117 cars compete in first night of Dirt Stars at Davenport Speedway

Night one of the Davenport Dirt Stars is in the books. But it was not easy. Morning showers made the racetrack fast and gave it a whole lot of character throughout the evening when 117 cars were on hand and the competition was heated.

Davenport racer Matt Ryan showed why he is the Karl Chevrolet Premier Late Model Tour 2026 champion. Ryan dominated his heat race and led all 20 laps of the A-Main. Matt started on the outside pole and once he put distance between himself and Jeff Aikey, all he had to watch out for was lapped traffic and caution flags. He finished with a six second gap over second place Aikey.

As Ryan set a torrid pace, the battle was for third, fourth, and fifth. CJ Horn would come away with the spot after passing fourth place finisher Dave Eckrich. J.D. Auringer rounded out the top five.

Dave Eckrich and Auringer took late model heat race wins along with Ryan.

The Midwest Recyclers / Del's Metal Co. - IMCA Modifieds feature took a toll on men and machines. Only 12 cars finished the 20-lap race.  None of that mattered to Brandon Durbin. Durbin got out front early and as several top contenders dropped out of the race, he was able to manage his lead. Late in the race, Missouri racer Jace Whitt made a charge at Durbin but was never in a position to pass for the lead.

Whitt finished a close second, followed by Jace Eckrich, Matt Werner, and Bill Roberts Jr.

The Koehler Electric - Street Stocks were the first feature to hit the racetrack and set the tone for the rest of the evening. Three cautions in the first five laps would put five of the starters on the trailer.

Scotty Pratt was able to escape the carnage with only a flat tire, which he was able to get changed under caution. Scotty restarted at the tail and in just two green flag laps was in the lead. Pratt led the rest of the way to the checkers.

Jesse Owen topped Donnie Louck for second. Ethan Coday finished fourth and Cary Brown fifth. They were the only five cars to complete the distance.

Levi Laymon scored his first Davenport win in the Freds Towing / Cantrell Towing / QC Towing - IMCA SportMods. Levi was able to fend off all challenges in the 15-lap main. That included a late race surge by Bryson Eckrich. In the closest finish of the night, half a car-length separated Laymon and Eckrich at the checkers. Dakota Cole took third over Ben Chapman and Colton Laymon.

David Brandies took home the trophy in the D & K Home Products - IMCA Stock Cars. Brandies passed Scotty Pratt for the lead on the opening lap. Brandies would hold the top spot for the remainder of the race.

John Oliver Jr. would emerge at Brandies' top rival, but mechanical issues late in the race would sideline Oliver. Pratt would climb back to take second. Braden Richards finished third, ahead of Pat Rachels and Jack Hockaday.

Matt Bennett captured the win in the Wangelin's Auto - IMCA Hobby Stocks. It was Matt’s first win at Davenport this year. Bennett was locked in a race-long struggle with track champion Carson Butt. Carson got a little too aggressive on the final lap and spun into the infield in turn two.

Randy LaMar was credited with second. Karter Miles, Kael Koch, and Solomon Bennett were third through fifth, in that order.

Night two of the Davenport Dirt Stars is Saturday. The racing program will feature the Kark Chevrolet Premier Late Models with the same support classes and start times. Saturday’s racing program will be the final event of the 2026 season at Davenport Speedway.

One event remains on the SR Promotions calendar. The Liberty 100 returns to the West Liberty Raceway on October 23 & 24. The event features the MLRA Late Models competing for $20,000-to-win.

Results:

Davenport Speedway

October 9, 2026 –

Karl Chevrolet Premier Late Models

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 07-Matt Ryan[2]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey[1]; 3. 01-CJ Horn[3]; 4. 58-Dave Eckrich[6]; 5. 00J-JD Auringer[5]; 6. 12-Ron Klein[11]; 7. 53-Dustin Smith[9]; 8. 7-Andy Nezworski[15]; 9. C15-Brandon Hamburg[12]; 10. 56W-Gary Webb[17]; 11. 4-Ben Lerch[13]; 12. 01H-Harrison Horn[19]; 13. 92-Dustin Schram[10]; 14. 79-Darren Mish[14]; 15. 77B-Joe Beal[8]; 16. 79B-Nathan Balensiefen[7]; 17. 79M-Matt Mish[16]; 18. 25-Bryan Klein[18]; 19. 2J-Jayden Johnson[21]; 20. 12C-Carter Johnson[22]; 21. 7J- Justin Heuer [20]; 22. 33-Nick Marolf[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00J-JD Auringer[1]; 2. 77-Jeff Aikey[4]; 3. 01-CJ Horn[6]; 4. 12-Ron Klein[5]; 5. 7-Andy Nezworski[3]; 6. 25-Bryan Klein[2]; 7. 01H-Harrison Horn[7]; 8. (DNS) 12C-Carter Johnson

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Dave Eckrich[1]; 2. 33-Nick Marolf[2]; 3. 77B-Joe Beal[4]; 4. 92-Dustin Schram[5]; 5. C15-Brandon Hamburg[7]; 6. 56W-Gary Webb[6]; 7. 2J-Jayden Johnson[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Matt Ryan[1]; 2. 79B-Nathan Balensiefen[2]; 3. 53-Dustin Smith[3]; 4. 4-Ben Lerch[4]; 5. 79-Darren Mish[5]; 6. 79M-Matt Mish[6]; 7. 7J-Justin Heuer[7]

IMCA Modifieds - Midwest Recyclers / Del's Metal Co

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15D-Brandon Durbin[1]; 2. 26J-Jace Whitt[10]; 3. 50-Jace Eckrich[6]; 4. 93-Matt Werner[13]; 5. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[17]; 6. 57-Andrew Hamburg[16]; 7. 03B-Mark Burgtorf[19]; 8. 2-Matt Fulton Jr[3]; 9. 99M-Charlie Mohr[9]; 10. 01M-Mitch Way[4]; 11. 20-Danny Brau[5]; 12. 96-Matthew Lundry[18]; 13. 5D-Bob Dominacki[11]; 14. 6-Jed Freiburger[12]; 15. 1-Eric Barnes[22]; 16. 777-Rayce Mullen[20]; 17. 32-Donovan Lodge[23]; 18. 29-Spencer Diercks[2]; 19. B1-Jeff Larson[7]; 20. 88-Tony Von Dresky[14]; 21. 17C-Shane Paris[8]; 22. (DNS) 43LV-Logan Veloz; 23. (DNS) 76-Tyler Garrison

Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 29-Spencer Diercks[2]; 2. 6-Jed Freiburger[1]; 3. 17C-Shane Paris[4]; 4. 15D-Brandon Durbin[6]; 5. 93-Matt Werner[8]; 6. 57-Andrew Hamburg[3]; 7. 03B-Mark Burgtorf[7]; 8. 1-Eric Barnes[5]

Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 01M-Mitch Way[1]; 2. B1-Jeff Larson[7]; 3. 20-Danny Brau[2]; 4. 50-Jace Eckrich[3]; 5. 88-Tony Von Dresky[4]; 6. 5R-Bill Roberts Jr[5]; 7. 777-Rayce Mullen[6]; 8. 32-Donovan Lodge[8]

Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 26J-Jace Whitt[3]; 2. 5D-Bob Dominacki[1]; 3. 99M-Charlie Mohr[7]; 4. 2-Matt Fulton Jr[5]; 5. 43LV-Logan Veloz[2]; 6. 96-Matthew Lundry[4]; 7. 76-Tyler Garrison[6]

Street Stocks - Koehler Electric

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 15D-Scotty Pratt[9]; 2. 95-Jesse Owen[8]; 3. 95L-Donnie Louck[10]; 4. 29C-Ethan Coday[4]; 5. 81-Cary Brown[5]; 6. 1-Rob Nylin[11]; 7. 13-Ray Bollinger[1]; 8. 1C-Robert Cottom[6]; 9. 41-Kyle Anderson[7]; 10. 52A-Chevy Andreatta[12]; 11. 7-Austin Riggs[2]; 12. 88-Jake Lund[3]; 13. (DNS) M2-Alan Cottom

Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 1C-Robert Cottom[2]; 2. 13-Ray Bollinger[7]; 3. 88-Jake Lund[1]; 4. 95L-Donnie Louck[4]; 5. 29C-Ethan Coday[5]; 6. 1-Rob Nylin[6]; 7. (DNS) M2-Alan Cottom

Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 15D-Scotty Pratt[3]; 2. 41-Kyle Anderson[5]; 3. 95-Jesse Owen[4]; 4. 81-Cary Brown[1]; 5. 7-Austin Riggs[6]; 6. 52A-Chevy Andreatta[2]

IMCA Stock Cars - D&K Home Products

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71-David Brandies[2]; 2. 15DEL-Scotty Pratt[1]; 3. 11R-Braden Richards[5]; 4. 34-Pat Rachels[8]; 5. 77Z-Jack Hockaday[14]; 6. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[11]; 7. 77B-Jacob Beal[6]; 8. 4JR-Jordan Miles[9]; 9. 23M-Matt Speiss[4]; 10. 05-John Oliver Jr[3]; 11. 8H-Kyler Hickenbottom[12]; 12. 3-Dwayne Smith Jr[15]; 13. 41F-Zane Fellman[13]; 14. (DQ) 77W-Andrew Burk[10]; 15. (DQ) 15K-Kodey Miles[7]

Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[2]; 2. 77W-Andrew Burk[1]; 3. 71-David Brandies[5]; 4. 15DEL-Scotty Pratt[4]; 5. 05-John Oliver Jr[3]; 6. 72-Jacob Ellithorpe[8]; 7. 41F-Zane Fellman[6]; 8. 3-Dwayne Smith Jr[7]

Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 4JR-Jordan Miles[3]; 2. 15K-Kodey Miles[2]; 3. 23M-Matt Speiss[1]; 4. 77B-Jacob Beal[5]; 5. 34-Pat Rachels[4]; 6. 8H-Kyler Hickenbottom[7]; 7. (DNS) 77Z-Jack Hockaday

IMCA SportMods - Freds Towing / Cantrel Towing / QC Towing

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 10L-Levi Laymon[2]; 2. 56-Bryson Eckrich[11]; 3. 18C-Dakota Cole[9]; 4. 1JR-Ben Chapman[15]; 5. 7-Colton Laymon[3]; 6. 28-Brad Salisberry[8]; 7. 8K-Austin Kemp[16]; 8. 16-Joel Payne[1]; 9. 7J- Justin Heuer [7]; 10. 4G-Kevin Goben[5]; 11. X14-Randy Farrell[10]; 12. 90-Keith Wiersema[4]; 13. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[12]; 14. 9L-Austin Lick[20]; 15. C6-Colin Conner[24]; 16. 56K-Korey Stuart[21]; 17. 76-Chuck Fox[19]; 18. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[14]; 19. 28D-Derricke Dillon[25]; 20. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[6]; 21. 65-David Engelkens[13]; 22. 35-Troy Emerick[17]; 23. 43V-Justin Veloz[22]; 24. 12-Drew Hromadka[18]; 25. (DNS) 87J-Christian Jordan

Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[1]; 2. 4G-Kevin Goben[6]; 3. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[3]; 4. X14-Randy Farrell[2]; 5. 65-David Engelkens[7]; 6. 8K-Austin Kemp[5]; 7. 76-Chuck Fox[8]; 8. 43V-Justin Veloz[4]; 9. 28D-Derricke Dillon[9]

Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 56-Bryson Eckrich[3]; 2. 18C-Dakota Cole[4]; 3. 90-Keith Wiersema[1]; 4. 7J- Justin Heuer [5]; 5. 39-Perry Gellerstedt[6]; 6. 35-Troy Emerick[7]; 7. 9L-Austin Lick[8]; 8. 87J-Christian Jordan[2]

Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 10L-Levi Laymon[2]; 2. 7-Colton Laymon[4]; 3. 16-Joel Payne[1]; 4. 28-Brad Salisberry[5]; 5. 1JR-Ben Chapman[8]; 6. 12-Drew Hromadka[3]; 7. 56K-Korey Stuart[6]; 8. C6-Colin Conner[7]

IMCA Hobby Stock - Wangelin's Auto

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 24-Matt Bennett[1]; 2. 4R-Randy LaMar[9]; 3. 4K-Karter Miles[5]; 4. 22K-Kael Koch[4]; 5. 11B-Solomon Bennett[6]; 6. H20-Daniel Wauters[11]; 7. 87J-Cody Moline[12]; 8. 17Z-Zac Olson[14]; 9. 28-Landon Bennett[10]; 10. NB50-Nik Bates[13]; 11. 44T-Tasker Timmerman[17]; 12. 4L-Michael LaMar[15]; 13. 38-Steven Mooney[16]; 14. 10X-Carson Butt[2]; 15. 28T-Tucker Richardson[8]; 16. 8-Rick Schriner[3]; 17. 04-Dylan Ackerman[18]; 18. (DNS) 17M-Jared Miller; 19. (DNS) 5B-Bruce Noles

Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 4R-Randy LaMar[4]; 2. 8-Rick Schriner[2]; 3. 4K-Karter Miles[6]; 4. H20-Daniel Wauters[5]; 5. NB50-Nik Bates[3]; 6. 38-Steven Mooney[7]; 7. 5B-Bruce Noles[1]

Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 10X-Carson Butt[1]; 2. 24-Matt Bennett[2]; 3. 28T-Tucker Richardson[6]; 4. 87J-Cody Moline[3]; 5. 17Z-Zac Olson[5]; 6. 44T-Tasker Timmerman[4]

Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 22K-Kael Koch[2]; 2. 28-Landon Bennett[4]; 3. 11B-Solomon Bennett[5]; 4. 17M-Jared Miller[1]; 5. 4L-Michael LaMar[6]; 6. 04-Dylan Ackerman[3]

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