Friday Night was an absolute picture perfect night for racing on Kwik Star Night at the Races. Ninety-four race cars signed into tame the high-banked 1/4 mile dirt oval known as the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway located on the Central Iowa Fairgrounds. The racing surface was in fantastic shape and the racing did not disappoint either. Kudos to Jerry Vansickel, Toby Kruse and Dave Wolf on great job. Final Checkered flag waived at 9:45pm by Flagman Grant Oskvig.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Mod Lites 15 lap event. Joel Huggins started outside front row and took advantage by grabbing the lead early. Huggins lead until lap nine when Randy Bryan worked his way by for the lead. Bryan lead the remaining laps to take the feature win. Huggins finished second, Josh May came home in third on his first night out this season. Cory Sonner was fourth and Mesa, Arizona's Gary DeWitt was fifth.
Chance Titus led the first ten laps for the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event before eighth place starter Kyle Olson was able to work his way through the field to challenge for the race lead. Olson took the lead away on lap 11 and started to pull away. The only race caution came out on lap 14 when Jessiah Taylor and Robert Patava get together in turn two. Olson held off Titus and Kaylin Lopez on the restart and went on to take his third win in Motown this season. Travis Peterson, Sam Wieben, Lopez and Jason York round out the top five.
Before a single lap was scored in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event, there was a caution. The caution was for Sam West spinning in turn two collecting Darin DeZwarte, Aaron Elliott, Briar Kriegel and Kaitlyn Schuring in turn two. John Watson jumped out to the race lead on the restart and never looked back as he pulled away. Watson took his second win of the season in Motown. Bradly Graham finished a distance second, Eric Knutson finished third, Corey VanDerWilt was fourth and Seth Butler was fifth.
Before a single lap was scored in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event, there was a caution. The caution was for Sam West spinning in turn two collecting Darin DeZwarte, Aaron Elliott, Briar Kriegel and Kaitlyn Schuring in turn two. John Watson jumped out to the race lead on the restart and never looked back as he pulled away. Watson took his second win of the season in Motown. Bradly Graham finished a distance second, Eric Knutson finished third, Corey VanDerWilt was fourth and Seth Butler was fifth.
In the IMCA Sport Compacts 12 lap feature event, Matt Miller lead the first seven laps before Blake Driscol wrestled the lead away. Driscol went on to take his first win in Marshalltown. Miller settled for runner-up finish, Curtis Masterson was third, Mark Smith was fourth and Danny Robinson was fifth.
Austin Kaplan jumped out to the early lead in the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature and fended off challenges from Michael Jaennette, Damon Murty, Scott Rice and Kaden Reynolds. Kaplan hit his marks and did not mess up. The only caution came out on lap nine when Jeff Byers Jr spun in turn four, Brett Maasdam had nowhere to go and made heavy contact. Kaplan held off Jannette and Reynolds are got a little separation as those two along with Murty started battling for position. Kaplan went on to take his first career Stock Car feature win on a night his wife Amy and daughter Chesney was at Chesney's dance recital rehearsal. Jaennette finished second. Jeff Wollam after having to take the race car back to the shop to reweld a shock mount that got broke in the heat race made it back just in time to come home third. Reynolds finished fourth and Murty was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Jacob Murray led the first lap but Joel Rust took the lead away on lap two. Rust pulled away and never looked back going on to take his second win of the season at Marshalltown. Murray, Ronn Lauritzen, Ethan Braaksma and Gat Leytham round out the top five.
Pictures I took are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page in a photo albums called Marshalltown Kwik Star Night 6-3-22.
Next Friday June 10th at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway is Capital Sign Company Salute to Marshalltown Fire and Rescue. 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. Also Outlaw 2 Man Cruisers make an appearance to the high banks. Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing to Follow.
IMCA Sport Compacts return on Friday June 17th for RBF Electric Night that features IMCA Hobby Stocks $500 to win. Also Racing Night at Marshalltown is live on FloRacing.
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
Kwik Star Night
Friday June 3rd, 2022
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 3. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 4. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 5. 5G Gat Leytham (Toledo); 6. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 7. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 8. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 9. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 10. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 11. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 12. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 13. 12R Brett Ramsey (Waterloo); 14. 07 Chris Wilke (Urbandale); 15. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 16. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); DNS 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); DNS 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Murray; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Leytham; 4. Logue; 5. Thornton; 6. Gustin; 7. Simatovich; 8. Wilke; 9. Clement.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Rust; 2. Laney; 3, Braaksma; 4. Wilson; 5. Murty; 6. Morehouse; 7. Rawlins; 8. Ramsey; DNS Kinser.
IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 2. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 3. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 4. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 5. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 7. 8X Austin Meiners (Polk City); 8. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 9. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 10. 8 Josh Capalla (Marshalltown); 11. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 12. 77 Tobie Talk (Malcom); 13. 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 14. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); DNS 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Kaplan; 3. Meiners; 4. Reynolds; 5. Capalla; 6. Rawlins; 7. Wollam; 8. Meyer.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Jaennette; 2. Maasdam; 3. Rice; 4. Talk; 5. Thornton; 6. Atcher; 7. Byers.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 3. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 4. 16 Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 5. 31 Jason York (Boone); 6. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 7. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 8. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 9. 105 Taylor Bass (Temple, Texas); 10. 13 Robert Patava (Vinton); 11. 7 Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 12. 15 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); 13. 82I Kadence Davenport (Huxley); 14. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 15. 10C Matt Beerbower (Huxley); 16. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown); 17. 8W Kenny Wyman Jr (Marshalltown); 18. 57K Ryan King (Colo); DNS 117 Zach Hovell (Pella).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Bass; 2. Titus; 3. Lopez; 4. Wieben; 5. Wyman; 6. York; 7. McLaughlin; 8. Stewart; 9. Beerbower; 10. Hovell.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Olson; 2. King; 3. Peterson; 4. Taylor; 5. Richards; 6. Simmons; 7. Davenport; 8. Patava; 9. Jenkins.
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 2. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 3. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 4. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Sully); 5. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 6. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 7. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 8. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 9. 40SE Shawn Ellis (Marshalltown); 10. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 11. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 12. 9F Breyden Forbes (Evansdale); 13. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 14. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel); 15. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 16. 18A Aaron Elliott (Boone); 17. 52 Joren Fisher (Garrison); 18. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 19. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 20. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 21. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); DNS 49 Abby Herman (Minburn); DNS 21P Shane Palmer (Huxley).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. VanDerWilt; 2. Andrews; 3. Butler; 4. Klosterman; 5. Thomas; 6. Peck; 7. Elliott; DNS Herman.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Fisher; 2. Knutson; 3. Pfantz; 4. Newhouse; 5. DeZwarte; 6. Ellis; 7. Schuring; 8. Palmer.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. West; 2. Watson; 3. Graham; 4. Bennett; 5. Hidlebaugh; 6. Kriegel; 7. Forbes.
IMCA MOD LITES
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 4. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 5. 29A Gary DeWitt (Mesa, Ariz.); 6. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 7. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (DeSoto); 8. 135 Rick Graves (Altoona); 9. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 10. 195 Steven Kennedy (Boone).
Heat (6 Laps): 1. George; 2. Huggins; 3. Bryan; 4. DeWitt; 5. May; 6. Kennedy; 7. Graves; 8. Ladurini; 9. Gray; 10. Sonner.
IMCA MOD LITES
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 4. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 5. 29A Gary DeWitt (Mesa, Ariz.); 6. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 7. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (DeSoto); 8. 135 Rick Graves (Altoona); 9. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 10. 195 Steven Kennedy (Boone).
Heat (6 Laps): 1. George; 2. Huggins; 3. Bryan; 4. DeWitt; 5. May; 6. Kennedy; 7. Graves; 8. Ladurini; 9. Gray; 10. Sonner.
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 2. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 3. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 4. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 5. 22R Danny Robinson (Tama); 6. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 7. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); DNS 13T Noah Beenken (Waterloo); DNS 02 John Gill (Marshalltown).
Heat (6 Laps): 1. Miller; 2. Driscol; 3. Sabin; 4. Masterson; 5. Smith; 6. Robinson; 7. Schuring; 8. Gill; 9. Beenken
