22. Rich Smith; 23. Matt Irwin

QCR - The UMP Modifieds put on an outstanding race Sunday. The green waved and six cars were in position for the lead; Vince Cooper, Brandon Durbin, Doug Crampton, Doug Curless, Milo Veloz Jr., and Mike Zemo Jr. They were all going three and four wide, bumper to bumper. Cooper, B. Durbin, and Veloz separated from the field with B. Durbin pulling ahead. Veloz was all over B. Durbin every lap with Crampton and Curless back on Veloz’s bumper. B. Durbin took everything Veloz had and took home his first UMP Modified feature of the ’08 season. Veloz took second followed by Crampton, Curless, and Zemo. Heat race wins went to Crampton and B. Durbin.

1. 15 – Brandon Durbin 2. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 3. 40 – Doug Crampton 4. 99 – Doug Curless 5. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 6. 77 – Ray Bollinger 7. 1S – Jim Sandusky 8. 70 – Vince Cooper 9. 98 – Mitch Morris 10. 29 – Craig Crawford 11. 50 – Bob Stogdell 12. 88 – Jerry Durbin 13. 10 – Jake Waterman 14. 7X – Derrick Carlson 15. 3 – A.J. Pappas 16. 2D – Jim Hickenbottom 17. 25 – Nathan Balensiefen 18. 89 – T.J. Patz 19. 52 – Nick Hillyer 20. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 21. 56 – Paul Harrington

QCR - The UMP Modifieds had two features to run Sunday night. The first feature was a make-up from last Sunday and that was the race that kicked off the night. This feature was all Milo Veloz Jr. and Doug Crampton. The top two drivers in UMP Modified points at QCR pulled away from the field from their front row starting spots. Some lapped traffic made it interesting for Veloz but he got through it and picked another feature win in as many nights, Veloz also won the feature at the LaSalle Speedway the night before. Crampton took second followed by Jason Pershy, Doug Curless, and Brandon Durbin. In the second feature race it was all Jake Waterman. In his first night back at QCR, Waterman led every lap, holding off several challengers. Ray Bollinger was all over Waterman from the drop of the green. Bollinger would get a great run off of turn four but Waterman would hold him off time after time. Unfortunately for Bollinger his car had mechanical failure with two laps to go. Waterman would hold off a late charge from Jim Sandusky and Milo Veloz Jr. to win his first career UMP Modified feature. Sandusky took second followed by Veloz, who came from last, Brad Pershy, who started 12th, and Jerry Durbin, who started 11th, rounded out the top five. Doug Crampton had a nice run too coming from second to last to finish 6th. The heat races went to Bollinger, Waterman, and Veloz.

1. 10 – Jake Waterman 2. 1S – Jim Sandusky 3. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 4. 15B – Brad Pershy 5. 88 – Jerry Durbin 6. 40 – Doug Crampton 7. 29 – Craig Crawford 8. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 9. 98 – Mitch Morris 10. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 11. 99 – Doug Curless 12. 6 – Mark VerVynck 13. 17 – Jason Pershy 14. 75T – Chad Tomlinson 15. 7X – Derrick Carlson 16. 3 – A.J. Pappas 17. 77 – Ray Bollinger 18. 15 – Brandon Durbin 19. 25 – Marty Thompson 20. 89 – T.J. Patz 21. 50 – Bob Stogdell 22. AD2 – Craig Jones DNS: 2D – Jim Hickenbottom 1X – Bob Helm

LaSalle - The evening started off with 36 UMP Late Models Quick time was taken by Manhattan, Illinois driver Mike “Opie” Spatolla. The first heat was won by Mike Spatolla over Ashmore, Illinois driver Denny Schwartz and Alton, Illinois driver Tommy Seets Jr. Heat two was taken by point leader Vince Cooper, second was Dale Leuth and 3rd was Brock Baumann. In heat race three, Paris, Illinois driver Rob Fuqua was first to the line, second was Forrest, Illinois driver Jeffrey Curl, and third was Kevin Hastings. The consi was picked up by Metamora driver Billy Tuckwell, and second went to late model driver Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Illinois. In the feature event Mike Spatolla grabbed the early lead as he held off Denny Schwartz. The two worked the lapped traffic masterfully. Rob Fuqua got by Butch Wiesser on the last lap for third, Wiesser was 4th, and Vince Cooper rounded out top five.

UMP Modified Feature 89 Mike Spatolla 21s Denny Schwartz 3F Rob Fuqua 25 Butch Weiser 70 Vince Cooper 3L Jeff Leka c12 Jeffrey Curl 36 Kevin Hastings 69 Jim Farris 96 Dale Leuth 3s Jason Hastings 75 Joe Adam 23t Billy Tuckwell 83 Nathan Balenseifen 20 AJ Dixon 25T Marty Thompson 128 Wes Steidinger Z Mike Zemo Jr. 1ts Tommy Seets Jr. 6 Brock Baumann UMP Modified DNQ 21D Darcey Wey 8 Jason Jaggers 21Jr Justin McCoy 22h Bobby Keller G1 Mike Garland 71 Casey Lappin 79D John Demoss 42 McKay Wenger

QCR Fair Nite - In the UMP Modifieds 31 cars checked in the pit to do battle for the $600 top prize. Marty Thompson grabbed the early lead with Jason Pershy, Kevin Blum, Ray Guss Jr., and Mike Garland right on his bumper fighting for second. Meanwhile, Milo Veloz Jr., who started 9th, was starting to make his way to the front as well as Doug Crampton, who started 11th. Before long Veloz was up front challenging Thompson the lead. Veloz was able to take over the lead and shortly after Crampton took over 2nd. J. Pershy wouldn’t go away and he kept Crampton busy challenging for 2nd. Veloz would hold onto the lead and take home the feature win followed by Crampton, J. Pershy, Brandon Durbin, and Mitch Morris. Heat wins went to Guss, Garland, M. Morris, and the Semi-Feature went to Nathan Balensiefen, who came from 17th to finish 6th in the feature.

1. 75W – Thad Wilson 2. 1 – Kevin Blum 3. Z – Jim Sandusky 4. 49 – Todd Bates 5. 32 – Donovan Lodge 6. 86 – Jeff Morris 7. 50 – Bob Stogdell 8. 17 – Jason Pershy 9. 53 – Matt Stein 10. 0 – Lonne Heap 11. 15 – Brandon Durbin 12. 88 – Jerry Durbin 13. 40 – Doug Crampton 14. 92S – Jordan Schram 15. 99 – Doug Curless 16. 55 – Scott Mabeus 17. 75 – Ian Dettmer

QCR - The UMP Modifieds closed the racing program with a terrific feature race. Doug Crampton took control of the lead early on with Brandon Durbin right on him. Derrick Doerr found a different way around the track that one else was taking, the top side all the way around the track, and he began moving up. Back up front Bob Stogdell was running side by side with B. Durbin for second while Crampton began pulling away. The car that was flying was the 98 of Mitch Morris. Morris started 16^{th and before long he was challenging Stogdell and B. Durbin for second. Morris would get by Stogdell but not B. Durbin. Up front Crampton was too strong as he would lead the rest of the way and take home the win followed B. Durbin, Morris, Stogdell, and Doerr. The heat race wins went to Mike Zemo Jr., Crampton, and B. Durbin. The semi-feature went to Mike Garland.}

^{1. 40 – Doug Crampton 2. 15 – Brandon Durbin 3. 98 – Mitch Morris 4. 50 – Bob Stogdell 5. 26D – Derrick Doerr 6. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 7. 77 – Ray Bollinger 8. 1S – Jim Sandusky 9. 15B – Brad Pershy 10. 29 – Craig Crawford 11. 121 – Jordan Schram 12. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 13. 7X – Derrick Carlson 14. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 15. 6 – Mark VerVynck 16. 17 – Jason Pershy 17. 88 – Jerry Durbin 18. G1 – Mike Garland DNS 1X – Bob Helm DQ 96 – Dale Lueth}

QCS - Rubber side up, shiny side down

The night’s racing would be capped off with the UMP Modifieds. A great field of 24 UMP Modifieds checked in Sunday. Brandon Durbin returned to QCR and grabbed the lead right away with last week’s winner, Mitch Morris, and Ray Bollinger on his bumper. Morris managed to get under B. Durbin and take over the lead with Bollinger, Doug Crampton, and Milo Veloz Jr. fighting behind them. Crampton would come out on the top of that battle and set his sights on Morris. Crampton ran down Morris and was on his bumper lap after lap. Nathan Balensiefen came on strong late and caught up to Morris and Crampton. Morris held them both off for his second win in a row at QCR. Crampton held onto second followed by Balensiefen, Veloz, and Bollinger. Heat race wins went to Balensiefen, Morris, and Veloz.

1. 98 – Mitch Morris 2. 40 – Doug Crampton 3. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 4. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 5. 77 – Ray Bollinger 6. 17 – Jason Pershy 7. 15 – Brandon Durbin 8. 50 – Bob Stogdell 9. 99 – Doug Curless 10. 67 – John Ahlers 11. 1S – Jim Sandusky 12. G1 – Mike Garland 13. 71 – Casey Lappin 14. 88 – Jerry Durbin 15. 88T – Tony VonDresky 16. 75T – Chad Tomlinson 17. 7X – Derrick Carlson 18. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 19. 89 – T.J. Patz 20. 3 – A.J. Pappas 21. 2D – Jim Hickenbottom 22. 1 – Kevin Blum DNS: 52 – Nick Hillyer Z – Mike Zemo Jr.

QCS - UMP Modifieds ended the show with some excitement. The Front Row Challenge for the UMP Modifieds was kicked up a notch. Promoter, Brian Stuart, really put the pressure on points leader Milo Veloz Jr. who decided to take the challenge. Stuart told Veloz if he wins the fans next week would get $2 off admission and $1.50 beer and pop. Veloz wasted no time and started passing cars on every lap. Up front Mitch Morris was hugging the bottom leading lap after lap. Kevin Blum who started seventh moved up to second and set his sights on Morris. Blum caught up to Morris and in turns one and two Morris stayed down low while Blum went all the way up against the wall. Blum would get a nice run off of two but it was enough to get by Morris. Then Blum would get right on Morris’ bumper in the three and four and try the very top side in one and two. Lap after lap they raced this way with Blum trying everything to get by Morris. Meanwhile Veloz was coming through the pack quickly but at the half, while running seventh, Veloz’s cars slowed on the track ending his night. Back up front Morris, the second generation driver, was too strong on the bottom side and would hold off Blum for his first UMP Modified feature win. After Blum it was Doug Crampton, Jim Sandusky, and Doug Curless. Heat race wins went to Veloz and Crampton.

1. 98 – Mitch Morris 2. 1 – Kevin Blum 3. 40 – Doug Crampton 4. 1S – Jim Sandusky 5. 99 – Doug Curless 6. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 7. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 8. 7X – Derrick Carlson 9. 88 – Jerry Durbin 10. 75T – Chad Tomlinson 11. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 12. 15 – Rick Schriner 13. 89 – T.J. Patz 14. 3 – A.J. Pappas 15. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 16. 2D – Jim Hickenbottom 17. 77 – Ray Bollinger 18. 25 – Marty Thompson 19. 56 – Paul Harrington DNS 50 – Bob Stogdell

LaSalle -

6/14/08 -1 Ray Bollinger 2 Vince Cooper 3 6 Dale Leuth 4 AJ Dixon 5 (started 19) Z Mike Zemo Jr. 6 Joe Adam 7 1 Casey Lappin 8 Doug Curless 9 Terry Hayes 10 Jim Sandusky 11 Jason Jaggers 12 Matt Cleary 13 Kevin Thompson 14 Brian Lucas Malden 15 Scott Carlson 16 Michael Marden 17 Marty Thompson 18 Scott Hauge 19 12 Milo Veloz Jr. 20 83 Nathan Balensiefen

6/21/08 - 1 Vince Cooper 2 Milo Veloz Jr. 3 1Kevin Thompson 4 Doug Curless 5 Jim Sandusky - 6 Nathan Balensiefen 7 Casey Lappin 8 Jason Jaggers 9 Ray Bollinger 10 Matt Cleary Braidwood 11 Terry Hayes 12 Joe Adam Peru 13 Tony Molnar14 Brian Lucas 15 (only a radiator hose :-) ) Z Mike Zemo Jr. 16 Scott Hauge Newark 17 Marty Thompson 18 Dale Leuth 19 Michael Marden 20 Dan Goodhand 21 Aj Dixon

QCR - A nice field of 21 UMP Modifieds showed up to take a shot at the $500 to win weekly feature event. “Primetime” Milo Veloz Jr. took advantage of starting on the pole and jumped out to the early lead with Doug Crampton on his bumper. Veloz continued to lead lap after lap running the low side of the track while towards the back Nathan Balensiefen and Mike Zemo Jr. found a different way around QCR, all the way up against to wall. Every lap Balensiefen and Zemo were passing cars and before long Balensiefen was challenging Crampton for second. Balensiefen stayed up high and got by Crampton and set his sights on Veloz. With two laps to go Balensiefen was right on Veloz for lead but Veloz was able to hold him off and take home the victory. Balensiefen, coming from 12th, would keep second followed Crampton, Zemo, who come from 10th, and Nick Hixson. Heats went to Veloz and Crampton.

1. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 2. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 3. 40 – Doug Crampton 4. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 5. 2N – Nick Hixson 6. 98 – Mitch Morris 7. 17 – Jason Pershy 8. 99 – Doug Curless 9. 1D – Mel Saffran 10. 77 – Ray Bollinger 11. 1S – Jim Sandusky 12. 7X – Derrick Carlson 13. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 14. 89 – T.J. Patz 15. 2D – Jim Hickenbottom 16. 75T – Chad Tomlinson 17. 75A – Joe Adam 18. 52 – Nick Hillyer 19. 3 – A.J. Pappas 20. 39P – Perry Gellerstedt DQ 32 – Donovan Lodge

QCR - Patient and calculating, Zack VanderBeek has been a model of consistency this season. The 23-year-old from New Sharon, Iowa, has racked up eight top-5s and ten top-10 finishes in 17 starts this season, and Sunday night he finally put a digit in the win column with a thrilling victory at the Quad City Raceway in East Moline, Ill. The 2004 Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year started the 24-car, 40-lap main event from the ninth starting spot, but quickly picked off his competition as he moved to the front. On lap 16, VanderBeek was up to second and challenging leader Marty Thompson on the low side of the racing surface. Four laps later, VanderBeek was still looking for a way around Thompson when defending race winner Kelly Shryock took control using the high side of the high-banked quarter-mile oval. With Shryock pulling away, VanderBeek was finally able to wrestle the runner-up spot away from Thompson and quickly began closing the gap on the leader. While Shryock was faster than Thompson, he was no match for VanderBeek as “The Z-Man” took the lead away on lap 29, then paced the final 11 laps and won going away. Shryock held on for second with pole sitter Dereck Ramirez scoring a career-best third ahead of Jason Hughes. Thompson claimed a fifth-place paycheck. Milo Veloz, Al Hejna, Bruce Hanford, Alan Mondus and Bob Dominacki finished sixth through 10th, respectively, in a race that went caution-free after a first-lap yellow brought about a complete restart.

HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps): 1. Z - Mike Zemo Jr. -- Geneseo, IL (1) 2. 5d - Bob Dominacki -- Bettendorf, IA (5) 3. 77 - Ray Bollinger -- Kewanee, IL (3) 4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (7) 5. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (4) 6. 98 - Mitch Morris -- Long Grove, IA (6) 7. 21b - Rich Bell -- Sheffield, IL (2) 8. 89 - Tom Patz -- Port Byron, IL (8)

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (40 laps): 1. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (9) 2. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (4) 3. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (1) 4. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Westville, OK (14) 5. 25 - Marty Thompson -- Mineral, IL (3) 6. 43 - Milo Veloz -- Colona, IL (11) 7. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (13) 8. 61 - Bruce Hanford -- Davenport, IA (2) 9. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (16) 10. 5d - Bob Dominacki -- Bettendorf, IA (6) 11. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (17) 12. 75 - Thad Wilson -- Moline, IL (12) 13. 32 - Donovan Lodge -- Moline, IL (15) 14. 8 - Colt Mather -- Webster, IA (8) -1 Lap 15. Z - Mike Zemo Jr. -- Geneseo, IL (4) -1 Lap 16. 98 - Mitch Morris -- Long Grove, IA (19) -1 Lap 17. 83 - Nathan Balensiefen -- Sheffield, IL (18) -1 Lap 18. 77 - Ray Bollinger -- Kewanee, IL (10) -1 Lap 19. 70 - Vince Cooper -- Morris, IL (5) DNF 20. 15 - Brad Pershy -- Colona, IL (22) DNF 21. 99 - Doug Curless -- Silvis, IL (21) DNF 22. 21b - Rich Bell -- Sheffield, IL (20) DNF 23. 19r - Ryan Gustin -- Marshalltown, IA (23) DNF 24. 89 - Tom Patz -- Port Byron, IL (24) DNF

JCS - Pro Modified first heat winner, John Ahlers had the pole for the feature, but had some problems negotiating turn three and brought out the races first caution allowing Tim Pestka to lead the first lap. Ray Cox Jr took over on lap three and the caution flew again. On the restart second heat winner, Bob Dominacki edged out Cox to lead lap four by inches and the caution flew again. Cox Took back the lead on this restart and held it until the end. After the white was displayed the caution flew for the last time and Cox got his first win of the season. Dominacki was second with Doug Crampton third. Ahlers came back through the pack to take fourth over Matt Stein’s fifth.

1. Cox; 2. Dominacki; 3. Crampton; 4. Ahlers; 5. Stein; 6. Mike Zemo Jr—Geneseo, IL; 7. Tony VonDresky—Davenport; 8. Don Pataska—Green Island; 9. Shawn Flagel—Maquoketa; 10. Pestka; 11. Saffran; 12. Bowman; 13. Tim Arp—Donahue; 14. Durbin; 15. Olson; 16. Bart Miller—Clarence

Tipton - The Modified feature is usually the last on the racing menu but not tonight. Ryan Dolan worked his way to the front quickly as he passed Tim Arp for the lead a few laps in. Mike Thomas and Arp would battle for several laps for second. Bruce Hanford and Mike Zemo would use three cautions to there advantage as they moved up several spots after the cautions. Hanford and Arp would get around Arp and Thomas with Dolan just a few car lengths ahead. On the last lap Zemo almost got Hanford for second but had to settle for third. Dolan gets his second win of the season with Hanford second, Zemo third, Arp fourth Thomas fifth.

1. 7 Ryan Dolan 2. 61 Bruce Hanford 3. 2 Mike Zemo 4. 15J Tim Arp 5. 7T Mike Thomas 6. 0 Jeremy English 7. 77 Darrin Plett 8. 96 Larry Herring 9. 1 Dan Chapman 10. 98 Mitch Morris 11. 2 Dusty Kraklio 12. 2B Bill Butteris 13. 61C Noah Coppess 14. 51G Royce Gottschalk 15. 45 Kolin King 16. 9C Chris Zogg 17. 5 Bart Miller 18. 19 Richie Gustin 19. 29D Brad Dierks 20. 7N Nick Nevins DNS 21K Dan Klatt 26 Scott Fridley 54 Mike Shrope

QCR The UMP Modifieds closed out the racing action Sunday. Jake Waterman took control of the early lead with Milo Veloz Jr. and Mike Zemo Jr. right on his bumper. After leading several laps, Waterman pulled the 10 car into the infield with problems under the hood. Veloz took over the lead and began pulling away from the pack. Veloz would lead the rest of the way winning another feature at QCR. Marty Thompson had a nice run coming all the way from the back to challenge Zemo for second. Another driver who had an impressive run was Colona’s Jerry Durbin. Even with smoke coming out the back of the car he still passed five cars and finished fourth. Doug Crampton also came from the back to take home fifth. The heats went to Zemo and Waterman.

1. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 2. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 3. 25 – Marty Thompson 4. 88 – Jerry Durbin 5. 40 – Doug Crampton 6. 15B – Brad Pershy 7. 99 – Doug Curless 8. 15 – Brandon Durbin 9. 17 – Jason Pershy 10. 15X – Rick Schriner 11. 10 – Jake Waterman 12. 19C – Mark VerVynck 13. 56 – Paul Harrington 14. 77 – Ray Bollinger 15. 39P – Perry Gellerstedt 16. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 17. 50 – Bob Stogdell 18. 3 – A.J. Pappas 19. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr.

JCS Starting from the pole, Scott Olson took the lead of the Pro Modified feature with Mike Zemo Jr taking over on lap five. Then on lap six came the big one as six cars piled up in the middle of the front chute, retiring four of them. On the restart Zemo went back out front, but on lap nine John Bull, who had started well towards the rear and had somehow missed the big one, took the point. Bull went on for his first win of the season at Jackson County Speedway as Zemo held on for second. Mel Saffran was third with Jerry Miles fourth and Doug Crampton fifth. Heat wins went to Kevin Blum, Crampton and Ray Cox Jr.

1. John Bull—Moline, IL; 2. Zemo; 3. Saffran; 4. Miles; 5. Crampton; 6. Stein; 7. Tom Pestka—Robbins; 8. Tony VonDresky—Davenport; 9. Ratliff; 10. Olson; 11. Jake Bowmen—Maquoketa; 12. Shawn Flagel—Maquoketa; 13. Arp; 14. Dominacki; 15. Blum; 16. Klatt; 17. Miller; 18. Cox; 19. Pataska; 20. John Ahlers—Davenport; 21. Franzen

QCR Up next were the UMP Modifieds and they delivered an excellent feature event. Veteran Bob Stogdell in the 50 took the early lead with Mike Zemo Jr. in the Z in chase. Zemo would drop out the mechanical problems so while Stogdell was building a lead the real race was for second between Jake Waterman in the 10, Milo Veloz Jr. in the 43, Nathan Balensiefen in the 83, and Marty Thompson in the 25. You could throw a blanket over these drivers that’s how close they were running. A yellow came with six laps to go and that’s not what Stogdell wanted to see. On the restart Stogdell lost his driveshaft forcing him to pull the car into the infield. Waterman took over the lead with Veloz and Balensiefen on his bumper. Waterman found a unique way around QCR. Going into turns one and two he would slide the car all the way up against the wall slapping the tail against the wall and the running the very bottom of the track in turns three and four. This worked for Waterman until the final lap. Going into turn one Waterman would climb the wall and instead of the rolling the car he landed it back on all four wheels and continued racing. This allowed Veloz and Balensiefen to get by and race side by side with Balensiefen taking home the narrow victory. Waterman managed to hold onto third with Donovan Lodge fourth, who came from 10th, and Doug Curless fifth. Heat race wins went to Stogdell and Waterman.

1. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 2. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 3. 10 – Jake Waterman 4. 32 – Donovan Lodge 5. 99 – Doug Curless 6. 25 – Marty Thompson 7. 40 – Doug Crampton 8. 88 – Jerry Durbin 9. 98 – Mitch Morris 10. 19C – Mark VerVynck 11. 15 – Brad Pershy 12. 3 – A.J. Pappas 13. 77 – Ray Bollinger 14. 50 – Bob Stogdell 15. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. 16. 17 – Jason Pershy 17. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 18. 56 – Paul Harrington

DS The Pro Mod feature saw a rash of yellow flags. When the race’s seventh caution flag flew, so did the checkers. Kevin Blum outlasted the yellows and just nipped Donovan Lodge to take his first victory of the season at Davenport. Lodge had led the first three quarters of the race before Blum was able to take the point. Lodge finished a disappointing second with Bob Dominacki, John Bull, and Jim Sandusky rounding out the top five.

1. Kevin Blum; 2. Donovan Lodge; 3. Bob Dominacki; 4. John Bull; 5. Jim Sandusky; 6. Tim Current; 7. Doug Crampton; 8. Mike Zemo Jr; 9. Rick Ratliff; 10. Jake Bowman; 11. Thad Wilson; 12. Brian Webb; 13. Craig Crawford; 14. Brad Pershy; 15. Tony VonDresky; 16. Randall VerPlaetse; 17. Mitch Dahlin; 18. Chad Patch; 19. Chuck Hanna; 20. John Ahlers; 21. Ray Cox Jr; 22. Matt Stein

JCS Friday nights Davenport Speedway Pro Modified winner, Mike Zemo Jr., drew lucky number one to start Saturday's feature and looked like he was going to make it two in a row (engine blew). Zemo led until an eleventh lap caution flew and he had to retire to the pits with mechanical woes. On the restart Kevin Blum charged out from and was still there when the caution flew again at lap fifteen. The race was called at this point as the rains had moved in and the nights program was over. Blum was followed by Tim Arp, Doug Crampton, Dan Klatt and Jake Bowman. Don Pataska and Bob Dominacki were the heat winners.

1. Blum, 2. Arp, 3. Crampton, 4. Klatt, 5. Bowman, 6. Patasa, 7. VonDresky, 8. Doninacki, 9. Zemo, 10. Franzen, 11. Cox, 12 Waterman

5/9/08

DS Pro Mod action saw another winner come from ‘junior nation’ as Mike Zemo Jr. took the checkers. Zemo came from his second row starting spot to pass Chad Patch and take the lead. Zemo was able to hold off the field the remainder of the race that saw only one caution. John Bull made a strong showing in second with Kevin Blum racing his way through the pack to take third. Patch and Rick Ratliff rounded out the top five. Bull, Bob Dominacki, and John Ahlers won Pro Mod heats.

1. Mike Zemo Jr; 2. John Bull; 3. Kevin Blum; 4. Chad Patch; 5. Rick Ratliff; 6. Bob Dominacki; 7. Thad Wilson; 8. Doug Crampton; 9. John Ahlers; 10. Matt Stein; 11. Scott Olson; 12. Jim Sandusky; 13. Craig Crawford; 14. Randall VerPlaeste; 15. Tony Von Dresky; 16. Donovan Lodge; 17. Brian Webb;

QCR The featured event of the evening was the J&J Campers 3rd Annual Ronnie Weedon Memorial for the UMP Modifieds. Right when the green waved to get the feature going Milo Veloz Jr. in the 43 and Marty Thompson in the 25 began battling for the lead. Meanwhile the 32 of Donovan Lodge and the 10 of Jake Waterman began weaving their way through traffic moving towards the front. Several cautions would keep the field bunched up for most of the race with Veloz and Thompson continuing to fight for the lead. Thompson would try the middle groove to get the lead but Veloz proved to be strong and would take the checkered flag and win the Ronnie Weedon Memorial. Thompson would take second followed by Waterman, Lodge, and the 77 of Ray Bollinger.

1. 43 – Milo Veloz Jr. 2. 25 – Marty Thompson 3. 10 – Jake Waterman 4. 32 – Donovan Lodge 5. 77 – Ray Bollinger 6. 50 – Bob Stogdell 7. 19 – Richie Gustin 8. 1S – Jim Sandusky 9. 83 – Nathan Balensiefen 10. 19C – Mark VerVynck 11. Z – Mike Zemo Jr. 12. 98 – Mitch Morris 13. 99 – Doug Curless 14. 40 – Doug Crampton 15. 75 – Thad Wilson 16. 3 – A.J. Pappas 17. 112 – Ray Guss Jr. 18. 88 – Jerry Durbin 19. 56 – Paul Harrington 20. 17 – Brad Pershy 21. 88J – Jerry Bailey Jr. DNS 15 – Brandon Durbin 15B – Brad Pershy

Defending Pro Mod track champion Thad Wilson took up where he had left off last season. The Moline racer started the feature third and would race behind Donovan Lodge for the first handful of laps before taking the lead for good. Bob Dominacki had a strong run to take second. John Bull, Doug Crampton, and Rick Ratliff rounded out the top five. Wilson and Crampton were Pro Mod heat winners.

1. Thad Wilson; 2. Bob Dominacki; 3. John Bull; 4. Doug Crampton; 5. Rick Ratliff; 6. Craig Crawford; 7. Mike Zemo Jr.; 8. John Ahlers; 9. Donovan Lodge; 10. Chad Patch; 11. Randall VerPlaetse; 12. Dusty Kraklio; 13. Tim Arp; 14. Brian Webb; 15. Brad Pershy; 16. Tony VonDresky;

QCR WDRL show. It's racing season again and every driver can't wait to get back in the seat; however, Modifieds may have wished they had passed for the season opener and saved repairs to their car. The Z incurred a lost tire (not due to lug nuts), a broken rotor, a broken bird cage, and lastly, had enough of the bull ride to spit out the drive shaft and plant her sore chassis on the trailer. Of course, as all racing die-hards, this was one night when the guys scratch their head and ask themselves what am I doing here and become overly quiet as they observe the destruction; but a day later they are in racing mode again and have set a deadline to have the car race-ready for Friday.

1. Gary Cook Jr. 2. Ray Bollinger 3. Eric Bruce 4. Thad Wilson 5. Mitch Morris 6. Rich Bell 7. Jake Waterman 8. A.J. Pappas 9. Kevin Blum 10. Jim Sandusky 11. Milo Veloz Jr. 12. Doug Crampton 13. Brandon Durbin 14. Mike Zemo Jr. 15. Marty Thompson 16. Donovan Lodge DNS Jason Pershy

In Pro Mod feature action, Ryan Dolan was the class of the field. Dolan went from his fifth place starting spot to the lead by the end of lap three. From there to the end of the twenty-lap main, the Lisbon, Iowa, driver was untouchable. Bob Silaggi of Freeport, Ill., was mired in the fifth position until late in the race, when he was able to leap-frog up to second. Bob Dominacki took third, with Rick Hixson fourth, and Steve Stewart fifth.

1. Ryan Dolan; 2. Bob Silaggi; 3. Bob Dominacki; 4. Rick Hixson; 5. Steve Stewart; 6. Mike Zemo Jr.; 7. Matt Stein; 8. Noah Coppess; 9. Steve Wetter; 10. Rich Bell; 11. Rich Smith; 12. Ray Guss Jr.; 13. Tim Sorn; 14. John Ahlers; 15. Ron Barker; 16. Mel Saffran: 17. Chad Pateh; 18. Troy Emerick; 19. Jason Pershy; 20. Mark Schulte

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