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Larry Wollam Season Championship at Marshalltown
By Denny Grabenbauer

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (August 29) - The final regular season night of racing roared into life Friday night with the Larry Wollam Season Championships. One hundred fifty American Legion Riders who were spending the weekend during the National Convention on the Central Iowa Fair grounds joined the Wollam family.

A near capacity crowd would witness point races turned into championships, because going into the night, championships would not be determined until the checkered flag would fly. One-hundred race teams along with race fans from California and North Carolina would be on hand for this final night of the season.

The first point battle to be determined would be in the Dwarf Car Class, as Mike Morrill would hold a two-point advantage coming into the evening with Andy Hennigar in second place. Hennigar would lead the eighteen-lap event holding off challenges by Troy Hudson. At one point during the event, Morrill would fall to forth position, and at that point Hennigar would be the point leader. Morrill would come back to finish third with Hennigar winning the race. This would put Morrill and Hennigar tied for the point lead. The tiebreaker is to go back and the winner of the most features and that would break the tie. Hennigar won two, and Morrill six, so Morrill would be the 2008 Dwarf Car Champion. The finish of the race would see Hennigar, Hudson, Morrill and Tim Hennigar in forth.

The second point battle to come right down to the wire would come in the I.M.C.A. Sport Mod feature. Luke Wanninger would also hold a two-point advantage over Kevin Sather going into the final night. Sather would start from out side of the front row and lead all eighteen laps to win the feature race, but that would only cut Wanninger point lead by one-point. Wanninger would finish a close second thus giving him a one-point advantage taking the top honors as track champion. Joel Bushore finished third with Kyle Brown forth.

Chris Luloff would begin the final night with a thirty-eight-point lead over his nearest competitor Dustin Elliott in the Junction Bar & Grill I.M.C.A. Hobby Stock point standings. Luloff would lead from start to finish in scoring his sixth feature win of the season. Elliott would finish second followed by Justin Lichty and Josh Saunders.

Dustin Smith in the Aarons I.M.C.A. Stock Car class and Jimmy Gustin in the Meswaki I.M.C.A. Modified division would both find themselves in a dream position because all they would have to do is start their respective feature events and the championships would be theirs.

Smith would finish second in the Stock Car feature as Luke Veren would score his forth feature win of the season with Smith glued to his back bumper through out the entire twenty-five lap event. Steve Meyer would have his best finish of the season and finish third with last weeks feature winner Trent Murphy in forth.

Gustin would follow suit and finish second to Vern Jackson in the Modified feature. Jackson would also lead start to finish to pick up his second feature of the year, and another second place points finish in the year-end standings. Scott Hogan would finish third followed by Brett Ladehoff.

And in the final regular season race, the Day’s Inn King of the Speedway event, Chris Luloff would out distance the mixed field of all I.M.C.A. class to be crowned the “King of the Speedway” for 2008.
Now with the regular season done and complete, race fans now will have to wait until September 12th & 13th when the Havoc on the High Banks return to the speedway. “We are bringing back an end of the year tradition”, say’s Kruse, “we will be running two one-day programs in September, we are adding some extra prize money, and I expect many new drivers to come here and compete. The season is winding down, and race fans want to keep racing so we are going to give them what they want, the last race of the season that will keep them talking all winter long”.


AARONS I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP RACE:
FEATURE: Luke Veren-Laurel—Dustin Smith-Lake City—Steve Meyer-Grundy Center—Trent Murphy-Jefferson—Tracy Gienger-Newton—Mike O’Lear-M’town—David Atcher-M’town—Don Vis-M’town—Andy Bryant-Clemons—Rick Speck-Garwin—Jared Daggett-M’town—Kevin Rose-Waterloo—Robert Engelkes-Dike—Rick Brown-Kellogg—Wendy Reisinger-M’town—Joe Luethje-Zearing—Dusty Vis-Legrand—Jeff Wollam-M’town—Dan Schneider-M’town—Mike VanGenderen-Newton—Damon Murty-Chelsea

MESWAKI I.M.C.A. MODIFIED SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP RACE:
FEATURE: Vern Jackson-Waterloo—Jimmy Gustin-M’town—Scott Hogan-Vinton—Brett Ladehoff-M’town—Jay Schmidt-Tama—Duane Peterson-Beamon—David Brown-Kellogg—Chris Snyder-Waterloo—Rod Clement-Rhodes—Wayne Larson-Ames—Mike O’Lear-M’town—Danny Fetters-Montour—Scott Simatovich-State Center—Tim Murty-Tama—Derek Reimer-M’town

JUNCTION BAR & GRILLE I.M.C.A HOBBY STOCK SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP RACE:
FEATURE: Chris Luloff-Independence—Dustin Elliott-M’town—Justin Lichty-Waterloo—Josh Saunders-Newton—Michael Murphy-Jefferson—Gene Nicklas-Grinnell—Mike Vibbard-M’town—Nick Murty-Chelsea—Adam Rickett-M’town—Eric Knutson-Huxley—John Schuring-Newton—Brad Bartling-Tama—Jake Nelson-Newton—Todd Reitzler-Grinnell—Mike Anderson-M’town—Russell Keefer-Albion—Jennifer Hulin-M’town—Jeff Gunderson-Liscomb

I.M.C.A SPORT MOD SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP RACE:
FEATURE: Kevin Sather-Ankeny—Luke Wanninger-Jefferson—Joel Bushore-Boone—Kyle Brown-Kellogg—Fred Leytham-Garwin—Joe Docekal-Dysart—Austin Lucas-Ames—Zach Rawlins-Kellogg—Neil Follett-Conrad—Brad Iverson-Grinnell—Mark McNeece-Albion—Bill Hildreth-Rhodes—Ryan Ashton-Beamon—Joel Edler-Ames—John Dumer-Waterloo

DWARF CARS SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP RACE:
FEATURE: Andy Hennigar-Ankeny—Troy Hudson-Ankeny—Mike Morrill-Altoona—Tim Hennigar-Clarion—Johnny Mordock-Creston—Jeff Stensland-Nevada—Dusty Masolini-Des Moines—Duane Coffman-Grimes—Mike Kennedy-Boone—Eric Hendrickson-Pleasant Hill—Larry Sorenson-Story City—Jason Smithson—David Schmalzried-Colo—Joel Huggins-Pleasant Hill

KING OF THE SPEEDWAY 2008: Chris Luloff-Independence