It was UAW Local 893 and Cliff Chambers Memorial night at the Marshalltown Speedway Friday. The race paid honor to Chambers, former promoter and longtime race supporter at the track. All five regular IMCA classes were in competition along with the addition of the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks.
Josh May took home the trophy in the IMCA STARS Mod Lite 15 lap event, leading all but the first lap of the feature. May started fourth, got to the front quickly and had no trouble in keeping a substantial lead through out the race. He finished well ahead of second place Joel Huggins. Third went to Randy Bryan, Cory Sonner was fourth, and Austin Gray was fifth.
Veteran racer Bill Davis, Jr., stood in Victory Lane at the end of the 12 lap Karl Chevrolet Dirt Truck A main. Davis was a happy camper in his winner's circle interview, stating that you just never know when it might be for the last time. Davis led all laps on his way to the checkers. Following a distant second place was Bryan Spangler, Rick Clark finished third, fourth was Dennis Plain, and Shonn Mapes completed the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods could not find their rhythm in their 20 lap main event....with yellow after yellow waving. Tony Olson, led the first seven laps with Johnathon Logue in hot pursuit. After several challenges, Logue made it stick and took over the top position on lap seven. Olson would not go away however, and continued to pester Logue, and momentarily taking back the top spot, only to have Logue snatch it back. They continued to battle hard and their battling for position resulted in them both spinning out low in corner four with just three laps remaining. Travis Peterson was the happy recipient of the top spot when the race restarted. It was not an easy run to the finish as he was hounded by last week's winner Kyle Olson, and Austin Schrage, but held on to the top spot and was first to the checkers and the win. Austin Schrage started eleventh and took the runner up position, and Kyle Olson started twelfth and finished in third. Tony Olson re-grouped after his spin to garner a fourth place finish, and Thomas Egenberger was fifth.
Kaden Reynolds, last week's winner in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock 20 lap feature led most of the event, and went on to capture back-to-back wins. Reynolds took the lead at lap six and would stretch out his lead to finish well ahead of second place Braden Richards. Richards started nineteenth and took the hard charger recognition of the night. Jeremiah Andrews, Solomon Bennett and Kyle Parizek rounded out the top five.
Steve Meyer made it look easy on his way to the win in the 20-lapper for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. He flew from starting eighth and into the lead by lap three, took to the lip of the track, and pulled away for an easy win. The "Game Changer", Dallon Murty, came from ninth starting spot, to finish in the runner up spot. Shawn Ritter started tenth, ran up front all race long, and finished third. Polesitter, Tyler Pickett was fourth, and Damon Murty came from twelfth, to finish fifth.
The night cap was the IMCA Modified main event. Temporary transplant from Santa Maria, California, Dylan Thornton got to step into the Marshalltown Speedway Victory Lane for the very first time. He led most of the feature easily to make his first visit to the speedway's winner's circle. Joel Rust ran out of time in his attempt to catch the leader, and had to settle for second place. Jared VanDeest took third, Hebron, Illinois racer, Dustin Kroening took fourth, and Ronn Lauritzen finished in fifth place.
Up next at the Marshalltown Speedway will be the Dale DeFrance Memorial on Thursday, May 6. The IMCA Sunoco Late Models will be the headliners, along with the IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods, Hobby Stocks, and STARS Mod Lites. Please note that there will not be racing on Friday May 7 next week.
The area racing season is getting started in full force now. Be sure and check the calendar at Positively Racing, and find a race to attend and help keep the sport we love alive and well.
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