Friday, July 8, 2011

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

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

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

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

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/  

Saturday, July 2, 2011

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

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