Murty, Reynolds and Kilwine Among Winners on Midwest Liquid System Night at the Marshalltown Speedway

 For the second time this week, racing action took to the high banked 1/4 mile Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway. It was a chilly spring night which started out cloudy but the sun peeked out just in time to see a beautiful sunset as the racing action was getting heated on the track. They went two, three and four wide through out the night with even some nearly making mistakes on a thin cushion. 

It was Midwest Liquid System Night at the races and One hundred-two cars signed in including sixteen Outlaw Mini Mods powered by Drury Automotive and Truck Repair. IMCA Hobby Stocks had the most with twenty-five cars then IMCA Sport Mods with 17 entries, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds each at 15 entries and IMCA Mod Lites had 12 entries. The heats started right at 7:30p, Features took to the track at 8:34p and the final checkered flag waived at 10:02p.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA STARS Mod Lites feature event. Ben George led opening lap before Austin Gray took the top spot away on lap two. Gray continued to lead until seventh place starter Joel Huggins worked his way through the field to take the top spot away on lap five. Huggins led until lap eight when Randy Bryan took it away. Bryan started to pull away from Huggins and Gray until the only caution came out on lap 12 for Michael Mann in turn two. Bryan held on to win, Huggins finished second meaning after two races they are tied in points heading into next week. Gray finished third, Dustin Ford was fourth and George was fifth. 

Next on to the speedway was the Outlaw Mini Mod Series powered by Drury Automotive and Truck Repair for their 12 lap feature event. Michael Bryant from Mason City led the first lap before Britt's Ben Kraus took the top spot away on lap two. Normally when Kraus takes the lead it means their is a race for second but not tonight as Glenville, Minnesota's Nathan Kilwine worked his way from eighth to the race lead on lap five. The caution came out on lap eight when Kaden Rice spun in turn two. Kilwine got a great restart fending off Kraus, Bryant and ninth place starter Kamdyn Haggard on the restart. Kilwine took the win ahead of Kraus, Haggard, Bryant and Dalton Faber. This was the first of three races this week as they race Boone on Saturday and their normal weekly track Stuart on Sunday.

Before a single lap was scored in the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, the caution came out twice. First time was for Charlie Stevens and Curt Smeins in turn two and on the restart, Aiden Webb in turn one. Vern Jackson wrestled the lead from Travis Peterson when the race finally got started and he led until the caution came out again on lap three when Jessiah Taylor spun in turn two. Kyle Olson took the race lead away on the restart just before another pair of cautions on lap four. Olson continued to lead even through one more race caution on lap seven to go on an take the win. Kaylin Lopez was second, Jenae Gustin was third, Travis Peterson was fourth and Sam Wieben was fifth.

Austin Mehmen and Sam West led the field to the green in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event but both spun in turn two forcing the caution to come out resulting in Mark Hidlebaugh and Eric Stanton to inherit the front row on the restart. Eric Stanton grabbed the race lead until John Watson made the move to take the lead away on lap three. Stanton did not go away as he grabbed the lead back on lap five when Watson slipped up, Eric Knutson also got by Watson for second. Stanton and Knutson ran first and second, Seth Butler entered the mix for the top spot as Watson exited pit side. Knutson took the race lead away on lap 12 from Stanton. The caution came out again on lap 17 for Hidlebaugh in turn two and then on the restart for Kaitlyn Schuring in turn two. Knutson held off Stanton and Butler on the restart, only to see the caution come out the final time on lap 18 when Briar Kriegel spun in turn two. Knutson went on to take the feature win, Stanton finished second. Butler, Bradly Graham and William Klosterman round out the top five. 

Taylor Kuehl led the first two laps of the Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event before sixth place starter Kaden Reynolds took the race lead on lap three. Reynold began to pull away as tenth place starter Dylan Thornton worked his way by Jeff Wollam and Kuehl for second on lap four. Reynolds and the field saw the caution come out only once on lap 12 when Kuehl spun in turn two resulting in Tyler Pickett and Troy Tabor to also spin out. Reynolds held off Thornton and Damon Murty on the restart. Reynolds went on to take his first Stock Car win at Marshalltown and his second of his career in his rookie season. Thornton was second, Steve Meyer nosed ahead of Wollam for third place Wollam in fourth. Michael Jaennette was fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event and it was all the "Game Changer" Dallon Murty leading from start to finish to take his first Modified win this season in Motown, his second win in the Modified at the hallowed high banks (won night one of the World Nationals) and his 2nd win of the season. Only caution came out on lap two when Rod Clement spun in turn four. Seventh place starter Jimmy Gustin came home second, Joel Rust was third, Dakota Sproul was fourth and Dustin Kroening was fifth.

Pictures I took are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page in a photo albums called Marshalltown Midwest Liquid System Night 5-20-22.

Next Friday May 27th at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway features Corn Belt Clash for the IMCA Mod Lites paying $500 to win. Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods are also $500 to win. Also racing is the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds, Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts and Karl Chevrolet of Dirt Trucks. Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing to Follow.

Then the following Friday Night gets the month of June started with Kwik Star Night at the Races. Next visit for the Outlaw Mini Mods is on Friday June 24th. All race nights are live on FloRacing at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway.

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
Midwest Liquid Systems Night

Friday May 20th, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 4. 08 Dakota Sproul (Hays, Kan.); 5. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 6. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 7. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 8. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 9. 5G Gat Leytham (Toledo); 10. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 11. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 12. 66 Tyler DeBouche (Green Bay, Wis.); 13. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 14. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 15. 12 Bret Ramsey (Waterloo).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Nagle; 4. Rawlins; 5. Leytham; 6. DeBouche; 7. Ramsey; 8. Simatovich.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Rust; 2. Kroening; 3. Gustin; 4. Sproul; 5. Wilson; 6. Morehouse; 7. Clement.

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 4. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 5. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 6. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 7. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 8. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 9. 89K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 10. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 11. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 12. 24 Troy Tabor (Newton); 13. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 14. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 15. 8 Josh Capalla (Marshalltown). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Reynolds; 2. Kuehl; 3. Thornton; 4. Wroten; 5. Rawlins; 6. Tabor; 7. Rice. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wollam; 2. Jaennette; 3. Murty; 4. Meyer; 5. Dulin; 6. Capalla; 7. Pickett; 8. Byers. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 3. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 5. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 6. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 7. 105 Taylor Bass (Temple, Texas); 8. 34N Thomas Nelson (Stuart); 9. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 10. 128B Curt Smeins (Dike); 11. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 12. 15X Boe Jenkin (Marshalltown); 13. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 14. 7 Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 15. 55W Aiden Webb (Roland); 16. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 17. 81 Charlie Stevens (Algona). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Lopez; 2. Peterson; 3. Titus; 4. Simmons; 5. Wieben; 6. Jenkins; 7. Nelson; 8. McLaughlin.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Olson; 2. Kuehl; 3. Gustin; 4. Jackson; 5. Bass; 6. Stevens; 7. Taylor; 8. Smeins; 9. Webb.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 4. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 5. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 6. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 7. 35 Luke Schluetter (New Hampton); 8. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 9. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Sully); 10. 20A Steven Crees (Des Moines); 11. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 12. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 13. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 14. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 15. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 16. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 17. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 18. 8 Adam Tiernan (Granger); 19. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 20. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel); 21. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 22. 47W Sam West (Ferguson); 23. 1K Tom Killen Jr (Des Moines); 24. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 25. 4W John Watson (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Mehmen; 2. Knutson; 3. Klosterman; 4. Schluetter; 5. DeZwarte; 6. Kriegel; 7. Thomas; 8. Schuring; 9. Pfantz.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Stanton; 2. Watson; 3. Killen; 4. West; 5. Ellis; 6. VanDerWilt; 7. Tiernan; 8. Andrews. 
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Hidlebaugh; 2. Graham; 3. Butler; 4. Forbes; 5. Bennett; 6. Peck; 7. Crees; 8. Newhouse. 

IMCA MOD LITES
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 2. 11X Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 4. 11 Dustin Ford (Fontanelle); 5. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 6. 99X Darrick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 7. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 8. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (DeSoto); 9. 807K John Wright (Colchester, Ill.); 10. 7 Mikade Meyer (Atlantic); 11. 135 Rick Graves (Altoona); 12. 301 Michael Mann (Macomb, Ill.).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Ford; 2. Huggins; 3. George; 4. Meyer; 5. Wright; DQ Eischeid.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Bryan; 2. Gray; 3. Ladurini; 4. Mann; 5. Graves; 6. Knutsen

OUTLAW MINI MODS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (12 Laps): 1. 15 Nathan Kilwine (Glenville, Minn.); 2. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt); 3. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 4. 14 Micheal Bryant (Mason City); 5. 17 Dalton Faber (Burt); 6. 25B Bobby Daniels (Des Moines); 7. 25L Lucas Daniels (Des Moines); 8. 13X Glenn Orr (Creston); 9. 25C Chase Daniels (Carlisle); 10. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee); 11. 5M Megan Daniels (Indianola); 12. 17J Justin Winkler (Webster City); 13. Z83 Zackary Schaefer (Creston); 14. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant); 15. 007 Brett Orr (Creston); DNS 47 Troy Ihrke (Sheffield).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Kilwine; 2. Hilgenberg; 3. Bobby Daniels; 4. Faber; 5. Glenn Orr; 6. Rice; 7. Ihrke; 8. Schaefer. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Kraus; 2. Bryant; 3. Haggard; 4. Lucas Daniels; 5. Chase Daniels; 6. Winkler; 7. Megan Daniels; 8. Brett Orr.