VanDenBerg, Songer and Smith Cash Big On Night #1 of World Nationals
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (September 20th, 2013) – The much anticipated event roared to life on Friday Night after mother nature washed the practice, the schedule was modified a little. There was 193 cars from nine different states and one providence in canada represented on opening night of the 7th Annual World Nationals.
Fans in attendance defintely was not disappointed as there was great racing all night long and some exciting finishes.
After eight heats and four b-features settled the field down to 24 cars it was time for the 20 lap IMCA Sport Mod feature. Track Champion Eric Elliott jumped to the early lead in the feature meanwhile they were going two and three wide behind him racing for position. Elliott saw Carter VanDenBerg sneak by on lap five, VanDenBerg then checked out from the field until the caution waived on lap 16 for debris in turn four and then on the restart when several cars made contact together in turn two. VanDenBerg got a great restart and tried to pull away only to see the yellow fly two more times forcing a green-white-checkered finish. On the final restart, VanDenBerg had to battle with Tim Current and coming to the checkered those two made contact on the exit of turn four. VanDenBerg took the win with Current coming across in second however in post-race tech inspection he was disqualifed for illegal tires. Travis Peterson was then credit with second, Doug Smith started 21st and found his way in the third place finish. Brian Efkamp and North Dakota’s Justin Medler rounded out the top five.
Eric Stanton grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature but it was Devin Smith grabbing the lead away on lap three after working his way through the field from his fifth starting spot. Smith continued to lead after a caution on lap six and lap ten. However then Smith was noticed to have a rear shock not working as he had Stanton and Jamie Songer on his back bumper. When the caution waived on lap 12 for Randy Embrey, Jason Kohl and Eugene Nicklas getting together on the front stretch. This time, Smith’s rear shock caused him problems and that allowed Jamie Songer to sneak by and grabbed the lead just before the caution on lap 13. Songer held on to win with Stanton in the runner up spot. John Watson worked his way from eleventh to third, Benji Irvine finish fourth and Smith fell back to fifth.
In the IMCA Stock Cars feature it was Todd Retizler grabbing the lead but just after the completion one lap the caution flew when John Heinz and Curt Hook got together on the front stretch. Reitzler continued to lead and just lap two was scored the caution waived, this time Reitzler experience an issue and took it back to the work area that handed the lead over to Robert Stofer. Stofer was only able to hold to the lead until lap four, Donavon Smith worked his way from ninth to grabbing the lead on lap four. Smith checked out and grabbed the win over Jordan Grabouski, Brian Irvine, Kyle Vanover and Damon Murty.
Modifieds ran two sets of heat races on Friday Night with the top ten in points from the heat finishes being locked in to the feature for Saturday Night. Round one heat winners were Jon Snyder, Brian Mullen, Jacob Murray, Adam Larson, Mike Mullen, Shawn Kilgore, Chris Abelson and Justin O’Brien. Round two heat winners were Dustin Smith, Richie Gustin, Kyle Brown, Kurt Kile, Troy Cordes, Ryan Ruter and Benji LaCrosse. Last Chance Races will be ran on Saturday along with a 50 lap feature in the Modifieds.
Also on Saturday Night there will be a complete show for the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks plus the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks make an appearance. Racing will begin at 6:30pm.
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Marshalltown Speedway Results
September 20th , 2013
World Nationals Modifieds
Round #1
Heat 1 : 1. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 2. 99R Brad Rohloff (Pulaski, WI); 3. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 4. 7N Jay Noteboom (Hinton); 5. 85 Dustin Smith (Lake City); 6. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 7. 14B Scott Bash (Windsor Heights); 8. 00 R.M. Van Pay (Denmark, WI)
Heat 2 : 1. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI); 2. 10M Jeremy Mills (Garner); 3. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 4. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg); 5. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Kellogg); 6. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton) 7. 64V Vern Jackson (Waterloo); 8. 00J JD Auringer (Waterloo)
Heat 3 : 1. 64 Jacob Murray (Hartford); 2. 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid); 3. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 4. 1 Dan Chapman (Clarence); 5. 41P Keith Pittman (Waterloo); 6. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL); 7. 27W Jason Wolla (Ray, ND); 8. 20L Zach Less (Hopkinton)
Heat 4 : 1. 2L Adam Larson (Ames); 2. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 74 Mark Noble (Blooming Prairie, MN); 4. 21X Brandon Rothzen (Raritan, IL); 5. 12 Trenton Jackson (Marshalltown); 6. 93A Les McClenegan (Estevan, SK, Canada); 7. 8H John Hansen (Brush, CO); 8. 1H3 Conner Pullen (Oronogo, MO)
Heat 5 : 1. 99M Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 2. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 3. 77 Kevin Kile (Nichols); 4. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 5. 21CZ Tim Czarneski (Denmark, WI); 6. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 7. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo)
Heat 6 : 1. 90K Shawn Kilgore (New Franken, WI); 2. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 3. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 4. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 5. 4G Kevin Goben (Sherrard, IL); 6. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Madrid); 7. 12C Kent Croskey (Polk City)
Heat 7 : 1. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 2. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana); 3. J41 Ryan Ruter (Kanawha); 4. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 5. 77B Joe Beal (Milan, IL); 6. 21L Brad Lautenbach (New Franken, WI); 7. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart)
Heat 8 : 1. 12J Justin O’Brien (West Union); 2. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 3. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 4. 20W Shay Woods (Humeston); 5. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 6. 11 Beau Kaplan (Boone); 7. 08 Johnny Whitman (DePere, WI)
Round #2
Heat 1 : 1. Smith; 2. Noteboom; 3. Lauritzen; 4. Jon Snyder; 5. Van Pay; 6. Rohloff; 7. Bash; 8. Krampe
Heat 2 : 1. Gustin; 2. Mills; 3. B. Mullen; 4. Olson; 5. Jason Snyder; 6. Auringer; 7. Rawlins; 8. Jackson
Heat 3 : 1. Brown; 2. Murray; 3. Wolla; 4. Havlik; 5. Werner; 6. Less; 7. Pittman; 8. Chapman
Heat 4 : 1. Rothzen; 2. Larson; 3. Carter; 4. Hansen; 5. Trent Jackson; 6. Pullen; 7. Noble; 8. McClenegan
Heat 5 : 1. Gillen; 2. Mike Mullen; 3. Hulin; 4. Czarneski; 5. Droste; 6. Wanninger; 7. Kile
Heat 6 : 1. Cordes; 2. Marriott; 3. Kilgore; 4. Goben; 5. Brown; 6. Meinecke; 7. Croskey
Heat 7 : 1. Ruter; 2. Shute; 3. Duffy; 4. Abelson; 5. Beal; 6. Docekal; 7. Lautenbach
Heat 8 : 1. LaCrosse; 2. Grabouski; 3. Whitman; 4. O’Brien; 5. Bushore; 6. Kaplan; 7. Woods
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1 : 30 Jordan Grabouski – 50RS Robert Stofer – 75 Curt Hook
Heat 2 : 25 Trent Murphy – 57 John Heinz – 7C Blake Cole
Heat 3 : 26 Brian Irvine – 22R Todd Reitzler – 3 Jarod Weepie
Heat 4 : 35 Donavon Smith – 1330 Justin Jacobson – 99D Damon Murty
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Brands; 2. Leeman; 3. 24 Eric Brown (Boone); 4. 02 Mike Goldsberry (Runnells); 5. 77 Donnie Bown (State Center); 6. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 7. 76XX Chad Siem (Shellsburg); 8. 76X Norman Belew (Granger); 9. 57X Keith Kuder (Rosedale) 10. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin)
B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Schmidt; 2. Reimer; 3. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 4. 76 Mike Galli (Urbana); 5. 96 Mark Schuenemann (Boulder Junction, WI); 6. 14A Chris Adams (McIntire); 7. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 8. 55 Dave Mehmen (Baxter); 9. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo)
Feature: 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 3. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 4. 19 Kyle Vanover (Beatrice, NE); 5. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 7. 3 Jarod Weepie (Dunkerton); 8. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 9. 50RS Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 10. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 11. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 12. 00 Andy Altenburg (Truman, MN); 13. 32 Derek Green (Granada, MN); 14. 271 Randy Brands (Boyden); 15. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 16. 7C Blake Cole (Nashua); 17. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 18. 1330 Justin Jacobson (Green Bay, WI); 19. 22S Lonnie Hodges (Boone); 20. 57 John Heinz (Green Bay, WI); 21. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson); 22. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 23. 54 Robbie Merkley (Des Moines); 24. 75 Curt Hook (Ackley)
IMCA SportMods
Heat 1 : 7 Carter VanDenBerg – 19CH Richie Gustin – 72 Brett Lowry
Heat 2 : 9E Eric Elliott – 2 Nick Meyer – 3 Tony Dunker
Heat 3 : 75 Justin Medler – 23K Ben Kates – 12 Doug Smith
Heat 4 : 130X Austin Kaplan – 21L Matt Lettow – 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 5 : P7 Tim Current – 23 Jared Hansen – 8B Brad Iverson
Heat 6 : GT1 Brian Efkamp – 43 Creston Williams – 51X Matt Webb
Heat 7 : 50X Darik Fox – 67X Brandon Williams – 339 Kevin Hurst
Heat 8 : 25 Travis Peterson – 49 Nate Whitehurst – 86 Cory Rose
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Lowry; 2. Olson; 3. 8B Brad Iverson (Grinnell); 4. 64 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 5. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 6. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, WI); 7. 65 Mike Dauphinais (Green Bay, WI); 8. 22T Tyler Tesch (Lennox, SD); 9. 6M Jason Mason (Melcher); 10. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Gilman)
B-Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Dunker; 2. Webb; 3. 59 Tara Longnecker (Woodward); 4. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 5. 57R Ryan King (Marshalltown); 6. T17 Mike Smith (Flippin, AR); 7. 6 Ben Kraus (Ossian); 8. 11X Jon Schultz (Waunakee); 9. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 10. 57 Tyler Gross (Bondurant)
B-Feature 3 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Smith; 2. McDonald; 3. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 4. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 5. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 6. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 7. 339 Kevin Hurst (Janesville); 8. 35C Casey Heil (Eldora); 9. 7RA Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 10. 19 Jayson Wiggins (Maquoketa)
B-Feature 4 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Rust; 2. Rose; 3. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, WI); 4. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 5. 87 Aric Becker (Cedar Rapids); 6. 13TX Mike Timm (Mingo); 7. 7V Shawn Hunter (Zearing); 8. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 9. 99B Jim Bonschmit (Clemons); 10. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada)
Feature: 1. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 2. 25 Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 3. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 4. GT1 Brian Efkamp (Ankeny); 5. 75 Justin Medler (Minot, ND); 6. 2G Geoff Olson (West Des Moines); 7. 23 Jared Hansen (Audubon); 8. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 9. 86U Rod McDonald (Manchester); 10. 50X Darik Fox (Norfolk, NE); 11. 51X Matt Webb (Des Moines); 12. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 13. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 14. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 15. 21L Matt Lettow (Roland); 16. 43 Creston Williams (Atkins); 17. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 18. 3 Tony Dunker (Quincy, IL); 19. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 20. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City); 21. 19CH Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 22. 23K Ben Kates (Tonganoxie, KS); 23. 130X Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); DQ/24. P7 Tim Current (Bernard)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 : 4W John Watson – 29 Nathan Ballard – 7B Eric Stanton
Heat 2 : 3A Austin Luellen – 224 August Bach – 81 Devin Smith
Heat 3 : 2013 Jamie Songer -7 Dustin Graham – 19D Dustin Lynch
Heat 4 : 19 Bill Bonnett- 79 Benji Irvine – 500 Garrett Eilander
B-Feature 1 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Kohl; 2. See; 3. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 4. 121 Travis Staley (Hampton); 5. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 6. 46J Jesse Hopkins (Ames); 7. 51 Nate Bonin (Iowa Falls); 8. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 9. 21 Jason Williams 9Belle PLlain)
B- Feature 2 (top 2 transfer) : 1. Udelhoven; 2. Riley Songer; 3. 58B Randy Byerly (Tipton); 4. 55 Keith Miner (Granger); 5. 17J Josh Fredrickson (Des Moines); 6. 88 CJ Dall (Marshalltown); 7. T56 Tim Barber (Story City) ; 8. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar Falls)
Feature: 1. 2013 Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 2. 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford); 3. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 4. 79 Benji Irvine (Cedar Falls); 5. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 6. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 8. 56 Ty Griffith (Webste City); 9. 3X Scott Durlin; 10. 224 August Bach (Knoxville); 11. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 12. 3A Austin Luellen (Minurn); 13. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center0; 14. 05 Jason Cox (Maxwell); 15. 42 Riley Songer (Lonrimor); 16. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 17. 40 Randy Embrey (Grimes); 18. 27 Jason Kohl (Missouri Valley); 19. 83 Eugne Nicklas (Grinnell); 20.David Rieks (Eldora); 21. 79S Jason See (Albia); 22. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 23. 19 BIl BOnnett (Knoxville); 24. 7 Dustin Graham (Boone); 25. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown)
Category: Iowa, Marshalltown Speedway
