Well for once the weather would not be the question all day as it was sunny and great for racing although alot of drivers wouldn't agree with they way the night went. This night would start off with make-up features from July 23rd that rained out.
With that said the IMCA Sport Mods would resume their race from July 23rd with 2 laps down and Scott Simatovich leading. Simatovich would look to be pulling away but then a caution came out on lap 8 when Carter VanDenBerg spun in turn 4. Simatovich still continue to pace the field but then Cayden Carter would challenge for the top spot make the pass on lap 13 and shortly after Kyle Brown spun in turn 4 bring out the caution. Carter would be able to cruise to the win, his 4th feature win of the season at Marshalltown. Simatovich would take 2nd. Ryan Ashton was 3rd with Eric Flander in 4th, Fred Leytham would beat his son Gatlin for 5th.
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars would come out next for their make-up feature. Trevor Titus would take the early race lead and shortly after 1 lap was completed Rick Brown would stop in turn 2. Titus would have Tommy Thompson and Andy Bryant. Bryant would get a good restart and pass Titus on lap 3 for the lead. It looked as Bryant would be pulling away but here comes Dustin Smith, Smith would pass Bryant on lap 10. 2 cautions on lap 13 would be the only thing slowing Smith, the first caution was for Josh Hohensee and Robbie Merkle in turn 2, the 2nd caution was for Mike Jeannette and Jeff Wollam getting together in turn 4. Smith would cruise on to his 4th win of the season at Marshalltown. Bryant was 2nd, Trent Murphy was 3rd, Tommy Thompson was 4th and Steve Meyer was 5th.
Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks make-up feature, Brandon Brinton took the early lead but he would be passed by Clint Nelson on lap 3. After Nelson took the lead, Nic Shearer and Matt Sorenson would get together on the front stretch bring out the caution. Nelson would continue to lead until Calvin Dhondt would inherit the lead on lap 8 after Nelson experienced some kinda of problems. Dhondt would go on and take his 2nd win of the season at Marshalltown. Eric Larson, Michael Murphy, Eric Knutson and Josh Saunders.
The final make-up feature was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds. Kyle Krampe would lead early and lead the first 9 laps. The first caution came out on lap 4 though because Andrew Kinser would roll his modified off the top of turns 1&2 bring out the red flag. Krampe would experience troubles as well on lap 10 causing cars to slide off the top, Jon Snyder was able to save it but infortunately Josh Gilman would not be able to as he rolled his modified off the top of turn 3. Gustin wouldn't let that faze him as he would continue to lead the race but with 2 laps to go, Richie Gustin (Jimmy's Brother) would blow up in turn 3 & 4 and come to a stop on the front stretch. This caution would put Brett Ladehoff on his back bumper but again Gustin would not be fazed as he would go on and take his 2nd feature win of 2010 at Marshalltown. Ladehoff would finish 2nd with Jon Snyder, Denny Rosenberg and Rick Speck rounding out the top 5.
After all of those make-up features were complete they were followed by the heats and b-features in all classes including the Mod Lites. Once all of those were complete it was time for the regular features.
First up in the regular features was the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites. Joel Huggins would take the lead but after 1 lap was in the books James May, Johnny Mordock and Rick Taylor would get together, May and Mordock would roll but climb from their cars okay. Huggins would have his good buddy Eric Hendrickson on his back bumper on the restart but would get a good restart. The next 2 cautions came out on lap 4, first for Rick Taylor in turns 1&2 and then for 5K Kent Efkamp spinning in turn 1 and 51 Justin Efkamp on back stretch. Huggins would still have Hendrickson on his back bumper but Mike Morrill would get a good restart and begin to battle with Huggins. Huggins then would experience some problems as he shot hard toward the wall in turn 4 bring out the lead, that would hand the lead over to Morrill on lap 6. John Gardner III would also spin in turn 2. Morrill would have Tim Hennigar on his back bumper on the restart and look to hold him off but Morrill and Hennigar would battle for the top spot. Hennigar would take the lead on lap 10, only to have Morrill come back and take the lead on 11 but Hennigar would come back and take it on lap 12 and then take the final 3 laps and take the win, his 2nd win at Marshalltown this season. Morrill, Josh May, Eric Hendrickson and Dusty Masolini round out the top 5.
Before the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature, they would have 4 heats and a b-feature determine their field for the feature. Ryan Engelkes would lead the 1st lap but Curt Hilmer would take the lead from him the next lap. The first race caution came out on lap 3 when Zac Backer would spin in turns 1&2. Hilmer would continue to lead but then another caution came out on lap 8 when Nick Roberts and Shawn Simatovich got together in turn 2. On the restart, Hilmer would lose the lead to Brad Iverson. Iverson would take the lead mean while behind him Carter VanDenBerg and Curt Hilmer would get together in turn 4 and Geoff Olson had no where to go but into that. Iverson looked to be going away and take the win but Scott Davis would make the pass on lap 12 and take the win. The win would be the 3rd of the season at Marshalltown for Davis, Iverson was 2nd, Kyle Brown was 3rd, Jake Strayer was 4th and Jenae Gustin was 5th.
After that it was time for the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars for their 18 lap feature. Rick Brown would lead the first 8 laps but then caution would come out for Rob Schneider spinning out in turn 4 and that would bunch the field up. Dustin Smith, who restart 3rd would get a good restart and pass Jeff Wollam and then Rick Brown to take the lead and cruise to another win making it a clean sweep on the night for Smith as this would Smith's win #5 at Marshalltown in 2010. Wollam would get by Brown for 2nd, Dave Atcher would take 4th and Steve Meyer would get 5th.
In the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature. Birthday Boy aka Mo-Town Missile Brett Ladehoff would take the lead in the modified feature with the only thing slowing him was the caution on lap 3 when Scott Bash spun in turn 2. Ladehoff would go on and take the win on the night of his family business was the sponsor and also the night that would be his birthday. This feature would Ladehoff's 3rd feature win of the season at Marshalltown. Luke Wanninger, Joel Bushore, Jon Snyder and Todd Conrad was 2nd through 5th.
The final feature of the night was the 12 lap Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. Before 1 lap was completed Calvin Dhondt would spin in turn 4 bring out the caution. On the resart, Brandon Brinton would take the lead. Brinton would hold on to the lead until lap 6 when he was passed by Eric Larson. Another caution came out on lap 7 when Mike Anderson spun in turn 1. Larson and the field would see another lap completed and another caution when John Schuring would spin in turn 4. Larson would now have to battle with Devin Smith. Larson and Smith would door slam eachother and this would allow Michael Murphy to sneak by both of them and take the lead. Murphy would go on take his 1st win of 2010 at Marshalltown. Larson would cross the line in 2nd but was disqualified in post-race tech inspection meanwhile Smith would have a tire go down with 1 lap to go. Gene Nicklas would cross in 3rd but be promoted to 2nd. Rounding out the top 5 was Dustin Filloon, Jennifer Hulin and Devin Smith.
Racing came to an end at 11:30, not bad for a night that had make-up features and a regular program all in one.
Next Friday night though will be New Hope Christian Church Cardboard Classic/J&V Napa Auto Parts Racing Night plus Spectator Eliminators #2. Hot Laps at 6:45, Racing at 7!
Official Results
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1- 66F Eric Hendrickson
Heat 2- 57 Tim Hennigar
Heat 3- X50 Joel Huggins
Feature: 1. 57 Tim Hennigar 2. 6 Mike Morrill 3. 99 Josh May 4. 66F Eric Hendrickson 5. 8 Dusty Masolini 6. 95 Mike Kennedy 7. 4 Cliff Barber 8. 2 Bobby Harris 9. 20 Jeff Stensland 10. 5K Kent Efkamp 11. 41s Tim Sutherland 12. 14J John Gardner Jr 13. 51 Justin Efkamp 14. 4L Larry Sorenson DNF: X50 Joel Huggins, 9 Rick Taylor, 0B Colby Obermebt, 88 James May, 17 Johnny Mordock, 11 Mike Stoker
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Make-Up Feature: 1. 10 Cayden Carter 2. 40s Shawn Simatovich 3. 7R Ryan Ashton 4. 12 Eric Flander 5. 19F Fred Leytham 6. 19G Gatlin Leytham 7. 80 Jared Van Deest 8. 19J Jenae Gustin 9. 2G Geoff Olson 10. 81D Scott Davis 11. 9E Eric Elliott 12. 8 Brad Iverson 13. 20L Lauren Vis 14. 23JR Nick Roberts 15. 32N Neil Follett DNF: 2Z Zack Rawlins, 52E Ryan Engelkes, 21 Kyle Brown, 21J Jason Severance, 18J Jake Strayer, 7 Carter VanDenBerg, 777 Jayme Duinink, 26J Joel Rust, 7x Kris Law
Heat 1- 22H Curt Hilmer
Heat 2- 52E Ryan Engelkes
Heat 3- 19F Fred Leytham
Heat 4- 8 Brad Iverson
B-Feature (Top 4 transfer): 1. 19G Gatlin Leytham 2. 23JR Nick Roberts 3. 98 Bill Hildreth 4. 40s Shawn Simatovich 5. 505 Racer Hulin 6. 49G Leroy Groenendyk 7. 20L Lauren Vis 8. H1 Mark Hunziger 9. 21J Jason Severance 10. 937 Cody Moore 11. 4W Herbie Wilson DNS: 777 Jayme Duinink, T17 Tom Rawlins
Feature: 1. 81D Scott Davis 2. 8 Brad Iverson 3. 21 Kyle Brown 4. 18J Jake Strayer 5. 19J Jenae Gustin 6. 12 Eric Flander 7. 9E Eric Elliott 8. 92 Tyler Droste 9. 19F Fred Leytham 10. 19G Gatlin Leytham 11. 80 Jared Van Deest 12. 52E Ryan Engelkes 13. 2Z Zack Rawlins 14. 32N Neil Follett 15. 7 Carter VanDenBerg 16. 98 Bill Hildreth 17. 3 Stacey Clark DNF: 22H Curt Hilmer, 2G Geoff Olson, 23JR Nick Roberts, 40s Shawn Simatovich, 10 Cayden Carter, 7R Ryan Ashton, 7z Zac Becker
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars
Make-Up Feature: 1. 85 Dustin Smith 2. 77 Andy Bryant 3. 25 Trent Murphy 4. 72 Tommy Thompson 5. 94 Steve Meyer 6. 68 Josh Hohensee DNF: 59 Tracy Gienger, 3W Jeff Wollam, 54 Robbie Merkle, 93 Michael Jeannette, 36 Trevor Titus, 75 Rick Brown DNS: 52E Robert Engelkes, 287 Jon Emerson
Heat 1- 77 Andy Bryant
Heat 2- 75 Rick Brown
Heat 3- 85 Dustin Smith
Feature: 1. 85 Dustin Smith 2. 3W Jeff Wollam 3. 75 Rick Brown 4. 2 Dave Atcher 5. 94 Steve Meyer 6. 72 Tommy Thompson 7. 25 Trent Murphy 8. 77 Andy Bryant 9. 68 Josh Hohensee 10. 93 Michael Jeannette 11. 20X Gene Stigall 12. SR22 Shawn Anderson 13. 54 Robbie Merkle 14. 17S Rob Schneider 15. 20 Leroy Staub DNF: 59 Tracy Gienger, 60 Clay Deppe DNS: 36 Trevor Titus, 35 Donnie Boucher
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Make-Up Feature: 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin 2. 12X Brett Ladehoff 3. 69X Jon Snyder 4. 75 Denny Rosenberg 5. 32 Rick Speck 6. 10K Ronn Lauritzen DNF: 19G Richie Gustin, 21 David Brown, K1 Kyle Krampe, 83G Josh Gilman, 87 Joel Bushore, 20 Luke Wanninger, 12 Andrew Kinser, 19J Jay Schmidt, 14B Scott Bash, 83C Todd Conrad, 94 Fred Schimmels, 40RC Rod Clement, 2X Mike O'Lear DNS: 15X Scott Baker, 21C Riley Emmel, 19M Tim Murty
Heat 1- 19 Jimmy Gustin
Heat 2- 12X Brett Ladehoff
Heat 3- 20 Luke Wanninger
Feature: 1. 12X Brett Ladehoff 2. 20 Luke Wanninger 3. 87 Joel Bushore 4. 69X Jon Snyder 5. 83C Todd Conrad 6. 2X Mike O'Lear 7. K1 Kyle Krampe 8. 00C Chris Mills 9. 10K Ronn Lauritzen 10. 32 Rick Speck 11. 94 Fred Schimmels 12. 62 Greg Cox 13. 14B Scott Bash DNF: 75 Denny Rosenberg, 19 Jimmy Gustin, 40RC Rod Clement DNS: 49T Tim Stevens, 83G Josh Gilman, 12 Andrew Kinser, 19G Richie Gustin, 19J Jay Schmidt, 21 David Brown
Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks
Make-Up Feature: 1. 69 Calvin Dhondt 2. 20E Eric Larson 3. 25M Michael Murphy 4. 12K Eric Knutson 5. 81 Devin Smith 6. 52 Josh Saunders 7. 18V Mike Vibbard 8. 82 Jennifer Hulin 9. 29 Jake Nelson 10. 45 Russell Keefer 11. 3X Scott Durlin 12. 21 John Schuring 13. 6R Adam Rickett 14. 23G Dustin Tapp 15. 45D Matt Deaton 16. 01 John Clemens 17. 9R Matt Hedespeth 18. 44 Mike Anderson DNF: 51D Dustin Filloon, 4X Gary Pfantz, 86 Gene Nicklas, 24B Brandon Brinton, 43 Nic Shearer, 4M Matt Sorenson, 77M Mark Lamer DNS: 1BC Tony Cox
Heat 1- 82 Jennifer Hulin
Heat 2- 4X Gary Pfantz
Heat 3- 51D Dustin Filloon
Heat 4- 20E Eric Larson
B-Feature (Top 4 tranfer): 1. 69 Calvin Dhondt 2. 4M Matt Sorenson 3. 45D Matt Deaton 4. 44 Mike Anderson 5. 01 John Clemens DNS: 45 Russell Keefer, 4JR Russell Damme, 9R Matt Hedespeth, 27 Clint Nelson, 3X Scott Durlin, 43 Nic Shearer
Feature: 1. 25M Michael Murphy 2. 86 Gene Nicklas 3. 51D Dustin Filloon 4. 82 Jennifer Hulin 5. 81 Devin Smith 6. 18V Mike Vibbard 7. 77 Rod Grother 8. 69 Calvin Dhondt 9. 4X Gary Pfantz 10. 52 Josh Saunders 11. 77M Mark Lamer 12. 23G Dustin Tapp 13. 37G Jeff Gunderson 14. 1X Michael Peterson 15. 29 Jake Nelson 16. 4M Matt Sorenson 17. 45D Matt Deaton 18. 6R Adam Rickett DNF: 35T Terry Shaffar, 21 John Schuring, 24B Brandon Brinton, 44 Mike Anderson, 12K Eric Knutson DQ: 20E Eric Larson
