Berry Double Down and Takes Two on Night 2 of the World Nationals

Hard to believe the 2023 racing season at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway has come to an end, its also hard to believe my first season back as announcer has come to an end. Honestly back in March, I had no idea if I would last all season announcing races in Marshalltown again but I survived and we will see what my future for 2024 brings because I really want to flag some races this fall or next year some where. 

One hundred and nineteen cars signed in for Night 2 of the World Nationals, the Local UAW 893 Cliff Chambers Memorial Saturday Night Spectacular. Once again there was great racing action all night long as they were going two and three wide, running from top to the bottom on a fantastic racing surface. Racing action wrapped up around 10:35pm putting a bow on the racing season in Marshalltown. 

First feature of the night was the Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 30 lap feature event. Austin Kaplan out wrestled pole sitter Dillon Solum for the race lead but that was short lived as Tom Berry Jr., driving the Dilly Bar Special took the top spot away on lap three. Berry started to pull away as Kaplan, Kaden Reynolds, Dallon Murty, Damon Murty and Solum battled behind him. The caution came out on lap 11 for Austin Schuring in turn four but that did not faze Berry as once again he started to pull away. However the caution came out again on lap 14 when Gage Neal spun in turn four. Two more cautions came out, Lap 19 for Leremy Jackson in turn three and then debris in turn two on lap 23. Berry hung on to take the $1,000 win and is qualified for the B&B Chassis All Star Invitational at next years Super Nationals. Dallon Murty finished second, Kaden Reynolds came across in third but was docked 2 spots for nose height infraction in tech moving Damon Murty to third. Austin Kaplan was credited for fourth and Reynolds in fifth. 

A caution came out before a single lap was scored in the Rugged Radios IMCA Sport Mods 25 lap feature event when Scott Williams, Kyle Olson, Jenae Gustin, Craig Dorner, Tom Lathrop, Kyle Free and Ty Rogers on the front stretch. Todd Dykema led the first lap when the race did get rolling but Shane Paris took the top spot away on lap two. Paris remained out front until Matt Avila took the race lead away on lap 11. The caution came out on lap 14 for Curt Smeins and Michael Miller in turn four. Avila held off Jenae Gustin, Paris, Brayton Carter and Logan Anderson on the restart and led the final 11 laps to take the feature win. Paris came home second, Carter was third, Gustin in fourth and Anderson in fifth. 

In the Tire Demon by Love Tap Fabrication 30 lap feature event, it was all Tom Berry Jr as he led from start-to-finish. Berry fought off Jake McBirnie before pulling away. The caution came out on lap five for Riley Simmons spinning in turn four. Berry got a great restart and checked out, not evening lap traffic would slow him down as he went on to win by a margin of 8.734 seconds. The win was $2,000 to win and qualified TBJ for the Fast Shafts All Star Invitational. Ethan Braaksma, Todd Shute, Cody Laney and Tripp Gaylord rounded out the top five. 

Bryan Vannausdle led the first two laps of the Hy-Vee of Marshalltown IMCA Sport Compacts 15 lap feature event before last night's winner Cristian Grady took it away on lap three. Grady, Vannausdle and Blake Driscol went two and three wide for the top spot with Grady hanging on until two laps to go. Driscol was able to take the top spot away on lap 13 and went on to take the feature win. Grady finished second, Vannausdle was third, Mark Smith in fourth and Matt Miller in fifth. 

Final feature of the night was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event and before a single lap was scored the caution came out twice, first one for Briar Kriegel in turn one and then Ray Hill spun off the back stretch. Dalton Weepie grabs the race lead but he slipped up just enough to allow Nebraska's Adam Wasserman take the top spot away on lap five. Weepie received pressure from Corey VanDerWilt for runner up spot. The caution came out again on lap six when Jim Ball Jr and Nic Shearer spin turn four. Three more cautions came out on lap nine, fourteen and eighteen but none was going to deny Wasserman the win. VanDerWilt, fourteenth place starter David McCalla, "Squishy" Solomon Bennett and Trenton Neuhaus rounded out the top five. 

With the 2023 Racing Season at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway over, keep your eye out for information about the 2023 Racing Banquet and the 2024 Racing Schedule. It was announced that IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts will all return for 2024. The Schedule is expected to be released around November 1st. 

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

Marshalltown, Iowa

Local UAW 893 Cliff Chambers Memorial Saturday Night Spectacular

World Nationals Night 2 of 2

Saturday September 16th, 2023

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

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 2. 12J Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 3. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 4. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 5. 33Z Tripp Gaylord (Lakewood, Colo.); 6. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 7. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 8. 12 Jordan Bartz (Shawano, Wis.); 9. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 10. 93 Matt Werner (Genesco, Ill.); 11. 56D Travis Denning (Sterling, Ill.); 12. 6Z Zach Dockter (Norwich, N.D.); 13. 1 Eric Barnes (Colona, Ill.); 14. 99 Charlie Mohr (Bettendorf); 15. 64 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 16. 12LF Jonathan Mawhinney (Las Vegas, Nev.); 17. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 18. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 19. 6 Jed Freiburger (Dubuque); 20. 50 Denny Eckrich (Tiffin); 21. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 22. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 23. 01 Jacob Hobscheidt (Plattsmouth, Neb.); 24. 21R Riley Simmons (Susanville, Calif.). 

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Murty; 2. Simmons; 3. Nagle; 4. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 5. 33J Joe Huenefeld (Freeport, Ill.); 6. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 7. 78 Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 8. 43B Tommy Belmer (Evansdale); 9. 24 Kyle Roose (Parkersburg). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Laney; 3. Shute; 4. Ward; 5. Bartz; 6. Denning; 7. Freiburger; 8. Murty; 9. Huenefeld; 10. Nagle. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Hobscheidt; 2. Berry; 3. Braaksma; 4. Barnes; 5. Mawhinney; 6. Dockter; 7. Clement; 8. Simatovich; 9. Belmer; 10. Siems

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Werner; 2. McBirnie; 2. Gaylord; 3. Mohr; 4. DeJong; 5. Eckrich; 6. Brown; 7. Simmons; 8. Roose; 9. Mallicoat. 

 

IMCA STOCK CARS

presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11X Tom Berry Jr. (Des Moines); 2. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 4. A1A Austin Kaplan (Collins); 5. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 6. 20V Dustin Vis (Martelle); 7. 0 Brett Wenzel (Manitowoc, Wis.); 8. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 9. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 10. 22 Tanner Allen (Springville); 11. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 12. 12N Gage Neal (Anamosa); 13. 94X Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 14. 31 Micheal Smith (Marshalltown); 15. 7J John Campbell (Belmond); 16. 196 Austin Schuring (Laurel); 17. 17 Mike Layne (Mound, Minn.); 18. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 19. 35 Leremy Jackson (Unionville); 20. 93L Blake Lehman (Terrebonne, Ore.); 21. 3JR Dustan Fenton (Burlington).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Kaplan; 2. Vis; 3. Damon Murty; 4. Allen; 5. Solum; 6. Meyer; 7. Campbell; 8. Neal; 9. Reitzler; 10. Jackson; 11. Smith. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Berry; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Reynolds; 4. Wenzel; 5. Rice; 6. Schmidt; 7. Lehman; 8. Schuring; 9. Layne; 10. Fenton. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2X Matt Avila (Boone); 2. 7V Shane Paris (Muscatine); 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 53 Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 6. 33JR Jarett Franzen (Maquoketa); 7. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 8. 17 Todd Dykema (Davenport); 9. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 10. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, Wis.); 11. 7 Brady Harshbarger (Fond Du Lac, Wis.); 12. 77JR Rayce Mullen (Pearl City, Ill.); 13. 8T Ty Rogers (Yuma, Ariz.); 14. 15 Craig Dorner (Brussels, Wis.); 15. 57K Ryan King (Colo); 16. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 17. 18 Josalyn Elmquist (Boone); 18. 8TJ Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 19. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 20. 28B Curt Smeins (Dike); 21. 79M Michael Miller (Des Moines); 22. 74 Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 23. 09 Scott Williams (Atkins); 24. 17K Kyle Free (Ogden). 

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Mullen; 2. Dorner; 3. Miller; 4. 30 Kenser Ellis (Ankeny); 5. 68C Devin Coghlan (Marion); 6. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella); 7. 55P Michael Plate Jr (Valders, Wis.); 8. MR31 Mike Rutherford (Des Moines); DNS 68 Will Wolf (Grinnell). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Harhbarger; 2. Paris; 3. Vincent; 4. Avila; 5. Leeman; 6. Franzen; 7. King; 8. Ellis; 9. Plate; 10. Rutherford. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Anderson; 2. Gustin; 3. Olson; 4. Carter; 5. Williams; 6. Elmquist; 7. McCollough; 8. Mullen; 9. Dorner; 10. Coghlan.

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Rogers; 2. Bethke; 3. Dykema; 4. Johnson; 5. Smeins; 6. Free; 7. Lathrop; 8. Wolf; 9. Miller; 10. Hovell.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 41 Adam Wasserman (Fairbury, Neb.); 2. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 3. 3X David McCalla (Cedar Rapids); 4. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 5. 7N Trenton Neuhaus (Quasqueton); 6. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 7. 3 Dalton Weepie (Dunkerton); 8. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 9. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 10. 7 Brayden Fahrni (Marshalltown); 11. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 12. IB25 Shane Richardson (Wapello); 13. 52 Billy Stanford (Wapello); 14. 20W Matt Wahl (West Des Moines); 15. 86R James Roose (Columbus Junction); 16. 50 Carl Ellis (Pleasantville); 17. 7B Jim Ball Jr (Independence); 18. 19 Ray Hill (Marshalltown); 19. 14L Lucas Smith (Iowa Falls); 20. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 21. 23Z Zach McNeese (Independence); 22. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 23. 45 John Watson (Des Moines); 24. 43 Nic Shearer (Des Moines). 

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Dhondt; 2. Newhouse; 3. Fahrni; 4. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 5. 17B Garrett Ball (Independence); DNS 19DD Danny Foster (Norwalk). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Wasserman; 2. Reed; 3. Kriegel; 4. VanDerWilt; 5. Smith; 6. Hill; 7. Nelson; 8. Peck; 9. Fahrni. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Watson; 2. Knutson; 3. McNeese; 4. Jim Ball Jr; 5. McCalla; 6. Neuhaus; 7. Roose; 8. Foster; 9. Garrett Ball. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Bennett; 2. Wahl; 3. Richardson; 4. Weepie; 5. Stanford; 6. Ellis; 7. Shearer; 8. Dhondt; 9. Newhouse. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS

presented by Hy-Vee of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 2. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 3. 15V Bryan Vannausdle (Glenwood); 4. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 5. 29 Matt Miller (Waterloo); 6. 65C Colton Stewart (Vinton); 7. 99 Henry Dieleman (Marshalltown); 8. 49B Bryce Bartel (Marshalltown); 9. 6R Spencer Roggentien (Amana); 10. 24M Caine Mahlberg (Dunlap); DNS 7K Kord Sellers (Vinton). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1.  Grady; 2. Vannausdle; 3. Mahlberg; 4. Driscol; 5. Smith; 6. Stewart; 7. Miller; 8. Dieleman; 9. Bartel; 10. Sellers; 11. Roggentien.