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.
