Moorman, May, Stanton, Williams, Smith and Wanninger Take Checkers on Wolf Seeds Night
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (June 20th, 2014) – This week mother nature was mean as she dropped over four inches of rain at the Marshalltown Speedway leaving track crew to scratch their heads. However they worked their magic and Wolf Seeds along with Jim's Johns Challenge Night took place.
The IMCA Sport Compacts six lap feature was out first and only two cars were able to take the green as the car of John Gill experienced transmission problems in staging area. Aaron Miller led the first three laps before David Moorman took the lead away coming to two to go. Moorman took the win with Miller in second.
Eric Hendrickson lead the first three laps in the 15 lap Mod Lites feature before Charlie Brown worked his way up to take the lead away on lap four. Brown continued to lead until lap nine, shortly after Jimmy May took it away on lap 10. May went on to take his second win of the season at Motown. Andy Hennigar tried but settled in to second, Brown was third, Hendrickson was fourth and Daniel Keltner was fifth.
Rookie Andy Hick grabbed the early lead in the 12 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. The first race caution came out on lap two when Steve Fricke spun around right in front of the field only to collect Mitchell Thomas, Jennifer Hulin and Tyson Overton. Hick saw Brice Udelhoven and Eric Stanton right behind him but Hick continued to lead on lap three. Stanton took the lead away on lap four and three laps later saw the caution come out again this time when John Housley went spinning off top of turn one. Stanton and Austin Luellen began to battle it out the final five laps with Stanton leading all but lap ten. Stanton took the win by a bumper at the line over Luellen. John Watson came home in third, Hick was fourth and Udelhoven was fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods feature normally runs 18 laps but would go 23 laps because Clint Luellen, the only heat race winner to take the challenge. Luellen had a shot at a bonus of $500 if he could win. Tom Rawlins lead the opening lap before Shawn Simatovich took the lead away on two. Simatovich lost the lead on lap four too Brandon Williams. Williams was not to be denied the win his first this season at Motown. Sam Wieben tried several times to take the lead away but finish in the runner up position. Luellen, Jenae Gustin, Carter VanDenBerg and Taylor Musselman rounded out the top five.
Dave Atcher lead fhe first two laps before the caution came out in the IMCA Stock Cars 23 lap feature which again is normally 18 laps. The first caution came out when Jared Daggett, one of two drivers to take the challenge, spun out in turn four. Atcher continued to lead until Donavon Smith worked his way through the field to take it away on lap five. Smith and the field saw the caution come again on lap seven but ran the final 16 laps caution free. Smith picked up his seventh win of the season at Motown. Steve Meyer finished 2nd meanwhile Michael Jaennette, the other to take the challenge, finished 3rd. Atcher and Daggett finish fourth and fifth respectively.
Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds feature, it also saw two drivers win their heat races and chose to go the tail for a $1,000 bonus as it went unclaim in the previous three divisions. Those two drivers were Ronn Lauritzen and Tyler Droste meanwhile Scott Simatovich lead the first five laps before the caution came out when Lauritzen and Kyle Krampe got together in turn two. On the restart, Rookie Joel Rust took the lead way from Simatovich and appeared he was pulling away only to see the caution come out on lap 12 when Kyle Brown experienced trouble. Rust and Luke Wanninger began an epic battle with the Rookie lead most of the laps. Wanninger took the lead for good on lap 21 to take the win. Rust, Lauritzen, Adam Larson and Racer Hulin rounded out the top five.
It is Back to business at the Speedway on Tuesday Night as the Deery Brothers Summer Series Miller Lite 50 will take to the high banks. Hot Laps at 7:00pm and Racing to Follow.
Then on Friday, it will be Shawn's Custom Hay Grinding Night at the races. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
Do not forget about Fan Appreciation Night with Fireworks, as well as the 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday July 4th which will feature activites rain or shine all day. Races will start 15 minutes earlier that night.
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. Home of the World Nationals September 18th through 20th.
Marshalltown Speedway Results
Wolf Seeds / Jim’s Johns Night
June 20th, 2014
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 10K Ronn Lauritzen - 43S Scott Simatovich - K1 Kyle Krampe
Heat 2: 92 Tyler Droste - 21K Kyle Brown - 2L Adam Larson
Feature: 1. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 5. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 6. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 7. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 8. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 9. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Newton); 10. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 11. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 12. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 13. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 14. Kyle Brown (Kellogg)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 22D Jared Daggett - 2 Dave Atcher - 35 Donavon Smith
Heat 2: 93 Michael Jaennette - 94 Steve Meyer - 50X Kevin Balmer
Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 5. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 6. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 7. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad); 8. 1X Michael Peterson (Montezuma); 9. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 10. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 11. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 12. 12 Dwayne Herb (Cedar Rapids); 13. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo)
IMCA Northern SportMods
Heat 1: 7R Ryan Ashton - 198 Sam Wieben - 13T Taylor Musselman
Heat 2: 3L Clint Luellen - T17 Tom Rawlins - 95J Jason Hall
Heat 3: 67X Brandon Williams - 7 Carter VanDenBerg - 19J Jenae Gustin
Heat 4: 40S Shawn Simatovich - 25 Travis Peterson - 32N Neil Follett
B-Feature (top 4 transfer): 1. 69JR Johnathan Logue; 2. 82 Jake McBirnie; 3. 98 Bill Hildreth; 4. 777X Cole Janssen; 5. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 6. 406 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); 7. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); DQ 9 Scott Williams (Atkins)
Feature: 1. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 4. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 7. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 8. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 9. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 10. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 11. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 12. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 13. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 14. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 15. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 16. 11 Michael Strait (New Providence); 17. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 18 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 19. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Gilman); 20. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 21.95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 22. 777X Cole Janssen (Pella); 23. 7R Ryan Asthon (Beaman); 24. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 14T Mitchell Thomas - 82 Jennifer Hulin -3A Austin Luellen
Heat 2: 26 Brice Udelhoven - 166 Justin Lichty - 52 Josh Saunders
Heat 3: 7B Eric Stanton - 5H Andy Hick - 4W John Watson
Feature: 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 3. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 4. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 5. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 6. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 7. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton); 8. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 9. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 10. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 11. 35 Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 12. 55 Vince Buchholz (Tama); 13. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 14. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 15. 89 John Housley (Des Moines); 16. 3X Steve Fricke (Marshalltown); 17. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 18. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 19. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 20/DNS: 10 Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 21/DNS: 27 Clint Nelson (Newton); 22/DNS: 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center)
Mod Lites
Heat 1: 95 Mike Kennedy - 6 Mike Morrill - 29K Daniel Keltner
Heat 2: 66F Eric Hendrickson - 15 Andy Hennigar - 5J Jimmy May
Feature: 1.5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 2. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 3. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 4. 66F Eric Hendrickson (Ankeny); 5. 29K Daniel Keltner (Coralville); 6. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 7. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 8. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 9. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 10. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 11. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 12. 94 Dustin Marshall (Prairie City); 13. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 14. 13 Ryan McCrory (Pleasant Hill); 15. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); 16. 57 Tim Hennigar (Clarion); 17/DNS: 28 Terry Brown (Nevada)
IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat : 01 Aaron Miller - 6M David Moorman - 02 John Gill
Feature: 6M David Moorman (Beaman); 2. 01 Aaron Miller (Marshalltown); 3. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown)
