By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (April 25th, 2014) – Mother Nature dropped a lot of rain at the Marshalltown Speedway on Thursday but that did not stop the track crew, they worked the track in to keep the 50th Anniversary season going on Friday Night. There was some great racing all night long on KMJ Performance Night at the Races.
There was only three IMCA Sport Compacts on the night and they produced a very entertaining feature event the entire eight laps. David Moorman grabbed the lead and never looked back to take the win, his first of the young season. John Gill will get Moorman sideways after hitting his rear bumper on the last lap to take second. Aaron Miller came home third.
Charlie Brown and Larry Sorenson started on the front row in the 15 lap Mod Lite feature but it was Brown getting the great start and he began to pull away. Behind Brown there was Jimmy May, Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar and Josh May battling for position. Brown began to see lap traffic and that did not become a struggle as Brown took the win. Hennigar finished 2nd, Jimmy May was 3rd, Josh May was 4th and Mike Morrill was 5th.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature was a very exciting one as Jason See grabbed the lead on the only lap but Jamie Songer worked his way from fifth starting spot to grab the lead on lap two. Songer and See continued to battle but Eric Stanton joined the fun up front. See took the lead back on laps five and six before Songer took the lead on lap seven. Stanton grabbed the lead away on lap eight but experience troubles on lap nine handing the over John Watson, who worked his way up to the second spot after starting tenth. Watson lead the remaining two laps to take his second of the season at Motown. Songer, See, Brice Udelhoven and Eric Larson rounded out the top five.
After experiencing troubles last week it was Jenae Gustin grabbing the early lead in teh IMCA Sport Mod 18 lap feature. Only to see the caution come out on lap two when three cars got together in turn four. Gustin got a great restart and began to pull away until she caught lap traffic which allowed Clint Luellen to catch and Luellen snuck by on lap nine but Gustin refused to give up as she took the lead back on lap 11. Gustin held off Luellen and hard charging Doug Smith to take the win. Luellen grabbed second, Smith was third, Brandon Brinton was fourth and Sam Wieben was fifth.
The IMCA Stock Cars lived up to their name as the "Class to Tough To Tame" the entire 18 lap feature. As they were racing three and four wide racing. Steve Meyer grabbed the early lead but saw Jay Schmidt and Michael Jaennette came up to join in the fun up front. Schmidt grabbed the lead on lap seven but it was Jaennette edging out Schmidt on lap eight. Jaennette went on to lead the remaining ten laps to take the win over Schmidt, Meyer, Donavon Smith and Trent Murphy.
The final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds feature and for the second week in a row it did not disappoint the fans. The caution came out right after the intial start when Adam Larson and Racer Hulin got together on the front stretch. On the restart it was Andrew Kinser grabbing the lead. Kinser lost the lead on the final race restart after a caution on lap two to Kyle Brown. Brown bobbled and opened the door for Kinser to get back by. Kinser continued to lead until last week's feature winner Ronn Lauritzen worked his way up to grab the top spot away on lap ten. Lauritzen went on to take the checkered and win over Jon Snyder, Kinser, David Brown and Kyle Krampe.
Next Friday Night the 50th Anniversary Season continues at the Marshalltown Speedway with Johnny Ray's Sports Bar and Grille of Grundy Center Night. Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m. and Racing at 7:30 p.m.
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Marshalltown Speedway Results
KMJ Performance Night
April 25th, 2014
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 10K Ronn Lauritzen - 69X Jon Snyder - 43S Scott Simatovich
Heat 2: 21K Kyle Brown - 19 Jimmy Gustin - 26J Joel Rust
Heat 3: 2L Adam Larson - 21 David Brown - K1 Kyle Krampe
Feature: 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 2. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 3. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 4. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 5. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 6. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 7. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 8. 22H Clay Hale (Cameron, MO); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 20W Shay Woods (Humeston); 11. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 12. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone); 13. 2Z Zach Rawlins (Kellogg); 14. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 15. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 16. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 17. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 18. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 19. 3W Chris Webb (McCallsburg); 20. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 3W Jeff Wollam - 19J Jay Schmidt - 25 Trent Murphy
Heat 2: 93 Michael Jaennette - 94 Steve Meyer - 35 Donavon Smith
Feature: 1. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 2. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 4. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 5. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 6. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 7. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 8. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 9. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 10. 45 Matthew Deaton (Newton); 11. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 12. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 13. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 14. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad)
IMCA SportMods
Heat 1: 19J Jenae Gustin - 7SR Shawn Ritter - 25 Travis Peterson
Heat 2: 3L Clint Luellen - 72 Brett Lowry - 6 James Aschenbrenner
Heat 3: 7R Ryan Ashton - 198 Sam Wieben - 24B Brandon Brinton
Feature: 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 3. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 4. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 5. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 7. 6 James Aschenbrenner (Aplington); 8. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 9. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 10. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 11. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 12. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 13. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Gilman); 14. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 15. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 16. 11 Michael Strait (New Providence); 17. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 18. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 19. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 20. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 21. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 22. 775 Justin Tharp (Vinton); 23. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 79S Jason See - 4W John Watson - 96R Jamie Songer
Heat 2: 26 Brice Udelhoven - 500 Garrett Eilander - 79 Benji Irvine
Heat 3: 7B Eric Stanton - 4X Gary Pfantz - 29 Jake Nelson
Feature: 1. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 2. 96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 3. 79S Jason See (Albia); 4. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 5. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 6. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 7. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 8. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 9. 42 Riley Songer (Ankeny); 10. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 11. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 12. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 13. 42T Tyso Overton (Carlisle); 14. 79 Benji Irvine (Stanley); 15. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle) 16. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 17. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 18. 5H Andy Hick (Adel)
Mod Lites
Heat 1: 8 Dusty Masolini - 4 Travis Brandt - 4L Larry Sorenson
Heat 2: 82 Charlie Brown - 89 Travis Stensland - 95 Mike Kennedy
Heat 3: 5J Jimmy May - 15 Andy Hennigar - 6 Mike Morrill
Feature: 1. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 2. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 3. 5J Jimmy May (De Soto); 4. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 5. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 6. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 7. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 8. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 9. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 10. 13 Ryan McCrory (Pleasant Hill); 11. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 12. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 13. 17S Chris Weir (Nevada); 14. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 15. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 16. 4M Matt Sorenson (Ames); 17. 46 Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 18. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); 19. 21 John Schuring (Kellogg); 20. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 21. 94 Dustin Marshall (Prairie City)
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat : 02 John Gill - 01 Aaron Miller - 6M David Moorman
Feature: 1. 6M David Moorman (Beaman); 2. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 3. 01 Aaron Miller (Marshalltown)
