After a week off it was back to racing at the high-banked Marshalltown Speedway on Arnold Motor Supply Mid-Season Championship and KMJ Performance Night at the Races. We had 90 cars signed in to do battle including 21 year old Zach Hensley from Green River, Wyoming. The amazing story here is Hensley was born without legs and was told he wouldn't make it this long and his father told him if he graduated high school he would get him a race car so thats where we are as it was great to see this amazing story.
On to the racing action up first for their feature event was the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites for 15 laps. After the intial start being called back it was Tim Hennigar taking the lead. Josh May would make the pass on Hennigar on lap 4 for the lead and shortly after that the caution flag would wave but it was Josh May taking advantage on the restart and going on to the win, Hennigar would end up 2nd. Finishing behind May and Hennigar was Mike Morrill, James May and Joel Huggins.
Next up was the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hoby Stocks for 12 laps. Rookie Brice Udelhoven would lead the first lap but shortly after the completion of lap 1 we woul see the yellow fly as Jennifer Hulin and Eric Larson would both go off turn 2. On the restart it was Gary Pfantz taking the lead but his lead would be short lived as Michael Murphy would make the pass on lap 5 and go on and take the win. Kevin Fee was 2nd, Pfantz ended up 3rd, Eric Knutson got 4th and Josh Saunders came home in 5th.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature was up next but only after 4 heats and a b-feature help dwindle the field down to 24 cars. DJ Robinson would take the early race lead but then 2 caution flags came out, first one on lap 5 and then on lap 6. Robinson would still remain the lead but on the restart of the 2nd caution, Scott Davis would make the pass and that would end up as the winning pass on lap 7 as Davis would go on to the win. Cayden Carter started 12th and end up 2nd, Carter Vandenberg was 3rd, Fred Leytham was 4th and Jake Strayer was 5th.
In the Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, we would see why this class is known as the "Class To Tough To Tame" because this feautre would go green-to-checkered. Trevor Titus would lead the first 6 laps before Jay Schmidt would make the pass for the lead on lap 7. Schmidt would then deal with lap traffic and this would open the door for Trent Murphy. Murphy would make the pass for the lead on lap 14 and take the win joining his younger brother Michael in victory lane. Jay Schmidt would end up 2nd, Damon Murty got 3rd, Curt Hook was 4th and Jeff Wollam was 5th.
The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature. "Toddzilla" Todd Shute would lead the first 9 laps but Jon Snyder would use the high line and make the pass for the lead. Snyder would start to pull away but then 2 cautions would come out, first on lap 14 for Andrew Kinser losing the handle and then on lap 18 for Todd Shute losing the handle in turn 1. Snyder would not let the cautions bother him as he would prove why his nickname is "Showtime" as he would go on to the victory. Adam Larson, Ronn Lauritzen, Jimmy Gustin and Josh Truman would round out the top 5.
Racing action came to and end at 9:56pm. Next Friday will be Clement Heating and Cooling Night and fans can get in for $5 grandstand admission if they say "Clement Heating and Cooling" at the ticket booth. Along with the IMCA Modifieds will run for $500 to win and we will have the Spectator Eliminator Races as well. Hot Laps at 6:45p and Racing at 7:30p.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1 - 6 Mike Morrill
Heat 2 - 99 Josh May
Feature
1. 99 Josh May
2. 57 Tim Hennigar
3. 6 Mike Morrill
4. 88 James May
5. X50 Joel Huggins
6. 64 Randy Bryan
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 2D Adam Davis
9. 46 Kevin Grisham
10. 8 Dusty Masolini
11. 9 Rick Taylor
12. 10 Ivan Guerra
Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 25M Michael Murphy
Heat 2 - 4X Gary Pfantz
Feature
1. 25M Michael Murphy
2. 52X Kevin Fee
3. 4X Gary Pfantz
4. 12K Eric Knutson
5. 52 Josh Saunders
6. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
7. 69 Calvin Dhondt
8. 26 Brice Udelhoven
9. 19D Dustin Elliott
10. 24B Brandon Brinton
11. 20E Eric Larson
12. 82 Jennifer Hulin
13. 44 Mike Anderson
DNS:
29 Jake Nelson
18V Mike Vibbard
23G Dustin Tapp
01 John Clemens
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 7 Carter Vandenberg
Heat 2 - 777 Jayme Duinink
Heat 3 - 10 Cayden Carter
Heat 4 - 19F Fred Leytham
B-Feature (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 23JR Nick Roberts
2. 83 Dane Larson
3. 7R Ryan Ashton
4. 3 Stacy Clark
5. 4W Herbie Wilson
6. 937 Cody Moore
7. 14Z Jake Zuercher
8. 7V Jesse Vanderwal
DNS: 77 Larry Beeghly
Feature
1. 81D Scott Davis
2. 10 Cayden Carter
3. 7 Carter Vandenberg
4. 19F Fred Leytham
5. 18J Jake Strayer
6. 26J Joel Rust
7. 12 Eric Flander
8. 80 Jared Van Deest
9. 92 Tyler Droste
10. 21X Eric Larson
11. B00K Dylan Book
12. 9X Austin Lucas
13. 777 Jayme Duinink
14. 19J Jenae Gustin
15. 505 Racer Hulin
16. 83 Dane Larson
17. 23JR Nick Roberts
18. 33R DJ Robinson
19. 21 Kyle Brown
20. T17 Tom Rawlins
21. 98 Bill Hildreth
22. 7R Ryan Ashton
23. 40S Shawn Simatovich
24. 3 Stacy Clark
Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 19J Jay Schmidt
Heat 2 - 36 Trevor Titus
Feature
1. 25 Trent Murphy
2. 19J Jay Schmidt
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 75 Curt Hook
5. 3W Jeff Wollam
6. 59 Tracy Gienger
7. 22R Todd Reitzler
8. 93 Michael Jaennette
9. 36 Trevor Titus
10. 72 Tommy Thompson
11. 20 Leroy Staub
12. 042 Doug Russell
13. 20L Lauren Vis
14. 7S Daniel Schnieder
15. 94 Steve Meyer
16. 22K Kevin Rose
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 5 Todd Shute
Heat 2 - 2L Adam Larson
Feature
1. 69X Jon Snyder
2. 2L Adam Larson
3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen
4. 19 Jimmy Gustin
5. 47 Josh Truman
6. 99M Tim Murty
7. 25T Duane Peterson
8. 43S Scott Simatovich
9. 17R Derek Reimer
10. 5 Todd Shute
11. 21 David Brown
12. 12 Andrew Kinser
13. 26Z Zach Hensley (Green River, Wyoming)
14. 83C Todd Conrad
15. K1 Kyle Krampe
DNS: 40RC Rod Clement
