Thornton, Kaplan, Avila, Graham, Masengarb, and Bunch Win on Xtream by Mediacom Night in Motown

The Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown roared back to life on Friday night after taking the week off, thanks to Mother Nature. Friday night was Xtream by Mediacom Night at the Races, and fans had the option to buy a package deal and take a helicopter ride over the race track from our friends at Iron Horse Aviation. 

One hundred thirty-four cars signed in to tame the high-banked quarter-mile Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway for Xtream by Mediacom Night at the races. Racing action was exciting all night long, and the final checkered flag was waived at 10:32 p.m. 

Apparently, Mother Nature left some lightining damage as the lights were fixed during the afternoon to be able to race, but the PA system in both the grandstands and pits was affected as well. Those problems were not found until they were turned on last night. Unfortunately, it meant people had to listen through the MyRacePass app or watch the live stream on FloRacing. 

The first feature of the night was the Knight Santiation IMCA STARS Mod Lites 15-lap feature event but before a single lap was scored in the books, the cautions came out when Taylor Pollock and Doug Pollock spin in turn one. Jason Masengarb grabbed the top top on the restart but fended off several challenges from Charlie Brown before pulling away ever so slightly. Brown had to contend with Cory Sonner and eleventh-place starter Joe Padilla but held them off until lap traffic slowed the top two down. Masengarb held on to take the feature win. Padilla took second away from Brown with two laps to go, Brown finished third. Sonner and thirteenth place starter Randy Bryan finished fourth and fifth respectively. 

"Ricky Bobby" Mitchell Bunch out wrestled Curtis Masterson for the race lead in the Hy-Vee of Marshalltown IMCA Sport Compacts 15-lap feature event. Bunch pulled away from the field as the battle behind heated up between Masterson, Jeremy Williams and nineth-place starter Cristian Grady. Bunch went on to take his fourth win of the season in Motown. Grady finished second, Michael Gardner worked his way from eighth to finish third. Williams came home in fourth and tenth place starter Dyllan Bonk from Hannibal, Missouri came home in fifth. 

Up next was the Cappy's Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Hobby Stocks 20-lap feature event. Kale Hemsley grabbed the top spot early but received constant pressure from Brad Graham. Brad Graham took the spot away briefly on lap five before he had a tire go down, forcing him to drop back; that gave the lead back to Hemsley. The caution came out shortly after when Brandon Schaer spun on the front stretch. Another caution came out on lap seven when around ten cars got together in the North 3rd Ave. Dairy Queen Turn 4. Hemsley held on to the top spot, but again another caution on lap eight for Brad Graham and Matt Nelson in turn one. Hemsley had to contend with Briar Kriegel and Eric Knutson on the restart. Knutson worked his way to the top spot on lap ten, but that was short-lived as he exited to the infield, giving back to Hemsley. Sam West, involved in the initial caution, worked his way back through and took the top spot on lap 13, but that was short-lived as he had a tire blow just past the flag stand as Bradly Graham worked his way by Hemsley for second. Bradly Graham took the top spot and held off Kriegel to take his second win in Motown. Kriegel, Hemsley, twelfth-place starter Eric Stanton, and twenty-seventh-place starter Braden Gifford rounded out the top five. 

Zander Keeland led the first two laps for the Rugged Radios IMCA Friesen Performance Northern Sport Mods 16-lap feature event. Matt Avila took the top spot away on lap three and pulled away. Eddie Ingram was in a battle with Jenae Gustin and Brayton Carter behind Avila as Keeland fell back after the caution lap four when Sierra Rose Gary was in turn one. Avila pulled away again on the restart, but the caution came out again on lap seven when Nick Minar spun in turn two. One more caution came out on lap ten when Gary spun again in turn two. Avila held off Carter, Kyle Olson, Gustin, and Will Wolf to take his second win of the season in Motown. Carter, Olson, Gustin, and Wolf rounded out the top five. 

The Drury Automotive and Truck Repair IMCA Stock Cars 20-lap feature event was next on the speedway. Austin Kaplan jumped out to the race lead quickly and pulled away. Kaplan had a full straight away wiped away when the caution came out on lap five for Tom Cannon in turn two. The initial restart on lap five saw the caution come out when Garrett Corn spun in turn two. Kaplan held off pressure from twelfth-place starter Jeff Mueller and tenth-place starter Michael Jaennette to go on to take the feature win. Mueller finished second, Jaennette was third, Maguire DeJong finished fourth, and eleventh-place starter Jimmy Gustin came home in fifth.

The final feature of the night was the Tire Demon by Love Tap IMCA Friesen Performance Modifieds 20-lap feature event. Jacob Murray led the first eight laps before Dylan Thornton worked his way through the field. Thornton took the top spot away on lap nine and never looked back. Thornton went on to take his first win in Motown in 2024. Zack Rawlins came home in second, thirteenth-place starter Zack VanderBeek finished third, Todd Shute was fourth, and Dallon Murty was in fifth. 

Next week, the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway moves up a night for KIX101.1 Thursday Night Thunder at the Central Iowa Fair, featuring $1,000 to win IMCA Stock Cars. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA Mod Lites, 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. 

Then on Saturday, during the Central Iowa Fair, there will be the Redneck Rally Race presented by J&M Fabrication. Front-wheel drive, real-wheel drive, trucks, and SUVs's classes. Candy Dash for the Kids. Pits open at 12 p.m.; grandstands at 2:30 p.m.; racing at 3:30 p.m. Grandstands: adults $10; kids (6–12) $5; children (5 and under) free. Pit passes are $25, and the driver's entry fee is $25. 

Friday Night races return on Friday, July 19th, for Rumours Sports Bar & Grille Salute to Our Marshall County Law Enforcement, First Responder's, and EMT's Night. Then the following Friday will feature the Malvern Bank East-West Clash for the SLMR Late Models during the Dale DeFrance Memorial. 

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.

MARSHALLLTOWN SPEEDWAY 2024 TRACK SPONSORS: Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown (Buick, GMC, Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and Ram Dealer), Tire Demon by Love Tap, Drury Automotive & Truck Repair, Rugged Radios, Cappy's Big 8 Tyre Center, Knight Sanitation, Hy-Vee of Marshalltown, Fertilizer Equipment Specialists, Brian Doyle Farms, H&H Tiling Dozing & Excavating, Competition Motorsport, BeMobile / Verizon Wireless, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Schaeffer's Oil / Arnold Motor Supply, Availa Bank, Central State Bank,  Coors Light/Miller Lite (H&F Distributing), Fisher Trucking, Spot On Calibration & Repair, Local UAW 893 of Marshalltown, Independent Auto, RBF Electric, Mid-State Boring, KFJB 1230 AM-93.9 FM / KIX 101.1 (Trending Media), ELH Professional Power Washing, Velocita, Karl Chevrolet, Karl Kustoms, The Joie of Seating, Tom Cat Performance / Carolina Racing Supply, Elmquist Towing Co., Fast Shafts, Quick Performance, Victory Fuel, Your Life Iowa 1-800 BETS OFF, P&D Welding LLC, Untied Rentals, Martin Maretta, Grasshopper Kellogg Lawn & Snow, Stealth Racing,  Quick Car Racing Products,  J&M Fabrication, BW Outdoors / CAMP CHEF, La Carreta Mexican Grill,  Performance Bodies & Parts, Xtream by Mediacom, Hogeland Auto Plaza, Precision Ink Signs & Graphics, Toby K's Hideaway, North 3rd Ave Dairy Queen, Longacre Scales, Chevrolet Performance, Friesen Performance, Capital Signs, American Family Insurance - Ryan Timm, SUNOCO Race Fuels, Minute Man Printing, Abilene Race Rads, 25 Club Members, D&E Outdoor Services, VESSCO Inc., Dirt Defender. 

Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway

Marshalltown, Iowa

Xtream by Mediacom Night

Friday July 5th, 2024

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

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.   38T Dylan Thornton (Orcutt, Calif.); 2. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 3. 33Z Zack VanderBeek (New Sharon); 4. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 5. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 7. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 8. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 9. 10K Ronn Laurtizen (La Porte City); 10. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 11. B24 Owen Barnhill (Milton, Fla.); 12. 88 Matt Crafton (Mooresville, N.C.); 13. 12LF Jonathan Mawhinney (Las Vegas, Nev.); 14. 12 Bret Ramsey (Waterloo); 15. 47 Jason Hyderdall (Shakopee, Minn.); 16. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 17. 5J Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 18. 29T Trystin Belthuis (Dysart); 19. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 20. 28 Trevor Fitz (Camarillo, Calif.); 21. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 22. 24 Shane Mills (Redmond, Ore.); 23. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 24. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Murty; 2. Shute; 3. Brown; 4. Thornton; 5. VanderBeek; 6. Simatovich; 7. Mills; 8. Clement. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Murray; 2. Rawlins; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Maitland; 5. Mawhinney; 6. Fitz; 7. Nagle; 8. Belthuis.

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1.  McBirnie; 2. Lopez; 3. Barnhill; 4. Ramsey; 5. Hyerdall; 6. Moore; 7. Crafton; 8. Morehouse. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  A1A Austin Kaplan (Collins); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Boone); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 4. 30M Maguire DeJong (Montzeuma); 5. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 12N Gage Neal (Anamosa); 7. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 8. I-80 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 9. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 10. 105 Sheldon Oberle (Battleground, Ind.); 11. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 12. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 13. 49 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 14. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 15. 7D Dakoda Sellers (Vinton); 16. 60 Clayton Deppe (Kellogg); 17. 93L Blake Lehman (Winterset); 18. C29 Garrett Corn (Marshalltown); 19. 32C Tom Cannon (West Branch); 20. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 21. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 22. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 23. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 24. 64X Paul Nagle (Nevada). 

B Feature (10 Laps) : 1. Anderson; 2. Lehman; 3. Deppe; 4. Vanous; 5. 25J Danny Cavanagh (Blanchard, Okla.); 6. 511 Keith Simmons (Truro); 7. 16B Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 8. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 9. 37 Kylie Rawlins (Kellogg); 10. 52W Weston Koop (Rockwell); 11. 16 Austin Schuring (Laurel); DNS 64 Jack Vincent (Nevada). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Jaennette; 2. Corn; 3. Olson; 4. Cannon; 5. Oberle; 6. Cavanagh; 7. Anderson; 8. Vincent.
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Gustin; 2. Reynolds; 3. Nagle; 4. Rice; 5. Schrage; 6. Lehman; 7. Byers; 8. Koop.

Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1.  Murty; 2. Mueller; 3. Pickett; 4. Solum; 5. Sellers; 6. Deppe; 7. Rawlins; 8. Vanous. 
Heat 4 (8 Laps) : 1. Kaplan; 2. DeJong; 3. Meyer; 4. Neal; 5. Wroten; 6. Simmons; 7. Rose; 8. Schuring. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Rugged Radios & Friesen Performance

A Feature (16 Laps) : 1.  2X Matt Avila (Boone); 2. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 68 Will Wolf (Grinnell); 6. 54 Eddie Ingram (Kansas City, Kan.); 7. 27K Zander Keeland (Bakersfield, Calif.); 8. 37 Rob Jennings (Boone); 9. 23M Matt Speiss (Jefferson City, Mo.); 10. 68M Nick Minar (Craig); 11. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 12. 40HC Hunter Clement (Rhodes); 13. 99S Sierra Rose Gary (Marshalltown). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps) : 1. Gustin; 2. Avila; 3. Carter; 4. Wolf; 5. Lathrop; 6. Clement; 7. Gary.
Heat 2 (7 Laps) : 1. Olson; 2. Ingram; 3. Keeland; 4. Jennings; 5. Minar; 6. Speiss. 

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

A Feature (20 Laps) : 1.  2G Bradly Graham (Victor); 2. 17K Briar Kriegel (Brooklyn); 3. 88H Kale Hemsley (Sigourney); 4. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 5. 22B Braden Gifford (Boone); 6. 55X Corey VanDerWilt (Lynnville); 7. 14L Lucas Smith (Iowa Falls); 8. 9 Kolby Sabin (Des Moines); 9. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 10. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center); 11. 47 Darin DeZwarte (Knoxville); 12. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 13. 7X Clayton Sogge (State Center); 14. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 15. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 16. 47SW Sam West (Ferguson); 17. 48 Derrick McNeece (Eldora); 18. 7 Brayden Fahrni (Marshalltown); 19. 59JR Chad Rickett Jr (Marshalltown); 20. 17T Aidan Lamasters (Marshalltown); 21. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 22. 27 Brad Graham (Brooklyn); 23. 5K Jeremy True (Rudd); 24. 27X Brandon Schaer (Clear Lake); 25. 83X Justin Frederick (Cleghorn); 26. 26X Connor Clubine (Janesville); 27. A24 Nicholas Adams (Emmetsburg); DNS 18A Aaron Elliott (Boone). 

Heat 1 (7 Laps) : 1.  Hemsley; 2. West; 3. Stanton; 4. Knutson; 5. VanDerWilt; 6. Nelson; 7. Adams; 8. Schaer; 9. Lamasters; 10. Peck.
Heat 2 (7 Laps) : 1. Bradly Graham; 2. Rickett; 3. Fahrni; 4. Bennett; 5. Frederick; 6. DeZwarte; 7. Smith; 8. Elliott; 9. Newhouse. 

Heat 3 (7 Laps) : 1. Brad Graham; 2. Dhondt; 3. Kriegel; 4. McNeece; 5. Clubine; 6. Sabin; 7. Sogge; 8. True; 9. Gifford. 

IMCA STARS MOD LITES
presented by Knight Sanitation 

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  49 Jason Masengarb (Colona, Ill.); 2. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 3. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 4. 47 Cory Sonner (Polk City); 5. 48G Randy Bryan (Ames); 6. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 7. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 8. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 9. 4 Cliff Barber (Nevada); 10. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 11. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 12. 75 Justin Raffurty (Kearney, Mo.); 13. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 14. 5G Tracen Glick (Madrid); 15. 8N William Nobles (West Des Moines); 16. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (Pleasant Hill); 17. 04 Zach Christopher (Holt, Mo.); 18. 55 Jaxon Carr (Des Moines); 19. 14X Taylor Pollock (Prague, Neb.); 20. 4D Doug Pollock (Tekamah, Neb.); 21. 21 Scott Bailey (Carlisle). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1.  Sonner; 2. Joe Glick; 3. May; 4. Barber; 5. Bryan; 6. Ladurini; 7. Taylor Pollock. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Brown; 2. Zehm; 3. Bailey; 4. Compart; 5. Tracen Glick; 6. Doug Pollock; 7. Christopher.

Heat 3 (6 Laps) : 1. Masengarb; 2. Padilla; 3. Eischeid; 4. George; 5. Raffurty; 6. Nobles; 7. Carr. 

IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
presented by Hy-Vee of Marshalltown

A Feature (15 Laps) : 1.  83B Mitchell Bunch (Des Moines); 2. 89 Cristian Grady (Cedar Rapids); 3. 46 Michael Gardner (Des Moines); 4. 22C Jeremy Williams (Oskaloosa); 5. 2B Dyllan Bonk (Hannibal, Mo.); 6. 31D Blake Driscol (Dysart); 7. 33K David Kimmel (New Virginia); 8. 21 Corwyn Whisler (Des Moines); 9. 16 Curtis Masterson (New Virginia); 10. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 11. 87T Campbell Tressler (Cedar Falls); 12. M80 Mark Smith (Huxley); 13. 75K Kaiden Gosselink (Grinnell); 14. 34 Scott Henneman (Villisca); 15. 10 Kinzer Jaennette (Tama); DNS 7K Kord Sellers (Vinton). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps) : 1. Bunch; 2. Grady; 3. Kimmel; 4. Gill; 5. Whisler; 6. Smith; 7. Sellers; 8. Henneman.
Heat 2 (6 Laps) : 1. Driscol; 2. Bonk; 3. Williams; 4. Gardner; 5. Masterson; 6. Tressler; 7. Gosselink.