Marshalltown Speedway Opens with a Full Moon on Old Timers Lounge Night

The Marshalltown Speedway finally roared to life for the 2020 season as One Hundred Fourty One Cars signed in to race the high banked quarter mile race track. The race track was dry slick and fast, by feature time produced exciting racing action in front of full moon. Old Timers Lounge was the Nights sponsor and for the people not able to be in person was able to watch on Speed Shift TV. Final checkered flag was displayed at 10:45pm.

MADCRA Mod Lites saw twenty three cars check in with all of them making the call for the 15 lap feature event. Kaden Cochrun led the opening lap. Shortly after the red flag came out when Travis Messamer ended up on his side in turn four after clipping an infield tire. Bryan Zehm took the lead away on the restart and never looked back heading on to take the opening night win. Joe Glick moved up three spots to finish second and thirteenth place starter Charlie Brown finished third. Randy Bryan and Jonathan Braathun rounded out the top five.

Austin Kaplan and Chad Ryerson led the field of twenty five IMCA Sport Mods to the green flag in their 18 lap feature event. Kaplan jumped out to the race lead and Brayton Carter followed suit in second. Kaplan led all 18 laps green-to-checkered to taking the opening night win in his Days of Thunder Cole Trickle car. Carter held off Johnathon Logue for second, Logue took third. Jenae Gustin debuting a tribute car to her Grandpa Dale DeFrance came home in fourth and Young Hot Shoe Maguire DeJong finished fifth.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks, twenty-eight cars checked in after ther field was set it was time for their 15 lap feature. Before a lap was completely scored the caution came out when Luke Bird spun on the front stretch meanwhile Bill Bonnett was sent to the tail for jumping the start. Dylan Nelson jumped to the race lead from his outside front row starting spot and continued to lead until lap seven, when his right rear tire went flat forcing him to head to the pits. Tom Killen Jr inherited the lead but Killen entered in a battle with Kaden Reynolds. Reynolds was working the high side and Killen in the middle, Reynolds grabbed the lead away on lap 11. The caution came out on lap 12 when Scott Ellis spun in turn four and Joey Hughes would make contact. Reynolds led the remaining laps and go on to take the win. Killen, Solomon Bennett, thirteenth place starter Aaron Rudolph and Dustin Filloon finished second through fifth.

Normally the IMCA Stock Cars are the Class Too Tough Too Tame and in a way, you could say that as the caution came out twice before a single lap was completely scored. First caution was for Tobie Talk, Austin Gray and Donnie Pearson in turn four. Talk spun again on the restart, this time in turn two forcing another caution. Damon Murty started third but by the end of lap one, he was the man in the lead however the caution came out again when Kellie Drury spun in turn two and Leah Wroten spun on the frontstretch. Damon Murty, after holding of challenges from his son Dallon Murty.

Jeff Mueller took the lead away on the bottom side from Damon Murty on lap five and pulled away momentarily before Damon Murty and Dallon Murty reeled him back in just before the caution came out when Tyler Carey spun in turn four on lap 11. Damon Murty took the lead away on lap 12 and two laps later the final race caution came out for Donnie Pearson off the top turn two. Damon Murty and Steve Meyer battled it out with Murty holding the top spot until the checkered flag when Meyer crossed the line in first. Damon Murty finished second, Mueller was third, Jay Schmidt was fourth and Dallon Murty was fifth.

Only eight IMCA Late Models checked in so the feature was reduced to 15 laps. Youngster from Independence Logan Duffy led the entire distance to take his first win of the season. Curtis Glover ran second the entire way. Luke Pestka got by Birthday Boy Darrel DeFrance on lap six to nab third, DeFrance was fourth. Dalton Simonsen was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lapper, Jake McBirnie led the first lap before Newburg, North Dakota's Tom Berry took the top spot away on lap two. Berry pulled away until the caution came out on lap six when Zack Rawlins spun in turn four. Berry got a great restart and went and would not let the heavy late race lap traffic slow him down. Berry went on to cruise to win by a full straightaway over Jeff Aikey, McBirnie, Joel Rust and Tim Ward.

Racing action resumes on Tuesday June 9th at Marshalltown Speedway with the Dale DeFrance Memorial. It will be the 500th Deery Brothers Summer Series Race and the Ironman Darrel DeFrance will be honored. Also racing is the Speed Shift TV Dirt Knights Tour for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and MADCRA / Stars Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

Then on Friday June 12th, Its Snitijer Grain Night at the Races with all weekly classes in competiton. Hot Laps at 6:50 and Racing at 7:30.

Marshalltown Speedway

Old Timers Lounge Season Opener

Friday June 5th, 2020

IMCA Late Models

Feature : 1. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 2. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 3. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 4. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 5. 60 Dalton Simonsen (Fairfax); 6. 22 Jill George (Cedar Falls); 7. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville); 8. 301 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines)

Heat : 1. Duffy; 2. Simonsen; 3. Glover; 4. Pestka; 5. DeFrance; 6. Cooney; 7. George; 8. Johnson

IMCA Modifieds

Feature : 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Newburg, ND); 2. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 3. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 4. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 6. 44T Tanner Black (Otis, KS); 7. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 8. 5T Todd Shute (Des Moines); 9. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 10. 31X Corey Dripps (Reinbeck); 11. 15J Jeremy Richey (Phoenix, OR); 12. 31 Justen Yeager (Green River, WY); 13. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV); 14. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, CA); 15. 33BY Braxton Yeager (Green River, WY); 16. 44K Kelsie Foley (Tucson, AZ); 17. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 18. 15JT Justin McCreadie (Phoenix, OR); 19. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo); 20. 41 Thor Anderson (Monroe); 21. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 22. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 23. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 24. 48J Jacob Murry (Hartford)

B-Feature : 1. McCreadie; 2. Thornton; 3. Leytham; 4. Richey; 5. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 6. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 7. 2W Casey Delp (Rock Springs, WY); 8. 42RH Ronnie Hults (Truro); 9. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 10. 32 Chris Snyder (Waterloo); 11. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 12. 18F Mathew Fox (Grundy Center)

Heat 1 : 1. Berry; 2. Braaksma; 3. Jimmy Gustin; 4. Murray; 5. Dripps; 6. Hults; 7. Leytham; 8. Snyder

Heat 2 : 1. Aikey; 2. McBirnie; 3. Braxton Yeager; 4. Black; 5. Anderson; 6. Van Deest; 7. Simatovich

Heat 3 : 1. Lauritzen; 2. Nagle; 3. Foley; 4. Justen Yeager; 5. Rawlins; 6. McCreadie; 7. Fox; 8. Delp

Heat 4 : 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Rust; 3. Ward; 4. Hibdon; 5. Shute; 6. Rudolf; 7. Wieben; 8. Thornton; 9. Richey

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature : 1. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 77M Jeff  Mueller (Albion); 4. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 5. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 7. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 8. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 9. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 10. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 11. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 12. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 13. 38 Joe Schmit (Ventura); 14. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 15. 3T Terry "Scooter" Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 16. 8E Mitchell Evens (Independence); 17. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 18. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 19. 7SR Casey Delp (Rock Springs, WY); 20. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 21. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 22. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 23. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone); 24. 20V Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids); 25. 77 Tobie Talk (Hawley, TX); 26. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 27. 9C Tyler Carey (Nashua)

Heat 1 : 1. Atcher; 2. Drury; 3. Everts; 4. Pickett; 5. Wroten; 6. Talk; 7. Hall

Heat 2 : 1. Reitzler; 2. Mueller; 3. Damme; 4. Delp; 5. Dulin; 6. Ritter; 7. Gray

Heat 3 : 1. Damon Murty; 2. Meyer; 3. Schmidt; 4. Evens; 5. Daggett; 6. Balmer; 7. Carey

Heat 4 : 1. Dallon Murty; 2. Wollam; 3. Schmit; 4. Rice; 5. Vis; 6. Pearson

IMCA Sport Mods

Feature : 1. 146 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 2. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 4. 44 Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montzeuma); 6. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 7. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 8. 007 Zach Nitsch (Delia, KS); 9. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 10. 98 Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 11. K9 Brian Kauffman (Cedar Rapids); 12. 62C Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 13. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 14. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 15. 57R Ryan King (Tama); 16. 4T Tyler Titus (Baxter); 17. 19F Fred Leytham (Garwin); 18. 33J Joe Luethje (Nevada); 19. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown); 20. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 21. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 22. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella); 23. 4J Jared Dew (Parkersburg); 24. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 25. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter)

Heat 1 : 1. Kaplan; 2. Ryerson; 3. Pestotnik; 4. King; 5. Van Zante; 6. Kauffman

Heat 2 : 1. Nitsch; 2. Logue; 3. Carter; 4. Tyler Titus; 5. Hovell; 6. Doyle; 7. Stewart

Heat 3 : 1. Tony Olson; 2. Austin Schrage; 3. Egenberger; 4. Kyle Olson; 5. Brian Schrage; 6. Luethje

Heat 4 : 1. Gustin; 2. DeJong; 3. Mallicoat; 4. Leytham; 5. Chance Titus; 6. Dew

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 1K Tom Killen Jr (Des Moines); 3. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 4. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 5. 51X Dustin Filloon (Toledo); 6. 73 Aaron Martin (Richland); 7. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 8. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 9. 88 Luke Bird (Winthrop); 10. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 11. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 12. 47 Ray Fees (Des Moines); 13. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 14. 67J Jadyn Stevens (Hedrick); 15. 47X Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 16. 1S Scott Siems (Cedar Rapids); 17. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon); 18. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 19. 10D Brian Derry (Boone); 20. 72RJ Joey Hughes (Montezuma); 21. 28 Josh Killen (Des Moines); 22. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 23. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 24. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 25. 21P Shane Palmer (Huxley)

B-Feature : 1. Andrews; 2. Siems; 3. Palmer; 4. Hughes; 5. Derry; 6. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 7. 15D Dan Brady (Deep River); 8. 9M Christopher McDonald (Marshalltown)

Heat 1 : 1. Nelson; 2. Reynolds; 3. Fees; 4. Rudolph; 5. Stevens; 6. Peck; 7. Derry

Heat 2 : 1. Merical; 2. Bennett; 3. Tom Killen; 4. Ellis; 5. Huffman; 6. Andrews; 7. Hughes

Heat 3 : 1. Filloon; 2. Bird; 3. Klosterman; 4. Dulin; 5. Josh Killen; 6. Palmer; 7. Brady

Heat 4 : 1. Newhouse; 2. Martin; 3. Bonnett; 4. DeZwarte; 5. Floyd; 6. Siems; 7. McDonald

MADCRA Mod Lites

Feature : 1. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 2. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 3. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 4. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 5. 96 Jonathan Braathun (Story City); 6. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 7. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 8. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 9. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines); 10. 23K Kaden Cochrun (Bakersfield, CA); 11. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 12. 31K Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 13. 92 Ryan Mills (Des Moines); 14. 4B Doug Byers (Madrid); 15. 2X Craig Davidson (Mitchellville); 16. 4 Matt Sorenson (Bondurant); 17. 18M Chelsea May (DeSoto); 18. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 19. 69 Jacob Osborn (Conrad); 20. 829 Zach Holerud (Clarence); 21. 17S Chris Weir (Colo); 22. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 23. 07 Travis Messamer (Redfield)

Heat 1 : 1. Glick; 2. Sonner; 3. Sorenson; 4. Holerud; 5. Charlie Brown; 6. Weir; 7. Compart; 8. May

Heat 2 : 1. Bryan; 2. Gannon; 3. Huggins; 4. George; 5. Grisham; 6. Osborn; 7. Messamer; 8. Mills

Heat 3 : 1. Braathun; 2. Zehm; 3. Cochrun; 4. Terry Brown; 5. Morrill; 6. Byers; 7. Davidson