8/22/2021
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Cooney ends weekend with Victory in East Series debut at Maquoketa
By Anthony Ainslie (Maquoketa, IA) -- Another new track hosted the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models East Series Saturday as the tour made its first ever visit to the Maquoketa Speedway.
Round 11 of the season for the East Series’ Iowa tripleheader took part on the high-banked quarter-mile bullring at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. A field of 25 cars made the journey out to Maquoketa for a chance at a $3,000 payday.
For the third night in a row, Chad Holladay was the top qualifier in time trials. However, it was Todd Cooney and Curt Schroeder who were on the front row for the 35-lap main event.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Ruefer
Cooney jumped out to the race lead while Curt Schroeder ran in second in the early laps. The first caution came out on lap eight when Darrel DeFrance pulled off the track while running in tenth.
Two laps later, Schroeder spun out in turn four while running fourth and collected Matt Ryan. They would finish 13th and 14th at the end of the race.
The final two cautions came out with 20 laps remaining, but from that point on, it was a run to the finish. Cooney led while Charlie McKenna and Dave Eckrich exchanged second, and point leader Justin Kay worked his way to fourth.
When the dust settled, Cooney captured an emotional victory. The Des Moines native the checkered flag less than 24 hours after learning about the death of his cousin the night before. It was Cooney’s second East Series win and his third East/West series win overall. Dave Eckrich took second while Justin Kay took third at the end. Charlie McKenna finished fourth, and Curt Martin rounded out the top ten in only his second appearance with the series.
The Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series now has a week off. As for the Malvern Bank West Series, they get ready for a Saturday night showdown at the Off-Road Speedway in Norfolk, Nebraska for the Bob Haase Memorial. Then, both tours come together for the 44th annual Yankee Dirt Track Classic on September 3rd and 4th at the 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa.
DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
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Hoker Trucking A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 30-Todd Cooney[1]; 2. 58-Dave Eckrich[8]; 3. 15K-Justin Kay[11]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 5. 45-Curt Martin[6]; 6. 32C-Chad Holladay[4]; 7. 99-Luke Pestka[7]; 8. 77-Jeff Aikey[12]; 9. 76H-Jason Hahne[18]; 10. 44-Luke Goedert[16]; 11. 56-Andy Eckrich[9]; 12. 10T-Jeff Tharp[13]; 13. 15C-Curt Schroeder[2]; 14. 07-Matt Ryan[5]; 15. 29-Spencer Diercks[15]; 16. 4-JC Wyman[14]; 17. 40-Joel Callahan[17]; 18. 99N-Andy Nezworski[19]; 19. 91-Michael Guldenpfenning[22]; 20. 63-Kelly Pestka[20]; 21. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[10]; 22. 17-Kirby Schultz[21]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Joel Callahan[2]; 2. 76H-Jason Hahne[3]; 3. 99N-Andy Nezworski[5]; 4. 63-Kelly Pestka[4]; 5. 33-Kevin Kirkpatrick[1]; 6. 72-Dave Hammond[6]; 7. 17-Kirby Schultz[7]; 8. 1-Dustin Edwards[8]; 9. 91-Michael Guldenpfenning[9]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32C-Chad Holladay[6]; 2. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[2]; 3. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 4. 58-Dave Eckrich[4]; 5. 44-Luke Goedert[3]; 6. 76H-Jason Hahne[7]; 7. 29-Spencer Diercks[5]; 8. 1-Dustin Edwards[9]; 9. 91-Michael Guldenpfenning[8]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15C-Curt Schroeder[2]; 2. 22-Charlie McKenna[4]; 3. 56-Andy Eckrich[3]; 4. 30-Todd Cooney[6]; 5. 40-Joel Callahan[1]; 6. 15K-Justin Kay[5]; 7. 72-Dave Hammond[8]; 8. 17-Kirby Schultz[7]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Curt Martin[2]; 2. 10T-Jeff Tharp[1]; 3. 07-Matt Ryan[6]; 4. 77-Jeff Aikey[3]; 5. 99-Luke Pestka[5]; 6. 63-Kelly Pestka[8]; 7. 99N-Andy Nezworski[7]; 8. 33-Kevin Kirkpatrick[4]
Qualifying A: 1. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:14.693[6]; 2. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:14.899[10]; 3. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:14.911[4]; 4. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:14.922[14]; 5. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.952[12]; 6. 99-Luke Pestka, 00:14.960[5]; 7. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:14.986[23]; 8. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:14.991[16]; 9. 33-Kevin Kirkpatrick, 00:15.006[1]; 10. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:15.062[17]; 11. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:15.100[13]; 12. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:15.105[20]; 13. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:15.192[3]; 14. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:15.265[25]; 15. 4-JC Wyman, 00:15.383[11]; 16. 45-Curt Martin, 00:15.383[15]; 17. 40-Joel Callahan, 00:15.445[19]; 18. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:15.510[24]; 19. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:15.584[18]; 20. 17-Kirby Schultz, 00:15.767[9]; 21. 99N-Andy Nezworski, 00:15.782[7]; 22. 91-Michael Guldenpfenning, 00:15.871[2]; 23. 72-Dave Hammond, 00:15.899[22]; 24. 63-Kelly Pestka, 00:15.947[8]; 25. 1-Dustin Edwards, 00:16.011[21]
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A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77-Jeff Aikey[2]; 2. B1-Jeff Larson[4]; 3. 29D-Brad Dierks[1]; 4. 7M-Matt Short[6]; 5. 86-Jeremy Gustaf[8]; 6. 9Z-Chris Zogg[13]; 7. 99-Charlie Mohr[11]; 8. 31A-Tyler Soppe[9]; 9. 33J-Joe Huenefeld[5]; 10. 21A-Kelly Meyer[12]; 11. 51JR-Johnny Walker[15]; 12. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[3]; 13. 8S-Josh Starr[14]; 14. 21M-Tyler Madigan[7]; 15. 9-Derek Wilson[10]
Heat 1 -Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[1]; 2. 32K-Kyle Montgomery[2]; 3. 86-Jeremy Gustaf[3]; 4. 21M-Tyler Madigan[5]; 5. 77-Jeff Aikey[6]; 6. 99-Charlie Mohr[4]; 7. 9Z-Chris Zogg[7]
Heat 2 -Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 33J-Joe Huenefeld[1]; 2. 7M-Matt Short[2]; 3. 29D-Brad Dierks[6]; 4. 31A-Tyler Soppe[4]; 5. 9-Derek Wilson[7]; 6. 21A-Kelly Meyer[8]; 7. 8S-Josh Starr[5]; 8. 51JR-Johnny Walker[3]
SPORTMOD
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 39H-Nick Hixson[2]; 2. 69ER-Ryan Reed[1]; 3. 3T-Tyler Soppe[7]; 4. 17C-Shane Paris[11]; 5. 40-Bob Silaggi[4]; 6. 18-Todd Dykema[6]; 7. 9K-Troy Bauer[9]; 8. 99-Brandon Jewell[5]; 9. 96-Matthew Lundry[13]; 10. 24X-Cole Stichter[12]; 11. 88-Trey Grimm[10]; 12. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[3]; 13. 44-Joe Grant[8]
Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 69ER-Ryan Reed[2]; 2. 3T-Tyler Soppe[3]; 3. 18-Todd Dykema[4]; 4. 39H-Nick Hixson[5]; 5. 40-Bob Silaggi[6]; 6. 17C-Shane Paris[7]; 7. 24X-Cole Stichter[1]
Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brandon Jewell[2]; 2. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[1]; 3. 44-Joe Grant[6]; 4. 9K-Troy Bauer[5]; 5. 88-Trey Grimm[3]; 6. (DQ) 96-Matthew Lundry[4]
4 STOCKS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Cyle Hawkins[1]; 2. 11P-Codie Proehl[3]; 3. 8-Travis Hawkins[4]; 4. 101-Nick Proehl[7]; 5. 66-Dylan Welsch[9]; 6. 14-Drew Wise[8]; 7. 71-Charles Rufi[6]; 8. 47-Thomas Adams[2]; 9. 12-Mitch Bielenberg[5]
Heat 1 -Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 12-Mitch Bielenberg[2]; 2. 11P-Codie Proehl[6]; 3. 8-Travis Hawkins[1]; 4. 28-Cyle Hawkins[9]; 5. 47-Thomas Adams[3]; 6. 71-Charles Rufi[5]; 7. 101-Nick Proehl[8]; 8. 14-Drew Wise[4]; 9. 66-Dylan Welsch[7]
AMERICAN IRON RACING SERIES
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5B-Tim Bader[1]; 2. 5-Brian Gade[2]; 3. 10A-Jacob Arp[11]; 4. 17SR-Steve Johnson[9]; 5. 63-Steve Olson[3]; 6. 16-Robin Atkins[17]; 7. 727-Justin Stock[14]; 8. 42-Bruce Yoerger[18]; 9. 68-Travis Heier[5]; 10. 11-Jake Hayes[8]; 11. 6-Christian Jordan[15]; 12. 23-Dennis Etten[4]; 13. 75-Jimmy Rogers[16]; 14. 25-Scott Vanbuskirk[6]; 15. 66-Jed Holland[7]; 16. 44-RJ Lank[12]; 17. 17-Bryan Caspary[13]; 18. 64-Craig Adams[10]; 19. 7-Parker Olson[19]
Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 5-Brian Gade[1]; 2. 25-Scott Vanbuskirk[3]; 3. 66-Jed Holland[4]; 4. 64-Craig Adams[7]; 5. 17-Bryan Caspary[6]; 6. 75-Jimmy Rogers[5]; 7. 7-Parker Olson[2]
Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 5B-Tim Bader[2]; 2. 44-RJ Lank[4]; 3. 23-Dennis Etten[6]; 4. 63-Steve Olson[3]; 5. 727-Justin Stock[1]; 6. 16-Robin Atkins[5]
Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 10A-Jacob Arp[1]; 2. 68-Travis Heier[4]; 3. 17SR-Steve Johnson[2]; 4. 11-Jake Hayes[3]; 5. 6-Christian Jordan[5]; 6. 42-Bruce Yoerger[6]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
