The Marshalltown Speedway hosted the season opener Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights tour for IMCA Modifieds presented by Wehrs Machine and Racing Products on Tuesday night. After two previously scheduled tour races were rained out, the first at Fort Dodge and the second at Vinton, the third time was the charm at Marshalltown. Also in competition were the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, and the IMCA Late Models, running for national, regional, and state points, and a draw/redraw format.
Shannon Anderson walked away with another IMCA Hobby Stock feature in relatively easy fashion. Anderson drew the lucky outside pole starting position, and promptly grabbed the lead. Anderson would go on to lead all fifteen laps of the event and took another visit to victory lane. Anderson already had two weekly feature wins under his belt. Dylan Nelson came from the sixth starting spot to take the runner up position. Third went to Kayden Reynolds, Leah Wroten was fourth, and Gary Pfantz completed the top five. Young Kayden Reynolds suffered severe damage to his ride on Friday night, and it appeared he was in a different car for last night's contest.
The IMCA Northern SportMods found Brayton Carter taking the checkers, repeating his Friday night trip to the winner's circle. Carter took command at lap four and never looked back on his way to the checkers. Jake McBirnie hustled his way to the runner up spot after starting ninth, Dylan VanWyk made it to third after starting tenth, fourth went to early leader Kyle Olson, and Josh Foster, who piloted a Modified in years past, rounded out the top five. Carter was also the Frostbuster winner at Marshalltown.
Damon Murty took a night off from farming last night, and captured his first win of 2019 at the track in the IMCA Stock Car 20-lap A main. Murty set sail on the top side after starting eighth, and had the lead by lap four. Murty continued his familiar run around the rim, and took the comfortable win. Beatrice, Nebraska's Jordan Grabouski, fresh off of a $5,000 pay day at RPM Speedway in Hays, Kansas, could only chase Murty across the line to finish in second place. Third went to last Friday night's winner, Todd Reitzler, Curt Hook took fourth place, and early leader Austin Even went fifth.
The IMCA Late Models also came for a play date on Tuesday night. This turned into a two-car breakaway immediately between Jeremiah Hurst and Jeff Aikey. Hurst led the entire caution free race to score the win, and Aikey, who has been piloting the Rick Dralle hot rod, had to settle for the runner up position. Third went to Justin Kay, Andy Eckrich was fourth, and hometown boy Darrel DeFrance started thirteenth, and finished in fifth.
The 30-lap Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights tour for the IMCA Modifieds feature ended the night's racing. Drivers qualified through their heat races to earn passing points with the top twelve from those locked in for a later draw for starting position. The rest of the field was completed through two B Mains, with six coming from each.
Tim Ward led the stout field of cars as the race went green, with Richie Gustin tucking in behind to run in second. Gustin took several peeks in the corners, tried an unsuccessful slide at lap seven, then managed the pass on the frontstretch at lap eight to take command. Gustin soon had Joel Rust reeling him in, with Jordan Grabouski coming with a head of steam to run third after starting eleventh. Gustin continued his untouched run at the front of the field while Rust and Grabouski battled it out for the number two spot. As the laps ticked down, Gustin pulled away, and took the comfortable win. Grabouski got around Rust in the closing laps, as they finished second and third respectively. Ricky Thornton, Jr. started fourteenth, and finished fourth, and Tim Ward took fifth. Gustin keeps on living up to his nickname of "G Money" snatching up the extra paying events. He had just won $1,000 at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night, and got the $2,000 pay off last night.
My Positively Racing collegues were in full force last night. Check out Jeff Broeg's On the Back Stretch, Danny Rosencrans' Racin' Down the Road, and Ed Reichert's One Mans Travcls for their prospective of last night's racing action.
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