Another picture perfect night of racing action took place at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway on RBF Electric Night at the Races. The IMCA Hobby Stocks raced for a top prize of $500 thanks to Jeremiah Andrews and RBF Electric. Temperatures was in the upper 80s with a bright sunny skies all day but the racing surface was fantastic.
There was exciting battles all night and come feature time they were racing from bottom to top. They managed to got three and four wide on the night. A total of One hundred and nine cars checked in last night including 26 IMCA Hobby Stocks presented by Big 8 Tyre Center. Racing action went green at 7:30p and the final checkered flag fell at 10:04p.
First feature of the night was the Knight Sanitation IMCA Mod Lites 15 lap feature event. Joe Glick out wrestled the Garrison Anderson the lead on the start. Glick controlled the way meanwhile ninth place starter Josh May worked his way into second on lap three and started to challenge Glick. The caution came out on lap five when Zach Holerud spun in turn two. Glick held off May on the restart but the caution came out again on lap eight for Holerud again in top of turn two. Glick held on to the race lead until May was able to make the pass and take the lead away. May went on to take his third feature win in a row at Motown. Jon Padilla snatched second away from Glick. Glick was third, Cory Sonner in fourth and Alex Eischeid was fifth.
In the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event saw Mitchell Thomas leading the first four laps before Zach McNeese took over the top spot away on lap five. McNeese led until lap nine when eleventh place starter Eric Knutson was able to take the top spot away. The caution came out on lap ten when Rick Reiter spun in turn two. Knutson was able to fend off McNeese on the restart but twelfth place starter Calvin Dhondt, "The Flyin' Fireman" worked his way by McNeese for second. Dhondt made several attempts to get by Knutson but came up short as Knutson went on to take the feature win. Dhondt finished second, "Lynnville Lightning" Corey VanDerWilt got by McNeese for third pushing McNeese to fourth, John Watson was fifth.
Next up was the Rugged Radios IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event, Camdan Vincent jumped out to race lead and led until the first of seven cautions came out on lap four. Jarett Franzen took the top spot away on the restart from Vincent. The caution came out again on lap six, twice on lap seven and then again on lap eight. Franzen continued to lead through the barrage of cautions meanwhile Brayton Carter, Sam Wieben, Jenae Gustin, Tony Olson and Kyle Olson battled it out behind him. The caution came out again on lap 12 and the final caution was on lap 14. Franzen held off all challenges to claim the feature win ahead of Carter, Tony Olson, Wieben and Vincent. Gustin and Kyle Olson both exited with over heating issues.
Jimmy Gustin grab the top spot early in the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event but shortly after lap one scored the caution came out when Isaiah Geisel in turn two. Gustin held off Izac Mallicoat and Johnathon Logue on the restart but shortly after the second lap scored the caution came out for Tommy Belmer in turn two. Gustin pulled into the pits handing the lead over to Mallicoat. Mallicoat led until lap six when Logue was able to make the pass for the race lead. Jake McBirnie took the led away and pulled away to go on and take his second win in Motown. Drew Janssen was able to gather second, Todd Shute bounced back this week with a third place finish, Logue was fourth and Joel Rust was fifth.
The Class Too Tough Too Tame IMCA Stock Cars presented by Drury Automotive and Truck Repair 20 lap feature was next on the speedway. Micheal Smith led the first lap before Jay Schmidt was able to take the top spot away, Smith exited to the pits with over heating issues. Schmidt was able to get up to a full straight way lead before the first caution came on lap nine when Stephen Streeter in turn two. Schmidt held off Michael Jaennette and Todd Reitzler on the restart but another caution came out on lap 14 for Kylie Rawlins in turn two. Schmidt flexed his muscles and went on to take his second feature win in three weeks at Motown. Jaennette, Reitzler, Gage Neal and Tyler Pickett rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the Hy-Vee IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature event. Curtis Masterson led the first two laps before "Ricky Bobby" Mitchell Bunch took top spot away. The only race caution came out on lap five for debris in turn two. Bunch would not fire off as a the race went back to green allowing Kolby Sabin to take over the lead. Sabin pulled away and went on to take the feature win. John Gill came home in the runner-up spot. David Kimmel was third, Masterson was fourth and Matt Miller was fifth.
Next Friday Night is Minute Man Printing Night at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing at 7:30p.
Following the Outlaw 2 Man Cruisers return for KIX101.1 / KFJB 1230 AM 93.9 FM and Iowa Seamless Gutters Night on July 7th. Hy-Vee IMCA Sport Compacts return on July 14th for Rumours Bar & Grill plus Salute to Our Marshall County Law Enforcement, First Responder's and EMT's Night. Central Iowa Fair Redneck Rally is on July 15th.
You can all the racing action at the Karl Auto Group Marshallltown Speedway in person or on FloRacing or listen to the TrackTune App.
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Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
RBF Electric Night
Friday June 23rd, 2023
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap & Friesen Performance
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Shute; 2. Logue; 3. McBirnie; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Sauerman; 6. Geisel; 7. Williams.
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wollam; 2. Jaennette; 3. Pickett; 4. Neal; 5. Rice; 6. Rawlins; 7. Huff.
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 33JR Jarett Franzen (Maquoketa); 2. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 74 Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 6. 57K Ryan King (Colo); 7. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 8. 20XX Cody Yaw (Altoona); 9. 46 Jackson Harpole (Farmington, NM); 10. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 11. 14W Aaron Waller (Traer); 12. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 13. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee); 14. 23M Matt Speiss (Jefferson City, Mo); 15. 28B Curt Smeins (Dike); 16. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 17. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 18. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton); 19. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 20. 24 Travis Brown (Ely); 21. 25 Travis Peterson (Conrad); 22. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl); 23. 30 Kenser Ellis (Ankeny).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wieben; 2. Harpole; 3. Tony Olson; 4. Vincent; 5. Taylor; 6. McLaughlin; 7. Waller; 8. Speiss.
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Andrews; 2. Nelson; 3. Filloon; 4. Zach McNeese; 5. Hupp; 6. Neuhaus; 7. Graham; 8. Maschke; 9. Derrick McNeece.
presented by Knight Sanitation
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 2. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 3. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 4. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 5. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 6. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 7. 9 Garrison Anderson (Huxley); 8. 21 Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 9. 23 Tiffani Dominguez (Lone Tree); 10. 1H Zach Holerud (Davenport); 11. Z Mike Zemo Jr (Davenport); 12. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); DNS 5 Michael Dominguez (Lone Tree).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Padilla; 2. Bryan; 3. Sonner; 4. Glick; 5. Holerud; DNS George.
presented by Hy-Vee
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 2. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 3. 33K David Kimmel (New Virginia); 4. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 5. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 6. 5 Larry Werner (Tama); 7. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 8. 96 Laran Kaplan (Marengo); 9. 00 Conner Adkins (Grinnell); 10. 46 John Patterson (Marshalltown); 11. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines); 12. 22R Danny Robinson (Tama).
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Bunch; 2. Gill; 3. Masterson; 4. Larson; 5. Kaplan; 6. Adkins.
