It was certainly the exception for racing on Friday night at Marshalltown with temps in the low 90's, instead of the chilly and damp weather we've endured in 2011. The winds were strong making for relief from the heat, but not helping the track conditions.
The Dwarf feature started the main events. Tim Hennigar would win his first feature of the year at Marshalltown, though no stranger from years past. Hennigar and Colby Oberembt battled for the lead during much of the race but Oberembt would be off the power with just a couple of laps to go, and exit the race. The familiar #6 of Mike Morrill would then be in the chase to catch Hennigar, but would have to settle for the runner up spot. Josh May made it up to third, Randy Bryan finished in fourth and Joel Huggins rounded out the top five.
It was enjoyable to see a new "old" face in victory lane in the SportMods. Dane Larson, son of Wayne and older brother to Adam, took the win in his #83 ride. Dane raced about a decade ago in the modifieds, and our most vivid memory of those days of racing was when he put his race car over and out of the old Eldora, Iowa's Greenbelt Speedway, in turn one. It was one spectacular incident!
Larson led nearly the entire feature event, fending off any challenges even after cautions and subsequent restarts. Larson took the win followed by Nick Roberts in the runner up spot, Kyle Brown in third, fourth went to Cayden Carter, and fifth to Tyler Droste. Wayne Larson joined his son in victory lane afterwards, and seemed pleased that his son had not only won the race, but had done so as Wayne had done so many times---hugging that bottom lane.
The IMCA stock car feature went to Donavon Smith for his first win of the year at Marshalltown. Smith started back in eleventh place and had made his way into third by lap three! It wasn't long thereafter, and Smith was in the lead, stretching it out, and taking the win. Steve Meyer, took the second place, Trent Murphy was third, followed by Curt Hook in fourth and Kevin Rose in fifth. It appeared that Jay Schmidt crossed for the fourth place,even after taking it over and out of the speedway between turns three and four earlier, and joining the tail of the field. Apparently, the lap he exited the track was scored...and not him, as he was missing...making him a lap down, and unless another yellow flew, could not make up that lap. This is our speculation only.
The 20-lap modified feature went flag-to-flag. Todd "Toddzilla" Shute led the entire contest putting his #5 ride out in front and gone! Adam Larson made his way into second from starting eighth on the field. Third went to Scott Simatovich, fourth to Jimmy Gustin and last week's winner, Jon Snyder finished in fifth.
The IMCA hobby stockers finished the show off with their 12-lap feature. Sully, Iowa driver, Donovan Nunnikhoven sailed to the finish for an easy win. Trailing a distance for second, was Gary Pfantz, Eric Knutson was third, fourth went to Gene Nicklas, and Brandon Pruitt took fifth.
Racing continues next week at the Marshalltown Speedway. Check www.marshalltownspeedway.com for information, schedule and full results.
Boone Speedway - 6-4-11
It was soccer night at the Boone Speedway and the kids enjoyed kicking around a huge soccer ball behind the grandstands during intermission. The fans enjoyed a great night of racing as well, as 121 cars checked through the gates. Tonight, no b-mains were required.
The Dwarf feature went to Josh May, who has been on a real hot streak this season. This was his fourth win at Boone in 2011. He has a least as many at the Marshalltown track this year. May passed Travis Stensland with about a handful of laps remaining and pulled away for the win. Stensland took the runner up spot in a nice run, Randy Bryant took third, followed by Charlie Brown in fourth and Matthew Goodin in fifth.
All 27 cars on hand started the feature for the IMCA Northern SportMods. You would have thought it was a full moon night with so many yellows flying in this race! So many so, that it would end under the allotted time limit at lap eleven. Randy Roberts was the recipient of the win as he led when that final fateful yellow under the time limit flew. Point leader Scott Davis was scored in second, third went to Tim Love, fourth to Daniel Tasler, and Racer Hulin was fifth.
The 20-lap A modified feature sent young, local driver, Joel Bushore to victory lane for his first win of the season. Jimmy Gustin came from row six to grab the runner up spot. Jake Durbin looked strong in taking the third place, fourth went to Randy Havlik and fifth to veteran driver from Grimes, Denny Rosenberg.
Enter the IMCA stock cars for their feature. The cars were running fast, furious, and multi-lanes wide, as often is the case in this popular class. Jerry Gifford was a determined man having had that first win elude him previously this year. Gifford led all but the first lap of the 18-lap race, to take his first win of 2011. Donavon Smith made it a close second place finish but time ran out for any more of a challenge. Third went to Robert Stofer, Jay Schmidt came from row six for finish fourth, and fifth went to Michael Jaennette.
The IMCA hobby stocks polished off the night's events with the running of their 12-lap feature. Eric Stanton took the easy win, pulling away from the pack. John Watson came home in the distant runner up spot, third went to Richard Yaw, fourth was Cory Adams and Michael Murphy was fifth.
As a note, raindrops did fall during and after the very first heat race of hobby stocks. Once again, the black sky went north and east and Boone Speedway had but a 10 minute delay at the most and we were back to racing. Full results are listed below this blog. Happy racing!
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