Alvardo, Kaplan, Carter, Stanton and Bryan Among Winners at Showdown at Motown

Finally on Friday night, I was able to attend racing action at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway and keep notes to write a blog recap and I was not disappointed, there was exciting racing all night. I was at Marshalltown the previous two races but was flagging the races so it meant I could not keep notes.

One hundred-sixty six cars signed in to tame the quarter mile for the Karl Kustoms Showdown at Motown including forty-seven IMCA Modifieds for $1,000 to win. The racing action was not disappointing and with seven classes competing the races from 22 different states : Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, California, New York, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Minnesota, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska. The final checkered flag was waived by Logan Kelly at 10:42pm. 

Thank you goes out to John Clemens for inviting me up to sit in the VIP Booth during the features since there was hardly anybody up in there, I appreciated the offer and I had fun sitting up in there watching the feature events last night it actually made it a little easier to keep notes. Okay back to the recap from the Showdown at Motown. 

First feature of the night was the 15 lap IMCA STARS Mod Lites feature event. Jacob Copley grabbed the early lead until Dustin Ford took the top spot away on lap three. Ford led until track champion Randy Bryan was able to wrestle the lead away on lap seven. Bryan was followed by Josh May and twelfth place starter Jason Masengarb. Bryan held off everybody to take the feature win, May finished second, Masengarb was third, Ben George was fourth and Copley was fifth. 

Ben Newhouse took the early lead of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event but just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Kaitlyn Schuring sitting on the back stretch after receiving heavy contact from Logan Takes. Newhouse continued to lead until Eric Knutson was able to work his way by on lap six. Knutson lead until the caution came out on lap 12 for debris on the front stretch. Knutson had to contend with tenth place starter Eric Stanton on the restart holding him off until Stanton was able to take the race lead on lap 16. Knutson spun in turn four trying to reclaim the lead on lap 17 forcing the caution to come out. The caution came out on lap 18 when Newhouse went off the top of turn two forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Stanton went on to take the feature win ahead of Tyson Overton, Adam Streeter, Florida's Joel Magee and Knutson.

Next on the speedway was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, Tony Olson out dueled Thomas Nelson for the race lead and then received challenges from Ryan Gillmore shortly after. The caution came out on lap three when Jeremiah Reed spun in turn two. Olson held off Gillmore again on the restart but the caution came out again when Crystal Hemphill spun off top of turn three. Olson got a restart but Gillmore refused to go away, Olson continued cautions came out on lap 13 and 15. The caution on lap thirteen was Chance Titus off top of turn two. The final caution on lap fifteen was for Adam Baker, Jackson Harpoole, Jason Bannister and Dustin West in turn four. Brayton Carter had worked his way from eleventh to second and challenged Olson for the lead on the restart. Carter took the lead away on lap 17 and went on to take the feature win. Olson, Gillmore, Tyler Bannister and Clay Erickson rounded out the top five. 

Scott Rice and Jeff Mueller led the field to the green flag in the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature. Mueller led the first two laps before a caution came out when Riley Simmons spun in turn four, meanwhile just after the caution came out it was replaced with a red flag when Troy Tabors ended up on his side in turn one. Rice was able to steal the lead away from Mueller on lap three. Rice however gave Mueller the lead back on lap five when just after completing the previous lap, Rice ended up on the dirt mound off the back stretch. Mueller led until Austin Kaplan was able to take the top spot away on lap seven. Kaplan pulled away and went on to take the win. Mueller settled for second, Cory Davis was third, eleventh place starter Dave Atcher was fourth and Chris Luloff was fifth. 

Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature saw Delta, Colorado's Ricky Alvarado jumped out to the race lead fending off pole sitter Tim Ward. Joel Rust was able to get by Ward for second and began to put heavy pressure on Alvarado for the race lead. The cautions came out on lap nine for Brint Hartwick and Eric Barnes in turn four and then for Zack Rawlins in turn two on lap ten. Rust made several attempts after the mid race restarts but came home short, once slipped up allowing Ryan McDaniel to enter the battle along Alvarado and Ward. Alvarado fend off all challenges from Rust including one exiting turn four coming to the checkers to claim the win. Rust, McDaniel, Cody Laney and Ward rounded out the top five. 

Kevin Bolte led the opening lap of the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature event before track champion Kolby Sabin was able to take the top spot away on lap two. Sabin pulled away and cruised on to take the feature win. Kevin Bolte finished second, Jason Bolte was third, Utah's Payce Herrera was fourth and Ryan Brown was fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 15 lap feature event. Jeff Johnson out dueled Dennis Plain on the first lap to lead. Plain was able to grab the top spot on lap two but Johnson came back and regained it on lap three. Plain tried to reclaim it on lap four but made contact with Johnson forcing the left front suspension to break coming to a stop in turn two. Johnson got a great restart and fended off Rick Clark until Clark spun on lap eleven. Brandon Toftee driving Justin Schroeder's truck challenged Johnson late but Johnson was able to hang on to take the feature win. Toftee, Shawn Cooney, Shonn Mapes and Bryan Spangler rounded out the top five. 

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway will be idle next week as many of the competitors take on the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals XXXX Fueled by Casey's at the Boone Speedway. Racing will return one more time in Marshalltown on September 17-19 for the World Nationals.

Thursday September 17th, there is an open track practice from 7p-9:30p with the Pit Gates Opening at 6p. Then on Friday September 18th is J&M Fabrication Friday Night Lights and Saturday September 19th is Local UAW 893 Saturday Spectacular. Pits Open at 4:30p, Grandstands Open at 5p, Hot Laps at 6:15p, Racing at 7p. IMCA Modifieds are $2,000 to win (Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Qualifier), IMCA Stock Cars $1,000 to win (B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational Qualifier), IMCA Sport Mods $1,000 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $500 to win and IMCA Sport Compacts are $250 to win both nights.

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
Karl Kustoms Showdown at Motown

Friday September 2nd, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. WW1 Ricky Alvarado (Delta, Colo.); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 10RM Ryan McDaniel (Olivehurst, Calif.); 4. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 6. 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City); 7. 17X Rich Michael Jr (Ischua, NY); 8. 07X Troy Morris III (Bakersfield, Calif.); 9. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 10. 87 John Webb (Pauls Valley, Okla.); 11. 0L Lucas Lamberies (Clintonville, Wis.); 12. 9JR SPencer Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 13. 18 Noah Burlison (Malvern, AR); 14. 95 Jeff Bodendofer (Waterford, Wis.); 15. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 16. 15 Austin Harnick (Clare, Mich.); 17. 110 Tyrone Yazzie (Farmington, NM). 18. 1Z Eric Barnes (Colona, Ill.); 19. 9 Brint Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 20. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 21. 15J Jeremy Richey (Medford, Ore.); 22. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 23. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 24. 11XX Kyle Heckman (Bakersfield, Calif.). 

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Rawlins; 2. Lamberies; 3. 13J Bricen James (Albany, Ore.); 4. 13 Jerry Flippo (Bakersfield, Calif.); 5. 0 Dirk Hamilton (Waterloo); 6. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 7. 43 Creston Williams (Newhaul); 8. 16 Chad May (Rockford, Mich.); 9. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 10. F18 Frank Rose (McKinney, Texas); 11. 10G Mike Goodson (Overbrook, Ore.); DNS 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); DNS 93 Matt Werner (Geneseco, Ill.); DNS 38 Mitchell Hunt (Kent City, Mich.).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Burlison; 2. Nagle; 3. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 4. 21R Riley Simmons (Susanville, Calif.); 5. 51W Chuck Weir (Merced, Calif.); 6. 135L Chris Luttmer (Saint Jo, Texas); 7. 27 Tim Love (Kelley); 8. 12A Ayden Steffens (North Platte, Neb.); 9. 28K Buddy Kniss (Oakley, Calif.); 10. 35L Charles Luttmer (Myra, Texas); 11. 12LF Jonathan Mawhinney (Las Vegas, Nev.); DNS 63M Matt McCahen (Waterloo); DNS 78 Brian Cross (Brighton, Colo.). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Murray; 2. McDaniel; 3. Webb; 4. Harnick; 5. Rawlins; 6. Nagle; 7. Flippo; 8. Kniss; DNS Hunt; DNS Cross. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Rust; 2. Ward; 3. Morris III; 4. Bodendorfer; 5. Burlison; 6. Kroening; 7. Weir; 8. Williams; 9. Steffens; 10. May. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Laney; 2. Heckman; 3. Brint Hartwick; 4. Yazzie; 5. Goodson; 6. Love; 7. James; 8. Mawhinney; 9. Rose. 

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Richey; 3. Murty; 4. Thompson; 5. Chris Luttmer; 6. Clement; 7. Charles Luttmer; 8. Werner; 9. McCahen.

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Michael; 2. Alvarado; 3. Barnes; 4. Spencer Hartwick; 5. Lamberies; 6. Wilson; 7. Hamilton; 8. Simmons; 9. Kinser. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1 Austin Kaplan (Collins); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 3. 28 Cory Davis (Seminole, Texas); 4. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 5. 18 Chris Luloff (Independence); 6. 14G Brandon Gritz (Enid, Okla.); 7. 3 Mike Albertsen (Audubon); 8. 509 Logan Leary (Little Suamico, Wis.); 9. 51  Andrew Fidler (Elwell, Mich.); 10. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 11. 13D Timothy DeGroft Jr (Elwll, Mich.); 12. 4 Scott Rice (Marshallltown); 13. 99KK Derek Moede (New Franken, Wis.); 14. 1JR Rob Waechter Jr (Depere, Wis.); 15. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 16. 47 Landon Maddox (Fairview, Okla.); 17. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cear Rapids); 18. 83W AJ Weichmann (Hubbard); 19. 83Z Allen Zimmerman (Central City, Neb.); 20. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 21. 22S Scott Foster (Oakley, Calif.); 22. 21R Riley Simmons (Susanville, Calif): 23. 24 Troy Tabor (Newton); 24. 7T James Tarter (Des Moines); 25. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Leary; 2. Daggett; 3. Maddox; 4. Luloff; 5. Rose; 6. Gritz; 7. Tarter; 8. Tabor. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Atcher; 2. Albertsen; 3. Rice; 4. Decker; 5. Simmons; 6. Dulin; 7. Moede; 7. Foster; 8. Fidler. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Davis; 2. Mueller; 3.  Kaplan; 4. Zrostlik; 5. Wiechmann; 6. DeGroft; 7. Waechter; 8. Zimmerman; 9. Rawlins.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 222 Ryan Gillmore (Springfield, Mo.); 4. 151 Tyler Bannister (Bakersfield, Calif.); 5. 96E Clay Erickson (Phoenix, Ariz.); 6. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 7. 127 Jacob Mallet Jr (Oakley, Calif.); 8. 125 Duane Peterson (Conrad); 9. 7 Jonah Chinn (Sioux City); 10. 88N Nate Albrant (Clear Lake); 11. 6BX Mike Adam (Bettendorf); 12. 00T Crystal Hemphill (Yuma, Ariz.); 13. 34N Thomas Nelson (Stuart); 14. 46 Jackson Harpole (Farmington, NM); 15. 17X Adam Baker (Bakersfield, Calif.); 16. 51 Jason Bannister (Bakersfield, Calif.); 17. 85 Dustin West (Radcliffe); 18. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 19. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 20. 96 Cody Brill (Harrisonville, Mo.); 21. 0 Robby Rosselli (Minot, ND); 22. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 23. 8T Ty Rogers (Yuma, Ariz); 24. 57 Lynn Brockett (Ogden); 25. 14J Matt Speidel (Moline, Ill.); 26. 15P Andrew Pearce (Oakley, Calif.); 27. 14E Justin Erickson (Glendale, Ariz.).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Jason Bannister; 2. Rogers; 3. Olson; 4. Peterson; 5. Tyler Bannister; 6. Albrant; 7. Reed; 8. Pearce; 9. Mallet Jr.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Chinn; 3. Carter; 4. Brill; 5. Titus; 6. Bass; 7. Baker; 8. Harpole; 9. Justin Erickson.

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Gillmore; 2. Clay Erickson; 3. Nelson; 4. Hemphill; 5. Brockett; 6. Speidel; 7. West; 8. Rosselli.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Sunoco Race Fuels

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 3. 06S Adam Streeter (Walker); 4. 9 Joel Magee (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.); 5. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 6. 40SE Scott Ellis (Marshalltown); 7. 5M Austin Mehmen (Cedar Falls); 8. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 9. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 10. 88 Jason Schutterle (Letts); 11. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 12. 28 Landon Hunter (Olin); 13. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 14. T25 Logan Takes (Coggon); 15. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Nelson; 3. Magee; 4. Newhouse; 5. Streeter; 6. Schuring; 7. Takes; 8. Schutterle. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Stanton; 2. Overton; 3. Hunter; 4. Klosterman; 5. Ellis; 6. Mehmen; 7. Peck.

IMCA MOD LITES
presented by STARS

A Feature (15 Laps): 1.  64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 2. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 3. 41 Jason Masengarb (Colona, Ill.); 4. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 5. 55C Jacob Copley (Milan, Ill.); 6. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 7. 6J Joe Isabell (West Monroe, NY); 8. 50 Zack Forster (Bakersfield, Calif.); 9. 11 Dustin Ford (Fontanelle); 10. 22B Dalton Bell (Hoisington, KS); 11. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 12. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 13. 52 Clayton Hogie (St. John, Kan.); 14. 3 Nathan Wolfe (Lees Summit, Mo.); 15. 46 Randy Coleman (St. Louis, Mo.); 16. 16C Sam Coleman (Farmington, Mo.); 17. 9 Garrison Anderson (Huxley); 18. 9 William Nobles (West Des Moines); 19. 19DD Derek Foster (Maxwell); 20. 7 Rick Graves (Altoona); 21. 65 Joe Boyll (Kokomo, Ind.); 22. 14 Doug Williams (West Monroe, NY); 23. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 24. 5J Jeff Isabell Jr (West Monroe, NY); 25. 52B Matt Boyd (Park Hill, Mo.); 26. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); DNS 10W Justin Williams (West Monroe, NY).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Glick; 2. Joe Isabell; 3. Bryan; 4. Doug Williams; 5. Eischeid; 6. Randy Coleman; 7. Anderson; 8. Foster. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Forster; 2. Masengarb; 3. May; 4. George; 5. Bell; 6. Wolfe; 7. Boyll; 8. Graves. 

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Huggins; 2. Copley; 3. Jeff Isabell; 4. Ford; 5. Stensland; 6. Hogie; 7. Sam Coleman; 7. Nobles; 8. Messamer. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps): 1.  9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 101k Kevin Bolte (Odin, Minn.); 3. 29X Jason Bolte (Odin, Minn.); 4. 711 Payce Herrera (Price, Utah); 5. 19 Ryan Brown (Fontanelle); 6. 51X Dayton Filloon (Toledo); 7. 15A Ally Luna-Richey (Medford, Ore.); 8. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 9. M80 Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 10. 51XX Jordan Leeper (Tama); 11. M07 Maci Constance (Descanso, Calif.). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Jason Bolte; 2. Sabin; 3. Kevin Bolte; 4. Miller; 5. Herrera; 6. Brown; 7. Fiebelkorn; 8. Leeper; 9. Filloon; 10. Luna-Richey; 11. Constance. 

DIRT TRUCKS
presented by Karl Chevrolet

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 2. 16 Brandon Toftee (Otho); 3. 30 Shawn Cooney (Bondurant); 4. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 5. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids); 6. 40 Lucas Richardson (Coon Rapids); 7. 43 Shaun Clinger (Waukee); 8. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 9. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 10. 57X Terry May (Des Moines); 11. 10 Mason Mitchell (West Des Moines); 12. 57 Dennis Plain (Fort Dodge). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Plain; 2. Toftee; 3. Spangler; 4. Clark; 5. Mapes; 6. Mitchell. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Cooney; 2. Clinger; 3. Johnson; 4. Enos; 5. Richardson; 6. May.