It was N 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championship Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway and six track champions were crowned. Out of car introductions were made for all features. The point leader in each division drew for the way the feature would be lined up...4, 6, 8, or complete field inverted.
First to the track was the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMods, presented by Rugged Radios. The draw was for the "field" to be inverted. Six extra laps were added making it a 22 lap main event, and putting point leader Brayton Carter to start at the rear.
When the race went green, it was outside front row starter Ryan Leeman taking the lead. A yellow flew on lap three when Will Wolf lost a wheel, and by this time, Brayton Carter had already made his way up to third place. When the race picked back up Carter wasted no time in moving forward and had the lead when lap five went in the books. It was all Carter's race from there on out as he took the checkers and the win, as well as the track championship for 2024. It was Carter's fourth regular season win of the season after having also taken the Frostbuster win. Leeman held on to take the runner up spot, Colton Livezey was third, fourth went to Keith Simmons, and Hunter Clement completed the top five.
The IMCA Stealth STARS Mod Lites had point leader Jon Padilla, who had the track title all wrapped up, make the call without even drawing, He opted to invert the entire field of cars, putting him to start tail end Charlie. The feature, presented by Knight Sanitation went 23 laps.
Mike Pershing and Michael Mann, both from Colchester, Illinois were the lucky front row starters due to the field being inverted for the start. Mann led lap one, Pershing took over on lap two, and Colona, Illinois Jason Masengarb took over on lap three. Masengarb pulled his lead to a full straight away when a yellow flew on lap sixteen. By this time Jon Padilla was up to second place and battling with Josh May who was running third. When the race returned to action, Masengarb maintained his lead, but briefly lost it to Padilla on lap eighteen, but then came right back to reclaim the top spot. He never gave it up the remaining distance to the finish, and sealed the win, his third of the season. Padilla started twentieth and had to settle for second, nineteenth place starter Josh May came home in third place, fourth went to Colona, Illinois racer Mike Morrow, and twelfth place starter Cory Sonner was fifth. Padilla made the 2 hour and 40 minute trip weekly to race at the speedway.
Point leader in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars was Jimmy Gustin....who had the point title all wound up before the green even fell....drew a six, to invert for the 20 lap feature, presented by Drury Automotive.
Last year's track champion, Steve Meyer took the lead when the race went green, Scott Rice falling in to run second, and Jimmy Gustin was already up to third at lap one. A yellow flew at lap four when Rice had the misfortune of an incident that left him stopped at the top of turn four, and ending his good run. When the racing action picked back up, Meyer continued to hold down the top spot, and now Gustin was on his tail in second place. Michael Jaennette had now tossed his hat into the ring, and was throwing challenges at Gustin. He got to the second spot and then with an attempt at a slide on leader Meyer, got a bit too high in turn four, and slipped off the edge. He gathered it back in but was now running a distant third, Gustin now in second place and looking to challenge leader Meyer. The final circuits however, saw no change in the front running order, as Meyer went home to the flying checkers and the win, Gustin having to settle for second. Meyer held the third place position, fourth went to seventeenth place starter Paul Stone, Winston, California, and Damon Murty, racing a borrowed car for the evening, was fifth. This was Meyer's second feature win of the season, who stated in his post race interview he almost didn't come due to a back injury, but decided to, "load up on ibuprofen" and give it a try.
The luck, or in some cases, the bad luck of the draw for the starting line up in the IMCA Friesen Performance Modified feature, saw point leader Tripp Gaylord draw six to invert. Lucky recipient of the pole then went to Kyle Brown, with visiting Bates City, Missouri driver Cody Brill sitting alongside for the start of the 26 lap feature, presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap.
Brown, who was racing his newly built IMCA Modified, after being a regular on the USMTS trail this year, grabbed the lead when the green flag flew with Brill giving chase. Brown continued his run at the front, but just before lap sixteen went into the books, he drove off of the track on the backstretch, and into the pits....his night ended with an overheating issue. This put Brill to the point position and soon he had a pair #77s reeling him in. Austin Kuehl, Cave Creek, Arizona, and Tripp Gaylord, were duking it out for second place, and putting on a spirited battle. Brill never gave up his leader of the pack spot however, and went home to score the win...his first time at the Marshalltown Speedway. Gaylord finished second and sealed his track championship, third went to Austin Kuehl, fourth to Kaylin Lopez, and veteran racer David "Blue" Brown, rounded out the top five. Winner Brill made the four hour trip up to race at Marshalltown in his first IMCA race of the year.
The IMCA Mach-1 Compacts saw point leader Cristian Grady pull an eight to invert for their 15 lap feature. Corwyn Whisler, Des Moines, Iowa got to start on the pole and Mark Smith sat alongside.
Whisler held down the lead for two laps until last week's winner Michael Gardner, who had started fifth, took command. Gardner was never threatened from there on out as he sailed home to a comfortable win. Point leader Cristian Grady, who took the track championship, was second. Third went to early leader Corwyn Whisler, fourth went to David Kimmel, and Mark Smith was fifth. Gardner captured his second feature win of the season and praised his "Wicked Ways" chassis.
Feature racing concluded with the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Point leader Calvin Dhondt pulled a 4 to invert on the start of their 16 lap feature, presented by Big 8 Tyre Center.
The race did not get one lap in before it went red flagged when Eldora, Iowa's Derrick McNeece spit out a driveshaft and went for a spectacular tumble at the top of turn three. Thankfully, he was not hurt, but the car was not as fortunate.
Eric Knutson took advantage of his outside row starting spot, thanks to the four car invert, and immediately took the lead. It would be a lead he would never relinquish as he went home to the flying checkers and the win. Bradly Graham started third, and took the runner up spot after getting around Solomon Bennett, who was third. Sam West came from sixth starting spot to finish fourth, and Calvin Dhondt secured his track championship with a fifth place finish...three points up on second place Bradly Graham. This was Knutson's third feature victory of the year.
At the conclusion of the feature racing, some Powder Puff racing entertained the fans. Kathryn Jenkins won in the SportMod division racing Boe Jenkin's car. The Stock Car winner was Rylea Kriegel piloting Kylie Rawlins ride, Addy Stevens won the Hobby Stock class racing Brad Graham's car, Natalie Barber piloted Cliff Barber's Mod Lite to take checkers, and Nikole Kimmel won the Sport Compact contest in David Kimmel's car.
The next race at the Marshalltown Speedway will be on August 30....no racing next Friday, August 23 as it was a rain date only for the Season Championships. The August 30th race is the Showdown at MoTown with the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks joining the other six regular classes. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:15, with racing at 7.
The wind decided to come out of the WNW last night, and we ate a bit of the track as well as took some home with us. We did however, enjoy the racing action once again at our Friday night home at the Marshalltown Speedway.
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IMCA Modified Presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap
A Feature 1 (26 Laps): 1. 96-Cody Brill[2]; 2. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[11]; 3. 77X-Austin Kuehl[3]; 4. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[7]; 5. 21-David Brown[9]; 6. 56-Dustin Kroening[4]; 7. 43S-Scott Simatovich[8]; 8. 12-Bret Ramsey[6]; 9. 2B-Robert Moore[5]; 10. (DNF) 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 11. (DNF) 2Z-Zack Rawlins[10]; 12. (DNS) 96J-Jaxon Saathoff
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 56-Dustin Kroening[2]; 2. 21-David Brown[4]; 3. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[3]; 4. 96-Cody Brill[6]; 5. 96J-Jaxon Saathoff[5]; 6. 12-Bret Ramsey[1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[4]; 2. 77X-Austin Kuehl[1]; 3. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[5]; 4. 43S-Scott Simatovich[3]; 5. 2B-Robert Moore[2]; 6. (DNF) 21K-Kyle Brown[6]
IMCA Stock Car Presented by Drury Automotive
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 94-Steve Meyer[2]; 2. 19-Jimmy Gustin[6]; 3. 93-Michael Jaennette[5]; 4. 66P-Paul Stone[17]; 5. 99D-Damon Murty[9]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[15]; 7. 013-JD Auringer[18]; 8. 93L-Blake Lehman[16]; 9. 14X-Austin Schrage[3]; 10. 32A-Ethan Atcheson[19]; 11. 37-Kylie Rawlins[8]; 12. 32-Bill Atcheson[20]; 13. (DNF) I 80-Dillon Solum[12]; 14. (DNF) 2-Dave Atcher[11]; 15. (DNF) 31-Micheal Smith[13]; 16. (DNF) 30M-Maguire DeJong[7]; 17. (DNF) 32C-Tom Cannon[10]; 18. (DNF) 22R-Todd Reitzler[1]; 19. (DNF) 4-Scott Rice[4]; 20. (DNF) 16B-Jeff Byers Jr[14]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 4-Scott Rice[4]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 3. 22R-Todd Reitzler[6]; 4. 93-Michael Jaennette[5]; 5. 93L-Blake Lehman[3]; 6. 32A-Ethan Atcheson[10]; 7. I 80-Dillon Solum[7]; 8. 66P-Paul Stone[9]; 9. 37-Kylie Rawlins[2]; 10. 16B-Jeff Byers Jr[1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 32C-Tom Cannon[2]; 2. 2-Dave Atcher[6]; 3. 19-Jimmy Gustin[8]; 4. 30M-Maguire DeJong[7]; 5. 99D-Damon Murty[3]; 6. 31-Micheal Smith[1]; 7. 013-JD Auringer[9]; 8. 14X-Austin Schrage[4]; 9. 32-Bill Atcheson[10]; 10. (DNF) 94-Steve Meyer[5]
IMCA SportMod Presented by Rugged Radios
A Feature 1 (22 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[9]; 2. R31-Ryan Leeman[3]; 3. 29-Colton Livezey[4]; 4. 511-Keith Simmons[2]; 5. 40HC-Hunter Clement[6]; 6. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[5]; 7. 151-Boe Jenkins[1]; 8. (DNF) 27K-Zander Keeland[7]; 9. (DNF) 7-Will Wolf[8]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 29-Colton Livezey[6]; 2. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[2]; 3. 27K-Zander Keeland[3]; 4. 01-Brayton Carter[8]; 5. R31-Ryan Leeman[5]; 6. 7-Will Wolf[4]; 7. 511-Keith Simmons[7]; 8. 151-Boe Jenkins[9]; 9. 40HC-Hunter Clement[1]
IMCA Hobby Stock Presented by Big 8 Tyre Center
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[2]; 2. 2G-Bradly Graham[3]; 3. 11B-Solomon Bennett[1]; 4. 47SW-Sam West[6]; 5. 69-Calvin Dhondt[4]; 6. 17K-Briar Kriegel[8]; 7. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[5]; 8. 7F-Brayden Fahrni[9]; 9. 51X-Dustin Filloon[7]; 10. 7B-Eric Stanton[18]; 11. H20-Daniel Wauters[23]; 12. 55-Brett Maasdam[17]; 13. 9-Kolby Sabin[21]; 14. 72RJ-Joey Hughes[20]; 15. 17-Andy Peck[10]; 16. 7-Clayton Sogge[13]; 17. (DNF) 146-Leighton Potter[22]; 18. (DNF) 29X-Matt Miller[19]; 19. (DNF) 27-Brad Graham[16]; 20. (DNF) 78N-Matt Nelson[14]; 21. (DNF) 88H-Kale Hemsley[12]; 22. (DNF) 17T-Aidan Lamasters[11]; 23. (DNF) 48-Derrick McNeece[15]; 24. (DNS) 59C-Chad Rickett
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 88H-Kale Hemsley[3]; 2. 2G-Bradly Graham[7]; 3. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[6]; 4. 146-Leighton Potter[5]; 5. 69-Calvin Dhondt[8]; 6. 7F-Brayden Fahrni[4]; 7. 72RJ-Joey Hughes[1]; 8. 29X-Matt Miller[2]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 55-Brett Maasdam[3]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[7]; 3. 27-Brad Graham[5]; 4. H20-Daniel Wauters[8]; 5. 9-Kolby Sabin[6]; 6. 17T-Aidan Lamasters[2]; 7. 47SW-Sam West[4]; 8. 7-Clayton Sogge[1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 17K-Briar Kriegel[4]; 2. 51X-Dustin Filloon[6]; 3. 11B-Solomon Bennett[7]; 4. 48-Derrick McNeece[2]; 5. 78N-Matt Nelson[3]; 6. 59C-Chad Rickett[8]; 7. 17-Andy Peck[1]; 8. (DNF) 7B-Eric Stanton[5]
IMCA Mod Lite Presented by Knight Sanitation
A Feature 1 (23 Laps): 1. 49-Jason Masengarb[10]; 2. 11P-Jon Padilla[20]; 3. 99-Josh May[19]; 4. 17M-Mike Morrow[3]; 5. 47-Cory Sonner[12]; 6. 8N-William Nobles[15]; 7. 16P-Mike Pershing[1]; 8. 5-Michael Dominguez[9]; 9. 24-Michael Mann[2]; 10. 14-Bryan Compart[16]; 11. 55-Jaxon Carr[11]; 12. 4-Cliff Barber[5]; 13. (DNF) 70-Alex Eischeid[18]; 14. (DNF) 9-Garrison Anderson[6]; 15. (DNF) 3G-Joe Glick[14]; 16. (DNF) 4G-Ben George[17]; 17. (DNF) 5G-Tracen Glick[13]; 18. (DNF) 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[8]; 19. (DNF) 2G-Grant Anderson[4]; 20. (DNF) 23-Tiffani Dominguez[21]; 21. (DNF) 9XL-Colin Anderson[23]; 22. (DNS) 96-Dillion Bush; 23. (DNS) 00B-Brittani Dominguez
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[6]; 2. 24-Michael Mann[7]; 3. 8N-William Nobles[5]; 4. 5-Michael Dominguez[3]; 5. 2G-Grant Anderson[1]; 6. 9XL-Colin Anderson[8]; 7. (DNF) 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[2]; 8. (DNS) 4-Cliff Barber
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 11P-Jon Padilla[6]; 2. 3G-Joe Glick[1]; 3. 70-Alex Eischeid[5]; 4. 9-Garrison Anderson[4]; 5. 17M-Mike Morrow[3]; 6. 16P-Mike Pershing[7]; 7. 96-Dillion Bush[2]; 8. (DNS) 00B-Brittani Dominguez
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 47-Cory Sonner[4]; 2. 49-Jason Masengarb[6]; 3. 4G-Ben George[5]; 4. 55-Jaxon Carr[2]; 5. 5G-Tracen Glick[1]; 6. 14-Bryan Compart[3]; 7. (DNF) 23-Tiffani Dominguez[7]
IMCA Sport Compact Presented by Hy-Vee
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 46-Michael Gardner[5]; 2. 89-Cristian Grady[8]; 3. 21-Corwyn Whisler[1]; 4. 33K-David Kimmel[7]; 5. M80-Mark Smith[2]; 6. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[13]; 7. 16-Curtis Masterson[6]; 8. 75K-Kaiden Gosselink[3]; 9. 2K-Katelynn Watts[16]; 10. 61F-Tyler Fiebelkorn[14]; 11. 13-Conner Adkins[11]; 12. 02-John Gill[10]; 13. (DNF) 22C-Jeremy Williams[4]; 14. (DNF) 83B-Mitchell Bunch[9]; 15. (DNF) 49B-Bryce Bartel[15]; 16. (DNF) 99-Henry Dieleman[12]; 17. (DNS) 07-Brooke Osler
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 89-Cristian Grady[9]; 2. 75K-Kaiden Gosselink[2]; 3. 2K-Katelynn Watts[4]; 4. 21-Corwyn Whisler[6]; 5. 33K-David Kimmel[8]; 6. 16-Curtis Masterson[7]; 7. 99-Henry Dieleman[5]; 8. 49B-Bryce Bartel[1]; 9. (DNF) 61F-Tyler Fiebelkorn[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 83B-Mitchell Bunch[8]; 2. 46-Michael Gardner[6]; 3. 22C-Jeremy Williams[2]; 4. M80-Mark Smith[5]; 5. 6R-Spencer Roggentien[7]; 6. 13-Conner Adkins[3]; 7. (DNF) 07-Brooke Osler[1]; 8. (DNS) 02-John Gill
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