Murty Captures Feature Win, McBirnie Takes Structural Shootout on P&D Welding Solutions Night

As some race tracks close down or go to a limited amount of racing because of car counts, it's nice to see a race track still running strong on Friday nights in the area. This weekend, there were some options for some racing as NASCAR race weekend went on at Iowa Speeway with the ARCA Menards Series racing and Knoxville Raceway running the first of two nights during the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars. 

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway ran its normal Friday night race action on the high bank quarter mile for P&D Welding Solutions and 1-800 BETS OFF night at the races. One hundred twenty-four cars checked in on Friday night, including 21 IMCA Modifieds for $1,000 to win plus $500 to win P&D Welding Solutions Modified Structural Shootout. The racing action feature was either caution-filled or the action was filled with excitement, leaving fans on the edge of their seats. Racing began at 7:35 p.m., and the final checkered flag was waived at 10:56 p.m. 

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Following the heat race action, it was time for the P&D Welding Solutions Structural Shootout. The quarterfinal round saw Izac Mallicoat, Todd Shute, Joel Rust, and Jake McBirnie take the wins, with Tripp Gaylord, Ronn Lauritzen, Johnathon Logue, and Dallon Murty finishing second. The semifinals saw Mallicoat and Rust take the victories, with Gaylord and McBirnie in second. The final round saw McBirnie grab the victory for $500 to win and a custom-built trophy from P&D Welding Solutions. Gaylord finished second, taking home $300; Rust was third, grabbing $200; and Mallicoat was fourth, getting $100 for his effort. 

The first feature of the night was the Knight Sanitation IMCA STARS Mod Lites 15-lap feature event. Cory Sonner jumped out of the race lead, fending off Joe Glick and Alex Eischeid early. Sonner pulled away from the field and looked to be heading on to the race win, despite Jon Padilla and Josh May reeling him in ever so slightly. The caution came out on lap nine when Eischeid spun in turn four. Sonner held on to the lead another lap, but May got his line to work and grabbed the top spot on lap eleven. However, Padilla made it a three-car battle for the top spot. The caution came out on lap 13 for Garrett Barber in turn four, forcing a green-white-checkered restart. May held off Padilla and Sonner to take his first win in Motown this season. Padilla finished second, Sonner was third, Eischeid came back to finish fourth, and Glick was fifth. 

Rugged Radios IMCA Friesen Performance Sport Mods had a little trouble getting laps under their belts as the caution came out on the initial start when Josalyn Elmquist, Jonathan Jensen, and Curt Smeins got hooked up in turn four and Hunter Clement came to a stop in turn two. The following restart saw it come out for Sierra Rose Gary and Hunter Clement spinning in turn one. Camdan Vincent took the top spot early when the race finally got rolling with racing, but the caution came out again on lap two for Gary in turn two. Vincent had Matt Avila and Brayton Carter on the back bumper on the restart, and it was Carter that took the top spot away on lap four. The red flag came out when Elmquist and William Klosterman went off the top of turn three and needed assistance from the wreckers. Carter got a great restart and checked out from the rest of the field, and not lap traffic slowed him down, but a late race caution lap 17 bunched the field back up. Carter held off all challengers on the restart to claim his third win of the season at Motown. Kyle Olson and Vincent were second and third, respectively. Will Wolf came across in fourth but was docked 2 spots for deck height in tech, so that moved Jensen to fourth and VanZante to fifth. 

Next up on the speedway was the "Class Too Tough Too Tame" Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20-lap feature event. Garrett Corn led the first lap before Todd Reitzler took the lead on lap two when Corn slid off the top of turns three and four. The caution came out shortly after for Corn. Steve Meyer took the top spot on the restart and held off Reitzler and Michael Jaennette. The caution came out for the final time on lap six for Austin Kaplan. Meyer again held off Reitzler and Jaennette, and then later for eleventh-place starter Jimmy Gustin. Meyer went on to claim his first feature win of the season in Motown. Gustin, Jaennette, Reitzler, and twelfth-place starter Jeff Mueller rounded out the top five. 

Dallon Murty used the experience of just running the Stock Cars to grab the top spot in the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Friesen Performance Modifieds 20-lap feature event for $1,000 to win. Murty fended off Todd Shute early before pulling away slightly, when Murty began to encounter lap traffic that allowed Shute to reel him back in. Murty and Shute traded sliders, with Murty maintaining the race lead at the start-finish line. Murty held on to claim the victory. Shute finished second, Johnathon Logue came home third, Joel Rust came in fourth, and Izac Mallicoat came in fifth. 

The Cappy's Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks lived up to the name of the "Wild Thing" Hobby Stocks in their 20-lap feature event. The initial start was called off when Derrick McNeece jumped the start and Kale Hemsley spun in turn four. Chad Legere grabbed the top spot on the restart, fending off Dustin Filloon, but shortly after lap one was scored, the caution came out for Chad Rickett Jr. in turn four. Legere maintained the lead on the restart, but again, a caution came out shortly after on lap two when McNeece spun in turn four. Another caution on lap four for Aidan Lamasters going off the top of turn two. Legere continued to lead until "Flyin' Fireman" Calvin Dhondt worked his way from tenth to the top three using a line nobody else was running. Dhondt took the top spot away on lap six, then checked out of the field. The only thing appearing to slow him down was the lap traffic until a caution came out, forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Dhondt held off Eric Knutson and Cory VanDerWilt, driving Bradly Graham's backup, on the restart to go on and take his third win in Motown this season. Knutson, VanDerWilt, Solomon Bennett, and Bradly Graham rounded out the top five. 

The final feature of the night was the Hy-Vee of Marshalltown IMCA Sport Compacts 15-lap feature event. David Kimmel led the first four laps before Hannibal, Missouri, driver Dyllan Bonk took the top spot away after a three-car battle between Kimmel, Bonk, and Mitchell Bunch. Bonk pulled away and took the easy victory. Devin Jones came home second, Michael Gardner came home third, Kimmel was fourth, and Cristian Grady came home fifth. 

Next Friday night at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway, the IMCA Modifieds will be $1,000 to win again on Midwest Liquid Systems Night. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Mod Lites, and IMCA Sport Compacts round out the card. 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

P&D Welding Solutions & 1-800 BETS OFF Night

Friday June 14th, 2024

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

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 3. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 4. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 5. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 6. 77T Tripp Gaylord (Lakewood, Colo.); 7. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 8. 28 Trevor Fitz (Camarillo, Calif.); 9. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 10. 11XX Kyle Heckman (Bakersfield, Calif.); 11. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 12. 12LF Jonathan Mawhinney (Las Vegas, Nev.); 13. B24 Owen Barnhill (Milton, Fla.); 14. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (LaPorte City); 15. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 16. 5G Gat Leytham (Garwin); 17. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 18. 12 Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 19. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 20. 56K Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 21. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1.  Nagle; 2. McBirnie; 3. Rust; 4. Heckman; 5. Gaylord; 6. Simatovich; 7. Leytham.
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Shute; 2. Mallicoat; 3. Murty; 4. Fitz; 5. Mawhinney; 6. Lopez; 7. Kroening. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1.  Logue; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Rawlins; 4. Brown; 5. Clement; 6. Barnhill; 7. Ramsey. 

P&D Welding Solutions Structural Shootout

Round 1 - Quarterfinal 1 (3 Laps): 1. Mallicoat; 2. Gaylord; 3. Rawlins; 4. Nagle.

Round 1 - Quarterfinal 2 (3 Laps): 1. Shute; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Heckman; DNS Leytham.

Round 1 - Quarterfinal 3 (3 Laps): 1. Rust; 2. Logue; 3. Simatovich; 4. Fitz.

Round 1 - Quarterfinal 4 (3 Laps): 1. McBirnie; 2. Murty; 3. Brown; 4. Clement

Round 2 - Semifinal 1 (3 Laps): 1. Mallicoat; 2. Gaylord; 3. Shute; 4. Lauritzen. 

Round 2 - Semifinal 2 (3 Laps): 1. Rust; 2. McBirnie; 3. Logue; 4. Murty. 

Final Round (3 Laps): 1. McBirnie; 2. Gaylord; 3. Rust; 4. Mallicoat. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 4. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 5. 77M Jeff Mueller (Boone); 6. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montezuma); 7. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 8. 26J Justin Addison (Meadow Grove, Neb.); 9. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 10. 49 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 11. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 12. C29 Garrett Corn (Marshalltown); 13. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 14. 14X Austin Schrage (Knoxville); 15. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 16. 07 Chris Wilke (Urbandale); 17. 16B Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 18. A1A Austin Kaplan (Collins); 19. 9 Dylan Breeden (Gowrie); 20. 16 Austin Schuring (Laurel); 21. 60 Clayton Deppe (Kellogg); 22. 7p Shane Palmer (Huxley); 23. 28 Rhett Ehmen (Dike). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1.  Reitzler; 2. Mueller; 3. Wollam; 4. Meyer; 5. Kaplan; 6. Ehmen; 7. Palmer; DQ Wilke. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Murty; 2. Pickett; 3. Deppe; 4. DeJong; 5. Addison; 6. Anderson; 7. Olson; 8. Schuring.

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1.  Corn; 2. Jaennette; 3. Gustin; 4. Schrage; 5. Rice; 6. Byers; 7.  Breeden. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 3. 74 Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 4. 25 Jonathan Jensen (Norfolk, Neb.); 5. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 6. 68 Will Wolf (Grinnell); 7. 511 Keith Simmons (Truro); 8. 37 Rob Jennings (Boone); 9. 27K Zander Keeland (Bakersfield, Calif.); 10. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 11. 18 Josalyn Elmquist (Boone); 12. 2X Matt Avila (Boone); 13. 4A Aiden Gnat (Norfolk, Neb.); 14. 17 Kyle Free (Ogden); 15. 11K William Klosterman (Ackley); 16. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 17. 99S Sierra Rose Gary (Marshalltown); 18. 40HC Hunter Clement (Rhodes); 19. 28B Curt Smeins (Dike). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Vincent; 2. Carter; 3. Olson; 4. Jensen; 5. Wolf; 6. Jennings; 7. Clement; 8. Simmons; 9. Gary; 10. Lathrop. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Elmquist; 2. Avila; 3. Smeins; 4. Gustin; 5. Keeland; 6. Van Zante; 7. Klosterman; 8. Free; 9. Gnat. 

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

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  69 Clalvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 2. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 3. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 4. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 5. 2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 6. 3 David McCalla (Cedar Rapids); 7. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 8. 51X Dustin Filloon (Tama); 9. 9C Colby Christensen (Audubon); 10. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 11. 9L Logan Andrews (Marshalltown); 12. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 13. 48 Derrick McNeece (Eldora); 14. 26C Chad Clubine (Janesville); 15. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 16. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 17. 7X Clayton Sogge (State Center); 18. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny); 19. 17T Aidan Lamasters (Marshalltown); 20. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); 21. 53 Travis Koester (Glencoe, Minn.); 22. 7 Brayden Fahrni (Marshalltown); 23. 27 Brad Graham (Brooklyn); 24. 54 Blake Stevens (Guernsey); 25. 88H Kale Hemsley (Sigourney); 26. 59JR Chad Rickett Jr (Marshalltown); 27. 28 Michael Cheney (Deep River). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1.  Brad Graham; 2. Bennett; 3. Dhondt; 4. Briar Kriegel; 5. Andrews; 6. Newhouse; 7. Christensen; 8. Stevens; 9. Lamasters. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Knutson; 2. McCalla; 3. West; 4. McNeece; 5. Fahrni; 6. VanDerWilt; 7. DeZwarte; 8. Rickett Jr; 9. Cheney. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1.  Hemsley; 2. Bradly Graham; 3. Filloon; 4. Legere; 5. Koester; 6. Sogge; 7. Clubine; 8. Peck; 9. Nelson. 

IMCA STARS MOD LITES
presented by Knight Sanitation 

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  99 Josh May (Des Moines); 2. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 3. 47 Cory Sonner (Polk City); 4. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 5. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville0; 6. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 7. 8N William Nobles (West Des Moines); 8. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 9. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (Pleasant Hill); 10. 9 Garrison Anderson (Huxley); 11. 96 Dillon Bush (Mil0); 12. 5G Tracen Glick (Madrid); 13. 44 Garrett Barber (Nevada); 14. 2G Grant Anderson (Huxley). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1.  Sonner; 2. Joe Glick; 3. Eischeid; 4. May; 5. Garrison Anderson; 6. Nobles; 7. Barber. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Padilla; 2. George; 3. Compart; 4. Ladurini; 5. Bush; 6. Tracen Glick; 7. Grant Anderson. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Hy-Vee of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  2B Dyllan Bonk (Hannibal, Mo.); 2. 7 Devin Jones (Mason City); 3. 46 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 4. 33K David Kimmel (New Virginia); 5. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 6. 87C Jay Crabill (Cedar Rapids); 7. 61F Tyler Fiebelkorn (Stuart); 8. 21 Corwyn Whisler (Des Moines); 9. 8A Anthony Clark (Omaha, Neb.); 10. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 11. 22C Jeremy Williams (Oskaloosa); 12. 75K Kaiden Gosselink (Grinnell); 13. 46J Larry Werner (Tama); 14. 32 Marcus Nece (Altoona); 15. 83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines); 16. 83 Cejay Whisler (Des Moines); 17. 33W Wyatt Routh (Norwalk); DNS 13 Conner Adkins (Grinnell); DNS M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); DNS 99 Henry Dieleman (Marshalltown). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1.  Grady; 2. Gosselink; 3. Williams; 4. Crabill; 5. Cejay Whisler; 6. Gardner; 7. Masterson; 8. Adkins; 9. Routh; 10. Smith. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Bunch; 2. Kimmel; 3. Bonk; 4. Clark; 5. Jones; 6. Corwyn Whisler; 7. Fiebelkorn; 8. Werner; 9. Nece; 10. Dieleman.