Exciting finishes for the Cliff Chambers Memorial

Exciting finishes for the Cliff Chambers Memorial
By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (May 8th, 2015) – Always the second friday night in May we honor a great pioneer of the speedway in Cliff Chambers that we lost back in 1989 to cancer. There was a lot of great racing all night that included three, four and five wide racing. 103 cars signed in to have their names in history books of winning the Cliff Chambers Memorial sponsored by Local UAW 893.

First feature of the night was the Nostalgia Cars ten lap feature event and it was Chris Holt grabbing the top spot. Holt pulled away only to see the only race caution on lap four when Scott Olson was not able to exit the race track in time. Chris Holt had Ben Holt and Josh Zieman on his back bumper but held the challenges off until lap nine. Zieman saw the door open and took advantage and grabbed the spot with one to go. Zieman took the win over Chris Holt, Ben Holt, Jim Anderson and Devin Murphy.

Jason Whitehead started inside row two but he took the lead early in the Mod Lites 15 lap feature even though he was in a hard fight with Travis Stensland and Joel Huggins. Whitehead lead until the only caution came out when Cory Sauerman got in to the back bumper of Whitehead, Whitehead rolled but ended back on all four wheels infortunately ending his night meanwhile Sauerman sent pit side. On the restart, Huggins inherited the lead and had to battle with Stensland. Huggins held off challenges from Stensland until lap 12 when Stensland made the move and the win away. Josh May got by Huggins for second, Jimmy May was fourth and Charlie Brown was fifth.

In the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event it was Austin Luellen taking the lead. Luellen saw the caution come out on lap two wehn Garrett Eilander spun on the front stretch. Luellen was not fazed and continued to lead even through a pair of cautions on lap 11. Luellen took the win for his 4th win at Marshalltown. Eric Stanton, John Watson, Andy Hick and Tyson Overton rounded out the top five.

Curt Hilmer lead the first lap in the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature but the field saw the caution twice before completing another lap and twice after completing lap two. Hilmer continued to lead but Clint Luellen worked his way from sixth to second and took the lead away on lap five. Luellen and the field had the caution come out again on lap 11 and 14 setting up a great finish. Luellen and Jenae Gustin race side by side wheel to wheel the final four laps and it was Luellen edging out Gustin for the win. Brandon Williams, Logan Scott and Hilmer finished third through fifth.

JD Kennedy lead lap one in the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars feature but it was Jay Schmidt taking the lead away on lap two. Schmidt did not let the caution on lap six bother him but Trent Murphy and Tyler Pickett was right behind him. Schmidt lost the lead to Murphy on lap 11. Murphy went on to edge out Donavon Smith for the win. Schmidt ended in third, Jared Daggett was fourth and Steve Meyer was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 20 laps Coors Light IMCA Modifieds feature. Richie Gustin took advantage of his pole postion by grabbing the lead and it appeared the only thing slowing him down was lap traffic before the only caution came out on lap 15. Gustin held on to win over Joel Rust, Jimmy Gustin, Jon Snyder and Hunter Marriott.

Next Friday Night will be Scout Night plus Old Timers Lounge Night at the Races. Also on hand the Outlaw Lawn Mower Races. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
Cliff Chambers Memorial sponsored by Local UAW 893
May 8th, 2015

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 4. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 5. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 6. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 7. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 8 71 Jeff James (Stanton); 9. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 10. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 11. V31 Todd Van Eaton (Orient); 12. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 13. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 14. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Ames); 15. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 16. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 17. 3XXX Brett Ladehoff (Marhalltown); 18. 17R Derek Reimer (St Anthony); 19. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 20. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 21. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 22. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny)

Heat 1 - 1. Van Genderen; 2. Jackson; 3. Elliott; 4. Van Eaton; 5. Gilman; 6. Reimer; 7. Brinton; 8. Ladehoff
Heat 2 - 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Rust; 4. James; 5. Simatovich; 6. Clement
Heat 3 - 1. Jimmy Gustin; 2. Strayer; 3. Snyder; 4. Marriott; 5. Larson; 6. VanDenBerg; 7. Kinser; 8. Leytham

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 7. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 8. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 9. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 10. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 11. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 12. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 13. 46B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola); 14. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 15. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 16. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton)

Heat 1 - 1. Jaennette; 2. Wollam; 3. Pickett; 4. Deaton; 5. Meyer; 6. Bilyeu; 7. Balmer; 8. Thelen
Heat 2 - 1. Daggett; 2. Murphy; 3. Smith; 4. Kennedy; 5. Schmidt; 6. Merkle; 7. Vis; 8. Davis

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 2. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moins); 4. 38 Logan Scott (Odebolt);5. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 6. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 7. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 8. 83 Keegan Scott (Odeboldt); 9. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 10. 29 Ben Wilson (Nevada); 11. 777 Jayme Duinik (Pella); 12. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames); 13. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 14. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 15. 22MC Jeramy McNace (Boone); 16. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 17. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward); 18. 25K Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 19. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 20. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton): 21. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 22. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 23. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 24. 63 Daniel Tasler (Jefferson); 25. 00 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora): 26. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 27. 60 Dalton Simonsen (Fairfax); 28. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montzeuma)

Heat 1 - 1. Hilmer; 2. Logan Scott; 3. Williams; 4. Peterson; 5. Rose; 6. Johnson; 7. Weatherly
Heat 2 - 1. Van Deest; 2. Keegan Scott; 3. Wilson; 4. Masolini; 5. Tasler; 6. Thomason; 7. Schuring
Heat 3 - 1. Wieben; 2. Luellen; 3. Shelman; 4. Rawlins; 5. McNace; 6. King; 7. Simonsen
Heat 4 - 1. Duinink; 2. Gustin; 3. Tiernan; 4. Follett; 5. Heishman; 6. Yearington; 7. Williams

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 4. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 5. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 6. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 7. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 8. 92 Buck Schafroth (Oreint); 9. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 10. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 11. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 12. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 13. 83 Gene Nicklas (Grinnell); 14. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 15. 18D Kevn Derry (Infdianola

Heat 1 - 1. Luellen; 2. Stanton: 3. Thomas: 4. Schaforth; 5. Hick; 6. Peck; 7. Million; 8. Merical
Heat 2 - 1. Watson; 2. Nicklas; 3. Eilander; 4. Barber; 5. Overton; 6. Derry; 7. Pitts

Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 2. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 3. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 4. 5J Jimmy May (De Soto); 5. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 6. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 7. 16 Ace Montgomery (Des Moines); 8. 4M David Simpson (Ankeny); 9. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 10. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes): 11. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 12. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines)

Heat 1 - 1. Huggins; 2. Stensland; 3. Jimmy May; 4. Whitehead; 5. Rankin; 6. Glick
Heat 2 - 1. Morrill; 2. Brown; 3. Josh May; 4. Sauerman; 5. Simpson; 6. Montgomery

Nostalgia Cars
Feature - 1. 45 Josh Zieman (Mason City) ; 2. 99 Chris Holt (Mason City); 3. 24 Ben Holt (Mason City); 4. 33R Jim Anderson; 5. 43 Devin Murphy (Rockford); 6. 42 Mike Anderson; 7. 100 Brandon Holt (Mason City); 8. 3 Scott Jorpeland (Marshalltown); 9. 58 Scott Olson; 10. 8 Mark Holt (Mason City)

Heat - 1. Zieman; 2. Ben Holt; 3. Chris Holt; 4. Jim Anderson; 5. Murphy; 6. Brandon Holt; 7. Olson; 8. Jorpeland; 9. Mark Holt; 10. Mike Anderson