Moorman, Brown, Stanton, Luellen, Atcher and Wanninger Takes on 50th Anniversary Celebration Night

By Jeremy Fox

Marshalltown, Iowa (July 4th, 2014) – Since August 17th, 1964 the Marshalltown Speedway has been a place to watch some of the best racing action. As we celebrated the nation’s holiday we also celebrated 50 years of racing and the fans was not disappointed as there was great racing all night long as well an amazing Fireworks display by the city of Marshalltown after the races.

David Moorman seems to find his way to the front a lot in the IMCA Sport Compacts eight lap feature and this week was no different. Moorman lead all the laps to take the win over John Gill, Zach Brenner and Alec Gill. Aaron Miller experienced troubles and was unable to make the feature.

The Mod Lites 15 lap feature saw Eric Hendrickson grab the lead early. Hendrickson saw the first yellow come out on lap five for a couple of cars coming to a stop on the run off road. Hendrickson continued to lead only to see the caution come out again on lap eight. Hendrickson saw Charlie Brown, Mike Morrill, Josh May and Jimmy May right there. Charlie Brown would make the move and take the lead away on lap 12, Brown went on to take his fourth win of the season. Jimmy May worked his way around Hendrickson for second. Mike Morril and Josh May rounded out the top five.

Clint Nelson led the opening lap in the 12 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature but then the caution came out when Brice Udelhoven spun in turn two collecting a handful of other cars. Nelson on the restart was saw Eric Stanton pass him. Stanton went on take his third win at Motown this season. Eric Larson came home second, John Watson was third, Nathan Ballard was fourth and Justin Lichty was fifth.

The Big Eight Tyre Center IMCA Northern SportMods 18 lap feature event saw Ryan Ashton lead the first lap before the caution came out when Bryan Johnson came to a stop in turn three. Ashton  got a great restart but then the caution came out again on lap two for Shawn Ritter, Tracy Wassenberg and Gatlin Leytham getting together in turn four. Jenae Gustin took the lead away from Ashton on the restart and she lead until the caution came out on lap nine for Tom Rawlins in turn one. Gustin got a great restart and pulled away but on lap 14 that came to and end as her powerplant expired going into turn three that handed the lead over to Clint Luellen. Luellen led the remaining four laps and held off several challenges from Andy Tiernan to take his fifth at Motown in 2014. Tiernan, Tony Olson, Sam Wieben and Brett Lowry rounded out the top five.

Before a single lap was completed in the “Class to Tough To Tame” IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, the caution came out when Robert Stofer experienced troubles in turn one. Dave Atcher jumped out to the lead but just after three laps were placed in the books the caution came out for Russell Damme in turn two. Atcher saw several heavy hitters but he held them off until the final race caution on lap ten for JD Kennedy in turn two. Atcher had to contend with Donavon Smith the final eight laps but he held him off to take the checkers. This was Atcher’s first win since May 20th, 2009 when he won the Stock Car feature during the USMTS Special and his first IMCA win since June 23rd, 2006 at Motown. Donavon Smith finished second with Trent Murphy, Michael Jaennette and Jay Schmidt in third through fifth.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature, after a caution came out and forced a complete restart it was the Rookie Eric Elliott taking the lead. Elliott lead the first caution on lap four when Derek Reimer spun in turn two. Third Generation Driver Tyler Droste took the lead away on lap seven and shortly after the final caution came out for Eric Elliott and Scott Simatovich in turn two. Droste lost the lead on lap 11 to Luke Wanninger. Wanninger held on to take his fourth win at MoTown. Ronn Lauritzen worked his way up to finish second. Droste was third, Tony Snyder was fourth and Joel Rust was fifth.

Racing action finished up at 9:45pm and the Fireworks happen shortly after. Thanks to all the former track champions, fans and drivers for coming out and celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the speedway.

Next Friday Night will be Casey’s General Stores and Racers Against ALS Night at the Central Iowa Fair. Youngsters will also take to the high banks in the annual Kids Bike Races. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

For additional information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at: http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook and Twitter, or call the speedway office at 515-231-5444. Home of the World Nationals September 18th through 20th.

Marshalltown Speedway Results
50th Anniversary Celebration Night
July 4th, 2014

IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 92 Tyler Droste – 18J Jake Strayer – 26J Joel Rust
Heat 2: 9E Eric Elliott – 20 Luke Wanninger – 8 Tony Snyder

Feature: 1. 20 Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 3. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 4. 8 Tony Snyder (Redlyn); 5. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 6. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 7. 2Z Zack Rawlins (Newton); 8. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 9. 9E Eric Elliot (Boone); 10. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 11. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 12. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 13. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 14. 10B Josh Pruitt (Dexter); 15. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone)

IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 2 Dave Atcher – 35 Donavon Smith – 19J Jay Schmidt
Heat 2: 50 Robert Stofer – 94 Steve Meyer – 78P Terry Pruitt
Heat 3: 25 Trent Murphy – 59 Tracy Gienger – 54 Robbie Merkle

Feature: 1. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 2. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 3. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 4. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 5. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 6. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton); 7. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton); 8. 81 KC Ansel (Dubuque); 9. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 10. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 11. 8M Sam McClure (Floris); 12. 87A Aaron Matthias (Fairbank); 13. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 14. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 15. 21K JD Kennedy (Ackley); 16. 46 Corey Barker (Floris); 17. 196 Chuck Davis (Conrad); 18. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 19. 78P Terry Pruitt (Dexter); 20. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 21. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 22. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 23. 199 Nick Thelen (Kellogg); 24. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 25. 6R Adam Rickett (Marshalltown)

IMCA Northern SportMods
Heat 1: 7R Ryan Ashton – T23 Tony Olson – 24B Brandon Brinton
Heat 2: 19J Jenae Gustin – 7 Carter VanDenBerg – 72 Brett Lowry
Heat 3: 321 Andy Tiernan – 198 Sam Wieben – 3L Clint Luellen

Feature: 1. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn); 2. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward); 3. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 4. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 6. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 7. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 8. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 9. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 10. 3S Adam Shelman (Ames); 11. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 12. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 13. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 14. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 15. 7D Dakota Sellers (Vinton); 16. 36 Jacob Salisbury (Dunkerton); 17. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 18. 16 Austin Schuring (Newton); 19. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 20. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 21. 22 Paul Siefken (Grundy Center); 22. 7R Ryan Ashton (Beaman); 23. 30 Tracy Wassenberg (Shawano, WI); 24. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 25. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 26. 406 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 26 Brice Udelhoven – 27 Clint Nelson – 14T Mitchell Thomas
Heat 2: 166 Justin Lichty – 3A Austin Luellen – 19D Dustin Elliott
Heat 3: 5H Andy Hick – 4W John Watson – 88D CJ Dall

Feature: 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 3. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 4. 29N Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 5. 166 Justin Lichty (Waterloo); 6. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 7. 27 Clint Nelson (Marshalltown); 8. 3X Steve Fricke (Marshalltown); 9. 55 Vince Buchholz (Waterloo); 10. 87M Milo Matthias (CoCo, FL); 11. T56 Tim Barber (Story City); 12. 29 Jake Nelson (Newton); 13. 88D CJ Dall (Marshalltown); 14. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 15. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 16. 91 Chris Moore (Fairfax); 17. 5H Andy Hick (Adel); 18. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 19. 85M Dillon Million (Marshalltown); 20. 19D Dustin Elliott (Marshalltown); 21. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 22. 3A Austin Luellen (Minburn); 23. 7C Chad Larson (Brooklyn); 24. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 25. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton)

Mod Lites
Heat 1: 5J Jimmy May- 99 Josh May – 28 Terry Brown
Heat 2: 82 Charlie Brown – 15 Andy Hennigar – 66F Eric Hendrickson

Feature: 1.82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 2. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 3. 66F Eric Hendrickson (Ankeny); 4. 6 Mike Morril (Altoona); 5. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 6. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 7. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 8. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines); 9. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 10. 64 Randy Bryan (DeSoto); 11. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ame); 12. 17S Chris Weir (Nevada); 13. 12 Amber Coffman (Nevada); 14. 94 Dustin Marshll (Prairie City); 15. 8 Dusty Masolin (Des Moines); 16. 7 Erin Turner (Newton)

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

Feature: 1. 6M David Moorman (Beaman); 2.  02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 3. 33B Zach Brenner ( Dubuque); 4. 00 Alec Gill (Marshalltown); 5. 01 Aaron Miller (Marshalltown)

 

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