Mother Nature has played many games this week, which lead to the Iowa State Fair Speedway to fall victim to early morning rain on Friday. So after Des Moines cancelled the decision was made to make a five minute trip across town to the Marshalltown Speedway for Minute Man Printing Night. Six classes including the Outlaw Quads and the official car count was 108 cars checked in to tame the high banked quarter mile.
Eric Stanton remains perfect at Marshalltown in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Other feature winners included Mike Morrill (Mod Lites), Jared Van Deest (IMCA SportMods), Donavon Smith (IMCA Stock Cars), Eric Elliott (IMCA Modifieds) and Dan Needels (Outlaw Quads).
Before the features the scary incident of the night was in the 1st heat race of the night when Joe Luethje, piloting Jason Whitehead's Mod Lite would roll the car hard of the top of turns one and two. Luethje was taken to Central Healthcare Medical Center in Marshalltown and was treated and released with a broken collarbone. Hope for a speedy recovery.
First feature of the night was the Mod Lites feature minus Luethje so the 12 lap feature rolled to the speedway. "Huggie Bear" Joel Huggins grabbed the early lead but that was short lived because on lap two, Huggins ran the bottom and Mike Morrill ran the top and it was Morrill taking the top spot away. A lap later, the only caution came out for Angelo Montgomery spinning in turn two. Morrill would cruise on to take his first win at Marshalltown in 2016 ahead of Travis Stensland, Randy Bryan, Huggins and Joe Glick.
Travis Peterson started on the pole in the IMCA SportMods 15 lap feature event and he took advantage by grabbing the lead on lap one just before a caution came out when Taylor Musselman and Scott Williams got together on the frontstretch. Dakota Sellers and Curt Hilmer in tow but Peterson remained out front until the caution came out again on lap three for Blair Simmons in turn four. Peterson now saw Hilmer and Cory Rose trying to take the lead away, and Rose was successful on lap five. Rose, Jared Van Deest and Peterson began a three car battle then for the top spot with Rose remaining out front event after a lap ten caution. Van Deest was able to make the pass on Rose for the top spot with two laps to go, would go on to take his third win of the season at Motown. Peterson came home second, Johnathan Logue worked his way up to finish third, Carter VanDenBerg was fourth and Jake McBirnie was fifth.
David Simpson lead the opening lap of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature but it was Kevin Derry grabbing the lead on lap two but then the caution came out when Derry and Simpson got together on the backstretch. On the restart, Derry saw Jamie Songer go on by before a trio of cautions came out on lap three. Songer maintained the lead until Eric Stanton worked his way on by and took the top spot away on lap six. Stanton led the remaining laps and the only thing slowing him to take his fifth win in as many point nights was a caution on lap 11 for Allen Fleener in turn two. Songer finished second ahead of Gary Pfantz, Doug McCollough and Leah Wroten.
The IMCA Stock Cars lived up to the name of class to tough to tame as on lap one, they were three and four wide racing and by the end of lap one it was Jerry Schipper leading. Matt Deaton wrestled the lead away on lap two but Kyle Everts grabbed the top spot on lap four just before caution when Schipper spun in turn one. Everts saw Donavon Smith work his way to the lead on lap seven just before Curt Balmer spun in turn two. Donavon Smith would go on and take his first win at Marshalltown in 2016. Damon Murty, Michael Jaennette, Donavon Nunnikhoven and Trent Murphy rounded out the top five.
Eric Elliott grabbed the top spot early in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature event that was caution filled. The race caution came out on lap for Aaron Benz in turn two. Elliott held off several challenges by Trent Jackson and Joel Rust on the restart but the caution came out again on lap seven for Adam Larson and Scott Simatovich getting together in turn one. Elliott remained out front but the caution came out on lap nine collecting Simatovich, Rod Clement, Colby Heishman, Jenae Gustin, Tyler Gross, Kyle Brown, David Brown and Andrew Kinser in turn four. Elliott ramained out front but the caution came out again on lap 13 for Joel Rust going off turn three and then on lap 17 for Adam Larson doing the same. Elliott held off challenges from Jimmy Gustin and Jacob Murray to take home the win. Gustin edged out Murray for second. Racer Hulin was fourth and Ronn Lauritzen with a fifth place finish.
The final feature of the night was the Outlaw Quads and it was Dan Needels getting the wholeshot victory leading from start to finish. Tyler Owens, George Hood, Adam Streeter and David Petithory completed the top five.
Racing action continues next Friday Night as the speedway with State Center Night / Salute to Marshalltown Firemen. Then the following Tuesday Night the speedway hosts the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models, Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds and $500 to win IMCA Stock Cars. On Friday June 10th, the first weekly points night appearance for the IMCA Late Models.
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Results
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 4. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 5. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 6. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 7. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Harcourt); 8. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 9. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 10. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 11. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 12. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 13. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 14. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 15. 45H Jason Hickingbottom (Ogden); 16. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 17. 2L Adam Larson (Ames); 18. X4 Jason Purvis (Boone); 19. 57 Tyler Gross (Bondurant); 20. 11X Tom Berry (Medford, Oregon); 21. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 22. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 23. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 24. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 25. 27B Aaron Benz (Humboldt); 26. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid)
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 5. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 6. 2X Kyle Everts (Holland); 7. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson); 8. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 9. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 10. 96 Chris Wilse (Huxley); 11. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 12. 23L Curt Balmer (Green Mountain); 13. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 14. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 15. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 16. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 17. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike); 18. 7K Andrew Knode (Adel); 19. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona)
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 3. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 4. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 5. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 6. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 7. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 8. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 9. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale); 10. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 11. 99 Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 12. 33R DJ Robinson (Ankeny); 13. 63 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 14. 34 Jerry Hinton (Adel); 15. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 16. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 17. 25 Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 18. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 19. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 20. 7D Dakota Sellers (Vinton); 21. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 22. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 23. 6A Adam Armstrong (Carlisle); 24. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 25. 8ED Lee Becker (Belle Plaine); 26. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); DNS/27. 21D Dan Drury (Eldora)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 3. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 4. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 5. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 6. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 7. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 8. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 9. 75M Preston Merical (Collins); 10. 55F Allen Fleener (Altoona); 11. 12K Eric Knutson (Grimes); 12. 18D Kevin Derry (Indianola); 13. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 14. 7X Dustin Graham (Boone); 15. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 16. 7 David Simpson (Ankeny)
Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 2. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 3. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 4. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 5. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 6. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 7. 3GT Tim Gannon (Des Moines); 8. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 9. 16 Angelo Montgomery (Goldfield); DNS/10. 11RX Joe Luethje (Nevada)
Outlaw Quads
Feature - 1. 222 Dan Needels; 2. 54 Tyler Owens; 3. 79 George Hood; 4. 14 Adam Streeter; 5. 20 David Petithory; 6. 96 Brian Scott; 7. 6 Rich Hesseltine; 8. 61 Chuck Wilson; 9. 19 Jamie Gilbert
Additional Notes to make note :
My Normal Friday Night race track will be back in action tomorrow as the National Sprint League 410 Sprints invade the Iowa State Fair Speedway along with the IMCA RaceSaver Sprints. I will be behind the microphone for the RaceSaver Sprints tomorrow so come out and enjoy the Fastest Show on Dirt!
Weekly Racing returns at ISF Speedway on Friday Night next week with all seven weekly divisions competing, reminder though the Iowa State Fair Speedway is taking off Friday Night June 10th because the USMTS Modifieds will be making an appearance on Tuesday June 14th.
