Marshalltown Speedway held its regular weekly racing program on Friday night, as the Central Iowa Fair played in the background. Two drivers kept their winning streaks going as Kaden Reynolds rolled to another win in the IMCA Hobby Stock division, as did Dillon Raffurty in the IMCA STARS Mod Lites. Dallon Murty took home the $1,000 Stock Car special, Jenae Gustin found her way to Victory Lane in the IMCA Northern Sport Mods, Tom Berry claimed the win in the IMCA Modified class, and the IMCA Sport Compacts joined the regular classes with Adam Gates taking that victory.
The IMCA Sport Compacts made one of several of their scheduled appearances at the High Banks and it was Adam Gates, Marion, Iowa taking home the win in the 12 lap feature event. John Gill started tenth and chased Gates for most of the race, but had to be content with the runner up position. Third went to Dalton Sowers, Cristian Grady who had won back on July 2 started ninth and took fourth, and fifth went to twelfth place starter Kolby Sabin, a winner back on June 4. The Sport Compacts are on the schedule again on August 6,
The IMCA STARS Mod Lites were up next for their 15 lap feature event. Dillon Raffurty has been making the haul up to Marshalltown from Kansas City, Missouri to run weekly and has made it pay off. He started ninth, and by lap three, had the lead. From there on he never looked back, taking his fourth feature win in a row. David Raffurty, not exactly sure how related to the winner, but also from Kansas City, finished in second place. Josh May took third, followed by Randy Bryan in fourth, and Ben George in fifth. Dillon Raffurty has a four week winning streak going.
Hometown racer, Jenae Gustin made it a popular crowd win in the IMCA Northern SportMod 18 lap event. Gustin started fourth and had the lead by lap two. Several yellows were no hinderance for Gustin as she motored home, taking the win. There was a dogfight behind Gustin in the closing laps with Johnathon Logue taking the runner up spot over Kyle Olson in third place, Kaylin Lopez in fourth, and Austin Schrage in fifth. This was Gustin's first win of the season and first since 2019.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks went 15 laps for their feature event. Tenth place starter Kaden Reynolds caught early race leader William Klosterman and flew into the lead by lap two. It was all Reynolds' race from there on out as he pulled away from the rest of the field to take the easy win. Following a distant second was Aaron Martin who had started eleventh, Solomon Bennett came all the way from eighteenth starting spot to finish third, Tom Killen was fourth, and Brooklyn, Iowa's Rick Kriegel took fifth after starting nineteenth. This marked Reynolds' fifth straight feature win, plus three more in the early season, as well as winning the Frostbuster.
It was $1,000 to win presented by Toby K's Hideaway in the IMCA Stock Cars in a draw/redraw show. There was a lot of close racing in their 25 lap feature with Austin Kaplan leading the charge in the early portion of the race. He was quickly challenged by Michael Jaennette however, with Jaennette taking over that top spot on lap six. Meanwhile, sixth place starter Dallon Murty was throwing his hat into the ring as he moved into third place. It was quite a show between Jaennette, Kaplan, and Murty as they duked it out lap after lap. Murty finally established his claim to second place at lap fourteen, and began his assault on Jaennette. Murty ran the high line and then the low line as he sought what would work, and finally with just three laps remaining, got it to work, taking the lead. A yellow flew late in the race, setting up a green-white-checkered finish with Jaennette hoping to get the upper hand on the restart. It wasn't to be however, as Murty took the win, Jaennette having to settle for second. Visiting Texas racer Shelby Williams out of Bonham, Texas was hard charger, coming from eighteenth starting spot to finish third. Fourth went to early leader Austin Kaplan, and tenth place starter Tyler Pickett rounded out the top five. This was Dallon Murty's fourth feature win of the regular season, and he also won the Frostbuster special. Murty is holding down the national points lead at the moment, in the IMCA Hobby Stock division.
Last year's IMCA Modified track champion, and defending IMCA National champion, made his presence known once again at the High Banks, as he piloted his new "Team Harris" ride to victory. Berry started sixth and overtook early leader Drew Janssen on lap nine, and then never looked back....winning easily over Janssen. Zach Rawlins ran up front the entire race, and took home a third place finish. Dylan Thornton came on strong in the closing laps and finished fourth, and Thor Anderson completed the top five. This was Berry's second win of the season, having won back in April, but has been missing in action as of late.
It was a full night of racing last night with six classes and 132 cars checked in. It was good not to have to worry about weather for a change too, and a big crowd was on hand to watch the racing action.
Next Friday night, July 23rd, is Casey's and Rumours Bar and Grill salute to Marshalltown Law Enforcement and the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks will join the field.
Hard to believe how quickly the racing season has gone. There's still plenty more to be found though, so check the Positively Racing calendar and find a race to attend. Help support the sport we all love, dirt track racing.
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