Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway got the month of July and the 4th of July holiday weekend with some great racing action on the quarter mile high banked dirt oval. There was fantastic racing with every inch of the racing surface being used all night.
One Hundred-thirty one cars signed into take to the track for Capital Sign Company Night at the Races. There was also one Enduro car of Brad Graham in attendance as well to get some hot laps. The final checkered flag was displayed at 11:24pm which was later than normal because several cautions in the feature events.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Stars Mod Lites 20 lap feature event. Just as the field was coming to complete lap one the caution came out when eight cars got together in turn four. Ben George, Jon Padilla, Bryan Zehm, Austin Gray, Alex Eischeid, Dillon Raffurty, Jason Masengarb and Justin Raffurty were all involved. Joe Glick grabbed the lead on the restart fending off Josh May and Joel Huggins but the caution came out again on lap two when Darrick Knutsen went off turn two. Glick held off Huggins off on the restart but Huggins refused to go away. Huggins made several attempts to take the top spot away from Glick. Glick held on to win by inches over Huggins, according to scoring tower. Huggins was second, Michael Raffurty finished third, Randy Bryan was fourth and Charlie Brown, driving Huggins other car, finished fifth.
The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event was caution filled as the feature took almost 28 minutes to complete. Two caution came out before a single lap scored, first one for Curt Smeins and Dennis Stewart in turn one and the second one for Steve McLaughlin in turn four. Jessiah Taylor took the race lead when the feature finally got rolling but the caution came out again on lap four when Taylor Bass spun in turn four. Jenae Gustin worked her way around Taylor to take over the race lead on lap eight just prior to a caution on when Vern Jackson spun in turn two, Chance Titus and McLaughlin in turn one. The following restart was waived off as the field stacked up in turn three resulting in a jackrabbit warning to Gustin. Gustin got a bet restart but the caution again came out on lap nine when Taylor Bass, Titus, Cory Van Zante, Kaylin Lopez and Ryan Leeman in turn four. Jenae Gustin held off Shane Paris and Tony Olson on the restart, Gustin went on to take the feature win. Paris finished second, Tony Olson was third, fifteenth place starter Sam Wieben was fourth and Matthew Mayo was fifth.
Sam West led the first lap of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature before a caution came out when Calvin Dhondt spun in turn two. Solomon Bennett took the lead away on the restart but his lead was short lived as Bradly Graham took the lead away on lap four. The caution came out shortly after for Rylee Wiebers spun in turn two. Graham got a great restart fending off Bennett and John Watson but the caution came out on lap seven when Briar Kriegel got hung up on a pair of turn four infield tires. Another caution on lap 11 for Wiebers in turn two. Graham held off on every restart and appeared to be heading on to take the win until lap fifteen when he went off the top side of turn two. That handed the lead over to John Watson, Watson fended off challenges from Bennett and Ryan Havel on the restart. The caution came out one more time on lap 18 for Bennett in turn one. Watson went on to take the win ahead of Seth Butler, Havel, Daniel Wauters and William Klosterman.
Next on to the speedway was the Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature and it was Jay Schmidt taking the early race lead. The caution came out on lap one when AJ Weichmann spun in turn three. Schmidt held off Steve Meyer and Kaden Reynolds initial but Meyer was able to take over the race lead on lap three. Meyer started to pull away as Schmidt was continuing to hold off Reynolds for second. Reynolds took second away on lap ten. The caution came out on lap 14 for Brett Maasdam. Meyer continued to lead the way keeping Reynolds and Austin Kaplan, who worked his way into third. The caution came out on lap eighteen for Weichmann in turn two. The following restart also saw the caution for Michael Smith, Maasdam, Greg Sweerin and Dillon Solum in turn four. Meyer held on to take the feature win ahead of Kaplan, Reynolds, David Atcher and Jeff Wollam. Wollam takes over the points lead in the Stock Cars.
Before a single lap was completed in the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature, the caution came out when Dylan Thornton in turn one. Nicholas Carpenter led the first lap before Jimmy Gustin took the lead away on lap two. The caution came out on lap three for Ronn Lauritzen in turn two, Lap four for Chris Wilke and Josh Barta in turn one. Again on lap five when Scott Simatovich slid off the top turn four. Gustin looked strong but knew "Game Changer" Dallon Murty had to be close, Murty attempted to take the lead but failed and to regather to make another attempt. Gustin began to hit lap traffic and Murty used that to his advantage on lap sixteen to take the lead away when Gustin had to slow for a lap car. The caution came for the final time on lap sixteen when Wilke spun in turn one and two. Murty went on to take his third win the Modifieds at Marshalltown in 2022. Drew Janssen got by Gustin for second, Gustin finished third. Maguire DeJong was fourth and Zack Rawlins was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature, John Gill led the opening lap but Kolby Sabin took the away from Gill on lap two. Sabin went on to take the easy win, his second of the season in Motown. Tyler Fiebelkorn wrestled the second spot away from Gill on lap ten. Gill finished third, Chad Larson in his first night out finished fourth and Mark Smith was fifth.
Marshalltown Speedway will take to action again with a Thursday Night Thunder action on Thursday July 7th with the 5th Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial featuring the Haulin' with Hoker Trucking Super Late Model Racing Series Late Models for $4,400 to win. It will also be Iowa Seamless Gutters and Emily's 25.5 Night at the races. IMCA Mod Lites will get the night off that night as the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks will all have a little extra money up for grabs. Gates Open at 5:15p, Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing at 7:30p.
No Racing will take place on Friday July 8th. Racing returns to Friday Nights on July 15th with the Central Iowa Fair Races presented by Minute Man Printing featuring $1,000 to win IMCA Stock Cars. IMCA Sport Compacts also return that night along with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites.
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
Capital Sign Company Night
Friday July 1st, 2022
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 127 Drew Janssen (Pella); 3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 5. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 6. 5G Gat Leytham (Toledo); 7. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 8. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 9. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 10. 63M Matt McCahen (Waterloo); 11. 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls); 12. 11D Caleb Dennis (Chillicothe, Mo.); 13. 3S Adam Shelman (Traer); 14. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 15. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 16. 12R Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 17. 24 Shane Mills (Redmond, Ore.); 18. 66 Tyler DeBouche (Green Bay, Wis.); 19. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 20. 07 Chris Wilke (Urbandale); 21. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 22. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 23. 33 Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, Kan.).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Murty; 3. Simatovich; 4. Wilke; 5. Clement; 6. Morehouse; 7. Shelman; 8. Dennis.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Rawlins; 2. Thornton; 3. Janssen; 4. Leeman; 5. McCahen; 6. Ramsey; 7. Kinser; 8. Mills.
IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 94X Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 2. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 3. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 4. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 5. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 6. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 7. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 8. 25A Andrea McCain (South Haven, Minn.); 9. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 10. 31 Michael Smith (Marshalltown); 11. 93 Blake Lehman (Terrbonne, Ore.); 12. 24 Troy Tabor (Newton); 13. 99G Greg Sweerin (Evansdale); 14. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 15. 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 16. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 17. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 18. 121 AJ Wiechmann (Hubbard); 19. 75C Bo Partain (Casa Grande, Ariz.); 20. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 21. 93X Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); DNS 78B Andrew Burg (Maricopa, Ariz.).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Smith; 2. Dulin; 3. Wollam; 4. Rice; 5. Rawlins; 6. Lehman; 7. Burg.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Jaennette; 2. Reynolds; 3. Atcher; 4. Partain; 5. Maasdam; 6. Tabor; 7. Byers; 8. Wiechmann.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 17C Shane Paris (Muscatine); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 13M Matthew Mayo (Bakersfield, Calif.); 6. 31 Jason Roth (Hazel Green, Wis.); 7. 60 Billy Gould Jr (Kingwood, Texas); 8. 82T Brett Thomas (Cedar Rapids); 9. MM5 Matt Ruf (Grand Junction, Colo.); 10. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 11. 17A Adam Baker (Bakersfield, Calif.); 12. 82I Kadence Davenport (Huxley); 13. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 14. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 15. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 16. 16 Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 17. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 18. 30 Kenser Ellis (Ankeny); 19. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 20. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 21. 5 Josh Sink (Red Oak); 22. 7 Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 23. 64 Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 24. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 25. 128B Curt Smeins (Dike); 26. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Tony Olson; 3. Paris; 4. Thomas; 5. Ruf; 6. Lopez; 7. Smeins; 8. Baker; 9. Stewart.
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 2. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 3. 0 Ryan Havel (Lone Tree); 4. 09 Daniel Wauters (Tipton); 5. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 6. 12T Tanner Jones (Boone); 7. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Sully); 8. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); 9. 37G Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 10. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 11. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 12. 17M Jared Miller (Bloomfield); 13. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 14. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 15. 20A Steven Crees (Des Moines); 16. 55XL Maury VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 17. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 18. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel); 19. 49 Brad Herman (Minburn); 20. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 21. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 22. 48R Rylee Wiebers (Boone); 23. 5AZ Zack Tate (Coolidge, Ariz.); 24. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 25. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 26. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Watson; 2. Dhondt; 3. Butler; 4. Bennett; 5. Newhouse; 6. Ellis; 7. Miller; 8. Maury VanDerWilt; 9. Hidlebaugh.
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 4. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 5. 50 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 6. 29A Gary DeWitt (Mesa, Ariz.); 7. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 8. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 9. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (DeSoto); 10. 3 Nathan Wolfe (Lees Summit, Mo.); 11. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 12. 14 David Bailey (Carlisle); 13. 0 Bryce Vowan (Memphis, Tenn.); 14. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 15. 99X Darrick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 16. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 17. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 18. 41X Jason Masengarb (Colona, Ill.); 19. 75 Justin Raffurty (Kearney, Mo.); 20. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 21. 4G Ben George (Altoona); DNS 96 Jon Braathun (Story City); DNS 195 Steven Kennedy (Boone).
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Padilla; 2. Glick; 3. Zehm; 4. Justin Raffurty; 5. Eischeid; 6. Kennedy; 7. Ladurini; 8. Wolfe.
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 3. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 4. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 5. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 6. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 7. 05 Larry Patterson (Tama); 8. 00 Mike Tingley (Marshalltown); 9. 29T Trystin Belthuis (Dysart); 10. 23H Alex Hayes (Lone Tree); DNS 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo).
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Sabin; 2. Gill; 3. Smith; 4. Hayes; 5. Tingley; DNS Miller.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Fiebelkorn; 2. Belthuis; 3. Schuring; 4. Larson; 5. Patterson.
