Friday, September 24, 2010

Marshalltown Speedway Season Ending Stats

Okay I promised you some season ending stats from the season at the Marshalltown Speedway. Again unlike my buddy Ryan Clark from Positively Racing and the Independence Motor Speedway


My stats are going to be no where near like his but nobody can do better than Ryan when it comes to stats then maybe Bill Martin at IMCA, you guys know your stats.

Again remember these stats only are for the weekly racing action which started on April 9th and ran every friday night through September 3rd. That points stats do not count any week rained out.


Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 17.5 - 23 - 13
Sport Mods - 31.8 - 41 - 25
Stock Cars - 18.3 - 23 - 13
Modifieds - 21.3 - 28 - 12
Hobby Stocks - 26.4 - 31 - 20
TOTAL - 115.2 - 140 - 92

Other notes on the car counts:
Mod Lites it their high on July 16th, Sport Mods, Modifieds and Stock Cars all hit the high on April 9th. Hobby Stocks struck their high 3 times through out the season and they were on April 9th, June 25th and August 6th.

Points
-283 drivers earned points this season
-Of those 283 drivers, 112 diffrent hometowns were represted
-All of the track champions at at least 2 wins: Jimmy Gustin (Modifieds) 2 wins, Dustin Smith (Stock Cars) 8 wins, Scott Davis (Sport Mods) 3 wins, Tim Hennigar (Mod Lites) 2 wins and Devin Smith had 7 wins
-No driver held the lead the entire 18 weeks. Devin Smith was atop the standings for the last 8 weeks, Scott Davis and Jimmy Gustin for the last 6 weeks. Tim Hennigar led for the final 5 weeks and Dustin Smith led the final 4 weeks.

TOP 10 IN POINTS
- 19 drivers remained in the top-10 in the points every week this season and the drivers included:
Modifieds (1): Jon Snyder
Stock Cars (5): Dustin Smith, Trent Murphy, Jeff Wollam, Steve Meyer, Michael Jeannette
Sport Mods (4): Scott Davis, Eric Flander, Geoff Olson, Eric Elliott
Hobby Stocks (3): Devin Smith, Michael Murphy, Eric Larson
Mod Lites (6): Tim Hennigar, Mike Morrill, Josh May, Dusty Masolini, James May, Joel Huggins

Feature Winners
-There was 42 different feature winners in 90 features ran on regular points nights.
-Of those 42 dfifferent drivers, 19 of them however managed to get mulitple wins. Those drivers include: Dustin Smith (Stock Cars, 8 wins), Devin Smith (Hobby Stock, 8), Cayden Carter (Sport Mod, 6), Trent Murphy (Stock Cars, 5), Josh May (Mod Lites, 4), Jon Snyder (Modifieds, 3), Richie Gustin (Modifieds, 3), Brett Ladehoff (Modifieds, 3), Scott Davis (Sport Mods, 3), Tim Hennigar (Mod Lites, 3), Joel Huggins (Mod Lites, 3), Mike Kennedy (Mod Lites, 3), Jimmy Gustin (Modifieds, 2), Luke Wanninger (Modifieds, 2), Scott Simatovich (Modifieds, 2), Brett Moffitt (Sport Mods, 2), Calvin Dhondt (Hobby Stocks, 2), Mike Morrill (Mod Lites, 2) and Dusty Masolini (Mod Lites, 2)
-The Point Champions had a combined total of 24 feature wins

Top 10s
-174 of the 283 drivers have at least 1 top 10 this season
-Dustin Smith (Stock Cars), Tim Hennigar (Mod Lites) and Mike Morrill (Mod Lites) all lead the way with a top 10 finish in all 18 weeks of the season
-Division break down of total top 10 finishes during those 18 weeks:
Modifieds
Jimmy Gustin, Jon Snyder, Mike O'Lear 15
Luke Wanninger 12
Richie Gustin 11
David Brown 9
Todd Conrad, Brett Ladehoff, Adam Larson 8
Jay Schmidt, Scott Simatovich, Josh Gilman 7
Ronn Laurtizen 6
Joel Bushore, Daniel Hilsabeck, Vern Jackson 5
Rick Speck, Josh Truman 4
Denny Rosenberg, Kyle Krampe 3
Rod Clement, Nate Caruth, Todd Shute, Joe Docekal, Danny Fetters, Chris Abelson 2
Andrew Kinser, Kent Croskey, Tim Murty, Randy Havlik, Jay Noteboom, Jason Snyder, Greg Dinsmore, Jim Harris, Christopher Mills, Mike Fluegel, Dave Pries 1

Stock Cars
Dustin Smith 18
Trent Murphy 17
Jeff Wollam 16
Steve Meyer, Michael Jeannette 15
Tommy Thompson 12
Rick Brown, Tracy Gienger 10
Robbie Merkle, Dave Atcher 8
Clay Deppe, Andy Bryant, Damon Murty 5
Trevor Titus, Joe Luethje 3
Robert Engelkes, Jay Schmidt, Brian Irvine, Nathan Wood, Sean Johnson, Josh Hohensee, Dusty Vis, Ed Kasperbauer 2
John Emerson, Leroy Staub, Kevin Rose, Travis Shipman, Rob Schneider, Matt Fox, Don Vis, Mike Van Genderen, Russ Byriel, Donavon Smith, Thomas Thompson 1

Sport Mods
Scott Davis 16
Eric Flander 14
Cayden Carter 13
Geoff Olson, Jake Strayer 11
Eric Elliott, Kyle Brown, Gatlin Leytham 10
Zack Rawlins, Carter Vandenberg, Tyler Droste 8
Jenae Gustin 7
Jayme Duinink, Fred Leytham 6
Austin Lucas 5
Brad Iverson, Brett Moffitt 4
Jared Van Deest, Neil Follett, Nick Roberts 3
Lauren Vis, Dylan Book, Jason Severance, Adam Shelman, Chad Louk 2
Shawn Simatovich, Ryan Ashton, Tom Rawlins, Bill Hildreth, Matt Lettow, Shawn Hunter, Doug Smith, Brett Meyer, Josh Sherbon, Matthew Meinecke, Ken Kositzky 1

Hobby Stocks
Devin Smith, Michael Murphy 17
Josh Saunders 14
Calvin Dhondt, Eric Larson 13
Mike Vibbard, Eric Knutson 10
Todd Reitzler 9
Jennifer Hulin 8
Eric Stanton 7
Gary Pfantz 6
Eugene Nicklas 5
Wes Stanek 4
Dustin Filloon, Nic Shearer, Matthew Hedspeth, Dustin Elliott 3
Jake Nelson, Adam Rickett, Russell Keefer, Tony Cox, Mark Lamer, Clint Nelson, Shannon Deppe, Tyler Pickett, Scott Durlin, Nick Murty 2
Dustin Tapp, Jeff Gunderson, Brandon Brinton, Matt Sorenson, Aaron Rudolph, Terry Shaffar, Vince Buchholz, Donavon Nunnikhoven, Rod Grother, Josh Irvine, Justin Lichty, Nyle Godwin 1

Mod Lites
Tim Hennigar, Mike Morrill 18
Josh May 17
James May 16
Dusty Masolini, Randy Bryan 15
Joel Huggins 13
Mike Kennedy 12
Eric Hendrickson 11
Colby Oberembt 8
Ivan Guerra 6
Jeff Stensland, Cory Sonner, Charlie Brown, Johnny Mordock 3
Larry Sorenson, DJ Robinson, John Gardner Jr, Cliff Barber 2
Rick Taylor, Dave Scandrett, Bobby Harris, Kevin Grisham, Kent Efkamp, Jason Hall, Tom Schnabel, Jason Whitehead 1

Top 5s
-103 of those 174 of the drivers with a top 10 finish have at least 1 top 5 this season-Dustin Smith (Stock Cars) and Devin Smith (Hobby Stocks) lead the way with top 5 finishes in 17 out of the 18 weeks this season-Division break down of total top 5 finishes during those 18 weeks:
Modifieds
Jimmy Gustin 11
Jon Snyder, Richie Gustin 9
Mike O'Lear 7
Luke Wanninger 6
Adam Larson 5
Todd Conrad, Jay Schmidt, Scott Simatovich 4
Joel Bushore, Denny Rosenberg 3
David Brown, Ronn Laurtizen, Rod Clement, Vern Jackson, Todd Shute, Chris Abelson 2
Josh Gilman, Tim Murty, Randy Havlik 1

Stock Cars
Dustin Smith 17
Trent Murphy 16
Jeff Wollam, Steve Meyer 8
Tommy Thompson, Michael Jeannette, Dave Atcher 5
Rick Brown, Damon Murty 4
Clay Deppe 3
Andy Bryant, Jay Schmidt, Brian Irvine 2
Nathan Wood, Travis Shipman, Rob Schneider, Mike Van Genderen 1

Sport Mods
Scott Davis 12
Cayden Carter 9
Eric Flander 8
Jake Strayer 7
Eric Elliott, Kyle Brown 6
Geoff Olson, Gatlin Leytham 5
Brad Iverson 4
Zack Rawlins, Brett Moffitt 3
Carter Vandenberg, Jenae Gustin, Fred Leytham, Tyler Droste, Nick Roberts, Jason Severance 2
Jared Van Deest, Jayme Duinink, Shawn Simatovich, Ryan Ashton, Austin Lucas, Dylan Book, Chad Louk, Matt Lettow, Shawn Hunter, Doug Smith 1

Hobby Stocks
Devin Smith 17
Michael Murphy 13
Eric Knutson 8
Calvin Dhondt, Todd Reitzler 7
Eric Larson 6
Josh Saunders 5
Mike Vibbard 3
Jennifer Hulin, Dustin Filloon, Eugene Nicklas, Clint Nelson, Matthew Hedspeth, Dustin Elliott, Tyler Pickett, Nick Murty 2
Gary Pfantz, Eric Stanton, Jeff Gunderson, Aaron Rudolph, Terry Shaffar, Scott Durlin, Vince Buchholz, Josh Irvine 1

Mod Lites
Tim Hennigar 16
Mike Morill, Josh May 15
Eric Hendrickson 10
Mike Kennedy 7
Joel Huggins 6
Dusty Masolini, James May 5
Randy Bryan 4
Colby Oberemebt 3
Ivan Guerra, Charlie Brown 2
Cory Sonner 1

Top 3s
-82 of those 103 drivers with a top 5 finish have at least 1 top 3 this season
-Dustin Smith (Stock Cars) leads the way in top 3 finishes with 16 out of the 18 weeks in the top 3
-Division break down of total top 5 finishes during those 18 weeks:
Modifieds
Jimmy Gustin 8
Jon Snyder, Brett Ladehoff 6
Luke Wanninger 5

Mike O'Lear 4
Adam Larson, Scott Simatovich 3
Todd Conrad, Jay Schmidt, Joel Bushore 2
David Brown, Josh Gilman, Vern Jackson, Todd Shute, Randy Havlik 1

Stock Cars
Dustin Smith 16
Trent Murphy 12
Jeff Wollam, Steve Meyer 4
Michael Jeannette 3
Tommy Thompson, Dave Atcher, Damon Murty, Brian Irvine 2
Rick Brown, Tracy Gienger, Clay Deppe, Andy Bryant, Nathan Wood, Travis Shipman, Rob Schneider 1

Sport Mods
Scott Davis 8
Cayden Carter 7
Jake Strayer, Kyle Brown 6
Eric Elliott, Gatlin Leytham 3
Eric Flander, Geoff Olson, Zack Rawlins, Brad Iverson, Tyler Droste, Nick Roberts, Brett Moffitt 2
Jenae Gustin, Fred Leytham, Shawn Simatovich, Ryan Ashton, Dylan Book, Jason Severance 1

Hobby Stocks
Michael Murphy 12
Devin Smith 9
Eric Knutson, Todd Reitzler 5
Calvin Dhondt, Eric Larson 3
Dustin Filloon, Tyler Pickett, Nick Murty 2
Eric Stanton, Eugene Nicklas, Matthew Hedspeth, Jeff Gunderson, Dustin Elliott, Aaron Rudolph, Scott Durlin, Vince Buchholz, Josh Irvine 1

Mod Lites
Tim Hennigar 11
Mike Morrill 10
Josh May, Eric Hendrickson 9
Joel Huggins, Mike Kennedy 5
Dusty Masolini 3
Colby Oberembt, Ivan Guerra 2
James May, Randy Bryan, Cory Sonner 1

Heat Races
-There was 102 different heat winners in the 255 heat races that were run
-66 drivers had multiple heat wins
-Devin Smith (Hobby Stocks) led with 9 heat race wins this year
--Division break down of heat race wins during those 18 weeks:
Modifieds
Richie Gustin, Adam Larson 6
Mike O'Lear, Josh Gilman 4
Luke Wanninger, Jimmy Gustin, Denny Rosenberg, Jon Snyder, Brett Ladehoff 3
Daniel Hilsabeck, Jay Schmidt, Joel Bushore, David Brown, Todd Conrad 2
Vern Jackson, Josh Truman, Rod Clement, Scott Simatovich, Tim Murty, Kyle Krampe 1

Stock Cars
Dustin Smith 6
Rick Brown 5
Steve Meyer, Tracy Gienger 4
Trent Murphy, Brian Irvine 3
Clay Deppe, Michael Jeannette, Andy Bryant, Dave Atcher, Jeff Wollam, Trevor Titus, Tommy Thompson 2
Damon Murty, Nathan Wood, Robert Engelkes, John Emerson 1

Sport Mods
Gatlin Leytham 7
Eric Elliott 5
Neil Follett 4
Eric Flander, Kyle Brown, Jake Strayer, Scott Davis, Carter Vandenberg, Jenae Gustin, Fred Leytham 3
Shawn Simatovich, Brad Iverson, Jayme Duinink, Tom Rawlins, Geoff Olson, Zack Rawlins, Jared Van Deest, Curt Hilmer 2
Bill Hildreth, Lauren Vis, Brett Moffitt, Adam Shelman, Dylan Book, Ryan Ashton, Ryan Engelkes, Tyler Droste 1

Hobby Stocks
Devin Smith 9
Todd Reitzler 6
Michael Murphy, Eric Knutson, Mike Vibbard, Mark Lamer, Eric Stanton, Eric Larson 3
Matthew Hedspeth, Josh Saunders, Vince Buchholz, Dustin Filloon, Brandon Brinton 2
Dustin Elliott, Calvin Dhondt, Tyler Pickett, Shannon Deppe, John Schuring, Nick Murty, Terry Shaffar, Aaron Rudolph, Russell Damme, Jennifer Hulin, Gary Pfantz, Russell Keefer, Clint Nelson, Scott Durlin 1

Mod Lites
Tim Hennigar 8
Joel Huggins 7
Mike Morrill, Josh May 5
Eric Hendrickson 4
Jeff Stensland 3
Dusty Masolini 2
Mike Kennedy, Charlie Brown, Colby Oberembt, Ivan Guerra 1

Fantasy League
-Unlike the others these stats these stats count rain out weeks and specials
-loopy (Dan Montgomery) and Deuce Dropper (Mike Leffler) held the top 2 spots all year. They co-lead the first week
-loopy held the lead for the last 11 weeks, lead 21 weeks sole, lead after every one of the specials.
-Deuce Dropper took the lead after the june 25th show but lost it after the stock car shootout.

Well my stats clearly are no where near as good as the stats as Ryan Clark does for the Independence Motor Speedway but i try these stats are very entertaining and i am ready for the 2011 season at Marshalltown that should be very interesting.

So until next time have fun doing something!

Monday, September 20, 2010

2010 Season Review at the Marshalltown Speedway

Well its time for the season ending stats and recap for the Marshalltown Speedway. Well unlike my buddy Ryan Clark from Positively Racing and the Independence Motor Speedway, my stats for the Marshalltown Speedway only go back to 2002 but even then they are only partial stats.


Before we get to the season ending stats we are going to start with taking a look back at each race night in this blog:

Friday, April 2
-For the fifth time since 2002 the Annual Frost buster would be rained out, the first time since 2007.

Friday, April 9
-Geoff Olson earned his first feature win at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods. Doing so he became the 21st different feature winner in the division since it became a weekly division at Marshalltown
-Scott Simatovich would pick up his 2nd win at Marshalltown in the IMCA Modifieds.
-Damon Murty took the win in the IMCA Stock Cars, this would be his 19th win in the IMCA Stock Cars at Marshalltown putting him 2nd behind Rick Brown on the all time win list since 2002.
-Josh Irvine took the IMCA Hobby Stock feature and strangely this would be his first win at Marshalltown.
-Josh May took his first ever win at Marshalltown, this win would be his 2nd win of the season as he won in West Burlington the Saturday before in the Mod Lites.

Friday, April 16
-Brett Moffitt would take the IMCA Sport Mods and collect his 4th win at Marshalltown in the Sport Mods
-Richie Gustin would take the IMCA Modifieds and collect his 7th feature win at Marshalltown in the Modifieds
-Trent Murphy took the IMCA Stock Car feature, his 4th win at Marshalltown in the Stock Cars, his 11th win at Marshalltown all together (7 Hobby Stock feature wins since 2002).
-Nick Murty would take the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, this would be his 10th feature of all time in the hobby stocks
-Dusty Masolini would claim his first feature win at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Friday, April 23
-For the third time since 2002 the 4th Friday of the Season at Marshalltown would be rained out and for the 2nd time in 3 years the 4th Friday of the Season was rained out. The 2nd rain out of 2010 season at Marshalltown.

Friday, April 30
-Oskaloosa’s Cayden Carter would pick up his first career IMCA Sport Mod win at Marshalltown on this night.
-Luke Wanninger would make the jump up to the IMCA Modifieds from the Sport Mods and it wouldn’t take him very long to get his first feature win at Marshalltown in the Modifieds as he would take the win. Giving him 19 Total career wins at Marshalltown (9 Hobby Stocks, 9 Sport Mods and 1 Modifieds)
-Trent Murphy would become the first repeat winner of 2010 by picking up the IMCA Stock Car Feature. Giving him his 5th Stock Car win and his 12th total wins at Marshalltown
-Devin Smith would get his first win of 2010 at Marshalltown giving him his 8th win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks at Marshalltown
-Tim Hennigar would get his first win of 2010 in the Mod Lites, this win would be his 13th win at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Friday, May 7
-Cayden Carter would become the 2nd driver to be a repeat winner at Marshalltown in 2010 as he would pick up his 2nd win at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods
-Jimmy Gustin got his first feature win in the IMCA Modifieds, his 21st feature win in the IMCA Modifieds at Marshalltown since 2002 putting him only 2 behind Jeff Schroyer
-Travis Shipman would make the pull from Mason City, Iowa and take the win and become the 3rd different stock car feature winner at Marshalltown in 2010, this would be Shipman’s first win at Mo’town
-Tyler Pickett would become the fourth different IMCA Hobby Stock feature winner. This was Pickett’s first at Marshalltown
-Mike Morrill would become the fourth different Mod Lite feature winner, this win would be win number 25 for Morrill at Marshalltown

Friday, May 14
-Brett Moffitt took his 2nd win of the season at Marshalltown, his 5th win all together in the IMCA Sport Mods at Marshalltown
-Mike O’Lear got his 1st win of the year, his 11th win in the IMCA Modifieds at Marshalltown since 2002
-Dustin Smith would get his first win of the year, his 18th win in the IMCA Stock Cars at Marshalltown putting him tied for 3rd with Luke Veren and his 30th win total at Marshalltown since 2002 (12 wins in the Hobby Stocks)
-Devin Smith would become the first repeat winner in the IMCA Hobby Stocks in 2010, giving him 9 feature wins since 2002
-Joel “Huggie Bear” Huggins would become the fifth different Mod Lite winner, this win would be his 6th win at Marshalltown since 2002 putting him solo in the 4th position of wins
-John Schroyer would take his 2nd win in the Nostalgia Car feature

Tuesday, May 18
-Jeff Aikey would take his 3rd Deery Brothers Summer Series win at Marshalltown in the Series history at Marshalltown
-Brett Moffitt would get his 6th win all together at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods, not for track points
-Joel Huggins would get his 7th win of all time in the Mod Lites since 2002, not for track points
-Pat Fagen would become the third different Dirt Truck feature winner at Marshalltown in the history of the dirt trucks at Marshalltown

Friday, May 21
-Eric “Pacman” Elliott won his first feature at Marshalltown in the history of the IMCA Sport Mods
-Richie Gustin would take his 2nd win of the season at Marshalltown, his 8th win since 2002 in the IMCA Modifieds
-Nathan Wood would make the trek to Marshalltown after the CJ Speedway in Columbus Junction rained out and he would make it worth it as he would take the IMCA Stock Car feature win, his first win at Marshalltown.
-Jeff Gunderson would take the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks becoming the 6th different winner in the Hobby Stocks in 2010
-Mike Kennedy would become the 6th different winner in the Mod Lites, this win would be Kennedy’s 3rd win at Marshalltown in the history
-Brad Comergys would win the first of a few appearances by the Iowa Micro Mini Sprints Series at Marshalltown

Friday, May 28
-Richie Gustin would make it back-to-back weeks to take his 3rd feature win of the year at Marshalltown, his 9th win since 2002 in the IMCA Modifieds
-Dylan Book won his first feature at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods after moving up from the Hobby Stocks were he was the 2009 Rookie of the year
-Dustin Smith would return back to victory lane to take his 2nd win of the 2010 season, his 19th win in the IMCA Stock Cars, his 31st win at Marshalltown altogether
-Devin Smith would get his 3rd feature win at Marshalltown in 2010 in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, his 10th win total in the class
-Mike Kennedy would make it back-to-back weeks also to take his 2nd win of the year and his 4th win altogether at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Friday, June 4
-Jon Snyder after going winless in 2009 except for winning the topless non-sanctioned special, he would go on and take his first win of 2010 in the IMCA Modifieds.
-Gatlin Leytham would get his first career Sport Mod win at Marshalltown
-”Flyin” Brian Irvine would make a return visit back to the Marshalltown Speedway and make this one count as he would take the feature event getting his first of 2010. This win would be his 5th win in the IMCA Stock Cars and his 7th win of all time since 2002 at Marshalltown (5 wins in the stock cars, 2 in the hobby stocks)
-Dusty Masolini would take his 2nd of the season at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Friday, June 11
-“Toddzilla” Todd Shute would decide to skip Des Moines and come to Marshalltown and race and would make his well worth it as he would take the IMCA Modified feature adding his name to the history books
-Tracy Gienger would take the IMCA Stock Car feature, his first of the year, this win would also be his 7th since 2002 in the Stock Cars
-Cayden Carter would his 3rd win of the season at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods
-Calvin Dhondt, a driver making his jump from being a figure 8 racer to a Rookie in the IMCA Hobby Stocks and he would go on take his first career IMCA Hobby Stock feature win
-Mike Morrill would take his 2nd win of 2010 in the Mod Lites, this win would become 26th win of all time in the Mod Lites

Friday, June 18
-For the 2nd time in 2 years the third Friday in June would be rained out. This would be the 3rd rain out of 2010.

Friday, June 25
-Scott Simatovich would return back to victory lane in the IMCA Modifieds giving him his 2nd win of 2010 and his 3rd win in the Modifieds since 2002
-Fred Leytham would get his first win of the year in the IMCA Sport Mods, his 2nd win of all time in the Sport Mods
-Trent Murphy would get his 3rd win at Marshalltown in 2010 in the IMCA Stock Cars. Giving him his 6th Stock Car win and his 13th total wins at Marshalltown
-Todd Reitzler would take his first feature win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks of 2010 at Marshalltown, his 7th win altogether since 2002 in the Hobby Stocks
-Josh May would take his 2nd win of the season at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Monday, June 28
-Brian Irvine would take the opening night of the Great American Stock Car Shootout Series giving him 2 wins at Marshalltown in 2010, his 6th IMCA Stock Car of all time and his 8th all together since 2002.
-Todd Reitzler would return to victory lane in the IMCA Hobby Stocks for his 2nd win of the year, his 8th since 2002
-Cayden Carter would take the win in the IMCA Sport Mods giving him his 4th win at Marshalltown
-This race was not for track points

Friday, July 2
-The “Mo’Town Missile” Brett Ladehoff would get his first win of 2010 by taking the win in the IMCA Modifieds, this win was his 5th win in the IMCA Modifieds and his 13th win total at Marshalltown (8 Sport Mod wins)
-Scott Davis would get his first feature win at Marshalltown in 2010 by picking up the IMCA Sport Mods feature, this win would be his 7th win in the Sport Mods at Marshalltown
-Trent Murphy would get his 4th win of the year at Marshalltown, giving him 7th total wins in the IMCA Stock Cars and his 14th win of his career at Marshalltown
-Aaron Rudolph would take his first of the year and the first of all time in the IMCA Hobby Stocks at Marshalltown
-Joel Huggins would take his 3rd win of the year at Marshalltown, his 2nd win for track points, his 8th win in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown

Friday, July 9
-Brett Ladehoff would make it back-to-back weeks in the IMCA Modifieds to take his 2nd of the year at Marshalltown. Now giving him 6 wins in the Modifieds and 14 total wins at Marshalltown
-Scott Davis would also make it back-to-back weeks in the IMCA Sport Mods to take his 2nd of the year. This would now give him 8 Sport Mods wins at Marshalltown altogether
-Dustin Smith would take his 3rd feature of the year at Marshalltown in the IMCA Stock Cars, his 20th win in the Stock Cars putting him 1 win behind Rick Brown in IMCA Stock Car feature wins since 2002.
-Devin Smith would take his 4th feature of the year at Marshalltown
-Josh May would take his 3rd win of the year at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Friday, July 16
-Luke Wanninger would get his 2nd win of the year in the IMCA Modifieds at Marshalltown
-Nick Roberts would get his 1st career win at Marshalltown by taking the top honors in the IMCA Sport Mods
-Dustin Smith would make it back-to-back weeks to take his 4th win of the year in the IMCA Stock Cars at Marshalltown
-Devin Smith would make it back-to-back weeks to take his 5th win of the year in the IMCA Hobby Stocks at Marshalltown
-Josh May would also make it back-to-back weeks to take his 4th win of the year at Marshalltown in the Mod Lites

Friday, July 23
-Jimmy Gustin would return back to victory lane and take his 2nd win of the year at Marshalltown in the IMCA Modifieds
-Cayden Carter would make a return to victory lane and take his 5th win at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods
-Dustin Smith would make it 3 weeks in a row and taking his 5th win of the year in the IMCA Stock Cars
-Calvin Dhondt would make his rookie season worth it as he would go and take on his 2nd win of the year in the IMCA Hobby Stocks
-Joel Huggins would take his 4th win of the year at Marshalltown, his 3rd win for track points, his 9th win in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown
-The Mod Lites would be the only class to run their feature on this night, the rest of the classes made their feature up on August 6th

Friday, July 30
-The 4th rain out of 2010 at Marshalltown, the first final Friday night in July rain out since 2003

Friday, August 6
-Brett Ladehoff would take the feature honors in the IMCA Modifieds on his birthday, giving him his 3rd win of the year at Marshalltown, 7 total Modified wins
-Scott Davis would claim his 3rd feature win in the IMCA Sport Mods at Marshalltown in 2010, 9th Sport Mod win altogether at Marshalltown
-Dustin Smith would make it 4 weeks in a row at Marshalltown minus the rain out and taking his 6th win of the year in the IMCA Stock Cars
-Michael Murphy claimed his first win of 2010 at Marshalltown in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, his 3rd of all time at Marshalltown
-Tim Hennigar would take his 2nd win of the year at Marshalltown, his 13th win of all time in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown

Friday, August 13
-Todd Conrad would get his first feature win at Marshalltown since June 6, 2008 in the IMCA Modifieds.
-Cayden Carter continues to show them up in the IMCA Sport Mods as he would take his 6th win of the year at Marshalltown
-Dustin Smith would make it 5 weeks in a row at Marshalltown and take his 7th win of the year in the IMCA Stock Cars
-Devin Smith would get his 6th win of the season at Marshalltown in the IMCA Hobby Stocks
-Ivan Guerra would pick up his first career win in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown

Friday, August 20
-The first rain out in the month of August since August 24th, 2007. The first rain out on the third Friday of august since August 19th, 2005. The fifth rain out of the 2010 season at Marshalltown.

Friday, August 27
-Jon Snyder would claim his 2nd win at Marshalltown of the year in the IMCA Modifieds
-Jenae Gustin would join the family history and claim her first career IMCA Sport Mod feature event.
-Dustin Smith would take his 6th straight win minus the 2 rain outs in the IMCA Stock Cars, his 8th of the year at Marshalltown
-Clint Nelson would get his first IMCA Hobby Stock win at Marshalltown
-Mike Kennedy would take his 3rd win of the year in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown
-Ben Woods would take the Iowa Micro Mini Sprints Series feature

Tuesday, August 31
-Jon Tesch took the win for the 2nd year in a row in the USMTS Modifieds at Marshalltown, the feature was shortened to 20 laps due to rain
-Cayden Carter would take the win in the Sport Mods his 7th win of the year at Marshalltown, this race was non-sanctioned
-Tim Hennigar would take his 3rd win of the year at Marshalltown, his 14th win of all time in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown, not for track points though
-Stock Cars feature was rained out and cancelled
-Dirt Trucks feature was to be made up on Night 2 of the Havoc on the High Banks

Friday, September 3
-Jon Snyder would make it back-to-back weeks and take his 3rd win of the year at Marshalltown in the IMCA Modifieds
-Cayden Carter would take his 2nd win of the week at Marshalltown, his 8th win of the year at Marshalltown
-Trent Murphy would be the driver to end the streak of Dustin Smith and in doing so would claim his 5th win at Marshalltown in the IMCA Stock Cars in 2010
-Devin Smith would take his 7th win of the year at Marshalltown in the IMCA Hobby Stocks
-Tim Hennigar would take his 4th win of the year, his 15th win of all time in the Mod Lites at Marshalltown
-Wade Russell would take his 3rd win in the vintage cars at Marshalltown in the last 4 years

Friday, September 17
-Richie Gustin would continue the power of 19 in the Havoc on the High Banks IMCA Modifieds feature as he would take the win, his 4th win of the year at Marshalltown.
-Cayden Carter would get his 9th win of the year at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sport Mods
-Dustin Smith would claim his 9th feature win of the year at Marshalltown in the IMCA Stock Cars
-Scott Pippert won the IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, his first win of the year at Marshalltown
-Tim Hennigar would take his 5th win of the year and his 16th win of all time in the Mod Lites
-This was a none points race

Saturday, September 18
-Night 2 of the Havoc on the High Banks was rained out. it’s the 3rd night rained out totally during the Havoc on the High Banks. In 2008, both of the originally scheduled nights were rained out but one night was reschedule 2 weeks later for a Sunday.

With all of this ramble I will wrap up this blog and have another blog with some stats from 2010 season so until the next blog, I hope you enjoy this look back at each night for the 2010 season at Marshalltown.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Mother Nature Wins Night 2 of the Havoc on the High Banks

Tonight was suppose to be night 2 of  the havoc on the high banks at the Marshalltown Speedway but Mother Nature rained us out for tonight and it will not be rescheduled. This will bring at close to the season at Marshalltown for 2010.

The Night of Champions Awards Banquet is November 19th, 2010 will be at the Best Western Regency in Marshalltown, it was scheduled to be at Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel but has moved to the Best Western for more information check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/

The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour will wrap up their inaugural season at 34 Raceway next Saturday, "The Flyin Banana" Mike Jergens is the point leader heading into that race.

Also watch this blog in the next couple of weeks as i will do a marshalltown speedway season recap and give you some stats from the season!

Gustin wins Night 1 of the Havoc on the High Banks

Well it was back to business at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday. It started the night cloudy but the skies cleared up and allowed us to go racing we had 19 Mod Lites, 42 Sport Mods, 24 Stock Cars, 40 Modifieds and 29 Hobby Stocks sign in to race on Night #1 of the Havoc on the High Banks.

First up on the night for their feature was the Mod Lites for 15 Laps. Tim Hennigar and Charlie Brown would lead them to the green but Mike Morrill would get a good start. Hennigar would lead lap 1 but Morrill would take over the lead from Hennigar on lap 2. But just before the first 2 cautions on lap 7, Morrill would spin out but keep going but hand the lead over to Hennigar. The first race caution came out on lap 7 when Colby Obermebt and Cliff Barber both rolled their cars on the front stretch, Jason Whitehead came to a stop against Barber and the wall. On the restart it was Hennigar, Joel Huggins and Dusty Masolini as your top 3 but before they could would get going the restart would be called back bringing out another caution. Finally when they did get going Tim Hennigar would take command. Just after the race leader and the field took the white flag, Tim Sutherland spun in turn 4 bringing out the yellow and setting up a green-white-checkered which will now make this feature 16 laps. Hennigar, Huggins and Masolini still your top 3 on the restart and Hennigar would hold off the rest of the field to take the win. Huggins, Morrill, Masolini and Josh May rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Sport Mods were up next for a 20 lap feature but it would take 6 heats and 2 b-features to determine the field down to just 24 cars. When they did it was Jason Purvis taking the early race lead but Scott Davis, who started 6th was up to 2nd and made the pass for the lead on lap 3. Shortly after that the first yellow came out for Kyle Brown, Jayme Duinink, Gatlin Leytham and Cory Rose in turn 2. On the restart, Davis would have Purvis and Danny Dvorak right behind him and Davis would get a good start and pull away but then the next caution came out on lap 9 when Jason Seaverance spun in turn 2. Davis would continue to set tow , the next caution came out on lap 14 when Jared Timmerman spun in turn 3 and then the next caution was on lap 16 for a bumper on the front stretch which came from Kyle Brown's car so Brown was sent to the pits. On this restart, Davis would have Cayden Carter and Danny Dvorak on his back bumper. These three would get in a battle but Davis would hold on until lap 19 when Carter made the pass and went on to take the win. Davis was 2nd, Dvorak was 3rd, Flander was 4th and Josh Sherborn was 5th.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature after 3 heats and a b-feature determine the field down to just 24 cars.  Rob Allison would jump to the early race lead and just after 1 lap was in the books the yellow would come out for the Calvin Dhondt spinning in turn 3 & 4. Allison would continue to set pace but then the yellow came out after 2 laps completed this time for Tony Cox spinning in turn 4. Allison would take command again but then the yellow came for Chris Hupp rolling of turn 1 &2. On the restart, Allison would have Terry Shaffar and Scott Pippert and it look as if Allison was going to take the win but Pippert would make some strong moves and got by Shaffar and then Allison on lap 10 to take over the lead. Pippert would go on to the win.  Allison, Shaffar, Bill Bonnett and Corey Cruzan round out the top 5.

The IMCA Stocks 20 lap feature was up next. Matt Fox would take the race lead but it would be short lived as Mike Van Genderen would take the lead on lap 3. Van Genderen look to be pulling away while Damon Murty and Dustin Smith were charging to the front. Murty would lose ground and look to have problems but catch back up to Van Genderen and Smith. Smith would make the pass on Van Genderen on lap 11. Then after the completion of lap 11, Keith Miner would spin out in turn 4 and collect Dustin Smith, Smith kept moving but the yellow came out. Smith was awarded the lead back as he kept moving, Van Genderen restarted 2nd. Before another lap was completed, Van Genderen would experience problms, Seth Bowen would spin in turn 4. Smith would go on and take the win over Murty, Robert Stofer, Dave Atcher and Jay Schmidt.

The Final Feature of the Night was the 30 Lap JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds. 4 heats, 2 b-features and 2 provisionals (1 HDT and 1 Marshalltown) helped determine the field for the feature. Scott Simatovich and Ron Pope would start on the front row. Simatovich would take command early, Pope would slide off the top but keep moving and came back on the race track. Simatovich would see Jon Snyder, who started 3rd start challenge for the lead. Snyder would make the pass by Simatovich. Mean while Richie Gustin was charging up to the front and made it a 3 car battle, Snyder and Gustin was now 1 and 2, Simatovich was 3rd. At lap 15, the leaders started hitting lap traffic, Snyder and Gustin was making through their fine, Simatovich had problems but was slowly getting there. Gustin would make the pass on Snyder on lap 17 though as Snyder got slowed down by a couple of lap cars. Gustin would go on and take the win in the green-to-checkered feature, Jon Snyder was 2nd. Simatovich was 3rd, Josh Gilman was 4th and Jimmy Gustin was 5th.

Racing came to an end at 11:42pm. We are back at it again on saturday if mother nature cooperates with all the classes in action plus the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks joining the fun.

Unofficial Results
Mod Lites
Heat 1: 5 Troy Hudson
Heat 2: 57 Tim Hennigar

Feature
1. 57 Tim Hennigar
2. x50 Joel Huggins
3. 6 Mike Morrill
4. 8 Dusty Masolini
5. 99 Josh May
6. 5X Matthew Goodin
7. 88 James May
8. 5 Troy Hudson
9. 95 Mike Kennedy
10. 10 Ivan Guerra
11. 11R Jason Whitehead
12. 82 Charlie Brown
13. 4L Larry Sorenson
14. 41S Tim Sutherland
DNF:
42 Jonathan Huston
46 Todd Grisham
33R DJ Robinson
0B Colby Obermebt
4 Cliff Barber

IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1: 21 Kyle Brown
Heat 2: 81D Scott Davis
Heat 3: 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 4: X4 Jason Purvis
Heat 5: 7 Carter Vandenberg
Heat 6: 19G Gatlin Leytham

B-Feature 1 (Top 3 transfer)
1. 18J Jake Strayer
2. 9X Austin Lucas
3. 92P Mike Pruitt
4. 92 Tyler Droste
5. 19J Jenae Gustin
6. 91 Shawn Hunter
7. 23R Nick Roberts
8. 52E Ryan Engelkes
9. 32N Neil Follett
10. 80 Jared Van Deest
11. 5s Shane Stout
12. 45 Johnny Williams
13. 7R Ryan Ashton
14. 937 Cody Moore
15. 12W Creston Williams

B-Feature 2 (Top 3 transfer)
1. 36 Matt Pittman
2. 19F Fred Leytham
3. 26J Joel Rust
4. 28P Rick Paulson
5. 52R Marty Rouse
6. 7V Dale Vanderwall
7. 98 Bill Hildreth
8. 56 Kyle Webb
9. 4W Herbie Wilson
10. 16 Kip Siems
11. 22X Troy Oliver
12. CH19 Colby Heishman
13. 42 Lonnie Mercer
14. 24 Kyle Roose
DNS: 57R Ryan King

Feature
1. 10 Cayden Carter
2. 81D Scott Davis
3. 3R Danny Dvorak
4. 12 Eric Flander
5. 75 Josh Sherborn
6. 19 Dave Schlicht
7. 92P Mike Pruitt
8. 9E Eric Elliott
9. 9X Austin Lucas
10. 18J Jake Strayer
11. X4 Jason Purvis
12. 36 Matt Pittman
13. 11D Dalton Dingman
14. 777 Jayme Duinink
15. 26J Joel Rust
16. 40s Shawn Simatovich
17. 21J Jason Seaverance
DNF:
8 Brad Iverson
21 Kyle Brown
7+ Jared Timmerman
19F Fred Leytham
7 Carter Vandenberg
86 Jeff Morris
19G Gatlin Leytham

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 166 Justin Lichty
Heat 2: 1X Michael Peterson
Heat 3: 20G Donnie Gustoff

B-Feature (Top 3 transfer)
1. 12K Eric Knutson
2. 69x Chris Wiltse
3.  83  Chris Hupp
4. 20E Eric Larson
5. 77M Mark Lamer
6. 83S Scott Logrosso
DNS: 01 John Clemens

Feature
1. 47 Scott Pippert
2. 12A Rob Allison
3. 35 Terry Shaffar
4. 1 Bill Bonnett
5. 8C Corey Cruzan
6. 166 Justin Lichty
7. 12K Eric Knutson
8. 29 Jake Nelson
9. 27 Clint Nelson
10. 38R Aaron Rudolph
11. 5A Tyler Pickett
12. 69X Chris Wiltse
13. 4X Gary Pfantz
14. 20G Donnie Gustoff
15. 51D Dustin Filloon
16. 52 Josh Saunders
17. 78 Matt Brown
18. 1BC Tony Cox
19. 69 Calvin Dhondt
20. 4JR Russell Damme Jr.
DNF:
1X Michael Peterson
83 Chris Hupp
21 John Schuring
43 Nic Shearer

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 99D Damon Murty
Heat 2: 50 Robert Stofer
Heat 3: 57V Mike Van Genderen

Feature
1. 85 Dustin Smith
2. 99D Damon Murty
3. 50 Robert Stofer
4. 2 Dave Atcher
5. 19J Jay Schmidt
6. R31 Ryan Leeman
7. 77 Andy Bryant
8. 19A Alan Van Gorp
9. 31S Paul Sheperd
10. 22K Kevin Rose
11. 12+ Ryan Rose
12. 17S Rob Schneider
13. 20W Don Wear
14. 287 Jon Emerson
15. 20V Lauren Vis
16. M2 Matt Fox
17. 5 Keith Miner
18. 76m Mike Galli
19. 76 Norman Belew
DNF:
05 Seth Bowen
57V Mike Van Genderen
SR22 Shawn Anderson
DNS:
94 Steve Meyer
3W Jeff Wollam

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 43S Scott Simatovich
Heat 2: 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 3: 5 Todd Shute
Heat 4: 19G Richie Gustin

B-Feature 1 (Top 3 transfer)
1. 8 Rich Smith
2. 98 Jason Snyder
3. 62 Greg Cox
4. 12 Mark Elliott
5. 2Z Zack Rawlins
6. 36 Jeff Pittman
7. 14B Scott Bash
8. 57B Dennis Betzer
9. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
10. D27 Dave Pries
11. 12T Ty Glass
12. 4G Kevin Goben

B-Feature 2 (Top 3 transfer)
1. 1X Dan Chapman
2. 86 Jeff Morris
3. 27M Mark Schulte
4. 21 Davin Emmel
5. 41P Keith Pittman
6. 32 Rick Speck
7. 36X Jeff Conner
8. 40RC Rod Clement
9. 12eh Riley Emmel
10. 49 Mike Munson
11. 12C Kent Croskey
DNS: 60 Kurt Krauskopf

Feature
1. 19G Richie Gustin

2. 69X Jon Snyder
3. 43S Scott Simatovich
4. 83G Josh Gilmam
5. 19 Jimmy Gustin
6. 86 Jeff Morris
7. 5 Todd Shute
8. 1X Dan Chapman
9. 64 Vern Jackson
10. 71W Jeff Waterman
11. K1 Kyle Krampe
12. 62 Greg Cox
13. 8 Rich Smith
14. 01 Ed Thomas
15. 37 Mike Jergens
16. 69X Jason Snyder
17. 45 Ron Pope
18. 12D Joe Docekel
19. 27M Mark Schulte
20. 57B Dennis Betzer
21. 32 Rick Speck
22. 5R Bill Roberts
23. 77 Josh Foster
24. 2X Mike O'Lear

Monday, September 13, 2010

Arizona Racing Engines & Performance Parts 4th Annual Havoc on the High Banks Friday & Saturday!

This Friday and Saturday night with be the 4th Annual Havoc on the High Banks presented by Arizona Racing Engines and Performance Parts at the High Banks of the Marshalltown Speedway.

The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds will run for $1,250 to win while the IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods run for $500 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $300 to win and Mod Lites $250 to win each night. Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks race on saturday for $250 to win plus have a make-up feature from August 31st USMTS Show.

Both Modified races are part of the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour and are qualifying events for the 2011 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. A minimum of $150 will be paid to start.

IMCA national, regional and Allstate Performance State points will be awarded each evening.
Pit passes will be $25. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under.
Gates open at 4:30 p.m. both days. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

For more information check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/



Car Counts for the Havoc on the High Banks
*2008 was postponed 2 weeks to a sunday because of rain and made a one day show


IMCA Modifieds
2007: 33 cars (Friday) 21 cars (Saturday)
2008: 32 cars
2009: 32 cars (Friday) 38 cars (saturday)
Average: 31.2 cars


IMCA Stock Cars
2007: 26 cars (Friday) 23 cars (Saturday)
2008: 32 cars
2009: 25 cars (Friday) 18 cars (Saturday)
Average: 24.8 cars

IMCA Sport Mods
2007: 22 cars (Friday) 24 cars (Saturday)
2008: 34 cars
2009: 36 cars (Friday) 33 cars (Saturday)
Average: 29.8 cars


IMCA Hobby Stocks
2007: 26 cars (Friday) 23 cars (Saturday)
2008: 42 cars
2009: 30 cars (Friday) 23 cars (Saturday)
Average: 28.8 cars


Mod Lites
2007: 31 cars (Friday) 35 cars (Saturday)
2008: 22 cars
2009: 21 cars (Friday) 20 cars (Saturday)
Average: 25.8 cars


Dirt Trucks
2007: Didn't Compete
2008: 6 trucks
2009: 9 trucks
Average: 7.5 trucks
 
Previous Winners
*2008 was postponed 2 weeks to a sunday because of rain and made a one day show


IMCA Modifieds
2007: Jimmy Gustin (Friday) Jimmy Gustin (Saturday)
2008: Jimmy Gustin
2009: Darin Duffy (Friday) Darin Duffy (Saturday)

IMCA Stock Cars
2007: Sean Johnson (Friday) Luke Veren (Saturday)
2008: Ryan Gustin
2009: Dustin Smith (Friday) Steve Meyer (Saturday)

IMCA Sport Mods
2007: Jason Mallicoat (Friday) Austin Kaplan (Saturday)
2008: Nate Chodur
2009: Kevin Sather (Friday) Kevin Sather (Saturday)


IMCA Hobby Stocks
2007: Terry Shaffar (Friday) Trent Murphy (Saturday)
2008: Justin Maschke
2009: Bill Bonnett (Friday) Bill Bonnett (Saturday)
 
Mod Lites
2007: Mike Kennedy (Friday) Troy Hudson (Saturday)
2008: Mike Morrill
2009: Mike Morrill (Friday) Andy Hennigar (Saturday)
 
Dirt Trucks
2007: Didn't Compete
2008: Bret Moyer
2009: Bret Moyer


This event will wrap up the Marshalltown Speedway 2010 Season for you thought you would get to know more of my stats from the Havoc on the High Banks i can't give them all away now can't i that would make a possible facebook trivia question too easy!


See you Friday & Saturday

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Guss, Wilkinson, Meyer, Christians and Gustin Super National Champs

Well now that the regular season is over for the most part its time for the fall specials to begin and the first of the big fall specials is the 28th IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals at the Boone Speedway in Boone, IA. For 6 straight nights racing action with over 800 cars signed in with the goal to be named Super National Champion.

Monday September 6th
It was all about the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series and the IMCA Late Models crowning their Super Nationals Champion meanwhile the IMCA Hobby Stocks qualified 10 cars for each the inside and middle rows for their super nationals feature on saturday and the IMCA Sport Mods qualified 10 cars for the inside row for saturday's feature. The Sport Mods would also take part in their Arnold Motor Supply Race of Champions Qualifers.

The IMCA Late Models saw 43 competitors take to the track for the super nationals. In heat race action, Sam Halstead would have his night come to an end as he would roll his car in turn 1, he would climb from the car okay. Just before the late model b features mother nature would give the drivers a surprise as the rain came down and cause them to take 40 minutes to work on the track to get it raceable.

In the 50 lap feature though it would be interesting because before they would get one lap completed they would have a caution as Charlie McKenna, Jeremiah Hurst and Tyler Bruening would spin in turn 4. When they got going Terry Neal would jump out to the race lead from his pole position. The next race caution would come out on lap 3 when Jeff Aikey would stop on the frontstretch. On the restart, Neal would have Craig Roberts, Nick Most, Boone McLaughlin and Bobby Hansen right behind him. Neal and the field would complete another lap only to see the yellow flag come out on lap 4 this time for Craig Jacobs would spin in turn 4. A lap later another caution would come out when Mike Garland would stop on the frontstretch.

Then we would see another 14 laps completed before our next caution on lap 19 for debris in turn 4, the debris came from Neal's machine as Neal was passed by McLaughlin before the yellow came out so McLaughlin was now the new leader. On this restart, McLaughlin would have Ray Guss Jr and Josh Most on his back bumper. On Lap 25 another caution would come out this time for McLaughlin amd Most getting together in turns 3 & 4, this would send both drivers to the pits, McLaughlin would return so since we lost our leader the race would now restart as if we had no leader with Guss and Kevin Sather restarting in the lead. Guss would take control though right away.

The next caution came out on lap 29 when Jon Passick would stop on the backstretch. Guss would continue to set pace but would see 4 more cautions on the night, first one on lap 35 for debris in turn 2, second one on lap 37 for Jason Rauen rolling in turns 1 & 2 and Boone McLaughlin would spin out in turn 1, Rauen was okay, third one on lap 39 for Tyler Bruening and Jon Passick in turn 3 and then the final one on lap 43 when Joel Callahan, Mike Garland and Bobby Hansen would get together in turn 4. Guss would not let them faze him as he would go on to his 2nd straight Super Nationals Championship adding to his accomplishments for the week, he was crowned the 2010 IMCA Late Model National Championship and clinched the 2010 Deery Brothers Summer Series Championship just by signing in to Boone on Monday. Finishing behind Guss was Jeff Aikey, Andy Eckrich, Tyler Bruening and Ryan Giles.

In the Hobby Stock Qualifers, Dustin Larson would take the first qualifer and get to start on the pole position on saturday with Robby Marsh, Kevin Fee, Jason Wilkinson, Eric Stanton, John Yaw Sr., Matt Mahoney, Josh Irvine, Cody Gustoff and Jesse VanLaningham also qualifying on the inside rows. "Lighting Bolt'" Shannon Anderson would take the 2nd qualifer and get to start on the front row in the middle on saturday with John Watson, Michael Murphy, Randy Embrey, Shawn Slezak, Richard Yaw II, Brandon Brinton, Noah Ludwig, Scott Lograsso and Chad Gentz also qualifying in the middle rows for saurday.

In the Sport Mod Qualifer, Jesse Sobbing would take the win and get to start on the pole on saturday with Brett Meyer, Tyler Frye, Nathan Chodur, Jared Timmerman, Clinton Luellen, Dennis Miesler, Austin Lucas, Austin Kaplan and Benji Legg also qualifying for the inside rows on saturday.

The Sport Mods also had their Race of Champions Qualifers on Monday. In the first one, Tyler Frye would take the win with Dylan Book, Eric Flander, Danny Dvorak and Shay Woods all Qualifying. In the second qualifer, Scott Davis would take the win, Tad Reutzel, Clinton Luellen, Greg Sidles and Nathan Chodur would all qualify as well. They would take place in high card poker on Tuesday to determine their starting spots.

Tuesday September 7th
The IMCA Hobby Stocks would qualify the outside 10 rows, the IMCA Sport Mods would qualify the middle and outside 10 rows and the IMCA Hobby Stocks would also Race of Champions Qualifers.

In the Hobby Stock Race of Champions Qualifers, Chad Gentz would win the first won with Brandon Taylor taking 2nd. In the second qualifer, Stac Schroeder would take the the win followed by Dustin Larson. In the third qualifer, Andy Boeckman would win with Brandon Pruitt in 2nd. In the 4th qualifer, Shannon Anderson would take the win with John Watson in 2nd. In the 5th qualifer, it was Michael Murphy with the win and Randy Embrey was 2nd.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks in Super Nationals Championship Qualifer, Chad Krug would take the win and get to start outside the front row. Chuck Madden Jr, Andy Boeckman, Russell Dammer Jr, Matthew Sheley, Mike Traskowsky, Chris Jensen, Danny Watson, Bill Bonnett and Chad Shaw would also qualify for saturday on the outside rows.

In the IMCA Sport Mods Qualifers, The 1st qualifer saw Scott Davis take the win and get the chance to start in the middle of the front row. Eric Flander, RJ Merchant, Matt Oreskovich, Eric Elliott, Brett Moffitt, Mike Pruitt, Cody Hudson, Matt Hoeft and Geoff Olson would also qualify to start on the middle rows.

In the 2nd qualifer of the night, Danny Dvorak would take the win. Tad Reutzel, Randy Roberts, Steve Reetz, Brandon Leeman, Blake Peeler, Lynn Brockett, Jim Gillenwater, Adam Ackerman and Kyle Bentley would all qualify for the outside rows. Ackerman and Bentley would get moved in to the feature after Rod Staats who finished 7th place, Ty Merrill who finished 8th place and Greg Taylor who finished 12th place but all of the drivers were disqualified in post-race tech inspection. Taylor was moved up after Staats and Merill was dq'ed as was Adam Ackerman.

Wednesday September 8th
The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would both begin their qualifying for saturday's features. The Top 10 in the Stock Cars would start on the inside rows while the top 8 in the Modifieds would start in the first 8 inside rows.

In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, Dustin Smith would take the win with Jeff Larson in 2nd. Also moving on to saturday to start on the inside was Donavon Smith, Dan Mackenthun, Kenneth Tietz, Justin Temeyer, Lynn Panos, Jeff Mueller, Jesse Colwell and Ned Kalis.

In the IMCA Modified Qualifer, a former super nationals winner Kevin Stoa would win getting the chance to start on the pole for saturday. Brandon Blochlinger would finish 2nd and start inside row 2. Others getting to start on the inside would be Jay Noteboom, Craig Reetz, Mike Molle, Chris Alcorn, Paul Stone and Jake Durbin.

Thursday September 9th
The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would return to qualify for the middle rows of 10 and 8 respetively. The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds would also see their Race of Champions Qualifers take place because of the possibly of inclement weather on Friday.

In the IMCA Modifieds Race of Champions Qualifers, In qualifer #1 it was Kevin Stoa coming up in first, Jake Durbin was 2nd. In qualifer #2, Chris Dawson would take the win with Keith White in 2nd. In qualifer #3, Clint Hatlestad was 1st with Jimmy Gustin in 2nd. In qualifer #4, "Big Grabouski" Jordan Grabouski took the win with Jonathan Thimmesch from Independence in 2nd. In qualifer #5 it was Scott Olson and Jim Cole and in qualifer #5 it was Kevin Sustaire and Scott Hogan.

In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, Chad Palmer took the win and getting to start in the middle on the front row. Jeremy Christians, Mike Nichols, Jamie Colwell, Mike Van Genderen, Marcus Fagan, Michael Bruns, Kenny Hansen, Brandon Czarapata and Trent Murphy also qualify.

In the IMCA Modifieds Qualifer, Jimmy Gustin would take the win and start in the middle on the front row. Scott Olson, Johnny Saathoff, Will Brack, Eric Dailey, G.W. Egbert, Jordan Grabouski and Nick Deal would also qualify.

The IMCA Stock Cars Race of Champions Qualifers were last on the night, In qualifer #1 it was Jason Schoenberger taking the win with Jeff Mueller. Jeremy Christians would take qualifer #2 with Chad Palmer in 2nd. Jeff Turner would take the third qualifer but would not be eligible to race because of infraction on friday so Jeff Larson and Mike Nichols would end up qualifying. Randy Brands took the 4th qualfier with Brian Irvine taking 2nd. In the 5th and final qualifer Ryan Rose would take the win with Jason Ward coming up in 2nd.

Friday September 10th
The IMCA Stock Cars would have last chance races to qualify for the outside 10 rows for their super nationals final feature meanwhile the IMCA Modifieds would qualify the first 8 outside rows for the feature. The Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational would also take place as well.

In the IMCA Stock Cars Qualifer, it was Steve Meyer taking the win with Damon Murty in 2nd. Josh Daniels, Paul Shepherd, Sefan Sybesma, Ryan Rose, Merlyn Hegland, Justin Jacobsen, Nathan Burke and Dave DeGrave would all qualify for the feature. Jeff Turner would actually qualify as well but was disqualified in post-race tech inspection moving up DeGrave to the super nationals feature and Mike Nichols in to the Race of Champions race.

IMCA Modified Qualifer saw Clint Hatlestad take the win. Reese Coffee would take 2nd, Kellen Chadwick in Jason Snyder's Ride would take 3rd. Cale Sponsler, Luke Wanninger, Todd Shute, Chris Derenne and Rich Smith was 4th through 8th all getting to start on the outside.

Before the Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Race all of the participants in it would draw for the starting order and it was "The Iceman" David Murray getting to start on the pole postiton for the race. Then the fans got the choice to start it 2 wide or 3 wide and the crowd chose 3 wide. Murray would lead the race from start to finish. Brad Pounds was 2nd, Dave Hardesty was 3rd, Keith White was 4th, Michael Smith was 5th. Rounding out the rest of the field was Jay Noteboom in 6th, Will Brack in 7th, Paul Stone in 8th, Todd Dart in 9th, Kevin Sustaire in 10th, Chad Wernette in 11th and Matt Brack in 12th.

Saturday September 11th
First on the night we would see last chances races for the IMCA Modifieds, there would be 15 last chance heats and the top 2 from each one would go to 1 of 3 last chance features.

In the IMCA Modified Last Chance features. Feature #1, Denny Johnson would take the lead but then a caution came out on lap 3 when Chad Estes, Ryan Watnem and Darin Duffy got together in turns 1 & 2. Chris Abelson would make the pass on Johnson just a few laps on lap 6. Another caution would happen on lap 9 but Abelson wouldn't let them faze him. Abelson took the win, Ricky Stephan in 2nd and Troy Cordes would finish 3rd they would start rows 9th through 11th on the inside. In Feature #2, Alex Stanford lead the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered race, Justin O'Brien supporting one of the Karsyn's Krusaders Kicking Butt One Lap at a Time was 2nd with "Terminator" Mark Elliott in 3rd, all three of these guys would start in the middle of rows 9 through 11. In Last Chance Feature #3, it was Adam Larson leading the race from start to finish with only 1 caution on lap 4 for Richie Gustin stopping in turn 1. Finishing behind Larson was Kevin Sustaire and "The Iceman" Dave Murray, they would start on the outside of rows 9 through 11.

Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stock Race of Champions was up first for 10 laps. Brandon Pruitt would start on the pole and lead the race from start to finish. Finishing behind Pruitt was Andy Boeckman, Randy Embrey, Shannon Anderson, John Watson, Stac Schroeder, Chad Gentz, Dustin Larson, Brandon Taylor and Michael Murphy.

In the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Sport Mod Race of Champions was up for 10 laps. Tyler Frye would start on the pole and would jump out to the lead or so he thought, Frye was docked 2 positions for not staying side by side with Danny Dvorak on the start by the cone off turn 4. However Nate Chodur would quickly get to the front from his 3rd row outside starting spot and take over the lead. On lap 3, Dylan Book would spin out in turn 2 bringing out the caution giving the lead to Chodur with Clint Luellen in 2nd and Frye now docked 2 spots to third. Frye would come up and make the late race pass on Chodur on the final corner. Frye wins the race of champions race with Chodur 2nd. Behind Frye and Chodur was Tad Reutzel, Eric Flander, Clint Luellen, Scott Davis, Danny Dvorak, Greg Sidles, Shay Woods and Dylan Book.

The Harris Auto Racing IMCA Modified Race of Champions was up for 12 laps. Clint Hatlestad lead the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered race. Jake Durbin was 2nd, Jordan Grabouski was 3rd, Jimmy Gustin was 4th, Keith White was 5th, Scott Olson was 6th, Jim Cole was 7th, Jonathan Thimmesch was 8th, Scott Hogan was 9th, Kevin Sustaire was 10th, Chris Dawson was 11th and Kevin Stoa was 12th.

The Sunoco Race Fuels IMCA Stock Car Race of Champions was up for 10 laps. Brian Irvine would also lead the race from start to finish. Mike Nichols, who got to take the place of Jeff Turner after the disqualification of Turner on Friday Night would finish home in 2nd. Chad Palmer, Jeremy Christians, Jeff Mueller, Ryan Rose, Randy Brands, Jason Ward, Jason Schoenberger and Jeff Larson would finish 3rd through 10th respectively.

Now its time for the big dances in all the classes except the late models which ran theirs on Monday.

The first big dance feature was the IMCA Hobby Stocks for 30 laps to crown their super national champion. Dustin Larson, Shannon Anderson and Chad Krug would start on the front row.  Dustin Larson would take the lead and begin to look to be cruising away. The first race caution came out on lap 12 when Danny Watson spun out in turn 3. Larson would have Robby Marsh and Jason Wilkinson on his back bumper. Before another lap could be completed, Eric Stanton, Richard Yaw II and Josh Irvine in turn 2. Larson again would have Marsh and Wilkinson on his back bumper. Larson would continue to lead Wilkinson would get by Marsh for 2nd and then set his sights on Larson. Wilkinson would make the pass on Larson on lap 15 and go and take the win and be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Hobby Stock Champion. Dustin Larson would come home in 2nd, Robby Marsh was 3rd, John Watson was 4th and Michael Murphy came home 5th.

Next up with their big dance was the IMCA Sport Mods for 30 laps. Before 1 lap was completed, Eric Elliott would make contact with the wall cutting a tire down and then his starter quit working and he stopped in turn 2. On the restart, Eric Flander jumped to the race lead but Jesse Sobbing would stay close and not let Flander to pull away. Sobbing would make a move on lap 6 and pass Flander for the lead. Sobbing would continue to lead when the the next race caution came out on lap 13 when Mike Pruitt spun out in turn 4. Sobbing would have Flander and "The Merchant Man" RJ Merchant on his back bumper. The next race caution would come out for Jim Gillenwater spinning out in turn 4. On this restart however Sobbing would have Brett Meyer and Flander on his back bumper. On lap 18, Sobbing would bobble in turn 2 allowing Meyer to take advantage and make the pass for the lead. The final race caution would come out for debris in turns 3 & 4 but Meyer wouldn't let it slow him down. Meyer would go and take the win and be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Sport Mod Champion. Flander took 2nd, Sobbing fell back to 9th. Finishing behind Meyer and Flander rounding out the top 5 though was Randy Roberts, Nathan Chodur and Brett Moffitt.

In the IMCA Stock Cars Big Dance which was also 30 laps. Chad Palmer would jump out to the early lead but then the first race caution came out on lap 6 when Damon Murty stopped on the front stretch. On the restart, Palmer would have Dustin Smith and Mike Nichols on his back bumper. Smith would make the pass by Palmer and take the lead on lap 7. Just before the next caution on lap 15, Smith would lose the lead to Jeremy Christians. The next caution came out on lap 15 for Jeff Larson for spinning turn 4. Christians would have Smith and Michael Bruns right behind him. Christians would them off on this restart and the next two restarts after cautions on lap 19 and 24. The lap 19 caution was for Jamie Colwell, Jesse Colwell, Lynn Panos, Mike Nichols and Nathan Burke getting together in turn 2. The lap 24 caution was for Lynn Panos spinning out in turn 4, Burke and Nichols would return but be 5 laps down. Christians would not let any one of those slow him down and prevent him the win, Christians would be crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Stock Champion. Dustin Smith would finish 2nd, 2009 Super National Winner Donavon Smith was 3rd, Marcus Fagan was 4th and Michael Bruns was 5th.

The Final Big Dance of the night was the IMCA Modifieds for 40 laps after Driver Introductions and a quick farm session to work the cushion in it was time to go racing. Kevin Stoa would take the early lead but his race was short lived as he encounter some problems and gave the lead over to Brandon Blochlinger. Blochlinger would look to be cruising on to the win as this race looking to be going green-to-checkered but then a caution came out on lap 33 when Rich Smith spun in turn 3 & 4. On the restart another caution would come out for Rich Smith in turn 3 so that would end Smith's race. Blochlinger would have Luke Wanninger and Jimmy Gustin on his back bumper. Blochlinger would jump out to the lead again and jump the cushion on lap 36 allowing Jimmy Gustin to take the lead as he had passed Luke Wanninger, Blochlinger break something in the front end and went off the top of turn 3 & 4, Gustin would not give up the lead and Wanninger fell back to 7th. Gustin was crowned as the 2010 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Modified Champion. Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff was 2nd, "Toddzilla" Todd Shute was 3rd, Scott Olson was 4th and "The Real Deal" Nick Deal ended up 5th.

The races came to an end at 11:14p. After the races were over and all the winners got their pictures taken together it was time for the auction of the Motors of the winners in the Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. The Modified motor of Jimmy Gustin was auctioned for $7,400. The Stock Car motor of Jeremy Christians was auctioned for $7,000 and the Hobby Stock motor of Jason Wilkinson was auctioned for $3,300.

So now that this crazy week is over many drivers set their sights on specials coming up over the next few weeks. Next up for me is the Arizona Racing Engines and Performance Parts 4th Annual Havoc on the High Banks at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday and Saturday with 2 complete shows. The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds run for $1,250 to win, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods $500 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $300 to win, Mod Lites $250 to win each night with the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks running for $250 to win on saturday night plus a make up feature from August 31st. Gates Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 6:30p, Racing at 7p both nights. Grandstands are $12 for adults, Children 11 & under $2 with Pit Passes $25 each night.

See you at the races in Motown on friday and saturday!