It was a WINDY night at the Marshalltown Speedway but it was DRY and for the first time since April 8th, the show went on.
The Dwarf/Mod Lite's were the first on the docket to run their A main event. Fifteen laps later, it was the familiar #99 of Josh May taking the checkers. May took the Frostbuster back on April 1st, and was back in Victory Lane tonight. Mike Morrill chased May most of the race and though he was trying to reel him in, it just wasn't in the cards for this night and Morrill had to settle for second. Third went to Joel Huggins, fourth to Andy Hennigar and rounding out the top five was Randy Bryan.
The IMCA Northern SportMods were the only class requiring a consy race to fill in their starting 24-car feature. That B main was won by Kyle Brown. By the halfway mark of the 15-lap feature, Newton driver, Jake Strayer was in command with Racer Hulin trailing him. Joel Rust would slip by Hulin before the checkers, with Strayer taking the win, Rust in second, Hulin in third, Oskaloosa driver Cayden Carter in fourth, and fifth was Austin Lucas. Kyle Brown came from qualifying through the B, to take the sixth spot.
The dust pretty well settled by the end of the SportMod feature, leaving the stock cars with a clearer view around the track. Jay Schmidt rocketed to the lead from the front row starting spot and was looking to dominate. However, a slip off the topside later when he was doing battle with Steve Meyer and Trent Murphy, ended that quest. He did recover and re-entered the track but lost many positions. The race was then between Murphy and Meyer with Murphy running the low-line and Meyer trying the outside. The race would conclude with a green-white-checkered finish due to a spinning car and Murphy came home with the win, pulling away a bit from the #94 of Meyer. Following Meyer who took second, was Tracy Gienger for third, Damon Murty in fourth and fifth went to "The Pink Panther" (the character is on his car...as well as pink on the car) Michael Jaennette. Jaennette has been campaigning for donations to help out a Garwin family who recently lost their home in a fire and who are race fans. We had seen a clip on television station KCCI. It's always nice to hear some good publicity about the racing community and our hats are off to Jaennette for this good deed.
The IMCA modified feature saw an impressive run by the 2L of Adam Larson. Larson started 14th on the field and as he exclaimed in Victory Lane, "when you can pass the likes of Jimmy and Richie Gustin, it's a good night and the car is running right". Larson chose the low-line of the track and Gustin was liking the high-line but Larson prevailed to take the win. Jimmy Gustin had to be content for second, and Richie Gustin, third. Fourth was Todd Conrad who had done battle with all three, and Jon Snyder took fifth.
The night drew to a conclusion with the running of the IMCA hobby stock 12-lap feature. The battle was between Michael Vibbard, Eric Knutson and Michael Murphy for most of the race. In the end, it would be Eric Knutson winning the hard-fought contest and taking the win over Michael Murphy in second. Vibbard followed Murphy to take the third spot, fourth went to Kevin Fee who had been the winner in the Frostbuster and the opening regular season night, and fifth went to the #3 of Matt Hudspeth. It was a wild conclusion at the finish line with cars going every which way, so after fifth place, it was a free-for-all.
Racing concluded a bit before 10 p.m. Fans were more comfortable this week with temperatures warmer, though not WARM by any means. We were buffeted a lot by the strong winds, but luckily for us, they were coming from behind the grandstands. For the full results, check www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Racing resumes next week at the high banked 1/4-mile track, with racing scheduled to commence at 7:30. Happy racing!
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