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!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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.
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.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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!
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!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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!
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.
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.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, August 10, 2009
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Keselowski Wins The Inaugural US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway
My day started with a little tailgating before the race but then it was qualifying time in which Ricky Stenhouse Jr set the quick time in the 3M Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. Justin Allgaier was 2nd quickest in the Verizon Wireless Penske Racing car, Erik Darnell was 3rd quickest in the Northern Tool+Equipment Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, Trevor Payne was 4th in the Aaron's Dream Machine for MWR and Brad Coleman in the Gamestop car #20 for JGR was 5th quickest.
Then the pre-race concert with The Roys was performing, i headed down to the pit area for the Fan Walk through and met NASCAR President Mike Helton and a few of the drivers. It was fun to get to meet some big time races again at the Iowa Speedway.
Driver Introductions would start at 3:00pm and then the Race would get rolling at 3:30pm.
When the race would get going, Ricky Stenhouse Jr would jump to the lead but then the first race caution would come out on lap 4 for John Wes Townley spinning out on the backstretch. On the restart on lap 8, Stenhouse Jr was passed by Justin Allgaier.
The next caution would come out on lap 12 when the Sean Murphy would spin in turn 2 after making contact with the wall. Allgaier would still lead and wouldn't lose it on the restart.
The 3rd caution would come out on lap 40 when Casey Atwood would spin out in turn 1, this would make the pit area busy as the first pit stops of the day would happen. Brad Keselowski would be the new race leader after pit stops.
Keselowski would lead until just after the next caution came out on lap 75 when Aric Almirola would make contact with the wall and Eric McClure. Keselowski would come in and pit. Mike Bliss would stay out and lead until lap 80.
"Rowdy" Kyle Busch in the Pizza Ranch #18 would pass Bliss on lap 80 . Busch would see the next caution come out on lap 94 when Michael McDowell spun on the front stretch. Busch would still lead through this but would lose the lead on lap 105 to Keselowski. The next caution would come out on lap 109 when Stephen Leicht, Brendan Gaughan and Ken Butler get together in turn 2.
Keselowski would stay out and hold on to the lead and fight off Busch on the restart. The next caution would come out on lap 146 for debris in turn 1. Keselowski would come in and pit so that handed the lead on the restart to Busch.
The Next Caution would come out on lap 154 for Trevor Payne, Tony Raines and Mike Bliss getting together in turn 4. Busch still maintained the lead on the restart as Keselowski was moving towards the front. On lap 167 there would be another caution this time for Brian Icklor, John Bornerman III and Brad Coleman get together on the backstretch. Busch still maintained the lead though.
On lap 189, Keselowski would make the pass on Kyle Busch. The next caution came out on lap 213 when Austin Dillon, Justin Allgaier and Michael McDowell Jr get together in turn 2.
On the restart Keselowski would maintain the lead but on lap 225 Busch would make the pass. Busch would see 2 cautions come out with the first one on lap 231 when Morgan Sherpard spun on the frontstretch after making contact with Brad Coleman and then another one on lap 236 for Erik Darnell, Justin Allgaier and Steven Wallace getting together on the backstretch.
On the restart, Keselowski and Busch would do battle. Keselowski would make the pass on lap 242 and go on and hold off Kyle Busch for the win.
Brad Keselowski would get the win in first nationwide series race at Iowa Speedway in #88 Godaddy.com JR Motorsports Chevy. Kyle Busch finished 2nd in the Pizza Ranch #18 JGR Toyota, Jason Leffler in the #38 Great Clips Toyota was 3rd, Carl Edwards in the #60 Citi Financial Ford for RFR was 4th and Kelly Bires was 5th in the #10 Frasternal Order of Eagles Toyota.
Then it was time for the Post-Race concert from Country Music Singer James Otto.
The Next Race at Iowa Speedway is coming up Friday and Saturday September 4th and 5th which includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for The Lucas Oil 250.
Then the pre-race concert with The Roys was performing, i headed down to the pit area for the Fan Walk through and met NASCAR President Mike Helton and a few of the drivers. It was fun to get to meet some big time races again at the Iowa Speedway.
Driver Introductions would start at 3:00pm and then the Race would get rolling at 3:30pm.
When the race would get going, Ricky Stenhouse Jr would jump to the lead but then the first race caution would come out on lap 4 for John Wes Townley spinning out on the backstretch. On the restart on lap 8, Stenhouse Jr was passed by Justin Allgaier.
The next caution would come out on lap 12 when the Sean Murphy would spin in turn 2 after making contact with the wall. Allgaier would still lead and wouldn't lose it on the restart.
The 3rd caution would come out on lap 40 when Casey Atwood would spin out in turn 1, this would make the pit area busy as the first pit stops of the day would happen. Brad Keselowski would be the new race leader after pit stops.
Keselowski would lead until just after the next caution came out on lap 75 when Aric Almirola would make contact with the wall and Eric McClure. Keselowski would come in and pit. Mike Bliss would stay out and lead until lap 80.
"Rowdy" Kyle Busch in the Pizza Ranch #18 would pass Bliss on lap 80 . Busch would see the next caution come out on lap 94 when Michael McDowell spun on the front stretch. Busch would still lead through this but would lose the lead on lap 105 to Keselowski. The next caution would come out on lap 109 when Stephen Leicht, Brendan Gaughan and Ken Butler get together in turn 2.
Keselowski would stay out and hold on to the lead and fight off Busch on the restart. The next caution would come out on lap 146 for debris in turn 1. Keselowski would come in and pit so that handed the lead on the restart to Busch.
The Next Caution would come out on lap 154 for Trevor Payne, Tony Raines and Mike Bliss getting together in turn 4. Busch still maintained the lead on the restart as Keselowski was moving towards the front. On lap 167 there would be another caution this time for Brian Icklor, John Bornerman III and Brad Coleman get together on the backstretch. Busch still maintained the lead though.
On lap 189, Keselowski would make the pass on Kyle Busch. The next caution came out on lap 213 when Austin Dillon, Justin Allgaier and Michael McDowell Jr get together in turn 2.
On the restart Keselowski would maintain the lead but on lap 225 Busch would make the pass. Busch would see 2 cautions come out with the first one on lap 231 when Morgan Sherpard spun on the frontstretch after making contact with Brad Coleman and then another one on lap 236 for Erik Darnell, Justin Allgaier and Steven Wallace getting together on the backstretch.
On the restart, Keselowski and Busch would do battle. Keselowski would make the pass on lap 242 and go on and hold off Kyle Busch for the win.
Brad Keselowski would get the win in first nationwide series race at Iowa Speedway in #88 Godaddy.com JR Motorsports Chevy. Kyle Busch finished 2nd in the Pizza Ranch #18 JGR Toyota, Jason Leffler in the #38 Great Clips Toyota was 3rd, Carl Edwards in the #60 Citi Financial Ford for RFR was 4th and Kelly Bires was 5th in the #10 Frasternal Order of Eagles Toyota.
Then it was time for the Post-Race concert from Country Music Singer James Otto.
The Next Race at Iowa Speedway is coming up Friday and Saturday September 4th and 5th which includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for The Lucas Oil 250.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Faster Pastor and Gambler Races was Part Of The Added Fun On Hy-Vee Night At The Marshalltown Speedway
Race fans were treated to some extra racing action on friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway. We had the make-up Fastor Pastor event from June and the annual Modified Gambler race to wrap the final night in the month of July.
The first event of the night was the the fastor pastor event in which it saw the Redeemer Lutheran Church pastor Dan Johnson out distance New Hope Christian Church pastor Kerry Jech. Johnson was in the #19D Hobby Stock of Dustin Elliott and he thanked dustin in victory lane for letting him drive his car.
The first feature of the night was the Mod Lite/Dwarf Cars for their 15 lap feature. Three different lead changes would take place in the feature event before Tim Hennigar would make the pass on Joel Huggins on lap 7. Hennigar would make the pass on Huggins on the restart of the first of 2 cautions, the caution was for Brad Talbert spinning in turn 2. The second caution would come out on lap 11 for Mike Thomas spinning out in turn 2. Tim Hennigar would not let it faze him as he would go on and get his first win since August 15, 2008. Behind Hennigar was Mike Kennedy, Mike Morrill, Joel Huggins and Eric Hendrickson.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were up next for their 15 lap feature, for the first time this season there would be only 3 heats and no b-feature meaning all 25 cars started the race. The Racing Veteran from Conrad Duane Van Deest would take the lead on the start. the first caution came out on lap 1 when Joel Rust spun in turn 4. Van Deest didn't let it faze him as he maintain the lead through that caution and the other 2 cautions. one on lap 5 for Curt Hilmer in turn 1 & 2 and another one on lap 7 for Jade Robinson off top of turn 1 & 2. Van Deest still maintained the lead but on the restart he would have Luke Wanninger knocking on his back door. Wanninger would make the pass on lap 9 and go on to the win and get his first victory since August 20, 2008. Behind Wanninger was Scott Davis, Jake Strayer, Brad Iverson and Joel Bushore, Van Deest fell back to 6th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next for their 20 lap feature event. Tim Murty would lead the race from start to finish in the feature despite holding off many challengers and 4 cautions. The cautions came out on lap 3 for Larson blowing up in turn 3, on the restart for a bad restart, lap 9 for Adam Bolin and Tim Stevens spinning in turn 4 and lap 17 for Jay Noteboom because of Electrical problems. For Murty this would be his first win since June 16, 2006. Ryan Gustin in Older Brother Jimmy's Back-up car would finish 2nd, Scott Hogan came in 3rd, Jimmy Gustin in 4th and Troy Cordes in 5th.
Up Next was the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars for their 18 lap feature. Eric Flander would take the lead for the first 2 laps then Michael Jeannette took his shot at leading the next 2 laps before losing the lead to Dustin Smith. The only caution would come out on lap 11 when Trevor Titus and Dan Feltner spun in turn 2. Smith would go on and get his 7th win of the season at Marshalltown. Damon Murty, Jeff Wollam, Trent Murphy and Dave Atcher rounded out the top 5.
The Final Feature of the Night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks for their 12 lap feature. "Turbo" Terry Shaffar would go on and get his first win at Marshalltown since 2004, Shaffar would start 9th and take the lead from Josh Saunders on lap 4. Shaffar made have won but he would have to hold off challenges from Todd Reitzler. Behind Shaffar and Reitzler was Devin Smith, Eric Knutson and Michael Murphy.
Last on the evening was the 2nd Annual Modified Gambler Race slighted for 20 laps and $1000 to win winner take all race. Tim Murty looked to be cruising to the win in this race too but Youngster "Nitro" Nate Caruth would pass him on lap 4 and go on to the win despite a caution on lap 16 for Jimmy Gustin spinning in turn 4. Caruth would take the win and would be excited to pick up the money on the night, "Raymond Rocket" Troy Cordes would finish 2nd, "Showtime" Jon Snyder in 3rd, "Rocket" Ryan Gustin in 4th and Harris Clash Winner Jay Noteboom in 5th.
Racing action completed at 10:40pm. Next Friday Night will be the Americas Best Value Inn King of the Hill for the Stock Cars. Gates open at 5:30 with Hot Laps at 7 with races to follow at 7:30!
The first event of the night was the the fastor pastor event in which it saw the Redeemer Lutheran Church pastor Dan Johnson out distance New Hope Christian Church pastor Kerry Jech. Johnson was in the #19D Hobby Stock of Dustin Elliott and he thanked dustin in victory lane for letting him drive his car.
The first feature of the night was the Mod Lite/Dwarf Cars for their 15 lap feature. Three different lead changes would take place in the feature event before Tim Hennigar would make the pass on Joel Huggins on lap 7. Hennigar would make the pass on Huggins on the restart of the first of 2 cautions, the caution was for Brad Talbert spinning in turn 2. The second caution would come out on lap 11 for Mike Thomas spinning out in turn 2. Tim Hennigar would not let it faze him as he would go on and get his first win since August 15, 2008. Behind Hennigar was Mike Kennedy, Mike Morrill, Joel Huggins and Eric Hendrickson.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were up next for their 15 lap feature, for the first time this season there would be only 3 heats and no b-feature meaning all 25 cars started the race. The Racing Veteran from Conrad Duane Van Deest would take the lead on the start. the first caution came out on lap 1 when Joel Rust spun in turn 4. Van Deest didn't let it faze him as he maintain the lead through that caution and the other 2 cautions. one on lap 5 for Curt Hilmer in turn 1 & 2 and another one on lap 7 for Jade Robinson off top of turn 1 & 2. Van Deest still maintained the lead but on the restart he would have Luke Wanninger knocking on his back door. Wanninger would make the pass on lap 9 and go on to the win and get his first victory since August 20, 2008. Behind Wanninger was Scott Davis, Jake Strayer, Brad Iverson and Joel Bushore, Van Deest fell back to 6th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next for their 20 lap feature event. Tim Murty would lead the race from start to finish in the feature despite holding off many challengers and 4 cautions. The cautions came out on lap 3 for Larson blowing up in turn 3, on the restart for a bad restart, lap 9 for Adam Bolin and Tim Stevens spinning in turn 4 and lap 17 for Jay Noteboom because of Electrical problems. For Murty this would be his first win since June 16, 2006. Ryan Gustin in Older Brother Jimmy's Back-up car would finish 2nd, Scott Hogan came in 3rd, Jimmy Gustin in 4th and Troy Cordes in 5th.
Up Next was the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars for their 18 lap feature. Eric Flander would take the lead for the first 2 laps then Michael Jeannette took his shot at leading the next 2 laps before losing the lead to Dustin Smith. The only caution would come out on lap 11 when Trevor Titus and Dan Feltner spun in turn 2. Smith would go on and get his 7th win of the season at Marshalltown. Damon Murty, Jeff Wollam, Trent Murphy and Dave Atcher rounded out the top 5.
The Final Feature of the Night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks for their 12 lap feature. "Turbo" Terry Shaffar would go on and get his first win at Marshalltown since 2004, Shaffar would start 9th and take the lead from Josh Saunders on lap 4. Shaffar made have won but he would have to hold off challenges from Todd Reitzler. Behind Shaffar and Reitzler was Devin Smith, Eric Knutson and Michael Murphy.
Last on the evening was the 2nd Annual Modified Gambler Race slighted for 20 laps and $1000 to win winner take all race. Tim Murty looked to be cruising to the win in this race too but Youngster "Nitro" Nate Caruth would pass him on lap 4 and go on to the win despite a caution on lap 16 for Jimmy Gustin spinning in turn 4. Caruth would take the win and would be excited to pick up the money on the night, "Raymond Rocket" Troy Cordes would finish 2nd, "Showtime" Jon Snyder in 3rd, "Rocket" Ryan Gustin in 4th and Harris Clash Winner Jay Noteboom in 5th.
Racing action completed at 10:40pm. Next Friday Night will be the Americas Best Value Inn King of the Hill for the Stock Cars. Gates open at 5:30 with Hot Laps at 7 with races to follow at 7:30!
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