It was one of those traditionally hot and humid July nights at the Marshalltown Speedway last night. Whew! It was a welcome relief when the sun became low enough to dip below the tree line---bringing an immediate cooling to where we were in the grandstand. I noted 91 cars on hand and a couple of new faces made their way into the winner's circle for the 2011 season at Marshalltown.
The Mod Lite feature kicked off the features. A caution for an incident in turn one halted the action early, with one car, James May, ending up on his lid. He was okay.
As racing resumed, it was Charlie Brown, with those spooky clowns on the side of his car, spurting off into the lead. Brown held his lead the remainder of the race, taking his first win at the track this year. Colby Oberembt was unable to reel in the leader, and had to be content with the runner up spot. Third went to Mike Morrill, and Andy Hennigar took fourth and Joel Huggins, fifth.
The hobby stock feature had an incident on the frontstretch just as the green flag flew to start the race. This would eliminate a couple of cars before the real action ever got started. Two cars were unable to start the A feature and with the two being eliminated at the start, this would leave only ten cars to battle in the feature event. Kevin Fee pretty much had the race his way as he led most of the laps, and took his third win at the track this year, which includes the Frostbuster. Michael Murphy was pedaling hard, but was unable to be much of a threat and had to settle for second. Third went to Jake Nelson, fourth to Eric Knutson, and fifth to Jennifer Hulin.
The IMCA Northern SportMods had 27 cars in attendance, with three cars unable to start the main. The race was plagued with yellow flags flying at what seemed like, every turn! It appeared that Cayden Carter was on his way to yet another win. Carter, still leading at the white flag, would have Tyler Droste slip underneath him on that final lap, and snatch the win away....his first at Marshalltown. Carter was second, Scott Davis took third, Carter VandenBerg was fourth and Brad Iverson rounded out the top five.
The IMCA stock cars had cars running five-wide at times and in clusters. Andy Bryant left them fighting behind him for position as he led the field early. A few laps later, it was Marshalltown's own Jeff Wollam taking the lead--but wait--here came the "Chelsea Charger", Damon Murty on the topside! Murty ran the topside of the track and Wollam preferred the low side. Murty got that momentum going up top and took the lead and then the win, his second of the season. Wollam was runner up with point leader Michael Murphy in third. Fourth went to Tracy Gienger and Curt Hook was fifth.
The final feature, the IMCA modifieds, was dominated by Jon Snyder. This would be Snyder's fourth win. Ronn Lauritzen chased Snyder most of the race to snare a second place finish. A newcomer to the track this year, Dan Fetters, came from starting at the tail of the starting lineup, to have a great run and finish in third. Fourth went to first timer this year, though no stranger to the track, as Brett Ladehoff finished in fourth. Scott Simatovich rounded out the top five.
Full results and other information on the track may be found at www.marshalltownspeedway.com. It will be back to another regular night of racing at the track next week with hot laps 6:45 and racing at 7:30. Happy racing!
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