With Marshalltown Speedway having a scheduled Friday Night off because of a Junior High and High School Rodeo, the plan was to adventure somewhere else for some racing action. The Karl Chevrolet of Stuart International Speedway scheduled a Friday Night race called the Blackberry Brandy Brawl in honor of friend and supporter of the track.
The night was in the honor of Chris "Thorny" Thornburg, who paseed away in February, Thorny was a huge help to the Josh Gilman Racing team over the years, his family and friends placed his ashes on the start/finish line and victory lane before the Modified feature. he and his dad were also in the movie Fever Heat. Over 30 sponsors added money to the drivers purse.
A total of one hundred twenty-two cars sign in for the Friday Night Lights racing at Stuart. Exciting racing all night along with two, three and four wide racing. Hobby Stocks put on the most exciting race running four wide for 2nd place several laps. Final checkered flag waived at 11:10p.m.
First feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap feature event. Mitchell Morris grab the top spot and was trailed by Garrett Nelson, Mike Dullard and Willy Kirk early. Morris was able to pull away until lap traffic was able to slow him down allowing Kirk and Tyler Inman to catch him. Inman managed to take the race lead away and appeared to come across the start finish line first by .063 seconds, however he was disqualified in post race tech inspection for the rev limiter. That gave the win back over to Mitchell Morris. Kirk finished second, Cam Reimers was third, Jake Sachau in fourth and Brayton Carter came home fifth.
Luke Ramsey led the first six laps of the Afforable Quality Exteriors and Diversifeld Towing & Recovery IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event. Casey Woken took over the top spot as the battled heated up behind him. Woken went on to take the feature win ahead of Ramsey, eleventh place starter Buck Schafroth, Van Genderen and tenth place starter Michael Jaennette. The win pocked Woken $750 to win, as he was already qualified for the B&B Chassis All Star Invitational.
Tripp Gaylord grabbed the race lead early in the VIP Contractors IMCA Modifieds 25 lap $2,083 to win feature event. The caution came out on lap two for Tom Berry Jr slowing after making contact with Chase Rudolf. On the restart, Gaylord held off some challenges from Tim Ward before pulling away and looking to be heading on to the race win until another caution came out on lap 20 for Dan Wagner spinning in turn three and four. Gaylord managed to fend off Ward and Dallon Murty to go on and take the feature win. Murty came from tenth to finish second. Ward, Todd Shute and Jeremy Thornton round out the top five.
After the field of twenty-eight was dwindled down to only 24, it was now time for the Malvern Bank SLMR Late Models 25 lap feature event. Daniel Hilsabeck led the first lap but shortly after the caution came out for a 4-car pileup in turn four. Dave Eckrich and Brian Kosiski's night came to and end as Corey Zeitner and Darrel DeFrance continued with minimal damage. Hilsabeck got a great restart and started to check out until lap traffic slowed him down allowing Tad Pospisil, Dyland Thornton and Blair Nothdurft to reel him in. The caution came out again on lap 15 when JC Wyman and Andrew Kosiski, while battling for third both spun in turn one and two. Hilsabeck and Thronton battled for the lead on the restart. Hilsabeck however spin on lap seventeen bringing out the caution. Thornton inherited the lead and lead the remaining eight laps to pick up the $3,000 to win. Nothdurft tppl second, Pospisil finished third, Jason Hahne in fourth and thirteenth place starter Chad Hollady in fifth.
Rusty Bates jumped out to the race lead from his pole position in the Rick's Towing IMCA Hobby Stocks 18 lap feature event. The only race caution came out on lap two when Travis Cavin spun battling for second with Seth Butler in turn two. Garrett Croy had know where to go and made contact with Cavin, ending both of their nights. Bates continued to lead holding of Buddy Haidsiak and Butler on the restart. Meanwhile the battles behind Bates was getting exciting as they were going four wide for positions for several laps before it settled down. Eric Stanton worked his way from tenth and grabbed the top spot away from Bates on lap seven. Stanton went on to lead the remaining laps to take the feature win. Butler, Skylar Pruitt, Calvin Dhondt and Bates finished second through fifth respectively.
Final feature of the night was the Outlaw Mini Mods 15 lap feature event and they had a little trouble getting a lap in. The first caution saw Bobby Daniels spin in turn two then on the restart Landon Elliott was spun by Judd Roberts in turn two. Finally when the race got going, Justin Winkler took the race lead for the first three laps. Chase Daniels worked his way from eighth to take the top spot away on lap four. Chase Daniels took the feature win. Lucas Daniels finished second, Cameron Burkman in third, Winkler fell back to fourth and Kaden Rice in fifth,
Next up at the Karl Chevrolet Stuart International Speedway is the 8th Annual Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel on Wednesday May 15th. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars ($1,000 to win), IMCA Sport Mods ($750 to win), IMCA Hobby Stocks ($500 to win), IMCA Sport Compacts ($300 to win), Outlaw Mini Mods and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks. Trophies for the Dirt Duel will be very unique. Hot Laps at 6:45p.m., Racing to Follow.
For more information about the Stuart International Speedway check out stuartspeedway.net or like the Facebook page Stuart Speedway or contact promoter and owner Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.
The Malvern Bank SLMR Late Models East Series heads to the Independence Motor Speedway for Tribute to Legends Night, A tribute to Glen Martin, Red Dralle and Greg Hunter. Also Racing in Independence : IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts and AIRS Series. Hot Laps at 6:30p, Racing to Follow.
For more information about the SLMR Series check out slmrseries.com, or like the Facebook page Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Series or call the SLMR office at 402-342-3453.
Karl Chevrolet Stuart International Speedway
Friday May 10th, 2024
presented by Malvern Bank
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Nothdurft; 2. Aikey; 3. Stewart; 4. Glover; 5. Sillman; 6. Tharp; DNS Sobbing.
Qualifying A (2 Laps) : 1. 76H Jason Hahne (13.008); 2. 10T Jeff Tharp (13.032); 3. 22 Charlie McKenna (13,102); 4. 99 Jesse Sobbing (13.160); 5. 4 JC Wyman (13.164); 6. 35D Dylan Sillman (13.279); 7. 52 Brian Kosiski (13.307); 8. 43 Derrick Stewart (13.408); 9. 44 Luke Goedert (13.424); 10. 76 Blair Northdurft (13.443); 11. 32C Chad Holladay (13.492); 12. 77 Jeff Aikey (13,528); 13. 65 Jon Binning (13.949); 14. 32G Curtis Glover (No Time).
Qualifying B (2 Laps) : 1. 22D Daniel Hilsabeck (13.317); 2. 58 Dave Eckrich (13.344); 3. 04 Tad Pospisil (13.361); 4. 24 Bill Leighton (13.428); 5. 53 Andrew Kosiski (13.449); 6. 56S Chris Spieker (13.600); 7. 38T Dylan Thornton (13.614); 8. 56 Andy Eckrich (13.659); 9. 15C Curt Schroeder (13.740); 10. 26JR Corey Zeitner (13.753); 11. 99D Darrel DeFrance (13.782); 12. 1 Jake Bridge (13.804); 13. 20 Zach Less (13.805); 14. 42 Fred Remley (13.814).
IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by VIP Contractors
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Ward; 2. Weimer; 3. Gaylord; 4. Whitt; 5. Bash; 6. Nelson; 7. Bennett; 8. Cole; 9. Wagner.
A Feature (20 Laps) : 1. 35JW Casey Woken (Altoona); 2. 17 Luke Ramsey (Bedford); 3. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 4. 57VG Rowdee Van Genderen (Newton); 5. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 6. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 7. S1 Mark Leiting (Harlan); 8. 22 Tanner Allen (Springville); 9. 20V Dustin Vis (Martelle); 10. 13H Travis Hatcher (Honey Creek); 11. 19 Dustin Reeh (Council Bluffs); 12. I-80 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 13. 02 Mike Goldsberry (Runnells); 14. $ Cody Center (Mesa, Ariz.); 15. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 16. 00 Johnny Spaw (Cedar Rapids); 17. 37D Brad Derry (Bedford); 18. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Menlo); 19. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 20. 93L Blake Lehman (Winterset); 21. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids); 22. 25D Bob Daniels (Des Moines); 23. 8M Austin Meiners (Polk City); DNS 34N Thomas Nelson (Stuart).
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Schafroth; 2. Vis; 3. Hill; 4. Snell; 5. Goldsberry; 6. Spaw; 7. Lehman; 8. Logue; 9. Nelson; 10. VanEaton.
presented by Karl Chevrolet of Stuart
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Reimers; 2. Sachau; 3. Bryan Morris; 4. Alec Fett; 5. Dullard; 6. Elmquist; 7. Charlson; DNS Rutherford.
Heat 2 (7 Laps) : 1. Bates; 2. Stanton; 3. Dhondt; 4. Haidsiak; 5. Cavin; 6. Fahrni; 7. Legere; 8. Christensen.
presented by Black Iron Manufacturing
A Feature (15 Laps) : 1. 25C Chase Daniels (Carlisle); 2. 25L Lucas Daniels (Des Moines); 3. 97 Cameron Burkman (Prairie City); 4. 17J Justin Winkler (Boone); 5. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant); 6. 9L Lucas Elliott (Boone); 7. 12 Zachary Dunham (Ankeny); 8. 32 Curtis Glover (Knoxville); 9. Z83 Zackary Schaefer (Creston); 10. 9G Grandt Kading (Stuart); 11. 98 Mason Burkman (Prairie City); 12. 25B Bobby Daniels (Des Moines); 13. 4R Judd Roberts (Redfield).
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Chase Daniels; 2. Rice; 3. Glover; 4. Mason Burkman; 5. Roberts; 6. Elliott.
