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Daytona 500 Rained Out on Sunday But Here is Some Fun Facts!

2012-02-26T22:36:00.000-06:00

Well normally i don't write a blog about the Daytona 500 but i thought i would give some interesting stats on the Daytona 500 that you may or may not find interesting. I did post most of these stats on my personal facebook page earlier today.

9 times the daytona 500 has been won from the pole:
Fireball Roberts 1962, Richard Petty 1966, Cale Yarborough 1968, Buddy Baker 1980, Yarborough 1984, Bill Elliott 1985, Elliott 1987, Jeff Gordon 1999, Dale Jarrett 2000

8 times has a Gatorade Duel winner gone on to the Daytona 500 and won:
Fireball Roberts 1962, Cale Yarborough 1977, Yarborough 1984, Bill Elliott 1985, Bobby Allison 1988, Sterling Marlin 1995, Dale Earnhardt 1998, Dale Earnhardt Jr 2004

Drivers who won the championship the year before and then start the following year off with the Daytona 500 win:
Lee Petty 1959, Richard Petty 1973, Cale Yarborough 1977, Yarborough 1978, Jeff Gordon 1999, Dale Jarrett 2000

Driver to win the Daytona 500 and Championship in the same year:
Lee Petty 1959, Richard Petty 1964, Richard Petty 1971, Richard Petty 1974, Cale Yarborough 1977, Richard Petty 1979, Jeff Gordon 1997, Jimmie Johnson 2006

Drivers to win the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 in the same year:
Fireball Roberts 1962, Cale Yarborough 1968, LeeRoy Yarborough 1969, Bobby Allison 1982

Drivers to win the Daytona 500 and All-Star Race the same year:
Davey Allison 1992, Jeff Gordon 1997, Jimmie Johnson 2006, Kevin Harvick 2007

Drivers to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year:
Dale Jarrett 1996, Jimmie Johnson 2006, Jamie McMurray 2010

Drivers to win the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same year:
Fred Lorenzen 1965, LeeRoy Yarborough 1969, David Pearson 1976, Darrell Waltrip 1989, Dale Jarrett 1996, Jeff Gordon 1997

Dale Jarrett is the only driver to win the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Brickyard 400 in the same year.

8 different manufacturers have won the Daytona 500:
Oldsmobile: 1959, 1979, 1980
Chevrolet: 1960, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
Pontiac: 1961, 1962, 1983
Ford: 1963, 196, 1967, 1969, 1978, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2009, 2011
Plymouth: 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971
Mercury: 1968, 1972, 1976
Dodge: 1973, 1974, 2002, 2008
Buick: 1981, 1982, 1988

Toyota's are still looking for their first Daytona 500 win.

For the first time in the 54 year history of the Daytona 500 was it rained out and postponed until monday thats an amazing feat to have lol

The next time you will get any stats from me will be season ending numbers from the Thunder Dome or stats in the early part of the season at the Marshalltown Speedway.

Exciting Finishes inside the Thunder Dome

2012-02-25T22:12:00.000-06:00

Thunder Dome race returned to the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown for race number six of the winter indoor racing season. The car count was up a little from two weeks ago but still down from the first four shows this year. The competitors that signed in certainly brought a lot of excitement.

First feature up was the Kid Karts which saw Gage Stratton from Amana leading the entire 10 lap feature but he would have to hold off several challenges from Connor Kriegel through out the feature. Kriegel would come home second, Kennedy Davenport was third and Keagan Thompson was fourth.

The Junior 2 Pro Heavy go-kart class would see Tyler Havens from Polk City lead the entire 12 laps and take the win. Mackenze Smith would finish 2nd and Cole Nicoletto was 3rd.

Up next was the Rookies Advanced go-kart class with Brady Kohrs from Independence taking the early race lead. Kohrs would hold on to the lead until Kadence Davenport would make the move and make the pass for the lead on lap 6. Davenport would lead the remaining laps and go on to take the win with Kohrs taking second. Logan Duffy, McKenzie Culbertson and Keegan Havens finished third through fifth. Logan Schmidt and Landon Duffy would round out the the field.

Junior Quads would see four competitors but they would split them up into two features based on experience. In Feature #1, Bryce Paulson from Emmetsburg would take the lead a lead it look like he would hold on too but on lap 9 it was Tristian Rethmeier taking over the lead. Rethmeier would take the win with Paulson in second.

In Feature #2 of the Junior Quads it was Brody Paulson leading the first 11 laps of the 12 lap feature but coming off of turn 4 on the last lap, Paulson was side by side with Hunter Murphy and Murphy would win by a nose at the line over Paulson.

Junior Bikes would see Noah Hovell dominate and take the win with Brandon Hovell finishing 2nd. Brandon Webster and Clayton Moyer would finish third and fourth respectively.

In the Mad Dogg Bikes it was Jayson Beal leading all 15 laps. Brandon Simon and Wade Wessels would finish second and third.

The Amateur Singles saw Clayton Webster get the whole shot victory over Raymond Cross, Brandon Simon and Brad Brickman.

For the Amateur Quads, Justin Sutherlin took the lead and look to be going on to the win even though Rick Reeves was trying to chase him down. Reeves would go on to take the lead from Sutherlin on lap 9, that would be the winning move as Reeves would take the win. Sutherlin finished second and Mark Johnson would finish third. DJ Robinson and Jeff Robinson would not make call for the feature.

Junior 1 Pro Heavy go-kart class would see Nick Rose lead the entire 12 lap feature with Madison Clark taking second.

In the Clone Heavy go-kart class it was Casey Luke taking the early lead. Luke would hold on to the lead until lap 7 when Albert Wolfgram would take the lead, however Wolfgram would experience some trouble and exit the race track shortly after giving the lead back over to Luke. Luke would then have to worry about Chris Burke. Burke would make the move and pass Luke coming off of turn 4. Burke would take the win, Luke, Tony Wolfgram, Clair Messor and Dustin Panos would round out the top 5. Albert Wolfgram, Brandon Sohl and Greg Shimek would round out the field.

Pro Singles feature would see Aaron King from Waterloo taking the whole shot victory. Darren Carter, Brandon Simon, Justin Reed, Clayton Webster and Jayson Beal round out the field.

The final feature was the Pro Quads feature and it was Mark Johnson taking the lead and not looking back as he would take the win. Rick Reeves would try to chase him down but fall short and end up 2nd, DJ Robinson would finish 3rd.

The next Thunder Dome race is on Saturday March 17th. The gates open at 9 AM, hot laps at noon and racing to follow. Admission is $10 which includes a Pit Pass. For more information contact Brian Kauffman at (319) 551-0077 or log on to http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/

Results
Kid Karts
Round 1 Heat #1 - 44K Connor Kriegel

Round 2 Heat #1 - 44K Connor Kriegel

Feature - 1. 1 Gage Stratton (Amana, IA); 2. 44K Connor Kriegel (Marshalltown, IA); 3. 5 Kennedy Davenport (Madrid, IA); 4. 60 Keagan Thompson (Runnells, IA)

Junior 2 Pro Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1- 97 Cole Nicoletto

Round 2 Heat #1 - 14 Tyler Havens

Feature - 1. 14 Tyler Havens (Polk City, IA); 2. 9 Mackenze Smith (Tama, IA); 3. 97 Cole Nicoletto (Des Moines, IA)

Rookies Advanced
Round 1 Heat #1 - 8 Kadence Davenport
Round 1 Heat #2 - 17 Brady Kohrs

Round 2 Heat #1 - 11 Keegan Havens
Round 2 Heat #2 - 17 Brady Kohrs

Feature - 1. 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid, IA); 2. 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence, IA); 3.C10 Logan Duffy (Independence, IA); 4. 18 McKenzie Culbertson (Dubuque, IA); 5. 11 Keegan Havens (Polk City, IA); 6. 19 Logan Schmidt (Tama, IA); 7. Landon Duffy (Independence, IA)

Junior Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 48 Tristian Rethmeier
Round 1 Heat #2 - 27 Hunter Murphy

Round 2 Heat #1 - 48 Tristian Rethmeier
Round 2 Heat #2 - 8 Brody Paulson

Feature #1 - 1. 48 Tristian Rethmeier (Newton, IA); 2. 5B Bryce Paulson (Emmetsburg, IA)
Feature #2 - 1. 27 Hunter Murphy (Emmetsburg, IA); 2. 8 Brody Paulson (Emmetsburg, IA)

Junior Bikes
Round 1 Heat #1 - 22o Noah Hovell

Round 2 Heat #1 - 22o Noah Hovell

Feature - 1. 22o Noah Hovell (Pella, IA); 2. 117 Brandon Hovell (Pella, IA); 3. 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 4. 25 Clayton Moyer (Indianola, IA)

Mad Dogg Bikes
Round 1 Heat #1 - 17 Jayson Beal

Round 2 Heat #1 - 17 Jayson Beal

Feature - 1. 17 Jayson Beal (Waterloo, IA); 2. 74 Brandon Simon (Waterloo, IA); 3. 93 Wade Wessels (Richfield, MN)

Amateur Singles
Round 1 Heat #1- 155 Clayton Webster

Round 2 Heat #1- 155 Clayton Webster

Feature - 1. 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 2. 43 Raymond Cross (Bloomington, IL); 3. 93 Brad Brickman (Richfield, MN)

Amateur Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 19 Rick Reeves

Round 2 Heat #1 - 19 Rick Reeves

Feature - 1. 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines, IA); 2. 8Y Justin Sutherlin (Des Moines, IA); 3. 16 Mark Johnson (Des Moines, IA); DNS- 33 DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA), Jeff Robinson (Des Moines, IA)

Junior 1 Pro Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 0 Nick Rose

Round 2 Heat #1 - 0 Nick Rose

Feature - 1. 0 Nick Rose (Boone, IA); 2. 31 Madison Clark (Laurel, IA)

Clone Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 48 Casey Luke
Round 1 Heat #2 - 17 Brandon Sohl

Round 2 Heat #1 - 48 Casey Luke
Round 2 Heat #2 - 25 Chris Burke

Feature - 1. 25 Chris Burke (Boone, IA); 2. 48 Casey Luke (Cedar Rapids, IA); 3. 32 Tony Wolfgram (Boone, IA); 4. 92 Clair Messor (Marshalltown, IA); 5. 77 Dustin Panos (Protivin, IA); 6. 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone, IA); 7. 17 Brandon Sohl (Corwith, IA); 8. 22 Greg Shimek (New Hampton, IA)

Pro Singles
Round 1 Heat #1 - 40 Aaron King

Round 2 Heat #1 - 40 Aaron King

Feature - 1. 40 Aaron King (Waterloo, IA); 2. 43 Darren Carter (Bloomington, IL); 3. 774 Brandon Simon (Waterloo, IA); 4. 53 Justin Reed (Waterloo, IA); 5. 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 6. 17 Jayson Beal (Waterloo, IA)

Pro Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 16 Mark Johnson

Round 2 Heat #1 - 16 Mark Johnson

Feature - 1. 16 Mark Johnson (Des Moines, IA); 2. 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines, IA); 3. 33 DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA)

Car Counts and Temperatures Down, Thunder Dome Brought Excitement

2012-02-12T17:21:00.001-06:00

After a week off the Thunder Dome returned to the Central Iowa Fairgrounds for the fifth race of the season on February 11th. The crowd and car count was down and many of that could be contributed to the frigid cold temperatures and that northwest wind. The ones that showed up to race on the lightning fast 1/10 mile track or just to watch the races didn't go home disappointed.

First up was the Unlimited All-Stars go-kart class which saw "Turbo" Tim Bontrager from Oxford leading the entire 15 lap feature from start to finish. Mike Jones from Lone Tree was also there but experienced some trouble earlier in the day to force him to not start.

The Kid Karts would see Dayton Filloon from Toledo dominate by winning both sets of heats and then the 10 lap feature. Filloon would lead all of the laps in the feature, Keagan Thompson of Runnells would finish 2nd.

Up next was the Junior 2 Pro Heavy go-kart class with Jamison Hampton and Tyler Havens battle lap after lap. Hampton would lead the first 4 laps before Havens took the lead on lap 5. Havens lead was short lived as Hampton would take it back on lap 7. Hampton would then spin out and that allowed Havens to sneak by and go on to the win as Hampton settled for 2nd.

Rookie Beginner go-kart class would see Keaton Woosley lead from start to finish, Brant Murray would finish 2nd and Gavin Murray would not make the call for the feature because he experienced some trouble earlier in the day.

Rookie Advanced go-kart class were again split up into 2 features. In feature #1, Dallon Murty would take advantage of the pole position and would end up leading all 10 laps and take home the win. Finishing 2nd behind Murty was Kadence Davenport followed by Blake Dullard and Keegan Havens.

In feature #2 of the Rookie Advanced go-kart class it was McKinzie Culbertson leading the first 4 laps, but she would be passed by Logan Duffy on lap 5. Duffy lead the remaining laps to take the win with Culbertson finishing 2nd. Brady Kohrs and Landon Duffy would finish 3rd and 4th respectively.

Junior Bikes would see Brandon Webster dominate and take the win with Brandon Hovell finishing 2nd.

In the Junior Quads it was Dallon Murty leading all 12 laps and take home the win, Dalton Hampton would finish in 2nd.

The Amateur Quads would see only one entry on the day and it was Scott Brown from Des Moines.

For the Junior 1 Pro Heavy go-kart class, Brooke Havens took the early lead but would lose the handle which allowed Nick Rose to get by and take the lead. Rose started to pull away but then a caution came out on lap 8 when Madison Clark would lose the chain off of her car ending her race with just a couple of laps to go. Rose would cruise on to the win though and Havens would finish 2nd. Landon Murray would take home 3rd and Clark would finish 4th.

The Clone Heavy go-kart class would see Kody Havens lead the entire 15 lap feature with only a couple of cautions this time around. Finishing behind Havens was Casey Luke, Albert Wolfgram, Brandon Sohl, Scott Jones, Chris Burke, Josh Banzhaf, Clair Messor and Ryan Gustin.

In the Pro Singles there was only one actual entry and that was Brandon Webster, however Webster would race against both the Junior Bike competitors and promotor Brian Kauffman just so he had somebody to race against.

The final feature on the day was Pro Quads and there was also only one entry on the day and that was Zack Myers. Myers would have fun and he would start the race backwards before doing a 180. Myers was happy even though there was only one pro quad on the day.

The next Thunder Dome race is on Saturday February 25th. The gates open at 9 AM, hot laps at noon and racing at 1 PM. Admission is $10 which includes a Pit Pass. For more information contact Brian Kauffman at (319) 551-0077 or log on to http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/

Results
Unlimited All-Stars
Round 1 Heat #1 - 78 Tim Bontrager
Round 2 Heat #1 - Didn't Race

Feature - 1. 78 Tim Bontrager (Oxford, IA); 2. 00 Mike Jones (Lone Tree, IA)

Kid Karts
Round 1 Heat #1 - 51D Dayton Filloon
Round 2 Heat #1 - 51D Dayton Filloon

Feature - 1. 51 Dayton Filloon (Toledo, IA); 2. 60 Keagan Thompson (Runnells, IA)

JR 2 Pro Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 97 Jamison Hampton
Round 2 Heat #2 - 97 Jamison Hampton

Feature - 1. 14 Tyler Havens (Polk City, IA); 2. 97 Jamison Hampton (Cedar Falls, IA)

Rookie Beginner
Round 1 Heat #1 - 22 Brant Murray
Round 2 Heat #1 - 14 Keaton Woosley

Feature - 1. 14 Keaton Woosley (Conrad, IA); 2. 22 Brant Murray (Hartford, IA); DNS- 8 Gavin Murray (Hartford, IA)

Rookie Advanced
Round 1 Heat #1 - 11 Keegan Havens
Round 1 Heat #2 - 99 Dallon Murty
Round 2 Heat #1 - 11 Keegan Havens
Round 2 Heat #2 - 99 Dallon Murty

Feature #1 - 1. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA); 2. 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid, IA); 3. 71 Blake Dullard (Van Meter, IA); 4. 11 Keegan Havens (Polk City, IA)

Feature #2 - 1. C10 Logan Duffy (Independence, IA); 2. 18 McKinzie Culbertson (Dubuque, IA); 3. 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence, IA); 4. 10 Landon Duffy (Independence, IA)

JR Bike
Round 1 Heat #1 - 22 Brandon Webster
Round 2 Heat #1 - 22 Brandon Webster

Feature - 1. 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA); 2. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella, IA)

JR Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 99 Dallon Murty
Round 2 Heat #2 - 99 Dallon Murty

Feature - 1. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA); 2. 4 Dalton Hampton (Cedar Falls, IA)

Amateur Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 11g Scott Brown
Round 2 Heat #1 - 11g Scott Brown

Feature - 1. 11g Scott Brown (Des Moines, IA)

Jr 1 Pro Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 11 Brooke Havens
Round 2 Heat #1 - 0 Nick Rose

Feature - 1. 0 Nick Rose (Boone, IA); 2. 11 Brooke Havens (Polk City, IA); 3. 22 Landon Murray (Hartford, IA); 4. 31 Madison Clark (Laurel, IA)

Clone Heavy
Round 1 Heat #1 - 17 Brandon Sohl
Round 1 Heat #2 - 99 Kody Havens
Round 2 Heat #1 - 17 Brandon Sohl
Round 2 Heat #2 - 99 Kody Havens

Feature - 1. 99 Kody Havens (Wiota, IA); 2. 48 Casey Luke (Cedar Rapids, IA); 3. 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone, IA); 4. 17 Brandon Sohl (Corwith, IA); 5. 45 Scott Jones (Lone Tree, IA); 6. 25 Chris Burke (Boone, IA); 7. 24 Josh Banzhaf (Marshalltown, IA); 8. 92 Clair Messor (Marshalltown, IA); 9. 91 Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)

Pro Singles
Round 1 Heat #1 - 155 Clayton Webster
Round 2 Heat #1 - 155 Clayton Webster

Feature - 1. 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA)

Pro Quads
Round 1 Heat #1 - 11p Zack Myers
Round 2 Heat #1 - 11p Zack Myers

Feature - 1. 11p Zack Myers (Des Moines, IA)

Jones taking the win late in the Clone Heavy at Thunder Dome Race #4

2012-01-28T21:55:00.000-06:00

After being off since December 3rd for the Coke Syrup Races in Mason City and Des Moines its back to the Thunder Dome for Race #4. We had around 60 entries on the day signed in to compete, hot laps start at noon and scheduled to start racing but got started a little behind schedule but was still done by 7p.

Kid Karts would only have 1 entry and that was Dalton Filloon. Filloon would have fun out there competing even if its by himself.

Jr 2 Pro Heavy would see Tyler Havens take the lead and not look back in the feature. For Havens this would be his 3rd straight feature win in the Thunder Dome. Andrei Allen was 2nd, Cole Nicoletto was 3rd, Christian Kennedy was 4th and Colton Livezey was 5th.

Rookies was split up in to 2 classes Amateurs and Pros, Amateurs were the least experience and Pros the most experience. Rookie Amateurs would go to Keaton Woosley taking win, Brayden Greubel in 2nd, Kamden Criss taking 3rd and Alissa Palsrok in 4th.

Rookie Pros were split into 2 features and in Feature #1 it was Kadence Davenport leading lap 1 but Dallon Murty would take the lead on lap 2. Murty look to be going on to the win but would lose the handle off turn 4 and that would give the win over to Keegan Havens. Logan Duffy would get by and take 2nd, Murty would get 3rd, McKenzie Culbertson was 4th and Kadence Davenport was 5th. In Feature #2 it was Blake Dullard taking the early lead but he would be passed by Brady Kohrs on lap 2. Dullard would get the lead back from Kohrs with just a handful of laps to go giving the win to Dullard. Reid Sorenson would get 2nd. Kohrs and Landon Duffy would finish 3rd and 4th.

UAS 4 Strokes, UAS, KT100 and Stock Mediums were combined for the evening. Timmy Bontrager (UAS 4 Strokes) would take the win with Jason Block (KT100) finishing 2nd. The UAS & UAS 4 Strokes were combined earlier in the date because Brian Nellis was racing at UAS 4 Strokes and KT100 but he left early resulting the the combination of the UAS 4 Strokes and KT100. All will receive points in their respective class.

Jr Quads would see one entry on the day and it was Bryce Paulson from Emmetsburg. Jr Bikes would see Brandon Webster dominate and take the win with Clayton Moyer finishing 2nd.

Amateur Quads would see Zach Myers getting the wholeshot and not looking back, Donny Teninty would take 2nd. Brandon Rice, Mike Webb and Justin Sutherlin rounding out the top 5.

Restricted Box Stock Non Winged Karts had 1 solo entry on the day and that was Riley Plain from Webster City. Plain would use every part of the racing surface even though he was the only entrant on the day.

Madison Clark would the the early lead in the Jr 1 Pro Heavy but would then experience some lap traffic trouble mid-way through the race that would allow Nick Rose take the lead until Rose experienced some trobule and that would allow Mark Maas to take the lead and cruise on to the win. Clark would come back and finish 2nd, Rose was 3rd, Brooke Havens was 4th and Gage Nayes was 5th.

Clone Heavy would see a caution filled feature event, when the racing got going Ryan Gustin would take the lead early but got up with a lap car and brought out the yellow. Casey Luke would be granted the lead lead but Luke would lose the handle coming to the checkered. Meanwhile Mike Jones and Gustin would racing for the win off turn 4 and it was Jones winning by a bumper over Gustin. Banzhaf was 3rd, Kody Havens was 4th, Bryan Nevins was 5th. Kristopher Haak, Jared Daggett, Brandon Sohl, Tyler Nevins, Kyle Wahlert and Albert Wolfgram would round out the field.

Brandon Webster would get the wholeshot in the Pro Singles feature but it was his brother Clayton Webster taking the win. Brandon would settle for 2nd with Clayton Moyer in 3rd.

The final feature of the day was Pro Quads. Spenscer Hopwood would lead the first 4 laps but it Mark Johnson making the pass on lap 5 and going on to win. Drew Ostrander was 2nd, Hopwood would get 3rd, Jordan Brown was 4th and Mike Webb was 5th.

Next Thunder Dome Race is on Saturday February 11th with the gates open at 9a, hot laps at noon and racing at 1p. Admission is $10 and that includes a pit pass for more information you check out http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/

Battle at the Barn IV Brought Excitement On Syrup in Des Moines

2012-01-22T20:54:00.001-06:00

My 2012 racing schedule starts out just like my 2011 one did by attending the Battle at the Barn. Of the 4 years of the Battle at the Barn this was my 3rd to attend and it was a fun day of watching racing, i was standing most of the afternoon/evening need the Carter & DeJong Racing team pit area so thanks for them on letting me do that you guys are a great group of people.

The heat races started at 1:30p and Features were started at 7p it was a great show.

Round 1 heat race winners
Kid Karts : Cruz DeJong & Kennedy Davenport
Quad Jr: Tristan Rethmeier & Mason Merfeld
Putt Putts: Aaron Waller, Conner Ruge & Cole Suckow
10" Pit Bike 12 & Under: Brandon Webster
370 Clones: Ryan Nelson & Eddie Brose
12" Pit Bikes: Joe Weissenburger, Keeton Fleener & Austin Kaplan
Jr 1 Medium: Caymen DeJong & Dylan Van Wyk
16" Pit Bikes: Trent Meimann & Matt Burton
Stock Medium: Zach Axlen & Corey Forsyth
Amateur Bikes: Twitch Stewart
Jr 2 Medium: Ryan Maitland
Pro Singles: Darren Carter
KT100: Johnny Emerson & Ryan Nauratil
Open 4 Cycles: Dusty Trail
Outlaw Golf Carts: Kevin Kirkpatrick
Outlaw Lawn Mowers: Justin Altemeier & Duane Ferguson III
Jr 1 Heavy: Brody Willett
Outlaw 3 Wheelers: Eric Moore
390 Clones: Jason Dunn, Ryan Nelson & Dustin Heath
Open 2 Cycles: DJ Palmer & Josh Higday
Jr 2 Heavy: Ryan Maitland
Quad C: Joe Glick & Mike Adams
Stock Heavy: Jason Dunn & Dusty Trail
Quad Open A: Eric Vanderploeg & Mike Horn
Run What Ya Brung: Josh Higday & Steve Smith
Quad B: Blake Miller & Spenscer Hopwood

Round 2 Heat winners
Kid Karts: Maguire DeJong & Kennedy Davenport
Quad Jr: Kayden Dyer & Mason Merfeld
Putt Putts: Cruz DeJong, Kadence Davenport & Braydn Greubel
10" Pit Bike 12 & Under: Brandon Webster
370 Clones: Jason Dunn & Zach Axlen
12" Pit Bike: Colin Hickman
Jr 1 Medium: Caymen DeJong & Dylan Van Wyk
16" Pit Bike: Austin Kaplan & Matt Burton
Stock Medium: Zach Axlen & Jason Dunn
Amateur Bikes: Mikeal Strable
Jr 2 Medium: Ryan Maitland
Pro Singles: Mikeal Strable
KT100: Steve Smith & Ryan Nauratil
Open 4 Cycle: Dusty Trail
Outlaw Golf Carts: Kevin Kirkpatrick
Outlaw Lawn Mowers: Justin Altemeier & Brandon Patave
Jr 1 Heavy: Michael DeJong
Outlaw 3 Wheelers: Mike Moore
390 Clones: Jason Dunn, Cayden Carter & Thor Anderson
Open 2 Cycle: Mike Hughes & Jeremy Hills
Jr 2 Heavy: Ryan Maitland
Quad C: Rob Crandell & Mike Adams
Stock Heavy: Jason Dunn & Dusty Trail
Quad Open A: Eric Vanderploeg & George Hood
Run What Ya Brung: Ryan Humphrey & Chris Burke
Quad B: Drew Ostrander & Brandon Hagins

After all of the heats were complete b-features, celebrity race and then the buddy races. The B-feature winners were Josh Swanson in 12" Pit Bike, Cayden Carter in 390 Clones, Aaron Young in KT100 and Jamie Gilbert in Quad B.

Celebrity race would follow them and the competitors included Wes Callison (Meteorologist) and Jackie Schmillen (Track Reporter) for KCCI, Toby Kruse (Promotor) and Doug Fritz & Steve French (Iowa Speedway). Kruse would take the lead the lead but would be black flagged handing the win over to Steve French.

Buddy Race was won by Matt Burton and his friend, Burton said it was won on an electric bike.

It was then time for the feature events and the first division on the track for features was the Kid Karts as they were split up into 2 features. In Feature #1 it was Maguire DeJong taking the win, Cruz DeJong was 2nd and Connor Kriegel 3rd, Talan Drake was 4th and Dayton Filloon was 5th. In Feature #2 it was Kennedy Davenport taking the win. Jack Anderson, Luke Daniels, Mason Hausman and Keagan Thompson rounding out the top 5.

Quad Jr would be up next and they were also split into 2 features. In Feature #1 it was Chance Nekola taking the win, Tristan Rethmeier, Kayden Dyer, Dillon Romaneo, Mason Merfeld and Madison Rice rounding out the field. In Feature #2 it was Conner Ruge taking the win, Randy Schmitz took 2nd, Brody Northway was 3rd, Byrce Paulson and Jackson Misel would finish 4th and 5th.

Putt Putts would be split into 3 features because of the big field of 22 karts. In Feature #1 it was Maguire DeJong returning to victory lane for the 2nd time on the night and once again Cruz DeJong would fall short and take 2nd. Aaron Waller, Dallon Murty, Hailee Wendel, Jackson Miller, Brandon Wray and Bobby Daniels would round out the field. In Feature #2 it was Kadence Davenport matching her sister by getting to victory lane. Conner Ruge would end up 2nd and Rich Audas was 3rd. Sammy Smith, Keaton Woosley, Noah Garr and Gabbi Jo Miller would round out the field. In Feature #3, the real show was by Madison Clark as she would go from last to 2nd in 2 laps but infortunately for Madison she would fall short and end up 2nd as Cole Suckow took the win. Kamde Criss, Braydn Greubel, Brant Murray, Trevor Parcel and Jayson Alexander would finish behind Suckow & Clark.

10" Pit Bike 12 & Under was up next and it was Brandon Webster from Ottumwa taking the win. Tyler McClellan was 2nd, Krishyon Grabovskis was 3rd, Ashley Grabovskis was 4th and Mason Merfeld.

370 Clones feature would see a Des Moine Native Bryan Nevins taking the top prize. Ryan Nelson, Zach Axlen, Jason Dunn and Zach Hahn would finish 2nd through 5th.

12" Pit Bike feature when to IMCA Sport Mod Driver Austin Kaplan taking the feature win, Joe Weissenburger would end up 2nd. Colin Hickman, Jake Gould and Devin Reed round out the top 5.

Jr 1 Medium would see another DeJong 1 and 2 finish, this time it was Caymen DeJong taking the win with Michael DeJong in 2nd. Tyler Inman, Dylan Van Wyk & Brody Willett was 3rd through 5th.

In the 16" Pit Bike feature it was Matt Burton on his electric bike winning the feature. Austin Kaplan would end up 2nd, Keeton Fleener was 3rd, Ben Brommel was 4th and Trent Meimann was 5th.

In the Stock Medium feature it was Zach Axlen taking the win with Corey Forsyth, Jason Dunn, Cayden Carter and Eric Vanderploeg right behind him.

Amateur Bikes would see Mikeal Strable taking the win, Jason McClellan, John Houston, Jeremy Flannery and Tim Sears finishing 2nd through 5th.

In the Jr 2 Medium it was Ryan Maitland taking the spot and not really looking back. Dane Balzer, Brayton Carter, Andrei Allen and Taylor Inman would finish 2nd through 5th.

Pro Singles would go to Darren Carter with Jordan Baber in 2nd. Clayton Webster, Matt Burton and Mikeal Strable would finish 3rd through 5th.

Jim's Johns KT100 feature would see the pole sitter Ryan Nauratil taking the challenge by going to the back to win an extra $1,000. Steve Smith would take advantage as he would move to the pole and would go on to the win. Johnny Emerson would finish 2nd and Jamie Ferrell was 3rd. Nauratil would end up 4th and would earn an extra $100 for his effort. Chase Young came home in the 5th position.

Open 4 Cylces would see Dusty Trail take the top honors, Chris Burke would end up 2nd. Bryan Nevins, Cayden Carter and Skyler Prochaska was 3rd and 4th.

In the Outlaw Golf Carts it was Kevin Kirkpatrick taking the win and Josh Kirkpatrick was 2nd. Justin Kirkpatrick came home in 3rd and Russ Haefner was 4th.

Outlaw Lawn Mowers would go to Justin Altenmeier would take the win with Randy Vasseau in 2nd, Duane Ferguson III in 3rd, Brandon Patave in 4th and Marty Murphy in 5th.

Jr 1 Heavy feature would go to Brandon Maitland, Michael DeJong's efforts of doubling up in the Jr 1 division would fall short as he would end up 2nd. Dylan Van Wyk was 3rd, Tyler Inman was 4th and Caymen DeJong was 5th.

Outlaw 3 Wheelers would have only 4 entries and it was Eric Moore taking the win. Mark Johnson, Michael Cook and Mike Moore would finish 2nd through 4th.

In the 390 Clones feature it was Cayden Carter from Oskaloosa taking the win with Eddie Brose in 2nd. Josh Most came home in 3rd, Ryan Frye was 4th and Brad Carter was 5th.

Open 2 Cycle feature saw Mike Hughes make the pass late on DJ Palmer to take the win. Steve Smith would finish 3rd behind Hughes and Palmer. Johnny Emerson was 4th and Jamie Ferrell was 5th.

In the Jr 2 Heavy another business would offer a bonus for the pole sitter to go to the tail, however the pole sitter Ryan Maitland would denie the offer and it was then given to Dane Balzer and Balzer decides to go to the tail. Maitland would lead every lap but the last one as he would run into some lap car trouble and spin out and Andrei Allen would sneak by and take the win. Brayton Carter would finish a close 2nd, Dane Balzer would take 3rd, Kade Higday was 4th and Maitland would finish 5th.

Quad C feature would go to Mike Adams. Clint Brightman, Brnadon Hagins, Donny Teninty and Scott Brown finishing 2nd through 5th.

In the Stock Heavy both Jason Dunn and Dusty Trail were offert to go to the tail for some extra money but both denied. Dunn would go on to the win, Trail would have trouble and end up 14th. Finishing behind Dunn to round out the top 5 was Corey Forsyth, Eric Vanderploeg, Dustin Heath and Zach Axlen.

In the Quad Open A feature it was Eric Vanderploeg taking the top spot midway through the race after experiencing some trouble in the early going. Vanderploeg would go on to the win, Kyle McCarl was 2nd, George Hood was 3rd, Travis Brandt was 4th and Mark Johnson was 5th.

Run What Ya Brung would see DJ Palmer making the trip to victory lane as Ryan Nauratil would finish in a close 2nd. Johnny Emerson was 3rd, Jacob Haws was 4th and Jamie Ferrell was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Quad B feature and it was Brandon Hagins taking the win. Jordan Brown, Drew Ostrander, James Brown and Shawn Smith would finish 2nd through 5th.

For more complete B and A Feature Results you can click on them here: http://www.scribd.com/foxman1987/d/79052621-Battle-at-the-Barn-Features

Races came to an end just a few minutes past 10:30 and meaning i was back home in Marshalltown at shortly after 11:30. Special Thanks to Toby Kruse for letting me attend the Battle at the Barn and i look forward to working for you again at the place "What Friday Nights are Made For".

I also want to thank all the sponsors: Marshalltown Speedway, Knoxville Raceway, Toby K's Hideaway of Boone, Cookies BBQ Sauce of Wall Lake, Iowa Speedway, Karl Chevrolet, IMCA Racing, Golf Cars of Iowa, Allen's Lawn Care and Landscaping, Van Wall Group, Larry Fleck & Sons Trucking LLC, Chase Decals, PodiumInk.com, Jim's Johns Portable Toilets and Econolodge. Special Thanks to the Iowa State Fairboard for making this happen and i am looking forward to Battle at the Barn V in 2013!

For me its back to the Thunder Dome on Saturday (January 28th) after that the Thunder Dome will have races February 11th and 25th & March 17th and 31st before my season starts at the High Banks of the Marshalltown Speedway!

More Coke Syrup Races are coming up on February 3rd and 4th as round 2 of the A Day of Thunder on The Syrup Races Takes place in Mason City at the North Iowa Fairgrounds infortunately i won't be able to attend as i have a couple of basketball games that night to do some pa announcing.

Hope to see you at the races real soon!

Foxman's 2011 Racing Recap Blog

2011-12-22T18:17:00.000-06:00

I began the year with wondering how many races i would be able to attend and the answer was 62 races which was a high for me. I also started the year as a spectator and ended up the year as a public address announcer and writing stories for a speedway and getting the opportunity to do it at Basketbll games during the off season.

My first 6 races of 2011 was Indoor Go Kart Racing with the Thunder Dome and Battle at the Barn races. My first dirt track races were the Frostbusters at Marshalltown, Boone and Vinton.

Some Specials i attend was the Hawkeye Dirt Tour Race at Vinton, Highway 3 Raceway Specials, Races at Iowa Speedway, Stock Car Shootout Races, Harris Clash, Showdown at Mo'Town Kart Races, Iowa State Fair, Super Nationals and Fall Challenge at Oskaloosa

2011 Races attended:
1. Thunder Dome (January 11th)
2. Battle at the Barn III (January 22nd)
3-5. Thunder Dome (January 29th, February 26th & March 5th)
6. Thunder Dome Spring Meltdown (March 19th)
7-9. Frostbusters at Marshalltown, Boone & Vinton (April 1-3)
10. Marshalltown (April 8)
11. Boone (April 9)
12. Vinton (April 24)
13. Marshalltown (April 29)
14. Webster City (April 30)
15. Marshalltown (May 6)
16. Hawkeye Dirt Tour - Vinton (May 10)
17. Allison (May 11)
18. Deery Series - Marshalltown (May 17)
19-20. Iowa Speedway (May 21-22)
21. USMTS - Allison (May 26)
22. Marshalltown (May 27)
23. Webster City (May 28)
24. Memorial Day - Boone (May 30)
25. Allison (June 1)
26. Marshalltown (June 3)
27. Boone (June 4)
28. Boone (June 11)
29. Marshalltown (June 17)
30. Marshalltown (June 24)
31. Iowa Speedway (June 25)
32. Stock Car Shootout - Marshalltown (June 28)
33. Stock Car Shootout/Deery Series - Independence (June 29)
34. Marshalltown (July 2)
35. Harris Clash - Knoxville (July 5)
36. Marshalltown (July 8)
37. Marshalltown (July 15)
38. Iowa Speedway (July 16)
39. Marshalltown (July 22)
40. Showdown at Mo'Town Kart Races (July 23)
41. Harris Clash - Knoxville (July 26)
42. Marshalltown (July 29)
43. Marshalltown (August 5)
44. Iowa Speedway (August 6)
45. Marshalltown (August 12)
46. Iowa State Fair Races (August 15)
47. Marshalltown (August 19)
48. Marshalltown (August 27)
49. Marshalltown (September 2)
50-55. IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals - Boone (September 5-10)
56. Showdown at Mo'Town Kart Races (September 17)
57-58. Havoc on the High Banks - Marshalltown (September 23-24)
59. Fall Challenge Night #2 - Oskaloosa (October 14)
60. Thunder Dome (November 5)
61. Thunder Dome (November 19)
62. Thunder Dome (December 3)

Tentatively my 2012 schedule might be starting at the A Day of Thunder on the Syrup, Battle at the Barn IV or Thunder Dome Kart Races as also i am currently doing pa announcing for the Community College here in Marshalltown.

My first dirt track races will be Frostbuster Week (April 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) as the Frostbuster Week starts at the "Mahaska County Monster" Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa on April 4 and then follow up with dates at Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway in Des Moines on April 5, Marshalltown Speedway on April 6, Boone Speedway on April 7 and Benton County on April 8. That is if i decide to not attend the Spring Shakedown on April 1 at Benton County Speedway in Vinton.

I am also planning to attend a lot of weekly wednesday night shows in oskaloosa this year!

Thunder Dome Race #3 Results

2011-12-10T20:15:00.015-06:00

Sorry I didn't keep any notes at this race as i had a busy weekend of pa announcing with JUCO Basketball and Thunder Dome Kart Races!

Kid Karts
1) 99 Dallon Murty
2) 6 Rolend Stewart
3) 44K Conner Kriegel
4) 51D Dayton Filloon

Rookies/Putt Putts
1) 99 Dallon Murty
1) 19 Logan Schmidt
1) 11 Keegan Havens
1) 71 Blake Dullard
1) 14 Aaron Waller
1) 18 Mackenzie Culbertson
1) 9K Kyler Smith
1) 22 Brant Murray
1) 38X Maguire DeJong
1) 0 Jayson Alexander
1) 17 Brady Kohrs
1) 8 Gavin Murray

Jr 1 Pro Heavy
1) 0 Nick Rose
2) 38 Michael DeJong
3) 7R Walker Ashton
4) 31 Madison Clark
5) 11 Colton Fisher
6) 21 Landon Murray

Jr 2 Pro Heavy
1) 14 Tyler Havens
2) 2M Anthony Moro
3) 28 Blake Cole
4) 9 Mackenzie Smith

Clone Heavy
1) 91 Ryan Gustin
2) 17 Brandon Sohl
3) 1 Albert Wolfgram
4) 25 Chris Burke
5) 14 Josh Omans
6) 48 Casey Luke
7) 99 Kody Havens
8) 5 Tyler Nevins
9) 1 Kyle Wahlert
10) 11 Jesse Brown
11) 24 Josh Banzhaf

Stock Medium
1) 1 Bryan Nevins
2) 17 Brian Hunter
3) 55 Jon Volinkaty
4) 98 Travis Smock

UAS 4 Strokes
1) 48 Casey Luke

Unlimited All Stars (UAS)
1) 57 Scott Badker

Jr Quad
1) 2 Conner Ruge

Amateur Quad
1) 51 Mike Webb

Jr Bike
1) 22 Brandon Webster
2) 25 Clayton Moyer

Pro Bikes
1) 155 Clayton Webster
2) 404 Jake Ransom

Next Thunder Dome Race is Saturday January 28th

Next Indoor Race coming up is the "A Day of Thunder On the Syrup" at the All-Seasons Building on the North Iowa Fairgrounds in Mason City on Friday & Saturday January 6th & 7th

Don't forget to mark your calender for the "Battle at the Barn 4" at the Richard O. Jacobsen Exhibition Center presented by Chevrolet on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Friday & Saturday January 20th & 21st.

Foxman's Bowl Game Match Up Projections

2011-12-02T12:25:00.001-06:00

For the first time in all of the years i have had a blog page i am doing a blog not raced related. As of late i have been doing some pa duties for the Community College in Marshalltown during their basketball games and infact this weekend i will be spliting my duties with 3 Basketball games on Friday, Thunder Dome Kart Races on Saturday and 4 Basketball games on Sunday.

But that is not what the blog is about as College Football Bowl Games matchups are almost out, i am making Bowl Game Projections:

Non BCS Bowl Games
Gliden New Mexico: Wyoming vs Temple
Famous Idaho Potato: Air Force vs Utah State
R&L Carriers New Orleans: Lousiana-Lafayette vs Marshall
Beef O' Brady's St. Petersburg: Florida International vs SMU
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia: Boise St vs Lousiana Tech
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas: TCU vs UCLA
Sheraton Hawaii: Nevada vs Purdue
Advocare Independence: Air Force vs NC State
Little Caesar Pizza: Ohio vs Nothwestern
Belk Bowl: Rutgers vs North Carolina
Military Bowl: Wake Forest vs Toledo
Bridgeport Education Holiday: California vs Texas
Champ Sports: Notre Dame vs Florida St
Valero Alamo: Baylor vs Washington
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces: BYU vs Tulsa
New Era Pinstripes: Iowa State vs Cincinnati
Franklin American Mortgage Music City: Virginia vs Vanderbilt
Insight Bowl: Missouri vs Penn State
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Iowa
Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah
AutoZone Liberty: Louisville vs Mississippi State
Kraft Fight Hunger: Arizona St vs Illinois
Chick-fil-A: Clemson vs Auburn
Ticket City: Ohio State vs Western Michigan
Capital One: Michigan St vs Georgia
Taxslayer.com Gator: Nebraska vs Florida
Outback: Michigan vs South Carolina
AT&T Cotton: Oklahoma vs Arkansas
BBVA Compass : Western Kentucky vs Southern Mississippi
Godaddy.com Bowl: Northern Illinois vs Arkansas State

BCS Bowl Games
Rose Bowl presented by Vizio: Oregon vs Wisconsin
Tositos Fiesta Bowl : Oklahoma St vs Stanford
Allstate Sugar Bowl : Kansas St vs Houston
Discover Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
Allstate BCS National Championship: LSU vs Alabama

Teams that are in bold have already except a bowl bid to those bowl games.

Keep in my this is my projections and based on that should be selected based on the procedures which we all know nobody follows lol

Marshalltown Speedway Banquet and Thunder Dome Race #2 Recap

2011-11-20T14:43:00.001-06:00

On Friday Night the Marshalltown Speedway where drivers were honor for their accomplishments from this past season. Awards that were given was trophies to the top 10 guys in points, rookie of the year awards, best appearing cars and many others. They even honored the Speedway's long time staging area lineup guy Paul as he has been at the track since it open backed in the day and has decided to retire.

On Saturday it was race #2 for Thunder Dome Indoor Racing and we would see around 70 entries sign in for the day to compete on the little dirt bull ring on the Central Iowa Fairgrounds. I was joined by Terrance Prochaska in the announcer's stand to talk about the upcoming A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Races in Mason City in the All Season's Building at the North Iowa Fairgrounds.

The first class of the day was the Hartwig Plumbing Kid Karts, Dallon Murty from Chelsea would take the early lead and not looking back despite numerous challenges by Gaige Stratton from Amana. Stratton took 2nd, Carson Less was 3rd, Connor Kriegel was 4th and Rolend Stewart was 5th.

North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Jr 2 Pro Heavy would see Tyler Havens from Polk City lead the race from start to finish. Anthony Moro would finish 2nd, Randy DeGoey was 3rd and Kenzie Smith from Tama.

J&V Napa Auto Parts Rookies (Putt Putts) were up next and they would have 13 carts signed in so would be split up in 2 features. In feature #1 it was Blake Dullard taking the win with Aaron Waller, McKenzie Culbertson, Landon Duffy and Logan Schmidt rounding out the top 5. In feature #2 it was Kyler Smith winning and Keaton Woosley, Dallon Murty, Brant Murray and Jayson Alexander rounding out the top 5.

Chase Decals Jr Quads was won by Tristan Rethmeier from Newton as there was only 1 entry. Line X of Ottumwa Jr Bikes would see Brandon Webster win with Clayton Moyer taking 2nd.

A Day of Thunder on The Syrup Amateur Quads would see Eric Vanderploeg from Altoona winning. Dan Jensen, Jon Trigg, Scott Pauley and Blake Miller finishing 2nd through 5th.

Slingshot Graphics Jr 1 Pro Heavy would see two different leaders through out the race with Mark Maas and Ashton Gein and when it was all finished up it was Gein with the win and Maas in 2nd. Cassidy Nerland, Madison Clark and Jakob Decker would finish 3rd through 5th.

Next up would be the Combined Class feature. The Combined class included BS Racing Stock Medium, Full Throttle Promotions Unlimited All Stars (UAS), Motorsports Photography UAS 4 Strokes and Comfort Inn of Marshalltown KT100. Casey Luke would lead the early going but be passed by Scott Badker. Luke would take the feature win and the win in the UAS 4 Stroke division. Badker would take 2nd and the win in the UAS division. Charlie Provenzano would finish 3rd and take the win in the Stock Medium. Dylan Koester would finish 4th and 2nd in the Stock Medium. Jason Block would finish 5th and first in the KT100.

River City Muffler Clone Heavy was up next and it was Cody Havens taking the lead early and then Brandon Sohl took the lead on lap 2 but Havens would get it back on the very next lap. Havens took the win with Josh Omans in 2nd, Brandon Sohl in 3rd, Albert Wolfgram was 4th and Tony Wolfgram was 5th.

Max Leathers Pro Singles was up next with Justin Klein getting the wholeshot and not looking back. Jack Klein, Clayton Webster, Levi Layman and Jake Pfalzgraf would round out the top 5.

The final class of the day was the A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Pro Quads would see Chuck Calvert was 1st, Eric Vanderploeg was 2nd, Travis Brandt was 3rd, Dan Jensen was 4th and Ryan Jensen was 5th.

The next race for the Thunder Dome is coming up on Saturday December 3rd. The next PA Announcing duties for me is monday night at the Marshalltown Community College Basketball games that should be fun.

Official Racing Results

Kart Classes

Kid Karts
99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
1 Gaige Stratton (Amana, IA)
48 Carson Less (Hopkinton, IA)
44K Connor Kriegel (Marshalltown, IA)
6 Rolend Stewart (Cedar Rapids, IA)
5 Kennedy Davenport (Madrid, IA)
51D Dayton Filloon (Tama, IA)

Jr 2 Pro Heavy
1) 14T Tyler Havens (Polk City, IA)
2) 2M Anthony Moro (Polk City, IA)
3) 9 Kenzie Smith (Tama, IA)
DQ 14 Randy DeGoey (Knoville, IA)

Rookies
71 Blake Dullard (Van Meter, IA)
9K Kyler Smith (Tama, IA)
14 Aaron Waller (Traer, IA)
4 Keaton Woosley (Conrad, IA)
18 McKenzie Culbertson (Dubuque, IA)
99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
10 Landon Duffy (Independence, IA)
22 Brant Murray (Hartford, IA)
19 Logan Schmidt (Tama, IA)
0 Jayson Alexander (Milo, IA)
11 Keegan Havens (Polk City, IA)
8 Gavin Murray (Hartford, IA)
17 Brady Kohrs (Independence, IA)

Jr 1 Pro Heavy
1) 5 Ashton Gein (Hiawatha, IA)
2) 24 Mark Maas (Epworth, IA)
3) 6 Cassidy Nerland (Williams, IA)
4) 31 Madison Clark (Laurel, IA)
5) 56 Jakob Decker (Peosta, IA)
6) 0 Nick Rose (Boone, IA)
7) 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid, IA)
8) 7 Walker Ashton (Beamon, IA)
9) 10 Logan Duffy (Independence, IA)
10) 36 Alex Bremes (East Moline, IL)
11) 21 Landon Murray (Hartford, IA)

Stock Medium
1) 97 Charlie Provenzano (West Chicago, IL)
2) K Dylan Koester (Webster City, IA)

Unlimited All-Stars (UAS)
1) 57 Scott Badker (Klemme, IA)

KT 100
1) 54 Jason Block (Mount Vernon, IA)

UAS 4 Strokes
1) 48 Casey Luke (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Clone Heavy
1) 99 Cody Havens (Ankeny, IA)
2) 17 Brandon Sohl (Corwith, IA)
3) 14 Josh Omans (Garner, IA)
4) 1 Albert Wolfgram (Boone, IA)
5) 32W Tony Wolfgram (Boone, IA)
7) 97 Charlie Provenzano (West Chicago, IL)
8) 77 Derek Hodges (Des Moines, IA)
DQ 46 Kendall Davis (Des Moines, IA)

Jr Quad
48 Tristan Rethmeier (Newton, IA)

Amateur Quads
1) 57 Eric Vanderploeg (Altoona, IA)
2) 21 Dan Jensen (Red Oak, IA)
3) 4 Jon Trigg (Madrid, IA)
4) 14 Scott Pauley (Nashua, IA)
5) 51 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
6) 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines, IA)

Pro Quads
1) 61 Chuck Calvert (Madison, WI)
2) 57 Eric Vanderploeg (Altoona, IA)
3) 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines, IA)
4) 21 Dan Jensen (Red Oak, IA)
5) 161 Ryan Jensen (Neola, IA)
6) 237 Kevin Veon (Greenfield, IA)
7) 404 Jordan Groves (Massena, IA)
8) 51 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
9) 103 Jeremy Johnson (Plainfield, IA)

Bike Classes
Jr Bikes
1) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
2) 25 Clayton Moyer (Indianola, IA)

Pro Singles
1) 82 Justin Klein (Waterloo, IA)
2) 24 Jack Klein (Waterloo, IA)
3) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
4) 404 Levi Layman (Muscatine, IA)
5) 82X Jake Pfalzgraf (Waterloo, IA)

Sohl wins Clone Heavy's during Thunder Dome Race #1

2011-11-06T12:30:00.000-06:00

Back for its 2nd season inside the Thunder Dome on the Central Iowa Fairgrounds, Full Throttle Promotions was very happy after race 1 as there was 63 entries sign in to do battle. The track was in great shape and drivers were pretty pleased and plan to return to the Thunder Dome meanwhile track crews immediately looked at the issues to take care before the next races.

First feature of the day was the North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Jr. 2 Pro Heavy in which it was Jamison Hampton from Cedar Falls taking lead and not looking back but not only that Hampton would sweep the day as he would take the heats also on the day. Jonathan Hughes was 2nd, McKenzie Smith was 3rd and Tyler Havens was 4th.

In the Hartwig Plumbing & Heating Kid Karts would see a familiar face in victory lane as it would be young Gage Stratton from Amana leading the race from start-to-finish. Connor Kreigel from Marshalltown, Kennedy Davenport, Carson Less and Dayton Filloon rounding out the field.

Chase Decals of Ames Jr. Quads would see Tristan Rethmeier from Newton sweep the day by winning both heat races and the feature over Dalton Hampton from Cedar Falls.

J&V Napa Auto Parts Rookie (also known as Putt Putts) would see Tama's Logan Schmidt lead the race from start to finish. Kyler Smith was 2nd, McKenzie Culbertson was 3rd, Keegan Havens was 4th and Keaton Woosley wsa 5th. Heat winners were Schmidt, Havens in round 1, Smith and Culbertson in round 2.

Because of car counts we had a Combined Class which consisted of the Full Throttle Promotions Unlimited All-Stars (UAS), BS Racing Stock Medium, Motorsports Photography UAS 4 Stroke and Comfort Inn of Marshalltown KT100. Thor Anderson from Bondurant won the feature event driving a Stock Medium, Casey Luke was 2nd in his UAS Support 4 Stroke, Jason Block was 3rd in his KT100 and Scott Badker would not start as he experience trouble in hot laps in his UAS kart. All of them will earn points in there respective divisions.

Line X of Ottumwa Jr. Bikes would see Brandon Webster from Ottumwa clean sweep the day by winning both heats and the feature. Clayton Moyer from Indianola was 2nd and Noah Marquez was 3rd.

Mad Dog Bikes sponsored by Line X of Ottumwa would Aaron Dowdell and David Arnold, both from Marshalltown split the heat races. In the feature it was Dowdell taking the win and Arnold taking 2nd.

Slingshot Graphics Jr. 1 Pro Heavy would see an exciting race as it was Mark Maas taking the early lead but that lead would be short lived as Nick Rose would take the lead on lap 4. Rose would lose the lead to Carter Young on lap 10. Young would go on to the win. Ashton Gein, Walker Ashton , Madison Clark and Kadence Davenport would round out the top 5. Heat winners were Maas and Clark in Round 1, Maas and Young in round 2.

Max Leathers Pro Singles were up next and it was Justin Klein taking the win with Jack Klein in 2nd, Jake Pfalgraf was 3rd and Clayton Webster was 4th.

A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Amateur Quads would see Eric Vanderploeg take the lead early and go on to take the win and DJ Robinson was 2nd. Blake Miller filling in for Matt Webb, who broke his wrist after rolling his 4 wheeler in the 2nd heat race of the day, was 3rd, Josh Beukeme was 4th and Jeremy Robinson was 5th. Jeremy Robinson and Vanderploeg taking the wins in the heats.

River City Muffler Clone Heavy would see 11 carts sign in to do battle and it was Brandon Sohl taking the early lead but "Showtime" Josh Banzhaf would take the lead on lap 3. Banzhaf would be passed again by Sohl on lap 4 and it was Sohl that would go on to the win despite being challenged by Banzhaf, Ryan Gustin and Ross Young. Banzhaf would finish 2nd, Albert Wolfgram was 3rd, Young was 4th and Chris Burke was 5th.

The final class of the day was the A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Pro Quads and it was Eric Vanderploeg taking lead and looked to be heading to the win but would experience some troubles late in the race that allowed Tyler Hammons from Fremont, Nebraska taking over the lead and the win . Tyler Ringle from Omaha was 2nd, Josh Beukeme was 3rd, Jeremy Johnson was 4th and Vanderploeg was 5th.

Next Race for the Thunder Dome Indoor Dirt Racing is Saturday November 19th. Gates Open at 9a, Hot Laps at Noon and Racing at 1p. For more information about upcoming races check out http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/

Some Pre-Race Photos along with Victory Lane Photos can be found at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150450042267195.425203.333727462194&type=1

Racing Results

Kart Classes
Jr 2 Pro Heavy
1) 97 Jamiston Hampton
2) 76 Jonathan Hughes
3) 9 McKenzie Smith
4) 14 Tyler Havens

Kid Karts
1) 1 Gage Stratton
2) 44K Connor Kriegel
3) 5 Kennedy Davenport
4) 48 Carson Less
5) 51D Dayton Filloon

Rookies
1) 19L Logan Schmidt
2) 19K Kyler Smith
3) 18 McKenzie Culbertson
4) 11 Keegan Havens
5) 14 Keaton Woosley
6) 22 Brant Murray
7) 0 Jayson Alexander
8) 18G Gavin Murray

Unlimited All-Stars
1) 57 Scott Badker

KT100
1) 54 Jason Block

Stock Medium
1) 4 Thor Anderson

UAS 4 Strokes
1) 48 Casey Luke

Jr 1 Pro Heavy
1) 13 Ross Young
2) 5 Ashton Gein
3) 7 Walker Ashton
4) 31 Madison Clark
5) 8 Kadence Davenport
6) 0 Nick Rose
7) 26 Preston Stoecker
8) 52 Carter Koop
9) 24M Mark Maas
10) 21 Landon Murray

Quad Classes
Jr Quads
1) 48 Tristian Rethmeier
2) 4 Dalton Hampton

Amateur Quads
1) 57 Eric Vanderploeg
2) 33 DJ Robinson
3) 51 Blake Miller (filling in for Matt Webb)
4) 171 Josh Beukeme
5) 18 Jeremy Robinson

Pro Quads
1) 5H Tyler Hammons
2) 690 Tyler Ringle
3) 171 Josh Beukeme
4) 103 Jeremy Johnson
5) 57 Eric Vanderploeg

Bike Classes
Jr Bikes/Pit Bikes
1) 22 Brandon Webster
2) 25 Clayton Moyer
3) 13 Noah Marquez

Mad Dog Bikes
1) 57 Aaron Dowdell
2) 34 David Arnold

Pro Singles
1) 82 Justin Klein
2) 24 Jack Klein
3) 82X Jake Pfalgraf
4) 155 Clayton Webster

Go Karts, Quads and Bikes Winter Season!

2011-10-27T13:36:00.000-05:00

This winter there will be alot of racing available for Go-Karts, Quads and Bikes as there will be several racing events happening. Those events include the Thunderdome, Battle at the Barn IV and A Day of Thunder on Syrup Races.

First up is the Thunderdome Indoor Dirt Racing returns for its 2nd season at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds after a successful first season. The Thunderdome will be open this Saturday October 29th for a practice session from 1-5p, the gates open up at Noon and a Pit Pass $15 will be charged to everybody wanting to attend. The first race inside the thunderdome will be next Saturday November 5th with the gates opening at 9, Sign in from 9a to 11:30a, Drivers Meeting at 11:45a, Hot Laps at Noon and Racing at 1p. Pit Pass $10 for the Thunderdome races, Kids 7 & Under are Free unless they are participating.

Races will also take place inside the Thunderdome on November 19th, December 3rd, January 28th, February 11th, February 25th, March 17th and March 31st. The classes scheduled to compete inside the Thunderdome is: Rookie/Putt Putts, Kid Karts, Jr. 1 Pro Heavy, Jr. 2 Pro Heavy, Stock Medium, UAS 4 Stroke Support Class, Clone Heavy, Yamaha KT100, UAS, Jr Quads, Amateur Quads, Open Pro Quads, Jr Bike, Pit Bike, Mad Dogg Bikes, Open Amateur Singles, Open Pro Singles and Lawnmowers.

Second up is the Inaugural A Day of Thunder on the Syrup at the North Iowa Fairgrounds in Mason City in January and February. The will be a practice session on Friday and Racing on Saturday. The dates are January 6th-7th and February 3rd-4th in 2012. On Friday's, Doors Open at Noon at Practice from 5-9p and on Saturday its doors open at 8a, registration from 8a-11a, Practice from 11a-12p, Heats at 12:30p and Features at 6p. Pit Passes at $20 a day or $35 for 2 days. General Admission is $10, Students (6-12) are $5 and Kids (5 & Under) Free. Electric hook up $10 and all entrants will be pitted inside until the indoor pits are filled up.

Classes competing during the A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Races are Kid Karts, Rookies/Putt Putts, Jr 1 Medium, Jr 1 Heavy, Jr 2 Medium, Jr 2 Heavy, Stock Medium, Stock Heavy, Clone Medium, Clone Heavy, KT100, Open 4 Cycle, UAS, Jr Bike, Jr Quad, Pit Bike, Mad Dog Bike, Amateur Bike, Pro Bike, Twins, Quad C, Quad B, Quad A, Outlaw Golf Carts.

Last but not least its the 4th Annual Battle at the Barn IV taking place at the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center presented by Chevrolet on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on January 20th and 21st, 2012. On Friday Night January 20th its an Open Practice session from 6p-10p, doors will open at Noon. On Saturday January 21st, Doors Open at 9a, Practice from 11a-12:30p, Heats start at 1:30p and Features at 7p. Pit Passes $20 a day or $35 for 2 days. General Admission is $5 on Friday and $13 for adults on Saturday with children 10 & under free. Electric hook ups available for $10 and all entrants will be pitted inside.

Classes competing at the Battle at the Barn is Putt Putts, Kid Karts, Jr 1 Medium, Jr 2 Medium, Jr 1 Heavy, Jr 2 Heavy, 370 Clones, 390 Clones, Stock Medium, Stock Heavy, KT100, Open 4 Cycle, Open 2 Cycle, Run What Ya Brung, Jr Pit Bike, 10" Pit Bike, 12" Pit Bike, 16" Bike, Amateur Bikes, Pro Singles, Pro Twins, Outlaw Golf Carts, Outlaw 3 Wheelers, Outlaw Lawn Mowers, Jr Quad, Quad C, Quad B and Quad Open A.

For more information about the Thunderdome check out http://www.thunderdomeiowa.com/, A Day of Thunder on Syrup races check out http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/A-Day-of-Thunder-on-Syrup-Mason-City-Iowa/183092618439646 and Battle at the Barn IV check out http://www.battleatthebarn.com/.

Or you can contact Brian Kauffman and Full Throttle Promotions about the Thunderdome or any questions about the A Day of Thunder on Syrup Races at 319-551-0077 or FTPIowa@gmail.com or you can contact Terrance Prochaska about Event Sponsorship and Lodging information about the A Day of Thunder on Syrup Races at 515-689-4654 or terrancepro@hotmail.com. Meanwhile you can contact Toby Kruse and Kruse Motorsports about the Battle at the Barn IV at 515-432-4703 or marshalltownspeedway@hotmail.com.

2011-2012 Winter Season Schedule
October 29th, 2011 - Thunderdome Practice 1-5p (Dirt)

November 5th, 2011 - Thunderdome Race #1

November 19th, 2011 - Thunderdome Race #2

December 3rd, 2011 - Thunderdome Race #3

January 6th, 2012 - A Day of Thunder On Syrup Practice 5-9p
January 7th, 2012 - A Day of Thunder on Syrup Race #1

January 20th, 2012 - Battle at the Barn IV Practice 6-10p
January 21st, 2012 - Batle at the Barn IV Races

January 28th, 2012 - Thunderdome Race #4

February 3rd, 2012 - A Day of Thunder on Syrup Practice 5-9p
February 4th, 2012 - A Day of Thunder on Syrup Race #2

February 11th, 2012 - Thunderdome Race #5

February 25th, 2012 - Thunderdome Race #6

March 17th, 2012 - Thunderdome Race #7

March 31st, 2012 - Thunderdome Race #8

Marshalltown Speedway 2011 Banquet and 2012 Schedule

2011-10-27T12:50:00.001-05:00

The 2011 season maybe over but we still have some business to take care as the speedway perpares for the 2012 season, the annual Marshalltown Speedway Banquet is coming up on Friday Night November 18th at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds Activity Building.

The cost for the banquet is $20 per person which covers the cost your meals and drinks (soda and beer), DJ to entertain after the awards. The banquet is open up to all racers, crew members and fans. You can RSVP by e-mail (marshalltownspeedway@hotmail.com) or calling the office at 515.432.4703.

After the Marshalltown Speedway staff set their sights on the annual Battle at the Barn, which again will be taking place at the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center presented by Chevrolet (Iowa State Fairgrounds) on Friday and Saturday January 20th and 21st, 2012. For more information read the above blog talking Kart racing.

Then the sights set on the 2012 season at the Marshalltown Speedway which will begin with the Car Show/Open Practice/Fan Apperciation Cook Off on Sunday April 1st. Drivers, car owners and fans are invited out to the fairgrounds during the day where the race cars will be on display and drivers will sign autographs, free cook out followed by a practice session from 5-8pm.

Then Friday Night April 6th the Speedway Opens up with the Tri-County Heating and Cooling Annual "Frostbuster". The following friday night the Wolf Seeds "Chase for the Championship" begins on April 13th and run every friday through August 31st.

Mark your calenders for the the additional special events as well which include the 7th Annual "Miller Lite 50" IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models event scheduled for Tuesday night, May 22nd, the Toby K's Hideaway "1K Shootout" on Tuesday July 3rd, Friday Night July 20th, the IMCA Modifieds will race for $1,000 to win on the heels of Knoxville Raceway's annual "Harris Clash" for Modifieds. The season will wrap up when racers from across the nation and Canada merge to Marshalltown for the 6th Annual Toby K's Hideaway "Havoc on the Highbanks" secheduled for Friday and Saturday September 21st and 22nd.

But that is not all as the Marshalltown Speedway and the Independence Motor Speedway will have a bonus program this year called "The Road to Indy". Any driver winning heats races in back-to-back nights at Marshalltown and Indee they will earn a free pit pass for the following week at both tracks and if any drivers finish in the top 4 spots in the features at both tracks they will earn a $50 cash bonus.

For more information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/

Bonnett, Carter, VanderBeek and Wood winners at the 25th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge

2011-10-16T13:07:00.002-05:00

I made my annual fall trip to the "Mahaska County Monster" the Southern Iowa Speedway for the Silver Anniversary of the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge. This race would also be the last for Track Promotors Todd and Janet Staley.

On Friday Night there was interesting twist to the program as drivers that finished in the top 8 on friday night's features would have the option to take a guaranteed starting spot on saturday or take the money. Most of them would just keep their starting spot for saturday.

Saturday Night would bring another full night of racing with a draw-redraw format. I was well welcomed by Todd Staley when i arrived and want to thank him for letting me attend the event again.

USRA Hobby Stocks was up first for their 25 lap feature. It was the racing veteran Bill Bonnett taking the lead from the pole (a position he earned on friday). It appeared Bonnett would be walking away with the event but then Donavon Nunnikhoven and Clayton Crump would chase him down and make a move on Bonnett on lap 15 and 16. Bonnett didn't give up as he would get back by both of them and take the lead back on lap 24. Bonnett took the win and Nunnikhoven was 2nd. Crump would cross in 3rd but would be diaqualifed in post race tech inspection moving Adam Cline to 3rd, Steve Larson to 4th and Chris Hovden to 5th.

Musco Ligthing USRA Modifieds feature would see the "Z-Man" Zack VanderBeek take the lead from the outside front row. VanderBeek would not be slowed even when he started hitting the lap traffic. The race had 2 race cautions, first one on lap 15, first one was the ambulance and then the 2nd one on lap 16 for Colt Mather getting into the turn 2 wall. VanderBeek would lead the final 9 laps to take the victory, Steve Blattler was 2nd, Ron Ver Beek was 3rd, Kurt Kile was 4th and Bob Timm would end up 5th.

Carter's Manufacturing USRA B-Mods feature would start off wild as Carter Vandenberg would hit a tractor tire down in the bottom of turn 2 and that would send him air borne and would flip 5-7 times before coming to a rest on his wheels. Vandenberg would climb from his car and be okay just a little shaken up, the car however would be destroyed.

When then race got going it was Vandenberg's Cousin Cayden Carter taking the race lead and it appeared nothing was going to slow him down but then another race caution came out on lap 10, this cousin was for Bobby Greene in turn 3. Carter wouldn't let that bother him as again he would start pulling away until the next race caution came out on lap 20 for Gene Claxton in turn 2. Carter and the field would see the caution again 2 laps later for a big tractor tire on the race track in turn 2. Carter would still manage to hold everybody off and take the win which was his 31st win of the year. Bryon Weyer would start 2nd and finish 2nd, Jason Mallicoat was 3rd, Jake Timm was 4th and Jared Timmerman was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars and it was Nathan Wood taking the lead from the outside front row but just after 1 lap was completed the caution would come out for Chad Walter and Dan Christopher would get together in turn 2, Walter would keep going but Christopher would bring out the yellow and be only one sent to the tail. Wood again would resume command but Shane Weller would stay close and behind them there would some great 3 to 4 wide racing battles behind them. The final race caution came out on lap 16 for Dan Christopher in turn 4. Wood would have to now battle with Weller and Jackson the last 9 laps but manage to hold off both of them and take the win. Weller, Jackson, Matt Greiner and Mike Van Genderen would round out the top 5.

Racing would come to an end at 12:17 am putting an end to the tenure of Todd and Janet Staley at the Southern Iowa Speedway as they would look to put their focus on getting the United States Racing Association (USRA) sanctioning body to more tracks around the country. The Southern Iowa Fairboard will be starting a search for a new promotor for the "Mahaska County Monster".

Meanwhile thanks to Todd and Janet Staley for the past several years at the "Mahaska County Monster" and also thanks goes out to Terry and Jenni Hoeing for the past 14 years at Lee County Speedway. I have had a chance to meet all of you and you are all very friendly to everybody.

Friday Night Results from Osky are at http://www.usraracing.com/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=11886
Saturday Night Results from Osky are at http://www.usraracing.com/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=11893

Some photos i took from in the pits at Osky are now posted at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150421428722195.418692.333727462194&type=1

Duffy takes Checkers, Elliott wins HDT Tour Title on Night #2 of the Havoc on the High Banks

2011-09-25T01:39:00.001-05:00

Night number two would bring us a lot of great racing action as we would have 7 classes in competition. This night would not disappoint the fans that were in attendance at all. Fans also learned the Sport Compacts will be added to the speedway weekly in 2012.

The first feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts and it was the Racing Veteran Merv Chandler leading the race from start to finish in the green-to-checkered event. Brad Chandler took 2nd with Tyler Whalen in 3rd, Bill Whalen in 4th and Dave Moorman in 5th.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites feature would see Colby Oberembt take the early lead and nothing seem to be able to stop including 2 race cautions on lap 8 and 10. Oberembt would take the win with Josh May, James May, Joel Huggins and Dustin Forsberg rounding out the top 5.

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks would go green-to-checkered and it was Bret Moyer leading all 12 laps and taking the win and claiming the Dirt Truck Championship. Carl Moyer took 2nd, Brad Moyer in 3rd, Tony Moro in 4th and Rick Clark in 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks would see a caution before a lap would be completed. When the race did get going it would go 15 laps caution free with Scott Pippert leading all the laps. Eric Knutson was 2nd, Tyler Pickett was 3rd, Kenny Loftus was 4th and Eugene Nicklas was 5th.

Next up would be the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods feature and it was Jake Strayer leading the first lap. Clint Luellen would get by Strayer and take the lead on lap 2, a lead in which Luellen would hold until lap 10. Cayden Carter would use a lap car as a pick and get by Luellen for the lead, a lap later the caution would fly twice. Carter would hold off all challenges and take the win with Tyler Droste, Clint Luellen, Jenae Gustin and Carter Van Den Berg rounding out the top 5.

In the Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature it was Dave Atcher taking the lead early but then the caution would fly on lap 2 and 3. Atcher would still remain out front but Jay Schmidt would make the bottom side work and make the pass for the lead on lap 6. Schmidt would hold the lead until the caution waved again on lap 13. On the restart, Jay Schmidt would have to deal with 19th place starter Brian Irvine, Irvine would make the pass and take the top spot. Irvine and the field would see the caution flag fly again on lap 14, 15 and 17 but would manage to cruise on to the win. Schmidt would finish 2nd with 24th place starter Damon Murty in 3rd, Atcher in 4th and Andy Bryant in 5th.

The final feature of the night was the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds, a feature that would bring us 3 and 4 wide racing through the 30 laps. Mark Elliott would take the early lead only to see the caution come out after completion of lap 1 and 2. Elliott would have himself in a 5 car battle for the top spot on lap 6 but continue to lead it. Elliott would lead it depsite a caution on lap 13 but the caution on la 16 would change things. Elliott would be passed by Adam Larson on the restart, Larson's lead was short lived as Darin Duffy would get by on lap 21. Duffy would manage to take the win despite cautions on lap 23 and 24. Finishing behind Duffy was Jon Snyder, Todd Shute, Adam Larson and Richie Gustin. Mark Elliott would finish 6th but end up with the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour Championship.

Next up for the Marshalltown Speedway will be the Annual Awards Banquet on November 4th and will take place at the Activities Building on the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown. The next racing event at the speedway will be in April.

Official Results

IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat - 22 Brad Chandler

Feature
1. 2 Merv Chandler; 2. 22 Brad Chandler; 3. 07 Tyler Whalen; 4. 00W Bill Whalen Jr.; 5. 6M Dave Moorman; 6. 8M Max Leonard; 7. 12 Dallas Chandler; 8. 22T Travis Losenicky; 9. 51 Bryce Bailey

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 0B Colby Oberembt
Heat 2 - X50 Joel Huggins

Feature
1. 0B Colby Oberembt; 2. 99 Josh May; 3. 88 James May; 4. X50 Joel Huggins; 5. 3G Dustin Forsberg; 6. 5 Troy Hudson; 7. 95 Mike Kennedy; 8. 8 Dusty Masolini; 9. 5X Matthew Goodin; 10. 46Z Bryan Zehm; 11. 46 Kevin Grisham; 12. 9 Rick Taylor; 13. 23 Michael Parcel; 14. 16 Angelo Montgomery; 15. 57 Tim Hennigar; 16. 20 Jeff Stensland; 17. 1H Kenny Hake; DNS- 73 Jason Smithson

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - 3 Carl Moyer
Heat 2 - 98 Bret Moyer

Feature
1. 98 Bret Moyer; 2. 3 Carl Moyer; 3. 21 Brad Moyer; 4. 2M Tony Moro; 5. 7X Rick Clark; 6. 95 Lou Siplot Jr.; 7. 13 Craig Ford; DNS- 35 Blake Henry

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 79 Josh Irvin
Heat 2 - 4X Gary Pfantz
Heat 3 - 52X Kevin Fee

Feature
1. 47 Scott Pippert; 2. 12K Eric Knutson; 3. 5A Tyler Pickett; 4. 18L Kenny Loftus; 5. 86 Eugene Nicklas; 6. 79 Josh Irvin; 7. 50 Heath Tulp; 8. 29 Jake Nelson; 9. 96 Christopher Wiltse; 10. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven; 11. 4X Gary Pfantz; 12. 3A Austin Luellen; 13. 35 Rex Bonnett; 14. 166 Justin Lichty; 15. 52X Kevin Fee; 16. 2P Cale Peterson; 17. 47W Shawn Wirtz; 18. 500 Garrett Eilander; 19. 24B Brandon Brinton; 20. 07 Jacob Keiser; 21. 9 Andrew Arends; DNS - 26 Brice Udelhoven

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 18J Jake Strayer
Heat 2 - 19J Jenae Gustin
Heat 3 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 4 - 777 Jayme Duinink

B-Feature (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 23JR Nick Roberts; 2. 98 Bill Hildreth; 3. 29 Sean Vogt; 4. 28P Rick Paulson; 5. S91 Nic Shearer; 6. 87 Aric Becker; 7. 42 Tyler Neckart; 8. 72 Mike Hogencamp; 9. 92J Jason Hall; 10. 84W Jeff Welter; 11. 8L Tom Lathrop; 12. 86H Steve Higham; DNS - 8 Brad Iverson; DNS - 3R Randy Roberts; DNS - 19 Nate Smith

Feature
1. 10 Cayden Carter; 2. 92 Tyler Droste; 3. 3L Clint Luellen; 4. 19J Jenae Gustin; 5. 7 Carter Van Den Berg; 6. 505 Racer Hulin; 7. 26J Joel Rust; 8. 18J Jake Strayer; 9. 23JR Nick Roberts; 10. 2Z Zack Rawlins; 11. C3 Chad Straus; 12. 777 Jayme Duinink; 13. T17 Tom Rawlins; 14. 80V Duane Van Deest; 15. 66T Daryl Turner; 16. 86X Cory Rose; 17. 27 Tim Love; 18. 98 Bill Hildreth; 19. 91 Shawn Hunter; 20. 29 Sean Vogt; 21. 28P Rick Paulson; 22. 64 Casey Gruebel; 23. 21 Kyle Brown; 24. 80 Jared Van Deest

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 2 Dave Atcher
Heat 2 - 81X Randy Killen
Heat 3 - 22R Todd Reitzler

Feature
1. 26 Brian Irvine; 2. 19J Jay Schmidt; 3. 99D Damon Murty; 4. 2 Dave Atcher; 5. 77 Andy Bryant'; 6. 22R Todd Reitzler; 7. 3W Jeff Wollam; 8. 12+ Ryan Rose; 9. 31S Paul Shepherd; 10. 22K Kevin Rose; 11. 4J Bobby Lynch; 12. 56 Lonnie Hodges; 13. 505 Racer Hulin; 14. 15T Tim Helle; 15. 77D Kirk Fauser; 16. 55 Dave Mehmen; 17. 7S Daniel Schneider; 18. 81 Cory Adams; 19. 75 Curt Hook; 20. 37C Roger Ciesielski; 21. 287 John Emerson; 22. 29X Paul Fauser; 23. 3S Bryan Snell; 24. 81X Randy Killen; DNS - 85 Ron Carey

JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 19G Richie Gustin
Heat 2 - 12 Mark Elliott
Heat 3 - 10K Ronn Lauritzen

B-Feature (Top 7 Transfer)
1. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.; 2. 2L Adam Larson; 3. 32 Rick Speck; 4. 96 Larry Herring; 5. 78 Adam Bolin; 6. 64 Vern Jackson; 7. 11 Ray Cox Jr.; 8. 01 Ed Thomas; 9. 83G Josh Gilman; 10. 12C Kent Croskey; 11. 1J Jeff Streeter; 12. 21X David Brown; 13. 1X Stephen Streeter; DNS - 21 Todd Hansen

Feature
1. 19D Darin Duffy; 2. 69X Jon Snyder; 3. 5 Todd Shute; 4. 2L Adam Larson; 5. 19G Richie Gustin; 6. 12 Marl Ellliott; 7. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.; 8. 19 Jimmy Gustin; 9. 32 Rick Speck; 10. 12D Joe Docekal; 11. 11 Ray Cox Jr.; 12. 41P Keith ittman; 13. 21X David Brown; 14. 78 Adam Bolin; 15. 27M Mark Schulte; 16. 71W Jeff Waterman; 17. 77T Joel Beal; 18. 48J Jacob Murray; 19. 64 Vern Jackson; 20. 96 Larry Herring; 21. 01 Ed Thomas; 22. 10K Ronn Lauritzen; 23. 70 Mitch Morris; 24. 33D Scott Hogan

Zehm, Smith, Carter, Irvine and Gustin Winners on Night #1 of the Havoc on the High Banks

2011-09-24T01:05:00.000-05:00

After having 3 weeks off the Marshalltown Speedway roar to life with 158 race cars signed in to do battle on night number 1 of the 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks. Of those 158 race cars there was 4 states represented and they were Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Calfornia.

First feature of the night was the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites 15 lapper. Bryan Zehm would take the early lead but he would have some pressure and Josh May would make the pass on lap 4. May would experience mechanical troubles a lap later on lap 5 and then the first race caution came out on lap 6. Zehm would be the leader once again and end up going on to the win despite a caution with 3 laps to go. Tim Hennigar would finish 2nd, Colby Oberembt came home 3rd, Joel Huggins was 4th and James May in 5th.

In the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature it was Scott Pippert leading the first lap but then the first race caution came out stacking the field up. On the restart, Devin Smith would make the pass on Pippert and take the lead. Smith would start encountering lap traffic and then the yellow flew again on laps 10 and 12. Smith would cruise on to the win with Kevin Fee in 2nd, Pippert in 3rd, Brandon Brinton in 4th and Austin Luellen in 5th.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sports Mods would have to use some heats and b mains to set the field. Cayden Carter would take the early race lead and not look back in the caution filled feature event. Austin Kaplan would finish 2nd, Doug Smith would start in 21st and end up in 3rd. Jenae Gustin started 14th and finish 4th and Tyler Droste would end up 5th.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature would live up to the nickname of "Class To Tough To Tame" as there would be great door-to-door battle through out the 20 lapper. Before the event got started though the caution would come out forcing a complete restart. When the race got going there would be great racing up front between Brian Irvine and Damon Murty. Murty would take the lead early but would race side-by-side with Irvine every lap. Irvine would make a move and a pass of the lead on lap 11. Murty tried to come back but it fell short as Irvine would end up taking the win. Murty finished 2nd, Donavon Smith in 3rd, Jay Schmidt was 4th and Steve Meyer in 5th.

The final feature of the night was the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds for 30 laps. Pole Sitter Richie Gustin would take the lead and seem impossible to take it from him even though 4 race cautions including 1 with 3 laps to go when 2nd place Jon Snyder would see his engine expire. Gustin would take the win with Ronn Lauritzen, Vern Jackson, Darin Duffy and Jacob Murray rounding out the top 5.

Racing action resumes tomorrow night at the Marshalltown Speedway with Night #2 of the 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks as we will add the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks and IMCA Sport Compacts to the card.

Official Results

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 99 Josh May
Heat 2 - 0B Colby Oberemebt

Feature
1. 46Z Bryan Zehm; 2. 57 Tim Hennigar; 3. 0B Colby Oberembt; 4. X50 Joel Huggins; 5. 88 James May; 6. 8 Dusty Masolin; 7. 55 Andrew Smith; 8. 27 Chase Flatt; 9. 2D Adam Davis; 10. 95 Mike Kennedy; 11. 5X Matthew Goodin; 12. 20 Jeff Stensland; 13. 46 Kevin Grisham; 14. 8W Joe Wood; 14. 4L Larry Sorenson; 15. 99 Josh May; DNS- 73 Jason Smithson; DNS- 93 Tim Milner

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 81 Devin Smith
Heat 2 - 52X Kevin Fee
Heat 3 - 50 Heath Tulp

Feature
1. 81 Devin Smith; 2. 52X Kevin Fee; 3. 47 Scott Pippert; 4. 24B Brandon Brinton; 5. 3A Austin Luellen; 6. 50 Heath Tulp; 7. 38R Aaron Rudolph; 8. 51W Matt Webb; 9. 86 Eugene Nicklas; 10. 67S Justin Stander; 11. 96 Christopher Wiltse; 12. 4X Gary Pfantz; 13. 18L Kenny Loftus; 14. 31 Marcus Wayne; 15. 29 Jake Nelson; 16. 07 Jacob Keiser; 17. 5A Tyler Pickett; 18. 9 Andrew Arends; 19. 66 Andy Mahlstedt; 20. 78 Tim Hadley; 21. 500 Garrett Eilander; 22. 26 Bryce Udelhoven; 23. 2P Cale Peterson; 24. 51D Dustin Filloon; 25. T15 Skinny Thompson; 26. 35 Rex Bonnett; DNS- 52 Josh Saunders

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 86X Corey Rose
Heat 2 - 1 Austin Kaplan
Heat 3 - 2Z Zack Rawlins
Heat 4 - 7 Carter Van Den Berg
Heat 5 - 3L Clint Luellen
Heat 6 - 10 Cayden Carter

B-Feature #1 (Top 2 Transfer)
1. 18J Jake Strayer; 2. 23JR Nick Roberts; 3. 777 Jayme Duninik; 4. 64 Casey Gruebel; 5. 87 Aric Becker; 6. 66T Cale Turner; 7. 95J Jason Hall; 8. 8 Brad Iverson

B-Feature #2 (Top 2 Transfer)
1. 27 Tim Love; 2. 21 Kyle Brown; 3. 28P Rick Paulson; 4. 5B Tom Burke; 5. 98 Bill Hildreth; 6. 21L Matt Lettow; 7. 86H Steve Higham; 8. 32 Robert Black

B-Feature #3 (Top 2 Transfer)
1. 12 Doug Smith; 2. 91 Shawn Hunter; 3. 32N Neil Follett; 4. 40S Shawn Simatovich; 5. 29 Sean Vogt; 6. S91 Nic Shearer; 7. 8S Brett Shields; 8. 19 Nate Smith

Feature
1. 10 Cayden Carter; 2. 1 Austin Kaplan; 3. 12 Doug Smith; 4. 19J Jenae Gustin; 5. 92 Tyler Droste; 6. 505 Racer Hulin; 7. 321 Andy Tiernan; 8. 23JR Nick Roberts; 9. 3L Clint Luellen; 10. 7 Carter Van Den Berg; 11. 86X Corey Rose; 12. 2Z Zack Rawlins; 13. 92P Mike Pruitt; 14. 3R Randy Roberts; 15. 27 Tim Love; 16. 21 Kyle Brown; 17. 91 Shawn Hunter; 18. 80 Jared Van Deest; 19. C3 Chad Straus; 20. T17 Tom Rawlins; 21. 18J Jake Strayer; 22. 80V Duane Van Deest; 23. 9X Austin Lucas; 24. 02 Andrew Schroeder

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 26 Brian Irvine
Heat 2 - 36 Trevor Titus
Heat 3 - 99D Damon Murty
Heat 4 - 22R Todd Reitzler

B-Feature #1 (Top 2 Transfer)
1. 3S Bryan Snell; 2. 5 Keith Miner; 3. 22K Kevin Rose; 4. 2K Derek Kirkland; 5. 20 William Russell; 6. 7S Daniel Schneider; DNS - 24 Eric Brown

B-Feature #2 (Top 2 Transfer)
1. 81 Cory Adams; 2. 4J Bobby Lynch; 3. 10 Leon McCombs; 4. 55 Dave Mehmen; 5. 56 Lonnie Hodges; 6. 711 Michael Walrod; DNS- 2L Jon Lang

Feature
1. 26 Brian Irvine; 2. 99D Damon Murty; 3. 35 Donavon Smith; 4. 19J Jay Schmidt; 5. 94 Steve Meyer; 6. 75 Curt Hook; 7. 77 Andy Bryant; 8. 18 Tom Schmitt; 9. 22R Todd Reitzler; 10. 2 Dave Atcher; 11. 81X Randy Killen; 12. 36 Trevor Titus; 13. 31S Paul Sheperd; 14. 20V Dusty Vis; 15. 15T Tim Helle; 16. 3S Bryan Snell; 17. 77D Kirk Fauser; 18. 04V Don Vis; 19. 12t Ryan Rose; 20. 4J Bobby Lynch; 21. 287 John Emerson; 22. 29X Paul Fauser; 23. 75 Curt Hook; 24. 81 Cory Adams

JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 20X Luke Wanninger
Heat 2 - 33D Scott Hogan
Heat 3 - 12 Mark Elliott
Heat 4 - 19D Darin Duffy
Heat 5 - 69X Jon Snyder

B-Feature #1 (Top 6 Transfer)
1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen; 2. 83G Josh Gilman; 3. 27M Mark Schulte; 4. 70 Mitch Morris; 5. 3Z Randy Havlik; 6. 19 Jimmy Gustin; 7. 96 Larry Herring; 8. 78 Adam Bolin; 9. 41P Keith Pittman; 10. 111 Buster Pate; 11. 70P Kevin Pittman; 12. 25T Duane Peterson; 13. 11JR Ben Chapman; DNS - 34B Wayne Struchen

B-Feature #2 (Top 6 Transfer)
1. 12D Joe Docekal; 2. 48J Jacob Murray; 3. 37B Ron Barker; 4. 5 Todd Shute; 5. 32 Rick Speck; 6. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.; 7. 01 Ed Thomas; 8. 1X Stephen Streeter; 9. 77T Joe Beal; 10. 21X David Brown; 11. 1J Jeff Streeter; DNS - 40RC Rod Clement; DNS - 57B Dennis Betzer; DNS - 43S Scott Simatovich

Feature
1. 19G Richie Gustin; 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen; 3. 64 Vern Jackson; 4. 19D Darin Duffy; 5. 48J Jacob Murray; 6. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.; 7. 2L Adam Larson; 8. 12 Mark Elliott; 9. 20X Luke Wanninger; 10. 70 Mitch Morris; 11. 5 Todd Shute; 12. 96 Larry Herring; 13. 37B Ron Barker; 14. 27M Mark Schulte; 15. 71W Jeff Waterman; 16. 69X Jon Snyder; 17. 32 Rick Speck; 18. 12D Joe Docekal; 19. 33D Scott Hogan; 20. 3Z Randy Havlik; 21. 19 Jimmy Gustin; 22. 21 Todd Hansen; 23. 83G Josh Gilman; 24. 21X David Brown

5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks This Weekend at Marshalltown

2011-09-19T15:59:00.000-05:00

After taking a few weeks it will be back to business for 2 more nights of racing at the Marshalltown Speedway for the 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks presented by Toby K's Hideaway of Boone coming up on Friday and Saturday September 23rd and 24th for Two Complete Shows at Iowa's Fastest High Bank 1/4 Mile.

Both nights the featured headliners will be the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds racing for the top price of $1,000 and $100 to start the feature with $75 Tow. Both features will be 2012 Fast Shaft All Start Invitational qualifers and be the final 2 points races for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour this year.

Also competing each night will be the IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Stock Cars each competing for $500 to win and $75 to start the feature, IMCA Hobby Stocks competing for the top prize of $300 and $60 to start the feature and Mod Lites for $250 to win and $50 to start. Tow Money will be $65 in Sport Mods and Stock Cars, $50 in Hobby Stocks, $50 Mod Lites.

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks will join the fun on Saturday Night for $250 to win and $50 to start. IMCA Sport Compacts have been added to Saturday also for $100 to win.

All IMCA Divisions will be competing for IMCA State, Regional and National Points. Entry Fees each night are $50 in the Modifieds, $30 Sport Mods and Stock Cars, $25 Hobby Stocks with No Entry Fee for the Mod Lites, Dirt Trucks or Sport Compacts.

Both Nights the gates swing open at 4:30pm, Hot Laps at 6:30pm and Racing at 7pm. Grandstands both nights are $12 for Adults, Children 11 & Under $2. Pit Passes are $25 each night.

For more information call the office at 515-432-4703 or call the track at 641-752-9676 or call Toby Kruse at 515-231-5444 or log on to http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/

Foxman's Views from the Super Nationals

2011-09-12T19:50:00.000-05:00

The week started by arriving on sunday and setting up camp and then partying before the racing action began on sunday night and all i can say is that was fun. It started the week of meeting up with friends and making new friends.

On Monday Night it was the IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models racing. 38 Late Models, 137 Hobby Stocks and 185 Sport Mods signed in to race night #1 at Super Nationals. Sport Mod Race of Champions Qualifers would see Joel Rust, Tracy Wassenberg, Austin Kaplan, Jim Gillenwater and Cayden Carter were the winners.

In the Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models it was Justin Reed lead the first 40 laps in the feature despite cautions on lap 23, 30, 31 and 38. The final race caution came out on lap 40 when Reed experience troubles so on the restart it would Kevin Sather and Colby Springsteen starting side-by-side as co-leaders since Reed experience trouble brought the yellow out. Springsteen would get the advantage and take the win with Kevin Sather would finish 2nd. Dale Hackwell Jr would finish 3rd, Darrel DeFrance would finish 4th after starting 16th and Andy Eckrich would finish 5th.

In the Hobby Stock Qualifying Feature it would be Andy Boeckman leading from start to finish despite cautions on lap 6 and 15 of the 20 lap feature. Devin Smith took 2nd, Michael Murphy was 3rd, Stac Schroeder was 4th and Craig Graham was 5th.

In the Sport Mod Qualifying Feature it was Clay Evans leading the race early. Cayden Carter would get by on lap 7 and take the lead but Scott Davis would chase him down and make the pass off turn 4 to take the qualifying feature win. Carter took 2nd, Geoff Olson took 3rd, Tara Longnecker was 4th and Evans would end up 5th.

After partying it up after the races it was time to catch a few hours of sleep to do it all again on Tuesday.

On Tuesday Night it was the 2nd night of qualifying for the IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks plus the Inaugural apperance for the IMCA Sport Compacts. 45 Sport Compacts signed in to become the first super national crown in that class. The Hobby Stock Race of Champion Qualifers would go to Chad Gentz, Brandon Pruitt, Stac Schroeder, Kevin Fee and Shannon Anderson.

In the IMCA Sport Compacts feature it was Chuck Fullenkamp taking the early race lead but after 1 lap was completed the caution would come out. Fullenkamp would still resume command until Nathan Chandler would make the pass on lap 8 for the lead. Chandler wouldn't be denied the win despite a race caution on lap 10, Chandler took the win over his brother Brad Chandler, Fullenkamp, Gary Peiffer and his brother Dallas Chandler.

In the Sport Mod qualifying feature it was Jeremy Chambers would lead the first 12 laps despite early cautions on lap 2 and 8 but the caution lap 12 would force things to change. Marty Steinbach and Tyler Droste would be right there and it was 3rd generation driver Droste taking the lead and going on to the win. Austin Lucas, Adam Ackerman, Jeff Brunssen and Ben Kates would round out the top 5.

In the Hobby Stock qualifying feature it was last year's super national champion Jason Wilkinson taking the lead on lap 1 but then the first race caution came out. Wilkinson still remain out front until lap 18 when Nick Meyer took the lead after a restart of a caution. Meyer would take the win with Aaron Rudolph taking 2nd, Brandon Pruitt was 3rd, Brandon Nielson was 4th and Tyler Pickett was 5th.

Again it was party time after the races were over and it was fun time watching all of the big haulers coming in for the Modifieds and Stock Cars which begin on Wednesday.

On Wednesday night it was the first night of qualifying for the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars plus last chance races for the IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Mods.

In the Last Chance Feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks it was Cody Nielson leading the feature from start to finish despite cautions on lap 4, 6 and 8. Finishing behind Nielson it was Robby Marsh, Jason Wilkinson, Nathan Ballard and Scott Pippert.

IMCA Sport Mods Last Chance Feature saw Bryan Lariviere taking the lead for the first 9 laps despite cautions on lap 6 and 7. Jeremy Embrey would make the pass on lap 10 but his lead would be short as the "Crazy 99" of Jesse Sobbing would take the lead. Sobbing would go on to the win with Embrey took 2nd, Lariviere was 3rd, Cody Hennings was 4th and Nick Roberts was 5th.

In the Modifieds Qualifying Feature it was Jeremy Mills lead the first 6 laps despite 2 cautions after 1 lap was completed. Hank Berry from Montana would take the lead on lap 7 but on lap 9 and 11 the caution would come out. Richie Gustin would make the pass on Berry on the restart after the lap 11 caution. Gustin would go on to take the win to earn the pole for saturday night. Josh Ruby was 2nd, Kevin Sustaire was 3rd, Josh Truman was 4th and Hank Berry was 5th.

The Stock Car Qualifying Feature #1 saw Sean Johnson lead from start-to-finish in the green-to-checkered event. Mike Nichols, David Smith, Brian Blessington and Jeremy Christians. The Stock Car Qualifying Feature #2 saw Shay Curtin take the early race lead but track champion Trent Murphy would make the pass on lap 7 to take the lead. Murphy would take the win with Jeremy Gettler in 2nd, Rocky Alexander in 3rd, Stefan Sybesma in 4th and Shay Curtin in 5th.

You guess it what happend after the races was more partying it would be one late night of partying that is for sure but i was back up and at them again the next morning.

On Thursday it was just the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars plus the Race of Champions qualifers for both divisions as well. IMCA Modified Race of Champions Qualifers would go to Richie Gustin, Russ Dickerson, Cory Wray, Jon Snyder, Jimmy Gustin and Todd Shute. IMCA Stock Car Race of Champions Qualifers would go to Chad Palmer, Brandon Czarapata, Ryan Rose, Damon Murty and Mike Nichols.

In the IMCA Modifieds qualifying feature it was "The Racing Auctioneer" JJ Wise taking the lead early. Justin Auringer would make the pass on lap 8 though and go on to the win. Eric Dailey was 2nd, Jerry Luloff was 3rd, Jimmy Gustin was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th.

In the IMCA Stock Car Qualifying feature #1 it was Dustin Larson taking the lead and going on to the win in the caution filled feature. Brandon Czarapata, Nathan Burke, Tom Seuss and Roger Verdoorn finished 2nd through 5th. In Feature #2 it was Jeff Anderson taking the lead and not looking back even though the only race caution came out on lap 6. Finishing behind Anderson was Jeff Larson, Damon Murty, Larry Portis and Chad Estes.

Of course i partied up again after the races were over.

On Friday Night again it was the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars plus the Fast Shaft All Star Invitational race. On this night it would be last chance races for the Stock Cars meaning you had 1 last chance to get through the heat races to the 1 qualifying feature.

In the Stock Cars Last Chance Feature it was Jamie Colwell leading the entire race despite cautions on lap 10, 13 and 16. JC Howell from Texas was 2nd, Donavon Smith was 3rd, Jay Schmidt was 4th and Jeff Mueller rounded out the top 5.

In the Modifieds Qualifying Feature would see the caution come out before 1 lap would be completed. When the race got going though it was Dustin Smith taking lead. Smith would lead until lap 9 when Darin Durffy would sneak by. Duffy would lead until Boone Native Joel Bushore would take the lead on lap 18. Bushore would take the win with "Flyin Dutchman" Mike Van Genderen, Darin Duffy, Josh "Happy" Gilman and Josh McGaha finishing 2nd through 5th.

The Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Race saw Scott Bennett lead the first 6 laps for the 20 lapper but it was Chris Abelson leading the final 14 circuits in root to the win. Justin Auringer would take 2nd, Michael Smith was 3rd, Shawn Kilgore was 4th and Bennett would end up 5th.

Again some crazy partying happen but it was now time for the night everybody had been waiting for.

Saturday Night would start out with Last Chance races for the Modifieds. In Last Chance #1 it was Jake Durbin taking the win with Jared Siefert and David Murray Jr finishing 2nd and 3rd. In Last Chance #2 it was Scott Olson followed by Todd Shute and Jeremy Mills. In Last Chance #3 it was Kellen Chadwick followed by John ALlen and Johnny Saathoff.

Hobby Stock Race of Champions would see Shannon Anderson lead the entire 10 lap race. Devin Smith, Brandon Pruitt, Scott Pippert and Kevin Fee took 2nd through 5th.

Sport Mod Race of Champions would see Troy Jerovetz lead the entire 10 laps also with Doug Smith in 2nd, Joel Rust in 3rd, Geoff Olson was 4th and Scott Davis was 5th.

Stock Car Race of Champions saw Kevin Opheim lead the first 9 laps but on the last lap would blow up and hand the win over to Damon Murty. Donavon Smith, David Smith, Jeremy Christians and Chad Palmer took 2nd through 5th.

Modified Race of Champions saw Kevin Stoa lead the first 4 laps but it was last year's super nationals champion Jimmy Gustin taking the lead on lap 5 and going on the win. Stoa took 2nd, Russ Dickerson was 3rd, Jay Matthias was 4th and Richie Gustin was 5th.

Hobby Stock Finale Feature saw a caution before a lap was completed but when it got going it was Devin Smith leading. Smith continue to lead until lap 23 despite cautions on lap 12, 16 and 17. On lap 23 though Smith and Andy Boeckman would get together and forcing flat tires and Smith stopped to bring out the yellow. On th restart we would see similar to what happen in the late models on monday a double restart leader since there is no leader now. Cody Nielsen would take the lead though and go on to the win with Brandon Pruitt in 2nd, Robby Marsh in 3rd, Shannon Anderson was 4th and Michael Murphy was 5th.

Sport Mods Feature saw Tyler Droste take the lead early, Droste would hold on to the lead until lap 15 despite cautions on lap 4, 6 and 13. On lap 14, Scott Daivs would get by Droste for the lead. It appeared Davis was going to take the win but then a caution on lap 28 would set up a green-white-checkered. Davis would see a challenge from Jesse Sobbing, Sobbing would end up leading lap 29 but Davis would take the win on lap 30 by a very small margin over Sobbing. Cayden Carter was 3rd, Droste was 4th and Austin Lucas was 5th.

Stock Cars Feature saw Sean Johnson would lead the race from start-to-finish despite race cautions on lap 18 and 25. Nobody would have anything for Johnson on this day. Jeff Anderson would take 2nd, Damon Murty was 3rd, Trent Murphy was 4th and Mike Nichols was 5th.

Modifieds Feature saw Richie Gustin lead the race from start-to-finish despite 4 race cautions. Mike Van Genderen would take home 2nd, Darin Duffy would end up 3rd, Justin Auringer was 4th and Eric Dailey was 5th.

It was a great week of racing and partying after races. Thanks to Tammy and Tim Stevens for letting me hang out with you all week and i love that apple pie it was great. Also great job to everybody that had to work all week at the races. Great job goes out to the track prep crew and promotor Robert and Bea Lawton for a great racing surface all week.

Up next for me is the Showdown at Motown Shootout Go Kart, Quads and Bike Races this weekend and then next weekend its the 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks.

Marshalltown Speedway Regular Season Finale Stat Blitz

2011-09-03T21:36:00.000-05:00

We end another regular season at Marshalltown even though we have the Annual Havoc on the High Banks coming up on September 23rd and 24th but with that said its time to take a look at the season ending stats from the 17 track point nights we got in. Remember none of these numbers count specials.

Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 13.71 - 17 - 11
Sport Mods - 28.35 - 46 - 22
Modifieds - 15.94 - 22 -13
Stock Cars - 18.35 - 26 - 14
Hobby Stocks - 18.65 - 26 - 14

Total - 95 - 134 - 81

Points
- 261 different drivers signed in to race at least 1 weekly points night
-Track Champions were Jon Snyder (Modifieds), Trent Murphy (Stock Cars), Scott Davis (Sport Mods), Michael Murphy (Hobby Stocks) and Josh May (Mod Lites)
- Track champions had a combined total of 24 feature wins in root to their champions
- Josh May (Mod Lites) and Jon Snyder (Modifieds) had 7 wins each, Trent Murphy (Stock Cars) had 5, Michael Murphy (Hobby Stocks) had 3 and Scott Davis (Sport Mods) had 2 wins

-2nd place finishers in points were Jimmy Gustin (Modifieds), Tracy Gienger (Stock Cars), Cayden Carter (Sport Mods), Kevin Fee (Hobby Stocks) and Mike Morrill (Mod Lites)
-3rd place finishers in ponts were Adam Larson (Modifieds), Damon Murty (Stock Cars), Tyler Droste (Sport Mods), Eric Knutson (Hobby Stocks) and Joel Huggins (Mod Lites)

22 drivers remained in the top 10 points all year (not in the order they finished):
Mod Lites (7) : Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar, Colby Oberembt, Randy Bryan, Joel Huggins, Josh May and Mike Kennedy
Hobby Stocks (3) : Kevin Fee, Eric Larson, Calvin Dhondt
Modifieds (5) : Jon Snyder, Adam Larson, Ronn Lauritzen, David Brown, Jimmy Gustin
Sport Mods (3) : Cayden Carter, Tyler Droste, Scott Davis
Stock Cars (4) : Trent Murphy, Todd Reitzler, Jeff Wollam, Tracy Gienger

Jeff Wollam has finished in the top 5 in points the last 9 years in the stock cars. Jimmy Gustin has finished in the top 2 in points the last 5 years in the Modifieds.

Feature winners
-37 different feature winners in the 17 weeks at Marshalltown

The feature winners were (the amount of wins if more than 1) :
Mod Lites (6) : Josh May (7), Tim Hennigar (6), Mike Morrill, Randy Bryan, Charlie Brown, Colby Oberembt

Hobby Stocks (8) : Kevin Fee (5), Michael Murphy (3), Eric Knutson (2), Randy Embrey (2), Brandon Brinton (2), Donavon Nunnikhoven, Brice Udelhoven, Devin Smith

Sport Mods (8) : Cayden Carter (5), Jenae Gustin (3), Scott Davis (2), Carter VanDenBerg (2), Jake Strayer (2), Tyler Droste, Kyle Brown, Dane Larson

Modifieds (6) : Jon Snyder (7), Adam Larson (4), Jimmy Gustin (2), Todd Shute (2), Josh Truman, Luke Wanninger

Stock Cars (9) : Trent Murphy (5), Damon Murty (3), Jay Schmidt (2), Steve Meyer (2), Tracy Gienger, Jeff Wollam, Todd Reitzler, Donavon Smith, Brian Irvine

-Longest streak of consective wins is 4 and it was done by Tim Hennigar in the Mod Lites, as he took the last 4 weeks of 2011.

Top 10 finishes
-162 drivers had at least 1 top 10 finish this season
-Only 1 driver finished in the top 10 every week and that was Jon Snyder in the Modifieds

Drivers with top 10 finishes (number if more than 1):
Mod Lites (22): Josh May (16), Mike Kennedy (16), Mike Morrill (15), Dusty Masolini (14), Andy Hennigar (14), Joel Huggins (13), Randy Bryan (12), Tim Hennigar (11), James May (10), Colby Oberembt (7), Jeff Stensland (7), Adam Davis (6), Joe Wood (5), Travis Stensland (4), Ivan Guerra (4), Charlie Brown (4), Rick Taylor (3), Michael Parcel (3), Kevin Grisham (3), Chase Ellingson (1), Ben Larson (1), Robert Mros (1)

Hobby Stocks (34): Michael Murphy (16), Eric Knutson (15), Kevin Fee (14), Eric Larson (12), Josh Saunders (11), Calvin Dhondt (11), Jake Nelson (9), Gary Pfantz (9), Jennifer Hulin (8), Donavon Nunnikhoven (8), Brandon Brinton (8), Scott Durlin (8), Eugene Nicklas (6), Brice Udelhoven (4), Mike Vibbard (3), Aaron Rudolph (3), Dustin Filloon (2), Clint Nelson (2), Randy Embrey (2), Matt Hudspeth (2), Brandon Pruitt (2), Devin Smith (2), Dustin Elliott (2), Tony Cox, Vince Buchholz, Russell Damme Jr., Scott Pippert, Nyle Godwin, Richard Yaw II, Christopher Wiltse, Rob Allison, Nick Meyer, Adam Hagen, Tyler Pickett

Sport Mods (33): Scott Davis (16), Tyler Droste (15), Cayden Carter (14), Carter VanDenBerg (12), Nick Roberts (11), Racer Hulin (10), Jared Van Deest (9), Jake Strayer (9), Jenae Gustin (8), Kyle Brown (7), Tom Rawlins (7), Brad Iverson (5), Joel Rust (5), Gatlin Leyham (4), Eric Flander (4), Bill Hildreth (3), Dane Larson (3), Brett Lowry (3), Zack Rawlins (3), Doug Smith (3), Dylan Book (2), Shawn Albers (2), Austin Lucas (2), Jared Timmerman (2), Jayme Duinink, Shawn Simatovich, DJ Robinson, Duane Van Deest, Fred Leytham, Troy Jerovetz, Beau Kaplan, Eric Larson, Andy Tiernan

Stock Cars (33): Tracy Gienger (16), Trent Murphy (15), Damon Murty (14), Jeff Wollam (14), Tommy Thompson (12), Curt Hook (12), Jay Schmidt (11), Todd Reitzler (10), Steve Meyer (9), Lauren Vis (9), Michael Jaennette (7), Kevin Rose (6), Donavon Smith (5), Andy Bryant (4), Trevor Titus (3), Eric Brown (2), Dean Everts (2), Dave Atcher (2), Bobby Lynch (2), Daniel Schneider, Don Vis, Rob Schneider, Ron Carey, Jon Lang, Brian Irvine, Sean Johnson, Nathan Wood, Ryan Leeman, Brendon Labatte. Shawn Anderson, John Heinz, Jesse Tailor, Robby Rosselli

Modifieds (40): Jon Snyder (17), Jimmy Gustin (16), Ronn Lauritzen (15), Adam Larson (14), David Brown (11), Todd Conrad (11), Scott Simatovich (10), Josh Truman (8), Andrew Kinser (7), Duane Peterson (6), Kyle Krampe (6), Todd Shute (6), Derek Reimer (4), Rick Speck (3), Richie Gustin (3), Danny Fetters (3), Joel Bushore (2), Riley Emmel (2), Luke Wanninger (2), Mitch Morris (2), Jacob Murray (2), Rod Clement, Daniel Hilsabeck, Brett Ladehoff, Jeff Streeter, Mike Wendelstadt, Josh Gilman, Tim Murty, Scott Hogan, Dustin Smith, Troy Cordes, Tyler Vandekamp, Derrick Big Eagle, Eric Van Iten, Jared Siefert, Brad Boyer, Jim Harris, Keith Pittman, Tim Ward

Top 5 finishes
- 100 of the 162 drivers that at least 1 top 10 finish had at least 1 top 5 finish
-Zero drivers finished in the top 5 every week

Drivers with at least 1 top 5 finish (number more than 1):
Mod Lites (15): Josh May (13), Mike Morrill (13), Andy Hennigar (11), Joel Huggins (10), Tim Hennigar (9), Randy Bryan (8), James May (5), Colby Oberembt (4), Dusty Masolini (3), Mike Kennedy (2), Jeff Stensland (2), Adam Davis, Travis Stensland, Charlie Brown, Michael Parcel

Hobby Stocks (25): Michael Murphy (13), Kevin Fee (13), Eric Knutson (9), Eric Larson (8), Donavon Nunnikhoven (4), Brandon Brinton (4), Jake Nelson (3), Josh Saunders (3), Jennifer Hulin (3), Brice Udelhoven (3), Eugene Nicklas (2), Mike Vibbard (2), Clint Nelson (2), Randy Embrey (2), Devin Smith (2), Calvin Dhondt, Scott Durlin, Aaron Rudolph, Matt Hudspeth, Brandon Pruitt, Russell Damme Jr, Scott Pippert, Richard Yaw II, Christopher Wiltse

Sport Mods (24): Cayden Carter (13), Scott Davis (12), Tyler Droste (10), Jenae Gustin (7), Carter VanDenBerg (6), Racer Hulin (6), Jared Van Deest (3), Brad Iverson (3), Jake Strayer (3), Kyle Brown (2), Nick Roberts (2), Dane Larson (2), Dylan Book (2), Doug Smith (2), Tom Rawlins, Jayme Duinink, Joel Rust, Eric Flander, DJ Robinson, Brett Lowry, Zack Rawlins, Austin Lucas, Fred Leytham, Jared Timmerman, Beau Kaplan, Andy Tiernan

Stock Cars (15): Trent Murphy (14), Damon Murty (14), Jay Schmidt (9), Steve Meyer (9), Tracy Gienger (8), Jeff Wollam (6), Donavon Smith (5), Curt Hook (4), Kevin Rose (4), Michael Jaennette (4), Todd Reitzler (3), Brian Irvine, Sean Johnson, Nathan Wood, John Heinz

Modifieds (21): Jon Snyder (14), Jimmy Gustin (13), Adam Larson (12), Ronn Lauritzen (9), Scott Simatovich (6), Todd Shute (4), Todd Conrad (3), Josh Truman (3), Richie Gustin (3), David Brown (2), Andrew Kinser (2), Duane Peterson (2), Joel Bushore (2), Danny Fetters (2), Luke Wanninger (2), Jacob Murray (2), Kyle Krampe, Rick Speck, Brett Ladehoff, Mike Wendelstadt, Josh Gilman

Top 3 finishes
-70 of the 100 drivers with at least 1 top 5 finish have at least 1 top 3 finish this year

Drivers with at least 1 top 3 finish this year (number more than 1):
Mod Lites (11): Josh May (12), Mike Morrill (11), Tim Hennigar (9), Andy Hennigar (6), Colby Oberemebt (4), Randy Bryan (3), Joel Huggins (2), Mike Kennedy, Dusty Masolini, Jeff Stensland, Charlie Brown

Hobby Stocks (17): Kevin Fee (10), Michael Murphy (9), Eric Knutson (5), Eric Larson (3), Donavon Nunnikhoven (3), Brandon Brinton (3), Gary Pfantz (3), Jake Nelson (2), Jennifer Hulin (2), Randy Embrey (2), Scott Durlin, Mike Vibbard, Clint Nelson, Aaron Rudolph

Sport Mods (18): Cayden Carter (10), Tyler Droste (8), Scott Davis (7), Carter VanDenBerg (4), Jenae Gustin (4), Racer Hulin (3), Kyle Brown (2), Jake Strayer (2), Doug Smith (2), Jared Van Deest, Nick Roberts, Brad Iverson, Dane Larson, Joel Rust, Dylan Book, Brett Lowry, Zack Rawlins, Beau Kaplan

Stock Cars (11): Trent Murphy (12), Damon Murty (10), Tracy Gienger (7), Jay Schmidt (6), Steve Meyer (5), Donavon Smith (3), Jeff Wollam (2), Todd Reitzler, Brian Irvine, Sean Johnson, Nathan Wood

Modifieds (13): Adam Larson (11), Jon Snyder (10), Jimmy Gustin (9), Ronn Lauritzen (6), Todd Shute (3), Richie Gustin (3), Josh Truman (2), Danny Fetters (2), Luke Wanninger (2), Scott Simatovich, Andrew Kinser, Mike Wendelstadt, Josh Gilman

Feature Laps Led
Mod Lites : Josh May (97 laps led), Tim Hennigar (70), Colby Oberembt (19), Mike Morrill (18), Charlie Brown (17), Randy Bryan (11), James May (6), Travis Stensland (4), Mike Kennedy (2), Dusty Masolini (2), Andy Hennigar (2), Adam Davis (2)

Hobby Stocks : Kevin Fee (37 laps led), Randy Embrey (36), Brice Udlehoven (30), Michael Murphy (26), Brandon Brinon (20), Eric Knutson (11), Donavon Nunnikhoven (10), Jennifer Hulin (7), Aaron Ruolph (7), Jake Nelson (5), Josh Saunders (5), Gary Pfantz (5), Mike Vibbard (5), Tony Cox (2), Scott Durlin (1)

Sport Mods : Jenae Gustin (45 laps led), Cayden Carter (44), Scott Davis (29), Carter VanDenBerg (26), Brett Lowry (18), DJ Robinson (15), Brad Iverson (14), Jake Strayer (13), Dane Larson (12), Nick Roberts (11) Tom Rawlins (10), Zack Rawlins (9),Jayme Duinink (7), Racer Hulin (3), Kyle Brown (2), Beau Kaplan (2), Tyler Droste (1)

Stock Cars : Jay Schmidt (57 laps led), Steve Meyer (56), Trent Murphy (49), Damon Murty (44), Todd Reitzler (19) Jeff Wollam (17), Trevor Titus (13), Donavon Smith (13), Andy Bryant (9), Brian Irvine (8), Tracy Gienger (7), Michael Jaennette (6), Sean Johnson (6), Tommy Thompson (3), Curt Hook (1)

Modifieds : Jon Snyder (93 laps led), Todd Shute (63), Adam Larson (46), Josh Truman (30), Jimmy Gustin (28), Ronn Lauritzen (21), Todd Conrad (21), Duane Peterson (19), Mike Wendelstadt (13), Andrew Kinser (7), Luke Wanninger (3), Kyle Krampe (1), Joel Bushore (1)

Heat Race Wins
Mod Lites : Josh May (8), Mike Morrill (7), Colby Oberembt (6), Tim Hennigar (4), Joel Huggins (3), Charlie Brown (2), Dusty Masolini (1), Jeff Stensland (1)

Hobby Stocks : Michael Murphy (5), Brandon Brinton (5), Jennifer Hulin (4), Gary Pfantz (3), Randy Embrey (3), Kevin Fee (2), Josh Saunders (2), Eric Knutson (1), Eric Larson (1), Jake Nelson (1), Donavon Nunnikhoven (1), Scott Durlin (1), Brice Udelhoven (1), Dustin Filloon (1), Mike Vibbard (1), Clint Nelson (1), Aaron Rudolph (1), Tony Cox (1), Scott Pippert (1)

Sport Mods : Cayden Carter (6), Jayme Duinink (6), Carter VanDenBerg (5), Tom Rawlins (5), Tyler Droste (4), Jenae Gustin (4), Brad Iverson (4), Scott Davis (2), Jake Strayer (2), Dane Larson (2), Dylan Book (2), Brett Lowry (2), Racer Hulin (1), Jared Van Deest (1), Nick Roberts (1), Joel Rust (1), Gatlin Leytham (1), Eric Flander (1), Zack Rawlins (1), Duane Van Deest (1), Doug Smith (1), Fred Leytham (1), Jared Timmerman (1), Beau Kaplan (1), Andy Tiernan (1), Curt Hilmer (1)

Stock Cars : Jay Schmidt (8), Damon Murty (6), Trevor Titus (5), Steve Meyer (4), Tracy Gienger (3), Todd Reitzler (3), Jeff Wollam (2), Lauren Vis (2), Michael Jaennette (2), Andy Bryant (2), Trent Murphy (1), Kevin Rose (1), Donavon Smith (1), Dave Atcher (1) , Rob Schneider (1), Sean Johnson (1)

Modifieds : Jon Snyder (5), Jimmy Gustin (5), Adam Larson (5), Todd Shute (5), Ronn Lauritzen (4), Kyle Krampe (2), Joel Bushore (2), Richie Gustin (2), Luke Wanninger (2), David Brown (1), Todd Conrad (1), Duane Peterson (1), Mike Wendelstadt

Other Notes
- 3,912 green flag racing laps have been completed through September 2nd not including hot laps but including specials
- 3,010 green flag racing laps not including hot laps was completed on weekly points nights

So that puts a wrap to the Stat Blitz from the Marshalltown Speedway for 2011 and just like i say every month it is no where near the stat blitz like my buddy Ryan Clark does for the Independence Motor Speedway they are my attempt at keeping stats.

Until next time,
Jeremy Fox

Hennigar, Fee, Davis, Murty and Gustin Win On Larry Wollam Season Championship

2011-09-02T23:04:00.000-05:00

It was Larry Wollam Season Championship at the Marshalltown Speedway. A night were we honor one of the late great promoters and car owner in Larry Wollam and tonight it would be a question of would we race or would mother nature try to win, the good news is we won but because of the questionable weather we scratched the out of the car driver introductions and would have an open track practice after the night was over.

The first feature of the night would be the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites for 20 laps. Josh May would take the lead and look to be cruising on to the win. On lap 19, Tim Hennigar would take the lead from May and go on to his 4th in a row and 6th of the season. May would finish 2nd and take the track championship, Andy Hennigar would finish 3rd, Mike Morrill would finish 4th and finish 2nd in the points and Dusty Masolini came home in 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks were up next for their 18 lap feature and it was Kevin Fee taking the early lead but Michael Murphy would take the top spot away on lap 5. Fee would get by Murphy on lap 11 to take the lead for good and go on to the win in the green-to-checkered feature. The win would be Fee's 5th of the year at Marshalltown and wouldn't be enough as he would end up 2nd in points. Michael Murphy would finish 2nd in the feature and clinich the track championship. Eric Knutson, Josh Saunders and Eugene Nicklas rounded out the top 5 in the feature.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods would see Scott Davis lead the feature from start to finish despite a couple of races just before the halfway point. The win would be Davis's 2nd at Marshalltown and would give him the track championship also. Cayden Carter would finish 2nd in the feature and points, Tyler Droste was 3rd in the feature and points, Jared Van Deest was 4th and Carter Van Den Berg was 5th.

The "Class Too Tough To Tame" Mikes Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars were up next and before 1 lap could be completed the first caution came out. When the race got going it was Tracy Gienger taking the lead but it wasn't easy it would be a 3 car battle Trent Murphy, Gienger and Damon Murty. Murty would make the pass on Gienger on lap 2 and the battle continue to heat up between the 3. A few more cautions would come out and the Murphy, Gienger and Murty continue to fight for the lead. Murty would end up taking the win, 3rd of the year. Trent Murphy would finish 2nd giving him the track championship, Tracy Gienger was 3rd, John Heinz was 4th and Jeff Wollam was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds would see 4 time defending track champion Jimmy Gustin take the lead and not look back despite a race caution just past the halfway. Gustin would pick up his 2nd at Marshalltown this year and finish 2nd in points. Adam Larson would finish 2nd, Luke Wanninger was 3rd, Ronn Lauritzen was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th. Snyder would end up with the track championship.

Racing will resume in 3 weeks at Marshalltown when we come back with the 5th Annual Toby K's Hideaway Havoc on the High Banks on September 23rd and 24th. Gates Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 6:30p and Racing 7p both nights.

Official Results
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
1. 57 Tim Hennigar
2. 99 Josh May
3. 15 Andy Hennigar
4. 6 Mike Morrill
5. 8 Dusty Masolini
6. 88 James May
7. 23 Michael Parcel
8. 95 Mike Kennedy
9. 0B Colby Oberembt
10. 8W Joe Wood
11. X50 Joel Huggins
DNS: 64 Randy Bryan

Track Champion: Josh May

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
1. 52X Kevin Fee
2. 25M Michael Murphy
3. 12K Eric Knutson
4. 52 Josh Saunders
5. 86 Eugene Nicklas
6. 82 Jennifer Hulin
7. 4X Gary Pfantz
8. 5A Tyler Pickett
9. 3X Scott Durlin
10. 69 Calvin Dhondt
11. 24B Brandon Brinton
12. 20E Eric Larson
13. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
14. 29 Jake Nelson
DNS: 19 Bill Bonnett

Track Champion: Michael Murphy

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
1. 81D Scott Davis
2. 10 Cayden Carter
3. 92 Tyler Droste
4. 80 Jared Van Deest
5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg
6. 505 Racer Hulin
7. 18J Jake Strayer
8. 23JR Nick Roberts
9. 2Z Zack Rawlins
10. 21 David Brown
11. 98 Bill Hildreth
12. 19G Gatlin Leytham
13. 7R Ryan Ashton
14. 80V Jared Van Deest
15. 40S Shawn Simatovich
16. 777 Jayme Duinink
17. T17 Tom Rawlins
18. 11M Mike Mitchell
19. 1E Austin Kaplan
20. 9X Austin Lucas
21. 19J Jenae Gustin
22. 4W Herbie Wilson
23. 3X Scott Jorpeland
DNS: 21X Eric Larson

Track Champion : Scott Davis

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
1. 99D Damon Murty
2. 25 Trent Murphy
3. 59 Tracy Gienger
4. 57 John Heinz
5. 3W Jeff Wollam
6. 36 Trevor Titus
7. 05 Jesse Tailor
8. 0 Robbie Rosselli
9. 4J Bobby Lynch
10. 20L Lauren Vis
11. 20 Leroy Staub
12. 55 Dave Mehmen
13. 042 Doug Russell
14. 09H Robert Hoing
15. 22K Kevin Rose
16. 75 Curt Hook
17. 10 Leon McCombs
18. 5 Keith Miner
19. 72 Tommy Thompson
20. 7S Daniel Schneider
21. 19J Jay Schmidt
22. 94 Steve Meyer

Track Champion: Trent Murphy

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
1. 19 Jimmy Gustin
2. 2L Adam Larson
3. 20 Luke Wanninger
4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
5. 69X Jon Snyder
6. 48J Jacob Murray
7. 83C Todd Conrad
8. 4TW Tim Ward
9. 21 David Brown
10. 41P Keith Pittman
11. 12 Andrew Kinser
12. 26Z Zach Hensley
13. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
14. 18 Jake Durbin
DNS: 57V Mike Van Genderen

Track Champion : Jon Snyder

Larry Wollam Season Championships Friday at Motown!

2011-08-29T17:27:00.001-05:00

This Friday Night will be the Lary Wollam Season Championships presented by North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen of Marshalltown and the big question going into the night who will win the track championships in the classes well because of that i have decided to post the clinching scenerios

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
99 Josh May : May sits in the top spot of the points standings, carrying a 10 point advantage over Mike Morrill. A top 11 finish because of the tie breaker would give May the championship.

6 Mike Morrill: If Morrill can beat May by at least 12 positions in the feature, he will earn his 2nd championship in 3 years at Marshalltown.

*Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Josh May has 7 wins going into friday and Morrill has 1 win going into friday.

Top 10 in Points
1. 99 Josh May 600
2. 6 Mike Morrill 590 (-10)
3. X50 Joel Huggins 552 (-48)
4. 95 Mike Kennedy 540 (-60)
5. 8 Dusty Masolini 532 (-68)
6. 15 Andy Hennigar 505 (-95)
7. 64 Randy Bryan 496 (-104)
8. 57 Tim Hennigar 489 (-111)
9. 88 James May 371 (-229)
10. 0B Colby Oberembt 362 (-238)

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
25M Michael Murphy : If Murphy gets a top 15 finish will give Murphy the track championship after finishing 3rd in 2009 and runner up last year.

52X Kevin Fee : Fee has to beat Murphy by at least 15 spots, Fee will take the track championship.

*Tiebreaker #1 win total: Murphy has 3 wins going into friday and Fee has been in victory lane 4 times this year

Top 10 in Points
1. 25M Michael Murphy 593
2. 52X Kevin Fee 578 (-15)
3. 12K Eric Knutson 547 (-46)
4. 20E Eric Larson 545 (-49)
5. 29 Jake Nelson 500 (-93)
6. 52 Josh Saunders 488 (-105)
7. 82 Jennifer Hulin 486 (-107)
8. 69 Calvin Dhondt 471 (-122)
9. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven 453 (-140)
10. 24B Brandon Brinton 445 (-148)

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
81D Scott Davis : If Davis gets a top 13 finish, he will win his 2nd straight track championship at Marshalltown.

10 Cayden Carter : Carter has to finish at least 13 spots ahead of Davis in the feature to force a tie in which the tie will go to Carter. It would be his first championship at Marshalltown.

92 Tyler Droste : After winning Indee's track championship he has his sights set on winning Marshalltowns for that to happen Droste needs this, Droste must finish 22 spots ahead of Davis and 10 spots ahead of Carter to win the championship.

* Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Davis has 1 going into friday, Carter has 5 wins going in to friday and Droste has 1 win.
* Tiebreaker #2 is most 2nd place finishes (only if Carter is not apart of the tie): Davis has 3 and Droste has 3
* Tiebreaker #3 is most 3rd place finishes (if we get by the first 2): Davis has 2 and Droste has 3

Top 10 in Points
1. 81D Scott Davis 578
2. 10 Cayden Carter 565 (-13)
3. 92 Tyler Droste 556 (-22)
4. 7 Carter VanDenBerg 518 (-60)
5. 505 Racer Hulin 503 (-75)
6. 80 Jared Van Deest 484 (-94)
7. 21 Kyle Brown 480 (-98)
8. 23JR Nick Roberts 474 (-104)
9. 19J Jenae Gustin 424 (-154)
10. T17 Tom Rawlins 421 (-157)

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
25 Trent Murphy : All Murphy has to do is finish 22nd or better to win the track championship.
59 Tracy Gienger: Has to finish at least 22 spots better than Murphy to win his first track championship since winning the Stock Cars at Marshalltown in 2006.

*Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Murphy has 5 going into friday and Gienger has only 1.

Top 10 in Points
1. 25 Trent Murphy 586
2. 59 Tracy Gienger 564 (-22)
3. 99D Damon Murty 552 (-34)
4. 19J Jay Schmidt 544 (-42)
5. 3W Jeff Wollam 537 (-49)
6. 94 Steve Meyer 519 (-67)
7. 72 Tommy Thompson 498 (-88)
8. 22R Todd Reitzler 473 (-113)
9. 75 Curt Hook 472 (-114)
10. 20L Lauren Vis 456 (-130)

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
69X Jon Snyder : With a top 11 finish, Snyder will claim the track championship.
19 Jimmy Gustin: Must finish at least 12 spots ahead of Snyder to avoid the tie and take the championship
2L Adam Larson: Must finish 17 spots ahead of Snyder and 5 spots ahead of Gustin to win the track championship.

* Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Snyder has 7 wins, Gustin has 1 win and Larson has 4 wins.

Top 10 in Points
1. 69X Jon Snyder 598
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin 587 (-11)
3. 2L Adam Larson 582 (-16)
4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen 570 (-28)
5. 21 David Brown 508 (-90)
6. 83C Todd Conrad 450 (-148)
7. 43S Scott Simatovich 441 (-157)
8. 12 Andrew Kinser 430 (-168)
9. 25T Duane Peterson 362 (-236)
10. 47 Josh Truman 342 (-256)

Most Feature wins in each class: Stock Cars- 5 by Trent Murphy, Sport Mods - 5 by Cayden Carter, Mod Lites - 7 by Josh May, Hobby Stocks - 4 by Kevin Fee, Modifieds - 7 by Jon Snyder

Most Top 10 finishes in each class: Stock Cars - 15 by Tracy Gienger, Sport Mods - 15 by Scott Davis, Mod Lites - 15 by Josh May and Mike Kennedy, Hobby Stocks - 15 by Michael Murphy, Modifieds - 16 by Jon Snyder

Most Top 5 finishes in each class: Stock Cars - 13 by Trent Murphy and Damon Murty, Sport Mods - 12 by Cayden Carter, Mod Lites - 12 by Josh May and Mike Morrill, Hobby Stocks - 12 by Michael Murphy and Kevin Fee, Modifieds - 13 by Jon Snyder

Most Top 3 finishes in each class: Stock Cars - 11 by Trent Murphy, Sport Mods - 9 by Cayden Carter, Mod Lites - 11 by Josh May and Mike Morrill, Hobby Stocks - 9 by Kevin Fee, Modifieds - 10 by Jon Snyder and Adam Larson

Most Laps Led in the features in each class: Stock Cars - 57 laps led by Jay Schmidt, Sport Mods - 45 laps led by Jenae Gustin, Mod Lites - 79 laps led by Josh May, Hobby Stocks - 36 laps led by Randy Embrey, Modifieds - 93 laps led by Jon Snyder

Car Counts after 16 points night
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 13.81 - 17 - 11
Sport Mods - 28.63 - 46 - 22
Modifieds - 16 - 22 - 13
Stock Cars - 18.13 - 26 - 14
Hobby Stocks - 18.88 - 26 - 14

Total - 95.44 - 134 - 81

Total green flag racing laps including the specials is 3,804 laps, green flag laps just on weekly points nights are 2,902 laps.
So that is some stats and clinching scenarios going into the season championship night i will have the full stat blitz either next week or the following week.

Hot Laps at 6:45p and Racing at 7:30pm on Friday.

Remember that is not the final event at Marshalltown as we will be back on Friday and Saturday September 23rd and 24th for Toby K's Hideaway 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks with the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds as the headliners. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Mod Lites and Dirt Trucks join the fun.

After that the next event for the Kruse Motorsports is the 4th Annual Battle at The Barn which will take place Friday and Saturday January 20th and 21st, 2012 at the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center presented by Chevrolet, which is located on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Hennigar Makes it 3 in a Row at Motown

2011-08-27T00:25:00.003-05:00

The final friday night in the month of August thrilled the fans with some great racing action. There was 3 and 4 wide racing through out the night which was sponsored by Custom Concrete of Marshalltown.

The first feature of the night was the Iowa Micro Sprint Series 12 lap feature. Russ Prather, who was borrowing a race car would lead the first couple of laps but Ben Woods would make the pass for the lead on lap 3 and go on to the win in the green-to-checkered race. Prather, Eric Bridger, Alan Comegys and Bruce Drotty would round out the top 5.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites would Jeff Stensland take the lead on lap 1 but Tim Hennigar would make the pass for the lead on lap 2. A lap later the only race caution would come out but that wouldn't bother Hennigar. Hennigar would go on and take the win, 5th of the year and 3rd in a row. Josh May would take 2nd, Joel Huggins came home in 3rd, James May was 4th and Andy Hennigar was 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks would see Randy Embrey lead entire feature that would go green-to-checkered. Clint Nelson tried to catch Embrey but ended up settle for 2nd. Jake Nelson, Michael Murphy and Eric Knutson rounded out the top 5.

In the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods feature it was Jayme Duinink taking the early lead. The first race caution would come out for debris and this would put Tom and Zack Rawlins behind Duinink. Zack Rawlins would make the pass on his dad and then pass Duinink on lap 4 to take the lead. The second race caution came out on lap 8 and that would put Jake Strayer right behind Rawlins. Strayer would make the pass on Rawlins on lap 11 and go on to take the win, 2nd win of the year at Marshalltown. Tyler Droste would get by Zack Rawlins for 2nd. Racer Hulin took 4th and Scott Davis was 5th.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars lived up to the name of "Class To Tough To Tame" as it was Trevor Titus leading the race early. Titus would hold the top spot until the only race caution on lap 5 when Lauren Vis would roll over in turn 4, Vis would be okay. On the restart, Titus would have do battle with Steve Meyer and Meyer would actually lead laps 7 and 8 before Titus would take it back on lap 9. Titus would lose the handle in turn 2 and that would allow Trent Murphy to make a move and take the lead. Murphy would go on to his 5th win of the year at Marshalltown. Damon Murty, Donavon Smith, Jay Schmidt and Steve Meyer would round out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds. Duane Peterson would take the lead and would lead to the halfway point despite the first race caution on lap 7. Todd Conrad would make the pass and take the lead on lap 11 but then Conrad and Peterson would get together in turn 2 that would end up bringing out the caution handing the lead over to Jon Snyder. Snyder wouldn't look back as he would go on to his 8th win at Marshalltown this year and add on to his point lead. Josh Gilman would finish 2nd, Adam Larson was 3rd, Andrew Kinser was 4th and Kyle Krampe was 5th.

Next Friday Night will wrap the points championships as it will be the North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championships with Hot Laps at 6:45 and Racing at 7:30.

Don't forget the Havoc on the High Banks on September 23rd and 24th and the Battle at the Barn 4 on January 20th and 21st.

Official Results

Iowa Micro Sprint Series
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 77 Alan Comegys (2), 2. 81 Eric Bridger (3), 3. 15 Christian Bowman (1), 4. 12 Colin Smith (4), 5. 8M Trevor McKern (5)
Heat 2 (started) - 1. 11B Ben Woods (1), 2. 92 Russ Prather (2), 3. B4 Bruce Drotty (4), 4. 76 Brad Comegys (5), 5. 24N Nathan Mills (3)

Feature (started)
1. 11B Ben Woods (4)
2. 92 Russ Prather (2)
3. 81 Eric Bridger (1)
4. 77 Alan Comegys (3)
5. B4 Bruce Drotty (6)
6. 76 Brad Comegys (8)
7. 15 Christian Bowman (5)
8. 24N Nathan Mills (10)
9. 8M Trevor McKern (9)
10. 12 Colin Smith (7)

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 99 Josh May (6), 2. 57 Tim Hennigar (4), 3. X50 Joel Huggins (3), 4. 15 Andy Hennigar (5), 5. 8 Dusty Masolini (2), 6. 33 Gayle Worthington (7), 7. 11 Mike Stoker (1)
Heat 2 (started) - 1. 20 Jeff Stensland (1), 2. 95 Mike Kennedy (2), 3. 64 Randy Bryan (4), 4. 88 James May (3), 5. 6 Mike Morrill (5), 6. 1 John Gardner Jr (6), 7. 10 Ivan Guerra (7)

Feature (started)
1. 57 Tim Hennigar (6)
2. 99 Josh May (10)
3. X50 Joel Huggins (4)
4. 88 James May (5)
5. 15 Andy Hennigar (8)
6. 6 Mike Morrill (9)
7. 64 Randy Bryan (7)
8. 8 Dusty Masolini (2)
9. 95 Mike Kennedy (3)
10. 20 Jeff Stensland (1)
11. 10 Ivan Guerra (14)
12. 33 Gayle Worthington (11)
13. 11 Mike Stoker (13)
14. 1 John Gardner Jr (12)

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 25M Michael Murphy (9), 2. 12K Eric Knutson (8), 3. 24B Brandon Brinton (6), 4. 52 Josh Saunders (4), 5. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (7), 6. 4X Gary Pfantz (5), 7. 37G Jeff Gunderson (1), 8. 51D Dustin Filloon (2), 9. 3X Scott Durlin (3)
Heat 2 (started) - 1. 40 Randy Embrey (2), 2. 27 Clint Nelson (1), 3. 29 Jake Nelson (4), 4. 20E Eric Larson (7), 5. 52X Kevin Fee (8), 6. 82 Jennifer Hulin (3), 7. 69 Calvin Dhondt (6), 8. 86 Gene Nicklas (5)

Feature (started)
1. 40 Randy Embrey (2)
2. 27 Clint Nelson (1)
3. 29 Jake Nelson (4)
4. 25M Michael Murphy (10)
5. 12K Eric Knutson (7)
6. 24B Brandon Brinton (5)
7. 20E Eric Larson (8)
8. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (6)
9. 4X Gary Pfantz (12)
10. 52 Josh Saunders (3)
11. 82 Jennifer Hulin (12)
12. 69 Calvin Dhondt (14)
13. 3X Scott Durlin (17)
14. 37G Jeff Gunderson (13)
15. 86 Gene Nicklas (16)
16. 51D Dustin Filloon (15)
17. 52X Kevin Fee (9)

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 777 Jayme Duinink (3), 2. T17 Tom Rawlins (4), 3. 22A Shawn Albers (5), 4. 10 Cayden Carter (8), 5. 21 Kyle Brown (6), 6. 40S Shawn Simatovich (2), 7. 19J Jenae Gustin (7), 8. 4W Herbie Wilson (1), 9. 3F Cole Ferguson (9)
Heat 2 (started) - 1. 18J Jake Strayer (5), 2. 2Z Zack Rawlins (4), 3. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (7), 4. 81D Scott Davis (8), 5. 02A Cody Albers (2), 6. 80 Jared Van Deest (6), 7. 19G Gatlin Leytham (3), 8. 1E Ryan Engelkes (1)
Heat 3 (started) - 1. 23JR Nick Roberts (5), 2. 92 Tyler Droste (7), 3. 7V Jesse Vanderwall (1), 4. 505 Racer Hulin (6), 5. 8 Brad Iverson (4), 6. 83 Dane Larson (8), 7. 98 Bill Hildreth (3), 8. 7R Ryan Ashton (2)

Feature (started)
1. 18J Jake Strayer (6)
2. 92 Tyler Droste (10)
3. 2Z Zack Rawlins (4)
4. 505 Racer Hulin (8)
5. 81D Scott Davis (12)
6. T17 Tom Rawlins (3)
7. 22A Shawn Albers (5)
8. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (9)
9. 10 Cayden Carter (11)
10. 80 Jared Van Deest (17)
11. 777 Jayme Duinink (2)
12. 23JR Nick Roberts (7)
13. 7V Jesse Vanderwall (1)
14. 21 Kyle Brown (13)
15. 3F Cole Ferguson (23)
16. 7R Ryan Ashton (22)
17. 98 Bill Hildreth (21)
18. 83 Dane Larson (18)
19. 40S Shawn Simatovich (16)
20. 02A Cody Albers (13)
21. 19J Jenae Gustin (19)
22. 8 Brad Iverson (15)
23. 4W Herbie Wilson (20)
DNS: 19G Gatlin Leytham
1E Ryan Engelkes

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 3W Jeff Wollam (4), 2. 59 Tracy Gienger (5), 3. 72 Tommy Thompson (3), 4. 35 Donavon Smith (6), 5. 04 Don Vis (2), 6. 042 Doug Russell (1)
Heat 2 (started) - 1. 36 Trevor Titus (2), 2. 22R Todd Reitzler (3), 3. 75 Curt Hook (6), 4. 25 Trent Murphy (5), 5. 4J Bobby Lynch (7), 6. 20 Leroy Staub (1), 7. 22K Kevin Rose (4)
Heat 3 (started) - 1. 20L Lauren Vis (2), 2. 19J Jay Schmidt (4), 3. 99D Damon Murty (5), 4. 94 Steve Meyer (3), 5. 7S Daniel Schneider (1), 6. 55 Dave Mehmen (6)

Feature (started)
1. 25 Trent Murphy (10)
2. 99D Damon Murty (11)
3. 35 Donavon Smith (12)
4. 19J Jay Schmidt (8)
5. 94 Steve Meyer (5)
6. 3W Jeff Wollam (6)
7. 75 Curt Hook (7)
8. 4J Bobby Lynch (14)
9. 59 Tracy Gienger (9)
10. 72 Tommy Thompson (3)
11. 042 Doug Russell (16)
12. 04 Don Vis (13)
13. 7S Daniel Schneider (15)
14. 20 Leroy Staub (17)
15. 55 Dave Mehmen (18)
16. 36 Trevor Titus (1)
17. 22R Todd Reitzler (4)
18. 20L Lauren Vis (2)
DNS: 22K Kevin Rose

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 69X Jon Snyder (6), 2. 83C Todd Conrad (4), 3. 2L Adam Larson (3), 4. 83G Josh Gilman (5), 5. 25T Duane Peterson (1), 6. K1 Kyle Krampe (2), DNS: 40RC Rod Clement
Heat 2 (started) - 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin (5), 2. 5 Todd Shute (6), 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (4), 4. 21 David Brown (3), 5. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck (1), 6. 12 Andrew Kinser (2)

Feature (started)
1. 69X Jon Snyder (8)
2. 83G Josh Gilman (10)
3. 2L Adam Larson (6)
4. 12 Andrew Kinser (12)
5. K1 Kyle Krampe (11)
6. 21 David Brown (3)
7. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck (1)
8. 19 Jimmy Gustin (7)
9. 83C Todd Conrad (4)
10. 25T Duane Peterson (2)
11. 5 Todd Shute (9)
12. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (5)
DNS: 40RC Rod Clement

4 Shows, 2 Weekly Shows left at MoTown in 2011

2011-08-23T10:52:00.002-05:00

Only 2 more track points nights left at the Marshalltown Speedway but there is still 4 race nights left to go. This Friday Night will wrap up the month of August and it will be Custom Concrete Night with the IMCA Modifieds competing for a top prize of $500 to win also the Iowa Micro Sprint Series returns for another visit on the quarter mile with hot laps starting at 7pm and Racing to Follow.
Next Friday Night will be the Larry Wollam Season Championship sponsored by North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen of Marshalltown with hot laps starting at 7pm and Racing to Follow. Adults $9, Seniors (65+) $7, Children 11 & Under $2, Pit Passes $20.

Meanwhile our points battles are coming down to the wire with 2 weeks left. In the O'Reilly Mod Lites, Josh May holds a 4 point lead over Mike Morrill.
Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks sees the top 2 separated by just 2 points. Michael Murphy holds the top spot over Kevin Fee.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds see the top 4 all within in 17 points of each other. Jon Snyder holds the top spot by 4 pts over 4 time defending track champion Jimmy Gustin. Adam Larson sits 14 points behind Snyder meanwhile Ronn Lauritzen sits 17 points behind Snyder.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods saw Scott Davis take the top spot away from Cayden Carter, Davis holds the lead over Carter by 9 points. Tyler Droste is 3rd and is 25 points behind Davis.
Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars sees Trent Murphy have the lead over Tracy Gienger by 16 points. Damon Murty is 33 pts behind Murphy, Schmidt is 39 points out of the lead.

Once those 2 shows are over the race track isn't over yet as we will have the 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks presented by Toby K's Hideaway and Arizona Racing Engines on Friday and Saturday September 23rd and 24th. JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifeds will race for a top prize of $1,000 to win, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods are racing for $500 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks for $300 to win and Mod Lites $250 to win.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks will join the program on Saturday for $250 to win. Gates open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 6:30p and Racing at 7p both nights. Adults $12, Children 11 & Under $2 and Pit Pass $25.

Alot of Excitement on Rouse Motor Dodge and Cliff Chambers Memorial Night

2011-08-20T00:54:00.004-05:00

It was time to get back to business at the Marshalltown Speedway where it was Rouse Motor Dodge of Grundy Center, Cliff Chambers Memorial and Racin' for Mason Night at the Speedway. The Nostalgia Cars and Vintage Cars joined the fun on the night as well and after the races the fans got the opportunity to test drive a new dodge thanks to Rouse Motor Dodge.

The first feature of the night was the Vintage Cars and it was Austin Russell taking the win, Wade Russell in 2nd, Mark David was 3rd and Jim Kippling was 4th.

The Nostalgia Cars saw a friend of the great Cliff Chambers win as John Schroyer would take the race lead midway through the feature after passing Ted Zieman. Finishing behind Schroyer and Zieman was James Kippling, Chad Olson and Jim Anderson.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites was up next and it would be Tim Hennigar finishing right where he left off as he would take the lead right away and never look back despite a couple of cautions on lap 2. Hennigar would go on and take his 4th of the year at Marshalltown and 2nd in a row. Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar, Jeff Stensland and Randy Bryan would round out the top 5.

The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods feature would see the caution come out before 1 lap was completed. Once the race got going it was Zack Rawlins taking the lead but then 2nd race caution came out on lap 3. Rawlins would still remain out front but he would have to deal with his dad Tom on the restart. Zack Rawlins remained out from until Carter VanDenBerg would make the pass for the lead on lap 8. VanDenBerg would go on and take his 2nd win at Marshalltown, Tyler Droste was 2nd, Jenae Gustin got 3rd, Tom Rawlins fell back to 4th and Scott Davis would take over the point lead sole with a 5th place finish.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars would truly live up to the name of "Class Too Tough To Tame" in their 18 lap feature. Tommy Thompson would lead the first couple of laps before Jay Schmidt would get by on the highside. Schmidt and the field would see the caution come on lap 6 and then again on lap 7. Schmidt would have to now deal with Damon Murty and infact on lap 9 Schmidt and Murty would get together a little and that allowed Trent Murphy to get on by. That move by Murphy would end up putting him in victory lane for his 4th of the year at Marshalltown. Murty, Schmidt, Kevin Rose and Todd Reitzler would round out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds. Andrew Kinser would take the early race lead but the first race caution came out on lap 1 and then again on lap 5. On the restart, Kinser would have to battle with Jon Snyder and Snyder would make the pass for the lead on lap 8. Snyder looked like the win was going to be his but with 3 laps to go, Snyder would spin around in turn 2 handing the lead over to Adam Larson. Larson would go on and take the win and Jimmy Gustin would finish 2nd. Josh Truman, Jacob Murray and Todd Conrad would round out the top 5.

Racing action came to a completion at 10:22pm. Next Friday Night will be Custom Concrete Night at the Speedway with Hot Laps at 7p and Racing at 7:30p and then the following friday night will be the Larry Wollam Season Championships.

Vintage Cars
Heat - 33 Wade Russell

Feature
1. 3R Austin Russell
2. 33 Wade Russell
3. 2XS Mark David
4. 23K JIm Kippling
5. 59 Dan Osborn

Nostalgia Cars
Heat - 00 John Schroyer

Feature
1. 00 John Schroyer
2. 224 Ted Zieman
3. 5 James Kippling
4. 58 Chad Osborn
5. 10 Jim Anderson
6. 4 Skip Cuttings
7. 43

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 57 Tim Hennigar (3), 2. 20 Jeff Stensland (2), 3. 6 Mike Morrill (6), 4. 64 Randy Bryan (5), 5. 9 Rick Taylor (7), 6. 95 Mike Kennedy (7), 7. 11 Mike Stoker (1)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. X50 Joey Huggins (2), 2. 15 Andy Hennigar (5), 3. 8 Dusty Masolini (2), 4. 88 James May (4), 5. 82 Charlie Brown (7), 6. 89 Travis Stensland (1), 7. 99 Josh May (6)

Feature (started)
1. 57 Tim Hennigar (3)
2. 6 Mike Morrill (8)
3. 15 Andy Hennigar (5)
4. 20 Jeff Stensland (1)
5. 64 Randy Bryan (6)
6. 99 Josh May (14)
7. 8 Dusty Masolini (2)
8. X50 Joel Huggins (4)
9. 82 Charlie Brown (10)
10. 89 Travis Stensland (12)
11. 9 Rick Taylor (7)
12. 11 Mike Stoker (11)
13. 95 Mike Kennedy (9)
DNS: 88 James May

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 40 Randy Embrey (1), 2. 52X Kevin Fee (6), 3. 86 Gene Nicklas (4), 4. 52 Josh Saunders (3), 5. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (5), 6. 121 Travis Staley (6)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 82 Jennifer Hulin (2), 2. 25M Michael Murphy (6), 3. 27 Clint Nelson (1), 4. 24B Brandon Brinton (4), 5. 12K Eric Knutson (5), 6. 29 Jake Nelson (3)

Heat 3 (started) - 1. 47 Scott Pippert (2), 2. 4X Gary Pfantz (3), 3. 20E Eric Larson (5), 4. 3X Scott Durlin (4), 5. 51D Dustin Filloon (1), 6. 69 Calvin Dhondt (6), 7. 37G Jeff Gunderson (7)

Feature (started)
1. 40 Randy Embrey (2)
2. 52X Kevin Fee (11)
3. 25M Michael Murphy (12)
4. 47 Scott Pippert (3)
5. 27 Clint Nelson (1)
6. 82 Jennifer Hulin (4)
7. 12K Eric Knutson (14)
8. 20E Eric Larson (10)
9. 3X Scott Durlin (5)
10. 52 Josh Saunders (6)
11. 4X Gary Pfantz (7)
12. 29 Jake Nelson (17)
13. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (13)
14. 24B Brandon Brinton (9)
15. 86 Gene Nicklas (8)
16. 51D Dustin Filloon (15)
17. 69 Calvin Dhondt (18)
18. 37G Jeff Gunderson (19)
19. 121 Travis Staley (16)

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (8), 2. T17 Tom Rawlins (4), 3. 81D Scott Davis (9), 4. 2Z Zack Rawlins (3), 5. 22A Shawn Albers (7), 6. 23JR Nick Roberts (6), 7. 3X Scott Jorpeland (1), 8. X4 Jason Purvis (23), 9. 40S Shawn Simatovich (2), 10. 98 BIll Hildreth (5)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 92 Tyler Droste (8), 2. 02A Cody Albers (2), 3. 72 Brett Lowry (4), 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (7), 5. 21 Kyle Brown (6), 6. 7V Jesse Vanderwall (9), 7. 19G Gatlin Leytham (3), 8. 4W Herbie Wilson (1), 9. 63X Daniel Tasler (10), 10. 8 Brad Iverson (5)

Heat 3 (started) - 1. 10 Cayden Carter (8), 2. 18J Jake Strayer (5), 3. 80V Duane Van Deest (4), 4. 505 Racer Hulin (7), 5. 1E Ryan Engelkes (9), 6. 777 Jayme Duinik (3), 7. 7R Ryan Ashton (2), 8. 80 Jared Van Deest (6), 9. 7Z Zac Becker (1)

B-Feature - Top 3 Transfer (started)
1. 80 Jared Van Dest (3)
2. X4 Jason Purvis (1)
3. 8 Brad Iverson (8)
4. 40S Shawn Simatovich (4)
5. 4W Herbie Wilson (2)
6. 7Z Zac Becker (6)
7. 63X Daniel Tasler (5)
8. 98 Bill Hildreth (7)

Feature (started)
1. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (9)
2. 92 Tyler Droste (10)
3. 19J Jenae Gustin (7)
4. T17 Tom Rawlins (3)
5. 81D Scott Davis (12)
6. 2Z Zack Rawlins (2)
7. 505 Racer Hulin (8)
8. 23JR Nick Roberts (16)
9. 72 Brett Lowry (4)
10. 18J Jake Strayer (6)
11. 21 Kyle Brown (14)
12. 8 Brad Iverson (24)
13. 80 Jared Van Deest (21)
14. 10 Cayden Carter (11)
15. 22A Shawn Albers (13)
16. 80V Duane Van Deest (5)
17. 7V Jesse Vanderwall (17)
18. 3X Scott Durlin (19)
19. 19G Gatlin Leytham (20)
20. 02A Cody Albers (1)
21. 7R Ryan Ashton (21)
22. X4 Jason Purvis (23)
23. 1E Ryan Engelkes (15)
24. 777 Jayme Duinink (18)

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 22R Todd Reitzler (3), 2. 3W Jeff Wollam (4), 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (6), 4. 25 Trent Mruphy (5), 5. 29 Dean Everts (1), 6. 04 Don Vis (7), 7. 36 Trevor Titus (2)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 99D Damon Murty (5), 2. 75 Curt Hook (4), 3. 20L Lauren Vis (2), 4. 94 Steve Meyer (3), 5. 21T Travis Prochaska (7), 6. 20 Leroy Staub (1), 7. 042 Doug Russell (6)

Heat 3 (started) - 1. 19J Jay Schmidt (3), 2. 59 Tracy Gienger (4), 3. 22K Kevin Rose (5), 4. 72 Tommy Thompson (2), 5. 24 Eric Brown (6), 6. 85 Ron Carey (8), 7. 52E Mitchell Engelkes (7), 8. 7S Daniel Schneider (1)

Feature (started)
1. 25 Trent Murphy (9)
2. 99D Damon Murty (10)
3. 19J Jay Schmidt (5)
4. 22K Kevin Rose (11)
5. 22R Todd Reitzler (3)
6. 59 Tracy Gienger (8)
7. 75 Curt Hook (7)
8. 3W Jeff Wollam (6)
9. 72 Tommy Thompson (2)
10. 24 Eric Brown (15)
11. 20L Lauren Vis (1)
12. 93 Michael Jaennette (12)
13. 36 Trevor Titus (19)
14. 04 Don Vis (16)
15. 20 Leroy Staub (17)
16. 042 Doug Russell (20)
17. 21T Travis Prochaska (14)
18. 85 Ron Carey (18)
19. 29 Dean Everts (13)
20. 94 Steve Meyer (4)
21. 52E Mitchell Englkes (21)
22. 7S Daniel Schneider (22)

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 2L Adam Larson (4), 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (5), 3. 25T Duane Peterson (2), 4. 83C Todd Conrad (3), 5. 41P Keith Pittman (7), 6. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck (6), 7. 5D Devon Havlik (1)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 69X Jon Snyder (5), 2. 26 Danny Fetters (4), 3. 12X Brett Ladehoff (6), 4. 12 Andrew Kinser (1), 5. 52 Tyler Vandekamp (3), 6. 32 Rick Speck (2)

Heat 3 (started) - 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (4), 2. 48J Jacob Murray (6), 3. 47 Josh Truman (3), 4. K1 Kyle Krampe (1), 5. 21 David Brown (2), 6. 40RC Rod Clement (5)

Feature (started)
1. 2L Adam Larson (7)
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (9)
3. 47 Josh Truman (5)
4. 48J Jacob Murray (12)
5. 83C Todd Conrad (4)
6. 25T Duane Peterson (3)
7. 12 Andrew Kinser (1)
8. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (8)
9. 69X Jon Snyder (12)
10. 51 Tyler Vandekamp (14)
11. 32 Rick Speck (17)
12. 5D Devon Havlik (18)
13. 41P Keith Pittman (13)
14. K1 Kyle Krampe (2)
15. 21 David Brown (15)
16. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck (16)
17. 26 Danny Fetters (6)
18. 12X Brett Ladehoff (11)
19. 40RC Rod Clement (19)

Fee, Anderson, Elliott, Weyer, Moro and Darbyshire win Iowa State Fair Races

2011-08-16T19:49:00.002-05:00

I woke early in the morning to go spend the day at the Iowa State Fair all day before the races. My body was so wore out though because of all the walking around. That didn't stop me though as i decided to go in the pits to say hey to several of the drivers i only get to see a few times a year and it turns out this would be race number 46 for me this year.

Anyways after the heat races were done there was b-features to be run and the Stock Cars were up first with the b-features and it was Donavon Smith taking the win with Randy Killen in 2nd, Steve Campbell in 3rd and Andy Bryant in 4th. Sport Mod b-feature saw Jenae Gustin take the win, Mike Stark took 2nd, Nick Roberts was 3rd, Casey Gruebul was 4th with Tommy Killen Jr and Mike Hay taking the final 2 transfer spots. In the Late Model B-features it was Nate Beuseling and Ben Nading winning them.

It was now time for championship features and the first 2 features were the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap features. In Hobby Stock feature #1 it was Knoxville's Kevin Fee taking the lead early and not look back despite the only race caution coming out on lap 4 for debris. Fee would be chased down by Rob Allison from Des Moines in the later going but hold him off for the win. Allison took 2nd with Shane Klaassen, who made a 4 hour pull from Little Rock, in 3rd. Eric Stanton from Hartford and Adam Hagen from Des Moines rounded out the top 5.

In Hobby Stock feature #2 it was Carl Knight leading lap 1 but he would be pased by Dustin Griffith from Ottumwa on lap 2 but Shannon Anderson would chase down Griffith when Knight experience troubles. Anderson would make the pass for the lead coming to the white flag and end up going on to taking the win with Griffith in 2nd. Donavon Nunnikhoven from Sully was 3rd, Richard Yaw and John Watson, both from Des Moines was 4th and 5th respectively.

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were up next for their 20 lap feature. Bret Moyer would take the early race lead but on lap 6 Moyer would make contact with another trucj and it cut the tire down on Moyer's truck. So that handed the lead over to Tony Moro. Moro and the field would get 3 more laps in before the caution came out again. Moro still continue to lead and until after the last caution on lap 15. Brad Moyer would make the pass on Moro to lead on lap 17 and 18 but Moro would get back by Brad Moyer to take the win. Ed Nelson, Carl Moyer and Bret Moyer would round out the top 5.

Next up was the IMCA Stock Car 15 lap feature and it was the "Terminator" Mark Elliott taking the race lead and nothing would deny him the race including the 2 cautions on lap 3, caution on lap 4, 7 and 13. The top 3 was Elliott, Dopler and Jeff Wollam until lap 13 when Wollam experience troubles. Elliott took the win with Blaine Dopler from Wapello in 2nd, "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty was 3rd, Mike Nichols from Harlan was 4th and Justin Temeyer rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Sport Mods were up next and before 1 lap could be completed several cars would get together in turn 2. On the restart though it was Bryon Weyer from Des Moines taking the lead but just after lap 1 was completed the caution came out for debris in turn 1. Weyer again would resume command and would have to do battle with "Big Ticket"Andy Tiernan from Woodward for awhile and then later Austin Kaplan from Des Moines would try too but it would all be denied as Weyer took the win with Kaplan in 2nd. Cayden Carter from Oskaloosa in 3rd, Carter Van Den Berg also from Oskaloosa was 4th, Jesse Sobbing would come back and finish 5th after getting involved in the early wreck.

The final feature of the night was the Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Model 35 lap feature. Brian Harris would take the early lead but he would bobble on lap 11 which would allow Tom Darbyshire make the pass and take the lead. The first race caution came out on lap 14 for debris in turn 1. The 2nd caution came out on lap 31 when Andy Eckrich would have troubles in turn 2. Darbyshire still remained in command but would now have Todd Cooney and Harris right there but he would hold them off this time but a lap later the caution would come out again. That didn't bother Darbyshire as he was able to hold them off and take the win, Cooney took 2nd, Harris was 3rd, Jeff Aikey was 4th and Colby Springsteen was 5th.

The final checkered flag waved at 11pm putting and end to a great night of racing. Thanks to Mick & Angel Trier, Wally, Tim Trier, Bucky Doren, Jerry Van Sickel, Debbie Sweeney, Mary Brown, Bob Moses for the great job you all did all night and the entire staff of the Iowa State Fair for making it happen every year. If you want photos from last night go to http://www.zippsphotos.com/ or http://www.raceiowa.photoreflect.com/

Official Results

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA)
Heat 2 - 901 Shane Klaassen (Little Rock, IA)
Heat 3 - 20T Richard Yaw (Des Moines, IA)
Heat 4 - 78 Shannon Anderson (Des Moines, IA)

Feature #1
1. (2) 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA)
2. (10) 12A Rob Allison (Des Moines, IA)
3. (9) 901 Shane Klaassen (Little Rock, IA)
4. (6) 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford, IA)
5. (11) 00 Adam Hagen (Des Moines, IA)
6. (5) 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines, IA)
7. (3) 79 George Hood (Des Moines, IA)
8. (8) 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada, IA)
9. (12) 7L Rick Goldsberry
10. (7) 06 Shawn Rosenbalme (Des Moines, IA)
11. (13) 21 Nick Ulin
12. (16) 11 David Castellano Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
13. (15) 47 Raymond Fees (Des Moines, IA)
14. (4) 51 Matt Webb (Des Moines, IA)
15. (1) 31 Rex Bonnett (Norwalk, IA)
16. (14) 27C Cory Adams (Des Moines, IA)
17. (17) 31X Dustin Wipf

Feature #2
1. (9) 78 Shannon Anderson (Des Moines, IA)
2. (6) 10G Dustin Griffith (Ottumwa, IA)
3. (5) 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully, IA)
4. (3) 20T Richard Yaw (Des Moines, IA)
5. (12) 4W John Watson (Des Moines, IA)
6. (4) 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg, IA)
7. (10) 47X Scott Pippert (Elberon, IA)
8. (7) 22 John Nelson (Des Moines, IA)
9. (8) 19B Jim Brown
10. (13) Phillip Castellano (Norwalk, IA)
11. (15) 17J Josh Frericksen (Des Moines, IA)
12. (2) 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo, IA)
13. (11) 35G Gina Greubel (Lacona, IA)
14. (1) 23C Carl Knight (Waukee, IA)
15. (16) 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
16. (17) 77C Andy Coleman (Des Moines, IA)
17. (14) 43 Nic Shearer (Des Moines, IA)

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - 3 Carl Moyer (Ankeny, IA)
Heat 2 - 17A Billy Allen (Des Moines, IA)

Feature
1. (6) 2M Tony Moro (Ankeny, IA)
2. (9) 21 Brad Moyer (Alleman, IA)
3. (7) 03 Ed Nelson (Van Meter, IA)
4. (1) 3 Carl Moyer (Ankeny, IA)
5. (2) 98 Bret Moyer (Polk City, IA)
6. (5) 17A Billy Allen (Des Moines, IA)
7. (10) 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines, IA)
8. (11) 72 Daryl Lilly (Winterset, IA)
9. (8) 1 Bryan Nevins Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
10. (13) 13 Craig Ford (Pella, IA)
11. (15) 2 Del Enos (Des Moines, IA)
12. (4) 56 Steve Churchill (Creston, IA)
13. (14) 30 Dennis Pinegar (Des Moines, IA)
14. (12) 95 Lou Siplot (Altoona, IA)
15. (3) 35 Blake Henry (Indianola, IA)
16. (16) 5T Todd Inman (Des Moines, IA)

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 57 Blaine Dopler (Wapello, IA)
Heat 2 - 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA)
Heat 3 - 78 Jeff Anderson (Atlantic, IA)
Heat 4 - 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence, IA)

B-Feature (Top 4 transfer)
1. (4) 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City, IA)
2. (1) 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines, IA)
3. (7) 11C Steve Campbell (Des Moines, IA)
4. (11) 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons, IA)
5. (3) 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton, IA)
6. (13) 3K Kent Knopf
7. (2) 11J Jeff Johnson (Indianola, IA)
8. (9) 34 Allen Hansen (Greely, IA)
9. (15) 11 Scott Seaman (Des Moines, IA)
10. (8) 711 Michael Walrod (DeSoto, IA)
11. (5) 77T Trent Jeanes (Chariton, IA)
12. (10) 7D Joe Dejoode (Des Moines, IA)
13. (6) 19 August Bach
14. (12) D31 Lawrence Dorsey
15. (14) 21 Cody Cleghorn
16. (16) 59F Bill Fox (Des Moines, IA)

Feature
1. (1) 412 Mark Elliott (Webster City, IA)
2. (2) 57 Blaine Dopler (Wapello, IA)
3. (10) 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
4. (16) 63 Mike Nichols (Harlan, IA)
5. (11) 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence, IA)
6. (17) 01I Mike Harward
7. (5) 1K Tom Killen (Des Moines, IA)
8. (12) 19A Alan Van Gorp (Des Moines, IA)
9. (13) 19G Rick Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
10. (8) 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid, IA)
11. (21) 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City, IA)
12. (23) 11C Steve Campbell (Des Moines, IA)
13. (10) 26K Butch Bass
14. (19) 44 Todd Fisher
15. (4) 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA)
16. (24) 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons, IA)
17. (7) 78 Jeff Anderson (Atlantic, IA)
18. (15) 55 Steve Hill (Des Moines, IA)
19. (18) 22 Derek Sammons (Kahoka, MO)
20. (3) 28W Don Wear (Des Moines, IA)
21. (14) 75 Shane Richards
22. (6) 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines, IA)
23. (20) 2L John Lang (Des Moines, IA)
24. (22) 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines, IA)

IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood, IA)
Heat 2 - 27 Bryon Weyer (Des Moines, IA)
Heat 3 - 41 Jeremy Embrey (Granger, IA)

B-Feature (Top 6 Transfer)
1. (5) 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
2. (2) 93 Mike Stark
3. (3) 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
4. (1) 64 Casey Gruebul (Lacona, IA)
5. (6) 1K Tommy Killen Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
6. (12) 11H Mike Hay (Grimes, IA)
7. (11) 39 Larry Embrey (Granger, IA)
8. (8) 91 Shawn Hunter (Zearing, IA)
9. (4) 66 Gordon Head Jr.
10. (7) 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk, IA)
11. (13) 88T Chad Malone
12. (9) 02 Mark Mundel (Ottumwa, IA)
13. (10) 11C Justine Campbell (Des Moines, IA)
14. (14) 10H Jack Housley

Feature
1. (4) 27 Bron Weyer (Des Moines, IA)
2. (5) 1 Austin Kaplan (Des Moines, IA)
3. (6) 10 Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa, IA)
4. (7) 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa, IA)
5. (11) 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood, IA)
6. (3) 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward, IA)
7. (2) 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick, IA)
8. (13) 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel, IA)
9. (10) 41 Jeremy Embrey (Granger, IA)
10. (8) 11D Dalton Dingman (Grimes, IA)
11. (12) 74 Rick Gladson
12. (9) 81D Scott Davis (Madrid, IA)
13. (15) 11 Beau Kaplan (Boone, IA)
14. (19) 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
15. (1) 18 Laini Schwart
16. (18) 30X Josh Modde (Des Moines, IA)
17. (17) 21 Kyle Brown (Kellogg, IA)
18. (20) 93 Mike Stark
19. (14) 36X Russ Gladson
20. (21) 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
21. (23) 1K Tommy Killen Jr. (Des Moines, IA)
22. (22) 64 Casey Gruebul (Lacona, IA)
23. (16) 1T Bobby Davis III
24. (24) 11H Mike Hay (Grimes, IA)

Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models
Heat 1 - 1. (2) 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 2. (1) 56 Andy Eckrich (Iowa City); 3. (7) 42 Tom Darbyshire (Morning Sun); 4. (4) 46 Nate Beuseling (Silvis, Ill.); 5. (3) 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 6. (6) 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 7. (9) 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 8. (8) 15C Curt Schroeder (Ames); 9. (5) 95 Eric Sanders (Moline, Ill.)

Heat 2 - 1. (7) 58 Ray Guss Jr. (Milan, Ill.); 2. (5) 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 3. (8) Tommy Elston (Keokuk); 4. (1) 33 Paul Glendenning (Mt. Ayr); 5. (3) 8 Al Johnson (Story City); 6. (2) 41 Matt Strassheim (Morning Sun); 7. (9) 95X Craig Jacobs (Urbandale); 8. (4) G1 Mike Garland (Morrison, Ill.); 9. (6) 1ST Justin Reed (Quincy, Ill.)

Heat 3 - 1. (3) 28C Terry Neal (Ely); 2. (6) 9 Ryan Giles (West Des Moines); 3. (4) 38 Colby Springsteen (Morning Sun); 4. (5) 84 Sam Halstead (New London); 5. (1) 14 Kyle Wahlert (Des Moines); 6. (9) 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 7. (7) 3 Kevin Sather (Urbandale); 8. (2) 21B Joel Brasch (Dunkerton); 9. (8) 38D Josh Most (Red Oak)

Heat 4 - 1. (4) 4D Marty Diercks (Bettendorf); 2. (6) 27H Brian Harris (Davenport); 3. (1) 12J TJ Criss (Oskaloosa); 4. (2) 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 5. (7) 93 Jay Johnson (West Burlington); 6. (8) X Ryan Griffith (Webster City); 7. (3) 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 8. (5) 85 Kelly Tapper (Boone)

B-Feature 1 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. (1) 46 Nate Beuseling (Silvis, Ill.)
2. (8) 95X Craig Jacobs (Urbandale)
3. (3) 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque)
4. (2) 33 Paul Glendenning (Mt. Ayr)
5. (4) 8 Al Johnson (Story City)
6. (7) 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake)
7. (5) 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City)
8. (6) 41 Matt Strassheim (Morning Sun)
9. (10) G1 Mike Garland (Morrison, Ill.)
10. (12) 1ST Justin Reed (Quincy, Ill.)
11. (11) 15C Chris Schroeder (Ames)
12. (13) 95 Eric Sanders (Moline, Ill.)

B-Feature 2 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. (2) 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny)
2. (4) 93 Jay Johnson (West Burlington)
3. (6) X Ryan Griffith (Webster City)
4. (5) 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah)
5. (1) 84 Sam Halstead (New London)
6. (8) 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown)
7. (9) 21B Joel Brasch (Dunkerton)
8. (10) 85 Kelly Tapper (Boone)
9. (3) 14 Kyle Wahlert (Des Moines)
10. (7) 3 Kevin Sather (Urbandale)
11. (11) 38D Josh Most (Red Oak)

Feature
1. (3) 42 Tom Darbyshire (Morning Sun)
2. (6) 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines)
3. (1) 27H Brian Harris (Davenport)
4. (9) 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls)
5. (11) 38 Colby Springsteen (Morning Sun)
6. (4) 28C Terry Neal (Ely)
7. (5) 45 Tommy Elston (Keokuk)
8. (2) 9 Ryan Giles (West Des Moines)
9. (7) 58 Ray Guss Jr. (Milan, Ill.)
10. (8) 12J T.J. Criss (Oskaloosa)
11. (15) 93 Jay Johnson (West Burlington)
12. (18) 33 Paul Glendenning (Mt. Ayr)
13. (14) 95X Craig Jacobs (Urbandale)
14. (13) 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny)
15. (12) 46 Nate Beuseling (Silvis, Ill.)
16. (20) 1ST Justin Reed (Quincy, Ill.)
17. (19) 84 Sam Halstead (New London)
18. (17) 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah)
19. (10) 4D Marty Diercks (Bettendorf)
20. (24) 56 Andy Eckrich (Iowa City)
21. (21) G1 Mike Garland (Morrison, Ill.)
22. (23) 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake)
23. (16) 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque)
24. (22) 95 Eric Sanders (Moline, Ill.)

Hard Charger Provisional - Charlie McKenna
Deery Series Points Provisionals - Justin Reed, Mike Garland, Eric Sanders

*Ryan Griffith made the feature but gave his car to Andy Eckrich so that moved Sam Halstead in the feature and moved Eckrich too the tail because of swapping cars*

Hennigar, Carter, Fee, Meyer and Truman all winners on New Hope Christian Church/J&V Napa Auto Parts Night

2011-08-13T00:02:00.000-05:00

It was a beautiful friday night in Marshalltown as New Hope Christian Church and J&V Napa Auto Parts brought us a great night of racing action on the high banked quarter mile.

Before the features we would have the youngsters coming to the track for their Cardboard Car Races where we split it up in to 4 groups.

Once that was complete it was time for the first feature of the night which would be the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites for 15 laps. After the caution for debris force a complete restart it was Jeff Stensland taking the lead on lap 1 but it was Tim Hennigar making the pass and not look back even another caution came out on lap 6. Tim Hennigar would go on and take his 3rd feature event of the year with Josh May took 2nd, Mike Morrill was 3rd, Randy Bryan was 4th and James May came home 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks was up next and it was veteran Randy Embery taking the lead and he would start to pull away and nothing seem to slow Embery down including the 2 race cautions. Embrey would cross the line in first but in post race tech inspection he was disqualifed for not having the proper weight needed. So the win would be handed over to Kevin Fee. Devin Smith, Eric Knutson, Michael Murphy and Eric Larson rounded out the top 5.

In the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods feature it was Brett Lowry back driving his car taking the early lead and just after 1 lap was scored the caution would fly for Zack Rawlins after he hit the front stretch wall hard damaging the race car. Lowry still resumed command and look as if he would pull away with the win despite the final race caution on lap 8 but Cayden Carter would chase him down and make the pass coming to the white flag. Carter would take the win his 5th on friday nights, Lowry would end up 2nd. Racer Hulin, Jenae Gustin and Scott Davis would finish 3rd through 5th.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Car feature saw Steve Meyer take the lead early and look to be pulling away with the lead but the caution came out on lap 3. Meyer would resume command but have company, Jay Schmidt would take the lead on lap 8 but Schmidt's lead was short lived as Meyer got by as Schmidt experienced mechanical issues. Meyer would go on and take the win, his 2nd of the year at Marshalltown. Tracy Gienger, Trent Murphy, Jeff Wollam and Damon Murty would round out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds it was Josh Truman taking the early lead then the caution would come out on lap 3 and 4. Truman still remained out front but the rest of the race, he would have to deal with Richie Gustin and Jimmy Gustin for the top spot. Truman would hold off both challenges and take the win, Richie Gustin finished 2nd with Jimmy Gustin in 3rd. Danny Fetters and Scott Simatovich would end up 4th and 5th.

Final checkered flew at 9:55p putting an end to another great night of racing. Next Friday Night we are back at it as Rouse Motor Dodge of Grundy Center will give fans the opportunity to test drive a new Dodge. Also it will be the rescheduled Cliff Chambers Memorial Night and the Nostalgia Cars are scheduled to make an appearance.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 99 Josh May (6), 2. X50 Joel Huggins (4), 3. 88 James May (3), 4. 15 Andy Hennigar (5), 5. 8 Dusty Masolini (2), 6. 8W Joe Wood (1), 7. 10 Ivan Guerra (7)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 57 Tim Hennigar (2), 2. 6 Mike Morrill (5), 3. 20 Jeff Stensland (1), 4. 64 Randy Bryan (4), 5. 95 Mike Kennedy (3), 6. 89 Travis Stensland (6), 7. 11 Mike Stoker (7)

Feature (started)
1. 57 Tim Henigar (3)
2. 99 Josh May (10)
3. 6 Mike Morrill (9)
4. 64 Randy Bryan (7)
5. 88 James May (5)
6. 95 Mike Kennedy (4)
7. 20 Jeff Stensland (1)
8. 8 Dusty Masolini (2)
9. 10 Ivan Guerra (13)
10. 8w Joe Wood (11)
11. X50 Joel Huggins (6)
12. 15 Andy Hennigar (8)
13. 11 Mike Stoker (14)
14. 89 Travis Stensland (12)

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 27 Clint Nelson (1), 2. 26 Brice Udelhoven (3), 3. 25M Michael Murphy (8), 4. 69 Calvin Dhondt (6), 5. 52 Josh Saunders (4), 6. 20E Eric Larson (7), 7. 4X Gary Pfantz (5), 8. 12A Rob Allison (9), 9. 8B Nick Welch (2)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 40 Randy Embrey (1), 2. 52X Kevin Fee (8), 3. 24B Brandon Brinton (6), 4. 81 Devin Smith (9), 5. 12K Eric Knutson (7), 6. 82 Jennifer Hulin (4), 7. 29 Jake Nelson (5), 8. 3X Scott Durlin (3), 9. 51D Dustin Filloon (9)

Feature (started)
1. 52X Kevin Fee (8)
2. 81 Devin Smith (10)
3. 12K Eric Knutson (7)
4. 25M Michael Murphy (9)
5. 20E Eric Larson (11)
6. 24B Brandon Brinton (5)
7. 12A Rob Allison (15)
8. 29 Jake Nelson (14)
9. 3X Scott Durlin (16)
10. 69 Calvin Dhondt (6)
11. 52 Josh Saunders (4)
12. 4X Gary Pfantz (13)
13. 51D Dustin Filloon (18)
14. 8B Nick Welch (17)
15. 27 Clint Nelson (1)
16. 26 Brice Udelhoven (3)
17. 82 Jennifer Hulin (12)
DQ 40 Randy Embery (2)

*Embrey crossed in first but was disqualifed because he didn't have the proper amount of weight need around the engine in the crate motor option*

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 72 Brett Lowry (2), 2. T17 Tom Rawlins (3), 3. 81D Scott Davis (8), 4. 505 Racer Hulin (6), 5. 23JR Nick Roberts (5), 6. 98 Bill Hildreth (4), 7. 4W Herbie Wilson (1), DNS: 7 Carter VanDenBerg (7)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. B00K Dylan Book (4), 2. 80V Duane Van Deest (2), 3. 92 Tyler Droste (7), 4. 2Z Zack Rawlins (3), 5. 7R Ryan Ashton (1), 6. 21 Kyle Brown (6), 7. 19J Jenae Gustin (5)

Heat 3 (started) - 1. 10 Cayden Carter (7), 2. 18J Jake Strayer (4), 3. 80 Jared Van Deest (5), 4. 22A Shawn Albers (6), 5. 8 Brad Iverson (3), 6. 777 Jayme Duinink (1), 7. 02A Cody Albers (7)

Feature (started)
1. 10 Cayden Carter (11)
2. 72 Brett Lowry (1)
3. 505 Racer Hulin (8)
4. 19J Jenae Gustin (20)
5. 81D Scott Davis (12)
6. 80V Duane Van Deest (2)
7. 80 Jared Van Deest (7)
8. T17 Tom Rawlins (3)
9. 18J Jake Strayer (6)
10. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (22)
11. 22A Shawn Albers (9)
12. 8 Brad Iverson (15)
13. 777 Jayme Duinink (21)
14. 21 Kyle Brown (17)
15. 23JR Nick Roberts (13)
16. 98 Bill Hildreth (16)
17. B00K Dylan Book (5)
18. 92 Tyler Droste (10)
19. 7R Ryan Ashton (14)
20. 4W Herbie Wilson (19)
21. 2Z Zack Rawlins (4)
DNS: 02A Cody Albers (18)

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 59 Tracy Gienger (5), 2. 99D Damon Murty (6), 3. 3W Jeff Wollam (4), 4. 72 Tommy Thompson (3), 5. 29 Dean Everts (7), 6. 2L John Lang (2), 7. 20 Leroy Staub (1)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 94 Steve Meyer (3), 2. 25 Trent Murphy (5), 3. 287 John Emerson (6), 4. 20L Lauren Vis (2), 5. 7S Daniel Schneider (1), 6. 85 Ron Carey (7), 7. 19J Schmidt (4)

Feature (started)
1. 94 Steve Meyer (5)
2. 59 Tracy Gienger (7)
3. 25 Trent Murphy (8)
4. 3W Jeff Wollam (6)
5. 99D Damon Murty (9)
6. 72 Tommy Thompson (4)
7. 20L Lauren Vis (3)
8. 29 Dean Everts (1)
9. 85 Ron Carey (12)
10. 2L John Lang (11)
11. 7S Daniel Schnieder (2)
12. 19J Jay Schmidt (14)
13. 287 John Emerson (10)
14. 20 Leroy Staub (13)

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 (started) - 1. 2L Adam Larson (4), 2. 10K Ronn Laurtizen (5), 3. 33D Scott Hogan (7), 4. 47 Josh Truman (3), 5. 12EH Riley Emmel (6), 6. K1 Kyle Krampe (1), 7. 21 David Brown (2)

Heat 2 (started) - 1. 19G Richie Gustin (3), 2. 43S Scott Simatovich (2), 3. 69X Jon Snyder (5), 4. 26 Danny Fetters (6), 5. 32 Rick Speck (7), 6. 19 Jimmy Gustin (4), 7. 83C Todd Conrad (1)

Feature (started)
1. 47 Josh Truman (2)
2. 19G Richie Gustin (3)
3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (12)
4. 26 Danny Fetters (9)
5. 43S Scott Simatovich (1)
6. 33D Scott Hogan (10)
7. 32 Rick Speck (7)
8. 12EH Riley Emmel (8)
9. 69X Jon Snyder (6)
10. K1 Kyle Krampe (11)
11. 83C Todd Conrad (14)
12. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (5)
13. 2L Adam Larson (4)
14. 21 David Brown (13)

Stenhouse wins again at Iowa Speedway

2011-08-08T14:48:00.000-05:00

The final weekend of racing at Iowa Speedway took place over the weekend. It started on Friday Night with the Sandvik Coromant 150 presented by Cline Tools wheere it was Jeff Choquette from South Beach, Florida taking the win.

On Saturday though it was the return of the NASCAR Nationwide Series for the U.S. Cellular 250 presented by Enlist Weed Control System. Elliott Sadler would get the pole, Trevor Baybe would take the lead from Sadler though on lap 1. Sam Hornish Jr would make the pass and take the lead from Bayne on lap 13.

The first race caution came out on lap 24 for debris in turn 4. Hornish Jr, who was filling in for Brad Keselowski would remain out front until the next caution on lap 49. This caution came out for Jamie Dick getting in to the wall in turn 4 and then running into Eric McClure.

The leaders would all make pit stops which would hand the lead over to Michael McDowell. MCDoweell would lead until lap 69 when Carl Edwards would get by and lead. Edwards would continue to lead until lap 100 when Ricky Stenhouse Jr would get by but a lap later the caution came out again. This caution was for Mike Wallace im turn 2.

Again the leaders would pit so the lead would be handed to Jeremy Clements, Clements would lead 2 laps and then pit himself and hand the lead over to David Mayhew. When the race got going on lap 106, Mayhew would get passed by Carl Edwards.

Carl Edwards would lead until lap 154 when Ricky Stenhouse Jr took the lead, shortly after that the caution came out for debris in turn 4. Stenhouse Jr would give the lead back to Carl Ewards after pit stops. Edwards would remain out front until lap 185 when another caution came out for debris on the frontstretch.

Mayhew would get the lead on lap 186 but it was Des Moines Native Michael Annett would hold the lead until lap 187. Elliott Sadler would take the lead away from Annett on the restart.

The final race caution came out on lap 220 for Blake Koch hitting the turn 2 wall and then hitting the inside wall on the backstretch. On the restart on lap 227, Sadler would remain out front but 2 laps later he would be passed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

It looked as if Stenshouse was pulling away to the win but with a few laps to go, he began to experience some troubles with his Ford Mustang and on the last lap we would find out why. Coming off turn 4, Stenhouse would see the motor expire and lay oil on the racing surface and Carl Edwards would try to avoid him but the cloud of smoke and oil on the track forced Edwards to run into Stenhouse and push him across the line for the win. Both cars were damage but it was Stenhouse taking the win, Edwards 2nd. Elliott Sadler, Josh Wise and Aric Almirola rounding out the top 5. Reed Sorenson, Kenny Wallace, Steve Wallace, Michael McDowell and David Mayhew finish 6th through 10th.

That put an end to the racing action at Iowa Speedway for 2011, check out http://www.iowaspeedway.com/ for the 2012 schedule once its figured out.

May, Fee, Snyder, Vandenberg and Wollam win at Motown

2011-08-06T00:09:00.000-05:00

Looked as if Mother nature was trying to ruin our fun with some scattered showers but eventually it clear up and allowed us to race and finish despite a late light sprinkle.
The first feature of the night was the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites. James May would take the early race lead but then the only race caution came out on lap 6. On the restart, Andy Hennigar would take the lead from May but Hennigar's lead would be short lived as Hennigar would bobble in turn 4 and allow Josh May to get by Hennigar and James May for the lead. Josh May would go on to take his 7th feature win at Marshalltown during weekly point nights. Randy Bryan, James May, Mike Morrill and Andy Hennigar would round out the top 5.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature was up next. After the Initial start was called back it was the Rookie Brice Udelhoven taking the lead. The only other race caution came out on lap 3 but that didn't affect Udelhoven's lead. Kevin Fee would chase down Udelhoven and make the pass coming to the flying green. Fee would take the win with Udelhoven in 2nd, Jennifer Hulin in 3rd, Eric Larson in 4th and Eric Knutson in 5th.
In the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds feature it was Todd Conrad taking the early lead. Todd Shute made the pass on Conrad for the lead on lap 6. Then the first race caution waved on lap 9 but still Shute would lead until Jon Snyder would make the move and get by on lap 14. The final 2 race cautions came out on lap 17 but it didn't slow Snyder down as he would go on and take his 6th feature win at Marshalltown. Ronn Lauritzen, Richie Gustin, Todd Shute and Jimmy Gustin rounded out the top 5.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods feature would be next for 15 laps. Zack Rawlins would take the early race lead but Carter VanDenberg in a borrowed race car would get by and take the lead on lap 3. The only race caution came out on lap 6 for a 3 car tangle up in turn 2. VanDenberg would be able to hold on and go on and take the win his first at Marshalltown this year. Jared Van Deest took 2nd, Doug Smith was 3rd, Jenae Gustin would end up 4th and Dylan Book was 5th.

The Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars was the final feature of the night and it was Todd Reitzler taking the early lead but Jeff Wollam would make the pass on lap 3. 2 Laps later the only race caution came out but it wouldn't let it bother Wollam. Wollam would have to hold off charges by Trent Murphy and Tracy Gienger and deal with lap traffic but go on and take his first feature at Marshalltown since August 15th, 2008. Gienger would take 2nd, Murphy was 3rd, Jay Schmidt took 4th and Damon Murty was 5th.

The final race of the night was the Modified Gambler race. Luke Wanninger would lead the first 8 laps before Jon Snyder would finally be able to get by and take the lead on lap 9. Snyder would go on and take the $300 in the gambler race meanwhile Todd Shute would slide off the top of turn 3 and roll his car, Shute would climb from the car okay. Snyder would be followed by Wanninger, Richie Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen and Mike Jergens.

Racing came to an end just before 10pm. Next Friday night we are back at it with New Hope Christian Church Cardboard Classic and J&V Napa Auto Parts Night where Hot Laps at 7p and Racing to Follow.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 1. Mike Morrill, 2. Mike Kennedy, 3. Dusty Maslolini, 4. Randy Bryan, 5. Joe Wood, DNS: Mike Martin
Heat 2 - 1. Josh May, 2. Andy Hennigar, 3. James May, 4. Joel Huggins, 5. Robert Mros

Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 64 Randy Bryan
3. 88 James May
4. 6 Mike Morrill
5. 15 Andy Hennigar
6. 95 Mike Kennedy
7. X50 Joel Huggins
8. 8 Dusty Masolini
9. 8W Joe Wood
10. 26 Robert Mros (Gilbert, AZ)
DNS: 24 Mike Martin (Gilbert, AZ)

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 1. Scott Durlin, 2. Gene Nicklas, 3. Randy Embrey, 4. Eric Larson, 5. Josh Saunders, 6. Clint Nelson, 7. Brandon Pruitt
Heat 2 - 1. Kevin Fee, 2. Jennifer Hulin, 3. Scott Pippert, 4. Donavon Nunnikhoven, 5. Brandon Brinton, 6. Matt Webb, 7. Dustin Filloon
Heat 3 - 1. Brice Udelhoven, 2. Eric Knutson, 3. Jake Nelson, 4. Adam Hagen, 5. Gary Pfantz, 6. Michael Murphy

Feature
1. 52X Kevin Fee
2. 26 Brice Udelhoven
3. 82 Jennifer Hulin
4. 20E Eric Larson
5. 12K Eric Knutson
6. 3X Scott Durlin
7. 25M Michael Murphy
8. 29 Jake Nelson
9. 00 Adam Hagen
10. 51D Dustin Filloon
11. 24B Brandon Brinton
12. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
13. 47 Scott Pippert
14. 86 Gene Nicklas
15. 4X Gary Pfantz
16. 10B Brandon Pruitt
17. 27 Clint Nelson
18. 40 Randy Embrey
19. 52 Josh Saunders
DNS: 51 Matt Webb

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 1. Todd Shute, 2. Jon Snyder, 3. Ronn Lauritzen, 4. Todd Conrad, 5. Devon Havlik, 6. Scott Thomas, 7. Michael Reichart
Heat 2 - 1. Jimmy Gustin, 2. David Brown, 3. Josh Truman, 4. Mike Jergens, 5. Duane Peterson, 6. Andrew Kinser
Heat 3 - 1. Luke Wanninger, 2. Adam Larson, 3. Kyle Krampe, 4. Richie Gustin, 5. Scott Simatovich, 6. Tyler Vandekamp

Gambler Race
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 20 Luke Wanninger
3. 19G Richie Gustin
4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
5. 37 Mike Jergens
6. 5 Todd Shute

Feature
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
3. 19G Richie Gustin
4. 5 Todd Shute
5. 19 Jimmy Gustin
6. 47 Josh Truman
7. 83C Todd Conrad
8. 51 Tyler Vandekamp
9. 12 Andrew Kinser
10. 21 David Brown
11. 20T Scott Thomas
12. K1 Kyle Krampe
13. 5D Devon Havlik
14. 2L Adam Larson
15. 20 Luke Wanninger
16. 37 Mike Jergens
17. 43S Scott Simatovich
18. 25T Duane Peterson
19. 4R Michael Reichart

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 1. Tom Rawlins, 2. Jenae Gustin, 3. Scott Davis, 4. Herbie Wilson, 5. Dane Larson, 6. Kyle Brown, DNS: Eric Larson
Heat 2 - 1. Zack Rawlins, 2. Dylan Book, 3. Jake Strayer, 4. Doug Smith, 5. Cody Albers, 6. Zac Becker, 7. Nick Roberts
Heat 3 - 1. Jared Van Deest, 2. Cayden Carter, 3. Carter Vandenberg, 4.Shawn Albers, 5. Bill Hildreth, 6. Ryan Ashton, 7. Gatlin Leytham
Heat 4 - 1. Duane Van Deest, 2. Tyler Droste, 3. Racer Hulin, 4. Jayme Duinink, 5. Brad Iverson, 6. Shawn Simatovich, 7. Scott Jorpeland

B-Feature (Top 3 transfer)
1. 21 Kyle Brown
2. 7R Ryan Ashton
3. 40S Shawn Simatovich
DNS:
7Z Zac Becker
23JR Nick Roberts
19G Gatlin Leytham
3X Scott Jorpeland
21X Eric Larson

Feature
1. 7 Carter Vandenberg
2. 80 Jared Van Deest
3. 12S Doug Smith
4. 19J Jenae Gustin
5. B00K Dylan Book
6. 81D Scott Davis
7. T17 Tom Rawlins
8. 92 Tyler Droste
9. 505 Racer Hulin
10. 22A Shawn Albers
11. 777 Jayme Duinink
12. 98 Bill Hildreth
13. 83 Dane Larson
14. 8 Brad Iverson
15. 21 Kyle Brown
16. 2Z Zack Rawlins
17. 02A Cody Albers
18. 18J Jake Strayer
19. 4W Herbie Wilson
20. 7R Ryan Ashton
21. 80V Duane Van Deest
22. 10 Cayden Carter
23. 40S Shawn Simatovich

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 1. Todd Reitzler, 2. Trent Murphy, 3. Daniel Schneider, 4. Trevor Titus, 5. Ron Carey, 6. Steve Meyer, 7. Jay Schmidt, DQ Dean Everts
Heat 2 - 1. Damon Murty, 2. Tracy Gienger, 3. Jeff Wollam, 4. Curt Hook, 5. Tommy Thompson, 6. Jon Lange, 7. Leroy Staub

Feature
1. 3W Jeff Wollam
2. 59 Tracy Gienger
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 19J Jay Schmidt
5. 99D Damon Murty
6. 75 Curt Hook
7. 72 Tommy Thompson
8. 22R Todd Reitzler
9. 29 Dean Everts
10. 7S Daniel Schneider
11. 2L Jon Lange
12. 20 Leroy Staub
13. 85 Ron Carey
14. 94 Steve Meyer
DNS: 36 Trevor Titus

Marshalltown Speedway Stats Blitz through July!

2011-08-01T18:28:00.000-05:00

Its time for the monthly stat blitz for the Marshalltown Speedway through the months of April, May, June and July. Again this only counts the regular shows not specials.

Car Counts
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 14.0 - 17 - 12
Sport Mods - 29.5 - 46 - 24
Modifieds - 15.92 - 22 - 13
Stock Cars - 18.33 - 26 - 14
Hobby Stocks - 19.0 - 26 - 14

Total - 96.75 - 134 - 81

Points
-223 different drivers have signed in to compete at the Marshalltown Speedway
-The Point Leaders after 12 weekly points nights is Josh May (Mod Lites), Michael Murphy (Hobby Stocks), Jon Snyder (Modifieds), Cayden Carter (Sport Mods), Trent Murphy (Stock Cars)
-The point leaders have a combined total of 21 wins this year at Marshalltown
-Josh May has 6 wins in the Mod Lites, Jon Snyder has 5 wins in the Modifieds, Cayden Carter has 4 wins in the Sport Mods meanwhile while brother's Trent and Michael Murphy each have 3 wins in the Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks respectively

-2nd place in points have a combined 8 wins with Adam Larson leading the way with 3 wins in the Modifieds
-3rd place in points have a combined 4 wins with Jay Schmidt leading the way with 2 wins in the Stock Cars

22 drivers have remained in the top 10 in points all year at Marshalltown so far:

Mod Lites (7): Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar, Colby Oberembt, Randy Bryan, Joel Huggins, Josh May and Mike Kennedy
Hobby Stocks (3): Kevin Fee, Eric Larson, Calvin Dhondt
Modifieds (5): Jon Snyder, Adam Larson, Ronn Lauritzen, David Brown, Jimmy Gustin
Sport Mods (3): Cayden Carter, Tyler Droste, Scott Davis
Stock Cars (4): Trent Murphy, Tracy Gienger, Todd Reitzler, Jeff Wollam

Feature winners
-33 different feature winners in 12 weeks of the season at Marshalltown

The feature winners include (the amount if more than 1):

Mod Lites (6): Josh May (6), Tim Hennigar (2), Mike Morrill, Randy Bryan, Charlie Brown, Colby Oberembt
Hobby Stocks (7): Michael Murphy (3), Kevin Fee (2), Eric Knutson (2), Brandon Brinton (2), Donavon Nunnikhoven, Devin Smith, Brice Udelhoven
Sport Mods (7): Cayden Carter (4), Jenae Gustin (3), Jake Strayer, Kyle Brown, Dane Larson, Scott Davis, Tyler Droste
Stock Cars (8): Trent Murphy (3), Damon Murty (2), Jay Schmidt (2), Brian Irvine, Steve Meyer, Donavon Smith, Tracy Gienger, Todd Reitzler
Modifieds (5): Jon Snyder (5), Adam Larson (3), Todd Shute (2), Jimmy Gustin, Luke Wanninger

-Longest streak of consective feature wins is 3 and that was done by Jenae Gustin as she looks to start the month of August of right by getting win number 4 in a row.

Top 10 Finishes
-139 drivers have at least 1 top 10 finish in 12 weeks
-3 drivers have finished in the top 10 all 12 weeks:
Mod Lites (1): Mike Kennedy
Modifieds: (2): Jon Snyder, Ronn Laurtizen

Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Hobby Stocks haven't had a person finish in the top 10 every week.

Stock Cars most top 10 finishes is 11 by Tracy Gienger and then its 10 by Trent Murphy
Hobby Stocks most top 10 finishes is 11 by Michael Murphy and then its 10 by Kevin Fee and Eric Knutson
Sport Mods most top 10 finishes is 11 by Cayden Carter, Tyler Droste and Scott Davis

Top 5 Finishes
-90 Of those 139 drivers with at least 1 top 10 finish have at least 1 top 5 finish
-Zero Drivers have been in the top 5 every week through 12 weeks

Mod Lites most top 5 finishes is by Josh May and Mike Morrill each with 9.
Sport Mods most top 5 finishes is by Cayden Carter with a 11
Stock Cars most top 5 finishes is by Damon Murty and Trent Murphy each with 9
Modifieds most top 5 finishes is by Jon Snyder with a 11
Hobby Stocks most top 5 finishes is by Kevin Fee with 9

Top 3 Finishes
-64 of the 90 drivers with at least 1 top 5 finish have at least 1 top 3 finish
-No drivers have a top 3 finish every week but Mike Morrill (Mod Lites) and Cayden Carter (Sport Mods) each have 9 top 3 finishes

Most top 3 finishes in the Stock Cars is by Damon Murty with 8
Most top 3 finishes in the Modifieds is by Jon Snyder and Adam Larson each with 8
Most top 3 finishes in the Hobby Stocks is by Michael Murphy with 7

Feature Lap Leaders
-71 different drivers have led at least 1 lap in the features

Division Lap Leaders are:

Mod Lites (11) : Josh May (72 laps led), Tim Hennigar (25), Colby Oberembt (19), Mike Morrill (18), Charlie Brown (17), Randy Bryan (11), Jeff Stensland (8), Travis Stensland (4), Dusty Masolini (2), Adam Davis (2), Mike Kennedy (2)

Sport Mods (16) : Jenae Gustin (45 laps led), Cayden Carter (42), DJ Robinson (15), Brad Iverson (14), Dane Larson (12), Nick Roberts (11), Scott Davis (9), Jake Strayer (8), Carter Vandenberg (5), Brett Lowry (5), Jayme Duinink (4), Racer Hulin (3), Tom Rawlins (3), Beau Kaplan (2), Kyle Brown (2), Tyler Droste (1)

Stock Cars (16) : Jay Schmidt (50 laps led), Steve Meyer (37), Trent Murphy (28), Damon Murty (20), Todd Reitzler (17), Donavon Smith (13), Andy Bryant (9), Brian Irvine (8), Sean Johnson (6), Trevor Titus (6), Michael Jaennette (6), Tracy Gienger (6), Rob Schneider (2), Curt Hook (1), Jeff Wollam (1), Tommy Thompson (1)

Modifieds (13) : Jon Snyder (67 laps led), Todd Shute (55), Adam Larson (42), Ronn Lauritzen (21), Todd Conrad (15), Mike Wendelstadt (13), Josh Truman (10), Duane Peterson (9), Jimmy Gustin (3), Luke Wanninger (3), Joel Bushore (1), Andrew Kinser (1), Kyle Krampe (1)

Hobby Stocks (15) : Kevin Fee (21 laps led), Brice Udelhoven (21), Michael Murphy (20), Brandon Brinton (20), Eric Knutson (11), Donavon Nunnikhoven (10), Aaron Rudolph (7), Jennifer Hulin (7), Mike Vibbard (5), Gary Pfantz (5), Jake Nelson (5), Josh Saunders (5), Devin Smith (4), Tony Cox (2), Scott Durlin (1)

Heat Races
-There has been 72 different heat race winners this year through the month of july.

Heat race winners include:

Mod Lites (7) : Mike Morrill (7 heat wins), Colby Oberembt (7), Josh May (5), Joel Hugins (2), Charlie Brown (2), Tim Hennigar (2), Dusty Masolini (1)

Sport Mods (22) : Jayme Duinink (5 heat wins), Tom Rawlins (4), Brad Iverson (4), Carter Vandenberg (4), Cayden Carter (4), Jenae Gustin (4), Tyler Droste (3), Dane Larson (2), Scott Davis (2), Jared Timmerman (1), Andy Tiernan (1), Jake Strayer (1), Joel Rust (1), Curt Hilmer (1), Gatlin Leytham (1), Beau Kaplan (1), Doug Smith (1), Eric Flander (1), Fred Leytham (1), Dylan Book (1), Racer Hulin (1), Brett Lowry (1)

Stock Cars (16) : Jay Schmidt (7 heat wins), Damon Murty (4), Trevor Titus (4), Steve Meyer (3), Michael Jaennette (2), Tracy Gienger (2), Andy Bryant (2), Sean Johnson (1), Trent Murphy (1), Dave Atcher (1), Kevin Rose (1), Rob Schneider (1), Donavon Smith (1), Lauren Vis (1), Todd Reitzler (1), Jeff Wollam (1)

Modifieds (13) : Todd Shute (4 heat wins), Jimmy Gustin (3), Adam Larson (3), Jon Snyder (3), Ronn Lauritzen (3), Kyle Krampe (2), Joel Bushore (2), Mike Wendelstadt (1), Richie Gustin (1), Todd Conrad (1), Duane Peterson (1), Luke Wanninger (1), David Brown (1)

Hobby Stocks (14) : Brandon Brinton (5 heat wins), Michael Murphy (4), Jennifer Hulin (3), Gary Pfantz (3), Josh Saunders (2), Aaron Rudolph (1), Dustin Filloon (1), Mike Vibbard (1), Eric Knutson (1), Donavon Nunnikhoven (1), Kevin Fee (1), Tony Cox (1), Eric Larson (1), Jake Nelson (1)

Other Notes
- 3,042 green flag racing laps have been completed on the speedway not including hot laps but it does include Specials
- 2,140 green flag racing laps have been completed on weekly points nights not including hot laps

As i say every month it is no where near the stats my good buddy Ryan Clark from the Independence Motor Speedway does but they are my attempt at keeping the stats i can't before numbers get to my head.

Hope you enjoy!

Gustin Wins Again in Marshalltown

2011-07-30T00:24:00.000-05:00

It was Johnny Ray's Bar & Grille Night at the Marshalltown Speedway and we would have 6 classes in competition and the ever so popular spectator eliminator races for the 2nd time this year. We would have 101 race cars sign in and 8 spectator eliminators.

The first feature of the night was the Iowa Micro Sprint Series Sprints. Ben Woods would take the early lead after starting tenth, Woods would lead until 3 laps to go when Russ Prather was able to chase him down and make the pass. Prather would take the win in the green-to-checkered feature with Woods taking 2nd. Eric Bridger, Kelly Buckallew and Nathan Mills rounded out the top 5.

In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites saw Jeff Stensland lead the first few laps before Colby Oberembt would get by and take the lead. Oberembt would take the win with Josh May in 2nd, Mike Morrill in 3rd, James May in 4th and Andy Hennigar was 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature saw Rookie Brice Udelhoven dominate as he would lead the feature from start to finish depsite the only race caution on lap 3. The win would Udelhoven's first career hobby stock win. Brandon Brinton, Gary Pfantz, Michael Murphy and Eric Larson finished 2nd through 5th.

The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods would see Brett Lowry take the early race lead but then the caution would fly on laps 2 and 3. Lowry would have to deal with Brad Iverson and Jenae Gustin and Gustin would make the pass on Iverson and then pass Lowry for the lead on lap 6. Gustin would continue to lead even though the races final caution came out on lap 11. Gustin earned the nickname "The Sweeper" last week and she would live up to that as she would take her 3rd feature of the year. Cousins Cayden Carter and Carter Vandenberg would finish 2nd and 3rd. Scott Davis and Racer Hulin would finish 4th and 5th.

Mike's Hard Lemonade Stock Cars would live up to the name "Class To Tough To Tame" as Andy Bryant would lead the first 2 laps before Jay Schmidt would take the top spot on lap 3. Schmidt however would be passed by Rob Schneider on lap 4 but Schmidt would come back and take the lead on lap 5. On lap 6 the only race caution came out when Rob Schneider would go off the top of turns 3 & 4 and roll over, Schneider would climb from the car okay. Schmidt would hold off the rest of the field for his 2nd win of the year at Marshalltown. Trent Murphy, Tracy Gienger, Damon Murty and Steve Meyer was 2nd through 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds and it was Kyle Krampe leading the first lap but then the first caution would come out for a car spun in turn 4 and the on the restart for 3 cars getting together in turn 1. On this restart, Krampe would be passed by Todd Conrad. Conrad would continue to lead but another caution would come out on lap 4 and this time Conrad would have Jon Snyder. Snyder would make the pass for the lead on lap 6 and start to pull away and look to be cruising to the win but then the caution would come forcing a green-white-checkered finish with 2 to go. Snyder would have Luke Wanninger on his back bumper, Snyder would go high and Wanninger down low it was Wanninger taking the lead and going on to the win. Ronn Lauritzen would get by Snyder for 2nd, Conrad and Scott Simatovich would finish 4th and 5th.

After that the ever so popular eliminator races would thrill the fans and once all that was completed the final checkered flag flew at 10:12p putting an end to a great night of racing.

Next Friday we will be back at and will have the Modified Gambler Race also on the nights agenda with Hot Laps at 7p and Racing to Follow.

Iowa Micro Sprints
Heat 1 - 1. Alan Comegys, 2. Russ Prather, 3. Kelly Buckallew, 4. Eric Bridger, 5. Cody Sage, 6. Dan Henning
Heat 2 - 1. Ben Woods, 2. Dan Beerends, 3. Trevor McKern, 4. Nathan Mills, 5. Christian Bowman

Feature:
1. 92 Russ Prather
2. 11B Ben Woods
3. 81 Eric Bridger
4. B4 Kelly Buckallew
5. 24N Nathan Mills
6. 8M Trevor McKern
7. 41L Dan Henning
8. 77 Alan Comegys
9. 16 Dan Beerends
10. 80X Cody Sage
DNS: 15 Christian Bowman

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 1. Mike Morrill, 2. Jeff Stensland, 3. Josh May, 4. Dusty Masolini, 5. Adam Davis, 6. Mike Kennedy
Heat 2 - 1. Colby Oberembt, 2. Tim Hennigar, 3. James May, 4. Randy Bryan, 5. Joel Huggins, 6. Andy Hennigar

Feature:
1. 0B Colby Oberembt
2. 99 Josh May
3. 6 Mike Morrill
4. 88 James May
5. 15 Andy Hennigar
6. 64 Randy Bryan
7. 2D Adam Davis
8. 95 Mike Kennedy
9. 57 Tim Hennigar
10. 20 Jeff Stensland
11. 8 Dusty Masolini
12. X50 Joel Huggins

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 1. Michael Murphy, 2. Eric Knutson, 3. Scott Durlin, 4. Calvin Dhondt, 5. Josh Saunders, 6. Donavon Nunnikhoven, 7. Dustin Filloon, 8. Nick Welch, DNS: Jake Nelson
Heat 2 - 1. Jennifer Hulin, 2. Brice Udelhoven, 3. Eric Larson, 4. Brandon Brinton, 5. Gary Pfantz, 6. Kevin Fee, 7. Aaron Rudolph, 8. Eugene Nicklas

Feature:
1. 26 Brice Udelhoven
2. 24B Brandon Brinton
3. 4X Gary Pfantz
4. 25M Michael Murphy
5. 20E Eric Larson
6. 69 Calvin Dhondt
7. 3X Scott Durlin
8. 12K Eric Knutson
9. 38R Aaron Rudolph
10. 52 Josh Saunders
11. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
12. 86 Eugene Nicklas
13. 29 Jake Nelson
14. 82 Jennifer Hulin
15. 52X Kevin Fee
DNS:
51D Dustin Filloon
8B Nick Welch

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 1. Brett Lowry, 2. Scott Davis, 3. Racer Hulin, 4. Dane Larson, 5. Kyle Brown, 6. Bill Hildreth, 7. Shawn Simatovich, 8. Herbie Wilson, 9. Cody Moore, 10. Creston Williams
Heat 2 - 1. Tom Rawlins, 2. Jenae Gustin, 3. Zack Rawlins, 4. Cayden Carter, 5. Nick Roberts, 6. Ryan Ashton, 7. Jesse Belez, 8. Dylan Book, 9. Stacy Clark
Heat 3 - 1. Brad Iverson, 2. Carter Van Den Berg, 3.Jayme Duinink, 4. Jared Van Deest, 5. Tyler Droste, 6. Duane Van Deest, 7. Cory Tharp, 8. Jesse Vanderwall, 9. Jason Hall

B-Feature (Top 3 Transfer)
1. B00K Dylan Book
2. 4W Herbie Wilson
3. 3 Stacy Clark
4. 937 Cody Moore
5. 7V Jesse Vanderwall
DNS:
95J Jason Hall
12M Creston Williams

Feature:
1. 19J Jenae Gustin
2. 10 Cayden Carter
3. 7 Carter Van Den Berg
4. 81D Scott Davis
5. 505 Racer Hulin
6. 92 Tyler Droste
7. 80 Jared Van Deest
8. 98 Bill Hildreth
9. 8 Brad Iverson
10. 23JR Nick Roberts
11. 21 Kyle Brown
12. B00K Dylan Book
13. 777 Jayme Duinink
14. 80V Jared Van Deest
15. 72 Brett Lowry
16. 4 Cory Tharp
17. T17 Tom Rawlins
18. 3 Stacy Clark
19. 83 Dane Larson
20. 7R Ryan Ashton
21. 4W Herbie Wilson
22. 2Z Zack Rawlins
23. 40S Shawn Simatovich
DNS: 81 Jesse Belez

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 1. Jay Schmidt, 2. Damon Murty, 3. Tracy Gienger, 4. Todd Reitzler, 5. Rob Schneider, 6. Jeff Wollam, 7. Leroy Staub, 8. Kevin Godwin, 9. Tommy Thompson
Heat 2 - 1. Andy Bryant, 2. Steve Meyer, 3. Trent Murphy, 4. Lauren Vis, 5. Shawn Anderson, 6. Michael Jaennette, 7. Daniel Schneider, 8. Curt Hook

Feature:
1. 19J Jay Schmidt
2. 25 Trent Murphy
3. 59 Tracy Gienger
4. 99D Damon Murty
5. 94 Steve Meyer
6. 22R Todd Reitzler
7. 75 Curt Hook
8. 93 Michael Jaennette
9. 72 Tommy Thompson
10. SR22 Shawn Anderson
11. 20L Lauren Vis
12. 48 Kevin Godwin
13. 20 Leroy Staub
14. 3W Jeff Wollam
15. 7S Daniel Schneider
16. 77 Andy Bryant
17. 17S Rob Schneider

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 1. Jon Snyder, 2. Todd Conrad, 3. Jimmy Gustin, 4. Scott Simatovich, 5. Josh Truman, 6. Andrew Kinser, 7. Ken Even, 8. Devon Havlik
Heat 2 - 1. Ronn Lauritzen, 2. Kyle Krampe, 3. Todd Shute, 4. Adam Larson, 5. Luke Wanninger, 6. Mitch Morris, 7. David Brown, 8. Daniel Hilsabeck

Feature:
1. 20 Luke Wanninger
2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
3. 69X Jon Snyder
4. 83C Todd Conrad
5. 43S Scott Simatovich
6. 2L Adam Larson
7. 5 Todd Shute
8. 70 Mitch Morris
9. 47 Josh Truman
10. 21 David Brown
11. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
12. 19 Jimmy Gustin
13. K1 Kyle Krampe
14. 30 Ken Even
15. 5D Devon Havlik
16. 12 Andrew Kinser

Beuseling and Sobbing win the Late Models and Sport Mods at the Harris Clash

2011-07-27T20:09:00.001-05:00

It was time to make a return visit to the Knoxville Raceway for the 2nd half of the 20th Annual Harris Clash. This night would have the Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models for their 25th Anniversary Season and The IMCA Sport Mods. 59 Sport Mods signed in and 38 Late Models signed in to compete on the big half mile at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville.

The Deery Brothers Summer Series 35 Lap feature for the Late Models was up first and it was was Nate Beuseling taking the lead by using the high line before moving back to the perferred line on the inside. Beuseling would start to pull away until he started to encounter lap traffic which would allow Todd Cooney to close the gap.

Beuseling would go and take the feature event by several car lengths over Cooney in the feature that went green-to-checkered. Mike Garland, Jay Johnson and Matt Strassheim rounded out the top 5 meanwhile Brian Harris, Ray Guss Jr, Nick Marolf, Andy Eckrich and Justin Reed rounding out the top 10.

In the IMCA Sport Mod feature 20 lap feature event it was Jesse Sobbing would take the lead from the start by passing Beau Kaplan in turn 2. In which he would cruise on to the win in a convincing fashion. Austin Kaplan would finish behind Sobbing with several lap cars between them. Gillenwater took 3rd, Carter VanDenBerg was 4th, Beau Kaplan was 5th, Tyler Droste was 6th, Doug Smith was 7th, Racer Hulin was 8th, Cayden Carter was 9th and Andy Tiernan was 10th.

Racing action came to a finish at 10:20p. I a big thanks to Bob Harris, Bobby Harris, IMCA and Knoxville Raceway for 2 great nights of the Harris Clash.

Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models
Heat 1 - 41 Matt Strassheim
Heat 2 - 77 Jeff Aikey
Heat 3 - 38 Colby Springsteen
Heat 4 - 16 Tyler Bruening

B-Feature 1 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 58 Ray Guss Jr
2. 56 Andy Eckrich
3. 69 Tom Goble
4. 12J TJ Criss
5. 22 Charlie McKenna
6. 4D Marty Diercks
7. 29D Spencer Diercks
8. 33 Paul Glendenning
9. 31 Chad Cooney
10. 14M Mike Murphy Jr
11. 95 Eric Sanders
12. 98 Travis Smock
13. 9 Ryan Giles

B-Feature 2 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 1ST Justin Reed
2. 45 Tommy Elston
3. 28C Terry Neal
4. 45K Mike Klinkhammer
5. 42 Tom Darbyshire
6. 40 Joel Callahan
7. 15 Jeff Guengerich
8. 62 Greg Cox
9. 19G Richie Gustin
10. 76 Jason Hahne
11. 88 Drew Johnson
12. 5 Dave Hubbard
13. 84 Sam Halstead

Feature (Started)
1. 46 Nate Beuseling (1)
2. 30 Todd Cooney (2)
3. G1 Mike Garland (5)
4. 93 Jay Johnson (7)
5. 41 Matt Strassheim (4)
6. 27H Brian Harris (3)
7. 58 Ray Guss Jr (13)
8. 33 Nick Marolf (8)
9. 56 Andy Eckrich (15)
10. Justin Reed (14)
11. 69 Tom Goble (17)
12. 45 Tommy Elston (16)
13. 99D Darrel DeFrance (9)
14. 28C Terry Neal (18)
15. 77 Jeff Aikey (6)
16. 16 Tyler Bruening (11)
17. 45K Mike Klinkhammer (20)
18. 42 Tom Darbyshire (22)
19. 40 Joel Callahan (24)
20. 38 Colby Springsteen (10)
21. 12J TJ Criss (19)
22. 29D Spencer Diercks (21)
23. 75M Todd Malmstrom (12)
24. 95 Eric Sanders (23)

IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 12 Doug Smith
Heat 2 - 10G Jim Gillenwater
Heat 3 - 99 Jesse Sobbing
Heat 4 - 92T Tyler Droste
Heat 5 - 1E Austin Kaplan
Heat 6 - 10 Cayden Carter

B-Feature 1 (Top 4 transfer)
1. 505 Racer Hulin
2. 9 Kyle Nordquist
3. 00 Jim Buhlmann
4. 69 Tony Rost
5. 23JR Nick Roberts
6. 77 Jack Myer
7. 7Z Derek Coleman
8. 24 Brian Miller
9. 52 Rick Barlow Jr
10. 16 Mike Shelton
11. 20G Michael Grantham
12. 15 Cody Hillgartner
DNS:
7+ Jared Timmerman
8 Tom Lathrop
03 Mark Mundell
14Z Jake Zuercher

B-Feature 2 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 2G Geoff Olson
2. 5R Tad Reutzel
3. 48 Blake Conant
4. 26J Joel Rust
5. 2Z Zack Rawlins
6. 27 Tim Love
7. 34J Jerry Hinton
8. 9E Eric Elliott
9. 1 Rodger Dresden
10. 19J Levi Smith
11. 10N Keegan Nordquist
12. 13T Taylor Musselan
13. K1 Randy Krampe
14. 72 Brett Lowry
15. 56 Joe Simbro

B-Feature 3 (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 02 Andrew Schroeder
2. 3L Clint Luellen
3. 49 Nate Whitehurst
4. 36 Matt Pittman
5. 64 Casey Greubuel
6. 67 Anthony Onstot
7. 64X Brandon Leeman
8. 777 Jayme Duinink
9. 41 Jeremy Embrey
10. 21 Matt Lettow
11. 92 Tim Zeman
12. 66L Lucas Onstot
13. T17 Tom Rawlins
14. 53 Travis Woodbeck
15. 2 Brian Lariviere

Feature (Started)
1. 99 Jesse Sobbing (2)
2. 1E Austin Kaplan (6)
3. 10G Jim Gillenwater (4)
4. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (12)
5. 11 Beau Kaplan (1)
6. 92T Tyler Droste (9)
7. 12 Doug Smith (8)
8. 505 Racer Hulin (13)
9. 10 Cayden Carter (7)
10. 321 Andy Tiernan (11)
11. 00 Jim Buhlmann (19)
12. 25 Scott Van Buskirk (3)
13. 02 Andrew Schroeder (15)
14. 3L Clint Luellen (18)
15. 5R Tad Reutzel (17)
16. 21K Kyle Brown (10)
17. 49 Nate Whitehurst (21)
18. 48 Blake Conant (20)
19. 69 Tony Rost (22)
20. 36 Matt Pittman (24)
21. 2G Geoff Olson (14)
22. 26J Joel Rust (23)
23. 9 Kyle Nordquist (16)
24. 10H Jack Housley (3)

Gustin and May Clean Sweep at Marshalltown

2011-07-23T00:25:00.000-05:00

Last week's features were rained out and forced double features on Hy-Vee/Hy-Vee Gas and Hogeland Auto Plaza Kids night would bring a night full of some great racing action.

The night would start with the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites Make-Up feature. Before a lap could be scored the yellow would come out. Jeff Stensland would take the lead when the racing action got going but Mike Morrill would take the lead on lap 4 from Stensland. Morrill's lead was short lived as he would blow up on the backstretch and hand the lead over to Josh May. May would not look back and go on to take the win, Stensland took 2nd, Dusty Masolini was 3rd, Joel Huggins in 4th and James May was 5th.

In the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods Make-Up feature it was DJ Robinson taking the early lead. The only caution would come out on lap 3 for a car coming to a stop in turn 3. Robinson would have to deal with Jenae Gustin and Gustin would make the pass on Robinson. Gustin would go on and take the win, Scott Davis was 2nd, Cayden Carter was 3rd, DJ Robinson was 4th and Jared Van Deest was 5th.

The Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks Make-Up feature would see Rookie Brice Udelhoven lead the first 5 laps before Michael Murphy took the lead away on lap 6. Murphy took the win in the feature that would go green-to-checkered with Kevin Fee, Udelhoven, Eric Larson and Calvin Dhondt rounding out the top 5.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars Make-Up feature was up next and it was Steve Meyer taking the race lead. Meyer and the field would see the only caution come out on lap 4, Meyer wouldn't let that bother him as he would hold on to the top spot until lap 10 when Tracy Gienger would sneak by Meyer. Gienger took the win with Damon Murty in 2nd, Trent Murphy was 3rd, Meyer finished 4th and Donavon Smith came home 5th.

Last Up in the Make-Up features was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds for 20 laps. Todd Conrad would take the early race lead but then the first race caution came out on lap 2. On the restart, Conrad would have to deal with Adam Larson. Larson would make the pass on lap 4 and not look back even though the caution waved again on lap 7. Finishing behind Larson was Jimmy Gustin, Jon Snyder, Ronn Lauritzen and Scott Simatovich.

Then it was time for the regular program of the night and before we could complete the heats, mother nature would drop some of her famous liquid sunshine but within about 15 minutes we were back to racing and the rest of the night would be finished without any more interruptions.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites were up for their 15 lap feature after all of that and it was Travis Stensland taking the early lead. Josh May would make the high side pass for the lead on lap 3. The only race caution came out on lap 6 but that didn't bother May as he would pull away and take the win. Actually it would make a clean sweep for May as he took the Make-Up feature, heat race and feature events. Mike Morrill would finish 2nd in a borrowed race car, Andy Hennigar was 3rd, Joel Huggins was 4th and Stensland was 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature would see Josh Saunders lead the first 5 laps. Kevin Fee would make the pass on lap 6 but Devin Smith would make the pass on lap 9. Smith took the win in the feature that again would go green-to-checkered. Fee finished 2nd, Michael Murphy was 3rd, Josh Saunders was 4th and Eric Larson was 5th.

Up next would be the Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars for 18 laps. Todd Reitzler would take the early lead only to see Tommy Thompson take it from him on lap 3. Reitzler would come back and take it back on lap 4 and go to the win despite 2 cautions on lap 7. Finishing behind Reitzler was Donavon Smith, Damon Murty, Steve Meyer and Michael Jaennette.

In the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods regular 15 lap feature it was Jenae Gustin lead the entire feature event to complete the clean sweep for her. The only 3 cautions came out on lap 3 but it was Gustin stay cool calm and collected as she would go on to the win. Doug Smith tried to catch but came up short so he settled for 2nd with Racer Hulin, Tyler Droste and Cayden Carter finishing 3rd through 5th.

The final feature of the night was the 20 lap Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds. Ronn Lauritzen would lead the first 8 laps in the feature, 2 cautions happen in the early going though would slow the event down. Jon Snyder would make the move and pass for the lead on lap 9 and that would be the winning pass to go on and take the win. Larson finished 2nd, Lauritzen fell back to 3rd, Jimmy Gustin came home 4th and Scott Simatovich finished 5th.

Racing action came to an end at 10:15p even though we started early and had a 15 minute rain delay in the program. Next Friday Night we are back at it with Johnny Ray's Bar & Grille Night at the Races we will also have the Iowa Mini Sprints on hand and we will have the ever so popular Spectator Eliminator races.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Make Up Feature from July 15th:
1. 99 Josh May
2. 20 Jeff Stensland
3. 8 Dusty Masolini
4. X50 Joel Huggins
5. 88 James May
6. 9 Rick Taylor
7. 08 Ben Larson
8. 95 Mike Kennedy
9. 15 Andy Hennigar
10. 89 Travis Stensland
11. 6 Mike Morrill
12. 0B Colby Oberembt
DNS: 57 Tim Hennigar

Heat 1 - 1. X50 Joel Huggins, 2. 88 James May, 3. 15 Andy Hennigar, 4. 2D Adam Davis, 5. 9 Rick Taylor, DNS: 20 Jeff Stensland, 57 Tim Hennigar

Heat 2 - 1. 99 Josh May, 2. 0B Colby Oberembt, 3. 89 Travis Stensland, 4. 6 Mike Morrill, 5. 95 Mike Kennedy, 6. 08 Ben Larson, 7. 8 Dusty Masolini

Feature:
1. 99 Josh May
2. 6 Mike Morrill (Jeff Stensland's car)
3. 15 Andy Hennigar
4. X50 Joel Huggins
5. 89 Travis Stensland
6. 88 James May
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 8 Dusty Masolini
9. 2D Adam Davis
10. 9 Rick Taylor
11. 0B Colby Oberembt
12. 08 Ben Larson
DNS:
57 Tim Hennigar
20 Jeff Stensland

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Make-Up Feature from July 15th:
1. 25M Michael Murphy
2. 52X Kevin Fee
3. 26 Brice Udelhoven
4. 20E Eric Larson
5. 69 Calvin Dhondt
6. 86 Eugene Nicklas
7. 4X Gary Pfantz
8. 12K Eric Knutson
9. 3X Scott Durlin
10. 29 Jake Nelson
11. 82 Jennifer Hulin
12. 52 Josh Saunders
13. 51D Dustin Filloon
DNS:
24B Brandon Brinton
16 Jason Pansegrau

Heat 1 - 1. 52X Kevin Fee, 2. 69 Calvin Dhondt, 3. 4X Gary Pfantz, 4. 29 Jake Nelson, 5. 12K Eric Knutson, 6. 3X Scott Durlin, 7. 27 Clint Nelson, DNS: 51D Dustin Filloon

Heat 2 - 1. 81 Devin Smith, 2. 25M Michael Murphy, 3. 52 Josh Saunders, 4. 20E Eric Larson, 5. 86 Eugene Nicklas, 6. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven, 7. 26 Brice Udelhoven, 8. 82 Jennifer Hulin

Feature:
1. 81 Devin Smith
2. 52X Kevin Fee
3. 25M Michael Murphy
4. 52 Josh Saunders
5. 20E Eric Larson
6. 86 Eugene Nicklas
7. 29 Jake Nelson
8. 4X Gary Pfantz
9. 12K Eric Knutson
10. 82 Jennifer Hulin
11. 3X Scot Durlin
12. 69 Calvin Dhondt
13. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
14. 26 Brice Udelhoven
DNS:
27 Clint Nelson
51D Dustin Filloon

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Make-Up Feature from July 15th:
1. 59 Tracy Gienger
2. 99D Damon Murty
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 94 Steve Meyer
5. 35 Donavon Smith
6. 75 Curt Hook
7. 22R Todd Reitzler
8. 3W Jeff Wollam
9. 19J Jay Schmidt
10. 20L Lauren Vis
11. 72 Tommy Thompson
12. 7S Daniel Schneider
13. 20 Leroy Staub
14. 36 Trevor Titus
DNS:
7I Andrew Inman
77 Andy Bryant

Heat 1 - 1. 19J Jay Schmidt, 2. 35 Donavon Smith, 3. 72 Tommy Thompson, 4. 99D Damon Murty, 5. 3W Jeff Wollam, 6. 24 Eric Brown, 7. 17S Rob Schneider, 8. 20L Lauren Vis, 9. 20 Leroy Staub

Heat 2 - 1. 94 Steve Meyer, 2. 22R Todd Reitzler, 3. 25 Trent Murphy, 4. 59 Tracy Gienger, 5. 93 Michael Jaennette, 6. 75 Curt Hook, 7. 17 Rick Kriegel, 8. 7S Daniel Schneider, 9. 36 Trevor Titus

Feature:
1. 22R Todd Reitzler
2. 35 Donavon Smith
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 94 Steve Meyer
5. 93 Michael Jaennette
6. 72 Tommy Thompson
7. 59 Tracy Gienger
8. 75 Curt Hook
9. 3W Jeff Wollam
10. 17S Rob Schneider
11. 36 Trevor Titus
12. 17 Rick Kriegel
13. 20L Lauren Vis
14. 19J Jay Schmidt
15. 7S Daniel Schneider
16. 25 Trent Murphy
17. 20 Leroy Staub
18. 24 Eric Brown

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Make-Up Feature from July 15th:
1. 19J Jenae Gustin
2. 81D Scott Davis
3. 10 Cayden Carter
4. 33R DJ Robinson
5. 80 Jared Van Deest
6. 8 Brad Iverson
7. 19G Gatlin Leytham
8. 92 Tyler Droste
9. 40S Shawn Simatovich
10. 18J Jake Strayer
11. 80V Duane Van Deest
12. 23JR Nick Roberts
13. 21 Kyle Brown
14. 98 Bill Hildreth
15. 7Z Zach Becker
16. T17 Tom Rawlins
17. 505 Racer Hulin
18. 7 Carter Vandenberg
DNS:
7R Ryan Ashton
777 Jayme Duninik
B00K Dylan Book
83 Dane Larson
72 Brett Lowry
3 Stacy Clark

Heat 1 - 1. 505 Racer Hulin, 2. 33R DJ Robinson, 3. 81D Scott Davis, 4. 23JR Nick Roberts, 5. 80 Jared Van Deest, 6. 94 Craig Kearney, 7. 7V Jesse Vanderwall, 8. 19G Gatlin Leytham, DNS: 937 Cody Moore

Heat 2 - 1. 19J Jenae Gustin, 2. 12S Doug Smith, 3. T17 Tom Rawlins, 4. 10 Cayden Carter, 5. 18J Jake Strayer, 6. 01 Troy Jerovetz, 7. 80V Duane Van Deest, 8. 21 Kyle Brown, 9. 7Z Zach Becker

Heat 3 - 1. 7 Carter Vandenberg, 2. 92 Tyler Droste, 3. 2Z Zack Rawlins, 4. 26J Joel Rust, 5. 8 Brad Iverson, 6. 98 Bill Hildreth, 7. 9E Eric Elliott, 8. 40S Shawn Simatovich

Feature:
1. 19J Jenae Gustin
2. 12S Doug Smith
3. 505 Racer Hulin
4. 92 Tyler Droste
5. 10 Cayden Carter
6. 7 Carter Vandenberg
7. 81D Scott Davis
8. 23JR Nick Roberts
9. 18J Jake Strayer
10. 80 Jared Van Deest
11. 2Z Zack Rawlins
12. 01 Troy Jerovetz
13. 98 Bill Hildreth
14. 21 Kyle Brown
15. 94 Craig Kearney
16. 26J Joel Rust
17. 9E Eric Elliott
18. 40S Shawn Simatovich
19. 7V Jesse Vanderwall
20. 33R DJ Robinson
21. 7Z Zach Becker
22. 80V Duane Van Deest
DNS:
T17 Tom Rawlins
8 Brad Iverson
19G Gatlin Leytham
937 Cody Moore

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Make-Up Feature from July 15th:1. 2L Adam Larson
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin
3. 69X Jon Snyder
4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
5. 43S Scott Simatovich
6. 21 David Brown
7. 83C Todd Conrad
8. 12 Andrew Kinser
DNS:
71E Derrick Big Eagle
01 Joey Galloway
12EH Riley Emmel
22D Daniel Hilsabeck
00 Mason Big Eagle

Heat 1 - 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin, 2. 43S Scott Simatovich, 3. 69X Jon Snyder, 4. 21 David Brown, 5. 85 Dustin Smith, 6. K1 Kyle Krampe, 7. 5D Devon Havlik, 8. 12 Andrew Kinser

Heat 2 - 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, 2. 83C Todd Conrad, 3. 26 Danny Fetters, 4. 2L Adam Larson, 5. 66 Jared Siefert, 6. 78 Adam Bolin

Feature:
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 2L Adam Larson
3. 10K Ronn Laurtizen
4. 19 Jimmy Gustin
5. 43S Scott Simatovich
6. 85 Dustin Smith
7. 83C Todd Conrad
8. 26 Danny Fetters
9. 66 Jared Siefert
10. 21 David Brown
11. 12 Andrew Kinser
12. K1 Kyle Krampe
13. 78 Adam Bolin
14. 5D Devon Havlik

Racing for All Sorts This Weekend at Marshalltown!

2011-07-19T10:16:00.001-05:00

This weekend at the Marshalltown Speedway there will be racing for all sorts of fans and drivers as this weekend we will have weekly stock car races and go-karts, quads and bikes racing.

On Friday Night it will be Hy-Vee and Hogeland Auto Plaza Kids Night at the races and there will be double features in all classes because of the rain that came in right after the qualifying heat races had been completed forcing the features to be postponed until this week. Promotor Toby Kruse of Kruse Motorsports wants me to remind you there will be no hot laps on friday as we will start racing at 7p because of the extra races and after the make-up features are finished a full night of racing will happen.

The weekly friday night racing consists of Mod Lites, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands at 5:30p, Drivers Meeting at 6:45p, Racing at 7p. Grandstands $9 for Adults, Seniors (65+) $7, Children 11 & Under $2 and Pit Pass $20.

After the races are over on Friday night, Full Throttle Promotions will move in and start getting the track ready for Saturday Night as the 1st Annual Showdown @ MoTown will take place on Saturday on the high banked quarter mile. The Showdown @ MoTown will have Go-Karts, Quads and Bikes.

The classes that are racing are Jr 2 Flathead Heavy $300 to win, Clone Heavy $200 to win, Stock Heavy $500 to win, Unlimited All Stars Support Class $300 to win, Unlimited All Stars $500 to win, Modern Amateur Bike $200 to win, Modern Pro Bikes $300 to win, Vintage Open Bike $300 to win, Outlaw Quad B $200 to win and Outlaw Quad A $300 to win.

Gates Open at Noon, Hot Laps at 4p, Heats at 6p, Features at 8p. Grandstand Admission is $6 and Pit Pass $15.

Kruse Motorsports hopes to see you there on Friday Night and Full Throttle Promotions hopes to see you there on Saturday Night for the great racing action the high banked quarter mile speedway this weekend.

Dillon and Crafton takes the wins at the Iowa Speedway

2011-07-17T18:35:00.000-05:00

It was time for the 3rd race weekend at Iowa Speedway. Friday Night there was a Fan Fest going but bc of prior commitments at Marshalltown i was unable to attend but Saturday it was a day full of racing that was if you could survive the heat.

It was getting hard to find places to stay cool and drink something cold all day to stay hydrated but the racing was heating up.

Ty Dillon would win the pole in the Prairie Meadows 200 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Qualifying and it was David Mayhew winning the pole in the Coca-Cola 200 presented by Hy-Vee Qualifying for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

After meeting a few of the drivers it was time for the Prairie Meadows 200 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards. Ty Dillon and Cale Gale lead the field to the green but before entire lap was completed under green, Milka Duno would go around in turn 3 after contact with another car. The race would resume on lap 6 with Dillon still continuing to lead.

On this day it looked like Dillon would lead the entire race as he started to pull away but again the yellow would come out on lap 50 for Chad McCumbee in turn 2 and Matt Lofton in turn 4. The race would go back green after 9 caution laps. Dillon still remained the leader but the caution came out on lap 59 for Matt Merrell in turn 1, the race went back green on lap 64.

The next race caution came out on lap 91 for Tom Berte in turn 1, went back to green on lap 98. On lap 109 it was Brandon Kidd in turn 4, the caution was only out for 4 laps but because of pit stops by the leaders, Dillon would lose the lead and Chris Buescher would be the new leader.

Buescher's lead was short lived bc Dillon would make the pass for the lead on lap 118 with the yellow coming out on lap 122 for Maryeve Dufult in turn 4, the race resumed on lap 127. The next caution came out on lap 159 for Chad Hackenbracht in turn 4, the caution was only out for 5 laps. The final caution came out on lap 187 for debris in turn 2 and the race resumed with 10 laps to go.

Dillon would lead the last 10 laps and go on to the win. Cale Gale would take 2nd, Chris Buescher was 3rd, Grant Enfinger was 4th and Tim George Jr was 5th. Frank Kimmel, Clay Rogers, Tom Hessert, Sean Corr and Chad Hackenbracht was 6th through 10th.

The night's cap was the headliner for the weekend and that is the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Coca-Cola 200 presented by Hy-Vee. David Mayhew and Joey Coulter would lead the field to the green. It was Mayhew getting the great start and taking the lead. The first caution would come out for Brian Icklor spinning in turn 2 on lap 10, the race resumed on lap 14.

When they got going only 2 laps would be completed when the next caution came out on lap 16 for Ricky Carmichael on frontstretch with the race resuming on lap 21. On the restart this time it would be Johnny Sauter would take the lead and would lead until lap 30. Austin Dillon, Ty's Older Brother, would take the lead away from Suater and looked like he would match his brother's win.

On lap 63 a caution came out for Jason White having a tire going down, the race would resume on lap 70. 6 laps later on lap 76 the caution came out again for Ron Hornaday Jr. in turn 2, they went back racing on lap 80.

Then on lap 102 it was Justin Marks sliding across the infield grass and hitting the concrete wall. This would result in a red flag on lap 107 not because of the driver as he would climb from the truck by himself and then was taken to the infield medical center where he was taken to a near by hospital for further observation. Meanwhile the saefty crew and nascar crew would begin to repair the concrete wall.

After almost 15 minutes of repairing the concrete wall it was back to racing at the Iowa Speedway. Dillon continued to lead even until the race caution came out on lap 153 for Ricky Carmichael in turn 4.

Pit Stops would be made and it was Todd "The Onion" Bodine taking the lead on lap 156, Dillon would fall back to 8th after the pit stops. Matt Crafton would lead take the lead from Bodine on lap 161.

Crafton continued to lead until lap 188 when Dillon would race for the lead and take it but it was Crafton taking the lead right back on lap 189. Crafton would lead the final 11 laps and take the win with Dillon in 2nd, Mayhew in 3rd, Sauter in 4th and Joey Coulter in 5th. Cole Whitt, James Buescher, Nelson Piquet Jr., David Starr and Bodine would round out the top 10.

The next race weekend at Iowa Speedway is August 5th and 6th when the NASCAR Nationwide Series returns for the US Cellular 250 presented by Enlist Weed Control and the ASA Midwest Tour Late Models.

Up next for me is the double features at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday and the Showdown at Motown Go Karts, Quads and Bikes Races on Saturday unless i decide to get a mid week race in.

Mother Nature wins the Features on Stesland Farms Night

2011-07-15T23:12:00.000-05:00

After we had a light shower hit the track before the night would get going but the track crw would work the surface in a enough to get the races started.

All of the heat races would be completed and then it was going to be time for the Faster Pastor Race but before that would happen the rain would come down again and again the track crew went to work. It seemed like it was going to let up but mother nature again would downpour and that would pull the plug on the night.

Racing action will start next friday night at 7p with the Make-Up Features from Stensland Farms Night and then the regular night races on Hy-Vee and Hogeland Auto Plaza Kids Night.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona, IA); 2. 88 James May (DeSoto, IA); 3. X50 Joel Huggins (Pleasant Hill, IA); 4. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada, IA); 5. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines, IA); 6. 08 Ben Larson (Panora, IA)

Heat 2 - 1. 0B Colby Oberembt (Adel, IA); 2. 99 Josh May (DeSoto, IA); 3. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada, IA); 4. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny, IA); DNS: 57 Tim Hennigar (Clarion, IA)

Feature to be made up next friday

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 2. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beamon, IA); 3. 8 Brad Iverson (Grinnell, IA); 4. 80 Jared Van Deest (Grundy Center, IA); 5. 7 Carter Vandenberg (Oskaloosa, IA); 6. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma, IA); 7. 7Z Zach Becker (Waterloo, IA); 8. 92 Tyler Droste

Heat 2 - 1. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella, IA); 2. B00K Dylan Book (Adel, IA); 3. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Melbourne, IA); 4. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA); 5. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin, IA); 6. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton, IA); 7. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid, IA); 8. 3 Stacy Clark (Stanhope, IA)

Heat 3 - 1. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg, IA); 2. 83 Dane Larson (Ames, IA); 3. 80V Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center, IA); 4. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA); 5. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel, IA); 6. 10 Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa, IA); 7. 21 Kyle Brown (Kellogg, IA); 8. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown, IA)

Feature to be made up next friday

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 1. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada, IA); 2. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson, IA); 3. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton, IA); 4. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg, IA); 5. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center, IA); 6. 12K Eric Knutson (Huxley, IA); 7. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown, IA); 8. 16 Jason Pansegrau (Toledo, IA)

Heat 2 - 1. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton, IA); 2. 52X Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA); 3. 51D Dustin Filloon (Toledo, IA); 4. 86 Gene Nicklas (Malcolm, IA); 5. 20E Eric Larson (Holland, IA); 6. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton, IA); 7. 3X Scott Durlin (State Center, IA)

Feature to be made up next friday

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 1. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton, IA); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center, IA); 3. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley, IA); 4. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson, IA); 5. 7I Andrew Inman (Mason City, IA); 6. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell, IA); 7. 7S Daniel Schneider (Marshalltown, IA); 8. 36 Trevor Titus (Newton, IA)

Heat 2 - 1. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea, IA); 3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City, IA); 4. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama, IA); 5. 20L Lauren Vis (LeGrand, IA); 6. 72 Tommy Thompson (Marshalltown, IA); 7. 20 Leroy Staub (Newton, IA); 8. 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons, IA)

Feature to be made up next friday

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 1. 2L Adam Larson (Ames, IA); 2. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames, IA); 3. 43S Scott Simatovich (Marshlltown, IA); 4. 83C Todd Conrad (Central City, IA); 5. 01 Joey Galloway (Fort Frances, SK); 6. 12EH Riley Emmel (Estevan, SK); 7. 00 Mason Big Eagle (Manor, SK)

Heat 2 - 1. 21 David Brown (Kellogg, IA); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup, IA); 4. 71 Derrick Big Eagle (Manor, SK); 5. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown, IA); 6. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck (Adel, IA)

Feature to be made up next friday

Make Up Feature Line Ups
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
89 Travis Stensland - 20 Jeff Stensland
88 James May - 0B Colby Oberembt
8 Dusty Masolini - X50 Joel Higgins
99 Josn May - 6 Mike Morrill
15 Andy Hennigar - 08 Ben Larson
57 Tim Hennigar

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
26 Brice Udelhoven - 51D Dustin Filloon
4X Gary Pfantz - 52 Josh Saunders
24B Brandon Brinton - 86 Gene Nicklas
69 Calvin Dhondt - 20E Eric Larson
52X Kevin Fee - 25M Michael Murphy
12K Eric Knutson - 3X Scott Durlin
82 Jennifer Hulin - 29 Jake Nelson
16 Jason Pansegrau

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
40S Shawn Simatovich - 33R DJ Robinson
7R Ryan Ashton - 777 Jayme Duinink
T17 Tom Rawlins - 19J Jenae Gustin
8 Brad Iverson - B00K Dylan Book
83 Dane Larson - 80 Jared Van Deest
23JR Nick Roberts - 80V Duane Van Deest
7 Carter Vandenberg - 19G Gatlin Leytham
10 Cayden Carter - 72 Brett Lowry
18J Jake Strayer - 505 Racer Hulin
7Z Zach Becker - 81D Scott Davis
21 Kyle Brown - 92 Tyler Droste
3 Stacy Stanhope - 98 Bill Hildreth

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
20L Lauren Vis - 94 Steve Meyer
3W Jeff Wollam - 75 Curt Hook
19J Jay Schmidt - 59 Tracy Gienger
99D Damon Murty - 25 Trent Murphy
35 Donavon Smith - 7I Andrew Inman
22R Todd Reitzler - 72 Tommy Thompson
7S Daniel Schneider - 20 Leroy Staub
36 Trevor Titus - 77 Andy Bryant

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
12 Andrew Kinser - 83C Todd Conrad
21 David Brown - 43S Scott Simatovich
10K Ronn Lauritzen - 2L Adam Larson
19 Jimmy Gustin - 69X Jon Snyder
71E Derrick Big Eagle - 01 Joey Galloway
12EH Riley Emmel - 22D Daniel Hilsabeck
00 Mason Big Eagle

Droste Wins On a Last Lap Pass to Take the Win on Budweiser Night

2011-07-08T23:21:00.000-05:00

Great racing action greeted racing fans with some great racing action. There was 89 race cars signed in to do battle on Budweiser Night at the Marshalltown Speedway.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites were up first for 15 laps and it was Charlie Brown taking the lead from the pole and didn't look back. The only thing that slowed him was the caution that came out on lap 2 when Tim Hennigar blew up and came to a stop on the run off road meanwhile in turn 1, Josh May, James May and Kevin Grisham got together which resulted in James May to roll but May would continue meanwhile Josh May and Kevin Grisham would go to the pits. Brown would still go on and take the win, Colby Oberembt took 2nd, Mike Morrill was 3rd, Andy Hennigar was 4th and Joel Huggins was 5th.

Before one lap would be completed in the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature the caution would come out for debris on the front stretch. When the race got going it was Jake Nelson leading the first 3 laps before Kevin Fee would get by and went on to the feature win. Michael Murphy would get by Nelson for 2nd, Nelson would beat Eric Knutson by a bumper for 3rd and Jennifer Hulin would finish behind Knutson for 5th.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature would be caution filled in the first 2 thirds of the race. Tom Rawlins would lead the first 2 laps before Carter Vandenberg would get by and take the lead. Vandenberg would get past by Cayden Carter on lap 9. Carter looked to be going on to the win but Tyler Droste would chase him down and on the last lap make a pass and take the win from Carter. Finishing behind Droste was Carter, Scott Davis, Vandenberg and Brad Iverson.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature saw three, four, five and one point six wide racing. "The Silver Bullet" Andy Bryant would take the lead early. Bryant would be passed by Jeff Wollam on lap 7 but Wollam's lead was short lived as Damon Murty would get by the next lap. The only thing that slowed Murty was a caution on lap 12. Murty would go on and take the win, Wollam took 2nd, Trent Murphy, Tracy Gienger and Curt Hook would finish 3rd through 5th.

The final feature was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds and Andrew Kinser would lead the first lap but Jon Snyder would make the pass for the lead on lap 2. Snyder would use the bottom line around the race track, lap traffic and the only race caution on lap 16 would be the things that slowed Snyder. Snyder would go on and take the win, Ronn Lauritzen, Danny Fetters, Brett Ladehoff and Scott Simatovich would round out the top 5.

Racing action came to an end at 10:05pm. Next week its a busy week of the Central Iowa Fair taking place which includes a Midweek Mayhem Demolition Derby on Wednesday, Stensland Farms Night at the Races on Friday, Fairtastic Rodeo on Saturday and Midwest Truck Association Truck Pulls on Sunday.

Stensland Farms Night will also feature our fastor pastor race, Hot Laps at 6:45 and Racing at 7.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1- 57 Tim Hennigar
Heat 2 - 82 Charlie Brown

Feature
1. 82 Charlie Brown
2. 0B Colby Oberembt
3. 6 Mike Morrill
4. 15 Andy Hennigar
5. X50 Joel Huggins
6. 20 Jeff Stensland
7. 64 Randy Bryan
8. 95 Mike Kennedy
9. 8 Dusty Masolini
10. 88 James May
11. 2D Adam Davis
12. 89 Travis Stensland
13. 9 Rick Taylor
14. 99 Josh May
15. 46 Kevin Grisham
16. 57 Tim Hennigar

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- 4X Gary Pfantz
Heat 2- 29 Jake Nelson

Feature
1. 52X Kevin Fee
2. 25M Michael Murphy
3. 29 Jake Nelson
4. 12K Eric Knutson
5. 82 Jennifer Hulin
6. 52 Josh Saunders
7. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
8. 4X Gary Pfantz
9. 11G Nyle Godwin
10. 86 Gene Nicklas
11. 20E Eric Larson
12. 69 Calvin Dhondt
DNS:
44 Mike Anderson
51D Dustin Filloon

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 777 Jayme Duinink
Heat 2 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 3 - B00K Dylan Book
Heat 4 - 7 Carter Vandenberg

Feature
1. 92 Tyler Droste
2. 10 Cayden Carter
3. 81D Scott Davis
4. 7 Carter Vandenberg
5. 8 Brad Iverson
6. T17 Tom Rawlins
7. 23JR Nick Roberts
8. 505 Racer Hulin
9. 26J Joel Rust
10. 21 Kyle Brown
11. 777 Jayme Duinink
12. 98 Bill Hildreth
13. 80 Jared Van Deest
14. 33R DJ Robinson
15. 77 Larry Beeghly
16. B00K Dylan Book
17. 21J Jason Severance
18. 7V Jesse Vanderwall
19. 19G Gatlin Leytham
20. 12 Eric Flander
21. 19J Jenae Gustin
22. 18J Jake Strayer
23. 83 Dane Larson
24. 7X Kris Law
DNS:
40S Shawn Simatovich
4W Herbie Wilson
7Z Zac Becker

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 77 Andy Bryant
Heat 2 - 36 Trevor Titus
Heat 3 - 99D Damon Murty

Feature
1. 99D Damon Murty
2. 3W Jeff Wollam
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 59 Tracy Gienger
5. 75 Curt Hook
6. 19J Jay Schmidt
7. 24 Eric Brown
8. 77 Andy Bryant
9. 22R Todd Reitzler
10. 20L Lauren Vis
11. 94 Steve Meyer
12. 2 Dave Atcher
13. 287 John Emerson
14. 36 Trevor Titus
15. 20 Leroy Staub
16. 7S Daniel Schneider
17. 042 Doug Russell
18. 72 Tommy Thompson
19. 22K Kevin Rose

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 2L Adam Larson
Heat 2 - 69X Jon Snyder

Feature
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
3. 26 Danny Fetters
4. 12X Brett Ladehoff
5. 43S Scott Simatovich
6. 2L Adam Larson
7. 19 Jimmy Gustin
8. 21 David Brown
9. 12 Andrew Kinser
10. 77B Junior Boyer (Monument, Colorado)
11. 5X Jerry Dedrick
12. 25T Duane Peterson
13. 21H Jeff Hunter (Henderson, Colorado)
14. 40RC Rod Clement
DNS: 47 Josh Truman

Long Crosses Line 1st but Dailey gets the Win at the Harris Clash

2011-07-06T10:49:00.002-05:00

I have found the Harris Clash as a must see event in the past years and this year was no difference so i decide to make the 60 mile trek from Marshalltown to the famous Knoxville Raceway on the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville for the 20th Annual Harris Clash.

This night of the Harris Clash would have only the IMCA Modifieds as the IMCA Late Models and IMCA Sport Mods will run theirs on Tuesday July 26th. There would be 74 IMCA Modified drivers signed in from Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and Canada to do battle on the 1/2 mile.

The only major in the heats and b-features was when Luke Wanninger would roll on the back stretch, Wanninger would climb from the car okay.

After 6 heats and 3 b-features helped get the best 30 cars for the feature it was time for the 30 lap feature. The interesting format for the feature as they would run 15 laps then have a 5 minute pit stop break and then run the final 15 laps.

Kenny Schrader and Randy Havlik would redraw the front row for the feature but before a lap could be completed the caution would fly for Levi Nielsen getting into the wall. That caution would force a complete restart and when it got going it was 2nd row starter Michael Long taking the race lead and really never looking back.

The second race caution came out on lap 9 when Josh Foster came to a rest on the back stretch. On the restart LOng would have Havlik and Schrader right behind him but again Long would pull away.

The next caution would be the halfway caution for the 5 minute pit stop and as soon as the line-up was correct, the crews would have 5 minutes to do work on the car. After the pit stop the race would resume and Long would get a great restart again but the caution flew again on lap 17 for debris on the race track and for Jimmy Gustin getting in the turn 3 wall.

On the restart and before the field could complete another lap the caution would come out as Fred Schimmels would lose the handle in turn 1.

Long would still be able to pull away but then 3 more cautions came out on lap 22, first for Joel Bushore and Kellen Chadwic getting together, 2nd one for John Allen in turn 4 and then for Jay Noteboom coming to a stop in turn 1 after something broke in the rear end of the car.

Long would have Schrader, Mark Elliott and Eric Dailey right there. Dailey started 17th in the feature. Long would get an excellent restart and go on and lead the final 8 laps and Dailey would get by Elliott and Schrader but didn't have enough laps to chase down Long.

This is where it gets interesting, Long would cross the line in first but he would come across the scales 20 lbs too light, he was giving 3 chances to make the weight across the scale but failed to do so so that handed the win over to Eric Dailey would moved up 16 spots in the feature.

After Dailey was credited the win, Jordan Grabouski took 2nd, Kenny Schrader was 3rd, Mike Van Genderen was 4th and Todd Shute took 5th.

My only problem all night was the track was a little rough so hopefully the track will be in better shape in 2 weeks for the Late Models and Sport Mods Harris Clash.

Thanks to Bob Harris, Knoxville Raceway, Tim Stevens Racing and all the wonderful drivers for such great hospitality. Tammy from Tim Stevens Racing thanks for the wonderful supper.

Reminder to attend Marshalltown Speedway this friday as the IMCA Modifieds will be racing for $500 to win and don't forget Sunday at the Benton County Speedway its the Hogan Memorial for the IMCA Modifieds with at least $1,250 to win!

For complete racing results check out http://www.imca.com/ or http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/ or http://www.harrisclash.com/. For Pictures from the night be sure to check out http://www.moto.photoreflect.com/ or http://www.zippsphotos.com/

Hot and Steamy Racing on Leytham Racing Night at the Marshalltown Speedway

2011-07-02T00:09:00.000-05:00

It was hot and humid all day long but that didn't stop as the racing action would be hot and steamy all night. The was 87 race cars signed in to do battle on the high banks of Marshalltown.

After all the heat races we would have a father and son grudge match with the Leythams. Gatlin Leytham would beat out his dad Fred Leytham to take the win. Then we would turn horsepower into peddle power for the kids bike races, the youngsters would get a lap on the high banks of the Marshalltown Speedway. Josh Vis would be out track promotor Toby Kruse for the win.

The first feature of the night was the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites. Adam Davis would take the early lead but then the first caution came out on lap 2 for 4 cars to get together in turn 2. On the restart, Davis would have Mike Kennedy on his back bumper and Kennedy would get by and after the lap was scored the caution came out for Robert Kientz in turn 2 but when we would resume going the caution would come out this time for Kientz taking a roll in turn 2. Kientz would climb from the car okay. Kennedy would have to battle with Randy Bryan, Bryan would make the pass on lap 5 but Kennedy would not go away and later on it would be Tim Hennigar battling with them. Bryan took the win with Tim Hennigar, Mike Kennedy, Andy Hennigar and Adam Davis finishing 2nd through 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stock feature would see some great racing action. Jennifer Hulin would lead the first couple of laps. The caution would come out on lap 2 for Scott Williams in turn 2. Hulin would have to battle with Nelson on the restart and Nelson would make the pass on lap 4 to take the lead over. The caution would again fly on lap 5 for debris in turn 3. Brandon Brinton takes the top spot away on lap 6 but just after that happened the caution came out again. Kevin Fee would make the pass on Brinton and take the lead on lap 8. The caution would fly two more times on lap 9 and lap 10. On the final restart, Fee would have to do battle with Michael Murphy. Coming off turn 4 on the final lap, Murphy would make it stick and beat Fee too the line to take the win. Donavon Nunnikhoven, Brandon Brinton amd Christopher Wiltse rounding out the top 5.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods saw 27 cars signed in so no b-feature would be required for them on this night. Before a lap would be completed 3 cars would get together in turn 2. On the restart, Duinink would take lead early but then the caution would come out again on lap 2. Jenae Gustin would pass Duinink to take the lead over on lap 4 but just after that another caution came out. Gustin's lead was short lived as Cayden Carter would make the pass on the restart to take the lead. The cautions on lap 6, 7 and 11 would be the only thing that would slow Carter down as he would cruise on to the win. Tyler Droste, Scott Davis, Brad Iverson and Eric Flander would finish 2nd through 5th.

Andy Bryant would lead the first lap in the IMCA Stock Cars feature but Steve Meyer would get around and lead lap 2. Curt Hook would lead lap 3 before Meyer regained the lead on lap 4. Meyer would hold on to the lead despite a caution on lap . Meyer would reamin the leader until lap 11 in which he was passed by Trent Murphy. Murphy would take the win even after the caution with 4 laps to go. Meyer took 2nd, Tracy Gienger was 3rd, Jay Schmidt was 4th and Curt Hook came home in 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds feature. Ronn Lauritzen would take the early lead, the caution would come out on lap 2. Lauritzen would still remain in the lead despite the final race caution on lap 7 for a car in turn 2. Laurtizen would be passed by Todd Shute on lap 14. Shute would go on and take the win with Lauritzen taking 2nd. Jimmy Gustin, Duane Peterson and Adam Larson rounded out the top 5.

Racing action came to an end at 10:20pm. Racing action resumes next friday night at Marshalltown for Budweiser Night at the Races, Hot Laps at 6:45p and Racing at 7:30p sharp.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 57 Tim Hennigar
Heat 2 - 0B Colby Oberemebt

Feature
1. 64 Randy Bryan
2. 57 Tim Hennigar
3. 95 Mike Kennedy
4. 15 Andy Hennigar
5. 2D Adam Davis
6. 8 Dusty Masolini
7. 46 Kevin Grisham
8. 23 Michael Parcel
9. 99 Josh May
10. 8W Joe Wood
11. 829 Robert Kientz
12. 88 James May
13. 0B Colby Oberemebt
14. 6 Mike Morrill
15. X50 Joel Huggins
16. 82 Charlie Brown
DNS: 11 Mike Stoker

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 2 - 82 Jennifer Hulin

Feature
1. 25M Michael Murphy
2. 52X Kevin Fee
3. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
4. 24B Brandon Brinton
5. 96 Christopher Wiltse
6. 20E Eric Larson
7. 52 Josh Saunders
8. 69 Calvin Dhondt
9. 29 Jake Nelson
10. 12K Eric Knutson
11. 4X Gary Pfantz
12. 18V Mike Vibbard
13. 82 Jennifer Hulin
14. 9 Scott Williams
15. 26 Brice Udelhoven

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 92 Tyler Droste
Heat 2 - 777 Jayme Duinink
Heat 3 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 4 - 8 Brad Iverson

Feature
1. 10 Cayden Carter
2. 92 Tyler Droste
3. 81D Scott Davis
4. 8 Brad Iverson
5. 12 Eric Flander
6. 21 Kyle Brown
7. 505 Racer Hulin
8. 19J Jenae Gustin
9. 23JR Nick Roberts
10. 7 Carter Vandenberg
11. 80 Jared Van Deest
12. 777 Jayme Duinink
13. 19F Fred Leytham
14. 20G Michael Grantham
15. 77 Larry Beeghly
16. 40S Shawn Simatovich
17. 84W Jeff Welter
18. 12M Creston Williams
19. 19G Gatlin Leytham
20. 7R Ryan Ashton
21. 33R DJ Robinson
22. T17 Tom Rawlins
23. 2 Bill Wears
24. 4W Herbie Wilson
25. 937 Cody Moore
26. 26J Joel Rust
27. B00K Dylan Book

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 22R Todd Reitzler
Heat 2 - 36 Trevor Titus

Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 94 Steve Meyer
3. 59 Tracy Gienger
4. 19J Jay Schmidt
5. 75 Curt Hook
6. 22K Kevin Rose
7. 77 Andy Bryant
8. 72 Tommy Thompson
9. 20L Lauren Vis
10. 22R Todd Reitzler
11. 99D Damon Murty
12. 20 Leroy Staub
13. 36 Trevor Titus
DNS: 3W Jeff Wollam

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 5 Todd Shute
Heat 2 - 10K Ronn Lauritzen

Feature
1. 5 Todd Shute
2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
3. 19 Jimmy Gustin
4. 25T Duane Peterson
5. 2L Adam Larson
6. 21 David Brown
7. 83C Todd Conrad
8. 17R Derek Reimer
9. 69X Jon Snyder
10. 12EH Riley Emmel
11. 12 Andrew Kinser
12. 87 Joel Bushore
13. 43S Scott Simatovich
DNS: 40RC Rod Clement

Lautenbach, Johnson and Aikey Take Home Wins at the Red Dralle Memorial

2011-06-30T11:30:00.000-05:00

After having fun the night before at the Marshalltown Speedway at Toby K's Hideaway 1K, i made the decision to make the trek to the Independence Motor Speedway for the Inaugural Red Dralle Memorial.

Before that could happen i headed to the Team 3W race shop to help get the car ready. I helped change a gear, put the driveshaft back on , radiator back in after it was patched up after it suffered the damage from the night before after all of that we got the car put together and on the trailer and arrived at Independence at 6:30pm.

At Independence it was the Inaugural Red Dralle Memorial for the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models, World Product IMCA Stock Car Shootout Series Night #2 and the IMCA Sport Mods were also on hand to compete.

IMCA Sport Mods were up first for $504 to win 20 lap feature. Ken Kositzky and Racer Hulin would lead the field to the green and it was Hulin that would take the early race lead and it look as if the feature would run caution free but then the caution came out on lap 12 for Kositzky going around in turn 4. Hulin would now have Brad Lautenbach from New Franken, Wisconsin and Tyler Droste on his back bumper. Hulin would have to battle with Lautenbach, Lautenbach would make the pass for the lead on lap 14 and go on and take the win. Hulin would take 2nd, Droste was 3rd, Danny Dvorak was 4th and Tyler Hackett from Algoma, Wisconsin in 5th. Drew Fish, Joel Rust, Ray Lundry, Jim Buhlman and Kim Siems rounding out the top 10.

Next up was the "Class To Tough To Tame" IMCA Stock Cars for their 30 lap feature after 4 heats and 2 b-features dwindle the field down from 35 to 24 cars for the feature. Damon Murty and Justin Temeyer would lead them to the green and it was Temeyer taking the lead on lap 1 but then the caution would come out after 1 lap was down for Derek Green going around. On the restart Temeyer would have to deal with Murty and Sean Johnson, it was Johnson getting a wonderful restart as he would make the pass on Murty and Temeyer to take the lead on lap 2. The caution again would come out on lap 3 for Ryan Leeman as he would slide off the top of turn 3. Johnson wouldn't let that caution bother him as he would remain out from even after the final race caution with 9 laps to go for Tony Ritterbush going off turn 1 and 2 and getting in to the guard rail. Johnson would still go on and take the win, Murty was 2nd, Donavon Smith took 3rd, Devin Snellenberger was 4th and 21st place start Trent Murphy would take 5th. Rounding out the top 10 was Temeyer, Larry Karcz, Jeff Wollam, Jay Schmidt and John Heinz.

The finale of the night was the 84 lap Red Dralle Memorial for the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models. It took 5 heats, 2 b-features and 3 provisionals to determine the field of 24. Joe Zrostlik and Nate Beuseling would lead the field to the green. Zrostlik would lead the first 15 laps before Beuseling would make the pass and take the lead on lap 16. The first caution would then come out on lap 17 for Brian Klein in turn 2. Beuseling would still continue to lead until lap 31 when Justin Reed would make the pass for the lead but the caution would again fly on lap 34 for Dan Shelliam spinning on the frontstretch. On the restart, Reed would have Beuseling and Jeff Aikey right there behind him. Aikey would make the pass on Beuseling and then make the pass on Reed on lap 36. A lap later on lap 37 the caution would come out for a single car incident in turn 3. Aikey would resume command and the only thing that look like would slow the leaders was the lap traffic but then the final race caution flew on lap 62. Aikey would still manage to hold on to the lead the final 22 laps despite Reed trying to take it away in the end it was Aikey taking the $5,004 to win pay check. Reed, Stephan Kammerer, Colby Springsteen and Beuseling rounding out the top 5. Ray Guss Jr, Brian Klein, Terry Neal, Andy Eckrich and Nick Marolf in positions 6th through 10th.

Racing action came to and end at 11:20p. Thanks to Tyler and Jeff Wollam, Dusty Van Kirk and the whole Wollam Racing team that worked on the race car. Thanks for letting me tag along and we should definately do it again some time. Thanks to IMCA for giving some great racing action as well at Marshalltown and Independence.

Iowa Speedweeks continues tonight with IMCA Sport Mod Nationals at the Hancock County Speedway in Britt plus IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Also the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds are at the Lee County Speedway for the Annual Liberty Cup along with IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods. Then its weekly raceing friday through Sunday. Then Monday Night July 4th you can head to the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour Race at the Algona Raceway and then the 20th Annual Harris Clash on July 5th.

Up next for me is the Marshalltown Speedway Friday night for Leytham Racing Night along with Kids Bike Races.

Smith and Carter take $1,000 in Toby K's Hideaway 1K

2011-06-29T01:57:00.000-05:00

It was suppose to be night #2 of Iowa Speedweeks but with mother nature taking Alta away on Monday it was night #1 now. There was 138 cars signed in to do battle on the high-banks of Marshalltown. 56 IMCA Sport Mods and 47 IMCA Stock Cars were signed in to race for $1,000 to win.

The first feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts. Dallas Chandler and Nathan Chandler would lead them too the green but before a lap could be completed the yellow would come out for debris. On the restart it was Nathan Chandler taking the lead but just after 1 lap was in the books the red flag would come out as Bill Whalen Jr would roll off the top of turn 2. Whalen would climb from the car and be okay. The last 11 laps would be run caution free and it was Nathan Chandler taking the win. Merv Chandler would finish 2nd, Tyler Whalen was 3rd, Jer Pederson came across the line in 4th but disqualifed in post race tech so that moved up John Whalen to 4th and Dallas Chandler to 5th.

IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature was up next, Kevin Fee and Calvin Dhondt would lead the field to the green. Fee would take the early race lead but would have somebody on his back bumper every lap. The caution would come out on lap 2 for a few cars getting together on the frontstretch. Fee again would maintain control but the caution came out on lap 8 for David Castellano in turn 2. Fee and the field would again see the caution come out on lap 11 for Andy Boeckman coming to a stop in turn 4. The final caution would come out the next lap for Dhondt going around in turn 4. On this restart though Fee would have to deal with Brandon Pruitt, Pruitt would make the pass and go on to take the win. Michael Murphy, Randy Embrey, Dustin Elliott and Eric Stanton would finish 2nd through 5th.

Toby K's Hideaway 1K for the IMCA Sport Mods was up next. Before 1 lap was completed there would be 3 cautions, Cory Rose would go around in turn 2 then 3 cars would get together in turn 2 and the final one was a single car incident. When racing got going it was Madrid's Scott Davis taking the early lead but 3rd row inside starter Cayden Carter would make the pass on lap 2 but would have to worry about Davis in the later stages in the races again after the red flag came out on lap 13 for David Schlicht, Schlicht would climb from the car okay after he rolled on the frontstretch after contact with Doug Smith. Carter would hold off Davis and take the win. Randy Roberts took 3rd, Austin Kaplan was 4th and Kyle Brown was 5th.

The final feature would make this class live up to its name of "Class Too Tough To Tame" IMCA Stock Cars. Before 1 lap would be completed in the 30 lap feature the yellow would come out forcing the straight up restart. On the restart it was Mike VanGenderen taking the early lead but then after 3 laps were down the caution would come out again for Mike Nichols in turn 4. VanGenderen would still remain out front until the next caution on lap 7. VanGenderen would now have Sean Johnson, Donavon Smith, John Heinz, Jay Schmidt, Schmidt started the feature 16th. Jay Schmidt would make the pass and take the lead from VanGenderen on lap 9. Schmidt would hold on to that lead until lap 27 depsite a caution on lap 19. On lap 28, Schmidt would slide up and open the door for Donavon Smith would make the pass for the lead. The caution would come out of a single car incident on lap 28 setting up a green-white-checkered. Smith would take the win but 3 cars would get together in turn 2 to make it finish under yellow. 16th place starter Jay Schmidt got 2nd, 19th place start Trent Murphy took 3rd, Sean Johnson and Damon Murty was 4th and 5th.

Racing action came to an end at 11:20pm. Iowa Speedweek's will continue at the Independence Motor Speedway tomorrow night with IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Late Models and IMCA Sport Mods.

Friday Night at Marshalltown will be Leytham Racing Night and Kids 11 and Under are reminded to bring their bikes for bike races!

IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat 1 - 00W Bill Whalen Jr
Heat 2 - 2 Merv Chandler

Feature
1. 22 Nathan Chandler
2. 2 Merv Chandler
3. 07 Tyler Whalen
4. 77 John Whalen
5. 1 Dallas Chandler
6. 7P Jordan Peters
7. 2nd Brad Chandler
8. 00W Bill Whalen Jr
9. 3JK Josh Keller
10. 6M David Moorman
11. 22T Travis Losenicky
DQ 11 Jer Pederson

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 25M Michael Murphy
Heat 2 - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 3 - 40 Randy Embrey

Feature
1. 10B Brandon Pruitt
2. 25M Michael Murphy
3. 40 Randy Embrey
4. 7B Eric Stanton
5. 19D Dustin Elliott
6. 24B Brandon Brinton
7. 52 Kevin Fee
8. 1BC Tony Cox
9. 11G Nyle Godwin
10. 12A Rob Allison
11. 4X Gary Pfantz
12. 26 Brice Udelhoven
13. 45 Justin Wacha
14. 69 Calvin Dhondt
15. 11 David Castellano
16. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
17. 18V Joe Luethje
18. 2P Cale Peterson
19. 85 Seth Janssen
20. 62B Andy Boeckman
21. 5A Tyler Pickett
22. 27 Clint Nelson
DNS: 47 Scott Pippert

IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 12 Doug Smith
Heat 2 - 81D Scott Davis
Heat 3 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 4 - B00K Dylan Book
Heat 5 - 1M Brett Meyer
Heat 6 - 10G Jim Gillenwater

B-Feature 1 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 2G Geoff Olson
2. 26J Joel Rust
3. 21L Brad Lautenbach (New Franken, WI)
4. 24X Josh Banzhaf
5. 72 Brett Lowry
6. 64X Casey Grubuel
7. 28P Rick Paulson
8. 40J Jason Doyle
9. 25 Tyler Hackett (Algoma, WI)
10. 13T Taylor Musselman
11. 7R Ryan Ashton
12. 30X Josh Modde
13. 7X Jeremy Kane
DNS: 83 Dane Larson

B-Feature 2 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 21 Kyle Brown
2. 92 Tyler Droste
3. 505 Racer Hulin
4. 92P Mike Pruitt
5. 41 Jeremy Embrey
6. 9E Eric Elliott
7. 99 Rocky Caudle
8. 21E Eric Larson
9. 8S
10. 4W Herbie Wilson
11. 95J Jason Hall
12. 34J Jerry Hinton

B-Feature 3 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 7 Carter Vandenberg
2. 9X Austin Lucas
3. 80 Jared Van Deest
4. 2Z Zach Rawlins
5. 98 Bill Hildreth
6. 12E Eric Flander
7. 1 Rodger Dresden
10. 777 Jayme Duinink
11. T17 Tom Rawlins
12. 20G Michael Grantham
13. 86 Rod McDonald
14. 54 Lynn Starry

Feature
1. 10 Cayden Carter
2. 81D Scott Davis
3. 3R Randy Roberts
4. 1E Austin Kaplan
5. 21 Kyle Brown
6. 27 Byron Weyer
7. 1M Brett Meyer
8. 10G Jim Gillenwater
9. 7 Carter Vandenberg
10. 92 Tyler Droste
11. 18J Jake Strayer
12. 321 Andy Tiernan
13. 11 Beau Kaplan
14. 9X Austin Lucas
15. 36 Matt Pittman
16. 23JR Nick Roberts
17. 64 Brandon Leeman
18. 86X Cory Rose
19. 12 Doug Smith
20. 19 David Schlicht
21. 2G Geoff Olson
22. B00K Dylan Book
23. 8 Brad Iverson
24. 26J Joel Rust

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 35 Donavon Smith
Heat 2 - 99D Damon Murty
Heat 3 - 57V Mike Van Genderen
Heat 4 - 57 John Heinz
Heat 5 - 8R Sean Johnson
Heat 6 - 56T Justin Temeyer

B-Feature 1 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 1F Marcus Fagen
3. 12+ Ryan Rose
4. 94 Steve Meyer
5. 20M Perry Misner (Garden City, KS)
6. 32 Wade Voegtline (Green Bay, WI)
7. 76 Mike Galli
8. 36 Trevor Titus
9. SR22 Shawn Anderson
10. 22S Lonnie Hodges

B-Feature 2 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 3W Jeff Wollam
2. 2 Dave Atcher
3. 24 Eric Brown
4. 50 Robert Stofer
5. 92 Dan Mackenthun
6. 23HR Rod Richards
7. 103 JC Howell (Texas)
8. 1SW Tony Ritterbush
9. 20L Lauren Vis
10. 31 Jason York

B-Feature 3 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 75 Curt Hook
2. 52 Nathan Wood
3. 81X Randy Killen
4. 36X Larry Karcz Jr (Pulaski, WI)
5. 9E Austin Evens
6. 68 Aaron Palmer
7. 27R Ryan Cook
8. 1330 Justin Jacobson (Hortonville, WI)
9. 556 Terry Corneilson

Feature
1. 35 Donavon Smith
2. 19J Jay Schmidt
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 8R Sean Johnson
5. 99D Damon Murty
6. 56T Justin Temeyer
7. 89B Dave Stricker
8. 77 Andy Bryant
9. 52 Nathan Wood
10. 57V Mike Van Genderen
11. 9 Jerry Gifford
12. 3W Jeff Wollam
13. R31 Ryan Leeman
14. 2 Dave Atcher
15. 22K Kevin Rose
16. 17 Kenny Hansen
17. 93 Michael Jaennette
18. 1F Marcus Fagen
19. 21X Devin Snellenberger (Pulaski, WI)
20. 19G Rick Gustin
21. 27J Jason Cook
22. 57 John Heinz
23. 63 Mike Nichols
24. 75 Curt Hook

Marshalltown Speedway Stats Through June

2011-06-27T23:07:00.000-05:00

Its time for the end of the month stats from Marshalltown through out the months of April, May and June. Again just like last month none of the stats will include specials.

Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 13.71 - 17 - 12
Sport Mods - 31.71 - 46 - 26
Modifieds - 17.0 - 22 - 14
Stock Cars - 19.43 - 26 - 16
Hobby Stocks - 21.57 - 26 - 17
Total - 103.43 - 134 - 93

Points
- 187 drivers have signed in to do battle at Marshalltown
- The point leaders after 7 weekly shows that have run through the months of April, May and June are Josh May (Mod Lites), Michael Murphy (Hobby Stocks), Jon Snyder (Modifieds), Cayden Carter (Sport Mods) and Trent Murphy (Stock Cars)
- The point leaders have 14 wins between the five of them
- Josh May has 4 wins in the Mod Lites on Weekly Point Nights, Jon Snyder and Cayden Carter have 3 wins in the Modifieds and Sport Mods, Trent Murphy has 2 wins in the Stock Cars, Michael Murphy has 1 win in the Hobby Stocks and Mike Morrill, who is tied with May for Mod Lites point leader has 1 win.

- 2nd Place guys in points including ties have 5 wins combined, the only one to not have a win is Jeff Wollam in the Stock Cars
- 3rd Place guys in points have 3 wins combined, Joel Huggins in the Mod Lites and Tyler Droste in Sport Mods have zero wins

24 drivers have remained in the top 10 in points after 7 weekly point nights that have run at Marshalltown. Those drivers include:

Mod Lites (7) : Mike Morrill, Josh May, Joel Huggins, Randy Bryan, Mike Kennedy, Colby Oberembt, Andy Hennigar
Hobby Stocks (3) : Kevin Fee, Eric Larson, Calvin Dhondt
Modifieds (6) : Jon Snyder, Adam Larson, Jimmy Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen, David Brown, Kyle Krampe
Sport Mods (4) : Cayden Carter, Scott Davis, Tyler Droste, Eric Flander
Stock Cars (4) : Trent Murphy, Jeff Wollam, Tracy Gienger, Todd Reitzler

Feature Winners
- 23 different feature winners in the first 7 weeks

The feature winners include (the amount if more than 1):

Stock Cars (6) : Trent Murphy (2), Damon Murty, Steve Meyer, Brian Irvine, Donavon Smith, Jay Schmidt
Sport Mods (5) : Cayden Carter (3), Scott Davis, Kyle Brown, Dane Larson, Jake Strayer
Mod Lites (3) : Josh May (4), Tim Hennigar (2), Mike Morrill
Hobby Stocks (5) : Eric Knutson (2), Brandon Brinton (2), Kevin Fee, Donavon Nunnikhoven, Michael Murphy
Modifieds (4) : Jon Snyder (3), Adam Larson (2), Jimmy Gustin, Todd Shute

Top 10 Finishes
- 115 drivers have earned at least 1 top 10 feature finish
- 8 drivers have finished in the top 10 every week. Those drivers include:
Mod Lites (4): Mike Morrill, Josh May, Joel Huggins, Mike Kennedy
Modifieds (4): Jon Snyder, Adam Larson, Jimmy Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen

Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Sport Mods have had zero finish i nthe top 10 every week.

Stock Cars most top 10 finishes is 6 by Trent Murphy, Jeff Wollam, Tracy Gienger.
Hobby Stocks most top 10 finishes are also 6 by Kevin Fee, Calvin Dhondt, Michael Murphy
Sport Mods most top 10 finishes are also 6 by Cayden Carter, Scott Davis, Tyler Droste

Top 5 Finishes
- 74 drivers have earned at least 1 top 5 feature finish
- 2 drivers have finished in the top 5 every week and both are in the Modifieds and they are Jon Snyder and Adam Larson.

Most top 5 finishes in the Stock Cars is 5 and Damon Murty and Trent Murphy have both done that
Most top 5 finishes in the Sport Mods is 6 and that was done by Cayden Carter
Mod Lites also most finishes in the top 5 was 6 by Mike Morrill, Josh May and Joel Huggins
Kevin Fee leads the Hobby Stocks with 5 top 5 finishes in the first 7 weeks

Top 3 Finishes
- 49 drivers have earned at least 1 top 3 feature finish
- No driver has every week in the top 3 but 2 drivers have finished 6 weeks in the top 3 and they are Mike Morrill in the Mod Lites and Adam Larson in the Modifieds

In the Stock Cars the highest is 4 weeks in the top 3 and they are Damon Murty and Jay Schmidt
In the Sport Mods its also 4 weeks in the top 3 and done by Cayden Carter
Hobby Stocks the highest is 3 weeks in the top 3 by Eric Larson, Michael Murphy and Eric Knutson

Feature Lap Leaders
- 49 different drivers have led at least 1 lap in the features
- Division Lap Leaders are:

Mod Lites (7) : Josh May (50 laps led), Tim Hennigar (25), Mike Morrill (15), Colby Oberembt (9), Dusty Masolini, Travis Stensland and Charlie Brown (2 each)

Stock Cars (10) : Jay Schmidt (36 laps led), Steve Meyer (20), Trent Murphy (19), Donavon Smith (13), Damon Murty (12), Brian Irvine (8), Trevor Titus, Sean Johnson and Michael Jaennette (6 each), Rob Schneider (1)

Sport Mods (12) : Cayden Carter (28 laps led), Brad Iverson (14), Jenae Gustin (13), Dane Larson (12), Nick Roberts (11), Jake Strayer (8), DJ Robinson and Scott Davis (6 each), Racer Hulin (3), Beau Kaplan and Kyle Brown (2 each), Jayme Duinink (1)

Modifieds (9) : Todd Shute (48 laps led), Adam Larson and Jon Snyder (24 each), Clint Wedelstadt (13), Josh Truman (10), Duane Peterson (9), Todd Conrad (8), Jimmy Gustin (3), Joel Bushore (1)

Hobby Stocks (11) : Brandon Brinton (18 laps led), Michael Murphy (12), Eric Knutson (11), Donavon Nunnikhoven (10), Aaron Rudolph (7), Kevin Fee, Mike Vibbard and Gary Pfantz (5 each), Brice Udelhoven (4), Tony Cox (2), Scott Durlin (1)

Heat Races
- There has been 59 different heat race winners this year so far.

Heat Race Winners include:

Mod Lites (6) : Josh May and Mike Morrill (4 each), Colby Oberembt (3), Joel Huggins, Dusty Masolini and Charlie Brown (1 each)

Stock Cars (13) : Jay Schmidt (4), Damon Murty (3), Michael Jaennette and Trevor Titus (2 each), Sean Johnson, Trent Murphy, Dave Atcher, Kevin Rose, Rob Schneider, Donavon Smith, Tracy Gienger, Lauren Vis and Steve Meyer (1 each)

Sport Mods (17) : Tyler Droste, Scott Davis, Tom Rawlins, Brad Iverson, Carter Vandenberg, Dane Larson and Cayden Carter (2 each), Jared Timmerman, Andy Tiernan, Jake Strayer, Joel Rust, Curt Hilmer, Gatlin Leytham, Beau Kaplan, Doug Smith, Eric Flander and Fred Leytham (1 each)

Modifieds (11) : Todd Shute (3), Kyle Krampe, Jimmy Gustin and Joel Bushore (2 each), Mike Wedelstadt, Richie Gustin, Todd Conrad, Duane Peterson, Adam Larson, Jon Snyder and Luke Wanninger (1 each)

Hobby Stocks (12) : Brandon Brinton (4), Michael Murphy (3), Josh Saunders and Gary Pfantz (2 each), Aaron Rudolph, Jennifer Hulin, Dustin Filloon, Mike Vibbard, Eric Knutson, Donavon Nunnikhoven, Kevin Fee and Eric Larson (1 each)

Other Notes
- 1,930 laps have been completed in the speedway not including caution laps of course but it does include specials except for the Stock Car Shootout Race
- 1,288 laps have been completed on weekly points nights

Again it may not be as good as my good friend Ryan Clark from the Independence Motor Speedway but its close by the way Ryan should have the Indee Stats Blitz up soon.

Until next time,
Jeremy Fox