Aikey Wins Final Deery Series Race at Dale DeFrance Memorial

Third Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial kicked off World Nationals Weekend at Marshalltown Speedway by hosting the 500th and Final Deery Brothers Summer Series Race for IMCA Late Models. The Series started back in 1987 and had the 500th race cancelled because of rain several times last season before the Series ended but after Toby Kruse contacted IMCA, they thought what better way than to have 500th Deery Series Races part of the Dale DeFrance Memorial.

The special got postponed from its orginally scheduled date in May because of the COVID-19 pandemic and then had its first rescheduled date of June 9th cancelled. It was rescheduled for July 9th but once again was cancelled this time for rain so it was rescheduled to be a part of the World Nationals Weekend on Thursday September 17th replacing Practice Night.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap MADCRA Mod Lites feature event. Mike Kennedy grabbed the early race lead but just after the completion of lap two the caution came out when Travis Messamer came to a stop on the run off road to the pits. Kennedy held on to the race lead until the caution came out on lap four when Dillon Raffurty took over the race lead. The caution came on lap fie for Austin Glick and Cody Yaw in turn two. Dillon Raffurty held off Kennedy on the restart and went on to take the victory. Cory Sonner grabbed second away from Kennedy, Tim Glick grabbed third, Kennedy fell back to fourth and Randy Bryan was fifth.

Before a lap was scored in the IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, the caution came out when Michael Plate and Jessiah Taylor got together in turn two. "Speedy Bray" Brayton Carter grabbed the race lead on the restart from his outside front row starting spot. Carter held the lead over Austin Kaplan, Ryan King and Johnathon Logue. The caution came out on lap 13 when Taylor spun in turn three but that did not faze Carter as he went on to take the win. Logue took second, Dylan Van Wyk was third. Ryan King came across in fourth but was disqualified in post race tech inspection moving Carter VanDenBerg to fourth and Kaplan to fifth.

Luke Schluetter wrestled the early lead from fellow front row starter Blake Henry in the 18 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event. The first caution came out on lap four when Aaron Martin, Clint Nelson and Dustin Jackson got together in turn four. Schluetter continued to lead until Super Nationals Champion Nathan Ballard worked his way from seventh to the race lead on lap nine. Ballard held of Schluetter until the caution came out on lap 11 when Jackson stopped in turn two with a right rear flat tire. Ballard got a great restart and went on to take the feature win. Schluetter, Marcus Wayne, Carter Koop and Jeremiah Andrews rounded out the top five.

The Class Too Tough Too Tame IMCA Stock Cars was up next for their 20 lap feature event. Jerry Schipper led the first lap before the caution came for John Heinz and Kevin Rose in turn four. "Game Changer" Dallon Murty took over race lead on the restart but that was short lived as Chanse Hollatz grabbed it on lap three. Jeff Mueller took the lead over on lap four and not even cautions on lap six or nine was going to deny him the victory. The caution on lap six for Russell Damme Jr spun in turn two. The caution on lap nine was for Curt Hook, Kyle Everts and Mike Van Genderen getting together in turn two. Mueller took the win ahead of Dallon Murty, Damon Murty, Shawn Ritter and twenty-first place starter Steve Meyer.

Richie Gustin led the first seven laps for the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature event before Cody Laney took over the race lead. Laney led the remaining thirteen laps to take the checkers ahead of Tim Ward, fourteenth place starter Tom Berry Jr, twelfth place starter Jeff AIkey and Richie Gustin.

Final feature of the night was the 44 lap IMCA Late Models feauture event. Gary Webb led the opening lap and Dave Wada led lap two before a caution came out. The caution came out for Richie Gustin, Joe Zrostlik and Kyle Krampe in turn four. Jeff Aikey took over the race lead on lap four and never looked back. The caution came out again on lap eight for Eric Pollard in turn two. Aikey got a great restart and pulled away with only lap traffic slowing him down but the rest of the top runners could not catch him. The final caution came out on lap 38 when Curt Martin stopped in turn two. Aikey held off Webb and Matt Ryan to take the 500th and final Deery Series Race. Ryan was second, Justin Kay was third, Webb was fourth and "IronMan" Darrel DeFrance was fifth.

Racing action saw the final checkered flag displayed at 11:55pm.

Marshalltown Speedway races again Friday and Saturday Night with the 14th Annual World Nationals featuring $2,000 to win IMCA Modifieds each night. IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods are racing for $1,000 to win each night. IMCA Hobby Stocks top prize of $500 to win. Hot Laps at 6:20pm and Racing at 7pm each night.

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
"3rd Annual" Dale DeFrance Memorial
Thursday September 17th, 2020

IMCA Late Models

Feature (44 laps) : 1. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 2. 07 Matt Ryan (Davenport); 3. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 4. W56 Gary Webb (Blue Grass); 5. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 6. 29Q Dave Wada (Wilton); 7. 7 Andy Nezworski (Buffalo); 8. 60 Ben Seemann (Waterloo); 9. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 10. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 11. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo); 12. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove); 13. 9 Bobby Hansen (Center Point); 14. 22 Jill George (Cedar Falls); 15. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 16. 45 Curt Martin (Independence); 17. 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 18. 35 Darin Duffy (Urbana); 19. P7 Eric Pollard (Peosta); 20. 301 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 21. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 22. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 23. 33 Nick Marolf (Moscow); 24. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford)

B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Glover; 2. Kastli; 3. Pollard; 4. Schroeder; 5. Marolf; 6. Hansen; 7. 5 Charlie McKenna (Ames); 8. 13JR Colton Leal (Dubuque); 9. 13 Michael Leal (Pacific Junction); 10. 66 Mike Smith (Newton); 11. 11 Randy Faux (Earlham); 12. 26 Preston Stoecker (Jewell); 13. 7J Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville)

Heat 1 (10 laps) : 1. Gustin; 2. Webb; 3. Aikey; 4. Wada; 5. Krampe; 6. Seemann; 7. Hansen; 8. Michael Leal; 9. Colton Leal; 10. Johnson; 11. Stoecker

Heat 2 (10 laps) : 1. Duffy; 2. Martin; 3. DeFrance; 4. George; 5. Darin Duffy; 6. Kay; 7. Glover; 8. Schroeder; 9. Smith; 10. McKenna
Heat 3 (10 laps) : 1. Eckrich; 2. Ryan; 3. Callahan; 4. Cooney; 5. Nezworski; 6. Zrostlik; 7. Pollard; 8. Kastli; 9. Faux; 10. Marolf

IMCA Modifieds

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 2. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, Ariz.); 3. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 4. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 5. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 6. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 7. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 8. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.); 9. 13X Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 10. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 11. 25R Russ Reinwald (Beaver Dam, Wis.); 12. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 13. 20 Brandon Schmitt (Beaver Dam, Wis.); 14. 90K Shawn Kilgore (New Franken, Wis.); 15. 43 Derrick Stewart (Ainsworth); 16. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 17. 12X JD Auringer (Waterloo); 18. 5T Todd Shute (Norwalk); 19. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, Nev.); 20. 140 Jason Bahrs (Colona, Ill.); 21. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 22. 93 Matt Werner (Genesco, Ill.); 23. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 24. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley)

B-Feature 1 (10 laps) : 1. Braaksma; 2. Shute; 3. 12 Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 4. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 5. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 6. 07 Mike Schmidt (Shawano, Wis.); 7. V13 Grey Ferrando (Stayton, Ore.); 8. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 9. 62 Jeff Steenbergen (Johnson Creek, Wis.); 10. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, Wis.); 11. 8L Chris Lawrence (Colona, Ill.); 12. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid)

B-Feature 2 (10 laps) : 1. Auringer; 2. Hibdon; 3. 5 Josh Lambert (Casco, Wis.); 4. 12B Jordan Bartz (Shawano, Wis.); 5. 13 Eddie Lemay (Beaver Dam, Wis.); 6. 4K Kyle Kudick (Mishcot, Wis.); 7. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 8. 42RH Ronnie Hults (Truro); 9. 27 Tim Love (Kelley); 10. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 11. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 12. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. McBirnie; 2. Dotson; 3. Carter; 4. Werner; 5. Shute; 6. Auringer; 7. Braaksma; 8. Cox; 9. Lawrence

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Hofbauer; 3. Aikey; 4. Shryock; 5. Bartz; 6. Kyle Brown; 7. Love; 8. Steenbergen; DNS Hibdon
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Schmitt; 2. Ward; 3. Bahrs; 4. Simatovich; 5. Bethke; 6. Lambert; 7. Wieben; 8. David Brown; 9. Van Deest

Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Anderson; 2. Rawlins; 3. Berry; 4. Reinwald; 5. Kudick; 6. Schmidt; 7. Lemay; 8. Ferrando; 9. Belez
Heat 5 (8 laps) : 1. Laney; 2. Jimmy Gustin; 3. Stewart; 4. Kilgore; 5. Rust; 6. Clement; 7. Thornton; 8. Hults

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 2. 99 Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 7. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 8. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 9. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 10. 14A Derrick Agee (Huntsville, Mo.); 11. 99K Erick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 12. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 13. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 14. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 15. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 16. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley); 17. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 18. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike); 19. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 20. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 21. 81X Josh Mroczkowski (Krakow, Wis.); 22. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 23. 57 John Heinz (Green Bay, Wis.); 24. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo)

B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Heinz; 2. Mroczkowski; 3. Meyer; 4. Damme; 5. Knutsen; 6. Russell; 7. 46 Eric Zwirschitz (Antigo, Wis.); 8. 3X Josh Capalla (Marshalltown); 9. 1X Michael Peterson (Montezuma); DNS 20V Josh Vis (Cedar Rapids); DNS 2 David Atcher (Laurel)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Agee; 2. Schipper; 3. Hook; 4. Ritter; 5. Wroten; 6. Gray; 7. Damme; 8. Mroczkowski; 9. Vis

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Everts; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Schmidt; 4. Van Genderen; 5. Pickett; 6. Rose; 7. Heinz; 8. Knutsen; 9. Zwirschitz; 10. Capalla

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Damon Murty; 2. Mueller; 3. Reitzler; 4. Hollatz; 5. Rice; 6. Daggett; 7. Meyer; 8. Peterson; 9. Atcher; 10. Russell

IMCA Sport Mods

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 3. 17 Dylan Van Wyk (Oskaloosa); 4. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 5. 146 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 6. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona); 7. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 8. 33 Jarett Franzen (Maquoketa); 9. 21 Ryan Schilling (Graf); 10. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 11. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck); 12. 44 Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 13. 88 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 14. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 15. 286 Cory Rose (Boone); 16. 98S Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids); 17. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 18. 55P Michael Plate Sr (Valders, Wis.); 19. 25K Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 20. 5D Devyn Peterson (Milford, Neb.); 21. 157 Clint Morehouse (Colona, Ill.); 22. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 23. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); DQ 57R Ryan King (Tama)

B-Feature 1 (10 laps) : 1. Austin Schrage; 2. Plate; 3. 16 Bryan Moreland (Durango); 4. 1 Matthew Radtke (Marion, Wis.); 5. 8T Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 6. 7L Brian Lepa (Waterloo); 7. 4T Tyler Titus (Baxter); 8. 35 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); 9. 16X Jason Pansegrau (Toledo); 10. 19F Fret Leytham (Garwin)

B-Feature 2 (10 laps) : 1. Gustin; 2. Rose; 3. 75 Cole Suckow (Cresco); 4. 5 Josh Sink (Red Oak); 5. 33T Tim Fobian (Dike); 6. 9 Dennis Miesler (Luxemburg, Wis.); 7. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 8. 15B Troy Burkhart (Urbana); 9. 33J Joseph Luethje (Nevada); 10. 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Morehouse; 3. Yearington; 4. Mallicoat; 5. Leytham; 6. Austin Schrage; 7. Lepa; 8. Lathrop; DNS Jenkins; DQ King

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Logue; 2. Taylor; 3. Peterson; 4. Schilling; 5. Vis; 6. Gustin; 7. Fobian; 8. Hildreth; 9. Sink; 10. Burkhart
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Brian Schrage; 2. Kaplan; 3. Van Wyk; 4. Leeman; 5. Plate; 6. Moreland; 7. Pansegrau; 8. Radtke; DNS Tyler Titus

Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Kauffman; 2. Carter; 3. Van Zante; 4. Inman; 5. Franzen; 6. Suckow; 7. Rose; 8. Luethje; 9. Chance Titus; 10. Miesler

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 2. 122 Luke Schluetter (New Hampton); 3. 5C Marcus Wayne (Independence); 4. 52 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 5. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 6. 35 Blake Henry (Indianola); 7. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 8. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 9. 88 Luke Bird (Winthrop); 10. 47X Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 11. 40SE Shawn Ellis (Marshalltown); 12. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter); 13. 43 Kevin LeBeau (Dallas Center); 14. 22X Dustin Jackson (O'Neill, Neb.); 15. 73 Aaron Martin (Richland): DNS 15D Dan Brady (Deep River)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Ballard; 2. Bird; 3. Koop; 4. LeBeau; 5. Martin; 6. Newhouse; 7. Janssen; 8. Brady

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Henry; 2. Schluetter; 3. Wayne; 4. Andrews; 5. DeZwarte; 6. Ellis; 7. Jackson; 8. Nelson

MADCRA Mod Lites

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 2. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 3. 31 Tim Glick (Des Moines); 4. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 5. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 6. 96 Jonathan Braathun (Story City); 7. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 8. 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 9. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines); 10. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 11. 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona); 12. 3 Austin Glick (Des Moines); 13. 17S Chris Weir (Colo); 14. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 15. 07 Travis Messamer (Redfield); DNS 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); DNS 4G Ben George (Altoona)

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Michael Raffurty; 2. Stensland; 3. Huggins; 4. Tim Glick; 5. Morrill; 6. Gannon; 7. Austin Glick; 8. George; DNS Joe Glick

Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Bryan; 2. Dillon Raffurty; 3. Sonner; 4. Kennedy; 5. Yaw; 6. Braathun; 7. Messamer; 8. Weir