It was Friday and the weather was putting a question into many people's minds again if the show at Marshalltown Speedway was going to be able to run. With showers and overcast skies lasting in our area well past noon, we were also having our doubts. Thankfully, it cleared earlier at Marshalltown and with the sun shining and the winds brisk, the track dried beautifully. It also produced two-three wide racing all night long. Fun for the drivers and for the fans. The evening felt more like a crisp fall night, but the racing was hot. The program brought a first time ever winner, a first for the year winner, and several repeat winners.
A nostalgia class saw eight "cars of yesteryear" put on a contest that brought back memories of years gone by. The winner of that race was Wade Russell who had first raced at the Marshalltown track back in 1986 in a late model class. His ride for the night was a 1940 Ford with a Chevy heartbeat.
The Dwarf/Mod Lites ran their feature next with winner Joel Huggins leading nearly the whole race. Huggins captured his 4th feature win of the season as he outpaced a rapidly approaching Tim Hennigar who had started dead last. Hennigar finished in the runner-up position ahead of Randy Bryan in third, Josh May in fourth and Johnny Mordock in fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods was won by Kevin Sather for the 9th time this season. Sather made his way to the front from well back in the field to score another win. Kyle Brown in the #21 led with five laps to go but Sather would make the pass a lap or two later after restarts, to seal the win. Brown had to settle for the runner-up spot, Scott Davis followed Sather through the pack to take third position, fourth was Brad Iverson and fifth went to Jake Strayer.
Twenty-three IMCA stock cars were on hand and all started their feature race. Rob Schneider put his 17s machine to the point early on and he would lead the rest of the way, scoring his first ever career win. Jeff Wollam made his way through the field to take the runner-up spot at the checkers. Dusty Vis scored third, fourth went to visiting driver Aaron Haggerty (who had spun earlier and had to tag the tail) and fifth and sixth went to Dustin Smith and Damon Murty, though I am not certain how they were scored. Murty was piloting Jay Schmidt's stock car for the night. Schneider said in victory circle that he had just tried to maintain his chosen high line though he knew cars were running close in lower lines. It paid off and he now has that first elusive win under his belt. Congratulations to Rob Schneider on his first win.
The modifieds were running for a $500 payoff plus a huge trophy on Custom Concrete night at the track. Brett Ladehoff and Kyle Krampe sat on the front row for the start with Ladehoff quickly getting the lead. Jay Schmidt had Ladehoff in his sights but the lead would stretch for the 12X even after restarts. Meanwhile, point leader Jimmy Gustin was battling for position with Schmidt and Adam Larson and was successful in taking over second. When the double checkers flew, Ladehoff snagged his first feature win of the year and Gustin settled for second. Third went to Adam Larson, fourth to Jay Schmidt and fifth to Ronn Lauritzen. Ladehoff was a happy camper in Victory Lane and was pleased with the performance of his newly acquired DirtWorks chassis ride.
The IMCA hobby stock feature saw the 27 of Clint Nelson lead the race from his pole starting position until lap nine when Michael Murphy made his way into the lead. Nelson would fall back a couple of positions as hard chargers, Todd Reitzler and Terry Shaffar battled past him. Taking the win for the second time this season was Michael Murphy, Terry Shaffar was second followed by Todd Reitzler in third, Clint Nelson held on for a fourth place finish, and fifth went to Jennifer Hulin.
A King of the Hill contest for the Dwarf/Mod-Lites capped the evening. Johnny Mordock outlasted Joel Huggins, Mike Morrill bested Josh May and Dusty Masolini beat Eric Hendrickson. In round two Mordock went up against Morrill and Morrill took the checkers. The championship round pitted Morrill against Masolini and Morrill would "take the crown" as the king of the event.
Next week see another regular season event at the speedway which will include another round of cars from the past with nostalgia racers bringing their '50-'60's cars to the track. Make plans to attend another exciting night at the Marshalltown Speedway. Happy racing.
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