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.
For more information about the Marshalltown Speedway check out Marshalltown Speedway on MyRacePass,
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
