As 2009 comes to an end and 2010 comes rolling in!

In 2009, It was a lot of fun doing weekly blogs during the summer recapping the past weeks racing adventures. There was so many races i was looking forward to go to but time didn't allow it but in 2010 i am going to try to make it happen.

In 2009 i had fun attending races at Marshalltown, Des Moines, Vinton, Stuart, Boone, Knoxville and Allison.

I am planning to attend all the thoses tracks again in 2010 plus many more. I am planning to attend Alta, Allison, Britt, Boone, Webster City, Independence, Des Moines, Vinton, Stuart, Knoxville, Oskaloosa and maybe many others in iowa. I am also going to attend races at the North Central Speedway in Brainerd, MN when i am on vacation in Minnesota around memorial day weekend.

As 2010 rolls in, we all start counting down to the start of racing here in the upper midwest.

I wish everybody a happy new year and lets go racing!

Don't Forget the 2nd Annual Battle at the Barn on January 22-23 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines.

Marshalltown---9/27/09

Unofficial Results

Dirt Trucks

Heat 1- 16m Brian Murray
Heat 2- 98 Bret Moyer

Feature
1. 98 Bret Moyer
2. 16M Brian Murray
3. 03 Ed Nelson
4. 21 Brad Moyer
5. 47X Bob Murray
6. 33 Tim Murray
7. 7X Rick Clark
8. 95 Lou Siplot
9. z00m Mike Hoffman
10. 1 Bryan Nevins Jr

Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites

Heat 1- 6 Mike Morrill
Heat 2- 64 Randy Bryan

Feature
1. 6 Mike Morrill
2. 64 Randy Bryan
3. x50 Joel Huggins
4. 5 Troy Hudson
5. 88 Jimmy May
6. 99 Josh May
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 5X Matthew Goodin
9. 8 Dusty Masolini
10.K9 John Griffin
11. 1 Brent Anderson
12. 61 Dave Anderson
13. OB Colby Obermebt

Hobby Stocks

Heat 1- 22R Todd Reitzler
Heat 2- 74 Pete Hutzel
Heat 3- 18L Kenny Loftus

Feature
1. 70 Chris Hovden
2. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
3. 18 Scott Spilde
4. 35 Terry Shaffar
5. 70S Steve Holthaus
6. 74 Pete Hutzel
7. 4X Gary Pfantz
8. 82 Jennifer Hulin
9. 09 Brad Forbes
10. 2L Leonard Loftus
11. 29 Jake Nelson
12. 52 Josh Saunders
13. 43 Nic Shearer
14. T10 Tim Thompson?
15. 22R Todd Reitzler
16. 00 Kyle Dirks
17. 27 Clint Nelson
18. 6R Adam Rickett
19. 18L Kenny Loftus
20. 1s Scott Siems???

Sport Mods

Heat 1- 92 Tyler Droste
Heat 2- 98 Bill Hildreth
Heat 3- 777 Jayme Duinink
Heat 4- 2Z Zach Rawlins

B Feature (Top 4 transfer)
1. 21L Matt Lettow
2. 19G Gaitlin Leytham
3. 20T Scott Thomas
4. 57 Lynn Brockett
5. 3 Scott Jorpeland
6. 20L Lauren Vis
7. 53 ?????????
8. 23B ????????
9. 52R Marty Rouse
10. 69 John Dumer
11. 99D Jenae Gustin
DNS:
32 Dan Feltus
14M Brian Mahlstedt
21X ?????????

Feature
1. 9x Austin Lucas
2. 98 Bill Hildreth
3. 80 Duane VanDeest
4. 21 Kyle Brown
5. 8 Brad Iverson
6. 2Z Zach Rawlins
7. 92 Tyler Droste
8. 21L Matt Lettow
9. 32N Neil Follett
10. 3X Scott Durlin
11. 18J Jake Strayer
12. 82 ??????????????
13. 3s Adam Shelman
14. 52E Ryan Engelkes
15. 14 Brian Schrage
16. 19G Gaitlin Leytham
17. 87 Aric Becker
18. 10T ???????????
19. 57 Lynn Brockett
20. 777 Jayme Duinink
21. 34 Jeremy Schafebuel
22. 20T Scott Thomas
23. 21J ???????????????
24. 4L Mike Ludemann

Stock Cars

Heat 1- 60 Kurt Krauskopf
Heat 2- 57V Mike Van Genderen

Feature
1. 60 Kurt Krauskopf
2. 2 Dave Atcher
3. 94 Steve Meyer
4. 57V Mike Van Genderen
5. 77 Andy Bryant
6. 5 ?????????
7. 14J Michael Johnston
8. R31 Ryan Leeman
9. 3W Jeff Wollam
10. 27 Jared Daggett
11. 10X John Wilson
12. 52 Robert Engelkes
DNS:
20V Dusty Vis (rolled off top of turn 3 during the heat)
04 Don Vis (broke something during the heat)

Modifieds

Heat 1- 98 Jason Snyder
Heat 2- 64 Vern Jackson
Heat 3- 12X Brett Ladehoff

Feature
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 98 Jason Snyder
3. 2L Adam Larson
4. 43S Scott Simatovich
5. 21 David Brown
6. 83G Josh Gilman
7. 12X Brett Ladehoff
8. 64 Vern Jackson
9. 2X Mike O'Lear
10. 19J Jay Schmidt
11. 17R Derek Reimer
12. 40RC Rod Clement
13. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
14. 12T Ty Glasss
15. K1 Kyle Krampe
16. 88L Mike Louis
17. 19 Jimmy Gustin
18. 25T Duane Peterson

Racing action finished at 9:05 pm! Next event for the Marshalltown Speedway is the banquet on November 21st at Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel, the next racing event is next april!

Duffy, Sather and Bonnett Double Up on Victories at the Havoc on the High Banks

Well the 3rd Annual Havoc on the High Banks brought 2 great nights of racing to the high banks of the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday and Saturday. 286 race teams would sign in from 6 states and canada during the 2 day special event which continued the month of money at the Marshalltown Speedway.

In the Dwarf Car/Mod Lites, they would see 21 dwarfs sign in on friday and 20 dwarfs sign in on saturday. On Friday Night, Joel Huggins would go on and lead the first 3 laps in the feature but would be passed by Mike Morrill on lap 4. A couple of cautions would come out on lap 6 when Johnny Mordock, DJ Robinson and Matthew Goodin get together in 1 & 2 and then on lap 9 when Duane Coffman spun in turn 4. Morrill would go on to the victory despite late race battles with Andy Hennigar. Randy Bryan, Dusty Masolini and Jeff Stensland round out the top 5.

On Saturday Night, Joel Huggins would lead until the first caution on lap 6 when Cliff Barber in David Schmalzried's car spun in turn 1 after contact with the front stretch wall. On the restart, Huggins would be passed by Andy Hennigar. Hennigar would see the yellow come out on lap 11 when 1 Jeremey Anderson spun in turn 3. Hennigar would have to do battle with Mike Morrill but would hold him off, Hennigar gets the win and Morrill 2nd, opposite of friday night. Joel Huggins would hold on to 3rd, Matthew Goodin was 4th and Mike Kennedy came home 5th.

In the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, they would see 36 cars sign in on friday and 33 cars sign in on saturday meaning both nights would have 4 heats and b-features to determine the field. On Friday Night, "The Big Ticket" Andy Tiernan took the early race lead. A couple of cautions come out on lap 3 when Scott Thomas and Gaitlin Leytham go off the top of turn 2 and lap 6 when Scott Thomas and Kenny Hay spin in turn 2. Tiernan kept the lead but would have Austin Kaplan, Jake Strayer, Brad Iverson and Kevin Sather on his back bumper. Kevin Sather would make the pass for the lead on lap 9 and then right after that a caution would come out for a tire in turn 4. Sather would go on to the win, Tiernan was 2nd, Kaplan 3rd, Strayer 4th and Iverson 5th.

On Saturday Night, Brad Iverson would lead ther early going of the race. The first caution came out on lap 3 when Shawn Hunter spun in turn 2. Iverson kept the lead until lap 9 when he was passed by Matt Lettow. Lettow would hold the top spot until lap 13 when a caution came out for Curt Hilmer in turn 2. Kevin Sather would make the pass on Lettow on the restart and go on to the win, despite a caution on lap 16 when Corey Rose, Tim Swope Jr and Rick Paulson spun in turn 1 & 2.

In the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars, they would see 25 cars sign in on friday and 18 cars sign in on saturday. On Friday Night, "Hot" Rod Richards would take command early. 2 cautions would come out, first on lap 5 when Don Vis spun in turn 1 & 2 and then lap 7 when Ryan Leeman spun in turn 2. Richards maintain the lead through both of them, Richards would get passed on lap 9 by Steve Meyer. Meyer would then see t he caution come out a lap later when Leeman, Don Wear and Ty Hill got together in turn 1. Meyer would hold on to the top spot until lap 12 when Dustin Smith would make the pass. Smith would see the yellow come out after he took the lead, the yellow was for Rick Brown spinning in turn 4. Smith took the win, Steve Meyer was 2nd, Dusty Vis was 3rd, Phil Holtz in Justin Temeyer's car was 4th and Jeff Wollam was 5th. The Nitefly Designs Dash for Cash went to Rod Richards.

On Saturday Night, Ther race would have the initial start called back because Dan Trimble spun in turn 2. But when the race would get going the race would go 20 laps caution free and would see Steve Meyer cruise to victory but he would have to do battle with Damon Murty and Dustin Smith. Murty would take 2nd, Smith 3rd, Kevin Rose and Jeff Wollam rounded out the top 5.

In the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds, they would see 32 cars sign in on Friday and 36 cars sign in on Saturday meaning they would see 4 heats and b features to determine the field. On Friday Night, the field would be lead to the green flag by a pair of 19 cars, Darin Duffy in the 19D on the Pole and Jimmy Gustin in the 19 on the Outside front row. Gustin would take the race lead but Duffy would stay close in toe. The first 14 laps when caution free but then on lap 15, 16 and 17 there would be 4 cautions. First on lap 15 when Jim Schaefer spun in turn 2 and then on the restart for a tire on the front stretch. Gustin continued to lead through this time, after another lap was completed a caution would come out for Joey Galloway catching on fire. Another lap would be completed before the final caution came out this time for Don Erger spinning in turn 2. Gustin continued to lead but then on lap 2o, Gustin's car would begin to stall on entry in the car handing the lead over to Duffy. Duffy would go on to victory, Gustin would follow back to 8th. Max Corporan would get 2nd, Scott Hogan was 3rd, Jon Snyder was 4th and Jay Schmidt was 5th.

On Saturday Night, the top 2 in each heat would run in the Nitefly Designs Pole Dash to see where they would start and Darin Duffy would take the win with Jimmy Gustin taking 2nd. In the 25 Lap Feature, Duffy and Gustin would lead the field to the green flag. This race would look to be going green-to-checkered but then a caution would come out on lap 21 for a tire in turn 4. Duffy would take the win for the 2nd night in a row, Gustin would come home in 2nd, David Murray would start 22nd and finish 3rd, Adam Larson was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th.

In the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, they would see 30 cars sign in on friday and 23 cars sign in on saturday meaning on friday they would have 4 heats and a b feature to determine the field on saturday all cars went to the a main. On Friday Night, before one lap was completed, Justin Maschke, Nick Murty, Wes Stanek, Craig Graham, Clint Nelson and Jesse McCollaugh would get together in 1 & 2. When the race got going, Kenny Loftus would take the race lead but then another caution came out on lap 4 when Jennifer Hulin drove off top 2. On the restart, the Veteran Bill Bonnett would make the pass for the lead and go on to the win. Pete Hutzel would come across in 2nd but was disqualified in post-race tech inspection so Loftus, Michael Murphy, Todd Reitzler and Nick Murty rounded out the top 5.

On Saturday Night, Bill Bonnett would jump to the race lead and the only thing that would slow him were the cautions. The first one was on lap 5 but it resulted in to a red flag when Tyler Pickett would roll over in turn 4 after contact with Mike Vibbard. The next caution came out on lap 7 when Leonard Loftus spun in 1 & 2 and the final caution came out on lap 9 when Tim Saunders spun in turn 2. Bonnett maintain the lead and would go on to the victory, Rob Allison was 2nd, Dustin Elliott was 3rd, Matt McDonald was 4th and Corey Cruzan was 5th.

The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks would join the program on Saturday Night and they would have a total of 9 trucks sign in. Bret Moyer would start on the pole and lead the entire 15 lap feature green-to-checkered. Carl Moyer would get 2nd, Ed Nelson was 3rd, Lou Siplot was 4th and Bryan Nevins Jr was 5th.

The Marshalltown Speedway will wrap up the 2009 racing season with the "Wer're Going Topless" Special, which will see Topless Modifieds (IMCA type rules) $1000 to win, IMCA/USRA Stock Cars (option to run 500 carb) $500 to win, IMCA/USRA Sport Mods $400 to win, IMCA/USRA Hobby Stocks $300 to win, Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites $250 to win and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks $250 to win. Gates Open at 3, Drivers Meeting at 5, Hot Laps at 5:30 and Racing at 6!

Marshalltown Havoc on the High Banks Night #2 Results

Unofficial Results

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks (9 Trucks)

Heat 1- 03 Ed Nelson
Heat 2- 95 Lou Siplot

Feature
1. 98 Bret Moyer
2. 3 Carl Moyer
3. 03 Ed Nelson
4. 95 Lou Siplot
5. 1 Bryan Nevins Jr
6. 7X Rick Clark
7. 33 Tim Murray
DNF: 16m Brian Murray
DNS: 47X Bob Murray

Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites (20 cars)

Heat 1- 15 Andy Hennigar
Heat 2- 6 Mike Morrill
Heat 3- 64 Randy Bryan

Feature
1. 15 Andy Hennigar
2. 6 Mike Morrill
3. X50 Joel Huggins
4. 5X Matthew Goodin
5. 95 Mike Kennedy
6. 8 Dusty Masolini
7. 8X Bobby Fox
8. 17 Johnny Mordock
9. 64 Randy Bryan
10. 66F Eric Hendrickson
11. 20 Jeff Stensland
12. 89 Jeff Stensland
13. K9 John Griffin
14. 41S Tim Sutherland
15. 0B Colby Obermbt
16. 61 David Anderson
17. 1 Jeremey Anderson
DNF:
10 Ivan Guerra
4 Cliff Barber
88X Jeremie Mowrey

Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks (23 cars)

Heat 1- 19D Dustin Elliott
Heat 2- 19 Bill Bonnett
Heat 3- 8C Corey Cruzan

Feature
1. 19 Bill Bonnett
2. 12A Rob Allison
3. 19D Dustin Elliott
4. 12M Matt McDonald
5. 8C Corey Cruzan
6. 74 Pete Hutzel
7. 16 Wes Stanek
8. 45 Russell Keefer
9. 21M Justin Maschke
10. 4X Gary Pfantz
11. 22R Todd Reitzler
12. 86 Gene Nicklas
13. 82 Jennifer Hulin
14. 27 Clint Nelson
15. 38R Aaron Rudolph
16. 52 Tim Saunders
17. 43 Nic Shearer
18. 44 Mike Anderson
DNF:
29 Jake Nelson
2L Leonard Loftus
37G Jeff Gunderson
5A Tyler Pickett
18V Mike Vibbard

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods (33 cars)

Heat 1- 91 Shawn Hunter
Heat 2- 98 Bill Hildreth
Heat 3- 64 Brandon Leeman
Heat 4- 3E Kevin Sather

B-Feature (Top 4 transfer)
1. 19G Gaitlin Leytham
2. 21J Tim Swope
3. 52R Marty Rouse
4. 80 Duane Van Deest
5. 11H Mike Hay
DNF:
99D Jenae Gustin
20TX Scott Thomas
4W Herbie Wilson
5B Tom Burke
35R Jade Robinson
40SN Nathan Simatovich
DNS: 27m Mike Munson

Feature
1. 3E Kevin Sather
2. 2Z Zach Rawlins
3. 21L Matt Lettow
4. 21 Kyle Brown
5. 98 Bill Hildreth
6. 8 Brad Iverson
7. 32N Neil Follett
8. 2G Geoff Olson
9. 3S Adam Shelman
10. 199 Josh May
11. 86 Rod McDonald
12. 52R Marty Rouse
13. 91 Shawn Hunter
14. 80 Duane Van Deest
15. 19G Gaitlin Leytham
16. 22H Curt Hilmer
17. 21J Tim Swope
18. 28P Rick Paulson
19. 69 John Dumer
DNF:
86R Corey Rose
64 Brandon Leeman
9E Eric Elliott
18J Jake Strayer
3X Scott Durlin

Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars (18 cars)

Heat 1- 94 Steve Meyer
Heat 2- 56T Phil Holtz
Heat 3- 99D Damon Murty

Feature
1. 94 Steve Meyer
2. 99D Damon Murty
3. 85 Dustin Smith
4. 22K Kevin Rose
5. 3W Jeff Wollam
6. 56T Phil Holtz
7. 77 Andy Bryant
8. 28W Don Wear
9. 30C Abe Huls
10. R31 Ryan Leeman
11. 2 Dave Atcher
12. 20 Dan Trimble
13. 37 Merlin Hagland
14. 27 Gary Bass
DNF:
3H Ty Hill
7I Andrew Inman
DNS:
12 Bryan Trogdon
14J Mike Johnston

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds (38 cars)

Heat 1- 12X Brett Ladehoff
Heat 2- 69X Jon Snyder
Heat 3- 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 4- 19D Darin Duffy

Pole/Cash Dash:
1. 19D Darin Duffy
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin
3. 3C Max Corporan
4. 71E Joey Galloway
5. 69X Jon Snyder
6. 12X Brett Ladehoff
7. 83G Josh Gilman
8. 64 Vern Jackson

B- Feature 1 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
2. D27 Dave Pries
3. 19J Jay Schmidt
4. 12T Tyler Glass
5. K1 Kyle Krampe
6. 15B Don Erger
7. 40RC Rod Clement
DNF:
12D Joe Docekal
88L Mike Louis

B- Feature 2 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 97M David Murray
2. 00 Justin (JD) Auringer
3. 58 Denny Pittman
4. 4G Kevin Goben
5. 57B Dennis Betzer
6. 49 Mike Munson
DNF: 17R Derek Reimer
DNS:
2X Mike O'Lear
01 Ed Thomas

Feature
1. 19D Darin Duffy
2, 19 Jimmy Gustin
3. 97M David Murray
4. 69X Jon Snyder
5. 2L Adam Larson
6. 7C Nate Caruth
7. 33D Scott Hogan
8. 71E Joey Galloway
9. 43s Scott Simatovich
10. 64 Vern Jackson
11. 5 Todd Shute
12. 3C Max Corporan
13. 21X Devin Hammel
14. 12X Brett Ladehoff
15. 83G Josh Gilman
16. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
17. 21 David Brown
18. 00 Justin (JD) Auringer
19. 1 TJ Stalker
DNF:
17 Justin Sackett
32 Chris Snyder
32s Rick Speck
D27 Dave Pries
DNS: 8s Rich Smith

Marshalltown Havoc on the High Banks Night #1 Results

Unofficial Results

Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites (23 cars)

Heat 1- x50 Joel Huggins
Heat 2- 57 Tim Hennigar
Heat 3- 6 Mike Morrill

Feature
1. 6 Mike Morrill
2. 15 Andy Hennigar
3. 64 Randy Bryan
4. 99 Josh May
5. 8 Dusty Masolini
6. 20 Jeff Stensland
7. 88 James May
8. 5x Matthew Goodin
9. 57 Tim Hennigar
10. 88x Jermie Mowrey
11. 4 Cliff Barber
12. x50 Joel Huggins
13. 95 Mike Kennedy
14. 3c Duane Coffman
15. 41s Tim Sutherland
16. 8x Bobby Fox
17. k9 John Griffin
18. 11r Jason Whitehead
19. 1 Bobby Toland
DNF:
17 Johnny Mordock
33r DJ Robinson
DNS: 0b Colby Oberembt

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods (36 cars)

Heat 1- 86 Rod McDonald
Heat 2- 9x Austin Lucas
Heat 3- 21l Matt Lettow
Heat 4- 19g Gaitlin Leytham

B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer)
1. 99 Rocky Caudle
2. 64 Brandon Leeman
3. 3X Scott Durlin
4. 08 Bryan Rodman
5. 35R Jade Robinson
6. J2 John Schulze
7. 87 Aric Becker
8. 81 Jesse Belez

B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer)
1. 86r Corey Rose
2. 52e Ryan Engelkes
3. 20l Lauren Vis
4. 4w Herbie Wilson
5. 99d Jenae Gustin
6. 40sn Nathan Simatovich
DNS:
9e Eric Elliott
98 Bill Hildreth

Feature
1. 3e Kevin Sather
2. 321 Andy Tiernan
3. 18j Jake Strayer
4. 1e Austin Kaplan
5. 8 Brad Iverson
6. 2g Geoff Olson
7. 2z Zach Rawlins
8. 32n Neil Follett
9. 21 Kyle Brown
10. 21l Matt Lettow
11. 91 Shawn Hunter
12. 64 Brandon Leeman
13. 80 Duane Van Deest
14. 86r Corey Rose
15. 86 Rod McDonald
16. 52e Ryan Engelkes
17. 19g Gaitlin Leytham
18. 7 Dale Vanderwall
19. 9x Austin Lucas
20. 3s Adam Shelman
DNF:
9h Kenny Hay
28p Rick Paulson
20tx Scott Thomas
99 Rocky Caudle

Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars (25 cars)

Heat 1- 75 Rick Brown
Heat 2- 3w Jeff Wollam
Heat 3- 85 Dustin Smith

Nitefly Designs Cash Dash- 23hr Rod Richards

Feature
1. 85 Dustin Smith
2. 94 Steve Meyer
3. 20v Dusty Vis
4. 56t Phil Holtz
5. 3w Jeff Wollam
6. 2 Dave Atcher
7. 99d Damon Murty
8. 23hr Rod Richards
9. 3 Jarod Weepie
10. 22k Kevin Rose
11. 77 Andy Bryant
12. 42b Jon Byriel
13. 93 Michael Jeannette
14. 28w Don Wear
15. 12 Bryan Trogdon
16. 7i Andrew Inman
17. 27 Gary Bass
DNF:
75 Rick Brown
04 Don Vis
r31 Ryan Leeman
3h Ty Hill
32t Tim Feltner
14j Michael Johnston
36 Trevor Titus
12r Ryan Rose

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds (32 cars)

Heat 1- 97m David Murray
Heat 2- 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 3- 2x Mike O'Lear
Heat 4- 69x Jon Snyder

B- Feature (top 4 transfer)
1. k1 Kyle Krampe
2. 01 Ed Thomas
3. 13 Jim Schaefer
4. 49 Mike Munson
5. 17r Derek Reimer
6. 12 Stacy Warren
7. 12x Brett Ladehoff
DNS:
10k Ronn Lauritzen
18 Jake Durbin
64 Vern Jackson
36g Russ Gladson

Feature
1. 19d Darin Duffy
2. 3c Max Corporan
3. 33d Scott Hogan
4. 69x Jon Snyder
5. 19j Jay Schmidt
6. 21x Devin Hammel
7. 16 Todd Stickler
8. 19 Jimmy Gustin
9. 42dd Don Furgard?
10. 01 Ed Thomas
11. 43s Scott Simatovich
12. 32s Rick Speck
13. 13 Jim Schaefer
14. 2l Adam Larson
DNF:
40rc Rod Clement
15b Don Erger
71e Joey Galloway
2x Mike O'Lear
k1 Kyle Krampe
49 Mike Munson
83g Josh Gilman
21 David Brown
97m David Murray
d27 Dave Pries

Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks (30 cars)

Heat 1- 19 Bill Bonnett
Heat 2- 2l Leonard Loftus
Heat 3- 22r Todd Reitzler
Heat 4- 21m Justin Maschke

B-Feature (top 4 tranfer)
1. 1 Rex Bonnett
2. 33j Jesse McCollaugh
3. 8c Corey Cruzan
4. 0x Ron Prymek
5. 45 Russell Keefer
6. 44 Mike Anderson
7. 5a Tyler Pickett
8. 47x Terry Hurley
DNS:
78x Tim Hadley
07 Jacob Keiser

Feature
1. 19 Bill Bonnett
2. 18l Kenny Loftus
3. 25m Michael Murphy
4. 99jr Nick Murty
5. 22r Todd Reitzler
6. 19d Dustin Elliott
7. 2l Leonard Loftus
8. 13g Craig Graham
9. 52 Josh Saunders
10. b00k Dylan Book
11. 51x Matt Webb
12. 21m Justin Maschke
13. 20e Eric Larson
14. 29 Jake Nelson
15. 16 Wes Stanek
16. 43 Nic Shearer
17. 8c Corey Cruzan
18. 0x Ron Prymek
19. 38r Aaron Rudolph
20. 82 Jennifer Hulin
DNF:
27 Clint Nelson
1 Rex Bonnett
33j Jesse McCollaugh
DQ: 74 Pete Hutzel (crossed the line in 3rd but DQ in post-race tech)

Hard Luck Award Winners: Stock Cars-Ryan Rose, Modifieds-Jake Durbin, Hobby Stocks-Jesse McCollaugh, Sport Mods-Didn't not get

Skinner Wins in a Dominating Fashion in the Truck Race at Iowa

Earlier in the day the Nascar Camping World Truck Series would run their final practice session to get ready for qualifying for the Lucas Oil 200 and for the Lucas Oil 200.

When it was time for some more track action is was time with the qualifying for the Lucas Oil 200. Mike Skinner in the #5 Toyota of Des Moines Toyota Tundra would set the Truck Series Track Record with a speed of 137.052 mph. TJ Bell was 2nd quickest with a speed of 136.057 mph, Matt Crafton was 3rd quickest with a speed of 135.846, Colin Braun had a speed of 135.793 in 4th and Johnny Sauter was 5th with a speed of 135.251 mph.

Then it would be time for the pre-race concert from country singer Luke Bryan. Then the Driver Introductions would take place on the front stretch just shortly after 8 pm.

When the race would get going Matt Crafton would jump from his 3rd place starting spot to the lead. After he did take the lead the first caution would come on lap 1. This caution would last for 4 laps. Crafton would resume command of the lead but just after they restarted another caution would come out this time for 3 trucks getting together in 1 & 2. The race would resume on lap 10.

Crafton would continue to lead it but on lap 18, Mike Skinner would make the pass on Crafton and begin to coast away until a caution on lap 57 would bunch the field. This caution was for debris on the backstretch, the race would resume on lap 63.

Skinner would maintain the top spot but would see another caution come out on lap 73 which would last until lap 78. They would resume and see the next caution come out on lap 109 when David Starr and Stacy Compton get together in turns 1 & 2. During this caution, Skinner would lose the lead to Aric Almirola after a round of pit stops on lap 114. The green would come back out on lap 116.

Almirola would be passed by Skinner on lap 117. The next caution came out on lap 126 when Jason White got together with Todd Bodine on the Front Stretch. This caution period lasted until lap 132.

Skinner would continue to lead and appeared to be cruising to the victory and the only thing slowing him was lap trucks until the final race caution came out on lap 192 for debris on the front stretch. They would resume the race on lap 196. Skinner would cruise on to the victory.

Finishing behind Skinner was Aric Almirola, Colin Braun, Ron Hornaday Jr and Johnny Sauter.

The next race at the Iowa Speedway is the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Race and the ASA Late Model Series Race on Saturday September 19th, Counrty Superstar Billy Currington will perform in concert.

Marshalltown Crowns 2009 Track Champions

Racing would heat up on the chilly night at the Marshalltown Speedway. It would be annual North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championships. The night would be picture perfect weather wise and a full moon in the sky. It would bring drivers from Farmington, New Mexico and Dawson County, Nebraska. One driver was Regan Tafoya, nicknamed the "Fastest Barber" from New Mexico , drove 23 hours to get here but would blow up in hot laps and we also had the Hoing Family, Robert and Greg from Nebraska come and race.

The night would bring an end to the 2009 track points standings. We would have out of the car driver introductions and Australian Pursuit races, that would be added thrills to the fans plus a little added bonus if the front row would take the promotor challenge and go to the rear. All the features would have an added 5 laps being its season championship night.

The first feature of the night would be the Dwarf Car/Mod Lites for their 20 lap feature. Mike Morrill and Mike Kennedy would both elect not to take the challenge and stay up front. Morrill came in with a 84 point advantage over Kennedy. Morrill would take the lead and the only things slowing him down was a caution, lap cars and a battle with Tim Hennigar. The only race caution came out on lap 14 for debris in turn 4, this would allow Tim Hennigar to restart on the back bumper of Morrill. Morrill was able to hold him off for his 10th win of the season at Marshalltown, Tim Hennigar was 2nd, Mike Kennedy was 3rd, Andy Hennigar 4th and Randy Bryan 5th. With Morrill's win and Kennedy finishing 3rd, Morrill would win the track championship by 86 points.

The Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks was up nextfor their 17 lap feature. Devin Smith and Michael Murphy would both chose to not take the promotor challenge . Smith came in with a 3 point advantage over Murphy. Smith would jump in to the race lead and for the first half of the race would have to handle cautions and the 2nd half of the race dealing with the lap cars. 3 cautions would come out, first on lap 2 which resulted in a red flag when Adam Rickett flipped off of turn 1 & 2. The next caution came out on lap 5 when John Schuring spun in turn 4 and the last caution came out on lap 8 when Michael Murphy blows up and stops on the run off road. Smith would go on and lead the entire 17 laps, getting his 6th win of the year at Marshalltown and winning the track championship by 12 points over Terry Shaffar, who finished 2nd, Murphy would fall to 3rd in the final standings and 24 points back with a 22nd place finish. Todd Reitzler was 3rd, Nick Murty moved up 20 spots to finish 4th and Clint Nelson would move up 7 spots to finish 5th.

Next up was the Dwarf Car Australian Pursuit, Josh May would get passed on the final lap by Mike Morrill, Morril would win the Australian Pursuit. Dusty Masolini, David Schmalzried, Joel Huggins, Mike Kennedy, Jimmy May, Johnny Mordock and Josh May were eliminated in that order.

Coming out next was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods for their 20 lap feature. Kevin Sather and Scott Davis would also decline to take the challenge. Before one lap was completed, Shawn Simatovich and Scott Durlin would come together in turn 2. Finally when they did get going Davis would jump out to the lead, he would engage in numerous battles with Sather. Another caution would come out on lap 8 when Ryan Engelkes spun in turn 3. The next catuion came out on lap 10 when Lauren Vis and Herbie Wilson would spin around in turn 3, Durlin and Jade Robinson would drive of fthe top to avoid making contact. Davis would maintain the lead through it all and resume command and go on to the victory. It would be Davis's 3rd win of the season at Marshalltown. Sather finished 2nd and would win the track championship by 3 points over Davis. Jake Strayer, Kyle Brown and Shawn Hunter would round out the top 5.

Then it was time for the Junction Bar & Grille Hobby Stock Australian Pursuit, Devin Smith would go on to the victory and Dustin Elliott would get 2nd. Others were eliminated in this order: Josh Saunders, Eric Knutson, Todd Reitzler, Jennifer Hulin, Eric Larson and Terry Shaffar.

Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars was up next for their 23 lap feature. Dustin Smith and Jeff Wollam would both decline to take the challenge. Smith came in the night with track championship already in his hands as he came in with a 75 point advantage. Jeff Wollam would jump out to the race lead and appeared to be going on to the victory on the night in the honor of his father, despite holding of Smith numerous times. The first of 2 cautions came out on lap 7 when Damon Murty came to a stop in turn 1 & 2. On the restart Wollam and Smith would continue to battle for the top spot, Wollam would lead until lap 11 when Smith was scored the leader and then Wollam took back the lead on lap 12 but Smith would give up as Smith would make the pass on lap 19 for the lead. The final caution would come out on lap 22 when Trevor Titus and Eric Flander would get together in turns 1 & 2. Smith would go on and win number 11 at Marshalltown and win the track championship by 76 points over Wollam, who finished 2nd. Michael Jeannetter was 3rd, Tracy Gienger came home 4th and Steve Meyer was 5th.

Then it was time for the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mod Australian Pursuit. Bill Hildreth would start out front and not be passed and go on to the victory. Other Participants was Jake Strayer, Scott Davis, Brad Iverson, Zach Rawlins, Kyle Brown and Shawn Hunter.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 25 lap feature. Jimmy Gustin and Jon Snyder would be the front row unless one took the challenge. Gustin elected to take the challenge to go to the rear so that would move Adam Larson to the pole position. Jon Snyder would look to be going on to victory but would be passed by Adam Larson on lap 18 of the feature event. Jimmy Gustin would start at the back and would come up and finish 3rd in the green-to-checkered feature. Scott Simatovich and Jay Schmidt rounded out the top 5.

Up next was the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars Australian Pursuit. Don Vis would lead the first 5 laps then would be passed by Steve Meyer and Jeff Wollam. Wollam would pass Meyer for the win. Other participants were Tracy Gienger and Rob Schneider.

The final event of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds Australian Pursuit. Brett Ladehoff would lead the entire 8 laps, Tim Murty would end up 2nd and Scott Simatovich was 3rd. Other participants were Jimmy Gustin, Jay Schmidt and Jon Snyder.

Track Points have come to an end but racing action at Marshalltown hasn't as the track will sit idle while track officials prepare for the 3rd Annual Havoc on the High Banks on Friday and Saturday September 18th & 19th.

Marshalltown---9/4/09 Results

Unofficial Results

Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites

Feature (20 Laps)
1. 6 Mike Morrill (Track Champion)
2. 57 Tim Hennigar
3. 95 Mike Kennedy
4. 15 Andy Hennigar
5. 64 Randy Bryan
6. 88 Jimmy May
7. 17 Johnny Mordock
8. 66f Eric Hendrickson
9. 99 Josh May
10. x50 Joel Huggins
11. 8 Dusty Masolini
12. 01 David Schmalzried Jr
13. 20 Jeff Stensland
14. 10 Ivan Guerra
15. 33r DJ Robinson

Australian Pursuit: 6 Mike Morrill

Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature (17 Laps)
1. 81 Devin Smith (Track Champion)
2. 35 Terry Shaffar
3. 22r Todd Reitzler
4. 99jr Nick Murty
5. 52 Josh Saunders
6. 27 Clint Nelson
7. 74 Pete Hutzel
8. 19d Dustin Elliott
9. 20e Eric Larson
10. 22d Daniel Hilsabeck
11. 29 Jake Nelson
12. 4x Gary Pfantz
13. b00k Dylan Book
14. 18v Mike Vibbard
15. 45 Russell Keefer
16. 00h Greg Hoing (Nebraska)
17. 44 Mike Anderson
DNF:
21 John Schuring
82 Jennifer Hulin
25m Michael Murphy
7b Eric Stanton
12k Eric Knutson
43 Nic Shearer
4jr Russell Damme
6r Adam Rickett

Australian Pursuit: 81 Devin Smith

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods

Feature (20 Laps)
1. 81d Scott Davis
2.3e Kevin Sather (Track Champion)
3. 8 Brad Iverson
4. 18j Jake Strayer
5. 21 Kyle Brown
6. 91 Shawn Hunter
7. 2z Zach Rawlins
8. 2g Geoff Olson
9. 98 Bill Hildreth
10. 32n Neil Follett
11. 27 Tim Love
12. 7r Ryan Ashton
13. 3x Scott Durlin
14. 52e Ryan Engelkes
15. 19g Gaitlin Leytham
16. 7m Kurt Moeding
17. 20l Lauren Vis
DNF:
99d Jenae Gustin
35r Jade Robinson
08 Bryan Rodman
4w Herbie Wilson
21v Duane Van Deest
40s Shawn Simatovich
3s Adam Shelman

Australian Pursuit: 98 Bill Hildreth

Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars

Feature (23 Laps)
1. 85 Dustin Smith (Track Champion)
2. 3w Jeff Wollam
3. 93 Michael Jeannette
4. 59 Tracy Gienger
5. 94 Steve Meyer
6. 20v Dusty Vis
7. 04 Don Vis
8. 75 Rick Brown
9. 22k Kevin Rose
10. 72 Tommy Thompson
11. 17s Rob Schneider
12. 99d Damon Murty
13. 6 Donnie Bown
14. 52e Robert Engelkes
15. 20 Leroy Staub
DNF:
09h Bob Hoing (Nebraska)
17aj Joe Luethje
36 Trevor Titus
12 Eric Flander
77 Andy Bryant
2 Dave Atcher
61 Wendy Reisinger

Australian Pursuit: 3W Jeff Wollam

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds

Feature (25 Laps)
1. 2l Adam Larson
2. 69x Jon Snyder
3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Track Champion)
4. 43s Scott Simatovich
5. 19j Jay Schmidt
6. 12x Brett Ladehoff
7. 99m Tim Murty
8. 10k Ronn Laurtizen
9. 75 Denny Rosenberg
10. 33d Scott Hogan
11. 21 David Brown
12. 2t Tom Rawlins
13. 32s Rick Speck
14. 40rc Rod Clement
DNS: 24x Regan Tafoya (New Mexico)

Australian Pursuit: 12X Brett Ladehoff

Racing completed at 10:35pm!

"The River City Hustler" Takes the Miller Lite 50 Showdown in Mo'Town

What a way to kick of the "Month of Money" at the Marshalltown Speedway then with a make-up rescheduled Deery Brother Summer Series race for the IMCA Late Models and their annual Miller Lite 50 sponsored by H&F Distributing of Marshalltown. Also joining in on the fun was the IMCA Sport Mods and thanks to Kellogg Lawn and Snow they would run for $500 to win, the Mod Lites would run for $250 to win and the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks for their first of 3 appearances at Marshalltown in September for $250 to win.

The drivers and fans would be treated with a very racy race track that would bring excitement throughout the evening. A total of 79 cars signed in the pits on this tuesday night at motown, 23 sport mods, 30 late models, 15 dwarf cars, 11 dirt trucks. The Sport Mods were running for IMCA points only, Dwarf Cars were running for MADCRA points and the dirt trucks were running for Dirt Truck Racing Associaton Points.

The first feature of the night was the Mod Lite/Dwarf Cars for 15 laps. Dusty Masolini and Jeff Stensland would start on the front row but Tim Hennigar would take the race lead and go on to win in the green-to-checkered feature event. This was Hennigars 2nd win of the season at motown. Mike Morrill, who started 9th would end up 2nd. Others rounding out the top 5 were Randy Bryan, he started 8th, Joel Huggins and Johnny Mordock.

Up Next was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks for their first of 3 appearances at the 1/4 mile with their 15 lap feature event. Ed Nelson and Brian Murray would lead the field to the green. Murray would take the lead on the first lap but Nelson would make the pass on lap 2. The only caution came out on lap 4 when Bob Murray spun around on the backstretch after the 1 of Bryan Nevins Jr would make contact with him, both of them were sent to the tail. Nelson would go on and cruise to the victory. Brian Murray would hold on to 2nd despite challenges from Bret Moyer. Carl Moyer would come home in 4th and Rick Clark in 5th.

The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods then would come out for 18 laps. Austin Kaplan and Curt Hilmer would sit on the front row. Kaplan would jump to the lead and look to be cruising away with the win but then a caution on lap 9 would come out when Gaitlin Leytham stop on the backstretch. On the restart, Kaplan would have to do battles with Scott Davis and Kevin Sather. Davis would make the pass on Kaplan on lap 12, Sather would try to follow suit but would get together with Kaplan and spin in turn 1 on lap 13 bring out another caution. Davis would go on to the win, his 3rd of the season in motown. Kaplan would end up 2nd, Sather would finish 10th. Luke Wanninger was 3rd, Zach Rawlins was 4th and Geoff Olson was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the main event, the "Miller Lite 50" for the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models. 30 cars signed in so 4 heats, 2 b features, 3 deery provisionals and 1 hard charger provisional would be used to determine the field of 24 cars. "The River City Hustler" Ray Guss Jr and Rob Toland would lead the field to the green flag. Guss would jump to the race lead. The first caution came out on lap 4 when the 12J TJ Criss would spin in turn 2. Guss would maintain the lead and had times would have a straightaway lead but then cautions would bunch up the field again when a caution came out on lap 28 when Justin Kay would come to a stop on the run off road and then on lap 31 for debris in turn 4.

Guss continued to lead, meanwhile hard charging deery series point leader Jeff Aikey was making his way through the field. The next caution would come out on lap 37 for debris in turn 1. Guss and Aikey would begin to battle it out, Guss on the bottom and Aikey right on the cushion. Aikey would take over the lead on lap 40 official and be scored as the leader the next few laps even though him and Guss was side-by-side. 2 more cautions would fall 1 on lap 41 when Corey Zeitner spun in turn 2 and then lap 43 when Craig Jacobs spun in turn 2. Aikey still continued to lead and him and Guss continued to battle side-by-side. As the field was coming to get the flying green with 2 to go, Aikey jumped the cushion in turns 3 & 4 handing the lead back over to Guss. Guss would take the win, his 4th deery series win of the season. Point Leader Jeff Aikey would get 2nd. Todd Cooney and Terry Neal, each moved up 9 spots to finish 3rd and 4th, Jason Frankel moved up 13 spots to finish 5th.

The Month of Money continues this friday at the Marshalltown Speedway with the Larry Wollam Season Championship Night with Driver Introductions and Australian Prusuit races. Gates Open at 5:30, Hot Laps at 7 and Racing at 7:30. Then the track takes a week off for super nationals but will be back in action on Friday and Saturday September 18th and 19th with the 3rd Annual Havoc on the High Banks. IMCA Modifieds run for $1000 to win each night and will be 2010 Fastshaft All-Star Invitational Qualifers, IMCA Stock Cars for $500 to win, IMCA Sport Mods for $400 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks for $300 to win and Mod Lites for $250 to win. $200 Dash for Cash races for the Stock cars on Friday and Modifieds on Saturday. The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks will also be back to race for $250 to win on Saturday September 19th. Then the season finale at Marshalltown will be the Oktemberfest City Festival race on Sunday September 27th, with the Modifieds going topless. Also running will be the Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, B-Mods and Mod Lites running IMCA/USRA rules. For More information check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/

Meanwhile the Deery Brothers Summer Series season continues this weekend with 3 events in 3 days. First on Saturday at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson when they have their "Drive for Five" Finale. Then its off to Quincy, Illinois and the Quincy Raceway for the Annual Labor Day Weekend 50 Lapper, then they all make the quick turn around and head to Boone, Iowa to kick off the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals. The Deery Series will then wrap up with the J&J Steel/Ideal Ready Mix Pepsi USA Late Model Nationals on September 18th and 19th in 34 raceway. For More information check out http://www.imca.com/

My adventures continue at Motown on Friday for Season Championship Night then the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Saturday at the Iowa Speedway and the Boone on Monday for the Deery Show. Hopefully more nights to come from super nationals will happen as well.

Unofficial Marshalltown Deery Show Results

Late Models (30 cars)

Heat 1- 22 Charlie McKenna
Heat 2- 30 Todd Cooney
Heat 3- 76 Jason Hahne
Heat 4- 42R Fred Remley

B Feature 1 (Top 4 transfer)
1. 28C Terry Neal
2. 87 Jon Merfeld
3. 26jr Corey Zeitner
4. 2P Jon Passick
5. 9X Ryan Giles
6. 99 Luke Pestka
DNF:
4D Rick Dralle
73 Greg Kastli
DNS:
Z2 Gary Webb

B Feature 2 (Top 4 transfer)
1. 23R Craig Roberts
2. 99D Darrel DeFrance
3. 27 Jason Frankel
4. 3T Jeff French
5. 44 Luke Goedert
6. 12J TJ Criss
7. Z50 Joe Zrostlik
8. 60 Jill George
9. U2 Carey Umbarger

Feature (50 laps)
1. 58 Ray Guss Jr
2. 77 Jeff Aikey
3. 30 Todd Cooney
4. 28C Terry Neal
5. 27 Jason Frankel
6. 76 Jason Hahne
7. 22 Charlie McKenna
8. 87 Jon Merfeld
9. 16 Tyler Bruening
10. 99D Darrel DeFrance
11. Z50 Joe Zrostlik
12. 73 Greg Kastli
13. 2P Jon Passick
DNF:
39 Rob Toland
95 Craig Jacobs
26jr Corey Zeitner
8 Al Johnson
9 Bobby Hansen
15K Justin Kay
42R Fred Remley
44 Luke Goedert
12J T.J. Criss

Lap Leaders: Guss 1-39, Aikey 40-47, Guss 48-50

IMCA Sport Mods (23 cars)

Heat 1- 81D Scott Davis
Heat 2- 8 Brad Iverson
Heat 3- 99D Damon Murty

Feature
1. 81D Scott Davis
2. 1E Austin Kaplan
3. 20 Luke Wanninger
4. 2Z Zach Rawlins
5. 2G Geoff Olson
6. 8 Brad Iverson
7. 99D Damon Murty
8. 98 Bill Hildreth
9. 20G Michael Grantham
10. 3E Kevin Sather
11. 52 Kevin Fee
12. 3 Scott Jorpeland
13. 7R Ryan Ashton
14. 40S Shawn Simatovich
15. 3X Scott Durlin
16. 3T Craig Roberts
17. 20L Lauren Vis
DNF:
28P Rick Paulson
19G Gaitlin Leytham
22H Curt Hilmer
9H Kenny Hay
21 Kyle Brown

Lap Leaders: Kaplan 1-11, Davis 12-18

Dwarf Car/Mod Lites (15 cars)

Heat 1- 20 Jeff Stensland
Heat 2- 57 Tim Hennigar

Feature
1. 57 Tim Hennigar
2. 6 Mike Morrill
3. 64 Randy Bryan
4. X50 Joel Huggins
5. 17 Johnny Mordock
6. 20 Jeff Stensland
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 8 Dusty Masolini
9. 99 Josh May
10. 88 Jimmy May
11. 10 Ivan Guerra
12. 01 David Schmalzried Jr
13. 89 Travis Stensland
14. 0B Colby Oberembt
DNF: 20X ?????? Logrehr

Lap Leaders: Hennigar 1-15

Dirt Trucks (11 trucks)

Heat 1- 03 Ed Nelson
Heat 2- 16M Brian Murray

Feature
1. 03 Ed Nelson
2. 16M Brian Murray
3. 98 Bret Moyer
4. 3 Carl Moyer
5. 7X Rick Clark
6. 1 Bryan Nevins Jr
7. 47X Bob Murray
8. 25 Pat Fagen
9. 21 Brad Moyer
10. 33 Tim Murray
DNF: 55 Rodney Sorter

Lap Leaders: B. Murray 1, Nelson 2-15

Racing action completed at 9:50 pm! Blog to come later!

Cold and Chilly Night at Boone Brought Great Racing Action on the Track

As Super Nationals gets closer cars are getting ready for them by racing at the boone speedway on saturday. It was chilly and cold but it still heated up with the great racing action on the race track. 161 cars signed in to take action at Iowa's Action Track the Boone Speedway.

Dwarf Car/Mod Lites would come up first for their 12 lap feature event. Joel Huggins would take the lead in hopes of doing the same thing that he did in marshalltown but on lap 2 he would be passed by Dusty Masolini. After lap 2 was in the books, Tim Hennigar and Jeff Stensland would get together in turn 3 & 4. Masolini would resume the lead and go on to the victory, Huggins would get 2nd, Jimmy May would get 3rd, Josh May was 4th and Andy Hennigar came home in 5th.

The Sport Mods would come out next for their 18 lap feature event, 34 cars signed in so 4 heats and a b feature would be used to determine the field of 24. Before 1 lap would be scored 2 cautions would come out. First for Tara Longnecker, Tim Love and Jerry Hinton get together in turn 1 and then for Dalton Dingman and Joel Bushore getting together on the backstrectch, Whitney Huntley also involved. When the race got going "Young Gun" Brett Moffitt would take the lead and cruise to victory despite a caution on lap 15 when Dingman spun around in turn 4 and despite battles with Rick Ringgenberg and Austin Lucas. Moffitt would take the win, Lucas would pass Ringgenberg for 2nd, Geoff Olson would finish 4th and Scott Davis would take 5th.

Up Next was the Crash filled 20 lap IMCA Modified feature event. JJ Scott would take the lead at the start but then cautions would fly on lap 2. First caution on lap 2 was when Bill Davis, Greg Cox, Jason Schoenberger, Cale Sponsler, Nate Caruth and Denny Pittman got together in turns 3 & 4. The next caution came out on the restart, this time it was for Stacy Warren and Davis getting together, Schoenberger spun to miss but was still stopped when the yellow came out. Just after another lap was in the book another caution would come out this time for Jimmy Gustin, Todd Shute and Carl Albee getting together in 3 & 4. Scott still lead but he would be passed by Jacob Murray on lap 5. Just after the lap was scored another caution would come out when Brian Law spun in turn 2. Muray continued to lead but the last caution came out on lap 11 when Josh Gilman blew up on the front stretch, the drivers would be warned during this feature that time limit had been met so the next caution would be the end of the race if another one would come out. The final 9 laps was ran caution free, Murray was passed by Scott on lap 17 for the lead. Scott would take the win, Murray would be passed by Jake Durbin for 2nd, Kelly Lyons would finish 4th and Scott Baker was 5th.

IMCA Stock Cars were up next for their 18 lap feature event, 31 cars signed in so 4 heats and b feature would be used to set the field at 24 cars. 2 Cautions would come out in the early going, first on lap 2 when Ryan Leeman spun in turn 2 and then on lap 9 when Michael Jeannette spun in turn 3. Damon Murty would lead the first 16 laps and pull off because of some mechanical troubles and handing the lead over to Ryan Rose. Rose took the win, Donavon Smith, Josh Brauckman, Mike Van Genderen and Bryan Trogdon rounded out the top 5.

The final 2 features of the night would be for the IMCA Hobby Stocks, 47 Hobby stocks signed in. In Feature #1 which had 4 cautions. Adam Bonnett lead the first 4 laps but exited and handing the lead over to Richard Yaw. Yaw would lose the lead on lap 6 to Pat Mather. Mather would take the win, Yaw was 2nd, Joe Myers was 3rd, Michael Murphy was 4th and Matt Drottz was 5th. In Feature #2 which went green-to-checkered. Donnie Gustoff would lead the first 4 laps and Scotty Lagrosso would take the lead on lap 5 and go on to the win. Daniel Hilsabeck would finish 2nd, Chris Hupp was 3rd, Tyler Pickett was 4th and Leonard Loftus rounded out the top 5.

Season Championship night will be saturday night september 5th and then on monday night September 7th the 27th Annual Super Nationals begins!

Repeat Winners Win on the Final Night of Racing in August at Motown!

This race is the first of 3 race nights in the next 8 days were this race night would be a near perfect race night despite the fall like temperatures. Friday night also would bring the Central Iowa Stock Car Club of Iowa making their annual visit to the quarter mile.

This night would also be considered a Havoc on the High Banks warm-up as 2 drivers from kansas was on Jason Schoenberger from Russell, Kansas and David Murray from Oberlin, Kansas. Schoenberger was the 2005 Super National champion in the stock car division and Murray is the all time IMCA win leader with a total of over 400-carere wins to his credit.

The biggest question of the night once again was how much would the rain in the days before effect the racing surface, how would the racing surface be?

Once the racing action got going the Central Iowa Stock Car Club of Iowa Nostaglia Cars would come out first for their 10 lap feature. Jim Clayton would take the victory with track veteran John Schroyer in 2nd and Pudge Grabull in 3rd.

Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites were up next for their 15 lap feature event. Joel Huggins would lead the entire feature event that went green-to-checkered. For Huggins that was win #5 of the season at marshalltown, Point Leader Mike Morrill was 2nd, Johnny Mordock was 3rd and then it was Josh May beating out his dad Jimmy for 4th.

The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were up next for their 15 lap feature, 28 cars signed in so 4 heats and a b feature would be used to get the field down to 24 cars. Michael Grantham would take the early race lead and would lead the first 6 laps but then the first of 3 cautions came out when Ryan Engelkes spun in turn 2 and debris on the backstretch. On the restart Grantham would lose the lead to Brad Iverson and be passed by Kevin Sather as well but Iverson was called for jumping the restart so Sather was being scored the leader. The next caution came out on lap 8 when Grantham spun in 1 & 2. Sather would take over the lead, another caution would come out 2 laps later when Lauren Vis spun in turn 4. Sather would go on to take the win but would have to battle with his cousin Austin Kaplan late in the race. Sather and Kaplan was 1 & 2, Jake Strayer was 3rd, Brad Iverson was 4th and Neil Follett was 5th. For Sather it was win #10 of the season at Marshalltown, he would also take over the point lead as Scott Davis finished 10th.

Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars came out next for their 18 lap race. Veteran Tommy Thompson would lead the first 3 laps. Thompson was passed by Dave Smith on lap 4. Dave Smith would begin a battle with his brother and track point leader Dustin Smith through out the remainder of this event. Dustin would make the pass on Dave on lap 15 and go on and get the win in the green-to checkered feature. It would be win #10 of the season at marshalltown for Dustin Smith and it would also give him the track championship. Finishing behind the Smith brothers was Jeff Wollam, Dusty Vis and Damon Murty.

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds came out for their 20 lapper. Kyle Krampe would take the early race lead and would lead until the first caution came out on lap 5 when Mike O'Lear and Tim Murty got together in turn 1, David Murray and Jason Schoenberger both drove off the top turn 1 & 2 but kept moving so they were not penalized. On the restart Krampe was passed by "The Mo'town Missile" Brett Ladehoff. The last caution would come out on lap 7 when Krampe spun on the front stretch by himself. Ladehoff would go on and walk away with the race, despite late race charges from David Murray. Ladehoff would make it back-to-back weeks with the win, it was also his 2nd win of the racing season at marshalltown. David Murray was 2nd, Jimmy Gustin was 3rd, Adam Larson was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th.

The final feature of the night was for the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks and it was for 12 laps. Dustin Filloon would take the early lead in the race and would lead the first 3 laps. The first caution came out on lap 2 though and it was because Mike Vibbard spun in turn 2. Filloon was passed on lap 4 by Todd Reitzler, Reitzler would hold on to the win despite a caution on lap 9 when Nic Shearer blew up and despite battles with Terry Shaffar. For Reitzler it would be his 5th win of the year, Shaffar would finish 2nd, Michael Murphy was 3rd, Point Leader Devin Smith was 4th and Pete Hutzel came home in 5th.

Up Next at Marshalltown which will kick off the "Month of Money" at Motown is Tuesday night September 1st. When the Miller Lite 50 for the Deery Brother Summer Series IMCA Late Models take to the speedway also racing is IMCA Sport Mods for $500 to win, Mod Lites for $250 to win and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks $250 to win. Pits open at 4:30, Grandstands at 5, Hot Laps at 6:15, Racing at 7!

Then Friday Night its the North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championships. There will be out of car introductions alond with the championship features. Also added will be Australian Pursuit events in all 5 classes for $100 to win.

Mo'town Missile victorious in Marshalltown on Custom Concrete Night

This friday night would just be like any other friday night, once again we would have to battle with mother nature and the amount of rain that fell down during the morning. Once again Promotor Toby Kruse and the track prep crew would do the perfect job of getting the track into shape and making it wide, smooth and fast despite all the rain. So this Custom Concrete Night at the Races wouldn't be anything different.

The talk all day i heard from most drivers and fans was how the racing surface would be.

The night would bring great racing action. This would also have the Vintage Coupes on hand and the dwarf car king of the hill. In the Vintage Coupes there was a total 9 cars on hand, no results were kept.

Dwarf Car/Mod Lites were up first for their 15 lap feature event, 14 cars would sign in. Joel Huggins would lead the first lap but would be passed by Randy Bryan on lap 2. Huggins wouldn't give up though as he would take the lead back from Bryan on lap 7. The only caution of the feature came out on lap 11 when Mike Kennedy spun in the exit of turn 2. Huggins wouldn't let the caution faze him as he would go on and get another victory. Tim Hennigar would pass Bryan for 2nd, Bryan ended up 3rd, Josh May and Johnny Mordock was 4th and 5th.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were up next for their 15 lap feature, 26 cars signed in so that meant all cars going to the a feature. This feature would see a total of 4 cautions, first on lap 3 for Michael Grantham and Adam Shelman get together in turn 2, then on lap 5 when Gaitlin Leytham spun in turn 2, then lap 9 when Luke Wanninger stopped in the exit of turn 4 and then on lap 10 when Lauren Vis spun in turn 1. Tom Rawlins lead the first 7 laps, Kyle Brown lead the next 4 laps and Kevin Sather would lead the last 4 laps. Finishing behind Sather was Brown, Scott Davis, Brad Iverson and Jake Strayer.

Up next is the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars for their 18 lap feature event, 23 cars signed in. This feature even would also have 4 cautions. Trevor Titus would lead lap 1 but would be passed by Aaron Haggerty on lap 2. Titus and Haggerty would get together on lap 3, Titus would be sent to the pits for aggressive driving, Haggerty would come to a stop in turn 2. Rob Schneider would inherit the lead on the restart. After another lap was completed another caution would come out this time for Kevin Rose in turn 2. Schneider resumed command in the lead, he would see 2 more cautions and have to hold off challenges from Jeff Wollam and Dustin Smith. The next caution came out on lap 7 when Todd Kearney stop in turn 3 on the track exit and the last caution came out on lap 15 when Eric Flanders spun in turn 3. Schneider would take the win, Wollam would finish 2nd, Dusty Vis would finish 3rd, Aaron Haggerty would end up 4th and Damon Murty in a borrowed race car would finish home in 5th.

Tonight in the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds, the winner would take home $500 to win and a 5 foot trophy. They had 24 cars sign in and almost all of them started the a main. In this feature only one caution would slow our feature winner and that came out on lap 5 when Andrew Kinser spun in turn 2. But tonight was the night for the Phoenix E-Waste Solutions/Rob Chambers Motorsports/Nitefly Designs Dirtworks Chassis car #12X of "The Mo'town Missile" Brett Ladehoff. Ladehoff would lead all 20 laps and outdistance himself from the rest of the lead cars. This would be Ladehoff's first win at Motown since August 1st, 2008. Point Leader Jimmy Gustin was 2nd, Adam Larson was 3rd, Jay Schmidt would finish 4th and Ronn Laurtizen was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, 23 cars signed in. Clint Nelson took the early race lead. A red flag came out on lap 3 when John Schuring rolled the car in turn 1, he was able to drive away. Nelson hung on to the lead but would be passe d by Michael Murphy on lap 9. Murphy would go on and take the win, Nelson would end up 4th. Finishing between Murphy and Nelson was Terry Shaffar, who got 2nd and Todd Reitzler, who got 3rd. Jennifer Hulin would round out the top 5.

Last event of the evening was the America's Best Value Inn Dwarf Car King of the Hill. The scheduled first round match ups were Jeff Stensland/Joel Huggins, Johnny Mordock/Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar/Josh May and Jimmy May/Dusty Masolini but Stensland, Hennigar and Jimmy May all scratched so Eric Hendrickson would join in the fun as he was 5th in his heat race so the first round match ups were Mordock and Huggins in which Mordock would beat Huggins, Josh May and Morrill in which Morrill would beat May and Hendrickson and Masolini with Masolini taking the win. Mordock and Morrill would face off and Morrill would take the win and move on to the final to face Masolini, who received a bye in the final round. Morrill would beat Masolini by a car length in the King of the Hill.

Racing action completed at 10:13 pm. Racing action continues next friday night with Vis Roofing Night at the Races, Pits open at 5:15, Grandstands at 5:30, Drivers Meeting at 6:45, Hot Laps at 7, Racing at 7:30!

Marshalltown's Deery Show Will have to Wait!

Just as fans, drivers and tracks officials were looking forward to the IMCA Deery Brother Summer Series Show in Marshalltown known also as the Miller Lite 50 Showdown at Motown will have to wait until Tuesday Night September 1st, thanks to mother nature.

So the Deery Series Schedule will now go as followed:

Tuesday August 25th------Cresco Speedway (Cresco, IA)
Tuesday September 1st----Marshalltown Speedway (Marshalltown, IA)
Saturday September 5th----Lee County Speedway (Donnellson, IA)
Sunday September 6th----Quincy Raceway (Quincy, IL)
Monday September 7th----Boone Speedway (Boone, IA)
Friday & Saturday September 18th & 19th----34 Raceway (West Burlington, IA)

So Marshalltown's deery show will be on Tuesday Night September 1st with Pit gates opening at 4:30, Grandstands at 5, Hot Laps at 6:30, Racing at 7. Sport Mods will run for $400 to win, Dwarf Car/Mod Lites for $200 to win and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks for $250 to win.

The next race at Marshalltown will be this friday night when it is Custom Concrete Night at the races, The IMCA Modifieds run for $500 to win and a 5 foot trophy plus its nostaglic night and the dwarf car king of the hill will be ran. Gates open at 5:30, Hot Laps at 7 and Racing at 7:30!

Great Racing Action Heated Up The Grandstands At The Iowa State Fair

On the 6th day of the 2009 Iowa State Fair it was the annual Deery Brothers Summer Series for the IMCA Late Models show on the big half mile speedway at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. This would also see the IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Stock Cars and the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks take to the speedway.

Pits open up at 3 in the afternoon, grandstands open up at 5, hot laps were at 5:30 and racing started after a driver meeting around 6. A total of 160 cars signed in, 41 hobby stocks, 41 late models, 23 sport mods, 32 stock cars and 17 dirt trucks.

Coming in to the night, Current Deery Brothers Point Leader Jeff Aikey would be the all time deery series feature winner with 4 of his 51 deery career wins, Darrel DeFrance had 2 wins and 10 drivers each having one win in deery competition in des moines including Todd Cooney and Rob Toland, who were also in attendance.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks were up for their 2 12 lap feature events because they had 41 cars sign in. In Feature #1, the orginal start was called back because Flagman Bob Moses didn't like the start. Once the race got going Steve Jones jump to the race lead from his pole postition but just after one lap was in the books there was a caution when Tim Hadley, Larry Embrey, John Yaw, Brandon Ratcliff, Steve Roberts and the 12j car. once they resumed Jones continued to lead only to see another caution come out on lap 4 when Blake Miller got in to the turn 1 wall. Jones maintained the lead and would have to start doing battle with Nick Murty and Daniel Hilsabeck but would lead at the line every lap. They would be doing some side by side battles through the remainder of this race including the finish of the race would be so close it was almost to hard to tell who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Murty would get the win, Hilsabeck would get 2nd and Jones would follow back to 3rd. Matt Drottz and Kenny Loftus would round out the top 5.

1. Nick Murty; 2. Daniel Hilsabeck; 3. Steve Jones; 4. Matt Drottz; 5. Kenny Loftus; 6. Greg Hower; 7. Richard Yaw; 8. Leonard Loftus; 9. Brandon Radcliffe; 10. Matt Webb; 11. Blake Miller; 12. Rick Goldsberry; 13. Tim Hadley; 14. Vern Lunsford; 15. Kenny Johnson; 16. Steve Roberts; 17. Jeremy Auten; 18. John Yaw; 19. Larry Embrey; 20. Dustin Griffiths; 21. David Castellano.

In feature #2, Kenny Hansen took the early race lead in the hobby stock feature from his 2nd row inside starting spot. After 1 lap was in the books a caution came out for debris in turns 1 & 2, this would be the only caution. Hansen resumed command but started to enter lap traffic around the half way point. Hansen got caught up by a lap car which allowed Kris Walker to get on by him. Walker would have to battle with Hansen and the lap traffic but would go on to the win, Hansen would hit the wall in 3 and 4 and follow to 3rd but would get 2nd after Donavon Nunnikhoven ,who crossed the line in 2nd, would be disqualified in post race tech. Rob Allison was 3rd, Beau Kaplan was 4th and Alan Van Gorp was 5th.

1. Kris Walker; 2. Kenny Hansen; 3. Rob Allison; 4. Beau Kaplan; 5. Alan VanGorp; 6. Ray Stock Jr.; 7. Jerod Weston; 8. Blain Petersen; 9. Adam Hagan; 10. Bruce Wolfe; 11. Dylan Book; 12. Mike Nicoletto; 13. Bob Johnson; 14. Taylor Reynolds; 15. Ross McCombs; 16. Josh Sink; 17. Tim Teff; 18. Joe Murphy; 19. Cory Adams


Up Next was the IMCA Sport Mods for their 15 lap feature event which was a track points night for them. Jesse Sobbingwould take the race lead from his pole position but would be passed by 2nd row inside starter Kevin Sather on lap 3. After Sather took the lead a caution would come out for the lap car/a car that appeared to be heading to the pits of John Wells make contact with Kevin Fee which then sent Fee in a series of barrel rolls on the front stretch resulting the red flag, Wells immediately got out of his car and went over to see if Fee was alright, Fee claimed from his car okay. Sather would continue to lead despite 2 more cautions before half-way, first on lap 5 when the 15 car, Gary Stajcar and Tim Young got together on lap 5. The next caution would come out at the half-way point when Young would spin in turn 2, sending him to the pits. Sather would cruise on to the victory, Sobbing would finish 2nd and take over the track points lead heading into season championship night on september 4th, Dalton Dingman was 3rd, Rick Gladson was 4th and Bryon Weyer was 5th.

1. Kevin Sather; 2. Jesse Sobbing; 3. Dalton Dingman; 4. Rick Gladson; 5. Bryon Weyer; 6. Brett Moffitt; 7. Jeremy Embrey; 8. Tyler Gross; 9. Kyle Webb; 10. Paul Nagle; 11. Troy Oliver; 12. Tommy Killen; 13. Kenny Hay; 14. Cody Hillgartner; 15. Bret Sheppard; 16. Josh Modde; 17. Bill Wears; 18. Tim Young; 19. Justine Campbell; 20. Austin Kaplan; 21. Kevin Fee; 22. John Wells; 23. Gary Stajcar; 24. Merlin Kalar.

For the IMCA Stock Cars it was also a track points night, 32 cars signed in so 3 heats and 1 b feature would be used to get the field down to 24 cars. When that was all said and done boy would the crowd be in for a good one. Josh Daniels would lead the first couple of laps but would be passed by "Mr. Executive" Steve Jackson on lap 3, Jackson would hold on to the top spot despite a caution on lap 7 of the 15 lap feature, the caution came out for Rod Richards and Gary Bass getting together in turn 4. Jackson continued to lead but would be caught by the har chargin Smith Brothers Donavon and Dustin and Donnie Bown. Jackson and Donavon Smith would begin to door to door battle and on lap 13, Smith would lead by a bumper but Jackson came right back on the next lap and led. On the final lap, Jackson bobbled a little bit enough for Donavon Smith to make the pass and take the win, Jackson would finish 2nd. Donnie Bown was 3rd, Justin Temeyer was 4th and Dustin Smith was 5th.

1. Donavon Smith; 2. Steve Jackson; 3. Donnie Bown; 4. Dustin Smith; 5. Justin Temeyer; 6. Damon Murty; 7. Mike Nichols; 8. Mike VanGenderen; 9. Josh Daniels; 10. Randy Biederman; 11. Pat Graham; 12. Todd Inman; 13. Todd Holsteen; 14. Mike Johnston; 15. Jeff Wollam; 16. Ryan Lundy; 17. Jon Byriel; 18. Randy Killen; 19. David Atcher; 20. Steve Campbell; 21. Wayne Gifford; 22. Rod Richards; 23. Gary Bass; 24. Danny Hill.

The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were up next with their special 25 lap Iowa State Fair feature event. Paul Nagle would lead the first 9 laps, Ed Nelson would lead laps 10 through 17. On lap 17 there would be a caution for Del Enos spining in 1 and 2. On the restart, Bret Moyer would jump to the lead and not look back. Nelson would get 2nd, Bob Murray would finish 3rd, Brad Moyer was 4th and Nagle ended up 5th.

1. 98 Bret Moyer
2. 03 Ed Nelson
3. 47X Bob Murray
4. 21 Brad Moyer
5. 1N Paul Nagle
6. 3M Brett Moffitt
7. 3 Carl Moyer
8. 95 Lou Siplot
9. 1 Bryan Nevins Jr
10. 25 Pat Fagen
11. 88 Andrew Burg
12. 33 Tim Murray
13. 72 Daryl Lilly
14. 7X Rick Clark
15. 2 Del Enos (DNF)
16. 16M Brian Murray (DNF)
17. 55 Rodney Sorter (DNF)

The Final feature of the night was the 35 Lap IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for the IMCA Late Models. 41 cars signed in so 5 heats, 2 b-features, 2 provisionals and 1 hard charger provisional would be used to set the field for the feature. Todd Cooney would take the early lead in the feature event. The First caution would come out on lap 2 when Sam Halstead spun on the backstretch for a flat tire. On the restart, Cooney would be passed by "The River City Hustler" Ray Guss Jr. Guss would hold the top spot until he would be passed by Deery Series Point Leader Jeff Aikey on lap 10, Aikey would begin to pull away. The only things slowing Aikey was cautions on lap 17 and 18 and lap traffic. The caution on lap 17 was when Terry Neal spun in turn 2 for a flat tire and the caution on lap 18 was for debris on the track. Aikey would go on and get his 52nd career deery series victory and expand his deery series points lead. Guss would get 2nd, Jay Johnson would end up 3rd, Tommy Elston was 4th and Jason Frankel was 5th.

Deery Series – 1. Jeff Aikey; 2. Ray Guss Jr.; 3. Jay Johnson; 4. Tommy Elston; 5. Jason Frankel; 6. Rob Toland; 7. Jason Hahne; 8. Craig Jacobs; 9. Fred Remley; 10. Colby Springsteen; 11. Brett Diercks; 12. Todd Cooney; 13. Terry Neal; 14. Al Johnson; 15. Darrel DeFrance; 16. Charlie McKenna; 17. Ryan Griffith; 18. Greg Kastli; 19. Chad Cooney; 20. T.J. Criss; 21. Ryan Giles; 22. Josh Most; 23. Justin Kay; 24. Sam Halstead.

Next Race at Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway will be Season Championship Night on September 4th, the next deery show will be Wednesday night in Marshalltown joining them that night will be sport mods, dwarf cars/mod lites and dirt trucks.

Repeat Winners takes wins in Marshalltown

Fans, race car drivers and officials were treated with a very beautiful night at the Marshalltown Speedway. This night not only had horsepower but foot power as the kids got to have fun in the annual New Hope Christian Church Cardboard Classic, where they make cardboard race cars of their favorite drivers, even promotor Toby Kruse jumped in on the fun.

The First Feature of the evening was the Dwarf Car/Mod Lites for their 15 lap feature. David Schmalzried took the early race lead but hard charging and point leader Mike Morrill would cruise to the lead on lap 3. The only thing that slowed Morrill would be a caution on lap 9 when Joe Wood shot of turns 3 & 4 (got got up in the fence) and then again on lap 13 when Travis Stensland, Eric Hendrickson and DJ Robinson made contact with each other on the front stretch. Morrill this would be his 9th win of the season at marshalltown, Andy Hennigar would finish 2nd, Jimmy May was 3rd, Mike Kennedy and Matthew Goodin was 4th and 5th.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were up next for their 15 lap feature, it took 4 heats and a b-feature to set the field from 29 cars to 24. A caution would follow before 1 lap was complete when Curt Hilmer, Joel Bushore and Jason Morchouse would get together in turn 2. Then when racing did get going one of the heat race winners Adam Shelman would take the lead from his pole position and lead until the next caution on lap 5, this one came out because Kevin Sather lost a driveshaft and Ryan Ashton makes contact with Sather. On the restart Brad Iverson would pass Shelman for the lead and then after another lap was scored in the books the final caution came out when Shelman spun around in turns 3 & 4. Iverson would get his 2nd win of the season, Jake Strayer was 2nd, Scott Davis had a early race flat tire but was able manage to come up and finish 3rd, Zach Rawlins was 4th and Neil Follett rounded out the top 5.

The Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars was up next for their 18 lap feature event. Trevor Titus would lead the first lap. Michael Johnston from Des Moines would lead laps 2 and 3, Steve Meyer would then take the lead on lap 4 and lead until Michael Jeannette would catch up to him and pass him on lap 8 , the only race caution came out right after that when Joe Luethje spun around in turn 2 for a flat tire. Jeannette looked to be going on for the win but he would be passed by Track Point Leader Dustin Smith on lap 13 and Smith would cruise to his 9th win of the season at marshalltown. Jeannette, Jeff Wollam, Tracy Gienger and Michael Johnston rounded out the top 5.

Up Next would be the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds for their 20 laps feature. "The Flyin Mopar" Scott Simatovich would take the win in the only feature to go green-to-checkered on the night, it would Simatovich's 2nd win of the season, the 2nd straight win at marshalltown. Simatovich was being chased down by Jay Schmidt in his new looking race car, Adam Larson and "The Iceman" Scott Hogan. Schmidt was 2nd, Larson 3rd, Hogan 4th and "Mighty" Mike O'Lear was 5th.

The last feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stock Feature for 12 laps. "Pistol" Pete Hutzel would take the lead and appear to be cruising on to victory despite 2 cautions. The first caution was on lap 3 when Eric Larson when off the top of turn 2 and then on lap 8 when Daniel Hilsabeck was spun around on the backstretch by Todd Reitzler, Reitzler was sent to the pits for questionable driving, Hilsabeck rejoined the field. Hutzel still held on for the lead and look to be go on to victory but on the last lap he was passed by Devin Smith. For Smith it would be his 5th win at marshalltown in 2009, Hutzel would finish 2nd, "Turbo" Terry Shaffar was 3rd, Michael Murphy was 4th and "Wild Woman" Jennifer Hulin was 5th.

Racing action was completed at 10:23 pm. Racing action continues next friday night with Custom Concrete Night at the racesplus the Dwarf Car King of the Hill and Nostaglia Cars. Gates open at 5:30, Hot Laps at 7 and Racing at 7:30!


This week the trackside report will be at the Iowa State Fair Races on Tuesday, The Deery Show at Marshalltown on Wednesday and the weekly show at Marshalltown on Friday.

Murphy Brothers Takes Wins On a Very Hot Night In Boone

I decided to continue my racing weekend be heading to the Boone Speedway for a weekly show. On this hot day and night it brought some great racing action on the race track. The track was fast and smooth but patients took a big part of moving through the field.

After all the heats and the sport mod b feature was completed they did there normal farm work to get the track ready for feature time and the Cliff Barber Memorial Candy Dash. This would see a winner match up a win from Marshalltown on Friday, winners repeat with another win at boone and brothers win for the first time on the same night

The first feature of the night was the Dwarf Car/Mod Lite for their 12 lap feature, Joel Huggins jumped to the early race lead and held on to the victory, making it 2 wins in 2 nights. The Only thing slowing him was a caution that came out on lap 8 when Johnny Mordock and Mike Thomas got together in turn 2 and battles with "Busman" Mike Kennedy and Team mate Eric Hendrickson. Hendrickson would finish 2nd and Kennedy was 3rd, Duane Coffman was 4th and Visitor Jason Masengarb would come home 5th.

The IMCA Sport Mods were up next, 35 cars signed in so 4 heats and a b-feature would be used to determine the 24 cars racing in the 18 lap feature event. Matt Deml from Owantonna, Minnesota would take the lead from his outside front row starting spot and would hold the top spot until lap 8. Randy Roberts would make the pass on Deml on lap 8 for the lead and go on to the win in the green-to-checkered feature event, Deml would retire to the pits. Behind Roberts was Joel Bushore, who would battle Roberts late in the Race and Matthew Meinecke, Scott Davis and Adam Ackerman.

Next was the IMCA Modifieds for their 20 lap feature. Boone Native Kelly Lyons would take the lead and never look back in the green-to-checkered feature event. Lyons would have to hold off challenges from Rod Scheuerman and Skeeter Paris and dodge through lap traffic. Lyons took the win, Scheuerman was 2nd, Paris was 3rd, "Toddzilla" Todd Shute was 4th and Jake "The Snake" Durbin was 5th.

The IMCA Stock Cars then would come out for there 18 lap feature. Josh Brauckman from Carroll would take the early race lead. The only caution would come out on lap 3 when Ryan Rose and Donavon Smith cut tires down after contact with Terry Corneilson would stop in turn 4. Brauckman would continue to lead but would lose it on lap 14 to Murphy. Murphy after wrecking the car on friday in marshalltown, he would spend along day in the garage that would pay off as he would take the victory. Brauckman would end up 2nd, Larry Crocheck was 3rd, Bill Reetz was 4th and Wayne Gifford was 5th.

The final 2 features of the night was for the IMCA Hobby Stocks and each of them was 12 laps.

In Feature #1, Kris Law took the lead and when on to victory in the green to checkered event. Cody Gustoff was 2nd, Alan Van Gorp was 3rd, Scott Lagrosso was 4th and Richard Yaw came up and finished 5th.

In Feature #2, This feature would have 2 cautions before half-way in the feature. Jesse McCollaugh would take the race lead from his front row starting spot. The first caution would come out on lap 1 when Jay Arends blows up and comes to a stop on the front stretch and Travis Fenton in turn 2. The 2nd caution came out on lap 5 when Kenneth Johnson hit the front stretch wall but through this time McCollaugh still hungon to the race lead. McCollaugh would be passed by 18 year old Michael Murphy on lap 10. Murphy would take the win, McCollaugh would follow back to 9th. Matt McDonald, Rob Allison, Chris Hupp and Pat Mather would round out the top 5.

Racing action was completed at 10:40 pm on this night!

This upcoming week its going to be friday night racing at Marshalltown where the New Hope Christian Church Cardboard Classic and J&V Napa Auto Parts Night at the Races, then saturday and sunday taking off because next week its des moine's deery show on tuesday and marshalltown's deery show on wednesday.

Another Action Filled Night Of Racing at Marshalltown on Engelkes Racing Night

On this night one thing that would be the same as almost any other race night at Marshalltown would be the battle with good ole mother nature and once again it would throw a wrench and a curve ball at Promotor Toby Kruse. It would certainly make it unique for every body, rain would return before the night end but would let the show get completed. Also on this night we saw new first time winners and a couple of repeat winners.

Toby and the track crew would take time after each race to roll out the ruts and keep the track wide and race able. "The track was spongy, soft and hard to keep smooth but our crew kept trying to make it the best track in each race we ran, but it was a challenge in staying ahead of the program."

Before the night got started there was a father and son match race for Engelkes Racing, Robert in the Stock Car would start on the outside and his son Ryan in the Sport Mod would start on the inside. Early on Ryan and Robert would race door to door but Ryan would out distance his father in the end of it.

When it was time to roll the feature events on the race track the Dwarf Car/Mod Lites would be up for their 15 lap feature. Joel Huggins would take the lead from the pole position. The only caution would come out just after on lap was in the books when Travis Stensland and Ivan Guerra spin in turn 4. Huggins would continue to lead and would hold off challenges from Josh May and Mike Morrill. Huggins would get his 3rd feature win of the season, Josh May would get his best finish of the season by finishing 2nd, Point Leader Mike Morrill was 3rd, Last Week's Winner Tim Hennigar would get 4th and CJ Speedway Regular Jason Masengarb would get 5th.

Then it was time for the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, 4 heats and a b feature would be taken to dwindle the field down to 24 cars from the 30 cars that signed in. Shawn Simatovich and Bryan "Stretch" Rodman would pace the field to green. Rodman would jump to the lead a never look back despite 5 cautions and battles from Kyle Brown late in the race. the first caution came out on lap 2 when Joel Rust spun in turn 2 and Ryan Engelkes and Kenny Hay got together in turn 3. The next caution came on lap 7 when Luke Wanninger was spun around in turn 2. Then on lap 9, the red flag would come out when Curt Hilmer would roll his race car in turn 2, Hilmer would climb from the race car uninjured. Two more cautions would come out on lap 10 and 11, on lap 10 Shawn Simatovich spun in turn 2 and on lap 11 when Geoff Olson spin in turns 3 & 4. Rodman would go on and get his first career win, he had raced golf cars in the past and decided to lead his golf car racing and race a sport mod. "We race a couple of times a week and we really are only able to come here when it works out, we love it here and would like to race here more. I have to thank my wife in encouraging me to do this, I owe this win to her." Rodman was followed by "Downtown" Kyle Brown, Neil Follett, Scott Davis and Point Leader Kevin Sather, who started 22nd.

Up next is the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars, 4 heats and a b feature would also be used to dwindle the field down to 24 cars from the 29 cars that signed in. The Veteran Tommy Thompson would take the early race lead, Clay Deppe would take his turn at the lead on lap 5 until lap 14 when "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty would make the pass for the lead but Track Point Leader aka "Superman" Dustin Smith would take the lead on lap 16. The only caution would come out after lap 16 was completed when Trevor Titus and Michael Johnston get together on the front stretch. Smith would not let the green-white-checkered finish faze him as he would go on and get his 8th feature win of the season as he would out distance the field. Murty would end up 2nd, Michael Jeannette would finish 3rd, Rob Schneider would get 4th and Eric Flander came home in 5th.

Meskawki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next for their 20 lap feature. Tim Stevens would lead the first lap but he would bobble coming off of turn 2 and this would allow David Brown, which was only his 2nd night out of the season. The first of three cautions came out on lap 2 when Rod Clement, Vern Jackson, Denny Rosenberg and Kyle Krampe would get together in turn 1, Tim Stevens would drive off in turn 1 and break something in the front of his car, Jimmy Gustin would drive off too but kept moving. Brown would continue to lead and hold on to the lead until the restart of the next caution. the next caution came out on lap 4 when Krampe spun in turn 1, this would send him to the pits. On the restart Tim Murty would make the pass on Brown for the lead, after this would happen and the lap was scored in the book another caution came out. This was the final caution but it saw Jimmy Gustin and Jay Schmidt get together in turns 1 & 2 and Rick Speck spin around in 1 & 2. Murty would maintain the lead but would lose it on lap 9 to the "Flyin Mopar" Scott Simatovich. Simatovich would have too hold off Murty and "Motown Missile" Brett Ladehoff for the victory late in the race. Simatovich would take the win and in victory lane he would state, "We have been waiting and we kept waiting knowing we would someday get one, I just stay patient and it finally tonight it paid off." Behind Simatovich was Murty, Ladehoff, "The Iceman" Scott Hogan and Randy Havlik

The Final Feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks and their 12 lap feature. Clint Nelson led the first 9 laps in this feature but Former Crusier and Figure 8 Racer Eric Larson would take the lead with 2 laps to go and he would outdistance himself from the field to pick up his first career victory. The only caution in the feature came out on lap 7 when Mike Anderson, Russell Damme and Terry Shaffar spun in turn 1 & 2. "Wild Woman" Jennifer Hulin came home 2nd, Michael Vibbard, Michael Murphy and Todd Reitzler came home 3rd through 5th.

Last on the Night was the Stock Car King of the Hill. In the first round, Todd Kearney would beat Rob Schneider, Donnie Bown would beat Steve Meyer, Damon Murty would receive a bye and Clay Deppe, Rick Brown and Trevor Titus all scratched. In the semifinal round, Kearney would go against Murty in which Murty would win, Bown would receive a bye. The Finale of the America's Best Value Inn Stock Car King of the Hill was between Damon Murty and Donnie Bown, Murty would out distance himself for the win in the King of the Hill.

Racing action completed at 11:10 pm. Next Friday Night is the New Hope Christian Church Cardboard Classic and J&V Napa Auto Parts Night at the Races. Gates Open at 5:30, Drivers Meeting at 6:45, Hot Lap at 7 and Racing at 7:30!

Don't forgot coming up on Wednesday Night August 19th, The Deery Brother Summer Series for IMCA Late Models returns to the Marshalltown Speedway plus the IMCA Sport Mods will run for $400 to win, $250 to win in Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks and $200 to win in the Mod Lites.