It was another beautiful Friday night for racing on the high banks of the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway. Friday night was BHE Night at the Races featuring $1,000 to win for the IMCA Sport Mods Before the Creek. Next week our sister track, 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin hosts the Captain of the Creek Special Tuesday and Wednesday night next week.
Ninety-three cars signed in on Friday. The racing action started at 7:30p and was hot and heavy all night and there was a fantastic lightning show of the showers over an hour away until the final checkered flag was displayed at 9:48pm.
First feature of the night was the Rugged Radios IMCA Sport Mods 20 lap feature event for $1,000 to win. Jarett Franzen and Chris Burke led the field to green and it was Franzen grabbing the top spot early. Franzen was followed by Sam Wieben, Wieben took the top spot away on lap three. Wieben held on to the race lead until the cautions came out on lap 12. First caution was for Curt Smeins and Shane Paris in turn two and then on the following restart for debris in turn four. Curtis VanDerWal was able to grab the top spot away on the restart with Wieben and Brayton Carter battling out for second. The caution came out again on lap 14 when Ryan King and Jessiah Taylor got hooked together on the front stretch. Carter was able to power by VanDerWal for the race lead on lap 15 just prior to a caution coming out for Zach Hovell, Corey Van Zante and Nate Friesen in turn four. Carter held off Wieben and VanDerWal on the restart and went on to lead the final five laps to claim the victory, his sixth win at Motown in 2023. Tenth place starter Travis Peterson worked his way by Wieben and VanDerWal for second. Wieben was third, VanDerWal was fourth and Logan Anderson rounded out the top five.
Jason Masengarb led all 15 laps in the Knight Sanitation IMCA Mod Lites feature event. Masengarb had to fend off early challenges from RJ Gonzales and then again late in the race from Gonzales and Jon Padilla. Gonzales held on to take second, Padilla was third, Josh May was fourth and Cory Sonner was fifth.
Next up was the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event presented by Drury Automotive and Truck Repair. Dave Atcher jumped out to the race lead fending off Scott Rice early. Atcher continued to lead as the battle behind was heating up Rice, Troy Jerovetz, Michael Jaennette, Jeff Wollam and Steve Meyer battled. The first caution came out on lap nine for Austin Kaplan spinning in turn four. Atcher held off Rice and Jannette on the restart, he was determined to get his first win of the season but the caution came out again on lap 11 when Micheal Smith spun in turn two. Atcher continued to lead until coming to complete lap 16 when Jaennette and Atcher made contact in turn four. Atcher needed assitantance from the wrecker while Jaennette inherited the lead. Jaennette held off Wollam and Meyer on the restart. Jaennette went on to take his first win in Motown. Wollam came home second, Todd Reitzler was third, Kaplan came back after spinning on lap nine to finish fourth and Rice was fifth.
Paul Nagle grab the race lead early in the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event but just after a lap was scored the caution came out when David Stremme spins in turn two forcing a chain reaction Jonathan Mawhinney, Bret Ramsey and Rod Clement all got together. Nagle got a great restart but once again the caution came out on lap three when Jeremy Queener in turn four. Nagle remained strong out front and he led until "Toddzilla" Todd Shute reeled down Nagle and took the top spot away on lap 12. Shute led until just after the completion of lap 15 when he appeared to have a tire and slowed. That gave the lead back over to Nagle but it was Joel Rust flexing his muscles and it was Rust taking over the top spot. The caution came out one more time on lap 18 for debris in turn four. Rust held on to claim his fourth win of the season in Motown and trim Shute's point lead down to just 2 points heading into Championship Night. Maguire DeJong, Nagle, Stremme and Ronn Lauritzen rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event. Ben Newhouse got a great start but that was all wiped away as the caution came out when Jeremiah Andrews and Tyler Carey got together off of turn two, Andrews ended up on the Construct dirt hill off the back stretch. Newhouse got a great restart and led the first lap but a slight bobble allowed "Squishy" Solomon Bennett to take the top spot away on lap two. The caution came out shortly after for debris in turn three. Bennett looked to be going on to take the win but Eric Knutson was able to use a lane that nobody else was running and took the top spot away on lap 13. Knutson held on to take his third win of the season. Bennett, Calvin Dhondt, John Watson and Corey VanDerWilt round out the top five finish.
Next Friday is the North 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championship Night at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars , IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts are all on the card which will be a regular night of racing. Pits Open at 5:15p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:55p, Racing at 7:30p. Grandstands will be $15 for Adults, Seniors & Veterans $10, Students (11-17) $10 and Kids (10 and Under) Free with a paid Adult. Pit Passes will be $30, Kids (3-12) $15 and 2 Years Old and Under are Free.
Should next Friday night rain out the following week is the make season championship night, if it happens then Friday August 25th will be a Draw/Redraw Special with all classes racing plus the Outlaw 2 Man Cruisers.
You can all the racing action at the Karl Auto Group Marshallltown Speedway in person or on FloRacing or listen to the TrackTune App.
MARSHALLLTOWN SPEEDWAY 2023 TRACK SPONSORS: Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown (Buick, GMC, Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and Ram Dealer), McGregors Furniture & Mattress, Ace Signs & Graphics, Iowa Seamless Gutters, Toby K's Hideaway, North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen, Dirt Defender, Tire Demon by Love Tap, Friesen Performance, Drury Automotive & Truck Repair, Rugged Radios, Big 8 Tyre Center, Knight Sanitation, Hy-Vee, Central State Bank, Coors Light/Miller Lite (H&F Distributing), Team Elite, Availa Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Fisher Trucking, Spot On Calibration & Repair, KFJB 1230 / KIX 101.1, ELH Professional Power Washing, RBF Electric, Mid-State Boring, Karl Kustoms, Independent Auto, Karl Chevrolet, Local UAW 893, IBEW Local 204, Velocita, 141 Speedway, The Joie of Seating, Tom Cat Performance, Elmquist Towing Co., Fast Shafts, Gregg Young Chevrolet of Marshalltown, FloRacing, 1-800 BETS OFF, D&E Outdoor Services, Stensland Farms, Quick Performance, Martin Maretta, P&D Welding LLC, Untied Rentals, Stealth Racing, Grasshopper Kellogg Lawn & Snow, J&M Fabrication, Quick Car Racing Products, Chris Weir Lawnmowing, BW Outdoors, CAMP CHEF, La Carreta Mexican Grill, Performance Bodies, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Kwik Star - Marshalltown and Toledo, My Pillow
Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway
BHE Night
Friday August 11th, 2023
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap & Friesen Performance
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Nagle; 2. Stremme; 3. DeJong; 4. Rust; 5. Mallicoat; 6. Gillmore; 7. Williams; 8. Ramsey; 9. Leytham.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Atcher; 2. Wollam; 3. Kaplan; 4. Reynolds; 5. Meyer; 6. Sheen; 7. Pickett.
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Paris; 2. Van Zante; 3. VanDenBerg; 4. Carter; 5. Mullen; 6. Smeins; 7. Friesen; 8. McLaughlin.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. VanDerWal; 2. Anderson; 3. Wieben; 4. Burke; 5. Tony Olson; 6. Kyle Olson; 7. Williams; 8. King.
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. McNeece; 2. Filloon; 3. VanDerWilt; 4. Hidlebaugh; 5. West; 6. Nelson; 7. House; DNS Fahrni.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Bennett; 3. Thomas; 4. Carey; 5. DeZwarte; 6. Peck; 7. Dhondt; 8. Tiernan.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Padilla; 2. Gonzales; 3. Eischeid; 4. Ladurini; 5. Patterson.
