Past Winners Again Visit Victory Lane
by: Dennis Grabenbauer

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (May 18) - The annual Midwest Liquids Scout Night roared to life Friday night with over one hundred race teams competing for the honor to visit the Aarons Victory Lane for week number six. Familiar faces would visit victory lane in repeat wins, as all past winners in previous weeks, would again find victory lane on a near perfect race track. Two and three wide racing would treat fans in close and exciting racing action.

Tim Hennigar would win his third feature of the year in the Dwarf Cars, by taking the lead from Terry Brown on lap two. Hennigar would only be slowed by a yellow on lap five, then would work his way through heavy lap traffic on lap nine to score his third win of the year, with his last coming on week two. Andy Hennigar, Mike Morrill and Randy Bryan would follow Tim Hennigar across the finish line.

Kyle Brown would again this week would lead the opening lap of the I.M.C.A. Sport Mod feature, and again this week would experience engine trouble ending his night early and ending his hopes of his first feature win. Brown, who won his second heat race of the season, would fall from the top ten at the end and an early trip to the pit area. Kevin Sather whose first win of the season came on week three would again visit victory lane this week. Sather finished ahead of Scott Jorpeland, J.D. Albright and Eric Becker.

Sean Johnson would have things going his way on the start of the Aarons I.M.C.A. Stock Car event until lap twelve when engine trouble would slow his car coming off of turn four, giving up the lead to last weeks winner Donovan Smith. Two and three wide racing in the green to checkered eighteen-lap event would see Smith pull away to a substantial lead. Smith would out distance 2006 track champion Tracy Gienger, Mike VanGenderen and Johnson to score his second win of the season.

Rob Olson took the lead on the opening lap of the I.M.C.A. Modified twenty-lap feature, but would loose the top spot on lap two when Jimmy Gustin would rocket to the lead. Gustin who was winless in 2005 and 2006 has used patience to keep him in the point lead and scoring his third win of the season. “It’s my crew and sponsor’s who have really turned us around. We are just having fun and enjoying what we are doing, and this is the out come, victory’, said Gustin in victory lane. Finishing second for the second week in a row was J.D. Auringer followed by Brett Ladehoff who started in the last the eighteenth position. Defending track champion Jeff Schroyer rounded out the top four.

Opening night feature winner Luke Wanninger again tasted victory in the I.M.C.A. Hobby Stock class, after opening lap leader Josh Saunders would spin in turn four. Wanninger and the rest of the field would battle three yellow flags to the end of their twelve-lap event. Terry Schaffer would finish second followed by Dustin Elliott and Trent Murphy.

Racing will continue next Friday night to start the long Memorial Day weekend. The grandstand will open at 5:30 followed by hot-laps at 6:45 and the first event of the evening will get underway at 7:30.

MARSHALLTOWN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY May 18, 207

“Aarons” I.M.C.A. STOCK CAR:

HEAT 1: Sean Johnson-Independence—Damon Murty-Chelsea—Donovan Smith-Lake City
HEAT 2: Rick Brown-Kellogg—Andy Bryant-Clemons—Scooter Dulin-Vinton
HEAT 3: Shawn Hoskins-M’town—Mike VanGenderen-Newton—Wendy Reisinger-M’town

FEATURE: Donovan Smith—Tracy Gienger—Mike VanGenderen—Sean Johnson—Rick Brown—Clay Deppe—Luke Veren—Damon Murty—Steve Meyer—Jeff Wollam—Shawn Hoskins—Michael Jeannette—David Atcher—Andy Bryant—Don Vis—Scooter Dulin—Ron Tharp—Kyle Krampe—Jarred Daggett—Wendy Reisinger



I.M.C.A. MODIFIED:

HEAT 1: J.D. Auringer-Evansdale—Rob Olson-Cedar Rapids—Jimmy Gustin-M’town
HEAT 2: David Brown-Kellogg—Brett Ladehoff-M’town—John Logue-Boone

FEATURE:: Jimmy Gustin—J.D. Auringer—Brett Ladehoff—Jeff Schroyer—David Brown—Scott Simatovich—Jay Schmidt—Verne Jackson—Shawn Fisher—Todd Conrad—Jason Purvis—Rob Olson—Mike Reichart—Tom Rawlins—Leroy Staub—Rick Huff—John Logue



I.M.C.A SPORT MOD:

HEAT 1: Kyle Brown-Kellogg—Neil Follett-Conrad—Brett Meyer-Ames
HEAT 2: Kevin Sather-Ankeny—Shawn Ritter-Keystone—J.D. Albright-Norwalk
HEAT 3: Austin Kaplan-Ankeny—Rodney McDonald-Muscatine—Butch Lester-Newton

FEATURE: Kevin Sather—Scott Jorpeland—J.D. Albright—Eric Becker—Neil Follett—Mark McNeece—Ryan Engelkes—Zach Rawlins—Butch Lester—Dustin Filloon—Danny Dvorak—Shawn Simatovich—Shawn Ritter—Kyle Brown—Bradley Wilson—Austin Kaplan



I.M.C.A HOBBY STOCK:

HEAT 1: Luke Wanninger-Jefferson—Trent Murphy-Jefferson—Joe Bown-M’town
HEAT 2: Daniel Hilsbeck-Adel—Chad Koch-M’town—Todd Reitzer-Grinnell
HEAT 3: Jamie Schirm-Dexter—Terry Shaffer-State Center—Jennifer Hulin-M’town

FEATURE: Luke Wanninger—Terry Shaffer—Dustin Elliott—Trent Murphy—Leonard Loftus—Chad Koch—Daniel Hilsbeck—Bo Hunter—Kenny Loftus—Eric Knutson—Josh Saunders—Larry Fricke—Brad Bartling—Jennifer Hulin—Josh Bly—Joe Bown—Adam Rickett—Todd Reitzer—Michael Vibbard—Jamie Schirm



DWARF CARS:

HEAT 1: Mike Morrill-Altoona—Randy Bryan-Ames—Mike Kennedy-Boone
HEAT 2: Andy Hennigar-Ankeny—Tim Hennigar-Clarion—Duane Coffman-Grimes

FEATURE: Tim Hennigar—Andy Hennigar—Mike Morrill—Randy Bryan—Duane Coffman—Dusty Masolini—Terry Brown—Mike Thomas—Jason Whitehead—Todd Bennett—Nathan Hovick—Travis Tinken—Ron Bergmann—Mike Kennedy—Joel Huggins—Eric Hendrickson