This past Friday night found unseasonably chilly temperatures and yet again, overcast skies at the Marshalltown Speedway. This time the skies did not produce any "liquid sunshine" and racing went on as scheduled. Coats and blankets were needed for the unusual mid-July temperatures however! It was Aaron's night at the track along with the Central Iowa Fair activities on the grounds. The night's action would see repeat winners in victory lane and one first timer.
The first feature to hit the highbanks of Marshalltown Speedway was the Dwarf/Mod Lite cars. Joel Huggins leaped to the point position from his outside front row starting spot. Johnny Mordock, the Creston, Iowa driver who makes his way up to race at the track each week, made his way to second spot and tried to chase down the X50 of Huggins. Coming from well back in the pack was Tim Hennigar and Mike Morrill, but laps ran out and at the checkers it would be Joel Huggins taking the win, Mordock in second, Hennigar for third, Morrill in fourth and rounding out the top five was James May. This was Huggins first ever win at the Marshalltown Speedway. Congratulations go out to him.
The IMCA Northern SportMods had 27 cars on hand for the evening. A B Main won by Neil Follett, whittled the starting A feature to 24. Early leader was Paul Nagle as Joel Rust chased him with Brad Iverson right behind Rust. It would be two very successful drivers; Scott Davis and Kevin Sather, making their way through the field to put themselves in contention up front.
With Nagle still holding the lead, Davis would overtake and pass him coming to the white flag and go home to another win. Nagle was second, Brad Iverson third, Kevin Sather fourth and Geoff Olson took fifth.
The IMCA stock cars had 20 of the 21 cars on hand, start the feature. The 60 of Clay Deppe had finished second in his heat race, but appeared to have the rearend lock up in turn two after he took the checkered flag. He was towed from the track and did not start the feature. Rookie Trevor Titus was the pole sitter along side Rob Schneider. Schneider led the race early but it was the familiar cars of Trent Murphy and Dustin Smith making their way to the front with just a couple of laps completed. Both Murphy and Smith made the pass on Schneider and the "Dilly Bar Special" car of local driver Jeff Wollam threw himself into the mix as he took over third position. Murphy and Smith would do battle the remainder of the race but as the checkers flew, Murphy kept the top spot and went home to the win. Smith was second, Jeff Wollam took third, Rob Schneider was fourth, and Dave Atcher came from well back in the field to take fifth. This was Murphy's second win of the season.
The modified feature found Scott Hogan jumping to the number one position and leading the field as Kyle Krampe chased him. Meanwhile, Adam Larson was making his way through the field and running Hogan down. After a yellow flag at 8 laps down, Larson would make the pass on Hogan, who then was also passed by Jay Schmidt. Larson would cling to the bottom of the track where he told us he was trying to get a bit of moisture, as John Logue decided to try the topside and appeared to be flying. Logue then seemed to have his line go away as he fell back, but the 69X of Jon Snyder found a way to make his way into second position past Schmidt. At the finish line, it was Adam Larson taking his fifth win of the season at the track, Snyder maintained second, Jay Schmidt with a good finish in third, Scott Hogan was fourth and Kyle Krampe was fifth.
The IMCA hobby stocks had more than a full field of cars start the final A Main feature of the night. With just five laps down, Todd Reizler would put his car on the topside of the track and take the number one spot away from the 7B of Eric Stanton. When the final checkered flag flew, Reitzler would take the win, Stanton kept second, the B00K car of Dylan Book came home third, Eric Knutson was fourth, and Brandon Pruitt was fifth.
A final event for the night was the Northern SportMod "Gambler" contest. Seven drivers had chosen to throw $25 each into the pot and winner would take all. After the scheduled 8 lap race, it would be Scott Davis taking home the extra money to add to his winnings from the A feature.
Paul Nagle was second, Kyle Brown third, Scott Olson was fourth and Shawn Hunter was fifth. Joel Bushore and Tom Burke did not finish the race.
Next week will be Hogeland Auto Plaza Kid's Night at the races. Make plans to bring the kids out for the fun and to see "Mater" the tow truck.
Happy racing!
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