MoTown Dodged the Weather on KMJ Performance FREE Grandstand Night

Friday Night was one of those nights where If you decide to race and you rain out some frustrated for getting to the track. After the decision made by Marshalltown Speedway Officials, to go ahead with KMJ Performance FREE Grandstands Night at the Races, the racing action was exciting and had three new feature winners and two repeat winners.

Sixty five cars signed in to tame the high banked quarter-mile dirt track. A total of fifteen races was ran on Friday night, two heats and a feature in all five classes that took to the speedway. All the racing action completed in 1 hour and 32 minutes when the last checkered flag displayed at 9:02pm. Allowing drivers and fans on the road at a decent time to dodge the potential rain showers.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA Mod Lites feature. Mike Agan led the first lap before Douglas Byers took the top spot on lap two. Byers lead was short-lived as Dillon Raffurty grabbed the lead on lap three. The caution came out just after for debris in turn two. Dillon Raffurty pulled away and went on to take his second win in Motown. Josh May finished second, Mike Kennedy was third, Austin Gray was fourth and Douglas Byers was fifth.

Vern Jackson grabbed the top spot early in the 18 lap IMCA Sport Mod Feature from the outside front row. Jackson held off Taylor Kuehl before getting a little separation. Jackson then pressured by Kaylin Lopez but again held straong. Jackson biggest challenge came from Johnathon Logue on lap 16. Jackson and Logue battled it out the last two laps with Jackson winning by .041 over Logue at the line. Lopez was third, Tony Olson was fourth and Izac Mallicoat was fifth.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature, Ben Newhouse led the first two laps before William Klosterman took the top spot. Klosterman led until Kaden Reynolds worked his way from tenth. Reynolds took over the top spot on lap five and pulled away to take his seventh win in Motown. Klosterman, Newhouse, Carter Koop and Jeremiah Andrews round out the top five.

Scott Rice led the first lap of the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event before Kyle Everts took over the lead on lap two. Everts fended off Rice and Jason Hall until the caution came out on lap 7 for Scott Bailey and Kylie Rawlins in turns 1 & 2. Everts got a great restart, only to see the caution after the eighth circuit scored in the books when David Atcher spun in turn two. Everts appeared heading on to the win after another great restart, however the caution came out on lap ten when Hall spun in turn two. Everts had to contend with Jay Schmidt, Schmidt managed to take over the race lead on lap 12. Schmidt went on to take the feature win ahead of Everts, eighth place starter Jeff Wollam, Rice and Mitchell Evens.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event saw Paul Nagle lead from start to finish in dominating fashion. Nagle took the feature win in the feature that went caution free. Ronn Lauritzen finished second, Jacob Murray was third, Anthony Hofbauer was fourth and Gatliny Leytham was fifth.

Next Friday Night July 2nd at the Marshalltown Speedway is Wolf Seeds Night at the Races. IMCA Sport Compacts make a return visit to the speedway along with the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:50p and Racing at 7:30p.

Then on Friday July 9th its Williamson Repair Night. On Friday July 16th, The IMCA Stock Cars are $1,000 to win plus IMCA Sport Compacts. Dirt Trucks next appearance is on Friday July 23rd and IMCA Late Models next appearance is on July 30th.

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
KMJ Performance FREE GRANDSTAND Night

Friday June 25th, 2021

IMCA MODIFIEDS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 3. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 4. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 5. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 7. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 8. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 9. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 10. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 11. 98 Jacob Snyder (Dunkerton).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Hofbauer; 2. Leytham; 3. Murray; 4. Van Deest; 5. Rawlins; 6. Morehouse.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Nagle; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Wilson; 4. Clement; 5. Snyder. 

IMCA STOCK CARS

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 2. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 3. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 4. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 5. 8E Mitchell Evens (Independence); 6. 99K Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 7. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 8. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 9. 1C Austin Kaplan (Collins); 10. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 11. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 12. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 13. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 14. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 15. 123 Kyle Rose (Dallas Center); 16. 14 Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 17. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Everts; 2. Rice; 3. Atcher; 4. Knutsen; 5. Evens; 6. Bailey; 7. Rawlins; 8. Pickett; 9. Kaplan.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Hall; 2. Foster; 3. Schmidt; 4. Wollam; 5. Damme; 6. Rose; 7. Byers; 8. Meyer.

IMCA SPORT MODS

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 2. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 3. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 4. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 5. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 6. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 7. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 8. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 9. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 10. 28 Nic Runyan (Altoona); 11. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 12. 85 Dustin West (Radcliffe); 13. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Lopez; 2. Peterson; 3. Gustin; 4. Taylor; 5. Kuehl; 6. Schrage. 

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Tony Olson; 2. Mallicoat; 3. Logue; 4. Kyle Olson; 5. Jackson; 6. Runyan; 7. West.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapid); 2. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 3. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 4. 54 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 5. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 6. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 7. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 8. 20W Matt Wahl (West Des Moines); 9. 43 Kevin LeBeau (Dallas Center); 10. 15D Dan Brady (Deep River); 11. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 12. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 13. 35 Luke Schluetter (New Hampton).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Reynolds; 2. Schluetter; 3. Pfantz; 4. Andrews; 5. LeBeau; 6. Wahl; 7. Peck.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Newhouse; 2. Koop; 3. DeZwarte; 4. Bennett; 5. Klosterman; 6. Brady. 

IMCA MOD LITES

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 2. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 3. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 4. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 5. 4B Douglas Byers (Grinnell); 6. 64X David Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 7. 23K Kaden Cochrun (Bakersfield, Calif.); 8. 15 Darrick Knutsen (Center Point); 9. 5 Mike Agan (Altoona); 10. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); DNS 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Gray; 2. Kennedy; 3. David Raffurty; 4. Cochrun; 5. Agan; 6. Knutsen.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Dillon Raffurty; 2. May; 3. Bryan; 4. Byers; 5. Michael Raffurty.