Six Sport Compacts were on hand last night. Merv Chandler had no trouble in securing another of his numerous wins. He led from start to finish in the 10-lapper. Second went to David Moormann, third was John Gill, fourth went to the #7C of Chad Larson from Brooklyn, fifth was Danny Sassman from Ft. Dodge and sixth was Joe Alday
The MADCRA Mod Lites saw a dominate win as Andy Hennigar got to the lead by lap five and motored home to his fifth win of the season and third in a row. Josh May chased Hennigar across the stripe for second, third went to Eric Hendrickson who had led briefly in the early laps, fourth was Dusty Masolini and "Busman" Mike Kennedy took fifth. Hennigar thanked his car builder Josh May as well as his father Jimmy May (who "came out of retirement" last night to pilot the #5J) for giving him such a great ride.
The 12-lap Hobby Stock feature was also dominated by the winner as he lead flag-to-flag. Eric Larson led the charge to the checkers and secured his first win at the track this season. Jennifer Hulin had a great run last night as she held the runner up spot all the way to the checkers. Hulin held off Scott Durlin in third, fourth was Eric Stanton and Gary Pfantz completed the top five. This was Larson's first win of the 2013 season at the track.
In the Northern SportMod A main, it was Joel Rust getting by early leaders Bill Hildreth and Jonathan Logue to take over the point with just a few laps in the books. Rust pulled off from his opponents, letting them battle for position behind him, as he sailed to the win. Second went to Ben Kates as he held off Eric Elliott, in third, at the flagstand. Jenae Gustin came from starting eighth to take fourth over Jared VanDeest who was scored in fifth. Rust was a happy camper in Victory Lane as he exclaimed, "I won Marshalltown!" and explained it was also with a borrowed car. We had noted last week he was in a "plain black wrapper" car and understood him to say it was due to getting his own ride back together.
Jay Schmidt put his foot into it at the drop of the green in the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature. The only caution in this one would fly at lap one and after that restart, they kept the rhythm going. Schmidt pulled away from his competition as Steve Meyer and Damon Murty were fighting behind him for second. Schmidt took the comfortable win ahead of Meyer and Murty as they went second and third. Fourth was "The Dean" Jeff Wollam in his 20th year of racing, and Eric Knutson was fifth. This was Schmidt's third win of the season at Marshalltown, but has that many if not more at other tracks just after bringing out his new ride last month. He is known to refer to his hot rod as "Black Betty". "Betty" is on a roll!
Another guy on a roll lately is Ronn Laurtizen, having wins recently at Vinton and Independence. He kept it up last night. Lauritzen had the lead by lap three from his seventh place starting spot and drove on a mission on his way to another victory. Jon Snyder fought past Luke Wanninger as they went second and third at the finish. Fourth place was Joel Bushore and Adam Larson just beat out Racer Hulin as they went fifth and sixth. It was an emotional win for Lauritzen as he took the win for the second week in a row; his third over all. Lauritzen had gotten word in the late afternoon that he had lost a sister in a work accident. It has been just a little over a year ago that he lost his father. Perhaps he had two co-pilots with him last night. Our thoughts are with the Lauritzen family at this time.
Kyle Strickler "The Highside Tickler" was back for his annual visit and racing in the IMCA Modified division last night. He had trouble in the feature and did not finish. Strickler calls Mooresville, North Carolina home. Another note of last night, veteran Stock Car driver Jeff Wollam was seen sporting a spoiler on the trunk of his race car in hot laps! Nope....it wasn't their during his heat or feature.
As this holiday week winds down, the specials still continue. Lots of racing to be found far and wide in our area. Find a race and support our sport! Happy racing!
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