The Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway roared back to life after having last week's Dale DeFrance Memorial Races rained out and a scheduled Friday night off, it was a beautiful night and not even an early Friday morning rain shower prevented the races from happening.
This Friday Night was Minute Man Printing and the Central Iowa Fair Night at the Races. A total of eighty-nine cars signed into tame the high bank quarter mile track, the racing surface appeared to be racy as they were going two and three wide through out the night. The racing action got heated up, the final checkered flag was displayed at 9:54pm.
First feature of the night was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, Chris Burke grabbed the top spot early and started to pull away as the battle behind him was heating up, however the caution came out on lap 6 for Curt Smeins spinning on the front stretch. Burke held off Kaylin Lopez and Taylor Bass on the restart an appeared to be going to take the win. The caution came out on lap eight when Sam Wieben, Jessiah Taylor and Jeremiah Reed battled for position resulting Wieben to spin and stop in turn two. Burke held on to the race lead until Travis Peterson chase him down with three laps to go. Peterson managed to take the lead away on lap 18. Peterson went on to take his first feature win of the season. Burke finished second, Lopez took third, Wieben worked his way back to finish fourth and Bass was fifth.
Dillon Raffurty from Kansas City, Missouri took the lead early in the 15 lap IMCA Stars Mod Lites feature event. Dillon Raffurty was out front leading as again the battle for second on back was getting intense. Joel Huggins worked his way from seventh to challenge Dillon Raffurty before the caution came out on lap nine. The caution was for Mikade Meyer spinning in turn four. Dillon Raffurty held off challenges from Huggins to take the feature win. Huggins, Randy Bryan, Justin Raffurty and Josh May rounded out the top five.
Sam West led the first lap of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event before Solomon Bennett, driving his back up car took the race lead. Bennett hung on to the lead until lap eight when Eric Knutson made the move and took the top spot away. Knutson appeared to be cruising on the the easy win until a caution came out on lap 16 for debris on the front stretch. Knutson held off Bradly Graham and Bennett on the restart to take his second win of the season in Motown. Graham finished runner-up, Seth Butler took third away from Bennett moving Bennett to fourth, William Klosterman was fifth.
Up next was the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event, Michael Smith grab the early lead and fended off several early challenges from Steve Meyer. Michael Jaennette spun on the front stretch but was able to get it back around to not bring out a caution. Meyer made the move and took the race lead away on lap seven. The caution came out on lap eight when Smith was spun in turn four by Kaden Reynolds resulting Jared Daggett, Jeff Wollam and Austin Kaplan to get together. Reynolds was black flagged, Daggett and Wollam exited pit side with damage. Meyer held off Murty and David Atcher on the restart until lap 12. After trading sliders the lap before Murty got sideways exiting turn four hooked Meyer's right rear, resulting in Meyer hitting the guardrail and rolling, Meyer climbed from the car okay but the car was heavily damage. Atcher inherited the lead but it was short lived as, Jaennette worked his way by after a lap 13 caution for debris. The caution came out one more time on lap eighteen for Jeff Byers Jr in turn four. Jaennette went onto take his second win in Marshalltown this season, this also regained the points lead. Atcher finished second, Scooter Dulin was third, Leslie Gill was fourth and Brett Maasdam was fifth.
Zack Rawlins led the first four laps of the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Dallon Murty showed his strength and took the top spot away on lap five. Murty pulled away until a mid race caution on lap ten for Bret Ramsey spinning in turn four forcing Jeff Schroyer to make contact with no where to go. Murty got a great restart and never looked back going on to take his fourth win in the Mods at Marshalltown. Ronn Lauritzen, eleventh place starter Jimmy Gustin, Dustin Kroening and Randy Brown rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature, just like two weeks ago they would go fifteen laps caution free. Mitchell Bunch led the first lap, Kolby Sabin led the second lap with Bunch regaining the lead away on lap three. Sabin took the lead away on lap four and never looked back as he pulled away to take his third feature win of the season. Tyler Fiebelkorn finished second, Blake Driscol was third, Mark Smith was fourth and Bunch ended up fifth.
Next Friday July 22nd is Salute to Marshalltown Police / Rumours Bar & Grille Night at the Races, Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars will be $1,000 to win. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites are also on the card. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing at 7:30p.
Following Friday Night July 29th is Triple E Insulators Night at the Races and will see the Outlaw Mini Mods make another visit to the high banked quarter mile along with the IMCA Sport Compacts. Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Mod Lites also racing.
Then it will be the rescheduled 5th Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial featuring the Haulin' with Hoker Trucking Super Late Model Racing Series Late Models for $4,400 to win on Friday August 5th. It will also be Iowa Seamless Gutters and P&D Welding Solutions Night at the races. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks will all have a little extra money up for grabs courtesy of the DeFrance Family. IMCA Mod Lites are also scheduled to compete. Gates Open at 5:15p, Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing at 7:30p.
Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
Minute Man Printing / Central Iowa Fair
Friday July 15th, 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. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 5. 16B Randy Brown (Chowchilla, Calif.); 6. 5G Gat Leytham (Toledo); 7. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 8. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 9. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 10. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Logansport); 11. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 12. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 14. 63M Matt McCahen (Waterloo); 15. 00 Jeff Schroyer (Elkhorn, Neb.); 16. 12R Bret Ramsey (Waterloo).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Kroening; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Logue; 4. Brown; 5. Ramsey; 6. Gustin; 7. Simatovich; 8. Clement.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. McCahen; 2. Rawlins; 3. Schroyer; 4. Murty; 5. Sauerman; 6. Leytham; 7. Morehouse; 8. Kinser.
IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 2. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 3. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 4. 8J Leslie Gill (Odessa, Texas); 5. 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 6. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg): 7. 8 Josh Capalla (Marshalltown); 8. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 9. 31 Michael Smith (Marshalltown); 10. 18 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 11. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 12. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 13. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 14. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 15. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 16. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); DNS 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Atcher; 2. Reynolds; 3. Smith; 4. Jaennette; 5. Meyer; 6. Kaplan; 7. Gill; 8. Rawlins; 9. Byers Jr.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Daggett; 2. Capalla; 3. Maasdam; 4. Murty; 5. Wollam; 6. Dulin; 7. Rice; 8. Damme.
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 2. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 3. 16 Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 6. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 7. 55W Aiden Webb (Roland); 8. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 9. 128B Curt Smeins (Dike); 10. 7 Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 11. 82I Kadence Davenport (Huxley); 12. 15RS Joe Bormann (Johnston); 13. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 14. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Hilmer; 2. Peterson; 3. Smeins; 4. Wieben; 5. Reed; 6. Webb; DNS Davenport.
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 2. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 3. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 4. 1776 Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 5. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 6. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Sully); 7. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 8. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); 9. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); 10. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 11. 8 Adam Tiernan (Madrid); 12. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 13. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 14. 9F Breydon Forbes (Evansdale); 15. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 16. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 17. 55XL Maury VanDerWilt (Lynnville).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Kriegel; 2. West; 3. Klosterman; 4. Corey VanDerWilt; 5. Weepie; 6. Tiernan; 7. Maury VanDerWilt; DNS Thomas.
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 2. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 3. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 4. 75 Justin Raffurty (Kearney, Mo.); 5. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 6. 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 7. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 8. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 9. 7 Mikade Meyer (Atlantic); 10. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (DeSoto); 11. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 12. 99X Darrick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 13. 14 David Bailey (Carlisle); 14. 3 Nathan Wolfe (Lees Summit, Mo.); 15. 19DD Derek Foster (Maxwell); 16. 4G Ben George (Altoona).
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Justin Raffurty; 2. May; 3. Stensland; 4. Meyer; 5. Michael Raffurty; 6. Gray; 7. Ladurini; 8. Foster.
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 3. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 4. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 5. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines); 6. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 7. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 8. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 9. 14Z Zachary Cleghorn (Des Moines); 10. 5 John Patterson (Marshalltown).
