Gill Gets First Career Win on Larry Wollam Season Championship
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (August 30th, 2013)
– The regular season ended on Friday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway
with the Larry Wollam Season Championships. It's a night we honor great
promotor, car owner and supporter of the speedway that lost his battle
to cancer 14 years ago. One driver visitied victory lane for the first
time in his career.
John Gill lead the entire ten lap IMCA Sport
Compacts feature to claim his first career feature win. Gill said
he was going to retire the car at the end of the season after building
the car 11 years ago. Chad Larson finished in the runner up position
meanwhile Adam Gates came home third despite missing a left rear wheel.
Josh Keller finished fourth and 2013 Track Champion Merv Chandler came
home fifth.
In the Toby K’s Hideaway Mod Lites saw Josh May take
the challenge to go the tail that moved Randy Bryan to the pole. Bryan
lead the first five laps before Dusty Masolini snuck by on lap six.
Masolini went on take the victory in the feature that went
green-to-checkered, for Masolini that was win number two at MoTown this
season. Track Champion Josh May came home 2nd, Bryan was 3rd, Charlie
Brown was 4th and Mike Morrill was 5th.
Track Point Leader Bill
Bonnett accepted the challenge to go to the tail in the Mike's Hard
Lemonade IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. That put Garrett Eilander and Eric
Stanton on the front row. Stanton grabbed the lead and
never looked back to take the feature win. Eric Larson, Garrett
Eilander, Gary Pfantz and Scott Durlin rounded out the top five.
The
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods feature saw Joel Rust took the
challenge of going to the tail. Jenae Gustin moved to the outside front
row and she took advantage by grabbing the lead and appear to be heading
to the victory but the first race caution came out on lap eight when
Brandon Brinton lost the handle. Gustin remained out front but Travis
Peterson and Eric Elliott right behind her. Gustin lost the lead away on
lap 14 when Peterson snuck by and four laps later Gustin exited to the
pit area with troubles after coming a rest for no power. Peterson lead
the remaining laps to take the win. Hardcharging Joel Rust found his way
up to the runner up position. Jayme Duinink finished third, Track
Champion Eric Elliott was fourth and Johnathan Logue was fifth.
Jay
Schmidt came into the night as the point leader
and took full advantage starting on the pole by leading the first four
laps in the Amsoil IMCA Stock Cars feature. Damon Murty worked his way
through the field and grab the lead way on lap five when Schmidt slid up
the track. Murty and the field saw the yellow come out on lap six and
then again on lap nine. Murty appeared to be heading to the victory but
Brian Irvine chased him down and grab the lead way coming to the white
flag. Irvine took the win with Murty and Schmidt finishing second and
third. Steve Meyer and Derek Reimer was fourth and fifth respectively.
Jay Schmidt won his first track championship by seven points over Meyer.
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds saw Ronn Lauritzen
and Jon Snyder separated by one point going into the night both choosing
to go to the tail for extra money. After the race both drivers said
they did it for the fans and hope the fans went home excited. Racer
Hulin and Josh Truman moved to the front row
with Hulin grabbing the early lead. Just after the completion of lap
one the caution came out. On the restart, Truman grabbed the top spot
away but Truman and Hulin swapped the lead a several times over the next
few laps, that opened the door for Luke Wanninger to sneak by just
before the final caution on lap eight. Wanninger lead the remaining laps
to take the win. Jon Snyder worked his way up to finish second and
claim his 2nd track title in three years at MoTown by one point. Richie
Gustin finished home third, Ronn Lauritzen finish fourth and Clayton
Christensen finish fifth.
Final race of the night was the Grundy
County Challenge presented by Rouse Motors. Eric Larson lead the first
six laps before Travis Peterson snuck by on lap seven. Peterson went on
to take the win with Joel Rust in second, Curt Hook was third, Steve
Meyer was fourth and Larson finished fifth. Other competitors was Jared
Van Deest, Neil Follett, JD Kennedy, Shawn Albers,
Doug Russell, Mitchell Engelkes, Robert Engelkes, Marty Rouse and Duane
Van Deest.
Next up for the Speedway is the 7th Annual World
Nationals coming up on Thursday, Friday and Saturday September 19th,
20th and 21st. Thursday Night will be a practice night, Friday Night
qualifying begins for the Modifieds along with a complete show for Stock
Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks. Saturday Night the Modifieds run for
the top prize of $10,000 to win with another complete show for Stock
Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks. All the information check out
Marshalltown Speedway's website.
For additional information and
to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at:
http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on
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Marshalltown Speedway Results
August 30th ,
2013
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Feature:
1. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 2. 69X Jon Sndyer (Ames); 3. 19G Richie
Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 5. 44 Clayton
Christianson (Spencer); 6. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 7. 47 Josh Truman
(Indianola); 8. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 9. 21 David Brown
(Kellogg); 10. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 11. 12 Andrew Kinser (State
Center); 12. 505 Racer Hulin (Marshalltown)
2013 Track Champion: 69X Jon Snyder
Amsoil IMCA Stock Cars
Last Chance Race : 54 Robbie Merkle - 26 Brian Irvine - 43 Nate Thelen
Feature:
1. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 19J Jay
Schmidt (Tama); 4. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy
Center); 5. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 6. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley);
7. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 8. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshlltown); 9. 54
Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 10. 87A Aaron Matthias (Fairbank); 11. 21K
JD Kennedy (Ackley); 12. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 13. 43 Nate Thelen
(Newton); 14. 55 Dave Mehmen (Baxter); 15. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike);
16. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad); 17. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 18. 52E
Mitchell Engelkes (Dike); 19. 199 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 20. 12K Eric
Knutson (Slater); 21. 6R Adam Rickett (Marshalltown); 22. 196 Chuck
Davis; DNS/23. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo)
2013 Track Champion : 19J Jay Schmidt
Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods
Last Chance Heat : Paul Nagle - Gatlin Leytham -
Ryan King
Feature: 1. 25
Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 777
Jayme Duinink (Pella); 4. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 5. 69JR Johnathan
Logue (Boone); 6. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 7. 80J Jared Van Deest
(Grundy Center); 8. 33R DJ Robinson (Ankeny); 9. 19G Gatlin Leytham
(Garwin); 10. 80V Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center); 11. 32N Neil Follett
(Conrad); 12. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 13. 40S Shawn Simatovich
(Gilman); 14. 52R Marty Rouse (Grundy Center); 15. 57R Ryan King
(Marshalltown); 16. 99B Jim Bonschmit (Clemons); 17. 19J Jenae Gustin
(Marshalltown); 18. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 19. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart);
20. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 21. 13T Mike Timm (Mingo); 22. 00 Shawn
Weatherly (Eldora); 23. 49 Brandon Smith (Waterloo)
2013 Track Champion : 9E Eric Elliott
Mike’s Hard Lemonade IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature:
1. 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford); 2. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 3. 500
Garrett Eilander (Newton); 4. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Cener); 5. 3X Scott
Durlin (State Center); 6. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 7. 82 Jennifer
Hulin (Marshalltown); 8. 23G Dustin Tapp (Nevada); 9. 05 Jason Cox
(Maxwell); 10. 121 Travis Staley (Hampton); 11. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar
Falls); 12. 37D Shannon Deppe (Grinnell); 13. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 14.
83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 15. 55 Keith Miner (Granger); 16. 26
Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 17. 33X Matthew Howard (Des Moines)
2013 Track Champion : 19 Bill Bonnett
Toby K’s Hideaway Mod Lites
Feature:
1. 8 Dusty
Masolini (Des Moines); 2. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 3. 64 Randy Bryan
(Ames); 4. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 5. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 6. 95
Mike Kennedy (Boone); 7. 66F Eric Hendrickson (Ankeny); 8. 5J Jimmy May
(De Soto); 9. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 10. DC5 Tim Gannon (Des
Moines); 11. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 12. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 13.
03 Joe Glick (Des Moines); 14. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines)
2013 Track Champion : 99 Josh May
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature: 1.
02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 2. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 3. 007 Adam
Gates (Cedar Rapids); 4. 3JK Josh Keller (Toledo); 5. 18J John Walker
(Marshalltown); 6. 2 Merv Chandler (Urbana)
2013 Track Champion : 2 Merv Chandler
