August 16
Maquoketa Speedway,
Maquoketa, IA
Sanction: World of Outlaws Real American Late Model Series (Hawkeye 100) - $20,000
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Maquoketa Speedway hosts Saturday's $20,000-to-win Hawkeye 100 finale.
Key notes: Maquoketa Speedway hosts Saturday’s 60-lap, $20,000-to-win Hawkeye 100 finale for World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series competitors. … The two-day event was slated to begin with a 40-lap, $12,000-to-win opener before rain washed out Friday’s action. … Tanner English led all 40 laps to win Wednesday’s $12,000 opener at Highland (Ill.) Speedway. It was his first full-field series victory in nearly three years (Nov. 3, 2022, Charlotte World Finals, worth $15,000). … Points leader Bobby Pierce led the final 15 laps to win Thursday’s $12,000 series debut at Spoon River Speedway in Banner, Ill. Pierce swept March’s MARS-sanctioned Nippy 50 at Maquoketa, earning more than $25,000. He also won 2024’s $10,000 Nippy 50 opener. … Brian Shirley swept last year’s Hawkeye 100, worth more than $30,000. … Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, earned a $5,000 victory there on the now-defunct Midwest LateModel Racing Association. … Hoker Trucking again sponsors the ‘Hoker’s Haul,’ a toy drive asking for unopened toys that will be gifted to children; donations will be accepted from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at a table near the grandstands. … Modifieds, stock cars and sport mods are on the undercard nightly. … Pits open at 2 p.m. and grandstands open at 4, with hot laps at 6:30. … Watch live on DIRTVision.
Who to watch: Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., chases his second straight World of Outlaws victory and ninth of the season.
Points chase: Before Maquoketa: 1. Bobby Pierce (4,370); 2. Nick Hoffman (4,280); 3. Ryan Gustin (4,188); 4. Tim McCreadie (4,072); 5. Dennis Erb Jr. (4,044); 6. Drake Troutman (4,026); 7. Brian Shirley (3,972); 8. Tanner English (3,926); 9. Cody Overton (3,890); 10. Ethan Dotson (3,858); 11. Dustin Sorensen (3,776); 12. Jake Timm (3,624).
Expected entrants: Among drivers joining the top 12 in series standings: Jason Feger, Tyler Bruening, Chris Simpson, Dylan Thornton, Justin Duty, Dillon McCowan, Frank Heckenast Jr., Tristan Chamberlain, Boom Briggs, Derrick Stewart, Brent Larson, Daniel Adam, Matthew Larson, Steve Stultz, Caden McWhorter, Matt Furman, Paul Parker, Fred Remley, Jeff Tharp, Greg Wagner and others.
Next series race: August 22, Arrowhead Speedway (Colcord, OK) $12,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
