Jeremiah Hurst Adds His Name To The List Of All Iowa Points Late Model Champions

In the fifty-second season of compiling the All Iowa Points Jeremiah Hurst becomes the twenty-third different driver to earn the title of Late Model champion. The list of champions includes ten National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame members Red Droste, Verlin Eaker, Ed Sanger, Curt Hansen, Gary Webb, Tom Hearst, Ken Walton, Roger Dolan,  Ray Guss Jr. and Joe Kosiski, and if not for health reasons Hurst might have been an All Iowa champion a few years earlier as he was the point leader mid-season before having to step away from the sport for a bit.

Teaming up with the Roberts Racing Team car #58, a team that won four straight All Iowa Points titles with Ray Guss Jr. from 2009 through 2012, Hurst had a stellar 2018 season taking seven feature wins and finishing in the top five an impressive forty-two times. Seventeen of those were runner-up finishes allowing him to edge out the defending champion Matt Ryan by eighteen points. It was another great year for Ryan with eleven feature victories in thirty-seven top five runs.

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Three time All Iowa Points Modified champion Ryan Dolan (2010 - 2012) had his best season in a Late Model finishing in the third position with ten wins to his credit while early season leader Andy Nezworski ranked fourth taking nine feature wins. Todd Cooney who is still chasing his first AIP title despite having the most points accumulated in the division since the 2000 season rounds out the top five with eleven wins this year. Four time champion Rob Toland (2004, 2006-07, 2016) finished tenth.

The "Newcomer of the Year", or the driver who has never had a top five finish in the division until 2018 is Mike Mills who raced in the 9:1 Late Model division in Dubuque this season. Mills was tied for the 53rd position on the list.

We will continue to release the final 2018 All Iowa Points by division as this week goes on with the Modifieds up next.

		All Iowa Points	Final 2018
		Late Model		Iowa
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Jeremiah Hurst	Dubuque	151
2	.	Matt Ryan	Davenport	133
3	.	Ryan Dolan	Lisbon	113
4	.	Andy Nezworski	Buffalo	112
5	.	Todd Cooney	Des Moines	100
6	.	Darrel DeFrance	Marshalltown	91
7	.	Tommy Elston	Keokuk	87
8	.	John Emerson	Waterloo	81
9	.	Billy Leighton	Omaha NE	79
10	.	Rob Toland	Hillsdale IL	74
11	.	Chuck Hanna	Port Byron IL	72
12	.	Jacob Brown	Omaha NE	70
13	.	Tyler Bruening	Decorah	66
14	.	Tad Pospisil	Norfolk NE	65
15	.	Ben Schaller	Omaha NE	60
16	.	Jeff Tilley	Omaha NE	58
17	.	Denny Woodworth	Mendon IL	53
18	.	Sam Halstead	New London	53
19	.	Andrew Kosiski	Omaha NE	52
20	.	Justin Kay	Wheatland	52
21	.	Jason Robbins	Belmont WI	47
22	.	Jamie Pfeiffer	Freeport IL	46
23	.	Jason O'Brien	Atlantic	42
24	.	Chad Holladay	Muscatine	40
25	.	Jason Hahne	Webster City	38
26	.	Lee Kinsella	Dubuque	38
27	.	Corey Zeitner	Omaha NE	36
28	.	Ryan Griffith	Webster City	36
29	.	Kyle Berck	Marquette NE	34
30	.	Pat Quinn	Epworth	30
31	.	Ron Boyse	Kalona	30
32	.	Vance Wilson	Bowling Green MO	30
33	.	Andy Eckrich	Cosgrove	27
34	.	Steve Schueller	Dubuque	27
35	.	Terry Neal	Ely	27
36	.	Ben Sukup	Norfolk NE	26
37	.	Charlie McKenna	Clear Lake	25
38	.	Nick Marolf	Moscow	25
39	.	Andrew Tilley	Glenwood	24
40	.	Joel Callahan	Dubuque	24
41	.	Sean Johnson	Independence	24
42	.	Gunnar Frank	Montrose	23
43	.	Chad Simpson	Mount Vernon	22
44	.	Joe Zrostlik	Long Grove	22
45	.	Nick Beyenhof	Rock Rapids	22
46	.	Jeff Tharp	Dubuque	21
47	.	Jonathan Davenport	Mount Airy NC	21
48	.	Chris Simpson	Oxford	20
49	.	Eric Pollard	Dubuque	20
50	.	Gary Brown Jr.	Brandon SD	20
51	.	Jeff Guengerich	Washington	20
52	.	Todd Frank	Montrose	20
53	.	Curt Martin	Independence	19
54	.	Gabe Umbarger	Garner	19
55	.	Mike Mills	Dubuque	19
56	.	Darren Ackerman	Waterloo	18
57	.	Jay Johnson	West Burlington	18
58	.	Jeff Schmidt	Rock City IL	18
59	.	Scott Fitzpatrick	Urbandale	18
60	.	D.J. Sweet	Platteville WI	17
61	.	Ben Seemann	Waterloo	16
62	.	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin IL	16
63	.	Joe Ross	Thompson IL	16
64	.	Nate Beyenhof	Rock Rapids	16
65	.	Paul Glendenning	Mount Ayr	16
66	.	Paul Nagle	Nevada	16
67	.	Kyle Hinrichs	Swisher	15
68	.	Rick Wendling	Hazelton	15
69	.	Dave Cook	Lincoln NE	14
70	.	John Anderson	Omaha NE	14
71	.	Josh Krug	Omaha NE	14
72	.	A.J. Jorgensen	Elkhorn NE	12
73	.	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg TN	12
74	.	Doug Nigh	Eldridge	11
75	.	Jake Neal	Omaha NE	11
76	.	Jeff Parks		11
77	.	Zach Zentner	Cedar Rapids NE	11
78	.	Allan Hopp	Harlan	10
79	.	Brian Shirley	Chatham IL	10
80	.	Clint Kirkham	Camden IL	10
81	.	Jimmy Owens	Newport TN	10
82	.	Kelly Pestka	DeWitt	10
83	.	Ron Klein	Sherrill	10
84	.	Shawn Cooney	Des Moines	10
85	.	Cliff Powell	Hannibal MO	9
86	.	Don O'Neal	Martinsville IN	9
87	.	Jason Udelhofen	Potosi WI	9
88	.	Karl Getzschman	Council Bluffs	9
89	.	Luke Pestka	Robins	9
90	.	Nick Deal	Walnut	9
91	.	Robbie Jorgenson	Elkhorn NE	9
92	.	Tyler Erb	New Waverly TX	9
93	.	Brandon Savage	Keokuk	8
94	.	Brett Hopp	Harlan	8
95	.	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point IL	8
96	.	Curt Schroeder	Newton	8
97	.	Jake Bridge	Waverly NE	8
98	.	Jordan Heiman	Sioux Falls SD	8
99	.	Laine VanZandt	Camp Point IL	8
100	.	Quinten Meyers	Pukwana SD	8
101	.	Rich Picha	Prairie Du Chien WI	8
102	.	Rusty Patterson	Mason City	8
103	.	Sterling Perkins	Lamoni	8
104	.	Travis Johnson		8
105	.	Brad Perdue	Council Bluffs	7
106	.	Brian Kosiski	Omaha NE	7
107	.	Colton Leal	Pacific Junction	7
108	.	Denny Eckrich	Tiffin	7
109	.	Lyle Klein	Dubuque	7
110	.	Mike Marlar	Winfield TN	7
111	.	Tim Simpson	Iowa City	7
112	.	Blair Northdurft	Sioux Falls SD	6
113	.	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood IL	6
114	.	Gary Webb	Blue Grass	6
115	.	Jon Poll	Delmar	6
116	.	Josh Richards	Shinnston WV	6
117	.	Justin Zeitner	Omaha NE	6
118	.	Kale Kosiski	Ralston NE	6
119	.	Mitch Current	Maquoketa	6
120	.	Payton Looney	Republic MO	6
121	.	Randy Archer	Council Bluffs	6
122	.	Earl Pearson Jr.	Jacksonville FL	5
123	.	Eric Vanosdall	Hoskins NE	5
124	.	Frank Heckenast Jr.	Frankfort IL	5
125	.	Jeff Aikey	Cedar Falls	5
126	.	Jesse Sobbing	Malvern	5
127	.	Lance Matthees	Winona MN	5
128	.	Paul Conrad	Colo	5
129	.	Shannon Babb	Mowequa IL	5
130	.	Steve Hunter	Hopkington	5
131	.	Travis Smock	Independence	5
132	.	Will Vaught	Aurora MO	5
133	.	Blake Anderson	Omaha NE	4
134	.	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa	4
135	.	Chris Madden	Gray Court SC	4
136	.	Dave Wada	Muscatine	4
137	.	Don Pataska	Miles	4
138	.	J.C. Wyman	Griswold	4
139	.	Jason Rauen	Farley	4
140	.	Jeff Provinzino	Hibbing MN	4
141	.	Jeremy Grady	Story City	4
142	.	Jim Hendricks	Pardeeville WI	4
143	.	Melvin Linder	Mendon IL	4
144	.	Ricky Weiss	Headingly MB	4
145	.	Rory Metcalf	West Union	4
146	.	Ryan Hill	Dubuque	4
147	.	Shane Clanton	Zebulon GA	4
148	.	Steven Roberts	Jesup GA	4
149	.	Zach Zeitner	Bellevue NE	4
150	.	B.J. Jackson	Clinton	3
151	.	Brian Harris	Davenport	3
152	.	Chris Horn	Marion	3
153	.	Chris Spieker	Massena	3
154	.	Cory Dumpert	York NE	3
155	.	Curtis Glover	Des Moines	3
156	.	Darren Mish	Hazel Green WI	3
157	.	Dirk Hamilton	Waterloo	3
158	.	Jay Stewart	Blair NE	3
159	.	Jimmy Mars	Menomonie WI	3
160	.	John Squires	Shannon IL	3
161	.	Kirby Schultz	Albion	3
162	.	Kyle Krampe	Baxter	3
163	.	Logan Duffy	Urbana	3
164	.	Luke Goedert	Guttenberg	3
165	.	Matt Buller	Lincoln NE	3
166	.	Mitch McGrath	Waukesha WI	3
167	.	Richie Gustin	Gilman	3
168	.	Ron Carey	Nashua	3
169	.	Rusty Schlenk	McClure OH	3
170	.	Todd Bell	Omaha NE	3
171	.	Billy Drake	Bloomington IL	2
172	.	Bobby Hansen	Center Point	2
173	.	Brian Birkhofer	Muscatine	2
174	.	Carey Umbarger	Garner	2
175	.	Chad Coyne	Moline IL	2
176	.	Chad Olsen	Hendricks MN	2
177	.	Chuck Mitchell	Jacksonville IL	2
178	.	Curran Beckler	Tiffin	2
179	.	Don Beckstrom	Carroll	2
180	.	Gale Vogt	Yankton SD	2
181	.	Graham Fate	Peoria IL	2
182	.	Hudson O'Neal	Martinsville IN	2
183	.	Jason Feger	Bloomington IL	2
184	.	Luke Merfeld	Dubuque	2
185	.	Matt Furman	Iowa City	2
186	.	Mike Guldenpfennig	Davenport	2
187	.	Rece Vaught	Aurora NE	2
188	.	Shawn Mulvaney	Moline IL	2
189	.	Tony Jackson Jr.	Lebanon MO	2
190	.	Travis Birkley	Wakefield NE	2
191	.	Troy Northdurft	Sioux Falls SD	2
192	.	Tucker Finch	Jacksonville IL	2
193	.	Barry Sorenson	Harlan	1
194	.	Brandon Queen	Keokuk	1
195	.	Brian Diveley	Springfield IL	1
196	.	Curt Beckler	Tiffin	1
197	.	Darrell Lanigan	Union KY	1
198	.	Dave Eckrich	Cosgrove	1
199	.	Devin Moran	Dresden OH	1
200	.	Eric Sanders	Colona IL	1
201	.	Jenna Johnson	Mitchellville	1
202	.	John Hoefert	Sioux Falls SD	1
203	.	Michael Leal	Pacific Junction	1
204	.	Mike Kline	Browntown WI	1
205	.	Mike Morton Jr.	Omaha NE	1
206	.	Mitch Manternach	Earlville	1
207	.	Randy Faux	Earlham	1
208	.	Rick Eckert	York PA	1
209	.	Ryan Mitchell	Webster City	1
210	.	Ryan Picha	Prairie Du Chien WI	1
211	.	Scott Welsh	Cedar Rapids	1
212	.	Tim McCreadie	Watertown NY	1
213	.	Todd Malmstrom	Moline IL	1
214	.	Trevor Gundaker	St. Charles MO	1