For the 2nd time this week the Marshalltown Speedway was in competition with great racing action. Tonight was Leytham Racing Night plus the IMCA Modifieds would run for $500 to win thanks to Clement Heating & Cooling and Rod Clement. 125 total cars signed in to do battle. 17 Mod Lites, 34 Sport Mods, 18 Stock Cars, 20 Modifieds, 25 Hobby Stocks, 11 Micro Mini Sprints.
The First Feature of the Night was the Iowa Micro Mini Sprints Series for their 10 lap feature. Ben Woods would jump out to the early race lead a lead he wouldn't give up despite a caution on lap 4 when the 27 car stop on the run off road. Woods would take the win, Dan Henning would take 2nd, May 21st Winner Brad Comergy was 3rd, Nathan Mills was 4th and Cody Sage was 5th.
Then it was time for the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites 15 lap feature. Before 1 lap was completed Ivan Guerra and Tim Sutherland would get together in turns 1 & 2, both ending on the hook with front end damage. When the race got going Joel "Huggie Bear" Huggins would jump to the lead and the only thing that would slow him down was the lap traffic but Huggins would go on and take the win. Jimmy May, Mike Kennedy, Colby Oberemebt and Eric Hendrickson would round out the top 5.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature was up next after 4 heats and b-features help determine the 24 cars for the feature. Nick Roberts would take the early lead from his pole position and look to be cruising away but then the caution came out on lap 9 when Johnny Williams stopped on the back stretch. On the restart Roberts would encounter some problems and pull in and hand the lead over to Scott Davis. Scott Davis would hold on to the top spot despite challenges by Kyle Brown and Jake Strayer. Davis took the wins, Brown was 2nd, Strayer was 3rd, Jared Van Deest and Jason Seaverance was 4th and 5th.
The Class "Too Tough To Tame" Aaaron's IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature. After having the start called back Steve Meyer would jump to the race lead from his 2nd row start. Meyer would do battle with Jeff Wollam for the lead but then would see Trent Murphy get by Wollam. The only caution came out on lap 5 when John Emerson and Andy Miller got together in turn 1. On the restart, Meyer would have Murphy on his back bumper. It would take Murphy 4 laps to get by Meyer but would do so on lap 9, Dustin Smith would now join the fun of Murphy, Meyer and Wollam. Murphy would go on and take the win, Smith would pass Meyer and Wollam with a few laps to go and go on and take 2nd. Meyer would take 3rd with Wollam in 4th and Dave Atcher would get 5th.
In the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature, "Motown Missile" Brett Ladehoff would take the race lead right away. After 1 lap was completed a caution would come out for Jimmy Gustin, Luke Wanninger and Todd Conrad getting together in turn 2, Gustin and Wanninger would stay moving, Conrad would end up on the hook. Ladehoff would get a good restart and begin to cruise away but then on lap 9 another caution came out, this one was for the Andrew Kinser spinning in turns 3 & 4. Ladehoff would have Jay Schmidt on his back bumper but would get a good restart again and pull away, only to see another caution come out on lap 14 for Rod Clement driving hard of turns 3 & 4. On the restart Ladehoff and Schmidt would battle for the lead, Ladehoff would race the bottom and Schmidt highside. Ladehoff would take the win with Schmidt in 2nd. Adam Larson, Richie Gustin and Scott Simatovich rounded out the top 5.
The final feature of the night was the Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature. Before 1 lap was completed, Adam Rickett would spin in turn 2, Pete Hutzel and Mark Lamer would get together in turn 2. When the race got going, Dustin Filloon would take the early lead but his lead was short lived as he was passed by Aaron Rudolph on lap 4, Rudolph would have to hold off late race challenges by Devin Smith and Eric Knutson for the win but would do so. Rudolph got the win, Knutson was 2nd, Smith was 3rd, Josh Saunders was 4th and Matthew Hudsepeth was 5th.
Races came to an end at 10:35pm. Next Friday Night will Corner Tap/RJ's Lounge Budweiser Night at the Races, hope to see you there!
