August 5, 2023 | By Anthony Ainslie

Kay dominates DeFrance Memorial at Marshalltown

Marshalltown, IA —  Justin Kay found victory lane once again with the Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models East Series in the tour’s return to Marshalltown Speedway Friday night.

The high-banked quarter-mile in Marshalltown, Iowa was the sight for round 15 of the 2023 season for the East Series. It was a big night of action as the Speedway was the host of the 6th annual Dale DeFrance Memorial. A stout field of cars from Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois packed the pits for a shot at a $4,644 pay day at the end of the night.

Justin Kay kicked the night off on the right foot in qualifying. The 2-time and Reigning East Series Champion set the fastest time with a 14.626 second lap. The night’s four heat races were won by Jeff Larson, Matt Ryan, Charlie McKenna, and Chris Spieker. Jason Hahne and Jeff Aikey took wins in the two B-features, and at the end of the night, 24 cars took to the speedway for the 44-lap finale.

Justin Kay powered from his fourth-place starting position and powered around the top side of the Marshalltown Speedway to lead the opening lap. Meanwhile, pole-sitter Charlie McKenna and Bill Leighton Jr. provided a tight challenge for the lead in the early going.

Four cautions would slow the race down. Kay continued to hit his marks whenever he needed to, and the Wheatland, Iowa driver would keep a tight hold on the race lead. Kay would lead all 44 laps to capture his second win on the East Series in 2023. The win was Kay’s 11th with the series which put him in 6th on the all-time win list.

Charlie McKenna took second while Jason Rauen made a late-race charge to take third. Andy Eckrich finished fourth, and Jeff Larson rounded out the top five.

The Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series will team back up with the Malvern Bank West Series on August 5th for the Hovinga/Harken Memorial at the Kossuth County Speedway in Algona, Iowa. After that, the Malvern Bank West Series will have a Nebraska doubleheader on August 11-12 with visits to Thayer County Speedway in Deshler and then Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction.

RESULTS

Dale DeFrance Memorial A Feature (44 Laps): 1. 15K-Justin Kay[4]; 2. 22-Charlie McKenna[1]; 3. 98-Jason Rauen[15]; 4. 56-Andy Eckrich[10]; 5. 99L-Jeff Larson[12]; 6. 10T-Jeff Tharp[8]; 7. 21H-Brian Harris[20]; 8. 44-Luke Goedert[7]; 9. 77-Jeff Aikey[18]; 10. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[2]; 11. 07-Matt Ryan[9]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder[11]; 13. 5-Jason Hahne[17]; 14. 32C-Chad Holladay[21]; 15. 42-Fred Remley[22]; 16. 43-Derrick Stewart[3]; 17. 58-Dave Eckrich[16]; 18. 56S-Chris Spieker[14]; 19. 1-Jaxon Saathoff[23]; 20. 32-Curtis Glover[13]; 21. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 22. 99-Jesse Sobbing[19]; 23. 45-Curt Martin[24]; 24. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jason Hahne[2]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing[4]; 3. 1-Jaxon Saathoff[1]; 4. 42-Fred Remley[5]; 5. K1-Kyle Krampe[3]; 6. 32L-Cody Laney[7]; 7. 3D-Thomas Stevens[6]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jeff Aikey[1]; 2. 21H-Brian Harris[3]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[6]; 4. 45-Curt Martin[5]; 5. 99P-Luke Pestka[2]; 6. 9-Bobby Hansen[7]; 7. 74-Ron Boyse[4]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99L-Jeff Larson[1]; 2. 44-Luke Goedert[3]; 3. 15K-Justin Kay[5]; 4. 15C-Curt Schroeder[4]; 5. K1-Kyle Krampe[2]; 6. 32C-Chad Holladay[7]; 7. 9-Bobby Hansen[6]; 8. 32L-Cody Laney[8]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Matt Ryan[2]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski[4]; 3. 5-Jason Hahne[1]; 4. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 5. 77-Jeff Aikey[3]; 6. 45-Curt Martin[7]; 7. 1-Jaxon Saathoff[5]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 2. 43-Derrick Stewart[6]; 3. 10T-Jeff Tharp[4]; 4. 99P-Luke Pestka[7]; 5. 99-Jesse Sobbing[8]; 6. 74-Ron Boyse[2]; 7. 42-Fred Remley[1]; 8. 21H-Brian Harris[5]

Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 56S-Chris Spieker[1]; 2. 32-Curtis Glover[2]; 3. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[5]; 4. 58-Dave Eckrich[3]; 5. 98-Jason Rauen[4]; 6. 56-Andy Eckrich[6]; 7. 3D-Thomas Stevens[7]

Qualifying A: 1. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.626[15]; 2. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:14.652[14]; 3. 32L-Cody Laney, 00:14.760[6]; 4. 1-Jaxon Saathoff, 00:14.797[11]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:14.808[9]; 6. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:14.854[13]; 7. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:14.870[8]; 8. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:14.949[4]; 9. K1-Kyle Krampe, 00:14.959[5]; 10. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:15.020[7]; 11. 99L-Jeff Larson, 00:15.066[10]; 12. 5-Jason Hahne, 00:15.268[12]; 13. 9-Bobby Hansen, 00:15.338[1]; 14. 45-Curt Martin, 00:15.627[3]; 15. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:15.627[2]

Qualifying B: 1. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:14.658[8]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:14.696[2]; 3. 21H-Brian Harris, 00:14.798[12]; 4. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:14.868[15]; 5. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:14.885[11]; 6. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:14.898[7]; 7. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:14.914[13]; 8. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:14.941[6]; 9. 74-Ron Boyse, 00:15.070[9]; 10. 32-Curtis Glover, 00:15.101[3]; 11. 42-Fred Remley, 00:15.151[5]; 12. 56S-Chris Spieker, 00:15.154[10]; 13. 99P-Luke Pestka, 00:15.228[1]; 14. 3D-Thomas Stevens, 00:16.957[4]; 15. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:16.957[14]

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IMCA MODIFIED PRESENTED BY TIRE DEMON BY LOVE TAP

A Feature 1 (34 Laps): 1. 30M-Cayden Carter[1]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[10]; 3. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[4]; 4. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[16]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[12]; 6. V13-Grey Ferrando[7]; 7. 26J-Joel Rust[23]; 8. 12T-Jeff Larson[8]; 9. 5-Todd Shute[13]; 10. 127-Drew Janssen[14]; 11. 50-Denny Eckrich[3]; 12. 5L-Cody Laney[9]; 13. 82-Jake McBirnie[20]; 14. 25C-Cody Thompson[22]; 15. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[21]; 16. 77-Jeff Aikey[19]; 17. (DNF) 11-Izac Mallicoat[17]; 18. (DNF) 48J-Jacob Murray[15]; 19. (DNF) 23K-Kaden Cochrun[24]; 20. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[5]; 21. (DNF) 70-Jerry King[2]; 22. (DNF) 19G-Richie Gustin[6]; 23. (DNF) 19-Jimmy Gustin[11]; 24. (DNS) 07X-Troy Morris III

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[1]; 2. 26J-Joel Rust[3]; 3. 13-Jerry Flippo[2]; 4. 71C-Troy Cordes[4]; 5. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[5]; 6. 111-Ethan Braaksma[9]; 7. 3W-Garett Wilson[6]; 8. 2C-Dave Cain[7]; 9. 28-Russ Dickerson[12]; 10. 12-Bret Ramsey[10]; 11. (DNF) 05-Paul Nagle[8]; 12. (DNS) 38C-Kellie Drury

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson[1]; 2. 23K-Kaden Cochrun[11]; 3. 32-Chris Snyder[5]; 4. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[9]; 5. 333-Rob Charapata[2]; 6. 40RC-Rod Clement[10]; 7. (DNF) 5M-Austin Mehmen[3]; 8. (DNF) 7W-Wesley Wise[4]; 9. (DNF) 56K-Dustin Kroening[7]; 10. (DNF) 5G-Gat Leytham[6]; 11. (DNS) 69JR-Johnathon Logue

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30M-Cayden Carter[1]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[5]; 3. 4TW-Tim Ward[2]; 4. 5-Todd Shute[4]; 5. 11-Izac Mallicoat[3]; 6. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[6]; 7. 26J-Joel Rust[8]; 8. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[11]; 9. 2C-Dave Cain[10]; 10. 111-Ethan Braaksma[9]; 11. 38C-Kellie Drury[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5L-Cody Laney[3]; 2. 12T-Jeff Larson[5]; 3. 19-Jimmy Gustin[6]; 4. 127-Drew Janssen[9]; 5. 07X-Troy Morris III[1]; 6. 25C-Cody Thompson[8]; 7. 5M-Austin Mehmen[4]; 8. 32-Chris Snyder[10]; 9. 56K-Dustin Kroening[7]; 10. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[2]; 11. 23K-Kaden Cochrun[11]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. V13-Grey Ferrando[2]; 2. 23JR-Nick Roberts[3]; 3. 70-Jerry King[1]; 4. 48J-Jacob Murray[10]; 5. 77-Jeff Aikey[5]; 6. 13-Jerry Flippo[7]; 7. 71C-Troy Cordes[8]; 8. 3W-Garett Wilson[9]; 9. 05-Paul Nagle[6]; 10. 12-Bret Ramsey[11]; 11. (DNF) 28-Russ Dickerson[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[7]; 2. 19G-Richie Gustin[3]; 3. 50-Denny Eckrich[5]; 4. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[10]; 5. 82-Jake McBirnie[8]; 6. 333-Rob Charapata[4]; 7. 7W-Wesley Wise[6]; 8. (DNF) 5G-Gat Leytham[9]; 9. (DNF) 69JR-Johnathon Logue[2]; 10. (DNF) 40RC-Rod Clement[1]

IMCA STOCK CAR PRESENTED BY DRURY AUTOMOTIVE

A Feature 1 (24 Laps): 1. 99D-Damon Murty[2]; 2. 1-Kaden Reynolds[3]; 3. A1A-Austin Kaplan[9]; 4. 77M-Jeff Mueller[8]; 5. 23JR-Nick Roberts[7]; 6. 19J-Jay Schmidt[4]; 7. 1X-Cayden Carter[11]; 8. 22R-Todd Reitzler[10]; 9. 71-David Brandies[12]; 10. 12N-Gage Neal[21]; 11. 94-Steve Meyer[1]; 12. 01-Troy Jerovetz[15]; 13. C29-Garrett Corn[6]; 14. 3-Mike Albertsen[18]; 15. 3W-Jeff Wollam[16]; 16. 4-Scott Rice[19]; 17. 14X-Austin Schrage[17]; 18. 31-Micheal Smith[24]; 19. 5A-Tyler Pickett[13]; 20. 8E-Mitchell Evens[23]; 21. 37-Kylie Rawlins[20]; 22. (DNF) 3J-Dave Johnson[22]; 23. (DNF) 6-Chanse Hollatz[14]; 24. (DNF) 2-Dave Atcher[5]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3J-Dave Johnson[3]; 2. 8E-Mitchell Evens[5]; 3. 31-Micheal Smith[7]; 4. 1K-Michael Sheen[2]; 5. 96-Clinton Goff[6]; 6. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[1]; 7. 196-Austin Schuring[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Kaden Reynolds[1]; 2. 2-Dave Atcher[2]; 3. 19J-Jay Schmidt[4]; 4. 23JR-Nick Roberts[5]; 5. 5A-Tyler Pickett[6]; 6. 3W-Jeff Wollam[7]; 7. 4-Scott Rice[3]; 8. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[9]; 9. (DNF) 196-Austin Schuring[8]; 10. (DNF) 31-Micheal Smith[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-David Brandies[6]; 2. 94-Steve Meyer[8]; 3. C29-Garrett Corn[4]; 4. 22R-Todd Reitzler[3]; 5. 6-Chanse Hollatz[9]; 6. 14X-Austin Schrage[1]; 7. 37-Kylie Rawlins[2]; 8. 1K-Michael Sheen[5]; 9. 8E-Mitchell Evens[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99D-Damon Murty[2]; 2. A1A-Austin Kaplan[1]; 3. 1X-Cayden Carter[6]; 4. 77M-Jeff Mueller[5]; 5. 01-Troy Jerovetz[4]; 6. 3-Mike Albertsen[3]; 7. 12N-Gage Neal[7]; 8. 3J-Dave Johnson[9]; 9. 96-Clinton Goff[8]

IMCA SPORTMOD PRESENTED BY RUGGED RADIOS

A Feature 1 (24 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[7]; 2. 7V-Carter VanDenBerg[1]; 3. 25-Travis Peterson[2]; 4. 1JR-Ben Chapman[20]; 5. 53-Logan Anderson[3]; 6. 92-Josh Most[13]; 7. 19J-Jenae Gustin[14]; 8. 13M-Matthew Mayo[8]; 9. 95-Mason Day[16]; 10. 21-Cam Reimers[11]; 11. 13C-Shane Paris[10]; 12. 00-Colby Fett[22]; 13. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[21]; 14. K3-Kyle Olson[9]; 15. 57S-David Schwartz[4]; 16. 57K-Ryan King[24]; 17. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[23]; 18. 74-Camdan Vincent[19]; 19. (DNF) T23-Tony Olson[12]; 20. (DNF) 2X-Matt Avila[6]; 21. (DNF) 198-Sam Wieben[15]; 22. (DNF) B21-Brandon Tharp[5]; 23. (DNF) 35JR-Justin Becker[17]; 24. (DNF) 2K-Taylor Kuehl[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[4]; 2. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[1]; 3. 8-Tom Lathrop[3]; 4. 193-Jessiah Taylor[6]; 5. 09-Scott Williams[12]; 6. 88K-Kole Quam[9]; 7. 28B-Curt Smeins[5]; 8. (DNF) 17-Christopher Frisbie[2]; 9. (DNF) 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[10]; 10. (DNS) 33T-Trevor Tanner; 11. (DNS) 12K-Colton Keel; 12. (DNS) 54-Dan Day

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 00-Colby Fett[2]; 2. 57K-Ryan King[5]; 3. 8T-Tony Johnson[4]; 4. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[9]; 5. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[6]; 6. 57-Lynn Brockett[3]; 7. 32S-Blair Simmons[1]; 8. 20XX-Cody Yaw[10]; 9. (DNF) 13J-Brandon Jacoby[8]; 10. (DNF) 43LV-Logan Veloz[11]; 11. (DNS) MR31-Mike Rutherford

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B21-Brandon Tharp[2]; 2. 57S-David Schwartz[11]; 3. T23-Tony Olson[5]; 4. 92-Josh Most[9]; 5. 35JR-Justin Becker[7]; 6. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[4]; 7. 8-Tom Lathrop[3]; 8. 28B-Curt Smeins[1]; 9. (DNF) 33T-Trevor Tanner[8]; 10. (DNF) 88K-Kole Quam[6]; 11. (DNS) 54-Dan Day

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Matt Avila[1]; 2. 13C-Shane Paris[4]; 3. 7V-Carter VanDenBerg[2]; 4. 19J-Jenae Gustin[7]; 5. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[6]; 6. 32S-Blair Simmons[5]; 7. 57-Lynn Brockett[11]; 8. 57K-Ryan King[9]; 9. MR31-Mike Rutherford[10]; 10. (DNF) 16K-Kaylin Lopez[3]; 11. (DNF) 43LV-Logan Veloz[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 53-Logan Anderson[1]; 2. 21-Cam Reimers[5]; 3. K3-Kyle Olson[3]; 4. 198-Sam Wieben[9]; 5. 74-Camdan Vincent[8]; 6. 17-Christopher Frisbie[2]; 7. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[6]; 8. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[4]; 9. (DNF) 12K-Colton Keel[10]; 10. (DNF) 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[7]; 11. (DNF) 09-Scott Williams[11]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13M-Matthew Mayo[1]; 2. 01-Brayton Carter[6]; 3. 25-Travis Peterson[4]; 4. 95-Mason Day[3]; 5. 1JR-Ben Chapman[10]; 6. 00-Colby Fett[7]; 7. 8T-Tony Johnson[9]; 8. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[2]; 9. 13J-Brandon Jacoby[8]; 10. (DNF) 20XX-Cody Yaw[5]

IMCA HOBBY STOCK PRESENTED BY BIG 8 TYRE CENTER

A Feature 1 (24 Laps): 1. 13N-Dylan Nelson[12]; 2. 52-Joren Fisher[3]; 3. 69-Calvin Dhondt[8]; 4. 73-Aaron Martin[11]; 5. 51B-Brandon Bombardo[17]; 6. 4W-John Watson[6]; 7. 2G-Bradly Graham[10]; 8. 12K-Eric Knutson[1]; 9. 85-Seth Janssen[21]; 10. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[4]; 11. 29-Jake Nelson[2]; 12. 4C-Curt Reed[22]; 13. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[19]; 14. 55-Brett Maasdam[23]; 15. 51X-Dustin Filloon[16]; 16. 88H-Kale Hemsley[20]; 17. 64L-Tommy Luft[24]; 18. (DNF) 14J-Jacob Floyd[7]; 19. (DNF) 47-Darin DeZwarte[15]; 20. (DNF) 22B-Braden Gifford[9]; 21. (DNF) 17X-Ben Newhouse `[5]; 22. (DNF) 11B-Solomon Bennett[14]; 23. (DNF) 22W-Wayne Gifford[18]; 24. (DNF) 22-Seth Butler[13]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Seth Janssen[3]; 2. 4C-Curt Reed[7]; 3. 55-Brett Maasdam[11]; 4. 64L-Tommy Luft[5]; 5. 47W-Sam West[1]; 6. 17-Andy Peck[13]; 7. (DNF) 20W-Matt Wahl[6]; 8. (DNF) 48-Derrick McNeece[12]; 9. (DNF) 40SE-Scott Ellis[2]; 10. (DNF) 14T-Mitchell Thomas[9]; 11. (DNF) 577-Cory Ogden[8]; 12. (DNF) 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr[10]; 13. (DNS) 7-Brayden Fahrni

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13N-Dylan Nelson[5]; 2. 2G-Bradly Graham[1]; 3. 17X-Ben Newhouse `[8]; 4. 22-Seth Butler[7]; 5. 51B-Brandon Bombardo[4]; 6. 47W-Sam West[9]; 7. 64L-Tommy Luft[2]; 8. 14T-Mitchell Thomas[3]; 9. 17-Andy Peck[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Calvin Dhondt[1]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[6]; 3. 14J-Jacob Floyd[2]; 4. 11B-Solomon Bennett[7]; 5. 22W-Wayne Gifford[5]; 6. 40SE-Scott Ellis[4]; 7. 20W-Matt Wahl[8]; 8. 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Jake Nelson[1]; 2. 22B-Braden Gifford[2]; 3. 73-Aaron Martin[4]; 4. 47-Darin DeZwarte[8]; 5. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[7]; 6. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 7. 4C-Curt Reed[3]; 8. (DNF) 55-Brett Maasdam[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Joren Fisher[4]; 2. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[6]; 3. 4W-John Watson[8]; 4. 51X-Dustin Filloon[7]; 5. 88H-Kale Hemsley[3]; 6. 7-Brayden Fahrni[1]; 7. 577-Cory Ogden[2]; 8. (DNF) 48-Derrick McNeece[5]