Saturday, July 17, 2021

Murty Does It Again And Claims the Cash on Toby K's Hideaway Night in Motown

For the first time in almost three weeks, last race I attended was on June 27th at Boone, It was back to the races because I had been on a family vacation in Washington. So I originally had planned to go to Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway after declining the opportunity to fill in behind the microphone at the Hancock County Speedway on Friday. Bloomfield rained out so that mean it was back to my hometown track, Marshalltown Speedway for the $1,000 to win IMCA Stock Cars presented by Toby K's Hideaway.

One Hundred Thirty Two cars signed in to tame the high banks of the Marshalltown Speedway including 30 IMCA Stock Cars. Dallon Murty was able to claim the $1,000 to win in the IMCA Stock Cars. Other winners included Dillon Raffurty, Jenae Gustin, Kaden Reynolds, Tom Berry Jr and Adam Gates. The racing surface produced fantastic racing all night along. The Final checkered flag came out at 10:25 pm.

First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts 12 lap feature. Dalton Sowers led the first lap but it was Adam Gates taking the top spot away on lap two. The caution came out a lap later on lap three when Blake Driscol went off the top side of turn two. Gates held off Sowers and John Gill on the restart and the rest of the race to take the feature win. Gill finished second, Sowers was third, Cristian Grady was fourth and Kolby Sabin was fifth.

Nathan Wolfe led the first three laps for the IMCA Stars Mod Lites 15 lap feature event before David Raffurty took over the race lead. David Raffurty got separation between him and Wolfe. Randy Bryan and ninth place starter Dillon Raffurty challenged Wolfe. Dillon Raffurty got by Ryan Bryan and set his sights on David Raffurty. The only caution came out on lap 11 when Douglas Byer spun in the bottom of turn two. David Raffurty got by Dillon on the restart and went on to take the win, Dillon Raffurty was second. Josh May grabbed the third spot, Randy Bryan in fourth and Ben George was fifth.
 
Up next was the IMCA Northern Sport Mods for their 18 lap feature event. Brian Schrage led the opening lap before fan favorite Jenae Gustin took the top spot away on lap two. Gustin fended off Brian Schrage, Joe Luethje and Kyle Olson. The first caution came out on lap six when Jessiah Taylor spun in turn two. Gustin held strong on the restart but the caution came out again three laps later on lap nine when Jadin Fuller spins in turn two to avoid making contact with Colton Nelson. The caution came out again on the restart for Debris on the front stretch. Gustin determined to not be denied as not even the last caution on lap 11 when Luethje went off the top of turn two. Gustin went on to take the feature win. Eleventh place Johnathon Logue finished in the runner-up spot. Kyle Olson, Kaylin Lopez and Austin Schrage rounded out the top five.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, William Klosterman grabbed the early race lead but just after lap one scored in the books there was a caution. The caution was for Trevor Tanner going off the top in turn two. Kaden Reynolds made the pass on the restart and took over the top spot just before the caution came out on lap three when Darin DeZwarte and Cody Cleghorn got together exiting turn four, the caused a pile up on the front stretch. That pile up collected Travis Merical, Braden Richards, Steven Crees, Mitchell Thomas and Andy Peck. Reynolds fend off Klosterman and Dreu Kueker on the restart and appeared heading on to the easy win however the caution came out on lap 12 when Ben Newhouse spun exiting turn four. Reynolds held on to take his ninth win of the season in Marshalltown. Martin, Solomon Bennett, Tom Killen Jr and Rick Kriegel was second through fifth.
 
The Class Too Tough Too Tame IMCA Stock Cars was next on the speedway for their $1,000 to win, 25 lap feature courtesy of Toby K's Hideaway. Before a lap scored in the books, the caution came out for debris on the back stretch. Austin Kaplan wrestled the early race lead from pole sitter Kyle Everts went the race finally got started. Kaplan led until the caution came out on lap three when Kenzie Ritter, Dustin Vis, Mike House, Jared Daggett, Leah Wroten and Damon Murty got together in turn four. Michael Jaennette challenged Kaplan on the restart and Jaennette took over the race lead on lap six. Jaennette held off Kaplan and Dallon Murty before the caution came out on lap 13 when Scott Rice went off the top side of turn four. Jaennette led until lap 22 when Dallon Murty took over the race lead. The last caution came out on lap 24, just after the leaders took the white flag when Jeff Wollam slowed in turns one and two after contact from Jason Hall sent Wollam in the front stretch wall. Dallon Murty held off Jaennette and Austin Kaplan on the restart to go on and take his fifth win in Motown. Jaennette was second, Shelby Williams from Texas finished third. Kaplan fell back to fourth and Tyler Pickett was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event, Zack Rawlins led the first lap before Drew Janssen took the lead away on lap two. Janssen held on to the race lead until Tom Berry Jr worked his way from sixth. Berry grabbed the race lead away on lap nine and set sail away with only lap traffic slowing him down but not enough as Berry took the win by over 3.5 seconds. Janssen, Rawlins, Dylan Thornton and Thor Anderson rounded out the top five.

Next Friday Night July 23rd at the Marshalltown Speedway is Rumours Bar & Grille Night and Casey's Salute to Marshalltown Police. Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks make another visit to the high banks along with 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 30th, the IMCA Late Models make a return appearance. Next appearance for the IMCA Sport Compacts is Friday August 6th.

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
$1,000 to win Stock Cars presented by Toby K's Hideaway


Friday July 16th, 2021

IMCA MODIFIEDS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 2. 127 Drew Janssen (Pella); 3. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 4. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 5. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 6. S Collen Winebarger (Corbett, Ore.); 7. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 8. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 9. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 10. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 11. 43 Derrick Stewart (Ainsworth); 12. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 13. 88 Jarrett Brown (Ainsworth); 14. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 15. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 16. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 17. 12X Brett Ramsey (Waterloo); 18. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 19. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Toledo); DNS 6P Shane Palmer (Huxley).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Nagle; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Brown; 4. Rawlins; 5. Kinser; 6. Leytham; DNS Palmer.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Braaksma; 2. Thornton; 3. Wilson; 4. Stewart; 5. Clement; 6. Morehouse; DQ Simatovich.

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Berry; 2. Anderson; 3. Janssen; 4. Winebarger; 5. Van Deest; 6. Ramsey. 

IMCA STOCK CARS

Feature (25 laps) : 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 3. 82 Shelby Williams (Bonham, Texas); 4. 1C Austin Kaplan (Collins); 5. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 6. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 7. 71 David Brandies (Wilton); 8. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 9. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 10. 20V Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids); 11. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 12. 17 Austin Brands (Boyden); 13. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 14. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 15. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 16. 14 Mike House (Panora); 17. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 18. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 19. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 20. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 21. 32 Tom Cannon (West Branch); 22. 195 Michael Sheen (Lamesa, Texas); 23. 14X Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 24. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone).

B Feature (8 laps) : 1. Wollam; 2. Daggett; 3. House; 4. Sheen; 5. 8 Josh Capalla (Marshalltown); 6. 16 Jeff Byers Jr. (Milo); 7. 1 Will Sheen (Lamesa, Texas); DNS 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); DNS 859 Bradley Byers (Indianola); DNS 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Everts; 2. Atcher; 3. Kenzie Ritter; 4. Foster; 5. Cannon; 6. House; 7. Byers; 8. Bradley Byers.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Kaplan; 2. Pickett; 3. Jaennette; 4. Vis; 5. Williams; 6. Daggett; 7. Capalla; 8. Rawlins. 

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Dallon Murty; 2. Brandies; 3. Meyer; 4. Damon Murty; 5. Wroten; 6. Wollam; 7. Michael Sheen.

Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Rice; 2. Hall; 3. Brands; 4. Bailey; 5. Jami Ritter; 6. Will Sheen; DNS Mueller. 

IMCA SPORT MODS

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 3. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 5. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 6. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 8. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 9. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 10. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 11. 28 Nic Runyan (Altoona); 12. 57R Ryan King (Colo); 13. 68 Will Wolf (Evansdale); 14. 96 Cody Brill (Harrisonville, Mo.); 15. 26J Jadin Fuller (Memphis, Mo.); 16. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 17. 80 Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center); 18. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 19. 15 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); 20. 33J Joseph Luethje (Nevada); 21. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 22. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 23. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 24. 98X Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 25. 25K Kevin Yearington (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Gustin; 2. Luethje; 3. Lopez; 4. Brill; 5. Colton Nelson; 6. Kuehl; 7. Mallicoat; 8. Wolf; 9. Jenkins.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Kyle Olson; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Austin Schrage; 4. King; 5. Hildreth; 6. Van Deest; 7. Taylor; 8. Hilmer. 

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Brian Schrage; 2. Logue; 3. Garrett Nelson; 4. Carter; 5. Fuller; 6. Peterson; 7. Runyan; 8. Yearington. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapid); 2. 73 Aaron Martin (Sigourney); 3. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 4. 1K Tom Killen Jr (Des Moines); 5. 17R Rick Kriegel (Brooklyn); 6. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 01F Trevor Tanner (Knoxville); 8. 22C Caleb Tilley (Boone); 9. 75M Preston Merical (State Center); 10. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 11. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 12. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 13. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 14. 43 Kevin LeBeau (Dallas Center); 15. 18X Dreu Kueker (Stanley); 16. 77 Cody Cleghorn (Des Moines); 17. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 18. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 19. 20A Steven Crees (Des Moines); 20. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 21. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 22. 15D Dan Brady (Deep River); 23. 20W Matt Wahl (West Des Moines); DNS 77D Sam Hodges (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Tanner; 2. Killen; 3. DeZwarte; 4. Andrews; 5. Brady; 6. Crees; 7. Kriegel; 8. Peck. 

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Reynolds; 2. Kueker; 3. Travis Merical; 4. LeBeau; 5. Cleghorn; 6. Preston Merical; 7. Hodges; 8. Richards. 

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Martin; 2. Klosterman; 3. Newhouse; 4. Wahl; 5. Olson; 6. Bennett; 7. Thomas; 8. Tilley. 

IMCA MOD LITES

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 2. 64X David Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 3. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 4. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 5. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 6. 33B Rodney Brown (Des Moines); 7. 3 Nathan Wolfe (Lees Summit, Mo.); 8. 14 Taylor Pollock (Prague, Neb.); 9. 4D Doug Pollock (Tekamah, Neb.); 10. 4B Douglas Byers (Grinnell); 11. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 12. 0 Cliff Barber (Nevada); DNS 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. David Raffurty; 2. Wolfe; 3. May; 4. Brown; 5. George; 6. Barber; 7. Taylor Pollock.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Dillon Raffurty; 2. Byers; 3. Bryan; 4. Doug Pollock; 5. Messamer; 6. Kennedy. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 007 Adam Gates (Marion); 2. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 3. 22D Dalton Sowers (Oskaloosa); 4. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 5. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 6. 62 Lewie Winkleman (Beacon); 7. 10 Logan Clausen (Atkins); 8. 69JX William Michel (Columbus Junction); 9. 2H James Haring (Oskaloosa); 10. 5H Tyler Haring (Oskaloosa); 11. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 12. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 13. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 14. 2JR Jerry Glass (Des Moines); 15. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 16. 102 Travis Hatch (Marshalltown); 17. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 18. 22R Danny Robinson (Tama); 19. 00 Alec Gill (Marshalltown); 20. 00X Seth Meinders (Ottumwa). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Gates; 2. Masterson; 3. Winkleman; 4. Tyler Haring; 5. Alec Gill; 6. Larson; 7. Meinders.

Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Sowers; 2. Sabin; 3. Glass; 4. Driscol; 5. James Haring; 6. Kriegel; 7. Robinson. 

Heat 3 (6 laps) : 1. John Gill; 2. Clausen; 3. Grady; 4. Michel; 5. Smith; 6. Hatch.