Gustin, Brandies, Van Deest, Luellen and Morrill All Victorious at Marshalltown
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (June 19th, 2015) – A Beautiful friday night saw 91 cars sign in including a driver from California and Australia. Racing got three, four and a sometimes five wide on Clement Heating and Cooling and Wolf Seeds Night.
The youngsters was even treated to a candy toss on the front stretch thanks to Clement Heating and Cooling. Winners on the night: Richie Gustin (IMCA Modifieds), David Brandies (IMCA Stock Cars), Jared Van Deest (IMCA SportMods), Austin Luellen (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Mike Morrill (Mod Lites).
First feature of the night was the 15 lap Mod Lites feature and it was Charlie Brown grabbing the early lead but a caution came out for Joel Huggins in turn 2. Brown continued to lead but was in an intese battle with Bryan Zehm. Zehm grabbed the lead on lap nine but Mike Morrill grabbed the lead away a lap later. Morrill went on to take his first win at Motown in 2015. Randy Bryan got by Zehm for second. Cory Sauerman and Josh May rounded out the top five.
Ryan King started outside front row of the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature and he took advantage by grabbing the top spot. King saw the caution come out on lap two for multiple incidents. King saw the caution come out a lap later for debris. Brandon Williams grabbed the top spot away on the restart but Jared Van Deest worked his way up to take the lead away on lap six. After cautions on laps 11 and 12, Van Deest held off Challenges from Jenae Gustin to take his third win of the season. Gustin finished second with Williams in third. Travis Peterson outdueled Clint Luellen for fourth.
Mitchell Thomas grabbed the lead early in the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stock feature event but just after two laps the caution came out three times. Austin Luellen took the lead away on the restart and just after that lap was scored the caution came out again. Luellen was not going to let the caution on lap seven or lap traffic, prevent him from taking his 7th win at Motown. Eric Stanton and Tyson Overton was second and third. Tim Barber and Garrett Eilander finished fourth and fifth.
Tim Fobian led the opening lap in the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Car feature but it was David Brandies taking the lead away on lap two. Two Cautions came out, one on lap three and another with just two laps to go. Brandies held off a late challenge from Donavon Smith to take the win. Steve Meyer, Jay Schmidt and Michael Jaennette finished third through fifth.
Joel Bushore led the first five laps in the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lapper before a caution came out. Bushore saw Richie Gustin sneak by for the lead on the restart but it was not easy for Gustin as Brian Irvine made several attempts to prevent the win for Gustin but was to no prevail. Josh Gilman, Adam Larso and Bushore rounded out the top five.
Next Friday Night is Rumours Bar & Grille Night with all five weekly classes in action. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
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Marshalltown Speedway Results
Clement Heating & Cooling / Wolf Seeds Night
June 19th, 2015
Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 2. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 3. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 4. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 5. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 6. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 7. 10K Ronn Laurtizen (Jesup); 8. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 11. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 12. 174 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 13. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 14. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 15. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 16. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 17. 2 Jason Toppenberg (Ames); 18. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 19. 49 Rod McDonald (Manchester); 20. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 21. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 22. 11 Dalton Dingman (Grimes)
Heat 1 - 1. Bushore; 2. Jackson; 3. Larson; 4. Snyder; 5. Lauritzen; 6. Heishman; 7. Flannagan; 8. McDonald
Heat 2 - 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Mather; 3. Rust; 4. Irvine; 5. Simatovich; 6. Toppenberg; 7. Clement
Heat 3 - 1. Gilman; 2. Leeman; 3. Jimmy Gustin; 4. Dotson; 5. Dingman; 6. Strayer; 7. Kinser
Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 71 David Brandies (Wilton); 2. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 4. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 5. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 6. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 7. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 8. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 9. 89B Tim Fobian (Dike); 10. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 11. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 12. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 13. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 14. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson)
Heat 1 - 1. Brandies; 2. Pickett; 3. Jaennette; 4. Smith; 5. Kennedy; 6. Deaton; 7. Thelen
Heat 2 - 1. Merkle; 2. Stofer; 3. Fobian; 4. Meyer; 5. Wollam; 6. Schmidt; 7. Balmer
Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 4. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 5. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 6. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 7. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 8. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 9. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 10. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 12. 33R DJ Robinson (Ankeny); 13. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 14. 22MC Jeramy McNace (Boone); 15. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 16. 77 Frank Packer (Sydney, Australia); 17. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 18. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 19. 6K Mike McNeal (Van Horne); 20. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 21. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown)
Heat 1 - 1. Gustin; 2. King; 3. Robinson; 4. Shawn Ritter; 5. Wieben; 6. Hilmer; 7. Schuring
Heat 2 - 1. Luellen; 2. Follett; 3. Brandon Williams; 4. Thomason; 6. Jami Ritter; 7. Scott Williams
Heat 3 - 1. Duinink; 2. Peterson; 3. Van Deest; 4. Masolini; 5. McNace; 6. Hildreth; 7. McNeal; 8. Packer
Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 4. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 5. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 6. 357 Brent Vanous (Quasqueton); 7. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 8. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 9. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 10. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 11. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 12. 08 Jason Cox (Maxwell); 13. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 14. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 15. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 16. 3X Justin Lovig (Clemons); 17. 18D Kevin Derry (Indianola); 18. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 19. 88 CJ Dall (Marshalltown)
Heat 1 - 1. Stanton; 2. Overton; 3. Dhondt; 4. Pitts; 5. Dall; 6. Merical; 7. Vanous
Heat 2 - 1. Eilander; 2. Wroten; 3. Barber; 4. Pfantz; 5. Peck; 6. Derry
Heat 3 - 1. Luellen; 2. Nicklas; 3. Thomas; 4. Cox; 5. Lovig; 6. Million
Mod Lites
Feature - 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 2. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 3. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 4. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 5. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 6. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 7. DC5 Adam Larson (Ankeny); 8. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 9. 4M David Simpson (Ankeny); 10. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 11. 17T Tanner Gottman (Grimes); 12. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 13. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 14. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 15. 5J Jimmy May (De Soto)
Heat 1 - 1. Brown; 2. Josh May; 3. Whitehead; 4. Zehm; 5. Glick; 6. Simpson; 7. Bryan; 8. Jimmy May
Heat 2 - 1. Morrill; 2. Cory Sauerman; 3. Stensland; 4. Huggins; 5. Rankin; 6. Larson; 7. Gottman
