Gustin, Smith, Luellen, Van Deest and Huggins win on Karl Performance Night

Gustin, Smith, Luellen, Van Deest and Huggins win on Karl Performance Night
By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (June 5th, 2015) – Many wondered if the racing action on Friday Night could live up to the racing on Tuesday and the answer is yes it could. There was great two, three and sometimes four wide racing all night on Karl Performance Night at the Races. 72 cars signed in to tame the quarter mile.
Jimmy Gustin (IMCA Modifieds), Donavon Smith (IMCA Stock Cars), Austin Luellen (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Jared Van Deest (IMCA Northern SportMods) make a return visit to victory lane meanwhile Joel Huggins picks up his first of the season in the Mod Lites.

The Mod Lites 15 lap feature event saw three wide racing on lap one but it was Randy Bryan grabbing the early lead.Bryan saw Joel Huggins work his way from eighth to second, Huggins took the lead away on lap three. Huggins bobbled in turn four on lap nine but he managed to hold off Travis Stensland, Mike Kennedy, Josh May and Bryan for the win.

Dusty Masolini started outside row one in the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature and he took advantage by taking the lead after fending off Kevin Yearington, Colby Heishman and Ryan King. Masolini began to pull away until lap traffic slowed him down and others began to find a line that worked for them. Travis Peterson worked his way to the inside and took the lead away on lap 13. Peterson had Jared Van Deest, who took second away from Masolini and Masolini right there. Peterson liked the bottom meanwhile Jared Van Deest like the top side and they got into a battle the final laps and it was Van Deest making the return trek to victory lane. Peterson settled for second, Sam Wieben was third, Clint Luellen was fourth and Masolini fell back to fifth.

Travis Merical led the first lap in the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stock feature event but just after the 1st lap the caution came out for debris. Eric Stanton took the lead away on lap two just before another caution for debris. Stanton saw Austin Luellen worked his way through and it was Luellen taking the lead away. Luellen went on to take his 6th win of the season at Motown. Stanton came home second. Brice Udelhoven finished third, Gary Pfantz was fourth and Andy Hick was fifth.

Nick Thelen wrestled the lead away from JD Kennedy in the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Car feature. Thelen lead until lap four when Donavon Smith worked his way from eighth to the lead. Smith was not fazed by the caution as he went on to take his 4th win at Motown. Michael Jaennette, Dave Atcher, Trent Murphy and Steve Meyer rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds feature and it was Adam Larson, who started inside row two taking early race lead. Larson looked comfortable out front however shortly after he jumped the cushion opening the door just as the 1st race caution came out on lap eight. Larson lead but it was Jimmy Gustin taking it away with ten laps to go. Another caution came out on lap 11 when Joel Rust was sitting in the exit of turn two. Gustin looked comfortable but the battle was excitng behind him with Larson, Richie Gustin and Ronn Laurtizen racing for position. Jimmy Gustin held on to take the win with Lauritzen, Larson, Richie Gustin and Jon Snyder finished second through fifth respectully.

Racing action continues again next Friday Night with Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
Karl Performance Night
June 5th, 2015

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 3. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 4. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Ames); 5. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 6. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 7. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 8. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 9. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 10. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 11. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 12. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes)

Heat 1 - 1. Rust; 2. Larson; 3. Snyder; 4. Jimmy Gustin; 5. Clement; 6. Jackson; 7. Leytham
Heat 2 - 1. Lauritzen; 2. Gilman; 3. Richie Gustin; 4. Krampe; 5. Strayer; 6. Simatovich; 7. Reimer

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 3. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 4. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm): 7. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 8. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 9. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 10. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 11. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley): 12. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 13. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 14. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 15. 89B Tim Fobian (Dike)

Heat 1 - 1. Stofer; 2. Kennedy; 3. Merkle; 4. Atcher; 5. Thelen; 6. Wollam; 7. Meyer; 8. Vis
Heat 2 - 1. Murphy; 2. Smith; 3. Jaennette; 4. Pickett; 5. Fobian; 6. Balmer; 7. Deaton

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 3. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 4. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 5. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines): 6. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 7. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 8. CH19 Colby Heishman (Broklyn): 9. 25K Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 10. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 11. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins): 12. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 13. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton): 14. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton): 15. 24R Kevin Robinson (DeWar); 16. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 17. 55V Jared Vandewalle (Newon)

Heat 1 - 1. Luellen; 2. Duinink; 3. Wiliams; 4. Masolini; 6. Braaksma; 7. Schuring
Heat 2 - 1. Peterson; 2. Van Deest; 3. Follett; 4. King; 5. Robinson; 6. Williams
Heat 3 - 1. Wieben; 2. Yearington; 3. Heishman; 4. Hilmer; 5. Vandewalle

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 4. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 5. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 6. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown): 7. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 8. 98 Neal Miller (Waterloo): 9. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 10. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 11. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 12.88 CJ Dall (Marshalltown); 13. T56 TIm Barber (Newton)

Heat 1 - 1. Hick; 2. Stanton; 3. Merical; 4. Pfantz; 5. Udelhoven; 6. Pitts; 7. Million
Heat 2 - 1. Luellen; 2. Thomas; 3. Dall; 4. Barber; 5. Peck; 6. Miller

Mod Lites
Feature - 1. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 2. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 3. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 4. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 5. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 6. Mike Morrill (Altoona); 7. DC5 Adam Larson (Ankeny); 8. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 9. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 10. 4M David Simpson (Des Moines): 11. 11 Mike Stoker (Des Moines); 12. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 13. 5J Jimmy May (De Soto)

Heat 1 - 1. Josh May; 2. Bryan; 3. Whitehead; 4. Stensland; 5. Larson; 6. Stoker; 7. Simpson
Heat 2 - 1. Kennedy; 2. Huggins; 3. Jimmy May; 4. Rankin; 5. Morrill; 6. Brown