Gustin, Watson and Vanover Winners on Night #1 of World Nationals

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (September 19th,  2014) –After Thursday’s Night practice the 8th Annual World Nationals roared to life and nobody left disappointed Friday Night. There was a total of 173 cars from 11 different states represented on Night #1 of the World Nationals.

First feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature. Andy Hick and Dustin Elliott led the field to the green, Elliott took full advantage grabbing the lead on lap one. Elliott, Hick and Tyson Overton went three wide for position on lap two but still Elliott maintained the lead. Just as the racing was heating up going two and three wide the caution came out on lap six for Dustin Lynch. Elliott saw John Watson and Overton right behind him but Elliott continued to lead until Watson made the move on lap 12. Watson wound up leading the final eight laps to take the win over Eric Stanton and Elliott. Austin Luellen started 12th and finish fourth with Hick in fifth.

After six heats and three b-features settled the field down to 24 cars it was time for the 20 lap IMCA Sport Mod feature but before they could complete a lap the caution came out. Hunter Parsons from Wisconsin grabbed the early lead but Doug Smith took the lead away on lap two. Smith began to pull away only to see the caution come out on lap 11 for debris in turn two. Smith now had 15th place starter Jenae Gustin and Parsons right behind him. Smith held on until lap traffic slowed him down on lap 15 which allowed Gustin to sneak by for the lead. Gustin went on to take the win over 10th place starter Clint Luellen and 12th place starter Carter VanDenBerg. Finishing fourth and fifth respectively was 19th place starter Brayton Carter and Sam Wieben.

“Class to Tough to Tame” IMCA Stock Cars 25 lap feature saw Kyle Vanover grabbing the lead early but it was not easy as he had to battle with Fort Dodge’s Lance Deal.  Vanover lead until the caution came out for debris in turn four on lap six. Vanover saw Rookie Devin Smith and Damon Murty on the back fender, it was Smith taking the lead away on lap eight. Vanover did not give up as he took it back on lap nine. The only thing slowing Vanover was a caution on lap 12 and 19 but he went on to take the win over Donavon Smith, Damon Murty, Devin Smith and Trent Murphy.

Meanwhile the Modifieds ran two sets of heat races on Friday Night earning points for the position they finished in plus 1.66 points in passing points for each car the went by. Then the top ten in points from the heat finishes being locked in to the feature for Saturday Night. Round one heat winners were Kyle Krampe, Mike Jergens, Benji LaCrosse, Cayden Carter; Richie Gustin; Nick Nevins, Chris Abelson and Hunter Marriott. In Round two heat races the winners were Andrew Schroeder, Jay Noteboom, LaCrosse, Ryan Gustin, Richie Gustin, Jeff Taylor, Dustin Smith and Marriott. Heat race events were sponsored by K-S Engineering, Fisher Racing Engines, Midstate Machine, Webster City Machine, Gritzmacher Racing Engines, Sperry Engines, Horn Automotive, Extreme Engines, Mullins Racing Engines, Kinser Racer Engines, and Karl Performance Engines.

Along with the Modifieds running last chance heat races, Final Fourt race and 50 lap feature  there will be a complete show for the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Racing will begin at 6:30pm.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
World Nationals Night #1
September 19th, 2014

World Nationals Modifieds
Round #1
Heat 1 : 1. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 2. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 3. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 4. 61 Bruce Hanford (Davenport); 5. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 6. 1R Craig Reetz (Dunlap); 7. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone)
Heat 2 : 1. 37 Mike Jergens (Plover); 2. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 3. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 4. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 5. 00 RM Van Pay (Denmark, WI); 6. 7N Jay Noteboom (Hinton); 7. 01 Chris Horn (Cedar Rapids)
Heat 3 : 1. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI): 2. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 3. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 4. 41P Keith Pittman (Waterloo); 5. 4G Kevin Goben (Sherrard, IL); 6. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 7. 5D Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls)
Heat 4 : 1. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 72 Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI); 3. 4TW Tim Ward (Gilbert, AZ); 4. 56 Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 00J JD Auringer (Waterloo); 6. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 7. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center)
Heat 5 : 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 2. 23K Ben Kates (Tonganoxie, KS); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 12J Justin O’Brien (West Union); 5. V Milo Veloz (Colona, IL); 6. 7 Rich Smith (Camp Point, IL); 7. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes)
Heat 6 : 1. 22 Nick Nevins (Lisbon); 2. 99 Mike Mullen (Green Bay, WI); 3. 15D Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 4. 5 Jeff Taylor (Cave City, AR); 5. 68 Tyler Prochaska (Iowa Falls); 6. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona)
Heat 7 : 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 85 Dustin Smith (Lake City); 3. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 4. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 5. 77B Joe Beal (Milan, IL); 6. 29 Brandon Kern (Des Moines)
Heat 8 : 1. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield,MO); 2. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 3. 19D Darin Duffy (Hazleton); 4. 26 Dean Abbey (Waco, TX); 5. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 6. 185C Bryce Carey (Nashua)
Round #2
Heat 1 : 1. Schroeder; 2. Krampe; 3. Reetz; 4. Leeman; 5. Docekal; 6. Hanford; 7. Cox
Heat 2 : 1. Noteboom; 2. Jergens; 3. Larson; 4. Horn; 5. Auringer; 6. Betzer; 7. Jackson
Heat 3 : 1.LaCrosse; 2. Kile; 3. Mashl; 4. Havlik; 5. Pittman; 6. Goben; 7. David Brown
Heat 4 : 1.Ryan Gustin; 2. Brian Mullen; 3. Auringer; 4. Carter; 5. Simatovich; 6. Jason Snyder; 7. Ward
Heat 5 : 1. Richie Gustin; 2. O’Brien; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Veloz; 5. Kates; 6. Smith; 7. Clement
Heat 6 : 1. Taylor; 2. Mike Mullen; 3. Greubel; 4. Flannagan; 5. Prochaska; DNS/6. Nevins
Heat 7 : 1. Smith; 2. Murray; 3. Beal; 4.Kern; 5. Abelson; 6. Bushore
Heat 8 : 1. Marriott; 2. Abbey; 3. Jon Snyder; 4. Duffy; 5. Kyle Brown; 6. Carey

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 : 81 Devin Smith – 2 Dave Atcher – 1X Michael Peterson
Heat 2 : 19 Kyle Vanover – 47 Scott Pippert – 22K Kevin Rose
Heat 3 :35Donavon Smith – 14A Chris Adams – 7C Blake Cole
Heat 4 : 99D Damon Murty – 25 Trent Murphy -31 Jason See
Heat 5 : 22X Lance Deal – 7 Jason Minnehan – 50 Robert Stofer

B-Feature  (top 4 transfer) : 1. Brandies; 2. Meyer; 3. Green; 4. Richards: 5. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 6. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 7. 87 Les Blakley (Fairfield); 8. 11 Jesse Brown (Nashua); 9. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 10. 00 Andy Altenburg (Truma, MN); 11. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin): 12. 57 Dennis Plain (Webster City); 13. 76X Chad Siems (Shellsuburg); 14. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad); 15. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 16. 76 Normanan Belew Granger)

Feature: 1. 19 Kyle Vanover (Beatrice, NE); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 4. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 5. 25 Trent Murpy (Scranton); 6. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 7. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 8. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 9. 7 Jason Minnehan (Churdan); 10. 32 Derek Green (Granada, MN); 11. 21K Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 12. 71 David Brandies (Atalissa); 13. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 14. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 15. 7C Blake Colx (Nashua); 16. 87A Aaron Matthias (Fairbank); 17. 1X Michael Peterson (Montzuma); 18. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 19. 31 Jason See (Albia); 20. 22X Lance Deal (Fort Dodge); 21. 54X Devin Snellenberger (Pulaski, WI); 22. 31S Paul Shepard (Marengo); 23. 14A Chris Adams (McIntire); 24. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon)

IMCA SportMods
Heat 1 :198 Sam Wieben – 69JR Johnathan Logue – 19 Jay Schmidt
Heat 2 :3L Clint Luellen – 65 Mike Dauphinais – 33R DJ Robinson
Heat 3 : 777 Jayme Duinink – 28 Jamie Anderson – 19J Jay Schmidt
Heat 4 : 7 Carter VanDenBerg – 56 Ty Griffith – 23 Jared Hansen
Heat 5 :12 Doug Smith – 96 Jacob Beal – 3X Tony Dunker
Heat 6 : 2 Nick Meyer – 0P Hunter Parsons – 25 Travis Peterson

B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Carter; 2. Follett; 3. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 4. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore); 5. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 6. 00JR Race Van Pay (Denmark, WI); 7. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, WI); 8. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 9. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 10. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 11. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 12. 2B Robert Moore (Ames); 13. 16X Austin Schuring (Newton)

B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Logan Scott; 2. Hanschke; 3. 3T Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 4. 20 Cody Schroeder; 5.CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 6. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 7. 6 James Aschenbrenner (Aplington); 8. 406 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); 9. 6M Jason Mason (Melcher); 10. 45 Jonathan Williams (Atkins); 11. 29B Ben Wilson (Nevada); 12. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 13. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa)

B-Feature 3 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Lettow; 2. Rose; 3. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 4. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 5. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 6. 75 Justin Medler (Minot, ND); 7. 83 Keagan Scott (Odebolt); 8. 0X Darik Fox; 9. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco); 10. 02 James Lewis (Rochester Hills, MI); 11. 99B Jim BonSchmit (Clemons); 12. 30 Tracy Wassenberg (Shawano, WI)

Feature: 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 3. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 4. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 5. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 6. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 7. 38X Logan Scott (Odebolt); 8. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, WI); 9. 3X Tony Dunker (Quincy, IL); 10. 21L Matt Lettow (Roland); 11. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 12. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 13. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines); 14. 23 Jared Hansen (Audubon); 15. 28 Jamie Anderson (Mason City); 16. 16 Beau Hanschke; 17. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 18. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 19. 65 Mike Dauphinais (Green Bay, WI); 20. 56 Ty Griffith (Webster City); 21. 19 Jay Schmidt (Tama); 22. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 23. 96 Jacob Beal; 24. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 :3A Austin Luellen – 5H Andy Hick – 42T Tyson Overton
Heat 2 : 79 Benji Irvine – 5 Dustin Lynch – 224 Gina Greubel
Heat 3 : 4W John Watson – 14T Mitchell Thomas – 19D Dustin Elliott
Heat 4 :7B Eric Stanton – 6 Chanse Hollatz – 56 Jamie Schirm

Feature: 1. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown); 4. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 5. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 6. 3X Steve Fricke (Marshalltown); 7. 88X Daniel Smith (Lake City); 8. 224 Gina Greubel (Lacona); 9. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 10. 20X Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 11. 01A TJ Anderson; 12. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 13. 87M Milo Matthias (Coco, FL); 14. 88D CJ Dall (Marshalltown); 15. 05 Kyle Dirks (Maxwell); 16. 17K Kyle Parizek (Belle Plaine); 17. 18D Kevin Deery (Boone); 18. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 19.  96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 20. 56 Jamie Schirm (Dexter); 21. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 22. 79 Benji Irvine (Stanley); 23. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 24. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 25. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 26. 51 Nate Bonin (Iowa Falls); 27. 8 Jacob Bell (Mason City); 28. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar Falls); 29. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter)

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