Two in a row for Ward, Murty and Anderson
MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA (August 4, 2017) – The Marshalltown Speedway was back in action on Friday night. The 112 cars checked into the pits gave the nice crowd on hand their money’s worth of entertainment all night long. There was high, low and middle of the track racing in all five classes. The five divisions all had repeat winners and three of those drivers matched last week’s trip to victory lane.
Jason Masengarb, Colona, Illinois, took the win in the Mod Lite feature. He grabbed the lead from Joel Huggins at lap nine and never relinquished it on his way to victory. He had stiff competition behind him but held off Bryan Zehm and Travis Stensland as they finished a close second and third. Fourth went to Charlie Brown and Joel Huggins was fifth. Masengarb, who started ninth, also won back on June 2nd.
Johnathon Logue returned to the winner’s circle in the IMCA Northern SportMod class. He started twelfth in the line up, and was running a distant second to Adam Shelman, when a yellow with three laps remaining became the game changer. When the race restarted, Logue saw his chance, and was able to move under Shelman and take the lead. Logue then held the top spot to the flying checkers and the win. Jake McBirnie also slipped by Shelman in the final laps as they finished second and third in that order. DJ Robinson was fourth and Ethan Braaksma rounded out the top five. This was Logue’s second win at Marshalltown this year.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks came to the track next for their feature event, and it was a familiar face back in victory lane as Shannon Anderson took the win. Anderson started tenth and had to battle by stiff competitors to get to the front. A yellow at lap thirteen of the fifteen lap race proved to be just what Anderson needed as he sat in second behind leader Chanse Hollatz. He gained the advantage over Hollatz when the race went green, taking over the top spot, and keeping it to the finish and the win. Hollatz finished as the runner up, Eric Knutson was third, fourth went to Gene Nicklas, and Scott Pippert was fifth. Anderson won for the third week in a row and scored his tenth win of the year.
Damon Murty three-peated in the IMCA Stock Car class, sailing home to a comfortable win as he circled the rim of the track. Donavon Smith rebounded from a trip to the pits and having to tag the field, to finish in second place. Steve Meyer was third, fourth went to Todd Reitzler and Jason Minnehan was fifth. This was win number six for the regular season for Murty.
Tim Ward went back to back in the IMCA Modified feature as he held off a hard charging Joel Rust to seal the win. Rust started tenth, diced his way through the field, but had to settle for second. Todd Shute started twelfth and had a good run to finish third, Jenae Gustin was fourth and Jesse Hoeft started fourteenth, and finished fifth.
The finale of the evening was the IMCA Late Model feature. Todd Cooney got back to his winning ways after a couple of weeks hiatus from standing in victory lane. Cooney finished well ahead of second place finisher, Joe Zrostlik. Curtis Glover was third, Darrel DeFrance took fourth, and Richie Gustin was fifth. This was Cooney’s sixth win at Marshalltown this season.
Racing continues next Friday night at the Marshalltown Speedway. Showtime is 7:30.
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