Luellen Wins a Thriller on Midwest Liquid Systems Salute to Military Night

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (May 23rd, 2014) –  Finally if felt like May on Friday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway but the racing action seemed more like July and August. One driver picked up his first win in five years, another one picked up his third in a row and four others picked up their second win of the season.

The feature of the night was the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMods main event. Neil Follett led the first two laps before the caution came out for debris in turn three, which turned out to be a spring that came off Follett’s car. Follett pulled to the infield after oil was leaking from his car that handed the lead over to Jenae Gustin. Gustin continued to lead until the caution came out on lap eight. This put Carter VanDenBerg and Clint Luellen on the back side of Gustin, those three battled it out for the lead. Gustin and the field again saw the caution be displayed on lap 11. The last seven laps saw amazing three car dog fight involving Gustin, VanDenBerg and Luellen. Luellen grabbed the lead away on lap 13 by running the high side but Gustin powered back on lap 14. Gustin and VanDenBerg battled the bottom meanwhile Luellen again powered back on the outside to take the lead coming to the white flag. Luellen edged out VanDenBerg at the line for his second consective win meanwhile VanDenberg finished 2nd, Gustin was 3rd, Jared VanDeest was 4th and Travis Peterson was fifth.

Jimmy May led the first couple of laps in the Mod Lites feature before Andy Hennigar took the top spot away on lap three. The only thing that kept Hennigar on his toes was the cautions on lap nine and 13. Hennigar held off the challenges from Josh May to take the win. Mike Morril was third, Charlie Brown was fourth and Jimmy May was fifth.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature, it was Dustin Elliott grabbing the lead and despite a pair of cautions on lap three nothing seemed to be denying Elliott the win. The win would be Elliott’s first win since April 24th, 2009. Jennifer Hulin had her best finish with a second place. Tyson Overton, Brice Udelhoven and Austin Luellen rounded out the top five.

The “Class To Tough To Tame” IMCA Stock Cars saw Michael Jaennette take the lead on lap one in the 18 lap feature event. Right after though the caution came out when Chuck Davis spun around in turn four. Jaennette began to pull away but behind there was some great battles involving several cars. Jaennette and the field saw the caution come out twice on lap 12 setting up a shootout to the finish and it would be that as Donavon Smith, Jay Schmidt, Steve Meyer, Trent Murphy and Jeff Wollam was all right there. Smith and Jaennette made contact on lap 15 which allowed him to take the lead away. Smith went on to take his third consective win at MoTown. Jaennette came home 2nd, Murphy finished 3rd, Schmidt was 4th and Meyer in 5th.

Joel Bushore led the first two laps in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature before the caution came out for Brandon Leeman in turn two. On the restart, Bushore saw Luke Wanninger take the lead away. Wanninger led through the catuion on lap six to take his second win of the season. Adam Larson moved up eight spots to finish second. Ronn Lauritzen worked his way up from 12th to third, Kyle Brown was fourth and Joel Rust was fifth.

David Moorman returned to victory lane by leading all eight laps in the IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Aaron Miller ran second the entire way meanwhile John Gill was third and 14 year old Jacob Reiter ended home in fourth after he experience transmission problems early in the race.

Next Friday Night, the race track wraps up May with Minute Man Printing Night at the races. Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m. and Racing at 7:30 p.m.

Then on Tuesday Night June 3rd, it will be the return of the USMTS and Iron Man Challenge Series for Stock Cars and B-Mods. Hot Laps at seven p.m. and Racing to Follow.

For additional information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at: http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook and Twitter, or call the speedway office at 515-231-5444. Home of the World Nationals September 18th through 20th.

Marshalltown Speedway Results Midwest Liquids Systems / Salute to Military Night May 23rd, 2014

IMCA Modifieds Heat 1: 2L Adam Larson – 10K RonnLauritzen – 17R Derek Reimer

Heat 2: 87 Joel Bushore – 21K Kyle Brown – 505 Racer Hulin

Heat 3: 92 Tyler Droste – 9E Eric Elliott – 18J Jake Strayer

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

IMCA Stock Cars Heat

1: 93 Michael Jaennette – 94 Steve Meyer – 50 Robert Stofer

Heat 2: 54 Robbie Merkle – 3W Jeff Wollam – 19J Jay Schmidt

Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 3. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 4. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 5. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 6. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 7. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 8. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 9. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 10. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 11. 3 Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 12. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 13. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 14. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 15. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); DNS 6R Adam Rickett (Marshalltown)

IMCA Northern SportMods Heat 1: 25R Chad Ryerson – T17 Tom Rawlins – 7SR Shawn Ritter

Heat 2: 32N Neil Follett – 80J Jared Van Deest – 198 Sam Wieben Heat 3: 25 Travis Peterson – 3L Clint Luellen – 57R Ryan King

Heat 4: 19J JenaeGustin – 7 Carter VanDenBerg – 6 James Aschenbrenner

Feature: 1. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 3. 19J JenaeGustin (Marshalltown); 4. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 5. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 6. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 7. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 8. 6 James Aschenbrenner (Aplington); 9. 19G GatlinLeytham (Garwin); 10. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 11. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Gilman); 12. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 13. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 14. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 15. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 16. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 17. 63 Matt McCahen (Waterloo); 18. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 19. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 20. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 21. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 22. 406 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); DNS 11 Michael Strait (New Providence); DNS 22 Paul Siefken (Grundy Center)

IMCA Hobby Stocks Heat 1: 4W John Watson – 4X Gary Pfantz – 3A Austin Luellen

Heat 2: 38R Aaron Rudolph – 7B Eric Stanton – 29 Jake Nelson

Heat 3: 19D Dustin Elliott – 82 Jennifer Hulin – 14T Mitchell Thomas

Feature: 1. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown); 2. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 3. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 4. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 5. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 6. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 7. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 8. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 9. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 10. 3X Steve Fricke (Marshalltown); 11. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 12. 66P Troy Phillips (Prole); 13. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 14. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 15. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 16. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 17. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown)

Mod Lites Heat 1: 6 Mike Morrill – 64 Randy Bryan – 4 Travis Brandt

Heat 2: 28 Terry Brown – 99 Josh May – 89 Travis Stensland

Heat 3: 15 Andy Hennigar – 82 Charlie Brown – 8 Dusty Masolini

Feature: 1.15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 2. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 3. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 4. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 5. 5J Jimmy May (De Soto); 6. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 7. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 8. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 9. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 10. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 66F Eric Hendrickson (Ankeny); 12. 13 Ryan McCrory (Pleasant Hill); 13. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 14. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 15. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 17. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); DNS 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone)

 

IMCA Sport Compacts Heat : 43 Jacob Reiter – 6M David Moorman – 01 Aaron Miller

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

Category: Iowa, Marshalltown Speedway