Wednesday's Racing Thoughts from the Foxman

The off season of racing In the Iowa and the rest of the midwest can be called silly season but for me I am wondering what big racing story will come down the wire this off season and on Tuesday December 3rd, a story caught my eye that was that the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series acquires IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for 2020 beyond. I will share the press release and then my thoughts.
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VINTON, Iowa (Dec. 3) – One era in IMCA Late Model racing ends and another begins in 2020. 

The IMCA Summer Series becomes part of the Omaha, Neb.-based Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series, owned by Joe and Steve Kosiski, next season.

“It has been a great 33-year ride for this series and our traveling Late Model drivers,” IMCA President Brett Root. “The growth in Late Model sanctions, however, in 2019 demonstrated that we needed to commit our time and resources to further developing national and weekly race programs for that division.”

“I firmly believe Late Model touring series across the Midwest need unification,” Root added. “The Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series has rules that accommodate IMCA Late Model members and this is a positive step in the right direction for those drivers who want to be part of touring events.” 

“I can’t adequately thank the many drivers and track promoters who have supported this series for so many years. Summer Series events have been season highlights at a lot of tracks for a lot of years,” he concluded. “That same thanks goes to the Deery Brothers Automotive Group, the title sponsor for the series the last 28 years.”

The longest running Late Model series in the Midwest, the Deery Brothers Summer Series was launched in 1987 as a way to give the weekly competitor the opportunities to race at different tracks they might not get to otherwise.

And travel and race they did, at a total of 499 events.

The first-ever Summer Series event was held on April 11, 1987 at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, which has now been the site of 50 tour races, more than any other venue.

The series traveled to 42 different tracks primarily in Iowa and Illinois, with occasional visits to speedplants in Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. A typical car count of 35 entries vied at the average of better than 15 events held each season. 

One hundred and two different drivers won Summer Series features and 18 different drivers won the series title at least once. Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls lead the way in both career categories, with 70 feature wins and seven series championships.

The most notable series achievement, however, can be credited to Darrel DeFrance of Marshalltown.

Appropriately nicknamed The Ironman, DeFrance competed at every event in tour history, arriving late to the track on several occasions while winning 14 features. 

Questions regarding Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series rules and scheduling should be directed to Joe Kosiski at 402 342-3453.
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While many may wonder what this mean for IMCA Late Models and weekly racing, I actually think it will work itself out and make the racing better for the drivers and fans. Many also are wondering what this will mean since the SLMR is primarily a Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska Series meanwhile the Summer Series has been mostly an Eastern Iowa Series.

Late Model Driver Curt Schroeder mentioned he is expecting a Western Series (SLMR series), an Eastern Series (Deery Series) and the Top 15 in Points from both series meet at Knoxville in the Invitation Only Race. I actually think it would be a great idea, this would open the possibly of having more late model races.

I am disappointed that the Deery Brothers Summer Series as we all know wont be the same, as only one driver made it to all 499 Deery Series Races and that was "The Ironman" Darrel DeFrance.

So in short I think it will work itsself out and you would will see the New Late Model Series work out for the drivers and fans plus Weekly Racing for Late Models will be better than it has been the last few seasons, I am more than excited to see how this works out.

This off season also means race tracks begin to reveal their 2020 racing schedules and I am collecting all those schedules and will update them as much as possible until I share them on the Trackside Report Facebook Page in early March so as I take time to spend it with family and help out at home wrestling meets during the off seasons I am looking forward to the 2020 season.

Grabouski Dominates 13th Annual "Frost Maker" World Nationals in MoTown

Where to spend a Saturday Night, the answer is the Marshalltown Speedway once again for night two of the 13th Annual World Nationals. Night two did not disappointed as once again there was exciting racing all night despite temperatures in the 40s. One Hundred and Fourty Six cars checked in for night two it an event I am officially dubbing it as the "Frost Maker".

Kaden Reynolds, Cody Thompson and Damon Murty, all took the feature events in the Hobby Stocks, Sport Mods and Stock Cars respectively. Jordan Grabouski took the $10,000 top prize in the Modifieds back to Nebraska.

After heats and B-Features were completed in the Hobby Stocks, Sport Mods and Stock Cars plus last chance qualifiers in the Modifieds, it was time for the Modifieds "Final Four" Race. Taylor Musselman led the first six laps before Marcus Yarie took the top spot away on the seventh circuit. "T-Dub" Tim Ward worked his way through and took the top spot coming to the white flag. Ward held on to win, Yarie settled for second, Musselman was third and Jacob Hobcheidt ended up as the final transfer to the 50 lapper.

First feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Sport Mods feature event, Kyle Olson grabbed the early race lead but the caution came out just after lap one scored in the books when Friday Night's Winner Dylan Van Wyk spun in turn two. Olson held off Cody Thompson initial on the restart but Thompson refused to go away and grabbed the top spot from Olson. Thompson began to pull away only to seed the caution come out on lap eight, when Ryan King came to a stop on the exit road. Thompson got a great restart and never looked back taking the win. Kyle Olson finished second, Brandon Schmitt took third, Tony Olson was fourth and Austin Kaplan was fifth.

Eric Stanton wrestled the lead away from Miciah Hidlebaugh in the 20 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event but just after lap three was scored in the books, the caution came out. The caution was for Matt Wahl and Seth Janssen getting together on the front stretch. Stanton continued to lead until lap 16 when Kaden Reynolds made the move and took the top spot away just before the final race cautions. First caution on lap 16 was for Brandon Nielsen coming to a stop in turn two with a flat right rear tire and then the initial restart was called back. On the second restart, Reynolds made the move as did Jason Fusselman meanwhile Stanton slided of the top side of turn three ending his night. Reynolds held on to take the win at Marshalltown. Fusselman, Hidlebaugh, Cody Williams and Austin Mehmen rounded out the top five.

The IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event allowed them to live to the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" tag line. Wisconsin's Josh Mrockowski led the first two laps before another fellow Wisconsin driver Jeremy Christians took the top spot way briefly on lap three. Mrockowski took the lead back and held on until lap 11 when "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty made the right move to take the top spot away. Murty looked to be heading on to the easy win despite Jordan Grabouski chasing him down but Dallon Murty spun in turn two bringing out the caution on lap 16 forcing a 4 lap shootout to the finish. Just before the green flag came back out, Grabouski headed pit side. Murty led the remaining laps to take the win. Mrockowski finished third ahead of Elijah Zevenbergen, Jeremy Christians and Todd Reitzler.

Final feature of the night was the 50 lap IMCA Modifieds World Nationals Finale but the start was called back and tried again. Jordan Grabouski flexed his muscles and fend off Richie Gustin ot take the race lead. Grabouski, Gustin and Jeff Aikey battled with Grabouski holding on to the race lead. The first caution came out on lap ten when Jacob Murray spun in turn four. A lap later on lap 11, the caution came out for Marcus Yarie and Kollin Hibdon in turn two. Grabouski continue to not be fazed but the caution came out on lap 20, this time it forced a 30 minute red flag as Jeff "Bones" Larson droved it off the top side of turn three hard and hit a cement barrier. Larson was checked out for further observations and update was posted on his Racing Facebook Page. He passed all neurological tests but could head home and it was recommeded he follow up with his doctors.

After the lengthy red flag on lap twenty, Grabouski contiune right where he left off and held off challenges from Aikey and Joel Rust. Grabouski and the field saw the final caution coming out on lap 41 when Tom Berry slid off the top side of turn two. Grabouski managed to lead all 50 laps to take the win, that came with a $10,000 prize day and Championship Title Belt. Rust, Richie Gustin, thirteenth place starter Cayden Carter and Aikey rounded out the top five. Eigteenth place starter Benji LaCrosse was sixth ahead of Brandon Beckendorf, Michael Long, twentieth place starter Kenny Schrader and nineteeth place starter Mike Mullen.

Racing was completed in just over 4 hours as the final checkered flag waived at 9:19 pm putting a wrap on 2019 racing season at the Marshalltown Speedway but keep your eyes out on the website or facebook for the 2020 racing season schedule.

For more information about the Marshalltown Speedway check out Marshalltownspeedway.com or like the Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook.

This will be the final race of the Foxman World Tour 2019, what are the plans for 2020 season who knows where you will find me weekly or making some visits too its completely wide open right now.

Marshalltown Speedway
 
13th Annual World Nationals
Saturday October 26th, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

Feature : 1. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 4. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 5. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 6. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 7. 5 Brandon Beckendorf (Danube, MN); 8. 18L Michael Long (Fowler, IL); 9. 9 Kenny Schrader (Dittmer, MO); 10. 99 Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 11. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 12. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 13. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 14. 0 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 15. 58 Marcus Yarie (Wausau, WI); 16. 13T Taylor Musselman (Granger); 17. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, NE); 18. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 19. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Newburg, ND); 20. 20XX Kyle Brown (Madrid); 21. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 22. B1 Jeff Larson (Freeport, IL); 23. 5X Todd Shute (Norwalk); 24. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV)

Final Four: 1. Ward; 2. Yarie; 3. Musselman; 4. Hobscheidt; 5. 33X Dan Roedl (Beaver Dam, WI); 6. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 7. 16 Joey Burch (Rosebush, MI); 8. 02 Chris Mills (Sioux City); 9. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo); 10. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 11. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 12. 40 Eric Barnes (Colona, IL); 13. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 14. 30B Eddie Sites (Towanda, PA); 15. 8S Josh Starr (Tipton)

LCQ Heat 1 : 1.  Larson; 2. Shute; 3. Musselman; 4. David Brown; 5. Gatlin Leytham; 6. 21F Kevin Feck (Wausau, WI); 7. 8L Chris Lawrence (Colona, IL); 8. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley)

LCQ Heat 2 : 1. Berry; 2. Droste; 3. Mills; 4. Ward; 5. Gilman; 6. 00 RM Van Pay (Green Bay, WI); 7. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 8. 71N Rick Nelson (Hutchinson, MN)

LCQ Heat 3 : 1. Carter; 2. LaCrosse; 3. Hobscheidt; 4. Simatovich; 5. Havlik; 6. 237 Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 7. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL)

LCQ Heat 4 : 1. Braaksma; 2. Mullen; 3. Roedl; 4. Burch; 5. Barnes; 6. 19J Jeff Jones (Council Bluffs); 7. 76 Brad Smith (Columbia Cross Roads, PA)

LCQ Heat 5 : 1. Hibdon; 2. Schrader; 3. Yarie; 4. Sites; 5. Starr; 6. 98K Keith Lamphere (Monroeton, PA); DNS 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Adel)

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature :  1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 81X Josh Mroczkowski (Krakow, WI); 3. 66Z Elijah Zevenbergen (Ocheyedan); 4. 99X Jeremy Christians (Horicon, WI); 5. 56T Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 6. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 7. 00 Johnny Spaw (Cedar Rapids); 8. 25XX Trent Nolan (Shawano, WI); 9. 30X Jason Cummins (New Richland, MN); 10. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 11. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 12. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN); 13. 25X Troy Burkhart (Hays, KS); 14. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 15. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley); 16. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 17. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 18. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 19. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 20. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 21. 22W John Watson (Des Moines); 22. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 23. 88 Mike Coel (Pulaski, WI); 24. 3F Jason Fisher (Lakefield, MN)

B-Feature : 1. Cummins; 2. Mackenthun; 3. Mueller; 4. Pickett; 5. 98 Neal Miller (Evansdale); 6. 25 Dan McCain (Kimball, MN); 7. 52 Sean Dennis (Boone); 8. 11 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 9. 83 David Brandies (Wilton); 10. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 11. 115 Hannah Chesmore (Rowley); 12. 76 Brad Smith (Columbia Cross Roads, PA)

Heat 1 : 1. Burkhart; 2. Jerovetz; 3. Christians; 4. Fisher; 5. Russell; 6. Miller; 7. Smith; DQ LaCrosse
Heat 2 : 1. Zevenbergen; 2. Reitzler; 3. Grabouski; 4. Spaw; 5. Nolan; 6. Mackenthun; 7. Cummins; 8. Dennis
Heat 3 : 1. Gustin; 2. Damon Murty; 3. Dulin; 4. Watson; 5. Atcher; 6. Pickett; 7. Brandies; DQ Mueller
Heat 4 : 1. Coel; 2. Mroczkowski; 3. Dallon Murty; 4. Badger; 5. Wollam; 6. Rose; 7. Chesmore; 8. McCain

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature :  1. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 2. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 20 Brandon Schmitt (Beaver Dam, WI); 4. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 5. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 6. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 7. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 8. 31 Jason Roth (Hazel Green, WI); 9. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona); 10. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 11. 12 Jordan Bartz (Shawano, WI); 12. 24 Jayden Schmidt (Seymour, WI); 13. 3T Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 14. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 15. 85 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 16. 74 Zackery Raab (Antigo, WI); 17. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck); 18. 52 Dylon Waldvogel (Antigo, WI); 19. 33 Tim Fobian (Dike); 20. 42H Ronnie Hults (Truro); 21. 81 Dan Melton (Rhinelander, WI); 22. 17 Dylan Van Wyk (Oskaloosa); 23. 57R Ryan King (Tama); 24. 53 Logan Anderson (Eddyville)

B-Feature 1 : 1. Roth; 2. Logue; 3. Masolini; 4. 82T Brett Thomas (Cedar Rapids); 5. 41 Ed Mills (Freeport, IL); 6. 45R Dale Ricks Jr (Boyden); 7. 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); 8. 1H Mike Haines (Davenport); 9. 27 Zach Hovell (Pella); 10. 28A Andrew Sneller (Pella)

B-Feature 2 : 1. Carter; 2. Anderson; 3. Schmidt; 4. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 5. 51X Matt Webb (Des Moines); 6. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 7. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 8. 05 Aaron Mitchell (Palo); 9. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 10. 00 Bernie Miller (Shawano, WI)

B-Feature 3 : 1. Inman; 2. Fobian; 3. Melton; 4. 9W Dakota Hayden (Wilton); 5. 88 Gabe Zellner (New Franken, WI); 6. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, WI); 7. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 8. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada): 9. 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls)

Heat 1 : 1. Kyle Olson; 2. Peterson; 3. Soppe; 4. Roth; 5. Zellner; 6. Schmidt; 7. Sneller; 8. Doyle
Heat 2 : 1. Tony Olson; 2. Bartz; 3. King; 4. Carter; 5. Masolini; 6. Bethke; 7. Simmons; 8. Mills; 9. Lathrop
Heat 3 : 1. Kaplan; 2. Van Wyk; 3. Schrage; 4. Inman; 5. Miller; 6. Ricks; 7. Melton; 8. Anderson; 9. Hildreth
Heat 4 : 1. Kauffman; 2. Schmitt; 3. Hults; 4. Logue; 5. Fobian; 6. Titus; 7. Fye; 8. Coffman; 9. Hovell
Heat 5 : 1. Thompson; 2. Raab; 3. Waldvogel; 4. DeJong; 5. Thomas; 6. Hayden; 7. Mitchell; 8. Haines; 9. Webb

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature :  1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 55 Jason Fusselman (Avoca); 3. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Adel); 4. 77 Cody Williams (Minneapolis, KS); 5. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 6. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 7. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 8. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 9. 51 Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 10. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax); 11. J48 Justin Shearn (Sioux City); 12. 73 Aaron Martin (Richland); 13. 85X Seth Janssen (Ogden); 14. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 15. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 16. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 17. T8 Brandon Nielsen (Spencer); 18. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville); 19. 50 Kinser Ellis (Spencer); 20. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton); 21. 81X Jeremy Ertman (Hawarden); 22. 20W Matt Wahl (Norwalk); 23. 60 Kyle Jared (Unknown)

Heat 1 : 1. Nielsen; 2. Coady; 3. Knutson; 4. Reed; 5. Vancannon; 6. Forbes; 7. Peck; 8. Saunders
Heat 2 : 1. Stanton; 2. Wahl; 3. Janssen; 4. Shearn; 5. Martin; 6. Ertman; DQ Mehmen; DQ Ellis
Heat 3 : 1. Fusselman; 2. Reynolds; 3. Hidlebaugh; 4. Williams; 5. Phillips; 6. Jared; 7. Bennett

Reynolds, Grabouski and Van Wyk Take Wins on Night 1 of "Frost Maker" World Nationals

Well first off never did I think I would ever witness a race at Marshalltown Speedway in the month of October but Friday Night was the first as the speedway hosted the postponed 13th Annual World Nationals. I have done a race in October on the Central Iowa Fairgrounds as six years ago I was announcing a Thunder Dome Go Kart Race. One Hundred and Fourty Eight Cars signed in including 47 IMCA Modifieds on Friday Night.

As the temperatures dipped into the 40s after the sun went down it did not take away from great racing action on the track as the were going two, three and four wide through out the night. The sliders were in full affect as well which created some exciting finishes. Kaden Reynolds, Jordan Grabouski and Dylan Van Wyk all took feature wins meanwhile Grabouski topped Modified Points.

First feature of the night was the twenty lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, Kaden Reynolds jumped out to the race lead early and held off challenges from "The Missile" Miciah Hidlebaugh in the early going. The caution came out on lap four for debris in turn three and then again on the restart because the back bumper of Jason Fusselman was dragging on the backside of his car. After several attempts by track crew to remove the bumper, the driver known as Fuzzy was told to go to work area however on his way around to the work the bumper finally detached itself in turn two allowing him to regain his spot. Reynolds was not fazed as he held of Hidlebaugh and Dylan Nelson on the restart but the caution came out again on lap ten when David Simpson and Austin Hoeft got together in turn two. Reynolds saw Nelson make the right move on the restart allowing him to take over the top spot. Nelson led until gremlins finally got him on lap 17. Reynolds led the remaining laps to take the win ahead of Solomon Bennett, Hidlebaugh, Fusselman and Wayne Gifford.

The initial start of the 20 lap IMCA Sport Mods feature was called back and on the restart the caution came out again when Brandon Schmitt and Jordan Bartz got together in turn one. Dylan Van Wyk grabbed the race lead when the race finally got going and looked strong out front only to see the caution come out on lap 12 when Jason Roth broke in turn four, while running second. The caution came out again on the restart for Josh Sink spinning in turn two. Van Wyk went on to lead all twenty laps to take the win. Nineteenth place starter Cody Thompson finished second, sixteenth place starter Brayton Carter finished third, Austin Kaplan was fourth and Tyler Inman was fifth.

Before a single lap was completed in the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature, the caution came out when Dave Atcher spin in turn two. Jason Cummins  grabbed the lead on lap one before Todd Reitzler, driving the Shawn Hay's Grinding car, took the top spot away. Reitzler continued to lead until the caution came out on lap five when Hannah Chesmore spun in turn two. National Champion Jordan Grabouski took the lead away on the restart but just after the completion of lap six, the caution came out for Jared Daggett in turn two. Grabouski continued to lead through the next caution on lap 14 when Elijah Zevenbergen experience issues making contact with Mitchell Even. The caution came out for the final time on lap 18 when Atcher and Chesmore spun on the front stretch. Grabouski held off the sliders from Damon Murty to take the win by .09 at the line. Jimmy Gustin finished third, Reitzler was fourth and Benji LaCrosse was fifth.

IMCA Modifieds only ran two sets of heats with passing points being awarded with the top ten qualifying for the 50 lap main event on Saturday Night, everybody else will race in last chance races with top 2 from each last chance heats moving on to the main event. Third, fourth and fifth in heats on Saturday will race in the Final Four Race.

Friday Night Round 1 heat winners in the Modifieds were Ricky Thornton Jr, Jordan Grabouski, Joel Rust, Kyle Brown, Richie Gustin and Jimmy Gustin. Round 2 heat winners were Braaksma, Grabouski, Cayden Carter, Jeff Aikey, Richie Gustin and Brandon Beckendorf.

Top Ten in Points was Grabouski, Richie Gustin, Rust, Aikey, Jimmy Gustin, Beckendorf, Kyle Brown, Thornton Jr, Ronn Lauritzen and Michael Long. The top ten would go through post-race tech inspection last night, Thornton Jr left the race track and did not report to top 10 tech so was disqualifed and will have to start at the back in the last chance races on Saturday. This moved Jacob Murray into the top 10 as the final qualifier.

Racing action gets underway on Saturday at 5pm. IMCA Modifieds will have last chance heats, final four and 50 lap finale for $10,000 to win. IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods will have another complete show for a $1,000 to win. IMCA Hobby Stocks race for $500 to win again.

For more information about the Marshalltown Speedway check out Marshalltownspeedway.com or like the Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook.

Marshalltown Speedway
 
13th Annual World Nationals
Friday October 25th, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

Round 1 Heats

Heat 1 : 1. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Adel); 2. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 3. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Newburg, ND); 4. 40 Eric Barnes (Colona, IL); 5. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 6. 8L Chris Lawrence (Colona, IL); 7. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, NE); 8. 5X Todd Shute (Norwalk)

Heat 2 : 1. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 3. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 4. 33X Dan Roedl (Beaver Dam, WI); 5. 237 Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 6. 8S Josh Starr (Tipton); 7. 21F Kevin Feck (Wausau, WI); 8. 16 Joey Burch (Rosebush, MI)

Heat 3 : 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 2. 18L Michael Long (Fowler, IL); 3. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV); 4. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 5. 9 Kenny Schrader (Dittmer, MO); 6. 19J Jeff Jones (Council Bluffs); 7. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 8. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo)

Heat 4 : 1. 20XX Kyle Brown (Madrid); 2. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 3. B1 Jeff Larson (Freeport, IL); 4. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 5. 99 Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 6. 00 RM Van Pay (Green Bay, WI); 7. 98K Keith Lamphere (Monroeton, PA); 8. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham)

Heat 5 : 1. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 2. 0 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 3. 58 Marcus Yarie (Wausau, WI); 4. 02 Chris Mills (Sioux City); 5. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL); 6. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 7. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 8. 76 Brad Smith (Columbia Cross Roads, PA)

Heat 6 : 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 5 Brandon Beckendorf (Danube, MN); 3. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 4. 13T Taylor Musselman (Granger); 5. 30B Eddie Sites (Towanda, PA); 6. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 7. 71N Rick Nelson (Hutchinson, MN)

Round 2 Heats

Heat 1 : 1. Braaksma; 2. Berry; 3. Thornton; 4. Shute; 5. LaCrosse; 6. Hobscheidt; 7. Barnes; 8. Lawrence

Heat 2 : 1. Grabouski; 2. Murray; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Roedl; 5. Burch; 6. Rawlins; 7. Starr; 8. Feck

Heat 3 : 1. Carter; 2. Rust; 3. Long; 4. Hibdon; 5. Leytham; 6. Schrader; 7. Jones; 8. Havlik

Heat 4 : 1. Aikey; 2. Larson; 3. Kyle Brown; 4. Mullen; 5. Gilman; 6. David Brown; 7. Lamphere; 8. Van Pay

Heat 5 : 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Ward; 3. Mills; 4. Werner; 5. Yarie; 6. Anderson; 7. Smith; 8. Droste

Heat 6 : 1. Beckendorf; 2. Jimmy Gustin; 3. Hofbauer; 4. Musselman; 5. Sites; 6. Simatovich; 7. Nelson

Top Ten in Points : Grabouski, Richie Gustin, Rust, Aikey; Jimmy Gustin, Beckendorf, Kyle Brown, Lauritzen, Long, Murray

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature :  1. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 56T Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 5. 11 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 6. 88 Mike Coel (Pulsaki, WI); 7. 81X Josh Mroczkowski (Krakow, WI); 8. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 9. 30X Jason Cummins (New Richland, MN); 10. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, MN); 11. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 12. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 13. 15 Leah Wroten (Independence); 14. 115 Hannah Chesmore (Rowley); 15. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 16. 66Z Elijah Zevenbergen (Ocheyedan); 17. 99X Jeremy Christians (Horicon, WI); 18. 25X Troy Burkhart (Hays, KS); 19. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 20. 8E Mitchell Evens (Indpendence); 21. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 22. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 23. 6X Bob Ahrendsen (Cedar Rapids); 24. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley)

B-Feature 1 : 1. Christians; 2. Mackenthun; 3. Wroten; 4. Chesmore; 5. 98 Neal Miller (Evansdale); 6. 25M Dan McCain (Kimball, MN); 7. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 8. 25 Trent Nolan (Shawano, WI); 9. 85 Lavern Carey (Ionia); 10. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora)

B-Feature 2 : 1. Daggett; 2. Badger; 3. Evens; 4. Rose; 5. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 6. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 7. 51 Brad Daugherty (Iowa City); 8. 22W John Watson (Des Moines); DNS 76 Brad Smith (Columbia Cross Roads, PA)

Heat 1 : 1. Mueller; 2. LaCrosse; 3. Damon Murty; 4. Ahrendsen; 5. Nolan; 6. Chesmore; 7. Wroten; 8. Miller; 9. Russell
Heat 2 : 1. Zevenbergen; 2. Burkhart; 3. Reitzler; 4. Coel; 5. Daggett; 6. Daugherty; 7. Rose; 8. Damme; 9. Jerovetz
Heat 3 : 1. Gustin; 2. Grabouski; 3. Atcher; 4. Dallon Murty; 5. Christians; 6. Mackenthun; 7. Drury; 8. Carey; 9. McCain
Heat 4 : 1. Cummins; 2. Mroczkowski; 3. Wollam; 4. Pickett; 5. Evens; 6. Badger; 7. Watson; DNS Smith

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature :  1. 17 Dylan Van Wyk (Oskaloosa); 2. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 5. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona); 6. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 7. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Boone); 8. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 9. 20 Brandon Schmitt (Beaver Dam, WI); 10. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 11. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 12. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 13. 4 Jason Bass (Fort Dodge); 14. 5 Josh Sink (Red Oak); 15. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck); 16. 88 Gabe Zellner (New Franken, WI); 17. 42H Ronnie Hults (Truro); 18. 12 Jordan Bartz (Shawano, WI); 19. 00 Bernie Miller (Shawano, WI); 20. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, WI); 21. 3T Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 22. 31 Jason Roth (Hazel Green, WI); 23. 24 Jayden Schmidt (Seymour, WI); 24. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk)

B-Feature 1 : 1. Carter; 2. Thompson; 3. Bass; 4. 57R Ryan King (Tama); 5. 81 Dan Melton (Rhinelander, WI); 6. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 7. 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); 8. 12N Gage Neal (Ely); 9. 9 Seth Hoeffner (Manitowoc, WI)

B-Feature 2 : 1. Bartz; 2. Schrage; 3. Schmidt; 4. 05 Aaron Mitchell (Palo); 5. 52 Dylon Waldvogel (Antigo, WI); 6. 85 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 7. 74 Zackery Raab (Antigo, WI); 8. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 9. 4X Chance Titus (Baxter)

B-Feature 3 : 1. Miller; 2. Bethke; 3. Hults; 4. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 5. 28A Andrew Sneller (Pella); 6. 51X Matt Webb (Des Moines); 7. 45R Dale Ricks Jr (Boyden); 8. 27 Zach Hovell (Pella)

Heat 1 : 1. Soppe; 2. Peterson; 3. Zellner; 4. Thompson; 5. Schrage; 6. Simmons; 7. Hovell; 8. Titus
Heat 2 : 1. Sink; 2. Logue; 3. Kauffman; 4. Bartz; 5. Melton; 6. Bethke; 7. Lathrop; 8. Hoeffner
Heat 3 : 1.Rudolf; 2. Kaplan; 3. Kyle Olson; 4. Miller; 5. Schmidt; 6. Bass; 7. Webb; 8. Mitchell
Heat 4 : 1. Van Wyk; 2. Roth; 3. Tony Olson; 4. Carter; 5. Hults; 6. Masolini; 7. Neal; 8. Coffman
Heat 5 : 1. Inman; 2. Schmitt; 3. McBirnie; 4. Waldvogel; 5. King; 6. Ricks Jr; 7. Raab; 8. Fye

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature :  1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 3. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Adel); 4. 55 Jason Fusselman (Avoca); 5. 22 Wayne Gifford (Boone); 6. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax); 7. 85X Seth Janssen (Ogden); 8. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 9. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton); 10. 51 Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 11. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 12. 20W Matt Wahl (Norwalk); 13. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 14. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 15. 50 Kinser Ellis (Spencer): 16. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 17. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 18. 7G Austin Hoeft (Charles City); 19. J7 David Simpson (Des Moines); 20. 73 Aaron Martin (Richland); 21. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 22. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 23. 2J Jerry Glass (Des Moines); DNS 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); DNS 30T Brian Stevens (Newton)

Heat 1 : 1. Fusselman; 2. Nelson; 3. Mehmen; 4. Coady; 5. Reed; 6. Martin; 7. Saunders; 8. Wahl; 9. Glass
Heat 2 : 1. Janssen; 2. Vancannon; 3. Knutson; 4. Scott Ellis; 5. Hoeft; 6. Simpson; 7. Stevens; 8. Klosterman
Heat 3 : 1. Hidlebaugh; 2. Reynolds; 3. Gifford; 4. Bennett; 5. Newhouse; 6. Forbes; 7. Kinser Ellis; 8. Peck

Racing and Lightening in Brooklyn on Night 2 of Nationals

Had so much fun on Friday Night, the plan was to make the trip back down to the Brooklyn Raceway for Night 2 of the Brooklyn Nationals sponsored by Lakeside Hotel & Casino.

As many weather predictors had predicted a sunny day all day with the rain moving in late at night but they were wrong when the Iowa vs Iowa State game in Ames got delayed twice because of lightening before they were able to play in which Iowa won by one pt. After checking the rain it appeared Brooklyn was dodging the bullet so got in the car just before 5pm to arrive as they were holding hot laps.

The entire night was running smoothly but around the track, it was storming and there was great lightening show with the closest strike of lightening about 2.2 miles away. The race track only received light sprinkles during the heat races before it stopped but just after the powder puff races were completed at 10:45pm, the rain picked up cancelling the Pro-Stock Grudge Race.

Owen Carlson jumped out to the early lead in the Micro Sprints 30 lap feature event but the caution came out on lap three for Cole Elton spinning in turn one. Carlson held off Jeremy Snow on the restart and continue to lead until the next caution came out on lap 13 for Zach Nelson in turn three. Carlson still maintain the lead until the caution came out on lap 15 for Greg Dennis spinning in turn two. Snow got a great restart made the move and took the lead away from Carlson on the restart. Snow went on to take the win, Elton worked his way up to finish second, Travis Rewerts finish third, Carlson slipped back to fourth and Nelson came back to finish fifth.

Before a single lap was completed in the Front Wheel Drive 12 lap feature, the caution came out when Chad Larson and Gary Morse got together in turn two. Tyler Harring started inside row three but by the end of lap one, he was the man in command. Harring went on to take the win despite several late race challenges from Matt Pool. Tyler Harring, Danny Robinson and Larson rounded out the top five.

The Cruiser Cars 12 lap feature also started with a caution when Bruce and Danielle Kline spun in turn two. On the restart though Ray Hill and Austin Schuring  grabbed the race lead and never looked back cruising on to the easy win. Bruce and Danielle Kline finished runner ups, Jesse and Duane Zander was third, Jacob and Laverne Lehman was fourth, Brandon Hasley and Blake Stevens took fifth.

Ethan Wauters led the first five laps of the Junior Front Wheel Drive 12 lap feature event before Jordan Ford took the top spot away. Ford lead was short lived because on lap seven, he would made contact with a tire in turn one ending his night, that gave the lead back to Wauters on the restart. Wauters led until lap 10 when Dalton Sowers wrestled the lead away. Sowers went on to take the win with Wauters finishing second and Dylan Zuck finishing third.

In the Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, Anthony Goldsberry led lap one but the caution came out just after when Morgan Kline was sitting in turn two just after a tractor tire on the topside exiting turn four was knocked on the race track by Brandon Long. On the restart, Goldsberry had Bruce Kline and Leroy Kline on his back bumper. Bruce Kline took the race lead on lap two before Goldsberry took the top spot away on lap three. The caution came out on lap five for debris on the backstretch. On lap seven, the caution came out when Bruce Klin spun in turn three after making contact with Goldsberry. Tenth place starter Brandon Long took the lead away on lap nine from Goldsberry, shortly after Goldsberry brought the yellow out when he blew a tire in turn two. Travis Fenton started ninth but on the restart, he would challenge Long for the race lead. Fenton grabbed the race lead away and went on to take the win. Long, Garrett Croy, Jacob Lehman and Leroy Kline rounded out the top five.

Micro Sprints came back out for a 15 lap Non-Winged race. Owen Carlson led the first two laps before Zach Nelson led lap three and Cole Elton led lap four. Nelson took the lead back on lap five but Elton would not got away and took the lead back on lap eight. The caution came out on lap 11 for Dakota Young spinning in turn two. Elton took the win with Nelson, Greg Dennis, Dallas Darnell, Young and Carlson rounding out the field.

Open Figure 8 feature event was up next and before lap was scored the caution came out when Josh Firkins, Payton Claybaugh and Jerrod Thompson got together in turn two. Bradly Graham took the top spot early and led all 12 laps despite a pair of cautions. Lap seven caution was for debris in turn four and Allen Scholten in turn four. Lap eight for Ted Armstrong breaking in turn four. Graham took the win with Matt Hofbauer, Firkins, Jesse Sanders and Duane Zanders finishing second through fifth.

Stock Figure 8 feature saw Jerome Kline lead lap one but Anthony Goldsberry took the top spot away on lap two and led the final 11 laps despite a pair of cautions. The first caution was for Bill Gregg breaking an rear axle in turn three on lap five and the second caution was for Josh Vandermolen spinning in turn two on lap six. When the caution came out on lap six, Josh Albertson flipped upside down in turn three, Albertson was okay but once again his night ended. Goldsberry took the win with Kline in second, Mike Vandermolen in third, Rodney Morse in fourth and Daryl Calvin in fifth.

Final regular feature of the night was the Pro-Stock Figure 8 but before a single lap was scored the caution came out when Albie Parker spun in turn two forcing a complete restart. DJ Draughn grabbed the race lead on lap one but on lap two, Draughn was spun in turn three after a little assistance from Bradly Graham. Draughn to the tail for the yellow and Graham to the tail for aggressive driving. That handed the lead over to Parker but on the restart Kyle Richardson took the lead away. Richardson and the field saw the caution come out one more on lap five when Riley Cope sitting in turn one. Richardson led the remaining laps to take the win ahead of Cameron Eichhorn, Mark Ruggles, Brad Graham and Bradly Graham.

Powder Puff Races then took to the track, Race number one was won by Whitney and Danielle Kline in a Cruiser car with Ashley Kiamas in  Open Figure 8 car. Race number two was won by Kaitlyn Schurring in Tyler Harring Front Wheel Drive Car with a mystery driver in the 9-11 Stock Figure 8 car.

Pro-Stock Figure 8 drivers had each dropped in some cash to run a winner take all grudge race but mother nature finally to cut loose dumping down rain at the track.

Thanks to Don and Shelley Wauters for letting me come down to take pictures and keep notes to write a blog recap the last two days. The first time I made a visit was last year and everytime I have made the trip down I have fun, if things work out you can bet I will try to make some appearances in 2020. To all the drivers I appreciate all the love you have given me, I enjoy covering this sport.

Pictures from Both nights of the Brooklyn Nationals are located on the Trackside Report Facebook Page. Friday Night (Night 1) pics at: Brooklyn Raceway Nationals Night 1 - 9/13/19 and Saturday Night (Night 2) pics at: Brooklyn Raceway Nationals Night 2 - 9/14/19, Hope you enjoy them.

For More information about the Brooklyn Raceway check out brooklynraceway.org or Brooklyn Raceway on Facebook.

Brooklyn Raceway
 
Unofficial Results
Brooklyn Raceway sponsored by Lakeside Hotel & Casino
Saturday September 14th, 2019

Micro Sprints

1. 4s Jeremy Snow; 2. 24 Cole Elton; 3. 23T Travis Rewerts; 4. 07 Owen Carlson; 5. 07Z Zach Nelson; 6. 29 Dallas Darnell; 7. 14B Colton Livezey; 8. 4J Joe Snow; 9. 3 Derrike Clark; 10. 27 Greg Dennis; 11. 34 Dakota Young; 12. 25A Morgan Dennis; 13. 7 Tyler Lee

Non-Winged : 1.Elton; 2. Nelson; 3. Greg Dennis; 4. Darnell; 5. Young; 6. Carlson

Front Wheel Drive

A-Main :  1. 2H James Harring; 2. 14 Matt Pool; 3. 5 Tyler Harring; 4. 22R Danny Robinson; 5. 17J Chad Larson; 6. 47 Terry Hurley; 7. 37 Austin Geiber; 8. 17A Shawn Spain; 9. 16 Gary Morse; 10. 17 Chad Austin; 11. 21 John Schuring

B-Main : 1. Morse; 2. Austin; 3. 001 Dalton Haverkamp; 4. 009 Riley Ehmen; 5. 23 Tonia Stevens; 6. 27 Mark Smith; 7. 72R Shaye Betz; DNS 17X Dalton Austin; DNS 2J Jerry Glass; DNS 305 Josh Dunn; DNS 14T Tony Audas

Cruisers

A-Main : 1.  196 Ray Hill / Austin Schuring; 2. 20 Bruce Kline / Danielle Kline; 3. 22Z Jesse Zander / Duane Zander; 4. 75L Jacob Lehman / Laverne Lehman; 5. 48 Brandon Hasley / Blake Stevens; 6. 2K Whitney Kline / Alex Kline; 7. 3 Chad Clabaugh / Wyatt Clabaugh; 8. 2B James Tarter / Brianna Brickman; 9. 23 Cody Bauman / Tristan Larue; 10. 52 Dan Olson / Steve Olson; 11. 52X Jeff Orgell / Dustin Filloon

B-Main : 1. Orgell / Filloon; 2. Whitney Kline / Alex Kline; 3. 19 Josh Albertson / Zach Leach; 4. 17D Deal Keasling / Brian Stephenson; 5. 7 Josh Dunn / Blake Cole; 6. 21 Blake Gunderson / Carlie Miller; 7. 2 Cody Scheimer / Nate VeVerka; DNS 29 Keaton Wenzel / Ray Croy; DNS 101K Dakota Tuttle / Brian Swarts; DNS 4K Jeremy McCahl / Clint Heyveld


JR Front Wheel Drive

1. 22D Dalton Sowers; 2. 42 Ethan Wauters; 3. 23 Dylan Zuck; 4. 13J Jordan Ford; 5. 17X Brady Austin

Hobby Stocks

1. 10 Travis Fenton; 2. 06B Brandon Long; 3. 70X Garrett Croy; 4. 75L Jacob Lehman; 5. 22 Leroy Kline; 6. 20 Bruce Kline; 7. 99 Anthony Goldsberry; 8. 19B Brooklyn Henderson; 9. 8K Morgan Kline; 10. 30T Brian Stevens

Open 

1. 76 Bradly Graham; 2. 22MT Matt Hofbauer; 3. 25 Josh Firkins; 4. 31 Jesse Sanders; 5. 22 Duane Zanders; 6. 49 Jerrod Thompson; 7. 6.9 Nick McClenathan; 8. 57S Allen Scholten; 9. 28 Nic Runyan; 10. 91T Ted Armstrong; 11. 4 Payton Clabaugh


Stock

1. 99 Anthony Goldsberry; 2. 0K Jerome Kline; 3. 9-11 Mike Vandermolen; 4. 01 Rodney Morse; 5. 12X Daryl Calvin; 6. 22 Zach Danner; 7. 02 Rick Goldsberry; 8. 99X Lance Baker; 9. 26A Dan Arnette; 10. 85 Josh Albertson; 11. 64 Jon Vonglan; 12. 51X Dustin Filloon; 13. 343 Josh Vandermolen; 14. 39g Bill Gregg


Pro-Stock

1. 88R Kyle Richardson; 2. 3B Cameron Eichhorn; 3. 316 Mark Ruggles; 4. 22X Brad Graham; 5. 44 Bradly Graham; 6. 9 DJ Draughn; 7. 48 Scott Shook; 8. 22Z Duane Zander; 9. 45 Keith Lester; 10. 5-0 Albie Parker; 11. 24 Butch Lester; 12. 54 Riley Cope; 13. 18 Aaron Roudabush


Powder Puff Races

Race 1 : 1. 20 Whitney Kline / Danielle Kline; 2. 49 Ashley Kiamas; 3. 12X Mica Mallory-Cavin; 4. 44 Carrie Craig; 5. 30T Kaitlyn Schuring; 6. 19 Driver Unknown; 7. 75L Joah Nicholson / Jami Allen; 8. Angie Clabaugh / Katie Clabaugh

Race 2 : 1. 5 Tonia Stevens; 2. 9-11 Driver Unkown; 3. 17A Tara Spain; 4. 23 Kylee Neighbors; 5. 17D Megan Sanders / Amanda Elmore; 6. 22X Jamie Kriegel; 7. 21 Katie Woodard; DNS 39G Jordan Gregg; DNS 13J Heather Reiland; DNS 85 Sharon Albertson

Night 1 of Brooklyn Nationals presented by Lakeside Hotel & Casino Recap

Marshalltown postponed the World Nationals to October 24th through 26th meaning if I wanted to go racing this week, the options was down to Brooklyn Raceway for their Nationals, Knoxville Raceway for the Late Model Knoxville Nationals, Shelby County Speedway in Harlan for the Tiny Lund Memorial. The decision was easy as Brooklyn Raceway has always welcomed me to come down take pictures and write a blog so on Friday Night I made the nearly 1 hr trip.

Brooklyn Raceway was hosting the Fall Nationals sponsored by Lakeside Hotel & Casino and 110 entries checked in to tame the circle  and figure 8 tracks. The Mechanics also took to the track after the features in all divisions were completed in the Mechanic Races.

First feature of the night was the Micro Sprints feature event saw the caution come out before lap one was scored when Joe Dent spun in turn three. When the race got going it was Jeremy Snow grabbing the race lead but that would be short lived as the caution came out for Morgan Dennis in turn four. Travis Rewerts was able to use the restart to advantage and take over the top spot away. The red flag came out a few laps later when Dent took a tumble in turn three after contact with Tyler Lee. Rewerts was not fazed as he cruised on to to take the win ahead of Owen Carlson, Jeremy Snow, Cole Elton and Dennis.

Matt Pool led from start to finish in the Front Wheel Drive feature that went caution free. Pool held off several challenges from James Harring the entire race. Harring finished second, Chris Bozarth was third, Wade King was fourth and Tyler Harring was fifth.

In the Cruiser Cars, Ray Hill and Austin Schuring looked to be heading on to the win until lap traffic slowed him down that allowed Jacob and Laverne Lehman to chase them down. Lehman and Lehman used the lap car to get by Hill and Schuring coming to the white flag and they would hold on to take the win. Hill and Schuring was second ahead of Duane and Jesse Zander, Nick Runyan and Robert Jones, Dakota Tutle and Bryan Swarts.

Dalton Sowers led the entire Junior Front Wheel Drive feature despite challenges from Jordan Ford. Ford finished second, Kole Adams was third, Dylan Zack was fourth and Brady Austin was fifth.

Brooklyn Henderson grabbed the lead early in the Hobby Stocks feature but just after the completion of lap two, the caution came out for Jeremiah Andrews in turn four.  Henderson continued to lead despite Jacob Lehman and Travis Fenton battling right behind her those two cars would get together in turn one and bring out another caution. Henderson led until Bruce Kline was able to work his way to the top spot. Kline went on to take the win,  Leroy Kline finished second, Fenton finished third, Brandon Long was fourth and Morgan Kline was fifth.

Open Figure 8 class was next and it was Bradly Graham taking the early lead but then experience issues forcing him to the pits that gave the lead over Jerrod Thompson. Thompson led the remaining laps to take the win ahead of Jesse Sanders,  Nic Runyan, Alan Scholton and Ted Armstrong.

In Stock Figure 8 class saw the Vandermolen's ran one and two the entire race. Josh Vandermolen grabbed the race lead but just after lap one, the red flag came out for Daryl Cavin got caught up on a tractor tire in turn three and four. Josh Vandermolen went on to take the win ahead with Mike Vandemolen finishing second. Anthony Goldsberry finished third, Rick Goldsberry was fourth and Zach Danner was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Pro Stock Figure 8 class saw Aaron "Rowdy" Roudabush led from start to finish in the feature that went caution free. Brad Graham finished runner-up, Clayton Danner was third, Kyle Richardson was fourth and Butch Lester was fifth.

Mechanic Races took to the track after the features and in Mechanic Race number one it was Connor Fraker winning in Kyle Richardson's car and Mechanic Race number two it was a mystery driver in Brandon Long's hot rod.

Night number two of the Brooklyn Nationals sponsored by Lakeside Hotel and Casino will get underway at 6 pm. For More information check out brooklynraceway.org or Brooklyn Raceway on Facebook.

Brooklyn Raceway
 
Unofficial Results
Brooklyn Raceway sponsored by Lakeside Hotel & Casino
Friday September 13th, 2019

Micro Sprints

1. 23T Travis Rewerts; 2. 071 Owen Carlson; 3. 4s Jeremy Snow; 4. 24 Cole Elton; 5. 25A Morgan Dennis; 6. 07Z Zach Nelson; 7. 14B Bill Livezey; 8. 3 Derrike Clark; 9. 27 Greg Dennis; 10. 29 Dallas Darnell; 11. 4 Joe Snow; 12. 7 Tyler Lee; 13. 34 Dakota Young; 14. 31 Joe Dent; 15. 10 Austin Darnell; 16. 77 Tyler Brooks

Front Wheel Drive

A-Main :
1. 14 Matt Pool; 2. 2H James Harring; 3. 23 Chris Bozarth; 4. 43 Wade King; 5. 5 Tyler Harring; 6. 17 Dalton Austin; 7. 22R Danny Robinson; 8. 17J Chad Larson; 9. 21 John Schurring; 10. 17X Chad Austin

B-Main :
1. Robinson; 2. Larson; 3. 2J Jerry Glass; 4. 72R Shaye Betz; 5. 17A Shawn Spawn; 6.  47 Terry Hurley; 7. 27 Mark Smith; 8. 3H Deryk Hayveld

Cruisers

A-Main :
1.  75L Jacob Lehman / Laverne Lehman; 2. 196 Austin Schurring / Ray Hill; 3. 22Z Duane Zander / Jesse Zander; 4. 28 Nic Ruyan / Robert Jones; 5. 101k Dakota Tuttle / Bryan Swarts; 6. 2K Whitney Kline / Alex Kline; 7. 17D Deal Keasling / Bryan Stephenson; 8. 23 Cody Bohman / Tristan Larue; 9. 20 Bruce Kline / Danielle Kline; 10. 2B James Tarter / Brianna Brickman; 11. 2 Nate VeVerka / Adam Petrzelka

B-Main :
1. Bruce Kline / Danielle Kline; 2. Whitney Kline / Alex Kline; 3. 19 Josh Albertson / Zach Leach; 4. 48 Brandon Hasley / Blake Stevens; 5. 3 Wyatt Claybaugh / Chad Claybaugh; 6. 21 Blake Gunderson / Carlie Miller; 7. 52 Jeff Orgell / Colton Wersinger


JR Front Wheel Drive

1. 22D Dalton Sowers; 2. 13J Jordan Ford; 3. 23K Kole Adams; 4. 23 Dylan Zack; 5. 17X Brady Austin; 6. 42 Ethan Wauters; 7. 54J Jeremy Williams

Hobby Stocks

1. 20  Bruce Kline; 2. 22 Leroy Kline; 3. 10 Travis Fenton; 4. 06B Brandon Long; 5. 8K Whitney Kline; 6. 37G Jeremiah Andrews; 7. 70X Garret Croy; 8. 19B Brooklyn Henderson; 9. 30T Kaitlyn Schuring; 10. 75L Jacob Lehman; 11. 99 Anthony Goldsberry

Open 

1. 49 Jerrod Thompson; 2. 31 Jesse Sanders; 3. 28 Nic Runyan; 4. 57S Alan Scholton; 5. 91T Ted Armstrong; 6. 25 Josh Firkins; 7. 76 Bradley Graham; 8. 69 Nick McClenathan; 9. 22 Duane Zanders; 10. 4 Payton Claybaugh; 11. 2MJ Matt Hofbauer


Stock 

A-Main : 1. 343 Josh Vandermolen; 2. 9-11 Mike Vandermolen; 3. 99 Anthony Goldsberry; 4. 02 Rick Goldsberry; 5. 22 Zach Danner; 6. 51X Dustin Filloon; 7. 10X Marvin Housley; 8. 12X Daryl Calvin; 9. 01 Rodney Morse; 10. 64 Jim Vonglan; 11. 86 Corey Danner

B-Main : 1. Calvin; 2. Housley; 3. 99X Lance Baker; 4. 85 Josh Albertson; 5. 0K Jerome Kline; 6. 26A Dan Arnett


Pro-Stock

A-Main : 1. 18 Aaron Roudabush; 2. 22x Brad Graham; 3. 48 Scott Shook; 4. 84 Clayton Danner; 5. 88R Kyle Richardson; 6. 24 Butch Lester; 7. 44x Bradley Graham; 8. 316 Mark Ruggles; 9. 45 Keith Lester; 10. 42 Justin Wedeking; 11. 22Z Duane Zander

B-Main : 1. Bradly Graham; 2. Keith Lester; 3. 86 Cory Danner; 4. 5-0 Albie Parker; 5. 54 Riley Cope; 6. 77v Brandon Van Wyk; 7. 3B Cameron Eichhorn; 8. 9 DJ Draughn


Mechanic Races

Race 1 : 1. 882 Conner Fraker; 2. 10X Brian Stevens; 3. 54 Driver Unknown; 4. 76 Driver Unknown; 5. 30T Roger Stevens; 6. 3B Blake Stevens; 7. 42 Zach Mcain

Race 2 : 1. 06B Driver Unknown; 2. 69 Kevin Walters; 3. 9-11 Ron Kinley; 4. 101K Gavin Gillman; 5. 77v Brandon Stoddard; 6. 10 Matt Pinegar; 7. 343 Justin Vertley

Last Minute Decision To Brooklyn Raceway

Made a last minute decision to make my first trip of 2019 to the Brooklyn Raceway last night for some Figure 8 and Circle Track Racing with around 80 entries signed in not including the powder puff races to race on a Sunday Night during Labor Day Weekend. It was so last minute that i missed the Micro Sprints and Front Wheel Drive heats but I was glad I did bc the racing was exciting all night long.

First feature of the night was the 30 lap Micro Sprints Feature event. Before a lap was completed the caution came out for Zach Nelson and Scott Anderson getting together in turn two. When it did get going Tyler Lee grabbed the early lead until Travis Rewerts worked his way into the top spot on lap 10. The caution came out out again on lap 15 when Greg Dennis came to a top on the backstretch and then again on the restart when Austin Damey spun in turn two. Rewerts led the remaining laps despite a pair of late race cautions. Rewerts took the win ahead of Johnny Mordock, Owen Carlson, Morgan Dennis and Lee.

John Schuring led until the white flag was displayed in the Front Wheel Drive feature event. That was until Tyler Haring made the move to take over the top spot and go on to take the win ahead of Schuring. Tony Audas finished third and Danny Robinson was fourth.

Dave Sellers led from start to finish in the Figure 8 Trucks division. Tim McKee finished second, Isaac McKee was third, Mark Ruggles was fourth and Deal Keasling was fifth.

In the Cruiser Class, Laverne and Jacob Lehman wrestled the lead away early from Austin Schuring and Ray Hill. Lehman/Lehman managed to lead all the laps and going on to take the easy win ahead of Schuring/Hill. Tristen LaRue/Carlie Miller finished third, Dan Olson/Steve Olson and Bruce Kline/Danielle Kline rounded out the top five.

Ethan Wauters took the lead early in the Junior Front Wheel Drive feature event and never looked back taking the win ahead of Jeremy Williams and Dallon Sowers.

Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature went to Travis Fenton. Only race caution came out on lap three when Jacob Lehman got sideways exiting two making contact with Bruce Kline and Brandon Long. Fenton was not fazed as he went on to take the win ahead of Lehman, Brian Stevens, Garrett Croy and Brooklyn Henderson.

Jerrod Thompson won the Open Figure 8 Class with the only thing really slowing him down was a pair of cautions on lap eight. First caution was for debris in turn one and the second one on the restart when Jesse Sanders rolls in turn three of the Figure 8. Thompson took the win with Ted Armstrong, Sanders, Josh Firkins and Payton Clabaugh rounding out the top five.

Rick Goldsberry led from start to finish in the Stock Figure 8 Class with cautions on lap four and eight. The lap four caution was for Mark Housley in turn four after making contact with Josh Albertson, who lost his right rear axle. The lap eight caution was for Rodney Morse spinning in the middle of the Figure 8. Goldsberry held off Mike Vander Molen to take the win. Josh Vander Molen finished third, Morse was fourth and Jerome Kline was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Pro-Stock Figure 8 feature. Scott Shook grabbed the early lead until a pair of cautions on lap four, first for Albie Parker spinning in turn two and then for Aaron Roudabush and DJ Draughn getting together in turn one. Shook had to contend with Kyle Richardson on the restart and intial held him off until Richardson was able to wrestle the lead away on lap six. Richardson went on to take the win, Draughn worked his way back up to finish second, Shook was third, Cameron Eichhorn was fourth and Butch Lester was fifth.

Powder Puffs also took to the speedway after all the feature events were complete. Kelsey Bradwell won the first Powder Puff Race and Kaitlyn Schuring won the second Powder Puff Race. Both led all six laps in their respectively races.

You still have a chance to check out the Brooklyn Raceway in 2019 as the Speedway hosts the Brooklyn Raceway Fall Nationals presented by Lakeside Casino & Resort on Friday September 13th and Saturday September 14th. Three Divisions of Figure 8's (Open, Stock & Pro-Stock) plus Front Wheel Drives, JR Front Wheel Drive, Cruisers, Hobby Stocks and Micro Sprints. Racing starts at 7:15pm on Friday and 6pm on Saturday.

For More information check out brooklynraceway.org or Brooklyn Raceway on Facebook.

Brooklyn Raceway
 
Unofficial Results
Sunday September 1st, 2019

Micro Sprints
 
1. 23T Travis Rewerts; 2. 7S Johnny Mordock; 3. 07 Owen Carlson; 4. 25A Morgan Dennis; 5. 7 Tyler Lee; 6. 31 Joe Dent; 7. 24 Scott Anderson; 8. 29 Dallas Darnell; 9. 14B Bill Livezey; 10. 3 Derrike Clarke; 11. 10 Austin Darnell; 12. 27 Greg Dennis; 13. 07z Zach Nelson; DNS 77 Tyler Brooks; DNS 3J Jeremy Spriggs

Front Wheel Drive

1. 5 Tyler Haring; 2. 21 John Schuring; 3. 14T Tony Audas; 4. 22R Danny Robinson; 5. 98C Johnnie Croy; 6. 72R Shea  Betz; 7. 28 Mike Eddinger

Trucks

1. 33 Dave Sellers; 2. 2T Tim McKee; 3. 2M Isaac McKee; 4. 316 Mark Ruggles; 5. 17K Deal Keasling

Cruisers

1. 75L Laverne Lehman / Jacob Lehman; 2. 196 Austin Schuring / Ray Hill; 3. 23 Tristan LaRue / Carlie Miller; 4. 52 Dan Olson / Steve Olson; 5. 20 Bruce Kline / Danielle Kline; 6. 19 Zach Leach / Josh Albertson; 7. 2K Morgan Kline / Preston Kline; 8. 17D Deal Keasling / Brian Stevenson; 9. 3 Chad Clabaugh / Wyatt Clabaugh; 10. 78 Rody Barkema / Jason Rewerts 

JR Front Wheel Drive

1. 42 Ethan Wauters; 2. 54J Jeremy Williams; 3. 22D Dalton Sowers

Hobby Stocks

1. 10 Travis Fenton; 2. 75L Jacob Lehman; 3. 30T Brian Stevens; 4. 70X Garrett Croy; 5. 19B Brooklyn Henderson; 6. 22 Leroy Kline; 7. 4G Cordell Hestness; 8. 20 Bruce Kline; 9. 06B Brandon Long

Open 

1. 49 Jerrod Thompson; 2. 91T Ted Armstrong; 3. 31 Jesse Sanders; 4. 25 Josh Firkins; 5. 4 Payton Clabaugh; 6. 69 Nick McLenathon; 7. 28 Nick Runyan

Stock 

1. 02 Rick Goldsberry; 2. 9-11 Mike VanderMolen; 3. 343 Josh VanderMolen; 4. 01 Rodney Morse; 5. 0K Jerome Kline; 6. 26A Dan Arnett; 7. 94 Jace Ingram; 8. 64R Richard Miller; 9. 25 Steve Hogan; 10. 91H Shad Hedlund; 11. 10X Mark Housley; 12. 85 Josh Albertson; DNS 32 Brent Bardwell

Pro-Stock

1. 88R Kyle Richardson; 2. 9 DJ Draughn; 3. 48 Scott Schook; 4. 3B Cameron Eichhorn; 5. 24 Butch Lester; 6. 22X Brad Graham; 7. 45 Keith Lester; 8. 54 Riley Cope; 9. 27 Taylor Stoddard; 10. 18 Aaron Roudabush; 11. 7K Cody Kiewiet; 12. 5-0 Albie Parker; 13. 44X Bradley Graham

Powder Puffs

Race 1 : 1. 01 Kelsey Bardwell; 2.  23 Carly Emmy; 3. 75L Jamie Allen / Jean Nicholson; 4. 49 Ashley Kiamas; 5. 3 Angie Clabaugh / Kate Clabaugh; 6. 17W Jordan Hartwig / Trish Hartwig; DNS 91H Aisha Hedward

Race 2 : 1. 30T Kaitlyn Schuring; 2. 44 Corrie Craig; 3. 7K Molly Bouwer; 4. 27 Jamie Stoddard; 5. 9-11 Driver Not Known; 6. 22X Sherri Wauters; 7. 18 Driver Not Known

Fantastic Night of Racing During the Safelite Auto Glass Showdown at Motown

The Regular Season ended at Marshalltown Speedway but the 2019 season was not over and as many drivers get prepared for the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals at the Boone Speedway, some swing into Marshalltown for the Safelite Auto Glass Showdown at MoTown.

Fans did not leave disappointed as there was exciting and fantastic racing all night including some of the finishes. IMCA Modifieds ran for $1,000 to win meanwhile IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods were $500 to win. IMCA Hobby Stocks $300 to win were on the card as was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks and Brooklyn Raceway Cruisers.

First feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 15 lap feature. Myles Michehl jumped out to the early race lead with Jeff Johnson on his tail the first half of the race. Johnson spun in turn four on lap eight to bring out the only race caution. Michehl was not fazed as he led from start to finish to take the win, this was Michehl 8th win in the trucks and clinched the championship. Jeff Frevert ran second the rest of the way. Johnson worked his way back through to finish third. Bryan Spangler and Del Enos rounded out the top five.

Jeff Ware grabbed the race lead in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event passing Blake Henry, Scott Ellis and Aaron Rudolph on lap one to take the lead away. Ware and the field saw the caution came out on lap three for Andy Peck spinning in turn four, Preston Merical made contact as he had no where to go. Ware now had Tyler Ollendieck on his back bumper but held on to the race lead. The caution again came out on lap nine for Brian Stevens and Jeremiah Andrews getting together in turn four. Ware, Ollendieck and Eric Stanton battled it out for the race lead until on lap 11, Ollendieck spins on the front stretch sliding through infield billboards. Ware and Stanton battled for the race lead with Ware holding on until the final set of corners. Ware spun in the turn three but kept going but it allowed Stanton just enough time to take over the lead and the win. Rudolph and Bill Bonnett got by Ware for second and third. Ware finished fourth and Henry was fifth.

Before a single lap was completed in the IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature, the caution came out when Dustin Dreesman and Dennis Stewart got together in turn one. Brayton Carter led the first lap before Jenae Gustin took the lead away on lap two. Gustin and Carter battled it out until a caution came out on lap ten for Stewart coming to a stop in turn one. Gustin held off any more challenges from Carter to take the win ahead of Carter, Tyler Soppe, Jason Hall and Nebraska's Brian Osantwoski.

Up next was the Brooklyn Raceway Cruiser Cars 15 lap feature. Austin Schuring / Ray Hill took the early lead but just after a lap was scored the red flag came out when Tristen Larue/Lane Larue went off the top of turn three. Schuring/Hill continued to lead until lap six when suddling their machine lost power allowing Jacob Lehman/Laverne Lehman to take over the top spot. Lehman/Lehman led until lap 11 when Carsen Carpenter / Chad Rigby took the lead away. Carpenter / Rigsby went on to take the win ahad of Lehman/Lehman, Chris Mitchell/Shelbie West, Leroy Kline/Bruce Kline and Zach Leach/Josh Albertson.

The IMCA Stock Cars lived up to their name as the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" in their 20 lap feature event. Todd Reitzler grabbed the early race lead despite Angel Munoz and Wayne Dotson battling behind him. On lap four, Munoz and Dotson got together in turn four sending Munoz around to bring out the caution and Dotson to the tail for questionable driving. Reitzler got a great restart and pulled away and appeared to be heading on to the easy win until the caution came out on lap 16 for Jesse Sobbing coming to a stop on back stretch. On the restart, the red flag came out when Roger Ciesielski went off the top side of turn one. Reitzler knew Elijah Zevenbergen and Damon Murty was on his back bumper and began to battle it out until Murty experienced troubles on lap 18. Murty came to a stop in turn two. Reitzler fended off a pair of haymakers from Zevenbergen to go on to take the win. Zevenbergen finished second ahead of Track Champion Steve Meyer, Jeff Wollam and Curt Hook.

Final feature of the night was the 25 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event. Cayden Carter led the first eight laps before a caution came out for Todd Shute sliding off the top side of turn two. Joel Rust made the right move on the restart and wrestled the lead away from Carter. Rust got a little separation between him Carter as they began to catch heavy lap traffic. The caution came out on lap 23 for Jarrett Franzen and Austin Paul getting together in turn one. Rust was not fazed as we went on to take the win putting him on the 2020 FastShaft All-Star Invitational ballot. Carter, sixteenth place starter Jeff Aikey, Cody Laney and Kelly Shryock rounded out the top five.

Marshalltown Speedway will now take a week off for Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals in Boone before they return the following week with the 13th Annual World Nationals on September 12th through 14th. Thursday September 12th is an Open Track Practice for all classes. Friday September 13th, Qualifying for IMCA Modifieds plus a complete show for IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Saturday September 14th, Last Chance races and $10,000 to win finale for the IMCA Modifieds. Stock Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks also race on Saturday. Stock Cars and Sport Mods are $1,000 to win both Friday and Saturday meanwhile the Hobby Stocks are $500 to win each night. Racing starts at 7!

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Safelite Auto Glass Showdown at Motown

Friday August 30th, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

A Feature : 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 2. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 4. 5L Cody Laney (Bakersfield, CA); 5. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 6. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 7. 9Z Chris Zogg (New Liberty); 8. 17X Richard Michael Jr (Hinsdale, NY); 9. 10RM Ryan McDaniel (Olivehurst, CA); 10. 915 Chris Elliott (Abilene, TX); 11. 01A Andrew Armstrong (Benton, AR); 12. 5M Zachary Madrid (Tucson, AZ); 13. 5X Todd Shute (Norwalk); 14. 16B Randy Brown (Chowchilla, CA); 15. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 16. 32 D.J. Shannon (Merced, CA); 17. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 18. 5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 19. 28 Cory Davis (Eunice, NM); 20. 14A Chase Alves (Peoria, AZ); 21. 30B Eddie Sites (Towanda, PA); 22. 60F Jarett Franzen (Maquoketa); 23. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 24. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton)

B Feature 1 : 1. Braaksma; 2. Sites; 3. Snyder; 4. Alves; 5. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 6. 00AZ T.J. Wyman (Laveen, AZ); 7. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 8. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 9. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 10. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman, IA)

B Feature 2 : 1. Zogg; 2. Madrid; 3. Brown; 4. Paul; 5. 21R Riley Simmons (Susanville, CA); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 7. 11K Mark Griffin (Canton, PA); 8. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 9. 3W Garett Wilson (Carlisle); 10. 8W Kenny Wyman Jr (Goodyear, AZ)

Heat 1 : 1. Michael; 2. Shute; 3. Shryock; 4. Abelson; 5. Alves; 6. Anderson; 7. Sites; 8. Murray; 9. Belez
Heat 2 : 1. Ward; 2. Laney; 3. Elliott; 4. Davis; 5. Brown; 6. Simmons; 7. Paul; 8. Van Deest; 9. Simatovich
Heat 3 : 1. Carter; 2. Franzen; 3. McDaniel; 4. Armstrong; 5. Snyder; 6. Braaksma; 7. Clement; 8. T.J. Wyman; 9. Gustin
Heat 4 : 1. Rust; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Shannon; 4. Aikey; 5. Madrid; 6. Zogg; 7. Griffin; 8. Wilson; 9. Kenny Wyman

IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature : 1. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 2. 66Z Elijah Zevenbergen (Ocheyedan); 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 4. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 5. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley); 6. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 7. 92B Brian Blessington (Breda); 8. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 9. 74 Wayne Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 10. 00H Eric Hamilton (Hanford, CA); 11. 77B Robert Brillhart (Crystal, MI); 12. 00 Jody York (Lubbock, TX); 13. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 14. 37C Roger Ciesielski (Waterloo); 15. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Malvern); 16. 13D Timothy DeGroft Jr (Elwell, MI); 17. 2M Angel Munoz (Lamar, CO); 18. 25X Troy Burkhart (Hays, KS)

Heat 1 : 1. Reitzler; 2. Dotson; 3. Murty; 4. Rice; 5. Burkhart; 6. Atcher; 7. Blessington; 8. York; 9. Cielsielski
Heat 2 : 1. Meyer; 2. Zevenbergen; 3. Wollam; 4. Munoz; 5. Sobbing; 6. Hook; 7. Hamilton; 8. Brillhart; 9. DeGroft

IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature : 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 3T Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 4. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 5. 999 Brian Osantowski (Columbus, NE); 6. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck); 7. 4X Jerry Miles (Bernard); 8. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 9. 75C Bo Partain (Casa Grande, AZ); 10. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 11. 007 Zach Nitsch (Delia, KS); 12. 32G Jasen Gray (Colby, KS); 13. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 14. 1S Shelby Frye (Chandler, AZ); 15. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown); 16. 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls); 17. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 18. 4 Dustin Dreesman (Grundy Center)

Heat 1 : 1. Doyle; 2. Nelson; 3. Gustin; 4. Miles; 5. Kauffman; 6. Hildreth; 7. Frye; 8. Johnson; 9. Partain
Heat 2 : 1. Hall; 2. Soppe; 3. Osantowski; 4. Carter; 5. Gray; 6. Nitsch; 7. Kaplan; 8. Dreesman; 9. Stewart

IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature : 1. 7BX Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 3. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 4. 83 Jeff Ware (Columbus, NE); 5. 76 Blake Henry (Indianola); 6. 39 Colby Kaspar (Columbus, NE); 7. 18S Gary Ollendieck (Sumner); 8. 24 Dustin Thompson (Villisca); 9. 06B Brandon Long (Des Moines); 10. 75L Jacob Lehman (Waterloo); 11. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 12. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 13. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax); 14. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 15. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 16. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 17. 24T Tyler Ollendieck (Tripoli); 18. 30T Brian Stevens (Newton); 19. 29RD Rowan Mason (Lincoln, NE); 20. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 21. 75M Preston Merical (State Center); 22. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle)

Heat 1 : 1. Klosterman; 2. Coady; 3. Ellis; 4. Henry; 5. Andrews; 6. Merical; 7. Peck; 8. Overton
Heat 2 : 1. Stanton; 2. Ware; 3. Mason; 4. Kaspar; 5. Newhouse; 6. Thompson; 7. Stevens
Heat 3 : 1. Tyler Ollendieck; 2. Bonnett; 3. Rudolph; 4. Long; 5. Lehman; 6. Gary Ollendieck; 7. Forbes

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks

A Feature : 1. 21 Myles Michehl (Fort Dodge); 2. 2 Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge); 3. 23 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 4. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids); 5. C2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 6. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 7. 16 Justin Schroeder (Coon Rapids); 8. 9 Lou Siplot (Altoona); 9. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids)

Heat 1 :1. Siplot; 2. Johnson; 3. Enos; 4. Richardson; 5. Spangler
Heat 2 : 1. Michehl; 2. Frevert; 3. Mapes; 4. Schroeder

Cruisers

A Feature : 1. 53 Carsen Carpenter / Chad Rigsby; 2. 75L Jacob Lehman / Laverne Lehman; 3. 15 Chris Mitchell / Shelbie West; 4. 22 Bruce Kline / Leroy Kline; 5. 19 Zach Leach / Josh Albertson; 6. 28 Ryan Wells / Travis Fenton; 7. 69X Tom Schons / Andrew Tyrell; 8. 196 Austin Schuring / Ray Hill; 9. 23 Tristen Larue / Lane Larue; DNS 101K Dakota Tuttle / Brian Swarts; DNS 2B James Tarter / Brianna Brickman

Heat 1 : 1. Lehman / Lehman; 2. Wells / Fenton; 3. Larue / Larue; 4. Schons / Tyrell; 5. Tuttle / Swarts
Heat 2 : 1. Schuring / Hill; 2. Carpenter / Rigsby; 3. Kline / Kline; 4. Mitchell / West; 5. Leach / Albertson; 6. Tarter / Brickman

Larry Wollam Memorial Season Championship Night at Motown

Friday Night marked the ending of track points as Marshalltown Speedway that meant it was the North 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Memorial Season Championship Night. This night was once again a special night as it remembered a great man who raced, owned and promoter at the Speedway before he passed away on August 30th, 1999. Before the race got started Jeff and Tyler Wollam came out in the familiar 3W race car as many of the family, friends and crew members stood on the front stretch in a great tribute in memory of 20 years since Larry passed including former drivers who drove for Larry.

I may have never gotten to know Larry personally but one thing I know he is smiling down every night on his son Jeff on the race track, even the bad nights. I have become great friends with the entire Wollam Racing Team over the years and you could say I am their unofficial stat keeper, its always touching to hang out with them in the pits every race night because they have been supporters of me and my passion for racing.

Larry always lived by his view of Life and they honestly couldn't be any more spoken words.

THE LARRY WOLLAM VIEW OF LIFE--

If you think you're beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch that you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost.
For out in the world we find -
Success begins with a fellow's will,
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself,
Before you can win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go,
To the strongest or fastest man.
But sooner or later the person who wins,
Is the person who thinks he can.

Eighty-Nine Cars signed in to race on the high banks of Marshalltown including nine North Iowa Vintage Club. Mike Morrill, Jacob Floyd, Jake McBirnie, Steve Meyer and Joel Rust were all feature winners. Morrill, Leah Wroten, McBirnie, Meyer and Tim Ward were all crown track champions. Top Ten in points in all classes were automatically locked in with all other cars including new cars racing their way into their starting spots for the features.

First feature of the night was the Mod Lites 15 lap feature event and it was "Huggie Bear" Joel Huggins grabbing the early race lead with Mike Morrill in tow. Huggins began to work lap traffic and that allowed Morrill to think about making a move for the top spot. Morrill did exactly that as he took the lead away coming to the white flag putting Huggins back to second. Morrill went on to take his sixth win of the season and the track championship. Huggins finished second on the track and second in points by 4 pts. Randy Bryan was third, Joe Glick was fourth and Charlie Brown was fifth.

Jake McBirnie took advantage of being the Points leader by starting on the front row in the 18 lap IMCA Sport Mods feature event. McBirnie wrestled the lead away from Austin Schrage on the start and cruised on his third win in Motown. Austin Kaplan got by Schrage six laps to go and Kaplan held on to take second. Schrage finished third, Jenae Gustin and Travis Peterson was fourth and fifth respectively.  McBirnie nabbed the 2019 track championship by 12 pts over Peterson.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, it was Track Champion Leah Wroten leading the first 11 laps despite having the pesky Rookie Kaden Reynolds following right in her tire tracks. The caution came out on lap 11 when racing veteran Bill Bonnett blew up and caught fire going down the front stretch before coming to a stop in turn two. Wroten and Reynold battled it out for the race lead but it looked as if Wroten was going to take the win but on lap 13, Reynolds tried to make a move for the race lead but was unsuccessful. Reynolds again tried and took the top spot away going into turn three on the final lap but Wroten made contact spinning Reynolds out in turn three. Wroten came across the line to the checkers at the same time the yellow came out, Wroten was penalized for questionable driving and Reynolds was the caution so that gave the win to Jacob Floyd, who ran third the entire distance. Gary Pfantz was second, Jamie Coady came across the line in third was disqualifed in post race tech inspection for chip infraction so that handed the third spot over to Ben Newhouse. Jeremiah Andrews and Scott Ellis rounded out the top five. Wroten clinched the track champion by simply taking the green flag.

What can you say about the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, other than they truly are the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" and it was no different on this night. Steve Meyer and Todd Reitlzer battled it out early in the feature event with Meyer leading lap one. A caution came out just after the completion of lap one when Michael Peterson hit the front stretch wall and coming to a stop. Reitzler took the lead away from Meyer on the restart but the caution came out on lap seven when third place runner Dallon Murty spun in turn two. Reitzler continued to lead even when the caution came out on lap ten for Damon Murty sliding off the top side of turn three. The caution came out a lap later on lap 11 when Curt Hook came to a stop on the top side of turn one. Meyer got by Reitzler on lap 12 and shortly after Reitzler spun in the bottom side of turn two. Meyer held on to take his third win of the season ahead of hard charging Damon Murty. Jeff Wollam finished third on a night remembering his dad. Dave Atcher was fourth and Dallon Murty came back to finish fifth. Meyer took the track championship, his first since his 2012 Stock Car Track Championship.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Joel Rust jumped out to the race lead and managed to lead all 20 laps fending off challenges from Tim Ward early in the feature the went caution free. Rust took win number seven of the year in Motown. Ward finished second, Ronn Lauritzen was third, Sam Wieben was fourth and Jared Van Deest was fifth. Ward held on to win the track championship by 3 pts over Rust.

North Iowa Vintage Club made a special appearance to the Marshalltown Speedway and it the end of its 12 lap feature event, it was Ray Guss Jr from Illinois taking the win in a 1975 Chevy Nova owned by Keith Simmons. Guss took the lead on lap three and never looked back.

All that is left on the Marshalltown Speedway 2019 Schedule is special events. The first of which is Friday August 30th for the Safelite Auto Glass Showdown at Motown. IMCA Modifieds are $1,000 to win meanwhile IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods are both $500 to win. IMCA Hobby Stocks also race for a top prize of $300 to win. Draw/Redraw show for IMCA National, Regional and State Points. The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks also make an appearance to the Marshalltown Speedway. Hot Laps at 6:45, Racing at 7:30!

Then the Speedway takes a week off for Super Nationals in Boone before they return for the 13th Annual World Nationals on September 12th through 14th. Thursday September 12th is an Open Track Practice for all classes. Friday September 13th, Qualifying for IMCA Modifieds plus a complete show for IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Saturday September 14th, Last Chance races and $10,000 to win finale for the IMCA Modifieds. Stock Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks also race on Saturday. Stock Cars and Sport Mods are $1,000 to win both Friday and Saturday meanwhile the Hobby Stocks are $500 to win each night. Racing starts at 7!

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North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen 
Larry Wollam Memorial Season Championships

Friday August 23rd, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

A Feature : 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 2. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 6. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 7. 237 Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 8. 3W Garret Wilson (Carlisle); 9. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); DNS 57 Tyler Gross (Bondurant)

Track Champion : Tim Ward

IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature : 1. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 4. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 5. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 7. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 8. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 9. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 10. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley); 11. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 12. 04 Don Vis (State Center); 13. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 14. 1X Michael Peterson (Montezuma); DNS 32 Tom Cannon (West Branch); DNS 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); DNS 42 Doug Russell (Conrad)

Heat : 1. Peterson; 2. Damon Murty; 3. Balmer; 4. Dulin; 5. Cannon; 6. Vis; 7. Damme; 8. Russell

Track Champion : Steve Meyer

IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature : 1. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 2. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 3. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 6. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 7. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 8. 77AU Frank Packer (Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia); 9. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck); 10. 7L Brian Lepa (Waterloo); 11. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 12. 4 Dustin Dreesman (Grundy Center); 13. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown); DNS 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls)

Heat : 1. Kauffman; 2. Curt Hilmer; 3. Packer; 4. Hildreth; 5. King; 6. Stewart; 7. Dreesman; DNS 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart)

Track Champion : Jake McBirnie

IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature : 1. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 2. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 3. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 4. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 5. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 6. 47 Ray Fees (Des Moines); 7. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 8. 11K William Klosterman (Ackely); 9. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella); 10. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 11. 15D Dan Brady (Deep River); 12. 57C Cory Ogden (Cedar Rapids); 13. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 14. 75M Preston Merical (State Center); 15. 18 James Jensen (Newton); 16. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 17. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 18. 06B Brandon Long (Des Moines); 19. 57 Marlena Betzer (Central City); 20. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 21. 30T Brian Stevens (Newton); 22. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon); DQ 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax)

Heat 1 : 1. Hovell; 2. Betzer; 3. Dulin; 4. Stevens; 5. Long; 6. Jensen; 7. Preston Merical
Heat 2 : 1. Bonnett; 2. Travis Merical; 3. Klosterman; 4. Brady; 5. Forbes; 6. Ogden

Track Champion : Leah Wroten

MADCRA Mod Lites

A Feature : 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 4. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 5. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 6. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 7. 92 Ryan Mills (Des Moines); 8. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 9. 8W Joe Wood (Boone); 10. 18M Chelsea May (DeSoto); 11. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 12. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 13. 88 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 14. J7B Chris Weir (Colo); DNS 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines)

Heat 1 :1. Charlie Brown; 2. Mills; 3. Weir; 4. Compart; 5. Messamer; 6. Wood

Track Champion : Mike Morrill

North Iowa Vintage Club

Feature Winner : 38 Ray Guss Jr (Milan, IL) --- 1975 Chevy Nova owned by Keith Simmons

Full Moon and Thrilling Racing on Speed Shift TV Night at Marshalltown

Two tracks I have had the opportunity to work at the last three years wrapped up their season last weekend so it meant my schedule was open once again and since I hardly ever stay home during racing season I needed to find somewhere to go watch racing. The decision was made to make the trip across town to the Marshalltown Speedway for Speed Shift TV Night.

One Hundred Eighteen cars signed in to tame the high banked quarter mile facility at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds. The racing action was hot, heavy and wild all night long where the Full Moon made it presence known. IMCA Northern Sport Mods ran for a top prize of $1,000 and the winner was Johnathon Logue. Joel Rust and Kaden Reynolds win again in the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Hobby Stocks respectively. Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars), Randy Bryan (Mod Lites) and Russ Olson (600cc Micro Mods) were also victorious.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap MADCRA Mod Lites feature event. Cory Sonner started on the pole when Charlie Brown opted to the tail on the start and he took advantage by leading the opening lap. Before another lap was scored in the books, Jacob George spun in turn two. On the restart the red flag came out when Mike Morrill flipped once in turn four meanwhile Doug Byers and Terry Brown spun in turn four. Randy Bryan wrestled the lead away on lap two, only to see the final caution come out when Brett Warrick spinning in turn two. Bryan went on to take his first win in Motown despite a hard charging Joel Huggins. Huggins started eighth and chased Bryan but could never take the lead away. Terry Brown worked his way back to finished third, Tanner Gannon was fourth and Charlie Brown was fifth.

IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature saw Scott Ellis grapped the early race lead from Travis Merical but on lap two the red flag came out. The red flag was for William Klosterman because he nose dived and got hung up in the catch fence near the catwalk in turn four  after making contact with Gary Pfantz. Thankfully Klosterman along with everybody else was okay and after a lengthy clean up racing action resumed. Scott Ellis continued to lead until Kaden Reynolds worked his way from tenth to take the lead away on lap seven. Reynolds and the field saw the caution come out on lap ten for Jamie Coady in turn two. Reynolds held on to take his third win in Motown but Leah Wroten had caught him late, she just could not find away around Reynolds. Tyler Ollendieck started twelfth but managed a third place finish. Merical and Ben Newhouse finish fourth and fifth respectively.

Tony Olson and Johnathon Logue found themselves on the front row of the 20 lap IMCA Sport Mods $1,000 to win draw / redraw feature event. Olson and Logue battled it out for the race lead the entire distance with Olson grabbing the race lead. The caution came out on lap eight for Jake Sachau and Kyle Olson on the back stretch, then on lap nine for Garrett Nelson in turn four. Olson still maintained the top spot holding off Logue on the restarts but when the red flag came out on lap 15 for another car getting on his side after making contact with Hunter Longnecker in turn two. Olson kept the upperhand with Logue and Jenae Gustin on his back bumper. Olson slid up a bit too high on lap 17 opening up the door for Logue to take the top spot away. Logue held off Olson to take the win. Olson was second with Gustin finishing a close third. Cory Van Zante was fourth and fifteenth place starter Travis Peterson was fifth.

Up next was the visiting Excel 600cc Micro Mods for a 12 lap feature event. Donny Erger led the first two laps before Russ Olson worked his way from sixth to the top spot on lap three. Olson went on to take the win. Chad Dugan, Erger, Jeremy Schaufenbuel and Will Bird rounded out the top five.

In the Class Too Tough Too Tame IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, it was Jared Daggett grabbing the early race lead. The first caution came out on lap two for debris on the front stretch. Daggett held on too the lead meanwhile Damon Murty put it upstairs and worked his way up too the race lead on lap five. Just after the completion of lap five, the caution came out for Justin Temeyer went he broke going in turn one. Murty went on to cruise on to the win, Todd Reitzler finished a distance second. Curt Hook came across the line in third, fourteenth place starter Steve Meyer was fourth and Daggett slipped back to fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event, Garett Wilson led the first three laps before a caution came out for Danny Meier in turn two. Wilson saw Joel Rust and Tim Ward get by him on the restart but the caution came out on lap five for Josh Most in turn two. Rust and Ward battled it out on the restart before the caution again came out on lap six for Meier, Dustin Kroening and Bret Ramsey in turn two. Rust and Ward again battled it out before Rust was able to pull away and go to take his sixth win of the year. Ward finished a distance second, Ronn Lauritzen was third, Thor Anderson was fourth and Ethan Braaksma was fifth.

Next Friday Night will be the annual North 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championship Night. Its a night that is special as it remembers a great man who raced, owned a race car and promoted at Marshalltown, he passed away 20 years ago in 1999. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:55p with Racing at 7:30p.

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Marhalltown Speedway
Speed Shift TV Night

Friday August 16th, 2019

IMCA Modifieds

A Feature : 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 5. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 7. 3W Garett Wilson (Carlisle); 8. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 9. 20 Cody Schroeder (Mantiowoc, WI); 10. 41H Nate Hughes (Humboldt); 11. 12J Trent Guest (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada); 12. 237 Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 14. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 15. 32 Chris Snyder (Waterloo); 16. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, IL); 17. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 18. 8TTB Josh Most (Red Oak); 19. 33M Danny Meier (Dunmore, Alberta, Canada); 20. 12R Bret Ramsey (Waterloo)

Heat 1 : 1. Clement; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Snyder; 4. Meier; 5. Guest; 6. Leeman; 7. Ramsey
Heat 2 : 1. Rust; 2. Wilson; 3. Rawlins; 4. Van Deest; 5. Kroening; 6. May; DQ Most
Heat 3 : 1. Ward; 2. Anderson; 3. Braaksma; 4. Hughes; 5. Morehouse; 6. Schroeder

IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature : 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 3. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley); 4. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 5. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 6. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 7. 18 Chris Luloff (Independence); 8. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 9. 14 Derrick Agee (Huntsville, MO); 10. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 11. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 12. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 13. 00H Eric Hamilton (Hanford, CA); 14. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley); 15. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone); 16. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 17. 7SR Justin Temeyer (Independence); 18. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 19. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 20. 15V Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids)

Heat 1 : 1. Daggett; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Reitzler; 4. Wollam; 5. Luloff; 6. Damme; 7. Ritter
Heat 2 : 1. Rice; 2. Damon Murty; 3. Atcher; 4. Dulin; 5. Meyer; 6. Hamilton; 7. Badger
Heat 3 : 1. Everts; 2. Temeyer; 3. Hook; 4. Agee; 5. Vis; 6. Schmidt

IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature : 1. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 2. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 5. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 6. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 7. 53 Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 8. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 9. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 10. 16SS Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 11. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 12. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 13. 7V Carter Vandenberg (Oskaloosa); 14. 17 Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa); 15. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 16. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 17. 77AU Frank Packer (Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia); 18. 29V Brett Vanderheiden (Earlham); 19. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward); 20. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 21. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 22. 00 Colby Fett (Algona); 23. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 24. 14 Jake Sachau (Denison)

B Feature : 1. VanWyk; 2. Nelson; 3. Vanderheiden; 4. Hilmer; 5. 07 Cory Kemkes (Appleton, WI); 6. 9 Braison Bennett (Neenah, WI); 7. 28A Andrew Sneller (Pella); 8. 27 Michael Parcel (Bondurant); 9. 8TTB Tommy Hensley (Bedford); 10. 7D Mike Lewis (Ames); 11. 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls); DNS 98M Morris Schuler (Albion)

Heat 1 : 1. Tony Olson; 2. Carter; 3. Kaplan; 4. Fett; 5. Packer; 6. Hensley; 7. Hilmer; 8. Parcel
Heat 2 : 1. Gustin; 2. Siems; 3. Logue; 4. Longnecker; 5. Rudolf; 6. Nelson; 7. Schuler; 8. Sneller
Heat 3 : 1. Anderson; 2. Kyle Olson; 3. Vandenberg; 4. Peterson; 5. Hall; 6. Vanderheiden; 7. Hildreth; 8. Bennett
Heat 4 : 1. Sachau; 2. Thompson; 3. Van Zante; 4. McBirnie; 5. Schrage; 6. VanWyk; 7. Kemkes; 8. Lewis

IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 3. 24T Tyler Ollendieck (Tripoli); 4. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 5. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 6. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 7. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 8. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 9. 30T Brian Stevens (Newton); 10. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 11. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax); 12. 47 Ray Fees (Des Moines); 13. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 14. 85M Dillion Million (Marshalltown); 15. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon); 16. 75M Preston Merical (State Center); 17. 18 James Jensen (Newton); 18. 21P Shane Palmer (Huxley); 19. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 20. 22C Justin Lovig (Clemons); 21. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 22. 18S Gary Ollendieck (Sumner); 23. J7 David Simpson (Des Moines); 24. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley)

Heat 1 : 1. Wroten; 2. Travis Merical; 3. Andrews; 4. Floyd; 5. Gary Ollendieck; 6. Simpson; 7. Palmer; 8. Peck
Heat 2 : 1. Reynolds; 2. Ellis; 3. Klosterman; 4. Fees; 5. Stevens; 6. Dulin; 7. Forbes; 8. Preston Merical
Heat 3 : 1. Coady; 2. Newhouse; 3. Pfantz; 4. Tyler Ollendieck; 5. Bonnett; 6. Million; 7. Lovig; 8. Jensen

MADCRA Mod Lites

A Feature : 1. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 4. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines); 5. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 6. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 7. 18M Chelsea May (DeSoto); 8. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 9. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 10. 41 Brett Warrick (Boone); 11. 4G Jacob George (Altoona); 12. 4B Doug Byers (Madrid); DNS 3G Joe Glick (Madrid)

Heat 1 : 1. Morrill; 2. Gannon; 3. Sonner; 4. Byers; 5. Charlie Brown; 6. Warrick; 7. Glick
Heat 2 : 1. Bryan; 2. Huggins; 3. Compart; 4. May; 5. George; 6. Terry Brown

Excel 600cc Micro Mods

A Feature : 1. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 7 Chad Dugan (Garber); 3. 6 Donny Erger (Brandon); 4. 34 Jeremy Schaufenbuel (New Hampton); 5. 83 Will Bird (Winthrop); 6. 5 Ryan Crooks (Ionia); 7. 18 Jeff Davis (La Porte City); 8. 69 Jeremiah Haugebak (Nashua); 9. 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel (New Hampton)

Heat 1 : 1. Dugan; 2. Jeremy Schaufenbuel; 3. Erger; 4. Crooks; 5. Braiden Schaufenbuel
Heat 2 : 1. Olson; 2. Bird; 3. Davis; 4. Haugebak

Monday Racing Thoughts from Foxman

Here is some Monday Racing Thoughts from Foxman:

Sunday Night saw an end to the rein of Promoter Mick Trier at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton. After 20 years of promoting races unter JJAM Racing, it was time for Mick to call it quits. If you loved him or hated him, Mick did an amazing job with promoting several races including the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Warren County Speedway, Stuart Speedway and Benton County Speedway during that time. I have had the honor and pleasure of helping him out over the years from helping check drivers in, draw, line up duties, score, announce and work a corner. You honestly can't find another guy like him to work for so before you say all he did was take drivers money and run.....then you don't know Mick. I learned so much from Mick and I appreciated all the support he has given to me over the years. Enjoy the Retirement Mick! Don Burkey did a great job over the years on the track prep, enjoy the retirement with the refrigerator full of beer.

Benton County Speedway will have a new promoter.....Specialty Racing Promotions (Corey and Rick Dripps). Their first race will be on Saturday September 28th with the Dirt Knights Tour IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Compacts and Micro Mods. Hot Laps at 6pm, Racing to Follow.

Meanwhile 4 Wide Promotions is leaving the Hancock County Speedway after three years of promoting as they turned in their notice to the Hancock County District Fair board. It was difficult decision for them but with ever so changes in life, it became very difficult to continue on despite having a great team behind them. I had honor of being one of the first people they offered a job too back in the summer of 2016 when they officially signed the contract to take over because of my experience and when ISF Speedway closed after the 2016 season, it meant I could accept and begin working for them. Most of the time, I was behind the microphone announcing races with Chad Meyer but i filled in on Raceceiver, worked a Corner, Help in the pit shack, help With Driver Check In...among many different things I did. If they asked they knew I was not afraid to help do anything. Thanks Brian King, Josh Omans, Kyle Roose and Doug "Doc" Sande for bring me on to be a part of the team, wish all you guys the best. John Pletcher thanks for all your hard work getting the track in shape, Darlene Weber helping with getting trophies every night, Alissa Graven for keeping the whole team together every night.

I have rumors that there is a few more tracks in Iowa that maybe opening up at the end of the 2019 racing season but we will see what happens. Time will tell what opens up and what 2020 plans will be for race tracks.

Now for all you internet warriors that think every track picks favorites well you are wrong. If you think its so easy to be a track official then get off your tailbone and put down the keyboard.......contact a race track promoter, ask them if they have position available. After working at a race track the last ten years, I have a little more respect for the people that have to make calls on a split second decision at other race tracks.

Also if you want to talk trash about track officials or a promoter than go say it to their face instead of hiding behind your screen or behind their backs....grow a pair of balls until then all you are doing is killing racing.

I will always continue to say positive things about Racing and hope to continue to coverage this sport for many more years to come... See you at the races, Foxman!