Abbey Reigns King of the Highbanks

It was back at it for the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway as the King of the Highbanks held its Iowa Air Barrier Championship Night for the IMCA Stock Cars. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks return to tame the quarter mile again. Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks and IMCA Sport Compacts joined the fun. 

One Hundred seventy cars filled in the pit area for night 2. Racing action was intense at times as the race track added character and an extra challenge to the drivers, but only a few drivers could end the night and go home winners. 

First feature of the night was the Rugged Radios and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods 20 lap feature event. Before a lap was scored Steve McLaughlin and Josalyn Elmquist spun in turn one. On the following restart, Logan Anderson driving Herbie the Lovebug grabbed the race lead fending off hometown favorite Jenae Gustin. Another caution came out on lap two but Anderson maintain the lead until lap ten when Brayotn Carter took the top spot away. Anderson then was challenged by Gustin and Tony Olson but managed to hold them off through a pair of cautions on lap 18. Carter took the feature win and $500 meanwhile Logan Anderson finished second. Tenth place starter Tony Olson finished third, Gustin was fourth and Cole Fenske was fifth.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap main event was next on the speedway. John Watson nicknamed The Mayer led first five laps for seventh place starter Eric Knutson was able to battle Watson for the lead. Knutson was able to take command on lap six however Watson refused to go away and applied severe pressure to Knutson. Knutson held off Watson and Calvin Dhondt to take the feature win. Dhondt came across the line in second but disqualified in post race tech for a shock issue. Minnesota's Brandon Bombardo came from sixth to finish as runner-up. Eighth place starter Dylan Nelson, Watson and Luke Ramsey round out the top five. 

Kolby Sabin led from start to finish in the Hy-Vee IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature event and not even the caution on lap four that saw several cars get together in turn two would deny him. Sabin cruised on to the easy win. Terry Bickford chased Sabin but settled for second. Minnesota's Marschall Robinson took third after getting by Matt Miller, Miller finished fourth. Eleventh place starter Curtis Masterson came home in fifth. 

Next up was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 20 laps feature event. Brandon Toftee took early lead from the pole. Toftee fend off challenges from Brandon Cox and Jeff Johnson through the early caution on lap two and the caution on lap nine. Johnson made the low side work and took the top spot away from Toftee on lap 14. Johnson pulled away to take the first series win of 2023. Cox was able to grab second. Toftee was third, Shawn Cooney was fourth and Jared Myers was fifth. Next race for the trucks is Wednesday at Stuart, you can check out every thing about the trucks at DirtTruckSeries.com or RaceHardGetDirty.com.

In the 25 lap Tire Demon by Love Tap and Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds feature event, Jimmy Gustin grabbed the lead early and appeared to be on his way to victory. On lap eighteen, a hole low in corner one sent Gustin bouncing allowing twelfth place starter Tim Ward to take the lead away. After Ward got out front, he pulled away and to score his third win Motown this year and his ninth win of 2023. Gustin held on for second, Jeremy Mills took third, Jake McBirnie came home fourth with Johnathon Logue in fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the 50 lap Iowa Air Barrier Championship feature for the Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars. After two sets of heats with passing points on Thursday locking in the top ten it meant fourteen more drivers was need for the feature so they ran last chance heats and last chance b features to set the field down to 24 out of the 58 cars.

Marshall, Minnesota's Jim Horejsi took the lead early from the outside front row starting spot at the drop of the green flag. Dallon Murty and Dylan Thornton challenged Horejsi for the lead. Thornton took the lead away and fended off Murty. The first caution came out on lap 11 when Nick Buckrama and Buck Schafroth get together in turn four. Another caution on lap 20 came out when Kyle Brown spun in turn two meanwhile Thornton continued to lead the way. Seventh place starter Jeffrey Abbey from Comanche, Texas worked his way into second and began to challenge Thornton. Abbey took the lead away on lap 28 and started to get a little separation until two late race cautions on lap 43 and 47. Abbey was not to be denied as he Reigned as the King of the Highbanks taking the $5,000 prize back to Texas and automatically qualifying for the  B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational at Super Nationals. Thornton came home as the runner up, Troy Jerovetz took third, Wisconsin's Tyler Wilson was fourth and Damon Murty in fifth. 

Next race at the Marshalltown Speedway is on Friday April 21st for the IMCA Friday Night Spectacular. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts will be running. Hot Laps at 6:45p, Racing at 7:30p.

Following week it will be the Ryan Ashton 2023 IMCA Weekly Racing Season Opener. IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts and Mod Lites.

You can all the racing action at the Karl Auto Group Marshallltown Speedway in person or on FloRacing or listen to the TrackTune App.

For more information about Marshalltown Speedway checked out marshalltownspeedway.com or like the Facebook page Marshalltown Speedway or contact promoter Jerry Van Sickel at 515-231-4046 or jvansports@gmail.com.

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Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
King of the High Banks "Iowa Air Barrier" Championship Night

Friday April 14th, 2023

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap & Friesen Performance

A Feature (25 Laps): 1.  4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 10 Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake); 4. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 5. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 6. 13 Jerry Flippo (Bakersfield, Calif.); 7. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 8. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 9. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 10. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 11. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 12. 33BY Braxton Yeager (Green River, Wyo.); 13. 12T Tyler Droste (Washburn); 14. 21CZ Cole Czarneski (Denmark, Wis.); 15. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 16. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 17. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 18. 24C Brandon Conkwright (Wamego, Kan.); 19. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 20. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 21. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 22. 38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 23. 442 Aaron Johnson (Brainerd, Minn.); 24. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning). 

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Braaksma; 2. Johnson; 3. Kroening; 4. Mallicoat; 5. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 6. 19S Chase Weimer (Eldora); 7. 98 Jacob Snyder (Dunkerton); 8. 3S Logan Schmitz (Washburn, ND); 9. 15 Devin Fouquette (St. Peter, Minn.); 10. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 11. 45D Dyllan Ricks (Boyden); 12. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Jimmy Gustin; 2. Czarneski; 3. McBirnie; 4. Laney; 5. Rust; 6. Johnson; 7. Braaksma; 8. Fouquette.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Rawlins; 2. Thornton; 3. Flippo; 4. Dennis; 5. Meyer; 6. Mallicoat; 7. Schmitz; 8. Kroening. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Ward; 2. Aikey; 3. Richie Gustin; 4. Droste; 5. DeJong; 6. Murray; 7. Snyder; 8. Nagle. 

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Mills; 3. Yeager; 4. Wilson; 5. Conkwright; 6. Weimer; 7. Jaennette; 8. Ricks. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (50 Laps): 1. 37 Jeffery Abbey (Comanche, Texas); 2. 38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 3. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 4. K9 Tyler Wilson (Little Suamico, Wis.); 5. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 20V Dustin Vis (Martelle); 7. 92X Buck Schafroth (Orient); 8. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 9. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 10. 12X Nick Buckarama (Sobieski, Wis.); 11. 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.); 12. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, Minn.); 13. 71 David Brandies (Wilton); 14. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 15. 1321 Kyle Brown (Madrid); 16. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone): 17. 21CZ Cole Czarneski (Denmark, Wis.); 18. 21 Jim Horejsi (Marshall, Minn.); 19. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 20. 35JW Casey Woken (Altoona); 21. 1X Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 22. A1A Austin Kaplan (Collins); 23. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 24. 82 Shelby Williams (Bonham, Texas). 

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1.  Carter; 2. Vis; 3. 46 Colton Arends (Luverne, Minn.); 4. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 5. 17 Austin Brands (Boyden); 6. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 7. 442 Aaron Johnson (Brainerd, Minn.); 8. 4X Boone Evans (Bullard, Texas); 9. 911 Billy Vest (Waxahachie, Texas); 10. 25J Jared Seifert (Luxemburg, Wis.); 11. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 12. 82X Cole Hanshew (Minot, ND); 13. 9R Tyler Carey (Nashua); 14. 8 Braxton Franks (Cedar Rapids); 15. 31 Michael Smith (Marshalltown); 16. 66M Richard Mills (Anderson, Texas); 17. 24C Brandon Conkwright (Wamego, Kan.); DNS 57L Brendon LaBatte (Weyburn, Sask.); DNS 23 Cody Gustoff (Scranton).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Czarneski; 2. Hollatz; 3. 27 Randy Brands (Boyden); 4. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 5. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 6. 14 Derrick Agee (Huntsville, Mo.); 7. 22T Tanner Allen (Springville); 8. 5H Lance Hanson Jr (Palmer, Texas); 9. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 10. 90.5 Tommy Fain (Abilene, Texas); 11. 22 Gregory Muirhead (Mabank, Texas); 12. 18X Daniel Eckblad (St. Peter, Minn.); 13. 37K Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 14. 18 Alex Dostal (Glencoe, Minn.); 15. XXX Shawn Graham (Shreveport, La.); DNS 28 Nathan Otto (Green Bay, Wis.); DNS 7 Cody Thompson (Sioux City); DNS 3TS Tonia Stevens (Guernsey); DNS 56 Lonnie Hodges (Boone). 

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. Woken; 2. Brandies; 3. Carter; 4. Davis; 4. Austin Brands; 5. Allen; 6. Johnson, 7. Fain; 8. Smith; DNS Stevens. 
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. Green; 2. Williams; 3. Schmidt; 4. Evans; 5. Hanson Jr; 6. Mills; 7. Otto; 8. Hanshew; 9. Reynolds; 10. Dulin. 

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. Buckarama; 2. Pickett; 3. Vis; 4. Randy Brands; 5. Siefert; 6. Eckblad; 7. Conkwright; 8. Graham; 9. Franks; 10. Hodges. 

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1.  Mackenthun; 2. Kaplan; 3. Czarneski; 4. Reitzler; 5. Agee; 6. Vest; 7. Rawlins; 8. Carey; 9. Thompson. 

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. Brown; 2. Logue; 3. Arends; 4. Hollatz; 5. Jaennette; 6. Muirhead; 7. LaBatte; 8. Dostal; 9. Gustoff.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 53 Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 34F Cole Fenske (Waukee); 6. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 7. 42 Nathan Speten (Wilton, ND); 8. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 9. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 10. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 11. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee); 12. 511 Keith Simmons (Truro); 13. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 14. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 15. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 16. 20XX Cody Yaw (Altoona); 17. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 18. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 19. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 20. 28B Curt Smeins (Dike); 21. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 22. 18 Josalyn Elmquist (Boone); 23. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 24. MR31 Mike Rutherford (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Kyle Olson; 2. Keith Simmons; 3. Fenske; 4. McLaughlin; 5. Bass; 6. Yaw; 7. Lopez; 8. Smeins.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Carter; 2. Gustin; 3. Anderson; 4. Tony Olson; 5. Lathrop; 6. Elmquist; 7. Hilgenberg; 8. Reed. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Speten; 2. Richards; 3. Blair Simmons; 4. Wieben; 5. VanDenBerg; 6. Taylor; 7. Johnson; 8. Rutherford. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 2. 51B Brandon Bombardo (New Prague, Minn.); 3. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 4. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 5. 17L Luke Ramsey (Bedford); 6. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 7. 79RC Riley Christensen (Audubon); 8. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 9. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 10. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 11. 9L Logan Andrews (Marshalltown); 12. 55 Brett Maasdam (Sully); 13. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 14. 16 Buddy Haidsiak (Bedford); 15. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 16. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 17. 19DD Danny Foster (Norwalk); 18. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 19. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 20. 47S Sam West (Ferguson); 21. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 22. 48 Derrick McNeece (Eldora); 23. 18A Aaron Elliott (Boone); 24. 77W Andrew Burk (Milan, Ill.); DNS 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); DQ 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Floyd; 2. Stanton; 3. Ramsey; 4. Thomas; 5. Klosterman; 6. VanDerWilt; 7. Haidsiak; 8. Burk; 9. Matt Nelson. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Dylan Nelson; 2. Bombardo; 3. Dhondt; 4. Watson; 5. West; 6. Andrews; 7. Peck; 8. Foster; 9. McNeece.

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Christensen; 2. Butler; 3. Bennett; 4. Knutson; 5. Graham; 6. Maasdam; 7. Kriegel; 8. Elliott. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Hy-Vee

A Feature (15 Laps): 1.  9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 63B Terry Bickford (Shannon City); 3. 3 Marschall Robinson (Arlington, Minn.); 4. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 5. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 6. 333 Steven Schmitz (Vinton); 7. 07 Brooke Osler (Milford); 8. 21M Cullen Gossage (Onawa); 9. 46 John Patterson (Marshalltown); 10. 712 Levi Volkert (Correctionville); 11. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 12. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 13. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 14. 5 Larry Werner (Tama); 15. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 16. 54A Jake Andrerson (Garrison); 17. 43E Ethan Hogan (Marion); 18. 24 Korey Lana (Cedar Rapids). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Volkert; 2. Robinson; 3. Grady; 4. Lana; 5. Schmitz; 6. Masterson; 7. Werner; 8. Stewart; 9. Gossage. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Sabin; 2. Crabill; 3. Bickford; 4. Osler; 5. Miller; 6. Anderson; 7. Patterson; 8. Hogan; 9. Driscol. 

KARL CHEVROLET DIRT TRUCKS
presented by Karl Chevrolet

A Feature (20 Laps): 1.  9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 2. 66 Brandon Cox (Norwalk); 3. 85T Brandon Toftee (Otho); 4. 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 5. 22J Jared Myers (Indianola); 6. 10 Mason Mitchell (West Des Moines); 7. 2X Jeff Frevert (Fort Dodge); 8. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 9. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 10. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 11. 57X Terry May (Des Moines); 12. 43 Shaun Clinger (Waukee). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Johnson; 2. Toftee; 3. Mapes; 4. Cooney; 5. Clinger; 6. Enos.

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Frevert; 2. Cox; 3. Clark; 4. Mtichell; 5. Myers; 6. May.