Lights Out Wins for Carter and Eckrich at the Steve Priske Miller Lite 50
by Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (June 5th, 2018) - The Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models made their annual appearance on Tuesday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway for Steve Priske
Memorial "Miller Lite 50" sponsored by H&F Distributing. Steve was a
promoter at the Marshalltown Speedway back in the 1980's and was a
major part on bringing the late models to Marshalltown, even owned
Rumours Bar & Grille in Marshalltown but unfortunately we lost him
in December 2017. It made since to name race in his honor, long time sponsor H&F Distributing and its owner Dean Fogarty agreed.
It was a great night of racing at the Marshalltown Speedway on Tuesday that included 29 IMCA Late Models, 32 Modifieds, 18 Mod Lites
and 11 Dirt Trucks making the total car count of ninety cars checked
in. The racing was so good it knocked out the lights, well actually
there was a power outage at the race track forcing a slight delay.
First feature of the night was the Stars Mod Lites
15 lap feature event. "Dry Slick" Joe Glick led wire-to-wire and not
even late race lap traffic would deny Glick the win. Randy Bryan tried
to chase down Glick but was never able to challenge and came across the
line in second. RJ Gonzales making the trip from Illinois finished
third. Travis Stensland and Jason Masengarb was fourth and fifth.
The
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks made their first appearance of the season to
the Marshalltown Speedway in 2018. In their 15 lap feature event, Steve
"Action" Jackson and Lou Siplot
Jr. led the field to the green with Jackson grabbing the lead. Jackson
and Pat Graham battled it out for the lead. Graham took the top spot
away on lap three but Jackson came back to take the lead back on lap
five. Jackson and Graham continued to battle it out for the top spot
until the caution came out on lap 13 for Jeff Frevert
sitting in turn two. Jackson saw Graham sneak by on the restart and
then Jackson slid off the top of turn two. Graham went on to take the
win ahead of Rick Clark, Myles Michehl, Siplot and Justin Schroeder.
Up next the Wehrs Machine & Racing Products "Dash at the Clash" Qualifer / Fast Shaft All-Star Invitiational Qualifer $2,000 to win IMCA Modifieds 25 lap feature event. Veteran Racer Kelly Shryock
and Hunter Marriott led the field to the green but before the race
could get a single lap completed the caution came out for Tony Cox in
turn four. After the complete restart, Shryock
grabbed the race lead but that was short as Hunter Marriott took the
lead away on lap three. The second race caution came out on lap six for
Chris Simpson in turn two. Marriott remained out front but now Shryock and "Gasman" Cayden Carter where in the mix for the top spot. On lap ten, the race was haulted
because the track lights went out forcing a 20 minute delay. Marriott
held on to the top spot until the caution came out for the final time on lap 15 for Brad Diercks and Tony Cox in turn two. On the final
restart, Carter showed his strength as he grabbed the top spot away
from Marriott and went on to take the win. 11th place starter Ricky
Thornton Jr. finished second, 12th place starter Richie Gustin Jr. finished third. Marriott fell back to fourth and Joel Rust finished fifth.
Final feature of the night was the Deery Brothers Summer Series "Miller Lite 50" for the IMCA
Late Models. Curt Martin was lucky to get the pole position with Matt
Ryan starting on the outside. Martin led the first two laps before Andy Eckrich took the top spot away on lap three. On lap eight, Darrel DeFrance spun in turn four after contact with Joe Zrostlik bringing out the first yellow. The next yellow came out on lap 10 for Matt Ryan in turn two and then again on lap 11 for Chad Coyne sitting on the back stretch. The final caution came out for Jeremiah Hurst and Cayden Carter getting together on the front-stretch. Eckrich pulled away but when lap traffic got heavy that allowed Justin Kay to get within a few car lengths but Eckrich was not denied the win. Points Leader Justin Kay started 12th manage to finish second. Todd Cooney moved up four spots to finish third, Jeff Aikey ran fourth and Denny Eckrich was fifth. Zrostlik was sixth and DeFrance worked his way back up for seventh.
Racing returns to Marshalltown on Friday with IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and MADCRA Mod Lites. The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks next race scheduled is this Saturday at the Boone Speedway and the Deery Brothers Summer Series next race scheduled is Thursday June 28th during the Benton County Fair in Vinton.
Marshalltown Speedway
Steve Priske Memorial "Miller Lite 50" presented by H&F Distributing
Tuesday June 5th, 2018
Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford); 2. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 3. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 4. 24 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 5. 50 Denny Eckrich (Tiffin); 6. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove); 7. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 8. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 9. 33 Nick Marolf (Moscow); 10. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine); 11. 1M Rob Moss (Iowa City); 12. 1D Ryan Dolan (Lisbon); 13. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 14. 45 Curt Martin (Independence); 15. 17 Tim Simpson (Iowa City); 16. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 17. 95 Eric Sanders (Sherrard, IL); 18. 28C Terry Neal (Ely); 19. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 20. 15 Kyle Hinrichs (Swisher); 21. 58 Jeremiah Hurst (Dubuque); 22. 13 Chad Coyne (Orion, IL); 23. 07 Matt Ryan (Davenport); 24. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo).
B-Feature 1 - 1. McKenna; 2. Zrostlik; 3. DeFrance; 4. Marolf; 5. Coyne; 6. 85C Bryce Carey (Nashua); 7. Sanders; 8. 17S Kirby Schultz (Albia); 9. 60 Ben Seemann (Waterloo).
B-Feature 2 - 1. Holladay; 2. Moss; 3. Schroeder; 4. Krampe; 5. Simpson; 6. Hinrichs; 7. 44W David Webster (Monroe, WI); 8. 7 Andy Nezworski (Buffalo).
Heat 1 - 1. Aikey; 2. Neal; 3. McKenna; 4. Kastli; 5. Sanders; 6. Simpson; 7. Schultz; DQ Seemann.
Heat 2 - 1. Martin; 2. Kay; 3. Dolan; 4. Holladay; 5. DeFrance; 6. Moss; 7. Carey.
Heat 3 - 1. Ryan; 2. Denny Eckrich; 3. Carter; 4. Nezworski; 5. Schroeder; 6. Webster; 7. Hinrichs.
Heat 4 - 1. Andy Eckrich; 2. Hurst; 3. Cooney; 4. Zrostlik; 5. Marolf; 6. Coyne; 7. Krampe.
IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. (Clive); 3. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 4. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 5. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 6. 31 Chris Simpson (Swisher); 7. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 8. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 9. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 10. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 11. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 12. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 13. 29 Ron Verbeek (Oskaloosa); 14. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 15. 44 Josh Foster (Newton); 16. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 17. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone); 18. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 19. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 20. 29D Brad Diercks (Clarence); 21. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 22. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 23. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 24. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt).
B-Feature - 1. Murray; 2. Foster; 3. May; 4. David Brown; 5. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 7. 64 Griffin McGrath (Cedar Rapids); 8. 4 Tony Hilgenberg (Waukee); 9. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 10. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls); 11. 19R Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown); 12. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes).
Heat 1 - 1. Marriott; 2. Gilman; 3. Rust; 4. Kile; 5. Grabouski; 6. Foster; 7. May; 8. Ryan Gustin.
Heat 2 - 1. Verbeek; 2. Hulin; 3. Ward; 4. Shute; 5. Kay; 6. Murray; 7. Havlik; 8. Clement.
Heat 3 - 1. Carter; 2. Shryock; 3. Dotson; 4. Kyle Brown; 5. Cox; 6. David Brown; 7. VanDenBerg; 8. Jackson.
Heat 4 - 1. Thornton; 2. Richie Gustin; 3. Simpson; 4. Diercks; 5. Simatovich; 6. Hilgenberg; 7. McGrath; 8. Jimmy Gustin.
Stars Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 2. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 3. 39G RJ Gonzales (Colona, IL); 4. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 5. 30 Jason Masengarb (Colona, IL); 6. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 7. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 8. 46 Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 9. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 10. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines); 11. 7 Erin Turner (Van Meter); 12. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 13. 4B Doug Byers (Grinnell); 14. 18M Chelsea May (De Soto); 15. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 16. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 17. 73T Ted Jensen (Portsmouth); 18. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada).
Heat 1 - 1. Morrill; 2. Glick; 3. Grisham; 4. Masengarb; 5. Byers; 6. Turner; 7. Jensen; 8. May; 9. Terry Brown.
Heat 2 - 1. Stensland; 2. Kennedy; 3. Bryan; 4. Gonzales; 5. Huggins; 6. Gannon; 7. Sorenson; 8. Compart; 9. Charlie Brown.
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck Series
Feature - 1. 1G Pat Graham (Ankeny); 2. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 3. 28 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 4. 9 Lou Siplot Jr. (Altoona); 5. 16 Justin Schroeder (Coon Rapids); 6. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids); 7. 2x Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge); 8. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 9. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 10. 23 Steve Jackson (Polk City); 11. 7xjr Andrew Clark (Des Moines).
Heat 1 - 1. Graham; 2. Richardson; 3. Rick Clark; 4. Schroeder; 5. Michehl; 6. Andrew Clark.
Heat 2 - 1. Jackson; 2. Siplot; 3. Frevert; 4. Enos; 5. Mapes.
