Gill, Ceiliski, Brown, Luellen, Lowry, Smith and Wanninger Win on Cliff Chambers Memorial Night

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (May 9th, 2014) –  On Friday Night, it was back to action at the Marshalltown Speedway on UAW 893 Cliff Chambers Memorial Night. The night is in great honor of a pioneer of the speedway that we lost 25 years ago to cancer. There was a lot of great racing all night that included three, four and five wide racing.

First feature on to the speedway was the IMCA Sport Compacts eight lapper. John Gill started on the outside front row and he took advantage by taking the lead.  David Moorman tried several times to get by but just was not going to deny Gill the win. For Gill, it was his first win since season championship night last year. Moorman came across in second, Aaron Miller was third, Jacob Reiter was fourth and Jeremy Stone was fifth.

Always on Cliff Chambers Memorial Night, the Nostalgia Cars pay a visit to the high banked quarter mile. They put on a show of themselves, racing cars from the 1950’s and 1960’s, and even rubbing fenders. Jim Anderson led the first six laps but it was Roger Ceilsiski taking the lead away on lap seven. Ceilsiski went on to take the win in his 1963 Chevy Nova SS. Anderson came home second, Pudge Grabill was third, Larry Knop was fourth and Scott Jorpeland was fifth.

The Mod Lites saw the caution come out before the completion of lap one in their 15 lap feature. Charlie Brown got a great restart and took the lead on the restart. Lap traffic slowed Brown a little but he was able to hold on to take the win over hard charging Andy Hennigar. Mike Morrill, Jimmy May and Travis Stensland rounded out the top five.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature also saw a yellow before the completion of lap one. Austin Luellen grabbed the top spot and pulled away but then the caution came out again on lap eight when Andy Hick had his right rear go down forcing him to face the wrong direction on the backstretch. That bunched the field up right behind Luellen and he would not let that faze him as he held off late race challenges from John Watson. Garrett Eilander came home third, Eric Larson was in a close fourth and Eric Stanton in fifth.

Zach McKinnion and Gatlin Leytham led the field to the green in the IMCA SportMods 18 lap feature event. Neither one of them took the early lead, it was Brett Lowry. Lowry saw Carter VanDenBerg take the top spot away on lap three. VanDenBerg pulled away to what appeared to be an easy win until lap traffic slowed him down allowing Lowry to stay close. VanDenBerg came across the line in first but was disqualifed in post-race tech inspection for his ignition box. That gave the win to Lowry and moving up Jenae Gustin to second, Doug Smith to third, Clint Luellen to fourth and Ty Luellen to fifth.

Class to Tough To Tame or better known as the IMCA Stock Cars continue to live up to their name every night. Steve Meyer grabbed the lead early and appeared to be taking the win until the caution came out on lap 11. This forced a seven lap dash to the finish and now Meyer saw Jeff Wollam and Jay Schmidt on his back bumper. Trent Murphy and Donavon Smith also right there and that is where the battle heated up. Smith made the right move with two laps to go, he took the top spot away to take the win. Meyer, Schmidt, Murphy and Wollam rounded out the top five.

The IMCA Modifieds feature was the final feature of the night and it was the rookie Eric Elliott jumping to the lead. Elliott held that lead until lap 14 when Luke Wanninger snuck by him. Wanninger began to pull away but the caution came out forcing a four lap shootout. Wanninger got a great restart and went on to take the win over 10th place starter Joel Rust. Racer Hulin came across in third but was disqualifed in post race tech inspection. Ronn Lauritzen was credited with third place, Elliott with fourth place and Tyler Droste with fifth place.

Next Friday Night all Boy and Girl Scouts are asked to wear their uniforms as it is Scout Night. It is all Casey’s General Stores Night at the races. Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m. and Racing at 7:30 p.m.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
UAW 893 Cliff Chambers Memorial
May 9th, 2014

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 87 Joel Bushore – 21K Kyle Brown – 43S Scott Simatovich
Heat 2: 92 Tyler Droste – 20 Luke Wanninger – 26J Joel Rust
Heat 3: 10K Ronn Lauirtzen – 18J Jake Strayer – 505 Racer Hulin

Feature: 1. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 2. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 5. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 6. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 7. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 8. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 9. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 10. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 11. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Newton); 12. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 14. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 15. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 16. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); DNS: 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown) DQ: 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel)

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 19J Jay Schmidt – 94 Steve Meyer – 35 Donavon Smith
Heat 2: 93 Michael Jaennette – 25 Trent Murphy – 4JR Russell Damme Jr.

Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 5. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 6. 3 Scott Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 7. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 8. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 9. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 10. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 11. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad); 12. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 13. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 14. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 15. 199 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); DNS : 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley)

IMCA SportMods
Heat 1: 72 Brett Lowry – 32L Ty Luellen – 12 Doug Smith
Heat 2: 7 Carter VanDenBerg – 19J Jenae Gustin – 3L Clint Luellen
Heat 3: 198 Sam Wieben – 25 Travis Peterson – 777 Jayme Duinink
Heat 4: 64 Zach McKinnon – 19G Gatlin Leytham – 80J Jared Van Deest

Feature: 1. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 2. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 4. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 5. 32L Ty Luellen (Minburn); 6. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 7. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 8. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 9. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 10. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 11. 64 Zach McKinnon (Atley, WI); 12. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 13. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 14. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 15. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 16. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 17. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Gilman); 18. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 19. 11 Michael Strait (New Providence); 20. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); DNS: 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); DNS: 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); DNS: 406 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); DQ: 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 500 Garrett Eilander – 79S Jason See – 4P Matt Pohlman
Heat 2: 26 Brice Udelhoven – 3A Austin Luellen – 4X Gary Pfantz
Heat 3: 7B Eric Stanton – 4W John Watson – 42T Tyson Overton

Feature: 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 3. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 4. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 5. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 6. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 7. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown); 8. 79S Jason See (Albia); 9. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 10. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 11. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 12. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 13. 17Andy Peck (Newton); 14. 66P Troy Phillips (Prole); 15. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 16. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 17. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 18. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn)

Mod Lites
Heat 1: 99 Josh May – 5J Jimmy May – 4 Travis Brandt
Heat 2: 82 Charlie Brown – 6 Mike Morrill – 89 Travis Stensland

Feature: 1. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 2. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 3. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 4. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 5. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 6. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 7. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 8. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 9. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 10. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 11. 13 Ryan McCrory (Pleasant Hill); 12. 46 Kevin Grisham (Ogden); 13. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); 14. 99 Josh May (DeSoto)

IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat : 6M David Moorman – 02 John Gill – 01 Aaron Miller

Feature: 1. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 2. 6M David Moorman (Beaman); 3. 01 Aaron Miller (Marshalltown); 4. 43 Jacob Reiter (Des Moines); 5. 33 Jeremy Stone (Drakesville)

Nostalgia Cars
Heat : 00 John Schroyer – 3 Scott Jorpeland – 52 Chuck Anderson

Feature: 1. 39 Roger Ceiliski; 2. 10 Jim Anderson; 3. 5 Pudge Grabill; 4. 69 Larry Knop; 5. 3 Scott Jorpeland; 6. 33 Tyler Trappe; 7. 00 John Schroyer; DNS: 52 Chuck Anderson; DNS: *4 Ben Holt

 

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