MARSHALLTOWN, IA (August 17, 2012) – Gustin Victorious on Friday Night in MoTown

Gustin Victorious on Friday Night in MoTown
By Jeremy Fox

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (August 17, 2012) – Friday Night would be State Center Night meaning any resident of State Center would get in free with the proof of ID. The fans that came out on Friday Night would not be disappointed as there were some great 3, 4 and 5 wide racing in all of the weekly classes and we would get an extra bonus with the vintage and nostalgia cars on hand.

The first features of the night were the Vintage Cars and Nostalgia Car Features. In the Sprint Car Vintage Car Feature it was Ted Rozinski taking the win. Austin Russell took the win in the Modified Vintage Car feature and it was Ben Holt taking top honors in the Nostalgia Feature.

Just like last week just reversed, this week it was Merv Chandler leading all 6 laps in the IMCA Sport Compact feature event and hold off challenges from Duayne Herb. Chandler would take win number 13 on Friday Nights, Herb would end up 2nd and Josh Keller would finish 3rd.

Tim Hennigar would lead the first 4 laps before Josh May would work his way up to take the lead on lap 5 in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites feature. May would see the only thing slowing him down was the lap traffic which allowed Tim Hennigar to stay there and make an attempt to battle for the lead but it was May taking his 7th win on Friday Nights at Marshalltown. Hennigar, Mike Morrill, Randy Bryan and Joel Huggins would round out the top 5.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods feature would see the caution fly before the completion of a lap when Sam Wieben would get tangled together with a couple cars and cutting his tire down. When the racing got going it was Travis Peterson taking the early lead but he would have to deal with Gatlin Leytham and Jenae Gustin. The next 2 cautions would come out on lap 6 and lap 8 both for debris forcing another restart. This time on the restart of the lap 8 caution it was Gustin jumping to the lead. Gustin would go on and take win number 4 of the year at Marshalltown and 2nd win in as many weeks. Racer Hulin would get by Peterson for 2nd meaning Peterson would end up 3rd. Curtis VanDerWal and Joel Rust would complete out the top 5.

Brice Udelhoven would take the early lead in the Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks feature but just after the completion of lap 1 the caution would come when Jennifer Hulin would come to a stop in turn 2. Udelhoven would continue to lead but Point Leader Scott Pippert, who started 12th worked his way up through the field and started battling for the lead just after halfway. Udelhoven would hold him off until the last lap when Pippert would get by and take his 6th win of the season and 2nd straight win. Udelhoven settled for 2nd, Eric Knutson was 3rd, Eric Larson was 4th and Randy Embrey was 5th.

In the Mike’s Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature it was Trevor Titus leading the first 8 laps before the only race caution would come out forcing a restart. Titus would have Tracy Gienger and Jeff Wollam, Gienger would go on make the pass and go on to take the win. Damon Murty, Steve Meyer, Trent Murphy and Titus would round out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds feature and for the 2nd week in a row the feature would go green to checker. Scott Simatovich would lead the first 2 laps before Josh Truman would get by and take the lead. Truman would be passed by Jimmy Gustin, debuting his new 2013 Harris, on lap 8. Gustin would go on to take his 7th win of the season at Marshalltown.

Next Friday Night will be Custom Concrete Night featuring $100 win Tough Truck Tug of War. Speedway features IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7 pm and Racing to Follow at 7:30 pm.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
August 17, 2012

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg)
Heat 2: 20 Luke Wanninger (Jefferson)
Heat 3: 47 Josh Truman (Indianola

Feature: 1. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 3. 47 Josh Truman (Indianola); 4. 20 Luke Wanninger (Jefferson); 5. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 6. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 7. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 8. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 9. 2L Adam Larson (Ames); 10. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 11. 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid); 12. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 13. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone); 14. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 15. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 16. 3W Chris Webb (McCallsburg); 17. 25T Duane Peterson (Beaman); 18. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes)

Mikes Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson)
Heat 2: 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson)
Heat 3: 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton)

Feature: 1. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 4. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson); 5. 36 Trevor Titus (Newton); 6.  17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 7. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 8. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson); 9. SR22 Shawn Anderson (Haverhill); 10. 6G Scott Anderson (Mason City); 11. K17 Rick Kriegel (Brooklyn); 12. 50 Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 13. 55 Dave Mehmen (Baxter); 14. 52E Mitchell Engelkes (Dike); 15. 60 Clay Deppe (Kellogg); 16. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 17. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 18. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 19. 45D Matt Deaton (Newton); DNS: 77 Andy Bryant (Clemons), R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland), 042 Doug Russell (Conrad)

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods
Heat 1: 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center)
Heat 2: 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin)
Heat 3: 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart)
Heat 4: 18J Jake Strayer (Newton)

B-Feature (Top 4 advance): 1. 32L Ty Luellen (Minburn); 2. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 3. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 4. 15A Carl Albee (Grand Junction); 5. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 6. 1E Ryan Engelkes (Dike); 7. 57R Ryan King (Marshalltown); 8. 7D Nick Giannetto (Tama); 9. 77 Larry Beeghly (Conrad); DNS: 63 Rick Fasse (Urbandale), K1 Randy Krampe (Baxter)

Feature: 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 3. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 4. 1X Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 5. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 6. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 7. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 8. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 9. 80 Jared Van Deest (Grundy Center); 10. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 11. 95 Brad Iverson (Grinnell); 12. 32L Ty Luellen (Minburn); 13. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines); 14. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 15. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 16. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 17. 7V Jesse VanDerWal (McCallsburg); 18. 81 Jesse Belez (Marengo); 19. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 20. 15A Carl Albee (Grundy Center); 21. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 22. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 23. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Marshalltown); DNS: 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella)

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton)
Heat 2: 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon)
Heat 3: 12K Eric Knutson (Slater)

Feature: 1. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 2. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 3. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 4. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 5. 40 Randy Embrey (Grimes); 6. 3X Scott Durlin (State Center); 7. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton); 8. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 9. 52X Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 10. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 11. 77 Rod Grother (Cedar Rapids); 12. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 13. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 14. 9 Andrew Arends (Ames); 15. 43 Nic Shearer (Des Moines) ; 16. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 17. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 18. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar Falls); 19. 24P Paul Brinton (Nevada); 20. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 21. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown)

O’Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1: 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny)
Heat 2: 99 Josh May (De Soto)

Feature: 1. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 2. 57 Tim Hennigar (Clarion); 3. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 4. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 5. X50 Joel Huggins (Pleasant Hill); 6. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 7. T20 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 8. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 9. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 10. 47 Cory Sonner (Ames); 11. 23 Michael Parcel (Des Moines); 12. 19JR Danny Foster (Slater); 13. 15X Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 14. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 15. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada)

IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat: 12 Merv Chandler (Vinton)

Feature: 1. 12 Merv Chandler (Vinton); 2. 57C Duayne Herb (Cedar Rapids); 3. 3JK Josh Keller (Toledo)

Vintage Cars
Sprint Car Feature: 1. 8 Ted Rozinski; 2. 26 Ralph Ermer; 3. 4T Don Tice; 4. 4 Clair Kimmel; 5. 44 Butch Ermer

Modified Feature: 1. 3R Austin Russell; 2. 6H Name Unknown; 3. 59 Dan Osborn; 4. 79 Name Unknown; 5. 61 Name Unknown; 6. 33 Wayde Russell

Nostgalia Car Feature: 1. 7 Ben Holt; 2. 00 John Schroyer; 3. 13 Name Unknown; 4. 10 Jim Anderson; 5. 42 Mike Anderson; 6. 224 Tim Anderson; 7. 43 Devin Murphy; 8. 5 Pudge Grabill

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