Chandler, Morrill, Brinton, Luellen, Johnson and Gustin win on KMJ Peformance Night

by Jeremy Fox
MARSHALLTOWN, IA (April 20, 2012) – Marshalltown Speedway finally opened its Wolf Seeds “Chase for the Championship” on Friday Night with 116 cars signed in to compete in 6 classes. Also on KMJ Performance Night at the Speedway the Micro Sprints were in attendance. The weather might have been a little chilly but the fans didn’t come disappointed.

First feature of the night was the Micro Sprints 10 lap feature which had 11 cars on hand to race but before the race got going the caution would come out for Nathan Mills coming to a stop on the backstretch. When the race got going it was Brad Comegys taking the lead it looked as if Comegys would take the win. Kelly Buckellow would make the move and complete the pass on Comegys to take the win. Comegys got 2nd and Dan Beerends would finish 3rd.

IMCA Sport Compacts 10 lap feature and it was Merv Chandler taking the lead from his pole position. Chandler would see two cautions in the race on lap 3 and again on lap 10 but it wouldn’t spoil Chandler’s plan as Chandler would take the win. David Moorman, Jer Pedersen, Jordan Peters and Justin Tharp round out the top 5.

In the O’Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites 12 lap feature it was Mike Morrill taking the early race lead. Morrill would get several challenges from Joel Huggins, Andy Hennigar and Josh May. On lap 4 Huggins and Henigar would get together bring out the caution it wouldn’t bother Morrill though. Morrill would hold off Josh May too take the win, Randy Bryan was 3rd, Andy Hennigar was 4th and Jason Whitehead was 5th.

Up next was the Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. Brandon Brinton would take the lead early and appeared to be cruising on to the win but then the caution came out with just 2 laps to go. Brinton would have to hold of challenges from Brandon Pruitt and Eric Knutson to take the win. Brinton took the win, Pruitt was 2nd, Knutson was 3rd, Scott Pippert was 4th and Eric Larson was 5th.

The Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods 15 lap feature saw Clint Luellen take the early race lead but then the first caution would come out on lap 3 for Doug Smith in turn 2. Luellen would remain out front but on lap 8 it was Jenae Gustin taking the top spot. Gustin’s lead was short lived as Luellen would come back and take the lead on lap 11. Luellen would go on to the win but after that was unknown as Gustin, Eric Elliott and Shawn Simatovich would get together on the fronstretch after Luellen took the checkered flag. Racer Hulin would end up 2nd, Nick Roberts was 3rd, Joel Rust was 4th and Jared Van Deest was 5th.

In the Mike’s Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature, Damon Murty would take the lead but Sean Johnson would stay right there and give Murty several challenges and then the caution came out on lap 9 for Kevin Balmer coming to a stop on the frontstretch. On the restart, Murty would have to battle with Johnson and Johnson would make the pass for the lead on lap 12. Johnson would go on to take the win with Murty finishing 2nd. Rookie Michael Murphy finished 3rd, Steve Meyer was 4th and Matt Greiner was 5th.

The final feature of the night was the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature. Before 1 lap was completed the caution would come out for Tim Stevens, Joel Bushore and Duane Peterson got together on the frontstretch. When the race got going it was Jimmy Gustin taking the lead and not look back. Gustin took the win with Adam Larson, Jon Snyder, Mike Wedelstedt and Tim Murty right behind rounding out the top 5.

Next Friday Night will be Kruse Family Night and Racers Against ALS Night. IMCA Sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts and Mod Lites racing every Friday Night. Hot Laps at 6:45 pm and Racing at 7:30 pm.

Iowa Micro Sprints
Heat #1: 76 Brad Comergys (Des Moines, IA)
Heat #2: B4 Kelly Buckellow

Feature (Top 3): 1. B4 Kelly Buckellow; 2. 76 Brad Comergys (Des Moines, IA); 3. 16 Dan Beerends (Des Moines, IA)

IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat : 12 Merv Chandler (Vinton, IA)

Feature: 1. 12 Merv Chandler (Vinton, IA); 2. 6M David Moorman (Beamon, IA); 3. 11 Jer Pedersen (Dana, IA); 4. 18 Jordan Peters (Des Moines, IA); 5. 75 Justin Tharp (Vinton, IA); 6. 8M Jacob McVay; 7. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown, IA); 8. 7 John Walker; 9. 2 John Patterson (Iowa Falls, IA)

O’Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat #1: 64 Randy Bryan (Ames, IA)
Heat #2: 99 Josh May (DeSoto, IA)

Feature: 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona, IA); 2. 99 Josh May (DeSoto, IA); 3. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames, IA); 4. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny, IA); 5. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada, IA); 6. X50 Joel Huggins (Pleasant Hill, IA); 7. 46 Kevin Grisham (Boone, IA); 8. 8W Joe Wood (Nevada, IA); 9. 19JR Danny Foster (Slater, IA); DNS: 8 Dusty Masolini (DeSoto, IA)

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat #1: 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center, IA)
Heat #2: 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon, IA)
Heat #3: 12K Eric Knutson (Slater, IA)

Feature: 1. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada, IA); 2. 10B Brandon Pruitt (Dexter, IA); 3. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater, IA); 4. 47 Scott Pipperty (Elberon, IA); 5. 20E Eric Larson (Holland, IA); 6. 52X Kevin Fee (Knoxville, IA); 7. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction, IA); 8. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center, IA); 9. 69 Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg, IA); 10. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully, IA); 11. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton, IA); 12. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn, IA); 13. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton, IA); 14. 20B Ben Bruck (Pleasant Hill, IA); 15. 25 Doug Laughridge (Garrison, IA); 16. 43 Nic Shearer (Des Moines, IA); 17. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown, IA); 18. 6R Adam Rickett (Marshalltown, IA); 19. 78 Taylor May (Cummings, IA); 20. 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford, IA); 21. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton, IA); 22. 14M Matt Scheid (Marshalltown, IA); 23. 51D Dustin Filloon (Toledo, IA)

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods
Heat #1: 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA)
Heat #2: 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA)
Heat #3: 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa, IA)
Heat #4: 9E Eric Elliott (Boone, IA)

B-Feature (Top 4 transfer): 1. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Marshalltown, IA); 2. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA); 3. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad, IA); 4. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg, IA); 5. 67 Angie Wolf (Green Bay, WI); 6. 63 Rick Fasse (Urbandale, IA); 7. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg, IA); 8. 45 Jonathan Williams (Atkins, IA); 9. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward, IA); 10. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook, IA); 11. 937 Cody Moore (Marshalltown, IA); 12. 00 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora, IA); 13. 19G Gaitlin Leytham (Garwin, IA)

Feature: 1. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn, IA); 2. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel, IA); 3. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines, IA); 4. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center, IA); 5. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton, IA); 6. 80 Jared Van Deest (Grundy Center, IA); 7. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid, IA); 8. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa, IA); 9. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella, IA); 10. 80P Josh Pruitt (Stuart, IA); 11. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg, IA); 12. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beamon, IA); 13. 43 Creston Williams (Atkins, IA); 14. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg, IA); 15. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown, IA); 16. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines, IA); 17. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 18. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone, IA); 19. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Marshalltown, IA); 20. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad, IA); 21. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg, IA); 22. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart, IA); 23. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City, IA); 24. 32L Ty Luellen (Minburn, IA)

Mike’s Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat #1: 8R Sean Johnson (Independence, IA)
Heat #2: 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson, IA)
Heat #3: 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton, IA)

Feature: 1. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence, IA); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea, IA); 3. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson, IA); 4. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center, IA); 5. 29 Matt Greiner (Washington, IA); 6. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson, IA); 7. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama, IA); 8. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton, IA); 9. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown, IA); 10. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton, IA); 11. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines, IA); 12. 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons, IA); 13. 36 Trevor Titus (Newton, IA); 14. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid, IA); 15. 52E Mitchell Engelkes (Dike, IA); 16. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown, IA); 17. 50 Kevin Balmer (Garwin, IA); 18. 5 Keith Miner (Granger, IA)

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat #1: 69X Jon Snyder (Ames, IA)
Heat #2: 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup, IA)
Heat #3: 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman, IA)

Feature: 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 2. 2L Adam Larson (Ames, IA); 3. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames, IA); 4. 77 Mike Wedelstadt (Fremont, WI); 5. 99M Tim Murty (Tama, IA); 6. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart, IA); 7. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup, IA); 8. 12EH Riley Emmel (Estevan, Sask.); 9. 20 Luke Wanninger (Jefferson, IA); 10. 1K Pat Graham (Ames, IA); 11. 10 Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa, IA); 12. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter, IA); 13. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center, IA); 14. 83C Todd Conrad (Central City, IA); 15. 47 Josh Truman (Indianola, IA); 16. 25 Duane Peterson (Beamon, IA); 17. 21 David Brown (Kellogg, IA); 18. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg, IA); 19. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg, IA); 20. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown, IA); 21. 49T Tim Stevens (Cedar Rapids, IA); 22. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman, IA); 23. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone, IA)

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