Murty Continues Winning Ways at Shelby County
By Anthony Ainslie
HARLAN, IOWA (August 16, 2025) – Dallon Murty continued his rookie season in grand fashion claiming another victory in Saturday’s Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series’ return to Shelby County Speedway.
The high-banked 1/3-mile bullring at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Harlan, Iowa played host to the West Series for the track’s final appearance on the 2025 Malvern Bank Series schedule. A stout field of 32 cars packed the pit area for a Saturday night showdown presented by Max I. Walker Uniform Services with $5,156 going to the winner.
Andrew Kosiski came out first in group one of Keyser Manufacturing qualifying time trials and set the fastest time of the night. Kosiski laid down a blistering 13.939 second lap, which was the only 13-second lap of the entire time trial session. Group two was topped by East Series Rookie of the Year Contender, Tim Ward with his 14.226 second lap. The third group was topped by a 14.515 second lap time set by Brian Kosiski, while Dallon Murty was fastest in the fourth and final group with a 14.549 second lap.
The four heat races on the night were won by J C Wyman, Jacob Hobscheidt, Andy Eckrich, and Josh Leonard. Bill Leighton Jr. would score the most points after heat racing action was completed which gave him the first chance at an $800 bonus for the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place Starter challenge. The Reigning West Series Champion declined the offer, so Kyle Berck would take over the 6th-place starting position.
Jason Hahne and Corey Zeitner picked up wins in the two Predator Custom Trailers B features while C J Horn and Cory Dumpert also transferred to the main event. After six provisionals were awarded, 26 cars took center stage for the 30-lap Max I. Walker main event. Pole Sitter Blair Nothdurft took the opening lead while Dallon Murty and Bill Leighton Jr. battle for second. Nothdurft was trying to become the first South Dakota driver to win with the Malvern Bank Series.
Murty continued to apply pressure to Nothdurft. The two leaders would encounter lapped traffic, and Murty was able to run the high side to perfection as Nothdurft went low to try and clear the slower car ahead of them.
As the two came off of turn four to begin lap 10, Murty narrowly edged out Nothdurft for the lead at the flagstand and then took the lead outright as they came off turn two.
Nothdurft would eventually fade back to finish sixth in order. Meanwhile, West Series Point Leader Jesse Sobbing made his way into the podium positions while Chad Simpson also climbed his way forward.
Only two cautions would slow the pace of the race. The first came for Darrel DeFrance who came to a stop in turn two on lap 11. The Marshalltown, Iowa driver would head back to the pit area resulting in him finishing 25th.
Trouble would also strike fourth-place running Tim Ward when the Harcourt, Iowa driver suffered mechanical woes. The East Series Rookie of the Year driver would come home in 24th.
In the closing stages of the race, Jesse Sobbing made a strong charge to the second position, but the Malvern, Iowa driver could not catch Murty despite his best efforts. Murty went on to run out the laps and capture his fifth Malvern Bank Series win, tying him with East Series Point Leader Dylan Thornton for most wins among drivers on both tours in 2025. One night after bagging $5,086 in his Bill Kirk Memorial victory at Park Jefferson Speedway, Murty collects $5,156 at Harlan, bringing his weekend total to $10,242 in two nights. Murty also became the 11th different winner in 16 races for the Malvern Bank Series at Shelby County.
Jesse Sobbing would have to settle for a runner-up finish while Chad Simpson took third. Bill Leighton Jr. finished fourth, while Dylan Schmer rounded out the top five, his first top-5 finish of the year and his best with the series so far.
The final leg of the tripleheader weekend for the West Series remains as the tour heads back to Nebraska for a Sunday showdown at the U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus for the Tom Kobus Memorial. After that, it’s a pair of Iowa Dual Races on August 22nd and 23rd with the Dale DeFrance Memorial at Marshalltown Speedway in Marshalltown and then the Ray Houck Memorial Late Model Showdown at the Adams County Speedway in Corning.
19 entries
Coca Cola Atlantic Bottling Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8K-Kaytee DeVries[1]; 2. 18R-Justin Reed[2]; 3. 46-Michael Gardner[9]; 4. 24M-Caine Mahlberg[6]; 5. 92-Andrew Rolf[8]; 6. 32B-Bryant Grubbs[5]; 7. 0T-Tanner Hoffman[7]; 8. 16-Dalton Woodle[10]; 9. 6D-Zach Day[11]; 10. 76-Josh Lamreau[12]; 11. 30E-Evan Ewoldt[13]; 12. 9J-John Logan[4]; 13. 58-Harrison Horn[3]; 14. 91-Cody Allbee[14]; 15. 444-Kinsleigh Chadwick[16]; 16. 25H-Jamie Hohenfield[17]; 17. (DNF) 74-Lennie Anders[15]; 18. (DNS) D1-Jim Cahill; 19. (DNS) 3D-Josh Deist
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 18R-Justin Reed[2]; 2. 46-Michael Gardner[8]; 3. 0T-Tanner Hoffman[7]; 4. 24M-Caine Mahlberg[10]; 5. 9J-John Logan[4]; 6. 6D-Zach Day[6]; 7. 30E-Evan Ewoldt[9]; 8. 74-Lennie Anders[5]; 9. 25H-Jamie Hohenfield[1]; 10. (DNF) D1-Jim Cahill[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 8K-Kaytee DeVries[1]; 2. 92-Andrew Rolf[7]; 3. 58-Harrison Horn[2]; 4. 32B-Bryant Grubbs[5]; 5. 16-Dalton Woodle[9]; 6. 76-Josh Lamreau[8]; 7. 91-Cody Allbee[4]; 8. 444-Kinsleigh Chadwick[3]; 9. (DNF) 3D-Josh Deist[6]
15 entries
KNOD Radio Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 27-Jason Kohl[1]; 2. 01U2-Dayton Ullrich[9]; 3. 01F-Jeff Fink[7]; 4. 9-Joel Magee[6]; 5. 69-Jason Tetzlaff[10]; 6. F20-Travis Fink[5]; 7. 29-Brian Buboltz[11]; 8. 9C-Colby Christensen[14]; 9. 5-Gage Neese[13]; 10. 54-James Turensky[12]; 11. 7W-Willy Ransom[8]; 12. 3D-Dustin Daringer[15]; 13. 69E-Dakota Eccles[4]; 14. (DNF) 26-Justin Ahrenholtz[3]; 15. (DNF) 98-Derrick Rohe[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[5]; 2. 7W-Willy Ransom[6]; 3. 27-Jason Kohl[8]; 4. 26-Justin Ahrenholtz[2]; 5. 69-Jason Tetzlaff[7]; 6. 29-Brian Buboltz[4]; 7. 5-Gage Neese[3]; 8. 3D-Dustin Daringer[1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69E-Dakota Eccles[2]; 2. F20-Travis Fink[3]; 3. 98-Derrick Rohe[1]; 4. 01U2-Dayton Ullrich[6]; 5. 01F-Jeff Fink[5]; 6. 54-James Turensky[4]; 7. 9C-Colby Christensen[7]
17 entries
Keast Auto Center Northern Sport Modifieds
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 60-Kevin Zeitner[7]; 2. 777-Cody Olsen[9]; 3. CB25-Chris Burke[1]; 4. 5-Hayden Hillgartner[12]; 5. 52W-Kevin Wortman[3]; 6. 74-Corey Eitmann[17]; 7. 4-Aiden Gnat[8]; 8. 67-Jacob Beckstrom[11]; 9. 3-Kyle Tanner[4]; 10. 27C-Charlie Peck[5]; 11. 64-Nick Hermsen[2]; 12. 16W-Daniel Woodle[10]; 13. (DNF) 2C-Chase Monson[15]; 14. (DNF) 1-Ted Copeland[13]; 15. (DNF) 26Z-Dylan Zimmerman[14]; 16. (DNF) 3J-Cayden Jensen[16]; 17. (DNF) 19X-Evan Hrabik[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Kevin Zeitner[6]; 2. 52W-Kevin Wortman[3]; 3. 3-Kyle Tanner[4]; 4. 19X-Evan Hrabik[5]; 5. 74-Corey Eitmann[9]; 6. 16W-Daniel Woodle[1]; 7. 5-Hayden Hillgartner[7]; 8. 26Z-Dylan Zimmerman[8]; 9. 3J-Cayden Jensen[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 777-Cody Olsen[7]; 2. CB25-Chris Burke[1]; 3. 4-Aiden Gnat[6]; 4. 27C-Charlie Peck[4]; 5. 64-Nick Hermsen[2]; 6. 67-Jacob Beckstrom[3]; 7. 1-Ted Copeland[8]; 8. (DNF) 2C-Chase Monson[5]
16 entries
Murphy Equipment Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Austin Brands[6]; 2. 3-Mike Albertsen[7]; 3. 66-Mike Vondrak[3]; 4. 19-Dustin Reeh[5]; 5. 79RC-Riley Christensen[8]; 6. 10-Mike Stapleton[13]; 7. 90-Bob Walker[4]; 8. 21X-Max Dale[1]; 9. 11-Carson Reinig[15]; 10. 30-Reed Payne[9]; 11. 77NJ-Jayden Nielsen[14]; 12. 53R-Larry Robinson Jr[16]; 13. 8X-Mike Hansen[12]; 14. 9-Chris Wredt[11]; 15. 48-Larry Robinson[2]; 16. (DNF) 4X-Ethan Thompson[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Austin Brands[6]; 2. 79RC-Riley Christensen[7]; 3. 21X-Max Dale[1]; 4. 90-Bob Walker[5]; 5. 30-Reed Payne[8]; 6. 9-Chris Wredt[2]; 7. 10-Mike Stapleton[4]; 8. (DNF) 11-Carson Reinig[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Mike Albertsen[6]; 2. 66-Mike Vondrak[4]; 3. 19-Dustin Reeh[5]; 4. 48-Larry Robinson[3]; 5. 4X-Ethan Thompson[8]; 6. 8X-Mike Hansen[2]; 7. 77NJ-Jayden Nielsen[1]; 8. (DNF) 53R-Larry Robinson Jr[7]
32 entries
Dirt Super Late Models
Max I Walker A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty[3]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing[7]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[8]; 4. 24-Bill Leighton[2]; 5. 5-Dylan Schmer[4]; 6. 76-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 7. 56-Andy Eckrich[10]; 8. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 9. 76H-Jason Hahne[17]; 10. 04-Tad Pospisil[12]; 11. 30-Jordan Grabouski[13]; 12. 35D-Dylan Sillman[21]; 13. 85-Josh Leonard[9]; 14. 01X-CJ Horn[19]; 15. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[16]; 16. 53-Andrew Kosiski[11]; 17. 77-Cory Dumpert[20]; 18. 4-JC Wyman[15]; 19. 22-Charlie McKenna[22]; 20. 15C-Curt Schroeder[23]; 21. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[18]; 22. 52-Brian Kosiski[14]; 23. 9-Mark Plowman[25]; 24. 4TW-Tim Ward[5]; 25. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[24]; 26. 3-Mike Collins[26]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76H-Jason Hahne[2]; 2. 01X-CJ Horn[4]; 3. 35D-Dylan Sillman[1]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 5. 3-Mike Collins[5]; 6. 1-Denton Duncan[6]; 7. 5S-Jeff Segebart[8]; 8. 9-Mark Plowman[7]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[2]; 2. 77-Cory Dumpert[1]; 3. 6-Jake Neal[8]; 4. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[4]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 6. 25P-Brad Perdue[6]; 7. 33-Paul Glendenning[5]; 8. 25X-JJ Rodeman[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 2. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 3. 76H-Jason Hahne[2]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 5. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 6. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]; 7. 3-Mike Collins[7]; 8. 9-Mark Plowman[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[1]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing[3]; 3. 76-Blair Nothdurft[4]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward[6]; 5. 30-Jordan Grabouski[5]; 6. 01X-CJ Horn[2]; 7. 33-Paul Glendenning[7]; 8. (DNS) 6-Jake Neal
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Andy Eckrich[2]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 3. 5-Dylan Schmer[5]; 4. 77-Cory Dumpert[4]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[1]; 6. 52-Brian Kosiski[6]; 7. 1-Denton Duncan[7]; 8. 5S-Jeff Segebart[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Josh Leonard[2]; 2. 14-Kyle Berck[4]; 3. 99X-Dallon Murty[6]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[3]; 5. 35D-Dylan Sillman[5]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder[7]; 7. 25P-Brad Perdue[1]; 8. 25X-JJ Rodeman[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:13.939[1]; 2. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:14.014[4]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:14.137[3]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:14.165[6]; 5. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:14.250[8]; 6. 4-JC Wyman, 00:14.525[5]; 7. 3-Mike Collins, 00:14.709[7]; 8. 9-Mark Plowman, 00:14.904[2]
Qualifying 2: 1. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:14.226[6]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:14.229[1]; 3. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.267[7]; 4. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:14.310[2]; 5. 01X-CJ Horn, 00:14.503[5]; 6. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, 00:14.637[8]; 7. 33-Paul Glendenning, 00:14.736[4]; 8. 6-Jake Neal, 00:16.000[3]
Qualifying 3: 1. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:14.515[7]; 2. 5-Dylan Schmer, 00:14.694[2]; 3. 77-Cory Dumpert, 00:14.714[4]; 4. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.785[6]; 5. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:15.055[3]; 6. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:15.182[5]; 7. 1-Denton Duncan, 00:15.370[8]; 8. 5S-Jeff Segebart, 00:15.594[1]
Qualifying 4: 1. 99X-Dallon Murty, 00:14.549[7]; 2. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:14.559[3]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:14.738[8]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:14.815[6]; 5. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:14.912[4]; 6. 25P-Brad Perdue, 00:14.963[5]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:15.057[2]; 8. 25X-JJ Rodeman, 00:15.348[1]
Category: Iowa
