Stensland, Luellen, Gustin, Smtih and Strayer Take Victories on J&V Napa Auto Parts Night
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (August 8th, 2014) – Two drivers took their first win at Marshalltown in 2014 on Friday Night meanwhile Three others returned to the winner's circle. Racing action was exciting and intense all night along on J&V Napa Auto Parts Night at the Races.
First feature of the night was of the Flattrack Quads and after having the initial start called back because Richard Blom was still sitting at the start line. Infortunately David Petithory took a tumble coming out of four, He would be okay but it expired his night. Travis Brandt jumped to the lead and appearing as if nothing was going to slow him down until the last lap coming off of four something mechanical which allowed Mike Rupe to sneak across the start and finish line in first. Brandt finished second, Jordan Brown was third, Mark Johnson was fourth and Brandon Gillette was fifth. Quads were invited back on Friday August 29th.
The Mod Lites was out next for their 15 lap feature event. Travis Stensland started on the outside front row and he grabbed the lead early. Stensland led all the laps to take his first ever win at Marshalltown meanwhile behind Stensland, They were battling too and three wide at times. Terry Brown took the runner up honors meanwhile brother Charlie Brown ended upside down in turn four come to the checkered. Tim Hennigar , Mike Morrill and Jimmy May was third through fifth.
Tyson Overton lead the opening lap in the 12 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature but it was Gary Pfantz taking it away on lap two. Shortly after the caution came out when Garrett Eilander took a sharp right off the top in turn one. Pfantz held on to the lead until lap four when Tyler Pickett took the lead away. Pickett saw the caution come out on lap eight and on the restart it was Austin Luellen working a different lane. Luellen grabbed the lead away and lead the remaining laps to take his seven win at Motown in 2014. Eric Stanton was second, Pickett was third, Kyle Parizek was fourth and Brice Udelhoven was fifth.
It seems like the same story just different week in the Big Eight Tyre Center IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature as it was Jenae Gustin grabbing the early lead. Not even a pair of early cautions bother Gustin as she continued to lead but when she caught lap traffic Logan Scott, who worked his way from 12th to second. Scott grabbed the lead away on lap 15 but a lap car slowed him down and forced him to break something in the rear end that gave the lead back to Gustin on lap 16. Gustin went on to take her third in a row and fifth of the season at Motown. Sam Wieben worked his way up to finished second. Keagan Scott was third, Clint Luellen was fourth and Brett Lowry was fifth.
Robert Stofer led the first lap in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature but Jeff Wollam battled for the lead on lap two. Wollam grabbed the lead and held on through a pair of cautions on lap four and six. Wollam appeared to be heading on to the win but Don Vis saw his power plant expire dumping oil on the track. Donavon Smith saw that and went to the high side and took the lead away with two to go. Smith took the win over Wollam, Trent Murphy, Stofer and Jay Schmidt.
Final feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature. This week's feature was different from last weeks as this one went green-to-checkered. They went four wide on lap one and when it all settled coming across the line it was Jake Strayer out front. Strayer lead the remaining laps and held off several challenges from Ronn Lauritzen and Joel Rust to take his first win at Motown in 2014. Rust grabbed second away from Lauritzen meanwhile Rod Clement fell back to fourth and Scott Simatovich finished fifth.
Next week will be Old Timers Lounge and Witten's Warriors Night. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
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Marshalltown Speedway Results
J&V Napa Auto Parts Night
August 8th, 2014
IMCA ModifiedsHeat 1: 40RC Rod Clement - 43S Scott Simatovich - 26J Joel Rust
Heat 2: 18J Jake Strayer - 10K Ronn Lauritzen - 505 Racer Hulin
Feature: 1. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 5. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 6. 69 John Logue Jr. (Boone); 7. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 8. 1J Jeff Streeter (Madrea, Calif.); 9. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 10. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 11. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 12. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 13. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Newton)
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 3W Jeff Wollam - 35 Donavon Smith - 19J Jay Schmidt
Heat 2: 93 Michael Jaennette - 47 Scott Pippert - 2 Dave Atcher
Heat 3: 50 Robert Stofer - 94 Steve Meyer - 25 Trent Murphy
Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 3. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 4. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 5. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 6. 24 Eric Brown (Boone); 7. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 8. 22K Kevin Rose (Boone); 9. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 10. 87A Aaron Matthias (Fairbank); 11. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 12. 46 Trent Barker (Floris); 13. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 14. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 15. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 16. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 17. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 18. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad); 19. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 20. 3 Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 21. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton)
IMCA Northern SportMods
Heat 1: 13T Taylor Musselman - 7R Ryan Ashton - 7 Carter VanDenBerg
Heat 2: 6T Siraj Thomason - 69JR Johnathan Logue - 198 Sam Wieben
Heat 3: 21L Matt Lettow - 38X Logan Scott - 57R Ryan King
Heat 4: 19J Jenae Gustin - 25 Travis Peterson - 83 Keagan Scott
Feature: 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 83 Keagan Scott (Odebolt); 4. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 5. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 7. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 8. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 9. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 10. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 11. 80 Duane Van Deest (Grundy Center); 12. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames); 13. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 14. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 15. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 16. 38X Logan Scott (Odebolt); 17. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 18. 55V Jared Vandewalle (LeGrand); 19. 33R DJ Robinson (Ankeny); 20. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 21. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbook); 22. 21L Matt Lettow (Roland); 23. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 24. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 25. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 26. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 27. 7V Jesse VanderWal (McCallsburg); 28. 406 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 7B Eric Stanton - 3A Austin Luellen - 82 Jennifer Hulin
Heat 2: 42T Tyson Overton - 20E Eric Larson - 500 Garrett Eilander
Feature: 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 4. 17K Kyle Parizek (Belle Plaine); 5. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 6. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 7. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 8. 88 Mike Leffler (Ankeny); 9. 3X Steve Fricke (Marshalltown); 10. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 11. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 12. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 13. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 14. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 15. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 16. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 17. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 18. 18D Kevin Deery (Boone)
Mod Lites
Heat 1: 15 Andy Hennigar - 28 Terry Brown - 5J Jimmy May
Heat 2: 82 Charlie Brown - 57 Tim Hennigar - 6 Mike Morrill
Feature: 1. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 2. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 3. 57 Tim Hennigar (Clarion); 4. 94 Dustin Marshall (Prairie City); 5. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 6. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 7. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 8. 01 DJ Schmalzried (Nevada); 9. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 10. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 12. 13 Ryan McCrory (Pleasant Hill); 13. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 14. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); 15. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 16. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 17. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 18. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames)
Flat Track Quads
Heat 1: 4 Travis Brandt - 69 Doug Sylvester - 20 David Petithory
Heat 2: 08 Mike Rupe - 47 Jordan Brown - 22 Vance Misel
Feature: 1. 08 Mike Rupe; 2. 4 Travis Brandt; 3. 47 Jordan Brown; 4. 45 Mark Johnson; 5. 57 Brandon Gillette; 6. 00 Richard Blom; 7. 8y Justin Sutherlin; 8. 3 Shane Houston; 9. 69 Doug Sylvester; 10. 22Vance Misel; 11. 2 Brian Eley; 12. 96 Rich Hesseltine; 13. 20 David Petithory
