After Mother Nature decided to change her mind the week before at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway, the speedway roared back to action on RBF Electric Night at the Races. The night featured $400 to win IMCA Hobby Stocks. Also Racing was the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts.
It was a beautiful summer night of racing on the quarter mile high banks as there was multiple lanes that was very competitive all night and even the race track had a little character. One Hundred and six race cars signed in the pits to tame the high banks on RBF Electric Night. Intense battles through out the night including two close finishes at the line. Final checkered flag came out at 10:30pm.
First feature like normal at Marshalltown is the 15 lap feature event for the IMCA Mod Lites. Steven Kennedy grabbed the race lead early and never looked back in the feature that went green-to-checkered. Kennedy did have to fend off Josh May early before pulling away and only having lap traffic slow him down. Kennedy took the win, Randy Bryan worked his way from seventh to finish second. Austin Gray, Jason Masengarb and Jacob Copley rounded out the top five.
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event saw the caution come out almost as soon as the race started when Boe Jenkins spun in turn two. Will Wolf jumped out to the lead before the first lap was scored the caution came out again when Chance Titus spun in turn two. Another restart saw another caution when Jessiah Taylor and Michael Miller spun in turns one and two. Wolf wrestled the lead from veteran Vern Jackson on the restart and then received challenges from Travis Peterson before the caution came out again on lap three for Steve McLaughlin in turn two. Wolf appeared to be determined hold on the top spot and did so until another caution on lap seven for Miller in turn two. Wolf lost the lead on lap ten to Kyle Olson and it appeared Kyle Olson was going to take the feature win but just before a caution came out on lap sixteen, cousin Tony Olson snuck by for the race lead. The caution was for Colton Nelson spinning un turn two. Tony Olson held off Kyle Olson to take the feature win and hard charger. Kyle Olson finished second, Wolf was third, Peterson was fourth and Kaylin Lopez was fifth.
Next on the speedway was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event. Mark Hidlebaugh led the first lap before Darin DeZwarte took the top spot away on lap two. Solomon Bennett grabbed the lead away on lap three and led until seventh place starter John Watson took the lead away on lap six. Watson looked to be heading on to the win until Bennett, Bradly Graham and Seth Butler reeled Watson back in as lap traffic started to slow him down. Watson on top and Bennett on the bottom battled for the race lead again. The caution came out on lap 16 when Briar Kriegel and Ben Newhouse got together in turn one. Watson and Bennett made slight contact on the restart allowing Bennett to take the race lead and Watson heading pit side. Bennett outdueled Graham to the finish line to take the win by the margin of .093 seconds. Butler was third, Eric Knutson was fourth and Cored VanDerWilt was fifth.
Steve Meyer led the first six laps for the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event. Jay Schmidt was chasing him and finally on lap seven, Schmidt took the lead away from Meyer. Schmidt appeared to fending off any challenge from Meyer until lap traffic became a factor. The only caution came out on lap 18 when Schmidt got sideways because of a lap car forcing him to spin and collect Meyer. That handed the lead over to Miciah Hidlebaugh. Dallon Murty took the race lead away on lap 19 but on the last lap Murty experienced mechanical issues allowing Hidlebaugh to take the feature win. Eleventh place starter Jeff Wollam work his way through the field to finish second. Michael Jaennette finished third, Scott Rice was fourth and Mike Goldsberry was fifth.
Bakersfield, California's Ethan Dotson grabbed the early lead in the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. The only race caution came out on lap two when Tyler Writjes spun in turn two, Andrew Kinser and Brint Hartwick spun in turn four. Dotson held off Garrett Wilson, Dallon Murty and Ronn Lauritzen on the restart. Lauritzen worked his way into second and set his sights on getting by Dotson for race lead in which he would do on lap eight. Lauritzen looked to be take the win fending off challenges from Murty but Murty outdueled Lauritzen to the finish line to take the win. The margin of victory was .178 seconds. Fourteenth place starter Jimmy Gustin, Gat Leytham and Cory Sauerman rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature event. Noah Beenken in a new car grabbed the race lead early fending off Mark Smith and then Tyler Fiebelkorn. The race saw the red flag come out on lap six when John Gill went for a tumble in turn two, Gill climbed from the car okay. Beenken continued to lead until lap ten when it appeared something broke and sending him into a tumble in turn four. Fiebelkorn inherited the lead and held off Mark Smith to take the feature win. Smith finished second, John Schuring in third, John Patterson in fourth and Zachary Cleghorn in fifth.
IMCA Sport Compacts make their next appearance on Friday July 1st. Then the following week is the the Thursday Night Thunder Dale DeFrance Memorial / Iowa Seamless Gutters / Emily's 25.5 featuring the Haulin' with Hoker Trucking SLMR Late Models on July 7th. IMCA Mod Lites will get the night off that night.
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
RBF Electric Night
Friday June 17th, 2022
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 5G Gat Leytham (Toledo); 5. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 6. 9JR Spencer Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 7. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 8. 12R Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 9. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 10. 24 Shane Mills (Redmond, Ore.); 11. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 12. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 13. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.); 14. 60 Tyler Wirtjes (Mason City); 15. 9 Brint Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 16. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Dotson; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Leytham; 4. Clement; 5. Morehouse; 6. Spencer Hartwick; 7. Wirtjes; 8. Nagle.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Sauerman; 3. Brint Hartwick; 4. Wilson; 5. Kinser; 6. Mills; 7. Gustin; 8. Ramsey.
IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Menlo); 2. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 3. 93X Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 4. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 5. 02 Mike Goldsberry (Runnells); 6. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 7. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 8. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 9. 8 Josh Capalla (Marshalltown); 10. 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 11. 7T James Tarter (Des Moines); 12. 93 Blake Lehman (Terrebonne, Ore.); 13. 99D Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 14. 94X Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 15. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 16. 16 Aaron Spangler (Dove Creek, Colo.); 17. 8X Austin Meiners (Polk City); 18. 16X Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 19. 31 Michael Smith (Marshalltown); 20. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Meyer; 2. Schmidt; 3. Kaplan; 4. Hidlebaugh; 5. Goldsberry; 6. Wollam; 7. Smith; 8. Lehman; 9. Byers; 10. Reynolds.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Jaennette; 2. Murty; 3. Meiners; 4. Rice; 5. Maasdam; 6. Daggett; 7. Capalla; 8. Solum; 9. Spangler; 10. Tarter.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 68 Will Wolf (Evansdale); 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 5. 16 Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 6. 216 Camron Spangler (Dove Creek, Colo.); 7. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 8. 88K Kole Quam (Waterloo); 9. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 10. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 11. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 12. 82I Kadence Davenport (Huxley); 13. 28B Bailey Smeins (Dike); 14. MM5 Matt Ruf (Grand Junction, Colo.); 15. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 16. 79M Michael Miller (Des Moines); 17. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 18. 77JR Rayce Mullen (Hill City, Ill.); 19. 7 Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 20. 30 Kenser Ellis (Ankeny); 21. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 22. 15 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); 23. 57K Ryan King (Colo); DNS 8W Kenny Wyman Jr (Marshalltown).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Tony Olson; 2. Wolf; 3. Peterson; 4. Burke; 5. Spangler; 6. Davenport; 7. Wyman; 8. Simmons.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Jackson; 2. Kyle Olson; 3. Jenkins; 4. Titus; 5. Ruf; 6. Quam; 7. Ellis; 8. McLaughlin.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. King; 2. Lopez; 3. Nelson; 4. Mullen; 5. Bass; 6. Taylor; 7. Smeins; 8. Miller.
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 2. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 3. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 4. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 5. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Sully); 6. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 7. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 8. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 9. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 10. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 11. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 12. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 13. 14L Lucas Smith (Iowa Falls); 14. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 15. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 16. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 17. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel); DNS 77 Cody Cleghorn (Des Moines); DNS 47SW Sam West (Ferguson).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Hidlebaugh; 2. Newhouse; 3. Knutson; 4. Bennett; 5. DeZwarte; 6. Klosterman; 7. Thomas; 8. Ellis; 9. Smith.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Watson; 2. Kriegel; 3. Butler; 4. Graham; 5. Andrews; 6. VanDerWilt; 7. Peck; 8. Schuring; 9. Cleghorn; 10. West.
IMCA MOD LITES
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 195 Steven Kennedy (Boone); 2. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 3. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 4. 41 Jason Masengarb (Colona, Ill.); 5. 55C Jacob Copley (Milan, Ill.); 6. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 7. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 8. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 9. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 10. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 11. 301 Michael Mann (Macomb, Ill.); 12. 7 Mikade Meyer (Atlantic); 13. 135 Rick Graves (Altoona); DNS 99X Darrick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids).
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Padilla; 2. Bryan; 3. Gray; 4. Knutsen; 5. Kennedy; 6. Eischeid; 7. Mann.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. George; 2. May; 3. Copley; 4. Graves; 5. Masengarb; 6. Meyer; 7. Huggins.
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 2. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 3. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 4. 00 John Patterson (Marshalltown); 5. 14Z Zachary Cleghorn (Des Moines); 6. 88 Larry Patterson (Tama); 7. 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); 8. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 9. 17SG Stephanie Spangler (Cove Creek, Colo.); 10. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 11. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 12. 24 Korey Lana (Center Point); DNS 7X Max Heimbuch (Mason City).
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Gill; 2. Smith; 3. Fiebelkorn; 4. Beenken; 5. John Patterson; DNS Heimbuch.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Miller; 2. Lana; 3. Schuring; 4. Spangler; 5. Cleghorn; 6. Larry Patterson; 7. Sabin.
