5/11/2026
Arlington Raceway
Broadband MN, 220 Enterprises, EJ's Bar & Grill Night
The air was chilly but the racing was hot at the Arlington Raceway for the Broadband MN, 220 Repair and EJ’s Bar & Grill Night. There were two different leaders in the Jack Pines Resort IMCA Hobby feature. Mason Goettl led the race for the first 7 laps from his pole position start. A yellow flag came out on the first lap as cars collided which put both Brad Becker and Ben Davis to the rear of the field. By the 5th lap, Cory Probst had moved up 5 spots to challenge Goettl. By lap 8 he took the lead from Goettl and stayed the leader to win his first feature of the year. Goettl picked up his best finish of 2nd and Austin Jahnz took 3rd.
David Marshall won his first feature event in the Coors Light Sport Compact race as the top four cars raced wheel to wheel for 3 laps when Gary Schumacher got a flat tire and caused a yellow flag. On the restart, Alan Lahr took over the lead but just two laps later Marshall gook it back with Lahr trying unsuccessfully to regain the top spot. Marshall crossed the line first, Lahr in 2nd and Dale Gatton took 3rd.
There were two different leaders in the Olson Snowplowing & Lawn Care Outlaw Hobby feature as well. Cody Flewelling was the leader of the first lap with Aaron Simons right behind him. By the 3rd lap, Karl Hewitt Jr. had moved up 7 spots to take over the race and work around lapped traffic to win the race and claim a clean sweep for the night. Mike Vogt took 2nd and despite engine troubles, Mark Oestreich took 3rd place.
Ben Reierson had pole position for the start of the Arlington State Bank IMCA No. Sport Modified and led the race for the first five laps with Broddy Enter passing six cars to take the lead from Reierson. Soon Eric Larson was in the mix as well, the three cars raced side by side for several laps. By the 10dth lap, Enter gained a bit of distance when lapped traffic became a factor. In the end, Broddy won the race with Larson able to get around Reierson and to claim 2nd with Reierson taking 3rd.
There was also a clean sweep in the Rice Companies IMCA RaceSaver Sprint class as Brett Allen won his head and feature. Andrew Allen started up front and was wheeling his car around the track in great form until he hit the inside berm in turn #2 which caused him to shoot up and fall off the track on lap 5. A yellow came out and he started in the back of the field. That set up Brett to take the lead and he never looked back as Bill Johnson tried to close the gap on him but he was busy holding off son Matt behind him. They finished the race with Brett Allen winning his first feature of the year, and the Johnson’s going 2 and 3.
The Ottomotive Tire & Repair IMCA Modified feature was led by three different drivers with Jason Schroeder taking the first lap honors from his pole position. By the 2nd time around, Matt Looft got by Austin Hamre and Trent Loverude to take over the top spot. He as able to hold on for 8 laps until Brandon Beckendorf once again powered his way around the track and get around Looft while gaining distance with lapped traffic a factor. In the end, Looft took 2nd and Clint Hatlestad moved forward four spots to take 3rd place.
There were three different leaders in the B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock car feature with Ryan Grochow leading the first two laps and then Ken Tietz who started in the 2nd row got around Grochow to take over the race. By lap 7 Matt Looft was leading in his 6-7 car. Behind him there was a battle royale between Dave Moriarty, Dan Mackenthun and Curt Lund. In the end Looft won his first feature with Moriarty taking 2nd and Mackenthun making a last lap pass to gain a position ahead of Lund.
Submitted By: Susan Allen
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