Friday, June 3, 2011

Hot and Steamy Weather led to Hot and Steamy Racing in Mo'Town

Temperatures rose to the upper 90's, racing action heated up on the high-banks of the Marshalltown Speedway. 98 race cars checked in to do battle on Minute Man Printing Night.

The first feature of the night after the heats and a Sport Mod b-feature was the O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites for 15 laps. Tim Hennigar would take command early from his pole position but then a caution would come out on lap 3. Hennigar wouldn't let it bother him but he would have Colby Oberembt and James May right there. Oberembt would take the lead from Hennigar on lap 6, Hennigar wouldn't give up thought as he would come back and take the lead on lap 12 when Oberembt would have some mechanical issues forcing a caution. Hennigar would go on and take the win with Mike Morril, Josh May, Randy Bryan and Joel Huggins right behind rounding out the top 5.

Next up was the Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods 15 lap feature only after 4 heats and a b-feature determined the 24 cars for the feature. Jenae Gustin would take the early race lead from the pole position but that lead would be short lived as Dane Larson would take the top spot on lap 4. The only thing to slow Larson down was race cautions on lap 4, 5, 10 and 11. Larson would take the win, Nick Roberts was 2nd, Kyle Brown was 3rd, Cayden Carter was 4th and Tyler Droste was 5th.

In the Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Car 18 lap feature it was Last Week's Winner Steve Meyer taking the lead early after starting 4th row inside. Meyer and that field would see the first caution come out on lap 2 for debris and on the restart Meyer would be passed by Trent Murphy for the lead. The caution would again come out for a couple of cars sitting on the back stretch. Murphy would continue to lead but his lead would be short lived as Donavon Smith would take the top spot on lap 6 and not look back despite a caution on lap 12. Finishing behind Smith was Meyer, Murphy, Curt Hook and Kevin Rose.

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature was up next and it was "Toddzilla" Todd Shute taking full advantage of the pole position and lead the feature from start-to-finish in the green-to-checkered feature. Adam Larson was 2nd, Scott Simatovich was 3rd, Jimmy Gustin was 4th and Jon Snyder was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature. Before the field could complete 1 lap the caution would come out for a car in turn 2 when the race did get going it was Gary Pfantz taking early command. Pfantz's lead would be short lived though as Donavon Nunnikhoven would make the pass for the lead and go on and take the win. Pfantz, Eric Knutson, Gene Nicklas and Brandon Pruitt was 2nd through 5th.

Racing action came to a finish at 10pm. Next Friday Night will be JR Motorsports Night at the Races also their will be the Annual Faster Paster Races.

Minute Man Printing Night Results

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites

Heat 1 - 0B Colby Oberembt
Heat 2 - 6 Mike Morrill

Feature
1. 57 Tim Hennigar
2. 6 Mike Morrill
3. 99 Josh May
4. 64 Randy Bryan
5. X50 Joel Huggins
6. 8 Dusty Masolini
7. 95 Mike Kennedy
8. 88 James May
9. 8W Joe Wood
10. 9 Rick Taylor
11. 23 Michael Parcel
12. 0B Colby Oberembt
13. 2D Adam Davis

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 - 12S Doug Smith
Heat 2 - 12 Eric Flander
Heat 3 - 83 Dane Larson
Heat 4 - 19J Jenae Gustin

B-Feature (Top 4 Transfer)
1. 80 Jared Van Deest
2. 7 Carter Vandenberg
3. 7R Ryan Ashton
4. 98 Bill Hildreth
5. 777 Jayme Duinink
6. 29B Ben Wilson
7. 77 Larry Beeghly
8. 12X Matt Moore
9. 40S Shawn Simatovich
DNS: 21J Jason Severance

Feature
1. 83 Dane Larson
2. 23JR Nick Roberts
3. 21 Kyle Brown
4. 10 Cayden Carter
5. 92 Tyler Droste
6. 12S Doug Smith
7. 26J Joel Rust
8. 12 Eric Flander
9. 81D Scott Davis
10. 19G Gatlin Leytham
11. 505 Racer Hulin
12. 80 Jared Van Deest
13. 7R Ryan Ashton
14. 98 Bill Hildreth
15. 19J Jenae Gustin
16. 7 Carter Vandenberg
17. 4W Herbie Wilson
18. 33R DJ Robinson
19. 3X Scott Jorpeland
20. 19F Fred Leytham
21. 9E Eric Elliott
22. 8 Brad Iverson
23. 3 Stacy Clark
DNS: T17 Tom Rawlins

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 - 20L Lauren Vis
Heat 2 - 99D Damon Murty
Heat 3 - 94 Steve Meyer

Feature
1. 35 Donavon Smith
2. 94 Steve Meyer
3. 25 Trent Murphy
4. 75 Curt Hook
5. 22K Kevin Rose
6. 59 Tracy Gienger
7. 22R Todd Reitzler
8. 77 Andy Bryant
9. 20L Lauren Vis
10. 72 Tommy Thompson
11. 20 Leroy Staub
12. 042 Doug Russell
13. 7S Daniel Schneider
14. 19J Jay Schmidt
15. 99D Damon Murty
16. 36 Trevor Titus
17. 3W Jeff Wollam
18. 287 John Emerson

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - 5 Todd Shute
Heat 2 - 87 Joel Bushore

Feature
1. 5 Todd Shute
2. 2L Adam Larson
3. 43S Scott Simatovich
4. 19 Jimmy Gustin
5. 69X Jon Snyder
6. 10K Ronn Laurtizen
7. 47 Josh Truman
8. 21 David Brown
9. 25T Duane Peterson
10. 17R Derek Reimer
11. 40RC Rod Clement
12. 83C Todd Conrad
13. K1 Kyle Krampe
14. 87 Joel Bushore
DNS:
32 Rick Speck
1J Jeff Streeter

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 - 25M Michael Murphy
Heat 2 - 1BC Tony Cox
Heat 3 - 4X Gary Pfantz

Feature
1. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven
2. 4X Gary Pfantz
3. 12K Eric Knutson
4. 86 Gene Nicklas
5. 10B Brandon Pruitt
6. 25M Michael Murphy
7. 52X Kevin Fee
8. 69 Calvin Dhondt
9. 3X Scott Durlin
10. 52 Josh Saunders
11. 11G Nyle Godwin
12. 82 Jennifer Hulin
13. 18V Mike Vibbard
14. 23G Dustin Tapp
15. 29 Jake Nelson
16. 20E Eric Larson
17. 24B Brandon Brinton
18. 26 Brice Udelhoven
19. 51D Dustin Filloon
20. 1BC Tony Cox
21. 44 Mike Anderson

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Marshalltown Speedway Racing Stats Through the Month of May!

Its time for the first look at some statistical information at the Marshalltown Speedway through the month of May. We will just take a look back at the month's of April and May and not go back in time so now on to the stats.

Also none of the stats include special events stats inless noted.

Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Mod Lites - 14.5 - 17 - 13
Sport Mods - 33.25 - 46 - 26
Modifieds - 17.25 - 22 - 14
Stock Cars - 20.5 - 26 - 18
Hobby Stocks - 23.0 - 26 - 20
Total - 97.0 - 134 - 93

Points
- 167 drivers have earned points so far this season
- Of those 167 drivers , 78 different hometowns represented including 3 States and a Providence in Canada
- The point leaders have won 6 of the 20 weekly night features run to date
- Only 1 point lead has zero feature wins this season and that is Jeff Wollam in the Stock Cars

26 drivers have remained in the top 10 through 4 nights of racing. Those drivers include:

Mod Lites (8): Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar, Colby Oberembt, Randy Bryan, Joel Huggins, Josh May, Mike Kennedy, Ivan Guerra
Hobby Stocks (4): Kevin Fee, Eric Larson, Calvin Dhondt, Matt Hudspeth
Modifieds (6): Jon Snyder, Adam Larson, Ronn Lauritzen, David Brown, Kyle Krampe, Jimmy Gustin
Sport Mods (4): Cayden Carter, Tyler Droste, Eric Flander, Scott Davis
Stock Cars (4): Trent Murphy, Todd Reitzler, Jeff Wollam, Tracy Gienger

Feature Winners
-There has been 14 different feature winners in the 20 feature events run this year during weekly points nights
-Only 1 division has not had a repeat winner yet this year and that is the Stock Cars

The Feature winners include ( the amount of wins behind them if more than 1):

Stock Cars (4): Damon Murty, Trent Murphy, Brian Irvine, Steve Meyer
Mod Lites (2): Josh May (2), Mike Morrill
Hobby Stocks (3): Eric Knutson (2), Kevin Fee, Brandon Brinton
Modifieds (2): Jon Snyder (2), Adam Larson (2)
Sport Mods (3): Cayden Carter (2), Jake Strayer, Kyle Brown

Top 10 Finishes
- 103 different drivers have earned at least 1 top 10 feature finish
- 12 drivers have finished in the top 10 all 4 nights of the track points. Those drivers include:
Stock Cars (1): Jeff Wollam
Mod Lites (5): Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar, Josh May, Mike Kennedy, Joel Huggins
Hobby Stocks (2): Kevin Fee, Calvin Dhondt
Modifieds (4): Jon Snyder, Ronn Laurtizen, Kyle Krampe, Jimmy Gustin
Sport Mods (0)

Top 5 Finishes
- 57 drivers have earned at least 1 top 5 feature finish
-  4 drivers have finished in the top 5 all 4 nights of the track points. Those drivers include:
Mod Lites (2): Mike Morrill, Andy Hennigar
Hobby Stocks (1): Kevin Fee
Modifieds (1): Jon Snyder
Stock Cars and Sport Mods each have  0 drivers to finish every feature in the top 5

Top 3 Finishes
- 38 drivers have earned at least 1 top 3 feature finish
- Only 1 driver has finished in the top 3 every weekly points night feature and that is Mike Morrill in the Mod Lites

Feature Lap Leaders
- 39 drivers have led at least 1 lap in weekly night features
- Division lap leaders include:

Mod Lites (6): Josh May (38 laps led), Mike Morrill (15), Dusty Masolini, Travis Stensland and Charlie Brown (2 each), Tim Hennigar (1)

Stock Cars (7): Steve Meyer (18), Jay Schmidt (16), Damon Murty and Trent Murphy (12 each), Brian Irvine (8), Sean Johnson (6), Rob Schneider (1)

Sport Mods (9): Cayden Carter (19), Brad Iverson (14), Nick Roberts (11), Jake Strayer (8), Jenae Gustin (4), Racer Hulin (3), Beau Kaplan and Kyle Brown (2 each), Jayme Duinink

Modifieds (8): Adam Larson (24), Clint Wedelstadt and Jon Snyder (13 each), Josh Truman (10), Duane Peterson (9), Todd Conrad (8), Jimmy Gustin (2), Todd Shute (1)

Hobby Stocks (9): Eric Knutson (11), Brandon Brinton (10), Aaron Rudolph (7), Kevin Fee and Mike Vibbard (5 each), Michael Murphy (4), Brice Udelhoven (3), Tony Cox (2), Scott Durlin (1)

Heat Races
- Of the 57 heat races run to date on weekly shows there has been 48 different winners
- No drivers have won all 4 nights, only 2 drivers has won 3 heats and 6 others with 2 heat wins

Heat winners include:

Mod Lites (6): Josh May (3), Mike Morrill, Joel Huggins, Dusty Masolini, Charlie Brown and Colby Oberembt (1 each)


Stock Cars (10): Damon Murty and Jay Schmidt (2 each), Sean Johnson, Trent Murphy, Dave Atcher, Kevin Rose, Rob Schneider, Donavon Smith, Michael Jaennette and Tracy Gienger (1 each)

Sport Mods (14): Tyler Droste and Scott Davis (2 each), Tom Rawlins, Jared Timmerman, Brad Iverson, Andy Tiernan, Carter Vandenberg, Dane Larson, Jake Strayer, Joel Rust, Curt Hilmer, Gatlin Leytham, Beau Kaplan and Cayden Carter (1 each)

Modifieds (8): Kyle Krampe (2), Mike Wedelstadt, Richie Gustin, Jimmy Gustin, Todd Shute, Todd Conrad, Duane Peterson and Joel Bushore (1 each)

Hobby Stocks (10): Brandon Brinton (3), Aaron Rudolph, Jennifer Hulin, Dustin Filloon, Mike Vibbard, Michael Murphy, Eric Knutson, Donavon Nunnikhoven, Josh Saunders and Kevin Fee (1 each)

Other Notes
- 1,388 laps have been completed at the Speedway include specials
- 746 laps have been competed on weekly points nights

I know theses stats aren't as good as my stat mentor Ryan Clark if you may call him that but here you go now you can out smart your friends the next time your at the races in Marshalltown so until next time!

See you at the Races,
Jeremy "Foxman" Fox

Van Genderen wins Modifieds at Highway 3 Raceway

Just 6 days after the USMTS Special at Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, the speedway would roar back to life with another great night of racing at the Home of the Giant Tenderloin. The night saw 3 and 4 wide racing action and a very smooth race track a little dusty by the time features came on to the speedway.

10 USRA Stock Cars, 16 USRA B-Mods, 9 USRA Hobby Stocks and 24 IMCA Modifieds signed in to do battle on the big half mile.

First up in the features was the USRA Stock Cars for 15 laps. Tory Reicks would get a wonderful start and lead the race from start to finish depsite a race caution on lap 14 for Dan Feltus coming to a stop in turn 3 & 4 setting up a green-white-checkered and now making the event 16 laps. Reicks would still take the win, Dan Trimble was 2nd, Arlen Hoy was 3rd, Tom Schmitt was 4th and John Emerson was 5th.

USRA B-Mods were up next for 15 laps and Michael Grantham took the early lead but then after the completion of lap 5 the yellow came out for Jamey Ayers in turn 3. On the restart Grantham would have Joel Rust and Dan Tenold but it wasn't those 2 he had to worry about because Alex Zwanziger would take the lead on lap 10 and go on to the win. Mike Jaeger was 2nd, Grantham was 3rd, Brandon Hare was 4th and Joel Rust was 5th.

The 12 lap USRA Hobby Stock feature was next on to the track and it was Stac Schroeder taking the early lead and never looking back depsite a late race caution for one of the Wiltse cars spinning in turn 4. Finishing behind Schroeder was Chris Hovden, Austin Wolfgram, Adam Gebel and Ryan Bochmann.

The final feature was the $1,000 to win IMCA Modified Special 25 lap feature where 24 cars would take to the track. Duane Peterson would lead lap 1 but "Downtown"David Brown would take the lead on lap 2 and Brown look to be having fun out front and then the yellow came out on lap 5, first for Dave Doughty stopping in turn 2. On the restart ther would be a pile up in turn 1 which also saw a car go over . Jason Snyder would roll his car but be okay, Jerry King, JJ Wise and Levi Nielsen would also be involved. Brown would continue to set the pace but then a caution would come out on lap 14 for Nielsen in turn 4. On the restart, Brown would have some issues and that would give the lead over to Van Genderen and then the caution came out for Kurt Krauskopf, Jeremy Brogaard and Duane Peterson in turn 2. Van Genderen would lead the final 10 laps and take the win. Ron Barker was 2nd, Richie Gustin was 3rd, Troy Cordes was 4th and Scott Olson.

Racing action started at 7p, Heat Races finished at 8p, Features started at 8:15p and Racing came to an end at 9:31p.

Special Thanks to the Highway 3 Raceway Staff for letting me attend another race at the Speedway. Thanks to the sponsors of the nights racing action, Cooper Motors of Allison and Schroeder Racing Products of Iowa Falls.

Next race at Highway 3 Raceway will be the Butler County Fair Races on Tuesday June 21st with USRA B-Mods and USRA Stock Cars competing for $600 to win, USRA Hobby Stocks $300 to win and Hornets $100 to win.