May, Gustin, Luellen, Jaennette and Gilman Victorious at Marshalltown

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (April 10th, 2015) – Mother Nature tried to spoil our fun by dumping a lot of rain over the area during the week but Friday Night it was back to action at the Marshalltown Speedway for the 51st season.

109 cars signed in to tame the high banked quarter mile on Ryan Ashton Not Racing Season Opener.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap Mod Lite feature and it was Travis Stensland taking the early lead. Stensland encountered a three car battle with Mike Morrill and Josh May on lap three. Morrill took the lead away on lap four but it was Josh May taking the lead away on lap five. May appeared to be heading on to the win but after a trio of cautions just after halfway, he had Stensland and Morrill on his back bumper again. May encounter trouble on the last lap which allowed his dad Jimmy May to sneak by and take the win meanwhile Josh May fell back to seventh. Charlie Brown, Stensland, Cory Sauerman and Randy Bryan rounded out the top five.

Neil Follett and Travis Peterson started on the front row of the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature event but Jenae Gustin made it a three car race for the top spot on lap one. Gustin took the lead and never looked back in the feature that went caution free and about the only thing slowing her down was lap traffic. Behind her, Sam Wieben and Doug Smith battled for second, Wieben finished second and Smith came home third. Clint Luellen worked his way from seventh to fourth and Peterson was fifth.

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature saw Nathan Ballard taking the early lead but Austin Luellen worked his way from sixth to second and set his sights on the lead. The caution came out on lap three and then again on the restart but it was Luellen taking the lead away and appeared to be heading on to the win before a caution came out on lap eight and then again on lap 11. Luellen saw himself in a three car battle with Ballard and Eric Stanton, Ballard took the lead on lap 12 but it was Luellen taking it back on lap 13. Luellen went on to take the win over Ballard, Stanton, Dustin Elliott and Jamie Songer.

The Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature went green-to-checkered but the action was hot and heavy through out the entire field the entire distance. Steve Meyer jumped out to the lead but then saw himself in a battle with Jay Schmidt and Michael Jaennette. Jaennette took the lead away meanwhile they were racing four and five wide deep in the field. Jaennette took the win with Meyer in second, Donavon Smith third, Damon Murty fourth and Jay Schmidt in fifth.

The final feature of the night was the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. There was great three and four wide racing including up front . Kelly Shyrock lead the first six laps before the 1st race caution came out that put Ronn Lauritzen and Josh Gilman right behind him. Gilman took the lead away on the restart but Lauritzen and Shyrock continued to challenge Gilman. Meanwhile when the final caution came out on lap 14 it was Gilman holding off challenge from Laurtizen to take the checkered. Rookie Brian Irvine started 17th and made the pass on Kelly Shyrock for third. Justin Medler came home in fifth.

Next Friday Night will be Kruse Family Night at the Races plus Sleeping Angels Ride Night. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm

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.

Marshalltown Speedway Results
Ryan Ashton Not Racing Season Opener
April 10th, 2015

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature – 1. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 3. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 4. 3 Kelly Shyrock (Fertile); 5. 75M Justin Medler (Minot, ND); 6. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 7. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 8. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 9. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 10. 4TW Tim Ward (Mesa, AZ); 11. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 12. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 13. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 14. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 15. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 16. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 17. 89 Josh Most (Red Oak); 18. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 19. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 20. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 21. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 22. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 23. 3XX Brett Ladehoff (Marshalltown); 24. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 25. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes)

Heat 1 – 1. Lauritzen; 2. Gustin; 3. Carter; 4. Shyrock; 5. Larson; 6. Bushore; 7. Albers; 8. Rust; 9. Kinser
Heat 2 – 1. Brown; 2. Snyder; 3. Gilman; 4. Strayer; 5. Jackson; 6. Irvine; 7. Reimer; 8. Wanninger
Heat 3 – 1. Most; 2. Elliott; 3. Brinton; 4. Ward; 5. Medler; 6. Simatovich; 7. Ladehoff; 8. Clement

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 4. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 5. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 6. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 7. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 8. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 9. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 10. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 11. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 12. 7 Andrew Lokenvitz (Charles City); 13. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 14. 45 Matthew Deaton (Newton); 15. 46B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola); 16. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 17. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 18. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad)

Heat 1 – 1. Meyer; 2. Pickett; 3. Merkle; 4. Lokenvitz; 5. Wollam; 6. Thelen
Heat 2 – 1. Schmidt; 2. Murty; 3. Murphy; 4. Kennedy; 5. Balmer; 6. Davis
Heat 3 – 1. Smith; 2. Jaennette; 3. Nunnikhoven; 4. Daggett; 5. Bilyeu; 6. Deaton

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature – 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 4. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 5. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 6. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward); 7. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 8. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 9. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 10. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 11. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 12. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 13. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 14. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 15. 29 Ben Wilson (Nevada); 16. 67X Brandon Williams (Saylorville); 17. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 18. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 19. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames); 20. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 21. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 22. 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 23. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 24. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton)

B- Feature (top 4 transfer) – 1. Cooney; 2. Masolini; 3. Heishman; 4. Braaksma; 5. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 6. 25X Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 7. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 8. 22MC Jeramy McNace (Boone); 9. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 10. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 11. 00 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); 12. 12R Travis Storjohann (Marshalltown)

Heat 1 – 1. Wilson; 2. Logue; 3. Van Deest; 4. Shawn Ritter; 5. King; 6.Schuring; 7. Thomason; 8. Yearington
Heat 2 – 1. Wieben; 2. Peterson; 3. Tiernan; 4. McBirnie; 5. Rose; 6. Cooney; 7. McNace; 8. Braaksma
Heat 3 – 1. Smith; 2. Williams; 3. Luellen; 4. Meyer; 5. Rawlins; 6. Heishman; 7. Jami Ritter; 8. Weatherly
Heat 4 – 1. Gustin; 2. Hilmer; 3. Follett; 4. Shelman; 5. Duinink; 6. Masolini; 7. Hildreth; 8. Storjohann

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 3. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 4. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown); 5. 96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 6. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 7. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 8. 5 Dustin Lynch (Ames); 9. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 10. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Malcolm); 11. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 12. 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 13. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 14. 24B Butch Lester (What Cheer); 15. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 16. 18D Kevin Deery (Indianola); 17. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 18. 78B Andrew Burg (Adel); 19. 717 Zach Swanson (Waterloo); 20. 56 Jamie Schirm (Dexter); 21. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 22. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 23. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown)

Heat 1 – 1. Burg; 2. Stanton; 3. Luellen; 4. Eilander; 5. Deery; 6. Pfantz; 7. Fee; 8. Peck
Heat 2 – 1. Ballard; 2. Bonnett; 3. Overton; 4. Lichty; 5. Lester; 6. Merical; 7. Thomas
Heat 3 – 1. Elliott; 2. Nicklas; 3. Lynch; 4. Million; 5. Songer; 6. Hick; 7. Swanson; 8. Schirm

Mod Lites
Feature – 1. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 2. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 3. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 4. 17 Cory Sauerman (Grimes); 5. 64 Randy Bryan (Story City); 6. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 7. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 8. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 9. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 10. 4M Larry Sorenson (Ames); 11. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 12. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada)

Heat 1 – 1. Charlie Brown; 2. Stensland; 3. Terry Brown; 4. Morrill; 5. Turner; 6. Rankin
Heat 2 – 1. Josh May; 2. Bryan; 3. Jimmy May; 4. Glick; 5. Saurerman; 6. Sorenson

 

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