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.
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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
