The Marshalltown Speedway provided an action packed night, though at times, it seemed to be one of those full moon nights...without a full moon shining! Two classes would see repeat winners from last week and a time limit would be needed in the SportMod Class.
The usual first class to run their main event was the Dwarf/Mod Lites. After numerous yellows flying throughout the race, Josh May endured to come home the winner. Tim Hennigar pulled close behind May in an attempt to make the pass, but would have to settle for second. Third went to Dusty Masolini, fourth to Mike Kennedy and fifth to point leader, Mike Morrill.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature took four attempts for a start before it continued green. The contest was plagued with cautions and would eventually be under a time limit restriction. As often happens, the race did then continue to the green flag. A driver who has been very successful of late, Scott Davis, took his car back to the winner's circle as he repeated a win from the previous week. Nick Roberts came across the line in second place and third would go to Jason Severence. Eric Flander took fourth but had to qualify for the feature through a B main. Flander is the current point leader with Scott Davis narrowing that lead. Rounding out the top five on the night was Gaitlin Leytham.
The IMCA Stock Cars were up next for their 18-lap feature. Steve Meyer got to the front quickly with Trevor Titus chasing him. An unfortunate spin by Titus mixed up the pack when the green flew after the restart, putting point leader Trent Murphy to start behind leader Meyer. However, Dustin Smith was coming fast from starting at the tail to put his 85 into contention for a top spot and not surprisingly, would soon take over the number one spot. Smith would see the checkers flying first, Steve Meyer kept second, Trent Murphy was third, and fourth went to The Flyin' Farmer, Rick Brown.
The IMCA modifieds were running for $500 to win tonight and $100 to start. However, a slight twist was also thrown in by promoter Toby Kruse. Kruse had challenged any driver who had qualified for the previous night's Harris Clash A main and could win tonight, they would take home $1,000. By our records, several drivers would have that chance as Richie Gustin (winner of the Harris Clash) Jay Schmidt, Mike O'Lear, David Brown and visitor Chris Abelson were in attendance. We noted another Marshalltown Speedway frequent competitor who would have been in that category, Vern Jackson, was not racing on the night...no doubt due to damage received at the conclusion of the Clash.
Brett Ladehoff raced to the lead at the start of the race but with just four laps down, here came Richie Gustin! Gustin led at lap four--after starting back in row five-- and was looking for that $1,000 paycheck! Gustin put some distance between himself and Ladehoff as he ran the topside. With just a handful of laps left, Ladehoff began to catch the leader and the duel was on!
Ladehoff was able to make that winning pass on Gustin with a lap to go, repeating his win from last week. The fans definitely got their money's worth from that race! With Ladehoff and Richie Gustin putting on such a show up front, Jimmy Gustin had been reeling in the leaders but time ran out and he was scored in third. Fourth went to Jon Snyder and fifth to visiting Chris Abelson from Sioux City.
After the modified race had pretty much left everyone breathless....the final feature, the IMCA Hobby Stocks, pulled onto the track. Vince Buchholz led all but that final important lap as Devin Smith made the pass into the lead and come home with the win. Buchholz had to settle for second after running a fine race, third went to Dustin Filloon, fourth to Todd Reitzler and fifth to Newton's Josh Saunders in his bright yellow ride.
Make plans to attend the Marshalltown Speedway this coming Friday night for another exciting night of entertainment when all classes will again be on the docket. For full results and other information pertaining to the the track, check out www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
No comments:
Post a Comment