Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway saw the return of Super Late Models for the first time by a national touring series since the World of Outlaws Late Models Firecracker Jamboree on June 30th 1989. Yes the speedway has hosted other Super Late Model Series races at Marshalltown since then but I would consider them regional series (Corn Belt Clash, Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series, Malvern Bank SLMR West Series) since most of their races was or are in Iowa or near the Iowa border much like the old IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series.
Past Super Late Model Series Races at Marshalltown:
USAC Late Models : 1987 (July 3rd) - Billy Moyer ; 1988 (July 1st) - Larry Phillips.
World of Outlaw Late Models : 1989 (June 30) - Billy Moyer.
Corn Belt Clash : 2013 (August 13) - Jason Utter.
SLMR Late Models : 2019 Malvern Bank West (Tyler Bruening); 2021 Hoker Trucking East (Jeff Aikey).
Wednesday's Castrol FloRacing Night in America was a year in the making as Marshalltown was scheduled to be a part of the inaugural season last year on May 19th, 2021 however mother nature won that race that could not be rescheduled. So all the excitement was set to make sure Marshalltown was on the schedule of 2022 and on Wednesday night that arrived.
Super Late Models was $22,022 to win / $1,000 to start. Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win along with being a Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Qualifier, $750 to win for the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars. It was also a B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational Qualifier.
A Beautiful night that saw seventy-six cars in three classes from eighteen different states including 29 Castrol FloRacing Night in America Super Late Models. Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds saw twenty-four entries and Drury Automotive & Repair IMCA Stock Cars had 23 entries. There was fantastic racing all night long on a track that produced multiple lanes from the bottom to the top leaving only a razor-thin cushion. Final checkered flag waved at 10:25pm.
First feature of the night was the Castrol FloRacing Night in America Super Late Model 50 lap event. "The Reaper" Ryan Gustin from Marshalltown out wrestled the race lead from pole sitter Mike Marlar from Winfield, Tennessee. The caution came out shortly after lap one was scored when Chad Simpson spun in turn two and unfortunately Spencer Diercks had no where to go and made contact, both exited to the pits. Gustin continued to lead fending off Hudson O'Neal and Marlar on the restart.
Just as Gustin was getting a little separation the red flag came out as the field began lap nine, when Ricky Thornton Jr slide off the top of turn two resulting in a slow roll over on his roof. Thornton climbed from the car uninjured. Gustin again fended off O'Neal and Marlar on the restart, beginning to pull away. As Gustin was catching lap traffic, O'Neal reeled him and on lap 30, O'Neal pulled a clean slide job in turn three to take over the race lead, Gustin try to return it but could not grab the lead back. O'Neal nearly slipped up on the cushion in turn two allowing Gustin to race side-by-side down the backstretch.
O'Neal led the remaining laps to take the win ahead of FloRacing Night in America Late Model Points Leader Brandon Sheppard, who started seventh. Marlar fell back to finish third, Gustin slip back to fourth and sixteenth place starter "Turbo" Tyler Erb came home fifth. Sixth through tenth saw Tim McCreadie, Garrett Alberson, Chris Simpson, Bobby Pierce and Billy Moyer Jr. Quick Time was 13.758 by Marlar. Heat Winners was Marlar, Gustin and O'Neal. B-Feature winner was Devin Moran.
The Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature, a B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational Qualifier was next on the speedway. David Atcher led the first two laps before Chanse Hollatz took the race lead away on lap three. Hollatz was followed by Kaden Reynolds and eighth place starter Dallon Murty. Hollatz continued to pace the way until the caution came out on lap nine when Andrea McCain spun in turn two. Hollatz fended off Reynolds and Murty on the restart and held them off to claim the win. Reynolds, Murty, Jeff Mueller and Jeff Wollam rounded out the top five.
Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature was the third and final feature of the night. "G-Money" Richie Gustin Jr grabbed the early race lead fending off Johnathon Logue but shortly after lap one scored the caution came out. The caution was for Ronn Lauritzen, Brandon Leeman, Dylan Thornton, Joe Beal and Ethan Robey in turn two. Gustin fend off Logue and Jake McBirnie and pulled away meanwhile sixth place Tom Berry Jr jumped in two second and set his sights on taking the lead away from Gustin. The caution came out for the second time on lap five when Jacob Murray and Rod Clement spin in turn four. Gustin lead but the caution came out again on lap eight when Mike McKinney got hung up on the edge of turn three and four. Gustin continued to lead until Berry Jr and Cayden Carter made a three car battle for the lead on lap 15. Carter edged them out to lead laps 15 and 16 before Berry Jr took the race lead over. Berry Jr went on to take the feature win, a Fast Shaft All-star Invitational qualifier. Carter finished second, Gustin came home third, McBirnie was fourth and Tim Ward was fifth.
Pictures I took are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page in a photo albums called Marshalltown FloRacing Night in America 5-18-22.Won't have to wait long as racing action returns to the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway on Friday Night May 20th for Midwest Liquid Systems Night at the Races. Outlaw Mini Mods Series powered by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair makes a visit to the high banks. Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds, Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars, Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing to Follow.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.
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Castrol FloRacing Night in America Points Standings after Marshalltown - May 18th, 2022
1) Brandon Sheppard 390 pts; 2) Hudson O'Neal 312 pts; 3) Mike Marlar 312 pts; 4) Tyler Erb 261 pts; 5) Ricky Thornton Jr 249 pts; 6) Bobby Pierce 242 pts; 7) Stormy Scott 237 pts; 8) Ryan Gustin 217 pts; 9) Garrett Alberson 202 pts; 10) Ashton Winger 177 pts.
For complete Castrol FloRacing Night in America details, visit the brand-new series website at www.FloSeries.com. For other questions, contact general manager Ben Shelton at msrmafia@gmail.com or 901-335-3037.
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Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
Castrol FloRacing Night in America
Wednesday May 18th, 2022
SUPER LATE MODELS
presented by Castrol & FloRacing
A Feature (50 Laps): 1. 71 Hudson O'Neal (Martinsville, Ind); 2. 1 Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, Ill.); 3. 157 Mike Marlar (Winfield, Tenn.); 4. 19R Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 1T Tyler Erb (New Waverly, Texas); 6. 39 Tim McCreadie (Watertown, NY); 7. 58 Garrett Alberson (Las Cruces, NM); 8. 32S Chris Simpson (Oxford); 9. 32 Bobby Piecer (Oakwood, Ill.); 10. 21JR Billy Moyer Jr (Batesville, Ark.); 11. 46 Earl Pearson Jr. (Jacksonville, Fla.); 12. 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 13. 49 Jake Timm (Winona, Minn.); 14. 7 Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.); 15. 11H Spencer Hughes (Meridian, Miss.); 16. 89 Ashton Winger (Senoia, Ga.); 17. 9 Devin Moran (Dresden, Ohio); 18. 22M Charlie McKenna (Ames); 19. 36 Logan Martin (West Plains, Mo.); 20. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. (Adel); 21. 25 Chad Simpson (Mt. Vernon); 22. 29 Spencer Diercks (Davenport).
Buzze Racing B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Moran; 2. Martin; 3. Bruening; 4. Diercks / 5. 22 Daniel Hilsabeck (Earlham); 6. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 7. 99 Jeff Larson (Freeport, Ill.); 8. 17 Tim Simpson (Iowa City); 9. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); DNS T22 Tegan Evans (Clinton); DNS 51F Matt Furman (Iowa City).
Integra Racing Shocks Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Marlar; 2. McCreadie; 3. Sheppard; 4. Winger; 5. Pierce; 6. Erb / 7. Martin; 8. Hilsabeck; 9. Larson; 10. Tim Simpson.
Pit Stop USA Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Pearson Jr; 3. Moyer Jr; 4. Robinson; 5. Timm; 6. McKenna / 7. Moran; 8. Bruening; 9. Cooney; DNS Evans.
K1 Race Gear Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. O'Neal; 2. Thornton Jr; 3. Alberson; 4. Chris Simpson; 5. Chad Simpson; 6. Hughes; 7. Diercks; 8. Aikey; 9. Furman.
Hoosier Tire Drawing Winners: Ryan Gustin, Tim Simpson
$150 Cash Drawing Winners: Ross Robinson, Todd Cooney
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap
Fast Shaft A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 2. 30M Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 4. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 6. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 7. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 8. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 9. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 10. 08 Dakota Sproul (Hays, Kan.); 11. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 12. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 13. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 14. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 15. 33 Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, Kan.); 16. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, Neb.); 17. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 18. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 19. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 20. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 21. 12T Mike McKinney (Plainfield, Ill.); 22. 77 Joe Beal (Milan, Ill.); 23. 7R Ethan Robey (Ames); 24. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Hobscheidt; 2. Rust; 3. Ward; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Kroening; 6. Robey; 7. Clement; 8. McKinney.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Brown; 2. Berry; 3. Carter; 4. Jimmy Gustin; 5. Carpenter; 6. Beal; 7. Murray; 8. Rawlins.
IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
B&B Chassis A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 2. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 3. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 5. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 6. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 7. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 8. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 9. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 10. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 11. 20V Dustin Vis (Martelle); 12. 89K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 13. 36J Justin Whitehead (Texarkana, Texas); 14. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 15. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 16. 8E Mitchell Evens (Dubuque); 17. 25A Andrea McCain (South Haven, Minn.); 18. $ Cody Center (Mesa, Ariz.); 19. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 20. 85R Tyler Carey (Nashua); 21. 13 Brandon Beam; 22. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); DNS 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Jaennette; 2. Atcher; 3. Foster; 4. Wollam; 5. Meyer; 6. Thornton; 7. Rawlins; 8. Carey.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Mueller; 2. Reynolds; 3. Rice; 4. Wroten; 5. McCain; 6. Kaplan; 7. Beam.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Whitehead; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Kuehl; 4. Hollatz; 5. Vis; 6. Damon Murty; 7. Center; 8. Evens.
