Gustin dominates and wins the Ron Little Memorial

Sunday Night my ventures took me to the Stuart International Speedway in Stuart for the 13th Annual Ron Little Memorial. The track would be very dry slick but not because the lack of effort because Chuck Vanderheiden and the track crew would try to keep moisture but when you have 90 degree day and strong wind from the south that effort would go on noticed. The racing would be great all night and there was several times through out the night were it would be 3 and 4 wide racing.

The first feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Adam Kralik would lead the first lap but it was Mike Nehring making the move and pass on lap 2 to take the lead. Nehring would go on and take the win with Jer Pedersen finishing 2nd, Jordan Peters in 3rd and Kralik finishing 4th.

The IMCA SportMods feature would have a little trouble getting started as the yellow flag would fly twice before 1 lap was completed. Casey Greubel would take the lead when the race got going and he would hold on to the lead until lap 10 despite cautions on lap 5 and 8. Greubel would be in a battle with Clint Luellen and Josh Pruitt, Luellen and Pruitt would get by Greubel when he would lose the handle just slightly in turn 2. Luellen would lead lap 10 but would be side-by-side with Pruitt, Pruitt would lead the remaining laps and take the win by a very thin margin over Luellen. Nick Roberts, Austin Kaplan and Racer Hulin would finish 3rd through 5th.

James Britton would lead the first 6 laps in the 6 cylinder Front Wheel Drive Feature that would go green to checkered but it would be Wade King leading the final 2 laps to take the win. Britton would end up 2nd, Andy Forcht was 3rd, Adam Kralik was 4th and Mike Nehring was 5th.

Brandon Pruitt would lead the entire 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature that would go green-to-checkered. John Watson, Austin Luellen, Matt Webb and Jason Kohl would complete out the top 5.

In the caution filled IMCA Stock Car feature it was Jeff Anderson leading from start to finish but not after several challenges from Jamie Schirm early in the race and Jeff Joldersma late in the race. Joldersma would end up finishing in 2nd. Finishing behind Anderson and Joldersma was Brian Blessington, Schirm and Marcus Fagen.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 25 lap feature and it would be "Jammin" Jimmy Gustin leading from start to finish. There wouls be 2 cautions on lap 9 and 2 cautions on lap 21 but that wouldn't bother Gustin as he would go on and take the win, his 3rd Ron Little Memorial crown. Todd Shute would have a strong run to finish 2nd. Rex Parkison, Randy Havlik and Jacob Murray would round out the top 5.

Racing came to an end at 9:23pm and after making the roughly 90 mile drive back home including a stop in Des Moines to get a gatorade to finish the hour drive home i was back home by a little after 11 pm. Thanks to Chuck for letting me come down and thanks to track announcer Johnnie Tharp for letting me announce the 6 cylinder FWD feature it was fun.

For more information about the Stuart Speedway check out http://www.stuartspeedway.net/.

For me its off the to the Boone Speedway for the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models even though i would love to go to the I-35 Speedway in Mason City for the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour race.

Modifieds - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	2	19	Jimmy Gustin	Marshalltown , Ia	40.00
2	11	5	Todd Shute	Des Moines, Ia	39.00
3	4	31R	Rex Parkison	Earlham , Ia	38.00
4	8	3z	Randy Havlik	Madrid , Ia	37.00
5	7	48J	Jacob Murray	Hartford , Ia	36.00
6	13	37	Alison Davidson	Redding , Ia	35.00
7	1	28R	Russ Dickerson	Boone , Ia	34.00
8	5	12C	Kent Croskey	Polk City, Ia	33.00
9	16	83G	Josh Gilman	Earlham , Ia	32.00
10	6	3	Mike Albertson	Audobon , Ia	31.00
11	14	4R	Michael Reichardt	Des Moines, Ia	30.00
12	18	5D	Devon Havlik	Iowa Falls, Ia	29.00
13	15	131S	Ed Seibert	Dexter , Ia	28.00
14	3	14B	Scott Bash	Windsor Heights, Ia	27.00
15	9	20	Luke Wanninger	Jefferson , Ia	26.00
16	10	4	Tony Hilgenberg	Waukee , Ia	25.00
17	17	58	Dennis Pittman	Jamaica , Ia	24.00
18	12	18	Jake Durbin	Perry , Ia	23.00
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Stock Cars - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	78	Jeff Anderson	Atlantic , Ia	40.00
2	6	66	Jeff Joldersma	Mcclelland , Ia	39.00
3	9	92B	Brian Blessington	Breda , Ia	38.00
4	5	56	Jamie Schirm	Dexter , Ia	37.00
5	11	1F	Marcus Fagan	Adair , Ia	36.00
6	3	M36	Clay Mercer	Corning , Ia	35.00
7	15	11	Steve Campbell	Des Moines, Ia	34.00
8	7	11G	Nyle Godwin	Redfield , Ia	33.00
9	16	4	Ron Godwin	Earlham , Ia	32.00
10	17	64	Scott Bailey	Carlisle , Ia	31.00
11	19	6	Adam Hilgenberg	Waukee , Ia	30.00
12	20	711	Michael Walrod	Desoto , Ia	29.00
13	4	23H	Rick Houseman	Winterset , Ia	28.00
14	13	26K	Butch Bass	Winterset , Ia	27.00
15	2	25	Bob Daniels	Des Moines, Ia	26.00
16	12	21ZC	Cody Cleghorn	Des Moines, Ia	25.00
17	18	76	Norman Belew	Granger , Ia	24.00
18	10	23A	Jeremy Gettler	Adair , Ia	23.00
19	8	3S	Bryan Snell	Coon Rapids, Ia	22.00
20	14	54	Robbie Merkle	Des Moines, Ia	21.00
21	21	11S	Scott Seaman	Altoona , Ia	20.00	DNS
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SportMods - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	6	8.0	Josh Pruitt	Stuart , Ia	40.00
2	8	3L	Clinton Luellen	Minburn , Ia	39.00
3	12	23JR	Nick Roberts	Des Moines, Ia	38.00
4	4	1	Austin Kaplan	Des Moines, Ia	37.00
5	7	505	Racer Hulin	Laurel , Ia	36.00
6	2	92P	Michael Pruitt	Redfield , Ia	35.00
7	16	42	Matt Hays	Panora , Ia	34.00
8	21	32L	Ty Luellen	Minburn , Ia	33.00
9	3	39	Larry Embrey	Madrid , Ia	32.00
10	18	13T	Taylor Musselman	Norwalk , Ia	31.00
11	5	3F	Cole Ferguson	Dexter , Ia	30.00
12	13	41	Jeremy Embrey	Granger , Ia	29.00
13	1	64	Casey Gruebel	Lacona , Ia	28.00
14	17	7	Carter Vandenberg	Oskaloosa , Ia	27.00
15	19	28	James Reichart	Newton , Ia	26.00
16	20	56	Joe Simbro	Swan , Ia	25.00
17	11	34J	Jerry Hinton	Adel , Ia	24.00
18	10	B00K	Dylan Book	Adel , Ia	23.00
19	14	19	David Schlicht	Grand Junction, Ia	22.00
20	9	46	Trevor Oberholtz	Adair , Ia	21.00
21	15	77	Jack Myer	Ankeny , Ia	20.00
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Hobby Stocks - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	10B	Brandon Pruitt	Dexter , Ia	40.00
2	2	4W	John Watson	Des Moines, Ia	39.00
3	3	3A	Austin Luellen	Minburn , Ia	38.00
4	10	51	Matt Webb	Des Moines, Ia	37.00
5	4	27	Jason Kohl	Missouri Valley, Ia	36.00
6	11	4C	Curt Reed	Des Moines, Ia	35.00
7	5	17	Nathan Lange	Dexter , Ia	34.00
8	8	96R	Jamie Songer	Ankeny , Ia	33.00
9	6	66	Andy Mahlstedt	Bagley , Ia	32.00
10	17	224	Gina Gruebel	Lacona , Ia	31.00
11	13	32	Bill Atcheson	Waukee , Ia	30.00
12	9	11B	Solomon Bennett	Perry , Ia	29.00
13	12	7C	Chad Legere	Des Moines, Ia	28.00
14	16	35G	Phillip Castellano	Des Moines, Ia	27.00
15	7	911	Darin Rothfus	Woodward , Ia	26.00
16	14	2j	Ralph Jones	Des Moines, Ia	25.00	DNS
17	15	78B	Andrew Burg	Adel , Ia	24.00	DNS
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Spt Compact - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	7N	Mike Nehring	Ankeny , Ia	34.00
2	3	11	Jer Pedersen	Dana , Ia	33.00
3	2	18	Jordan Peters	Des Moines, Ia	32.00
4	1	199	Adam Kralik	Orient , Ia	31.00
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6 cyl. FWD - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	7	43	Wade King	Pleasantville , Ia	40.00
2	1	51B	James Britton	Indianola , Ia	39.00
3	5	17	Andy Forcht	Stuart , Ia	38.00
4	4	199	Adam Kralik	Orient , Ia	37.00
5	9	7N	Mike Nehring	Ankeny , Ia	36.00
6	6	11	Jer Pedersen	Dana , Ia	35.00
7	10	18	Jordan Peters	Des Moines, Ia	34.00
8	8	95N	Garrett Nelson	Osceola , Ia	33.00
9	3	93N	Colton Nelson	Osceola , Ia	32.00
10	2	U81	Christina Powell	Norwalk , Ia	31.00
11	11	31S	Chad Snyder	Altoona , Ia	30.00	DNS