Marshalltown Speedway Wrapped Track Championships and Turns Focus to Special Events

Friday Night at America's Bucket List Track was supposed to be the Historic North 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen Larry & Barb Wollam Memorial Season Championships; however, Mother Nature had other plans as rain rolled in and the lightning in the area forced speedway officials to cancel the races. The final night of track points in Motown is in honor of a great man, Larry Wollam, who raced, owned race cars, and was a promoter at the Speedway before he passed away on August 30th, 1999; this year was to mark the first year honoring his lovely wife, Barb, who passed away on Mother's Day (May 11th), 2025. Unfortunately the races were cancelled, meaning it put a bow on the track championships at Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway.

Larry's view of life still rings true today; some need a reminder of those wise words. I never got to meet Larry in person, but I know his family and the race team live by those words every day.

THE LARRY WOLLAM VIEW OF LIFE

If you think you're beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't, It's almost a cinch that you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost. For out in the world we find - Success begins with a fellow's will, It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are, You've got to think high to rise. You've got to be sure of yourself, Before you can win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go, To the strongest or fastest man. But sooner or later the person who wins, Is the person who thinks he can.

Back to talk about the track points wrapping up, Motown track champions: Kollin Hibdon (Modifieds), Jimmy Gustin (Stock Cars), Brayton Carter (SportMods), Kolby Sabin (Hobby Stocks), Bryan Zehm (Mod Lites), and Spencer Roggentien (Sport Compacts). 

In the IMCA Modifieds, there were 8 different feature winners during the ten track point nights completed, with only Kollin Hibdon and Tom Berry Jr. taking two. Other feature winners were Todd Shute, Logan Anderson, Tripp Gaylord, Cayden Carter, Cody Laney, and Ethan Braaksma. Hibdon captured the 2025 track championship by 36 points over Shute.

IMCA MODIFIEDS

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1. 48K Kollin Hibdon [371] / 2. 5 Todd Shute [335] / 3. 43S Scott Simatovich [289] / 4. 28T Trevor Fitz  [264] / 5. 5G Gatlin Leytham [251] / 6. 21 David Brown [247] / 7. 72 Kolton Osborn [231] / 8. 26J Joel Rust [212] / 9. 82 Jake McBirnie [195] / 10. 11X Tom Berry Jr. [167]

The IMCA Stock Cars also saw 8 different feature winners among the ten track point nights completed, with "The Jammer" Jimmy Gustin and the "Game Changer" Dallon Murty capturing 2 wins apiece. Steve Meyer, Austin Kaplan, Maguire DeJong, Jay Schmidt, Jeff Mueller, and Cayden Carter took the other six feature wins. Gustin captured the 2025 track championship by 29 points over Steve Meyer.

IMCA STOCK CARS

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1. 19 Jimmy Gustin [374] / 2. 94 Steve Meyer [345] / 3. A1A Austin Kaplan [297] / 4. 30M Maguire DeJong [247] / 5. 41 Thor Anderson [246] / 6. 93 Michael Jaennette [235] / 7. 69 Johnathon Logue [233] / 8. 5A Tyler Pickett [190] / 9. 18 Josalyn Elmquist [163] / 10. 19J Jay Schmidt [158]

Rugged Radios IMCA Sport Mods saw 5 different feature winners, with track champion "Speedy Bray" Brayton Carter taking 6 wins on the season. Kyle Olson, Jenae Gustin, Colton Livezey, and Dylan VanWyk captured the other victories.

IMCA SPORTMODS

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1. 01 Brayton Carter [395] / 2. K3 Kyle Olson [352] / 3. 7W Will Wolf [318] / 4. 69K Kaden Rice [312] / 5. 18 Josalyn Elmquist [307] / 6. 19J Jenae Gustin [280] / 7. 57K Ryan King [245] / 8. 9R Tyler Carey [222] / 9. 2X Matt Avila [166] / 10. 22D Dayton Swatek [161]

IMCA Hobby Stocks saw Eric Stanton, Sam West, and Bradly Graham each capture two feature wins, while Braden Gifford captured one. Kevin Sather claimed three feature wins; however, he gave them up when he moved into a Modified during the August 8th show in Motown. Kolby Sabin captured the track championship by 17 points over Corey VanDerWilt and 26 points over Eric Stanton. Sabin also took rookie of the year honors.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

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1. 9 Kolby Sabin [355] / 2. 55X Corey VanDerWilt [338] / 3. 7B Eric Stanton [329] / 4. 12K Eric Knutson [325] / 5. 11B Solomon Bennett [323] / 6. 47SW Sam West [297] / 7. 22K Kael Koch [276] / 8. 17K Briar Kriegel [268] / 9. 7 Brayden Fahrni [258] / 10. 19 Ray Hill [248]

The IMCA Mod Lites saw 8 different feature winners over the 10 track points night, with only Austin Gray and Josh May claiming 2 wins apiece. Other feature winners were Bryan Zehm, Ben George, Charlie Brown, Jon Padilla, Dillon Raffurty, and Jason Masengarb. Zehm claimed the track championship by 27 points over Gray.

IMCA MOD LITES

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1. 46Z Bryan Zehm [377] / 2. 48G Austin Gray [350] / 3. 99 Josh May [282] / 4. 0B Colby Oberembt [263] / 5. 9 Garrison Anderson [247] / 6. 5 Michael Dominguez [217] / 7. 4G Ben George [213] / 8. 9XL Colin Anderson [203] / 9. 5G Tracen Glick [177] / 10. 55 Jaxon Carr [176]

The final division is the Hy-Vee of Marshalltown IMCA Sport Compacts. They competed in nine weekly points nights, and the only two repeat winners were Spencer Roggentien, who won 4 times, and Cristian Grady, who won twice. Curtis Masterson, Mitchell Bunch, and Brad Chandler captured the other three wins. Roggentien captured the track championship by 11 points over Grady and 23 points over Michael Gardner.

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS

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1. 6R Spencer Roggentien [349] / 2. 89 Cristian Grady [338] / 3. 46 Michael Gardner [326] / 4. 22C Ryan Cheney [291] / 5. 75K Kaiden Gosselink [242] / 6. 16 Curtis Masterson [228] / 7. 83B Mitchell Bunch [226] / 8, 13 Conner Adkins [224] / 9. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn [155] / 10. 87T Campbell Tressler [143]

Next up at the Marshalltown Speedway is rescheduled 8th Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial presented by Vinyl Cup Records featuring the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series. Late Models will race in a 44-lap feature for the top prize of $4,500 to win. IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars are $1,000 to win at the time I write this. IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks are $600 to win, with the hope to get them to at least $1,000 to win by Friday. Pits open at 4:30p, grandstands at 5:30p, hot laps at 6:30p, and racing to follow. Grandstands are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors (65+) & veterans, kids (11-17) are $15, and children (10 & under) are free. Pit passes are $35 for ages 3 and up and free for 2 and under.

The following week, Friday, August 29th, the speedway kicks off Super Nationals week with the Karl Auto Group Showdown in Motown. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, and IMCA Mod Lites will all be $1,000 to win. IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks: $500 to win; IMCA Sport Compacts: $250 to win. Pits open at 4:30pm, grandstands open at 5:30pm, hot laps at 6:45pm, and racing to follow. Grandstands are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors (65+) & veterans, kids (11-17) are $15, and children (10 & under) are free. Pit passes are $35 for ages 3 and up and free for 2 and under.

Then Motown will be silent until racing action returns one more time. October 23rd through 25th for the Fast Shaft Harvest Hustle on the High Banks. Thursday, October 23rd, will be practice night with the make-up of the Powder Puff Races. Friday, October 24th, and Saturday, October 25th, will be the racing action; more information will be released in a few weeks.

For more information about the Marshalltown Speedway check out MarshalltownSpeedway.com or call Jerrv Vansickel at (515) 231-4046 or check out Marshalltown Speedway Facebook Page.