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.
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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
