We were back to the "High Banks" of Marshalltown for some great racing action on Budweiser Night at the Races. We would see a good field of cars sign in the pits. We had a total of 119 race cars, 21 Mod Lites, 33 Sport Mods, 14 Stock Cars, 22 Modifieds and 29 Hobby Stocks.
In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites 15 lap feature, Colby Oberemebt would take the early race lead but Dusty Masolini would grab the top spot a lap later. Then our first race caution when Ivan Guerra would break something in the front end and go off the backstretch into the dirt pile. Masolini would continue to lead but the field would see the caution come out a lap or two later when Tim Sutherland would spin in turn 2. Masolini would still maintain the top spot but Josh May would be reeling him in, it took until lap 8 for May to reel in Masolini and lap traffic would be a factor this would allow May to make the move and pass on Masolini on lap 9. On lap 11 another caution came out for Travis Stensland spinning on the backstretch, the last caution came out for Eric Hendrickson spun on the front stretch. May wouldn't allow those cautions affect him as he would cruise on to the win, Tim Hennigar would slip by Masolini for 2nd. Masolini was 3rd, Mike Kennedy and Mike Morrill was 4th and 5th.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods had 33 cars sign in so it took 4 heats and a b-feature to determine the field down to 24 cars for their 15 lap feature. Well the initial start would be called back then when we would get going Shawn Simatovich spun in turn 2 bringing out the yellow again before 1 lap was in the books. So we would try it again or so we thought as 10 cars would spin out in turn 1 & 2 bringing out the yellow again. When we got going finally, Nick Roberts would take the lead, he look to be pulling away while Scott Davis was making his way through the field. Davis would catch up to Roberts just as the caution came out on lap 7 when Brett Moffitt was spun out in turn 2 by Kyle Brown, Brown was black flagged for Rough Driving and came in the pits hot and crashed into the safety fence. Mean while on the restart, Roberts would continue to lead but Davis would make the pass for the lead on lap 10. Shortly after Davis took the lead the caution came out for debris in turn 1. Davis and the field would see another caution a lap later for debris in turn 2. Davis would go on and get his 2nd win in as many weeks. Nick Roberts, Jason Seaverance, Eric Flander and Gatlin Leytham round out the top 5.
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, John Emerson would take the lead early as he was 3 wheeling his stock car through the turns. Steve Meyer would pass Emerson on lap 4 for the lead. Meyer would look to be cruising on to the win but then a caution on lap 7 for Trevor Titus spinning in turn 4 then 3 laps later for Tracy Gienger in turn 1. Meyer however would not be able to hold off Dustin Smith, who started 13th, on lap 16. Smith would go on and take the win, Meyer would take 2nd. Trent Murphy, Rick Brown and Tommy Thompson was 3rd throught 5th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature, would see the "Mo'town Missile" Brett Ladehoff take off right were he left off and that was out front as he would lead early. On Lap 2, we would see our only caution which resulted in a red flag as Daniel Hilsabeck stopped on the front stretch and everybody else was trying to advoid hitting him they ran out of room pushing Scott Simatovich up into Hilsabeck. Simatovich then would run on the front stretch, Simaotvich would be okay. For the remainder of the race, Ladehoff and Richie Gustin would battle for the lead. Gustin would pass for the lead on the restart and look to be pulling away but Ladehoff wouldn't let him get away and reeled Gustin in again. Ladehoff lead lap 15, Gustin lap 16 through 18. Then a lap car would get in the way of the leaders, Ladehoff would chose the right lane and make the pass on Gustin for the win. Finishing behind Ladehoff and Gustin was Jimmy Gustin, Jon Snyder and Mike O'Lear.
In the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks, they would see 4 heats and a b-feature get the field down to 24 cars. One major event happen in the b-feature as Jake Nelson went in to turn 3 on the 2nd lap he went up into a big fireball and the whole transmission blew out of the car, he would be okay. In the 12 lap feature now Vince Buchholz would take the lead and look to be cursing away for the win but then the only race caution came out on lap 8 when Calvin Dhondt stopped in turn 4 with a flat tire. Buchholz would hold on to the top spot for a couple more laps but on lap 11, Devin Smith would make the pass coming out of turn 2 and go on and take the win. Buchholz was 2nd, Dustin Filloon was 3rd, Todd Reitzler was 4th and Josh Saunders rounded out the top 5.
Racing action came to an end at 11. Another good night of racing action at Marshalltown. For complete results check out Marshalltown Speedway's website!
