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99 Josh May : May sits in the top spot of the points standings, carrying a 10 point advantage over Mike Morrill. A top 11 finish because of the tie breaker would give May the championship.
6 Mike Morrill: If Morrill can beat May by at least 12 positions in the feature, he will earn his 2nd championship in 3 years at Marshalltown.
*Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Josh May has 7 wins going into friday and Morrill has 1 win going into friday.
Top 10 in Points
1. 99 Josh May 600
2. 6 Mike Morrill 590 (-10)
3. X50 Joel Huggins 552 (-48)
4. 95 Mike Kennedy 540 (-60)
5. 8 Dusty Masolini 532 (-68)
6. 15 Andy Hennigar 505 (-95)
7. 64 Randy Bryan 496 (-104)
8. 57 Tim Hennigar 489 (-111)
9. 88 James May 371 (-229)
10. 0B Colby Oberembt 362 (-238)
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25M Michael Murphy : If Murphy gets a top 15 finish will give Murphy the track championship after finishing 3rd in 2009 and runner up last year.
52X Kevin Fee : Fee has to beat Murphy by at least 15 spots, Fee will take the track championship.
*Tiebreaker #1 win total: Murphy has 3 wins going into friday and Fee has been in victory lane 4 times this year
Top 10 in Points
1. 25M Michael Murphy 593
2. 52X Kevin Fee 578 (-15)
3. 12K Eric Knutson 547 (-46)
4. 20E Eric Larson 545 (-49)
5. 29 Jake Nelson 500 (-93)
6. 52 Josh Saunders 488 (-105)
7. 82 Jennifer Hulin 486 (-107)
8. 69 Calvin Dhondt 471 (-122)
9. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven 453 (-140)
10. 24B Brandon Brinton 445 (-148)
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81D Scott Davis : If Davis gets a top 13 finish, he will win his 2nd straight track championship at Marshalltown.
10 Cayden Carter : Carter has to finish at least 13 spots ahead of Davis in the feature to force a tie in which the tie will go to Carter. It would be his first championship at Marshalltown.
92 Tyler Droste : After winning Indee's track championship he has his sights set on winning Marshalltowns for that to happen Droste needs this, Droste must finish 22 spots ahead of Davis and 10 spots ahead of Carter to win the championship.
* Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Davis has 1 going into friday, Carter has 5 wins going in to friday and Droste has 1 win.
* Tiebreaker #2 is most 2nd place finishes (only if Carter is not apart of the tie): Davis has 3 and Droste has 3
* Tiebreaker #3 is most 3rd place finishes (if we get by the first 2): Davis has 2 and Droste has 3
Top 10 in Points
1. 81D Scott Davis 578
2. 10 Cayden Carter 565 (-13)
3. 92 Tyler Droste 556 (-22)
4. 7 Carter VanDenBerg 518 (-60)
5. 505 Racer Hulin 503 (-75)
6. 80 Jared Van Deest 484 (-94)
7. 21 Kyle Brown 480 (-98)
8. 23JR Nick Roberts 474 (-104)
9. 19J Jenae Gustin 424 (-154)
10. T17 Tom Rawlins 421 (-157)
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25 Trent Murphy : All Murphy has to do is finish 22nd or better to win the track championship.
59 Tracy Gienger: Has to finish at least 22 spots better than Murphy to win his first track championship since winning the Stock Cars at Marshalltown in 2006.
*Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Murphy has 5 going into friday and Gienger has only 1.
Top 10 in Points
1. 25 Trent Murphy 586
2. 59 Tracy Gienger 564 (-22)
3. 99D Damon Murty 552 (-34)
4. 19J Jay Schmidt 544 (-42)
5. 3W Jeff Wollam 537 (-49)
6. 94 Steve Meyer 519 (-67)
7. 72 Tommy Thompson 498 (-88)
8. 22R Todd Reitzler 473 (-113)
9. 75 Curt Hook 472 (-114)
10. 20L Lauren Vis 456 (-130)
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69X Jon Snyder : With a top 11 finish, Snyder will claim the track championship.
19 Jimmy Gustin: Must finish at least 12 spots ahead of Snyder to avoid the tie and take the championship
2L Adam Larson: Must finish 17 spots ahead of Snyder and 5 spots ahead of Gustin to win the track championship.
* Tiebreaker #1 is win total: Snyder has 7 wins, Gustin has 1 win and Larson has 4 wins.
Top 10 in Points
1. 69X Jon Snyder 598
2. 19 Jimmy Gustin 587 (-11)
3. 2L Adam Larson 582 (-16)
4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen 570 (-28)
5. 21 David Brown 508 (-90)
6. 83C Todd Conrad 450 (-148)
7. 43S Scott Simatovich 441 (-157)
8. 12 Andrew Kinser 430 (-168)
9. 25T Duane Peterson 362 (-236)
10. 47 Josh Truman 342 (-256)
Most Feature wins in each class: Stock Cars- 5 by Trent Murphy, Sport Mods - 5 by Cayden Carter, Mod Lites - 7 by Josh May, Hobby Stocks - 4 by Kevin Fee, Modifieds - 7 by Jon Snyder
Most Top 10 finishes in each class: Stock Cars - 15 by Tracy Gienger, Sport Mods - 15 by Scott Davis, Mod Lites - 15 by Josh May and Mike Kennedy, Hobby Stocks - 15 by Michael Murphy, Modifieds - 16 by Jon Snyder
Most Top 5 finishes in each class: Stock Cars - 13 by Trent Murphy and Damon Murty, Sport Mods - 12 by Cayden Carter, Mod Lites - 12 by Josh May and Mike Morrill, Hobby Stocks - 12 by Michael Murphy and Kevin Fee, Modifieds - 13 by Jon Snyder
Most Top 3 finishes in each class: Stock Cars - 11 by Trent Murphy, Sport Mods - 9 by Cayden Carter, Mod Lites - 11 by Josh May and Mike Morrill, Hobby Stocks - 9 by Kevin Fee, Modifieds - 10 by Jon Snyder and Adam Larson
Most Laps Led in the features in each class: Stock Cars - 57 laps led by Jay Schmidt, Sport Mods - 45 laps led by Jenae Gustin, Mod Lites - 79 laps led by Josh May, Hobby Stocks - 36 laps led by Randy Embrey, Modifieds - 93 laps led by Jon Snyder
Car Counts after 16 points night
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 13.81 - 17 - 11
Sport Mods - 28.63 - 46 - 22
Modifieds - 16 - 22 - 13
Stock Cars - 18.13 - 26 - 14
Hobby Stocks - 18.88 - 26 - 14
Total - 95.44 - 134 - 81
Total green flag racing laps including the specials is 3,804 laps, green flag laps just on weekly points nights are 2,902 laps.
So that is some stats and clinching scenarios going into the season championship night i will have the full stat blitz either next week or the following week.
Hot Laps at 6:45p and Racing at 7:30pm on Friday.
Remember that is not the final event at Marshalltown as we will be back on Friday and Saturday September 23rd and 24th for Toby K's Hideaway 5th Annual Havoc on the High Banks with the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds as the headliners. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Mod Lites and Dirt Trucks join the fun.
After that the next event for the Kruse Motorsports is the 4th Annual Battle at The Barn which will take place Friday and Saturday January 20th and 21st, 2012 at the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center presented by Chevrolet, which is located on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
