Well for once mother nature would give us great weather and not even be in question. This night would bring a lot of racing action on the high banked quarter mile. We had a few added races on the the night the Mini Sprints and the Modified gambler race.
First out on the speedway for their feature was the Iowa Mini Sprint Series Mini Sprints for 12 lap. Before 1 lap was completed the caution would come out as one car rolled in turn 4. Russ Prather took the early race lead but he would hand over that lead to Ben Woods and the only thing slowing him down was lap traffic. Woods took the win, Prather was 2nd, Dan Beerends was 3rd, Dan Henning was 4th and Steven Gifford was 5th.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites were up next for 15 laps. Ivan Guerra would take the lead and lead the first 4 laps but then a yellow came out when Bobby Harris, Dusty Masolini and Colby Obermebt got together in turn 2. On the restart Guerra would have to deal with Mike Kennedy and Tim Hennigar. Kennedy would make the pass on Guerra and take the lead and cruise on to the victory despite challenges from Tim Hennigar, who got by Guerra as well. Kennedy goes on and take win #3 at Marshalltown this year, Hennigar was 2nd, Guerra was 3rd, 4th and 5th was Mike Morrill and Josh May.
The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods took 4 heats and 2 b-features to dwindle the field down to 24 cars for their 15 lap feature. Jayme Duinink would jump out to the early race lead only to see a caution come out on lap 1 when Ryan Ashton, Zack Rawlins and Neil Follett all get together in turn 2. Duinink would continue to hold the top spot but on lap 4 Jenae Gustin would make the pass on Duinink and take over the lead. Gustin would set her sights on the feature win, the only thing that slowed it was a debris caution on lap 13. Gustin would go on and take her first career IMCA Sport Mod Feature. Tyler Droste, Cayden Carter, Carter VanDenBerg and Scott Davis was 2nd through 5th.
Normally up next would be the IMCA Stock Cars but tonight the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds would come out for their 20 lap feature. Kyle Krampe would jump to the lead but just after 2 laps were completed their would 2 cautions, first caution was for Creston Williams in turn 2 and the second caution was for Rod Clement, Adam Larson, Dave Pries and Vern Jackson in turn 4. Krampe would continue to set the pace and continue to lead we would then see 2 more cautions come out on lap 5, first for Jimmy Gustin in turn 1 and then for debris on the front stretch. Krampe would still not let them faze him but he and the field would see another caution on lap 10 for Danny Fetters going off the top of turn 4. On the restart, it appeared that Luke Wanninger got a good start but he would be docked 2 spots next caution for jumping the start, Jon Snyder would get by Krampe on lap 15 and be the official leader. On lap 16, Brett Ladehoff, Jason Murray and Jay Schmidt would get together. Ladehoff walked away, Schmidt was okay but ended on the hook and Murray was taken out of the car and taken to the Marshalltown Medical Surgical Center for further observations, he was responsive with the medical staff though.
On the restart, Snyder would pull away and lead the final 4 laps and take his 2nd win of the season at Marshalltown. Mike O'Lear, Jimmy Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen and Luke Wanninger was 2nd through 5th.
Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks would take 3 heats and a b-feature to dwindle the field down to 24 cars. Clint Nelson would take the lead and never look back despite challenges by Scott Durlin and a caution on lap 4. The caution was for Russell Keefer spinning in turn 4. Nelson would go on and take his first win of the year, Durlin would get 2nd. Michael Murphy, Eric Knutson and Devin Smith was 3rd through 5th.
In the Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars, John Emerson would take the early race lead but Dave Atcher would quickly make it a battle and Emerson bobbled on lap 3 allowing Atcher to slip on by Emerson. Atcher would lead but then the first race caution came out on lap 5 when Robbie Merkle and Robert Engelkes spun in turn 3 & 4, Merkle kept going. On the restart, Atcher's attempt to hold of Dustin Smith would fail as Smith would pass Atcher on lap 6 and go on and take the win despite a caution on lap 14 for Donnie Boucher in turn 4. The win would be Smith's 6th win in a row and 8th win of the year at Marshalltown. Dave Atcher was 2nd, "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty was 3rd, Trent Murphy was 4th and Mike Van Genderen was 5th.
The final event of the night was the Modified Gambler Race for 15 Laps. Kyle Krampe would lead the first lap but Jon Snyder would not be denied the sweep and pass Krampe on lap 2. Adam Larson would take 2nd, Mike Jergens was 3rd, Kyle Krampe was 4th and Josh Gilman was 5th.
Racing came to an end at 11:15p. Next week will be action packed as on Tuesday Night the USMTS come to town for Karsyn's Krusaders Dirt Madness at Marshalltown also racing is the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Stock Cars, Sport Mods (IMCA type rules), Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks and Mod Lites then its back to the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday for the Annual Larry Wollam Season Championship Night.
Unofficial Results
Iowa Mini Sprints Series
Heat 1- 92 Russ Prather
Heat 2- 11B Ben Woods
Feature
1. 11B Ben Woods
2. 92 Russ Prather
3. 16 Dan Beerends
4. 41L Dan Henning
5. 90 Steven Gifford
6. 12 Colin Smith
7. 14 Ryan Repp
8. 77 Alan Comergys
9. 80x Cody Sage
10. 79 Mike Wailey
11. 27 Robert Little
12. 14x Randy DeGoey
13. 76 Brad Comegys
DNF: 2K Garrett Alexander
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1- 10 Ivan Guerra
Heat 2- 99 Josh May
Feature
1. 95 Mike Kennedy
2. 57 Tim Hennigar
3. 10 Ivan Guerra
4. 6 Mike Morrill
5. 99 Josh May
6. x50 Joel Huggins
7. 5 Troy Hudson (DC5 of Dave Scandrett)
8. 88 James May
9. 64 Randy Bryan
10. 8 Dusty Masolini
11. 66F Eric Hendrickson
12. 41S Tim Sutherland
13. 33R DJ Robinson
14. 4L Larry Sorenson
DNF:
0B Colby Obermebt
2 Bobby Harris
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- T17 Tom Rawlins
Heat 2- 81D Scott Davis
Heat 3- 19G Gatlin Leytham
Heat 4- 777 Jayme Duinink
B Feature 1 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 12 Eric Flander
2. 2G Geoff Olson
3. 9X Austin Lucas
4. 52E Ryan Engelkes
5. 8 Brad Iverson
6. 7V Dale Vanderwall
7. 81 Jesse Belez
8. CH19 Colby Heishman
B Feature 2 (Top 2 transfer)
1. 21 Kyle Brown
2. 7+ Jared Timmerman
3. 937 Cody Moore
4. 98 Bill Hildreth
5. 19F Fred Leytham
DNS:
40S Shawn Simatovich
24R Adam Robinson
57R Ryan King
Feature
1. 19J Jenae Gustin (1st career win)
2. 92 Tyler Droste
3. 10 Cayden Carter
4. 7 Carter VanDenBerg
5. 81D Scott Davis
6. 23JR Nick Roberts
7. 21 Kyle Brown
8. 777 Jayme Duinink
9. 80 Jared Van Deest
10. 20L Lauren Vis
11. 9E Eric Elliott
12. 3L Clint Luellen
13. 7+ Jared Timmerman
14. T17 Tom Rawlins
15. 2G Geoff Olson
16. 32N Neil Follett
17. 12 Eric Flander
DNF:
3 Stacy Clark
4W Herbie Wilson
7R Ryan Ashton
18J Jake Strayer
19G Gatlin Leytham
2z Zack Rawlins
7V Dale Vanderwall
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1- 83C Todd Conrad
Heat 2- 69X Jon Snyder
Heat 3- 19 Jimmy Gustin
Modified Gambler Race:
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 2L Adam Larson
3. 37 Mike Jergens
4. K1 Kyle Krampe
5. 83G Josh Gilman
6. 19G Richie Gustin
7. 7N Jay Noteboom
8. 2X Mike O'Lear
9. 26 Danny Fetters
DNF:
19 Jimmy Gustin
2o Luke Wanninger
DNS:
5 Todd Shute
12x Brett Ladehoff
15M Jason Murary
Feature
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 2X Mike O'Lear
3. 19 Jimmy Gustin
4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
5. 20 Luke Wanninger
6. 2L Adam Larson
7. 7N Jay Noteboom
8. 83G Josh Gilman
9. 98 Jason Snyder
10. K1 Kyle Krampe
11. 37 Mike Jergens
12. 32 Rick Speck
DNF:
12X Brett Ladehoff
15M Jason Murray (driver's side hit hard)
19J Jay Schmidt
83C Todd Conrad
26 Danny Fetters
5 Todd Shute
21 David Brown
D27 Dave Pries (Indiana)
19G Richie Gustin
64 Vern Jackson
4oRC Rod Clement
43 Creston Williams
Junction Bar & Grille IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- 27 Clint Nelson
Heat 2- 3x Scott Durlin
Heat 3- 12K Eric Knutson
B-Feature (Top 3 transfer)
1. 24B Brandon Brinton
2. 6R Adam Rickett
3. 69 Calvin Dhondt
4. 21 John Schuring
5. 45D Matt Deaton
DNS:
35T Terry Shaffar
01 John Clemens
00 Kaylen Fitzgerald
Feature
1. 27 Clint Nelson
2. 3X Scott Durlin
3. 25M Michael Murphy
4. 12K Eric Knutson
5. 81 Devin Smith
6. 22R Todd Reitzler
7. 52 Josh Saunders
8. 4X Gary Pfantz
9. 1BC Tony Cox
10. 82 Jennifer Hulin
11. 20E Eric Larson
12. 51D Dustin Fillooon
13. 18V Mike Vibbard
14. 37G Jeff Gunderson
15. 47 Scott Pippert
16. 69 Calvin Dhondt
17. 29 Jake Nelson
18. 6R Adam Rickett
19. 24B Brandon Brinton
20. 4JR Russell Damme
21. 77M Mark Lamer
DNF:
38R Aaron Rudolph
43 Nic Shearer
Aaron's IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1- 36 Trevor Titus
Heat 2- 52E Robert Engelkes
Heat 3- 287 John Emerson
Feature
1. 85 Dustin Smith
2. 2 Dave Atcher
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 25 Trent Murphy
5. 57V Mike Van Genderen
6. 94 Steve Meyer
7. 75 Rick Brown
8. 77 Andy Bryant
9. 72 Tommy Thompson
10. 93 Michael Jeannette
11. 3W Jeff Wollam
12. 22K Kevin Rose
13. 54 Robbie Merkle
14. 17AJ Joe Luethje
15. 36 Trevor Titus
16. 02 Mike Goldsberry
17. 287 Jon Emerson
18. 20 Leroy Staub
19. 52E Robert Engelkes
DNF:
60 Clay Deppe
35 Donnie Boucher
90 Justin Hartgers
