Thomas Claims First Win in Indee

Track crew did a great job getting the racing surface ready for night number 13 of weekly racing at the Independence Motor Speedway after just over one inch of rain fell late Friday Night. One Hundred and eight cars signed in to tame the 3/8 mile race track and the racing did not disappoint even though there was a full moon out. They were two, three and four wide racing all night.

Brett Thomas and Ryan Maitland made their first tips to victory lane in the Sport Mods and Modifieds. Cole Mather (Stock Cars), Chad Dugan (Indee Cars), Cristian Grady (Sport Compacts), Kaden Reynolds (Hobby Stocks) and Logan Duffy (Late Models) all made a return trip to victory lane. The last checkered flag was displayed at 9:36pm.

Brett Thomas wrestled the early race lead from Tim Fobian in the Burco Sales IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature event. Thomas flexed his muscles early and pulled away from Fobian, who was under attack from Vern Jackson, Kyle Olson and Brandon Tharp. The first caution came out on lap five when 50H spun in turn two. Thomas got a great restart and held the field off again but the caution came out again on lap seven for Troy Burkhart in turn four. Thomas held off Jackson and Tony Olson on the restart but four more cautions came out on lap eight, ten, restart of lap ten and eleven. Thomas determined to claim his first win on Saturday Night fending off Jackson, Tony Olson and Kyle Olson to take the win. Jackson finished second, Kyle Olson finished third. Brandon Tharp was fourth and Tony Olson came back to finish fifth after slipping up with a few laps to go. Kyle Olson leads cousin Tony Olson by one point going into season championship night.

In the Dominator Chassis IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature, "Mrs. Dominator" Leah Wroten grabbed the race lead fending off Kellie Drury. Wroten held off several early race challenges from Drury and Philip Holtz. Drury took the top spot away from Wroten on lap eight and hung on to the race lead until Cole Mather worked his way from seventh starting spot. Mather took the race lead away on lap sixteen and would go on to take his seventh win of the season in Indee. Drury finished second, Holtz was third, Tom Schmitt took fourth and Jacob Ellithorpe was fifth.

Kolton Osborn led the first four laps of the Waterloo Auto Parts Indee Cars 12 lap feature before Chad Dugan worked his way through the field. Chad Dugan took the top spot away from Osborn on lap five. Chad Dugan pulled away and went on to claim his fourth win of the season in the Indee Cars. Osborn had his best finish of second. Carson James, Dale Schwamman and Matt Dugan rounded out the top five.

Up next was the Waterloo Auto Parts Sport Compacts 12 lap feature event. Timothy Hanson grabbed the early race lead fending off several challenges from Jay Crabill. The first caution came out on lap three when Joseph Hempstead spun in turn two. Hanson had pressure from Crabill and Cristian Grady on the restart but held them off until lap six when Grady took the race lead away. The caution came out again on lap seven when Zeke Wheeler spun on the back-stretch after contact with Travis Losenicky. Grady held off Crabill and Hanson but the caution came out one more time on lap nine for Noah Beenken spinning in turn three meanwhile Hanson and Ashley Reuman trying to spin each other out was both black flagged for questionable driving. Grady hung on to claim his second win of the season in Indee. Crabill settled up for the runner-up finish. Blake Driscol, Joseph Hempstead and Justin Hempstead was third through fifth.

Rod McDonald led the first lap of the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature before a caution came out when Mark Schulte spun in turn one. McDonald hung on to race lead until Ryan Maitland made the right move and took over the top spot on lap four. Maitland pulled away until the caution came out on lap seven for Terry Johnson in turn two. Maitland looked to cruising to victory until Troy Cordes worked his way through the field. Cordes reeled in Maitland and showed his nose a few times until a caution came out forcing a green-white-checkered restart. Maitland held off Cordes and Mike Burbridge to take the feature win. Cordes, Burbridge, Brennen Chipp and Mark Schulte rounded out the top five.

In the Albert Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, Dalton Weepie led the first twelve laps after wrestling the lead from fellow front row starter Russ Olson. Weepie got a little separation but had to know Kaden Reynolds was working his way through the field. Reynolds made the right move and took over the top spot away from Weepie on lap 13, and led the remaining laps to claim his seventh win of the season in Indee. Weepie was second, Olson was third, Shawn Kuennen was fourth and Andrew Burk was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 25 lap Dunlap Motors IMCA Late Models feature. Chase Jermeland took the early race lead holding off Darren Mish and Leah Wroten early. Jermeland then held off Logan Duffy until the caution came out on lap 13. The caution was for Austin Russell spinning in turn three. On the restart, Duffy and Sean Johnson put pressure on Jermeland, Jermeland spun in turn four forcing the yellow to come out before another lap scored in the books. Since Jermeland was the leader and he was the yellow it meant per Indee Rules, It would be straight up restart with Jermeland to the tail. Duffy grabbed the lead on the restart held off Johnson until the last caution came out on lap 23 when Jermeland spun in turn four. Duffy hung on to take his third win of the season giving him a 3 point lead heading into season championships. Johnson finished second, Scott Welsh come homes in third, Jon Passick was fourth and Colton Leal was fifth.

Next Saturday Night will be Season Championship Night at the Independence Motor Speedway. The 2021 Track Championships will all be decided in the Dunlap Motors IMCA Late Models, Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds, Dominator Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Burco Sales IMCA Sport Mods, Albert Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks, Waterloo Auto Parts Indee Cars and Waterloo Auto Parts Sport Compacts. Pits Open at 4p, Grandstands Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 5:45p, Racing at 6p.

For more information about Independence Motor Speedway check out jjamracing.net or independencemotorspeedway.myracepass.com or like the Facebook page Independence Motor Speedway or contact promoter Mick Trier at (515) 201-5526 or Track manager Justin Temeyer at (563) 920-2867.

Independence Motor Speedway
Weekly Points Night

Saturday August 21st, 2021

IMCA LATE MODELS
presented by Dunlap Motors

Feature (25 laps) : 1. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 2. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence); 3. 5W Scott Welsh (Cedar Rapids); 4. 2P Jon Passick (Waterloo); 5. 13JR Colton Leal (Dubuque); 6. 60C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 7. 13 Michael Leal (Pacific Junction); 8. 79 Darren Mish (Hazel Green, Wis.); 9. 23 Austin Russell (Dunkerton); 10. 25 Leah Wroten (Independence); 11. 192 Chase Jermeland (Decorah); 12. 22 Chuck Lewis (Oelwein); DNS 53 Darren Ackerman (Elk Run Heights).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Johnson; 2. Wroten; 3. Cordes; 4. Mish; 5. Welsh; 6. Michael Leal; 7. Lewis.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Duffy; 2. Passick; 3. Russell; 4. Colton Leal; 5. Jermeland; DNS Ackerman.

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Performance Bodies

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 2. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 3. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi); 4. 21 Brennen Chipp (Dunkerton); 5. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 6. 16SS Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 7. 49 Rod McDonald (Manchester); 8. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 9. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 10. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 11. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 12. 01 Ed Thomas (Waterloo); 13. 12 Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 14. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 15. 9 Ben Metcalf (Evansdale); 16. 98 Jacob Snyder (Dunkerton); 17. 66 Terry Johnson (Waterloo); 18. 17 Jason Niedert (Waterloo); 19. 43 Derrick Stewart (Ainsworth); 20. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 21. 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale); DNS 43B Tommy Belmer (Evansdale).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Lauritzen; 2.Siems; 3. Chipp; 4. Flannagan; 5. Thomas; 6. Metcalf; 7. Johnson; DNS Belmer.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Stewart; 2. Barta; 3. Schulte; 4. Morehouse; 5. Betzer; 6. Ramsey; 7. Niedert.
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Cordes; 2. Maitland; 3. Burbridge; 4. McDonald; 5. Ebaugh; 6. Hurst; 7. Snyder.

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Dominator Chassis

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 74C Cole Mather (Oelwein); 2. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 3. 7H Philip Holtz (Manchester); 4. 18 Tom Schmitt (Independence); 5. 72 Jacob Ellithorpe (Maquoketa); 6. 3 Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 7. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 8. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 9. JR3 Jason Hocken (Independence); 10. 4R Riley Hanson (Vinton); 11. 115 Hannah Chesmore (Rowley); 12. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 13. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 14. 20B Matt Burmeister (Denver); 15. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Wroten; 2. Schmitt; 3. Drury; 4. Schmidt; 5. Hocken; 6. Rose; 7. Hanson; 8. Damme.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Ellithorpe; 2. Schipper; 3. Mather; 4. Holtz; 5. Weepie; 6. Chesmore; 7. Burmeister.

IMCA SPORT MODS
presented by Burco Sales

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 82T Brett Thomas (Cedar Rapids); 2. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 3. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. B21 Brandon Tharp (Vinton); 5. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 6. 33 Tim Fobian (Dike); 7. 24 Travis Brown (Ely); 8. 25N Nic Coates (Key West); 9. 15B Troy Burkhart (Urbana); 10. 50H Steve Wimer (Toddville); 11. 717 Dawn Krall (Evansdale); 12. 17 Ethan Krall (Evansdale); 13. 88K Kole Quam (Waterloo); 14. .28R Carl Reninger (Cedar Falls); 15. 13 Robert Patava (Vinton).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Tony Olson; 2. Fobian; 3. Patava; 4. Coates; 5. Brown; 6. Ethan Krall; 7. Wimer; DNS Dawn Krall.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Jackson; 2. Thomas; 3. Tharp; 4. Kyle Olson; 5. Reninger; 6. Burkhart; 7. Quam.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Albert Auto

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); 3. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 35B Shawn Kuennen (Hazleton); 5. 24T Tyler Ollendieck (Tripoli); 6. 77W Andrew Burk (Milan, Ill.); 7. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 8. 18S Gary Ollendieck (Sumner); 9. 06S Adam Streeter (Walker); 10. 23 Justin Hanson (Hawkeye); 11. 35 Luke Schluetter (New Hampton); 12. 33 Luke Phillips III (Wapello); 13. 10 Chris Pittman (Dunkerton); DNS 55 Vince Buchholz (Cedar Falls).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Kuennen; 2. Tyler Ollendieck; 3. Reynolds; 4. Weepie; 5. Hanson; 6. Gary Ollendieck; 7. Buchholz.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Olson; 2. Burk; 3. Vanous; 4. Schluetter; 5. Phillips; 6. Streeter; 7. Pittman. 

INDEE CARS
presented by Waterloo Auto Parts

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 1 Chad Dugan (Waukon); 2. 72 Kolton Osborn (Janesville); 3. 33J Carson James (Winthrop); 4. 25 Dale Schwamman (Fort Atkinson); 5. 19 Matt Dugan (Garnavillo); 6. 57T Troy Andersen (Quasqueton); 7. 57A David Andersen (Jesup); 8. 17X Derek Xayasouk (Cedar Rapids); 9. 93 Chase Brunscheen (Dyersville); 10. 0 Reggie Rema (Clermont); DNS 6 Don Erger (Brandon).

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Rema; 2. Matt Dugan; 3. Xayasouk; 4. Brunscheen; 5. Chad Dugan; DNS Erger.
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Osborn; 2. Schwamman; 3. James; 4. David Andersen; 5. Troy Andersen.

SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Waterloo Auto Parts

Feature (12 Laps) : 1. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 2. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 3. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 4. 56 Joseph Hempstead (Manchester); 5. 11H Justin Hempstead (Manchester); 6. 35M Tyler Mannion (Jesup); 7. 36J Jaice Tuttle (Vinton); 8. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 9. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); 10. 23 Zach Vislisel (Cear Rapids); 11. 25 Michael Pittman (Steamboat Rock); 12. 29 Timothy Hanson (New Hampton); 13. 4R Ashley Reuman (Hills); 14. 15M Zeke Wheeler (Vinton); 15. 22 Travis Losenicky (Garrison); 16. 24 Korey Lana (Center Point); 17. 4E Trevor Forey (Waverly); DNS 70 Jacob Lamphere (Waterloo).

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Crabill; 2. Grady; 3. Driscol; 4. Beenken; 5. Tuttle; 6. Lamphere. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Hanson; 2. Reuman; 3. Justin Hempstead; 4. Mannion; 5. Vislisel; 6. Forey.
Heat 3 (6 laps) : 1. Losenicky; 2. Joseph Hempstead; 3. Lana; 4. Wheeler; 5. Stewart; 6. Pittman.

Braaksma, Murty, Schrage and Reynolds Among Winners on Toby K's Hideaway Night in MoTown

Its been a few weeks since I wrote a blog recap after a night at the races, I had a family funeral so I opted to not take notes to keep my mind clear and then last Saturday Night instead of announcing races in Independence I was filling in for the normal flagman Wes White, as he was down in Texas doing some flagging. Finally on Friday Night is back to keeping notes a writing a recap.

Marshalltown Speedway was able to run an efficient show in 2 hours and 35 minutes as the last checkered flag came out at 10:05pm. The racing was exciting and you would have thought the full moon was tonight. One hundred and six cars signed in the pit gate to tame the high banked quarter-mile race track.

Jake Benischek, Dillon Raffurty, Austin Schrage, Kaden Reynolds, Ethan Braaksma and Dallon Murty all took feature wins on the Night sponsored by Toby K's Hideaway of Boone.

 

First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts 12 lap feature event. Dayton Filloon led the first lap before Jake Benischek took over the race lead on lap two. Benischek held off Filloon, Kolby Sabin and Mark Smith before pulling away. Benischek went on to take the feature win in the only feature to go with out a caution. Sabin finished second, John Gill was third, Timothy Hanson finished fourth and Smith was fifth.

Before a single lap scored in the books of the IMCA Mod Lites 15 lap feature, there was a caution. The caution was for Cody Yaw spinning in turn two. On the restart, National Points Leader Dillon Raffurty jumped out to the race lead meanwhile Michael Raffurty and Josh May tried to take the lead away. David Raffurty made it a four car battle up from but Dillon Raffurty hung tough. Dillon Raffurty went on to take the feature win ahead of May, Dustin Ford, Michael Raffurty and Douglas Byers.

The IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature had a little trouble getting a lap scored as the caution came out just as soon as the race started. Jessiah Taylor, Izac Mallicoat and Tyler Inman got together in turn one meanwhile Joe Luethje went off the top of turn two bring out the caution. On the restart, the caution came out when Andrew Sneller spun on the front stretch. Brian Schrage took the lead on the third start attempt but Brady Hilmer race side-by-side and took over the top spot on lap two. Hilmer's lead was short-lived as Brian Schrage took back the lead on lap five. Brian Schrage looked heading on to the win until son Austin Schrage was able to make the move and take the top spot away on lap 14. Austin Schrage went on to take the feature win, Brian Schrage finished runner-up. Jenae Gustin, Hilmer and Kyle Olson round out the top five.

Kyle Parizek took the early lead of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event and fended off Jeremiah Andrews, Scott Ellis and National Points Leader Kaden Reynolds until the caution came out on lap six when Ellis spin in turn two. Parizek led lap seven but Reynolds made the move and took over the top spot on lap eight. Reynolds followed by Andrews into second. The last caution came out on lap 13 when Kevin LeBeau spun in turn two. Reynolds went on to take his twelfth win of the season in Motown. Andrews finished second, Parizek took third, John Watson was fourth and Luke Schluetter was fifth.

Ethan Braaksma jumped out to the early lead of the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature and pulled away only to see the caution come out. The caution was for an infield tire ripped out of the ground was sitting in turn four before rolling down the front stretch. Braaksma held off Joel Rust and Jake Pike on the restart and once again got a little seperation but the caution again came out on lap 17 for debris on front stretch. Braaksma went on to take feature win ahead of Ronn Laurtizen, Pike, Rust and Tim Ward.

Final Feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature. The Class Too Tough Too Tame lived up to the that slogan but in a wild way as the race had a total of seven cautions. Kenzie Ritter led the first lap before David Atcher led lap two. Steve Meyer took the lead away on lap three and held off Atcher and Tyler Pickett. The first caution came out on lap eight when Hayden Hartwick in turn two. Meyer had to contend with National Points Leader Dallon Murty and Pickett on the restart. Dallon Murty took over the race lead but the caution came out again on lap 13 when Tonia Stevens spun in turn two. The next caution on lap 15 when Jeff Wollam had his throttle stick heading in turn one forcing him to make a hard right that collected Jay Schmidt sending him into a soft roll off the top side of turn two, Both drivers would be okay but ended their night after they both made their way through the field.

The cautions were not done as they came out two more times on lap 17 for debris in turn two and then on the restart when the restart called back. After lap 18 scored, the caution came out for Tom Cannon, Kylie Rawlins and Mitchell Evens in turns one and two. Dallon Murty hung on to take his six win of the season in Motown. Damon Murty, Pickett, Dylan Thornton and Steev Meyer rounded out the top five. With Dallon Murty taking the win and Pickett finishing third, Pickett heads into season championship night with a 2 point lead over Dallon Murty.

 
Next Friday Night is the North 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championships at the Marshalltown Speedway for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. IMCA Sunoco Late Models will also take to the high banks. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:50p and Racing at 7:30p.

The following week September 3rd is the Showdown at Motown. IMCA Modifieds are $1,000 to win. IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods are $500 to win. IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts are $300 to win with the IMCA Mod Lites $250 to win. Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks make the final appearance of the season to the speedway.

After a week off the Speedway returns September 16th through 18th with the 15th Annual World Nationals. Thursday September 16th is an Open Practice from 7 to 9 pm. IMCA Modifieds $2,000 to win, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods $1,000 to win and IMCA Hobby Stocks $500 to win both nights. 

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
Toby K's Hideaway Night

Friday August 20th, 2021

IMCA MODIFIEDS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 3. 223 Jake Pike (Pahrump, Nev.); 4. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 6. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 7. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 8. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 9. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 10. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 11. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 12. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 13. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 14. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 15. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 16. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 17. 63X Grayson Pratt (Dayton, Minn.); 18. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 19. 12R Bret Ramsey (Waterloo).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Braaksma; 2. Rust; 3. Thornton; 4. Pike; 5. Anderson; 6. Pratt. 7. Kinser.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Simatovich; 2. Nagle; 3. Van Deeest; 4. Ward; 5. Clement; 6. Ramsey. 

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Lauritzen; 2. Laney; 3. Wilson; 4. Rawlins; 5. Brown; 6. Morehouse. 

IMCA STOCK CARS

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 4. 7DT Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 7. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 8. 6X Hayden Hartwick (Toblins Shoals, Ark.); 9. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone); 10. 18 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 11. 8E Mitchell Evens (Independence); 12. 32 Tom Cannon (West Branch); 13. 52X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 14. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 15. 16 Jeff Byers (Milo); 16. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 17. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 18. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 19. 1C Austin Kaplan (Collins); 20. 3T Tonia Stevens (Guernsey).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Meyer; 2. Reitzler; 3. Atcher; 4. Schmidt; 5. Cannon; 6. Maasdam; 7. Rawlins. 

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Damon Murty; 2. Ritter; 3. Pickett; 4. Thornton; 5. Wollam; 6. Goldsberry; 7. Daggett.

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Dallon Murty; 2. Kaplan; 3. Byers; 4. Evens; 5. Hartwick; 6. Stevens. 

IMCA SPORT MODS

Feature (18 laps) : 1. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 2. 14 Brian Schrage (Cresco); 3. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 5. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 6. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 8. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 9. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella); 10. 7L Taylor Bass (Ackley); 11. 28A Andrew Sneller (Pella); 12. 15 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); 13. 98X Bill Hildreth (Iowa Falls); 14. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 15. 33J Joe Luethje (Nevada); 16. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 17. 5T Tyler Inman (Altoona); DNS 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); DNS 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Logue; 2. Hilmer; 3. Brian Schrage; 4. Gustin; 5. Mallicoat; 6. Hildreth; 7. Bass; 8. Stewart.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Austin Schrage; 2. Olson; 3. Lopez; 4. Taylor; 5. Jenkins. 

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Peterson; 2. Inman; 3. Luethje; 4. Hovell; 5. Kuehl; 6. Sneller. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 3. 17K Kyle Parizek (Hartwick); 4. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 5. 35 Luke Schluetter (New Hampton); 6. 73 Aaron Marin (Sigourney); 7. 3 Jake Benischek (Durant); 8. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 9. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 10. 20W Matt Wahl (West Des Moines); 11. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 12. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 13. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 14. 01F Trevor Tanner (Knoxville); 15. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 16. 43 Kevin LeBeau (Dallas Center); 17. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 18. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 19. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 20. 75M Preston Merical (State Center); 21. 33 Luke Phillips III (Wapello); 22. 4P Peyton Stephens (Bussey).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Parizek; 2. Wahl; 3. Bennett; 4. LeBeau; 5. Benischek; 6. Stephens; 7. Merical; 8. Reed.

Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Schluetter; 2. Martin; 3. Watson; 4. Ellis; 5. Thomas; 6. Tanner; 7. DeZwarte.

Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Andrews; 2. Reynolds; 3. Klosterman; 4. Rudolph; 5. Phillips III; 6. Newhouse; 7. Peck.

IMCA MOD LITES

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 2. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 3. 11 Dustin Ford (Fontanelle); 4. 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 5. 4B Douglas Byers (Grinnell); 6. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 7. 64X David Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 8. 3 Nathan Wolfe (Lees Summit, Mo.); 9. 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona); 10. 0 Cliff Barber (Nevada); 11. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames).

Heat (6 laps) : 1. Yaw; 2. Michael Raffurty; 3. Dillon Raffurty; 4. Ford; 5. May; 6. David Raffurty; 7. Bryan; 8. Byers; 9. George; 10. Barber; 11. Wolfe. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 3 Jake Benischek (Durant); 2. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 3. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 4. 29 Timothy Hanson (New Hampton); 5. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 6. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 7. 51X Dayton Filloon (Toledo); 8. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 9. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 10. 7X Max Heimbuch (Mason City); 11. 22R Danny Robinson (Tama); 12. 27 Dylan Scott (Indianola); 13. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); 14. 00 Alec Gill (Marshalltown); DNS 14Z Zachary Cleghorn (Des Moines). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. John Gill; 2. Heimbuch; 3. Hanson; 4. Benischek; 5. Larson; 6. Driscol; 7. Robinson; 8. Beenken.

Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Smith; 2. Sabin; 3. Kriegel; 4. Filloon; 5. Alec Gill; 6. Scott; 7. Cleghorn. 

Passick and Patava Among Winners in Independence

The month of July wrapped on Saturday Night with racing at the Independence Motor Speedway. A small pop shower dropped a few drops of liquid sunshine during the heat races but after a little over twenty-minute delay, the racing surface worked back and it was back to racing. The speedway officials got the race track just as they were going two, three and four wide racing through out the night.

One Hundred and One cars checked in to tame the 3/8 mile race track. After the heat races it straight into features with no victory lane. Robert Patava, Tom Schmitt, David Balik, Matt Dugan, Jon Passick, Kaden Reynolds and Brennen Chipp took the feature wins. Racing action finished at 9:21pm as another shower was to the north.

Burco Sales IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature was the first feature to take to the track. Robert Patava and Carl Reninger led the field to the green flag and it was Patava grabbing the early lead. The caution came out on lap two when Tony Olson came to a stop off top of turns one and two. Patava fended off Reninger and Travis Brown on the restart. Lap six saw another caution, this time for Garrett Rodebaugh spinning in turn four. Patava this time fended off Brown and Brett Thomas on the restart, Patava look strong and detemined to take the win. One more caution came out on lap 11, Patava held on to take his first feature win in Indee. Brown finished second, Tony Olson worked his way back to finished third, Brandon Tharp was fourth and Quam finished fifth.

Leah Wroten took the early lead in the Dominator Chassis IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event fending off Kellie Drury. The feature though was caution filled with the first caution came out on lap four for Brent Bartlett spinning on the front stretch. Wroten fended off Drury and Jarod Weepie on the restart but the caution came out again after lap five scored when Cole Mather and Kevin Rose getting in together in turn three. Wroten lost the race lead on the restart after lap five caution to Weepie. Another caution on lap six for Joshua Roosa in turn four, and on lap seven for Brett Maasdam in turn two. Weepie held off Wroten and Tom Schmitt for the race lead but the caution again came out on lap eight for Bartlett in turn four. Schmitt took the race lead away on lap ten and a lap later the last caution came out when Wroten spun in turn four. Schmitt held on to take the feature win ahead of Weepie, Jay Schmidt, Jason Doyle and Jason Hocken.

In the Waterloo Auto Parts Sport Compacts 12 lap feature event, Thomas Werning led the first lap before David Balik worked his way from sixth to the race lead on lap two. Balik got a little separation as Werning battled with Blake Driscol for the runner-up spot. Balik led the last 11 laps in a feature for the second week in a row was ran with out a caution flag. Balik took the win despite a hard charging Driscol. Driscol, Werning, Adam Gates, Cristian Grady rounded out the top five.

For the second week in a row before a lap scored in the books, the Waterloo Auto Parts Indee Cars 12 lap feature saw the caution flag. The caution was for Chad Dugan spinning in turn four on the start. After a complete restart, Dale Schwamman took the race lead from fellow front starter David Anderson. The caution came out on lap three when Kolton Osborn spins in turn four. Schwamman held off David Anderson and Matt Dugan on the restart and looked to be heading on to the win until the last caution. The last caution came out on lap nine for Osborn in turn two, this forced a restart. Matt Dugan took advantage of a slight bobble in turn one by Schwamman to take over the race lead. Matt Dugan went on to take the feature win. Schwamman finished second, Reggie Rema was third, Carson James was fourth and Dave Rosburg finished fifth.

Up next was the Dunlap Motors IMCA Late Models 25 lap feature event, Jon Passick took the early race lead with Scott Welsh and Don Pataska running second and third. The first caution came out on lap four when Logan Duffy made contact with Don Pataska in turn two, both sent to the tail on the restart. Passick held off Welsh and Sean Johnson on the restart. Johnson and Andy Nezworski chase down Passick just before the last caution came out on lap 20 when Chase Jermeland and Todd Van Tassel got together in turn four. Passick held off Johnson and Nezworski to go on and take the feature win. Johnson, Nezworski, Duffy and Ben Seeman round out the top five.

Brett Vanous grabbed the top spot early in the Albert Auto IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature and pulled away from the rest of the field. Meanwhile Kaden Reynolds worked his way from sixth starting spot to take over the runner-up spot from Adam Streeter. The only race caution came out on lap 11 for Dalton Weepie spun in turn three and four. Vanous held off Reynolds and Gary Ollendieck on the restart but Reynolds was not going away. Reynolds made the move coming to the white flag with a slider in turn four forcing Vanous to stab the brakes allowing Reynolds to take the lead away. Reynolds went on to take the feature win, Vanous finished second. Streeter hung on to finished third, Gary Ollendieck finished fourth and Jim Ball finished fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Kyle Madden wrestled the lead from fellow front row starter Josh Barta. Madden fend off challenges from Barta and Ronn Lauritzen until the caution came out on lap ten when Richard Hines spun in turn three. Madden hung on to lead until lap 18 when Brennen Chipp found the right line to take over the race lead. Chipp went on to take the feature win ahead of Madden, Lauritzen, Troy Cordes and Barta.

Next Saturday Night August 7th will be the first of four nights of racing in the month of August featuring all seven weekly classes. Dunlap Motors IMCA Late Models, Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds, Dominator Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Burco Sales IMCA Sport Mods, Albert Auto Service IMCA Hobby Stocks, Waterloo Auto Parts Indee Cars and Waterloo Auto Parts Sport Compacts. Pits Open at 4p, Grandstands Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 5:45p, Racing at 6p.

Weekly Racing also on August 14th and August 21st before Season Championships on August 28th.

For more information about Independence Motor Speedway check out jjamracing.net or independencemotorspeedway.myracepass.com or like the Facebook page Independence Motor Speedway or contact promoter Mick Trier at (515) 201-5526 or Track manager Justin Temeyer at (563) 920-2867.

Independence Motor Speedway
Weekly Points Night

Saturday July 31st, 2021

IMCA LATE MODELS
presented by Dunlap Motors

Feature (25 laps) : 1. 2P Jon Passick (Waterloo); 2. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence); 3. 7 Andy Nezworski (Blue Grass); 4. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 5. 60S Ben Seeman (Waterloo); 6. 12 Don Pataska (Green Island); 7. 23T Todd Van Tassel (Delmar); 8. 5W Scott Welsh (Cedar Rapids); 9. 192 Chase Jermeland (Decorah); 10. 62 Brandon Davis (Waterloo); DNS 22 Chuck Lewis (Oelwein).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Seeman; 2. Nezworski; 3. Van Tassel; 4. Davis; 5. Jermeland; 6. Lewis. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Duffy; 2. Johnson; 3. Passick; 4. Pataska; 5. Welsh. 

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Performance Bodies

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 21 Brennen Chipp (Dunkerton); 2. 32 Kyle Madden (Oxford); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 4. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 5. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 6. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 7. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi); 8. 16SS Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 9. 8 Jaden Fryer (Freeport, Ill.); 10. 3S Adam Shelman (Traer); 11. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 12. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 13. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 14. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 15. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City): 16. 66 Terry Johnson (Waterloo); 17. 01 Ed Thomas (Waterloo); 18. 57H Richard Hines (Waterloo); DNS 14 Shane Ebaugh (Evansdale). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Madden; 2. Burbridge; 3. Fryer; 4. Kroening; 5. Morehouse; 6. Betzer; 7. Hines. 
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Lauritzen; 2. Chipp; 3. Schulte; 4. Barta; 5. Thomas; 6. Johnson. 
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Cordes; 2. Siems; 3. Flannagan; 4. Shelman; 5. Hurst; 6. Ebaugh. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Dominator Chassis

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 18 Tom Schmitt (Independence); 2. 3 Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 5. JR3 Jason Hocken (Independence); 6. 115 Hannah Chesmore (Rowley); 7. 4R Riley Hanson (Vinton); 8. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 9. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 10. 27R Joshua Roosa (Dumont); 11. 52X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 12. 89B Brent Bartlett (Hudson); 13. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 14. 74C Cole Mather (Oelwein); 15. 13J Brandon Jacoby (Waterloo).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Roosa; 2. Chesmore; 3. Hocken; 4. Schmitt; 5. Mather; 6. Rose; 7. Hanson; 8. Maasdam.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Drury; 2. Doyle; 3. Weepie; 4. Schmidt; 5. Wroten; 6. Jacoby; 7. Bartlett. 

IMCA SPORT MODS

presented by Burco Sales

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 13 Robert Parava (Vinton); 2. 24 Travis Brown (Dysart); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. B21 Brandon Tharp (Vinton); 5. 88K Kole Quam (Waterloo); 6. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 17 Ethan Krall (Evansdale); 8. 4 Thomas Schons Jr (Cedar Falls); 9. 717 Dawn Krall (Evansdale); 10. 00 Dan Kessler (Tipton); 11. 28R Carl Reninger (Cedar Falls); 12. 118 Austin Stamm (Orangeville, Ill.); 13. 82T Brett Thomas (Cedar Rapids); 14. 17S Garrett Rodebaugh (Orangeville, Ill.).

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Tharp; 2. Stamm; 3. Tony Olson; 4. Patava; 5. Dawn Krall; 6. Schons; 7. Ethan Krall.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Brown; 2. Quam; 3. Kyle Olson; 4. Reninger; 5. Thomas; 6. Kessler; 7. Rodebaugh. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Albert Auto

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 3. 06S Adam Streeter (Walker); 4. 18S Gary Ollendieck (Sumner); 5. 7B Jim Ball Jr (Independence); 6. 24T Tyler Ollendieck (Tripoli); 7. 09 Daniel Wauters (Tipton); 8. 7N Trenton Neuhaus (Quasqueton); 9. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 10. 23 Justin Hanson (Hawkeye); 11. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 12. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); 13. 17B Garrett Ball (Independence). 

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Vanous; 2. Hanson; 3. Jim Ball Jr; 4. Olson; 5. Garrett Ball; 6. Irvine; 7. Weepie.
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Reynolds; 2. Wauters; 3. Streeter; 4. Tyler Ollendieck; 5. Gary Ollendieck; 6. Neuhaus.

INDEE CARS
presented by Waterloo Auto Parts

Feature (12 laps) : 1. 19 Matt Dugan (Garnavillo); 2. 25 Dale Schwamman (Fort Atkinson); 3. 0 Reggie Rema (Clermont); 4. 33J Carson James (Winthrop); 5. 74 Dave Rosburg (Arlington); 6. 57A David Anderson (Jesup); 7. 57T Troy Anderson (Quasqueton); 8. 41 Skyler Dugan (Waukon); 9. 93 Chase Brunscheen (Dyersville); 10. 85 Bryce Carey (Nashua); 11. 72 Kolton Osborn (Janesville); 12. 1 Chad Dugan (Waukon). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Rosburg; 2. Matt Dugan; 3. Rema; 4. David Anderson; 5. Brunscheen; 6. Skyler Dugan. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Troy Anderson; 2. James; 3. Osborn; 4. Schwamman; 5. Chad Dugan; 6. Carey.

SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Waterloo Auto Parts

Feature (12 Laps) : 1. 31 David Balik (Fort Atkinson); 2. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 3. 95 Thomas Werning (Urbana); 4. 007 Adam Gates (Marion); 5. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 6. 11H Justin Hempstead (Manchester); 7. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 8. 24 Korey Lana (Center Point); 9. 23H Alex Hayes (Lone Tree); 10. 22S Andrew Steepleton (Marion); 11. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 12. 36J Jaice Tuttle (Vinton); 13. 15M Zeke Wheeler (Vinton); 14. 56 Joseph Hempstead (Manchester); 15. 68 Brodrick Wittmann (Columbus City); 16. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); DNS 14 Mike Swarts (New Hartford). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Gates; 2. Balik; 3. Werning; 4. Wheeler; 5. Steepleton; 6. Crabill; 7. Joseph Hempstead; 8. Hayes; 9. Wittmann.
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Driscol; 2. Grady; 3. Justin Hempstead; 4. Beenken; 5. Stewart; 6. Tuttle; 7. Swarts; 8. Lana.