Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Marshalltown Points Going into Season Championship Night Plus Scenarios for the Top 10


The last time the week prior to the Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championship got rained out was 2007 and that year Jimmy Gustin won the Season Championship Feature and his 1st track title at Marshalltown by 2 pts over Vern Jackson

Points Standings with Scenarios for the Top 10 in Points

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
1
19
Jimmy Gustin
614

2
10K
Ronn Lauritzen
609
-5
3
83G
Josh Gilman
607
-7
4
18J
Jake Strayer
561
-53
5
43S
Scott Simatovich
549
-65
6
12X
Trent Jackson
518
-96
7
26J
Joel Rust
486
-128
8
40RC
Rod Clement
427
-187
9
17R
Derek Reimer
420
-194
10
69X
Jon Snyder
343
-271
11
26
Brian Irvine
336
-278
12
9E
Eric Elliott
317
-297
13
2L
Adam Larson
308
-306
14
5G
Gatlin Leytham
290
-324
15
64ZC
Brandon Leeman
233
-381

Championship Battle between Gustin, Laurtizen and Gilman
Gustin -
Finish 5th or better automatically clinches his 6th championship in 9 years at Marshalltown.
2 Wins, 5 2nd place finishes, 3 3rd place finishes

Laurtizen -
Win and Gustin finishes 7th will give Lauritzen his second consecutive championship (If Laurtizen wins and Gustin finishes 6th they would be tied plus both would have 2 wins and the tiebreaker goes to Gustin because of 2nd place finishes: Gustin 5, Lauritzen 3)
Needs to finish at least 7 spots ahead of Gustin to win the Championship
1 win, 3 2nd place finishes, 1 3rd place finish

Gilman -
Win, Laurtizen finishes 4th and Gustin finishes 9th will give him his 1st track championship at Marshalltown (If Gilman wins, Lauritzen 3rd and Gustin 8th, there would be a 3 way tie and again the tiebreaker goes to Gustin on second place finishes to break the three way tie, then Gilman gets 2nd bc of wins)
Needs to finish at least 2 spots ahead of Laurtizen and 9 spots ahead of Gustin to win the Championship
1 win, 1 2nd place finish, 3 3rd place finish

All three are guaranteed to finish top 3 in Points

Strayer and Simatovich Battle for 4th
Strayer -
Finishes 4th place in Points if he finishes 14th or better
2 wins

Simatovich -
Can get 4th place in points if he finishes 14th spots ahead of Strayer. Simatovich is guaranteed a Top five finish in Points just by taking the green flag Friday since he is 31 points ahead of Trent Jackson
0 wins
Tiebreaker goes to Strayer on wins so these are the only possible scenarios that can happen between Strayer and Simatovich

Trent Jackson is guaranteed a 6th place finish in points by taking the green flag in the feature

Joel Rust is guaranteed at 7th place finish in points by taking the green flag in the feature but could get 6th place if Jackson does not show up as 32 points separate them.

Rod Clement clinches a 8th place finish in points if he finishes 8th or better or if he finishes at least 8 spots ahead of Reimer. Clement can get no worst than 9th place in points.

Derek Reimer despite missing a night because of his wedding and honeymoon, he is guaranteed a 9th place finish in points with the possiblity of a 8th place finish if he finishes 9 spots ahead of Clement
-If Reimer and Clement tie, tiebreaker goes to Clement for the best place finish: Clement 8th and Reimer 9th

Battle for the 10th place in Points
Snyder - clinches a top 10 finish in points with a 6th or better finish

Irvine - clinches a top 10 in points if he finishes 7th spots ahead of Snyder because Irvine has the tiebreaker on wins

Elliott- Can finish top 10 in points if Snyder and Irvine do not show up on Friday as Elliott currently sits 26 pts behind Snyder and 19 pts behind Irvine.

Larson - Has a chance for a top 10 in points if Snyder, Irvine and Elliott do not show up and he can finish at no worst than 5th.

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
1
35
Donavon Smith
653

2
94
Steve Meyer
630
-23
3
93
Michael Jaennette
624
-29
4
5A
Tyler Pickett
574
-79
5
45
Matt Deaton
517
-136
6
3W
Jeff Wollam
499
-154
7
16
Nick Thelen
494
-159
8
50X
Kevin Balmer
460
-193
9
25
Trent Murphy
414
-239
10
21K
JD Kennedy
387
-266
11
54
Robbie Merkle
317
-336
12
19J
Jay Schmidt
293
-360
13
50
Robert Stofer
269
-384
14
2
Dave Atcher
211
-442
15
89B
Tim Fobian
195
-458

Smith - Clinches his 3rd Stock Car Track Championship at Marshalltown and 2nd consecutive title just y taking the green flag Friday Night

Meyer - Only Chance of taking the title is Smith does not show up and can finish no worst than 3rd in Points
Finish 6th or better clinches a 2nd place finish in points or no more than 5 spots behind Jaennette

Jaennette - Chance of winning the track championship is slim but if Smith does not show up and he finishes six spots ahead of Meyer....he takes the championship.
Jaennette has to finish six spots ahead of Meyer to claim second in Points because of tiebreaker but will be guaranteed at least third

Pickett is guaranteed to finish fourth as he is 50 pts behind Jaennette for 3rd and is 57 pts ahead of 5th place Matt Deaton.

Deaton - 19th place or better finish clinches a 5th place finish in Points

Wollam - Needs to finish 18 spots ahead of Deaton to grab 5th place in points and can fall back to 7th if Thelen finishes sixth spots ahead of Wollam.

Balmer is guaranteed to finish in the 8th spot in points

Murphy will most likely finish in the 9th place spot in points

JD Kennedy has missed the last month and will still end up with a top 10 finish in points since he has a 70 pt advantage on Robbie Merkle.

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
1
80J
Jared Van Deest
649

2
67X
Brandon Williams
587
-62
3
198
Sam Wieben
581
-68
4
25
Travis Peterson
558
-91
5
777
Jayme Duinink
548
-101
6
22H
Curt Hilmer
510
-139
7
32N
Neil Follett
506
-143
8
57R
Ryan King
505
-144
9
8
Dusty Masolini
406
-243
10
16
Austin Schuring
398
-251
11
9
Scott Williams
368
-281
12
3L
Clint Luellen
360
-289
13
19J
Jenae Gustin
308
-341
14
98
Bill Hildreth
245
-404
15
CH19
Colby Heishman
231
-418

Van Deest - Has clinched the track title and will be the 9th different SportMod Track Champion at Marshalltown

Brandon Williams - Clinches a 2nd place finish in points with a 6th place or better finish on Friday and could fall back to 4th if he doesn’t show up

Wieben - Can get 2nd in points if he finishes 6 spots ahead of Brandon Williams because has the tiebreaker on 2nd place finishes......Wieben will get 3rd place in points just by taking the green flag Friday night

Peterson
- Can get 2nd or 3rd should Willams or Wieben not show up but it appears that chance is slim. If Peterson finishes 10th or better he will take 4th place in points

Duinink- Can only get as high as 3rd should Wieben not show up and he finishes 11 spots ahead of Peterson. 11 spots ahead of Peterson will get him a 4th place finish in points but he has clinched a top 5 finish in the points just by starting the feature.

Hilmer - Goes in to Friday sitting in 6th place in points however because of high school football now under away it appears he won’t finish there and will fall to 9th.

Follett - Enters Friday 4 pts behind Hilmer and appears will be battling with King for the 6th spot. Follett can clinched the 6th spot in points by finishing 1 spot ahead of King.

King - Has clinched a top 8 finish in points but can get as high as 6th by finishing ahead of Follett. Should King and Follett tie the tiebreaker goes to King.

Masolini will finish top 10 in Points just by starting the feature on Friday Night but could slip back to 10th if Schuring finishes 9 spots ahead of him and could fall back to 11th if he doest not show up and Scott Williams does.

Schuring claims a top 10 finish in points by starting the feature on Friday Night and can claim 9th in points if he finishes 9 spots ahead of Masolini. Could fall back to 11th if he does not show up and Scott Williams does.

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
1
7B
Eric Stanton
643

2
4X
Gary Pfantz
523
-120
3
3A
Austin Luellen
522
-121
4
T56
Tim Barber
521
-122
5
500
Garrett Eilander
517
-126
6
83
Eugene Nicklas
500
-143
7
85M
Dillon Million
498
-145
8
17
Andy Peck
481
-162
9
42Z
Brandon Pitts
474
-169
10
14T
Mitchell Thomas
427
-216
11
42T
Tyson Overton
333
-310
12
5H
Andy Hick
283
-360
13
81M
Travis Merical
267
-376
14
5
Dustin Lynch
218
-425
15
08
Jason Cox
185
-458

Stanton has clinched his 1st Marshalltown track championship as he enters Friday Night with a 120 pt lead.

Pfantz, Luellen, Barber and Eilander are all with in 6 pts of each other heading into Friday Night

Pfantz - best chance at finishing 2nd place in points is to finish 2nd or better as long as Luellen does not finish 1st.

Luellen- Claims second if he finishes 1 spot ahead of Pfantz because of tiebreaker on Wins.....Luellen will get 3rd if Pfantz wins. Luellen can finish 1 spot behind Barber to claim 3rd as well.

Barber - Can finish as high as 2nd in points by finishing 2 spots ahead of Luellen and 3 spots ahead of Pfantz and could fall back as far back as sixth.

Eilander - Missed a couple of nights but has been lights out on the weeks he was there and could end up with a 2nd place finish in points if he finishes 6 spots ahead of Pfantz, 5 spots ahead of Luellen and 4 spots ahead of Barber

Nicklas - Has a slight chance to finish in the top five in points but appears to be in a battle for 6th in points with Million. If Nicklas finishes 2nd or better he clinches the 6th spot in points with the possibility of moving up to second.

Million - Enters Friday Night 2 pts behind Nicklas for the 6th spot in Points but would have to finish at least 3 spots ahead of Nicklas to beat him in the points because Nicklas holds the tie breaker for best finish

Peck - Will finish in the top 9 in pts but has a chance to finish as high as 6th in points. Peck finished 7th or better he is guaranteed to finish 8th in points.

Pitts has a chance to finish to finish 8th in points if he finishes 7 spots ahead of Peck because of best finish tiebreaker.....Pitts has a chance to finish 7th if Million does not show up and he can finish 7 spots ahead of Peck.

Thomas will end up finishing 10th place in points no matter what happens on Friday Night

Mod Lite
1
99
Josh May
650

2
89
Travis Stensland
620
-30
3
6
Mike Morrill
577
-73
4
82
Charlie Brown
516
-134
5
88
Justin Rankin
512
-138
6
3G
Joe Glick
508
-142
7
11R
Jason Whitehead
500
-150
8
4M
David Simpson
489
-161
9
64
Randy Bryan
398
-252
10
5J
Jimmy May
314
-336
11
17
Cory Sauerman
313
-337
12
X50
Joel Huggins
266
-384
13
28
Terry Brown
229
-421
14
7
Erin Turner
186
-464
15
46Z
Bryan Zehm
180
-470

Josh May will claim his 3rd Mod Lite Track Championship at Marshalltown by starting the feature event on Friday

Stensland - Will finish no worst than 2nd place in points and should May not show up, he could finish as track championship with a 10th place or better finish.

Morrill - Has Clinched a top 3 finish in points no matter what happens.

Charlie Brown - Finishes 5th or better, he will finish 4th place in points

Rankin - Can finish as high as 4th in points if he finishes 5 spots ahead of Brown......and clinches a 5th place finish in points with a 4th place or better finish.

Glick - If Glick finishes 9 spots ahead of Brown, 4 spots ahead of Rankin, he ends up 4th in points but can fall back to 8th.

Whitehead - Has a chance for 4th place finish in points if more than 17 cars show up because he needs to finish 17 spots ahead of Brown for 4th. 12 spots ahead of Rankin for 5th, 8 spots ahead of Glick for 6th.

Simpson - Will be guaranteed to finish 8th in points but has a chance to finish 7th if he finishes 12 spots ahead of Whitehead.

Bryan - Finishes 9th in points no matter what happens

Jimmy May - despite being sideline after rolling his car on June 19th, May still ends up with a 10th place finish in points.

Car Counts/Averages
* Car Counts/Averages do not include the Late Models, Quads, Lawnmowers or Nostalgia Cars neither does the Frostbuster or Deery Show*

Highest
Lowest
Average

Modifieds
29
12
18.82
Stock Cars
22
11
15.94
Sport Mods
32
15
22.18
Hobby Stocks
24
12
17.41
Mod Lites
16
8
12.53

Total/Avg
110
68
86.88