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“Show-Down” at Marshalltown
By Denny Grabenbauer
MARSHALLTOWN, IA (July 10) - Friday night would turn out to be an
interesting night as finally week number nine was able to be run and put
into the racing books at the Marshalltown Speedway. With a rainstorm that
dropped more than an inch of rain in the area on Friday morning, things
would work out just right for promoter Toby Kruse in preparing for the
evenings events. “At 11:00 Friday morning, I wouldn’t of given you any
chance that we would be racing, but we went by what the weather man was
telling us, and this time he was right, there was nothing else behind the
mid-morning storm.” Even though Kruse would play the odds, it would start to
sprinkle after the first feature of the night. “I really thought we were in
trouble”, said Kruse. “But it quit right away and it even made the track
better than it was before the sprinkle, so tonight I felt like we was able
to put on a show that our fans deserve”.
The “Show-Down” at Marshalltown attracted many new faces and one driver,
Jeff Hunter from Henderson Colorado was on hand to race for the extra cash
that was put up for this second annual event. Twenty-four cars would start
the twenty-lap Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel I..M.C.A. Modified event . Three
yellow flags would slow the event in the early going before the field would
get into there racing rhythm. Jacob Murray would start on the pole position
and lead the entire twenty-laps. As Murray started to build up a sizable
lead, a yellow on lap fifteen would bunch the field together for the last
five laps. On the restart Brett Ladehoff would give Murray all the pressure
he could handle, but the Hartford native would stay focused and would end up
leading from start to finish to record his first ever win at Marshalltown.
“I really can’t believe I finally won here. This is one of most competitive
tracks around and to win here is something I’ve been trying to do for years,
but tonight I couldn’t be happier.” Behind Murray were Ladehoff, Adam Larson
and Richie Gustin.
Another driver visited victory lane for his first win at the speedway and
that was Michael Murphy in the Junction Sports Bar & Grill I.M.C.A. Hobby
Stock feature. Clint Nelson and Jennifer Hulin would lead the first three
laps before Murphy would take the top spot. Murphy would have things going
his way, as he would lead the remaining eight laps to notch his name in the
record book. Finishing second was Devin Smith followed by Daniel Hilsabeck
and point leader Terry Shaffar.
Clay Deppe would jump into the lead on lap one of the Aarons I.M.C.A. Stock
Car feature and lead through the first five laps. A yellow would come out on
lap six and on the restart point leader Dustin Smith would take over the
lead. Smith would go on to win his sixth feature of the year and build on
his point lead. Trent Murphy, Steve Meyer and Ryan Gustin would round out
the top four.
Another first time winner would emerge in the Big 8 Tyre Center I.M.C.A.
Sport Mod feature. Brad Iverson would become the third first time winner on
the night, as he would lead fourteen out of fifteen laps to score his
victory. Jake Strayer would take the lead on lap fourteen, then a yellow
would come out, so they would line up on the last lap scored. On the green
white checkered restart, Strayer and Iverson would race side by side right
to the checkered flag and at the line Iverson would have the advantage and
he would go on to score the victory. Behind Iverson and Strayer would be
Joel Bushore and point leader Kevin Sather.
The Mod-Lite Dwarf Car feature would start off on the wild side as
twenty-eight cars would take the green flag. John Gardner would have his
world turned upside down as he would roll down the front straight a way
bringing out the red flag. Gardner was shaken, but would exit his car on his
own and would walk away. Troy Hudson would start up front, work around lap
traffic and go on to score his second win of the season. Tim Hennigar, Andy
Hennigar and Johnny Mordock would follow Hudson across the finish line.
Racing will resume next weekend as part of the Central Iowa Fair. Friday
night will see kids racing their bikes on the track. All children are
encouraged to bring their bikes to the track with them next Friday. The
gates will open at 5:30, hot laps will be at 7:00 and races will start at
7:30. Then on Saturday the track will open to Quads, Motorcycle and
Mini-Sprint races. Grandstand will open at 5:30 with practice to begin at
6:30 and races to follow.
MARSHALLTOWN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY July 10, 2009
By Denny Grabenbauer
“Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel” I.M.C.A. MODIFIED:
HEAT 1: Brett Ladehoff—Nate Caruth—Scott Olson
HEAT 2: Kyle Krampe—John Logue—Vern Jackson
HEAT 3: Tim Murty—Scott Hogan—Richie Gustin
FEATURE: Jacob Murray—Brett Ladehoff—Adam Larson—Richie Gustin—Nate Caruth—Jay
Schmidt—Todd Conrad—Jon Snyder—Ronn Lauritzen—Joey Schaefer—Jeff
Hunter—Jimmy Gustin—Scott Olson—Chris Snyder—Rod Clement—Adam Johnson—Tim
Murty—Kyle Krampe—Scott Hogan—Rick Speck—John Logue—Vern Jackson—Mike O’Lear
“Aarons” I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR:
HEAT 1: Trevor Titus—Ryan Gustin—Michael Jeannette
HEAT 2: Dustin Smith—Bert McDaniel—Clay Deppe
HEAT 3: Rick Brown—Sean Johnson—Tracy Gienger
FEATURE: Dustin Smith—Trent Murphy—Steve Meyer—Ryan Gustin—Clay Deppe—Bert
McDaniel—Rick Brown—Tracy Gienger—Michael Jeannette—Don Vis—Trevor
Titus—Leroy Staub—Jeff Wollam—John Lang—Brian Holmes—Todd Kearney—Jared
Daggett—Rob Schneider—Erick Knutsen—Dusty Vis—Mike Mauer—Tommy Thompson
“Junction Bar & Grille” I.M.C.A HOBBY STOCK:
HEAT 1: Adam Rickett—Terry Shaffar—Josh Saunders
HEAT 2: Pete Hutzel—Gary Pfantz—Dustin Griffiths
HEAT 3: Jennifer Hulin—Eric Stanton—Michael Murphy
HEAT 4: Clint Nelson—Devin Smith—Daniel Hilsabeck
FEATURE: Michael Murphy—Devin Smith—Daniel Hilsabeck—Terry Shaffar—Clint
Nelson—Todd Reitzler—Jennifer Hulin—Eric Stanton—Eric Larson—Pete Hutzel—Gary
Pfantz—Dustin Elliott—Eric Knutson—Michael Vibbard—Adam Rickett—Jake
Nelson—Dustin Griffiths—Russell Damme—Nic Shearer—Scott Macauley—Josh
Saunders—Nick Murty—John Schuring—Mike Anderson
“Big 8 Tyre Center” I.M.C.A SPORT MOD:
HEAT 1: Geoff Olson—Kevin Sather—Shawn Hunter
HEAT 2: Joel Bushore—Ryan Ashton—Neil Follett
HEAT 3: Joel Rust—Brett Meyer—Jake Strayer
HEAT 4: Brad Iverson—Scott Davis—Zach Rawlins
B-MAIN: Bryan Rodman—Ryan Engelkes—Jeremiah Boynton—Adam Shelman
FEATURE: Brad Iverson—Jake Strayer—Joel Bushore—Kevin Sather—Zach
Rawlins—Geoff Olson—Bill Hildreth—Scott Davis—Ryan Ashton—Joel Rust—Bryan
Rodman—Neil Follett—Scott Durlin—Tim Love—Ryan Engelkes—Duane VanDeest—Brett
Meyer—Shawn Hunter—Kyle Brown—Jade Robinson—Tom Rawlins
“Mod Lite” DWARF CARS:
HEAT 1: Johnny Mordock—Troy Hudson—Andy Hennigar
HEAT 2: Joel Huggins—Tim Hennigar—Dan Kellner
HEAT 3: Dusty Masolini—Eric Hendrickson—Jason Smithson
FEATURE: Troy Hudson—Tim Hennigar—Andy Hennigar—Johnny Mordock—Mike
Morrill—Jeff Stensland—Dusty Masolini—Erick Hendrickson—Matt Goodin—Mike
Kennedy—Josh May—Randy Bryan—James May—Dan Kellner—Joel Huggins—Jason Hall—D.J.
Schmalzried—Mike Thomas—Bryan Zehm—DJ Robinson—John Griffin—Ryan Mills—Jason
Smithson—Bryan Zehm—Rick Taylor—Joe Wood—John Gardner—Ivan Guerra
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