Smith Wins a Thriller and Luellen Brothers Double Up on Old Timers Lounge Night

admin | May 17, 2014

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (May 16th, 2014) – It felt like early April and not like the middle of May on Friday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway. That did not stop a 106 race cars to sign in to do battle on Casey’s General Stores and Old Timers Lounge Night.

The feature of the night was the no surprise but the Class to Tough To Tame also known as the IMCA Stock Cars. Nate Thelen and Robbie Merkle led the first two laps but just after the completion of lap two, Merkle spun in turn two collecting a few other cars. Don Vis inherited the lead but it was short lived as Steve Meyer took the lead away on lap three. Meyer bobbled and that allowed Michael Jaennette to sneak by. Jaennette began to pull away only to see the caution come out just after the completion of lap nine. Jaennette had to contend with Brian Irvine and Meyer but it was Donavon Smith taking the lead away on lap 13. Smith led until lap 16 when Irvine got by but Irvine slipped up and let Smith get back by to take the win. Meyer also got by Irvine for second at the line, Trent Murphy was fourth and Scott Pippert was fifth.

Jake Strayer led the first two laps in the IMCA Modifieds feature before Racer Hulin took the top spot away. Hulin looked to be cruising to the easy win despite the battle behind him for the rest of the top ten spots. On lap nine the caution came out for Strayer sitting in turn two and Zack Rawlins sitting off the top of turn three after his drive train experiencing issues. Hulin had to try to hold off Luke Wanninger and Richie Gustin, Gustin took the lead away and never looked back in route to the win. Hulin came across in second, Adam Larson worked his way to third, Wanninger fell back to fourth and Rookie Joel Rust was fifth.

Before a lap was completed in the IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lapper, the caution came out. On the restart, it was Neil Follett taking the lead. Follett led until the caution came out again on lap four, Clint Luellen took the lead away on the restart and began to pull away only to see the caution come out four more times on laps nine, 13 and 14. Luellen took the win over Travis Peterson, Carter VanDenBerg, Jared Van Deest and Ryan Ashton.

The Mod Lites saw Terry Brown lead the first lap in the 15 lap feature. Brown had his hands full as the father son team of Josh May and Jimmy May along with Charlie Brown made it a four car battle for the lead. Josh May took the lead away and about the only thing slowing him down was the lap traffic as this feature went green-to-checkered. Charlie Brown, Terry Brown, Joe Glick and Travis Brandt rounded out the top five.

In the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature it was Matt Pohlman leading the first four laps before Eric Stanton took it away. Stanton and the field saw the only caution come out just after the halfway point on lap six. Stanton had to battle with Austin Luellen and Matt Pohlman. Stanton left the door open on lap ten which allowed Luellen to sneak on by for the lead. Luellen held on to take the win over Stanton, Pohlman, Brice Udelhoven and John Watson.

John Gill started right where he left off the week before in the IMCA Sport Compacts feature and that was out front. Gill would lead all eight laps to take his second win of the season. David Moorman took the second and Aaron Miller was third.

Next Friday Night, we kick off the Memorial Day Weekend with Midwest Liquid Systems and Salute to Military Night at the Races. It all gets underway with Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m. and Racing at 7:30 p.m.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
Casey’s General Stores / Old Timers Lounge Night
May 16th, 2014

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 19G Richie Gustin – 2L Adam Larson – 21K Kyle Brown
Heat 2: 10K Ronn Lauritzen – 20 Luke Wanninger – 505 Racer Hulin
Heat 3: 92 Tyler Droste – 9E Eric Elliott – 18J Jake Strayer

Feature: 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 2. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 3. 2L Adam Larson (Ames); 4. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 5. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 6. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 7. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 8. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 9. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 10. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 11. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 12. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 13. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 14. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 15. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 16. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 17. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 18. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Newton); 19. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); DNS: 87 Joel Bushore (Boone)

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 25 Trent Murphy – 43X Nate Thelen – 87A Aaron Matthias
Heat 2: 26 Brian Irvine – 94 Steve Meyer – 54 Robbie Merkle
Heat 3: 93 Michael Jaennette – 35 Donavon Smith – 4JR Russell Damme Jr.

Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 4. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 5. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 7. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 8. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 9. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 10. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 11. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 12. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 13. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 14. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 15. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 16. 87A Aaron Matthias (Fairbank); DNS: 042 Doug Russell (Conrad); DNS: 199 Nick Thelen (Kellogg)

IMCA Northern SportMods
Heat 1: 3L Clint Luellen – 7R Ryan Ashton – 25 Travis Peterson
Heat 2: 7 Carter VanDenBerg – 72 Brett Lowry – 19J Jenae Gustin
Heat 3: 32N Neil Follett – 22A Shawn Albers – 777 Jayme Duinink
Heat 4: 80J Jared Van Deest – 198 Sam Wieben – T17 Tom Rawlins

Feature: 1. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 2. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 3. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 4. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 5. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 6. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 7. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 8. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 9. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 10. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 11. 64 Zach McKinnion (Atley, WI); 12. 32L Ty Luellen (Minburn); 13. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Gilman); 14. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 15. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 16. 11 Michael Strait (New Providence); 17. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 18. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 19. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 20. 38 Rich Vogt (Fairfield); 21. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 22. 16K Brandon Morris (Cedar Rapids); 23. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 24. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 25. 57R Ryan King (Marshalltown); DNS: CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 26 Brice Udelhoven – 20E Eric Larson – 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 2: 4P Matt Pohlman – 4W John Watson – 79S Jason See
Heat 3: 3A Austin Luellen – 166 Justin Lichty – 4X Gary Pfantz

Feature: 1. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 3. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 4. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 5. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 6. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 7. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 8. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 9. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 10. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 11. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 12. 66P Troy Phillips (Prole); 13. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 14. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 15. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 16. 79S Jason See (Albia); 17. 17K Kyle Parizek (Belle Plaine); 18. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 19. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 20. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown)

Mod Lites
Heat 1: 99 Josh May – 15 Andy Hennigar – 95 Mike Kennedy
Heat 2: 6 Mike Morrill – 5J Jimmy May – 66F Eric Hendrickson
Heat 3: 28 Terry Brown – 82 Charlie Brown – 89 Travis Stensland

Feature: 1. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 2. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 3. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 4. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 5. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 6. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 7. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 8. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 9. 66F Eric Hendrickson (Ankeny); 10. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 11. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); 12. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 13. 94 Dustin Marshall (Prairie City); 14. 17S Chris Weir (Nevada); 15. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 16. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 17. 5J Jimmy May (De Soto); DNS: 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny)

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