May, Van Deest, Stanton, Murphy and Lauritzen Win thrillers on Sleeping Angels Night

May, Van Deest, Stanton, Murphy and Lauritzen Win thrillers on Sleeping Angels Night

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (April 17th, 2015) – Finally a beautiful Friday Night for racing and it lead to some fantastic racing action on Kruse Family and Sleeping Angels Foundation Night at the Races. 110 cars signed in on Friday Night to try the hands at the high banked quarter mile.

Josh May grabbed the early lead in the 15 lap Mod Lite feature but just after the completion of lap one the caution was displayed three times. Finally when racing resumed it was May continuing to lead but Mike Morrill stayed in tow. Josh May held off to Morrill to take the win. Travis Stensland, Jimmy May and Joe Glick rounded out the top five.

Up next was the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature event and before a lap could be completed the caution came out . When racing got going they were racing three and four wide through the field on lap one, it was Rookie Dusty Masolini taking the lead but just after the completion of lap one the caution came out when Bryan Johnson and Austin Schuring got together in turn four. Masolini got a great restart and appeared to be comfortable in the lead until lap three when he would go around bring out the caution. Jayme Duinink inherited the lead and lead until lap nine. On lap nine, it was Jared Van Deest sneaking up on the high side to take the lead. Van Deest saw the caution come out with two laps to go but he was not to be denied the victory. Duinink finished second, Travis Peterson was third, Sam Wieben was fourth and Jenae Gustin was fifth.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature saw Andrew Burg takes the early lead but Eric Stanton worked his way up to second and set his sights on Burg. Burg and Stanton battled it out with Stanton edging out Burg on lap six across the line before the only caution came out. Stanton lead the remaining laps to take the win over Nathan Ballard, Andrew Burg, John Watson and Benji Irvine.

In The Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, it was Michael Bilyeu grabbing the lead on lap one. Bilyeu, Steve Meyer, Trent Murphy and Jay Schmidt went four wide on lap two for the top spot with Meyer taking the lead. The only race caution came out on lap three for Schmidt in turn two. Meyer continued to lead until Trent Murphy saw the door open on lap 15, Murphy took the lead away from Meyer. Meyer tried to get back by Murphy but Murphy held on for the win. Donavon Smith finished third, Michael Jaennette was fourth and Dave Atcher was fifth.

The final feature of the night was the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Jimmy Gustin and Brett Ladehoff started on the front row and Gustin took advantage by taking the lead. Meanwhile behind the leaders the field was racing three and four wide. The first caution came out on lap six and that forced a restart and Gustin had to contend with 11th place starter Ronn Lauritzen and Brian Irvine. Lauritzen took the lead way just before a pair of cautions on lap eight. Laurtizen got a great restart and pulled away went on to take the win. Brian Irvine started tenth and tried to chase down Laurtizen but settled for runner up finish. Gustin fell back to third, last week's feature winner Josh Gilman started 12th and finished fourth. Eric Elliott was fifth.

Back to action next Friday Night with KMJ Performance Night at the Races plus the first of five appearance by the Flat Track Open Quads. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
Kruse Family / Sleeping Angels Night
April 17th, 2015

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 2. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 5. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 6. 4TW Tim Ward (Mesa, AZ); 7. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 8. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 11. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 12. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 13. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 14. 5D Devan Havlik (Iowa Falls); 15. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 16. 17R Derek Reimer (St Anthony); 17. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Ames); 18. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 19. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 20. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 21. 3XXX Brett Ladehoff (Marshalltown); 22. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 23. 4 Billy Vogel (Fargo, ND)

Heat 1 - 1. Bushore; 2. Strayer; 3. Gilman; 4. Rust; 5. Krampe; 6. Ward; 7. Albers; 8. Clement
Heat 2 - 1. Irvine; 2. Gustin; 3. Simatovich; 4. Brown; 5. Brinton; 6. Reimer; 7. Leytham; 8. Vogel
Heat 3 - 1. Lauritzen; 2. Elliott; 3. Jackson; 4. Ladehoff; 5. Havlik; 6. Kinser; 7. Larson

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 4. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 5. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 6. 14M Brian Mahlstedt (Ionia); 7. 89B Tim Fobian (Dike); 8. 56 Lonnie Hodges (Boone); 9. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 10. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 11. 46B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola); 12. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 13. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 14. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 15. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 16. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 17. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg)

Heat 1 - 1. Atcher; 2. Jaennette; 3. Smith; 4. Murphy; 5. Deaton; 6. Pickett; 7. Hodges; 8. Davis; 9. Thelen
Heat 2 - 1. Schmidt; 2. Meyer; 3. Bilyeu; 4. Merkle; 5. Mahlstedt; 6. Balmer; 7. Fobian; 8. Kennedy

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 3. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 7. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 8. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 9. 63 Daniel Tasler (Jefferson); 10. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward); 12. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames); 13. 29 Ben Wilson (Nevada): 14. 42 Matt Hays (Stuart); 15. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 16. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 17. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 18. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 19. 12R Travis Storjohann (Marshalltown); 20. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 21. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 22. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 23. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 24. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton)

B- Feature (top 4 transfer) - 1. Heishman; 2. Storjohann; 3. Braaksma; 4. Hays; 5. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 6. 00 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); 7. 22MC Jeramy McNace (Boone); 8. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 9. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 10. 57 Lynn Brockett (Ogden); DNS/11. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City)

Heat 1 - 1. Gustin; 2. Peterson; 3. Follett; 4. King; 5. Schuring; 6. Weatherly; 7. Williams
Heat 2 - 1. Duinink; 2. Luellen; 3. Masolini; 4. Hilmer; 5. Thomason; 6. Heishman; 7. Hays; 8. Brockett
Heat 3 - 1. Van Deest; 2. Williams; 3. Ritter; 4. Tasler; 5. Johnson; 6. McNace; 7. Rawlins; DNS/8. Smith
Heat 4 - 1. Tiernan; 2. Wilson; 3. Wieben; 4. Shelman; 5. Rose; 6. Storjohann; 7. Braaksma; 8. Rouse

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 3. 78B Andrew Burg (Adel); 4. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 5. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 6. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 7. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown); 8. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 9. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 10. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 11. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 12. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge); 13. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 14. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 15. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 16. 24B Butch Lester (What Cheer); 17. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 18. 10D Brian Derry (Boone); 19. X70 Wayne Purvis (Boone); 20. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 21. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 22. 18D Kevin Derry (Indianola); 23. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 24. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn)

Heat 1 - 1. Thomas; 2. Lynch; 3. Pohlman; 4. Peck; 5. Luellen; 6. Elliott; 7. K. Derry; 8. Pitts
Heat 2 - 1. Stanton; 2. Burg; 3. Pfantz; 4. Lichty; 5. Sommerfeld; 6. Barber; 7. Million; 8. B. Derry
Heat 3 - 1. Ballard; 2. Watson; 3. Nicklas; 4. Eilander; 5. Irvine; 6. Purvis; 7. Lester; 8. Merical

Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 3. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 4. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 5. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 6. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 7. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 8. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 9. 4M David Simpson (Ames); 10. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 11. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 12. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 13. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 14. 16 Angel Motgormery (Humboldt); 15. 11 Mike Stoker (Des Moines)

Heat 1 - 1. Jimmy May; 2. Stensland; 3. Glick; 4. Whitehead; 5. Terry Brown; 6. Turner; 7. Stoker; 8. Simpson
Heat 2 - 1. Morrill; 2. Charlie Brown; 3. Josh May; 4. Sauerman; 5. Montgomery; 6. Rankin; 7. Huggins