After taking a week off for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals 41 fueled by Casey's at the Boone Speedway, the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway came back to life for the first of two nights during the World Nationals. Friday's Nights show was called J&M Fabrication Friday Night Lights.
One hundred-twenty six cars signed in to tame the high banked quarter mile on night one of the World Nationals, J&M Fabrication Friday Night Lights. The racing surface produced some great side-by-side racing action all night and saw some exciting finishes. The final checkered flag came out around 10:30pm.
First feature of the night was the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" IMCA Stock Cars 30 lap feature event presented by Drury Automotive and Truck Repair. Dave Atcher led the opening lap but it was the "Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty took the lead away on lap two. Damon was followed by his son, Dallon Murty. Dallon Murty was able to take the lead away from his dad on lap four. The caution came out on lap 12 when Dru Kueker and Dustan Fenton in turn four. The following restart saw the caution come out again when Blake Lehman, Kylie Rawlins and Fenton get together. Damon Murty encountered some trouble on the restart and retired to the infield leaving his son Dallon to battle with Tom Berry Jr. The caution came out again on lap 13 but Dallon Murty held off Tom Berry Jr and Austin Kaplan on the restart and tried to pull away only to see Berry to chase him back down, Berry tried to take the top spot away prior to the caution on lap 22 when Brett Maasdam spun in turn three and four. Dallon Murty slipped up on the white flag lap allowing Berry to pull a haymaker slider but Murty was ready for it and out dueled Berry to the feature win worth $1,000 and making him qualified for the B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational at Super Nationals next year. Berry came home second, twenty-third place starter Kaden Reynolds was third, Kaplan came home in fourth and Gage Neal in fifth.
Logan Anderson grabbed the lead early in the Rugged Radios IMCA Sport Mods 25 lap feature event ahead of "Speedy Bray" Brayton Carter. Anderson paced the field and pulled away as the battle for second on back. Anderson pulled away until lap traffic allowed Carter to reel him back in. The caution came out on lap 14 for Josalyn Elmquist in turn two. Anderson held of Carter, Kyle Olson, Ben Chapman, Matt Avila and Jenae Gustin on the restart. Carter was able to take advantage of a slip up by Anderson to take the race lead away on lap 18. On lap 20, the caution came out when Avila and Olson got together in turn two resulting Avila to get the black flag. Restart saw a caution for debris on the front-stretch. Carter held on to take the feature win ahead of Ben Chapman, Cam Reimers, Anderson and Gustin.
Up next was the Tire Demon by Love Tap Fabrication IMCA Modifieds 30 lap feature event, it was "T-Dub" Tim Ward grabbing the race lead and holding off Dylan Thornton and Tom Berry Jr early. Ward pulled away and only thing slowing him down was race cautions. The first caution on lap seven for Maguire DeJong in turn two, the following restart for DeJong and Zack Rawlins in turn four, debris caution on lap 21 and when Izac Mallicoat and Garrett Wilson spun in turn two. Ward claimed the win with Berry finishing runner-up, Todd Shute was third, Thornton in fourth and sixteenth place starter Joel Rust in fifth.
Cristan Grady led all fifteen laps of the Hy-Vee of Marshalltown IMCA Sport Compacts. Grady fended off Spencer Roggentien early and Blake Driscol the rest of the way to take the feature win. Driscol finished second, Mark Smith came home in third on his first night out in 2023. Bryan Vannausdle and Roggentien finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Final feature of the night was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event. David McCalla grab the race lead and held off Trenton Neuhaus and Jake Nelson until the caution came out on lap seven for Brayden Fahrni in turn two. McCalla continued to lead as they were going four wide behind him, one of those drivers was Benji Irvine. Irvine was able to wrestle the lead away from McCalla on lap eleven. Irvine started to pull away but the caution came out on lap 18 when Carl Ellis in turn two. Irvine held on to take the feature win. Seventh place starter Joren Fisher, tenth place starter Calvin Dhondt, McCalla and track champion Corey VanDerWilt rounded out the top five.
Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway wraps up the 2023 Racing Season with Local UAW 893 Cliff Chambers Memorial Saturday Spectacular on Saturday Night. IMCA Modifieds are $2,000 to win again. IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Sport Mods are $1,000 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $500 to win and IMCA Sport Compacts $200 to win. Pits Open at 4:30p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6:30p, Racing at 7p. Grandstands will be $20 for Adults, Seniors & Veterans $15, Students (11-17) $15 and Kids (10 and Under) Free with a paid Adult. Pit Passes will be $35, Kids (3-12) $20 and 2 Years Old and Under are Free.
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
J&M Fabrication Friday Night Lights
Friday September 15th, 2023
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap & Friesen Performance
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Mawhinney; 3. Bartz; 4. Rawlins; 5. 99 Charlie Mohr (Bettendorf); 6. 6Z Zach Dockter (Norwich, N.D.); 7. 21 Ryan Duhme (LaMotte); 8. 6 Jed Freiburger (Dubuque); 9. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 10. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 11. 31A Kory Meyer (Dixon); 12. 78 Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 14. 43B Tommy Belmer (Evansdale).
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Reitzler; 2. Reynolds; 3. Fenton; 4. 17 Mike Layne (Mound, Minn.); 5. 35 Leremy Jackson (Unionville); DNS 16B Randy Brown (Chowchilla, Calif.).
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Paris; 2. Yaw; 3. King; 4. Wolf; 5. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 6. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 7. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella); 8. MR31 Mike Rutherford (Des Moines); 9. 55P Michael Plate Sr (Valders, Wis.); 10. 77JR Rayce Mullen (Pearl City, Ill.); 11. 55L Mike Leonard (Collins).
presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Garrett Ball; 2. Roose; 3. Peck; 4. 82 Logan Clay (Chowchilla, Calif.); DNS 47W Sam West (Ferguson).
