Saturday Night brought the season to a close at the Marshalltown Speedway with the Finale Night of the World Nationals. This year's rescheduled World Nationals had fantastic weather, remember this race was scheduled for late March but moved because of weather. Fans were not disappointed as they were treating with exciting racing action for the second night in a row.
159 cars signed in for Night 2 of the World Nationals including 59 (of 64) Modifieds, 37 Stock Cars, 34 Sport Mods and 29 Hobby Stocks. Richie Gustin was the top point getter in the Modifieds heats on Friday and cashed in by taking the win in the Modifieds. Damon Murty won the Stock Cars, Jared Van Deest won the Sport Mods and Dylan Nelson won the Hobby Stocks.
Modifieds had last Chance Heats with the top two from each transfering to the A-Main, positions third through fifth raced in the Final Four Race. Brian Mullen won the 15 lap Final Four Race to advance to the Main Event as did Ronn Lauritzen, Johnny Whitman and NASCAR Veteran Kenny Wallace.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap main event with Jared Van Deest and Garrett Nelson leading the field to the green. Van Deest looked a lot like his dad "Old Mr. Steady" Duane because he put that Mopar powered car out the race lead and pulled away. Van Deest never looked back with the only thing slowing him down was lap traffic. Van Deest went on to take the win in the feature that went caution free. Ethan Braaksma finished second, Jake McBirnie was third, Johnathon Logue was fourth and Jason Ebert from Clintonville, Wisconsin finished fifth.
"Mean Gene" Eugene Nicklas led the first lap of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature before Andrew Burg took the lead away on lap two. The caution came out shortly after when Bryce Sommerfeld spun on the back stretch after contact from "Mad Max" Max Leonard. Burg and Nicklas battled for the race lead with Nicklas taking the top spot again on lap four but Dylan Nelson made the move on them both on lap five and took the lead away. Nelson looked to be taking the easy win until the caution came out again on lap 17 for Nicklas spinning in turn two. Nelson was determined not to be denied the win as he lead the remaining laps to take the victory ahead of Eric Knutson, Chanse Hollatz, Burg and Aaron Rudolph.
Travis Van Straten from Hortonville, Wisconsin grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature event. The caution came out on lap four for debris. The restart also saw the caution come out when Todd Reitzler, Kodiak Wirtz and Mitchell Stankowski got together in turns one and two. On the second restart on lap four, Van Straten refused to come off the bottom side of the speedway mean while the cars behind him Damon Murty and Shawn Havel was working the top side. Murty grabbed the lead away from Van Straten on lap six and never looked back. Murty took the win with his other car driven again by Kyle Brown finishing second. Kyle Pfeifer from Hill City, Kansas was third, Jeff Mueller was fourth and Van Straten fell all the way back to fifth.
Final race of the night was the 50 Lap IMCA Modifieds World Nationals Main Event. Richie Gustin and Torrance, California's Cody Laney was the top two in heat race points from Friday so they led the field to the green. Gustin grabbed the race lead right away but Jordan Grabouski followed suit. The first caution came out on lap six for Jacob Murray and Brian Mullen in turn four. Gustin waited patiently to pick the gas back up on the restart and it was effective as he pulled away and looked to be heading on the easy win until lap traffic. Gustin dodged the lap traffic but that allowed Grabouski to get back within a few cars before the caution came out on lap 48 for Kyle Strickler and Joel Rust in turn four, setting up a two lap dash to the finish. Gustin again was perfect on the restart and would go on to take the $10,000 and Title belt win. Nebraska's Jordan Grabouski finished second, "Gasman" Cayden Carter was third, "T-Dub" Tim Ward was fourth and Wisconsin's Benji LaCrosse was fourth.
Marshalltown Speedway will have information and 2019 racing schedule in probably a few weeks on Facebook Page and the Website so keep your eyes out for when the 2019 World Nationals will take place.
Looking for a special event to attend next week then head to the Stuart International Speedway. Friday Night Before the Ron Little Memorial with IMCA Modifieds ($700 to win), "Clint Walrod Memorial" for Mod Lites ($1,000 to win), "Kylie Hunter Memorial" for Micro Sprints ($400 to win) and "Ron Little Memorial" for IMCA Sport Compacts ($500 to win). Saturday Night is the Ron Little Memorial with IMCA Modifieds ($1,500 to win), IMCA Stock Cars ($700 to win), IMCA Sport Mods ($500 to win) and IMCA Hobby Stocks ($500 to win). Hot Laps at 7pm with Racing to Follow each night.
Marshalltown Speedway
World Nationals Night #2
Saturday September 15th, 2018
IMCA Modifieds
Main Event - 1. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 2. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 3. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 5. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 6. 75 Terry Phillips (Beatrice, NE); 7. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 8. 99M Mike Mullen (Suamico, WI); 9. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 10. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 11. 11X Tom Berry Jr. (Newburg, ND); 12. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 13. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 14. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 15. 99X Shawn Strand (Mandan, ND); 16. 99 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO); 17. 24 Aaron Benson (Clear Lake); 18. 32 DJ Shannon (Merced, CA); 19. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 20. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 21. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI); 22. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 23. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 24. 08 Johnny Whitman (DePere, WI).
"Final Four" Race - 1. Brian Mullen; 2. Lauritzen; 3. Whitman; 4. Wallace; 5. 3K Todd "Felix" Dart (Algoma, WI); 6. 33X Dan Roedl (Beaver Dam, WI); 7. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 8. 9 Jerry Wilinski (Seymour, WI); 9. 98 John Allen (Chanute, KS); 10. 75E Chris Elliott (Webster City); 11. 29X Ron Verbeek (Oskaloosa); 12. 4K Kyle Kudick (Two Rivers, WI); 13. 49 Jake Timm (Winona, MN); 14. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 15. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid).
Last Chance Heat 1 - 1. Berry; 2. Strand; 3. Laurtizen; 4. Dart; 5. Gilman; 6. 1 Eric Barnes (Colona, IL); 7. 49X Rod McDonald (Manchester); 8. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 9. 100 Chris Teel (Webster City); 10. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); DNS 31 Corey Dripps (Reinbeck).
Last Chance Heat 2 - 1. Murray; 2. Mike Mullen; 3. Brian Mullen; 4. Whitman; 5. Allen; 6. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, WI); 7. 58 Marcus Yarie (Wausau, WI); 8. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 9. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV); 10. 71 Chad Melton (Mineral Wells, TX); DNS 69 T.J Smith (Menasha, WI).
Last Chance Heat 3 - 1. LaCrosse; 2. Rust; 3. Roedl; 4. Kudick; 5. Snyder; 6. 3AC Austin Kiefer (Pahrump, NV); 7. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls); 8. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 9. 21F Kevin Feck (Wausau, WI); DNS 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); DNS 57B Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids).
Last Chance Heat 4 - 1. Strickler; 2. Dotson; 3. Wallace; 4. Kyle Brown; 5. Verbeek; 6. 140 Nathan Hall (Orion, IL); 7. 13 Eddie Lemay (Milwaukee, WI); 8. 17J Dustin Smith (Friesland, WI); 9. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle); 10. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); DNS 525 Chase Parker (Hortonville, WI).
Last Chance Heat 5 - 1. Benson; 2. Shannon; 3. Timm; 4. Wilinski; 5. Elliott; 6. 29 Ben Wilson (Nevada); 7. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 8. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL); 9. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); DNS 41 Nate Hughes (Humboldt).
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 99K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 3. 54P Kyle Pfeifer (Hill City, KS); 4. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 5. 2T Travis Van Straten (Hortonville, WI); 6. 9K Shawn Havel (Algoma, WI); 7. 50F Kyle Frederick (Oconto Falls, WI); 8. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 9. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 10. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 11. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth); 12. 62 John Oliver Jr. (Danville); 13. 07 Mike Schmidt (Shawano, WI); 14. 17S Harley Simon (Seymour, WI); 15. 79S Jason See (Albia); 16. 51K Kodiak Wirtz (Menomonee Falls, WI); 17. 32 Tom Cannon (West Branch); 18. 46 Cody Frerichs (Bristow); 19. 5 Mitchell Stankowski (Wausau, WI); 20. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley); 21. 68 Eric Zwirschitz (Antigo, WI); 22. 19S Aaron Stolp (Suamico, WI); 23. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 24. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown).
B Feature - 1. Oliver; 2. Zwirschitz; 3. See; 4. Stankowski; 5. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 6. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 7. 85 Laverne Carey (Ionia); 8. 33 Nate Michonski (Embarrass, WI); 9. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 10. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 11. 64D Sean Dennis (Boone); 12. 54 Robbie Merkle (Van Meter); 13. 64 Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 14. 556 Terry Corneilson (Boone); 15. 211 Jesse Ely (Webster City); 16. 57 Keith Kuder (Oskaloosa); 17. 27 Matt Picray (West Liberty).
Heat 1 - 1. Murty; 2. Havel; 3. Frederick; 4. Pickett; 5. Hook; 6. Oliver; 7. Wollam; 8. See; 9. Stankowski; 10. Kuder.
Heat 2 - 1. Mueller; 2. Wirtz; 3. Simon; 4. Cannon; 5. Borchardt; 6. Zwirschitz; 7. Rose; 8. Hidlebaugh; 9. Carey; 10. Picray.
Heat 3 - 1. Van Straten; 2. Reitzler; 3. Atcher; 4. Meyer; 5. Stolp; 6. Michonski; 7. Hill; 8. Dennis.
Heat 4 - 1. Rice; 2. Pfeifer; 3. Brown; 4. Frerichs; 5. Schmidt; 6. Bailey; 7. Corneilson; 8. Merkle; 9. Ely.
IMCA Northern Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 3. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 4. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Boone); 5. 72 Jason Ebert (Clintonville, WI); 6. 12 Jordan Bartz (Shawano, WI); 7. 286 Cory Rose (Boone); 8. 76 Lance Borgman (Beatrice, NE); 9. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 10. 8X Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 12. 20 Cody Schroeder (Manitowoc, WI); 13. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 14. 17A Austin Howes (Memphis, MO); 15. 98X Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 16. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 17. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 18. 54H Travis Hansen (Brillion, WI); 19. 18L Ryan Lemieux (Sturgeon Bay, WI); 20. 5L Dustin Lynch (Boone); 21. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 22. B21 Brandon Tharp (Vinton); 23. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 24. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully).
B Feature - 1. Egenberger; 2. Rudolf; 3. Schroeder; 4. Howes; 5. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 6. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, WI); 7. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 8. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 9. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 10. 15 Billy Dyer (Johnston); 11. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 12. 88 Bryer McCoy (Webster City); 13. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 14. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 15. 77 Casey Heil (Marion).
Heat 1 - 1. Logue; 2. Rose; 3. Peterson; 4. Masolini; 5. Borgman; 6. Rawlins; 7. King; 8. Bethke; 9. Heil.
Heat 2 - 1. Moore; 2. Hall; 3. Nelson; 4. Lathrop; 5. Tharp; 6. Egenberger; 7. Simmons; 8. Coffman; 9. Johnson.
Heat 3 - 1. Van Zante; 2. Ebert; 3. Bartz; 4. Whitehurst; 5. Lynch; 6. Doyle; 7. Dyer; 8. Olson.
Heat 4 - 1. Braaksma; 2. McBirnie; 3. Van Deest; 4. Lemieux; 5. Hansen; 6. Rudolf; 7. Schroeder; 8. Howes; 9. McCoy.
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 2. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 3. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 4. 78B Andrew Burg (Carlisle); 5. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 6. 17K Kyle Parizek (Hartwick); 7. 89R Ryan Wells (Runnells); 8. 4D Daniel Ayers (Webster City); 9. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax); 10. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 11. 29RD Rowan Mason (Lincoln, NE); 12. 301 Chad Krug (Emmetsburg); 13. 18D Kevin Derry (Indianola); 14. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 15. 6X Bryan Keeney (Nevada); 16. 4TW William Klosterman (Eldora); 17. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 18. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 19. 32J Austin Jahnz (Lewisville, MN); 20. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville); 21. 81 Zack Smidt (Ventura); 22. 18T Josh Saunders (Newton); 23. 33X Max Leonard (Ladora); 24. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge).
B Feature - 1. Jahnz; 2. Sommerfeld; 3. Leonard; 4. Klosterman; 5. Mason; 6. Peck; 7. 7N Trenton Neuhaus (Quasqueton); 8. 93 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg); 9. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone); 10. 7B Jim Ball (Independence); 11. 92 Brandon Schneider (Mechanicsville).
Heat 1 - 1. Ayers; 2. Saunders; 3. Phillips; 4. Kincaid; 5. Parizek; 6. Knutson; 7. Leonard; 8. Klosterman; 9. Neuhaus; 10. Ball.
Heat 2 - 1. Hollatz; 2. Nelson; 3. Chad Krug; 4. Rudolph; 5. Smidt; 6. Keeney; 7. Peck; 8. Jahnz; 9. Mason; 10. Ritter.
Heat 3 - 1. Burg; 2. Wells; 3. Nicklas; 4. Andrews; 5. Derry; 6. Coady; 7. Sommerfeld; 8. Chris Krug.
