Saturday, August 6, 2022

Neal Hangs on to Take the Dale DeFrance Memorial

Finally after two postponements, the 5th Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial presented by FastShafts and Tire Demon by Love Tap took place on Friday Night at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway. The night brought the roar of the Haulin' with Hoker Trucking Super Late Model Racing East Series to the high banks for the top prize of $4,400 to win show but after bonuses added it was possible for a driver to come out with over $5,000.

Third time was the charm as it was a very beautiful night at the high banked quarter mile. One hundred and forty six cars signed in the back including 37 Super Later Models. A Big Thanks has to go out to Judy DeFrance Gustin and Kathy Link for all the hard work making sure no driver went home with just money but contingencies. The fans even got prizes and gifts thanks to along list of sponsors. The night took a little longer to complete but the final checkered flag waived at 11:55pm. 

First feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event, Joren Fisher out wrestled Ben Newhouse for the race lead early. Fisher fought of pressure from Seth Janssen before getting a little separation until a caution came out on lap 12. The caution was for Kaitlyn Schuring and Shane Palmer in turn two. Fisher held of Eric Knutson and Jacob Floyd on the restart and refused to lose. The caution came out again on lap seventeen when Kyle Parizek and Calvin Dhondt got together in turn two.  Fisher managed the last three laps just enough to take the feature win. Knutson finished second, Floyd was third, Janssen in fourth and Graham in fifth.  

As the field was coming to green in the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature, Taylor Bass, Jeremiah Reed and Rayce Mullen get together in turn four. Kyle Olson grabbed the race lead on the following restart but Brayton Carter took the lead away just prior to the caution on lap three. The caution was for Matt Beerbower in turn four. Carter held off Kyle Olson on the restart but seventh place starter Logan Anderson worked his way up around Kyle Olson and then set his sights on the race lead. Anderson got by Carter on lap eight and managed the late race lap traffic to take the feature win. Carter came home second, Tony Olson worked his way from eighth to finish third. Izac Mallicoat and Matt Avila was fourth and fifth. 

Next on the speedway was the Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series Late Models for the Dale DeFrance Memorial 44 lap feature event. Tad Pospisil grabbed the lead early but received several challenges from Jake Neal, Jeff Tharp and Jason Hahne early. Pospisil held on to the race lead through a pair of cautions. First race caution on lap seven for Chris Spieker going off the top side of turns one and two. Next caution was on lap ten for Jeff Larson spinning on the front stretch. Neal pressure Pospisil and ultimately took the race lead away on lap 14. Neal pulled away and looked to be heading on the fairly easy victory but lap traffic slowed him down allowing Tharp, Luke Goedert and Andy Eckrich to reel him down. Goedert grabbed the race lead briefly on lap 39 and 40 but Neal use a lap car to regain the lead on lap forty one. Neal held off Goedert, Tharp and Andy Eckrich to take the feature win. Goedert came home second. Andy Eckrich, Joel Callahan and Tharp rounded out the top five. Charlie McKenna, Bill Leighton, Pospisil, eighteenth place starter Justin Kay and seveenth place starter Matt Ryan rounded out the top ten. 

Dave Atcher led the first lap of the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Car feature event before Michael Jaennette took the race lead over. Jannette led until Damon Murty took the lead away on lap six. The caution came out on lap eight for Todd Reitzler in turn four. Murty held off Jaennette and Austin Kaplan and the restart but two laps later the caution came out again. The first caution on lap ten was for Russell Damme Jr in turn one and then on the restart, Austin Schuring spun in turn one. Murty held off Kaplan and Atcher on the restart until Steve Meyer made contact with Kaplan on lap 12 forcing another caution. On the restart, Taylor Kuehl worked her way into second. The final caution came out on lap sixteen when Kuehl and Atcher got together in turn two forcing one final restart. Murty held of Kaden Reynolds and Buck Schaforth on the restart going on to claim the win. Reynolds finished second, Schafroth finished third, Leah Wroten worked her way to fourth and Scott Rice was fifth. 

Just like the Sport Mods, the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature saw caution as the field was coming to green when several cars got together in turn four. Jake McBirnie outdueled Jacob Murray for the race lead. McBirnie was very smooth out front as Murray got passed by Joel Rust, Rust started to challenge McBirnie but could make the pass. The caution came out again on lap 12 when Robert Moore spun in turn two. McBirnie held off Rust and eleventh place starter Tim Ward on the restart but another caution for Moore spinning in turn two on lap 17. The final caution came out on lap 18 when Austin Kuehl spun in turn one. McBirnie held off Rust and Ward to take the feature win. Rust, Ward, fifteenth place starter Jeff Aikey and Gat Leytham rounded out the top five. 

Final feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck Series 20 lap feature event. This was a make-up date for their May race cancellation. Todd Cooney, driving Bryan Spangler's truck, grabbed the race lead early meanwhile Shawn Cooney worked his way into second when Jeff Johnson came to a stop in turn one. Todd Cooney held off Shawn Cooney and Rick Clark on the restart and pulled away. The caution came out one more time on lap fourteen when Dennis Plain and Shonn Mapes got together on the front stretch. Todd Cooney got a great restart and went on to take the feature win. Mapes worked his way back through the field in six laps to finish second, Shawn Cooney came home third, Clark was fourth and Lucas Richardson was fifth.

Next Friday August 12th is Bob Harris Enterprises Night at the Races featuring a $1,000 to win for the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods. Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds, Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA STARS Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts are also on the card. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing at 7:30p.

Then there are only two track points night left as Karl Kustoms Night at the Races on August 19th and the North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championships takes place on August 26th. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA STARS Mod Lites race both nights. Outlaw 2 Man Cruisers join the fun on August 19th, IMCA Sport Compacts and Outlaw Mini Mods join on August 26th.

Then there is three nights of racing in September, Karl Kustoms Showdown at Motown on September 2nd and then World Nationals September 15th through 17th, September 15th is Practice Night, September 16th is J&M Fabrication Friday Night Lights and September 17th is UAW 893 Saturday Night Spectacular.

Haulin' with Hoker Trucking SLMR East Series Late Models head 84 miles to the Independence Motor Speedway for the rescheduled Late Model Showdown presented by People's Company featuring the Denny Osborn Memorial paying $7,200 to win in the Late Models. IMCA Modifieds is a FastShaft All-Star Qualifier ($1,000 to win) and IMCA Stock Cars is a B&B Chassis All-Star Qualifier ($750 to win) on Saturday. Pits Open at 4:30p, Grandstands Open at 5p, Hot Laps at 6:30p, Racing at 7p. 

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.

For more information about SLMR Series check out slmrseries.com or like the Facebook page  Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series.

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
5th Annual Dale DeFrance Memorial
presented by FastShafts & Tire Demon by Love Tap

Friday August 5th, 2022

SLMR LATE MODELS 
Haulin' with Hoker Trucking East Series

Hoker Trucking A Feature (44 Laps): 1. 1 Jake Neal (Omaha, Neb.); 2. 44 Luke Goedert (Guttenberg); 3. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford); 4. 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 5. 10T Jeff Tharp (Sherrill); 6. 22C Charlie McKenna (Ames); 7. 24 Bill Leighton (Lavista, Neb.); 8. 04 Tad Pospisil (Norfolk, Neb.); 9. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 10. 07 Matt Ryan (Davenport); 11. 76H Jason Hahne (Webster City); 12. 58 Dave Eckrich (Oxford); 13. 26JR Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Neb.); 14. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 15. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 16. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 17. 14 Logan Duffy (Independence); 18. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 19. 98 Ben Schaller (Omaha, Neb.); 20. 56S Chris Spieker (Massena); 21. 74 Ron Boyse (Kalona); 22. 43 Derrick Stewart (Ainsworth); 23. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 24. 4 JC Wyman (Griswold); 25. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 26. 99L Jeff Larson (Freeport, Ill.).

Predator Trailers B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Ryan; 2. Cooney; 3. Schroeder; 4. Duffy; 5. 45 Curt Martin (Independence); 6. Boyse; 7. Glover; 8. 9 Bobby Hansen (Center Point); 9. 17 Kirby Schultz (Albia); 10. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 11. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville).

Predator Trailers B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Kay; 2. Dave Eckrich; 3. DeFrance; 4. Spieker; 5. 42R Fred Remley (Anamosa); 6. 56W Gary Webb (Blue Grass); 7. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo); 8. 31 Corey Dripps (Reinbeck); 9. 42 Johnathan Huston (Columbus Junction); 10. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine). 

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Callahan; 2. Holladay; 3. Ryan; 4. Goedert; 5. Stewart; 6. Schroeder; 7. Spieker; 8. Remley; 9. Hansen; 10. Johnson. 
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Schaller; 2. Wyman; 3. Pospisil; 4. Larson; 5. Pestka; 6. DeFrance; 7. Boyse; 8. Schultz; 9. Huston. 
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Leighton; 2. Aikey; 3. McKenna; 4. Hahne; 5. Andy Eckrich; 6. Kay; 7. Martin; 8. Kastli; 9. Krampe. 
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Zeitner; 2. Neal; 3. Dave Eckrich; 4. Tharp; 5. Cooney; 6. Duffy; 7. Webb; 8. Glover; 9. Dripps. 

VP Fuels Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. Luke Goedert (14.682); 2. Luke Pestka (14.728); 3. Derrick Stewart (14.777); 4. Tad Pospisil (14.779); 5. Curt Schroeder (14.813); 6. Jeff Larson (14.836); 7. Matt Ryan (14.839); 8. JC Wyman (14.876); 9. Joel Callahan (14.905); 10. Ben Schaller (14.969); 11. Chad Holladay (14.998); 12. Darrel DeFrance (15.103); 13. Chris Spieker (15.144); 14. Ron Boyse (15.203); 15. Bobby Hansen (15.225); 16. Johnathan Huston (15.259); 17. Fred Remley (15.309); 18. Kirby Schultz (15.458); 19. Jenna Johnson (15.458)

VP Fuels Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. Andy Eckrich (14.561); 2. Jake Neal (14.594); 3. Jason Hahne (14.651); 4. Jeff Tharp (14.680); 5. Charlie McKenna (14.776); 6. Todd Cooney (14.792); 7. Jeff Aikey (14.872); 8. Dave Eckrich (14.949); 9. Bill Leighton (14.954); 10. Corey Zeitner (14.999); 11. Curt Martin (15.082); 12. Logan Duffy (15.117); 13. Justin Kay (15.286); 14. Gary Webb (15.420); 15. Kyle Krampe (15.594); 16. Curtis Glover (15.714); 17. Greg Kastli (15.870); 18. Corey Dripps (16.475)

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 4. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 5. 5G Gat Leytham (Toledo); 6. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 7. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 8. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 9. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 10. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 11. 38 Mitchell Hunt (Kent City, Mich.); 12. B00K Dylan Book (Adel); 13. 63M Matt McCahen (Waterloo); 14. 43 Creston Williams (Newhaul); 15. 12LF Jonathan Mawhinney (Las Vegas, Nev.) 16. 77X Austin Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 17. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 18. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 19. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 20. 07 Chris Wilke (Urbandale); 21. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 22. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); DNS 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Ward; 2. Rust; 3. McBirnie; 4. Leytham; 5. Kuehl; 6. Aikey; 7. Clement; 8. McCahen. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Murray; 3. Hunt; 4. Kinser; 5. Wilke; 6. Mawhinney; 7. Richie Gustin; 8. Jimmy Gustin. 
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. DeJong; 2. Logue; 3. Simatovich; 4. Rawlins; 5. Williams; 6. Book; 7. Moore. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps): 1.  99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. KR1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 3. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 4. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 5. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 6. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 7. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 8. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 9. V31 Todd VanEaton (Orient); 10. 8 Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 11. 8X Austin Meiners (Polk City); 12. 96 Clinton Goff (Lacona); 13. 31 Michael Smith (Marshalltown); 14. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 15. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 16. 12B Ed Thomas (Waterloo); 17. 24 Austin Schuring (Laurel); 18. 55X Brett Maasdam (Sully); 19. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 20. 89K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 21. 2 David Atcher (Laurel); 22. 3T  Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 23. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 24. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Reitzler; 2. Jaennette; 3. Meyer; 4. Reynolds; 5. Dulin; 6. Rawlins; 7. Smith; DNS Thomas. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Kaplan; 3. Atcher; 4. Wroten; 5. VanEaton; 6. Schmidt; 7. Damme; 8. Wollam. 
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Schaforth; 2. Kuehl; 3. Daggett; 4. Rice; 5. Goff; 6. Meiners; 7. Schuring; 8. Maasdam. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 53 Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 2. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 5. 2X Matt Avila (Prescott); 6. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 8. 16 Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla. Calif.); 9. 68 Will Wolf (Evansdale); 10. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 11. 77JR Rayce Mullen (Pearl City, Ill.); 12. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 13. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 14. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 15. 15 Boe Jenkins (Marshalltown); 16. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 17. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 18. 10C Matt Beerbower (Huxley); 19. 82I Kadence Davenport (Huxley); 20. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 21. 128B Curt Smeins (Dike); DNS 125 Duane Peterson (Conrad).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Anderson; 2. Carter; 3. Hilmer; 4. Mallicoat; 5. Bass; 6. Simmons; 7. Smeins; DNS Gustin. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Tony Olson; 2. Wolf; 3. Jenkins; 4. Taylor; 5. Wieben; 6. Mullen; 7. Davenport.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Avila; 2. Burke; 3. Lopez; 4. Kyle Olson; 5. Reed; 6. Peterson; 7. Beerbower. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 52 Joren Fisher (Garrison); 2. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 3. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 4. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 5. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 6. 96 Skylar Pruitt (Stuart); 7. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 8. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 9. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 10. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Sully); 11. 20W Matt Wahl (West Des Moines); 12. 51 Michael Kimm (Vinton); 13. 12T Tanner Jones (Boone); 14. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); 15. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 16. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 17. 21P Shane Palmer (Huxley); 18. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel); 19. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 20. 37G Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 21. 3A Kyle Parizek (Hartwick); 22. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); 23. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 24. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center). 

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Weepie; 2. DeZwarte; 3. Jones; 4. Peck; 5. Schuring; 6. Palmer; 7. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 8. 577 Cory Ogden (Cedar Rapids); 9. 9 Logan Andrews (Marshalltown); DNS 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Parizek; 2. Janssen; 3. Bennett; 4. Hidlebaugh; 5. Graham; 6. Thomas; 7. Peck; 8. Palmer; 9. Ellis; 10. Ogden. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Newhouse; 2. Klosterman; 3. West; 4. Butler; 5. Dhondt; 6. VanDerWilt; 7. Weepie; 8. DeZwarte; 9. Jones. 
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Fisher; 3. Pruitt; 4. Floyd; 5. Kimm; 6. Wahl; 7. Schuring; 8. Nelson; 9. Andrews. 

DIRT TRUCK SERIES
presented by Karl Chevrolet

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17RT Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 2. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 3. 30 Shawn Cooney (Bondurant); 4. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 5. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids); 6. 57 Dennis Plain (Fort Dodge); 7. 16 Justin Schroeder (Coon Rapids); 8. 43 Shaun Clinger (Waukee); 9. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 10. 57X Terry May (Des Moines); 11. 9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); DNS 5 Brandon Bach (Des Moines). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Johnson; 2. Clark; 3. Richardson; 4. Schroeder; 5. Mapes; DNS Bach. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Shawn Cooney; 2. Todd Cooney; 3. Plain; 4. Enos; 5. Clinger; 6. May.