Initial I was not planning to attend the rescheduled Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel at the Karl Chevrolet of Stuart Speedway meaning I did not make sure my camera was ready to go racing to take pictures if I did go. I was offered a ride by Team 3W Racing (Dilly Bar Special) to go along with them if I wanted to go and after working somethings out to be able to go, along with getting my clipboard ready to keep notes, I could make the trip after all.
One hundred and thirty cars signed in for the Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel, which included being the season opener for the Karl Chevrolet of Stuart Speedway. Everybody in attendance did not go home disappointed as the racing was fantastic they were using every ounce of the quarter mile bullring.
They went two, three, four and even briefly five wide on the night and several races came down to the final laps of the feature including one that was a photo finish at the line. All of that the final checkered flag flew at 10:15p meaning the race program was completed in 3 hours.
First feature of the night was the Outlaw Mini Mods presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair 15 lap feature event. Chris Trulson led the opening four laps including through three cautions. Ben Kraus, defending Champion, was able to take the race lead away on the restart but being flanked by Lucas Daniels. The final race caution came out on lap nine when Clayton Vanderploeg spun in turn two and Trulson flippped on the backstretch. Kraus was able to get a great restart and go on take the feature win ahead of Lucas Daniels, Bobby Daniels, Chase Daniels and Haggard.
Mason Mitchell jumped out to the race lead early in the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 18 lap feature event fending of Shawn Cooney and Jeff Johnson. Mitchell pulled away until the field was bunched back up after a caution on lap 14 for Terry May in Turn one. Mitchell held off Cooney and Johnson, managing to lead wire-to-wire to claim his first truck win for the former ARCA Menards Series Champion. Mitchell had a special guest with him at Stuart, Kyle Larson's Spotter and his friend Tyler Monn. Cooney finished runner-up, Jeff Johnson was third, Brandon Cox was fourth and Brandon Toftee was fifth. Johnson remains points leader as the Dirt Trucks next race is Saturday at the Boone Speedway.
Next up was the Karl Chevrolet of Stuart IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event. Garrett Nelson led the first lap before Taylor Kuehl was able to be Cool and get by Nelson for the race lead. Kuehl led until the caution came out on lap five for Mike Rutherford in turn two. "Speedy Bray" Brayton Carter was able to get by Kuehl on the restart but the caution came out again on lap six when Gage Hilgenberg spun in turn one. The following restart saw the caution come out when Josalyn Elmquist smacked the wall in turn one. Carter had to do with one more race caution on lap ten when Tony Johnson spun in turn four. Carter went on to take the feature win worth $1,000. Cam Reimers got by Kuehl to claim second. Kuehl, Mitchell Morris and Matt Avila round out the top five.
Jeremiah Downing jumped out to the race lead in the John's Tree Service IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature event and appeared to be going on to the win until Kolby Sabin reeled him in. Sabin applied pressure to Downing and on lap 10 took over the race lead after using a lap car to his advantage. Sabin was able to hang on the final five laps to take the win. Downing finished second, Anthony Clark was third, Owen Richards was fourth and Terry Bickford was fifth.
The class nicknamed the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" IMCA Stock Cars sponsored by Affordable Quality Roofing Exteriors was next on the bullring for their 20 lap feature event. There was exciting three and four wide the entire distance of this one allowing them to live up to their name. Damon Murty led the first lap but it was Nick Roberts taking the top spot away on lap two. Roberts pulled away and was smooth until Dallon Murty worked his way from twelfth to second. Dallon Murty reeled in Roberts and began to challenge for the race lead but came up short, but then only race caution came out after Ty Hill got into Brandon Pruitt in turn four.
Caution on lap 16 was able to allow Dallon Murty to change the game and apply even more pressure on Roberts, Roberts initial fended it off but Murty refused to go away and was able to force Roberts to change his line up. Murty was able to beat Roberts in a photo finish at the line, with the gap .030 seconds. Murty taking the win, Roberts finishing second. Eighth place starter Tom Berry Jr finished third, Buck Schafroth was fourth and Troy Jerovetz was fifth.
John Watson led the first lap of Rick's Towing IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature event before hometown favorite Skylar Pruitt took the top spot away on lap two. Pruitt tried to pull away but the only race caution came out when Jared Smith came to a stop in turn two. Pruitt was not going to denied as he held on to take the feature win ahead of Luke Ramsey, Watson, Adam Hensel and Cody Williams.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap VIP Contractors IMCA Modifieds feature event. Nick Roberts was able to grab the race lead and once again looked to be heading on to the win despite the race cautions on lap five for Scott Bash stop in turn two and on lap eight when Josh Gilman spun on the front-stretch. Roberts was able to get a great restart and pull away until a caution on lap 17 came out when Josh Cooper spun in turn two. Roberts saw Tom Berry Jr make the move and take over the top spot away, Roberts made heavy contact with the wall in turn one forcing him to fall back to sixteenth. Berry went on to pocket $1,000 to win. Tim Ward was second, Jesse Dennis was third, Grey Ferrando was fourth and Drew Janssen was fifth.
Next up for the Karl Chevrolet of Stuart Speedway is the Tammy & Tim Stevens Memorial Monday Night Madness on Monday May 15th sponsored by Supreme Lawn & Landscape, Rick's Towing & Transport, Avey Sanitation and Big Load Trailer Sales. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts and Outlaw Mini Mods. Hot Laps at 6:45p, Racing to Follow.
Mike Van Genderen not only promotes races at the Stuart Speedway but also is at the helm alongside of Dana Benning at the Independence Motor Speedway, Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri and Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway. Go check out their races, one thing you are guaranteed is a quick show.
For more information about the Stuart International Speedway check out stuartspeedway.net or like the Facebook page Stuart Speedway or contact promoter and owner Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.
Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel
Wednesday May 1oth, 2023
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by VIP Contractors
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Braaksma; 3. Roberts; 4. Janssen; 5. Rawlins; 6. Cooper; 7. Nagle.
presented by Affordable Quality Roofing Exteriors
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 99x Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 3. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 4. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 5. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 6. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 7. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Malvern); 8. V31 Todd VanEaton (Orient); 9. 35JW Casey Woken (Altoona); 10. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle); 11. 14B Austin Bouzek (Trenton, Mo.); 12. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Menlo); 13. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport0; 14. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 15. 10B Brandon Pruitt (Stuart); 16. 57VG Rowdee Van Genderen (Newton); 17. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids); 18. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 19. 93L Blake Lehman (Terrebonne, Ore.); 20. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 21. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 22. 71K Chad Keller (Indianola); 23. 23 Cody Gustoff (Scranton); 24. 32 Bill Atcheson (Waukee).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Schafroth; 2. Berry; 3. Woken; 4. Van Genderen; 5. Lehman; 6. Rawlins; 7. Merkle.
presented by Karl Chevrolet of Stuart
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 21 Cam Reimers (Kelley); 3. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 4. 18 Mitchell Morris (St Charles); 5. 2X Matt Avila (Prescott); 6. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 7. 0LD Bryan Morris (St Charles); 8. 34F Cole Fenske (Waukee); 9. 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona); 10. 5 Josh Sink (Red Oak); 11. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 12. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 13. 71X Casen Keller (Indianola); 14. 34X Thomas Nelson (Stuart); 15. 26 Mike Dullard (Winterset); 16. 511 Keith Simmons (Truro); 17. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee); 18. 81 BJ Charlson (Indianola); 19. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 20. 18J Josalyn Elmquist (Boone); 21. MR31 Mike Rutherford (Des Moines); 22. F18 Nate Freisen (Indianola); 23. 88 Dan Wagner (Sioux City); 24. 57S David Schwartz (Greenfield); 25. J7 David Simpson (Des Moines).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Reimers; 2. Carter; 3. Mitchell Morris; 4. Burke; 5. Wagner; 6. Charlson; 7. Keller; 8. Elmquist.
presented by Rick's Towing
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. Dhondt; 2. Pruitt; 3. Ramsey; 4. Knutson; 5. Colby Christensen; 6. Gifford; 7. Young.
presented by John's Tree Service
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 980 Jeremiah Downing (Woodward); 3. 8A Anthony Clark (Omaha, Neb.); 4. 69X Owen Richards (Creston); 5. 63B Terry Bickford (Shannon City); 6. 12C Craig Furstenau (Earlham); 7. 18 Eric Charlson (Des Moines); 8. 22L Harold Robb Sr (Creston); 9. 55L Mark Lamer (Carter Lake); 10. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines).
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Clark; 2. Sabin; 3. Furstenau; 4. Bunch; 5. Lamer.
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Ben Kraus (Kanawha); 2. 25L Lucas Daniels (Des Moines); 3. 25B Bobby Daniels (Des Moines); 4. 25C Chase Daniels (Carlisle); 5. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 6. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant0; 7. 57 Clayton Vanderploeg (Altoona); 8. 12 Zachary Dunham (Ankeny); 9. 17J Justin Winkler (Webster City); 10. 85 Chris Trulson (Polk City); 11. 44R Joel Roberts (Ankeny); 12. 0K Kieron Ahrens (Des Moines); 13. 12R Judd Roberts (Redfield); DNS Z83 Zackary Schaefer (Creston).
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Winkler; 2. Haggard; 3. Roberts; 4. Lucas Daniels; 5. Trulson; 6. Roberts; 7. Dunham.
presented by Karl Chevrolet
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10G Mason Mitchell (West Des Moines); 2. 30 Shawn Cooney (Bondurant); 3. 9 Jeff Johnson (Indianola); 4. 66 Brandon Cox (Norwalk); 5. 85T Brandon Toftee (Otho); 6. 79 Shonn Mapes (Ankeny); 7. 22J Jared Myers (Indianola); 8. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 9. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines); 10. 43 Shaun Clinger (Waukee); 11. 57X Terry May (Des Moines).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Cox; 2. Cooney; 3. Myers; 4. Mapes; 5. Toftee.
