May 9, 2026 | By IRA PR

McCarl Charges from 13th to Win Season Opener at Davenport Speedway

DAVENPORT, Ia.—The inaugural appearance of the Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts IRA Sprint Car Series presented by Ollie’s Bargain Outlet at Davenport Speedway attracted a strong field of 35 sprint cars to kick off the 2026 season.

Early in the evening, Paul Nienhiser set the time to beat in Box3 Media Hot Laps aboard the No. 9x, while California native Joel Myers Jr. claimed the first Hi-Plains Building Division QuickTime Award of the season by topping the charts in Carbon Safety Technologies Qualifying.

Heat race victories went to Colton Fisher in the Fox Lake Harbor & Allstar Performance Heat Race No. 1, Travis Arenz of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in the Maximum Property Services–Behling Racing Equipment Heat Race No. 2, Riley Goodno in the Engler Machine & Tool and DMI Heat Race No. 3, while Heat Race No. 4, presented by Ollie’s Bargain Outlet and Five Star Race Car Bodies, rounded out preliminary action.

In dash competition, Ayrton Gennetten earned the pole position for the evening’s feature by winning Optimum Electric Company Dash No. 1. Landon Crawley captured 5 Star Firearms Dash No. 2 to line up alongside Gennetten on the front row. The Ollie’s Bargain Outlet B-Feature was won by Logan Julien in the No. 85J.

The 25-lap feature saw Gennetten jump to the early lead before Myers Jr., who had shown speed throughout the night, capitalized on the changing racing surface to take command on lap three. Crawley soon followed into second, leaving Gennetten to battle for a podium position.

An Ollie’s Bargain Outlet caution on lap seven for an incident in turn two erased Myers Jr. 's advantage and tightened the field for the restart. Gennetten mounted a strong challenge to reclaim second, making the pass entering turn four.

Meanwhile, Austin McCarl was methodically carving his way through the field in the No. 88 after starting 13th. As the laps wound down, McCarl’s charge intensified. With five laps remaining, he surged past both Crawley and Gennetten to move into second and set his sights on race leader Myers Jr.

With three laps to go, all eyes were on the rapidly closing McCarl. The battle for the win came alive on the final lap as McCarl and Myers Jr. raced side-by-side into turn one and down the backstretch. Myers Jr. narrowly held the advantage at the stripe entering turn three, but McCarl expertly used a lapped car to complete the decisive pass and steal the victory in dramatic fashion.

McCarl claimed the win by just 0.173 seconds over Myers Jr., while Gennetten completed the podium in third.

The action continues tonight at Sycamore Speedway, where pit gates open at 1:00 p.m., grandstands open at 5:30 p.m., and hot laps begin at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow. The Bumper to Bumper Auto Value IRA Sprint Car Series presented by Ollie’s Bargain Outlet will be joined by the Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car Series and the IRA Lightning Sprints. Fans can watch all the action live on FloRacing


410 Sprints - Winged (35 entries)

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 88-Austin McCarl[13]; 2. 19-Joel Myers Jr[4]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[1]; 4. 12X-Landon Crawley[2]; 5. 44-Chris Martin[8]; 6. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3]; 7. 22-Riley Goodno[5]; 8. 37-Bryce Norris[22]; 9. 25T-Travis Arenz[6]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[10]; 11. 3N-Jake Neuman[18]; 12. 7A-Will Armitage[9]; 13. 11-Colton Fisher[7]; 14. 6-JJ Hickle[19]; 15. 85J-Logan Julien[21]; 16. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 17. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[15]; 18. 25-Danny Schlafer[20]; 19. 99D-Zach Daum[14]; 20. 9K-Kyle Schuett[23]; 21. 10V-Matt VanderVere[11]; 22. 29L-Brayton Lynch[24]; 23. 12-Corbin Gurley[12]; 24. (DNF) 87A-Austin Hartmann[16]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 85J-Logan Julien[1]; 2. 37-Bryce Norris[2]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 4. 29L-Brayton Lynch[5]; 5. 96-Jake Blackhurst[9]; 6. 99-Tyler Brabant[4]; 7. B8-John Barnard[15]; 8. 8-Will Gerrits[8]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz[10]; 10. 09-Clayton Rossmann[13]; 11. 26-Cody Schlafer[6]; 12. 24-Scott Conger[12]; 13. 21H-TJ Haddy[7]; 14. (DNS) 7-Tyler Lee; 15. (DNS) 70W-Logan Wienke

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 2. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]; 3. 22-Riley Goodno[1]; 4. 11-Colton Fisher[3]; 5. 7A-Will Armitage[5]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 12X-Landon Crawley[1]; 2. 19-Joel Myers Jr[3]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz[2]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Colton Fisher[1]; 2. 19-Joel Myers Jr[4]; 3. 99D-Zach Daum[2]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[8]; 6. 37-Bryce Norris[5]; 7. 29L-Brayton Lynch[7]; 8. 24-Scott Conger[9]; 9. 7-Tyler Lee[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25T-Travis Arenz[1]; 2. 10V-Matt VanderVere[2]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[3]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[6]; 5. 6-JJ Hickle[5]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien[4]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy[8]; 8. (DNF) 96-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 9. (DNS) B8-John Barnard

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Riley Goodno[2]; 2. 12-Corbin Gurley[1]; 3. 12X-Landon Crawley[3]; 4. 87A-Austin Hartmann[6]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]; 6. 99-Tyler Brabant[8]; 7. 8-Will Gerrits[9]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 9. (DNF) 09-Clayton Rossmann[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Will Armitage[2]; 2. 44-Chris Martin[4]; 3. 88-Austin McCarl[3]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[1]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 7. 26-Cody Schlafer[7]; 8. (DNS) 70W-Logan Wienke

Qualifying: 1. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 12.452[4]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien, 12.472[6]; 3. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 12.674[11]; 4. 44-Chris Martin, 12.680[2]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.688[7]; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 12.703[1]; 7. 12X-Landon Crawley, 12.718[5]; 8. 88-Austin McCarl, 12.788[14]; 9. 99D-Zach Daum, 12.812[9]; 10. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 12.819[12]; 11. 22-Riley Goodno, 12.826[3]; 12. 7A-Will Armitage, 12.855[15]; 13. 11-Colton Fisher, 12.893[8]; 14. 25T-Travis Arenz, 12.901[21]; 15. 12-Corbin Gurley, 12.979[26]; 16. 3N-Jake Neuman, 13.014[18]; 17. 37-Bryce Norris, 13.138[31]; 18. 6-JJ Hickle, 13.188[35]; 19. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.190[16]; 20. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 13.208[17]; 21. 7-Tyler Lee, 13.221[19]; 22. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 13.359[34]; 23. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 13.363[10]; 24. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.398[24]; 25. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 13.417[13]; 26. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 13.582[25]; 27. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.723[28]; 28. 26-Cody Schlafer, 13.771[32]; 29. 25-Danny Schlafer, 14.058[33]; 30. 21H-TJ Haddy, 14.451[30]; 31. 99-Tyler Brabant, 14.940[27]; 32. 70W-Logan Wienke, 15.076[22]; 33. 24-Scott Conger, 15.258[23]; 34. (DNS) B8-John Barnard; 35. (DNS) 8-Will Gerrits


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Badger Midgets  (25 entries)

Lyco Manufacturing A - Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3W-Brandon Waelti[2]; 2. 57R-Jake Neuman[8]; 3. 51B-Zach Boden[3]; 4. 18-Tyler Roth[5]; 5. 5-Jacob Sollenberger[14]; 6. 40-Will Gerrits[7]; 7. 15C-RJ Corson[9]; 8. 20-Cody Weisensel[10]; 9. 3R-Adam Taylor[1]; 10. 31-Tommy Colburn[21]; 11. 56X-Mark Chisholm[18]; 12. 8D-Miles Doherty[19]; 13. 7-Brian Peterson[22]; 14. 67U-Mike Unger[20]; 15. 68-Eric Blumer[11]; 16. 17-Nick Kilian[13]; 17. 53A-Spyder Akright[23]; 18. 29-Harrison Kleven[12]; 19. 51-Chris Young[24]; 20. (DNF) 55-Todd Kluever[6]; 21. (DNF) 73W-Luke Wackerlin[4]; 22. (DNF) 4K-Charles Kunz[15]; 23. (DNF) 2-Jake Dohner[16]; 24. (DNF) 57-Matt Rechek[17]

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 68-Eric Blumer[3]; 2. 20-Cody Weisensel[4]; 3. 51B-Zach Boden[6]; 4. 18-Tyler Roth[7]; 5. 17-Nick Kilian[1]; 6. 56X-Mark Chisholm[5]; 7. 67U-Mike Unger[2]; 8. 53A-Spyder Akright[8]

Hoosier Tire Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[6]; 2. 55-Todd Kluever[7]; 3. 15C-RJ Corson[4]; 4. 3R-Adam Taylor[5]; 5. 29-Harrison Kleven[2]; 6. 57-Matt Rechek[3]; 7. 51-Chris Young[8]; 8. 81-Mike Gebhard[1]

Behlings Race Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jacob Sollenberger[2]; 2. 57R-Jake Neuman[5]; 3. 40-Will Gerrits[8]; 4. 3W-Brandon Waelti[6]; 5. 4K-Charles Kunz[1]; 6. 2-Jake Dohner[3]; 7. 8D-Miles Doherty[7]; 8. 31-Tommy Colburn[4]; 9. 7-Brian Peterson[9]

Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (100 Laps): 1. 40-Will Gerrits, 16.794[22]; 2. 55-Todd Kluever, 16.834[4]; 3. 18-Tyler Roth, 16.969[23]; 4. 8D-Miles Doherty, 17.004[5]; 5. 73W-Luke Wackerlin, 17.047[18]; 6. 51B-Zach Boden, 17.049[7]; 7. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 17.053[20]; 8. 3R-Adam Taylor, 17.132[1]; 9. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 17.170[6]; 10. 57R-Jake Neuman, 17.212[2]; 11. 15C-RJ Corson, 17.228[10]; 12. 20-Cody Weisensel, 17.245[17]; 13. 31-Tommy Colburn, 17.302[16]; 14. 57-Matt Rechek, 17.352[15]; 15. 68-Eric Blumer, 17.405[19]; 16. 2-Jake Dohner, 17.674[12]; 17. 29-Harrison Kleven, 17.791[11]; 18. 53A-Spyder Akright, 17.791[9]; 19. 5-Jacob Sollenberger, 17.954; 20. 81-Mike Gebhard, 18.010[13]; 21. 67U-Mike Unger, 18.012[3]; 22. 4K-Charles Kunz, 18.183; 23. 51-Chris Young, 18.602[21]; 24. 17-Nick Kilian, 19.267[14]; 25. (DNS) 7-Brian Peterson


IMCA SportMods - Freds Towing / Cantrel Towing / Q

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[10]; 2. 2X-Jordan Hicks[2]; 3. T23-Tony Olson[13]; 4. 1JR-Ben Chapman[8]; 5. 44G-Levi Gaunt[1]; 6. 24X-Cole Stichter[9]; 7. 111-Scott Walker[5]; 8. 8S-Josh Starr[15]; 9. 11J-Trey Jacobs[12]; 10. T51-Tyler Maschmann[4]; 11. 4G-Kevin Goben[17]; 12. 90-Keith Wiersema[6]; 13. 51X-Cody Weih[16]; 14. 56-Bryson Eckrich[11]; 15. 2-Nick Hixson[14]; 16. 18C-Dakota Cole[3]; 17. K22-Konner Murray[18]; 18. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[7]

Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[1]; 2. T51-Tyler Maschmann[4]; 3. 24X-Cole Stichter[3]; 4. 111-Scott Walker[8]; 5. 90-Keith Wiersema[6]; 6. 56-Bryson Eckrich[5]; 7. T23-Tony Olson[9]; 8. 8S-Josh Starr[7]; 9. 4G-Kevin Goben[2]

Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Jordan Hicks[6]; 2. 5-Finn Oppenheimer[2]; 3. 1JR-Ben Chapman[3]; 4. 44G-Levi Gaunt[4]; 5. 18C-Dakota Cole[7]; 6. 11J-Trey Jacobs[8]; 7. 2-Nick Hixson[5]; 8. 51X-Cody Weih[1]; 9. K22-Konner Murray[9]


Mod Lite - Freds Towing / Cantrell Towing / Q

A Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17M-Mike Morrow[3]; 2. 9M-Nolan Morrow[2]; 3. 630-Dustin Munn[1]


Midwest Jalopies

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. X-Norm Haines[6]; 2. 0-Tanner Gerard[2]; 3. 1-Tom Honts[5]; 4. 21-Austin Honts[8]; 5. 79-Jayson Blunt[7]; 6. 59-Jeff Blunt[4]; 7. 86-Al Foht[3]; 8. 52-Dennis Blunt[1]; 9. 11-Zane Zimmerman[10]; 10. 40-Nash Sutterman[9]; 11. (DNS) 1X-Pat Bailey; 12. (DNS) 09-Michael Hulsing

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 21-Austin Honts[4]; 2. 09-Michael Hulsing[2]; 3. 0-Tanner Gerard[1]; 4. 79-Jayson Blunt[5]; 5. 59-Jeff Blunt[3]; 6. 52-Dennis Blunt[6]

Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. 1X-Pat Bailey[1]; 2. X-Norm Haines[2]; 3. 1-Tom Honts[3]; 4. 86-Al Foht[4]; 5. 11-Zane Zimmerman[6]; 6. 40-Nash Sutterman[5]