Dripps, Williams take first Marshalltown wins

Marshalltown Speedway

By Jeremy Fox

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 10) – Corey Dripps and Brandon Williams won their first Mar­shalltown Speedway features of the season Friday night.

Dripps grabbed the top spot following an early restart in the Coors Light IMCA Modified main event with Eric Elliott in tow. Dripps and Elliott battled for the lead until the caution came out again on lap 10 for Colby Heishman experiencing troubles exiting the track.

Dripps got a great restart while Josh Gilman and Jimmy Gustin raced into second and third, respec­tively. Dripps went on to take his first win at Marshalltown while Gustin grabbed second from Gilman on the last lap.

Outside row one starter Frank Packer grabbed the early Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod lead. Packer continued to pave the away, holding off Dusty Masolini and Sam Wieben while Williams worked his way to second.

Following a lap eight restart, Packer and Williams battled for the lead and it was Williams taking the lead away on lap 10. Williams held on to take his first win at Marshalltown ahead of Wieben and Packer.

After taking the lead on lap 15, Donavon Smith drove to the Miller Lite IMCS Sunoco Stock Car victory.

Eric Stanton was the winner in a green-to-checkered Toby’s K Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stock main event.

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