Marshalltown Speedway not only had their five regular classes of cars racing last night, but the fans also got to see some Quads and racing Lawnmowers during intermission. It was a caution filled Modified feature, much because of the infield barrier tires being kicked out on the track, and two drivers scored back to back wins.
The Mod Lite feature went to Terry Brown. Brown held the top spot the whole race on his way to his first victory ever at Marshalltown. David Schmalzried chased him the entire way, but had to settle for the runner up spot. Third went to the winner's brother, Charlie Brown, Mike Morrill started ninth and finished fourth, and Josh May was fifth. In a post race interview, Brown said he won his very first career feature earlier this year....after having raced for nearly 10 years. That was at Boone Speedway.
Hobby Stocks ran next. Action was stopped just after lap one was scored when Eric Stanton was sitting on the frontstretch after some contact. When thing resumed, it was Austin Luellen at the helm. Luellen withstood a couple more yellows, and held the lead to the checkers and the win. After Eric Stanton's misfortune early, he recovered and slid through the pack to capture second place. Third went to John Watson, who had a flat tire in his heat and started near the tail of the feature, fourth was Jennifer Hulin and Garrett Eilander, who also started near the tail, completed the top five.
Jenae Gustin seems to have put her bout of bad luck behind her as she took the win in the 18-lap SportMod feature, leading all laps. Clint Luellen got to the runner up spot by lap four, but was not able to reel in Gustin, even on a couple of restart situations. The race ended with a green-white-checkered, Gustin taking the checkers. Second went to Luellen, who held off Taylor Musselman, who was third. Fourth place finisher was Sam Wieben, who ran near the front of the pack all night, and Roland, Iowa's Matt Lettow started tenth, and finished with a top five. This was Gustin's second win in a row at Marshalltown, and fourth of the year.
The Stock Cars were going four-wide on the first lap. Don Vis was holding off Robert Stofer for the lead until at lap three, Stofer snatched it away. It was but two laps later, that Donavon Smith, who had been working his usual bottom of the track from starting twelfth, was now the guy in command. From there on, it was all Smith, who finished comfortably ahead of the field in taking the win. It was a dogfight behind him though as drivers fought it out. Steve Meyer got around Michael Jaennette in the final couple of laps, as they finished second and third. Fourth place was Robert Stofer and Trent Murphy came from eleventh starting spot, to take fifth. Smith also took back-to-back wins and scored his seventh victory at Marshalltown this season. The race went flag-to-flag.
After seeing no cautions in the Stock Car feature, it was a WHOLE different story in the 20-lap Modified A main. At least eleven stoppages happened, most of them for cars hitting the barrier tires embedded on the inside of the track, and kicking then out onto the racing surface.
Joel Bushore held down the top spot from the get go, taking advantage of his pole starting spot. Bushore held that command until lap eight when point leader Ronn Lauritzen made the pass and into the lead. Lauritzen, who had scrambled his way through the field from starting ninth, kept hold of that top spot the rest of the way, through multiple yellow restarts, to take the win....his first since going back-to-back in April. Kyle Brown took the runner up spot, Scott Simatovich was third, Jake Strayer ran at the front the entire race, and captured a fourth place finish, and Richie Gustin rounded out the top five.
Tyler Droste rolled his car between turns three and four when he jumped the cushion. It was reported that he landed on all four wheels, and he was okay. Bushore also backed his ride off of corner four, sending him to the pits. It was a marathon race for sure. Tires rolling on the track were the main culprit, bringing out the yellows. For some reason, they just would not stay put, and sometimes they were becoming dislodged two at a time!
Next week, Marshalltown will also have the Quads racing on the quarter-mile again, for some added entertainment for the fans. It will be J & V Napa night at the races with hot laps at 6:45 and racing at 7:30.
Thanks for reading and happy racing!
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