Lauritzen Wins a Wild One on Shriners Night at Motown
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (August 1st, 2014) – A wild and exciting night of racing was on tap Friday Night at Marshalltown during A Night with the Shriners. Fans were also treated with a bonus as the Lawnmowers from Rivers Bottoms Raceway in Carlisle were in attendance to race the frontstretch.
After all the qualifying races the Quads came out and put on an exhibition race they will race next friday and it was George Hood winning the race. Then the Lawnmowers came out and put on show as Bill Neasham from Newton picked up the win in the Stock Class meanwhile Matt Madlih from Newton took the win in the Outlaw Lawnmowers.
The Mod Lites were out first for their 15 lap feature event. They would go three and four wide on lap one but when it all settled it was Terry Brown out front. Brown held on to the lead until the caution came out on lap six. Brown had D.J. Schmalzried and Josh May on the back side but Brown held them off but Schmalzried nudged his nose in front of Brown on lap ten. Brown was not to be denied as he took it back on lap 11 and lead the remaining laps to take his first win at Motown in 2014. Schmalzried, Charlie Brown, Mike Morrill and Josh May rounded out the top five.
The 12 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature saw the intial front row starters of Travis Merical and Dillon Millon opt to go to the tail so that moved Andy Peck and Steve Fricke to the front row. However none of them grabbed the lead as it was Austin Luellen grabbing the lead on lap one beating Fricke to the line. Shortly after the caution came out when Eric Stanton was spun around on the frontstretch. Luellen would not let this caution or the cautions on lap five and seven bother as he went on to take win number six at Motown. Stanton worked his way back up to finish second meanwhile John Watson was third, Jennifer Hulin was fourth and Garrett Eilander was fifth.
Big Eight Tyre Center IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature saw Jenae Gustin grabbed the early lead from the outside row two starting spot. Gustin saw the caution come out on lap eight for Siraj Thomason in turn two just as she was slicing her way through lap traffic. Gustin again saw the caution come on lap 11 for Jim Bonschmit going off the top of turn two. The final cautions came out on lap 16 but she was able to hold off challenges from Clint Luellen and Taylor Musselman to take the win. Sam Wieben was fourth and Matt Lettow was fifth.
Don Vis lead the opening lap in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature but it was Robert Stofer taking it away. Stofer lead until Points Leader Donavon Smith worked his way from outside row six to the lead on lap five. Smith lead the remaining laps in the feature that went caution free to take his seventh win. Steve Meyer, Michael Jaennette, Stofer and Trent Murphy finished second through fifth respectively.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature. It was packed with plenty of excitement. Drivers checked out the new safety tires which brought out some cautions. Before the race got going, Racer Hulin saw his driveshaft come off but when it finally got going it was Joel Bushore leading the first seven laps. Bushore saw Ronn Lauritzen get by on lap eight but the caution came out again on lap 13 when Tyler Droste rolled off the top of turns three and four. Lauritzen saw the caution come out again on lap 16 for Bushore going off the top of turn three. Lauritzen held on to take the win over Kyle Brown, Scott Simatovich, Jake Strayer and Richie Gustin.
Next Friday Night will be J & V Napa Auto Parts of Tama Night at the Races. Quads will be back to race at Intermission. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
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Marshalltown Speedway Results
An Evening With the Shriners
August 1st, 2014
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 10K Ronn Lauritzen - 87 Joel Bushore - 92 Tyler Droste
Heat 2: 19G Richie Gustin Jr - 18J Jake Strayer - 40RC Rod Clement
Heat 3: 21 David Brown - 26J Joel Rust - 69X Jon Snyder
Feature: 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 2. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 3. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 4. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 5. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 6. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 7. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Rolnand); 8. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 11. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 12. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 13. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 14. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 15. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 16. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 17. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 18. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 19. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Newton); 20. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 2 Dave Atcher - 25 Trent Murphy - 45 Matt Deaton
Heat 2: 59 Tracy Gienger - 35 Donavon Smith - 3 Scooter Dulin
Heat 3: 93 Michael Jaennette - 50 Robert Stofer - 04 Don Vis
Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 5. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 6. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 7. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 8. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 9. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 10. 3 Sccoter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 11. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton); 12. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 13. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 14. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 15. 199 Nick Thelen (Kellogg): 16. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 17. 7 Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 18. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad)
IMCA Northern SportMods
Heat 1: 198 Sam Wieben - 21L Matt Lettow - 57R Ryan King
Heat 2: 19J Jenae Gustin - 69JR Johnathan Logue - T17 Tom Rawlins
Heat 3: 6T Siraj Thomason - 01 Brayton Carter - 3L Clint Luellen
Heat 4: 13T Taylor Musselman - 82 Jake MicBirnie - 80 Duane Van Deest
Feature: 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 3. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 21L Matt Lettow (Roland); 6. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 7. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 8. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 9. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 10. 80 Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center); 11. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 12. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kelloogg); 13. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 14. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 15. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 16. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 17. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames): 18. 99B Jim Bonschmit (Clemons): 19. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 20. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 21. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 22. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 23. 55V Jared VandeWalle (LeGrand); 24. 27D Aron Duvall (Trenton, MO); 25. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 3A Austin Luellen - 5H Andy Hick - 26 Brice Udelhoven
Heat 2: 7B Eric Stanton - 3X Steve Fricke - 82 Jennifer Hulin
Feature: 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 4. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 5. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 6. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 7. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 8. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 9. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 10. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 11. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 12. 85M Dillon Millon (Marshalltown); 13. 14X Jamie Riemenschnieder; 14. 3X Steve Fricke (Marshalltown); 15. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 16. 18D Kevin Deery (Boone)
Mod Lites
Heat 1: 82 Charlie Brown - 89 Travis Stensland - 99 Josh May
Heat 2: 28 Terry Brown - 01 DJ Schmalzried - 15 Andy Hennigar
Feature: 1. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 2. 01 DJ Schlmalzried (Nevada); 3. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 4. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 5. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 6. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 7. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 8. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 9. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 10. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 94 Dustin Marshall (Prairie City); 12. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 13. 12 Amber Coffman (Grimes); 14. 69 Josh Bryan; 19. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 20. 4 Travis Brandt
