Finally beautiful weather allowed Marshalltown Speedway to get the Memorial Races in honor of Dale DeFrance and Bill Davis Sr to take place after both fell to early season rain outs. Dale DeFrance passed away on May 22nd, 2017 and Bill Davis Sr passed away on January 10th, 2018. Both of them were actively involved in the racing world and loved spending time with family, usually at the races somewhere. This was the second annual event in honor of DeFrance, orginally scheduled for May 9th, and Inaugural event in honor of Davis, originally scheduled for April 11th. The event was also part of the Central Iowa Fair.
One Hundred Twenty Six Cars signed in to have their names written down in the history books on this very special night remembering two great men, the night was a non-track point night. Twenty-Seven IMCA Sport Mods, 21 IMCA Stock Cars, 21 IMCA Late Models, 20 IMCA Hobby Stocks and 17 Mod Lites. Jeff Aikey nabbed both the Late Models and Modifieds feature wins. Todd Reitzler won the Stock Cars, Brayton Carter won the Sport Mods, Eric Stanton won the Hobby Stocks and Dillon Raffurty won the Mod Lites. Final checkered flag was displayed at 10:44 pm.
First feature of the night was the 15 lap Mod Lites feature event. Independence, Missouri Driver Dillon Raffurty wrestled the lead away from Mike Zemo early and never looked back. Raffurty held off Zemo and not even lap traffic would prevent him from taking his first win at Marshalltown. Zemo ran second the entire way and Track Point Leader Mike Morrill ran third from lap five on. Joel Huggins, known as Huggie Bear finished fourth and Tanner Gannon finished fifth.
Leah Wroten grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Eric Stanton took the top spot away on lap four from Wroten and begun to pull away. Stanton, who started sixth, motored on to the easy win with only lap traffic slowing him down late. Wroten settled in to second, seventh place starter Kaden Reynolds was third, Jamie Coady was fourth and Zach Hovell was fifth.
Josh Sink and Bill Hildreth led the field to the green in the IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature but by the end of lap one it was
"Speedy Bray" Brayton Carter from Oskaloosa in the top spot. Carter held of Cam Reimers and Jenae Gustin before the caution came out on lap two when Brian Lepa spun in turn two. Carter continued to hold of Gustin, Reimers and eleventh place starter Jake McBirnie until the caution came out on lap seven for Curt Hilmer in turn one. Carter and the field saw the caution come out again on lap eight, first for debris on the front stretch and then on the restart for Andrew Sneller and Michael Parcel in turn four. Carter held off all challenges Gustin and McBirnie threw at him to take the win. McBirnie finished second, Gustin was third. Travis Peterson and Reimers finished fourth and fifth.
Up next was the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" the IMCA Stock Cars for their 18 lap feature. Todd Reitzler and Jeff Wollam redrew the front row with Reitzler grabbing the early lead. Just after one lap was scored the caution came out for Austin Even and Kenzie Ritter in turn two and then on the restart again for Kenzie Ritter in turn two. Reitzler and the field struggled to find some momentum because the caution came out again just after lap two was scored for Donavon Smith, Even and Dustin Vis in turn two. Reitzler got a great restart but Wollam reeled him back down late to make a bid for the race lead. Reitzler held tough until the caution came outo on lap 16 when Jeff Mueller came to a stop in turn three. Reitzler held tough and took the win meanwhile Wollam was spun in turn four coming to the checkers by David Brandies, Brandies was scored by Wollam in 13th. Twelveth place starter Damon Murty, eighteenth place starter Steve Meyer, twelveth place starter Shawn Ritter and Kyle Everts rounded out the top five.
After having the intial start called back in the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature, Ronn Lauritzen grabbed the early lead until Jeff Aikey took a liking on the top side of the speedway. Aikey worked that line to his advantage to take the lead away on lap six. The only in race caution came out on lap seven for Todd Shute sliding off the top side of turn four. Aikey was chased by Ryan Gustin the entire distance but held strong for the win. Gustin was second, California's Ethan Dotson was third, twelveth place starter Richie Gustin was fourth and "The Z-Man" Zack Vanderbeek was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 44 lap IMCA Late Models feature, in memory of Dale DeFrance car number. Dale's son Darrel DeFrance drew 44 when sigining in on the night and then redrew the pole for the feature so just maybe luck was going to be on his side. DeFrance took advantage and jumped out to the early race lead until a caution came out on lap two for Kyle Hinrichs in turn one. DeFrance continued to lead until "G-Money" Richie Gustin Jr took the top spot away on lap six. Gustin and Brian Harris battled out for the race lead with Gustin being scored the leader since Harris jumped the restart on lap two. A pair of 77 cars, Nebraska's Cory Dumpert and Jeff Aikey was making their way through the field before a caution came out on lap 37 when Hinrichs spun turn two. Aikey took the top spot away on lap 39 just before a caution came out when Greg Kastli came to a restart just off the topside of turn one. Aikey started nineteenth held off fourteenth place starter Dumpert to take the win, Gustin would be disqualifed in post-race techincal inspection. DeFrance, Harris and fifteenth place starter Jeff Tharp rounded out the top five.
No Racing will take place tonight (July 12th) at Marshalltown Speedway because of the Central Iowa Fair. Racing action returns next Friday Night for Balmer Racing Night at the Races with $1,000 to win IMCA Stock Cars. Also Racing will be IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and MADCRA Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:50p and Racing at 7:30p.
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Marshalltown Speedway
Dale DeFrance Memorial / Bill Davis Memorial
Thursday July 11th, 2019
IMCA Late Models
A Feature (44 Laps): 1. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls) [19]; 2. 77 Cory Dumpert (York, NE) [14]; 3. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown) [1]; 4. 15R Brian Harris (Davenport) [7]; 5. 10T Jeff Tharp (Sherrill) [15]; 6. 7X Andy Nezworski (Buffalo) [12]; 7. 60X Ben Seeman (Waterloo) [8]; 8. 22 Charlie McKenna (Ames) [10]; 9. 32 Curtis Glover (Des Moines) [2]; 10. 60 Dalton Simonsen (Fairfax) [6]; 11. 301 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines) [21]; 12. W56 Gary Webb (Blue Grass) [18]; 13. 22X Jill George (Cedar Falls) [11]; 14. 11 Randy Faux (Earlham); 15. 66 Todd Johnson (Mitchellville) [3]; 16. 85C Bryce Carey (Nashua) [16]; 17. 15 Kyle Hinrichs (Swisher) [9]; 18. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter) [17]; 19. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville) [20]; DQ 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman) [5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Kastli [1]; 2. Seeman [4]; 3. George [2]; 4. Todd Johnson [3]; 5. Faux [5]; 6. Carey [6]; 7. Aikey [7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin [5]; 2. DeFrance [4]; 3. Harris [7]; 4. Glover [1]; 5. Dumpert [6]; 6. Krampe [2]; 7. Jenna Johnson [3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Simonsen [1]; 2. Nezworski [5]; 3. McKenna [3]; 4. Hinrichs [7]; 5. Tharp [6]; 6. Webb [4]; 7. Cooney [2]
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls) [2]; 2. 21M Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown) [5]; 3. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA) [6]; 4. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman) [12]; 5. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon) [10]; 6. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup) [1]; 7. 32 D.J. Shannon (Merced, CA) [4]; 8. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt) [13]; 9. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham) [7]; 10. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton) [9]; 11. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV) [17]; 12. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk) [19]; 13. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland) [16]; 14. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford) [20]; 15. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley) [8]; 16. 1BC Tony Cox (Ames) [14]; 17. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes) [18]; 18. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown) [11]; 19. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart) [3]; 20. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley) [15]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Richie Gustin [5]; 2. Ryan Gustin [6]; 3. Wieben [1]; 4. Anderson [2]; 5. Ward [7]; 6. Van Deest [4]; 7. Shute [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Vanderbeek [2]; 2. Lauritzen [6]; 3. Jimmy Gustin [3]; 4. Dotson [7]; 5. Cox [4]; 6. Hibdon [5]; 7. Murray [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Aikey [6]; 2. Braaksma [2]; 3. Gilman [3]; 4. Shannon [5]; 5. Hofbauer [4]; 6. Clement [1]
IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. Todd Reitzler (Grinnell) [1]; 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea) [15]; 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center) [18]; 4. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone) [12][ 5. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland) [3]; 6. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel) [5]; 7. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea) [13]; 8. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown) [16]; 9. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown) [7]; 10. 1G Patrick Graham (Ankeny) [6]; 11. 78B Andrew Burg (Adel) [10]; 12. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown) [2]; 13. 71 David Brandies (Wilton) [4]; 14. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion) [9]; 15. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike) [21]; 16. 20V Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids) [19]; 17. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama) [8]; 18. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City) [20]; 19. 9E Austin Even (Waterloo) [11]; 20. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone) [17]; DNS 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Burg [2]; 2. Atcher [4]; 3. Everts [7]; 4. Brandies [3]; 5. Dallon Murty [5]; 6. Daggett [1]; 7. Vis [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Reitzler [7]; 2. Shawn Ritter [5]; 3. Rice [6]; 4. Even [4]; 5. Balmer [2]; 6. Kenzie Ritter [3]; 7. Smith [1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Mueller [4]; 2. Schmidt [2]; 3. Wollam [1]; 4. Graham [3]; 5. Damon Murty [5]; 6. Meyer [6]; 7. Schipper [7]
IMCA SportMods
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa) [4]; 2. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone) [11]; 3. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown) [7]; 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook) [13]; 5. 21 Cam Reimers (Ogden) [5]; 6. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully) [16]; 7. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport) [17]; 8. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco) [18]; 9. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids) [8]; 10. 5 Josh Sink (Red Oak) [3]; 11. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids) [15]; 12. 12R Travis Storjohann (Marshalltown) [6]; 13. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart) [21]; 14. 77AU Frank Packer (Queensland, Australia) [19]; 15. 35 Kyle Bentley (Fairbank) [10]; 16. 7L Brian Lepa (Waterloo) [14]; 17. 16 Jason Pansegrau (Toledo) [24]; 18. 42 Ronnie Hults (Truro) [12]; 19. 27 Michael Parcel (Bondurant) [22]; 20. 2+ Bill Wears (Des Moines) [20]; 21. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart) [9]; 22. 28A Andrew Sneller (Pella) [23]; 23. 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls) [2]; DNS 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny)
B Feature (8 Laps): 1. Packer [1]; 2. Wears [3]; 3. Brady Hilmer [7]; 4. Parcel [2]; 5. Sneller [6]; 6. Pansegrau [9]; 7. 7D Dale VanDerWal (Maxwell) [5]; 8. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell) [4]; DNS 98 Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Reimers [1]; 2. Bentley [4]; 3. Sink [3]; 4. Kyle Olson [5]; 5. Peterson [8]; 6. Van Zante [6]; 7. Packer [7]; 8. Hall [2]; 9. Brady Hilmer [9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Storjohann [2]; 2. Hildreth [1]; 3. Curt Hilmer [8]; 4. Hults [3]; 5. Lepa [5]; 6. Logue [6]; 7. Parcel [9]; 8. VanDerWal [7]; 9. Egenberger [4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. McBirnie [2]; 2. Carter [3]; 3. Gustin [4]; 4. Kaplan [6]; 5. Tony Olson [9]; 6. Schrage [7]; 7. Wears [5]; 8. Sneller [8]; 9. Pansegray [1]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 7BX Eric Stanton (Carlisle) [6]; 2. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence) [2]; 3. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids) [7]; 4. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax) [4]; 5. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella) [8]; 6. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center) [1]; 7. 31 Adam Ayers (Adair) [11]; 8. 88 Luke Bird (Winthrop) [3]; 9. 49S Stoney Leonard (Ladora) [5]; 10. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union) [15]; 11. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxille) [10]; 12. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley) [12]; 13. 47 Ray Fees (Des Moines) [20]; 14. 24B Butch Lester (What Cheer) [16]; 15. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown) [13]; 16. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown) [14]; 17. 51 Colton Wersinger (Conrad) [19]; 18. 17 Andy Peck (Newton) [17]; 19. 15D Dan Brady (Deep River) [9]; DNS 91 Ryan Siefken (Grundy Center)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Stanton [2]; 2. Coady [4]; 3. Ayers [1]; 4. Leonard [6]; 5. Ellis [3]; 6. Lester [7]; 7. Wersinger [5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Klosterman [1]; 2. Bonnett [4]; 3. Newhouse [2]; 4. Bird [7]; 5. Thomas [6]; 6. Peck [3]; 7. Fees [5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Wroten [1]; 2. Reynolds [3]; 3. Hovell [6]; 4. Brady [2]; 5. Andrews [4]; 6. Siefken [5]
Mod Lites
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Independence, MO) [2]; 2. Z Mike Zemo (Davenport) [1]; 3. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona) [5]; 4. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines) [4]; 5. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines) [6]; 6. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone) [9]; 7. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames) [10]; 8. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames) [11]; 9. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley) [3]; 10. 4B Doug Byers (Madrid) [12]; 11. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada) [7]; 12. 41 Michael Raffurty (Independence, MO) [13]; 13. 18M Chelsea May (DeSoto) [16]; 14. 4G Ben George (Altoona) [14]; 15. J7B Chris Weir (Colo) [15]; 16. 41W Wesley McDonald (Ames) [17]; 17. 7 Erin Turner (Van Meter) [8]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Huggins [1]; 2. Sonner [2]; 3. Gannon [4]; 4. Bryan [5]. 5. Zemo [8]; 6. Zehm [3]; 7. Michael Raffurty [7]; 8. Weir [6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Dillon Raffurty [5]; 2. Kennedy [2]; 3. Turner [1]; 4. Morrill [6]; 5. Brown [4]; 6. Byers [8]; 7. George [7]; 8. May [3]; 9. McDonald [9]
