What a way to kick of the "Month of Money" at the Marshalltown Speedway then with a make-up rescheduled Deery Brother Summer Series race for the IMCA Late Models and their annual Miller Lite 50 sponsored by H&F Distributing of Marshalltown. Also joining in on the fun was the IMCA Sport Mods and thanks to Kellogg Lawn and Snow they would run for $500 to win, the Mod Lites would run for $250 to win and the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks for their first of 3 appearances at Marshalltown in September for $250 to win.
The drivers and fans would be treated with a very racy race track that would bring excitement throughout the evening. A total of 79 cars signed in the pits on this tuesday night at motown, 23 sport mods, 30 late models, 15 dwarf cars, 11 dirt trucks. The Sport Mods were running for IMCA points only, Dwarf Cars were running for MADCRA points and the dirt trucks were running for Dirt Truck Racing Associaton Points.
The first feature of the night was the Mod Lite/Dwarf Cars for 15 laps. Dusty Masolini and Jeff Stensland would start on the front row but Tim Hennigar would take the race lead and go on to win in the green-to-checkered feature event. This was Hennigars 2nd win of the season at motown. Mike Morrill, who started 9th would end up 2nd. Others rounding out the top 5 were Randy Bryan, he started 8th, Joel Huggins and Johnny Mordock.
Up Next was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks for their first of 3 appearances at the 1/4 mile with their 15 lap feature event. Ed Nelson and Brian Murray would lead the field to the green. Murray would take the lead on the first lap but Nelson would make the pass on lap 2. The only caution came out on lap 4 when Bob Murray spun around on the backstretch after the 1 of Bryan Nevins Jr would make contact with him, both of them were sent to the tail. Nelson would go on and cruise to the victory. Brian Murray would hold on to 2nd despite challenges from Bret Moyer. Carl Moyer would come home in 4th and Rick Clark in 5th.
The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods then would come out for 18 laps. Austin Kaplan and Curt Hilmer would sit on the front row. Kaplan would jump to the lead and look to be cruising away with the win but then a caution on lap 9 would come out when Gaitlin Leytham stop on the backstretch. On the restart, Kaplan would have to do battles with Scott Davis and Kevin Sather. Davis would make the pass on Kaplan on lap 12, Sather would try to follow suit but would get together with Kaplan and spin in turn 1 on lap 13 bring out another caution. Davis would go on to the win, his 3rd of the season in motown. Kaplan would end up 2nd, Sather would finish 10th. Luke Wanninger was 3rd, Zach Rawlins was 4th and Geoff Olson was 5th.
The final feature of the night was the main event, the "Miller Lite 50" for the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models. 30 cars signed in so 4 heats, 2 b features, 3 deery provisionals and 1 hard charger provisional would be used to determine the field of 24 cars. "The River City Hustler" Ray Guss Jr and Rob Toland would lead the field to the green flag. Guss would jump to the race lead. The first caution came out on lap 4 when the 12J TJ Criss would spin in turn 2. Guss would maintain the lead and had times would have a straightaway lead but then cautions would bunch up the field again when a caution came out on lap 28 when Justin Kay would come to a stop on the run off road and then on lap 31 for debris in turn 4.
Guss continued to lead, meanwhile hard charging deery series point leader Jeff Aikey was making his way through the field. The next caution would come out on lap 37 for debris in turn 1. Guss and Aikey would begin to battle it out, Guss on the bottom and Aikey right on the cushion. Aikey would take over the lead on lap 40 official and be scored as the leader the next few laps even though him and Guss was side-by-side. 2 more cautions would fall 1 on lap 41 when Corey Zeitner spun in turn 2 and then lap 43 when Craig Jacobs spun in turn 2. Aikey still continued to lead and him and Guss continued to battle side-by-side. As the field was coming to get the flying green with 2 to go, Aikey jumped the cushion in turns 3 & 4 handing the lead back over to Guss. Guss would take the win, his 4th deery series win of the season. Point Leader Jeff Aikey would get 2nd. Todd Cooney and Terry Neal, each moved up 9 spots to finish 3rd and 4th, Jason Frankel moved up 13 spots to finish 5th.
The Month of Money continues this friday at the Marshalltown Speedway with the Larry Wollam Season Championship Night with Driver Introductions and Australian Prusuit races. Gates Open at 5:30, Hot Laps at 7 and Racing at 7:30. Then the track takes a week off for super nationals but will be back in action on Friday and Saturday September 18th and 19th with the 3rd Annual Havoc on the High Banks. IMCA Modifieds run for $1000 to win each night and will be 2010 Fastshaft All-Star Invitational Qualifers, IMCA Stock Cars for $500 to win, IMCA Sport Mods for $400 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks for $300 to win and Mod Lites for $250 to win. $200 Dash for Cash races for the Stock cars on Friday and Modifieds on Saturday. The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks will also be back to race for $250 to win on Saturday September 19th. Then the season finale at Marshalltown will be the Oktemberfest City Festival race on Sunday September 27th, with the Modifieds going topless. Also running will be the Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, B-Mods and Mod Lites running IMCA/USRA rules. For More information check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/
Meanwhile the Deery Brothers Summer Series season continues this weekend with 3 events in 3 days. First on Saturday at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson when they have their "Drive for Five" Finale. Then its off to Quincy, Illinois and the Quincy Raceway for the Annual Labor Day Weekend 50 Lapper, then they all make the quick turn around and head to Boone, Iowa to kick off the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals. The Deery Series will then wrap up with the J&J Steel/Ideal Ready Mix Pepsi USA Late Model Nationals on September 18th and 19th in 34 raceway. For More information check out http://www.imca.com/
My adventures continue at Motown on Friday for Season Championship Night then the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Saturday at the Iowa Speedway and the Boone on Monday for the Deery Show. Hopefully more nights to come from super nationals will happen as well.
