Finally after 2 nights consecutive nights of rain outs the racing action resumed at the marshalltown speedway and the "Mr. Perfect" streak would be the question of would in remain or would he be beaten. Friday night would be the Arnold Motor Supply, Clement Heating-Cooling and Plumbing and No Shoes Motorsports Night at the races. The Racing action would be close with 3 and 4 wide racing around the high banked quarter mile, so drivers would have lady luck on their sides and others not so much.
Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites were up first for their feature event, slighted for 15 laps, 21 cars signed in. Luck would come to an end for Mike Morrill as would his "Mr. Perfect" streak. Johnny Mordock took the early race lead from his outside front row starting spot. a caution would come out on lap 4 when eric hendrickson would spin in turn 4. Mordock would be passed on the restart by Tim Hennigar. Hennigar would hold the top spot as Hudson, Morrill, Andy Hennigar and Jeff Stensland. Another caution came out on lap 9 when Joe Wood spun in turns 1 & 2. Tim Hennigar still maintained the top spot through this point. Then just after the field received the white flag, the caution came out for David Schmalzried and Ryan Mills spin in turn 2 bring out a green-white-checkered finish. On the restart Tim Hennigar, Troy Hudson and Johnny Mordock would lead them back to the green. Hudson would make the pass coming off of turn 4 for the checkered flag and the win. "Hurricane" Troy Hudson would also pick up the $100 bounty that was put on Mike Morrill and also would get his first win in over a year. Tim Hennigar would finish a close 2nd, Johnny Mordock in 3rd, Mike Morrill in 4th and Jeff Stensland in 5th.
Up Next the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, 31 cars signed in so 4 heats and 1 b-feature would set the field for the 15 lap feature. Rookie Michael Grantham would take the lead from his pole starting spot. The 1st caution would come out just after the completion of lap 1 for debris in turns 1 & 2. The next caution would come out on lap 4 for shawn simatovich, after contact with the front straightaway wall. the final caution would come out on lap 8 for debris in turn 2 and Tim Love spun around in turn 2. Grantham maintained the lead through this, while point leader Kevin Sather was working his way to the front after starting 15th. Sather would pass Grantham on the final lap and go on to the win, Grantham would also be passed by Paul Nagle coming to the finish. Sather, Nagle, Grantham was the top 3 and they were followed by Kyle Brown and Joel Bushore rounded out the top 5.
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars, 26 cars signed in the pits so all cars go to the 18 laps a-main. Donnie Bown would take the lead on lap 1 but the "Flyin Farmer" Rick Brown would take the lead on lap 2. Brown would hold the lead until he suffered a right front tire going down on lap 8 thus handing the lead over to "Superman" Dustin Smith. A couple of cautions would come out then, first for Rob Schneider spining on the backstretch and rick brown losing the tire in turns 1 & 2 and then on the restart, damon murty spin off the top of turns 1 & 2. Smith would lead the field back to the green, only to see the yellow come out again on lap 10 for Don Vis spinning in turn 1. Smith wouldn't let the cautions fade him on this night as he would go on and get his 5th win of the year at marshalltown. Tracy Gienger would finish 2nd, Jeff Wollam in 3rd, Michael Jeannette in 4th and Trent Murphy came home in 5th.
The Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds would be up next for their 20 lap feature event and they had 17 cars sign in for $400 to win feature event thanks to clement heating, cooling and plumbing. Tim Murty would quickly jump into the lead from his 4th place starting postition. He would hold that lead through a couple of cautions on lap 1 and lap 2. The first one came when Craig Click and Todd Conrad spun in 1 & 2 and then Kyle Krampe and Adam Larson spinning in turn 1. Murty would hold on to the lead despite battles with "Superman" Jimmy Gustin, "Locomotion" John Logue and Scott Simatovich. The Locomotion John Logue would make the pass on Gustin and then Murty for the lead on lap 14. Gustin would follow suit by passing murty as well. Logue went on to the win, Gustin came home in 2nd, Murty 3rd, Scott Simatovich, driving jimmy gustin's old car came home 4th and "Showtime" Jon Snyder would finish 5th.
The final feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, 31 cars signed in the pits so 4 heats and 1 b feature would be used to determine the field for the 12 lap feature event. Adam Rickett would take the early race lead but a caution would come out on lap 5 for Rickett in turn 4 and Gary Pfantz in turn 1. With Rickett spinning out because something broke that handed the lead over to Todd Reitzler. Reitzler would lead for a couple of laps only to have a tire go down, as did Daniel Hilsabeck, Dustin Elliott and Jennifer Hulin. That would hand the lead over to Eric Knutson and he would go on to the victory. Nic Shearer would get his best finish by finishing 2nd and the was followed by "Turbo" Terry Shaffar, Eric Larson and Hard Chargining Devin Smith would had a tire go down on lap 5.
Last Event of the night was the America's Best Value Inn King of the Hill for the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods. In the first round, it saw Jamie Schirm beat Adam Shelman, Paul Nagle beat Michael Grantham, Kyle Brown defeat Geoff Olson and Joel Rust receiveing a bye in the first round because Scott Jorpeland would not show up to run. In the Semifinal round, Nagle would defeat Schirm and Brown beat Rust. Nagle would chose the inside lane and brown to the outside, Nagle would have the better lane as he would beat the ford powered machine of kyle brown and pick up the $100 for the king of the hill.
Next week 2 great nights of racing at marshalltown, on thursday its the final night of the great american stock car series with the stock car shootout, $125o to win stock cars, $400 to win hobby stocks and $300 to win sport mods and then on friday its fan appreciation night and will be a weekly friday night show.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Dario Franchitti wins the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Again
Wow for the first time in the three years of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 race at the Iowa Speedway I was able to attend the race and i was very impressed and it was a good way to wrap up my very busy and crazy weekend that only included me attending this racing event.
We arrived at the track around 10 in the morning it was raining on the drive there but stop just shortly after we arrived at the track. I had fun by walking around and looking at thing went down and did the fan walk through the pits which i encourage everybody that goes to the races at the iowa speedway to do bc its fun you never know who you may run into doing the fan walk. While doing the fan walk, we saw Rusty Wallace, the creator of the iowa speedway and Shawn Johnson, Iowa's Olympic Gold Medalist and Dancing with the stars champion.
The TV Broadcast started at Noon and the start of the race was sladed to start at 12:30 and it did despite that morning rain so a big congrats goes out to the track drying crew and safety crews for getting the track ready to go. Qualifying got rained out the other day so the field was slight to start by points.
Helio Castroneves would Take the lead at the start of the race but just as they were completing lap 1, Robert Doombos, EJ Viso and Ryan Hunter-Reay would make contact in turn 4, Viso and Hunter-Reay the damage was too much and would end there day, Doombos would return the track later but numerous laps down.
On the restart, Castroneves would hold on to the lead and then would be passed by Scott Dixon on Lap 17. Dixon then would be passed by his Chip Ganassi Racing Team Dario Franchitti on lap 18 and the 2nd Caution would come out on lap 18 this time for debris on the backstretch. This would bring round of pit stops under yellow and this would hand the lead over to Ryan Briscoe.
Briscoe lead the field back to the green flag and then another yellow would come out on lap 34, this time it was Justin Wilson crashed in turn 2. Briscoe would come into the pits for a pit stop so this landed the lead over to Godaddy.com Girl Danica Patrick.
Patrick would lead the field back to the green on lap 42 when the race resumed. She would have her own team mate Tony Kanaan not that far back. Another Caution came out on lap 55 this time for Raphael Matos and Mario Moraes makeing contact in turn 2. Patrick would come to the pits and Kanaan would stay out handing the lead over to him.
Kanaan would hold the lead until lap 106 when he was passed by Panther Racing Dan Wheldon. Kanaan would make a pit stop shortly after.
Briscoe would pass Wheldon on lap 114 and then the races final caution came out on lap 123 when Tony Kanaan hit the turn 2 wall. Briscoe would lead the lead on a round of pit stops, Franchitti would regain the lead.
When the race restarted, Briscoe and Franchitti would battle for the race lead. Franchitti held the top spot laps 126 through 137, Briscoe 138-194 and then Franchitti 195-197. Both of them would make a pit stop.
Danica Patrick would regain the lead on lap 198 and hold on to that on lap 199 before making her final pit stop of the race. this handed the lead back over to Dario Franchitti.
Franchitti lead the final 50 laps in the race to go on and win his 2nd Iowa Corn Indy 250 in just 2 trys, he won in 2007 and raced nascar in 2008 so did't race last years race. He won by 5.0132 seconds over Team Penske Driver Ryan Briscoe. Hideki Mutoh was 3rd, Dan Wheldon in 4th and Scott Dixon was 5th. Top 4 cars remained on the lead lap.
Tomas Scheckter, Helio Castroneves, Mike Conway, Danica Patrick was all 1 lap down and Ed Carpenter was 2 laps down rounded out the top 10. Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti, Jacques Lazier, Tony Kanaan, Robert Doornbos, Raphael Matos, Mario Moraes, Justin Wilson, Ryan Hunter-Reay and E.J. Viso.
There was 40, 192 people in attendance for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 which learned that there is a 2 year contract extension to run the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by ethanol means there will be a Indy race through at least 2011.
I took photos from the race and you can check them out by clicking on this link: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/foxman17/2009%20Iowa%20Corn%20Indy%20250/
So until next week have fun, drink a lot of water to stay hydrated. See you at the races soon.
We arrived at the track around 10 in the morning it was raining on the drive there but stop just shortly after we arrived at the track. I had fun by walking around and looking at thing went down and did the fan walk through the pits which i encourage everybody that goes to the races at the iowa speedway to do bc its fun you never know who you may run into doing the fan walk. While doing the fan walk, we saw Rusty Wallace, the creator of the iowa speedway and Shawn Johnson, Iowa's Olympic Gold Medalist and Dancing with the stars champion.
The TV Broadcast started at Noon and the start of the race was sladed to start at 12:30 and it did despite that morning rain so a big congrats goes out to the track drying crew and safety crews for getting the track ready to go. Qualifying got rained out the other day so the field was slight to start by points.
Helio Castroneves would Take the lead at the start of the race but just as they were completing lap 1, Robert Doombos, EJ Viso and Ryan Hunter-Reay would make contact in turn 4, Viso and Hunter-Reay the damage was too much and would end there day, Doombos would return the track later but numerous laps down.
On the restart, Castroneves would hold on to the lead and then would be passed by Scott Dixon on Lap 17. Dixon then would be passed by his Chip Ganassi Racing Team Dario Franchitti on lap 18 and the 2nd Caution would come out on lap 18 this time for debris on the backstretch. This would bring round of pit stops under yellow and this would hand the lead over to Ryan Briscoe.
Briscoe lead the field back to the green flag and then another yellow would come out on lap 34, this time it was Justin Wilson crashed in turn 2. Briscoe would come into the pits for a pit stop so this landed the lead over to Godaddy.com Girl Danica Patrick.
Patrick would lead the field back to the green on lap 42 when the race resumed. She would have her own team mate Tony Kanaan not that far back. Another Caution came out on lap 55 this time for Raphael Matos and Mario Moraes makeing contact in turn 2. Patrick would come to the pits and Kanaan would stay out handing the lead over to him.
Kanaan would hold the lead until lap 106 when he was passed by Panther Racing Dan Wheldon. Kanaan would make a pit stop shortly after.
Briscoe would pass Wheldon on lap 114 and then the races final caution came out on lap 123 when Tony Kanaan hit the turn 2 wall. Briscoe would lead the lead on a round of pit stops, Franchitti would regain the lead.
When the race restarted, Briscoe and Franchitti would battle for the race lead. Franchitti held the top spot laps 126 through 137, Briscoe 138-194 and then Franchitti 195-197. Both of them would make a pit stop.
Danica Patrick would regain the lead on lap 198 and hold on to that on lap 199 before making her final pit stop of the race. this handed the lead back over to Dario Franchitti.
Franchitti lead the final 50 laps in the race to go on and win his 2nd Iowa Corn Indy 250 in just 2 trys, he won in 2007 and raced nascar in 2008 so did't race last years race. He won by 5.0132 seconds over Team Penske Driver Ryan Briscoe. Hideki Mutoh was 3rd, Dan Wheldon in 4th and Scott Dixon was 5th. Top 4 cars remained on the lead lap.
Tomas Scheckter, Helio Castroneves, Mike Conway, Danica Patrick was all 1 lap down and Ed Carpenter was 2 laps down rounded out the top 10. Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti, Jacques Lazier, Tony Kanaan, Robert Doornbos, Raphael Matos, Mario Moraes, Justin Wilson, Ryan Hunter-Reay and E.J. Viso.
There was 40, 192 people in attendance for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 which learned that there is a 2 year contract extension to run the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by ethanol means there will be a Indy race through at least 2011.
I took photos from the race and you can check them out by clicking on this link: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/foxman17/2009%20Iowa%20Corn%20Indy%20250/
So until next week have fun, drink a lot of water to stay hydrated. See you at the races soon.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Mother Nature Wins Marshalltown, Boone Brings a great night of racing action!
Mother Nature seems like she wants to win on friday nights and this past friday night she got the victory because she moved in and rained in the afternoon. I wouldn't let her spoil my fun by catching racing action so i decided to go to the races on saturday by going to either webster city, independence or boone. Webster city and independence rained out so i headed for boone. A great night of racing action is what i saw in boone.
First up would be The Mod Lite Dwarf Cars for their 12 lap feature, Dusty Masolini would lead the entire event from green-to-checkered. "Fast" Ed Zehm would finish 2nd, Eric Hendrickson came home in 3rd, Charlie Brown in 4th and Andy Hennigar in 5th.
The Sport Mods were up next, 37 cars signed in so 4 heats and 2 b-features would set the field. Unlike the dwarf car feature this feature would be plagued with cautions. Jeff Blume would lead the first 5 laps. Cautions would come out on lap 3 when Jeremy Embrey stopped in turns 3 & 4, the next caution on lap 5 when 7 cars would spin in turns 3 & 4. Blume would lose the lead on the restart when he was passed by Dustin Dalton would lead the field until the last lap. A few more cautions would come out on lap 13, first for debris and then 4 cars spin in turn 4 after coming together on the restart. Scott Davis would pass Dustin Dalton and go on to the win, Dalton came home 2nd. Geoff Olson finished 3rd followed by Matthew Meinecke and Paul Nagle, who would come out of one of the b-features.
Up Next would be the IMCA Modifieds, 31 cars signed in so 4 heats and 1 b-feature would set the field. "The Hartford Hot shoot" Jacob Murray would lead the field to the green flag and hold on to the top spot until lap 5 where he would be passed by Craig Carlson for good as they would battle for the top spot during the early going. Carlson would hold that top spot until the very fast Adam Larson made the pass for the lead on lap 9, when it was a 3 car battle between Carlson, Larson and Greg Cox. Larson would take the lead, Cox in 2nd and Carlson in 3rd, the only caution came out on lap 15 when Jake Durbin and Josh Gilman would come together and Denny Pittman would stop on the backstretch. Larson would hang on for the victory, Cox would finish 2nd, "Toddzilla" Todd Shute in 3rd, Carlson would settle in 4th and Jay Schmidt would finish 5th.
IMCA Stock Cars would have 24 cars sign in to the pits so all cars would start the feature. Terry Corneilson took the lead from the start. Corneilson would hold the lead through a caution on lap 5 for debris. Corneilson would be passed by Trent Murphy on lap 12. Murphy would go on to the win, Corneilson would fall back to 6th. Behind Murphy was Robert Stofer, Donavon Smith, Bryan Trogdon and Wayne Gifford.
The Final 2 features of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks, they had 41 cars so that would be enough to run 2 features. In Feature #1, Travis Fenton led the first 2 laps before having troubles then Devin Smith led laps 3 through 6 and he encountered some trouble this handed the lead over to Alan Van Gorp. Van Gorp went on to victory lane in the green-to-checkered feature event. Behing Van Gorp was Beau Kaplan, Michael Murphy, Blake Miller and Dean Hartwig. In Feature #2, It was the Racing Veteran Larry Embrey would lead the entire feature event despite cautions on lap 3 for Ed Mahlstedt coming to come to a stop on the frontstretch and then again on lap 5 for Pat Mather in turn 4.
A great night of racing at the boone speedway. Next weeks blog will be recapping the Iowa Corn Indy 250 from the Iowa Speedway, Hogan Memorial in Vinton and the $1000 to win John Wetzel Hobby Stock Challenge!
First up would be The Mod Lite Dwarf Cars for their 12 lap feature, Dusty Masolini would lead the entire event from green-to-checkered. "Fast" Ed Zehm would finish 2nd, Eric Hendrickson came home in 3rd, Charlie Brown in 4th and Andy Hennigar in 5th.
The Sport Mods were up next, 37 cars signed in so 4 heats and 2 b-features would set the field. Unlike the dwarf car feature this feature would be plagued with cautions. Jeff Blume would lead the first 5 laps. Cautions would come out on lap 3 when Jeremy Embrey stopped in turns 3 & 4, the next caution on lap 5 when 7 cars would spin in turns 3 & 4. Blume would lose the lead on the restart when he was passed by Dustin Dalton would lead the field until the last lap. A few more cautions would come out on lap 13, first for debris and then 4 cars spin in turn 4 after coming together on the restart. Scott Davis would pass Dustin Dalton and go on to the win, Dalton came home 2nd. Geoff Olson finished 3rd followed by Matthew Meinecke and Paul Nagle, who would come out of one of the b-features.
Up Next would be the IMCA Modifieds, 31 cars signed in so 4 heats and 1 b-feature would set the field. "The Hartford Hot shoot" Jacob Murray would lead the field to the green flag and hold on to the top spot until lap 5 where he would be passed by Craig Carlson for good as they would battle for the top spot during the early going. Carlson would hold that top spot until the very fast Adam Larson made the pass for the lead on lap 9, when it was a 3 car battle between Carlson, Larson and Greg Cox. Larson would take the lead, Cox in 2nd and Carlson in 3rd, the only caution came out on lap 15 when Jake Durbin and Josh Gilman would come together and Denny Pittman would stop on the backstretch. Larson would hang on for the victory, Cox would finish 2nd, "Toddzilla" Todd Shute in 3rd, Carlson would settle in 4th and Jay Schmidt would finish 5th.
IMCA Stock Cars would have 24 cars sign in to the pits so all cars would start the feature. Terry Corneilson took the lead from the start. Corneilson would hold the lead through a caution on lap 5 for debris. Corneilson would be passed by Trent Murphy on lap 12. Murphy would go on to the win, Corneilson would fall back to 6th. Behind Murphy was Robert Stofer, Donavon Smith, Bryan Trogdon and Wayne Gifford.
The Final 2 features of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks, they had 41 cars so that would be enough to run 2 features. In Feature #1, Travis Fenton led the first 2 laps before having troubles then Devin Smith led laps 3 through 6 and he encountered some trouble this handed the lead over to Alan Van Gorp. Van Gorp went on to victory lane in the green-to-checkered feature event. Behing Van Gorp was Beau Kaplan, Michael Murphy, Blake Miller and Dean Hartwig. In Feature #2, It was the Racing Veteran Larry Embrey would lead the entire feature event despite cautions on lap 3 for Ed Mahlstedt coming to come to a stop on the frontstretch and then again on lap 5 for Pat Mather in turn 4.
A great night of racing at the boone speedway. Next weeks blog will be recapping the Iowa Corn Indy 250 from the Iowa Speedway, Hogan Memorial in Vinton and the $1000 to win John Wetzel Hobby Stock Challenge!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Minuteman Printing Night Brings Excitement to the Marshalltown Speedway
It was a near perfect night at the marshalltown speedway last night as week number 7 came to life with the annual Minuteman Printing Night at the Races and it was one of the most competitive nights of the races at the quarter mile. This night also brought two special races the dwarf car gambler and the sprint car and modified challenge in this challenge the modified feature winner would face the 17G Minuteman Printing 410 sprint car, owned by Ed Gifford of Minuteman Printing and driven by "Zoom Zoom" Dusty Zomer.
The Mod Lite Dwarf Car Division was up for their feature first, only 18 cars signed in to race. Jason Hall took lead at the beginning of the race and held on that top spot until the only caution that came out to bunch up the field on lap 4 when Joe Wood spun in turn 3 and debris in turn 4. On the restart, Hall would slide up the track and Dusty Masolini would make the pass for the lead, hall would pull off the track there after, meanwhile point leader and "Mr. Perfect" Mike Morrill would be making his way through the field. Masolini and Morrill would battle for the top spot on lap 9 but then Morrill would make the pass on lap 10 and then would cruise to the 8th win of the season at Marshalltown, Masolini would finish in 2nd. Mike" The Gasman" Kennedy, Johnny Mordock and Josh May rounded out the top 5.
Up Next was the ever so growing Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, 33 cars signed in and 4 heats and a b-feature would determine the field. Tom Rawlins, who moved in to the sport mods would lead the field for the first 3 laps. Rawlins would be passed by "Downtown" Kyle Brown on lap 4 and he would hold the top sport until lap 8 when cautions came out first when Jason Severance would spin out in turn 4 and then on the restart when Jared Timmerman and Ryan Ashton got together in turn 4. "Madrid Ace" Scott Davis would take the lead on the restart by passing Brown and then another caution would come out when Adam Shelman spun in turn 2 and Shawn Simatovich in turn 4. Davis and Brown would continue to battle for the top spot through the caution on lap 11 when Joel Rust would go off turn 2. On the final lap, Brown would make the pass on Davis and win the feature event in his ford powered machine, Davis would finish 2nd. Brad Iverson would finish 3rd followed by Luke Wanninger and Point Leader Kevin Sather.
The Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars were up next and they would have 31 cars sign in and 3 heats and a b-feature would determine their field as well. In the feature event, Jared Daggett would take the lead and hold on to it until Steve Meyer would make the pass for the lead on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6 when Damon Murty spun in turns 1 and 2, another one on lap 7 when Rob Schneider, Tracy Gienger and Eric Flander spun in turns 1 & 2. Meyer wouldn't let the cautions faze him, meanwhile Jeff Wollam, Trent Murphy and "Superman" Dustin Smith were moving in on him. Wollam would make the pass on Meyer on lap 11 when meyer encounter some mechanical problems. Murphy would be in 2nd they would start battling for the lead and on lap 15 they would come together in turn 4 bring out the caution and ending the night for the both of them, "The Iceman" Dusty Vis would also come to a stop in turn 4. This handed the lead over to Dustin Smith the 3rd place car. Smith went on to the win, Joe Luethje came across in 2nd, Mike Todd in 3rd, "The Flying Deuce" Dave Atcher in 4th and Michael Jeannette in 5th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next, they had the lowest car count of the evening with only 16 cars in the pits. In the feature dued to problems in the heat races only 11 cars took the green flag in the feature. Vern "Action" Jackson would take the lead on lap 1 but "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would take the lead on lap 2 and hold on to the top spot until lap 4. Gustin would hold Jackson off but couldn't hold up Adam Larson because Larson would make the pass on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6 when Denny Rosenberg would spin in turn 1 & 2. Larson, Gustin and Jackson would battle for the top spot throughout the feature event. Larson & Gustin would put on a show for the fans, Larson would win and Gustin would end up 2nd. Jackson would finish 3rd, Rob Olson and Duane Peterson would round out the top 5.
The Final feature of the Night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, 31 cars signed in, 4 heats and 1 b-features would pace the field to the green flag. Jake Nelson would lead the field to the green flag and lead the first lap, Devin Smith would make the pass on lap 2 and go on to the win despite a caution on lap 9 when Michael Murphy in turns 1 and 2. Finishing behind Smith was "Turbo" Terry Shaffar, Damien Bown, Daniel Hilsabeck and Josh Saunders.
It then would be time for the Dwarf Cars to know how to hold and know how to fold with the Gambler Race, 5 cars would take the track and Johnny Mordock would take the win. Mordock would be followed by Dusty Masolini, Josh May, Mike Kennedy and Jason Hall.
The Last Event of the night would be the 10 lap Sprint Car vs. Modified Challenge, the Sprint car of Dusty Zomer would have to go 10 laps and the Modified would only have to go 8 laps. Adam Larson won the chance to race in the event since he won the modified feature event. Larson would go on to the victory lane and win an extra $100 for beating the sprint car by like a foot.
The Racing action ended at 10:55.
The Mod Lite Dwarf Car Division was up for their feature first, only 18 cars signed in to race. Jason Hall took lead at the beginning of the race and held on that top spot until the only caution that came out to bunch up the field on lap 4 when Joe Wood spun in turn 3 and debris in turn 4. On the restart, Hall would slide up the track and Dusty Masolini would make the pass for the lead, hall would pull off the track there after, meanwhile point leader and "Mr. Perfect" Mike Morrill would be making his way through the field. Masolini and Morrill would battle for the top spot on lap 9 but then Morrill would make the pass on lap 10 and then would cruise to the 8th win of the season at Marshalltown, Masolini would finish in 2nd. Mike" The Gasman" Kennedy, Johnny Mordock and Josh May rounded out the top 5.
Up Next was the ever so growing Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, 33 cars signed in and 4 heats and a b-feature would determine the field. Tom Rawlins, who moved in to the sport mods would lead the field for the first 3 laps. Rawlins would be passed by "Downtown" Kyle Brown on lap 4 and he would hold the top sport until lap 8 when cautions came out first when Jason Severance would spin out in turn 4 and then on the restart when Jared Timmerman and Ryan Ashton got together in turn 4. "Madrid Ace" Scott Davis would take the lead on the restart by passing Brown and then another caution would come out when Adam Shelman spun in turn 2 and Shawn Simatovich in turn 4. Davis and Brown would continue to battle for the top spot through the caution on lap 11 when Joel Rust would go off turn 2. On the final lap, Brown would make the pass on Davis and win the feature event in his ford powered machine, Davis would finish 2nd. Brad Iverson would finish 3rd followed by Luke Wanninger and Point Leader Kevin Sather.
The Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars were up next and they would have 31 cars sign in and 3 heats and a b-feature would determine their field as well. In the feature event, Jared Daggett would take the lead and hold on to it until Steve Meyer would make the pass for the lead on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6 when Damon Murty spun in turns 1 and 2, another one on lap 7 when Rob Schneider, Tracy Gienger and Eric Flander spun in turns 1 & 2. Meyer wouldn't let the cautions faze him, meanwhile Jeff Wollam, Trent Murphy and "Superman" Dustin Smith were moving in on him. Wollam would make the pass on Meyer on lap 11 when meyer encounter some mechanical problems. Murphy would be in 2nd they would start battling for the lead and on lap 15 they would come together in turn 4 bring out the caution and ending the night for the both of them, "The Iceman" Dusty Vis would also come to a stop in turn 4. This handed the lead over to Dustin Smith the 3rd place car. Smith went on to the win, Joe Luethje came across in 2nd, Mike Todd in 3rd, "The Flying Deuce" Dave Atcher in 4th and Michael Jeannette in 5th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next, they had the lowest car count of the evening with only 16 cars in the pits. In the feature dued to problems in the heat races only 11 cars took the green flag in the feature. Vern "Action" Jackson would take the lead on lap 1 but "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would take the lead on lap 2 and hold on to the top spot until lap 4. Gustin would hold Jackson off but couldn't hold up Adam Larson because Larson would make the pass on lap 5. A caution would come out on lap 6 when Denny Rosenberg would spin in turn 1 & 2. Larson, Gustin and Jackson would battle for the top spot throughout the feature event. Larson & Gustin would put on a show for the fans, Larson would win and Gustin would end up 2nd. Jackson would finish 3rd, Rob Olson and Duane Peterson would round out the top 5.
The Final feature of the Night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, 31 cars signed in, 4 heats and 1 b-features would pace the field to the green flag. Jake Nelson would lead the field to the green flag and lead the first lap, Devin Smith would make the pass on lap 2 and go on to the win despite a caution on lap 9 when Michael Murphy in turns 1 and 2. Finishing behind Smith was "Turbo" Terry Shaffar, Damien Bown, Daniel Hilsabeck and Josh Saunders.
It then would be time for the Dwarf Cars to know how to hold and know how to fold with the Gambler Race, 5 cars would take the track and Johnny Mordock would take the win. Mordock would be followed by Dusty Masolini, Josh May, Mike Kennedy and Jason Hall.
The Last Event of the night would be the 10 lap Sprint Car vs. Modified Challenge, the Sprint car of Dusty Zomer would have to go 10 laps and the Modified would only have to go 8 laps. Adam Larson won the chance to race in the event since he won the modified feature event. Larson would go on to the victory lane and win an extra $100 for beating the sprint car by like a foot.
The Racing action ended at 10:55.
Monday, June 1, 2009
A Night to Honor a Former Promotor Would Bring Some Great Racing Action!
This past friday was the 21st annual Cliff Chambers Memorial, mother nature has won the show 3 weeks before but because a sponsor decided not to sponsor the night everything worked out that the 21st annual cliff chambers memorial was to be run. Cliff Chambers was the promotor at the marshalltown speedway back in the 1980's!
But this night would bring 3 and 4 wide racing and give the drivers a wide and smooth track to race on throughout the night. It would also bring a "Mr. Perfect" status continue.
First up was the Mod Lite Dwarf Car Division for their 15 lap feature and this feature was plagued by cautions. DJ Robinson took the lead from his pole position but was passed by Charlie Brown on lap 2. Brown would hold the top spot until lap 11 when he was passed by Mike Morrill and Andy Hennigar. There was 3 cautions before lap 11 and they were on laps 4 ,5 and 7. Morrill took the lead and then 2 more cautions would be displayed on lap 12. Andy Hennigar would pull off with 2 laps to go and end up finishing 21st. Morrill would go on and make it 7 for 7 on the year and Brown would end up 2nd with Eric Hendrickson in 3rd, Randy Bryan in 4th and Josh May in 5th.
Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods for their 15 lap feature event. The Sport Mods would run 4 heats and a b-feature to set the field for the feature. Paul Nagle would take the lead on lap 1 and held on to that top spot until a caution on lap 8 came out for Gaitlin Leytham spun out in turn 2, bunched the field up on the Restart Luke Wanninger made the pass for the lead, at the same time Kevin Sather was making his way to the front. Wanninger on the bottom and Sather on the top set up for a great battle to the finish and indeed it was it was a photo finish at the line but the ruling was Sather won and Wanninger was 2nd, Paul Nagle, Scott Davis and Brett Meyer rounded out the top 5.
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars would come out for the 18 lap feature and would run it green-to-checkered. Trent Murphy would take the early race lead but would lose that on lap 8 to Dustin Smith. Behind Smith and Murphy was Dusty "The Iceman" Vis, Damon "The Chelsea Charger" Murty and Tracy Gienger.
The IMCA Modifieds Sponsored by Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel would be up next for their 20 lap feature which saw some great racing action. "Fast"Danny Fetters would lead the first 2 laps in the feature would slip up handing the lead over to Vern Jackson on lap 3 but "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would pass Jackson on the next lap for the lead and never look back despite cautions coming out on lap 8, 12 and 14. Finishing by Gustin was Adam Larson, "Showtime" Jon Snyder, "Showtime" Joey Schaefer and Fetters.
The Last Feature of the Night wasn't the final thing of the night but the final feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grill IMCA Hobby Stocks for their 12 lap event. "Mean" Gene Nicklas would lead the the first 2 laps lose it to Dustin Elliott on lap 3. Elliott would appear to be the winner but a caution came out with 1 lap to go setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Nicklas would make the last lap pass coming off of turn 4 in a pack of 5 cars. Nicklas would take the win, Todd Reitzler would finish about 3/4 car back in 2nd, Elliott would fall to 3rd and "Turbo" Terry Shaffar and Justin Lichty would finish 4th and 5th.
The Finale of the evening was the Modified King of the Hill. In the first round you would see Danny Fetters beat Derek Reimer, Jon Snyder defeat Todd Conrad, Jay Schmidt defeat Vern Jackson and Jimmy Gustin would have a draw with Denny Rosenberg bc neither one wanted to run. In the 2nd Round It was Snyder beating Fetters and Schmidt receiving a bye. Snyder got lane choice and he chose the inside lane, forcing Schmidt to the outside lane. "Showtime" Jon Snyder would take the win.
This friday night will be Minuteman Printing Night at the Races. Ed Gifford, owner of minuteman printing will have his 41o sprint car he owns on hand. Also on hand will be the driver of the car "Zoom Zoom" Dusty Zomer and he will hot lapping the car and will compete against the Modified feature winner in a match race!
But this night would bring 3 and 4 wide racing and give the drivers a wide and smooth track to race on throughout the night. It would also bring a "Mr. Perfect" status continue.
First up was the Mod Lite Dwarf Car Division for their 15 lap feature and this feature was plagued by cautions. DJ Robinson took the lead from his pole position but was passed by Charlie Brown on lap 2. Brown would hold the top spot until lap 11 when he was passed by Mike Morrill and Andy Hennigar. There was 3 cautions before lap 11 and they were on laps 4 ,5 and 7. Morrill took the lead and then 2 more cautions would be displayed on lap 12. Andy Hennigar would pull off with 2 laps to go and end up finishing 21st. Morrill would go on and make it 7 for 7 on the year and Brown would end up 2nd with Eric Hendrickson in 3rd, Randy Bryan in 4th and Josh May in 5th.
Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods for their 15 lap feature event. The Sport Mods would run 4 heats and a b-feature to set the field for the feature. Paul Nagle would take the lead on lap 1 and held on to that top spot until a caution on lap 8 came out for Gaitlin Leytham spun out in turn 2, bunched the field up on the Restart Luke Wanninger made the pass for the lead, at the same time Kevin Sather was making his way to the front. Wanninger on the bottom and Sather on the top set up for a great battle to the finish and indeed it was it was a photo finish at the line but the ruling was Sather won and Wanninger was 2nd, Paul Nagle, Scott Davis and Brett Meyer rounded out the top 5.
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars would come out for the 18 lap feature and would run it green-to-checkered. Trent Murphy would take the early race lead but would lose that on lap 8 to Dustin Smith. Behind Smith and Murphy was Dusty "The Iceman" Vis, Damon "The Chelsea Charger" Murty and Tracy Gienger.
The IMCA Modifieds Sponsored by Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel would be up next for their 20 lap feature which saw some great racing action. "Fast"Danny Fetters would lead the first 2 laps in the feature would slip up handing the lead over to Vern Jackson on lap 3 but "Superman" Jimmy Gustin would pass Jackson on the next lap for the lead and never look back despite cautions coming out on lap 8, 12 and 14. Finishing by Gustin was Adam Larson, "Showtime" Jon Snyder, "Showtime" Joey Schaefer and Fetters.
The Last Feature of the Night wasn't the final thing of the night but the final feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grill IMCA Hobby Stocks for their 12 lap event. "Mean" Gene Nicklas would lead the the first 2 laps lose it to Dustin Elliott on lap 3. Elliott would appear to be the winner but a caution came out with 1 lap to go setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Nicklas would make the last lap pass coming off of turn 4 in a pack of 5 cars. Nicklas would take the win, Todd Reitzler would finish about 3/4 car back in 2nd, Elliott would fall to 3rd and "Turbo" Terry Shaffar and Justin Lichty would finish 4th and 5th.
The Finale of the evening was the Modified King of the Hill. In the first round you would see Danny Fetters beat Derek Reimer, Jon Snyder defeat Todd Conrad, Jay Schmidt defeat Vern Jackson and Jimmy Gustin would have a draw with Denny Rosenberg bc neither one wanted to run. In the 2nd Round It was Snyder beating Fetters and Schmidt receiving a bye. Snyder got lane choice and he chose the inside lane, forcing Schmidt to the outside lane. "Showtime" Jon Snyder would take the win.
This friday night will be Minuteman Printing Night at the Races. Ed Gifford, owner of minuteman printing will have his 41o sprint car he owns on hand. Also on hand will be the driver of the car "Zoom Zoom" Dusty Zomer and he will hot lapping the car and will compete against the Modified feature winner in a match race!
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