We would have a 101 race cars sign in to do battle on KMJ Performance Night at the Races. On this night not only would we have great racing action but we would also have to dodge the rain drops of mother nature. All the races were completed despite rain drops coming down and lightening to the north.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites 15 lap feature was up first but before the field was able to complete a lap a car would go around in turn 4. When the race got going it was Travis Stensland taking the early lead but that would be short lived as Josh May would take over the lead on lap 3 and shortly after the yellow would come out for a couple of cars spinning. May wouldn't let that bother him but this would only begin the battle as he would have Mike Morrill on his back bumper on the restart. The final race caution came out on lap 9 for a car spinning in turn 4 but May would continue to get good restarts and go on and take the win with Morrill, Andy Hennigar, Joel Huggins and Dusty Masolini in spots 2nd through 5th.
After 4 heats and a b-feature the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods were dwindle down to 24 cars from the 30 signed in for their 15 laps. It would be this feature that mother nature would try to make her presence first. Jayme Duinink would lead the first lap only to have Nick Roberts take the top spot. The first caution came out on lap 4 for a car losing the handle in turn 2. Roberts would still be able to control the field and lead until lap 9 when Cayden Carter would make the pass.
Carter would see the yellow come out on lap 12 three times, first for a car in turn 4 and debris, second for himself blowing up in turn 4, third time for a couple of cars in turn 2. With Carter blowing up that would hand the lead over to Beau Kaplan. Kaplan's lead was short lived as Kyle Brown would make the pass on the white flag lap and take the win. Kaplan was 2nd, Tyler Droste was 3rd, Racer Hulin was 4th and Scott Davis was 5th.
In the Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature it was Rob Schneider would lead lap 1. Jay Schmidt would make the pass on lap 2 for the lead and a lap later the first of 3 cautions would come for a car going around in turn 4. Schmidt would then begin to pull away but would see the caution come out on lap 7 for a couple of cars in turn 3 & 4 which resulted in Trent Murphy rolling his car off the top. Schmidt and the field would again see the caution come out 3 laps later and this would put Brian Irvine on Schmidt's bumper. Irvine would live up to "Flyin Brian" as he would get by Schmidt on lap 11 and pull away, Schmidt took 2nd. Donavon Smith was 3rd, Michael Jaennette was 4th, Kevin Rose was 5th.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds were up next for their 20 lap feature. "Toddzilla" Todd Shute would lead the first lap but it was "Showtime" Jon Snyder would make the pass on lap 2. Snyder would have to worry about the cautions coming out on lap 5 and 6 for a couple cars going around in turn 2. Snyder would then have to worry about Adam Larson and Jimmy Gustin. Larson would make the pass on Snyder on lap 7 and the only thing that would slow him down was a caution on lap 10 for Josh Truman catching fire and coming to a stop in turn 4 which also collected Rick Speck. Larson took the win and was followed by Gustin, Snyder, David Brown and Joel Bushore.
The final feature on the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks for 12 laps and this feature would bring a lot excitement that included at times 3 and 4 wide racing. Scott Durlin leading the first lap but his lead would be short as he was passed by Tony Cox on lap 2. Brandon Brinton would make the pass on Cox for the lead on lap 4 and shortly after the yellow came out 2 twice on lap 4 for a couple of cars spinning around. On the restart it was Eric Knutson taking the lead from Brinton and shortly after that happened a couple of cars came to a stop in turn 2. Knutson would go on and win back-to-back weeks. Durlin, Michael Murphy, Donavon Nunnikhoven and Kevin Fee finished 2nd through 5th.
The final checkered flag flew at 10:15pm putting end to KMJ Performance Night at the Races.
Next Friday Night will be the Annual Cliff Chambers Memorial with Pits Opening at 5:15p, Grandstands at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:45p and Racing at 7:30p. That will only start the busy week as Tuesday May 17th the Deery Brothers Summer Series comes to town for their Miller Lite 50 also racing will be the Mod Lites, Sport Mods and Dirt Trucks.
Official Results
KMJ Performance Night
Marshalltown Speedway
May 6th, 2011
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1- 99 Josh May
Heat 2- 82 Charlie Brown
Feature
1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto,IA)
2. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona, IA)
3. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny, IA)
4. X50 Joel Huggins (Pleasant Hill, IA)
5. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines, IA)
6. 0B Colby Oberembt (Adel, IA)
7. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone, IA)
8. 88 James May (DeSoto, IA)
9. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada, IA)
10. 2D Adam Davis (Center Point, IA)
11. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada, IA)
12. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls, IA)
13. 23 Michael Parcel
DNS: 64 Randy Bryan (Story City, IA)
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1- 22H Curt Hilmer
Heat 2- 19G Gatlin Leytham
Heat 3- 11 Beau Kaplan
Heat 4- 81D Scott Davis
B-Feature (Top 4 Transfer) -
1. 21J Jason Severance
2. 8 Brad Iverson
3. 72 Brett Lowry
4. 80 Jared Van Deest
5. 4W Herbie Wilson (Marshalltown, IA)
6. 7Z Zac Becker (Waterloo, IA)
7. 3 Stacey Clark (Stanhope, IA)
8. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beamon, IA)
9. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
10. 12X Matt Moore (Ottumwa, IA)
Feature
1. 21 Kyle Brown (Kellogg, IA)
2. 11 Beau Kaplan (Ankeny, IA)
3. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo, IA)
4. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel, IA)
5. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid, IA)
6. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
7. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin, IA)
8. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center, IA)
9. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton, IA)
10. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma, IA)
11. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone, IA)
12. 7+ Jared Timmerman (Norwalk, IA)
13. 21J Jason Severance (Grundy Center, IA)
14. 7 Carter Vandenberg (Oskaloosa, IA)
15. 83 Dane Larson (Ames, IA)
16. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown, IA)
17. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Marshalltown, IA)
18. 12 Eric Flander (Barnes City, IA)
19. 10 Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa, IA)
20. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg, IA)
21. 8 Brad Iverson (Grinnell, IA)
22. 80 Jared Van Deest (Grundy Center, IA)
23. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella, IA)
24. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart, IA)
Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1- 17S Rob Schneider
Heat 2- 35 Donavon Smith
Heat 3- 93 Michael Jaennette
Feature
1. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein, IA)
2. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama, IA)
3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City, IA)
4. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton, IA)
5. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo, IA)
6. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton, IA)
7. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA)
8. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown, IA)
9. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley, IA)
10. 72 Tommy Thompson (Marshalltown, IA)
11. 24 Eric Brown (Boone, IA)
12. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell, IA)
13. 20L Lauren Vis (LeGrand, IA)
14. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown, IA)
15. 17S Rob Schneider (Marshalltown, IA)
16. 20 Leroy Staub (Newton, IA)
17. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson, IA)
18. 31S Paul Sheperd (Marengo, IA)
19. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center, IA)
DNS: 29 Dean Everts (Parkersburg, IA)
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1- 5 Todd Shute
Heat 2- 83C Todd Conrad
Feature
1. 2L Adam Larson (Ames, IA)
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
3. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames, IA)
4. 21 David Brown (Kellogg, IA)
5. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone, IA)
6. 10K Ronn Laurtizen (Jesup, IA)
7. 83C Todd Conrad (Center Point, IA)
8. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter, IA)
9. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown, IA)
10. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes, IA)
11. 47 Josh Truman (Indianola, IA)
12. 32 Rick Speck (Garwin, IA)
13. 49T Tim Stevens (Cedar Rapids, IA)
14. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown, IA)
15. 25T Duane Peterson (Eldora, IA)
16. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines, IA)
DNS: 21EH Davin Emmel (Estevan, SK)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1- 12K Eric Knutson
Heat 2- 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
Heat 3- 24B Brandon Brinton
Feature
1. 12K Eric Knutson (Huxley, IA)
2. 3X Scott Durlin (State Center, IA)
3. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson, IA)
4. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully, IA)
5. 52X Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA)
6. 18V Mike Vibbard (Liscomb, IA)
7. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada, IA)
8. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg, IA)
9. 20E Eric Larson (Holland, IA)
10. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown, IA)
11. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo, IA)
12. 86 Eugene Nicklas (Malcolm, IA)
13. 07 Jacob Keiser (Marengo, IA)
14. 3 Matt Hudespeth (Ames, IA)
15. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton, IA)
16. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton, IA)
17. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone, IA)
18. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton, IA)
19. 6R Adam Rickett (Marshalltown, IA)
20. 51D Dustin Filloon (Toledo, IA)
