Marshalltown Speedway's 3rd annual Havoc on the High Banks saw good car counts and the fans enjoyed good racing and great weather as well. Three drivers would visit victory lane two nights in a row as Darin Duffy, Kevin Sather and Bill Bonnett made clean sweeps.
Friday night the modified feature looked to be having track champion Jimmy Gustin adding another win to his season, but late in the feature while leading, he developed a problem in turn two. This slowed his momentum allowing Darin Duffy to take advantage of Gustin's misfortune and he slipped by and into the lead, maintaining it to the checkers. Max Corporon, coming off of a great run at the IMCA Super Nationals, came home in second, Scott Hogan was third, fourth went to Jon Snyder and rounding out the top five was Jay Schmidt. Duffy told announcer Denny Grabenbauer, this was his first ever win at the speedway. Duffy's luck would continue on Saturday night as he drew the pole starting position and led the entire race to post his second win at the track. Jimmy Gustin tried his best to catch him as he chased Duffy the entire race, but had to settle for second. Third place finisher, David Murray from Oberlin, Kansas, put on quite the show as he started 20th and made the slick, rubbered-over track work for him. Adam Larson came from 18th to garner fourth and Jon Snyder took fifth.
Another back-to-back winner for the weekend was Kevin Sather in the Northern SportMods. Friday, Sather started back in 13th spot to make his way up for the win. He passed leader Andy Tiernan who was second, third was Sather's cousin Austin Kaplan, fourth went to Jake Strayer and fifth was Brad Iverson. On Saturday, Sather was up for the challenge again as he started 11th. Roland, Iowa's Matt Lettow led the race until just a few laps remained and a caution flag flew. Sather, who had made his way up through the pack and into second, took that opportunity to get past Lettow after the restart and got his second win of the weekend. Making a great effort at the finish line to pass Lettow and take second, was Zack Rawlins. Lettow was third, fourth went to Kyle Brown who came from 15th and fifth went to Brad Iverson.
Friday's IMCA stock car feature saw a very familiar face in victory lane as Dustin Smith took the win; one of many he saw this season at Marshalltown. Steve Meyer chased Smith to the finish line to take second, third was Dusty Vis, Phil Holtz, driving the 56T of Justin Temeyer, was fourth, and fifth went to Marshalltown's own Jeff Wollam. The following night, Meyer upped his
Friday's finish by getting into the winner's circle. Meyer led the entire feature event as Damon Murty chased him for most of the laps. Third went to Friday's winner, Dustin Smith, fourth to Jeff Wollam and fifth to Kevin Rose.
The Dwarf/Mod Lites competed both nights of the Havoc as well. All of the young fans were happy to see Mike Morrill win on Friday night. They were all hoping to be the recipient of the trophy which Morrill always gives away, as he did once again, to a happy youngster. Second place went to Andy Hennigar, third to Randy Bryan, fourth to Dusty Masolini and fifth to Josh May.
Saturday's feature saw Hennigar and Morrill swap the finishing order. Andy Hennigar led from half-way to take the checkers as Morrill took second. Joel Huggins, an early leader, came home in third, fourth was Matthew Goodin, and fifth went to Mike Kennedy.
The IMCA hobby stocks saw Bill Bonnett, who had also never won at Marshalltown, take two wins in as many nights. He exclaimed in post-race interview, that he loved the smooth and fast track which provided three-wide racing during the feature event. Bonnett started back in 8th spot on Friday and pulled away after getting the lead. Pete Hutzel would follow in second but we understand that he was dq'd in tech, giving second place over to Kenny Loftus. Scored in third was Michael Murphy, fourth was Nick Murty and fifth was Todd Reitzler. Saturday's feature found Bonnett sitting on the pole and from there, he never looked back. Rob Allison in the 12A car finished second, third went to local Dustin Elliott, fourth to visiting Nebraska racer, Cory Cruzan, and fifth to Pete Hutzel.
The Karl's Chevrolet Dirt Trucks were an added attraction to the program on Saturday night. Bret Moyer took the feature win over his father Carl Moyer, third was Ed Nelson, fourth to KGGO's Lou Sipolt and fifth to Bryan Nevins, Jr.
One more race remains for the Marshalltown Speedway when on Sunday, September 27th, the modifieds will go "topless". All other regular classes will also be on the ticket as well as the Dirt Trucks. Racing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Check their website for further details at http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/. Happy racing!
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