Darkside Promotions LLC

Darkside Promotions LLC DARKSIDE PROMOTIONS: DIRT TRACK RACING PROMOTERS IN EASTERN IOWA

10/23/2024

**Save the Dates**
Nippy 50- March 28-29, 2025 Maquoketa
Spring Fling- April 11-12, 2025 Tipton
Reinhart- July 25, 2025 Tipton
All star classic-Sep 19-20, 2025 Maquoketa
Fall Bash- Oct 2-4, 2025 Tipton
Dirt nationals-Oct 16-18, 2025 Maquoketa

10/20/2024

What a week…what a year! Thank you goes out to our entire team, the Drivers, crew, fans, Maquoketa speedway crew, Jackson county fair, city of Maquoketa, and the Kay family. Mark you calendars for Oct 16-18, 2025 as we return back to maquoketa again for the Iowa Dirt Nationals. Thanks again!

Kids under the age of 18 must have a minor release form completed if you have not attended a Darkside Event at Maquoketa...
10/16/2024

Kids under the age of 18 must have a minor release form completed if you have not attended a Darkside Event at Maquoketa Speedway in 2024. To help speed up the line at the pit shack please print off and complete the attached minor release form. Thanks!

10/09/2024

Darkside Modifieds point standing, as of 10/6, heading into the Iowa Dirt Nationals and Allstar make up feature.
Drivers must throw 1(worst) night out if they have raced all events.

1. 319 Bone Larson (all nights)
2. 286 Ethan Braaksma
3. 258 Miah Hurst
4. 257 Dylan Thornton
5. 242 Spencer Diercks
6. 219 Ryan Maitland
7. 214 Brad Diercks
8. 201 Matt Werner
9. 200 Cody Laney
10. 200 Dallon Murty
11. 198 Mitch Way
12. 187 Chris Zogg
13. 184 Trevor Fitz
14. 164 Jake McBirnie
15. 141 Ben Chapman
16. 140 Jeremy Mills
17. 134 Drew Janssen
18. 126 Scotte Lemke
19. 119 Kory Meyer
20. 118 Izac Mallicoat
21. 115 Zack VanderBeek
22. 114 Jerry Flippo
23. 108 Kyle Montgomery
24. 107 Tripp Ga***rd
25. 107 Denny Eckrich
26. 106 Eric Barnes
27. 102 Troy Cordes
28. 100 Jaden Fryer
29. 100 Mark Schulte
30. 100 Ray Cox Jr
31. 96 Tom Berry Jr
32. 95 Josh Fisher
33. 93 Joel Rust
34. 90 Kenny Schrader
35. 90 Tyler Madigan
36. 88 Kelly Shryock
37. 83 Tim Bader
38. 77 Kolton Osborn
39. 76 Tim Ward
40. 74 Jed Freiburger
41. 74 Travis Denning
42. 74 Wyatt Block
43. 67 Joe Huenefeld
44. 65 Jacob Hobscheidt
45. 63 Chris Simpson
46. 62 Jacob Snyder
47. 62 Dustin Kroening
48. 60 Jon Mawhinney
49. 60 Johnathon Logue
50. 59 Charlie Mohr
51. 57 Dan Roedl
52. 57 Grant Manthe
53. 55 Cory Sample
54. 54 Derek Thompson
55. 53 Mark Winkel
56. 53 Mitchell Hunt
57. 53 Sean Rupp
58. 53 Cole Czarneski
59. 52 Brandon Schmitt
60. 52 Jayden Schmidt
61. 52 John Fellman
62. 49 Dustin Smith
63. 49 Jeff Bodendorfer
64. 47 Brandon Leverington
65. 44 Austin Stamm
66. 44 Daniel Wilcox
67. 43 Patrick Flannagan
68. 42 Kaity Sample
69. 41 Jamie Pfeiffer
70. 39 Trent Wyssbrod
71. 37 Richard Vela
72. 36 Jason Schueller
73. 35 Brandon Jewell
74. 35 Brian Eppert
75. 34 Derek Walker
76. 34 Alex Vervynck
77. 33 Blaise Lewis
78. 32 Danny Brau
79. 30 Creston Williams
80. 29 Brandon Durbin
81. 29 Johnny Walker
82. 29 Skyler Woods
83. 27 Justin Kay
84. 26 Bill Roberts
85. 26 Scott Brau
86. 24 Jeff Aikey
87. 24 Jesse Belez
88. 23 Mike Burbridge
89. 23 Jeremy Gustaf
90. 22 Jim Sandusky
91. 22 Nicholas Holtger
92. 16 Bruce Hanford
93. 16 Kip Siems
94. 13 John Campbell
95. 11 Chris Snyder
96. 11 Dirk Hamilton
97. 11 Mitch Webber
98. 11 Duane Roth

10/07/2024

Darkside Stock Car point standing, as of 10/6, heading into the Iowa Dirt Nationals and Allstar make up feature.
Drivers must throw 1(worst) night out if they have raced all events.

1. 233 Gage Neal
2. 229 Dustin Vis
3. 195 Miciah Hidlebaugh
4. 178 Andrew Burk
5. 177 Tom Cannon
6. 167 Bone Larson
7. 159 Dallon Murty
8. 157 David Brandies
9. 151 Joe Zrostlik
10. 151 Keegan Wells
11. 145 Braden Richards
12. 140 Tanner Allen
13. 136 Casey Shelliam
14. 130 David Wada
15. 128 Andrew Chelf
16. 128 Nacho Joe Bonney
17. 126 John Oliver Jr
18. 122 Jeff Mueller
19. 121 Kaden Reynolds
20. 111 Paul Stone
21. 99 Brandon Vorbeck
22. 88 Riley Hanson
21. 81 Dan Kessler
22. 80 Dakota Sellars
23. 76 Austin Vorbeck
24. 74 Tyler Droste
25. 73 Tad Payne
26. 69 Matt Picray
27. 65 Nick Buckarma
28. 63 Jacob Ellithorpe
29. 63 Curtis Kliner
30. 60 Kyle Merkes
31. 53 Greg Gill
32. 53 Reegan Merkes
33. 49 Austin Meiners
34. 48 Nathan Otto
35. 45 Jeremy Campbell
36. 43 Cole Czarneski
37. 42 Tyler Travis
38. 42 Zack VanderBeek
39. 42 Norman Chesmore
40. 39 Terry Dulin
41. 37 Leah Wroten
42. 37 Chase Zaruba
43. 36 Jerry Miles
44. 34 Austin Kemper
45. 34 Preley Harrington
46. 34 Brett Vanous
47. 31 Harold O'Brien
48. 31 Leremy Jackson
49. 30 Chad Holliday
50. 29 Trenton Witt
51. 29 Cale Foster
52. 29 Russell Damme
53. 27 Bryan Klein
54. 27 Kodey Miles
55. 27 Mike Weidemann
56. 26 Rick Schriner
57. 25 Austin Evens
58. 24 Travis Hawkins
59. 23 KC Ansel
60. 23 Jared Miller
61. 22 Cole Suckow
62. 22 Cameron Exline
63. 20 Kyler Hickenbottom
64. 19 Daron Oberbroeckling
65. 18 Rhett Ehmen
66. 16 Wayne Hora
67. 15 Greyson Markhardt
68. 14 Dalton Markhardt
69. 14 Tim Gonska
70. 13 Shawn Flagel
71. 11 Mitchell Evans
72. 10 Matt Jones
73. 10 Dave Meyer
74. 10 Brendan Driscoll

10/07/2024

Darkside sport mod point standing, as of 10/6, heading into the Iowa Dirt Nationals and Allstar make up feature.

1. 234 Jarett Franzen
2. 234 Rayce Mullen
3. 207 Tyler Bannister
4. 205 Tony Olson
5. 198 Brady Hilmer
6. 198 Justin Becker
7. 171 Brad Salisberry
8. 131 Kevin Rasdon
9. 125 Dakota Cole
10. 121 Shane Paris
11. 121 Jason Roth
12. 111 Josh Starr
13. 110 Scott Walker
14. 109 Justin Veloz
15. 107 Jacob Arp
16. 97 Tyler Maschmann
17. 91 TJ Patz
18. 90 Brayton Carter
19. 89 Jared Miles
20. 85 Logan Veloz
21. 80 Cole Stichter
22. 79 Ryan Schilling
23. 77 Bob Silaggi
24. 76 Ryan Walker
25. 74 Levi Heath
26. 72 Justin Schroeder
27. 68 Shaine Bennett
28. 66 Austin Kemp
29. 65 Braden Claborn
30. 64 Tyler Soppe
31. 63 Logan Anderson
32. 62 Owen Wilcox
33. 58 Chuck Fox
34. 57 Brendon Schultheis
35. 55 Joel Payne
36. 54 Raiff Cauwels
37. 54 Cole Magnin
38. 50 Chase Weimer
39. 48 Tony Kraklio
40. 47 Roy Pestka
41. 46 Logan Smith
42. 45 Tim Plummer
43. 42 Joe Docekal
44. 42 Shaun Slaughter
45. 41 Cam Reimers
46. 41 Zander Keeland
47. 38 Ian Hurst
48. 37 Ryan Reed
49. 36 Matt Speidel
50. 36 Curt Hilmer
51. 35 Reed Wolfmeyer
52. 34 Gage Hilgenberg
53. 34 Corey Kuntzelman
54. 34 Cole Fenske
55. 33 Nick Aupperle
56. 33 Nick Strope
57. 33 Rusty Deshaw
58. 33 Todd Dykema
59. 32 Austin Stamm
60. 32 Colton See
61. 32 Mike Clausen
62. 31 Bobby Taggart
63. 31 Andrew Freeman
64. 30 Jonny Williams
65. 29 Mason McNett
66. 29 Todd Hansen
67. 28 Erick Turner
68. 28 Jaron Groshans
69. 28 Dylan Van Wyk
70. 27 Rance Powell
71. 27 Trey Grimm
72. 26 Kyle Neels
73. 26 Jackson Carey
74. 25 Don Hatfield
75. 25 Terry Rentfro
76. 23 Phoenix Blakely
77. 22 Aaron Vegter
78. 21 Eric Offenheiser
79. 19 Randy Farrell
80. 15 Brandon Morris
81. 11 Will Wolf
82. 11 Jason Bear

10/07/2024

Darkside hobby stock point standing, as of 10/6, heading into the Iowa Dirt Nationals and Allstar make up feature.
Drivers must throw 1(worst) night out if they have raced all events.

1. 201 Jordan Miles (all nights)
2. 194 Daniel Wauters (all nights)
3. 149 Randy Lamar
4. 140 Karter Miles (all nights)
5. 133 Lukas Short (all nights)
6. 122 Keith Burg
7. 110 Chad Rigby
8. 109 Corey Van Der Wilt
9. 108 Andrew Burg
10. 98 Brett Hahlen (all nights)
11. 98 Nick Proehl
12. 98 Scott Wetter
13. 95 Kile Vohringer
14. 92 David McCalla
15. 89 Kale Hemsley
16. 87 Matt Bennett
17. 85 Briar Kregel
18. 84 Brett Maasdam
19. 82 Dylan Said (all nights)
20. 82 Brandon Bombardo
21. 81 Bradly Graham
22. 78 Corey Cullen
23. 77 Sheldon Hunter
24. 74 Jordan Patz
25. 74 Jack Hockaday
26. 73 Steven Shady (all nights)
27. 72 Brayden Fahrni
28. 71 Jared Miller
29. 68 Tom Kilen
30. 67 Jamie Hixson (all nights)
31. 67 Luke Phillips
32. 65 Brandon White
33. 60 Joren Fisher
34. 56 Brandan Long
35. 53 Erick Knutsen
36. 49 Landon Hunter
37. 49 Billy Stanford
38. 44 Austin Shaffer
39. 42 Kaden Staley
40. 42 Jake Keister
41. 38 Matthew Crane
42. 37 Jimmy Doescher
43. 35 August Bach
44. 35 Todd Van Tassel
45. 34 Braxton Franks
46. 33 Calvin Dhondt
47. 32 Trenton Neuhaus
48. 31 Rj Lank
49. 30 Daniel Campbell
50. 28 Evan Roberts
51. 27 Cody Brundage
52. 27 Jake Gustaf
53. 26 David Simpson
54. 24 Jason Schutterle
55. 22 Paul Markhardt
56. 22 Tucker Richardson
57. 21 Eric Knutson
58. 16 Thomas Lundell
59. 15 Jesse Wood
60. 15 Dan Mohr
61. 14 Ryan Havel
62. 13 Shane Richardson
63. 13 Bruce Current
64. 12 Michael Cheney
65. 12 Ben Shannon
66. 11 Bill Bonnett
67. 11 James Roose
68. 11 Dustin Stram
69. 11 Matt Short

10/07/2024

Darkside 4 stock point standing, as of 10/6, heading into the Iowa Dirt Nationals and Allstar make up feature.
Drivers must throw 1(worst) night out if they have raced all events.

1. 232 Cyle Hawkins (all nights)
2. 172 Brendon Koch
3. 171 Josh Starr
4. 168 Dustin Forbes
5. 164 Dustin Munn
6. 158 Alex Hayes
7. 150 Mitchell Bielenberg
8. 139 Jacob Welter
9. 138 Sam King
10. 130 Drew Wise
11. 108 Shawn McDermott
12. 88 Michael Gardner
13. 78 Trent Lebarge
14. 78 Thomas Adams
15. 73 Evan Hess
16. 72 Jaelyn Roth
17. 70 Brenda Forbes
18. 69 Zach Brenner
19. 64 Jerramy Vasquez
20. 62 Paul Lullo
21. 61 Kurtis Petersen
22. 57 Brady Laughlin
23. 45 Stephen Randall
24. 43 Jake Benischek
25. 41 Cody Beyer
26. 37 David Kimmel
27. 36 Scott Vetter
28. 35 John Campbell
29. 34 Terry Bryant
30. 33 Tim Long
31. 33 Steve Boyle
32. 33 Chris Burke
33. 33 Cristian Grady
34. 32 Justin Stein
35. 31 Duane Roth
36. 31 Jason Rhoads
37. 29 Andy Wagener
38. 29 Justin Hempstead
39. 28 Michael Snyder
40. 28 Michael Lundeen
41. 27 Matthew Mackey
42. 24 Spencer Eubanks
43. 22 Rick Hempstead
44. 20 Alec Golembiewski
45. 19 Reggie Mitchell
46. 19 Katelynn Kimmel
47. 18 Harrison Horn
48. 17 Korey Lana

09/26/2024

Updated 9/30 FALLBASH
Info on all the extra stuff going on!!

LATE MODELS, MODS, STOCK CARS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS ARE IMCA SANCTIONED

Wednesday Oct 2nd we will be holding practice from 6:00 to 10:00 and camper check in. 25.00 pit pass, free grandstands, music and bon🔥 at the kickoff party 10 to 1!!

We will not hotlap any classes Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, please plan accordingly. No racers will be allowed to tag back of any races to "test" cars, please don't ask.

THURSDAY NIGHT
Pit party by pit shack
TC the DJ spinnin' jams
Following the race, till 5am
Bring a few pieces of wood to throw on the 🔥
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FRIDAY NIGHT 80's
DIRT ROAD ROCKERS
Following the races till 1am
In blue Matthew's building
Bon Fire follow by pit shack
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Saturday
Breakfast on grounds

Bean bag tournament 11am
DARKSIDE adds 100.00 to to the winners.
Sign up starts at 10am.
4 games round robin, followed by double elimination. We will adjust if needed depending on team count.
Sign up on link below
https://share.scoreholio.com/ScHImbWgdNb
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Saturday at 2:30 we will be serving a free lunch for all who have a darkside event band on, in the Matthew's building, spaghetti, cottage cheese, salad, roll, cookie.
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We have champion belts for:
4 stocks- Dirty Track Racing Supply
Hobby Stocks- Gade Race Engines
Sport Mods- Franzen 3 speeds
Stock Cars- Tri-State Performance LLC
Modifieds- 141speedway
Late Models- Peoples Company
The driver with the highest points, wins the championship. Ties go to best feature finish, if still tied best heat finish, if that ties we go to fast time of the week.

🏆Fall Bash Championship Points🏆
-Feature-
1st 40 points
2nd 39 points
3rd 38 points
Etc, on down.
-Heats-
1st 5 points
2nd 3 points
3rd 1 point

All awards will be handed out Saturday night at the band following the races.
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*TEAMED UP*
Please comment if you have a team. If not you can do it at the track when you check in with Bret. This list just helps our announcers.

Miciah Hidlebaugh / Keith Burg TFS
Jeff Bone Larson / Cyle David Hawkins TFS
Jarett Franzen / Drew Janssen TFS
Shawn McDermott / Spencer Diercks TFS
Travis Denning / Logan Anderson T
Jordan Miles / Jacob Welter TFS
Jared Miles / Karter Miles FS
Bone Larson(Sc) / Logan Anderson F
Cam Reimers / Bones Larson(Sc) S
Ryan Maitland / Brandon Maitland TFS
Rayce Mullen / Josh Fisher TFS
Joel Rust / Brady Hilmer TFS
Ethan Braaksma / Dylan van Wyk TFS
Shane Paris / Jeff Mueller TFS
Justin Becker / Gage Neal TFS
Chad Rigby / Braden Richards TFS

Rules for teamed up, new night each night:
-Each driver pays 10.00 at draw table each night
-Must be signed in before heat races start
-Drivers must race on the same night
-Drivers must be from different classes
-Can switch teams each night
-Don't need to race every night
-Team with the best average finish wins each night
-Darkside puts 100.00 in winnings each night -Ties go to heat race finishes, if that ties we go to fast time of the night(weekend for overall)
-Winner each night

The team with the best ONE night average over the weekend will receive 2 custom championship belts, these will be handed out at the music Saturday night. Must be present to receive belts.
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*IMCA MODIFIEDS PAULA MEYER POINTS FUND* for the 3 nights.
1. 2,000.00
2. 1600.00
3. 1400.00
4. 1200.00
5. 1000.00
6. 900.00
7. 800.00
8. 700.00
9. 600.00
10. 500.00
We would like to give a BIG thanks to the people and businesses that donated to the Paula Meyer Modified 3 day point fund… at this time $10,700 has been raised, every dollar raised goes to the drivers who finish in the top 10 for next weeks points. Thanks to the Valentines for putting this together in memory of Paula Meyer!
•Jeff Valentine
•Tiffany and Nick Marlette
•Brian Robinson
•Kenny Quam
•Schultz Trucking
•Eric McDonough
•Bob Steffen
•Hall of a Shirt
•Diercks Associates
•Jay Smith
•Bader Construction
•Steve Diercks
•Tim McPherson
•Scott Fjelstul
•Done Right TV
•Tyrone Malone
•Chris and Johnny Kertels
•Jeff Nantz
•Obie’s Bar and Restaurant
•Dave Meyer
•Xtreme Clean and Coatings
•Troy Cordes Auto Source
•Hawkins Construction and Trucking
•TCE
•Brendan Nantz
•Luis Bugsy Moran
•Brian Brunscheen
•Joey Veach
•Eastern Iowa Overhead Door
•Timber Lanes
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*UPDATED DRIVERS LIST*
DARK SIDE FALL BASH 24'
Must be on this list to participate in the Darkside drivers meeting cash draw.

IMCA MODIFIEDS
Austin Stamm
Ben Chapman
Bone Larson
Brandon Schmitt
Cody Laney
Daniel Wilcox
Dylan Thornton Jr
Grant Manthe
Jaden Fryer
Jake McBirnie
Joel Rust
Jonathan Mawhinney
Johnathon Logue
Johnny Walker
Josh Fisher
Kory Meyer
Logan Veloz
Mark Schulte
Mitch Way
Mitch Webber
Nick Holtger
Ray Cox Jr
Ryan Maitland
Sean Rupp
Spencer Diercks
Tim Bader
Tim Ward
Tom Berry Jr
Trent Wyssbrod
Tripp Ga***rd
Troy Cordes
Will Garceau
Zack VanderBeek
Zane DeVilbiss

IMCA STOCK CARS
Andrew Chelf
Austin Vorbeck
Bone Larson
Braden Richards
Brandon Schmitt
Brandon Vorbeck
Casey Shelliam
Chase Zaruba
Dan Kessler
David Brandies
David Wada
Devin Coghlan
Drew Burk
Dustin Vis
Gage Neal
Jacob Ellithorpe
Jeff Mueller
Jeremy Campbell
Joe Bonney
Joe Zrostlik
Keegan Wells
Kyle Merkes
Miciah Hidlebaugh
Nathan Otto
Nick Buckarma
Paul Stone
Reegan Merkes
Rick Schriner
Riley Hanson
Tad Payne
Tanner Allen
Tom Cannon
Tyler Droste
Tyler Travis

IMCA SPORT MODS
Austin Kemp
Bob Silaggi
Brady Hilmer
Brenden Schultheis
Cam Reimers
Cole Magnin
Dakota Cole
Dylan Van Wyk
Jared Miles
Jarett Franzen
Jason Roth
Josh Starr
Justin Becker
Justin Veloz
Kevin Rasdon
Levi Heath
Logan Anderson
Logan Smith
Owen Wilcox
Rayce Mullen
Scott Walker
Shaine Bennett
Shane Paris
Tj Patz
Tony Olson
Tyler Bannister
Tyler Maschmann
Tyler Soppe
W***y Kirk

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
Andrew Burg
Austin Shaffer
Ben Shannon
Bradly Graham
Brandon Long
Brett Maasdam
Chad Rigby
Cody Brundage
Corey Van Der Wilt
Daniel Wauters
Dylan Said
Dave McCalla
Evan Roberts
James Roose
Jared Miller
Joren Fisher
Jordan Miles
Jorden Patz
Karter Miles
Keith Burg
Kile Vohringer
Landon Bennett
Lukas Short
Matt Bennett
Matt Crane
Nathan Ballard
Nick Proehl
Randy Lamar
Scott Wetter
Shaine Bennett
Steven Shady
Trenton Neuhaus
Tucker Richardson
Zach McNeese

IMCA LATE MODELS
Bobby Hansen
Brody Wallace
Dave Wadsager
Darren Mish
Gary Webb
Lance Mish
Mike Haines
Mitch Morris
Steve Johnson
Travis Denning

4 STOCKS
Alex Hayes
Brendon Koch
Brockmann Racing
Cody Beyer
Colton Stewart
Cyle Hawkins
Dree Wise
Dustin Munn
Jacob Welter
Jaelyn Roth
Josh Starr
Justin Hempstead
Korey Lana
Kurtis Petersen
Michael Lundeen
Michael Snyder
Paul Luap
Reggie Mitchell
Rick Hempstead
Sam King
Shawn McDermott
Spencer Eubanks
Thomas Adams
Zach Brenner

AIRS
Bart Miller
Blake Chapman
Brian Gade
Bruce Yoerger
Dennis Etten
Don Jordan
Don McNabb
Dook Allen
Doug Burkhead
Doug Yates
Emily Meyer
Jake Hayes
James Carney
Jayson Blunt
Lennon Jones
Lisa Gade
Owen Hayes
Owen Malone
Paul Howard
Robin Atkins
Ron Cook
Steve Olson

OUTLAW 2MANS
Andy Wagener
Kodey Miles
Jordan Miles
Brett Maasdam
Corey Van Der Wilt
James Tarter
Britton Brickman
Kerry Davis
Zach Brenner
Chris Burke
Steven Milton
Jerome Kline
Preston Kline
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Event Sponsors-
HOKER LOGISTICS
GADE RACE ENGINES
IOWA COFFEE CUP

Tall Beer can Trophies each night, sponsored by- DAVIS CONSTRUCTION

Victory Lane sponsor-
C&J TRUCKING & HD EQUIPMENT

Food truck
1st base BBQ
Iowa Coffee Cup, LLC

Thanks to everyone who has help us with making this event a MUST attend!
Thanks, Timmy Current and Ryan Duhme

09/16/2024

2025 Darkside schedule:

March 28th, 29th- Nippy 50
Maquoketa Speedway

April 11th, 12th- Springfling
Tipton Iowa

TBA- Gary Reinhart Memorial

Sept 19th, 20th- Allstar Challenge Weekend
Maquoketa Speedway

October 2nd, 3rd, 4th- FALL BASH
Tipton Iowa

October 16th, 17th, 18th- Iowa Dirt Nationals
Maquoketa Speedway

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