Gustin, Abelson, Murty, Luellen, May and McBirnie Are All Winners on Rumours Sports Bar & Grill Night

Gustin, Abelson, Murty, Luellen, May and McBirnie Are All Winners on Rumours Sports Bar & Grill Night
By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (August 21st, 2015) – Beautiful night for racing saw 111 cars signed in to tame the high banks of the Marshalltown Speedway on Rumours Sports Bar & Grill and KIX101.1 Night at the Races. Fans were treated to great three, four and sometimes five wide racing plus the IMCA Late Models for the second week in a row.

Richie Gustin (IMCA Late Models), Chris Abelson (IMCA Modifieds), Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars), Austin Luellen (IMCA Hobby Stocks) Josh May (Mod Lites) made the trip to victory lane again. Jake McBirnie (IMCA Northern SportMods) takes his 1st at Marshalltown.

Justin Rankin wrestled the lead away from Jason Whitehead in the Mod Lites 15 lap feature and just after lap one was completed the caution came out for Charlie Brown, Mike Morrill and David Simpson in turn two. Rankin saw Travis Stensland and Josh May in tow, May took the top spot away on lap three and not even the caution on lap eight was going to prevent May from take his 9th win at Marshalltown in 2015. Stensland finished second, Joe Glick was third, Bryan Zehm was fourth and Brown was fifth.

Before a single lap was scored in the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature, the caution came out for a couple of incidents. On the restart, Jake McBirnie took the lead and looked comfortable out front until a pair of cautions on lap 10. McBirnie led the remaining eight laps to take his first win at Marshalltown this year. Jared Van Deest, Clint Luellen, Travis Peterson and Jenae Gustin rounded out the top five.

Bill Bonnett led the first four laps of the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature in a borrowed race car from Greubel Farms. Austin Luellen started 7th but found himself taking the lead away on lap five. Luellen then saw Eric Stanton work his way to second. Luellen took his 9th checkered of the season at Motown. Stanton finished second which allowed him to clinch the 2015 track championship. Benji Irvine, Bonnett and Garrett Eilander finished third through fifth respectively.

In the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, Casey Greubel took the top spot but Todd Reitzler grabbed in away on lap three. Jeff Wollam worked his way by to take the lead on lap four and a lap later, the caution came out for Russell Damme Jr. Wollam saw Reitzler and Tyler Pickett right behind him on the restart, however it was Damon Murty that worked his way from tenth to the lead on lap nine. Murty cruised on take his second win in as many weeks. Donavon Smith came across second with Michael Jaennette in third, Pickett in fourth and Wollam in fifth.

Tom Berry making the long trip from Oregon grabbed the lead early in the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature but when the red flag came out on lap four for Tyler Gross rolling off the top of turn two. Berry saw Chris Abelson, who worked his way from tenth to the lead by lap five. Abelson saw the caution come out for the final time on lap 15. Great restarts by Abelson allowed him to go on to take his second win at Marshalltown. Jake Strayer managed to take second ahead of Ronn Lauritzen. Josh Gilman and Scott Simatovich was fourth and fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Rumours Sports Bar & Grill IMCA Late Models 20 lap feature. Before a lap was scored the caution came out for Al Johnson in turn two. Jason Hahne grabbed the top spot on the restart before a caution came out again. That allowed Richie Gustin to restart second and it was Gustin taking the lead away from Hahne. Not even the cautions on lap seven and 15 was going to deny Gustin from taking his second IMCA Late Model win at Marshalltown. Todd Cooney outdueled crowd favorite Darrel DeFrance for second. Hahne fell back to fourth and Chris Snyder was fifth.

Next Friday Night is Minute Man Printing and Casey's General Stores Night. It was also announced that the IMCA Late Models will return for the third week in a row. Also Racing IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

For additional information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at: http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook and Twitter, or call the speedway office at 515-231-5444.

Marshalltown Speedway Results
Rumours Sports Bar & Grill Night
August 21st, 2015

Rumours Sports Bar & Grill IMCA Late ModelsFeature - 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 2. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 3. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 4. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 5. 32X Chris Snyder (Raymond); 6. CZ8 Bill Hoover (Duncombe); 7. 32 Robert See (Pleasant Hill); 8. 44 Mark Hurst (Denver); 9. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 10. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 11. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 12. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo); 13. 8X Al Johnson (Story City)

Heat 1 - 1. King; 2. Hahne; 3. See; 4. DeFrance; 5. Hoover; 6. Schroeder; 7. Conrad
Heat 2 - 1. Gustin; 2. Cooney; 3. Snyder; 4. Hurst; 5. Nagle; 6. Johnson

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 5. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 6. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 7. 11X Tom Berry (Medford, OR); 8. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 9. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 10. 02 John Davis (Altoona); 11. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 12. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 13. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn): 14. 20W Shay Woods (Humeston); 15. 74S Chris Sieweke (Santa Rosa, CA); 16. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 17. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 18. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 19. 57 Tyler Gross (Bondurant); DNS/20. 5G Gatlin Leytham

Heat 1 - 1. Belez; 2. Abelson; 3. Berry; 4. Leeman; 5. Davis; 6. Jackson; 7. Brown
Heat 2 - 1. Gilman; 2. Gustin; 3. Simatovich; 4. Leytham; 5. Heishman; 6. Clement; 7. Woods
Heat 3 - 1. Strayer; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Snyder; 4. Reimer; 5. Gross; 6. Sieweke

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 5. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 6. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 7. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 8. 7X Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 9. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona); 10. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 11. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines); 12. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 13. 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence); 14. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 15. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 16. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 17. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 18. 99 Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 19. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 20. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 21. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad)

Heat 1 - 1. Reitzler; 2. Greubel; 3. Smith; 4. Temeyer; 5. Minnehan; 6. Balmer; 7. Engelkes
Heat 2 - 1. Murty; 2. Jaennette; 3. Wollam; 4. Bass; 5. Thelen; 6. Knutsen; 7. Damme
Heat 3 - 1. Pickett; 2. Meyer’; 3. Merkle; 4. Nunnikhoven; 5. Rose; 6. Russell; 7. Deaton

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 2. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 3. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 5. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 7. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 8. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 9. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 10. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 11. 7D Dakoda Sellers (Vinton); 12. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 13. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 14. 77AU Frank Packer (Hervey Bay, Australia); 15. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 16. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 17. 5W Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 18. 7V Jesse VanDerWal (McCallsburg); 19. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 20. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 21. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Norway); 22. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 23. 32X Gerald Curry (Luverne); 24. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); DNS/25. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames); DNS/26. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); DNS/27. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton)

Heat 1 - 1. Smith; 2. Masolini; 3. Peterson; 4. Follett; 5. Curry; 6. Shelman; 7. Schuring
Heat 2 - 1. Van Deest; 2. Musselman; 3. Duinink; 4. Packer; 5. Hall; 6. Braaksma
Heat 3 - 1. McBirnie; 2. Wieben; 3. Luellen; 4. Dvorak; 5. Petrzelka; 6. Johnson; DNS VanDerWal
Heat 4 - 1. Gustin; 2. Hurst; 3. Williams; 4. Hildreth; 5. Sellers; 6. Knutsen; 7. King

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 79 Benji Irvine (Stanley); 4. 19X Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 5. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 6. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 7. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle0; 8. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 9. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 10. 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 11. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 12. 52H Shawn Hunter (Zearing); 13. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 14. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 15. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 16. 3X Craig Lovig (Marshalltown); 17. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 18. 19 Nathan Gibson (Maynard); DNS/19, 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City)

Heat 1 - 1. Barber; 2. Eilander; 3. Overton; 4. Irvine; 5. Gibson; 6. McCollough; 7. Peck
Heat 2 - 1. Luellen; 2. Bonnett; 3. Wacha; 4. Pfantz; 5. Hick; 6. Pitts
Heat 3 - 1. Stanton; 2. Fee; 3. Hunter; 4. Nicklas; 5. Lovig; 6. Million

Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 3. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 4. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 5. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 6. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 7. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 8. 01 DJ Schmalzried (Nevada); 9. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 10. 4M David Simpson (Ankeny); 11. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona)

Heat 1 - 1. Stensland; 2. May; 3. Zehm; 4. Glick; 5. Whitehead; 6. Simpson
Heat 2 - 1. Morrill; 2. Schmalzried; 3. Rankin; 4. Bryan; 5. Brown

Gustin Wins Late Models at Marshalltown

Gustin Wins Late Models at Marshalltown
By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (August 14th, 2015) – Many have asked when the IMCA Late Models was going to take to the high banks of Marshalltown again, well on Friday Night was the night. A very beautiful Friday Night saw great two, three and four wide racing on Central Iowa Snowmobile Club Night.

Richie Gustin (IMCA Late Models), Chris Abelson (IMCA Modifieds), Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars), Curt Hilmer (IMCA Northern SportMods), Eric Stanton (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Josh May (Mod Lites) all made visits to victory lane.

Todd Cooney grabbed the early lead In the Rumours Sports Bar & Grill IMCA Late Models 20 lap feature but just after one lap the caution came out when Mark Hurst spun in turn two. Cooney had to contend with Paul Nagle and Richie Gustin on the restart. Cooney got a great restart but so did Gustin and began to battle for the lead before the caution came out when Nagle slid off the top side of turns three and four. Cooney and Gustin raced wheel to wheel for the lead but it was Cooney still leading at the stripe. Gustin was able to complete the pass for the lead on lap 11 and would not let the caution on lap 14 deny him the victory. Cooney settled for second, Darren Ackerman took third from crowd favorite Darrel DeFrance. Chad Holladay was fifth.

Jake Strayer started inside row two of the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature but by the end of lap one, Strayer found himself in the lead. Strayer held off several challenges from Joel Rust in first half of the feature but when the caution came out on lap ten, Strayer and Rust saw Chris Abelson. Abelson took the lead away on the restart but just after lap 11 was scored the caution came out when Rust spun in turn two. Abelson went on to take the win ahead of Jimmy Gustin, Strayer, Nick Deal and Ronn Lauritzen.

Matt Deaton led the first three laps of the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars feature but it was Damon Murty taking the lead away on lap four. Murty saw Tyler Pickett, Steve Meyer, Robert Stofer and Jeff Wollam battling for position behind him until a caution came out on lap nine. Murty held on to take the win. Steve Meyer edged out Michael Jaennette for second. Donavon Smith was fourth and Robert Stofer was fifth.

Before a single laps was completed in the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, the caution came out for Justin Lovig spun in turn two. Tim Barber grabbed the lead but by lap three, Eric Stanton worked his way up to the top spot. Stanton went on to take win six at Motown. Austin Luellen held off Bill Bonnett for second. Gary Pfantz was fourth and Eugene Nicklas was fifth.

Ethan Braaksma and Bill Hildreth led the field to the green in the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature and by the end of lap one, Hildreth was the lead. That lead was short lived because Curt Hilmer took the top spot away just before a pair of cautions. Hilmer saw Jake McBirnie work his way to second and Sam Wieben to third by the time the caution came out on lap seven. Hilmer went on to take his second win at Motown on his final Friday Night free as next week begins coaching football. Brandon Williams, Austin Kaplan, Jared Van Deest and Dan Drury round out the top five.

In the Mod Lites 15 lap feature, Tim Gannon grabbed the lead on lap one but Travis Stensland took the lead away on lap two. Stensland continued to lead until Josh May worked his way up to take the lead away on lap seven just before a caution. May went on to take his 102nd career Mod Lite victory and eight of the season at Motown. Stensland, Joe Glick, Mike Morrill and Joel Huggins finished second through fifth respectively.

Rumours Sports Bar & Grill is the sponsor next Friday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway. It again will feature the IMCA Late Models racing for State and National Points. Also Racing IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm. Grandstands will be $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors (65+) with Children 10-and-Under are Free. Pit Pass is $22.

For additional information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at: http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook and Twitter, or call the speedway office at 515-231-5444.

Marshalltown Speedway Results
Central Iowa Snowmobile Club Night
August 14th, 2015

Rumours Sports Bar & Grill IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 2. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 3. 53 Darren Ackerman (Readlyn); 4. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 5. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine); 6. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 7. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 8. 44 Mark Hurst (Denver); 9. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 10. 32 Robert See (Pleasant Hill)

Heat 1 - 1. Holladay; 2. DeFrance; 3. Ackerman; 4. Hurst; 5. Schroeder
Heat 2 - 1. Cooney; 2. Gustin; 3. Nagle; 4. Conrad; 5. See

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 4. 55D Nick Deal (Walnut); 5. 10K Ronn Laurtizen (Jesup); 6. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 7. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 8. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 11. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 12. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 13. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 14. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 15. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 16. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Ames); 17. 74S Chris Sieweke (Santa Rosa, CA); 18. 11X Tom Berry (Medford, OR)

Heat 1 - 1. Gustin; 2. Laurtizen; 3. Simatovich; 4. Rust; 5. Clement; 6. VanDenBerg; 7. Leytham; 8. Sieweke; 9. Berry
Heat 2 - 1. Deal; 2. Strayer; 3. Abelson; 4. Leeman; 5. Gilman; 6. Belez; 7. Jackson; 8. Ritter; 9. Reimer

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 5. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 6. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 7. 77M Jeff Mueller (New London); 8. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 9. 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence); 10. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 11. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 12. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 13. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 14. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 15. 47D Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville): 16. 99 Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 17. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 18. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 19. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 20. 33J Joe Luethje (Nevada); 21. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona); 22. 71 David Brandies (Wilton)

Heat 1 - 1. Pickett; 2. Wollam; 3. Smith; 4. Greubel; 5. Temeyer; 6. Luethje; 7. Russell; 8. Dezwarte
Heat 2 - 1. Jaennette; 2. Murty; 3. Deaton; 4. Balmer; 5. Davis; 6. Engelkes; 7. Schmidt
Heat 3 - 1. Stofer; 2. Meyer; 3. Mueller; 4. Damme; 5. Thelen; 6. Knutsen; 7. Brandies

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 2. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 3. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 4. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 5. 21D Dan Drury (Eldora); 6. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 7. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 8. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 9. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 10. 36A Andy Edwards (Parkersburg); 11. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 12. 9X Nick Duncan (Iowa Falls); 13. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 14. 8X Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 15. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 16. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 17. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 18. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 19. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 20. 77AU Frank Packer (Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia); 21. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); DNS/22. 7V Jesse VanDerWal (McCallsburg); DNS/23. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins)

Heat 1 - 1. Wieben; 2. Hildreth; 3. Hilmer; 4. Drury; 5. Follett; 6. Ritter; 7. Duncan; 8. VanDerWal
Heat 2 - 1. McBirnie; 2. Edwards; 3. Kaplan; 4. Peterson; 5. Lathrop; 6. Packer; 7. Schuring; 8. Scott Williams
Heat 3 - 1. Van Deest; 2. Brandon Williams; 3. King; 4. Braaksma; 5. Duinink; 6. Masolini; 7. Rouse

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 3. 19X Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 4. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 5. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 6. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 7. 19 Nathan Gibson (Maynard); 8. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 9. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 10. 52H Shawn Hunter (Zearing); 11. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 12. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 13. 136 Tanner Green (Hampton); 14. 3X Justin Lovig (Clemons); 15. 12 Jeremy Swanson (Strawberry Point); 16. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 17. 08 Jason Cox (Maxwell); 18. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 19. 56 Jamie Schrim (Dexter)

Heat 1 - 1. Nicklas; 2. Stanton; 3. Thomas; 4. Hunter; 5. Peck; 6. Lovig; 7. Schirm
Heat 2 - 1. Eilander; 2. Barber; 3. Cox; 4. Lynch; 5. Million; 6. Green
Heat 3 - 1. Pitts; 2. Luellen; 3. Pfantz; 4. Bonnett; 5. Gibson; 6. Swanson

Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 3. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 4. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 5. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 6. 01 DJ Schmalzried (Nevada); 7. DC5 Tim Gannon (Des Moines); 8. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 9. 4M David Simpson (Ankeny); 10. 64X Josh Bryan (Ames); 11. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 12. D5 Alonzo Grosse (Council Bluffs)

Heat 1 - 1. Morrill; 2. Schmalrzried; 3. Simpson; 4. Bryan; 5. Gannon; 6. Kennedy
Heat 2 - 1. Stensland; 2, May; 3. Huggins; 4. Glick; 5. Rankin; 6. Grosse

Rust, Smith, Van Deest, Stanton and May Take Checkers First on J & V Napa Auto Parts Night

Rust, Smith, Van Deest, Stanton and May Take Checkers First on J & V Napa Auto Parts Night
By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (August 7th, 2015) – Friday Night was a picture perfect night at the Marshalltown Speedway sponsored by J & V Napa Auto Parts. 70 cars checked in to tame the high banks.

Joel Rust (IMCA Modifieds) takes his first at Marshalltown. Donavon Smith (IMCA Stock Cars), Jared Van Deest (IMCA Northern SportMods), Eric Stanton (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Josh May (Mod Lites) make return visits to victory lane.

Justin Rankin grabbed the lead on lap one of the 15 lap Mod Lite feature but Joe Glick took the lead away on lap two just before a caution for Travis Stensland and Rankin getting together in turn four. With Glick out front the caution came out again on lap four, this time for Joel Huggins in turn two. Glick led until lap eight when Josh May worked his way by to take the lead. May when on to take his Career 100th win in the Mod Lites, the night before his wedding. Charlie Brown finished second, Glick was third, Mike Kennedy was fourth and Jason Whitehead was fifth.

Tom Rawlins and Scott Williams led the field to the green in the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature but by the end of lap one, Curt Hilmer found himself out front. Hilmer saw Brandon Williams and Sam Wieben right behind him when the caution came out on lap three. Wieben was able to make the pass for the lead on lap five. Wieben saw Jared Van Deest work his way to second on lap six. Wieben and Van Deest battled for the lead and it was Van Deest taking the lead away on lap 11. Van Deest went on to take his 5th of the season at Motown ahead of Wieben, Brandon Williams, Travis Peterson and Jake McBirnie.

Before the completion of lap one the caution came out when Justin Lovig went off the back-stretch in the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. Tim Barber took the lead on the restart but on lap four, Eugene Nicklas took the lead away. Nicklas continued to lead until Eric Stanton made the move and took the top spot away on lap ten. Stanton went on to take win number five. Last Week's Winner Garrett Eilander finished second, Nicklas came home third, Barber fell back to fourth and Gary Pfantz was fifth.

Nick Thelen wrestled the lead away from Russell Damme Jr in the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature. Thelen saw Tyler Pickett take the lead away on lap four just before a caution flag. Pickett saw Donavon Smith take the lead away on lap six but Todd Reitzler followed suit and took it away from Smith. Reitzler saw the caution come when Kevin Balmer came to a stop in turn two. Reitzler held off Smith until lap 14 when Smith took the lead back. Smith took the win ahead of Todd Reitzler, Steve Meyer, Tyler Pickett and Robbie Merkle.

Final feature of the night was the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature and it was Brandon Leeman leading lap one. Rod Clement grabbed the lead on lap two but Jake Strayer took it away on lap three. Strayer looked comfortable out front but Joel Rust was working the top side of the speedway and worked his way up to take the lead away on lap 16. Strayer powered back on lap 17 but Rust did not give up as he took the lead back with two laps to go. Rust went on take his first win at Marshalltown. Strayer, Scott Simatovich, Leeman and Trent Jackson round out the top five.

Next Friday Night is one of the long await nights at the Marshalltown Speedway as the IMCA Late Models return to the high banks for a night of weekly racing awarding State and National Points. Night will be sponsored by the Central Iowa Snowmobile Club. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:30pm. Grandstands will be $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors (65+) with Children 10 and Under are Free.

Late Models will also return on Friday August 21st at Marshalltown.

For additional information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at: http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook and Twitter, or call the speedway office at 515-231-5444.

Marshalltown Speedway Results
J & V Napa Auto Parts Night
August 7th, 2015

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 2. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 3. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 4. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 5. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 6. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 7. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 8. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 9. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 10. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 11. 3W Chris Webb (McCallsburg); 12. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 13. 74S Chris Sieweke (Sandarosa, CA); 14. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo)

Heat 1 - 1. Jackson; 2. Laurtizen; 3. Rust; 4. Clement; 5. Leeman; 6. Webb; 7. Gustin
Heat 2 - 1. Elliott; 2. Strayer; 3. Gilman; 4. Leytham; 5. Simatovich; 6. Belez; 7. Sieweke

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 4. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 5. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 6. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 7. 4JR Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 8. 6 Travis Shipman (Mason City); 9. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 10. 47D Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville); 11. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 12. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 13. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 14. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); DNS/15. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama)

Heat 1 - 1. Wollam; 2. Meyer; 3. Smith; 4. Damme; 5. Thelen; 6. Russell; 7. Schmidt; 8. Shipman
Heat 2 - 1. Reitzler; 2. Jaennette; 3. Merkle; 4. Deaton; 5. Pickett; 6. Dezwarte; 7. Balmer

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 5. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 6. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 7. 36A Andy Edwards (Parkersburg); 8. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 9. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 10. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 11. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 12. 7V Jesse Vander Wal (McCallsburg); 13. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 14. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 15. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 16. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); DNS/17. 57R Ryan King (Montour); DNS/18. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown)

Heat 1 - 1. Hilmer; 2. Wieben; 3. Rawlins; 4. Scott Williams; 5. Masolini; 6. Follett
Heat 2 - 1. McBirnie; 2. Edwards; 3. King; 4. Peterson; 5. Schuring; 6. Hildreth
Heat 3 - 1. Olson; 2. Van Deest; 3. Brandon Williams; 4. Duinink; 5. Braaksma; 6. Vander Wal

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 3. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 4. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 5. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 6. 19 Nathan Gibson (Maynard); 7. 7M Matt Tiernan (Stuart); 8. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 9. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 10. 91 Ronald Randall Jr (Grundy Center); 11. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 12. 3X Justin Lovig (Clemons)

Heat 1 - 1. Pfantz; 2. Eilander; 3. Tiernan; 4. Million; 5. Gibson; 6. Peck
Heat 2 - 1. Stanton; 2. Barber; 3. Nicklas; 4. Lovig; 5. Randall; 6. Pitts

Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 3. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 4. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 5. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 6. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 7. DC5 Tim Gannon (Des Moines); 8. 4M David Simpson (Ankeny); 9. 64X Josh Bryan (Ames); 10. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 11. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada)

Heat 1 - 1. Stensland; 2. Huggins; 3. Glick; 4. Simpson; 5. Bryan; 6. Gannon
Heat 2 - 1. May; 2. Brown; 3. Whitehead; 4. Kennedy; 5. Rankin