Janssen, Corn, Olson, Knutson, George and Williams Claim Victories on API Solutions Night in Motown

It was a picture-perfect May Friday night for racing, as it was sunny and 80s all day. The racing action did not disappoint those in attendance or watching at home on FloRacing. There was great two-and-three-wide racing and some exciting finishes.  

A total of one hundred and twenty-one cars checked in to tame the high banked quarter mile on API Solutions Night. We also had a special guest Dustin Jarrett in the house taking a trip through Iowa for some Racing. First Green Flag was out at 7:32p, Heat Races completed at 8:38p, First feature when green at 8:45p and the Final checkered flag waived at 10:44p. 

First up for their feature event was the IMCA Stars Mod Lites presented by Knight Sanitation for their 15-lapper. Jeff Stensland led the opening lap, but shortly after, a caution came out for Jaxon Carr in turn four. Ben George and Josh May got a great restart and passed Stensland. George tried to pull away, but May remained in tow until May slipped up, allowing a hard-charging Jon Padilla to sneak by for a second. Padilla tried to chase down George but came up short. George went on to take his 2nd career win, 1st win in Motown. Padilla finished second, Alex Eischeid came up to grab third, Josh May came in fourth, and Bryan Zehm came in fifth. 

The initial start of the Friesen Performance IMCA Sport Mods presented by Rugged Radios 20-lap feature event was called back. The following restart did not fare too well either, as Eddie Ingram got sideways exiting turn two and got it straightened out, but it caused Brady Hilmer, Brayton Carter, Jenae Gustin, and Jonny Williams to get together. After that incident was cleaned up, it was time to get to racing. Ingram ended up leading the first lap before Kyle Olson took the top spot. Olson and Maguire DeJong pulled away from the rest of the field and battled it out for the win. Olson claimed the checkers first, with DeJong finishing second. Will Wolf came in third, Danny Concelman in fourth, and Mike Rutherford in fifth. 

Cappy's Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20-lap feature event had its initial start called off. Joren Fisher jumped out to the race lead when the race final got going, as the battle behind him was heating up on the race track. The caution came out on lap 4 for Aidan Lamasters in turn one. Fisher held off Brad Graham and Eric Knutson on the restart, but another caution came out on lap five for debris on the front stretch. Fisher continued to fend off challenges from Eric Knutson until the caution came out for the final time on lap 12. Prior to that caution, Knutson narrowly missed a lap car. Knutson managed to get by Fisher for the lead on the restart and went on to lead the final 8 laps to take the feature win. Tenth-place starter Bradly Graham, Dustin Filloon, Briar Kriegel, and Solomon Bennett round out the top five. 

Hy-Vee of Marshalltown IMCA Sport Compacts 15-lap feature event saw the caution come out when an infield tire was hit out on the track in turn four and Mitchell Bunch slid through a billboard. Corwyn Whisler grabbed the lead on the restart, but that was short-lived as Jeremy Williams took the top spot away. The caution came out on lap four when Bunch made contact with a slowing John Patterson in turn three. David Kimmel took the lead away from Williams on the restart; however, he did not go away, but Cristian Grady entered the battle. Williams regained the lead when Kimmel went off the back stretch on lap 14. Williams went on to take the feature win, Grady came home second, Kimmel finished third, Corwyn Whisler was fourth, and eleventh-place starter Blake Driscol was fifth. 

Garrett Corn out wrestled Austin Schrage from the race lead early in the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" IMCA Stock Cars 20-lap feature event presented by Drury Automotive and Truck Repair. Corn out front led as the battle for second on the back was heated and exciting lap after lap. The caution came out on lap eight for Russell Damme Jr. in turn four. Corn and Tyler Pickett battled it out for the race lead following the caution, and Pickett briefly gained the lead on lap 16 using the bottom side. Pickett slipped up on lap 17, allowing Corn to regain the lead. The caution came out on lap 18 when Austin Kaplan, who worked his way into the top five, spun out in turns three and four. Corn held off Pickett to take the feature win. Pickett, Scott Rice, Jeff Mueller, and Jimmy Gustin rounded out the top five. 

The final feature of the night was the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds 20-lap feature, even presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap. David Brown grabbed the top spot early, but the caution came out shortly after lap 1 scored when Tommy Belmer spun in turn two. Brown continued to lead, but caution came out again on lap two, first for Troy Morris and Tripp Gaylord in turn one and then on the restart for Randall Paxton in turn three. Todd Shute took the top spot away on lap one of the restart and continued to lead through cautions on laps five, six, and eleven. Drew Janssen took the top spot away on lap 14, but Shute and Dylan Thornton continued to challenge for the lead. Thornton forced Shute off the top of turn two on lap 17, forcing the caution to come out one final time. Thornton was black-flagged for questionable driving. Janssen went on to claim the victory; Tripp Gaylord worked his way back to finish second; Troy Morris III also did and came home in third; fifteenth-place starter Jaxon Saathoff came home in fourth; and Jayden Schmidt was fifth. 

Next Friday Night is EMW Trucking Military Memorial Night at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway featuring the 40th Annual IMCA Modified Anniversary and Corn Belt Clash for IMCA Mod Lites. Modifieds are $1,000 to win and Mod Lites are $500 to win. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts also compete. Pits Open at 5:15 p.m., Grandstands at 5:30 p.m., Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m., and Racing at 7:30 p.m. 

Grandstands are $15 for Adults, Seniors & Veterans are $10, Students (11-17) are $10, Kids 10 and under are Free with a paid adult. Pit Passes are $30 for Adults, Kids (3-12) are $15 and Children (2 and under) are Free. 

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

API Solutions Night

Friday May 17th, 2024

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

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  90M Drew Janssen (Pella); 2. 77T Tripp Gaylord (Lakewood, Colo.); 3. 07X Troy Morris III (Bakersfield, Calif.); 4. 96 Jaxon Saathoff (Beatrice, Neb.); 5. 24 Jayden Schmidt (Seymour, Wis.); 6. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 7. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 8. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 9. 2 Zachary Madrid (Phoenix, Ariz.); 10. 28 Trevor Fitz (Camarillo, Calif.); 11. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 12. 22R Randall Paxton (Factoryville, Pa.); 13. 19S Chase Weimer (Eldora); 14. 5G Gat Leytham (Garwin); 15.  12 Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 16. 5J Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 17. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 18. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 19. 38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 20. 32 Chris Snyder (Dunkerton); 21. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 22. 43B Tommy Belmer (Evansdale); 23. 22B Brian Eppert (Ogden); DNS 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Brown; 2. Lopez; 3. Gaylord; 4. Snyder; 5. Rawlins; 6. Weimer; 7. Paxton; 8. Belmer.
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Shute; 2. Janssen; 3. Morris; 4. Madrid; 5. Eppert; 6. Ramsey; 7. Clement; 8. Schmidt. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1. Logue; 2. Fitz; 3. Leytham; 4. Thornton; 5. Saathoff; 6. Simatovich; 7. Moore; 8. Morehouse. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  C29 Garrett Corn (Marshalltown); 2. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 3. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 4. 77M Jeff Mueller (Boone); 5. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 7. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 8. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 9. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 10. 32C Tom Cannon (West Branch); 11. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 12. 3TS Tonia Stevens (Barnes City); 13. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 14. 16 Austin Schuring (Laurel); 15. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Sumner); 16. A1A Austin Kaplan (Collins); 17. 35JW Casey Woken (Altoona); 18. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 19. 49 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 20. 53D Clayton Deppe (Kellogg). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Reitzler; 2. Gustin; 3. Kaplan; 4. Olson; 5. Cannon; 6. Stevens; 7. Schuring.
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Corn; 2. Schrage; 3. Jaennette; 4. Rice; 5. Mueller; 6. Wollam; 7. Meyer

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1. Pickett; 2. Woken; 3. Atcher; 4. Damme; 5. Deppe; 6. Rawlins. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 3. 68 Will Wolf (Grinnell); 4. 4D Danny Concelman (Colorado Springs, Colo.); 5. MR31 Mike Rutherford (Des Moines); 6. 45 Jonny Williams (Cedar Rapids); 7. 40HC Hunter Clement (Rhodes); 8. 30 Kenser Ellis (Ankeny); 9. 54 Eddie Ingram (Kansas City, Kan.); 10. 22JR Brady Hilmer (Dysart); 11. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 12. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); DNS 12D Tyler Droste (Washburn); DNS 99S Sierra Rose Gary (Marshalltown). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Carter; 2. DeJong; 3. Ingram; 4. Concelman; 5. Ellis; 6. Clement; 7. Rutherford.
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Olson; 2. Gustin; 3. Wolf; 4. Droste; 5. Hilmer; 6. Williams; 7. Gary. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Cappy's Big 8 Tyre Center

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 2. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 3. 51X Dustin Filloon (Tama); 4. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 5. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn0; 6. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 7. 52 Joren Fisher (Garrison); 8. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny); 9. 27 Brad Graham (Brooklyn); 10. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); 11. 9L Logan Andrews (Marshalltown); 12. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 13. 55 Brett Maasdam (Sully); 14. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 15. 7 Brayden Fahrni (Marshalltown); 16. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 17. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 18. 59JR Chad Rickett Jr (Marshalltown); 19. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 20. 7X Clayton Sogge (State Center); 21. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines); 22. 48 Derrick McNeece (Eldora); 23. A24 Nicholas Adams (Emmetsburg); 24. 17T Aidan Lamasters (Marshalltown); 25. 54 Blake Stevens (Guernsey). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Fisher; 2. VanDerWilt; 3. Dhondt; 4. Knutson; 5. Andrews; 6. Nelson; 7. DeZwarte; 8. Newhouse; 9. Peck.
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Bennett; 2. Filloon; 3. McNeece; 4. Adams; 5. Legere; 6. Sogge; 7. Lamasters; 8. West. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1. Bradly Graham; 2. Stevens; 3. Brad Graham; 4. Kriegel; 5. Maasdam; 6. Fahrni; 7. Rickett; 8. Robinson. 

IMCA STARS MOD LITES
presented by Knight Sanitation 

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  4G Ben George (Altoona); 2. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 3. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 4. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 5. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 6. X Charlie Brown (Nevada); 7. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 8. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 9. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (Pleasant Hill); 10. 8N William Nobles (West Des Moines); 11. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 12. 5 Michael Dominguez (Lone Tree); 13. 5G Tracen Glick (Madrid); 14. 00B Brittani Dominguez (Lone Tree); 15. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 16. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 17. 49 Jason Masengarb (Colona, Ill.); 18. 23 Tiffani Dominguez (Lone Tree); 19. 55 Jaxon Carr (Des Moines); DNS 30 Dakota Tuttle (Grinnell); DNS 64 Randy Bryan (Ames). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1. Stensland; 2. Padilla; 3. Joe Glick; 4. George; 5. Gray; 6. Kennedy; 7. Tiffani Dominguez. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Zehm; 2. Compart; 3. Brown; 4. Nobles; 5. Tracen Glick; 6. Brittani Dominguez; DNS Tuttle. 

Heat 3 (6 Laps) : 1. May; 2. Eischeid; 3. Ladurini; 4. Michael Dominguez; 5. Carr; 6. Masengarb; DNS Bryan. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Hy-Vee of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  22C Jeremy Williams (Oskaloosa); 2. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 3. 33K David Kimmel (New Virginia); 4. 21 Corwyn Whisler (Des Moines); 5. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 6. 10 Kinzer Jaennette (Tama); 7. 10P Chris Pittman (Dunkerton); 8. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 9. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 10. 46 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 11. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 12. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 13. 49B Bryce Bartel (Marshalltown); 14. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 15. 1 Kaiden Gosselink (Grinnell); 16. 83 Cejay Whisler (Des Moines); 17. 5  Larry Werner (Tama); 18. 13 Conner Adkins (Grinnell); 19. 81 Christopher Mannion (Waterloo); 20. 69JX William Michel (Columbus Junction); 21. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines); 22. 46J John Patterson (Marshalltown); DNS 99 Henry Dieleman (Marshalltown). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1. Kimmel; 2. Corwyn Whisler; 3. Driscol; 4. Gardner; 5. Smith; 6. Larson; 7. Bunch; 8. Gosselink.
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Williams; 2. Gill; 3. Michel; 4. Masterson; 5. Mannion; 6. Werner; 7. Patterson; DNS Dieleman.

Heat 3 (6 Laps) : 1. Grady; 2. Jaennette; 3. Pittman; 4. Fiebelkorn; 5. Bartel; 6. Cejay Whisler; 7. Adkins.