Alvardo, Kaplan, Carter, Stanton and Bryan Among Winners at Showdown at Motown

Finally on Friday night, I was able to attend racing action at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway and keep notes to write a blog recap and I was not disappointed, there was exciting racing all night. I was at Marshalltown the previous two races but was flagging the races so it meant I could not keep notes.

One hundred-sixty six cars signed in to tame the quarter mile for the Karl Kustoms Showdown at Motown including forty-seven IMCA Modifieds for $1,000 to win. The racing action was not disappointing and with seven classes competing the races from 22 different states : Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, California, New York, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Minnesota, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska. The final checkered flag was waived by Logan Kelly at 10:42pm. 

Thank you goes out to John Clemens for inviting me up to sit in the VIP Booth during the features since there was hardly anybody up in there, I appreciated the offer and I had fun sitting up in there watching the feature events last night it actually made it a little easier to keep notes. Okay back to the recap from the Showdown at Motown. 

First feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA STARS Mod Lites feature event. Jacob Copley grabbed the early lead until Dustin Ford took the top spot away on lap three. Ford led until track champion Randy Bryan was able to wrestle the lead away on lap seven. Bryan was followed by Josh May and twelfth place starter Jason Masengarb. Bryan held off everybody to take the feature win, May finished second, Masengarb was third, Ben George was fourth and Copley was fifth. 

Ben Newhouse took the early lead of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event but just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Kaitlyn Schuring sitting on the back stretch after receiving heavy contact from Logan Takes. Newhouse continued to lead until Eric Knutson was able to work his way by on lap six. Knutson lead until the caution came out on lap 12 for debris on the front stretch. Knutson had to contend with tenth place starter Eric Stanton on the restart holding him off until Stanton was able to take the race lead on lap 16. Knutson spun in turn four trying to reclaim the lead on lap 17 forcing the caution to come out. The caution came out on lap 18 when Newhouse went off the top of turn two forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Stanton went on to take the feature win ahead of Tyson Overton, Adam Streeter, Florida's Joel Magee and Knutson.

Next on the speedway was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, Tony Olson out dueled Thomas Nelson for the race lead and then received challenges from Ryan Gillmore shortly after. The caution came out on lap three when Jeremiah Reed spun in turn two. Olson held off Gillmore again on the restart but the caution came out again when Crystal Hemphill spun off top of turn three. Olson got a restart but Gillmore refused to go away, Olson continued cautions came out on lap 13 and 15. The caution on lap thirteen was Chance Titus off top of turn two. The final caution on lap fifteen was for Adam Baker, Jackson Harpoole, Jason Bannister and Dustin West in turn four. Brayton Carter had worked his way from eleventh to second and challenged Olson for the lead on the restart. Carter took the lead away on lap 17 and went on to take the feature win. Olson, Gillmore, Tyler Bannister and Clay Erickson rounded out the top five. 

Scott Rice and Jeff Mueller led the field to the green flag in the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature. Mueller led the first two laps before a caution came out when Riley Simmons spun in turn four, meanwhile just after the caution came out it was replaced with a red flag when Troy Tabors ended up on his side in turn one. Rice was able to steal the lead away from Mueller on lap three. Rice however gave Mueller the lead back on lap five when just after completing the previous lap, Rice ended up on the dirt mound off the back stretch. Mueller led until Austin Kaplan was able to take the top spot away on lap seven. Kaplan pulled away and went on to take the win. Mueller settled for second, Cory Davis was third, eleventh place starter Dave Atcher was fourth and Chris Luloff was fifth. 

Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature saw Delta, Colorado's Ricky Alvarado jumped out to the race lead fending off pole sitter Tim Ward. Joel Rust was able to get by Ward for second and began to put heavy pressure on Alvarado for the race lead. The cautions came out on lap nine for Brint Hartwick and Eric Barnes in turn four and then for Zack Rawlins in turn two on lap ten. Rust made several attempts after the mid race restarts but came home short, once slipped up allowing Ryan McDaniel to enter the battle along Alvarado and Ward. Alvarado fend off all challenges from Rust including one exiting turn four coming to the checkers to claim the win. Rust, McDaniel, Cody Laney and Ward rounded out the top five. 

Kevin Bolte led the opening lap of the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature event before track champion Kolby Sabin was able to take the top spot away on lap two. Sabin pulled away and cruised on to take the feature win. Kevin Bolte finished second, Jason Bolte was third, Utah's Payce Herrera was fourth and Ryan Brown was fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 15 lap feature event. Jeff Johnson out dueled Dennis Plain on the first lap to lead. Plain was able to grab the top spot on lap two but Johnson came back and regained it on lap three. Plain tried to reclaim it on lap four but made contact with Johnson forcing the left front suspension to break coming to a stop in turn two. Johnson got a great restart and fended off Rick Clark until Clark spun on lap eleven. Brandon Toftee driving Justin Schroeder's truck challenged Johnson late but Johnson was able to hang on to take the feature win. Toftee, Shawn Cooney, Shonn Mapes and Bryan Spangler rounded out the top five. 

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway will be idle next week as many of the competitors take on the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals XXXX Fueled by Casey's at the Boone Speedway. Racing will return one more time in Marshalltown on September 17-19 for the World Nationals.

Thursday September 17th, there is an open track practice from 7p-9:30p with the Pit Gates Opening at 6p. Then on Friday September 18th is J&M Fabrication Friday Night Lights and Saturday September 19th is Local UAW 893 Saturday Spectacular. Pits Open at 4:30p, Grandstands Open at 5p, Hot Laps at 6:15p, Racing at 7p. IMCA Modifieds are $2,000 to win (Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Qualifier), IMCA Stock Cars $1,000 to win (B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational Qualifier), IMCA Sport Mods $1,000 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $500 to win and IMCA Sport Compacts are $250 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 515-231-5444 or toby@marshalltownspeedway.com or track manager Jerry Van Sickel at 515-231-4046 or jvansports@gmail.com.

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
Karl Kustoms Showdown at Motown

Friday September 2nd, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. WW1 Ricky Alvarado (Delta, Colo.); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 10RM Ryan McDaniel (Olivehurst, Calif.); 4. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 6. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 7. 17X Rich Michael Jr (Ischua, NY); 8. 07X Troy Morris III (Bakersfield, Calif.); 9. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 10. 87 John Webb (Pauls Valley, Okla.); 11. 0L Lucas Lamberies (Clintonville, Wis.); 12. 9JR SPencer Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 13. 18 Noah Burlison (Malvern, AR); 14. 95 Jeff Bodendofer (Waterford, Wis.); 15. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 16. 15 Austin Harnick (Clare, Mich.); 17. 110 Tyrone Yazzie (Farmington, NM). 18. 1Z Eric Barnes (Colona, Ill.); 19. 9 Brint Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 20. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 21. 15J Jeremy Richey (Medford, Ore.); 22. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 23. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 24. 11XX Kyle Heckman (Bakersfield, Calif.). 

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Rawlins; 2. Lamberies; 3. 13J Bricen James (Albany, Ore.); 4. 13 Jerry Flippo (Bakersfield, Calif.); 5. 0 Dirk Hamilton (Waterloo); 6. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 7. 43 Creston Williams (Newhaul); 8. 16 Chad May (Rockford, Mich.); 9. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 10. F18 Frank Rose (McKinney, Texas); 11. 10G Mike Goodson (Overbrook, Ore.); DNS 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); DNS 93 Matt Werner (Geneseco, Ill.); DNS 38 Mitchell Hunt (Kent City, Mich.).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Burlison; 2. Nagle; 3. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 4. 21R Riley Simmons (Susanville, Calif.); 5. 51W Chuck Weir (Merced, Calif.); 6. 135L Chris Luttmer (Saint Jo, Texas); 7. 27 Tim Love (Kelley); 8. 12A Ayden Steffens (North Platte, Neb.); 9. 28K Buddy Kniss (Oakley, Calif.); 10. 35L Charles Luttmer (Myra, Texas); 11. 12LF Jonathan Mawhinney (Las Vegas, Nev.); DNS 63M Matt McCahen (Waterloo); DNS 78 Brian Cross (Brighton, Colo.). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Murray; 2. McDaniel; 3. Webb; 4. Harnick; 5. Rawlins; 6. Nagle; 7. Flippo; 8. Kniss; DNS Hunt; DNS Cross. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Rust; 2. Ward; 3. Morris III; 4. Bodendorfer; 5. Burlison; 6. Kroening; 7. Weir; 8. Williams; 9. Steffens; 10. May. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Laney; 2. Heckman; 3. Brint Hartwick; 4. Yazzie; 5. Goodson; 6. Love; 7. James; 8. Mawhinney; 9. Rose. 

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Richey; 3. Murty; 4. Thompson; 5. Chris Luttmer; 6. Clement; 7. Charles Luttmer; 8. Werner; 9. McCahen.

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Michael; 2. Alvarado; 3. Barnes; 4. Spencer Hartwick; 5. Lamberies; 6. Wilson; 7. Hamilton; 8. Simmons; 9. Kinser. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 3. 28 Cory Davis (Seminole, Texas); 4. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 5. 18 Chris Luloff (Independence); 6. 14G Brandon Gritz (Enid, Okla.); 7. 3 Mike Albertsen (Audubon); 8. 509 Logan Leary (Little Suamico, Wis.); 9. 51  Andrew Fidler (Elwell, Mich.); 10. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 11. 13D Timothy DeGroft Jr (Elwll, Mich.); 12. 4 Scott Rice (Marshallltown); 13. 99KK Derek Moede (New Franken, Wis.); 14. 1JR Rob Waechter Jr (Depere, Wis.); 15. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 16. 47 Landon Maddox (Fairview, Okla.); 17. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cear Rapids); 18. 83W AJ Weichmann (Hubbard); 19. 83Z Allen Zimmerman (Central City, Neb.); 20. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 21. 22S Scott Foster (Oakley, Calif.); 22. 21R Riley Simmons (Susanville, Calif): 23. 24 Troy Tabor (Newton); 24. 7T James Tarter (Des Moines); 25. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Leary; 2. Daggett; 3. Maddox; 4. Luloff; 5. Rose; 6. Gritz; 7. Tarter; 8. Tabor. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Atcher; 2. Albertsen; 3. Rice; 4. Decker; 5. Simmons; 6. Dulin; 7. Moede; 7. Foster; 8. Fidler. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Davis; 2. Mueller; 3.  Kaplan; 4. Zrostlik; 5. Wiechmann; 6. DeGroft; 7. Waechter; 8. Zimmerman; 9. Rawlins.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 222 Ryan Gillmore (Springfield, Mo.); 4. 151 Tyler Bannister (Bakersfield, Calif.); 5. 96E Clay Erickson (Phoenix, Ariz.); 6. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 7. 127 Jacob Mallet Jr (Oakley, Calif.); 8. 125 Duane Peterson (Conrad); 9. 7 Jonah Chinn (Sioux City); 10. 88N Nate Albrant (Clear Lake); 11. 6BX Mike Adam (Bettendorf); 12. 00T Crystal Hemphill (Yuma, Ariz.); 13. 34N Thomas Nelson (Stuart); 14. 46 Jackson Harpole (Farmington, NM); 15. 17X Adam Baker (Bakersfield, Calif.); 16. 51 Jason Bannister (Bakersfield, Calif.); 17. 85 Dustin West (Radcliffe); 18. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 19. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 20. 96 Cody Brill (Harrisonville, Mo.); 21. 0 Robby Rosselli (Minot, ND); 22. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 23. 8T Ty Rogers (Yuma, Ariz); 24. 57 Lynn Brockett (Ogden); 25. 14J Matt Speidel (Moline, Ill.); 26. 15P Andrew Pearce (Oakley, Calif.); 27. 14E Justin Erickson (Glendale, Ariz.).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Jason Bannister; 2. Rogers; 3. Olson; 4. Peterson; 5. Tyler Bannister; 6. Albrant; 7. Reed; 8. Pearce; 9. Mallet Jr.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Chinn; 3. Carter; 4. Brill; 5. Titus; 6. Bass; 7. Baker; 8. Harpole; 9. Justin Erickson.

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Gillmore; 2. Clay Erickson; 3. Nelson; 4. Hemphill; 5. Brockett; 6. Speidel; 7. West; 8. Rosselli.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Sunoco Race Fuels

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 3. 06S Adam Streeter (Walker); 4. 9 Joel Magee (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.); 5. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 6. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 7. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 8. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 9. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 10. 88 Jason Schutterle (Letts); 11. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 12. 28 Landon Hunter (Olin); 13. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 14. T25 Logan Takes (Coggon); 15. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Nelson; 3. Magee; 4. Newhouse; 5. Streeter; 6. Schuring; 7. Takes; 8. Schutterle. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Stanton; 2. Overton; 3. Hunter; 4. Klosterman; 5. Ellis; 6. Mehmen; 7. Peck.

IMCA MOD LITES
presented by STARS

A Feature (15 Laps): 1.  64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 2. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 3. 41 Jason Masengarb (Colona, Ill.); 4. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 5. 55C Jacob Copley (Milan, Ill.); 6. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 7. 6J Joe Isabell (West Monroe, NY); 8. 50 Zack Forster (Bakersfield, Calif.); 9. 11 Dustin Ford (Fontanelle); 10. 22B Dalton Bell (Hoisington, KS); 11. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 12. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 13. 52 Clayton Hogie (St. John, Kan.); 14. 3 Nathan Wolfe (Lees Summit, Mo.); 15. 46 Randy Coleman (St. Louis, Mo.); 16. 16C Sam Coleman (Farmington, Mo.); 17. 9 Garrison Anderson (Huxley); 18. 9 William Nobles (West Des Moines); 19. 19DD Derek Foster (Maxwell); 20. 7 Rick Graves (Altoona); 21. 65 Joe Boyll (Kokomo, Ind.); 22. 14 Doug Williams (West Monroe, NY); 23. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 24. 5J Jeff Isabell Jr (West Monroe, NY); 25. 52B Matt Boyd (Park Hill, Mo.); 26. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); DNS 10W Justin Williams (West Monroe, NY).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Glick; 2. Joe Isabell; 3. Bryan; 4. Doug Williams; 5. Eischeid; 6. Randy Coleman; 7. Anderson; 8. Foster. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Forster; 2. Masengarb; 3. May; 4. George; 5. Bell; 6. Wolfe; 7. Boyll; 8. Graves. 

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Huggins; 2. Copley; 3. Jeff Isabell; 4. Ford; 5. Stensland; 6. Hogie; 7. Sam Coleman; 7. Nobles; 8. Messamer. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps): 1.  9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 101k Kevin Bolte (Odin, Minn.); 3. 29X Jason Bolte (Odin, Minn.); 4. 711 Payce Herrera (Price, Utah); 5. 19 Ryan Brown (Fontanelle); 6. 51X Dayton Filloon (Toledo); 7. 15A Ally Luna-Richey (Medford, Ore.); 8. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 9. M80 Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 10. 51XX Jordan Leeper (Tama); 11. M07 Maci Constance (Descanso, Calif.). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Jason Bolte; 2. Sabin; 3. Kevin Bolte; 4. Miller; 5. Herrera; 6. Brown; 7. Fiebelkorn; 8. Leeper; 9. Filloon; 10. Luna-Richey; 11. Constance. 

DIRT TRUCKS
presented by Karl Chevrolet

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 2. 16 Brandon Toftee (Otho); 3. 30 Shawn Cooney (Bondurant); 4. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 5. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids); 6. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids); 7. 43 Shaun Clinger (Waukee); 8. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 9. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 10. 57X Terry May (Des Moines); 11. 10 Mason Mitchell (West Des Moines); 12. 57 Dennis Plain (Fort Dodge). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Plain; 2. Toftee; 3. Spangler; 4. Clark; 5. Mapes; 6. Mitchell. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Cooney; 2. Clinger; 3. Johnson; 4. Enos; 5. Richardson; 6. May. 

Season Championship Night on Tap for Marshalltown

Friday Night at Marshalltown Speedway, the 2022 track point season comes to an end with the Historic North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championship Night. The Closest points battle heading into Season Championship Night is the IMCA Stock Cars were only 2 points separate the top two. Other classes are at 10 or 11 points between first and second in points. 

IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts all take to the high banks of Marshalltown on Friday August 26th plus the Outlaw Mini Mods.

The top 8 in points will be locked in and will not need to run a qualifying race for those spots. 9th on back with any new cars to the track will run qualifying races to determine there starting spot in the minimum 24 car championship features

The top 8 in points will line up for their features inverted just as a weekly points race. This means the 1st place driver will start no worse that 8th in the feature, and the 8th place in points will start on the pole.

Pit gates open at 5:15, grandstands at 5:30, hot laps at 6:55 and racing starts at 7:30.

THE LARRY WOLLAM VIEW OF LIFE--

If you think you're beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch that you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost.
For out in the world we find -
Success begins with a fellow's will,
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself,
Before you can win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go,
To the strongest or fastest man.
But sooner or later the person who wins,
Is the person who thinks he can.

This saying by Larry could not be any better for season championship night as track championships will be determined on Friday night in all classes.

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap

* Murty only has to finish 12th or better in the Feature event to clinch the track championship

* If Lauritzen wins, Murty must finish 13th for Lauritzen to take the championship since Murty has five wins on the season

* Leytham has clinched 3rd place in points already

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

* Wollam either wins or finishes second, he will claim his first track championship at his home track 

* Wollam however can finish one spot behind Jaennette to claim the track championship.

* If Wollam wins it will be his first win since August 13th, 2021 and his first win on a night his dad's honor

* Jaennette needs to finish 2 spots ahead of Wollam to claim the track championship....owns the tiebreaker on wins

* Reynolds appears to claim third by taking the green flag in the feature 

* Meyer and Kaplan are separated by 2 points and their position in points could come down to the final checkered flag.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

* Kyle Olson clinches the track championship with an 11th place finish or better 

* Peterson needs to beat Kyle Olson by a 11 spots to claim the track championship because Olson owns the tiebreaker (most wins, most 2nd place finishes)

* Lopez is also in the points battle as he must beat Olson by 13 spots and Peterson by 3 spots to claim the track championship. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

* Graham finishes 11th or better clinches track championship

* Klosterman needs to finish 13 spots ahead of Graham to Claim the track title

* Knutson and Bennett battled it out for third place in points as only 3 points separate those two from each other....Bennett needs to finish 4 spots ahead of Knutson to grab 3rd.

IMCA MOD LITES
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

* Bryan finishes 13th or better claims the track championship

* Huggins needs to finish 15 spots ahead of Bryan to claim the track title

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

* Sabin finishes 11th or better clinches the track championship in the IMCA Sport Compacts

* Gill needs to finish 11 spots ahead of Sabin to claim the track championship

Zeitner Dominates SLMR and Chisholm Brothers Win in Mason City

Sunday night I decided to adventure up to the Mason City Motor Speedway for the first time this season to see all the continued renovations, as I was there last year there was no lights, they also recently added an indoor handicap accessible booth to watch the races. Todd, Janet and Ryne Staley are doing an amazing job in making racing great again in Mason City, if you have not been there in recent years the track has been shorten down from the big 1/2 mile to 1/3 mile banked clay oval, that probably runs like a 3/8 mile on the top side. 

Hoker Trucking East Series SLMR Late Models made their first visit to the Mason City Motor Speedway in two years for the SLMR Shootout presented by Fertilizer Equipment Specialists. Also racing was the Summit Racing Equipment USRA Weekly Racing Series for USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners. The Outlaw Mini Mods also competed. The only weekly class not racing was the USRA Modifieds. 

One hundred and twelve cars signed into tame the Mason City Motor Speedway including 27 Super Late Models. There was great racing all night long and the features saw exciting battles through out the fields. Final checkered flag flew at 9:50pm.

First feature of the night was the Rookies Rockin' Sports Bar USRA B-Mods feature event, originally scheduled for 20 laps but shorten to 18 laps. Nate Albrant out dueled Brandon Hare for the race lead but the caution came out just after the completion of lap one when Zac Mahlstedt stop in turn four. Hare got by Albrant on the restart but the caution came out again after the completion of lap two when Troy Hale in turn one. Hare continued to lead until the caution came out on lap 10 for Clayton Bohner in turn two and then on the restart when Albrant shot up the track collecting Bryer McCoy. Hare had to contend with Joe Chisholm on the restart. Chisholm took the race lead away on lap twelve and started to pull away. The caution came out one final time on lap 16. Chisholm held on to take the feature win, Hare finished second, Jett Sorensen came home third, George Nordman was fourth and Josh Appel was fifth. 

Devin Jones grabbed the early lead in the Bryant Services USRA Tuners ten lap feature event. The caution came out for the only time just after lap one was scored when Max Heimbuch slowed in turn two. Oliver Monson worked his way by Jones on lap three to take the race lead. Monson led the remaining laps to take the win. Jones, Braiden Schaufenbuel and Tayla Lange rounded out the top four. 
 
Next up was the Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series 30 lap feature event presented by Fertilizer Equipment Specialists. Jeff Aikey led the first four laps before Night's quick timer Justin Zeitner took the top spot away on lap five. Zeitner led as Tyler Bruening got by Aikey for second and the Tad Pospisil got by Aikey for third before lap 15. Zeitner managed the lap traffic just enough to fend off Bruening, Pospisil and Corey Zeitner until a caution on lap 29. The caution was for Bruening in turn four with a flat right rear tire and for Todd Cooney sitting in turn two. Justin Zeitner held on to sweep the night by taking the feature win. Pospisil finished second, Corey Zeitner was third, Aikey was fourth and Jake Neal was fifth. 

Austin Hoeft led the first two laps of the Wrightz Auction Company USRA Hobby Stocks 18 lap feature before a caution came out for three cars in turn two. Chris Hovden took the top spot away briefly on lap three before Dylan Clinton took the lead over on lap four. Clinton continued to lead until Dustin Gulbrandson work his way up to battle for the lead. Gulbrandson took the top spot away on lap nine and went on to take the feature win. Clinton, Hovden, Carter Koop and Zac Smith round out the top five. 

Ressler Custom Landscapes Outlaw Mini Mods 12 lap feature event was next on the speedway, Kamdyn Haggard led the first five laps. Ben Kraus, the hotshoe from Britt took the top spot away on lap six. Kraus pulled away to take the easy win. TJ Stalker came home second, Matthew Grobe was third, Haggard fell back to finish fourth and Justin Winkler was fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the Christie Door Company USRA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event. Before the feature got going a wild incident happen when Coy VanHauen was entering the race track he ran straight in to the last concrete barrier causing his feature to come to an end before it started. Jim Chisholm, driving the Lake Mills Motorsports No. 3 car normally driven by Kelly Shryock, out wrestled Paul Conrad for the race lead. Chisholm look smooth out front and appeared to be heading to the easy win until a caution came out on lap 13 for Joe Schmit and Calvin Lange in turn two. Chisholm held tough and went on to take the feature win ahead of Josh Zieman, Derek Green, Chanse Hollatz and Brayden Gjere.

Mason City Motor Speedway returns to action on Sunday August 28th with Ted Zieman Memorial Night / Season Championships presented by Trustile Doors. Andersen's Market USRA Modifieds, Christie Door Company USRA Stock Cars, Rookie's Rockin' Sports Bar USRA B-Mods, Wrightz Auction Co. USRA Hobby Stocks, Bryant Services USRA Tuners and Ressler Custom Landscapes Outlaw Mini Mods.  Stock Cars are $1,000 to win. Hot Laps at 5:30p, Racing to Follow. 

This will not be the final race of the season at Mason City though as the Speedway hosts races on September 11th (First Responder's Night presented by Federal Fire Equipment), September 18th (Stock Car Special presented by Canadian Pacific) and October 14th & 15th (Five Star Classic).

Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series next race was originally scheduled to be the Yankee Dirt Track Classic at 300 Raceway but after that event was cancelled, two races will replace it. Saturday night's race at West Liberty Raceway has been rescheduled for Friday September 2nd and added race at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Saturday September 3rd. 

For more information about Mason City Motor Speedway check out masoncitymotorspeedway.com or like the Facebook Page Mason City Motor Speedway, or call 515-832-6000. 

For more information about SLMR Series check out slmrseries.com or like the Facebook page  Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series.

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United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
SLMR Shootout presented by Fertilizer Equipment Specialists

Mason City Motor Speedway (Mason City, Iowa)

Sunday August 21st, 2022

SLMR LATE MODELS 
Haulin' with Hoker Trucking East Series

Hoker Trucking A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 62 Justin Zeitner (Malvern); 2. 04 Tad Pospisil (Norfolk, Neb.); 3. 26JR Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Neb.); 4. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 5. 1 Jake Neal (Omaha, Neb.); 6. 22C Charlie McKenna (Ames); 7. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine); 8. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 9. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford); 10. 58 Dave Eckrich (Oxford); 11. 76H Jason Hahne (Webster City); 12. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 13. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner); 14. 07 Matt Ryan (Davenport); 15. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 16. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 17. 44 Luke Goedert (Guttenburg); 18. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 19. 74 Ron Boyse (Kalona); 20. 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 21. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 22. 45 Curt Martin (Independence). 

Predator Trailers B Feature (12 Laps): 1. Schroeder; 2. Ryan; 3. Goedert; 4. Martin; 5. 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 6. 43 Derrick Stewart (Ainsworth); 7. Duffy; 8. DeFrance; 9. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 10. 17 Kirby Schultz (Albia); 11. 7 Al Hejna (Clear Lake). 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Justin Zeitner; 2. Schroeder; 3. Hahne; 4. Martin; 5. Andy Eckrich; 6. Goedert; 7. Hejna. 
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Umbarger; 2. Cooney; 3. Aikey; 4. Pestka; 5. Holladay; 6. Schultz; 7. DeFrance. 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Dave Eckrich; 2. Neal; 3. Bruening; 4. Duffy; 5. McKenna; 6. Glover; 7. Callahan. 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Boyse; 2. Corey Zeitner; 3. Pospisil; 4. Kay; 5. Ryan; 6. Stewart. 

VP Fuels Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. Justin Zeitner (13.668); 2. Chad Holladay (13.929); 3. Andy Eckrich (13.989); 4. Jeff Aikey (13.991); 5. Luke Goedert (14.197); 6. Luke Pestka (14.206); 7. Jason Hahne (14.220); 8. Todd Cooney (14.221); 9. Curt Martin (14.314); 10. Gabe Umbarger (14.340); 11. Curt Schroeder (14.417); 12. Kirby Schultz (14.456); 13. Al Hejna (14.613); 14. Darrel DeFrance (14.725). 

VP Fuels Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. Tyler Bruening (13.741); 2. Tad Pospisil (13.852); 3. Charlie McKenna (13,928); 4. Corey Zeitner (14.014); 5. Jake Neal (14.179); 6. Justin Kay (14.191); 7. Joel Callahan (14.263); 8. Matt Ryan (14.340); 9. Dave Eckrich (14.340); 10. Derrick Stewart (14.401); 11. Logan Duffy (14.459); 12. Ron Boyse (14.739); 13. Curtis Glover (14.863).

USRA STOCK CARS
presented by Christie Door Company

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 3 Jim Chisholm (Osage); 2. 24 Josh Zieman (Plymouth); 3. 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.); 4. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 5. 23X Brayden Gjere (Mabel, Minn.); 6. 11 Jesse Brown (Nashua); 7. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 8. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth); 9. 2C Nate Whirtehurst (Mason City); 10. 95 Chance Larson (Dunnel, Minn.); 11. 87 Dylan Suhr (Waterloo); 12. 87T Travis Shipman (Mason City); 13. 14N Caden Neiskius (Hastings, Minn.); 14. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt); 15. 38 Joe Schmit (Ventura); 16. 82 Dylan Fitzpatrick (Magnolia, Minn.); 17. 42 Coy VanHauen (Nora Springs); DNS 14 Todd Staley (Webster City); DNS 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Conrad; 2. Green; 3. Borchardt; 4. Neisius; 5. Lange; 6. Fitzpatrick; 7. VanHauen.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Chisholm; 2. Hollatz; 3. Gjere; 4. Shipman; 5. Suhr; 6. Staley.
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Schmit; 2. Larson; 3. Zieman; 4. Whitehurst; 5. Brown; DNS Opheim. 

USRA B-MODS
presented by Rookies Rockin' Sports Bar

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 25 Joe Chisholm (Osage); 2. 56H Brandon Hare (Elma); 3. 54 Jett Sorensen (Rochester, Minn.); 4. 90 George Nordman (Mason City); 5. 65J Josh Appel (Garner); 6. 28T Phillip Ihde (Decorah); 7. 155 Gavin Shaw (Brownsdale, Minn.); 8. 29 Lilli Reps (Utica, Minn); 9. 28 Autum Winters (Mason City); 10. 37 Britt Olson Jr (New Richland, Minn.); 11. 15 Todd Schaufenbuel (New Hampton); 12. 28J Jackson Hale (Grand Meadow, Minn.); 13. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 14. 5 Trystan Hagen (Winona, Minn.); 15. 88N Nate Albrant (Clear Lake): 16. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 17. 88M Bryer McCoy (Webster City); 18. 88 Brady Boland (Winona, Minn.); 19. 55 Brian Shaw (Brownsdale, Minn.); 20. 147 Clayton Bohner (Geneva); 21. 28H Troy Hale (Grand Meadow, Minn.); 22. 6 Corey Klouse (Mason City); 23. 2R Jory Montis (Sioux Falls, SD); 24. 14M Mike Orozco (Mason City); 25. 94M Zac Mahlstedt (Ionia). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. Sorensen; 2. Ihde; 3. Nordman; 4. Hare; 5. McCoy; 6. Winters; 7. Bohner; 8. Hagen; DNS Orozco.
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Chisholm; 2. Albrant; 3. McCollough; 4. Schaufenbuel; 5. Montis; 6. Gilliland; 7. Mahlstedt; 8. Klouse. 
Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. Shaw; 2. Jackson Hale; 3. Reps; 4. Troy Hale; 5. Appel; 6. Boland; 7. Shaw; 8. Olson. 

USRA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Wrightz Auction Company

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 6 Dustin Gulbrandson (Sioux Falls, SD); 2. 18K Dylan Clinton (West Union); 3. 07 Chris Hovden (Cresco); 4. 52 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 5. 18Z Zac Smith (Manly); 6. 27H Austin Hoeft (Charles City); 7. 83 Scott Dobel (Manly); 8. 86 Tracy Halouska (Worthing, SD); 9. 7D Devin Holthaus (Cresco); 10. 44KT Brian Lund (Northwood); 11. 21 Randy Hanson (New Hampton); 12. 51 Ethan Dirks (Belmond); 13. 7 Logan Knudson (Buffalo Center); 14. 55B Blaine Hanson (Klemme); 15. 11 Sam Umbarger (Garner); DNS 3JR Jace Hanson (Klemme).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Dobel; 2. Gulbrandson; 3. Hoeft; 4. Hovden; 5. Clinton; 6. Holthaus; 7. Blaine Hanson; 8. Umbarger.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Koop; 2. Halouska; 3. Lund; 4. Smith; 5. Knudson; 6. Randy Hanson; 7. Dirks; 8. Jace Hanson. 

USRA TUNERS
presented by Bryant Services

A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 5 Oliver Monson (Thornton); 2. 7 Devin Jones (Mason City); 3. 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel (New Hampton); 4. 43 Tayla Lange (Ames); 5. 7X Max Heimbuch (Mason City); DNS 37 Ryan Bryant (Mason City). 

Heat (5 Laps): 1. Heimbuch; 2. Jones; 3. Schaufenbuel; 4. Lange; 5. Bryant; 6. Monson. 

OUTLAW MINI MODS
presented by Ressler Custom Landscapes

A Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt); 2. 2 TJ Stalker (Mason City); 3. 111 Matthew Grobe (Austin, Minn.); 4. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 5. 17J Justin Winkler (Webster City); 6. 17 Dalton Faber (Burt); 7. 65 Logan Brown (Clear Lake); 8. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant); 9. 31 Spencer Nelson (Rockwell); 10. 14 Micheal Bryant (Mason City); 11. 57 Clayton Vanderploeg (Altoona); 12. 33W Gale Worthington (Des Moines); 13. 1R Bobby Ruehlow (Mason City); 14. 18 Alexander Kenward (Mason City); 15. 10 Dane Birkholz (Mason City); 16. 3 Jordan Willamson (Austin, Minn.); 17. 99S Sierra Rose Gary (Marshalltown); 18. 33 Jayden West (Des Moines); DNS 1 Kayden Birkholz (Mason City).

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. Stalker; 2. Kraus; 3. Brown; 4. Worthington; 5. Nelson; 6. Vanderploeg; 7. Kenward.
Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. Bryant; 2. Winkler; 3. Haggard; 4. West; 5. Williamson; 6. Kayden Birkholz.  

Heat 3 (5 Laps): 1. Faber; 2. Grobe; 3. Rice; 4. Gary; 5. Ruehlow; 6. Dane Birkholz.

Cap and Bow to the 2022 Season at the Warren County Speedway

Well a few times this year I have, when one Indee cancels I find my wat to the other Indy and Saturday was no different. When Justin Temeyer tried to get the Independence Motor Speedway ready, it appeared as the races was going to happen but things changed when the sun did not come out and there was no wind to help dry things out. 

So with Indee forced to cancel and after very little debate the decision was to go support my friend Brandan Long, one more time in his rookie season as promoter at the Warren County Speedway. The race track produced so great racing all night long as the 2022 season came to a close.

After hot laps and a quick drivers meeting, there was something special occurring on the race track. Former racer and Track Official at the Warren County Speedway Brian Stevens arranged something with drivers coming out each with a sign, told his partner Emily Rucker to drive their tractor out on the track and face the drivers as he got down on one knee. Each driver showed their sign and when she realized and turned around, Brian was on one knee with a ring, proposing to Emily. Congrats Brian and Emily on your engagement. 

First feature of the night was the DeYarman Ford JR Front Wheel Driver 12 lap feature event. Zachary Cleghorn out dueled Aubrey McKasson for the race lead. McKasson continued to put pressure on Cleghorn but could not get by and then the caution came out on lap ten when Emberli VanClark in turn three. Cleghorn held on to take the feature win despite a caution coming out as the checkered flag came out when Hailie Haynes came to a stop in turn two. Cleghorn took the win, McKasson came home in second but would claim the 2022 Track Champion. Michael Gardner, Julia Langille and Kyle Charlson round out the top five. 

The caution came out before a single lap was completed in the TruBank Cruisers 12 lap feature when Josh Grubbs and Jesse Tarter got together with Jason Collins and Clay Collins exiting turn four. On the restart, husband and wife team of Chris and Shelbie Mitchell grabbed the race lead fending off the Collins / Collins car. The caution came out again after 1 lap scored when Wes Millang / John Millang car came to a stop in turn one. Mitchell / Mitchell held on to claim the feature win ahead of Collins / Collins. Millang / Millang ride finished third, Casey McKasson / Aubrey McKasson was fourth and Jared Myers / Eric Alexander was fifth.

Next feature on the speedway was Midwest Micro Series presented by Gregg Young Chevrolet, normally they go 20 laps but the amount of cautions built up forcing the feature to be reduced. Brantley Tjaden led the first lap but shortly after broke and came to a stop in turn two forcing the caution to come out. That handed the lead over to Jaden Alexander. The next caution came out on lap three when Tim Young go into the front stretch wall. Alexander held on to the race lead until a caution came out on lap six when Luke Lane rolled in turn four. Aidan Leingang stole the lead away from Alexander, Jackson Gray battled for second with Alexander until lap ten when Gray had what appeared to be loss of brakes forcing him to take action by going on the dirt hill in turn three. Leingang had to contend with Travis Rewerts as he was able to get by Alexander for second on the restart. Rewerts out raced Leingang on the final lap to take the feature win and the 2022 track championship. Leingang finished second ahead of Alexander, Hunter Hanson and Chuck Alexander rounded out the top five. 

Matt Breeden led the first nine laps for the Phillips' Floor Trucks 12 lap feature before Robby Dittmer battled Breeden for the lead. Dittmer took the lead on lap ten and went on to take the feature win. Breeden finished second but claimed the 2022 track championship. Cole Becker finished third, Travis Shivers was fourth and Cole Edgington was fifth. 

Brock Bush led from start to finish in the 12 lap Bussanmas Heating & Cooling Stock Figure 8 feature event but was Chris Mitchell put pressure the entire distance as things started to get hairy in the figure 8. Bush claimed the win with Mithcell finishing second. Will Aldridge came home third but was the 2022 track champion. Joe Grubbs and Seth Parker was fourth and fifth respectively. 

There was only two Williams Machine Shop Open Figure 8 cars signed in to compete so to put on a show some of the Phillips' Floor Trucks came back out to compete with David Burnell and Jesse Tarter. However instead of running the eight, they ran the oval. Burnell claim the race lead and never looked back despite a caution on lap one when Robby Dittmer flipped in turn one. Burnell already how the track championship locked up claimed the feature win. Tarter came across in fourth on the track but finished second. Trucks of Breeden and Becker finished in between Burnell and Tarter. 

David Castellano put a bow on his 2022 track championship in the Hawkeye Auto Salvage Hobby Stocks by leading all 12 laps in the feature event. John Alexander grabbed second on lap four and tried to reel in Castellano but came up short. BJ Charlson was third, Leonard Loftus was fourth and Jason Collins was fifth. 

Final regular feature of the night was the 12 lap Front Wheel Drive feature event but before a lap was completed the caution came out when Josh Haynes came to a stop in turn two. Autumn Turner jumped on to the race lead on the restart and hit her marks every lap. The caution came out again on lap ten when John Millang in turn three and four. Turner held off heavy pressure from Michael Gardner and Casey Tucker on the restart but Turner went on to take claim the feature win. Gardner, Tucker, Alex VanClark and B-feature winner Braelynn Long rounded out the top five. Tucker took the 2022 track championship.

After the regular nights feature events was completed, their was mechanic races however I did not get the names for who won each of the mechanic races. 

That puts a bow on the 2022 Racing Season at the Warren County Speedway, the inaugural season for Brandan Long as promoter. I was their three times this season and enjoyed every time I was there. Thanks to Brandan for letting me come down and also thanks to Joshua Bowlin for allowing me to hang out on the dirt hill the last couple of races to take pictures. 

Keep your eyes during the off season for the 2023 racing schedule and plan to attend the Warren County Speedway presented by TruBank in Indianola next year. 

For more information about the Warren County Speedway checked out http://warrencountyspeedway.myracepass.com/or like the Facebook Page Warren County Speedway or contact Promoter Brandan Long at 515-988-5527.

Warren County Speedway
Season Championships

Saturday August 20th, 2022

JUNIOR FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
presented by DeYarman Ford

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 14Z Zachary Cleghorn (Des Moines); 2. 95 Aubrey McKasson (Indianola); 3. 37 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 4. 19 Julia Langille (Osceola); 5. 72 Kyle Charlson (Des Moines); 6. 33 Gabe Gavin (Indianola); 7. 8V Emberli VanClark (Indianola); 8. 93C Maddison Coenen (Oskaloosa); 9. 1 Preston Bright (Indianola); 10. 210 Hailie Hayes (St. Charles); 11. 5H Colton Howe (Lacona); 12. 99 Bryant Grubbs (Greenfield); 13. 511 Gabriel Hoover (Indianola); 14. 2K Katelynn Watts (Oskaloosa); 15. 5T Joe Tarter (Norwalk). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Cleghorn; 2. McKasson; 3. Tarter; 4. Coenen; 5. VanClark; 6. Bright; 7. Charlson; 8. Haynes. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Watts; 2. Gardner; 3. Hoover; 4. Langille; 5. Gavin; 6. Howe; 7. Grubbs.

2022 Track Champion : 95 Aubrey McKasson.

CRUISERS
presented by TruBank

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 15 Chris Mitchell / Shelbie Mitchell (Osceola); 2. 75 Jason Collins / Clay Collins (Pleasantville); 3. 37 Wes Millang / John Millang (Iowa); 4. 5 Casey McKasson / Aubrey McKasson (Indianola0; 5. 22 Jared Myers / Eric Alexander (Indianola); 6/ 23 Josh Grubbs / Jesse Tarter (Greenfield). 

Heat (6 laps) : 1. Collins / Collins; 2. Grubbs / Tarter; 3. Mitchell / Mitchell; 4. Myers / Alexander; 5. McKasson / McKasson; 6. Millang / Millang. 

2022 Track Champion : 15 Chris Mitchell / Shelbie Mitchell.

MICRO SPRINTS
Midwest Micro Series presented by Gregg Young Chevrolet

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 23T Travis Rewerts (Des Moines); 2. 18 Aidan Leingang (Coal Valley, Ill.); 3. 11 Jaden Alexander (Knoxville); 4. 9A Hunter Hanson (Lakefield, Minn.); 5. 57C Chuck Alexander (Chariton); 6. 31 Joe Dent (Des Moines); 7. 25A Morgan Dennis (Indianola); 8. 88W Garrett Warren (Indianola); 9. 7G Jackson Gray (Ankeny); 10. 9 Luke Lane (Milo); 11. 42 Dakota Young (New Virginia); 12. 41 Tim Young (New Virginia); 13. 38 Brantley Tjaden (Norwalk); DNS 21 Maddie Young (New Virginia).

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Rewerts; 2. Leingang; 3. Hanson; 4. Lane; 5. Dennis; 6. Dakota Young; DNS Warren. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Tjaden; 2. Jaden Alexander; 3. Gray; 4. Tim Young; 5. Dent; 6. Maddie Young; 7. Chuck Alexander. 

2022 Track Champion : 23T Travis Rewerts. 

TRUCKS
presented by Phillips' Floors

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 76 Robby Dittmer (Indianola); 2 1 Matt Breeden (Indianola); 3. 46 Cole Becker (Milo); 4. 22 Travis Shivers (Indianola); 5. 21 Cole Edgington (Indianola); 6. 11 Clay Collins (Pleasantville); DNS 99 Alex Catron (Indianola).

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Breeden; 2. Edington; 3. Becker; 4. Catron. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Shivers; 2. Dittmer; 3. Collins. 

2022 Track Champion : 1 Matt Breeden. 

STOCK FIGURE 8
presented by Bussanmas Heating & Cooling

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 20 Brock Bush (St Charles); 2. 15 Chris Mitchell (Osceola); 3. 2A Will Aldridge (Des Moines); 4. 14 Joe Grubbs (St Charles); 5. 27 Seth Parker (Osceola); 6. 03 Dylan McKasson (Indianola); 7. 187 David Blair (Winterset); DNS 28 Daniel Jones (Indianola). 

Heat (6 laps) : 1. Bush; 2. Mitchell; 3. Grubbs; 4. Blair; 5. McKasson; 6. Aldridge; 7. Jones; 8. Parker.

2022 Track Champion : 2A Will Aldridge. 

OPEN FIGURE 8
presented by Williams Machine Shop

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 3 David Burnell (Altoona); 2. 2A Jesse Tarter (Des Moines). 

Heat (6 laps) : 1. Burnell; 2. Tarter

2022 Track Champion : 3 David Burnell. 

HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Hawkeye Auto Salvage

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 11 David Castellano (Des Moines); 2. 31A John Alexander (Carlisle); 3. 81 BJ Charlson (Indianola); 4. 2L Leonard Loftus (Des Moines); 5. 70 Jason Collins (Pleasantville); 6. 90 Jake Coughennower (Indianola); 7. 37 Wes Millang (Iowa); 8. 38 Kevin Millard (Indianola); 9. 27W Jesse Wood (Des Moines); 10. 89W Brandon Willemsen (Grimes); 11. 74 Taylor Wood (Indianola); 12. 22 Jared Myers (Indianola); 13. 45W Colton Wicker (Des Moines). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Charlson; 2. Castellano; 3. Myers; 4. Coughennower; 5. Wicker; 6. Willemsen; 7. Millang. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Loftus; 2. Alexander; 3. Collins; 4. Wood; 5. Millard; 6. Wood. 

2022 Track Champion : 11 David Castellano. 

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
presented by

A Feature (12 laps) : 1. 17Z Autumn Turner (Reasnor); 2. 37 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 3. 27T Casey Tucker (Lorimor); 4. 7V Alex VanClark (Indianola); 5. 00B Braelynn Long (Norwalk); 6. 77 Dennis Hoover (Indianola); 7. 14 Matt Pool (Monroe); 8. 41 Colbin Funke (Menlo); 9. 43V Jody Kingery (Knoxville); 10. 62 Cody Howe (Melcher); 11. 63B Terry Bickford (Shannon City); 12. 72 Daniel Claytong (Fontanelle); 13. 33 John Millang (Iowa); 14. 11 JW Sibert (Jewell); 15. 210 Josh Haynes (St Charles); 16. 1X Travis Johnston (Greenfield). 

B Feature (8 laps) : 1. Long; 2. Funke; 3. Millang; 4. Sibert; 5. 980 Jeremiah Downing (Woodward); 6. 143 Lisha McCoy (Osceola); 7. 47 Terry Hurley (Des Moines); 8. 13 Billy Bough Jr (Indianola); 9. 29 Cody Kistler (Van Wert); 10. 93C Austen Coenen (Oskaloosa); 11. 8S Logan Stevens (Greenfield); 12. 56K Matthew Howard (Altoona); DNS 616 Megan Haynes (St Charles). 

Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Gardner; 2. Tucker; 3. Claytong; 4. Long; 5. McCoy; 6. Hurley; 7. Stevens. 
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Hoover; 2. Johnston; 3. Kingery; 4. Millang; 5. Coenen; 7. Bough. 
Heat 3 (6 laps) : 1. Bickford; 2. VanClark; 3. Turner; 4. Funke; 5. Howard; 6. Downing. 

Heat 4 (6 laps) : 1. Howe; 2. Pool; 3. Haynes; 4. Sibert; 5. Kistler; 6. Haynes. 

2022 Track Champion : 27T Casey Tucker. 

Berry Takes Victory at the Bald Tire Bash in Vinton

This season I chose not to attend many Sunday night races except for the ones I worked at the Brooklyn Raceway, well that changed as I decided I would head to the Benton County Speedway "The Bullring" for the reschedule Bald Tire Bash with Team 3W Racing and our hired driver Tom Berry Jr. So we loaded up and headed to Vinton. The Crew consisted of myself, Tyler Wollam, Josh Capalla, Mike Duffy, Kyle Kirk, Rock Bolen, Mike Block, Emily Block, Aspyn Block, Ben Wollam, Tom Berry Jr, Greg Godfrey and his crew chief Austin.

For the Team 3W Racing team, it was interesting night as Tom Berry started on the pole for the heat race but fell back to finish second to Buck Schafroth. After Tom got back to the pits it was determined that Tom finished the heat on seven cylinders because one of the rocker arms broke so that meant the team had to scramble to find a new rocker arm for the feature. A lot of work went into it finding one, Josh got in contact with Chris Pippert in Belle Plaine and he had just what we needed so he got met Josh and Mike Block half way, Pippert is one of Josh's customers on his UPS route. As for the rest of the story find out how it ended. Thanks again it was fun and thank you Mike Block for letting me ride with you over to Vinton.  

It was also my first trip to Vinton since I worked turns one and two back in 2019, so it was three years but I was excited to make the trip over to see all the changes made over the years by Rick and Corey Dripps. It was Racing for Autism Night and the Bald Tire Bash presented by Midwest Injection Inc., Fox Welding, VanEaton Pork, Murty Racing, Johnny Spaw Race Cars & Performance Bodies for the IMCA Stock Cars. The IMCA Sport Compacts also had their Special night.

A total of one hundred-forty cars checked into tame the quarter mile bullring plus the kids got involved with Power Wheel Races before the races and at Intermission.

First feature of the night was the INEX Legends 15 lap feature event presented by Legends Direct. Michael Weber grabbed the race lead early but just after the completion of lap one, the only race caution came out. Weber led until Parker Jones took the top spot away on lap eight. Neither Jones or Weber took the win as Jordan Miklas worked his way into second and then made a last lap pass on Jones to claim the win. Jones came home in a close second, Weber was third, Dave Eberle in fourth and Robby Morrison in fifth. 

Super Sunday IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap special event was up next on the speedway. Blake Driscol led the first lap but shortly after Nathan Chandler made contact with Driscol forcing the caution to come out. Lukas Rick grabbed the race lead on the restart and never looked back going on to take the feature win. Behind him their was great two and three wide behind him. Mitchell Bielenberg, Tyler Fiebelkorn, Steven Schmitz and Spencer Roggentien rounded out the top five. 

Mallett Meyer jumped out to the early lead of the A.I.R.S. - American Iron Racing Series 15 lap feature but a caution came out on lap five when Jeff Hollenbeck spun. Meyer continued to lead through the next caution on lap eight for Jimmy Rogers in turn four. Two laps later, Meyer had his race come to an end as he came to a stop in turn four. Doug Yates took the race lead over and went on to take the feature win in 1969 Ford Torino. Bart Miller finished second in a 1962 Galaxie XL, Brian Gade came home third in a 1958 Ford Fairlane. RJ Lank, driving a 1959 Edsel Ranger was fourth and Travis Heier in a 1975 Ford Maverick was fifth. 

After the initial start was called back in the IMCA Sport Mods presented by Christie Door Company, Kyle Olson quickly worked the top side of the speedway and was in a four wide battled for the top spot. Olson came out as the race leader and continued to use the top side by pulling away. Late race lap traffic allowed Dylan VanWyk to close in but Olson managed the lap traffic just enough to go to take his second win of the season in Vinton. VanWyk, Tony Olson, Brady Hilmer and points leader Ben Chapman rounded out the top five. 

KISS Country 96.5 IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature had its initial start called back but when the race got rolling it was Drew Janssen grabbing the race lead. Janssen dominated until rear end problems sidelined him to the pits. Cody Laney, Jeff Aikey and Dallon Murty was not battling the race lead. Laney took command and went on to claim the victory and cashing in a $1,000 payday. Aikey was second, Murty was third, Jerry Dedrick was fourth and JD Auringer was fifth.

Before a single lap was scored in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, the caution came out when Logan Takes and Ava Parizek got together in turn two, Takes again on the restart in turn four. Bradly Graham started outside the front row jumped out front right away and started to pull away. The next caution came out on lap six for Zeke Wheeler in turn two. Graham refused to let that caution or the caution lap ten for Joren Fisher in turn two to bother him. Graham took the feature win ahead of Matt Brown, Benji Irvine, Brett Vanous and Michael Kimm. 

Final feature of the night was the 25 lap Bald Tire Bash for the Vermedahl Logistics IMCA Stock Cars. The caution came out before a lap scored when Ian Huff and Russell Damme Jr spun in turn two. Leah Wroten took the top spot early and started to get a little separation until caution came out on lap three when Dustin Griffiths spun in turn four. Wroten held on to the race lead until Dallon Murty took the top spot way on lap seven. Murty was followed by Tom Berry Jr and Kaden Reynolds and then a caution came out on lap 13 when Wroten spun in turn three. Murty held off Berry, Reynolds and Buck Schafroth on the restart but the caution came out again on lap 16. First caution on lap 16 for Russell Damme Jr in turn three and then on the restart for Ian Huff in turn one. 

Murty still continued to lead until the lap 19 caution for Griffiths in turn three. On this restart, Tom Berry Jr was able to get by Murty and fend off Reynolds at the same time to take the race lead coming to complete lap 20. Berry and the field saw the caution come out one more time on lap 22 for debris in turn four, this caution brought a single file restart. Berry used that too his advantage and held off a late race slider from Reynolds to take the feature win worth $2,000 and qualify for the B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational for Stock Cars. Reynolds finished second, Murty came home third, Schafroth was fourth and Johnathon Logue came home in fifth. 

Benton County Speedway known as the The Bullring wraps up the regular season on Sunday August 21st. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts and INEX Legends. Pit Gates Open at 3p, Grandstands Open at 4p, Hot Laps at 5:30p, Racing to Follow. Can't watch in person all races in Vinton are live streamed on IMCA.TV.

However that will not be the final race with the cancellation of the Yankee Dirt Track Classic at 300 Raceway in Farley, The Bullring has picked up a Haulin' with Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series race on Saturday September 3rd. The race will pay $5,000 to win, $500 to start in the Late Models. Support Classes and other details will be announced this week.

For more information about Benton County Speedway check out bcsbullring.com or like the Facebook page Benton County Speedway "The Bullring" or contact promoter Corey Dripps at 319-429-6931 or Track Manager Rick Dripps at 319-230-5566 or rdripps@windstream.net.

Benton County Speedway
Racing for Autism / Bald Tire Bash

Sunday August 14th, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by KISS Country 96.5

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 2. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 3. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton); 5. 12T JD Auringer (Waterloo); 6. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 7. 21T Mike McKinney (Plainfield, Ill.); 8. 07X Troy Morris III (Bakersfield, Calif.); 9. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 10. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 11. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 12. 24R Regan Tafoya (Farmington, NM); 13. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 14. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 15. 98 Jacob Snyder (Dunkerton); 16. 43B Tommy Belmer (Evansdale); 17. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 18. 54 Jeff Sampson (Evansdale); 19. 127 Drew Janssen (Pella); 20. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 21. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 22. 32 Chris Snyder (Dunkerton); 23. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 24. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Braaksma; 2. Janssen; 3. Laney; 4. McKinney; 5. Burbridge; 6. Morris III; 7. Flannagan; 8. Barta. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Schulte; 2. Dedrick; 3. Murty; 4. Thornton; 5. Maitland; 6. Belez; 7. Jacob Snyder; 8. Betzer. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Aikey; 2. Auringer; 3. Chris Snyder; 4. Cordes; 5. Kroening; 6. Tafoya; 7. Belmer; 8. Sampson. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
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A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 2. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 3. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 92X Buck Schafroth (Orient); 5. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 6. V31 Todd VanEaton (Orient); 7. 8 Braxton Franks (Cedar Rapids); 8. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 9. 115 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 10. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 11. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 12. 92 Shaun Bistline (Van Horne); 13. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 14. 13A Rob Aimers (Marion); 15. 23 Tyler Travis (Vinton); 16. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 17. 85RX Tyler Carey (Nashua); 18. 49 Ian Huff (Marengo); DNS 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Franks; 3. Murty; 4. VanEaton; 5. Wroten; 6. Chesmore; 7. Travis; 8. Carey; 9. Schmidt; 10. Aimers. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Schafroth; 2. Berry; 3. Reynolds; 4. Griffiths; 5. Bistline; 6. Huff; 7. Damme; 8. Maasdam; 9. Dulin. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 117 Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 5. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence); 6. B21 Brandon Tharp (Vinton); 7. 82T Brett Thomas (Walker); 8. 13 Robert Patava (Vinton); 9. 28 Josh Banes (Alburnett); 10. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 11. 75D Dale Kite (Shellsburg); 12. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dystart); 13. 15B Troy Burkhart (Urbana); 14. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 15. 88K Kole Quam (Waterloo); 16. 59 Josh Fisher (LaPorte City); 17. 12D Aaron Waller (Traer); 18. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 19. 68 Will Wolf (Evansdale); 20. 13D Corey Scott (Garrison); 21. 71 Scott Meyers (Newhaul). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. Banes; 2. Thomas; 3. Wolf; 4. Wacha; 5. McLaughlin; 6..Scott; 7. Burke.
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. VanWyk; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Brady Hilmer; 4. Tharp; 5. Curt Hilmer; 6. Quam; 7. Meyers.

Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. Chapman; 2. Kyle Olson; 3. Patava; 4. Kite; 5. Burkhart; 6. Fisher; 7. Waller. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 2. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart); 3. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 4. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 5. 51 Michael Kimm (Vinton); 6. 1S Scott Siems (Cedar Rapids); 7. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 8. 15M Zeke Wheeler (Vinton); 9. 55XL Maury VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 10. 3A Ava Parizek (Hartwick); 11. 52 Joren Fisher (Garrison); 12. T25 Logan Takes (Coggon); 13. 16 Preston Kline (Brooklyn); 14. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); DNS 10 Gabe Phelps (Cedar Rapids). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. Graham; 2. Fisher; 3. Siems; 4. Irvine; 5. VanDerWilt; 6. Parizek; 7. Brown; 8. Weepie. 
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Kimm; 2. Kline; 3. Wheeler; 4. Takes; 5. Vanous; 6. Kriegel; DNS Phelps. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 85 Lukas Rick (Urbana); 2. 12 Mitchell Bielenberg (Charlotte); 3. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 4. 333 Steven Schmitz (Vinton); 5. 4R Spencer Roggentien (Amana); 6. T2 Nolan Tuttle (Vinton); 7. 20C Caleb Giese (Morning Sun); 8. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 9. 90 Robert Rundle (Walker); 10. 95 Thomas Werning (Urbana); 11. 24 Korey Lana (Center Point); 12. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 13. 69M Jeremy Wheeler (Vinton); 14. 88 Jamie Wood (Mechanicsville); 15. 25 Chris Pittman (Dunkerton); 16. 07 Garrett Brecht (Walker); 17. 54A Jake Anderson (Garrison); 18. 04 Aden Knight (Waterloo); 19. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); 20. 10 Logan Clausen (Atkins); 21. 81 Christopher Mannion (Waterloo); 22. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 23. 22 Nathan Chandler (Norway); 24. 69JX William Michel (Columbus Junction). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Chandler; 2. Rick; 3. Giese; 4. Fiebelkorn; 5. Tuttle; 6. Knight; 7. Wood; 8. Brecht. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Stewart; 2. Driscol; 3. Bielenberg; 4. Rundle; 5. Werning; 6. Roggentien; 7. Clausen; 8. Beenken. 

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1.  Michel; 2. Schmitz; 3. Lana; 4. Wheeler; 5. Miller; 6. Pittman; 7. Anderson; 8. Mannion. 

INEX LEGENDS
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 44J Jordan Miklas (Hartland, Wis.); 2. 51 Parker Jones (Blue Mounds, Wis.); 3. 8 Michael Weber (Marion); 4. 5 Dave Eberle (Freeport, Ill.); 5. 32M Robby Morrison (Alburnett); 6. 3 David McCalla (Cedar Rapids); 7. 64 Danny Lehmkuhl (Cedar Rapids); 8. 25 Cole O'Brien (Cedar Rapids); 9. 19 Jeff Schmidt (Freeport, IL); 10. 52JR Kacey Korsmo (Atkins); 11. 28 Jacob Tiegen (Marion); 12. 04 Adam Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 13. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 14. 462 Keith Meyer (Cedar Rapids); 15. 7D Jeff Doubek (Norway). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. Miklas; 2. Morrison; 3. Jones; 4. O'Brien; 5. Meyer; 6. Grady; 7. Doubek; 8. Tiegen. 
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Weber; 2. McCalla; 3. Lehmkuhl; 4. Schmidt; 5. Eberle; 6. Meyer; DNS Korsmo.

A.I.R.S. - American Iron Racing Series
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A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 54 Doug Yates (Monticello); 2. 501 Bart Miller (Clarence); 3. 5 Brian Gade (Clarence); 4. 44 RJ Lank (Clarence); 5. 68 Travis Heier (Anamosa); 6. 17SR Ron Cook (Clinton); 7. 01 Doak Allen (West Burlington); 8. 51 Tyler Maschmann (Mechanicsville); 9. 42 Bruce Yoerger (Dewitt); 10. 68Q Tracy Quigley (Waterloo); 11. 70 Dave Meyer (Morley); 12. 6 Emily Meyer (Clarence); 13. 727 Justin Stock (Clarence); 14. 15VL Domanic McNabb (Clarence); 15. 15 David Bielenberg (Charlotte); 16. 18 Jeff Hollenbeck (Muscatine); 17. 23-22 Herb Quigley (Fredericka); 18. 13 Jimmy Rogers (Oxford Junction); 19. 15M Mallet Meyer (Clarence); 20. 29 Jake Hayes (Maquoketa); 21. 11 Owen Hayes (Monmouth); 22. 31 Josh Woods (West Liberty). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. Jake Hayes; 2. Yoerger; 3. Dave Meyer; 4. Tracy Quigley; 5. Stock; 6. Hollenbeck; 7. Herb Quigley; 8. Lank. 
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Miller; 2. Cook; 3. Maschmann; 4. Gade; 5. Rogers; 6. Woods; 7. Emily Meyer. 

Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1.  Mallet Meyer; 2. Heier; 3. Yates; 4. Owen Hayes; 5. Allen; 6. Bielenberg; 7. McNabb.