It was a near perfect night at the marshalltown speedway last night as week number 7 came to life with the annual Minuteman Printing Night at the Races and it was one of the most competitive nights of the races at the quarter mile. This night also brought two special races the dwarf car gambler and the sprint car and modified challenge in this challenge the modified feature winner would face the 17G Minuteman Printing 410 sprint car, owned by Ed Gifford of Minuteman Printing and driven by "Zoom Zoom" Dusty Zomer.
The Mod Lite Dwarf Car Division was up for their feature first, only 18 cars signed in to race. Jason Hall took lead at the beginning of the race and held on that top spot until the only caution that came out to bunch up the field on lap 4 when Joe Wood spun in turn 3 and debris in turn 4. On the restart, Hall would slide up the track and Dusty Masolini would make the pass for the lead, hall would pull off the track there after, meanwhile point leader and "Mr. Perfect" Mike Morrill would be making his way through the field. Masolini and Morrill would battle for the top spot on lap 9 but then Morrill would make the pass on lap 10 and then would cruise to the 8th win of the season at Marshalltown, Masolini would finish in 2nd. Mike" The Gasman" Kennedy, Johnny Mordock and Josh May rounded out the top 5.
Up Next was the ever so growing Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, 33 cars signed in and 4 heats and a b-feature would determine the field. Tom Rawlins, who moved in to the sport mods would lead the field for the first 3 laps. Rawlins would be passed by "Downtown" Kyle Brown on lap 4 and he would hold the top sport until lap 8 when cautions came out first when Jason Severance would spin out in turn 4 and then on the restart when Jared Timmerman and Ryan Ashton got together in turn 4. "Madrid Ace" Scott Davis would take the lead on the restart by passing Brown and then another caution would come out when Adam Shelman spun in turn 2 and Shawn Simatovich in turn 4. Davis and Brown would continue to battle for the top spot through the caution on lap 11 when Joel Rust would go off turn 2. On the final lap, Brown would make the pass on Davis and win the feature event in his ford powered machine, Davis would finish 2nd. Brad Iverson would finish 3rd followed by Luke Wanninger and Point Leader Kevin Sather.
The Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars were up next and they would have 31 cars sign in and 3 heats and a b-feature would determine their field as well. In the feature event, Jared Daggett would take the lead and hold on to it until Steve Meyer would make the pass for the lead on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6 when Damon Murty spun in turns 1 and 2, another one on lap 7 when Rob Schneider, Tracy Gienger and Eric Flander spun in turns 1 & 2. Meyer wouldn't let the cautions faze him, meanwhile Jeff Wollam, Trent Murphy and "Superman" Dustin Smith were moving in on him. Wollam would make the pass on Meyer on lap 11 when meyer encounter some mechanical problems. Murphy would be in 2nd they would start battling for the lead and on lap 15 they would come together in turn 4 bring out the caution and ending the night for the both of them, "The Iceman" Dusty Vis would also come to a stop in turn 4. This handed the lead over to Dustin Smith the 3rd place car. Smith went on to the win, Joe Luethje came across in 2nd, Mike Todd in 3rd, "The Flying Deuce" Dave Atcher in 4th and Michael Jeannette in 5th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next, they had the lowest car count of the evening with only 16 cars in the pits. In the feature dued to problems in the heat races only 11 cars took the green flag in the feature. Vern "Action" Jackson would take the lead on lap 1 but "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would take the lead on lap 2 and hold on to the top spot until lap 4. Gustin would hold Jackson off but couldn't hold up Adam Larson because Larson would make the pass on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6 when Denny Rosenberg would spin in turn 1 & 2. Larson, Gustin and Jackson would battle for the top spot throughout the feature event. Larson & Gustin would put on a show for the fans, Larson would win and Gustin would end up 2nd. Jackson would finish 3rd, Rob Olson and Duane Peterson would round out the top 5.
The Final feature of the Night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, 31 cars signed in, 4 heats and 1 b-features would pace the field to the green flag. Jake Nelson would lead the field to the green flag and lead the first lap, Devin Smith would make the pass on lap 2 and go on to the win despite a caution on lap 9 when Michael Murphy in turns 1 and 2. Finishing behind Smith was "Turbo" Terry Shaffar, Damien Bown, Daniel Hilsabeck and Josh Saunders.
It then would be time for the Dwarf Cars to know how to hold and know how to fold with the Gambler Race, 5 cars would take the track and Johnny Mordock would take the win. Mordock would be followed by Dusty Masolini, Josh May, Mike Kennedy and Jason Hall.
The Last Event of the night would be the 10 lap Sprint Car vs. Modified Challenge, the Sprint car of Dusty Zomer would have to go 10 laps and the Modified would only have to go 8 laps. Adam Larson won the chance to race in the event since he won the modified feature event. Larson would go on to the victory lane and win an extra $100 for beating the sprint car by like a foot.
The Racing action ended at 10:55.
