After mother nature washed out Wednesday Night's races at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa that meant my racing week would begin on Friday. Despite the cold weather and very windy conditions the decision was made to make the five minute drive across town for the rescheduled Frostbuster at the Marshalltown Speedway.
Friday Night, Josh May won the Mod Lites ahead of Mike Morrill, Randy Bryan, Bryan Zehm and Erin Turner. Dustin Elliott held off Challenges from Eric Stanton in the Hobby Stocks. Randy Roberts took the win ahead of Sam Wieben in the SportMods. Donavon Smith made a last lap pass on Damon Murty to take the win in the Stock Cars. Kyle Brown won the Modifieds ahead of Josh Gilman and David Brown.
For the Press Release by IMCA : https://www.imca.com/2016/04/09/brown-continues-imca-frostbuster-success-at-marshalltown/
Mod Lites Results : http://www.speednetdirect.com/results.php?cls=Mod%20Lites&tid=8421&tname=Marshalltown%20Speedway&dt=2016-04-08&types=A%20MAIN
Hobby Stocks Results : http://www.speednetdirect.com/results.php?cls=IMCA%20Hobby%20Stocks&tid=8421&tname=Marshalltown%20Speedway&dt=2016-04-08&types=A%20MAIN
SportMods Results : http://www.speednetdirect.com/results.php?cls=IMCA%20SportMods&tid=8421&tname=Marshalltown%20Speedway&dt=2016-04-08&types=A%20MAIN
Stock Cars Results : http://www.speednetdirect.com/results.php?cls=IMCA%20Stock%20Cars&tid=8421&tname=Marshalltown%20Speedway&dt=2016-04-08&types=A%20MAIN
Modifieds Results : http://www.speednetdirect.com/results.php?cls=IMCA%20Modifieds&tid=8421&tname=Marshalltown%20Speedway&dt=2016-04-08&types=A%20MAIN
Live Lineups and Results are available every Race Night at the Marshalltown Speedway : http://speednetdirect.com/mobile/mobilelineup.php?tid=8421
Saturday Morning, the alarm was set for 6 am so i could get up get showered, warm the car up and get all my stuff loaded so i could hit the road at 7 am for the Midwest Dirt Kart Challenge Series Spring Specatuclar Season Opener at the Show-Me Speedway in Downing, Missouri. I arrived at 9:30 am and there was already a good number of trailers in the pit area with them still rolling in. After setting the PA System up the it was time for me to begin my duties by running through somethings and calling for pre-tech. Yes Pre-tech line was rather long and took a little while and with drivers still coming in it became clear that Noon Hot Lap time was not going to happen but we made sure everybody was checked in and through pre-tech and called for a drivers meeting at 12:15pm with the hot laps beginning right around 12:30pm. There was 192 entries signed in to compete and everybody on the staff appreciated the amount of people that came out and made the event successful. Special Thanks to everybody on the staff of the Show-Me Speedway for making the facility so amazing. Results will be posted on the Midwest Dirt Kart Challenge Series Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwest-Dirt-Kart-Challenge/969970309681491) sometime later this week would be my guess as Kyle and Karson Roose have do deal with a death in their family so please give them your Condolences. Next up for the Series is coming up on Saturday May 7th at the Newton Kart Klub in Newton, Iowa.
The races ended at 9:30 pm and after getting all my stuff put away i was on the road just before 10:30 pm. Made a quick pit stop in Bloomfield to grab something to drink for the drive home which saw me arrive back in Marshalltown at 1 am.
Since i was unable to go to Boone for the Frostbuster you can get the story and results at https://www.imca.com/2016/04/10/thornton-races-to-boone-frostbuster-checkers/ and http://www.raceboone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/April-9-2016-Frostbuster.pdf !
On Sunday, I made the decision to head off to the Benton County Speedway for their Frostbuster and arrive just after 2 pm only to encounter a slight rain shower but nothing to dampen the spirits of racing in the Final Night of the Frostbuster. After taking the entry fees as drivers checked in, i headed down to the infield where i was assigned the task of doing the Redraw after each heat race. Did not keep a whole lot of notes because of that so go read the Press Release by IMCA : https://www.imca.com/2016/04/10/thornton-outruns-brown-for-imca-frostbuster-checkers-at-benton-county/ .
Modifieds
Feature – 1. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.; 2. 21K Kyle Brown, State Center; 3. 00J J.D. Auringer, Waterloo; 4. 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile; 5. 21D David Brown, Kellogg; 6. 64 Vern Jackson, Waterloo; 7. 4TW Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz.; 8. 33D Scott Hogan, Vinton; 9. 4 Ryan Maitland, Waterloo; 10. 21 Brennen Chipp, Waterloo; 11. 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo; 12. 80 Jerry Dedrick, Vinton; 13. F7 Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 14. 71 Dennis LaVeine, West Burlington; 15. CH19 Colby Heishman, Brooklyn; 16. 7SR Richie Gustin, Gilman; 17. 1JR Ben Chapman, Clarence; 18. 11X Tom Berry Jr., Medford, Ore.; 19. 23JR Nick Roberts, Des Moines; 20. 10K Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup; 21. 71C Troy Cordes, Dunkerton; 22. 98 Jason Snyder, Dunkerton; 23. 5R Bill Roberts, Burlington; 24. 3M Mike Mueller, Rosendale, Wis.
Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 99D Damon Murty, Chelsea; 2. 15 Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 3. 22D Jared Daggett, Marshalltown; 4. 6X Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids; 5. 8E Mitchell Evens, Independence; 6. 3 Scooter Dulin, Cedar Rapids; 7. 97 Lynn Panos, Calmar; 8. 19J Jay Schmidt, Tama.
Northern SportMods
Feature – 1. 82 Jake McBirnie, Boone; 2. 69JR Johnathon Logue, Boone; 3. 2 Joey Schaefer, Waterloo; 4. 198 Sam Wieben, Dysart; 5. T23 Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 6. K3 Kyle Olson, Cedar Rapids; 7. 64 Zach McKinnon, Hatley, Wis.; 8. 6A Adam Armstrong, Beatrice, Neb.; 9. 1M Mitch Manternach, Earlville; 10. 22H Curt Hilmer, Dysart; 11. 19XX Brandon Spanjer, Crete, Neb.; 12. 5JR Jamie Ritter, Keystone; 13. 11M Mike Mitchell, Cedar Rapids; 14. 62 Cory Pestotnik, Boone; 15. 99 Erick Knutsen, Cedar Rapids; 16. 3R Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 17. B21 Brandon Tharp, Center Point; 18. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 19. 7D Dakoda Sellers, Waverly; 20. 10 Lee Rouse, Atkins; 21. 21D Dan Drury, Eldora.
Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 2. 19X August Bach, Newton; 3. 14C Leah Wroten, Independence; 4. 48 Adam Petrzelka, Norway; 5. 79 Benji Irvine, Stanley; 6. 717 Zach Swanson, Waterloo; 7. 27 Clint Nelson, Baxter; 8. 45 Justin Wacha, Vinton; 9. 09 Daniel Wauters, Iowa City; 10. 4W John Watson, Des Moines; 11. 35B Shawn Kuennen, Hazleton; 12. 42Z Brandon Pitts, Ames; 13. 17 Nathan Forey, Waterloo; 14. 707 Derek Thran, Grundy Center; 15. 71A Kyle Dulin, Brandon; 16. 74H Tim Harther, Atkins; 17. 75 Dale Kite, Keystone
BCS Micro Mods
Feature - 1. 18 Jeff Davis, LaPorte City; 2. 6E Don Erger, Brandon; 3. 13 Scott Beatty, Urbana; 4. 64 Matt Post, Walker; 5. 99D Dallon Murty, Chelsea; 6. 15B Troy Burkhart, Urbana; 7. 4 Russ Olson, Cedar Rapids
Racing finished in Vinton just after 8pm which I then made the hour drive home and that completed my busy weekend. Should mother nature which it looks like she may do with temperatures feeling like a heat wave compared to Friday Night at Marshalltown.
Wednesday Night - Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa will have Drivers Get Free Night this Week along with the Season Opener for Track Points.
Friday Night - Season Opener at the Iowa State Fair Speedway presented by Hy-Vee, Fueled by Casey's and Driven by Karl Performance
Saturday Night - Deery Brothers Summer Series / Season Opener at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City
Sunday Night - Season Opener at Benton County Speedway in Vinton
Remember to get out and support your local race tracks.....the best support is at the track is yourself!
