On Friday Night the Marshalltown Speedway where drivers were honor for their accomplishments from this past season. Awards that were given was trophies to the top 10 guys in points, rookie of the year awards, best appearing cars and many others. They even honored the Speedway's long time staging area lineup guy Paul as he has been at the track since it open backed in the day and has decided to retire.
On Saturday it was race #2 for Thunder Dome Indoor Racing and we would see around 70 entries sign in for the day to compete on the little dirt bull ring on the Central Iowa Fairgrounds. I was joined by Terrance Prochaska in the announcer's stand to talk about the upcoming A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Races in Mason City in the All Season's Building at the North Iowa Fairgrounds.
The first class of the day was the Hartwig Plumbing Kid Karts, Dallon Murty from Chelsea would take the early lead and not looking back despite numerous challenges by Gaige Stratton from Amana. Stratton took 2nd, Carson Less was 3rd, Connor Kriegel was 4th and Rolend Stewart was 5th.
North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Jr 2 Pro Heavy would see Tyler Havens from Polk City lead the race from start to finish. Anthony Moro would finish 2nd, Randy DeGoey was 3rd and Kenzie Smith from Tama.
J&V Napa Auto Parts Rookies (Putt Putts) were up next and they would have 13 carts signed in so would be split up in 2 features. In feature #1 it was Blake Dullard taking the win with Aaron Waller, McKenzie Culbertson, Landon Duffy and Logan Schmidt rounding out the top 5. In feature #2 it was Kyler Smith winning and Keaton Woosley, Dallon Murty, Brant Murray and Jayson Alexander rounding out the top 5.
Chase Decals Jr Quads was won by Tristan Rethmeier from Newton as there was only 1 entry. Line X of Ottumwa Jr Bikes would see Brandon Webster win with Clayton Moyer taking 2nd.
A Day of Thunder on The Syrup Amateur Quads would see Eric Vanderploeg from Altoona winning. Dan Jensen, Jon Trigg, Scott Pauley and Blake Miller finishing 2nd through 5th.
Slingshot Graphics Jr 1 Pro Heavy would see two different leaders through out the race with Mark Maas and Ashton Gein and when it was all finished up it was Gein with the win and Maas in 2nd. Cassidy Nerland, Madison Clark and Jakob Decker would finish 3rd through 5th.
Next up would be the Combined Class feature. The Combined class included BS Racing Stock Medium, Full Throttle Promotions Unlimited All Stars (UAS), Motorsports Photography UAS 4 Strokes and Comfort Inn of Marshalltown KT100. Casey Luke would lead the early going but be passed by Scott Badker. Luke would take the feature win and the win in the UAS 4 Stroke division. Badker would take 2nd and the win in the UAS division. Charlie Provenzano would finish 3rd and take the win in the Stock Medium. Dylan Koester would finish 4th and 2nd in the Stock Medium. Jason Block would finish 5th and first in the KT100.
River City Muffler Clone Heavy was up next and it was Cody Havens taking the lead early and then Brandon Sohl took the lead on lap 2 but Havens would get it back on the very next lap. Havens took the win with Josh Omans in 2nd, Brandon Sohl in 3rd, Albert Wolfgram was 4th and Tony Wolfgram was 5th.
Max Leathers Pro Singles was up next with Justin Klein getting the wholeshot and not looking back. Jack Klein, Clayton Webster, Levi Layman and Jake Pfalzgraf would round out the top 5.
The final class of the day was the A Day of Thunder on the Syrup Pro Quads would see Chuck Calvert was 1st, Eric Vanderploeg was 2nd, Travis Brandt was 3rd, Dan Jensen was 4th and Ryan Jensen was 5th.
The next race for the Thunder Dome is coming up on Saturday December 3rd. The next PA Announcing duties for me is monday night at the Marshalltown Community College Basketball games that should be fun.
Official Racing Results
Kart Classes
Kid Karts
99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
1 Gaige Stratton (Amana, IA)
48 Carson Less (Hopkinton, IA)
44K Connor Kriegel (Marshalltown, IA)
6 Rolend Stewart (Cedar Rapids, IA)
5 Kennedy Davenport (Madrid, IA)
51D Dayton Filloon (Tama, IA)
Jr 2 Pro Heavy
1) 14T Tyler Havens (Polk City, IA)
2) 2M Anthony Moro (Polk City, IA)
3) 9 Kenzie Smith (Tama, IA)
DQ 14 Randy DeGoey (Knoville, IA)
Rookies
71 Blake Dullard (Van Meter, IA)
9K Kyler Smith (Tama, IA)
14 Aaron Waller (Traer, IA)
4 Keaton Woosley (Conrad, IA)
18 McKenzie Culbertson (Dubuque, IA)
99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea, IA)
10 Landon Duffy (Independence, IA)
22 Brant Murray (Hartford, IA)
19 Logan Schmidt (Tama, IA)
0 Jayson Alexander (Milo, IA)
11 Keegan Havens (Polk City, IA)
8 Gavin Murray (Hartford, IA)
17 Brady Kohrs (Independence, IA)
Jr 1 Pro Heavy
1) 5 Ashton Gein (Hiawatha, IA)
2) 24 Mark Maas (Epworth, IA)
3) 6 Cassidy Nerland (Williams, IA)
4) 31 Madison Clark (Laurel, IA)
5) 56 Jakob Decker (Peosta, IA)
6) 0 Nick Rose (Boone, IA)
7) 8 Kadence Davenport (Madrid, IA)
8) 7 Walker Ashton (Beamon, IA)
9) 10 Logan Duffy (Independence, IA)
10) 36 Alex Bremes (East Moline, IL)
11) 21 Landon Murray (Hartford, IA)
Stock Medium
1) 97 Charlie Provenzano (West Chicago, IL)
2) K Dylan Koester (Webster City, IA)
Unlimited All-Stars (UAS)
1) 57 Scott Badker (Klemme, IA)
KT 100
1) 54 Jason Block (Mount Vernon, IA)
UAS 4 Strokes
1) 48 Casey Luke (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Clone Heavy
1) 99 Cody Havens (Ankeny, IA)
2) 17 Brandon Sohl (Corwith, IA)
3) 14 Josh Omans (Garner, IA)
4) 1 Albert Wolfgram (Boone, IA)
5) 32W Tony Wolfgram (Boone, IA)
7) 97 Charlie Provenzano (West Chicago, IL)
8) 77 Derek Hodges (Des Moines, IA)
DQ 46 Kendall Davis (Des Moines, IA)
Jr Quad
48 Tristan Rethmeier (Newton, IA)
Amateur Quads
1) 57 Eric Vanderploeg (Altoona, IA)
2) 21 Dan Jensen (Red Oak, IA)
3) 4 Jon Trigg (Madrid, IA)
4) 14 Scott Pauley (Nashua, IA)
5) 51 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
6) 19 Rick Reeves (Des Moines, IA)
Pro Quads
1) 61 Chuck Calvert (Madison, WI)
2) 57 Eric Vanderploeg (Altoona, IA)
3) 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines, IA)
4) 21 Dan Jensen (Red Oak, IA)
5) 161 Ryan Jensen (Neola, IA)
6) 237 Kevin Veon (Greenfield, IA)
7) 404 Jordan Groves (Massena, IA)
8) 51 Blake Miller (Des Moines, IA)
9) 103 Jeremy Johnson (Plainfield, IA)
Bike Classes
Jr Bikes
1) 22 Brandon Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
2) 25 Clayton Moyer (Indianola, IA)
Pro Singles
1) 82 Justin Klein (Waterloo, IA)
2) 24 Jack Klein (Waterloo, IA)
3) 155 Clayton Webster (Ottumwa, IA)
4) 404 Levi Layman (Muscatine, IA)
5) 82X Jake Pfalzgraf (Waterloo, IA)
