Gustin Wins Late Models at Marshalltown

 

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (August 14th, 2015) – Many have asked when the IMCA Late Models was going to take to the high banks of Marshalltown again, well on Friday Night was the night. A very beautiful Friday Night saw great two, three and four wide racing on Central Iowa Snowmobile Club Night.

Richie Gustin (IMCA Late Models), Chris Abelson (IMCA Modifieds), Damon Murty (IMCA Stock Cars), Curt Hilmer (IMCA Northern SportMods), Eric Stanton (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Josh May (Mod Lites) all made visits to victory lane.

Todd Cooney grabbed the early lead In the Rumours Sports Bar & Grill IMCA Late Models 20 lap feature but just after one lap the caution came out when Mark Hurst spun in turn two. Cooney had to contend with Paul Nagle and Richie Gustin on the restart. Cooney got a great restart but so did Gustin and began to battle for the lead before the caution came out when Nagle slid off the top side of turns three and four. Cooney and Gustin raced wheel to wheel for the lead but it was Cooney still leading at the stripe. Gustin was able to complete the pass for the lead on lap 11 and would not let the caution on lap 14 deny him the victory. Cooney settled for second, Darren Ackerman took third from crowd favorite Darrel DeFrance. Chad Holladay was fifth.

Jake Strayer started inside row two of the Coors Light IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature but by the end of lap one, Strayer found himself in the lead. Strayer held off several challenges from Joel Rust in first half of the feature but when the caution came out on lap ten, Strayer and Rust saw Chris Abelson. Abelson took the lead away on the restart but just after lap 11 was scored the caution came out when Rust spun in turn two. Abelson went on to take the win ahead of Jimmy Gustin, Strayer, Nick Deal and Ronn Lauritzen.

Matt Deaton led the first three laps of the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars feature but it was Damon Murty taking the lead away on lap four. Murty saw Tyler Pickett, Steve Meyer, Robert Stofer and Jeff Wollam battling for position behind him until a caution came out on lap nine. Murty held on to take the win. Steve Meyer edged out Michael Jaennette for second. Donavon Smith was fourth and Robert Stofer was fifth.

Before a single laps was completed in the Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, the caution came out for Justin Lovig spun in turn two. Tim Barber grabbed the lead but by lap three, Eric Stanton worked his way up to the top spot. Stanton went on to take win six at Motown. Austin Luellen held off Bill Bonnett for second. Gary Pfantz was fourth and Eugene Nicklas was fifth.

Ethan Braaksma and Bill Hildreth led the field to the green in the 18 lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature and by the end of lap one, Hildreth was the lead. That lead was short lived because Curt Hilmer took the top spot away just before a pair of cautions. Hilmer saw Jake McBirnie work his way to second and Sam Wieben to third by the time the caution came out on lap seven. Hilmer went on to take his second win at Motown on his final Friday Night free as next week begins coaching football. Brandon Williams, Austin Kaplan, Jared Van Deest and Dan Drury round out the top five.

In the Mod Lites 15 lap feature, Tim Gannon grabbed the lead on lap one but Travis Stensland took the lead away on lap two. Stensland continued to lead until Josh May worked his way up to take the lead away on lap seven just before a caution. May went on to take his 102nd career Mod Lite victory and eight of the season at Motown. Stensland, Joe Glick, Mike Morrill and Joel Huggins finished second through fifth respectively.

Rumours Sports Bar & Grill is the sponsor next Friday Night at the Marshalltown Speedway. It again will feature the IMCA Late Models racing for State and National Points. Also Racing IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Mod Lites. Hot Laps at 6:50pm and Racing at 7:30pm. Grandstands will be $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors (65+) with Children 10-and-Under are Free. Pit Pass is $22.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
Central Iowa Snowmobile Club Night
August 14th, 2015

Rumours Sports Bar & Grill IMCA Late Models
Feature – 1. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 2. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 3. 53 Darren Ackerman (Readlyn); 4. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 5. 32C Chad Holladay (Muscatine); 6. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 7. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 8. 44 Mark Hurst (Denver); 9. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 10. 32 Robert See (Pleasant Hill)

Heat 1 – 1. Holladay; 2. DeFrance; 3. Ackerman; 4. Hurst; 5. Schroeder
Heat 2 – 1. Cooney; 2. Gustin; 3. Nagle; 4. Conrad; 5. See

Coors Light IMCA Modifieds
Feature – 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 4. 55D Nick Deal (Walnut); 5. 10K Ronn Laurtizen (Jesup); 6. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 7. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 8. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 9. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 10. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 11. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 12. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 13. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 14. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 15. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 16. 5G Gatlin Leytham (Ames); 17. 74S Chris Sieweke (Santa Rosa, CA); 18. 11X Tom Berry (Medford, OR)

Heat 1 – 1. Gustin; 2. Laurtizen; 3. Simatovich; 4. Rust; 5. Clement; 6. VanDenBerg; 7. Leytham; 8. Sieweke; 9. Berry
Heat 2 – 1. Deal; 2. Strayer; 3. Abelson; 4. Leeman; 5. Gilman; 6. Belez; 7. Jackson; 8. Ritter; 9. Reimer

Miller Lite IMCA Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 5. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 6. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 7. 77M Jeff Mueller (New London); 8. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 9. 56T Justin Temeyer (Independence); 10. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 11. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 12. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 13. 16 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 14. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 15. 47D Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville): 16. 99 Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 17. 42 Doug Russell (Conrad); 18. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 19. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 20. 33J Joe Luethje (Nevada); 21. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona); 22. 71 David Brandies (Wilton)

Heat 1 – 1. Pickett; 2. Wollam; 3. Smith; 4. Greubel; 5. Temeyer; 6. Luethje; 7. Russell; 8. Dezwarte
Heat 2 – 1. Jaennette; 2. Murty; 3. Deaton; 4. Balmer; 5. Davis; 6. Engelkes; 7. Schmidt
Heat 3 – 1. Stofer; 2. Meyer; 3. Mueller; 4. Damme; 5. Thelen; 6. Knutsen; 7. Brandies

Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature – 1. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 2. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 3. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 4. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 5. 21D Dan Drury (Eldora); 6. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 7. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 8. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 9. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 10. 36A Andy Edwards (Parkersburg); 11. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 12. 9X Nick Duncan (Iowa Falls); 13. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); 14. 8X Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 15. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 16. 10 Lee Rouse (Atkins); 17. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 18. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 19. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 20. 77AU Frank Packer (Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia); 21. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); DNS/22. 7V Jesse VanDerWal (McCallsburg); DNS/23. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins)

Heat 1 – 1. Wieben; 2. Hildreth; 3. Hilmer; 4. Drury; 5. Follett; 6. Ritter; 7. Duncan; 8. VanDerWal
Heat 2 – 1. McBirnie; 2. Edwards; 3. Kaplan; 4. Peterson; 5. Lathrop; 6. Packer; 7. Schuring; 8. Scott Williams
Heat 3 – 1. Van Deest; 2. Brandon Williams; 3. King; 4. Braaksma; 5. Duinink; 6. Masolini; 7. Rouse

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 3. 19X Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 4. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 5. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 6. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 7. 19 Nathan Gibson (Maynard); 8. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 9. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 10. 52H Shawn Hunter (Zearing); 11. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 12. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 13. 136 Tanner Green (Hampton); 14. 3X Justin Lovig (Clemons); 15. 12 Jeremy Swanson (Strawberry Point); 16. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 17. 08 Jason Cox (Maxwell); 18. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 19. 56 Jamie Schrim (Dexter)

Heat 1 – 1. Nicklas; 2. Stanton; 3. Thomas; 4. Hunter; 5. Peck; 6. Lovig; 7. Schirm
Heat 2 – 1. Eilander; 2. Barber; 3. Cox; 4. Lynch; 5. Million; 6. Green
Heat 3 – 1. Pitts; 2. Luellen; 3. Pfantz; 4. Bonnett; 5. Gibson; 6. Swanson

Mod Lites
Feature – 1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 3. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 4. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 5. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 6. 01 DJ Schmalzried (Nevada); 7. DC5 Tim Gannon (Des Moines); 8. 88 Justin Rankin (Madrid); 9. 4M David Simpson (Ankeny); 10. 64X Josh Bryan (Ames); 11. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 12. D5 Alonzo Grosse (Council Bluffs)

Heat 1 – 1. Morrill; 2. Schmalrzried; 3. Simpson; 4. Bryan; 5. Gannon; 6. Kennedy
Heat 2 – 1. Stensland; 2, May; 3. Huggins; 4. Glick; 5. Rankin; 6. Grosse

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