Thornton Takes SLMR; Barnhill, Schafroth, Carter, Richards, Gardner, and Daniels Claim Weekly Feature Wins at Stuart

With Marshalltown racing on Thursday night this week because of a junior high rodeo taking over the fairgrounds, it meant a Friday night off in Motown. It was an amazing weather day, so with the Super Late Model Racing Series Late Models heading to the Karl Chevrolet Stuart Speedway and racing along with the weekly racing divisions, the decision was made to hop in the car to make the 93-mile one-way trip.

One hundred thirteen cars signed in to tame the quarter-mile bullring. The racing surface was fantastic, which comes as no surprise, as the dirt whisperer, Mike Van Genderen, always produces a fantastic surface to race on, and when he doesn't, he always blames himself. No worries on Friday night, as the racing track produced some amazing racing action all night long. The final checkered flag was waived at 10:46 pm.

The first feature of the night was the Hawkeye Auto Salvage IMCA Sport Compacts 14-lap feature event; Michael Gardner outwrestled Daniel Clayton for the race lead. The first caution came out on lap two, when Cejay Whisler hit a turn two infield tire. Gardner held off Curtis Masterson, Clayton, and John Martinez on the restart and started to slip away when those three started battling for position until a caution came out on lap seven for debris in turn one. Gardner held on to take his first win at Stuart. Blake Fineran worked his way from fourteenth to second, Martinez finished third, tenth-place starter Corwyn Whisler came home fourth, and twelfth-place starter Tyler Fiebelkorn was fifth.

Lucas Daniels took full advantage of the pole position in the Outlaw Mini Mods 15-lap feature event. Lucas Daniels held off Chase Daniels until Chase spun in turn four by himself, bringing out the first caution on lap five. Lucas Daniels continued to lead the way, and then a caution came out on lap 14 because Justin Winkler slowed and came to a stop in turn three, forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Lucas Daniels took the win over Bobby Daniels, seventh-place starter Bradyn Gustin, Zackary Schaefer, and Ace Wolfgram.

Next on the speedway was the Rick's Towing & Transport IMCA Hobby Stocks 16-lap feature event, "The Burglar" Andrew Burg grabbed the top spot early and started to pull away until a caution came out on lap three for Dylan Hill spinning on the front stretch and Ronnie Hill spinning in turn three. Burg continued to lead, meanwhile IMCA National Points Leader Dillon Richards worked his way from twelfth to second on lap five and started to apply pressure on Burg. Burg held him off until a caution came out on lap 13 for Erick Knutsen and Keith Burg getting together in turn four. Burg had to contend with Richards and Solomon Bennett on the restart, and this set up an exciting finish. After Bennett was shuffled out of the mix, the other two battled it out. Burg left the door open at the bottom in turn three, allowing Richards to pounce coming to the white flag. Richards grabbed the top spot to go on to take the feature win, as Bennett finished second, ninth-place starter Skylar Pruitt came home third, Alex Yoerger was fourth, and Dylan Hill came back to finish fifth.

After a brief farming session, the Super Late Model Racing Series, known as the SLMR, took to the track for their 30-lap feature event. After 3 heats, 1 B-feature, and SLMR provisionals, the 24-car field was set. Charlie McKenna and Blair Nothdurft led the field to the green; Nothdurft grabbed the race lead early. Just before Nothdurft and the rest of the top five caught up to lap traffic, the caution came out on lap six when one of the back markers, Brian Kosiski, spun in turn two, collecting back markers JJ Rodeman and Darrel DeFrance. It also resulted in Nothdurft, Jesse Sobbing, Corey Zeitner, and Dylan Thornton getting caught up; this set off some controversy on how they would line up on the restart. After about five minutes of straightening it out, racing resumed. Nothdurft led lap seven, but Sobbing would make a power move and take the top spot away on lap eight. Sobbing led the race until lap 13, when Nothdurft took the lead back. The caution came out on lap 14 when Rodeman and "The Banker," Jay Burdic, got together in turn four. Nothdurft led until lap 20, when Thornton took the race lead away. The caution came out one more time on lap 23 for Andrew Kosiski stopping in turn one. Thornton held off Sobbing and Dallon Murty on the restart and went on to take the feature win, worth a payday of $3,900 because of picking up the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place starter bonus money on top of the normal $3,000 to win. Sobbing finished second, and Murty charged from 11th to finish third. Nothdurft fell back to fourth, and Corey Zeitner came back to finish fifth.

Mitchell Morris led the first four laps of the Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20-lap feature event before fifth-place starter "Speedy Bray" Brayton Carter took the top spot away. Carter then pulled away before seeing the caution come out on lap seven for Chris Burke spinning on the top side of turn one. Carter got a great restart and checked out, appearing to cruise on to the easy win. The caution came out on lap 17 for Josalyn Elmquist spinning in turns one and two. Carter held off Jenae Gustin and Morris on the restart to take the feature win. Gustin, Morris, Randy Havlik, and Dayton Swatek rounded out the top five.

Rowdee Van Genderen outdueled Bryan Snell for the top spot early in the Affordable Quality Exteriors IMCA Stock Cars 20-lap feature event. Van Genderen hit his marks and got a little gap over the rest of the field. Buck Schafroth, Dustin Reeh, Dillon Solum, and Larry Robinson Jr. battled it out behind until a caution came out on lap 16 for Reeh spinning out in turn two. Schafroth got the best restart and made an aggressive move in turns one and two to take the race lead away. Van Genderen tried to return the favor, but Schafroth held it off. Schafroth claimed the feature win, Robinson got by Van Genderen for second, putting Rowdee in third. Solum and Dennis Elliott were fourth and fifth.

The final feature of the night was the VIP Contractors IMCA Modifieds 20-lap feature event. Colton Nelson from Osceola led the first lap, but it was Milton, Florida's Owen Barnhill who took the top spot away on lap two. Barnhill checked out and went on to capture his first feature win. Izaac Mallicoat worked his way from tenth to second, Jaxon Saathoff came home third, Nelson fell back to fourth, and ninth-place starter Riley Simmons was fifth.

Next up for the SLMR Late Models is a trip to northeast Iowa, to another one of Van Genderen's tracks, the Independence Motor Speedway in Independence for the East Series. The next West Series race is June 28th at the Adams County Speedway in Corning.

Karl Chevrolet of Stuart Speedway's next race is on Wednesday, May 14th, for the Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel featuring the Dirt Crown IMCA Stock Car Series and the Eilts Fabrication Hobby Stock Challenge Series from Dirt Crown. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Sport Compacts, and Outlaw Mini Mods round out the card.

For more information about the SLMR Series, check out slmrseries.com, like the Facebook page Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series, or call the SLMR office at 402-342-3453.

For more information about the Stuart International Speedway check out stuartspeedway.net or like the Facebook page Stuart Speedway or contact promoter and owner Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.

Karl Chevrolet of Stuart Speedway

Stuart, Iowa

SLMR Friday Night Special + Weekly Racing
Friday May 9th, 2025

SUPER LATE MODEL RACING SERIES

Malvern Bank Feature (30 laps) : 1. 38T Dylan Thronton (Orcutt, Calif.); 2. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Malvern); 3. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 76 Bliar Nothdurft (Renner, SD); 5. 26JR Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Neb.); 6. 4 JC Wyman (Griswold); 7. 04 Tad Pospisil (Norfolk, Neb.); 8. 35D Dylan Sillman (Avlo, Neb.); 9. 22 Charlie McKenna (Ames); 10. 76H Jason Hahne (Webster City); 11. 6 Jake Neal (Omaha, Neb.); 12. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, Neb.); 13. 24 Bill Leighton (Lavista, Neb.); 14. 42 Fred Remley (Anamosa); 15. 10T Jeff Tharp (Sherrill); 16. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 17. 58 Dave Eckrich (Oxford); 18. 14 Kyle Berck (Marquette, Neb.); 19. 52 Brian Kosiski (Papillion, Neb.); 20. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 21. 33 Paul Glendenning (Mount Ayr); 22. 53 Andrew Kosiski (Lavista, Neb.); 23. 1J Jay Burdic (Malvern); 24. 1 JJ Rodeman (Cairo, Neb.). 

Predator Custom Trailers B-Main (8 laps) : 1. Andrew Kosiski; 2. Schroeder; 3. DeFrance; 4. Eckrich; 5. Rodeman; 6. Burdic; 7. Glendenning; 8. Berck; DNS 44 Troy Daly (Omaha, Neb.); DNS 69J Jay Norton (Omaha, Neb.). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Sillman; 2. Hobscheidt; 3. Hahne; 4. Pospisil; 5. Neal; 6. Andrew Kosiski; 7. Remley; 8. Glendenning; 9. Eckrich. 

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Leighton; 2. McKenna; 3. Zeitner; 4. Schroeder; 5. Tharp; 6. Burdic; 7. Murty; DNS Daly; DNS Norton. 
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Thornton; 2. Brian Kosiski; 3. Wyman; 4. Sobbing; 5. Nothdurft; 6. DeFrance; 7. Rodeman; DNS Berck. 

Qualifying 1 : 1. 04 Tad Pospisil [12.529]; 2. 42 Fred Remley [12.642]; 3. 76H Jason Hahne [12.790]; 4. 6 Jake Neal [12.792]; 5. 35D Dylan Sillman  [12.891]; 6. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt [12.894]; 7. 58 Dave Eckrich [12.924]; 8. 53 Andrew Kosiski [13.009]; 9. 33 Paul Glendenning [13.082]. 

Qualifying 2 : 1. 99X Dallon Murty [12.765]; 2. 26JR Corey Zeitner [12.814]; 3. 22 Charlie McKenna [12.839]; 4. 10T Jeff Tharp [12.861]; 5. 24 Bill Leighton  [13.030]; 6. 15C Curt Schroeder [13.044]; 7. 1J Jay Burdic [13.056]; 8. 44 Troy Daly [13.150]; 9. 69J Jay Norton [NT].  

Qualifying 3 : 1. 76 Blair Nothdurft [12.725]; 2. 99 Jesse Sobbing [12.742]; 3. 38T Dylan Thornton [12.793]; 4. 4 JC Wyman [12.972]; 5. 99D Darrel DeFrance [12.996]; 6. 52 Brian Kosiski [13.149]; 7. 1 JJ Rodeman [13.334]; 8. 14 Kyle Berck [NT]. 

IMCA MODIFIEDS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. B24 Owen Barnhill (Milton, Fla.); 2. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 3. 96 Jaxon Saathoff (Beatrice, Neb.); 4. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 5. 21R Riley Simmons (Ankeny); 6. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 7. 118 Jesse Patterson (Marana, Ariz.); 8. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 9. 36T Jeff Wiggins (Greenfield); 10. 11F Colton Garside (Greenfield); 11. 13 Kaity Sample (Winnemucca, Nev.); 12. 99B Martin Bennett (Ankeny); 13. 14B Scott Bash (Windsor Heights). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Mallicoat; 2. Saathoff; 3. Wiggins; 4. Bennett; 5. Garrett Nelson; 6. Sample; DNS Shute. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Barnhill; 2. Colton Nelson; 3. Simmons; 4. Patterson; 5. Garside; 6. Bash. 

IMCA STOCK CARS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 2. 53R Larry Robinson Jr. (Underwood); 3. 57VG Rowdee Van Genderen (Newton); 4. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 5. 29 Dennis Elliott (Mt. Ayr); 6. 36J Justin Whitehead (Texarkana, Texas); 7. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 8. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 9. 19 Dustin Reeh (Council Bluffs); 10. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids); 11. 34N Thomas Nelson (Stuart); 12. 95 Michael Hotze (Atlantic); 13. V31 Todd Van Eaton (Orient); DNS 8M Austin Meiners (Polk City). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Meiners; 2. Reeh; 3. Elliott; 4. Robinson; 5. Logue; 6. Nelson. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Schafroth; 2. Van Gederen; 3. Solum; 4. Whitehead; 5. Van Eaton; 6. Hill; 7. Hotze.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 18 Mitchell Morris (St. Charles); 4. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 5. 22 Dayton Swatek (Cresco); 6. OLD Bryan Morris (St Charles); 7. 69K Kaden Rice (Mitchellville); 8. 18J Josalyn Elmquist (Boone); 9. 26M Mike Dullard (Winterset); 10. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 11. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward); 12. 81 BJ Charlson (Indianola); DNS 110S Spencer Leonard (Winterset); DNS 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Carter; 2. Dullard; 3. Gustin; 4. Carlson; 5. Rice; 6. Elmquist; 7. Bryan Morris. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Swatek; 2. Longnecker; 3. Mitchell Morris; 4. Havlik; 5. Burke; 6. Leonard; 7. Hilgenberg. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

Feature (16 laps) : 1. 24R Dillon Richards (Beatrice, Neb.); 2. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 3. 96 Skylar Pruitt (Stuart); 4. 81A Alex Yoerger (Pleasant Hill); 5. 5 Dylan Hill (Des Moines); 6. 01A Austin Barnes (Des Moines); 7. 81 Joe Copeland (Omaha, Neb.); 8. 22H Eric Hensley (Mount Ayr); 9. 84B Rusty Bates (Casey); 10. 13B Preston Bright (Indianola); 11. 78B Andrew Burg (Adel); 12. 79 Charles Belew (Adel); 13. 49 Kendal Madesen II (Grimes); 14. 5H Ronnie Hill (Des Moines); 15. 24N Joe Nichols (Lewis); 16. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 17. 14B Keith Burg (Adel); 18. 19 Erick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 19. 16R George Reeh (Missouri Valley); 20. 9B Larry Baldwin Jr. (Des Moines). 

Heat 1 (7 laps) : 1. Richards; 2. Bennett; 3. Pruitt; 4. Dylan Hill; 5. Hensley; 6. Belew; 7. Baldwin Jr. 
Heat 2 (7 laps) : 1. Knutsen; 2. Sabin; 3. Bates; 4. Copeland; 5. Barnes; 6. Madsen II; 7. Nichols. 
Heat 3 (7 laps) : 1. Andrew Burg; 2. Keith Burg; 3. Reeh; 4. Yoerger; 5. Bright; 6. Ronnie Hill. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS

Feature (14 laps) : 1. 46 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 2. F12 Blake Fineran (Norwalk); 3. 12I John Martinez (Beatrice, Neb.); 4. 21 Corwyn Whisler (Des Moines); 5. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 6. 16 Sam Schmitt (Wall Lake); 7. 6D Zach Day (Stuart); 8. 83 Cejay Whisler (Des Moines); 9. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 10. DD214 Joseph Carolus (Des Moines); 11. 72 Daniel Clayton (Fontanelle); 12. 98 Elijah Hoyt (Afton); 13. 3K Carson Hayes (Guthrie Center); 14. 35 Chris Wright (Creston); 15. 92 Cody Robb (Afton); 16. 41 Colbin Funke (Menlo); 17. T13 Braxton Wallace (Greenfield). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Masterson; 2. Corwyn Whisler; 3. Day; 4. Funke; 5. Schmitt; 6. Hoyt; 7. Hayes; 8. Wright; 9. Robb. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Martinez; 2. Gardner; 3. Clayton; 4. Cejay Whisler; 5. Wallace; 6. Fiebelkorn; 7. Fineran; 8. Carolus. 

OUTLAW MINI MODS

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 25L Lucas Daniels (Des Moines); 2. 25B Bobby Daniels (Des Moines); 3. 9B Bradyn Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. Z83 Zackary Schaefer (Creston); 5. 78 Ace Wolfgram (Boone); 6. 25C Chase Daniels (Carlisle); 7. 17J Justin Winkler (Boone); 8. 71 Braxton James (Stanton); 9. 97 Carmeron Burkman (Prairie City). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Lucas Daniels; 2. Chase Daniels; 3. Winkler; 4. Wolfgram; 5. Burkman; 6. Bobby Daniels; 7. Gustin; 8. Schaefer; DNS James. 

Sanders, Hare, Griffith, Anderson, Gardner and Hogan Takes Wins on Night 2 of USMTS Spring Classic

My 2025 racing season got started with 3 nights of flagging races at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway, Frostbuster and then the King of the High Banks. Marshalltown saw 3 fantastic nights of racing all 3 nights and will open up the 62nd season for weekly track points on Friday April 18th. 

I finally adventured to  race where I was not working, I decided to make the trip up to support the Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City for Night 2 of the USMTS Spring Classic. Initially Todd and Janet Staley was not going to promote races in Webster City after not renewing their contract following the 2024 season after the Fair board could not find another option, they went back to the Staley's to see if they would put some races on their this season and they agreed. The first being the USMTS Spring Classic this past weekend.  

Of course, I can't just go to the races and just watch, I have to bring my notebook and camera along to capture the night. A total of 94 cars signed into tame the historic Hamilton County Speedway including 28 United States Modified Touring Series. Other divisions competing was the USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, USRA Tuners and Crown Vics. Todd Staley and the crew at the racing surface in fantastic shape all night long. 

The featured headliner was the 40 lap main event for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt. Joe Chisholm grabbed the top spot lap 1, fending off Tom Berry Jr., but Berry refused to go away and he would snatch up the race lead using the high side on lap two. Rodney Sanders, who won on Friday night made the pass on Chisholm for second place before a caution on lap five when Alex Williamson had a flat tire. Berry held off Sanders on the restart to maintain the top spot as Zack VanderBeek used the low side to grab third place. Sanders applied pressure on Berry on lap 12 but slipped up allowing VanderBeek to get by Sanders for second on lap 13. Berry continued to lead until lap 20 when he clipped a lap car flattening his tire, that handed the lead over to Sanders. Sanders started to pull away but the caution came out on lap 36 and on lap 37 when Tanner Mullens had a flat tire. On lap 38, Kyle Strickler would see his engine finally expire after smoke came from the car early in the race. Sanders held on to capture his 123rd USMTS win and complete the sweep of the weekend. VanderBeek came home second, Jim Chisholm was third, Williamson came back for fourth place finish and Joe Chisholm finished fifth. Kyle Brown, Terry Phillips, Trevor Hughes, Mullens and Keith Foss finished sixth through tenth. 

In the USRA Stock Cars 20 lap feature, Todd Reitzler jumped out to the race lead and pulled away. Brandon Hare from Elma was patient and use the top side of the speedway slowly reeling in Reitzler. As Reitzler encountered lap traffic and took the short distance around the speedway, Hare was using the high side. Hare made the last corner pass to secure the victory by a razor thin margin over Reitzler. Parker Slagle, Dylan Clinton and Derek Green roudned out the top five.

USRA B-Mod sixteen lap feature event saw Decorah's Dan Hovden lead the first 4 laps before 2024 USRA B-Mod National Champion Ty Griffith took the top spot away. Griffith pulled away until the only race catuion came out on lap 14 for David Crimmins in turn four. Griffith went on to capture the win ahead of Hovden, Kaeden Bronner, James Richert and Bryer McCoy.

In the USRA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature, Scott Dobel from Manly led the opening lap before Welcome, Minnesota's Parker Anderson capture the top spot. Dobel would not go away but he was then challenge by Bryce Sommerfeld for second before the only caution came out on lap five when Joshua Monson slowed in turn three. Anderson held off Sommerfeld and Dobel and cruised on to the win. Sommerfeld came home second, Dobel finished third, Dustin Gulbrandson was fourth and Jeremy Crimmins in fifth. 

Michael Gardner from Des Moines used the pole position to his advance by leading all 10 laps of the USRA Tuners feature event. Jeremy Hills from Postville ran second the entire distance, Charles Prime from Britt in third. Christopher Buchanan from Osceola was fourth and Duncombe's Landon Lyon was fifth. Most likely the only appearance of the Tuners this season in Webster City. 

Crown Vics 10 lap feature saw Nate Hogan lead the first six laps before Nick Hogan was able to capture the top spot away. However the caution came out on lap eight when Nick Hogan slowed on the back stretch that gave the lead back to Nate. Nate Hogan went on to take the feature win meanwhile Nick Hogan worked his way back through the field to finish second. Nick Sawdy, Nolan Machovec and T.J. Williams rounded out the top five. 

Next up for the Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City is Friday April 25th and Saturday April 26th with the headliners being the Iron Man USRA Stock Car Series paying $1,200 to win Friday and $2,000 to win on Saturday. USRA Modifieds, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and Crown Vics will also be in action. Hot Laps at 6:45p, Racing to Follow both nights.

For more information on upcoming racing events at Hamilton County Speedway check out hamiltoncospeedway.com.

The Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt is now off until Memorial Day Weekend Swing across two states. Thursday May 22nd for the 12th Annual War in West Union at the Fayette County Speedway, USMTS Spring Challenge on Friday May 23rd at the Hancock County Speedway in Britt, 21st Annual Southern Minnesota Spring Challenge on Saturday May 24th at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota and wraps up on Sunday May 25th with the 12th Annual North Iowa Nationals & Jerry Hejna Memorial at the Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City. 

For more information on upcoming racing events for the United States Modified Touring Series check out usmts.com. 

OFFICIAL RESULTS
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series

15th Annual Spring Classic
Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, Iowa
Saturday April 12th, 2025

UNITED STATES MODIFIED TOURING SERIES

Summit Racing Equipment "A" Main (40 laps) : 1. 20 Rodney Sanders (Happy, Texas); 2. 33Z Zack VanderBeek (New Sharon); 3. 24C Jim Chisholm (Osage); 4. 15W Alex Williamson (Rushford, Minn.); 5. 25 Joe Chisholm (Osage); 6. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 7. 75 Terry Phillips (Springfield, Mo.); 8. 712 Trevor Hughes (Westville, Okla.); 9. 02 Tanner Mullens (Wichita, Kan.); 10. 95 Keith Foss (Winona, Minn.); 11. 58X Gary Christian (Broken Bow, Okla.); 12. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 13. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 14. 80XX Jason Langford (Palestine, Texas); 15. 29H Joe Horgdal (Mantorville, Minn.); 16. 16B Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 17. 57 Duke Erickson (Sioux Falls, S.D.); 18. 92 Tyler Grooms (Trenton, Mo.); 19. 23 Darwin Karau (Kasson, Minn.); 20. 17 Lee Beemer (Fairmont, Minn.); 21. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, N.C.); 22. 97 Cole Anderson (Le Center, Minn.); 23. 55H A.J. Hoff (Mantorville, Minn.); 24. 11X Tom Berry Jr. (Marshalltown); 25. 84 Christopher Elliott (Webster City); 26. 2G Troy Girolamo (Williston, N.D.). 

Real Racing Wheels "B" Main (10 laps) : 1. Mullens; 2. Williamson; 3. Phillips; 4. Anderson; 5. Karau; 6. Erickson; 7. Lopez; 8. Crimmins; 9. Elliott; 10. Beemer; 11. Girolamo; 12. Grooms; 13. 99L Steve Lavasseur (River Falls, Wis.); DNS 50III Brandon Davis (Hayfield, Minn.). 

Simpson Racing Products Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Strickler; 2. Sanders; 3. Joe Chisholm; 4. Ward; 5. Horgdal; 6. Williamson; 7. Phillips; 8. Erickson; DNS Davis; DNS Elliott. 

Fast Shafts Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Berry; 2. Foss; 3. VanderBeek; 4. Christian; 5. Brown; 6. Beemer; 7. Karau; 8. Girolamo; 9. Crimmins. 

Edelbrock Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Jim Chisholm; 2. Hoff; 3. Hughes; 4. Langford; 5. Mullens; 6. Lavasseur; 7. Anderson; 8. Lopez; 9. Grooms.

Hodges Farms & Dredging Qualifying (2 laps) : 1. 50III Brandon Davis [19.014]; 2. 58X Gary Christian [19.226]; 3. 80XX Jason Langford [19.257]; 4. 25 Joe Chisholm [19.301]; 5. 33Z Zack VanderBeek [19.333]; 6. 712 Trevor Hughes [19.350]; 7. 8 Kyle Strickler [19.414]; 8. 95 Keith Foss [19.426]; 9. 24C Jim Chisholm [19.457]; 10. 20 Rodney Sanders [19.510]; 11. 11X Tom Berry Jr. [19.532]; 12. 55H A.J. Hoff [19.568]; 13. 4TW Tim Ward [19.687]; 14. 17 Lee Beemer [19.833]; 15. 02 Tanner Mullens [19.860]; 16. 29H Joe Horgdal [19.899]; 17. 21K Kyle Brown [19.936]; 18. 97 Cole Anderson [19.948]; 19. 75 Terry Phillips [20.068]; 20. 2G Troy Girolamo [20.151]; 21. 99L Steve Lavasseur [20.168]; 22. 15W Alex Williams [20.186]; 23. 35 Bill Crimmins [20.208]; 24. 16B Kaylin Lopez [20.244]; 25. 57 Duke Erickson [20.285]; 26. 23 Darwin Karau [20.302]; 27. 92 Tyler Grooms [20.832]; 28. 84 Christopher Elliott [No Time]. 

USRA STOCK CARS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 56H Brandon Hare (Elma); 2. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 3. 47 Parker Slagle (Eagle Grove); 4. 18K Dylan Clinton (West Union); 5. 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.); 6. 14 Todd Staley (Webster City); 7. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 8. 15 Mitch Hovden (Decorah); 9. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 10. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley); 11. 14W Brady Williamson (Rushford, Minn.); 12. 34K Colby Klaassen (Little Rock); 13. 10J Justin Ades (Webster City); 14. 12 Mason Mitchell (West Des Moines); 15. 95 Chance Larson (Welcome, Minn.); 16. 37 Casey Colsch (Caledonia, Minn.); 17. 10 John Ades (Rippey); 18. 77 Josh Monthei (Jefferson); 19. 11N Nathan Roiger (Sanborn, Minn.); 20. 59 Jeff Lyon (Duncombe); DNS 52W Weston Koop (Rockwell). 

Heat 1 (7 laps) : 1. Hare; 2. Hovden; 3. Klaassen; 4. Green; 5. Mitchell; 6. Colsch; 7. Monthei. 

Heat 2 (7 laps) : 1. Reitzler; 2. Clinton; 3. Slagle; 4. Larson; 5. Whitehurst; 6. Badger; 7. Lyon. 

Heat 3 (7 laps) : 1. Staley; 2. Michehl; 3. Williamson; 4. Justin Ades; 5. John Ades; 6. Roiger; 7. Koop.

USRA B-MODS

Feature (16 laps) : 1. 56 Ty Griffith (Blairsburg); 2. 16 Dan Hovden (Decorah); 3. 42B Kaeden Bronner (Austin, Minn.); 4. 5R James Richert (Comfrey, Minn.); 5. 88 Bryer McCoy (Webster City); 6. RED1 Dan Wheeler (Savage, Minn.); 7. 17B Klay Beemer (Fairmont, Minn.); 8. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 9. 17 Oliver Sackett (Pierson); 10. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl); 11. 74X Eric Baker (Boone); 12. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 13. 16C David Crimmins (Dubuque); 14. 7J Jake Richards (Lansing, Kan.). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Richards; 2. Richert; 3. Hovden; 4. McCoy; 5. McCollough; 6. Baker; 7. Crimmins. 

Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Griffith; 2. Bronner; 3. Beemer; 4. Wheeler; 5. Sackett; 6. Gould; 7. Gilliland. 

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Feature (16 laps) : 1. 47P Parker Anderson (Welcome, Minn.); 2. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge); 3. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly); 4. 6 Dustin Gulbrandson (Sioux Falls, S.D.); 5. 15 Jeremy Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 6. 27X Andrew Inman (Mason City); 7. 25S Joshua Monson (Clear Lake); 8. 61N Nick Brady (Sioux Falls, S.D.); 9. 34 Lincoln Miller (Fort Dodge); 10. 5 Oliver Monson (Thornton); 11. 25 Jacob Monson (Clear Lake0; 12. 55G David Gilliland (Fort Dodge); 13. 27 Brandon Schaer (Clear Lake); 14. 91 Mark Kennedy (Webster City); 15. 13R Adam Rodamaker (Iowa Falls); DNS 35 Riley Crimmins (Fort Dodge). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Dobel; 2. Sommerfeld; 3. Gulbrandson; 4. Joshua Monson; 5. Miller; 6. Gilliland; 7. Kennedy; 8. Rodamaker. 

Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Jeremy Crimmins; 2. Anderson; 3. Brady; 4. Inman; 5. Schaer; 6. Jacob Monson; 7. Riley Crimmins; 8. Oliver Monson. 

USRA TUNERS

Feature (10 laps) : 1. 46 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 2. 69H Jeremy Hills (Postville); 3. 7P Charles Prime (Britt); 4. 14J Christopher Buchanan (Osceola); 5. 59 Landon Lyon (Duncombe); 6. 25 Shawn Kraft (Decorah). 

Heat 1 (5 laps) : 1. Hills; 2. Gardner; 3. Prime; 4. Buchanan; 5. Kraft; 6. Lyon. 

CROWN VICS

Feature (10 laps) : 1. 20N Nate Hogan (Fort Dodge); 2. 20TP Nick Hogan (Fort Dodge); 3. 33S Nick Sawdy (Fort Dodge); 4. 7M Nolan Machovec (Algona); 5. 98T T.J. Williams (Fort Dodge); 6. 21J John Miller (Fort Dodge); 7. 14F Thomas Ford (Dakota City); 8. 78 Mason Machovec (Fort Dodge); 9. 15 Tyler Crimmins (Fort Dodge); 10. 64 Gerald Ford (Webster City); DNS 3T Tyler Pedersen (Pocahontas). 

Heat 1 (5 laps) : 1. Nick Hogan; 2. Williams; 3. Miller; 4. Mason Machovec; 5. Thomas Ford; DNS Sawdy. 

Heat 2 (5 laps) : 1. Nate Hogan; 2. Crimmins; 3. Pederson; 4. Nolan Machovec; 5. Gerald Ford. 

Foxman's Plans for 2025 Racing Season

Now that racing season is just a little over 4 weeks away from Frostbuster Week in Iowa, it's time to announce my plans for the 2025 racing season.

As some know, towards the end of the 2024 racing season, I was mentally worn out from announcing races, and I even took a night off late in the season because of that very reason. Am I still open to announcing races every now and then If I can fit it in my schedule, yes, but it will definitely not be on a weekly basis this season.

As of now, I would say the next time a microphone is picked up is during the high school wrestling season, but time will tell as I am open to filling in if it fits in my schedule.

So as I am putting the 🎤 microphone or 🎧🎤headset microphone down for now in the racing world, other opportunities opened for me.

Jerry Vansickel contacted me about changing things up at Marshalltown Speedway and asked me if I would become the flagman this season. After much thinking and him agreeing to give me a night off when I need it, I accepted to start the season at least on the flagstand and plan to do the whole season. I know I will have to miss at least 1 night in June.

Brandan Long contacted me about Warren County Speedway to flag races as well; after doing some thinking about it, I also agreed and will take over the flagging duties on the flag stand.

Last one, Don Wauters at Brooklyn Raceway asked me to take a big part in making Brooklyn a great track to race. He has asked me to be what I would call Race Director on Race Nights, work alongside Don on helping spread the word about race nights, conduct drivers meetings, and keep track of points as I have done the past several years.

Now by doing flagging and race directing, it means my blog recaps will be limited this season, but that might help limit some of the mental stress. I will still catch some races on off nights and write blog recaps and capture some pictures because I still love to do some of that.

I love this sport of racing and will be fair in every call I have to make. I put my heart and soul into the sport of racing. I know at the end of the day everybody is not going to be happy but I will be fair and consistent.

See you at MoTown, Warren County & Brooklyn!
Foxman