Track Schedules

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (June 13) - Friday brought the end to two nights of racing action this week which featured the Deery Brothers Summer Series on Tuesday night for I.M.C.A. Late Models and Friday night it was another action packed night of racing which feature area pastor’s in competition during the “Faster Pastor” race.

Drivers and crews would have to battle the flooding in the central Iowa area to compete. Teams from Nebraska and Illinois were on hand Tuesday night as Terry Neal would out distance Marshalltown driver Darrel DeFrance to win the Miller Lite 50. This was Neal’s sixteenth career victory in the series and it would be the seventh different winner the series would have this year.

Race fans and teams would find a near perfect night when the gates opened on Friday night. Area pastors would take their turn in taming the high-banked quarter mile raceway, much to the delight of the capacity crowd. Driving borrowed race cars the newly found race drivers would have their hands full trying to figure out how to make their cars go faster. At the end of the special event, Pastor Paul McDermott would make the pass on the low side of the track on last year’s winner Pastor Bob Kosbau to enjoy the victory. “We just want to thank all the participating church’s that took part in this event,” said promoter Toby Kruse. “It’s good to see new groups of fans coming in to cheer these drivers on as they compete in this once a year event.”

Mike Morrill would continue his winning ways by winning his third feature in a row in the Dwarf Car feature event. The lead would be traded off through five drivers before Morrill would take the lead with one lap to go, when then leader Troy Hudson would spin in turn two giving Morrill the lead and the win. Second place would go to Andy Hennigar followed by Joel Huggins and Mike Kennedy.

Point leader Kevin Sather would go to victory twice this week by winning the Tuesday night feature and then would follow that up with a victory in the I.M.C.A. Sport Mod feature. Ryan Ashton and Tim Love would share the lead through the first six laps until Sather made his high side pass for the lead and eventually the win. Brad Iverson would finish second, his best of the year, followed by Paul Nagel and Kyle Brown.

One week ago Brian Irvine would come home in the second position, but on this Friday night, Irvine improved his finishing position one spot and take the victory in the Aarons I.M.C.A. Stock Car feature. One yellow on lap three would be the only thing that would stop Irvine. He would take the lead on the restart and lead the final fifteen laps in scoring the victory. Finishing second was Rick Brown followed by Damon Murty and Sean Johnson.

After finishing runner up four times this season, Friday night point leader Jimmy Gustin would have everything going his way as he would post his first feature win of the season in the Meskwaki Casino Hotel I.M.C.A. Modified class. Brett Ladehoff would lead until lap eight when Gustin would make the pass for the lead. Vern Jackson would finish second followed by Ladehoff and Tim Murty.

Curt Hilmer would lead the opening four laps in the Junction Bar & Grille I.M.C.A. Hobby Stock feature in the last race of the night. Jamie Schirm would take the lead on lap four of the green to checkered twelve-lap event. A flat tire would force Schirm to the pits on lap seven, handing the lead to last week’s winner Doug Smith. Then just when it appeared Smith was going to make it two for two, rear end trouble would force him out of the race giving the lead over to Beau Kaplan. Kaplan would stay high on the track the final two circuits to pick up the win. Dustin Elliott would finish second in his best finish of the year followed by Todd Reitzer and Michael Leffler.

Next Friday night will be the Arnold Motor Supply Mid-Season event. Race fans will be joined by area Little Leaguers who will be taking part in the evening. There will also be a Day’s Inn “King of the Hill” event for the I.M.C.A. Sport Mods. The gates will open at 5:30 with hot-laps at 6:45 and the first race of the night will get underway at 7:30.


MARSHALLTOWN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY June 13, 2008
By Denny Grabenbauer

Faster Pastor Race: Paul McDermott-Liscomb—Bob Kosbau-M’town—Kerry Jech-M’town—Kim Wilson-Green Mountain—Jennifer Daniels-M’town—Ed Hannahs-M’town
“Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel” I.M.C.A. MODIFIED:
HEAT 1: Tim Murty-Tama—Brett Ladehoff-M’town—Nick Deal-Walnut
HEAT 2: Jerry Luloff-Independence—Vern Jackson-Waterloo—Jason Murray-Hartford
HEAT 3: Jimmy Gustin-M’town—David Brown-Kellogg—Todd Conrad-Waterloo
FEATURE: Jimmy Gustin—Vern Jackson—Brett Ladehoff—Tim Murty—Scott Simatovich—Jason Murray—Todd Conrad—Jay Schmidt—Adam Johnson—Ronn Lauritzen—Nick Deal—Dennis Betzler—Chris Snyder—John Timmesch—Scott Beard—Derek Reimer—Duane Peterson—Darin Sires—Jerry Luloff—David Brown—Kyle Krampe—Brian Kunkel

“Aarons” I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR:
HEAT 1: Tracy Gienger-Newton—Damon Murty-Chelsea—Shawn Hoskins-M’town
HEAT 2: Rick Brown-Kellogg—Luke Veren-Laurel—Sean Johnson-Independence
HEAT 3: Brian Irvine-Oelwein—Dave Atcher-M’town—Dustin Smith-Lake City
FEATURE: Brian Irvine—Rick Brown—Damon Murty—Sean Johnson—Dave Atcher—Jeff Wollam—Trent Murphy—Dusty Vis—Steve Meyer—Joe Luethje—Eric Flanders—Tracy Gienger—Jared Daggett—Rob Schneider—Andy Bryant—Rick Speck—Don Vis—Dustin Smith—Shawn Hoskins

“Junction Bar & Grille” I.M.C.A HOBBY STOCK:
HEAT 1: Alan VanGorp-Des Moines—Jennifer Hulin-M’town—Beau Kaplan-Ankeny
HEAT 2: Jamie Schirm-Dexter—Josh Irvine-Oelwein—Eric Knutson-Huxley
HEAT 3: Dustin Elliott-M’town—Michael Murphy-Prairie City—Michael Leffler
HEAT 4: Doug Smith-Lake City—Curt Hilmer-Dysart—Todd Reitzer-Grinnell
B-Main: Michael Vibbard—Justin Lichty—Scott Durlin—Adam Rickett—Jake Nelson
FEATURE: Beau Kaplan—Dustin Elliott—Todd Reitzer—Michael Leffler—Curt Hilmer—Devin Smith—Justin Lichty—Gene Nicklas—Jason Stringer—Jennifer Hulin—Michael Murphy—Gary Pfantz—Eric Knutson—Josh Irvine—Brad Bartling—Michael Vibbard—Josh Saunders—Adam Rickett—Scott Durlin—Bradley Christie—Chris Luloff—Jake Nelson—Doug Smith—Jamie Schirm

I.M.C.A SPORT MOD:
HEAT 1: Paul Nagel-Nevada—Ryan Ashton-Beamon—Kyle Brown-Kellogg
HEAT 2: Damon Murty-Chelsea—Kevin Sather-Ankeny—Ben Wilson-Nevada
HEAT 3: Luke Wanninger-Jefferson—Tim Love-Ames—Josh Sherbon-Waterloo
FEATURE: Kevin Sather—Brad Iverson—Paul Nagel—Kyle Brown—Ryan Ashton—Ben Wilson—Tim Love—Damon Murty—Josh Sherbon—Joe Docekal—Neil Follett—Bill Hildreth—Fred Lethem—Dale VanderWal—Mark McNeece—Joel Cox—Drew Fish—Luke Wanninger—Scott Thoma—John Dumer—Steve Jones—Joel Bushore—Bugs Vincent—Zach Rawlins

DWARF CARS:
HEAT 1: Jeff Stensland-Nevada—Andy Hennigar-Ankeny—Duane Coffman-Grimes
HEAT 2: Mike Morrill-Altoona—Troy Hudson-Ankeny—Randy Bryan-Ames
FEATURE: Mike Morrill—Andy Hennigar—Joel Huggins—Mike Kennedy—Randy Bryan—Duane Coffman—Troy Hudson—Mike Thomas—Johnny Mordock—Jeff Stensland—Dusty Masolini—Larry Sorenson—Gale Worthington