Two new drivers reached victory lane on Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway--coming out of the modified and stock car classes. The youngsters also enjoyed a race of their own as they "motored" down the frontstretch in their cardboard cruisers. The participants were delighted with the trophies they came away with.
The Mod Lite division ran their A main right after the cardboard cruiser competition was completed. Tim Hennigar wasted no time in getting to the front, grabbing the lead by lap two. Hennigar would lead the remainder of the race and win his third feature at the track for 2011. Josh May gave it his all, but only managed a close second place finish. Third went to Mike Morrill, fourth to Randy Bryan and James May rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks ran next. The beginning of the race found the #52 car of Josh Saunders shoved off of the backstretch, gathering weeds, and taking a bumpy ride. Saunders was able to gather the car back under him, and continue on, but many positions behind. Randy Embrey took the checkers in this 12-lap feature, leading the entire race. Kevin Fee chased Embrey and visitor Devin Smith came from tenth spot, to apply some pressure as well. At the finish, Fee followed Embrey to finish in second, Smith in third, Eric Knutson finished fourth and Michael Murphy in fifth. However, after a post-race tech, Embrey was disqualified for the engine being too light on his crate motor. This handed the win over to Kevin Fee and moved the other drivers all up a position as well. Fifth would then go to Eric Larson.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature had some great close racing up front. Brett Lowry led much of the race but the competition behind him drew closer and closer as Racer Hulin and Cayden Carter applied the pressure. The final couple of exciting laps found those three cars jockeying for position. On the final lap, Carter would make the pass and take the win, his sixth this year, while Lowry held on for a runner up finish and Racer Hulin finished in third. Fourth was Jenae Gustin and Scott Davis took fifth.
Steve Meyer came away with his first IMCA Stock Car feature win of the year. Meyer led the entire race but what a race it developed into when Meyer, Tracy Gienger and Jay Schmidt went head-to-head for the top spot. That intense battle ended when Schmidt would suddenly be off power and exited the track. Trent Murphy then moved into the picture as did Jeff Wollam. The 18-lap event ended with Meyer taking the top spot, Gienger in second, third went to Trent Murphy, fourth to Jeff Wollam, and Damon Murty finished a distant fifth.
The 20-lap IMCA Modified feature proved to be a thriller. Josh Truman shot his #47 ride to the front right away with Richie Gustin giving chase. Gustin would briefly take the lead, but a yellow flag flew, sending him back to restart in second. The remainder of the race would see Truman and Gustin battling for the lead. Truman ran high, Gustin low. Gustin had many opportunities to do one of the infamous slide jobs in front of Truman coming out of turn four, but opted out of that choice, giving the fans some great intense racing enjoyment for the final race to the checkers. Truman took the win, his first at Marshalltown this year, Richie Gustin finished in a close second. Third went to Jimmy Gustin who earlier had lost several positions when avoiding an on track incident, fourth was Danny Fetter and Scott Simatovich finished in fifth.
Racing continues at the Marshalltown Speedway next Friday night when it will be the annual Cliff Chambers Memorial. Chambers was a former promoter of the track. Full results and other information on the track and upcoming events can be found at the track website, www.marshalltownspeedway.com. Happy racing!
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