Berry, DeFrance, Murty and Carter Win Again in MoTown

For the third night in a row, I was at the race track as last night made the across town drive to the high banked quarter mile, Marshalltown Speedway for Casey's General Stores, Rumours Bar & Grill and Salute to Local Law Enforcement Night at the Races. Racing action saw two and three wide racing through out the night. This was also initial scheduled as the final night of IMCA Late Models however Promoter Toby Kruse announced in the drivers meeting last night that they will be added a few more nights to make up for the loss of nights because of  COVID-19.

One Hundred Thirteen cars signed in to tame the 1/4 mile race track. Twenty Seven IMCA Hobby Stocks, 21 IMCA Stock Cars, 19 IMCA Sport Mods, 16 MADCRA Mod Lites, 15 IMCA Late Models and 15 IMCA Modifieds. Eric Knutson and Mike Morrill claimed first victories in Motown this season. Berry, DeFrance, Murty and Carter all make a return visit to victory Lane.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap MADCRA Mod Lites feature. "Huggie Bear" Joel Huggins jumped out to the early race lead fending off challenges from Mike Morrill and Travis Stensland. Huggins led until Morrill got the topside to work allowing Morrill to take over the race lead on lap six. Morrill after taking a week off to repair the car from his roll over two weeks at MoTown, managed to lead the remaining laps to claim his first win of the season. Huggins finished second, Tanner Gannon was third, Randy Bryan was fourth and Travis Stensland was fifth.

Brian Lepa and Ryan King led the field to the green flag in the IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature event. Lepa led lap one before Austin Kaplan got by King and Lepa to take over the race lead. The first caution came out on lap five when King got sideways in turn two forcing Johnathon Logue and Tony Olson to make contact, King kept moving so got his spot back. Kaplan got a great restart however the caution came out again on lap seven when Joe Luethje and Chance Titus spun in turn two. Kaplan fended off Brayton Carter and Kyle Olson however the caution came out again on lap nine when Brian Schrage spun in turn two as did Titus and Brady Hilmer. The final caution came out on lap ten when Dennis Stewart spun in turn two. Kaplan knew Carter was on his back bumper still and would have to fend him off the final five laps however Kaplan was unable to do that. Carter grabbed the lead with two laps to go and went on to take his third win in a row at MoTown. Kaplan, Logue, Austin Schrage and Kyle Olson round out the top five.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks had a caution come out before a single lap was scored in their 15 lap feature event. The caution came when Ben Newhouse, Matt Wahl, Brett Vanous and Chris McDonald got together in turn two. Eric Knutson grabbed lead when the race got going but Nathan Ballard took over the top spot on lap four. Ballard led until one lap to go when he experienced a flat tire allowing Knutson to grab the feature win. Eric Stanton, Jacob Floyd, William Klosterman and Austin Mehmen was second through fifth respectively.

Curtis Glover wrestled the early lead away from fellow front starter Shawn Cooney in the 15 lap IMCA Late Models feature event. The first race caution came out on lap three when Jill George, Randy Faux, Jenna Johnson and Thomas Stevens spun in turn two. Glover held off Cooney and Curt Schroeder on the restart but two laps later the caution came out. The caution was for Jenna Johnson getting spun on the front stretch. Then on the restart, Curt Schroeder smacked the front stretch wall and on the second restart, Faux spun on the front stretch. Glover hung on to the race lead until he jumped the cushion on lap ten allowing "The Ironman" Darrel DeFrance to take over the top spot. Dalton Simonsen spun on the front stretch by Greg Kastli on the final lap so forcing the race to end under yellow checkered. DeFrance took his second win at his hometown track this season. Simonsen was granted second place after much discussion by race officials. Cooney was third, Ben Seeman was fourth and Logan Duffy was fifth.

Anthony Goldsberry led the first laps of the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event but Rod Richards took over the top spot on lap two. Richards led was short lived as Todd Reitzler took the lead away on lap three. Reitlzer pulled away until the red flag came out when Scott Rice rolled off turn one and two, Rice was okay. Reitzler held off Damon Murty and David Atcher on the restart but the caution came out again on lap nine when Austin Gray spun in turn two. Reitzler led until Damon Murty got by on lap 13. The caution came out again on lap 17 for Gray in turn two. Damon Murty held off Reitzler and Dustin Vis to go on and take his third win of the season in Motown. Reitzler, Dustin Vis, Steve Meyer and Dallon Murty rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night for regular racing was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event. The feature went green to checkered without out a single caution. Ronnie Hults led the first lap before Thor Anderson took over the lead on lap two. Anderson until he bobbled allowing Gatlin Leytham to lead on lap seven. Leytham lead was short lived as Points Leader Tom Berry Jr worked his way from tenth to take over the race lead on lap eight. Berry led the remaining laps and held off a late race charge from Ethan Braaksma to claim his fifth win in Motown. Braaksma finish second, Tim Ward was third, Leytham was fourth and Scott Simatovich was fifth.

Final Checkered Flag was displayed 10:11pm of the normal nights racing action. However the MADCRA Mod Lites had their yearly powder puff race after the Modifieds feature. Jane Zehm won the Mod Lites Powder Puff Race leading from start to finish.

Next Friday Night will be Triple E Insulators Night at the Races. IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and MADCRA Mod Lites are all racing next Friday. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

For more information about Marshalltown Speedway checked out marshalltownspeedway.com or like the Facebook page Marshalltown Speedway or contact promoter Toby Kruse at toby@marshalltownspeedway.com.

Marshalltown Speedway
Casey's / Rumours Bar & Grill / Salute to Law Enforcement
Friday July 24th, 2020

IMCA Late Models

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 2. 60X Dalton Simonsen (Fairfax); 3. 301 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 4. 60 Ben Seeman (Waterloo); 5. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 6. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 7. 22 Jill George (Cedar Falls); 8. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo); 9. 3D Thomas Stevens (Guernsey); 10. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove); 11. 11 Randy Faux (Earlham); 12. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville); 13. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 14. 9 Bobby Hansen (Center Point); 15. 66 Todd Johnson (Mitchellville)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Simonsen; 2. Schroeder; 3. Glover; 4. Zrostlik; 5. Hansen; 6. Faux; 7. Stevens; 8. Seeman

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. DeFrance; 2. Duffy; 3. George; 4. Kastli; 5. Cooney; 6. Jenna Johnson; 7. Todd Johnson

IMCA Modifieds

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 2. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 3. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, Ariz.); 4. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo); 5. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 6. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 7. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 8. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 9. 42RH Ronnie Hults (Truro); 10. 12R Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 11. 95 Jeff Bodendorfer (Waterford, Wis.); 12.  48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, Nev.); 13. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 14. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 15. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Hibdon; 2. Hults; 3. Braaksma; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Leytham; 6. Bodendorfer; 7. Ramsey

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Berry; 2. Simatovich; 3. Anderson; 4. Ward; 5. Nagle; 6. Wieben; 7. Belez

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 3. 20V Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids); 4. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 5. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 7. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 8. 02 Mike Goldsberry (Runnells); 9. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 10. 1X Michael Peterson (Montezuma); 11. 23HR ROd Richards (Madrid); 12. 20J Josh Vis (Cedar Rapids); 13. 18 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 14. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 15. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 16. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 17. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 18. 13 Kelton Everts (Holland); 19. 10J Jake Nelson (Williston, N.D.); 20. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 21. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Richards; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Peterson; 4. Nelson; 5. Josh Vis; 6. Hidlebaugh; 7. Rice

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Kyle Everts; 2. Mike Goldsberry; 3. Pickett; 4. Meyer; 5. Wroten; 6. Wollam; 7. Gray

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Atcher; 2. Reitzler; 3. Damon Murty; 4. Anthony Goldsberry; 5. Dustin Vis; 6. Kelton Everts; 7. Rose

IMCA Sport Mods

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 146 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 3. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 4. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 5. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 6. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck); 7. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 8. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 9. 7L Brian Lepa (Waterloo); 10. 36H David Hoover (Boone); 11. 33J Joseph Luethje (Nevada); 12. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown); 13. 14A Brandon Allison (Oskaloosa); 14. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 15. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 16. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 17. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 18. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); DNS 19F Fred Leytham (Garwin)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Carter; 2. Lepa; 3. Kauffman; 4. Hilmer; 5. Kyle Olson; 6. Wacha; 7. Luethje; 8. Stewart; 9. Hoover; 10. Peterson

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Tony Olson; 2. Logue; 3. Kaplan; 4. Austin Schrage; 5. King; 6. Titus; 7. Brian Schrage; 8. Allison; DNS Leytham

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 4. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 5. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 6. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 7. 1K Tom Killen Jr (Des Moines); 8. 73 Aaron Martin (Richland); 9. 24T Tyler Ollendieck (Tripoli); 10. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 11. 18S Gary Ollendieck (Sumner); 12. 51X Dustin Filloon (Tama); 13. 20W Matt Wahl (Norwalk); 14. 20A Steven Crees (Des Moines); 15. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 16. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 17. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 18. 9M Christopher McDonald (Marshalltown); 19. 57 Marlena Betzer (Central City); 20. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 21. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 22. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 23. 28 Josh Killen (Des Moines); 24. 00A Carl Agan (Altoona)

B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Martin; 2. Crees; 3. McDonald; 4. Betzer; 5. Peck; 6. Agan; 7. 37D Shannon Deppe (Grinnell); 8. 47 Ray Fees (Des Moines); DNS 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Ballard; 2. Vanous; 3. Floyd; 4. Tyler Ollendieck; 5. Bennett; 6. Richards; 7. Crees; 8. Deppe; 9. Betzer

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Knutson; 2. Stanton; 3. Mehmen; 4. Klosterman; 5. Gary Ollendieck; 6. Josh Killen; 7. Agan; 8. Martin; 9. Fees

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Kincaid; 2. Newhouse; 3. Tom Killen; 4. Ellis; 5. Wahl; 6. Filloon; 7. Reynolds; 8. McDonald; 9. Peck

MADCRA Mod Lites

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines); 4. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 5. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 6. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 7. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 8. 96 Jonathan Braathun (Story City); 9. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 10. 31K Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 11. 4B Douglas Byers (Grinnell); 12. 4 Matt Sorenson (Bondurant); 13. 17S Chris Weir (Colo); 14. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 15. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 16. T3 Tonia Stevens (Guernsey)

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Huggins; 2. Jeff Stensland; 3. Glick; 4. Zehm; 5. Grisham; 6. Byers; 7. George; 8. Weir

Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Gannon; 2. Travis Stensland; 3. Sonner; 4. Bryan; 5. Morrill; 6. Braathun; 7. Sorenson; 8. Stevens