One Hundred Thirty One cars and trucks signed in to tame the high banked 1/4 mile with the IMCA Sport Mods had the most cars with 29. Outlaw Mini Mods had 23 cars strong. The where going two, three and four wide throughout the night. Not even a few sprinkles dampened the fun on Friday Night. The last checkered flag came at 10:55pm as the lighting to the south became intense.
First feature of the night was the 15 lap Bat Wing Chassis Outlaw Mini Mods presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair feature event. Lucas Daniels led the opening lap however just after that lap scored, Justin Besch lost a tire in turn four and came to a stop on the front stretch just as Daniels spun in turn two. Ben Kraus inherited the lead on the restart and fend off challenges from Minnesota's Kelly Steele and Bobby Ruehlow on the restart. Kraus pulled away to take his second win of the Outlaw Mini Mods Summer Nationals Swing, also won on Wednesday in Stuart. Logan Brown, owner of the Outlaw Mini Mods Series finished in the runner-up spot after moving up eight spots. Ruehlow, Steele and Minnesota's Tyler Johnson rounded out the top five.
Before a lap scored in the books of the 15 lap IMCA Mod Lites feature event, the caution came out when David Raffurty, Austin Gray, Mike Agan and Douglas Byers spun exiting turn four. Dillon Raffuty grabbed the race lead early despite challenges from Kaden Cochrun. The caution came out again on lap four when Michael Raffurty stopped in turn two. Dillon Raffurty fended off Kaden Cochrun and David Raffurty on the restart. Dillon Raffurty went on to become the seventh different Mod Lites winner in Motown this season despite a hard charging Josh May chasing him down. May finished second, Cochrun was third, Garrett Stonum was fourth and Cory Sonner was fifth.
Kaylin Lopez took the early lead of the 18 lap IMCA Sport Mods feature event but just after lap one scored the caution came out when Brian Schrage and Tony Olson got together in turn two. Lopez fended of Kenny Wyman on the restart. Brayton Carter worked his way by Wyman on lap two and pressured Lopez for the race lead. Carter took the race lead just before the caution came out again on lap four when Jessiah Taylor spun in turn two. Carter held off Lopez and Austin Schrage on the restart and pulled away until the next caution on lap eight when Tyler Titus spun on the front stretch and Andrew Sneller went off the top side of turn three. This time Carter had to fend off Johnathon Logue and Austin Schrage on the restart, he did and once again got a little separation. The caution came out one more time on lap 12 but that did not faze Carter. Carter went on take his third win of the season in Motown. Logue finished second, Thomas Egenberger used the top side of the speedway to finish third, Jenae Gustin moved up six spots to finish fourth and Austin Schrage was fifth.
In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, they went three and four wide on the first lap that allowed Jeremiah Andrews to take the early race lead. Andrew fended off Dan Brady and Solomon Bennett early. Andrews led until lap five when points leader Kaden Reynolds, started eleventh, took over the top spot. Reynolds pulled away and never looked back going on to take his sixth win of the season in Motown. Eric Knutson moved up seven spots to finish second. Braden Richards, Andrews and Bennett finished third through fifth.
Kyle Everts wrestled the early race lead from fellow front row starter Austin Kaplan in the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature. Jared Daggett tried to challenge Everts but failed, the caution came out shortly after lap two scored when Ian Huff spun in turn two. Everts hung on to the race lead until Dallon Murty took over the top spot on lap six. Dallon Murty started to pull away meanwhile Kaplan ran second until a caution came out on lap 11 for debris in turn one. Dallon Murty went on to take his third win of the season, first track points night win in Motown. Father Damon Murty got by Kaplan for second on lap 15. Tyler Pickett also got by Kaplan for third. Kaplan fell back to fourth and David Atcher was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Anthony Hofbauer led the first 17 laps despite early challenges from Chase Rudolf, Jared Van Deest and Ethan Dotson. Hofbauer pulled away and seemed to heading to take the feature win until the caution came out on lap 17 when Gatlin Leytham spun in turn one. Dotson took the lead away from Hofbauer on the restart but the caution came out again on lap 19 when Dylan Thornton and Garrett Wilson spun in turn four. That forced a green-white-checkered restart, Dotson hung on to take the feature win. Jake McBirnie beat Van Deest for second by .076 seconds. With Van Deest in third, Ethan Braaksma took fourth and Ronn Lauriten finished fifth.
The following Friday Night July 3rd will see the IMCA Sport Compacts making a return visit on Wolf Seeds Night at the Speedway.
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Marshalltown Speedway
RBF Electric Night
Friday June 18th, 2021
IMCA MODIFIEDS
Feature (20 laps) : 1. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.); 2. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 3. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 4. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 5. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 6. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 7. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 8. 127 Drew Janssen (Pella); 9. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo); 10. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 11. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 12. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 13. 12 Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 14. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 15. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 16. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 17. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 18. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Braaksma; 2. Van Deest; 3. Hofbauer; 4. McBirnie; 5. Dotson; 6. Rawlins; 7. Berry; 8. Janssen; 9. Ramsey.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Lauritzen; 2. Thornton; 3. Nagle; 4. Rudolf; 5. Clement; 6. Leytham; 7. Wilson; 8. Maitland; 9. Morehouse.
IMCA STOCK CARS
Feature (20 laps) : 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 4. 1C Austin Kaplan (Collins); 5. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 6. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 7. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 8. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 9. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 10. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 11. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 12. 50 Heath Tulp (Britt); 13. 8E Mitchell Evens (Independence); 14. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 15. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 16. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 17. 42R William Russell (Conrad); 18. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 19. 7C Ian Huff (Center Point).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Everts; 2. Tulp; 3. Daggett; 4. Meyer; 5. Wollam; 6. Byers; 7. William Russell.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Kaplan; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Foster; 4. Evens; 5. Damme; 6. Huff.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Damon Murty; 2. Pickett; 3. Atcher; 4. Rawlins; 5. Doug Russell; 6. Rice.
IMCA SPORT MODS
Feature (18 laps) : 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 3. 98 Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 6. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 8. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 9. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 10. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 11. 09B Brett Berry (Colby, Kan.); 12. 57R Ryan King (Colo); 13. 60 Billy Gould Jr (Kingwood, Texas); 14. 99RE Arie Schouten (Blair, Neb.); 15. 85 Dustin West (Radcliffe); 16. 28 Nic Runyan (Altoona); 17. 33J Joseph Luethje (Nevada); 18. 36H David Hoover (Boone); 19. 0NA Ahnna Schouten (Blair, Neb.); 20. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 21. 8W Kenny Wyman Jr (Marshalltown); 22. 4T Tyler Titus (Baxter); 23. 28A Andrew Sneller (Pella); 24. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco).
B-Feature (8 laps) : 1. Hoover; 2. King; 3. West; 4. Luethje; 5. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 6. 67 Abby Meulebroeck (Gilbert, Ariz.); DNS 15 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); DNS 55L Nick Leonard (Baxter); DNS 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Wyman; 2. Carter; 3. Peterson; 4. Logue; 5. Arie Schouten; 6. Meulebroeck; 7. West; 8. Stewart.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Austin Schrage; 2. Egenberger; 3. Lopez; 4. Runyan; 5. Ahnna Schouten; 6. Jenkins; 7. Lathrop.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Gustin; 2. Titus; 3. Berry; 4. Kyle Olson; 5. Sneller; 6. Leonard; DQ King.
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Mallicoat; 2. Brian Schrage; 3. Tony Olson; 4. Gould; 5. Taylor; 6. Hoover; 7. Luethje.
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapid); 2. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 3. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 4. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 5. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 6. 35 Luke Schluetter (New Hampton); 7. 52 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 8. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 9. 18X Dru Kueker (Stanley); 10. 51 Michael Kimm (Vinton); 11. 20W Matt Wahl (West Des Moines); 12. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 13. 43 Kevin LeBeau (Dallas Center); 14. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 15. 15D Dan Brady (Deep River); 16. J7 David Simpson (Des Moines); 17. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 18. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); DNS 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Schluetter; 2. Kueker; 3. Nelson; 4. Andrews; 5. Simpson; 6. Klosterman; 7. Thomas.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Richards; 2. Wahl; 3. Brady; 4. LeBeau; 5. Mehmen; 6. Koop.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Reynolds; 2. Knutson; 3. DeZwarte; 4. Bennett; 5. Kimm; 6. Peck.
IMCA MOD LITES
Feature (15 laps) : 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 2. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 3. 23K Kaden Cochrun (Bakersfield, Calif.); 4. 4K Garrett Stonum (Lawson, Mo.); 5. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 6. 64 David Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 7. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 8. 4B Douglas Byers (Grinnell); 9. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 10. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 11. 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 12. 5 Mike Agan (Altoona); 13. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); DNS 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Cochrun; 2. Stonum; 3. Michael Raffurty; 4. Byers; 5. Agan; 6. Yaw; 7. George.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Dillon Raffurty; 2. Huggins; 3. Sonner; 4. David Raffurty; 5. Gray; 6. Kennedy; 7. May.
KARL CHEVROLET DIRT TRUCKS
Feature (12 laps) : 1. 57 Dennis Plain (Fort Dodge); 2. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 3. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids); 4. 9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 5. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 6. 23 Bill Davis Jr (Des Moines); 7. 16 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 8. C2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 9. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Clark; 2. Davis; 3. Plain; 4. Enos; 5. Spangler; 6. Johnson; 7. Mapes; 8. Richardson; 9. Cooney.
OUTLAW MINI MODS
Feature (15 laps) : 1. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt); 2. 65 Logan Brown (Clear Lake); 3. 1R Bobby Ruehlow (Mason City); 4. 69 Kelly Steele (International Falls, Minn.); 5. 15 Nathan Kilwine (Glenville, Minn.); 6. 18J Tyler Johnson (International Falls, Minn.); 7. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 8. 34 Dan Kline (Ankeny); 9. 25C Chase Daniels (Carlisle); 10. 31 Spencer Nelson (Rockwell); 11. 22 Nick Hauge (Mason City); 12. 14 Micheal Bryant (Mason City); 13. 25L Lucas Daniels (Des Moines); 14. 17J Justin Winkler (Webster City); 15. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant); 16. 00 Kevin Bickle (Stuart); 17. Z83 Zackary Schaefer (Creston); 18. 10 Justin Besch (International Falls, Minn.); 19. 18 Jerry Larson (Grand Rapids, Minn.); DNS 47 Troy Ihrke (Sheffield); DNS 57A Lukas Schroeder (Runnells); DNS 11 Levi Randt (Siren, Wis.); DNS 25B Bobby Daniels (Des Moines).
Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Brown; 2. Johnson; 3. Besch; 4. Chase Daniels; 5. Ihrke; 6. Nelson; 7. Rice; 8. Bickle.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Haggard; 2. Ruehlow; 3. Bryant; 4. Kline; 5. Winkler; 6. Larson; 7. Schroeder; 8. Bobby Daniels.
