VanDenBerg, Songer and Smith Cash IN Big On Night #1 of World Nationals
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (September 20th, 2013) –
The much anticipated event roared to life on Friday Night after mother
nature washed out practice on the Thursday Night Cookies BBQ Sauce
Kickoff. There was 193 cars from nine different states and one
providence in Canada represented on opening night of the 7th Annual
World Nationals.
After eight heats and four b-features settled
the field down to 24 cars it was time for the 20 lap IMCA Sport Mod
feature. Track Champion Eric Elliott jumped to the early lead in the
feature meanwhile they were going two and three wide behind him racing
for position. Elliott saw Carter VanDenBerg sneak by on lap five,
VanDenBerg then checked out from the field until the caution waived on
lap 16 for debris in turn four. Then on the restart when several cars
made contact together in turn two. VanDenBerg got a great restart and
tried to pull away only to see the yellow fly two more times forcing a
green-white-checkered finish. On the final restart, VanDenBerg had to
battle with Tim Current and coming to the checkered those two made
contact on the exit of turn four. VanDenBerg took the win with Current
coming across in second. However in post-race tech inspection Current
was disqualifed for illegal tires. Travis Peterson was then credit with
second, Doug Smith started 21st and found his way to a third place
finish, While Brian Efkamp and North Dakota's Justin Medler rounded out
the top five.
Eric Stanton grabbed the early lead in the IMCA
Hobby Stock feature but it was Devin Smith grabbing the lead away on lap
three after working his way through the field from his fifth starting
spot. Smith continued to lead after a caution on lap six and lap ten.
However then Smith was noticed to have a rear shock not working as he
had Stanton and Jamie Songer on his back bumper. This time, Smith's rear
shock caused him problems and that allowed Jamie Songer to sneak by and
grabbed the lead just before the caution on lap 13. Songer held on to
win with Stanton in the runner up spot. John Watson worked his way from
eleventh to third, Benji Irvine finish fourth while Smith fell back to
fifth spot.
In the IMCA Stock Cars feature, it was Todd Retizler
grabbing the lead but just after the completion one lap the caution
flew when John Heinz and Curt Hook got together on the front stretch.
Robert Stofer took over the lead until lap four as Donavon Smith worked
his way from ninth to take the lead away. Smith checked out and grabbed
the win over Jordan Grabouski, Brian Irvine, Kyle Vanover and Damon
Murty.
Modifieds ran two sets of heat races on Friday Night with
the top ten in points from the heat finishes being locked in to the
feature for Saturday Night. Round one heat winners were Jon Snyder,
Brian Mullen, Jacob Murray, Adam Larson, Mike Mullen, Shawn Kilgore,
Chris Abelson and Justin O'Brien. Round two heat winners were Dustin
Smith, Richie Gustin, Kyle Brown, Kurt Kile, Troy Cordes, Ryan Ruter and
Benji LaCrosse. Last Chance Races will be ran on Saturday along with a
50 lap feature in the Modifieds.
Also on Saturday Night there
will be a complete show for the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and
IMCA Hobby Stocks plus the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks make an
appearance. Racing will begin at 6:30pm.
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
515-432-4703.
Marshalltown Speedway Results
September 20th , 2013
World Nationals Modifieds
Round #1
Heat 1 :
1. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 2. 99R Brad Rohloff (Pulaski,
WI); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 7N Jay Noteboom (Hinton); 5. 85
Dustin Smith (Lake City); 6. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 7. 14B Scott Bash
(Windsor Heights); 8. 00 R.M. Van Pay (Denmark, WI)
Heat 2 :
1. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI); 2. 10M Jeremy Mills (Garner); 3. 19G
Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 4. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg); 5. 2Z Zack
Rawlins (Kellogg); 6. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton) 7. 64V Vern Jackson
(Waterloo); 8. 00J JD Auringer (Waterloo)
Heat 3 :
1. 64 Jacob Murray (Hartford); 2. 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid); 3. 21K Kyle
Brown (Kellogg); 4. 1 Dan Chapman (Clarence); 5. 41P Keith Pittman
(Waterloo); 6. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL); 7. 27W Jason Wolla (Ray,
ND); 8. 20L Zach Less (Hopkinton)
Heat 4 :
1. 2L Adam Larson (Ames); 2. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 74 Mark
Noble (Blooming Prairie, MN); 4. 21X Brandon
Rothzen (Raritan, IL); 5. 12 Trenton Jackson (Marshalltown); 6. 93A Les
McClenegan (Estevan, SK, Canada); 7. 8H John Hansen (Brush, CO); 8. 1H3
Conner Pullen (Oronogo, MO)
Heat 5 :
1. 99M Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 2. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 3. 77
Kevin Kile (Nichols); 4. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 5. 21CZ Tim
Czarneski (Denmark, WI); 6. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 7. 92 Tyler Droste
(Waterloo)
Heat 6 : 1. 90K
Shawn Kilgore (New Franken, WI); 2. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO);
3. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 4. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 5. 4G
Kevin Goben (Sherrard, IL); 6. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Madrid); 7. 12C Kent
Croskey (Polk City)
Heat 7 : 1.
1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 3. J41 Ryan
Ruter (Kanawha); 4. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 5. 77B Joe Beal (Milan,
IL); 6. 21L Brad Lautenbach (New
Franken, WI); 7. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart)
Heat 8 :
1. 12J Justin O’Brien (West Union); 2. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 3. 30
Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 4. 20W Shay Woods (Humeston); 5. 54
Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 6. 11 Beau Kaplan (Boone); 7. 08 Johnny
Whitman (DePere, WI)
Round #2
Heat 1 : 1. Smith; 2. Noteboom; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Jon Snyder; 5. Van Pay; 6. Rohloff; 7. Bash; 8. Krampe
Heat 2 : 1. Gustin; 2. Mills; 3. B. Mullen; 4. Olson; 5. Jason Snyder; 6. Auringer; 7. Rawlins; 8. Jackson
Heat 3 : 1. Brown; 2. Murray; 3. Wolla; 4. Havlik; 5. Werner; 6. Less; 7. Pittman; 8. Chapman
Heat 4 : 1. Rothzen; 2. Larson; 3. Carter; 4. Hansen; 5. Trent Jackson; 6. Pullen; 7. Noble; 8. McClenegan
Heat 5 : 1. Gillen; 2. Mike Mullen; 3. Hulin; 4. Czarneski; 5. Droste; 6. Wanninger; 7. Kile
Heat 6 : 1. Cordes; 2. Marriott; 3. Kilgore; 4. Goben; 5. Brown; 6. Meinecke; 7. Croskey
Heat 7 : 1. Ruter; 2. Shute; 3. Duffy; 4. Abelson; 5. Beal; 6. Docekal; 7. Lautenbach
Heat 8 : 1. LaCrosse; 2. Grabouski; 3. Whitman; 4. O’Brien; 5. Bushore; 6. Kaplan; 7. Woods
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 : 30 Jordan Grabouski - 50RS Robert Stofer - 75 Curt Hook
Heat 2 : 25 Trent Murphy - 57 John Heinz - 7C Blake Cole
Heat 3 : 26 Brian Irvine - 22R Todd Reitzler - 3 Jarod Weepie
Heat 4 : 35 Donavon Smith - 1330 Justin Jacobson - 99D Damon Murty
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Brands; 2. Leeman; 3. 24 Eric Brown (Boone); 4. 02 Mike Goldsberry
(Runnells); 5. 77 Donnie Bown (State Center); 6. 52 Robert Engelkes
(Dike); 7. 76XX Chad Siem (Shellsburg); 8. 76X Norman Belew (Granger);
9. 57X Keith Kuder (Rosedale) 10. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin)
B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Schmidt; 2. Reimer; 3. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 4. 76 Mike Galli
(Urbana); 5. 96 Mark Schuenemann (Boulder Junction, WI); 6. 14A Chris
Adams (McIntire); 7. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 8. 55 Dave Mehmen
(Baxter); 9. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo)
Feature:
1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE);
3. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 4. 19 Kyle Vanover (Beatrice,
NE); 5. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 7. 3
Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 8. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 9. 50RS
Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 10. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 11. 22R
Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 12. 00 Andy Altenburg (Truman, MN); 13. 32
Derek Green (Granada, MN); 14. 271 Randy Brands (Boyden); 15. 47 Scott
Pippert (Elberon); 16. 7C Blake Cole (Nashua); 17. R31 Ryan Leeman
(Roland); 18. 1330 Justin Jacobson (Green Bay, WI); 19. 22S Lonnie
Hodges (Boone); 20. 57 John Heinz (Green Bay, WI); 21. 25 Trent Murphy
(Jefferson); 22. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 23. 54 Robbie Merkley (Des
Moines); 24. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley)
IMCA SportMods
Heat 1 : 7 Carter VanDenBerg - 19CH Richie Gustin - 72 Brett Lowry
Heat 2 : 9E Eric Elliott - 2 Nick Meyer - 3 Tony Dunker
Heat 3 : 75 Justin Medler - 23K Ben Kates - 12 Doug Smith
Heat 4 : 130X Austin Kaplan - 21L Matt Lettow - 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 5 : P7 Tim Current - 23 Jared Hansen - 8B Brad Iverson
Heat 6 : GT1 Brian Efkamp - 43 Creston Williams - 51X Matt Webb
Heat 7 : 50X Darik Fox - 67X Brandon Williams - 339 Kevin Hurst
Heat 8 : 25 Travis Peterson - 49 Nate Whitehurst - 86 Cory Rose
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Lowry; 2. Olson; 3. 8B Brad Iverson (Grinnell); 4. 64 Brandon Leeman
(Roland); 5. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 6. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah,
WI); 7. 65 Mike Dauphinais (Green Bay, WI); 8. 22T Tyler Tesch (Lennox,
SD); 9. 6M Jason Mason (Melcher); 10. 40S Shawn
Simatovich (Gilman)
B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Dunker; 2. Webb; 3. 59 Tara Longnecker (Woodward); 4. 05 Paul Nagle
(Nevada); 5. 57R Ryan King (Marshalltown); 6. T17 Mike Smith (Flippin,
AR); 7. 6 Ben Kraus (Ossian); 8. 11X Jon Schultz (Waunakee); 9. 19G
Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 10. 57 Tyler Gross (Bondurant)
B-Feature 3 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Smith; 2. McDonald; 3. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 4. 98 Bill
Hildreth (Marshalltown); 5. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 6. 13T Taylor
Musselman (Norwalk); 7. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 8. 35C Casey Heil
(Eldora); 9. 7RA Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 10. 19 Jayson Wiggins (Maquoketa)
B-Feature 4 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Rust; 2. Rose; 3. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, WI); 4. 02A Coty
Albers (Wellsburg); 5. 87 Aric Becker (Cedar Rapids); 6. 13TX Mike Timm
(Mingo); 7. 7V Shawn Hunter
(Zearing); 8. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 9. 99B Jim Bonschmit (Clemons);
10. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada)
Feature:
1. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 2. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook);
3. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 4. GT1 Brian Efkamp (Ankeny); 5. 75 Justin
Medler (Minot, ND); 6. 2G Geoff Olson (West Des Moines); 7. 23 Jared
Hansen (Audubon); 8. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 9. 86U Rod McDonald
(Manchester); 10. 50X Darik Fox (Norfolk, NE); 11. 51X Matt Webb (Des
Moines); 12. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 13. 67X Brandon Williams (Des
Moines); 14. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 15. 21L Matt Lettow
(Roland); 16. 43 Creston Williams (Atkins); 17. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone);
18. 3 Tony Dunker (Quincy, IL); 19. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 20. 49
Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 21. 19CH Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 22.
23K Ben Kates (Tonganoxie, KS); 23. 130X Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); DQ/24.
P7 Tim Current (Bernard)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 : 4W John Watson - 29 Nathan Ballard - 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 2 : 3A Austin Luellen - 224 August Bach - 81 Devin Smith
Heat 3 : 2013 Jamie Songer -7 Dustin Graham - 19D Dustin Lynch
Heat 4 : 19 Bill Bonnett- 79 Benji Irvine - 500 Garrett Eilander
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Kohl; 2. See; 3. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 4. 121 Travis Staley
(Hampton); 5. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 6. 46J Jesse Hopkins
(Ames); 7. 51 Nate Bonin (Iowa Falls); 8. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 9. 21
Jason Williams 9Belle PLlain)
B- Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) :
1. Udelhoven; 2. Riley Songer; 3. 58B Randy Byerly (Tipton); 4. 55
Keith Miner
(Granger); 5. 17J Josh Fredrickson (Des Moines); 6. 88 CJ Dall
(Marshalltown); 7. T56 Tim Barber (Story City) ; 8. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar
Falls)
Feature: 1. 2013
Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford); 3. 4W John Watson
(Des Moines); 4. 79 Benji Irvine (Cedar Falls); 5. 81 Devin Smith (Lake
City); 6. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 8.
56 Ty Griffith (Webste City); 9. 3X Scott Durlin; 10. 224 August Bach
(Knoxville); 11. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 12. 3A Austin Luellen (Minurn);
13. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center0; 14. 05 Jason Cox (Maxwell); 15. 42
Riley Songer (Lonrimor); 16. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 17. 40 Randy
Embrey (Grimes); 18. 27 Jason Kohl (Missouri Valley); 19. 83 Eugne
Nicklas (Grinnell); 20.David Rieks (Eldora); 21. 79S Jason See (Albia);
22. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 23. 19 BIl BOnnett (Knoxville); 24. 7
Dustin Graham (Boone); 25. 19D Dustin Elliott
(Marshalltown)
