Sonner takes first career win, and then lights out

It was a beautiful Friday night for RBF Electric Night at the Marshalltown Speedway, but ironically, racing ended early with an electrical issue when the lights in turns three and four would not come on.
 
One feature, the Mod Lites did get completed but not without more than its share of woes.

That Mod Lite 15 lap feature saw several lead changes, with pole sitter Terry Brown leading lap one, but Mike Morrill taking command by lap two after starting eighth.  Morrill continued to lead the troops with eight laps to go when a red flew when Ryan Mills took a tumble coming out of turn four.  On the restart, second running Joel Huggins made the pass around Morrill to take over the top spot, only to have an incident the following lap take out both Huggins and Morrill....Morrill getting the worst end of the deal when he flipped over.  Cory Sonner then inherited the lead for the restart. but Tanner Gannon was having none of that and shot to the point spot.....only to go spinning in corner two!  Sonner would now keep it out in front the remainder of the race and take the checkers for his first career win.  Ben George came from sixteenth starting spot to capture the runner up spot.  Third went to tenth place starter Charlie Brown, Bryan Zehm came from twelfth to finish fourth, and Kaden Cochrun from Bakersfield, California completed the top five.

Winner Sonner is the grandson of the late Gil Sonner, owner of the ever popular #47 sprint car and who is enshrined in the Knoxville and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. His cars were piloted by many successful drivers including Danny Lasoski, Johnny Herrera, Jac Haudenschield, and Sammy Swindell to name a few. 

At the conclusion of the Mod Lite feature, after two electricians...Mike O'Lear and the night's sponsor, Jeremiah Andrews, had desperately been trying to fix the lights between corners three and four,  the races were called.  Since no parts were available and for safety reasons it was called a night.  Next Friday night, the racing will kick off immediately with the B feature for the IMCA Hobby Stocks, followed by makeup features in the IMCA Northern SportMods, Hobby Stocks, Stock Cars, Modifieds, and Late Models.  Then a full show for all classes will be run in its entirety.  The green flag drops promptly at 7:30.