Finally able to attend my first race in 2019 since the World Nationals last fall, even though it had to wait extra few days since Frost Busters at Stuart and Vinton being cancelled. Stuart's Frost Buster was orginally going to race but because of a water main repair in stuart and frozen pipes at the track they were forced to cancelled after moving from Wednesday to Thursday. Vinton's Frost Buster was cancelled because of the long winter, track conditions was unbearable meaning they were forced to cancel.
Stuart will open the season with the Inaugural Tim Stevens Memorial, honor a dear friend to me who we lost last August, on Wednesday April 17th. Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts and Bat Wing Outlaw Mini Mods. Vinton (Benton County Speedway) will open their season on Sunday April 14th with Mods, Stocks, Sport Mods, Hobbys, Sport Compacts and Mini Mods.
On to the Frost Buster at Marshalltown Speedway, the racing was fantastic all night despite the late start. Officially 173 cars signed in to the pit area for the Frost Buster sponsored by 141 Speedway and Left Turn Lounge. 46 IMCA Modifieds, 46 IMCA Stock Cars, 42 Sport Mods and 39 Hobby Stocks.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap event, Darin Dezwarte and John Watson led the field to the green flag. Watson jumped out to the lead and never looked back in the only feature that went caution free, Watson took the win. Corey Madden from Avoca started fourth and follow Watson the entire distance but could not take the lead. Dylan Nelson came home third, Minnesota's Trevor Holm moved up four spots to finish fourth, and Adam Ayers was fifth.
Nate Whitehurst from Mason City grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap event. Austin Schrage, Brayton Carter and Doug Smith in hot pursuit to take the lead away from Whitehurst but could not until a caution came out on lap seven for Carter VanDenBerg spinning in turn two. On the restart, Carter running second would make the move and take the top spot away on the exit of turn two however Whitehurst would try to return the favor in turn four and slid too high and spun out in turn four forcing the caution to come out once again. Carter head off Smith on the restart and the driver known as "Speedy Bray went on to the win. Smith finished second, Keokuk's Daniel Fellows was third, Cedar Rapids's Tony Olson moved up 8 spots to finish fourth, Nebraska's Tyler Nerud was fifth.
The IMCA Stock Cars known as the "Class To Tough Too Tame" was up next on the speedway and once again they lived up to that name as several heavy hitters Damon Murty, Elijah Zevenbergen and Jay Schmidt had to come from a B-Feature but they all put a show in the feature. Before a lap could be officially completed a couple of cars spun in turn four and on the frontstretch forcing a complete restart. Hamburg, Minnesota Driver Dan Mackenthun took the early lead until the caution came out again after 1 lap was scored when a bumper was sitting in turn four. Mackenthun lost the lead to Kyle Brown on lap three and would fade back to sixth. Brown lead the remaining laps but knew he had some heavy hitters coming to take the top spot away. Murty took the second spot away from Smith on lap 13 but Smith refused to let that go as he would try to get back by Murty. Smith and Murty get together on lap 16 in turn two forcing the yellow to come out sending Smith pit side for questionable driving and Murty to the tail for being involved. The caution came out again for Debris in turn two on the restart. Brown held on to take the win. Jay Schmidt worked his way through the field to come across the line but MSD Ignition Box was deemed illegal handing the second over to Veteran Brian Blessington, who came from 12th. 16th place starter Donavon Smith was third, nineteenth place starter John Oliver Jr was fourth and Wisconsin's Trent Nolan moved up 6 spots to finish fifth.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 25 lap event and you knew this would be a Jim Dandy kind of race since Tim Ward and Nebraska's hotshoe Jordan Grabouski started on the front row. Grabouski would grab the early lead and never really looked back. A pair of cautions flew on lap two for Jeremy Mills off turn two and Lap six for Karl Brewer going over turn two. Grabouski was not going to let either of those cautions bother him and neither did lap traffic. Ricky Thornton Jr started sixth and came across the line in second. Tim Ward finished third, 10th place starter Cayden Carter finished fourth and 13th place starter Joel Rust finished fifth.
Racing resumes at the Marshalltown Speedway on Thursday with the Inaugural Bill Davis Memorial for IMCA National and Regional Points and then again on Friday with the Ryan Ashton Racing Season Opener for track points. Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Mod Lites are racing both nights with Hot Laps at 7p and Racing at 7:30p.
Frost Buster finishes up tonight at the Boone Speedway with Pits Opening at 2p, Grandstands at 3p, Hot Laps at 4p and Racing at 5p. Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks are all racing as is the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars.
I took some pictures from last night during hot laps and they are posted on the Trackside Report Facebook Page or you can click on this link : Marshalltown Frost Buster 4-5-19
Marshalltown Speedway
141 Speedway /Left Turn Lounge Frost Buster
Friday April 5th, 2019
IMCA Hobby Stock
A Feature 1: 1. 4W-John Watson, [2]; 2. 2-Corey Madden, [4]; 3. 13N-Dylan Nelson, [6]; 4. 17H-Trevor Holm, [8]; 5. 31-Adam Ayers, [3]; 6. 35B-Shawn Kuennen, [10]; 7. 14C-Leah Wroten, [7]; 8. 27K-Keeran Sampson, [16]; 9. 1-Kaden Reynolds, [14]; 10. 2X-Chuck Madden Jr, [22]; 11. 12-Mike Kincaid, [21]; 12. 5G-Tim Gonska, [12]; 13. 66-Brandon Cox, [17]; 14. 11B-Solomon Bennett, [9]; 15. 47-Darin DeZwarte, [1]; 16. 58-Aaron Shearn, [20]; 17. 12K-Eric Knutson, [13]; 18. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld, [19]; 19. 88-Luke Bird, [24]; 20. 56J-Jamie Coady, [11]; 21. 38R-Aaron Rudolph, [5]; 22. 34B-Ben Schneiders, [15]; 23. 47X-Ray Fees, [18]; 24. 99-Nathan Gagner, [23]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27K-Keeran Sampson, [1]; 2. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld, [3]; 3. 2X-Chuck Madden Jr, [4]; 4. 22C-Craig Lovig, [5]; 5. 117-Zach Howell, [8]; 6. 18-James Jensen, [7]; 7. 316-Seth Hellinga, [6]; 8. 49S-Stoney Leonard, [2]
B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Brandon Cox, [1]; 2. 58-Aaron Shearn, [8]; 3. 99-Nathan Gagner, [3]; 4. 24B-Butch Lester, [5]; 5. 17-Andy Peck, [2]; 6. 78XX-David Rieks, [4]; 7. 17F-Nick Foster, [6]; 8. 26-Tyler Pospisil, [7]
B Feature 3 (8 Laps): 1. 47X-Ray Fees, [2]; 2. 12-Mike Kincaid, [8]; 3. 88-Luke Bird, [4]; 4. 17X-Ben Newhouse `, [6]; 5. 7B-Tyler Ball, [7]; 6. 14R-Riley Gruenhagen, [3]; 7. 37G-Jeremiah Andrews, [1]; 8. 30T-Brian Stevens, [5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-John Watson, [5]; 2. 31-Adam Ayers, [6]; 3. 56J-Jamie Coady, [3]; 4. 27K-Keeran Sampson, [8]; 5. 47X-Ray Fees, [4]; 6. 78XX-David Rieks, [7]; 7. 316-Seth Hellinga, [2]; 8. 7B-Tyler Ball, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Solomon Bennett, [4]; 2. 14C-Leah Wroten, [5]; 3. 5G-Tim Gonska, [1]; 4. 66-Brandon Cox, [7]; 5. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld, [2]; 6. 88-Luke Bird, [6]; 7. 17F-Nick Foster, [8]; 8. 117-Zach Howell, [3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17H-Trevor Holm, [6]; 2. 13N-Dylan Nelson, [5]; 3. 12K-Eric Knutson, [2]; 4. 37G-Jeremiah Andrews, [3]; 5. 99-Nathan Gagner, [1]; 6. 22C-Craig Lovig, [7]; 7. 17X-Ben Newhouse `, [4]; 8. 58-Aaron Shearn, [8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Corey Madden, [4]; 2. 38R-Aaron Rudolph, [5]; 3. 1-Kaden Reynolds, [3]; 4. 49S-Stoney Leonard, [2]; 5. 14R-Riley Gruenhagen, [1]; 6. 24B-Butch Lester, [8]; 7. 18-James Jensen, [6]; 8. 12-Mike Kincaid, [7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Darin DeZwarte, [2]; 2. 35B-Shawn Kuennen, [1]; 3. 34B-Ben Schneiders, [4]; 4. 17-Andy Peck, [3]; 5. 2X-Chuck Madden Jr, [7]; 6. 30T-Brian Stevens, [5]; 7. 26-Tyler Pospisil, [6]
IMCA SportMod
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter, [4]; 2. 12-Doug Smith, [5]; 3. 11-Daniel Fellows, [8]; 4. T23-Tony Olson, [12]; 5. 5T-Tyler Nerud, [3]; 6. K3-Kyle Olson, [17]; 7. 286-Cory Rose, [11]; 8. 14X-Austin Schrage, [2]; 9. 85-Dusty Masolini, [13]; 10. 66-Cole Magnin, [7]; 11. 6E-Vince Engebregtsen, [20]; 12. 57R-Ryan King, [6]; 13. 69JR-Johnathon Logue, [19]; 14. 42-Ronnie Hults, [14]; 15. 51X-Matt Webb, [15]; 16. 7V-Carter Vandenberg, [18]; 17. 4-Jeremy Purdy, [21]; 18. 26B-Scott Brau, [24]; 19. 7-Blaine Webster, [23]; 20. 82-Jake McBirnie, [22]; 21. 29V-Brett Vanderheiden, [10]; 22. 49-Nate Whitehurst, [1]; 23. 3T-Tyler Soppe, [9]; 24. 10H-Jack Housley, [16]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10H-Jack Housley, [1]; 2. 69JR-Johnathon Logue, [8]; 3. 82-Jake McBirnie, [9]; 4. 98-Thomas Egenberger, [3]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm, [6]; 6. 17-Mary Lenz, [5]; 7. 3B-Brandon Coffman, [7]; 8. 82T-Brett Thomas, [2]; (DNS) 4C-Chance Titus,
B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. K3-Kyle Olson, [4]; 2. 6E-Vince Engebregtsen, [2]; 3. 7-Blaine Webster, [1]; 4. 20-Brandon Schmitt, [8]; 5. 8T-Tom Stark, [9]; 6. 8TTB-Tommy Hensley, [5]; 7. 32S-Blair Simmons, [6]; 8. B21-Brandon Tharp, [3]; 9. 20B-Danny Brau, [7]
B Feature 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7V-Carter Vandenberg, [1]; 2. 4-Jeremy Purdy, [2]; 3. 26B-Scott Brau, [4]; 4. 32X-Skyler Woods, [7]; 5. 2B-Robert Moore, [8]; 6. 8-Thomas Lathrop, [6]; 7. 07-Cory Kemkes, [3]; 8. 22JR-Brady Hilmer, [5]; 9. 61-Brandon Patava, [9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter, [2]; 2. 14X-Austin Schrage, [1]; 3. 286-Cory Rose, [8]; 4. 10H-Jack Housley, [4]; 5. 4-Jeremy Purdy, [3]; 6. K3-Kyle Olson, [7]; 7. 24C-Jim Chisholm, [6]; 8. 32X-Skyler Woods, [5]; 9. 8T-Tom Stark, [9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Daniel Fellows, [2]; 2. 5T-Tyler Nerud, [6]; 3. T23-Tony Olson, [7]; 4. 7-Blaine Webster, [3]; 5. 98-Thomas Egenberger, [5]; 6. 26B-Scott Brau, [8]; 7. 32S-Blair Simmons, [9]; 8. (DNF) 69JR-Johnathon Logue, [1]; (DNS) 61-Brandon Patava,
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Doug Smith, [8]; 2. 57R-Ryan King, [2]; 3. 85-Dusty Masolini, [7]; 4. 7V-Carter Vandenberg, [4]; 5. B21-Brandon Tharp, [6]; 6. 17-Mary Lenz, [1]; 7. 8-Thomas Lathrop, [3]; 8. (DNF) 20-Brandon Schmitt, [5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Tyler Soppe, [6]; 2. 66-Cole Magnin, [8]; 3. 42-Ronnie Hults, [5]; 4. 82T-Brett Thomas, [2]; 5. 07-Cory Kemkes, [7]; 6. 8TTB-Tommy Hensley, [4]; 7. 3B-Brandon Coffman, [1]; 8. 2B-Robert Moore, [3]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Nate Whitehurst, [6]; 2. 29V-Brett Vanderheiden, [8]; 3. 51X-Matt Webb, [5]; 4. 6E-Vince Engebregtsen, [7]; 5. 4C-Chance Titus, [2]; 6. 22JR-Brady Hilmer, [1]; 7. 20B-Danny Brau, [4]; 8. 82-Jake McBirnie, [3]
IMCA Stock Car
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21K-Kyle Brown, [7]; 2. 92B-Brian Blessington, [12]; 3. 35-Donavon Smith, [16]; 4. 05-John Oliver Jr, [19]; 5. 25-Trent Nolan, [11]; 6. 92-Dan Mackenthun, [1]; 7. 42-Nick Strobbe, [2]; 8. 21-Andrew Borchardt, [5]; 9. 99D-Damon Murty, [22]; 10. 54-Rick Mees, [14]; 11. 0-Brett Wenzel, [13]; 12. 99-Dallon Murty, [23]; 13. 4-Scott Rice, [10]; 14. 77M-Jeff Mueller, [9]; 15. 81-Devin Smith, [6]; 16. (DNF) 34K-Colby Klassen, [21]; 17. (DNF) 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen, [17]; 18. (DNF) 57-John Heinz, [20]; 19. (DNF) 88-Mike Coel, [3]; 20. (DNF) V31-Todd Vaneaton, [15]; 21. (DNF) 94-Steve Meyer, [8]; 22. (DNF) 5A-Tyler Pickett, [4]; 23. (DNF) 92X-Buck Schofroth, [18]; (DQ) 19J-Jay Schmidt, [24]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 35-Donavon Smith, [2]; 2. 05-John Oliver Jr, [4]; 3. 99D-Damon Murty, [10]; 4. 38-Joe Schmit, [3]; 5. 40-Aaron Karcz, [8]; 6. 52-Sean Dennis, [6]; 7. 3T-Terry Dulin, [7]; 8. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh, [9]; 9. 49-Ian Huff, [11]; 10. (DNF) 46-Cody Frerichs, [5]; 11. (DNF) 14M-Brian Mahlstedt, [1]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen, [9]; 2. 57-John Heinz, [5]; 3. 99-Dallon Murty, [4]; 4. 32-Tom Cannon, [6]; 5. 2-David Atcher, [7]; 6. 56-Joseph Hofbauer, [3]; 7. 15-Norman Chesmore, [1]; 8. 18-Anthony Goldsberry, [10]; 9. 22R-Todd Reitzler, [8]; 10. 20V-Dustin Vis, [2]
B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. 92X-Buck Schofroth, [1]; 2. 34K-Colby Klassen, [3]; 3. 19J-Jay Schmidt, [5]; 4. 36-Larry Karcz Jr, [4]; 5. 9Z-AJ Zimmerman, [8]; 6. 7B-Jim Ball Jr, [7]; 7. 6X-Bob Ahrendsen, [2]; 8. 6-Johnathan Kinser, [10]; 9. 56H-Brandon Hare, [9]; 10. 19-Reid Keller, [6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Kyle Brown, [7]; 2. 21-Andrew Borchardt, [9]; 3. 25-Trent Nolan, [6]; 4. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt, [8]; 5. 6X-Bob Ahrendsen, [10]; 6. 99-Dallon Murty, [3]; 7. 52-Sean Dennis, [4]; 8. 7B-Jim Ball Jr, [1]; 9. (DNF) 66Z-Elijah Zevenbergen, [2]; 10. (DNF) 49-Ian Huff, [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Scott Rice, [2]; 2. 42-Nick Strobbe, [4]; 3. 92B-Brian Blessington, [5]; 4. 15-Norman Chesmore, [6]; 5. 38-Joe Schmit, [7]; 6. 36-Larry Karcz Jr, [3]; 7. 32-Tom Cannon, [8]; 8. 40-Aaron Karcz, [9]; 9. 56H-Brandon Hare, [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Mike Coel, [2]; 2. 5A-Tyler Pickett, [7]; 3. 0-Brett Wenzel, [5]; 4. 92X-Buck Schofroth, [9]; 5. 56-Joseph Hofbauer, [4]; 6. (DNF) 46-Cody Frerichs, [3]; 7. (DNF) 19-Reid Keller, [1]; 8. (DNF) 22R-Todd Reitzler, [6]; 9. (DNF) 99D-Damon Murty, [8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Steve Meyer, [2]; 2. 92-Dan Mackenthun, [1]; 3. 54-Rick Mees, [3]; 4. 35-Donavon Smith, [9]; 5. 34K-Colby Klassen, [5]; 6. 57-John Heinz, [8]; 7. 3T-Terry Dulin, [6]; 8. 9Z-AJ Zimmerman, [4]; 9. 18-Anthony Goldsberry, [7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 77M-Jeff Mueller, [3]; 2. 81-Devin Smith, [1]; 3. V31-Todd Vaneaton, [2]; 4. 20V-Dustin Vis, [5]; 5. 05-John Oliver Jr, [4]; 6. 19J-Jay Schmidt, [9]; 7. 2-David Atcher, [7]; 8. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh, [8]; 9. 6-Johnathan Kinser, [6]
IMCA Modified
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski, [2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, [6]; 3. 4TW-Tim Ward, [1]; 4. 10C-Cayden Carter, [10]; 5. 26J-Joel Rust, [13]; 6. 77-Jeff Aikey, [12]; 7. B1-Jeffery Larson, [15]; 8. 10-Jeremy Mills, [3]; 9. 0-Lucas Lamberies, [4]; 10. 2JR-Wyatt Block, [17]; 11. 9-Ken Schrader, [8]; 12. 198-Sam Wieben, [16]; 13. 54-Benji LaCrosse, [22]; 14. 32-Chris Snyder, [9]; 15. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, [18]; 16. 83G-Josh Gilman, [5]; 17. 19XX-Brandon Spanjer, [11]; 18. 19G-Richie Gustin, [7]; 19. 19M-Dan Menk, [24]; 20. (DNF) 5X-Joey Taycher, [20]; 21. (DNF) 21D-David Brown, [19]; 22. (DNF) 57-Tim Hamburg, [21]; 23. (DNF) 13K-Karl Brewer, [23]; 24. (DNF) 97-Cole Anderson, [14]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 198-Sam Wieben, [1]; 2. 21D-David Brown, [2]; 3. 54-Benji LaCrosse, [5]; 4. 13T-Taylor Musselman, [6]; 5. 3-Kelly Shryock, [8]; 6. 43-Derrick Stewart, [3]; 7. 29-Ben Wilson, [4]; 8. 72-Dan Borgman, [7]; 9. 44X-Jason Schneiders, [11]; 10. 11-Trent Loverude, [10]; 11. 48J-Jacob Murray, [9]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2JR-Wyatt Block, [1]; 2. 5X-Joey Taycher, [2]; 3. 13K-Karl Brewer, [3]; 4. 19-Jimmy Gustin, [9]; 5. 442-Aaron Johnson, [4]; 6. 40-Brian Crapser, [5]; 7. 24-Aaron Benson, [8]; 8. 13-Anthony Hofbauer, [6]; 9. 15T-Erick Thiesse, [7]; 10. 21K-Kyle Brown, [10]
B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, [1]; 2. 57-Tim Hamburg, [2]; 3. 19M-Dan Menk, [5]; 4. 37-Randy Foote, [4]; 5. 41-Thor Anderson, [7]; 6. 12-Chad Porter, [6]; 7. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, [10]; 8. 3W-Garrett Wilson, [9]; 9. 40RC-Rod Clement, [3]; 10. 8W-Kenny Wyman Jr, [8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter, [4]; 2. 19G-Richie Gustin, [5]; 3. 19XX-Brandon Spanjer, [2]; 4. 198-Sam Wieben, [3]; 5. 57-Tim Hamburg, [6]; 6. 442-Aaron Johnson, [1]; 7. 13T-Taylor Musselman, [7]; 8. 41-Thor Anderson, [9]; 9. (DNF) 19-Jimmy Gustin, [10]; 10. (DNF) 44X-Jason Schneiders, [8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, [1]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski, [4]; 3. 77-Jeff Aikey, [7]; 4. 2JR-Wyatt Block, [9]; 5. 43-Derrick Stewart, [2]; 6. 37-Randy Foote, [5]; 7. 13-Anthony Hofbauer, [3]; 8. 3-Kelly Shryock, [8]; 9. 3W-Garrett Wilson, [6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Chris Snyder, [1]; 2. 9-Ken Schrader, [2]; 3. 26J-Joel Rust, [7]; 4. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, [3]; 5. 13K-Karl Brewer, [4]; 6. 54-Benji LaCrosse, [9]; 7. 12-Chad Porter, [6]; 8. 24-Aaron Benson, [8]; 9. 11-Trent Loverude, [5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Lucas Lamberies, [6]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward, [7]; 3. 97-Cole Anderson, [1]; 4. 21D-David Brown, [5]; 5. 40RC-Rod Clement, [4]; 6. 40-Brian Crapser, [9]; 7. 72-Dan Borgman, [8]; 8. 8W-Kenny Wyman Jr, [3]; (DNS) 21K-Kyle Brown,
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 83G-Josh Gilman, [1]; 2. 10-Jeremy Mills, [8]; 3. B1-Jeffery Larson, [9]; 4. 5X-Joey Taycher, [6]; 5. 29-Ben Wilson, [2]; 6. 19M-Dan Menk, [7]; 7. 15T-Erick Thiesse, [5]; 8. (DNF) 48J-Jacob Murray, [4]; 9. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, [3]
* Results are from http://marshalltownspeedway.myracepass.com/ *
