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August 25
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mason City, IA
Sanction: Malvern Bank East Series (Summer Smackdown) - $4,000
Information provided by: Mike Ruefer, series and track reports (last updated August 29, 1:45 pm)
Horn upsets Malvern foes for first tour win
Summer Smackdown
  1. C.J. Horn
  2. Bill Leighton Jr.
  3. Dylan Thornton
  4. Justin Zeitner
  5. Corey Zeitner
  6. Andy Eckrich
  7. Jake Neal
  8. Jason Hahne
  9. Tad Pospisil
  10. Joe Chisholm
  11. Dave Eckrich
  12. Jeff Tharp
  13. Kyle Berck
  14. Chad Holladay
  15. Gabe Umbarger
  16. Curt Schroeder
  17. Chris Spieker
  18. Luke Goedert
  19. Andrew Kosiski
  20. Darrel DeFrance
  21. Curtis Glover
  22. Jake Bridge
  23. J.C. Wyman
  24. Dylan Sillman
  25. Charlie McKenna
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C.J. Horn captured his first Late Model touring victory.
What won the race: Winning a lengthy duel with Justin Zeitner and fighting off a late challenge from Bill Leighton Jr., 20-year-old C.J. Horn of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grabbed his first tour victory with a $4,000 upset in a Malvern Bank East and West Series combo event at Mason City Motor Speedway. The fifth-starting Horn took the checkers 0.254 seconds ahead of the 10th-starting Leighton after pulling away following the midrace battle with the polesitting Zeitner.
Quotable: "I was hauling off the bottom and then started catching lapped cars in the bottom," Horn said. "I kept hoping they were gonna wash up and I saw something in the middle there, but they just weren't. I saw something in the middle there I wasn't sure, but I knew I had to take it and try it just so I didn't get passed."
Key notes: Horn led laps 7-21 and 23-40. ... Polesitter Justin Zeitner led laps 1-6 and the 22nd lap. He settled for fourth behind Dylan Thornton. ... The low-running Horn and high-running Zeitner ran in tight formation into the middle stages of the race before Horn pulled away and Bill Leighton Jr. pulled into contention. ... Horn left the inside door open in turns one and two on the final lap, but Leighton couldn't find a way past. ... Horn notched his first 2024 victory; he was a seven-time winner in weekly action last season with Iowa track titles at Donnellson's Lee County Speedway and West Burlington's 34 Raceway. ... Fast qualifier Kyle Berck opted for the sixth starting spot to gun for a $2,200 bonus if he'd won. ... A single caution slowed the action when heat winner Charlie McKenna got into the turn-three wall on the third lap and retired. ... In heat action, Jake Bridge nearly cleared the outside concrete in the second heat before spinning; he finished 22nd in the feature.
On the move: Runner-up Bill Leighton Jr. of La Vista, Neb., started 10th.
Winner's sponsors: Horn's Rocket Chassis is powered by a Horn Racing Engine and sponsored by Horn Automotive Engineering, Innovative Slots, Rod End Supply and Penske Racing Shocks.
Points chase: East Series after Mason City: 1. Andy Eckrich (2,452); 2. Dylan Thornton (2,428); 3. Chad Holladay (2,404); 4. Jason Hahne (2,400); 5. Jeff Tharp (2,332). West Series after Mason City: 1. Bill Leighton Jr. (2,652); 2. Tad Pospisil (2,612); 3. Chad Holladay (2,610); 4. J.C. Wyman (2,522); 5. Andrew Kosiski (2,494).
Current weather: Few Clouds, 88°F
Car count: 25
Fast qualifier: Kyle Berck
Time: 14.429 seconds
Polesitter: Justin Zeitner
Heat race winners: Chad Holladay, Jeff Tharp, Charlie McKenna
Next series race: September 21, Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA) $4,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.

Feature lineup

Row 1: J. Zeitner, Wyman
Row 2: McKenna, Pospisil
Row 3: Horn, Berck
Row 4: Thornton, Hahne
Row 5: C. Zeitner, Leighton
Row 6: Neal, D. Eckrich
Row 7: Holladay, Tharp
Row 8: A. Eckrich, Schroeder
Row 9: Bridge, Spieker
Row 10: Sillman, Goedert
Row 11: A. Kosiski, Glover
Row 12: DeFrance, G. Umbarger
Row 13: Chisholm

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