Marshalltown Speedway held a Open Practice from 6:30 to 9:30 pm on Thursday Night to get the World Nationals Weekend started but Friday Night, the green flag waived for action packed night.
The Practice night also include the Sister Track Challenge which saw Kurt Kile lead the opening lap before Joel Rust took the lead away on lap two. Rust went on to take the win ahead of Kile, Ronn Lauritzen, Kyle Strickler and Terry Phillips.
178 cars signed in to compete on Night 1 of the World Nationals with 64 IMCA Modifieds, 39 IMCA Stock Cars, 42 IMCA Northern Sport Mods and 33 IMCA Hobby Stocks. Jeff Mueller (Stock Cars), Chanse Hollatz (Hobby Stocks) and Austin Luellen (Sport Mods) all took feature wins. Richie Gustin dominate the Modified Passing Points by winning both of his heat races last night.
First set of Modified Heats saw Richie Gustin, Kyle Strickler, Cody Laney, Darin Duffy, Benji LaCrosse, Jordan Grabouski and Tim Ward all won their heats. Second set of Modified Heats saw Gustin, Cayden Carter, Laney, Shawn Strand, Marcus Yarie, Grabouski and Chris Abelson take the checkers first.
Blaine Webster grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Northern Sport Mods 20 lap feature holding off Duane Peterson, Ethan Braaksma and Jared Van Deest but the red flag came out on lap eight. The reason was for Colton Nelson, who took a tumble off the top side of turns three and four, Nelson claimed from the car okay but it ended his night. On the restart, Webster saw Austin Luellen take the top spot away and began to pull away. Luellen looked to be heading on to the easy win until the caution came out on lap 17 for debris in turn one. Luellen held off late race challenges from Van Deest and Curtis VanDerWal to take the win. Van Deest beat VanDerWal to the line for second, Lance Borgman (Beatrice, NE) finished fourth and Braaksma fell back to fifth.
Dylan Nelson took advantage off his pole postion by grabbing the lead in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event. Nelson and the field saw the caution come out on lap six for Bryce Sommerfeld and Jack Phillips spinning on the exit of turn four. Nelson was not to be fazed even though he had Eugene Nicklas and Chanse Hollatz on his back bumper. Nelson held off the challenges until the caution come out on lap 16 for Chad Krug in turn two. Nelson and Hollatz battled for the race lead on the restart with Hollatz taking the lead away on lap 18. Hollatz, who had somebody else bring the car to the track since he was still in class at the University of Iowa, went on to take the win. Nelson, Nicklas, Kyle Parizek and Leah Wroten round out the top five.
Kyle Frederick and Dave Atcher led the field to the green in the IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature. Atcher grabbed the early race lead until the caution came on lap three for Frederick in turn two. On the restart, Atcher had to contend with Jeff Mueller and Todd Reitzler. Mueller toook the lead away on lap five and began to pull away until the caution came out on lap nine for Dustin Griffiths in turn two. The caution came out again on the restart when Tom Cannon, Mitchell Stankowski, Kellie Drury and Jesse Ely getting together in turn one. Mueller got a great restart and pulled away to take the win. Kyle Brown finished second with car owner Damon Murty finishing in third. Reitzler and Atcher round out the top five.
Racing action continues at Marshalltown on Saturday Night for Night 2 of the World Nationals. IMCA Modifieds will have Last Chance Heats, Final Four Race and Feature event. Another complete show for IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Stock Cars. Racing begins at 6 pm.
Marshalltown Speedway
World Nationals Night #1
Friday September 14th, 2018
IMCA Modifieds
Sister Track Challenge (Thursday) - 1. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 2. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 5. 75 Terry Phillips (Beatrice, NE); 6. 99M Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 7. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 8. 08 Johnny Whitman (DePere, WI); 9. 3K Todd "Felix" Dart (Algoma, WI); 10. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 11. 99 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO); 12. 77 Richie Gustin (Gilman); 13. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 14. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, WI); 15. 72M Brian Mullen (Suamico, WI); 16. 525 Chase Parker (Hortonville, WI).
Set #1 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 2. 31 Corey Dripps (Reinbeck); 3. 33X Dan Roedl (Beaver Dam, WI); 4. 17J Dustin Smith (Friesland, WI); 5. 29 Ben Wilson (Nevada); 6. 75E Chris Elliott (Webster City); 7. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 8. 57B Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines).
Heat 2 - 1. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 2. 75 Terry Phillips (Beatrice, NE); 3. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 5. 99M Mike Mullen (Suamico, WI); 6. 21F Kevin Feck (Wausau, WI); 7. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 8. 3AC Austin Kiefer (Pahrump, NV); 9. 21D David Brown (Kellogg).
Heat 3 - 1. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 2. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 3. 08 Johnny Whitman (DePere, WI); 4. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 5. 24 Aaron Benson (Clear Lake); 6. 9 Jerry Wilinski (Seymour, WI); 7. 13 Eddie Lemay (Milwaukee, WI); 8. 11X Tom Berry Jr. (Newburg, ND); 9. 32 DJ Shannon (Merced, CA).
Heat 4 - 1. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 2. 1 Eric Barnes (Colona, IL); 3. 49 Jake Timm (Winona, MN); 4. 99X Shawn Strand (Mandan, ND); 5. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 6. 29X Ron Verbeek (Oskaloosa); 7. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 8. 69 T.J. Smith (Menasha, WI); 9. 3W Garrett Wilson (Carlisle).
Heat 5 - 1. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 2. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 3. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 4. 58 Marcus Yarie (Wausau, WI); 5. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 14E Chase Ellingson (Iowa Falls); 7. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL); 8. 4K Kyle Kudick (Two Rivers, WI); 9. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, WI).
Heat 6 - 1. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 2. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 3. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 4. 3K Todd "Felix" Dart (Algoma, WI); 5. 99 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO); 6. 49X Rod McDonald (Manchester); 7. 71 Chad Melton (Mineral Wells, TX); 8. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV); 9. 100 Chris Teel (Webster City).
Heat 7 - 1. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 2. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 3. 98 John Allen (Chanute, KS); 4. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 5. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 6. 41 Nate Hughes (Humboldt); 7. 140 Nathan Hall (Orion, IL); 8. 525 Chase Parker (Hortonville, WI); 9. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI)
Set #2 Heats
Heat 1 - 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Rust; 3. Roedl; 4. Wilson; 5. Dustin Smith; 6. Elliott; 7. Roberts; 8. Dripps; 9. Clement; 10. Flannagan.
Heat 2 - 1. Carter; 2. Phillips; 3. Jackson; 4. Feck; 5. David Brown; 6. Kyle Brown; 7. Strickler; 8. Kiefer; 9. Mike Mullen.
Heat 3 - 1. Laney; 2. Benson; 3. Wilinski; 4. Berry; 5. Whitman; 6. Shannon; 7. Murray; 8. Lemay; 9. Gilman.
Heat 4
- 1. Strand; 2. Duffy; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Dotson; 5. Timm; 6. Verbeek; 7. Barnes; 8. T.J Smith; 9. Wilson.
Heat 5 - 1. Yarie; 2. Shryock; 3. Kile; 4. Jimmy Gustin; 5. Werner; 6. Kudick; 7. LaCrosse; 8. Parsons; 9. Ellingson.
Heat 6
- 1. Grabouski; 2. Wallace; 3. Melton; 4. Dart; 5. Hogan; 6. Simatovich; 7. Hibdon; 8. Teel; 9. McDonald.
Heat 7
- 1. Abelson; 2. Ward; 3. Brian Mullen; 4. Hall; 5. Allen; 6. Mashl; 7. Snyder; 8. Parker; 9. Hughes.
Top 10 in Points
1. Richie Gustin; 2. Cody Laney; 3. Jordan Grabouski; 4. Tim Ward; 5. Darin Duffy; 6. Chris Abelson; 7. Terry Phillips; 8. Cayden Carter; 9. Kurt Kile; 10. Kelly Shryock.
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 2. 99K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 3. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 5. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 6. 9K Shawn Havel (Algoma, WI); 7. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 8. 19S Aaron Stolp (Suamico, WI); 9. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 10. 79S Jason See (Albia); 11. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley); 12. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 13. 2T Travis Van Straten (Hortonville, WI); 14. 46 Cody Frerichs (Bristow); 15. 54P Kyle Pfeifer (Hill City, KS); 16. 50F Kyle Frederick (Oconto Falls, WI); 17. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 18. 33 Nate Michonski (Embarrass, WI); 19. 32 Tom Cannon (West Branch); 20. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 21. 4 Scott Rice (Marshalltown); 22. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 23. 211 Jesse Ely (Webster City); 24. 5 Mitchell Stankowski (Wausau, WI).
B Feature 1 - 1. See; 2. Van Straten; 3. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 4. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 5. 17S Harley Simon (Seymour, WI); 6. 42 William Russell (Conrad); 7. 54 Robbie Merkle (Van Meter); 8. 7I Andrew Inman (Mason City); 9. 100 Keith Kuder (Oskaloosa); 10. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton).
B Feature 2 - 1. Cannon; 2. Everts; 3. 21 Andrew Borchardt (Plymouth); 4. 51K Kodiak Wirtz (Menomonee Falls, WI); 5. 07 Mike Schmidt (Shawano, WI); 6. 68 Eric Zwirschitz (Antigo, WI); 7. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt); 8. 64D Sean Dennis (Boone); 9. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames).
Heat 1 - 1. Stolp; 2. Wollam; 3. Atcher; 4. Griffiths; 5. Meyer; 6. Hill; 7. Simon; 8. See; 9. Russell; 10. Van Straten.
Heat 2 - 1. Frederick; 2. Mueller; 3. Reitzler; 4. Frerichs; 5. Stankowski; 6. Zwirschitz; 7. Schmidt; 8. Borchardt; 9. Wirtz; 10. Hidlebagh.
Heat 3 - 1. Michonski; 2. Murty; 3. Hook; 4. Rice; 5. Ely; 6. Merkle; 7. Inman; 8. Rose; 9. Murphy; 10. Kuder.
Heat 4 - 1. Brown; 2. Havel; 3. Pickett; 4. Drury; 5. Pfeifer; 6. Cannon; 7. Everts; 8. Lange; 9. Dennis.
IMCA Sport Mods
Feature -
1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 3. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 4. 76 Lance Borgman (Beatrice, NE); 5. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 6. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 7. 7 Blaine Webster (Ottumwa); 8. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Boone); 9. 54H Travis Hansen (Brillion, WI); 10. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 11. 12 Jordan Bartz (Shawano, WI); 12. 12N Gage Neal (Ely); 13. 8X Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 14. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 15. 4G Kevin Goben (Sherrard, IL); 16. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 17. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 18. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 19. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 20. 25X Duane Peterson (Conrad); 21. 98X Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 22. 286 Cory Rose (Boone); 23. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 24. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola).
B Feature 1
- 1. Bartz; 2. King; 3. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 4. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 5. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 6. 7L Brian Lepa (Waterloo); 7. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 8. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 9. 29 Sean Vogt (Watkins); 10. 88 Bryer McCoy (Webster City); 11. 82X Brett Thomas (Cedar Rapids).
B Feature 2 - 1. McBirnie; 2. Rose; 3. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 4. 25B Chris Burke (Altoona); 5. 18L Ryan Lemieux (Sturgeon Bay, WI); 6. 20 Cody Schroeder (Manitowoc, WI); 7. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, WI); 8. 72 Jason Ebert (Clintonville, WI); 9. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 10. 15 Billy Dyer (Johnston); 11. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines).
Heat 1 - 1. Braaksma; 2. Hall; 3. Neal; 4. Doyle; 5. King; 6. Travis Peterson; 7. Coffman; 8. Bethke; 9. Thomas.
Heat 2 - 1. Webster; 2. Van Deest; 3. Luellen; 4. Colton Nelson; 5. Rose; 6. Rawlins; 7. Williams; 8. Rouse; 9. Burke.
Heat 3 - 1. VanDerWal; 2. Borgman; 3. Lathrop; 4. Rudolf; 5. Bartz; 6. Lemieux; 7. McCoy; 8. Dyer.
Heat 4 - 1. Egenberger; 2. Logue; 3. Hansen; 4. Garrett Nelson; 5. McBirnie; 6. Moore; 7. Schroeder; 8. Simmons.
Heat 5 - 1. Goben; 2 Duane Peterson; 3. Masolini; 4. Olson; 5. Vogt; 6. Ebert; 7. Lepa; 8. Van Zante.
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature -
1. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 2. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 3. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 4. 17K Kyle Parizek (Hartwick); 5. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 6. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 7. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 8. 89R Ryan Wells (Runnells); 9. 29RD Rowan Mason (Lincoln, NE); 10. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville); 11. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld (Fort Dodge); 12. 33X Max Leonard (Ladora); 13. 121 Kenzie Ritter (Keystone); 14. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 15. 56J Jamie Coady (Colfax); 16. 18T Josh Saunders (Newton); 17. 51 Michael Kimm (Vinton); 18. 4T3 William Klosterman (Eldora); 19. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 20. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 21. 711 Brady Bencken (Oakley, KS); 22. 301 Chad Krug (Emmetsburg); 23. 7B Jim Ball (Independence); 24. 17X Ben Newhouse (State Center).
B Feature - 1. Rudolph; 2. Coady; 3. Knutson; 4. Floyd; 5. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 6. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 7. 93 Chris Krug (Emmetsburg); 8. 59 Kevin Vanlaningham (Pickrell, NE); 9. 19B Brooklyn Henderson (Tama); 10. 22C Craig Lovig (Marshalltown); 11. 22J Justin Lovig (Clemons); 12. 18D Kevin Derry (Indianola); 13. 10D Brian Derry (Boone).
Heat 1 - 1. Phillips; 2. Kimm; 3. Klosterman; 4. Ritter; 5. Janssen; 6. Knutson; 7. Brian Derry; 8. Craig Lovig; 9. Floyd.
Heat 2 - 1. Bencken; 2. Wroten; 3. Parizek; 4. Saunders; 5. Newhouse; 6. Vanlaningham; 7. Coady; 8. Kevin Derry.
Heat 3 - 1. Hollatz; 2. Sommerfeld; 3. Mason; 4. Eilander; 5. Ball; 6. Andrews; 7. Chris Krug; 8. Rudolph.
Heat 4 - 1. Nicklas; 2. Nelson; 3. Chad Krug; 4. Wells; 5. Leonard; 6. Peck; 7. Henderson; 8. Justin Lovig.
