Travis Stensland won the Mod Lite feature for the second week in a row, as he led the 15-lap caution free feature, flag to flag. Stensland finished comfortably ahead of second place Charlie Brown, Josh May nipped Bryan Zehm at the line as they went third and fourth, and Mike Morrill took fifth place.This is Stensland's third feature win of the season at Marshalltown.
Only one caution at lap one, marred the 18-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Jami Ritter looked strong leading the early portion of the race, but Jake McBirnie and Jared VanDeest were quickly up to challenge. VanDeest took command at lap eight, and from there on, was able to hold on, shaking off the repeated attempts of McBirnie, to take the win. McBirnie finished as the runner up, Sam Wieben was third, fourth went to tenth place starter, Johnathon Logue, and visiting driver from Osky, Brayton Carter started eleventh, and finished fifth. VanDeest scored a win for the second time in 2017.
After being so close to a win for several weeks, it was finally Grinnell, Iowa driver Gene Nicklas' turn to visit victory lane in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Nicklas started third, and jumped to the lead almost immediately. Nicklas was leading when the red came out at lap eight, when Dillon Million took a nasty barrel roll on the front stretch. He was thankfully okay. When the racing resumed, the familiar #78 of Shannon Anderson was up to second, and anxious for the restart. Nicklas shot off to the lead once more, and though Anderson threw everything at him, this week Nicklas shook the threats off, and took the checkers. Anderson had to be content with second place, Eric Knutson was third, fourth went to Leah Wroten, and Luke Bird completed the top five. Nicklas was a happy winner in victory lane, expressing his elation at finally getting the victory that had eluded him more than once this year.
Todd Reitzler took command of the IMCA Stock Car feature, passing Michael Jaennette for the lead with a handful of laps down. From then on, Reitzler maneuvered his ride around the rim of the track to perfection, and secured his third win of the season. He finished well ahead of second place Michael Jaennette. It was a tight one at the finish line between Dave Atcher in third, and Donavon Smith in fourth, as well as fifth and sixth place finishers, Jeff Mueller and Jay Schmidt.
Cayden Carter, the talented Oskaloosa, Iowa driver, took home the $1,000 prize money in the IMCA 20-lap Modified A main. Carter worked his way from eleventh starting spot, and into the lead at lap ten. Another Oskaloosa driver, Ron VerBeek, chased Carter much of the second portion of the race, and finished second. Jake Strayer was third, last week's winner Joel Rust, was fourth and Tim Ward was fifth. Carter claimed his second win at the track.
Curtis Glover out ran the rest of the field in the IMCA Late Model 20-lap night cap, as well as the rain drops that began to fall, taking his first feature win at Marshalltown. Glover led the non-stop race, green to checkers. Todd Cooney was the runner up, Darrel DeFrance was third, fourth went to Joe Zrostlik, and Paul Nagle rounded out the top five. Glover flirted with disaster during his run to the checkers. He ran the rim of the track in the corners, but avoided any issues on his way to the win.
A few notes on the evening. Oskaloosa, Iowa drivers came to have some fun at the high banks last evening, and had good showings. Cayden Carter won the Modified feature, and veteran racer Ron VerBeek finished second. Carter's brother Brayton Carter, had a top five finish in the SportMod class. It's not very often that two Grinnell, Iowa drivers have wins...especially on the same night, and back to back, but last evening fellow Grinnellian's Gene Nicklas in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Todd Reitzler, in the IMCA Stock cars, did just that.
It was another night of checking radar, and though the cell to the northwest was quite a distance away, it began to creep closer, and closer. The program was kicked into high gear during the final features, especially after a huge gust of wind had people scrambling to secure their belongings. Just an occasional rain drop could be felt in the final races, but just as the final checkered flag fell, those rain drops became heavier. This night, the Marshalltown Speedway shook it's fist at Mother Nature, and it won.
A few notes on the evening. Oskaloosa, Iowa drivers came to have some fun at the high banks last evening, and had good showings. Cayden Carter won the Modified feature, and veteran racer Ron VerBeek finished second. Carter's brother Brayton Carter, had a top five finish in the SportMod class. It's not very often that two Grinnell, Iowa drivers have wins...especially on the same night, and back to back, but last evening fellow Grinnellian's Gene Nicklas in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Todd Reitzler, in the IMCA Stock cars, did just that.
It was another night of checking radar, and though the cell to the northwest was quite a distance away, it began to creep closer, and closer. The program was kicked into high gear during the final features, especially after a huge gust of wind had people scrambling to secure their belongings. Just an occasional rain drop could be felt in the final races, but just as the final checkered flag fell, those rain drops became heavier. This night, the Marshalltown Speedway shook it's fist at Mother Nature, and it won.
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