Ward, Olson and Dhondt Take Wins and Murty Top Points on King of the Highbanks Night 1

For the first time in history after trying and following victim to mother nature or covid-19, the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway was able to have the King of the Highbanks. Thursday Night was night #1 with the Drury Automotive & Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars running qualifying races, 2 sets of heats earning passing points. Top Ten in points lock theirselves in the 50 lap feature on Friday Night.

One Hundred Eleven cars registered in the pit area including 57 IMCA Stock Cars. Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds was a $1,000 to win and Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational Qualifier, Rugged Radios IMCA Sport Mods and Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks was $500 to win on Thursday. Their was fantastic racing all night and I was hearing from people tuning to catch the action in Motown. 

First feature of the night was the Rugged Radios & Freisen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods 20 lap feature event. Kaylin Lopez led the first three laps before "TO" Tony Olson took the lead away on lap four. Olson worked his from the ninth spot. Logan Anderson worked his way into second and Brayton Carter into third. Anderson and Carter challenged Olson several times but could not make the pass. Olson went onto to take the feature win. Anderson finished second, after starting eleventh. Tenth place starter Brayton Carter finished third, Sam Wieben and Jenae Gustin rounded out the top five.

Tire Demon by Love Tap & Freisen Performance IMCA Modifieds 25 lap Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational Qualifier was next on to the Highbanks. Before a single lap was completely scored the caution came out when Aaron Johnson ended up on his side after getting a little help. Dylan Thornton grabbed the top spot but that was short lived as Tim Ward worked his way by after starting third.  Their was cautions on lap five and a pair of cautions on lap 18. Ward never looked back, despite those cautions as he went on to take his second win at Motown in 2023, his eighth win of the calendar year of 2023. Thornton came home in second with Jake McBirnie in third, ninth place starter Todd Shute in fourth, Zack VanderBeek driving Maguire DeJong's car was fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the 20 lap Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature with the top prize $500 to win. Luke Ramsey grabbed the early race lead. Ramsey led until lap seven when sixth place starter Eric Stanton was able to steal the lead away on lap seven. Calvin Dhondt and Erick Knutson entered the fun. Knutson took the lead away on lap 11 but then Knutson, Stanton and Dhondt started battling it out for the top spot. Dhondt went to the top side and gain momentum to take the lead away on lap 17. Dhondt held off Knutson and Stanton to take his second feature win in Motown. Knutson finished second, Ramsey got by Stanton for third, Stanton was fourth and Solomon Bennett was fifth.

Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars ran two sets of heat races with passing points earned. Round 1 heat race winners: Buck Schafroth, Dylan Thornton, Dallon Murty, Damon Murty, Jim Horejsi and Troy Jerovetz. Round 2 heat race winners included Casey Woken, Tom Berry Jr, Dallon Murty, Jared Siefert, Jim Hoejsi and Tyler Wilson. 

After the passing points were tabulated, the top was locked: Dallon Murty (245pts), Jim Horejsi (240pts), Troy Jerovetz (228pts), Tyler Wilson (228pts), Dylan Thornton (221pts), Damon Murty (216pts), Jeffrey Abbey (212.5pts), Buck Schafroth (209pts), Tom Berry Jr (209pts) and Jeff Mueller (207.5pts). The tiebreaker for any tie was who had the best draw when they came in.

Racing returns on Friday Night for the King of the Highbanks Iowa Air Barrier Championship Night. IMCA Stock Cars will have last chance qualifiers and the 50 lap $5,000 to win B&B Chassis All-Star Automatic Qualifier. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks are back plus the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks and Hy-Vee IMCA Sport Compacts join the fun. Hot Laps at 6:45p, Racing at 7:30p.

You can all the racing action at Marshalltown Speedway on FloRacing or listen on 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.

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
King of the High Banks Night #1

Thursday April 13th, 2023

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

A Feature (25 Laps): 1.  4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 2. 38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 3. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 4. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 5. 30M Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 6. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 7. 13 Jerry Flippo (Bakersfield, Calif.); 8. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 9. 111 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 10. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 11. 10 Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake); 12. 33BY Braxton Yeager (Green River, Wyo.); 13. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 14. 21CZ Cole Czarneski (Denmark, Wis.); 15. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 16. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 17. 15 Devin Fouquette (St. Cloud, Minn.); 18. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 19. 16SS Kip Seims (Cedar Falls); 20. 24C Brandon Conkwright (Wamego, KS); 21. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 22. 19S Chase Weimer (Eldora); 23. 3S Logan Schmitz (Washburn, ND); 24. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 25. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 26. 19G Richie Gustin (Marshalltown); 27. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 28. 442 Aaron Johnson (Brainerd, Minn.). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Ward; 2. Vanderbeek; 3. Richie Gustin; 4. Laney; 5. Weimer; 6. Logue; 7. Mallicoat; 8. Aikey; 9. Fouquette; 10. Moore.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Shute; 2. Yeager; 3. Thornton; 4. Jimmy Gustin; 5. Mills; 6. Johnson; 7. Seims; 8. Braaksma; 9. Czarneski. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Flippo; 2. McBirnie; 3. Nagle; 4. Rawlins; 5. Rust; 6. Kroening; 7. Wilson; 8. Schmitz; 9. Conkwright. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

Round 1 Heats

Heat 1 (12 Laps): 1.  92X Buck Schafroth (Orient); 2. 32 Derek Green (Granada, Minn.); 3. 1X Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 71 David Brandies (Wilton); 5. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 6. 46 Colton Arends (Luverne, Minn.); 7. 35JW Casey Woken (Altoona); 8. 14 Derrick Agee (Huntsville, Mo.); 9. 66M Richard Mills (Anderson Texas); 10. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids).

Heat 2 (12 Laps): 1.  38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 2. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 3. 1321 Kyle Brown (Madrid); 4. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 5. 12X Nick Buckarma (Sobieski, Wis.); 6. 21CZ Cole Czarneski (Denmark, Wis.); 7. 31 Michael Smith (Marshalltown); 8. 5H Lance Hanson Jr. (Palmer, Texas); 9. XXX Shawn Graham (Shreveport, La.); 10. 7 Cody Thompson (Sioux City). 

Heat 3 (12 Laps): 1. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 37 Jeffrey Abbey (Comanche, Texas); 3. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 4. 82 Shelby Williams (Bonham, Texas); 5. A1A Austin Kaplan (Collins); 6. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 7. 27 Randy Brands (Boyden); 8. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 9. 56 Lonnie Hodges (Boone); 10. 90.5 Tommy Fain (Abilene, Texas). 

Heat 4 (12 Laps): 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 442 Aaron Johnson (Brainerd, Minn.); 3. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 4. 18X Daniel Eckblad (St. Peter, Minn.); 5. 82X Cole Hanshew (Minot, ND); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 7. 24C Brandon Conkwright (Wamego, Kan.); 8. 25J Jared Siefert (Luxemburg, Wis.); 9. 3TS Tonia Stevens (Guernsey). 

Heat 5 (12 Laps): 1. 21 Jim Horejsi (Marshall, Minn.); 2. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 3. 4X Boone Evans (Bullard, Texas); 4. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 5. 911 Billy Vest (Waxahachie, Texas); 6. 9R Tyler Carey (Nashua); 7. 28 Nathan Otto (Green Bay, Wis.); 8. 20V Dustin Vis (Martelle); 9. 23 Cody Gustoff (Scrant0n). 

Heat 6 (12 Laps): 1. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 2. K9 Tyler Wilson (Little Suamico, Wis.); 3. 92 Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, Minn.); 4. 22 Gregory Muirhead (Mabank, Texas); 5. 17 Austin Brands (Boyden); 6. 22T Tanner Allen (Springville); 7. 57L Brendon LaBatte (Weyburn, Sask.); 8. 37K Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); DNS 18 Alex Dostal (Glencoe, Minn.).

Round 2 Heats

Heat 1 (12 Laps): 1. Woken; 2. Agee; 3. Carter; 4. Schafroth; 5. Brandies; 6. Green; 7. Arends; 8. Davis; 9. Mills; DNS Reynolds.

Heat 2 (12 Laps): 1. Berry Jr; 2. Czarneski; 3. Thornton; 4. Buckarama; 5. Hollatz; 6. Brown; 7. Graham; 8. Hanson; 9. Smith; 10. Thompson.

Heat 3 (12 Laps): 1. Dallon Murty; 2. Kaplan; 3. Abbey; 4. Randy Brands; 5. Williams; 6. Logue; 7. Fain; 8. Reitzler; 9. Jaennette; 10. Hodges.

Heat 4 (12 Laps): 1. Siefert; 2. Mueller; 3. Damon Murty; 4. Eckblad; 5. Hanshew; 6. Conkwright; 7. Schmidt; 8. Johnson; DNS Stevens.

Heat 5 (12 Laps): 1. Horejsi; 2. Otto; 3. Evans; 4. Pickett; 5. Vis; 6. Gustoff; 7. Carey; 8. Dulin; 9. Vest.

Heat 6 (12 Laps): 1. Wilson; 2. Jerovetz; 3. LaBatte; 4. Austin Brands; 6. Muirhead; 7. Mackenthun; 8. Allen; 9. Rawlins; 10. Dostal.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 53 Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 7. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 8. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 9. 42 Nathan Speten (Wilton, ND); 10. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 11. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 12. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Carter; 2. Gustin; 3. Speten; 4. Lathrop; 5. Hilgenberg; 6. Anderson. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Olson; 2. Wieben; 3. Taylor; 4. Lopez; 5. McLaughlin; 6. VanDenBerg.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 2. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 3. 17L Luke Ramsey (Bedford); 4. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 5. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 6. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 7. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 8. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 9. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 10. 9L Logan Andrews (Marshalltown); 11. 19 Kaitlyn Schuring (Laurel); 12. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 13. 55 Brett Maasdam (Sully); 14. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Watson; 3. Maasdam; 4. Graham; 5. VanDerWilt; 6. Bennett; 7. Peck.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Butler; 2. Stanton; 3. Dhondt; 4. Ramsey; 5. Klosterman; 6. Andrews; 7. Schuring.