7/19/2021
Marshalltown Speedway
Dallon Murty takes home the Grand, Reynolds and Raffurty keep their streak alive, and Berry, Gustin, and Gates also see Victory Lane
Marshalltown Speedway held its regular weekly racing program on Friday night, along with the Central Iowa Fair. Two drivers kept their winning streaks going as Kaden Reynolds rolled to another win in the IMCA Hobby Stock division, as did Dillon Raffurty in the IMCA STARS Mod Lites. Dallon Murty took home the $1,000 Stock Car special, Jenae Gustin found her way to Victory Lane in the IMCA Northern Sport Mods, Tom Berry claimed the win in the IMCA Modified class, and the IMCA Sport Compacts joined the regular classes with Adam Gates taking that victory.
The IMCA Sport Compacts made one of several of their scheduled appearances at the High Banks and it was Adam Gates, Marion, Iowa taking home the win in the 12 lap feature event. John Gill started tenth and chased Gates for most of the race, but had to be content with the runner up position. Third went to Dalton Sowers, Cristian Grady who had won back on July 2 started ninth and took fourth, and fifth went to twelfth place starter Kolby Sabin, a winner back on June 4.
The IMCA STARS Mod Lites were up next for their 15 lap feature event. Dillon Raffurty, Kansas City, Missouri, started ninth, and by lap three, had the lead. From there on he never looked back, taking his fourth feature win in a row. David Raffurty made the haul up from Kansas City too, and finished in second place. Josh May took third, followed by Randy Bryan in fourth, and Ben George in fifth.
It was a popular win in the IMCA Northern SportMods as Jenae Gustin pretty much dominated in this one. Gustin started fourth and had the lead by lap two. Several yellows were no hinderance for Gustin as she motored home, taking the comfortable win. There was a dogfight behind Gustin in the closing laps with Johnathon Logue taking the runner up spot over Kyle Olson in third place, Kalin Lopez in fourth, and Austin Schrage in fifth. This was Gustin's first win of the season.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks went 15 laps for their feature event. Tenth place starter Kaden Reynolds caught early race leader William Klosterman and flew into the lead by lap two. It was all Reynolds' race from there on out as he pulled away from the rest of the field to take the easy win. Following a distant second was Aaron Martin who had started eleventh, Solomon Bennett came all the way from eighteenth starting spot to finish third, Tom Killen was fourth, and Brooklyn, Iowa's Rick Kriegel took fifth after starting nineteenth. This marked Reynolds' fifth straight feature win, plus three more in the early season, as well as winning the Frostbuster.
It was $1,000 to win presented by Toby K's Hideaway in the IMCA Stock Cars in a draw/redraw show. There was a lot of close racing in their 25 lap feature with Austin Kaplan leading the charge in the early portion of the race. He was quickly challenged by Michael Jaennette however, with Jaennette taking over that top spot on lap six. Meanwhile, sixth place starter Dallon Murty was throwing his hat into the ring as he moved into third place. It was quite a show between Jaennette, Kaplan, and Murty as they duked it out lap after lap. Murty finally established his claim to second place at lap fourteen, and began his assault on Jaennette. Murty ran the high line and then the low line as he sought what would work, and finally with just three laps remaining, got it to work, taking the lead. A yellow flew late in the race, setting up a green-white-checkered finish with Jaennette hoping to get the upper hand on the restart. It wasn't to be however, as Murty took the win, Jaennette having to settle for second. Visiting Texas racer Shelby Williams out of Bonham, Texas was hard charger, coming from eighteenth starting spot to finish third. Fourth went to early leader Austin Kaplan, and tenth place starter Tyler Pickett rounded out the top five. This was Dallon Murty's fourth feature win of the regular season, and he also won the Frostbuster special.
Last year's IMCA Modified track champion, and defending IMCA National champion, made his presence known once again at the High Banks, as he piloted his new ride to victory. Berry started sixth and overtook early leader Drew Janssen on lap nine, and then never looked back....winning easily over Janssen. Zach Rawlins ran up front the entire race, and took home a third place finish. Dylan Thornton came on strong in the closing laps and finished fourth, and Thor Anderson completed the top five.
Next Friday night, July 23rd, is Casey's and Rumours Bar and Grill salute to Marshalltown Law Enforcement. The green flag drops at 7:30.
Article Credit: Joyce Eisele
Submitted By: Jerry Vansickel
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